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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150341065 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus transmits signals in a digital telecommunication system and a synchronising method is used for synchronizing such signals at a receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus prepares for transmission of a reference symbol having at least two repetition patterns, whereby one of the at least two repetition patterns is phase-shifted in relation to the other repetition pattern, and a synchronizing mechanism in the digital telecommunication system uses the reference symbol once received for synchronization. The synchronizing mechanism uses a cross-correlation mechanism to cross-correlate at least one of the two repetition patterns within a correlation window having a predetermined length. | 11-26-2015 |
20150156046 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system; the device comprising symbol generating means for generating said data symbols and said pilot symbols, means for transmitting said data symbols and pilot symbols respectively by using a plurality of subcarriers of said OFDM transmission system, wherein said symbol generating means is designed to selectively generate a first type pilot symbol and a second type pilot symbol being orthogonal to said first type pilot symbol so that a pilot symbol pattern in the frequency dimension comprises at least said first type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using a predefined subcarrier and second type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using other predefined subcarrier, and wherein said pilot symbol pattern has a different pattern from a succeeding pilot symbol pattern in time dimension. | 06-04-2015 |
20150110164 | OFDM PRE-EQUALIZING - For example in case of an OFDM multicarrier transmission system the transmission characteristics of subcarriers of a multicarrier transmission system using a plurality of antenna elements ( | 04-23-2015 |
20150078492 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus transmits signals in a digital telecommunication system and a synchronising method is used for synchronizing such signals at a receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus prepares for transmission of a reference symbol having at least two repetition patterns, whereby one of the at least two repetition patterns is phase-shifted in relation to the other repetition pattern, and a synchronizing mechanism in the digital telecommunication system uses the reference symbol once received for synchronization. The synchronizing mechanism uses a cross-correlation mechanism to cross-correlate at least one of the two repetition patterns within a correlation window having a predetermined length. | 03-19-2015 |
20140247891 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES - A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. | 09-04-2014 |
20140191968 | USER INTERFACE BASED ON MAGNETIC INDUCTION - A receiving and transmitting node for a wireless data network, and a wireless data network based on magnetic induction. The receiving node includes an antenna receive module for receiving one or more data signals emitted from the transmitting node and a calculation module adapted to calculate one or more distances between the receiving node and the transmitting node, and/or adapted to calculate the position of the transmitting node in relation to the position of the receiving node, and/or adapted to calculate the orientation of the transmitting node in relation to the orientation of the receiving node. The reception of the data signal is based on magnetic induction and the calculation of the one or more distances, and the position of the transmitting node and/or the orientation of the transmitting node is based on the one or more data signals. | 07-10-2014 |
20140040485 | Specification of a Software Architecture for Capability and Quality-Of-Service Negotiations and Session Establishment for Distributed Multimedia Applications - A system for establishing a session between two entities in a telecommunications network. The system includes the following Application Programming Interfaces (APIs): a Management API representing an interface between the system and an entity managing it, an API representing an interface between the system, middleware and/or an application using services offered by the system, and a generic session-layer protocol API representing an interface between the system and a User Agent of a session-layer protocol. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037022 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING OFDM SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements that transmit the OFDM signals to a receiver over a plurality of transmission channels in the wireless communication system. The device also generates weight coefficients applied to each of the plurality of subcarrier signals, and controls an amplitude and/or phase of the plurality of subcarrier signals as a function of said weight coefficients. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037021 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING OFDM SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements that transmit the OFDM signals to a receiver over a plurality of transmission channels in the wireless communication system. The device also generates weight coefficients applied to each of the plurality of subcarrier signals, and controls an amplitude and/or phase of the plurality of subcarrier signals as a function of said weight coefficients. | 02-06-2014 |
20140029698 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus transmits signals in a digital telecommunication system and a synchronising method is used for synchronizing such signals at a receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus prepares for transmission of a reference symbol having at least two repetition patterns, whereby one of the at least two repetition patterns is phase-shifted in relation to the other repetition pattern, and a synchronizing mechanism in the digital telecommunication system uses the reference symbol once received for synchronization. The synchronizing mechanism uses a cross-correlation mechanism to cross-correlate at least one of the two repetition patterns within a correlation window having a predetermined length. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029688 | OFDM PRE-EQUALIZING - For example in case of an OFDM multicarrier transmission system the transmission characteristics of subcarriers of a multicarrier transmission system using a plurality of antenna elements ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140016715 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR AN OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NEW PREAMBLE STRUCTURE - A transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication method for transmitting and receiving data modulated on frequency subcarriers of an OFDM communication system. An OFDM burst includes a preamble part and payload data part, whereby the preamble includes a section of pilot symbols mapped onto every n-th frequency subcarrier and signaling data mapped onto the frequency subcarriers between the frequency subcarriers with the pilot symbols. A first channel estimation on the basis of the received pilot symbols is performed, the result of which is used to reconstruct the entire section of the received preamble as a training pattern for an accurate channel estimation, which is used for a channel equalization of the received payload part. | 01-16-2014 |
20130315292 | OFDM PRE-EQUALIZING - For example in case of an OFDM multicarrier transmission system the transmission characteristics of subcarriers of a multicarrier transmission system using a plurality of antenna elements ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130208824 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system; the device comprising symbol generating means for generating said data symbols and said pilot symbols, means for transmitting said data symbols and pilot symbols respectively by using a plurality of subcarriers of said OFDM transmission system, wherein said symbol generating means is designed to selectively generate a first type pilot symbol and a second type pilot symbol being orthogonal to said first type pilot symbol so that a pilot symbol pattern in the frequency dimension comprises at least said first type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using a predefined subcarrier and second type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using other predefined subcarrier, and wherein said pilot symbol pattern has a different pattern from a succeeding pilot symbol pattern in time dimension. | 08-15-2013 |
20130142270 | MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC ANTENNA BEAM COMBINATION SELECTION CAPABILITY - A spatial diversity receiver for wirelessly receiving a modulated RF signal and a method for wirelessly transmitting and receiving the modulated RF signal. The spatial diversity receiver includes at least two antenna arrays and an antenna beam selection control unit. Each antenna array of the spatial diversity receiver includes at least two fixed beam antennas with distinct radiation patterns, and combinations of the fixed beam antennas are selectable for wireless receipt of the modulated RF signal. The antenna beam selection control unit is configured to control at least one antenna switching and/or combining unit in order to select a specific combination of fixed beam antennas from each antenna array. | 06-06-2013 |
