43rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130279602 | CONFIGURABLE TRANSCODER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A transcoder includes a demultiplexer that demultiplexes a video signal into a video stream, an audio stream and a subtitle stream. A stream probe generates stream format identification data based on the video signal. A transcoder configuration module generates hardware/software configuration data based on the stream format identification data. The hardware/software configuration data configures a plurality of hardware transcoders and the processing device to operate to generate a transcoded video stream, a transcoded audio stream and processed subtitle stream via selected hardware and software blocks. A remultiplexer generates the processed video signal by remultiplexing the transcoded video stream, the transcoded audio stream and the processed subtitle stream, based on the hardware/software configuration data. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279603 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH VIDEO TO TEXT DESCRIPTION GENERATION, SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A system for searching at least one video signal based on an input text string includes a video processing system that processes the at least one video signal by decoding the at least one video signal, encoding the at least one video signal or transcoding the at least one video signal. The video processing system generates a plurality of text strings that describe the video signal in conjunction with the processing. A memory stores a searchable index that includes the plurality of text strings. A search module identifies at least one matching video of the at least one video signal by comparing the input text string to the plurality of text strings of the searchable index. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279604 | Network Packet Aware Data Encoding - A communication device is operable to manage communication of data streams, which comprise data encoded utilizing scheme that generate plurality of frames with logical grouping and/or inter-frame dependencies, based on determination of network payload parameters that are utilized for the data transmission. Exemplary encoding schemes comprise MPEG encoding, which generates data streams comprised I-frames, P-frames and/or B-frames. Network packets that are utilized to perform data communication are generated such that packet payloads comprise only data corresponding to a single frame and/or logical grouping within the encoded data stream. Feedback from networking subsystem in the communication device may be provided during processing of the data streams to enable use of network payload parameters during encoding operations. Frame sizes may be adjusted, for example, so that a size of each frame is multiple of a size of a payload of the network packets that are utilized in data communication. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279605 | Perceptual Media Encoding - Conventional encoding formats that use I-frames, P-frames, and B-frames, for example, may be augmented with additional metadata that defines key colorimetric, lighting and audio information to enable a more accurate processing at render time and to achieve better media playback. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279606 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERROR-RESILIENT VIDEO CODING - Error resilient video coding schemes that may be employed at a transmitter or transcoder to limit error propagation at the receiver. Embodiments may include the use of Inhomogeneous Temporal Multiple Description Coding (ITMDC), cross-description error concealment, and cross-description reference picture reset (RPS) as well as homogeneous and inhomogeneous temporal/spatial MDC. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279607 | TILING OR BLOCKINESS DETECTION BASED ON SPECTRAL POWER SIGNATURE - Tiling or blockiness detection based on spectral power signature uses one-dimensional vectors at block edges to find a spectral signature created by the tiling or blockiness in an image. A baseband component of the image, such as luminance, is edge enhanced, and then the pixel values along each horizontal line are summed to form a one-dimensional column vector of summed edge values for the image. The power of the column vector and the power of selected frequency components within the column vector are determined. The powers are then combined and converted to dimensionless tiling or blockiness values relative to each of the selected frequencies. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279608 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for transmitting digital data via a line includes the steps of providing a clock signal and of transmitting the digital data in synchrony with the clock signal, the clock signal having a frequency that is variable over time. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279609 | ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH INCREASED SUB-RANGE RESOLUTION - An analog to digital converter with increased sub-range resolution. The device includes an analog front end that produces an analog communication signal, a digital front end that receives a digital communication signal, and an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) that samples the analog communication signal across a full-range. The ADC includes a plurality of sub-range ADCs, each sub-range ADC measuring the analog communication signal across at least one respective sub-range of the full-range, the plurality of sub-ranges extending across the full-range, a central sub-range ADC having greater quantization accuracy than at least one other sub-range ADC. The ADC also includes signal combining circuitry operable to process outputs of the plurality of sub-range ADCs to create the digital communication signal. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279610 | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA VIA A POWERLINE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A system for transmitting data via a power line including: a first communications device and a second communications device, the first communications device including a transmit unit adapted to generate OFDM symbols to be transmitted using sub-carriers; a roll-off interval indication unit adapted to generate a transmit message indicating that no roll-off interval before and/or after the OFDM symbols is used when transmitting the data; the transmit unit being further adapted to transmit the transmit message; the second communications device including a receive unit adapted to generate the data from the transmitted OFDM symbols by taking into account the received transmit message. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279611 | ISOLATED SYSTEM DATA COMMUNICATION - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a system with a first and second circuit system separated by an electrical isolation barrier but provided in communication by at least one isolator device that bridges the isolation barrier. The first circuit system may include a communication system to transmit data across a common isolator device as a series of pulses, and the second circuit system may receive the series of pulses corresponding to the data. The second circuit system may include a detector coupled to the common isolator device to detect the received pulses, a oneshot to frame the received pulse(s), and a controller to reconstruct the data based on accumulated framed pulse(s). Therefore, noise induced spurious pulses outside the oneshot intervals may be ignored by the second circuit system providing improved noise immunity. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279612 | NOISE LIMITATION FOR TRANSMISSION IN A MULTI-PATH CHANNEL - A method is provided for limiting noise in a plurality of signals received in a multiple input receiver. The method includes a processing operation for decorrelating of the noise present in the signals received. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279613 | FEEDBACK METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MIMO TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS AD-HOC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for communicating between first multiple nodes and second multiple nodes in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of performing a first local sharing procedure for a virtual MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) feedback among the second multiple nodes during a first predetermined time; performing feedback of channel status information from the second multiple nodes to the first multiple nodes during a integer multiple of a second predetermined time; and performing a second local sharing procedure for the virtual MIMO feedback among the first multiple nodes during the first predetermined time. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279614 | OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE OFDM SYMBOL SIZES - Techniques to use OFDM symbols of different sizes to achieve greater efficiency for OFDM systems. The system traffic may be arranged into different categories (e.g., control data, user data, and pilot data). For each category, one or more OFDM symbols of the proper sizes may be selected for use based on the expected payload size for the traffic in that category. For example, control data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of a first size, user data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of the first size and a second size, and pilot data may be transmitted using OFDM symbols of a third size or the first size. In one exemplary design, a small OFDM symbol is utilized for pilot and for transport channels used to send control data, and a large OFDM symbol and the small OFDM symbol are utilized for transport channels used to send user data. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279615 | DIFFERENTIAL CLOSED-LOOP TRANSMISSION FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for providing channel feedback is provided herein. During operation a covariance matrix at time t (R) is calculated as a function of a received downlink signal. Matrix C | 2013-10-24 |
