| 23rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20130142290 | Method and Apparatus for Modulation and Coding Scheme Adaption in a MIMO System - Method and apparatus for decoding a transmitted signal by a receiver in a MIMO system into a first estimate component for estimating a first signal, a first interference component indicating interference resulting from a correlation relationship among a set of signals to be transmitted, and a first noise component. A base station generates the transmitted signal from the set of signals through a coding process, the coding process defining a correlation relationship amongst the set of signals. The correlation information about the correlation relationship is transmitted to the receiver directly or by a dedicated reference symbol. The decoding is performed by determining a linear receiver filter for the first signal in accordance with the correlation information, and de-correlating the first signal and interferences. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142291 | Synchronization Signals Detection - A wireless device correlates received signals with predetermined synchronization signals to produce correlation values. The wireless device identifies a first synchronization signal as a synchronization signal transmitted by a first base station. The wireless device subtracts a processed first synchronization signal from received signals to generate an updated received signal and correlates the updated received signal with a second plurality of predetermined synchronization signals to produce correlation values. The wireless device identifies a second synchronization signal as a synchronization signal transmitted by a second base station based on correlation values. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FREQUENCY - A method and apparatus for use in connection with wireless communication to adjust the frequency of an oscillator to synchronize with a received signal by correlating a synchronization code channel with training sequences to estimate relative offsets which are employed to estimate an error, which is then filtered. The filtered output preferably provides a voltage controlling a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The same technique may be employed to control a numeric controlled oscillator (NCO). | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142293 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND RECEIVER - The receiver includes a first arithmetic circuit that calculates a first mean value of the third signal in a preset first measurement setting period. The receiver includes a second arithmetic circuit that calculates a second mean value of the fourth signal in the first measurement setting period. The receiver includes a control circuit that controls the first arithmetic circuit and the second arithmetic circuit, changes the first set value according to the first mean value, and changes the second set value according to the second mean value. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142294 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD - The purpose of the present invention is to shorten a time required to perform Auto Gain Control (AGC) processing in a wireless device that can be applied to a plurality of wireless systems. On the basis of a first gain adjusted by means of a gain control unit ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142295 | RF (INCLUDING GNSS) SIGNAL INTERFERENCE MITIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An RF (e.g., GNSS) interference mitigation system and method uses a switchable bank of filters for selectively blocking signals in predetermined bandwidths based on detecting strong, interfering signals with an interference detection circuit including a sniffer antenna. A low-strength RF (e.g., GNSS) system can be combined with a spectrally-close high-strength, telecommunications receiver system for cooperative control. Alternatively, an RF receiver can detect tones, changes in DC bias or level changes to activate a filter selection switch. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142296 | Apparatus and method for generating medical isotopes - An apparatus for generating medical isotopes provides an annular fissile solution vessel surrounding a neutron generator. The annular fissile solution vessel provides for good capture of the emitted neutrons and a geometry that provides enhanced stability in an aqueous reactor. A neutron multiplier and/or a neutron moderator may be used to improve the efficiency and control the criticality of the reaction in the annular fissile solution vessel. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142297 | STEAM GENERATOR UPPER BUNDLE INSPECTION TOOLS - In inspection system for inspecting the interior of a steam generator includes, in one aspect, a first boom and a second, telescoping boom having a proximal end pivotally attached to the first boom and a distal end bearing a delivery capsule, the delivery capsule defining a storage bay. The inspection system includes a first robotic inspection vehicle dimensioned to fit in the delivery capsule storage bay and itself defines a storage bay. The first robotic inspection vehicle includes at least one inspection camera and at least one lighting system. The first robotic inspection vehicle further includes cabling connecting the first robotic inspection vehicle to the delivery capsule. The inspection system also includes a second robotic inspection vehicle dimensioned to fit in the first robotic inspection vehicle storage bay. The second robotic inspection vehicle includes at least one inspection camera and at least one lighting system and further includes cabling connecting the second robotic inspection vehicle to the first robotic inspection vehicle. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142298 | IN-CORE NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION APPARATUS - An in-core nuclear instrumentation apparatus is provided with a neutron flux current detection circuit which converts a neutron flux current signal fed from a neutron detector into a voltage signal and amplifies the voltage signal with a capability to continuously vary amplifier gain. The neutron flux current detection circuit includes a current sensing resistor for converting the neutron flux current signal into the voltage signal, an amplifier for amplifying the voltage signal, wherein an equivalent resistance value of a feedback circuit of the amplifier can be controllably varied, an equivalent resistance control circuit for varying the equivalent resistance value of the feedback circuit, and an output circuit which outputs an output terminal voltage signal of the amplifier. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142299 | TIMER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A timer device includes a RES input terminal, an OUT output terminal, a delay circuit that delays a signal input to the RES input terminal, and a pre-settable down counter that counts a given set value, and outputs a measurement completion signal via an output terminal when the counting of the set value is completed. When a predetermined signal is input to an input terminal after an output of the measurement completion signal, the pre-settable down counter completes the output of the measurement completion signal based on a delay signal obtained by the delaying the predetermined signal using the delay circuit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142300 | TIMER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A timer device includes a RES input terminal (first external terminal), an input time determination circuit that determines the time length relationship between an input time of a predetermined signal input to the RES input terminal and a given determination time, and a pre-settable down counter (counting circuit) that counts a given set value. The pre-settable down counter changes a process according to a determination result of the input time determination circuit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142301 | FLOATING-POINT EVENT COUNTERS WITH AUTOMATIC PRESCALING - Occurrences of a particular event in an electronic device are counted by incrementing an event counter each time a variable number of the particular events have occurred, and automatically increasing that variable number as the total count increases. The variable number (prescale value) can increase geometrically according to a programmable counter base each time the count mantissa overflows. The event counter thereby provides hardware-implemented automatic prescaling while significantly reducing the number of interface bits required to support very large count ranges, and retaining high accuracy at very large event counts. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142302 | INPUT CIRCUIT IN HIGH SPEED COUNTER MODULE IN PLC - An input circuit in high speed counter module for PLC is provided, the input circuit being configured such that various types of pulse signals are changed to a single type of pulse signal and transmitted to an MPU, whereby the type of input pulse is checked or an operation of checking addition/deduction is omitted to increase an interrupt process speed. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142303 | X-RAY IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An X-ray image diagnosis apparatus according to embodiments includes: a table on which an examinee lies down; a table driving unit configured to move the table upward and downward; an imaging device configured to take a side image of the examinee by irradiating a side of the examinee on the table with X-rays and detecting X-rays transmitted through the examinee; and a controller configured to control the table driving unit so that the table driving unit moves the table upward or downward to make a center position of the examinee on the table in a thickness direction of the examinee coincide with a center position of the side image in an upward-downward moving direction of the table. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142304 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND X-RAY BEAM LIMITING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray generation unit, X-ray detection unit, X-ray beam limiting unit, and X-ray beam limiting control unit. The X-ray generation unit generates X-rays. The X-ray detection unit detects the X-rays generated by the X-ray generation unit and transmitted through an object placed on a tabletop. The X-ray beam limiting unit includes a plurality of filters to harden radiation quality of the generated X-rays. The X-ray beam limiting control unit controls the X-ray beam limiting unit to place a filter between the X-ray generation unit and the object, which filter is specified from the plurality of filters based on the thickness of the object and the distance between the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection unit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142305 | COMPACT, INTERLEAVED RADIATION SOURCES - Compact, dual energy radiation scanning systems are described comprising two particle beam accelerators, each configured to accelerate charged particles to different energies, positioned parallel to a direction of movement of an object to be inspected. The accelerator may be positioned perpendicular to a plane of the conveying system, instead. Bend magnet systems bend each charged particle beam toward a respective target. Alternatively, a single dual energy accelerator capable of accelerating charged particles to at least two different energies is positioned parallel to the direction of movement of the object, or perpendicular to a plane of the conveying system. A single bend magnet system is provided to bend each accelerated charged particle beam toward the same target. The particle beams may be bent through an orbit chamber. Two separate passages may be defined through at least part of the orbit chamber, one for charged particles having each energy. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142306 | X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE - In long-format radiography, a long-format imaging region is determined and the long-format imaging region is partitioned into a plurality of imaging regions. Following this, and prior to x-ray imaging, a particular location of an overlapping image area is illuminated by a laser line marker, through laser line marker emission controlling means, in order to confirm that no overlapping image area, which is provided in adjacent imaging regions when the long-format imaging region is partitioned, is positioned on a location of interest of the examination subject. The ability to indicate clearly the particular location of the overlapping image area, through the laser line marker, makes it possible to evaluate accurately whether or not an overlapping image area is positioned on a location of interest. Doing so makes it possible to set the imaging region easily. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142307 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a diffraction grating that forms an interference pattern by diffracting X-rays emitted from an X-ray source, an absorption grating that shields a portion of the interference pattern, a detector that detects the X-rays emitted from the absorption grating, and a moving unit that changes relative positions of a sample object and the absorption grating. The moving unit changes the relative positions of the sample object and the absorption grating from first relative positions to second relative positions. The detector detects the X-rays at least when the sample object and the absorption grating are at the first relative positions and when the sample object and the absorption grating are at the second relative positions. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142308 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In each of a first phase shift differential image produced in the absence of a subject in preliminary imaging and a second phase shift differential image produced in the presence of the subject in main imaging, boundaries, at each of which a value changes from π/2 to −π/2 or from −π/2 to π/2, are determined. First and second staircase data in each of which a value changes by π or −π when crossing each of the boundaries in a predetermined direction is produced. The first and second staircase data is added to the first and second phase shift differential images to produce first and second added phase shift differential image, respectively. The first added phase shift differential image is subtracted from the second added phase shift differential image to produce a corrected phase shift differential image. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142309 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM AND RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE - A radiation imaging system that can continuously use sections of a radiation imaging device that has not been damaged and a radiation imaging device are provided. The radiation imaging system comprises: a radiation device that applies radiation; and the radiation imaging device with an imaging panel that captures images of the applied radiation. The radiation imaging device comprises: a failure cause detection unit that detects environmental noise or falls that cause failures in the radiation imaging device; a malfunction diagnostic unit that, in a case where a detected environmental noise value reaches a threshold value or in a case where a fall has been detected, diagnoses a malfunction in the radiation imaging device; and a function limiting unit that applies limits to the radiation imaging device functions that are used continuously, in accordance with the diagnosis results of the malfunction diagnostic unit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142310 | DYNAMIC MULTI-AXES TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION AND DELIVERY METHOD FOR RADIATION TREATMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for improved radiation treatment and imaging of solid cancers utilizing radiation beam trajectory optimization techniques to obtain conformal radiation coverage of tissue that is targeted to receive radiation, while minimizing exposure of healthy tissue and organs to harmful, unnecessary radiation. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142311 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF MAXIMUM POWER FOR X-RAY APPARATUSES, AND DEVICE REQUIRED FOR SAME - A method of operating an x-ray unit that supplies the maximum power at all times, for which the supply or input voltage at the x-ray tube must be half the power supply voltage ((Vbat)/2 or (Vline)/2), which will be termed the reference voltage (Vref). In case of a deviation from the reference voltage, the method modifies the current supplied, changing the exposure time so that the maximum power is delivered at all times. In short, it is based on a method that regulates the tube current as a function of the supply voltage (of the batteries or the grid). | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142312 | X-RAY WAVEGUIDE AND X-RAY WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM - An X-ray waveguide includes a core configured to guide X-ray therethrough and a cladding. In a section perpendicular to an X-ray guiding direction, the core has threefold or more rotational symmetry and has a periodic structure made of plural substances each having a different value of a real part of refractive-index, and a critical angle for total reflection of an X-ray at an interface between the core and the cladding is larger than a Bragg angle of the X-ray for the periodic structure of the core. A waveguide mode having a two-dimensionally spatial coherence over a wide cross-section of the core and exhibiting a small propagation loss is realized. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142313 | Contour Collimator Having a Liquid Impermeable to X-Rays - A contour collimator and a method for setting a contour of a radiation path of an x-ray are provided. A liquid impermeable to the x-ray forms the contour. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142314 | Web Based Capacity Management (WBCM) System - A system includes a reformatting component configured to generate element management system data having a common data format by reformatting a first set of element management system data and a second set of element management system data. The system also includes a display component configured to use the element management system data to display network performance metrics via a user interface. The user interface includes at least one regional level view including a list of one or more service markets within each of one or more service regions. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142315 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOOP LENGTH AND BRIDGED TAP LENGTH DETERMINATION OF A TRANSMISSION LINE - Through the use of a least squares minimization concept, the loop length, the number of bridged taps and length of the bridged taps on a transmission line can be determined from readily available modem data. In particular, the loop length, the number of bridge taps and the length of bridged taps can be estimated by comparing a measured frequency domain channel impulse response of the transmission line to a model of a loop that is comprised of multiple sections and multiple bridge taps. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142316 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Processing Emergency Communications - Methods, systems, and products process an emergency communication. A profile is queried for a code received during the emergency communication. If the code matches the profile, then the emergency communication is blocked. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142317 | VOICE OVER IP METHOD FOR DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM - A personal interactive voice response service node includes a memory that stores executable instructions, and a processor that executes the executable instructions. The personal interactive voice response service node accepts personalized instructions to define interactive voice response service node prompts on behalf of an individual assigned a communications address serviced by the personal interactive voice response service node. The personal interactive voice response service node accepts personalized instructions to define actions to take in response to selections of corresponding interactive voice response service node prompts. When executed by the processor, the executable instructions cause the personal interactive voice response service node to identify a selection of an interactive voice response service node prompt and execute an action associated with the selection identified. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142318 | PEER-TO-PEER TELEPHONY RECORDING - System and method for recording communication sessions in a peer-to-peer communication networks. A conference call may be established between an external end-device, a target agent end-device of a call center and a recorder over a peer-to-peer communication network. After the conference call is established, the recorder may receive media transferred between the external end-device and the target agent end-device and record that media. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142319 | Method In A Communication System - A method and arrangement are disclosed in a Vector Control Entity for enabling a fair bit rate distribution among lines of similar priority in a vectoring group, when applying partial vectoring in a DSL communication system. The method comprises calculating a rate balancing metric, RBM, for each line i within a priority group A, indicative of the ratio between the bit rate of a line i with a current vectoring resource allocation, and the estimated bit rate of line i assuming approximately no crosstalk within the vectoring group. The method further comprises allocating partial-vectoring resources to the line/s within the group A, based on the calculated RBMs, such as to reduce the difference in RBM between the lines. The method further comprises calculating an updated RBM for any line within the group A subjected to changes in vectoring resource allocation. The method may be iterated until certain criteria are fulfilled. The arrangement is adapted to enable the performance of the above described method. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142320 | Telephonic Information Distribution System and Method - A system and method for implementing and managing an information distribution system through a telephonic system. In one embodiment, information related to a callee merchant is dynamically transmitted to users of Internet connectivity capable communication devices. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142321 | Enhanced Directory Assistance Services in a Telecommunications Network - Directory assistance provides telephone number look up services to callers based on the business or caller name as listed in a telephone directory. As such, directory assistance in the prior art provides a value-added service to telephone users and an expense that must be charged back to telephone subscribers or absorbed by telephone carriers. The present invention provides a method and system whereby directory assistance is enhanced to deliver a targeted advertising service to telephone listing owners and advertisers. The enhanced directory assistance (EDA) service of the present invention becomes an additional revenue source for carriers. The present invention also provides a method and system for dynamically ordering these directory listings and tracking subsequent telephone referrals. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING CALL CENTER PERFORMANCE - A system and method for visualizing performance metrics are disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component which collects information related to a set of agents operating in a work environment, a performance metric computation component which computes, for one of the agents, values for a performance metric at each of a plurality of times within a selected time period, and a representation generator which generates a representation for display to the agent, the representation providing the agent with information on the agent's current value for the performance metric. A processor implements the data acquisition component, the performance metric computation component, and the representation generator. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142323 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DERIVING A CRYPTOGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK - A cryptographic framework embodies modular methods for securing data, both at rest and in motion, via an extensible encryption method. Key derivation and synchronization methods are defined. Using a small set of initialization values (keys), a multi-dimensional geometric form from which two or more entities (participants) may derive the same discrete set of public and secret keys. Participants can initialize a random number generation method of practically infinite non-repeating length. Furthermore, the random number generator can be used as a One Time Pad synchronized between participants, without ever exchanging said One Time Pad. Furthermore, a method for ciphering and deciphering data including a method for splitting the encrypted data into multiple files or streams and for recombining the original data back. Finally, a method for extending the encryption to include a practically unlimited number of external authentication factors without negatively impacting encryption performance while simultaneously increasing cryptographic strength. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142324 | DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, an authentication method includes generating, by the memory, first authentication information by calculating secret identification information with a memory session key in one-way function operation, transmitting encrypted secret identification information, a family key block, and the first authentication information to a host, and generating, by the host, second authentication information by calculating the secret identification information generated by decrypting the encrypted secret identification information with the host session key in one-way function operation. The method further includes comparing, by the host, the first authentication information with the second authentication information. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142325 | MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a memory includes a first storage region capable of storing first key (NKey) information, and secret identification information (SecretID) unique to the authenticate, reading and writing data from and to the first storage region from an outside of the authenticatee being inhibited at least after the authenticatee is shipped. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142326 | PARALLEL ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION - The present disclosure includes methods and devices for parallel encryption/decryption. In one or more embodiments, an encryption/decryption device includes an input logic circuit, an output logic circuit, and a number of encryption/decryption circuits arranged in parallel between the input logic circuit and the output logic circuit. For example, each encryption/decryption circuit can be capable of processing data at an encryption/decryption rate, and the number of encryption/decryption circuits can be equal to or greater than an interface throughput rate divided by the encryption/decryption rate. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142327 | ANTI-SPYING ENCRYPTED KEYBOARD - Disclosed is an anti-spying encrypted keyboard, particularly an anti-spying encrypted keyboard having an anti-spying detection protective system in multiple aspects. The anti-spying encrypted keyboard comprises a key panel and a main control board. The main control board includes a control circuit with self-destruct function. The control circuit is fixedly sealed on the back of the main control board by an anti-spying protective mechanism. The anti-spying protection mechanism is electrically connected with the control circuit. The anti-spying protection mechanism comprises: an anti-spying cover ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142328 | ENCRYPTION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION METHOD, AND ENCRYPTION PROGRAM - The object is to enable cipher communication even when a cipher key in a one-time pad cipher (Vernam cipher) is running short. A one-time pad encrypting part encrypts communication data by the one-time pad cipher by sequentially using part of a one-time pad cipher key stored in a one-time pad cipher key storage part, to generate encrypted data. A block-encrypting part encrypts communication data by a block cipher by using a block-cipher key stored in a block-cipher key storage part, to generate encrypted data. An encryption control part controls whether the communication data is to be encrypted by the one-time pad encrypting part, or by the block-encrypting part, depending on a remaining bit count of the one-time pad cipher key stored in the one-time pad cipher key storage part. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142329 | UTILIZING PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS TO DERIVE DEVICE SPECIFIC KEYING MATERIAL FOR PROTECTION OF INFORMATION - A device specific key is generated within an electronic device by providing a challenge to a physically unclonable function (PUF) structure integrated within the electronic device, where the PUF structure outputs a specific response based upon a specific challenge provided to the PUF structure. The PUF response is provided to a cryptographic module integrated within the electronic device, and a device specific key is generated by the cryptographic module utilizing a cryptographic key generation algorithm. The device specific key is generated based upon a combination of input data including the PUF response and data that is specific to the electronic device. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142330 | BINDING OF PROTECTED VIDEO CONTENT TO VIDEO PLAYER WITH BLOCK CIPHER HASH - A video player sends a video content identifier and a video player identifier through a network to a server. The video content identifier identifies video content. The video player identifier identifies the video player. Further, a first subset of encrypted video content and an initialization vector are received from a server. In addition, a hash of the video player identifier is generated. The first subset of the encrypted video content is decrypted with a decryption key to generate a first result. Further, a first operation on the initialization vector and the hash is performed to generate a second result. In addition, a second operation is performed on the first result and the second result to generate a first subset of plaintext of video content. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142331 | BINDING OF PROTECTED VIDEO CONTENT TO VIDEO PLAYER WITH ENCRYPTION KEY - A server receives a video content identifier and a video player identifier from a video player through a network. The video content identifier identifies video content. The video player identifier identifies a video player. Further, the video player identifier is provided to a hash generator to generate a hash of the video player. In addition, the plaintext of the video content is encrypted with the encryption key to generate ciphertext. The encryption key is encrypted with the hash to generate an encrypted encryption key. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142332 | VOICE AND SCREEN CAPTURE ARCHIVE AND REVIEW PROCESS USING PHONES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE PURPOSES - A voice and screen capture archive and review process that enables a user to manage and evaluate customer service representative interactions with customers. An audio recording and a video recording of the computer screen of the customer service representative are captured and encrypted and merged together into a formatted file. The formatted file is stored on a storage server for access by the user. Through a web based API, the user can access the stored files and playback the interaction between the customer service representative and the customer for evaluation and training purposes. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142333 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a device includes a storage and an authenticator. The storage includes a first area, a second area and a third area. The first area stores NKey and SecretID, the second area stores index information. E-SecretID is generated by SecretID. The third area stores FKB including information generated by FKey. The authenticator authenticates the external device. HKey is generated by an AES encryption calculating using NKey and HC. A SKey is generated by an AES encryption process using HKey and RN. A one-way conversion calculating is performed. E-SecretID, FKB and Oneway-ID are output to the external device. The index information is read from the second area. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142334 | Method and System for Pre-Accessing Conference Telephone and Network Side Device - A method for pre-accessing a conference telephone is disclosed in the present invention. The method includes that: a network side detects a received call whose target is a main control party after the main control party initiates an encryption conference telephone; the call is not accessed if the call is a non-encryption conversation; the call is allowed to be accessed if the call is an encryption conversation. A system for pre-accessing a conference telephone is also disclosed in the present invention, wherein, the system includes a pre-accessing processing unit and a call type detection unit of the network side. A network side device is also disclosed in the present invention. The present invention realizes the pre-accessing of the encryption conference telephone, thereby improving security of the encryption conversation as well as avoiding the problem that a user is frequently affected when performing the encryption conference telephone. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142335 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LINK LAYER DECRYPTING AND/OR ENCRYPTING A VOICE MESSAGE STREAM ALREADY SUPPORTING END TO END ENCRYPTION - Methods and systems for LLE encrypting and decrypting voice message streams (VMSs) already supporting eTe encryption are disclosed. In one example, LLE and eTe encryption initialization vectors (EIVs) are interleaved such that an LLE EIV retrieved from one of a header and a data unit is used to LLE decrypt both the header or data unit and a subsequent data unit. A recovered eTe EIV is used to eTe decrypt voice payloads in one or more subsequent data units. In another example, a base station dynamically LLE encrypts a VMS already supporting eTe encrypting by determining whether a received VMS is eTe encrypted, and ii it is not generating a new LLE EIV, and if it is, re-using the pre-existing eTe EIV for LLE encryption. The LLE encrypted (and perhaps eTe encrypted) VMS is then sent over the air to one or more mobile stations. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142336 | METHOD OF GROUP KEY GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR GENERIC OBJECT ORIENTED SUBSTANTIATION EVENTS MODEL - A method and an apparatus provide dedicated group key distribution in systems employing generic object oriented substation events (GOOSE). The method includes defining a group configuration for the GOOSE system via a plurality of field devices, verifying possession by each field device in the group of an asymmetric key pair, distributing a group key individually to each field group member device by a substation controller via a secure interaction between the substation controller and the group member device, and updating the group key after the group configuration has changed. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SHAPE SOUND - The invention relates to sonic steerable antennae and their use to achieve a variety of effects. The invention comprises a method and apparatus for taking an input signal, replicating it a number of times and modifying each of the replicas before routing them to respective output transducers such that a desired sound field is created. This sound field may comprise a directed beam, focus beam or a simulated origin. Further, “anti-sound” may be directed so as to create nulls (quiet spots) in an already existing sound field. The input signal replicas may also be modified in way which changes their amplitude or they may be filtered to provide the desired delaying. Reflective or resonant surfaces may be used to achieve a surround sound effect, a microphone may be located in front of an array of loudspeakers, beams of light may be used to identify the present focal position, a limiting device may be used to ensure that clipping or distortion is reduced when more than one input signal is output by the same device and the concept of beam directivity may be used to achieve input nulls or beams in a microphone made up of an array of input transducers. Further, sound field shaping information may be associated with an audio signal to be broadcast. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142338 | Virtual Reality Sound Source Localization Apparatus - The present invention provides an apparatus with sound source localization. Spatial information and original audios are synthesized by a mono signal analyzer/synthesizer of a multi-channel system to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality sound effect. By extracting and synthesizing spatial parameters, only original audio objects and spatial location data are required to obtain an effect of multi-channel spatial audio. Thus, a multi-channel playback system is formed with a small bit stream in transference to obtain Doppler effect on simulating moving of audio objects in real life. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142339 | REDUCTION OF SPURIOUS UNCORRELATION IN FM RADIO NOISE - The document relates to audio signal processing, in particular to a system and a corresponding method for improving an audio signal of an FM stereo radio receiver, in this context, one aspect relates to the estimation of noise in a received side signal and the compensation of such noise in parametric stereo parameters. A system for generating a parametric stereo parameter from a two-channel audio signal is described. The two-channel audio signal is presentable as a mid signal and side signal representative of a corresponding left and right audio signal. The system comprises a noise estimation stage configured to determine an impact factor characteristic for the noise of the side signal; and a parametric stereo parameter estimation stage configured to determine the parametric stereo parameter; wherein the determining is based on the two-channel audio signal and the impact factor. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142340 | CONCEALMENT OF INTERMITTENT MONO RECEPTION OF FM STEREO RADIO RECEIVERS - The present invention relates to audio signal processing. In particular, it relates to a method and system for reliably concealing intermittent mono reception of FM stereo radio receivers. The system comprises a parametric stereo parameter estimation stage configured to determine a first parametric stereo parameter based on a first frame of the received two-channel audio signal. The system further comprises a concealment detection stage configured to determine an energy of a side signal within the first signal frame; determine a number of following successive signal frames during which the energy of the side signal drops from a value above the high threshold to a value below a low threshold; determine that the two-channel audio signal following the first signal frame is a forced mono signal if the number of successive signal frames is below a frame threshold; and determine the parametric stereo parameter based on the first parametric stereo parameter. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MERGING GEOMETRY-BASED SPATIAL AUDIO CODING STREAMS - An apparatus for generating a merged audio data stream is provided. The apparatus includes a demultiplexer for obtaining a plurality of single-layer audio data streams, wherein each input audio data stream includes one or more layers, wherein the demultiplexer is adapted to demultiplex each one of one or more input audio data streams having one or more layers into two or more demultiplexed audio data streams having exactly one layer. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a merging module for generating the merged audio data stream based on the plurality of single-layer audio data streams. Each layer of the input data audio streams, of the demultiplexed audio data streams, of the single-layer data streams and of the merged audio data stream includes a pressure value of a pressure signal, a position value and a diffuseness value as audio data. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142342 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MICROPHONE POSITIONING BASED ON A SPATIAL POWER DENSITY - An apparatus for microphone positioning includes a spatial power distribution determiner and a spatial information estimator. The spatial power distribution determiner is adapted to determine a spatial power density indicating power values for a plurality of locations of an environment based on sound source information indicating one or more power values and one or more position values of one or more sound sources located in the environment. The spatial information estimator is adapted to estimate acoustic spatial information based on the spatial power density. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142343 | SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION DEVICE, SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - With conventional source separator devices, specific frequency bands are significantly reduced in environments where dispersed static is present that does not come from a particular direction, and as a result, the dispersed static may be filtered irregularly without regard to sound source separation results, giving rise to musical noise. In an embodiment of the present invention, by computing weighting coefficients which are in a complex conjugate relation, for post-spectrum analysis output signals from microphones ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142344 | AUTOMATIC LOCATION-SPECIFIC CONTENT SELECTION FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DEVICES - A method for anticipating a user's desired information using a FDA device connected to a computer network is provided. This method further comprises maintaining a database of user tendencies within the computer network, receiving sensor data from the user's physical environment via the FDA device, generating query strings using both tendency data and sensor data, retrieving data from external data sources using these generated query strings, organizing the retrieved data into electronic folders, and delivering this organized data to the user via the FDA device, In particular, a data management module anticipates the type of information a user desires by combining real time data taken from a sensor unit within a FDA and data regarding the history of that particular user's tendencies stored within the data management module. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142345 | HEARING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING SYSTEM - A hearing system ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142346 | AUDIO TESTING SYSTEM AND AUDIO TESTING METHOD FOR DEVICE UNDER TEST - An audio testing system and an audio testing method for an electronic device under test are provided. The audio testing method includes the following steps. A testing audio is sent through a testing audio sending end of a testing device. An electronic device under test is controlled to perform recording through an audio receiving end, so as to generate an under-testing audio. After the recording is completed, the device under test controlled to playback the under-testing audio from one of both-side audio sending ends to perform recording through the testing audio receiving end, and calls an audio analyzing process to generate a first testing result. The device under test controlled to playback the under-testing audio from the other one of the both-side audio sending ends to perform recording through the testing audio receiving end, and calls the audio analyzing process to generate a second testing result. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142347 | VEHICULAR THREAT DETECTION BASED ON AUDIO SIGNALS - Techniques for ability enhancement are described. Some embodiments provide an ability enhancement facilitator system (“AEFS”) configured to enhance a user's ability to operate or function in a transportation-related context as a pedestrian or a vehicle operator. In one embodiment, the AEFS is configured perform vehicular threat detection based at least in part on analyzing audio signals. An example AEFS receives data that represents an audio signal emitted by a vehicle. The AEFS analyzes the audio signal to determine vehicular threat information, such as that the vehicle may collide with the user. The AEFS then informs the user of the determined vehicular threat information, such as by transmitting a warning to a wearable device configured to present the warning to the user. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142348 | Method and System for Bone Conduction Sound Propagation - A wearable ambient sound reduction system, the system may include: a microphone, adapted to detect an ambient sound signal; a processor adapted to generate an output signal in response to the ambient sound signal; wherein the output signal, when conveyed to a bone of the user, reduces an affect that an ambient sound signal has upon the user; wherein the microphone is coupled to the processor; and a bone conduction speaker, coupled to the processor, adapted to convey the output signal to a bone of a user. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142349 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATING NOISES WITH MULTI-MICROPHONE ARRAY - To solve the problems with the prior art that a multi-microphone array cannot inhibit broad-band noises well and cannot be used in the increasingly widespread broad-band communication, embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device and a system for eliminating noises with multi-microphone array. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises according to the number of different spacings between each of pairs of microphones of the multi-microphone array, dividing a full frequency band into the same number of sub-bands; decomposing signals of each of the pairs of microphones with the different spacings into a corresponding one of the sub-bands, wherein the larger the spacing between each pair of microphones is, the lower the frequencies of the sub-band into which the signals of the pair of microphones are decomposed will be; adaptively reducing the noises in the decomposed signals of each of the pairs of microphones with the different spacings in the corresponding sub-band to obtain noise-reduced signals for each of the sub-bands; and synthesizing the noise-reduced signals of each of the sub-bands to obtain a signal in which the noises have been reduced with the multi-microphone array in the full frequency band. The embodiments of the present invention can be used in scenarios of hands-free video calls. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142350 | MULTI-STANDARD HEADSET SUPPORT WITH INTEGRATED GROUND SWITCHING - A system for detecting a jack configuration comprising a first plurality of switches configured to couple a first headphone jack position to ground. A second plurality of switches configured to couple a second headphone jack position to ground. A microphone bias circuit for applying a microphone bias signal to the second headphone jack position when the first headphone jack position is coupled to ground, and for applying the microphone bias signal to the first headphone jack position when the second headphone jack position is coupled to ground. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142351 | Microphone Slots for Wind Noise Reduction - A communication device ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142352 | ACTIVE DESIGN OF EXHAUST SOUNDS - A sound generator system ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142353 | Vehicle with Sound Wave Reflector - Embodiments disclose a vehicle which has a vehicle ceiling having a first sound wave reflection portion having a first sound wave reflection characteristic and a second portion having a second sound wave reflection characteristic, wherein the first sound wave reflection portion is more sound wave reflecting than the second sound wave reflection portion and at least one speaker arranged in the vehicle, so that a main sound emission direction is directed to the first sound wave reflection portion, so that a sound wave emitted by the speaker and reflected by the first sound wave reflection portion is perceptible as a diffuse sound by a person in the vehicle. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF SONG IDENTIFICATIONS - A method and an apparatus for the transmission of song identifications from an information/entertainment appliance in a vehicle to one mobile appliance from a plurality of mobile appliances via at least one interface. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142355 | NEAR-FIELD NULL AND BEAMFORMING - Devices and methods are disclosed that allow for selective acoustic near-field nulls for microphone arrays. One embodiment may take the form of an electronic device including a speaker and a microphone array. The microphone array may include a first microphone positioned a first distance from the speaker and a second microphone positioned a second distance from the speaker. The first and second microphones are configured to receive an acoustic signal. The microphone array further includes a complex vector filter coupled to the second microphone. The complex vector filter is applied to an output signal of the second microphone to generate an acoustic sensitivity pattern for the array that provides an acoustic null at the location of the speaker. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142356 | NEAR-FIELD NULL AND BEAMFORMING - Devices and methods are disclosed that allow for selective acoustic near-field nulls for microphone arrays. One embodiment may take the form of an electronic device including a speaker and a microphone array. The microphone array may include a first microphone positioned a first distance from the speaker and a second microphone positioned a second distance from the speaker. The first and second microphones are configured to receive an acoustic signal. The microphone array further includes a complex vector filter coupled to the second microphone. The complex vector filter is applied to an output signal of the second microphone to generate an acoustic sensitivity pattern for the array that provides an acoustic null at the location of the speaker. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142357 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING SOUND SOURCE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN ECHOIC ENVIRONMENT - A method for visualizing sound source energy distribution in an echoic environment comprises steps: arranging in an echoic environment a plurality of arrayed sound pickup units, wherein each sound pickup unit includes at least two microphones separated by a directive distance enabling the sound pickup unit to have a primary pickup direction; disposing the sound pickup units with the primary pickup directions thereof pointing toward a sound source in the echoic environment, and measuring the sound source by the sound pickup units to obtain a sound source-related parameter; substituting the directive distance and the parameter into an algorithm to make the parameter have directivity; and then substituting the parameter into an ESM algorithm to establish a sound source energy distribution profile. Thereby, the method can measure a sound source in a specified direction in an echoic environment and establish a visualized sound source energy distribution profile. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142358 | Variable Directivity MEMS Microphone - The directivity pattern of a MEMS microphone is adjusted. An indication of a position of a MEMS microphone is received and the microphone includes at least one diaphragm. An adjustment to the position of the MEMS microphone is determined. Based upon the adjustment, a position of the at least one diaphragm is adjusted. The adjusting is effective to alter a directivity pattern of the microphone. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142359 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing apparatus includes: a control section; a signal processing section connected with a plurality of signal processing elements and configured to perform signal processing for enhancing or attenuating an input signal in a specific frequency band; and a crossfade signal section including a crossfade signal processing element capable of replacing at least one of the signal processing elements, wherein the control section is configured to control any one of the signal processing elements among the plurality of signal processing elements, and the crossfade signal processing element, to crossfade to the crossfade signal processing element having the signal processing element as a new characteristic, to perform processing for replacing any one of the signal processing elements by the crossfade signal processing element, and to perform the processing on remaining signal processing elements of the plurality of signal processing elements in the signal processing section. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DISTORTION IN A CRITICAL FREQUENCY BAND OF AN AUDIO SIGNAL - In some embodiments, a method and system for controlling distortion of the output of a miniature speaker by attenuating critical frequency band of the input signal to be reproduced, using tuning parameters that have been predetermined where the critical frequency band is a frequency range of the speaker's frequency response in which Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) peaks. The distortion control is performed in a manner which allows an increase in the average loudness of the speaker's output without significantly increasing distortion. The tuning parameters include a center frequency and a bandwidth of the critical frequency band, and a power threshold value. In some embodiments, the system is a loudness maximizer configured to limit distortion of a speaker's output by limiting distortion in a critical frequency band using predetermined control parameters, and limit the dynamic range of the output signal and increase its perceived overall average loudness level. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142361 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ALTITUDE INFORMATION-BASED USER FUNCTIONS AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A method for controlling altitude information-based user functions and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. The mobile device includes a storage unit for storing audio data that will be output according to the activation of a user function, and auxiliary data that will be applied to the audio data if an audio data altering function is set when the user function is activated, a sensing unit for collecting altitude information to set auxiliary data that will be applied to the audio data according to the activation of the user function, a controller for creating altered audio data by applying predefined auxiliary data to audio data that will be output when the user function is executed, according to the altitude information, and an audio processing unit for outputting the altered audio data. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142362 | CONTROLLING AUDIO VOLUME USING TOUCH INPUT FORCE - Controlling an audio volume is disclosed. An indicator identifying a force intensity of a touch input provided on a touch input surface is received. It is determined that the touch input is associated with an audio volume control. The audio volume is controlled based at least in part on the indicator identifying the force intensity of the touch input. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142363 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA THROUGH A HUMAN BODY - An illustrative method for transferring data to a device includes identifying the data that is to be transferred to the device, modulating the data with a signal, providing the signal to a contact microphone that is in physical contact with an individual, and transmitting the signal through a body of the individual to the device using the contact microphone. An illustrative method for authenticating the individual includes transmitting a signal through a body of the individual in response to the individual physically contacting an authentication device, receiving a modified signal including the signal as modified by the body of the individual, removing the signal from the modified signal to identify a unique body signature of the individual, comparing the unique body signature to a database to determine if the database includes the unique body signature, and selectively authenticating the individual based upon whether the database includes the unique body signature. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142364 | Linear Interleaved Magnetic Motor and Loudspeaker Transducer Using Same - A linear interleaved magnetic motor in which the B-field flows between a plurality of motor cell elements, creating a long, serpentine gap. The motor is used with at least one flex circuit as a drive coil. The motor can be used as a drive motor for a loudspeaker transducer. Multiple loudspeaker transducers can be connected together to make a loudspeaker frame or system. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142365 | AUDIBLE ASSISTANCE - Techniques for sensory enhancement and augmentation are described. Some embodiments provide an audible assistance facilitator system (“AAFS”) configured to provide audible assistance to a user via a hearing device. In one embodiment, the AAFS receives data that represents an utterance of a speaker received by a hearing device of the user, such as a hearing aid, smart phone, media device, or the like. The AAFS identifies the speaker based on the received data, such as by performing speaker recognition. The AAFS determines speaker-related information associated with the identified speaker, such as by determining an identifier (e.g., name or title) of the speaker, by locating an information item (e.g., an email message, document) associated with the speaker, or the like. The AAFS then informs the user of the speaker-related information, such as by causing an audio representation of the speaker-related information to be output via the hearing device. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142366 | PERSONALIZED HEARING PROFILE GENERATION WITH REAL-TIME FEEDBACK - A personalized hearing profile is generated for an ear-level device comprising a memory, microphone, speaker and processor. Communication is established between the ear-level device and a companion device, having a user interface. A frame of reference in the user interface is provided, where positions in the frame of reference are associated with sound profile data. A position on the frame of reference is determined in response to user interaction with the user interface, and certain sound profile data associated with the position. Certain data is transmitted to the ear level device. Sound can be generated through the speaker based upon the audio stream data to provide real-time feedback to the user. The determining and transmitting steps are repeated until detection of an end event. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142367 | USING MOBILE CONSUMER DEVICES TO COMMUNICATE WITH CONSUMER MEDICAL DEVICES - Mobile consumer devices are used to communicate with consumer medical devices to either provide update data to the consumer medical device or to obtain data from the consumer medical device. Some data is used to evaluate performance and operation of the medical device or a biological condition of the living being that is being treated with the medical device. Other data is used to calibrate and update the consumer medical device or to enable or disable certain functionality of the medical device. Communications between the medical devices and mobile consumer devices can be performed automatically or on demand, as initiated by a user, a third party, or in response to predetermined conditions detected by the devices. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142368 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID AND CORRESPONDING HEARING AID - A hearing aid and a method for operating a hearing aid to improve the quality of the hearing aid, in particular depending on the situation, include a hearing aid component that can be worn in a human auditory canal and a balloon, the size of which can be changed and which at least partially encloses the hearing aid component. During the operation of the hearing aid, a value specific to the current hearing situation is detected by the hearing aid. The size of the balloon is then set according to the determined value. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142369 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING AMBIENT NOISE BASED ON ANNOYANCE PERCEPTION AND MODELING FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS - Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method for improving noise cancellation for a wearer of a hearing assistance device having an adaptive filter. In various embodiments, the method includes calculating an annoyance measure or other perceptual measure based on a residual signal in an ear of the wearer, the wearer's hearing loss, and the wearer's preference. A spectral weighting function is estimated based on a ratio of the annoyance measure or other perceptual measure and spectral energy. The spectral weighting function is incorporated into a cost function for an update of the adaptive filter. The method includes minimizing the annoyance or other perceptual measure based cost function to achieve perceptually motivated adaptive noise cancellation, in various embodiments. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142370 | MICROPHONE FOR A HEARING AID - A microphone assembly having a housing, a transducer, and an electronic circuit. The housing has an opening, and the transducer is disposed within that opening. The electronic circuit covers the opening such that the transducer is surrounded by at least the electronic circuit and the housing. The electronic circuit includes a substrate and an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signal into an amplified electrical signal which is coupled to a connection means. The connection means provides a direct electrical connection between the electronic circuit and a receiver. The amplifier is mounted on the substrate and disposed on a side of the substrate of the electronic circuit facing the transducer. The receiver is disposed on a side opposite the side and outside the housing. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142371 | Detachable Audio Speakers for Portable Devices and Methods for Manufacturing such Speakers - A portable audio speaker system is configured as a generally tubular structure with a slot along its side, into which the edge of a laptop screen or tablet computer may be inserted. Audio drivers within the structure reproduce sounds from the computer. Embodiments may be wired or wireless. Other features and manufacturing techniques are described and claimed. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142372 | MEDIA ASSEMBLY FOR A STRUCTURAL SUPPORT - A speaker assembly is provided with a speaker, a housing mounted to the speaker, and a reflector spaced apart from and facing the speaker. The reflector has a generally convex central region and a plurality of circumferentially spaced lobes, each extending radially outward from the central region for reflecting acoustic vibrations from the speaker radially outboard from the reflector while providing gaps between the lobes for permitting acoustic vibrations to pass therethrough. A series of supports connect the housing and the reflector. The supports are spaced circumferentially about the housing for providing openings between the supports for an outlet of the reflected acoustic vibrations. Each of the supports is aligned with and externally visually conceals one of the lobes. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142373 | ARRAY SPEAKER SYSTEM - An array speaker system includes a plurality of speaker units that respectively emit sounds in accordance with an input signal and an outer casing that supports the plurality of speaker units. Each speaker unit can be provided with a speaker operable to vibrate a vibrator in accordance with the signal, and a cavity back box that supports the speaker. The cavity back box forms a rear space with the vibrator on the opposite side with respect to the sound emission surface. The array speaker system thus constructed can emit a high power sound with a simple structure and improved stability in acoustic properties. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142374 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY HAVING EAR SET FUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A microphone assembly, in which a microphone component and an ear set component are formed on the same printed circuit board, and a method of manufacturing the microphone assembly. In the microphone assembly, one electrode of a power supplier is connected to a diaphragm assembly through a grounding pattern of the PCB and a mike cell case and the other electrode of the power supplier is supplied to a back electrode plate through a conductive member to charge two electrodes. When an acoustic signal is input to the mike cell unit, the diaphragm assembly vibrates, and thus, an electrostatic capacity of the mike cell unit changes. The acoustic signal is transmitted to a field effect transistor (FET) mounted outside the mike cell unit along a signal pattern of the PCB and is processed by the FET. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142375 | HEADPHONE WITH ACOUSTIC MODULATOR - A headphone having a headband and two acoustic transducers disposed at two ends of the headband is disclosed. Each acoustic transducer includes a baffle plate installed with a speaker, a spacer, a vent and an acoustic modulator. The baffle plate and speaker divide the acoustic transducer into a front and a back chamber. The front chamber is configured for communicating with a user's ear. The spacer is disposed behind the speaker to divide the back chamber into a first back chamber and a second back communicated with each other. The vent is disposed in a back wall of the acoustic transducer to communicate the first back chamber with outside. The first acoustic modulator is disposed between the front and second back chambers. The headphone modulates resonance frequency at low frequency bands through the acoustic modulator. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142376 | EARMUFF AND HEADSET WITH THE SAME - An earmuff which is adapted to covering a driver includes a first case having a first through hole and a second case having a second through hole. The second case accommodated within the first case to form an inner chamber where the driver is disposed therein. Since air flows between the first case and the second case via the first through hole and the second through hole, a satisfactory ventilation effect can be achieved and thus feeling of being at ease can be furnished. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142377 | RACE PROGRESS APPARATUS - A portable unit usable by a person when carrying out an exercise. The unit is programmable with details of a virtual athlete and their performance in a specific race, to enable the user to race against the virtual athlete. The unit informs the user through headphones of the progress of the virtual athlete during a race being carried out by a user. The unit may also be pro grammable with periodic encouragement messages for a user. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142378 | HEARING AID MOLD - A mold for earpiece devices either to connect an earphone to the ear canal or to act as a cover or plug thereof, allowing to prevent the development of ear diseases comprising: a mold placed in the ear canal and/or ear shell, adjusted to its shape, and whose external border is in direct contact with the user's skin; and a metallic piece with biocide properties, located inside the mold at a distance close to the border thereof; wherein the metallic piece is adjusted from inside the mold ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142379 | NESTED COMPOUND LOUDSPEAKER DRIVE UNIT - A loudspeaker driver ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142380 | SPEAKER - In a speaker, a space surrounded by a frame on one side of a diaphragm is separated by a damper into a first internal space and a second internal space. The first internal space and the second internal space are caused to face one part and another part of an opening provided in the frame. A duct protrudes from the frame, and the opening is an open end of the duct on the base end side thereof. The speaker is installed, for example, outside a vehicle cabin with the duct inserted into an opening in a vehicle cabin wall, and the first and second internal spaces are caused to communicate with a space in the vehicle cabin through the duct. Therefore, reproduced sound in the bass range having a high sound pressure can be discharged through the duct to the space in the vehicle cabin. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142381 | REAL TIME SPECTROSCOPY PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A real time spectroscopy processing and analysis system comprising a data acquisition module, an image processing module operably connected to the data acquisition module and a data analysis and presentation module operably connected to both the data acquisition module and the image processing module. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142382 | PRE-PROCESSED INFORMATION EMBEDDING SYSTEM - Methods and devices are provided for embedding auxiliary information in a host content in a manner that reduces memory, bandwidth and computational complexity of the embedding and transmission systems. One methodology relates to receiving a set of watermark embedding parameters produced at a pre-processing node by pre-processing the host content. The watermark embedding parameters enable embedding each of a plurality of host content segments with any one of at least two different logical values. To embed the auxiliary information, the host content is modified on a segment-by-segment basis using the set of watermark embedding parameters and in accordance with a control signal that designates one of the at least two logical values for embedding into a selected segment of the host content. The generation of watermark embedding parameters at a pre-processing node reduces storage, transmission and computational complexity of embedding operations that can occur at locations other than the pre-processing node. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142383 | Scanned Image Projection System with Gesture Control Input - An imaging system ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142384 | ENHANCED NAVIGATION THROUGH MULTI-SENSOR POSITIONING - Enhanced navigation and positional metadata are provided based upon position determination utilizing data provided by multiple different systems of sensors. Infrastructure, or fixed sensor, data provides an initial location determination of humans and user-specific sensors that are co-located with their respective users provides identification of the users whose locations were determined. Navigation instructions provided based on the determined locations are enhanced by additional sensor data that is received from other user-specific sensors that are co-located with the users. Additionally, user privacy can be maintained by only utilizing sensor data authorized by the user, or by publishing fixed sensor data, identifying locations and movements of users, but not their identity, thereby enabling a user's computing device to match such information to the information obtained from user-specific sensors to determine the user's location. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142385 | VEHICLE GHOSTING ON FULL WINDSHIELD DISPLAY - A method to display a ghosting image upon a transparent windscreen head-up display in a vehicle includes monitoring an operating environment of the vehicle, monitoring a driver registration input, determining a registered desired location graphic illustrating a future desired location for the vehicle based upon the operating environment of the vehicle and the driver registration input, and displaying the registered desired location graphic upon the head-up display. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142386 | System And Method For Evaluating Focus Direction Under Various Lighting Conditions - A system and method for generating a direction confidence measure includes a camera sensor device that captures blur images of a photographic target. A depth estimator calculates matching errors for the blur images. The depth estimator then generates the direction confidence measure by utilizing the matching errors and a dynamic optimization constant that is selected depending upon image characteristics of the blur images. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142387 | Identifying a Target Object Using Optical Occlusion - Methods are apparatuses are described for identifying a target object using optical occlusion. A head-mounted display perceives a characteristic of a reference object. The head-mounted display detects a change of the perceived characteristic of the reference object and makes a determination that a detected object caused the change of the perceived characteristic. In response to making the determination, the head-mounted display identifies the detected object as the target object. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142388 | ARRIVAL TIME ESTIMATION DEVICE, ARRIVAL TIME ESTIMATION METHOD, ARRIVAL TIME ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An arrival time estimation device includes an image input unit configured to input an image signal to each frame, an object detecting unit configured to detect an object indicated by the image signal input through the image input unit, and an arrival time calculating unit configured to calculate a rotation matrix indicating rotation of an optical axis of an imaging device that captures the image signal based on a direction vector indicating a direction to the object detected by the object detecting unit, to calculate a change in a distance to the object based on a vector obtained by multiplying a past direction vector by the calculated rotation matrix and a current direction vector, and to calculate an arrival time to the object based on the calculated distance change. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130142389 | EYE STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING OPEN AND CLOSED STATES OF EYE - An eye state detection apparatus includes a camera, a first calculator, a memory, a second calculator, and a third calculator. The camera obtains a plurality of face images of a driver. The first calculator calculates an opening amount of an eye of the driver based on each face image. The memory stores the opening amounts calculated by the first calculator. The second calculator groups the opening amounts into a plurality of groups in a sequential manner, calculates a group distribution of each group, calculates an entire distribution of all of the opening amounts, and sets the entire distribution as a reference distribution when a difference among the group distributions is within a predetermined range. The third calculator calculates an opening degree of the eye based on the reference distribution of the opening amounts when the reference distribution of the opening amounts is calculated by the second calculator. | 2013-06-06 |