20130084815 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting signals carrying data in a wireless communication system, including at least two beam antennas, each beam antenna having a main beaming direction at a different angle; a generator configured to generate a number of signal streams to be transmitted over a wireless communication channel within the wireless communication system, wherein each of the signal streams includes a different version of the data and the number of signal streams corresponds to the number of the at least two beam antennas, wherein each signal stream is transmitted over the wireless communication channel via a different beam antenna of the at least two beam antennas; and a cyclic delay diversity unit configured to cyclically shift each different version of data and to use cyclic delay diversity. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084814 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas. | 04-04-2013 |
20130044689 | RANDOM ACCESS BURST TRANSMISSION SCHEME - An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting random access bursts, a receiver for receiving acknowledgement information confirming a successful transmission of a random access burst, a decision unit for deciding if acknowledgement information has been received, and a control unit for randomly choosing a time point for an attempt to retransmit said random access burst from an interval if no acknowledgement information has been received after a random access burst had been transmitted. | 02-21-2013 |
20130010882 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus transmits signals in a digital telecommunication system and a synchronising method is used for synchronizing such signals at a receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus prepares for transmission of a reference symbol having at least two repetition patterns, whereby one of the at least two repetition patterns is phase-shifted in relation to the other repetition pattern, and a synchronizing mechanism in the digital telecommunication system uses the reference symbol once received for synchronization. The synchronizing mechanism uses a cross-correlation mechanism to cross-correlate at least one of the two repetition patterns within a correlation window having a predetermined length. | 01-10-2013 |
20130003818 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR AN OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NEW PREAMBLE STRUCTURE - A transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication method for transmitting and receiving data modulated on frequency subcarriers of an OFDM communication system. An OFDM burst includes a preamble part and payload data part, whereby the preamble includes a section of pilot symbols mapped onto every n-th frequency subcarrier and signaling data mapped onto the frequency subcarriers between the frequency subcarriers with the pilot symbols. A first channel estimation on the basis of the received pilot symbols is performed, the result of which is used to reconstruct the entire section of the received preamble as a training pattern for an accurate channel estimation, which is used for a channel equalization of the received payload part. | 01-03-2013 |
20120321019 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR AN OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NEW PREAMBLE STRUCTURE - A transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication method for transmitting and receiving data modulated on frequency subcarriers of an OFDM communication system. An OFDM burst includes a preamble part and payload data part, whereby the preamble includes a section of pilot symbols mapped onto every n-th frequency subcarrier and signaling data mapped onto the frequency subcarriers between the frequency subcarriers with the pilot symbols. A first channel estimation on the basis of the received pilot symbols is performed, the result of which is used to reconstruct the entire section of the received preamble as a training pattern for an accurate channel estimation, which is used for a channel equalization of the received payload part. | 12-20-2012 |
20120114925 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A MEMBRANE HAVING A TAPERED PORE - A method of fabricating a membrane having a tampered pore, a polymeric membrane having a tapered pore, and uses of such polymeric membrane are disclosed. The membrane includes apertures of increasing diameter which are aligned with each other to form the tapered pore. | 05-10-2012 |
20120105461 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR A DISPLAY ON A MOBILE TELEPHONE - A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the data of the automatically selected background image from the memory, and a displaying of the retrieved background image on the display of the mobile telephone. | 05-03-2012 |
20120087308 | RANDOM ACCESS BURST TRANSMISSION SCHEME - An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting random access bursts, a receiver for receiving acknowledgement information confirming a successful transmission of a random access burst, a decision unit for deciding if acknowledgement information has been received, and a control unit for randomly choosing a time point for an attempt to retransmit said random access burst from an interval if no acknowledgement information has been received after a random access burst had been transmitted. | 04-12-2012 |
20120078797 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PROTECTED AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT - A method for providing protected content, wherein content usage rights information and/or usage state information is embedded into obtained primary data that serves as a basis for a content item to be provided thereby providing the primary data with the embedded content usage rights information and/or usage state information as the content item. | 03-29-2012 |
20120045996 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas. | 02-23-2012 |
20120034732 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE BAND EDGE POSITIONS OF THE CONDUCTION BAND AND THE VALENCE BAND OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FOR USE IN PHOTOACTIVE DEVICES - The present invention relates to a semiconductor compound having the general formula A | 02-09-2012 |
20120008709 | SINGLE CARRIER HIGH RATE WIRELESS SYSTEM - A signal generator and signal processor for single carrier wireless communication systems with frequency domain equalizer operable to use pseudorandom-noise sequences for cyclic prefix, the pseudorandom-noise sequences for coarse timing synchronization, channel estimation, carrier synchronization, signal-noise-ration estimation and channel equalization. | 01-12-2012 |
20110211654 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING OFDM SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements that transmit the OFDM signals to a receiver over a plurality of transmission channels in the wireless communication system. The device also generates weight coefficients applied to each of the plurality of subcarrier signals, and controls an amplitude and/or phase of the plurality of subcarrier signals as a function of said weight coefficients. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211622 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method providing wireless communication between a first station and a second station. The method establishes at least one communication path between at least one pair of antennas including a first antenna of the first station and a second antenna of the second station, wherein at least one of the first and second antennas is a narrow beam antenna, selects at least one part of the bandwidth available on the communication path, and transmits data between the pair of antennas over the selected part of the bandwidth. | 09-01-2011 |
20110196865 | METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - A method for content recommendation for a user, wherein a song or a video is recommended to the user and a confidence measure is determined for the recommended song. The confidence measure is displayed to the user, so the user may get more confidence into the recommendation of the system. | 08-11-2011 |
20110188602 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system having transmission antennas. The device includes symbol generating means for generating data said pilot symbols, means for transmitting the data and pilot symbols using subcarriers of the OFDM system. The symbol generating means generates a first and second type pilot symbol, the second having an inverted value of the first so that a first pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using one of said plurality of transmission antennas has a different pattern in the frequency and time dimension from a second pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using another transmission antenna. First and second pilot symbols are comprised in respective first and second pilot symbol patterns, where at least some of the first and second pilot symbols have the same time allocation and being alternately identical and inverted to each other. | 08-04-2011 |
20110182378 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system having transmission antennas. The device includes symbol generating means for generating data and pilot symbols, means for transmitting the data and pilot symbols using subcarriers of the OFDM system. The symbol generating means generates a first and second type pilot symbol, the second having an inverted value of the first so that a first pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using one of said plurality of transmission antennas has a different pattern in the frequency and time dimension from a second pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using another transmission antenna. First and second pilot symbols are comprised in respective first and second pilot symbol patterns, where at least some of the first and second pilot symbols have the same time allocation and being alternately identical and inverted to each other. | 07-28-2011 |
