| 14th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
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| 20110080992 | CONE-BEAM CT - An X-ray source system for a CT scanner includes a plurality of X-ray sources, wherein each X-ray source of the plurality is provided with a cathode from which an electron beam is emitted, an anode to receive the electron beam and at least one grid electrode, wherein the grid electrodes are configured to selectably block radiation from said X-ray sources; a high voltage generator for applying voltage to the plurality of X-ray sources, wherein each of the plurality of X-ray sources are configured to present substantially the same load to the high voltage generator; a grid modulator configured to apply voltage to grid electrodes of each of the plurality of X-ray sources in turn; and a controller for controlling the grid modulator so that only one of the plurality of X-ray sources emits radiation at any one time. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080993 | STACKED X-RAY DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An x-ray detector assembly includes a curvilinear detector assembly that has a first side section that includes a first plurality of detector modules, a second side section that includes a second plurality of detector modules, and a third section that includes a third plurality of detector modules. The third section is positioned between the first and second side sections in a channel direction. The x-ray detector assembly also includes a first flat panel digital projection detector and a first detector mounting structure that is configured to align the first flat panel digital projection detector in a first position to block the third section of the curvilinear detector assembly from receiving x-rays emitting from an x-ray source toward the curvilinear detector assembly in the x-ray penetration direction. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080994 | INTEGRATED X-RAY DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An x-ray detector assembly includes a first curvilinear detector assembly comprising a first plurality of detector modules, a second curvilinear detector assembly comprising a second plurality of detector modules, and a first flat panel digital projection detector arranged between the first and second curvilinear detector assemblies such that a first end of the first flat panel digital projection detector is coupled to an inner end of the first curvilinear detector assembly and a second end of the first flat panel projection detector is coupled to an inner end of the second curvilinear detector assembly. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080995 | STACKED FLAT PANEL X-RAY DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An x-ray detector assembly includes a first flat panel digital projection detector and a second flat panel digital projection detector. The x-ray detector assembly further includes a first detector mounting structure configured to align the first flat panel digital projection detector in a first position to block the second flat panel digital projection detector from receiving x-rays emitting from an x-ray source toward the second flat panel digital projection detector in an x-ray penetration direction. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080996 | Acquisition of Projection Images for Tomosynthesis - Some aspects include acquisition of a first plurality of projection images of a volume using a megavoltage x-ray source, each of the first plurality of projection images associated with a respective one of a first plurality of locations of the megavoltage x-ray source, acquisition of a second plurality of projection images of the volume using a kilovoltage x-ray source, each of the second plurality of projection images associated with a respective one of a second plurality of locations of the kilovoltage x-ray source, and performance of digital tomosynthesis reconstruction to generate a three-dimensional image of the volume based on the first plurality of projection images and the second plurality of projection images. The first axis may be perpendicular to the second axis. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080997 | RADIATION SOURCE AND METHOD FOR THE GENERATION OF X-RADIATION - In a radiation source and a method for the generation of X-radiation, a liquid is arranged in a liquid line, the liquid being completely surrounded by the liquid line in the direction of an evacuated chamber. A portion of the liquid line is permeable to an electron beam such that the electron beam extending through the chamber is able to enter via the liquid line so as to interact with the liquid in an interaction zone for the generation of X-radiation. The radiation source ensures a good dissipation of heat from the interaction zone and prevents liquid from entering the chamber. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080998 | Test Method and Test Device - To provide a method and device for testing the size and conductivity of a foreign material adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, there is provided a method of testing whether a foreign material including a metal element is adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, the method including a first test step of detecting the size and position of the foreign material adhered to the substrate and a next step of testing whether the foreign material includes the metal element at the position detected in the first test step. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110080999 | X-Ray Imaging System Having Improved Weather Resistance - It is an object of the present invention to provide a radiation inspection system, such as an X-ray system, that can operate efficiently even in inclement weather conditions while being highly mobile. Thus the improved inspection system of the present invention is capable of operating in high temperature and corrosive environments and is designed to withstand moisture, dirt and/or dust from the articles of inspection as well. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081000 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING, CONTROLLING, AND PREDICTING RADIATION DELIVERY - Embodiments provide method and systems for determining alignment of a patient's body part, such as an eye, in an external coordinate system of a treatment or diagnostic device, such as a radiotherapy device, so as to define a reference axis for guiding device operation. Additional embodiments provide image-based methods and systems for aligning, tracking and monitoring motion of a body part and a treatment target in relation to a radiation beam axis. Particular ophthalmic embodiments provide method and systems including an eye-contact guide device and imaging system for aligning and tracking motion of an eye and ocular treatment target in relation to an orthovoltage X-ray beam axis, so as to monitor application of radiation to a lesion, such as a macular lesion of the retina. Particular methods for controlling radiation in response to motion of the target during treatment are described, such as algorithms for gating or interrupting radiation emission, both to ensure treatment goals and to avoid exposure to sensitive structures. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081001 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ORTHOVOLTAGE OCULAR RADIOTHERAPY AND TREATMENT PLANNING - A method, code and system for planning the treatment a lesion on or adjacent to the retina of an eye of a patient are disclosed. There is first established at least two beam paths along which x-radiation is to be directed at the retinal lesion. Based on the known spectral and intensity characteristics of the beam, a total treatment time for irradiation along each beam paths is determined. From the coordinates of the optic nerve in the aligned eye position, there is determined the extent and duration of eye movement away from the aligned patient-eye position in a direction that moves the patient's optic nerve toward the irradiation beam that will be allowed during treatment, while still maintaining the radiation dose at the patient optic nerve below a predetermined dose level. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081002 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FOUR DIMENSIONAL INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY FOR MOTION COMPENSATED TREATMENTS - A deliverable four dimensional (4D) intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning method is disclosed, for delivery using a linear accelerator with a dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC). A 4D computed tomography (CT) scan is used for segmenting tumor anatomy on a reference phase of periodic motion of the tumor. Deformable registration of the 4D CT data is used to generate corresponding anatomical structures on other phases. Preferably, the collimator for each beam position is aligned using the gross tumor volume (GTV) centroid motion corresponding to the periodic motion of the tumor, as determined from the two dimensional (2D) projection of a given beam position. A deliverable IMRT plan is created on the 4D CT image set in which the MLC leaf positions and beam on/off status can vary as a function of respiratory phase by solving a four dimensional optimization problem. The mechanical constraints of the MLC leaves are included in the optimization. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MATERIALS ANALYSIS WITH REFLECTED INELASTIC SCATTER - A method for performing materials analysis of an object using an X-ray system includes generating an X-ray beam using an X-ray source having an anode and acquiring a scatter spectrum from Compton scatter produced when the X-ray beam interacts with the object. The scatter spectrum is acquired using an energy resolving detector. A Compton profile is extracted from the scatter spectrum by processing the scatter spectrum using a control system of the X-ray system. The Compton profile includes peaks at characteristic lines of the anode. The method further includes identifying a characteristic of a material of the object using the Compton profile, and outputting an indication of the characteristic of the material. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081004 | SECONDARY COLLIMATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method for making a secondary collimator that includes at least one plate having a plurality of slits defined therein includes determining a gap thickness between plate positions of the secondary collimator based on at least one dimension of the at least one plate and fabricating a base plate from a base plate blank. The base plate includes at least two slots being spaced apart by the gap thickness. The at least one plate is inserted into a first slot of the at least two slots to form the secondary collimator. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081005 | SPEAKERPHONE AND EXTENSION SPEAKERPHONE FOR USE IN PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM - A personal emergency response system (PERS) includes a base unit ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081006 | VISUAL VOICEMAIL PROXY SERVER - A server device receives a request for voicemail information from a user device, retrieves the voicemail information, performs data calls to another server device to obtain information to construct a visual user interface that includes data regarding the voicemail information, constructs the visual user interface using the obtained information, and transmits the constructed visual user interface to the user device. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081007 | CALL RESPONSE SYSTEM - A Call Response System comprising modules that are mutually interfaced for sharing parameters. Firstly, a data-collection module, for collecting parameters of an incoming call and of a recipient for the incoming call. Secondly, a dynamic-scripting module for configuring a response scenario according to prioritized combinations of the parameters and for substituting a component for at least one respective open variable within the configured scenario. Finally, a call-response module for transmitting aspects of the component substituted configured scenario, and for recording aspects of the transmitted scenario. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MULTI-MODULE TELEPHONY APPLICATION - A method for running an accountable multi-module telephony application including receiving an application request to a number associated with an account of a telephony platform; directing application control to a first module of an application of the account; passing application control from the first module to a second module of the account through a linking system; and metering use of the first module and the at least second module independently. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081009 | Method And Apparatus For Providing An Identifier For A Caller Id Function In A Telecommunication System - Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for providing an identifier for a caller identifier (ID) function when processing a communication request between a calling party and a called party in a communication network is described. In some examples, an initial identifier for the caller ID function associated with the calling party is received. A determination is made if the calling party has a virtual identifier configured in the communication network. A determination is made if the called party has a predefined identifier associated with the calling party configured in the communication network. The initial identifier is replaced with a terminating identifier based on configuration of the virtual identifier and the predefined identifier in the communication network. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081010 | Temporary ENUM gateway - A temporary ENUM architecture assigns a temporary ENUM at call time. For an originated communication requiring routing to a party which needs a particular callback format not supported, the TempENUM provides consistency with the specific format required by the receiving party. The TempENUM is assigned for the duration of the call or communication, or for a given amount of time thereafter. The TempENUM service gateway includes a TempENUM database, a module that assigns a suitable TempENUM at the time of call routing, and a module that handles a lookup in the TempENUM database, and maps the assigned TempENUM to a calling party identifier (CgPID). The TempENUM database stores a TempENUM from a coordinator system and relates the actual calling party identifier (CgPID) for use in callback attempts. Either during the initial call or communication, or shortly thereafter, the receiving party uses the TempENUM number to return communication the initial caller. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081011 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE CALL CONCIERGE FOR SUPPLEMENTARY CALL SERVICES - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide active call concierge services wherein a network tracks users' behaviors with respect to, for example, supplementary services. When a user invokes a supplementary service toward a called party, the network captures this data. The network informs an agent on the user's device that it should prompt the user to reuse the same supplementary service the next time that the user dials the same called party. If the user inputs an acceptance of this suggestion, the user's device automatically appends or adds the service code associated with the repeated supplementary service to the outgoing call setup signal. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081012 | MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS SYSTEM (NTAS) DATA - A method includes receiving Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) telephone number (TN) data; comparing the LERG TN data with telephone service provider (TSP) TN data; determining whether one or more differences exist between the LERG TN data and the TSP TN data based on the comparing; generating one or more executable statements for updating the one or more differences that exist based on the comparing; and executing the one or more executable statements to match the TSP TN data with the LERG TN data. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081013 | Shared Media Access for Real Time First and Third Party Media Control - A method comprising a data-processing system that enables one or more applications to share fewer ports by having the data-processing system request the ports, and then assign a “token” to establish a “session” to permit the one or more applications to interact with the ports. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081014 | Subscriber Line Interface Circuitry with POTS Detection - A subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) apparatus includes a first memory for storing a first battery feed characteristic profile and a second memory for storing a second battery feed characteristic profile. The SLIC includes selection circuitry for selecting one of the first and second battery feed characteristic profiles from the corresponding first and second memories as a selected battery feed characteristic profile in accordance with a selection bit. The subscriber line interface circuitry controls a subscriber line battery feed in accordance with the selected battery feed characteristic profile. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081015 | Encryption System And Method - An encryption system can include a first port and a second port. A format translator can be coupled to the first port and the second port to translate a first header format of data received from the first port to a second header format of the second port. The format translator can translate the second header format of data received from the second port to the first header format. An encryptor can receive the data and encrypts the data received from the first port and decrypts the data received from the second port. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081016 | SECURE DATA COMMUNICATION USING ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOLOGY - A contactless device including an contactless communication interface configured to receive a challenge from a contactless reader and a controller configured to generate an enciphered response using elliptic curve cryptology. Moreover, the enciphered response includes the challenge enciphered with a private key stored in non-volatile memory of the contactless device and data can be integrated as part of the challenge and/or the enciphered response. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081017 | KEY MIGRATION DEVICE - Provided is a key migration device which can securely and reliably control the migration of keys. A migration authority ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081018 | Obfuscating reception of communique affiliated with a source entity - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: receiving a communiqué that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user; and presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué affiliated with the source entity. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081019 | COMPRESSED DATA SCRAMBLED DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND PLAYBACK DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention provides a scrambled compressed data distribution device that can perform a high-resistance scrambled compressed data distribution by selectively using a plurality of types of scramble information and a playback device thereof. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081020 | TERRESTIAL-SIGNAL BASED EXCLUSION ZONE COMPLIANCE - An exclusion zone compliance circuit comprises a terrestrial radio signal reception component for receiving a terrestrial radio signal comprising a unique identification of a transmission source. A non-volatile memory component of the circuit stores an encrypted data set describing boundaries of an exclusion zone. A navigation data deriving component of the circuit accesses a data set and compares the unique identification with a station identification of the transmission source and the geographic position of the transmission source. The navigation data deriving component derives a geographic position of the exclusion zone compliance circuit and determines whether the exclusion zone compliance circuit is located within an exclusion zone. A data blocking component of the circuit accesses the encrypted data set. A data control component of the exclusion zone compliance circuit blocks output of a signal in response to an indication that the circuit is located within an exclusion zone. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081021 | SCRAMBLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - There is provided a scrambling apparatus and a method of operating the same. A scrambling apparatus according to an aspect of the invention may include: a memory unit storing and providing a plurality of previously generated scrambling initial state codes; and a scrambling unit reading at least one of the plurality of scrambling initial state codes stored in the memory unit to generate a scrambling code in order to scramble an input signal, so that scrambling speed can be significantly increased. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081022 | AUDIO JACK WITH EMI SHIELDING - An audio jack for an audio plug for use in an electrical device, comprising a non-conductive enclosure having a front side and defining a cavity having an aperture within the front side for receiving the audio plug, the aperture having a first diameter, the cavity extending along a longitudinal axis; a conductive shielding formed from sheet metal folded over at least five sides of the enclosure including the front side, the shielding defining a shielding aperture centered on the enclosure aperture and having a second diameter larger than the first diameter; and a ground contact connected to the conductive shielding. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081023 | REAL-TIME SOUND PROPAGATION FOR DYNAMIC SOURCES - Described herein are techniques pertaining to real-time propagation of an arbitrary audio signal in a fixed virtual environment with dynamic audio sources and receivers. A wave-based numerical simulator is configured to compute response signals in the virtual environment with respect to a sample signal at various source and receiver locations. The response signals are compressed and placed in the frequency domain to generate frequency responses. Such frequency responses are selectively convolved with the arbitrary audio signal to allow real-time propagation with moving sources and receivers in the virtual environment. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081024 | SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL EXTRACTION OF AUDIO SIGNALS - A sound processing system receives an audio input signal that includes at least two different input channels of audio content. The sound processing system dissects the audio input signal to separate sources of audible sound included in the audio input signal into sound source vectors. Separation of the sources of audible sound into sound source vectors may be based on a perceived location of each of the sources of audible sound within a listener perceived sound stage. The sound source vectors may represent spatial slices across the listener perceived sound stage that may be individually and independently processed with the sound processing system. Following processing, the sound source vectors may be selectively assembled to form an audio output signal having output channels used to drive respective loudspeakers. Since the sources of audible sound are separated and independent, the audible sound sources may be included on any one or more of the output channels. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081025 | EFFICIENT FILTER FOR ARTIFICIAL AMBIENCE - A circuit, method, and system for producing artificial ambience effect for an input audio signal, mono, stereo, or surround. The ambience effect enhances artificial reverberation, replaces artificial reverberation, or synthesizes extra audio channels, such as surround channels. The circuit may include a transient reduction module and a reverberation filter. The transient reduction module may be adapted to reduce transients in an input audio signal of one or more channels. The reverberation filter maybe adapted to receive a transient-reduced signal of one or more channels corresponding to the transient-reduced signal. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081026 | SUPPRESSING NOISE IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An electronic device for suppressing noise in an audio signal is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The electronic device receives an input audio signal and computes an overall noise estimate based on a stationary noise estimate, a non-stationary noise estimate and an excess noise estimate. The electronic device also computes an adaptive factor based on an input Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and one or more SNR limits. A set of gains is also computed using a spectral expansion gain function. The spectral expansion gain function is based on the overall noise estimate and the adaptive factor. The electronic device also applies the set of gains to the input audio signal to produce a noise-suppressed audio signal and provides the noise-suppressed audio signal. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081027 | AUDIO REPAIR METHODS AND APPARATUS - An audio recording may be repaired by implementing a processor to process the harmonic signal content of the audio recording; calculating a difference signal from the harmonic signal content by subtracting a predicted harmonic signal from a detected harmonic signal, the predicted harmonic signal being obtainable by a predictor means and the detected harmonic signal being detected by the processor; defining a threshold for the difference signal above which the difference signal indicates the occurrence of one or more acoustic excitation events; and thereby producing an events display which allows an operator to visually distinguish between indicated excitation events that are present as a result of a disturbance in the audio recording and indicated excitation events that are present as a result of natural harmonics in the audio recording; and repairing one or more of the displayed excitation events by a repair circuit which is in communication with the processor. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081028 | Addressable amplified speaker assembly and method for addressing the same - Addressable amplified speakers assembly, and method for addressing the same, suitable for any permanent or temporary public address paging application. Amplified speakers assembly may incorporate VHF and UHF radios to provide wireless, one-way paging from a few feet to many miles away. These speakers can be added to any existing radio system with minimal effort or cost. The need for routing signal cable is eliminated, greatly reducing installation costs. Each speaker can be programmed for individual, group, or all-page access via DTMF or 2-Tone coding (up to 8 different addresses). The volume of each speaker can also be controlled remotely. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081029 | ACOUSTIC PROCESSING DEVICE - There is provided an acoustic processing device capable of applying acoustic processing matching listener's sense to reproduce an audio signal with satisfactory sound quality in terms of auditory sense irrespective of the characteristics of a sound source. The acoustic processing device ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081030 | PERSONAL TRANSMITTER FOR A MICROPHONE - A personal transmitter for receiving and wirelessly transmitting an audio signal of a microphone includes a case, and a limiting unit disposed in the case. The limiting unit includes a primary circuit for receiving the audio signal of the microphone and adjusting an amplitude of the audio signal. The primary circuit has a variable resistance unit and a forward amplifier coupled together. The limiting unit includes a feedback circuit coupled to the primary circuit for receiving an output of the primary circuit and for feedback control that reduces a gain of the primary circuit when the amplitude of the audio signal exceeds a predetermined input threshold value. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081031 | INTRAORAL APPLIANCE FOR SOUND TRANSMISSION VIA BONE CONDUCTION - An intra-oral appliance for transmitting sound via bone conduction and optimized for comfort, safety, speech intelligibility, eating and drinking and extended wear by the user including an actuator to provide bone conduction sound transmission; a transceiver coupled to the actuator to cause the actuator to generate sound; and a first chamber containing the actuator and the transceiver, said first chamber adapted to be coupled to one or more teeth of the user. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081032 | MULTICHANNEL AUDIO SYSTEM HAVING AUDIO CHANNEL COMPENSATION - A multichannel compensating audio system includes first and second compensation channels to psychoacoustically minimize deviations in a target response, to psychoacoustically move the physical position of a speaker and/or to psychoacoustically provide a substantially equal magnitude of sound from a plurality of speakers in a plurality of different listening positions. The first compensation channel may include a series connected delay circuit, a level adjuster circuit and a frequency equalizer circuit that generates a first compensated audio signal from a first audio signal. The second compensation channel may include a series connected delay circuit, a level adjuster circuit and a frequency equalizer circuit that generates a second compensated audio signal from a second audio signal. A first summing circuit is configured to receive at least the first audio signal and the second compensated audio signal and generate a first output signal for provision to a first speaker. A second summing circuit is configured to receive the second audio signal and the first compensated audio signal and generate a second output signal for provision to a second speaker. The first and second output signals may be output by the first and second speakers into a listening space and are acoustically perceived by a listener. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081033 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN AUDIO TRANSDUCING PROCESSOR - An audio transducing processor can be adjusted under conditions based on the subjectivity of an actual wearer and can improve the wearer's comfort. A method for adjusting an audio transducing processor provided with a cochlear implant for augmenting audition by giving audio information as stimulus pulses to a cochlea of a wearer can comprise an audiometry step for finding an audible sound range of the wearer using frequency and sound pressure as variables, and adjusting the audio transducing processor on the basis of hearing acuity data obtained from the audiometry step. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081034 | EARPHONE DEVICE WITH BASS ADJUSTING FUNCTION - An earphone device with a bass adjusting function is provided. The earphone device includes an accommodating portion and an extension segment. The accommodating portion has an inner chamber for accommodating a speaker. The extension segment which is hollow-shaped and has a first space and a second space therein, and the first space is in communication with the inner chamber of the accommodating portion, and when a portion of the extension segment is adjusted from a first position to a second position, the first space, the second space, and the inner chamber of the accommodating portion are in communication, so as to increase a volume of the back chamber of the speaker. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081035 | Miniaturized receiver assembly for in-ear noise-isolating earphones - An in-ear device comprises inter alia a miniaturized receiver assembly of sandwich construction with a front plate and a back plate and an electro-dynamic receiver therebetween, the assembly providing a bass-reflex design with a front resonator. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081036 | BALLISTIC HEADSET - A ballistic headset comprises an ear cup that includes a shell made of a ballistic material. The shell may include one or more layers of the ballistic material, and a wire mesh sandwiched between two of the layers. The ear cup includes a cavity that houses one or more speakers and a filler material. An opening of the cavity may be covered with a wire mesh that prevents spall from passing toward the wearer's ear. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081037 | EARPHONE DEVICE HAVING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS - An earphone device having a biological information measuring apparatus, structured to facilitate insertion into a user's ear or to absorb vibration generated by external movement before or after the insertion. To this end, the earphone device includes a speaker portion, a sensor housing rotatably coupled with the speaker portion, a shaft provided in the speaker portion and the sensor housing to couple the speaker portion with the sensor housing such that the speaker portion and the sensor housing rotate together, a support housing coupled with the shaft to pass the shaft therethrough, the support housing supporting rotation of the speaker portion and the sensor housing, and a stopper portion provided in the shaft and the support housing to rotate the speaker portion and the sensor housing and then stop them before or after insertion into a user's ear, thereby facilitating the insertion or urging the speaker portion to contact the user's ear. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081038 | LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM - An aircraft seat integrating a loudspeaker system for creating an isolated sound stage designed to prevent egress from one aircraft seating area to another aircraft seating area includes a seat body having a horizontally oriented seat bottom and a seat back secured thereto. The seat back includes an upper end and a lower end. The lower end is positioned adjacent the seat bottom and the upper end includes a headrest structure for supporting the head and upper back of a passenger. A loudspeaker system includes a directional sound assembly and a nondirectional sound assembly. The directional sound assembly is mounted within the headrest structure for selective movement between a storage orientation in which the directional sound assembly is housed and hidden within a supporting housing mounted along the headrest structure and a use orientation in which the directional sound assembly is positioned for use. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081039 | MAGNETIC SPEAKER GRILL - A speaker assembly having a removable grill. The grill includes a perforated portion circumscribed by a flange. The flange has one or magnets disposed around an outer periphery of the flange. The speaker body has corresponding slugs disposed so as to align with the magnets of the grill upon assembly. The magnetic bond formed between the slugs and magnets keeps the grill attached to the speaker body during operation of the speaker assembly. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081040 | METHODS FOR GAS DETECTION USING STATIONARY HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SENSORS - According to one embodiment, a method comprises producing a first hyperspectral imaging (HSI) data cube of a location at a first time using data from a HSI sensor; producing a second HSI data cube of the same location at a second time using data from the HSI sensor; subtracting on a pixel-by-pixel basis the second HSI data cube from the first HSI data cube to produce a raw difference cube; calibrating the raw difference cube to produce a calibrated raw difference cube; selecting at least one desired spectral band based on a gas of interest; producing a detection image based on the at least one selected spectral band and the calibrated raw difference cube; examining the detection image to determine presence of the gas of interest; and outputting a result of the examination. Other methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting the presence of a gas are also described. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081041 | Variable Message Coding Protocols For Encoding Auxiliary Data in Media Signals - Variable message coding protocols enable greater flexibility in encoding auxiliary data in media signals. One such protocol employs a version identifier that indicates the type of coding used to process an auxiliary data message before it is embedded in a host media signal. This version identifier specifies the type of error robustness coding applied to a variable message. The error robustness coding may be varied to alter the message payload capacity for different versions of auxiliary data embedding and reading systems. Another protocol uses control symbols to specify the format and variable length of the variable message. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081042 | Apparatus and method for adjusting depth - A depth adjusting method and apparatus is described. The depth adjusting method and apparatus may calculate an average depth value of objects based on a spatial feature of an image, may adjust a depth of the image based on the calculated average value, and may adjust a depth of the image according to a difference in depth between a current frame and a previous frame, based on a temporal feature of the image. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081043 | USING VIDEO-BASED IMAGERY FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION, TRACKING, AND COUNTING OF MOVING OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OBJECTS HAVING IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO BACKGROUND - A system and method to automatically detect, track and count individual moving objects in a high density group without regard to background content, embodiments performing better than a trained human observer. Select embodiments employ thermal videography to detect and track even those moving objects having thermal signatures that are similar to a complex stationary background pattern. The method allows tracking an object that need not be identified every frame of the video, that may change polarity in the imagery with respect to background, e.g., switching from relatively light to dark or relatively hot to cold and vice versa, or both. The methodology further provides a permanent record of an “episode” of objects in motion, permitting reprocessing with different parameters any number of times. Post-processing of the recorded tracks allows easy enumeration of the number of objects tracked with the FOV of the imager. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081044 | Systems And Methods For Removing A Background Of An Image - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A background included in the grid of voxels may then be discarded to isolate one or more voxels associated with a foreground object such as a human target and the isolated voxels associated with the foreground object may be processed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081045 | Systems And Methods For Tracking A Model - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A model may be adjusted based on a location or position of one or more extremities estimated or determined for a human target in the grid of voxels. The model may also be adjusted based on a default location or position of the model in a default pose such as a T-pose, a DaVinci pose, and/or a natural pose. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081046 | METHOD OF IMPROVING THE RESOLUTION OF A MOVING OBJECT IN A DIGITAL IMAGE SEQUENCE - A method of improving the resolution of a small moving object in a digital image sequence comprises the steps of:
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| 20110081047 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus detects face images in a still image. The apparatus sets positions and sizes of display ranges on the still image such that the display ranges include the face images respectively, the display ranges being associated with display areas obtained by dividing a display screen. The apparatus displays partial images included in the display ranges on the display areas in order to display the face images on the display areas respectively, and changes the position and size of each of the display ranges such that a display mode of the display screen is caused to transit from a first display mode in which the face images are displayed on the display areas respectively to a second display mode in which an entire image of the still image is displayed on the display screen. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING MULTIPLE OBJECTS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for tracking multiple objects and a storage medium. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for tracking multiple objects that performs object detection of one subset per an input image by performing only objection detection of one subset per camera image regardless of the number N of objects to be tracked and tracks all objects among images while the objects are detected to track multiple objects in real time, and a storage medium. The method for tracking multiple objects according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: (a) performing object detection with respect to only objects of one subset among multiple objects with respect to an input image at a predetermined time; and (b) tracking all objects among images from an image of a time prior to the predetermined time with respect to all objects in the input image while step (a) is performed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081049 | DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A ROAD LANE BOUNDARY - A detector for identifying a road lane boundary using a digitalized optical image of the region in front of the vehicle. The detector includes a correlator configured to select the edges which are to be used for road lane estimation by searching for extreme values of convolution response, and to weight each convolution response by a weighting factor. A histogram analysis unit configured to group the extracted edges into pairs, and to determine a frequency distribution of the distances between two paired edges as a histogram, and to use said frequency distribution to determine the distances between two grouped edges forming a frequency peak or a frequency plateau in the histogram as nominal edge widths. A weighting factor determination unit configured to determine, for an edge, the weighting factor of the convolution response in the correlator in such a manner that the weight determined by the weighting factor for an edge of the paired edges is higher the smaller the deviation of the distance between the grouped edges from the nominal edge width. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081050 | System and Method for Estimating Velocity from Image Sequence with First Order Continuity - A computer based method for estimating surface velocity based on a time series of at least two images of a same portion of the ocean surface by solving a heat equation having unknown parameters of heat source s and surface velocity components u and v. The images can be infrared or thermal images from the AVHRR or other images. Assign a pattern of sub-arrays with number of pixels in each sub-array sufficient to overdetermine the heat equation without the need to apply divergence and vorticity constraints. Define the heat equation for each interior pixel using bilinear interpolation at each interior based on solutions at the corner pixels. Use linear regression to solve for the unknown parameters u, v, and s for each corner pixel by minimizing total error of the heat equation in finite difference form at all pixels, and find the parameters at each remaining point with bilinear interpolation. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081051 | AUTOMATED QUALITY AND USABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS - The present disclosure refers to automated quality and usability assessment of scanned documents and illustrates embodiments pertaining to systems and methods utilized to achieve the same. The system comprises a user interface, a document analyzer coupled to the user interface, an error monitor coupled to the document analyzer and a usability processor coupled to the error monitor. The user interface enables a user to input intended purpose of scanned document as well as pre-determined parameters such as touching characters, broken characters, font height, density, too-dark, too-light, photo in B&W document, font to assess the quality of the scanned document etc.. The document analyzer is configured to analyze and ascertain whether the scanned document is in an appropriate format in accordance with the intended purpose of the scanned document. The error monitor further comprises a usability error identification unit, a page error identification unit, a scanner identification unit and a tangible error identification unit. The usability processor further comprises a text identification unit, a textual processing unit coupled to the text identification unit and an analysis unit coupled to the textual processing unit and an image analysis unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081052 | FACE RECOGNITION PERFORMANCE USING ADDITIONAL IMAGE FEATURES - A technique is provided for recognizing faces in an image stream using a digital image acquisition device. A first acquired image is received from an image stream. A first face region is detected within the first acquired image having a given size and a respective location within the first acquired image. First faceprint data uniquely identifying the first face region are extracted along with first peripheral region data around the first face region. The first faceprint and peripheral region data are stored, and the first peripheral region data are associated with the first face region. The first face region is tracked until a face lock is lost. A second face region is detected within a second acquired image from the image stream. Second peripheral region data around the second face region are extracted. The second face region is identified upon matching the first and second peripheral region data. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081053 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OCCLUSION TOLERANT FACE RECOGNITION - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for face recognition that is occlusion tolerant and scale/shift invariant based on a combination of hierarchical maximization and adaptive representation technique. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081054 | MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ANATOMICAL IMAGES SUBJECT TO DEFORMATION AND RELATED METHODS - A medical image analysis system is for first and second anatomical image data of a same body area and subject to deformation. The medical image analysis system may include a processor cooperating with a memory to generate a deformation vector array between the first and second anatomical image data. The processor may also display, on a display, first and second anatomical images respectively based upon the first and second anatomical image data. A first cursor may be displayed on the first anatomical image, and a second cursor may be displayed on the second anatomical image based upon a mapping of the first cursor using the deformation vector array. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081055 | MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING N-WAY BELIEF PROPAGATION FOR ANATOMICAL IMAGES SUBJECT TO DEFORMATION AND RELATED METHODS - A medical image analysis system is for first and second anatomical image data of a same body area and subject to deformation, with the first and second anatomical image data including respective first and second sets of voxels. The medical image analysis system may include a processor cooperating with a memory and configured to generate a plurality of cost arrays, with each cost array based upon probabilities of a subset of voxels of the second anatomical image data matching voxels of the first anatomical image data. The processor may also solve each cost array using three-dimensional, N-way belief propagation to thereby generate a deformation vector array between the first and second anatomical image data, where N is an integer greater than or equal to six. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081056 | AUTOMATED PLACENTAL MEASUREMENT - A method for analyzing the placenta in two or three dimensions comprising: selecting one or more placental samples to be analyzed; obtaining a digital image of each placental sample; and performing an analysis on the digital images, wherein a mathematical algorithm is applied to the digital image. The results of the analysis are correlated with data on health outcomes in infants, children, or adults and are used to assess future health risks to a patient. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081057 | APPARATUS FOR STENOSIS ESTIMATION - Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) is widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary arterial diseases such as arterial stenosis. However, the application of DSA for the assessment of stenosis severity is limited by the high intraobserver and interobserver variabilities associated with the visual assessment of stenosis severity from a cineangiogram (e.g., a sequential series of images after injection of a contrast media). The advent of Quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) has significantly reduced this limitation. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081058 | Reconstructing Three-Dimensional Current Sources from Magnetic Sensor Data - Magnetic source imaging (MSI) involves the reconstruction of the current sources in a portion of a body, such as an organ, from measured magnetic field data. The measured magnetic field data may be from one-dimensional or three-dimensional sensors. Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for reconstructing the electrical current of an organ given magnetic data. In embodiments, reconstruction of three-dimensional current sources is accomplished knowing or estimating the position, or offset, of the sensor plane with respect to the patient in order to form a set of linear equations. Alternatively, reconstruction of three-dimensional current sources is accomplished without knowing the offset of the sensor plane with respect to the patient. In embodiments, the linear and nonlinear systems of equations are iteratively used to obtain the current source information. In embodiments, multi-scale strategies are employed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081059 | AUTOMATED PLACENTAL MEASUREMENT - A method for analyzing the placenta in two or three dimensions comprising: selecting one or more placental samples to be analyzed; obtaining a digital image of each placental sample; and performing an analysis on the digital images, wherein a mathematical algorithm is applied to the digital image. Three dimensional scanning is also used to measure the 3-D placental shape. The results of the analysis are correlated with data on health outcomes in infants, children, or adults and are used to assess future health risks to a patient. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081060 | Pathological-Diagnosis Support Device and Pathological-Diagnosis Support System - An object is to reduce the burden on pathologists and to improve the efficiency of pathologist's diagnoses. Provided is a pathological-diagnosis support device including a reference-information storing portion in which reference information referred to by a pathologist when making a pathological diagnosis is stored in association with the names of illnesses and the names of tissue sites; a diagnosis-request-information acquisition portion that acquires diagnosis request information including the name of the illness of a patient and the name of the tissue site; a diagnosis-content extracting portion that extracts the name of the illness and the name of the tissue site from the diagnosis request information acquired by the diagnosis-request-information acquisition portion; and a reference-information searching portion that searches the reference information stored in the reference-information storing portion using the name of the illness and the name of the tissue site extracted by the diagnosis-content extracting portion. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081061 | MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ANATOMICAL IMAGES SUBJECT TO DEFORMATION AND RELATED METHODS - A medical image analysis system is for first and second anatomical image data of a same body area and subject to deformation. The first and second anatomical image data includes respective first and second sets of voxels. The medical image analysis system includes a processor cooperating with a memory to generate a respective reach array for each voxel of the second anatomical image data, with each reach array being a subset of contiguous voxels. The processor also generates a cost array for each reach array, with each cost array based upon probabilities of voxels of the reach array matching voxels of the first anatomical image data. The processor may also solve each cost array using belief propagation to thereby generate a deformation vector array between the first and second anatomical image data. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081062 | Image segmentation method - An image segmentation method. An image is defined by voxels representing at least two different structure types A and B, by having corresponding different intensities that may be subject to intensity inhomogeneities. A basic method comprises (a) selecting a first voxel to be classified; (b) defining criteria by which a comparison of the intensity associated with the first voxel with an intensity associated with a second voxel is to be considered to indicate that the first voxel represents structure type B assuming the second voxel represents structure type A; (c) determining a path of voxels passing through the first voxel; (d) defining a maximum distance along the path; and (e) determining whether there is a second voxel on the path, within the maximum distance of the first voxel, such that the intensities associated with the first and second voxels together satisfy the criteria, for potentially classifying the first voxel as representing structure type B. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AND LOCATING PUNCTURES UNDER PROSTATIC ECHOGRAPHY - The present disclosure relates to a prostatic imaging system including steps of recording and processing images acquired by the ultrasonographic head of a rectal probe equipped with an active puncture guide, characterised in that it includes steps of processing at least a part of the images acquired by the probe for calculating transformations to a “reference image” repository relative to the initial position of the prostate, at least a part of the images acquired during the successive punctures including the location of the various positions of the needle being recorded with a view to visualising representations thereof on a single image including at least a part of the prostate. The present disclosure also relates to a system for the prostatic imaging implementing said prostatic imaging method. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081064 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY, DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reconstruction method for diffuse optical tomography is implemented using a diffuse optical tomography system, and includes the steps of: a) activating one of optical detecting units of the diffuse optical tomography system to emit a near-infrared ray to illuminate a target for outputting a received light signal corresponding to one of a plurality of sub-frames of the tomographic image of the target; b) obtaining a light intensity matrix based upon the received light signal; c) obtaining an absorption coefficient matrix corresponding to the one of the sub-frames based upon a product of the light intensity matrix and an inverse matrix of a weight matrix; d) repeating steps a) to c) with activating another one of the optical detecting units until the absorption coefficient matrices corresponding respectively to the sub-frames are obtained; and e) reconstructing the tomographic image of the target based upon the absorption coefficient matrices. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081065 | CENTRALIZED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN MEDICAL ENGINEERING - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a system for reconstructing image data of examination subjects from scan data. In at least one embodiment, the system includes at least a first and a second medical device for capturing scan data of examination subjects, and a computer for reconstructing image data from scan data, the computer being connected to the first and the second medical device. The computer has an input for receiving scan data from the medical devices and an output for transmitting reconstructed image data to the medical devices. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIAC SEGMENTATION IN MR-CINE DATA USING INVERSE CONSISTENT NON-RIGID REGISTRATION - A method for cardiac segmentation in magnetic resonance (MR) cine data, includes providing a time series of 3D cardiac MR images acquired at a plurality of phases over at least one cardiac cycle, in which each 3D image includes a plurality of 2D slices, and a heart and blood pool has been detected in each image. Gray scales of each image are analyzed to compute histograms of the blood pool and myocardium. Non-rigid registration deformation fields are calculated to register a selected image slice with corresponding slices in each phase. Endocardium and epicardium gradients are calculated for one phase of the selected image slice. Contours for the endocardium and epicardium are computed from the gradients in the one phase, and the endocardium and epicardium contours are recovered in all phases of the selected image slice. The recovered endocardium and epicardium contours segment the heart in the selected image slice. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTENUATION CORRECTION - A method and apparatus of image reconstruction attenuation correction in PET or SPECT cardiac imaging is provided. A volumetric attenuation imaging scan by an X-ray source may be used to generate a gamma ray attenuation map. The volumetric attenuation imaging scan may be randomized, and may be performed while the imaged subject is breathing. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081068 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING INCORPORATING LOCAL MOTION MONITORING, CORRECTION, AND ASSESSMENT - A radiological imaging method comprises: acquiring radiological lines of response (LOR's) from a subject; grouping the acquired LOR's into time intervals such that each group of LOR's ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081069 | Optical Simulation Site Determination - The length of an optical simulation site for an edge fragment may be determined based on the maximum and minimum intensity locations near the edge fragment. The width/space centerline's location may be used to approximate the minimum/maximum intensity location. The methods help reduce the optical proximity correction runtime without sacrificing the optical proximity correction output quality. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081070 | Process and Apparatus for Image Processing and Computer-readable Medium Storing Image Processing Program - In an apparatus for image processing realized by a computer executing an image processing program: an image generation unit generates, for a radiographic image of a structure constituted by a plurality of members being stacked and including an object to be examined, a density-correction image representing an influence of a transmission density of each of the plurality of members other than the object to be examined, on the basis of structure information on the plurality of members; and a removal unit removes the influence of the transmission density of each of the plurality of members other than the object to be examined, from at least a part of the radiographic image in which images of the plurality of members overlap, by using the density-correction image generated by the image generation unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081071 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCTION OF METAL ARTIFACTS IN CT IMAGES - A method and apparatus include acquisition of a view dataset based on x-rays received by a detector corresponding to a energy level, reconstruction of an initial image using the view dataset, the initial image comprising a plurality of metal voxels at respective metal voxel locations, and generation of a metal mask corresponding to the plurality of metal voxels within the initial image. The method and apparatus also include forward projection of the metal mask onto the view dataset to identify metal dexels in the view dataset, performance of a weighted interpolation based on the identified metal dexels to generate a completed view dataset, reconstruction of a final image using the completed view dataset, the final image comprising a plurality of image voxels corresponding to the metal voxel locations, and replacement of a portion of the plurality of image voxels corresponding to the metal voxel locations with smoothed metal values. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081072 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [PROBLEM] Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program which are capable of high density restoration and which are also strong to image processing. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081073 | Methods And Logic For Autonomous Generation Of Ensemble Classifiers, And Systems Incorporating Ensemble Classifiers - In one embodiment, a method for generating an ensemble classifier may include transforming multidimensional training data into a plurality of response planes. Each of the response planes includes a set of confidence scores. The response planes are transformed into a plurality of binary response planes. Each of the binary response planes include a set of binary scores corresponding to one of the confidence scores. Combinations of the binary response planes are transformed into sets of diversity metrics according to a diversity measure. A metric is selected from the sets of diversity metrics. A predicted performance of a child combination of the recognition algorithms corresponding to the combinations is generated. The predicted performance is based at least in part upon the metrics. Parent recognition algorithms are selected from the recognition algorithms based at least in part upon the predicted performance. The ensemble classifier is generated and includes the parent recognition algorithms. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081074 | Method of Computing Global-to-Local Metrics for Recognition - A method of computing global-to-local metrics for recognition. Based on training examples with feature representations, the method automatically computes a local metric that varies over the space of feature representations to optimize discrimination and the performance of recognition systems. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEXING PRESENTATION VIDEOS - A system and method for identifying key frames of a presentation video that include stationary informational content. A sequence of frames is obtained from a presentation video and differences of pixel values between consecutive frames of the sequence of frames are computed. Sets of consecutive frames that are stationary are identified, wherein consecutive frames that are stationary have a proportion of changed pixel values below a first predetermined threshold, and wherein pixel values are deemed to be changed when the difference between the pixel values for corresponding pixels in consecutive frames exceeds a second predetermined threshold. Next, a set of key frames that include stationary informational content is retained. The set of key frames that include stationary informational content is then displayed for user interaction. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081076 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING COLOR/MONOCHROME OF DOCUMENT IMAGE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, PROGRAM OF SAME AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH SAME - Performance of the auto selection processing depends greatly on performance of an image reading apparatus. Since an image processing parameter set by assuming the possible strictest condition is applied to all the image processing apparatuses of the same product kind without variation, there occurs an event that some of the image processing apparatuses do not sufficiently effect the performance of the image reading apparatus. An apparatus of setting a parameter used at the time an image processing apparatus determines whether an image data read by an image reading apparatus is a colored image or a monochrome image, to the image processing apparatus, comprises a unit configured to obtain a reading characteristic of the image reading apparatus, and a parameter setting unit configured to set the parameter corresponding to the obtained reading characteristic. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081077 | SEARCHABLE COLOR ENCODED FILE COMPOSING METHOD AND SEARCHABLE COLOR ENCODED FILE SYSTEM - A searchable color encoded file composing method having a step of converting a plurality of document files etc. to color image files based on information replacement type color conversion processing, a step of storing a plurality of color image files prepared by the color conversion processing in a hard disk, a step of searching through the plurality of color image files stored in the hard disk by a color key, and a step of preparing a list of the color image files hit by the search. Due to this, key search technology is added in coding technology utilizing color and therefore the storage and handling of color encoded files are eased. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081078 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image data - A method of encoding image data, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including repeating a process of dividing a block into sub-blocks based on an average value of pixels of the sub-blocks; creating map information of the sub-blocks; determining a mode for generating bit streams according to a number of the sub-blocks; and generating bit streams of the determined mode, map information, and representative pixel values of the block or the sub-blocks. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081079 | Automatic Red-Eye Object Classification In Digital Images Using A Boosting-Based Framework - Automatic red-eye object classification in digital images using a boosting-based framework. In a first example embodiment, a method for classifying a candidate red-eye object in a digital photographic image includes several acts. First, a candidate red-eye object in a digital photographic image is selected. Next, a search scale set and a search region for the candidate red-eye object where an eye object may reside is determined. Then, the number of subwindows that satisfy an AdaBoost classifier is determined. This number is denoted as a vote. Next, the maximum size of the subwindows that satisfy the AdaBoost classifier is determined. Then, a normalized threshold is calculated by multiplying a predetermined constant threshold by the calculated maximum size. Next, the vote is compared with the normalized threshold. Finally, the candidate red-eye object is transformed into a true red-eye object if the vote is greater than the normalized threshold. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081080 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device of at least one embodiment includes: an upscaling circuit for upscaling resolution of an image signal X (input image data) to high resolution; and a redistribution circuit that redistributes, among a plurality of separate pixels constituting one pixel of the image signal X, a tone value of each of the separate pixels upscaled by the upscaling circuit. With this arrangement, generation of a high-definition image and improvement of a viewing angle are realized by the image processing device that converts resolution of the input image data into high resolution. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081081 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN IMAGES - A method for recognizing objects in images is disclosed. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps. First, acquire a digital image. Then, select one or more objects from the image according to a certain characteristic. Next, generate an x-axis histogram and/or a y-axis histogram from the segmented image. Then, find the zeroes and maxima for the x-axis histogram and/or the y-axis histogram and use the polynomial regression analysis to determine the shape, shape and location of each of the objects in the segmented image according to the zeroes and maxima. If the two curves linking two zeroes and one maximum in the x-axis histogram and the y-axis histogram are two sloped line, the corresponding object may be determined to be a triangle. If each of the four curves linking two zeroes and two maxima is a line, the corresponding object may be determined to be a rectangle. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081082 | VIDEO CONCEPT CLASSIFICATION USING AUDIO-VISUAL ATOMS - A method for determining a classification for a video segment, comprising the steps of: breaking the video segment into a plurality of short-term video slices, each including a plurality of video frames and an audio signal; analyzing the video frames for each short-term video slice to form a plurality of region tracks; analyzing each region track to form a visual feature vector and a motion feature vector; analyzing the audio signal for each short-term video slice to determine an audio feature vector; forming a plurality of short-term audio-visual atoms for each short-term video slice by combining the visual feature vector and the motion feature vector for a particular region track with the corresponding audio feature vector; and using a classifier to determine a classification for the video segment responsive to the short-term audio-visual atoms. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081083 | GESTURE-BASED SELECTIVE TEXT RECOGNITION - An image is displayed on a touch screen. A user's underline gesture on the displayed image is detected. The area of the image touched by the underline gesture and a surrounding region approximate to the touched area are identified. Skew for text in the surrounding region is determined and compensated. A text region including the text is identified in the surrounding region and cropped from the image. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and returns OCR'ed text. The OCR'ed text is outputted. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081084 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, FIXED STATION DEVICE, CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROGRAM - Words possibly included in a scene image shot by a mobile camera can be efficiently extracted using a word dictionary or a map database. Positional information acquiring means | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081085 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: processing pixel group determination unit that determines a to-be-processed pixel group from a plurality of frame images of picture signals input based on a first predetermined rule and that determines a processed pixel group from the processed frame image stored based on a second predetermined rule; frequency component processing unit that extracts at least a temporal frequency component from the to-be-processed pixel group and the processed pixel group, that executes predetermined coefficient processing on a temporal high-frequency component of the temporal frequency component and that acquires the executed to-be-processed pixel group; processing completion frame generation unit that generates a processing completion frame image from the executed to-be-processed pixel group; and image output unit that outputs the processing completion frame image and that stores the processing completion frame image in the processed frame storage unit, in which the frequency component processing unit prevents the predetermined coefficient processing from being executed on a component having low sensitivity in visual characteristic included in the temporal high-frequency component. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081086 | NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD USING MULTIPLE DIGITAL - A noise suppression method using multiple digital images performs a de-noising process with the multiple digital images. First, a feature weighting procedure and an image feature compensation of a target pixel are performed on each digital image, and then a cross reference is performed on the multiple continuous or similar digital images to suppress noises for the target pixel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081087 | Fast Hysteresis Thresholding in Canny Edge Detection - A method of image processing is provided which includes non-recursive hysteresis thresholding in Canny edge detection. The non-recursive hysteresis thresholding reduces computational complexity and eliminates the potential for call stack overflow. More specifically, hysteresis thresholding is performed in a raster-scan order pass over the image data to connect edge segments to form continuous edges. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081088 | Selective Presentation of Images - A method for the selective presentation of a plurality of images from a set of digital images provided for upload to a computing apparatus, the method comprising providing image data representing the set of digital images for upload, processing said image data in order to determine for respective ones of the images in the set a measure for: i) image quality ranking, ii) duplicate image detection, and iii) face detection; and, on the basis of the determination generating data representing a slideshow for the plurality of images. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081089 | PATTERN PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Even when a local area is varied, degradation in recognition accuracy and detection accuracy is suppressed. To that end, a pattern processing apparatus includes a reference local area setting portion | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081090 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING IMAGES FROM A LARGE COLLECTION OF IMAGES - An image retrieval program (IRP) may be used to query a collection of digital images. The IRP may include a mining module to use local and global feature descriptors to automatically rank the digital images in the collection with respect to similarity to a user-selected positive example. Each local feature descriptor may represent a portion of an image based on a division of that image into multiple portions. Each global feature descriptor may represent an image as a whole. A user interface module of the IRP may receive input that identifies an image as the positive example. The user interface module may also present images from the collection in a user interface in a ranked order with respect to similarity to the positive example, based on results of the mining module. Query concepts may be saved and reused. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081091 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL ASSISTING METHOD, IMAGE RETRIEVAL ASSISTING APPARATUS, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING SET - The present invention enables a user to retrieve his or her desired one of a number of image programs easily and to view it quickly. | 2011-04-07 |
