02nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140010170 | PROVIDING FOR MOBILITY FOR FLEXIBLE BANDWIDTH CARRIER SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating mobility between flexible bandwidth systems and other bandwidth systems are provided. These tools and techniques that provide mobility between different bandwidth systems may facilitate supporting circuit-switched (CS) services, such as CS voice services. Some embodiments provide for determining flexible bandwidth capable devices, such as user equipment. Some embodiments involve core network redirection where a core network may direct the handling of circuit-switched services when a flexible bandwidth system does not support the CS services. Some examples provide for radio access network determined handling of CS services when a flexible bandwidth system may not support the CS services. Some embodiments provide for transitioning to a flexible bandwidth system. Some embodiments provide for transitioning from flexible bandwidth systems to non-flexible bandwidth systems that have no support for some or all CS services, other flexible bandwidth systems, and/or systems that natively support CS voice services. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010171 | Multi-Service Provider Wireless Access Point - Novel tools and techniques that can provide wireless service for multiple service providers from a single, multi-service provider wireless access point. In an aspect, a multi-service provider wireless access point might communicate with a plurality of wireless devices, each associated with a different wireless carrier, and route communications from each device to the appropriate carrier (and/or, similarly, transmit communications from each carrier to the appropriate wireless device). In this way, for example, a single wireless access point could provide service to cellphones of subscribers of a number of different carriers. Such a wireless access point can provide enhanced efficiency and reduced cost, along with the ability to provide higher service for a number of wireless carriers. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION - This disclosure proposes a method to achieve D2D (device to device) communication in LTE system. Traditional communication in LTE systems is based on eNB. UEs (User Equipment) need to connect to eNB to send uplink and downlink transmission. Device to device communication is different from the traditional LTE scheme. UEs may directly connect to other UEs, sending data to each other. The disclosure provides the signaling process, based on LTE network entry procedure, to establish D2D communication in LTE system. D2D UEs send Msg1 to another D2D UE, and the recipient respond with Msg2. After the negotiation between D2D UEs, Msg3 and Msg4 are exchanged between UEs and eNB. Several embodiments are provided for the signaling of Msg3 and Msg4. The D2D data transmission may be enabled after the Msg4 or explicit data session initialization. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010173 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD - A communications device, communicating data via a mobile radio network, includes a transmitter/receiver communicating data to/from a mobile radio network via a wireless access interface, and a module storing information identifying the communications device to the mobile radio network, the stored information including a same common identifier in each of an associated group of communications devices, the common identifier to establish communications sessions to communicate data to/from any of the associated communications devices. The group of communications devices may communicate machine type communications for a particular application, for example disposed in a vehicle, to report certain parameters. With spatial proximity of the communications devices, each can receive control plane signaling data and accordingly communication of signaling data is as if broadcast to a local environment in which the group of communications devices are disposed, to save communications bandwidth proportional to the number of devices in the group. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING BEAMFORMING - An apparatus implements methods for random access in a wireless communication system using beamforming. A Subscriber Station (SS) measures a best downlink transmission beam among downlink transmission beams transmitted from a Base Station (BS), and transmits Random Access Channel (RACH) information, which includes indication information indicating the best downlink transmission beam, to the BS. The BS receives RACH information which includes indication information indicating a best downlink transmission beam among downlink transmission beams, and detects an RACH sequence and the best downlink transmission beam from the received RACH information. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING A PROXIMITY-BASED SERVICE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY - The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method of performing ProSe by a ProSe-enabled UE in a cellular communication system, and apparatus therefore, in which the method comprising: establishing a connection with a network via a public safety band; transmitting a Scheduling Request (SR) signal to the network via the public safety band; receiving a first resource allocation from the network; and performing the ProSe using the first resource allocation, wherein if a condition is not satisfied, the SR signal carries a first identifier used for requesting resource of the public safety band, wherein if the condition is satisfied, the SR signal carries a second identifier used for requesting resource of a non-public safety band. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE ACCESS BARRING - The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus of performing a network access procedure, the method comprising: receiving system information including Application-based (APP-based) information set, wherein the APP-based information set includes one or more APP-based information subsets, and each APP-based information subset is used to control network access per application; and performing the network access procedure under control of APP-based information subset corresponding to an application that causes the network access procedure. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010181 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK PDSCH POWER SETTING - Methods and apparatus for transmitting power setting information in a downlink Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a communication system. In this communication system, a plurality of methods for calculating traffic-to-pilot ratios (T2P) are established. In addition, a mapping scheme between a plurality of overhead signals and a plurality of reference signal (RS) overhead ratios, η | 2014-01-09 |
20140010184 | INSERTING VIRTUAL CARRIER IN CONVENTIONAL OFDM HOST CARRIER IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A base station communicating data to/from plural mobile terminals over plural OFDM sub-carriers within a coverage area. The base station allocates transmission resources provided by a first group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a first frequency band to mobile terminals of a first type and allocates transmission resources provided by a second group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a second frequency band to terminals of a second type, the second group being smaller than the first group and the second frequency band selected from within the first frequency band. The base station transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the first type over a first bandwidth corresponding to the combined first and second groups of OFDM sub-carriers and transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the second type over a second bandwidth corresponding to the second group of OFDM sub-carriers. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010185 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: a step A of causing a UE to send a MME accommodating an E-UTRAN a “LTE Attach Request” including capability information indicating whether or not the UE supports “VoLTE communications”; and a step B of causing the MME to judge whether or not to establish an IMS APN bearer between the UE and an IMS APN on the basis of the capability information when judging that an APN of the UE is the IMS APN. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010192 | Method, System and Apparatus for Transmitting Data in Carrier Aggregation Manner - A method, a system and an apparatus can be used for transmitting data in a CA manner. A first base station currently serving a user equipment (UE), creates EPS bearers under different component carriers CC Groups for the UE. The UE sets different access stratum entities corresponding to the CC Groups to process data in the process of creating the EPS bearers. The UE determines, when transmitting or receiving data, a corresponding CC Group according to an EPS bearer that bears the data. An access stratum entity corresponding to the CC Group processes the data that needs to be transmitted or received, a site is a first base station currently serving the UE or a second base station currently serving the UE. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010193 | RESOURCE INDEXING FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO RECEPTIONS OF MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS - User Equipment (UE) transmits an acknowledgement signal in response to the reception of multiple Scheduling Assignments (SAs) transmitted by a base station. The SAs consist of Information Elements (IEs) including a Transmission Power Control (TPC) IE providing adjustments for the transmission power of the acknowledgement signal. The TPC IE in a first SA of the multiple SAs is used to provide the previous adjustments and the TPC IEs in the remaining of the multiple SAs are used to provide an indication of the resource used for the transmission of the acknowledgment signal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRANSMIT POWER - An apparatus is disclosed for determining a gain factor of an E-DPDCH in a compressed mode. In disclosure, the E-DPDCH gain factor in the compressed mode is determined according to the number of E-DPDCHs used for initial transmission of data. With the determined E-DPDCH gain factor, the transmission power of the E-DPDCH can be accordingly determined. As the E-DPDCH gain factor in compressed mode is determined according to the number of the E-DPDCHs for initial transmission of data, the gain factor of the E-DPDCH in compressed mode can be determined accurately, and thus the transmit power of the E-DPDCH can be determined accurately according to the E-DPDCH gain factor in the compressed mode. Therefore, the waste of transmit power of the E-DPDCH is reduced, and thus the system capacity is improved. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010199 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for transmitting information data by using a Reed-Muller coding scheme in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes configuring a number of resource elements for transmitting the information data; generating coded information data having a specific bit size by applying RM coding to the information data; performing rate matching to the coded information data so that the rate-matched information data can correspond to the configured resource elements; and transmitting the rate-matched information data by using the configured number of resource elements, where a minimum value Q′ | 2014-01-09 |
20140010202 | MANAGING LINK LAYER RESOURCES FOR MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER - A method for managing radio resources in the radio access technologies during a handover procedure by proposing new commands primitives for the IEEE 802.21 framework. The primitives allow an application level entity, such as a Quality of Service (QoS) Manager, to enforce radio resources allocation and deletion in the access technologies, either locally or remotely, as well as to receive event notifications from the link layer technologies with the resources reservation and/or deletion result. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010203 | Access Control Method and Apparatus for User Equipment - An access control method and apparatus for a user equipment relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes sending a first message to a CSG server; receiving a second message that is sent by the CSG server and includes access control information of a user equipment; and performing access control on the user equipment according to the access control information of the user equipment. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING USER EQUIPMENT CONTEXT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for releasing a user equipment (DUE) context in a wireless communication system is provided. A home evolved NodeB (HeNB) gateway (GW)/X2-proxy receives a UE context release message, forwards the UE context release message to a source eNB; and releasing the UE context of the corresponding UE. The source eNB and the target eNB may be connected through an indirect X2 interface. Or, a home evolved NodeB (HeNB) gateway (GW)/X2-proxy receives a UE context release request message from a source eNB, and releases the UE context of the corresponding UE based on the UE context release request message. The source eNB and the target eNB may be connected through a direct X2 interface. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010205 | Reporting in a Communication System - Methods and apparatuses for signalling and use of information regarding coexisting radios is disclosed. In the method is it determined whether there is a change in information regarding the coexisting radios because of a handover of the device, and selectively signaling information regarding the coexisting radios from the device based on the determination. A target station can selectively provide control on the device such that if the target station receives information regarding the coexisting radios from the device the control is provided based on said received information, and if the target station does not receive information regarding the coexisting radios from the device the control is provided based on information provided earlier by the device to a source station. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010208 | CAPACITY INCREASING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The present patent application improves DARP by allowing multiple users on one time slot (MUROS). It comprises means and instructions for sharing signals on a single channel, comprising setting up a new connection, allocating a new time slot if there is an unused time slot on a channel frequency, selecting an used time slot for the new connection to share with an existing connection if there is not an unused time slot on the channel frequency, and selecting a different training sequence code for the new connection if the used time slot on the channel frequency has been selected for the new connection to share with an existing connection. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010209 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating quality of service control. A method may include receiving, at a terminal apparatus, a set of one or more quality of service parameters provisioned by a serving network apparatus. The method may further include determining a configuration setting for controlling quality of service for a device-to-device connection between the terminal apparatus and another device based at least in part on at least one received quality of service parameter. The method may additionally include causing implementation of the determined configuration setting. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010216 | FEEDBACK SCHEME FOR MU-MIMO - Embodiments of a system and method for managing feedback in a MU-MIMO system. An access point can announce one or more of mobile stations that are to receive downlink information in a first frame. The access point can also send a sounding package to the one or more mobile stations and receive feedback from the one or more mobile stations according to the feedback schedule. The feedback may be based on the reception of the sounding package. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING TERMINALS IN SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNA ELEMENTS COMBINING INTO COMMON CELL - A method and an apparatus for scheduling terminals in a system with multiple antenna elements combining into a common cell are provided. The method includes: receiving channel quality information fed back by the multiple terminals in the common cell, determining, according to the channel quality information fed back by the multiple terminals, all terminals capable of being bound to each antenna element; determining a first antenna element among the antenna elements in the common cell on a first time domain resource within a scheduling granularity, determining a terminal to be served on the first time domain resource, and beginning to serve the terminal; and scheduling all terminals capable of being bound to the first antenna element on each remaining time domain resource within the scheduling granularity, determining a terminal to be served on each remaining time domain resource, and beginning to serve the terminal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010218 | Methods and Arrangements for Scrambling a Timing Advance Value in a Wireless Communication System - Methods and arrangements ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140010219 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANNEL SCANNING FOR MULTIROLE DEVICE - Systems and methods for channel scanning for multirole device are disclosed. One implementation relates to a method for servicing functions by a multirole device. The method comprises dividing a channel scan over a plurality of channels into a plurality of channel scan time periods, and repeatedly time division multiplexing a time period for the servicing of one of a station (STA) function and an access point (AP) function, a time period for the servicing of the other of the STA function and the AP function, and a channel scan time period for each of the plurality of channel scan time periods. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING WIRELESS DOCKEES TO FIND AND DOCK WITH A WIRELESS DOCKING HOST BEING USED BY ANOTHER DOCKEE - Various aspects of the present disclosure enable a dockee that establishes docking with a wireless docking host that manages a docking environment to gather information about the wireless docking host, including docking host information and one or more wireless peripheral devices managed by the wireless docking host. The dockee may then store the results of the functionality information. In one aspect of the disclosed approach, the dockee may advertise the functionality information of the wireless docking host to other dockees. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010221 | CONFIGURABLE HOST INTERFACE USING MULTI-RADIO DEVICE AND ARCHITECTURE FOR WLAN OFFLOAD - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A multi-radio device controls wireless communications by identifying one or more connection points between radio(s) of the multi-radio device and an operating system executing on a host device, analyzing a policy relating to the multi-radio device, and exposing, to the operating system, a subset of the connection points based on the policy. A modem manages a connection to an applications processor (AP) by virtualizing physical communication interfaces at the modem, providing a single Internet protocol (IP) interface representing the virtualized physical communication interfaces to a high level operating system (HLOS) at the AP, detecting a physical communication interface connected to the modem, and determining whether to expose the detected physical communication interface to the HLOS as a standalone virtualized physical communication interface, or hide the detected physical communication interface as part of an existing virtualized physical communication interface. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010222 | System and Method for Subscription and Policy Provisioning - Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) access points (APs) can advertise their support of both OMA-DM and SOAP-XML protocols by including protocol capability information in a broadcast or probe response message. The protocol capability information can include an OSU method list subfield that indicates that the Wi-Fi AP supports both OMA-DM and SOAP-XML protocols. The broadcast message may be an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) message, a beacon message, or some other generic advertisement services (GAS) message. Wi-Fi APs can also specify which WLAN type is preferred by a network operator by including a WLAN access type indication in a broadcast or probe response message. The WLAN access type indication may specify that a network operator prefers a passpoint, non-passpoint, vendor specific WLAN. The WLAN access type indication may be included in an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) management object (MO). | 2014-01-09 |
20140010223 | FAST INITIAL LINK SETUP DISCOVERY FRAMES - A method for use in a wireless station includes receiving a fast initial link setup discovery (FD) frame from an access point (AP) between instances of a full beacon frame and determining whether to associate with the AP based on the received FD frame. The FD frame includes FD frame contents and a FD frame control field. The FD frame control field includes a service set identifier (SSID) length field, corresponding to a length of a variable length SSID field in the FD frame contents; and any one or more of: a capability presence indicator, an access network options presence indicator, a security presence indicator, an AP configuration change count presence indicator, or an AP next target beacon transmission time presence indicator. Each of the presence indicators is used to indicate whether a corresponding field is present in the FD frame contents. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010224 | SCHEMES FOR PROVIDING PRIVATE WIRELESS NETWORK - Technologies are generally described for providing private wireless local area networks. In some examples, a method performed under control of a mobile operating server may include determining a first location of an end device, determining a first access point configured to provide a wireless local area network around the first location of the end device and instructing the first access point to provide the end device with a first private wireless local area network. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICE - A distributed wireless network system includes a mobile unit capable of communicating over a Wi-Fi connection, a server that is coupled to and accessible over a global communication network, a first and a second Wi-Fi access point. The mobile unit and the first Wi-Fi access point are operated by a first user and the second Wi-Fi access point is operated by a second user. The server is configured to store user data of at least the first and the second user. The user data includes at least personal authenticity data of the user being allocated to a user login and a database of shared Wi-Fi access points. Upon transmission of identification data, the user login of the first user is transmitted to the server. It is then checked whether for this user login corresponding user data is stored at the server and whether the second Wi-Fi access point is in the list of shared Wi-Fi access points. If the checks are successful, access data from the server is transmitted to the mobile unit. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010226 | PREEMPTIVE PACKET FOR MAINTAINING CONTIGUITY IN CYCLIC PRIORITIZED MULTIPLE ACCESS (CPMA) CONTENTION-FREE SESSIONS - An access point transmits a preemptive peg packet when it has no data to transmit in order to maintain the contiguity of its transmission timing position with respect to the timing position of other contention-free sessions (CFS) transmitted by other access points in an existing, periodic sequence. The cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) method establishes the transmission timing position of contention-free sessions (CFS) between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations. If an access point has no traffic, it will transmit a short, preemptive pegging packet and reset its backoff timer. In this manner, no gaps longer than the distributed coordination function (DCF) Interframe Space (DIPS) are left idle. This prevents other stations from using DCF contention to seize the channel, until all access points have completed one contention-free session (CFS) per periodic cycle. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010227 | RECEIVER DESIGN FOR GEO-LOCATION AND/OR PHASE COHERENT PROCESSING - A receiver system using commercially available super high-speed data converters that are able to directly digitize at multiple GHz sampling rates with sufficient accuracy to fit many radio applications. Unlike conventional receivers, no down converters or mixing stages are required. Instead it uses a bank of RF filters from which the desired RF filter, based on the frequency band of interest, is switched in. The frequency spectrum scan rate is very fast as the settling time for the simple RF front-end is small and the speed of RF switching is high. The filtered output is digitized at a multiple GHz sampling rate and all signal processing is done by FPGA or a combination of FPGA and/or a general-purpose processor. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010232 | Intra-Domain and Inter-Domain Bridging Over MPLS Using MAC Distribution Via Border Gateway Protocol - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a first autonomous system border router (ASBR) of a first autonomous system (AS), a first plurality of provider-provisioned media access control (B-MAC) addresses via Interior Border Gateway Protocol (I-BGP). Each of first plurality of B-MAC addresses is associated with a provider edge (PE) device of the first AS. The first ASBR sends the first plurality of B-MAC addresses to a second ASBR of a second AS using Exterior Border Gateway Protocol (E-BGP). The first ASBR also receives via E-BGP a second plurality of B-MAC addresses each of which is associated with a PE device of the second AS. The first ASBR then distributes the second plurality of B-MAC addresses to each of the PE devices of the first AS using I-BGP. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010233 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes a flow identification unit specifying a user corresponding to received data, a bandwidth control unit controlling transmission of the received data so as not to exceed a bandwidth corresponding to the selected communication path in two bandwidths allocated to the specified user, and a label addition unit adding the label value corresponding to the selected communication path to the data received from the bandwidth control unit and transmitting the data. The label addition unit executes, upon detecting a trigger for a change in the selection of the communication path, changing the selection of the label value and transmitting a feedback signal for giving notice of the change in the selection of the communication path to the bandwidth control unit in a given order. The bandwidth control unit executes a process of changing the setup of the bandwidth on the basis of the received feedback signal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010244 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TIME DISTRIBUTION IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The invention is directed to a clock module and method for distributing a time reference to at least one clock in a packet-switched network. The clock module includes a slave port, a master port and a local clock. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first synchronization packet at the slave port, the first synchronization packet comprising a first master clock timestamp and generating at least one internal signal comprising the first master clock timestamp. The method also includes the steps of transmitting the at least one internal signal to the master port and receiving the at least one internal signal at the master port. Then a method includes determining the internal propagation time of the signal through the clock module and generating a second synchronization packet at the master port comprising a second master clock timestamp, the second master clock timestamp comprising the sum of the first master clock timestamp and the internal propagation time. Finally, the second synchronization packet is sent to at least one other clock in the packet-switched network. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010245 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR AIMING, TARGET ACQUISITION, COMMUNICATION AND TRACKING - A light generation and emission system and method is disclosed. A light generator generates light from a diode at a wavelength between 300 nm and 490 nm. A light beam forming subsystem forms the light to a directional light beam, and a controller that controls and directs the directional light beam to a target. The light generator can be suitably used for aiming, target acquisition, communication, identification, scanning, surveying, tracking, ignition and weapons operation. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010252 | GaN-BASED LASER DEVICE - In a GaN-based laser device having a GaN-based semiconductor stacked-layered structure including a light emitting layer, the semiconductor stacked-layered structure includes a ridge stripe structure causing a stripe-shaped waveguide, and has side surfaces opposite to each other to sandwich the stripe-shaped waveguide in its width direction therebetween. At least part of at least one of the side surfaces is processed to prevent the stripe-shaped waveguide from functioning as a Fabry-Perot resonator in the width direction. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010253 | HYBRID SILICON LASER-QUANTUM WELL INTERMIXING WAFER BONDED INTEGRATION PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED PHOTONIC CIRCUITS WITH ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS - Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of compound semiconductor material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. A silicon laser intermixed integrated device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising at least one waveguide in a top surface, and a compound semiconductor substrate comprising a gain layer, the compound semiconductor substrate being subjected to a quantum well intermixing process, wherein the upper surface of the compound semiconductor substrate is bonded to the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator substrate. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010254 | HIGH FILL-FACTOR EFFICIENT VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAYS - An array of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) may be fabricated with very high fill-factors, thereby enabling very high output power densities during pulse, quasi-continuous wave (QCW), and continuous wave (CW) operation. This high fill-factor is achieved using asymmetrical pillars in a rectangular packing scheme as opposed prior art pillar shapes and packing schemes. The use of asymmetrical pillars maintains high efficiency operation of VCSELs by maintaining minimal current injection distance from the metal contacts to the laser active region and by maintaining efficient waste heat extraction from the VCSEL. This packing scheme for very high fill-factor VCSEL arrays is directly applicable for next generation high-power, substrate removed, VCSEL arrays. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010255 | APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND PRE-HEATING A METAL CHARGE FOR A MELTING PLANT AND CONNECTED METHOD - Apparatus for continuously conveying and pre-heating a metal charge inside a container of a melting plant, comprising at least a channel for conveying the metal charge, at least a hood disposed above the conveyor channel defining a tunnel and/or an expansion chamber, inside which at least part of the fumes exiting from said container advance, and apertures made in cooperation with lateral walls of said conveyor channel to discharge the fumes. The conveyor channel comprises activator means that divert the fumes and/or delimit the zone occupied by the metal charge of the conveyor channel, and that cooperate longitudinally with at least part of the conveyor channel. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010258 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - The inventive concept relates to a thermal conductivity measuring device and a method of measuring the thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity measuring device may include a first structure which is connected to one side end of a sample and receives heat from a heat source; a second structure connected to the other side end of the sample; a first stage connected to the first structure while supporting the first structure; a second stage connected to the second structure while supporting the second structure; a connection unit connected between the first stage and the second stage; and a measuring unit measuring temperatures of the first and second structures and the first and second stages. Since the thermal conductivity measuring of the inventive concept correct a temperature change of a stage due to heat transmission emitted from the stage considering a measurement environment, reliability of measurement may be improved. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010259 | TEMPERATURE TUNED FAILURE DETECTION DEVICE - The embodiments described herein relate to BMG parts and related failure detection devices. The BMG parts can be formed of a material including at least one or more amorphous alloys having binary physical properties in response to a temperature. The BMG parts can be configured in failure detection devices, which can be used for controlling and detecting failures, determining mechanical and temperature parameters, and/or providing protection and switching functions to an electronic system that contains the BMG parts and/or the failure detection devices. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010260 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF AN HVAC SYSTEM - A sensor surrogate ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140010261 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR ARRANGEMENT IN A METAL TUBE, ESPECIALLY INSIDE THE EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a high-temperature sensor comprising contact wires in a metal tube, preferably a bent metal tube for arrangement especially inside the exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, and spacer bodies distributed in rows along the contact wires so as to maintain the contact wires at a predetermined distance to the inner wall of the metal tube. According to the invention, every spacer body is approximately ovoid, the diameter of the center portion of the egg being not wider than the inside width of the as yet unbent metal tube. The spacer bodies are injection-molded polymer ceramic parts molded onto the contact wires. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010262 | INFRARED SENSOR - Provided is a lightweight infrared sensor that detects a temperature at a portion spaced apart from a circuit substrate with high accuracy, and is installed on the circuit substrate easily and stably. The infrared sensor includes an insulating film; a first and a second heat sensitive elements are disposed on one surface of the insulating film separately; a first conductive film on the insulating film that is connected to the first heat sensitive element; a second conductive film connected to the second heat sensitive element; an infrared reflection film on the other surface of the insulating film so as to face the second heat sensitive element; a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on one end of the insulating film and fitted into an external connector; an edge reinforcing plate adhered to one end of one surface of the insulating film; and a mounting hole that is formed on the other end. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010263 | TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A temperature distribution detecting device has a detected temperature acquiring portion that acquires detected temperatures from each individual thermopile array sensor, a temperature difference calculating portion that calculates a temperature difference between detected temperatures, for each combination, between the two thermopile array sensors that structure the combination, a relative error estimating portion that establishes, for each combination, equations indicating the relationships between the relative error between a reference thermopile array sensor selected as a reference from among the thermopile array sensors and each of the thermopile array sensors and temperature differences calculated for each individual combination, and establishes these equations in a system and solving through the least-squares method to estimate the relative errors, and a detected temperature correcting portion that corrects, based on the individual relative errors, the detected temperatures by the individual thermopile array sensors, to generate temperature distribution data for the space. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010264 | System and method for thermal mitigation for tire pressure measurement electronics - A thermal pressure measurement assembly coupled to a rim of an aircraft wheel. A housing is configured to be fastened to a wheel face. An electronics enclosure is positioned in the housing. Electronics are positioned in the electronics enclosure and configured to process a signal received from a remote sensor that measures tire pressure and temperature. Internal insulation is positioned in an interior of the housing. The internal insulation is configured to reduce the temperature of the electronics sufficiently to permit use of low temperature electronics rated to 125 degrees C. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010265 | TIRE TEMPERATURE AND TIRE PRESSURE WIRELESS SENSING DEVICE - A tire temperature and tire pressure wireless sensing device is provided, which includes a housing, a valve body, a power supply module, a circuit board and a transmission antenna. The power supply module is disposed on the fixed seat of the housing, and the circuit board includes a wireless transmission module and a sensing module thereon. The sensing module is disposed corresponding to an air-intake through hole of the bottom seat of the housing. The valve body is engaged with the air-intake through hole and one end of the transmission antenna is disposed in an antenna slot. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010266 | CLIP FOR ATTACHING BATTERY TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A clip includes an abutting portion abutting against an outer surface of a case; an insertion hole to which a sensor main body can be inserted; a holding tube through which the sensor main body can pass, and can internally hold an overhanging portion; a leg tube which can be inserted into an attachment hole; and elastic claws sandwiching the case between the abutting portion and the elastic claws. In the abutting portion, at least a pair of ribs is provided, which is positioned respectively in both end portions in a diametrical direction of the abutting portion; protrudes toward the outer surface of the case; and applies a force to the holding tube in a direction bending the abutting portion and narrowing an open end surface when the case is sandwiched between the pair of elastic claws and the ribs. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010267 | METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE AND CARRIER POWER ESTIMATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL AND SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE-AND-NOISE-RATIO COMPUTATION - A system and method are provided for estimating interference power at a receiver antenna in a communications systems receiver, in which an interference type signal associated with a received radio signal is detected, an in-band interference power associated with the received radio signal is determined, and an interference power at the antenna is estimated using the determined in-band interference power and the detected interference type. Estimating the interference power at the antenna includes interpolating the determined in-band interference power using scaling factors determined by the interference type signal associated with the received radio signal. The system and method determine in-band carrier power associated with the radio signal based on a channel estimate h(k), and the in-band interference information is based on interference samples I(n). In addition, an average total power, automatic gain control (AGC) setting, and signal-to-information-and-noise ratio can be determined by the system and method. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010268 | PILOT DESIGN FOR WIRELESS SYSTEM - The description herein relates to pilot designs for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based communication system. In at least one embodiment, the communication system is one operating according to the IEEE 802.16m, or WiMax, standard. In general, an OFDM transmitter operates to insert pilot symbols into a resource of a transmit frame according to a predetermined staggered pilot symbol pattern defining pilot symbol locations within the resource of the transmit frame. The predetermined pilot symbol pattern is defined such that pilot symbols are located at or near time boundaries of the resource, at or near frequency boundaries of the resource, or both. By doing so, when generating a channel estimate for the communication channel between the OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver based on the pilot symbols, extrapolations needed to estimate the channel near the boundaries of the resource are optimized, thereby improving overall channel estimation accuracy. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010269 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A CABLE NETWORK SYSTEM - A cable modem (CM) device captures signals over a wide spectrum including one or more cable frequency bands and sub-bands, and extracts one or more cable channels from the captured signals. The CM device is operable to analyze the extracted one or more cable channels and assigns a portion of the extracted one or more cable channels for upstream and/or downstream communication based on the analysis. The CM device may recapture one or more previously unused cable channels to be utilized for the upstream and/or downstream communication based on the analysis. The CM device may determine noise, interference and/or blocker information corresponding to the extracted one or more cable channels based on the analysis. Based on the determined noise, interference and/or blocker information, the cable modem termination system (CMTS) may assign or block usage of one or more cable channels for the upstream and/or downstream communication. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010270 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE SIGNAL PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a system for digital subscriber line processing. The signal processing method includes: using a symbol in a frame to be sent to bear data to be sent; acquiring the number of remaining symbols that do not bear the data to be sent in the frame to be sent that bears the data to be sent; and adding information about the number of the remaining symbols in the frame to be sent that bears the data to be sent, and sending the frame that bears the data to be sent and is added with the information about the number of the remaining symbols. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010271 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR DIVERSITY COMBINING RADIO RECEIVER - A signal processing device for a diversity combining radio receiver is disclosed. Said device comprises a plurality of receive branches and a joint detector adapted to determine a joint received symbol based on a combined signal. Said device also comprises a control unit adapted to determine a branch signal error based on the joint received symbol and the input signal of that receive branch. Each receive branch further comprises an adaptive filter. The control unit is adapted to update the coefficients of the adaptive filter of each receive branch based on a weighted signal error combination, wherein weight of the weighted signal error combination is selected based on channel conditions. A corresponding diversity combining radio receiver, a corresponding electronic apparatus, a corresponding method, a corresponding computer program product, and a corresponding computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010272 | Pilot Signal Cancellation Scheme for Mobile Broadband Systems Based on OFDM - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for pilot based inter-carrier interference (ICI) cancellation in time-varying channel environments, such as wireless mobile broadband systems based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). | 2014-01-09 |
20140010273 | IMPULSE NOISE MEASUREMENT BY SPECTRAL DETECTION - A method and device are provided for measuring impulse noise in a signal. The method includes: measuring at least one first signal; converting the first signal in the frequency domain; defining a variable-frequency triggering threshold on the basis of stationary characteristics of the first signal; measuring a second signal; converting the second signal in the frequency domain; storing the second signal when the second signal reaches or passes the triggering threshold; and high-pass-filtering the stored signal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010276 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CLOCK DATA RECOVERY - A clock data recovery circuit includes an equalizer, a multi-phase clock generator, a sampling and check unit, a signal edge detection unit and an adjusting unit. The equalizer performs an equalization on an incoming data signal. The multi-phase clock generator generates multiple clock signals and at least one pair of check signals. The sampling and check unit samples the incoming data signal according to the clock signals to obtain a sequence, and checks whether the sequence matches a predetermined pattern. If so, the signal edge detection unit controls the sampling and check unit to detect a transition between values of the sequence two on two based on the pair of check signals to obtain a detection value. The adjusting unit determines whether the transition is too early or too late according to the detection value, and adjusts the equalization on the incoming data signal according to the determination result. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010277 | SUPPLEMENTAL ENHANCEMENT INFORMATION (SEI) MESSAGES HAVING A FIXED-LENGTH CODED VIDEO PARAMETER SET (VPS) ID - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed that code a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message. In some examples, the SEI message may contain an identifier of an active video parameter set (VPS). In some examples, the identifier may be fixed-length coded. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010280 | INTRA MODE EXTENSIONS FOR DIFFERENCE DOMAIN INTRA PREDICTION - An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores difference video information associated with a difference video layer of pixel information derived from a difference between an enhancement layer and a corresponding base layer of the video information. The processor determines a DC prediction value for a video unit associated with the difference video layer while refraining from using pixel information from a neighboring area of the video unit, wherein the DC prediction value is equal to zero or is offset by an offset value. The DC prediction value is a prediction value used in intra prediction based at least on an average of neighboring video units of the video unit. The processor further determines a value of the video unit based at least in part on the DC prediction value. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010281 | PICTURE OUTPUT MANAGEMENT IN VIDEO APPLICATIONS WITH FIXED PICTURE RATE - In one embodiment, a video bitstream is received at a video processing device. The bitstream may be decoded by the video processing device to produce a first picture data and a second picture data. The decoded first picture data and decoded second picture data may be stored in a decoded picture buffer. The first decoded picture data has a corresponding first picture rate and the second decoded picture data has a corresponding second picture rate. Auxiliary information corresponding to the bitstream may be received for the first picture data and second picture data at the video processing device. The decoded first picture data stored in the decoded picture buffer may be processed by the video processing device based on the received auxiliary information. The decoded first picture data may be processed based on the auxiliary information to produce a version of the first picture data at the second picture rate, the second picture rate being different from the first picture rate. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010282 | POWER AWARE VIDEO DECODING AND STREAMING - Methods and systems are disclosed for a mobile device to decode video based on available power and/or energy. For example, the mobile device may receive a media description file (MDF) from for a video stream from a video server. The MDF may include complexity information associated with a plurality of video segments. The complexity information may be related to the amount of processing power to be utilized for decoding the segment at the mobile device. The mobile device may determine at least one power metric for the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a first complexity level to be requested for a first video segment based on the complexity information from the MDF and the power metric. The mobile device may dynamically alter the decoding process to save energy based on the detected power/energy level. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010283 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010284 | IMAGE TRANSFORM AND INVERSE TRANSFORM METHOD, AND IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING DEVICE USING SAME - Provided are image transform/inverse transform methods and apparatuses. The image transform method substitutes a trigonometric function which is included in a discrete cosine transform (DCT) matrix with a rational number, and uses a scaling matrix in a scaling process that is performed in conjunction with quantization, in order to minimize a transform error due to the substituted DCT matrix. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010285 | CODING STRUCTURE - Apparatuses and techniques relating to encoding a video are provided. An encoding device includes a motion coding module configured to determine a coding block level for processing an image data, and further configured to determine a block formation for a motion coding of the image data according to the coding block level; and a texture coding module configured to determine a block size for a texture coding of the image data according to the block formation to thereby generate a coded bit stream. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ADAPTATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS - An apparatus for adapting media content in one or more networks includes a controller module, one or more network interface modules, and one or more protocol interface modules coupled to the controller module. The apparatus also includes a script interpretation module coupled to the controller module and one or more media adaptation modules coupled to the controller module. The one or more media adaptation modules may support audio, video, or meta data. The apparatus further includes a management interface module coupled to the controller module. Media may be received at the apparatus as streaming media and be provided from the apparatus as a download or a progressive download. Additionally, media may be received at the apparatus as a download or progressive download and be provided from the apparatus as streaming media. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010287 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector predictor from a neighboring motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting a motion vector predictor from the list; coding a current block; and coding a current motion vector. In the deriving, the candidate is derived according to a first derivation scheme when each of a current reference picture and a neighboring reference picture is determined to be a long-term reference picture, and the candidate is derived according to a second derivation scheme when each of a current reference picture and a neighboring reference picture is determined to be a short-term reference picture. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010288 | SOFT DECISION AND ITERATIVE VIDEO CODING FOR MPEG AND H.264 - A method of encoding video data using soft decision quantization makes use of iterative encoding to provide the ability to optimize encoding across different functional elements in a hybrid video encoder. Iterative encoding is used to allow quantization step size, motion prediction and quantization levels to be optimized despite their interrelated nature. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010289 | VIDEO STREAM - An example system can comprise a memory to store machine readable instructions. The system can also comprise a processing unit to execute the machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions can a server can comprise a codec selector to dynamically partition a video stream into a plurality of partitions based on graphical elements of the video stream, such that a given frame of the video stream is divided into the plurality of partitions. The codec selector can also select a plurality of different codecs to compress the plurality of partitions based on the graphical elements of the video stream. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010292 | SKIP TRANSFORM AND RESIDUAL CODING MODE EXTENSION FOR DIFFERENCE DOMAIN INTRA PREDICTION - An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores difference video information associated with a difference video layer of pixel information derived from a difference between an enhancement layer and a corresponding base layer of the video information. The processor determines a value of a video unit based on the difference video layer. The processor is further configured to refrain from performing a transform and residual coding of the determined value of the video unit. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010293 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PICTURE INTRA-PREDICTION ESTIMATION - Several systems and methods for intra-prediction estimation of video pictures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes accessing four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks comprising luma-related pixels. The four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks collectively configure a ‘2N×2N’ pixel block. A first pre-determined number of candidate luma intra-prediction modes is accessed for each of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks. A presence of one or more luma intra-prediction modes that are common among the candidate luma intra-prediction modes of at least two of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks is identified. The method further includes performing, based on the identification, one of (1) selecting a principal luma intra-prediction mode for the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block and (2) limiting a partitioning size to a ‘N×N’ pixel block size for a portion of the video picture corresponding to the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010294 | CODEC ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIPLE LAYER VIDEO CODING - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement video coding system (VCS). The VCS may be configured to receive a video signal, which may include one or more layers (e.g., a base layer (BL) and/or one or more enhancement layers (ELs)). The VCS may be configured to process a BL picture into an inter-layer reference (ILR) picture, e.g., using picture level inter-layer prediction process. The VCS may be configured to select one or both of the processed ILR picture or an enhancement layer (EL) reference picture. The selected reference picture(s) may comprise one of the EL reference picture, or the ILR picture. The VCS may be configured to predict a current EL picture using one or more of the selected ILR picture or the EL reference picture. The VCS may be configured to store the processed ILR picture in an EL decoded picture buffer (DPB). | 2014-01-09 |
20140010295 | Methods and Apparatus for Geometric-Based Intra Prediction - Methods and apparatus are provided for geometric-based intra prediction. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding picture data for at least a portion of a block in a picture by detecting a local geometric pattern in a surrounding area with respect to the portion, and performing at least one of interpolation and extrapolation with respect to an edge direction of the local geometric pattern to generate an intra prediction for the portion. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010298 | MOVING PICTURE PREDICTION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image decoding method is provided which includes a time information determination step of determining time information of a current picture, a first reference picture referred to by the current picture and a second reference picture referred to by the current picture; a scaling parameter calculation step of calculating a scaling parameter based on a time distance between the first reference picture and a second reference picture; a weighting coefficient determination step of determining two weighting coefficients based on the scaling parameter; a predictive pixel value generation step of generating a predictive pixel value of the current picture by scaling a pixel value of the first reference picture and a pixel value of the second reference picture using the two weighting coefficients determined in the weighting coefficient determination step; and a decoding step of decoding the current picture using the predictive pixel value. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010299 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An image processing apparatus including a processor and a memory is provided. The processor generates a target frame according to a reference frame stored in a storage region. The target frame has a first image data amount, and the reference frame has a second image data amount. The memory includes the storage region for storing the reference image and the target image. The processor has the target frame selectively overwrite a part of the reference frame. The capacity of the storage region is smaller than a sum of the first image data amount and the second image data amount, and is greater than the second image data amount. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010300 | SMOOTHING OF DIFFERENCE REFERENCE PICTURE - An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores difference video information associated with a difference video layer of pixel information derived from a difference between an enhancement layer and a corresponding base layer of the video information. The processor determines a value of a video unit based on a reference video unit or spatial neighboring video unit within the difference video layer and applies a smoothing filter to the reference video unit or spatial neighboring video unit. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010301 | Referenceable Frame Expiration - Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. The brightness values of the pixels in at least one of the non-bidirectionally predicted frames is converted from a non-linear representation. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010306 | METHOD FOR CODING AND DECODING A BLOCK OF PIXELS FROM A MOTION MODEL - A method for coding a current block using a parametric motion model whose parameters are defined from the motion data of the causal neighbourhood is disclosed. Specifically, the method for coding the current block comprises the following steps:
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20140010307 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLEXITY SCALABLE FRAME RATE UP-CONVERSION - A method includes performing a hierarchal motion estimation operation to generate an interpolated frame from a first frame and a second frame, the interpolated frame disposed between the first frame and the second frame, said hierarchal motion estimation including performing two or more process iterations, each iteration including: (a) performing an initial bilateral motion estimation operation on the first frame and the second frame to produce a motion field comprising a plurality of motion vectors, (b) performing a motion field refinement operation for the plurality of motion vectors, (c) performing an additional bilateral motion estimation operation on the first frame and the second frame and (d) repeating steps (b) through (c) until a stop criterion is encountered. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010308 | Block Error Compensating Apparatus of Image Frame and Method Thereof - An apparatus and method are provided for compensating a block error in an image frame. This may include a video codec decoder for decoding an inputted image frame, and outputting a decoded image frame. An error concealment block may detect an error-generated block in the decoded image frame and compensate the detected error block through a median filter, and output the compensated image frame. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010309 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, disclosed is a method of dividing an input image signal into pixel blocks, and performing inter-prediction on the divided pixel blocks. This method includes selecting predicted motion information from a motion information buffer storing motion information in an encoded region, and predicting motion information of an encoding target block by using the predicted motion information. The method further includes acquiring representative motion information from a plurality of items of motion information in an encoded region in accordance with first information indicating a method of selecting the predicted motion information, thereby obtaining only the representative motion information. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010310 | MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE CODING EXTENSION FOR ENHANCEMENT LAYER - An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores difference video information associated with a difference video layer of pixel information derived from a difference between an enhancement layer and a corresponding base layer of the video information. The processor determines pixel accuracy of motion predictor information, determines a motion vector based on the pixel accuracy of the motion predictor information, and determines a value of a video unit based at least in part on the motion vector. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010311 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A decoding apparatus according to the present invention includes: a decoding unit which decodes identification information identifying an orthogonal transform basis for inverse orthogonal transform; an orthogonal transform basis accumulation unit accumulating orthogonal transform bases for inverse orthogonal transform; an orthogonal transform basis storage unit storing an orthogonal transform basis for inverse transform, from among the stored orthogonal transform bases; an inverse orthogonal transform unit which performs inverse orthogonal transform using the identified orthogonal transform basis; and an orthogonal transform basis transfer control unit which transfers the identified orthogonal transfer basis from the orthogonal transform basis accumulation unit to the orthogonal transfer basis storage unit only when the identified orthogonal transform basis is not yet stored therein. With this structure, it is possible to reduce the memory bandwidth for the memory storing the orthogonal transform basis and the memory access latency. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS - An encoding method includes: encoding transform coefficients of a transform coefficient block according to a predetermined scan order, and encoding a set number of transform coefficients in each group until a last group of the transform coefficient block is encoded; storing an obtained map of non-zero transform coefficients, absolute values of transform coefficients, and positive and negative signs of non-zero transform coefficients; when the last group is being encoded, encoding the stored map of non-zero transform coefficients and the map of non-zero transform coefficients encoded in the last group into a bit stream; and encoding the stored absolute values of transform coefficients and positive and negative signs of non-zero transform coefficients and the absolute values of transform coefficients and positive and negative signs of non-zero transform coefficients encoded in the last group into the bit stream. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010313 | Method and System for Data Management in a Video Decoder - A method and system for minimizing bus traffic in a video decoder is disclosed. A method and system for processing a portion of a reference picture includes designating the reference picture, selecting a display picture within the reference picture, transmitting a display picture size, and sending a display picture offset. A method and system for compressing IDCT coefficients corresponding to a macroblock, the macroblock having a plurality of blocks, includes locating each non-zero IDCT coefficient corresponding to one of the plurality of blocks, assigning an index to the non-zero IDCT coefficient, the index designating a location within the one of the plurality of blocks, packing the non-zero IDCT coefficient in little endian format, and specifying a terminator bit corresponding to the non-zero coefficient, the terminator bit indicating the end of all non-zero IDCT coefficients for the one of the plurality of blocks. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010324 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SELECTING CHANNEL UPDATES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Pilot logic may determine based upon channel and phase information how to process pilot tones that shift locations every N symbols in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) packet transmission. Pilot logic may determine a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the channel to determine how to process the shifting pilot tones. Pilot logic may also determine channel and phase information updates such as channel state information and phase correction information from pilot tones. In situations of high SNR, logic may use channel estimates and phase rotations that are obtained from locations of the pilot tones for phase tracking and updating the equalizer. In situations of low SNR, logic may use the phase rotations for phase tracking and not update the equalizer during the OFDM transmission. Logic may also determine the presence or absence of a Doppler effect on the transmission and transmit a selection for N to an access point in response. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010325 | METHOD TO MINIMIZE INTERFERENCE INTO LEGACY SDARS RECEPTION BY VARYING OVERLAY MODULATION AS A FUNCTION OF SATELLITE POSITION - Degree of hierarchical modulation can be varied as a function of satellite position, where such hierarchical modulation can be a combination of phase and amplitude shifts. As each satellite in a multiple satellite system moves towards a D-node or an A-node position, the offset angle of a phase-based hierarchical modulation scheme can be varied. Starting with the lowest satellite position in the sky an offset angle for overlay bits can progressively increase as the position of the satellite in the sky increases. At a satellite's highest point in the sky, the overlay offset angle can be at its maximum. The value of a varying overlay offset angle (for each satellite) can be embedded in an Overlay Identification Marker (OIM) in the broadcast. The receiver can then appropriately correct MRC weightings (weighting more heavily the (higher lying) satellite). | 2014-01-09 |
