17th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160117993 | IMAGE FORMATION IN A SEGMENTED DISPLAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for forming an image on a display in a display device including a plurality of backlight segments. Each backlight segment is capable of illuminating a respective illumination display segment of a plurality of illumination display segments. In one aspect, a controller associated with the display device is capable of decomposing an image frame into a plurality of frame segments to be displayed on the plurality of illumination display segments. The controller can determine a separate frame segment specific contributing color (FSSCC) for each frame segment based on content of the respective frame segment and a criterion limiting the color difference between a pair of FSSCCs based on the spatial proximity of the respective display regions. The controller can display the image frame according to the plurality of determined FSSCCs. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117994 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a digital device, and which includes receiving content; displaying the received content on a display screen of the digital device; calculating, via a controller of the digital device, an average luminance value respective to an entire display screen where the received content is displayed; generating, via the controller, a histogram respective to a partial area of the entire display screen; analyzing, via the controller, the histogram respective to the partial area and verifying whether or not a pixel distribution ratio of pixels having a minimum gray level, among pixels being located in the partial area of the display screen, is equal to or greater than a reference ratio; and if the pixel distribution ratio of pixels having the minimum gray level is equal to or greater than the reference ratio, processing a luminance of the partial area of the display screen to be black. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117995 | METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of operating a display device includes operating a timing controller in a normal mode. The timing controller generates a driving signal of a display panel in response to input data signal in the normal mode. The method includes operating the timing controller in a panel self-refresh mode. The timing controller generates the driving signal based on stop image data stored in a frame buffer in response to a first panel self-refresh start command in the panel self-refresh mode. The method includes inputting a second panel self-refresh start command to the timing controller during a synchronization procedure. The timing controller changes an operation mode from the panel self-refresh mode to the normal mode in response to a panel self-refresh end command in the synchronization procedure. The method includes controlling luminance of the display panel, by the timing controller, based on a length of a first vertical blank period. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117996 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAY SCREEN OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for adjusting brightness of a display screen of an electronic device, a current brightness value of the display screen and a current illumination value of ambient lights are acquired, and then are processed by denoising and normalizing. The current brightness value is adjusted to meet user preferences by self-learning according to the current illumination value and a brightness/illumination relationship table which stores a relationship between brightness values of the display screen and illumination values of ambient lights determined according to the user preferences. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117997 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A display device includes a drive control unit that changes a frequency of a drive signal based on a brightness of a light source of a backlight when a duty ratio of the drive signal is in a first range or is in a third range, the drive signal being a pulse signal for driving the light source. The drive control unit fixes the frequency of the drive signal to a predetermined frequency when the duty ratio of the drive signal is in a second range. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117998 | DRIVING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A driving device includes a drive normalization part configured to calculate a reference light quantity measurement which is estimated when a backlight is driven using the predetermined reference BL-drive value based on a current BL-drive value and a light quantity measurement of the backlight; a low-pass filter configured to calculate a moving average among a plurality of reference light quantity measurements being temporarily held, thus outputting the smoothed reference light quantity measurement precluding noise; and a BL-drive value calculation part configured to calculate a target BL-drive value which allows the smoothed reference light quantity measurement to match the target light quantity corresponding to a user's setting of luminance. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117999 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND BACKLIGHT DRIVE METHOD - A display apparatus including a drive control section that performs control to repeatedly switch between a drive time period during which a backlight emits light and a rest time period during which the backlight does not emit light, in an alternating manner with a prescribed period. The drive control section controls a ratio between the drive time period and the rest time period, and controls the amount of drive current supplied to the backlight during the drive time period. The drive control section sets the rest time period to be a prescribed time period and controls the amount of the drive current for a range where an adjustment value is less than a prescribed value, and sets the drive current to a prescribed value and makes the rest time period shorter than the prescribed time period for a range where the adjustment value is greater than the prescribed value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118000 | GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device, and particularly, to a gamma voltage generating circuit capable of increasing a gamma point without an addition buffer and without increasing a chip size, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device including the same. By adding a gamma point by utilizing an output buffer for inputting a reference voltage, a gamma curve may be minutely adjusted without increasing cost and a size. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118001 | ADAPTIVE BLACK CLIPPING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND ADAPTIVE BLACK CLIPPING METHOD - An adaptive black clipping circuit in a display device includes a data corrector, a register, a pattern detector and a clipping selector. The data corrects input image data to generate corrected image data such that the corrected image data is equal to or greater than a black clipping value where the black clipping value corresponds to the input image data having a grayscale value of zero and the black clipping value is greater than zero. The register stores and provides configuration data. The pattern detector generates a pattern detection signal based on the input image data corresponding to a plurality of rows. The clipping selector selects one of the corrected image data and the configuration data in response to the pattern detection signal to provide output image data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118002 | ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optic apparatus includes a control circuit that performs control such that, during a period when one of the scanning lines is selected, the selection circuit selects all of the k data lines during each of a first pre-charge period and a second pre-charge period that are provided in series prior to a period when the data voltages, which are time-division multiplexed in the video signal, are to be supplied to the k data lines and the selected k data lines are supplied with, during the first pre-charge period, a voltage having a predetermined polarity and, during the second pre-charge period, a voltage having the same polarity as identical polarities of the data voltages to be supplied during the period subsequent to the second pre-charge period. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118003 | SELF-COMPENSATING GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a self-compensating gate driving circuit which comprises a plurality of GOA units which are cascade-connected, and a Nth GOA unit controls charge to a Nth horizontal scanning line G(n) in a display area. The Nth GOA unit comprises a pull-up controlling part, a pull-up part, a transmission part, a first pull-down part, a bootstrap capacitor part and a pull-down holding part. The pull-up part, the first pull-down part, the bootstrap capacitor part and the pull-down holding part are respectively coupled to a Nth gate signal point Q(N) and the Nth horizontal scanning line G(n), and the pull-up controlling part and the transmission part are respectively coupled to the Nth gate signal point Q(N), and the pull-down holding part is inputted with a DC low voltage VSS. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118004 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for driving a display apparatus and a display apparatus are provided. With the method for driving a display apparatus according to the present disclosure, the gate driver circuit, the source driver circuit and the reference voltage generation circuit are controlled not to output any signal during an interval between display of two frames of pictures, so as to solve the problems that a gate driver circuit and a source driver circuit in the existing display apparatus have large power consumption, and operate at an excessive high temperature. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118005 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode on the first substrate, the pixel electrode including separately formed first and second sub-pixel electrodes; a first thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the first sub-pixel electrode; a second TFT connected to the second sub-pixel electrode; a third TFT connected to one of the first and second TFTs; a gate line connected to the first, second, and third TFTs; a data line intersecting the gate line and respectively connected to the first and second TFTs; and a storage line, at least a part of the storage line spaced apart from and in parallel with the data line and connected to the third TFT. The first, second, and third TFTs may include a common gate electrode extending from the gate line. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118006 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including a display panel connected to a plurality of data lines, a data driver configured to generate a plurality of data voltages, and to apply the plurality of data voltages to the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of feedback lines disposed in a fan-out region between the display panel and the data driver, wherein the data driver is further configured to applies a first signal to each of the plurality of feedback lines, wherein delays by the fan-out region are obtained based on the first signal, the delays being associated with the plurality of data lines, and wherein the data driver is further configured to controls output times of the plurality of data voltages based on the delays. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118007 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118008 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix; a plurality of signal lines that extend in a second direction in the display region; a vertical drive circuit that is coupled to first ends of the scanning lines and applies a vertical scanning pulse to the first ends to select each row of the pixels in the display region; a horizontal drive circuit that performs a display operation of supplying an image signal to each of the pixels in the row selected by the vertical drive circuit through the signal lines; and a plurality of switches that are coupled to second ends of the scanning lines respectively. Each of the switches supplies the same potential as that supplied to the first ends by the vertical drive circuit to the second end corresponding thereto in an idle period. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118009 | DISPLAY PANEL, GATE DRIVER AND CONTROL METHOD - A display panel includes gate lines and a gate driver. The gate driver includes series coupled driving stages, in which an N-th driving stage of the series-coupled driving stages includes a driving unit and an input control unit. The driving unit transmits a first clock signal according to a control voltage level of a control node, so as to output a gate-driving signal. The input control unit transmits the gate-driving signal outputted from an (N−1)-th driving stage to the control nodes, so as to adjust the control voltage level to one of a first voltage level and a second voltage level. A predetermined time interval is present between a rising edge of the first clock signal and a falling edge of the second clock signal. During the predetermined time interval, the control voltage level is pulled to the first voltage level by the input control unit. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118010 | Display Driving Apparatus, Source Driver and Skew Adjustment Method - A display driving apparatus includes a timing controller, for generating and outputting a first clock signal and a first data signal; and a plurality of source drivers, each source driver receiving the first clock signal and the first data signal, wherein there is a respective first skew value between the received first clock signal and the received first data signal for each source driver; wherein each source driver adjusts the respective first skew value to a respective second skew value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118011 | Display With Intraframe Pause Circuitry - A display may have an array of pixels to display images. Gate line driver circuitry may have stages that supply gate line signals. A gate line may be located in each row of the pixels. Each stage may have an output block that produces a respective one of the gate line signals and may have a carry block that separately produces a carry signal that is provided to a later stage in the gate line driver circuitry. A memory may be provided in at least some of the stages to store signals produced by the output blocks during intraframe pausing operations. At the end of an intraframe pause, the stored signals may be used in restarting production of the gate line signals by output blocks in the gate line driver stages. Circuitry may be used to separately reset the output block and suppress carry signal production by the carry block. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118012 | Power Management Method and Power Management Device - A power management method and a power management device for a display are disclosed, including: comparing contents in an original frame image with contents in a previous image to generate a plurality of successive second periods with first stages and second stages, shortening a plurality of time intervals in the first pulse timing distribution and outputting the first pulse timing distribution for displaying a first sub-frame image on the display during the first stage of one of the plurality of successive second periods, and shortening a plurality of time intervals in the second pulse timing distribution and outputting the second pulse timing distribution for displaying a second sub-frame image on the display during the first stage of the other one of the plurality of successive second periods; and turning off the driving circuit of the display in the second stages. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118013 | DISPLAY DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display driving apparatus and a method for driving display apparatus are provided. Source drivers generate abnormality-notify signals according to driving signals. A timing controller determines the source drivers received abnormal driving signals according to the abnormality-notify signals and a horizontal synchronizing signal and adjusts the driving signals corresponding to the source drivers received the abnormal driving signals. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118014 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention belongs to the field of display technology, and provides a display panel and a display device which can solve the problem that the common voltage compensation circuit in the prior art produces a disturbance on the display panel. The display panel of the present invention comprises at least one gate drive chip and at least one common voltage compensation circuit, wherein the common voltage compensation circuit is provided inside the gate drive chip. The display device of the present invention comprises above display panel. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118015 | Device Control Utilizing Optical Flow - A computing device includes an interface configured to receive image data that is indicative of a field-of-view (FOV) that is associated with a head-mountable display (HMD). The computing device also includes a computing system configured to determine optical flow from the image data and to determine, based on the optical flow, whether or not the HMD is associated with operation of a vehicle. Further, the computing device is configured to control the HMD to display information in a first mode, if the HMD is associated with the operation of the vehicle, and to control the HMD to display information in a second mode, if the HMD is not associated with the operation of the vehicle. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118016 | PORTABLE DIGITAL SIGN SYSTEM - A portable sign includes a frame, a digital display supported by the frame, a power supply to provide electricity to the digital display, and a controller to initiate a presentation of digital content on the display. The display that is interactive, lightweight and durable. The portable sign may display and collect data The portable sign may be one of a number of portable signs networked to a host device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118017 | DISPLAY CIRCUIT OF SWITCHABLE EXTERNAL DISPLAY PORTS - A display circuit includes a graphics display unit for generating a graphics display signal; a first BIOS and a second BIOS electrically connected to the graphics display unit, and respectively storing a first BIOS program code and a second BIOS program code; a BIOS switch electrically for enabling one of the first BIOS and the second BIOS and disabling the other; an output switch electrically connected to the graphics display unit; a first output port and a second output port electrically connected to the output switch. When the graphics display unit loads the first BIOS program code, the output switch is switched to electrically connect the first output port to the graphics display unit; when the graphics display unit loads the second BIOS program code, the output switch is switched to electrically connect the second output port to the graphics display unit. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118018 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An operational terminal | 2016-04-28 |
