30th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100189238 | System and Method for Delayed Phone Conferencing - A system and method for phone conferencing through an interactive message. Information for a phone conference is received. The interactive message is sent to one or more users specified in the information inviting the one or more users to participate in the phone conference. A response is received including contact information and a time for a user to join the phone conference. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189239 | ACCESSING DETAILS OF TELECONFERENCE CALL INVITEES - Accessing information on call invitees that may include initiating a teleconference call, receiving an inquiry during the teleconference call regarding additional information on at least one person invited to join the call, obtaining the additional information on each of the at least one person, and sending the additional information. Also, a processing device may include a network interface, at least one second interface configured to establish a connection between at least three telephones, and a controller configured to initiate a teleconference call between the at least three telephones, receive an inquiry during the teleconference call regarding additional information on at least one person invited to join the call, obtain the additional information on each of the at least one person, and send the additional information. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189240 | Contacting a person outside of a teleconference without leaving the teleconference - Contacting a person while conducting a call that may include initiating a teleconference call, receiving a message during the teleconference call from a first person who has joined the teleconference call directed to a second person that has not joined the teleconference call, forwarding the message to the second person during the teleconference call, receiving a reply message from the second person during the teleconference call, and forwarding the reply message to the first person during the teleconference call. A processing device that may establish a teleconference call between telephones, receive a message during the conference call from a first telephone that has joined the teleconference call destined for a second telephone that has not joined the teleconference call, deliver the message to the second telephone, receive a reply message from the second telephone, and forward the reply message to the first telephone during the conference call. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189241 | PROVIDING MULTILEVEL CONFERENCE CALL PARTICIPANTS - Providing multilevel teleconference call participants that may include receiving a request from a person to join a teleconference call, identifying a defined level of the person, and providing a notification regarding a status of persons having certain defined levels that one of have joined the teleconference call and have not joined the teleconference call. Further, a processing device may include a network interface, at least one second interface configured to establish a connection between at least two telephones, and a processor configured to receive a request from a person to join a conference call, identify a defined level of the person, and provide a notification regarding a status of persons having certain defined levels that have joined the teleconference call or have not joined the teleconference call. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189242 | RULES-BASED TELECONFERENCING - Rules-based teleconferencing that may include receiving criteria regarding invitees to a teleconference call, generating rules based on the criteria, and generating a notification regarding the invitees to the teleconference call based on the rules. The criteria may include a quorum of a minimum number of invitees that must be in attendance at the teleconference call or a list of specific invitees required to be in attendance at the teleconference call. A processing device may include a network interface, one or more second interfaces configured to establish a connection between at least three telephones, and a controller configured to establish a teleconference call between the at least three telephones, receive criteria regarding invitees to the teleconference call, generate rules based on the criteria, and generate a notification regarding the invitees to the teleconference call based on the rules. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189243 | ENHANCED ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONFERENCE CALL PARTICIPANTS - Enhanced announcement of conference call participants that may include allowing a party to join a teleconference call, identifying a class of the party that has joined the teleconference call, and generating a notification in the teleconference call related to the class of the party that has joined the teleconference call. A processing device may include a network interface, at least one second interface configured to establish a connection between at least three telephones, and a processor configured to allow a party to join a teleconference call, identify a class of the party that has joined the teleconference call, and generate a notification in the teleconference call related to the class of the party that has joined the teleconference call. The notification may be a tone, a signal, a name, or other type notification. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189244 | CONFERENCE-CALL SYSTEM AND CONFERENCE-SPECIFIC ACCESS CODES - A conference-call system receives a conference-specific access code from an invited participant of a conference call and a conference-specific access code from an initiator of the conference call. The conference-call system grants the invited participant access to the conference call when the conference-specific access code from the invited participant matches the conference-specific access code from the initiator. The conference-specific access code from the initiator and the invited participant each include a base code portion and a portion added to the base code portion by the initiator of the conference call. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS LINKING CALLERS WITH GREATER FUNCTIONALITY - Methods and systems provided telephone accessible services to callers which are responsive to information about the caller obtained during the call. A telephone service point located anywhere within the telephone network receives a telephone call to particular numbers referred to as hypernumbers and provides services specified for the dialed number. The service point may request data from the caller's communication device and provide services or route the call in response to caller-specific information received from the communication device. Caller communication devices may be configured with software to communicate with the service point, including gathering requested caller information and transmitting the information to the service point. The service point may be configured to send information to the caller's communication device. The service point may be configured to send caller data to a server of the hypernumber owner and route the call to particular destinations based upon the caller data. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189246 | METHOD FOR REALIZING USER DECISION USER BUSY FORWARDING - The present invention provides a method for implementing call forwarding on user-determined user busy, comprising the following steps of: step 1: after receiving a session request routed by a CSCF from a calling side ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189247 | Telephone control apparatus and telephone system including telephone control apparatus - There is provided an telephone control apparatus including storing unit for storing ringtone patterns for each incoming call group relative to one or more telephone terminals; and controlling unit for performing a ring operation of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group which is to receive a call based on the ringtone pattern specified from the storing unit, wherein when a certain incoming call group among the plural incoming call groups becomes in a call receiving condition, the controlling unit specifies the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group in a call receiving condition by referring to the storing unit and controls the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group in the call receiving condition to perform a ring operation based on the ringtone pattern. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189248 | Implementing Method and System for UE Redirection Service of Sharing Pui - The present invention discloses a method for implementing a redirection service for UEs sharing a PUI in an IMS, comprising: when a UE in a PN registers at a PNM AS, the PNM AS fetching the UE Identity and establishing a corresponding relationship between the identity and the PUI; when determining to route an initial request message of a terminating call of a UE in the PN routed by an original S-CSCF to a configured UE sharing the PUI, the PNM AS adding the configured UE Identity into a redirected initial request message and sending it to the original S-CSCF which forwards the message to a redirection S-CSCF; and the redirection S-CSCF uniquely locating the configured UE according to the identity or both the identity and the PUI in the message. The present invention can redirect a session initial request to a configured UE sharing a PUI with other UEs. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189249 | CALL PROGRESS ANALYSIS ON THE EDGE OF A VOIP NETWORK - A contact center is provided. The contact center includes a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes computer code executable with the processor. The computer code is configured to place a phone call through a media gateway to a communication device, receive a tone message from the media gateway, the tone message including a call progress event that defines a type of tone that was detected in the audio stream, determine a call treatment as a function of the communication device status, and perform call treatment for the phone call. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189250 | System and method for managing, directing, and queuing communication events - A queue interface system and method for queuing voice calls for use with a communication system having queues includes a queue selector allowing a user to select a queue from a list of queues on a display. In an embodiment, one or more of the queues on the list of queues is a service agent queue. Further, the queue interface system includes an expected wait time component for displaying an expected wait time for a customer for the selected queue. The system also includes a call options selector providing a hold option and a call option. The hold option places a call in the selected queue and the call option causes a call to occur. In an embodiment, the call option further includes assigning a placeholder for a customer in the selected queue and causing a call to the customer to occur after the expected wait time. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189251 | Security Enhanced Data Platform - The security enhanced data platform is comprised of two primary subsystems and a host of supporting subsystems. The first primary subsystem is a document management system. A set of client side tools provides the user a way to specify classifications and compartments for selected areas of a document, and a way to save the document in the format required by the system in order to allow the system to enforce the rules and privileges dictated to the system. The second subsystem is a security enhanced database management system. In documents the system allows different user privilege requirements on the document as a whole as well as on pages, paragraphs, sentences, words, and/or letters of a word. A history of document changes is maintained to provide an audit trail after the fact of who did what changes, where those changes were made and when those changes were made. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF IMAGES - XHD video is acquired from a camera fitted with an ultra-wide field-of-view lens such as a fish eye lens. The active picture portion of the images are divided into patterns each having a plurality of pixels. The patterns are assigned coordinate values and then reformatted into HD format using an encryption key which reorders the patterns. The images are processed in the HD format and then returned to XHD formation by applying the reverse reordering process under the control of the key. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189253 | PRIVACY-ENHANCED E-PASSPORT AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL - A passport authentication protocol provides for encryption of sensitive data such as biometric data and transfer of the encryption key from the passport to the authentication authority to permit comparison to a reference value. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189254 | Slice mask and moat pattern partial encryption - A selective encryption encoder consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has vertical and/or horizontal stripes encrypted. In one embodiment, packets are examined in the digital video signal to identify a specified packet type, the specified packet type being both packets carrying intra-coded data representing a pattern of horizontal stripes across an image and packets carrying intra-coded data representing a pattern of vertical stripes across an image. The packets identified as being of the specified packet type are encrypted using a first encryption method to produce first encrypted packets. These first encrypted packets are then used to replace the unencrypted packets in the digital video signal to produce a partially encrypted video signal. The packets of the specified type can also be multiple encrypted and replaced in the data stream to produce a multiple encrypted video data stream. This abstract is not to be considered limiting since embodiments consistent with the present invention may incorporate more, fewer or differing elements than mentioned in this abstract. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Encrypted video data is decrypted as first image data. If a first image processing module includes an output processing to an outside of a first secure memory which an access from an outside of an apparatus is restricted, the first image processing module is converted to a second image processing module including the output processing invalidated. The first image data is processed using the second image processing module, by accessing the first secure memory, and second image data is generated. If a first rendering module includes an output processing to an outside of a second secure memory which an access from the outside of the apparatus is restricted, the first rendering module is converted to a second rendering module including the output processing invalidated. The second image data is rendered using the second rendering module, by accessing the second secure memory. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING AND READING A FILE HAVING A MEDIA DATA CONTAINER AND METADATA CONTAINER - An apparatus for recording a file having a related media data container and a metadata container, the apparatus a receiver for receiving first data packets having packetized first media data samples based on a first clock, and for receiving second data packets having second media data samples based on a second clock different from the first clock, wherein the second media data samples are associated to the first media data samples, and for receiving first control packets including information for indicating a relationship of the first clock to a reference clock and for receiving second control packets including information for indicating a relationship of the second clock to the reference clock, and a recorder for storing the received first and second data packets and at least a portion of the received first and second control packets in the media data container, and for storing associated metadata in the metadata container, the associated metadata having timing information of the received first and second data packets and the received first and second control packets and location information indicating a location of the stored first and second data packets and the stored first and second control packets in the media data container. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189257 | Lightweight Streaming Protection by Sequence Number Scrambling - Methods and apparatus for securely streaming multimedia packets, such as RTP packets, are disclosed, in which the payloads of the packets are shuffled. This reordering is performed using a shuffling function that depends on sequence numbers associated with each of the packets, a pre-determined group size N, and a pre-determined initialization value; in some embodiments this shuffling function comprises a cryptographic hashing function or other one-way function. A receiving device may reverse the shuffling, using a similar shuffling function, if the pre-determined group size N and the pre-determined initialization value are known. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189258 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AN AUTHENTICATION KEY, CORRESPONDING TERMINAL, MOBILITY SERVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS - A method and apparatus are provided for early distribution of at least one encryption key intended for securing a communication to be set up on the link layer of a cellular network formed of a plurality of cells, each controlled by an attachment point, between a mobile terminal and a set of attachment points, termed the target attachment points. The includes, for at least one target attachment point: creation of an encryption ticket containing an encryption key, enciphered on the basis of at least one authentication key specific to this target attachment point; receipt of the enciphered encryption ticket, by way of a current attachment point to which the mobile terminal is connected; identification, of a means of deciphering the enciphered encryption ticket, with the aid of the at least one authentication key, making it possible to obtain the encryption key. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189259 | PEER COMMUNITIES - A software architecture that permits for a unified mechanism for interfacing with multiple peer groups is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple peer group interfaces, each facilitating communication between computing systems in a corresponding peer group. In addition, a perhaps configurable number and type of service modules are configured to use the peer group interfaces to facilitate communication between peer groups in a manner that facilitates the service. A peer community application program interface is configured to allow one or more peer applications to enlist the services of the plurality of services by interfacing with the peer community application program interface. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189260 | CONVERSATION RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - Conversation rights for multi-modal communications are managed and enforced in an enhanced communication system. Through physical and/or software components, rights are assigned to a communication session and related components upon user request. Permitted participants of the session are provided access tools such as decryption keys. Restrictions based on the assigned conversation rights are extended to preserved recordings and associated documents of the communication session. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189261 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD (AES) OPERATIONS FOR ENHANCED SECURITY - In a wireless communication system, a method and system for extending Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) operations for enhanced security are provided. In an AES encryption operation, an initial state may be modified by XORing with an initial modifier before a first processing round and a final state may be modified by XORing with a final modifier after a final processing round. The output of a MixColumns function performed during AES decryption operation rounds may be modified by XORing with a corresponding round modifier. In an AES decryption operation, an initial state may be modified by XORing with a decoded final modifier before a first processing round and a final state may be modified by XORing with a decoded initial modifier after a final processing round. The input of an InvMixColumns function performed during AES decryption operation rounds may be modified by XORing with a corresponding decoded round modifier. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189262 | SECURE KEY ACCESS WITH ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A device includes a key store memory that stores one or more cryptographic keys. A rule set memory stores a set of rules for accessing the cryptographic keys. A key store arbitration module grants access to the cryptographic keys in accordance with the set of rules. The device can be used in conjunction with a key ladder. The device can include a one-time programmable memory and a load module that transfers the cryptographic keys from the one one-time programmable memory to the key store memory and the set of rules to the rule set memory. A validation module can validate the cryptographic keys and the set of rules stored in the key store and rule set memories, based on a signature defined by a signature rule. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING SECURITY CODES - A system and method for creating a target cryptographic key. In one embodiment the system includes a first cryptographic module including a first cryptographic key, and a loader including a second cryptographic key, a communications port for the first cryptographic module; and a communication link for transmitting the target cryptographic key. When the first cryptographic module is connected with the communications port of the loader, the first cryptographic module loads the second cryptographic key and creates the target cryptographic key in response to the first cryptographic key and the second cryptographic key. In one embodiment the method of creating a cryptographic key, includes the steps of: loading a second cryptographic key into a first cryptographic module; calculating, by the first cryptographic module, a target cryptographic key in response to a first cryptographic key and a second cryptographic key; and loading the target cryptographic key to a loader. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189264 | METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO ADDRESS GENERATION, COMMUNICATION AND/OR VALIDATION - Methods and apparatus for generating, communicating, and/or using sets of addresses corresponding to a communications device are described. A first communications device generates, from a public key and a random number, both a first address and a second address. The generated address pair is communicated to a second communications device along with proof of ownership information regarding the address pair via an address signaling message such as a binding update message. The second communications device processes the received address signaling message and determines address pair validity and/or address pair ownership information. The first address may be associated with a first network, e.g., an unsecure WAN network, while the second address may be associated with a second network, e.g., a secure peer to peer network. Decisions on switching between using the first address to using the second address may be based on address validity and/or address ownership determinations. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189265 | KEY TERMINAL APPARATUS, CRYPTO-PROCESSING LSI, UNIQUE KEY GENERATION METHOD, AND CONTENT SYSTEM - A key terminal apparatus includes a crypto-processing LSI that performs predetermined crypto-processing. Unique information identifying the crypto-processing LSI is embedded in the crypto-processing LSI. A predetermined master key corresponding to a predetermined key is embedded in the crypto-processing LSI. The crypto-processing LSI (a) receives an encrypted manufacturer key from the manufacturer key storage unit, (b) decrypts the encrypted manufacturer key using the predetermined master key to generate a manufacturer key, (c) generates a unique manufacturer key identical to the predetermined unique manufacturer key, based on the unique information embedded in the crypto-processing LSI and the generated manufacturer key, and (d) decrypts the received encrypted device key using the generated identical unique manufacturer key to generate a predetermined device key. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189266 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention comprises receiving a downmix signal, object information and preset information, generating downmix processing information using the object information and the preset information, processing the downmix signal using the downmix processing information, and generating multi-channel information using the object information and the preset information, wherein the preset information is extracted from a bitstream. Accordingly, a gain and panning of an object can be easily controlled without user's setting for each object using preset information set in advance. And, a gain and panning of an object can be controlled using preset information modified based on a selection made by a user. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189267 | SPEAKER ARRAY APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A speaker array apparatus for outputting sound beams of a plurality of channels based on audio signals of the plurality of channels, includes a directivity control section that controls a directivity of at least one of the sound beams of the channels so as to generate one or more pairs of the sound beams of the channels having roughly the same directivity, and a frequency characteristic applying section that applies a frequency characteristic to the audio signal corresponding to one of the sound beams of the channels in the one or more pairs to change a sound image localization position of the one of the sound beams of the channels in the one or more pairs. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189268 | ACOUSTIC IN-EAR DETECTION FOR EARPIECE - An apparatus comprising an earpiece and a signal processor is disclosed. The earpiece is suitable to be applied at an auditory opening of a user's ear. The earpiece comprises a speaker enabled to be supplied with an audio signal for rendering, and a microphone arranged in vicinity of the speaker to acquire a sound signal from sounds present inside the auditory opening when the earpiece is applied at the ear. The signal processor is arranged to determine whether the earpiece is applied at the user's ear by analysis of the acquired sound signal comprising any of a sound signal component of an in-ear sound type present when the earpiece is applied or an outside-ear sound type present when the earpiece is not applied. A method and a computer program are also disclosed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189269 | ACOUSTIC IN-EAR DETECTION FOR EARPIECE - An apparatus comprising at least one earpiece suitable to be applied at an auditory opening of a user's ear and a signal processor is disclosed. The earpiece comprises a speaker enabled to be supplied with an audio signal for rendering, and a microphone arranged in vicinity of the speaker arranged to acquire a sound signal. The signal processor is arranged to determine whether the earpiece is applied at the user's ear by analysis of the acquired sound signal, wherein the analysis is based on the acoustic coupling of the audio signal to the microphone. A method and a computer program are also disclosed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189270 | SOUND VOLUME CORRECTING DEVICE, SOUND VOLUME CORRECTING METHOD, SOUND VOLUME CORRECTING PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sound volume correcting device includes: a variable gain unit controlling a gain of an input audio signal on the basis of a gain control signal; a voice average level detector detecting an average level of a human voice signal in the input audio signal; and a gain control signal generator generating the gain control signal for controlling the gain of the input audio signal using the average level of the human voice signal detected by the voice average level detector as a reference level and supplying the generated gain control signal to the variable gain unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189271 | Audio Source Detection System - In a sound source localization system using a light emitting device for visualizing sound information, including: a light emitting device ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189272 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND SOUND DETECTOR, WHICH BOTH COMMUNICATE USING BODY AREA NETWORK, AND DATA CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - A sound detector communicates with a portable terminal by manipulation of the portable terminal by a user and may reproduce data communicated between the sound detector and the portable terminal. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF AN AUDIO SOURCE SUCH AS A WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM - A method and apparatus is provided for remotely controlling a set of functions for a wireless audio system from a remote control. The method includes the steps of generating a digitally modulated pilot tone, and transmitting this pilot tone within a radio communication to a wireless receiver. The digitally modulated pilot tone carries data about a plurality of functions related to an audio source and its associated transmitter. The method further includes a step of receiving the data at a wireless receiver, augmenting it by information related to the wireless receiver, and communicating the resulting data via a communication network to a remote central control. The method further includes monitoring the resulting data at the remote central control, diagnosing detected problems associated with the wireless audio system, and communicating to the wireless audio system appropriate remedial action to alleviate the detected problems. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189274 | DEVICE FOR AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - A method is provided which is suitable to cope with non-linear echo paths during acoustic echo cancellation in speakerphones. Non-linear paths occur particularly in hands-free operation of, e.g., a mobile phone, due to driving the amplifier and loudspeaker in the non-linear range. The idea is to combine the commonly known one microphone approach of linear acoustic echo cancellation using an adaptive filter and a post-processor together with a multiple microphone approach using beam forming which separately removes the non-linear part of the echo. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189275 | PASSENGER COMPARTMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system for a passenger compartment includes at least two microphone arrays arranged within first and second regions, respectively, in the passenger compartment, and at least two loudspeakers and a signal processor connected to the microphone arrays and to the loudspeaker. Each microphone array has at least two microphones and provides an audio signal. Each loudspeaker is located within a different one of the first and the second regions. The signal processor processes the audio signal from the microphone array within the first region and provides the processed audio signal to the loudspeaker located within the second region. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189276 | MONITORING OF USE STATUS AND AUTOMATIC POWER MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention relates to devices and methods for automatically determining the use status of medical devices and more particularly to automatic power management based on said use status in electronic medical devices. Specifically, although not exclusively, the invention relates to power management of electronic stethoscopes ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189277 | SYSTEM FOR HEARING PROTECTORS - A system for hearing protection comprising an outer hearing protection unit, an inner hearing protection unit, and an outer microphone is disclosed, the inner hearing protection unit comprising a speaker and the microphone being arranged to be electrically connectable for transmission of signals to the speaker. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189278 | PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM | 2010-07-29 |
20100189279 | MICROPHONE ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, MICROPHONE ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND MICROPHONE ARRAY SYSTEM - A microphone array signal processing apparatus which is capable of picking up sound in a low frequency band even with a compact microphone array. The microphone array signal processing apparatus is comprised of delay devices ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189280 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS DEVICE, SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, ITS SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal analysis device includes: a signal reception unit which receives an input signal containing a plurality of constituent elements; and a signal analysis unit which generates analysis information indicating the relationship between the constituent elements from the input signal. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189281 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof, comprising receiving a downmix signal comprising at least one normal object signal, and bitstream including object information determined when the downmix signal is generated; extracting extension type identifier indicating whether the downmix signal further comprises a multi-channel object signal, from extension part of the bitstream; when the extension type identifier indicates that the downmix signal further comprise multi-channel object signal, extracting first spatial information from the bitstream; and, transmitting at least one of the first spatial information and the second spatial information; wherein the first spatial information is determined when a multi-channel source signal are downmixed into the multi-channel object signal, wherein the second information is generated using the object information and mix information, are disclosed. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189282 | PHASE EQUALIZATION FOR MULTI-CHANNEL LOUDSPEAKER-ROOM RESPONSES - A system and method for minimizing the complex phase interaction between non-coincident subwoofer and satellite speakers for improved magnitude response control in a cross-over region. An all-pass filter is cascaded with bass-management filters in at least one filter channel, and preferably all-pass filters are cascaded in each satellite speaker channel. Pole angles and magnitudes for the all-pass filters are recursively calculated to minimize phase incoherence. A step of selecting an optimal cross-over frequency may be performed in conjunction with the all-pass filtering, and is preferably used to select an optimal cross-over frequency prior to determining all-pass filter coefficients. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189283 | TONE EMPHASIZING DEVICE, TONE EMPHASIZING METHOD, TONE EMPHASIZING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A tone emphasizing device includes a tone emphasizing unit that includes a level detecting unit that detects a fundamental tone level of a tone of a given pitch included in an original tone reproduced by a data player; an extracting unit that extracts frequency components of a fundamental tone and overtones from the original tone; a frequency correcting unit that eliminates, from the extracted frequency components, frequency components equal to or lower than the fundamental tone and frequency components equal to or higher than an overtone included in the tone of the given pitch; and a level adjusting unit that adjusts, according to results obtained by the level detecting unit, a level of the corrected tone. The tone emphasizing device further includes an amplifying unit that amplifies to a desired level, the tone having an adjusted level; and an adding unit that adds to the original tone, the amplified tone. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189284 | VIBRATION DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC SYSTEM - A vibration device according to the present invention includes: a diaphragm; a support system member that supports the diaphragm in a manner that allows the diaphragm to vibrate; a tubular voice coil bobbin attached to the diaphragm; a magnet which is disposed on at least one side among an inner circumferential surface side and an outer circumferential surface side of the voice coil bobbin, and which is polarized in a vibration direction of the diaphragm, and which forms a magnetic gap on a side that faces the voice coil bobbin; a voice coil which is attached to the voice coil bobbin so as to be disposed within the magnetic gap, and which vibrates the diaphragm and the voice coil bobbin in response to a driving force generated when an input electrical signal is inputted into the voice coil; and a magnetic material member which is attached to the voice coil bobbin so as to be disposed in a balancing position within the magnetic gap, and which is, when vibrating together with the voice coil bobbin, subjected to an action of a magnetic attractive force in a direction away from the balancing position. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189285 | Reading lamp - There is provided a reading lamp having a lighting unit (BE) which has at least first light emitting diodes (LEDs) and/or second light emitting diodes (IR-LEDs) for the emission of IR radiation. The reading lamp further has a modulation unit (ME) for modulation of the light emission of the first and/or second light emitting diodes in dependence on an input signal (IN). | 2010-07-29 |
