18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140119449 | MOVING IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A moving image coding apparatus which acquires moving image data represented by one of a plurality of different bit depths, converts the acquired moving image data to moving image data having the lowest bit depth among the plurality of different bit depths, determines a prediction mode relating to intra-picture prediction on the basis of the moving image data of the convertedbit depth, and prediction-codes the acquired moving image data represented by one of the plurality of different bit depths in accordance with the determined prediction mode. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119450 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - A motion vector decoding unit derives a motion vector of a prediction block subject to decoding on the basis of a motion vector of a candidate block included in candidate blocks selected from neighboring blocks. The motion compensation prediction unit performs motion compensation prediction using the derived motion vector. In case a motion vector number of a first block and a motion vector number of a second block are identical with each other, the motion vector decoding unit determines whether or not to set the second block as a candidate block in accordance with whether or not a reference index indicating a reference picture that the motion vector of the first block refers to and a reference index indicating a reference picture that the motion vector of the second block refers to are identical with each other. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT MULTI-BITRATE AND MULTI-SPATIAL RESOLUTION MEDIA ENCODING - A system and method for multi-bitrate and multi-spatial resolution media encoding are disclosed. In an embodiment for encoding a sequence of pictures at a given spatial resolution to an encoding format at a plurality of output bitrates, the sequence of pictures and a picture type for each of the pictures are received. Further, best combinations of encoding parameters for each coding tree block (CTB) in each of the pictures are identified from a determined set of combinations of encoding parameters supported by the encoding format for the associated picture type. Furthermore, the sequence of pictures are encoded using the best of the identified combinations of encoding parameters for each CTB in each of the pictures to create media bit streams at the plurality of output bitrates. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119452 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON CODED INFORMATION USING PLUS AND/OR MINUS ROUNDING OF IMAGES - A method of decoding images including: extracting motion vector information from input information to be decoded; synthesizing a prediction image by performing motion compensation using the motion vector information and a reference image which is a previously decoded image; and synthesizing a decoded image by adding the prediction image to an error image, wherein the motion compensation includes specifying either a positive rounding method or a negative rounding method for interpolating intensity values of pixels in performing the motion compensation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119453 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device performs motion-compensated inter-frame prediction corresponding to fractional pixel precision using a region-based adaptive interpolation filter (RBAIF) in which a frame is divided into regions and an IF coefficient is adaptively set for each division region, and includes means which constructs a linear simultaneous equation for obtaining an IF coefficient for a division region prescribed by a division position when an optimum division position is selected from among candidates for a prepared division position, and means which obtains the IF coefficient by solving the linear simultaneous equation, wherein the equation generation means diverts a redundant arithmetic processing result in an arithmetic operation of calculating the IF coefficient in a different division region and newly calculates only non-redundant difference information using the arithmetic operation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119454 | RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZERS AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES INCLUDING JOINT OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIPLE COLOR COMPONENTS - Examples of encoders and video encoding are described that include optimizers and techniques for optimizing syntax elements such as transform coefficients. In some examples, multiple color components of a video signal may be jointly optimized by employing a cost calculation using a combination of distortion and/or rate metrics for multiple color components. In some examples, a color transformation may occur and the optimization may take place in a different color domain than encoding. In some examples, distortion metrics used in the cost calculations performed by optimizers are based on structural similarity index. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119455 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image coding method for an image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into divisional blocks of a plurality of sizes and to perform coding on the image while controlling image quality according to a parameter value in units of divisional blocks includes acquiring a block size of a target block to be coded, acquiring a minimum block size used to control the parameter value, acquiring a state of division of the target block, acquiring the parameter value, determining whether the target block is divided according to the state of division of the target block, determining whether the block size of the target block is greater than or equal to the minimum block size;
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20140119456 | ENCODING VIDEO INTO LOWER RESOLUTION STREAMS - A transmitting terminal comprises: an input for receiving a video signal comprising a plurality of frames representing a video image at different respective times, each frame comprising a plurality of higher resolution samples; a projection generator configured to generate multiple different projections of the video image, each projection comprising a plurality of lower resolution samples representing the video image at a lower resolution, wherein the lower resolution samples of the different projections represent different but overlapping groups of the higher resolution samples which overlap spatially in a plane of the video image; an encoder configured to encode the video signal by encoding the different projections into separate respective encoded streams; and a transmitter configured to transmit each of the separate encoded streams to a receiving terminal over a network. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119457 | PARALLEL TRANSCODING - Disclosed are various embodiments directed to transcoding a media file in parallel. A media file may be accessed, the media file comprising a bit stream expressing a series of pictures. A first random access point in the bit stream and a second random access point in the bit stream are identified. An input segment of the bit stream is generated, the input segment comprising a starting point, the starting point being the first random access point. One of a plurality of transcoders is selected to transcode the input segment for generating a corresponding output segment, each transcoder being configured to operate concurrently in parallel. The output segment is stored in a memory. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119458 | COFDM broadcast systems employing turbo coding - Turbo-coded data are transmitted using quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) of COFDM carrier waves in digital television (DTV) broadcast systems. The QAM symbol constellations map the parity bits of the turbo coded data so as to be de-mapped with higher confidence levels than the data bits, facilitating turbo decoding. A preferred DTV receiver delays the first transmissions of time-slices of a service selected for iterative-diversity reception to concur with second transmissions of those time-slices. The complex coordinates of QAM constellations in the delayed first transmission and the second transmission of the same time-slice are combined by a maximal-ratio QAM combiner after COFDM demodulation, but before de-mapping QAM constellations and turbo decoding. In a less-preferred DTV receiver, QAM constellations in the delayed first transmission of each time-slice and in the second transmission of the same time-slice are de-mapped separately. A maximal-ratio code combiner then combines de-mapping results before turbo decoding. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119459 | ENHANCED VIDEO DECODING WITH APPLICATION LAYER FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION - Embodiments of a method for video decoding with application layer forward error correction in a wireless device are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the method receives a partial source symbol block that includes at least one encoded source symbol representing an original video frame. If the at least one encoded source symbol is systematic, the source symbol is decoded to recover a video frame. The video frame is provided to a video decoder that generates a portion of an original video signal from the recovered video frame. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119460 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSING PACKET DEFECT CAUSED DEGRADATION IN PACKET CODED VIDEO - Because of the encoding, decoding, and/or transmitting characteristic, the blocks affected by packet defect usually gather in a small spatial/temporal area. The viewers perception of each affected block will influence by other affected block in this small area. The invention proposes using processing means for clustering blocks affected by the packet loss into at least one cluster, for using at least one of spatial and temporal characteristics of the at least one cluster for determining a visibility value of the at least one cluster, for classifying the at least one cluster as belonging into one of at least two different class candidates, wherein each class candidate is associated with a different weight; for weighting the determined visibility value with the weight associated with the class of the at least one cluster, and for assessing the degradation of the video using a sum of the weighted visibility value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119461 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A signal transmission device includes: a detector circuit that detects impulse noises having been applied to the transmission line, the detector circuit being composed of an analog circuit; a noise counter that counts the impulse noises detected by the detector circuit and observes occurrence intervals of the impulse noises; and a data length changer that varies a data length of the communication frames depending on the occurrence intervals of the impulse noises observed by the noise counter. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119462 | Method for Accurate Distribution of Time to a Receiver Node in an Access Network - An apparatus comprising a customer node configured to couple to an access node and to receive via a channel from the access node a time of day (TOD) value and a corresponding sample index (SNUM) value, wherein the TOD value and the SNUM value are used to estimate a second time of day (TOD′) value based on a propagation delay of the channel (L-Delay), and wherein the TOD value and the TOD′ value are used to estimate a second SNUM value (SNUM′) based on L-Delay and a plurality of parameters. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119463 | Scalable Multifunction Serial Link Interface - An integrated circuit includes two or more communication controllers and a plurality of point to point serial communication lanes for communication external to the integrated circuit. A programmable cross-point circuit allows different sets of serial communication lanes to be coupled at different times to the communication controllers in order to optimize performance of different applications. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119464 | Cyclic Shift Delay Techniques For Wlan Multi-Radio Devices - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to wireless devices. A described technique includes generating respective frequency segments of a composite signal which are contiguous in a frequency domain, each of the respective frequency segments being based on a segment bandwidth; applying respective cyclic shift delay (CSD) phase shifts to the respective frequency segments to produce respective output signals; and transmitting the composite signal by transmitting signals that are based on the respective output signals. The respective CSD phase shifts, including first and second CSD phase shifts, are equivalent to third CSD phase shifts that correspond to a contiguous non-composite signal having a single frequency segment. A bandwidth of the single frequency segment is at least twice the segment bandwidth. The respective CSD phase shifts are applied such that a device receiving the composite signal uses the third CSD phase shifts that correspond to the contiguous non-composite signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119465 | INTERFERENCE ALIGNMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for supporting Interference Alignment (IA) in a wireless communication system includes multiplying a plurality of input symbols by precoding vectors for Interference Alignment (IA) to generate a plurality of signal vectors, mapping the signal vectors to subcarriers having unequal spacings to perform Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT), in which each signal element of the signal vector is mapped to two subcarriers among the subcarriers, converting the IFFT-transformed signal into a wireless signal and transmitting the wireless signal from a first transmitter to a receiver, and transmitting, to the receiver, information regarding precoding vectors used in the first transmitter and in second and third transmitters that communicate using the same frequency resource as the first transmitter for the IA. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119466 | Method and Device for Operating a Precoded MIMO System - A method is provided for generating precoder data ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140119467 | Codebook Subset Selection - The present disclosure provides for an improved application of signal strength weightings in an SDMA sectored cellular network. The improved signal strength weightings application is conducted through the improved selection of weightings from a new codebook subset or by the selection of weightings from a larger codebook subset. In a further embodiment, an antenna beam index or bit map can be used to select the best beam(s) in an SDMA sectored cellular network. In another embodiment, a field or factor in an uplink or downlink transmission packet can designate which directional transmission beam is best suited for the transmission or when the directional transmission beam should be activated. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119468 | Generalized Codebook Design Method for Limited Feedback Systems - In a closed-loop wireless communication system, a codebook-based feedback mechanism is provided where each codeword indicates a particular profile to be used to provide a target performance measure (e.g., bit error rate or spectral efficiency) for the transmission channel. This may be accomplished by using a multi-stage quantization process to construct the codewords as a plurality of transmission parameters specifying a MIMO transmission scheme, precoding vector or matrix, power allocation in space/time/frequency, modulation and channel code. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119469 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TRANSMIT DIVERSITY USING SYMMETRIC PHASE DIFFERENCE - Communication is performed for a first communication device having a set of antenna elements. A quality-indication signal is received from a second communication device (e.g., a basestation). A complex weighting is calculated based on the quality-indication signal. A pre-transmission signal is modified based on the complex transmit diversity weighting to produce a set of modified-pre-transmission signals, wherein the modifications are symmetric by making approximately half the magnitude of the transmit diversity modification to one signal in a first direction, and approximately half the magnitude of the transmit diversity modification to the other signal in a second direction, opposite the first direction. Each modified pre-transmission signal from the set of modified-pre-transmission signals is uniquely associated with an antenna element from the set of antenna elements. The set of modified-pre-transmission signals is sent from the set of antenna elements to produce a transmitted signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119470 | Digital Radio Frequency Clocking Methods - A method and system for synchronous transfer of bitstream data between a power-driver chip and a digital signal processing chip in a digital radio frequency transmit system is disclosed. A master phase-locked-loop located in the power-driver chip is utilized to provide master clocking control for the digital radio frequency transmit system. Furthermore, the clocking method and system is configurable to secure precise carrier frequency positioning of a digitally-generated radio frequency signal based on predetermined chip frequencies unrelated to the carrier frequency, assuring low bitstream phase noise at the output of the power driver chip. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119471 | Adaptive Two-Dimensional Channel Interpolation - A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency). | 2014-05-01 |
20140119472 | LAYER SWAPPING IN EGPRS MIMO - A network node ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140119473 | TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER USING NON-ADJACENT COMPONENT INTERLEAVING - A transmitter for transmitting information has a mapper for generating a plurality of mapped symbols, each mapped symbol having a first component and a second component, one of the first and second components being an in-phase component and the other of the first and second components being a quadrature component from a codeword; and a component interleaver for generating a plurality of interleaving units to be transmitted in a time sequence, the plurality of interleaving units consisting of at least three different interleaving units, wherein an interleaving unit has a plurality of pairs of first and second components, wherein the component interleaver is configured for assigning all first components and all second components of a codeword to the plurality of interleaving units in accordance with an interleaving rule, so that an I component of an mapped symbol and the Q component of the same mapped symbol are never assigned to one and the same interleaving unit, but to two different interleaving units. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119474 | INTERLEAVING METHOD AND DEINTERLEAVING METHOD - Bit permutation to bits of a codeword is performed such that: at least one spatial-multiplexing block is made up of bits from B/2 different cyclic-blocks; each constellation word of the at least one spatial-multiplexing block is made up of bits from B | 2014-05-01 |
