09th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150055756 | METHOD OF MEASURING THICKNESS OF Fe-Zn ALLOY PHASE OF GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SAME - A method of measuring a thickness of a Fe—Zn alloy phase included in the Fe—Zn alloy coating of the galvannealed steel sheet includes: an X-ray irradiation process of irradiating the galvannealed steel sheet with the incident X-rays; and an X-ray detection process of detecting the diffracted X-rays obtained in the X-ray irradiation process, derived from a Γ·Γ | 2015-02-26 |
20150055757 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY EVALUATING A HIDDEN WORKPIECE - A method and system are provided for non-destructively evaluating a workpiece hidden by an overlying structure. In the context of a method, a workpiece is interrogated with radiation, such as x-ray radiation, that also propagates through the overlying structure. The method further includes collecting data representative of radiation backscattered from the workpiece. Based upon a thickness and material of the overlying structure, the method compares the data that has been collected from the workpiece with reference data representative of radiation backscattered from a standard that includes different respective material loss indicators hidden by an overlying structure of the same thickness and material. Each material loss indicator is a physical representation of a different amount of material loss. As a result of the comparison, the method estimates the material loss of the workpiece. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055758 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM AND RELAY STATION SELECTION METHOD - This invention includes a radiation detector to detect the radiation transmitted through an object while being in a portable state or mounted on a detector holder, a control unit to control capturing of a radiographic image using the radiation detector, and a plurality of relay stations to relay wireless communication from the radiation detector. The detector holder includes a detection unit to detect the mounting of the radiation detector. The control unit determines the usage pattern of the radiation detector or the mounting of the radiation detector on a detector holder based on detection information from the detection unit or a connection request from the radiation detector, and selects one of the relay stations based on the determination result. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055759 | RADIATION BEAM COLLIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention provides a method for collimating a radiation beam, the method comprising subjecting the beam to a collimator that yaws and pitches, either separately or simultaneously relative to the incident angle of the beam. Also provided is a system for collimating radiation beams, the system comprising a collimator body, and a stage for pitching and yawing the body. A feature of the invention is that a single, compact mask body defines one or a plurality of collimators having no moving surfaces relative to each other, whereby the entire mask body is moved about a point in space to provide various collimator opening dimensions to oncoming radiation beams. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055760 | Electrically Controlled Brakes for Arm Joints on a Mini C-Arm Mobile X-Ray System - Systems and methods for braking and releasing one or more pivot joints used in an X-ray positioning device are described. The systems and methods use a support arm that extends between a main assembly of the x-ray positioning device and an X-ray imaging assembly with an X-ray source and an X-ray detector that are disposed nearly opposite to each other. The support arm includes one or more pivot joints (such as horizontal, lateral, and/or orbital pivot joints) that allow the imaging assembly to move with respect to the main assembly. The pivot joints can each be connected to an automated braking system that is capable of selectively locking and unlocking a corresponding pivot joint, as indicated by a user-controlled switching mechanism. The braking systems containing multiple pivot joints can be individually controlled by separate switching mechanisms or simultaneously controlled by a single switching mechanism. Other embodiments are described. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055761 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR THIN FILM TRANSISTORS IN DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTORS - A digital radiographic detector uses predetermined calibration information corresponding to a first operating temperature of the detector. The calibration data is accessible by the detector to compensate a radiographic image captured by the detector at a second operating temperature different than the first operating temperature. The operating temperature of the detector is monitored at approximately the time at which the radiographic image is captured at the second temperature. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055762 | GENERATION OF NATIVELY IMPLEMENTABLE INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS - Instructions that are natively implementable by an application on an end user device are generated from interactive voice instructions that are not natively interpreted by the application. Generating natively implementable instructions in this manner allows for faster and cheaper deployment of voice, video, and/or data services by allowing legacy services based on interactive voice instructions to function seamlessly within an all data network. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055763 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR DETERMINING FRAUD PATTERNS AND CREATING FRAUD BEHAVIORAL MODELS - Systems, methods, and media for analyzing fraud patterns and creating fraud behavioral models are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods for analyzing call data associated with fraudsters may include executing instructions stored in memory to compare the call data to a corpus of fraud data to determine one or more unique fraudsters associated with the call data, associate the call data with one or more unique fraudsters based upon the comparison, generate one or more voiceprints for each of the one or more identified unique fraudsters from the call data, and store the one or more voiceprints in a database. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055764 | TRANSPARENT VOICE REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method includes receiving a communication from a party at a voice response system and capturing speech spoken by the party during the communication. Then a processor creates a voice model of the party, the voice model being created by processing the speech, without notifying the party. The voice model is then stored to provide voice verification during a subsequent communication. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055765 | System and Method for Selective Voicemail Transcription - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for selectively transcribing messages. Five general approaches are disclosed herein. The first approach is directed to checking for a transcription capable client, which transcribes messages when a client device is capable of receiving transcriptions. The second and third approaches are platform-controlled and user-controlled predefined selective transcription. One aspect of this approach is driven by transcription rules. The fourth approach is user-controlled on-demand selective transcription before the message is stored or deposited for transcription. An example of this is a user transferring an incoming caller to voicemail and indicating that the voicemail be transcribed. The fifth approach is user-controlled on-demand selective transcription after the message is stored. In one embodiment of this approach, a user must specifically request that a stored message be transcribed. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055766 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data communication apparatus having a transfer function, and a method of controlling the same, wherein a list of stored addresses is displayed on a display unit, and when a transfer function is set, an address that becomes a transfer destination is selected in the list, and it is determined whether or not an editing restriction is set on the selected address. It is determined, when an editing target address is selected in the displayed list, whether an editing target address is set as the transfer destination and an editing restriction is set to the transfer destination, and if it is determined that the editing target address is set as the transfer destination and the editing restriction is set to the transfer destination, editing of the editing target address is restricted. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055767 | IDENTIFYING AN ACCOUNT AND DESTINATION FOR A COMMUNICATION BASED ON DIALED NUMBER AND ORIGINATION NUMBER - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for identifying an account and destination for a communication based on a dialed number and origination number associated with the communication. One computer-implemented method includes identifying a first communication associated with an origination address and an access method; determining whether the first communication is associated with a destination address record in response to identifying the first communication; initiating the second communication to the destination address included in the destination address record in response to determining that the first communication is associated with the destination address record; determining whether a call recipient at the destination address accepts the second communication; and charging the account included in the destination address record for charges associated with the first communication and the second communication in response to determining that the call recipient at the destination address accepts the second communication. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO CALLED PARTIES - A system for providing additional information to called parties, the system comprises a base unit device for sending additional information to called parties, the base unit comprises a microprocessor, at least one Ethernet port, at least one telephone port, a first transceiver, and a first wireless antenna; and a display unit for receiving the additional information from the base unit device and displaying the additional information to the called parties, the display unit comprises a second transceiver, a liquid crystal display, a second wireless antenna, and a set of keys. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055769 | Method for Improving Connection Success in Arranging Video Chat among Candidate Conversants - A system registers participant information and inter-participant relationship information, and then, at variable times, selects two or more participants with a pre-existing relationship and attempts to establish a communication link between them. At least one of the participants is notified that the communication link will be attempted, shortly before the attempt is made. The identities of the selected participants are withheld from at least one of the participants (and potentially from all of the participants), so the call is a partial surprise (i.e., the participant may know the set of possible people from whom the call could be, but does not know exactly which person or people are calling until he answers the call). A number of applications are described and claimed. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055770 | Placement of Sound Signals in a 2D or 3D Audio Conference - A conference controller ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING A PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A system and method for mapping a private branch exchange is provided whereby a visual representation of a private branch exchange is graphically displayed. Once the PBX is mapped, a user can then make changes to the connections and other data in the branch exchange and save those changes such that the PBX will then follow the edited structure. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055772 | FACILITATING A CONTACT CENTER AGENT TO SELECT A CONTACT IN A CONTACT CENTER QUEUE - The system and method enable an agent to be able to select a contact (e.g., a voice call or email from a customer) from a contact queue in a contact center. As contacts come into a contact center, the contacts are placed in the contact queue. An agent in the contact center is presented with the contacts along with a profile that is associated with each of the contacts. The profile may contain information about the contacts such as an attitude of the contact, a conversation style of the contact, a sentiment of the contact, and the like. The agent selects one of the contacts in the contact queue. The selected contact is then sent to the agent for handling. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055773 | OUTBOUND PACING MECHANISM FOR IVR - A pacing system and method for determining information related to a state of a call queue of an automatic call distributor (ACD). The information is based on a number of calls in the ACD queue waiting to be connected to a live agent. The pacing system and method controls a number of outbound calls being made by the IVR based system to a number of end users based on the information related to the ACD queue state. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055774 | ECHO CANCELLATION WITH QUANTIZATION COMPENSATION - An apparatus having a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The first circuit is configured to generate a first intermediate signal by expanding a first input signal subjected to a quantization. The second circuit is configured to generate a second intermediate signal based on a second input signal. The second intermediate signal approximates an echo in the first input signal caused by the second input signal. The second circuit is also configured to generate a third intermediate signal by companding the second intermediate signal to compensate the quantization of the first input signal. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055775 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary embodiment provides an image processing apparatus, including: a first detector configured to detect a privacy image from a first image when the first image is input; a protection processor configured to scramble the privacy image to a privacy protection image using a scrambling key when the privacy image is detected; and an encryption processor configured to create a second image in which the first image including the privacy protection image is encrypted using an encryption key. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055776 | Method and System for High Throughput Blockwise Independent Encryption/Decryption - An encryption technique is disclosed for encrypting a plurality of data blocks of a data segment where the encryption selectively switches between a blockwise independent randomized (BIR) encryption mode and a cipher block chaining (CBC) encryption mode based on a configurable feedback stride. A corresponding decryption technique is also disclosed. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055777 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS AGAINST QUANTUM COMPUTATIONAL ATTACK - The present invention relates to information security and discloses a method of establishing public key cryptographic protocols against the quantum computational attack. The method includes the following steps: definition of an infinite non-abelian group G; choosing two private keys in G by two entities; a second entity computing y, and sending y to a first entity; the first entity computing x and z, and sending (x, z) to the second entity; the second entity computing w and v, and sending (w, v) to the first entity; the first entity computing u, and sending u to the second entity; and the first entity computing K | 2015-02-26 |
20150055778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A NON-DETERMINISTIC RANDOM BIT GENERATOR (NRBG) - A hardware-based digital random number generator is provided. In one embodiment, a processor includes a digital random number generator (DRNG) to condition entropy data provided by an entropy source, to generate a plurality of deterministic random bit (DRB) strings, and to generate a plurality of nondeterministic random bit (NRB) strings, and an execution unit coupled to the DRNG, in response to a first instruction to read a seed value, to retrieve one of the NRB strings from the DRNG and to store the NRB string in a destination register specified by the first instruction. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055779 | METHOD OF SECURE COMMUNICATION, CONTROLLED DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A controlled device generates an authentication random number. A control device accepts input of a random number from an input device. The controlled device verifies if the displayed authentication random number and the random number transferred from the control device are identical to transfer a public key of the controlled device to the control device. The controlled device generates a token. The control device encrypts the token with the public key of the controlled device. The controlled device decrypts the token and verifies if the token transferred from the control device and the generated token are identical to generate a session key. The control device stores the session key into the storage device. The control device controlling the controlled device by encrypted communication using the session key. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055780 | Event-driven, asset-centric key management in a smart grid - A security management system comprises a key management sub-system, an asset/workload management sub-system, and an event management sub-system. The event management sub-system detects events. The asset/workload management sub-system correlates events (irrespective of type) with the assets that generate them, and the key management sub-system uses the event-asset associations determined by the asset/workload management sub-system to automatically orchestrate the necessary key management activities (e.g., key creation, revocation, refresh, etc.) across the impacted components in the information technology and operational realms to ensure data security. In one use case, a security event detected by the event management sub-system triggers one or more actions within the asset/workload management sub-system. Service configuration records are identified from this scan, and assets defined in those records are identified. An event-asset association is then supplied to the key management sub-system, which uses this information to determine a key management operation. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055781 | WIRELESS SPEAKER DEVICE AND WIRELESSLY MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SYSTEM THEREOF - A wireless speaker device includes a speaker module, a processing module, a wireless module and a control module. The processing module may receive the mate signal sent by the adjacent wireless speaker device through the wireless module or send the mate signal sent to the adjacent wireless speaker device through the wireless module to establish a wireless multi-channel audio system. Therefore, the connections of the wireless speaker devices within the wireless multi-channel audio system are simplified. Ans the cost time to mate for connection is reduced. Also, the connection is automated to be convenient for users to operate. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055782 | System and Method for Wirelessly Transmitting and Receiving Customized Data Broadcasts - A system for wirelessly transmitting and receiving customized data broadcasts comprising at least one computer apparatus running an application for customized data broadcasts. The computer apparatus uses the application to transmit and/or receive at least one broadcast. The system is further comprised of a server network infrastructure with: the application, at least one application server, at least one web server; and at least one database/information server. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055783 | Statistical modelling, interpolation, measurement and anthropometry based prediction of head-related transfer functions - A system is disclosed for statistical modelling, interpolation, and user-feedback based inference of head-related transfer functions (HRTF) includes a processor performing operations that include using a collection of previously measured head related transfer functions for audio signals corresponding to multiple directions for at least one subject; and performing Gaussian process hyper-parameter training on the collection of audio signals. A method is disclosed for statistical modelling, interpolation, measurement and anthropometry based prediction of head-related transfer functions (HRTF) for a virtual audio system that includes collecting audio signals in transform domain for at least one subject; applying head related transfer functions (HRTF) measurement directions in multiple directions to the collected audio signals; and performing Gaussian hyper-parameter training on the collection of audio signals to generate at least one predicted HRTF. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055784 | Headset Hearing Protection with Integrated Transceiver and Siren Alert Device - Systems and methods of alert and notification transmission are contemplated in which a transceiver provides an alert/notification to a user(s) wearing a headset that provides hearing protection device with an integrated transceiver (e.g., radio) and on-board siren-voice alert function board. Typically, this device would be used in a loud noise area (>+70 dB) that would otherwise prevent the user from hearing an alert and notification, such as a siren tone and/or Public Address announcement. While the alert and notification is silent, the device is contemplated to provide sufficient hearing protection (>+15 dB)from the ambient surroundings. It is also contemplated that it could play local music through an audio input port/other receiving method. When an alert and notification command is communicated to a headset device's address (or globally) through the transceiver, the device(s) would then proceed to play, within the headset, the desired alert and notification message. This would be successful, as the ambient sound is suppressed around the wearer and the message clearly listened too, live and/or pre-recorded. The alert could also be in the form of a visual indication (e.g. LEDs, etc.), vibration, etc. generated from this same function board. The transceiver could be an unlicensed frequency (e.g., Wi-Fi, FRS, etc.) or a licensed frequency (VHF, UHF, Digital 800 MHz, etc.), and while preferred to be bi-directional communications, it could also function in an alert only mode. Further, by adding a GPS locator, a facility and/or site could give proximity warnings based on user skill level in negotiation the facility, perhaps based on training level and experience. Also, digital messages are contemplated where text messages could be converted to speech. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055785 | MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | 2015-02-26 |
20150055786 | Apparatus and Method of Silent Monitoring Alarm Sounders - An alarm sounder, which incorporates a piezo-electric output transducer, can be silently monitored using a variable frequency square wave. An initial frequency, close to the upper limit of human hearing, is coupled to the sounder. The transducer draws very little current at this initial frequency. The frequency of the square wave is systematically reduced, and the current draw is continually monitored. A high current indicates a low impedance type of fault. A low current throughout the frequency range indicates a potential high frequency type of fault. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055787 | Instability Detection and Correction in Sinusoidal Active Noise Reduction System - A method for operating an active noise reduction system that is designed to reduce the harmonic or sinusoidal noise emanating from a rotating device, where there is an active noise reduction system input signal that is related to the frequency of the noise to be reduced, and where the active noise reduction system comprises one or more adaptive filters that output a generally sinusoidal noise reduction signal that is used to drive one or more transducers with their outputs directed to reduce the noise. Distortions of the noise reduction signal are detected. A distortion is based at least in part on differences between the frequency of the noise reduction signal and the frequency of the harmonic noise. The noise reduction signal is altered based on the detected distortion. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIND NOISE DETECTION - A method of processing digitized microphone signal data in order to detect wind noise. First and second sets of signal samples are obtained simultaneously from two microphones. A first number of samples in the first set which are greater than a first predefined comparison threshold is determined. A second number of samples in the first set which are less than the first predefined comparison threshold is determined. A third number of samples in the second set which are greater than a second predefined comparison threshold is determined. A fourth number of samples in the second set which are less than the second predefined comparison threshold is determined. If the first number and second number differ from the third number and fourth number to an extent which exceeds a predefined detection threshold, e.g. as determined by a Chi-squared test, then an indication that wind noise is present is output. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055789 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING CONFIGURATION DATA - A method includes detecting an accessory device at a master device. The method also includes receiving, at the master device, active noise cancellation (ANC) coefficients associated with the accessory device in response to detecting the accessory device. The method also includes modifying audio content, at the master device, based on the ANC coefficients. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055790 | ACOUSTIC SYSTEM - An acoustic system includes: a first customer-side microphone; a first counselor-side microphone; a first sound changing unit; a first loudspeaker; a second customer-side microphone; a second counselor-side microphone; and a second loudspeaker. Between the second loudspeaker and the first customer-side microphone, a first sound transmission path is provided. Also, between the second loudspeaker and the first counselor-side microphone, a second sound transmission path is provided. These sound transmission paths have substantially the same length. The first sound signal generated by the first customer-side microphone is made to have a phase substantially opposite to that of the second sound signal generated by the first counselor-side microphone, and the sound signals are added together. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055791 | EARPHONE SOCKET HAVING RF CONNECTOR DEVICE - An electrical facility includes an earphone socket having a housing which includes a socket opening at one end portion and a compartment in the other end portion and which includes one or more signal terminals and a ground terminal, and a connector mechanism is engaged in the compartment of the housing and includes a socket element directed toward and aligned with the socket opening of the housing, and includes an output terminal electrically connected to the socket element. The connector mechanism may be selected from an RF connector mechanism. The output terminal of the housing is directed toward an outer peripheral portion of the housing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055792 | AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEM, EARPHONE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEM - An audio playback system includes an earphone and an audio device. The earphone includes a first earphone body, a second earphone body, a first sensing unit mounted in the first earphone body, a second sensing unit mounted in the second earphone body, a first plug, and a second plug electronically connected to the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit. The audio device includes a first jack, a second jack configured to receive the second plug, and a control unit. The first sensing unit and the second sensing unit output sensing signals which indicate whether the earphone is used. The control unit receives the sensing signals from the second jack and controls a working state of the audio device. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055793 | Plug Connector - A plug connector includes: a jack portion into which a pin of a microphone-equipped headphone plug in which a speaker contact portion connected to a speaker of a headphone, a ground contact portion connected to a ground wire of the headphone, and a microphone contact portion connected to a microphone of the headphone are sequentially formed in an axial direction, the jack portion having a first contact which is in contact with the speaker contact portion, a second contact which is in contact with the ground contact portion, and a third contact which is in contact with the microphone contact portion; a bias circuit configured to supply a bias voltage to the third contact through a resistor; and a control circuit configured to detect that the pin is extracted from the jack portion, based on a change of a potential of the third contact. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055794 | SOUND FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A feedback system is configured for providing a feedback sound representative of a first vehicle sound of a first vehicle and a second vehicle sound of a second vehicle. The feedback system comprises a first vehicle data bus of the first vehicle and a second vehicle data bus of the second vehicle. A first wireless communication device communicates with the first vehicle data bus and is configured to communicate first vehicle sound. A second wireless communication device communicates with the second vehicle data bus and is configured to communicate second vehicle sound. An electronic data processing system comprises a third wireless communication device configured to receive the first and second vehicle sound. A sound integration module is configured to form or determine the feedback sound from the first and second vehicle sound. A sound generator module is configured to communicate the feedback sound to a user. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055795 | Microphone, A Microphone Arrangement and a Method for Processing Signals in a Microphone - A microphone includes a first signal input, a second signal input and a control unit coupled to the first signal input and the second signal input. The control unit is configured to, upon receiving a support signal at one of the first signal input and second signal input, process a signal received at the other of the first signal input and second signal input as an incoming data signal. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055796 | ACOUSTIC SOURCE SEPARATION - A system for directionally selective sound reception comprises an array of pressure sensors each arranged to output a pressure signal indicative of pressure, and processing means arranged to receive the pressure signals, identify a plurality of frequency components of the signals, identify at least one source direction, and identify at least one of the components as coming from the source direction. The sensor array comprises support means having two opposite sides and four sensors, at least one of the sensors being supported on each of the sides of the support means. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055797 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCALIZING SOUND SOURCES PLACED WITHIN A SOUND ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING AMBIENT NOISE - A method for localizing one or more sound sources of interest placed within a sound environment comprising ambient noise by estimating the directions of arrival (θ,φ) of said one or more sound source of interest comprising the steps of: calculating the environment steered response power (SRP (t, f, θ, φ)) corresponding to the steered response power of said one or more source of interest for one or more orientations using said environment audio signals; obtaining, using said array of at least two microphones, noise audio signals corresponding to the audio signals emanating from said sound environment under particular reference conditions; calculating a noise steered response power (SRP | 2015-02-26 |
20150055798 | METHOD FOR VOICE RECORDING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for voice recording and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes determining a voice recording mode from among a plurality of voice recording modes, determining a voice beamforming direction according to the determined voice recording mode, and recording voice signals based on the determined voice beamforming direction. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055799 | Synchronization of Buffered Data in Multiple Microphones - First analog signals are received from a first microphone, converted into first digital data and stored in a first buffer. A determination is made as to whether voice activity has occurred when voice activity is determined, a voice activity detect signal is sent to an external processor. The external processor responsively provides an exterior clock signal upon receiving the voice activity detect signal. Second analog signals are received from a second microphone, converted into second digital data and stored in a second buffer. The first digital data in the first buffer is not necessarily synchronized in real time with the second digital data in the second buffer. The first digital data from the first buffer and the second digital data from the second buffer is decimated using the external clock to provide decimated output data, the decimated output data having the first digital data and the second digital data aligned in real time. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055800 | ENHANCEMENT OF INTELLIGIBILITY IN NOISY ENVIRONMENT - Provided are methods and systems for enhancing the intelligibility of an audio (e.g., speech) signal rendered in a noisy environment, subject to a constraint on the power of the rendered signal. A quantitative measure of intelligibility is the mean probability of decoding of the message correctly. The methods and systems simplify the procedure by approximating the maximization of the decoding probability with the maximization of the similarity of the spectral dynamics of the noisy speech to the spectral dynamics of the corresponding noise-free speech. The intelligibility enhancement procedures provided are based on this principle, and all have low computational cost and require little delay, thus facilitating real-time implementation. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055801 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME SETTING THEREFROM - In a method for adjusting a volume setting of an electronic device, a current location and a current time are obtained. The method determines whether a volume state file corresponding to the executed application is stored in a storage system. When no volume state file of the executed application is stored, the volume state file is created and a time period corresponding to the current time, the current location and a volume level corresponding to a preset volume setting are recorded as a volume state package into the volume state file. When the volume state file of the executed application is stored in the storage system, the volume setting of the electronic device is adjusted according to a volume level of a matching volume state package matching the current time and the current location in the volume state file. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055802 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a microphone, a bias-supply device and a voice-recognition device. The bias-supply device is configured to provide a first bias voltage to serve as an operation voltage of the microphone, when the electronic device is operated in a power-saving mode, such that the microphone transforms a voice signal into a first output signal. The voice-recognition device is configured to receive the first output signal and output a control signal, when the first output signal has a predetermined signal, to enable the electronic device be operated in a normal operation mode and the bias-supply device to provide a second bias voltage that is higher than the first bias voltage to serve as the operation voltage of the microphone, such that the microphone transforms the voice signal into a second output signal and outputs the second signal to a core circuit. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055803 | Decimation Synchronization in a Microphone - An external clock signal having a first frequency is received. A division ratio is automatically determined based at least in part upon a second frequency of an internal clock. The second frequency is greater than the first frequency. A decimation factor is automatically determined based at least in part upon the first frequency of the external clock signal, the second frequency of the internal clock signal, and a predetermined desired sampling frequency. The division ratio is applied to the internal clock signal to reduce the first frequency to a reduced third frequency. The decimation factor is applied to the reduced third frequency to provide the predetermined desired sampling frequency. Data is clocked to a buffer using the predetermined desired sampling frequency. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055804 | Foot-Operated Sound Mixer - The present invention provides a foot-operated sound mixer, which, for example, allows a musical performer to adjust personal monitor mix by foot without using hands engaged in playing a musical instrument. The sound mixer of this invention has a housing that has at least one opening. The sound mixer of this invention also comprises an assembly of foot-controlled elements of a user interface comprising scroll wheel assembly and keys that are provided within the housing. The scroll wheel assembly includes a rotatable member positioned within the opening of the housing. The rotatable member is rotatable about an axis that extends within the housing and is laterally movable within the opening relative to the housing. The scroll wheel assembly also includes a movement sensing system that determines when the rotatable member is moved laterally relative to the housing. The keys of said assembly of foot-controlled elements of a user interface are positioned perpendicularly to the scroll wheel rotation axis and at such distance on both sides from the rotatable member so that human foot, when put on the rotatable member, reaches and can activate the keys by tip or toe while the middle part of the foot still touches and remains control of the rotatable member. In present embodiment of the invention said rotatable member is for adjustment of volume level of an audio channel in a monitor mix. In present embodiment of the invention said keys are for audio channel selection. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055805 | MULTIPLE LEVEL CHARGE PUMP GENERATING VOLTAGES WITH DISTINCT LEVELS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A multi level charge pump circuit may be associated with at least two power supplies, and may provide at least four levels of positive and negative voltage. The multi level charge pump may include first and second fly capacitors, and first and second tank capacitors. A plurality of PMOS transistors and NMOS transistors may allow generation of two high voltage levels and two low voltage levels for the multi level charge pump, the low voltage levels being derived from a charging of the two fly capacitors in series. This multi level charge pump may be embodied in an audio device within a platform without a dedicated SMPS circuit. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055806 | AUDIO ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic device includes a power supply, an adjustment circuit, and an audio outputting module. The power supply provides a working voltage. The adjustment circuit includes a control unit, a switch unit, and an adjustment unit. The control unit comprises a first pin and a second pin for outputting a first control signal or a second control signal respectively. When received first control signal from the control unit, the switch unit establishes a connection between the power supply and the adjustment unit, and the adjustment unit generates different driving voltages based on different combination of the first control signal and the second control signal outputted by the first pin and the second pin. The audio outputting module generates different tone frequencies based on different driving voltage. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055807 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LOUDSPEAKERS OF A SOUND SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - An apparatus and a method for driving loudspeakers of a sound system in a vehicle, the system having at least two loudspeakers of a basic system, and a plurality of loudspeakers of a focus system wherein each of the loudspeakers has a position in an environment. The apparatus includes a basic channel provider for providing basic system audio channels for driving the loudspeakers of the basic system and a focused source renderer for providing focus system audio channels to drive the loudspeakers of the focus system. The focused source renderer is configured to calculate a plurality of filter values for the loudspeakers of the focus system based on the positions of the loudspeakers of the focus system and based on a position of a focus point. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055808 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUDIO TO A USER BASED ON GAZE INPUT - According to the invention, a method for providing audio to a user is disclosed. The method may include determining, with an eye tracking device, a gaze point of a user on a display. The method may also include causing, with a computer system, an audio device to produce audio to the user, where content of the audio may be based at least in part on the gaze point of the user on the display. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055809 | INTEGRATED TUBE AND DOME FOR THIN TUBE BTE - The invention describes a hearing device with a BTE (Behind-The-Ear) unit and an air filled tube. The BTE unit comprises a power source, a microphone, an amplifier, and a receiver and is configured to be mounted behind or on the ear of a user. The air filled tube as a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the air filled tube is connected to the receiver of the BTE unit and a flexible sealing part is provided at the distal end. The flexible sealing part comprises a core hole permeable for sound transmitted from the air filled tube through a core pathway. The air filled tube is further configured to be arranged in a user's ear canal to transmit sound generated by the BTE unit to a tympanic membrane of the user. The flexible sealing part is arranged in a bony portion of the user's ear canal when in use. The diameter of the flexible sealing part is at least as large as the diameter of the bony portion of the ear canal of a user to close the ear canal. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055810 | SOUNDPROOF HOUSING FOR EARSET AND WIRED AND WIRELESS EARSET COMPRISING SAME - The present invention provides a soundproof housing for an earset, comprising: a housing main body, coupled to the inside of a front surface case having a protrusion portion inserted into the ear, and provided with a speaker accommodation groove and a microphone accommodation groove; a speaker output hole, penetratingly formed in the speaker accommodation groove so as to communicate with the front surface case, and adjacent to the output end of the speaker; and a microphone input hole, formed in a recessed manner inside the microphone accommodation groove so as to communicate with the front surface case, and adjacent to the input end of the microphone, wherein the housing main body is protrudingly formed as a long protrusion toward the inside of the protrusion portion of the front surface case, so as to be tightly coupled with the inside of the protrusion portion of the front surface case. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055811 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AUDIO SIGNALS - Techniques described herein generally relate to generating an audio signal with a speaker. In some examples, a speaker device is described that includes a membrane and a shutter. The membrane can be configured to oscillate along a first directional path and at a first frequency effective to generate an ultrasonic acoustic signal. The shutter can be positioned about the membrane and configured to modulate the ultrasonic acoustic signal such that an audio signal can be generated. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055812 | AUDIO BASS RESONATOR - A headphone comprising: at least one speaker housing comprising at least a first surface with a first opening and a second surface with second opening; at least one resonator designed to cover at least a portion of the second opening of the second surface; at least one speaker, at least a portion of the speaker disposed within the speaker housing proximate to the first opening of the first surface of the speaker housing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055813 | WEARABLE MALLEABLE EARPHONE CASE - A wearable malleable earphone case includes a main body having a front surface, back surface, bottom surface and a pair of opposing side surfaces forming a generally hollow interior space. A lid is hingedly secured along the top surface of the main body, and an elongated central post is positioned within the main body. A plurality of apertures function to receive a set of earphones and the central post secures the earphone cord within the device. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055814 | HEADPHONE FOR REPRODUCING SOUND STAGE EFFECT - A headphone for reproducing sound stage effect comprises of a housing including outer surface covering the ear, an inner wall corresponding to the combination of the outer surface, and a hollow chamber arranged inside the housing, a sound guiding hole is disposed in the center of the inner wall guiding the sound output; a padding, one side is combined with an outside of the inner wall, the other is for contacting with human face and a pinhole is arranged in the center corresponding to the sound guiding hole; a speaker baffle is arranged at one side of the chamber of the housing provided with an open hole, which the front is faced with the other side and integrated tightly with the outer surface and the inner wall without covering the sound guiding hole, and which is set close to the vertical with the inner wall to form a small space for accommodating a speaker; the speaker is disposed behind the baffle, which sounds export to the chamber by the open hole of the baffle. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055815 | Articulating Headphones with Biased Arm Positions - A headphone with articulating earpieces includes a headband, a hinged fork, and earpieces connected to the fork in a manner allowing the earpieces to articulate relative to the fork as a hinge on the fork articulates. The earpieces are arranged on the fork in a manner allowing them to face each other while articulating from a folded position adjacent the headband, to an unfolded position for listening. When unfolded for listening, the earpieces are adapted to fully extend into a biased open position with an audible click. Similarly, when articulating the earphones to a closed position, they are biased against the headband with an audible click. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055816 | IN-EAR EARPIECE AND EXPANSION ADAPTOR - There is provided an in-ear earphone having a housing for receiving an electroacoustic transducer and an expansion adaptor unit which is coupled to the housing of the in-ear earphone. The expansion adaptor unit has an expansion unit with an upper portion having a curvature for fitting into a crus inferius anthelicis, an anti-helix and/or a concha of an ear of a user. The expansion adaptor unit further has at least one coupling element for coupling the upper portion to the housing of the in-ear earphone, wherein the expansion unit has at least two flexible legs as coupling elements, wherein one leg is coupled to a first end of the upper portion and a second leg is coupled to a second end of the upper portion. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055817 | Sound Box Structure - A sound box structure is disclosed. The sound box structure includes a sound box, a speaker, and a gas absorption element. The sound box includes a sound box space. A first hole is formed on one plane of the sound box, and a second hole is formed on another plane of the sound box. The speaker is mounted on the first hole. The gas absorption element is mounted on the second hole. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055818 | SPEAKER STRUCTURE - A speaker structure includes a main body, a circuit board and a magnetic component. The main body has a receiving section and a recess formed on an outer circumference of the receiving section. A center of the main body is formed with a hole in communication with the receiving section. The circuit board has a board body and an outer frame body inlaid in the recess of the main body. The magnetic component is received in the hole. A voice coil collar is disposed around the magnetic component. Multiple windings are wound around a surface of the voice coil collar. Two ends of the windings are attached to the circuit board. According to the above arrangement, the volume of the speaker structure is greatly reduced and the manufacturing cost of the speaker structure is lowered. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055819 | Dual Coil Loudspeaker System - A dual coil loudspeaker system having a voice coil having a first coil configured to receive a first electrical signal from a first source, and a second coil configured to receive a second electrical signal from a second source different from the first source; a field magnet configured to generate a magnetic field that interacts with magnetic fields created by the first coil and the second coil; and a diaphragm connected to the voice coil such that the diaphragm is displaced in response to energization of at least one of the first coil and the second coil. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055820 | MODEL FOR MAPPING SETTLEMENTS - A programmable media includes a graphical processing unit in communication with a memory element. The graphical processing unit is configured to detect one or more settlement regions from a high resolution remote sensed image based on the execution of programming code. The graphical processing unit identifies one or more settlements through the execution of the programming code that executes a multi-instance learning algorithm that models portions of the high resolution remote sensed image. The identification is based on spectral bands transmitted by a satellite and on selected designations of the image patches. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055821 | MULTI-TRACKER OBJECT TRACKING - Systems and approaches are provided for tracking an object using multiple tracking processes. By combining multiple lightweight tracking processes, object tracking can be robust, use a limited amount of power, and enable a computing device to respond to input corresponding to the motion of the object in real time. The multiple tracking processes can be run in parallel to determine the position of the object by selecting the results of the best performing tracker under certain heuristics or combining the results of multiple tracking processes in various ways. Further, other sensor data of a computing device can be used to improve the results provided by one or more of the tracking processes. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER RECOGNITION - A method for user recognition, comprising receiving user information from an information unit of a user; detecting the user face in a captured user image; and recognizing the user identity in the captured image according to a predetermined gesture associated with the user information and performed by the user. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055823 | IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION REGION SETTING METHOD - An image inspection method executed by an image inspection apparatus includes an acquisition step of acquiring an inspection target object image obtained by capturing an image of an inspection target object, a setting reading step of reading, from a storage device that stores inspection region defining information in advance, the inspection region defining information, an inspection region extraction step of extracting, as an inspection region image, a portion to be an inspection region from the inspection target object image, based on the inspection region defining information, and an inspection processing step of performing inspection on the inspection target object by analyzing the inspection region image. The inspection region defining information comprises information defining an initial contour of the inspection region and information defining a range based on the initial contour as a search range for searching a contour of the inspection region. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055824 | METHOD OF DETECTING A MAIN SUBJECT IN AN IMAGE - A method for detecting a main subject in an image comprises the steps of: (i) computing a plurality of saliency features from the image ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055825 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Important information about an object is detected using less arithmetic processing. An object detection unit generates an edge image from a color image. The object detection unit evaluates symmetry of an image included in the edge image by performing processing in accordance with the position of a target pixel. The object detection unit identifies a symmetry center pixel forming an object having symmetry. The object detection unit detects an object width for each symmetry center pixel. The object detection unit identifies the width of the object in the vertical direction based on the width of the symmetry center pixels in the vertical direction, and identifies the width of the object in the horizontal direction based on the object width identified for each symmetry center pixel. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055826 | DUST REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY FOR DRIVER VISION LEVERAGE - A system includes a way of improving an image obscured by airborne particles. The system includes a decomposition processor and an image generation processor. The decomposition processor decomposes an object of interest moving in a first image at a first rate of speed into at least one first subspace vector. This decomposition processor also decomposes fine particles moving at a different rate of speed than the object in the first image into at least one second subspace vector. The fine particles obscure the object of interest in a second image. The image generation processor generates based, at least in part on the first subspace vector and the second subspace vector, an image of the object without some of the fine particles obscuring the object of interest. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055827 | Motion Capture While Fishing - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to automatically receive motion capture data recorded by one or more cameras. The computer may analyze the motion capture data to detect a cast, catch, or bite. The computer may store a record of the cast, catch, or bite. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055828 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A moving object detection method includes acquiring two depth image frames including depth information, which are obtained by continuously taking images of a moving object, the two depth image frames including a present depth image frame and at least one past depth image frame; dividing each of the two depth image frames into a plurality of blocks; calculating differences between numbers of pixels positioned in respective different depth areas in each of the plurality of blocks in the present depth image frame, and numbers of pixels positioned in respective different depth areas in each of the corresponding plurality of blocks in each of the at least one past depth image frame, which correspond to the plurality of blocks in the present depth image frame; and detecting a moving block in the present depth image frame based on the calculated difference and constituting the detected moving object. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for tracking an object are disclosed. The method includes determining a first position by a first tracking template and determining a second position by a second tracking template, the first and second tracking templates being formed based on first and second feature sets, respectively, the first feature set being different from the second feature set, and the first feature set and the second feature set including one or more features; and determining a final position based on the first position and the second position, wherein the first tracking template is updated for each of a predetermined number of frames, the second tracking template is updated based on a predetermined rule, the second tracking template and the first tracking template are independently updated, and the update frequency of the second tracking template is lower than the first tracking template. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055830 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING FIELD OF VIEW OVERLAP AMONG MULTIPLE CAMERAS - Field of view overlap among multiple cameras are automatically determined as a function of the temporal overlap of object tracks determined within their fields-of-view. Object tracks with the highest similarity value are assigned into pairs, and portions of the assigned object track pairs having a temporally overlapping period of time are determined. Scene entry points are determined from object locations on the tracks at a beginning of the temporally overlapping period of time, and scene exit points from object locations at an ending of the temporally overlapping period of time. Boundary lines for the overlapping fields-of-view portions within the corresponding camera fields-of-view are defined as a function of the determined entry and exit points in their respective fields-of-view. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055831 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A LANE - An apparatus for recognizing a lane is provided. The apparatus performs a near-field white line recognition process and calculates road parameters (lane position, lane inclination, lane curvature and lane width) near the vehicle. The road parameters are calculated using the extended Kalman filter. In the calculation, the calculated lane curvature is used as a lane curvature to be included in predicted values. The apparatus outputs the calculated road parameters to a warning/vehicle-control apparatus. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055832 | METHOD FOR VIDEO DATA RANKING - This Invention deals with data processing methods. This method involves the receipt of video data from a video camera and transmission of ranked video data to a user and/or to storage via communication links. Received live video data is first segmented based on at least one object and/or event; then, each segment is analyzed for characteristics that are critical for the priority estimate of a segment and/or used to search for segments in the storage. Each segment is prioritized based on its characteristics. Segments are ranked based on their priority estimates; the resulting priority queue of segments or one segment of the highest priority is transmitted to a user and/or recorded into storage. This Invention reduces load imposed on limited bandwidth communication links and improves video data processing without sacrificing video quality. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055833 | Frequency-Dependent Ray Tracing Through an Interface - Computing systems and methods for improving processing of collected data are disclosed. In one embodiment, while ray-tracing through a sub-surface region, a frequency-dependent outgoing ray direction is computed from a point on an interface disposed in the sub-surface region when the ray tracing is at the interface. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED FACIAL RECOGNITION - A method, apparatus and computer program product for an improved facial recognition system are provided. Some embodiments may utilize a weighted block division of an image and capture a property measurement for pixels residing within a block. The measurements may be converted to vectors, compressed, and compared against compressed vectors of enrolled images to identify a characteristic or an image of a matching subject. Training processes may be utilized in order to optimize block divisions and weights. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055835 | Image Processing Apparatus and Storage Medium - An image processing apparatus including: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform: acquiring target image data and template image data; specifying a partial image in a target image based on a result of detecting a face area; and compositing the specified partial image in a specific area in a template image, wherein, when a single face area is detected, a first partial image including the single face area and having a size determined based on a size of the single face area is specified, and, when a plurality of face areas are detected, a second partial image including at least one of the face areas, having a shape homothetic to the specific area and having a maximum size within the target image is specified. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055836 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes, a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, acquiring an image including a first region of a user; extracting a color feature quantity or an intensity gradient feature quantity from the image; detecting the first region based on the color feature quantity or the intensity gradient feature quantity; and selecting whether the detecting is detecting the first region using either the color feature quantity or the intensity gradient feature quantity, based on first information related to the speed of movement of the first region calculated from a comparison of the first regions in a plurality of images acquired at different times. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055837 | DETECTION OF WEAK SPECKS FROM IMAGERY - Discerning small, weak features (“specks”) from imagery can be critical in early-stage cancer detection and other applications. In one aspect, the presence of a speck is judged from a large set of “votes” about whether a point in the imagery has a value above or below its neighbors. Hundreds or thousands or more votes can be gathered from one or more images, to thereby—in the aggregate—tend to confirm or refute the presence of a speck at a particular location. Votes can be based on simple pixel differences, e.g., between a pixel at the center of a 7×7 pixel image excerpt, and each of 48 other pixels in the excerpt. More sophisticated methods can employ analyses of triads, quads, and rings, and kernel-based Markov Random Field frameworks, to roll-up to a final conclusion. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. The technology is particularly illustrated in the context of detecting exoplanets from astronomical imagery of remote star systems. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055838 | INTEGRATION OF MEDICAL SOFTWARE AND ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING - According to one embodiment, at least a portion of medical information of a patient is displayed within MRCS executed within a local device, the medical information including medical treatment history of the patient. At least a portion of the displayed medical information of the patient is transmitted to a medical imaging processing server over a network, where the transmitted medical information includes a patient identifier (ID) of the patient. Both the at least a portion of patient medical information and one or more medical images are displayed within the MRCS, where the medical images are associated with the patient and rendered by the medical image processing server. A set of icons representing a set of image processing tools is displayed within the MRCS, which when activated by a user, allow an image to be manipulated by the imaging processing server. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055839 | Intelligent Weighted Blending for Ultrasound Image Stitching - Ultrasound images are stitched together by extracting target image regions within each ultrasound image, identifying interest points for the extracted target images and then identifying interest point correspondences between the interest points of all the extracted target image regions. The interest point correspondence is used to define a common, word coordinate for all extracted target images, and the extracted target images are warped onto the world coordinates. A distance weight, w | 2015-02-26 |
20150055840 | Ultrasound Image Object Boundary Localization by Intensity Histogram Classification Using Relationships Among Boundaries - Fatty tissue boundary depths and muscle tissue boundary depths are identified in an ultrasound image by first creating an average intensity histogram of the ultrasound image. The histogram has a plurality of peaks, but has the characteristic that one of its peaks corresponds to a fat boundary depth, and a second of its peaks corresponds to a muscle boundary depth. A first classifier based solely on the local-characteristics of individual peaks is used to identify a first fat tissue depth. A second classifier trained to find a muscle depth given a fat depth, receives the output from the first classifier and identifies an output muscle tissue depth relative to the first fat tissue depth. A third classifier trained to find a fat boundary depth given a muscle boundary depth, receives the output muscle tissue depth and outputs a second fat boundary depth. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055841 | Orientation-Aware Average Intensity Histogram to Indicate Object Boundary Depth in Ultrasound Images - Linear candidate lines at different angles are used to determine an average intensity for each pixel level of an ultrasound image. The resultant average intensities are collected into a histogram, and the histogram is used to determine the depth positions of tissue boundary lines within an ultrasound image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055842 | Image Segmentation Techniques - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055843 | Image Segmentation Techniques - Systems and articles of manufacture for image segmentation are provided herein, and include creating an anatomical model from training data comprising one or more imaging modalities, generating one or more simulated images in a target modality based on the anatomical model and one or more principles of physics pertaining to image contrast generation, and comparing the one or more simulated images to an unlabeled input image of a given imaging modality to determine a simulated image of the one or more simulated images to represent the unlabeled input image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055844 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND CIRCUITS FOR GENERATING MAGNIFICATION-DEPENDENT IMAGES SUITABLE FOR WHOLE SLIDE IMAGES - Methods, systems, workstations, computer programs visually enhance features of interest in an obtained image that are otherwise only visually apparent in a high magnification sub-slide view so that the visually enhanced features are visually apparent in a low magnification whole slide view and display the visually enhanced features on a display in a whole slide low magnification image view. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055845 | System, Method and Computer Accessible Medium for Providing Real-Time Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging and for Facilitating Estimation of Tensors and Tensor- Derived Measures in Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging - Exemplary method, system, and computer-accessible medium can be provided for determining a measure of diffusional kurtosis by receiving data relating to at least one diffusion weighted image, and determining a measure of a diffusional kurtosis as a function of the received data using a closed form solution procedure. In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, provided herein are computer-accessible medium, systems and methods for, e.g., imaging in an MRI system, and, more particularly for facilitating estimation of tensors and tensor-derived measures in diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI). For example, DKI can facilitate a characterization of non-Gaussian diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues. The diffusion and kurtosis tensors parameterizing the DKI model can typically be estimated via unconstrained least squares (LS) methods. In the presence of noise, motion, and imaging artifacts, these methods can be prone to producing physically and/or biologically implausible tensor estimates. The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can address at least this deficiency by formulating an exemplary estimation problem, e.g., as linearly constrained linear LS, where the constraints can ensure acceptable tensor estimates. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055846 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image processing method for performing registration between a first medical image and a second medical image both being three-dimensional images is provided. The image processing method includes extracting a first vascular image in the first medical image and a second vascular image in the second medical image, detecting at least one vascular portion structure including a plurality of vascular portions close or connected to each other with respect to each of the first and second vascular images extracted, for each of a plurality of combinations of the at least one vascular portion structure in the first vascular image and the at least one vascular portion structure in the second vascular image, performing coordinate transformation on at least one of the first and second vascular images such that a deviation between the vascular portion structures becomes small, and calculating similarity in a prescribed area including the vascular portion structures between the first and second vascular images, and performing coordinate transformation for the registration using the coordinate transformation highest in the calculated similarity. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055847 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - The image reconstruction method includes performing a forward projection of a first image of an object using a line integral-based value and a point spread function (PSF)-based value to acquire a forward projection value, and performing a back projection of raw image data using the forward projection value to acquire a second image of the object. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055848 | MECHANISM FOR ADVANCED STRUCTURE GENERATION AND EDITING - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and a mechanism for manipulating images generated by radiotherapy machines used in radiation diagnostic and treatment applications. In one embodiment, a method is provided for intelligent automatic propagation of manual or automatic contouring across linked (e.g., registered) images and image data sets by acquiring one or more images of one or more image data sets; determining the correlation between the images with respect to identified structures; and generating a deformation map that establishes a correspondence for each point in the source image with a point in the target image. Subsequently, the intelligent propagation mechanism applies this deformation map individually to each structure of the source image and propagates the deformed structure to the target image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055849 | System and method for gradient assisted non-connected automatic Region (GANAR) analysis - A system and method for analyzing medical images of a subject includes acquiring the medical images of the subject and texture images. A computer system determines, using the medical images and the texture feature images, a plurality of segmentation surfaces by iteratively adjusting a relationship between a region growing algorithm that selects a region of interest (ROI) to determine a given segmentation surface and cost function for evaluating the given segmentation surface. The computer system generates a report using the plurality of segmentation surfaces indicating at least boundaries between anatomical structures with functional differences in the medical images. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055850 | System For and Method Of Paper Note Authentication and Tracking Through NFC - A system for and method of paper note authentication and tracking through NFC is presented. The system and method includes utilizing an authenticating device to receive paper note data using an NFC reader, transmit the paper note data to an authenticating party, receive an authentication determination and/or additional paper note data, and authenticate the paper note where the authentication determination indicates accordingly. The system and method may further include updating the paper note data upon authentication to prevent duplicate authentication attempts. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055851 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SELECTION OF REGIONS OF AN IMAGE FOR SECONDARY FINISHING AND GENERATION OF MASK IMAGE OF SAME - Automated systems, methods and tools that automatically extract and select portions of an image to automatically generate a premium finish mask specific to the image which require little or no human intervention are presented. Graphical user interface tools allowing a user to provide an image and to indicate regions of the image for application of premium finish are also presented. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055852 | ACCURACY COMPENSATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE - A method for applying accuracy compensation to a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine can compensate control program that controls the CNC machine. The method recognizes an actual outline of the product using an image of product produced by the CNC machine controlled by the control program, and further obtains an ideal outline of the product. The method obtains compensation values by computing coordinate differences between points of the actual outline and points on the ideal outline, and compensates the control program using the compensation values. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055853 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND RANGE INTER-PLANAR ESTIMATION - A system, apparatus and method of performing 3-D object profile inter-planar estimation and/or range inter-planar estimation of objects within a scene, including: providing a predefined finite set of distinct types of features, resulting in feature types, each feature type being distinguishable according to a unique bi-dimensional formation; providing a coded light pattern having multiple appearances of the feature types; projecting the coded light pattern, having axially varying intensity, on objects within a scene, the scene having at least two planes, resulting in a first plane and a second plane; capturing a 2-D image of the objects having the projected coded light pattern projected thereupon, resulting in a captured 2-D image, the captured 2-D image including reflected feature types; determining intensity values of the 2-D captured image; and performing 3-D object profile inter-planar estimation and/or range inter-planar estimation of objects within the scene based on determined intensity values. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055854 | LEARNING BEAUTIFUL AND UGLY VISUAL ATTRIBUTES - A method for learning visual attribute labels for images includes, from textual comments associated with a corpus of images, identifying a set of candidate textual labels that are predictive of aesthetic scores associated with images in the corpus. The candidate labels in the set are clustered into a plurality of visual attribute clusters based on similarity and each of the clusters assigned a visual attribute label. For each of the visual attribute labels, a classifier is trained using visual representations of images in the corpus and respective visual attribute labels. The visual attribute labels are evaluated, based on performance of the trained classifier. A subset of the visual attribute labels is retained, based on the evaluation. The visual attribute labels can be used in processes such as image retrieval, image labeling, and the like. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055855 | LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A sequence of images depicting an object is captured, e.g., by a camera at a point-of-sale terminal in a retail store. The object is identified, such as by a barcode or watermark that is detected from one or more of the images. Once the object's identity is known, such information is used in training a classifier (e.g., a machine learning system) to recognize the object from others of the captured images, including images that may be degraded by blur, inferior lighting, etc. In another arrangement, such degraded images are processed to identify feature points useful in fingerprint-based identification of the object. Feature points extracted from such degraded imagery aid in fingerprint-based recognition of objects under real life circumstances, as contrasted with feature points extracted from pristine imagery (e.g., digital files containing label artwork for such objects). A great variety of other features and arrangements—some involving designing classifiers so as to combat classifier copying—are also detailed. | 2015-02-26 |