20130279616 | CONTROL INTERVAL EXPANSION OF VARIABLE TIME DELAY CONTROL STRUCTURE FOR CHANNEL MATCHING - An adaptive time delay control system is provided for matching the propagation time delay between two samples of a signal traveling through two independent paths so that they can be coherently combined for additional signal processing functions such as cosite interference cancellers, adaptive interference cancellers and adaptive beam formers. The adaptive time delay control system and associated method advantageously provide improved continuous matching of the two channels over a wider adjustment range while preserving both convergence speed over the full range and minimum jitter upon convergence by using composite autocorrelation functions to control (adjusting) a matching time delay in one channel. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279617 | UNIFIED DESIGN AND CENTRALIZED SCHEDULING FOR DYNAMIC SIMO, SU-MIMO AND MU-MIMO OPERATION FOR RL TRANSMISSIONS - Systems and methods facilitate pilot signal design, power control, data rate determination, and channel assignment in the reverse link of a wireless communication system for dynamic scheduling and joint operation in SIMO, SU-MIMO, and MU-MIMO. Pilot signal is based on periodic transmissions of multiple sounding reference sequences for channel estimation. Power control is based on a reference signal at a predetermined power spectral density (PSD) level, and on an offset PSD determined and signaled based on an antenna that transmits the reference signal, other cell interference, and power amplifier headroom. PSD levels for SIMO/MIMO data transmissions are determined based on channel estimates and the predetermined PSD and offset PSD. Such data PSD levels are employed to generate data rates, and to dynamically schedule data streams for communication. Communication resources are conveyed through a channel assignment with an overhead that depends on the maximum multiplexing order of the estimated channel. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279618 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS TRANSMITTER AND WIRELESS RECEIVER - A wireless communication method by which unnecessary retransmission request is suppressed and feedback information is reduced at the same time in a MIMO communication system. The wireless communication method is provided for transmitting signals by using a plurality of antennas, and has a step of applicably selecting the group configuration of the antennas, and a step of adding data to be used for error detection to a signal to be transmitted by using the antennas, by following the results of the selection. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279619 | PRECODING METHOD AND PRECODER FOR CROSS-POLARIZED ANTENNA ARRAY - The present invention provides a precoding method for a cross-polarized antenna array, the cross-polarized antenna array comprising a first group of coplanar polarized antennas and a second group of coplanar polarized antennas, the method comprising the following steps: generating,for at least one layer of data stream,a feedback codebook comprising a plurality of code-words; receiving a selection of the codeword in the feedback codebook; determining a corresponding codeword from the feedback codebook according to the received selection; generating a precoding matrix based on the determined codeword to precode the at least one layer of data stream; wherein each codeword in the feedback codebook comprises a first coefficient portion corresponding to a first group of coplanar polarized antennas and a second coefficient portion corresponding to the second group of coplanar polarized antennas, and there is a complex scaling relation between the coefficients in the first coefficient portion and the second coefficient portion corresponding to the same layer of data stream. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a precoder for a cross-polarized antenna array. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279620 | METHODS OF TRANSMITTING COORDINATE MULTIPLE POINT DATA BASED ON ORTOGONAL COVERING CODES - The present invention relates to methods of transmitting coordinate multiple point data based on orthogonal covering codes. In an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting downlink data in a base station of a multiple input multiple output system. The method includes: A. determining a plurality of antenna groups from antennas of a plurality of coordinate multiple point cells; B. modulating inter-cell coordinate multiple point downlink data symbols for each antenna groups using different orthogonal covering codes. The orthogonal covering codes have a length not greater than twice the number of the antenna groups. With the methods of the present invention, a base station and a user equipment can distinguish signals from different coordinate multiple point cells, different antenna groups, or different coordinate multiple point clusters, reducing interference between signals from the different coordinate multiple point cells, the different antenna groups, or the different coordinate multiple point clusters. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279621 | CHANNEL REUSE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method includes determining a signal strength value for a first received signal received from a first station in a first network. The first received signal is received in the first network through a shared communication medium that is shared with a second network. The method includes receiving an indicator of a signal strength value determined for a second received signal from a second station in the second network. Based on the signal strength value for the first received signal and based on the indicator of the signal strength value determined for the second received signal, a detection threshold is selected such that, in response to a third received signal having a signal strength in excess of the detection threshold, the third received signal is processed according to a protocol of the first network and is not processed according to a protocol of the second network. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279622 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REDUCING POWER SUPPLY NOISE DURING TRAINING OF HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION LINKS - A method and system to reduce the power supply noise of a platform during the training of high speed communication links. In one embodiment of the invention, the device has logic to stagger a bit lock pattern for each of one or more communication links and scramble a training sequence for each of the one or more communication links. By doing so, it removes the need for anti-noise circuits and in turn, reduces the silicon area and power of the devices. Further, by having the logic in the physical layers to facilitate the training of the communication links, it eliminates the need to redesign the package of the devices to shift the resonant frequencies. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279623 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication level table storage unit stores a communication level table that defines correspondence between a communication level at least defined by MCS (modulation scheme and coding rate) and a range of required CINR at the communication level. A communication quality management unit obtains CINR of a received signal at another communication apparatus which is a communication partner. A setting unit refers to the communication level table, and when a difference between a representative value of a range of required CINR at a current communication level and a representative value of a range of required CINR of CINR at a communication level which is one level higher is more than or equal to a threshold value, sets a communication level such that the obtained CINR of the received signal is included in the range of required CINR. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279624 | High Performance Transmitter Having High Speed and Efficiency - According to an exemplary implementation, a transmitter includes a decoder circuit receiving a digital input from a digital back-end circuit. The decoder circuit includes a plurality of decoder cells. Each of the plurality of decoder cells is configured to drive a respective current source cell in a current source circuit so as to convert the digital input into an analog output. Each of the plurality of decoder cells has respective decoder logic. Furthermore, the digital input from the digital back-end circuit is respectively received by each of the plurality of decoder cells. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279625 | Communication Device and Communication Method - The modulator creates modulated signals from input signals. The series/parallel converter creates subcarrier modulated signals from the remaining data and modulated signals. The arithmetic operator arranges and combines a first number of elements of the subcarrier modulated signals from the first one and a second number of elements of a data series from the first one each multiplied by a given amplitude coefficient to create arithmetic operation data. The IFFT executor executes the inverse fast Fourier transformation of the arithmetic operation data. The combiner creates baseband signals from the arithmetic operation results. The determiner calculates the peal-to-average power ratio of the baseband signals. The processing of the arithmetic operator to the determiner is repeated while changing at least one of given numbers until the baseband signals complying with a given criterion are detected. The transmitter creates transmission signals from the baseband signals and transmits the transmission signals via an antenna. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279626 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN MULTIPLE ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from a user equipment in a MIMO antenna wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving sounding reference signal setup information from a base station, the sounding reference signal setup information including an initial cyclic shift value n | 2013-10-24 |
