| 31st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
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| 20130195256 | Automated DSL Performance Adjustment - A method includes identifying one or more second digital subscriber lines from one or more first digital subscriber lines based on historical performance data. The one or more second digital subscriber lines are identified based on degraded performance that is determined using first performance information for the one or more first digital subscriber lines. The method includes applying a line profile to the one or more second digital subscriber lines. The method includes storing second performance information associated with the one or more second digital subscriber lines. The method includes sending information to a remote computing device. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195257 | Programmable Caller ID - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing Programmable Caller ID Screening services. One method monitors a telephone call for a call screening request for commercial, residential, and other identifiers of incoming calls. An action is taken in response to the call screening request. The action could be playing an announcement, terminating the connection, forwarding to voice mail, storing the ICLID information in a database, adding the ICLID information to a Do Not Call list, updating a subscriber's profile with the ICLID information, and/or storing the ICLID information in a subscriber's blocked communications list. The call screening request may comprise a Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency, a softkey entry, and/or a data message. Subsequent incoming calls from the calling telephone number are characterized as undesirable and are screened from alerting or otherwise establishing a communications connection to the called telephone number. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195258 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATED VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods for processing calls and data are described. A user interface is displayed on a communication terminal associated with a user, wherein the user interface includes: a menu item enabling the user to initiate a voice call with a specified entity and a menu item or form via which the user can provide contextual information relating to the voice call. Contextual information provided by the user is transmitted to the specified entity, optionally prior to the voice call being established between the specified entity and the user. A data session is established. A call request is received from the user. Contextual information provided by the user is provided for display to the specified entity. A voice session is established, including the establishment of the voice call between the specified entity and the user, while the contextual information is displayed to the specified entity. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195259 | VISUALIZING CONVERSATIONS ACROSS CONFERENCE CALLS - A method can include conducting a plurality of related conference calls and generating a visualization for each conference call. The visualizations can be sent to computing devices of participants of the plurality of conference calls concurrently with the plurality of conference calls. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195260 | VISUALIZING CONVERSATIONS ACROSS CONFERENCE CALLS - A method can include conducting a plurality of related conference calls and generating a visualization for each conference call. The visualizations can be sent to computing devices of participants of the plurality of conference calls concurrently with the plurality of conference calls. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195261 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTACT BOOKS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive from a first communication device (CD) a telephone number of a second CD, submit a verification code to the second CD, submit a request to the first CD for the verification code, receive the verification code from the first CD, provide the first CD access to update in whole or in part a second contact book of the second CD stored in a contact book account, receive from the first CD one or more entries of a first contact book of the first CD, merge the one or more entries of the first contact book with one or more entries of the second contact book, thereby generating an updated second contact book, and store the updated second contact book in the contact book account. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195262 | Techniques for Handling High Delay Fax Transmissions - A method, apparatus, and logic (encoded within a computer-readable tangible storage media) are provided for detecting, at an intermediate device, a presence of a delay for a fax communication between a source device and a destination device in a network. The delay for the fax communication is sufficient to produce a failure of a corresponding fax operation. The intermediate device includes a buffer to receive packets and is disposed in the network between the source and destination devices. A first time value of the buffer is adjusted at the intermediate device in response to detection of the delay to modify the delay to be within a range enabling the corresponding fax operation to be performed. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195263 | System And Method For Identifying Billing Errors - a system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for identifying billing discrepancies includes receiving billing data from a billing entity, the billing data including an assessed fee and call details associated with each of a plurality of calls made by a customer, identifying, based at least in part on the call details received from the billing data, rate information associated with the customer, generating an expected tee for each of the plurality of calls, and comparing, for each of the plurality of calls, the expected fee with the assessed fee to identify discrepancies. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195264 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EXPANDED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - The present invention provides flexible call processing. For example, a call processor system can receive an inbound call intended for a called party and place an outbound call to the called party. The call processing system can provide the called party with a call transfer option. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195265 | STEGANOGRAPHIC METHOD AND DEVICE - An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding additional information into a stream of digitized samples in an integral manner. The information is encoded using special keys. The information is contained in the samples, not prepended or appended to the sample stream. The method makes it extremely difficult to find the information in the samples if the proper keys are not possessed by the decoder. The method does not cause a significant degradation to the sample stream. The method is used to establish ownership of copyrighted digital multimedia content and provide a disincentive to piracy of such material. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195266 | Apparatus and Method for Producing a Message Authentication Code - An apparatus for producing a message authentication code based on a first message and an original key is provided. The apparatus includes a key generator configured to produce a generated key based on the original key and the first message. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a message authentication code generator configured to produce the message authentication code based on the generated key and the first message. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195267 | PUBLIC KEY ENCRYPTION SYSTEM BASED ON THE QUADRATIC RESIDUOSITY ASSUMPTION - A public-key encryption system. Encryption of a k-bit plaintext m is performed by picking a random generating ciphertext and outputting the ciphertext. N is a non-prime integer (preferably the product of two primes p and q), y is an element in multiplicative group of integers modulo N, and k is an integer larger than 1, Decryption of ciphertext c using private key is performed by recovering such that holds and outputting plaintext m, wherein denotes the 2k-th power residue symbol modulo p, which is defined. Also provided are an encryption device and a decryption device. The encryption scheme provides better bandwidth than the Goldwasser-Micali encryption scheme. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195268 | Call Handover Between Cellular Communication System Nodes That Support Different Security Contexts - In the context of facilitating a circuit switched to packet switched handover of a call in a cellular communication system, a first node (e.g., packet switched target node) generates a security context for a client whose call is being handed over. This involves the first node receiving at least one cryptographic key from a second node (e.g., a circuit switched node supporting the existing connection) and receiving identities of security algorithms supported by the client from a third node (e.g., a packet switched node supporting the existing connection); The first node uses the at least one cryptographic key and the identities to generate the security context for the client. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195269 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLOW ASSOCIATED CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING - Methods and systems for slow associated control channel signaling are disclosed. An example method for securing communications in a mobile network disclosed herein comprises transmitting a first variant of a message of a first type on a first slow associated control channel (SACCH) before ciphering is started on the first SACCH, and after ciphering is started on the first SACCH, transmitting a second variant of the message of the first type on the first SACCH, and subsequently transmitting the second variant of the message of the first type on the first SACCH, wherein the subsequently transmitted second variant of the message of the first type is the next transmitted message of the first type on the first SACCH. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195270 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERMITTING OPEN ACCESS TO DATA OBJECTS AND FOR SECURING DATA WITHIN THE DATA OBJECTS - A system and methods for permitting open access to data objects and for securing data within the data objects is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for securing a data object is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for securing a data object is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (1) providing a data object comprising digital data and file format information; (2) embedding independent data into a data object; and (3) scrambling the data object to degrade the data object to a predetermined signal quality level. The steps of embedding and scrambling may be performed until a predetermined condition is met. The method may also include the steps of descrambling the data object to upgrade the data object to a predetermined signal quality level, and decoding the embedded independent data. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195271 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device for performing communication by employing first and second communication units, includes: a reception unit for receiving a communication packet including a random number generated for every connection with another communication device, a certificate calculated with the random number, and authentication method information indicating whether or not an authentication method at the second communication unit is compatible with the public key system, through the first communication unit; and a method determining unit for determining whether or not an originator of the communication packet accepts public key encryption based on the authentication method information included in the communication packet; wherein in a case of the method determining unit determining that the originator of the communication packet does not accept the public key system, the random number included in the communication packet is replied to the originator as the identification information of the device itself. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195272 | BASE STATION APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING A SIGNAL CONTAINING PREDETERMINED INFORMATION - A storage unit stores a symmetric key table that indicates a plurality of kinds of symmetric keys usable for the communications between terminal apparatuses. A MAC frame processing unit receives a packet broadcast from the terminal apparatus. A verification unit verifies the version of the symmetric key table containing a symmetric key by which to generate a digital signature appended to the received packet. A detector detects that the version of the symmetric key table verified is older than the version of the symmetric key table stored in the storage unit. When the number of detections is a predetermined number or above in a unit time, the MAC frame processing unit generate a packet that stores the symmetric key table stored in the storage unit. The MAC frame processing unit broadcasts the packet generated. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195273 | SHARED SECRET ARRANGEMENTS AND OPTICAL DATA TRANSFER - Digital data is optically broadcast through an environment by controllably switching the brightness or chrominance of LED solid state lamps, or of other illumination sources (e.g., television screens and backlit computer displays). This optical data channel is useful to convey cryptographic key data by which devices within the environment can authenticate themselves to a secure network. In some embodiments, the optical modulation is sensed by the camera of a smartphone. The row data output by the smartphone's camera sensor is processed to extract the modulated data signal. In some monochrome embodiments, data communication speeds far in excess of the camera's frame rate (e.g., 30/second), or even the camera's row rate (e.g., 14,400/second) are achieved. Still greater rates can be achieved by conveying different data in different chrominance channels. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195274 | COMMISSION INFORMATION GENERATOR FOR MAKING PROCESSES ON COMMUNICATION PERFORMED BY ANOTHER COMPUTER - In a communicator in a communication system, a commission information generator for generating a commission parameter to make a process on a communication between communicators performed by another computer includes a first memory for storing a secret key and an encrypter for generating N number of the commission parameters, where N is a natural number, from a first to an N-th commission parameter. The encrypter regards a j-th shared key, where j is a positive integer equal to or less than N, out of the N number of shared keys as key information, encrypts a bit sequence representation of j-th partial information, associated with the j-th shared key, out of N pieces of partial information, and thereby generates a j-th commissioned parameter. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195275 | RESOLVING UE REFERENCE SIGNAL PORT AMBIGUITIES - A resource allocation for a specific user equipment (UE) is encoded using an encoding scheme that identifies a specific antenna port from among a plurality of antenna ports; and the encoded resource allocation is output to the specific antenna port for transmission to the specific UE. The UE blindly detects its control channel and determines its resource allocation by decoding the control channel using a decoding scheme that identifies a specific antenna port from among the plurality of transmit antenna ports. In various embodiments, the scheme is in scrambling or masking (using an ID of the antenna port or UE); by the order of bits when encoding, port specific mapping constellations, and adding bits that give the port index. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195276 | Multi-Channel Audio Processing - A method including: receiving at least a first input audio channel and a second input audio channel; and using an inter-channel prediction model to form at least an inter-channel direction of reception parameter. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RANGE COMPENSATION OF DISTORTION - A system for controlling distortion comprising a total harmonic distortion (THD) modeling system configured to apply a chirp signal to a system and to identify one or more frequency bands at which distortion is present, and to apply a ramping signal to identify for each of the one or more frequency bands an input signal level at which distortion is initiated, a signal processing system configured to receive an input signal, to determine whether frequency components are present in the input signal that are associated with the one or more frequency bands at which distortion is present, and to limit the amplitude of the input signal at the one or more frequency bands, such as by applying dynamic range compensation. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195278 | FEATURE-BASED LEVEL CONTROL - A computer-implemented method comprising: determining one or more features of a subject signal; revising one or more control signals on the basis of the one or more features; modifying a level of the subject signals based on the control signals. At least one of the features is determined by: comparing a given one of the subject signals against a boundary signal to produce a corresponding given boundary comparison signal; and summarizing the behavior of the given boundary comparison signal over a time interval. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195279 | PEAK DETECTION WHEN ADAPTING A SIGNAL GAIN BASED ON SIGNAL LOUDNESS - Various embodiments relate to a system for adapting a signal gain, which comprises a peak detector configured to receive an audio input signal containing consecutive signal blocks and to dynamically establish a current input signal level of the audio input signal, and a loudness determination unit configured to dynamically determine a perceived loudness of a current signal block of the audio input signal based on a psycho-acoustic model of a human hearing. Furthermore the system comprises a time constant generation unit configured to determine a time constant based on the perceived loudness of the current signal block and the perceived loudness of a preceding signal block, wherein the time constant describing a change of the signal gain. A gain determination unit is configured to determine the signal gain for the current signal block based on the time constant and the current input signal level. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195280 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD AND CONTROLLING PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device includes (i) an input-volume measuring section ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195281 | ASSISTING LISTENING DEVICE HAVING AUDIOMETRY FUNCTION - An assisting listening device having audiometry function includes an earphone, a testing signal generator, a feedback generator and a control box. The testing signal generator is controlled by a digital signal processor of the control box to provide a testing signal to a speaker of the earphone. The feedback generator will generate a feedback signal to the digital signal processor of the control box subject to the testing signal, enabling the digital signal processor to evaluate the user's hearing threshold level so that the user can adjust the functioning of the assisting listening device optimally subject to the evaluation result. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195282 | ACTIVE VIBRATION NOISE CONTROL DEVICE - An active vibration noise control device is preferably used for canceling a vibration noise by making a speaker generate a control sound. Concretely, the active vibration noise control device includes an attenuating unit which attenuates a control signal generated by an adaptive notch filter, and provides the attenuated control signal to the speaker, when amplitude of a filter coefficient is larger than a threshold. Therefore, it is possible to suppress continuous ups and downs of the filter coefficient during an occurrence of an abnormality. Hence, it becomes possible to appropriately suppress an occurrence of a cyclic abnormal sound and an increase in the vibration noise during the occurrence of the abnormality. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195283 | TIP-RING-RING-SLEEVE PUSH-TO-TALK SYSTEM AND METHODS - Push-to-talk audio devices and methods are provided. The audio device can include a tip-ring-ring-sleeve connector having a sleeve, tip, first ring, and second ring that are electrically isolated from each other. A microphone and a push-to-talk switch selectively operable to provide an electrical short across the microphone in a first state and to remove the electrical short from across the microphone in a second state are electrically coupled between the sleeve and the second ring. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195284 | Microphone System with Offset Apertures - A microphone system has a base forming a base aperture, and a lid coupled to the base to form a package having an interior chamber. The system also has a member coupled with the base within the interior chamber, and a microphone die coupled to the member within the interior chamber. The member is positioned between the base and the microphone die and has a member aperture that is laterally offset from the base aperture. The member aperture, member, and base together form an acoustic path between the base aperture and the microphone die. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195285 | ZONE BASED PRESENCE DETERMINATION VIA VOICEPRINT LOCATION AWARENESS - A speech from a speaker proximate to one or more microphones within an environment can be received. The microphones can be a directional microphone or an omni-directional microphone. The speech can be processed to produce an utterance to determine the identity of the speaker. The identity of the speaker can be associated with a voiceprint. The identity can be associated with a user's credentials of a computing system. The credentials can uniquely identify the user within the computing system. The utterance can be analyzed to establish a zone in which the speaker is present. The zone can be a bounded region within the environment. The zone can be mapped within the environment to determine a location of the speaker. The location can be a relative or an absolute location. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195286 | Equalization of an Audio Signal - A method of processing an input audio signal, the method comprising forming a plurality of output audio signals from the input audio signal, wherein each output audio signal is formed by performing respective processing on the input audio signal, wherein for a first output audio signal there is a target audio equalization operation comprising a target filter twice, wherein for the first output 10 audio signal, the respective processing comprises a first audio equalization operation, the first audio equalization operation being the target audio equalization operation modified to compensate for phase shifts that correspond to zeros of the transfer function of the target audio equalization operation, wherein for each output audio signal other than the first output audio signal, the respective 15 processing comprises a compensation filter that compensates for phase shifts that correspond to poles of the transfer function of the target audio equalization operation. 20 | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195287 | DIGITAL EQUALIZING FILTERS WITH FIXED PHASE RESPONSE - An equalization filter structure for filtering an audio signal within an audio system is disclosed. The equalization filter comprises a first and a second shelving filter each having a fixed first and a fixed second phase response, each of which is determined by a respective cut-off frequency and Q factor which represent the transfer characteristic of the corresponding shelving filter. The first and the second shelving filters are coupled in series and each shelving filter comprises at least one fourth order low-pass filter having a cut-off frequency, a Q factor and a first broadband gain and further at least one fourth order high-pass filter having a second broadband gain and the same cut-off frequency and the same Q factor as the low-pass filter. The fourth order low-pass filter and the fourth order high-pass filter are connected in parallel, such that both filters receive the same input signal and the corresponding filtered signals are summed to form a respective shelving filter output signal. Each fourth order low-pass and high-pass filter is composed of a cascade of two second order low-pass or high-pass filters, respectively, and each second order filter has the same cut-off frequency and Q factor as the corresponding shelving filter. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195288 | Single-Wire Programmable MEMS Microphone, Programming Method and System Thereof - The present invention provides a single wire programmable Micro Electromechanical System (MEMS) microphone and a programming method and system thereof. The single wire programmable MEMS microphone includes an MEMS sensor and an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip connected to each other; the MEMS sensor is used for implementing acoustic-electric conversion; the ASIC chip includes an OUT interface, so that an upper computer judges, according to an output signal of the OUT interface, whether the ASIC chip is in a normal start mode or a programming mode, where if the output signal of the OUT interface is at a high level, the ASIC chip is in the normal start mode, and otherwise, the ASIC chip enters the programming mode. Through the present invention, multiplexing of the OUT interface of the MEMS microphone is implemented, and gain configuration for the OTP memory in the ASIC chip is implemented by multiplexing the OUT interface, thereby achieving calibration of the gain of the MEMS microphone product after package. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195289 | POWER AMPLIFYING APPARATUS AND AUDIO SYSTEM - The power amplifying apparatus includes a first comparator that compares the first detection signal and the fourth detection signal and outputs a first comparison signal depending on whether or not a difference between the first current and the fourth current is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value. The power amplifying apparatus includes a second comparator that compares the second detection signal and the third detection signal and outputs a second comparison signal depending on whether or not a difference between the second current and the third current is equal to or greater than a second predetermined value. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195290 | GRAPHENE-DRUM PUMP AND ENGINE SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to pump systems and engine systems having graphene drums. In embodiments of the invention, the graphene drum can be utilized in the main chambers and/or valves of the pumps and engines. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195291 | FAST POWER-UP BIAS VOLTAGE CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to a DC bias voltage circuit comprising a DC bias voltage generator adapted to supply a first DC voltage. A low-pass filter has an input operatively coupled to the first DC voltage to produce a second DC voltage at a low-pass filter output. The low-pass filter comprises an adjustable switched capacitor resistor setting a cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter and a controller is adapted to controlling a resistance of the adjustable switched capacitor resistor. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195292 | APPARATUS IN AN ACOUSTIC ASSEMBLY FOR REGISTERING ASSEMBLY PARTS - An acoustic apparatus includes a first acoustic element, a second acoustic element, and a registration portion. The first acoustic element and the second acoustic element are elements such as a coil, a reed, or a yoke. The registration portion is configured to register the first acoustic element with respect to the second acoustic element such that an exact and relative alignment and positioning between the first acoustic element and second acoustic element is provided and ensured. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195293 | CROSSOVER DOUBLE SPEAKER - Disclosed is a crossover double speaker having a small speaker and a large speaker on the upper side and on the lower side thereof. The crossover double speaker includes a cover integrally formed on the outer circumference of a flange of the yoke; a frame disposed below the cover; a first speaker unit including a first magnet disposed in a first speaker space, a first vibration plate arranged over the first magnet, and a first voice coil inserted into a first air gap; and a second speaker unit including a second magnet disposed in a second speaker space, a second vibration plate arranged between the yoke and the frame, and a second voice coil inserted into a second air gap. The yoke has sound release holes to output the sound generated from the second speaker unit in the direction of the first speaker unit. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195294 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HEARING INSTRUMENT - A hearing instrument has a basic frame with a cavity. A microphone is inserted in the cavity such that a back volume is defined. A coating of electrically conducting material is applied to the surface of the cavity to provide an electromagnetic shielding for the microphone. The electromagnetically shielded microphone is thus not disposed in a separate microphone housing, but rather directly integrated into the hearing instrument. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195295 | Hearing Aid With A Sensor For Changing Power State Of The Hearing Aid - A hearing aid comprising a first sensor for sensing a first parameter indicative of a use situation of the hearing aid, wherein the hearing aid is adapted to change into a high power mode or a low power mode in response to the a first control signal from the first sensor. A second sensor for sensing a second parameter indicative of a use situation of the hearing aid may also be used as well. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195296 | HEARING AIDS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER RESPONSIVE TO OFF-AXIS SPEECH - A hearing assistance system includes an adaptive directionality controller to control a target direction for sound reception. The adaptive directionality controller includes a beamformer, a speech detector to detect off-axis speech being speech that is not from the target direction, and a steering module to steer the beamformer in response to a detection of the off-axis speech. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195297 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL AND OMNIDIRECTIONAL HYBRID MICROPHONE FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for an directional microphone arrays for hearing assistance devices. In various embodiments, the present subject matter provides a microphone array system for receiving sounds including a first directional microphone, a second directional microphone and an omnidirectional microphone. The first directional microphone has a first directional axis in a first direction, and the second directional microphone has a second directional axis that is collinear with the first direction and pointing in the same direction as the first direction. The omnidirectional microphone has a sound sampling position that is a disposed between the first directional microphone and the second directional microphone, and the omnidirectional microphone sound sampling position is on or about the first directional axis. Weighted outputs of the first directional microphone, second directional microphone, and omnidirectional microphone are processed to provide a second order directional microphone system, according to various embodiments. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195298 | HEARING AID WITH INTEGRATED FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND TOUCH SENSOR - A user interface incorporated onto a hearing aid includes flexible hybrid component integrating a touch sensor into a bendable display. The touch sensor, such as a capacitive sensor, includes one or more sensor elements allowing a user to control operation of the hearing aid by touching. The bendable display presents information related to the operation of the hearing aid to the user. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195299 | HEARING TESTING PROBE WITH INTEGRATED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SENSORS AND ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL - Certain embodiments provide a hearing testing system. The hearing testing system includes a transducer and an environmental sensor coupled with an acoustic channel. The environmental sensor is configured to measure environmental conditions of the acoustic channel. The hearing testing system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive the environmental conditions from the environmental sensor. The processor is configured to apply, based on the measure environmental conditions, correction data to a transducer response to generate a corrected transducer response. In certain embodiments, the processor is configured to control a heating element based on a measured temperature to maintain a pre-defined temperature, or range of temperatures, at a testing probe. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195300 | HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID - A hearing aid ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195301 | Nerve-Skin Contact Hearing Aid NERSCHA - A device to be used as both a hearing aid. The device consists of a microphone (FIG. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195302 | HEARING AID AND A METHOD OF ENHANCING SPEECH REPRODUCTION - A hearing aid ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195303 | HEARING AID - With this hearing aid, when a battery case ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195304 | TRANSCUTANEOUS BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE VIBRATOR HAVING MOVABLE MAGNETIC MASS - A passive transcutaneous bone conduction device configured to deliver externally-generated mechanical vibrations to a bone of a recipient's head, the device comprising: an implantable magnetic coupler configured to be rigidly attached to the bone; and an external vibrator including an actuator having a movable magnetic mass; wherein the movable magnetic mass and the magnetic coupler form a transcutaneous magnetic coupling sufficient to retain the vibrator against soft tissue covering the bone with sufficient force to facilitate delivery of mechanical vibrations from the vibrator to the bone. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195305 | Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker comprising a housing and a membrane mounted in said housing, which membrane can be set vibrating so as to produce sound, wherein the loudspeaker has at least one sound channel which extends between the membrane and the outer side of the housing, and wherein one or more local sound barriers are provided in the sound channel, which sound barriers locally block at least 15% of the cross-sectional area of the sound channel, such that amplification of the sound pressure occurs in the audible frequency range due to resonance. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195306 | Microphone Shield with Common Mode Interference Reduction - A microphone assembly includes a microphone composed of a case having an open end and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is disposed in the open case end. The microphone assembly further includes a conductive ring coupled to the microphone case and extending beyond the open case end for shielding the microphone from electromagnetic interference. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195307 | HEADPHONE - A headphone includes a housing having a storage space in the interior thereof and a driver unit provided within the storage space movably with respect to the housing. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195308 | EAR WARMER - An adjustable ear warmer is disclosed. The ear warmer has a band and ear members coupled to the band. The band and the ear members are slidably coupled so that the band and the ear members can move relative to each other. In one embodiment, the ear warmer has headphones that are removably coupled to the ear members. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195309 | EAR WARMER - An adjustable ear warmer is disclosed. The ear warmer has a band and ear portions coupled to the band. The band and the ear portions are slideably coupled so that the band and the ear portions can move relative to each other. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195310 | EARPHONE WITH FIXING FUNCTION AND EARPLUG THEREOF - An earphone with fixing function includes an earphone housing having a holding portion and an earplug sleeved around the holding portion. The earplug has a sleeving portion, a fixing portion and an abutting portion. The fixing portion extended from a periphery of the sleeving portion has an arm portion and a jamming portion. One end of the arm portion is fixed on the sleeving portion and the other end of the arm portion is bent and extended to form the jamming portion. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195311 | ACOUSTIC RADIATOR INCLUDING A COMBINATION OF A CO-AXIAL AUDIO SPEAKER AND PASSIVE RADIATOR - The acoustic radiator of a coaxial structure of an active region surrounded by a passive region wherein the operating area of the active region is also included as a part of the passive region. The active region includes for example a fully assembled audio speaker that is flexibly suspended in an enclosure with the flexible suspension connected between the audio speaker and the opening of the enclosure with the audio speaker never coming into direct contact with any portion of the enclosure when energized or unenergized. In such configuration, the area of the audio speaker functions as active region the audio speaker of the acoustic radiator. The passive radiator function includes both the area of the complete audio speaker and the area of the enclosure that surrounds the audio speaker. In this configuration the audio speaker is a central portion of the passive radiator and thus it can be seen that the audio speaker and the passive radiator are effectively coaxially mounted one with the other. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195312 | PLACING TEMPORALLY ALIGNED AND VARIABLY SIZED PIXELS IN DISCRETE RINGS IN A GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION - Data points contain data values in respective time intervals. Pixels representing data points for time periods (each time period including multiple time intervals) are placed in corresponding discrete rings in a graphical visualization, wherein the pixels are user accessible to allow viewing of information of the corresponding data points. The pixels are temporally aligned in the corresponding discrete rings, and the pixels in the corresponding discrete rings are variably sized depending on a number of data points in the respective time periods. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195313 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF IMAGING PLANE IN ULTRASONIC IMAGING - The invention is directed to a method for ultrasonic imaging, in which two-dimensional images ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195314 | PHYSICALLY-CONSTRAINED RADIOMAPS - A system for providing positioning functionality in an apparatus. Apparatuses may comprise various sensor resources and may utilize these resources to sense information at a location. For example, an apparatus may sense visual, signal and/or field information at a location. The apparatus may then compare the sensed information to a mapping database in order to determine position. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195315 | IDENTIFYING REGIONS OF TEXT TO MERGE IN A NATURAL IMAGE OR VIDEO FRAME - In several aspects of described embodiments, an electronic device and method use a camera to capture an image or a frame of video of an environment outside the electronic device followed by identification of blocks of regions in the image. Each block that contains a region is checked, as to whether a test for presence of a line of pixels is met. When the test is met for a block, that block is identified as pixel-line-present. Pixel-line-present blocks are used to identify blocks that are adjacent. One or more adjacent block(s) may be merged with a pixel-line-present block when one or more rules are found to be satisfied, resulting in a merged block. The merged block is then subject to the above-described test, to verify presence of a line of pixels therein, and when the test is satisfied the merged block is processed normally, e.g. classified as text or non-text. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACE CAPTURE AND MATCHING - According to an example, a face capture and matching system may include a memory storing machine readable instructions to receive captured images of an area monitored by an image capture device, and detect one or more faces in the captured images. The memory may further store machine readable instructions to track movement of the one or more detected faces in the area monitored by the image capture device, and based on the one or more tracked detected faces, select one or more images from the captured images to be used for identifying the one or more tracked detected faces. The memory may further store machine readable instructions to select one or more fusion techniques to identify the one or more tracked detected faces using the one or more selected images. The face capture and matching system may further include a processor to implement the machine readable instructions. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195317 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING TRAFFIC USING IMAGE ANALYSIS AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for measuring traffic of moving objects by analyzing an image expressed in a spatiotemporal domain. The traffic measuring apparatus includes a feature extraction unit that sets a virtual measurement line in an input image, generates a spatiotemporal domain image expressing the input image in a spatiotemporal domain based on the virtual measurement line, and extracts image features from the spatiotemporal domain image, and a traffic estimation unit that estimates the number of objects passing the virtual measurement line by accumulating the image features over time. Accordingly, the traffic measuring apparatus may accurately measure in real-time the traffic of objects such as pedestrians through analysis of the input image so as to be utilized in a variety of fields. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195318 | Real-Time Face Tracking in a Digital Image Acquisition Device - An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution is adjusted for sub-sampling a subsequent acquired image. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195319 | Real-Time Face Tracking in a Digital Image Acquisition Device - An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution is adjusted for sub-sampling a subsequent acquired image. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195320 | Real-Time Face Tracking in a Digital Image Acquisition Device - An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution is adjusted for sub-sampling a subsequent acquired image. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195321 | PANTOGRAPH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for automatic diagnostics of images related to pantographs, comprising the steps of: capturing an image that shows a pantograph of a locomotive, the image being taken from an aerial view during the travel of the locomotive, the image comprising the gliding area of a plurality of slippers of the pantograph; identifying, by means of a module for classifying the pantograph model, the model of the pantograph within a plurality of pantograph models, on the basis of the image captured; determining, by means of a module for classifying materials, a material of which the slippers are composed among a plurality of materials, on the basis of the pantograph model identified; and determining a value related to the state of wear for each one of the plurality of slippers, on the basis of the type of material determined. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195322 | SELECTION OF TARGETED CONTENT BASED ON CONTENT CRITERIA AND A PROFILE OF USERS OF A DISPLAY - Systems and methods for selecting targeted content are provided. An image is determined, and a set of faces in the image are also determined. Each face corresponds with a user of a display. A characteristic profile of the set of faces in the image is determined. The characteristic profile is compared to targeting criteria associated with a multimedia content item, to generate a comparison result. A multimedia content item of a plurality of multimedia content items is selected, based on the comparison result. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195323 | System for Generating Object Contours in 3D Medical Image Data - An image data processor processes 3D mesh data to identify an object boundary by, identifying for a first line segment between first and second points of the mesh, third and fourth points lying either side of the line segment, the first, second and third points comprising a first triangle and the first, second and fourth points comprising a second triangle. The image data processor determines a first normal vector for the first triangle and a second normal vector for the second triangle, determines a third normal vector perpendicular to a display screen, determines a first product of the first and third vectors and a second product of the second and third vectors and identifies the first line segment as a potential segment of the object boundary in response to the sign of the first and second products. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195324 | CRANIAL SUTURE SNAKE ALGORITHM - The invention is directed toward methods for assisting in interpreting medical images, especially useful for segmenting images produced by computed tomography or micro-computed tomography. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to method comprising initially identifying the images of the bones from a medical image, estimating a preliminary boundary of the bones, and subsequently segmenting the bones using a snake algorithm initialized by the preliminary boundary of the bones. The results can then be used to establish morphometric measurements from the medical images based on the segmented bone boundaries. In one embodiment of the present invention, the snake algorithm used is a continuous parametric Fourier series representation to fit and optimize the preliminary boundary of the bones to a more accurate representation of the segmented bone boundary from the data included in the image. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195325 | METHOD FOR BONE STRUCTURE PROGNOSIS AND SIMULATED BONE REMODELING - Described herein are methods for analyzing bone structure and/or bone density, methods for estimating fracture risk in a subject as well as methods for monitoring the efficacy of an agent on bone structure and/or bone density. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195326 | MEDICATION STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD - Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring and enhancing patient adherence to a prescription drug regimen are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a medication storage device includes a plurality of dose containers, each dose container having an interior region configured to contain a medication. The medication storage device also includes an event detection system that includes a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are configured to detect a change in each dose container of the plurality of dose containers. The medication storage device also includes an imaging system. The imaging system includes a plurality of image capture devices configured to capture an image of the interior region of each dose container of the plurality of dose containers. A communications module is configured to send an indication of the change detected by the event detection system and/or an image captured by the imaging device to a remote device. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195327 | NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGE - Noise reduction processing for measured spectrum data is performed without any information loss due to discrete data characteristics of the measured spectrum data. Optical spectra in one or more cross-sections are measured through use of a signal correlated with a substance distributed in a biological tissue, and a biological tissue image having reduced noise is reconstructed from the spectra. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195328 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGE - Provided are a method of reconstructing a biological tissue image, and a method and apparatus for acquiring a biological tissue image, which allow a biological tissue to be identified with higher accuracy than ever before. The reconstruction of the biological tissue image is performed by measuring spectra having a two-dimensional distribution correlated with a biological tissue section, and acquiring a biological tissue image from the two-dimensional measured spectra through utilization of the measured spectra and an classifier. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195329 | AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF IMAGE PAIRS OF MEDICAL IMAGE DATA SETS - In a method, device and storage medium encoded with programming instructions for automatic image registration of image data of a current medical image MR study and at least one reference study, corresponding image pairs of the current study and the reference study are formed automatically with an association machine without needing the analyze the respective image data or pixel data. The pair determination takes place exclusively on the basis of the DICOM header data. A synchronized image processing and/or presentation of the generated image pairs takes place at a monitor. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195330 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING JOINT STRUCTURE OF HUMAN BODY - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for estimating the joint structure of a human body. The apparatus includes a multi-view image acquisition unit for receiving multi-view images acquired by capturing a human body. A human body foreground separation unit extracts a foreground region corresponding to the human body from the acquired multi-view images. A human body shape restoration unit restores voxels indicating geometric space occupation information of the human body using the foreground region corresponding to the human body, thus generating voxel-based three-dimensional ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195331 | APPARATUS FOR SHARING AND MANAGING INFORMATION IN PICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for sharing and managing information in a PACS. A system for storing and managing medical image includes a pre-processing unit for generating a second medical image set by using at least part of a first medical image set and a medical image storage unit for storing the first medical image set and the generated second medical image set and store first information, stored in relation to any one of the first medical image set and the second medical image set, in relation to the other of the first medical image set and the second medical image set. Although thin-slice data is deleted, annotation or marking for 3-D data can be maintained and managed. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195332 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A WAVEFRONT POSITION ON A TEST STRIP - The present disclosure relates to methods for determining a wavefront position of a liquid on a surface of an assay test strip placing a liquid on the surface of the test strip; and acquiring one or more signals from the surface of the test strip at one or more times, comparing the one or more acquired signals to a threshold, wherein the wavefront position is a position on the surface of the test strip where a signal is greater than or less than a threshold (e.g., fixed or dynamic threshold). Such methods may be used to determine the wavefront velocity of a liquid on a surface of an assay test strip and the transit time of a liquid sample to traverse the one or more positions on the surface of the assay test strip. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195333 | Method for Forming a Graded Matching Layer Structure - A method for forming a graded matching layer structure is presented. The method includes (a) depositing a first material slurry on at least a portion of a substrate, (b) spreading the first material slurry to a form a first material layer having a first determined thickness, (c) exposing the first material layer using light processed through a determined light pattern mask to form a first matching layer, and (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) with different material slurries to form the graded matching layer structure. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195334 | Sample Point-Based, Blob-Like, Closed-Surface Delineation Approach - A method, system, computer program product, and computer readable media for a semi-automated surface extraction approach to delineating an object of interest (OOI) from 3-D medical image data sets. This approach is imaging modality independent and results in enhanced displays of blob-like anatomies, including internal organs (e.g., cardiac chambers, liver) or disease processes (e.g., tumor masses). In an embodiment of the method: (I) the user provides multiple representative points located on the surface of the OOI using a Multi-Planar Reconstruction (MPR) tool; (2) those Cartesian points are translated into polar coordinates (each 3-D point is represented via two angles and a height), which uniquely define the surface points for a radial object, (3) a Radial-Basis Function (RBF) interpolator, with a Thin Plate Spline (TPS) radial function, finds the height function for the polar domain, and (4) polar domain representation of the OOI surface is converted back to Cartesian coordinates. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195335 | AUTOMATIC QUANTIFICATION OF MITRAL VALVE DYNAMICS WITH REAL-TIME 3D ULTRASOUND - A series of rt-3DE images of the mitral valve are quantitatively analyzed so as to enable, for example, prediction of the degree of recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) and comprehensive assessments of leaflet tethering and “tenting” for the entire mitral valve. In accordance with the method, first, the rt-3DE images are registered with symmetric diffeomorphism to obtain information about how the mitral valve deforms over time. Second, the mitral valve is segmented with the level sets or other known segmentation method at each time point in the cardiac cycle with minimal user interaction. Third, the information about mitral valve structure is reduced into a 3D medial model, a compact representation of shape. In other words, a volumetric segmentation of the mitral valve is condensed to a form that is amenable to clinically relevant morphometry. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195336 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An optical coherence tomographic apparatus includes a unit configured to perform tracking of an eye to be examined based on a plurality of images of the eye which are obtained at different times, and a control unit configured to control the unit which performs the tracking in a case where a plurality of tomographic images of the eye are obtained. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195337 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An ophthalmic apparatus comprises an imaging unit which images a fundus of an eye to be examined; a calculation unit which calculates a displacement of an imaging position of the imaging unit between fundus images captured by the imaging unit; and a display control unit which causes a display unit to display a fundus image captured by the imaging unit and a region of interest so as to locate the region of interest at a predetermined position on the fundus image based on the displacement calculated by the calculation unit. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195338 | INSTRUMENT-BASED IMAGE REGISTRATION FOR FUSING IMAGES WITH TUBULAR STRUCTURES - A system and method for registering three-dimensional images with two-dimensional intra-operative images includes segmenting ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a selection unit configured to select at least a first region of interest from regions of interest set in an imaging target, an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a first image representing the imaging target, and a second image from an imaging apparatus that images at least part of the imaging target, an information obtainment unit configured to obtain information of an existence range, and a display control unit configured to add, to the first image, displays representing positions of set regions of interest, and when the second image contains the existence range of the selected region of interest, display the existence range of the selected region of interest on the second image, and when the second image contains the existence range of an unselected region of interest, hide the existence range information. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195340 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes: an analysis unit configured to obtain information indicating a degree of curvature of a retina from a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a category of the eye to be examined based on an analysis result. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195341 | METHOD FOR SORTING CT IMAGE SLICES AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING 3D CT IMAGE - A method for sorting CT image slices comprising, if no image slice comprises a target respiratory phase at a couch position, determining a target breathing feature value corresponding to the target respiratory phase based on a respiratory motion curve of a scanned patient, searching from a plurality of image slices at the couch position for one or more image slices comprising a breathing feature value close to the target breathing feature value to serve as candidate image slices, and selecting, based on a breathing feature value difference between the breathing feature value of each of the candidate image slices and the target breathing feature value and/or an image difference between each of the candidate image slices and at least one reference image slice, a single image slice from the candidate image slices for constructing the 3D CT image for the target respiratory phase. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195342 | Method of Generating Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Images Using Susceptibility Weighted Imaging and Susceptibility Mapping (SWIM) - A method of generating a susceptibility map of an object utilizes a regularizing inverse function, oversampling k-space, removing external phase noise and rapid phase change effects, accounting for the known geometry of the object, and using modified SWI phase data to generate reasonable susceptibility maps and digital images therefrom, such as SWI images. The inventors refers to the inventive methods set forth herein as Susceptibility Weighted Imaging and Mapping (SWIM). | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195343 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an X-ray image obtaining unit, a marker detection unit, a contrast image generation unit and a display image generation unit. The X-ray image obtaining unit obtains X-ray contrast image data and X-ray fluoroscopic image data. The marker detection unit detects positions of a marker from the X-ray contrast image data, or the X-ray contrast image data and the X-ray fluoroscopic image data. The marker is attached to a device. The contrast image generation unit generates X-ray contrast image data for a combination with a movement correction making the positions of the marker be positions which can be regarded as a same position. The display image generation unit generates X-ray image data for a display by combining the X-ray contrast image data for the combination with the X-ray fluoroscopic image data. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195344 | ASSAY IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method of imaging an assay sample having a set of individual samples using a camera is provided. A set of image frames is received. The set of image frames corresponds to an image stream of the assay obtained by the camera. A set of measurement results is identified. Individual measurement results in the set of measurement results are respectively associated with individual image frames in the set of image frames. A subset of measurement results is selected based, at least in part, on an exposure time. Individual measurement results in the subset of measurement results are combined to obtain an integrated measurement result. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195345 | INSPECTING APPARATUS, ROBOT APPARATUS, INSPECTING METHOD, AND INSPECTING PROGRAM - An inspecting apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up a plurality of images of an inspection target object with different exposure times and generate, image data of an inspection target object image including an inspection region, a weighted-image-data generating unit configured to weight, for each of the image data generated with the exposure times different from one another, data of pixels indicating a region where a difference in gradation of pixel values is relatively large among regions of pixels included in the image data and generate weighted image data, an image-data combining unit configured to generate combined image data obtained by combining the generated respective weighted image data, and a determining unit configured to determine a state of the inspection region on the basis of image data of a reference image set and the generated combined image data. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF A PATTERN FORMED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To enable SEM-based management of a cross-sectional shape or manufacturing process parameters of a semiconductor device pattern to be measured, the association between the shape or parameters and SEM image characteristic quantities effective for estimating the shape or parameters is saved as learning data. The image characteristic quantities are collated with learning data to estimate the shape or to monitor the process parameters. Accuracy and reliability is achievable by calculating three kinds of reliability (reliability of the image characteristic quantities, reliability of estimation engines, and reliability of estimating results) based on the distribution of the image characteristic quantities and then judging whether additional learning is necessary, or selecting and adjusting image characteristic quantities and estimation engine based on the reliability. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195347 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a modifying unit configured to modify depth information representing depths in individual pixels of an image in accordance with content included in the image, thereby generating modified depth information, and an enhancing unit configured to perform a stereoscopic effect enhancement process of enhancing a stereoscopic effect of the image by using the modified depth information generated by the modifying unit. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195348 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus may include a determining unit configured to determine at least one pixel having a pixel value difference between a first image and a second image lower than a critical value, among a plurality of input frame images to compute a hologram pattern, and a computing unit configured to compute a hologram pattern of the first image and to compute a hologram pattern of the second image using a computation result for the at least one pixel of the first image. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195349 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE-PICKUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A sense of three-dimensionality and thickness is restored to a subject and a high-quality three-dimensional image with a low sense of a cardboard cutout effect is obtained, regardless of the cause of the cardboard cutout effect. In a three-dimensional image capturing apparatus (three-dimensional image processing apparatus) ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195350 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image encoding device according to an embodiment includes an image generating unit, a first filtering unit, a prediction image generating unit, and an encoding unit. The image generating unit is configured to generate a first parallax image corresponding to a first viewpoint of an image to be encoded, with the use of at least one of depth information and parallax information of a second parallax image corresponding to a second viewpoint being different than the first viewpoint. The first filtering unit is configured to perform filtering on the first parallax image based on first filter information. The prediction image generating unit is configured to generate a prediction image with a reference image, the reference image being the first parallax image on which the filtering has been performed. The encoding unit is configured to generate encoded data from the image and the prediction image. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195351 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image processor including: a feature point extraction section adapted to extract the feature points of an input image; a correspondence determination section adapted to determine the correspondence between the feature points of the input image and those of a reference image using a feature point dictionary; a feature point coordinate distortion correction section adapted to correct the coordinates of the feature points of the input image corresponding to those of the reference image; a projection relationship calculation section adapted to calculate the projection relationship between the input and reference images; a composite image coordinate transform section adapted to generate a composite Image to be attached from a composite image; and an output image generation section adapted to merge the input image with the composite image to be attached. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195352 | METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - To encode and compress a data array | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195353 | Digital Image Color Correction - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing color correction operations to address memory color artifacts in a manner suited for real-time operations. In general, techniques are disclosed for correcting memory color rendering artifacts in an image without performing color space conversions. In one implementations, hue-saturation-value (HSV) image correction values may be expressed solely in terms of an image's base red-green-blue (RGB) color space values. Once expressed in this manner, color correction may be applied to the image directly—without the need to convert the image's color space into and out of a working color space (e.g., an HSV color space). As no color space conversions are necessary, the disclosed techniques are well-suited to real-time operations. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195354 | Saturation Varying Color Space - A first color component of a pixel or scene entity is modified using a color correction curve defined at least partly by a second color component of this pixel or entity. Each pixel or entity has its own separate color correction curve, independent of the color correction curves of other pixels or entities. The saturation value of a pixel or scene entity may be modified based on its luminance value. The luminance value determines a saturation gamma function curve, mapping the original saturation value of a pixel or entity to a new saturation value. The unilluminated color of a pixel or of an illuminated entity in a scene being rendered may also be taken into account. This output color may be stored in the appropriate pixel of an image or combined with colors from other portions of the scene being rendered. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195355 | Image Processing Apparatus, Recording Medium Storing Image Processing Program, And Method Of Image Processing - An image processing apparatus including a dispersion calculation portion, an ε deriving portion, and a filtering portion, and eliminates mosquito noise from a digitally compressed image having a plurality of color components. The dispersion calculation portion is configured to calculate, for each of the color components of each pixel contained in the digitally compressed image, a dispersion of pixel values of a plurality of pixels contained in a first region in which that pixel serves as a representative pixel. The ε deriving portion is configured to derive, for each pixel contained in the digitally compressed image, a greatest value of the plurality of dispersions that respectively correspond to the plurality of color components of that pixel, or a corrected value of the greatest value, as an ε value of an ε filter for that pixel. The filtering portion is configured to apply the ε filter to the digitally compressed image. | 2013-08-01 |
