46th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100290579 | NUCLEAR REACTOR, IN PARTICULAR POOL-TYPE NUCLEAR REACTOR, WITH NEW-CONCEPT FUEL ELEMENTS - The present invention relates to a nuclear reactor, in particular a pool-type nuclear reactor cooled with liquid metal (for example, a heavy metal such as lead or lead-bismuth eutectic) or with sodium or molten salts, having a core formed by a bundle of fuel elements and immersed in a primary fluid circulating between the core and at least one heat exchanger; the fuel elements extend along respective parallel longitudinal axes and have respective bottom active parts immersed in the primary fluid to constitute the core, and respective service parts that extend at the top from the active parts and emerge from the primary fluid; the fuel elements are mechanically supported via respective top end heads anchored to supporting structures and can be operated via handling machines. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A COUNTING CIRCUIT - Timing circuitry may use control circuitry to control calibration circuitry to calibrate a counter so that an adder and a calibration period counter are not required. Concatenation circuitry may be used to concatenate a portion of the counter value and the calibration value to provide a calibrated value to the counter. The results from match circuitry may be used to provide status and control information to a calibration history bit and to an enable circuit. The counter may be an up counter or a down counter. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290581 | Shift Registers - A shift register including shift register units controlled by first and second clock signals for generating an output signal. For each unit, in an active period, the first driving device drives the first switch device to activate the output signal, and the second driving device provides a voltage signal according to the first clock signal to drive the first switch device to de-activate the output signal. When the first switch device de-activates the output signal, the second switch device provides the voltage signal to serve as the output signal according to the second clock signal. In the active period, the voltage signal has a low level, and the first and second clock signals are set as alternating-current signals and are opposite to each other. In a blanking period, the voltage signal has a high level, and each of the first and second clock signals is set as a direct-current signal. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290582 | X-RAY TESTING METHOD AND X-RAY TESTING DEVICE - A first x-ray image of the circuit board that is equipped with components only on a first side with a first x-ray device ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290583 | METAL ARTEFACT PREVENTION DURING NEEDLE GUIDANCE UNDER (XPER) CT - The present invention relates to a method and device for preventing metal artefacts computer tomography scans made during biopsy taking, when a metal needle is present in the field of view of a scan. The direction of the metal needle and the direction of the electro-magnetic field are determined in advance. For the determination of the electro-magnetic field a position of a source of the electro-magnetic field a position of a detector are considered. The user may be warned, when the determined direction of the electro-magnetic field and of the direction of the metallic needle correspond to each other. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290584 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE SPECT-CT MACHINE WITH INTEGRATED ASYMMETRIC FLAT PANEL CONE-BEAM CT AND SPECT SYSTEM - When performing nuclear (e.g., SPECT or PET) and CT scans on a patient, a volume cone-beam CT scan is performed using a cone-beam CT X-ray source ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290585 | MAMMOGRAPHY METHOD AND MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - In a mammography method and a mammography apparatus to generate x-ray images of a breast, a support unit is positioned between the breasts. In the support unit two x-ray detectors are arranged with acquisition surfaces that are flat and parallel to one another. The acquisition surfaces face away from one another and respectively toward one of the breasts. At least one x-ray image of each breast is acquired while both breasts are simultaneously pressed against the support unit. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290586 | RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE - A radiation therapy device having a therapeutic radiation source and an imaging unit is provided. The imaging unit includes a plurality of diagnostic radiation sources, from which diagnostic X-ray radiation are directed onto an object to be examined, and a diagnostic radiation detector, with which the diagnostic X-ray radiation is detected after passing through the object to be examined. The plurality of diagnostic radiation sources are X-ray radiation sources that are based on carbon nanotubes. A radiation therapy device having a housing, in which a diagnostic radiation source, a diagnostic radiation detector, and a therapeutic radiation source that is rotated in one plane are arranged, is also provided. The diagnostic radiation source and the diagnostic radiation detector are arranged in the housing such that diagnostic X-ray radiation, which is directed by the diagnostic radiation source onto the diagnostic radiation detector, travels at an angle through the plane. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290587 | LASER-BASED ACCELERATOR FOR INTERROGATION OF REMOTE CONTAINERS - A method and apparatus for generating high-energy beams of electrons or x-rays through laser wakefield acceleration to remotely examine containers is disclosed. By scanning the beam of electrons or x-rays across a container, an inspector can remotely determine whether the containers contain items of interest, such as special nuclear materials, without having to manually inspect the contents of the container. The invention can be compact enough to be portable, which provides for the flexibility to examine a variety of different containers under a variety of different conditions. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290588 | X-RAY GENERATOR AND THE USE THEREOF IN AN X-RAY EXAMINATION DEVICE OR X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE - An X-ray generator having a housing and having components located inside the housing for generating one or more X-ray beams, wherein the housing is composed of a tube body that is made of ceramic. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290589 | X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE - An X-ray inspection device is adapted to detect foreign matter in a target object while the target object is conveyed. The X-ray inspection device includes an X-ray emission device, a scintillator unit, a slit member and a photodiode array. The scintillator unit extends in a direction that intersects a conveyance direction of the target object, and is configured and arranged to optically convert the X-rays emitted by the X-ray emission device into visible light. The slit member forms a slit that extends in the direction that intersects the conveyance direction, and is disposed on an upstream side of the scintillator unit with respect to a direction of X-ray irradiation. The slit member is arranged so that a width of the slit is narrower than a width of the scintillator unit, and is equal to or wider than half a light-receiving width of the photodiode array in the conveyance direction. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290590 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD, AND X-RAY IMAGING PROGRAM - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a phase grating, an absorption grating, a detector, and an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit executes a Fourier transform step of performing Fourier transform for an intensity distribution of a Moiré acquired by the detector, and acquiring a spatial frequency spectrum. Also, the arithmetic unit executes a phase retrieval step of separating a spectrum corresponding to a carrier frequency from a spatial frequency spectrum acquired in the Fourier transform step, performing inverse Fourier transform for the separated spectrum, and acquiring a differential phase image. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290591 | Method for monitoring the X-ray dosage administered to a patient by a radiation source when using an X-ray device, and X-ray device - A method for monitoring the X-ray dosage administered to a patient by a radiation source when using an X-ray device is proposed. The X-ray device is in particular a C-arm X-ray device. A location-dependent dosage value on the surface of the patient is determined with reference to parameters which describe the recording geometry and the radiation that is administered. The surface is described by a patient model in particular. A representation of the dosage value and/or of a value derived therefrom is displayed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290592 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a technology that enables an operator to designate whether or not to continue imaging if divided capture has been interrupted in a radiographic apparatus. During continuation of divided capture, the state of an irradiation switch for designating irradiation of radiation is detected by an irradiation switch state detection unit. When a suspension of the designation of irradiation of radiation has been detected, information indicating continuation of imaging, performing of imaging again, or cancellation of imaging is presented to an operator, thereby preventing an unintended interruption of imaging. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290593 | X-RAYS SOURCE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRON SOURCE COMBINED WITH A PHOTOELECTRIC CONTROL DEVICE - A radiation source includes a vacuum chamber, means for injecting an optical wave, a cold source for emitting electrons, a power supply, an anode for emitting X-rays, and at least one window through which the X-rays exit. A light source delivers the optical wave, and the cold source includes at least one substrate with a conducting surface and is subjected to an electric field. The cold further includes a photoconductive element in which the current is controlled approximately linearly by the illumination and at least one electron-emitting element, the photoconductive element electrically connected in series between an emitting element and a conducting surface. Current photogenerated in the photoconductive device is equal to that emitted by the emitter or the group of emitters with which it is associated, and the emitted stream of X-rays is approximately linearly dependent on the illumination. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290594 | X-RAY TUBE HAVING A ROTATING AND LINEARLY TRANSLATING ANODE - The X-ray tube having a rotating and linearly translating anode includes an evacuated shell having a substantially cylindrical anode rotatably mounted therein. The substantially cylindrical anode may be rotated through the usage of any suitable rotational drive, and the substantially cylindrical anode is further selectively and controllably linearly translatable about the rotating longitudinal axis thereof. A cathode is further mounted within the evacuated shell for producing an electron beam that impinges on an outer surface of the substantially cylindrical anode, thus forming a focal spot thereon. X-rays are generated from the focal spot and are transmitted through an X-ray permeable window formed in the evacuated shell. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290595 | X-ray tube having a rotating and linearly translating anode - The X-ray tube having a rotating and linearly translating anode includes an evacuated shell having a substantially cylindrical anode rotatably mounted therein. The substantially cylindrical anode may be rotated through the usage of any suitable rotational drive, and the substantially cylindrical anode is further selectively and controllably linearly translatable about the rotating longitudinal axis thereof. A cathode is further mounted within the evacuated shell for producing an electron beam that impinges on an outer surface of the substantially cylindrical anode, thus forming a focal spot thereon. X-rays are generated from the focal spot and are transmitted through an X-ray permeable window formed in the evacuated shell. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290596 | Rotating anticathode X-ray generating apparatus and X-ray generating method - A rotating anticathode X-ray generating apparatus which is configured such that an X-ray is generated by an irradiation of an electron beam emitted from a cathode includes a rotating anticathode with an electron beam irradiating portion to generate the X-ray through the irradiation of the electron beam so that a direction of the electron beam is set equal to a direction of a centrifugal force caused by a rotation of the rotating anticathode; and a film for covering at least the electron beam irradiating portion so as to prevent an evaporation of a material making the rotating anticathode. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290597 | Method of Incorporating an Incorporating an X-Ray Grid into a CR Cassette - A method of installing an x-ray grid into a CR cassette by opening the cassette, modifying parts of it, installing the grid and then re-closing the cassette with the grid inside. The preferred embodiment installs an x-ray grid into a Fuji 14×17 inch CR cassette by modifying parts that will interfere with the grid, removing a layer of protective material and placing the grid where the layer was, and then replacing the protective material by attaching it to the grid with adhesive. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GUIDANCE SYSTEM POSITIONER - Apparatus and methods for incrementally positioning at least one adjustable axis of a guidance system where the guidance system may be an image based guidance system. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290599 | Method, System, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Transmitting a Message - A method for effecting delivery of a message from an originator in an original message format to a plurality of authorized receivers in a respective reception message format includes: (a) composing the message; (b) characterizing the message for addressing to indicate at least one feature of the message; (c) addressing the message according to the characterizing pursuant to information provided in a data base that identifies particulars relating to each respective authorized receiver; the addressing establishing selected receivers of the plurality of authorized receivers as permitted receivers; the particulars including the appropriate respective reception message format for each respective permitted receiver; and (d) transmitting the message to each respective permitted receiver via a communication network that includes respective communication media configured for delivering the message in the appropriate respective reception message format to each respective permitted receiver. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290600 | System and Method for Encrypted Media Service in an Interactive Voice Response Service - A third-party interactive voice response service includes a media archiving service in which media streams from a call to a subscriber is encrypted by a public key of the subscriber. The media streams may optionally be compressed and are encrypted in real-time so that at any time no tangible portion of the media streams can be accessed by the third party provider. The multiple media streams can optionally be compressed and/or encrypted individually or after they have been combined into a combined stream. The subscriber is able to retrieve the encrypted media streams and decrypt them using the subscriber's private key. The encryption and compression are under program control of the interactive voice response service. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290601 | Method for Characterizing System State Using Message Logs - A method that enables the run-time behavior of a system to be analyzed is disclosed. By analyzing the totality of the messages in the log or logs system behavior can be better understood. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention detects patterns in message logs, clusters similar messages, and determines system behavior based on the clustering of messages. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290602 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING RING-BACK TONE IN AN INTER-OPERATOR TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a system for providing commercial information (CI) messages as a ring-back tone (RBT) to a caller in an inter-operator telecommunication system are provided. In the inter-operator telecommunication system, the caller and the callee are registered to different telecommunication service providers. The second telecommunication service provider sends a request to the first telecommunication service provider to provide a CI id associated with a caller profile of the caller. The request is routed through a global broker. An RBT player of the second telecommunication service provider plays the CI message corresponding to the CI id as ring-back tone to the caller. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290603 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RELATIONSHIP RANK - A method of determining and an apparatus for displaying, for an organization, a relationship rank between a first party and a second party. A customer relationship management score, a telephone call score, and an e-mail score for the first party relative to the second party may be calculated using a computer system. The customer relationship management score, the telephone call score, and the e-mail score may be calculated using data for the first party and the second party stored in databases. A relationship score for the first party relative to the second party may be calculated using the customer relationship management score, the telephone call score, and the e-mail score. A relationship rank may be calculated for the first party relative to the second party using a computer system. The relationship rank for the first party relative to the second party may be an indication of the strength of the first party's relationship to the second party. The relationship rank may be based on the relationship score. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290604 | Power Distribution Module With Monitoring And Control Functions - A modular form factor power module system with monitoring and control functions is disclosed. The power module system is configured to power, monitor and/or control telecommunications equipment at the circuit level. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290605 | Power Distribution Module Form Factor - A modular form factor power module system with monitoring and control functions is disclosed. The power module system is configured to power, monitor and/or control telecommunications equipment at the circuit level. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290606 | RESYNCHRONIZATION OF CALL EVENTS AFTER TRIGGER EVENT - Client devices/applications associated with a subscriber of an enhanced communication system are enabled to generate communication records identifying individual communication sessions along with tie-breaker values such that the records can be evaluated following a trigger event and duplicate records for the same subscriber can be removed in order to provide accurate information to the subscriber when the event is over. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290607 | BILLING FOR CALLS AND ROUTING OF BILLING INFORMATION IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - An exemplary method implemented in a telecommunication network generates a charging data record (CDR) for a subscriber that is supported by a visited network while away from the subscriber's home network. A request is transmitted from a first node in the visited network for profile information about the subscriber to be obtained from the home subscriber server (HSS) in the subscriber's home network. A reply is received at the first node in the visited network in response to the request where the reply includes at least a portion of the profile information about the subscriber stored in the HSS of the subscriber's home network. The first node stores the at least portion of the profile information received in the reply, and generates the CDR associated with the subscriber as supported in the visited network where the CDR includes subscriber data derived from the stored at least portion of the profile information. The CDR is transmitted by the first node to another node in the telephony network to be used to determine billing associated with services provided to the subscriber. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING DATA USING CALLER ID - A communication system receives data that does not pertain to an attempted initial establishment of a communication. The communication system uses a new message format under an existing analog Caller ID standard. The communication system inserts the data (which can be in addition to existing Caller ID data) into a Caller ID message that uses the new message format. The communication system then sends the Caller ID message to a communication device/Private Branch Exchange (PBX)/contact center that can interpret the new message format. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290609 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING CALLS PLACED TO A TELEPHONY IDENTIFIER ASSOCIATED WITH A GROUP OF IDENTITIES - A method for processing a call placed to a telephony identifier. The method comprises: obtaining information regarding an origin of the call; identifying a group of identities that is associated with the telephony identifier, each identity designating a party reachable by calling the telephony identifier; determining, based on the information regarding the origin of the call, that the call is intended for a particular identity among the group of identities; and causing routing of the call based on information associated with the particular identity. The party designated by each identity may be a different person. Also provided a system for processing a call placed to a telephony identifier. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290610 | CALL DETAIL RECORD DATA REFINEMENT AND REPORTING - An embodiment of a method includes selecting call detail report (CDR) call setup attributes from captured CDR data, refining the CDR data, and summing CDR amount attribute values for each set of CDR call entries having common values for the selected CDR call setup attributes. Each set of one or more CDR call entries having common values for the CDR call setup attributes are combined into a single refined CDR call entry having the common CDR call setup attribute values and the summed CDR amount attribute values. The summing process is repeated for each set of CDR data associated with each of a plurality of network elements. After summing the CDR attribute amount values for call entries having common CDR setup call attribute values for each switch, CDR attribute amount values associated with common CDR setup attribute values in call entries associated with all switches are summed to generate a final set of refined CDR data. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290611 | MULTIMODAL CONVERSATION PARK AND RETRIEVAL - Established multimodal conversations are enabled to be parked within an enhanced communication system such that a subscriber of the system can be notified through a variety of means and enabled to retrieve selected or all modalities for continuing the conversation. Different modalities may be parked together or separately. While waiting for the subscriber to retrieve the conversation, a participant may receive audio, video, presentation, or other forms of content as playback. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290612 | NEXT GENERATION AUTO-DIALER - A communications system for placing a plurality of calls with a common message to a plurality of subscribers via a public switched telephone network is provided. The communications system includes an end office switch disposed in an end office and in communication with the public switched telephone network. The communications system further includes an auto-dialer disposed in the end office and interconnected with the end office switch for placing the plurality of calls to the plurality of subscribers via the end office switch. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290613 | Generalized Code Communication System - A generalized code communication system using characters, numbers, symbols, and their combination forming a generalized code communication number as user identification for multimedia public communication service. Users use the generalized code communication system user equipment to dial numbers directly for vocal, characters, messages, images, music, and multimedia. Users also use normal cellular phone and lined telephones to send generalized code of vocal, characters, messages, images, QR codes, or other forms of data to this system to establish communication. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290614 | Method for Indicating Call-Center Agent Availability - A method for informing a caller of the availability of a call-center agent who can assist the caller without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, when a caller accesses the address book in the memory of his or her telecommunications terminal (such as a telephone) the caller will see both the contact information for the call center and the availability of a call-center agent. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290615 | Echo canceller operative in response to fluctuation on echo path - In a telephone device, a near-end signal processor delays each input near-end signal delivered from the respective microphones by a delay amount, and synthesizes the input near-end signals into a synthesized near-end signal. In an echo canceller, mounted on board the telephone device, a far-end signal is delayed by the same delay amounts as used in the near-end signal processor to form plural delayed far-end signals, which are synthesized into a synthesized far-end signal, with which the echo component in the synthesized near-end signal will be suppressed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290616 | TELEPHONE WITH STATE DETECTION USING INFRARED - A telephone includes a phone-set and a handset. The phone-set includes an infrared emitter and a processor driving the infrared emitter to emit infrared light. When the telephone is on-hook, the infrared light is reflected to the handset. The handset reflects the infrared light back to the phone-set, and the infrared light reflected back from the handset is eventually received by an infrared detector of the phone-set. Thus, the processor determines on/off-hook states of the telephone according to reception of the infrared light by the infrared detector. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290617 | SECURE OUTSOURCED AGGREGATION WITH ONE-WAY CHAINS - Secure outsourced aggregation of data using one-way chains is discussed in this application. Each input data source such as a sensor generates a Verifiable Synopsis (“VS”) which includes sensor data, an Inflation Free Proof (“IFP”) generated using a cryptographic function and a Self-Authenticating Value (“SEAL”) chain generated using a one-way function. An aggregator takes a plurality VSs from multiple data sources and aggregates them together into one. Maximum value, top-k, count, count distinct, sum, average, and other aggregate functions may be used. Folded VS provides a concise proof that no value greater than the maximum value was reported by a sensor, thus providing a check against deflation of sensor data. Similarly, the cryptographic function of the IFP provides a mechanism to prevent inflation of the sensor data. Thus it becomes possible at a portal to verify that aggregated data has not been inflated or deflated by the aggregator. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290618 | Method and Apparatus for Authenticating a User - A method of generating a private key for use in an authentication protocol comprises, at a client: receiving a user specific identifier; converting the identifier through a one-way function to a string of a pre-determined length; and mapping said string to a permutation π | 2010-11-18 |
20100290619 | ENCIPHERING APPARATUS AND METHOD, DECIPHERING APPARATUS AND METHOD AS WELL AS INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The invention provides an enciphering apparatus and method, a deciphering apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method by which illegal copying can be prevented with certainty. Data enciphered by a 1394 interface of a DVD player is transmitted to a personal computer and a magneto-optical disk apparatus through a 1394 bus. In the magneto-optical disk apparatus with which a change to a function is open to a user, the received data is deciphered by a 1394 interface. In contrast, in the personal computer with which a change to a function is open to a user, the enciphered data is deciphered using a time variable key by a 1394 interface, and a result of the decipherment is further deciphered using a session key by an application section. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A SUBSEQUENTLY GENERATED CONTROL COMMAND IN A CONTENT CONTROL SYSTEM - In record or content control management systems, various selected reference, record control, copy protection or control information signals, or other signifiers, are used to identify control signals, for example, bits, to provide control of subsequent use of data, audio and video signals in the analog and digital domain. Method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying the effects of a content control system as well as for modifying an effect of a copy protection signal. To this end, the reference, record control, copy protection signals, or other control information signals, e.g., content control signals, may be modified to cause an erroneous or unintended reading subsequently of the reference or control signals which in turn correspondingly afters the control command of the record or content control system. Further, where a copy protection signal is being used as a control signal, a modification may be made to the copy protection signal to alter the subsequently generated control command while still maintaining copy protection effects in the analog domain and allowing recording in the digital domain. Also, included are unique methods for providing content control. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290621 | TUNNELING SUPPORT FOR MOBILE IP USING A KEY FOR FLOW IDENTIFICATION - In a network that supports mobility of a mobile node, a tunnel between a first mobility node and a second mobility node is established in the network. The established tunnel is according to a tunneling protocol (e.g., Generic Routing Encapsulation tunneling protocol) that uses at least one key ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290622 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC NODE AND KEY REVOCATION - A wireless system and method to control the cryptographic keying material that has been compromised in the network; exclude captured nodes from the network; and update compromised keying material in uncompromised devices are described. This system and method is useful in alpha-secure key distribution systems comprising a multitude of alpha-secure keying material shares to be controlled, revoked or updated. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290623 | PROTECTION OF ENCRYPTION KEYS IN A DATABASE - System, method, computer program product embodiments and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for protection of encryption keys in a database are described herein. An embodiment includes a master key and a dual master key, both of which are used to encrypt encryption keys in a database. To access encrypted data, the master key and dual master key must be supplied to a database server by two separate entities, thus requiring dual control of the master and dual master keys. Furthermore, passwords for the master and dual master keys must be supplied separately and independently, thus requiring split knowledge to access the master and dual master keys. In another embodiment, a master key and a key encryption key derived from a user password is used for dual control. An embodiment also includes supplying the secrets for the master key and dual master key through server-private files. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290624 | Key Management System and Method - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing secured data transmission and for managing cryptographic keys. One embodiment of the invention provides secure key management when separate devices are used for generating and utilizing the keys. One embodiment of the invention provides secure storage of keys stored in an unsecured database. One embodiment of the invention provides key security in conjunction with high speed decryption and encryption, without degrading the performance of the data network. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290625 | Secure group communications - A device for use in a system with multiple receiving units, and multiple intermediate units each configured to communicate with the device and at least some of the multiple receiving units, includes a communication module configured to send information toward and receive information from the receiving units and the intermediate units, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication module. The processor is configured to: cause the communication module to send information toward each of the receiving units sufficient for the receiving units to obtain a key chain corresponding to that receiving unit, each key chain containing a plurality of keys, each key in each key chain being related to other keys in the respective key chains by at least one inverse of a one-way function; select a key from a key chain associated with a particular receiving unit and stored in the memory; and cause the communication module to send the selected key, and an indication of which receiving unit the selected key is associated with, toward the intermediate unit associated with the particular receiving unit. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290626 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION - An optical receiver for a quantum key distribution system comprises a plurality of optical components mounted or formed in a substrate and optically coupled by one or more hollow core waveguides formed in the substrate. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290627 | KEY MANAGEMENT SERVER, TERMINAL, KEY SHARING SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY PROGRAM, KEY RECEPTION PROGRAM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND KEY RECEPTION METHOD - In distribution and sharing of a cipher key to be used when performing encrypted communication among a plurality of terminals, to share a cipher key without the need for each terminal to constantly hold and manage a large number of keys. Also, to shorten the time needed to start terminal-to-terminal encrypted communication. Also, to improve the portability of the terminal. A key management server | 2010-11-18 |
20100290628 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus is provided. The signal processing apparatus comprises: an inputting section for inputting audio signals on a plurality of channels; an acoustic type acquiring section which is adapted to acquire an acoustic type of an audio signal on at least one channel of the audio signals; and a process controlling section which is adapted to control a characteristic of sound-field effect applied to the audio signals based on the acquired acoustic type. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290629 | STEREO SIGNAL CONVERTER, STEREO SIGNAL INVERTER, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A stereo signal converter capable of realizing encoding with less redundancy, low bit-rate, and high quality even if the positions of sound sources are different from one another. In this device, a sample difference analyzing section ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290630 | CENTER CHANNEL RENDERING - An audio system including a rendering processor for separately rendering a dialogue channel and a center music channel. The audio system may include circuitry for extracting one or both of the dialogue channel or the center music channel from program material that does not include both a dialogue channel and a center music channel. The dialogue channel and the center music channel may be radiated with different radiation patterns. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290631 | BINAURAL HEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BINAURAL HEARING APPARATUS WITH FREQUENCY DISTORTION - A binaural hearing apparatus has at least one left hearing device and at least one right hearing device. The apparatus further includes a first frequency distortion unit in the left hearing device, which distorts the frequency of an acoustic signal received by the left hearing device or a signal part of the received acoustic signal and a second frequency distortion unit in the right hearing device, which distorts the frequency of the acoustic signal received by the right hearing device or a signal part of the received acoustic signal, with the frequency distortions of the left and right hearing device being different. This is advantageous in that the subjective perception of superimposition artifacts by a hearing device wearer is reduced. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290632 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SOUND - An apparatus for detecting sound includes a plurality of microphones, a sound inspecting unit, a direction estimating unit, a background noise removing unit, and an alerting unit. The microphones are used to collect sounds around a user. The sound inspecting unit is used to calculate the feature values of a background noise within a preset time interval, and to determine if a latest collected sound satisfies a preset condition. When the preset condition is satisfied, the direction estimating unit is used to estimate the occurrence direction of the latest collected sound, and to determine if the occurrence direction is within a preset range behind the user. When the preset range is satisfied, the background noise removing unit is used to remove the background noise in the latest collected sound so as to obtain a detected sound. The alerting unit is used to inform the user of the detected sound via an alert message. A method for detecting sound is also disclosed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC NOISE COMPENSATION USED WITH AUDIO REPRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - A method and an apparatus for automatic noise compensation used with audio reproduction equipment are provided. The method comprises: (a) collecting a plurality of mixed audio signals, each mixed audio signal including equipment sound output by the audio reproduction equipment, and background noise; (b) removing the equipment sound from the mixed audio signals to obtain the background noise therein; (c) determining whether or not a plurality of mixed audio signals under inspection include a significant sound; and (d) adjusting the volume of the audio reproduction equipment according to whether or not a significant sound has been generated in the surrounding area and the magnitude of the background noise in the mixed audio signals under inspection to satisfy a plurality of predetermined compensation conditions. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290634 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING AND CALIBRATING ELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS WHICH CONVERT SOUND INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS - A method for testing and calibrating electronic semiconductor components which convert sound into electrical signals acoustically irradiates the components in a sound chamber whose largest free length is less than half the wavelength of the highest frequency of the sound waves produced during the test. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290635 | SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL WITH ADAPTIVE SPEAKER SELECTION - An active noise control system generates an anti-noise signal to drive a first speaker group including at least one speaker to produce sound waves to destructively interfere with an undesired sound in at least one quiet zone. The active noise control system receives error signals representative of a combination of undesired sound and destructively interfering sound waves produced by the first speaker group. The active noise control system may select a second speaker group to replace the first speaker group based on the error signals. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290636 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING THE GENERATION OF THREE-DIMENTIONAL SOUND IN HEADPHONE DEVICES - A headphone device includes a first and a second ear piece coupled to an assembly, wherein the assembly facilitates the placement of the first and second ear piece in relation to a user's ears. A motion transducer is coupled to the first or second ear piece, whereby the motion transducer measures real-time pitch and roll movement associated with the user's head. An electronic compass is also coupled to the first or second ear piece, and measures real-time yaw movement associated with the user's head. A processing device associated with each of the first and second ear piece processes an audio signal according to a head-related-transfer-function selected from a plurality of head-related-transfer-functions on the basis of the measured pitch, roll, and yaw movement of the user's head. The processed audio signal is then applied to the first and second ear piece, and generates a virtual three-dimensional sound corresponding to the selected head-related-transfer-function. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290637 | DEVICE FOR THE PLAYBACK OF SOUNDS - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290638 | DIGITAL AUDIO COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE VENUE - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for digitally transmitting audio that is converted from analog audio received from analog media pickup devices in a live performance venue by a stage box to a base unit over off-the-shelf twisted pair cable while sending pre-amplification control signals and power over the cable to the stage box. Audio for the performance venue is remotely managed from a virtual audio engineering mixing board that wirelessly communicates audio control commands to the stage box from a handheld computing device. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290639 | Acoustical Window Assembly for Vehicle - An acoustical window assembly for a vehicle includes a transparent glass window panel and mounting portions for mounting respective perimeter regions of the window panel to a vehicle structure. A first mounting portion substantially fixedly mounts a first perimeter region of the window panel relative to the vehicle structure, while a second mounting portion mounts a second perimeter region of the window panel to the vehicle structure and includes a flexible element to allow for movement of the second perimeter region of the window panel toward and away from the vehicle structure. An actuating assembly is positioned at an actuating region of the window panel and has a substantially rigid interface element that engages the actuating region of the window panel. The actuating assembly is operable to vibrate the window panel via vibration of the substantially rigid interface element relative to the vehicle structure. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290640 | Apparatuses and methods for playing handheld media device signals - An apparatus includes a support unit for a handheld media device. The support unit has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is coupleable to a substantially planar object. The substantially planar object is configured for mounting in a vertical position. The second surface is sized to support the handheld media device when the handheld media device is placed thereon. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290641 | ENTRAINMENT RESISTANT FEEDBACK CANCELLATION - This invention concerns a method, and a device, for feedback cancellation. This invention also concerns a computer program product comprising computer program code means to make a computer execute a procedure for feedback cancellation. The method comprises providing an adaptive feedback cancellation filter which adapts under the control of a control module, and filtering at least one input of the control module to suppress correlated signals from the input prior to the control module operating upon the input. The device comprises an adaptive feedback cancellation filter, a control module and at least one filter. The control module controls adaptation of the adaptive feedback cancellation filter. The filter suppresses correlated signals from an input to the control module prior to the control module operating upon the input. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290642 | SPEAKER CHARACTERISTIC CORRECTION DEVICE, SPEAKER CHARACTERISTIC CORRECTION METHOD AND SPEAKER CHARACTERISTIC CORRECTION PROGRAM - A speaker characteristic correction device obtains a first speaker information of a first speaker, obtains a first sound field characteristic at an evaluation point that is obtained by using the first speaker in advance, and obtains a second speaker parameter indicating a mechanical characteristic and an electric characteristic of a second speaker. Then, the speaker characteristic correction device calculates a correction characteristic based on the first speaker information and the second speaker parameter, and calculates the second sound field characteristic by applying the correction characteristic to the first sound field characteristic. Thereby, when the speaker type is changed, it is possible to easily calculate the sound field characteristic without performing the re-measurement by installing the speaker and without performing the re-analysis by setting the analysis condition. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290643 | EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZED AUDIO SYSTEM - An automated audio tuning system may optimize an audio system for power efficiency when performing automated tuning of the audio system to optimize acoustic performance. The system may establish any number of different power efficiency weighting factors to provide a balance between acoustic performance and power efficiency during operation. The power efficiency weighting factors may range from representing optimizing power efficiency with constrained optimization of acoustic performance to optimized acoustic performance with minimized regard for power efficiency. For each of the efficiency weighting factors, the system may generate operational parameters, such as filter parameters, to achieve a target acoustic response while maintaining a determined level of power efficiency. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290644 | SILICON BASED CAPACITIVE MICROPHONE - A silicon based capacitive microphone includes a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board far away from the first printed circuit board, a transducer electrically mounted on the first printed circuit board, a controlling chip electrically mounted on the second printed circuit board, a connecting member located between the first and second printed circuit boards. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290645 | SOUND MIXING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE SERVER - A sound mixing apparatus includes mixing processing units | 2010-11-18 |
20100290646 | SWITCHING AMPLIFIER - An amplifier having at least one switch controlled by an output voltage of a hysteresis block, wherein the hysteresis block is adapted to receive an input voltage signal based on an integration of an error signal, a low threshold voltage and a high threshold voltage, and is arranged to change the output voltage from a first value to a second value when the input voltage signal is higher than the high threshold voltage and to change the output voltage from the second value to the first value when the input voltage signal is lower than the low threshold voltage, and wherein the low threshold voltage is equal to V | 2010-11-18 |
20100290647 | HEADSET SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A digital audio player device can be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance or other oral device to form an intraoral MP3 player. In another embodiment, the device provides an electronic and transducer device that can be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance or other oral device to form a DAP. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device fabricated from a thermal forming process utilizing a replicate model of a dental structure obtained by conventional dental impression methods. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290648 | Condenser Microphone - A condenser microphone is disclosed. The condenser microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a backplate connected to the substrate, a diaphragm facing to the backplate, and an anchor supporting the diaphragm. A first gap is formed between the diaphragm and the backplate. A groove is arranged on the anchor and the diaphragm partially covers the groove. The diaphragm and the groove forms a second gap communicating with the first gap. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290649 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A MICROPHONE - The present invention concerns a feed device for feeding a microphone with a dc voltage. The feed device has first, second and third terminals (a, b, c), a resistor arrangement having at least a one resistor (R | 2010-11-18 |