20130279627 | System and Method for Pilot Design - An apparatus for generating a pilot pattern for data to be transmitted in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system, having a for allocating pilot symbols for a plurality of data streams to form a plurality of pilot clusters in the pilot pattern, wherein each of the pilot clusters includes ones of the pilot symbols, the ones of the pilot symbols being for respectively different ones of the data streams. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for moving at least one of the pilot clusters from a first location in the resource block to a second location in the resource block to generate a second pilot pattern, the first and second locations being symmetrical in time, and a mechanism for generating a third pilot pattern based on the first and second pilot patterns. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PRECODING MATRIX FOR PRECODING SYMBOLS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES - In a method for determining a precoding matrix for precoding symbols to be transmitted to a plurality of wireless devices by a node of a wireless communication system the precoding matrix comprises a precoding vector for each wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, each precoding vector having a precoding element for each transmit antenna of the node. Each precoding element represents a phase shifter for phase shifting a phase of a symbol to be transmitted. A plurality of interference strength indicators for different phase angles is calculated based on the precoding matrix. Further, for the precoding element of the precoding vector a phase angle is selected which corresponds to a calculated interference strength indicator fulfilling a predefined interference strength criterion. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279629 | TRANSMITTER - A transmitter for transmitting data symbols using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, the transmitter comprising: a modulator for generating a plurality of mutually orthogonal sub-carriers, each of the plurality of sub-carriers being modulated with a stream of data symbols to be transmitted; an amplifier for amplifying a signal containing the plurality of modulated sub-carriers for transmission of the signal; and a symbol processor for processing the data symbols of the plurality of sub-carriers, the symbol processor being configured to compute a plurality of EVM values for each data symbol to be transmitted, each of the plurality of EVM values being computed based on a different one of a plurality of candidate back-off values for the amplifier, and to select one of the plurality of candidate back-off values to apply to the transmitter for the data symbol based on the computed EVM values | 2013-10-24 |
20130279630 | CIRCUIT AND TRANSMITTER FOR REDUCING TRANSMITTER GAIN ASYMMETRY VARIATION - The present invention provides for a circuit with slicing wherein a gain asymmetry variation is decreased across the plurality of mixer slices. In one or more embodiments, a calibration unit can be provided to determine the characteristics of gain asymmetry variation; and a digital compensation unit can be provided to adjust the gain of the circuit over frequency. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279631 | Dynamic Polarization Modulation and Control - A method for sending a data from an electromagnetic radiator by polarization modulation of an electromagnetic wave includes radiating from the radiator first and second electromagnetic waves including first and second polarizations respectively, the first polarization being different than the second polarization. The first and second electromagnetic waves form a third electromagnetic wave having a third polarization different from the first or second polarization. The method includes modulating the third polarization responsive to the data by modulating one or more parts of the third electromagnetic wave. The data is sent in the third polarization. A system for sending a data includes an oscillator adapted to generate an oscillating signal, and a phase shifter coupled to the oscillator and adapted to generate a first phase-shifted oscillating signal having a first phase. The phase shifter is adapted to vary the phase difference across a predefined range in response to the data. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279632 | METHOD OF MODULATING SIGNAL FOR DATA COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE THEROF - The present invention relates to a method for modulating a signal, which is a signal modulation method for data communication, and the method comprises the steps of: forming a data symbol sequence to which a symbol 0 having the overall length of N are added, by adding M−1 symbols 0 to each symbol of a data symbol sequence; performing an N-point fast Fourier transform for the data symbol sequence to which said symbols 0 are added; performing precoding for said fast-Fourier-transformed data symbol sequence; and forming a final transmission symbol sequence by performing an inverse fast Fourier transform for said precoded data symbol sequence. Further, the present invention relates to a transmitter which comprises: a symbol adding unit that forms a data symbol sequence to which the symbol 0 having the overall length of N is added, by adding M−1 symbols 0 to each symbol of a data symbol sequence; a fast Fourier transform unit that performs an N-point fast Fourier transform for the data symbol sequence to which said symbols 0 are added; a precoding unit that performs precoding for said fast-Fourier-transformed data symbol sequence; and an inverse fast Fourier transform unit that forms a final transmission symbol sequence by performing an inverse fast Fourier transform for said precoded data symbol sequence. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279633 | DIGITAL RECEIVER - A receiver and method is provided for sigma-delta converting an RF signal to a digital signal and downconverting to a digital baseband signal. The RF signal is split into N phases, as can be accomplished using a sample and hold circuit, and each phase is digitized, as can be accomplished using an analog-to-digital (A/D) sigma-delta converter. Polyphase decimation techniques and demodulation are applied to the phased signals to generate a demodulated digital signal. The demodulated digital signal is further downconverted to the appropriate baseband signal. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279634 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL QUALITY - The invention relates to a method performed in a user equipment for estimating channel quality. The user equipment is adapted to operate in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode in a communication system comprising a base station node supporting MIMO and serving the user equipment. The method comprises: receiving, from the base station node, a reference signal; performing joint demodulation of the reference signal, thereby obtaining soft values; and generating the channel quality using the soft values. The invention also relates to a user equipment, computer programs and computer program products. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279635 | Automatic Gain Control (AGC) For Multichannel/Wideband Communications System - Automatic Gain Control (AGC) system for multi-channel signals attenuates an incoming multi-channel signal by providing a gain. The system further adjusts each individual channel, of the multi-channel signal, by supplying a second gain if needed. The AGC system is designed to ensure a received signal power is at an optimal level for analog to digital conversion or any other form of signal processing. The system also enables elimination of mid-packet gain adjustments. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279636 | INTEGRATED RECEIVERS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING INTEGRATED INDUCTORS - A receiver includes an input section, a plurality of RF sections, an output circuit, and a controller. The input section receives and amplifies a radio frequency (RF) input signal to provide an amplified RF signal, and has a gain input. The plurality of RF sections each have an input for receiving the amplified RF signal, and an output for providing an intermediate frequency signal. The output circuit provides an intermediate frequency output signal in response to an output of at least one of the plurality of RF sections. The controller has an output coupled to the gain input of the input section. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279637 | Method and System for A Reference Signal (RS) Timing Loop for OFDM Symbol Synchronization and Tracking - Aspects of a method and system for a reference signal (RS) timing loop for OFDM symbol synchronization and tracking may include tracking symbol timing in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal based on at least a reference symbol set. A receiver timing may be adjusted based on at least the symbol timing. The symbol timing may be tracked by generating an output signal as a function of a guard time Δt | 2013-10-24 |
