02nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130010935 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENSURING A REAL-TIME CONNECTION BETWEEN USERS AND SELECTED SERVICE PROVIDER USING VOICE MAIL - A method and apparatus are described for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service providers using voice mail. The system enables seekers of a wide array of services to select, contact, converse, and pay for a service provider using a communications device such as the telephone. A seeker locates a service provider by providing the name of a profession, which is recognized by the system's software. Once a service provider is selected, the system connects the seeker with the service provider for a live conversation. However, during service provider unavailability, the system enables the seeker to leave a voice mail message for the service provider and reconnects the user and service provider once the message is reviewed by the service provider. The system automatically bills the seeker for the time spent conversing with the service provider and compensates the service provider. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010936 | CALL SCREENING REDUCTION SYSTEM - A system and a method for conducting a telephone survey, which reduce the number of calls that are not answered by survey participants, are provided. The system comprises means of making outbound telephone calls with a selected call display number, storing a call record for each outbound call, and routing inbound telephone calls to a voicemail or interactive phone system if the inbound calling number is identifiable from the stored call records. The method comprises the steps of making outbound calls to survey phone numbers with the call display set to a local phone number, storing a call record with each outbound call, and routing inbound calls to a voicemail or interactive phone system if the inbound call number is identifiable from the stored call records. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010937 | Updating Voicemail With Selective Establishment of PDP Contexts and Data Sessions - A method for updating voicemail data at least partially stored at a device can include obtaining a command to update the voicemail data at a device. The device can activate a data session through which voicemail data can be downloaded to the device. In some embodiments, the device can automatically activate a data session upon the occurrence of a trigger event, for example, upon the receipt of a message waiting indicator, or upon powering on the device. In other embodiments, the device can wait for a user action or command to download voicemail data. The action or command can be received at the device after a trigger event, or at any other time. Exemplary devices and communications networks for implementing these and other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010938 | System and Method for Providing Telephone Assignment Information to Telephone Service Technicians - A system and method for telephone service technicians to retrieve telephone line assignment information, including receiving a telephone call from a telephone service technician. A telephone number assigned to a customer of a communications carrier may be received, where the telephone number is associated with a telephone operating on a wired communications network, such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Telephone line assignment information may be requested, where the telephone line assignment information includes cable and line pair information. The telephone line assignment information may be converted into speech synthesized audible signals and communicated to the telephone service technician during the telephone call. The conversion of the telephone line assignment information may be performed by an interactive voice response system. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010939 | Integration of Voice Chat Services - A communication system provides a user with the ability to redirect telephone calls to a voice chat account and vice versa. In one example, a voice chat gateway may receive communication requests and determine whether communications directed to a first party is to be redirected. If so, the voice chat gateway may reroute the communication request to an appropriate destination. For instance, a user may request that all communications such as telephone calls be rerouted as a voice chat to the user's voice chat account. Alternatively, a user may request that all communications including voice chats be redirected to a telephone number. Users may further be allowed to call a voice chat account through a telephone network and initiate a voice chat with a telephone number through a data network. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010940 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY AT A REMOTELY LOCATED SITE USING A DISTRIBUTED FEATURE ARCHITECTURE - A method for providing communication control functionality at a remotely located site using a distributed feature architecture which provides communication features and data records to an Enhanced Network User (ENU). The ENU connects to a Distributed Feature Network (DFN) in order to gain access to communications features contained in the DFN. Based on the type of communication requested, one or more feature boxes are created in order to implement the requested communication. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010941 | Systems and Methods for Personal Identification Number Distribution and Delivery - Systems and methods for obtaining a personal identification number (PIN) from a client terminal are disclosed. A method includes storing, at the client terminal, PINs for plural prepaid services. The method also includes receiving, at the client terminal, a request for a PIN associated with a desired prepaid service corresponding to one of the plural prepaid services. A PIN request is then sent, from the client terminal, to a server when less than a predefined number of PINs associated with the desired prepaid service are stored at the client terminal. In response, one or more PINs associated with the desired prepaid service are received at the client terminal. The method further includes dispensing at least one PIN corresponding to the desired prepaid service from the client terminal. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010942 | System and Method for Remote Home Monitoring and Intercom Communication - A system and method for remote home monitoring and intercom communication. An indicator is received for activating an interactive feature of a telephone. A determination is made whether the indicator authorizes the interactive feature. The audio interface of the telephone is activated. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010943 | System and Method for Controlling Free Phone Calls Through an Institutional Phone System - A method of controlling free phone calls places from within a secured premises through an institutional phone system generally includes assigning a unique access identifier to an individual caller upon entry into the secured premises; receiving a destination number from the individual caller within the secured premises, the destination number being associated with a telephone located outside the secured premises; determining if the destination number is a per se free number, and, if the destination number is not determined to be a per se free number: receiving the unique access identifier from the individual caller; validating the unique access identifier; and, if the unique access identifier is valid, processing a telephone call to the destination number. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010944 | INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALL CONTROL CUSTOMIZATION - Customer communications can be controlled in accordance with customized rules. An entry menu includes options to modify an existing rule or create a new rule for controlling customer communications. An initial selection criteria menu includes options to indicate whether the new customized rule will be built using a preexisting template or starting from initial blank rule criteria. A list of preexisting templates for creating new customized rules can be provided, and input to populate a selected template can be accepted. Initial blank rule criteria for creating new customized rules can also be provided, including initial criteria and rule conditions for selected initial criteria. Communications are processed in accordance with the stored new customized rule. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSFERRING OF CONFERENCE CALLS USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating transferring of a conference call. In some embodiments, users of a secure mobile device may be provided with the ability to transfer a media session for use in a conference call to a non-secure communication device. The method may include displaying a user interface on the primary communication device, the user interface including a transfer option, receiving a command selecting the transfer option, sending a transfer request from the primary communication device to the conference call controller to link an alternate communication device within the conference call session, and determining whether the transfer request requires authentication, and if so performing authentication of the transfer request. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010946 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-LEARNING OF CALL ROUTING INFORMATION - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for learning call routing information in a communication system. A switching architecture is presented. The switch may be implemented in a centralized architecture or a distributed architecture. In addition, the switch may be implemented in a variety of networks such as a circuit-switched network or a packet-switched network. The switch includes a policy server and a self-learning application server. The policy server includes routing information for routing calls across the switch. The routes for incoming and outgoing calls are analyzed as they pass through the switch. The self-learning application server uses artificial intelligence techniques and caching algorithms to learn new more-efficient routing paths or initial routing paths based on the incoming and outgoing calls. The self-learning application server then updates the policy server with the new learned routes. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010947 | System and Method of Determining Call Treatment of Repeat Calls - A method is disclosed that includes retrieving first data associated with a call from an action-object table. The method further includes retrieving second data from a resolution table based on the first data. The second data indicates a treatment type to be provided to the call. The method further includes, in response to determining that the treatment type indicates a particular treatment type, servicing the call with the particular treatment type. The particular treatment type includes routing the call to a destination associated with a call center. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010948 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS MODULE WITH DISCONNECTION FEATURE - A telecommunications module ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130010949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSING AND ENCRYPTING DATA - A method and system for compressing and encrypting data. The method includes: receiving original data; performing a first compression of said original data to obtain a first compression result; and encrypting only a literal portion in the first compression result to obtain an encrypted first compression result. Embodiments of the present invention improve the efficiency of the process of compression +encryption to a great extent by means of encrypting only the literal portion of the compression result. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010950 | Public-Key Encrypted Bloom Filters With Applications To Private Set Intersection - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retrieving, from computer-readable memory, a set, the set including a plurality of elements, adding, using a computing device, elements of the set to a Bloom filter, the Bloom filter including a plurality of bits, and encrypting, using the computing device, each bit of the plurality of bits of the Bloom filter to provide an encrypted Bloom filter, encrypting being achieved using homomorphic, public key encryption. Implementations are further directed to performing operations on the encrypted Bloom filter, and performing private set intersection (PSI) using the encrypted Bloom filter. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010951 | SECURE OPEN-AIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING MULTICHANNEL DECOYED TRANSMISSION - A secure, open-air communication system utilizes a plurality of “decoy” data signals to hide one or more true data signals. The true data signal(s) are channel hopped with the plurality of decoy data signals to form a multi-channel “scrambled” output signal that is thereafter transmitted in an open-air communication system. The greater the number of decoy signals, the greater the security provided to the open-air system. Further security may be provided by encrypting both the true and decoy signals prior to scrambling and/or by utilizing a spatially diverse set of transmitters and receivers. Without the knowledge of the channel assignment(s) for the true signal(s), an eavesdropper may be able to intercept (and, with time, perhaps descramble) the open-air transmitted signals, will not be able to distinguish the true data from the decoys without also knowing the channel assignment(s). | 2013-01-10 |
20130010952 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A PORTABLE TRUE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR BASED ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND NOISE FOUND IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A method of providing a portable true random number generator based on the microstructure and noise found in digital images is claimed and disclosed. Using the lowest significant bits of digitized images, strings of binary data are extracted. These raw strings are shown to pass the DIEHARD, NIST, and ENT tests for randomness for a robust selection of natural images. This information is available to, and may be processed by off-the-shelf technology including smartphones or other embedded devices without undue constraints on physical and environmental parameters. The method represents a significantly improved portable means of random number generation for all security, cryptographic, entertainment and PSI applications. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010953 | ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION METHOD - A method and apparatus are provided for encrypting a plaintext message element into a ciphertext message element associated with a random vector a first subset of encrypting users. The message element is encoded using an error correcting code and then encrypted by a secret matrix, parameterized by the random vector and with noise added by a noise vector. The method includes obtaining the secret matrix parameterized by the random vector and with noise by adding together user secret matrices specific to each of the encryption users. The user secret matrices are parameterized by the random vectors and having noise added by respective noise vectors specific to the encrypting users. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010954 | METHOD FOR THE SECURE UNINDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS - A method transmits a signal using a unidirectional communications link, which is protected by an asymmetric cryptography method. A counter value is incremented by a transmitter during a transmission operation. Subsequently, a challenge is determined by the transmitter on the basis of the counter value and a control command that can be executed by a receiver and, on the basis of the challenge that is determined a response is in turn determined. The challenge and the response are transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver. The challenge received is then checked by the receiver to see whether the counter value used in the challenge is greater than a counter value previously stored by the transmitting transmitter. The response received is checked on the basis of the challenge. Following successful checking of the challenge and response, the control command transmitted in the challenge is executed. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010955 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ENCRYPTION ENGINE - Disclosed is a method for implementing an encryption engine, which includes: when an engine binding interface is called, a hardware encryption engine establishes a connection with a hardware encryption equipment, acquires an algorithm list of said hardware encryption equipment, and fills a first data structure; when a key initialization interface is called, said hardware encryption engine, according to the transmitted first data structure, sets an encryption/decryption algorithm to be used by said hardware encryption equipment, and retrieves a corresponding algorithm key; and if no algorithm key is retrieved, said hardware encryption engine controls said hardware encryption equipment to create said algorithm key; when a data encryption/decryption interface is called, said hardware encryption engine, according to the currently set encryption/decryption algorithm and said algorithm key, controls said hardware encryption equipment to perform an encryption/decryption operation on the transmitted data, and outputs the operation result; and when an engine release interface is called, said hardware encryption engine ends the connection with said hardware encryption equipment. The present invention can add or extend the encryption/decryption algorithm that can only be implemented in hardware to a software algorithm library. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010956 | METHODS FOR THE GENERATION OF IDENTICAL SYMMETRICAL CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS - Methods and algorithms for generating identical symmetrical cryptographic keys. In a method for generating a symmetrical cryptographic key, a first profile is generated, the first profile comprising a series of data points collected over a first period of time. A start time of the first profile is identified and the first profile divided into a sequence of time-based segments, each time-based segment comprising at least one data point. A first symmetrical cryptographic key is calculated from the sequence of time-based segments, and the first symmetrical cryptographic key is stored for at least one of encrypting and decrypting data in cooperation with a second symmetrical cryptographic key substantially identical to the first symmetrical cryptographic key. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010957 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY USING FUZZY CREDENTIALS FOR DEVICE AND SERVER COMMUNICATIONS - An approach to cryptographic security uses a “fuzzy” credential, in contrast to a “hard” credential, to eliminate cryptographic algorithmic repeatability on a device that may be subject to physical attacks. By eliminating repeatability performed at an algorithmic (e.g., gate or software) level, a device inherently lacks one of the fundamental setup assumptions associated with certain classes of side channel, fault injection, timing, and related attacks, thus helps to protect the system against such attacks while preserving the cryptographic security of the system. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010958 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ADMINISTRATOR-DRIVEN PROFILE UPDATE - Apparatuses and methods for security profile update are presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the version of a security profile associated with a wireless client and determining whether a new security profile exists. The method includes calculating a one-time password based at least on a random character table and some image areas within an image. The method further includes generating an encrypted version of the new security profile by using a first part of the one-time password as an encryption key and sending to the wireless client a profile update request. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010959 | DATA BACKUP DEVICE FOR SMARTPHONE - A data backup device for a Smartphone is provided. When a user electrically connects the Smartphone with a connection interface of the device, a control unit of the device is activated to execute a backup program stored in a program storage unit of the device. After the user inputs a username and a password, the backup program generates a backup folder corresponding to the input username. Then, the user selects different modes of the backup program, so that the data backup device can execute the data backup or data recovery. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010960 | Methods to Improve Bluetooth Low Energy Performance - An expanded sequence number is added to PDUs in a Bluetooth® low energy system. The expanded sequence number provides more accurate identification of the PDUs and allows the system to avoid delaying transmission of PDUs while retransmitting other PDUs. A PDU security sequence number may also be added to the PDUs. The security sequence number is used to create a unique nonce for use in encrypting or decrypting and authenticating the PDU. Using the security sequence number, a failed connection can be reestablished between two devices without the need of generating an encryption key. The security sequence number allows the devices to perform encryption or decryption and authentication using an existing key and a nonce generated from the security sequence number. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010961 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL DEVICE, AND BASE STATION - A transmitting side UE | 2013-01-10 |
20130010962 | Proximity Authentication System - An authorized user may be provided access to a service only when a wireless token assigned to the user is in the proximity of a computing device. A user's credential may be stored on an RFID token and an RFID reader may be implemented within a security boundary on the computing device, Thus, the credential may be passed to the security boundary without passing through the computing device via software messages or applications. The security boundary may be provided, in part, by incorporating the RFID reader onto the same chip as a cryptographic processing component, Once the information is received by the RFID reader it may be encrypted within the chip. As a result, the information may never be presented in the clear outside of the chip. The cryptographic processing component may cryptographically encrypt/sign the credential received from the token. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010963 | MULTIPLICATIVE SPLITS TO PROTECT CIPHER KEYS - In the field of computer enabled cryptography, such as a keyed block cipher having a plurality of rounds, the cipher is hardened against an attack by a protection process which obscures the round keys using the properties of group field automorphisms and applying masks to the states of the cipher, for encryption or decryption. This is especially advantageous in a “White Box” environment where an attacker has full access to the cipher algorithm, including the algorithm's internal state during its execution. This method and the associated computing apparatus are useful for protection against known attacks on “White Box” ciphers, by eliminating S-box operations, together with improved masking techniques and increasing the cipher's complexity against reverse engineering and key storage attacks. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010964 | System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation - A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE). | 2013-01-10 |
20130010965 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY - A device is configured for providing at least one secure cryptographic key for performing a cryptographic security function using a control device which requires a cryptographic key therefor. A configured key provided for the security function is selected from a first configuration memory and is tested using the read configured key whether a secure replacement key associated with the read configured key is memorised in a second configuration memory, said replacement key is provided for the control device for performing the security function instead of the configured key. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010966 | ENCRYPTION KEY STORAGE - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for encryption key storage. Encryption key storage may include associating each of a plurality of identifiers with a different one of a plurality of key fragment stores, determining a plurality of indexes, where each of the plurality of indexes is based upon a handle provided by a customer, an authorization token provided by the customer, and a different one of the plurality of identifiers, partitioning an encryption key provided by the customer into a number of encryption key fragments, and distributing the plurality of indexes and the number of encryption key fragments to the plurality of key fragment stores. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010967 | SPATIAL ANGLE MODULATION BINAURAL SOUND SYSTEM - A method of inducing a state of consciousness in a listener. The method includes providing first and second sound signals. The first sound signal is provided to one ear of the listener and the second sound signal is provided to the other ear of the listener. The second sound signal is different from the first sound signal and, when provided with the first sound signal, first and second sound signals cause the listener to perceive a first source of sound that is moving about the listener or as a tremolo effect. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010968 | Sound Processing Apparatus - In a sound processing apparatus, a matrix factorization unit acquires a non-negative first basis matrix including a plurality of basis vectors that represent spectra of sound components of a first sound source, and acquires an observation matrix that represents time series of a spectrum of a sound signal corresponding to a mixed sound of the first sound source and a second sound source different from the first sound source. The matrix factorization unit generates a first coefficient matrix, a second basis matrix and a second coefficient matrix from the observation matrix by non-negative matrix factorization using the first basis matrix. A sound generation unit generates either of a sound signal according to the first basis matrix and the first coefficient matrix or a sound signal according to the second basis matrix and the second coefficient matrix. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOUND - Stereophonic sound is reproduced by acquiring image depth information indicating a distance between at least one object in an image signal and a reference location, acquiring sound depth information indicating a distance between at least one sound object in a sound signal and a reference location based on the image depth information, and providing sound perspective to the at least one sound object based on the sound depth information. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010970 | MULTICHANNEL SOUND REPRODUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for selecting auditory signal components for reproduction by means of one or more supplementary sound reproducing transducers, such as loudspeakers, placed between a pair of primary sound reproducing transducers, such as left and right loudspeakers in a stereophonic loudspeaker setup or adjacent loudspeakers in a surround sound loudspeaker setup, the method comprising the steps of (i) specifying azimuth angle range within which one of said supplementary sound reproducing transducers is located or is to be located and a listening direction; (Ii) based on said azimuth angle range and said listening direction, determining left and right interaural level difference limits and left and right interaural time difference limits, respectively; (iii) providing a pair of input signals for said pair of primary sound reproducing transducers; (iv) pre-processing each of said input signals, thereby providing a pair of pre-processed input signals; (v) determining interaural level difference and interaural time difference as a function of frequency between said pre-processed signals; and (vi) providing those signal components of said input signals that have interauial level differences and interaural time differences in the interval between said left and right interaural level difference limits, and left and right interaural time difference limits, respectively, to the corresponding supplementary sound reproducing transducer. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the above method and systems of such devices. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010971 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SOUNDFIELD REPRESENTATION FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK - Soundfield signals such as e.g. Ambisonics carry a representation of a desired sound field. The Ambisonics format is based on spherical harmonic decomposition of the soundfield, and Higher Order Ambisonics uses spherical harmonics of at least 2 | 2013-01-10 |
