06th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110035128 | Electronic device for prevention and control of the street accidents risks attributable to the use of alcohol and/or their associated substances - An electronic device related to the air composition in the car's compartment in general, purposed for the prevention and control of the street accident risks attributable to the use of alcohol and/or of associated substance taking one or more environment sensors (S | 2011-02-10 |
20110035129 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a braking means for applying a brake torque to each of a plurality of wheels of the vehicle, an avoidance control means for calculating a first target quantity, used for an avoidance control for applying the brake torque to each wheel via the braking means in order to avoid an emergency state of the vehicle, a stabilization control means for determining a target wheel, to which the brake torque is applied, out of the wheels and calculating a second target quantity used for a stabilization control for applying the brake torque to the target wheel in order to ensure a vehicle stability, and a brake control means for controlling the brake torque applied to a non-target wheel based on the first target quantity and controlling the brake torque applied to the target wheel based on the first and second target quantities. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035130 | TORQUE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AND FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A torque distribution control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a vehicle-speed detector configured to detect a vehicle speed of the vehicle. A wheel-speed detector is configured to detect wheel speeds of main driving wheels and sub-driving wheels of the vehicle. A sub-driving-wheel distribution-torque calculator is configured to calculate a sub-driving-wheel distribution torque in accordance with a rotation speed difference between the main driving wheels and the sub-driving wheels calculated based on an output from the wheel-speed detector. A torque limiter is configured to limit an upper limit of the sub-driving-wheel distribution torque. A controller is configured to control the sub-driving-wheel distribution torque to be transmitted to the right and left sub-driving wheels by right and left torque distribution clutches in accordance with a driving state of the vehicle. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035131 | SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A plurality of position data sets representing a plurality of points on a road ahead of a vehicle are acquired, and the degree of curvature of the road at each point is computed. On the basis of the degree of curvature, a constant curvature degree section of a curve is identified, and the degree of curvature and the end position of the constant curvature degree section are determined. In order to cause the vehicle to properly pass through the curve, curve deceleration control is executed on the basis of the actual vehicle speed, a proper vehicle speed determined from the degree of curvature, and the end position of the constant curvature degree section. That is, the curve deceleration control is performed on the basis of the start point of a section of a curve having the maximum degree of curvature and the constant degree of curvature of that section. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035132 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for automatically controlling an internal combustion engine, in which an axial displacement (s(t)) and an angle of rotation (w(t)) of a gas-exchange valve are measured during a valve stroke. A displacement deviation is computed from the displacement (s(t)) relative to a reference valve, and an angle of rotation deviation is computed from an initial value and an end value of the angle or rotation. The further operation of the internal combustion engine is set on the basis of the displacement deviation and the angle of rotation deviation. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035133 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A system and method are disclosed for controlling an internal combustion engine in which actual concentration of combusted gas in the intake is compared with desired concentration of combusted gas in the intake. When a difference is detected, at least one of start of injection timing and quantity of fuel injected is adjusted in accordance with the difference. The actual concentration of combusted gas in the intake is estimated based on engine sensors such as an oxygen sensor coupled to an engine intake. The adjustment of injection timing and/or quantity of fuel is performed, according to some embodiments, during a transition between a low temperature combustion mode and a standard diesel combustion mode. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035134 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus for a valve timing adjusting unit that adjusts valve timing of an engine. The control apparatus learns a reference position. The control apparatus computes an actual phase based on the learned reference position. The control apparatus computes a target phase based on an engine operational state. The control apparatus controls a hydraulic actuator to perform a phase control based on a difference between the target phase and the actual phase. The control apparatus determines whether the lock mechanism is under an abnormal state. When the control apparatus determines that the lock mechanism is under the abnormal state, the control apparatus is prohibited from performing the phase control that uses the reference position. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035135 | ACTIVE COAST AND CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS - An engine control system of the present disclosure comprises a target speed module and a coupling module. The target speed module determines a target speed of a vehicle based on a speed of the vehicle and at least one of an accelerator input and a speed control input. The coupling module controls coupling of an engine system and a drive system of the vehicle based on the speed and the target speed. The engine system transfers torque to the drive system when coupled and does not transfer torque to the drive system when decoupled. In other features, the engine control system further comprises a torque control module that controls torque output by the engine system based on the coupling of the engine system and the drive system, the speed, and the target speed. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035136 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An engine ECU executes a program including: a step of estimating the occluded amount of NOx if an engine is self-rotating and a catalyst temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature Ta( | 2011-02-10 |
20110035137 | VEHICLE OPERATION DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, VEHICLE OPERATION DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Vehicle operation diagnostic devices, methods, and programs detect an idling stop of a vehicle. The devices, methods, and programs acquire a fuel consumption required for an engine of the vehicle to start, and acquire, if the idling stop is detected, an amount of fuel consumed if idling were to be continued during a period in which the idling stop is performed. The devices, methods, and programs determine whether a fuel consumption reduction effect is obtained based on the engine-start fuel consumption and the fuel consumption if idling were to be continued, and provide guidance based on the determination of whether the fuel consumption reduction effect is obtained. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVE ROUTING THROUGH CONGESTED AREAS USING CONGESTION PREDICTION METRICS - A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of, or to automatically control, the movement of trains through the system. Alternative routes through congested areas are automatically selected using congestion prediction metrics. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035139 | System for Monitoring Vehicle Use - A system for monitoring of vehicles and particularly heavy vehicles and their compliance with specific network (e.g. road) access conditions uses vehicle telematics solutions. The system includes an in-vehicle unit (IVU) associated with a vehicle being monitored. The IVU includes a receiver for receiving positioning signals, a processor for processing a time-marked log of vehicle data, a storage element for storing the time-marked log and a first wireless communication element for communicating time marked data to a Service Provider (SP) processing apparatus. One or more Service Providers operate Service Provider (SP) processing apparatus. The SP processing apparatus include a SP wireless communication element for receiving time-marked data from one or more IVUs and a SP processor for processing received data. The SP processor is adapted to compare received data from the time-marked log of a vehicle with one or more vehicle-use conditions applicable to that vehicle, and to generate a non-compliance report where the comparison indicates that non-compliant activity has occurred. A SP storage element stores non-compliance reports and relevant time-marked data. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035140 | Vehicle sensing system utilizing smart pavement markers - A roadway system is described, consisting of enhance, smart pavement markers. These smart pavement markers contain elements such as motion sensors, solar cells, radio receiver/transmitters, active lighting and processing capability. These markers can be configured in many ways, including as vehicle speed sensors, and information display systems. Such pavement marker systems can be installed with little or no roadway infrastructure preparation and may be useful for traffic data collection, law enforcement, and vehicle safety applications. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035141 | DISPLAYING ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITION INFORMATION AND USER CONTROLS - Techniques are described for displaying or otherwise providing information to users regarding various types of road traffic condition information in various ways. The information may be provided, for example, as part of a user interface (or “UI”), which may in some situations further include one or more types of user-selectable controls to allow a user to manipulate in various ways what road traffic condition information is displayed and/or how the information is displayed. A variety of types of road traffic condition information may be presented to users in various manners, including by presenting information on graphically displayed maps for geographic areas to indicate various information about road conditions in the geographic area. In addition, provided controls may allow users to select particular times, select particular routes, indicate to perform animation of various types of changing traffic conditions over a sequence of multiple successive times, etc. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035142 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH SINGLE INITIATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a single selection for a desired item; generating a destination for the desired item with a prioritization and a learned knowledge of a user's behavior for improving an accuracy of the destination that is generated; and calculating a route to the destination based solely on the single selection for reducing danger from distraction by entering multiple entries and for displaying the route on a device and the single selection is an only entry before displaying the route. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIP PLANNING AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method and an apparatus for trip planning and a recording medium are provided. The method is suitable for a mobile device having a touch screen. In the method, a trip plan panel comprising a plurality of waypoint blocks arranged according to an arrangement sequence is displayed on the touch screen. Then, a touch operation of dragging executed between a point of interest (POI) and the trip plan panel is received, so as to input the POI in one of the waypoint blocks. Finally, according to the arrangement sequence of the waypoint blocks, a path between the POIs in the way point blocks is planned. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035144 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND OPERATION PART DISPLAY METHOD - A navigation apparatus which accepts an operation of an operation button displayed on a display part, the navigation apparatus including: a vehicle operation detector detecting a vehicle operation when the vehicle travels; a driver characteristics learning mechanism learning driver characteristics of a driver based on the driver operation information; and a display manner changing mechanism changing a display manner of the operation button according to a learning result of the driver characteristics learning mechanism. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035145 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - When setting a spot by designating a desired position on a map displayed on a display unit, a spot setting menu picture is displayed in the vicinity of the designated position, thereby improving the visibility of a positional relation to improve operability. A navigation device ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110035146 | DISTRIBUTED TRAFFIC NAVIGATION USING VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION - A method for distributed traffic navigation in a vehicular network is presented. At each vehicle entering the network, information associated with the vehicular network is acquired and stored, and destination addresses are broadcasted as route requests. At each vehicle in the network, the stored information is updated through vehicle to vehicle communication. At each junction, a header vehicle is selected for listening for broadcasts to determine the presence of a matrix. If the matrix is not present, the matrix is initialized based on the stored information of the header vehicle. The header vehicle further estimates travel time on the road segments based on the matrix, calculates a backlog indicator based on the segment travel time and the route requests. The header vehicle further updates the matrix and generates a route based on the matrix. The matrix is broadcasted from the header vehicle. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035147 | METHOD OF DETERMINING VEHICLE ROUTE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method of determining a vehicle route includes the steps of calculating a current location; memorizing ramp section definition information, a main road route tilt attribute, and a bifurcation route tilt attribute, per ramp section; ramp section determining whether or not the current location of an own vehicle is in the ramp section based on the current location information; detecting pitch angle rate information, which is tilt change in a traveling direction of the own vehicle, by a sensor; determining a tilt attribute of a driving route by sampling the pitch angle rate information in a predetermined sampling period for integration; defining a table for a route determination result corresponding to the tilt attribute determined by the tilt attribute determination step, the main road route tilt attribute, and the bifurcation route tilt attribute; and determining a vehicle route to obtain the route determination result referring to the table. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035148 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device includes a route searching unit for searching for a whole route leading to a destination via waypoints set by a setting unit, a route guidance unit for carrying out route guidance according to the whole route, an output unit for outputting a message showing that a vehicle has deviated from a route leading to a first next waypoint toward which the vehicle has been heading when the route guidance unit determines that the vehicle has deviated from the route to a predetermined distance or more and is traveling along a route after the first next waypoint, and an input unit for inputting a command indicating whether or not to travel via the first next waypoint in response to the message outputted by the output unit. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035149 | FLIGHT TECHNICAL CONTROL MANAGEMENT FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - Two architectures for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a method for executing a mission plan are provided. One architecture for a UAV includes a flight command and mission execution (FCME) component making strategic decisions, a flight technical control manager (FTCM) making tactical decisions and a vehicle management system (VMS) providing navigational support. The FCME and FTCM execute on one processor and the VMS executes on a separate processor. The second architecture includes redundant processors for executing the FCME and FTCM as well as redundant processors for executing the VMS. The UAV executes a mission plan, which may include flight plan(s), communication plan(s), weapons plan(s), sensor plan(s), and/or contingent flight plan(s). The UAV may control various optical sensors, training sensors, and lights as well. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035150 | SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR DYNAMIC PATH PLANNING AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE - A system and method for dynamically mapping the position and speed of objects around a vehicle for collision avoidance purposes. The method determines the velocity of the vehicle in at least two orthogonal directions along with the position of the vehicle. From this information, a distance function map of the vehicle is created in a predefined area that includes a distance value at concentric locations from the vehicle. The distance function map is combined with distance function maps from all of the objects in the predefined area to determine whether a potential collision exists between the particular vehicle and any of the other objects. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035151 | SUBSURFACE NUCLEAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and related systems are described for use for making subterranean nuclear measurements. The system can include a plurality of elongated scintillator members each generating optical signals in response to ionizing radiation. Optical detector units can be optically coupled to at least one end of each elongated scintillator member so as to detect optical signals from each elongated scintillator member. The system can be suitable for permanent or semi-permanent deployment downhole. For example, the system can operate for more than six months in a subterranean deployment measuring cosmic radiation. The system can be suited to monitor density changes in subterranean regions of interest, for example, density changes brought about by steam injection as part of a steam assisted gravity drainage operation. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035152 | AUTONOMOUS WELLBORE NAVIGATION DEVICE - A borehole apparatus capable of autonomously estimating its position in a borehole and controlling the actions of a downhole tool located in the borehole. The apparatus comprising a body, at least one measurement device capable of measuring a parameter of the borehole or the distance traveled by the device, a computer system located in the body, and a power system. The computer system comprises a processor arranged to receive data from the at least one measurement device and to calculate the position of the apparatus in the borehole, and a data storage device capable of storing data that have been processed by the processor and for storing instructions to control the actions of the downhole tool. The computer system is configured to process the data gathered from the at least one measurement device to estimate the position of the downhole device using a Bayesian approach and configured to provide output signals to control an action of the downhole tool dependant on the position of the apparatus in the borehole. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035153 | WELLBORE LOGGING PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for correcting a measurement of a property of a subsurface material includes: selecting an instrument that includes a test circuit and a separate sensor, the test circuit configured for providing a standard for referencing to generate correction information, the sensor configured for: transmitting an electric signal into the subsurface material; and receiving a data signal from the subsurface material; wherein the test circuit and the sensor are switchably coupled to an electronics unit of the instrument; receiving the electric signal from the test circuit in the electronics unit; using the electronics unit, measuring at least one output characteristic of the instrument; and applying the correction information to the data signal according to the measured output characteristic. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035154 | UTILIZING SALTS FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE - Aspects of the invention include methods of contacting carbon dioxide with an aqueous mixture. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, a subterranean brine may be contacted with carbon dioxide to produce a reaction product, which may or may not be further processed as desired. Also provided are methods in which a brine or minerals are contacted with an aqueous composition. Aspects of the invention further include compositions produced by methods of the invention as well as systems for practicing methods of the invention. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035155 | PROTEIN AGGREGATION PREDICTION SYSTEMS - We describe methods for identifying aggregation-prone regions in structured—that is folded—proteins. Embodiments of the method use a local propensity for aggregation (A | 2011-02-10 |
20110035156 | Method of evaluating gastric cancer, gastric cancer-evaluating apparatus, gastric cancer-evaluating method, gastric cancer-evaluating system, gastric cancer-evaluating program and recording medium - According to the method of evaluating gastric cancer of the present invention, amino acid concentration data on the concentration value of amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and a gastric cancer state in the subject is evaluated based on the concentration value of at least one of Asn, Cys, His, Met, Orn, Phe, Trp, Pro, Lys, Leu, Glu, Arg, Ala, Thr, and Tyr contained in the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035157 | BIOMASS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD AND USE OF AN ELECTRONIC CHIP ELEMENT FOR MEASURING SAID BIOMASS CONCENTRATION - The invention relates to devices and methods for measuring a concentration of a biomass suspended in a medium. Embodiments of the device include a substrate capable of being immersed in the medium, at least two electrodes integrated in the substrate, and a processing and control circuit electromagnetically coupled to the at least two electrodes. The processing and control circuit is configured to apply an electrical potential to the at least two electrodes, the applied electrical potential generating a stationary electric charge that leads to the appearance of an electrical double layer on a surface of one of the at least two electrodes and that causes a biomass electrostatic adhesion on the surface, measure a change in capacitance of the electrical double layer in response to the biomass electrostatic adhesion, and determine the concentration of the biomass using a calibration curve that correlates the change in capacitance with the concentration. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035158 | METHODS OF AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF CELLULAR STRESS AND DAMAGE RESULTING FROM RADIATION EXPOSURE - Methods of and devices for detecting a measurable characteristic of the gas sample. The methods and devices are able to detect a value of or a change of measurable characteristic (e.g., such as chemical concentrations), a change of chemical compositions and/or biological responses of a living organism that are induced by a stressor. The biological responses are able to include cellular stress, damage, and immune responses. The stressor is able to include an exposure to ionizing radiation. The effects of the stressors are able to be monitored in terms of changes in the chemical concentrations and chemical compositions in an exhaled breath. The chemicals are able to function as bio-markers. The chemicals that are to be monitored are able to include nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ethane, and other molecules related to specific disease resulting from the stressor. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035159 | CORRECTING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS FROM PARALLEL MEASUREMENT DEVICES - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for correcting data sets from microarray measurements of gene expression values made with several different microarray versions. The method comprises obtaining data sets ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110035160 | Multi-Channel Bio Reactor with Fluorescence Detector and On-Line Monitoring Apparatus of It - Disclosed is a multi-channel bio reactor with fluorescence detector which measures various bio-chemical materials using fluorescence analysis, and an on-line monitoring apparatus of it. The multi-channel bio reactor with fluorescence detector comprises a light source | 2011-02-10 |
20110035161 | ANALOG SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND GAMMA RAY DETECTOR WITH TARGETED AUTOMATED GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY - An analog signal measurement system and a gamma ray detector with targeted automated gamma spectroscopy for gamma radiation surveillance system are disclosed. The analog signal measurement system has dynamically programmable lower and upper level discriminators for measuring an analog signal thereagainst, and logic devices for receiving input from the discriminators to generate digital signals. The gamma ray detector comprises a gamma ray detector for converting a gamma ray photon into an analog pulse, and a single channel analyzer or the analog signal measurement system. The gamma ray detector further includes dynamically programmable lower and upper level discriminators for converting the analog pulse generated from the gamma ray detector into a digital signal, a resettable programmatically controlled counter for counting the digital signal and a computing device that controls the lower and upper level discriminators for defining a gamma ray energy window and measures gamma count rate for that energy window. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035162 | System for Investigating Collisions Between Test Body and Physical Structure - A device for investigating a collision between a test body and a physical structure, wherein the device comprises a mounting unit for mounting the test body, an electric drive unit adapted for mechanically driving the mounting unit and the test body mounted thereon, and a control unit adapted for controlling the electric drive unit to accelerate the test body mounted on the mounting unit and for controlling release of the test body from the mounting unit to direct the accelerated test body towards the physical structure for collision, wherein the device is adapted so that the mounting unit and the test body mounted thereon are mechanically driven exclusively by the electric drive unit. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035163 | PARTICULATE FLOW SENSING FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT - An impact sensor is located in a distribution tower which divides the seed and/or nutrient flow into individual rows, and a second sensor provides a compensation signal dependent upon one or more variables such as the velocity of the air in the conveying system, implement vibrations. As the seed/fertilizer bounces off of the impact sensor and flows into the individual row air streams, the impact sensor provides a force signal to a processor which calculates the total particulate mass flow rate from the force signal and the air velocity signal. To determine individual seed and fertilizer rates, a rate controller temporarily changes the metering rate of one of the materials, and the processor then calculates the desired information from the mass flow change and meter speed change. Another embodiment includes seed sensor structure at the meter output for achieving or confirming accuracy. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035164 | FLUID CONSUMPTION CALCULATION DEVICE, FLUID CONSUMPTION CALCULATION SYSTEM, AND FLUID CONSUMPTION CALCULATION METHOD - Technology enabling a user to easily acquire the result of calculating the consumption of fluid used in a fluid discharge device is provided. A fluid consumption calculation device that calculates consumption of a fluid includes an input unit that receives information related to an output object; a discharge control unit that generates discharge data for a fluid used to form the output object using a fluid discharge device; an analysis unit that analyzes the discharge data; a calculation unit that uses information acquired from the analysis unit to calculate consumption of the fluid used to form the output object; and an output unit that generates and outputs output information using information acquired from the calculation unit. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035165 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A information processing apparatus | 2011-02-10 |