20130279638 | COMPOSITE TYPE TARGET, NEUTRON GENERATING METHOD IN USE THEREOF AND NEUTRON GENERATING APPARATUS IN USE THEREOF - A target is provided herein such that the radioactivation of a member thereof due to protons may be reduced. In order to reduce the radioactivation of the member due to protons, a novel target composed by compositing a beryllium material (or lithium material) and a nonmetal material is used. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279639 | METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEAR MATERIAL BY MEANS OF NEUTRON INTERROGATION, AND RELATED DETECTION SYSTEM - A method for detecting nuclear material in an object analysed by neutron interrogation with an associated particle tube, where the method includes steps of detection of coinciding pulses by detector pixels of at least one matrix of detector pixels, where a step of detection of coinciding pulses leads to the formation of an event which reflects a fission reaction which occurs in the nuclear material, where the method includes a search for adjoining pixels amongst the pixels which have detected coinciding pulses, a grouping of adjoining pixels into groups of adjoining pixels, a count of the pixels and/or groups of adjoining pixels which have detected coinciding pulses, and a validation of the occurrence of an event provided at least three pixels and/or groups of adjoining pixels are counted. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279640 | INCORE INSTRUMENTATION CABLE ROUTING FOR PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR - A pressure vessel includes upper and lower vessel sections joined by a flanged connection. A nuclear reactor core includes an array of fuel assemblies comprising fissile material. The nuclear reactor core is disposed in the lower vessel section. A side-entry vessel penetration is located at a side of the pressure vessel and passes through one of (i) a flange of the flanged connection and (ii) the lower vessel section. An incore instrument routing tube extends from the side-entry vessel penetration and enters the reactor core from above the reactor core. The incore instrument routing tube extends from the side-entry vessel penetration with a declination angle A | 2013-10-24 |
20130279641 | METHOD TO EXTRACT TRITIUM FROM IRRADIATED BOILING WATER REACTOR CONTROL ROD BLADES - A method for extracting tritium from irradiated boiling water reactor control rods that have cruciform-shaped. Bands of a malleable metal are wrapped around the flat portions of the blades, one band near the top of each blade panel and a second band near the bottom. The bands are crimped and an inlet penetration is formed through one of the bands and the panel and an outlet penetration is formed through the second band and the panel. A termination of each end of a closed loop conduit is sealably connected to the inlet and outlet for transporting a carrier gas through the interior of the panel. The carrier gas passing through the interior transports the tritium out of the panel to a tritium getter filter to capture the tritium. The carrier gas then recirculates through the system. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279642 | BOTTOM NOZZLE FILTERING DEVICE AND DEBRIS-PREVENTIVE BOTTOM NOZZLE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a bottom nozzle filtering device and a debris-preventive bottom nozzle that can be used for a light water reactor (LWR) nuclear fuel assembly. The bottom nozzle filtering device includes a plurality of successively spliced unit plates; a through flow channel is formed between the spliced adjacent unit plates; the flow channel includes a plurality of spaced straight-section flow inlets and straight-section flow outlets, and a flow subchannel communicating; the outlet section of each straight-section flow inlet in the middle splits respectively into two flow subchannels, and the inlet section of each straight-section flow outlet in the middle communicates respectively with the two flow subchannels. The flow direction of the coolant is controlled by the straight-section flow inlet, the straight-section flow outlet, the flow subchannel to prevent unnecessary eddies forming, making the pressure loss effectively controlled and improving the filtering effect. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279643 | Steam Generator for a Nuclear Reactor - A steam generator for a nuclear reactor comprises plenums proximate with a first plane, wherein the first plane intersects a bottom portion of a riser column of a reactor vessel. The steam generator may further comprise plenums proximate with a second plane, approximately parallel with the first plane, wherein the second plane intersects a top portion of the riser column of the reactor vessel. The steam generator may further include a plurality of steam generator tubes that convey coolant from a plenum located proximate with the first plane to one of the plenums proximate with the second plane. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279644 | X-RAY CT SYSTEM - An X-ray CT system is provided that determines input imaging conditions based on the attributes of subjects that were measured by the apparatus itself and can prevent excessive radiation exposure due to human error. The X-ray CT system comprises a measurement unit, a part identification unit, a calculation unit, a comparison unit, and a notification unit. The measurement unit measures the attributes of a subject placed on a couch. The part identification unit identifies the part of the subject being imaged based on the measured attributes of the subject. The calculation unit calculates a radiation dose based on the identified unit being imaged. The comparison unit makes a determination by comparing the calculated radiation dose and the radiation dose based on the imaging conditions input for examination. The notification unit notifies the results determined by the comparison unit. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279645 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VOLUMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION USING RADIOGRAPHY - Methods and systems for use in generating a volumetric reconstruction of an object using scattered X-ray radiography. An X-ray beam is directed towards a point within a target object. Scattered X-rays are measured by detectors and measurement data is stored. The X-ray beam is directed towards different points. Measurement data associated with each point is analyzed using a ray tracing methodology to assign contrast values to each point. A volumetric image is generated therefrom. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279646 | 3 DIMENSIONAL X-RAY CT APPARATUS, 3 DIMENSIONAL CT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are a three-dimensional X-ray CT apparatus, a three-dimensional CT image reconstruction method, and a program, which are capable of reducing an operating time. A three-dimensional X-ray CT apparatus includes: a CT imaging portion for continuously and relatively rotating a measurement system with respect to a subject to perform a CT imaging measurement for taking data on a plurality of transmission images for reconstructing a three-dimensional CT image of the subject; and an image reconstruction portion for reconstructing the three-dimensional CT image based on the data on the plurality of transmission images taken by the CT imaging portion and displaying the three-dimensional CT image. During a period in which the CT imaging measurement is being performed, the image reconstruction portion reconstructs the three-dimensional CT image based on already-taken data on transmission images and displays the three-dimensional CT image before the CT imaging measurement is completed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279647 | CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION SIGNAL TRANSFER - Among other things, one or more data-links for transferring information between a stationary unit and a movable (e.g., rotating) unit, or between two movable units without contact between the units is provided. A transmitting antenna of a data-link comprises at least two capacitive conducting portions, a first portion configured to conduct signals having a first frequency range (e.g., a higher frequency range) and a second portion configured to conduct signals having a second frequency range (e.g., a lower frequency range). The second portion is comprised of a plurality of members (e.g., conductive plates) arranged to create a substantially continuous electrically conductive structure (e.g., although respective members may not be in physical contact with adjacent members). In this way, a loss of capacitance in a transition between two adjacent members is reduced to provide for transferring information at lower frequencies where a higher capacitance is desirable, for example. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279648 | LIQUID COOLED THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN IMAGING DETECTOR - A liquid cooled thermal control system for a computed tomography (CT) detector includes a plurality of temperature sensors and a control mode selector module coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors. The control mode selector module is programmed to receive an input from the plurality of temperature sensors, identify the inputs as either valid inputs or invalid inputs, and determine an operational mode of the liquid cooled thermal control system based on the identified inputs. A CT imaging system and a method of operating a cooling system are also described. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279649 | SOLID IMAGING DEVICE AND X-RAY CT DEVICE INCLUDING THE SOLID IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a solid-state imaging device, etc. having a structure for capturing a high-resolution image even when any row selecting wiring is disconnected. The solid-state imaging device ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130279650 | SOLID-STATE IMAGER AND X-RAY CT APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a solid-state imaging device and the like having a structure for capturing a high-resolution image even when any of the reading-out wiring and row selecting wiring is disconnected. The solid-state imaging device ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130279651 | Method for Manufacturing Metal Lattice, Metal Lattice Manufactured by the Method, and X-ray Imaging Device using the Metal Lattice - According to a method for manufacturing a metal grating structure of the present invention, in filling a concave portion formed in a silicon substrate ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130279652 | MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is a measuring apparatus which is capable of measuring the distribution of a specific element in a specimen by soft X rays in a state where there is no effect by a staining agent and the like even though the specimen is composed of living single cells or cell aggregates living as they are, extracted in vitro from an organism. A measuring apparatus using soft X rays includes a connection part which is connected with a soft X ray beam line, a mechanism which light-collects a spot size of soft X rays into a micro beam, and a low vacuum vessel having a measurement chamber in which a specimen is disposed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279653 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR X-RAY DIFFRACTION - Methods and apparatus are provided for performing back-reflection energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction (XRD). This exhibits extremely low sensitivity to the morphology of the sample under investigation. As a consequence of this insensitivity, unprepared samples can be analyzed using this method. For example, in a geological context, whole rock samples become amenable to analysis. Modifications of the technique are described to suppress fluorescence signals that would otherwise obscure the diffraction signals. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279654 | APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING A RADIATION WINDOW - A radiation detector assembly and a method for using the same are provided. The radiation detector assembly includes an aperture, a window covering the aperture, the window is configured to permit radiation to pass through, the window is configured to prevent the passage of fluids and particles through the aperture, and a protective device covers the window. The protective device includes a plurality of holes at least partially aligned with the aperture, is configured to permit at least some radiation to pass through the holes, is configured to prevent objects larger than the holes to contact the window and is configured to withstand external forces and prevent those forces from damaging the window. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279655 | INSPECTION MACHINE FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Disclosed is an inspection machine provided with an imaging device that capture a close-up image of the imaging target portion of the printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted, by coming close to a printed circuit board. The inspection machine has a sensor unit that detects the heights of the electronic components on the printed circuit board by irradiation light in a first direction that is along the surface of the printed circuit board. Control means of the inspection machine sets a limit distance to a position above the highest electronic component among heights detected from the electronic components. The control means also restricts a facing distance by which the imaging device is accepted to approach the printed circuit board, to be the limit distance. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279656 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain rotation control information of a positive electrode of a rotating positive electrode type radiation generating apparatus; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate charge; a readout unit configured to read out the charge based on the rotation control information while a rotational speed of the positive electrode is constant; and an image generating unit configured to generate an image by reading out the charge. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279657 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A portable radiation imaging apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate with a radiation generation apparatus includes a radiation image sensor including a two-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of detection elements configured to detect a radiation generated by the radiation generation apparatus, a wireless communication unit configured to receive a generation condition of the radiation generated by the radiation generation apparatus, a storage unit configured to store the received generation condition and radiation image data obtained by the radiation image sensor in association with each other, and a housing configured to accommodate the radiation image sensor, the wireless communication unit, and the storage unit. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMISSION GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY - An apparatus comprising a radiation source, coincident positron emission detectors configured to detect coincident positron annihilation emissions originating within a coordinate system, and a controller coupled to the radiation source and the coincident positron emission detectors, the controller configured to identify coincident positron annihilation emission paths intersecting one or more volumes in the coordinate system and align the radiation source along an identified coincident positron annihilation emission path. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279659 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR IMAGE INTEGRATION USING CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION FOR PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING WITH AN ARRAGEMENT OF GRATINGS - High-quality, artifact-free phase contrast images from an object are yielded using an arrangement of gratings. The method suppresses the need of direct image integration and significantly improves the quality of phase contrast images. In comparison with existing techniques, no additional alignment work is needed, nor increased exposure time. On the other hand, the method delivers excellent, direct interpretable information about the phase projection within a radiographic experiment. Due to its general applicability and its simplicity in usage, the method is likely to become a standard method for a variety of 2D imaging applications using gratings arrangements in particular on medical scanners (for instance mammography), inspection at industrial production lines, non-destructive testing, and homeland security. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279660 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A data communication system and a radiation image capturing system are described. According to one implementation, a data communication system includes a wireless terminal; an access point; and a channel determination section. The channel determination section carries out calculation processing for calculating an influence rate as a score for each of a plurality of channels, and determines a channel having the smallest calculated score to be a channel used, and classifies the influence rate by the interfering radio wave into a plurality of zones, sets the score in each of the zones so that the value of the score is higher as transmission/receiving of the data between the wireless terminal and the access point of the system becomes more difficult when the interfering radio wave having the strength of the zone exists, adds the scores of each zone, and calculates the score. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279661 | RADIANT RAY GENERATION CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radiation imaging control apparatus includes an exposure switch configured to instruct radiation emission, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first signal indicating that the exposure switch is pressed, a first connection unit configured to detachably connect with a control unit of a radiant ray detector to transmit a second signal indicating the driving state of the radiant ray detector, a second connection unit configured to detachably connect with a control unit of a radiant ray generation apparatus to transmit a specific signal, and a control unit configured to perform control to output the specific signal via the second connection unit upon acquisition of the first and second signals, wherein the second connection unit is a connector for making wired connection. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279662 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit having an imaging unit power feeding mechanism configured to receive electric power from an external device; a pedestal including a pedestal power feeding mechanism configured to feed the electric power to the imaging unit; and a holder configured to position and hold the imaging unit so that a position of the imaging unit power feeding mechanism coincides with a position of the pedestal power feeding mechanism even if the imaging unit power feeding mechanism is moved with respect to the pedestal power feeding mechanism within a predetermined imaging plane. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279663 | PIVOT JOINT BRAKES FOR X-RAY POSITIONING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for braking and releasing one or more pivot joints used in an X-ray positioning device are described. The systems and methods use a support arm that extends between a main assembly of the x-ray positioning device and an X-ray imaging assembly with an X-ray source and an X-ray detector that are disposed nearly opposite to each other. The support arm includes one or more pivot joints (such as horizontal, lateral, and/or orbital pivot joints) that allow the imaging assembly to move with respect to the main assembly. The pivot joints can each be connected to an automated braking system that is capable of selectively locking and unlocking a corresponding pivot joint, as indicated by a user-controlled switching mechanism. The braking systems containing multiple pivot joints can be individually controlled by separate switching mechanisms or simultaneously controlled by a single switching mechanism. Other embodiments are described. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279664 | Easy Call Abandon - A technique for managing simultaneous incoming and outgoing calls between the same far-end called terminal and far-end calling terminal and/or same user associated with a far-end called terminal and user associated with the far-end calling terminal includes an easy call abandon facility on a near-end terminal configured to compare information associated with an outgoing call to information associated with an incoming call. The easy call abandon facility is configured to initiate an audible or visible indicator when the terminal and/or user of the far-end called party is the same as that of the far-end calling party. In response to an easy call abandon indication received from a near-end terminal user, the easy call abandon facility disconnects the call from the near-end and connects the call received from the far-end terminal. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279665 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, UPDATING AND DISTRIBUTING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODELS - Techniques for generating, distributing, and using speech recognition models are described. A shared speech processing facility is used to support speech recognition for a wide variety of devices with limited capabilities including business computer systems, personal data assistants, etc., which are coupled to the speech processing facility via a communications channel, e.g., the Internet. Devices with audio capture capability record and transmit to the speech processing facility, via the Internet, digitized speech and receive speech processing services, e.g., speech recognition model generation and/or speech recognition services, in response. The Internet is used to return speech recognition models and/or information identifying recognized words or phrases. Thus, the speech processing facility can be used to provide speech recognition capabilities to devices without such capabilities and/or to augment a device's speech processing capability. Voice dialing, telephone control and/or other services are provided by the speech processing facility in response to speech recognition results. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279666 | VISUAL VOICEMAIL MANAGEMENT - A voicemail message management system and method are provided. A list of voicemail messages is displayed on a screen such as a cellular telephone screen. Indicators specify whether messages are new, urgent, saved, not yet heard, and the like. Other attributes can also be displayed, including for example indications as to source of a message, message duration, date/time, caller, urgent or private, and the like. These indicators provide guidance to the user for selecting which messages he or she would like to hear at a given time. The user can listen to messages, delete them, move them, categorize them, and perform other operations in any order the user chooses. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279667 | Voice-Messaging with Attachments - A network method for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which a caller may leave a voice-message that includes the identification of an attachment, which may include, as examples only, audio, video, text, programs, spreadsheets and graphic attachments. A video, text, spreadsheet or graphic attachment may be converted to an audible attachment to the voice-mail at the caller's or the voice-mail subscriber's request. Such entries may be made, after receiving an automated prompt for leaving an attachment identifier or conversion request, audibly or by using a keypad entry. A network method is also provided for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which the voice-mail service may detect an attachment to a voice-mail message and provide access to the attachment to the voice-mail message. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF INMATE PHONE RECORDINGS - A method of automatically distributing phone call recordings to interested parties generally includes associating one or more forwarding criteria with each of one or more interested parties, establishing a phone call from a calling party to a destination number through an institutional phone system, recording the phone call, and, if the phone call satisfies one or more forwarding criteria associated with one or more interested parties, automatically distributing the recording of the phone call to the at least one interested party associated with the satisfied one or more forwarding criteria. Distribution may be by e-mail, by uploading the recording to a website that interested parties (and preferably only interested parties) can access, by queuing the recordings for export to physical media, and/or through a voice mail system. Calls may be selected for distribution based on the caller, the called party, conversation content, call time, or any other suitable criteria. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279669 | TELEPHONY SYSTEMS USING CLOUD COMPUTING FOR INTERCONNECTING BUSINESSES AND CUSTOMERS - A multi-tiered communication system for provisioning a cloud computing system to host a media server. The system includes a data center including one or more Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) functions that are configured for use with a caller who initiates contact with the data center. The system also includes a media server implemented in a cloud computing system. The media server is configured to route an incoming call from one subscriber to another, or in the case of a caller to the data center, to route one or more IVR messages to the caller and to connect the caller with an agent for real-time communication. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279670 | COLLABORATING WITH A CALLER BY INTERNET SITES - A computerized method for collaborating between a party and a caller, comprising receiving at the party a communication from the caller, and responsive to the communication, presenting by the party a web-page on a computer operated by the caller, wherein the method is performed at least by a computerized apparatus of the party and an at least one communications apparatus of the caller. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATING A PHONE CALL WITH A DISPLAY - A computerized method for correlating a phone call with a telephone-number, comprising receiving at a service facility, comprising an at least one processor, a query from a computer about a status of a phone call with a telephone-number, and sending to the computer a response with information related to the status, and an apparatus for performing the same. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279672 | Methods and Systems For Categorizing a Customer of a Service as a Churner or a Non-Churner - In one particular aspect a method for categorizing a user of a communication service as a churner or non-churner is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining call data for the user. Next, the call data is used to determine a value (v | 2013-10-24 |
20130279673 | ENHANCED SERVICES PROVIDED USING COMMUNICATION REDIRECTION AND PROCESSING - Processing a communication is disclosed. A first request to establish communication is received at a redirection node from a requesting communication participant. A destination communication participant associated with the request is determined. A communication session in which the requesting communication participant, the redirection node, and the destination communication participant are participants at the same time is established, including sending from the redirection node to an equipment associated with the destination communication participant a second request to establish communication between the redirection node and the equipment associated with the destination communication participant. A communication session processing feature not provided with respect to the communication session by a telecommunication service provider associated with a service provider network used to establish and provide the communication session is made available to at least one of the requesting communication participant and the destination communication participant. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279674 | Automated Electronic Telecommunications Order Translation and Processing - Systems and method for processing orders for telecommunications services are disclosed. Generally a telecommunications transaction set of an electronic data interchange standard is received, the telecommunications transaction set corresponding to a telecommunications product or service for a customer. An order for the telecommunications product or service is then generated based on processing of the telecommunications transaction set. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279675 | DATA COMMUNICATION - Call party details of a telephone call involving first and second telephony user devices are received. The call party details include first and second identities associated with the first and second telephony user devices respectively. A client-server connection request is received from, and a client-server connection is established with, one of the user devices. A session for the communication of data to and/or from the user devices is established separately from the telephone call on the basis of the first and second identities. The receipt of pre-configured user data by the one of the user devices is enabled via the client-server connection. The pre-configured user data has been specified by a user of another of the user devices prior to the establishment of the telephone call as data for receipt by other user devices during telephone calls conducted by the user. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279676 | PROFILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING PROFILE DATA OF USER SUBSCRIBED TELEPHONY SERVICES - Subscription profile data is managed. The subscription profile data is associated with a communications service. A user interface is sent to a hosting client for a user to obtain access to and make changes to subscription profile data. A request to retrieve the subscription profile data is received from the client. The subscription profile data is retrieved from within a communications network in response to the request to retrieve the subscription profile data. A request to update the subscription profile data is received. An update for the subscription profile data is forwarded so that the communications service is implemented in the communications network in accordance with the update. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279677 | LOCATION BASED QUALITY OF SESSION CONTROL IN UNIFIED TELEPHONY - Implementing a location and historical trend based quality of session in unified telephony can begin with establishing a conference call. The location of each end-user device can be determined and a query of a previously established data store with historical trend data for quality of session for each end-user device based on the location of an identifier for the end user device can be performed. If the results of the querying indicate that an end-user device has a relatively low quality of session below a baseline established for the conference call, a corrective action designed to ensure the conference call is conducted with a quality of session at or above the baseline can be performed. Alternatively, the location and historical trend data and analysis for the collaboration session can be presented to a human moderator, who can be prompted to select a desired corrective action. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279678 | LOCATION BASED QUALITY OF SESSION CONTROL IN UNIFIED TELEPHONY - Implementing a location and historical trend based quality of session in unified telephony can begin with establishing a conference call. The location of each end-user device can be determined and a query of a previously established data store with historical trend data for quality of session for each end-user device based on the location of an identifier for the end user device can be performed. If the results of the querying indicate that an end-user device has a relatively low quality of session below a baseline established for the conference call, a corrective action designed to ensure the conference call is conducted with a quality of session at or above the baseline can be performed. Alternatively, the location and historical trend data and analysis for the collaboration session can be presented to a human moderator, who can be prompted to select a desired corrective action. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279679 | Methods to Improve Fraud Detection on Conference Calling Systems Based on Observation of Participants' Call Time Durations - An embodiment of the invention includes a method for detecting fraudulent use in a conference calling system. One or more time duration thresholds are received for a conference call. The conference call is monitored to determine an attendee duration, a participants duration, and/or a conference call duration. The attendee duration represents the call duration of an attendee of the conference call; the participants duration represents the total call duration of all of the attendees combined; and, the conference call duration represents the call duration of the conference call. The time duration thresholds are compared to the attendee duration, participants duration, and/or conference call duration. Actions are performed by a processor if the attendee duration, participants duration, and/or conference call duration exceeds the time duration thresholds. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279680 | INTERACTIVE ASSISTANT FOR MANAGING TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS - An interactive assistant for managing telephone communications and services is disclosed. In one of many possible method embodiments, a chat interface is provided to a device associated with an intended recipient of an incoming voice call. A chat message from the intended recipient is received through the chat interface. The chat message is presented to a calling party associated with the incoming call prior to a disposition of the call being determined. In other embodiments, an interface provides controls for individually managing calls on a conference call, without affecting other calls on the conference call. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279681 | METHOD AND END-USER DEVICE FOR MESSAGING - An end-user device and method for messaging, includes: enabling an initiating user, using an end-user device, to choose at least one target user and to subsequently press a dedicated button selected from a set of dedicated buttons that includes one or more dedicated buttons; and in response to pressing the dedicated button preceded by choosing the at least one target user, enabling sending to the at least one target user a respective message, wherein a type of the respective message corresponds to the dedicated button, pressed by the initiating user. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279682 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Processing a Nature of Address Indicator and/or Calling Party Number to Support Telecommunication Features - A call is processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call and allowing the call to complete in a jurisdiction associated with a national nature of address indicator if the nature of address indicator is international. A call is also processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call. A number of digits associated with a calling party number in the signaling message is determined and the call is allowed to complete if the nature of address indicator is national and the number of digits associated with the calling party number exceeds ten. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALL SCREENING - The present invention provides flexible, user-definable call screening processes. The user can optionally define to which telecommunication terminals a screened call is to be broadcast to and under what conditions. An incoming call is forwarded to a call management system that asks the caller to leave a voice message. The call management system selectively couples the call to a POTS line or a VoIP-capable device so that the user can listen to the incoming message and thereby screen the incoming call. Based on the screening, the user can instruct the call management system to connect the caller to the user. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279684 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE ANSWERING ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An answering enhancement system originating on a called-party's communication device and working in conjunction with other resident software and hardware that becomes operational once the called-party's communication device is connected to an incoming call through a communication link. The answering enhancement system is not a part of or a function of the communications network. Once activated by a communications transmission, the answering enhancement system may instruct the called-party's communication device to play media files to calling-party or to the called-party by acting on associations pre-selected by the called-party. The media files may be played or displayed to the calling-party in replace of a conventional audible call progress signal or ringback tone and to the called-party as a ringtone and/or visual alert. The system allows the called-party to access the call and converse with calling-party as it normally would. After the media files have played for a pre-determined period of time the call may be transferred to a voicemail recording system residing in the called-party's communication device or network voicemail recording system for later retrieval. The media files may then be played or displayed to the calling-party as a voicemail announcement. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279685 | MULTI-TASKING RELIEF - A contact center is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. The contact center proposed herein provides the ability to, among other things, determine performance efficiencies/metric associated with one or more multi-tasking agents and provide relief to agents based on rules. This multi-tasking relief may be provided to the one or more agents via reducing an amount of multi-tasking work, inserting breaks into the agent's work flow, and/or directing work items to other resources. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279686 | Crime Reporting in a Controlled-Environment Facility - Embodiments of the invention are directed to communication systems and methods that allow a resident of a controlled environment facility to report a past, on-going or threatened crime, such as a rape. The resident is able to make the report using a facility communications system without alerting other residents of the controlled environment facility that the crime has been reported. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279687 | Transmitter Initiated On-Line Reconfiguration - A method implemented by a first network component (NC) in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system comprising retrieving an on-line reconfiguration (OLR) request from a control entity (CE), wherein the OLR request is generated by the CE based on a noise increase on a subscriber line between the NC and a second NC in the DSL system, and in response to the OLR request, transmitting a message to a receiver in the second NC to request for a reduced data rate on the subscriber line. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279688 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND MAIN DEVICE - There is provided an interface circuit according to which a telephone or an intercom may be connected to a port of a main device including a telephone exchange function. The interface circuit includes a power supply circuit that supplies necessary power supply voltage according to the telephone or the intercom connected to the port, and a state detection circuit that detects, in a case where the telephone is connected to the port, whether the telephone is in an on-hook state or in an off-hook state, based on the value of an input impedance of the telephone, and that detects, in a case where the intercom is connected to the port, whether the intercom is in a standby state or in an activation button pressed state, based on a value of the input impedance of the intercom. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279689 | Secure Lock for Mobile Device - A secure lock procedure for mobile devices is disclosed. The secure lock process generally includes detecting a device access attempt at a telecommunication device during a security-enabled boot sequence. The device access attempt may include a cryptographic key, which when detected, initiates a cryptographic authentication operation. The cryptographic authentication operation results in access to one or more resource of the telecommunication device being enabled, when the cryptographic key is determined to be valid, or denied, when the cryptographic key is determined to be invalid. The device access attempt may be associated with a root-level device access attempt or software flash attempt, and the secure lock procedure can be implemented in conjunction with a boot loader stored within a memory of the telecommunication device. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279690 | PRESERVING IMAGE PRIVACY WHEN MANIPULATED BY CLOUD SERVICES - An apparatus and method for preserving image privacy when manipulated by cloud services includes middleware for receiving an original image, splitting the original image into two sub-images, where the RGB pixel values of the sub-images have a bit value that is less than RGB pixel values of the original image. The sub-images are encrypted by adding a keystream to the RGB pixel values of the sub-images. The sub-image data is transmitted to a cloud service such as a social network or photo-sharing site, which manipulate the images by resizing, cropping, filtering, or the like. The sub-image data is received by the middleware and is successfully decrypted irrespective of the manipulations performed by the cloud services. In an alternative embodiment, the blocks of the original image are permutated when encrypted, and then reverse-permutated when decrypted. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279691 | Secure Key Authentication and Ladder System - Method and system for secure key authentication and key ladder are provided herein. Aspects of the method for secure key authentication may include generating a digital signature of a secure key in order to obtain a digitally signed secure key and transmitting the digitally signed secure key from a first location to a second location. The digital signature may be generated by utilizing an asymmetric encryption algorithm and/or a symmetric encryption algorithm. The digitally signed secure key may be encrypted prior to transmission. The secure key may be a master key, a work key and/or a scrambling key. The digitally signed secure key may be received at the second location and the digitally signed secure key may be decrypted to obtain a decrypted digitally signed secure key. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279692 | PROTECTING MODULAR EXPONENTIATION IN CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS - The present invention proposes a method for executing a blinded modular exponentiation, based on a window method with a window size of k bits so using 2 | 2013-10-24 |
20130279693 | TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL BASED ON A HIGH-DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE SIGNAL - A method and a device for receiving a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) signal from an HDMI source via a first HDMI interface is disclosed. The HDMI signal includes data in a first format. The data is converted to a second format and transmitted wirelessly to a wireless device. The HDMI signal is transmitted to an HDMI destination via a second HDMI interface. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RECORD ENCRYPTED CONTENT WITH ACCESS CONDITIONS - A television event may be consumed after been stored in a mass memory of a multimedia unit, but still fully relies on the security of a secure device. A conversion of a received content aims at firstly descrambling the content using control words included in entitlement control messages and immediately re-encrypting the descrambled content by a unique key generated specifically for this content. Access conditions attached to the entitlement control message containing the control word are temporarily stored and once the decryption is terminated, the secure device produces an information block. This information block containing for example access conditions and an identifier of the content is either stored into a secure memory of the secure device or stored in the mass memory with the encrypted content. The unique key is made up of a combination of a root key specific to the secure device and the information block. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279695 | SECURE VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMUNICATION SYSTEM - Device, system and method, in a vehicle communication system, of securely storing safety-related messages. Embodiments include both digital signing and digital encryption such that (i) stored message validity is assured; and (ii) only qualified or pre-selected recipients are able to decrypt the message. Embodiments include storing environmental information geographically related to a safety event. Embodiments include a plurality of vehicles within wireless communication range receiving a network warning message and then securely storing related information in response to the warning message. Embodiments include measuring time-of-transit of messages and using this measured time to triangulate position of a transmit source. This information may be transmitted or stored. Embodiments include forwarding of network warning messages. Algorithms are described to identify spoofed messages. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279696 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method for transmitting and receiving multimedia content having cryptoperiods scrambled by a control word includes a sender using an operating key and an encryption algorithm in a first virtual mother card to encrypt the control word to obtain a cryptogram, using a syntax constructor also in the first virtual mother card to generate an ECM that incorporates the cryptogram, and transmitting it to a terminal. The terminal receives the ECM and using a syntax analyzer contained in a first virtual daughter card associated with the mother card and uses it to locate a position of the cryptogram CW*t in the ECM. Using an operating key of a decryption algorithm in the daughter card, it then decrypts the cryptogram. Then, using the decrypted control word, it proceeds to descramble the cryptoperiod. Meanwhile, the sender occasionally changes the virtual mother card into a different virtual mother card. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279697 | Lighting system, a light source, a device and a method of authorizing the device by the light source - A lighting system ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130279698 | SECURE WIRELESS LINK BETWEEN TWO DEVICES USING PROBES - A secure wireless communication link (pairing) between two devices can be established using cleartext wireless transmissions between devices not joined to a network (“probes”). One device can broadcast a first probe indicating that it is seeking to establish a pairing. The other device can respond with a second probe, and the two devices can establish a shared secret, e.g., by exchanging further information using additional probes. Thereafter, either device can send a message to the other by encrypting the message using a cryptographic key derived from the shared secret; encrypted messages can also be sent within probes. The receiving device can extract an encrypted message from a probe and decrypt it using the cryptographic key. The encrypted message can include credentials usable by the receiving device to join a wireless network. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279699 | Information Providing System - An information providing system | 2013-10-24 |
20130279700 | Undetectable Combining of Nonaligned Concurrent Signals - The approach shown provides for an efficient implementation of time response, level response and frequency response alignment between two audio sources such as DAB and FM that may be time offset from each other by as much as 2 seconds, and produces an aurally undetectable transition between the sources. Computational load is significantly reduced over the approaches known in the prior art. | 2013-10-24 |
20130279701 | AUTOMATIC ANNOUNCER VOICE ATTENUATION IN A PRESENTATION OF A BROADCAST EVENT - A method of automatic announcer voice removal from a televised sporting event. A sound processing circuit divides an audio input signal of a televised sporting event into multiple audio segments. The audio input signal includes crowd noise and announcer commentary. If an audio segment does not exceed a pre-defined amplitude threshold, a voice removal utility adds the audio segment to a recent crowd noise library and stores the segment in an output buffer. If the amplitude of a segment exceeds the threshold, the utility adds the segment to a recent announcer voice library. The sound processing circuit generates an attenuated version of the segment and blends the attenuated version with one or more mixed segments from the recent crowd noise library. The voice removal utility stores the attenuated and blended segment in the output buffer and outputs one or more audio segments from the buffer in a chronological order. | 2013-10-24 |