20110180906 | METHOD OF APPLYING A PATTERN OF METAL, METAL OXIDE AND/OR SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of applying a pattern of metal, metal oxide, and/or semiconductor material on a substrate, a pattern created by that method, and uses of that pattern. | 07-28-2011 |
20110168242 | POROUS SEMICONDUCTOR FILM ON A SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and the film resulting from such production. It furthermore relates to an electronic device incorporating such film and to potential uses of such film. | 07-14-2011 |
20110129007 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES - A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. | 06-02-2011 |
20110122850 | RANDOM ACCESS BURST TRANSMISSION SCHEME - An apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting random access bursts, a receiver for receiving acknowledgement information confirming a successful transmission of a random access burst, a decision unit for deciding if acknowledgement information has been received, and a control unit for randomly choosing a time point for an attempt to retransmit said random access burst from an interval if no acknowledgement information has been received after a random access burst had been transmitted. | 05-26-2011 |
20110116555 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES - A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. | 05-19-2011 |
20110110408 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES - A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. | 05-12-2011 |
20110076955 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK - A method for establishing a wireless communication link between a first communication device having a beam antenna to be steered to different positions and a second communication device. The method includes transmitting a link request signal from the first communication device to the second communication device via the beam antenna. The link request signal includes information relating to a current position of the beam antenna. The method further includes obtaining, in case the link request signal is received in the second communication device, channel quality information representative of a current transmission path. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075107 | ILLUMINATION ARRANGEMENT FOR A PROJECTION SYSTEM - An illumination arrangement for a projection system is proposed including a light source device and a light collecting, integrating and redirecting device. The light source device comprises at least one solid state light source device. The light collecting, integrating and redirecting device comprises at least one light integrating device, which is adapted to directly receive and to integrate at least a part of primary illumination light generated by and emitted from at least one associated of at least one sold state light source device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110051786 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES - A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. | 03-03-2011 |
20110051235 | MICROSCOPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A microscope measurement system including: an optical microscope including a microscope body and an objective connected to the microscope body; a chamber including a support mechanism holding an object to be examined therein, the chamber including an opening inserting the objective into the chamber such that the objective is located essentially within the chamber and the microscope body is located essentially outside of the chamber; a sealing mechanism that provides an essentially gas-tight connection between the optical microscope and the chamber such that the chamber is sealed. | 03-03-2011 |
20110010753 | METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER IN A NETWORK - A sophisticated gateway is connectable with at least one device, further sophisticated gateways, and/or a network. The sophisticated gateway includes an emulator proxy module and/or a presenter proxy module. The emulator proxy module receives higher layer data of a higher network layer, and processes the higher layer data thereby generating second intermediate layer data of an intermediate network layer. The processing includes a security function ensuring that the second intermediate layer data conform with a predetermined security level. The presenter proxy module receives and/or processes first intermediate layer data thereby generating the higher layer data. The processing within the presenter proxy module includes a security function ensuring that the higher layer data conform with a predetermined security level. | 01-13-2011 |
20100298169 | METHOD OF PATTERNING MOLECULES ON A SUBSTRATE USING A MICRO-CONTACT PRINTING PROCESS - The present invention relates to a method of patterning molecules on a substrate using a micro-contact printing process, to a substrate produced by said method and to uses of said substrate. It also relates to a device for performing the method according to the present invention. | 11-25-2010 |
20100232509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE THE CONVERGENCE SPEED OF A RECURSIVE MOTION ESTIMATOR - A method and apparatus for motion estimation of at least a first and a second image frame by estimating at least one motion vector correlating a portion of pixels of the at least first and second image frame, the first and second image frame being part of an image frame sequence. The at least one motion vector is obtained by a predominant motion detection generating at least one global motion vector based on at least one previously determined motion vector, the previously determined motion vector correlating a portion of pixels of earlier image frames of the image frame sequence, and an estimation estimating the at least one motion vector based on the at least one global motion vector. | 09-16-2010 |
20100226453 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system; the device comprising symbol generating means for generating said data symbols and said pilot symbols, means for transmitting said data symbols and pilot symbols respectively by using a plurality of subcarriers of said OFDM transmission system, wherein said symbol generating means is designed to selectively generate a first type pilot symbol and a second type pilot symbol being orthogonal to said first type pilot symbol so that a pilot symbol pattern in the frequency dimension comprises at least said first type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using a predefined subcarrier and second type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using other predefined subcarrier, and wherein said pilot symbol pattern has a different pattern from a succeeding pilot symbol pattern in time dimension. | 09-09-2010 |
20100182993 | FRAME SYNCHRONISATION SCHEME WITH INTERFERENCE REDUCTION - A frame synchronisation is proposed for a multi-band communication system, wherein a data signal exchanged between a transmitter and a receiver is organised in system frames having a preamble section which contains a frame synchronisation section that is composed of a number of symbol frames, each of which is in turn composed of a defined number of slots, whereby each slot corresponds to an individual transmission frequency band. The method comprises steps for transmitting the data signal containing a synchronisation signal in one or more slots of every other symbol frame of the frame synchronisation section, processing only data signal components selected from transmission frequency bands required for the synchronisation signal transmission, and subtracting the processed data signal from its shifted copy, whereby the copy is shifted by one symbol frame. | 07-22-2010 |
20100165210 | METHOD FOR MOTION ESTIMATION - A method for motion estimation with respect to a sequence of images. Based on predictor vectors respective updates are generated. The updates are distributed over a plurality of tables. Only a single table of updates is applied to a given predictor vector to generate a limited set of candidate vectors only. | 07-01-2010 |
20100113099 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas. | 05-06-2010 |
20100102975 | BATTERY LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM - Battery leakage detection system comprising a gas sensor having a gas sensitive nanoparticle structure. | 04-29-2010 |
20100102280 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A FILM OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of producing a film of carbon nanotubes on a substrate, a film produced by such method, and uses of such a film. | 04-29-2010 |
20100091194 | NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND UNIT FOR AN IMAGE FRAME - A method and unit for noise reduction in a current image frame, wherein the current image frame is a part of a sequence of image frames. The method compares a current pixel value of a pixel within the current image frame with a corresponding pixel value of the pixel in at least one adjacent image frame, and determines a piled-up value of the current pixel value and the corresponding pixel value if a pixel difference between the current pixel value and the corresponding pixel value is below a pixel threshold, wherein the pixel threshold depends on the corresponding pixel value and/or the current pixel value. The method and unit can be applied for block and color processing as well. | 04-15-2010 |
