24th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150161951 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM - A control device executes a program including the steps of: when an unintended black image is detected, notifying a target value of brightness of a backlight and a correction amount of brightness of an image immediately before the black image is detected, until a predetermined time elapses; correcting the image based on the notified correction amount of the brightness of the image; causing a liquid crystal panel to display the corrected image; and controlling the backlight based on the notified target value of the brightness of the backlight. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161952 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus includes a light unit, a display panel configured to transmit light from the light unit, a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of modes different in a scanning order of the display panel from each other, and a control unit configured to control the light unit to light each of a plurality of areas of the display panel. According to the mode set by the setting unit, the control unit determines timing when the light unit lights the plurality of areas. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161953 | Image Acquisition and Display System and Method Using Information Derived from an Area of Interest in a Video Image Implementing System Synchronized Brightness Control and Use of Metadata - Method and apparatus for preparing and displaying images uses image characteristics of an area of interest of images to optimize or otherwise determine image characteristics of the entire image to be displayed. The area of interest information may be used in computing a System Synchronized Backlight Control (“SSBC”) profile tor the area of interest, and the SSBC profile may be used to adjust the image signal to provide an image in which the image characteristics, e.g.. are optimized for the image at the area of interest. The image characteristics and/or SSBC profile information may be provided as metadata included in a video signal data stream. The area of interest may be selected where the image is obtained, where the image is shown or elsewhere, e.g., in an image storage device, image player, etc. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161954 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is configured in a display state to allow the common electrode to function as an electrode for display and a scanning electrode for a touch panel, to which a common voltage and a first scanning pulse voltage are supplied, and to allow a detection circuit to detect a touched position based on the voltage detected by the first and the second detection electrodes. In a display stop state, the first detection electrode is configured to function as a temporary scanning electrode, and the detection circuit is configured to supply a second scanning pulse voltage to the first detection electrode so as to detect existence of a swipe based on the voltage detected by the second detection electrode. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161955 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device with a signal controller is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver, a touch screen including a touch controller, a graphics controller and a signal controller. The signal controller generates a multiple control signal for controlling the timing of recording of an image signal and the timing of driving of the touch screen panel. The signal controller transmits the multiple control signal to the graphics controller and the touch controller. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161956 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including gate lines and data lines, the gate lines and the data lines intersecting, and pixels defined at the intersections of the gate lines and data lines, a gate driver to sequentially output a gate driving signal to the gate lines, a data driver to sequentially output a data signal to channels, a switching controller to electrically connect one of the channels with two or more of the data lines, the switching controller including a switch for each of the channels, wherein the two or more data lines are adjacent, one is directly connected to the channel and the other is connected to the channel through the switch, and a timing controller to provide a selection signal to the switch which controls the connection between the other of the two or more data lines and the channel. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161957 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus including a gate driving circuit configured to include a plurality of stages connected to each other one after another. An i-th stage of the stages includes an output transistor and a control part. At least one control transistor included in the control part includes a first control electrode to which a switching control signal is applied, and a second control electrode disposed on a layer different from a layer on which the first control electrode is disposed, and to which a reference voltage is applied. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161958 | GATE DRIVER - A gate driver includes a plurality of shift registers and a plurality of cutting units. Each of the shift registers is configured for outputting a shift register signal according to a clock signal of the each of the shift register sequentially. Each of the shift register signals has a working period and the two working periods of the two adjacent shift register signals overlap each other. Each of the cutting units is coupled to a respective one of the shift registers. The cutting unit corresponding to the Nth shift register is configured for cutting a part of the working period from the shift register signal of the Nth shift register to generate a gate driving signal according to the clock signal of the (N−1)th or (N+1)th shift register, such that working periods of the gate driving signals are staggered. N is a positive integer larger than two. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161959 | Driving Method and Driving Device thereof - A driving method for a display system with a gate driving device and a panel includes utilizing a plurality of gate driving modules of the gate driving device to generate a plurality of gate driving signals for driving a plurality of scan lines of the panel; and adjusting a plurality of output resistances of the plurality of gate driving modules according to the plurality of gate driving signals. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161960 | DATA DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A data driving apparatus includes a first data driver and a second data driver. The first data driver is configured to generate data signals to data lines of a display panel, and includes data pads configured to output the data signals, a first common voltage pad configured to output a common voltage to the display panel, and a gate driving signal pad configured to output a gate driving signal to a gate driver, which is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. The second data driver is disposed between two first data drivers; is configured to generate the data signal provided to the data line; and includes a second common voltage pad configured to output the common voltage to the display panel. Thus, a width of a bezel of the display apparatus may be decreased. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161961 | Power Reduction Technique for Digital Display Panel with Point to Point Intra Panel Interface - A system and method are disclosed to control the power consumption of column drivers in a display system. A video input signal is received which has an active video period and a vertical blanking period between frames. A timing controller transmits a first video frame to a column driver. The timing controller transmits a column driver disable command during a vertical blanking period. Prior to the subsequent active video period, the timing controller transmits a column driver enable command. The timing controller proceeds to transmit a second video frame to the column driver. In one embodiment, the timing controller determines whether to disable and enable the column driver based on a refresh rate, the refresh rate calculated by the timing controller from the video input signal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161962 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A touch sensing device is provided. The device includes a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and arranged along a first direction without overlapping one another; a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the first insulating layer and arranged along a second direction without overlapping one another, wherein the first direction is vertical to the second direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161963 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A disclosed display device includes a touch panel including s number of receiving electrodes and k number of driving electrodes which are formed to intersect the receiving electrodes, k being less than s and larger than 2, the touch panel provided in an in-cell type. The display device further includes a touch sensing unit configured to respectively supply a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage to an nth driving electrode and an (n+1)th driving electrode, which are adjacent to each other among the driving electrodes, to determine whether the nth driving electrode is touched, n being a natural number which is more than one and less than k, the touch sensing unit further configured to respectively supply the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage to a kth driving electrode and a (k−1)th driving electrode to determine whether the kth driving electrode is touched. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161964 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a display device and method of driving the same in which a display panel may include a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines and a touch panel, the touch panel including a first touch electrode group where s number of horizontal electrodes and k (which is less than s) number of longitudinal electrodes cross each other; and a touch sensing unit that during a first period of a plurality of touch sensing periods included in a one frame period, determines whether at least one of the s number of horizontal electrodes is touched based on a plurality of sensing signals received from at least two of the s number of horizontal electrodes, and during a second period of the plurality of touch sensing periods, determines whether at least one of the s number of horizontal electrodes, which is either the same or different from the at least one of the s number of horizontal electrodes determined during the first period, is touched based on one or more sensing signals received from at least one of the k number of longitudinal electrodes. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161965 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD IN DISPLAY DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD IN RECEIVING DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a signal receiving unit for receiving a video signal from an external device via a transmission path through a plurality of channels using a differential signal, an information receiving unit for receiving program information from the external device using a bidirectional communication path including predetermined lines of the transmission path, an image display unit for displaying images on image display elements based on the video signal received by the signal receiving unit, and a program information display unit for displaying the program information on the image display elements based on the program information received by the information receiving unit. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161966 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A high-precision display device is capable of suppressing a leak current and operating at a low power consumption. The display device comprises a source power supply for providing a pixel electric potential to each pixel placed on a substrate through a first thin-film transistor; a gate power supply for controlling conductive and nonconductive states of the first thin-film transistor; and a second thin-film transistor disposed between the first thin-film transistor and the gate power supply, the second thin-film transistor being controllable independently of the first thin-film transistor. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161967 | Image Formats and Related Methods and Apparatuses - Image data may be color graded, distributed and viewed on target displays. Mappings that preserve mid-range points and mid-range contrast may be applied to view the image data for color grading and to prepare the image data for display on a target display. The image data may be expanded to exploit the dynamic range of the target display without affecting mid-tone values. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161968 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - A display device includes a display section including a light-emitting element and a drive transistor, and being configured to supply a current to the light-emitting element to cause the light-emitting element to emit light; a signal line driving circuit configured to supply a signal voltage applied between a gate and a source of the drive transistor; and a control circuit configured to: calculate an amount of threshold voltage shift of the drive transistor on the basis of an amount of deterioration of a threshold voltage of the drive transistor during a deterioration period in which the signal voltage is kept at a value that is not zero and an amount of recovery of the threshold voltage of the drive transistor during a recovery period in which the signal voltage is kept at zero; and correct the signal voltage in accordance with the amount of threshold voltage shift. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161969 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An industrial vehicle management system includes: a receiving unit that acquires operational information specifying a position and an operational state of each of a plurality of industrial vehicles; a symbol combining unit that, based on the operational information received by the receiving unit, superimposes and combines upon a map symbols showing the position of each of the industrial vehicles; a display control unit that displays upon a display device a map image that has been superimposed and combined by the symbol combining unit; and a symbol processing unit that changes display formats of the symbols according to the operational state. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161970 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A REAL TIME CONTENT UPDATES TO A USER - Embodiments herein provide a method and system for constantly rendering a dynamic content of an item displayed in an electronic device. Further, the method includes identifying the dynamic content associated with a region of the item. Further, the method includes generating an overlay including a transparent region and an opaque region. The overlay is sized in accordance to a display coordinates associated with the object. Further, the method includes rendering the identified dynamic content of the item in the transparent region of the overlay on the electronic device. Furthermore, the transparent region is configured to adaptively display the identified dynamic content in the display coordinates of the object. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161971 | Tuning Peg Covers - The present disclosure details a tuning peg accessory. The tuning peg accessory may comprise a tuning peg cover. The tuning peg cover may be configured to cover a tuning peg of a stringed instrument. The tuning peg may serve multiple purposes, including, but not limited to, for instrument personalization and learning aid. Still consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure, a tuning peg cover purchase and customization platform may be provided. The platform may enable a user to specify a shape and size of a desired tuning peg cover. Moreover, the platform may enable the user to provide a custom design to be adapted to an exterior surface of the tuning peg cover. Having received the user's specifications, the platform may enable the manufacture, package, and delivery of the customized tuning peg cover. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161972 | KEY MECHANISM FOR A SAXOPHONE - A key mechanism for a saxophone includes a lever, a sound-hole cover, an adjustment member, and a touch piece. The lever includes a connecting portion in which being formed a rotation-stop hole, and a slot in communication with and perpendicular to the rotation-stop hole. The adjustment member is rotatably and partially disposed in the slot and has a threaded hole in communication with the rotation-stop hole. The touch piece includes a press portion, a rotation-stop portion and a screw. The rotation-stop portion is engaged in the rotation-shaped hole, and the screw is screwed in the threaded hole of the adjustment member, so that rotating the adjustment member causes the screw to linearly move with respect to the adjustment member. Therefore, the height position of touch piece of the saxophone can be adjusted without using any hand tools. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161973 | Synthesized Percussion Pedal and Docking Station - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus configured to enable a user to easily change between different midi or audio sequences in any order the user prefers, rather than limiting the user to a pre-determined sequence. Additionally, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus configured with recording and looping functions. The recording and looping functions may be configured to sync the recorded and looped multi-media content to the percussion sequences. Still consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus may be designed and configured to enable a mobile computing device to be used as, for example, an information display, a control mechanism, a processing unit and memory storage. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161974 | Drum Lug Holders Providing Isolated Resonance - Some embodiments provide a drum structural framework comprising a top shell mount, bottom shell mount, rod holders, and tension rods. The top shell mount and bottom shell mount are mounted to either ending edge of a drum shell disposed between the two mounts. A first set of the rod holders are coupled to the top shell mount and an aligned second set of the rod holders are coupled to the bottom shell mount. The tension rods link the two sets of rod holders without hindering resonance of the drum shell. Tuning assemblies on the rod holders adjust the distance separating the top shell mount from the bottom shell mount, thereby controlling the force imposed on the drum shell. Each rod holder includes one or more dampeners that isolate energy passing from the drumhead to the shell from also reverberating throughout the structural framework of the tension rods and rod holders. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161975 | PORTABLE GUITAR STAND - A portable guitar stand has two stand racks, two supporting racks and two holding racks. The stand racks are pivotally connected to each other. The supporting racks are respectively and pivotally connected to the stand racks. The holding racks are respectively and pivotally connected to the stand racks. The holding rack and the supporting rack are pivotally connected to different sides of the corresponding stand rack. When the guitar stand is folded, the stand racks, the supporting racks and the holding racks are parallel to each other. When expanded, the supporting racks and the holding racks, which extend toward different sides, may firmly support the guitar on the guitar stand. When folded, the stand racks, the supporting racks and the holding racks are parallel to each other, thereby lowering the volume of the guitar stand for ease of transportation and storage. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161976 | Musical instrument laser tracking device - A musical instrument laser tracking device comprises a musical instrument digital interface adapted to be connected to a musical instrument digital interface port of a musical instrument. A computer system electronically connected to the musical instrument digital interface and incorporating software adapted to produce electronic signals to control a laser projector. A digital-to-analog converter electronically connected to the computer system and adapted to convert the electronic signals from a digital format to an analog format, and a laser projector electronically connected to the digital-to-analog converter and adapted to receive the electronic analog signals from the digital-to-analog converter, generate laser beams accordingly, and shine the laser beams on predetermined objects in predetermined patterns. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161977 | UPRIGHT ACCESS OF HYBRID CASES FOR PROTECTING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Cases are disclosed in which insertion and/or removal of an instrument occurs with the case in an upright orientation. Cases have a body with upper access and lower enveloping portions and the body has a sidewall defining a front edge with a first elongated side in the upper access portion, a second elongated side in the upper access portion and extending into the enveloping portion, and a bottom portion extending along the enveloping portion between the first and second sides. The sidewall further defines a back edge and the front/back edges are spaced apart. The body has a back affixed to the sidewall. A cover is releaseably fastened to the sidewall along the elongated sides and fixedly attached along the bottom of the sidewall. The cover is hinged where it will open when the cover is released from the sidewall and the case is upright. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161978 | Synthesized Percussion Pedal and Docking Station - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus configured to enable a user to easily change between different midi or audio sequences in any order the user prefers, rather than limiting the user to a pre-determined sequence. Additionally, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus configured with recording and looping functions. The recording and looping functions may be configured to sync the recorded and looped multi-media content to the percussion sequences. Still consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure, the apparatus may be designed and configured to enable a mobile computing device to be used as, for example, an information display, a control mechanism, a processing unit and memory storage. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161979 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONES - A handheld electronic apparatus including a connecting interface, a switching circuit and a control circuit is provided. A corresponding noise-canceling headphone including a connecting interface, a microphone, two speakers and a noise-canceling circuit is also provided. When a headphone is electrically connected to the handheld electronic apparatus and the control circuit determines that the headphone is the noise-canceling headphone, then the control circuit provides an working voltage to the noise-canceling headphone through different circuit paths by controlling the switching circuit. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE PLAYBACK EQUALIZATION IN AN AUDIO DEVICE - In accordance with systems and methods of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving an error microphone signal indicative of an acoustic output of a transducer and ambient audio sounds at the acoustic output of the transducer. The method may also include generating an anti-noise signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds at the acoustic output of the transducer based at least on the error microphone signal. The method may further include generating an equalized source audio signal from a source audio signal by adapting, based at least on the error microphone signal, a response of the adaptive playback equalization system to minimize a difference between the source audio signal and the error microphone signal. The method may additionally include combining the anti-noise signal with the equalized source audio signal to generate an audio signal provided to the transducer. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161981 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING SECONDARY PATH INFORMATION BETWEEN AUDIO CHANNELS IN AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods of the present disclosure include analyzing and comparing transfer functions associated with a plurality of electro-acoustic paths for transducers of a personal audio device to determine proximity of the transducers to respective ears of a listener of the personal audio device, quality of acoustic seals associated with the transducers, and for one or more other purposes. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTICALLY TREATING MATERIAL - Methods and systems for acoustically treating material are described. Acoustic energy is emitted into a waveguide having a wall with a shape that tapers away from the acoustic source. The wall may have a substantially conical or parabolic shape. When emitted therein, the waveguide causes convergence of the acoustic energy so as to form an acoustic focal zone at a vessel. In some embodiments, a substantial portion of the acoustic focal zone is located outside of the internal volume defined by the waveguide. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN EXEMPLARY AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - An exemplary computer system configured to train an ASR using the output from a TTS engine. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161984 | ADAPTIVELY LEARNING VOCABULARY FOR COMPLETING SPEECH RECOGNITION COMMANDS - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, via an audio receiver of an information handling device, user voice input; identifying a first word based on the user voice input; accessing a word association data store; selecting an equivalent based on an association with the first word within the word association data store; committing an action based on the equivalent; receiving feedback input from the user regarding the equivalent; and updating the selecting based on the feedback. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161985 | PRONUNCIATION VERIFICATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for verifying pronunciations. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a first transcription for an utterance. A second transcription for the utterance is obtained. The second transcription is different from the first transcription. One or more feature scores are determined based on the first transcription and the second transcription. The one or more feature scores are input to a trained classifier. An output of the classifier is received. The output indicates which of the first transcription and the second transcription is more likely to be a correct transcription of the utterance. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161986 | DEVICE-BASED PERSONAL SPEECH RECOGNITION TRAINING - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media for personalized speech recognition are described. In various embodiments, a personalized speech recognition system (“PSRS”) may receive personal speech recognition training data (“PTD”) that is associated with a user to facilitate recognition of speech from the user. The PSRS may train a speech recognition module using the received PTD. The user may provide the PTD using a mobile device under control of the user. The PTD may be generated and stored on the mobile device through actions of the user, such as by using the mobile device to record a corpus of speech examples by the user. The user may subsequently facilitate provisioning of the PTD to the PSRS using the mobile device, such as through a wired or wireless network. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATING HESSIAN-FREE OPTIMIZATION FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS BY IMPLICIT PRECONDITIONING AND SAMPLING - A method for training a deep neural network, comprises receiving and formatting speech data for the training, preconditioning a system of equations to be used for analyzing the speech data in connection with the training by using a non-fixed point quasi-Newton preconditioning scheme, and employing flexible Krylov subspace solvers in response to variations in the preconditioning scheme for different iterations of the training. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING STOCHASTIC AVERAGE GRADIENT AND HESSIAN-FREE OPTIMIZATION FOR SEQUENCE TRAINING OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS - A method for training a deep neural network (DNN), comprises receiving and formatting speech data for the training, performing Hessian-free sequence training (HFST) on a first subset of a plurality of subsets of the speech data, and iteratively performing the HFST on successive subsets of the plurality of subsets of the speech data, wherein iteratively performing the HFST comprises reusing information from at least one previous iteration. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161989 | SYSTEM FOR SPEECH KEYWORD DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The invention provides a system for speech keyword detection and associated method. The system includes a speech keyword detector, an activity predictor and a decision maker. The activity predictor obtains sensor data provided by a plurality of sensors, and processes the sensor data to provide an activity prediction result indicating a probability for whether a user is about to give voice keyword. The decision maker processes the activity prediction result and a preliminary keyword detection result of the speech keyword detection to provide a keyword detection result. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161990 | PROMOTING VOICE ACTIONS TO HOTWORDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for designating certain voice commands as hotwords. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving a hotword followed by a voice command. Additional actions include determining that the voice command satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with designating the voice command as a hotword, where a voice command that is designated as a hotword is treated as a voice input regardless of whether the voice command is preceded by another hotword. Further actions include, in response to determining that the voice command satisfies one or more predetermined criteria associated with designating the voice command as a hotword, designating the voice command as a hotword. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161991 | GENERATING REPRESENTATIONS OF ACOUSTIC SEQUENCES USING PROJECTION LAYERS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating phoneme representations of acoustic sequences using projection sequences. One of the methods includes receiving an acoustic sequence, the acoustic sequence representing an utterance, and the acoustic sequence comprising a respective acoustic feature representation at each of a plurality of time steps; for each of the plurality of time steps, processing the acoustic feature representation through each of one or more long short-term memory (LSTM) layers; and for each of the plurality of time steps, processing the recurrent projected output generated by the highest LSTM layer for the time step using an output layer to generate a set of scores for the time step. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161992 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present specification relates to a speech recognition apparatus and method capable of accurately recognizing the speech of a user in an easy and convenient manner without the user having to operate a speech recognition start button or the like. The speech recognition apparatus according to embodiments of the present specification comprises: a camera for capturing a user image; a microphone; a control unit for detecting a preset user gesture from the user image, and, if a nonlexical word is detected from the speech signal which is input through the microphone from the point in time at which the user gesture was detected, determining the speech signal detected after the detected nonlexical word as an effective speech signal; and a speech recognition unit for recognizing the effective speech signal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161993 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING SPEAKER ADAPTION TECHNIQUES TO CORRELATED FEATURES - Systems and methods for applying feature-space maximum likelihood linear regression (fMLLR) to correlated features are provided. A method for applying fMLLR to correlated features, comprises mapping the correlated features into an uncorrelated feature space, applying fMLLR in the uncorrelated feature space to obtain fMLLR transformed features, and mapping the fMLLR transformed features back to a correlated feature space. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161994 | Method and Apparatus for Speech Recognition Using Neural Networks with Speaker Adaptation - In a speech recognition system, deep neural networks (DNNs) are employed in phoneme recognition. While DNNs typically provide better phoneme recognition performance than other techniques, such as Gaussian mixture models (GMM), adapting a DNN to a particular speaker is a real challenge. According to at least one example embodiment, speech data and corresponding speaker data are both applied as input to a DNN. In response, the DNN generates a prediction of a phoneme based on the input speech data and the corresponding speaker data. The speaker data may be generated from the corresponding speech data. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161995 | LEARNING FRONT-END SPEECH RECOGNITION PARAMETERS WITHIN NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING - Techniques for learning front-end speech recognition parameters as part of training a neural network classifier include obtaining an input speech signal, and applying front-end speech recognition parameters to extract features from the input speech signal. The extracted features may be fed through a neural network to obtain an output classification for the input speech signal, and an error measure may be computed for the output classification through comparison of the output classification with a known target classification. Back propagation may be applied to adjust one or more of the front-end parameters as one or more layers of the neural network, based on the error measure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161996 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISCRIMINATIVE DEPENDENCY PARSING - A computer-implemented method can include receiving a speech input representing a question, converting the speech input to a string of characters, and obtaining tokens each representing a potential word. The method can include determining one or more part-of-speech (POS) tags for each token and determining sequences of the POS tags for the tokens, each sequence of the POS tags including one POS tag per token. The method can include determining one or more parses for each sequence of the POS tags for the tokens and determining a most-likely parse and its corresponding sequence of the POS tags for the tokens to obtain a selected parse and a selected sequence of the POS tags for the tokens. The method can also include determining a most-likely answer to the question using the selected parse and the selected sequence of the POS tags for the tokens and outputting the most-likely answer. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161997 | USING CONTEXT TO INTERPRET NATURAL LANGUAGE SPEECH RECOGNITION COMMANDS - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver of an information handling device, user voice input; identifying, using a processor, words included in the user voice input; determining, using the processor, one of the identified words renders ambiguous a command included in the user voice input; accessing, using the processor, context data; disambiguating, using the processor, the command based on the context data; and committing, using the processor, a predetermined action according to the command. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161998 | Controlling a Speech Recognition Process of a Computing Device - Methods, systems and devices are provided for controlling a speech recognition process on a computing device. A computing device may receive audio signals from a microphone and muscle movement signals from a muscle movement detector, such as an electromyography sensor. The computing device may determine whether the audio signals satisfy an audio characteristic criterion indicative of speech and whether the head muscle activity signals satisfy a muscle movement criterion indicative of the user speaking. The computing device may perform voice recognition processing on the audio signals through a voice recognition algorithm in response to determining that both the audio signals and the head muscle activity signals satisfy their respective criterion indicative of the user speaking, and not perform voice recognition processing of audio signals while either audio signals or head muscle activity signals do not satisfy their respective criterion indicative of the user speaking. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161999 | MEDIA CONTENT CONSUMPTION WITH INDIVIDUALIZED ACOUSTIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption, are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the apparatus may include a presentation engine to play the media content; and a user interface engine to facilitate a user in controlling the playing of the media content. The user interface engine may include a user identification engine to acoustically identify the user; an acoustic speech recognition engine to recognize speech in voice input of the user, using an acoustic speech recognition model specifically trained for the user, and a user command processing engine to process recognized speech as user commands. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162000 | CONTEXT AWARE, PROACTIVE DIGITAL ASSISTANT - A digital assistant system may be used to proactively retrieve and provide information to a user based on an identified context of the user's environment and/or activities. By monitoring a user's environment and/or activities, an inference can be made about what supplemental information the user may find helpful and/or relevant. The supplemental information can be proactively retrieved and presented to the user. The system can include one or more sensors to gather information about the user's environment and/or activities. The system can also include one or more output modules for proactively providing information to the user, such as a speaker for providing information in an auditory format and a display for providing information in a visual format. The system can be wearable and always on so that it can quickly and unobtrusively provide information to the user. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXTUALLY AND GRAPHICALLY PRESENTING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL VOICE INFORMATION - A system and method are described that converts ATC voice instructions into text, and identifies intent wording and data from the text. The intent wording and data are preferably displayed in different formats, and may be included on a map of the aircraft route. Furthermore, a read back of the instructions by the pilot to ATC may be analyzed and compared with the ATC command. If the comparison is faulty, the formats of the intent wording and/or data may be modified further to alert the pilot of the discrepancy. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162002 | LOW POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TO ANALYZE A DIGITIZED AUDIO STREAM - Examples disclose a low power integrated circuit to receive and digitize an audio stream. Further, the examples provide the low power integrated circuit to compare the digitized audio stream to a keyword and store the digitized audio stream in a memory. Additionally, the examples also disclose upon recognition of the keyword in the digitized audio stream, the low power integrated circuit transmits a signal to a processor to increase power and analyze the digitized audio stream. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for speech recognition processing, a system for speech recognition processing, and a computer program product for speech recognition processing. A method for speech recognition processing is provided. The method includes receiving a speech recognition request, the speech recognition request including a pre-assigned speech ID that uniquely identifies speech information and a speech recognition command to convert speech into text, locating speech information based on the speech ID, automatically converting the speech information to obtain text information corresponding to the speech information in response to the speech recognition command, and sending the obtained text information as a speech recognition result to a user that caused the speech recognition request to be issued. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162004 | MEDIA CONTENT CONSUMPTION WITH ACOUSTIC USER IDENTIFICATION - Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption, are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the apparatus may include a presentation engine to play the media content; and a user interface engine to facilitate a user in controlling the playing of the media content. The user interface engine may include a user identification engine to acoustically identify the user; and a user command processing engine to process commands of the user in view of user history or profile of the acoustically identified user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162005 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPEECH-ENABLING A HUMAN-TO-MACHINE INTERFACE - Generally, human-to-machine interfaces are configured to accept speech input from a user. However, such interfaces, e.g., web browsers, must be configured to enable acceptance of speech input from the user. Some interfaces, such as mobile browsers, have less configuration adaptability and are not able to be configured to accept speech input from a user. Embodiments of the present invention speech-enable human-to-machine interfaces by loading content of the human-to-machine interface and adding logic configured to enable speech interaction with the content to the interface. The embodiment then activates speech interaction with the content via the logic for the user. Thus, embodiments of the present invention enable speech interaction with interfaces that are not configured to be adapted to allow speech interaction and are able to enable the speech interaction in a seamless manner. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162006 | VOICE-RECOGNITION HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR SPEAKER-DEPENDENT COMMANDS - Systems and method for controlling a device in a home automation system based on a speaker-dependent command may include receiving a voice command for controlling the device connected to the home automation system, performing a voice recognition analysis to determine a speaker identity of the received voice command, and performing a speech recognition analysis to identify the device in the home automation system that is intended to be controlled. The systems and methods may include determining a permission status to control the identified device, whereby the determined permission status is based on the determined speaker identity and the identified device. The systems and methods may include controlling the identified device in the home automation system based on the determined status. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162007 | VOICE CONTROL USING MULTI-MEDIA ROOMS - Methods and systems are described for controlling an automation and security system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for voice control of an automation and security system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by a processor to detect a trigger word spoken by a user at a location remote from a control panel of the automation and security system, detect a command spoken by the user at the remote location which follows the trigger word, deliver at least one audio response to the user at the remote location in response to the command, and perform an action in response to the command. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162008 | BANDWIDTH EXTENSION MODE SELECTION - A device includes a decoder that includes an extractor, a predictor, a selector, and a switch. The extractor is configured to extract a first plurality of parameters from a received input signal. The input signal corresponds to an encoded audio signal. The predictor is configured to perform blind bandwidth extension by generating a second plurality of parameters independent of high band information in the input signal. The second plurality of parameters corresponds to a high band portion of the encoded audio signal. The selector is configured to select a particular mode from multiple high band modes including a first mode using the first plurality of parameters and a second mode using the second plurality of parameters. The switch is configured to output the first plurality of parameters or the second plurality of parameters based on the selected particular mode. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162009 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an analysis system adapted for processing a signal with a time period. The analysis system comprises a segmenting unit, an analyzing unit, processing unit and an outputting unit. The segmenting unit divides the signal into a plurality of scale windows according to one of interval scales. The analyzing unit processes the scale windows via HHT algorithm to make each scale window generate a plurality of quantized windows according to different components. The processing unit reorganizes the quantized windows make each scale window generate a plurality of quantized windows according to different components. The outputting unit accumulates a plurality of specific frequency values in difference interval scales and combines the specific frequency values to form a three-dimensional variation visual diagram. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162010 | BANDWIDTH EXTENSION PARAMETER GENERATION DEVICE, ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, BANDWIDTH EXTENSION PARAMETER GENERATION METHOD, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - A bandwidth extension parameter generation device includes: a derivation unit which derives a high-band signal representing a high-band portion of an input sound signal; and a calculation unit which calculates a tone parameter and a floor parameter, the tone parameter indicating a magnitude of energy of a tone component of the high-band signal, the floor parameter indicating a magnitude of energy of a floor component obtained by subtracting the tone component from the high-band signal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162011 | Method and Apparatus for Allocating Bit in Audio Signal - A method and an apparatus for allocating bits in an audio signal. The method includes dividing a frequency band of an audio signal into a plurality of subbands, quantizing a subband normalization factor of each subband; and an energy attribute of an audio signal of the corresponding group; allocating coding bits to at least one group, where a sum of coding bits allocated to the at least one group is the number of coding bits of the audio signal; and allocating the coding bits allocated to the at least one group to each subband in each group of the at least one group. In a case of a low or medium bit rate, the embodiments of the present invention can, by means of grouping, ensure relatively stable allocation of previous and subsequent frames and reduce impact of global allocation on partial discontinuity. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162012 | ENCODER, DECODER, SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING A RESIDUAL CONCEPT FOR PARAMETRIC AUDIO OBJECT CODING - A decoder is provided. The decoder includes a parametric decoding unit for generating a plurality of first estimated audio object signals by upmixing three or more downmix signals, wherein the three or more downmix signals encode a plurality of original audio object signals, wherein the parametric decoding unit is configured to upmix the three or more downmix signals depending on parametric side information indicating information on the plurality of original audio object signals. Moreover, the decoder includes a residual processing unit for generating a plurality of second estimated audio object signals by modifying one or more of the first estimated audio object signals, wherein the residual processing unit is configured to modify the one or more of the first estimated audio object signals depending on one or more residual signals. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162013 | COMBINED WATERMARKING AND FINGERPRINTING - Content fingerprints and watermarks are combined in various ways for content identification applications. Fingerprints are used to identify content generally while watermarks provide more detailed localization of parts within the content, and vice versa. Fingerprint techniques are further used for signal synchronization and other pre-processing steps to assist in digital watermark decoding. A variety of fingerprint/watermark techniques identify characteristics of the channel of content from content samples. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162014 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for enhancing an audio signal by an electronic device is described. The method includes determining formant peaks based on an audio signal. The method also includes generating formant peak models. Generating formant peak models includes individually modeling each formant peak. The method further includes generating a global envelope based on the formant peak models. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162015 | OPTIMIZED ARCHITECTURE FOR STREAMING AUDIO APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for processing data disclosed herein includes, in a transceiver chip comprising at least one on-chip processor, compressing, by the at least one on-chip processor, audio information received by the transceiver chip. The compressing utilizes an on-chip audio codec implemented within said at least one on-chip processor. The at least one on-chip processor determined, within said transceiver chip, a frame size of at least one audio frame comprising the compressed audio information. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162016 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTIZING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING COEFFICIENTS, SOUND ENCODING APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR DE-QUANTIZING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING COEFFICIENTS, SOUND DECODING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORE - A quantizing apparatus is provided that includes a quantization path determiner that determines a path from a first path not using inter-frame prediction and a second path using the inter-frame prediction, as a quantization path of an input signal, based on a criterion before quantization of the input signal; a first quantizer that quantizes the input signal, if the first path is determined as the quantization path of the input signal; and a second quantizer that quantizes the input signal, if the second path is determined as the quantization path of the input signal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162017 | METHOD OF QUANTIZING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING COEFFICIENTS, SOUND ENCODING METHOD, METHOD OF DE-QUANTIZING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING COEFFICIENTS, SOUND DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A quantizing method is provided that includes quantizing an input signal by selecting one of a first quantization scheme not using an inter-frame prediction and a second quantization scheme using the inter-frame prediction, in consideration of one or more of a prediction mode, a predictive error and a transmission channel state. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162018 | VOICE BASED DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for voice based diagnostics can include receiving a voice command from a user at a computing device, performing, by the computing device, a number of diagnostic tests corresponding to a functionality of the computing device, and sending an audio message to the user, wherein the audio message corresponds to results of the number of diagnostic tests. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162019 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRACKING AUDIO - A method and an electronic device for tracking audio are provided. The method includes generating video data by obtaining an external image; extracting an object included in the image from the video data; and controlling an audio reception unit to receive an audio signal based on the extracted object. The electronic device includes a video processing unit configured to generate video data by obtaining an external image; an audio reception unit configured to receive an audio signal; and a controller configured to extract an object included in the image from the video data, and control the audio reception unit based on the extracted object. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162020 | Intent Discovery in Audio or Text-Based Conversation - Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying one or more utterances that are likely to carry the intent of a speaker are provided herein. A method includes providing a transcript of utterances to a word weight scoring module to perform inverse document frequency based scoring on each word in the transcript, thereby generating a weight for each word; calculating a weight for each utterance in the transcript to generate weighted utterances by summing the weights or each constituent word in each utterance; comparing at least one weighted utterance to pre-existing to example utterances carrying the intent of a speaker to determine a relevancy score for the at least one weighted utterance; and generating a ranked order of the at least one weighted utterance from highest to lowest intent relevancy score, wherein the highest intent relevancy score corresponds to the utterance which is most likely to carry intent of the speaker. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162021 | Spectral Comb Voice Activity Detection - The various implementations described enable voice activity detection and/or pitch estimation for speech signal processing in, for example and without limitation, hearing aids, speech recognition and interpretation software, telephony, and various applications for smartphones and/or wearable devices. In particular, some implementations include systems, methods and/or devices operable to detect voice activity in an audible signal by determining a voice activity indicator value that is a normalized function of signal amplitudes associated with at least two sets of spectral locations associated with a candidate pitch. In some implementations, voice activity is considered detected when the voice activity indicator value breaches a threshold value. Additionally and/or alternatively, in some implementations, analysis of the audible signal provides a pitch estimate of detectable voice activity. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162022 | FLEXIBLE BIASING STRATEGY FOR GROUND-SPLIT TCR SENSORS - A first biasing potential is sent to a first input end of a first temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) sensor having a first ground end coupled to a ground potential. A second biasing potential is sent to a second input end of a second TCR sensor having a second ground end coupled to the ground potential. The first and the second biasing potentials are changed to operate in a plurality of modes. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162023 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD - An example magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium, a magnetic recording head and a signal processor. The magnetic recording head includes a first magnetic pole; a second magnetic pole; a spin torque oscillator; a first coil to magnetize the first magnetic pole; and a second coil through which a current is passed independently of the first coil. The signal processor writes and reads a signal on the magnetic recording medium by using the magnetic recording head and includes a first current circuit to supply a recording current to the first coil and a second current circuit to supply a modulating current to the second coil. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162024 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD HAVING A TRAILING SIDE TAPER ANGLE WHICH IS LESS THAN A LEADING SIDE TAPER ANGLE - In one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a main pole configured to write data to a magnetic medium, a leading-side magnetic shield positioned on a leading side of the main pole in a down-track direction adjacent a media-facing surface of the head, and a trailing-side magnetic shield positioned on a trailing side of the main pole in the down-track direction adjacent the media-facing surface of the head, wherein a trailing side taper is provided on the trailing side of the main pole in the down-track direction, wherein a leading shield taper is provided on a main pole side of the leading-side magnetic shield, and wherein an angle of the trailing side taper relative to a line extending along an element height direction is less than or equal to an angle of the leading shield taper relative to the line extending along the element height direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162025 | LIGHT SOURCE ALIGNMENT - Implementations disclosed herein provide a method comprising emitting light at a plurality of locations across a surface of a recording head assembly, detecting, using a detector not positioned along a waveguide axis, light output from a diffraction grating positioned along the waveguide axis, and determining a target position for mounting a laser source on the surface a recording head assembly by analyzing the detected light output corresponding to one or more of the plurality of locations. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162026 | PRECISE ALIGNMENT METHOD AND PRECISE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT - Provided is a precise alignment method for an optical component that positions a slider to X-axis and Y-axis coordinates of maximal intensity in a manner such that frame images of a laser beam passing through an optical waveguide are captured while relatively moving the slider and a semiconductor laser device at a uniform speed in the X and Y directions, the X-axis coordinate of the maximal intensity is calculated by performing a fitting calculation only in the X direction, frame images of a laser beam passing through the optical waveguide are captured by relatively moving the slider and the semiconductor laser device at a uniform speed only in the Y direction while the X-axis coordinate is fixed, and the Y-axis coordinate of the target maximal intensity is calculated by performing a fitting calculation only in the Y direction. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162027 | TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR FOR CONTACT RECORDING - Various embodiments relate to an apparatus having an array of sensors sharing a common media-facing surface, each sensor having an active sensing region, magnetic shields flanking the active sensing region, and gaps between the active sensing region and the magnetic shields. At least one of the gaps includes an electrically conductive layer having a refractory material. Other embodiments relate to an apparatus having a sensor with an active sensing region, magnetic shields flanking the active sensing region, and gaps between the active sensing region and the magnetic shields. At least one of the gaps includes an electrically conductive layer having a modified region at a media facing side thereof, the modified region being at least one of nonconductive and mechanically hardened. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162028 | METHODS OF FORMING NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS AND NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS FORMED THEREBY - A method of forming a near field transducer (NFT), the method including the steps of depositing a primary material; and implanting a secondary element, wherein both the primary material and the secondary element are chosen such that the primary material is densified via implantation of the secondary element. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162029 | THERMALLY-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD - In one embodiment, a device includes a light source, a near-field light transducer including an electroconductive scattering body configured for generating near-field light when irradiated by light from the light source, the near-field light transducer including a triangular shape at a media-facing surface thereof having three apexes including a trailing-side apex positioned on a trailing side of the near-field light transducer, a main pole configured for writing data to a magnetic medium, the main pole being positioned in a down-track direction from the near-field light transducer, a first material positioned near the trailing-side apex of the near-field light transducer, and a second material positioned near other apexes of the near-field light transducer, the first material being more difficult to etch than the second material, wherein the near-field light transducer is configured to assist the main pole in writing data to the magnetic medium by production of the near-field light. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162030 | METHODS OF FORMING NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS AND NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS FORMED THEREBY - A method of forming a near field transducer (NFT), the method including the steps of depositing a plasmonic material; depositing an encapsulant material on at least a portion of the plasmonic material; and implanting ions into at least a portion of the plasmonic material through the encapsulant material. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162031 | MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a spin torque oscillator formed between a main magnetic pole and auxiliary magnetic pole. The spin torque oscillator includes a transmission-type spin transfer layer, first interlayer, oscillation layer, second interlayer, and reflection-type spin transfer layer. The transmission-type spin transfer layer includes a first perpendicular magnetization film and first interface magnetic layer. The first interface magnetic layer contains at least one element selected from Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one element selected from Cr, V, Mn, Ti, and Sc. The reflection-type spin transfer layer includes a second perpendicular magnetization film. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162032 | MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a spin torque oscillator formed between a main magnetic pole and auxiliary magnetic pole. The spin torque oscillator includes a transmission-type spin transfer layer, first interlayer, oscillation layer, second interlayer, and reflection-type spin transfer layer. The transmission-type spin transfer layer includes a first perpendicular magnetization film and first interface magnetic layer. The first interface magnetic layer contains at least one element selected from Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one element selected from Cr, V, Mn, Ti, and Sc. The reflection-type spin transfer layer includes a second perpendicular magnetization film. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162033 | CONSTRAINED DIMPLE PAD DAMPER FOR DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION - A disk drive head suspension including a load beam, a flexure on the load beam, and a load point dimple extending from the load beam toward the flexure. A constrained damper is located on the flexure and is engaged by the load point dimple. The constrained damper includes a layer of viscoelastic material on the flexure, and a metal constraining layer on the viscoelastic material. The flexure can be a co-located dual stage actuated flexure that includes a motor, and the constrained damper can be located on the motor. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162034 | DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION TAIL WITH STIFFENED EDGE ALIGNMENT FEATURES - A head gimbal assembly for a disk drive includes a flexure tail terminal region having flexure bond pads in electrical communication with the head. Each of the flexure bond pads includes a widened region of a corresponding one of a plurality of electrical traces in a conductive layer, and a discontinuous bond pad backing island in a structural layer that overlaps the widened region. The flexure tail terminal region also includes a plurality of discontinuous edge stiffener islands in the structural layer that do not overlap the widened region of any flexure bond pad, and that are disposed no more than 50 microns from one of the two opposing longitudinal outer edges of the flexure tail terminal region. At least one of the plurality of discontinuous bond pad backing islands is disposed no more than 50 microns from one of the two opposing longitudinal outer edges. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162035 | DISCONTINUOUS CHARGE/DISCHARGE POWER SOURCE FOR RETRACT APPLICATION - In accordance with one embodiment of the described technology, a retract controller capacitor is charged using a back electromagnetic force voltage to produce a backup power source voltage, the retract controller capacitor is discharged to power a retract controller circuit, and an actuator arm of a storage drive is driven toward a desired location concurrently with the discharging operation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162036 | CONTROL OF STORAGE DEVICE - Sensor data and audio data are received by a controller. The controller determines if the audio data is above a threshold level. The controller also determines if the sensor data is above a threshold level. The controller can suspend operation of a hard drive based on the data being above or below the threshold level. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162037 | SERVO CONTROL - A tape head includes a set of one or more segments, wherein each segment of the set is individually movable with respect to a frame; each segment of the set comprising at least one of a write element configured to write data to a tape and a read element configured to read data from the tape; and each segment of the set comprising a further read element having a width transverse to a motion direction of the tape being at least a width of the write element of the segment or, in the event that no write element is comprised in the segment, of a write element of a different segment. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162038 | ELECTRICALLY REMOVABLE HEATER FOR A THERMALLY ACTUATABLE THERMAL ASPERITY SENSOR - An apparatus comprising a writer, a reader, and a sensor configured to at least sense thermal asperities of a magnetic storage medium. The apparatus includes a writer heater configured to thermally actuate the writer, a reader heater configured to thermally actuate the reader, and a sensor heater configured to thermally actuate the sensor. The thermally actuated sensor is configured to detect thermal asperities arising from the magnetic storage medium during a topographical survey of the medium. The sensor heater is configured to be rendered inoperable subsequent to the survey in response to receiving a predetermined signal while the writer and the reader heaters remain operable. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162039 | MULTIPLE HEATERS INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLING CLEARANCE OF TWO OR MORE READ TRANSDUCERS - A apparatus includes first and second read transducers arranged on a media-facing surface. The read transducers detect magnetic fields of a recording medium. First and second heaters are disposed proximate the respective first and second read transducers. The first and second heaters independently control respective first and second protrusions of the first and second read transducers from the media-facing surface. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162040 | ADJUSTING A CLEARANCE BETWEEN A MAGNETIC HEAD AND A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING A MAGNETIC FORCE - A media-facing surface of a magnetic head is positioned proximate a moving magnetic recording medium. A current is applied to an electromagnet of the magnetic head. The current induces a magnetic force between the magnetic head and the magnetic recording medium that adjusts a clearance therebetween. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162041 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, provided is a perpendicular magnetic recording medium including an orientation control layer formed on a non-magnetic substrate, the orientation control layer consisting of a Ni alloy having fcc structure, non-magnetic buffer layer containing silver having fcc structure, non-magnetic seed layer consisting of Ag particles having fcc structure and amorphous Ge grain boundaries between the Ag particles, non-magnetic intermediate layer consisting of Ru or Ru alloy, and perpendicular magnetic recording layer, wherein the orientation control layer contacts the non-magnetic buffer layer, and the non-magnetic buffer layer contacts the non-magnetic seed layer. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162042 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer formed on the substrate and a magnetic recording layer formed on the underlayer and having an easy axis in a direction perpendicular to a film surface. The underlayer includes a plurality of projecting portions arranged at a distance of 1 nm to 20 nm from one another. The magnetic recording layer is an amorphous magnetic recording layer including a plurality of magnetic grains each formed to expand towards a top end thereof from a surface of a respective projecting portion of the underlayer, at least those of the magnetic grains located on a respective projecting portion side being separated from each other. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162043 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed in which crystal axis orientation dispersion, crystal grain diameter, and crystal grain diameter dispersion in a magnetic recording layer are reduced. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a structure having, stacked sequentially on a non-magnetic substrate, at least an amorphous underlayer, a lower orientation control layer made of Ru or Ru alloy of an hcp structure, an upper orientation control layer that is made of alloy containing an element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni and an element selected from the group consisting of Cr, W, and Mo and that has an fcc or hcp structure, an intermediate layer, and a magnetic recording layer. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162044 | LUBRICANT FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the following general formula (i). | 2015-06-11 |
20150162045 | Thin Film Comprising Titanium Oxide, and Method of Producing Thin Film Comprising Titanium Oxide - A thin film is provided that primarily comprises titanium oxide and includes Ti, Ag and O. The thin film contains 29.6 at % or more and 34.0 at % or less of Ti, 0.003 at % or more and 7.4 at % or less of Ag, and oxygen as the remainder thereof and has a ratio of oxygen to metals, O/(2Ti+0.5Ag), of 0.97 or more. The thin film has a high refractive index and a low extinction coefficient. In addition, the thin film has superior transmittance, minimally deteriorates in reflectance, and is useful as an interference film or a protective film for an optical information recording medium. The film may also be applied to a glass substrate to provide a heat reflective film, an antireflective film, or an interference filter. A method of producing the thin film is also disclosed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162046 | APPARATUS WITH REPULSIVE FORCE BETWEEN STATIONARY AND ROTATABLE COMPONENTS - Provided herein, is an apparatus that includes a fluid dynamic bearing, a hub, and an induction housing. The fluid dynamic bearing is defined by a stationary component and a rotatable component. The hub is configured to rotate relative to the stationary component. A current is induced within the induction housing resulting from the relative rotation. The induced current creates a repulsive force between the stationary component and the hub. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162047 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING IMPULSIVE SOUNDS - Loud sounds with fast rise times, like gunfire and explosions, can cause noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Unfortunately, current models do not adequately explain how impulsive sounds cause NIHL, which makes it difficult to predict and prevent NIHL on battlefields and other hostile or rugged environments. Fortunately, the impulsive sounds experienced by soldiers and others working in rugged environments can be recorded using a compact, portable system that acquires, digitizes, and stores high-bandwidth audio data. An example of this system can be mounted on a helmet or other article and used to record hours of audio data at a bandwidth of 20 kHz or higher, which is broad enough to capture sounds with rise times less than 50 ms. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) digitizes these broadband audio signals at rate of 40 kB/s or higher to preserve the impulse information. A processor transfers the digitized samples from a buffer to a memory card for later retrieval using an interrupt-driven processing technique. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162048 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - Frame memories store captured images supplied from a plurality of imaging units, respectively. A motion detection portion detects the motion of a captured image of at least one of the imaging units. A mode determination portion sets, in accordance with at least either the amount of the motion detected by the motion detection portion or a power consumption limit of the image generation device, one of two modes, one for operating the plurality of imaging units simultaneously and the other for operating the plurality of imaging units intermittently. A control signal generation portion supplies, to the plurality of frame memories, a control signal adapted to control reading of the captured images from the plurality of frame memories in accordance with the mode set by the mode determination portion. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162049 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a moving image generation unit configured to generate a parallelly animated moving image in which a plurality of object images are each parallelly animated, the plurality of the object images having been selected from a series of object images that have been generated by extracting a moving object from frame images of a source moving image, and an image output unit configured to output the parallelly animated moving image. | 2015-06-11 |
20150162050 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING MULTIMEDIA POINTS OF INTEREST, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING MULTIMEDIA, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for obtaining multimedia point of interest includes: obtaining a redirection request for multimedia, and collecting redirection time that is included in the redirection request; segmenting a time period of the multimedia with a predetermined interval, to be multiple time sections; obtaining a number of time sections that have most recorded redirection time; and recording time points that are corresponding to locations of recorded redirection times of the obtained number of time sections, thereby effectively reducing workload and improve efficiency for obtaining multimedia point of interest | 2015-06-11 |