20th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100124292 | Method and System for Receiver Synchronization - Provided is a method for synchronizing a multiple carrier receiver to receive a transmitted signal. The method includes determining a location of one or more scattered pilot carriers in a received symbol sequence and modulating the scattered pilot carriers in accordance with a single pseudorandom binary sequence. The method also includes performing phase error correction via the modulated scattered pilot carriers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124293 | Method to Reduce Peak to Average Power Ratio in Multi-Carrier Modulation Receivers - Provided is a method for performing channel estimation in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal. The method includes performing the channel estimation based upon use of reserved tone channel carriers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124294 | COST-EFFECTIVE PREAMBLE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION OF PACKETIZED SYSTEMS - The system ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100124295 | PSEUDO-DIFFERENTIAL INTERFACING DEVICE HAVING A TERMINATION CIRCUIT - The invention relates to an interfacing device for pseudo-differential transmission through interconnections used for sending a plurality of electrical signals. The interfacing device of the invention includes signal terminals and a common terminal distinct from the reference terminal (ground). A transmitting circuit receiving the input signals of the transmitting circuit coming from a source delivers, when the transmitting circuit is in the activated state, currents to the signal terminals. A receiving circuit delivers, when the receiving circuit is in the activated state, output signals of the receiving circuit determined each by the voltage between one of the signal terminals and the common terminal, to the destination. A termination circuit is such that, when it is in the activated state, it is approximately equivalent, for the signal terminals and the common terminal, to a network consisting of 4 branches, each branch being connected to the common terminal and to one of the signal terminals. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124296 | Method and System to Reduce Peak to Average Power Ratio in Multi-Carrier Modulation Receivers - Provided is a method for performing channel estimation in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal. The method includes performing the channel estimation based upon use of reserved tone channel carriers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124297 | Receiving a Pilot Design and Channel Estimation - Embodiments of the invention provide a receiver in an OFDM based communication system adapted to perform channel estimation using a received reference signal transmitted from at least one antenna, said reference signal being substantially located into two OFDM symbols of a transmission time interval comprising of more than two OFDM symbols. A method of generating pilot structure, the pilot structure provides information to an apparatus for channel estimation in the OFDM system with a transmission time interval of seven OFDM symbols. The pilot structure comprising pilot signals from at least one transmitting antenna located in various OFDM symbols of the transmission time interval. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124298 | DATA TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - A data transmitting system is provided that includes a transmitter that suppresses coupling noise by being operated using a differential voltage driving scheme at the time of transmitting data and being operated using a common voltage driving scheme by equalizing potential of a pair of transmission lines during a transition interval; and a receiver that is connected to the transmitter through the pair of transmission lines and recovers the data by sensing the voltage difference in signals of the pair of transmission lines. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124299 | METHOD FOR MIMO DECODING, APPARATUS FOR MIMO DECODING, AND MIMO RECEIVER - There is provided a method for MIMO decoding, based on a channel estimated value between a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas, a received signal received by the plurality of receiving antennas, including: in obtaining a unitary matrix Q and a triangular matrix R through QR decomposition of a channel estimated value matrix H, creating the triangular matrix R such that a sum of scalars of non-diagonal elements of the triangular matrix R is the minimum; and estimating a signal transmitted from the plurality of transmitting antennas through the use of the created triangular matrix R, the unitary matrix Q, and the received signal received by the plurality of receiving antennas. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVER SYNCHRONIZATION - Provided is a method for synchronizing a multiple carrier receiver to receive a transmitted signal. The method includes determining a location of one or more scattered pilot carriers in a received symbol sequence and modulating the scattered pilot carriers in accordance with a single pseudorandom binary sequence. The method also includes performing phase error correction via the modulated scattered pilot carriers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124301 | METHOD FOR RE-ORDERING MULTIPLE LAYERS AND DETECTING SIGNAL OF WHICH THE LAYERS HAVE DIFFERENT MODULATION ORDERS IN MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT ANTENNA SYSTEM AND RECEIVER USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method for re-ordering multiple layers and detecting signals and a receiver using the same to be able to exert performance approaching a maximum likelihood scheme while having lower complexity than that of the maximum likelihood scheme in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna system in a form where each layer is modulated and transmitted with different modulation orders. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124302 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE SIGNAL AT ANY LOCATION ALONG A TRANSMISSION MEDIA | 2010-05-20 |
20100124303 | STEAM GENERATOR FLOW BY-PASS SYSTEM - A nuclear reactor module includes a reactor vessel and a reactor housing mounted inside the reactor vessel, wherein the reactor housing comprises a shroud and a riser located above the shroud. The nuclear reactor module further includes a heat exchanger proximately located about the riser, and a reactor core located in the shroud. A steam generator by-pass system is configured to provide an auxiliary flow path of primary coolant to the reactor core to augment a primary flow path of the primary coolant out of the riser and into the shroud, wherein the auxiliary flow path of primary coolant exits the reactor housing without passing by the heat exchanger. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124304 | SEISMICALLY ISOLATED CONTAINMENT VESSEL - A power module includes a containment vessel completely submerged in a pool of liquid,and a support structure located at or above an approximate midpoint of the containment vessel, or center of gravity of the power module. The power module is supported by the support structure in combination with a buoyancy force of the pool of liquid acting on the containment vessel. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124305 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A REACTOR CORE OF A NUCLEAR INSTALLATION, AND NUCLEAR REACTOR - A covering element for a reactor core of a nuclear installation provides a secure and tight closure of the reactor core in an operating state and at the same time being simple and cost effective to produce. The covering element is easily disassemblable during maintenance or loading processes and provides good possibilities for intervention in the reactor core. For this purpose, the covering element has a closure head and a separate support ring. The support ring is joined form-lockingly and/or force-lockingly to the closure head. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124306 | REACTOR VESSEL REFLECTOR WITH INTEGRATED FLOW-THROUGH - A nuclear reactor module includes a reactor core and a reactor housing that surrounds the reactor core about its sides, wherein the reactor housing is configured to direct coolant through the reactor core. A neutron reflector is located between the reactor core and the reactor housing, wherein the neutron reflector has a plurality of inlet ports facing the reactor core. The neutron reflector also has a plurality of outlet ports fluidly connected to the inlet ports to direct a portion of the coolant through the neutron reflector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124307 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND SETTING PERPENDICULARITY OF AN UPPER TIE PLATE OF A NUCLEAR FUEL BUNDLE - An apparatus for measuring perpendicularity of an upper tie plate of a nuclear fuel bundle includes a first comb having a first plurality of teeth; a second comb having a second plurality of teeth, the second comb being parallel to and spaced from the first comb; a comb connector that connects the first comb to the second comb, the comb connector having a second end extending beyond the first comb; a rigid finger provided at the second end of the comb connector; a rotatable gage provided on the second comb; and a mobile finger operatively connected to the gage. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124308 | Method of Handling Successive Bitstream Extraction and Packing and Related Device - To handle boundary conditions efficiently during bitstream extraction, a predetermined number of bits are extracted from the bitstream register starting from a most significant bit of the bitstream register when an underflow flag is set. The predetermined number equals a predetermined extraction width minus a previous starting position. The bits are stored in a lowest part of a destination register, and the underflow flag is cleared. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124309 | XENON CT APPARATUS, METHOD OF DETERMINING ARTERIAL BLOOD RATE CONSTANT, AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING BLOOD FLOW - In a blood flow measuring apparatus, a data processor in a computer determines three parameters from a (ΔCT value of CT image data corresponding to) time-course change, consisting of a test region rate constant K, an arterial blood rate constant Ka, and a xenon partition coefficient λ. A blood flow f is determined using the determined rate constant K, and the xenon partition coefficient λ. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124310 | DATA NORMALIZATION IN INVERSE GEOMETRY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A method for imaging an object in a computed tomography (CT) system with a plurality of sources comprising a first source and a second source, wherein the plurality of sources together with a detector array are mounted on a rotatable gantry, and wherein an intensity of the second source has unknown fluctuations is provided. Projection data is collected using the first source in a first gantry position. Projection data is collected using the second source in a second gantry position, wherein projection data from the first source in the first gantry position substantially overlaps projection data from the second source in the second gantry position. Data from the first source at the first gantry position is used to correct for source fluctuations of the second source at the second gantry position. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124311 | Tomographic image capturing apparatus - A tomographic image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of radiation sources movable along a predetermined path, for applying respective radiation to a subject at different angles and at different times while moving along the predetermined path, a dose adjuster for adjusting the radiation sources to equalize doses of the radiation emitted from the radiation sources, a radiation detector for detecting radiation transmitted through the subject while the radiation sources move along the predetermined path, and converting the detected radiation into respective items of radiographic image information, and a tomographic image generator for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the items of radiographic image information converted from the radiation and detected by the radiation detector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124312 | Tomographic image capturing apparatus - A tomographic image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source movable along a predetermined path, for applying radiation to a subject at different angles, a dose adjuster for adjusting the radiation source to make constant the dose of the radiation emitted from the radiation source independently of irradiation angles of the radiation with respect to the subject, a radiation detector for detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject while the radiation source moves along the predetermined path and converting the detected radiation into radiographic image information, and a tomographic image generator for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the radiographic image information converted from the radiation detected by the radiation detector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124313 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM DOWNHOLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE - Example methods and apparatus to perform downhole x-ray fluorescence to detect sulfur in formation fluids are disclosed. A disclosed example downhole x-ray fluorescence apparatus comprises a flowline comprising a flowline wall, an x-ray source, a boron carbide crystal window in the flowline wall to allow x-rays emitted by the x-ray source to pass into a formation fluid in the flowline, and a detector to measure a value representative of a fluorescence of the formation fluid in response to the emitted x-rays. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DAMAGE TO PHOSPHOR IMAGING PLATES - A method and apparatus for reducing damage to a phosphor imaging plate caused by physical interaction between the phosphor imaging plate and a surface by affixing a protective material to the surface to reduce the physical interaction between the phosphor imaging plate and the surface. Exemplary surfaces include without limitation the surfaces of a computed radiography scanner and a plate protector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124315 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING AND CORRECTING A DETECTION SYSTEM - A method for calibrating a detection system including a multi-focus X-ray source includes performing a scan of a calibration material using the detection system to acquire scan data, determining a diffraction profile of the calibration material using the scan data, deriving an actual scatter angle using the determined diffraction profile, deriving an offset angle using the determined actual scatter angle, storing the derived offset angle, and generating a table including the stored offset angle. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124316 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF FOR ENABLING AN INTERNET EXTENSION TO RING A CONVENTIONAL EXTENSION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product thereof for enabling an Internet extension to ring a conventional extension are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an SIP proxy and an RTP relay. The SIP proxy receives a calling request from the Internet extension, substitutes an exchange number for a conventional extension number comprised in the calling request, and transmits the substituted calling request to a gateway, so that the substituted calling request can be transmitted to a voice automatic machine via a telephone exchange. The RTP relay transmits the conventional extension number in DTMF format to the gateway. Thus, this invention enables the Internet extension to ring the conventional extension with lower hardware costs. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL WAITING SIGNAL RESPONSES - A prepared response communication system includes a receiver to receive response codes from at least a first communications device, and a call response module to respond in accordance with the response codes to an attempt by a second communications device to call the first communications device. A communications device includes an incoming call interceptor to intercept incoming calls from at least a second device, and an incoming call response application to enable a user of the communications device to respond in a pre-determined manner to the second device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124318 | DELIVERY OF TEXT MESSAGES TO WIRELINE PHONES THROUGH CALLER ID FUNCTIONALITIES - IMS networks, text message systems, and methods are disclosed for delivering text messages to IMS wireline phones. A text message system of an IMS network receives a text message intended for the IMS wireline phone. The text message system identifies capability data for an IMS wireline phone that indicates the capability of the IMS wireline phone for handling text messages. The text message system processes the capability data for the IMS wireline phone to determine if the IMS wireline phone is capable of handling text messages. If the IMS wireline phone is not capable of handling text messages, then the text message system appends the text message to a caller ID header of an IMS signaling message, and forwards the IMS signaling message to the IMS wireline phone to display the text message on a caller ID unit associated with the IMS wireline phone. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124319 | CALL DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A call displaying system includes a base station, a calling terminal and at least one called terminal, the calling terminal and the receiving terminals are wireless communicated with the base station. The base station includes a signal controlling unit, a signal communicating unit and a signal storage unit. The signal controlling unit is electronically connected to the signal communicating unit and the signal storage unit. The calling terminal sets call displaying images, and the call displaying images are sent to the signal communicating unit under the control of the signal controlling unit. The call displaying images are stored in the signal storage unit and sent to the receiving terminals under the control of the signal controlling unit. The called terminal rejects the call displaying images or uses the call displaying images. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124320 | CALL OUT AND HUNT FUNCTIONS FOR TELECONFERENCING SERVICES - A teleconference system for coordinating a prearranged teleconference includes a memory that stores established parameters for contacting teleconference participants. The teleconference system also includes a caller that systematically hunts and automatically calls out to designated teleconference participants over a communications network based upon the established parameters, without the need for the designated participants to call in to the teleconference. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124321 | System and method for dynamic audio conference call configuration and management - A new approach is proposed that contemplates audio conference systems and methods to expand the capacity a conference call by utilizing both a mixing engine that enables a first group participants to be able to both listen to and speak at the conference call, and a broadcast engine that broadcasts the conference call to a second group of participants who are only interested in listening to, but not speaking at the conference call. During the conference call, participants at the mixing engine and the broadcast engine can be dynamically adjusted. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124322 | NEGOTIATING CONTENT CONTROLS - Access to an electronic conference may be administered by receiving an electronic instruction configured to establish the electronic conference, enabling more than one user to generate content restrictions that limit content rendered during the electronic conference, analyzing one or more participant devices to ensure compliance with the content restrictions, establishing the electronic conference in accordance with the content restrictions, and enabling user access to the electronic conference consistent with the content restrictions. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CALL FORWARD INDICATOR - Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and a method for providing a call forward indicator to enable a called party to identify a forwarded call. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving calling information for placing a telephone call. The method determines from the calling information whether the telephone call is a forwarded call. The method modifies a caller identification of a calling party associated with the telephone call to include a call forward indicator in response to determining that the telephone call is a forwarded call. The method transmits the caller identification having the call forward indicator to a forwarded communication device associated with the called party. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124324 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM INCLUDING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication control system includes accessing a document data recording unit based on the information concerning a document and acquiring characteristic data indicating the characteristic of the document when receiving a call initiation request including at least information identifying a called party terminal and information concerning a document related to the call initiation request; accessing a status data recording unit based on information identifying the called party terminal included in the call initiation request and acquiring status data indicating a status of the called party terminal of the call initiation request; determining whether a call requested by the call initiation request is initiated or not based on the acquired characteristic data and the acquired status data; and executing a call initiation process depending on the determination by the call initiation determining unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124325 | System and Method for Interacting with Live Agents in an Automated Call Center - Embodiments of an interface system that enables a call center agent to access and intervene in an interaction between an automated call center system and a caller whenever necessary for complex application tasks is described. The system includes a user interface that presents the agent with one or more categories of information, including the conversation flow, obtained semantic information, the recognized utterances, and access to the utterance waveforms. This information is cross-linked and attached with a confidence level for better access and navigation within the dialog system for the generation of appropriate responses to the caller. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124326 | SUBSCRIBER LINE INTERFACE CIRCUITRY WITH COMMON BASE AUDIO ISOLATION STAGE - Methods and apparatus for coupling outgoing analog audio signals to a subscriber line are described. A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus couples an outgoing audio signal to the subscriber line through a common base isolation stage. In one embodiment, linefeed driver control signals for controlling battery feed to the subscriber line are received on the same signal lines as the outgoing audio signal. In various embodiments, the common base isolation stage comprises a plurality of bipolar junction transistors coupled in a common base configuration or a plurality of field effect transistors coupled in a common gate configuration. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124327 | ACOUSTIC PASS THROUGH FOR HANDSETS - An acoustic pass through is provided in telephone handsets for sounds transmitted from a hands free operation speaker laid out underneath the handset. One or more cutouts in a middle portion of the handset in various shapes such as rectangular, round, elliptical, and similar allows enhanced sound quality when the speakerphone feature is used and flexibility in handset design. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124328 | EXTENSIVE CIPHERTEXT FEEDBACK - Some embodiments of a method and apparatus for encrypting and decrypting data have been presented. In one embodiment, a stream cipher is run in parallel with a block cipher to output a stream of bits with a length equal to a number of ciphertext blocks in an output stream of the block cipher. The method may further include pre-processing a current plaintext block based on the stream of bits and the number of ciphertext blocks in the output stream of the block cipher. Then the block cipher may encipher the pre-processed block to generate a current ciphertext block. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124329 | ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PRINTING SYSTEM COMPONENTS - A system and method of communicating between a first device and a second device are provided. The method includes providing unencrypted data to be transmitted in the first device, encrypting at least a portion of the unencrypted data to be transmitted to form encrypted data, using at least a portion of the encrypted data to form a first validation code, appending the first validation code to the unencrypted data to form a packet of data to be transmitted, and transmitting the packet of data from the first device to the second device. The first device and the second device can include inkjet printing system components. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124330 | Secure transmission over satellite phone network - A reach back secure communications terminal includes a modem to satellite interconnect board that captures DTMF tones, demodulates encrypted modem information, and converts both into an ASCII string for presentation to a data port of a satellite phone, allowing out-of-band control of a non-secure satellite system (e.g., AT command control of a data port) by a user on a secure side of an encryption device, by including the ability to interpret control signals and control the satellite system appropriately. A false dial tone is presented to the encryption device, and the data stream coming from the encryption device is monitored for the presence of dual-tone, multi-frequency (DTMF) tones representing control signals, the DTMF tones are converted to ASCII characters, which are in turn received as control signals by the satellite phone, allowing control of the functions of the satellite system directly from the secure side of the encryption device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124331 | SPECTRUM AUTHORIZATION AND RELATED COMMUNICATIONS METHODS AND APPARATUS - Various embodiments relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for authorizing use of spectrum, e.g., through the issuance of spectrum access keys, and/or preventing or discouraging the unauthorized use of licensed spectrum. Peer to peer wireless communications between authorized users of licensed spectrum may involve scrambling/descrambling of information communicated between authorized devices. In some embodiments air interface timing and/or other information received from a second device, e.g., a beacon or GPS transmitter, is incorporated into a computation of a pseudo-random bit sequence which is also computed based on a spectrum access key communicated to authorized spectrum users. In some embodiments authorized peer to peer devices scramble communicated information based on the generated pseudo random bit sequence thereby preventing or discouraging communication with devices which are not authorized to use the spectrum and lack a spectrum access key used to generate the pseudo random bit sequence. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124332 | SECURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A system includes a sending access point and a receiving access point. The sending access point divides a data stream into sets of packets, encrypts a first set of packets using a first encryption protocol, encrypts a second set of packets using a second encryption protocol, where the second encryption protocol is different from the first encryption protocol, transmits, using a first channel over a wireless network, the first set of packets, and transmits, using a second channel over the wireless network, the second set of packets. The receiving access point receives the first set of packets and the second set of packets, decrypts the first set of packets using the first encryption protocol, and decrypts the second set of packets using the second encryption protocol. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124333 | System and Method for Processing Encoded Messages for Exchange with a Mobile Data Communication Device - A system and method are provided for pre-processing encrypted and/or signed messages at a host system before the message is transmitted to a wireless mobile communication device. The message is received at the host system from a message sender. There is a determination as to whether any of the message receivers has a corresponding wireless mobile communication device. For each message receiver that has a corresponding wireless mobile communication device, the message is processed so as to modify the message with respect to one or more encryption and/or authentication aspects. The processed message is transmitted to a wireless mobile communication device that corresponds to the first message receiver. The system and method may include post-processing messages sent from a wireless mobile communications device to a host system. Authentication and/or encryption message processing is performed upon the message. The processed message may then be sent through the host system to one or more receivers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124334 | AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT AND AUDIO OUTPUT EQUIPMENT - An amplification circuit and an audio output equipment provided with same are disclosed. The amplification circuit is provided with first, second and third amplifiers and an inverter. The first amplifier amplifies a first audio signal and outputs a first output signal. The inverter inverts a second audio signal and outputs an inverted signal. The second amplifier amplifies the inverted signal and outputs a second output signal. The third amplifier outputs a reference voltage corresponding to a central voltage of the amplitude of the first and the second output signals. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124335 | Scoring a match of two audio tracks sets using track time probability distribution - A method and a system are provided for scoring a match of two audio tracks sets using a track time probability distribution. In one example, the system receives the two audio tracks sets, including a first audio tracks set and a second audio tracks set. Next, the system extracts track times of the first audio tracks set and corresponding track times of the second audio tracks set. The system then calculates a total weighted score of the match of the two audio tracks set, wherein the total weighted score is based on a track time probability distribution and a comparison between the track times of the first audio tracks set and the corresponding track times of the second audio tracks set. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124336 | SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL WITH AUDIO SIGNAL COMPENSATION - An active noise control system generates an anti-noise signal to drive a speaker to produce sound waves to destructively interfere with an undesired sound in a targeted space. The speaker is also driven to produce sound waves representative of a desired audio signal. Sound waves are detected in the target space and a representative signal is generated. The representative signal is combined with an audio compensation signal to remove a signal component representative of the sound waves based on the desired audio signal and generate an error signal. The active noise control adjusts the anti-noise signal based on the error signal. The active noise control system converts the sample rates of an input signal representative of the undesired sound, the desired audio signal, and the error signal. The active noise control system converts the sample rate of the anti-noise signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124337 | QUIET ZONE CONTROL SYSTEM - An active noise control system generates an anti-noise signal to drive a speaker to produce sound waves to destructively interfere with an undesired sound in a quiet zone. The anti-noise signal is generated with an adaptive filter having filter coefficients. The coefficients of the adaptive filter may be adjusted based on a first filter adjustment from a first listening region, and a second filter adjustment from a second listening region. A first weighting factor may be applied to the first filter adjustment, and a second weighting factor may be applied to the second filter adjustment. The first and second weighting factors may dictate the location and size of the quiet zone as being outside or partially within at least one of the first listening region and the second listening region. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124338 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE HAVING A VOLUME CONTROL FUNCTION FOR EXTERNAL AUDIO REPRODUCTION UNIT BY USING VOLUME CONTROL BUTTONS OF A REMOTE CONTROLLER AND VOLUME CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An audio/video (A/V) device having a volume control function for external audio reproduction units by using volume control buttons of a remote controller is provided. The A/V device includes speakers, an audio output port for externally outputting an audio signal, an audio signal processing unit for reproducing and amplifying the audio signal and applying the amplified audio signal to the speakers or the audio output port, a memory unit for storing volume control values, and a control unit for applying to the audio signal processing unit any of the volume control values stored in the memory based on whether the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. The control unit controls the audio signal processing unit to adjust the volume control values for the audio output port by the volume control buttons when the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124339 | VEHICULAR MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY USING FRACTIONAL POWER PHASE NORMALIZATION - A triangular microphone assembly ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100124340 | LOUDSPEAKER UNIT - There is provided a loudspeaker unit, in particular a ceiling loudspeaker unit, which has a housing ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100124341 | NOISE CONTROL DEVICE - A noise control device according to the present invention includes: a signal processor that detects a noise outputted from a noise source, and generates a control signal based on the noise; a control acoustic system that generates a control sound for canceling the noise, based on the control signal outputted from the signal processor; and an output correction section that corrects the control signal outputted from the signal processor, in a frequency band for which a noise control process time τ, which is a time period from when the noise is outputted from the noise source to pass through the signal processor and the control acoustic system to when the control sound reaches the control point, is larger than a noise transfer time T, which is a time period from when the noise is outputted from the noise source to when the noise reaches the control point via the noise transfer system (τ>T). | 2010-05-20 |
