49th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140358432 | Device For Road And Urban Mobility And For Solving The Problem Of Traffic Congestion - A device for road and urban mobility and for solving the problem of traffic congestion, installed on a vehicle in order to make traffic flow more fluid in and between cities. The device consists of a set of five electronic modules, including a processor. The processor analyzes and extracts positional data of the equipped vehicle from a satellite signal and sends the requests of same for an exchange with a server, bi-directionally. The device is incorporated into an onboard housing. The present device is intended, in particular, to make the traffic flow more fluid and to communicate with a dedicated server in order to guide the driver of the equipped vehicle during his/her journey from a start point to the point entered into the device as the desired final destination. The present device reduces traffic congestion and pollution caused by greenhouse gas emissions. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358433 | SELF-CONTAINED NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an auto locating system for finding the location of a viewpoint comprising: (a) at least one sensor for acquiring samples of the skyline view of said viewpoint; (b) at least one memory device, for storing Digital Terrain Map (DTM) related data; (c) at least one processor for processing said samples of said skyline view from said at least one sensor and for comparing the data derived from said samples with the data calculated from said DTM data for finding the location of said viewpoint; and (d) at least one output for outputting the location of said viewpoint. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358434 | Peer-Assisted Dead Reckoning - The present invention discloses a peer-assisted dead reckoning (PA-DR). When a first mobile device has a much larger location error than a second mobile device, its location can be optimized from that of the second device. For the first device, its optimized location is equal to the sum of the location of the second device and the relative location between two devices. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358435 | TRAVEL DEPARTURE TIME DETERMINATION USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND REGIONAL EVENT INFORMATION - A request is received from a route traveler for a suggested departure time associated with travel to a destination. Community event and social media information, related to events and activities near a travel route to the destination, is evaluated. The suggested departure time is determined based upon the community event and social media information related to the events and activities near the travel route to the destination. The suggested departure time determined based upon the community event and social media information related to the events and activities near the travel route to the destination is provided. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358436 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ROAD MAP USING DATA OF POSITION SENSOR OF VEHICLE - A method and a system for generating a map using data of a position sensor of a vehicle are provided which are used to generate a map by collecting data of a position sensor disposed within a vehicle. The method includes collecting, by a controller, data from the position sensor disposed within the vehicle to sense the position of the vehicle and analyzing the collected data of the position sensor. In addition, the method includes automatically generating, by the controller, the map using the analyzed data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358437 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE MAPPING SERVICES INCLUDING TRIP PREDICTION AND ROUTE RECOMMENDATION - Computer implemented methods are disclosed for providing geographical information to a user. One method includes observing, via location information generated or obtained through a user's mobile electronic device, a user traverse a preferred user route from the start location to the destination, and saving the preferred user route in relation to the user. The method may predict, based on past behavioral information for the user, a predicted start time of a future trip to the destination and may identify one or more routes from the start location to the destination. In addition, the method may compare, at a time relative to the predicted start time of the future trip, a duration or distance associated with traversing the preferred user route to a duration or distance associated with traversing the fastest route or the shortest route from the start location to the destination. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358438 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COLLABORATIVE PRESENTATION OF TRAVEL ROUTE INFORMATION - Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for the collaborative presentation of information relating to a travel route. In particular, the method may include providing for display of primary information on a display of a first device, providing for display of ancillary of information on a display of a second device, receiving location information at the first device, and updating the ancillary information provided for display on the display of the second device in response to receiving the location information at the first device. The primary information may include route-guidance information for a route. The ancillary information may include information associated with the route. The ancillary information may include additional information relative to the primary information. The ancillary information may include point-of-interest information along the route. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPROACHES TO PROVIDE FOR COMBINING CONTEXTS RELATED TO ITEMS OF INTEREST AND NAVIGATION - An approach is provided for determining a request by a user to initiate route calculation to at least one destination. The approach involves determining one or more items of interest associated with the user. The approach also involves determining availability information of the one or more items of interest at the at least one destination. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of at least one message regarding the availability information. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358440 | System and Method For Characterizing Geological Systems Using Statistical Methodologies - Geological systems are automatically categorized based on one or more characteristics. Datasets from one or more sources related to a space of a geological system are transformed, cropped and analyzed using lacunarity-based statistical methodologies. The one or more analyzed datasets describe characteristics of the transformed dataset within the space of the geological system. The characteristics of the distribution of the transformed dataset are compared with one or more characteristics of one or more previously categorized geological systems. The space within the geological system is categorized based upon an indication that the characteristics of the transformed data set of the space within the geological system is similar to the characteristics of one or more previously categorized geological systems. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358441 | Adaptive Weather Interrogation System - An adaptive weather interrogation system capable of determining whether currently available weather for a particular trajectory or portion thereof, a particular volume of space or geospatial point meets subscriber operations and requirements. More specifically, the system provides the capability to determine the “best” weather information by evaluating the weather data and associated weather quality, accuracy or confidence attribute values against subscriber operations and requirements. If the weather data, quality, accuracy, and confidence do not meet the subscriber's requirements, the system is capable of interrogating weather data sources for additional or updated weather data to meet the subscriber's needs. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358442 | SAND AND DUST STORM DETECTION METHOD - The sand and dust storm detection method utilizes a hybrid design of a sand and dust storm detection system (SDSDS) having a wireless sensor network (WSN) and a satellite imaging system that detects sand and dust storm events of all types. A layered architecture of context-aware middleware is used. While the WSN provides real time data from the area of interest, near-real time METEOSAT MSG images are obtained from the METEOSAT web site. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358443 | System For Computing The Radius Of Investigation In A Radial, Composite Reservoir System - A system for calculating the radius of investigation of a radial, composite reservoir, comprises a processor; a memory and, preferably, a clock electronically coupled to the processor; a display electronically coupled to said processor; and an electronic input coupled to said processor. The processor is programmed to calculate the radius of investigation, at any given time, in the reservoir based upon a plurality of user inputs including the number of concentric regions n into which the reservoir is to be divided, a starting time or elapsed time, and data relating to the reservoir rock, fluids, and geometries of each of the n regions. The processor computes the radius of investigation using at least one of Equations (1), (2) and (6) through (12) set forth in the specification, if using the System of U.S. Oilfield Units, or using an equivalent equation if using other units. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358444 | METHOD OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE IDENTIFICATION USING TEMPERATURE - A method for identifying fractures in a formation. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358445 | Automated Interpretation Error Correction - A fully automated method for correcting errors in one interpretation ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140358446 | Selection of Genotyped Transfusion Donors by Cross-Matching to Genotyped Recipients - Disclosed are methods for establishing the compatibility between two blood types on the basis of cross-matching (under a designated rule of stringency) the minor blood group genotypes of recipient and prospective donors. To determine compatibility, the blood group genotypes are mapped to corresponding phenotypes according to the expression states associated with a set of underlying haplotypes, and compatibility is established by establishing the compatibility of blood types constructed as a combination of constituent phenotypes. The bit strings are matched, preferably using an algorithm expression. Where ambiguity in mapping genotypes to haplotypes exists, it can be reduced based on frequency of occurrence of the haplotypes in the sample population, or resolved by gametic phasing. Such reduction or resolution of ambiguity is particularly desirable where mismatches in the antigens expressed by the constituent haplotypes have greater clinical significance. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358447 | INSTANT, IN-SITU, NONDESTRUCTIVE MATERIAL DIFFERENTIATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Specular, ultrasonic, piezoelectric, detection devices provide real-time, analytical, edge finding in tissues during tumor surgery. Piezoelectric probe sensors at high frequencies (e.g., 10 to 100 MHz) characterize microstructure of cells and tissues. Through-transmission or specular reflection enables nondestructive testing in real time. Peak density analysis in power spectra, second-order spectrum analysis measuring the slope of the Fourier transform of the power spectrum, artificial intelligence pattern recognition, and modeling interpret the results. Model-based data analysis may compare experimental data with a computer simulation. Such comparisons may be based upon pattern classifications, including principal component analysis (PCA). Combining the above detection devices and analytical methods provides speed, accuracy, simplicity, and nondestructive mechanisms that militate for reliable, real-time diagnosis of tumor margins, tissue pathology, cell phenotypes, and molecular subtypes. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358448 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ENABLING A COMPUTER TO CARRY OUT PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AND MARKER AND KIT FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ON HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA - The present invention is to provide a computer readable medium comprising a computer program for enabling a computer to carry out provision of information on hepatocellular carcinoma in a subject based on an analysis result on methylation status of a novel marker specific for hepatocellular carcinoma. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358449 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MICROORGANISMS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY - A method of identifying a microorganism by mass spectrometry, including acquiring at least one mass spectrum of said microorganism; for each acquired mass spectrum: detecting peaks of the spectrum in a predetermined mass range; generating a list of peaks identifying at most one peak in each interval of a predetermined subdivision of the range of mass-to-charge ratios, the width of the intervals of the subdivision logarithmically increasing along with the mass-to-charge ratio, and analyzing the list(s) of peaks obtained according to a knowledge base of previously-identified microorganisms and/or types of microorganisms. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358450 | Method of Binding Site and Binding Energy Determination by Mixed Explicit Solvent Simulations - It is described a method of binding site and binding energy determination by mixed explicit solvent all-atoms molecular dynamics simulations. The macromolecular target for which high affinity binders are sought is simulated in several mixed solvent environments comprising water and at least one amphiphilic organic co-solvent. The simulations are run so that the mixture of solvents are free to react to the presence of the target without the addition of any forces other than those found in the original potential. A correction is applied that helps dissociating the distribution of the different chemical groups found in the amphiphilic organic solvents when calculating their free energies of binding. Additionally, a second correction can be applied accounting for the aggregation of said solvents. The correction helps determining more meaningful absolute, and more accurate relative free energies of binding that can be applied in the rational design of new binders to macromolecular targets. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358451 | Fractional Abundance Estimation from Electrospray Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrum - Methods and systems for detecting and quantifying signal peaks from ESI-TOF-MS data may include creating a signal model and a noise model for mass spectrometry (MS) data. The method may also include detecting a signal peak based, at least in part, on the signal model and the noise model for the MS data. The method may further include determining an amplitude of the detected signal peak based, at least in part, on the signal model and the noise model for the MS data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358452 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CRACK LENGTH PROGRESSIONS - A method for estimating the crack length ã | 2014-12-04 |
20140358453 | ROBOT REDUCER PREDICTIVE TRENDING - A system and method for monitoring the status of a robot reducer by performing trend analyses on detected ultrasonic frequencies emitted from the robot reducer during its operation so that preventive maintenance can be performed on the reducer to avoid a failure during operation of the reducer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358454 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MEASUREMENT TRANSMITTER HAVING SUCH A CIRCUIT - An application-specific integrated circuit comprises: analog inputs having analog-digital converters; at least one digital signal processor, which has input registers and output registers. The analog-digital converters sample and digitize input signals S | 2014-12-04 |
20140358455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERHEAT DETECTION SYSTEM EVENT LOCATION - Embodiments relate to systems for improved relative location identification for overheat, short circuit, and open circuit events. The systems accomplish the improvements by utilizing any, or a combination, of implementing a novel calculation formula, determining and implementing an external offset value, and determining and implementing an internal offset value. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING FINITE STATE MACHINE MODELING TO IDENTIFY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT ELECTRIC LOAD TYPES - A system is for a plurality of different electric load types. The system includes a plurality of sensors structured to sense a voltage signal and a current signal for each of the different electric loads; and a processor. The processor acquires a voltage and current waveform from the sensors for a corresponding one of the different electric load types; calculates a power or current RMS profile of the waveform; quantizes the power or current RMS profile into a set of quantized state-values; evaluates a state-duration for each of the quantized state-values; evaluates a plurality of state-types based on the power or current RMS profile and the quantized state-values; generates a state-sequence that describes a corresponding finite state machine model of a generalized load start-up or transient profile for the corresponding electric load type; and identifies the corresponding electric load type. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS PROCESSING OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER MEASUREMENT - This disclosure relates to receiving an electromagnetic signal by a power detector, converting the received electromagnetic signal into a plurality of digitized samples, continuously acquiring and storing the plurality of digitized samples of into one or more sample memory buffers based upon a plurality of power processing events, simultaneously reading out of the one or more sample memory buffers the stored plurality of digitized samples, linearizing the plurality of digitized samples, wherein linearizing comprises converting the plurality of digitized samples into a plurality of linear power units such that the linear power units represent power measurements based upon the plurality of power processing events, and trace averaging the plurality of linear power units, wherein the simultaneously reading out of the one or more sample memory buffers, linearizing, and trace averaging are pipeline processed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING INPUT POWER OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A method of estimating an input power of a motor comprises determining an output power of the motor; determining a speed of the motor; calculating a scaling factor as a function of the speed of the motor; and estimating the input power as a function of the scaling factor and the output power. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358459 | MODEL-BASED BATTERY MONITORING - Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring a battery are described herein. One method includes receiving a plurality of values, each value associated with a respective battery characteristic, and determining an internal state associated with the battery based, at least in part, on the plurality of values. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358460 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention relates to an electric vehicle and to a method for controlling same. The electric vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a battery for storing electrical energy; a cluster for calculating the final state of charge (SOC) of the battery and indicating the result of the calculation; a battery management system for transmitting raw data of the SOC of the battery to the cluster at a predetermined interval; and a motor control unit for measuring the power consumption of the motor at predetermined interval and transmitting the measured power consumption to the cluster. The cluster includes a cluster control unit for calculating the final SOC using the raw data of the SOC of the battery and the power consumption of the motor, and a cluster indication unit for indicating the final SOC. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CURRENT IN DC-DC CONVERTER - A system and method for estimating current in a DC-DC converter are provided that estimate an output current of the DC-DC converter more accurately by correcting an output voltage of a CT sensor at an input terminal as a part of a current map and an efficiency map. The current map and the efficiency map are configured in a 2D form, since the output voltage of the CT sensor varies depending on the PWM duty. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358462 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TESTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS BY MEASURING FREQUENCY RESPONSE - Real-time battery impedance spectra are acquired by stimulating a battery or battery system with a signal generated as a sum of sine signals at related frequencies. An impedance measurement device can be used to interface between the battery system and a host computer for generating the signals. The impedance measurement device may be calibrated to adapt the response signal to more closely match other impedance measurement techniques. The impedance measurement device may be adapted to operate at mid-range voltages of about 50 volts and high-range voltages up to about 300 volts. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358463 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE AND VEHICULAR NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A touch detection device includes: an electrostatic capacitance detection device of each touch sensor; and a touch detection device to each touch sensor. The touch determination device obtains a maximum electrostatic capacitance, a minimum electrostatic capacitance and an intermediate electrostatic capacitance, and determines that the touch operation with respect to the touch sensor having the maximum change amount is performed when both of a first condition that a difference between the maximum electrostatic capacitance and the intermediate electrostatic capacitance exceed a second determination value and a second condition that a difference between the intermediate electrostatic capacitance and the minimum electrostatic capacitance is smaller than a third determination value are satisfied, and determines that a change of the electrostatic capacitance is caused by a noise when at least one of the first condition and the second condition is not satisfied. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358464 | EQUIVALENT-TIME SAMPLING TECHNINQUE FOR NON-COHERENTLY MODULATED SIGNALS - Aspects of the invention include an equivalent-time sampling oscilloscope that receives a carrier signal, the carrier signal after it has been modulated with a repeating data pattern, and a pattern trigger signal that is synchronous with the data pattern. The carrier signal and the modulation are asynchronous, that is, they are not phase-locked in any way. The oscilloscope simultaneously samples the modulated carrier signal and quadrature phases of the unmodulated carrier signal at a plurality of timebase delays relative to the pattern trigger signal, and a plurality of times at each timebase delay. After collecting this information, the oscilloscope uses the quadrature samples to calculate phases of the unmodulated carrier signal that correspond to the samples of the modulated carrier signal. The oscilloscope then calculates a stationary representation of the modulated carrier signal by selecting samples of the modulated carrier signal that correspond to a carrier signal phase progression that would have been observed if the unmodulated carrier signal had been synchronous with the pattern trigger signal. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358465 | YIELD ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SENSOR DATA OF FABRICATION EQUIPMENT - A system and method for analyzing a product fabrication process are disclosed. A product yield analysis system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data extraction unit that extracts sensor data from a plurality of sensors arranged in equipment for fabricating a product, a reference signal generation unit that generates a reference signal for each of the plurality of sensors from the sensor data, and a sensor detection unit that detects one or more sensors having a correlation with a yield of the product using the sensor data and the reference signal. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING ESTIMATED YIELD VALUES - System and method which automatically updates estimated field and in-transit yield values as a function of estimated vehicle load values and correction values determined from more accurate yield values obtained later, such as at a processing or other receiving facility, thereby providing better estimates of yield values between yield monitor system calibrations. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358467 | CONTROL METHOD OF SENSOR DISPOSED IN EXHAUST SYSTEM - A control method of a sensor disposed in an exhaust system may include starting an engine; performing a first logic of checking whether moisture formed on a first sensor detecting one of the characteristics of exhaust gases emitted from the engine; when it is determined by the first logic that the moisture formed on the first sensor has evaporated, heating the first sensor; and performing a second logic of checking whether moisture formed on a second sensor disposed at the rear of the first sensor and detecting one of the characteristics of the exhaust gases. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358468 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ARRANGING SENSORS AND METERS BASED ON BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING - A apparatus includes a function of automatically arranging various sensors, such as temperature, humidity, illumination, presence, and CO | 2014-12-04 |
20140358469 | Extending Programmable Measurement Device Functionality - System and method for extending programmable device functionality while preserving functionality of the device driver and driver IP. User input may be received specifying functionality of custom IP for a programmable measurement device with standard driver IP. The custom IP may be generated accordingly, and may be deployable to the programmable measurement device. During operation the custom IP may communicate directly with the standard driver IP and may provide custom functionality of the programmable measurement device while preserving functionality of the standard driver IP on the programmable measurement device and the standard device driver. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358470 | EVALUATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER CONSERVATION PLANNING DEVICE AND METHOD - An evaluating device includes an environment information controlling portion that obtains, for each individual customer, environment information during an electric power conservation period for customers who have performed electric power conservation measures, an environment information storing portion that stores environment information obtained from the environment information controlling portion, and an environment evaluating portion that calculates, for each individual customer, an environmental degradation level indicating the level of degradation experienced by the customer during previous electric power conservation periods, based on environment information stored in the environment information storing portion. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358471 | ANALYSIS OF EFFECT OF TRANSIENT EVENTS ON TEMPERATURE IN A DATA CENTER - A computer-implemented method for evaluating cooling performance of equipment in a data center. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving data related to equipment in the data center, determining first parameters related to airflow and temperature in the data center at a first period in time, receiving a description of a transient event affecting one of airflow and temperature in the data center at a second time, breaking a second time period subsequent to the second time into a plurality of time intervals, determining second parameters related to airflow in the data center during one of the time intervals, determining the parameters related to temperature in the data center at each of the time intervals based on the second parameters related to airflow, and storing, on a storage device, a representation of the parameters related to temperature in the data center during the second time period. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358472 | DYNAMIC SAMPLING - A wrist-worn athletic performance monitoring system, including an analysis processor, configured to execute an activity recognition processes to recognize a sport or activity being performed by an athlete, and a sampling rate processor, configured to determine a sampling rate at which an analysis processor is to sample data from an accelerometer. The sampling rate processor may determine the sampling rate such that the analysis processor uses a low amount of electrical energy while still being able to carry out an activity classification process to classify an activity being performed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358473 | DYNAMIC SAMPLING - A wrist-worn athletic performance monitoring system, including an analysis processor, configured to execute an activity recognition processes to recognize a sport or activity being performed by an athlete, and a sampling rate processor, configured to determine a sampling rate at which an analysis processor is to sample data from an accelerometer. The sampling rate processor may determine the sampling rate such that the analysis processor uses a low amount of electrical energy while still being able to carry out an activity classification process to classify an activity being performed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358474 | MECHANISMS FOR DERIVING AN ACCURATE TIMING SIGNAL FROM A NOISY WAVEFORM - Deriving a clean timing signal from a waveform is disclosed. A sensor-of-interest (SOI) sample set and a waveform sample set that correspond to the SOI sample set in time is collected. The waveform sample set is partitioned into a plurality of waveform sample subsets, and the SOI sample set is partitioned into a plurality of SOI sample subsets, each SOI sample subset corresponding to one of the plurality of waveform sample subsets. A plurality of waveform sample subset angular speeds is determined, wherein each waveform sample subset angular speed corresponds to a different waveform sample subset. An aggregate mean angular speed based on the plurality of waveform sample subset angular speeds is determined. Each SOI sample subset is resampled to the aggregate mean angular speed based on the corresponding waveform sample subset angular speed to generate a plurality of resampled SOI subsets. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358475 | Body Posture Tracking - It is provided a computer-implemented method for performing body posture tracking, comprising the steps of collecting (S | 2014-12-04 |
20140358476 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF FOURIER HARMONIC ORDER FOR COMPUTATION OF SPECTRAL INFORMATION FOR DIFFRACTION STRUCTURES - Automatic determination of Fourier harmonic order for computation of spectral information for diffraction structures described. An embodiment of a method includes automatically determining a Fourier harmonic order for computation of spectral information for periodic structures, wherein the determination of the Fourier harmonic order is based at least in part on the pitches in each of multiple directions of the periodic structures, material properties of the periodic structures, and characteristics of the periodic structures in which the materials are contained; and computing the spectral information for the periodic structures based at least in part on the determined Fourier harmonic order. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358477 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRAST IN THE SCREEN DISPLAY - A measuring device is used to increase a contrast of a plurality of measured values displayed in a spectrogram or spectral histogram and contains a data-acquisition unit, a computer unit and a statistic unit. The data-acquisition unit is embodied to detect a plurality of measured values to be displayed. The statistic unit is embodied to calculate a distribution which contains the frequency of occurrence for every level value of the measured values to be displayed. The computer unit is embodied to specify a dynamic range, over which the contrast extends. In this context, a specified proportion of the level values which image the noise are not used for the specification of the dynamic range. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358478 | MULTIVARIATE YIELD CALCULATOR FOR WAFER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A multivariate yield calculator for wafer integrated circuit (IC) fabrication and a method of generating a multivariate yield forecast using the multivariate yield calculator. One embodiment of the multivariate yield calculator includes: (1) a Gaussian computer configured to compute a mean vector and a covariance matrix from multivariate performance characterizations having a multivariate distribution over a plurality of wafer ICs, and (2) an integrator configured to integrate a probability distribution function (PDF) based on the mean vector and the covariance matrix over a multivariate performance bin, thereby generating a multivariate yield forecast. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358479 | STORAGE UNIT PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENT - Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory computer readable medium and method for managing storage workloads. The performance of a storage unit is adjusted if the storage unit contributes to a nonconformity or violation of a performance policy. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358480 | Method for Auto-Learning Tool Matching - The present disclosure is directed to a method of tool matching that employs an auto-learning feedback loop to update a library of key parameters. According to the method, measurements are performed on a control wafer to collect a set of parameters associated with the process/analysis tool that is being matched. When deviated parameters correlate to a correctable tool condition (i.e. a tool matching event), the parameters are added to the library of key parameters. These key or critical parameters may be monitored on a more frequent basis to identify deviations that have a strong likelihood of matching with a correctable tool condition. The tool matching methodology advantageously allows for monitoring of an automatically updated list of key parameters instead of needing to look at the full set of parameters collected from a control wafer each time. As such, tool matching can be performed on a more frequent basis. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358481 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CAUSE OF ABNORMALITY, METHOD OF IDENTIFYING CAUSE OF ABNORMALITY, AND PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING CAUSE OF ABNORMALITY - A system includes a measured value storing device in which a product measured value acquired periodically and a manufacturing condition measured value are stored, a product threshold value setting device that sets a product threshold value for determining whether a product is normal or not, an abnormality accumulating device that acquires a product abnormality cumulative frequency where the product abnormality measured value exceeds the product threshold value, a product threshold value changing device that changes the product threshold value, a condition threshold value setting device that sets a condition threshold value to be compared with a manufacturing condition measured value, a condition abnormality accumulating device that acquires a condition cumulative frequency, a condition threshold value changing device that changes a condition threshold value, and a cause identifying device that identifies a cause of abnormality based on the distribution of the product abnormality cumulative frequency and a manufacturing condition cumulative frequency. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358482 | DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS ACROSS PLATFORMS - A utility application store may be configured to present an interface displaying multiple applications that are available from the utility application store. By accessing the interface of the utility application store, a utility supplier may, with a single request, initiate installation or activation of an application on multiple utility meters or other smart sensors in a utility communication network. The utility application store may be configured to provide notification of the availability of applications for utility meters or other smart sensors, consumer computing devices, and/or utility supplier back office computing devices. The utility application store may include one or more distributed applications that include a first portion configured for execution by a utility meter and one or more other portions configured for execution by another computing device (e.g., a personal computer, mobile device, utility supplier back office server, cloud service, or the like). | 2014-12-04 |