20140010326 | Carrier Offset Correction of a Received Signal - Apparatuses, methods and systems for mitigating carrier offset of a received signal are disclosed. One embodiment of a receiver includes a receiver chain operative to receive a communication signal from a desired transmitter, and a controller operative to determine a carrier offset correction based on prior reception of communication signals from the desired transmitter. The receiver chain is operative to generate a carrier offset corrected received signal by applying the carrier offset correction to the received communication signal, and a correlation processor operative to correlate the carrier offset corrected received communication signal with a known sequence. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010327 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRECODING OPEN LOOP SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING AND PRECODING INDICATION METHOD - The present document provides a precoding method and system for open loop spatial multiplexing and a precoding indication method. The method includes: in transmission resources, a base station precodes N-layer data to be sent by using | 2014-01-09 |
20140010330 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission device includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a digital signal processor configured to calculate first distortion compensation coefficients based on a first amplified signal obtained by amplifying an input signal by the first amplifier, set a first distortion compensation coefficient reference range used to perform distortion compensation on the input signal based on power of the input signal and the first distortion compensation coefficients, calculate second distortion compensation coefficients based on a second amplified signal obtained by amplifying the input signal by the second amplifier, set a second distortion compensation coefficient reference range used to perform distortion compensation on the input signal based on the power of the input signal and the second distortion compensation coefficients, and calculate a correction coefficient for correcting the second compensation coefficients based on the first distortion compensation coefficient reference range and the second distortion compensation coefficient reference range. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010331 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A method of generating modulation signals is disclosed including generally three steps. A plurality of modulation signals are generated, each of which is to be transmitted from a different one of a plurality of antennas in an identical frequency band, wherein each modulation signal includes a pilot symbol sequence including a plurality of pilot symbols used for demodulation. Each of the pilot symbol sequences is inserted at the same temporal point in each modulation signal, wherein the pilot symbol sequences are orthogonal to each other with zero mutual correlation among the plurality of modulation signals, each pilot symbol having a non-zero amplitude, the quantity of the plurality of pilot symbols in each sequence being greater than the quantity of the plurality of modulation signals to be transmitted. The plurality of modulation signals each including different transmission data and one of the pilot symbol sequences are output to the antennas. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010334 | METHOD AND RECEIVER STRUCTURE FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN CO-ORDINATED MULTIPOINT SYSTEMS - A coordinated multipoint OFDM system comprising a plurality of receiving base stations, each comprising a plurality of antennas, is described. Each base station determines and forwards interferences for each received symbol and passes the information to a central processing entity for jointly processing the signals. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010335 | METHOD OF RECEIVING DOWNLINK DATA, AND MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE METHOD - Provided are a method of receiving downlink data and a machine type communication (MTC) device using the same. The MTC device according to the present invention which has a plurality of antennas includes a reception signal processing module that receives a downlink reference signal for each antenna from a base station, estimates reception signal quality with respect to the downlink reference signal for each antenna, and selects the antenna to receive a downlink signal in accordance with the reception signal quality with respect to each antenna. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010338 | METHODS FOR MAKING AND PROCESSING METAL TARGETS FOR PRODUCING Cu-67 RADIOISOTOPE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS - A target assembly for irradiating Zn68 with high energy gamma rays to form Cu67 is described. The assembly comprises a Zn68 target mass, optionally housed within in a water-tight chamber, the assembly including a plurality of parallel external cooling fins in contact with the Zn68 target mass or the chamber, the Zn68 target mass being removable from the assembly, or separable from the plurality of cooling fins when no chamber is present, so that Cu67 can be isolated from the Zn68 after irradiation. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010339 | Apparatus and method for limiting and analyzing stress corrosion cracking in pressurized water reactors - A method to assess and predict pressurized water stress corrosion cracking in operational nuclear power plants and the effect of adding zinc compounds into a reactor coolant system of the nuclear power plant. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010340 | FILTER FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTAINMENT VENTILATION SYSTEM - A wet filter for a nuclear reactor primary containment vent that employs an inclined manifold having a plurality of outlets that communicate through a first set of metal fiber filters submerged in a pool of water enclosed within a pressure vessel. A demister suspended above the pool of water to remove any entrained moisture in the filtered effluent before being passed through a second stage of higher density, dry, metal fiber filters connected to a second manifold that communicates with an outlet on the pressure vessel that is connected to an exhaust passage to the atmosphere. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010341 | SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register for providing a plurality of gate signals includes an Nth stage shift register unit and an (N+1)th stage shift register unit. The Nth stage shift register unit includes a first pull up unit, a first driving unit, a first control unit and a first auxiliary pull down unit. The (N+1)th stage shift register unit includes a second pull up unit, a second driving unit, a first pull down unit and a second auxiliary pull down unit. The first and second pull up units are both coupled to the first and second driving units for controlling the first and second driving units to generate gate signals. The first and second auxiliary pull down units are both coupled to the first control unit for pulling down the gate signals. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010344 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A medical image display system is shown. The medical image display system includes, a fringe scanning type capturing apparatus or a Fourier transformation type capturing apparatus; an image processing section; a display section; and a control section. The capturing apparatus includes, an X-ray source; a first grating and a second grating; a subject table; and an X-ray detector. The image processing section generates a plurality of reconstructed images for diagnosis based on an image signal of a subject captured with the capturing apparatus. The display section displays at least two of the plurality of reconstructed images. The control section detects an abnormal candidate on each of the plurality of reconstructed images and controls display order of the plurality of reconstructed images displayed on the display section based on a result of detecting. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010345 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - To provide an X-ray diagnostic apparatus capable of providing a stereoscopic perspective image in the form of a video image while reducing exposure dose. An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a main row X-ray source group including a plurality of X-ray sources; an X-ray detection section disposed opposite to the X-ray sources; a timing controller that controls a switching timing of the X-ray sources and an X-ray generation position; an image acquisition section that acquires output image data from the X-ray detection section in synchronization with the switching timing; and a stereoscopic image display section that displays the output image data as a plurality of images having different disparities. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010348 | RADIATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE TAKING SYSTEM - Provided is a radiation generating apparatus, including a radiation generating unit for emitting radiation through a transmission window, and a light projecting/sighting device including a light source for emitting visible light and a reflection mirror. At least one of the transmission window and the reflection mirror has variations in thickness for reducing shading of radiation which irradiates a radiation irradiation field. | 2014-01-09 |
20140010349 | ARRANGEMENT FOR INTRA-ORAL X-RAY IMAGING - The invention relates to an intra-oral x-ray imaging arrangement which includes an imaging sensor ( | 2014-01-09 |