20110035166 | DRIVE TECHNIQUES FOR A DIGITAL FLOWMETER - Drive techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The drive techniques account for delays caused during digital signal processing of sensor signals that correspond to a motion of a flowtube, as well as drive signals that impart motion to the flowtube. Such delays may be caused by a variety of factors, including delays associated with analog/digital conversion of the signals and/or filtering of the signals. The techniques include open-loop techniques and closed-loop techniques, which can be used separately or together during the start-up and operation of the digital flowmeter. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035167 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - A structural health monitoring system using ASICs for signal transmission, reception, and analysis. Incorporating structural health monitoring functionality into one or more ASICs provides a durable yet small, lightweight, low cost, and portable system that can be deployed and operated in field conditions. Such systems provide significant advantages, especially in applications such as armor structures. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035168 | MULTICARRIER REFLECTOMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE DIAGNOSIS OF AT LEAST ONE TRANSMISSION LINE - A multi-carrier reflectometry device and method for on-line diagnosis of at least one transmission line. The device includes: a transmission part that includes successively: a module for parameterizing a test signal S | 2011-02-10 |
20110035169 | JITTER CALCULATING DEVICE, JITTER CALCULATING METHOD AND JITTER CALCULATING PROGRAM - A path of a signal extends from an initial point through first and second cells to an end point. The signal is supplied as a first signal to the first cell and outputted therefrom as a second signal. The signal is supplied as a third signal to the second cell and outputted therefrom as a fourth signal. First delay amounts of the signal in the first cell and a transition time of the second signal are calculated based on a transition time of the first signal and a voltage supplied to the first cell. Second delay amounts of the signal in the second cell and a transition time of the fourth signal are calculated similarly. Here, the transition time of the second signal is set to be a transition time of the third signal. Jitter values in the end point are calculated based on the first and second amounts. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035170 | Time-of-Flight Measurement Based on Transfer Function and Simulated Exponential Stimulus - Systems and methods are described for transmitting a waveform having a controllable attenuation and propagation velocity. An exemplary method comprises: generating an exponential waveform, the exponential waveform (a) being characterized by the equation V | 2011-02-10 |
20110035171 | Calibration of Optical Line Shortening Measurements - A system and method of calibrating optical line shortening measurements, and lithography mask for same. The lithography mask comprises a plurality of gratings, with a calibration marker disposed within each grating. The mask is used to pattern resist on a semiconductor wafer for purposes of measuring and calibrating line shortening. The pattern on the wafer is measured and compared to measurements made of the pattern on the mask. The difference gives the amount of line shortening due to flare, and may be used to calibrate line shortening measurements made using optical measurement tools. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS REPRESENTING ORIENTATION OF A SOLID IN MOVEMENT SUBJECT TO TWO VECTOR FIELDS - The system for determining parameters representing the orientation of a solid in movement subject to a first vector field and a second vector field—comprises a first triaxial sensor and a second triaxial sensor integral to said solid for measuring the components of said respective vector fields along the axes of said sensors, and means for determining the rotation matrix of the solid. Said means for determining said rotation matrix comprise:
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20110035173 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF DISPLACEMENT/POSITION MEASURING SYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF POTENTIOMETERS WITH A SLIDER TAP - The disclosure relates to a method for increasing the availability of displacement/position measuring systems on the basis of potentiometers with a slider tap in a closed control loop, the controller of which is formed by a microcontroller which is supplied with the position of the slider via an analog/digital converter. At least part of the sensor range of the potentiometer is scanned on request by presetting a sequence of manipulated variables and an available control loop variable which represents the position value at a high sampling rate outside process tasks is recorded, to determine the exact position of a defective slider position of the potentiometer by evaluating the variable. The reference variable of the control loop is overloaded in a defined manner within the process task such that the defective slider position is passed over during the displacement/position measurement and an intact slider position is reached. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035174 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN AN IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A controllable light source ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110035175 | METHOD FOR RATING SOLAR UNITS AND IMPLEMENTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to apparatus rating solar units and to a method for rating solar units that comprises multiple acquisition of at least one input parameter and a corresponding multiple acquisition of at least one output parameter in acquisition intervals, at least one acquisition interval being varied for purposes of subsequently acquiring at least one output parameter as a function of the minimum of one acquired input parameter. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035176 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TESTING INTEGRATED CMOS MAGNETORESISTIVE BIOCHIPS - An apparatus for automatically testing CMOS magnetoresistive biochips is disclosed. The apparatus includes: means for directly or indirectly applying physical pressure to the fluid pumping chamber in a cartridge; a liquid injector for injecting liquid into the reaction chamber in the cartridge through an inlet or inlets in fluid connection to said reaction chamber; a CMOS magnetoresistive biochip located in the reaction chamber in the cartridge; means for applying a magnetic field to said CMOS magnetoresistive biochip in the cartridge; an electronic module for communicating with and supplying power as well as control signals to said biochip; a microprocessor to control and coordinate the aforementioned components; and a user interface for information processing. The apparatus provided by the present invention reduces the complexity of operation and enhances the detection sensitivity to a great extent. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035177 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING - On a typical motherboard the processor and memory are separated by a printed circuit data bus that traverses the motherboard. Throughput, or data transfer rate, on the data bus is much lower than the rate at which a modern processor can operate. The difference between the data bus throughput and the processor speed significantly limits the effective processing speed of the computer when the processor is required to process large amounts of data stored in the memory. The processor is forced to wait for data to be transferred to or from the memory, leaving the processor under-utilized. The delays are compounded in a distributed computing system including a number of computers operating in parallel. The present disclosure describes systems, method and apparatus that tend to alleviate delays so that memory access bottlenecks are not compounded within distributed computing systems. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TEST FILE OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A system and method generates a test file of a print circuit board (PCB). The system and method loads trace information of the PCB into a storage system of a test computer, searches the storage system for the trace information matching keywords received and selects traces to test from the searched results. The system and method further acquires length and test points of each selected trace, and sets test parameters of each test item. In addition, the system and method generates a test file of the PCB according to the test parameters, the length, and the test points of each selected trace. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A testing system includes a server device and at least one testing station communicating with the server device. The server device includes a storage unit, a configuration module, and an executing module. The storage unit stores a testing task function database therein. The testing task function database includes a plurality of testing task functions, which are capable of controlling the at least one testing station. The configuration module is capable of setting a testing item corresponding to the at least one testing station and identification numbers of testing tasks to the testing item. Each identification number of the testing tasks corresponds to one of the testing task functions. The executing module is capable of reading the testing task functions from the testing task function database according to the identification numbers of the testing tasks and starting the testing task functions to control the least one testing station to test the electronic devices. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035180 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND SYSTEM ADAPTED TO DIAGNOSE OCCURRENCE OF COMMUNICATION ERROR - The diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing communication apparatuses connected thereto. The diagnostic apparatus periodically monitors a control data sent from the communication apparatuses and determines a communication apparatus to be diagnosed based on the monitoring result. The diagnostic apparatus is adapted to transmit a plurality of test signals to the communication apparatus to be diagnosed and the communication apparatus returns a response signal to the diagnostic apparatus as an acknowledge corresponding to the test signal. The diagnostic apparatus determines whether or not the response signal corresponding to the test signal is received within a predetermined period. The diagnostic apparatus diagnose whether or not a communication error occurs between the diagnostic apparatus and the communication apparatus based on the determining results. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING TEMPERATURE PROFILES OF A WHEEL - A method for inspecting a rail vehicle includes receiving signals representative of temperatures of a wheel of the rail vehicle and generating a sensed wheel temperature profile of the wheel based on the signals. At least a portion of the sensed wheel temperature profile is representative of the temperatures of the wheel. The method also includes identifying waveform attributes in the sensed wheel temperature profile and designating the sensed wheel temperature profile as at least one of a typical wheel profile and an atypical wheel profile based on the waveform attributes in the sensed wheel temperature profile. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035182 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING THE DENSITY OF MATERIAL INCLUDING A NON-NUCLEAR MOISTURE PROPERTY DETECTOR - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for measuring the density of a sample construction material. According to one aspect, a nuclear density gauge is disclosed for measuring the density of a sample construction material. The material measurement gauge includes a radiation source positioned for emitting radiation into a sample construction material. A radiation detector is positioned apart from the radiation source and configured to detect radiation from the sample construction material and to produce a signal representing the detected radiation. A non-nuclear moisture property detector is configured to determine a moisture property of the sample construction material and to produce a signal representing the moisture property. A material property calculation function is configured to calculate a property value associated with the sample construction material based upon the signals representing the detected radiation and the moisture property. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035183 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING POSITION - Sonic wave speed at a part is calculated considering the environment surrounding the part, sonic wave speed around the part is measured, and the accuracy of the position detection is improved. An ultrasonic wave transmitting device is arranged at a robot hand tip, hexahedrons which can contain the tip are set, and the ultrasonic wave transmitting-receiving devices are arranged at the top points thereof. Upon detecting the tip position, a top point that is close to the tip is selected as a specific point, and sonic wave speeds from other top points to this specific point are calculated. Based on these sonic wave speeds, sonic wave speed along a route from the tip to the specific point is calculated. Based on this sonic wave speed value and spread time of ultrasonic waves between the tip and the specific point, distance from the specific point to the tip is calculated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035184 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Monitoring Athletic Performance - Methods, systems, and products monitor athletic performance. Location information is acquired that indicates a device is in movement. A level of difficulty associated with the location information is retrieved and associated to a distance traversed during the movement. The distance traversed and the level of difficulty are stored in a database. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035185 | Sensor-based Tracking of Variable Locomotion - The invention relates to a method, device and system for the sensor-based tracking of a variable locomotion, and, in particular, to a method, device and system for acceleration-sensor based measurement of the highly erratic movement of a team sports player. The method comprises continuously measuring acceleration values corresponding to the locomotion of a person. For a single step of the person, a type of locomotion is determined by analyzing a temporal sequence of acceleration values of a portion of the acceleration values corresponding to the single step. Further, a swing time and at least one characterizing acceleration value are determined from the acceleration values for the single step and the step length is determined based on the type of locomotion, the swing time and the at least one characterizing acceleration value. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035186 | PORTABLE WIRELESS SENSOR - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a portable device. The portable device includes first and second sensors that respectively measure first and second fabrication process parameters. The first fabrication process parameter is different from the second fabrication process parameter. The portable device also includes a wireless transceiver that is coupled to the first and second sensors. The wireless transceiver receives the first and second fabrication process parameters and transmits wireless signals containing the first and second fabrication process parameters. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035187 | Scalable and Extensible Framework for Storing and Analyzing Sensor Data - In a framework for acquiring and analyzing data from a network of sensors, plug-in software interfaces are used to provide scalability and flexibility. Data collection set-up data is exchanged through one or more first plug-in software interfaces with data collection devices, to configure the processor to collect measurement data from the data collection devices. Analysis set-up data is exchanged through one or more second plug-in software interfaces with one or more data analysis software packages, to configure the processor to provide a predefined subset of the measurement data to the data analysis software packages and to accept analysis results from the data analysis software packages. Measurement data and analysis results are subsequently exchanged through the plug-in interfaces. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING TIME SERIES DATA - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining which one or more time series parameters of a plurality of time series parameters relating to operation of a system are correlated with a first operation state of the system. According to the invention, the method comprises providing time series data including data relating to a time series of each of the plurality of time series parameters; determining at least two first time periods, wherein the system is in the first operation state during the at least two first time periods; determining at least one second time period, wherein the system is in a second operation state during the at least one second time period; determining, for each respective time series parameter of the plurality of time series parameters, a first characteristic parameter relating to a first characteristic of the time series of the respective time series parameter for each of the at least two first time periods and the at least one second time period; and determining which one or more time series parameters of the plurality of time series parameters relating to the operation of the system are correlated with the first operation state of the system by determining, for each respective time series parameter of the plurality of time series parameters, whether or not the respective time series parameter is correlated with the first operation state of the system based on the first characteristic parameters of the respective time series parameter determined for each of the at least two first time periods and the at least one second time period. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035189 | SPECTROSCOPIC REFLECTOMETER - In a spectroscopic reflectometer, in order to make it possible to omit a supplementary measurement (specifically, measurement of a calibration sample) which has been needed every time a light reflectance of an inspection work is measured to promote the reduction in measurement time and simplification in measurement configuration, an internal reflection mechanism having a constant light reflectance is arranged inside a head so that light reflected by the internal reflection mechanism is received by a photo-detector, whereby the light reflectance of the inspection work is calculated based on an output value of the photo-detector in a state of having substantially no light introduced, an output value of the photo-detector when a dark sample that substantially reflects no light is used, an output value that is an output value of the photo-detector when a calibration sample of a known light reflectance is used as the object, and an output value of the photo-detector when an inspection work to be measured is used. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION - A method to achieve an accurate, extremely low power state classification implementation is disclosed. Embodiments include a sequence that matches the data flow from the sensor transducer, through analog filtering, to digital sampling, feature computation, and classification. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING QUALITY-VALUE OF IN-BUILDING MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A method of calculating a quality-value of a mobile communication service is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) loading an engineering design of the building into a memory of a computing device having a graphic user interface (GUI), ii) applying an engineering factor which influences a quality of the mobile communication service on the engineering design when a communication device, configured to provide the mobile communication service, is set up in the building; and iii) calculating, with a processor of the computing device, the quality-value of the mobile communication service based on the applied engineering factor. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035192 | Method Of Determining Shape Of Artificial Cementless Hip Prosthesis Stem - To propose a custom-made stem having the shape which displays high Fit and Fill by reflecting a personal figure characteristic of the femur on the computer calculation. A model is made from the femur to take surgical treatment, which does not need much time to calculate in spite of the fact that it complies with the characteristic of shape of the femur, particularly with the personal difference in the curvature thereof, which usually complicates the calculation. The several models are made which can be implanted in a deep hollow by calculating in the reverse course that the stem is pulled out of the deep hollow, to show some reliable models of these to a surgeon. With figuring out the movement peculiar to the stem for of the patient, an improved stem is made in a short time which meets demands of the surgeon. The stem, which is custom-made, can be confirmed beforehand that it agrees with the femur of the patient. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035193 | System and method for estimating density of a polymer - Systems and methods for predicting or calculating a virtual polymer property that is related to polymer architecture of a semi-crystalline polymer or calculating various virtual polymer properties related to polymer architecture as a means to design resins for particular end-use applications that require various mechanical and physical properties. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035194 | METHODS FOR SEARCHING FOR ARRANGEMENTS OF SHAPES SUBJECT TO BOUNDARY DISTANCE CONSTRAINTS AMONG THOSE SHAPES - This disclosure describes methods for searching for arrangements of shapes subject to boundary distance constraints among those shapes. The first embodiment includes constructing | 2011-02-10 |
20110035195 | ON-LINE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS - Method for on-line prediction of performance of an RO based desalination plant is disclosed. The method includes: (i) a mathematical model of the RO unit; (ii) on-line estimation of membrane physical parameters of the nonlinear mathematical model representing the RO unit; and (iii) analysis of the estimated membrane transport parameter with respect to time. Based on the analysis of these estimated parameters, plant operators can clean the membranes to restore the performance of the RO desalination plant. The method can be implemented in a computer based control system used for data acquisition and control of an RO based desalination plant. The method can help in maintaining the performance of the RO based desalination plants at a desired level and increase membrane life without affecting quality of permeate water produced. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035196 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING IF BOUNDARY DISTANCE CONSTRAINTS BETWEEN SHAPES ARE SATISFIED - This disclosure describes methods for determining if arrangements of shapes satisfy boundary distance constraints among those shapes. The first embodiment includes constructing | 2011-02-10 |
20110035197 | SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A screening method and apparatus, the method comprising irradiating a subject for screening with excitation radiation, collecting detector output data from a radiation detector located near the subject, and resolving individual signals in the detector output data by (i) determining a signal form of signals present in the data, (ii) making parameter estimates of one or more parameters of the signals, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least a signal temporal position, and (iii) determining the energy of each of the signals from at least the signal form and the parameter estimates. The screening time is shorter, dwell time is shorter, resolution is improved and/or throughput is increased. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035198 | IMAGING TECHNIQUE - The present invention relates to a method of characterising tissue function in a subject in need of such characterisation. The method comprises performing an imaging technique, on a voxel defined within a tissue space of interest, wherein image data is generated over a time period during which the subject inhales gases with at least two different partial pressures of a paramagnetic gas. A compartmental model algorithm is applied to the image data generated for the voxel to provide information on metabolic function of the tissue. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035199 | METHOD OF DETERMINING OPTICAL SENSOR COVERAGE - A method is provided of determining the coverage of at least one optical sensor in a three dimensional (3-D) area. The 3-D area is divided into cells. The field of view of the sensor in the 3-D area is determined and rays are projected from the sensor into the 3-D area within sensor's field of view. The intersections between the rays and the cells are determined and a visual display of the 3-D area is generated showing the coverage of the sensor, based on the intersections. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035200 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING FIXED CUTTER BITS AND BITS MADE USING SUCH METHODS - In one aspect, the invention provides a method for modeling the dynamic performance of a fixed cutter bit drilling earth formations. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a drill bit and an earth formation to be represented as drilled, simulating the bit drilling the earth formation. The simulation includes at least numerically rotating the bit, calculating bit interaction with the earth formation during the rotating, and determining the forces on the cutters during the rotation based on the calculated interaction with earth formation and empirical data. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035201 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING SPEED VERSUS ACCURACY OF COMPUTER PLATFORM SIMULATION - Executing a simulation of a computer platform, the simulation including simulation models. A dynamic quantum is accessed whose current value specifies a maximum number of units of execution a simulation model is allowed to perform without synchronizing with another simulation model. The dynamic quantum may be received from a user. Respective simulation models are invoked for execution with the current value of the dynamic quantum provided to each of the simulation models. The method also comprises modifying the value of the dynamic quantum based on a simulation event. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035202 | BEHAVIOUR MODEL FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for enabling generation of a behaviour model for at least a part of a communications network, which method utilizes a semantically rich ontology-based network model comprising an ontology of which instances represent different events/actions that may occur in the network, as well as probability information indicating the probabilistic correlation between said events/actions. The method comprises the step of creating, in a semantic ontology-based modelling language, a modelling entity having at least three properties of which: a first property is a reference to a first instance of said network model ontology, which first instance hence represents a first event/action; a second property is a reference to a second instance of said network model ontology, which second instance hence represents a second event/action; and a third property is a numerical value based on said probability information and representing the probability of said second event/action occurring given said first event/action. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035203 | SYSTEM LEVEL POWER EVALUATION METHOD - This invention relates to a system level power evaluation method in which detailed power macro-models (PMM) are created for operations of modules. These PMMs are stored in memory. A system level circuit description (SLCD) is evaluated using the PMMs stored in memory that are relevant to that SLCD and using other PMMs that are generated for operations of modules that do not have PMMs stored in memory. In this way, a highly accurate and computationally efficient power evaluation of the SLCD is possible. Furthermore, the user implementing the method may define a case, which relates to an operation of a module and has a PMM associated therewith, in a highly flexible manner that allows for more abstract analysis of the SLCD to be carried out. A case may relate to a single operation of a module, a plurality of operations of a module or operation(s) of a plurality of modules. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035204 | Layered Modeling for High-Level Synthesis of Electronic Designs - Methods and apparatuses for modeling and simulating a high-level circuit design are provided. With some implementations of the invention, a layered model corresponding to an algorithmic description for a circuit design is generated. The layered model includes a set of threads that describe the behavior of the circuit design, a schedule that describes timing constraints of the circuit design, and interfaces that facilitate the transfer of data between various layered models. With some implementations, a layered model may also include a shared variable that facilitates the transfer of data between ones of the set of threads within a layered model. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035205 | TECHNIQUES TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE SIMULATED INFORMATION - Techniques to automatically generate simulated information are described. A method comprises receiving by a processor a structured input file with definitions to generate simulated data for a simulation database, and producing by the processor a data generator program based on the structured input file, the data generator program arranged to generate the simulated data for the simulation database using multiple data generating sessions executed concurrently or sequentially. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035206 | System and Method for Generating Radiological Prose Text Utilizing Radiological Prose Text Definition Ontology - The present invention is generally directed to a method programmed in a computing environment for providing prose text reporting, utilizing a prose text definition ontology comprising linguistic knowledge and a base report domain ontology. A system and method are provided to define various aspects of radiological report information processing as concept properties represented by a vocabulary of one or more instances of ontology concepts and presented in prose text. Even further, a system and method are provided for consulting a radiological prose text definition ontology wherein radiological domain concepts and relationships may be expressed or further utilized by other application programs. Users are able to quickly, accurately and consistently consult and report radiological observations in unambiguous prose text. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035207 | TEXT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING TEXT DISPLAY PROGRAM - Disclosed is a text display apparatus including: a display section; a dictionary storage section to store dictionary information composed of a headword of a first language corresponded to description information of a second language; a text storage section to store text data of the first language; a text/translation display control section to display text data and to display a portion of the description information as an initial translated word in the second language; a selection section to select a word; a description information display control section to display the description information; and a translated word selection section to select a portion of the description information as a selected translated word, wherein the text/translation display control section includes a selected translated word discrimination display section to replace the initial translated word to display the selected translated word with a display form different from the initial translated word. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035208 | System and Method for Extracting Radiological Information Utilizing Radiological Domain Report Ontology and Natural Language Processing - A system and method that employs radiological report domain ontology and natural language processing to specify and model historical radiological information as knowledge is provided. The system and method trains a statistical probability based natural language processing system to recognize the semantics of a radiological domain. A methodology is provided to submit portions or the entire content of textual historical radiological report to a natural language processor wherein such data is interpreted and reported in a structured hierarchy. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035209 | Entry of text and selections into computing devices - Aids for improving the use of computing devices incorporating touch sensitive screens and other computing devices, including a method for correcting words incorrectly entered into a computing device which has the steps of: selecting as the word to be corrected one of the one or more words displayed on a computing device display screen during use of text entry software; entering text correction mode and leaving the text entry program; displaying the characters comprising the word to be corrected in such a way that each character can be selected individually by the user; selecting a character to be corrected or deleted, or a character adjacent where a missing character(s) will be inserted; correcting the character selected in the previous step (which can include deleting the character selected) or inserting a character(s); optionally repeating the last two steps to correct additional characters until the word selected to be corrected is changed to a corrected word to which no more changes or corrections need to be made; exiting correction mode and re-entering the text entry program; and replacing the word selected to be corrected with the corrected word. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035210 | CONDITIONAL RANDOM FIELDS (CRF)-BASED RELATION EXTRACTION SYSTEM - A system for extracting information from text, the system including parsing functionality operative to parse a text using a grammar, the parsing functionality including named entity recognition functionality operative to recognize named entities and recognition probabilities associated therewith and relationship extraction functionality operative to utilize the named entities and the probabilities to determine relationships between the named entities, and storage functionality operative to store outputs of the parsing functionality in a database. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035211 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RELATIVE FREQUENCY BASED PHRASE MINING - Example systems, methods, processes, and apparatus identify phrases in electronic information. One or more phrase dictionaries are created from content in one or more electronic documents. A relative frequency value is generated for each phrase in each of the one or more phrase dictionaries. The relative frequency value for a phrase is based at least in part on a comparison between a frequency of the phrase in the electronic document and a frequency of each individual word in the phrase. One or more phrases are selected based at least in part on a threshold and the relative frequency value generated for each phrase. The selected one or more phrases and the relative frequency values associated with each of the selected one or more phrases are output for graphical display to a user. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035212 | TRANSFORM CODING OF SPEECH AND AUDIO SIGNALS - In a method of perceptual transform coding of audio signals in a telecommunication system, performing the steps of determining transform coefficients representative of a time to frequency transformation of a time segmented input audio signal; determining a spectrum of perceptual sub-bands for said input audio signal based on said determined transform coefficients; determining masking thresholds for each said sub-band based on said determined spectrum; computing scale factors for each said sub-band based on said determined masking thresholds, and finally adapting said computed scale factors for each said sub-band to prevent energy loss for perceptually relevant sub-bands. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035213 | Method and Device for Sound Activity Detection and Sound Signal Classification - A device and method for estimating a tonality of a sound signal comprise: calculating a current residual spectrum of the sound signal; detecting peaks in the current residual spectrum; calculating a correlation map between the current residual spectrum and a previous residual spectrum for each detected peak; and calculating a long-term correlation map based on the calculated correlation map, the long-term correlation map being indicative of a tonality in the sound signal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035214 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD - Good sound quality as perceived by the ear is obtained even with few information bits. A shape quantizer ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110035215 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for signal processing and signal pattern recognition. According to some embodiments of the present invention, events in the signal to be processed/recognized may be used to pace or clock the operation of one or more processing elements. The detected events may be based on signal energy level measurements. The processing/recognition elements may be neuron models. The signal to be processed/recognized may be a speech signal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035216 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD FOR ALL LANGUAGES WITHOUT USING SAMPLES - The invention can recognize any several languages at the same time without using samples. The important skill is that features of known words in any language are extracted from unknown words or continuous voices. These unknown words represented by matrices are spread in the 144-dimensional space. The feature of a known word of any language represented by a matrix is simulated by the surrounding unknown words. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035217 | SPEECH-DRIVEN SELECTION OF AN AUDIO FILE - A system and method for detecting a refrain in an audio file having vocal components. The method and system includes generating a phonetic transcription of a portion of the audio file, analyzing the phonetic transcription and identifying a vocal segment in the generated phonetic transcription that is repeated frequently. The method and system further relate to the speech-driven selection based on similarity of detected refrain and user input. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035218 | Live Media Captioning Subscription Framework for Mobile Devices - A subscription-based system provides transcribed audio information to one or more mobile devices. Some techniques feature a system for providing subscription services for currently-generated (e.g., not stored) information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audio) for one or more mobile devices for a live/current audio event. There can be a communication network for communicating to the one or more mobile devices, a transcriber configured for transcribing the event to generate information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audio). Caption data includes transcribed data and control code data. The system includes a subscription gateway configured for live/current transfer of the transcribed data to the one or more mobile devices. The subscription gateway is configured to provide access for the transcribed data to the one or more mobile devices. User preferences for subscribers can be set and/or updated by mobile device users and/or GPS-capable mobile devices to receive feeds for the live/current audio event. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035219 | AUTOMATIC SPOKEN LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON PHONEME SEQUENCE PATTERNS - A language identification system that includes a universal phoneme decoder (UPD) is described. The UPD contains a universal phoneme set representing both 1) all phonemes occurring in the set of two or more spoken languages, and 2) captures phoneme correspondences across languages, such that a set of unique phoneme patterns and probabilities are calculated in order to identify a most likely phoneme occurring each time in the audio files in the set of two or more potential languages in which the UPD was trained on. Each statistical language models (SLM) uses the set of unique phoneme patterns created for each language in the set to distinguish between spoken human languages in the set of languages. The run-time language identifier module identifies a particular human language being spoken by utilizing the linguistic probabilities supplied by the one or more SLMs that are based on the set of unique phoneme patterns created for each language. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035220 | AUTOMATED COMMUNICATION INTEGRATOR - An apparatus includes a plurality of applications and an integrator having a voice recognition module configured to identify at least one voice command from a user. The integrator is configured to integrate information from a remote source into at least one of the plurality of applications based on the identified voice command. A method includes analyzing speech from a first user of a first mobile device having a plurality of applications, identifying a voice command based on the analyzed speech using a voice recognition module, and incorporating information from the remote source into at least one of a plurality of applications based on the identified voice command. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035221 | Monitoring An Audience Participation Distribution - Apparatus for monitoring an audience participation distribution at an event comprising a speech activity module operable to generate speech data representing speech detected at the event, a speaker identification module operable to determine, using the speech data, a first speaker who has contributed to the detected speech, and a processing unit operable to generate speaker data representing a value for the time that the first speaker has contributed to the detected speech and to output distribution data based on the speaker data representing a measure of the participation for the first speaker at the event. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035222 | SELECTING FROM A PLURALITY OF AUDIO CLIPS FOR ANNOUNCING MEDIA - Systems and methods for selecting one of several audio clips associated with a text item for playback are provided. The electronic device can determine which audio clip to play back at any point in time using different approaches, including for example receiving a user selection or randomly selecting audio clips. In some embodiments, the electronic device can intelligently select audio clips based on attributes of the media item, the electronic device operations, or the environment of the electronic device. The attributes can include, for example, metadata values of the media item, the type of ongoing operations of the electronic device, and environmental characteristics that can be measured or detected using sensors of or coupled to the electronic device. Different audio clips can be associated with particular attribute values, such that an audio clip corresponding to the detected or received attribute values are played back. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035223 | AUDIO CLIPS FOR ANNOUNCING REMOTELY ACCESSED MEDIA ITEMS - Systems and methods for retrieving and playing back audio clips for streamed or remotely received media items are provided. An electronic device can provide audio clips identifying media items at any suitable time, including for example to identify media items that are currently played back or available for playback. When the media items played back are not locally stored, the electronic device may not have a corresponding audio clip locally stored. In such cases, the electronic device can identify a streamed media item, and retrieve an audio clip corresponding to text items associated with the media item. For example, the electronic device can retrieve audio clips corresponding to the artist, title and album of the received media item. The electronic device can retrieve audio clips from any suitable source, such as a dedicated audio clip server or other remote source, a remote text-to-speech engine, or a locally stored text-to-speech engine. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESS RECOGNITION AND CORRECTION - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for parcel address recognition. A method includes receiving an address input and producing candidate address results corresponding to the address input. The method includes receiving operational scheme knowledge describing the mode of operation of a parcel processing system, and receiving at least one operational rule corresponding to the operational scheme knowledge. The method includes applying the at least one operational rule to the candidate address results and producing and storing a finalized result according to the operational rule and the candidate address results. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035225 | ENTROPY CODING USING ESCAPE CODES TO SWITCH BETWEEN PLURAL CODE TABLES - An audio encoder performs adaptive entropy encoding of audio data. For example, an audio encoder switches between variable dimension vector Huffman coding of direct levels of quantized audio data and run-level coding of run lengths and levels of quantized audio data. The encoder can use, for example, context-based arithmetic coding for coding run lengths and levels. The encoder can determine when to switch between coding modes by counting consecutive coefficients having a predominant value (e.g., zero). An audio decoder performs corresponding adaptive entropy decoding. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035226 | COMPLEX-TRANSFORM CHANNEL CODING WITH EXTENDED-BAND FREQUENCY CODING - An audio encoder receives multi-channel audio data comprising a group of plural source channels and performs channel extension coding, which comprises encoding a combined channel for the group and determining plural parameters for representing individual source channels of the group as modified versions of the encoded combined channel. The encoder also performs frequency extension coding. The frequency extension coding can comprise, for example, partitioning frequency bands in the multi-channel audio data into a baseband group and an extended band group, and coding audio coefficients in the extended band group based on audio coefficients in the baseband group. The encoder also can perform other kinds of transforms. An audio decoder performs corresponding decoding and/or additional processing tasks, such as a forward complex transform. | 2011-02-10 |
20110035227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL BY USING AUDIO SEMANTIC INFORMATION - An audio signal encoding method and apparatus and an audio signal decoding method and apparatus are provided. The audio signal encoding method includes: transforming an audio signal into a signal of a frequency domain; extracting semantic information from the audio signal; variably reconfiguring one or more sub-bands included in the audio signal by segmenting or grouping the one or more sub-bands using the extracted semantic information; and generating a quantized bitstream by calculating a quantization step size and a scale factor with respect to a reconfigured sub-band of the one or more sub-bands. | 2011-02-10 |