| 09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
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| 20090052678 | AUDIO TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD THEREOF - An audio test apparatus, and an exemplary audio test method that includes: processing an audio file through two independent channels; outputting no signals from a left channel and from a right channel in a first time period; receiving noise signals from the left and right channels; outputting single-frequency signals from the left channel only in a second time period; receiving the single-frequency signals from the left channel and crosstalk signals from the right channel; outputting multi-frequency signals from the left and right channels in a third time period; receiving the multi-frequency signals from the left and right channels; outputting single-frequency signals from the right channel only in a fourth time period; receiving the crosstalk signals from the left channel and the single-frequency signals from the right channel; and testing parameters according to the signals received during the four time periods. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052679 | Apparatus for fault detection for parallelly transmitted audio signals and apparatus for delay difference detection and adjustment for parallelly transmitted audio signals - Characteristic amounts in each small region of audio signals transmitted in the working system and the standby system are extracted by characteristic amount calculators | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING ROOM IMPULSE RESPONSE - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for modeling a room impulse response. A method of modeling a room impulse response according to an embodiment of the invention includes receiving a sound pressure signal that is obtained by a microphone when an impulse-typed sound source is excited and detecting a room impulse response; determining boundaries between a plurality of intervals of the room impulse response such that the room impulse response is divided into the plurality of intervals on a time domain; and modeling the room impulse response using a different modeling method for each of the plurality of divided intervals. According to this invention, when a room impulse response is modeled, it is possible to decrease the number of parameters while maintaining accuracy. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052681 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING AUDIO DATA, A PROGRAM ELEMENT, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052682 | Engine sound processing apparatus - An engine sound processing apparatus includes an engine sound signal generating section that generates an engine sound signal indicating an engine sound generated in an engine room of a vehicle, a signal processing section that includes a reverberation effect applying portion which applies a reverberation effect to the engine sound signal and a mixing portion which mixes the engine sound signal to which the reverberation effect is not applied and the engine sound signal to which the reverberation effect is applied, a reverberation effect controlling section that instructs the reverberation effect applying portion to apply the reverberation effect to the engine sound signal, a mixing balance setting section that sets a mixing balance in the mixing portion, and a speaker that outputs a sound on the basis of the engine sound signal being output from the signal processing section. In a case that both of an accelerator opening and an engine speed are increased, the mixing balance setting section controls an occupation rate of the second engine sound signal in the engine sound signal so as to be increased as the engine speed is increased. When other than the case, the mixing balance setting section controls the occupation rate of the second engine sound signal in the engine sound signal so as to become zero. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052683 | Echo cancellation - Implementations related to echo cancellation are depicted and described herein. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052684 | AUDIO CONFERENCING APPARATUS - Microphones arranged in an array shape along a longitudinal direction are respectively formed in both the longitudinal side surfaces of a housing | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052685 | Range-sensitive wireless microphone with out-of-range recording feature - A range-sensitive wireless-microphone method includes receiving an audio input, converting the received audio input into digital data, buffering the digital data, and transmitting the buffered digital data. The method also includes determining whether the transmitted buffered data was successfully received, responsive to a determination that the transmitted buffered data was successfully received deleting the transmitted buffered data, and, responsive to a determination that the transmitted buffered data was not successfully received, retaining the transmitted buffered data and repeating the transmitting step. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052686 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN INTERNAL MICROPHONE ARRAY - An electronic device includes a front cover, a circuit board, a plurality of flexible boots, a plurality of microphones, and an abutting mechanism. The front cover includes a plurality of wall portions, a plurality of storage spaces encircled by the wall portions, and a plurality of acoustic openings connecting to the storage spaces. The flexible boots are disposed in the storage spaces. The microphones are mounted on the circuit board and disposed in the boots. The abutting mechanism pushes the circuit board toward the front cover to squeeze the flexible boot. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052687 | Method and apparatus for determining and indicating direction and type of sound - A method and apparatus for determining the direction of a sound source is disclosed. The method includes determining time differences of arrival of the sound at N locations and using the differences to determine the angular direction of the source. The apparatus indicates the angle of arrival and additionally indicates the type of the sound source. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052688 | REMOTE CONFERENCE APPARATUS AND SOUND EMITTING/COLLECTING APPARATUS - A speaker array and microphone arrays positioned on both sides of the speaker array are provided. A plurality of focal points each serving as a position of a talker are set in front of the microphone arrays respectively symmetrically with respect to a centerline of the speaker array, and a bundle of sound collecting beams is output toward the focal points. Difference values between sound collecting beams directed toward the focal points that are symmetrical with respect to the centerline are calculated to cancel sound components that detour from the speaker array to microphones. Then, it is estimated based on totals of squares of peak values of the difference values for a particular time period that the position of the talker is close to which one of the focal points, and the position of the talker is decided by comparing the totals of the squares of the peak values of the sound collecting beams directed to the focal points that are symmetrical mutually. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052689 | Deconvolution Methods and Systems for the Mapping of Acoustic Sources from Phased Microphone Arrays - Mapping coherent/incoherent acoustic sources as determined from a phased microphone array. A linear configuration of equations and unknowns are formed by accounting for a reciprocal influence of one or more cross-beamforming characteristics thereof at varying grid locations among the plurality of grid locations. An equation derived from the linear configuration of equations and unknowns can then be iteratively determined. The equation can be attained by the solution requirement of a constraint equivalent to the physical assumption that the coherent sources have only in phase coherence. The size of the problem may then be reduced using zoning methods. An optimized noise source distribution is then generated over an identified aeroacoustic source region associated with a phased microphone array (microphones arranged in an optimized grid pattern including a plurality of grid locations) in order to compile an output presentation thereof, thereby removing beamforming characteristics from the resulting output presentation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052690 | Method for Stabilizing an Adaptive Algorithm and Device for Carring Out Said Method - A method of estimating an unknown transfer function (H) which comprises an input signal (x) and an actual output signal (y), wherein an estimated output signal (ŷ) is generated in an adaptive process ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052691 | Howling Suppressing Apparatus - A howling suppressing apparatus includes: a detecting unit configured to detect howling of input audio signals; a plurality of filters configured to apply a filter process sequentially to the audio signals to be output; and a setting unit configured to set a filter coefficient for suppressing the howling detected by the detecting unit for a filter among the plurality of filters, in which filter no filter coefficient for suppressing howling is set, and set a filter coefficient for suppressing the howling detected by the detecting unit for any one of the plurality of filters, if filter coefficients for suppressing howling are set in all of the plurality of filters, based on the detection result from the detecting unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052692 | SOUND FIELD GENERATOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING SOUND FIELD USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a sound field generator and a method of generating a sound field using the same. More particularly, the invention relates to a sound field generator and a method of generating the same, which can apply a filter in consideration of a masking effect in a time domain to a room impulse response, remove inaudible data depending on a frequency in a signal obtained by multiplying the room impulse response by an input signal in a frequency domain, and remove a signal block having a lower level than a level of a background noise block among output signal blocks to considerably reduce computational complexity required for performing a convolution, making it possible to generate an accurate sound field by minimizing sound quality distortion while implementing a real-time sound field generating system. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052693 | Sound Reproducing Apparatus - A sound reproducing apparatus is structured to use a first dividing circuit and a determining circuit to analyze a frequency characteristic of an inputted signal and to output a signal adjusted by a first adjusting circuit to have a prescribed frequency characteristic by a switching by a switch circuit. Thus, when signals having different frequency characteristics are inputted, frequency characteristics of the input signals can be automatically adjusted without using an external signal and channels having different frequency characteristics can be reproduced by a single system to provide good speaker-reproduced sound. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052694 | Pseudo deep bass generating device - A multiplier | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052695 | Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program therefor - A signal processing device includes a bass signal extractor, a harmonic wave generator, a level detector, and an adjustment controller. The bass signal extractor first extracts a bass signal from an input audio signal. Natural-sounding bass enhancement is achieved as a result of the adjustment controller boosting the bass signal level until the level detector detects the bass signal level at a set level. For input bass signal levels higher than the set level, bass is enhanced virtually using a harmonic signal generated from the bass signal by the harmonic wave generator. As a result, the disadvantages of the boost method and the virtual signal enhancement method are mutually compensated for, and synergistic advantages for bass enhancement are obtained. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052696 | Electroacoustic transducer - An electroacoustic transducer includes a single package, a microphone provided in the single package, an amplifier provided in the single package, and a controller provided in the single package. The microphone converts an acoustic pressure into an electrical signal. The amplifier amplifies the electrical signal that is output from the microphone. The amplifier is configured to allow the gain to be adjustable. The controller controls the gain of the amplifier, with reference to the level of an output signal from the amplifier, so as to prevent the output signal from being clipped. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052697 | Communication Device - A communication device includes a body and a sound receiving device. One end of the sound receiving device is pivotally connected to the body. The sound receiving device includes an omni-directional microphone and a uni-directional microphone. A processor has two modes for starting and operating the omni-directional microphone and the unidirectional microphone, respectively. An angle detecting element is located at the body to measure a rotary angle of the sound receiving device relative to the body, and then the processor switches to one of the two modes according to the rotary angle further to start the omni-directional microphone or the unidirectional microphone. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052698 | BONE CONDUCTION HEARING DEVICE WITH OPEN-EAR MICROPHONE - Systems and methods for transmitting an audio signal through a bone of a user includes receiving an audio signal from a first, microphone positioned, at an entrance or in a first ear canal; and vibrating a first transducer to audibly transmit the audio signal through the bone. A second microphone can be positioned in a second ear canal and the two microphones preserve and deliver inter-aural sound level and phase differences that naturally occur so that the user can perceive directionality. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052699 | MICROPHONE COMPONENT AND A METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A microphone component that may be used in many types of enclosures for making contact with a living body for picking up body sounds. Piezoelectric transflexural diaphragm elements ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052700 | SURROUND-SOUND SYSTEM - There is provided a surround-sound system in which the output direction of a sound beam of each channel in a speaker array can be optimized without requiring a user to make any troublesome operation. A parameter setting control portion | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052701 | Spatial teleconferencing system and method - A system for processing audio data is provided. A left channel system receives a first channel of audio data, and a right channel system receiving a second channel of audio data. A delay coupled to one of the left channel system and the right channel system provides a delay to one of the first channel of audio data and the second channel of audio data, wherein the delay causes an apparent location of a source to a listener to occur in a single location. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052702 | Non-Occluding Audio Headset Positioned in the Ear Canal - A compact audio speaker assembly that fits into the ear canal without occluding the ear canal, thus allowing ambient sounds to be heard along with the audio source. The ear speaker is secured in the ear canal by a ribbon or wire like spring structure anchoring the speaker to the concha portion of the outer ear and typically pushing the speaker up against the top side of the ear canal, leaving a space for external sounds to bypass the speaker to the eardrum. The speaker may further include a connecting signal cable that passes over the ear and behind the ear to provide additional support for the speaker and strain relief for the signal cable. One embodiment may include a shell over the speaker connected to the wire like spring anchor and may include an ear wax screen. Two speakers may be configured for stereo listening. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052703 | System and Method Tracking the Position of a Listener and Transmitting Binaural Audio Data to the Listener - A binaural technology method includes: determining positions related to position of both ears of a listener, receiving a wireless RF signal including binaural audio data is received, and presenting the binaural audio data to the listener By determining ear positions of a listener e.g. in 3D, information of the listener's position e.g. in a virtual environment is known, and further by wireless transmitting binaural audio signals to the listener, it becomes possible to transmit 3D audio data matching the listener's position and movements accordingly. Further, since the position of both ears is known, it is possible to individually match the binaural audio data to the listener, since it is possible to derive from the ear positions a distance between the listener's ears, and hereby a valuable parameter is known that can be used to generate binaural signals that individually fits the listener. Thus, the listener can be provided with a better 3D audio experience. Especially, the determined positions may correspond to ear canal reference points for the binaural audio data. The positions in the ears may be derived based on RF signals, e.g. by using earphones, e.g. in-the-ear type earphones, that are also used to wirelessly receive and reproduce the binaural audio data to the listener. The ear phones may be arranged to wirelessly transmit the determined position data to a remote processor that generates the binaural audio data accordingly. The method may be used for applications such as: binaural synthesis, binaural capturing, inverse binaural filtering, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, teleconferencing, inter-com, exhibition/museum, and traffic signals. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052704 | Method of side definition when adjusting hearing aids - The data sets to be stored in the two hearing devices of a binaural hearing system during the adjustment are generally different. During “side definition”, the correct assignment of the two hearing devices to the ears and of the wearer is ensured. To this end, the wearer generates a signal on one of the two hearing devices, which is identified by the adjustment device and is evaluated for side definition purposes. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052705 | Method and apparatus for setting a hearing device - A method and apparatus for setting a characteristic of a source hearing device on target hearing device are provided. A transformation database is created. A source hearing device including the setting of the source hearing device are identified, the characteristic of setting is to be set on the target hearing device. The setting which, according to the transformation database on the target hearing device, results in the characteristic corresponding to the characteristic of the identified source hearing device is recalled. The target hearing device is set using the recalled setting. Settings are stored in the transformation database during their creation, which have to be set to hearing devices of different types to be set in order to grant these hearing devices the characteristic of other identified hearing with identified settings. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052706 | Automatic identification of receiver type in hearing aid devices - In a hearing aid system, which comprises at least one hearing aid device, incorrect adaptation of the signal processing unit of the hearing aid device to the receiver used is intended to be avoided. To this end, automatic identification of the type of receiver used is proposed, as well as automatic adaptation of the signal processing in the hearing aid device by the hearing aid system. Incorrect manual adaptation is thereby prevented. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052707 | Hearing-aid system having magnetic-field sensors - A hearing-aid system having two hearing aids that automatic detect a “telephoning” hearing situation and automatic deactivating of the hearing aids on being removed from the head. The hearing aids each include a sensor device to detect if a magnetic field exceeds a specific field strength. Data pertaining thereto can be exchanged between the hearing aids via wireless signals. If a magnetic field is detected by only one of the two hearing aids, then it can be inferred therefrom that the “telephoning” hearing situation applies. If, conversely, both hearing aids detect a magnetic field simultaneously, then both hearing aids are will be deactivated automatically. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052708 | Hearing aid with anti-feedback - Disclosed is a hearing aid, where at least part of the hearing aid is adapted to be inserted into an ear canal of a user such that one end of the hearing aid and the tympanic membrane in the ear canal define a residual space of the ear canal, the hearing aid comprising an ambient space input transducer adapted to convert ambient sound to an electric sound signal, when the ambient sound reaches the ear of a user from an ambient space, a processor connected to said ambient space input transducer and adapted to process said electric sound signal, an output transducer connected to said processor and adapted to convert said processed electric sound signal to a sound pressure in the residual space of the ear canal, and wherein the hearing aid further comprises a residual space input transducer connected to said processor and arranged to predominantly receive said sound pressure in the residual space, and wherein the residual space input transducer is adapted to convert said sound pressure to an electric residual space signal for compensating acoustic feedback. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052709 | HEARING AID SLEEVE - Systems and methods are disclosed for enhancing the performance of hearing aids and the like. For example, a sleeve for a hearing aid can include a layer of resilient material that is configured to cover that portion of the hearing aid that is inserted into the ear canal. The sleeve cushions sensitive tissues of the ear canal from contact with the hard plastic housing of the hearing aid. The sleeve also inhibits undesirable leakage of sound around the hearing aid. Thus, both comfort and effectiveness of a hearing aid or the like are enhanced. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052710 | HEARING AID EXTENSION - Systems and methods are disclosed for enhancing the performance of hearing aids and the like. For example, an extension for a hearing aid can include a stem having one or more flanges formed thereon. The flanges can be configured to enhance the fit of the hearing aid in the ear canal. The extension can cushion sensitive tissues of the ear canal from contact with the hard plastic inner end of the hearing aid. The extension also inhibits undesirable leakage of sound around the hearing aid. Thus, both comfort and effectiveness of a hearing aid or the like are enhanced. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052711 | Earpiece and Electro-Acoustic Transducer - An earpiece including a tubular core portion attached to an end of an electro-acoustic transducer and extending in an acoustic wave output direction, and an external auditory canal fitting portion disposed outside the core portion to cover an end surface of the core portion and having lower hardness than the core portion is provided. This maintains appropriate flexibility of the external auditory canal fitting portion covering the end surface of the core portion and forms the core portion with appropriate hardness. This eliminates sound quality degradation due to the core portion deformation, earpiece detachment and contact of the core portion with the external auditory canal. Consequently, this improves fitting properties with the external auditory canal and attachment properties with the electro-acoustic transducer. The earpiece which improves fitting properties with the external auditory canal and attachment properties with the electro-acoustic transducer, and the electro-acoustic transducer including the same are thereby provided. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052712 | Stabilized Deployable-Retractable System, Principally for an Acoustic Loudspeaker System - A deployable-retractable assembly comprising a base, a mobile sound generation system which is elongated along a reference direction, intended to be used with a projection screen and intended to be moved between a retracted position and a deployed position along a generally vertical translation direction transverse to the reference direction, and a movement control system to drive the movement of the mobile sound generation system relative to the base along this translation direction, wherein the movement control system comprises a roll-up retention device which has a roll-up axis transverse to the translation direction and which is stretched between the base and the mobile sound generation system, and a self-guided stabilization mechanical device linked to the base and to the mobile sound generation system, deformable within a plane at least approximately parallel to the translation direction and the roll-up axis and also significantly stiff transversally to this plane, with at least one of these devices equipped with a drive mechanism. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052713 | WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM - A wireless microphone transmitter | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052714 | HIGH NOISE IMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESONDER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - High noise immunity communication systems are provided for voice communications among emergency responders, in which first and second wireless devices employ near field spread spectrum data modems to transfer digital audio data between a responder mask or helmet and a secondary device affixed to the responder's clothing or uniform to allow the responder to broadcast messages to other responders and to hear broadcasts from other responders. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052715 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN INTERNAL MICROPHONE ARRAY - An electronic device includes a front cover, a circuit board, a plurality of flexible holders, and a plurality of microphones. The front cover includes a plurality of wall portions, a plurality of storage spaces encircled by the wall portions, and a plurality of acoustic openings connecting to the storage spaces. The flexible holders have hollow bodies squeezed into the storage spaces. The microphones are electrically connected to the circuit board and squeezed into the hollow bodies of the flexible holders. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052716 | Ear Speaker Device - The ear speaker device includes a mount section that is provided with ear-hook sections, and rotation sections that rotate speaker movable sections with respect to the mount section. Tubular ducts are positioned more inside than the ear-hook sections in a natural state. When the ear speaker device is mounted, the speaker movable sections are rotated to the most outside positions. Then, the ear-hook sections are brought into contact with auricle base upper sections, respectively, and the speaker movable sections are rotated inwardly. In this manner, the tubular ducts can be positioned in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus openings, respectively, of the listener without interfering with auricles and the like. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052717 | SOLAR PANEL WITH BLUETOOTH EARPHONE - An solar panel with bluetooth earphone connects with a handhold communicated apparatus. The solar panel with the bluetooth earphone comprises: an earphone, a supplying-saving power part, a cover, a solar part, a sounder and a reception part. The earphone has a topside, a bottom side, and a container. The cover is above the topside that has a hole. The solar part that accepts an optical energy that transforms an electric power is above the hole. The supplying-saving power part that electrically connects with the solar power to save the electric power is inside the container. The sounder that connects with the supplying-saving power part electrically is above the bottom side. The sounder is sent a ring signal by the electric power. The sounder that electrically connects with the supplying-saving power part is above the bottom side. The sounder accepts an audio signal by the electric power. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052718 | Headphone Device - A headphone device includes a pair of headphone units composed of a left headphone unit and a right headphone unit, a band section that is attached to the left headphone unit and the right headphone unit, and arranged so as to be positioned at the back of a head, a headphone cord attached to the left headphone unit or the right headphone unit, and a headphone cord attaching section that freely changes a branch point of the band section and the headphone cord by moving along the band section in a freely sliding manner in order to place the headphone cord along the band section to integrate the headphone cord and the band section with each other. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052719 | HEADPHONE DEVICE - A headphone device including a driver unit, and an ear-hook hanger of a loop shape that is integrated with the driver unit and supports an entire circumference of an ear capsule is provided. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052720 | EARPHONE CONNECTION CABLE AND PORTABLE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An earphone connection cable and a portable device for suppressing sound signal superposing between an R earphone and an L earphone or between an earphone and a microphone are provided. A connection cable includes an R earphone | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052721 | COMBINED INDUCTIVE CHARGING COIL AND AUDIO SPEAKER FOR USE IN A PERSONAL CARE APPLIANCE - The combined charge coil and audio speaker coil assembly ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052722 | Speaker system and fitting device - A speaker system includes a cabinet, a front baffle, a speaker unit, a rear baffle, and a fitting member fitted in the rear baffle. The front baffle includes a front duct segment extending backward from the rear thereof. The rear baffle includes an opening portion, a duct connecting portion, and a receiving portion having a semicircular cross section. The receiving portion extends from the opening portion to the duct connecting portion while protruding backward. The opening portion, the receiving portion, and the duct connecting portion have a groove. The receiving portion has an engagement hole. The fitting member having a semicircular cross section is formed by double molding. The frame of the member is made of relatively rigid resin and the rim thereof is made of relatively flexible resin. The frame has an engagement projection. The receiving portion and the fitting member constitute a sealed rear duct segment. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052723 | Speaker cabinet assembly for a speaker system - A speaker cabinet assembly is disclosed to include a main cabinet, which is covered with a face panel and a grille in the face panel for carrying a tweeter and a woofer and having a through hole at one side and a tubular flange protruded from the outside wall around the through hole, a sub cabinet, which has a through hole at one side and a tubular flange protruded from the outside wall around the through hole, and a flexible tubular connector is connected between the tubular flange of the main cabinet and the tubular flange of the sub cabinet to guide sound waves from the main cabinet into the sub cabinet. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052724 | LOUDSPEAKER - A magnetic circuit part of a loudspeaker is formed of a plate, a magnet, and a yoke. A step is disposed in the plate that comes into contact with a disc-like magnet and forms a magnetic gap. A loudspeaker is provided where the step moves a voice coil away from the leakage magnetic field of the yoke, the influence of the leakage magnetic field is eliminated even when the output is large, the distortion is small, and the sound quality is high. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052725 | Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker includes the following components: frame ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052726 | DIAPHRAGM AND LOUDSPEAKER UNIT USING THE SAME - [PROBLEM] There is provided a diaphragm, and a loudspeaker unit using the same, capable of providing better low-tone characteristics than conventional ones. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052727 | Methods for non-linear image blending, adjustment and display - A method for generating and adjusting an image obtained based on computed tomography data using a non-linear blending function is provided. In one embodiment of the method, first image data is obtained using a first X-ray energy, and second image data is obtained using a second X-ray image energy. An image is generated by blending the first and second image data using the non-linear function. The first X-ray energy and the second X-ray energy are different. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052728 | Method and device for displaying images - The present invention relates to a method and a device for displaying images aimed at combating the copying of images by filming during their display, for example by a camcorder in a cinema hall. It is known to modulate the luminance of the pixels of a pattern around the value to be displayed at a high frequency which renders the pattern invisible to the human eye but which generates artefacts on the sequence shot by the camcorder. This pattern is commonly called an anti-copy pattern. According to the invention, it is proposed to increase the hindrance generated by this modulation by varying the amplitude of the modulation of the pixels of the anti-copy pattern as a function of their membership or non-membership in a zone of interest of the sequence. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052729 | Image reproduction apparatus using image files related to an electronic map, image reproduction method for the same, and recording medium for recording program for executing the method - An image reproduction apparatus for displaying images of image files including an image of a target point to be observed by using image files located adjacent to the target point. A method of reproducing an image of an image file on an electronic map including the image file so that position information of the image file matches position information on the electronic map includes: (a) selecting a target point to be observed on the electronic map and obtaining position information of the target point; (b) setting a search range of image files on the electronic map; (c) searching for image files including an image of the target point within the set search range; and (d) displaying images of the found image files on the electronic map. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052730 | INTERACTIVE IMAGE SYSTEM, INTERACTIVE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An interactive image system includes a host having a first wireless module and an access device for accessing software, at least one reference point for generating light of a predetermined spectrum and an interactive apparatus including a second wireless module, an image module, a modulation module and a processing unit. The image module captures images of the reference point with a sampling frequency to form a first image and a second image, calculates and outputs a moving vector of the images of the reference point between the first and second images. The processing unit controls the second wireless module to transmit the moving vector to the first wireless module and controls the modulation module to real-timely modulate the sampling frequency of the image module according to a predetermined condition. The present invention further provides an interactive apparatus and operating method thereof. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052731 | Image processing apparatus and accounting system - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an accounting system which comprise an accounting section of a high degree of flexibility in accounting for the output of image data. The accounting system is primarily made up of a client PC | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052732 | MATERIAL CONTEXT ANALYSIS - A process for contextual analysis of radiographic image data can be embodied as a method, system, and computer software program, among other things. The process can include receiving a radiographic image and performing a region analysis including identifying a region within the radiographic images having an estimated atomic number within a predetermined range and determining if the region is in an expected location. The process can also include performing a material feature analysis to identify whether a feature present in the radiographic image is associated with an obscuration characteristic. The process can include providing context information and generating, as output, a region of interest in the radiographic image, the region of interest being determined based upon a set of rules and the region analysis, the material feature analysis, and the context information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052733 | IMAGE ARCHIVE APPARATUS - Conditions regarding attributes of images for generating multi-frame image data including plural frames of images in one file from image data are previously stored. When image data is received, multi-frame image data is generated from the received image data based on incidental information included in the image data and the previously stored conditions. Then, the generated multi-frame image data is archived. When a request for an image is made by a certain terminal, an application functioning on the terminal is identified, and multi-frame image data compliant with the application is transmitted from among the generated multi-frame image data. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052734 | MOVING IMAGE CREATING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE CREATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a moving image creating apparatus for creating moving image data using a plurality of images, the moving image creating apparatus including: template file storage means for storing a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates for accommodating an image each; selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of template files stored in the template file storage means; component metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of the plurality of images; component template metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of the plurality of component templates in the selected template file; and image placement means for placing the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052735 | Methods and Apparatus to Process Video and Audio Media - The presently claimed invention relates generally to digital watermarking, and processing video or audio media files. One claim recites a method including: analyzing a plurality of video or audio media files; determining whether there are duplicate media files in the plurality video or audio media files; and avoiding duplicate video or audio media files when searching the plurality of video or audio media files for digital watermarking. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052736 | IMAGE RANKING FOR IMAGING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A computer-assisted method provides digital images, selects a digital image, obtains one or more image characteristics of the selected digital image, computes one or more image-ranking values for the selected digital image based on the obtained image characteristics of the selected digital image, and ranks the selected digital image using the computed image-ranking values. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052737 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting a Target in a Scene - A method of detecting a target in a scene is described that comprises the step of taking one or more data sets, each data set comprising a plurality of normalised data elements, each normalised data element corresponding to the return from a part of the scene normalised to a reference return for the same part of the scene. The method then involves thresholding ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTING FOLLICULAR UNITS - A system and method for counting follicular units using an automated system comprises acquiring an image of a body surface having skin and follicular units, filtering the image to remove skin components in the image, processing the resulted image to segment it, and filtering noise to eliminate all elements other than hair follicles of interest so that hair follicles in an area of interest can be counted. The system may comprise an image acquisition device and an image processor for performing the method. In another aspect, the system and method also classifies the follicular units based on the number of hairs in the follicular unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052739 | HUMAN PURSUIT SYSTEM, HUMAN PURSUIT APPARATUS AND HUMAN PURSUIT PROGRAM - A human pursuit system includes a plurality of cameras, shooting directions of which are directed toward a floor, are installed on a ceiling, a parallax of an object reflected in an overlapping image domain is calculated on the basis of at least a portion of the overlapping image domain where images are overlapped among shot images shot by the plurality of cameras, the object equal to or greater than a threshold value predetermined by the calculated parallax is detected as a human, a pattern image including the detected human object is extracted, and a pattern matching is applied to the extracted pattern image and the image shot by the camera to thereby pursue a human movement trajectory. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052740 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND MOBILE ROBOT - A moving object detecting device measures a congestion degree of a space and utilizes the congestion degree for tracking. In performing the tracking, a direction measured by a laser range sensor is heavily weighted when the congestion degree is low. When the congestion degree is high, a sensor fusion is performed by heavily weighting a direction measured by a image processing on a captured image to obtain a moving object estimating direction, and obtains a distance by the laser range sensor in the moving object estimating direction. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052741 | Subject tracking method, subject tracking device, and computer program product - A subject tracking method, includes: calculating a similarity factor indicating a level of similarity between an image contained in a search frame at each search frame position and a template image by shifting the search frame within a search target area set in each of individual frames of input images input in time sequence; determining a position of the search frame for which a highest similarity factor value has been calculated, within each input image to be a position (subject position) at which a subject is present; tracking the subject position thus determined through the individual frames of input images; calculating a difference between a highest similarity factor value and a second highest similarity factor value; and setting the search target area for a next frame based upon the calculated difference. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052742 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit, a line segment extractor, an area extractor, a traveled amount estimator, a kerb and gutter model generator and a kerb and gutter detector, in which an image is divided into areas by a line segment extending along the direction of travel, and kinetic models according to a road surface, a kerb and a gutter respectively are applied to pixels in the area for determination. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052743 | MOTION ESTIMATION IN A PLURALITY OF TEMPORALLY SUCCESSIVE DIGITAL IMAGES - Method for computer-aided motion estimation in a plurality of temporally successive digital images. The method includes first partial motion estimating in a second digital image relative to a first digital image temporally preceding the second digital image; constructing a reference image structure from the first digital image and the second digital image based on the first partial motion estimation, the reference image structure containing at least features from the first digital image and/or the second digital image; second partial motion estimating in a third digital image, which temporally succeeds the second digital image, relative to the second digital image; third partial motion estimating with a comparison of features of the third digital image and of the features contained in the reference image structure; and determining motion in the third digital image relative to the first digital image based on the third partial motion estimation, the second partial motion estimation and the first partial motion estimation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052744 | APPLICATION-PROCEDURE FRAUD RISK EVALUATION APPARATUS - An application-procedure fraud risk evaluation apparatus having a unit for preparing, based on relationships between each document for identity verification and other one or more documents and procedures required for acquiring the each document for identity verification, relationships between a document group and procedures which are required to acquire a target document for identity verification, which is necessary in a predetermined application, and for holding the prepared relationships as an identity verification diagram for the predetermined application; a unit for accepting, as fraud case data, fraudulent cases that have occurred in the application procedures and/or in acquiring the each document for identity verification; and a unit for evaluating, based on the identity verification diagram and the fraud case data, in which one of the documents for identity verification a fraudulent document is presented with a higher possibility when fraudulent applications are performed in the application procedures. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052745 | PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - According to the embodiment, there is provided a personal identification system including: a storage unit that stores previously registered personal information and biometric information; an input unit for inputting personal information and biometric information; a determination unit that determines whether or not the personal information input in the input unit coincides with the previously registered personal information; a temporary cryptographic key generation unit that generates a temporary cryptographic key when the determination unit determines that the input personal information coincides with the previously registered personal information; an encryption unit that encrypts, with the temporary cryptographic key, the biometric information input in the input unit to generate biometric information data; a decryption unit that decrypts the biometric information data with the temporary cryptographic key into the biometric information; and an identification unit that validates the decrypted biometric information with the previously registered biometric information to perform personal identification. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052746 | APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PICTURES - When groups of coordinates of face areas respectively contained in mutually different frames are within a predetermined error range, a face attribute assigning unit assigns mutually the same face attribute value to each of the face areas. In the case where a difference in the feature amounts between the frames is within a predetermined error range, a similar shot detecting unit detects that the shots from which the frames have respectively been extracted are similar shots to each of which mutually the same shot attribute value is assigned. In the case where it is judged that face areas that respectively appear in the frames contained in the similar shots and to which mutually different face attribute values have respectively been assigned represent the face of mutually the same person, the face attribute re-assigning unit assigns mutually the same face attribute value to each of the face areas. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052747 | FACE FEATURE COLLATOR, FACE FEATURE COLLATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The invention provides a facial feature verification apparatus capable of synthesizing an image suitable for verification to identify a person subjected to surveillance whom surveillance staff desires to watch. The facial feature verification apparatus includes a plurality of pickup units | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052748 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING A 3D REPRESENTATION OF A FACE FROM A 2D REPRESENTATION - A method and system for generating 3D images of faces from 2D images, for generating 2D images of the faces at different image conditions from the 3D images, and for recognizing a 2D image of a target face based on the generated 2D images is provided. The recognition system provides a 3D model of a face that includes a 3D image of a standard face under a standard image condition and parameters indicating variations of an individual face from the standard face. To generate the 3D image of a face, the recognition system inputs a 2D image of the face under a standard image condition. The recognition system then calculates parameters that map the points of the 2D image to the corresponding points of a 2D image of the standard face. The recognition system uses these parameters with the 3D model to generate 3D images of the face at different image conditions. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052749 | Digital Image Processing Using Face Detection Information - A method of processing a digital image using face detection within the image achieves one or more desired image processing parameters. A group of pixels is identified that correspond to an image of a face within the digital image. Default values are determined of one or more parameters of at least some portion of the digital image. Values are adjusted of the one or more parameters within the digitally-detected image based upon an analysis of the digital image including the image of the face and the default values. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052750 | Digital Image Processing Using Face Detection Information - A method of processing a digital image using face detection within the image achieves one or more desired image processing parameters. A group of pixels is identified that correspond to an image of a face within the digital image. Default values are determined of one or more parameters of at least some portion of the digital image. Values are adjusted of the one or more parameters within the digitally-detected image based upon an analysis of the digital image including the image of the face and the default values. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052751 | USING A SURFACE BASED COMPUTING DEVICE FOR VERIFICATION OF AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT - The current invention discloses a solution for using a surface based computing device for verification of an identification document, such as a driver's license. A surface based computing device can be a device capable of scanning an identification document, comparing the scanned document against a set of conditions for a valid document, and reporting comparison results. A secured resource can be granted based at least in part upon identity verifications conducted by the surface based computing device. The surface based computing device can include a MICROSOFT SURFACE device or any other computing device able to scan an identification document and to process scanned results. In one embodiment, the surface based computing device can be used in conjunction with a human agent for added security. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052752 | PATTERN INFORMATION REGISTRATION DEVICE, PATTERN INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD, PATTERN INFORMATION REGISTRATION PROGRAM AND PATTERN COLLATION SYSTEM - A pattern information registration device for selecting and registering pattern information data as an object for determination of registration for use in pattern collation includes unit which forms arbitrary pattern information data having a feature point of the same number as pattern information data of an object for determination, unit which calculates an identification accuracy value indicative of the degree of coincidence between the pattern information data as an object for determination and the arbitrary pattern information data and determines whether the pattern information data as an object for determination is adequate or not based on the identification accuracy value. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052753 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A desired medical image is selected by access to a server from a client terminal. A dataset relating to the selected medical image is read out from the image server and transferred to the client terminal via a communication network. The dataset includes raw image data, compressed image data, partial image data and layout image data. At first, a compressed image is displayed on a monitor in the client terminal. Next, a partial image is fit in the compressed image based on the layout data. Finally, a raw image is displayed based on the raw image data. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052754 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An image display device includes: an input unit ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052755 | ADJUSTABLE PHANTOM - An adjustable phantom ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLOBAL-TO-LOCAL SHAPE MATCHING FOR AUTOMATIC LIVER SEGMENTATION IN MEDICAL IMAGING - A method for automatically segmenting a liver in digital medical images includes providing a 3-dimensional (3D) digital image I and a set of N training shapes {φ | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052757 | DEFORMABLE 2D-3D REGISTRATION - A method for deformable registration including determining a vector field from a two-dimensional matching of a volume of an object of interest and a two-dimensional image of the object of interest, providing a deformation profile, and finding a volume deformation that maps to a state of the two-dimensional image, wherein the deformation is parameterized by the vector field and control points of the deformation profile to find a control point configuration of the volume deformation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052758 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, an image storage unit correlates a reconstructed pre-correction image and a reconstructed post-correction image for each slice position and stores the correlated images. When a display condition related to a reconstructed image of one of either the reconstructed pre-correction image and the reconstructed post-correction image stored in the image storage unit is changed, the changed display condition is also applied to the other reconstructed image. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST AUTOMATIC CENTERLINE EXTRACTION FOR VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY - A method for automatic centerline extraction for a virtual endoscopy image of an organ having a boundary surface includes centering on selected points of an initial path through the image, which is derived from an endoscopy dataset, respective spheres exhibiting respective maximal diameters short of contacting the boundary surface; and forming a centered path consecutively joining centers of the spheres. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052760 | Image processing system for use with a patient positioning device - Three camera rigs ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052761 | X-RAY IMAGE ORIENTATION IN RADIOGRAPHY AND FLUOROSCOPY - In a method, apparatus, and computer program encoded with a data structure, for processing radiographic images and digital fluoroscopy radiographic (DFR) images acquired with the same imaging system using a single detector, three different types of image orientation are defined. These are a “system flip/rotation” that is dependent on the imaging system, a “pre-flip/rotation” orientation that is applied before the images are shown on a monitor, and a “post-flip/rotation” that is applied after an image is shown on the monitor. For this orientation change, the original image must be stored and subsequently manipulated. For pre-processing, DFR images are subjected only to the system flip/rotation, whereas radiographic images are subjected to the system flip/rotation as well as the pre-flip/rotation. For post-processing, both the DFR images and the radiographic images are subjected to the post-flip/rotation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052762 | MULTI-ENERGY RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER USING MULTIPLE RATIOS - A method of determining an effective atomic number, Z | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052763 | Characterization of lung nodules - A method of identifying nodules in radiological images, said method comprising: (a) obtaining a radiological image; (b) selecting a sub-image centered around a candidate location; (c) dividing the sub-image into a rectangular array of cells; (d) calculating absolute values of Intensity Differences id | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052764 | System and Method for Detecting Foreign Objects in a Product - The present invention relates to a system for detecting a change in material composition in a product. The system comprises a microwave transmitter emitting a microwave signal at a predetermined microwave frequency composition, and an ultrasonic transmitter emitting an ultrasound signal at a predetermined ultrasound frequency composition into at least a part of said product to create a density displacement within the product. The system further comprises means to receive a microwave signal and/or an ultrasonic signal having passed through at least a part of said product, means to measure the attenuation and/or runtime between each emitted signal and each received signal, respectively, under the influence of the created density displacement, and means to compare the measured attenuation and/or runtime with a previously determined attenuation and/or runtime to determine a change in material composition. The invention further relates to a method for detecting a possible change in material composition in a product. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052765 | PATTERN SHAPE EVALUATION METHOD, PATTERN SHAPE EVALUATION DEVICE, PATTERN SHAPE EVALUATING DATA GENERATION DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR SHAPE EVALUATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A pattern shape evaluation method and semiconductor inspection system having a unit for extracting contour data of a pattern from an image obtained by photographing a semiconductor pattern, a unit for generating pattern direction data from design data of the semiconductor pattern, and a unit for detecting a defect of a pattern, through comparison between pattern direction data obtained from the contour data and pattern direction data generated from the design data corresponding to a pattern position of the contour data. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052766 | Method for the optical inspection and visualization of optical measuring values obtained from disk-like objects - The present invention relates to a method for optically inspecting and visualizing optical measuring values from at least one image of a disk-like object, including the steps of recording said at least one image of said at least one disk-like object, wherein a plurality of optical measuring values are produced from said at least one recorded image; generating a resulting image, wherein an area of the surface of said disk-like object having optical measuring values within a predetermined interval, is associated with a colour or brightness value selected from a predetermined range; and varying at least one imaging parameter as a function of the detected and evaluated optical measuring values and/or as a function of a visual inspection of the resulting image by an operator. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052767 | Modelling - A method of modelling an object ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052768 | IDENTIFYING A SET OF IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS FOR ASSESSING SIMILARITY OF IMAGES - The invention relates to a method ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052769 | Method and apparatus for correcting chromatic aberration of image - Provided are a method and apparatus for correcting chromatic aberration of an image, the method and apparatus used in an image processing apparatus for an image pickup device or a display image processing apparatus. The chromatic aberration correction apparatus includes a chromatic aberration region sensing unit analyzing a luminance signal of an input image and sensing a region having chromatic aberration; a color gradient calculation unit calculating a first weight, which indicates a degree of chromatic aberration, based on a difference between gradients of color components of the input image; a luminance gradient calculation unit calculating a second weight, which indicates the degree of chromatic aberration, based on gradients of luminance components of the input image; and a chrominance correction unit correcting chrominance of a pixel of the input image, which is included in the sensed region, based on a value obtained by multiplying the first weight by the second weight. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052770 | COLORSTICK - A device comprising an illumination means and a light sensing means, that can examine and memorize a discrete color of an object based on the magnitude of the reflected light bouncing off of the colored surface in at least three areas of the electromagnetic spectrum. The device also provides output as a visually and/or audibly perceptible signal for deciphering the color. The color range identified by the device is not limited to the visible spectrum and may include infra-red and ultra-violet light. A storage means for memorizing colors may also be included in the device. Applications of ColorStick technology may include children's toys, aids for the visually handicapped (e.g. blind or color blind individuals), designers, internet shoppers, gardeners, etc. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052771 | COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In order to implement color matching with higher precision, a device that handles object colors and a device that handles light-source colors must be separately processed. Hence, when the device type is a device that handles light-source colors, control is made so as not to perform processing (forward color appearance model conversion and inverse color appearance model conversion) for converting calorimetric conditions of a calorimetric value file into viewing conditions. When the device type is a device that handles object colors, the processing for converting the calorimetric conditions of the calorimetric value file into the viewing conditions is performed, and a profile is created from the calorimetric values. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052772 | COMPRESSION FORMAT AND APPARATUS USING THE NEW COMPRESSION FORMAT FOR TEMPORARILY STORING IMAGE DATA IN A FRAME MEMORY - Display driver ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052773 | COLOR CONVERTING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A color converting apparatus which is used to correct the hue shift without narrowing the color reproduction region, has a small circuit scale, and does not need many memory resources. A primary area detector | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052774 | Image processing apparatus, image display apparatus, and image display method - A maximum and minimum color information detection means ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052775 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously reducing various kinds of noises from image - Provided are a method and apparatus for simultaneously reducing various kinds of noises in an image output from an image sensor equipped to a camera. The image noise reducing method includes: determining a color reference value, which corresponds to a corrected value of the color value of a current pixel, based on the difference values between the color value of the current pixel among pixels of an image and the color values of neighboring pixels around the current pixel; determining unified filter kernel coefficients, which represent the weights of the current pixel and the neighboring pixels, based on the similarities between the determined color reference value and the color values of the neighboring pixels; and reducing a noise in the color value of the current pixel by weighted-averaging the color value of the current pixel and the color values of the neighboring pixels using the unified filter kernel coefficients. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052776 | COLOR CORRECTION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention relates to color correction of video signals from a plurality of cameras. The apparatus has a correction order that defines a plurality of camera pairs and an order of the camera pairs, where each camera pair specifies a reference camera and a target camera. In the correction order, each camera is treated as a target camera at least one time, and the reference camera is treated as the target camera in a previous camera pair except for the first camera pair. The apparatus corrects a value of each pixel in a target image captured by the target camera based on a reference image captured by the reference camera, and replaces the target image by the corrected target image, for each camera pair in accordance with the order of the camera pairs. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052777 | USING HANDWRITING RECOGNITION IN COMPUTER ALGEBRA - Systems and methods for use in handwriting recognition in computer algebra are provided. One disclosed method includes receiving handwriting input from a user via a handwriting input device, the handwriting input representing a mathematical expression. The method further includes, at a recognizer, processing the handwriting input to recognize a plurality of candidates and ranking the plurality of candidates to form initial candidate data. The method may further include, at an application program, scanning the plurality of candidates for segments that match application-level criteria, and adjusting a rank of one or more of the plurality of candidates based on the matching, to form a processed candidate list. The method may further include displaying the processed candidate list via a graphical user interface. | 2009-02-26 |