20100088649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENT ITEMS - A method for recommending content items of a content item data base to a user, including: broadcasting user group characteristics, wherein a respective user group characteristic is descriptive of a respective user group; receiving at a user's location the user group characteristics; assigning at the user's location the user to at least one of the user groups, providing user group preference data, the user group preference data being descriptive of a relation between the user groups and the content items; and recommending content items according to the user group preference data. | 04-08-2010 |
20100074377 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING OFDM SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device for receiving transmitted orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements to receive a plurality of OFDM signals transmitted from a transmitter via a plurality of transmission channels. The device performs channel estimation processing and decoding processing on the plurality of received OFDM signals, and weights the plurality of received OFDM signals by weight vectors chosen to improve a performance of the plurality of received OFDM signals. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073605 | METHOD OF PREPARING A POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL - The present invention relates to a method of preparing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal, to a method of producing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal cell, to a polymer dispersed liquid crystal and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal cell produced by such method, to a liquid crystal display containing a plurality of such polymer dispersed liquid crystal cells and to the use of particles for preparing a polymer dispersed liquid crystal. | 03-25-2010 |
20100064224 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A method of displaying information on a screen, including providing the information, wherein the information is based on user text information, and displaying a predefined message on a screen, if the user text information is empty or invalid, otherwise displaying the user text information on the screen for a display time, wherein the display time depends on an amount and/or complexity of the user text information. | 03-11-2010 |
20100058069 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A UNIQUE CONTENT INSTANCE IDENTIFIER, UNIQUE CONTENT INSTANCE IDENTIFIER AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING CONTENT LICENSES - A method and a device for determining a unique content instance identifier of a content item, wherein the content item is received by a receiving device and provided to a content management system and includes an original content identifier of an original identification scheme. The method: defines a data structure of the unique content item identifier depending on the original identification scheme, the data structure including a first, a second and third part, wherein the size of at least one of the second and third parts depends on the original identification scheme; stores a code in the first part, wherein the code uniquely identifies the original identification scheme; stores the original content identifier, a derivative thereof, and/or a device identifier identifying the receiving device in the second part; and stores a freely allocatable value in the third part, such that no duplicate unique content instance identifiers are generated by the device. | 03-04-2010 |
20100040342 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POINT IN TIME WITHIN AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for determining a point in time within an audio signal, the audio signal having been transmitted from a broadcast station to a client and to a server, the method including: deriving, at the server, first signature data from the audio signal, wherein a reference point in time is associated with the beginning or end of the audio data corresponding to the first signature data; deriving, at the client, second signature data from the audio signal, wherein the second signature data are derived in the same manner as the first signature data at the server; comparing the first and second signature data; and determining the point in time to be equal to the reference point in time depending on a result of the comparing. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040290 | MOTION ESTIMATION AND SCENE CHANGE DETECTION USING TWO MATCHING CRITERIA - A motion estimation and scene change detection method using two matching criteria, whereby the first matching criterion applies goodness-of-fit or another known matching criterion for motion estimation and the second matching criterion is the reciprocal value of the estimation error variance lower bound, which can be given by the Cramer-Rao-Inequation. The method allows taking full advantage of multiresolution signal processing. | 02-18-2010 |
20100039924 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING OFDM SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements that transmit the OFDM signals to a receiver over a plurality of transmission channels in the wireless communication system. The device also generates weight coefficients applied to each of the plurality of subcarrier signals, and controls an amplitude and/or phase of the plurality of subcarrier signals as a function of said weight coefficients. | 02-18-2010 |
20100027600 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA AND MODEM - A method, and corresponding modem, of transmitting data. The method including: modulating the data onto a plurality of carriers with different carrier frequencies, resulting in a transmission signal; notching predetermined frequency bands of the transmission signal, which predetermined frequency bands would otherwise disturb external transmissions; and boosting carriers that are adjacent to the predetermined frequency bands and that would be attenuated because of the notching. | 02-04-2010 |
20100024877 | METHOD OF PREPARING A POROUS SEMICONDUCTOR FILM ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of preparing a porous semiconductor film on a substrate comprising the steps: a) preparing, on a first substrate, an adhesion layer capable of providing electrical and mechanical contact between a porous semiconductor layer attached to said adhesion layer and said first substrate, b) applying on a second substrate that is capable of withstanding temperatures >=300° C. a spacer layer and applying a porous semiconductor layer on said spacer layer, c) applying an assisting layer on said porous semiconductor layer, said assisting layer providing support for said porous semiconductor layer, d) removing said spacer layer e) transferring said porous semiconductor layer supported by said assisting layer onto said ashesion layer, f) pressing said porous semiconductor layer onto said adhesion layer, g) removing said assisting layer from said porous semiconductor layer, thereby obtaining said first substrate having as a porous semiconductor film said porous semiconductor layer attached thereon by way of said adhesion layer. | 02-04-2010 |
20100020290 | METHOD FOR IMAGE PROJECTION, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION SCREEN - A method for image projection on a screen, including providing an image to be projected on the screen, determining excitation light representing the image, and illuminating with the excitation light at least one light excitable layer disposed on the screen, wherein the light excitable layer is configured to be stimulated for the emission of visible light based on the excitation light. | 01-28-2010 |
20100012826 | ZEEMAN-SLOWER, COIL FOR A ZEEMAN-SLOWER DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR COOLING AN ATOM BEAM - A Zeeman-slower device, a coil for such a Zeeman-slower device, and a method for cooling an atom beam. The Zeeman-slower includes a cooling section including an inner passage extending along a longitudinal axis, the inner passage having a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the area of the cross-section of the inner passage increases monotonously along the longitudinal axis at least in a part of the cooling section. | 01-21-2010 |
20100008394 | TEMPERATURE AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION SENSING WITH HIGH RESOLUTION IN MICROSCOPIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS - The present invention relates to a method of measuring a temperature and/or temperature distribution at a resolution <1 &mgr; m in an object and to a device for performing such method, more particularly to a microscope for performing such method. The method comprises applying a molecular thermometer embedded in a matrix layer on an object, photoexciting the said molecular thermometer with a light source of said microscope and measuring emission of radiation from said molecular thermometer with two photodetectors of said microscope. A first intensity at a first wavelength is measured by said first detector, a second intensity at a second wavelength is measured by said second.detector, and a ratio of said intensities is calculated and used to determine a temperature with a calibrated curve. Said microscope is a confocal microscope or a stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscope. | 01-14-2010 |
20100004063 | DISTANCE, ORIENTATION AND VELOCITY SENSITIVE CONTROLLER - A mobile magnetic field apparatus operable to generate and/or receive a magnetic field including at least one coil operable to generate and/or receive a magnetic field, respectively, the magnetic field being modulated by at least one frequency and/or identification code, respectively. | 01-07-2010 |
