09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180061371 | PROJECTOR AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes: a projecting section that projects an image onto a projection surface; an imaging section that captures the image projected on the projection surface and a person located between the projecting section and the projection surface, and obtain a captured image; a specifying section that specifies a split position of the projection surface based on a position of the person in the captured image; and a display control section that splits the projection surface into a plurality of areas at the split position specified by the specifying section and controls the projecting section so as to project different images in the plurality of areas. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061372 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projector includes a display unit configured to display an image on a movably supported display surface, a distance sensor configured to detect the distance from a reference position set in advance to the display surface, a storing unit configured to store information indicating processing executed by the display unit when the distance from the reference position to the display surface is a first distance, and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to execute the processing when the distance detected by the distance sensor changes from a second distance to the first distance. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061373 | INTENSITY OF INTEREST EVALUATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A computer-readable recording medium storing an intensity of interest evaluation program that causes a computer to execute a procedure is provided. The procedure includes: using a movement amount detection sensor installed to an information processing terminal to detect a value of a movement amount of an information processing terminal in a period in which content is being displayed on the information processing terminal; and evaluating a intensity of interest toward the content based on a length of a first period within the period in which the detected value of the movement amount of the information processing terminal is a predetermined value or less. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061374 | Adaptive Screen Interactions - A computing device that processes data from multiple sensors to modify image elements on a display for viewing is described. In implementations, a display adapter circuit in a computing device processes hinge data from a first sensor and orientation data from a second sensor and infers a viewing angle to output the image elements for display. In implementations, the display adapter circuit adapts the display device to enable display of the image elements at the inferred viewing angle while the computing device is between a closed position and a fully open position. The computing device can also or instead be implemented to transition display of modified image elements while first and second housings of the computing device move relative to one another. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061375 | LAYERED CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A layered content display system includes a networking device coupled to a network, a source device configured to display first content information on a source device screen, a display device, and a sink device coupled to the networking device, the source device, and the display device. The sink device receives an identification of the first content information from the source device. The sink device then retrieves a first subset of the first content information from the source device, and a second subset of the first content information from the network through the networking device. The sink device then provides the second subset of the first content information layered with the first subset of the first content information for display on the display device such that the first content information displayed on the display device is substantially similar to the first content information displayed on the source device screen. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061376 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - Providing a new display device and a display method. When image data is sent from a processor to a display unit, the image data is divided into 2 or more parts such as a photographic picture and a non-picture, and corresponding compressed data is generated by performing a suitable compression processing. The size of each of the compressed data is reduced and is thus suitable to be sent to a display unit. Each of the compressed data is decompressed by a display driver; thus becoming decompressed data. Each of the decompressed data is used for display by the display unit. Other than numerical operation, a display unit having a reflective pixel and a self-luminous pixel may be used to combine the decompressed data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061377 | Reversible Guitar Bridge - A reversible guitar bridge that can be flipped over or reversed on the guitar body to allow the same guitar to play with the right hand or left hand. The guitar strings remain attached to the reversible guitar bridge and are moved to the opposite side of the bridge when it is reversed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061378 | Reversible Height Adjustable Guitar Nut - The present invention discloses a reversible, height adjustable guitar nut that allows quick reversal from right-handed to left-handed and easy adjustment of the nut height. The reversible, height adjustable guitar nut uses two screws to hold it in a slot of the guitar neck. Removal of the two screws allows the guitar nut plate to be removed from the guitar, rotate the nut plate to switch from right to left handed, and reinstalled on the guitar. The two screws are also designed to provide adjust capability to the height of the guitar nut as needed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061379 | Telescoping Musical Drum - A collapsible musical drum comprised of multiple, sloped walled, nested rings, which may be held alternatively in expanded and collapsed positions by friction fit and/or one or more of several locking mechanisms. These include 1) pegs that slide vertically within, and may, by user-applied torque, be laterally captured by, channels which, in places, protrude from the inner walls of outer rings to stabilize the inner rings when collapse or expanded 2) a screw-thread mechanism, and 3) one in which nodes on flexible projections are captured by channels running the circumference of constituent rings' outer walls. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061380 | Magnetically Latched Spring Assisted Built-In Guitar Stand - The present invention discloses a magnetically latched, spring assisted, built-in guitar stand that is built in to a guitar to provide quick standing of the guitar without the need for a separate guitar stand. The magnetically latched, spring assisted, built-in guitar stand consists of a stand arm that pivots away from the guitar when opened to form a tripod-like footprint that allows the guitar to stand by itself. The reduced footprint of the guitar stand allows the guitar to stand in a relatively small area. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061381 | TOOLBOXES, SYSTEMS, KITS AND METHODS RELATING TO SUPPLYING PRECISELY TIMED, SYNCHRONIZED MUSIC - Systems, devices, and methods, etc., that provide digital audio toolboxes, music kits, digital audio tracks, etc., herein supply digital audio tracks such as music for combination with and synchronization with digital pre-existing media tracks. The toolkits, etc., herein provide users with visual tracks in media, to create, provide and/or synchronize precisely timed tracks used in audio media productions, or otherwise to provide multiple, precisely timed and synced tracks where a music/sound design track from the toolkits is added to a pre-made media track such as a visual footage. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061382 | CHARACTERIZING AUDIO USING TRANSCHROMAGRAMS - Methods, systems and apparatus to characterize audio using transchromagrams are disclosed. An example method includes generating, by executing one or more instructions on a processor, a set of transition matrices based on a plurality of time frames of the audio data, each of the plurality of transition matrices generated based on a different pair of time frames in the plurality of time frames, and indicating probabilities that anterior musical notes in an anterior time frame of the pair transition to posterior musical notes in a posterior time frame of the pair, generating, by executing one or more instructions on a processor, a data structure representing how the audio data changes statistically between the plurality of time frames based on the set of transition matrices, and causing, by executing one or more instructions on a processor, a database to store the data structure within metadata that describes the audio data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061383 | SMART MUSIC DEVICE AND PROCESS THAT ALLOWS ONLY KEY CORRECT NOTES AND SCALES TO BE PLAYED - A smart music device and process provide users with an interface to play a selected song in the correct song key. The device includes a graphical user interface with areas demarcated by translucent conductive ink printed on the layer's underside. A layer of force sensor resistors (FSRs) are under the areas. Touching one of the areas closes a circuit between then conductive ink and FSR triggering a note to be played. The demarcated areas are illuminated to guide the user on scale and root node position. Metadata in memory storage includes the song key which is used during song playback to trigger assignment of the key correct scale across the FSRs and illuminate its root position of musical notes. Touching an area triggers a signal sent to a connected musical instrument to play the note. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061384 | Effect unit based on dynamic circuit modeling method that can change effect wirelessly - An effect unit based on dynamic circuit modeling method that can change effect wirelessly, comprises a sound effect algorithm database, a mobile APP client and a sound effect device. The mobile APP client checks updates of the sound effect algorithm database, downloads new sound effect algorithms to the local device and displays the same in the form of a list, and the sound effect algorithms are downloaded to the sound effect device in a wireless communication mode by opening the wireless communication function of the mobile APP client; analog signals sent by an electrophone are converted into digital signals by ADC, the digital signals are processed by a DSP sound effect algorithm in the sound effect device, then the digital signals are converted into analog signals by DAC, and the analog signals are output by sound effect output equipment. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061385 | METHOD FOR AUDIO SAMPLE PLAYBACK USING MAPPED IMPULSE RESPONSES - A sample library for sample notes, wherein each note has been samples at a plurality of dynamic layers, each note having a main sample and a plurality of impulse response samples. Each impulse response sample corresponding to a deconvolution of the main note and one corresponding dynamic layer sample. During playback of a note the main sample is convoluted with a corresponding impulse response sample to produce a simulated target note. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061386 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - There is provided an electronic percussion instrument. The electronic percussion instrument includes a struck surface and a plurality of strike sensors configured to detect a strike on the struck surface. The plurality of strike sensors include at least one central sensor that is disposed on a back side of the struck surface and disposed at a center side of the struck surface and a plurality of peripheral sensors that are disposed on a peripheral side of the struck surface. The central sensor and the peripheral sensors each have the same structure. The peripheral sensors are configured to transmit a strike signal in a shorter time than the central sensor when the struck surface is struck. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061387 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF - Provided are an electronic percussion instrument and a control device thereof. The electronic percussion instrument includes central and peripheral sensors, first and second waiting devices, and a sound production instruction device. When the central sensor detects a strike earlier than the peripheral sensor, the first waiting device performs a first waiting process for a first predetermined time after the central sensor detects the strike. When the peripheral sensor detects a strike earlier than the central sensor, the second waiting device performs a second waiting process for a second predetermined time after the peripheral sensor detects the strike. The sound production instruction device instructs production of a striking sound after the first waiting process of the first waiting device ends, or after the second waiting process of the second waiting device ends if the central sensor has not detected a strike within the second waiting process of the second waiting device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061388 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - There is provided an electronic percussion instrument including a struck surface and strike sensors. The strike sensors include a central sensor; a plurality of peripheral sensors; a first position calculation device configured to, when an initial half wave of a strike waveform of the central sensor is detected within a first predetermined time after the central sensor detects a strike, calculate a first strike position from the central sensor based on the initial half wave; a second position calculation device configured to calculate a second strike position based on a difference in strike detection by the plurality of peripheral sensors; and a sound production instruction device configured to instruct production of a striking sound based on the first and second strike positions respectively calculated by the first and second position calculation devices. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061389 | Free Form Modular Pickup System - The present invention discloses a modular pickup system that is integrated into an electric guitar that facilitates quick change-out of pickups, free form repositioning of pickups, switch assignment of pickups to the guitar's pickup switch positions or phase (polarity) selection of the pickups. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061390 | Arrangement and Field Device of Process Measurements Technology - An arrangement comprising an ultrasonic transducer and a damping element with a longitudinal axis, which damping element connects the ultrasonic transducer with a housing- or measuring tube wall. The transducer has an end piece with a medium-contacting surface, from which ultrasonic signals are transferred into a gaseous or liquid medium. The damping element has at least two annular grooves and an annular mass segment arranged therebetween, characterized in that the damping element has a first eigenfrequency, in which the annular mass segment executes an axial movement parallel to the longitudinal direction of the damping element. This first eigenfrequency is the highest eigenfrequency, in the case that a plurality of eigenfrequencies are present, in the case of which the annular mass segment executes an axial movement parallel to the longitudinal direction of the damping element, and the damping element has a second eigenfrequency, in which the annular mass segment executes a rotary movement. This second eigenfrequency is the lowest eigenfrequency, in the case that a plurality of eigenfrequencies are present, in the case of which the annular mass segment executes a rotary movement, will and wherein the ratio of the first eigenfrequency to the second eigenfrequency is less than 0.75; and a field device of process measurements technology. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061391 | Earphones For A Personalized Acoustic Environment - An earphone adapted to fit within a human ear that generates sound via the propagation of one or more diaphragms aligned to fit the structure and shape of the earphone. The earphone allows ambient sound to pass through the device in order to be heard by the user. The earphone includes a variety of sensors adapted to characterize the surrounding acoustic environment and actively negate undesired sounds by generating a cancelling signal specific to the undesired sound or sounds. The earphone allows users to select particular sounds to cancel or to negate all of the surrounding noise. The earphone itself can be used to characterize repetitive environmental sounds that are predictable by the system. Additionally, the earphone can be used in conjunction with a buffering device in communication with a source of non-repetitive, unpredictable sounds in order to characterize and negate those sounds. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061392 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a suspension system, a sensor for measuring a vibration signal produced from the suspension system, and a microphone for measuring a noise signal in an interior of the vehicle caused by the vibration signal, wherein the sensor is installed at an interior sensor position determined based on an analysis of a level of contribution of the vibration signal to the noise signal, from among candidate sensor positions in the interior of the vehicle. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061393 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE VOICE EVOLUTION - Systems and methods for evolving an AI voice are provided herein. More specifically, the systems and methods modify the pitch, duration, volume and/or timbre of an AI voice based on one or more user spoken language inputs and/or the evaluation of other known user data. Accordingly, the systems and methods as disclosed herein provide an AI voice that changes or evolves over time based on the user to increase engagement, trust, and/or emotional connection with the user without requiring any AI voice setting changes by the user. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061394 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A voice recognition apparatus and corresponding method include a processor configured to calculate a probability distribution corresponding to an intent associated with an utterance of a user by applying pre-stored training data to an input voice signal input based on the utterance. The processor is also configured to select a target feature extractor including either one or both of a training-based feature extractor and a rule-based feature extractor using the calculated probability distribution, and extract a feature associated with the utterance based on the selected target feature extractor. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061395 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK AUXILIARY MODEL, SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an apparatus trains a neural network auxiliary model used to calculate a normalization factor of a neural network language model. The apparatus includes a calculating unit and a training unit. The calculating unit calculates a vector of at least one hidden layer and a normalization factor by using the neural network language model and a training corpus. The training unit trains the neural network auxiliary model by using the vector of the at least one hidden layer and the normalization factor as an input and an output respectively. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061396 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR KEYWORD DETECTION USING KEYWORD REPETITIONS - Systems and methods for keyword detection using keyword repetitions are provided. An example method includes receiving an acoustic signal representing at least one captured sound. Using a keyword model, a first confidence score for the first acoustic signal may be acquired. The method also includes determining the first confidence score is less than a detection threshold within a first value. In response, lowering the threshold by a second value for a pre-determined time interval. The method also includes receiving a second acoustic signal captured during the pre-determined time interval and acquiring a second confidence score for the second acoustic signal. The method also includes determining the second confidence score equals or exceeds the lowered threshold, and then confirming keyword detection. The threshold may be restored after the pre-determined time interval. The keyword model may be temporarily replaced by a tuned keyword model to facilitate keyword detection in low SNR conditions. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061397 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present application discloses speech recognition methods and apparatuses. An exemplary method may include extracting, via a first neural network, a vector containing speaker recognition features from speech data. The method may also include compensating bias in a second neural network in accordance with the vector containing the speaker recognition features. The method may further include recognizing speech, via an acoustic model based on the second neural network, in the speech data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061398 | VOICE PROCESSING DEVICE, VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND VOICE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A separation unit separates voice signals of a plurality of channels into an incoming component in each incoming direction, a selection unit selects a statistic corresponding to an incoming direction of the incoming component separated by the separation unit from a storage unit which stores a predetermined statistic and a voice recognition model for each incoming direction, an updating unit updates the voice recognition model on the basis of the statistic selected by the selection unit, and a voice recognition unit recognizes a voice of the incoming component separated using the voice recognition model. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061399 | SPOKEN UTTERANCE STOP EVENT OTHER THAN PAUSE OR CESSATION IN SPOKEN UTTERANCES STREAM - Speech recognition of a stream of spoken utterances is initiated. Thereafter, a spoken utterance stop event to stop the speech recognition is detected, such as in in relation to the stream. The spoken utterance stop event is other than a pause or cessation in the stream of spoken utterances. In response to the spoken utterance stop event being detected, the speech recognition of the stream of spoken utterances is stopped, while the stream of spoken utterances continues. After stopping the speech recognition of the stream of spoken utterances has been stopped, an action is caused to be performed that corresponds to the spoken utterances from a beginning of the stream through and until the spoken utterance stop event. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061400 | USING TEXTUAL INPUT AND USER STATE INFORMATION TO GENERATE REPLY CONTENT TO PRESENT IN RESPONSE TO THE TEXTUAL INPUT - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media related to receiving textual input of a user during a dialog between the user and an automated assistant (and optionally one or more additional users), and generating responsive reply content based on the textual input and based on user state information. The reply content is provided for inclusion in the dialog. In some implementations, the reply content is provided as a reply, by the automated assistant, to the user's textual input and may optionally be automatically incorporated in the dialog between the user and the automated assistant. In some implementations, the reply content is suggested by the automated assistant for inclusion in the dialog and is only included in the dialog in response to further user interface input. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061401 | AUTOMATING NATURAL LANGUAGE TASK/DIALOG AUTHORING BY LEVERAGING EXISTING CONTENT - Systems and methods for augmenting existing CU system to be used with content, such as a website. The content may be parsed to determine on or more actions that may be performed by a user who uses the content. These actions may then be compared to tasks of CU systems to identify potential matches. When a match is found, the CU system may be updated to include information | 2018-03-01 |
20180061402 | VOICE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS - Systems, methods, and devices for escalating voice-based interactions via speech-controlled devices are described. Speech-controlled devices capture audio, including wakeword portions and payload portions, for sending to a server to relay messages between speech-controlled devices. In response to determining the occurrence of an escalation event, such as repeated messages between the same two devices, the system may automatically change a mode of a speech-controlled device, such as no longer requiring a wakeword, no longer requiring an indication of a desired recipient, or automatically connecting two speech-controlled devices in a voice-chat mode. In response to determining the occurrence of further escalation events, the system may initiate a real-time call between the speech-controlled devices. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061403 | INDICATOR FOR VOICE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS - Systems, methods, and devices for outputting visual indications regarding voice-based interactions are described. A first speech-controlled device detects spoken audio corresponding to a voice message to a second speech-controlled device. The first device captures the audio and sends audio data corresponding to the captured audio to a server. The server performs speech processing on the audio data to determine a recipient and message content. The server then determines a second speech-controlled device associated with the recipient and sends the message content to the recipient's second speech-controlled device. Thereafter, the server receives an indication from the recipient's speech-controlled device that the second device is detecting speech, presumably in response to the original message. The server then causes a visual indication to be output by the first speech-controlled device, with the visual indication representing the recipient-speech controlled device is detecting speech. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061404 | INDICATOR FOR VOICE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS - Systems, methods, and devices for outputting indications regarding voice-based interactions are described. A first speech-controlled device detects spoken audio corresponding to recipient information. The first device captures the audio and sends audio data corresponding to the captured audio to a server. The server determines a second speech-controlled device of the recipient and sends a signal to the recipient's second speech-controlled device representing a message is forthcoming. The recipient's second speech-controlled device outputs and indication representing a message is forthcoming. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061405 | Voice guide device and a method thereof - A voice guide device and a method thereof provided in the present disclosure are characterized that a terminal module is inserted into a smart device's jack through which a little electricity is received, stored, transformed and transmitted to a voice generation unit so that an audio signal, which is generated with default voice data read, is transmitted to the smart device from a terminal module for driving the smart device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061406 | Digitalized voice guide device and a method thereof - A digitalized voice guide device and a method thereof provided in the present disclosure are characterized that: a connecting interface of a digitalized voice guide device is inserted into a smart device's jack through which electricity is transmitted to all components on a substrate; a voice unit communicates with the smart device for signal exchange based on a acoustic mode; voice data read by the voice unit is transmitted to the smart device through the connecting interface. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061407 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for inputting information. A specific implementation mode of the method comprises: receiving user-inputted voice information, the voice information being associated with content to be inputted in an input area of an application; considering emojis associated with the voice information as a candidate result, the emojis comprising: emojis historically inputted in the input area of the application by multiple users inputting voice information semantically associated with the voice information, with a frequency higher than a frequency threshold; inputting an emoji selected by the user from the candidate result, in the input area of the application. The present disclosure implements the following: when the user performs voice input, it is feasible to accurately understand the intention of the user's voice input, intelligently recommend a matched emoji according to content and emotion of the speech, assist the user in performing quick input of the emoji. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061408 | USING PARAPHRASE IN ACCEPTING UTTERANCES IN AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT - An automated assistant automatically recognizes speech, decode paraphrases in the recognized speech, performs an action or task based on the decoder output, and provides a response to the user. The response may be text or audio, and may be translated to include paraphrasing. The automatically recognized speech may be processed to determine partitions in the speech, which may be in turn processed to identify paraphrases in the partitions. A decoder may process an input utterance text to identify paraphrases content to include in a segment or sentence. The decoder may paraphrase the input utterance to make the utterance, updated with one or more paraphrases, more easily parsed by a parser. A translator may process a generated response to make the response sound more natural. The translator may replace content of the generated response with paraphrase content based on the state of the conversation with the user, including salience data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061409 | AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION (ASR) UTILIZING GPS AND SENSOR DATA - An automatic speech recognition (ASR) system is disclosed that compensates for different noise environments and types of speech. The ASR system may be implemented as part of an action camera that collects status data, such as geographic location data and/or sensor data. The ASR system may perform speech recognition using an acoustic model and a speech recognition model, which are trained for operation in specific noise environments and/or for specific types of speech. The computing device may categorize a current status of the action camera, as indicated by the status data, into an action profile, which may represent a particular activity (e.g., running, cycling, etc.) or state of the computing device. The computing device may dynamically switch the acoustic model and/or the speech recognition model to compensate for anticipated changes in the noise environment and speech based upon the action profile to facilitate the recognition of various action camera functions. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061410 | CONFIGURABLE SPEECH INTERFACE FOR VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS - A voice command application allows a user to configure an infotainment system to respond to customized voice commands. The voice command application exposes a library of functions to the user which the infotainment system can execute via interaction with the vehicle. The voice command application receives a selection of one or more functions and then receives a speech sample of the voice command. The voice command application generates sample metadata that includes linguistic elements of the voice command, and then generates a command specification. The command specification indicates the selected functions and the sample metadata for storage in a database. Subsequently, the voice command application receives the voice command from the user and locates the associated command specification in the database. The voice command application then extracts the associated set of functions and causes the vehicle to execute those functions to perform vehicle operations. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061411 | HEARING AID DEVICE WITH SPEECH CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY - A hearing aid device for processing signals comprising audio in order to assist a hearing impaired user and being configured to be arranged at, behind and/or in an ear of the user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises at least one input transducer, an output transducer, an antenna, a wireless interface, and a signal processing unit. The at least one input transducer is adapted for receiving signals comprising audio. The output transducer is adapted for providing signals comprising audio to the user. The antenna is adapted for wirelessly communicating with a respective external device. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the antenna. The signal processing unit is adapted for processing signals comprising audio in order to assist a hearing impaired user. Furthermore the signal processing unit is adapted for extracting speech signals from the signals comprising audio and for generating control signals based on the speech signals. At least one of the control signals generated by the signal processing unit is adapted for controlling the respective external device. The wireless interface is adapted for sending the at least one of the control signals to the respective external device via the antenna in order to control the respective external device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061412 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON SPEAKER RECOGNITION - A speech recognition method and an apparatus which recognize speech, based on speaker recognition, and output a result of the speech recognition are provided. The speech recognition method includes activating a session for receiving an input of an audio signal, performing speech recognition on a speech signal detected from the input audio signal while the session is maintained, determining whether a speaker of the speech signal is a registered speaker based on speaker information generated from the speech signal, determining whether to maintain the session based on a result of the determination, and outputting a result of performing the speech recognition. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061413 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER CODE - An electronic device includes a voice input unit, and a controller configured to execute a voice input mode in which a process according to a voice command input to the voice input unit is performed. The controller is configured to determine whether the electronic device is moving, and execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is moving. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE ACTUATED CONFIGURATION OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE - A speech recognition engine is provided voice data indicative of at least a brand of a target appliance. The speech recognition engine uses the voice data indicative of at least a brand of the target appliance to identify within a library of codesets at least one codeset that is cross-referenced to the brand of the target appliance. The at least one codeset so identified is then caused to be provisioned to the controlling device for use in commanding functional operations of the target appliance. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061415 | METHODS AND VEHICLES FOR CAPTURING EMOTION OF A HUMAN DRIVER AND MODERATING VEHICLE RESPONSE - Methods and systems for determining an emotion of a human driver of a vehicle and using the emotion for generating a vehicle response, is provided. One example method includes capturing, by a camera of the vehicle, a face of the human driver. The capturing is configured to capture a plurality of images over a period of time, and the plurality of images are analyzed to identify a facial expression and changes in the facial expression of the human driver over the period of time. The method further includes capturing, by a microphone of the vehicle, voice input of the human driver. The voice input is captured over the period of time. The voice input is analyzed to identify a voice profile and changes in the voice profile of the human driver over the period of time. The method processes, by a processor of the vehicle, a combination of the facial expression and the voice profile captured during the period of time to predict the emotion of the human driver. The method generates the vehicle response that is responsive to the emotion of the human driver. The vehicle response is configured to make at least one adjustment to a setting of the vehicle. The adjustment is selected based on the emotion of the human driver. The vehicle response can be used to make the driver more calm and/or assist in reducing distracted driving. The prediction of the emotion may be additionally increased by capturing and analyzing touch and/or gesture characteristic of the human driver when interfacing with a graphical user interface or surfaces of the vehicle or systems of the vehicle. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061416 | AUTOMATED LANGUAGE LEARNING - A method, executed by a computer, includes receiving a personality profile for a user, prompting a user to speak an utterance comprising one or more words, wherein the utterance is selected from a library of utterances based on the personality profile for the user, and converting a recording of a user speaking the utterance to recognition data. The method may also include selecting a next utterance based on the recognition data and the personality profile for the user. The next utterance may be selected from a library of utterances. Selecting a next utterance may include selecting an utterance corresponding to an action such as repeating, rephrasing, contrasting, elaborating, summarizing, providing a different context, and adjusting a difficulty level. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSCRIPTION OF SPOKEN WORDS USING MULTILINGUAL MISMATCHED CROWD - The disclosure generally relates to transcription of spoken words, and more particularly to a system and method for transcription of spoken words using multilingual mismatched words. The process comprises collection of multi-scripted noisy transcriptions of the spoken word obtained from workers of the multilingual mismatched crowd. The collected words are mapped to a phoneme sequence in the source language using script specific graphemes to phoneme model. Further, it builds a multi-scripted transcription script specific, worker specific and a global insertion-deletion-substitution (IDS) channel. Furthermore, the disclosure also determines reputation of workers to allocate the transcription task. Determination of reputation is based on word belief. The word belief is determined by taking ratio of likelihood probability of mapped phoneme sequence of transcriptions given the current estimate of word to the sum of likelihood probabilities of mapped phoneme sequences of the transcriptions given the phoneme sequence of each dictionary word. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061418 | ACCESSING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANTS (VPA) FROM A SINGLE DEVICE - The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes presenting a first user-interface that includes a user-selectable menu of multiple virtual personal assistant (VPA) service providers, and receiving a user-selection identifying a particular VPA service provider. The method also includes receiving a first signal representing input speech data, and processing the first signal to generate a first electronic file that includes at least a portion of the input speech data, the first electronic file being generated in accordance with a specification of the particular VPA service provider. The method further includes transmitting the first electronic file to one or more remote computing devices associated with the particular VPA service provider, receiving at least a second electronic file including a response to the input speech data, and causing an acoustic transducer to generate an acoustic output based on the second electronic file. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061419 | HOTWORD DETECTION ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for hotword detection on multiple devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data that corresponds to an utterance. The actions further include determining that the utterance likely includes a particular, predefined hotword. The actions further include transmitting (i) data indicating that the computing device likely received the particular, predefined hotword, (ii) data identifying the computing device, and (iii) data identifying a group of nearby computing devices that includes the computing device. The actions further include receiving an instruction to commence speech recognition processing on the audio data. The actions further include in response to receiving the instruction to commence speech recognition processing on the audio data, processing at least a portion of the audio data using an automated speech recognizer on the computing device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061420 | ACCESSING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANTS (VPA) FROM A SINGLE DEVICE - The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes presenting a first user-interface that includes a user-selectable menu of multiple virtual personal assistant (VPA) service providers, and receiving a user-selection identifying a particular VPA service provider. The method also includes receiving a first signal representing input speech data, and processing the first signal to generate a first electronic file that includes at least a portion of the input speech data, the first electronic file being generated in accordance with a specification of the particular VPA service provider. The method further includes transmitting the first electronic file to one or more remote computing devices associated with the particular VPA service provider, receiving at least a second electronic file including a response to the input speech data, and causing an acoustic transducer to generate an acoustic output based on the second electronic file. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061421 | PERSONALIZATION OF EXPERIENCES WITH DIGITAL ASSISTANTS IN COMMUNAL SETTINGS THROUGH VOICE AND QUERY PROCESSING - In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for providing personalized experiences to a computing device based on user input such as voice, text and gesture input are provided. Acoustic patterns associated with voice input, speech patterns, language patterns and natural language processing may be used to identify a specific user providing input from a plurality of users, identify user background characteristics and traits for the specific user, and topically categorize user input in a tiered hierarchical index. Topically categorized user input may be supplemented with user data and world knowledge and personalized responses and feedback for an identified specific user may be provided reactively and proactively. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061422 | ORIENTING A MICROPHONE ARRAY TO A USER LOCATION - For orienting a microphone array to a user location, a processor detects a user location with a presence sensor that detects a user using electromagnetic signals. In addition, the processor orients a microphone array to the user location. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061423 | FRIEND ADDITION METHOD, DEVICE AND MEDIUM - A friend addition method, device and medium are provided. The method includes: when a voiceprint-based friend addition request is received, target voice information is acquired; user information of a user to be added is determined according to the target voice information; and the user to be added is added as a friend according to the user information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061424 | AUDIO COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORK OUTAGES - Computer-implemented techniques can include establishing, between first and second computing devices, an audio communication session via a network. The first computing device can receive and temporarily store audio packets corresponding to an audio input signal obtained by the second computing device. When the audio packets cause the buffer to fill beyond or at a rate exceeding a loss threshold indicative of a temporary loss of communication via the network, the techniques can decode the audio packets to obtain an audio output signal, determine whether the audio output signal includes speech, and when the audio output signal includes speech, remove a redundant portion of the audio output signal corresponding to a pitch period to obtain a modified audio output signal. The modified audio output signal can then be output via a speaker of the first computing device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061425 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - The invention relates to audio signal processing apparatuses and methods, such as an audio signal downmixing apparatus ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180061426 | Method for decoding audio sequences - An application may combine encoded input audio data into overlapping blocks for decoding and then remove overlapping to remove otherwise present audible defects on borders between separately decoded non-overlapping consecutive audio data blocks. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061427 | METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF ALIASING INTRODUCED BY SPECTRAL ENVELOPE ADJUSTMENT IN REAL-VALUED FILTERBANKS - The present invention proposes a new method for improving the performance of a real-valued filterbank based spectral envelope adjuster. By adaptively locking the gain values for adjacent channels dependent on the sign of the channels, as defined in the application, reduced aliasing is achieved. Furthermore, the grouping of the channels during gain-calculation, gives an improved energy estimate of the real valued subband signals in the filterbank. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061428 | VARIABLE LENGTH CODING OF INDICES AND BIT SCHEDULING IN A PYRAMID VECTOR QUANTIZER - Certain embodiments enable improved encoding and decoding of a vector of coefficients by associating a vector element of a signed pyramid with an encoded value that includes a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion identifies a corresponding vector element of an unsigned pyramid and a second portion characterizes sign values for nonzero components of the vector element of the signed pyramid. As a result, computational constraints such as word size apply to the unsigned pyramid instead of the signed pyramid. The smaller size of the unsigned pyramid enables extending the range of signed pyramid parameters that are operable within the computational constraints. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061429 | VECTOR QUANTIZER - Vector Quantizer and method therein for vector quantization, e.g. in a transform audio codec. The method comprises comparing an input target vector with four centroids C | 2018-03-01 |
20180061430 | System and Method for Auditing and Filtering Digital Audio Files - A computerized method for filtering a digital audio file to generate an output audio file that induces optimal health and cognitive ability in a listener of a playback of the output audio file is described herein. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of target frequencies that span within an octave, identifying a plurality of mid-point frequencies that are situated at mid-points between any two adjacent target frequencies, applying a peaking filter to the digital audio file centered around the plurality of mid-point frequencies to produce highest frequency attenuation at the plurality of mid-point frequencies, and generating the output audio file. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061431 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING A QUALITY OF VOICE ONSET OF A SPEAKER - In a method for evaluating the voice onset of a speaker, especially suited for treatment of a stuttering disorder, the analysis includes: a. determine a time of voice onset of the speaker; b. obtain a fundamental frequency at the time of voice onset; c. in a predetermined time interval, obtain the curve with respect to time of energy at the fundamental frequency; d. obtain the curve with respect to time of energy at at least one harmonic multiple of the fundamental frequency; and e. determine the temporal progression of the ratio of the energies obtained in steps c and d. A gentle voice onset is presumed if the energy ratio is initially dominated by the energy of the fundamental frequency, and only in the further course of the predetermined time interval in a time span of Δt the energy ratio shifts in favor of the energy/energies of the harmonic multiple(a) of the fundamental frequency. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061432 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A signal processing system includes a filter unit, a conversion unit, a decomposition unit, and an estimation unit. The filter unit applies, to a plurality of time series input signals, N filters estimated by independent component analysis of the input signals to output N output signals. The conversion unit converts the output signals into nonnegative signals each taking on a nonnegative value. The decomposition unit decomposes the nonnegative signals into a spatial basis that includes nonnegative three-dimensional elements, that is, K first elements, N second elements, and I third elements, a spectral basis matrix of I rows and L columns that includes L nonnegative spectral basis vectors expressed by I-dimensional column vectors, and a nonnegative L-dimensional activity vector. The estimation unit estimates sound source signals representing signals of the signal sources based on the output signals using the spatial basis, the spectral basis matrix, and the activity vector. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061433 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a signal processing device includes a calculating unit and a generating unit. The calculating unit calculates, for each of a plurality of separation signals obtained through blind source separation, a degree of belonging indicating a degree that the separation signal belongs to a cluster that is set. The generating unit synthesizes the plurality of separation signals each weighted by a weight that increases as the degree of belonging increases, so as to generate a synthetic signal corresponding to the cluster. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061434 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A sound processing device includes a processor configured to generate a first frequency spectrum of a first sound signal corresponding to a first sound received at a first input device and a second frequency spectrum of a second sound signal corresponding to the first sound received at a second input device, calculate a transfer characteristic based on a first difference between an intensity of the first frequency spectrum and an intensity of the second frequency spectrum, generate a third frequency spectrum of a third sound signal transmitted from the first input device and a fourth frequency spectrum of a fourth sound signal transmitted from the second input device, specify a suppression level of an intensity of the fourth frequency spectrum based on a second difference between an intensity of the third frequency spectrum and an intensity of the fourth frequency spectrum. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A VOICE ACTIVITY IN AN INPUT AUDIO SIGNAL - The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for detecting a voice activity in an input audio signal composed of frames. A noise characteristic of the input signal is determined based on a received frame of the input audio signal. A voice activity detection (VAD) parameter is derived based on the noise characteristic of the input audio signal using an adaptive function. The derived VAD parameter is compared with a threshold value to provide a voice activity detection decision. The input audio signal is processed according to the voice activity detection decision. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061436 | AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An audio processing method including: generating a plurality of frequency spectra by transforming a plurality of audio signals inputted to a plurality of input devices respectively, comparing an amplitude of each of frequency components of a specific frequency spectrum included in the plurality of frequency spectra with an amplitude of each of frequency components of one or a more other frequency spectra different from the specific frequency spectrum included in the plurality of frequency spectra, for each of the frequency components, extracting, from the frequency components, a frequency component in which an amplitude of the specific frequency spectrum is larger than an amplitude of the one or more other frequency spectra, and controlling an output corresponding to the plurality of audio signal inputted to each of the plurality of input devices based on a proportion of the extracted frequency component in the frequency components whose amplitudes has been compared. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061437 | TECHNIQUES FOR DECREASING ECHO AND TRANSMISSION PERIODS FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented technique can include establishing an audio communication session between first and second computing devices and obtaining, by the first computing device, an audio input signal using audio data captured by a microphone. The first computing device can analyze the audio input signal to detect a speech input by its first user and can determine a duration of a detection period from when the audio input signal was obtained until the analyzing has completed. The first computing device can then transmit, to the second computing device, (i) a portion of the audio input signal beginning at a start of the speech input and (ii) the detection period duration, wherein receipt of the portion of the audio input signal and the detection period duration causes the second computing device to accelerate playback of the portion of the audio input signal to compensate for the detection period duration. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061438 | System and Method for Predictive Generation of Visual Sequences - A system and method for predictively generating visual experiences based on streaming audio is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and apparatus for analyzing streaming audio and predictively mapping the information in the stream to a sequence of visual patterns generated by a lighting system in a manner that induces a perceptual association between the streaming audio and visual patterns. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061439 | AUTOMATIC AUDIO CAPTIONING - A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for audio captioning. A raw audio waveform including a non-speech sound is received and relevant features are extracted from the raw audio waveform using a recurrent neural network (RNN) acoustic model. A discrete sequence of characters represented in a natural language is generated based on the relevant features, where the discrete sequence of characters comprises a caption that describes the non-speech sound. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061440 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIELECTRIC COATING FOR COBALT IRON ALLOY THIN FILMS - In one general embodiment, a method includes performing a reducing operation for reducing a native oxide along a surface of a CoFe layer of a magnetic transducer, after performing the reducing operation, performing an oxidation operation for oxidizing the surface of the CoFe layer, and after performing the oxidation operation, forming a layer of at least partially crystalline alumina on the oxidized surface of the CoFe layer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061441 | APPARATUS HAVING SELF-HEALING CURRENT-PERPENDICULAR-TO-PLANE READ HEAD - An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a substrate having a media bearing surface, and a first shield above the substrate. The first shield has a media facing side recessed from a plane extending along the media bearing surface of the substrate. A current-perpendicular-to-plane sensor is located above the substrate, the sensor having a media facing side recessed from the plane extending along the media bearing surface of the substrate. An electrically nonconductive first film is positioned on the media facing sides of the first shield and sensor. A second film is positioned on a media facing side of the first film, the second film comprising a refractory metal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061442 | Low Resistance Ground Joints For Dual Stage Actuation Disk Drive Suspensions - A stainless steel dual stage actuated disk drive head suspension baseplate including a plated electrical contact area having nickel and gold. The baseplate can be heat treated. The nickel and gold can be in a mixture. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061443 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING A MOUNTING POSITION OF A DISK DEVICE ON A RACK - A method for correcting a mounting position of a disk device on a rack, includes performing a normal seek to position a head of the disk device above a target position on the disk, determining that the normal seek has failed, and performing an excitation seek that causes a position of a base supporting the disk to move and reposition the disk. The disk device includes a carriage arm supporting the head, a voice coil motor configured to drive the carriage arm to position the head, the base supporting the magnetic disk, the voice coil motor, and the carriage arm, and a control unit configured to control a current to the voice coil motor to be supplied with a first current profile during the normal seek and with a second current profile during the excitation seek. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061444 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a head slider and a control circuit. The head slider includes a read element, a write element, a first heater and a second heater. The first heater is arranged nearer to the read element than the write element. The second heater is arranged nearer to the write element than to the read element. The control circuit controls a ratio of powers to be supplied to the first heater and the second heater to adjust a first spacing between the read element and the magnetic disk and a second spacing between the write element and the magnetic disk. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061445 | FERRIMAGNETIC PARTICLE POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FERRIMAGNETIC PARTICLE POWDER, AS WELL AS MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; and a magnetic layer including a ferrimagnetic particle powder. A product (V×SFD) of a particle volume V and a holding force distribution SFD of the ferrimagnetic particle is equal to or less than 2500 nm | 2018-03-01 |
