16th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150103995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING AGENT INTERVENTION INTO AUTOMATED CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENTS - A system for prioritizing intervention of live agents into automated customer engagements in a communication system is disclosed. The system includes an intervention prioritization module configured to identify a live agent to intervene into an automated customer engagement in a communication system based on a confidence factor corresponding to the automated customer engagement and one or more live agent attributes corresponding to the live agent. The system further includes a live agent conference module configured to cause the identified live agent to intervene into the automated customer engagement. | 2015-04-16 |
20150103996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS ON THE INTERNET - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS ON THE INTERNET comprising a central server ( | 2015-04-16 |
20150103997 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION ROUTING - A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code is provided wherein an electronic communication is received. A communication routing matrix is accessed, from a relational database platform, to select a service representative for the received communication. It may then be arranged for the received communication to be routed in accordance with the selected service representative. | 2015-04-16 |
20150103998 | Dialing Management System and Method - A system and method handling and sorting calls includes maintaining leads in a database, segregating the leads based on type, performing automated calls for each of a first stream of leads, and queuing the second stream of leads in the list manager application to provide a newest available lead to a user interfacing with the list manager application. The user initiates a call via the list manager application to the newest available lead, and transfers the call to a sales representative when the newest available lead indicates an interest to the user via a telephone conversation that a purchase may be desired, or ends the call when the newest available lead indicates no interest, there is no answer for the call, or there is no call being completed. | 2015-04-16 |
20150103999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COST-BASED AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION WITH STATISTICALLY PREDICTABLE WAIT TIME - System and method to select a contact handling mode in a contact center, the method including: receiving, by a communication interface, a contact from a customer; calculating, by a processor of the contact center, an expected wait time by the customer based upon historical contact information stored in a memory of the contact center; calculating an expected cost of queueing the customer for the expected wait time; and selecting the contact handling mode based upon the expected cost of queueing the customer. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SALES AND MARKETING ACCELERATION AND EFFECTIVENESS - A system for handling call transfer contains a talker computer for providing a batch notification that enables a central data server to identify a batch of one or more customer records for calling, a central data server for receiving the batch notification that enables the central data server to identify the batch of one or more customer record, and a dialing agent computer for providing a connected notification that a customer that has been called has been connected, referred to herein as a connected customer, via a call, wherein a customer record of the connected customer is associated with the batch, wherein the central data server provides an identify notification and the talker computer receives the identify notification that enables the talker computer to distinguish the connected customer record, wherein the connected customer record is associated with the batch. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104001 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VECTORING ADSL2 LINES - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for extending the benefits of vectoring technology to xDSL systems including disparate types of xDSL lines. In embodiments, the invention includes a scheme to match the symbol frequencies of ADSL2 and VDSL2 lines, to then enable vectoring of ADSL2 FEXT into VDSL2 lines. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104002 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring an image, wherein said image includes at least one representation of a feature of at least one entity, detecting a presence of a privacy beacon in the acquired image, wherein further image process operation on image data unrelated to detection of the presence of the privacy beacon is avoided prior to encryption of the acquired image data, said privacy beacon associated with the at least one entity, and encrypting the acquired image, through use of a unique device encryption key that is unique to a particular device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104003 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring image data that includes an image that contains a representation of a feature of an entity and that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code, wherein said image data further includes a privacy metadata regarding a presence of a privacy beacon associated with the entity, obtaining term data at least partly based on the acquired privacy metadata, wherein said term data corresponds to one or more terms of service that are associated with use of the image that contains the representation of the feature of the entity, and generating a valuation of the image, said valuation at least partly based on one or more of the privacy metadata and the representation of the feature of the entity in the image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104004 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DELIVERING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES TO DEVICES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device code associated with an image capture device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of an entity, decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the image has been approved for decryption, and creating a client-based encrypted image through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104005 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA THAT IS RECEIVED BY DEVICES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device, obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key, and procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104006 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES AND CAPTURED IMAGES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring an encrypted image that is a captured image that has been encrypted through use of a particular device code associated with an image capture device that captured the captured image, wherein the captured image includes a representation of a feature of an entity, decrypting the acquired encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code, and performing a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with the entity in the decrypted captured image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104007 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND INSTRUCTION FOR ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES) - A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104008 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND INSTRUCTION FOR ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES) - A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104009 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND INSTRUCTION FOR ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES) - A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104010 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE AND INSTRUCTION FOR ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES) - A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104011 | PRESERVATION OF ENCRYPTION - An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are provided for preserving an encryption of data when confronted by an attack, such as a side channel analysis (SCA) attack based on a statistical analysis. In some embodiments, hardware, software, and/or firmware associated with an encryption calculation may be exercised or accessed during a background operation when an actual or real operation is not taking place. During the background operation, dummy values for data and one or more keys may be input to the hardware. A switching between the real operation and the background operation may take place seamlessly such that measurement of a physical characteristic associated with the hardware is indistinguishable in terms of when the real and background operations are active. In this manner, the secrecy of a key used in connection with the real operation may be preserved. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104012 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DELIVERING IMAGE DATA FROM CAPTURED IMAGES TO DEVICES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a device-based encrypted image that is an image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular device code associated with an image capture device configured to capture the image, wherein the image includes a representation of a feature of an entity, decrypting the device-based encrypted image in response to an indication that the image has been approved for decryption, and creating a client-based encrypted image through encryption of the decrypted image through use of a particular client code that is associated with a client that is linked to the image capture device configured to capture the image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104013 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR HANDLING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA THAT IS RECEIVED BY DEVICES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a client-based encrypted image that is a captured image that has previously been encrypted through use of a particular client code, wherein said captured image was captured by an image capture device, obtaining an indication that the client-based encrypted image was approved for decryption, said decryption configured to be carried out through use of a client-based decryption key, and procuring the client-based decryption key that is at least partly based on the particular client code, wherein the particular client code is related to a client that is associated with the image capture device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104014 | Automatic Multimedia Upload For Publishing Data And Multimedia Content - Disclosed herein is a method and system for utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a Bluetooth (BT) enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or more websites automatically or with minimal user intervention. A client application is provided on the BT enabled mobile device. In the absence of inbuilt BT capability, a BT communication device is provided on the digital data capture device. The BT communication device is paired with the BT enabled mobile device to establish a connection. The client application detects capture of data and multimedia content on the digital data capture device and initiates transfer of the captured data, multimedia content, and associated files. The digital data capture device transfers the captured data, multimedia content, and the associated files to the client application. The client application automatically publishes the transferred data and multimedia content on one or more websites. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104015 | Automatic Multimedia Upload For Publishing Data And Multimedia Content - Disclosed herein is a method and system for utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a Bluetooth (BT) enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or more websites automatically or with minimal user intervention. A client application is provided on the BT enabled mobile device. In the absence of inbuilt BT capability, a BT communication device is provided on the digital data capture device. The BT communication device is paired with the BT enabled mobile device to establish a connection. The client application detects capture of data and multimedia content on the digital data capture device and initiates transfer of the captured data, multimedia content, and associated files. The digital data capture device transfers the captured data, multimedia content, and the associated files to the client application. The client application automatically publishes the transferred data and multimedia content on one or more websites. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104016 | Automatic Multimedia Upload For Publishing Data And Multimedia Content - Disclosed herein is a method and system for utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a Bluetooth (BT) enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or more websites automatically or with minimal user intervention. A client application is provided on the BT enabled mobile device. In the absence of inbuilt BT capability, a BT communication device is provided on the digital data capture device. The BT communication device is paired with the BT enabled mobile device to establish a connection. The client application detects capture of data and multimedia content on the digital data capture device and initiates transfer of the captured data, multimedia content, and associated files. The digital data capture device transfers the captured data, multimedia content, and the associated files to the client application. The client application automatically publishes the transferred data and multimedia content on one or more websites. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104017 | SECURE GROUP KEY AGREEMENT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method for secure key agreement among a subset of a plurality of transceivers includes generating a first ordered subset of a plurality of keys k | 2015-04-16 |
20150104018 | Broadcast Replenishment of Account Parameters for Groups of Wireless Devices - A system and method are provided for the broadcast replenishment of account parameters for select groups of wireless devices, where select groups of wireless devices have their internally-stored account parameters (e.g., prepaid amount of usage authorization) simultaneously updated as a group by a single broadcast message, such as an encrypted SMS message. An account update message is generated based on the account parameters to be updated and encrypted using an encryption key uniquely associated with the select group of wireless devices. The encrypted account update message is broadcast for receipt by the select group of wireless devices, such only those wireless devices previously provided with a key for decryption can receive and decrypt the broadcast account update message. The wireless devices use information and/or instructions in the broadcast message in order to update their internally stored account parameters accordingly. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104019 | Direct Link Setup Method, Key Updating Method and Device - A method includes transmitting, by a first station to an access point, a direct link setup request message destined for a second station, where the direct link setup request message is used to request setup of a direct link between the first station and the second station, receiving, by the first station from the access point, a direct link setup response message point, where the direct link setup response message includes a first key information, and where the first key information is used to perform a secure transmission for service data transmitted in the direct link between the first station and the second station, and transmitting, by the first station to the second station over the direct link, a first direct link setup confirm message, where the first direct link setup confirm message is used to indicate that the first station has received the first key information. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104020 | Method, Network Element, and Mobile Station for Negotiating Encryption Algorithms - A method, network element, and mobile station (MS) are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining information that a plug-in card of the MS does not support a first encryption algorithm; deleting the first encryption algorithm from an encryption algorithm list permitted by a core network element according to the information that the plug-in card of the MS does not support the first encryption algorithm; sending the encryption algorithm list excluding the first encryption algorithm to an access network element, so that the access network element selects an encryption algorithm according to the encryption algorithm list excluding the first encryption algorithm and the MS capability information sent from the MS and sends the selected encryption algorithm to the MS. By using the method, network element, and MS, errors due to the fact that the plug-in card of the MS does not support an encryption algorithm may be avoided during the encryption process. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104021 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING REVERSIBLE DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH PARAMETRIC AUDIO CODERS - On the basis of a bitstream (P), an n-channel audio signal (X) is reconstructed by deriving an m-channel core signal (Y) and multichannel coding parameters (α) from the bitstream, where 1≦m2015-04-16 | |