20160118019 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device has a communication module which performs information communication with a color gamut information providing device for providing color gamut information concerning a color gamut of video data of a received broadcast program, a controller which acquires the color gamut information of the video data from the color gamut information providing device through the communication module, and an image quality corrector which restores the color gamut of the video data of the broadcast program, based on the color gamut information acquired by the controller. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118020 | HYBRID SCALAR-VECTOR DITHERING DISPLAY METHODS AND APPARATUS - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for generating images on a display using a hybrid scalar-vector dithering process. The hybrid scalar-vector dithering process includes a combination of a scalar dithering process and a vector dithering process. In the scalar dithering process, at least one color subfield is dithered based on the data within just that color subfield. In the vector dithering process, data across multiple color subfields is dithered together. In some implementations, the color subfield processed by the scalar dithering process is a composite color subfield, such as white (W), yellow (Y), cyan (C) and magenta (M). The color subfields processed by the vector dithering process can be component color subfields, such as red (R), green (G), and blue (B) color subfields. In some implementations, an identical dither mask is applied in both the vector and scalar portions of the hybrid scalar-vector dithering process. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118021 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a frame buffer which stores reference image data; a reception unit which receives input image data; a counter managing unit which calculates a first counter value of each pixel based on a difference between gradation values of the reference image data and the input image data; a correction unit which corrects the input image data per pixel based on the calculated first counter value and generates corrected image data; and a display which displays an image corresponding to the corrected image data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118022 | DATA SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A data signal processing device includes a load calculator and a compensation processor. The load calculator calculates an on-pixel rate (OPR) based on image data signals and positional weight values. The positional weight values are determined based on locations of pixels in a display panel. The OPR is proportional to a frame luminance load, which corresponds to a sum of driving currents for the pixels to emit light in each of a plurality of frames. The compensation processor compensates distorted luminance caused by the frame luminance load based on the OPR. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118023 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus may include a mode determining unit, which determines an operation mode of the display apparatus between a first mode and a second mode; a display unit, which includes n scan lines including first through nth scan lines; data lines; and pixels, wherein a pixel is associated with a respective scan line and a respective data line; a gate driver to output scan signals to the scan lines; and a source driver to output data signals to the data lines in synchronization with the scan signals, wherein the gate driver substantially simultaneously outputs the scan signals to an ith scan line and a (k+i)th scan line among the scan lines in the first mode, and k is a positive integer, n is equal to 2k, and i is a positive integer smaller than or equal to k. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118024 | CACHE MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A cache memory apparatus including a cache memory including a bank, a partition configuration unit configured to divide the cache memory into partitions by allocating the bank to a texture among textures for rendering, and a controller configured to receive a partition ID, of texture data requested by a device that performs the rendering, determine whether the requested texture data is stored in a partition corresponding to the partition ID among the plurality of partitions, and output the requested texture data to the device based on a result of the determination. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREEN CAPTURE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus and method for performing screen captures on display devices are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a screen capture command, determining pixel values of rows of the display device based on the screen parameters, obtaining framebuffer parameters from a framebuffer of the display device, the framebuffer parameters comprising pixel values of rows of the framebuffer, determining whether pixel values of the rows of the framebuffer are substantially equivalent to the pixel values of the rows of the display device, processing screenshot data read from the framebuffer based on the pixel values of the rows of the screen when the pixel values of the rows of the framebuffer are not substantially equivalent to the pixel values of the rows of the screen, and creating a file comprising the screenshot. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118026 | DRIVE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LED DISPLAY PANEL - A drive method and system for an LED display panel. The method comprises: converting an HDMI/DVI video signal into an RGB signal; dividing the RGB signal into N independent code streams and re-ranking same; and periodically switching a direct current provided to an LED display module ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160118027 | HEADSTOCK FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENT - A headstock for use with a stringed instrument. The headstock includes saddle receiving recesses which are positioned proximate openings which extend through a first surface of the headstock toward a second surface of the headstock. Saddles are positioned in the saddle receiving recesses. The saddles extend past the first surface in a direction away from the second surface, wherein the saddles and saddle receiving recesses cooperate with strings of the stringed instrument to direct the path of the strings. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118028 | Chinrest for Stringed Instruments - Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter include chinrests for stringed instruments. Exemplary chinrests can comprise a main body and a bracket for mounting the main body to the stringed instrument. In some embodiments the main body is comprised of a pad and one or more feet extending from a bottom surface of the pad. A chin plate for receiving a musician's chin can be defined by a top surface of the pad. Further, an extension portion of the pad can include an outer edge that extends beyond a back edge of the stringed instrument when the chinrest is mounted on the stringed instrument. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118029 | KNEE-REST FOR USE WITH INDIAN CLASSICAL VIOLIN - A violin knee-rest comprising a support with a connecting member attached. A rigid having an elongated opening member is attached to the connecting member. A sliding member is attached to a screw with a U shaped head and a screw thread. The sliding member is configured to slide across the rigid member through the first elongated opening. The sliding member having an elongated opening is configured to be fastened at a desired location on the sliding member by a first wing nut and a first washer arrangement. The violin receiving member has a first end which is threaded. The violin receiving member has a second end which is concave shaped to hold a base of the violin. The receiving member is configured to slide across the second elongated opening of the sliding member. The violin receiving member is configured to be fastened at a desired location on the sliding member. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118030 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MUSIC - A computing device converts each input signal corresponding to a key of a music keyboard into a tone of the musical instrument associated with the key. The computing device outputs each tone of the musical instrument using an audio device connected to the computing device. The computing device converts each tone of the musical instrument into a note and stores the note into a musical score. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118031 | STATE DETECTING CIRCUIT, KEY-PRESS DETECTOR, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A state detecting circuit has a first switch circuit connected to a first selection line and a second switch circuit connected to a second selection line. The first switch circuit includes two switches, and performs an arithmetic operation of ON/OFF states of the switches and a selection signal. Thus, since one switch circuit performs an arithmetic operation using ON/OFF states of the two switches, the number of selection lines and the number of parts can be reduced. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118032 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE SUSPENSION - An acoustic device includes a diaphragm, a frame, and a suspension element that couples the diaphragm to the frame such that the diaphragm is movable in a reciprocating manner relative to the frame. The suspension element includes a first surround element and a second surround element that are separated at respective outer edges by a first distance and separated at respective inner edges by a second distance. The first distance and the second distance are different. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118033 | PANEL ASSEMBLY HAVING STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE JOINT - A panel assembly | 2016-04-28 |