20130010972 | BINAURAL COMPRESSOR PRESERVING DIRECTIONAL CUES - A hearing aid system includes a first hearing aid configured to communicate with a second hearing aid, wherein the first hearing aid comprises a microphone and an ND converter for provision of a digital input signal in response to sound signals received at the microphone, a processor that is configured to process the digital input signal in accordance with a signal processing algorithm into a processed digital output signal, the processor including a compressor, a D/A converter and an output transducer for conversion of the processed digital output signal to an acoustic output signal, and a transceiver for data communication with the second hearing aid, wherein, a gain of the compressor of the first hearing aid is controlled by a first compressor control signal with a value that is substantially equal to a value of a second compressor control signal controlling a gain of a compressor in the second hearing aid, whereby a sense of direction is maintained. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010973 | WIRELESS BINAURAL COMPRESSOR - A binaural hearing aid system includes a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, each of which comprising a processor that is configured to process the digital input signal in accordance with a signal processing algorithm into a processed digital output signal, the processor including a compressor for compensation of dynamic range hearing loss based on the signal level, wherein wireless data communication of signal parameter from one of the first and the second hearing aids is performed at a data transmission rate with a time period between consecutive transmissions of the signal parameter from the one of the first and second hearing aids that is longer than an attack and release time of at least one of the compressors. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010974 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, AND SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM - A sound processing device includes a storage unit configured to store first operation data corresponding to a motion of a mechanical apparatus and a first sound feature value corresponding to the motion in correlation with each other, a noise estimating unit configured to estimate a third sound feature value corresponding to a noise component based on a second sound feature value corresponding to an acquired sound signal, a sound feature value processing unit configured to calculate a target sound feature value from which the noise component is removed based on the second sound feature value and the third sound feature value, and an updating unit that updates the first sound feature value stored in the storage unit based on detected second operation data and the third sound feature value estimated by the noise estimating unit. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010975 | Method and System for Split Client-Server Reverberation Processing - In some embodiments, a method applying reverberation to audio from at least one client of a set of clients which share a virtual environment, including by asserting position data and at least one input audio stream to a server, selecting (in the server) a reverberation filter for each input audio stream in response to the position data and generating wet audio by applying to the input audio an early reverberation part of the selected reverberation filter. Typically, a client applies a late reverberation filter to the wet audio using metadata from the server. In other embodiments, a server selects a reverberation filter for application to audio in response to position data, asserts the audio and metadata indicative of the filter, and a client applies the filter to the audio using the metadata. Other aspects are systems, servers, and client devices configured to perform any embodiment of the method. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010976 | Efficient Audio Signal Processing in the Sub-Band Regime - A signal processing system enhances an audio signal. The audio signal is divided into audio sub-band signals. Some audio sub-band signals are excised. Other audio sub-band signals are processed to obtain enhanced audio sub-band signals. At least a portion of the excised audio sub-band signals are reconstructed. The reconstructed audio sub-band signals are synthesized with the enhanced audio sub-band signals to form an enhanced audio signal. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010977 | RADIO RECEPTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND NOISE CANCELLATION METHOD - A radio reception device for vehicle | 2013-01-10 |
20130010978 | GAMING HEADSET VIBRATOR - A vibrating headset capable of generating a vibration of variable operational characteristics in the earpiece of the vibrating headset is disclosed. The vibrating headset may include one or more earpieces, each of which includes a speaker and a vibrator mechanism, wherein the vibrator mechanism receives a vibration input signal which is distinct from the audio input signal received by the speaker and defines the variable operational characteristics of the vibration to be generated by the vibrator mechanism. A gaming apparatus including a gaming device and a vibrating headset communicably coupled to the gaming device for generating vibrations of variable operational characteristics in response to receiving a vibration input signal from the gaming device is also provided. Finally, a method of creating vibrations defined by at least one variable operational characteristic in an earpiece of a vibrating headset is provided. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010979 | Transmitter - Where information is to be conveyed as acoustic waves, embodiments of the present invention provide a transmitter capable of causing acoustic waves that convey information to be not easily perceived by the human ear. A transmitter, being an apparatus that converts various types of encoded information into acoustic wave(s) in the audible spectrum and carries out transmission thereof, comprises microphone(s) that cause ambient sound(s) from location(s) at which acoustic wave(s) is/are transmitted to be input as ambient sound signal(s); peak frequency detector(s) that detect, within ambient sound signal(s), peak frequency or frequencies of major constituent(s) of ambient sound(s); carrier wave generator(s) that generate carrier waves at a plurality of frequencies that are natural number multiples of peak frequency or frequencies and that can be used to mask ambient sound(s); and modulator(s) that modulate a plurality of carrier waves with baseband signal(s). | 2013-01-10 |
20130010980 | VEHICLE DIRECTION IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, VEHICLE DIRECTION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A vehicle direction identification device includes: a frequency analysis unit which analyzes phase of the surrounding sound in each analysis section specified by predetermined frequency regions and time intervals; a sound source direction identification unit which identifies a sound source direction indicating a direction of a sound included in the vehicle sound for each analysis section; a reflection information storage unit which stores (i) state information relating to rates of occurrence each of which are a count of the analysis sections of a corresponding one of the sound source directions, and (ii) reflection patterns each of which includes an estimated vehicle direction which is a vehicle direction associated with a set of the state information; and a vehicle direction identification unit which identifies a vehicle direction by checking the rates of occurrence obtained from an identification result by the sound source direction identification unit against one of the reflection patterns. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010981 | MICROPHONE - A microphone capable of canceling vibration noise caused by mechanical vibration is provided with, in capsules, a pair of diaphragms and a pair of back plates opposite to the respective diaphragms. A printed circuit board is disposed at the middle of capsules. A pair of diaphragms is disposed close and opposite to the surfaces of the printed circuit board with the printed circuit board disposed therebetween. The difference in distance from a vibration source to the two diaphragms is made small. The microphone has a high canceling effect for canceling vibration noise caused by mechanical vibration. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010982 | NOISE-REDUCING DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ARRAY - In one embodiment, a directional microphone array having (at least) two microphones generates forward and backward cardioid signals from two (e.g., omnidirectional) microphone signals. An adaptation factor is applied to the backward cardioid signal, and the resulting adjusted backward cardioid signal is subtracted from the forward cardioid signal to generate a (first-order) output audio signal corresponding to a beampattern having no nulls for negative values of the adaptation factor. After low-pass filtering, spatial noise suppression can be applied to the output audio signal. Microphone arrays having one (or more) additional microphones can be designed to generate second- (or higher-) order output audio signals. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010983 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL HAVING A TRANSIENT EVENT - A signal manipulator for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event may have a transient remover, a signal processor and a signal inserter for inserting a time portion in a processed audio signal at a signal location where the transient event was removed before processing by the transient remover, so that a manipulated audio signal has a transient event not influenced by the processing, whereby the vertical coherence of the transient event is maintained instead of any processing performed in the signal processor, which would destroy the vertical coherence of a transient. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010984 | Method for controlling entertainment equipment based on performer position - A method and system for automatically and reliably controlling equipment for outputting sound and, potentially, lighting, pyrotechnics and other effects in live entertainment productions based upon the real-time physical location of one or more specific performers within a performance area in either an absolute sense or relative to a controlled article of equipment. The system includes a radio frequency identification subsystem and an equipment control subsystem. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010985 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL HAVING A TRANSIENT EVENT - A signal manipulator for manipulating an audio signal having a transient event may have a transient remover, a signal processor and a signal inserter for inserting a time portion in a processed audio signal at a signal location where the transient event was removed before processing by the transient remover, so that a manipulated audio signal has a transient event not influenced by the processing, whereby the vertical coherence of the transient event is maintained instead of any processing performed in the signal processor, which would destroy the vertical coherence of a transient. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010986 | Audio Jack System - An audio jack system includes a special audio jack adaptor that is particularly useful for digital players (e.g., cell phone, smartphone, MP3 player, computer, etc.) housed within watertight enclosures. When a headset is plugged directly into the digital player, the player's audio signal automatically goes to the headset, and the digital player's onboard speaker is silent. When nothing is plugged into the digital player, the audio signal automatically goes to the player's onboard speaker. When just the special adaptor is plugged into the player, the audio signal still goes to the onboard speaker; however, subsequently plugging the headset into the plugged-in special adaptor redirects the audio signal to the headset and not to the onboard speaker. To accomplish such results, a plug end of the adaptor includes a split-ring or split-tip set of open contacts that effectively close upon plugging the headset into a receptacle end of the adaptor. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010987 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS - Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010988 | Implantable Electret Microphone - An implantable microphone comprises a hermetically-sealed, enclosed volume and an electret member and back plate disposed with a space therebetween and capacitively coupleable to provide an output signal indicative of acoustic signals incident upon at least one of the electret member and back plate. The back plate may be disposed to define a peripheral portion of the enclosed volume, e.g., the back plate may be defined as part of a flexible diaphragm that receives external acoustic signals. Vents may be provided to fluidly interconnect first and second portions of the enclosed volume that are located on first and second sides of the electret member. In another embodiment, the electret member may be flexible and spaced relative to a flexible outer diaphragm. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010989 | COMPONENT HAVING A MICROMECHANICAL MICROPHONE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Measures for improving the acoustic properties of a microphone component produced in sacrificial layer technology. The micromechanical microphone structure of such a component is implemented in a layered structure, and includes at least one diaphragm, which is deflectable by sound pressure and which is implemented in a diaphragm layer, and a stationary acoustically permeable counterelement for the diaphragm which is implemented in a thick functional layer above the diaphragm layer and which is provided with through openings for introducing sound. The through openings for introducing sound are situated above the middle region of the diaphragm, while perforation openings which are largely acoustically passive are provided in the counterelement, above the edge region of the diaphragm. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010990 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PARASITIC CAPACITANCES USING DIFFUSION REGIONS UNDER A MEMS STRUCTURE - A semiconductor microphone including a silicon substrate having a perimeter; an N-well diffused into the substrate at the perimeter; a deformable diaphragm disposed over at least a portion of the silicon substrate and in contact with at least a portion of the perimeter; and a signal channel in electrical communication with the diaphragm. The signal channel includes a microphone output channel and a feedback output channel. The diaphragm produces an electric signal on the signal channel in response to deformation of the diaphragm and a portion of the electric signal is transmitted on the feedback output channel to the N-well. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010991 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HEARING AID FUNCTION - A handheld electronic device with a hearing aid function includes a sound collecting unit, a first amplifying unit, an A/D converter, a noise reducing unit, a D/A converter, a second amplifying unit, and a sound output unit. The sound collecting unit collects ambient sound signals. The first amplifying unit amplifies collected sound signals. The A/D converter converts amplified collected sound signals into digital sound signals. The noise reducing unit processes the digital sound signals to reduce noise signals. The D/A converter converts the digital sound signals processed by the noise reducing unit into analog signals. The second amplifying unit amplifies the analog signals converted by the D/A converter. The sound output unit outputs the amplified analog signals. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010992 | WATERPROOF ACOUSTIC ELEMENT ENCLOSURES AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A waterproof enclosure for a cochlear implant system or other hearing assistance device includes an outer housing, an inner support in the interior of the outer housing, an acoustic element supported by the inner support, and water-impermeable polymeric protective membrane sealing the interior of the outer housing against water ingress. A hearing device such as a cochlear implant sound processor, a headpiece, an earhook, or a hearing aid comprises an outer housing, an inner support in the interior of the outer housing, a microphone supported by the inner support, and a water- impermeable polymeric protective membrane sealing the interior of the outer housing against water ingress. A method for waterproofing an acoustic element comprises molding an outer support having a water-impermeable polymeric protective membrane; inserting an acoustic element into an inner support; anchoring the acoustic element to the inner support; inserting the inner support into the outer support; and anchoring the inner support to the outer support. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010993 | MOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A HEARING APPARATUS, HEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE MOLDING APPARATUS - Hearing apparatuses should be manufactured as simply as possible and with the closest possible fit. Accordingly, a molding structure, is provided, which represents a model for the direct shaping of an otoplastic of a hearing apparatus. The molding structure having a sealing element, which can be positioned in the auditory canal, and a molding mass which is inserted into the auditory canal to a side of the sealing element facing the outlet of the auditory canal. The molding mass and the sealing element here are connected to form the model and the sealing element is part of the hearing apparatus. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010994 | FIXING MECHANISM FOR FIXING A SOUND BOX AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fixing mechanism for fixing a sound box on a casing is disclosed in the present invention. The fixing mechanism includes a first bridging structure disposed on the sound box and surrounding a speaker of the sound box, a second bridging structure disposed on the casing and surrounding a sound hole on the casing, a rib structure disposed on the casing, and a damping structure installed between the first bridging structure and the second bridging structure. The damping structure includes a base for contacting against the rib structure, an exterior portion disposed on an outer edge of the base for installing inside the second bridging structure, and an interior portion disposed on an inner edge of the base. An accommodating space is formed between the exterior portion and the interior portion for accommodating the first bridging structure. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010995 | WELDING TYPE CONDENSER MICROPHONE USING SPRING BASE - A welding type condenser microphone using a spring base to prevent interferences due to deviations of thicknesses of components, wherein a second base is an elastic spring. The welding type condenser microphone includes a case sub-assembly, in which a diaphragm and a back plate face each other across a spacer in a metal case and the back plate is insulated from the case by a first base formed of an insulation material; a printed circuit board (PCB) sub-assembly, in which circuit devices and a second base, which is an elastic spring, are mounted on a PCB via a surface mounting technology (SMT) method; and a unit for attaching the case sub-assembly and the PCB sub-assembly to each other. Furthermore, the second base is a leaf spring that is bent once, a U-shaped leaf spring having wings, or a coil spring. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010996 | WELDING TYPE CONDENSER MICROPHONE USING CURLING AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLYING THE SAME - A condenser microphone that is manufactured by attaching components installed in a case by using curling to prevent movement of the components when the case and a printed circuit board (PCB) are welded to each other and to stably transfer electrical signals, and a method of manufacturing the condenser microphone. The condenser microphone using curling includes a case sub assembly prevented from moving by mounting a diaphragm, a spacer, a back plate, and a first base in a case with an open side and then curling an end portion of the open side; a printed circuit board (PCB); and an adhesion portion for adhering the case sub assembly and the PCB sub assembly to each other. A curling portion is formed on the end portion of the open side of the metal case and is curled. In addition, slits are formed in opposite lower ends of the curling portion. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010997 | AURICLE-INSTALLED APPARATUS - An auricle-installed apparatus, including: a device configured to be installable to a user's ear and have an electric conversion function; and a main body including a supporting portion configured to support the device, and a first curved portion and a second curved portion that are configured to be installable to a user's auricle, the first curved portion and the second curved portion having a first state configured to maintain a first curved shape and a second state configured to maintain a second curved shape different from the first curved shape. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010998 | COAXIAL SOUND GENERATING UNIT CARTRIDGE AND A TWO-WAY EARPHONE USING THE SAME - Provided is a two-way earphone. The present invention comprises: a main earphone body on the inside of which are respectively disposed a first sound generating unit and a second sound generating unit for generating sounds of mutually different playback audio bandwidths upon input of an electrical signal; a housing which has a first holder part where the first sound generating unit is inserted, and has a second holder part where the second sound generating unit is inserted, and also has a partition wall that is formed with at least one first sound releasing hole for releasing the sound generated from the first sound generating unit between the first holder part and the second holder part; a cap which is assembled onto the second holder part, and through which is formed at least one second sound releasing hole for releasing, to the outside, a mixed sound resulting from the intermixing of the sound released through the first sound releasing hole and the sound generated from the second sound generating unit; and a base plate for supplying a power source and an electrical signal to the first sound generating unit and the second sound generating unit. | 2013-01-10 |
20130010999 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH MOVING MAGNETS; ACOUSTIC DIFFUSER COMPRISING SAID SYSTEM AND A MOVING MEMBER THAT GENERATES SOUND WAVES - The invention relates to an electromechanical conversion system comprising: a fixed supporting structure, a movable element with respect to the fixed structure; at least one excitation coil; and at least one permanent magnet for generating an excitation magnetic field. The permanent magnet is integral with the movable element and the coil is integral with the fixed supporting structure. Moreover, a ferromagnetic circuit is provided fixed with respect to the structure and cooperating with the permanent magnet. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011000 | SPEAKER - A speaker of the present invention is used for converting audio electrical signals to audible sounds. The multi-magnetic circuit speaker includes a box with a sound hole, at least one magnetic circuit having at least two magnetic gaps, at least two vibrating units corresponding to the magnetic gaps, respectively, at least two pair of pads embedded in the box to electrically connecting with the two vibrating units, a terminal board engaged with the box and pressing on the two pads for conducting electrical signals to the two vibrating units. The terminal board includes a first portion, a second portion extending from the second portion and a third portion extending from the second portion. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011001 | SPEAKER SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A speaker system includes: a baffle board having a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion, and a third attachment portion; a diaphragm, which is exposed to a front face side of the baffle board; an edge, which is disposed on an outer circumference of the diaphragm and is fixed to the first attachment portion to support the diaphragm; a magnetic circuit holding member, which is configured to be fixed to the second attachment portion so that a magnetic circuit is holed at a rear face side of the diaphragm; and a damper, which is disposed at the rear face side of the diaphragm and is fixed to the third attachment portion to support the diaphragm. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011002 | Methods and Apparatus for Robust Embedded Data - The present invention describes methods and apparatus involving embedding data. Data can be embedded steganographically in content or embedded in, e.g., headers associated with the content. One claim recites an apparatus including: a memory system for storing: i) content data comprising first information embedded therein; ii) second information which is separate from the content data, in which the second information is associated with a first user device and a second user device; and a logic processor. The logic processor is programmed for: decoding the first information from the content data; comparing the first information to the second information for correspondence; and based at least on the correspondence, determining whether to perform an action associated with the content data on either of the first user device or the second user device. Other claims and combinations are also provided. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011003 | Associating First and Second Watermarks with Audio or Video Content - The present invention relates generally to processing audio or video content. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: electronic memory for storing media representing audio or video content; and an electronic logic processor. The electronic processor is programmed for: embedding a protect watermark in the media, the protect watermark providing an indication that the media is protected; embedding a rights watermark in the media, the rights watermark providing an indication of user rights associated with rendering the audio or video content, in which the protect watermark is more difficult to remove from the media relative to the rights watermark; and reproducing the audio or video content after said embedding a protect watermark in the media and embedding a rights watermark in the media. Other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011004 | METHOD FOR WATERMARK DETECTION USING REFERENCE BLOCKS COMPARISON - The invention relates to a method for decoding a watermark embedded in a video comprising blocks of samples representative of the video comprising the steps of determining in the video a location of a watermarked block; determining a location for each reference block among a plurality of reference blocks wherein a reference block is associated to a watermark value among a plurality of watermark values; comparing the watermarked block with each reference block; and identifying watermark value for the watermarked block from the results of the plurality of comparison. The method is remarkable in that each reference block is equally located in the video, for instance the pirated video, so that the plurality of comparisons between the watermarked block and each reference block is performed among the same video. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING GPS INFORMATION TO SECURE DIGITAL MEDIA - A device such as a set-top-box, digital TV, DVD player, multi-media player, cellular telephone or digital cinema player that may handle data such as multimedia data and/or audio/video signals, may determine its location. The device may determine its location based on GPS information and send it to an external entity, for example, a service provider. The device may generate a watermark comprising its determined location and may embed or insert the watermark within the data. Also, the generated watermark may comprise one or more of a unique identifier for the device, a source of the data, for example, a service provider, a date and a time. The watermark may be secured via processing, for example, the watermark may be encrypted prior to being embedded. The data may be compressed when embedding the watermark. The watermark embedding process may be handled via a secure embedded processor and/or secure code. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011006 | ASYMMETRIC WATERMARK EMBEDDING/EXTRACTION - Methods and devices are provided to embed imperceptible watermarks into a host content and to subsequently extract embedded watermarks in a manner so as to achieve desired levels of robustness, transparency and security. For a particular host content, a first number of embedding opportunities are used to insert watermarks, which is less than a number of all embedding opportunities within the host content. Watermarks are extracted from a first number of watermark extraction opportunities, which is less than a number of all watermark extraction opportunities associated with the host content. The relationship between the first number of embedding opportunities, the first number of watermark extraction opportunities and the number of all watermark extraction opportunities is such that a circumvention attempt that overwrites watermarks at all extraction opportunities degrades perceptual quality of the host content below a desired perceptual quality level. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011007 | USING CAMERA SIGNATURES FROM UPLOADED IMAGES TO AUTHENTICATE USERS OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM - Users of an online system are authenticated based on signatures of cameras that were used to capture images uploaded to the online system. Users of an online system upload photos taken from their cameras. The online system extracts characteristic information about the camera that captured the photos. This information includes a mapping of faulty pixels, metadata included with the photos, a naming convention, and the like. The online system stores an association between the user and the camera. This association is used for authentication of the user. For authentication, the user is asked to upload new photos taken from the camera that the user used previously. The information extracted from the newly uploaded photos is matched against stored information of cameras used previously by the user. The user is successfully authenticated if the camera used for the newly uploaded photos matches a previously stored camera. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTED ON A MEDIA PLAYING DEVICE - A computing device executing a server engine receives a digital fingerprint created from a segment of a work, the work being a single rendering, the segment being less than an entirety of the work, and the digital fingerprint being based on perceptual features of the segment. The computing device compares the digital fingerprint to a plurality of digital fingerprints from a plurality of known works to identify a known work of the plurality of known works that corresponds to the work. The computing device transmits content-related data associated with the known work to a client device. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011009 | RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY AND REMOTE COMPUTING AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A recognition system based on augmented reality and remote computing includes a terminal touch screen, a terminal processing unit, a remote database, and a remote computing unit. The terminal touch screen fetches a recognition characteristic of an object to be recognized. The terminal processing unit transmits the recognition characteristic and an icon of an application program required to be executed to the remote computing unit. The remote database stores data corresponding to the recognition characteristic of the object to be recognized. The remote computing unit receives the recognition characteristic and the icon, fetches name and address information from the remote database according to the recognition characteristic and the icon, and transmits the name and address information to the terminal processing unit to make a terminal module enter the application program. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011010 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A 3D image processing device comprising: an object detecting unit, for detecting a first location for an object in a first image and a second location for the object in a second image; a disparity determining unit, coupled to the object detecting unit, for computing a disparity result for the object between the first image and the second image according to the first location and the second location; a displacement computing unit, coupled to the disparity determining unit, for computing a first displacement distance of the first image and a second displacement distance of the second image according to the disparity result; and a displacement unit, coupled to the displacement computing unit, for moving the first image and the second image to generate a first displaced image and a second displaced image, according to the first displacement distance and the second displacement distance. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011011 | Insect Image Recognition and Instant Active Response - A device for detecting insects on substrates such as lettuce and other leaves. The device has a microscope lens which magnifies a portion of the leaf and send an image of the leaf portion to an image recognition system. If the image recognition system detects the presence of an insect—further steps are taken to remove the insect. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011012 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - When scores of classifiers for discriminating an image to be discriminated are sequentially obtained in a predetermined order, positions of saturated pixels in the image to be discriminated are detected. For each classifier which outputs the score based on pixel values at the detected position, the score is obtained by obtaining a value determined based on a difference between a discontinuing threshold set in advance correspondingly to the identified classifier and a discontinuing threshold set in advance correspondingly to a classifier immediately before the identified classifier. For each of the other classifiers, the score is obtained by obtaining an output obtained by applying the classifier to the image to be discriminated. A sum of the scores obtained so far is compared with the discontinuing threshold. If the sum exceeds the discontinuing threshold, the score of the next classifier is obtained. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011013 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND FEATURE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS - It is an object to measure a position of a feature around a road. An image memory unit stores images in which neighborhood of the road is captured. Further, a three-dimensional point cloud model memory unit | 2013-01-10 |
20130011014 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of performing a surveillance of a plurality of surveillance zones operable using a computerised system communicably interfaced with a plurality of input devices, each of the plurality of surveillance zones being monitored by at least one of the plurality of input devices, the method including the steps of: (i) the computerised system receiving input data captured by each of the plurality of input devices, the received input data representing characteristics of the surveillance zones under surveillance by the respective input devices; (ii) the computerised system comparing at least one characteristic of each surveillance zone against at least one surveillance ranking parameter; (iii) the computerised system assigning priority rating values to the results of each comparison between the at least one characteristic and the at least one surveillance ranking parameter. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011015 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATON DEVICE, BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM, AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD - A biometric authentication device that authenticates a user using biological features of the user, the biometric authentication device includes: an illumination unit configured to illuminate a target which represents the biological features; an image sensor configured to obtain a first captured image by capturing the target illuminated by the illumination unit, and obtain a second captured image by capturing the target not illuminated by the illumination unit; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from a storage unit a mask which has a target area approximating the shape of the target in the first and second captured images obtained by the image sensor; and a detection unit configured to detect light other than illumination light illuminated by the illumination unit based on the mask acquired by the acquisition unit and at least one of the first and second images. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011016 | DETECTION OF OBJECTS IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A method to detect objects in a digital image. At least one image representing at least one frame of a video sequence is received. A given color channel of the image is extracted. At least one blob that stands out from a background of the given color channel is identified. One or more features are extracted from the blob. The one or more features are provided to a plurality of pre-learned object models each including a set of pre-defined features associated with a pre-defined blob type. The one or more features are compared to the set of pre-defined features. The blob is determined to be of a type that substantially matches a pre-defined blob type associated with one of the pre-learned object models. At least a location of an object is visually indicated within the image that corresponds to the blob. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011017 | METHOD OF OBTAINING SPATIAL IMAGES ON DEMAND - Provided is a method of obtaining spatial images on demand. The server segments a spatial image into a plurality of regions to detect an isolated region whose continuity with peripheral regions is less than a threshold value, generates geographic information corresponding to the detected isolated region, and generates a capture request message including the generated geographic information. In addition, the capture request message may be transmitted to at least one terminal using unicast scheme, a multicast scheme, an anycast scheme, or a broadcast scheme. The capture request message may comprise a capture condition value such as a capture direction, a capture angle, a capture time, a zoom information and an exposure value. At least one terminal which meets the capture condition value within the capture request message transmits a captured image to the server. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011018 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus which estimates a three-dimensional position-and-orientation of a measuring object using an imaging apparatus capable of capturing a two-dimensional image and a range image, includes a data storing unit configured to store verification data for estimating a position-and-orientation of a measuring object, a two-dimensional image input unit configured to input a two-dimensional image captured by the imaging apparatus in a first position-and-orientation, a range image input unit configured to input a range image captured by the imaging apparatus in a second position-and-orientation, a position-and-orientation information input unit configured to acquire position-and-orientation difference information which is relative position-and-orientation information in the first position-and-orientation and the second position-and-orientation, and a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the position-and-orientation difference information, a position-and-orientation of the measuring object so that the verification data for estimating the position-and-orientation matches the two-dimensional image and the range image. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011019 | METHOD FOR MONITORING MOVEMENTS OF GROUND - The invention relates to a method of surveying movements of a terrain. The invention is characterized by the fact that the method comprises:
