27th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140185740 | AUTOMATIC SCANNING AND POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR A SCOUT IMAGE - An automatic scanning and positioning apparatus for a scout image, comprising: a receiving means, for receiving a scout image of a subject obtained through scout scanning; a checking and determining means, for automatically checking at least one position in the scout image according to a plurality of information contained in the scout image, and automatically determining a scanning scope based on the at least one position; and an executing means, for executing axial scanning to the subject based on the determined scanning scope. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185741 | Multi-energy CT imaging system and Imaging Method - The present invention relates to a Computed Tomography (CT) imaging system, in particular to a multi-energy CT imaging system and imaging method. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185742 | 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION METHODS AND APPARATUSES - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for creating a 3-Dimensional model for objects in an inspected luggage in a CT system. The method includes acquiring slice data of the luggage with the CT system; interpolating the slice data to generate 3D volume data of the luggage; performing unsupervised segmentation on the 3D volume data of the luggage to obtain a plurality of segmental regions; performing isosurface extraction on the plurality of segmental regions to obtain corresponding isosurfaces; and performing 3D surface segmentation on the isosurfaces to form a 3D model for the objects in the luggage. The above solutions can create a 3D model for objects in the inspected luggage in a relatively accurate manner, and thus provide better basis for subsequent shape feature extraction and security inspection, and reduce omission factor. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185743 | STATIONARY CT APPARATUS - A stationary CT apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The stationary CT apparatus includes: a scanning passage; a stationary carbon nanotube X-ray source arranged around the scanning passage and comprising a plurality of ray emission focal spots; and a plurality of stationary detector modules arranged around the scanning passage and disposed opposite the X-ray source. At least some of the plurality of detector modules are arranged in a substantially L shape or a substantially Π shape when viewed in a plane intersecting the scanning passage. Reconstruction of the CT apparatus without a rotary gantry is achieved and special substances in an object under inspection is identified by optimizing design of the carbon nanotube X-ray source and the detector device. The invention ensures that the stationary gantry type CT system has a small size and a high accuracy and is particularly suitable for safety inspection of baggage. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185744 | CT APPARATUS WITHOUT GANTRY - A CT apparatus without a gantry. The CT apparatus includes a scanning passage; a stationary X-ray source arranged around the scanning passage and including a plurality of ray emission focal spots; and a plurality of stationary detector modules arranged around the scanning passage and disposed opposite the X-ray source. At least some of the plurality of detector modules may be arranged substantially in an L shape, a semicircular shape, a U shape, an arc shape, a parabolic shape, or a curve shape when viewed in a plane intersecting the scanning passage. The invention ensures that the stationary gantry type CT system has a small size, and a high data identification accuracy. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185745 | COLLIMATOR FOR USE IN A CT SYSTEM - A collimator for use in a CT system made of an X-ray absorbing material, the collimator comprises an imaging aperture having a first width for passage of a first X-ray beam, the first X-ray beam being used for X-ray imaging, and a tracking aperture having a second width for passage of a second X-ray beam, the second X-ray beam being used for X-ray beam tracking. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185746 | SPECTRAL GRATING-BASED DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING - Embodiments of methods and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining a phase-contrast digital radiographic imaging system and methods for same that can include an x-ray source for radiographic imaging; a beam shaping assembly including a collimator and a source grating, an x-ray grating interferometer including a phase grating, and an analyzer grating; and an x-ray detector, where a single arrangement of the beam shaping assembly, the x-ray grating interferometer and a position of the detector is configured to provide spectral information (e.g. at least two images obtained at different relative beam energies). | 2014-07-03 |
20140185747 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING EXAMINATION TIME IN MOLECULAR BREAST IMAGING - A nuclear medicine mammography system and method for conducting concurrent examinations of both breasts of a patient, thereby reducing examination time in molecular breast imaging. The system comprises first and second pairs of generally opposed articulatable gamma photon detectors, wherein each pair of detectors can be arranged to image a respective breast independently from the other pair of detectors. In one or more embodiments, each pair of detectors can be arranged in at least two imaging orientations, such as cranio-caudal and mediolateral-oblique. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185748 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE, AND X-RAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray emitter that emits X-rays to an object at a plurality of positions; a detector that detects X-rays having passed through the object and converts the detected X-rays into electric signals; and an image processor that is configured to generate X-ray images at the plurality of positions by reading out the electric signals, acquire volume data of the object using the X-ray images, and reproject the acquired volume data by using different bands of energy spectrums to acquire reconstructed reprojection images of different energy bands. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185749 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND 3D IMAGING APPARATUS - The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source that emits X-rays to an object at different original-view positions, an X-ray detector that acquires original-view images by detecting X-rays having passed through the object, and an image controller that reconstructs a 3D volume image representation of the object from the original-view images and generates close-view images by virtually emitting X-rays to the 3D volume image representation of the object at a shorter distance than a distance between the X-ray source and the object. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185750 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Disclosed herein are an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method for generating a stereoscopic image by using the apparatus. The stereoscopic image generation method includes emitting first X-rays toward a target object at a first emission angle, detecting the first X-rays which have propagated through the target object in order to acquire a first X-ray image, emitting second X-rays toward the target object at a second emission angle which is different from the first emission angle, detecting the second X-rays which have propagated through the target object in order to acquire at least a second X-ray image, and generating a stereoscopic image based on the first X-ray image and the at least second X-ray image. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185751 | X-RAY DOSE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE - Embodiments of the disclosure relate to projection-based volumetric dose estimation for X-ray systems, such as X-ray imaging systems. For example, in one embodiment, an X-ray system is capable of estimating an X-ray dose based on an energy interaction of the X-rays with respective portions of an object. In another embodiment, the X-ray dose estimate may be provided on a per voxel, per region, and/or per organ basis. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185752 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system used for material discrimination of an objet is provided. The imaging system includes an X-ray source and an imaging sensor. The X-ray source generates multienergy polychromatic X-ray, wherein there is an integral-multiple relationship between the multi-energy-band of the X-ray. The object is placed between the X-ray source and the imaging sensor. The X-ray is transmitted toward and imaged by the imaging sensor through the object. An imaging multi-energy-band of the imaging sensor corresponds to the multi-energy-band of the X-ray. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185753 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CARGO INSPECTION SYSTEM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a mobile cargo inspection system mounted on a vehicle chassis type which does not include rails that extend from near the front of the vehicle to near the back. As such, detection components may be placed between the front and rear axles of the vehicle without penetrating radiation having to pass through a chassis rail before reaching the cargo to be inspected. As a result, the weight of the vehicle-mounted cargo inspection system may be more evenly distributed from the front of the vehicle to the back, and from one side of the vehicle to the other, thus making the system easier to operate, safer, and less costly to maintain than conventional systems. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185754 | GOODS INSPECTION APPARATUS USING DISTRIBUTED X-RAY SOURCE - This invention relates to an X-ray goods inspection apparatus, and in particular to a goods inspection apparatus using distributed X-ray source. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185755 | X-Ray Based System and Methods for Inspecting a Person's Shoes for Aviation Security Threats - The present application discloses a system for scanning a shoe for illegal materials. The system includes an X-ray source for projecting a beam of X-rays onto the shoe, a detector array for detecting X-rays transmitted through the shoe and at least one metal detector coil for detecting metals within the shoe. The system produces a radiographic image of the shoe by processing the detected X-rays and data obtained from the at least one metal detector coil. Other embodiments are directed toward other screening technologies, including millimeter wave screening technologies. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185756 | GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - A volumetric image of a space is acquired from an imaging system. The space includes an object of interest and another object, and the volumetric image includes data representing the object of interest and the other object. A two-dimensional radiograph of the space is acquired from the imaging system. The two-dimensional radiograph of the space includes data representing the object of interest and the other object. The two-dimensional radiograph and the volumetric image are compared at the imaging system. A two-dimensional image is generated based on the comparison. The generated two-dimensional image includes the object of interest and excludes the other object. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185757 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING - An image reconstruction method for differential phase contrast imaging includes receiving data corresponding to a signal produced by an X-ray detector and corresponding to X-rays that passed through a subject and a grating system to reach the X-ray detector. The method also includes performing a fringe analysis on the received data. The fringe analysis includes a non-integer fringe fraction correction utilizing one or more adapted basis functions in the Fourier domain to determine one or more Fourier coefficients. A differential phase image of the subject is generated by utilizing the one or more Fourier coefficients. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185758 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING ENERGY DIFFERENCE IN MULTI-ENERGY X-RAY (MEX) IMAGES - An apparatus for acquiring a MEX image includes an X-ray source to generate and irradiate a multi-peak X-ray spectrum onto an object, and an energy identifying detector to obtain a MEX generated when the irradiated multi-peak X-ray spectrum passes through an object. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF GENERATING X-RAY IMAGE - Disclosed herein are an X-ray detection panel, an X-ray image generating module, an X-ray imaging apparatus, and a method of generating an X-ray image. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to emit X-rays; an X-ray detection panel comprising a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group configured to detect X-rays having an energy band and to convert the detected X-rays into electrical signals; and an image processor configured to acquire readout data from the electrical signals of at least one of the plurality of pixel groups, to calculate estimated data, and to generate an X-ray image by combining the readout data and the estimated data. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185760 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator to generate and emit X-rays, an X-ray detector to detect the emitted X-rays and acquire X-ray data, and a controller to convert the X-ray data into X-ray characteristic coordinates and estimate a response characteristic function of the X-ray detector from a relationship between measurement data and reference data, the measurement data and the reference data being converted into the X-ray characteristic coordinates. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185761 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are an X-ray imaging apparatus that captures one or more images of an inner part of the human body or the like, and a method for controlling the apparatus. In particular, an imaging system includes an X-ray generator which is configured to irradiate a target object with X-rays, a detector which is configured to detect X-rays which are emitted at a plurality of times and which have propagated through the target object, a driver which is configured to change a position of the X-ray generator or the detector, an image processor which is configured to generate a plurality of X-ray images from the detected X-rays and to compare the plurality of X-ray images in order to generate at least one difference image, and a controller which is configured to detect tissues which constitute the target object based on the at least one difference image. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185762 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to generate and radiate X-rays to a subject, an X-ray detector configured to detect and convert X-rays transmitted through the subject into an image signal, and a controller configured to analyze the image signal of the subject and set gain of the X-ray detector according to detection regions. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185763 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection system included a ray source to emit a ray, a detector to receive the ray, a detection region for placing an object under inspection, and a moving device to move the ray source and the detector around the detection region. Conventional scanning blind zones such as both sides of a human body, both sides of arms and both sides of legs can be completely eliminated. In addition, it is not necessary for a human body under inspection to carry out an action such as turning around to change his or her posture. Therefore, ineffective time can be minimized in the entire detection and a passing rate of persons under inspection can be improved. Furthermore, an inspected person's mental feeling of being controlled due to change of posture can be greatly improved, and his or her mental discomfort and conflicted moods can be reduced. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185764 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus has an AEC function that can prevent irregularities in photographed images, without being increased in size. The imaging apparatus comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape, each of the plurality of pixels including a conversion element for converting radiation or light into an electric charge, a plurality of lines that are connected to the plurality of pixel units and that extend in different directions to each other, a current monitor circuit that monitors currents flowing in the plurality of lines, and an arithmetic unit that calculates a two-dimensional distribution by performing back-projection processing with respect to the currents flowing in the plurality of lines monitored by the current monitor circuit. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185765 | X-RAY DETECTION PANEL, X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, AND X-RAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to emit X-rays to a subject; an X-ray detection panel including a plurality of light receiving elements each configured to receive X-rays that have passed through the subject, convert the X-rays into an electric signal, and output the electric signal, and a plurality of capacitor modules respectively corresponding to the plurality of light receiving elements, each of the plurality of capacitor modules including a plurality of capacitors connected to a corresponding one of the light receiving elements and configured to store the electric signal output from the corresponding light receiving element in at least one capacitor of the plurality of capacitors; and an image processor configured to read out the electric signal stored in the at least one capacitor of each of the plurality of capacitor modules to generate at least one X-ray image. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185766 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to generate and emit X-rays, an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays and count a number of photons having energy equal to or greater than threshold energy per pixel among photons contained in the detected X-rays, a map generator configured to extract corrected threshold energy corresponding to target threshold energy mapped to each pixel, and a data correction unit configured to calculate corrected X-ray data corresponding to the corrected threshold energy per pixel from a plurality of X-ray data acquired based on a plurality of images of a target object obtained by using a plurality of approximate energies equal or approximate to the target threshold energy as threshold energy of the X-ray detector. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185767 | METHOD OF DETECTING POLYMORPHS USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION - A method of detecting polymorphs using X-ray produced by a synchrotron source is described. In particular, the method allows to detect particular polymorphs present in small amounts in mixtures of polymorphic compounds present in a prevailing amount. The method offers a powerful resolution of mixtures of polymorph and finds application particularly in the pharmaceutical field. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185768 | METHOD OF MEASURING SCATTERING OF X-RAYS, ITS APPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION DEVICE - Method of measuring scattering of X-rays, characterized in that a compound to be analyzed is installed in a receptacle ( | 2014-07-03 |
20140185769 | BACK SCATTERNING INSPECTION SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN BODY - A human body back-scattering inspection system is disclosed. The system comprises a flying-spot forming unit configured to output beams of X-rays, a plurality of discrete detectors which are arranged vertically along a human body to be inspected, and a controlling unit coupled to the flying-spot forming unit and the plurality of detectors, and configured to generate a control signal to control the flying-spot forming unit and the plurality of detectors to perform a partition synchronous scan on the human body to be inspected vertically. The present disclosure utilizes the geometry property of the human body back-scattering inspection system, and proposes a multiple-point synchronous scan mechanism which largely accelerates the inspection of human body. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185770 | BACK-SCATTERING INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN BODY - Human body back-scattering inspection systems and methods are disclosed. In the invention, X-rays modulated by the flying-spot forming unit having spirally distributed flying-spots have a distribution having alternating peaks and valleys on the irradiated surface. In this way, scanning starting times can be precisely controlled to cause two devices to have scanning starting times that are different by a half of a cycle. That is, the beams outputted from one device are at maximum when the beams outputted from the other device are at minimum. In other words, even if the ray source of one device emits rays, it will not significantly affect imaging result of the other device. In such way, the two devices may emit rays and perform scanning at the same time, and thus the total scanning time is reduced. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185771 | Scanning Systems - The present application discloses methods and systems for scanning an object. The scanning system provides a first detector region having a thickness of at least 2 mm and a second detector region having a thickness of at least 5 mm. The second detector region is arranged to receive radiation that has passed through the first detector region. The method includes irradiating the object with radiation having having a peak energy of at least 1 MeV, and detecting the first profile radiation after it has interacted with or passed through the object in order to provide information relating to the object. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185772 | HUMAN BODY INSPECTION SYSTEM - The invention discloses a human body inspection system comprising: an X-rays source for emitting X-rays to a human body to be inspected; a modulation and collimation device for modulating and collimating the X-rays from the X-rays source; a detector that receives X-rays scattered from the human body to be inspected; a guiding rail forming an enclosed detection region, wherein the human body to be inspected is in the detection region, and the X-rays source, the modulation and collimation device and the detector are positioned in a same side relative to the human body, and the X-rays source, the modulation and collimation device and the detector together move along the guiding rail in whole so that the X-rays can scan all over the human body. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185773 | HUMAN BODY SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM - A human body security inspection system including a plurality of ray emitting-detecting modules, which are configured to emit X-rays to the object to be inspected and to receive X-rays scattered from the object to be inspected, wherein the ray emitting-detecting modules form an enclosed region with respect to the object to be inspected and security inspection is implemented on the object in the enclosed region. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185774 | POWER APPARATUS FOR X-RAY TUBE, POWER SYSTEM WITH THE POWER APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power system with a power apparatus for an X-ray tube is disclosed. The power system includes an X-ray tube and a power apparatus for the X-ray tube. The X-ray tube has a cathode and an anode. The power apparatus includes a first power conversion unit, a second power conversion unit, and a power switch unit. The first power conversion unit produces a positive voltage and a driving voltage and the second conversion unit produces a negative. When the power switch unit is turned off by the driving voltage, the power apparatus outputs the negative voltage to suppress electron flow energy generated from the cathode of the X-ray tube, whereas the power apparatus outputs the positive voltage to provide electron flow energy to the anode of the X-ray tube when the power switch unit is turned on by the driving voltage, thus producing X-ray. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185775 | STANDING WAVE ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR WITH CONTINUOUSLY ADJUSTABLE ENERGY - A standing wave electron linear accelerating apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an electron gun configured to generate electron beams; a pulse power source configured to provide a primary pulse power signal; a power divider coupled downstream from the pulse power source and configured to divide the primary pulse power signal outputted from the pulse power source into a first pulse power signal and a second pulse power signal; a first accelerating tube configured to accelerating the electron beams with the first pulse power signal; a second accelerating tube configured to accelerate the electron beams with the second pulse power signal; a phase shifter configured to continuously adjust a phase difference between the first pulse power signal and the second pulse power signal so as to generate accelerated electron beams with continuously adjustable energy at output of the second accelerating tube. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185776 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DISTRIBUTED X-RAYS - An apparatus and method to generate distributed x-rays. A hot cathode of an electron gun is used in vacuum to generate electron beams having certain initial movement energy and speed. Periodic scanning is performed with the initial low-energy electron beams, which are thus caused to be reciprocally deflected. A current-limiting device is provided in the travel path of the electron beams along the direction of the reciprocal deflection. Through holes arranged in an array on the current-limiting device, only part of the electron beams targeting specific positions can pass to form sequential electron beam currents distributed in an array. These electron beam currents are accelerated by a high-voltage electric field to obtain high energy, bombard an anode target, and thus sequentially generate corresponding focus spots and x-rays distributed in an array at the anode target. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185777 | X-RAY TUBE - An X-ray tube includes a vacuum tube. A field emission cathode structure and an anode spaced from each other are located in the vacuum tube. The field emission cathode structure includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and an electron emitter. The electron emitter is fixed between the first metal plate and the second metal plate. One end of the electron emitter extends out of the first metal plate and the second metal plate to act as an electron emission end. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185778 | MULTILAYER X-RAY SOURCE TARGET WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - In one embodiment, an X-ray source is provided that includes one or more electron emitters configured to emit one or more electron beams and one or more source targets configured to receive the one or more electron beams emitted by the one or more electron emitters and, as a result of receiving the one or more electron beams, to emit X-rays. Each source target of the X-ray source includes a first layer having one or more first materials; and a second layer in thermal communication with the first layer and having one or more second materials. The first layer is positioned closer to the one or more emitters than the second layer, the first material has a higher overall thermal conductivity than the second layer, and the second layer produces the majority of the X-rays emitted by the source target. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185779 | STRUCTURE AND RESIN STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD, STRUCTURE, AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING STRUCTURE - A resin structure manufacturing method includes filling a mold with a resin, fixing a first supporting substrate onto the resin filled in the mold, hardening the resin filled in the mold, fixing a second supporting substrate onto the first supporting substrate, demolding the resin from the mold using the second supporting substrate, and separating the first supporting substrate and the second supporting substrate after demolding. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185780 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING PARAMETERS FOR CONTRAST SCAN - A method of automatically determining parameters for a contrast scan, the method comprising obtaining scan-object information, selecting a scan protocol corresponding to a part of at least one part of a scan-object to be scanned from a plurality of scan protocols, each of the plurality of scan protocols corresponds to a part of the at least one part of the scan-object to be scanned and comprises built-in scan parameters, and automatically determining a scan delay and injection parameters with respect to the scan-object and the part of the scan-object to be scanned. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185781 | Method for Calibrating a Counting Digital X-Ray Detector, X-Ray System for Performing Such a Method and Method for Acquiring an X-Ray Image - A method for calibrating a counting digital X-ray detector includes performing a threshold value scan in at least one defined X-ray spectrum for irradiating the X-ray detector, which includes a matrix composed of pixel elements, storing count rates of the pixel elements as a function of respective applied threshold values, and from results of a measurement of count rates of the pixel elements, determining or calculating individual correction threshold values for the individual pixel elements. The individual correction threshold values correct a threshold value that is to be applied to the pixel elements for the defined X-ray spectrum such that threshold value noise is reduced. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185782 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TELECOM BILLING OUTSOURCING - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium for outsourcing telecom billing are disclosed for issuing one or more first billing statements and one or more second billing statements from a first telecom network; and transmitting at least the one or more first billing statements to a second telecom network. The one or more first billing statements may reflect one or more charges from the first telecom network to the second telecom network, and the one or more second billing statements may reflect one or more charges from the second telecom network to one or more customers thereof. The one or more charges of the first and second billing statements may reflect the same service(s). | 2014-07-03 |
20140185783 | Component Information and Auxiliary Information Related to Information Management - In one aspect, a method related to receiving, retrieving and presenting information. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185784 | Method And System For Providing Enhanced Caller Identification Information Including Total Call Control For All Received Calls - All calls terminating to a customer's directory number are intercepted. If caller identification information can be presented, the call is forwarded to a service node for disposition. The service node reconfigures signaling information of the call so that the call is not intercepted, then forwards the call to the subscriber's telephone. When the call is answered, the service node states the name or telephone number of the calling party which has been retrieved from the signaling information. The caller can decide whether to take the call, deny the call, send the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message or other disposition option. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185785 | COLLABORATIVE VOLUME MANAGEMENT - Exemplary embodiments provide collaborative call management wherein during a multi-participant audio communication, volume adjustments made on participant devices for a specific speaker are detected and passed to a conference server to generate collaborative volume feedback; and using the collaborative volume feedback to adjust a volume level of the specific speaker for all participants of the audio communication. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185786 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALL SCREENING - Techniques, systems, apparatuses and methods to better interdict or screen calls without disturbing the callee. The phone user can implement a warning for unwanted human, i.e., live person callers, and a challenge or barrier for unwanted automated or robocalling, particularly the usage of a required response to a question. The warning and particularly the challenge would weed out undesired solicitations. The present invention also makes allowance for desired human, robotic or automated calling in addition to the proscripted calls. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185787 | EXTENSION TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND OPERATION METHOD FOR EXTENSION TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention grants IDs to external lines, and is used to manage whether such lines to which such IDs are linked are under suspension or are being operated. Thereby, even if operational statues have been changed, the identities of the relevant lines can be specified, and the changes of various forms of information related to lines accompanying the changes of line numbers described above can be easily tracked and managed. At the same time, telephone sets to which internal numbers are assigned also store the internal and external correspondence information that indicates what external line numbers can be reached by each telephone set to which an extension number is assigned. Thereby, the operational statuses of internal lines accompanying changes of the operational statuses of such external lines can be easily tracked and managed as needed. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DIAGNOSE AND IMPROVE REPRESENTATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE - Disclosed is a system and method for providing a view of performance data based on a number of performance rating criteria for evaluating a plurality of customer service agents across an enterprise. The method includes receiving data corresponding to call handling for an agent; processing data to generate performance data for said first agent based on process steps followed by the agent for handling a call type; assigning a color scheme to process steps depending on the importance of the steps to an enterprise; and transmitting a signal to display agent performance data based on the color scheme and indicative of steps missed by the agent. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185789 | CALL EFFICIENCY INDICATOR - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for providing a call efficiency indicator. The method includes determining an agent scheduled time for a call efficiency indicator period; determining a number of calls handled by the agent for each particular call type during the call efficiency indicator period; calculating the average time it took that agent to handle calls, on a call type basis and during the call efficiency indicator period; determining an Average Handle Time metric; calculating idle time for the agent for the call efficiency indicator period; and calculating the call efficiency indicator for the call efficiency indicator period as a function of the number of calls handled by the agent, the Average Handle Time, the idle time, and the agent scheduled time. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185790 | AVERAGE HANDLING TIME REPORTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for providing a view of performance of a plurality of customer service agents across an enterprise. The method includes receiving data corresponding to call handling for the plurality of agents from application programs executing on at least two computers located in different customer service operation sites; processing the received data to generate performance data for the different sites and for different agent skills; and transmitting a display signal with average handle time data. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185791 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An apparatus which accepts a connection of an external telephone and connects to a telephone line includes a first controller configured to control line impedance via the telephone line, a detecting unit configured to detect a ringing signal received from the telephone line, a determining unit configured to determine whether the external telephone captures a telephone line, and a second controller configured to invalidate the control over line impedance by the first controller in a case where the apparatus is a standby state and validate the suppression of the control over ringer impedance by the first controller in a case where the detecting unit detects the ringing signal and the determining unit determines that the external telephone does not capture a telephone line. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185792 | BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR UNDESIRED FEEDBACK IN THE BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a bidirectional communication System ( | 2014-07-03 |
20140185793 | INSTRUCTIONS PROCESSORS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS TO PROCESS SECURE HASH ALGORITHMS - A method of an aspect includes receiving an instruction. The instruction indicates a first source of a first packed data including state data elements a | 2014-07-03 |
20140185794 | ENCRYPTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A device that uses homomorphic encryption is disclosed. The device obtains a first encrypted polynomial, a second encrypted polynomial, a first encrypted weight, and a second encrypted weight by respectively encrypting a first polynomial, a second polynomial, a first weight, and a second weight by using a homomorphic encryption scheme, and obtains an encrypted secure distance corresponding to encryption of a secure distance. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185795 | FUSE ATTESTATION TO SECURE THE PROVISIONING OF SECRET KEYS DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING - Embodiments of an invention for fuse attestation to secure the provisioning of secret keys during integrated circuit manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage location, a physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit, a PUF key generator, an encryption unit, and a plurality of fuses. The storage location is to store a configuration fuse value. The PUF circuit is to provide a PUF value. The PUF key generator is to generate a PUF key based on the PUF value. The encryption unit is to encrypt the configuration fuse value using the PUF key. The PUF key and the configuration fuse value are to be provided to a key server. The key server is to determine that the configuration fuse value indicates that the apparatus is a production component, and, in response, provide a fuse key to be stored in the plurality of fuses. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185796 | Geographical Passwords - An access credential based on geographical information. Users can select geographical locations (such as favorite places, mountains, trees, rivers or others) as their access credential to different systems. Selecting a geographical area can be done using different ways and shapes, a user—for example—can place a circle around his favorite mountain, or a triangle around his favorite set of trees. No matter how geographical areas are selected, the geographical information that can be driven from these areas form the access credential. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185797 | CRYPTOGRAPHY PROCESSING DEVICE AND CRYPTOGRAPHY PROCESSING METHOD - A device that uses homomorphic encryption is disclosed. The device includes a public key data generator configured to generate public key data, and a secret key data generator configured to generate secret key data that includes, as a secret key, an integer that is an element of a matrix obtained as a product of the first public key matrix element and an inverse matrix of the secret key matrix and that is not a multiple of the plain text space size. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCRYPTING AND DECRYPTING DATA - A method and system is disclosed for encrypting and decrypting data, with decryption contingent upon user-defined conditions being met. The encryption process comprises a method for using pointers to indicate the locations and sizes of encryption components, utilizing randomly determined patterns to be used for a random number of characters of text data being encrypted. For each randomly determined block of text, a randomly determined pattern is selected, which specifies how to combine the encryption components, including the shuffled and encrypted text, and references to that block's seed key, the size and composition of which are randomly determined. Decryption comprises of a methodology for reversing the process to decode encrypted text, iteratively extracting the decryption components in accordance with the pattern indicator identified for each block of encrypted text, as determined by the pointers, and dependent upon satisfying all user-defined conditions necessary to enable decryption. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185799 | METHOD FOR GENERATING LARGE PRIME NUMBER IN EMBEDDED SYSTEM - A method for generating a large prime number in an embedded system, comprising: (1) setting all identifiers in an identifier group in a first storage area; generating and storing a random number with preset bit length in a third storage area; modulizing the data in the third storage area by using the data stored in the storage unit of a second storage area as a modulus; determining the serial number of the identifier to be reset in the identifier group according to the modulized value and the data in the storage unit corresponding to the modulized value; and resetting the identifier corresponding to the serial number; (2) judging whether a set identifier exists in the identifier group, if yes, then executing step (3); otherwise, returning to step (1); and (3), determining a number to be detected according to the random number and the serial number of the set identifier in the identifier group; detecting the primality of the number to be detected; if the number to be detected passes the primality detection, then outputting the number to be detected; and if the numbers to be detected corresponding to all the set identifiers in the identifier group fail to pass the primality detection, then returning to step (1). The present method has high efficiency and is suitable for an embedded system. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185800 | SECURE PRINTING BETWEEN PRINTER AND PRINT CLIENT DEVICE - Systems and methods of operating a computing system may involve securely printing a print document sent from a client device to a target printer. In one example, the method may include verifying an operating environment of the target printer and generating a plurality of security keys to implement asymmetric encryption of the print document. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185801 | Secure Video Transcoding with Applications to Adaptive Streaming - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to perform at least one transcoding operation on a first encrypted video frame to generate a second encrypted video frame. Also, a method comprising performing at least one transcoding operation on a first encrypted video frame to generate a second encrypted video frame. Also, an apparatus comprising a processor configured to retrieve a first encrypted video frame, wherein the first encrypted video frame is generated by encrypting an original video frame using an encryption key, and perform a transcoding operation on the encrypted video frame without revealing content of the original video frame. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185802 | REAL TIME COMPOSITION OF A COMPOSITE WINDOW FROM CONTENT MAINTAINING UNIQUE SECURITY DOMAINS - In general, in one aspect, a multi-content composition pipeline encrypts protected video streams that may be utilized as part of a composite window using different encryption keys so that each encrypted video stream has a unique security domain. The protected video streams may be received as encrypted and compressed video streams that are decrypted and decoded (decompressed) and then the decompressed video streams may be encrypted. The encryption keys used to encrypt the decompressed video stream may be related to the encryption keys used to decrypt the corresponding encrypted compressed video stream. The encrypted decompressed video streams are stored in memory until they are needed for generating the composite window at which point they are read from memory and decrypted. The composite window is generated from the decrypted uncompressed video streams and possibly other content in real time and thus is not stored in memory prior to transmission to a display. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185803 | Secure Network Coding for Multi-Resolution Wireless Transmission - Described herein is a method and system for hierarchical wireless video with network coding which limits encryption operations to a critical set of network coding coefficients in combination with multi-resolution video coding. Such a method and system achieves hierarchical fidelity levels, robustness against wireless packet loss and efficient security by exploiting the algebraic structure of network coding. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185804 | LEVEL-TWO DECRYPTION ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROTECTION VIA DOUBLE ENCRYPTED LOCK BOX - Systems and/or processes related but not limited to a machine configured to create a physical reality of receiving a level-one encrypted output of a surveillance device; a machine configured to create a physical reality of decrypting at least a part of the level-one encrypted output of the surveillance device with a level-one decryption key that is practicably inaccessible by a level-one encryption entity; and a machine configured to create a physical reality of transmitting a plaintext output of the surveillance device. Other machines/processes are also disclosed/claimed. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185805 | Securely Exchanging Cipher Keys - Methods and systems for securely exchanging cipher keys between an implantable device and an external device are described. An example method includes: receiving an authorization request from the external device, wherein the authorization request is a request to receive a first cipher key of a cipher key exchange; receiving an indication that a magnet is detected relative to the implantable device, wherein the indication signifies a secure environment for communication between the implantable device and the external device; and after receiving the authorization request and the indication of a detected magnet, generating a first cipher key transmittal instruction, wherein the first cipher key transmittal instruction instructs the first cipher key to be transmitted to the external device by the implantable device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185806 | SECURE SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for secure Short Message Service (SMS) communications. According to an embodiment, a method of providing secure Short Message Service (SMS) communications comprises requesting that SMS data to be sent from a client device to a remote location be encrypted. The method also comprises encrypting the SMS data by processing the SMS data with a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and a timestamp and/or counter along with second factor authentication information. The method further comprises sending the encrypted SMS data to the remote location by a secure SMS application via a regular SMS channel of the client device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185807 | DELEGATION BASED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT - A method of handling mobility-related signalling in a communications system comprising a mobile node, a mobile router, and a peer node. The method comprises providing the mobile router with a delegation certificate that is cryptographically signed by or on behalf of the mobile node. At the mobile router, a mobility-related signalling exchange is initiated with the peer node on behalf of the mobile node, the mobile router providing to the peer node within this exchange, said delegation certificate or an identification of the certificate, and a sequence number associated with the certificate. At the peer node, the received sequence number is compared with a sequence number maintained by the peer node in respect of the delegation certificate, and the exchange authorised in dependence upon the result of the comparison. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185808 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTION KEY DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods are provided for distributing an encryption key. In some examples, a first computing system may be paired with a second computing system. A pseudo-random sequence of bytes may be generated for use as an encryption key in response to requests from the first and second computing systems, while distinct random sequences of bytes may be generated in response to requests from computing systems other than the first and second computing systems. The systems and methods provide secure communications between paired computing systems without key maintenance by the end users. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185809 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method in a User Equipment (UE) of an Evolved Packet System (EPS) establishes a security key (K_eNB) for protecting Radio Resource Control/User Plane (RRC/UP) traffic exchanged with a serving eNodeB. The method comprises sending a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) Service Request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the request indicating a NAS uplink sequence number (NAS_U_SEQ). The method further comprises receiving an indication of the NAS_U_SEQ of the NAS Service Request sent to the MME, back from the MME via the eNodeB. The method further comprises deriving the K_eNB from at least the received indication of the NAS_U_SEQ and from a stored Access Security Management Entity-key (K_ASME) shared with said MME. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185810 | 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. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE DECORRELATION OF AUDIO SIGNALS - Various embodiments relate to a system and method for decorrelating an audio signal with a hybrid filter. The hybrid filter is generated by first generating a decorrelation filter. A frequency-dependent warping is applied to the decorrelation filter. The warped decorrelation filter is then mixed with a carrier filter to generate the hybrid filter. The carrier filter may include filters for spatial processing of an audio signal, filters for upmixing an audio signal, and/or filters for downmixing an audio signal. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185812 | Method for Generating a Surround Audio Signal From a Mono/Stereo Audio Signal - Disclosed is a method for generating a surround-channel audio signal (Mout) from a mono/stereo audio signal (Min, Sin), comprising the steps of: a) generating a first multi-channel signal (M | 2014-07-03 |
