| 18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
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| 20160125803 | OLED AC DRIVING CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An OLED AC driving circuit, a driving method and a display device are disclosed in the present disclosure. The OLED AC driving circuit includes a light-emitting control unit, a charging unit, a driving unit, a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, a first voltage control unit and a second voltage control unit. The present disclosure employs the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit which are connected reversely with each other to make the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit emit light alternately during two adjacent frames. In one frame, only one light-emitting unit emits light for display while the other one is reversely biased. When the next frame comes, the two units exchange their operating states. The AC driving of the light-emitting units is realized, thus improving the energy utilization efficiency. The cause of the aging of the light-emitting unit is removed completely, and the lifespan of the light-emitting unit is extended largely. The influence of the internal resistance of the lines on the light-emitting current is eliminated, and the display quality of pictures is improved. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125804 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL - There is provided a display device including a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels may include a plurality of switching devices, at least one capacitor, and a semiconductor light-emitting device. The display device may further include a driving circuit configured to apply currents to the semiconductor light-emitting device through the plurality of switching devices and at least one capacitor. The semiconductor light-emitting device may emit red light, green light, and blue light through the currents applied by the driving circuit. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125805 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - An image display device includes: a pixel array part formed of first to fourth scanning lines arranged in rows, signal lines arranged in columns, pixel circuits in a matrix connected to the scanning lines and signal lines, and a plurality of power source lines which supplies first to third potentials necessary for the operations of pixel circuit; a signal part which supplies a video signal to the signal lines; and a scanner part which supplies a control signal to the first to fourth scanning lines, and in turn scans the pixel circuit for every row, wherein the pixel circuits include a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, first to third switching transistors, a pixel capacitance, and a light emitting device, and a channel length of the drive transistor is made longer than a channel length of the switching transistors to suppress fluctuations in threshold voltage. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125806 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY CIRCUIT - A method and system for driving an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a drive circuit for a pixel having a light emitting device. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor for driving the light emitting device. The system includes a mechanism for adjusting the gate voltage of the drive transistor. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125807 | Driving Circuit of Pixel Unit and Driving Method Thereof, and Display Device - The present invention provides a driving circuit of pixel unit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The driving circuit of pixel unit is configured to drive sub-pixel units on a display panel, and comprises a driving power supply signal port connected to the sub-pixel units through power supply signal lines and at least one compensation unit. The driving power supply signal port is configured to transfer a driving voltage output from the driving power supply to each of the sub-pixel units through the power supply signal lines. The compensation unit is configured to perform real-time compensation on voltage drops on the power supply signal lines when the sub-pixel units display different gray levels. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125808 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel structure includes a light-emitting diode, a transistor, a data-receiving unit, a compensating unit, and a resetting unit. The transistor is configured to be electrically coupled to the light-emitting diode, and drive the light-emitting diode based on a voltage difference between the control terminal and the first terminal of the transistor. The data-receiving unit is configured to be electrically coupled to the first terminal of the transistor, and provide a pixel date signal to the first terminal of the transistor based on a first scan signal. The compensating unit is electrically coupled to the control terminal and the second terminal of the transistor to act as a current path therebetween. The resetting unit is electrically coupled to the light-emitting diode. The resetting unit is configured to respectively provide a reverse bias and reference voltage to the light-emitting diode and the control terminal of the transistor. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125809 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE - A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a display apparatus including the same. The TFT substrate includes a plurality of first pixels that are disposed on a first pixel row, a plurality of second pixels that are disposed on a second pixel row adjacent to the first pixel row, a plurality of third pixels that are disposed on a third pixel row adjacent to the second pixel row, a first initialization voltage line that is disposed between the first pixel row and the second pixel row, and applies a first initialization voltage to the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels, and a second initialization voltage line that is disposed between the second pixel row and the third pixel row, and applies a second initialization voltage, having a level which differs from a level of the first initialization voltage, to the plurality of second pixels and the plurality of third pixels. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125810 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE AND DRIVING MECHANISM - An organic light emitting diode display panel structure includes a number of pixel units and at least one performance enhancing unit. The pixels are arranged in a number of rows and columns. Each pixel unit receives a corresponding data signal. The performance enhancing unit receives performance information corresponding to the data signals of the pixel units, and calculates an enhanced data signal according to the performance information. Each pixel unit operates in a number of time events repeating in sequence. The time events are set by a time controller. A portion of the time events any two adjacent rows of pixel units overlaps. Each pixel unit emits light according to the enhanced data signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125811 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an OLED display device capable of sensing and correcting a progressive bright point defect and a method of driving the same. The OLED display device includes a data driver for supplying an off-driving voltage to a driving transistor for driving a light emitting element in each sub-pixel, and sensing a voltage corresponding to a leakage current of the driving transistor, and a bright point estimator for estimating a progressive bright point of a sub-pixel by comparing a voltage value sensed through the data driver with a reference value, and darkening and correcting the sub-pixel estimated to have the progressive bright point. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125812 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display apparatus and an image processing method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display apparatus includes a display panel and a display driver. The display driver is configured to determine whether a plurality of pixel data of an image signal needs to being recoded according to one or more judgment conditions. If so, the pixel data is recoded. The display driver drives the display panel by using a plurality of driving signals having different signal waveforms, so that the display panel displays an image frame according to pixel data without being recoded and the recoded pixel data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125813 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method are provided. The display apparatus includes a display, a storage which stores afterimage modeling information the includes afterimage information based on grayscale changes in a plurality of image frames, and a controller which controls the display to consecutively display the plurality of image frames and pixel-wise refresh pixels for afterimage removal in each image frame based on the afterimage modeling information. Therefore, flickering of a display screen can be reduced and the viewing fatigue of a user can decrease when the screen is converted. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125814 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device includes a backlight unit for generating an original light, a display panel, a light modulating unit, and a controller connected to the display panel and the light modulating unit. According to a first signal, the original light passes through the display panel generates a first light, the first light passes through the light modulating unit, and has a first position on an objective plane parallel to the display panel. According to a second signal, the original light passes through the display panel to generate a second light, the second light passes through the light modulating unit and has a second position on the objective plane, wherein the first position is different from the second position. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS - A method and apparatus for regulating display brightness at a data capture device comprising a display is provided. Initially, the brightness of the display can be regulated to a first level. When an initiation of a data capture operation is detected, the brightness of the display can be regulated to a predetermined level. When a termination of the data capture operation is detected, the brightness of the display can be regulated back to the first level. An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) having a normal operational state and a dimming operational state, can also be provided. The ASIC can operate to change operational states based on a detection of at least one of an activation of the trigger mechanism, a deactivation of the trigger mechanism, an activation of the capture ongoing output apparatus, a deactivation of the capture ongoing output apparatus and a deactivation of the compete output apparatus. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125816 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a connection part on the display unit; a plurality of shape-variable parts on the connection part and configured to deform according to a physical quantity applied thereto; and adjustors configured to vary the physical quantity applied to the shape-variable parts to control refraction of light by the shape-variable parts while the light emitted from the pixels passes therethrough. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125817 | VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A video processing circuit includes a specific unit that specifies a first pixel adjacent to a second pixel which displays a higher gradation than a predetermined gradation, among the first pixels which display gradations equal to or lower than the predetermined gradation, based on the video signal in a current frame; a determination unit that determines whether or not the second pixel exists in a frame adjacent to the current frame on the time axis, in a position of the first pixel which is specified; and a correction unit that, in a case in which it is determined that the second pixel exists in the frame adjacent to the current frame, corrects the video signal in the current frame, in such a manner that a difference of an application voltage between the specified first pixel and the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel is reduced. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125818 | COLOR DISPLAY BASED ON SPATIAL CLUSTERING - A color display has a monochrome modulator. An active area of the modulator is illuminated by an array of light sources. The light sources include light sources of three or more colors. The intensities of the light sources may be adjusted to project desired luminance patterns on an active area of the modulator. In a fast field sequential method different colors are projected sequentially. The modulator is set to modulate the projected luminance patterns to display a desired image. In a slow field sequential method, colors are projected simultaneously and the modulator is set to modulate most important colors in the image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125819 | BISTABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL LIGHT VALVE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A bistable liquid crystal light valve (LCLV) and an operating method thereof are provided. The bistable LCLV comprises: a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate oppositely arranged in parallel to each other to form a liquid crystal cell; a first electrode disposed on an inner side of the first transparent substrate; a second electrode being disposed on an inner side of the second transparent substrate and corresponding to the first electrode; and a liquid crystal layer filled into the liquid crystal cell between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and including nematic liquid crystals and gelators dispersed in the nematic liquid crystals. The liquid crystal layer includes a transparent-state area and a scattering-state area arranged in parallel to each other in the horizontal direction of the first transparent substrate. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125820 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An electro-optical device includes a data line driving circuit that supplies a video signal, in which a data voltage having magnitude of voltage applied to the data lines in the amount of k (k>1) in accordance with an input video divided into frames is subjected to time division multiplexing, to a signal line, a selection circuit that selects at least one data line which becomes a supply destination of the video signal supplied to the signal line, a scanning line driving circuit that selects at least one scanning line, a control circuit that controls a predetermined precharge voltage to be applied to the data lines in the amount of k in the precharge time period, and a correction circuit that corrects a gradation level difference between the pixel applied with the precharge voltage and the pixel applied with no precharge voltage. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125821 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A driving circuit includes a receiver configured to receive an image control signal comprising a data signal and a clock signal, separate the data signal from the clock signal and output the separated data and clock signals, a clock recovery unit generating a reference clock signal based on the clock signal and generating a plurality of multi-phase clock signals having different phases from that of the reference clock signal, an output clock generation unit outputting an output clock signal in synchronization with the clock signal and the plurality of multi-phase clock signals, and a data output unit driving a plurality of data lines with a data driving signal corresponding to the data signal in synchronization with the output clock signal, and the output clock generation unit outputs the plurality of multi-phase clock signals. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125822 | FIELD SEQUENTIAL LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure discloses a field sequential liquid crystal display device and a method for driving the same. The method comprises: providing a color field sequential signal, so that a backlight module generates a plurality of color fields in one frame period; providing, when each of the color fields is valid, a data driving signal to each sub-pixel unit of a pixel so as to activate the sub-pixel units corresponding to a respective color field; wherein the polarity of the data driving signal is periodically reversed, so that voltage waveform of the data driving signal is symmetrical relative to a common reference voltage. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125823 | GOA CIRCUIT, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD - There are provided a GOA circuit, an array substrate, a display device and a driving method. The GOA circuit includes clock signal input lines and more than two GOA units connected in cascade, wherein each of the GOA units includes a selection signal output sub-unit and a selection sub-unit; the selection signal output sub-unit is configured to receive a source signal, and output a selection signal in accordance with the source signal; the selection sub-unit receives the selection signal and N clock signals, and outputs the received signal in accordance with the selection signal; and the clock signal input lines are no less than a number of N, and are configured to input the clock signals to the selection sub-unit, where N is an integer number which is higher than or equal to two. The gate driving structure of the GOA circuit, the array substrate and the display device occupies a small area. The driving method can achieve a single dot polarity inversion. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125824 | GATE DRIVER ON ARRAY CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate driver on array circuit and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The N | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125825 | DISPLAY PANEL, AND PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a display panel, and a pixel structure and a driving method thereof. The pixel structure comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, each of which comprises: a main portion configured to receive a scan signal on a first scan line, so as to receive a data signal on a data line and then have a main-portion voltage; a first portion electrically connected to the main portion and configured to receive the scan signal on the first scan line, so as to receive the main-portion voltage and then have a first-portion voltage; and a second portion configured to receive a scan signal on a second scan line, so as to receive the data signal on the data line and then have a second-portion voltage, wherein the main-portion voltage, the first-portion voltage, and the second-portion voltage are different from one another. The display panel not only achieves low color shift for 2D display, but also enables low color shift for 3D display by using a voltage difference between the main portion and the first portion after forming the second portion into a light shading area. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125826 | DISPLAY PANEL, PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY PANEL - The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a pixel structure, and a method for driving the display panel. The pixel structure comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, each of which comprises: a main portion configured to receive a scan signal of a first scan line, and then to receive a data signal of a data line, so that it has a main-portion voltage; a first portion configured to receive the scan signal of the first scan line, and then to receive the data signal of the data line, so that it has a first-portion voltage; and a second portion configured to receive a scan signal of a second scan line, and then to receive the data signal of the data line, so that it a second-portion voltage, wherein the main-portion voltage, the first-portion voltage and the second-portion voltage are different from one another. The display panel can not only achieve lower color shift for 2D display, but also enable lower color shift for 3D display by using a voltage difference between the main portion and the first portion after turning the second portion into a light shielding area. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125827 | CLOCK GENERATOR CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A clock generator circuit of a liquid display panel includes a charge sharing switch unit, a first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and a fourth switch. The charge sharing switch unit is configured to receive control signals and accordingly output a first-polarity voltage to the first capacitor. The clock generator circuit is configured to turn on the first switch, the second switch, the third switch and the fourth switch according to a specific sequence thereby outputting a clock signal. An operation method for the aforementioned clock generator circuit is also provided. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125828 | GOA CIRCUIT OF LTPS SEMICONDUCTOR TFT - The present invention provides a GOA circuit of LTPS semiconductor TFT, employed for forward scan transmission, comprising a plurality of GOA units which are cascade connected, and N is set to be a positive integer and an Nth GOA unit utilizes a plurality of N-type transistors and a plurality of P-type transistors and comprises a transmission part ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125829 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus including a gate driving circuit disposed on a liquid crystal display is provided. The apparatus further includes a data driving chip, disposed on the liquid crystal display panel, to apply data driving signals to data lines. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages connected to one another in parallel. The odd-numbered stages of the stages each apply gate driving signals to odd-numbered gate lines of the gate lines, in response to a first clock signal and the even-numbered stages of the stages each apply the gate driving signals to even-numbered gate lines of the gate lines, in response to a second clock signal having an opposite phase from a phase of the first clock signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125830 | GOA CIRCUIT BASED ON LTPS SEMICONDUCTOR TFT - The present invention provides a GOA circuit based on LTPS semiconductor TFT, comprising a plurality of GOA units which are cascade connected, and N is set to be a positive integer and an Nth GOA unit comprises a pull-up control part ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125831 | GOA CIRCUIT OF LTPS SEMICONDUCTOR TFT - The present invention provides a GOA circuit of LTPS semiconductor TFT, employed for backward scan transmission, comprising a plurality of GOA units which are cascade connected, and N is set to be a positive integer and an Nth GOA unit utilizes a plurality of N-type transistors and a plurality of P-type transistors and the Nth GOA unit comprises a transmission part ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125832 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a counter and a power generator. The display panel includes a gate line and a pixel electrically connected to the gate line. The gate driver is configured to set a voltage level and an output timing of a gate signal applied to the gate line based on a gate driving voltage and a first control signal. The gate driving voltage includes a gate on voltage and a gate off voltage. The counter is configured to increase a count value based on the first control signal. The power generator is configured to adjust a level of the gate driving voltage based on the count value. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125833 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE DEVICE - A semiconductor device, which may be included in a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a display device, includes a first interconnection and a second interconnection extending on a substrate and separate from each other, a third interconnection extending at a first level that is higher than a level at which the first interconnection and the second interconnection are disposed, and a fourth interconnection extending at a second level that is higher than the first level. A first contact plug is configured to connect the first interconnection and the third interconnection to each other. A stacked contact plug includes a second contact plug and a third contact plug, wherein the second contact plug is connected to the second interconnection, and the third contact plug is connected to the second contact plug and the fourth interconnection. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125834 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes: an inputter that inputs a USB (Universal Serial Bus) signal from an input device; an acquirer that acquires an EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) signal from a monitor; an instructor that gives an instruction to output the EDID signal to another communication device; a switch that selectively switches a first route for outputting the acquired EDID signal to the another communication device and a second route for outputting the inputted USB signal to the another communication device; and a controller that controls the switch so as to switch from the second route to the first route in accordance with the instruction from the instructor. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125835 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONVERSION APPARATUS - A display system and a conversion apparatus are provided. The display system includes an image signal input apparatus configured to convert a first parallel image signal to a serial image signal, a conversion apparatus configured to convert the serial image signal to a second parallel image signal, and a display apparatus configured to process the second parallel image signal, and display the processed second parallel image signal. The conversion apparatus is attachable to and detachable from the display apparatus. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125836 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus that includes a plurality of input ports configured to be respectively connected to a plurality of external input sources, a storage configured to store extended display identification data (EDID) information commonly provided to the plurality of input ports, and a controller configured to provide the common EDID information to a corresponding external input source when at least one of the plurality of external input sources does not receive the common EDID information according to a preset event. Accordingly, common EDID information supporting a plurality of input ports is stored in the storage such that a plurality of storages connected to each respective input ports is not required. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125837 | Electronic Display and Connecting Method Thereof - An electronic display includes two display devices respectively having therein a CPU, a display module, a display connected to the CPU via the display module, an I/O interface and a memory connected to the CPU respectively, a hinge provided between the two display device and having therein a connector module; and a communication interface adapted to be formed on the two display devices to correspond and detachably connect to the connector module of the hinge such that the two display devices are communicated to one another. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125838 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO, NETWORK, AND USB SIGNALS OVER EXTENSION MEDIA - In some embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided that allow a host device to communicate video information, network information, and USB information over USB via a USB host controller. The video information and the network information are encapsulated within USB and communicated by the USB host controller. In some embodiments, the USB information communicated by the USB host controller is further communicated over a non-USB extension medium by an upstream facing port device and one or more downstream facing port devices. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125839 | MULTI-USER DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method implementing a multi-user display linking multiple independent software processes with remote mobile devices is disclosed. The system/method augments multiple planes of conventional video graphics memory (VGM) controlled by a video graphics controller (VGC) in a host computing context (HCC) with a plane selection register (PSR) that enables isolation of individual planes of video memory within the VGM. The PSR is associated with a process mapping table (PMT) that maps in hardware a user process identification (PID) associated with an individual software process running within the HCC under control of a host operating system (HOS). HOS process context changes update the PSR with PMT content corresponding to an active HCC PID. A video graphics encoder (VGE) inspects areas of change within individual VGM planes and emits these changes as streaming video content to an Ethernet interface communicating with remote mobile devices associated with the HCC PIDs. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125840 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device. The display device may use one transmission line to perform bidirectional data transmission between a timing controller and a source driver. Furthermore, the display device may control the timing controller to transmit a Tx signal to the source driver and control the source driver to transmit correction data, through one transmission line. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125841 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAY CALIBRATION - Device, system, and method for display calibration. For example, an apparatus includes: one or more color sensors, embedded within a body of a mobile device, to measure one or more color attributes of a visual element displayed by a display unit of the mobile device when a lid of the mobile device is in a closed position; and a color calibrator to calibrate one or more parameters of the display unit based on the one or more color attributes measured by the one or more color sensors. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125842 | INTERACTING WITH DIGITAL CONTENT USING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - One or more embodiments facilitate a user experience in which a user can conveniently switch between different applications on a mobile device for capturing and interacting with digital content. For example, a content navigation system can identify an application installed on a mobile device having content capturing functionality. In addition, the content navigation system can detect that a graphical user interface associated with the identified content capturing application is displayed via a touch screen on the mobile device. Further, based on detecting that the graphical user interface associated with the content capturing application is displayed, the content navigation system can overlay a graphical element associated with a content management application over the graphical user interface. The graphical element can facilitate convenient switching between different applications on the mobile device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125843 | DISPLAY DRIVER IC AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and an electronic device including the same. The display driver IC includes a control unit for activating a gray mode signal based on an external signal input to the control unit; and a data processing unit for processing input data as gray data in a gray mode, in response to the gray mode signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125844 | SCAN DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of scan lines, and a scan driving unit to supply a scan signal to each of the plurality of pixels via the plurality of scan lines, the scan driving unit including a scan signal generation unit to generate the scan signal supplied to each of the plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of buffers respectively corresponding to the plurality of scan lines, each one of the plurality of buffers outputting a scan signal to a corresponding one of the plurality of scan lines, wherein each of the plurality of buffers includes a transistor having a size corresponding to a load of a circuit connected to an output end of a corresponding buffer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125845 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a first display area and a second display area; a first timing controller to control an operation of the first display area, generate a first reference clock signal, generate a first internal reference clock signal based on the first reference clock signal, and generate a first synchronization clock signal based on the first internal reference clock signal; and a second timing controller to control an operation of the second display area, receive the first reference clock signal, generate a second internal reference clock signal based on the first reference clock signal, and generate a second synchronization clock signal based on the second internal reference clock signal, wherein the first and second timing controllers are to be synchronized with each other based on the first reference clock signal, and exchange first data based on the first and second synchronization clock signals. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125846 | SMART WATCH AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR SMART WATCH - The present invention provides a smart watch which includes a posture monitoring unit configured to monitor a posture of the smart watch in real time and determine a normal display region of the smart watch according to the posture, and a displaying unit configured to display content to be displayed in the normal display region. The present invention further provides a display method for a smart watch. By means of the technical solution of the present invention, which region of a smart watch can be seen by a user can be determined according to a posture of the smart watch, so that the brightness of the region can be set to be the normal brightness, and the brightness of the other region which cannot be seen by the user can be reduced, thereby prolonging the battery life of the smart watch and improving user's experience. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125847 | GOA UNIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, GOA CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a GOA unit and a method for driving the same, a GOA circuit and a display device. The embodiments of the preset disclosure relate in particular to the field of display manufacture. The GOA unit specifically comprises: a first node control module and a second node control module, wherein the first node control module is connected to a first control node, an input signal terminal, a first clock signal terminal, and an output signal terminal, wherein the second node control module is connected to a reset signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a third clock signal terminal, a first level terminal, the output terminal, and the first control node. The embodiment of the present disclosure may simplify the structure of a GOA circuit and be used for display manufacture. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125848 | Information Processing Method and Electronic Device - An information processing method and an electronic device are described.The inforation processing method is applied to an electronic device having a display unit.The method includes obtaining a parameter value of a pixel of a source icon on the display unit; analyzing an energy distribution of the source icon based on the parameter value, and determining a core area of the source icon; extracting the core area and conducting image processing of the core area to generate a substitution icon of the source icon for displaying, the substitution icon possesses main display information features of the source icon. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125849 | Electronic Image Separated Viewing and Screen Capture Prevention System and Method - An electronic image can be displayed such that a first portion of the electronic image and a second portion of the electronic image are displayed separately. An image display region may be displayed including a first portion of an electronic image displayed in a first subregion. Display of a second portion in a second subregion is done separately such that: when the first portion of the electronic image is displayed in the first subregion, a first substitute portion is displayed in the second subregion in place of the second portion; and when the second portion of the electronic image is displayed in the second subregion, a second substitute portion is displayed in the first subregion in place of the first portion. Systems, methods, and machine readable hardware storage media are provided for displaying an electronic image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125850 | Networked Divided Electronic Image Messaging System and Method - An electronic image received over a network is provided to a computing device with machine executable display instructions for allowing a display of each of a plurality of portions of the image to be displayed separately. Instructions can be provided for the display of a first portion and a second portion each in a separate screen display such that when the first portion of the electronic image is displayed in a first subregion of a screen display of the second computing device, a first substitute portion is displayed in a second subregion of a screen display of the second computing device and when the second portion of the electronic image is displayed in the second subregion, a second substitute portion is displayed in the first subregion. Systems, methods, and machine readable hardware storage media are provided for transmitting an electronic image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125851 | RENDERING METHOD, RENDERING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A rendering method includes receiving an input including pixel pattern information of a device configured to display a rendered image, generating a pixel pattern of the rendered image using the received input indicating pixel pattern information, and outputting a pixel value of the rendered image into a frame buffer using the generated pixel pattern. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125852 | Ternary Addressable Select Scanner - A method of writing image data to a pixel array includes decoding an address and activating, based on the decoded address, two or more row selection signals. The address may be a ternary address having at least one trit. The method further includes providing the two or more row selection signals to the pixel array to select two or more rows of the pixel array, the activation of which writes the image data to pixels in the two or more rows of the pixel array. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125853 | Capo with Decorative Inlays - The present invention is directed to a capo for use with a stringed musical instrument and which is engaged from the bottom portion of the neck of the musical instrument. The capo has a generally L-shaped frame connected to a lever and a pincher configured so that pressure applied to the lever causes the pincher to move toward the lever, allowing the space between the pincher and free end portion of the frame to receive the neck of the musical instrument. The exterior of the frame is configured to received interchangeable inlays, and the free end portion of the frame is configured to receive changeable neck pads. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125854 | Stringed Instrument System - A tremolo device for static retention of a plurality of musical instrument strings in a stringed instrument. The tremolo device has a body with an upper surface, a neck portion, and a plurality of strings anchored at a first end of the neck and extending over at least a portion and secured to the tremolo device at the other end of the neck portion and the body and possesses an inertia block mechanism with substantially solid construction disposed to receive and securely retain a plurality of raw instrument strings without removal of a ball end from each string. The inertia block has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a plurality of internal, longitudinally displaced, cylindrically shaped, string retaining chambers designed to pass through an entirety of the block mechanism. The string retaining chambers have an upper and lower portion corresponding with the upper and lower portions of the block. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125855 | Drum Cover - A cover for a bass drum. The cover has a disc-shaped main body. A surface of the main body has a layer of sound proofing material. The cover is attachable in a detachable manner to a rim of the drum so as to extend across the surface of the drum skin. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125856 | Recordings Resulting From Methods For Transcoding Music Notation - Recorded media is produced by a method for transcoding music, according to various aspects of the present invention, includes in any practical order: (a) reading indicia of a plurality of notes, each note having pitch and duration; (b) selecting a reference pitch; (c) determining indicia of tone from the reference pitch and the pitch of each note; and (d) outputting for use by an engraving engine, indicia of an apposite staff and indicia of tones and durations corresponding to the plurality of notes. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125857 | Tablature-Proofing Turing Machine - Guitar music is metricized by the Baire Category Theorem, an L-space existence proof for the Tablature-proofing Turing Machine T(G). T(G) quantifies the guitar model in sentences constructed using first-order predicate logic. Music spectrology and graphology use a guitar language signature as a geometric engine of projection that predicts how subsets of the musical key topology in R | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125858 | Decorative Custom Fit Cover for Stringed Instrument - The stringed instrument cover is primarily used to protect the instrument from dust while it is either in an instrument stand or a hanging holder. The breathable cover offers a way to protect the instrument while allowing the moisture to escape and still enables the instrument to display its beauty. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125859 | ACOUSTIC MUSIC SIMILARITY DETERMINER - It is inter alia disclosed a method comprising: determining a divergence measure between a statistical distribution of audio features of a first audio track and a statistical distribution of audio features of at least one further audio track; determining a divergence measure threshold value from at least the divergence measure between the statistical distribution of audio features of a first audio track and the statistical distribution of audio features of the at least one further audio track; and comparing the divergence measure with the divergence measure threshold value. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125860 | PRODUCTION ENGINE - Embodiments of the present invention provide for the composition of new music based on analysis of unprocessed audio, which may be in the form of melodic hums and rhythmic taps. As a result of this analysis—music information retrieval or MIR—musical features such as pitch and tempo are output. These musical features are then used by a composition engine to generate a new and socially co-created piece of content represented as an abstraction. This abstraction is then used by a production engine to produce audio files that may be played back, shared, or further manipulated. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125861 | PERFORMANCE RECORDING APPARATUS - A performance recording apparatus includes: a performance information acquiring unit which is configured to acquire performance information indicating a performance performed by a performer; a musical score information acquiring unit which is configured to acquire musical score information indicating a musical score that is used in the performance; and a producing unit which is configured to produce a performance file containing the performance information and the musical score information. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125862 | PERFORMANCE RECORDING SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE RECORDING METHOD, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A musical instrument includes: an operation section which is configured to accept a playing operation; a generation section which is configured to generate performance information representative of the accepted playing operation; a detection section which is configured to detect a portable terminal; and a control section which is configured to start, when the portable terminal is detected, processing of recording at least one of the performance information generated by the generation section and a video obtained by shooting a scene where the playing operation is performed, into at least one of the musical instrument and the portable terminal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125863 | INTEGRATED HIGH SAMPLE RATE DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION WITH EMBEDDEDCONVERTERS - A standalone integrated digital audio workstation (DAW) including: a single housing; embedded multi-channel analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) converters within the single housing; a recording engine, coupled to the A/D and D/A converters for recording multiple tracks of audio at one or more sampling rates using a near-zero jitter clock signal in a record mode; recording media for storing the multiple tracks to create native recording files during the recording mode; and one or more processors, within the single housing, to edit, mix, and prepare final production files without the use of a separate computer in a DAW mode using directly the native recording files. Embodiments also relate to a studio system with a DAW and method of use. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125864 | MODULAR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND USER INTERFACES FOR USE THEREWITH - A wireless sensor network for musical instruments is provided that will allow a musician to communicate natural performance gestures (orientation, pressure, tilt, etc) to a computer. User interfaces and computing modules are also provided that enable a user to utilize the data communicated by the wireless sensor network to supplement and/or augment the artistic expression. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125865 | SUPPRESSING SUDDEN CABIN NOISE DURING HANDS-FREE AUDIO MICROPHONE USE IN A VEHICLE - A vehicle audio quality system for suppressing sudden vehicle cabin noise is provided, as well as methods of using the system. The system includes: an arrangement of heterogeneous microphones and a noise cancelation module (NCM). The microphone arrangement includes: a first microphone and a plurality of secondary microphones. The NCM includes a controller and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing application software executable by the controller to improve the quality of desired cabin audio received by the first microphone, the software performing the steps of: receiving a desired audio input from the first microphone; receiving supplemental audio input via the plurality of secondary microphones that includes a sudden cabin noise input; and applying a suppression procedure to the sudden cabin noise input. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125866 | VARIABLE RATE ADAPTIVE ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION - A method of audio signal processing includes determining a difference between a first set of filter parameters of a first input frame of an active noise cancellation (ANC) filter and a second set of filter parameters of a second input frame of the ANC filter. The method further includes selectively modifying a duty cycle of adaptive ANC processing associated with the ANC filter based on the difference between the first set of filter parameters and the second set of filter parameters. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125867 | An Audio Scene Apparatus - An apparatus comprising an audio detector configured to analyse a first audio signal to determine at least one audio source, wherein the first audio signal is generated from the sound-field in the environment of the apparatus; an audio generator configured to generate at least one further audio source; and a mixer configured to mix the at least one audio source and the at least one further audio source such that the at least one further audio source is associated with the at least one audio source. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125868 | Electrified Vehicle Noise Cancellation - Systems, apparatus and methods for cancelling a noise voltage at a vehicle are presented. An noise cancellation system (NCS) can be configured to null an earth-to-body voltage at the vehicle to prevent its interference with a receiver system. An (NCS) can include a noise sensor (NSSR) configured to sense a noise voltage, and a noise-nulling device (NNDV) configured to provide an anti-noise output. An anti-noise injector (ANI) can be configured to drive the anti-noise output at an anti-noise injection site In an example embodiment, an anti-noise output can be provided directly to the receiver system by cable. Alternatively, an anti-noise signal can be inductively or capacitively coupled to a vehicle structure or component that is not part of the receiver system. A noise cancellation system can be arranged in a feedback or feed-forward arrangement. Radio frequency noise and non-radio frequency noise can be cancelled. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125869 | HEADSET WITH USER CONFIGURABLE NOISE CANCELLATION vs AMBIENT NOISE PICKUP - A system comprises automatic noise cancellation circuitry and interface circuitry operable to provide an interface via which a user can configure which sounds said automatic noise cancelling circuitry attempts to cancel and which sounds said automatic noise cancelling circuitry does not attempt to cancel. The interface circuitry may be operable to provide an interface via which a user can select a sound to whitelist or blacklist. The interface circuitry may be operable to provide an interface via which a user can increase or decrease an amount of noise cancellation that is desired. The interface circuitry may be operable to provide an interface via which a user can select from among three or more levels of noise cancellation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125870 | ACOUSTIC FRESNEL ZONE PLATE LENS FOR AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - An apparatus in a surrounding liquid and methods of using same. The apparatus includes an acoustic Fresnel zone plate comprising a compliant frame, a substrate connected to the frame, and an acoustic diffraction grating connected to the substrate. The acoustic diffraction grating includes a plurality of concentric rings or a plurality of concentric islands. The substrate is acoustic-impedance-mismatched with the acoustic diffraction grating. The acoustic Fresnel zone plate includes at least one acoustic focal spot. The substrate is acoustic-impedance-mismatched with the surrounding liquid and the acoustic diffraction grating is acoustic-impedance-matched with the surrounding liquid, or the substrate is acoustic-impedance-matched with the surrounding liquid and the acoustic diffraction grating is acoustic-impedance-mismatched with the surrounding liquid. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125871 | Reverberant Sound Adding Apparatus, Reverberant Sound Adding Method, and Reverberant Sound Adding Program - A reverberant sound adding apparatus includes a noise generator configured to generate a noise, an impulse noise generator configured to generate an impulse noise comprising an impulse sequence with random time intervals, an addition noise generator configured to generate an addition noise by adding the noise to the impulse noise, an impulse response generator configured to generate a modified impulse response by multiplying the addition noise by an amplitude characteristic of an impulse response that indicates acoustic characteristics of a space, and an impulse response convolver configured to convolve an input audio signal with the modified impulse response. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT NORMALIZATION USING ATOMIC TOKENS - A system, method and computer-readable storage devices are for normalizing text for ASR and TTS in a language-neutral way. The system described herein divides Unicode text into meaningful chunks called “atomic tokens.” The atomic tokens strongly correlate to their actual pronunciation, and not to their meaning The system combines the tokenization with a data-driven classification scheme, followed by class-determined actions to convert text to normalized form. The classification labels are based on pronunciation, unlike alternative approaches that typically employ Named Entity-based categories. Thus, this approach is relatively simple to adapt to new languages. Non-experts can easily annotate training data because the tokens are based on pronunciation alone. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING SPEECH USING WILDCARDS IN AN EXPECTED RESPONSE - A speech recognition system used in a workflow receives and analyzes speech input to recognize and accept a user's response to a task. Under certain conditions, a user's response might be expected. In these situations, the expected response may modify the behavior of the speech recognition system to improve recognition accuracy. For example, if the hypothesis of a user's response matches the expected response then there is a high probability that the user's response was recognized correctly. An expected response may include expected words and wildcard words. Wildcard words represent any recognized word in a user's response. By including wildcard words in the expected response, the speech recognition system may make modifications based on a wide range of user responses. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125874 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING A SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULT - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for optimizing a speech recognition result comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a speech recognition result; a calculating unit configured to calculate a pronunciation similarity between a segment of the speech recognition result and a key word in a key word list; and a replacing unit configured to replace the segment with the key word in a case that the pronunciation similarity is higher than a first threshold. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125875 | INITIATING ACTIONS BASED ON PARTIAL HOTWORDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, receiving audio data; determining that an initial portion of the audio data corresponds to an initial portion of a hotword; in response to determining that the initial portion of the audio data corresponds to the initial portion of the hotword, selecting, from among a set of one or more actions that are performed when the entire hotword is detected, a subset of the one or more actions; and causing one or more actions of the subset to be performed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125876 | Acoustic Environment Recognizer For Optimal Speech Processing - A system for providing an acoustic environment recognizer for optimal speech processing is disclosed. In particular, the system may utilize metadata obtained from various acoustic environments to assist in suppressing ambient noise interfering with a desired audio signal. In order to do so, the system may receive an audio stream including an audio signal associated with a user and including ambient noise obtained from an acoustic environment of the user. The system may obtain first metadata associated with the ambient noise, and may determine if the first metadata corresponds to second metadata in a profile for the acoustic environment. If the first metadata corresponds to the second metadata, the system may select a processing scheme for suppressing the ambient noise from the audio stream, and process the audio stream using the processing scheme. Once the audio stream is processed, the system may provide the audio stream to a destination. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125877 | MULTI-STAGE HOTWORD DETECTION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for multi-stage hotword detection are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a second stage hotword detector of a multi-stage hotword detection system that includes at least a first stage hotword detector and the second stage hotword detector, audio data that corresponds to an initial portion of an utterance. The actions further include determining a likelihood that the initial portion of the utterance includes a hotword. The actions further include determining that the likelihood that the initial portion of the utterance includes the hotword satisfies a threshold. The actions further include, in response to determining that the likelihood satisfies the threshold, transmitting a request for the first stage hotword detector to cease providing additional audio data that corresponds to one or more subsequent portions of the utterance. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125878 | VEHICLE AND HEAD UNIT HAVING VOICE RECOGNITION FUNCTION, AND METHOD FOR VOICE RECOGNIZING THEREOF - A vehicle having a voice recognition function includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit and receive data; a voice recognition unit configured to convert a voice signal inputted from a particular user into a digital signal and to extract voice data from the digital signal; a text converter configured to convert the voice data into text; and a control unit configured to request and receive phonebook data from a mobile communication terminal in the vehicle when a wireless connection with the mobile communication terminal is recognized and to generate example data by combining the phonebook data with supplementary data expected to be inputted as a voice signal from a user and by deleting duplicate data in combinations of the phonebook data and the supplementary data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125879 | AUGMENTATION OF KEY PHRASE USER RECOGNITION - Examples for augmenting user recognition via speech are provided. One example method comprises, on a computing device, monitoring a use environment via one or more sensors including an acoustic sensor, detecting utterance of a key phrase via data from the acoustic sensor, and based upon the selected data from the acoustic sensor and also on other environmental sensor data collected at different times than the selected data from the acoustic sensor, determining a probability that the key phrase was spoken by an identified user. The method further includes, if the probability meets or exceeds a threshold probability, then performing an action on the computing device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125880 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH VOICE COMMAND TO CONTROL HOME APPLIANCE - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a home appliance located in assigned room with voice commands in home environment. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a voice command by a user; recording the received voice command; sampling the recorded voice command and feature extracting from the recorded voice command; determining room label by comparing the extracted features of the voice command with feature references, wherein the room label is associated with the feature references; assigning the room label to the voice command; and controlling the home appliance located in the assigned room in accordance with the voice command. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125881 | Mobile Device for Speech Input and Text Delivery - Aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for facilitating dictation. Speech input may be provided to an audio input device of a computing device. A speech recognition engine at the computing device may obtain text corresponding to the speech input. The computing device may transmit the text to a remotely-located storage device. A login webpage that includes a session identifier may be accessed from a target computing device also located remotely relative to the storage device. The session identifier may be transmitted to the storage device and, in response, a text display webpage may be received at the target computing device. The text display webpage may include the speech-derived text and may be configured to automatically copy the text to a copy buffer of the target computing device. The speech-derived text may also be provided to native applications at target computing devices or NLU engines for natural language processing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125882 | Voice Control System with Multiple Microphone Arrays - A voice controlled medical system with improved speech recognition includes a first microphone array, a second microphone array, a controller in communication with the first and second microphone arrays, and a medical device operable by the controller. The controller includes a beam module that generates a first beamed signal using signals from the first microphone array and a second beamed signal using signals from the second microphone array. The controller also includes a comparison module that compares the first and second beamed signals and determines a correlation between the first and second beamed signals. The controller also includes a voice interpreting module that identifies commands within the first and second beamed signals if the correlation is above a correlation threshold. The controller also includes an instrument control module that executes the commands to operate said medical device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125883 | SPEECH RECOGNITION CLIENT APPARATUS PERFORMING LOCAL SPEECH RECOGNITION - [Object] An object is to provide a client having a local speech recognition function, capable of activating a speech recognition function of a speech recognition server in a natural manner, and capable of maintaining high precision while not increasing burden on a communication line. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125884 | Utilizing Voice Biometrics - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for utilizing voice biometrics to prevent unauthorized access are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a voice sample. Subsequently, the computing device may determine a voice biometric confidence score based on the voice sample. The computing device then may evaluate the voice biometric confidence score in combination with one or more other factors to identify an attempt to access an account without authorization. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125885 | Sensory Enhancement Systems and Methods in Personal Electronic Devices - Disclosed are personal electronic devices (PEDs) having a sensory enhancement (SE) system for monitoring environmental conditions and detecting environmental events, for example but not limited to, changes in acoustic, thermal, optical, electromagnetic, chemical, dynamic, wireless, atmospheric, or biometric conditions. The detection of such events can be used to invoke a notification, an alert, a corrective action, or some other action, depending upon the implementation to the PED user or another party. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125886 | AUDIO DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD AND DATA TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - An audio data transmitting method applied to an audio data transmitting device. The audio data transmitting method comprises: (a) receiving first audio data from at least one audio data source, wherein the first audio data follows a first audio format; and (b) outputting the first audio data from the audio data transmitting device without encoding or decoding the first audio data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125887 | EFFICIENT CODING OF AUDIO SCENES COMPRISING AUDIO OBJECTS - There is provided encoding and decoding methods for encoding and decoding of object based audio. An exemplary encoding method includes inter alia calculating M downmix signals by forming combinations of N audio objects, wherein M≦N, and calculating parameters which allow reconstruction of a set of audio objects formed on basis of the N audio objects from the M downmix signals. The calculation of the M downmix signals is made according to a criterion which is independent of any loudspeaker configuration. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125888 | CODING OF AUDIO SCENES - Exemplary embodiments provide encoding and decoding methods, and associated encoders and decoders, for encoding and decoding of an audio scene which at least comprises one or more audio objects ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125889 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DECREASING LATENCY OF CONTENT RECOGNITION - Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and apparatus for identifying a reference audio content in an audio stream. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125890 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AUDIO SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AUDIO SIGNALS, METHOD FOR DECODING AUDIO SIGNALS AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING AUDIO SIGNALS - The invention introduces a new concept for hierarchical coding of HOA content. A method for encoding a hierarchical audio bitstream comprises rendering a HOA input signal to surround sound, encoding the surround sound for a base layer output signal, decoding the encoded surround sound to obtain a reconstructed surround sound signal, performing dimensionality reduction on the received HOA input signal, calculating a residual between the dimensionality-reduced HOA signal and the reconstructed surround sound signal, encoding the residual signal, and multiplexing structural information about the HOA input signal, the encoded residuals and the encoded surround sound into a bitstream to obtain a hierarchical audio bitstream. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125891 | ENVIRONMENT-BASED COMPLEXITY REDUCTION FOR AUDIO PROCESSING - Audio processing complexity is reduced based on an environment. In one example, a current environment of a mobile device is determined. A profile is selected based on the current environment. An audio processing pipeline is configured based on the selected profile and audio received at the mobile device is processed through the configured audio processing pipeline. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125892 | Acoustic Enhancement - A system for cloud acoustic enhancement is disclosed. In particular, the system may leverage metadata and cloud-computing network resources to mitigate the impact of noisy environments that may potentially interfere with user communications. In order to do so, the system may receive an audio stream including an audio signal associated with a user, and determine if the audio stream also includes an interference signal. The system may determine that the audio stream includes the interference signal if a portion of the audio stream correlates with metadata that identifies the interference signal. If the audio stream is determined to include the interference signal, the system may cancel the interference signal from the audio stream by utilizing the metadata and the cloud-computing network resources. Once the interference signal is cancelled, the system may transmit the audio stream including the audio signal associated with the user to an intended destination. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125893 | METHOD FOR AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - Separation of speech and background from an audio mixture by using a speech example, generated from a source associated with a speech component in the audio mixture, to guide the separation process. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125894 | Self-Organized Acoustic Signal Cancellation Over a Network - A system for self-organized acoustic signal cancellation over a network is disclosed. The system may transmit an acoustic sounding signal to an interfering device so that a channel measurement may be performed for a channel between the interfering device and an interferee device. The system may receive the channel measurement for the channel from the interfering device and also receive a digitized version of an audio interference signal associated with the interfering device. Based on the channel measurement and the digital version of the interference signal, the system may calculate a cancellation signal prior to the arrival of the original over-the-air audio interference signal that corresponds to the digital version of audio interference signal. The system may then apply the cancellation signal to an audio signal associated with the interferee device to remove the interference signal from the audio signal. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125895 | VOICE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL FIELD INSTRUMENTS AND FIELD OPERATORS - A device performs a method in an industrial control and automation system. The method includes receiving a command audio signal generated by a verbal command, wherein the command audio signal includes one or more instructions. The method also includes transmitting one or more command signals to a controller to implement the one or more instructions. The method further includes receiving one or more update signals from the controller, wherein the one or more update signals are based on at least one of a parameter measured by one or more sensors or a status of one or more actuators. The method includes transmitting the one or more update signals for speech output. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125896 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLUID BEARING APPARATUS AND SPINDLE MOTOR INCLUDING PRESS WORKING A CYLINDRICAL INNER SURFACE PROVIDED WITH A PLATING LAYER - A method of manufacturing a fluid bearing apparatus includes plating a metallic base material including a cylindrical base material inner circumferential surface, and pressing by bringing a contact portion of a pressing member into contact with a plating layer on the base material inner circumferential surface in the plating step. At least a portion of the pressing member including the contact portion has a Young's modulus equal to or greater than a Young's modulus of the base material. In the pressing step a surface of the plating layer is smoothened without causing a plastic deformation of the base material by bringing the pressing member into contact with the plating layer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125897 | MASS PRODUCTION OF MULTICHANNEL CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE HEAD MODULES VIA PREFERRED MILLING - A process according to one embodiment includes milling a media facing surface of a module having an array of sensors at a first angle, and milling the media facing surface of the magnetic head module at a second angle, not necessarily in that order. After the milling at the first and second angles, the media facing surface of the module is milled at a third angle between 55 degrees and 65 degrees from normal. An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a tape head module having an array of at least eight current perpendicular to plane sensors, wherein none of the sensors has a resistance more than about 10% away from the resistances of its nearest neighbors. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125898 | NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCER ANNEAL FOR HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING - A method for annealing a metal antenna of a near field optical transducer of a magnetic write element without inadvertently heat damaging the read element. A heating element is placed within a write head build in a cerf region outside of the active area of the read and write heads. A layer of thermally conductive, electrically insulating material is formed over the heating element to separate the heating element from the antenna. The thermally conductive, electrically insulating layer is preferably in contact with the antenna. A current can be applied to the heating element to heat the antenna to a temperature that is at or above the operating temperature of the optical transducer. After annealing, the heater element can be removed by the lapping process that is used to define the media facing surface of the head. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125899 | PMR WRITER WITH CONSTANT SIDE WALL ANGLE - A writer main pole for a perpendicular magnetic recording system is provided. The writer pole may have a constant sidewall angle from the ABS to yoke and may be formed out of an insulating material and a magnetic material. The sidewall angle of the yoke region may be adjusted during manufacture. The ABS region may correspond to the magnetic material and the yoke region may correspond to the insulating material. The insulating material may comprise Alumina. The magnetic material may comprise a NiFe alloy. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125900 | DIFFERING MAGNETIC READ SENSORS ON A MAGNETIC HEAD - An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head having multiple magnetic transducers, the transducers including read sensors. The read sensors are of at least two differing types selected from a group consisting of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR), giant magnetoresistance (GMR), anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR), and inductive sensors. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125901 | NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER WITH MULTIPLE HEAT SINKS - An apparatus comprises a writer, a near-field transducer (NFT), a channel waveguide proximate the NFT, a dielectric layer between the NFT and waveguide, and a plurality of heat sinks. A first heat sink comprises a gap and contacts the NFT and the writer. A second heat sink extends across the gap of the first heat sink and between the NFT and a heat reservoir component, such as a return pole of the writer. The channel waveguide may contact the second heat sink, such as by encompassing a peripheral portion of the second heat sink. The second heat sink may have at least an outer surface comprising a plasmonic material, and may be configured to enhance plasmonic excitation of the NFT. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160125902 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic disk device including a casing, a seek mechanism, and a controller. The seek mechanism is attached to the casing and configured to make a magnetic head seek a target track on a magnetic disk. The controller is configured to feedback-control the seek mechanism so as to reduce a reaction force acting on the casing during an acceleration period of seek by the seek mechanism. | 2016-05-05 |
