14th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160098883 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Combined Product for Dispensing from a Product Dispenser - Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for providing a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can provide a combined product for dispensing from a product dispenser. The system can include a code generation module operable to receive data associated with a plurality of product recipes; and generate a machine readable item with a combined recipe including the plurality of product recipes, wherein the machine readable item configures a product dispenser to dispense the combined recipe. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098884 | ELECTRONIC CONTAINER VENDING SECURITY SYSTEM - A security system for vending containers is provided including a modular vending unit, that includes a rotatable container storage and dispensing unit, an access means capable of switching between a locked state and an unlocked state, and disposed to cooperate with the rotatable storage and dispensing unit, a control unit for communicating with a user and the at least two modular vending units. an electronic selection means disposed to allow the acquisition or return of a container, an electronic control means for rotating and locking the rotatable container storage and dispensing unit, and an electronic control means for locking and unlocking the access means. The security system for vending containers also includes an alarm system mounted within the modular vending unit for detecting attempted theft and vandalism that may include a door sensor, a vibration sensor, an audio transducer means, a visual transducer | 2016-04-07 |
20160098885 | ELECTRONIC CONTAINER VENDING SECURITY METHOD - A security method for vending containers is provided including a modular vending unit, that includes a rotatable container storage and dispensing unit, an access means capable of switching between a locked state and an unlocked state, and disposed to cooperate with the rotatable storage and dispensing unit, a control unit for communicating with a user and the at least two modular vending units. an electronic selection means disposed to allow the acquisition or return of a container, an electronic control means for rotating and locking the rotatable container storage and dispensing unit, and an electronic control means for locking and unlocking the access means. The security system for vending containers also includes an alarm system mounted within the modular vending unit for detecting attempted theft and vandalism that may include a door sensor, a vibration sensor, an audio transducer means, a visual transducer | 2016-04-07 |
20160098886 | ELECTRONIC CONTAINER VENDING METHOD - A method of acquiring gas containers from an electronic container vending machine is presented. This method includes receiving an input from a user by means of an input device, indicating a desired gas container of a specific size and containing a specific gas composition. Then determining the availability of the desired gas container with an electronic container inventory means. Then indicating the availability of the desired gas container to the user by means of an output means. Then receiving a user payment to an electronic payment interface. A discount or promotional value may be accepted via QR reader interface. Then delivering the desired gas container through an access permission means, thereby rotating a rotatable container storage and dispensing unit to a predetermined position, and switching an access means from a locked state and an unlocked state. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY PRESENTING LIVE REMOTE DEALER GAMES - A system for allowing players to play a plurality of games is described herein. The system includes a display device for displaying games to a player and a controller that is coupled to the display device. The controller is configured to display at least one of a first game and a second game on the display device, receive an image of a physical gaming table, and display the gaming table on the display device. The controller receives a signal indicative of a first player hand being dealt by the dealer, receives a signal indicative of a second player hand being dealt by the dealer, determines a first outcome of the first game as a function of the first player hand, and determines a second outcome of the second game as a function of the second player hand. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098889 | Gaming System, Method and Device for Generating Images Having a Parallax Effect Using Face Tracking - Gaming devices and methods are set forth which provide for face or body tracking to provide a three-dimensional effect to at least apportion of the content displayed. A first video display overlays at least a portion of a second video display. The first display is adapted to be controlled to be transparent or display vertical lenticular lines. The second display displays video content. In response to a command the first display assumes a lenticular configuration to cooperate with the display of video content on the second display to provide a three dimensional effect. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098890 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A SLOT GAME EMPLOYING A RANDOMLY SELECTED SET OF REELS - Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a slot game employing a set of randomly selected reels. In one embodiment, the gaming system is configured to operate a slot game associated with a plurality of adjacently arranged reels including a plurality of symbols. Each of a plurality of the reels is associated with one of a plurality of different features and an indicator representing that feature. The gaming system begins sequentially displaying the reels and any corresponding indicators. The gaming system selects a set of two or more of the reels and stops sequentially displaying the reels such that the selected reels are displayed. The gaming system generates and displays a plurality of the symbols on the selected reels, determines whether any winning symbol combinations are displayed, determines any awards associated with any displayed winning symbol combinations, and displays any determined awards. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098891 | Gaming Device, Electronic Device Interface Supported by a Gaming Device and Methodologies for Utilizing the Same - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a gaming device and an electronic device interface. The gaming device includes a housing having an least one outer surface. The electronic device interface is removeably-secured to the at least one outer surface of the housing. The electronic device interface includes connection hardware directly connected to the external power source. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098892 | Gaming Device, Electronic Device Interface Supported by a Gaming Device And Methodologies for Utilizing the Same - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a gaming device and an electronic device interface. The gaming device includes a housing having an least one outer surface. The electronic device interface is removably-secured to the at least one outer surface of the housing. The electronic device interface includes connection hardware directly connected to an external power source. The connection hardware is fixedly-disposed within a cavity of an electronic device port of the electronic device interface. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098893 | MANAGING BETS THAT SELECT EVENTS AND PARTICIPANTS - A method of managing bets is provided. The method includes receiving one or more bets. Each bet comprises a selection of a first number of events selected from a group of events, a selection of a respective participant for each of the first number of events selected and a bet amount. The method also includes combining each bet amount to form a betting pool and determining an amount of a total payout based at least in part on the betting pool. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098894 | INTERMEDIARY PLAY ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS PERFORMING MODIFICATION, EXTENSION, OR ADJUSTMENT OF FUNCTIONALITY IN WAGERING GAMES - A gaming system includes an intermediary play adjustment apparatus intercepting original messages from a gaming client process destined for a primary gaming server performing one or more functions related to a primary game. The intermediary play adjustment apparatus analyzes whether the original message impacts one or more secondary features related to the primary game and selectively generates messages by modifying the original message, potentially including one or more modified primary messages for the primary gaming server and one or more secondary messages for one or more secondary gaming servers providing secondary features. The modified primary message may be altered to indicate a wager or parameters different from the wager or parameters specified in the original message. The secondary messages may place additional wagers, report primary game events, or provide primary game specific information to the one or more secondary gaming servers for tracking, gambling, or enhanced content presentation, including play-while away, tournaments, visual presentations, etc. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098895 | GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE GAMING MACHINES WHICH PROVIDE BONUS AWARDS - A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s) will provide the bonus awards. In one embodiment, the central server determines which gaming machine will provide a primary bonus award and any secondary bonus awards. In one embodiment, the number of secondary bonus awards is determined based on the number of active gaming machines. The selected gaming machine then determines a component of or the amount of the bonus award to be provided to the gaming machine selected by the central server. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098896 | ADAPTED SKILL WAGERING INTERLEAVED GAME - Systems and methods for operating an adapted skill wagering interleaved game are disclosed. An adapted skill wagering game is provides a entertainment game and a gambling game. The entertainment game is provided by an entertainment system and is managed by a game world operating system. The gambling game is provided by a real credit operating system. The entertainment system also provides a game world interface that uses game world variable that describe a game state of the entertainment game to determine when a gambling event is triggered. In response to a determination that a gambling event being triggered, the game world interface of the entertainment system sends a trigger to the real credit operating system to perform a gambling event in the gambling game. The real credit operating system then performs the gambling event and resolves any wagers on the outcome of the gambling event. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REVEALING THE OUTCOMES OF REAL WORLD WAGERS THROUGH ESCALATING REVEALS - The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. The system may reveal a single outcome (or other value) using a reveal staircase, in which the outcome is split into different increments each having a different value. In an implementation, the different increments may be revealed randomly or in order of their value. For example, a ten dollar payout may be revealed using four fifty cent reveals, three one dollar reveals, one two dollar reveal, and one three dollar reveal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098899 | VIRTUAL PLAYERS CARD - A gaming machine including a secondary processor coupled to a player tracking system for tracking game play of a patron using a virtual player loyalty card is described. A virtual player loyalty card can be created by associating an existing physical player loyalty card with a newly created mobile loyalty card account. The mobile card can be virtually inserted into an electronic gaming machine when a portable electronic device with an associated mobile application is in the vicinity of an electronic gaming machine. Once the mobile card is virtually inserted into the gaming machine, the patron's game play at the gaming machine can be tracked. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098900 | PLAYER FOCUSED METHOD OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND OTHER TYPES OF WAGERING IN REAL TIME - The present invention is directed to a method of wagering on live sporting events, horse and dog races or jai alai games, or similar games or races or similar games or races that allow for pari-mutuel wagering on multiple players or runners in real time. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098901 | WINNING GAME SYSTEM - A winning game system to allow a player to play and get a prize includes a user interface, an accumulation unit and a winning calculation payment unit. The user interface includes a plurality of selection buttons that can be picked by the player to display obtained items which include a plurality of prizes and at least one end prize. The winning game ends immediately when the end prize is picked by the player. The accumulation unit accumulates the prize picked by the player. After the end prize is picked by the player, the winning calculation payment unit, based on the accumulated prize got by the accumulation unit, calculates the winning and pays the player, thus provides excitement of unpredictable ending the winning game and increases the appeal of the winning game to the player. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098903 | GAMING SYSTEM AND GAMING MACHINES UTILIZING TICKETS HAVING A FEATURE TRIGGER - A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098904 | DISTRIBUTED CURRENCY DISPENSING ACROSS AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE NETWORKS - Apparatus and methods for distributed currency dispensing across automated teller machine (“ATM”) networks are provided. In response to a malfunction component of an ATM, a customer may be directed to continue a banking transaction at another location. The other location may include a neighboring ATM. The other location may include a shared resource located within a banking center. The shared resource may perform a function of the malfunctioning ATM component. A shared resource may be accessible by a teller workstation, a platform area workstation or any suitable transaction station within a banking center. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098905 | FOOT ACTUATED DOORBELL BUTTON ASSEMBLY - A foot actuated doorbell button assembly can comprise a housing that contains a button as well as a pedal that can be stepped on to actuate the button. The housing can be configured to mount to a wall or to the ground so that the pedal is positioned at or near the ground where it can be easily stepped on. The housing can contain wired or wireless circuitry to allow the doorbell button assembly to be used with virtually any of the existing doorbell assemblies currently available. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098906 | Smart Signal Light - Disclosed is a smart signal generator for generating a signal representing a motion. The device includes a processing device associated with a motion sensor and a signal generator and a power source. The signal generator is a light source. When the motion sensor generates data indicating the smart signal generator is slowing down, the processing device activates the signal generator which generates a motion signal. One embodiment of a motion signal is a red light. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098907 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-ZONE DETECTION | 2016-04-07 |
20160098908 | DEVICE AND ITS USE FOR DETERRING WEARING AND RETURNING OF MERCHANDISE - Provided is a device for deterring purchase-wear-return of merchandise, particularly women's dresses, by a consumer. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098909 | Differential Current Measurements To Determine Ion Current In The Presence Of Leakage Current - An ion chamber provides a current representative of its characteristics as affected by external conditions, e.g., clean air or smoke. A direct current (DC) voltage is applied to the ion chamber at a first polarity and the resulting current through the ion chamber and parasitic leakage current is measured at the first polarity, then the DC voltage is applied to the ion chamber at a second polarity opposite the first polarity, and the resulting current through the ion chamber and parasitic leakage current is measured at the second polarity. Since substantially no current flows through the ion chamber at the second polarity, the common mode parasitic leakage current contribution may be removed from the total current measurement by subtracting the current measured at the second polarity from the current measured at the first polarity, resulting in just the current through the ion chamber. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098910 | Safety Device - A pre-crush sensor module for use with a safety device for an aerial lift having a basket or cage. The pre-crush sensor module having removably attachable sensor which provide a detection zone wherein the sensors detect obstacles. The sensor module also having an operator warning system and a relay to connect the sensors to the safety device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098911 | SYSTEM TO DETER THE CLIMBING OF OPEN STAIRS - The present invention provides an apparatus to detect a person or animal climbing the outside of an open stairway said apparatus comprising a sensor to detect the presence of a person or animal on the external portion of an open stairway, a power supply and an alarm system. The present invention further provides for a means to maintain stable association of the apparatus with the stairway. The invention further provides a method of detecting a person or animal climbing the outside of an open stairway and providing an alert and/or deterrent to such activity. The present invention further comprises kits comprising one or more sensors, a power supply, an alarm system, one or more electrical connectors, one or more fastening means and instructions for use. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098912 | NOTIFICATION DEVICE - A notification device includes an identification information acquisition section that acquires identification information output from an in-vehicle device in response to a change of a vehicle condition, a sound source data acquisition section capable of performing an acquisition operation of acquiring sound source data from an outside, a storage section capable of storing the sound source data for notification acquired by the sound source acquisition section and association data in which the identification information and the sound source data for notification are associated with each other, and a control section that outputs the sound source data for notification on the basis of the association data when the identification information acquisition section acquires the identification information. The sound source data acquisition section and the storage section are provided in a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is provided with an association data edit section capable of editing the association data. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098913 | OPTICAL SENSOR, OPTICAL SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND MONITORING DEVICE - An optical sensor ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098914 | Systems and Methods for Beacon Tethering in a Monitoring System - Various embodiments of the present inventions are related to monitoring physical location of a monitored target, but not limited to, use of beacon location information. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098915 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATA FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS USING AN ELECTRICAL GRID NETWORK - A secure communications and location authorization system using a power line or a potion thereof as a side-channel that mitigates man-in-the-middle attacks on communications networks and devices connected to those networks. The system includes a power grid server associated with a substation, or curb-side distribution structure such as a transformer, an electric meter associated with a structure having electric service and able to communicate with the power grid server, a human authorization detector input device connected to the electric meter and the power grid server. The human authorization detector is able to receive an input from a user physically located at the structure and capable of communicating with the power grid server via the electric meter. The user's physical input into the device causing a request to be sent to the power grid server that then generates a location certificate for the user. Without the location certificate, access to the communications network and devices connected to those networks can be denied. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098916 | MOBILE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments relate to a mobile security device, system and method. The mobile security device includes a base and at least one sensor. The base has a housing defining a first end and a second end. The base includes a base power source and a base controller coupled to the base power source and configured for wireless communication. The at least one sensor is removably coupled to the first end of the base and communicates therewith. The at least one sensor is configured to provide at least one of motion sensing, CO2/smoke sensing, vibration sensing, light sensing, and temperature/humidity sensing. The at least one sensor includes a sensor housing; a sensor power source; and a sensor controller coupled to the sensor power source and configured for wireless communication. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING THE EXISTENCE OF SENSORS BELONGING TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS - A system and method for reporting the existence of sensors belonging to multiple organizations that are proximally located to a requested location. The report includes a first list of sensors that are unauthorized and discoverable and a second list of sensors that are authorized. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098918 | TAMPER DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL & METERING DEVICES NOT REQUIRING A BATTERY - Embodiments of the invention prevent unauthorized access to electronic systems by providing an enclosure with improved intrusion detection around sensitive areas of a secured electronic system. Certain embodiments eliminate the need for constant battery power and yet provide uninterrupted high-security supervision at the device perimeter such that even following a power down event it is possible to determine whether a device has been tampered with, so that appropriate action can be taken. This is especially useful in applications in which batteries are not acceptable. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098919 | REMOTE CONTROL WITH ENHANCED TOUCH SURFACE INPUT - A folding remote control with an inner touch surface such as a touch pad is disclosed. The touch surface is split in two sections which together span both inner surfaces of the two sections of the folding remote providing a large touch surface. This allows ease of use and also can provide features such as multi-touch control. Back lighting may provide a relatively large keyboard input spanning both sections which can be selected for display at the push of a button. Remote control embodiments without folding sections but large touch surface configurations are also disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098920 | TRANSCODER ENABLED CLOUD OF REMOTELY CONTROLLED DEVICES - Various embodiments are directed to one or more transcoder devices in communication with an input device such as a remote control device and multiple destination devices in which the transcoder device(s) facilitate communication between the remote control and the various destination devices in the vicinity. The transcoder device(s) can also provide the user with an environmental awareness of conditions and events surrounding the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098921 | LOW POWER ACOUSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a method of operating an acoustic system including detecting an ultrasonic sound signal and pattern matching the received ultrasonic sound signal to determine when the received ultrasonic sound signal is a desired ultrasonic sound signal. The method includes sending a signal to at least one electronic component when the received ultrasonic sound signal is the desired ultrasonic sound signal. The method includes operating the microphone in a lower power state when the received ultrasonic sound signal is not the desired ultrasonic sound signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098922 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING LIGHT SIGNAL USING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An apparatus for transmitting and receiving light signals including an optical waveguide having one end and another end, a sensor unit including an infrared sensor for detecting an infrared signal and outputting a corresponding electrical signal, an ambient light sensor for detecting ambient light and outputting a corresponding electrical signal, and a light-emitting device, a lighttight housing for blocking out external light and in which the other end and the sensor unit are installed, and a controller for receiving an electrical signal output from at least one of the infrared sensor and the ambient light sensor and controlling the light-emitting device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098923 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SELECTING AND CONTROLLING A HOME NETWORK DEVICE (HND) - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and an electronic device for selecting and controlling a home network device (HND) in a home network using a controller and a light source are provided. The method includes selecting the HND based on a light signal from a light source, and obtaining identification information of the HND. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098924 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Traffic Signal Information - Traffic signal information is estimated based on positioning system data obtained from a plurality of vehicles. Each data set includes the position and the velocity of a vehicle as functions of time. For an intersection having a traffic signal, an average acceleration of the vehicles when leaving the intersection is estimated, and an average deceleration of the vehicles when approaching the intersection is estimated. For each of a subset of the vehicles, a stop duration at the intersection is estimated based on the average acceleration, the average deceleration, and the positioning system data for the respective vehicle. A duration of a red phase of the traffic signal is estimated based on the stop duration of each of the subset of the vehicles. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098925 | ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH AMBIENT VIGILANCE - A method, system and computer program product of using cameras in a plurality of vehicles within a geographic area to aid in identifying a location of a vehicle of interest for authorities. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098926 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MONITORING EMERGENCY VEHICLES - A method of monitoring emergency vehicles includes generating host vehicle information with a navigation unit, the host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving emergency vehicle information with a receiver, the emergency vehicle information including an emergency vehicle emergency status, an emergency vehicle location and an emergency vehicle heading, determining with a controller a distance between the host vehicle location and the emergency vehicle location, determining with the controller whether the distance between host vehicle and the emergency vehicle is decreasing, and performing a mitigation operation, when the distance between host vehicle and the emergency vehicle is decreasing, and the distance between host vehicle and the emergency vehicle is a threshold distance or less. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098927 | ELECTRONIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - An electronic vehicle identification system comprises a processing unit ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098928 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OF VEHICLE IN PARKING SPACE - A method for notifying a user of the status of a parking space. The method comprises transmitting a pulse from a transceiver assigned to a parking space and for each pulse receiving by transceiver a corresponding echo created by said pulse being reflecting back from a object occupying said parking space. The method further comprises measuring corresponding echo time by a processing unit. The method further comprises comparing said corresponding echo time to a predefined range of echo times by a processing unit to determine occupancy of said parking space. The method further comprises using said occupancy of parking space to determine the parking space status by a processing unit, together with information on time of day and parking space permission. The method further comprises notifying a user of said parking space status by visual indication from at least one light emitting diode array. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098929 | EASY PARKING FINDER - A driver uses a mobile phone application to transmit a request to a central processor for information on available parking spaces, accommodating a specific size car, close to her present location or a future location. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098930 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - A user of a mobile device receives, through the mobile device, a request to dispatch a transport vehicle to a destination. In response to the request, the mobile device provides the user with a graphical user interface, which may be used to review information regarding the request and, if required, modify the information based on the fulfillment of the request. If the graphical user interface detects that the request has been fulfilled, the graphical user interface causes the mobile device to display a form specifying information associated with fulfillment of the request and modifiable by the user. Once the user has approved the provided information or has updated this information for accuracy, the graphical user interface causes the mobile device to transmit the completed forms to an aviation management service. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098931 | SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A BEHAVIORAL ROUTINE - A system comprises a plurality of card units. The card units have a first side, a second side, a hole being positioned proximate a top of the card unit, and dimensions for resting on a palm of a user. The card units have indicia on the first sides and the second sides. The indicia is configured to convey behavioral messages to the user. The card units have a texture applied to at least a one of the sides. The texture is configured to convey a tactile stimulation to the user. A ring device retains the card units in an order. The ring device passes through the holes the card units, wherein the ring device enables the user to flip through the card units and receive the behavioral messages for assisting the user in establishing a routine. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD BY MEANS OF MOBILE DEVICES TO STIMULATE BRAIN'S WORK - The object of solution, accordingly to the invention, is a method and system which use mobile devices for stimulating the brain, characterized with having three logic types of components/sections: information section, wherein the system information part consists of a functional components in the form of administrative panel containing information management, knowledge panel that enables looking through the system's published content and its presentation, newsletter. This newsletter is responsible for handling the subscription process, advertising module, the department of exercise, realizing automatic and interactive exercises, training and lessons divided into 4 subgroups: mnemonic exercises, logical, computational, visual, and independent internal learning module, a database—data collection department and the effects of exercise, containing components: a knowledge base module, the module pseudownioskowania based on user profiles, and manages user accounts and statistics department and assessments. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING TECHNICAL SKILL - A system and method for quantifying clinical skill of a user, comprising: collecting data relating to a surgical task done by a user using a surgical device; comparing the data for the surgical task to other data for another similar surgical task; quantifying the clinical skill of the user based on the comparing of the data for the surgical task to the other data for the other similar surgical task; outputting the clinical skill of the user. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098934 | CONCUSSION REHABILITATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A cognitive/multisensory stimulation system simulates real sports action/job task scenarios for assessing, profiling, practicing, improving or rehabilitating cognitive function performance of athletes or individuals. Cognitive function improvement can be provided by: establishing with a subject a sensory semantic language for relating a number of sensory signals to corresponding possible actions, the sensory semantic language being essentially new to the subject; instructing the athlete to perform an task involving sport/job skills; providing to the subject during the task sensory signals requiring rapid discernment by the subject of the semantic meaning of the sensory signal to correctly chose one possible action; and determining whether the subject correctly responds to the selected sensory signal during the task; obtaining a cognitive-sensor reaction-time map over a visual field of the subject; and repeating the steps over multiple repeated tasks using selectively randomized sensory signals selected to progressively restore the cognitive-sensor reaction-time map a normal profile. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098935 | CLINICAL MONITOR EMULATOR FOR CPR FEEDBACK - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention is directed to an electronic training tool having one or more sensor components. The sensor components include a single depth camera and accelerometer or force sensor. The training tool also includes a software component for signal processing of sensor data and analysis of user performance. The user is given feedback based on quality of chest compressions, which is determined using data related to depth of compressions, rate of compressions, and recoil of compressions. Feedback is presented to the user and/or the trainer of the user via a user interface governed by a software program that can be run on a computing device such as a pc, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. The user interface imitates the user interface of a clinical monitor/defibrillator, specifically a defibrillator with a built-in QCPR feedback functionality. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098936 | Educational system for teaching science, history and other subjects - A two-part educational system uses a virtual reality environment created on an internet connected computer or mobile device, populated with historical characters who are Expert Avatars, and which can be entered by students as avatars; and e-books or print books in which a fictional virtual reality environment is a central feature. Readers can visit a computer-based virtual reality environment, which reproduces the visits made by the book characters, to expand their knowledge through interactions with the activities and the Expert Avatars found there. Readers can also play a game in the computer-based virtual reality environment in which the Expert Avatar can provide information to make strategic game choices. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098937 | GENERATING QUESTION AND ANSWER PAIRS TO ASSESS UNDERSTANDING OF KEY CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL LEARNING PLAYLIST - A method, system and computer program product for determining whether the social learning playlist is effective in educating participants. The text of the collection of online materials of a social learning playlist is scanned to identify key concepts (i.e., the most important points) using natural language processing. The user selects a concept from a list of key concepts, which includes these identified key concepts, and a type of question (e.g., true/false) to be used in assessing the understanding of the selected key concept. The selected type of question and answer to the question are generated using analytic analysis and artificial intelligence on the online materials of the playlist. In this manner, by generating appropriate question and answer pairs, where the questions are inserted at selected locations within the playlist, the creator of the playlist is able to assess whether the participants are understanding the key concepts in the playlist. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098938 | METHOD, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LEARNING SERVICE - A method, a server, and a system for providing a learning service are provided. A learning service method may include the steps, which are executed by a server, of: receiving a first question from a first terminal; transmitting the first question to a second terminal; and receiving a first solution from the second terminal. The learning service method can provide a way to solve the problem through a direct mutual cooperation between users. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING AND UPDATING A TEST-TAKER STATUS BY REMOTE POLLING - An online test platform facilitates representing a test taker with an interactive test taker icon. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. The test platform allows representation of test takers via an interactive test taker icon. An icon represents the test taker on a display available to a teacher or proctor to monitor the status of the test taker while an online test is being administered. The display and the test taker icon may be used to represent a status of the test taker and may also be used to update the test taker status. In one example, the status of the test taker may be updated by remote polling of the test taker's station via a remote server. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098940 | RYTHMIC MOTOR SKILLS TRAINING DEVICE - A computerized system and method for music practice and training to assist a musician to improve their skills in maintaining a tempo and to improve ear-hand coordination, eye-hand coordination and other motor skills while learning to play an instrument. The system receives user defined beats per minute (BPM), rhythms or short segments of a music piece and generates audio reference outputs and visual display of music notes as stimuli. The user responses to these stimuli are measured in time and in the force and intensity of the responses and provided as feedback to the user to improve their response time and intensity to stimuli and assists the user in modifying the responses to the output stimuli to reduce the time between the output stimuli and the user response and thus improve the user's timing accuracy while playing music. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098941 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GOALTENDING APPLICATIONS INCLUDING COLLECTING PERFORMANCE METRICS, VIDEO AND SENSOR ANALYSIS - Methods and apparatus for capture, processing, storage, retrieval and display of goaltending sports performance metrics, analytics, and video, comprising a portable computing device ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098942 | Method for Generating Low-Waste Personalized Meal Plans within a Budget - Disclosed is a method for generating a meal plan including receiving a plurality of user profiles, receiving a cuisine selection, receiving a budget selection, displaying a meal plan in accordance with the cuisine selection and the budget selection, the meal plan including a plurality of meals wherein at least one of the plurality of meals is scaled in accordance with the plurality of user profiles, displaying a first cost associated with the meal plan, displaying a shopping list in accordance with the meal plan, the shopping list including a plurality of ingredients associated with the plurality of meals. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098943 | HYBRID MEDICAL LAPAROSCOPIC SIMULATOR - The present invention provides a hybrid medical laparoscopic simulator including an ECM, laparoscopic instrument imitators coupled to the ECM, trocar imitators coupled to the ECM, a visualization system coupled to the ECM attained by the presence of a robot-patient, laparoscopic unit imitators coupled to the ECM, and operating room equipment. Each of the laparoscopic instrument imitators is executed in a form of a real instrument, contains a sensor unit, and is separated from at least four trocar imitators installed in an abdominal cavity of the robot-patient, each of the trocar imitators is coupled to a corresponding displacement node of the trocar imitator, and a position of the trocar imitator on an anterior wall of the abdominal cavity of the robot-patient is traced and defined. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098944 | EYE SURGERY TRAINING SIMULATOR - The present invention provides an eye surgery training simulator that can reduce learning cost and simulate the eyes in a more real way to allow surgery performers in practice to increase the success rate of surgery. The surgery training simulator compromise: a base with the accommodating tank, a hollow sphere inside said accommodating tank with a punched hole at the center of its top to simulate the eyeball rotation; a thin film covering the punched hole of said hollow sphere to simulate anterior capsule; a positioning sheet attached to the top surface of the hollow sphere with a hole corresponding to the punched hole; a positioning plug-in at the side of said punched hole that can limit the displacement of the capsulorhexis forceps; and at least an elastic component that can simulate eyeball muscle by pulling the hollow sphere and restore it after the rotation of the hollow sphere. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098945 | MAGNETIC PRINT ART - Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and apparatus for displaying artworks using magnetic prints and magnetic frames. A magnetic print is an artwork printed on a flexible sheet that can be magnetically attached to a magnetic frame, which has magnetic properties. The flexible sheet is made using one or materials, including a metal that is attracted to a magnet. The flexible sheet can also contain a magnet, which is attracted to the magnetic frame. The flexible sheet has an artwork on one surface and can be removably attached, e.g., magnetically, to the magnetic frame on a second surface. The magnetic frame and print facilitates easy switching of the artwork. For example, when a user wishes to switch an existing artwork to a new artwork, the user can peel off the old magnetic print from the magnetic frame and lay out the new magnetic print on the magnetic frame. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098946 | Polygonal Unibody Pole Sign - A Polygonal Unibody Pole Sign is a single piece of cardboard, or other flexible, semi-rigid material, designed to enclose a pole, post, or column, that can remain elevated without adhesives, or external support while providing surfaces for advertising, display, or decoration. Installation does not require the Polygonal Unibody Pole Sign to be placed over the top of the pole, column or beam. Instead, the invention is wrapped around the support and kept enclosed by inserting tabs at one vertical end into slots in the other. Flaps with circular or other shaped aperture the same diameter of the support in place along the horizontal ends of each display panel are then folded inward to enclose the support and hold the invention at height. The final installed Polygonal Unibody Pole Sign then presents display surfaces visible from multiple directions, providing 360 degree visibility in the preferred enclosed embodiment. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098947 | Ninja Sign - The disclosed invention generally pertains to a collapsible sign having an open arm span that is substantially larger than that of the closed arm span, thus allowing the open frame to hold a much larger sign face than the closed frame. The face of the sign can be made to collapse as well thus further reducing the over-all size of the stored sign. Among other uses, the Ninja Sign is great for residential and commercial real estate agents, and it is not limited to outdoor applications. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098948 | DECORATIVE DETECTABLE WARNING PANEL HAVING IMPROVED GRIP - The present invention relates to detectable warning panels, and in particular to detectable warning panels that display text and/or other graphic information such as commercial messages, trademarks, logos, directions, slogans, pictures, names, product illustrations, emblems, promotional information related to a product or service, Quick Response Codes, matrix code, two-dimensional bar code, optical machine-readable labels, and combinations thereof. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098949 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD - A liquid crystal alignment test method includes: connecting a liquid crystal array substrate to be tested with a liquid crystal alignment test apparatus; applying corresponding voltages to signal input ports of the liquid crystal array substrate via a voltage providing device and then to execute an image check for the liquid crystal array substrate; and detecting resistance values of each two signal input ports of the liquid crystal array substrate via s resistance detection device to judge whether each two of the signal input ports are short-circuited. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098950 | DE-SATURATED COLOUR INJECTED SEQUENCES IN A COLOUR SEQUENTIAL IMAGE SYSTEM - De-saturated colour injected sequences in a colour sequential image system are provided. The system comprises: at least one spatial light modulator; a light system configured to produce a series of colours illuminating the modulator, the series comprising: saturated colours; and, de-saturated colours which respectively replace one or more of the saturated colours on either side of a centre of the series of colours; and, an image processor configured to control the modulator to inject one or more of the de-saturated colours both prior to and following an active sequence of the saturated colours in at least a portion of pixels within a video frame, respective locations of the de-saturated colours selected to minimize respective times between at least one first de-saturated colour prior to a first saturated colour in the active sequence and between at least one second de-saturated colour following a last saturated colour in the active sequence. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098951 | SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a source driver and a display device including the same. The source driver may include: an output buffer unit including a pair of output buffers controlled by a first power down signal and another pair of output buffers controlled by a second power down signal; and a charge sharing unit configured to control output buffers to share charge when the first or second power down signal is enabled, the output buffers being driven in the same driving range among the pair of output buffers and the other pair of output buffers. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098952 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a display device, and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a display unit including pixels included in one or more deterioration region groups and pixels included in one or more reference groups corresponding to the deterioration region groups, a sensing unit configured to sense a current flowing through an organic light emitting diode of each of the deterioration region groups and each of the reference groups and provide current information about the deterioration region group and current information about the reference group. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention also provide a compensation circuit configured to convert first data supplied from the outside into second data by using compensation data corresponding to a compensation prediction curve and output the second data, and compare the current information about the deterioration region group and the current information about the reference group and correct the compensation prediction curve for the deterioration region group; and a data driver configured to supply the second data to the display unit through data lines as data signals. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098953 | DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION FUNCTION - A display panel with an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection function, includes a organic light emitting diode (OLED) light area, a scan driving circuit, and a data driving circuit. Therein, the OLED light area includes a number of pixel regions which are arranged in array mode. The scan driving circuit and the OLED light area are connected to each other via a number of scan lines which are fanned out. The data driving circuit and the OLED light area are connected to each other via a number of data lines which are fanned out. Therein, each data line is connected to one voltage point via a first OLED, each scan line is connected to one voltage point via a second OLED. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098954 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DEGRADATION COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display can include a display panel including pixels, a degradation sensing circuit to sense a threshold voltage of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in the pixels and calculate an average degradation value based on the sensed threshold voltage of the OLEDs, a compensation target adjustor to adjust a compensation target based on the average degradation value, when the average degradation value is reduced by a previously determined reference value, and a data modulator to add and subtract a luminance compensation value determined depending on the adjusted compensation target to and from input digital video data and modulate the input digital video data. Also, each time the average degradation value is reduced by the previously determined reference value, the compensation target adjustor reduces stepwise the compensation target in conformity with changes in the average degradation value, and a stepwise adjustment width of the compensation target is non-uniform. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098955 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT - A pixel driving circuit includes first to seventh switches, a capacitor and a light emitting unit. The first and sixth switches are connected and receive data voltage and second reference voltage according to second and third control signals, respectively. One capacitor end connects to the serial-connected first and sixth switches and the other capacitor end connects to a control end of the second switch. The serial-connected third and fourth switches are connected between the control and first end of the second switch. The third and fourth switches are ON by the second control signal. The fifth switch is ON by a first control signal. An end of the fifth switch connects to the serial-connected third and fourth switches and another end receives a first reference voltage. The seventh switch is connected between the second switch and the light emitting unit. The seventh switch is ON by the third control signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098956 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes display pixels at crossing areas of data lines, scan lines, and emission control lines. The non-display area includes auxiliary pixels at crossing positions of auxiliary data lines, scan lines, and emission control lines. The display device also includes a scan driver to supply scan signals to the scan lines, a first data driver to supply data voltages to the data lines, a second data driver to supply an auxiliary data voltage to the auxiliary data line, and a demultiplexer between the data lines and the first data driver. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098957 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sensing regions. The OLED display further includes a temperature sensor array comprising a plurality of temperature sensors respectively arranged on the sensing regions. The OLED display also includes a controller configured to output a plurality of control signals so as to sequentially select the temperature sensors, receive a plurality of output signals output from the temperature sensors selected by the control signals, and generate first temperature data corresponding to the locations of the selected temperature sensors based on the output signals. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098958 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. The device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a first pixel electrically connected to a first data line and a second pixel electrically connected to a second data line. The display device also includes a current path switch configured to electrically connect the first pixel to the second pixel during a voltage drop test operation and electrically disconnect the first pixel from the second pixel during an image display operation. The display device further includes a voltage drop detector electrically connected to an end of the first data line and an end of the second data line, the voltage drop detector being configured to apply a test voltage to the end of the first data line and measure a dropped test voltage at the end of the second data line. The display device additionally includes a line resistance calculator. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098959 | MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING A DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE MOBILE DEVICE - A display driver includes a gamma voltage generation unit, a decoder, and a plurality of source amplifiers. The gamma voltage generation unit generates gamma reference voltages. The decoder transforms pixel data corresponding to received image information into data voltages using the gamma reference voltages. The plurality of source amplifiers outputs the data voltages to a display panel. The gamma voltage generation unit includes a first amplifier receiving a reference voltage and a voltage divider including a plurality of resistors and at least one first switch. The at least one first switch turns on or turns off a first connection between an output node of the first amplifier and the plurality of resistors depending on an operation mode. The voltage divider generates at least one first gamma reference voltage among the gamma reference voltages based on an output voltage of the first amplifier. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098960 | Organic Light Emitting Display Device and Transistor Structure for the Same - Disclosed are a transistor structure for a display and an organic light emitting display device. The transistor structure includes: a voltage line positioned in one direction and configured to supply voltage to pixels; and two or more transistors which share one of drains and sources which are formed integrally with the voltage line and respectively include the other of the drains and sources which are individually formed and connected with different nodes directly or through a connection pattern. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098961 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is discussed, which includes: a light emitting diode to emit light; and a pixel circuit connected to the light emitting diode, the pixel circuit including; a data line; a driving power line; a sense signal line; a gate line; and a switch connected with the data line by a first terminal, a digital-to-analog converter by a second terminal, and an analog-to-digital converter by a third terminal, wherein the switch connects the data line to the digital-to-analog converter or the analog-to-digital converter on a basis of a switch control signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098962 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method is applied to a display device including a display panel, a backlight module, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the display panel and the backlight module. The driving method includes the following steps of when the image is a still image, enabling the processing circuit to control the display panel to display the image during a first frame time, and to control the backlight module to blink in accordance with a first driving frequency during the first frame time. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098963 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources to output light to the display panel, an image receiver to receive multiple images from a plurality of image sources, and a controller to perform control to display the multiple images received from the image receiver and to independently perform local dimming on each of the multiple images according to multiple image display input, and thus performs local dimming for each multiple image during display of the multiple images. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098964 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a gate line, data lines, a first reference voltage line, a second reference voltage line, a pixel electrode having a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode in a pixel area, and switch circuits connected to these lines and electrodes. The first and second reference voltage lines respectively apply a first and second reference voltages having different polarities. The second substrate includes a common electrode with a cutout. The first and second reference voltage lines include a first connector and a second connector parallel to the data line, and the first connector and the second connector overlap the cutout of the common electrode. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098965 | Display Having Vertical Gate Line Extensions and Minimized Borders - A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each pixel may have a transistor for controlling the amount of output light associated with that pixel. The transistors may be thin-film transistors having active areas, first and second source-drain terminals, and gates. Gate lines may be used to distribute gate control signals to the gates of the transistors in each row. Data lines that run perpendicular to the gate lines may be used to distribute image data along columns of pixels. The gate lines may be connected to gate line extensions that run parallel to the data lines. The data lines may each overlap a respective one of the gate line extensions. Vias may be used to connect the gate line extensions to the gate lines. The gate line extensions may all have the same length. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098966 | SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a source driver and a display device. The source driver may include: a gamma voltage generation unit configured to select and provide one or more of the gamma voltages in response to a first power down signal; an output buffer unit configured to provide a data voltage to a output terminal in response to a second power down signal; and a selection unit configured to provide the gamma voltage to the output terminal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098967 | SOURCE DRIVER WITH LOW OPERATING POWER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a source driver configured to drive a data line of a display panel and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device including the same. The source drive configured to compare whether data of consecutive gate lines in the display panel and data of adjacent data lines in the display panel are identical or not, and selectively disable output amplifiers connected to the data line having identical data. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098968 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG-CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND DATA DRIVER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - DAC includes a decoder that receives N number of reference voltages and an n-bit digital signal (n 4) to select first to third voltages, and an operational amplifier to output (first voltage+second voltage+2 third voltage)/4 voltage. The operational amplifier is able to output, for respective 2̂n combinations of the n-bit digital signal, voltage levels from an Ath level, as a base level, to an (A−1+2̂n)th level. The N number of reference voltages include Ath level, (A+4)th level, (A−4+2̂n) and (A+2̂n), and an at most {−4+2̂(n−2)} reference voltages obtained by decimating a pre-set at least one reference voltage from {−3+2̂(n−2)} reference voltages that are other than the four number of reference voltages from the {1+2̂(n−2)} reference voltages corresponding to the voltage levels spaced each other at an interval of 4 levels from the Ath level. N is not less than 4 and not more than 2̂(n−2). | 2016-04-07 |
20160098969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE INTERACTION WITH A PHOTO-ACTIVE PAINTED SURFACE - A method and apparatus for gesture interaction with an image displayed on a painted wall is described. The method may include capturing image data of the image displayed on the painted wall and a user motion performed relative to the image. The method may also include analyzing the captured image data to determine a sequence of one or more physical movements of the user relative to the image displayed on the painted wall. The method may also include determining, based on the analysis, that the user motion is indicative of a gesture associated with the image displayed on the painted wall, and controlling a connected system in response to the gesture. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098970 | ACCELERATED IMAGE GRADIENT BASED ON ONE-DIMENSIONAL DATA - Methods and systems of generating an image gradient are presented. In one example, image data for generating a two-dimensional digital image is provided to a hardware graphics processor. The image data may include a single pixel along a first direction of the digital image and multiple pixels along a second direction of the digital image. The pixels along the second direction of the digital image may include an image gradient. A one-dimensional stretching operation of the hardware graphics processor is initiated based on the image data to generate the digital image. In response to the stretching operation, the digital image may include multiple pixels along the first direction for each of the single pixels, wherein each of the multiple pixels along the first direction for a corresponding pixel of the single pixels comprises the corresponding pixel. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098971 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A computer includes an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus includes a transformation unit that transforms color information on an input image signal on the basis of a transformation rule; a correction range calculation unit that calculates a correction range in a predetermined color space on the basis of a positional relationship between source coordinates and destination coordinates in the color space; and a point-based transfer distance calculation unit that calculates transformation destination coordinates at respective points within the correction range on the basis of the positional relationship between the source coordinates and the destination coordinates, and a positional relationship between coordinates at the respective points within the correction range and the source coordinates to reflect the calculated transformation destination coordinates on the transformation rule. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098972 | COLOR MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of techniques or systems for color management are provided herein. A graphic input may be received which includes pixels associated with color codes. Respective pixels or portions of the graphic input may be binned or indexed into color code bins. Each color code bin may be indicative or be associated with a color or color code. Sample color gradients may be assigned color codes based on counts for respective color code bins. A background or layers may be generated based on the sample color gradients. Additionally, patterns or aspects may be generated for the background or layers. In this manner, color management may be provided in the form of a dynamic, changing, or moving background which may be unique to the graphic input due to the patterns (e.g., movement patterns, shape patterns, movement speed, etc.) and sample color gradients determined based on the graphic input. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098973 | METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY AND IMAGE CONTROL MODULE USING THE SAME - A method for image display of a mobile device includes: determining a backlight intensity parameter according to a user-defined backlight brightness and an ambient light intensity value when the ambient light intensity value is greater than a predetermined threshold value; and providing backlight to a display module of the mobile device according to the backlight intensity parameter. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for controlling a display of a portable electronic device are provided. The method comprises generating a screen comprising a list on the display. The list comprises one or more row elements, with each row element comprising one or more column sub-elements. At least a portion of one of the column sub-elements of at least one of the row elements is truncated. Upon selection of a row element, the screen is enabled for scrolling of that row element. Enabling scrolling comprises loading the truncated portion of the selected row element into a pre-buffer. The method further comprises receiving a scrolling input, and updating the screen on the display to scroll the row element, bringing the truncated portion into view. The selected row is scrolled while maintaining the series of column sub-elements in the row without reference to other rows. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098975 | HAMMER VELOCITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A system, for determining the velocity of a hammer of a keyboard instrument, with a light transceiver and processing circuitry. The light transceiver being configured to transmit a light signal to a hammer to measure a hammer velocity, receive a reflected light signal from the hammer indicative of the velocity of the hammer and send an electrical signal to the processing circuitry, where the electrical signal is based on the reflected light signal from the hammer. The processing circuitry being configured to receive and process the electrical signal so that a time interval between the electrical signal passing through a first trigger point and a second trigger point and the velocity of the hammer can be determined. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098976 | ADJUSTABLE GUITAR SADDLE - An adjustable guitar saddle is provided. The adjustable guitar saddle includes saddle piece. Each saddle piece includes a top portion and a bottom portion. At least the bottom portion may be sized to fit within a saddle bridge channel of a guitar. The saddle piece may include at least one bottom threaded aperture running through the bottom portion towards the top portion. At threaded screw may mate with the threaded aperture. The threaded screw rotates and adjusts the height of the adjustable guitar saddle relative to the saddle bridge. The bottom portion of the saddle piece may be placed within the saddle bridge channel and a guitar string may rest on the top portion. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098977 | MAPPING ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A mapping estimation apparatus includes a mapping adjuster. The mapping adjuster estimates mappings which correlate a plurality of subset data items with respective parts of universal set data including union of the plurality of subset data items based on the plurality of subset data items and the universal set data. The mapping adjuster estimates a mode of selecting a plurality of codomain data items from the universal set data and modes of mappings applied to the plurality of subset data items so as to have a maximum probability that data items obtained by selecting a plurality of codomain data items of which a subset of union is the universal set data from the universal set data and applying the mappings to the plurality of subset data items as domains will be respectively the plurality of codomain data items. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING MELODIES - In one embodiment, a system for analyzing melodies is disclosed that may receive data for a musical composition, the data including a sequence of notes that make up a melody contained in the musical composition, and store, in a database, a pitch and a duration for at least one note in the sequence of notes in association with the melody. In addition, the system may determine at least one pitch differential and at least one duration ratio for at least two consecutive notes in the sequence of notes, and store, in the database, the at least one pitch differential and the at least one duration ratio in association with the melody. The system may also generate at least one metric associated with the melody based on the at least one pitch differential and/or the at least one duration ratio. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098979 | Reverberation-Induced Magnetic Field Alteration to Enhance Sound - A passive feedback mechanism by which sound produced by a musical instrument is enhanced by utilizing the reverberations from the sound to dynamically and passively alter the magnetic field in the vicinity of an electronic pickup is disclosed. This is accomplished by utilizing a component or material adhered to the instrument with the property to alter the magnetic field as the material vibrates in response to sound reverberation, one embodiment being a ferromagnetic surface coating. An electromagnetic pickup, sensitive to these variations in the magnetic field, is installed on or within the instrument. The changes in the magnetic field, in response to the music, are captured by the pickup and transformed into an electric signal with thus produce a unique and enhanced sound. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION OF MUSICAL MEMORIES - A music generating system comprising sensors configured to acquire data sets related to physiological and environmental condition of a user and a computing device comprising a processor and a memory. The computing device is configured to read, by a data acquisition module, the data sets received from the sensors, to perform, by a data analysis module, a value range analysis of the data sets received to normalize the data sets, to map, with the help of the data analysis module, each of the normalized data sets to families of sounds stored in a data store, to create, by the data analysis module, individual music pieces on the basis of a time series analysis and a frequency analysis of the normalized data sets mapped to the families of sounds and to merge, by a music generation module, the individual music pieces to create a final piece of music. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098981 | VIBRATION PLATE FOR A MUSIC BOX - The invention relates to a vibration plate for a striking mechanism of musical watches or music boxes. According to the invention, the vibration plate includes at least two parts, joined to each other, manufactured in at least two materials, a first part forming a first set of strips made of a first material so as to produce sounds in a first frequency range, and at least a second part forming a second set of strips made of a second material so as to produce sounds in a second frequency range. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098982 | METHOD FOR NOISE CANCELLATION - A method for noise cancellation. The method includes providing a sound signal output device having a listening device output, a microphone input, and signal processing circuitry. The signal processing circuitry is adapted for causing the sound signal output device to perform in a noise-cancellation mode, including making available to the sound signal output device, at the microphone input, a noise-containing signal which is representative of ambient acoustical noise, deriving a noise-cancelling signal from the noise-containing signal, and making available to the personal listening device, at the listening device output, the noise-cancelling signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098983 | BATTERY-EQUIPPED CELLULAR TELEPHONE CASE WITH INTERNAL SOUND GENERATOR AND LAYERED SOUND BLOCKAGE FOR PRIVACY - The subject matter herein field is for multiple and complimentary systems in the structure of a cellular device case so as to provide sound jamming and/or sound insulation, and/or powered noise cancellation as means of restriction the entry of useful sound into the microphone(s) of cellular smartphone devices, as a means of citizen counter-action of the “constant surveillance” characteristics inherent in the “always on,” microphone systems as described under Background of the Subject matter, above. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098984 | ULTRASOUND PROBE WITH ACOUSTICAL LENS - The present invention relates to an ultrasound probe ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098985 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-LATENCY WEB-BASED TEXT-TO-SPEECH WITHOUT PLUGINS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for reducing latency in web-browsing TTS systems without the use of a plug-in or Flash® module. A system configured according to the disclosed methods allows the browser to send prosodically meaningful sections of text to a web server. A TTS server then converts intonational phrases of the text into audio and responds to the browser with the audio file. The system saves the audio file in a cache, with the file indexed by a unique identifier. As the system continues converting text into speech, when identical text appears the system uses the cached audio corresponding to the identical text without the need for re-synthesis via the TTS server. | 2016-04-07 |