16th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160111030 | MULTI-PANELED SIGNAGE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An article ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111031 | PORTABLE PRESENTATION AND/OR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A lightweight, dry erase board structure assembly includes a set of dry erase boards, legs and feet. The boards have central foam board core coated on one side with a dry erase surface and a pre-applied adhesive material on the uncoated side. The dry erase boards are attached to two support legs. The legs are reinforced with custom cut feet with a pre-applied adhesive material. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111032 | AIRFRAME DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An airframe display system and method. The airframe display system has an airtight airframe having at least one airbeam. The airbeam has a sleeve of dimensionally stable material. A stretch fabric cover is received over the airframe whereby, upon inflation, the airframe is substantially rigid and the stretch fabric cover is taut over the airframe defining a display surface area. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111033 | PORTABLE PERIMETER WARNING INDICATION SYSTEM - A portable perimeter warning indication system configured for denoting the safety status of neighboring areas. The system includes a base member and a telescoping pole. The base member operates between a closed and open position. The telescoping pole is in selective communication with the base member and contains a strap housing. The telescoping pole is configured to extend and locate the strap housing at a particular height. The strap housing includes a retractable strap configured to indicate a perimeter between two or more points. The strap visually indicates the individual safety status of each area on either side of the strap. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111034 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of operating display device includes initializing an image display reference coordinate as a random coordinate among coordinates included in a shift pattern when power is applied to the display device, shifting the image display reference coordinate from the random coordinate along the shift pattern, and displaying an input image to a display panel included in the display device based on the image display reference coordinate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111035 | DRIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a display device having a driver that drives load lines in an electro-optical panel through capacitor charge redistribution, a data voltage is determined by a capacitance ratio during capacitive driving. However, a panel-side capacitance is a capacitance external to a driver IC, and thus it is difficult to set the capacitance ratio exactly. Accordingly, voltage driving, which outputs a data voltage corresponding to tone data to a data voltage output terminal using a voltage driving circuit, is carried out after capacitive driving that drives the electro-optical panel has been started. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111036 | POWER SAVING DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Displays and display driving methods implement a pixel set/reset scheme. Pixel cells of an example display each include a set terminal, a reset terminal, an output terminal, and a set/reset circuit. Responsive to receiving a set signal on the set terminal, the set/reset circuit asserts a first signal on the output terminal and maintains the first signal on the output terminal until a reset signal is received on the reset terminal. Responsive to receiving a reset signal on the reset terminal, the set/reset circuit asserts a second signal on the output terminal and maintains the second signal on the output terminal until a set signal is received on the set terminal. The optical output of the pixel depends on when the first signal and the second signal are asserted on the output terminal of the set/reset circuit during a predefined modulation period. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111037 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a display region configured to display an image and a non-display region extending outside the display region and having a first driver and a second driver arranged to communicate electrical signals with the display region, and at least one flexible printed circuit boards electrically connected to the flexible display panel, where the first driver is arranged on both opposite sides of a first edge of the flexible display panel in a rolled direction of the flexible display panel, the second driver is arranged on both opposite sides of a second edge of the flexible display panel in a direction intersecting the rolled direction of the flexible display panel, and the at least one flexible printed circuit boards are simultaneously connected to the both opposite sides of the first edge. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111038 | DRIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a display device including a driver that drives load lines in an electro-optical panel through capacitor charge redistribution, load capacitance among the load lines of the electro-optical panel differs depending on parasitic capacitance of a board on which the load lines are mounted, the type of the panel, and so on, and the accuracy of driving voltages drops due to such variations. The driver is provided with a adjusting capacitance group that corrects variation in load capacitance, and by adjusting a driving capacitance on the driver side, a ratio with the load capacitance is increased and accuracy of a post-driving potential is increased. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Appropriate power consumption mode control is to be performed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111040 | PANEL ARRAY FOR DISPLAY DEVICE WITH NARROW BEZEL - A display device with a reduced bezel area is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display device includes a cut-out region on which an electronic component is to be placed, and a display panel for displaying an image. The cut-out region extends from a first side toward a second side of the display device. The display panel includes a first display area between a third side of the display device and the cut-out region, a second display area between a fourth side of the display device and the cut-out region, and a third display area between the third side and the fourth side of the display device, the third display area disposed below the first display area, the second display area, and the cut-out region toward the second side of the display device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111041 | INTERACTIVE INFORMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods of providing information using an interactive information device ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111042 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL DEVICE - A display device and a power control device capable of preventing the degradation of image quality that may occur unexpectedly by performing the sub-pixel luminance deviation compensation. The display device can include an analog-to-digital converter, a timing controller, a power generator, and a power controller, among other components. The power control device can include a power generator and a power controller, among other components. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111043 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes pixel driving circuits to control pixels which include organic light emitting diodes. The pixel driving circuits include a first pixel driving circuit and a second pixel driving circuit, and the organic light emitting diodes include a first organic light emitting diode. The first organic light emitting diode emits light at a first brightness based on a driving current from the first pixel driving circuit in a first frame, and emits light at a second brightness based on a driving current from the second pixel driving circuit in a second frame. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111044 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR SAME - There is realized a display device capable of compensating for a deterioration of a circuit element while suppressing an increase of a circuit scale. One horizontal scanning period for a monitor row is composed of: a detection preparation period where preparation for detecting TFT characteristics and OLED characteristics is performed in the monitor row; a TFT characteristic detection period where current measurement for detecting the TFT characteristics is performed; an OLED characteristic detection period where current measurement for detecting the OLED characteristics is performed; and a light emission preparation period where preparation for allowing an organic EL element to emit light is performed in the monitor row. Data lines are used not only as signal lines that transfer a signal for allowing an organic EL element in each pixel circuit to emit light at desired brightness, but also as characteristic detecting signal lines. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111045 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a display apparatus including a switching transistor, a correction voltage for eliminating an effect of a variation in a characteristic of a driving transistor is stored in a storage capacitor. The switching transistor is disposed between one current terminal of the driving transistor and a light emitting element. The switching transistor turns off during the non-light emission period thereby to electrically disconnect the light emitting element from the one current terminal of the driving transistor thereby preventing a leakage current from flowing through the light emitting element during the period in which the correction unit operates, and thus preventing the correction voltage from having an error due to the leakage current. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111046 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device including: plurality of data lines; a charging line formed in a direction crossing the plurality of data lines; and charging switches connected between the charging line and the data lines. The charging line inputs a charging voltage and the charging switches are individually controlled in data line. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111047 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT - A display apparatus and a display control circuit which may contain an occurrence of the inappropriate brightness, such as flickering, at the time of pausing driving are provided. A scan period (St | 2016-04-21 |