20100290650 | PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER - A purpose of the invention is to provide a piezoelectric speaker that can serve as an antenna and can be used for frequencies in the MHz band, thereby it is possible to suppress enlarging of the size due to use of the piezoelectric speaker also as the antenna to a minimum level. The antenna ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290651 | PULSE STIMULATION GENERATION METHOD - A method of generating stimulation pulses for application by an auditory prosthesis. The method comprises: processing an audio input to obtain time shifted frequency data in which frequency data of one or more frequencies is temporally shifted relative to one or more other frequencies, the time shifted frequency data of each frequency representing the variation in energy at the frequency over time, and generating stimulation pulses to be applied by the auditory prosthesis from the time shifted frequency data. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290652 | HEARING AID TUNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for hearing aid tuning. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290653 | CALIBRATED HEARING AID TUNING APPLIANCE - A calibrated tuning appliance is provided herein. While listening to standardized pre-recorded sound files reproduced via a calibrated set of speakers, hearing aid users can subjectively evaluate hearing aid performance and tuning in a consistent manner. Subjective evaluation results may thus remain consistent from user to user, and for a single user, results may remain consistent over time. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290654 | HEURISTIC HEARING AID TUNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A heuristic method of iteratively tuning a hearing aid is provided herein. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290655 | HEARING AID - A hearing aid ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100290656 | Domes for a Receiver-in-the-Canal Hearing Instrument - A receiver for a receiver-in-the-canal hearing instrument can be securely held by a dome comprising a receiver receptacle that selectively receives and holds the receiver. After the dome has been assembled, pulling on the electrical cable connected to the receiver will not dislodge the receiver from the dome. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290657 | MAGNETIC EARPIECE COUPLING - Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for magnetic earpiece coupling. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290658 | PHASE PLUG - A phase plug comprises a body having an input side for receiving acoustic waves and an output side for transmitting acoustic waves, the body including a plurality of channels extending from the input side to the output side for propagating acoustic waves through the body. The input side comprises an input surface which includes a plurality of slots constituting entrances for the channels, each slot being arranged in a substantially radial orientation on the input surface about a central axis extending through the input surface. Substantially the entire input surface situated between the slots is concave and substantially part of a sphere or an ellipsoid in shape. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290659 | LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A loudspeaker assembly includes a loudspeaker located at the position of one of the focuses of a reflector, whose over-internal wall section constitutes a part of an ellipse, in such a manner that the sounds-releasing surface of the loudspeaker is oriented to be opposite to the internal wall surface of the reflector. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290660 | VIBRATION PICKUP MICROPHONE - To provide a microphone used for telecommunication or speech recognition input in a high noise environment, or more specifically, a vibration pickup microphone that hardly howls even when transmission and reception occur simultaneously. A vibration pickup microphone has: a housing | 2010-11-18 |
20100290661 | Transducer package with interior support frame - A surface mountable package for use with an audio transducer is provided. In addition to the audio transducer, the surface mountable package includes a substrate, a cover, and a transducer support frame mounted within, and attached to, the substrate and cover. The support frame includes one or more cavities that, in combination with the audio transducer, substrate and cover, define the front and rear acoustic cavity volumes. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290662 | STRAY CAPACITANCE REDUCED CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A condenser microphone includes a conductive layer which is partially disposed on an insulation ring of a second base to reduce stray capacitance. The condenser microphone includes: a conductive case with an opened surface, wherein an end portion of the case is bent to attach to a printed circuit board (PCB); a diaphragm mounted inside the case a backplate facing the diaphragm with a predetermined distance set by a spacer; a first base made of an insulating ring to electrically insulate the backplate from the case; a second base electrically connected to the backplate by disposing a conductive layer on a portion of a ring formed of an insulating material. The PCB has a circuit component and a conductive pattern for connecting the second base, and on another surface has a conductive pattern for connecting the bent end portion of the case and a connection terminal to an external circuit. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290663 | MORPHOLOGIC SAFETY FEATURE - The invention relates to a safety feature, comprising a carrier substrate onto which a continuous-tone image is printed, characterized in that the continuous-tone image is transferred into a high-resolution bar element by a morphologic transition. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290664 | Detection system for detecting appearances of many electronic elements and methods of using the same - A detection system for detecting appearances of many electronic elements includes a rotary module, a feeding module and a detection module. The rotary module has a base structure and a hollow transparent rotary structure disposed on the base structure. The feeding module is disposed beside one side of the hollow transparent rotary structure in order to sequentially guide the electronic elements to the top surface of the hollow transparent rotary structure. The detection module has a plurality of detection units sequentially disposed around the hollow transparent rotary structure. Each detection unit is composed of an image-sensing element for sensing the electronic elements, an image-capturing element for capturing surface images of the electronic elements and a classifying element for classifying the electronic elements. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIMENSIONING OBJECTS USING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING - A method and configuration to estimate the dimensions of a cuboid. The configuration includes two image acquisition units offset from each other with at least one of the units positioned at a defined acquisition height above a background surface. Image processing techniques are used to extract a perimeter of a top surface of the cuboid, placed on the background surface, from pairs of acquired images. A height estimation technique is used to calculate an absolute height of the cuboid. The absolute height of the cuboid is used, along with the extracted perimeter of the top surface of the cuboid, to calculate an absolute length and an absolute width of the cuboid. The height, length, and width may be used to calculate an estimated volume of the cuboid. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290666 | Controlling Use of Audio or Image Content - The present invention relates generally to controlling use of audio (e.g., ambient or digital audio) or image content (e.g., the image content may comprise video). One claim recites a method comprising: receiving data representing audio elements or image picture elements, the audio elements or image picture elements being captured using a sensor; using a programmed electronic processor, analyzing the data representing audio elements or image picture elements to extract identifying information therefrom; communicating extracted identifying information to a database; receiving control information from the database; carrying out an action based at least in part on the control information. Of course, other claims are provided as well. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290667 | Video entity recognition in compressed digital video streams - A method and system for detection of video segments in compressed digital video streams is presented. The compressed digital video stream is examine to determine synchronization points, and the compressed video signal is analyzed following detection of the synchronization points to create video fingerprints that are subsequently compared against a library of stored fingerprints. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290668 | LONG DISTANCE MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290669 | IMAGE JUDGMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an image judgment device that can prevent increase in a storage capacity to store element characteristic information. The image judgment device stores the element characteristic information for each element that a characteristic part of a sample object has and first and second positional information defining a position of each element, selects either the first or the second positional information, acquires image characteristic information for a partial image that is in an image frame and considered as an element specified by the first positional information in a characteristic extraction method based on a first axis when the first positional information is selected, extracts image characteristic information for a partial image that is in an image frame and considered as an element specified by the second positional information in a characteristic extraction method based on a second axis, which is acquired by rotating the first axis, when the second positional information is selected, specifies element characteristic information for an element corresponding to a position of the partial image, and judges whether or not the characteristic part appears in the image frame with use of the specified element characteristic information and the extracted image characteristic information. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290670 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an extracted coordinates setting module, an image generator, and an output module. The extracted coordinates setting module sets extracted coordinates in a captured image along a direction in which a viewpoint moves with respect to an object in the captured image. The image generator sequentially extracts partial areas from the captured image in which perspective deformation of the object has been corrected based on the extracted coordinates, and generates a plurality of partial area images from the partial areas. The partial areas are in a size corresponding to the viewing angle of the human eye calculated according to an angle of view of the captured image. The output module outputs a moving image including the partial area images as frames. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290671 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An association degree evaluation unit acquires pieces of position information of an image sensing apparatus at respective times within an adjacent time range to an imaging time of a designated image of those sensed by the image sensing apparatus. Furthermore, the association degree evaluation unit acquires pieces of position information of a moving object at the respective times within the adjacent time range. Then, the association degree evaluation unit calculates a similarity between routes of the image sensing apparatus and moving object based on the acquired position information group, and decides a degree of association between the designated image and moving object based on the calculated similarity. An associating unit registers information indicating the degree of association in association with the designated image. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290672 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT DETECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus for detecting movement of an object captured by an imaging device, the apparatus includes a moving object detection unit, that is (1) operable to detect movement of an object based on a first moving object detecting process, and (2) operable to detect movement of the object based on a second moving object detecting process. The apparatus also includes an output unit operable to generate an output based on the detection by the moving object detection unit based on at least one of the first and second moving object detecting processes. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290673 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a weighted image generation section that generates a weighted image in which at least one of an object-of-interest area of an input image and an edge of a background area other than the object-of-interest area is weighted, a composition grid generation section that generates a composition grid that includes grid lines that are weighted, and a composition evaluation section that performs composition evaluation calculations on the input image based on the weighted image and the composition grid. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290674 | 3D image processing apparatus improving depth accuracy of region of interest and method - Example embodiments relate to a three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and method that may determine a Region Of Interest (ROI) in an entire sensing region of the 3D image processing apparatus, and may obtain a depth image of the ROI. Also, example embodiments may be applied to a surveillance camera system, a motion detection system, a virtual reality simulation system, a distance recognition system for vehicles, a robotic system, a background separation system based on depth information, etc. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290675 | HIGH DEFINITION IMPEDANCE IMAGING - A method for producing a computationally efficient system that reduces the number of iterations required to generate a conductivity image pattern of a subsurface object, and its attendant conductivity distribution, through a solution to the system of field equations that simultaneously satisfies all of the boundary conditions and conserves internal current flux densities. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290676 | DAUBECHIES WAVELET TRANSFORM OF IRIS IMAGE DATA FOR USE WITH IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method of recognizing human iris using Daubechies wavelet transform, wherein the dimensions of characteristic vectors are reduced by extracting iris features from inputted iris image signals through the Daubechies wavelet transform, binary characteristic vectors are generated by applying quantization functions to the extracted characteristic values so that utility of human iris recognition can be improved since storage capacity arid processing time thereof can be improved since storage capacity characteristic vectors, and a measurement process suitable for the low capacity characteristic vectors is employed when measuring vectors and previously registered characteristic vectors. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290677 | Facial and/or Body Recognition with Improved Accuracy - Processors are disclosed configured to perform one or more of the following: assess at least one image containing an item for identification and a reference object to at least partly create an object schematic, and/or manage a list of object cells containing object schematics, and/or search the object cell list for matches to a second object schematic of an unknown person to create a list of possible matched persons. The object schematics include realistic parameters that may be realistic distances and/or positions. The object schematic, the list of object cells, and the list of possible matched persons are all products of various methods. The apparatus further includes removable memories and/or servers configured to deliver programs, installation packages and/or Finite State Machine configuration packages. | 2010-11-18 |
20100290678 | AUTOMATIC FLY THROUGH REVIEW MECHANISM - A novel and useful mechanism for generating a fly-through review for digital images such as tissue sample scans. A fly-through path based on the sample image is determined and one or more fly-through curves are generated. Two-dimensional image manipulations are applied to the sample image in accordance with the one or more fly-through curves and any user preferences to generate a sequence of frame images to be displayed. | 2010-11-18 |