20140119475 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR FORMATTING DATA - A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and a communication system are provided that allow a reduction in a frame loss due to interference caused by use of the same channel. A transmitting apparatus disposed in a base station includes a GPS receiver for receiving a GPS signal, a timing generator for controlling respective function blocks in accordance with the GPS signal and an inter-base-station control signal so as to precisely synchronize the timing of frame transmission among base stations, the front-end transmission processing unit including for converting transmission information into transmission time slots, a frame generator for generating a frame including a plurality of time slots and one frame guard, and a back-end transmission processing unit for transmitting the generated frame as a radio signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119476 | POLAR TRANSMITTER SUITABLE FOR MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION IN SoCs - The disclosed polar modulation transmitter circuit is configured to generate an output signal having a transmission frequency that minimizes crosstalk effects between different transmission bands (e.g., Bluetooth, GSM, UMTS, etc.). In particular, a polar modulation transceiver circuit, having an amplitude modulated (AM) signal and a phase modulated (PM) signal, comprises a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to generate a DCO signal having a DCO frequency. The DCO signal is provided to one or more frequency dividers that are configured to selectively divide the DCO signal to generate various lower frequency signals, used to select a sampling rate for a DAC operating on the AM signal and an RF carrier signal frequency, which result in an output signal having a frequency that does not interfere with other RF systems on the same IC (e.g., that falls outside of the downlink frequency of other RF systems). Other systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT PACKET DETECTION AND RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) PULSE SYNCHRONIZATION IN A SUPER-REGENERATIVE RECEIVER (SRR) - A method of increasing a performance of a super-regenerative receiver (SRR), includes initializing a quench rate to be greater than or equal to 2 based on a parameter, and comparing a decision metric to a lower threshold value, the decision metric established from a first receiver operating characteristic (ROC). The method further includes estimating a phase offset, using an over-quench method, and aligning quench signals at the quench rate of 1, and comparing the decision metric to a higher threshold value to minimize a false alarm probability. The method further includes confirming packet detection and the phase offset, using the over-quench method. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119478 | PACKET-LOSS CONCEALMENT IMPROVEMENT - A method of updating the state of a decoder that decodes a wide-band signal including a plurality of sub-band signals, including: receiving the plurality of sub-band signals; for each sub-band signal, storing portions of that sub-band signal in a respective buffer; responsive to determining that a portion of the wide-band signal is degraded, performing a packet loss concealment algorithm to determine wide-band replacement data for the degraded portion; selecting a portion of the sub-band signal stored in each buffer in dependence on the determined wide-band replacement data; and updating the state of the decoder using the selected portions. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119479 | RECEIVER SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a receiver circuit including an input terminal through which an input signal is received, said receiver circuit further including:
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20140119480 | RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A COMPOSITE SIGNAL - A first signal generator is arranged to generate a first signal. A data storage device is configured to provide a null code. A multiplexer is capable of multiplexing the first signal and the null code consistent with a predetermined time sequence for expression of the null code in a produced precursor signal. A ranging code generator is arranged for generating a ranging code. A mixer is capable of accepting the ranging code and the precursor signal and outputting a locally generated reference signal. After down-conversion and digitization of the received composite signal, the code correlator can correlate the digital received composite signal to the locally generated reference signal to decode at least a first portion of the received composite signal, while leaving a second portion of the received composite signal undecoded. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119481 | SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY WITH MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - A method of performing timing error detection includes receiving, by a multi-core processor, a data stream and up-sampling the data stream by a plurality of processing cores of the multi-core processor. The up-sampling is performed in parallel by the plurality of processing cores. The method includes selecting one sample per symbol of the data stream to generate a sampled data output. The method also includes performing symbol timing recovery based on the sampled data output to adjust a resampling point. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119482 | WIDEBAND SOFTWARE-DEFINED RF RECEIVER - An RF receiver is disclosed. The RF receiver includes an analog-to-digital converter for converting an analog intermediate frequency band signal to a digital intermediate frequency band signal. A plurality of decimation units coupled in cascade for generating a decimated signal based on the digital intermediate frequency band signal are also included. The RF receiver further includes a signal processing unit for processing the decimated signal and a bypass path for feeding a bypass signal to the signal processing unit. The bypass signal is either the digital intermediate frequency band signal or an output signal from one of the decimation units which is not the last one of the cascade coupled decimation units. The signal processing unit is adapted to detect critical reception conditions based on the bypass signal and to adapt the processing of the decimated signal in accordance with detected critical reception conditions. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119483 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH RECEIVER OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A communication system includes: an antenna unit configured to receive a receiver signal; a communication unit, coupled to the antenna unit, configured to: calculate a decoding result based on the receiver signal, generate a dynamic scalar based on the decoding result, and generate a content replication based on the dynamic scalar for communicating with a device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119484 | Transmission of Symbols in a MIMO Environment using Alamouti Based Codes - A method for transmitting data in a multiple-input-multiple-output space-time coded communication using a mapping table mapping a plurality of symbols defining the communication to respective antennae from amongst a plurality of transmission antennae and to at least one other transmission resource. The mapping table may comprise Alamouti-coded primary segments and may also comprise secondary segments, comprising primary segments. The primary segments in the secondary segments may be defined in accordance to an to Alamouti based code pattern applied at the segment level to define a segment-level Alamouti based code. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119485 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DUAL BAND RF SIGNALS SIMULTANEOUSLY - Disclosed is a dual band receiver which includes an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert a dual band analog RF signal into a dual baseband digital signal; and a first signal extractor configured to generate a first path signal and a second path signal from the dual baseband signal and to extract a first baseband signal using a relative sample delay difference between the first and second path signals, wherein the dual baseband signal includes the first baseband signal and a second baseband signal, the first path signal is a signal obtained by sample delay of the dual baseband signal and then down sampling of a resultant signal, and the second path signal is a signal obtained by down sampling of the dual baseband signal without sample delay. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119486 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ENCODING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus includes an encoder adapted to encode data bits for transmission via a communication link using pulse amplitude modulation (PAM). The encoder includes a logic circuit. The logic circuit is adapted to perform a logic operation on a pattern of bits and the data bits in order to reduce a run-length and/or improve the DC balance of the data bits. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119487 | System for generating particles - Exposing isotopes aligned in a sufficiently strong magnetic field to extremely low electromagnetic frequencies results in the production of different isotopes. The method and apparatus also permits the production of subatomic particles. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119488 | NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION DEVICE AND NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION METHOD - The present invention produces nuclide transmutation using a relatively small-scale device. The device | 2014-05-01 |