20160118034 | Particulate Sound Barrier and Sound Absorption/Insulation Board Thereof - A particulate sound absorption board used for sound absorption surface layer of sound absorption/insulation board is a micropore particle board formed by splicing skeleton particles and filling particles which are covered with binding agent on the surface and have small angularity coefficient. The particulate sound insulation board used for sound insulation surface layer of sound absorption/insulation board is a compressed board formed by closely splicing skeleton particles, filling particles, binding agent and coupling agent, and there is a resonance sound absorption cavity that functions together with sound absorption surface layer in the board body. The particulate sound barrier consists of column and more than two overlapped sound absorption/insulation boards fixed between adjacent columns. A convex-concave joint end face is set on the sound absorption/insulation board, and the sealing cushion is bound between adjacent end faces. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118035 | ACTIVE CANCELLATION OF NOISE IN TEMPORAL BONE - A noise-canceling device includes a processing circuit configured to detect vibrational noise sound waves near a listener's ear using a vibration sensor, generate a vibrational noise-canceling signal, and control operation of a speaker to provide a desired sound signal and the vibrational noise-canceling signal to at least partially cancel the vibrational noise sound waves. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118036 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A USER OF A HANDS-FREE INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A hands-free intercom may include a user-tracking sensor, a directional microphone, a directional sound emitter, a display device, and/or a communication interface. The user-tracking sensor may determine a location of a user so the directional microphone can measure vocal emissions by the user and the directional sound emitter can deliver audio to the user. The hands-free intercom may provide privacy to the user. The hands-free intercom may prevent an eavesdropper from hearing the user's vocal emissions, for example, by canceling the vocal emissions at the eavesdropper's ear. The directional sound emitter may deliver out-of-phase sound to cancel the vocal emissions. The hands-free intercom may also, or instead, cancel ambient noise at the user's ear. The hands-free intercom may measure or predict a filtration of the sound to be canceled and compensate for the filtration when canceling the sound. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118037 | APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING PROTECTING SOUND IN QUIETING VEHICLE - An apparatus and method for outputting a protecting sound in a quieting vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit that is configured to store a mapping table in which protecting sounds having frequency bands that are exponentially increased for each vehicle speed are mapped. In addition, a controller is configured to output the protecting sound of the frequency band that corresponds to the current vehicle speed using the mapping table when the vehicle is being driven by an electric motor. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118038 | REVERBERATION ESTIMATOR - Provided are methods and systems for generating Direct-to-Reverberant Ratio (DRR) estimates. The methods and systems use a null-steered beamformer to produce accurate DRR estimates across a variety of room sizes, reverberation times, and source-receiver distances. The DRR estimation algorithm uses spatial selectivity to separate direct and reverberant energy and account for noise separately. The formulation considers the response of the beamformer to reverberant sound and the effect of noise. The DRR estimation algorithm is more robust to background noise than existing approaches, and is applicable where a signal is recorded with two or more microphones, such as with mobile communications devices, laptop computers, and the like. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118039 | SOUND SAMPLE VERIFICATION FOR GENERATING SOUND DETECTION MODEL - A method for verifying at least one sound sample to be used in generating a sound detection model in an electronic device includes receiving a first sound sample; extracting a first acoustic feature from the first sound sample; receiving a second sound sample; extracting a second acoustic feature from the second sound sample; and determining whether the second acoustic feature is similar to the first acoustic feature. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118040 | INITIATING ACTIONS BASED ON PARTIAL HOTWORDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, receiving audio data; determining that an initial portion of the audio data corresponds to an initial portion of a hotword; in response to determining that the initial portion of the audio data corresponds to the initial portion of the hotword, selecting, from among a set of one or more actions that are performed when the entire hotword is detected, a subset of the one or more actions; and causing one or more actions of the subset to be performed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND CLASSIFYING CALLS WITHOUT TRANSCRIPTION VIA KEYWORD SPOTTING - A facility and method for analyzing and classifying calls without transcription via keyword spotting is disclosed. The facility uses a group of calls having known outcomes to generate one or more domain- or entity-specific grammars containing keywords and related information that are indicative of particular outcome. The facility monitors telephone calls by determining the domain or entity associated with the call, loading the appropriate grammar or grammars associated with the determined domain or entity, and tracking keywords contained in the loaded grammar or grammars that are spoken during the monitored call, along with additional information. The facility performs a statistical analysis on the tracked keywords and additional information to determine a classification for the monitored telephone call. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118042 | SELECTIVE NOISE SUPPRESSION DURING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - An automatic speech recognition engine and a method of using the engine is described. The method pertains to front-end processing an audio signal and includes the steps of: identifying a plurality of voiced-frames of the audio signal; determining that one or more of the plurality of voiced-frames have a signal-to-noise (SNR) value greater than a first predetermined threshold; and based on the determination, bypassing noise suppression for the one or more of the plurality of voiced-frames. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118043 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ALARM CONTROL METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an alarm control method executed in an electronic device, voice commands are set using a voice capturing device and stored into a storage device. The voice commands are set for controlling an alarm of the electronic device. In event the alarm rings, real-time audio data is captured using the voice capturing device. The voice commands are read from the storage device, and the voice commands are compared with the audio data to determine that at least one voice command matches the audio data. The alarm is controlled according to a matched voice command. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118044 | MOBILE THOUGHT CATCHER SYSTEM - A voice capture device helps users capture and act upon fleeting thoughts. In response to user activation a processor stores an audio file corresponding to a finite amount of audio captured by a microphone of the voice capture device. The processor automatically transfers the audio file to one or more servers either directly via the Internet or via an intermediate device at a later time when such transfer is possible. The one or more servers automatically convert the audio file to a corresponding text record, automatically add the text record to a history of text records for the user, and send a copy of the history of text records for the user to a computing device associated with the user. The user can thereby utilize the computing device to review the history of text records and be reminded of actions that need to be taken. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118045 | METATAGGING OF CAPTIONS - A method for the real-time metatagging and captioning of an event. The method for the real-time metatagging and captioning of an event may include embedding metatag information in a caption file provided by a captioner. The embedded metatag information may allow a user to access additional information via the text of the captioned event. The metatag information may be embedded using a captioning device that creates both the text code and embeds the metatag code. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118046 | Location-Based Conversational Understanding - Location-based conversational understanding may be provided. Upon receiving a query from a user, an environmental context associated with the query may be generated. The query may be interpreted according to the environmental context. The interpreted query may be executed and at least one result associated with the query may be provided to the user. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118047 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING CONVERSATIONAL BIOMETRICS AND SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION/VERIFICATION TO FILTER VOICE STREAMS - A method and system for using conversational biometrics and speaker identification and/or verification to filter voice streams during mixed mode communication. The method includes receiving an audio stream of a communication between participants. Additionally, the method includes filtering the audio stream of the communication into separate audio streams, one for each of the participants. Each of the separate audio streams contains portions of the communication attributable to a respective participant. Furthermore, the method includes outputting the separate audio streams to a storage system. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118048 | PROVIDING VOICE RECOGNITION SHORTCUTS BASED ON USER VERBAL INPUT - A method for determining a voice command shortcut includes receiving a first voice command providing instructions for performing a particular task and a second voice command providing additional instructions for performing the same task. The voice command shortcut may be used in place of the first and second voice commands, which are typically submitted in response to system prompts. The availability of a voice command shortcut is determined based on the first and second voice commands. If a voice command shortcut is available, an audible and/or visual notification may be provided to inform the user of the available voice command shortcut. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEAKER-CALIBRATED SPEAKER DETECTION - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for speaker-calibrated speaker detection. One embodiment of a method for generating a speaker model for use in detecting a speaker of interest includes identifying one or more speech features that best distinguish the speaker of interest from a plurality of impostor speakers and then incorporating the speech features in the speaker model. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118050 | NON-STANDARD SPEECH DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a non-standard speech detection system and method whereby a speech is analyzed based on models that are trained using personalized speech for each individual. The model is stored in a database and used to analyze a speech in real time to determine the content and behavior of an individual who is a party to a conversation that produces the speech. The results of the analysis can be used to determine if a conversation takes place under normal circumstances or under extraneous circumstances. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118051 | AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE AND AUDIO ENCODING METHOD - An audio encoding device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: detecting a plurality of lobes based on a frequency signal constituting an audio signal; calculating a masking threshold value of the frequency signal; allocating an amount of bits per unit frequency region to be allocated for encoding of the frequency signal on a basis of the masking threshold value; selecting a main lobe on a basis of bandwidth and power of the lobes; and controlling the encoding by reducing the amount of bits in a first region including a maximum value of the power in the main lobe. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118052 | VOCODER PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a semiconductor device, a vocoder processing unit requests, after executing a first vocoder process being one of an encoding process and a decoding process and before executing a following second vocoder process being other one of the encoding process and the decoding process, a cache memory to prefetch first program data to be used for the second vocoder process from an external memory. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118053 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CONCEALMENT OF THE ADAPTIVE CODEBOOK IN A CELP-LIKE CONCEALMENT EMPLOYING IMPROVED PITCH LAG ESTIMATION - An apparatus for determining an estimated pitch lag is provided. The apparatus includes an input interface for receiving a plurality of original pitch lag values, and a pitch lag estimator for estimating the estimated pitch lag. The pitch lag estimator is configured to estimate the estimated pitch lag depending on a plurality of original pitch lag values and depending on a plurality of information values, wherein for each original pitch lag value of the plurality of original pitch lag values, an information value of the plurality of information values is assigned to the original pitch lag value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118054 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING LOST FRAMES - A method for recovering lost frame in a media bitstream is provided. When a frame loss event occurs, a decoder obtains a synthesized high frequency band signal of a current lost frame, and recovery information related to the current lost frame. The decoder determines a global gain gradient of the current lost frame, and further determines a global gain of the current lost frame according to the global gain gradient and a global gain of each frame in previous M frames of the current lost frame. A high frequency band signal of the current lost frame is obtained by adjusting the synthesized high frequency band signal of the current lost frame according to the global gain and a subframe gain of the current lost frame. The process enables natural and smooth transitions of the high frequency band signal between the frames, and attenuates noises in the high frequency band signal. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118055 | DECODING METHOD AND DECODING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a decoding method and a decoding apparatus. The decoding method includes: in a case in which it is determined that a current frame is a lost frame, synthesizing a high frequency band signal; determining subframe gains of multiple subframes of the current frame; determining a global gain of the current frame; and adjusting, according to the global gain and the subframe gains of the multiple subframes, the synthesized high frequency band signal to obtain a high frequency band signal of the current frame. A subframe gain of the current frame is obtained according to a gradient between subframe gains of subframes previous to the current frame, so that transition before and after frame loss is more continuous, thereby reducing noise during signal reconstruction, and improving speech quality. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118056 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL - A method is provided. The method includes obtaining a low-band spectrum of an audio signal in which a low-band signal is frequency transformed; obtaining phase information of a high-band spectrum of the audio signal based on the low-band spectrum; and outputting a bitstream that comprises the phase information of the high-band spectrum. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118057 | SELECTIVE BASS POST FILTER - In some embodiments, a pitch filter for filtering a preliminary audio signal generated from an audio bitstream is disclosed. The pitch filter has an operating mode selected from one of either: (i) an active mode where the preliminary audio signal is filtered using filtering information to obtain a filtered audio signal, and (ii) an inactive mode where the pitch filter is disabled. The preliminary audio signal is generated in an audio encoder or audio decoder having a coding mode selected from at least two distinct coding modes, and the pitch filter is capable of being selectively operated in either the active mode or the inactive mode while operating in the coding mode based on control information. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118058 | FREQUENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY - A system and method are provided for displaying a frequency response for a sound system design. Coverage map data is processed for a listening area. The coverage map data comprises a plurality of samples. Frequency response data is computed for each sample. The frequency response data is accumulated into a plurality of distributions. A statistical frequency response display is generated based on the distributions. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118059 | DRONE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - A system, method, and apparatus for drone detection and classification are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a sound signal in a microphone and recording, via a sound card, a digital sound sample of the sound signal, the digital sound sample having a predetermined duration. The method also includes processing, via a processor, the digital sound sample into a feature frequency spectrum. The method further includes applying, via the processor, broad spectrum matching to compare the feature frequency spectrum to at least one drone sound signature stored in a database, the at least one drone sound signature corresponding to a flight characteristic of a drone model. The method moreover includes, conditioned on matching the feature frequency spectrum to one of the drone sound signatures, transmitting, via the processor, an alert. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118060 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for processing multimedia content. The method includes extracting one or more words from an audio stream associated with multimedia content. Each word has associated one or more timestamps indicative of temporal occurrences of said word in said multimedia content. The method further includes creating a word cloud of said one or more words in said multimedia content based on a measure of emphasis laid on each word in said multimedia content and said one or more timestamps associated with said one or more words. The method further includes presenting one or more multimedia snippets, of said multimedia content, associated with a word selected by a user from said word cloud. Each of said one or more multimedia snippets corresponds to said one or more timestamps associated with occurrences of said word in said multimedia content. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118061 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In general, according to one embodiment, an electronic device includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire audio data obtained by collecting sounds around the electronic device, and to identify, based on the acquired audio data, the type of the surrounding environment using a density of people around the electronic device or information as to whether a surrounding natural environment is present. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118062 | Robust Voice Activity Detector System for Use with an Earphone - An electronic device or method for adjusting a gain on a voice operated control system can include one or more processors and a memory having computer instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the operations of receiving a first microphone signal, receiving a second microphone signal, updating a slow time weighted ratio of the filtered first and second signals, and updating a fast time weighted ratio of the filtered first and second signals. The one or more processors can further perform the operations of calculating an absolute difference between the fast time weighted ratio and the slow time weighted ratio, comparing the absolute difference with a threshold, and increasing the gain when the absolute difference is greater than the threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118063 | DEEP TAGGING BACKGROUND NOISES - In a method for deep tagging a recording, a computer records audio comprising speech from one or more people. The computer detects a non-speech sound within the audio. The computer determines that the non-speech sound corresponds to a type of sound, and in response, associates a descriptive term with a time of occurrence of the non-speech sound within the recorded audio to form a searchable tag. The computer stores the searchable tag as metadata of the recorded audio. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118064 | WRITE HEAD CORE - Implementations disclosed and claimed herein include a method of write head core located in a slider, the write head core comprising a first end operative to serve as a write pole, a second end operative to serve as a return pole, wherein the first end comprises a substantially smaller cross-sectional area than the second end, and wherein the write head core has a substantially smooth curvature. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118065 | MgO Based Perpendicular Spin Polarizer in Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR) Applications - A design for a microwave assisted magnetic recording device is disclosed wherein a spin torque oscillator (STO) between a main pole and write shield has a spin polarization (SP) layer less than 30 Angstroms thick and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) induced by an interface with one or two metal oxide layers. Back scattered spin polarized current from an oscillation layer is used to stabilize SP layer magnetization. One or both of the metal oxide layers may be replaced by a confining current pathway (CCP) structure. In one embodiment, the SP layer is omitted and spin polarized current is generated by a main pole/metal oxide interface. A direct current or pulsed current bias is applied across the STO. Rf current may also be injected into the STO to reduce critical current density. A write gap of 25 nm or less is achieved while maintaining good STO performance. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118066 | SENSOR STRUCTURE HAVING INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY - A reader sensor having a dusting layer having a thickness less than 5 Angstroms between and in contact with the AFM layer and with the pinned layer. The dusting layer comprises a non-magnetic, electrically conducting material, such as ruthenium or iridium. The reader sensor has a free layer composed of a material free of nickel (Ni). | 2016-04-28 |
20160118067 | DETECTING DAMAGE TO MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS - In one embodiment, a system is provided for detecting a damaged magnetoresistive sensor. The system includes a processor, and logic or software stored in hardware that is executable by the processor. The logic or software is configured to, when executed by the processor, determine a scaled resistance of a plurality of sensors. The scaled resistances are measured against at least a first bias current, I | 2016-04-28 |
20160118068 | PIVOT ASSEMBLY BEARING AND HARD DISK DRIVE DEVICE - A pivot assembly bearing includes a shaft, a sleeve provided coaxially with the shaft, and a pair of rolling bearings arranged to be separated from each other in an axial direction between the shaft and the sleeve. The sleeve includes a ventilation path configured to communicate a region surrounded by the shaft, the pair of rolling bearings, and the sleeve with the outside of the sleeve. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118069 | WAVEGUIDE OF A WRITE HEAD WITH REDUCED CROSS SECTIONAL AREA PROXIMATE A NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER - A write head includes a near-field transducer near a media-facing surface of the write head. The write head includes a waveguide having a core with a first side disposed proximate to the near-field transducer. The core overlaps the near-field transducer at a substrate-parallel plane. The core includes one of a step or a taper on a second side facing away from the first side. The step or the taper causes a reduced thickness of the core normal to the substrate-parallel plane. The write head includes a cladding layer that encompassing the second side of the core and that fills in the step or the taper. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118070 | WAVEGUIDE OF A WRITE HEAD WITH REDUCED CROSSTRACK WIDTH PROXIMATE A NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER - A write head includes a near-field transducer near a media-facing surface of the write head and a waveguide. The waveguide includes a core that overlaps or is co-planer with the near-field transducer at a first region. The core has a second region extending away from the near-field transducer to an energy source. The core has a third region between the first and second regions. The third region has a third crosstrack width that is less than first and second crosstrack widths of the first and second regions | 2016-04-28 |