20140358483 | Fishing Data System - An automated fishing data collection and processing system is provided that can automatically collect real-time data associated with the use of a rod and reel, in combination with real-time environmental and other data, and automatically record the data with minimal or no user input. Electronic components installed in, on, or with the rod and the reel automatically collect information, and automatically transmit the information via a wired or wireless means to a hand-held communication element, which in turn, combines the information with real-time environmental data and stores the information to a memory device, or transmits the information to a PC or cloud storage using a wired or wireless communication means to create a fishing log of data points. The fishing log can be stored in the hand-held communication element, PC, memory storage device, or cloud storage for access by the user or multiple users as permitted. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358484 | DEFECT CELL CLUSTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a method of clustering defects generated in bad samples shown on a defect map of bad samples including bad products, and an apparatus thereof. The defect cell clustering method includes generating a sample defect map showing a defect cell distribution by cell positions of bad samples comprised of products each including one or more defect cells among products each partitioned into a plurality of cells, selecting at least some cell positions having one or more defect cells as clustering targets from the sample defect map, selecting one or more suspected bad equipments for each of cell positions included in the clustering targets using pass equipment information for the product, and grouping the clustering targets into one or more clusters according to position coherence between a first cell position and a second cell position included in one cluster, the cell position and the second cell position each having at least one suspected bad equipment. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358485 | AUTOMATIC WAVELENGTH OR ANGLE PRUNING FOR OPTICAL METROLOGY - Automatic wavelength or angle pruning for optical metrology is described. An embodiment of a method for automatic wavelength or angle pruning for optical metrology includes determining a model of a structure including a plurality of parameters; designing and computing a dataset of wavelength-dependent or angle-dependent data for the model; storing the dataset in a computer memory; performing with a processor an analysis of the dataset for the model including applying an outlier detection technology on the dataset, and identifying any data outliers, each data outlier being a wavelength or angle; and, if any data outliers are identified in the analysis of the dataset of the model, removing the wavelengths or angles corresponding to the data outliers from the dataset to generate a modified dataset, and storing the modified dataset in the computer memory. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358486 | CONTINUAL CROP DEVELOPMENT PROFILING USING DYNAMICAL EXTENDED RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING WITH ROUTINE REMOTELY-SENSED VALIDATION IMAGERY - A modeling framework for estimating crop growth and development over the course of an entire growing season generates a continuing profile of crop development from any point prior to and during a growing season until a crop maturity date is reached. The modeling framework applies extended range weather forecasts and remotely-sensed imagery to improve crop growth and development estimation, validation and projection. Output from the profile of crop development profile generates a combination of data for use in auxiliary farm management applications. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SENSED DATA - A system and method for analyzing sensed data are disclosed. The system for analyzing sensed data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data extraction unit that extracts sensed data from a plurality of sensors arranged in a specific region or apparatus, a reference signal generation unit that generates a reference signal for each of the plurality of sensors from the sensed data, and a sensor detection unit that detects one or more sensors having a correlation with a state of the specific region or apparatus using the sensed data and the reference signal. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358488 | DYNAMIC REMOVAL OF CORRELATION OF HIGHLY CORRELATED PARAMETERS FOR OPTICAL METROLOGY - Dynamic removal of correlation of highly-correlated parameters for optical metrology is described. An embodiment of a method includes determining a model of a structure, the model including a set of parameters; performing optical metrology measurement of the structure, including collecting spectra data on a hardware element; during the measurement of the structure, dynamically removing correlation of two or more parameters of the set of parameters, an iteration of the dynamic removal of correlation including: generating a Jacobian matrix of the set of parameters, applying a singular value decomposition of the Jacobian matrix, selecting a subset of the set of parameters, and computing a direction of the parameter search based on the subset of parameters. If the model does not converge, performing one or more additional iterations of the dynamic removal of correlation until the model converges; and if the model does converge, reporting the results of the measurement. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358489 | NON-LINEAR PARAMETER MEASURING METHOD AND SYSTEM STRONG TO NOISE - A nonlinearity parameter measuring method and system is configured to separately process a signal of a fundamental wave and second harmonic wave that went through a probe attached to a specimen using a circuit including an analogue band pass filter and intermediate frequency amplifier, and minimize the effects caused by noise, thereby measuring an exact nonlinearity parameter. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358490 | GEOMETRIC MODELING WITH MUTUALLY DEPENDENT BLENDS - Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a geometric model including plurality of blends and identifying a blend ribbon that includes at least two of the plurality of blends. Each blend in the blend ribbon is mutually dependent on at least one other blend in the blend ribbon. The method includes selecting a blend ribbon breaker corresponding to the blend ribbon and designating a plurality of blends in the blend ribbon as reblendable blends, based on the blend ribbon breaker. The method includes reblending the reblendable blends to produce a modified geometric model and storing the modified geometric model. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDITING FEATURES - Various disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media for editing features using a PLM data processing system. A method includes receiving a geometric model including a plurality of parts. Each part includes one or more features having one or more feature attributes. Each part is stored within a separate part file. The method includes identifying a source feature in one of the parts. The source feature is associated with a modified feature attribute. The method includes identifying a compatible target feature in one or more of the parts. The method includes modifying a feature attribute of the target feature to correspond to the modified feature attribute that is associated with the source feature. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) NETWORK MODELS - A system includes a processor configured to indentify a modification to a utility grid, and to derive a first model of the utility grid and a second model of the utility grid. The second model of the utility grid includes a modification of the first model of the utility grid. The processor is configured to compare the first model of the utility grid to the second model of the utility grid, and to derive a difference between the first model of the utility grid and the second model of the utility grid based at least in part on the comparison. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358493 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SKETCH DIMENSIONS FOR A DRAWING VIEW - Methods for providing sketch dimensions for a drawing view and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a geometric model including a revolved feature generated using a sketch having sketch dimensions. The sketch and the sketch dimensions are in a sketch plane. The method includes, in response to one or more sketch objects being visible in a current view plane of the revolved feature, generating a drawing view of the one or more sketch objects in the current view plane. The drawing view includes the sketch dimensions of the one or more sketch objects. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358494 | DEFORMATION SIMULATION APPARATUS, DEFORMATION SIMULATION METHOD, AND DEFORMATION SIMULATION PROGRAM - A deformation simulation apparatus includes a simulation unit configured to simulate a deformation of an elastic body to determine a plurality of simulated results, the plurality of simulated results being simulated at respective a plurality of positions in the elastic body, a display unit configured to display a graph that is indicative of the plurality of simulated results in a manner that each of the plurality of simulated results is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of positions over a range indicative of a whole of the elastic body. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358495 | Simulation Of An Assembly Of Fabric Pieces - It is proposed a computer-implemented method for simulating an assembly of fabric pieces. The method comprises providing a plurality of parallel solvers, a first solver simulating at least one first fabric piece and a second solver simulating at least one second fabric piece, and maintaining the first and the second fabric pieces tight by computing a common frontier by the first and second solvers. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358496 | DESIGNING A 3D MODELED OBJECT WITH 2D VIEWS - It is provided a computer-implemented method designing a three-dimensional modeled object, comprising the steps of providing (S | 2014-12-04 |