20140185813 | HEARING AID HAVING AN ADAPTIVE ANTENNA MATCHING MECHANISM AND A METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY MATCHING A HEARING AID ANTENNA - A method of matching a hearing aid antenna in a binaural hearing aid in accordance with a detected signal strength of a received communication signal, the binaural hearing aid having a first hearing aid to be positioned at one ear of a user and a second hearing aid to be positioned at another ear of the user, the method includes: receiving a communication signal by a wireless communication unit in the first hearing aid; detecting a signal strength of the received communications signal; and controlling a matching mechanism positioned in the first hearing aid and/or the second hearing aid to improve antenna reception and/or antenna transmission according to the detected signal strength. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185814 | BOUNDARY BINAURAL MICROPHONE ARRAY - A boundary binaural microphone array includes a pair of microphones spaced from one another by a distance between approximately 5 cm and 30 cm. The boundary binaural microphone array has a structural support that locates the microphones no more than approximately 4 cm off of a surface upon which the array is placed. The microphones are separated by a sound barrier that provides an interaural level difference in the amplitudes of the sound signals sensed by the two microphones. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185815 | HOLD BACK AND REAL TIME RANKING OF RESULTS IN A STREAMING MATCHING SYSTEM - A matching system receives probe audio samples for comparison to references of a data store. Comparisons are generated to determine a sufficient match for a portion or a first amount of the probe sample. Ranking scores are assigned to the resulting match references. The match references are retained, unless meeting a score threshold. Comparisons are continually generated with second amounts of the probe sample and the retained references are updated with further matching references assigned ranking scores. The retained results are merged and determined to satisfy a score threshold for release as outputted results for matching references. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185816 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNAL - An audio signal processing apparatus and method for processing an audio signal are provided. The audio signal processing apparatus includes a signal detector configured to detect a long-term envelope and a short-term envelope of a lower range signal of an input signal, and a controller configured to control a gain in a beat section of the input signal, wherein the beat section is determined based on the detected long-term envelope and the short-term envelope of the lower range signal. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185817 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ELECTROACOUSTIC SYSTEM FOR REVERBERATION TIME EXTENSION - An apparatus for reverberation time extension is provided. The apparatus includes a module for calculating wave field synthesis information, and a signal processor for generating a plurality of audio output signals for a plurality of loudspeakers based on the audio input signals that have been recorded by a plurality of microphones, and based on the wave field synthesis information. Further, the apparatus includes an operating unit for determining a virtual position of one or several virtual walls. The module for calculating wave field synthesis information is implemented to calculate the wave field synthesis information based on the virtual position of the one or several virtual walls. Further, the virtual position is adjustable by the operating unit for at least one of the virtual walls. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185818 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A sound processing device includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate a suppression gain of noise by using respective input signals input from a plurality of microphones; an integration unit configured to obtain an integration gain by using a suppression gain of an acoustic echo and the suppression gain of the noise; an application unit configured to apply the integration gain to one input signal among the plurality of input signals; and a second calculation unit configured to calculate the suppression gain of the acoustic echo by using signals to which the integration gain is applied, output signals that are output to a replay device, and the one input signal. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185819 | Handset and Headset - Thus there is provided an earphone or headset comprising a housing, an internal microphone, an external microphone and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit is connected to the internal microphone and the external microphone. The signal processing unit serves for signal processing of an audio signal of the external microphone and for adding the signal-processed audio signal to an audio signal from the internal microphone. The signal processing unit is adapted to perform band pass limitation of the audio signal of the external microphone and to output the added signal as an output signal. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185820 | Ear Bud Retraction Mechanism Having a Break Away Dust Door - A retractable ear bud module, comprising: a housing having a cover and a door with a hinge for removably attaching the door to the cover; the cover includes a side defining a curved depression for removably holding the hinge; a retraction mechanism including a rotatable spool having an axis, and an ear bud cable mounted in the housing, the retraction mechanism selectively retracts or dispenses the ear bud cable; at least one ear bud attached to the ear bud cable; a wireless receiver for receiving audio signals, the wireless receiver being in electronic communication with the ear bud cable to communicate audio signals to at least one ear bud. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185821 | HEADSET FOR A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Electronic necklace—headset for mobile electronic device in the form of a neck loop or necklace and a pair of wired headphones, where the headphone cords attached in close proximity to the back of electronic necklace and additionally connected together in the suboccipital node, located in the position of the device on the surface of the cervico-occipital region of the user to fix headphones and its cords, which reduces the slack of the cords and streamlines their excursion, creating conditions for continuous wear electronic necklace, including under the clothes, does not change the appearance of the user, allows to control an electronic necklace on touch over clothing, and inoperative can accommodate headphones shot and its cords in the back of the electronic necklace without having to remove the entire device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185822 | BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKER AND BONE CONDUCTION HEADPHONE DEVICE - When sound signals are transmitted to a coil in a vibration driver, a magnet vibrates according to change in magnetic field caused by the coil. A diaphragm vibrates up and down together with the coil, due to magnetic effects of the coil with respect to the magnet. A vibration plate which closes an opening of the vibration driver converts air vibrations generated by the up and down vibrations of the diaphragm into mechanical vibrations, and transmits the mechanical vibrations as high frequency vibrations. A housing which accommodates the magnet transmits the vibrations of the magnet to the outside via a spring as low frequency vibrations. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185823 | IMMERSIVE 3D SOUND SPACE FOR SEARCHING AUDIO - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating an immersive three-dimensional sound space for searching audio. The system generates a three-dimensional sound space having a plurality of sound sources playing at a same time, wherein each of the plurality of sound sources is assigned a respective location in the three-dimensional sound space relative to one another, and wherein a user is assigned a current location in the three-dimensional sound space relative to each respective location. Next, the system receives input from the user to navigate to a new location in the three-dimensional sound space. Based on the input, the system then changes each respective location of the plurality of sound sources relative to the new location in the three-dimensional sound space. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185824 | FORMING VIRTUAL MICROPHONE ARRAYS USING DUAL OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ARRAY (DOMA) - A dual omnidirectional microphone array noise suppression is described. Compared to conventional arrays and algorithms, which seek to reduce noise by nulling out noise sources, the array of an embodiment is used to form two distinct virtual directional microphones which are configured to have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The only null formed is one used to remove the speech of the user from V | 2014-07-03 |
20140185825 | FORMING VIRTUAL MICROPHONE ARRAYS USING DUAL OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ARRAY (DOMA) - A dual omnidirectional microphone array noise suppression is described. Compared to conventional arrays and algorithms, which seek to reduce noise by nulling out noise sources, the array of an embodiment is used to form two distinct virtual directional microphones which are configured to have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The only null formed is one used to remove the speech of the user from V | 2014-07-03 |