20100189286 | AUDIO CONFERENCE SYSTEM - An audio conference system including a controller, a plurality of microphones, and an antenna that makes the controller and the microphones communicate via radio communication, in which the controller includes: an utterance permitting unit that, in response to utterance request instruction information received from any of the microphones, transmits utterance permission instruction information to the microphone; and an utterance inhibiting unit that, in response to utterance inhibition request instruction information received from any of the microphones, transmits utterance inhibition instruction information to the other microphones, and the microphones each include: an utterance requesting unit that transmits utterance request instruction information to the controller and transmits, to the controller, a speech signal input after receiving the utterance permission instruction information from the controller; and an utterance stopping unit that stops transmission of the speech signal to the controller upon receiving the utterance inhibition instruction information from the controller. According to the audio conference system, an audio conference system which allows the chair of a conference to collectively inhibit all utterances of the other participants can be obtained. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189287 | Bus circuit - Clock control is handed over in a bus circuit from a first circuit ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189288 | ACTUATOR SYSTEMS FOR ORAL-BASED APPLIANCES - Actuator systems for oral-based appliances utilizing transducers which are attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a dental or oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such oral appliances may be a custom-made device which receives incoming sounds and transmits the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element. The transducer element may utilize electromagnetic or piezoelectric transducer mechanisms and may be positioned directly along the dentition or along an oral appliance housing in various configurations. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189289 | CAPACITOR MICROPHONE CHIP, CAPACITOR MICROPHONE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An object of the invention is to design microminiaturization and higher sensitivity of a capacitor microphone chip formed by micromachining a silicon substrate and a wafer is diced so that a silicon substrate of a microphone chip is shaped almost like a hexagon, preferably a regular hexagon, and a back air chamber is shaped like a circle or a regular hexagon. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO EVALUATE QUALITY OF AUDIO SIGNAL - A method and apparatus to evaluate a quality of an audio signal, in which the number of effective channels is determined for each of a reference signal of a current frame and a test signal indicative of the reference signal that has passed through an audio codec, and an audio quality evaluation score of the current frame is calculated by evaluating an audio quality of the current frame based on the determined number of effective channels for each of the reference signal and the test signal by means of a predetermined evaluator. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189291 | OPTICAL PIN-POINT MICROPHONE - An optical pin-point microphone has a light source for directing a sensing beam to an object of interest so as to be reflected thereby as a reflected signal beam, a detector having multiple detector elements for receiving the reflected signal beam, and a summer for receiving signals from at least two of the detector elements and detecting, rectifying, amplifying and summing the received signals to generate a non-vanishing signal representative of an acoustic signal. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189292 | HEARING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC ALGORITHM SWITCHING - A hearing device with a plurality of microphones is intended to be able to be continued to be operated sensibly, even if a microphone fails. Therefore, a hearing device, and in particular a hearing aid, is proposed which provides a decision unit for deciding whether one of the microphones is defective, and a signal processing unit for processing the signals from the microphones using a plurality of processing algorithms. The signal processing unit switches from a first one of the processing algorithms to a second one of the processing algorithms if a decision is made in the decision unit that one of the microphones is defective. In particular, if a microphone fails, automatic switching from directional microphone operation into omnidirectional operation is for example made possible. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189293 | ENVIRONMENT ADAPTIVE TYPE HEARING AID - There is provided an environment adaptive type hearing aid capable of reducing the erroneous estimation of an ambient environment or the unnecessary changeover of a hearing aid process. The environment adaptive type hearing aid includes an input section ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189294 | Shippable speaker box - A speaker box, or enclosure, and kit with five panels connected by flexible couplings is shipped in a stack of four of the five panels, plus two side panels. The flexible couplings may be provided by a single sheet of fabric coupled to the five panels. When the kit is assembled into a speaker box, the five coupled panels circumferentially engage the two side panels, which are shaped as isosceles trapezoids. One side of the assembled speaker box includes two coupled panels, of the five coupled panels, joined with a flat rabbet joint. The assembled speaker box is held together with bundle ties, adhesive, or preferably, both. Openings for a speaker and a connector cup are provided. The kit includes adhesive, instructions, bundle ties with bundle tie locks, a connector cup, and hardware. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189295 | Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker for projecting siren and other warning signals which is compact to facilitate installation in emergency vehicles, and which provides a horn projector in the compact space. The loudspeaker has a support in which an electrically driven driver unit is mounted. A chamber providing a plurality of cyclonic or spiral paths for sound from the speaker is located at one end of the support as by being connected to the support or being a part thereof. The support has a plurality of passageways for sound from each of the paths to exit ports at an end of the support opposite to the end thereof attached to or having the chamber. The cyclonic paths and the passageways are of like length and taper so that the sound from the exit ports combined in reinforcing relationship and projects outwardly from the exit port end of the support. The support provides a recombiner for the sound propagating along the cyclonic paths and passageways to provide the effect of a long horn in the compact space. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189296 | Thermoacoustic device - A speaker includes a base and a thermoacoustic device. The base includes a first connector, a second connector for receiving external signals, a first engaging member, and an amplifier circuit device electrically connecting to the first connector and the second connector. The thermoacoustic device includes a second engaging member and a fourth connector. The thermoacoustic device is detachably installed on the base by a detachable engagement between the first engaging member and the second engaging member and a fourth connector corresponds to the first connector of the base. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189297 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HIDDEN SOUND OPENINGS OFFSET FROM AN AUDIO SOURCE - The disclosure relates to a handheld electronic device. The device comprises a case and an audio transducer. The case has a housing, a cover, an indentation, a first opening and an audio transducer. The housing has a housing surface. The cover has a cover surface with at least a portion of the cover surface being disposed adjacent at least a portion of the housing surface; an elongated channel formed therein opposite the cover surface; an insert; and a lens disposed adjacent to the insert. The indentation is formed in at least one of the housing adjacent the housing surface and the cover adjacent the cover surface and the indentation is disposed between and forms a cavity in the case between at least a portion of the housing adjacent the housing surface and at least a portion of the cover adjacent the cover surface. The cavity is elongated along at least a first axis. The first opening is formed in the case and provides fluid communication between the cavity and the channel and being located along a first axis. The audio transducer is disposed on the housing and is in fluid communication with the cavity where the audio transducer is spaced from the first opening along the first axis. In the device, the indentation and the first opening are formed in the insert; and the channel is disposed between the insert and the lens. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189298 | Unidirectional condenser microphone unit - There is provided a unidirectional condenser microphone unit in which the shield performance of a rear acoustic terminal is assured by simple assembling work without an increase in cost. In a unidirectional condenser microphone unit in which an electrostatic acousto-electric converter is incorporated in a cylindrical, metallic unit case having a front acoustic terminal on the front surface thereof and a rear acoustic terminal on the side surface thereof, and a shielding member | 2010-07-29 |