20180061446 | MAGNETIC TAPE - Provided is a magnetic tape in which the total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 μm, the magnetic layer includes ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder and an abrasive, a percentage of a plan view maximum area of the abrasive confirmed in a region having a size of 4.3 μm×6.3 μm of the surface of the magnetic layer by plane observation using a scanning electron microscope, with respect to the total area of the region is equal to or greater than 0.02% and less than 0.06%, and a tilt cos 0 of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to a surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 1.00. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061447 | MAGNETIC TAPE - Provided is a magnetic tape including: a non-magnetic support; a magnetic layer on one surface side of the non-magnetic support; and a back coating layer on the other surface side, in which a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is 1.0 nm to 1.8 nm, the magnetic layer includes ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder and non-magnetic powder, a tilt cos θ of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to a surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed by using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 1.00, and logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the back coating layer is equal to or smaller than 0.060. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061448 | TAPE TRANSPORT CONTROL WITH FEEDBACK OF VELOCITY AND TENSION - A tape transport control system with enhanced regulation of tape tension and velocity over the entire length of the tape. For example, a closed-loop control system for controlling a tape transport includes circuitry adapted to output a signal representing a tape velocity at a tape head, circuitry adapted to output a signal representing a tape velocity at the first tape reel and a signal representing a tape velocity at the second tape reel, circuitry adapted to output a signal representing a tape tension, and circuitry adapted to, based on the received signals, generate control signals to control the tape velocity at least at one of the tape head, the first tape reel, the second tape reel, and the tension of the tape, using controller gains that depend on a longitudinal position of the tape, and to implement a system transfer function that is approximately independent of the longitudinal position. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061449 | Binaural Audio-Video Recording Using Short Range Wireless Transmission from Head Worn Devices to Receptor Device System and Method - A method of recording sound in a binaural manner and transmitting the sound to an electronic device using a wearable device is provided. The method includes receiving audio at a left microphone externally positioned proximate to a left ear opening of a user and at a right microphone externally positioned proximate to a right ear opening of the user, both the left microphone and the right microphone worn on a head of the user. The method further includes acquiring video with a camera worn on the head of the user while receiving the audio. The method further includes collecting the audio and the video at the electronic device and synchronizing the audio with the video at the electronic device to generate an audio-video file. The method further includes storing the audio-video file on a machine readable non-transitory storage medium of the electronic device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061450 | SWITCHING PERIOD CONTROL OF MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING FOR POLE ERASURE SUPPRESSION - A magnetic recording system for preventing data loss resulting magnetic oscillator current. The magnetic recording system includes a magnetic write head with a magnetic write pole, a magnetic oscillator near the magnetic write pole, and a write coil for magnetizing the write pole. Circuitry is connected with the magnetic write coil to supply a current to the write coil and connected with the magnetic oscillator to supply a current to the magnetic oscillator. The circuitry is configured to ensure that the current to the magnetic oscillator does not inadvertently magnetize the write pole after the magnetic write pole has demagnetized. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061451 | APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING CROSS TRACK INTERFERENCE FOR OPTICAL TAPE - In at least one embodiment, an optical data storage tape including a plurality of tracks is provided. The plurality of tracks include a first track having a plurality of first informational fields configured to store one of first positional information indicative of a location on an optical tape and a first predetermined sequence of data. The plurality of tracks further include a second track located adjacent to the first track and having a plurality of second informational fields configured to store one of second positional information indicative of the location on the optical tape and a second predetermined sequence of data. The first positional information is located adjacent to the second predetermined sequence of data on the optical tape to minimize cross track interference during a read operation. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061452 | VIBRATION COMPENSATION USING DISK LOCKED CLOCK ERROR - An apparatus includes a disk locked clock system and a feedforward microactuator compensator. The disk locked clock system is configured to estimate a timing error and generate a timing error signal. The feedforward microactuator compensator is configured to generate a microactuator compensation signal, without use of a vibration sensor signal, in response to the timing error signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061453 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM SPEED-ENHANCED PLAYBACK OF RECORDED MEDIA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform speed-enhanced playback of recorded media are disclosed. An example method includes parsing an audio frame included in the media to determine a number of skip bytes included in the audio frame, identifying the audio frame as a candidate frame when the number of skip bytes satisfies a skip bytes threshold, and calculating a speed-enhanced playback rate for the media based on a plurality of candidate frames identified in the media. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 360 DEGREE VIDEO EDITING WITH LATENCY COMPENSATION - There is provided a system and method for latency compensation in a 360° VR video editing system. One embodiment involves a determination of the latency delay between the computer that stores and edits the video and a VR headset worn by the user. This delay might be caused by the need to read, prepare, and wirelessly transmit each video frame to the headset. The determined latency delay is used within the computer to adjust the timeline location of editing commands issued by the user so that they match the timeline locations seen by the user within the headset. This is done so that the user's edit commands are applied within the computer at the same video frame the user was viewing within the VR headset when the command was issued. In some embodiments the display device of the VR headset might be a smart phone. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061455 | COMPUTER DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATING THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND EDITING OF VIDEOS - A computer-implemented method is described for automatically digitally transforming and editing video files to produce a finished video presentation. The method includes the steps of recording or receiving from a user a master video, receiving from the user a selection of video clips, and automatically assembling the master video and video clips into the finished video presentation. In addition audio and visual effects may be added to the finished video presentation. Computer apparatus for performing these steps is also described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061456 | DYNAMIC IMAGE CONTENT OVERLAYING - Systems and methods for dynamic image content overlaying are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises analyzing one or more digital image frames for the presence of a placeholder, wherein the placeholder overlays a dynamic image space on a display object and includes a content identifier and a contour mesh; determining the content identifier; retrieving select image content based on the content identifier; determining an orientation of the dynamic image space; transforming the select image content to produce transformed image content that matches the contour mesh and the orientation of the dynamic image space; and replacing the placeholder with the transformed image content to produce a set of one or more embedded image frames. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT BASED ON DECLARATIVE INSTRUCTIONS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire a first selection to identify a subset of media content items out of a set of media content items. A second selection to identify a mood out of a set of moods can be acquired. A soundtrack can be identified based on at least one of first selection or the second selection. The soundtrack can be associated with data utilized to determine when each media content item in the subset is to be presented during a playback of the soundtrack. A set of declarative instructions utilized to determine how each media content item in the subset is to be presented during the playback of the soundtrack can be provided. The subset can be dynamically presented based on the set of declarative instructions. The subset can be presented during the playback of the soundtrack and can be presented to represent video content. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061458 | INTELLIGENT MEDIA SYNCHRONIZATION - Intelligent synchronization of media or other material output from multiple media devices is contemplated. The intelligence synchronization may include instructing the media devices to coordinate playback in concert with a conductor whereby the conductor acts a focal point or reference for the non-conducting media devices. The non-conductor may transmit sync messaging having data or other information sufficient to facilitate coordinating operation of the non-conductors in a manner sufficient to synchronize output of the media. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061459 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL CONTENT THUMBNAILS FROM DIGITAL VIDEO - Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically generate a thumbnail image from a frame of a video file, where the thumbnail image displays content of a selected frame determined to be high-quality and highly-relevant to the content of the video file. Frames of a video file are analyzed, and the frame that is the most contextually relevant to the video and of the highest visual quality is selected, where a thumbnail image is generated and displayed on a site or application over a network. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061460 | Sense Amplifier Constructions - A sense amplifier construction comprises a first n-type transistor and a second n-type transistor above the first n-type transistor. A third p-type transistor is included and a fourth p-type transistor is above the third p-type transistor. A lower voltage activation line is electrically coupled to n-type source/drain regions that are elevationally between respective gates of the first and second n-type transistors. A higher voltage activation line is electrically coupled to p-type source/drain regions that are elevationally between respective gates of the third and fourth p-type transistors. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061461 | BIT LINE SENSE AMPLIFIER - A bit line sense amplifier with an enhanced sensing margin is provided. The bit line sense amplifier includes a sensing amplification circuit connected to a bit line and a complementary bit line and configured to sense a voltage change of the bit line and adjust voltages of a sensing bit line. Also provided is a complementary sensing bit line based on the sensed voltage change, wherein the sensing amplification circuit includes a first transistor connected between the complementary sensing bit line and a first high-voltage node and controlled by the voltage change of the bit line. A second transistor is connected between the sensing bit line and a second high-voltage node and controlled by a voltage change of the complementary bit line. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061462 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device which is capable of high-speed operation in synchronization with external control signals is provided. The semiconductor memory device has a data input portion, a memory array, a data output portion, and a control portion. The data input portion receives command and address input data in response to the external control signals. The memory array has a plurality of memory elements. The data output portion outputs data read from the memory array in response to the external control signals. The control portion has the function of delay-compensation. During the time interval for receiving the input data, the function of delay-compensation estimates the delay time of the internal circuits, stores the estimated delay-time in a memory unit, and adjusts the output timing of the data output portion. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061463 | PRE-CHARGE CIRCUIT FOR PREVENTING INRUSH CURRENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a power connector, a power supply conductive line, and a pre-charge conductive line. The power connector includes a pre-charge pin and a power supply pin. The power supply conductive line has a first resistance, and is configured to electrically connect the power supply pin to a power supply node. The pre-charge conductive line has a second resistance, which is greater than the first resistance, and the pre-charge conductive line is configured to electrically connect the pre-charge pin to the power supply node without an intervening resistor between the pre-charge pin and the power supply node. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061464 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a semiconductor memory device and a reading method thereof, which are capable of suppressing a peak current when pre-charging a bit line are provided. The reading method of a flash memory of the present invention includes steps of: pre-charging a selected bit line; and reading a voltage or a current of the pre-charged selected bit line. The step of pre-charging is performed by pre-charging a sense node SNS to Vcc−Vth at a time t | 2018-03-01 |
20180061465 | System and Method for Calibrating Memory Using Credit-Based Segmentation Control - A system and method for calibrating memory using credit-based segmentation control is disclosed. A memory and a memory controller coupled thereto. The memory controller includes a calibration circuit configured to calibrate a data strobe signal conveyed to/from the memory. The calibration may be subdivided, in time, into a number of segments. The memory controller also includes a credit circuit configured to provide a condition code to the calibration circuit. The condition code may be indicative of an amount of time a request has been pending, or how many request are pending. If to the condition code indicates that a request has been pending for more than a certain amount of time, the calibration may be terminated. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061466 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory system comprising: a memory device including a plurality of data cells; a read/write circuit suitable for performing a write operation to a target data cell among the data cells; and a state transition recognition circuit suitable for detecting a state transition of the target data cell, and ending the write operation according to the detection result of the state transition of the target data cell. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061467 | HIGH SPEED, LOW POWER SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE (SOT) ASSISTED SPIN-TRANSFER TORQUE MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (STT-MRAM) BIT CELL ARRAY - A magnetic random access memory (MRAM) array including several bit cells is described. Each of the bit cells may include a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) including a reference layer, a barrier layer supporting the reference layer, and a free layer supporting the barrier layer. A spin-hall conductive material layer may support the free layer. A driver may be operable to set a state of at least one of the bit cells using an increased spin-transfer torque (STT) current and a spin-hall effect from the spin-hall conductive material layer. The increased STT current may be driven through the spin-hall conductive material layer and the pMTJ so that a spin current is generated from the reference layer and the spin-hall conductive material layer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061468 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY CELLS - Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that include ferroelectric memory cells. An example ferroelectric memory cell includes two transistors and two capacitors. Another example ferroelectric memory cell includes three transistors and two capacitors. Another example ferroelectric memory cell includes four transistors and two capacitors. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061469 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS INCLUDING FERROELECTRIC MEMORY AND FOR OPERATING FERROELECTRIC MEMORY - Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that in ferroelectric memory and for operating ferroelectric memory. An example apparatus includes a capacitor having a first plate, a second plate, and a ferroelectric dielectric material. The apparatus further includes a first digit line and a first selection component configured to couple the first plate to the first digit line, and also includes a second digit line and a second selection component configured to couple the second plate to the second digit line. | 2018-03-01 |
20180061470 | FULL BIAS SENSING IN A MEMORY ARRAY - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for full bias sensing in a memory array are described. Various embodiments of an access operation of a cell in a array may be timed to allow residual charge of a middle electrode between the cell and a selection component to discharge. Access operations may also be timed to allow residual charge of middle electrodes associated with other cells to be discharged. In conjunction with an access operation for a target cell, a residual charge of a middle electrode of another cell may be discharged, and the target cell may then be accessed. A capacitor in electronic communication with a cell may be charged and a logic state of the cell determined based on the charge of the capacitor. The timing for charging the capacitor may be related to the time for discharging a middle electrode of the cell or another cell. | 2018-03-01 |