21st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100128829 | Carrier Separation Frequency Error Adjustment for UL Multiple Carrier Operation - One or more carrier signals in a multiple-carrier UE transmitter are frequency-adjusted to account for an estimated error in the separation frequency between the transmitted carrier signals. The adjustment is applied when generating the UL signals for the respective carrier frequencies in digital baseband of the UE. In one embodiment, one or more of the modulators that apply the carrier separation frequency additionally apply a frequency correction. In another embodiment, first mixers apply the carrier separation frequency to each different carrier signal. One or more carrier signal paths include a second mixer applying a frequency correction to the carrier signal. The RF modulation frequency may also be adjusted to partially compensate for the estimated carrier separation frequency error. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128830 | DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - A data transfer system which can surely transfer data between two function circuits which operate synchronously with different clock frequencies. A data loading signal is generated just before timing when edges of two clocks of different frequencies coincide. Only information data received by the function circuit on a transfer data reception side within an existence period of the data loading signal is determined to be valid. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128831 | CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING CLOCK AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLOCK - A circuit for detecting a clock has a plurality of first transmission elements, a plurality of first exclusive OR gates and a first AND gate. Each first transmission element is coupled to a last first transmission element for receiving output data, and the data received by each first transmission element is transmitted to an input terminal of a next first transmission element. In addition, the input of a first transmission element is coupled to a clock source for receiving a predetermined clock signal of which a frequency is less than a frequency of a local clock signal. Furthermore, the first and second input terminals of a k | 2010-05-27 |
20100128832 | DOPPLER REACTIVITY COEFFICIENT MEASURING METHOD - The output of a nuclear reactor is increased by a predetermined magnitude, and the neutron beam is measured as time-series data. The temperature of the moderator in the reactor is acquired as time-series data. Time-series data on the reactivity is acquired from the time-series data on the neutron beam by the reverse dynamic characteristic method with respect to a one-point reactor kinetics equation. Time-series data on the fuel temperature of a predetermined average acquired by using the time-series data on the reactor output and a predetermined dynamic characteristic model is acquired. The reactivity feedback contribution component is determined by using the time-series data on the reactivity and the applied reactivity. The Doppler reactivity coefficient is determined by using the time-series data on the average temperature of the moderator in the reactor, the time-series data on the fuel temperature of the predetermined average, the isothermal temperature reactivity coefficient, and the reactivity feedback contribution component. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128833 | Reactor Core - A reactor core, comprising:
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20100128834 | ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE - Articles, such as tubing or strips, which have excellent corrosion resistance to water or steam at elevated temperatures, are produced from alloys having 0.2 to 1.5 weight percent niobium, 0.01 to 0.45 weight percent iron, at least one additional alloy element selected from 0.02 to 0.8 weight percent tin, 0.05 to 0.5 weight percent chromium, 0.02 to 0.3 weight percent copper, 0.1 to 0.3 weight percent vanadium, 0.01 to 0.1 weight percent nickel, the balance at least 97 weight percent zirconium, including impurities, wherein the alloy may be fabricated from a process of forging the zirconium alloy into a material, beta quenching the material, forming the material by extruding or hot rolling the material, cold working the material with one or a multiplicity of cold working steps, wherein the cold working step includes cold reducing the material and annealing the material at an intermediate anneal temperature of 960°-1105° F., and final working and annealing of the material. The articles formed also show improved weld corrosion resistance with the addition of chromium. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128835 | INTERMEDIATE END PLUG ASSEMBLY FOR SEGMENTED FUEL ROD AND SEGMENTED FUEL ROD HAVING THE SAME - An intermediate end plug assembly for a segmented fuel rod can stably support the fuel rod to the end of its cycle even if an interval between the fuel rods becomes narrow due to application of a dual-cooled fuel rod, and reduce excess vibration induced by flows of interior and exterior channels of the dual-cooled fuel rod for obtaining high burnup and output. To this end, the fuel rod has a segmented structure so as to make its length short. A lower intermediate end plug includes at least one channel hole, through which a coolant flows into an internal channel of the fuel rod, so that a possibility of causing departure from nuclear boiling ratio (DNBR) of the dual-cooled fuel rod is reduced. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128836 | SYMMETRY CORRECTED HIGH FREQUENCY DIGITAL DIVIDER - A clock frequency divider for odd numbered divide ratios. The divider clocks two counters in parallel from a reference clock to be divided. One counter is loaded with the divide ratio and the other counter is loaded with the divide ratio except for the least significant bit. The second counter will set a latch when its count has elapsed. The first counter will reset the latch when its count has elapsed and will reload the counters. The latch is used for the divided output, but passes through a retiming circuit. The retiming circuit delays the output edge by one reference clock edge when the least significant bit indicates an odd numbered divide ratio. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128837 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING TIME BASES IN LOW POWER DOMAIN - A digital frequency divider including a parallel output register, a presettable asynchronous counter and a decoder. The parallel output register contains a desired count value. The presettable asynchronous counter has its preset data inputs coupled to the output of the parallel output register. The decoder receives its input from the data outputs of the presettable asynchronous divider and its output coupled to the load input of the presettable asynchronous counter. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128838 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY METHOD AND SYSTEM - An method of computed tomography is disclosed herein. The method includes acquiring an axial dataset and acquiring a helical dataset as part of an acquisition protocol. A computed tomography system is also disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128839 | Structure and Procedure for X-Ray CT Guided Cancer Treatment - A radiation apparatus includes a first radiation source configured to generate radiation suitable for therapeutic treatment, and a structure for supporting a body. The structure comprises a curved surface adapted to receive a body portion to be treated during a therapeutic treatment. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128840 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS OF COMPOSITION-IMAGE FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSIS - A composite imaging apparatus for dental diagnosis, wherein dental diagnosis for teeth/periodontal diseases and orthodontics can be simply done even with an imaging apparatus, and a patient's head portion can be automatically rotated according to image taking directions so as to simplify radiography, save radiography time, and minimize X-ray exposure. The apparatus includes a rotary arm horizontally rotating in left and right directions in order to take an X-ray image of teeth, jawbone and alveolar bone of a patient; a support frame vertically moving with a proper range according to a height of the patient, supporting and enabling the rotary arm to be fixed and horizontally rotate; and an object moving device formed on the base so as to move up and down a for certain range, reciprocate in forward and backward directions, horizontally rotate in forward and reverse directions while the patient is sitting thereon, and facilitate radiography. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128841 | Smoothing of Dynamic Data Sets - A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of dynamic computed tomography image data from a computed tomography imaging system, registering the image data, applying a smoothing filter to at least a selection of the registered image data, and outputting the results. The smoothing filter may be, for example, a uniform filter, a triangular filter, a Gaussian filter, a median filter, a percentile filter, a Kuwahara filter, an anisotropic filter, or any combination thereof. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128842 | CT SCANNER APPARATUS - A Computerized Tomography (CT) scanner apparatus includes a scanner gantry, a detector, a detector control panel configured to control the detector, and a power ring. The scanner gantry includes a rotary part and a stationary part, wherein the detector, the detector control panel, and the power ring are mounted in the rotary part. The detector control panel is configured to transmit a scan data signal collected from the detector from the rotary part of the scanner gantry to the stationary part via a power line on the power ring. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128843 | Device for Locating a Female Breast for Diagnostic Imaging and Intervention - A device for fixing or locating a breast of a female patient in a medical diagnostic examination instrument comprises an elastic annular-shaped fixing means and also a net fastened thereto which tightly encircle a base of a breast close to a chest wall. A force exerted exerted on the elastic annular-shaped fixing means is applied in a direction away from the patient in order to compress the breast and raise the breast from the chest wall. An X-ray machine including such a device is also provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128844 | System and Method for Material Segmentation Utilizing Computed Tomography Scans - Certain embodiments provide a radiation analysis system for material segmentation utilizing computed tomography (CT) scans. The radiation analysis system includes an input module configured to input dual energy data. The dual energy scanned data includes first data corresponding to a first parameter and second data corresponding to a second parameter for a given scanned volume. The radiation analysis system also includes a processor configured to generate a scatter plot based on the dual energy data. The first data corresponds to a first axis and the second data corresponds to a second axis. The processor is configured to identify at least one material type based on the scatter plot. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128845 | X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE AND X-RAY RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging device | 2010-05-27 |
20100128846 | SYNCHRONIZED X-RAY / BREATHING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY SYSTEM - The invention comprises an X-ray system that is orientated to provide X-ray images of a patient in the same orientation as viewed by a proton therapy beam, is synchronized with patient respiration, is operable on a patient positioned for proton therapy, and does not interfere with a proton beam treatment path. Preferably, the synchronized system is used in conjunction with a negative ion beam source, synchrotron, and/or targeting method apparatus to provide an X-ray timed with patient respiration and performed immediately prior to and/or concurrently with particle beam therapy irradiation to ensure targeted and controlled delivery of energy relative to a patient position resulting in efficient, precise, and/or accurate noninvasive, in-vivo treatment of a solid cancerous tumor with minimization of damage to surrounding healthy tissue in a patient using the proton beam position verification system. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128847 | X-RAY INDUCED WETTABILITY MODIFICATION - Disclosed is a method for modifying wettability of a surface of an inorganic material, the method comprising the steps of: preparing an inorganic material with a surface; and charging the surface of the inorganic material with positive surface charges obtained from photoelectron-emission by an X-ray irradiation to the surface of the inorganic material. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128848 | X-RAY TUBE HAVING LIQUID LUBRICATED BEARINGS AND LIQUID COOLED TARGET - An x-ray tube having a liquid lubricated bearing assembly and a liquid cooled anode target. The anode target and bearing assembly having increased lubrication and cooling to withstand higher power, higher temperature and higher load applications. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128849 | DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC FILM HOLDER - A dental radiographic film holder includes a support member, a mouthpiece member, and a flexible material. The support member is adapted to hold a dental radiographic film. The mouthpiece member extends perpendicularly from a portion of the support member. The mouthpiece member is adapted to be secured between at least one pair of teeth for aligning the support member with the at least one pair of teeth. The flexible material is disposed on the mouthpiece member. The flexible material is adapted to conform to contours of the at least one pair of teeth securing the mouthpiece member therebetween. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128850 | PACKAGING FOR A RADIOLOGICAL DEVICE - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a cover sheet and a frame of a X-ray imaging detector are attached through interlocking apparatus that provides a strong attachment between the cover sheet and the X-ray imaging detector frame and that also reduces the complexity of the attachment and reduces the number of fasteners required between the cover sheet and the X-ray imaging detector frame. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128851 | Mobile computerized tomography ( CT) imaging system with off-center X-ray beam - A mobile CT imaging system comprising:
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20100128852 | Detector Characterization and Calibration - Characterization, calibration and gain stabilization of gamma ray detectors are carried out using one or more spectral features that are present in the background radiation. Such a spectral feature may be the spectral peak associated with Potassium-40 nuclide. The disclosed methods, apparatus and computer program products enable uninterrupted operation of gamma ray detection systems, while eliminating the costs associated with the procurement and integration of external reference sources into these systems, and without compromising the sensitivity of the detection system. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ALERTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a cordless phone operating in an establishment with a plurality of cordless phone handsets having a controller adapted to monitor a source for weather alerts, detect a weather alert, determine from the weather alert a weather alert type, retrieve a user profile, identify from the user profile and the weather alert type one or more of the plurality of cordless phone handsets to be notified of the weather alert, select from the user profile a ringtone type for each of the identified cordless phone handsets, wherein the ringtone type identifies the weather alert type, and transmit a message to cause each of the indentified cordless phone handsets to assert the ringtone type identified therefor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128854 | Method and System for Routing and Recording Call Information - A method comprises receiving a plurality of voice sessions and creating a unique identifier for each of the plurality of voice sessions, wherein each identifier is unique for the duration of its associated voice session. The method also includes assigning the unique identifiers to the associated voice session, and creating a unique data session for each voice session. The method further includes assigning the unique identifier of each voice session to the data session associated with its voice session. The method also includes receiving a plurality of voice sessions and a plurality of data sessions at a manager, and matching one of the plurality of received voice sessions with its associated data session based at least in part on the unique identifier. The method further includes communicating the matched voice session and data session to one of a plurality of agents. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128855 | Method and apparatus for a messaging system to enable two or more individuals to communicate using a text messaging system and a conventional telephone - Computer based email systems and VOIP based messaging systems have generally been regarded as distinct means of communication. In many instances, however, a potential sender of a message may have access to only email services while at the same time, the desired recipient of the message may only have access to a telephone. Thus, it would be advantageous if the sender could send an email which could be converted to a voice message and delivered directly to the recipient(s) telephone and the recipient could record a voice message which, in turn, could be converted to a text message and returned back to the original sender of the email. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128856 | Marking voice messages as heard - In response to receiving a voice message, a telephony service creates an e-mail message directed to the intended recipient of the voice message. The e-mail message includes the voice message as an attachment and an embedded image file. Once the e-mail message has been created, a mail system is utilized to transmit the e-mail message to the intended recipient of the voice message. An e-mail client application program may be used to retrieve the e-mail message and to view the message content. In order to render the message content, the e-mail client application program will transmit a request for the image file. In response to receiving the request for the image file, an indication is transmitted to the telephony service indicating that the intended recipient has heard the voice message. In response to receiving the indication, the telephony service marks the voice message as heard. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128857 | CALL FORWARDING SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL PHONE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH LANDLINE AND OTHER DISCRETE TELEPHONE UNITS - A system and method for forwarding calls to virtual phone numbers, the virtual phone numbers associated with landline and other discrete telephone units. A user cellular telephone can receive the calls for the virtual phone numbers, based on preferences specified by the user for when and/or where particular calls are forwarded to the device. The user cellular telephone can be interconnected by a network to a system server that employs a forwarding application to forwards calls to the user cellular telephone when desired, in accordance with the preferences specified by the user. If the call is not one desired to be received by the user cellular telephone, the call can be forwarded to a voicemail database where a voicemail message may be stored, as a distinct voicemail for the virtual number dialed by the calling party. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128858 | PHONE - Phones comprising a touch panel and a controller. The controller is operable to control the touch panel to stop showing a first user interface to show a second user interface when receiving an interrupt signal that is occurred when a dialing icon of the first user interface had been tapped. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128859 | Combination universal telephone and remote control device - A universal combination cordless phone/remote control device for simultaneously answering incoming phone calls, messages, texts, etc., while operating a television and peripheral equipment includes a remote control side for controlling and operating the television and peripheral equipment and a cordless phone side for controlling various standard telephonic operations with both the remote control side and the cordless phone side including electrical charging contacts that engage charging contacts located on the upper surface of a portable lightweight charging cradle when the control device is placed upon the charging cradle for electrical charging. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128860 | METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP) NETWORK ELEMENTS - Methods, computer program products, and systems for managing VoIP network elements are provided. Methods include receiving call details records (CDRs) from a plurality of network elements. The received CDRs including disconnect cause codes and telephone call correlation identifiers. The received CDRs are correlated to telephone calls based on the telephone call correlation identifiers. Two CDR records are associated with the same telephone call when their telephone call correlation identifiers are the same. A master correlated CDR is created for each telephone call. The creating includes assigning a correlated disconnect cause code and classifying the telephone call. The assigning and classifying are responsive to the received CDRs associated with the telephone call. The master correlated CDR includes the correlated disconnect cause code and the telephone call classification. A threshold crossing alert (TCA) is generated in response to a threshold for the correlated disconnect cause code being reached. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128861 | DATABASE FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY FOR CALL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products for managing calls using a call management system are described. The call management system can receive a call from a communication device and directs the call to a call database containing configuration information for supporting outbound calls. If the call management system detects or obtains notification of a failure associated with the call database, the system automatically bypasses the call database and makes the outbound call using default configuration and call routing information. A second or backup database is used to log call details which can be copied or moved to the call database after the call database is back in service. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128862 | CLICK-TO-CALL ATTACK PREVENTION - System and methods for preventing abusive use of a click-to-call callback function of virtual PBX services are disclosed. In some implementations, a challenge-response procedure can be implemented, and a click-to-call request is allowed when a correct response is timely received. In some implementations, one or more system wide policies can be applied in determining whether a click-to-call request should be allowed or denied. A system policy for blocking and unblocking requests having a particular request parameter (e.g., source IP address) is disclosed. An account specific policy for setting the state of a particular account targeted by a click-to-call request as normal, warning, or blocked, based on the current status of the particular account is also disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128863 | CONTEXT AWARE VOICE COMMUNICATION PROXY - A method of operating a telephone system includes receiving an incoming call to an operator of a machine. The operator has access to a telephonic device. A circumstance associated with operation of the machine is sensed. It is decided, dependent upon the sensed circumstance, whether to place the call to the telephonic device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128864 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OVERRIDING CALL BLOCKING - An approach is provided for overriding a call blocking feature. A request to establish a voice call over a wireless network to a called party is intercepted. A call blocking feature is detected as being enabled for the called party. The calling party is prompted for a passcode in response to the detected call blocking feature. The passcode is received from the calling party to override the call blocking feature. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLACING A LONG DISTANCE CALL BASED ON A VIRTUAL PHONE NUMBER - A method and apparatus for reducing the cost of long distance phone calls is disclosed. Accordingly, an originating phone network is operatively connected to a first intermediate point, and a receiving phone network is operatively connected to a second intermediate point. Each intermediate point is operatively connected to communicate via a data network. Users on the originating and destination phone networks may communicate based on virtual numbers. The virtual number is preferably within the local calling area of the originating phone network. The first and second intermediate points route calls to any geographic location, regardless of distance, over the data network based on the virtual number. This provides the advantage of allowing a user on the originating phone network to access a user at a distant location for a price that is substantially similar to the price of a local call. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128866 | MODIFICATION OF SYSTEM CALL BEHAVIOR - The behavior of a system call may be modified. A modification component may pre-processes and/or post-process a system call to change the behavior of the system call. Pre-processing may involve modifying arguments to the system call, replacing one system call with another, intercepting the system call, etc. Post-processing may involve modifying results and/or side effects of a system call. The modification component may pre-process and/or post-process the system call without changes to the underlying kernel service routine that is normally invoked in response to the system call. Modifying the system call's behavior may be used to implement quality of service (QoS) constraints, to allow one operating system to emulate another, to provide information about memory layout to an application, or to serve other goals. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128867 | CALL QUEUING FOR LOCATION-AWARE MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device can be assigned to an extension configured as a Queue Agent (“QA”) in a call-queuing enabled virtual private branch exchange (vPBX). This and other mobile or fixed devices can be interconnected to form a virtual call center. Each extension can be assigned various rules, which specify how the incoming calls are answered at the extension and how calls in the call queue are selected for answering by the QA. As part of the rules, the vPBX system forwards calls from a call queue to the QA based on QA's availability status. If a location-aware mobile device is associated with the QA, the vPBX system can determine the QA's availability status based on a geographic location of the mobile device. A most geographically proximate agent can be selected for answering the call. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128868 | Acoustic echo canceler using an accelerometer - A system includes a loudspeaker, a microphone, an echo canceling circuit, and an accelerometer coupled to the loudspeaker for providing a reference signal, a(n), to the echo canceling circuit. Preferably, the accelerometer is attached to the loudspeaker. A speaker signal, x(n), is used to drive the loudspeaker and the system also includes a switch for coupling either a(n) or x(n) to the echo canceling circuit, depending upon the volume or loudness of the sounds involved. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128869 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING A CRYPTOGRAPHIC CALCULATION - The invention concerns a method which consists in operating a key generation in an electronic component for a specific cryptographic algorithm; storing in the electronic component a prime number P and generating at least a secret prime number. In one step (a) randomly selecting ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128870 | PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR STREAM ENCODING - A pseudorandom number generation apparatus used for a stream cipher comprises at least one internal state, a non-linear conversion means that updates numeric data saved in the internal state, and a transposition means that performs only bit transposition for the numeric data, updated by the non-linear conversion means, based on a predefined rule. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SECURED DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIOVISUAL DATA BY TRANSACTION MARKING - The application relates to a method for distributing a marked audiovisual sequence from a nominal audiovisual sequence, said nominal audiovisual sequence having a nominal content, wherein
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20100128872 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING COMMUNICATIONS IN A METERING DEVICE - A method and system for securing the communication link between the accounting device and printer of a metering system by authenticating the data being sent via the link utilizing a Nonlinear Feedback Shift Register (NLFSR) based system is provided. A NLFSR is provided in each of the accounting unit and printing unit of a metering system. The NLFSR in the accounting unit is utilized to generate a message authentication code (MAC) for the image data being sent from the accounting unit to the printing unit. The printing unit generates a corresponding MAC for the received image data using the NLFSR in the printing unit. The MAC generated by the printing unit is compared with the MAC generated by the accounting unit. If the MACs are similar, the image data is accepted as authentic and the printing unit will print the image corresponding to the image data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128873 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING A TRANSMISSION OF KEYS - The present invention concerns a method and a device for encrypting an encoded scalable enhancement frame sent by an emitter to a receiver, the enhancement frame comprising a plurality of complementary streams ordered in term of quality level, each complementary stream corresponding to a combination of more than one scalability type, where a complementary stream of a lower quality level corresponds to a lower quality on each scalability type, comprising at the level of the emitter the steps of generating a key per complementary stream for encrypting said complementary stream in such a way that all scalability types can be either simultaneously or individually used, said keys being generated in such a way that only the keys of the complementary streams of quality levels lower than the quality level of a complementary stream can be obtained from the key of said complementary stream, and sending the key of a complementary stream corresponding to a required quality level to the receiver, the key permitting a receiver to generate the keys of the complementary streams of the lower quality levels only. The present invention also concerns a method and a device for decrypting a received encoded scalable enhancement frame. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128874 | ENCRYPTION / DECRYPTION IN PARALLELIZED DATA STORAGE USING MEDIA ASSOCIATED KEYS - A method and system to allow encryption/decryption to be performed substantially in parallel using one or more media associated keys. The system has an input buffer to store a plurality of media data from a plurality of media channels. A plurality of cryptographic engines is coupled with the input buffer to obtain a plurality of cipher keys and each cipher key is associated with one or more of a plurality of media channels The system encrypts or decrypts, substantially in parallel, each of the plurality of media data with a cryptographic algorithm using one or more of the obtained cipher keys. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128875 | SECURE VOICEMAIL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are disclosed in which a secure voicemail repository ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128876 | METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING ENCODING/DECODING PROGRAM AND SYMMETRIC KEY IN SECURITY DOMAIN ENVIRONMENT AND DATA DIVIDER AND DATA INJECTOR THEREFOR - A method of distributing an encoding/decoding program and a symmetric key in a security domain environment, and a device divider and data injector therefor are provided. The method includes selecting, at a highest-level security domain, an encoding/decoding program and a symmetric key to be distributed to a plurality of lower-level security domains; dividing the selected encoding/decoding program and the symmetric key into pieces as many as the number of lower-level security domains; and distributing the divided encoding/decoding program pieces and the symmetric key pieces to devices belonging to the lower-level security domains. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128877 | Systems and Methods for Providing Opportunistic Security for Physical Communication Channels - Systems and methods of providing opportunistic security for physical communication channels are disclosed. One disclosed method is for opportunistic secure communication on a main channel between a sender device and a receiver device when an eavesdropper device is listening on an eavesdropper channel. This example method includes transmitting, in a first time period in which signal quality on the main channel is better than signal quality on the eavesdropper channel, symbols that are randomly selected from a set of symbols. The method also includes transmitting, in a second time period in which signal quality on the main channel is not better than signal quality on the eavesdropper channel, coding information associated with the randomly selected symbols. The method also includes reconciling the randomly selected symbols using the coding information. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENTS SERVICE - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a digital content service that provides packaging content consisting of digital rights management (DRM) content and advertisement content, and is able to use the DRM content for free by watching or listening to the advertisement content, including: generating packaging content consisting of pilot content and target content, which has been encrypted using an encryption key of the pilot content, and providing the packaging content to a portable terminal; and obtaining a decryption key for the target content through playing the pilot content of the packaging content, and playing the target content by the decryption key, by the portable terminal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128879 | FLEXIBLE MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY FOR MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENTS - One embodiment is a method including computing or storing an access control polynomial. Further embodiments include systems and computer readable media including an access control polynomial. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and drawings. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128880 | Audio system - An audio system for enhancing localization of sound perceived by a listener in a listening position includes two loudspeakers and a signal processing unit. The loudspeakers are arranged distant from each other and from the listening position. The sound is transmitted from each of the loudspeakers to the listening position according to a respective transfer function. The transfer functions have different phase responses over frequency. The signal processing unit is connected upstream of the loudspeakers and receives two electrical input signals to be radiated as respective sound signals by the two loudspeakers. The signal processing unit includes a phase shifter unit that phase-shifts at least one of the electrical input signals such that a difference in phase responses is constant over a substantial portion of the human audible frequency in a frequency band. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128881 | Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD) for Electronic Systems - Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD) methods and systems are described. The AVAD methods and systems, including corresponding algorithms or programs, use microphones to generate virtual directional microphones which have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The ratio of the energies of the virtual microphones is then calculated over a given window size and the ratio can then be used with a variety of methods to generate a VAD signal. The virtual microphones can be constructed using either an adaptive or a fixed filter. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128882 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - In frequency signals obtained by converting input audio signals from time-domain signals to frequency-domain signals, a level control value setting unit | 2010-05-27 |
20100128883 | System And Method Of Calibrating An Echo Canceller Using Preemptive Tone Sequencing - A system for calibrating an echo canceller using a preemptive tone sequence is provided. The system includes a node and a tone sequence management unit operatively connected to the node. The node includes a speaker, a microphone, and the echo canceller operatively connected to the microphone. The tone sequence management unit transmits a digital tone sequence to the speaker. The speaker plays the digital tone sequence. The microphone records an output of the speaker, converts the output into a digital data segment, and transmits the digital data segment to the echo canceller. The echo canceller is calibrated based on the digital data segment. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128884 | High Transmission Loss Headphone Cushion - A headset including an earcup having a front opening adapted to be adjacent to the ear of the user, a baffle disposed within the earcup to define front and rear cavities, a cushion extending around the periphery of the front opening of the earcup and constructed and arranged to accommodate the ear of the user, the cushion having a first density, an inner radial portion, and an outer radial portion opposite the inner radial portion, a cushion cover substantially surrounding the cushion to form a headphone cushion assembly, and a high impedance component having a second density and located near the outer radial portion to increase the transmission loss of the cushion along a radial direction. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128885 | SYSTEM FOR FORMING A HEARING PROTECTOR, EAR CUP IN SUCH A SYSTEM, AND HEARING PROTECTOR FORMED BY SUCH A SYSTEM - The invention concerns a system for forming hearing protectors, an ear cup of such a system and a hearing protector formed from such a system. The system comprises a number of first ear cups ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128886 | MUTE CIRCUITS - Mute circuits capable of eliminating audible noise when the audio system is powered up and powered down are disclosed. A discharge element is coupled between an audio processing unit and an audio output unit in an audio system and a mute control unit is coupled to the discharge element. The mute circuit comprises an active element comprising a control terminal coupled to at least one power voltage at a power terminal of a functional element in the audio processing unit through a capacitor and turning on, by AC capacitor coupling, to drive the discharge element when the audio system is powered up, such that the discharge element is turned on to discharge an output current of the audio processing unit to a ground terminal, thereby muting the audio output unit to eliminate audible noise. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128887 | DETECTING THE REPOSITIONING OF AN EARPHONE USING A MICROPHONE AND ASSOCIATED ACTION - A system detects the repositioning of an earphone that is worn by a user, and changes an operation mode of a host coupled to the earphone. Within the earphone is a pressure transducer that detects a pressure change caused by the repositioning of the earphone. A signaling mechanism sends a repositioning detection signal to the host in response to a signal from the pressure transducer indicating the detection of the pressure change. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128888 | Automatic Audio Processing Mode Control - A telecommunications device, system, and method for automatically controlling an audio processing mode are provided. In one embodiment, the device comprises a transmit (TX) channel; a receive (RX) channel; and a signal processor configured to detect when the TX channel of the device has been placed in an active state and to apply a telephony-specific or multimedia-specific audio processing algorithm to the RX channel depending upon a state of the TX channel. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128889 | Trim Panel Assembly for Retaining an Acoustical Device - A trim panel assembly for retaining an acoustical device, the trim panel assembly comprising a trim panel, and a voice coil, wherein at least a portion of the voice coil is partially embedded within a surface of the trim panel. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128890 | MODULAR AUTOMOTIVE MULTIMEDIA AND TELEMATIC EXTENSION BOX AND HEAD UNIT - The present invention relates to a modular automotive multimedia and telematic extension unit and head unit. In one embodiment, the present invention is an extension unit including a storage unit storing an application of an external personal electronic device, a processor connected to the storage unit, and a first connection unit connected to the storage unit and configured to be connected to a head unit in an automobile. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128891 | REPULSION-TYPE MAGNETIC CIRCUIT AND SPEAKER DEVICE - A repulsive-type magnetic circuit prevents deterioration of magnetic characteristic of magnets due to heat accumulation, and includes: a magnet and plural magnets arranged such that matching poles of the magnet and each of the plural magnets confront each other; a yoke; a pole piece; and a top plate. The pole piece is above the yoke. The top plate is above the pole piece. The magnet is between the yoke and the pole piece. The plural magnets are arranged between the pole piece and top plate. Joule heat generated by the voice coil is hardly propagated, as radiant heat, to one of the plural magnets on the side near the top plate. Accordingly, the temperature of the magnet on the top plate side hardly rises even if radiant heat continuously propagates to the pole piece. This prevents demagnetization of each of the plural magnets, and deterioration of the magnetic characteristics thereof. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128892 | Stabilizing Directional Audio Input from a Moving Microphone Array - A device includes a microphone array fixed to the device. A signal processor produces an audio output using audio beamforming with input from the microphone array. The signal processor aims the beamforming in a selected direction. An orientation sensor—such as a compass, an accelerometer, or an inertial sensor—is coupled to the signal processor. The orientation sensor detects a change in the orientation of the microphone array and provides an orientation signal to the signal processor for adjusting the aim of the beamforming to maintain the selected direction. The device may include a camera that captures an image. An image processor may identify an audio source in the image and provide a signal adjusting the selected direction to follow the audio source. The image processor may receive the orientation signal and adjust the image for changes in the orientation of the camera before tracking movement of the audio source. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128893 | Communication system - There is provided a communication system having at least one headset ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128894 | Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD) for Electronic Systems - Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD) methods and systems are described. The AVAD methods and systems, including corresponding algorithms or programs, use microphones to generate virtual directional microphones which have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The ratio of the energies of the virtual microphones is then calculated over a given window size and the ratio can then be used with a variety of methods to generate a VAD signal. The virtual microphones can be constructed using either an adaptive or a fixed filter. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128895 | SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A signal processing unit is provided. The signal processing unit includes an orthogonal transforming part including at least two sound input parts receiving input sound signals on a time axis, the orthogonal transforming part transforming two of the input sound signals into respective spectral signals on a frequency axis, a phase difference calculating part obtaining a phase difference between the two spectral signals on the frequency axis, and a filter part phasing, when the phase difference is within a given range, each component of a first one of the two spectral signals based on the phase difference at each frequency to calculate a phased spectral signal and combining the phased spectral signal and a second one of the two spectral signals to calculate a filtered spectral signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128896 | SOUND RECEIVING DEVICE, DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC DERIVING METHOD, DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC DERIVING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A sound receiving device | 2010-05-27 |
20100128897 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A separation signal generation unit generates a plurality of separation signals which are independent from one another from the mixed signals for one frame which are converted into those in a frequency region. A mask processing unit judges a noise condition of a first separation signal for each frequency bin on the basis of the first separation signal and second separation signals. The mask processing unit further removes a first noise component obtained on the basis of a judgment result on the noise condition from the first separation signal. A noise amount measuring unit measures the amount of noise in the first separation signal. A noise signal selection unit selects a noise signal for each frequency bin on the basis of the amount of noise measured by the noise amount measuring unit. A noise removing unit removes a second noise component from a noise removal signal inputted from the mask processing unit. The noise removing unit outputs the noise removal signal obtained by removing the second noise component as a target signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATION SEQUENCING OF AUDIO AMPLIFIERS - A circuit, system and method provide the suppression of pop at power up of audio amplifiers. The output driver is tri-stated at power up and is enabled after a predetermined time constant. In one embodiment, the output driver includes a MOS transistor pair connected in a push-pull configuration and switches that are under the control of a delay circuit. the. The output driver and the delay circuit may be part of a power amplifier in an audio system. The delay circuit may be implemented using mixed analog and digital signals or a digital controller configured to receive a clock frequency and execute a machine readable program code. The delay circuit is responsive for the start-up behavior of the audio system. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128899 | LARGE RC TIME-CONSTANT GENERATION FOR AUDIO AMPLIFIERS - A circuit for generating a large RC time-constant includes an input node for receiving an input signal making a transition from a first state to a second state characterized by a first time-constant, and an output node for providing an output signal making a transiting from the first state to the second state in response to the input signal. The circuit also includes a first MOS field effect transistor coupled between the input node and the output node. The circuit further includes a first capacitor coupled between the output node and a ground node. A switch circuit is connected to a gate of the first MOS field effect transistor. The switch circuit is configured to bias the MOS field effect transistor to operate in saturation mode and the transition of the output signal is characterized by a time-constant associated with this large output resistance and the capacitor coupled to the output node. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128900 | ADAPTER ACCESSORY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHARING - Users with headsets may share an electronic device such as a portable computer or handheld device. The electronic device may have a connector such as an audio jack for receiving mating audio plugs on headsets. During normal operation with a single user, audio signals may be conveyed through the audio jack to the headset of the single user. When more than one user wishes to share the electronic device, an adapter accessory may be inserted into the audio jack of the electronic device. The headset of each user may be plugged into mating audio jacks in the adapter accessory. Circuitry in the adapter accessory may receive and process user input from each of the users. User input may be used to make local audio adjustments in the adapter accessory. User input may also be provided from the adapter accessory to the electronic device for processing. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128901 | WIND NOISE REJECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus for reduction of wind noise comprised of an electro-acoustic transducer arrangement with at least one transducer element. The exposed structure is covered with at least one thin layer of wind-resistive material, in the form of a mesh, and optionally includes one or more further layers of felt, foam and/or mesh in any combination. Where a plurality of elements is provided, the electrical outputs of the elements may be added together to provide an output signal with increased signal to wind noise ratio. The signal may be subject to additional signal processing such as filtering and/or level sensitive signal inhibition. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128902 | COMBINATION EQUALIZER AND CALIBRATOR CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY FOR AUDIO SYSTEM - A combination equalizer and calibrator circuit assembly includes a calibrator formed of a frequency control circuit, a signal generator, an amplifier circuit connected with a microphone, a compare circuit and a display circuit and connected to the front end of an equalizer set. Calibration is made through the calibrator prior to audio system reproduction, wherein the frequency control circuit provides a reference frequency and different test frequencies for causing the signal generator to generate respective sound signals for output through a speaker; the microphone picks up these sound signals for comparison with respective reference values by the compare circuit; and the display circuit displays the respective comparison results. By means of adjustment through respective adjust circuits, signals of test frequencies are standardized so that the music played through the audio system is well calibrated without sound spectrum distortion due to space or audio system discrepancy. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128903 | A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING A SONIC SIGNAL - A method for limiting the sound volume in an earphone, a headset ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128904 | DYNAMIC VOLUME CONTROL AND MULTI-SPATIAL PROCESSING PROTECTION - A disclosed system and method dynamically controls the perceived volume of a stereo audio program including left and right channel signals. The system comprises: a dynamic volume control configured and arranged so as to maintain a perceived constant volume level of the stereo audio program; and an excessive spatial processing protection processor configured and arranged for controlling the level of a difference signal, created as a function of the right channel signal subtracted from the left channel signal (L−R), relative to the level of a sum signal, created as a function of the right channel signal plus the left channel signal;; wherein the excessive spatial processing protection processor processes the audio signals so as to control the difference (L−R) signal relative to the sum (L+R) signal. A system and method are also provided for dynamically controlling the perceived volume of a stereo audio program including left and right channel signals, comprising: a dynamic volume control configured and arranged so as to maintain a perceived constant volume level of the stereo audio program; and a program change detector configured and arranged to provide a program change signal indicating that the volume of the left and right channel signals has dropped below a threshold level for at least a threshold time period so as to anticipate a possible change in the sound level of the left and right channel signals; wherein the dynamic volume control is responsive to the program change signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128905 | PERSONAL LISTENING DEVICE - A receiver module for a personal listening device includes a motor assembly and a housing. The motor assembly includes a movable armature. The housing defines a chamber and the housing is at least partially constructed of a biocompatible material. The motor assembly is directly disposed and exposed to the chamber without the obstruction of any intervening structure. At least a portion of the housing of the receiver module is allowed to be in contact with at least a portion of the pinna that is external to the ear canal. The chamber is divided into a front volume and a back volume. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128906 | HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A system providing hearing assistance to a user having a wireless remote control for transmitting control commands as an amplitude modulated radio frequency signal, an RF power detector for outputting a signal representative of the power envelope of the RF signal received by an antenna of the RF power detector, a classifier unit for analyzing the output signal of the RF power detector to detect control commands of the remote control and to detect the presence of a source of interfering RF signals, an audio signal processing unit, and a user's ear worn part for stimulating the user's hearing according to audio signals processed in the audio signal processing unit. The classifier unit provides a control signal representing detected remote control commands and an interference signal representing the presence of a source of interfering RF signals. Operation of the audio signal processing unit is controlled by the control signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEARING ASSISTANCE TO A USER - A hearing assistance system, having an audio signal source, a transmission unit for transmitting audio signals from the audio signal source via a wireless right ear audio link to a right ear unit and a receiver unit, and an arrangement for stimulating the user's right ear, and via a wireless left ear audio link, a left ear unit having a receiver unit and an arrangement for stimulating the user's left ear, an arrangement for exchanging audio signals received from the transmission unit between the right and left ear units, a device for detecting the quality of the right and left ear links and an arrangement for selecting, as a function of the detected qualities of the right and left ear links, as input to the stimulating arrangement, the audio signals received by the respective receiver unit from the transmission unit, the audio signals received via the audio signal exchanging arrangement, and/or mixtures thereof. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128908 | IC CHIP TYPE HEARING AID MODULE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Disclosed is an IC chip type hearing aid module for use in a mobile communication terminal having a hearing aid circuit including: a first section having a resistor R | 2010-05-27 |
20100128909 | Apparatus having hearing aid - A portable terminal includes an apparatus capable of providing a hearing aid service. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to measure a spatial tilt of the portable terminal. The apparatus also includes a controller that determines whether a left ear or a right ear is used for communication based on the measured spatial tilt of the portable terminal. An audio signal processor compensates an audio signal according to the characteristic of determined ear. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128910 | FILTER BANK SYSTEM HAVING SPECIFIC STOP-BAND ATTENUATION COMPONENTS FOR A HEARING AID - The circuit complexity or the filter order, respectively, of an analysis/synthesis filter bank system especially for hearing aids is to be reduced. For this reason, the stop-band attenuation of at least one of the transfer functions of the analysis filter bank is composed of a separately configurable, frequency-independent analysis pass-band attenuation component and a separately configurable frequency-dependent analysis attenuation component. Furthermore, the stop-band attenuation of at least one of the transfer functions of the synthesis filter bank is composed of a separately configurable, frequency-independent synthesis pass-band attenuation component, a separately configurable, frequency-dependent first synthesis attenuation component and a separately configurable, frequency-dependent second synthesis attenuation component which is also dependent on the manipulation of the sub-band signals. As a result, the stop-band attenuation can be reduced in dependence on frequency and the filter order can be correspondingly reduced. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128911 | METHOD TO REDUCE FEEDBACK IN HEARING AIDS - Disclosed is a method of reducing feedback in a hearing aid adapted to be worn by a user, the method comprising the step of: receiving an audio input signal in an input transducer in the hearing aid; wherein the method further comprises the steps of: transforming the input signal into the frequency domain; dividing the audio signal into a plurality of frequency bands; determining a threshold frequency over which a plurality of upper frequency bands lies; multiplying each of the plurality of upper frequency bands by a random phase, thereby obtaining a plurality of phase randomized upper frequency bands; synthesizing the plurality of phase randomized upper frequency bands and the lower frequency bands to an output signal; transforming the output signal into the time-domain; and transmitting the output signal to an output transducer of the hearing aid. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128912 | Logarithmic Compression Systems and Methods for Hearing Amplification - Embodiments of the invention provide an amplifier including a gain control circuit having a gain measurement circuit as part of a feedback loop. The gain measurement circuit generates an attenuated output signal, based on the gain of the amplifier circuit, which is used to generate a gain control signal. One amplifier includes a first attenuator enabling primary compression and a second attenuator as part of a gain measurement circuit. In some cases the attenuation factors of the first and second attenuators may be proportional or substantially the same. In some embodiments one or more output stages (e.g., differential amplifiers) are provided to generate the gain control signal based on differential combinations of an audio output, the attenuated output signal, and a primary threshold signal. A ratio of the gains of the two or more comparing amplifiers can set a primary compression ratio in some cases. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128913 | PORTABLE DEVICE ACCESSORY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Embodiments of portable device accessories and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128914 | Side-ported MEMS microphone assembly - A side-ported MEMS microphone package defines an acoustic path from a side of the package substrate to a microphone die disposed within a chamber defined by the substrate and a lid attached to the substrate. Optionally or alternatively, a circuit board, to which the microphone package is mounted, may define an acoustic path from an edge of the circuit board to a location under the microphone package, adjacent a bottom port on the microphone package. In either case, the acoustic path may be a hollow passage through at least a portion of the substrate or the circuit board. The passage may be defined by holes, channels, notches, etc. defined in each of several layers of a laminated substrate or circuit board, or the passage may be defined by holes drilled, molded or otherwise formed in a solid or laminated substrate or circuit board. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128915 | HEARING DEVICE WITH DETACHABLE MICROPHONE - The present hearing device with at least one microphone ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128916 | Headset With A Retractable Speaker Portion - An earbud headset, a handset including the same, and methods of operating the headset and handset are provided. In one embodiment, an earbud headset includes a speaker portion that is retractable into and extendable from a base portion, thereby allowing for a thin profile form factor. Advantageously, the earbud headset allows for more convenient storage and/or integration with a handset such that a user may carry the handset and headset much like a single item. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128917 | LOUDSPEAKER - A speaker comprising a first rod magnet having a longitudinal direction, a second rod magnet having a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first rod magnet, a third rod magnet forming a second magnetic gap between it and the first rod magnet, a diaphragm vibrating in the vibrating direction, a housing for storing the first rod magnet, the second rod magnet, the third rod magnet and the diaphragm, and voice coils bonded to the diaphragm and arranged in first and second magnetic gaps. The second rod magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first rod magnet, and has the opposite end faces in the longitudinal direction. The third rod magnet has a longitudinal direction parallel with the longitudinal direction of the first rod magnet, and has the opposite end faces in the longitudinal direction. The diaphragm is located between the first and second rod magnets and between the first and third rod magnets. The housing forms a first space surrounded by one of the opposite end faces of the second rod magnet and one of the opposite end faces of the third rod magnet, and forms a second space surrounded by the other of the opposite end faces of the second rod magnet and the other of the opposite end faces of the third rod magnet. The housing is composed of a nonmagnetic body and supports the outer circumference of the diaphragm. First and second sound radiating holes respectively facing the first and second spaces are formed in the housing. This speaker is thin and can deliver big sound. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128918 | Method and System for Content Distribution Network Performance and Quality Measurement - A content delivery system includes an upload module, a content delivery module, and a quality assurance module. The upload module is configured to receive content from a content provider, and generate an upload signature for the content as received from the content provider. The content delivery module is configured to receive a request for the content from a client system, and provide the content to the client system. The quality assurance module is configured to generate a download signature for the content as delivered to the client, and compare the upload signature and the download signature. When the upload signature and the download signature do not match, the quality assurance module is further configured to generate an alert. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128919 | SYNCHRONIZING IMAGE SEQUENCES - As set forth herein, a computer-based method is employed to align a sequences of images. Metadata associated with images from two or more sources is received and a time stamp is extracted from the metadata. The images are sorted into sequences based at least in part upon the image source. The similarity of images from disparate sequences is measured and image pairs from disparate sequences with a similarity greater than a predetermined threshold are identified. A sequence of images is aligned by minimizing the misalignment of pairs. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128920 | SPATIAL INFORMATION DATABASE GENERATING DEVICE AND SPATIAL INFORMATION DATABASE GENERATING PROGRAM - An orthographic projection creating unit creates an orthographic projection image from an optical image of an ground surface acquired by an optical camera, and a DSM generating unit generates a DSM from the orthographic projection image. A laser point group data generating unit generates three-dimensional point group data based on a laser measurement result of the ground surface by a laser measuring device. An object generating unit groups altitude data of the DSM and altitude data of the three-dimensional point group data for each of objects such as buildings. A synthesizing unit extracts the same objects from the grouped altitude data of the DSM and three-dimensional point group data, associates the objects with each other based on respective coordinate information thereof, and replaces altitude information of the optical image by high-accuracy altitude information of the three-dimensional point group data for each of the objects. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128921 | Digital Watermarking of Low Bit Rate Video - Methods for embedding digital watermarks in compressed video include perceptual adapting a digital watermark in predicted and non-predicted data based on block activity derived from the compressed video stream, embedding in predicted objects in a video stream having separately compressed video objects, and bit rate control of watermarked video. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128922 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF FORM DEFINITIONS FROM HARD-COPY FORMS - A computer-implemented method for form generation includes capturing an image of a hard-copy form, and automatically processing the image to identify form fields in the image and text characters associated with each of the form fields. Geometrical coordinates of the form fields that define respective filling areas for entry of information into the fields are determined. Optical character recognition (OCR) is applied to the text characters in order to identify form field names. Associations are determined between the form field names and object names of corresponding data objects. The geometrical coordinates of the filling areas of the form fields are combined with the object names of the data objects corresponding to the form fields to generate a form definition. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128923 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE INSPECTING METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing method and image inspecting method with high versatility which enable efficient and highly accurate proof of authenticity of a digital image. The image processing method subjects at least a part of a digital image which can exist temporarily or continuously in a falsification-vulnerable environment, to a first morphology operation using a predetermined structuring element, to process the digital image. The image inspecting method subjects the digital image thus processed, to a second morphology operation using the same structuring element as in the first morphology operation. The morphology operations have the idempotent and the presence or absence of falsification can be detected by determining identity of images before and after the second morphology operation. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128924 | Authentication of Identification Documents - Security of photographic identification documents is enhanced by embedding within the photographic image encoded information that may be correlated to other information pertaining to the individual represented by the image, such other information being, for example, printed on the document adjacent to the photograph. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128925 | AUTOMATIC MICROPARTICLE MARK READER - An automatic reader system, apparatus, and method for the identification and authentication of articles enabling automatic collection and processing of code data associated with microparticle marks, automatic determination of the code from the code data associated with microparticle marks, and automatic retrieval of reference information associated with the code. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128926 | ITERATIVE MOTION SEGMENTATION - An image processing device which simultaneously secures and extracts a background image, at least two object images, a shape of each object image and motion of each object image, from among plural images, the image processing device including an image input unit ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - By a method such as foreground extraction or facial extraction, the area of a target object is detected from an input image, and the feature amount such as the center of gravity, size, and inclination is acquired. Using the value of a temporarily-set internal parameter, edge image generation, particle generation, and transition are carried out, and a contour is estimated by obtaining the probability density distribution by observing the likelihood. Comparing a feature amount obtained from the estimated contour and a feature amount of the area of the target object, the temporarily setting is reset by determining that the value for the temporary setting is not appropriate when the degree of matching of the both is smaller than a reference value. When the degree of matching is larger than the reference value, the value of the parameter is determined to be the final value. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128928 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a dynamic body detecting unit for detecting a dynamic body contained in a moving image, a dynamic body region setting unit for, during a predetermined time from a time point the dynamic body is detected by the dynamic body detecting unit, setting a region containing the dynamic body at the detection time point as a dynamic body region, and a fluctuation removable processing unit for performing a fluctuation removal process on a region other than the dynamic body region set by the dynamic body region setting unit. | 2010-05-27 |