20140358497 | PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS - System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual orthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; iterating on the transforming steps until substantially achieving the treatment goal; and generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the substantially achieved treatment goal | 2014-12-04 |
20140358498 | Gravity Loading Phase of A Deep Drawing Manufacturing Simulation Including Effects Of Sheet Metal Blank in Contact With Guide Pins - Methods used in gravity loading phase of a deep drawing manufacturing simulation including effects of sheet metal blank in contact with guide pins are disclosed. Computerized models of sheet metal blank and guide pins are created. A subset of the nodes in the first computerized model is defined as parent nodes. First and second characteristic lengths are then determined. One or more child nodes are created between each pair of the parent nodes using a formula based on the ratio between the first and second characteristic lengths. Deformed configuration of the sheet metal blank is obtained under its own weight subject to the lateral constraints by conducting computer simulation of gravity loading phase, lateral constraints are created and added to at the child node's parents, when a contact between a child node and a particular finite element representing portion of outer surface of one of the guide pins is detected. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358499 | PRESSURIZED WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A computerized method for scalable management optimization of pressurized water distribution networks, comprising: receiving a network model representing a pressurized water distribution physical network having a plurality of water flow variables; simulating said network model by solving a plurality of non-linear mathematical equations representing the behavior of said plurality of water flow variables; feeding said at least one result set to said plurality of non-linear mathematical equations; linearizing said plurality of non-linear mathematical equations; receiving a plurality of network model optimization requirements from a user; optimizing linarized said plurality of mathematical equations according to received said plurality of network model optimization requirements; performing a local search starting from said at least one optimized solution using linearized said plurality of mathematical equations, thereby generating at least one non-linearized solution. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358500 | Probalistic High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) Design Optimization Process - A novel probabilistic method for analyzing high cycle fatigue (HCF) in a design of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method may comprise identifying a component of the gas turbine engine for high cycle fatigue analysis, inputting parametric data of the component over a predetermined parameter space into at least one computer processor, using the at least one computer processor to build a plurality of flexible models of the component based on the parametric data of the component over the predetermined parameter space, using the at least one computer processor to build a plurality of emulators of the component based on the plurality of flexible models, and using the at least one computer processor to predict a probability of HCF based at least in part on the parametric data of the component over the predetermined parameter space and the plurality of emulators. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358501 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING CURRENT TRANSMISSION ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A system for modeling current transmission on a printed circuit board (PCB), the system includes a layout information obtaining module, a power setting module, a calculating module and an analyzing module. The layout information obtaining module obtains layout information of the PCB. The power setting module sets output voltages of multiple voltage regulating modules and a variation range of the output voltages. The calculating module builds a current transmission model script of the PCB according to the settings, executes the current transmission model script, and calculates working voltages of the multiple receiving terminals. The analyzing module compares the working voltages of the multiple receiving terminals with voltages of the variation range of the output voltages, and determines whether the layout information of the PCB complies with the design specification. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358502 | COMBINED MIGRATION METHOD FOR BASIN MODELING - A method for modeling a migration of hydrocarbon fluids. The method may include decomposing, by operation of a processor, a domain of a basin model to produce a first plurality of cells having a permeability below a threshold value and a second plurality of cells having a permeability above the threshold value. A first migration analysis may be performed to analyze a relatively slow migration starting in the first plurality of cells. A second migration analysis may be performed to analyze a relatively faster migration starting m the second plurality of cells. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358503 | UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION OF SUBSURFACE RESISTIVITY SOLUTIONS - Method for estimating uncertainty in a physical property model generated by inverting measured geophysical data, for example a resistivity model inferred from electromagnetic field data. The method involves as few as one data inversion ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140358504 | Extended Subspace Method for Cross-Talk Mitigation in Multi-Parameter Inversion - An extended subspace method for inverting geophysical data to infer models for two or more subsurface physical properties, using gradients of an objective function as basis vectors for forming model updates. The extended set of basis vectors provides explicit mixing between gradient components corresponding to different medium parameters, for example P-wave velocity and an anisotropy parameter. In a preferred embodiment, off-diagonal elements of the mixing matrix may be scaled to adjust the degree of mixing between gradient components. Coefficients of the basis vector expansion are determined in a way that explicitly accounts for leakage or crosstalk between different physical parameters. The same extended subspace approach may be used to make further improvement to the model updates by incorporating well constraints, where well log data are available. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358505 | COLLISION IMPULSE DERIVED DISCRETE ELEMENT CONTACT FORCE DETERMINATION ENGINE, METHOD, SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM - A method and engine for simulating a multi-body system, the method or engine including code for determining collision impulse over a time period for a plurality of colliding bodies in the system. An admissible function is determined from the collision impulse and resembles true contact force from the collision impulse. Complete contact force change during collision is derived from the admissible function. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358506 | DERIVING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION FOR AN EXECUTION CONSTRAINED MODEL - A system and method generates contextual information for a source model. An identification of one or more first model elements of interest within the source model may be received. One or more constraints on inputs of selected model elements also may be received. A scope of analysis regarding outputs of the first model elements may be specified. The contextual information may be derived automatically for the one or more first model elements. The contextual information may include one or more model elements, signals, or states that are contained with the scope of analysis while execution of the source model is limited by the one or more constraints. The derived contextual information may be provided to an output device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358507 | PARTITIONING BLOCK DIAGRAMS INTO EXECUTABLE CONTEXTUAL MODELS - A system and method generates a contextual model for a source model. The system and method receives a designation of a component of interest in the source model. The system and method analyzes the source model and identifies those model elements within the source model that have an interaction behavior with the component of interest. The system and method includes the component of interest and the model elements having the interaction behavior with the component of interest in the contextual model. The system and method connects the model elements to the component of interest in the context model in a similar manner as in the source model. The context model may be run or evaluated. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358508 | Method for Optimizing HVAC Systems in Buildings Using Nonlinear Programming to Maximize Comfort for Occupants - A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for a building is optimized while maximizing a comfort of occupants and minimizing energy consumption. The building is modeled as a network of nodes and edges, wherein the nodes represent rooms, and the edges represent walls. Dynamics of temperatures and humidity in the rooms and the temperature of the walls and the building are modeled using differential equations and the network. The comfort of the occupants is modeled by a predicted mean vote (PMV). The minimizing is formulated as an optimal control problem, which is discretized using an integration technique to obtain a finite dimensional optimization problem. Then, the finite dimensional optimization problem is solved using sparse linear algebra until convergence. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358509 | Systems and Methods for Presenting Data Associated with a Power Plant Asset - Certain embodiments may include systems and methods for presenting data associated with a power plant configuration tool. In one embodiment, a method may include creating configurations of inter-object relationships among a plurality of asset objects of a massive object model, loading the object model, changing values of data member attributes of at least one of the asset objects with a plant configuration tool without changing software code of plant configuration tool, saving the configurations in a permanent storage location, and retrieving the configurations for display to a user. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING UNCERTAINTY IN SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR FRACTURE NETWORKS - A system and method for characterizing uncertainty in a subterranean fracture network by obtaining a natural fracture network, obtaining dynamic data, simulating hydraulic fracturing and microseismic events based on the natural fracture network and the dynamic data, generating a stimulated reservoir volume (SRV), and quantifying the uncertainty in the SRV. It may also include narrowing the uncertainty in the SRV through the use of Design of Experiment methods and characterizing the SRV using static and/or dynamic data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING CURVES IN OILFIELD DRILLING AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS - A system and method for processing and combining data from multiple curves or data-sets in oil field operations based upon a common index. The multiple input curves are combined to form an input vector. The input vector is aligned on the common index, without any values in the curve or data-set being changed. The input vector is then processed to ensure that all curves have values for all index values by interpolation. The input vector may be further processed to create a fixed step increment. An output vector is formed by operation of a set of formulas on the interpolated input vector. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358512 | AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION OF ION-CHANNEL MODELS IN A MULTI-COMPARMENT MODELS - Disclosed is a novel system and method to develop computational models of membrane conductances through training a multi-layer perceptron to predict a channel's responses (conductances) to different conditions (voltage histories). Initially, at each time step of the dAPC protocol the current generated across the TCL1 cell membrane is determined by the history of voltages calculated in the model compartment. These data collected from dAPC are then used to train a perceptron, whose inputs are select time points in this history, and whose output predicts the channel conductances measured by the dAPC apparatus. The trained perceptron then becomes a model of the channel, comprising a specific set of historical voltage data points from compartment models provided as inputs to a specific combination of hidden units to produce an output that predicts channel conductance given a particular voltage history. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358513 | AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION OF ION-CHANNEL MODELS IN A MULTI-COMPARMENT MODELS - Disclosed is a novel system and method to develop computational models of membrane conductances through training a multi-layer perceptron to predict a channel's responses (conductances) to different conditions (voltage histories). Initially, at each time step of the dAPC protocol the current generated across the TCL1 cell membrane is determined by the history of voltages calculated in the model compartment. These data collected from dAPC are then used to train a perceptron, whose inputs are select time points in this history, and whose output predicts the channel conductances measured by the dAPC apparatus. The trained perceptron then becomes a model of the channel, comprising a specific set of historical voltage data points from compartment models provided as inputs to a specific combination of hidden units to produce an output that predicts channel conductance given a particular voltage history. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING OFFLINE RESULT EMULATION FILES FROM A TESTFLOW - A system for, and method of automatically generating a structured data file for offline result emulation (ORE). In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a testflow integrator configured to populate a supported testsuite with parameters from a testflow corresponding to a test program and (2) a device under test description integrator associated with the testflow integrator and configured further to populate the supported testsuite with parameters from at least one device under test description file. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358515 | PRESERVING OBJECT CODE TRANSLATIONS OF A LIBRARY FOR FUTURE REUSE BY AN EMULATOR - Provided is a method of preserving object code translations of a library for future reuse by an emulator. A munmap( | 2014-12-04 |
20140358516 | REAL-TIME, BI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSLATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, that include receiving a first audio signal from a first client communication device. A transcription of the first audio signal is then generated. Next, the transcription is translated. Then a second audio signal is generated from the translation. And then the following are communicated to a second client communication device: (i) the first audio signal received from the first device; and (2) the second audio signal generated from the translation of the transcription of the first audio signal received from the first client communication device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358517 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING TEXT CONVERSION SERVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A device and a method for providing a text conversion service in an electronic device are provided. The method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a screen including at least one display area, determining at least one of the at least one display area as a conversion area, acquiring a first text included in the conversion area, and providing a second text corresponding to the first text. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358518 | Translation Protocol for Large Discovery Projects - The present invention is a server-based protocol for improving translation performance for cases where a large number of documents are generated in a source language context but their controversies are adjudicated in a different language context. The protocol is intended to improve terminology consistency, offset the effects of contextual shift on perceived facts in translations, and improve task-tracking order. If the protocol is used by well trained and motivated document reviewers in a collaborative and harmonic environment, it can reduce unnecessary translations, improve translation accuracy and legibility, minimize the needs for amendments, control translation costs, and help the client significantly improve its litigation position. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358519 | Confidence-driven rewriting of source texts for improved translation - A method for rewriting source text includes receiving source text including a source text string in a first natural language. The source text string is translated with a machine translation system to generate a first target text string in a second natural language. A translation confidence for the source text string is computed, based on the first target text string. At least one alternative text string is generated, where possible, in the first natural language by automatically rewriting the source string. Each alternative string is translated to generate a second target text string in the second natural language. A translation confidence is computed for the alternative text string based on the second target string. Based on the computed translation confidences, one of the alternative text strings may be selected as a candidate replacement for the source text string and may be proposed to a user on a graphical user interface. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358520 | REAL-TIME ONLINE AUDIO FILTERING - Audio from online, real-time activity is routed through a filter to remove inappropriate language associated with parameters received by a user interface. The filter automatically removes audio based on the parameters and/or derived parameters. The parameters can be directly input by a user and/or a list can be provided to the user from which they select their desired parameters. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358521 | CAPTURE SERVICES THROUGH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - Techniques and systems are presented for capturing content for a note through various communication channels including those for email, text, and voice. One technique includes receiving a message from a communication channel; parsing the message and determining semantic structure of the message; determining a presentation form for how the content is to be presented and used in a note from elements in the message; and inserting the message into the note according to the presentation form. Receipt of a message addressed to a uniform address may be used to indicate that the message is to be inserted into a note. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358522 | INFORMATION SEARCH APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD - A processor of an information search apparatus receives an input of information that includes a plurality of search words. The processor separates two search words from the received information. The processor searches for and extracts, from a storage unit, two words that correspond to the two search words and semantic information of the two words, the storage unit storing a plurality of words included in a search target sentence and semantic information in association with the search target sentence, the semantic information stored in the storage unit indicating a relationship established within the search target sentence between the plurality of words and another word. An output unit outputs the extracted semantic information. This allows an intended search result to be obtained efficiently. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358523 | TOPIC-SPECIFIC SENTIMENT EXTRACTION - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for sentiment extraction are provided herein. From a corpus or group of social media data which includes one or more expressions pertaining to a topic, target topic, or a target, one or more candidate expressions may be extracted. Relationships between one or more pairs of candidate expressions may be identified or evaluated. For example, a consistency relationship or an inconsistency relationship between a pair may be determined. A root word database may include one or more root words which facilitate identification of candidate expressions. Among one or more of the root words may be seed words, which may be associated with a predetermined polarity. To this end, polarities may be determined based on a formulation which assigns polarities to a sentiment expression, candidate expressions, or an expression as a constrained optimization problem. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358524 | MACHINE TRANSLATION QUALITY MEASUREMENT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for measuring a quality of the machine translation. An original segment, for example one sentence in English, is translated to a target language, for example Spanish. The translated sequence is translated and then back-translated with several machine translation engines back to the original language, for example English. The resulting translations, back-translations are compared, possibly to each other, and to the original sequence. This gives measurement value of the quality of the back translations. At least one measured value from above steps of the process can be used in order to output information about the quality of the machine translation. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358525 | Dual-Band Speech Encoding - This document describes various techniques for dual-band speech encoding. In some embodiments, a first type of speech feature is received from a remote entity, an estimate of a second type of speech feature is determined based on the first type of speech feature, the estimate of the second type of speech feature is provided to a speech recognizer, speech-recognition results based on the estimate of the second type of speech feature are received from the speech recognizer, and the speech-recognition results are transmitted to the remote entity. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358526 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL QUALITY ANALYSIS - A non-intrusive objective speech quality assessment is performed on a degraded speech signal. The methods are well suited for systems where random and bursty packet losses may occur and/or packet stream regeneration may also occur prior to speech signal quality assessment. In one embodiment received packetized speech is analyzed to determine to an overall final signal quality score. A limited set of trained neural networks, e.g., 5, corresponding to different signal features, each determine a signal feature quality score. A trained joint quality score determination module determines a joint quality score based on the signal feature quality scores. Packet loss is estimated based on received packet header information and/or detected gap durations. The determined joint quality score is adjusted, based on estimated packet loss information obtained from examining the speech signal, network level statistics and/or codec parameters to generate the final quality score. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358527 | Inactive Sound Signal Parameter Estimation Method and Comfort Noise Generation Method and System - A parameter estimation method for inactive voice signals and a system thereof and comfort noise generation method and system are disclosed. The method includes: for an inactive voice signal frame, performing time-frequency transform on a sequence of time domain signals containing the inactive voice signal frame to obtain a frequency spectrum sequence, calculating frequency spectrum coefficients according to the frequency spectrum sequence, performing smooth processing on the frequency spectrum coefficients, obtaining a smoothly processed frequency spectrum sequence according to the smoothly processed frequency spectrum coefficients, performing inverse time-frequency transform on the smoothly processed frequency spectrum sequence to obtain a reconstructed time domain signal, and estimating an inactive voice signal parameter according to the reconstructed time domain signal to obtain a frequency spectrum parameter and an energy parameter. With the present solution, it can provide stable background noise parameters in a comfort noise generation system at decoding. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358528 | Electronic Apparatus, Method for Outputting Data, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive a signal of multiplexed sound comprising data of main sound and sub data. The data of main sound is multiplexed in an audible frequency band. The sub data is multiplexed in a non-audible frequency band. The multiplexed sound is output by an audio speaker of another device and is collected by a microphone of the electronic apparatus. The processor is configured to acquire the sub data from the signal of the multiplexed sound, and to output the sub data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358529 | Systems, Devices and Methods for Processing Speech Signals - Systems and methods are provided for acquiring a smooth spectrum of speech signals. For example, linear-spectrum-pairs (LSP) parameters of one or more speech signals to be processed are acquired; one or more first cosine values of the LSP parameters are calculated; one or more second cosine values are calculated for one or more predetermined frequency points; one or more first smooth spectrum values of the one or more predetermined frequency points are calculated based on at least information associated with the first cosine values of the LSP parameters and the second cosine values of the predetermined frequency points; and a smooth spectrum of the speech signals is generated based on at least information associated with the first smooth spectrum values of the predetermined frequency points. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358530 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A VOICE SEGMENT AND HEARING AID - A method of processing a voice segment includes checking whether a voice segment is a vowel segment. If the voice segment is not a vowel segment, then the process checks whether the voice segment is a high frequency consonant or a low frequency consonant. If the voice segment is a high frequency consonant, then the voice segment will be processed to lower its frequency. | 2014-12-04 |
20140358531 | Speech Encoding Utilizing Independent Manipulation of Signal and Noise Spectrum - Some embodiments describe methods, programs, and systems for speech encoding. Among other things, a received input signal representing a property of speech is quantized to generate a quantized output signal. Prior to the quantization, a version of the input signal is supplied to a first noise shaping filter having a first set of filter coefficients effective to generate a first filtered signal. Following the quantization, the quantized output signal is supplied to a second noise shaping filter having a second set of filter coefficients, thus generating a second filtered signal. A noise shaping operation is performed to control a frequency spectrum of a noise effect in the quantized output signal caused by the quantization, wherein the noise shaping operation is based on both the first and second filtered signals. Finally, the quantised output signal is transmitted in an encoded signal. | 2014-12-04 |