20160118071 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; an underlayer positioned above the substrate; and a magnetic recording layer structure positioned above the underlayer, where the magnetic recording layer structure includes at least a first magnetic recording layer and a second magnetic recording layer, the second magnetic layer being positioned above first magnetic recording layer, where the first magnetic recording layer includes a first segregant material positioned between magnetic grains thereof, the first segregant material being primarily boron nitride (BN), and where the second magnetic recording layer includes a second segregant material positioned between the magnetic grains thereof, the second segregant material being primarily an oxide. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118072 | Enlarged Substrate for Magnetic Recording Medium - An enlarged substrate for a magnetic recording medium used in a data storage device such as a hard disc drive (HDD). In some embodiments, a data storage device has a housing member for a 3½ inch form factor storage device or a 2½ inch form factor storage device. A rotatable data recording disc is supported by the housing member. The disc has a plurality of tracks formed thereon. At least one track of the plurality of tracks has an average radius of greater than 47.5 mm for the 3½ inch form factor storage device or greater than 32.5 mm for the 2½ inch form factor storage device. A data read/write transducer is configured to be controllably advanced across a recording surface of the data recording disc and to record data to the plurality of tracks. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118073 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC DISK, AND POLISHING LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR GLASS SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk or the like according to which surface roughnesses of main surfaces of a glass substrate can be reduced more than with currently available methods. In the present invention, by mirror-polishing (final finishing-polishing) the main surfaces of the glass substrate used in a magnetic disk, for example, using a polishing liquid containing organic-based particles made of a styrene-based resin, an acrylic resin, or a urethane-based resin, as polishing abrasive particles, surface roughnesses of the main surfaces of the substrate can be reduced more than with currently available methods. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118074 | HOLOGRAPHIC DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A holographic data reproduction apparatus is provided. The holographic data reproduction apparatus includes: a charged-coupled device (CCD) that photographs diffracted-light from a recording medium irradiated with reference light, wherein the diffracted-light corresponds to a data page, an operation unit that calculates an optimal threshold value by applying a fitness function (Fit) to a genetic algorithm for detecting a number of error bits of the data page corresponding to the diffracted-light, a control unit that determines an output value of each pixel of the data page based on the optimal threshold value, and a decoding unit that decodes and outputs reproduction data according to the output value of the each pixel. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize a bit error rate (BER) and accurately reproduce holographic data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118075 | LASER SUBASSEMBLY METALLIZATION FOR HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING - A heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) assembly includes a slider, a laser diode and solder connections between the laser diode and the slider. The solder connections mechanically and electrically attach the laser diode to the slider. Each solder connection has a total volume per unit area (i.e., height) of less than or equal to about 15 μm. The solder connections have a first intermetallic zone adjacent to the laser diode, a second intermetallic zone adjacent to the slider, and a eutectic zone of eutectic material between the first and second intermetallic zones. The eutectic zone occupies greater than or equal to about 35% of the total volume per unit area of the solder connection. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118076 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A hologram apparatus and hologram optical system includes: a light source which emits a light beam; a splitter which splits the light beam emitted from the light source into a first light beam and a second light beam; a first lens for exposing an optical information recording medium to convergent light of the first light beam; an optical path angle varying device which causes the second light beam to become incident at substantially the same position as the first light beam in the optical information recording medium and changes an angle of incidence of the second light beam incident on the optical information recording medium; and an optical path shifting element which shifts a position of a light beam incident on the optical information recording medium, according to an angle to the optical information recording medium of the light beam incident on the optical information recording medium. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118077 | OPTICAL TAPE DATA STORAGE - An optical tape data storage is disclosed. An optical tape includes a substrate in a linear thin film shape and a recording layer deposited on the substrate. An irreversible optically detectable change is formed in the recording layer upon application of energy to the recording layer such that data is recorded on the recording layer by forming optically detectable changes. The recording layer may comprise a metal, a metal alloy, a metal oxide, a metalloid, or any combination thereof. The optical tape may further include an adhesion promotion layer for improving adhesion of the recording layer and the substrate, a reflective layer for providing optical contrast to an adjacent layer, and/or an absorptive layer positioned adjacent to the recording layer to absorb ablatable material not entirely ablated during ablation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING DIGITAL DATA AT A SURFACE OF A DATA CARRIER, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING BACK DIGITAL DATA FROM AT A SURFACE OF A DATA CARRIER - For storing digital data at a surface of a data carrier, it is proposed to use a block-wise transform pair between a spatial domain and a frequency domain to convert between information elements and recording elements at the surface of the data carrier. This enables that isolated strong data carrier defects affecting a single recording element in a block are converted to smaller amplitude errors on all information elements of a block. For non-continuous-valued information elements, these errors can be removed by quantization. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118079 | WIDE-BAND MULTI-FORMAT AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH FRAME RATE CONVERSION - Wide-band multi-format audio/video recording and production system with frame-rate conversion and methods performed by the audio/video production system. In one aspect, a method is performed by a portable video image recording device including an image sensor and high-capacity digital storage means supporting asynchronous access for recording and reproducing. The image sensor receives an input video image and the output of the image sensor is sampled using a sampling frequency of at least 30 megahertz to generate frames of video image data employing a first frame rate and having a first image dimension in pixels. A video program is recorded by processing the frames of video image data and storing video program content in a compressed progressive format using the high-capacity digital storage means. Concurrent to recording the video program, video image data is manipulated in real-time on a selective basis to output video content in an output video format having a second frame rate different than the first frame rate. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118080 | VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD - A video playback method and a video playback apparatus are provided. The object path extraction module of the video playback apparatus extracts at least one object path from an original video. The video synthesizing module of the video playback apparatus selectively adjusts said object path, so as to synthesize the object path into the synthesis video. The video synthesizing module determines the time length of the synthesis video based on the playback time length set by user, wherein the time length of the synthesis video less than the time length of the original video. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118081 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MULTIPLE ASPECT RATIO AUTOMATED SIMULCAST PRODUCTION - A system, method, and computer program product for producing a show. In an embodiment, the invention is directed to a production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio (4:3), and that causes the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio (16:9). In another embodiment, the invention is directed to producing a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect of the invention operates by producing a first show comprising a plurality of stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the invention produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The invention is also directed to a media manager that interacts with a server. In some cases, the server is integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118082 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MULTIPLE ASPECT RATIO AUTOMATED SIMULCAST PRODUCTION - A system, method, and computer program product for producing a show. In an embodiment, the invention is directed to a production system having a first production path, a second production path, and a control system that causes the first production path to generate a show in a first aspect ratio (4:3), and that causes the second production path to generate the same show in a second aspect ratio (16:9). In another embodiment, the invention is directed to producing a show from live material and from archived material. This aspect of the invention operates by producing a first show comprising a plurality of stories, segmenting the first show, and storing the show segments in an archive. Then, the invention produces a second show using live portions as well as show segments retrieved from the archive. The invention is also directed to a media manager that interacts with a server. In some cases, the server is integrated with the production system. The media manager automatically assigns channels/ports of the server when accessing material stored in the server. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118083 | Interactive Video Generation - Various videolization solutions are provided. A method for generating video is provided according to an example. The method includes obtaining one or more data portions and generating a customizable video using the one or more data portions and using one or more video generation templates; determining one or more selectable objects in the customizable video using one or more object definitions; receiving an indication indicating a user selection of at least one selectable object corresponding to an object definition; obtaining additional data portions related to the at least one selectable object corresponding to the indication; and regenerating the customizable video using the additional data portions and the one or more data portions corresponding to the indication. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118084 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AND VIRTUALLY DISPLAYING FOOTBALL STATISTICS - An apparatus for virtually applying graphical enhancements including a video enhancement processor receiving at least one image frame of a football game extracted from a multimedia stream. The at least one image frame includes a plurality of players. The apparatus applies a graphical enhancement to the at least one image frame such that at least one of the players is graphically enhanced. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118085 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYSTEMATIZATION OF PRODUCTION-PROCESS VIDEO DATA - There are disclosed a method and a system for systematization of production-process video data. The method is executable at an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving data regarding a correspondence between at least one service zone of a video-data source and at least one workplace for a performance of a production operation; generating a list of identifier types for marking video data to be received form the video-data source; receiving data regarding the production operation from at least one input device for production-operation data, the data regarding production operation being indicative of at least one identifier of at least one workplace for the production operation; based on the data regarding the production operation and the data regarding the correspondence between at least one service zone and the at least one workplace for the production operation, determining a given at least one video-data source of a given service zone in which the production operation is currently being performed; composing a reference that is indicative of a correspondence between video data generated by the given at least one video-data source at least some of the identifiers in the list of identifier types for marking video data to be received form the video-data source, the at least some of the identifiers being specifically selected for a type of the production operation being performed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118086 | NON-LINEAR VIDEO REVIEW BUFFER NAVIGATION - In one embodiment, a method for non-linear navigation of video content includes: receiving the video content in a live video review buffer, where the video content is indexed according to a time code index, defining video content windows in the video content according to blocks of time according to the time code index, displaying a grid of video tiles, where each of the video tiles is associated with one of the video content windows in the live video review buffer, defining an in-focus status for one of the video tiles, and in response to user input, navigating the video content window associated with the video tile with the in-focus status. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118087 | Memory Devices, Memory Device Operational Methods, and Memory Device Implementation Methods - Memory devices, memory device operational methods, and memory device implementation methods are described. According to one arrangement, a memory device includes memory circuitry configured to store data in a plurality of different data states, temperature sensor circuitry configured to sense a temperature of the memory device and to generate an initial temperature output which is indicative of the temperature of the memory device, and conversion circuitry coupled with the temperature sensor circuitry and configured to convert the initial temperature output into a converted temperature output which is indicative of the temperature of the memory device at a selected one of a plurality of possible different temperature resolutions, and wherein the converted temperature output is utilized by the memory circuitry to implement at least one operation with respect to storage of the data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118088 | STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY CHIPS - A storage device includes first and second nonvolatile memory groups that respectively include first and second nonvolatile memory chips, a memory controller connected to the first and second nonvolatile memory groups in common through input/output lines and at least one control line, and a group select circuit connected to the memory controller through the at least one control line and chip enable lines. The group select circuit is connected to the first and second nonvolatile memory groups through a plurality of first and second chip enable lines, respectively. The group select circuit, in response to receiving a control signal through the at least one control line, is configured to transmit chip enable signals to a selected memory group among the first nonvolatile memory group and the second nonvolatile memory group through selected chip enable lines among the first chip enable lines and the second chip enable lines. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118089 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING MEMORY ACCESS COHERENCY IN EMBEDDED MEMORY BLOCKS - Enhanced memory circuits are described that maintain coherency between concurrent memory reads and writes in a pipelined memory architecture. The described memory circuits can maintain data coherency regardless of the amount of pipelining applied to the memory inputs and/or outputs. Moreover, these memory circuits may be implemented as dedicated hard circuits in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device (PLD), and can be supplemented with user-configurable logic to achieve coherency in a variety of applications. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118090 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING LATCH CONTROLLER FOR PREVENTING DC CURRENT FROM FLOWING BETWEEN DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - Provided is a semiconductor device to prevent DC current from flowing between differential input signals. The semiconductor device includes a first input unit configured to buffer a first signal of differential input signals, a second input configured to buffer a second signal of the differential input signals, and a latch coupled between a first repeating node of the first input unit and a second repeating node of the second input unit to prevent duty variation of the first and second signals. The semiconductor device further includes a latch controller configured to selectively switch the operation of the latch based on states of the first and second signals appearing at the first and second repeating nodes during a time interval before preambles of the differential input signals are received. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118091 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A WRITE OPERATION IN A MEMORY DEVICE - The present invention provides a technique for performing write operations within a memory device comprising an array of memory cells. Wordline driver circuitry is used to assert a wordline signal to activate an addressed memory cell in the array. Write driver circuitry is used to perform a write operation to write a data value into the addressed memory cell, and is responsive to assertion of a write assist enable signal during the write operation to implement a write assist mechanism. Further, control circuitry is used to control timing of assertion of the wordline signal in dependence on timing of assertion of the write assist enable signal. By making the timing of assertion of the wordline signal dependent on the timing at which the write assist enable signal is asserted, it has been found that writeability of the memory cells is significantly improved. | 2016-04-28 |
20160118092 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND SELECTION OF A DEAD ZONE OF AN INTERNAL VOLTAGE - A driving apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate a voltage region control signal enabled for a predetermined time according to a command signal; and a driving circuit configured to provide an internal voltage by selecting a dead zone of the internal voltage according to the voltage region control signal. | 2016-04-28 |