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20130011020 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes an image input portion, a motion vector acquisition portion and a distortion component estimation portion. The image input portion inputs a plurality of frame images. The motion vector acquisition portion acquires an amount of parallel movement between two frame images. The distortion component estimation portion performs approximation such that a motion matrix indicating a motion between the frame images consists only of a parallel movement component and a rolling shutter distortion component, uses the amount of parallel movement to calculate, for each of the frame images, a tentative distortion coefficient included in the rolling shutter distortion component and uses the plurality of tentative distortion coefficients calculated to estimate a distortion coefficient. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011021 | IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD - An image analysis apparatus includes a moving image input unit which accepts an input of a moving image of a subject irradiated with X-rays, a determination unit which analyzes the previous frame and current frame of the moving image, and determines based on the analysis result whether or not any of a change in relative position between an exposure field of the X-rays and an observation portion of the subject, a change in imaging condition of the moving image, and a change in observation portion of the subject is detected, and a feature amount setting unit which sets feature amounts extracted from the current frame in the current frame when the determination unit determines that any of the changes is detected, and sets feature amounts set in the previous frame in the current frame when the determination unit determines that no change is detected. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011022 | Method and Computer Program Product for Extracting Feature Vectors from a Palm Image - A method for extracting feature vectors from a palm image includes the steps of: determining a palm contour in the palm image, and labeling pixels on the palm contour as contour pixels in order along the palm contour; determining a rotation angle of the palm contour relative to a coordinate system; obtaining corrected contour pixels to offset the rotation angle; determining a plurality of feature points from the corrected contour pixels; obtaining a plurality of sub-images from the palm image with reference to the feature points, one of the sub-images corresponding to a palm center and another one of the sub-images corresponding to a corresponding palm finger; and determining the feature vectors with reference to the sub-images, each of the feature vectors corresponding to a corresponding one of the sub-images. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011023 | REFLEXIVE IRIS TEMPLATE - A system, method and program product for providing a reflexive data collection system. A system is provided that includes: a system for defining a set of environmental conditions; a device for automatically implementing the set of environmental conditions; a system for collecting biometric data under the set of environmental conditions; and a system for encoding the biometric data and the set of environmental conditions into a reflexive template. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011024 | FACILITATING FACE DETECTION WITH USER INPUT - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for improving face detection in an image. A user may select a first eye location while viewing the image (e.g., per red-eye reduction) and a first indication of user input, comprising the location selected by the user, can be received. The first eye location in the image can then be used to determine a face location in the image (and a second user indicated eye location can be used as well). The location of the face can be identified in the image, and the image with the identified face location can be provided to a face detection and/or recognition operation, for example. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011025 | Method of Establishing Application-related Communication between Mobile Electronic Devices, Mobile Electronic Device, Non-transitory Machine Readable Media thereof, and Media Sharing Method - When a host mobile electronic device and a client mobile electronic device connect to each other for at least a second time, the client mobile electronic device refers to an entry corresponding to the host mobile electronic device for retrieve required information to wirelessly connect to the host mobile electronic device and to connect to an application installed on the host mobile electronic device under authentication. Therefore, the client mobile electronic device can be relieved from the burden of requesting required information for authentication repeatedly. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011026 | Optical Data Transmission System - A data transmission between a device and a first and a second optical maintenance port involves a transmission reflector in the form of a solid-state bound data line having a gap and a Y coupler. This allows recording of the communication between the device to be read out and the first optical maintenance port in real time by means of the second optical port. Likewise, communication by means of electromagnetic energy is possible between the first and the second optical maintenance ports. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING A MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS - A method composing a medical image analysis, includes the steps of: retrieving anatomical findings captured in a medical report by an information extraction module; providing at least one anatomical knowledge model including a plurality of concepts and a plurality of relationship between the plurality of concepts; mapping at least one anatomical finding of the medical re-port by at least one of the plurality of concepts by a mapping component, thereby locating the anatomical findings in the context of the anatomical knowledge model; and; representing the anatomical findings in the context of the anatomical knowledge model within an anatomical model by a visualization component. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011028 | IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - The image diagnostic apparatus includes: acquisition means | 2013-01-10 |
20130011029 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CONTOURS IN AN IMAGE - A method of processing an image is disclosed. The method comprises: decomposing the image into a plurality of different resolutions; and for each resolution, processing the image at the resolution to extract edge-orientation information; utilizing the edge-orientation information for identifying contours in the image; and transmitting at least the identified contours to a computer-readable medium. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011030 | Method and System for Device Detection in 2D Medical Images - A method and system for device detection in a 2D medical image is disclosed. In order to account for shape variation of a 3D object in a 2D imaging plane, a hierarchical tree-structured array of trained classifiers is used to detect a 3D object, such as a pigtail catheter in a 2D medical image, such as a fluoroscopic image. The hierarchical tree-structured array of trained classifiers increases a dimensionality of the search space with each hierarchical level, and as the search space is increased, the classification is split into object sub-classes using trained classifiers independently trained for each sub-class. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTING SURGICAL SAMPLES - One method for counting surgical samples comprises: identifying a physical sample in a field of view of an optical sensor; indexing a sample counter for the identified physical sample; extracting a feature from a portion of the field of the view of the optical sensor; and estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in a portion of the physical sample based upon the extracted feature. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011032 | Systems and Methods for Ridge Selection in Scalograms of Signals - According to embodiments, systems, devices, and methods for ridge selection in scalograms are disclosed. Ridges or ridge components are features within a scalogram which may be computed from a signal such as a physiological (e.g., photoplethysmographic) signal. Ridges may be identified from one or more scalograms of the signal. Parameters characterizing these ridges may be determined Based at least in part on these parameters, a ridge density distribution function is determined A ridge is selected from analyzing this ridge density distribution function. In some embodiments, the selected ridge is used to determine a physiological parameter such as respiration rate. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011033 | CARDIAC VIEW RECOGNITION AND DISEASE RECOGNITION - A method for recognizing heart diseases in a cardiac echo video of a heart with an unknown disease using a spatio-temporal disease model derived from a training echo video, comprising the steps of: generating a plurality of training models for heart diseases, wherein the cardiac echo videos are each derived from a known viewpoint and the disease of the heart is known; analyzing the video of the heart with the unknown disease by fitting a model of shape and motion for each frame and combining the results across the frames; and, reporting the disease using a classification method for choosing among the diseases of interest. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011034 | Controller User Interface for a Catheter Lab Intravascular Ultrasound System - A touchpad controller for a componentized intravascular ultrasound system is disclosed for acquisition and display of intravascular information in a catheter lab environment. The system includes a patient interface module (PIM) adapted to hold a catheter having an imaging probe located near a distal end, a control panel, a monitor for displaying images and patient data, and a processing unit. The touchpad controller facilitates use beneath a sterile drape and sensitivity to gloved touch. Furthermore, the touchpad controller is sized for handheld use during an imaging session. A rail mount facilitates easy attachment of the touchpad controller alongside a patient table. | 2013-01-10 |