32nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150221214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATION - A controlling device such as a remote control has programming for transmitting a signal response to a plurality of control environments, each environment including a signaling device. Each signaling device in receipt of the signal request sends a signal response having a unique ID which is chosen to be characteristically attenuated by the surroundings of the environment. Because the controlling device can only be in one environment at a given time, and given the attenuation characteristics of the signal response from each signaling device, only one signal response will be received by the controlling device in each environment. Location definitions associated with the received unique ID may be used by programming in the controlling device to recall saved devices states, commands sets, macros, and even to dynamically generate commands based on the location information. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221215 | Generating Infrared Communications on a Mobile Device - A system and a method are disclosed for generating an infrared signal on a mobile device. The infrared signal is generated on a mobile device by generating a bitstream based on information to be transmitted as an infrared signal. The bitstream is modulated and output on a bus to an infrared-emitting diode. The bitstream is processed in a software layer configured on the computing device, enabling the computing device to generate and process signals without additional hardware configured on the device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221216 | Differentiation of Probe Reports based on Quality - Methods for differentiating high quality probe reports in a plurality of probe reports include: (a) receiving, by a processor, a probe report from a probe source, wherein the probe report includes data indicative of a travel condition; (b) determining, by the processor, whether the probe report satisfies a criterion indicative of high quality data; and (c) identifying, by the processor, the probe report as being (i) suitable for use in modeling the travel condition if the probe report satisfies the criterion, or (ii) unsuitable for use in modeling the travel condition if the probe report does not satisfy the criterion. Systems for differentiating high quality probe reports in a plurality of probe reports are described. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221217 | METHYLATION BIOMARKERS FOR BREAST CANCER - A traffic monitoring system and method for mapping traffic speed and density while preserving privacy. The system can include fixed stations that make up a network and mobile probes that are associated with vehicles. The system and method do not gather, store, or transmit any unique or identifying information, and thereby preserves the privacy of members of traffic. The system and method provide real-time traffic density and speed mapping. The system and method can further be integrated with a complementary flood monitoring system and method. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221218 | Predictive Incident Aggregation - In one embodiment, an incident report including a path segment identifier and an incident identifier is received at a computing device. The incident identifier is sent to a traffic prediction model. The traffic prediction model returns a traffic distribution value. The traffic distribution value identifies a portion of a traffic prediction distribution derived from historical data. The computing device accesses a lookup table according to traffic distribution value and the path segment identifier to receive a speed prediction. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221219 | VIRTUAL PARKING MANAGEMENT - An apparatus manages vehicle parking services in a flexible and cost efficient manner. Service information for vehicle parking in a spatial and time varying parking area is received at a vehicle from a parking service management apparatus. A geographical position of the vehicle relative to the parking area is determined and forwarded to the parking service management apparatus. These communications can trigger issuance of a vehicle parking ticket at the parking service management apparatus based on the geographical position of the vehicle. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221220 | INTERSECTION GUIDE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Intersection guide systems, methods, and programs acquire a degree of approach of a vehicle to an intersection ahead of a vehicle and display a guide image at a position of the intersection superimposed on a forward scene ahead of the vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs set, as a position of superimposition of the guide image, an intersection position within the forward scene when the degree of approach is less than a threshold. The intersection position corresponds to a registered position registered in map information as the position of the intersection. The systems, methods, and programs set, as the position of superimposition, a straight-line position within the forward scene when the degree of approach is equal to or more than the threshold. The straight-line position corresponds to a position on a straight-ahead line that is a straight line extending in a travel direction of the vehicle from the vehicle. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221221 | WIRELESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND HAZARDOUS CONDITION DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM - A Wireless Traffic Congestion and Hazardous Condition Detection and Warning System. The system utilizes electronic nodes placed alongside a highway to detect traffic congestion and other hazardous conditions, visually notify drivers of a detected hazardous condition, and wirelessly communicate the hazardous condition to neighboring nodes in order to notify drivers well in advance of the hazard. A detected hazardous condition can also be transmitted through the existing cellular network to enable remote monitoring of traffic flow and remote notification of detected hazardous conditions. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221222 | VEHICLE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM - A traffic control system for allowing vehicles to travel unattended while maintaining their inter-vehicular distances without interfering with each other includes an onboard control apparatus mounted on the vehicles; and a traffic control apparatus which divides tracks for multiple vehicles into a plurality of sections and performs a blocking control to assign non-overlapping travelable sections to the multiple vehicles as a permitted travel section. The onboard control apparatus sets a travel permission request starting distance that is longer than a stoppable distance on the basis of the current speed of the vehicle and repeatedly transmits a travel permission request and current position information to the traffic control apparatus until the next travel permission is obtained when the remaining length of the permitted travel section has become shorter than the travel permission request starting distance in the advancing direction of the vehicle. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221223 | REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A rearview mirror assembly includes a reflective mirror element and a blind spot indicator system in optical communication with the reflective mirror element and configured to receive an input from a blind spot detector system, wherein the blind spot indicator system includes a first indicator assembly and a second indicator assembly each having a light source and an optic, the optic is in optical communication with the light source. The light sources are configured to emit light that at least partially propagates through the optics and the reflective mirror element if the input received from the blind spot detector indicates the blind spot detector is active or an object is detected in the blind spot. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221224 | PERMANENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH A WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM - A permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system is provided for an aircraft equipped with a pilot-controllable drive wheel drive system for autonomous ground movement without reliance on the aircraft's engines or external tow vehicles, including an onboard wireless communications link installed to remain permanently with the aircraft designed to interface wirelessly with ground personnel at any airport, aerodrome, or airfield where the aircraft lands immediately upon landing. The permanent wireless onboard to ground operations communications system provides a substantially instantaneous connection between a pilot and ground personnel to facilitate guidance of pilot-controlled autonomous ground movement during taxi, parking in nose-in and parallel orientations, and pushback without reliance on visual signals. The present communications system establishes and maintains cockpit to ground communications during pilot-controlled autonomous aircraft ground movement to enhance the safety of ramp operations and improve the speed at which ramp operations can be safely conducted. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AIRCRAFT GROUND OPERATIONS - A method for managing aircraft ground operations includes receiving an initial gate assignment schedule, an initial operational task schedule, and a current flight schedule. The method also includes determining a first adjusted gate assignment schedule based at least in part on the initial gate assignment schedule and the current flight schedule to reduce costs associated with reassigning aircraft to alternative gates. In addition, the method includes determining a first adjusted operational task schedule based at least in part on the initial operational task schedule and the current flight schedule to reduce costs associated with reassigning ground crew members to alternative tasks. Furthermore, the method includes determining a second adjusted gate assignment schedule and a second adjusted operational task schedule based at least in part on the current flight schedule, the first adjusted gate assignment schedule, and the first adjusted operational task schedule. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221226 | Writing Instrument Teaching System - A writing instrument comprises an elongated barrel having a first end, a second end and a plurality of sides including at least three sides, each side having data printed along its length at uniform spacing increments from the first end, the data on any two sides that share the same distance from the first end are computationally related to the data on another side that shares the same distance from the first end. The data includes at least one of a numerical data or a phonic alphabet. The numerical data on a first side and a third side is linked to a sign that associated with an arrow respectively to indicate the direction to which the writing instrument should be rotated to signify the computation relation. Thus, the elongated barrel defines a triangular shaped writing instrument that allows a user to learn the computation relation between the data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221227 | EDUCATION MONITORING - Group-based, periodic education intervention that provides a targeted curriculum selected specifically for each period based on current skill assessment data is described. For example, candidates' skill levels in multiple skills are assessed, and groups are formed based on commonality of skill level. A period-specific curriculum is generated for each group to address the specific needs of the individuals of the respective group. After delivery of the period-specific targeted curriculum over the period, re-assessments of the current skill of the group members are made, and a period-specific curriculum for the subsequent period is generated and delivered. Fidelity of an implementation of the curriculum is analyzed, and alerts, reminders, and reports are provided to improve fidelity of an implementation of the curriculum. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221228 | Apparatus and System For And Method Of Registration, Admission and Testing of a Candidate - The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and system for and method of registering, admitting and testing of a candidate. Test candidate can be registered and admitted through verification of identity using biometric comparisons and third party identification systems. Scanning of identification documents and comparison with security information database can authenticate the validity and authenticity of identification documents. Authentication of testing candidates can be accomplished by comparison of biometric data of candidate against biometric data contain in identification document. Testing can be conducted on an apparatus remotely located from a proctor monitored administrative station or apparatus. The remote testing station can detect and prevent individuals from cheating, detect unauthorized objects, and can prevent or detect unauthorized copying of an examination or portions thereof. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221229 | ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE LEARNING - A method includes presenting to an online learner a first question. The method also includes receiving a first answer of the online learner to the first question. The method also includes presenting to the online learner a second question that requests a justification for the first answer. The method also includes receiving a second answer of the online learner to the second question. The method also includes storing, in a learner account of the online learner, the second answer in association with the first answer. The method also includes finding a different second answer of a different online learner and which is associated with a different first answer of the different online learner. The method also includes presenting the different second answer to the online learner. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221230 | Simulation Training System - A simulation training system includes a simulator housing having one or more walls and at least one display screen on at least one of the one or more walls. The system also includes one or more display devices for displaying one or more interactive simulations on the at least one display screen. The system includes one or more sensing devices arranged to track the position and/or movement of one or more trainees or parts of trainees' bodies. The system includes a motion processing module configured to process the position and/or movement data collected by the sensing devices. The simulator housing is reconfigurable between a seated configuration and a standing configuration. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221231 | MUSICAL NOTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A musical notation system employing a dozenal, or base-12 approach to representing musical notes and compositions in a dynamic, clock-face format is described. A static, lined notation system derived from the base-12 radial notation system is also described. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221232 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CREDITING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PERFORMED BY A USER - A method and system for incentivizing a user of a user device to perform physical activity are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one signal respective of a physical activity performed by the user, wherein the at least one signal is received from at least one sensor integrated in a user device; generating at least one virtual good respective of the received at least one signal; and sending the at least one virtual good to at least one web source, wherein the virtual good can be redeemed by the user through the at least one web source. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COLLECTION - A method for data collection is provided. The method comprises providing a computing device in communication with a server, the computing device presenting server-supplied content to a user, the content being configured to solicit one or more responses from the user, the computing device sending information relating to the responses to the server, and the server assessing aspects of the user's cognitive function based on one or more of the responses. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221234 | Computerized System and Method for Automated Computer Grading of CAD 2D and 3D Geometry Assignments - A computerized system, method, and code to automatically assess the correctness of a user's solution to a computer-aided design (CAD) 2D and 3D assignment, comprising: an instructor creating and storing in a memory of testing computer system a probing data set; submitting to the testing computer from user's computer system via a network a user's solution to a CAD assignment; assessing the correctness of the user's solution by the testing computer processor using the probing point set; and, transmitting to, and displaying on the user's computer system whether the solution is correct. If the solution is not correct, then the user may immediately re-compute and re-submit their solution to the testing computer system. Correctness is determined by the testing computer system conducting tests on the user's solution as compared to the instructor's solution, comprising one or more of a size test, position test, inclusion test and complement test. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221235 | TRAINING APPLICATION FOR TRAINING A USER TO USE A COMPUTING APPLICATION - Disclosed are database systems, methods, computer program products, and systems for providing a training application for training a user to use a computing application. In some implementations, a server of a database system provides a training application configured to train a user to use a computing application, the training application associated with a source code file stored in a database of the database system. The server provides an instruction, via the training application, requesting the user to perform a first task within a training environment, the training environment enabling actual or simulated computing events of the computing application to be performed during use of the training application, the first task configured to cause one of the actual or simulated computing events to be performed including a modification to data stored in a database of the database system. The server determines whether the first task has been performed correctly. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221236 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRAINING FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS INVOLVING MANIPULATION OF MEDICAL TOOLS - The present invention is a medical training simulation apparatus and computer-implemented training method for training of medical professionals in medical examinations involving body parts with concealed geometry, such as in pneumatic otoscopy of the ear. A video adaptation tool is provided whereby one or more displayed images are adapted based on movements or sensor readings related to manipulation of a medical tool within a physical model of a body part. A computer system is also provided that includes at least one medical training simulation apparatus. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221237 | Interactive Education System for Teaching Patient Care - Interactive education systems for teaching patient care to a user are disclosed. In some instances a maternal simulator for teaching patient care to a user includes a body sized and shaped to simulate a pregnant woman; a birthing device positioned within a cavity of the body, the birthing device configured to interface with a fetal simulator and configured to translate and rotate the fetal simulator in a manner simulating a birthing sequence; and a distensible cervix coupled to the body, the distensible cervix defining a port that the fetal simulator moves through during the birthing sequence. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HEMORRHAGE CONTROL TRAINING - Embodiments of a task monitoring system for hemorrhage control provide real-time or near real-time feedback to a trainee on the force that the trainee is applying to a simulated wound. In some embodiments, the task monitoring system comprises a mobile device, a pressure sensor, and a software application (“app”) that runs on the mobile device. The task monitoring system allows the trainee (e.g., medic, doctor, nurse, or other health worker) to practice applying the correct force on simulated wounds over defined time periods, training muscle memory of the health service provider to apply the correct pressure over the correct time duration. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221239 | DETACHABLE LABEL PORTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present document describes a label for detachment from a container. The label comprises a front side free of adhesive and a back side which is for extending over the container surface. The label comprises: a fixed label portion for adhesively fixing on the container surface; a detachable label portion for non-adhesively and detachably affixing on the container surface and comprising a detachable border connected to the fixed label portion and an inner side which is a part of the back side of the label; an adhesive applied to the back side of the label; an adhesive disabler, applied to the adhesive, at least on the detachable label portion; and a weakness line provided at the detachable border for facilitating a detachment of the detachable label portion from the fixed label portion. The adhesive disabler is for eliminating adhesiveness of the inner side of the detachable label portion. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221240 | MULTI-FUNCTION LABELS - A multi-function label could include a base ply and a top ply. A clear laminate material could be provided on the top ply. At least one bond area could be provided between the base ply and the top ply. At least one cut could be provided through the top ply. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221241 | DEVICE WITH DATE OF FIRST USE INDICATOR, LABEL FOR INDICATING A DATE OF FIRST USE AND A METHOD OF RECORDING THE DATE OF FIRST USE OF A DEVICE - A device includes a textile main body, and one or more indicator elements on the textile main body, or on a label fixed to the textile main body, for indicating date information. The indicator elements include a plurality of severable portions spaced from the main body or the label on which they are provided. Each of the severable portions is associated with date information such that by cutting one or more of the severable portions a date of use of the device or a date of inspection of the device is indicated. A device having indicator elements of this type has the advantage that the indication of a date of first use or a date of inspection can be made easily, can be read easily and will be durable over many laundry cycles. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221242 | COMPOSITE TAG - One embodiment of a composite tag comprises a first inner panel having a first surface and a second surface, a second outer panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and being magnetically attached to the first surface of the first inner panel, a third outer panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and being magnetically attached to the second surface of the first inner panel. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221243 | Personalizing Tag For Individual Used Carrying Bag And Method Of Using The Same - A personalization tag kit is used to replace a handbag's original brand logo tag. Instead of plain old brand logo on the bag, this personalization tag may display statements such as bag owner's name, initials, or other styled characters that make the bag more personal or stylish to him or her. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221244 | MODIFIABLE DISPLAY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - A modifiable display device may include a wearable article, a power supply arranged on the wearable article, an active element arranged on a surface of the wearable article, and a controller in electrical communication with the power supply and the active element and configured to control the appearance of the active element. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221245 | BAG CLIP WITH DATE WHEEL - A bag clip comprises a pair of opposing jaws configured for resilient movement between an open position in which the jaws are apart from one another and a closed position in which the jaws are adjacent one another. An indicator wheel attached to the clip includes indicators that may correspond to dates on which the bag was opened and the clip was attached. A second indicator wheel may be included, in which the first wheel may correspond to months of the year and the second wheel may correspond to days of the month. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221246 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optic device includes pixel electrodes; a data line block for providing an image signal to a first pixel electrode group and a second pixel electrode group in one column of pixel electrodes arrayed in a line in a first direction, the data line block being configured by data line pairs in which a pair of a first data line and a second data line extending in the first direction is arranged for each column; an image signal supplying unit for sequentially providing an image signal in time-series to each of the data line pairs configuring the data line block from one end of each of the data line pairs; and an inspection voltage supplying unit for supplying an inspection voltage from another end of each of the data line pairs each to the data line block and separately to each of the first data line and the second data line. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221247 | VARIABLE OPERATING MODE HMD APPLICATION MANAGEMENT BASED UPON CROWD DETERMINED DISTRACTION - Disclosed is a system and method for managing variable operating mode applications that vary a cognitive load of the output of the applications presented to users wearing head mounted display devices. A tolerance level is indicative of the cognitive load of each operating mode of an application is established. In a vehicle setting, the operating mode of the application is selected to enable the safe operation of the vehicle based in part upon the tolerance level associated with the operating mode. If errant operations of vehicles are detected, then an application server modifies the tolerance level and synchronizes the modified tolerance level with head mounted display devices including the application. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221248 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of pixel areas, each having a plurality of pixels; and a signal controller configured to receive an original image signal and to generate a target image signal corresponding to the original image signal by using a kickback voltage at each gray level in the original image signal, wherein the signal controller comprises a dithering unit configured to generate a corrected image signal based on dithering patterns corresponding to the target image signal. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221249 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit including, a controller configured to generate a control signal, a power converter configured generate a light-source voltage in response to the control signal, and at least one light emitting diode string connected between a first node and a second node and supplied with the light-source voltage from the first node, wherein the controller includes a current controller configured to adjust a current flow through the light emitting diode string, and an overvoltage controller connected between the light emitting diode string and the current controller, including a passive element, wherein the overvoltage controller is configured to connect the passive element between the second node and the current controller when a voltage of the second node of the light emitting diode is higher than a reference voltage. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221250 | LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The light receiving device includes the illuminance sensor which detects illuminance of external light, and a light guide portion which guides the external light into the sensor. The light guide portion has a light incident surface and a light exit surface. At least one of the light incident surface and the light exit surface has an inclined surface, the external light introduced into the light guide portion through the light incident surface contains external light incident on the light incident surface from a predetermined angle direction and external light incident on the light incident surface from a horizontal direction, and an angle of the inclined surface is set such that a difference between light reception sensitivity of the sensor to the external light incident from the predetermined angle direction and light reception sensitivity of the sensor to the external light incident from the horizontal direction falls within a predetermined range. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221251 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting display. The pixel circuit comprises a driving thin film transistor and a light-emitting diode which is connected between a low level input terminal and a high level input terminal of a driving power supply in series, the pixel circuit further comprises a first capacitor and a driving control unit, a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected with a first electrode of the driving thin film transistor through the driving control unit, a second terminal of the first capacitor is connected with a gate of the driving thin film transistor, a second electrode of the driving thin film transistor is electrically connected with the gate of the driving thin film transistor through the driving control unit, the driving control unit is connected with a gate line and a data line. Since respective pixel circuits may output uniform currents, the brightness of light-emitting diodes in the pixel circuits is uniform, and in turn the display brightness of the organic light-emitting display comprising the pixel circuits is uniform. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221252 | AC DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR OLED, DRIVE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An AC drive circuit for OLED comprises a light emitting control unit, a charging control unit, a drive unit, a storage unit, a first voltage signal input terminal, a second voltage signal input terminal and a third voltage signal input terminal. The AC drive circuit enables that the current flowing in an OLED is independent of the internal resistance of the circuit, thus the brightness of the OLED will not be influenced by the internal resistance of the circuit. Meanwhile, the AC drive circuit compensates the threshold voltage of the drive transistor, thus the influence of the threshold voltage of the drive transistor on the current of the OLED for emitting light is eliminated. In addition, the AC drive circuit reversely biases the OLED, thereby the un-recombined carriers accumulated at the light emitting interface inside the OLED and the built-in electrical field formed by these carriers are eliminated. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221253 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - To provide a display device that can reduce image quality degradation caused by blunting of the waveform of the control pulse for controlling a sampling transistor, and an electronic apparatus including the display device. The display device according to an embodiment of this disclosure has a pixel circuit arranged therein, the pixel circuit including an electrooptic element, a drive transistor for driving the electrooptic element, and a first capacitative element connected between the gate electrode of the drive transistor and one of the source/drain electrodes of the drive transistor. The pixel circuit writes a video signal, and includes a timing circuit capable of adjusting the time for writing the video signal. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221254 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits are disposed, each of the pixel circuits includes: a first switching element; a second switching element; and a control line which is connected to a gate electrode of the first switching element, and transmits a first control signal which controls switching ON and OFF of the first switching element, and the display device comprises: a first capacitive electrode that is part of the control line; and a second capacitive electrode which is opposite to the first capacitive electrode and is connected to a gate electrode of the second switching element, wherein a first capacitor is formed between the first capacitive electrode and the second capacitive electrode. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221255 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD FOR PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit, a driving method for driving the pixel circuit and a display device comprising the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit insulates the electric connection between the drain of the driving transistor and the organic light-emitting diode by the insulating transistor when the data is written into the storage capacitor, and the threshold voltage of the driving transistor and the data voltage signal are pre-stored by the storage capacitor, which can compensate the shift in the threshold voltage effectively and in turn can ensure the uniformity and stabilization of the driving current. Additionally, the touch control circuit in the embodiments of the present disclosure multiplexes the scan signal of the pixel circuit, and the coupling capacitor in the touch control circuit is charged through the charging transistor while the storage capacitor is charged, therefore an integration of the touch control circuit into the pixel circuit is achieved perfectly. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221256 | DISPLAY DEVICE THAT SWITCHES LIGHT EMISSION STATES MULTIPLE TIMES DURING ONE FIELD PERIOD - A scan driving circuit includes a shift register unit and a logic circuit unit. The start of a start pulse of an output signal ST | 2015-08-06 |
20150221257 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS WITH REDUCED REMNANT VOLTAGE - The invention provides materials and methods (including driving methods) for reducing the effects of remnant voltages in electro-optic displays. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221258 | BACKLIGHT DRIVING CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - A backlight driving circuit is disclosed. The backlight driving circuit includes a temperature sensing module, a comparing module and a backlight driving module. The temperature sensing module is for monitoring a temperature of different areas of a loading and is for outputting a plurality of sensing signals. The comparing module is for comparing the plurality of sensing signals generated from the temperature sensing module and for outputting control signals. The control signals are for controlling an amount of the driving current outputted from the backlight module. The backlight driving module is for converting an input voltage to a needed driving current and for providing the driving current to the loading. By configuring the temperature sensing module in the proximity of the backlight source, the backlight driving circuit monitors the working temperature of different areas of the backlight source and provides the working temperature to the backlight driving module. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221259 | Apparatus and Method For Using An LED For Backlighting and Ambient Light Sensing - Embodiments of a backlight module for illuminating a liquid crystal display (LCD) and sensing ambient light are provided herein. The backlight module includes a light-emitting diode (LED) array and a backlight controller. The backlight controller is configured to forward bias the LED array to backlight the LCD and reverse bias the LED array to sense the ambient light level. The backlight controller is configured to adjust the brightness of the LED array based on the current ambient lighting conditions sensed. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221260 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a display panel configured with rows of pixels, each row pixels including a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel; and a backlight assembly configured to supply light to the display panel, in which: a data signal is alternately applied to a first color pixel disposed in an odd row on an odd frame, and to another first color pixel disposed in an even row on an even frame, a data signal is alternately applied to a second color pixel disposed in the odd row on the odd frame, and to another second color pixel disposed in the even row on the even frame, a data signal is applied to a third color pixel on both frames, and colors of light supplied to the display panel on the odd frame and the even frame are different from each other. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221261 | MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention includes a write-in start position control section ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150221262 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a display panel includes determining a first black gap corresponding to a 2D mode and a second black gap corresponding to a 3D mode. The first and second black gaps are different from each other, the first and second black gaps correspond to a voltage difference between a black voltage of a first polarity and a black voltage of a second polarity, and the first and second polarities are opposite to each other with respect to a reference voltage. The method further includes dividing a voltage difference between a white voltage of the first polarity and the black voltage of the first polarity to generate a plurality of gamma voltages of the first polarity, and dividing a voltage difference between a white voltage of the second polarity and the black voltage of the second polarity to generate a plurality of gamma voltages of the second polarity. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221263 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a 3D image display device and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, to a 3D image display device including a shutter member and a driving method thereof. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a 3D image display device including: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines; a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to the data lines; and a signal controller configured to receive an input image signal to generate an output image signal and control the data driver, wherein the signal controller includes a signal compensator for compensating the input image signal to have a clipped gray scale that is lower than a highest gray scale when the input image signal is the highest gray scale in a 3D mode. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221264 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - There are disclosed a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150221265 | GOA CIRCUIT, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a GOA circuit, an array substrate, a display device and a driving method. The GOA circuit includes clock signal input lines and more than two GOA units connected in cascade, wherein each of the GOA units includes a selection signal output sub-unit and a selection sub-unit; the selection signal output sub-unit is configured to receive a source signal, and output a selection signal in accordance with the source signal; the selection sub-unit receives the selection signal and N clock signals, and outputs the received signal in accordance with the selection signal; and the clock signal input lines are no less than a number of N, and are configured to input the clock signals to the selection sub-unit, where N is an integer number which is higher than or equal to two. The gate driving structure of the GOA circuit, the array substrate and the display device occupies a small area. The driving method can achieve a single dot polarity inversion. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221266 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - When a first source bus line (SA) or a second source bus line (SB) which is associated with a pixel of one column is electrically connected with a spare wire (AL | 2015-08-06 |