20100124342 | FORCED ACOUSTIC DIPOLE AND FORCED ACOUSTIC MULTIPOLE ARRAY USING THE SAME - Provide is a forced acoustic dipole in which a direction of an acoustic lobe can be freely steered by controlling phase and sound pressure of input signals input into first and second sound sources, respectively. Accordingly, when a forced acoustic multipole array is configured by arranging a plurality of forced acoustic dipoles and a direction of an acoustic lobe is steered in a particular direction by controlling phase and sound pressure of input signals input into the first and second sound sources, respectively, it is possible for a sound to be heard in a desired location without auditory disturbance to others. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124343 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A condenser microphone is disclosed. The condenser microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a supporting member connected to the substrate, and a diaphragm isolated to the supporting member. The supporting member has a periphery portion and a plurality of stationary electrodes extending from the periphery portion to a center of the supporting member. The diaphragm has a vibrating member and a sustaining member connected to the vibrating member and the vibrating member defines a plurality of movable electrodes protruding from a periphery of the vibrating member. Each of the movable electrodes is located between two adjacent stationary electrodes and each of the stationary electrodes is located between two adjacent two movable electrodes. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124344 | PIEZOELECTRIC BODY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In order to miniaturize a piezoelectric body module, in which a rhombus-shaped electronic part | 2010-05-20 |
20100124345 | NEAR FIELD SOUND REPRODUCTION METHOD WITH ENHANCED SPATIAL QUALITIES - Sound modules are positioned in proximity to the head of a listener for near field sound. Primary loudspeakers in the sound modules are directed away from a user or blocked by a baffle. No direct sound from the primary loudspeakers reaches the ears of the user. Indirect sound reaches the ears of the user for enhanced near field spatial sound quality. Enhanced depth stereophonic sound is produced by two such modules. Four near field sound modules, two adjacent to each ear produces a surround sound effect. Modulated secondary loudspeaker(s) in each module and secondary baffles positioned opposite the primary loudspeaker(s) enhance the near field spatial sound qualities. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124346 | MODULAR CONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The present subject matter relates to an improved connection assembly for hearing assistance devices. The improved connection assembly provides a connection system that is reliable, straightforward to manufacture, and easy to use. The present connection assembly provides a rapid replacement option for the cable and/or the receiver or other electronics connected to the cable. The present subject matter provides for a connection assembly that can be extended to provide connections for a variety of applications which are not limited to a speaker (receiver) in the ear. Sensors and new configurations of component placement are supported using the present assembly, including, but not limited to telecoils, and GMR or TMR sensors. Various electromagnetic interference issues are addressed. In some examples a shielded set of wires are included. In some examples a twisted pair of wires is included. Various combinations of wires for different applications are supported with the present connector system. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124347 | BINAURAL HEARING INSTRUMENT - A binaural hearing instrument set is described in which algorithms are split into a server part and a thin-client part. The respective server part of the algorithm is located in a first hearing instrument unit, while the thin-client part is located in a second unit in the binaural hearing instrument set. This is advantageous in that it enables optimization of the usage of combined processing resources in the two units. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124348 | MICROPHONE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle interior rearview mirror assembly comprises an accessory, a reflective element and a bezel. The mirror assembly may define portions of a pocket that at least partially receives and secures the accessory therebetween when the reflective element is at least partially received in the bezel. The mirror assembly may include a microphone and an acoustic cover positioned at least partially over one or more inlet ports of the microphone. The acoustic cover may include an outer air flow limiting layer that substantially limits air flow therethrough and a diffusing material that may space and support the outer layer from the inlet ports to substantially diffuse air flow that penetrates the outer layer. An acoustic barrier may be positioned between a pair of inlet ports of the microphone to enhance the directivity of the microphone. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124349 | Earphone ear loop - An ear loop, and an assembly of an ear loop and ear bud, wherein the ear loop retains the shaft of the ear bud such that the position and angle of the ear bud relative to the ear loop can be adjusted axially and rotationally. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124350 | WALL ELEMENT WITH A SOUND GENERATOR - A wall element, in particular of an exhibit booth, includes at least one sound generator that is integrated in the wall element and is not visible from the outside. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124351 | HIDDEN SPEAKER APPARATUS - Provided is a hidden speaker apparatus used as a sound apparatus in a digital TV. The hidden speaker apparatus includes a high range speaker that is disposed such that a sound output direction and a direction to a front side where a listener is present form an acute angle. The high range speaker mitigates high range sound attenuation of the hidden speaker apparatus. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124352 | MICRO MAGNETIC DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC SPRING - A micro magnetic device having a body defining at least part of an enclosed chamber, the body comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A pole comprising a soft magnetic material is within the chamber and an electrically conductive coil is positioned around the pole. A diaphragm is connected to the first sidewall and a permanent dipole magnet is connected to the second sidewall at a first end and to the diaphragm at a second end. The dipole magnet is offset centrally from the pole. The diaphragm may also be offset centrally from the first pole. The micro magnetic device may be made by MEMS or thin film techniques. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124353 | Robust Encoding of Metadata in Lossy Encoded Images - Processing an image with embedded metadata by determining an integer value of a byte and separate the integer value into a plurality of digits, converting each of the digits into an encoding value using a predefined conversion function, selecting a pixel block in a metadata container, encoding into the selected pixel block each of the encoding values, and after the pixel block is encoded using a lossy compression scheme and subsequently decoded into raw pixel data, extracting the metadata from the raw pixel data, and performing at least one predefined action using the metadata. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124354 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE FINGERPRINTING - The present invention provides methods and systems to protect an organization's secure image information from unauthorized disclosure. In one embodiment, methods and systems to generate image fingerprints are provided. The fingerprints are generated for each feature point of an image data. Because the fingerprints take into account the neighborhood features around each feature point, the image fingerprints are robust against derivate images where the original image may have been altered. Methods and systems to maintain a fingerprint database for an organization's secure image data is also provided. In one embodiment, client fingerprints are generated for image data that a user intends to transmit outside of the organization. In some embodiments, suitable security actions are initiated if any of the client fingerprints match any of the fingerprints in the fingerprint database. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: a storage that stores information associating features with respective processing information; an electronic image acquisition unit that acquires an electronic image obtained by reading an image of an original; a specifying unit that recognizes a feature contained in the acquired electronic image, and specifies the processing information associated with the recognized feature and stored in the storage as processing information for use in processing the acquired electronic image; and a display control unit that displays information indicating the specified processing information and a part of the image where the feature is recognized in the acquired electronic image. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124356 | DETECTING OBJECTS CROSSING A VIRTUAL BOUNDARY LINE - An approach that detects objects crossing a virtual boundary line is provided. Specifically, an object detection tool provides this capability. The object detection tool comprises a boundary component configured to define a virtual boundary line in a video region of interest, and establish a set of ground patch regions surrounding the virtual boundary line. The object detection tool further comprises an extraction component configured to extract a set of attributes from each of the set of ground patch regions, and update a ground patch history model with the set of attributes from each of the set of ground patch regions. An analysis component is configured to analyze the ground patch history model to detect whether an object captured in at least one of the set of ground patch regions is crossing the virtual boundary line in the video region of interest. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL BASED PEOPLE COUNTING - An approach that allows for model based people counting is provided. In one embodiment, there is a generating tool configured to generate a set of person-shape models based on results of a cumulative training process; a detecting tool configured to detect persons in a camera field-of-view by using the set of person-shape models, and a counting tool configured to track detected persons upon crossing by the detected persons of a previously established virtual boundary. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124358 | METHOD FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT - A method for tracking a moving object is provided. The method detects the moving object in a plurality of continuous images so as to obtain space information of the moving object in each of the images. In addition, appearance features of the moving object in each of the images are captured to build an appearance model. Finally, the space information and the appearance model are combined to track a moving path of the moving object in the images. Accordingly, the present invention is able to keep tracking the moving object even if the moving object leaves the monitoring frame and returns again, so as to assist the supervisor in finding abnormal acts and making following reactions. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124359 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A CLASS OF OBJECTS - An apparatus and method for providing automatic threat detection using passive millimeter wave detection and image processing analysis. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING EVENTS IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - A method and an apparatus for recording an event in a virtual world. The method includes acquiring camera view regions of avatars joining the event; identifying one or more key avatars and/or key objects based on information about the targets in the camera view regions of the avatars; setting one or more recorders for the identified one or more key avatars and/or key objects for recording the event such that the one or more key avatars and/or key objects are located in the camera view regions of the one or more recorders. The apparatus includes devices configured to perform the steps of the method. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124361 | DIGITAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL FLOW - A method and system for determining an optical flow field between a pair of images is disclosed. Each of the pair of images is decomposed into image pyramids using a non-octave pyramid factor. The pair of decomposed images is transformed at a first pyramid scale to second derivative representations under an assumption that a brightness gradient of pixels in the pair of decomposed images is constant. Discrete-time derivatives of the second derivative image representations are estimated. An optical flow estimation process is applied to the discrete-time derivatives to produce a raw optical flow field. The raw optical flow field is scaled by the non-octave pyramid factor. The above-cited steps are repeated for the pair of images at another pyramid scale until all pyramid scales have been visited to produce a final optical flow field, wherein spatiotemporal gradient estimations are warped by a previous raw optical flow estimation. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124362 | DETECTING IMAGE QUALITY DEFECTS BY MEASURING IMAGES PRINTED ON IMAGE BEARING SURFACES OF PRINTING DEVICES - Systems and methods for implementing use of customer documents in maintaining image quality or image quality consistency of printing devices are provided. The system may include a marking engine constructed to print images on an image bearing surface of the print device; one or more color measuring devices for measured toner images formed on the image bearing surface corresponding to the one or more relevant pages, and an image analyzer configured to generate reference images and to compare measured image data with the reference images. The image analyzer may also be configured to analyze input image data for a document and to identify one or more relevant pages of the document that may provide information regarding the state of the printing system to generated reference image data. Comparisons between the color separations of the reference image data and measured image data images may be realized for determining defects. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124363 | DISPLAY PRIVACY SYSTEM - A system for controlling a display privacy filter on a display of an electronic device may include an image capturing unit to capture an image of an object situated in front of the display, detecting the number of human faces on the captured image, and activating the privacy filter on the display if more than one face is detected on the captured image. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124364 | ASSESSMENT OF BREAST DENSITY AND RELATED CANCER RISK - A method for assessing breast density executed at least in part by a computer system, identifies breast tissue from the electronic image data for at least one mammographic image, then performs an initial segmentation of fibroglandular tissue within the breast tissue according to at least one of gradient and uniformity data that is derived from the image data. The initial segmentation is refined using a pixel clustering process. A localized segmentation is obtained from the refined segmentation by generating and combining a density probability mapping and a homogeneity mapping from the image data. A percent density value for the at least one image is calculated and stored in a memory. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124365 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a feature value calculating unit that calculates a color feature value of each pixel or each segment inside at least one of a series of images captured by an image pickup device while moving inside a gastrointestinal tract; a color feature value estimating unit that, based on data distribution of the color feature value of each pixel or each segment, estimates color feature value data representing mucous membrane and color feature value data representing gastrointestinal contents; and a discrimination boundary setting unit that, based on the estimated color feature value data, sets a color feature value discrimination boundary between mucous membrane and gastrointestinal contents. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS CONTROL OF MEDICAL DEVICES - A system and method for controlling a body-scanning device with a wireless footswitch is disclosed. The method includes polling a status of a plurality of switches on a wireless footswitch using a microprocessor. A pulsed signal is sent from the microprocessor to a watchdog timer. The pulsed signal is pulsed at a predetermined rate when the microprocessor is operating within selected operating parameters. The microprocessor is reset when the pulsed signal is pulsed at a rate less than the predetermined rate. The status of the plurality of switches on the wireless footswitch is transmitted to a receiver connected to the scanning device to enable the scanning device to be controlled by actuating at least one of the plurality of switches on the wireless footswitch. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124367 | IMAGE REGISTRATION - Disclosed is a method for defining a common reference system in a record of volume data that represents an area of a patient's jaw and is captured by means of an X-ray imaging process and a record of surface data, at least some of which represents the same area of the patient's jaw and which is captured by means of a process for measuring visible surfaces. Volume data and surface data are unhidden on a screen. An object, especially a tooth, which is recognizable in both the volume data and the surface data, is superimposed on each other as congruently as possible in a preliminary positioning step. A volume structure characterizing the object is extracted from the volume data, particularly as a type of edge image, and is made to overlap as much as possible with a corresponding surface structure of the surface data by means of a transformation function, the overlap of the volume structure being adjusted to the surface structure in iterative steps by optimizing a predefined quality level. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124368 | Method and apparatus of reconstructing 3D image from 2D images - An apparatus and method of reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) image from two-dimensional (2D) images are disclosed. Three dimensional (3D) data may be reconstructed in an x-ray generation tube at a limited angle, and repeatedly updated for each pixel. A median from among each pixel of reconstruction data may be selected. Backprojecting may be performed using a search direction weight calculated using a reprojection image and residual image. A 3D image satisfying a Level 1 (L1) norm fidelity and sparsity constraint of the reconstruction data may be reconstructed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124369 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING 3D DIMENSIONS ON 2D IMAGES - A method for determining 3D distances on a 2D pixelized image of a part or object includes acquiring a real 2D pixelized image of the object, creating a simulated image of the object using the 3D CAD model and the 2D pixelized image, determining a specified cost function comparing the simulated image with the real 2D pixilated image and repositioning the simulated image in accordance with iterated adjustments of a relative position between the CAD model and the XID pixilated image to change the simulated image until the specified cost function is below a specified value. Then, the workstation is used to generate a 3D distance scale matrix using the repositioned simulated image, and to measure and display distances between selected pixels on a surface of the real image using 2D distances on the 2D pixelized image of the object and the 3D distance scale matrix. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124370 | PATTERN SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - This invention relates to a pattern shape inspection method and an apparatus thereof for conducting a first step of irradiating wideband illuminating light which contains far ultraviolet light to a sample from a perpendicular direction, inspecting a shape of the pattern based on a spectral waveform of reflecting light detected from the sample, and detecting an edge roughness of the pattern based on the spectral waveform of the reflecting light detected from the sample, and a second step of irradiating a laser beam to the sample from an oblique direction, and detecting the edge roughness of the pattern based on scattered light detected from the sample. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124371 | Content-Aware Image and Video Resizing by Anchor Point Sampling and Mapping - Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for resizing a set of images, which may comprises one or more images, while preserving the important content. In embodiments, the saliency of pixels in the set of images is determined using one or more image features. A small number of pixels, called anchor points, are selected from the set of images by saliency-based sampling. The corresponding positions of these anchor points in the set of target images are obtained using pixel mapping. In embodiments, to prevent mis-ordering of pixel mapping, an iterative approach is used to constrain the mapped pixels to be within the boundaries of the target image/video. In embodiments, based on the mapping of neighboring anchor points, other pixels in the target are inpainted by back-projection and interpolation. The combination of sampling and mapping greatly reduces the computational cost yet leads to a global solution to content-aware image/video resizing. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124372 | Methods and systems for identifying/accessing color related information - In one instance, the method of these teachings for identifying/accessing color related information includes generating, for a color image, a number of color clusters in a color space (e.g. RGB, HSV, CYMK, LUV, etc.), assigning each pixel in the image to one of the clusters, and separating the information identified with the color of the cluster; thereby identifying/accessing the color related information. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus and method are provided. In an exemplary method, noise of a main image signal is removed or reduced, using information about a subsidiary image signal with sensitivity higher than the main image signal or information about the main image signal, and details of the main image signal are restored using high-frequency components of the subsidiary image signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124374 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND RECTIFYING RED-EYES AUTOMATICALLY WHEN TAKING PHOTOS - The present invention discloses a method for automatically detecting and correcting red eye in a photo taking process. The method utilizes a preview function which all of the current digital cameras have. When flash light is needed during the photo taking process, an image which is closest to the shutter pressing time is read from a preview image sequence and this image is stored. Then, red eye detection is performed according to various related information (e.g., chroma information) of this image and the image actually taken. A correction process is conducted on the detected red eye area. The corrected image is stored as a resulting image in a storage unit in the camera. Therefore, the red eye is removed rapidly and accurately during a single normal exposure process and the image without red eye is thus obtained. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124375 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON REGION FEATURES OF PIXELS - A pixel region-based image segmentation method is disclosed. When an input image is retrieved, pixels thereof are sequentially scanned row by row. Signs of unmarked pixels of the input image are determined according to region features of neighboring pixels of each pixel and pixel update information is recorded to generate a region sign update data table and a region sign feature data table. The pixels of the input frame are further scanned row by row to retrieve signs of the pixels and region signs of the pixels are determined and updated according to the region sign update data table. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124376 | Determination Of Class, Attributes, And Identity Of An Occupant - Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining class, attributes, and identity of an occupant in an occupancy space. An infra-red image of the occupant in the occupancy space is captured. The infra-red image information of the captured image is digitized to obtain a thermal signature of the occupant. The thermal signature of the occupant is compared with thermal signatures, characteristics, and attributes common to a class of occupants stored in a thermal signature database to determine the class, the attributes, and the identity of the occupant. The determination of the class and the attributes may, for example, comprise distinguishing between an animate occupant and an inanimate occupant, analyzing gait of the animate occupant for distinguishing between human motion and non-human motion, and enumerating occupants in the occupancy space using an edge detection algorithm. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124377 | LINEAR SPATIAL PYRAMID MATCHING USING SPARSE CODING - Systems and methods are disclosed to classify an input image by determining a spatial-pyramid image representation based on sparse coding; determining a descriptor for each interest point in the input image; encoding the descriptor; and applying max pooling to form the spatial pyramid representation of images. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124378 | METHOD FOR EVENT-BASED SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION - A method of automatically classifying images in a consumer digital image collection, includes generating an event representation of the image collection; computing global time-based features for each event within the hierarchical event representation; computing content-based features for each image in an event within the hierarchical event representation; combining content-based features for each image in an event to generate event-level content-based features; and using time-based features and content-based features for each event to classify an event into one of a pre-determined set of semantic categories. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124379 | METHOD OF FILTERING A VIDEO SEQUENCE IMAGE FROM SPURIOUS MOTION EFFECTS - According to the novel method, roto-translational and zooming parameters describing spurious motion effects are determined by exploiting any of the many block matching algorithms commonly used for motion estimation for calculating a motion vector for all or for a selected number of blocks of pixels of the current frame that is processed. Some of the so calculated motion vectors are not taken into account for estimating spurious motion effects. The roto-translational and zooming parameters describing what is considered to be spurious global motion between a current frame and the precedent frame of the sequence, are calculated by processing the selected motion vectors of blocks of pixels of the frame through a recursive procedure that includes computing error values and readjusting the roto-translational and zooming parameters based on the error values. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124380 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention generates efficient encoded data to restore original image data from reduced image data. An input unit inputs block data of 2×2 pixels from original image data. A converter generates reduced image data having a size smaller than the original image data by sampling one pixel data at a preset position in the input block data. A generator generates encoded data to restore three non-sampling target pixel data in each block data so as to restore the original image data from the reduced image data generated by the resolution converter. To do this, the generator determines whether all non-sampling target pixels in a block of interest are restorable from a sampling target pixel in the block of interest or from sampling target pixels in three blocks adjacent to the block of interest, and generates and outputs three kinds of additional information based on the determination result. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING POSITIONS OF COEFFICIENTS - A method and apparatus for coding positions of data such as coefficients are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises coding data in a vector of data based on indications of whether the data is zero or non-zero identified using a tree data structure and producing a bit stream based on coded data. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124382 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a displaying method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes image quality improvement unit which performs image quality improvement with respect to video signals, a display unit which displays general video signals and video signals of which image quality is improved by the image quality improvement unit, and a control unit which controls the display unit to move a boundary between a first area on which the general video signals are displayed and a second area on which the video signals of improved image quality are displayed in a specific pattern. Accordingly, the boundary between the first area to which image quality improvement is not applied and the second area to which image quality improvement is applied is movable so that the display apparatus can stimulate the customer's buying interests. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124383 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOLUTION-INVARIANT IMAGE REPRESENTATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for generating super resolution images by building a set of multi-resolution bases from one or more training images; estimating a sparse resolution-invariant representation of an image, and reconstructing one or more missing patches at any resolution level. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124384 | Image processing handheld scanner system, method, and computer readable medium - An image processing system and method is disclosed. The image processing system can be configured for use with a mouse scanner system operable to scan a document. The mouse scanner system includes a scanner built into a computer mouse and the image processing system includes a scanner software application operating on a computer. The scanner includes a positioning system operable to output position indicating data and an imaging system operable to output captured image data. The data is sent to the scanner software application where a feedback image is constructed and displayed on a display in real, or near real, time to allow the user to view what areas have been scanned. The scanner software application also constructs an output image that can be printed, saved or communicated. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124385 | METHOD TO MANUFACTURE FASTENING ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING LUMENS, METHOD TO FORM BAGS, CORRESPONDING STRIP OF ASSEMBLIES, AND CORRESPONDING BAGS - The invention concerns a method to manufacture fastening assemblies ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100124386 | Article for Holding Product and Methods - The present invention relates to articles such as bags and related methods. In an embodiment, the invention includes an article including a first sheet, a second sheet coupled to the first sheet defining an interior volume between the first sheet and the second sheet, and a handle region defining an aperture passing through the first sheet and the second sheet. The handle region including a first flap and a second flap, the first flap coupled to the first sheet and the second sheet along a first axis, the second flap coupled to the first sheet and the second sheet along a second axis, the first axis and second axis perpendicular to one another, the first flap and the second flap configured to flex away from the handle region. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of forming a bag including coupling a first sidewall to a second sidewall to form a rectangular bag with four corners and forming a cut pattern through the first sidewall and the second sidewall to form a handle, the pattern outlining the shape of a plurality of flaps that can each flex along separate axes. Other embodiments are also included herein. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124387 | Fluid dynamic bearing system - The fluid dynamic bearing system has at least one stationary part, and at least one rotating part that is supported rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the stationary part. A bearing gap filled with bearing fluid is formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the stationary and of the rotating part. The bearing system comprises at least one fluid dynamic radial bearing and at least one fluid dynamic axial bearing that are disposed along sections of the bearing gap. Moreover, sealing means for sealing the open ends of the bearing gap are provided. According to the invention, one of the sealing means comprises an annular sealing gap that has one end connected to the bearing gap and one end connected to an annular reservoir, the outside radius of the reservoir measured from the rotational axis being larger than the outside radius of the sealing gap. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124388 | COMPOSITE BEARING MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMPOSITE BEARING MEMBER, BEARING DEVICE AND ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A composite bearing member | 2010-05-20 |
20100124389 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus Incorporated With A Wheel Speed Detecting Apparatus - A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has a wheel bearing with an outer member and an inner member. A sensor holder is injection molded from synthetic resin and is embedded with a wheel speed detecting sensor. The sensor holder is mounted on an inner side end of the outer member. The inner side seal of the seals includes an annular sealing plate, a slinger and a pulser ring. An anchoring portion is formed integrally with the metal core. The sensor holder is being integrally molded with the metal core from synthetic resin that surrounds the anchoring portion | 2010-05-20 |
20100124390 | HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT MODULE - The invention provides a high frequency circuit module according to the present invention includes: a circuit component having a plurality of terminals arranged on an outer side thereof, and a circuit board of a multilayered construction or a single-layered construction. A first outer face of the circuit board serves as a component mounting face for mounting the circuit component. The circuit board includes a ground conductor layer; a plurality of electrode pads provided on the component mounting face, the electrode pads being configured for connection with the associated terminals of the circuit component; and a plurality of waveguides provided on the first outer face or a second outer face, or in an inner portion of the circuit board. The waveguides are electrically connected with the associated electrode pads. Routing directions of all or some of adjacent waveguides are opposite from each other. | 2010-05-20 |
20100124391 | Growable multi-degree ROADM - A multi-degree expandable reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer (ROADM) based on a wavelength-selective crossconnect (WSXC), and method for upgrading the same. The WSXC generally consists of an outer layer of optical fan-out devices, and an outer layer of optical fan-in devices. At least one inner layer of optical fan-out or fan-in devices, including at least one wavelength switch, is disposed between the outer layer of optical fan-out devices and the outer layer of optical fan-in devices in a cascaded arrangement relative to the outer layers. At least one output port of an optical fan-out device in the outer layer of optical fan-out devices is connected to an input port of an optical device in the at least one inner layer, and at least one output port of an optical device in the at least one inner layer is connected to an input port of an optical fan-in device in the outer layer of optical fan-in devices. | 2010-05-20 |