20160111048 | SENSOR DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, SENSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A sensor device includes: a light sensor that acquires a first light quantity measurement value that is proportional to a light quantity of a backlight and a first measurement time; a light quantity target value calculating unit that calculates a light quantity target value based on a user setting for the backlight; and a measurement time calculating unit that calculates a second measurement time for when the light sensor acquires a second light quantity measurement value a next time, based on the acquired first light quantity measurement value and the light quantity target value. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111049 | Rapid Estimation Of Effective Illuminance Patterns For Projected Light Fields - Apparatus and methods are provided that employ one or more of a variety of techniques for reducing the time required to display high resolution images on a high dynamic range display having a light source layer and a display layer. In one technique, the image resolution is reduced, an effective luminance pattern is determined for the reduced resolution image, and the resolution of the effective luminance pattern is then increased to the resolution of the—display layer. In another technique, the light source layer's point spread function is decomposed into a plurality of components, and an effective luminance pattern is determined for each component. The effective luminance patterns are then combined to produce a total effective luminance pattern. Additional image display time reduction techniques are provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111050 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first block, which has a first first-color pixel set and a first second-color pixel set, and a second block, which has a second first-color pixel set and a second second-color pixel set. A cardinality of the first first-color pixel set plus a cardinality of the first second-color pixel set is unequal to a cardinality of the second first-color pixel set plus a cardinality of the second second-color pixel set. The display device includes a data driver for generating a first data voltage and a second data voltage based on a first curve and a second curve, respectively, and for providing the first data voltage and the second data voltage to the first block and the second block, respectively. A brightness value associated with the first curve is unequal to a brightness value associated with the second curve with respect to a same grayscale level. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111051 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a gate driver circuit configured to generate a plurality of gate signals sequentially applied to the gate lines, and a timing controller configured to generate a reference control signal, the reference control signal adjusting at least one of a pulse-width and a phase of a predetermined gate signal among the gate signals. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111052 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS - A method of driving a display panel includes applying gate signals to gate lines of the display panel that extend in a first direction. A plurality of data lines extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Pixels are defined by an intersection of the gate lines and the data lines. Common electrode contact pixels are provided, in which a common electrode is contacted with a gate electrode extruded from the gate line. A data signal having a first polarity and a data signal having a second polarity, inverse to the first polarity, are applied to an equal number of the common electrode contact pixels. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111053 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A highly reliable semiconductor device that includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, which can display a high-definition image and can be manufactured with a high yield. The semiconductor device includes a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels, a gate signal line driver circuit portion, and a source signal line driver circuit portion including a first circuit that controls timing of sampling video signals and a second circuit that samples the video signals in accordance with the timing and then inputs the sampled video signals to the pixels. The second circuit includes a plurality of transistors in each of which an oxide semiconductor stacked layer is used as a channel formation region, the first circuit and the second circuit are electrically connected to each other by a wiring, and the wiring is electrically connected to gates of at least two transistors of the plurality of transistors. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111054 | DIGITAL COMPENSATION FOR V-GATE COUPLING - A display device may include a source line that provides a data line signal to a pixel of the display device, a gate line that provides a gate signal to a switches associated with the pixel, and a voltage gate line disposed parallel to the source line and coupled to the gate line at a cross point node. The display device may also include a driver circuit that receives a pixel value to provide to the pixel, determines a compensation amount for the pixel value based on an expected kickback voltage present on the pixel due to a coupling effect between the source line and the voltage gate line, generates a compensated data line signal based on the compensation value and the pixel value, and provides the compensated data line signal to the pixel via the source line. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111055 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME AND DRIVER FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel and a timing controller. The display panel includes a first display area on which a first gate line group is disposed and a second display area on which a second gate line group is disposed. The second gate line group is disconnected from the first gate line group. The timing controller is configured to determine a first driving frequency of the first display area based on first image data displayed on the first display area and a second driving frequency of the second display area based on second image data displayed on the second display area. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111056 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a plurality of pixels aligned in row and column directions, each of the pixels including a drive element; a plurality of scan lines each coupled with the drive elements included in the pixels aligned in the row direction to transmit thereto a scan signal for selecting the pixels row by row; a plurality of signal lines each coupled with the drive elements included in the pixels aligned in the column direction to write display data; and a display control unit. The display control unit alternately repeats a display period and a stop period. In a latter term of the stop period, display control unit provides the display data written in the respective pixels in a row that has been selected during the display period immediately before the stop period, to the signal lines corresponding to the respective pixels. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111057 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS - A method for driving a display panel includes at least two driving operations. The first driving operation includes driving a first display area of the display panel by outputting a data signal of a first frame to the first display area and driving a gate line of a first gate line group in the first display area. The second driving operation includes driving a second display area of the display panel by outputting a data signal of a second frame to the second display area and driving a gate line of a second gate line group in the second display area. The first display area is adjacent to the second display area, and the first frame is different from the second frame. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111058 | DRIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a display device including a driver that drives a load line of an electro-optical panel through capacitor charge redistribution, a data voltage will change in the case where an electro-optical panel-side capacitance changes, even when tone data is the same. Accordingly, by detecting a voltage at a data voltage output terminal, a connection state and outputs between the data voltage output terminal and the electro-optical panel can be detected. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111059 | EFFICIENT BINDING OF RESOURCE GROUPS IN A GRAPHICS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - A method of binding graphics resources is provided that includes: (1) identifying graphics resources for binding, (2) generating a bind group for the graphics resources, (3) organizing the bind group into a bind group memory using a bind group layout and (4) providing bind group control for processing of the bind group. A method of organizing graphics resources and a resource organizing unit are also provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111060 | Video Frame Processing on a Mobile Operating System - A method for rendering video frames by a computing device having a software stack with an application layer and a kernel layer comprises various steps. First, a system reference time is initialized. A triggering of an interrupt signal in the kernel layer is waited for. Next, it is determined whether to update the system reference time as a function of a render function from the application layer. A next video frame in the kernel layer is rendered by the computing device as a function of the determined system reference time and the next video frame. The steps after the initializing step and starting at the waiting step are recursively performed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111061 | LOW POWER HIGH FREQUENCY DIGITAL PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATOR - Described is an apparatus that comprises: a programmable delay line (PDL) to receive a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal as input and to generate a first output; a selection unit operable to provide PWM signal or its inverted version as a second output; and a sequential unit coupled to the PDL, the sequential unit to sample the second output with the first output, the sequential unit to generate a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) output. Described is also a voltage regulator which comprises: mutually coupled on-die inductors for coupling to a load; a bridge, coupled to the mutually coupled on-die inductors, including a low-side switch and a high-side switch; a PWM controller for controlling the low-side and high-side switches during a first load current; and a PFM controller for controlling the low-side and high-side switches during a second load current, the second load current being smaller than the first load current, the PFM controller comprising: a comparator for comparing output voltage of the load with a reference voltage; and a first PDL coupled to the comparator for determining turn-on duration of the high-side switch. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111062 | AMBIENT LIGHT-BASED IMAGE ADJUSTMENT - Techniques for image rendering are described herein. The techniques may include receiving image data comprising a captured image and ambient light data indicating a level and color of ambient light present during capture of the image. The techniques may also include detecting ambient light of an environment in which the captured image is to be displayed, and adjusting spectral content of the captured image based on the detected ambient light and the ambient light present during capture of the captured image. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION IMAGE PROCESSING COLOR - A method for adjusting chrominance of one or more digital images comprising: receiving a digital representation of an image; adjusting a chrominance of said image using a first coefficient for image light luminance dynamic range compression, a second coefficient for image dark luminance dynamic range compression, and a third coefficient for image balance between light and dark compression. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111064 | LOAD DRIVING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO DRIVE OUTDOOR DISPLAY - A load driving apparatus adapted to drive an outdoor display is provided. The load driving apparatus includes a weather sensing circuit and a display driver. The weather sensing circuit is configured to sense a weather condition corresponding to an installation place of the outdoor display, and accordingly provides a sensing voltage signal varied along with the weather condition. The display driver is coupled between the weather sensing circuit and the outdoor display, and is configured to drive the outdoor display for displaying in response to the sensing voltage signal. When the weather condition is a cloudy day, the sensing voltage signal is linearly varied within a predetermined voltage range, and then the display brightness of the outdoor display is linearly varied between a maximum brightness and a minimum brightness. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111065 | Shift Register Unit, Gate Driving Circuit and Display Device - The present invention provides a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit comprises a pull-up module, an output module and a pull-down module. The output module comprises a plurality of output lines, and a driving transistor is arranged on each output line. A switching device is arranged on at least one output line and used for turning on or turning off the output line. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111066 | SEGMENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A segment display device includes first and second operation input units; a segment display unit; a storage unit for storage by mapping information which can be displayed in the segment display unit in a display information table including a plurality of cells specified by a plurality of rows and columns; and a display control unit which displays information read from the storage unit to segment display unit; every time an operation is input to the first operation input unit, said display control unit selects information in each cell of the display information table in order in the first direction along the column in the display information table and is displayed; every time that an operation is input to the second operation input unit, information in each cell of the display information table is selected in order in the second direction along the row of the display information table. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111067 | VIRTUAL SURFACE GUTTERS - Virtual surface techniques are described. These techniques support the use of initialization and batching of updates, use of updates and lookaside lists, use of gutters, blending and BLT operations, use of surface optimization techniques such as push down as well as enumeration and clumping, mesh usage, and use of occlusion management techniques. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111068 | METHOD OF FABRICATING BOW STICK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENT AND BOW STICK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENT - A method of fabricating a bow stick includes winding a prepreg, in which a fiber is impregnated with a resin, on a mandrel with a diameter gradually decreasing toward a distal end, setting a semi-fabricated product, in which the prepreg is wound on the mandrel, into a mold and molding the semi-fabricated product in a shape corresponding to a cavity formed between the mold and the mandrel by heating and pressurizing the semi-fabricated product in the mold, and taking out the mandrel from a molded product molded in the shape corresponding to the cavity to acquire a long and hollow stick body. When adjusting at least one of a weight distribution, a center of gravity, and a weight of the stick body, the volume of the cavity is changed using the mandrel of which the diameter or the diameter variation is gradually changed in an axis direction. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111069 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR HOLDING SHOULDER REST TO VIOLIN AND VIOLA - A clamping device for holding shoulder rest to violin and viola includes a holding member, a plurality of clamping members, and a shaft. The holding member has a base portion and an extended portion outward extended from the base portion. The clamping members are connected to the extended portion. The shaft is extended through the clamping members and the extended portion. With these arrangements, a shoulder rest can be very conveniently assembled to a violin or a viola and can be freely adjusted in angle for use. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111070 | Guitar Stand - A guitar support stand includes a mounting plate that is attachable to a stable support such as a musical piece of equipment having a substantial weight. A guitar support member is releasably attached to the mounting plate and includes at its upper end a support bracket for supporting the neck portion of a guitar. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111071 | EFFECT CIRCUIT - To provide an effect circuit that can give round-shaped distortion effect to a music signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111072 | MULTIFERROIC TRANSDUCER FOR AUDIO APPLICATIONS - A multiferroic transducer for an electrical stringed-instrument pickup comprising an upper layer and lower layer of magnetostrictive material and a middle layer of piezoelectric or ferroelectric material disposed between the upper layer and lower layer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111073 | ELECTRONIC SIGNAL PROCESSOR - An electronic signal processor for processing signals includes a complex first filter, one or more gain stages and a second filter. The first filter is characterized by a frequency response curve that includes multiple corner frequencies, with some corner frequencies being user selectable. The first filter also has at least two user-preset gain levels which may be alternately selected by a switch. Lower frequency signals are processed by the first filter with at least 12 db/octave slope, and preferably with 18 db/octave slope to minimize intermodulation distortion products by subsequent amplification in the gain stages. A second filter provides further filtering and amplitude control. The signal processor is particularly suited for processing audio frequency signals. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111074 | BICYCLE BELL WITH SILENCING MECHANISM - A bell with silencing and or sound dampening mechanism is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the disclosed bell comprises a bell, a clamp body attaching to the bell, a lever installed on the clamp body and is configured to be slidable on the clamp body, a clapper and a cable connecting the lever at one end and the clapper at other end. When the lever is moved in a direction away from the bell, the clapper is retracted into the head of the bell and becomes stationary, preventing the clapper to contact the body of the bell. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111075 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An acoustic device includes an opening; a flange forming the opening; a first member including the opening and the flange; and a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity. The second member is formed of a material with a density lower than a material of the first member. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111076 | Particulate Sound Absorption Board and Preparation Method Thereof - A particulate sound absorption board and its preparation method. The said particulate sound absorption board consists of binding agent and sound absorption particle; the external surface of sound absorption particle is covered with a layer of binding agent, and the angularity coefficient of particle covered with binding agent is less than 1.3; the said sound absorption particle consists of skeleton particle and filling particle, in which the former is used for sound absorption board skeleton, and the latter flows into the pore between skeleton particles to form sound absorption pore, and the average diameter of cross section of sound absorption pore is 0.07 mm. The two-stage manufacturing technology (i.e. coating, curing and then shaping) is adopted for the said preparation method to prevent the pore between particles from being blocked by excess binding agent, and further improve the angularity coefficient of particle. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111077 | MULTILAYER INTERLAYER HAVING SOUND DAMPING PROPERTIES OVER A BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGE - A polymer interlayer having improved sound insulation is disclosed. The polymer interlayer comprises at least one soft layer wherein the soft layer comprises: a first poly(vinyl butyral) resin having a first residual hydroxyl content and a first glass transition temperature (T | 2016-04-21 |
20160111078 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOISE WITHIN A NOISE-CONTROLLED VOLUME - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of noise control. For example, a noise control system may be configured to process one or more first noise inputs from one or more first acoustic sensors, the one or more first noise inputs representing external noise sensed at one or more respective noise sensing locations on an outer surface of a sheltering structure; to process one or more second noise inputs from one or more second acoustic sensors, the one or more second noise inputs representing residual noise at one or more respective residual noise sensing locations on an inner surface of the sheltering structure; to determine a noise control pattern based at least on the one or more first noise inputs and the one or more second noise inputs; and to generate one or more control signals to control acoustic signals generated by one or more acoustic transducers based on the noise control pattern. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111079 | DEVICE FOR HEARING OWN VOICE - An apparatus for assisting a vocalist to hear the vocalist's own voice has a mixing chamber defining a first passage for communicating with an ear canal of a vocalist and an opening that is open to atmosphere. The mixing chamber includes a ball and socket joint having a passage in communication with the first passage. An ear piece is connected to the ball and socket joint and has a passage in communication with the first passage. A stabilizing ear retainer shaped to engage the outer ear of the vocalist is connected to the mixing chamber and mounts and retains the apparatus to the vocalist's ear. A voice tube is configured to extend from proximate a mouth of the vocalist and is connected to the mixing chamber. The voice tube defines a passage having an opening for collecting vocal sound from the vocalist an opening in communication with the first passage. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111080 | ACOUSTIC LENS USING EXTRAORDINARY ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION - An acoustic lens or diffractive acoustic device, including but not limited to, a sub-wavelength thickness lens or diffuser, comprising an array of Helmholtz resonators (HRs) that provide perfect or near-perfect sound transmission through a rigid barrier. HRs are arranged in a line or an array confined within a waveguide and oriented so that one neck protrudes onto each side of the barrier. Extraordinary acoustic transmission (EAT) occurs when radiation (such as EM or acoustic radiation) incident on the barrier perforated with sub-wavelength holes is transmitted at a rate higher than expected based on the areal coverage fraction of the holes. Transmission is independent of the direction of sound on the barrier and the relative placement of the necks. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111081 | Med Say - After years of mispronouncing medication names and listening to other people struggle with trying to say a medication that they have been on for several years, I was inspired to invent Med Say. Med Say is a useful process that provides the proper pronunciation of brand and generic medication names. Soon I realized that anyone who needs this information should have quick and easy access to having a medication properly pronounced for them from an electronic device such as a smart phone, tablet, computer, etc. Finally a simple process is available that allows for medications to be searched, retrieved, and properly pronounced via an electronic audio file. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111082 | VOICE AND TEXT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to systems, methods and apparatus to convert speech to text and vice versa. One apparatus comprises a vocoder, a speech to text conversion engine, a text to speech conversion engine, and a user interface. The vocoder is operable to convert speech signals into packets and convert packets into speech signals. The speech to text conversion engine is operable to convert speech to text. The text to speech conversion engine is operable to convert text to speech. The user interface is operable to receive a user selection of a mode from among a plurality of modes, wherein a first mode enables the speech to text conversion engine, a second mode enables the text to speech conversion engine, and a third mode enables the speech to text conversion engine and the text to speech conversion engine. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111083 | PHONEME INFORMATION SYNTHESIS DEVICE, VOICE SYNTHESIS DEVICE, AND PHONEME INFORMATION SYNTHESIS METHOD - Provided is a phoneme information synthesis device, including: an operation intensity information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an operation intensity; and a phoneme information generation unit configured to output phoneme information for specifying a phoneme of a singing voice to be synthesized based on the information indicating the operation intensity supplied from the operation intensity information acquisition unit. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111084 | SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE AND SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD - A speech recognition device includes: a collector collecting speech data of a first speaker from a speech-based device; a first storage accumulating the speech data of the first speaker; a learner learning the speech data of the first speaker accumulated in the first storage and generating an individual acoustic model of the first speaker based on the learned speech data; a second storage storing the individual acoustic model of the first speaker and a generic acoustic model; a feature vector extractor extracting a feature vector from the speech data of the first speaker when a speech recognition request is received from the first speaker; and a speech recognizer selecting either one of the individual acoustic model of the first speaker and the generic acoustic model based on an accumulated amount of the speech data of the first speaker and recognizing a speech command using the extracted feature vector and the selected acoustic model. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111085 | IDENTIFYING A CONTACT BASED ON A VOICE COMMUNICATION SESSION - Arrangements described herein include identifying a voice communication session established between a first communication device and a second communication device and, based on the voice communication session established between the first communication device and the second communication device, identifying a plurality of contacts who potentially may be the second user. A list including at least a name of each of the plurality of contacts who potentially may be the second user is presented to a first user using the first communication device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111086 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USING DYNAMIC BAYESIAN NETWORK MODELS - A computer-implemented method for speech recognition, comprising the steps of: registering ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160111087 | AUTOMATIC VOLUME CONTROL BASED ON SPEECH RECOGNITION - An entertainment system suitable for use in a vehicle and configured to control an output volume of the system includes a microphone and a processor. The microphone is configured to detect sound in a cabin of the vehicle, and output a microphone signal indicative of the sound. The processor is configured to determine a difference signal based on a difference between the microphone signal and an output signal corresponding to sound being output by the system, determine if the difference signal corresponds to human speech, and decrease the output volume of the system when the difference signal corresponds to human speech. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111088 | AUDIO VIDEO NAVIGATION DEVICE, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AUDIO VIDEO NAVIGATION DEVICE - An Audio Video Navigation (AVN) device includes a voice receiver for receiving a command from a user in a voice recognition mode; a storage for storing Help; and a controller for providing the Help for the user if the number of times a same pattern has occurred is equal to or greater than a threshold in the voice recognition mode. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111089 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle of recognizing received voice based on a language set in an external apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to receive text data stored in an external apparatus; a data converter configured to convert the received text data into voice data; a speech input unit configured to receive a speech from a user; a speech recognizer configured to recognize the received speech based on a language set in the external apparatus; and a controller configured to search for voice data corresponding to the recognized speech in the converted voice data, to generate a control command including the voice data found by the controller based on the recognized speech, and to transmit the control command to the external apparatus through the communication unit. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111090 | HYBRIDIZED AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - A system and method of providing speech received in a vehicle to an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system includes: receiving speech at the vehicle from a vehicle occupant; providing the received speech to a remotely-located ASR system and a vehicle-based ASR system; and thereafter determining a confidence level for the speech processed by the vehicle-based ASR system; presenting in the vehicle results from the vehicle-based ASR system when the determined confidence level is above a predetermined confidence threshold is not above; presenting in the vehicle results from the remotely-located ASR system when the determined confidence level is not above a predetermined confidence threshold. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING DEVICES USING VOICE COMMANDS - System and method for operating electric devices based on voice commands, as well as electric devices that can be controlled via voice commands. An electric device comprises an audio sensor to capture audio that contains speech; and a transmitter to transmit the captured audio to a remote server, together with a dictionary identifier that indicates to the remote server which particular dictionary or vocabulary-set to utilize for performing speech recognition on the recorded audio. The remote server performs speech recognition using the relevant dictionary table; and selects a command-code that is transmitted back to the electric device, to trigger an operational modification of the electric device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111092 | System And Method For Distributed Speech Recognition - A system and method for distributed speech recognition is provided. A prompt is provided to a caller during a call. One or more audio responses are received from the caller in response to the prompt. Distributed speech recognition is performed on the audio responses by providing a non-overlapping section of a main grammar to each of a plurality of secondary recognizers for each audio response. Speech recognition is performed on the audio responses by each of the secondary recognizers using the non-overlapping section of the main grammar associated with that secondary recognizer. A new grammar is generated based on results of the speech recognition from each of the secondary recognizers. Further speech recognition is performed on the audio responses against the new grammar and a further prompt is selected for providing to the caller based on results of the distributed speech recognition. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111093 | EFFICIENT LOAD SHARING AND ACCELERATING OF AUDIO POST-PROCESSING - Provided are a method and device for audio post-processing. The method may comprise receiving, at a first processor, an audio signal, detecting, at the first processor, a plurality of post-processing modules for altering the audio signal, and creating, based on information identifying functions of the plurality of post-processing modules, an optimized acceleration module. It may further comprise sending, through the optimized acceleration module, a buffer packet of the audio signal along a single data path to a second processor and post-processing, at the second processor, the buffer packet of the audio signal through each of a plurality of associated post-processing modules that correspond to the post-processing modules on the first processor, controlling each associated post-processing module via control paths from each corresponding post-processing module, and receiving, at the first processor, a post-processed buffer packet of the audio signal via a single return data path. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CONCEALMENT OF THE ADAPTIVE CODEBOOK IN A CELP-LIKE CONCEALMENT EMPLOYING IMPROVED PULSE RESYNCHRONIZATION - An apparatus for reconstructing a frame including a speech signal as a reconstructed frame is provided, the apparatus including a determination unit and a frame reconstructor being configured to reconstruct the reconstructed frame, such that the reconstructed frame completely or partially includes the first reconstructed pitch cycle, such that the reconstructed frame completely or partially includes a second reconstructed pitch cycle, and such that the number of samples of the first reconstructed pitch cycle differs from a number of samples of the second reconstructed pitch cycle. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111095 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SIGNAL FADE OUT IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS DURING ERROR CONCEALMENT - An apparatus for decoding an audio signal is provided, having a receiving interface, configured to receive a first frame having a first audio signal portion of the audio signal, and configured to receive a second frame having a second audio signal portion of the audio signal; a noise level tracing unit, wherein the noise level tracing unit is configured to determine noise level information depending on at least one of the first audio signal portion and the second audio signal portion; a first reconstruction unit for reconstructing, in a first reconstruction domain, a third audio signal portion of the audio signal depending on the noise level information; a transform unit for transforming the noise level information to a second reconstruction domain; and a second reconstruction unit for reconstructing, in the second reconstruction domain, a fourth audio signal portion of the audio signal depending on the noise level information. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111096 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to an audio signal processing method, comprising the steps of: receiving a bit-stream containing a normal channel signal and an exceptional channel signal; decoding the normal channel signal and the exceptional channel signal from the received bit-stream; generating correlation information using the decoded normal channel signal and the decoded exceptional channel signal; generating a gain value by at least one of a first downmix method applying the same downmix gain value using the correlation information and a second downmix method applying variable gain values over time; and outputting the exceptional channel signal as a plurality of channel signals using the gain value. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111097 | METHODS FOR AUDIO ENCODING AND DECODING, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA AND CORRESPONDING AUDIO ENCODER AND DECODER - The present disclosure provides methods, devices and computer program products which provide less complex and more flexible control of the introduced decorrelation in an audio coding system. According to the disclosure, this is achieved by calculating and using two weighting factors, one for an approximated audio object and one for a decorrelated audio object, for introduction of decorrelation of audio objects in the audio coding system. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111098 | Audio Encoder and Decoder - The present disclosure provides methods, devices and computer program products for encoding and decoding of a vector of parameters in an audio coding system. The disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for reconstructing an audio object in an audio decoding system. According to the disclosure, a modulo differential approach for coding and encoding a vector of a non-periodic quantity may improve the coding efficiency and provide encoders and decoders with less memory requirements. Moreover, an efficient method for encoding and decoding a sparse matrix is provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111099 | Reconstruction of Audio Scenes from a Downmix - Audio objects are associated with positional metadata. A received downmix signal comprises downmix channels that are linear combinations of one or more audio objects and are associated with respective positional locators. In a first aspect, the downmix signal, the positional metadata and frequency-dependent object gains are received. An audio object is reconstructed by applying the object gain to an upmix of the downmix signal in accordance with coefficients based on the positional metadata and the positional locators. In a second aspect, audio objects have been encoded together with at least one bed channel positioned at a positional locator of a corresponding downmix channel. The decoding system receives the downmix signal and the positional metadata of the audio objects. A bed channel is reconstructed by suppressing the content representing audio objects from the corresponding downmix channel on the basis of the positional locator of the corresponding downmix channel. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111100 | AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - An apparatus comprising: a parameter determiner configured to determine for a frame of at least one audio signal a set of frame audio signal multi-channel parameters; a parameter selector configured to select for the frame a sub-set of the set of frame audio signal multi-channel parameters based on an error value associated with the sub-set of the set of frame audio signal multi-channel parameters; and parameter encoder configured to generate an encoded frame audio signal multi-channel parameter based on the selected sub-set of the set of frame audio signal multi-channel parameters. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111101 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONCEALING FRAME ERASURE AND VOICE DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and a voice decoding apparatus and method using the same. The frame erasure concealment apparatus includes: a parameter extraction unit determining whether there is an erased frame in a voice packet, and extracting an excitement signal parameter and a line spectrum pair parameter of a previous good frame; and an erasure frame concealment unit, if there is an erased frame, restoring the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the erased frame by using a regression analysis from the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the previous good frame. According to the method and apparatus, by predicting and restoring the parameter of the erased frame through the regression analysis, the quality of the restored voice signal can be enhanced and the algorithm can be simplified. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111102 | AUDIO DATA HIDING BASED ON PERCEPTUAL MASKING AND DETECTION BASED ON CODE MULTIPLEXING - A spread spectrum data hiding for audio signals is described. A set of pseudo-random noise sequences is added to an audio signal according to a data to be embedded. A masking curve is used to shape the added noise. A transient detection step can be used to control whether a shaped noise sequence is to be added or not. Embedded information is detected by first performing a whitening step and then performing a phase-only correlation with a same set of pseudo-random noise sequences. A detection method that is based on correlation of multiplexed noise sequences with a noise sequence embedded in the audio is also described. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111103 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BANDWIDTH EXTENSION FOR AUDIO SIGNALS - The purpose of the present invention is to more efficiently extend, using a low bit rate, the bandwidth of input signals having a harmonics structure, in order to obtain better audio quality. The present invention is installed in a device that extends bandwidth for audio signal encoding and decoding. This novel bandwidth extension encoding identifies a low-frequency spectrum component having the highest correlation to a high-frequency bandwidth signal among input signals, duplicates a high-frequency spectrum by energy adjustment of said component, and maintains the harmonic relationship between the low-frequency spectrum and the duplicated high-frequency spectrum by adjusting the spectral peak position of the duplicated high-frequency spectrum, on the basis of a harmonic frequency estimated from a composite low-frequency spectrum. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111104 | SIGNAL ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND DEVICES - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide signal encoding and decoding methods and devices. The method includes: determining, a quantity k of subbands to be encoded, where i is a positive number, and k is a positive integer; selecting, according to quantized envelopes of all subbands, k subbands from all the subbands, or selecting k subbands from all subbands according to a psychoacoustic model; and performing a first-time encoding operation on spectral coefficients of the k subbands. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the quantity k of subbands to be encoded is determined according to the quantity of available bits and the first saturation threshold, and encoding is performed on the k subbands that are selected from all the subbands, instead of on an entire frequency band, which can reduce spectrum holes of a signal obtained through decoding, and therefore, can improve auditory quality of an output signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111105 | FREQUENCY ENVELOPE VECTOR QUANTIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present application proposes a frequency envelope vector quantization method and apparatus, where the method includes: dividing N frequency envelopes in one frame into N1 vectors; quantizing a first vector in the N1 vectors by using a first codebook, to obtain a code word corresponding to the quantized first vector, where the first codebook is divided into 2 | 2016-04-21 |
20160111106 | APPARATUS AND METHOD DETERMINING WEIGHTING FUNCTION FOR LINEAR PREDICTION CODING COEFFICIENTS QUANTIZATION - An apparatus determining a weighting function for line prediction coding coefficients quantization converts a linear prediction coding (LPC) coefficient of an input signal into one of a line spectral frequency (LSF) coefficient and an immitance spectral frequency (ISF) coefficient and determines a weighting function associated with one of an importance of the ISF coefficient and importance of the LSF coefficient using one of the converted ISF coefficient and the converted LSF coefficient. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111107 | Method for Enhancing Noisy Speech using Features from an Automatic Speech Recognition System - A method transforms a noisy speech signal to an enhanced speech signal, by first acquiring the noisy speech signal from an environment. The noisy speech signal is processed by an automatic speech recognition system (ASR) to produce ASR features. The the ASR features and noisy speech spectral features are processed using an enhancement network having network parameters to produce a mask. Then, the mask is applied to the noisy speech signal to obtain the enhanced speech signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111108 | Method for Enhancing Audio Signal using Phase Information - A method transforms a noisy audio signal to an enhanced audio signal, by first acquiring the noisy audio signal from an environment. The noisy audio signal is processed by an enhancement network having network parameters to jointly produce a magnitude mask and a phase estimate. Then, the magnitude mask and the phase estimate are used to obtain the enhanced audio signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111109 | SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEM, SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD, SPEECH PROCESSING PROGRAM, VEHICLE INCLUDING SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEM ON BOARD, AND MICROPHONE PLACING METHOD - A system of this invention is directed to a speech processing system that efficiently performs noise suppression processing for a plurality of noise sources spreading in a lateral direction with respect to a speaker of interest. The speech processing system includes a microphone array including a plurality of microphones, each of which inputs a sound mixture including speech of a speaker of interest and noise from a noise source region including a plurality of noise sources placed in a lateral direction with respect to the speaker of interest, and outputs a mixture signal including a speech signal and a noise signal, the plurality of microphones being arranged such that a difference between respective distances from the plurality of microphones to the speaker of interest becomes different from a difference between respective distances from the plurality of microphones to the noise source region, and a noise suppressor that suppresses the noise based on the mixture signals output from the plurality of microphones. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111110 | AUDIO SYSTEM - An audio system is described including an audio processor, an amplifier and a speaker and a distortion estimator. The distortion estimator calculates at least one of an expected response of the amplifier to an audio signal and an expected response of the loudspeaker to an audio signal. The distortion estimator is operable to generate a distortion prediction signal determined by a difference between an expected non-linear response of at least one of the loudspeaker and the amplifier and an expected linear response of at least one of the loudspeaker and the amplifier. A controller coupled to the audio processor and a control input of the audio processor may vary the operating parameters of the audio processor depending on the estimated distortion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111111 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR INTELLIGENT SPEECH RECOGNITION AND PROCESSING - Systems, methods, and devices for intelligent speech recognition and processing are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for improving intelligibility of a speech signal may include (1) at least one processor receiving an incoming speech signal comprising a plurality of sound elements; (2) the at least one processor recognizing a sound element in the incoming speech signal to improve the intelligibility thereof; (3) the at least one processor processing the sound element by at least one of modifying and replacing the sound element; and (4) the at least one processor outputting the processed speech signal comprising the processed sound element. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111112 | SPEAKER CHANGE DETECTION DEVICE AND SPEAKER CHANGE DETECTION METHOD - A speaker change detection device sets first and second analysis periods before and after each of time points in a voice signal, generates, for each of the time points, a first speaker model from a distribution of features in frames in the first analysis period, and a second speaker model from a distribution of features in frames in the second analysis period, calculates, for each of the time points, a matching score representing the likelihood of similarity of features between a group of speakers in the first analysis period and a group of speakers in the second analysis period by applying the features extracted from the second analysis period to the first speaker model and applying the features extracted from the first analysis period to the second speaker model, and detects a speaker change point on the basis of the matching scores at the plurality of time points. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111113 | SPEECH ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - A speech enhancement method is provided. The speech enhancement method includes: estimating a direction of a speaker by using an input signal, generating direction information indicating the estimated direction, detecting speech of a speaker based on a result of the estimating the direction, and enhancing the speech of the speaker by using the direction information based on a result of the detecting the speech. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111114 | Self-Cleaning Recording Heads Based On Actuator Seek Profile - Cleaning a recording head slider in-drive during operation is accomplished by periodically performing a series of full stroke seek operations, whereby liquid contaminants that may have migrated to the head slider are flung from the slider and liquid from the disk surface may be adsorbed onto the slider for removal by way of flinging. Consequently, head-disk spacing may be stabilized and data write operations improved. Furthermore, the series of full stroke seek operations may be performed at predetermined intervals, and for a predetermined period of time. However, the series may be interrupted by a client request, and continued thereafter, so as not to affect the operational status of the recording system. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111115 | SUSPENSION BOARD WITH CIRCUIT - A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting layer, an insulating base layer on one side thereof in a thickness direction, a conductive pattern disposed on the insulating base layer, an insulating cover layer disposed on the insulating base layer so as to cover the conductive pattern, and a pedestal for supporting a slider which includes a thin pedestal portion. The thin pedestal portion includes a pedestal base layer included in the insulating base layer, a pedestal conductive layer included in the conductive pattern which extends over the pedestal base layer, and a pedestal cover layer included in the insulating cover layer and disposed on the pedestal conductive layer. The conductive pattern includes a first wire placed to extend over the insulating base layer which has a narrower portion, and a dimension of the pedestal conductive layer is 0.5 to 3 times the dimension of the narrower portion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111116 | FLEXURE CHAIN BLANK SHEET FOR DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A flexure chain blank sheet includes a plurality of frame units. Each of the frame units includes a frame portion, and a plurality of flexure elements arranged within the frame portion. The frame portion includes lengthwise frames extending in a longitudinal direction of the flexure elements, and lateral frames extending in a width direction of the flexure elements. A slit that extends along the lateral frames, a connection portion, and recesses are formed between adjacent frame units. An opening width of the recesses is greater than an opening width of the slit. The connection portion includes a portion-to-be-cut which is to be cut by a cutter. The recesses allow insertion of the cutter. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111117 | FLEXURE CHAIN BLANK SHEET FOR DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A flexure chain blank sheet includes frame units. Each frame unit includes a frame portion, and flexure elements. The flexure element includes a distal end portion, and an extending portion. The frame portion includes a pair of lengthwise frames and a pair of lateral frames. The first lateral frame connects between tail portions of the flexure elements. The second lateral frame is formed of a distal end linking portion which is constituted by connecting between respective adjacent extending portions. The distal end linking portion includes first cut-off portions to be cut along a longitudinal direction between the adjacent extending portions, and second cut-off portions to be cut along a width direction between the distal end portion and the extending portion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111118 | MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISK DEVICE - A magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole that applies a recording magnetic field to a recording layer of a recording medium, a recording coil that generates a magnetic field in the main magnetic pole, a microwave oscillator that is disposed in a vicinity of the main magnetic pole, a first wiring electrically connected to recording coil, a second wiring electrically connected to the microwave oscillator, and a low pass filter that is electrically connected to the second wiring. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111119 | INTEGRATED SERVO FIELD FOR MEMORY DEVICE - A pattern of features of a storage medium includes first features having a first logical state and second features having a second logical state, wherein a cross track dimension of the first features is different from a cross track dimension of the second features. A transducer of a memory device senses the pattern of features and generates a transducer signal. Read circuitry samples the transducer signal at a frequency of a sampling clock signal and generates a read signal from the sampled transducer signal. Servo electronics includes a demodulator that demodulates at least first and second orthogonal frequency components of the read signal. Timing circuitry synchronizes a phase of the sampling clock signal with a phase of the pattern of features using the first orthogonal frequency component. Position error circuitry generates a signal indicating a cross track positional offset of the transducer relative to the features using the first and second orthogonal frequency components. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111120 | TAPE HEADS WITH SUB-AMBIENT PRESSURE CAVITIES - A unidirectional and bi-directional tape head with sub-ambient pressure cavities. The tape head is adapted for reading and/or writing to a magnetic tape. The tape head includes: a tape-bearing surface; a transducer area, having at least one transducer designed for reading and/or writing to the magnetic tape; a cavity open on the tape-bearing surface adjacent to the transducer area that extends parallel to the transducer area and transversally to the longitudinal direction of circulation of the tape such that an opening of the cavity faces the tape in operation; and one or more air bleed slots connected to the cavity. The cavity is further dimensioned and arranged with respect to the transducer area to create, upon circulation of the tape in operation, sub-ambient pressure therein. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111121 | OPTICAL DISC MEDIUM AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical disc medium includes a land and a groove at which information can be recorded. A predetermined number of address information units which record address information of the land or groove are provided in a circumferential direction of the optical disc medium. The address information unit of the land includes three or more address recording areas capable of recording address information. The address information is recorded on one area selected from among the three or more address recording areas. The address information unit of the land has address information which is recorded, in the same modulation, on the side of the inner adjacent groove and on the side of the outer adjacent groove. The one area to be selected from among the three or more address recording areas for recording the address information of the land is different among three address information units adjacently arranged in a radial direction. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111122 | OPTICAL DISC MEDIUM AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical disc medium includes a land and a groove at which information can be recorded. A predetermined number of address information units which record address information of the land or groove are provided in a circumferential direction of the optical disc medium. The address information unit of the land includes three or more address recording areas capable of recording address information. The address information is recorded on one area selected from among the three or more address recording areas. The address information unit of the land has address information which is recorded, in the same modulation, on the side of the inner adjacent groove and on the side of the outer adjacent groove. The one area to be selected from among the three or more address recording areas for recording the address information of the land is different among three address information units adjacently arranged in a radial direction. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111123 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - The optical information recording/reproduction device for recording information by irradiating an optical information recording medium with signal light and reference light to form a hologram, and reproducing the information by irradiating the hologram with the reference light, wherein the optical information recording/reproduction device is provided with a branching element for branching laser light from a laser light source into signal light and reference light, a spatial light modulation unit for adding two-dimensional information to the signal light, an objective lens for irradiating an optical information recording medium with the signal light, a photodetector for detecting diffracted light from the optical information recording medium when irradiated with the reference light, and an optical axis adjustment unit disposed between the laser light source and the branching element, the optical axis adjustment unit adjusting the optical axis of the laser light. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111124 | Fluid Dynamic Bearing Groove Configuration - A fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) includes a groove configuration that includes a pressure-generating groove pattern, and additionally includes a circumferential groove adjacent to the pressure-generating groove pattern and a pumping groove pattern adjacent to the circumferential groove. The circumferential groove may be deeper than the associated pumping and pressure-generating groove patterns and may extend for 360 degrees, and the pumping groove may be positioned at or near the entry to the bearing journal area to help maintain fluid flow direction and minimum pressure. Such an FDB groove configuration is likely to provide improved damping characteristics while maintaining relative stiffness, thereby improving vibration response characteristics. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111125 | RECEPTION TERMINAL AND A METHOD FOR COMPENSATING INTER-SYMBOL INTERFERENCE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A reception terminal and a method for compensating for inter-symbol interference (ISI) in a two-dimensional (2D) data structure are provided. The method for compensating for ISI includes transmitting, from a transmission terminal, a plurality of source pixel values based on a source 2D data structure via a channel, receiving, at a reception terminal, a plurality of pixel values for compensation based on a 2D data structure, and compensating each of the plurality of pixel values for compensation to each of corresponding pixel values after compensation. The plurality of pixel values for compensation are changed values of the pixel values of the source pixels due to the ISI, and each of the pixel values after compensation is determined based on both of each of the pixel values for compensation and values of adjacent pixels thereof. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111126 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA SECTOR - A magnetic disk apparatus includes a disk and a controller. The disk includes a plurality of tracks including a first track and a second track that is different from the first track. A plurality of data sectors are located on the tracks. The data sectors include short data sectors and long data sectors, each including a plurality of short data sectors. If the controller accesses a long data sector located at an end of the first track, the controller first accesses a short data sector of the long data sector at the end of the first track, and then accesses a short data sector of the long data sector at the beginning of the second track. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111127 | Generating a Composite Video of an Event Having a Moving Point of Attraction - A composite video of a dynamic event having a moving point of attraction is created from images taken by cameras from multiple camera clusters. A determination is made as to which of the camera clusters has the highest level of image-capturing activity. The cluster with the highest level of image-capturing activity is deemed to be closest to the moving point of attraction at any particular point in time. As the moving point of attraction moves closer to other camera clusters, the level of image-capturing activity by cameras within those other camera clusters spikes, thus creating a roadmap of where the moving point of attraction is located and where the best images are captured. Images from the various camera clusters are then joined together to create a composite video of the dynamic event and the moving point of attraction. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111128 | CREATING COMPOSITION OF CONTENT CAPTURED USING PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Disclosed is a master electronic device configured to create a composition based on content captured using a plurality of client electronic devices. The master electronic device may include each of a communication module, a playback module, a touch-enabled input module and a composition module. The communication module may be configured to receive a plurality of content streams from a plurality of client electronic devices. The playback module may be configured to synchronously playback the plurality of content streams. The touch-enabled input module may be configured to receive one or more composition-inputs during the playback of the content. The one or more composition-inputs may correspond to a selection of a content stream to be included in a composition. Accordingly, the composition module may be configured to create the composition based on the one or more composition-inputs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160111129 | IMAGE EDITS PROPAGATION TO UNDERLYING VIDEO SEQUENCE VIA DENSE MOTION FIELDS - A method, performed by a computer, for editing a video sequence. The method comprises displaying a mother frame of the video sequence; capturing an information representative of a frame editing task applied by a user to the displayed mother frame wherein the frame editing task modifies an information related to at least a pixel of the displayed mother frame; and simultaneously displaying at least one child frame of the video sequence wherein the captured information is temporally propagated, the information representative of a frame editing task being propagated to at least a pixel in the at least one child frame corresponding to the at least a pixel of the displayed mother frame based on a motion field between the mother frame and the at least one child frame. | 2016-04-21 |