20090323795 | EQUALIZING STRUCTURE AND EQUALIZING METHOD - An equalizing structure and method for a wireless communication system receiving device, in which two or more transmit signals transmitted in parallel from one or more transmitters are received in received signal vectors representing two or more received data streams, the signals including information modulated onto carrier signals according to a modulation scheme, all possible transmit signals being represented by candidate constellation values in the signal constellation of the modulation scheme. A processor calculates an estimate for a constellation value of a received signal and determines a number of candidate constellation values in the vicinity of the estimated constellation value in the signal constellation. A metric value calculator calculates metric values based on the received signal vectors and the product of channel estimation values with candidate signal vectors, each candidate signal vector including a candidate constellation value for each of the two or more transmit signals, wherein the metric values are calculated for each constellation value of the number of candidate constellation values and the estimated constellation value. A maximum likelihood detector detects one of the candidate signal vectors having a minimum Euclidean distance to a respective receive signal vector as a most likely transmit signal vector based on the metric values. | 12-31-2009 |
20090323586 | USER INTERFACE BASED ON MAGNETIC INDUCTION - A receiving and transmitting node for a wireless data network, and a wireless data network based on magnetic induction. The receiving node includes an antenna receive module for receiving one or more data signals emitted from the transmitting node and a calculation module adapted to calculate one or more distances between the receiving node and the transmitting node, and/or adapted to calculate the position of the transmitting node in relation to the position of the receiving node, and/or adapted to calculate the orientation of the transmitting node in relation to the orientation of the receiving node. The reception of the data signal is based on magnetic induction and the calculation of the one or more distances, and the position of the transmitting node and/or the orientation of the transmitting node is based on the one or more data signals. | 12-31-2009 |
20090310720 | EQUALIZING STRUCTURE AND EQUALIZING METHOD - An equalizing structure and method for a wireless communication system receiving device. Two or more transmit signals transmitted in parallel from one or more transmitters are received in received signal vectors representing two or more received data streams, the signals including information modulated onto carrier signals according to a modulation scheme, all possible transmit signals being represented by candidate constellation values in the signal constellation of the modulation scheme. A processor calculates an estimate for a constellation value of a received signal and determines a number of candidate constellation values in the vicinity of the estimated constellation value in the signal constellation. A metric value calculator calculates metric values based on the received signal vectors and the product of channel estimation values with candidate signal vectors. A maximum likelihood detector detects one of the candidate signal vectors having a minimum Euclidean distance to a respective received signal vector as a most likely transmit signal vector based on the metric values. | 12-17-2009 |
20090310719 | EQUALIZING STRUCTURE AND EQUALIZING METHOD - An equalizing structure and method for a wireless communication system receiving device, in which two or more transmit signals transmitted in parallel from one or more transmitters are received in received signal vectors representing two or more received data streams, the signals including information modulated onto carrier signals according to a modulation scheme, all possible transmit signals being represented by candidate constellation values in the signal constellation of the modulation scheme. A metric value calculator calculates metric values based on the received signal vectors and the product of channel estimation values with candidate signal vectors using absolute value calculations, each candidate signal vector including a candidate constellation value for each of the two or more transmit signals. A maximum likelihood detector detects one of the candidate signal vectors having a minimum Euclidean distance to a respective receive signal vector as a most likely transmit signal vector based on metric values. | 12-17-2009 |
20090282034 | METHODS TO CREATE A USER PROFILE AND TO SPECIFY A SUGGESTION FOR A NEXT SELECTION OF A USER - A user profile and/or the suggestions computed based thereon are obtained taking a special set of user features into account. The user features are defined to represent a typical general behaviour of an individual user in respect to the application where the user profile is used. In other words, for each application where a user profile is used a special set of user features are defined which are able to represent a typical general behaviour of an individual user. Based on these user features the weights in the list of word-weight pairs or weighted keywords which represents the user profile are computed or influenced during the creation of the user profile, and/or a mufti-user profile is split during the creation of an individual user profile from a mufti-user profile, and/or during specification of a suggestion a user history which is used to create the user profile, and/or the user profile, and/or the suggestion results are filtered. | 11-12-2009 |
20090278991 | METHOD FOR INTERPOLATING A PREVIOUS AND SUBSEQUENT IMAGE OF AN INPUT IMAGE SEQUENCE - A method for interpolating a previous and subsequent image of an input image sequence, including: determining fidelity information for at least one motion vector that is descriptive for motion between a previous and subsequent image, wherein the fidelity information is descriptive for the level and accuracy of the motion, determining classification information for the at least one motion vector, wherein the classification information depends on the fidelity information, the classification information being descriptive for the motion type of the motion, and selecting an interpolation method in dependence of the determined classification information. | 11-12-2009 |
20090274870 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A MEMBRANE HAVING A TAPERED PORE - The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore, to a polymeric membrane having a tapered pore and to uses of such polymeric membrane. | 11-05-2009 |
20090258681 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR A DISPLAY ON A MOBILE TELEPHONE - A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displayed, a retrieving of the data of the automatically selected background image from the memory, and a displaying of the retrieved background image on the display of the mobile telephone. | 10-15-2009 |
20090251765 | COMPOSITION FOR PHOTON-ENERGY UP-CONVERSION - The present invention relates to a composition for photon energy up-conversion, a system comprising said composition and to uses of said composition and said system. | 10-08-2009 |
20090244443 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE TYPE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL - The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one type of liquid crystal, to a liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display device comprising such composition and to a method of preparing such a composition and/or such a liquid crystal cell. | 10-01-2009 |
20090231221 | DIELECTRIC ROD ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ANTENNA - A rod antenna and a method for operating the rod antenna. The rod antenna includes a two-dimensional patch for radiating and/or receiving an electromagnetic wave, the patch extending along a plane defined by two coordinate axes orthogonal to each other. A feeding line is coupled to the patch for transferring signal energy to and/or from the patch, and a dielectric rod radiates and/or receives the electromagnetic wave, the rod extending longitudinally from the patch in direction of a third coordinate axis outside of the plane defined by the first two coordinate axes. A metal holder is coupled to the patch and to the rod for transferring the electromagnetic wave between the patch and the rod. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231194 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK - The present invention comprises a method for establishing a wireless communication link between a first communication device ( | 09-17-2009 |
20090196382 | EQUALIZING STRUCTURE AND EQUALIZING METHOD - An equalizing structure and method for a wireless communication system receiving device, in which two or more transmit signals transmitted in parallel from one or more transmitters are received in received signal vectors representing two or more received data streams, the signals including information modulated onto carrier signals according to a modulation scheme, all possible transmit signals being represented by candidate constellation values in the signal constellation of the modulation scheme. A metric value calculator calculates metric values based on the received signal vectors and the product of channel estimation values with candidate signal vectors, each candidate signal vector including a candidate constellation value for each of the two or more transmit signals. A maximum likelihood detector detects one of the candidate signal vectors having a minimum Euclidean distance to a respective receive signal vector as a most likely transmit signal vector based on the metric values. A soft decision value calculator calculates a soft decision value for the most likely candidate signal vectors based on the candidate signal vectors of at least some of the metric values. | 08-06-2009 |
