17th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100106405 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING FILTERING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes sampling a first location reading from a device; sampling a first time stamp associated with the first location reading; sampling a second location reading from the device; sampling a second time stamp associated with the second location reading; obtaining a velocity for the device between the first location reading and the second location reading; and validating the second location reading with the first location reading, the first time stamp, the second time stamp, and the velocity for displaying on the device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106406 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL UNIT FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a navigation system for a vehicle which comprises a mobile navigation computer and a central control unit. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106407 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system has: a candidate input device | 2010-04-29 |
20100106408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING CONTENT TO MOBILE DEVICES - A method and apparatus is provided for moving content to a mobile device ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106409 | DOWNLOADING MAP SEGMENT(S) TO A CELL PHONE BASED UPON ITS GPS COORDINATES AND MOBILITY - A wireless terminal displays its location and navigation information (map segment) on its display. The wireless terminal accesses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine its location coordinates. The wireless terminal determines a maximum data size for navigation information to be downloaded. The wireless terminal sends a navigation information download request to a map server via a supporting wireless network infrastructure that includes the location coordinates and the maximum data size. The wireless terminal receives navigation information that has a data size no greater than the maximum data size and displays the navigation information on the display. The wireless terminal may display a map segment and an icon representing the wireless terminal at a location corresponding to the location coordinates of the wireless terminal with respect to the map segment. The wireless terminal may download a premises map from a premises map server. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106410 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING LOCATION INFORMATION ON A DIGITAL MAP, APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD, AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVISION/RECEPTION SYSTEM - Location information transmission apparatus for exchanging information about the on-road location on a digital map, characterized in that apparatus at an information provider comprises a location information converter for converting transmit on-road location information to road shape data including the on-road location consisting of a string of coordinates representing the road shape of a road section having a length that depends on the situation and relative data indicating the on-road location in the road section, and that apparatus at a party receiving the on-road location information comprises a shape matching section for performing shape matching by using the road shape data, identifying the road section on a digital map and identifying the on-road location in the road section by using the relative data. This makes it possible to correctly exchange information about the location on a digital map without defining node numbers or link numbers on a road network. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106411 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULT AUGMENTATION - A method for providing augmented search results may include receiving an indication of one or more potential destinations provided in response to a search operation, generating directional information indicative of a direction from a predefined location to a potential destination, and providing for display of the directional information along with a search result associated with the potential destination. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106412 | Data processing apparatus - With respect to a non-road region route, which is in a region other than roads registered in map data, a navigation apparatus in a vehicle specifies three check items: travel times the vehicle traveled; a shortened distance reduced by traveling the non-road region route compared with a route registered in the map data; and presence or absence of a predetermined facility in the vicinity of the non-road region route. The navigation apparatus determines an accuracy degree as to whether the non-road region route is existent based on the specified check items, thereby determining whether the non-road region route is existent. A route guidance process is executed based on the non-road region route, which is determined to be existent. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106413 | CONFIGURABLE VEHICULAR TIME TO STOP WARNING SYSTEM - A method is provided for determining when to issue an alert warning to a driver of a vehicle relating to an upcoming stopping location in a road of travel. Wireless messages transmitted from a remote entity to the vehicle are received. The messages contain information such as position data and other data affecting stopping of the vehicle. GPS data relating to instantaneous vehicle position in the road of travel is retrieved. A travel time until the vehicle reaches the stopping location is determined. A determination is made whether the driver has initiated braking. An advance notice period is determined for issuing a warning to the driver to decelerate the vehicle comprising the travel time plus a predetermined reaction time plus a selectable driver configured increment. A sensory warning to the driver of the vehicle is actuated if the advance notice period is less than the travel time and the driver has not initiated braking. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106414 | METHOD OF PERFORMING ROUTING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A method of performing routing in a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) navigation device incorporates user preferences determined through driving habits of the user. The GNSS navigation device stores a driving history, namely a plurality of route segments corresponding to maneuvers of a driver. The GNSS navigation device then determines which route segments of the plurality of route segments the user prefers based on the driving history. When generating a route, the GNSS navigation device then includes the preferred route segment. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A ROUTE LOCATION - A system and method for analyzing a route location is provided. The system has a position determining system for identifying a route location, a data measurement system on a machine for obtaining a route parameter at the route location at a first time and a route parameter at the route location at a second time; a data storage system for storing the route parameters; and a comparator for detecting a change in the route parameters over time. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106416 | AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION USING THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, INERTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS - A navigation technique for a vehicle employs an inertial reference system to derive a first position indication and a first velocity value. A first receiver processes signals of a global positioning system from which a second position indication and a second velocity value are derived. A second receiver processes signals from a plurality of distance measuring equipment stations at fixed positions on the earth and determines the distance between the vehicle and each of those stations. A third position indication is derived from those distances. A Kalman filter function is applied to the first, second and third position indications and to the first and second velocity values to compensate for uncertainty in the first position indication and in the first velocity value and thereby produce a vehicle position estimate and a vehicle velocity estimate. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A TRAJECTORY FOR EACH VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT - A method for identifying a trajectory for each vehicle involved in an accident. The method begins by plotting on a Cartesian Coordinate Plane GNSS locations corresponding to a vehicle involved in the accident. Next, the method identifies GNSS locations on the Cartesian Coordinate Plane where the vehicle was speeding. Next, the method marks those GNSS locations on the Cartesian Coordinate Plane where the vehicle involved in the accident was skidding. The process of plotting and identifying speeding as well as skidding is repeated for all vehicles involved in the accident. The Cartesian Coordinate plane then having all vehicle trajectories residing therein is sent to an output device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106418 | VEHICLE TRAVEL TRACK ESTIMATOR - A vehicle risk level acquiring ECU calculates and acquires a plurality of courses of other vehicles around a driver's own vehicle, and acquires the predicted course of the driver's own vehicle. The vehicle risk level acquiring ECU calculates the collision probability of the driver's own vehicle as collision possibility on the basis of the predicted course of the driver's own vehicle and the plurality of courses of other vehicles. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106419 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIDING NAVIGATION FOR AN AIRCRAFT IN RELATION TO OBSTACLES - The invention relates to a method of presenting zones at risk for an aircraft comprising a system of databases, a processor, an anticollision device and a viewing device, wherein to display on the viewing device the zones at risk in relation to the obstacles, the processor carries out the steps of: acquiring obstacle data, the data corresponding to obstacles situated in the aircraft's close displacement zone; calculating the risk of collision with each of the obstacles of the displacement zone; calculating the limits of the zones at risk of collision in the close displacement zone, these limits representing the positions from which the anticollision device might possibly produce collision alerts in relation to the obstacles if the aircraft were to steer towards the obstacle while maintaining the instantaneous flight parameters; and displaying the limits of zones at risk. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING OPTIMIZED PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE - A method for forming a virtual tripwire through a subregion of an area of interest. The method may involve performing a geometric analysis of terrain in the subregion, the geometric analysis determining a location for each one of a pre-designated plurality of candidate sensors that may potentially be used in forming the virtual tripwire. A viewshed for each candidate sensor is determined. Each viewshed represents a coverage region for its associated candidate sensor. A geometric beginning point and a geometric end point within the subregion are each defined for the virtual tripwire. The viewsheds are analyzed to determine a number of the candidate sensors required to form a path for the virtual tripwire from the beginning point to the end point. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106421 | DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENT OF MUD TEMPERATURE - A method for estimating a temperature within sub-surface materials traversed by a wellbore includes: obtaining temperature data from a plurality of measurements of temperature taken within the wellbore; calculating an overall heat transfer coefficient from the measurement data; calculating a geothermal gradient from the overall heat transfer coefficient; and using the geothermal gradient to estimate the temperature within the sub-surface materials. A system and a computer program product are provided. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106422 | Fluids Lifting Tool - A fluids lifting tool and analysis system. The present invention comprises a fluid lifting system for a gas well. The system comprises a lifting tool positioned in the well and a docking station at the well surface. The tool includes a processor, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, an accelerometer, and a proximity sensor. A battery in the tool is adapted to be charged by inductive coupling using coils in the docking station and the tool. The tool is released from the docking station and descends the well. During descent the tool measures elapsed time, velocity of the tool, calculates distance traveled, measures pressure and temperature, determines volumes or oil and water in the well, and senses when the tool reaches the bottom of the well. The FLT chooses to ascend the well when appropriate and transfers measured and calculated data to the docking station. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING FEASIBILITY OF PROBES AND BIOMARKERS - The quantitative evaluation of biomarker-probe activity is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the biomarker-probe activity may be quantified and analyzed using biodistributions generated using a model. In some embodiments, such biodistributions may be used to generate simulated images from which quantitative thresholds may be derived. In some embodiments, the quantitative thresholds may be used to analyze the biodistributions. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106424 | Device for Determining the State of a Biological Subject - The invention relates to physics and can be used for determining the functional state of a biological object, for example, a human or an animal. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106425 | SOLID-STATE UREA BIOSENSOR AND ITS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A data acquisition system for a solid-state urea biosensor uses an amplifier, a low-pass filter and a data acquisition card to acquire and relay data to a computer to be analyzed by a signal analysis program and displayed on a display panel. The biosensor includes a substrate, and three individual sensing areas separated by an insulating layer on the substrate. Each individual sensing area contains a conductive layer on the substrate, and a pH sensitive membrane is deposited thereon. An enzyme layer is deposited on one of the pH sensitive membranes to form a working electrode. The other two sensing areas are a quasi-reference electrode and a contrast electrode, respectively. The signals are transferred to an instrumentation amplifier. The amplified signals are then transferred to a low-pass filter. The filtered signals are analyzed by the program and then displayed on the display panel. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106426 | REGIONS OF INTEREST PROCESSING - After prepared biological samples have been submitted to liquid-chromatography/mass spectrometry equipment, digital images are produced that show variations. Some of these variations may be of interest while others are not of interest. Variations in regions of interest can be correlated and correlation scores produced to classify biological features aid in scientific discovery. Shape properties of variations can also be calculated by geometric scores. A microalignment method aids the correlation calculation without resorting to macroalignment. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106427 | SAMPLE ANALYZER - A sample analyzer comprising: a sample preparing section for preparing first and second measurement sample including reagent and sample; a first detector for detecting a predetermined component in the first measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing section; a second detector for detecting the predetermined component in the second measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing section; and a controller configured for performing operations, comprising: (a) controlling the first detector to detect the predetermined component in the first measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing section; (b) determining the reliability of the result detected by the first detector; (c) controlling the sample preparing section to prepare the second measurement sample from the same sample when the result has been determined to be unreliable; and (d) controlling the second detector to detect the predetermined component in the second measurement sample, is disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A STATUS OF A MEMEBER OF A VEHICLE - A system or method for monitoring a status of a member of a vehicle comprises a member of a vehicle. A set of one or more magnets is secured to the member. A magnetic field sensor is mounted on a vehicle, spaced apart from the member. The magnetic field sensor produces a data signal. A data processor receives the data signal from the magnetic field sensor and detects at least one of a deformation or movement of the member with respect to the vehicle. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106429 | System and method for monitoring mechanical seals - A mechanical seal monitoring system and method that measure the wear of seal faces of a mechanical seal where the mechanical seal seals a rotating machine portion from another portion of the machine. The system preferably uses a wear probe movable relative to a rotating seal component so that the wear probe can contact the rotating component. The wear of the seal is preferably determined by the relative movement that is required for the wear probe to contact the rotating component. Preferably, stress waves induced by the rubbing between the probe and the rotating component are detected by a stress-wave sensor, processed by a signal processor, and either displayed to the user numerically or reported to a monitoring computer. A signal intensity comparison method is preferably used to make the detection process insensitive to background noise generated by sources other than the contact of the wear probe and the rotating component. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106430 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING SERVICE LIFE OF A COMPONENT SUBJECT TO STRESS - A method is described for determining when a ceramic component on a platform should be replaced. The method includes determining the parameters v | 2010-04-29 |
20100106431 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC TESTING - An apparatus and a method for ultrasonic testing obtains high-resolution and high-S/N ratio testing results by driving a number of piezoelectric elements using fewer pulsers and receivers in comparison with the number of elements composing an array transducer. A sensor information setter sets a plurality of piezoelectric element groups used for transmission and a plurality of piezoelectric element groups used for reception among the plurality of piezoelectric elements composing an ultrasonic array transducer. A computer transmits an ultrasonic wave from the element cluster set for transmission, and stores an ultrasonic wave received by the element cluster set for reception. The procedure is repeated including different element cluster sets for transmission and reception to obtain first receive signals. The first receive signals are summed to obtain a second receive signal; and the second receive signal is displayed with reference to the sensor center position on a display unit. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106432 | ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTOR AND ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION METHOD - An ultrasonic probe issues an ultrasonic wave to an object, receives a reflected wave from an object, and is provided with multiple piezoelectric elements. A three-dimensional display section displays three-dimensional flaw detection data superimposed on three-dimensional shape data of an object. The computer acquires a reflected ultrasonic wave signal from a reference object (reference). Based on the acquired signal, the computer corrects a reflected ultrasonic wave signal acquired from another object having the same material and shape as the reference. The computer allows the three-dimensional display section to display three-dimensional flaw detection data generated from a reflected ultrasonic wave signal resulting from a difference between a reference and an object. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106433 | MULTIVARIABLE PROCESS FLUID FLOW DEVICE WITH FAST RESPONSE FLOW CALCULATION - A process fluid flow device includes process communication circuitry, a processor, and measurement circuitry. The process communication circuitry is configured to communicate with at least one additional process device. The processor is coupled to the process communication circuitry and is configured to execute instructions to provide a plurality of cycles, wherein each cycle includes a number of flow-related calculations. Measurement circuitry is operably coupleable to a plurality of process variable sensors to obtain an indication of differential pressure during each cycle, and to obtain static pressure, and process fluid temperature. The processor is configured to compute a process fluid flow value using a current differential pressure sensor indication and at least one flow-related value calculated during a previous cycle. The process communication circuitry communicates the computed process fluid flow value to the at least one additional process device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106434 | PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE MONITORING - A pressure relief valve monitoring system and method is disclosed. In one aspect there is an online pressure relief valve monitoring system that includes at least one acoustic sensor located about a pressure relief valve that obtains ultrasonic measurements therefrom. One or more temperature sensors located about the pressure relief valve obtain temperature measurements therefrom. A data acquisition system receives the ultrasonic measurements from the at least one acoustic sensor and the temperature measurements from the one or more temperature sensors. An online monitor monitors the measurements received by the data acquisition system for detection of a leak about the pressure relief valve. The online monitor detects the presence of the leak as a function of the ultrasonic measurements and temperature measurements. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106435 | System and Method for Power System Parameter Measurement - A system and method of testing a power system component is disclosed. The system and method comprises coupling a test set to the power system component and stimulating the power system component with a frequency sweep signal. The method also comprises capturing a response of the power system component to the frequency sweep signal, wherein the response relates to frequency and mapping the response to an estimated response, wherein the estimated response relates to temperature. The method also comprises evaluating the power system component based on the estimated response. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106436 | POWER CONSUMPTION CALCULATION FACILITY - Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for calculating an index value indicating power consumption, processing cost, or environmental load in a system having hardware components used by multiple processes or users. The apparatus may include an index acquisition part for acquiring an index value of a hardware component. The index value may indicate power consumption of the hardware component. The apparatus may further include an observation value acquisition part for acquiring one or more observation values for multiple processes. The observation value for each process may vary depending on use of the hardware component by the process. Finally, a calculation part may calculate, based on the observation value, a use amount of the hardware component by each process. The calculation part may further calculate the index value for a process using the hardware component by distributing the index value according to the use amount. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106437 | SUBSCRIBER PREMISES SIDE OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - To provide a method for detecting a charged state of a battery, for evaluating a deterioration thereof due to each of reaction processes that individually have rates of reactions as different from therebetween, and for performing a detection of the charged state of the battery, a method for detecting the charged state of the battery according to the present invention comprises the steps of: measuring a voltage V | 2010-04-29 |
20100106438 | Method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage for preventing photovoltaic cell reverse breakdown during power conversion - A method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage lower bound for preventing photovoltaic (PV) cell reverse breakdown during power conversion. The method comprises determining a PV cell operating temperature; computing, at a controller, an operating voltage corresponding to a maximum power point (MPP) based on the PV cell operating temperature; and determining, at the controller, an operating voltage lower bound based on the operating voltage. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106439 | PROCESS FOR MEASURING THE IMPEDANCE OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - In a method for measurement of impedance of electronic circuits, an input of the electronic circuit is acted upon by a high-frequency ac voltage with a measurement frequency f as a test signal and, from the reaction of the circuit to the test signal, the impedance Z of the circuit is determined. A parameter S, which represents the value | 2010-04-29 |
20100106440 | Method and Apparatus for Spectral Cross Coherence - The present invention relates to a machine implemented method for spectral analysis that determines a measure of cross coherence between application of two spectral estimation filters to data; and identifies a spectral feature of the measure of cross coherence. One example embodiment of the present invention provides a complete statistical summary of the joint dependence of the Bartlett and Capon power spectral statistics, showing that the coupling is expressible via a 2×2 complex Wishart matrix, where the degree coupling is determined by a single measure of cross coherence defined herein. This measure of coherence leads to a new two-dimensional algorithm capable of yielding significantly better resolution than the Capon algorithm, often commensurate with but at times exceeding finite sample based MUSIC. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106441 | DETECTION OF AN ABNORMAL SIGNAL IN A COMPOUND SAMPLED SIGNAL - A technique detects an abnormal signal in a compound sampled signal recorded in the time domain. The technique involves dividing the sampled signal recorded in the time domain into sample segments; transforming each of the sample segments from the time domain into the frequency domain to determine transformed segments, each transformed segment having frequency points, each frequency point having an amplitude associated with a certain frequency; for a frequency point in a given transformed segment, determining a ratio by dividing the amplitude of the frequency point by a value indicative of an average of the amplitudes of the frequency points at the same frequency across transformed segments; repeating the determination of a ratio for frequency points in each transformed segment to determine ratios for each transformed segment; repeating the determination of ratios for transformed segments; and using the ratios to detect the abnormal signal in the compound sampled signal. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106442 | GENERATION OF CONSTANT ENVELOPE OR NEARLY-CONSTANT ENVELOPE SIGNALS SATISFYING A GIVEN FOURIER TRANSFORM MAGNITUDE - One or more embodiments of the present invention relates to an iterative method for generating an almost-constant, nearly constant, or substantially-constant envelope time signal with prescribed Fourier transform magnitude in the frequency domain, and a constant envelope time signal whose Fourier transform magnitude closely matches the prescribed Fourier transform magnitude in the frequency domain. Different starting points for the iterative algorithm give rise to different solutions and their accuracy can be adjusted using a monotonic error criterion presented here. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106443 | Defect Inspection Apparatus and Defect Inspection Method - A defect inspection apparatus includes: stages each mounting an inspecting object on which a circuit pattern having a group of parallel lines is formed, and each running perpendicular or parallel to the group of lines; an illumination optical system which illuminating a surface of the inspecting object with a slit beam being slit light so that a longitudinal direction of the slit beam is substantially perpendicular to the running directions of the stages, and which has a first inclined angle formed by the direction of the group of lines and a projection line, of an optical axis of the slit beam, to the inspecting object; a spatial filter that shields or transmits reflected and scattered light of the inspecting object according to a difference in distribution of orientation; and a detection optical system that detects the reflected and scattered light transmitted through the spatial filter by image sensors. Moreover, the illumination optical system illuminates the inspecting object with another slit beam from a direction opposite to an incident direction of the slit beam on a plane. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106444 | SPECTROMETRIC METROLOGY OF WORKPIECES USING A PERMANENT WINDOW AS A SPECTRAL REFERENCE - In a spectrographic workpiece metrology system having an optical viewing window, the viewing window is calibrated against a reference sample of a known absolute reflectance spectrum to produce a normalized reflectance spectrum of the reference sample, which is combined with the absolute reflectance spectrum to produce a correction factor. Successive production workpieces are measured through the window and calibrated against the viewing window reflectance, and transformed to absolute reflectance spectra using the same correction factor without having to re-load the reference sample. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106445 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR CORRECTING APPARATUS FOR DERIVING VALUE FOR CORRECTING OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, ANGULAR VELOCITY CALCULATING APPARATUS, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR CORRECTING METHOD, AND ANGULAR VELOCITY CALCULATING METHOD - A measuring unit obtains measurement data of an object measured on the basis of a signal from a GPS satellite and angular velocity of an object output from an angular velocity sensor. An offset value computing unit estimates a running condition of the object on the basis of the measurement data and the angular velocity. The offset value computing unit sequentially derives temporary offset values while changing combination of the measurement data and the angular velocity in accordance with the estimated running condition of the object and, after that, executes statistical process on the temporary offset values, thereby deriving an offset value. An angular velocity conversion coefficient computing unit sequentially derives temporary angular velocity conversion coefficients on the basis of the measurement data and the angular velocity and, after that, executes statistical process on the temporary angular velocity conversion coefficients, thereby deriving an angular velocity conversion coefficient. An angular velocity converting unit derives final angular velocity on the basis of the angular velocity conversion coefficient, the offset value, and the angular velocity. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106446 | ATTRIBUTE SENSING PROCESSES - Methods for determining an attribute of a substance in a container in response to an access event. The methods include a method for determining an attribute of a substance including activating the sensor in response to an access event and transmitting, in response to the activating, an output of the sensor providing an indication of an attribute of the contents. The methods also include a method having the steps of associating a sensor having an identifier with the container; and receiving the identifier and an output of the sensor providing an indication of the amount of the contents. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106447 | DEFECT ANALYZING APPARATUS AND DEFECT ANALYZING METHOD - A defect analyzing apparatus capable of acquiring standard data easily and a defect analyzing method are provided. The defect analyzing apparatus includes: a storage section storing data including information of a processing pattern corresponding to a predetermined processing to a semiconductor wafer; a first extracting section extracting a first frequency distribution of each of characteristics in a plurality of sample places in a semiconductor chip; a second extracting section extracting a second frequency distribution of each of the characteristics in a plurality of defect places in the semiconductor chip; and a detecting section detecting discrepancies between the first and second frequencies. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106448 | VOTER TESTER FOR REDUNDANT SYSTEMS - A tester is configured to access and test each redundant channel of a voter. The tester is disposed between the voter and a multitude of redundant circuits supplying redundant channel signals to the voter. The tester includes a number of input ports receiving the redundant channel signals as well as the test signals. In response to a number of logic combinations of the test signals, the voter generates output signals each corresponding to one of the redundant channel signals. In response to other logic combinations of the test signals, the voter generates a voted output signal. The voter is optionally a majority voter. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106449 | METHOD TO EFFICIENTLY SYNCHRONIZE MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE SENSOR INPUTS - A system for synchronizing multiple measurements across multiple sensors is provided. The system implements an algorithm in combination with highly flexible hardware architecture that generally comprises of multiple sensor inputs correspondingly from multiple sensors, and multiple analog signal conditioning circuits, and an array of switches situated between the sensor inputs and the analog signal conditioning circuits that enable the multiple sensor inputs to be routed to any one of the analog signal conditioning circuits or to any combination of analog signal conditioning circuits simultaneously. The algorithm looks at all configured measurements for all configured sensors to determine which measurements should be performed in parallel. Any measurements that are in common among enabled sensors are performed simultaneously while other measurements consume analog signal conditioning paths as they are available. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING MEAL ACTIVITY USING PRESSURE SENSOR - There is provided a method and apparatus for sensing a meal activity among the various activities of daily life using pressure sensors. A meal activity sensing apparatus collects sensor data detected through a plurality of pressure sensors installed in a smart meal mat, filters the collected sensor data, measures a pressure variance by using the filtered sensor data, determines whether a meal activity has taken place by comparing the measured pressure variance with a preset threshold value, and transmits meal activity information associated with the meal activity to an information processor communicating with the smart meal mat via radio frequency. Since this provides an advantage of more accurate detection of the meal activity, it can be useful in care services for eldercare facilities and for elderly individuals living alone, and further, in the efficient observance of an individual's daily meal patterns. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106451 | Zero-Point Correction Apparatus and Method for an Angular Speed Sensor - An angular sensor ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106452 | MOVING DIRECTION DETECTOR - In detecting the position and the moving direction of a magnetic moving body, there is provided a moving direction detector that can accurately detect the position, regardless of the moving direction. The moving direction detector is provided with groups of sensor elements that face a moving body ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106453 | ACTION RECOGNITION AND INTERPRETATION USING A PRECISION POSITIONING SYSTEM - To facilitate the recognition and interpretation of actions undertaken within an environment, the environment is associated with a precision positioning system (PPS) and a controller in communication with the PPS. Within the environment, an entity moves about in furtherance of one or more tasks to be completed within the environment. The PPS determines position data corresponding to at least a portion of the entity, which position data is subsequently compared with at least one known action corresponding to a predetermined task within the environment. Using a state-based task model, recognized actions may be interpreted and used to initiate at least one system action based on the current state of the task model and correspondence of the position data to the at least one known action. In an embodiment, an entity recognition system provides an identity of the entity to determine whether the entity is authorized to perform an action. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROTATION TRACKING OF A TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT - Disclosed is a method for tracking rotation of a turbomachine component including locating at least one tilt sensor at the turbomachine component and rotating the turbomachine component about a central axis to observe a portion of interest on the turbomachine component. The at least one tilt sensor detects an angle of rotation of the turbomachine component and transmits the angle of rotation from the at least one tilt sensor to a device which converts the angle of rotation to an indicia of the portion of interest. Further disclosed is a rotor including at least one tilt sensor and a system for tracking rotation of a turbomachine component including at least one tilt sensor and a device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106455 | STRAIGHTNESS MEASURING METHOD AND STRAIGHTNESS MEASURING APPARATUS - Distances from three displacement meters arranged in a first direction to three measuring points arranged along a measurement line that extends in the first direction on a surface of an object to be measured are measured while a movable body, which is either the three displacement meter or an objet to be measured, is moved in the first direction relative to a stationary body, which is the other one. Solution candidates are determined which are defined by two profiles among a surface profile along the measurement line, a profile of locus curve which is the locus a reference point fixed to the movable body, and a profile of a pitching component accompanied with the movement of the movable body. One candidate solution with the highest fitness is extracted by applying a genetic algorithm using a fitness function defined on the basis of the other profile. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106456 | METROLOGY OF THIN FILM DEVICES USING AN ADDRESSABLE MICROMIRROR ARRAY - An addressable micromirror array is employed in conjunction with circuit topology navigation software to rapidly wavelength sample selected measurement points in an integrated circuit region. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106457 | DETERMINISTIC COMPONENT MODEL JUDGING APPARATUS, JUDGING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, TEST SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a deterministic component model determining apparatus that determines a type of a deterministic component included in a probability density function supplied thereto, comprising a standard deviation calculating section that calculates a standard deviation of the probability density function; a spectrum calculating section that calculates a spectrum of the probability density function; a null frequency detecting section that detects a null frequency of the spectrum; a theoretical value calculating section that calculates a theoretical value of a spectrum for each of a plurality of predetermined types of deterministic components, based on the null frequency; a measured value calculating section that calculates a measured value of the spectrum for the deterministic component included in the probability density function, based on the standard deviation and the spectrum; and a model determining section that determines the type of the deterministic component included in the probability density function to be the type of deterministic component corresponding to a theoretical value closest to the measured value, from among the theoretical values for the plurality of types of deterministic components. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106458 | COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PREDICTING VALVE FAILURE IN A RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method implemented by a computer program for detecting and identifying valve failure in a reciprocating compressor and further for predicting valve failure in the compressor. Embodiments of the present invention detect and predict the valve failure using wavelet analysis, logistic regression, and neural networks. A pressure signal from the valve of the reciprocating compressor presents a non-stationary waveform from which features can be extracted using wavelet packet decomposition. The extracted features, along with temperature data for the valve, are used to train a logistic regression model to classify defective and normal operation of the valve. The wavelet features extracted from the pressure signal are also used to train a neural network model to predict to predict the future trend of the pressure signal of the system, which is used as an indicator for performance assessment and for root cause detection of the compressor valve failures. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106459 | Scalable Performance Management System - A performance management system, having a peer-to-peer architecture, enables performance transparency in computer information systems, providing granular performance data and scalability. Peer appliances in a computer information system collect performance data. When a user requests a performance report, an originating peer appliance may determine which peer appliances contain the data required for the report and what data processing, if any, is required. The originating peer appliance may send requests indicating what data and what data manipulation processing is required. Each of the receiving peer appliances (including the originating peer appliance) may perform its own portion of the data processing. The originating peer appliance may receive resultant data from the peer appliances (including itself) and combine the resultant data into the requested report for the user. The performance management system distributes significant data processing across the peer appliances, avoids bottlenecks, and increases system scalability. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106460 | NON-CONTIGUOUS REGIONS PROCESSING - Non-contiguous regions of interest as well as contiguous regions of interest are similarly processed. After an isotope peak detector has identified isotope peaks on LC/MS images, a microaligner microaligns bounding areas of identified isotope peaks and redefines the bounding areas to help subsequent scoring process. Forms of isotope peaks influence formation of a peak association matrix and a mass/charge association map which creates association in the mass/charge dimension. A correlation scorer produces reproducibility scores as well as quality scores to help aid scientists to discover biological features of interest. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106461 | Diagnostic and response systems and methods for fluid power systems - Diagnostic and response systems and methods for a fluid power system acquire data from pressure and temperature sensors disposed in the fluid power system, analyze the data in a failure algorithm to build a history of cumulative damage to hoses in the fluid power system, communicates an indication of potential imminent hose failure to a central location when a level of the cumulative damage indicates imminent failure of a hose, analyze the information at the central location to determine an appropriate response, and transmit information about the fluid power system, including location, and identification of the hose about to fail to a response unit. The response unit responds to the location and replaces the component prior to failure, or the communication might include information that the hose has failed, such that the response unit replaces the failed hose to return the fluid power system to normal operation. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106462 | Systems and Methods for Diagnosing Gas Turbine Engine Faults - Systems and methods for diagnosing gas turbine engine faults are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: dynamically assessing detected symptoms based, at least in part, on failure rates of components of the gas turbine engine as functions of usage of the components such that suspected faults are identified. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106463 | CUSTOM EQUATIONS FOR THE UNFOLDING OF SHEET METAL - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to utilize custom equations for the unfolding of sheet metal in a solid modeling application. A drawing model is obtained and defines a sheet metal object in the solid modeling application. User input is accepted that defines a custom equation for a first variable that is directly used to calculate a developed length for a bend in the sheet metal object. The custom equation is converted into a standard equation that produces the developed length and is accepted by a modeling kernel of the solid modeling application. The modeling kernel dynamically displays an unfolded version of the sheet metal object based on the standard equation and the calculated developed length without exposing the standard equation to the user. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106464 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING RAISED FLOOR AND DROPPED CEILING IN COMPUTING FACILITIES - A system and method for design aspects of a cooling system for a data center is provided. In one example, a method is provided including acts of receiving an indication to position a perforated tile in a model, calculating cooling available in a model space adjacent to the tile, and displaying an indication of cooling availability within the context of the model on a computer system. In another example, a method is provided for manipulating representations of data elements in a model of a data center. The method allows a user to move multiple representations by adjusting the position of a layer of the model space relative to another layer in the model space. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITALLY EVALUATING INSERTION QUALITY OF CUSTOMIZED ORTHODONTIC ARCH WIRE - A method and apparatus is provided for digitally checking the insertion quality of a target customized virtual arch wire designed during treatment planning prior to actually manufacturing the target arch wire. The method includes the steps of digitally simulating the insertion of the customized target virtual arch wire into the virtual brackets placed up on virtual teeth of a patient in an initial state of interest for checking if the arch wire could be inserted into the virtual brackets without conflicts or collisions. The initial state may be a malocclusion state or any intermediate treatment state of the patient. In the event the target virtual arch wire would cause conflicts, then the simulation optimizes the arch wire design in an attempt to eliminate the conflicts. In another aspect, a method is provided for selecting the recommended starting point for inserting the customized arch wire in the brackets placed on the dentition of the patient in the initial state. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106466 | SYSTEM FOR THE COMPUTED-AIDED DESIGN OF TECHNICAL DEVICES - The invention concerns an apparatus and a computer software product for the conceptioneering, predesign and configuration of a machine object represented by an object data model. Component objects are stored in an object database, wherein a component object contains at least one parameter object. In addition the database contains functional objects. The modeling approach implemented by the separation according to the invention of component objects and functional objects permits a distinction to be drawn between constraints within a component object and constraints which exist between component objects. The former are embraced by the component objects themselves and the latter by the functional objects. That encapsulation has in particular the advantage that the modeling process can be substantially clearer. In addition encapsulation permits re-use of the component objects in various systems. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106467 | System and method for simulating and modeling the distribution of discrete systems - A system and method are introduced for simulating the particulate physical systems governed by population balance equations with particle splitting (breakage) and aggregation based on accurately conserving an unlimited number of moments associated with the particle size distribution. The basic idea is based on the concept of primary and secondary particles, where the former is responsible for the distribution reconstruction while the latter one is responsible for different particle interactions such as splitting and aggregation. The system and method are found to track accurately any set of low-order moments with the ability to reconstruct the shape of the distribution. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106468 | DETERMINISTIC COMPONENT MODEL IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, IDENTIFYING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, TEST SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a deterministic component model identifying apparatus for determining a type of a deterministic component contained in a probability density function supplied thereto. The deterministic component model identifying apparatus includes a spectrum calculating section that calculates a spectrum of the probability density function on an axis of a predetermined variable, a null value detecting section that detects a null value on the axis of the predetermined variable in the calculated spectrum, a theoretical value calculating section that calculates a theoretical value of a spectrum of the deterministic component in association with each of a plurality of predetermined deterministic component types, based on the null value detected by the null value detecting section, and a model determining section that determines, as the type of the deterministic component contained in the probability density function, a deterministic component type associated with a logarithmic magnitude spectrum difference most similar to a logarithmic magnitude spectrum of a Gaussian distribution, where the logarithmic magnitude spectrum difference is produced by subtracting the theoretical value of the spectrum of the deterministic component calculated in association with each of the plurality of predetermined deterministic component types from the spectrum calculated by the spectrum calculating section. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106469 | Generating Models for Integrated Circuits with Sensitivity-Based Minimum Change to Existing Models - A method for generating model files of target devices of an integrated circuit includes providing the target devices; providing a device target set for the target devices, wherein the device target set comprises target values of parameters of the target devices; determining a nearest known model related to the target devices, wherein the nearest known model comprises a first model file; performing a sensitivity analysis to determine sensitive parameters in the first model file; modifying the sensitive parameters in the first model file to generate a second model file; and determining a fitness value of a circuit simulated using the second model file with values of parameters in the device target set. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106470 | DETERMINISTIC COMPONENT IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, IDENTIFYING, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, TEST SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a deterministic component identifying apparatus that identifies a distribution shape of a deterministic component included in a probability density function supplied thereto, comprising a standard deviation calculating section that calculates a standard deviation of the probability density function; a spectrum calculating section that calculates a spectrum of the probability density function; a null frequency detecting section that detects a null frequency of the spectrum; and a ratio calculating section that calculates a ratio between a top portion and a bottom portion of a distribution of the deterministic component, based on the standard deviation of the probability density function and the null frequency of the spectrum. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106471 | Computer-Aided Method for a Cost-Optimized Calculation of Aerodynamic Forces on an Aircraft - A computer-aided method suitable for assisting in the design of an aircraft by providing the values of dimensional variables, dependant of a predefined set of parameters, for the complete aircraft or an aircraft component, comprising the following steps: a) Defining a parametric space grid; b) Obtaining a suitable Reduced Order Model (ROM) model, particularly a Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) model, for calculating said variables for whatever point over the parametric space through an iterative process. Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to calculate said variables for an appropriately selected set of points over the parametric space, which are used to approximate, via ROM and ad hoc interpolation, the variables in any other point over the parametric space. The method minimizes the required number of CFD calculations (to minimize the computational cost, which dramatically depends on this number) for a given level of error. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106472 | Method of Improved Reservoir Simulation of Fingering Systems - The present disclosure includes the use of grids composed solely or in part of a set of contiguous cells having six or more principal flow directions within a single layer is disclosed for use in numerical simulation. The grids are particularly well-adapted for use in modeling flow in hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs where fingering or channeling is experienced. Methods of constructing a bisected periodic grid and a substantially constant width radial grid in connection with the present disclosure are also provided. The problem of grid orientation effects is lessened by providing grids with an increased number of principal flow directions, typically six or more. The improved grids may be used in many preexisting simulators. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106473 | MULTIPLE COMPARTMENT DOSING MODEL - The method for modeling a dosing regimen for a medicament includes providing a system having at least two biocompartments. The method determines steady state levels in each of the biocompartments. After that, the method provides for modifying values to calculate an amount of at least one protein in one of the biocompartments to which the protein is being transported. Next, the method calculates and integrates a weighted value of the protein to find a weighted area under the curve. Then, the method calculates and integrates a non-drug value of the protein to find a non-drug area under the curve. Finally, the method evaluates one or more dosing regimens by comparing the weighted area under the curve and the non-drug area under the curve of the protein to determine a net effect of the drug over the time period. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106474 | PASSIVITY ENFORCEMENT BY MODAL PERTURBATION - Residue perturbation is used for enforcing passivity of a linear response model of an electrical component having n>1 ports. According to an exemplary embodiment, a modal perturbation approach can be used, which allows weighted perturbation of the individual modes by the inverse of the corresponding eigenvalues. This provides superior results if the admittance or impedance matrix of the device has a large eigenvalue spread. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106475 | BIOPHYSICAL VIRTUAL MODEL DATABASE AND APPLICATIONS - A biophysical virtual model of a body or body section of a human subject contains measured parameter values, scan data and images from surface or full body imaging systems, and also descriptive and subject identification data. Data in the model are applied to customize external objects ergonomically to fit a subject, by adjustment or by selection when the objects are configured for one or a group of subjects. The database can be centralized and/or mobile devices carried by users can supply model data to external apparatus. Where a parameter value needed for a subject is unknown, the statistical distribution of the database and the correlation of parameters can supply a probable value and level of certainty. In connection with values that are known for an individual, complexities inherent in the combination of plural parameters can be collected in the model and used in later security screens to confirm the identity of a subject. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106476 | Fast Simulation Method For Integrated Circuits With Power Management Circuitry - In a fast simulation technique, the output node of a power supply module of the integrated circuit can be designated as an ideal power node. At this point, the power supply module can be designated a fan-in block and any blocks connected to the power node can be designated fan-out blocks. Then, DC initialization and transient simulation for each time step can be performed for the circuit. During the transient simulation, any inter-relationship of the fan-out blocks can be determined and a sensitivity model can be calculated for each fan-out block. Because the power node is designated as an ideal power node, the results of the sensitivity model for each fan-out block can be added asynchronously to a total loadings of the power node. The total loadings can be loaded into a matrix, which is computed for the fan-in block, and a simulation waveform point can be output. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106477 | MEDIUM STORING LOGIC SIMULATION PROGRAM, LOGIC SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND LOGIC SIMULATION METHOD - A logic simulation apparatus includes: a jitter detector generation section | 2010-04-29 |
20100106478 | Method for building enterprise scalability models from production data - The invention provides a method for preparing a discrete event simulation model of a production network including a client and a plurality of servers on a plurality of network tiers connected by a network comprising the steps of executing a business function from the client on the production network, gathering resource data from the plurality of servers, normalizing the resource data, calculating a consumption of resources used by the plurality of servers, estimating a transaction cost associated with the consumption of resources and building a discrete event simulation model from the transaction cost. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106479 | CPU EMULATION SYSTEM, CPU EMULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A CPU EMULATION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A CPU emulation system includes; a plurality of virtual CPUs each operating on a different physical CPU; an instruction sequence selecting section for selecting an instruction sequence to be optimized; a virtual CPU selecting section for selecting one of the plurality of virtual CPUs, which is to perform optimization processing of the selected instruction sequence, based on usage rates of the plurality of virtual CPUs; and an optimization level selecting section for determining an optimization level of the optimization processing that is to be executed by the selected one of the plurality of virtual CPUs, and giving a direction to perform the optimization processing to the selected one of the plurality of virtual CPUs. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106480 | CHARACTER DATA PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND CHARACTER DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - When part or all of first character data is converted into another expression to generate second character data, there are prepared an acceptance rule indicative of correspondence between a language phenomenon, a principal word of the language phenomenon, and a scope of the language phenomenon, and a conversion method as correspondence between a language phenomenon and another expression into which an expression of the language phenomenon is converted. The acceptance rule stored in the storage device is applied for a word W included in the first character data, and an acceptance part of one of the word W, a phrase, a clause, and a sentence including the word W is extracted. A converted expression of the acceptance part is generated in accordance with the conversion method stored in the storage device that corresponds to a language phenomenon of the extracted acceptance part. The second character data are generated based on the converted expression and the first character data. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106481 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING COMPREHENSIVE SEMANTIC INFORMATION AND THE APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention discloses a kind of integrated system to recognize comprehensive semantic information, comprising: an information receiver module, to receive information source expressed by any kind of natural languages or texts; a conversion module, to convert the said information source into the semantic information database according to its semantic meaning; a semantic database, composed of Chinese words, in which the Chinese characters are encoded as digits which can be used in computer system according to the coding scheme of radical attribute; and an output module, to convert and output the said digits. The present invention can comprehensively recognize any kind of information source which are expressed by texts or languages, capture all kinds of information or digital information through the electronic system, and comprehensively understand and recognize all these information according to the Chinese words semantic meanings, and then respond with integrated data in simulation way. The present system can be applied in the fields of texts translation, language interpretation and searching, and thus greatly improves their efficiency and performance. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106482 | ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR TELEVISIONS - Systems and methods to provide additional language support for televisions are described herein. In one embodiment, a video signal including a first data stream representing text in a first language is received. The first data stream is transmitted to a remote source for real time translation into a second data stream representing text in a second language. The second data stream is received and then, displayed. In another embodiment, an uncompressed stream is received from a set top box. The uncompressed stream includes a first closed caption data format, which is in a first language. The first closed caption data format is converted into a first closed caption data stream using optical character recognition. The first closed caption data stream which represents text in the first language, is sent to a remote source for translation into a second closed caption data stream which represents text in a second language. The second closed caption data stream is received and then, displayed. In yet another embodiment, an uncompressed stream is received from a set top box. The uncompressed stream includes a first electronic program guide data which is in a first language. The first electronic program guide data is converted into a first format recognized by optical character recognition. The electronic program guide data in the first format represents text in the first language. The first electronic program guide data is outputted in a first format for translation into an electronic program guide data having a second format. The electronic program guide data in the second format represents text in a second language. The electronic program guide data in the second format is received and then, displayed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106483 | POINTING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED AUDIO INPUT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mobile personal digital assistant (PDA) allows a user to enter information using both a touch screen and voice commands with a stylus. The stylus includes a microphone positioned at one end, and a transmitter for transmitting received voice signals to either a personal computer (PC) or the PDA. In one embodiment, a wireless stylus also includes a power supply and an activation control switch. The PC is used to translate the voice signals into translated voice data which is transmitted to the PDA for storage and display. If the user and the PDA are located remotely from the receiving PC, voice signals are stored in the PDA until a later time when the PC can translate the received voice signals. Where the PDA contains a processor to translate received voice signals, the stylus transmits directly to the PDA, and the PDA translates the received voice signals. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106484 | NAMED ENTITY TRANSLITERATION USING CORPORATE CORPRA - A document in a first language and an additional document in a second language may be reviewed. It may be determined if the additional document is sufficiently similar to the document. If the additional document is determined sufficiently similar to the document, a named entity in the document may be selected. The method may search for a similar named entity by comparing the named entity to a word in the additional document and determining if the named entity and word are sufficiently similar. If a similar word to the named entity is located, the named entity and the similar named entities may be stored as name entity transliterations. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106485 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT-SENSITIVE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL BASED ON INTERACTIVE USER NOTES - Information retrieval systems and methods are provided based on interactive user notes. Information is retrieved from one or more data sources based on user notes by obtaining the user notes containing one or more information requests; identifying the one or more information requests from the user notes; interpreting at least one of the information requests in context; generating one or more queries required for the at least one interpreted information request; identifying an update to the user notes, the update containing one or more updated information requests; and processing the updated user notes to generate one or more queries required for the updated information requests. If the user notes contain multiple information requests, at least one query is generated for each of the plurality of information requests. The information requests can be interpreted based on user-specified context guides. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106486 | IMAGE-BASED SEMANTIC DISTANCE - Image-based semantic distance technique embodiments are presented that involve establishing a measure of an image-based semantic distance between semantic concepts. Generally, this entails respectively computing a semantic concept representation for each concept based on a collection of images associated with the concept. A degree of difference is then computed between two semantic concept representations to produce the aforementioned semantic distance measure for the pair of corresponding concepts. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106487 | Style-checking method and apparatus for business writing - The method is software-based, and carried out on a computer system and cooperating apparatus. It checks written text for problems impairing clarity, conciseness and reader comfort in business documents. One embodiment includes routines for checking writing style in sentences and paragraphs, and for generating informational, critical and commendatory display indicators relating to reader comfort. The routines check subject and verb juxtaposition, verb strength, prepositional phrase use, transition words, unity-creating constructions, gerund use, and sentence variety. The indicators are displayed in the form of highlighted text and diacritical marks. Another embodiment is a method for quantifying reader discomfort. It includes routines for quantifying, reporting and displaying points indicating comfort-impairing problems of the type located by running the routines of the first embodiment. Yet another embodiment includes a method for editing text documents for reader comfort, by locating and fixing problem words and constructions. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106488 | VOICE ENCODING DEVICE AND VOICE ENCODING METHOD - Provided is an audio encoding device which can detect an optimal pitch pulse when using pitch pulse information as redundant information. The device includes: a search start decision unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106489 | Method and System for Speech Quality Prediction of the Impact of Time Localized Distortions of an Audio Transmission System - Method and processing system for establishing the impact of time response distortion of an input signal which is applied to an audio transmission system ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106490 | Method and Speech Encoder with Length Adjustment of DTX Hangover Period - The present invention relates to a speech encoder comprising: a voice activity detector (VAD) configured to receive speech frames and to generate a speech decision (VAD_flag), a speech/SID encoder configured to receive said speech frames and to generate a signal identifying speech frames based on the encoder decision (SP), which in turn is based on the speech decision (VAD_flag) and a DTX-hangover period, and a SID-synchronizer configured to transmit a signal (TxType) comprising speech frames, SID frames and No_data frames. The speech encoder further comprises: a signal analyzer configured to analyze energy values of speech frames within the DTX-hangover period, and a DTX-handler configured to adjust the length of the DTX-hangover period in response to the analysis performed by the signal analyzer. The invention also relates to a method for estimating the characteristic of a DTX-hangover period in a speech encoder. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106491 | Voice Activity Detection and Silence Suppression in a Packet Network - The present invention is a system and method that improves upon voice activity detection by packetizing actual noise signals, typically background noise. In accordance with the present invention an access network receives an input voice signal (including noise) and converts the input voice signal into a packetized voice signal. The packetized voice signal is transmitted via a network to an egress network. The egress network receives the packetized voice signal, converts the packetized voice signal into an output voice signal, and outputs the output voice signal. The egress network also extracts and stores noise packets from the received packetized voice signal and converts the packetized noise signal into an output noise signal. When the access network ceases to receive the input voice signal while the call is still ongoing, the access network instructs the egress network to continually output the output noise signal. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106492 | ADAPTIVE SOUND SOURCE VECTOR QUANTIZATION UNIT AND ADAPTIVE SOUND SOURCE VECTOR QUANTIZATION METHOD - Disclosed is an adaptive sound source vector quantization device capable of reducing deviation of the quantization accuracy of the adaptive sound source vector quantization of each sub-frame when performing an adaptive sound source vector quantization in a sub-frame unit by using a greater information amount in a first sub-frame than in a second sub-frame. In this device: when the device performs the adaptive sound source vector quantization of the first sub-frame, an adaptive sound source vector generation unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106493 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD - Provided is an encoding device which can achieve both of highly effective encoding/decoding and high-quality decoding audio when executing a scalable stereo audio encoding by using MDCT and ICP. In the encoding device, an MDCT conversion unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106494 | Signal Processing Apparatus and Method, and Program - A coded code string from an input terminal | 2010-04-29 |
20100106495 | VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A voice recognition system comprises: a voice input unit that receives an input signal from a voice input element and output it; a voice detection unit that detects an utterance segment in the input signal; a voice recognition unit that performs voice recognition for the utterance segment; and a control unit that outputs a control signal to at least one of the voice input unit and the voice detection unit and suppresses a detection frequency if the detection frequency satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106496 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD - Provided is an encoding device which can reduce the encoding distortion as compared to the conventional technique and can obtain a preferable sound quality for auditory sense. In the encoding device, a shape quantization unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100106497 | INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SPEECH RECOGNITION USE WITH A MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITY - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a user interacting with a mobile communication facility, where speech presented by the user is recorded using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. The recorded speech may be recognized using an external speech recognition facility to produce an external output and a resident speech recognition facility to produce an internal output, where at least one of the external output and the internal output may be selected based on a criteria. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106498 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for targeted advertising, the method including receiving an audio stream containing user speech from a first device, generating text based on the speech contained in the audio stream, identifying at least one key phrase in the text, receiving from an advertiser an advertisement related to the identified at least one key phrase, and displaying the advertisement. In one aspect, the method further includes receiving from an advertiser a set of rules associated with the received advertisement and displaying the advertisement in accordance with the associated set of rules. The first device can be a converged voice and data communications device connected to a network. The communications device can generate text based on the speech. In one aspect, the method displays the advertisement on one or both of a converged voice and data communications device and a second communications device. A central server can generate text based on the speech. At least one key phrase in the text can be identified based on a confidence score threshold. In another aspect, the method further includes receiving multiple audio streams containing speech from a same user and generating text based on the speech contained in the multiple audio streams. The advertisement can be displayed after the audio stream terminates. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106499 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION - In a multi-lingual environment, a method and apparatus for determining a language spoken in a speech utterance. The method and apparatus test acoustic feature vectors extracted from the utterances against acoustic models associated with one or more of the languages. Speech to text is then performed for the language indicated by the acoustic testing, followed by textual verification of the resulting text. During verification, the resulting text is processed by language specific NLP and verified against textual models associated with the language. The system is self-learning, i.e., once a language is verified or rejected, the relevant feature vectors are used for enhancing one or more acoustic models associated with one or more languages, so that acoustic determination may improve. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING VERBAL COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - An approach is provided for enhancing verbal communication sessions. A verbal component of a communication session is converted into textual information. The converted textual information is scanned for a text string to trigger an application. The application is invoked to provide supplemental information about the textual information or to perform an action in response to the textual information for or on behalf of a party of the communication session. The supplemental information or a confirmation of the action is transmitted to the party. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106501 | Updating a Voice Template - Updating a voice template for recognizing a speaker on the basis of a voice uttered by the speaker is disclosed. Stored voice templates indicate distinctive characteristics of utterances from speakers. Distinctive characteristics are extracted for a specific speaker based on a voice message utterance received from that speaker. The distinctive characteristics are compared to the characteristics indicated by the stored voice templates to selected a template that matches within a predetermined threshold. The selected template is updated on the basis of the extracted characteristics. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106502 | SPEAKER VERIFICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - In one aspect, a method for determining validity of an identity asserted by a speaker using a voice print associated with a user whose identity the speaker is asserting, the voice print obtained from characteristic features of at least one first voice signal obtained from the user uttering at least one enrollment utterance including at least one enrollment word is provided. The method comprises acts of obtaining a second voice signal of the speaker uttering at least one challenge utterance, wherein the at least one challenge utterance includes at least one word that was not in the at least one enrollment utterance, obtaining at least one characteristic feature from the second voice signal, comparing the at least one characteristic feature with at least a portion of the voice print to determine a similarity between the at least one characteristic feature and the at least a portion of the voice print, and determining whether the speaker is the user based, at least in part, on the similarity between the at least one characteristic feature and the at least a portion of the voice print. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106503 | SPEAKER VERIFICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - In one aspect, a method for determining a validity of an identity asserted by a speaker using a voice print that models speech of a user whose identity the speaker is asserting is provided. The method comprises acts of performing a first verification stage comprising acts of obtaining a first voice signal from the speaker uttering at least one first challenge utterance; and comparing at least one characteristic feature of the first voice signal with at least a portion of the voice print to assess whether the at least one characteristic feature of the first voice signal is similar enough to the at least a portion of the voice print to conclude that the first voice signal was obtained from an utterance by the user. The method further comprises performing a second verification stage if it is concluded in the first verification stage that the first voice signal was obtained from an utterance by the user, the second verification stage comprising acts of adapting at least one parameter of the voice print based, at least in part, on the first voice signal to obtain an adapted voice print, obtaining a second voice signal from the speaker uttering at least one second challenge utterance, and comparing at least one characteristic feature of the second voice signal with at least a portion of the adapted voice print to assess whether the at least one characteristic feature of the second voice signal is similar enough to the at least a portion of the adapted voice print to conclude that the second voice signal was obtained from an utterance by the user. | 2010-04-29 |
20100106504 | INTELLIGENT MECHANISM TO AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVER AND NOTIFY A POTENTIAL PARTICIPANT OF A TELECONFERENCE - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and data processing system for notifying an identified person of a teleconference. Data corresponding to an audio record of the teleconference is received. Pattern recognition is performed on the data. Responsive to recognizing in the data a pattern corresponding to an identification of the identified person, a device associated with the identified person is contacted. | 2010-04-29 |