20150221267 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150221268 | DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a driving method for an image display apparatus which includes an image display panel having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix and each configured from a first subpixel for displaying a first primary color, a second subpixel for displaying a second primary color, a third subpixel for displaying a third primary color and a fourth subpixel for displaying a fourth color, and a signal processing section. The signal processing section is capable of calculating a first subpixel output signal, a second subpixel output signal, a third subpixel output signal, and a fourth subpixel output signal. The driving method includes a step of calculating a maximum value (V | 2015-08-06 |
20150221269 | POLARITY INVERSION DRIVING METHOD, DRIVING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A polarity inversion driving method, a driving apparatus and a liquid crystal display device, for attenuating the flickers due to POL inversion. The polarity inversion driving method is used for inversion of polarity of pixels on the liquid crystal panel, and comprises: generating a polarity inversion reference signal for reflecting selection of polarity of each row of pixels on the liquid crystal panel; generating a control signal comprising control levels generated in m frames, where m is an integer higher than or equal to two, wherein width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to a time length of one frame; as an alternative, the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually decreased in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero; and generating a polarity inversion signal from the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221270 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disclosed. The LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, a first sub gate-line coupled to first row-pixels that are adjacent to a lower side of the first sub gate-line, a second sub gate-line coupled to second row-pixels that are adjacent to an upper side of the second sub gate-line, a plurality of gate-lines between the first sub gate-line and the second sub gate-line, a plurality of even data-lines coupled to first column-pixels that are adjacent to the even data-lines, and a plurality of odd data-lines coupled to second column-pixels that are adjacent to the odd data-lines. Here, each gate-line of the plurality of gate lines is coupled to first row-pixels that are adjacent to a lower side of the gate-line and second row-pixels that are adjacent to an upper side of the gate-line. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221271 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel including a common voltage generator generating an output voltage to be provided to the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a pixel electrode receiving a data voltage, a common electrode receiving the output voltage through common voltage lines, and a liquid crystal capacitor charged with a voltage difference between the data voltage and the output voltage. The common voltage generator compensates the output voltage based on a ratio of an internal resistance of the common voltage generator to a resistance component of the common electrode disposed on the display panel and outputs the compensated output voltage. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221272 | Array Substrate Driving Circuit, Array Substrate, And Corresponding Liquid Crystal Display - The present invention provides an array substrate driving circuit, which includes a plurality of GoA driving units used to drive a plurality of gate lines, wherein each GoA driving unit is interconnected to one gate line. Wherein the GoA driving units connected with odd row of gate lines are disposed on one side of the array substrate, and wherein the GoA driving units connected with even row of gate lines are disposed on the other side of the array substrate. And wherein each of the GoA driving units are provided with two driving signal input ends and an output end, those two driving signal input ends are interconnected to output ends of upstream and downstream driving units, respectively to receive driving signals from the upstream and downstream driving units. A driving signal is exported from the output end thereof to an interconnected gate line. The GoA driving units located on both sides of the array substrate will drive each of the gate lines of the array substrate alternatively. The present invention further provides an array substrate and liquid crystal display. With the provision of the present invention, the estate area occupied by the driving circuit is tremendously reduced. This is really beneficial to the realization of narrow-boarder of the liquid crystal display device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221273 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged substantially in a matrix form, where a part of the plurality of pixels defines a pixel column block, a first scan signal is simultaneously applied to an n-th row pixel and an (n+2)-th row pixel of the pixel column block, a second scan signal, which is applied prior to the first scan signal, is simultaneously applied to an (n+1)-th row pixel and an (n+3)-th row pixel of the pixel column block, a first data voltage is applied to the n-th row pixel and the (n+1)-th row pixel, a second data voltage having a polarity different from a polarity of the first data voltage is applied to the (n+2)-th row pixel and the (n+3)-th row pixel, and the polarities of the first data voltage and the second data voltage are inverted on a frame-by-frame basis. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221274 | DISPLAY DRIVER - First to N-th latches capture N pieces of pixel data indicative of the luminance levels of respective pixels in synchronization with first to N-th capture clock signals each having different edge timing. Voltages corresponding to the pieces of pixel data output from the first to N-th latches are applied to each of the data lines of the display device. In this case, first to N-th flip-flops formed in an N-stage shift register capture a single pulse load signal which is synchronized with a horizontal synchronizing signal in a video signal while sequentially shifting the load signal to subsequent stages in synchronization with a reference timing signal supplied from the outside. Outputs of the first to N-th flip-flops in the N-stage shift register are supplied as first to N-th capture clock signals, to the first to N-th latches, respectively. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221275 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including: gate lines extending in a first direction; data lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; pixels connected to corresponding ones of the gate lines and data lines; a gate driver to drive the gate lines in response to a gate clock signal; a data driver to drive the data lines; a memory to store charge share signals corresponding to the gate lines; a timing controller controlling the data driver and the gate driver, in response to an externally input control signal and an image signal, and to output a gate pulse signal to the gate lines; and a clock generator configured to generate the gate clock signal in response to the gate pulse signal. The timing controller is configured to output the gate pulse signals according to the charge share signals. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221276 | DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVER - A display device driver that can display images while preventing noise and suppressing display unevenness is provided. When pixel drive voltages corresponding to the luminance levels of respective pixels indicated by a video signal are applied to the data lines of the display device, the pixel drive voltages are applied to data lines that intersect the scanning lines of the display device at positions where the delay time is larger, at timing later than timing of applying the pixel drive voltages to the data lines that intersect the scanning lines at positions where the delay time is smaller, the delay time being a period of time between start of application of the scanning pulse by the scanning driver and actual arrival of the scanning pulse. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221277 | Voltage Reference and Current Source Mixing Method for Video DAC - A method of arranging components in an integrated circuit includes providing two or more circuit cells of a first type and providing two or more circuit cells of a second type. The circuit cells of the first type are configured to operate in conjunction with the circuit cells of the second type. The method further includes arranging the circuit cells of the first and second types in an alternating pattern such that each circuit cell of the first type is adjacent to at least one circuit cell of the second type. The alternating pattern may be an array of rows and columns and may include a repeating pattern of one first type cell and one second type cell in each of the columns. The alternating pattern may include a repeating pattern of one cell of the first type and two cells of the second type in each of the columns. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221278 | BUTTONLESS DISPLAY ACTIVATION - In one example, a method includes determining, by a first motion module of a computing device and based on first motion data measured by a first motion sensor at a first time, that the mobile computing device has moved, wherein a display operatively coupled to the computing device is deactivated at the first time; responsive to determining that the computing device has moved, activating a second motion module; determining, by the second motion module, second motion data measured by a second motion sensor, wherein determining the second motion data uses a greater quantity of power than determining the first motion data; determining a statistic of a group of statistics based on the second motion data; and responsive to determining that at least one of the group of statistics satisfies a threshold, activating the display. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221279 | SYSTEM FOR RELAYED DATA TRANSMISSION IN A HIGH-SPEED SERIAL LINK - A system for transmitting data from a timing controller (TCON) to several source driver integrated circuits (SICs) in a display. The system is suitable for use either with a high data rate or a low data rate to each of the SICs. The TCON provides a serial data stream to a SIC, which either uses all of the received data, if it requires high rate data, or relays a portion, e.g., half, of the data to another SIC, which then does not require a separate direct connection to the TCON. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221280 | LUMINANCE CHANGING IMAGE PROCESSING WITH COLOR CONSTRAINTS - To be able to do good color mapping between color encodings for gamuts with considerably different luminance dynamic range while not introducing significant color errors, we describe an image color processing apparatus ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150221281 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHROMATIC GAMUT EXTENSION, CORRESPONDING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Color images designed to be displayed, for example, with a projector such as a laser pico projector, are subjected to gamut extension in respective iso-hue paths in the CIE1931xyY color space, operating for example, as follows: a plurality of iso-hue curves in the CIE1931xyY color space is determined; for the points subjected to gamut extension, the closest iso-hue curves are identified; and extension paths to be used for the operation of gamut extension are interpolated from said closest iso-hue curves. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221282 | METHOD OF CALCULATING OVER-DRIVE TARGET - The present invention provides a method for calculating an over-drive target, which follows a predetermined sequence to perform trials of over-drive target values to identify the R/G/B brightness-response time curve of the over-drive target value that matches target brightness and compares response time of the R/G/B brightness-response time curve that matches the target brightness to identify the over-drive target value, whereby achieves automatic calculation of the over-drive target value of the over-drive chart so as to save human labor, increase efficiency, be better fit to the principle of the over-drive technique, and provide an excellent effect of over driving. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221283 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel and an electrochromic panel. The electrochromic panel is provided on the display panel. The electrochromic panel includes an electrochromic unit. The electrochromic unit entirely covers a display region of the display panel. The electrochromic unit is in a transparent state in which light is transmitted in the case that an illuminance of an ambient light is less than or equal to a predetermined value, and the electrochromic unit is in a colored state in which light is partially absorbed in the case that the illuminance of the ambient light is larger than the predetermined value. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221284 | Backlight Compensation Method, Device and Terminal - The embodiments of the present invention provide a backlight compensation method, apparatus and terminal. The apparatus comprises: an acquisition module configured to acquire a preview image; a judgment module configured to judge whether backlight compensation needs to be performed on the preview image; a calculation module configured to calculate a compensation parameter of a compensation light source; a compensation module configured to perform backlight compensation on the preview image according to the compensation parameter; and a display module configured to display the preview image. The terminal comprises an image pick-up apparatus, a storage device and a backlight compensation apparatus. The backlight compensation apparatus is configured to calculate a compensation parameter according to a preview image acquired by the image pick-up apparatus, and perform backlight compensation on the preview image. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221285 | MDLL/PLL HYBRID DESIGN WITH UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED OUTPUT PHASES - A circuit for generating a clock signal formed as a hybrid of a multiplying delay-locked loop (MDLL) and a phase locked loop (PLL). In one embodiment a chain of inverting delay multiplexers is connected in a ring configuration capable of operating as a ring oscillator, with a first delay multiplexer in the ring configured to substitute a feed-in clock signal for the feedback clock generated by the ring oscillator when an edge, either rising or falling, is received at the forwarded clock input. The first delay multiplexer may also be configured to interpolate between the phase of the feedback clock and the phase of the feed-in clock. The interpolation may be based on transistor channel widths and the value of a control signal, and results in behavior intermediate to that of an MDLL and that of a PLL. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221286 | CONTENT CONTROLLED DISPLAY MODE SWITCHING - A computing device may be configured to display content based on the content type, and may include a display, a memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the display and the memory. The at least one processor may be configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to determine content information associated with a display mode, receive input display data associated with the content information, select a display mode based upon the determined content information, generate output display data based on the selected display mode and the input display data, and provide the output display data to the display based on the selected display mode. For example, the device may select interlace mode as a default mode for display, and may select progressive mode when the determined content information indicates the input display data is high quality video data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221287 | USER INTERFACES FOR HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - User interfaces for hand-held electronic devices, such as mobile telephone devices, touch tablets, personal computers (PC), remote control devices, and/or other devices, assist users with, among other things, knowing which user input elements of a device to use when the device's physical orientation changes. According to an exemplary embodiment, a hand-held device is operative to be held in normal, upside down, left tilt, and right tilt orientations, and includes: a processor; a display; a first physical button located on a first side of the display when the hand-held device is held in the normal orientation; a second physical button located on a second side of the display opposite to the first side, the second physical button positioned diagonally symmetrical to the first physical button when the hand-held device is held in the normal orientation; and wherein: activation of the first and second physical buttons respectively causes the processor to perform first and second functions when the hand-held device is held in the normal orientation, and respectively causes the processor to perform the second and first functions when the hand-held device is held in the upside down orientation; when the hand-held device is held in one of the left tilt and right tilt orientations, the processor causes display of first and second virtual buttons via the display, and activation of the first and second virtual buttons respectively causes the processor to perform the first and second functions; and the first and second virtual buttons are respectively displayed in respective positions in the display in the one of the left tilt and right tilt orientations respectively corresponding to positions of the first and second physical buttons. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221288 | Crown Top Bar Fret, Stringed Instrument Including Same, And Method Of Manufacture - Stringed instrument having an elongated neck member optionally including a fingerboard, with a plurality of frets fixedly positioned at predetermined spaced locations along the neck. The frets include a tang and a mushroom shaped crown, each positioned and secured in a corresponding fret slot formed in the neck. The neck member includes a carbon fiber based support member that can be T-shaped. In its method aspects, the neck can be straight and of neutral strain or a desired backbow/underbow or curvature in the elongated neck member is created, such as by introducing a carbon fiber T-bar support member in the neck member in a “neutral” state while clamping the neck member in an underbow shape, or forming underbow directly into the finished neck in which a carbon fiber T-bar is already present, and then introducing crown bar style frets to wedge the neck back to an optimum playable shape. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221289 | UNIFIED OCTAVE/REGISTER KEY AND VENT FOR MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS - The present technology relates generally to musical wind instrument key mechanisms, and more particularly to the octave or register vents that are employed on musical wind instruments to cause the instrument to play pitches an octave or more higher in frequency relative to the frequency obtained prior to actuation of the vent. In some embodiments, an octave/register key for affixing to a musical wind instrument in which an air column is formed includes a core having a core aperture therein. The core is reversibly moveable between a first position in which the core aperture is in fluid communication with the air column and a second position in which the core aperture is out of fluid communication with the air column. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221290 | Digital Bass Drum Kick - Embodiments of a digital bass drum kick for a bass drum are provided. A digital bass drum kick includes an acoustic unit, a connection unit, and a support member. The acoustic unit has a first primary side and a second primary side. The first primary side is configured to receive impacts by a bass drum beater of a bass drum pedal. The second primary side is configured to conformably contact a drumhead of a bass drum, the acoustic unit configured to output a digital bass drum signal representative of a sound of the bass drum in response to the first primary side receiving an impact. The connection unit is configured to couple to a hoop of a bass drum. The support member is coupled between the acoustic unit and the connection unit, and is configured to elevate the acoustic unit a predefined distance from the connection unit. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221291 | External Drum Ring Control (EDRC) - An adaptor for reducing acoustic ringing of a drum head of a drum having a shell and a rim includes a monolithic body having a clip portion and a contact portion, the clip portion configured to extend around an outer section of the rim between a top surface of the drum head and a bottom portion of the rim, wherein the contact portion comprises a contact surface configured to apply a pressure to a portion of the top surface of the drum head when the clip portion is coupled to the drum. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221292 | LUTHIERY FIXTURE - A luthiery fixture or tool provides for a guitar or other stringed instrument to be rotationally supported and securely held above a surface, such as a work bench. The fixture is especially configured to support instruments having differing body dimensions. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221293 | SLEEVE FOR A FRETTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A removable sleeve that encloses and protects the neck of a fretted musical instrument is provided. The bottom edge of the sleeve can be tightened about the neck of the fretted musical instrument with a closure to form a discrete environment inside the sleeve. The sleeve has one or more chutes on the inside of the sleeve into which a humidifying device can be inserted to impart and regulate the humidity level inside the sleeve. The control of humidity prevents damage to the neck of the musical instrument, such as cracking or warping, as well as loosening of the frets. A method for using the sleeve to protect and to control humidity levels around the neck of a fretted musical instrument or of other wood structures is also provided. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221294 | ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY WIRELESS SYSTEM FOR REMOTE AUDIO EFFECTS PEDALS - A system for providing wireless connections in configuring an instrument or microphone with audio effects, effects pedal boards, mixers, and other studio equipment. The signal from an audio source such as an instrument or microphone is connected to a main unit, from which it is transmitted via wireless link to a floor unit connected to one or more effects pedals or other studio equipment. After processing, the audio signal is returned via wireless link to the main unit and then routed to an amplifier. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221295 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE SOUND-GENERATING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AN ARTIFICIAL ENGINE NOISE - A motor vehicle having at least one sound generating system for generating an artificial engine noise, which has at least one electrically controllable vibration exciter, wherein the vibration exciter is fastened to a component that is acoustically and/or vibrationally decoupled from a body of the motor vehicle. The component is retained on the motor vehicle by a retaining device, which covers the component at least to a large extent. By means of this measure, the acoustic properties of the sound-generating system can be significantly improved. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221296 | RESONANCE TONE GENERATION APPARATUS AND RESONANCE TONE GENERATION PROGRAM - A resonance tone generation apparatus | 2015-08-06 |
20150221297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RHYTHMIC ACCOMPANIMENT FOR A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE - Embodiments of the invention include storing musical elements in a database and processing performance data, where the musical elements including a plurality of reference accent pattern data and a plurality of reference system pattern data. Processing performance data can include receiving input data corresponding to a musical performance, determining an accent pattern for the musical performance, matching the accent pattern data to one or more reference accent pattern data in the database, and selecting one of the matching reference accent patterns. Processing performance data further includes receiving input corresponding to a selection of a musical style, one or more musical performance parameters, and generating a musical accompaniment based on the processed performance data, the selected musical style, and the selected one or more musical performance. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221298 | System and Method for Cloud-Based Text-to-Speech Web Services - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating speech. One variation of the method is from a server side, and another variation of the method is from a client side. The server side method, as implemented by a network-based automatic speech processing system, includes first receiving, from a network client independent of knowledge of internal operations of the system, a request to generate a text-to-speech voice. The request can include speech samples, transcriptions of the speech samples, and metadata describing the speech samples. The system extracts sound units from the speech samples based on the transcriptions and generates an interactive demonstration of the text-to-speech voice based on the sound units, the transcriptions, and the metadata, wherein the interactive demonstration hides a back end processing implementation from the network client. The system provides access to the interactive demonstration to the network client. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221299 | SPEECH ANALYTICS WITH ADAPTIVE FILTERING - Contact center agents often work in close proximity to other agents. As a primary agent is engaged in a call, a neighboring agent speech may be picked up by the primary agent's microphone. Contact centers using automated speech recognition systems may monitor the agent's speech for key terms and, if detected, respond accordingly. Determining a primary agent spoke a key term, when the true speaker of the key term is a neighboring agent, may cause errors or other problems. Characterizing at least the primary agent's voice and then, once a key term is detected, determining if it was the primary agent that spoke the key term, may help to reduce the errors. Additionally, computational requirements may be reduced as non-key terms may be quickly discarded and optionally, key terms determined to not have been spoke by the primary agent, may also be discarded without further processing. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING SPEACH RECOGNITION DYNAMIC DICTIONARY - Techniques related to coding data including techniques for speech recognition using a dynamic dictionary are generally described. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221301 | Terminal, Server and Information Pushing Method - The present invention provides a terminal, comprising: a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice during a call and generating recognition data; a first acquisition unit connected to the voice recognition unit and used for acquiring information correlated with the recognition data; and a display unit connected to the first acquisition unit and used for displaying the correlated information. The present invention also provides a server and an information pushing method. Through the technical schemes of the present invention, information correlated with the call content can be automatically and rapidly acquired according to the call content and presented to a user, thus facilitating timely referring of the user. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221302 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a microphone configured to receive a voice signal, a voice recognizer configured to recognize a user's voice from the voice signal input through the microphone, a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus, a storage configured to store information regarding a search command to search the electronic apparatus, and a controller configured to, in response to the search command being included in the user's voice, control to transmit a control signal to generate a feedback signal to the electronic apparatus through the communicator so that the electronic apparatus generates the feedback signal. Accordingly, a user convenience can be improved. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221303 | DISCUSSION LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a discussion learning system enabling a discussion learning to proceed based on a speech recognition system without an instructor and a method using the same, the discussion learning system including an learning content providing server configured to provide a discussion environment, extract speeches of learners joining a discussion, and generate speech information based on the extracted speeches, and a speech recognition server configured to perform a speech recognition with respect to each of the learners based on the speech information, determine a progress of the discussion based on a result of the speech recognition, and provide the learning content providing server with interpretation information for smoothly continuing the discussion. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221304 | System and Method for Disambiguating Multiple Intents in a Natural Lanaguage Dialog System - The present invention addresses the deficiencies in the prior art by providing an improved dialog for disambiguating a user utterance containing more than one intent. The invention comprises methods, computer-readable media, and systems for engaging in a dialog. The method embodiment of the invention relates to a method of disambiguating a user utterance containing at least two user intents. The method comprises establishing a confidence threshold for spoken language understanding to encourage that multiple intents are returned, determining whether a received utterance comprises a first intent and a second intent and, if the received utterance contains the first intent and the second intent, disambiguating the first intent and the second intent by presenting a disambiguation sub-dialog wherein the user is offered a choice of which intent to process first, wherein the user is first presented with the intent of the first or second intents having the lowest confidence score. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221305 | MULTIPLE SPEECH LOCALE-SPECIFIC HOTWORD CLASSIFIERS FOR SELECTION OF A SPEECH LOCALE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for recognizing speech in an utterance. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving an utterance and obtaining acoustic features from the utterance. Further actions include providing the acoustic features from the utterance to multiple speech locale-specific hotword classifiers. Each speech locale-specific hotword classifier (i) may be associated with a respective speech locale, and (ii) may be configured to classify audio features as corresponding to, or as not corresponding to, a respective predefined term. Additional actions may include selecting a speech locale for use in transcribing the utterance based on one or more results from the multiple speech locale-specific hotword classifiers in response to providing the acoustic features from the utterance to the multiple speech locale-specific hotword classifiers. Further actions may include selecting parameters for automated speech recognition based on the selected speech locale. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF A TRANSCRIPTION USING AUXILIARY DATA SUCH AS PERSONAL DATA - A method is described for improving the accuracy of a transcription generated by an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine. A personal vocabulary is maintained that includes replacement words. The replacement words in the personal vocabulary are obtained from personal data associated with a user. A transcription is received of an audio recording. The transcription is generated by an ASR engine using an ASR vocabulary and includes a transcribed word that represents a spoken word in the audio recording. Data is received that is associated with the transcribed word. A replacement word from the personal vocabulary is identified, which is used to re-score the transcription and replace the transcribed word. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221307 | TRANSITION FROM LOW POWER ALWAYS LISTENING MODE TO HIGH POWER SPEECH RECOGNITION MODE - Disclosed are embodiments for seamless, single-step, and speech-triggered transition of a host processor and/or computing device from a low functionality mode to a high functionality mode in which full vocabulary speech recognition can be accomplished. First audio samples are captured by a low power audio processor while the host processor is in a low functionality mode. The low power audio processor may identify a predetermined audio pattern. The low power audio processor, upon identifying the predetermined audio pattern, triggers the host processor to transition to a high functionality mode. An end portion of the first audio samples that follow an end-point of the predetermined audio pattern may be stored in system memory accessible by the host processor. Second audio samples are captured and stored with the end portion of the first audio samples. Once the host processor transitions to a high functionality mode, multi-channel full vocabulary speech recognition can be performed and functions can be executed based on detected speech interaction phrases. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221308 | VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A vehicular speech recognition system including multiple speech recognition apparatuses and a speech recognition controller is provided. The multiple speech recognition apparatuses are mounted to a vehicle. When speech recognition of an inputted speech is performed individually by the multiple speech recognition apparatuses to provide multiple results of the speech recognition, the speech recognition controller selects and adopts one result of the speech recognition from among the multiple results of the speech recognition based on contents of the multiple results of the speech recognition. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221309 | Command and Control of Devices and Applications by Voice Using a Communication Base System - A first communication path for receiving a communication is established. The communication includes speech, which is processed. A speech pattern is identified as including a voice-command. A portion of the speech pattern is determined as including the voice-command. That portion of the speech pattern is separated from the speech pattern and compared with a second speech pattern. If the two speech patterns match or resemble each other, the portion of the speech pattern is accepted as the voice-command. An operation corresponding to the voice-command is determined and performed. The operation may perform an operation on a remote device, forward the voice-command to a remote device, or notify a user. The operation may create a second communication path that may allow a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, several headsets to communicate with each other, or a headset to communicate with several communication devices. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221310 | DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DATA COMPRESSION PROGRAM, DATA COMPRESSION SYSTEM, DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, DATA DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS, DATA COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF COMPRESSED DATA - A data compression/decompression apparatus, for example, acquires sampling data obtained by sampling an audio signal with a predetermined period, and converts the sampling data into frequency domain data. The data compression/decompression apparatus divides a data sequence of the converted frequency domain data into a plurality of blocks such that the number of pieces of data included in each block is variable, and compresses each block. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221311 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed is an audio signal processing method comprising the steps of: receiving an audio signal containing current frame data; generating a first temporary output signal for the current frame when an error occurs in the current frame data, by carrying out frame error concealment with respect to the current frame data a random codebook; generating a parameter by carrying out one or more of short-term prediction, long-term prediction and a fixed codebook search based on the first temporary output signal; and memory updating the parameter for the next frame; wherein the parameter comprises one or more of pitch gain, pitch delay, fixed codebook gain and a fixed codebook. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221312 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGING CODE LAYERS FOR AUDIO ENCODING AND DECODING AND ERROR CORRECTION THEREOF - Apparatus, system and method for encoding and decoding ancillary code for digital audio, where multiple encoding layers are merged. The merging allows a greater number of ancillary codes to be embedded into the encoding space, and further introduces efficiencies in the encoding process. Utilizing certain error correction techniques, the decoding of ancillary code may be improved and made more reliable. | 2015-08-06 |
20150221313 | CODING OF A SOUND FIELD SIGNAL - A method for encoding sound field signals includes allocating coding rate by application of a uniform criterion to all subbands of all signals in a joint process. An allocation criterion may be based on a comparison, in a given subband, between a spectral envelope of the signals to be encoded and a coding noise profile, wherein the noise profile may be a sum of a noise shape and a noise offset, which noise offset is computed on the basis of the coding bit budget. The rate allocation process may be combined with an energy-compacting orthogonal transform, for which there is proposed a parameterization susceptible of efficient coding and having adjustable directivity. In a further aspect, the invention provides a corresponding decoding method. | 2015-08-06 |