20090186593 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method for processing a signal, wherein at least one of NF processing, audio processing, demodulation processing, and parts thereof of a processing section is suspended, while one or a plurality of certain suspending criteria are fulfilled, and wherein one or a plurality of suspending criteria are obtained or evaluated as control data from or by a pre-processing section with respect to the signal to be processed or a part or derivative thereof. | 07-23-2009 |
20090183831 | METHOD OF APPLYING A MATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of applying material on a substrate. The material to be applied can be a pattern of material. | 07-23-2009 |
20090178559 | SOLUBLE CARBON NANOTUBES - The present invention relates to a method of solubilizing carbon nanotubes, to carbon nanotubes produced thereby and to uses of said carbon nanotubes. | 07-16-2009 |
20090153400 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WITH A SPECIAL FRAME STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, in which signals are transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, said signals being transmitted in consecutive frames, each frame having a preamble section including preamble information, at least one of said first and said second communication devices having a narrow beam antenna which is adapted to be steered to different positions, each of said different positions corresponding to one of a number of different transmissions paths from said to said second communication device, including the steps of transmitting and receiving a first preamble section including preamble information enabling the estimation of a channel quality of a current transmission path, while said narrow beam antenna is in a current position corresponding to said current transmission path, steering said narrow beam antenna from said current position to a different position corresponding to a candidate transmission path, and transmitting and receiving a second preamble section including preamble information enabling the estimation of a channel quality of said candidate transmission path while said narrow beam antenna is in said different position. The present invention further relates to a corresponding transmission device as well as a receiving device. | 06-18-2009 |
20090122203 | DEMODULATOR, METHOD AND RECEIVER FOR DEMODULATION - Demodulator for demodulating an input signal, comprising a complex-valued equalizer configured to equalize complex valued echoes within said input signal, wherein said complex-valued equalizer outputs a complex valued equalized signal; and a PLL circuit ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090121185 | METHOD OF FORMING A COMPOSITE CONTAINING A MATRIX COMPONENT AND AT LEAST ONE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPONENT - A method of forming a composite containing a matrix component and at least one liquid crystal component includes providing a matrix, providing a first material that is phase separable from the matrix, adding the first material to the matrix, and replacing the first material that is phase separable form the matrix with a second material exhibiting liquid crystalline behavior. | 05-14-2009 |
20090097542 | SIGNAL CODING AND DECODING WITH PRE- AND POST-PROCESSING - In a data compression, a pre-processing is applied to a signal before it is encoded and a post-processing is applied to a signal after it is decoded. A pre-processor for signals to be encoded includes a filtering device for filtering a signal with one or more filters and a providing device for providing information about the filtering process. A post-processor for previously filtered, encoded and decoded signals includes an information retrieving device for retrieving information about the filtering process and an inverse filtering device for inverse filtering the decoded signal based on the retrieved information. | 04-16-2009 |
20090080561 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR A STTD SCHEME IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system having transmission antennas. The device includes symbol generating means for generating data and pilot symbols, means for transmitting the data and pilot symbols using subcarriers of the OFDM system. The symbol generating means generates a first and second type pilot symbol, the second having an inverted value of the first so that a first pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using one of said plurality of transmission antennas has a different pattern in the frequency and time dimension from a second pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using another transmission antenna. First and second pilot symbols are comprised in respective first and second pilot symbol patterns, where at least some of the first and second pilot symbols have the same time allocation and being alternately identical and inverted to each other. | 03-26-2009 |
20090069914 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AUDIO DATA - A method for classifying audio data. For a given piece of audio data a location or position for the given audio data within a mood space is generated and compared to a comparison mood space location. As a result of the comparison, comparison data are generated and provided as a classification result with respect to the given audio data. | 03-12-2009 |
20090051613 | MICROWAVE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - A microwave alignment apparatus to improve the gain/half-power beam widths/sidelobe of a microwave antenna for mm-wave applications. The microwave alignment apparatus is operable to align a microwave including a focusing device operable to focus a microwave and a mounting device operable to mount and/or hold the focusing device. The microwave alignment apparatus is formed as a one-piece component. | 02-26-2009 |
20090050205 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE BAND EDGE POSITIONS OF THE CONDUCTION BAND AND THE VALENCE BAND OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL FOR USE IN PHOTOACTIVE DEVICES - The present invention relates to a semiconductor compound having the general formula A | 02-26-2009 |
20090041373 | Method for Discriminating Textures Regions and Homogeneous or Flat Regions in an Image and Methods for Estimating Noise in an Image Sequence - A method for discriminating textured regions and homogeneous or flat regions in an image. A multi-scale or multi-resolution measurement is performed with respect to the image. Alternatively or additionally, the image is analyzed by using a prior measured noise value and a local variance value in or with respect to the image. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041142 | PILOT PATTERN DESIGN FOR AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system; the device comprising symbol generating means for generating said data symbols and said pilot symbols, means for transmitting said data symbols and pilot symbols respectively by using a plurality of subcarriers of said OFDM transmission system, wherein said symbol generating means is designed to selectively generate a first type pilot symbol and a second type pilot symbol being orthogonal to said first type pilot symbol so that a pilot symbol pattern in the frequency dimension comprises at least said first type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using a predefined subcarrier and second type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using other predefined subcarrier, and wherein said pilot symbol pattern has a different pattern from a succeeding pilot symbol pattern in time dimension. | 02-12-2009 |
20090037562 | NETWORK TOPOLOGY AWARE CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK ADDRESSES IN WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS - In a method for configuring the network address for a node in a IP wireless network a network address is selected out of an available range of network addresses. At least one address resolution request (ARP) is sent over the network. A response to the ARP requests is awaited during a pre-defined timeout. In case no response is received from the network, the selected address is used to configure the node of the network. | 02-05-2009 |
20090031882 | Method for Classifying Music - A method for classifying music includes providing music classification data, providing an unclassified piece of music to be classified, and deriving for each music class within the music classification data a respective Gish distance value. A finite set of a finite number of Gish distance values is descriptive for the relation of the unclassified piece of music to be classified with respect to a discrete and finite set of a finite number of music classes. Alternatively, for a given piece of music to be classified, music classification data of a n-tuple of at least three numbers are obtained, which are representative for the mood of the piece of music. From the n-tuple of numbers of the music classification data a pair of two dimensional coordinate values are determined, which are representative for the mood of the piece of music. | 02-05-2009 |
20090030102 | METHOD OF FORMING A CROSSLINKED POLYMER GEL - The present invention relates to a method of forming a crosslinked polymer gel, to a polymer gel produced by such method and to uses of such polymer gel. | 01-29-2009 |
