| 10th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20120057638 | Apparatus for Encoding and Decoding Header Data in Picture Signal Transmission - A picture decoding method and apparatus for decoding a bit stream, the bit stream being compatible with MPEG 1 moving picture video standard. The method includes receiving, via an input terminal, from the bit stream that includes extension data added in a header of a picture layer of the bit stream when the header includes control data newly added in MPEG 2 standard format, picture start code indicating a start point of the picture layer and the extension data of an anterior header of the picture layer. The bit stream in the picture layer is decoded using the picture start code and the extension data of an anterior header of the picture layer when an extension start code indicating the beginning of the extension data of the current header is not received from the bit stream. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057639 | Apparatus for Encoding and Decoding Header Data in a Picture Signal Transmission - A picture decoding method and apparatus for decoding a bit stream, the bit stream being compatible with MPEG 1 moving picture video standard. The method includes receiving, via an input terminal, from the bit stream that includes extension data added in a header of a picture layer of the bit stream when the header includes control data newly added in MPEG 2 standard format, a picture coding type and the extension data of an anterior header of the picture layer. The bit stream in the picture layer is decoded using the picture coding type and the extension data of an anterior header of the picture layer when an extension start code indicating the beginning of the extension data of the current header is not received from the bit stream. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057640 | Video Analytics for Security Systems and Methods - Video processing, encoding and decoding systems are described. A processor receives video frames representative of a sequence of images captured by a video sensor and the video frames are encode according to a desired video encoding standard. A video analytics processor receives video analytics metadata generated by the video encoder from the sequence of images and produces video analytics messages for transmission to a client device which performs client side video analytics processing. The video analytics metadata may comprise pixel domain video analytics information directly from an analog-to-digital front end or directly from an encoding engine as the engine is performing compression. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057641 | TRANSMITTING METHOD AND A RECEIVING METHOD OF A MODULATED DATA STREAM - The present invention relates to a transmitting and a receiving methods of a modulated data stream (MOD). It is characterized in that at the transmitting side, it comprises the steps of: Generating a mixed data stream (MD) on the basis of mixing a first data stream (HP) with a second data stream (LP); Encoding said first data stream (HP) and said mixed data stream (MD); Generating a modulated data stream (MOD) on the basis of mapping said mixed data stream (MD). At the receiving side, it comprises the steps of: Generating a demapped data stream on the basis of demapping said modulated data stream (MOD); Generating a first and a second deinterleaved data streams on the basis of deinterleaving said demapped data stream; Decoding said first deinterleaved data stream; Generating an a priori information on the basis of mixing a part of the first decoded deinterleaved data stream with a mixing vector; and Decoding said second deinterleaved data stream using said a priori information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057642 | Digital Video Physical layer using a Multi-Level Data Code - A system for communicating data comprises a clock channel configured to transmit a clock signal at a predetermined rate and at least one data channel configured to transmit data as a sequence of blocks of multi-level symbols being sent at a fixed multiple of the clock rate. Each block of multi-level symbols comprises a sequence of at least three multi-level symbols. Each multi-level symbol has an analog voltage level selected from a predetermined number of possible values, the predetermined number being an integer greater than two. The fixed multiple of the clock rate is an integer greater than one. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057643 | MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED METHODS AND DATA STRUCTURES - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in response to receiving a wireless communication signal, a non-uniform codebook is generated based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the received wireless communication signal for quantization and communication back to a source of the received signal. The non-uniform codebook may be generated by selecting a suitable uniform codebook based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the received wireless communication signal, and supplementing the uniform codebook with additional codewords to generate the non-uniform codebook. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057644 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - In the field of communications, an information processing method, device, and system are provided. The information processing method includes: receiving Precoding Control Indications (PCIs); determining a target PCI according to statistics of the PCIs and/or sources of the PCIs; and performing uplink Multiple Input Multiple Output sending control according to the target PCI. A User Equipment and an information processing system are also provided. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057645 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system in a network, the system comprising a primary station and at least one secondary station, the primary station comprising a plurality of transmit antennas and the secondary station comprising a plurality of receive antennas, the method comprising the steps of the primary station selecting a first communication scheme among a plurality of communication schemes, the primary station computing a transmission vector on the basis of the first communication scheme, the secondary station computing a reception vector on the basis of a second communication scheme, the second communication scheme being selected among the plurality of communication schemes by the secondary station on the assumption that a predetermined communication scheme is being used by the primary station. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057646 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND TRANSMITTING MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus for communicating the location of a mobile wireless communications device are described. Codewords, e.g., values or sets of bits, are selected from a codebook mapping different codewords to corresponding pieces of location information. In a first approach location information is communicated by using codewords from different codebooks with the product, e.g., intersection of location information provided by the codewords, providing relatively detailed location information using relatively few bits. In a second approach user specific codebooks are defined for individual users. The codewords in the codebook corresponding to a particular user map to locations the individual specific user is likely to frequent. In another approach codewords are transmitted at different power levels and/or using different coding rates. Received codewords corresponding to a device may be used in combination to determine the location or refine the understanding of the device location. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057647 | Method, Apparatus and System for Transmitting Information Bits - A method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting information bits, where the method for transmitting information bits includes: dividing the information bits to be transmitted into at least two groups; encoding the information bits to be transmitted in each group; modulating the coded bits obtained by the encoding to obtain modulation symbols, in which each modulation symbol is obtained by using the modulation of the coded bits in the same group; and mapping and transmitting the modulation symbols. In this way, the receiving end easily reduces the algorithm complexity, thereby ensuring the performance of the receiving end. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057648 | METHOD FOR ENCODING DATA WITH AT LEAST TWO ENCODING STEPS, AND AT LEAST ONE PERMUTATION STEP, CORRESPONDING ENCODING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SIGNAL - A method is provided for encoding data to be sent to at least one receiver, including at least two identical encoding steps and at least one permutation step. Each encoding step associates a block of encoded data with a block of data to be encoded, using at least two basic codes, each code processing a subset of the data block to be encoded. The permutation step is inserted between two encoding steps, i.e. a current encoding step and a previous encoding step, such that the order of the data in a data block to be encoded by the current encoding step is different from the order of the data encoded by the previous encoding step. The permutation step implements, for a data block, a rotation applied to the data of the data block and a reversal of the order of the data of the data block. The operations can be implemented by an interleaving matrix. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057649 | RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - A base station allowing mobile stations to efficiently remove interference signals. In this base station, an encoding part performs an error correction encoding of transport data to generate a bit sequence comprising systematic bits and parity bits; a repetition part repeats, as a repetition subject, only the parity bits out of the plurality of bits included in the bit sequence, which is generated by the encoding part, so as to perform a rate matching; a modulating part modulates, after the repetition, the bit sequence to generate symbols; an S/P part parallel converts the symbols serially inputted from the modulating part ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057650 | TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL FROM A POWER AMPLIFIER - A method for limiting peak-to-average power of a signal transmitted from a power amplifier. The method comprises: applying a pulse-shape filter to a first signal, thereby generating a second signal being a filtered version of the first signal; and outputting the second signal for transmission from a power amplifier. The method further comprises: applying each of a plurality of predictor filters to a respective instance of the first signal, each predictor filter approximating the application of the pulse-shape filter to the first signal based on a different respective set of filter coefficients, and each thereby generating a respective third signal. The method also further comprises determining an indicator of amplitude of each of the third signals, selecting the indicator corresponding to the largest of those amplitudes, generating a modifier based on the selected indicator, and using the modifier to limit the first signal prior to applying the pulse-shape filter. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057651 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A transmission apparatus selects a single transmission channel through which a transmission signal is to be transmitted from among unoccupied available channels, forms the transmission signal so as to alleviate interference with adjacent channels according to occupancy states of an upper adjacent channel and a lower adjacent channel adjacent to the transmission channel, and transmits the transmission signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057652 | CHANNEL EQUALIZER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST SIGNAL IN RECEIVING SYSTEM - A channel equalizer for use in a receiving system includes an overlap unit, a first estimator, an interpolator, and a second estimator. The overlap unit overlaps a group of normal data packets including a head, a body, and a tail, and a known data region is periodically repeated in the body. The first estimator estimates CIRs of the known data regions according to a first algorithm, and the interpolator estimates CIRs of normal data regions in the body by interpolating the estimated CIRs of the known data regions. The second estimator estimates CIRs of normal data regions in the head and tail according to a second algorithm different from the first algorithm. A calculator calculates equalization coefficients based on the estimated CIRs and a compensator multiplies the overlapped data with the coefficients. A save unit saves the compensated data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057653 | METHOD FOR TUNING A DIGITAL COMPENSATION FILTER WITHIN A TRANSMITTER, AND ASSOCIATED DIGITAL COMPENSATION FILTER - A method for tuning a digital compensation filter within a transmitter includes: obtaining at least one resistance-capacitance (RC) detection result, wherein the digital compensation filter includes an RC compensation module; and tuning the digital compensation filter by inputting the RC detection result into the RC compensation module. For example, the RC detection result may correspond to a detected value representing a product of a resistance value and a capacitance value. In another example, the at least one RC detection result may be obtained by performing RC detection on at least a portion of the transmitter without individually measuring resistance values of resistors therein and capacitance values of capacitors therein. An associated digital compensation filter and an associated calibration circuit are also provided. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057654 | SELECTIVE PEAK POWER REDUCTION - The present invention provides a technique for reducing the peak power of a combined signal that has a first signal of a first modulation type and a second signal of a second modulation type. Based on the combined signal, peak reduction distortion is determined. The peak reduction distortion is configured such that, if applied to the entirety of the combined signal, excessive peaks throughout the combined signal would be reduced. However, instead of applying the entirety of the peak reduction distortion, a selected portion of the peak reduction distortion is applied to a corresponding portion of the combined signal to reduce the peak power of the combined signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057655 | Polar Transmitter Suitable for Monolithic Integration in SoCs - The disclosed polar modulation transmitter circuit is configured to generate an output signal having a transmission frequency that minimizes crosstalk effects between different transmission bands (e.g., Bluetooth, GSM, UMTS, etc.). In particular, a polar modulation transceiver circuit, having an amplitude modulated (AM) signal and a phase modulated (PM) signal, comprises a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to generate a DCO signal having a DCO frequency. The DCO signal is provided to one or more frequency dividers that are configured to selectively divide the DCO signal to generate various lower frequency signals, used to select a sampling rate for a DAC operating on the AM signal and an RF carrier signal frequency, which result in an output signal having a frequency that does not interfere with other RF systems on the same IC (e.g., that falls outside of the downlink frequency of other RF systems). Other systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSIVE RADIO FREQUENCY INDENTIFICATION (RFID) READER DIGITAL DEMODULATION FOR MANCHESTER SUBCARRIER SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for passive radio frequency identification (RFID) reader digital demodulation with respect to a Manchester subcarrier signal are disclosed. In a passive RFID environment where the Manchester subcarrier signal contains DC components in a frequency region, even when a tag signal containing the DC offset noise is input to a baseband, demodulation may be efficiently performed while the DC offset noise is removed. Therefore, accurate detection of tag information from the tag signal may be achieved. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057657 | Precoded Data Receiver - A multi-rank beamforming (MRBF) scheme in which the downlink channel is estimated and an optimal precoding matrix to be used by the MRBF transmitter is determined accordingly. The optimal precoding matrix is selected from a codebook of matrices having a recursive structure which allows for efficient computation of the optimal precoding matrix and corresponding Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR). The codebook also enjoys a small storage footprint. Due to the computational efficiency and modest memory requirements, the optimal precoding determination can be made at user equipment (UE) and communicated to a transmitting base station over a limited uplink channel for implementation over the downlink channel. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057658 | Authenticating a Signal Based on an Unknown Component Thereof - Authentication of a signal, signal | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057659 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication apparatus includes two or more receiving units differing in characteristics. The apparatus further includes a data detecting unit detecting data to be received, in an input signal, and a selecting unit that selects one out of the two or more receiving units, depending upon detected result and characteristics of receiving units. In case data to be received is not contained in the input signal, the selecting unit selects a receiving unit whose power consumption during a period of time of not receiving the data is smaller than that of the other receiving unit(s) during a period of time of not receiving the data. In case the data to be received is contained in the input signal, the selecting unit selects a receiving unit from which a most satisfactory receiving quality is expected depending upon propagation environments of the input signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057660 | MIMO WIRELESS SYSTEM WITH DIVERSITY PROCESSING - A MIMO wireless system with Diversity processing is provided having Turbo Codes Decoders for computing orthogonal multipath signals from multiple separate antennas. The invention decodes multipath signals that have arrived at the terminal via different routes after being reflected from buildings, trees or hills. The Turbo Codes Decoder with Diversity processing increases the signal to noise ratio (SNR) more than 6 dB which enables the Wireless system to deliver data rates from up to 600 Mbit/s. A Turbo Codes Decoder block is provided to compute baseband signals from multiple different receiver paths. Several pipelined max-Log-MAP decoders are used for iterative decoding of received data. A Sliding Window of Block N data is used for pipeline operations. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057661 | MIMO OFDM System - A MIMO OFDM system includes a plurality of space-time encoders for encoding respective data blocks with independent space-time codes. The transformed data block signals are transmitted by a plurality of transmit antennas and received by a plurality of receive antennas. The received data is pre-whitened prior to maximum likelihood detection. In one embodiment, successive interference cancellation can be sued to improve system performance. Channel parameter estimation can be enhanced by weighting the channel impulse response estimates based upon a deviation from average. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057662 | BIT CHANGE DETERMINATION METHOD AND BIT CHANGE DETERMINATION DEVICE - A bit change determination method includes performing a correlation operation of a signal received from a satellite and a replica code, segmenting the signal using a bit transition timing of navigation message data and performing a first calculation to calculate the result of the correlation operation for a first period having N (N≧1) continuous unit periods with a bit period of navigation message data as a unit period, performing a second calculation to calculate the result of the correlation operation for a second period having M (M>1) continuous unit periods adjacent to the first period, and determining whether a bit value changes or not at a boundary between the first period and the second period using the first and second calculation results. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057663 | Terminal State Management in a Telecommunications Network - A signal transmitted in a radio telecommunications network is received ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY - Methods and apparatus for symbol timing recovery are provided. Both a coarse symbol timing recovery method and apparatus, and a fine symbol timing recovery method and apparatus are described which can be used jointly for symbol recovery, for example in phase shift keying receivers. The coarse method involves the use of differential correlations and finding the time difference in peak values of the correlation results. The fine method involves interpolation of a received digital signal, followed by filtering and timing error detection. The error detection signal is further filtered and used to control the interpolator. The methods provide for robust symbol timing synchronization. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057665 | Three Wavelength Coupling for Fusion Capsule Hohlraums - Using three tunable wavelengths on different cones of laser beams the energy transfer between beams can be tuned to redistribute the energy within the cones of beams most prone to backscatter instabilities. Using a third wavelength provides a greater level of control of the laser energy distribution and coupling in the hohlraum, to significantly reduce stimulated Raman scattering losses and increase the hohlraum radiation drive, yet maintain implosion symmetry. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057666 | FUSION ENERGY PRODUCTION - Systems and methods are described for carrying out fusion reactions by changing the Coulombic energy barrier via Muon Catalyzed Fusion. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057667 | RESONANCE CALCULATION PROGRAM AND ANALYZING APPARATUS - [Solving Means] A resonance calculation program is configured to calculate an effective cross section including Step S | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057668 | REACTOR CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE - The reactor containment structure is provided with a reactor containment vessel, a reactor containment chamber installed inside the reactor containment vessel to contain a nuclear power reactor, a pool installed inside the reactor containment vessel so as to be below the reactor containment chamber adjacently and in which an emergency cooling liquid is stored, an opening part for allowing the emergency cooling liquid to flow from the reactor containment chamber into the pool, a sump installed below the pool, a debris filtering body installed at the sump to filter debris contained in the emergency cooling liquid, a pumping system which sucks the emergency cooling liquid from the sump and discharges the emergency cooling liquid into the reactor containment chamber, and a debris trapping part installed in the pool to trap the debris, wherein the debris trapping part intersects with a flow path of the emergency cooling liquid. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057669 | X-RAY SOURCE WITH A PLURALITY OF ELECTRON EMITTERS - The invention relates to an X-ray source ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057670 | MULTI-DETECTOR ARRAY IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057671 | DATA ACQUISITION AND VISUALIZATION MODE FOR LOW DOSE INTERVENTION GUIDANCE IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A system and method for monitoring a guided intervention device includes determining ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057672 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING BREAST - An apparatus and method for imaging a breast is provided. The apparatus for imaging a breast includes a first X-ray emission unit configured to emit an X-ray of a first dose to a breast, a second X-ray emission unit configured to emit one or more X-rays of a second dose to the breast, the first dose being greater than the second dose, an X-ray detection unit configured to detect the X-ray of the first dose or the one or more X-rays of the second dose to thereby generate one or more image frames regarding the breast, and an image generation unit configured to generate image data regarding the breast based on the generated one or more image frames. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057673 | Multi-Resolution X-Ray Image Capture - Various methods and systems are provided for multi-resolution x-ray image capture. In one embodiment, a method includes repositioning an image capture assembly of an x-ray image capture apparatus from a first position to a second position, the first position corresponding to a first pixel density resolution and the second position corresponding to a second pixel density resolution; activating an x-ray source; and obtaining a digital x-ray image of a subject from an imaging sensor of the image capture assembly, the digital x-ray image having the second pixel density resolution. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057674 | System for image scanning and acquisition with low-dose radiation - A medical imaging system adaptively acquires anatomical images using a shape adaptive collimator including multiple different portions of X-ray absorbent material automatically adjustable to alter the dimensions of a spatial cross section of an X-ray beam of radiation into a non-rectangular shape, in response to a control signal. The synchronization processor provides a heart rate related synchronization signal derived from a patient cardiac function related parameter. The synchronization signal enables adaptive variation in timing of image acquisition within an individual heart cycle and between successive heart cycles of each individual image frame of multiple sequential image frames. The X-ray image acquisition device uses the shape adaptive collimator for acquiring anatomical images of the region of interest with reduced patient X-ray exposure in response to the synchronization signal. A display processor presents resultant images. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057675 | PORTABLE ORTHOVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY - A portable orthovoltage radiotherapy system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, the ocular structures are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the ocular structures inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the ocular structures within the coordinate system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057676 | GRATING FOR PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING - The invention relates to gratings for X-ray differential phase-contrast imaging, a focus detector arrangement and X-ray system for generating phase-contrast images of an object and a method of phase-contrast imaging for examining an object of interest. In order to provide gratings with a high aspect ratio but low costs, a grating for X-ray differential phase-contrast imaging is proposed, comprising a first sub-grating ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057677 | TILTED GRATINGS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TILTED GRATINGS - The present invention relates to phase-contrast imaging which visualizes the phase information of coherent radiation passing a scanned object. Focused gratings are used which reduce the creation of trapezoid profile in a projection with a particular angle to the optical axis. A laser supported method is used in combination with a dedicating etching process for creating such focused grating structures. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057678 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPORAL MULTIPLEXING X-RAY IMAGING - The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging of dynamic objects with high temporal resolution and fast imaging speed. A pulsed x-ray beam can irradiate an object undergoing a range of motion such as a cyclic motion. Multiple x-ray images can be acquired at different phases within a single motion cycle or range of the object. The multiple x-ray images can be demultiplexed to produce an individual phase image. Compared to sequential imaging, temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging can achieve high temporal resolution of dynamics object in multiple phases with imaging time comparable to that of a single phase. Temporal multiplexing x-ray imaging can thus be applied to a wide variety of applications, including biomedical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057679 | DISCHARGE MODULE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE X-RAY TUBES - Discharge module which is formed by three circuits, a control and measurement circuit for X-rays, a voltage division circuit between serial switches, which is independent from the previous one, and a third circuit of the charge short circuit, which in turn is formed by a successive or slave trip circuit of the switches and another main discharge circuit through the switches; due to the established configuration, a much improved radiation control is achieved as it is not affected by unforeseen agents, the short circuit current is not restricted to the port current of the switches, and residual voltage of the switches is reduced. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057680 | SUPPLY OF A LIQUID-METAL TARGET IN X-RAY GENERATION - Closed-loop circulation for providing liquid metal to an interaction region at which an electron beam is to impact upon the liquid metal to produce X-rays is presented. In a method according to the invention, the pressure of the liquid metal is raised to at least 10 bar using a high-pressure pump. The pressurized liquid metal is then conducted to a nozzle and ejected into a vacuum chamber in the form of a spatially continuous jet. After passage through the vacuum chamber, the liquid metal is collected in a collection reservoir, and the pressure of the liquid metal is raised to an inlet pressure, e.g. using a primer pump, suitable for the inlet of the high-pressure pump. The invention also relates to a corresponding circulation system and an X-ray source provided with such circulation system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057681 | X-RAY TARGET MANUFACTURED USING ELECTROFORMING PROCESS - One or more components of an x-ray target assembly are manufactured using an electroforming process. The electroforming is carried out by providing an electroforming apparatus that includes an electrolyte, a metal anode, and an electrically conductive cathode. The cathode includes an intermediate x-ray target assembly upon which the metal is to be deposited and/or an electrically conductive mold for forming a component of an x-ray target assembly. The x-ray target component (e.g., a substrate or focal track) is formed by submersing the cathode in the electrolyte and applying a voltage across the anode and the cathode to cause the metal from the anode to be electroformed on the intermediate target and/or the mold. The electroforming is continued until a desired thickness of metal is achieved. The electroforming process can be used to manufacture an x-ray target substrate, focal track, stem, barrier, or other metal layer of the target assembly. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057682 | TELEPHONY TESTING - In a computer, a test script is received that includes a first set of commands to be provided to an Internet protocol (IP) telephone. The test script is parsed to obtain the first set of commands. Parameters that identify the telephone are obtained. The parameters and at least one of the first set of commands are used to obtain at least one corresponding second command from a conversion table. A command script is generated to be executed by the telephone, the command script including the at least one corresponding second command. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057683 | Call Re-Establishment - Method and user terminal for handling a call over a communications network between a first user terminal, usable by a first user, and at least one other user terminal, usable by a respective at least one other user, wherein a client is executed at the first user terminal for participation in the call. The client determines a condition of a respective at least one network connection used in the call between the first user terminal and the at least one other user terminal over the communications network. The client also determines that the call has been dropped, and responsive to the determination that the call has been dropped, the client automatically attempts to re-establish the call in dependence upon the determined condition of the at least one network connection. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALL SCREENING - The present invention provides flexible, user-definable call screening processes. The user can optionally define to which telecommunication terminals a screened call is to be broadcast to and under what conditions. An incoming call is forwarded to a call management system that asks the caller to leave a voice message. The call management system selectively couples the call to a POTS line or a VoIP-capable device so that the user can listen to the incoming message and thereby screen the incoming call. Based on the screening, the user can instruct the call management system to connect the caller to the user. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057685 | CONTROL OF AN ADJUSTABLE BED THROUGH A NETWORK - An adjustable bed is controlled through a network. When controlled through a telephone network, a phone provides communication with a control box for the adjustable bed, and optionally a second system associated with the bed and controlled through the control box. When controlled through an internetwork such as the Internet, functions of the adjustable bed and optionally functions of a second system associated with the adjustable bed can be controlled. The network can be wired, wireless, near field, or wide band. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057686 | BILLING DATA INTERFACE FOR CONFERENCING CUSTOMERS - A billing data interface provides billing data to customers in an accurate and efficient manner. Billing data is processed to preserve client billing information and to meet a customer's individual data requirements. The billing data may be presented in such a way that the customer may input the billing data directly into its client billing system. The billing data may be processed according to client billing specifications corresponding to a client billing system used by the customer. The processed data may preserve leading zeros, separate client code and matter code into two fields, etc. The resulting data file may be delivered to the customer for entry into the customer's client billing system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING COMMUNICATION INFORMATION (MCI) - A computer for processing a call originated by a call originator to a call target. The computer includes memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code and processor for executing the program code stored in the memory. The program code includes code for processing a telephone number of the call target, code for accessing a database storing a plurality of outgoing telephone numbers, code for identifying one of the plurality of outgoing telephone numbers based on the telephone number of the call target, and code for originating the outbound call to the call target and including the identified outgoing telephone number into a caller ID field of the outbound call. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A SEARCH ENGINE ADVANTAGEOUSLY WITHIN A CONTACT CENTER SYSTEM - Apparatus for operating a multimedia contact center, comprising a multimedia contact center system for handling communications sessions between an organization and its customers and obtaining media-specific information relating to the communications session, and a search engine for performing a search in relation to the obtained media-specific information, wherein the multimedia contact center system is configured to use the results from the search in handling the communications session, wherein the results may include heterogeneous material not primarily intended for session handling purposes. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057689 | CALLBACK OPTION - A method comprising establishing a first call between a first device having an associated first user and a second device having an associated second user. During the first call, the first device receives a second call from a third device having an associated third user. In response to receiving the second call, the first user is prompted with call-back options to respond to the second call. The call-back options can include ignore, accept, and auto-schedule a return call. In the event the auto-schedule a return call option is selected, an auto-schedule command is sent from the first device to a server. After the first call is terminated, the first user is prompted with calling options to call the third device in response to the first call terminating. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057690 | IDENTIFYING ACTIONS TO TAKE WITH REGARD TO REPEAT CALLERS - A call handling system receives an incoming call from a caller. In response to receiving the incoming call, the call handling system determines a call count for the caller. The call count for the caller is based on a number of calls in a sequence of calls received by the call handling system from the caller, including the incoming call. A maximum amount of time between any of the calls in the sequence of calls does not exceed an expiration period. Based on the call count for the caller, the call handling system identifies and performs an action to take with regard to the incoming call. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057691 | Routing Communication Sessions in a Contact Center - A system for routing communication sessions between a contact and an agent of a contact center is disclosed. The system is arranged to simultaneously connect more than one contact to an agent of the contact center capable of simultaneously handling a plurality of contacts. Typically, the contacts comprise non-voice contacts The system is arranged to obtain a respective time-varying characteristic associated with the various agents indicating an intermediate level of activity for the agents between the agents being unoccupied and the agents being fully occupied with handling contacts. New contacts received at the contact center are routed to an agent based at least partially the time-varying characteristic for the agents. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057692 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADVANCED ADDRESS BOOK FUNCTIONALITY IN A UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY HOME NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for a managing at least one network address book of a user at a TS in a UPnP home network. A request to update a contact entry is received from a TCP that is coupled to the TS in the UPnP home network. The request includes contact information associated with at least one entity of the contact entry, and an identifier of a source of the contact entry. It is determined whether the identifier in the request is associated with any of one or more network address books in one or more WAN servers coupled to the TS via a WAN. When the identifier is associated with at least one of the one or more network address books, the contact entry in the at least one network address book is updated based on the contact information. When the identifier is not associated with any of the one or more network address books, the contact entry in a local address book in the TS is updated based on the contact information | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057693 | Joint Signal Processing Across A Plurality Of Line Termination Cards - In one embodiment, the line termination card includes a data output terminal configured to output a data sequence. The card further includes a vectoring entity configured to parse and encode the data sequence into frequency samples according to a carrier loading parameter, configured to scale the frequency samples into scaled frequency samples according to a carrier scaling parameter, and, configured to process the scaled frequency samples for crosstalk compensation. A controller is configured to adjust the carrier loading parameter and the carrier scaling parameter, and a forwarder is coupled to the data output terminal and to the controller. The forwarder is configured to forward the data sequence, the carrier loading parameter and the carrier scaling parameter towards a further line termination card. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057694 | METHOD OF LINE-SWITCHING AND CONNECTION FOR A CONNECTOR WITH A COMBO PORT - Provided is a method of line-switching and connection for a connector with a combo port. The method is particularly adapted to the connector compatible with two or more link types. The method is to switch the wires to connect a specific link based on the detection of connector type. The step is firstly to initialize the system with the connector. A detecting circuit is configured to detect the type of connector which is plugged into the combo port. The detection covers the physical layer and protocol related to the plugged connector. An automatic switching process is then performed to establish a connection in compliance with the connector type chosen by a controller. In one embodiment, the connector with combo port particularly meets the requirements of connections to RJ-45 connector and RJ-11 connector. After the switching process, the adapted connection is implemented with required configurations. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057695 | CIRCUITS FOR MODULAR ARITHMETIC BASED ON THE COMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINUED FRACTIONS - A method for calculating a modular multiplication of integers a and b or polynomials a(x) and b(x) for a modulus N. The method including (i) calculating a supplemental product continued fraction c=(ab+jN)/t by supplementing particular numerators of a product fraction (ab)/t represented as a continued fraction, and (ii) calculating a second supplemental product continued fraction r=(cd+kN)/t from a previously calculated modular remainder d=R | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057696 | MULTI-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY FOR ENCRYPTING FILE SYSTEM ACCELERATION - Embodiments of methods and systems for encrypting and decrypting with encryption attributes are presented. An encryption attribute contains information to identify one or more segments of a file to be encrypted. An encryption process encrypts those one or more segments to generate a partly encrypted file instead of encrypting the entire file. That is, the file includes some data that are encrypted and some data that are not. In one embodiment, at least three encryption keys are used such that the encryption attribute is encrypted with using a third key. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057697 | SECURITY OF A MULTIMEDIA STREAM - A method including receiving encrypted multimedia information of a multimedia broadcast multicast service streaming session, wherein the multimedia information is encrypted using an encryption key. An indication allowing to switch the receiving of the encrypted multimedia information to a peer-to-peer streaming session is received and receiving of the encrypted multimedia information from the multimedia broadcast multicast service streaming session to the peer-to-peer streaming session is switched. Encrypted multimedia information of the peer-to-peer streaming session is received. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057698 | ORGANIC KEYED ENCRYPTION - An encryption technique that creates a unique encryption key or fingerprint based on unique physical and electrical characteristics of a target electronic assembly to be protected. The encryption key can be constructed by exploiting the manufacturing variances present in all electronic elements including active elements and passive elements. Active elements include, for example: oscillators/clocks, internal I/O controllers, external I/O controllers, memory, processors, and digital power converters. Passive elements include, for example: internal I/O interconnects, external I/O interconnects, memory buses, and power buses. The encryption key can also include one or more environmental condition thresholds. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A KEY AGREEMENT PROTOCOL - A system and method for generating a secret key to facilitate secure communications between users. A first and second and a function between the two monoids are selected, the function being a monoid homomorphism. A group and a group action of the group on the first monoid is selected. Each user is assigned a submonoid of the first monoid so that these submonoids satisfy a special symmetry property determined by the function, a structure of the first and second monoids, and the action of the group. A multiplication of an element in the second monoid and an element in the first monoid is obtained by combining the group action and the monoid homomorphism. First and second users choose private keys which are sequences of elements in their respective submonoids. A first result is obtained by multiplying an identity element by the first element of the sequence in a respective submonoid. Starting with the first result, each element of the user's private key may be iteratively multiplied by the previous result to produce a public key. Public keys are exchanged between first and second users. Each user's private key may be iteratively multiplied by the other user's public key to produce a secret key. Secure communication may then occur between the first and second user using the secret key. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057700 | PROTECTING VIDEO CONTENT USING VIRTUALIZATION - Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method configured to prevent unauthorized copying of video content in a mobile device. The method may use virtualization technology to prevent unauthorized copying of the premium video content. A user OS may operate in a virtual machine. A hypervisor may be configured to prevent an application and/or a corrupted OS from reading premium video content from video memory. The hypervisor may be configured to prevent direct memory access to the video content in the video memory. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057701 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH ENCRYPTION CHIP AND RELATED NETWORK LOCKING/UNLOCKING METHOD - A mobile terminal is provided with a network lock functionality for a network. The mobile terminal includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) slot configured to host a SIM card or an unlocking device, a control chip, an encryption chip, and a network locking module. The control chip is coupled to the SIM slot through a first interface, the encryption chip is coupled to the SIM slot through the first interface to communicate with a module inserted into the SIM slot, and the network locking module is coupled to the encryption chip through a second interface. Further, the network locking module is configured to perform the network lock functionality. The network locking module also has an “open” state supporting a network unlocking operational mode and a “close” state supporting a network locking operational mode. In addition, the encryption chip is configured to determine whether the module inserted into the SIM slot is the SIM card or the unlocking device and, when the encryption chip determines that the inserted module is not the unlock device, to set the “open” state or the “close” state of the network locking module to control the mobile terminal to enter in the network unlocking operational mode or the network locking operational mode, respectively. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057702 | TAG GENERATION APPARATUS, TAG VERIFICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TAG GENERATION METHOD, TAG VERIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The tag generation apparatus of the present invention includes a hash unit (12) that applies a hash function to a message to generate a hash value, a random number encryption unit (14) that applies an encryption function having a first key to a random number that is independent of the message to generate a first intermediate variable, a masked encryption unit (15) that applies the encryption function having a second key to the sum of the random number and the hash value to generate a second intermediate variable, and a tag generation unit (16) that generates as the tag a value contained in bits of a predetermined number of bits that is less than or equal to the number of bits of the random number and that are extracted from the exclusive OR of the first intermediate variable and the second intermediate variable. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057703 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL CHANNEL INFORMATION - Techniques for protecting information elements transmitted to mobile stations from intruders. The technique can involve applying a randomized mask over an information element and then providing a scrambled cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value. A seed for the randomized mask can be different from a seed for the scrambled CRC value. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057704 | System and Method for Providing Security in a Wireless Communications System - A system and method for providing security in a wireless communications system are provided. A method for device operations includes generating a security key from an initial key, producing secured information by applying the security key to radio resource allocation information, and transmitting the secured information to the communications device. The radio resource allocation information comprises a location of radio resource allocated to a communications device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057705 | TWO-WAY AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN TWO COMMUNICATION ENDPOINTS USING A ONE-WAY OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) CHANNEL - Techniques for two-way authentication between two communication endpoints (e.g., two devices) using a one-way out-of-band (OOB) channel are presented. Here, in embodiments, both communication endpoints may be securely authenticated as long as the one-way OOB channel is tamper-proof. Embodiments of the invention do not require the one-way OOB channel to be private to ensure that both endpoints are securely authenticated. Since providing a two-way or private OOB channel adds to the cost of a platform, embodiments of the invention provide for a simple and secure method for two-way authentication that uses only a non-private one-way OOB channel and thus helping to reduce platform cost. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057706 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURES IN MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANODVER SERVICES - A method and system for establishing security association mechanism between a Mobile Node (MN) and a plurality of Point of Services (PoS) are provided. The method includes sending a first request from primary PoS to secondary PoS. The primary PoS then receives a first response along with a derived first key. The first key is derived at the secondary PoS. The method further includes receiving a second request from the MN at the primary PoS. The method then derives a second key based on a MN identity and the derived first key. Thereafter, the method sends a second response along with a second key from the primary PoS to the MN. Further, the method establishes communication between the MN and secondary PoS based on the second key received by the MN and the second key generated at the secondary PoS. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057707 | METHOD OF ABOLISHING UNAUTHORIZED COPYING OF DIGITAL DATA STORED ON AN OPTICAL DISC - A method of abolishing unauthorized copying of digital data stored on an optical disc includes the steps of distributing overwrite modules of a copy protection module into a data file that is to be protected against illegal copying, so as to form a copy-protected data file; and writing the copy-protected data file into a non-rewriteable optical storage media. The overwrite modules are respectively located between any two adjacent data blocks of the data file, such that each data block and a following overwrite module together form a group and the copy-protected data file includes a plurality of sequentially arranged groups of data block and overwrite module. With the overwrite modules, data blocks read out by a readout device are repeatedly overwritten by subsequent data blocks in a specified register, so that no data file from the optical storage media will be stored in the specified register and be illegally copied or pirated. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057708 | COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM STORING DIGITAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTING PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM STORING DIGITAL CONTENT PLAYBACK PROGRAM, DIGITAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS - In digital content including; data in which digital copyrighted work is stored, and a plurality of separation data separated from the data, a header of the data stores position information for specifying a separation region in which one of the separation data is separated. Moreover each separation region in which the separation data is separated, stores position information for specifying other separation regions in an interlinked manner. Furthermore the data excluding the separation region is encrypted by a content key of the data, and the separation region of the data, and the separation data are encrypted respectively by a content key different for each separation data. Moreover, the separation data is distributed together with the content key on a route different to the data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057709 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL AUDIO SYSTEM SUPPORTING DATA CHANNEL REPLACEMENT - An audio processing system is disclosed. The audio processing system may include a processor and a transmitter and may allow a surround sound system to utilize the transmission bandwidth efficiently by adaptively transmitting a supplementary data from a secondary source in addition to the audio signals of a primary source. The processor may determine a first number of channels available for audio in the transmitter and a second number of channels available in a remote receiver that is capable of receiving the audio. The processor may cause a secondary source to adaptively communicate a combination of data from a plurality of supplementary sources in some of a plurality of channels of the audio based upon the first number of channels and the second number of channels. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057710 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL OUTPUT MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for determining a spatial output multi-channel audio signal based on an input audio signal and an input parameter. The apparatus includes a decomposer for decomposing the input audio signal based on the input parameter to obtain a first decomposed signal and a second decomposed signal different from each other. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a renderer for rendering the first decomposed signal to obtain a first rendered signal having a first semantic property and for rendering the second decomposed signal to obtain a second rendered signal having a second semantic property being different from the first semantic property. The apparatus comprises a processor for processing the first rendered signal and the second rendered signal to obtain the spatial output multi-channel audio signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057711 | NOISE SUPPRESSION DEVICE, NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A noise suppression device includes a framing unit, a band dividing unit, a band power computing unit, a noise determining unit that determines whether or not each band is noise, a noise band power estimating unit, a noise suppression gain determining unit, a noise suppression unit that applies the noise suppression gains and obtains a band divided signal of which noise has been suppressed, a band synthesizing unit, and a framing synthesizing unit that synthesizes the frames of the framing signals; the noise suppression gain determining unit having an SNR computing unit that computes an SNR for each band, and a SNR smoothing unit that smoothes the SNR computed for each band; wherein the noise suppression gains for each band are determined based on the SNR of each band smoothed by the SNR smoothing unit; and wherein the SNR smoothing unit changes the smoothing coefficient. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057712 | MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO DISPLAY - An audio display system can include an audio input configured to receive a plurality of inputs corresponding different audio channels of a multi-channel audio signal. A phase calculator is configured to determine a relative phase between at least a given pair of the audio channels. An amplitude calculator is configured to determine an amplitude for at least the given pair of audio channels. A display generator is configured to generate an audio display. The audio display can include an amplitude element representing the amplitude determined for each audio channel in the given pair of the audio channels, the amplitude elements being spaced apart from each other to define a phase zone between the respective pair of amplitude elements. The audio display can also include a phase output plotted in the phase zone between the respective pair of amplitude elements, the phase output representing a phase relationship between the given pair of the audio channels. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057713 | AUTOMATIC AUDIO SYSTEM EQUALIZING - An automated process for equalizing an audio system and an apparatus for implementing the process. An audio system includes a microphone unit, for receiving the sound waves radiated from a plurality of speakers, acoustic measuring circuitry, for calculating frequency response measurements; a memory, for storing characteristic data of the loudspeaker units and further for storing the frequency response measurements; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating an equalization pattern responsive to the digital data and responsive to the characteristic data of the plurality of loudspeaker units. Also described is an automated equalizing system including a acoustic measuring circuitry including a microphone for measuring frequency response at a plurality of locations; a memory, for storing the frequency responses at the plurality of locations; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating, from the frequency responses, an optimized equalization pattern. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057714 | Automatic Tunable Earphone And Method For Tuning The Same - An automatic tunable earphone connected with an external audio device has an audio signal output unit, a loudspeaker, a microphone, a data memorizer and an arithmetic unit. The audio signal output unit outputs a testing audio signal into the loudspeaker for generating a testing sound which is transmitted into an ear canal. The microphone placed in the ear canal receives the sound that has past through the ear canal and outputs a contrastive audio signal into the data memorizer for restoring. The arithmetic unit compares the contrastive audio signal with the testing audio signal to find out the frequency that needs to be strengthened. The frequency is restored into the data memorizer. When the external audio device outputs a raw signal, the arithmetic unit process the raw signal according to the frequency restored and outputs the processed signal into the loudspeaker for making sound. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057715 | SPATIAL AUDIO ENCODING AND REPRODUCTION - A method and apparatus processes multi-channel audio by encoding, transmitting or recording “dry” audio tracks or “stems” in synchronous relationship with time-variable metadata controlled by a content producer and representing a desired degree and quality of diffusion. Audio tracks are compressed and transmitted in connection with synchronized metadata representing diffusion and preferably also mix and delay parameters. The separation of audio stems from diffusion metadata facilitates the customization of playback at the receiver, taking into account the characteristics of local playback environment. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057716 | Generating Acoustic Quiet Zone by Noise Injection Techniques - A quiet zone generation technique for acoustic/audio signals is proposed for mitigation of selected noise or interferences over limited areas in free space by injecting the very acoustic noise, interference, or audio feedback signals via iterative processing, generating quiet zones dynamically. This creates undesired noise-free quiet zones. Optimization loops operating iteratively to electronically process cancellation signals consist of three interconnected functional blocks: (1) an acoustic injection array, consisting of pick-up arrays to obtain the interference signals, beam forming networks for element weighting and/or re-positioning, and array elements for noise injections, (2) a diagnostic network with strategically located probes, and (3) an optimization processor with cost minimization algorithms to calculate element weights for updating. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057717 | Noise Suppression for Sending Voice with Binaural Microphones - Noise-suppressing techniques using a dual-microphone headset include methods in which first and second audio input signals are generated from first and second microphones placed in or near a user's ears, or on each side of the user's throat. These audio input signals are correlated, to produce a correlation signal, and are also combined, to produce an intermediate audio signal. An output audio signal is generated by selectively adjusting the amplitude of the intermediate audio signal, based on the correlation signal, to emphasize correlated components of the first and second audio input signals, relative to uncorrelated components. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057718 | Noise Reduction Circuit and Method Therefor - Noise cancellation is effected for audio devices. In connection with various embodiments, a forward leakage transfer function is determined using a signal corresponding to detected portions of the generated sound that has leaked out of the user's ear canal with the proximate end of the earphone inserted in (or otherwise fitted to) the ear. This forward leakage transfer function can be used to characterize ambient noise entering a user's ear canal. A signal corresponding to ambient noise is processed with the forward leakage transfer function to generate and output a noise-cancelling signal for canceling at least a portion of the detected ambient noise. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057719 | ADAPTIVE FILTER IN A SENSOR ARRAY SYSTEM - Disclosed is a steerable sensor array that receives input from a target and applies an averaging filter. An adaptive filter is then used if the SNR of the output of the averaging filter reaches a threshold. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057720 | AUDIO NOISE CANCELLING - A noise canceling system comprises a microphone ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057721 | COMPONENT HAVING A MICROMECHANICAL MICROPHONE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A MICROPHONE COMPONENT - A concept is proposed for a MEMS microphone which may be operated at a relatively low voltage level and still have comparatively high sensitivity. The component according to the present invention includes a micromechanical microphone structure having an acoustically active diaphragm which functions as a deflectable electrode of a microphone capacitor ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057722 | NOISE REMOVING APPARATUS AND NOISE REMOVING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a noise removing apparatus, including: an object sound emphasis section adapted to carry out an object sound emphasis process for observation signals of first and second microphones to produce an object sound estimation signal; a noise estimation section adapted to carry out a noise estimation process for the observation signals to produce a noise estimation signal; a post filtering section adapted to remove noise components remaining in the object sound estimation signal using the noise estimation signal; a correction coefficient calculation section adapted to calculate, for each frequency, a correction coefficient for correcting the post filtering process based on the object sound estimation signal and the noise estimation signal; and a correction coefficient changing section adapted to change those of the correction coefficients which belong to a frequency band suffering from spatial aliasing such that a peak appearing at a particular frequency is suppressed. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057723 | Signal Processing Apparatus and Method - A signal processing apparatus includes a first audio output unit configured to output audio of a first audio signal input from a first signal input line, a first pickup unit connected to the first signal input line, a second audio output unit configured to output audio of a second audio signal input from a second signal input line, a second pickup unit connected to the second signal input line, a connecting line that connects the above units to ground, and a first reducing unit configured to at least reduce a first sound leakage signal, being the first audio signal leaking into the second signal input line from the first audio output unit, by using the first audio signal, or reducing a second sound leakage signal, being the second audio signal leaking into the second signal input line from the second audio output unit, by using the second audio signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057724 | AUTOMATIC AUDIO SYSTEM EQUALIZING - An automated process for equalizing an audio system and an apparatus for implementing the process. An audio system includes a microphone unit, for receiving the sound waves radiated from a plurality of speakers, acoustic measuring circuitry, for calculating frequency response measurements; a memory, for storing characteristic data of the loudspeaker units and further for storing the frequency response measurements; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating an equalization pattern responsive to the digital data and responsive to the characteristic data of the plurality of loudspeaker units. Also described is an automated equalizing system including a acoustic measuring circuitry including a microphone for measuring frequency response at a plurality of locations; a memory, for storing the frequency responses at the plurality of locations; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating, from the frequency responses, an optimized equalization pattern. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057725 | CONTROL TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A control terminal apparatus includes a transmission unit transmitting a control signal to audio output apparatuses, a display unit, an operation detector detecting an operation associated with display content, and a controller displaying individual volume setting sections which correspond to the audio output apparatuses and which include operation members performing variable operations of volume settings while volume setting states are displayed, displaying a master volume setting section including an operation member performing collective variable operation while the volume balance of the audio output apparatuses is maintained, executing clear display of a setting changeable range in which the volume balance is maintained in the master volume setting section, generating, when the operation detector detects an operation performed on one of the individual volume setting sections or the master volume setting section, a control signal corresponding to content of the operation, and causing the transmission unit to transmit the control signal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057726 | Sound volume limiter using continuous evaluation of the incurred sound exposure dose to prevent hearing damage without degrading the user experience - A system and method is described for automatically limiting the sound exposure incurred by users of sound reproducing devices, by continuously tracking and evaluating the cumulative sound exposure dose. Instead of limiting the average sound level to a fixed maximum, the user retains freedom to adjust the sound volume to higher or lower levels. However, if the system determines that the overall cumulative sound dose is approaching a certain pre-set value presumed to be potentially hazardous, the gain and compression settings of the sound reproducing device are modified in order to limit sound exposure. This is done in such a way that the interference with the user experience is minimized. Optionally, the user is also provided with controls to temporarily boost the sound level, which then gradually falls back to a level that is acceptable for prolonged exposure. The sound limiting system starts acting more quickly and aggressively as the tracked sound exposure dose becomes higher. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057727 | SELECTION DEVICE - A selection device includes an acquisition part to acquire digital selection signals, and an output part to output selection signals to respective unit cells, each unit cell capable of being commanded to output the value zero. In the selection device, each selection signal is to command the unit cell to output a value corresponding to that selection signal; the sum of the values to be output as commanded by the respective selection signals, which are output to the respective unit cells, is a value determined in association with the digital selection signal; and if the output corresponding to the digital selection signal is the value zero, then selection signals each commanding to output a non-zero value (N) are output to some of the unit cells. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057728 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A piezoelectric speaker ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057729 | MEMS MICROPHONE PACKAGE - A microelectromechanical system microphone package has at least one sensitive diaphragm provided in the front side of a microphone component. The microphone component and a cap wafer are connected to one another with their front sides facing one another. The cap wafer functions as an intermediate wafer for installing the microelectromechanical system microphone package. The cap wafer is provided with feedthroughs so that the microphone component is electrically contactable via the cap wafer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057730 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A piezoelectric acoustic transducer ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057731 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A MEDIA PLAYER - A method and device for activating a media player enables efficient and convenient access to media files. The method includes determining that a wireless communication device is not operatively coupled to a network. An operative coupling of a speaker system to the wireless communication device is detected. The media player is then activated automatically in response to detecting the operative coupling of the speaker system to the wireless communication device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ADJUSTING DISTRIBUTION OF SPATIAL SOUND ENERGY - Provided is a method of adjusting a distribution of spatial sound energy, including storing information associated with a sound transfer function from each of speakers of a speaker array to a position of at least one listener, and information associated with the sound transfer function from each of the speakers of the speaker array to a far-field position, and generating at least two sound beams maximizing a far-field sound pressure attenuation with respect to a source signal, based on information associated with the sound transfer function, in order to form a personal sound zone in the position of the at least one listener. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057733 | HEARING AID DEVICE AND HEARING AID METHOD - Disclosed are a hearing aid device and a hearing aid method capable of controlling a directivity process or an amplification process in a hearing aid with a user's hand placement so as to match a users intuition. A hearing aid device includes a plurality of microphones which converts picked sound to audio signals, an inter-signal phase difference calculation unit which calculates a phase difference between a first audio signal converted in a first microphone from among the plurality of microphones and a second audio signal converted in a second microphone, a hand placement determination unit which determines whether or not a state where the phase difference is equal to or smaller than a first threshold value continues for a first time, a directivity sound pickup unit which superimposes a sensitivity-frequency characteristic for controlling sensitivity in a sound pickup direction on the first audio signal acquired from the first microphone and the second audio signal acquired from the second microphone to control the frequency characteristics of the audio signal, and generates an output signal, a nonlinear amplification unit which controls the signal level of the output signal acquired from the directivity sound pickup unit, and a hearing aid process control unit which, when the hand placement determination unit determines that the state where the phase difference is equal to or smaller than the first threshold value continues for the first time, controls the directivity sound pickup unit such that at least one of the sensitivity-frequency characteristic and the frequency characteristics of the audio signals becomes nondirective, and controls the nonlinear amplification unit to amplify the signal levels of the acquired audio signals. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057734 | Hearing Device System and Method - A system for linking together audio signal producing, signal processing, and ear coupling devices comprising, in an embodiment: (1) an in-ear audio coupling device; (2) hearing aid electronics; (3) an external audio signal generating device; and (4) a module for audio mixing and enhancement. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057735 | BENDABLE HEARING DEVICE - Within a casing of a hearing device to be worn in the area of the auricle such as behind the ear, comprises bendable portions ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057736 | Audio Device, and Methods for Designing and Making the Audio Devices - An audio device is provided with a plurality of Helmholtz resonators. Whereas a cross-sectional area of a neck and a volume of a cavity communicating with the neck are same between at least two of the Helmholtz resonators, a ratio of minimum and maximum values of distances between a center of gravity of the cross section of the neck and individual points defining an outer periphery of the cross section is different between said at least two of the Helmholtz resonators. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120057737 | Hybrid Acoustic/Electric Signal Converting Device - This disclosure is directed to implementing a measure of additionally including and installing a load register connected to a circuit chip in a printed circuit board so that the corresponding circuit chip may normally obtain and receive a series of operation powers by using the load register included in the printed circuit board; and a measure of additionally installing a ground terminal, a signal output terminal and a power receiving terminal to a joining portion of a printed circuit board joined to the circuit board of the electronic device, and electrically connecting both of the signal output terminal and the power receiving terminal to the load register and the circuit chip in the printed circuit board so that the corresponding load register and the circuit chip may normally obtain the operation power supplied from the electronic device by indirectly using the output signal receiving terminal and the signal output terminal. | 2012-03-08 |