20100189299 | Microphone - A method of improving the “tight space” usefulness of a unidirectional microphone of the type having an otherwise screw-together headpiece and handle, includes the steps of: (a) fabricating an adapter having male- and female-threaded ends and a cavity of a specified volume that extends between these ends, and where each of these ends has a centerline and these intersect at a prescribed angle, (b) fabricating the adapter's cavity so that its volume is approximately equivalent to that of the volume of handle's acoustic chamber, and (c) connecting the adapter's male-threaded end to the handle and its female-threaded end to the headpiece in such a manner as to not appreciably change the frequency response characteristics of the microphone. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189300 | Microphone Unit - A microphone unit comprises a microphone, leg members and a base. The microphone comprises a diaphragm for detecting sound and a housing for containing the diaphragm. The leg members project outwardly from a rear wall of the housing, and are provided near a second through-hole which connects a second inner space to outer space. The base is connected to the leg members to form a gap between the housing and the base. When the microphone unit thus formed in a simple structure and reduced thickness is mounted in a product, the gap allows the outer space to be connected to the second inner space through the second through-hole, making it possible to efficiently guide sound to the second inner space and obtain good differential characteristics. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189301 | Condenser microphone unit - There is provided a condenser microphone unit in which the shield of a shielding member that covers a front acoustic terminal from the inside of a unit case is assured to prevent noise caused by electromagnetic waves radiated especially from a cellular phone from being generated. In a condenser microphone unit including a metallic cylindrical unit case | 2010-07-29 |
20100189302 | DATA RECORDER - A head mounted data storage device comprising an audio receiver for receiving audio signals, a solid state memory for storing received signals, and a power source for providing power to said device. The unit is self contained and adapted to be mounted about the head of a user, typically on a headset or integrated within the shell of a helmet. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189303 | Personal Audio Set With Adjustable Force Mechanisms - A personal audio device including a flexible headband is disclosed. The flexible headband includes a left and right headband portion. The headband has a longitudinal centerline which occupies a substantially single plane. The personal audio device also includes a left earphone, which is secured to a first end of the left headband portion, and a right earphone, which is secured to a first end of the right headband portion. A connector portion connects a second end of the left headband portion with a second end of the right headband portion. The connector portion is linearly adjustable, which enables a distance between the left headband portion and right headband portion to be variable. A change in the distance causes an inversely proportional change in bent compression force applied by a left earphone and applied by the right earphone. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189304 | SUSPENSION STRUCTURE - [Problems] To provide a multifunction vibration actuator which has flat rising and falling frequency characteristic at the time of generation of bodily sensation vibration and which is stable for an input signal. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIP READING CONTROL OF A MEDIA DEVICE - Systems and methods of generating device commands based upon spoken user commands are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment captures a series of images of a user of a media device, generates image information corresponding to the series of captured images, determines lip movement of the user from the generated image information, determines at least one spoken user command based upon the determined lip movement of the user, and determines a device command based upon the determined spoken user command. Then, the device command is communicated to, for example, a media presentation device, wherein an operation of the media presentation device is controlled in accordance with the determined spoken user command. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189306 | LANE MARKER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND LANE MARKER RECOGNITION METHOD USED BY SAID APPARATUS - A lane marker recognition apparatus which recognizes a lane marker based on a captured image of a road surface in the direction in which a vehicle is traveling, includes recognizing means for recognizing at least one left lane marker and at least one right lane marker captured in the image, and generating lane marker information indicative of the recognized lane markers; calculating means for calculating, based on the lane marker information, at least one type of control value for each potential running lane demarcated; first selecting means for selecting a control value of one of the running lanes that is to be indicated as information; generating means for generating information indicative of the selected control value; and second selecting means for, after the information has been generated, selecting the control value of the potential running lane that is closest to the control value indicated by the information. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189307 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a measuring unit that measures lengths of segments in an image; a first evaluating unit that evaluates each segment based on the length of the segment measured by the measuring unit and a position of the segment; a second evaluating unit that evaluates each segment based on a similarity of the length of the segment measured by the measuring unit and the position of the segment; and a determining unit that determines whether each segment is a ruled line based on an evaluation result obtained by the first evaluating unit and an evaluation result obtained by the second evaluating unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189308 | Image Measuring Apparatus and Computer Program - An image of a measurement object is displayed, and specification of a feature image and a measurement position is received on the displayed image. The feature image, the specification has been received, and information on relative positions for the feature image, which represents the measurement position and a display position of a dimension line, are stored. A newly acquired image of the measurement object is compared with the feature image to identify information on the attitude and the position of the image of the measurement object. A measurement position is set for the image of the measurement object with the identified attitude and position, and then predetermined physical quantities are measured. Based on the stored information on the relative position for the feature image displaying the dimension line, a dimension line indicating a measurement position and a measurement result are displayed at predetermined positions. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189309 | Device for optically detecting position and/or orientation of objects comprising at least one linear sensor - The electro-optical system for determining the attitude of a mobile part comprises a fixed part and a mobile part, the fixed part being linked rigidly with at least one virtual image plane. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189310 | System and Method Providing Improved Head Motion Estimations for Animation - The computer-readable media provides improved procedures to estimate head motion between two images of a face. Locations of a number of distinct facial features are determined in two images. The locations are converted into as a set of physical face parameters based on the symmetry of the identified distinct facial features. An estimation objective function is determined by: (a) estimating each of the set of physical parameters, (b) estimating a first head pose transform corresponding to the first image, and (c) estimating a second head pose transform corresponding to the second image. The motion is estimated between the two images based on the set of physical face parameters by multiplying each term of the estimation objective function by a weighted contribution factor based on the confidence of data corresponding to the estimation objective function. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189311 | Method for controlling the quality of printed documents based on pattern matching - A method for controlling the quality of printed documents, such as banknotes, in which only part of the surface of the printed documents is available for inspection, comprising the steps of (i) storing a reference image; (ii) acquiring a sample image of a sample printed document to be controlled, which sample image covers only a limited portion of the sample printed document; (iii) selecting a search pattern within the acquired sample image; (iv) searching the reference image for a match with the selected search pattern, (v) determining control parameters linked to the position of the search pattern within said sample image and within said reference image, (vi) comparing the control parameters linked to the position of the search pattern within the sample image with the control parameters linked to the position of the search pattern within the reference image; and (vii) based on the results of the comparison of the control parameters, accepting or rejecting the sample printed document. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189312 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OVERLAYING ELECTRONIC LOCATE INFORMATION ON FACILITIES MAP INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON A LOCATE DEVICE - A locate device for a locate operation to detect a presence or an absence of one or more underground facilities is configured to access and display facilities map information, and/or other image information, as a visual aid to facilitate the locate operation. In various aspects, methods and apparatus relate to: selection of an appropriate “base” facilities map, or information from a database of facilities map data, relating to a given work site/dig area; selection of an appropriate pan and/or zoom (resolution) for displaying facilities map information; appropriately updating displayed facilities map information while a locate device is used during a locate operation (e.g. changing pan, zoom and/or orientation); overlaying on the displayed facilities map information locate information and/or landmark information relating to the locate operation; and storing locally on the locate device, and/or transmitting from the locate device, facilities map information and/or overlaid locate/landmark information (e.g., for further processing, analysis and/or subsequent display). | 2010-07-29 |
20100189313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THREE DIMENSIONAL INFRARED IMAGING TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS - Calibrated infrared and range imaging sensors are used to produce a true-metric three-dimensional (3D) surface model of any body region within the fields of view of both sensors. Curvilinear surface features in both modalities are caused by internal and external anatomical elements. They are extracted to form 3D Feature Maps that are projected onto the skin surface. Skeletonized Feature Maps define subpixel intersections that serve as anatomical landmarks to aggregate multiple images for models of larger regions of the body, and to transform images into precise standard poses. Features are classified by origin, location, and characteristics to produce annotations that are recorded with the images and feature maps in reference image libraries. The system provides an enabling technology for searchable medical image libraries. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189314 | LIVE FINGER DETECTION - A live finger detection system and method includes a drive plate configured to inject radio frequency signals into an object proximate the drive plate. The injected radio frequency energy causes the object to radiate an electric field. A pickup plate is configured to detect an intensity associated with the electric field radiated by the object. A sensor coupled to the pickup plate is configured to determine whether the object is a live finger based on the detected intensity of the electric field radiated by the object. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189315 | USB FINGERPRINT SCANNER WITH TOUCH SENSOR - A fingerprint scanner is provided. The fingerprint scanner includes a control module for detecting and controlling the transmission of signals, an electrical connector coupled to the control module for connecting the fingerprint scanner to a periphery device, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) indicators coupled to the control module to indicate operation status of the fingerprint scanner, and a fingerprint scanning module. The fingerprint scanning module is coupled to the control module to detect fingerprints and sense touches, and send fingerprint signals and touch signals to the control module. The fingerprint scanning module includes a touch sensor for sensing different touches that represent different command signals. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPH-BASED PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO THE AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF FINGERPRINTS - A method for fingerprint recognition comprises converting fingerprint specimens into electronic images; converting the electronic images into mathematical graphs that include a vertex and an edge; detecting similarities between a plurality of graphs; aligning vertices and edges of similar graphs; and comparing similar graphs. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189317 | SELECTION OF DATASETS FROM 3D RENDERINGS FOR VIEWING - The invention relates to a system ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189318 | METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING ASSOCIATION MAPS OF IMAGING DATA AND BIOLOGICAL DATA - A method for constructing an association map between imaging features and biological data is described. The method comprises combining one or more image features relating to a clinical subject with biological data and using an algorithm to make predictions based on the features and data. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189319 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image analysis system is described. The image analysis system includes a computer apparatus programmed to access at least one image and to register a plurality of starting points. The starting points are positionally referenced to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image. The computer apparatus is further programmed to analyze and connect the starting points to form at least one contour line. Through multiple opposing iterations the contour line delineates the image boundary. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189320 | Method of Segmenting Anatomic Entities in 3D Digital Medical Images - For each of a number of landmarks in an image an initial position of the landmark is defined. Next a neighborhood around the initial position comprising a number of candidate locations of the landmark, is sampled and a cost is associated with each of the candidate locations. A cost function expressing a weighted sum of overall gray level cost and overall shape cost for all candidate locations is optimized. A segmented anatomic entity is defined as a path through a selected combination of candidate locations for which combination the cost function is optimized. During optimization towards the optimal segmented surface/volume graph traversal methods are exploited. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189321 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING TERMINAL - An image processing system includes an image processing device and an image processing terminal which are connected to each other via a network. The image processing device includes a dye-amount estimating unit that estimates a dye amount of a stained sample stained with a predetermined dye based on a stained sample image obtained by capturing a multiband image of the stained sample, for each pixel of the stained sample image; and a dye-amount transmitting unit that transmits the estimated dye amount of the stained sample to the image processing terminal. The image processing terminal includes a dye-amount receiving unit that receives a dye amount of the stained sample transmitted from the image processing device; a pixel-value calculating unit that calculates a pixel value of a display image of the stained sample by using a predetermined dye-amount correction coefficient based on the received dye amount of the stained sample; and an image display unit that displays a display image of the stained sample based on the calculated pixel value of the display image of the stained sample. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189322 | DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a diagnostic supporting apparatus, a CPU inputs medical inspection data relating to a schema background image, and analyzes a user's operation performed on the medical inspection data. Then, the CPU performs processing for selecting a schema background image to be displayed from a plurality of schema background images stored in a storage unit, based on an analysis result of the operation performed on the medical inspection data. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189323 | COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A computer-aided diagnosis apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of schema background images and can support a diagnosis to be performed based on at least one of the schema background images. The computer-aided diagnosis apparatus includes an input unit configured to input medical inspection data of an inspection object, an analysis unit configured to analyze the medical inspection data, a selection unit configured to select a schema background image from the plurality of schema background images stored in the storage unit based on an analysis result obtained by the analysis unit, and an output unit configured to output the schema background image selected by the selection unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING IMAGE ARTIFACTS - A method and apparatus are provided for reducing motion related imaging artifacts. The method includes obtaining an image data set of a region of interest in an object, obtaining a motion signal indicative of motion of the region of interest, and determining a displacement and a phase of at least a portion of the motion signal. The method also includes mapping the image data set into a matrix based on the displacement and phase of the motion signal, and generating an image of the region of interest from the matrix. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEASUREMENT DATA OF AN ANOMALY IN A MEDICAL IMAGE - Many image processing problems are concerned with determining measurements of an anomalous area in an image. Most automated systems suffer from low specificity, which may reduce their acceptance. An example embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and corresponding apparatus for providing measurement data of a region of interest in an image in a graphical user interface environment. The example embodiment locates a pair of edges in multiple dimensions of a region of interest selected by a user, calculates a center position between respective edges, and iterates until a convergence or divergence is determined. Linear calculation may be employed for rapid results, allowing an advance in speed of image processing over current techniques. In a case of convergence, the measurement data is reported. In a case of divergence, a failure state is reported. By reporting divergence, the example embodiment achieves high specificity, thereby reducing the number of false positive reports. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189326 | COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION OF FOLDS IN MEDICAL IMAGERY OF THE COLON - The application discloses computer-based apparatus and methods for analysis of images of the colon to assist in the detection of colonic polyps. The apparatus and methods include the detection, classification and display of candidate colonic folds. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189327 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention relates to a device for MR imaging of a moving structure of a body ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189328 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE DATA - The invention relates to a method of automatically acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) image data ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189329 | Ultrasound Imaging System Parameter Optimization Via Fuzzy Logic - An ultrasound scanner is equipped with one or more fuzzy control units that can perform adaptive system parameter optimization anywhere in the system. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises a plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems configured to generate an ultrasound image, the plurality of ultrasound image generating subsystems including a transmitter subsystem, a receiver subsystem, and an image processing subsystem; and a fuzzy logic controller communicatively coupled with at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems. The fuzzy logic controller is configured to receive, from at least one of the plurality of ultrasound imaging generating subsystems, input data including at least one of pixel image data and data for generating pixel image data; to process the input data using a set of inference rules to produce fuzzy output; and to convert the fuzzy output into numerical values or system states for controlling at least one of the transmit subsystem and the receiver subsystem that generate the pixel image data. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189330 | Radiographic tomography image generating apparatus - A radiographic tomography image generating apparatus includes a radiographic image acquiring assembly for moving a radiation applicator, which is disposed in confronting relation to a radiation detecting device, successively to a plurality of positions, controlling the radiation applicator to apply radiation to a subject disposed over the radiation detecting device in different directions while the radiation applicator moves successively to the plurality of positions, and storing a plurality of radiographic images output successively from the radiation detecting device in an image memory. The radiographic tomography image generating apparatus also includes an image reconstructor for processing the radiographic images stored in the image memory in order to reconstruct a diagnostic tomography image of the subject according to a reconstructing process, and a preview display unit for displaying preview images on a display monitor based on the radiographic images output successively from the radiation detecting device. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189331 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A HIGH DENSITY REGION IN AN IMAGE - The invention relates to an apparatus for determining a high density region in an image, wherein the apparatus comprises a provision unit ( | 2010-07-29 |
20100189332 | IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT APPARATUS - An image diagnostic support device, which is connected with image acquisition means to acquire a tomographic image including a lung region of an object to be examined and is provided with image display means to display the tomographic image acquired by the image acquisition means as an image, is comprised of measurement range setting means that sets up a measurement range to extract the chest wall from the image, chest wall extracting means that extracts the chest wall from the image in the set measurement range, thickened portion extracting means that extracts a thickened portion incidental to the chest wall in the measurement range, and thickened portion measuring means that measures the thickness of a thickened portion at each position in the measurement range. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189333 | METHOD AND BRANCHING DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A BRANCHING POINT WITHIN A HOLLOW ORGAN - A method is disclosed for determining a branching point within a hollow organ in image data representing the spatial structure thereof. In at least one embodiment, the method includes setting a start point within the hollow organ; determining at least one local threshold which corresponds to the presence of a wall of the hollow organ; carrying out a region growing method using the threshold; analyzing the connectivity of a number of outer growth layers; and localizing a branching on the basis of the connectivity analysis. Moreover, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a correspondingly designed branching determination unit. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189334 | FUNDUS OCULI OBSERVATION DEVICE, FUNDUS OCULI IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND FUNDUS OCULI OBSERVATION METHOD - A fundus oculi observation device | 2010-07-29 |
20100189335 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND SPECKLE MITIGATION METHOD - A method for enhancing an ultrasound image is provided, wherein the ultrasound image is segmented into a feature region and a non-feature region, while sufficiently utilizing features contained in the ultrasound image, in particular including some inconspicuous features. the enhanced image according to present invention is not susceptive of the image segmentation and avoid dependence of the enhancement effect on the segmentation template, so as not to produce an evident artificial boundary between the feature region and the non-feature region but to highlight some special information in the image and to remove or mitigate invalid information. Thus the enhanced ultrasound image is particularly suitable for the visual system of the human beings. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189336 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In a radiographic apparatus of this invention, when obtaining a long image in a longitudinal direction, an image composing unit combines a plurality of radiographic images in the longitudinal direction based on detected radiation, and a setting unit sets a length of a radiographic image to be composed in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, with the setting unit setting the length of the radiographic image to be composed in the longitudinal direction, the length can be set without requiring an expansion or reduction of the radiographic image of a site of concern. The site of concern is constantly maintained on the same scale to reduce the chance of inducing errors. | 2010-07-29 |
20100189337 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF CORONARY VESSELS, PARTICULARLY OF CORONARY VEINS - A method and an apparatus for acquiring 3-dimensional images of coronary vessels ( | 2010-07-29 |