20140185826 | NOISE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A noise suppression apparatus selectively uses an adaptive beamformer and fixed beamformer for each frequency. A direction of a null of the fixed beamformer is determined from a direction of a null automatically formed by the adaptive beamformer. Filter coefficients of the adaptive beamformer based on an output power minimization rule are calculated by a minimum norm method using a norm of the filter coefficients as a constraint. The above selection is made based on, for example, a depth of a null automatically formed by the adaptive beamformer in the selection. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185827 | NOISE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A noise suppression apparatus using spectral subtraction is provided. A noise estimation unit estimates noise components included in a mixed signal. A fundamental frequency of the mixed signal is detected. A subtraction factor in the spectral subtraction is set based on the detected fundamental frequency. The spectral subtraction for the mixed signal is executed using the set subtraction factor and the estimated noise components. A boundary frequency at the fundamental frequency or a frequency lower than the fundamental frequency is set, and a subtraction factor for a frequency lower than the boundary frequency is set to assume a value larger than a subtraction factor for a frequency not less than the boundary frequency. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185828 | AMBIENT AUDIO INJECTION - An exemplary system comprises a device including a memory with an audio injection application installed thereon. The application comprises an equalizer module that analyzes sound characteristics of individual digital audio samples including a discrete signal, a selector module that applies a selection heuristic to select the discrete signal from the individual digital audio samples based on the sound characteristics, and an audio module that supplies to an output an insert signal generated according to the discrete signal selected by the selection heuristic. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185829 | IN-LINE SIGNAL PROCESSOR - The present invention provides for a communications cable for processing an input signal. Specifically, the present invention includes a communication cable having an input connector structured to receive an input signal, an audio enhancement module configured to process the input signal using a plurality of processing components in order to create an output signal, and an output connector structured to transmit the output signal. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185830 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO BACKTRACKING CONTROL - Example methods, systems, and apparatus for audio backtracking control are provided. An example method includes comparing an audio input value associated with an audio input to a threshold. The audio input is to be synchronized with an audio backtrack. The example method includes suppressing an output of the audio backtrack when the audio input value is below the threshold. The example method includes controlling a temporal pointer associated with the audio backtrack during a period of time in which the audio input value is below the threshold. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185831 | VOLUME CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - In a volume control method applied to an audio processing system, firstly, a digital audio stream including a plurality of digital audio packets is received from a transmitter. It is determined whether an excitation signal is detected. The digital audio packets are sampled within a predetermined sampled period according to codecing rules, on condition that the excitation signal is detected. Output values corresponding to the digital audio packets are retrieved from the sampled digital audio packets according to the sampling operation. The digital audio packets are analyzed to generate sums of sampled frequency. An averaged volume level is calculated according to the sums of sampled frequency. An audio shift value is generated according to the averaged volume level and a predetermined standard volume level. Volume control is implemented to subsequently received digital audio packets from the digital audio stream according to the audio shift value. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185832 | Assembly with an Analog Data Processing Unit and Method of Using Same - An assembly includes an analog signal processing unit. An analog signal path and an amplifier an automatic gain control unit are coupled to the signal path. Further to the output of the amplified analog signal, a gain information is provided as an analog or digital signal at a gain information output. This information can be used for further processing the signal, e.g., by automatic noise compression or to control further signal processing units. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185833 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an audio processing apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains an audio signal. A first audio level controller gives a first gain to the audio signal obtained by the obtaining unit. A second audio level controller gives a second gain to the audio signal output from the first audio level controller. A time constant in processing for increasing the first gain of the first audio level controller is larger than a time constant in processing for increasing the second gain of the second audio level controller. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185834 | VOLUME CONTROL APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising a force sensor configured to determine a force exerted on the apparatus; and a volume controller configured to control a volume of an audio output dependent on the force. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185835 | ONE-BIT DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER OFFSET CANCELLATION - There is described Audio driver circuit comprising a main, 1-bit digital-to-analog converter, adapted to receive a 1-bit oversampled digital audio signal. Thanks to an auxiliary digital-to-analog converter which converts into the analog domain a digital offset compensation value stored in e.g. an OTP memory register | 2014-07-03 |
20140185836 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR AND SWITCHING AMPLIFIER - A pulse width modulation signal with a less distortion component that is not influenced by a common-mode noise or an offset voltage is generated. Pulse signal generation circuits | 2014-07-03 |
20140185837 | BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKER AND BONE CONDUCTION HEADPHONE DEVICE - When sound signals are input to a vibration driver through signal wires, the vibration driver converts the sound signals into mechanical vibrations. A second elastic member transmits the mechanical vibrations of the vibration driver to a user. On the other hand, air vibrations are generated by the vibration driver in a space formed by the vibration driver and a first elastic member. The air vibrations are converted into mechanical vibrations by the first elastic member, and are transmitted to the second elastic member. The second elastic member also transmits the mechanical vibrations transmitted from the first elastic member, to the user. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185838 | COAXIAL PASSIVE RADIATION MONOMER - A coaxial passive radiation monomer apparatus is disclosed. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is disclosed a dynamic speaker monomer combined with a passive radiator in a single unitary structure located in spatial proximity with respect to one another to thereby and further comprising an elastic material at the base of the speaker assembly for enhanced and optimized resonance frequencies for the active and passive components of the overall device. | 2014-07-03 |
20140185839 | SUSPENSION STRUCTURE OF MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TYPE VIBRATION ACTUATOR - Provided is a multi-functional type vibration actuator capable of stabilizing a vibration characteristic and improving variation in a resonance frequency by matching vibration waveforms when increasing/reducing an input signal frequency, by using a frame-shaped suspension of a polygonal shape. A spring characteristic of the frame-shaped suspension may be improved by forming J-shaped structures which is formed by connecting an extension portion and an arc, on all corner portions of the frame-shaped suspension of the polygonal shape, whereby reducing variation in a vibration waveform and a resonance frequency when sensible vibration is generated. | 2014-07-03 |