20090023146 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING AN ANALYTE AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING AND/OR DETECTING AN ANALYTE USING SAID DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device for processing an analyte and to a method of processing and/or detecting an analyte using said device. | 01-22-2009 |
20090013002 | METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - A method for content recommendation for a user, wherein a song or a video is recommended to the user and a confidence measure is determined for the recommended song. The confidence measure is displayed to the user, so the user may get more confidence into the recommendation of the system. | 01-08-2009 |
20080319747 | SPOKEN MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE WITH SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION - The method of operating a man-machine interface unit includes classifying at least one utterance of a speaker to be of a first type or of a second type. If the utterance is classified to be of the first type, the utterance belongs to a known speaker of a speaker data base, and if the utterance is classified to be of the second type, the utterance belongs to an unknown speaker that is not included in the speaker data base. The method also includes storing a set of utterances of the second type, clustering the set of utterances into clusters, wherein each cluster comprises utterances having similar features, and automatically adding a new speaker to the speaker data base based on utterances of one of the clusters. | 12-25-2008 |
20080311375 | Method of Fabricating a Polymeric Membrane Having at Least One Pore - A method of fabricating a polymer membrane having at least one pore, polymeric membranes fabricated by the method, and uses of such polymeric membranes. The pores formed are in the nanometer range and therefore make such porous membranes amenable for use in devices for single molecule detection. | 12-18-2008 |
20080310380 | ADAPTIVE HISTORY AWARE BEAM STEERING - The present invention relates to the field of multi-path wireless communication. The present invention provides a system for assisting in providing a wireless communication link between a first communication device and a second communication device based on a plurality of communication paths comprising a history manager for providing, based on a recorded history of communication path states, a proposal for one or more communication paths based on which the communication link can be provided. The present invention further provides a corresponding method and a communication system and a communication device comprising the system of the present invention. Based on the proposal provided by the present invention, path switching can be performed more effectively, less and shorter interruptions of the communication link can be obtained and an enhanced transmission quality can be provided for multi-path wireless communication systems. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309556 | Relative 3D Positioning in an Ad-Hoc Network Based on Distances - A positioning apparatus for a wireless ad-hoc network that can measure distances between network nodes that are in range and connected to each other. The positioning apparatus can calculate 3D positions of some nodes using the distance values using a relative coordinate system, first by measuring distances to neighbored nodes, receiving and sending distance reports to/from neighbors, by second initially advantageously selecting the set of base nodes to which the coordinate system relates, and by calculating positions of the base nodes and other nodes in the network initially, and by third detecting movements in the network and by calculating positions of the moved nodes. The network can compensate for movements of the base nodes, select the base nodes in an advantageous way, and cope with sleeping nodes, with unreliable communication, and with fluctuating network topologies. Neighbor communication is used only if no node is sleeping. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309516 | METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING OBJECTS IN A BLIND SPOT REGION OF A VEHICLE AND BLIND SPOT DETECTION DEVICE - A method for detecting moving objects In a blind spot of vehicle is provided, comprising: taking a sequence of images of said blind spot region, partitioning each of said images of said sequence into blocks, identifying moving blocks which have moved between consecutive images of said sequence, determining a direction and a distance of said movement of said moving blocks; grouping adjacent moving blocks, for which directions within a predetermined direction interval and distances within a predetermined distance interval have been determined, and determining said moving objects based on said step of grouping. A corresponding blind spot detection device is provided as well. | 12-18-2008 |
20080304408 | System and Method for Improving Service and Device Discovery in a Upnp-Based Wireless Communication Network - A system and method that improve service and device discovery in a UPnP-based wireless communication network and avoids unnecessary broadcast messages on a MAC sublayer of a DLC layer caused by UPnP multicast messages on an IP layer by intercepting UPnP multicast messages in a network protocol stack below the IP layer. A module intercepts multicast UDP packets destined to a UPnP IP multicast address and port, the multicast UDP packets containing UPnP packets as payload. The module executes DLC/MAC-based service discovery functions to perform wireless network-specific device discovery and to find UPnP-enabled devices in the wireless communication network. Once a wireless network device discovery has returned nodes that fulfill criteria given in the search, the module uses unicast DLC/MAC messages to send UPnP packets to only those nodes that are UPnP-enabled and whose device type matches the respective UPnP device type sought. | 12-11-2008 |
20080303781 | Shutter Device For Pixel Element and Pixel Arrangement - A micro electromechanical shutter device and a pixel arrangement in which respective shutter elements are configured to controllably take a first geometrical state open and a second geometrical state closed by different degrees of actuation, and wherein the first geometrical state of the shutter element is configured to correspond to a non-actuated rest state of the shutter element. | 12-11-2008 |
20080288567 | FIR FILTER PROCESS AND FIR FILTER ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a FIR filter process ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080284920 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image generating apparatus ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080283119 | Method of Producing a Porous Semiconductor Film on a Substrate - The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and to a suspension of semiconductor particles. It further relates to a porous semiconductor film produced by the method, and to an electronic device, in particular a solar cell comprising said semiconductor film. | 11-20-2008 |
20080276186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING A USER INTERFACE OF A DEVICE - Method for adapting a user interface of a device, comprising detecting user characteristic data of an active user, wherein said user characteristic data is descriptive of a capability of said active user to handle said user interface, determining an adapted user interface based on said user characteristic data; and approving said adapted user interface based on user feedback of at least one user with similar user characteristic data. | 11-06-2008 |
20080273806 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INITIALIZING TEMPLATES OF MOVING OBJECTS - A method for tracking a moving object in a sequence of images is provided, comprising: partitioning each of said images of said sequence into blocks, identifying blocks which have moved between consecutive images of said sequence, grouping adjacent blocks, which have moved in a same direction by a same distance, into a first group of blocks, initializing an initial template for said moving object with said first group of blocks and tracking said template in said sequence of images. A corresponding system for tracking moving objects is presented as well. | 11-06-2008 |
20080270804 | COPY PROTECTED DIGITAL DATA - The present invention relates to digital data comprising a passive part ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080260010 | Power Line Communication Methods and Devices - A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. | 10-23-2008 |
20080259429 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image generating apparatus ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080256573 | Method and device for displaying a message on a screen of a television - The present invention provides a method for displaying a message on a screen of a television including the steps of displaying a television picture on the screen; displaying the message in a message region of the screen, wherein the television picture is at least partly visible within the message region; and blurring the television picture in the message region. | 10-16-2008 |
20080252368 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT SIGNAL - Circuit for processing an input signal based on at least one reference signal, comprising a phase locked loop demodulator configured to receive a speed control signal and said input signal and further configured to follow a frequency and/or a phase of said input signal at a speed, wherein said speed depends on said speed control signal; and a reference signal detector configured to determine said at least one reference signal and to set said speed by outputting said speed control signal to said phase locked loop demodulator, wherein, if said reference signal detector detects said at least one reference signal, said reference signal detector decreases said speed. | 10-16-2008 |