20140119489 | COUNTER APPARATUS - Of a counter apparatus, a first microcomputer and a second microcomputer communicate with each other and receive a crank signal with pulses. The first microcomputer detects a first pulse count number at a detection time point and transmits it to the second microcomputer. The second microcomputer detects a second pulse count number at a determination time point, which is an allowable delay time period later from the detection time point. The allowable delay time period is expected to elapse from the detection time point to when the first pulse count number is received by the second microcomputer. The second pulse count number is compared with a determination value, which is the sum of (i) the first pulse count number and (ii) the largest integer not greater than the quotient of T2/T1, T1 being a pulse period of the crank signal, T2 being the allowable delay time period. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119490 | SHIFT REGISTER, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The disclosure relates to a shift register, a method for driving the same, an array substrate and a display apparatus, for reducing the wiring space as required by the shift register. The shift register comprising a control unit and a plurality of output sub-units, wherein the control unit comprises a plurality of output terminals which output gate line control signals sequentially according to the control timing sequence during a first preset time period, and output the gate line control signals sequentially according to the control timing sequence during a second preset time period in an order opposite to or identical to an order in which the gate line control signals are output during the first preset time period; each of the output sub-units is connected to a corresponding output terminal of the control unit, and divides the gate line control signal output from the connected output terminal into at least a first gate line control signal and a second gate line control signal, and outputs the first gate line control signal and the second gate line control signal respectively. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119491 | SHIFT REGISTER AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, GATE DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide a shift register and a method for driving the same, a gate driving device and a display device. A charging unit, a pull-up unit, a pull-down unit, a gate signal input terminal, a DC low level signal input terminal, a gate signal output terminal and a first, a second, a third, a fourth clock signal input terminals are arranged in the shift register, so that the gate driving structure is simplified and the power consumption of the gate driving is reduced. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119492 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus are disclosed to reduce noises generated at an output of a next stage shift register unit caused by an output of a pervious stage shift register unit. The shift register unit at each stage comprises at least a signal inputting terminal INPUT, a signal outputting terminal OUTPUT and a capacitor CAP connected with the outputting terminal OUTPUT so as to provide an output signal to the outputting terminal OUTPUT, wherein the shift register unit further comprises a switch located between the capacitor CAP and the outputting terminal OUTPUT, and the switch is in a turned-off state when the capacitor CAP is charged. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119493 | SHIFT REGISTER AND GATE DRIVING DEVICE ON ARRAY SUBSTRATE - Provided are a shift register and a gate driving device on array substrate for eliminating noise at an output terminal of the shift register and improving the operating stability thereof. The shift register comprises an input module for supplying an input signal to a pull-up node, wherein the pull-up node serves as an output node of the input module; a pull-up module for storing the input signal and supplies a first clock signal to the output terminal; a reset module for supplying a negative voltage of a power supply to the pull-up node; a first pull-down control module for supplying the negative voltage to a first pull-down node; a second pull-down control module for supplying the negative voltage to a second pull-down node; and a pull-down module for supplying the negative voltage to the pull-up node, and for supplying the negative voltage to the output terminal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119494 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION OF GANTRY INCLUDED IN THE SAME - A medical imaging apparatus and/or method includes a gantry, a control unit, and a display unit. The gantry has a source for generating an X-ray and a detector for detecting the X-ray passing through an object. The gantry allows the source and the detector to rotate around the object. The control unit obtains operational information of the gantry. The display unit outputs the obtained operational information of the gantry. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119495 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING IMAGE - Disclosed are an image reconstruction method and a radiation imaging apparatus using the same. The radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation emitter which emits multiple energy spectra of radiation toward an object, a radiation detector which detects multiple energy spectra of radiation passing through the object and thereby outputs measurement data, and an image reconstructor which reconstructs a radiation image of the object, based on the measurement data output by the radiation detector. The method may be used to calculate simulation data of an inner structure of the object using an image reconstruction value including information associated with densities of substances of the inside of the object, to acquire a correction value of the image reconstruction value minimizing a discrepancy between the measurement data and the simulation data and to update the image reconstruction value using the correction value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119496 | COMPACT MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH - The present subject matter relates to compact, non-synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) systems and methods for cancer research and treatment based on a carbon nanotube distributed x-ray source array technology. The systems and methods can deliver microscopically discrete x-ray radiation at peak dose rate of 10 Gy per second or higher. The x-ray radiation can be provided by a spatially distributed x-ray source array. The technology can be used, for example and without limitation, for human cancer treatment, for intra-operative radiation therapy, and for pre-clinical cancer research on animal cancer models. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119497 | Process And System For Preparation Of X-Ray Scannable Sample-Embedded Sliver For Characterization Of Rock And Other Samples - A method is provided to allow characterization of rock or other types of samples using a sliver that is prepared to have a sample and optionally a plurality of thin discrete reference objects encapsulated by hardened encapsulant that surrounds the peripheral edges of the sample and any reference objects. Systems for performing the methods are also provided. An x-ray scannable sliver also is provided as a single unit that has a thin discrete sample and a plurality of thin discrete reference objects encapsulated by hardened encapsulant that encases the peripheral edges of the sample and reference objects. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119498 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGES - A method for obtaining tomosynthesis images of an object of interest using an imaging system, wherein the imaging system comprises an X-ray source arranged to facing a detector on which the object of interest is positioned. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of projected 2D images of the object of interest in a plurality of orientations identified relative to a perpendicular to the detector, wherein a zero orientation is closest to the perpendicular and applying at least one filter to the acquired projected 2D images to obtain filtered, projection images of the object of interest. The method further comprises determining a reconstruction slice of the object of interest from the backprojection of at least two of the filtered projections, the set of reconstruction slices being the filtered, reconstructed volume of the object of interest, wherein a filter used on the 2D projection images is an adaptive filter. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119499 | PINHOLE DETECTION SYSTEM OF FUEL CELL - A pinhole detection system of a fuel cell element unit including a density measurement module that calculates a density of a fuel cell element unit using weight and volume data measured from electronic weight balance and 3D scan type volume integrator. Photon energy ranges of X-ray beam and window species of the pinhole detection system automatically are selected from Group 1 or Group 2 according to the density reference point for a fuel cell element, and a stage on which a fuel cell element unit is disposed to be detected. A drive portion that moves the stage to rotate the fuel cell element unit. An X-ray source is disposed at one side of the stage to apply X-ray to the fuel cell element unit that rotates. An image detector detects an X-ray penetrating the fuel cell element unit, and a computer tomography that reconstructs a three dimensional tomogram. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119500 | X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREFOR - The X-ray imaging device comprises an X-ray source that is able to move along a predetermined movement path, a movement unit configured to cause the X-ray source to move along the predetermined movement path, an imaging platform that is disposed to face the X-ray source, a flat-panel X-ray detector that is provided to the imaging platform, a marker that is disposed in the imaging platform, a control unit that causes the X-ray source to move and to capture images respectively including the marker from at least two positions, and an image processing unit that calculates a position of an image of the marker in each of the captured images and calculates a slope of a movement axis of the X-ray source with respect to the X-ray detector based on a relative relationship between positions of images of the marker. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119501 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF IMAGING A HETEROGENEOUS OBJECT - An imaging method positions a heterogeneous object within a fixture having a chamber. The fixture also has a valve for receiving a gas and normally sealing the chamber. Thus, the object is within the chamber. Next the method positions the fixture within an active region of a CT machine, fluidly connects a gas line to the valve, and injects an inert gas into the chamber through the gas line and the valve. The inert gas may include one or more of the xenon, argon, and krypton. The method then increases the pressure within the sealed chamber to increase the density of the gas within the chamber, and directs x-ray energy toward the active region of the CT machine to produce a plurality of two-dimensional images of the object and the pressurized gas. Finally, the method generates a three-dimensional representation of the object from the plurality of images. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119502 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating an X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus includes obtaining a first projection data set by scanning an area of interest with X-rays at a first time; obtaining a second projection data set by scanning the area of interest with X-rays at a second time; obtaining at least one item of difference data which includes a difference between a first item of projection data from among the first projection data set and a corresponding item of projection data from among the second projection data set; and determining a rescanning of the area of interest by using X-rays based on information relating to the difference data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119503 | GANTRY OF X-RAY CT SYSTEM - A gantry of X-ray CT system according to an embodiment includes: a main frame; a disk-shaped base plate rotatably supported by main frame, and having an opening formed at a central portion thereof, the opening allowing a subject to enter and exit therethrough, and multiple mounting holes formed at portions outside the opening in a radial direction; and multiple rotator units inserted into the mounting holes and fixed to the base plate. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119504 | Radiography apparatus - A radiography apparatus for mammography comprises a supporting column or stand having a main direction of development, a ground supporting base to which the column is secured and a radiography assembly; the radiography assembly, secured in a sliding manner to said column and moving along the same between a first operational position and a second operational position, comprises an emitter of rays for radiography, a corresponding detector for acquisition of the image obtained by means of said rays and a system for positioning and maintaining in position a breast to be X-rayed, operationally active between said emitter and detector; the column moves with respect to the base between a first raised operational position and a second lowered operational position. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119505 | RADIATION TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - Provided is a preview image generating section configured to generate preview image during radiography for the purpose of providing a radiation tomography apparatus that allows suppression of unnecessary imaging time by displaying a condition of an image during the radiography in the process of diagnosis. An operator can recognize from the preview image how a subject appears in the image in a radiation tomography apparatus also during the radiography. This allows stopping the radiography before a diagnostic image having a suitable level of clearness for diagnosis is generated. As a result, a shorter imaging time is achieved, and burden to the subject can be suppressed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119506 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING OPTIMAL MULTI-ENERGY X-RAY IMAGE - An apparatus and method for acquiring an optimal MEX image may include an X-ray source to generate an X-ray and to irradiate the X-ray, an energy identification detector to acquire a MEX image that is generated when the irradiated X-ray penetrates an object, and an optimal MEX processor to generate an optimal MEX parameter based on a characteristic of the object and to control at least one of the X-ray source and the energy identification detector based on the generated optimal MEX parameter. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119507 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - Disclosed herein are an X-ray imaging apparatus and an X-ray image generating method in which constituent materials of a target object are separated and mapped to different colors in order to provide one image which has improved distinction between tissues. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator which generates X-rays and irradiates the X-rays toward a target object, an X-ray detector which acquires X-ray data which corresponds to a plurality of energy bands by detecting X-rays which have passed through the target object, and a controller which acquires a plurality of material images in which a plurality of materials constituting the target object are respectively displayed and brightness information from the X-ray data, generates one image by mapping different color channels to the plurality of material images and combining the plurality material images into a single image, and applying the brightness information to the generated image. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119508 | COLLIMATOR MODULE, RADIATION DETECTOR HAVING COLLIMATOR MODULE, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING COLLIMATOR MODULE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A collimator module which may be disposed in a radiation detector of a radiological imaging apparatus using the collimator module may include a first collimator having a plurality of openings, through which radiation having passed through an object passes, and a second collimator located below the first collimator and having a plurality of openings, through which radiation having passed through the first collimator passes. The first collimator or the second collimator is designed so as to be movable or rotatable relative to the second collimator or the first collimator. Through movement of the first collimator or the second collimator, the size of a passage region that allows radiation having passed through the object to pass through the first collimator or the second collimator is adjustable. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119509 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation image capturing system includes a radiation image capturing apparatus, one or more radiation generation apparatuses and a calculation unit. The radiation image capturing apparatus includes a control unit which controls a scan driving unit and a readout integrated circuit of the radiation image capturing apparatus since before start of irradiation of the radiation image capturing apparatus and detects the start of the irradiation when data read out by the readout integrated circuit is equal to or more than a threshold. Before radiation image capturing, the calculation unit calculates a maximum body thickness for each of the radiation generation apparatuses on the basis of the data read out in the radiation image capturing apparatus irradiated by the radiation generation apparatus, the maximum body thickness up to which the control unit can detect the start of the irradiation through a subject. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119510 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM FOR GRNERATING SPACE TRANSFER FUNCTIONS AND METHOD THEREOF - An X-ray imaging system for generating space transfer functions has an X-ray machine, a check board and a host. The X-ray machine has an X-ray camera and an image camera to respectively take an X-ray image and a reference image for a calibration pattern on the check board. The host has a controller electrically connected to the X-ray camera and the image camera to receive the X-ray image and the reference image. The controller generates parameters and space transfer functions according to the X-ray image and the reference image. The check board of the present invention is easy to be manufactured and is convenient to use in an X-ray imaging machine | 2014-05-01 |
