| 31st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20120195332 | EXTERNAL CAVITY WIDELY TUNABLE LASER USING A SILICON RESONATOR AND MICROMECHANICALLY ADJUSTABLE COUPLING - A widely tunable laser is described where a compound semiconductor gain chip is coupled to a waveguide filter fabricated on silicon. The filter has two resonators with different free-spectral-ranges, such that Vernier tuning between the filters can be used to provide a single wavelength of light feedback into the gain chip, where the wavelength is adjustable over a wide range. The coupling between the gain chip and the filter is realized through a microlens whose position can be adjusted using micromechanics and locked in place. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195333 | BROADBAND PUMP LASER STABILIZED CASCADING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION FOR GENERATING RED, GREEN AND BLUE LASER RADIATIONS - A laser-wavelength conversion system with a broad temperature acceptance bandwidth is provided. The laser system includes a broad-band pump laser driving one or several cascaded laser wavelength converters, wherein the pump laser spectrum is broader than the spectral acceptance bandwidth of at least one of the laser wavelength converters. The broad pump laser spectrum allows some temperature variation in the laser wavelength converters, resulting in a broad temperature acceptance for the whole laser system. The laser system provides stable multi-color laser radiation for applications such as the red-green-blue laser projection TV. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195334 | LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING TOOL - An apparatus for laser drilling including a laser beam emitter disposed within a housing having at least one laser beam outlet and at least one purge fluid outlet. At least one actuated nozzle is disposed within the housing for providing a purge fluid through the purge fluid outlet and having functional control for synchronized programmable activation patterns. Laser beam control is provided for directing a laser beam over a target surface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195335 | DEVICE COMPRISING A LASER - An embodiment of the invention relates to a device comprising a laser and a waveguide stripe or netlike hexagonal stripe structure, which allows propagation of multitude of the lateral modes in the waveguide stripe or stripe structure, wherein the waveguide stripe has at least one corrugated edge section along its longitudinal axis to provide preferable amplification of the fundamental lateral mode or in-phase supermode and to obtain high brightness of the emitted radiation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195336 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE IN WHICH AN EDGE-EMITTING LASER IS INTEGRATED WITH A REFLECTOR TO FORM A SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A surface-emitting semiconductor laser device is provided that includes an edge-emitting laser formed in various layers of semiconductor material disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a polymer material disposed on the substrate laterally adjacent the layers in which the edge-emitting laser is formed, and a reflector formed in or on an angled side facet of the polymer material generally facing an exit end facet of the laser. Laser light passes out of the exit end facet propagates through the polymer material before being reflected by the reflector out of the device in a direction that is generally normal to the upper surface of the substrate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195337 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A semiconductor laser includes: a DBR (Distributed Bragg Reflector) region having a diffraction grating; a FP (Fabry-Perot) region having no diffraction grating; and an optical waveguide section placed between the DBR region and an outputting end surface. A length of the optical waveguide section is longer than a length of the DBR region in a resonator length direction. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195338 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor laser device includes a p-type clad layer and an n-type clad layer, a p-side guide layer and an n-side guide layer interposed between the p-type clad layer and the n-type clad layer, and an active layer interposed between the p-side guide layer and the n-side guide layer. The active layer includes at least two quantum well layers and a barrier layer interposed between the quantum well layers adjoining to each other. Each of the p-type clad layer and the n-type clad layer is formed of a (Al | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195339 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor laser device includes an n-type clad layer, a first p-type clad layer and a ridge stripe. The device also includes an active layer interposed between the n-type clad layer and the first p-type clad layer, and a current-blocking layer formed on side surfaces of the ridge stripe. The ridge stripe of the device includes a second p-type clad layer formed into a ridge stripe shape on the opposite surface of the first p-type clad layer from the n-type clad layer. The ridge stripe is formed such that a first ridge width as the width of a surface of the second p-type clad layer exists on the same side as the first p-type clad layer and a second ridge width as the width of a surface of the second p-type clad layer exists on the opposite side from the first p-type clad layer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195340 | SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICES COMPRISING QUANTUM DOTS - Solid state lighting devices containing quantum dots dispersed in polymeric or silicone acrylates and deposited over a light source. Solid state lighting devices with different populations of quantum dots either dispersed in matrix materials or not are also provided. Also provided are solid state lighting devices with non-absorbing light scattering dielectric particles dispersed in a matrix material containing quantum dots and deposited over a light source. Methods of manufacturing solid state lighting devices containing quantum dots are also provided. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195341 | System, Method and Apparatus for Internal Polarization Rotation for Horizontal Cavity, Surface Emitting Laser Beam for Thermally Assisted Recording in Disk Drive - A laser, such as a horizontal cavity surface emitting laser, with internal polarization rotation may be used in thermally assisted recording in hard disk drives. The desired polarization of the laser may be accomplished with two beam reflections off of facets within the laser. The facets may be formed in a single ion beam etching step. The laser may be used on a thermally assisted recording head to produce a polarized beam that is aligned with a track direction of the disk. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195342 | Configuration for Multiwavelength Emission with a CO2 Laser - Multiple independent electrode sets of a CO | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195343 | EYE-SAFE Q-SWITCHED SHORT PULSE FIBER LASER - A laser includes a pump source that provides pump energy at a first wavelength and a laser cavity. The laser cavity includes a laser gain medium that receives the pump energy from the pump source and creates gain at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a mode stripping portion coupled to the laser gain medium. The mode stripping portion causes the laser cavity to have a low Fresnel number so as to allow only the lowest-order fiber mode to resonate in the laser cavity. Higher-order fiber modes are discriminated against so as to generate a laser output having a substantially diffraction limited beam in a single transverse mode at the second wavelength. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195344 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR USING TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICES - The present subject matter relates generally to temperature sensors using one or a plurality of temperature sensing devices. Various embodiments of the present subject matter include a temperature sensor assembly. The temperature sensor assembly includes an enclosure having an inside surface and a temperature sensing device housed in the enclosure. A thermally conductive material connects a surface of the temperature sensing device directly to the inside surface of the enclosure in a side mounted manner to provide rapid thermal conduction from the enclosure to the temperature sensing device. In various embodiments, the temperature sensing device is a resistance temperature detector (RTD). | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195345 | LCD SCREEN FOR THERMOMETER - A LCD screen used in a thermometer for displaying the body temperature of a person measured by the thermometer, having a center temperature-display zone adapted for displaying a front part of the digits of the temperature value measured by the thermometer, and an outer temperature-display zone surrounding the center temperature-display zone adapted for displaying the last digit, for example, the digit at the tenths or hundredths place after the decimal point of the temperature value measured by the thermometer by means of one of the digital numerals 0˜9. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195346 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PACKET-BASED OFDM COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIFFERING LENGTH CYCLIC PREFIXES - A network communication device is receive packet-based orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) transmissions from one or more other devices in a network over a communication channel. The network communication device may determine a delay spread of the communication channel based on receipt of a probe signal from a transmitting device, configure a channel filter to effectively shorten the channel based on the delay spread, and instruct the transmitting device to shorten a length of a cyclic prefix for subsequent packet-based OFDM transmissions to be received from the transmitting device over the channel. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195347 | EMBEDDED META-CARRIER WITH SPREAD SPECTRUM VIA OVERLAID CARRIERS - A communication method for embedding a meta-carrier under an original carrier signal with reduced or minimal original carrier signal degradation, the method comprising transmitting an original carrier signal by a transmitter, forming a meta-carrier signal separate from the original carrier signal that contains meta-data about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal configured for use by a receiving device to establish one or more parameters of a receiving device to receive the original carrier signal at the receiving device, and transmitting the meta-carrier signal by the transmitter separate from the original carrier signal such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195348 | Signal transmission apparatus, electronic instrument, reference signal outputting apparatus, communication apparatus, reference signal reception apparatus and signal transmission method - A signal transmission apparatus includes: a reference signal outputting section adapted to output a reference signal; a first clock production section adapted to produce, based on the reference signal, a first clock signal for a first signal process regarding a radio communication process of a spectrum spreading method in synchronism with the reference signal; a first signal processing section adapted to carry out the first signal process based on the first clock signal; a second clock production section adapted to produce, based on the reference signal, a second clock signal for a second signal process corresponding to the first signal process in synchronism with the reference signal; and a second signal processing section adapted to carry out the second signal process based on the second clock signal. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195349 | SPREAD-SPECTRUM CODING OF DATA BURSTS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for generating spread-spectrum coded signals for transmission in a wireless communication system, and particularly for generating spread sequences of data with spreading codes that facilitate computationally efficient frequency-domain processing at a receiver. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195350 | System and Method for Facilitating Data Transfer Using a Shared Non-Deterministic Bus - System and method for facilitating data transfer between logic systems and a memory according to various conditions. Embodiments include systems and methods for facilitating and improving throughput of data transfers using a shared non-deterministic bus, a system and method for managing a memory as a circular buffer, and a system and method for facilitating data transfer between a first clock domain and a second clock domain. Embodiments may be implemented individually or in combination. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195351 | DIRECTIONAL FILTER FOR SEPARATING CLOSELY SPACED CHANNELS IN AN HF TRANSCEIVER - Apparatus and methods of simultaneous transmission and reception in a single-antenna radio transceiver. The transceiver may be used, for instance, for communication between at least two terminals, by use of multiple intermediate recruited transceiver nodes. The recruited transceiver nodes receive a signal from a master mode, and then retransmit the signal to a receiver. The recruited transceiver nodes are designed to have reduced interference between the transmit channel and the received channel. In accordance with one aspect of the present application, embodiments can achieve more robust wireless communication between a transmitter and an over-the-horizon receiver. The robust wireless communication will have improved resistance to interference, including self-interference, and improved communication range. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195352 | FAST ENVELOPE SYSTEM CALIBRATION - Disclosed is a transceiver for an envelope following system that includes a power amplifier (PA) having a signal input, a signal output, and a power input that receives power from a power management system that modulates a supply voltage provided to the PA in response to an envelope signal. The transceiver includes a calibration subsystem that is adapted to provide a first test signal to the signal input of the PA and to provide a second test signal to the power management system in place of the envelope signal. The calibration subsystem is programmed with calibration methods that sweep the first test signal through a first range and to sweep the second test signal through a second range in order to derive values that make up a pseudo-envelope look-up table (LUT) that is usable by the transceiver. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESCRAMBLING THE PHASE OF CARRIERS IN A MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A system and method that demodulates the phase characteristic of a carrier signal are described. The scrambling of the phase characteristic of each carrier signal includes associating a value with each carrier signal and computing a phase shift for each carrier signal based on the value associated with that carrier signal. The value is determined independently of any input bit value carried by that carrier signal. The phase shift computed for each carrier signal is combined with the phase characteristic of that carrier signal so as to substantially scramble the phase characteristic of the carrier signals. Bits of an input signal are modulated onto the carrier signals having the substantially scrambled phase characteristic to produce a transmission signal with a reduced PAR. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195354 | Serial Protocol for Agile Sample Rate Switching - The invention provides a communication protocol and serial interface having an approximately fixed interface clock and capable of accommodating a variety of communication rates. The interface employs a variable-length frame that may be expanded or reduced to obtain a desired communication rate, even though the interface clock rate is held approximately constant. The invention further provides a method for designing an agile barrier interface. In particular, the barrier clock rate is preferably selected to be an approximate common multiple of the various communication rates that the barrier interface must handle. The frame length corresponding to each communication rate may then be obtained by dividing the barrier clock rate by the EA rate. Finally, the invention provides an agile barrier capable of communicating data across a serial interface at a variety of data rates and at an approximately fixed interface clock rate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195355 | Power Distribution Device Communications Platform - A communications system is provided for direct communications between powered elements. A controller hub injects a first message via a modulated communication signal onto a branch circuit using a hub-side power line communication (PLC) coupler. An element-side PLC coupler associated with a powered element in a set of powered elements detects the first message and sends an interrupt to a mini-controller in the powered element. The mini-controller receives the interrupt from the element-side PLC coupler, extracts the first message using the element-side PLC coupler; reads a destination identifier in the first message; compares the destination identifier in the first message to a mini-controller identifier in the mini-controller; sends an acknowledgement message back to the controller hub in response to the destination identifier in the first message matching the mini-controller identifier, and forwards the first message to the powered element. The powered element performs a command identified in the first message. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195356 | RESOURCE USAGE CONTROL FOR REAL TIME VIDEO ENCODING - A video coding system and method that dynamically controls coding parameters to satisfy a resource usage requirement. A resource controller may set parameters or parameter thresholds to change the coding complexity of the video coding system and to effectuate a change in the resource usage rate. Parameters may include the frame rate, the frame resolution, the bit rate, or pixel block sizes. A parameter or parameter threshold adjustment may be based on system resource data, for example, power consumption, CPU usage, fan speed, battery status, input video statistics, coding latency, and other video encoder internal states. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195357 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CHANNEL QUALITY - A method, a device and a system for detecting channel quality are provided. The method includes: judging whether a Transmit Power Control (TPC) symbol output by a receiver is an invalid symbol; when the TPC symbol is a valid symbol, judging whether polarities of in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) components of the valid symbol are opposite to each other; counting the number of invalid symbols, the number of valid symbols, and the number of valid symbols with opposite polarities; and estimating a Bit Error Rate (BER) according to the number of the invalid symbols, the number of the valid symbols, and the number of the valid symbols with the opposite polarities, and detecting the channel quality through the BER. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195358 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE PROCESSING RATE OF A CHIP-LEVEL EQUALIZATION RECEIVER - A method and apparatus for reducing the processing rate when performing chip-level equalization (CLE) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) receiver which includes an equalizer filter. Signals received by at least one antenna of the receiver are sampled at M times the chip rate. Each sample stream is split into M sample data streams at the chip rate. Multipath combining is preferably performed on each split sample data stream. The sample data streams are then combined into one combined sample data stream at the chip rate. The equalizer filter performs equalization on the combined sample stream at the chip rate. Filter coefficients are adjusted by adding a correction term to the filter coefficients utilized by the equalizer filter for a previous iteration. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195359 | TRANSMITTER WITH DYNAMIC EQUALIZER - A method comprises operating a processor at a first power control strategy. Such a method further comprises determining whether a workload of a task running on a processor has fallen below a lower threshold, and changing to a second power control strategy to operate the processor based on determining that the workload of the task has fallen below the lower threshold. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195360 | Methods for managing alignment and latency in interference suppression - An interference cancelling receiver combines data from multiple paths after aligning to transmitter timing, and uses either an equalizer or a Rake receiver to compute symbol estimates. Interference estimates are generated from the symbol estimates, and multiple interference estimates are combined after re-aligning the interference estimates to receiver timing. At least two segments of symbol estimates are computed for each segment of interference cancelled data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195361 | Systems and Methods for Segmenting and Communicating Video Data - A data processing system receives video data from a data source and separates the video data into multiple video data segments. Each of the multiple video data segments are substantially the same size. The system generates a data segmentation element associated with each video data segment. The data segmentation element describes content in the associated video data segment. Each video data segment and the associated data segmentation element are communicated to a destination device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195362 | System and Method for Managing Cache Storage in Adaptive Video Streaming System - A normalized cost measure is determined for each encoded video segment within each of a plurality of sequences of encoded video segments that are associated with a video program and stored in a cache memory, relative to the sequence to which the encoded video segment belongs. One or more encoded video segments are selected from among the encoded video segments in the plurality of sequences, based on the normalized cost measures. The selected encoded video segments are removed from the cache memory. An encoded video segment having a lowest normalized cost measure among the encoded video segments in the plurality of sequences may be selected, for example. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195363 | VIDEO ANALYTICS WITH PRE-PROCESSING AT THE SOURCE END - A method for performing video analytics includes receiving at a source end video data including first video data relating to an event of interest. Using video analytics, other than a data compression process, pre-processing of the video data is performed at the source end to reduce the bandwidth requirement for transmitting the video data to below a bandwidth limit of a Wide Area Network (WAN) over which the video data is to be transmitted. The pre-processed video data is transmitted to a central server via the WAN, where other video analytics processing of the pre-processed video data is performed. Based on a result of the other video analytics processing, a signal is generated for performing a predetermined action, in response to an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195364 | DYNAMIC MODE SEARCH ORDER CONTROL FOR A VIDEO ENCODER - A system and method for coding video data wherein a coding mode decision process may be dynamically adjusted according to any of a plurality of factors including video image content, image complexity, motion, channel conditions, the status of the video system components, or other relevant factor. Each of a plurality of potential coding modes may be assigned a weight reflecting an estimation of the likelihood that the coding mode will result in quality image data. The coding mode decision process may then be altered by changing the order of coding modes attempted according to the assigned weight. Code removal and early termination may further alter the coding mode decision process. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195365 | SPATIAL SCALABILITY USING REDUNDANT PICTURES AND SLICE GROUPS - Systems and methods for using redundant pictures and slice groups to encode spatially scalable H.264 Baseline profile conformant video and to route that video to endpoints of varying capabilities without using the Scalable Video extension of H.264 or transcoding. Reduced resolution versions of primary coded pictures are encoded as slice groups in a full-resolution composite pictures, which are added to the video bitstream as redundant pictures. A router then processes the spatially scaled video bitstream into separate streams having different resolutions and routes these to endpoints of varying capabilities. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195366 | Method and Apparatus of Adaptive Inter Mode Coding Using Variable Length Codes - A method and apparatus for adaptive inter prediction mode coding are disclosed. In the current HEVC, a fixed set of variable length codes is used for the underlying video data, which may not optimally match the statistics of underlying video data. Consequently, the compression efficiency associated with the fixed set of variable length codes will be compromised. Accordingly, an adaptive coding scheme for inter prediction modes is disclosed. The variable length codes used for each inter prediction mode in each coding unit depth is adaptively determined by its respective statistics. The statistics can be measured as the frequency of occurrence of each mode. In one embodiment according to the present invention, counters are used to collect the statistics. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the statistics of inter prediction modes are collected from the previous slice and the set of variable length codes is determined for the subsequent slice (immediately following the previous slice) accordingly. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the statistics of inter prediction modes are updated for each coding unit and the variable length code for each mode is adjusted according to the statistics change during the coding process. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the variable length code for each mode is reset in the beginning of each slice. The reset code word table is either a predefined code word table for whole sequence or a code word table determined by the previous slice. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195367 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING USING TABLES OF FILTER SETS FOR VIDEO CODING - Disclosed are adaptive loop filtering techniques for video encoding and/or decoding. For a video unit, the encoder selects a set of predefined filters or generates a set of new filters, and places into the bitstream information identifying the set of predefined filters, or information defining the set of new filters. The set of filters may be used for loop filtering of at least one of the reconstructed samples of the video unit. At the decoder, a set of filters may be obtained by, decoding an index that identifies a set of predefined filters, or by decoding information related to a set of new filters. The obtained set of filters may be used for loop filtering of at least one decoded and reconstructed sample of the video unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195368 | PERFORMING MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING - In general, techniques are described for performing motion vector prediction for video coding. An apparatus comprising a motion compensation unit may implement the techniques. The motion compensation unit determines spatial candidate motion vectors (MVPs) associated with a current portion of a video frame and prunes the spatial candidate motion vectors to remove duplicates without removing a temporal candidate motion vector. The motion compensation unit selects one of the temporal candidate motion vector or one of the spatial candidate motion vectors remaining after pruning as a selected candidate motion vector based on a motion vector predictor (MVP) index signaled in a bitstream and performs motion compensation based on the selected candidate motion vector. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195369 | ADAPTIVE BIT RATE CONTROL BASED ON SCENES - An encoder for encoding a video stream is described herein. The encoder receives an input video stream, scene boundary information that indicates positions n the input video stream where scene transitions occur and target bit rate for each scene. The encoder divides the input video stream into a plurality of sections based on the scene boundary information. Each section comprises a plurality of temporally contiguous image frames. The encoder encodes each of the plurality of sections according to the target bit rate, providing adaptive bit rate control based on scenes. If a video quality bar is met at a lower bit-rate, there is no need to encode the same section at a higher bit-rate since the quality bar has already been met. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195370 | Encoding of Video Stream Based on Scene Type - An encoder for encoding a video stream or an image is described herein. The encoder receives an input video stream and outputs an encoded video stream that can be decoded at a decoder to recover, at least approximately, an instance of the input video stream. The encoder encodes a video stream by first identifying scene boundaries and encoding frames between scene boundaries using a set of parameters. For at least two different scene sequences, different sets of parameters are used, providing adaptive, scene-based encoding. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195371 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING BINARY SETS USING ADAPTIVE TREE SELECTION - Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding and decoding binary sets using adaptive tree selection. In one exemplary encoding method embodiment, picture data is encoded for a block in a picture; in which one of a plurality of trees structures is selected to code a binary set of data for indicating coefficient significance for the block. In another exemplary encoding method embodiment, picture data is encoded for a block in a picture, in which one or more trees are used to encode a binary set of data for indicating coefficient significance for the block, the one or more trees each having a plurality of nodes, at least one of the nodes of the one or more trees being modified responsive to at least one parameter. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195372 | JOINT FRAME RATE AND RESOLUTION ADAPTATION - A video coder employs techniques for applying frame rate adaptation and variable resolution adaptation in response to environmental coding factors present at the coding terminal. According to such techniques, a coder may estimate a coding quality level to be applied based on the environmental coding factors. The coder may retrieve from a controller table, settings for resolution and frame rate based on the estimated quality level. Optionally, the coder further may retrieve settings identifying a range of quantization parameters that may be used during coding. Prior to coding, the coder may configure input video data to match the resolution and frame rate settings retrieved from the controller table. Thereafter, the coder may code the reconfigured input video data by motion-compensation prediction constrained, as applicable, by the retrieved quantization parameter range. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195373 | INVERSE DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMING APPRATUS, DECODER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an inverse discrete cosine transforming apparatus includes an inverse scan module, an inverse quantization module, a coefficient selector and an inverse discrete cosine transform module. The inverse scan module arrays a plurality of coefficients constituting decoded variable length data generated from bit stream of coded data in a predetermined scan order to generate inverse scan data. An inverse quantization module performs an inverse quantization on the inverse scan data to generate a discrete cosine transform coefficient. The coefficient selector generates an extending signal for each scan data. The inverse discrete cosine transform module performs an inverse discrete cosine transform on the discrete cosine transform coefficient based on the extending signal to generate decoded image data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195374 | NONLINEAR, IN-THE-LOOP, DENOISING FILTER FOR QUANTIZATION NOISE REMOVAL FOR HYBRID VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for using an in-the-loop denoising filter for quantization noise removal for video compression. In one embodiment, the video encoder comprises a transform coder to apply a transform to a residual frame representing a difference between a current frame and a first prediction, the transform coder outputting a coded differential frame as an output of the video encoder; a transform decoder to generate a reconstructed residual frame in response to the coded differential frame; a first adder to create a reconstructed frame by adding the reconstructed residual frame to the first prediction; a non-linear denoising filter to filter the reconstructed frame by deriving expectations and performing denoising operations based on the expectations; and a prediction module to generate predictions, including the first prediction, based on previously decoded frames. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC ENCODING OR ARITHMETIC DECODING - The invention proposes a method and a device for arithmetic encoding of a current spectral coefficient using preceding spectral coefficients. Said preceding spectral coefficients are already encoded and both, said preceding and current spectral coefficients, are comprised in one or more quantized spectra resulting from quantizing time-frequency—transform of video, audio or speech signal sample values. Said method comprises processing the preceding spectral coefficients, using the processed preceding spectral coefficients for determining a context class being one of at least two different context classes, using the determined context class and a mapping from the at least two different context classes to at least two different probability density functions for determining the probability density function, and arithmetic encoding the current spectral coefficient based on the determined probability density function wherein processing the preceding spectral coefficients comprises non-uniformly quantizing absolutes of the preceding spectral coefficients for use in determining of the context class. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195376 | DISPLAY QUALITY IN A VARIABLE RESOLUTION VIDEO CODER/DECODER SYSTEM - In a video coder/decoder system using variable resolution adaptation, decoder techniques provide a mechanism to changing resolution of coded lower-resolution video to a higher resolution for rendering. Coded video data of a low resolution frame may be decoded. A motion estimation search may be performed between the decoded low resolution frame and a cache of previously-stored high resolution video frames. If the motion estimation search generates one or more matches, high resolution video data of the decoded frame may generated as a derivation of matching data from the cached video frames. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195377 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE TRANSFORMS AND/OR PREDICTIONS IN A VIDEO CODEC - A joint optimization iterative algorithm determines optimized mode pairs. Each mode pair includes an intra-predictor and a transform pair that are iteratively modified to determine an optimized intra-predictor and an optimized transform that forms the optimized mode pair. A set of training videos and a set of quantization parameters (QPs) are used as the base data for determining the optimized mode pairs. Each video includes a plurality of pixel blocks, herein referred to as blocks. Block statistics associated with each mode pair are accumulated by separately encoding each block using each mode pair, and selecting the best mode pair for each block according to a measured characteristic of each encoding. The accumulated block statistics are used to modify the intra-predictor and the transform within each mode pair. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195378 | PIXEL LEVEL ADAPTIVE INTRA-SMOOTHING - This disclosure describes intra-smoothing techniques for intra-coding of video data. In one example, a video encoder is configured to determine a plurality of prediction samples for intra-predictive coding of a block to be coded in a video frame, calculate a local statistic for a first prediction sample of the prediction samples, select a filter from a plurality of filters based on the local statistic, and apply the selected filter to the first prediction sample. The video encoder may also be configured to calculate at least one local statistic for each prediction sample of the prediction samples, select a filter from a plurality of different filters based on the at least one local statistic for each prediction sample, and apply each selected filter to the corresponding prediction sample to generate the filtered version of the prediction sample. Embodiments further include video decoders and method of decoding encoded video signals. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGES, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING ENCODED IMAGES - Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding an image are provided. The method of encoding an image includes: replacing a transformation coefficient having a low frequency component to be predicted from among transformation coefficients of a transformation block with a predetermined value; generating an incomplete residual block by inversely transforming the transformation block including the replaced transformation coefficient; and predicting the transformation coefficient having the low frequency component by using values of the incomplete residual block. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING AND ENCODING VIDEO, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING DIRECT CURRENT COEFFICIENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for decoding and encoding a video, and a method and an apparatus for predicting a direct current coefficient. The video decoding method includes: receiving current frame image information sent by an encoding end, where the current frame image information includes prediction value information, and the prediction value information includes at least one intra-frame direct current DC prediction value; selecting a prediction value from the at least one intra-frame DC prediction value in the prediction value information as an intra-frame DC prediction value of the current image. Through the embodiments of the present invention, flexibility of encoding and decoding a video can be improved. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes a subsampling circuit to generate a subsampled image based on a sampling position of each frame of an input image; a control circuit to assign a frame at a sampling position which is substantially the same as a sampling position of a frame to be encoded as a reference frame based on information of the sampling position of each frame and a structure of a group of pictures; and an encoder to encode the frame to be encoded by compressing the frame to be encoded using inter-frame prediction based on a subsampled image of the frame to be encoded and the reference frame. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195382 | Multi-Core Image Encoding Processing Device and Image Filtering Method Thereof - An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for performing image filtering by a multi-core image encoding device, comprising: a first digital signal processing (DSP) chip performing loop filtering on the image encoded by itself; and the latter digital signal processing (DSP) chip in any two adjacent DSP chips performing loop filtering on all horizontal boundaries except the highest horizontal boundary and all vertical boundaries of the first row of macro blocks in the image encoded by itself. An embodiment of the present invention further discloses a multi-core image encoding device. Using the method for performing image filtering of the present invention, utilization of DSP resources in the multi-core image encoding device can be improved effectively. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195383 | MEDIA DECODER AND A DECODING METHOD ALLOWING FOR THE MEDIA DECODER TO BE TRACED - The present invention aims to overcome drawbacks of conventional content tracing methods requiring re-processing the content before its broadcast with a significant side channel transmission i.e. extra processing, storage and/or bandwidth at the distribution side, or alternately a complex signal processing implementation at the receiver side that has to be protected against hackers attacks. An efficient system and method consists of tracing and uniquely identifying decoders of a video stream wherein the decoders implement at least one variant of a standard image decompression algorithm and wherein the resulting decompressed image approximation varies according to the decoders' identifier. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195384 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND NOISE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A power line communication apparatus and a noise detection method that are capable of detecting noises periodically generated without extending the dynamic range of an A/D converter used therein. The power line communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a power detection unit that detects powers in communication slots used for transmitting and receiving data via a power line; a channel (transmission line) estimation unit that estimates the condition of a transmission channel on the basis of a difference between an average power through unused slots that are not assigned for transmitting and receiving the data among the communication slots and instantaneous powers regarding the unused slots; and a periodicity determination unit that detects a noise that is periodically generated on the basis of the estimated condition of the transmission channel and an alternating-current cycle in the power line. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195385 | COMMUNICATIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS - A power and data supply system that includes circuitry for supplying power and data to an output via a common transmission line is provided. The circuitry comprises a DC power source, a data signal source, a modulator configured to generate a modulated signal in dependence on the data signal, and an inverter, wherein the inverter is controlled by the modulated signal, such that the inverter generates an AC signal for output to the transmission line. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195386 | Flexibly Targeting Information Sent Over a Broadcast Communications Medium - A system for flexibly targeting information sent over a broadcast communications medium includes a sender of information signals each carrying information and a targeter for use by a user having a receiver with a targeter. There are a number of the receivers constructed and arranged to receive signals from the sender through a broadcast communications medium. The targeter includes a number of selectors associated with an action ID and a number of key value paired, constructed and arranged to indicate action to be taken by a user of a selected receiver in the condition that the selector evaluates to true given the values stored in the targeters. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195387 | Communication Device and Communication Method - There is provided a communication device. The communication device includes: a first communication module configured to detect an external communication device in accordance with a first communication mode and communicate with the detected external communication device in accordance with the first communication mode; a second communication module configured to detect an external communication device in accordance with a second communication mode and communicate with the detected external communication device in accordance with the second communication mode, wherein power consumption of the second communication mode is lower than that of the first communication mode; a controller configured to: i) cause the second communication module to detect the external communication device in accordance with the second communication mode; and ii) connect the first communication module to the external communication device detected by the second communication module in accordance with the first communication mode. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195388 | Encoding Apparatus, Encoding Method, and Storage Medium - Encoded data may be generated and transmitted from one computing device to another via a network. To address bandwidth use efficiency issues, an available bandwidth for the other computing device may be determined or acquired. A time at which the available bandwidth is determined/acquired may be estimated. Media data (e.g., audio, video, etc.) may be encoded for transmission. Scheduled change time, at which a setting of an encoding condition is expected to be changed, is further determined. Change timing, at which the setting of an encoding condition is to be changed, is determined on the basis of the scheduled change time and the estimated time. The setting of the encoding condition may then be changed in accordance with the available bandwidth when the change timing is reached. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195389 | SYSTEM INCLUDING REPLY SIGNAL THAT AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLAPS REQUEST - A system and method including a receiver and a transmitter. In one embodiment, the method includes transmitting a request signal including sensor measurement range information, and determining a sensor measurement range based on the request signal. A reply signal is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, the reply signal including a synchronization signal indicating a time base of the transmitter and data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195390 | Processing method and system of demodulate reference signal, base station, user equipment - The present disclosure discloses a processing method and system, configuring method, and demodulating method of demodulate reference signal, a base station and a UE. The base station configures common reference signals on control symbols and user-dedicated reference signals on service symbols; the UE demodulates control information by using the common reference signals and demodulates service data and broadcast data by using the user-dedicated reference signals, wherein the control symbols are OFDM symbols carrying the control information, and the service symbols are OFDM symbols without carrying the control information. With the application of the present disclosure, the purpose of reducing the overhead of reference signals can be achieved. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195391 | Physical Layer Frame Format for Long Range WLAN - In a method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, a first preamble portion and a data portion of the data unit is generated. The first preamble portion includes one or more long training fields. The first preamble portion and the data portion are modulated using a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Symbol duration of each OFDM symbol is at least 8 μs. The data unit is generated to include the plurality of OFDM symbols. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195392 | PREDISTORTION IN SPLIT-MOUNT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A transmitter includes an Outdoor Unit (ODU) including circuitry, and an Indoor Unit (IDU) that is configured to predistort a signal based on a non-linearity model of the circuitry having one or more model parameters, and to forward the predistorted signal to the ODU. The ODU is configured to accept the predistorted signal from the IDU, to amplify and transmit the predistorted signal using the circuitry, to estimate the non linearity model parameters, and to send the estimated model parameters to the IDU so as to cause the IDU to apply the model parameters in predistoring the signal. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195393 | SUPPORT FOR RETRANSMITTING A TRANSPORT BLOCK WITH A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF LAYERS THAN A PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION ATTEMPT - A method of conveying transport block size (TBS) information includes determining TBS parameters for a wireless transmission of data between a first node and a second node based on a first number of transmission layers associated with the wireless transmission. The method also includes generating a control message indicating the TBS parameters and transmitting the control message to the second node. The method also includes transmitting a transport block to the second node in accordance with the TBS parameters indicated by the control message. The transport block is transmitted over a first number of transmission layers. The method also includes retransmitting the transport block to the second node in accordance with the TBS parameters indicated by the control message. The transport block is retransmitted over a second number of transmission layers that differs from the first number of transmission layers. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195394 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A digital broadcast transmitter includes a block processor encoding mobile service data at a coding rate of 1/H and first interleaving the encoded mobile service data, wherein H is an integer equal to or greater than 2, a deinterleaver deinterleaving the first-interleaved mobile service data to output a first data group, an interleaver second interleaving the first data group to output a second data group including the mobile service data, a trellis encoding module trellis encoding data of the second data group, and a multiplexer multiplexing the trellis-encoded data with segment synchronization data and field synchronization data, wherein the block processor is concatenated with the trellis encoding module. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195395 | EVM Pooling for Multi-Standard and Multi-Carrier Systems - Error vector magnitude (EVM) is pooled and adaptively distributed among carriers in a multi-standard or multi-carrier system to reduce peak to average power ratios (PAPR) without exceeding EVM limits. Correction tone injection is used to reduce PAPR. The amplitude of each correction tone, and number of correction tones assigned to a carrier, are adjusted to control the EVM and out-of-band distortion of each carrier, to comply with EVM limits imposed by the respective radio access technology. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195396 | STACKED DIGITAL/RF SYSTEM-ON-CHIP WITH INTEGRAL ISOLATION LAYER - An apparatus includes a device package, a first Integrated Circuit (IC) that is packaged in the device package, and a second IC, which is packaged in the device package and is fabricated on a multi-layer interconnection circuit including a plurality of interconnection layers for interconnecting components of the second IC, wherein a selected layer in the plurality is configured to serve as a conductive shield for reducing interference between the first and second ICs. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195397 | CHANNEL ESTIMATOR WITH HIGH NOISE SUPPRESSION AND LOW INTERPOLATION ERROR FOR OFDM SYSTEMS - A receiver with DFT based channel estimation having good noise suppression for both high and low signal-to-noise ratios providing advantages over conventional DFT estimators and Minimum-Mean-Square-Error (MMSE) estimators. The use of MMSE may be incorporated for estimation at the band edges providing further improvements. The received signal in the time domain, is transformed to the frequency-domain received signal via an N-point FFT ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195398 | Virtual limited buffer modification for rate matching - Virtual limited buffer modification for rate matching. A reduced-size memory module is employed within a communication device to assist in storage of log-likelihood ratios (LLRs) employed in accordance with turbo decoding. This architecture is also applicable to other types of error correction code (ECC) besides turbo code as well. The memory size is selected to match the number of coded bits (e.g., including information bits and redundancy/parity bits) that is included within a transmission. The received signals may be various transmissions made in accordance with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmissions. When the LLRs calculated from a first HARQ transmission is insufficient to decode, those LLRs are selectively stored in the memory module. When LLRs corresponding to a second HARQ transmission is received, LLRs corresponding to both the first HARQ transmission and the second HARQ transmission are passed from the memory module for joint use in decoding. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195399 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECEIVING TERMINAL FOR LDPC DECODING - An apparatus and a method for Low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoding are provided. The apparatus for LDPC decoding comprises a post effective noise variance estimation unit for estimating a post effective noise variance based on a preamble in a received signal, an LLR calculation unit for calculating an LLR based on the estimated post effective noise variance, and a decoding unit for performing LDPC decoding based on the calculated LLR. The post effective noise variance estimation unit comprises a channel frequency response estimation unit for estimating a channel frequency response based on the preamble in the received signal, a noise variance estimation unit for estimating a noise variance based on the preamble in the received signal, and a post effective noise variance calculation unit for calculating the post effective noise variance based on the channel frequency response and the noise variance. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195400 | ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION OF CLOCK VARIATION IN RECEIVED SIGNAL - A method and system for estimating and compensating for variation between a receiver clock and a transmitter clock, where a receiver utilizes a high frequency clock signal to generate a receiver clock and then adjusts the receiver clock to compensate for variations between the receiver and transmitter clocks. The adjusted receiver clock is used to sample nibble pulses in a received data frame. Counter based compensation of the receiver clock eliminates the need for the receiver to perform floating point calculations, improves the accuracy of nibble pulse sampling and also reduces area and power consumption of the device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING RECEIVED SIGNAL OVER TIME AND FREQUENCY - A system is provided for use with a frequency band including a transmission frequency and a received frequency. The transmission frequency includes a transmission signal having a transmitted unique word therein. The received frequency includes a received signal having a received unique word therein, wherein the received unique word had been received at a received time and at a received phase. The system includes a first sub-correlator, a second sub-correlator and a discrete Fourier transform device. The first sub-correlator can perform a first correlation of only a first portion of the received unique word with a corresponding first portion of the transmitted unique word over a plurality of instances of time and can output a first plurality of sub-correlation values. The second sub-correlator can perform a second correlation of only a second portion of the received unique word with a corresponding second portion of the transmitted unique word over the plurality of instances of time and can output a second plurality of sub-correlation values. The discrete Fourier transform device can perform a discrete Fourier transform over a plurality of frequencies within the frequency band on the first plurality of sub-correlation values and can perform a discrete Fourier transform over the plurality of frequencies within the frequency band on the second plurality of sub-correlation values. The first portion of the received unique word is different from the second portion of the received unique word. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195402 | NEUTRON SOURCE ASSEMBLY - A neutron source rodlet assembly having a separate source capsule assembly that is not encapsulated within the neutron source rodlet assembly. The neutron source rodlet assembly is made up, at least in part, of a neutron source positioning rodlet assembly and the source capsule assembly configured such that assembly together is feasible at a remote site and they can be shipped separately. The source capsule assembly has outer and inner capsules with the outer capsule having a threaded stud at one end that mates with a complimentary threaded recess on the neutron source positioning rodlet assembly. The inner capsule contains a neutron source. The neutron source positioning rodlet assembly and the source capsule assembly are locked together at their interface when the threaded joint is completely tightened. A secondary neutron source material may also be encapsulated within a hollow portion of the neutron source positioning rodlet assembly. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195403 | TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING - Systems and methods for providing radiographic, stereoscopic and tomographic images of an object of interest. Examples of objects of interest are body parts of living beings, such as the human breast and the human chest. The apparatus includes a high-fluence rate x-ray source and a plurality of satellite x-ray sources operating at lower fluence rate than the high-fluence rate source. A controller controls the operation and locations of the sources, and the operation of a detector. The method provides procedures in which the operation of the high-fluence source and the satellite sources are individually controlled as to location and orientation relative to the object of interest. In some operations, one satellite source may be operating while another satellite source may be repositioning. By proper control, a reduced x-ray dose and reduced operating time can be attained, thereby improving image quality, patient care, and patient experience. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195404 | X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An X-ray tube and a grid can be easily aligned. An X-ray imaging device of the present invention includes an imaging unit configured to capture an X-ray image, a first moving unit configured to move a grid relative to an imaging surface of the imaging unit, the grid being configured by lead foil strips disposed in an oblique array, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a focal position of the grid that has been moved by the first moving unit, and a second moving unit configured to move an X-ray irradiation unit configured to irradiate the imaging unit with X-rays to the focal position of the grid based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195405 | Mobile X-Ray Unit - One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a mobile X-ray unit. The mobile X-ray unit may include a base accommodating a control unit for controlling an X-ray applicator and a power supply for supplying power to the X-ray applicator. The mobile X-ray unit may further include an arm associated with the base. The arm may be configured to support an X-ray applicator having an X-ray tube. The arm may be articuable. The X-ray tube may include a target element configured to generate an X-ray beam and a collimator configured to shape the X-ray beam. The target element may be disposed at a set distance from the collimator. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195406 | X-RAY DIFFRACTION APPARATUS - An X-ray shielding member is provided so as to confront an X-ray incident face of a sample, and a gap through which an X-ray emitted from an X-ray source is passed and irradiated to an X-ray incident face of the sample is formed between the X-ray shielding member and the X-ray incident face of the sample. A gap adjusting mechanism for moving the X-ray shielding member is further provided to move the X-ray shielding member in accordance with change of an X-ray incident angle to the sample by a goniometer, whereby the breadth of the gap formed between the X-ray shielding member and the X-ray incident face of the sample can be adjusted. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195407 | RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, CONSOLE AND ELECTRONIC CASSETTE - For identification of individual electronic cassettes, a different label is attached to each of the electronic cassettes. Selection buttons for selecting one of the electronic cassettes are provided on a console in correspondence with the respective electronic cassettes. A cassette ID is assigned to each of the electronic cassettes, and the console communicates with the selected electronic cassette using the cassette ID assigned to the selected electronic cassette. Data of correspondence between the cassette ID and the label is memorized for each electronic cassette. The same label is displayed on the selection button as the label on the corresponding electronic cassette, allowing confirming whether the electronic cassette actually positioned for imaging coincides with the electronic cassette selected on the console. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195408 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A RADIATION DOSE OF AN X-RAY - The present embodiments specify a method and an associated X-ray facility for estimating a radiation dose of an X-ray that is generated by an X-ray source and penetrates an object under examination. First dose values of the X-ray are determined by measurement in an automatic exposure control chamber. A second dose value is determined by estimating the radiation dose that is emitted by an X-ray source in a dead time of the automatic exposure control chamber. The estimated radiation dose is determined by the first dose value and the second dose value last determined being added. The second dose value represents a correction value for a non-measurable dose during the dead time of the automatic exposure control chamber that is taken into account when determining the estimated radiation dose. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195409 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A radiographic apparatus including an X-ray generating means which irradiates an object with X-rays, the apparatus comprises a first housing which includes an X-ray reception unit formed by a member having a higher X-ray transmittance than a frame member, a buffer material which is placed on the first housing and reduces a load on the X-ray generating means, an X-ray detection sensor which is placed on the buffer material and detects X-rays transmitted through the object, a support member whose support surface to support the X-ray detection sensor is placed on the X-ray detection sensor, and a second housing which includes a concave portion engaging with the convex portion formed on the support member and constrains movement of the support member. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195410 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND/OR CLEANING TECHNIQUES FOR USE WITH A RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION DEVICE - One or more techniques and/or systems are described herein for cleaning a portion of a radiographic examination apparatus whereon debris may accumulate. Typically, the portion being cleaned is within a scanning field of the radiographic examination device (e.g., within a portion of the radiographic examination device through which radiation traverses). Activation of a cleaning mechanism, or a portion thereof, may be timed to miss radiation emitted during a scan, and thus not interfere with a scan. Also, the cleaning mechanism, or a portion thereof, may be located so as to not attenuate radiation. If radiation is attenuated by the cleaning mechanism corrective techniques can be implemented to account for such attenuation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195411 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A CALL AND ASSOCIATED DATA AND AN ASSOCIATED SYSTEM THEREOF - A method, computer program product, and an apparatus for transferring a telephone call and associated data from an IVR system to a live agent or other system are provided. An exemplary embodiment may include a voice portal of the IVR system requesting an access number for a live agent and sending data associated with the telephone call to a CTI system. The CTI system may request and receive a routing label from a router and then send the data associated with the telephone call and the request for an access number to a call center using the routing label provided by the router. The CTI system may receive the access number from the call center and send the access number back through the IVR system to an exchange carrier for transferring the caller to the call center. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195412 | METHOD OF RETRIEVING SERVICE INFORMATION - A method for a communications device ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195413 | TELEPHONY SESSION MANAGEMENT FOR DATA SERVICES - Data services are managed within the context of telephony services. Using the telephony services to manage the data services allows for authentication, authorization, and accounting of the data services within the framework of the telecommunication services. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195414 | Method and system for service access of user in access gateway control function entity - The disclosure discloses a method for a service access of a user in an Access Gateway Control Function (AGCF) entity, wherein a corresponding relationship between a logic number and a physical number of the user in the AGCF entity is stored in a Home User Server (HSS), the method includes that: in a registration process initiated by the user, the AGCF entity acquires the corresponding relationship between the physical number of the user and the logic number of the user from the HSS and stores it. The disclosure further discloses a system for a service access of a user in an AGCF entity, the system includes: a first storage unit, located in the HSS and configured to store a corresponding relationship between the logic number of the user and the physical number of the user in the AGCF entity; a registration unit, configured to register the user; a first acquisition unit, configured to acquire the corresponding relationship between the physical number of the user and the logic number of the user from the HSS in a registration process initiated by the user; and a second storage unit, located in the AGCF entity and configured to store the corresponding relationship between the logic number of the user and the physical number of the user. The disclosure realizes very low maintenance cost during a diversion and other operation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195415 | System and Method for Recording and Monitoring Communications Using a Media Server - A communication system including a media server through which communication packets are exchanged for recording and monitoring purposes is disclosed. A tap is associated with each communication endpoint allowing for cradle to grave recording of communications despite their subsequent routing or branching. An incoming communication is routed to a first tap and upon selection of a receiving party; the first tap is routed to a second tap which forwards communication packets on to the receiving party. The taps may be used to forward communication packets to any number of other taps or destinations, such as a recording device, monitoring user, or other user in the form of a conference. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195416 | Caller ID and Information Display - The invention provides a caller ID and information display system, comprising means to transmit the information normally displayed on a phone or a base unit's screen to portable panels. The system is also capable of displaying other information such as current local weather conditions, real time monitoring of stock and bond markets, sports scores, winning lottery numbers, daily horoscopes, holidays, birthdays and a multitude of other information. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195417 | METHOD OF USING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY NAMES IN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM NETWORKS - The present invention provides a method for supporting flexible display names in a communication network. One embodiment of the method includes selecting, at a network entity, one of a plurality of display names for a calling party in response to receiving a request to initiate a call from the calling party to a called party. This embodiment of the method also includes transmitting a message from the network entity towards the called party. The message includes the selected display name for the calling party. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LISTENING FOR INCOMING CALLS ON MULTIPLE PORT/SOCKET COMBINATIONS - In a computer system having a memory, a processor, and a network interface, a method for listening on multiple conferencing interfaces having the steps of loading a set of transport components into the memory; initializing each transport components of the set of transport components to listen on a particular conferencing interface using the network interface, each transport component of the set of transport components listening to a different conferencing interface; receiving an incoming call signal on the network interface having an incoming conferencing interface; processing the incoming call signal to detect the incoming conferencing interface; and launching an application based on the incoming conferencing interface. Other embodiments are also described. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195419 | Audio Advertising - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an indication of a telephone call being placed from a calling number is received, and a determination is made of an audio advertisement to play based on the calling number. The audio advertisement is played based on the determination. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195420 | System and Methods for Establishing a Telephony Session from a Remote Dialing Unit - A user-operated system for causing a land-line telephone to dial a destination includes a mobile telephony device having a speaker and an internal dual tone multiple frequency (DTMF) dialer, and a dialer extension integrated with a microphone on the land line telephone for capturing a DTMF telephone number sequence. A telephone number is selected on the mobile telephony device, which generates an audible DTMF for the telephone number over the speaker, and the DTMF is captured by the microphone, and the land-line telephone dials the destination. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195421 | CUSTOMER/SUBSCRIBER/USER IDENTIFICATION VIA UTILIZED SERVICE NODE/POINT - Management of call center call routing is provided. Service calls directed to a call center may be routed for processing based on an identification of a service node of a caller. The service node may be identified by parsing a database for a calling customer's node ID, determining a format of the node ID, and converting the node ID into a numeric value that represents the node ID associated with the calling customer. If the numeric node ID value meets a predetermined criterion, the service call may be processed according to a priority call routing instruction. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195422 | ROUTING CONTACT CENTER INTERACTIONS - In one implementation, customer service is managed by a contact center. The contact center includes a contact center server and an agent device. The contact center receives a customer service interaction, which may be a phone call, a text, an email, a chat, or a website communication. The contact center server accesses external social media to identify a social media post by a customer. The social media posts contain clues as to the subject matter of the customer service interaction. The social media post may be filtered by the customer names, product identities, and/or the nature of the post. In this way, information derived from the social media post is used to select an appropriate customer service agent to handle the customer interaction. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195423 | SPEECH QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for an echo cancelling device of a telecommunication system. In some examples, an echo canceling device may include a noise reduction unit configured to reduce a background noise around a near-end talker from a near-end signal provided by a microphone, a double talk detector configured to detect a double talk event based on the noise-reduced near-end signal and a far-end signal, and a filtering unit configured to receive the far-end signal and the near-end signal provided by the microphone. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195424 | MEASURING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for a system for measuring a quality of experience (QoE). In some examples, a quality of experience (QoE) measuring device may include a background noise detecting unit configured to measure a background noise around a near-end talker, and a decision unit configured to determine whether a double talk event detected by a double talk detector is caused by the background noise around the near-end talker. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195425 | SECURITY VIDEO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, VIDEO DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND KEY GENERATION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a security video transmission apparatus for generating and updating an encryption key by using video data, having a property of a random number which is continuously generated in real time, as random number data in order to generate a key, encrypting the video data using the encryption key, and then transmitting the encrypted video data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195426 | DISPLAY WITH SECURE DECRYPTION OF IMAGE SIGNALS - A display securely decrypts an encrypted image signal. Pixels are disposed between the display substrate and cover in a display area, and provide light to a user in response to a drive signal. Control chiplets disposed between the display substrate and cover in the display area are each connected to one or more of the plurality of pixels. Each receives a respective control signal and produce respective drive signal(s) for the connected pixel(s). A decryption chiplet is disposed between the display substrate and cover. It includes means for receiving the encrypted image signal and a decryptor for decrypting the encrypted image signal to produce a respective control signal for each of the control chiplets. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195427 | Location Restricted Content Deliver over a Network - Delivering content to a requesting device over a content delivery network, the content being deliverable in only one or more restricted geographic regions and the requesting device being communicatively connected to a cellular communications service provider via a cellular communications network, the method comprising steps of: receiving a network identifier of the requesting device uniquely identifying the requesting device in the cellular communications network; transmitting a verification message over the cellular communications network for receipt by the requesting device; receiving, from the requesting device, an access control submission; receiving, from the cellular communications service provider, location information corresponding to a geographic location of the requesting device; and in response to a determination that the access control submission derives from the transmitted verification message and the location information indicates the requesting device is in one of the one or more restricted geographic regions, delivering the content to the requesting device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195428 | QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method is provided for distributing quantum cryptographic keys. The method includes receiving, from an initial quantum key generating transmitter, a first signal via a single combined channel that includes a first quantum signal and a public data signal alternating in a time shared manner. The first signal is split into a first split signal and a second split signal. A low attenuation is applied to the first split signal when the first split signal includes the first quantum signal. A high attenuation is applied to the first split signal when the second split signal includes the public data signal. The first split signal is received at an intermediate quantum key generating receiver when the low attenuation is applied. The initial quantum key generating transmitter is corresponded with to generate a first quantum key. A second quantum signal is transmitted to a recipient quantum key generating receiver. The recipient quantum key generating receiver is corresponded with to generate a second quantum key. The first quantum key is encoded using the second quantum key. The encoded first quantum key is transmitted to the recipient quantum key generating receiver. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195429 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY SCANNING NETWORK TRAFFIC - Secure network communications via a firewall device are provided between a first device and a second device, where an encryption parameter is shared by the devices. A data packet sent by the first device may then be copied within the firewall device, so that the copy of the data packet can be decrypted within a portion of the firewall device. In particular, the portion of the firewall device in which decryption takes place is defined such that contents of the portion are inaccessible to an operator of the firewall device. Thus, scanning of the decrypted copy of the data packet for compliance with a predetermined criterion may take place within the firewall device, without an operator of the firewall device having access to the contents of the data packet to be transmitted. Thereafter, the original data packet can be forwarded to its originally intended recipient. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195430 | Quantum Key Distribution - An apparatus including: an input optical interface configured to receive a series of optical input signals each including photons; an encoder configured to encode a quantum key for distribution by encoding each of the series of received optical input signals with a measurable state; an attenuator configured to attenuate each of the encoded optical input signals to create a series of quantum optical signals; and an output optical interface configured to send the series of quantum optical signals to the remote apparatus via a quantum communication channel. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120195431 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NODE IN A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a first node in a network, the network including a plurality of nodes, the method comprising (a) the first node having a first identifier joining the network by transmitting the first identifier to a second node having a second identifier, (b) the first node generating a first key on the basis of the second identifier (c) the first node authenticating the second node by means of the first key, (d) the first node communicating with a third node if the first and second keys are equal. | 2012-08-02 |