20080250090 | Adaptive filter device and method for determining filter coefficients - An adaptive filter device, including a finite impulse response (FIR) filter which is based on filter coefficients, which are determined based on a predetermined iterative adaptation algorithm for determining filter coefficients of an adaptive filter, wherein, in at least one iteration step of said predetermined iterative adaptation algorithm a sum value is determined, wherein each summand of said sum value depends on one of said filter coefficients, and, if said sum value is above a predetermined threshold, the filter coefficients are modified. | 10-09-2008 |
20080247016 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING UNIFORMLY AN IMAGE GENERATING MICRO DISPLAY - Illumination device ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080245675 | METHOD OF ALTERING THE SENSITIVITY AND/OR SELECTIVITY OF A CHEMIRESISTOR SENSOR - The present invention relates to a method of altering the sensitivity and/or selectivity of a chemiresistor sensor, to a sensor and a sensor array produced by such method. | 10-09-2008 |
20080245410 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - The present invention relates to a photovoltaic cell, a method of manufacturing such photovoltaic cell, and to uses of such cell. | 10-09-2008 |
20080242251 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a transmitting device ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080241491 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SUBSTRATE HAVING A LAYER OR PATTERN OF METAL ON IT - A method and associated substrate is provided for applying a layer or pattern of metal on a substrate. The method includes providing a target substrate, immobilizing a layer of polymeric material on the target substrate, and applying and immobilizing a layer or pattern of metal on the layer of polymeric material on the target substrate using a stamp onto which the layer or pattern of metal has previously been applied, by bringing the stamp into conformal contact with the target substrate. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240464 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNALS AND AUDIO DECODER - Method for outputting an audio signal to an audio output, comprising outputting a first audio signal to said audio output; providing a second audio signal; determining a point in time, wherein at said point in time said first audio signal or a derivative of said first audio signal or a derivative of said second audio signal is essentially equal to zero; switching, at said point in time, said audio output from outputting said first audio signal to outputting said second audio signal. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240317 | DIGITAL FILTER - Digital filter ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080240307 | SINGLE CARRIER HIGH RATE WIRELESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a signal generator and signal processor for single carrier wireless communication systems with frequency domain equalizer, which are operable to use pseudorandom-noise sequences for cyclic prefix. The different arrangements and examples of said pseudorandom-noise sequences could be used for coarse timing synchronization, channel estimation, carrier synchronization, signal-noise-ration estimation and channel equalization. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240220 | DIGITAL FILTER AND METHOD FOR FILTERING - Digital filter, comprising a multiplier configured to generate an intermediate signal, wherein said intermediate signal is generated by multiplying an input signal with a filter coefficient signal, wherein said multiplier is operated at a clock rate and said input signal has a sampling rate, wherein said clock rate is higher than said sampling rate; a first buffer configured to supply said filter coefficient signal to said multiplier at said clock rate, wherein said filter coefficient signal represents N filter coefficients in a periodic order, wherein N denotes the order of said digital filter; a second buffer configured to buffer N/2 samples of an intermediate output signal and to generate a respective time delayed intermediate output signal; and an adder configured to generate said intermediate output signal or an output signal of said digital filter based on an addition of said time delayed intermediate output signal and said intermediate signal. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239203 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR DISPLAY - An optical device ( | 10-02-2008 |
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20080232708 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MOTION BLUR IN A VIDEO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for reducing motion blur in a video signal. The apparatus comprises motion estimation means ( | 09-25-2008 |
20080232299 | Method for Wireless Data Transfer - A method for wireless data transfer between first and second multimedia devices connected via a wireless connection operated according to a first wireless standard or to a second wireless standard, which are different from and/or not compatible with each other. The method includes: choosing the first wireless standard or the second wireless standard as a chosen wireless standard; processing connection commands, connection parameters, and/or connection data to obtain processed connection commands, processed connection parameters, and/or process connection data of the chosen wireless standard; and sending the process connection commands, process connection parameters, and/or process connection data out via the wireless connection according to the chosen wireless standard. The method thus enables a seamless switching from one wireless standard to another wireless standard, wherein upper layers do not notice the switching. | 09-25-2008 |
20080231263 | DISTANCE, ORIENTATION AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT USING MULTI-COIL AND MULTI-FREQUENCY ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to the field of orientation measurement by a magnetic field generating apparatus and a magnetic field receiver apparatus by using one or more coils, respectively. Said coils transmit or receive at least one magnetic field being modulated by a frequency, respectively; thereby said apparatus provides a specific arrangement to said coils like e.g. a planar one to determine the relative orientation of said apparatus to each other. | 09-25-2008 |
20080227497 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, includes at least two beam antennas, each beam antenna having a main beaming direction at a different angle and generating means for generating a number of signal streams to be transmitted within the wireless communication system, whereby the signal to be transmitted is split into these different streams and said number of signal streams corresponds to the number of beam antennas, whereby each signal stream is transmitted via a different beam antenna. Transmitting device for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, comprising at least two beam antennas, each beam antenna having a main beaming direction at a different angle and generating means for generating a number of signal streams to be transmitted within the wireless communication system, whereby each of these signal streams comprises a different version of the data, and said number of signal streams corresponds to the number of beam antennas, whereby each signal stream is transmitted via a different beam antenna. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225167 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO PICTURES - A method of displaying video pictures, comprising: displaying a first video picture of a first standard; receiving at least one second video picture of a second standard which is different from said first standard; switching to a thumbnail view; and displaying said at least one second video picture in said thumbnail view. | 09-18-2008 |
20080215709 | Method For Updating a User Profile - The invention provides a method for updating a user profile on a server ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080205546 | OFDM PRE-EQUALIZING - For example in case of an OFDM multicarrier transmission system the transmission characteristics of subcarriers of a multicarrier transmission system using a plurality of antenna elements ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080204847 | Image Generation Unit and Method to Use an Image Generation Unit - An image generation unit with an illumination unit for generating a plurality of coherent sub-beams and for illuminating an image modulator, including a light source, and a projection lens for superimposing each of the coherent sub-beams onto a projection screen plane. An optical set-up introduces angles between each two of the sub-beams, which are chosen to produce uncorrelated speckle patterns in the projection screen plane, resulting in an interference speckle pattern. A phase modulator including a liquid crystal cell changes its directory profile in a lateral manner, thereby being able to change the phase of light of each sub-beam individually. | 08-28-2008 |
20080201370 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOOD DETECTION - A Method for mood detection is proposed, comprising: receiving audio data ( | 08-21-2008 |
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