20140119511 | Methods of Identifying Original and Counterfeit Articles using Micro X-Ray Diffraction Mapping - The present invention provides relatively fast, automated and non-destructive methods to screen and identify articles. The methods may be used to identify counterfeit articles, such as, for example, medications including those in the form of tablets, pills or capsules. The methods may use a micro-X ray diffraction method to scan marks as small as, for instance, 300 μm made of X-ray visible compounds. The methods may provide 2-D or 3-D maps of these marks using selected peaks from the collected X-ray diffraction patterns and may be used to certify the authenticity of drug tablets, for instance by mapping hidden marks printed under tablet coatings and on packages. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119512 | X-RAY DETECTOR AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION DEVICE - A silicon strip detector having a first X-ray detection unit having plural strips arranged in parallel to one another in a first direction, and a second X-ray detection unit having plural strips arranged in parallel to one another in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is used as an X-ray detector. The X-ray detector is mounted in an X-ray diffraction device while the first direction is matched with the tangential direction of 2θ-rotation, and the second direction is matched with the tangential direction of χ-rotation for executing in-plane diffraction measurement. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THIN FILM THICKNESS USING X-RAY - Provided is an apparatus and method for measuring for measuring a thickness of thin film using x-ray where a thickness of a thin film of nanometer(nm)-level can be accurately measured without destructing an target sample, through determination of thickness of thin film of the target sample, by determining a calibration curve by comparing a difference of intensities of signals scattered by a special component included in a base layer of the reference sample having a base layer and a base layer formed with the thin film layer with a thickness of the thin film layer, and determining the thickness of thin film layer of the target sample by comparing a difference of intensities of signals scattered by the special component included in the base layer of the target sample having the base layer formed with the thin film layer with the reference sample having the base layer with the calibration curve. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119514 | RADIATION IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIATION IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A medical imaging apparatus which captures a medical image based on imaging technique information includes a display control unit which displays thumbnails of medical images captured based on imaging technique information in a first area on a display window, displays a thumbnail of a different-inspection image retrieved based on the imaging technique information in a second area, and displays, in a third area, a medical image corresponding to a selected thumbnail of the thumbnails displayed in the first area. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119515 | VIBRATION DAMPING FOR APPARATUS COMPRISING ROTATING GANTRY - One or more techniques and/or apparatuses described herein provide a roller truck comprising non-rotating dampening material that is configured to dampen vibrations and mitigate the transference of vibrations from a rotating gantry to a support frame and vice-versa during rotation of the rotating gantry relative to the support frame. It will be appreciated that two different types of roller trucks, base roller trucks and z-axis roller trucks, are described herein, and the non-rotating dampening material may be inserted into one or both types of roller trucks. While the instant disclosure finds particular application in the context of computed tomography apparatus, the instant disclosure is not intended to be limited to such applications. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119516 | RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND MOVING METHOD THEREOF - A radiography system is provided. The radiography system includes a radiographic device arranged in a movable manner, a measuring device to measure at least one of external force and torque applied to the radiographic device, and a drive device to move the radiographic device based on a direction and magnitude of the at least one of the force and torque measured by the measuring device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119517 | METHODS OF CALIBRATING X-RAY DETECTORS - A method of calibrating a first threshold voltage that is a reference of X-ray detection for each unit cell of a plurality of unit cells of an X-ray detector may comprise detecting an X-ray by using a plurality of second threshold voltages for each of a plurality of X-rays having spectra at different energy levels; determining a correspondence relationship between energies having a maximum intensity in the spectra of X-rays and third threshold voltages at which a maximum number of photons having a same energy intensity are detected; and/or calibrating the first threshold voltage based on the determined correspondence relationship. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119518 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION - Methods and systems monitoring performance of acoustic echo cancellation are described. An audio output is generated by applying a first acoustic echo cancellation algorithm to an audio input. One or more performance metrics for the first acoustic echo cancellation algorithm based on the audio output are determined via a second acoustic echo cancellation algorithm. The first acoustic echo cancellation algorithm is different from the second acoustic echo cancellation algorithm. The one or more performance metrics are provided for storage in a memory. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119519 | REMOVABLE SENSOR MODULES - A removable telecommunication sensor module is configured to be removably coupled between a power protection device and a bus bar and/or a backplane. The removable telecommunication sensor module monitors energy usage at a telecommunication equipment circuit level for a piece of telecommunication equipment arranged in a telecommunication network infrastructure. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119520 | 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. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119521 | TELEPHONY SERVICES OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CALLING PLAN ANALYSIS - Embodiments of the present invention provide optimization of telephone services through telephone calling plan/card analysis. The least expensive rate is found for telephone calls at any given time and/or date, either through static pre-entry of data, or through dynamic querying of rates via a web-based look-up table, and places calls according to an optimized calling plan. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, an outgoing/target telephone number for an intended telephone call is captured, and a corresponding destination geographic region is identified. Based on the geographic region, a calling plan resulting in a lowest price for the telephone call is identified. This is typically accomplished by consulting at least one table (e.g., call information table) that associates (among other things) calling plans and/or calling cards with geographic regions. Once a calling plan and/or calling card is identified/selected, a corresponding set of dialing instructions will be obtained from the table and used to make/place the telephone call. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SUBSCRIBER CHURN PREDICTIONS - A system and method for generating a subscriber churn prediction includes receiving call detail records from a network operator detailing communication between subscribers of the network operator and determining tie-strengths between subscribers based on the call detail records. The system and method further includes generating a net churn influence accumulated at each subscriber from the tie-strengths by propagating churner influence between subscribers due to churn events. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119523 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A REMOTE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A CALLED PARTY - A system, method, and computer program product for providing information local to a called party located in a different geographic location is disclosed. In one embodiment, the computer implemented method includes the steps of receiving, at the communication device, a communication identifier; sending a request to a network device to determine a current location of a second communication device associated with the communication identifier; receiving location information identifying the current location of the communication device associated with the communication identifier; and presenting at least a portion of the information corresponding to the current location of the communication device associated with the communication identifier. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119524 | System and Method for Modifying Communication Information (MCI) - A system including a database storing a plurality of callback telephone numbers. The plurality of callback telephone numbers have area codes corresponding to at least two different area codes. An information processor is configured to process a trigger comprising at least an area code of a telephone number of a call target, select a telephone number from the database having at least an area code the same as the area code of the telephone number of the call target, set caller identification data to the selected telephone number for an outbound call to the call target, and transmit the caller identification data to the call target in connection with the outbound call. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A CONFERENCE CALL - The present invention is a system and method for initiating conference calls via an instant messaging system to reduce the effort required to initiate and manage the call. The system uses an TM connection between a requesting party and a conference call server to inform the conference call server of the desire to initiate the conference call. The conference call server may initiate the conference call by having involved parties called by a conference bridge, thus reducing the effort required by the parties to join the call. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119526 | ADVANCED CALLING - Systems, devices, and methods are described that allow more comprehensive interaction between users of a telecommunication system. For example, a described method comprises: receiving, from a first communication unit, a request to establish a voice communication call between a first user of the first communication unit and a second user of a second communication unit; receiving, from said first communication unit, additional information with regard to said request; and presenting, by said second communication unit, an indication of said request to establish said voice communication call and said additional information to said second user. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119527 | Determining and Denying Call Completion Based on Detection of Robocall or Unsolicited Advertisement - Unwanted calls are detected by determining all calls which are unverified by prior prompting the caller to provide data, such as “press 5 to be connected” or “say ‘proceed’” before being allowed to connect. Once connected, the called party may indicate that the call was/is unwanted and should be disconnected. Then, the call is disconnected from the called party while being maintained with the switch. The call is also recorded in embodiments of the disclosed technology, with the audio therefrom, or audio signature, being used to detect future unwanted calls. The detection of future unwanted calls may further be modified or determined based on association of called parties to each other, which, additionally, may be used to change the threshold of closeness of audio signatures between calls. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119528 | APPARATUS AND VOICE CALL AUTO-REDIALING AND TRANSFERRING METHOD - A customer premise equipment (CPE) establishes voice calls between a first and second voice communication devices. When establishment of a voice call between the first and second voice communication devices fails, the CPE auto-redials the second voice communication device at predetermined time intervals. When the second voice communication device answers the redialing, the voice call between the first and second voice communication devices is established and is transferred to a preset third voice communication device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119529 | Directory Features in a Distributed Telephony System - A telephony system is presented that enables a phone to access a directory and use the directory in conjunction with other phone functions. The system includes a server with a telephony management software (TMS) unit, a telephony application programming interface (TAPI) unit, and an application unit. The application unit includes a control module, a function module, a filter module, a presentation module, a phone interface module, and a storage interface module. A server sends a signal to a phone regarding the contents of a directory. A server also enables a user to navigate through the directory, filter the directory, and perform call functions on phone numbers associated with directory entries. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY MANAGING LARGE CONTACT CENTERS - Provided is a system and method that identifies a characteristic associated with a resource. A resource can be, for example, an agent in a contact center. An identifier, representing the characteristic is associated with the resource (e.g., a bit) is stored in a first memory location. A characteristic associated with a work item is identified. The characteristic associated with the work item can be for example, a type of communication (e.g., email, voice, video, etc.), a company represented by the work item, and the like. The identifier representing the characteristic associated with the work item is stored in a second memory location. The first memory location is bit masked and compared with the second memory location to determine if the resource should process the work item. In response to determining that the resource should process the work item, the work item is routed to the resource, such as an agent. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119531 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT USING ANSWER ENGINE AND DIALOG RULES - According to one embodiment, a self-service system is to provide self-support knowledgebase (KB) information to allow users to navigate the self-support KB. A monitor is to track user interaction with the self-support KB while a user navigates through the self-support KB. An answer engine is to receive a query from the user to ask a question and in response to the query, to identify a predefined response to the query in view of a set of dialog rules. The answer engine is to transmit one or more related questions that the user will likely ask based on the dialog rules and the user interaction. The answer engine further transmits an invitation to allow the user to initiate a live support session after a predetermined condition has been satisfied. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119532 | System and Method for Blended PSTN and Computer Network Customer Support Interactions - The present disclosure includes a system and method for blended telephone network and computer network customer support interactions. The system may include a web server, one or more controllers, a telephone exchange, a monitoring server, and one or more client devices. The method may include receiving a multimedia support request, establishing a multimedia communications session, instructing a telephony application associated with the multimedia communications session to place a telephone call, routing and connecting the telephone call to an available endpoint, identifying the available endpoint when the telephone call is connected to the available endpoint, and transmitting an invitation to participate in the multimedia communications session to the available endpoint. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119533 | CALL MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VARIANCE ALGORITHM (VA) AND/OR DISTRIBUTION COMPENSATION - Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119534 | NETWORKED CONTACT CENTER - This document discusses, among other things, a networked contact center that includes multiple platforms to host multiple tenants. Example embodiments include receiving a message associated with one of the tenants and identifying one or more of the platforms associated with the message. For some example embodiments, the networked contact center may allow the platform to access a data location that is both associated with the tenant and shared by two or more of the multiple tenants. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING AN INTERACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH A BUSINESS RULES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a contact center, a system for processing communication events has an interaction server for managing events waiting to be routed, a routing server for routing the events, a rules engine, and a gateway server executing rules invocation logic and interacting with the rules engine. The interaction server tracks incoming events, initiates and sends a routing request to the routing server, including a special routing object, for each event that requires conformance to business rules, the routing server, executing the routing object, sends an execution request to the gateway server, which upon receipt of the request prepares a business object model (BOM), being a set of facts upon which the rules engine executes rules appropriate to the facts, resulting in routing direction for the routing server to route the event. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119536 | Spectrum Management - Various methods, techniques and devices are disclosed which optimize an output power spectral density taking properties and changes of crosstalk reduction like crosstalk precompensation into account. The techniques disclosed may for example be employed in distribution points of a communication system. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119537 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF ATTACKS TAKING CONTROL OF THE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS OF A QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY APPARATUS BY RANDOMLY CHANGING THEIR EFFICIENCY - An apparatus and method for revealing both attack attempts performed on the single-photon detector(s) of a quantum cryptography system and Trojan horse attack attempts performed on quantum cryptography apparatus containing at least one single photon detector. The attacks detection relies on both the random modification of the setting parameters of the said single-photon detector(s) and the comparison of the measured detection probability values for each setting parameter with the expected detection probability values. The modified parameter of the single-photon detector can be its efficiency or its timing of activation for example. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119538 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D OBJECT ENCRYPTION BY APPLICATION OF A FUNCTION MODIFIED USING A SECRET KEY - A method for encrypting a 3D object. In a preferred embodiment, the encryption shapes the 3D object by generating a set of secret functions using a secret K, applying the generated functions to the 3D object, determining the function that gives an output that is closest to predetermined characteristics, encrypting the 3D object using the determined function, and outputting the encrypted 3D object and an indication of the determined function. Also provided is a corresponding decryption method, an encryption device and a decryption device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119539 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DECRYPTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an acquisition module, a first generator, a second generator, and an encrypting processor. The acquisition module acquires a first data file which is encrypted and a first character string corresponding to the first data file. The first generator generates first handwriting information includes a plurality of stroke data corresponding to a plurality of strokes. The first handwriting information is obtainable by inputting the first character string by handwriting. The second generator generates a first key using the first handwriting information. The encrypting processor decrypts the first data file using the first key. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119540 | POLICY-BASED DATA MANAGEMENT - Compliance to a policy about how to treat data in a computer network environment is ensured by checking that conditions in the policy are satisfied by the entity before access to the data is provided. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119541 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE - A data storage unit may store an encrypted medium device key Enc (Kcu, Kmd_i), and a medium device key certificate (Certmedia). | 2014-05-01 |
20140119542 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processing control method includes: receiving encrypted main video data obtained by encrypting main video data obtained by down-converting video data corresponding to an initial resolution of a content and encrypted sub video data obtained by encrypting sub video data as a difference between high-resolution video data obtained by up-converting the main video data and the video data corresponding to the initial resolution; acquiring a first encryption key corresponding to the encrypted sub video data; generating a second encryption key corresponding to the encrypted main video data from the first encryption key by using a one-way function; decoding the encrypted sub video data by using the first encryption key and decode the encrypted main video data by using the second encryption key generated; and processing each of the main video data and the sub video data obtained by decoding to generate the video data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119543 | METHOD FOR UPDATING GROUP TEMPORAL KEY, RELATED APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for updating a group temporal key, a related apparatus and system. A method includes: An access point AP sets an updating period of a group temporal key GTK; the access point updates the GTK whenever the updating period of the GTK arrives; the access point receives a GTK request that is sent by a mobile station STA in an association list within a preset delay time period after arrival of the updating period of the GTK, where the association list records all mobile stations communicating with the access point, and the preset delay time period is shorter than the updating period of the GTK; and when the preset delay time period after the arrival of the updating period of the GTK arrives, the access point sends the updated GTK to the mobile station in the association list according to the GTK request. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119544 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING INTEGRITY PROTECTION FOR PROXIMITY-BASED SERVICE DISCOVERY WITH EXTENDED DISCOVERY RANGE - The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system, specifically, the method is directed to perform a ProSe discovery procedure by a first ProSe-enabled UE in a cellular communication system, the method comprising: encrypting a payload of a discovery signal by using a private key of the first ProSe-enabled UE; adding a public key of the first ProSe-enabled UE to the payload of the discovery signal; and transmitting the discovery signal including the payload and the public key of the first ProSe-enabled UE to one or more second ProSe-enabled UEs, wherein the public key of the first ProSe-enabled UE is used for the one or more second ProSe-enabled UEs to decrypt the payload of the discovery signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECOMPOSING A STEREO RECORDING USING FREQUENCY-DOMAIN PROCESSING EMPLOYING A SPECTRAL WEIGHTS GENERATOR - An apparatus for generating a stereo side signal having a first side channel and a second side channel from a stereo input signal having a first input channel and a second input channel is provided. The apparatus has a modification information generator for generating modification information based on mid-side information. Furthermore, the apparatus has a signal manipulator being adapted to manipulate the first input channel based on the modification information to obtain the first side channel and being adapted to manipulate the second input channel based on the modification information to obtain the second side channel. The modification information generator has a spectral weights generator for generating the modification information by generating a first spectral weighting factor based on a mono mid signal and on a mono side signal of the stereo input signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR KEEPING OUTPUT LOUDNESS AND QUALITY OF SOUND AMONG DIFFERENT EQUALIZER MODES - An apparatus and method for keeping output loudness and quality of sound in different equalizer modes. The apparatus includes a gain setting unit configured to set a protection limit of an output voltage of an input audio signal; an equalizer (EQ) mode filter configured to filter the input audio signal so as to achieve the different equalizer modes; an amplitude real-time processing module configured to receive the audio signal output from the EQ mode filter or an audio signal feedback, and process the received audio signal such that the output voltage of the processed audio signal is lower than the protection limit; and a digital-to-analog converter configured to perform a digital-to-analog conversion on the processed audio signal, and output an analog audio signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119547 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENT FOR MONITORING NOISE LEVELS - A system is provided and includes a plurality of acoustic devices disposed in locations arrayed throughout a defined space, each one of the plurality of acoustic devices being receptive of acoustical attributes such as sound or noise levels generated in the defined space and configured to issue signals reflective of the generated acoustical attributes and an acoustic data unit disposed in signal communication with each of the plurality of acoustic devices. The acoustic data unit is receptive of the signals issued from the plurality of acoustic devices and configured to convert the signals into digital acoustic data and to output the digital acoustic data in a serialized format compatible with a network protocol. | 2014-05-01 |
20140119548 | DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AUDIO SENSORS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - There is provided a method of operating a device, the device comprising a plurality of audio sensors and being configured such that when a first audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with a user of the device, a second audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the air, the method comprising obtaining respective audio signals representing the speech of a user from the plurality of audio sensors; and analyzing the respective audio signals to determine which, if any of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the user of the device. | 2014-05-01 |