20150104022 | Audio Processing Method and Audio Processing Apparatus - An audio processing method and apparatus are described. In one embodiment, at least one first sub-band of a first audio signal is suppressed to obtain a reduced first audio signal with reserved sub-bands; suppressing at least one second sub-band of the at least one second audio signal to obtain at least one reduced second audio signal with reserved sub-bands; and mixing the reduced first audio signal and at least one reduced second audio signal. Alternatively, a first spatial auditory property is assigned to a first audio signal so that the first audio signal may be perceived as originating from a first position. Alternatively, rhythmic similarity between at least two audio signals is detected, and time scaling is applied to an audio signal in response to relatively high rhythmic similarity between the audio signal and the other audio signal(s); and then at least two audio signals are mixed. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104023 | Generating A Reference Audio Fingerprint For An Audio Signal Associated With An Event - An audio identification system generates a reference audio fingerprint associated with an event. The reference audio fingerprint is generated from samples of an audio signal associated with the event captured by multiple devices. To generate the reference audio fingerprint, fingerprints are generated from each sample, and the generated fingerprints are temporally aligned. Fingerprints associated a temporally overlapping portion of the audio signal are averaged, and the average value is associated with the temporally overlapping portion of the audio signal and included in the reference audio fingerprint. The reference audio fingerprint is stored along with identifying information, such as an event name, an event time, an event date, or other information describing the event associated with the audio signal from which the samples were captured. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104024 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING NOISE LEVEL - Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring and/or recording noise levels at a location under surveillance over a time period. The apparatus includes a unit for capturing visual data of the location under surveillance, a unit for capturing audio data at the location under surveillance, a noise level process for deriving noise level data at the location under surveillance, and a unit to couple the visual and audio data with the noise level data. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104025 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACUTE SOUND DETECTION AND REPRODUCTION - Earpieces and methods for acute sound detection and reproduction are provided. A method can include measuring an external ambient sound level (xASL), monitoring a change in the xASL for detecting an acute sound, estimating a proximity of the acute sound, and upon detecting the acute sound and its proximity, reproducing the acute sound within an ear canal, where the ear canal is at least partially occluded by an earpiece. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104026 | PARAMETRIC EMITTER SYSTEM WITH NOISE CANCELATION - An ultrasonic noise cancelation system can include a communication module configured to receive a noise signal detected by a noise detection module, the noise signal representing a noise sound in a listener environment; a noise cancelation module configured to invert the received noise signal thereby creating an inverse noise signal representing an inverse of the noise sound; and a modulator configured to modulate the inverse noise signal onto an ultrasonic carrier to generate an ultrasonic signal. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104027 | ACOUSTIC COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A mounting system is provided to allow the attachment of an acoustic collector to a handheld electronic device such that sound is conducted directly to the device's microphone. A fitted case or band encloses part of the device and includes a tube running from the collector to the device's microphone. In certain embodiments, the tube may be embedded in the case, and a detachable mount may be provided to connect the collector to the case. The collector may be a stethoscope chestpiece, or an open air collector, such as a parabolic collector. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104028 | MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device includes an audio collection module, an audio player module and a switch module. The audio player module electrically connects to the audio collection module, and the switch module electrically connects to the audio player module. The audio collection module collects sounds to generate an audio signal. The audio player module plays the audio signal. The switch module sets an enabling signal for controlling the audio player module. The enabling signal is set to be at either a first state or a second state different from the first state. When the enabling signal is at the first state, the audio player module plays the audio signal under a first output mode. When the enabling signal is at the second state, the audio player module plays the audio signal under a second output mode different from the first output mode. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104029 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FAN NOISE - A system for controlling fan noise includes a fin, a fan, a sensor, a signal processing unit, and a speaker. The fin has a front side and a rear side opposite to the front side. The fan is disposed adjacent to the front side and has an airflow outlet, and the airflow outlet faces the front side. The sensor is disposed adjacent to the rear side and is used for receiving a sound signal made by the fan. After the signal processing unit receives the sound signal sent by the sensor, the signal processing unit provides an inversed phase signal by analysis and computation. The speaker is disposed adjacent to the rear side, for receiving and outputting the inversed phase signal provided by the signal processing unit, so as to offset the noise made by the fan. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104030 | ACTIVE-NOISE-REDUCTION DEVICE, AND ACTIVE-NOISE-REDUCTION SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE AND ACTIVE-NOISE-REDUCTION METHOD WHICH USE SAME - A reference signal generating unit of an active-noise-reduction device of the present invention outputs a referencing signal having a correlation with a vibration to an adaptive filter unit. A filter coefficient update unit receives an input of an error signal, and successively updates a filter coefficient of the adaptive filter unit. The error signal is generated by a cancelling sound based on the output of the adaptive filter unit and noise. The detection unit detects a filter coefficient of the filter coefficient update unit, and determines a size of the output of the adaptive filter unit. Then, the amplitude of the cancelling sound is adjusted based on the size of the output of the adaptive filter unit estimated by the detection unit. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104031 | LIMITING ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION OUTPUT - In general, techniques are described for limiting active noise cancellation output. As one example, an apparatus comprising one or more processors may perform the techniques. The one or more processors may be configured to, when an estimated noise level increases, dynamically lowering application of active noise cancellation to at least a portion of an audio signal to obtain at least a portion of an active noise cancelled version of the audio signal. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104032 | MIC COVERING DETECTION IN PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes noise canceling circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone may also be provided proximate the speaker to estimate an electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer. A processing circuit uses the reference and/or error microphone, optionally along with a microphone provided for capturing near-end speech, to determine whether one of the reference or error microphones is obstructed by comparing their received signal content and takes action to avoid generation of erroneous anti-noise. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104033 | Electronic Headset Accessory - A headset accessory comprises circuitry and is configured to mechanically attach to an audio headset. The circuitry of the headset may be operable to establish a link to the audio headset that supports conveyance of bias voltage, bias current, and/or information between the circuitry of the accessory and circuitry of the audio headset. The headset accessory may be configured to attach to a housing of the headset on a surface of the housing opposite an ear cup. A state of the circuitry of the accessory may be controlled based on the information received from the audio headset via the link. The information may include characteristics of audio being processed by the audio headset. The circuitry of the headset accessory may comprise non-volatile memory, and the non-volatile memory may store parameter settings for configuring audio processing circuitry of the audio headset. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104034 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING PROGRAMMING DATA BETWEEN A DATA UPGRADE/TRANSFER UNIT AND A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE THROUGH A SPEAKER MICROPHONE - An apparatus is disclosed for transferring programming data between a data upgrade/transfer unit, such as a programmer and/or a keyloader, and a communications device. The programming data and/or keys may be routed through a speaker microphone or other device. The speaker microphone includes, or connects to, a cable that connects to a connector interface on the communications device. Additionally, a jack or port on the speaker microphone connects to the programmer/keyloader via a data transfer cable. Programming data can be transmitted through the speaker microphone between the programmer/keyloader and the communications device. The speaker microphone can operate normally with the communications device when the programmer/keyloader is not connected to the port. The port on the speaker microphone may be configured to also connect to an accessory device, such as a headset, to transmit other types of data between the accessory device and the communications device by passing through the speaker microphone. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104035 | RECEIVER - A receiver is provided with a connector including: an outer earbud contact composed of a tube-shaped conductor and provided on the earbud side, an inner earbud contact arranged inside the outer earbud contact via an earbud-side insulator, an outer cable contact composed of a tube-shaped conductor and provided on the cable side, and an inner cable contact arranged inside the outer cable contact via a cable-side insulator; a coaxial connector being formed when the outer contacts are screwed into each other. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104036 | EQUALIZER APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide an audio having intended sound quality to a user even when a headphone that is different from a headphone used for generating equalizer information is used. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104037 | AUDIO SYSTEM, METHOD OF OUTPUTTING AUDIO, AND SPEAKER APPARATUS - An audio system, an audio outputting method, and a speaker apparatus are disclosed. The audio system includes a plurality of speaker modules connected to each other, a detection module configured to detect information of the plurality of speaker modules and user information, and a home control module configured to receive an audio signal, process the received audio signal based on the information of the plurality of speaker modules and the user information, and transmit the processed audio signal to the plurality of speaker modules. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104038 | WEARABLE COMPUTER - A wearable computer is provided. In particular, a communication unit transmits/receives information associated with a vehicle from/to an external control apparatus. A microphone collects sound waves generated from a sound source in the vehicle, and a posture detecting sensor detects a posture of a wearer. A controller then generates augmented reality information by processing internal and/or external information received from the external control apparatus, calculates a location of wearer using sound waves collected from the microphone, and generates augmented reality information according to an alignment of a window of vehicle or devices in the vehicle using the location and the posture of the wearer displays the augmented reality information generated at the controller. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SUPPRESSING HOWLING - Disclosed herein is an apparatus of suppressing howling, including: a microphone sensing a voice of a user to generate a voice signal; a memory storing a command for suppressing howling of the voice signal; and a processor suppressing the howling of the voice signal depending on the command, wherein the command includes a command allowing the following steps to be performed: calculating a first ratio, which is a ratio between a power of the current frame signal for the howling candidate frequency and the short-section average, and a second ratio, which is a ratio between the long-section average and the short-section average; determining the howling candidate frequency to be a howling frequency of the current frame signal; and suppressing the howling of the voice signal depending on the howling frequency. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104040 | HIGH FREQUENCY ENERGY CONVERTER - A high frequency energy converter which has application as an acoustic actuator for converting incoming high frequency energy into outgoing harmonized high frequency mechanical (e.g., sound) and electromagnetic waves. The energy converter is adapted to improve the quality of sound heard by a listener by reducing random and spurious harmonics that are introduced by the environment in which the listener is located. The energy converter includes an outer body and a reactive crystalline material (e.g., quartz) lying at the bottom of the outer body that is responsive to the incoming high frequency energy. A dispersion horn is located at the top of the outer body to be seated upon the crystalline material. The dispersion horn has a throat extending therethrough so that both incoming high frequency energy and outgoing high frequency mechanical and electromagnetic waves are transmitted through the throat of the horn in opposite directions. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104041 | Method and System For a Headset With Integrated Environment Sensors - An electronic device receives audio from an audio source and outputs the audio via speakers of the device. While outputting the audio via the speakers, the device senses its surrounding environment, and adjusts its operation, based on the sensed environment, to alert a listener wearing the device. The adjustment may comprise generation of one or more audio, visual, and/or vibration notifications to the listener using the device. A volume of the audio output via the speakers may be adjusted based on the sensed surrounding environment. The device may detect whether a first condition is present in the surrounding environment, decrease the volume when the first condition is detected in the surrounding environment, and increase the volume when the first condition is not detected in the surrounding environment. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104042 | Audio Control Console - An audio control console includes a housing. The housing includes: an operating board provided with a plurality of rows of a plurality of channel strips each including a plurality of operating members each for controlling a value of a parameter of an audio signal processing in a signal processing channel; a support board comprising a flat blank region allowing an object to be placed thereon; and a stepped surface connecting the operating board and the support board to each other. The stepped surface connects the operating board and the support board to each other such that a height position of the support board is above a height position of the operating board. The blank region is inclined downward toward the stepped surface. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104043 | Recording Method, Recording System, Recording Program Storage Medium, Acoustic Processing Method, and Acoustic Processing Device - A recording method includes acquiring each piece of acoustic data representing a sound from each of a plurality of portable terminal devices. The each of the plurality of portable terminal devices includes a recording unit configured to generate the piece of acoustic data. The recording method also includes executing synchronization processing for synchronizing the respective pieces of acoustic data and executing mixing processing for mixing a plurality of pieces of acoustic data for which the synchronization processing has been executed. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104044 | Throat-Vibration-Type Microphone and Communication Hands-Free Device Containing Same - A throat-vibration-type sensor includes a ceramic sheet and a copper sheet received in a box body, wherein the ceramic sheet and the copper sheet are electrically connected to an amplification circuit for voice communications. The volume and thickness of the throat-vibration-type sensor is reduced, the cost thereof is reduced, the assembly thereof is easy, and the reception effect is increased. The throat-vibration-type sensor is combined with a communication hand-free device which includes a control circuit board, a sound amplification device and a battery unit. The throat-vibration-type sensor is used for relieving the interference of external noise. The communication hand-free device combined with the throat-vibration-type sensor avoids the inability of identifying a voice signal because of a wind shear sound caused by a high moving speed of a wearer, to improve the overall utilization efficiency of the communication hand-free device. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104045 | ULTRASONIC EMITTER SYSTEM WITH AN INTEGRATED EMITTER AND AMPLIFIER - An ultrasonic emitter is provided, where at least one of an amplifier, driver circuit, and signal processing circuitry is integrated onto or into the ultrasonic emitter. The ultrasonic emitter may include a backing plate and an amplifier and/or associated processing integrated directly onto the backing plate for amplifying and matching an audio modulated ultrasonic carrier signal to the ultrasonic emitter. The emitter is configured to launch a pressure-wave representation of the audio modulated ultrasonic carrier signal into the air. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104046 | PARAMETRIC TRANSDUCER WITH GRAPHENE CONDUCTIVE SURFACE - An ultrasonic audio speaker includes an emitter and a driver. The emitter can include a first layer having a conductive surface; a second layer having a conductive surface; and an insulating layer disposed between the first and second conductive surfaces, wherein the first and second layers are disposed in touching relation to the insulating layer. The driver circuit can include two inputs configured to be coupled to receive an audio modulated ultrasonic signal from an amplifier and two outputs, wherein a first output is coupled to the conductive surface of the first layer and the second output is coupled to the conductive surface of the second layer. Either one or both of the conductive surfaces of the first and second layers may be graphene. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104047 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD - When a driving module is performing processing of vibrating a piezoelectric vibration module based on a sound signal in an electronic apparatus, a determination module determines whether or not an ear putting position specified by an ear putting position specifying module is close to a reference position. When the processing is being performed, a notification module notifies the user at least one of that the ear putting position is appropriate and that the ear putting position is inappropriate, based on a determination result of the determination module. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104048 | CAPACITANCE SENSOR, ACOUSTIC SENSOR, AND MICROPHONE - A capacitance sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over an upper side of the substrate, a back plate formed over the upper side of the substrate to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate arranged on the back plate facing the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is divided into a plurality of regions. A sensing unit configured by the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is formed in each of the divided regions. The plurality of sensing units output a plurality of signals having different sensitivities. At least some sensing units of the sensing units have vibration electrode plates having areas different from the areas of the vibration electrode plates in the other sensing units. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104049 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE, AUGMENTED REALITY ACOUSTIC DEVICE, ACOUSTIC SYSTEM, ACOUSTIC PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An acoustic device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including: first determining, based on a state of a user, an arbitrary object from among objects around the user as an object that is watched by the user; second determining the watched object as a target when a predetermined determination time elapses from a timing at which the arbitrary object is determined as the watched object; generating, when the watched object is determined as the target, acoustic signals for outputting audio of a sound generator corresponding to the target in association with a position of the target; and making, based on a difference between a moving direction of the user and a direction of a body of the user, an adjustment to reduce remaining time until when the predetermined determination time elapses. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104050 | Determining the Configuration of an Audio System For Audio Signal Processing - An audio system includes one or more speakers situated in an environment. The positions of components which are relevant to the audio system may be used to adapt how an audio signal is output from the speakers, in order to implement complex audio effects such as wave field synthesis and beamforming. An image of the environment is captured (e.g. with a camera) and the positions of relevant components of the environment are identified by processing the captured image. The identified positions may then be used to adapt the output of an audio signal from one or more of the speakers of the audio system. In this way it is simple to configure the audio system to suit the positions of the relevant components in the environment. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104051 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND VIDEO/AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE USING THE SAME - An audio output device including a casing, a first speaker component, a second speaker component and a sound-guiding board, and a video/audio output device using the same are disclosed. The first speaker component is a circular speaker, and is disposed at the casing. The first speaker component faces towards a first direction. The second speaker component is disposed at the casing, and faces towards a second direction which is different from the first direction. The sound-guiding board is a square plate body, located above the first speaker component, and is separated at a predetermined distance from the first speaker component. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104052 | DEVICES FOR ENHANCING TRANSMISSIONS OF STIMULI IN AUDITORY PROSTHESES - An actuator provides vibrational stimulation to a recipient of a bone conduction device. To ensure proper operation of the actuator, a known signal is delivered to a coil associated therewith. An output signal from the coil is analyzed for distortion, the presence of which indicates that the actuator is out of balance. If distortion is present, adjustments are made to the position of certain embodiments within the actuator to obtain a properly balanced device. Methods also include testing for distortion, after manufacture of the device. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104053 | DIRECT DRIVE MICRO HEARING DEVICE - A device and methods are provided for a hearing device. In one embodiment, a hearing device includes a microphone to receive sound, an interactive tip and actuator. The actuator can include an actuator element and preload force element to place the interactive tip in contact with a portion of an ear. The hearing device includes circuitry coupled to the microphone and actuator, the circuitry configured to process sound received by the microphone and drive the actuator based on processed sound, wherein the actuator drives the interactive tip relative to a portion of the ear based on one or more signals received from the circuitry. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104054 | MULTIPLE APERTURE SPEAKER ASSEMBLY - Methods and apparatus are provided for waveguide structures and speaker assemblies. In one embodiment, a waveguide may include an input aperture configured to receive a sound signal from a sound source, and a plurality of isolated sound paths having substantially equal path lengths. Each isolated sound path may be formed within a housing of the waveguide and formed with a curved path to reduce the depth of the waveguide. The waveguide may include a plurality of plugs, wherein each plug divides an output of one of the isolated sound paths into a plurality of output sound paths and defines a plurality of output apertures of the waveguide. Each output sound path is characterized by a reduced width relative to the output of the isolated sound path, the plurality of output apertures configured to output a combined sound signal based, at least in part, on the plurality of sound signals. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104055 | BRANCHED ACOUSTIC DEVICE - An acoustic device configured for use with an audio source. The acoustic device includes a stem portion and multiple branches forming a cavity for passage of an audio signal when connected to an audio source. An array of multiple acoustic devices or nodes may be physically connected to form a tree-like structure for providing amplified sound in an aesthetically and tonally pleasing manner which fills its surrounding with sound. In view of the physical connectability of the individual nodes, an audio outputting device may be form which is easily modified, scaled, and/or re-configured to adjust its tonal properties and directionality. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104056 | Electret Condenser Microphone - The electret condenser microphone according to the present invention includes an electret condenser microphone unit including a diaphragm and a fixed pole disposed opposite to the diaphragm; and a three-pin plug including a hot terminal and a cold terminal and being capable of producing a balanced output, wherein each of the hot terminal and the cold terminal is coupled to an FET that functions as an impedance converter a gate terminal of one of the FETs is coupled to the diaphragm, a gate terminal of the other of the FETs is coupled to the fixed pole, and the gate terminal of the FET coupled to the cold terminal is AC-grounded. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104057 | NEW SPEAKER - A speaker including one or multiple transducers, an enclosure, and a suspension mounted on the enclosure, wherein the suspension and the enclosure are configured such that the enclosure is capable of vibrating as a result of operation of the transducer so as to produce audible sound. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104058 | IMAGE-RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Digital watermark encoding—and associated registry transactions—are made transparent to consumers—performed as built-in features of common image processing operations, such as taking a picture, or printing a picture. In one arrangement, a user particularly defines network experiences that a hardcopy image is to invoke. The user may interact with buttons and other controls of a graphical user interface on the touchscreen of a printer to author specific experiences that should be triggered by a hardcopy image—such as launching a related video, playing a recorded audio clip, displaying other images in a story narrative to which the hardcopy image relates, etc. These choices can be made at the time of printing, or the printer can be used as an interface to establish or adjust such network experiences after printing. The printer then attends to interactions with network infrastructure components needed to give the hardcopy print the user-desired functionality. In another arrangement, the content experience triggered by a printed image is authored automatically, e.g., by reference to data mined from the image's online context (e.g., Facebook photo album). A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104059 | Automatic Photo Album Creation Based On Social Information - A social photo curation system is used to automatically identify a subset of photos for an album to provide to a viewing user. The album and its photos are associated with metadata indicating information about the photos, such as individuals tagged in the photos, locations where the photos were taken, keywords or concepts associated with the photos, and the quality and variety of the photos. The social photo curation system uses this metadata to score and select the photos for a particular viewing user. The scoring and selection of photos for the album may be independent of the viewing user, or it may be customized based on the viewing user's interests and connections to other users in a social networking system. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104060 | Automatic Photo Album Creation Based On Social Information - A social photo curation system is used to automatically identify a subset of photos for an album to provide to a viewing user. The album and its photos are associated with metadata indicating information about the photos, such as individuals tagged in the photos, locations where the photos were taken, keywords or concepts associated with the photos, and the quality and variety of the photos. The social photo curation system uses this metadata to score and select the photos for a particular viewing user. The scoring and selection of photos for the album may be independent of the viewing user, or it may be customized based on the viewing user's interests and connections to other users in a social networking system. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104061 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY MESSAGE HIDING AND REVEALING - The present invention relates to an operation method for executing games on mobile camera enabled terminal devices and to devices capable of executing the method. The method is based on hiding augmented reality messages in pictures by taking an image of an object, providing symbols; linking the symbols to the image, such that the symbols are not visible when displaying the image, and sending the image and the linked invisible symbols via a wireless connection as a first image to a mobile camera terminal device. The invention also provides a second component to re-visualize the hidden message by receiving the first image, taking a second image with a camera of the mobile camera terminal device, displaying the second image, comparing the first and second images to determine a matching measure, and visibly displaying the linked invisible symbols on the display, if the comparison fulfills at least one predetermined condition. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104062 | PROBABILISTIC NEURAL NETWORK BASED MOVING OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND AN APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present disclosure proposes a method of moving object detection in variable bit-rate video steams based on probabilistic neural networks, and the method features a background generation module and a moving object detection module. The background generation module produces a model of background images which express properties of variable bit-rate video streams. The moving object detection module distinguishes a moving object in both low and high bit-rate video steams in an efficient manner. The detection result is generated by calculating the output value of the probabilistic neural networks. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104063 | CRUISING ZONE DIVISION LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A cruising zone division line recognition apparatus has an image acquisition device that acquires an image including a road surface ahead of a vehicle, and an image recognition device. The image recognition device adds blurring to an area including the road surface in the acquired image and recognizes a cruising zone division line from the image to which blurring has been added. When blurring is added, a cruising zone division line that is an intermittent double line included in a captured image can be made unclear. Therefore, the recognized cruising zone division line can be prevented from becoming a discontinuous, disjointed line. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104064 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF FOREIGN OBJECTS IN MARITIME ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention provides techniques for detecting foreign objects in a region of interest in maritime environments. Image data indicative of a sequence of successively acquired images of the region of interest, is analyzed to determine candidate points of interest, and data indicative of said points is processed to identify candidate points that are adjacently accumulated in different locations in images data. Grouping data may be then generated based on the identified accumulations of candidate points indicative of a group of said candidate points. The grouping data is processed to identify spatio-temporal correlation between the points in the group and determine a corresponding track function, thereby enabling detection of a presence of a foreign object in the image data. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104065 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT IN IMAGE - An apparatus and method for recognizing an object are provided. The apparatus includes an input component configured to receive an input image that includes a target object, and a processor configured to recognize a target object in the received image using image-object correlation information that represents a correlation between an image and an object. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104066 | Method for improving tracking in crowded situations using rival compensation - A method for tracking objects across a number of image frames includes tracking objects in the frames based on appearance models of each foreground region corresponding to each of the objects and determining if a plurality of the tracked objects overlap. Where a plurality of the tracked objects overlap, the method creates compensated appearance models for each of the plurality of overlapping objects by attenuating common appearance features among the corresponding appearance models; and tracks the plurality of overlapping objects based on the created compensated appearance models. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING TRACKING FEATURE - A method and an apparatus for tracking an object, and a method for selecting a tracking feature are disclosed. The object tracking method includes tracking, based on a previously selected first tracking feature, the object in a sequence of video frames having the object; when a scene of the video frame is changed, selecting a second tracking feature with optimal tracking performance for the changed scene; and continuing tracking the object based on the selected second tracking feature. According to the object tracking method, a feature with optimal tracking performance for a corresponding scene can be dynamically selected in response to the changed scene in the tracking of a hand, thus it is possible to perform accurate tracking. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104068 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING FIDUCIALS WITH KNOWN SHAPE - This invention provides a system and method for determining the pose of shapes that are known to a vision system that undergo both affine transformation and deformation. The object image with fiducial is acquired. The fiducial has affine parameters, including degrees of freedom (DOFs), search ranges and search step sizes, and control points with associated DOFs and step sizes. Each 2D affine parameter's search range and the distortion control points' DOFs are sampled and all combinations are obtained. The coarsely specified fiducial is transformed for each combination and a match metric is computed for the transformed fiducial, generating a score surface. Peaks are computed on this surface, as potential candidates, which are refined until a match metric is maximized. The refined representation exceeding a predetermined score is returned as potential shapes in the scene. Alternately the candidate with the best score can be used as a training fiducial. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104069 | Method for Discovering Augmented Reality Object, and Terminal - A method for discovering an augmented reality (AR) object is provided that is applicable to the field of AR technologies. The method for discovering an AR object includes, when it is determined, according to a pre-generated navigation route and a movement speed of a terminal, that a vicinity of a preselected AR object is reached, determining a status of the terminal; when it is determined that the terminal is in a searching state, starting a camera and acquiring a picture; and when the acquired picture includes the AR object, notifying of the AR object. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104070 | DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING PARKING LOTS IN REMOTELY-SENSED IMAGES - Processing and analyzing at least one remotely-sensed image to automatically detect and identify parking lots within a region of the remotely-sensed image. This may include: (1) receiving a remotely-sensed image having zero or more parking lots; (2) identifying a set of pixels related to parking lot features within the remotely-sensed image; (3) identifying at least one parking row within the remotely-sensed image; and (3) identifying a parking lot based on the identified parking rows. Identifying at least one parking lot may further include using first, second, third, and fourth level modules, such as a concrete/asphalt detection module, a road marking detection module, a vehicle detection module, and a Hough aggregation for parking row detection module. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104071 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREDICTION - An aerial image relates to a geographic area. The aerial image is analyzed to identify at least one traffic signal in the geographic area. Based at least in part on analyzing the aerial image, a timing prediction is determined for the at least one traffic signal. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104072 | LANE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING PHOTOGRAPHING UNIT - A lane detection method includes acquiring an image in front of a vehicle using a photographing unit provided in the vehicle, detecting, from the acquired image, a positive edge (P.E.) in which a right pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a left pixel, detecting, from the acquired image, a negative edge (N.E.) in which a left pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a right pixel, generating a first expansion image by expanding a pixel by a length corresponding to a width of a lane on a right side of the positive edge (P.E.), generating a second expansion image by expanding the pixel by the length corresponding to the width of the lane on a left side of the negative edge (N.E.), and detecting the lane by combining the first expansion image and the second expansion image. In addition, a lane detection system includes a photographing unit that is provided in a vehicle to acquire an image in front of the vehicle, an edge detection unit that detects, from the image in front of the vehicle, a positive edge (P.E.) in which a right pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a left pixel and a negative edge (N.E.) in which a left pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a right pixel, an edge expansion unit that generates a first expansion image by expanding a pixel by a length corresponding to a width of a lane on a right side of the positive edge (P.E.) and generates a second expansion image by expanding the pixel by the length corresponding to the width of the lane on a left side of the negative edge (N.E.), and a lane detection unit that detects the lane by combining the first expansion image and the second expansion image. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104073 | DELAYED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION FOR PRIVACY ENFORCEMENT - A method for recognition of an identifier such as a license plate includes storing first visual signatures, each extracted from a first image of a respective object, such as a vehicle, captured at a first location, and first information associated with the first captured image, such as a time stamp. A second visual signature is extracted from a second image of a second object captured at a second location and second information associated with the second captured image is acquired. A measure of similarity is computed between the second visual signature and at least some of the first visual signatures to identify a matching one. A test is performed, which is a function of the first and the second information associated with the matching signatures. Only when it is confirmed that the test has been met, identifier recognition is performed to identify the identifier of the second object. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104074 | DEPTH MAP GENERATION AND POST-CAPTURE FOCUSING - Aspects of depth map generation and post capture focusing and re-focusing are described. According to one embodiment, a depth map is generated. The depth map may include a mapping among relative depth values in a field of view of an image based on a difference between pixels of a first image and pixels of a second image. An edge map may also be generated by identifying edges in at least one of the first image or the second image. Using the depth map and the edge map, the relative depth values in the depth map may be smoothed using the edge map. In this manner, certain discontinuities in depth values may be smoothed within edge-bounded regions defined by the edge map. The depth map may be used for focusing and re-focusing, for example, or for object extraction, scene understanding, or gesture recognition, among other imaging processes. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104075 | Z-AXIS DETERMINATION IN A 2D GESTURE SYSTEM - Systems, apparatus and methods for determining a gesture are presented. According to some aspects, disclosed are systems, apparatus and methods for determining a gesture that compares different images and deduces a direction and/or distance based on a relative size change of a palm in the different images. After a reference palm size is registered, subsequent palm sizes are compared to the reference to determine if and/or how much the hand is moving. The hand gesture is determined based on these relative changes in hand movement. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104076 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a distance information generation portion configured to generate first distance information about an object to be measured based on a phase difference between images provided by a plurality of first cameras having a first base length, and generate second distance information about the object to be measured based on a phase difference between images provided by a plurality of second cameras having a second base length that is different from the first base length; and a distance extraction portion configured to extract distance information from an imaging position and the object to be measured based on the first distance information and the second distance information. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104077 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: a camera configured to generate a captured image by capturing motion of an object; an image processor configured to process the captured image; a storage configured to store a predetermined information which is common data included in common in a plurality of motion history images (MHI) obtained by capturing respectively the motions by a predetermined form; and a controller configured to determine that a form of the motion by the object within the captured image corresponds to the predetermined form if it is determined that MHI data of the captured image includes the predetermined information. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104078 | Image Data Processing - A method for processing image data of a sample is disclosed. The method comprises registering a first and a second images of at least partially overlapping spatial regions of the sample and processing data from the registered images to obtain integrated image data comprising information about the sample, said information being additional to that available from said first and second images. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104079 | Checking Device for a Label, with a Detection and Processing Unit for the Detection of the Label - Checking device for a label, with a detection and processing unit for the detection of the label and with a layout unit for the creation of a layout of the label, wherein the checking device comprises a data converter unit configured in such a way that it generates test data from data for creating the label in order to control the detection and processing unit. The invention also relates to a data converter unit for use in a checking device, wherein the data converter unit is configured in such a way that it generates test data from data for creating a label for checking the label. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104080 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR OBSCURING ENTITIES DEPICTED IN CAPTURED IMAGES - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring an image that includes a depiction of a feature of one or more entities, attaining identification of a particular entity of the one or more entities for which the depiction of the feature is present in the image, and obtaining relationship data that indicates whether the particular entity has a relationship with a device that facilitated acquisition of the image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104081 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING USER LIVENESS - A method determining user liveness is provided that includes calculating, by a device, eye openness measures for a frame included in captured authentication data, and storing the eye openness measures in a buffer of the device. Moreover the method includes calculating confidence scores from the eye openness measures stored in the buffer, and detecting an eye blink when a maximum confidence score is greater than a threshold score. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104082 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to process an image photographed by the camera and determine a user face within the image; and a controller configured to control the processor to determine whether same user faces appear in a plurality of video frames by tracing one or more user faces within the respective video frames included in the image. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104083 | THIN BIOMETRIC DETECTION MODULE - There is provided a thin biometric detection module, which is advantageous in being able to detect scattered light from body tissue after the light transmitting in the body tissue without additional optical mechanism placed on the semiconductor optical detection pixel of the detection module for biometric detection. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104084 | SCANNING SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A scanning system and an image display method are provided, the method including: implementing a scanning process to obtain scanning data; converting the scanning data into image data; implementing an identification process and a segmentation process to the image data to obtain position and direction information of an interventional device; and calculating a first set of imaging parameters corresponding to a first image display mode based on the obtained position and direction information of the interventional device, and implementing real-time image display based on the first set of imaging parameters. Position and direction of interventional devices may be determined accurately. Further, multiple display modes are available, which may provide an accurate and full range image display. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104085 | Method and System for Ranking Instruments - A system including or receiving information regarding the geometry of a patient can be used to identify possible or appropriate instruments for a patient. Instruments can include pacing and defibrillation leads. Information regarding the patient can include target location size, bifurcation angles, and tortuosity of a path. Information regarding the instrument can include diameter, shape, stiffness, and/or other handling characteristics. The information can be used to identify or rank instruments. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104086 | Graphical User Interface for In-Vivo Imaging - A graphical user interface is provided which allows the user to perform numerous operations suitable for analysis of in-vivo images within a single display screen or a single window. Using the in-vivo GUI, the user may create and manipulate analysis tools such as rectangle and ellipse tools to define regions of interest and perform various measurements on an in-vivo image. In addition, the GUI allows the user to store measurement results in a dated electronic notebook, display testing information, manipulate image presentation and print while maintaining view of the image. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104087 | Automated Fundus Image Field Detection and Quality Assessment - A method, system, and computer readable medium which automatically determine the side, field and a level of image quality of fundus images of the retina of a human eye is disclosed. The disclosure combines image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition techniques in a unique way to provide a robust process to identify and grade the quality of fundus images with application to improve efficiency and reduce errors in clinical or diagnostic retinal imaging workflows. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104088 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A FIRST SIGNAL FOR ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE AT LEAST ONE PERIODIC COMPONENT THEREOF - A method of facilitating obtaining a first signal, for analysis to characterize at least one periodic component, includes obtaining two second signals representative of intensities of electromagnetic radiation. The first signal is at least derivable from an output signal obtainable by applying a transformation to the second signals such that any value of the output signal is based on values from each respective second signal at corresponding points in time. The method further includes obtaining a value of a variable determining influences of components of respective second signals on the output signal when the signals corresponding to the second signals are captured and the transformation is applied, by (i) analyzing the first, second and/or the output signals to select a value of a parameter corresponding to a respective one of the variables; or (ii) calculating values of at least one time-varying factor corresponding to a respective one of the variables. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104089 | DETERMINATION OF Z-EFFECTIVE VALUE FOR SET OF VOXELS USING CT DENSITY IMAGE AND SPARSE MULTI-ENERGY DATA - Z-effective (e.g., atomic number) values are generated for one or more sets of voxels in a CT density image using sparse (measured) multi-energy projection data. Voxels in the CT density image are assigned a starting z-effective value, causing a CT z-effective image to be generated from the CT density image. The accuracy of the assigned z-effective values is tested by forward projecting the CT z-effective image to generate synthetic multi-energy projection data and comparing the synthetic multi-energy projection data to the sparse multi-energy projection data. When the measure of similarity between the synthetic data and the sparse data is low, the z-effective value assigned to one or more voxels is modified until the measure of similarity is above a specified threshold (e.g., with an associated confidence score), at which point the z-effective values substantially reflect the z-effective values that would be obtained using a (more expensive) dual-energy CT imaging modality. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104090 | MODIFICATION OF A HOLLOW ORGAN REPRESENTATION - A method and a system are disclosed for interactively creating and/or modifying a hollow organ representation on the basis of medical-technical image data of a hollow organ. An embodiment of the method includes providing the medical-technical image data together with a hollow organ course line representing the course of the hollow organ; providing a plurality of contour representations of a contour of the hollow organ representation along the hollow organ course line; receiving a command input for the input and/or modification of a selected contour representation and/or of the hollow organ course line; locally modifying (H) the contour of the hollow organ representation on the basis of the command input, taking into consideration a number of contour representations adjacent to the selected contour representation on at least one side along the hollow organ course line, using an automatic interpolating sweep algorithm. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104091 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A three-dimensional image captured by imaging a subject using a first imaging device is acquired. A two-dimensional image captured by imaging a surface of the subject using a second imaging device is acquired. Information representing the surface position of the subject is acquired from the three-dimensional image. A projection image in a case where seeing the three-dimensional image from the viewpoint of the second imaging device is generated based on the information representing the surface position. The three-dimensional image is aligned with the two-dimensional image with respect to the subject using the projection image and the two-dimensional image. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104092 | DETERMINING A VALUE OF A RECORDING PARAMETER BY USE OF AN ANATOMIC LANDMARK - A method and an imaging system are disclosed. The method, for determining at least one value of at least one recording parameter for a recording of an X-ray image of a patient positioned on an examination table, uses contactless scanning of at least part of the surface of the patient via at least one electromagnetic sensor, to calculate the three-dimensional contour of the scanned surface without additional exposure to radiation. At least one anatomic landmark of the patient can be identified using the three-dimensional contour, and the position of the anatomic landmark is determinable in the coordinate system of the table. The value of the recording parameter is determinable using the position of the anatomic landmark. The value of the recording parameter is determinable quickly and easily since contactless scanning of surfaces can be achieved quickly and easily in terms of technology. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104093 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention discloses an image processing method and apparatus, where the method includes: downscaling an image to be processed; identifying identifiable targets in the downscaled image, and localizing temporary unidentifiable targets in the downscaled image; identifying the temporary unidentifiable targets at positions, corresponding to localized positions in the downscaled image, in the image to be processed. According to the present invention, only one object lens is needed to obtain the image to be processed, and no switching process between a high magnification lens and a low magnification lens is required during a target screening process; so that image identification speed is increased, and mechanical errors and offset in positioning are avoided. | 2015-04-16 |
20150104094 | DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY MASK - A defect detection system for an extreme ultraviolet lithography mask comprises an extreme ultraviolet light source ( | 2015-04-16 |