24th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090147875 | RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RADIO RECEIVER - A radio transmitter includes a unit which generates a first instruction to instruct the transmission of a first transmission signal, a unit which generates the first transmission signal based on the first instruction, a unit which generates a second instruction to instruct the transmission of a second transmission signal to be selectively multiplied by an orthogonal code, a unit which generates the second transmission signal based on the second instruction, unit which transmits the first and the second transmission signals, a unit which predicts a collision of the first and second transmission signals, and a unit which stops the first transmission signal while the collision is predicted in a case where the second transmission signal is multiplied by the orthogonal code and which stops the second transmission signal while the collision is predicted in a case where the second transmission signal is not multiplied by the orthogonal code. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147876 | ROBUST WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSION IN MULTIPLE IN MULTIPLE-OUT (MIMO) SYSTEM ASSISTED BY CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION - A system and method is provided wherein channel state information assisted MIMO transmission based on singular value decomposition (SVD) ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147877 | Network Entry and Recovery - The subject matter disclosed herein provides a network entry and recovery mechanism using a map. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may insert a plurality of packets into a plurality of data regions. A map may be inserted into one of the data regions. The map may include information to enable decoding of the plurality of data regions, a location of other maps within the plurality of data regions, and a size of the map. The plurality of data regions may be provided to enable the plurality of data regions to be transmitted to one or more client stations. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147878 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD, AND RADIO APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A processing unit transmits, from at least one of a plurality of antennas, data corresponding respectively to the plurality of antennas. A control unit generates request signals with which to let a second radio apparatus supply information on rates at the second radio apparatus. When transmitting the request signal, the processing unit also transmits, from a plurality of antennas which includes antennas other than the antennas that transmit the data, known signals corresponding respectively to the plurality of antennas. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147879 | ADAPTIVE SIGNALING IN MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a wireless communication system may adaptively switch between a multiple input, multiple output mode and a spatial division, multiple access mode based at least in part on channel conditions and traffic conditions. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147880 | METHOD FOR REDUCING FEEDBACK INFORMATION OVERHEAD IN PRECODED MIMO-OFDM SYSTEMS - An improved method for reducing an amount of precoding feedback information in a multi-carrier Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system using precoding is disclosed. At the receiving end, the method jointly selects, while considering transmission quality for each relevant combination of sub-bands and matrices, a limited number of P codebook indices and a limited number of K′ sub-bands to be included in a subset ω (m | 2009-06-11 |
20090147881 | CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK IN MIMO SYSTEMS - Feedback bandwidth may be reduced in a closed loop MIMO system by factoring non essential information out of a beamforming matrix. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147882 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a method of inverting data that is to be transmitted and transmitting the data in a semiconductor device. The method includes inverting bits of data that is to be transmitted if the number of bit transitions of previously transmitted data and the data that is to be transmitted among sequentially transmitted data exceeds a reference number; indicating in any one of a plurality of data strobe signals that the data that is to be transmitted is inverted; and transmitting the data strobe signal indicating that the data that is to be transmitted is inverted and the inverted data. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147883 | DATA TRANSMITTER - Data transmitter includes a first and second output nodes terminated to a first level, a controller configured to generate an off signal that is activated by logically combining first and second data during a low-power mode, a first driver configured to drive the first or second output node to a second level in response to the first data and a second driver configured to drive the first or second output node to the second level with a driving force different from that of the first driver in response to the second data, the second driver being turned off when the off signal is activated. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147884 | TRANSCEIVER DEVELOPMENT IN VHF/UHF/GSM/GPS/BLUETOOTH/CORDLESS TELEPHONES - A digital communication circuit can be implemented can be implemented in a CMOS, or other IC structure. The digital circuit can utilize negative frequency removers or image frequency removers in the digital domain. The circuit can include mixers, switches, a complex filter, a low noise amplifier and summers. The image frequency can be removed digitally. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147885 | MAJORITY DETECTOR APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed, including, for example, a data receiver to receive a calibration voltage and a reference voltage to calibrate the data receiver. The output of the data receiver is provided to a first ripple counter that counts the outputs from the data receiver and provides an output count. The ripple counter may count either ones or zeros. A second ripple counter counts the number of a clock signals over the same period of time. The output count is either multiplied by two or the count of clock signals is divided by two. A ripple comparator may then compare the outputs and adjust the reference voltage based upon the comparison results. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147886 | Adaptive IQ Alignment Apparatus - A method and apparatus for aligning I- and Q-signals in a quadrature receiver based on an squared signal. A correction is evaluated in an iterative manner by finding an average of the squared signal. The average squared signal may be the received signal, in which case the iterations are applied in a feed forward manner. Alternatively, the average squared signal is the aligned signal in which case the iterations are applied in a feed back manner. The correction may include the evaluation of an normalisation or, in the feed back case, this can be implicitly included in the manner in which the iteration is applied. Various parameters to the iteration can be set to accommodate the operating environment of the receiver and characteristics of the received signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147887 | METHOD OF CALCULATING SOFT VALUE AND METHOD OF DETECTING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of calculating a soft value and a method of detecting a transmission signal. The present invention estimates a channel on the basis of a received signal and rearranges a plurality of data streams. Further, a plurality of substitute vectors are selected from the rearranged data streams and a metric corresponding to each of the substitute vector is calculated. Further, a threshold value is calculated from a metric calculated for each of the substitute vectors and a soft value of each bit of a transmission signal is calculated from the metric and threshold value corresponding to each of the substitute vectors. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147888 | Receiver Interface - The invention provides a receiver comprising a data input and a strobe input. The strobe signal transitions whenever two consecutive bits in the data signal are the same. The receiver comprises combining means for generating a recovered clock signal from a combination of the data and strobe signals. The receiver also comprises a first sampling stage arranged to sample the data signal in dependence on the recovered clock signal, the first sampling stage comprising a plurality of sampling circuits and being arranged to obtain consecutive samples of the data signal using alternating ones of the sampling circuits. A second sampling stage is arranged to sample the data from the first sampling stage in dependence on a local system clock signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147889 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICES CAPABLE OF IMPROVING A RECEIVING PERFORMANCE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a digital broadcasting transmission/reception system having an improved reception performance and in a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a TS stream generator for inputting robust and normal packets having stuff bytes in predetermined positions and generating dual TS stream by inserting the robust packets between the normal packets; a randomizer for randomizing the dual TS stream; a stuff byte exchanger for replacing the stuff bytes of a randomized data streams from the randomizer to a predetermined known data; and an encoder for encoding a data streams to which the known data is inserted. Accordingly, the present invention detects the known data from a signal received from a reception side and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization, so that the digital broadcasting reception performance can be improved at poor multipath channels. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147890 | Apparatus and method for canceling interference in multi-antenna system - An apparatus and a method for canceling interference based on Maximum Likelihood (ML) at a receiver of a multi-antenna system are provided. The method includes estimating a channel using a signal received over one or more receiver antennas; generating one or more weights using the estimated channel to cancel interference; detecting a candidate symbol having the shortest Euclidean distance through Maximum Likelihood using a first weight; and soft-decoding the candidate symbol using a second weight. Therefore, by receiving the signal based on the ML under the interference, the system capacity can be increased and the reception performance can be enhanced. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147891 | AUDIO SIGNAL DEMODULATION APPARATUS - An FM demodulation apparatus ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANCELING INTERFERENCE - An apparatus for canceling interference includes a plurality of converters, a plurality of interference cancellation units, a plurality of variance detectors, and an output selecting unit. The plurality of converters converts a plurality of received signals to a plurality of frequency domain signals, respectively. The plurality of interference cancellation units cancel interference in the plurality of frequency domain signals using a plurality of interference cancellation schemes to generate a plurality of interference-canceled signals corresponding to the plurality of interference cancellation schemes, respectively. The plurality of variance detectors measure a plurality of amounts of residual interference corresponding to the plurality of interference-canceled signals, respectively. The output selecting unit selects a single interference-canceled signal with the least amount of residual interference from the plurality of interference-canceled signals, based on the plurality of amounts of residual interference. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147893 | INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION METHOD AND INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION DEVICE - A reception station | 2009-06-11 |
20090147894 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TRANSMISSION SYMBOLS IN MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a transmission symbol detection method in a multiple antenna system. In the present invention, when a channel matrix is estimated through channel estimation, a receiving side calculates a Q matrix and an R matrix through QR decomposition that is more simplified than a typical QR decomposition from an augmented channel matrix that includes the estimated channel matrix. In addition, the receiving side detects symbols having the minimum Euclidean metric by using the two matrixes, as transmission symbols. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147895 | Efficient channel estimate based timing recovery - A module and method for channel estimate based timing recovery comprises a timing estimation module, a channel estimation module communicably coupled to the timing estimation module, a conversion module communicably coupled to the timing estimation module and to the channel estimation module, and an analog pulse shaping filter communicably coupled to the conversion module, wherein: the analog pulse shaping filter receives an analog signal and outputs a filtered analog signal, the conversion module receives the filtered analog signal and outputs a 1/T rate signal to the channel estimation module, the channel estimation module outputs a 1/T Channel Impulse Response (CIR) estimate to the timing estimation module, and the timing estimation module outputs a timing estimate to the conversion module, wherein the timing estimate is used in conjunction with an output of the conversion module to provide the 1/T rate signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147896 | SERIALIZER-DESERIALIZER CIRCUIT WITH MULTI-FORMAT AND MULTI-DATA RATE CAPABILITY - The present invention provides a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuit that can cover both client- and network-side interfaces for high-speed data rates. The present invention leverages commonality between the client and network (also known as line) side, and accommodates differences in a flexible manner. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a four-channel implementation to meet the requirement of both interfaces. The SERDES circuit can be capable of supporting both 40 Gb/s and 56 Gb/s data rates, can include an integrated DQPSK pre-coder and I/Q input/output signals, and can support RZ clock recovery. Additionally, the SERDES circuit can include differential coding support, electronic pre-emphasis, receiver-side electronic dispersion compensation, and the like. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147897 | Receiver and communication system having the same - A receiver may include a clock and data recovery circuit, a detection circuit and a sampling clock generator. The clock and data recovery circuit may receive first data and sample the first data to generate recovered data in response to a reception sampling clock signal. The detection circuit may detect a frequency difference between a transmission sampling clock signal and the reception sampling clock signal by comparing the first data and the reception sampling clock signal to generate a frequency difference detection signal. The sampling clock generator may generate the reception sampling clock signal based on the frequency difference detection signal and a first reference clock signal. Therefore, a communication system including the receiver may effectively reduce a jitter noise. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING DISTANCE MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT CHANNELS IN AN UNDERSAMPLED BROADBAND RECEIVER - A method to receive channels in an undersampled broadband receiver is provided. The method includes converting received radio frequency signals to downshifted-sampled-digital signals at an analog-to-digital converter in a sampling system, outputting the downshifted-sampled-digital signals to a digital system for digital processing, and determining if the unique identifying code associated with a desired channel is detectable. Each channel in the radio frequency signal has an assigned unique identifying code. When the unique identifying code is detectable, the method includes detecting the unique identifying code associated with the desired channel. When the unique identifying code is undetectable, the method includes outputting control signals from the digital system to tune an adjustable sample clock in the sampling system and tuning the adjustable sample clock based on the output control signals. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147899 | CLOCK CALIBRATION IN SLEEP MODE - In one embodiment, an improvement is described for synchronization between devices in, e.g., a wireless network, wherein at least one device includes both a slow clock and a fast clock for different modes of operation. The fast clock for an active mode of operation is calibrated after a sleep mode of operation during which the slow clock is employed for device timing. Calibration employs a filter-based technique. Counts for the slow clock and for the fast clock are measured over a first interval, and the number of slow-clock counts is measured over a second interval. An estimate for the number of fast counts over the second interval is generated, filtered to reduce noise and error effects, and then employed to update the fast clock in the active mode of operation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147900 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a device for detecting a synchronization signal with a high identification rate are provided, which are suitable for a wide-area Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. The method and device can precisely detect information of a synchronization signal, without being interfered by transmission channels and noises in an external environment. Three sliding windows are used to obtaining a balance value as an offset value for the output signal of the method and the device. A peak position of the output signal is identified and then compensated for a delay caused by the length of one of the sliding windows. Such a position is an edge of the synchronization signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147901 | Auto Frequency Acquisition Maintenance in a Clock and Data Recovery Device - A system and method are provided for automatic frequency acquisition maintenance in a clock and data recovery (CDR) device. In an automatic frequency acquisition (AFA) mode, the method uses a phase detector (PHD) to acquire the phase of a non-synchronous input communication signal having an initial first frequency. In the event of a loss of lock/loss of signal (LOL/LOS) signal being asserted, a frequency ratio value is retrieved from memory. Using a phase-frequency detector (PFD), the reference signal, and the frequency ratio value, a synthesized signal is generated. In response to using the PFD to generate the synthesized signal and the LOL/LOS signal being deasserted, a rotational frequency detector (RFD) is used to generate a synthesized signal having a frequency equal to the frequency of the input communication signal. With the continued deassertion of the LOL/LOS signal, the PHD is enabled and the phase of the input signal is acquired. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147902 | ALL DIGITAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP WITH WIDELY LOCKED FREQUENCY - An all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) composed of digital circuits is provided. The ADPLL includes a phase-frequency detector (PFD), a control unit, a digital controlled oscillator (DCO), and a plurality of frequency dividers. A first frequency divider divides a frequency of a feedback signal CK | 2009-06-11 |
20090147903 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHOD - A communication system includes a transmission apparatus for transmitting a plurality of serial data signals that are synchronized in phase with one another and a clock signal that is synchronized in frequency with the serial data signals; and a receiving apparatus for receiving a plurality of serial data signals and the clock signal transmitted from the transmission apparatus. The receiving apparatus includes a phase synchronization circuit configured to roughly adjust the frequency in accordance with the received clock signal and then generate a reproduction clock that is synchronized in phase with one serial data signal among the plurality of serial data signals, and a phase shifter configured to shift the phase from the reproduction clock and lock the phase to another serial signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147904 | Frequency Lock Stability in Device Using Overlapping VCO Bands - A system and method are provided for frequency lock stability in a receiver using overlapping voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) bands. An input communication signal is accepted and an initial VCO is selected. Using a phase-locked loop (PLL) and the initial VCO, the frequency of the input communication signal is acquired and the acquired signal tuning voltage of the initial VCO is measured. Then, the initial VCO is disengaged and a plurality of adjacent band VCOs is sequentially engaged. The acquired signal tuning voltage of each VCO is measured and a final VCO is selected that is able to generate the input communication signal frequency using an acquired signal tuning voltage closest to a midpoint of a predetermined tuning voltage range. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147905 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT CHAMBER FOR INITIATING THERMONUCLEAR FUSION - A thermonuclear fusion system having a treatment chamber in which gas isotopes are fused to initiate a thermonuclear fusion reaction is disclosed. Specifically, the treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which liquid and gas isotopes flow longitudinally from an inlet port to an outlet port thereof. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency and a predetermined electrode potential to ultrasonically enhance the concentration of dissolved hydrogen gas isotopes within the housing or energize and electrolyze the liquid and gas isotopes within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other. The horn and agitating members are constructed and arranged for dynamic motion of the agitating members relative to the horn at the predetermined frequency and to operate in an ultrasonic cavitation mode of the agitating members corresponding to the predetermined frequency and the liquid and gas isotopes being treated in the chamber. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147906 | METHODS OF GENERATING ENERGETIC PARTICLES USING NANOTUBES AND ARTICLES THEREOF - There is disclosed a method of generating energetic particles, which comprises contacting nanotubes with a source of hydrogen isotopes, such as D | 2009-06-11 |
20090147907 | Downhole Imaging Tool Utilizing X-Ray Generator - An X-ray downhole imaging tool is provided and includes an X-ray tube capable of operating at least at 50 KeV and emitting at least one hundred micro-amperes of continuous electron current and a radiation detector axially displaced from the X-ray tube, at least partially shielded therefrom and radially directed. In certain embodiments, the radiation detector includes a microchannel plate and a resistive anode. In certain embodiments, a second detector which is axially directed is also provided. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147908 | Compression of computed tomography data - Methods, computer-readable mediums, apparatuses, and systems are provided. In one embodiment, the method acquires gain data for a view. The gain data is stored for subsequent use. Thereafter, the method acquires raw data for the view. For detectors in the view, the method compares the raw data to the gain data to determine if the result exceeds a threshold. Generally, information that exceeds the threshold is valid data. The method transmits only the valid data. Embodiments of the invention also include other methods, computer-readable mediums, apparatuses, and systems that contain features similar to the features in the above described method. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147909 | X-RAY CT SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CREATING A SCANNING PLAN - A condition on the attribute of an image for generating multi-frame image data containing a plurality of frames of images per file from image data is stored beforehand. When image data is received, multi-frame image data is generated from the received image data based on incidental information contained in the image data and the condition stored beforehand. Then, the generated multi-frame image data is archived. When a request for an image is made by a certain terminal, an application functioning on the terminal is identified, and multi-frame image data appropriate for the application is sent from among the generated multi-frame image data. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147910 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY SENSITIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - An energy-sensitive computed tomography system is provided. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system includes an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray beam resulting from electrons impinging upon a target material. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system also includes an object positioned within the X-ray beam. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system further includes a detector configured to receive a transmitted beam of the X-rays through the object. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system also includes a filter having an alternating pattern disposed between the X-ray source and the detector, the filter configured to facilitate measuring projection data that can be used to generate low-energy and high-energy spectral information. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147911 | SCATTER COMPENSATION IN AN X-RAY SYSTEM - Scatter compensation is achieved in an X-ray imaging system by providing collimation means in the form of shutters ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147912 | MICROCHIP AND ANALYZING METHOD AND DEVICE EMPLOYING IT - A plurality of elements can be analyzed simultaneously with high sensitivity using a microchip. The microchip ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147913 | X-RAY SCANNER - The invention proposes a much improved X-ray scanner for large objects. These relate to both safety aspects for the service personnel of the system and safety aspects for the operating personnel of the large object to be scanned, as well as aspects which make possible improved image acquisition. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147914 | Device for destruction-free inspection of a conveyor belt - The invention relates to a device for destruction-free inspection of a conveyor belt ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING EXPLOSIVES AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - A system for detecting and classifying small amounts of explosives and other controlled substances while rejecting confounders, including a source/detector array formed of a plurality of sources and a plurality of detectors, a signal processor coupled to the source/detector array for processing data received from the detectors, a classifier coupled to the signal processor for classifying data received from the signal processor according to a plurality of algorithms, a maximal rejection classifier coupled to the classifier; and a declarative decision module coupled to the maximal rejection classifier for rendering an accurate decision regarding the contents of the object is provided. The apparatus includes an enclosure, a shield layer disposed within the enclosure, a cavity disposed within the shield layer, a plurality of neutron sources and a detection array disposed within the cavity, and a transport mechanism for moving objects through the cavity past the sources and detection array. The cavity has one or more turns which preclude a straight line trajectory through the cavity. The shield layer is water-filled to prevent stray radiation from exiting the enclosure. The use of multiple lower power neutron sources and the particular geometry of the enclosure provide a compact, relatively lightweight explosive detection system which is practical for use in airports and other public locations. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147916 | REAL-TIME DOSE RECONSTRUCTION USING DYNAMIC SIMULATION AND IMAGE GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY - A radiation therapy treatment method comprises imaging a subject and simulating four-dimensional aspects of radiotherapy. A treatment plan based on the simulation is generated to permit real-time, three-dimensional dose reconstruction at the time of treatment. The simulation and treatment plan are used during treatment fractions to achieve real-time image guidance. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147917 | System and Method for High Resolution Field Shaping - A system and method are provided for a high resolution radiation treatment system which provide for projecting a field of radiation energy at targeted patient tissue. The system uses a multi-leaf collimator, which is positioned such that a significant clearance is provided between the multi-leaf collimator and the isocenter plane where the targeted tissue is located. The leaves of the multi-leaf collimator are designed to provide for high step resolution in the projected radiation energy shape. Additionally, an embodiment of the system and method herein can provide for a high step resolution in the projected radiation energy shape, and for a dose calculation matrix which has matrix units which coincide with the high step resolution in the projected radiation shape. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147918 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CRYSTALLIZATION AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION SCREENING - An integrated fluidic circuit includes a substrate layer and a first structure coupled to the substrate layer and including a plurality of channels. The first structure is configured to provide for flow of one or more materials through the plurality of channels. The integrated fluidic circuit also includes a second structure coupled to the substrate layer. The second structure includes a plurality of control channels configured to receive an actuation pressure. The integrated fluidic circuit is characterized by a thickness of less than 1.5 mm. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147919 | RADIOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A radiographing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized in that an image processing device comprises an acquisition device which acquires projection data of a first energy spectrum and projection data of a second energy spectrum, and a synthetic image generating device which synthesizes a first image on the basis of the projection data of the first energy spectrum, and a second image on the basis of the projection data of the second energy spectrum according to a predetermined synthetic condition, and generating a synthetic image, and a display device displays the generated synthetic image. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147920 | ISOTOPIC IMAGING VIA NUCLEAR RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE WITH LASER-BASED THOMSON RADIATION - The present invention utilizes novel laser-based, high-brightness, high-spatial-resolution, pencil-beam sources of spectrally pure hard x-ray and gamma-ray radiation to induce resonant scattering in specific nuclei, i.e., nuclear resonance fluorescence. By monitoring such fluorescence as a function of beam position, it is possible to image in either two dimensions or three dimensions, the position and concentration of individual isotopes in a specific material configuration. Such methods of the present invention material identification, spatial resolution of material location and ability to locate and identify materials shielded by other materials, such as, for example, behind a lead wall. The foundation of the present invention is the generation of quasimonochromatic high-energy x-ray (100's of keV) and gamma-ray (greater than about 1 MeV) radiation via the collision of intense laser pulses from relativistic electrons. Such a process as utilized herein, i.e., Thomson scattering or inverse-Compton scattering, produces beams having diameters from about 1 micron to about 100 microns of high-energy photons with a bandwidth of ΔE/E of approximately 10E | 2009-06-11 |
20090147921 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A radiographic apparatus according to this invention stores, before an imaging event, offset images and gain correcting images corresponding to a plurality of storage times, and acquires a lag image and a radiographic image based on these stored images. Then, lag correction is carried out to remove lags, using the lag image, from the radiographic image. In this way, from the radiographic image taking into consideration the offset images and gain correcting images corresponding to the storage times, lags are removed using the lag image which similarly fakes into consideration the offset images and gain correcting images corresponding to the storage times. Lag-behind parts, including offset and gain components, are removed from radiation detection signals in a simple way. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147922 | MULTI-ENERGY IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING OPTIC DEVICES - A multi-energy imaging system and method for selectively generating high-energy X-rays and low-energy X-ray beams are described. A pair of optic devices are used, one optic device being formed to emit high X-ray energies and the other optic device being formed to emit low X-ray energies. A selective filtering mechanism is used to filter the high X-ray energies from the low X-ray energies. The optic devices have at least a first solid phase layer having a first index of refraction with a first photon transmission property and a second solid phase layer having a second index of refraction with a second photon transmission property. The first and second layers are conformal to each other. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147923 | ANTI-SCATTER GRID - An anti-scatter grid for medical x-ray devices is provided. The anti-scatter grid comprising a number of first elements from a first material with second elements made from a second material integrated therein. In this case the first material is more transparent to radiation than the second material. The second elements are arranged in the first elements such that for stacking of the first elements a grid absorbing scattered radiation is formed by means of second elements for radiation arriving perpendicular to the direction of the stacking of the first elements. The advantage of this is that this anti-scatter grid is able to be produced simply and reliably with a large aspect ratio. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147924 | MEDICAL EXAMINATION DEVICE - A medical examination device is provided. At least some of the supply lines used to operate the examination device are routed from above to the examination device, with the supply lines being arranged on a gallows which is mounted rotatably on a rail-guided carriage and being attached to a longitudinal section by at least one Bowden cable arranged on the gallows. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147925 | CALIBRATION TOOL AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of calibrating an imaging system includes placing a calibration tool in a position relative to the imaging system where an object to be imaged in normal use of the system would be placed. An image of the calibration tool is taken and the resulting image is used to calibrate the imaging system. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147926 | AUTOMATED E911 ROUTE VERIFICATION - A device simulates an emergency services test call based on an automatic number identification (ANI) to be tested, and generates a test notification associated with the emergency services test call. The device also automatically initiates the emergency services test call, receives results of the emergency services test call, and generates an emergency services call information report based on the results of the emergency services test call. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147927 | Method and system for call tracing - The present invention is drawn to a call trace system and method that is simple to establish in a short amount of time. The call trace is implemented through a Web browser page which remotely programs central offices to trace calls to particular number. When a trace is established a message is sent back to the Web browser which displays the calling number, the called number and the central office detecting the call. Also, a page is sent to a pager which displays the traced information. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SPECIAL NUMBER CALLS USING TEXT MESSAGE FORMAT - A system for handling special number calls placed from a calling instrument using a text messaging format includes: a plurality of message handling units configured in at least one communication network accessible by the calling instrument. At least one selected message handling unit of the plurality of message handling units operates to recognize an extant call placed from the calling instrument using a special number and expressed in the text messaging call format. The plurality of message handling units cooperates to effect querying the calling instrument to ascertain a substantially pinpoint geographic location of the calling instrument substantially contemporaneously with the extant call. The plurality of message handling units cooperates to use the geographic location for routing the extant call to at least one selected special number answering station coupled with the at least one communication network and situated generally proximate with the geographic location. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMIT-RECEIVING EMERGENCY SERVICE - Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving emergency service are provided to solve the problem that the user maliciously performs emergency registration with the emergency user ID to receive the unauthorized service. The method for initiating callback in the emergency service includes forwarding the request message to the callee connection network and informing the callee connection network of the identity of the initiator identity after the callback initiator side authenticates the identity of the initiator of the received request message. The method for receiving callback in the emergency service includes: recognizing, by the callee connection network, the identity of the initiator who initiates the callback request message transmitted from the call initiator-side network and performing post-processing according to whether the identity of the initiator is a valid PSAP. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147930 | MULTIMEDIA SPAM DETERMINATION USING SPEECH CONVERSION - Determining unwanted multimedia message originated from a multimedia call. An interface receives a multimedia message from a telecommunication service operator, and multimedia message is stored on a storage area. A unified communication system manages communication message delivery to at least one of the following access points for the recipient, and the unified communication system includes a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for identifying a voice portion from content of the received multimedia message. An anti-spam engine is applied to analyze a textual representation of the identified voice portion, and a confidence ranking of the representation is generated in response to the analyzed representation. It is determined whether the multimedia message is an unwanted multimedia message as a function of the confidence ranking and the analyzed representation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147931 | Instant Messaging and Voice Mail Integration - A method of enabling a user of an instant messaging client to forward an audio recording to another person via his or her instant messaging client is disclosed. The recipient's instant messaging client then inquires whether the recipient would like to hear the audio recording immediately. If the recipient answers yes, then the audio recording is played for the recipient through the instant messaging client. In contrast, if the user answers no, or is “unavailable,” or does not answer at all, the instant messaging client forwards the audio recording a voice mailbox associated with the recipient for later retrieval in well-known fashion via a telephone. This invention is particularly advantageous when the recipient is engaged in a telephone call when the audio recording arrives because it enables the recipient to hear the message immediately and without having to access the voice mail system while engaged in call. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147932 | ENHANCED PROGRAMMING MODEL AND CONTROLLER FOR IVR - One solution for dealing with complex call flows employs a diagramming tool that allows a designer to graphically represent the customer experience during the call by connecting IVR actions and decision points with arrows. The resulting diagram is translated into a Finite State Machine (FSM). | 2009-06-11 |
20090147933 | METHOD FOR EXPLOITATION OF LOCATION PROXIMITY TO DERIVE A LOCATION OF EMPLOYEES UTILIZING INSTANT MESSAGING - A method for exploitation of location proximity to derive a location of an employee in a corporation utilizing instant messaging or automatic telephone calls is provided. A search request for a location of an employee is received. A look up of coworkers of the employee in a corporate database is performed. A list of neighbors of the employee is extracted from the coworkers, and the list of neighbors of the employee is generated in accordance with the proximity of neighbors in the list of neighbors to a workspace of the employee. The list of neighbors is presented, in response to the search request. The list of neighbors is polled to locate the employee via instant messaging and/or automatic telephone calls. The location of the employee is received, in response to polling the list of neighbors. The neighbors are alerted that the employee has been located. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147934 | INFORMATION DEVICE - A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147935 | PHONE MANAGING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A phone managing method is implemented within an electronic communication device installed with a location system and having several preset regions stored with sorted received calls in different groups. The managing method includes the steps of (a) receiving a communication signal so that a phone number corresponding to the communication signal is obtained; (b) detecting the location of the electronic communication device receiving the communication signal; (c) comparing the phone number with the received calls in the preset regions; and (d) rejecting the phone number in case the phone number is excluded from anyone of the received calls in the preset regions. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147936 | FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTERING VoIP SPAM - Framework for countering VoIP SPAM. The framework is applicable to all sessions sending out the spam from an outbound domain to a inbound domain, in which the outbound domain and the inbound domain respectively has: a spam prevention system for detecting whether an outbound call is spam and blocking the call if needed; a spam prevention policy server for adding, modifying, or deleting spam countering policies being applied to the spam prevention system; and a call server for making or receiving a call, in connection with the spam prevention system. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147937 | System and method for personalized call treatment by using a combination of communication and data services - A system and method for providing personalized call treatment to an incoming call by using a combination of data and communication services is provided. The system comprises a Mashup application for determining a treatment method corresponding to each incoming call based on a called person's profile and one or more predefined rules. The system also comprises a communication services platform and a data services platform coupled with the Mashup application. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147938 | Removing near-end frequencies from far-end sound - By-bandwidth voice-switching is performed during doubletalk between a near-end teleconference device and a far-end teleconference device. This may involve receiving far-end voice data from the far-end teleconference device. Near-end voice data is also received at the near-end teleconference device. Frequency subbands of the near-end voice data that having substantial energy are identified. Before playing the far-end voice data on one or more loudspeakers of the near-end teleconference device, frequency subbands from the far-end voice data frequency subbands thereof that correspond to the identified frequency subbands of the near-end voice data are attenuated and/or eliminated. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147939 | Authenticating An Individual Using An Utterance Representation and Ambiguity Resolution Information - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for authenticating an individual. A representation of an utterance is received. A candidate record is identified from among a plurality of candidate records by comparing the representation of the utterance with stored utterance data according to a match parameter. An identity of the individual is verified by comparing received ambiguity information with stored ambiguity resolution criteria. If a candidate record is not found, a new record associated with the individual may be created. The individual may be allowed access to a secured resource. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147940 | Methods and systems for managing communication requests in an institutional setting such as a healthcare facility - A method of processing a communication request destined for an intended recipient, comprising: determining an interrupt worthiness of the communication request; determining an interruptability of the intended recipient; determining at least one delivery feature based on the interrupt worthiness of the communication request and the interruptability of the intended recipient; and causing delivery of the communication request over a communication system in accordance with the at least one delivery feature. Also, a method for monitoring workflows in an institutional environment, comprising: obtaining an indication that a workflow being executed by a particular user has been interrupted by a communication request; determining expected workflow resumption activity associated with the interrupted workflow; monitoring actual workflow resumption activity being executed by a user having resumed the interrupted workflow; carrying out a comparison between the expected and actual workflow activity; and conditionally notifying the user having resumed the interrupted workflow, based on the comparison. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147941 | Method and system for reducing a perceived call transfer delay between a target and a talker - A method and system reduces a perceived call transfer delay between a target and a talker. The perceived transfer delay is caused by the reaction time of the talker when the call is transferred. The call is transferred from between a caller and the target, to between the talker and target. The method comprises recording a message. The message may be recorded before the start of a call session. The message may be recorded by the talker. Upon the call transfer, the message is played to the target. Also upon the call transfer, lead data of the target is displayed to the talker. When the message is finished playing, the talker is connected to the target such that the talker and the target can speak with each other. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147942 | Reducing Echo - Far-end audio signal data generated by a far-end device during voice cross-talk between the far-end device and a near-end device is received via a network. Energy levels of frequency components of the received far-end audio signal data are determined. Near-end audio signal data produced by a microphone array is received, the near-end audio signal data including components contributed by a loudspeaker playing at least some of the far-end audio signal data. Which frequency components of the near-end audio signal data to use to compute likely near-end sound source directions is controlled dynamically, where the controlling is based on the determined energy levels of the frequency components of the received far-end audio signal data. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147943 | TELEPHONE APPARATUS - The invention relates to a telephone apparatus that allows, when additional installation of a handset unit ends in failure, an immediate retry of the additional installation with appropriate procedure and operations. At additional installation of a handset unit, a base unit ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147944 | Vertical Patching System - A patching system includes network equipment in a cabinet; a first patch panel cabinet; a second patch panel cabinet; a vertical patch panel mounted between the first patch panel cabinet and the second patch panel cabinet, the vertical patch panel having telecommunications connectors mounted therein; and a vertical cable manager mounted adjacent to one of the first patch panel cabinet and the second patch panel cabinet. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147945 | Configurable ASIC-embedded cryptographic processing engine - Architecture for embedding a cryptographic engine in a processor is disclosed. An ASIC processor is embedded with a programmable processing core, such as an FPGA, with the key register and I/O registers remaining in fixed logic. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147946 | APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING STREAMCIPHER TSC-4 - Provided is an apparatus for computing a T-function based Stream Cipher (TSC)-4 stream cipher. The apparatus includes: two T-function units; and a nonlinear filter for receiving bits output from the two T-function units and generating an 8-bit output sequence per clock. Each of the T-function units includes: a first register for storing an internal state value of the lower N bits; an N-bit internal state updater for updating the internal state value of the lower N-bits stored in the first register; an intermediate result register for storing an intermediate result value output from the N-bit internal state updater; a second register for storing an internal state value of the upper M bits; and an M-bit internal state updater for updating the internal state value of the upper M bits stored in the second register using the value stored in the intermediate result register. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147947 | DIGITAL-ENCRYPTION HARDWARE ACCELERATOR - An electronic device for encrypting and decrypting data blocks of a message having n data blocks in accordance with the data encryption standard (DES) is provided. The electronic device has a first data processing channel having a first processing stage for performing encryption and decryption of data blocks of a predefined length, and a first input data buffer coupled to a data input and to the first processing stage, and a second data processing channel having a second processing stage for performing encryption and decryption of data blocks, a second data input buffer coupled to an output of the first processing stage and to the second processing stage. The electronic device also has a control stage (FSM) for controlling the first processing stage and the second processing stage, so as to perform an encryption or decryption step with the second processing stage on an encrypted/decrypted data block output from the first processing stage. The control stage is adapted to control the first processing stage to perform data encryption or decryption according to the data encryption standard on each block and to control the second processing stage to compute a message authentication code over the encrypted or decrypted message received from the first processing stage block-by-block. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147948 | Method for Elliptic Curve Point Multiplication - An elliptic curve multiplication method comprises three stages. In the first stage, randomly selected point representations are stored in variables. In the second stage, a right-to-left loop is executed that modifies the variable values in dependency of a multiplier. In the last stage, the result is calculated from the modified variable values. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147949 | UTILIZING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS AND ONLINE SERVICES TO SECURE DEVICES - The claimed subject matter in accordance with an aspect provides systems and/or methods that generates, allocates, or utilizes strong symmetric cryptographic keys to secure storage devices. The system can include components that determine whether a storage device with an associated credential cache has been affiliated with the system. The system extracts authentication information included within the credential cache and establishes communications with a web service that utilizes the authentication information to generate and return a set strong symmetric cryptographic keys to the system. The system employs one of the set of strong symmetric cryptographic keys to encrypt or decrypt the storage device to make content persisted on the storage device available and thereafter removes the distributed set of strong symmetric cryptographic keys from the system. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147950 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC DEVICE FOR FAST SESSION SWITCHING - Provided is a cryptographic device for fast session switching, and more particularly, a cryptographic device using a block cipher algorithm and capable of rapidly performing session switching. The cryptographic device includes: a block cipher algorithm executer for performing encryption or decryption on input data using an initialization vector and a round key corresponding to a current session; an initialization vector manager for storing an initialization vector input from outside of the cryptographic device and an initialization vector received from the block cipher algorithm executer, and providing the initialization vector corresponding to the current session to the block cipher algorithm executer; and a session round key generator for storing a session key input from outside of the cryptographic device, generating the round key based on a session key corresponding to the current session, and providing the round key to the block cipher algorithm executer. The device has a structure capable of performing minimum operation to store and manage an initialization vector and a session key, and thus can minimize delay time caused by session switching. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147951 | METHOD OF HANDLING SECURITY KEY CHANGE AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of handling security key change for a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes applying a radio resource control procedure to activate key change, where the radio resource control procedure covers two conditions where the key change is accompanied with an authentication and key agreement run and without an authentication and key agreement run. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DISPLAY OF SCREEN APPARATUS CONTENT OVERLAYED ON PROTECTED CONTENT - A system and method for the display of screen apparatus content overlayed on protected content is described. An embodiment of a system may include a device connected to a network. The device receives and stores screen apparatus content. The device also receives protected content that is not being altered by a user. The device displays the stored screen apparatus content overlayed on the protected content via a user interface on a display device without altering the protected content by the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147953 | System and method for conditional access key encryption - A system for processing multimedia channels is described comprising: transmitting decryption keys for decrypting the multimedia channels, the keys encrypted in both a first encryption format and a second encryption format; the keys encrypted in the first encryption format being decryptable by a first type of multimedia receiver; and the keys encrypted in the second encryption format being decryptable by a second type of multimedia receiver. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147954 | Partial Dual-Encryption Using Program Map Tables - Systems and method for partial encryption are disclosed. One example method comprises: creating a program association table to include a first program number which identifies a program encrypted in accordance with a first encryption scheme, and a second program number which identifies the same program encrypted in accordance with a second encryption scheme; and creating a program map table for the same program to include first audio and video identifiers associated with the first encryption scheme and second audio and video identifiers associated with the second encryption scheme. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147955 | METHOD OF QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY USING BLIND PHOTON POLARIZATION QUIBITS WITH MULTIPLE STAGES - A cryptography method using a quantum phenomenon, which performs a multi-staged polarization process between a transmitter and a receiver to prevent a third party from knowing the polarization value of a photon. A transmitter rotates a photon flux by arbitrary angle θ and transmits it to a receiver. The receiver rotates the received photon flux by arbitrary angle φ and transmits it to the transmitter. The transmitter rotates the received photon flux by the reverse angle −θ of an angle, by which the transmitter | 2009-06-11 |
20090147956 | Sharing a Secret Element - A secret element is shared with a cryptographic module. The secret element can be obtained from at least first and second partial secret information items. A first transmission transmits the first partial secret information item to the cryptographic module but not the first partial information item, this second transmission being separate from the first transmission. The secret element can then be obtained in the cryptographic module from the first and second partial secret information items transmitted. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147957 | SECURE INTERNET TRANSACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention provides for a transaction card for use at a terminal and for initiating an internet transaction with a SSL protected server, wherein the card comprises a smartcard including an application arranged for extending an SSL connection from the said protected server into the smartcard and, further, the invention can provide for a related terminal, server and related transaction initiation and establishment methods, for extending the said SSL connection as noted above. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147958 | Dynamic, Selective Obfuscation of Information for Multi-Party Transmission - Selectively obfuscating, or obscuring, a portion or portions of information in a multi-party transmission. A user participating in a multi-party exchange signals a communication device (or proxy) that he will provide private information that is to be perceptible only to a subset of the other participants. This user also identifies that subset, preferably by providing a group identifier for a group in which that subset of participants are members. The communication device transmits a member-specific descriptor comprising an encrypted version of a group key, and uses this group key to encrypt the private information that is to be perceptible only to the subset. Device-specific characteristics of participant devices are used, in addition to user-provided data (such as a user's log-on identifier and/or password), as input to create cryptographic key information. Only participants in the subset can decrypt the encrypted private information; other participants preferably receive a filler pattern of some type instead. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147959 | KEY STATUS DETECTING CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a key status detecting circuit for detecting key statuses of a plurality of key modules, wherein the key modules respectively include a plurality of key units. The key status detecting circuit includes a plurality of first logic units, a plurality of first signal registering units, a plurality of second logic units, a second signal registering unit, and a control unit. The key status detecting circuit provided by the present invention does not have to connect each key to different pins of the control unit respectively and does not have to have the control unit regularly poll a data bus to detect which key is pressed, and thus the pin amount and loading of the control unit can be reduced, and efficiency of the control unit can be improved. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147960 | CONTENT SEARCH DEVICE - A content search device calculates the number of valid encrypted contents as comparison objects contained in encrypted content databases and the number of valid decryption keys contained in decryption key databases. The database having the smaller number is decided to be a reference database. By successively reading out entries contained in the reference database, a combination of an encrypted content and a corresponding decryption key is searched. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147961 | OBJECT-BASED 3-DIMENSIONAL AUDIO SERVICE SYSTEM USING PRESET AUDIO SCENES - Provided are an object-based three dimensional (3-D) audio service system using preset audio scenes and a method thereof. The system and the method are suggested for enabling a user to easily and conveniently watch and listen an object based 3-D audio service by eliminating inconvenience that requires a user to control each of object audio signals of sound sources. The system includes: audio input means for inputting an audio signal; preset audio scene generating means for extracting object audio signals from the audio signal inputted through the audio input means and generating more than one of 3-D audio scene information by arranging the extracted object audio signals in a 3-D space and editing features of each object; and encoding means for encoding and multiplexing the audio signal and the 3-D audio scene information for each object audio signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147962 | CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DEVICE WITH HEADPHONES - A system having a consumer electronics device ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147963 | Bass enhancement for audio - A method and apparatus for conditioning an audio input signal to enhance perception and reproduction of bass frequencies. Harmonics are generated and combined with a phase-shifted version of the audio input signal. Use of a controlled phase shift reduces or eliminates unwanted introduction of waveform asymmetry or D.C. offset. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147964 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING AN ECHO SIGNAL IN A SIGNAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for removing an echo signal in a signal transmission/reception apparatus of a communication system are provided. A signal transmission/reception apparatus determines an echo channel impulse response using a reception signal, generates an echo signal removing coefficient using the echo channel impulse response, removes an echo signal from the reception signal using the echo signal removing coefficient, and transmits a signal in which the echo signal is removed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147965 | ELECTRONIC PILLOW FOR ABATING SNORING/ENVIRONMENTAL NOISES, HANDS-FREE COMMUNICATIONS, AND NON-INVASIVE MONITORING AND RECORDING - An electronic pillow including a pillow unit encasing at least one error microphone and at least one loudspeaker in electrical connection with a controller unit, the pillow unit also including a power source, and a reference sensing unit including at least one reference microphone in electrical connection with the controller unit, the controller unit including an algorithm for controlling interactions between the error microphone, loudspeaker, and reference microphone. A method of abating unwanted noise, by detecting an unwanted noise with a reference microphone, analyzing the unwanted noise, producing an anti-noise corresponding to the unwanted noise in a pillow, and abating the unwanted noise. Methods of hands-free communication, recording and monitoring sleep disorders, providing real-time response to emergencies, and playing audio sounds. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147966 | Method and Apparatus for In-Ear Canal Sound Suppression - An earpiece ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147967 | CONFERENCE APPARATUS - Microphone arrays, which are formed by arranging a plurality of microphones, are provided on a front side and a rear side of a housing, respectively. A virtual focus is set for each of the microphone arrays in a direction opposite to a direction in which sound is picked-up sound signals picked up by the plurality of microphones are delayed such that distances to the virtual focus are the same, and the delayed sound signals are synthesized. Therefore, sound in a sound-pickup area of a predetermined angle on each of the front side and the rear side can be picked up at a high level, and even though there is a noise source in areas other than the sound-pickup area, noise from the noise source is not picked up. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147968 | SOUND INPUT DEVICE - A sound input device includes a differential microphone, configured to receive sound including noise, and generate a first signal in accordance with the sound; a detector, configured to detect the noise, and generate a second signal in accordance with the detected noise; and a controller, configured to control at least one of suppression of high-frequency components of the first signal and changing of a frequency band to be suppressed of the first signal based on the second signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147969 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A playback device includes: a playback portion that plays back content and outputs at least an audio signal; an acquisition portion that acquires an external audio signal; a generating portion that, based on noise collected by a sound collecting device, generates a noise cancellation signal to reduce the noise; a switching portion that, if the acquisition portion has acquired the external audio signal when the playback portion is playing back content, switches an output signal from the audio signal to the external audio signal; and a synthesizing portion that synthesizes the output signal from the switching portion with the noise cancellation signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147970 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SOUND INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - According to one aspect of the invention, a mobile terminal includes: a case having two flat faces opposite to each other and side faces having a first side face and a second side face opposed to each other; a first sound input/output unit provided on the first side faces; and a second sound input/output unit provided on the second side face. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147971 | PHONE AND VOLUME CONTROL UNIT - A phone, particularly an ear phone, is provided that features two transducer housings ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147972 | HYBRID SPEAKER - Provided is a hybrid speaker including a vibration diaphragm having a conductive coating layer formed by coating a conductive material for forming an electrode on a surface of a polymer film and an aerogel layer formed by coating aerogel on the other surface of the polymer film, a piezo element disposed at a surface of the vibration diaphragm, forming opposite poles with the vibration diaphragm, and generating sound pressure by a piezoelectric effect, a PCB electrically connected to the vibration diaphragm and the piezo element and applying an external AC voltage, a first insulation body disposed on the other surface of the vibration diaphragm opposite to the piezo element, and a case accommodating and fixing the above constituent elements and having a sonnd pressure discharge hole in a surface thereof. | 2009-06-11 |
20090147973 | APPARATUS INCLUDING TWO HOUSINGS AND A PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER - An apparatus ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090147974 | DISPLAY - A display, includes: a display section; a first output section; a second output section; and a housing containing the display section, the first output section, and the second output section, wherein, the display section has an aspect ratio with a width more than twice a height, the first output section is arranged along an upper side of the display section so as to face forward and is configured to output a plurality of channels of audio, and the second output section is arranged along a lower side of the display section so as to face forward and is configured to output a plurality of channels of audio. | 2009-06-11 |