36th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190272773 | Technology-Facilitated Support System for Monitoring and Understanding Interpersonal Relationships - A method for monitoring and understanding interpersonal relationships includes a step of monitoring interpersonal relations of a couple or group of interpersonally collected users with a plurality of smart devices by collecting data streams from the smart devices. Representations of interpersonal relationships are formed for increasing knowledge about relationship functioning and detecting interpersonally-relevant mood states and events. Feedback and/or goals are provided to one or more users to increase awareness about relationship functioning. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272774 | Fitness and Educational Game and Method of Playing the Same - A fitness and education game and method of playing the same method for increasing health awareness. The game includes a plurality of unique photographic images, wherein each unique photographic image depicts a different objective level of diet quality for a different type of diet for a period of time and depicts representative types and quantities of foods and/or beverages consumed at the level of diet quality for the type of diet for the period of time. The game also a diet quality map comprising a grid of cells. Each unique photographic image corresponds to a cell in the grid of cells and each photographic image represents a dietary variant or pattern of a level of diet quality for a type of diet; and. The game also includes instructions for one or more players to navigate through the grid of cells from a BASELINE level of diet quality to a more optimal level of diet quality. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UX-BASED AUTOMATED CONTENT EVALUATION AND DELIVERY - Systems and methods for automated content delivery and evaluation are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory. The memory can include a content library database including a plurality of problems and data for stepwise evaluation of each of the plurality of problems. The system can include at least one server. The at least one server can automatically decompose a content item into a plurality of potential steps and associate attributes with the potential steps. The at least one server can receive a response from a user for the content item, identify steps in the received response, and select a next action based the identified steps of the received response. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272776 | TEST BENCH ASSEMBLY FOR THE SIMULATION OF CARDIAC SURGERY AND/OR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY OPERATIONS AND/OR PROCEDURES - A test bench assembly for simulating cardiac surgery includes a passive heart having at least one pair of cardiac chambers with an atrial chamber and a ventricular chamber. A reservoir is adapted to house working fluid. A pressure generator fluidically connects both to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart and to the reservoir. A pressure regulation device provides working fluid in input to the atrial chamber with preload pressure, and working fluid in output from the ventricular chamber with afterload pressure. The pressure regulation device fluidically connects both to the atrial chamber of the passive heart and to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart. The pressure regulation device has a single compliant element for each pair of cardiac chambers, which provides working fluid with both preload, and afterload pressures. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272777 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a plurality of display modules provided to output visual information, having a bar shape, and sequentially disposed in one direction, a connection unit connecting the plurality of display modules such that the plurality of display modules are relatively moved, and a controller controlling the connection unit to relatively move the plurality of display modules to adjust daylighting using a space between the plurality of display modules. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272778 | Illuminated Address Number Assembly - An illuminated address number assembly. The illuminated address number assembly includes a housing having a light source therein and fasteners disposed on an outer surface thereof, wherein the fastener secures the housing to an object, such as a mailbox or fence post. The housing further includes one or more cutouts disposed on opposing lateral sides of the housing wherein the cutouts take the shape of letters and/or numbers. The cutouts allow the light source to shine through, such that the cutouts are illuminated. The light source is operably connected to a power source, such as a solar panel or a battery, or hardwired electrical circuit. A wireless transceiver is disposed within the housing and operably connected to the light source, such that the light source can be selectively actuated via wireless communication. The device may further include a wall mounted switch, such that a user can manually actuate the lights. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272779 | ILLUMINATED SIGNS FOR VEHICLES, MOUNTING SYSTEMS THEREFOR AND RELATED METHODS - A self-contained illuminated sign for mounting on a vehicle is disclosed. The sign includes a front panel, a rear panel situated opposite and substantially parallel to the front panel in spaced relation therefrom to define a space therebetween, and a light source comprising a plurality of LEDs. The light source is positioned between the front and rear panels and is configured to emit light that emanates from the front panel. The front panel is thus backlit to display indicia. A system for supporting a self-contained illuminated sign on a vehicle is also disclosed. The system includes the sign and a separate mounting frame mountable on a vehicle. The mounting frame is configured to removably receive the sign and, when the sign is received in the mounting frame, to surround a perimeter of the sign while permitting visibility of the front display area. Related methods are also disclosed. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272780 | DYNAMICALLY REFORMING SURFACES TO DELIVER PHYSICALITY IN INTRODUCTORY CHILD EDUCATION - A method for dynamically reforming a moveable display surface to deliver physicality to a user is provided. The method generates a physical profile of the user to calibrate the moveable display surface by receiving a measurement of at a hand of the user and estimating a maximum depth of a palm of the hand when folded based on causing a subset of cells of the plurality of moveable cells of the grid to increase in height. A query is generated to search a database comprising a plurality of images. The database is queried based on the generated query to obtain a search response that includes an image, the objects of the image, and relative positions of the objects. Physicality is delivered to the user by causing the grid of the moveable display surface to render the objects based at least in part on the physical profile and the relative positions. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272781 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BISTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LOW-VOLTAGE MICROCONTROLLER - Method for producing an electrophoretic display device comprising a low-voltage microcontroller. The invention relates to a method for producing a segmented electrophoretic display device comprising a bistable display operating at predetermined opposing voltages and an electronic circuit with microcontroller for controlling the display according to a control program. The method includes the following steps: supplying the controller, which is different from a specific display controller for a bistable display and configured to deliver voltages, lower in absolute value to the predetermined voltages, and compensating the voltages with at least one compensation voltage to at least reach the predetermined opposing voltages. The invention also relates to the corresponding device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272782 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel comprises: a display area; a non-display area surrounding the display area; and a plurality of primary-color pixels and a plurality of color-mixing pixels disposed in the display area. A primary-color pixel includes a first electrode, and the first electrode includes M number of stripe-shaped first electrode branches. A color-mixing pixel includes a second electrode, and the second electrode includes N number of stripe-shaped second electrode branches, where M>N, and both M and N are integers greater than 0. A width D2 of the second electrode branch is greater than a width D1 of the first electrode branch. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272783 | PIXEL MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a pixel matrix display device, which includes a timing controller, a data driving unit, a scan driving unit and a pixel matrix; the pixel matrix includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix; the timing controller is configured to acquire an original signal input data, and convert the original signal input data into a first grayscale data and a second grayscale data; the scan driving unit is configured to load a scan signal to the pixel matrix; and within a frame, the data driving unit is configured to load a first grayscale driving voltage corresponding to the first grayscale data or a second grayscale driving voltage corresponding to the second grayscale data to the pixel matrix along a direction of each data line; wherein, an aspect ratio a/b of the sub-pixel satisfies the relationship: 0.675≤a/b≤1.48. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272784 | DRIVING METHOD FOR PIXEL MATRIX AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a driving method for a pixel matrix. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix, the polarity of data lines is inverted once every two columns, the polarity of the voltage loaded in the direction of the data lines is exchanged once every N sub-pixels, and each data line alternately loads the voltage to the lth column and (l+2)th column of sub-pixels every N sub-pixels. The driving method includes: acquiring original pixel data; generating a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage according to the original pixel data; and loading the first driving voltage or the second driving voltage to the pixel matrix along the data lines within one frame, where l≥, N≥2. In addition, the invention further provides a display device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272785 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit includes a first control sub-circuit, a second control sub-circuit, a current detection sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, and an energy storage sub-circuit. The first control sub-circuit is configured to transmit a voltage on a data voltage terminal to a first node under control of a voltage on a first scan signal terminal. The second control sub-circuit is configured to transmit the voltage on the first node to a control terminal of the driving sub-circuit under control of a voltage on a second scan signal terminal. The current detection sub-circuit is configured to output a detection current under control of the voltage on the first node and detect a current value of the detection current. The driving sub-circuit is configured to output a driving current under control of the voltage on the control terminal of the driving sub-circuit. The energy storage sub-circuit is configured to store electrical energy. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PIXEL CALIBRATION BASED ON IMPROVED REFERENCE VALUES - What is disclosed are systems and methods of compensation of images produced by active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. The electrical output of a pixel is compared with a reference value to adjust an input for the pixel. In some embodiments an integrator is used to integrate a pixel current and a reference current using controlled integration times to generate values for comparison. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272787 | DISPLAY PANELS AND TERMINALS - A display panel and a terminal are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of light emitting modules arranged side by side in a plurality of columns; and a cathode module and an anode module for supplying power to the plurality of the light emitting modules. The cathode module has a plurality of cathode strips arranged spaced-apart, each of the cathode strips covering and being electrically connected to the light emitting module in a same column. The anode module has a plurality of anode power supply lines, each of the anode power supply lines being electrically connected to the light emitting modules in a same column. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272788 | DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive control circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device. A drive integrated circuit ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190272789 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a lower substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein a plurality of pixels are formed in the display area. The OLED display also includes an embedded circuit formed in the configured to apply a plurality of signals to the pixels, and an initialization wiring formed in the non-display area and configured to apply an initialization voltage to each of the pixels. The initialization circuit is formed in a layer so as to at least partially overlap with the area of the embedded circuit. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272790 | DISPLAY PANELS AND DISPLAY DEVICES - A display panel including a substrate is disclosed. The substrate includes: a display area including pixel units arranged in an array and a signal line connecting the pixel units; a front surface of the substrate having the display area; a back surface of the substrate facing away from the display area; a side surface of the substrate connecting the front surface of the substrate with the back surface of the substrate; and a mounting groove recessed into the substrate from the side surface of the substrate. The display panel further includes a fan-out line disposed in the mounting groove, one end of the fan-out line is connected to the signal line, and the other end meanders from the mounting groove to the back surface of the substrate. The above display panel can achieve a narrow border display. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272791 | METHODS FOR DRIVING VIDEO ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - Video displays using relatively low frame rates of about 10 to about 20 frames per second, but having acceptable video quality are described. The displays may use bistable media, and may be driven such that the medium, when driven, changes its optical properties continuously during the driving of each frame. The displays may use an electro-optic medium such that the frame period is from about 50 to about 200 per cent of the switching time of the electro-optic medium at the driving voltage used. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272792 | DRIVING METHODS FOR COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is directed to driving methods for a color display device which can display high quality color states. The display device utilizes an electrophoretic fluid which comprises three types of pigment particles having different optical characteristics. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272793 | DISPLAY EQUIPMENT AND DISPLAY METHOD - Display equipment includes a display device, a backlight device, a first cylindrical lens array and a second cylindrical lens array. The display device includes multiple display units. At least three adjacent display elements are used to display at least one pixel in an image. The backlight device is configured to generate multiple first incident light and multiple second incident light. The first cylindrical lens array and the second cylindrical lens array are configured to refract the first incident light and the second incident light. After the first cylindrical lens array and the second cylindrical lens array refract the first incident light and the second incident light time-sequentially, the light will be projected at the positions with different vertical heights on the display units. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272794 | FIELD SEQUENTIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - With a field sequential method, image display having sufficiently high color reproduction is performed, and an occurrence of color breakup is more reliably suppressed. In a field sequential liquid crystal display apparatus in which a plurality of subframes including a red subframe, a green subframe, a blue subframe, and a white (common color) subframe constitutes each frame, an image data conversion unit ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190272795 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal panel driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The driving circuit includes a power integrated circuit module, a timing control module, a compensation module, and a temperature sensor. In the driving circuit, the power integrated circuit module and the timing control module adjust a DC low voltage or a clock signal according to a compensating parameter and then output the adjusted DC low voltage or clock signal to a liquid crystal panel. In this way, a working voltage and a working temperature of a TFT in the liquid crystal panel can match each other, whereby the reliability of the liquid crystal panel is improved. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272796 | Display Device - A display device for conformal mounting on a curved surface inclined at an oblique angle relative to a horizontal plane, the display device comprising: a plurality of pixels, a first set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a second set of conductive lines connected to the plurality of pixels, wherein the first set of conductive lines and the second set of conductive lines are arranged to define a shape of each of the plurality of pixels such that the pixels appear, to a viewer, to extend at least one of horizontally or vertically across the display device when the display device is mounted on the curved surface. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272797 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes pixel electrodes arranged in matrix, gate lines, source lines, pixel switches, gate drivers allocated at both ends of a display region, a source driver, image signal transmit lines arranged along the columns in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, each image signal transmit line supplying an image signal to each source line, switches arranged along the row direction, each switch configured to switch a connection between the source line and the image signal transmit line, and control lines configured to output source control signals to switch the switches, each control line outputting a source control signal to switch a plurality of the switches at the same time, wherein each source control signal is input to each control line at a position substantially the center of the gate line in the row direction. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272798 | GAMMA REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A gamma reference voltage generating circuit including a first resistor string disposed between a first reference voltage node and a second reference voltage node, a first multiplexer connected to the first resistor string and determining a level of a first gamma reference voltage, a first amplifier connected to the first multiplexer and outputting the first gamma reference voltage, a first resistor connected between an output terminal of the first amplifier and a first previous gamma voltage output node, a second resistor connected between the output terminal of the first amplifier and a first next gamma voltage output node, a first compensating resistor connected between a second previous gamma voltage output node and the present gamma voltage output node, and a second compensating resistor connected between a second next gamma voltage output node and the present gamma voltage output node. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272799 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator generating a gate on voltage and a gate off voltage, a gate driver generating a gate signal provided to the pixel using the gate on voltage and the gate off voltage, and providing the gate signal to the pixels, a data driver providing a data signal to the pixels, and a timing controller generating control signals that control the gate driver and the data driver. Each of the pixels includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. A voltage level of the gate off voltage provided to the red sub-pixel, a voltage level of the gate off voltage provided to the green sub-pixel, and a voltage level of the gate off voltage provided to the blue sub-pixel are different from one another. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272800 | PORTABLE COMPUTE CASE FOR EYEWEAR DEVICES - A portable compute case for eyewear devices may include a wireless transceiver and a computation component that includes at least one processor. The portable compute case may be configured to house an eyewear device; establish, using the wireless transceiver, a communicative connection between the portable compute case and the eyewear device; generate, using the computation component, processed sensor data; and transmit, using the wireless transceiver, the processed sensor data to the eyewear device for display by the eyewear device. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272801 | PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DATA, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An aspect of the disclosure provides a processing method for display data applied in a computing device, which processing method includes: determining a region of interest in the display area of the computing device; compressing data of an image in the display area; and transmitting data of an image of the region of interest and the compressed image data in the display area. The disclosure further provides a corresponding processing device and display device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272802 | REMOTE OPTICAL ENGINE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY OR AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSETS - A virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) headset system (including the capability for one or both of virtual reality and augmented reality) includes a remote optical engine. The remote disposition of the optical engine removes many or all of the components of the VR/AR headset system that add weight, heat, and other characteristics that can add to user discomfort in using the system from the headset. An electronic image is received and/or generated remotely at the optical engine, and is transmitted optically from the remote location to the headset to be viewed by the user. One or more optical waveguides may be used to transmit the electronic image to one or more passive displays of the headset, from the remote optical engine. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272803 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - According to various embodiments, an image processing device may be provided. The image processing device may include: an input circuit configured to receive display data; a splitting circuit configured to split the display data into a first output and a second output; a first output circuit configured to output the first output for displaying with a first spatial resolution; and a second output circuit configured to output the second output for displaying with a second spatial resolution. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272804 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DUTY-CYCLE CORRECTION OF HIGH SPEED I/O - A circuit for duty cycle detection and correction, for a serial data transmitter. The circuit includes a pattern generator having a pattern data output configured to be selectively connected to the data input of the serial data transmitter, and a duty cycle detection circuit, connected to the output of the serial data transmitter. The pattern generator is configured to produce a pattern including a sequence including an odd number of consecutive zeros and a same number of consecutive ones. The duty cycle detection circuit is configured to measure a difference between a first interval and a second interval, in a signal at the output of the serial data transmitter, the first interval corresponding to the odd number of consecutive zeros within the sequence and the second interval corresponding to the odd number of consecutive ones within the sequence. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272805 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is desirable to provide a technology that presents content such that a person is drawn to the content more strongly. Provided is a display control apparatus including: a display control unit that controls a display of each of a first display region and a second display region according to whether or not a person exists in an inner region of a space between the first display region and the second display region. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272806 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a controller that changes, upon selection of first information associated with a first element, a display state of second information associated with a second element defined as an element that executes a function in cooperation with the first element. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272807 | REMEDIATING INTERFERENCE OF AN INSTANCE OF A VISUAL NOTIFICATION WITH AN OUTPUT OF AN APPLICATION ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for remediating an instance of a visual notification interfering with an output of an application on a display device of an electronic device. An instance of a visual notification is identified on a display device. The visual notification is determined to be interfering with the output of the application on the display device. User response to the output of the application is monitored. An assessment is made, based on the monitoring, of an effectiveness of the output of the application. It is determined, based on the assessment, that there exists a failure of the effectiveness of the output of the application. A remediation action is performed in response to the determined failure. The remediation action may include removal of the instance of the visual notification, terminating a parent process of the instance of the visual notification, or restarting the electronic device. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272808 | DAMPER FOR PIANO - A damper for a piano, which has a bifurcated damper felt of which a space between two protrusions is difficult to be narrowed. A damper head extends along three strings in a lengthwise direction thereof and is movable in directions in which the damper moves into and out of contact with the three strings. Damper felt is attached to a string-side surface of the damper head such that it extends in a lengthwise direction of the damper head, and includes two protrusions formed to protrude toward the strings in a bifurcated manner such that they can be brought into contact with the three strings in a state inserted into respective spaces therebetween. The damper felt is attached to the damper head such that deformation of the damper felt in which a space between the two protrusions is narrowed is resisted. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272809 | Noise Maker Stop Assembly for use with a Percussion Foot Pedal - A noise maker stop assembly for use with a percussion foot pedal is described. The noise maker stop assembly typically comprises a noise maker attached to an extended elongated shaft, mounting brackets, and a bumper or tension strap for rapidly stopping the extended elongated shaft. Typically, the mounting brackets may be coupled to an existing standard percussion or similar foot pedal. The mounting brackets may also be configured so as to be coupled to a particular percussion foot pedal. A percussion foot pedal having an integrated noise maker stop assembly is also contemplated. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272810 | SMART DETECTING AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR SMART PIANO - A smart musical instrument system for replaying user performance with auto-play, electronic sound source or video, the system may include a musical instrument, a plurality of sensors, and a processing device. The plurality of sensors may be configured to obtain performance data of a user. The plurality of sensors may include a first sensor configured to obtain first performance data of the user. The performance data may include the first performance data indicating operations of a musical instrument. The processing device may be in communication with the plurality of sensors. The processing device may be configured to compare the performance data with reference music data to generate a comparison result and generate feedback based on the comparison result. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272811 | SOUND ABSORBING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272812 | CONTINUOUS DEGREE OF FREEDOM ACOUSTIC CORES - An acoustic liner and a method of attenuating noise are provided. The acoustic liner includes a face sheet, a back sheet spaced from the face sheet, and a core layer extending between the face sheet and the back sheet. The core layer includes a plurality of resonant cells, each resonant cell including at least one cell wall coupled to the back sheet along a cell wall base edge. The at least one cell wall extends from the back sheet at an angle toward the face sheet. The at least one cell wall further coupled to the face sheet along a cell wall top edge. The resonant cell is formed in a predetermined shape and contains a volume in a space defined by the at least one cell wall, the back sheet, and the face sheet. The cell wall base edge length is greater than the cell wall top edge length. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272813 | SNORING ACTIVE NOISE-CANCELLATION, MASKING, AND SUPPRESSION - A kit for attenuation of noise includes a noise source audio transducer, two ear pieces, and a control unit. The two ear pieces have respective resilient bodies that engage outer portions of ear canals of respective ears of a user while respective in-ear transducers of the two ear pieces are respectively positioned in inner portions of the ear canals. The respective in-ear transducers detect discrepancies (e.g., incomplete superpositioning) between the noise and the anti-noise. The respective in-ear transducers optionally detect respective secondary path effects in the ear canals. The noise source audio transducer detects noise generated by a noise source (e.g., snoring noise). The control unit configures an adaptive filter based at least in part on an error signal, and optionally based in part on secondary path effects. The control unit generates signals representative of anti-noise. The two ear pieces produce the anti-noise responsive to the signals. The two ear pieces produce masking noise with sound level that varies in direct correlation with sound level of the noise generated by the noise source. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272814 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR ADAPTIVE ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION - An adaptive active noise cancellation apparatus performs a filtering operation in a first digital domain and performs adaptation of the filtering operation in a second digital domain. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272815 | REDUCING FAR-FIELD NOISE PRODUCED BY WELL OPERATIONS - A system for reducing far-field noise produced by well operations includes a passive sound barrier shielding an area, in which the well operations are performed, in an open-air environment. The system further includes a sound sensor to receive near-field noise from the well operations. The system further includes an analysis module, coupled to the sound sensor, to generate an anti-noise signal. The system further includes active anti-noise generators, coupled to the analysis module, to generate anti-noise, based on the anti-noise signal, that destructively interferes with noise from the well operations outside of the passive sound barrier at a predetermined distance from the passive sound barrier. The analysis module generates the anti-noise signal based on the near-field noise, the predetermined distance, and adjustable positions and orientations of the active anti-noise generators. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272816 | HYBRID TRANSDUCER APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE - Hybrid transducer apparatus which is capable of simultaneously or sequentially forming multiple acoustic beams. In one implementation, the hybrid transducer apparatus consists of a relatively thin piezoceramic disk portion having an aspect ratio less than unity as well as a plurality of diced piezoelectric elements with each of these elements having an aspect ratio greater than unity. The resultant hybrid transducer apparatus reduces the multiple spurious frequency responses seen in prior art implementations and thus can be efficiently treated as a piezoelement having a single degree of freedom along its thickness direction. The hybrid transducer apparatus may also be suitable for use in high voltage and/or high power applications via the inclusion of, for example, a heat conductive epoxy that encapsulates the diced piezoelectric elements. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272817 | SYNTHESIZED VOICE SELECTION FOR COMPUTATIONAL AGENTS - An example method includes receiving, by a computational assistant executing at one or more processors, a representation of an utterance spoken at a computing device; selecting, based on the utterance, an agent from a plurality of agents, wherein the plurality of agents includes one or more first party agents and a plurality of third-party agents; responsive to determining that the selected agent comprises a first party agent, selecting a reserved voice from a plurality of voices; and outputting synthesized audio data using the selected voice to satisfy the utterance. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272818 | VOICE-TRANSFORMATION BASED DATA AUGMENTATION FOR PROSODIC CLASSIFICATION - A computer system receives a training set of voice data captured from one or more speakers and classified with one or more categorical prosodic labels according to one or more prosodic categories. The computer system transforms the voice data of the training set while preserving one or more portions of the voice data that determine the one or more categorical prosodic labels to automatically form a new training set of voice data automatically classified with the one or more categorical prosodic labels according to the one or more prosodic categories. The computer system augments a database comprising the training set with the new training set for training a speech model of an artificial intelligence system. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272819 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a pronunciation dictionary including a plurality of words; and a processor configured to: obtain a second word based on a first word of the plurality of words; obtain a first text corpus related to the first word through web crawling of the first word and a second text corpus related to the second word through web crawling of the second word; and verify the second word based on a result of comparison of the first text corpus and the second text corpus. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272820 | VOICE ACTIVATION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a voice activation method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium thereof. The voice activation method includes: capturing a voice signal in a vehicle; calculating an acoustic score of an activation keyword extracted from the voice signal, the acoustic score being used for indicating authenticity of the activation keyword, the authenticity of the activation keyword being a probability that the activation keyword is used for waking up the electronic device to perform a voice activation operation, and a magnitude of the acoustic score being positively correlated to a magnitude of the probability; determining a voice activation threshold according to a noise level in the vehicle, a magnitude of the voice activation threshold being negatively correlated to a magnitude of the noise; and performing the voice activation operation when the acoustic score is greater than the voice activation threshold. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272821 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COOPERATIVE CONVERSATIONAL VOICE USER INTERFACE - A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272822 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COOPERATIVE CONVERSATIONAL VOICE USER INTERFACE - A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COOPERATIVE CONVERSATIONAL VOICE USER INTERFACE - A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272824 | SCALABLE DYNAMIC CLASS LANGUAGE MODELING - This document generally describes systems and methods for dynamically adapting speech recognition for individual voice queries of a user using class-based language models. The method may include receiving a voice query from a user that includes audio data corresponding to an utterance of the user, and context data associated with the user. One or more class models are then generated that collectively identify a first set of terms determined based on the context data, and a respective class to which the respective term is assigned for each respective term in the first set of terms. A language model that includes a residual unigram may then be accessed and processed for each respective class to insert a respective class symbol at each instance of the residual unigram that occurs within the language model. A transcription of the utterance of the user is then generated using the modified language model. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272825 | PREVENTING UNWANTED ACTIVATION OF A HANDS-FREE DEVICE - A computing device may be configured to receive a content asset and to determine whether the content asset comprises one or more triggers. The trigger may be a word, phrase, or passcode that alerts a voice activated device to the presence of a voice command and may serve as an instruction to the voice activated device to cause execution of the voice command. In response to determining that the content asset comprises one or more triggers, the computing device may be configured to insert one or more signal markers into the content asset at a location corresponding to the one or more triggers, and to cause transmission and/or presentation of the content asset with the one or more signal markers. The signal markers may cause a voice activated device to ignore a voice command in the content asset, despite the presence of one or more triggers. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272826 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT PROGRAM - A character input device includes a speech input unit that receives an input speech, a controller that detects a substitution voice included in the input speech received by the speech input unit, and generates a predictive suggestion including a part replaced with the substitution voice and corresponding to the input speech, and a suggestion output unit that outputs the predictive suggestion. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT FORMATTING - A method, computer program product, and computer system for mapping, by a computing device, an automatic speech recognition output of a conversation to a concept marker and a verbalized version of a value associated with the concept marker based upon, at least in part, the automatic speech recognition output of the conversation. The concept marker and the verbalized version of the value associated with the concept marker may be replaced with a formatted version. A plurality of user selectable format configurations of the formatted version may be provided as a textual output in a user interface. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272828 | SPEAKER ESTIMATION METHOD AND SPEAKER ESTIMATION DEVICE - A speaker estimation method that estimate the speaker from audio and image includes: inputting audio; extracting a feature quantity representing a voice characteristic from the input audio; inputting an image; detecting person regions of respective persons from the input image; estimating feature quantities representing voice characteristics from the respective detected person regions; Performing a change such that an image taken from another position and with another angle is input when any person is not detected; calculating a similarity between the feature quantity representing the voice characteristic extracted from the audio and the feature quantity representing the voice characteristic estimated from the person region in the image; and estimating a speaker from the calculated similarity. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272829 | VOICEPRINT RECOGNITION METHOD, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND BACKGROUND SERVER - The present invention provides a voiceprint recognition method, a device, a storage medium and a background server. The voiceprint recognition method comprises: collecting, by a client, a test voice of a user, and sending a voice recognition request to the background server, the voice recognition request comprises the user ID and the test voice; receiving, by the background server, the voice recognition request, and determining the voice recognition request to be processed with a message queue and an asynchronous mechanism; acquiring, by the background server, a target voiceprint feature which corresponds to the user ID of the voice recognition request to be processed, and acquiring a test voiceprint feature which corresponds to the test voice of the voice recognition request to be processed; judging, by the background server according to the target voiceprint feature and the test voiceprint feature, whether the target voiceprint feature and the test voiceprint feature correspond to the same user, and outputting the result of the judging to the client; and receiving and displaying, by the client, the result of the judging. The voiceprint recognition method may achieve a fast voice recognition effect and improve the voice recognition efficiency. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272830 | VOICE MONITORING SYSTEM AND VOICE MONITORING METHOD - A recording device records a video and an imaging time, and a voice. Based on the voice, a sound parameter calculator calculates a sound parameter for specifying magnitude of the voice in a monitoring area at the imaging time for each of pixels and for each of certain times. A sound parameter storage unit stores the sound parameter. A sound parameter display controller superimposes a voice heat map on a captured image of the monitoring area and displays the superimposed image on a monitor. At this time, the sound parameter display controller displays the voice heat map based on a cumulative time value of magnitude of the voice, according to designation of a time range. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272831 | TRAINING SPEAKER RECOGNITION MODELS FOR DIGITAL ASSISTANTS - Techniques for training a speaker recognition model used for interacting with a digital assistant are provided. In some examples, user authentication information is obtained at a first time. At a second time, a user utterance representing a user request is received. A voice print is generated from the user utterance. A determination is made as to whether a plurality of conditions are satisfied. The plurality of conditions includes a first condition that the user authentication information corresponds to one or more authentication credentials assigned to a registered user of an electronic device. The plurality of conditions further includes a second condition that the first time and the second time are not separated by more than a predefined time period. In accordance with a determination that the plurality of conditions are satisfied, a speaker profile assigned to the registered user is updated based on the voice print. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272832 | AUDIO FRAME LOSS CONCEALMENT - Concealing a lost audio frame of a received audio signal is provided by performing a sinusoidal analysis ( | 2019-09-05 |
20190272833 | DOWNMIXER AND METHOD FOR DOWNMIXING AT LEAST TWO CHANNELS AND MULTICHANNEL ENCODER AND MULTICHANNEL DECODER - A downmixer for downmixing at least two channels of a multichannel signal having the two or more channels includes: a processor for calculating a partial downmix signal from the at least two channels; a complementary signal calculator for calculating a complementary signal from the multichannel signal, the complementary signal being different from the partial downmix signal; and an adder for adding the partial downmix signal and the complementary signal to obtain a downmix signal of the multichannel signal. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272834 | MEDIA CONTENT PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USING FINGERPRINTING AND HEURISTICS - Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure provide improved techniques to process and identify segments of media content and associated intellectual property rights associated with the media content. Intellectual property rights associated with media content may include copyright, trademarks, licenses to composition, synchronization, performance, recordings, etc. In particular, various embodiments provide improved techniques to identify segments of media content using fingerprinting and/or other heuristic rules to identify the original source of the segments of media content, the rights holders, and/or rights associated with the segments of media content. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272835 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING A RATIO AS A SEPARATION CHARACTERISTIC - An apparatus for decomposing an audio signal into a background component signal and a foreground component signal includes: a block generator for generating a time sequence of blocks of audio signal values; an audio signal analyzer for determining a block characteristic of a current block of the audio signal and for determining an average characteristic for a group of blocks, the group of blocks including at least two blocks; and a separator for separating the current block into a background portion and a foreground portion in response to a ratio of the block characteristic of the current block and the average characteristic of the group of blocks, wherein the background component signal includes the background portion of the current block and the foreground component signal includes the foreground portion of the current block. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272836 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING A VARIABLE THRESHOLD - An apparatus for decomposing an audio signal into a background component signal and a foreground component signal, has: a block generator for generating a time sequence of blocks of audio signal values; an audio signal analyzer for determining a characteristic of a current block of the audio signal and for determining a variability of the characteristic within a group of blocks having at least two blocks of the sequence of blocks; and a separator for separating the current block into a background portion and a foreground portion wherein the separator is configured to determine a separation threshold based on the variability and to separate the current block into the background component signal and the foreground component signal, when the characteristic of the current block is in a predetermined relation to the separation threshold. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272837 | CODING OF HARMONIC SIGNALS IN TRANSFORM-BASED AUDIO CODECS - Systems and methods include audio encoders having improved coding of harmonic signals. The audio encoders can be implemented as transform-based codecs with frequency coefficients quantized using spectral weights. The frequency coefficients can be quantized by use of the generated spectral weights applied to the frequency coefficients prior to the quantization or by use of the generated spectral weights in computation of error within a vector quantization that performs the quantization. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING HIGH BAND EXCITATION SIGNAL - A decoder for processing an audio signal receives an audio bitstream, decodes the bitstream to obtain a set of spectral frequency parameters that are arranged in an order of frequencies, determines a minimum spectral frequency parameter difference from a plurality of calculated spectral frequency parameter differences, determines a start frequency bin for predicting a high band excitation signal according to the minimum spectral frequency parameter difference, generates the high band excitation signal by selecting a frequency band with a preset bandwidth selected from a low band excitation signal according to the start frequency bin, and synthesizes a wideband signal based on the generated high band excitation signal. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ONE OF A FIRST ENCODING ALGORITHM AND A SECOND ENCODING ALGORITHM USING HARMONICS REDUCTION - An apparatus for selecting one of a first encoding algorithm and a second encoding algorithm includes a filter configured to receive the audio signal, to reduce the amplitude of harmonics in the audio signal and to output a filtered version of the audio signal. First and second estimators are provided for estimating first and second quality measures in the form of SNRs of segmented SNRs associated with the first and second encoding algorithms without actually encoding and decoding the portion of the audio signal using the first and second encoding algorithms. A controller is provided for selecting the first encoding algorithm or the second encoding algorithm based on a comparison between the first quality measure and the second quality measure. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272840 | ADAPTIVE MULTICHANNEL DEREVERBERATION FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - Utilizing an adaptive multichannel technique to mitigate reverberation present in received audio signals, prior to providing corresponding audio data to one or more additional component(s), such as automatic speech recognition (ASR) components. Implementations disclosed herein are “adaptive”, in that they utilize a filter, in the reverberation mitigation, that is online, causal and varies depending on characteristics of the input. Implementations disclosed herein are “multichannel”, in that a corresponding audio signal is received from each of multiple audio transducers (also referred to herein as “microphones”) of a client device, and the multiple audio signals (e.g., frequency domain representations thereof) are utilized in updating of the filter—and dereverberation occurs for audio data corresponding to each of the audio signals (e.g., frequency domain representations thereof) prior to the audio data being provided to ASR component(s) and/or other component(s). | 2019-09-05 |
20190272841 | PERSONALIZED, REAL-TIME AUDIO PROCESSING - An apparatus and method for real-time audio processing employs a gaze detection sensor to detect a direction of a user's gaze and output a gaze signal corresponding to the detected direction of the user's gaze. A digital signal processing unit responds to a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of sounds received at the apparatus, and the determined direction of gaze to identify a signal of interest from the plurality of signals using the gaze signal. The signal of interest is processed for output to the user. In embodiments, a microphone array provides the plurality of signals. An imaging sensor may work with either the microphone array or the gaze detection sensor to identify the signal of interest. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272842 | SPEECH ENHANCEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Signals are received from audio pickup channels that contain signals from multiple sound sources. The audio pickup channels may include one or more microphones and one or more accelerometers. Signals representative of multiple sound sources are generated using a blind source separation algorithm. It is then determined which of those signals is deemed to be a voice signal and which is deemed to be a noise signal. The output noise signal may be scaled to match a level of the output voice signal, and a clean speech signal is generated based on the output voice signal and the scaled noise signal. Other aspects are described. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACOUSTIC ECHO SUPPRESSION - A method of enhancing an audio signal, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of input audio signals from a plurality of microphones; for each of the plurality of input audio signals, generating at an echo cancellation module, at least one output signal, the at least one output signal comprising one or more of an echo cancelled signal, a post-filter signal and a filter tap signal; analysing the plurality of input audio signals and/or the respective at least one output signal to determine a condition at each of the plurality of microphones; selecting one of the at least one output signals based on the determined condition at each of the plurality of microphones; and generating an echo suppressed audio signal by suppressing echo in an audio signal derived from one or more of the plurality of microphones using the selected one of the at least one output signal. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272844 | AUTOMATED CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for determining a time delay between a first audio signal received on a first audio detection system and a second audio signal received on a second audio detection system. The first and second audio detection systems are located within a monitored space. The first audio detection system is located with respect to the second audio detection system within the monitored space. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272845 | System and Method for Monitoring Dietary Activity - A system for monitoring dietary activity of a user includes a wearable device having at least one audio input unit configured to record an audio sample corresponding to audio from a user's neck. The system further includes a processor configured to execute programmed instructions stored in a memory to obtain an audio sample from the audio input unit of a wearable device, determine segmental feature values of a set of selected features from the audio sample by extracting short-term features in the set of selected features from the audio sample and determining the segmental feature values of the set of selected features from the extracted short-term features. The processor is further configured to, using a classifier, classify a dietary activity based on the determined segmental feature values of the audio sample and generate an output corresponding to the classified dietary activity. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272846 | SMART ROBOT AND METHOD FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION - A method for man-machine interaction applied to a smart robot with a man-machine interaction system acquires voice data/information of user by a voice acquiring unit, and recognizes the words of the acquired voice to determine user's emotional characteristic. The user's intention is determined according to the words used, and a response according to the user's emotional characteristic, the user's intention, and a response relationship table is determined upon. A relationship between a number of user's emotional characteristics, a number of user's intentions, and a number of responses is stored in the system. A voice outputting unit of the system is controlled to output the determined response which can include a simulated expression or animated image displayed on a display of the smart robot system. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272847 | MAGNITEIC STRUCTURE FOR ERASING MEDIA HAVING HIGH MAGNETIC COERCIVITY - A magnet structure for a magnetic data storage medium erasing apparatus includes a first half comprising a first plurality of magnets arranged symmetrically, having polarization direction of adjacent magnets in quadrature and at an oblique angle with respect to a plane of symmetry. A second half comprises a second plurality of magnets arranged symmetrically, having polarization direction of adjacent magnets in quadrature and at an oblique angle with respect to the plane of symmetry. The second half is arranged symmetrically with respect to the first half, wherein the first half and the second half are separated by an air gap disposed about the plane of symmetry. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272848 | PROTECTING A SENSITIVE DEVICE FROM CORROSION - A method in one embodiment includes fabricating a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials. The method also includes applying the organic coating to the applicator portion of the tape, the organic coating being for coating a tape bearing surface of the magnetic head with the organic coating upon the applicator portion being run over the tape bearing surface of the magnetic head. The method further includes applying a lubricant to a data portion of the tape. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272849 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a reproducing portion. The reproducing portion includes first to fourth magnetic portions and a stacked body. The third magnetic portion is provided between the first and second magnetic portions. The fourth magnetic portion is provided between the first and second magnetic portions. A second direction from the third magnetic portion toward the fourth magnetic portion crosses a first direction from the first magnetic portion toward the second magnetic portion. The stacked body is provided between the first and second magnetic portions in the first direction and between the third and fourth magnetic portions in the second direction. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic portion in the first direction, and an intermediate layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers in the first direction. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272850 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND ACTUATOR CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a first head, a second head, an actuator configured to position the first head and the second head over the disk, and a controller configured to control the actuator based on a first value having a first waveform suppressing a disturbance component, wherein the controller is configured to invert, in the first waveform, a polarity of a third waveform succeeding a first timing with respect to a polarity of a second waveform preceding the first timing in a case where the first head is changed to the second head at the first timing.. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272851 | HYBRID SERVO PATTERN CONFIGURATIONS FOR MAGNETIC TAPE - A tape drive-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: using information read from one or more servo bands on a magnetic tape to position a magnetic tape head relative to the magnetic tape. An array of data transducers is positioned along the magnetic tape head, the array extending perpendicular to a direction of travel of the magnetic tape. Moreover, a group of servo readers is positioned at each end of the array of data transducers. A distance between each of the immediately adjacent servo readers in each of the groups of servo readers is less than or equal to one third of a prespecified width of each of the servo bands. Furthermore, the distance between each of the servo readers in each of the groups and the prespecified width are both measured in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the magnetic tape. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272852 | WRITE MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICALLY COUPLED STORAGE AREAS - A method for managing data bands within an interlaced magnetic recording (IMR) architecture includes transmitting read/write characteristics of a logical block address space, the read/write characteristics including coupling information characterizing a physical arrangement of data blocks associated with different logical zones in the logical block address space, where each of the logical zones spans a continuous range of logical block addresses mapped to a series of data blocks physically interlaced with another series of data blocks corresponding to another one of the logical zones. The method further provides for executing a write command instructing a data write to a target logical zone of the logical zones, the write command being generated based on the transmitted coupling information. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272853 | USER INTERFACE FOR EDITING DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS - A computer-implemented method involving an object-based editing environment for defining a digital video as a linear arrangement of discrete media objects, each digital media object electronically stored as a digital file. The method includes displaying a graphical representation of a first digital media object within the editing environment; displaying one or more user interface icons associated with the digital media object; displaying a first menu in response to receiving a first user input; receiving second user input associated with the first menu and identifying a second digital media object; displaying a graphical representation of the second digital media object within the editing environment; and generating a digital video comprising the first digital media object and the second digital media object. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272854 | HARD DISK DRIVE VIBRATION-PROOF STRUCTURE - A hard disk drive vibration-proof structure includes a casing and a buffer element for suspending a hard disk drive in the casing to render the hard disk drive vibration-proof. The buffer element encloses the hard disk drive and is disposed in the casing. The hard disk drive is suspended in the casing by the buffer element. Therefore, the hard disk drive vibration-proof structure achieves suspended antivibration which features enhanced efficiency of antivibration, and, in particular, achieves suspended antivibration with a simple structure. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272855 | Methods for Accessing Resistive Change Elements in Resistive Change Element Arrays - Devices and methods for accessing resistive change elements in a resistive change element array to determine resistive states of the resistive change elements are disclosed. According to some aspects of the present disclosure the devices and methods access resistive change elements in a resistive change element array through a variety of operations. According to some aspects of the present disclosure the devices and methods supply an amount of current tailored for a particular operation. According to some aspects of the present disclosure the devices and methods compensate for circuit conditions of a resistive change element array by adjusting an amount of current tailored for a particular operation to compensate for circuit conditions of the resistive change element array. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272856 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MIXED CHARGE PUMPS WITH VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUITS - Apparatuses and methods for mixed charge pumps with voltage regulator circuits is disclosed. An example apparatus comprises a first charge pump circuit configured to provide a first voltage, a second charge pump circuit configured to provide a second voltage, a plurality of coupling circuits configured to voltage couple and current couple the first voltage and the second voltage to a common node to provide a regulated voltage, and a feedback circuit configured to regulate the first voltage and the second voltage based on the regulated voltage. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272857 | DATA BUFFER AND MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a data buffer and a memory system having the same. The data buffer includes first and second amplifiers configured to output data by inverting input data, the first and second amplifiers having coupled output nodes to which the output data is output, wherein both of the first and second amplifiers are activated to output the output data when the input data has a first swing level, and wherein one of the first and second amplifiers is activated to output the output data when the input data has a second swing level narrower than the first swing level. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272858 | INPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT - Apparatuses for receiving an input signal in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes: a first amplifier that provides first and second intermediate voltages responsive to first and second input voltages; first and second voltage terminals; a circuit node; a first transistor coupled between the first voltage terminal and the circuit node and is turned on responsive to at least one of the first and second intermediate voltages; a second amplifier including first and second inverters, at least one of the first and second inverters being coupled between the circuit node and the second voltage terminal; and first and second output nodes, the first output node being coupled to an input node of the first inverter and an output node of the second inverter, and the second output node being coupled to an output node of the first inverter and an input node of the second inverter. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272859 | PULSED SUB-VDD PRECHARGING OF A BIT LINE - An apparatus is disclosed, including a plurality of memory cells, in which a given memory cell is coupled to a true bit line, a complement bit line, and a power supply signal. The apparatus also includes a pre-charge circuit that is configured to charge, for a first duration, the true bit line and the complement bit line to a voltage level that is less than a voltage level of the power supply signal. The pre-charge circuit is also configured to maintain, for a second duration that is longer than the first duration, the voltage level on the true bit line and the complement bit line. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272860 | APPARATUSES INCLUDING MULTIPLE READ MODES AND METHODS FOR SAME - Apparatuses and methods including multiple read modes for reading data from a memory are described. An example apparatus includes a memory including a first read mode and a second read mode. The memory has a read operation for the first read mode including a first pre-access phase, an access phase, and a first post-access phase. The read operation for the second read mode includes a second pre-access phase, the access phase, and a second post-access phase. The read operation for either the first read mode or the second read mode is performed responsive to the memory receiving a read command. The second pre-access phase is different from the first pre-access phase, with the second pre-access phase having a shorter time than the first pre-access phase measured from receipt of the read command. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272861 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMMAND SHIFTER REDUCTION - Apparatuses and methods for reducing a number of command shifters are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an encoder circuit, a latency shifter circuit, and a decoder circuit. The encoder circuit may be configured to encode commands, wherein the commands are encoded based on their command type and the latency shifter circuit, coupled to the encoder circuit, may be configured to provide a latency to the encoded commands. The decoder circuit, coupled to the latency shifter circuit, may be configured to decode the encoded commands and provide decoded commands to perform memory operations associated with the command types of the decoded commands. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272862 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMMAND SYNCHRONIZATION IN A MEMORY DEVICE - An apparatus, such as a memory device, that includes circuits and techniques to synchronize various internal signals with an internal clock signal to ensure proper functionality of the memory device through various modes of operation. A clock enable control circuit is provided to control the input of a delay locked loop circuit to provide a locked condition based on a particular type of command input and the state of various control signals to allow for multiple locking conditions and adjustments based on a length of a clock cycle of the internal clock signal. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272863 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MAGNETIC JUNCTIONS HAVING HYBRID OXIDE AND NOBLE METAL CAPPING LAYERS - A magnetic apparatus, a memory using the magnetic apparatus and method for providing the magnetic apparatus are described. The magnetic apparatus includes a magnetic junction and a hybrid capping layer adjacent to the magnetic junction. The hybrid capping layer includes an insulating layer, a discontinuous oxide layer, and a noble metal layer. The discontinuous oxide layer is between the insulating layer and the noble metal layer. The insulating layer is between the magnetic junction and the noble metal layer. In one aspect, the magnetic junction includes a reference layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer that may be a tunneling barrier layer and a free layer. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272864 | VOLTAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a charge pump system and a method of operating the same. The charge pump system includes a first pump circuit, a second pump circuit and a control device. The first pump circuit is configured to operate in a first voltage domain. The second pump circuit is configured to operate in a second voltage domain different from the first voltage domain. The control device is configured to selectively enable one of the first pump circuit and the second pump circuit based on an operating environment, wherein the one of the first pump circuit and the second pump circuit provides a pump voltage. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272865 | INPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT - Apparatuses for receiving an input data signal are described. An example apparatus includes: a plurality of data input circuits and an internal data strobe generator. Each data input circuit of the plurality of data input circuits includes: an amplifier that receives data from a data terminal, and latches the data in an enable state and refrains from latching data in a disable state; and a voltage control circuit coupled to a tail node of the amplifier and provides a first voltage to the tail node during the enable state, and further provides a second voltage different from the first voltage to the tail node in a first mode and to sets the tail node in a floating state in a second mode during the disable state. The internal data strobe signal generator provides a plurality of internal data strobe signals to the plurality of corresponding data input circuits respectively. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272866 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DRIVING SIGNALS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Apparatuses and methods for providing driving signals in semiconductor devices are described. An example apparatus includes a plurality of memory cell mats including a plurality of word lines and a word line driver coupled to the plurality of word lines of the plurality of memory cell mats. The word line driver is configured, responsive to a row active command, to provide a first voltage to a selected word line of the plurality of the word lines of a selected memory cell mat of the plurality of memory cell mats, provide a second voltage different from the first voltage to each of unselected word lines of the plurality of the word lines of the selected memory cell mats of the plurality of memory cell mats, and provide no voltage to each of the plurality of word lines of each of unselected memory cell mats of the plurality of memory cell mats. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272867 | MULTI CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING MULTI DIES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes separate first and second dies in a package and receives first types of signals through first and second respective channels independent of each other and corresponding to the first and second respective dies. The method includes a step in which when information for controlling internal operations of the first and second dies is first applied to the first die through a first pad, the first die performs the internal operation and also transmits the information to the second die through an internal interface connecting the first die and the second die, and a step in which when the information is transmitted to the second die, the second die performs the internal operation. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272868 | ROW BASED MEMORY WRITE ASSIST AND ACTIVE SLEEP BIAS - An apparatus is provided which comprises: an interconnect comprising poly extending in a first direction; a power supply rail extending in a second direction, wherein the second direction is parallel to the first direction; and a memory array organized in rows and columns, wherein the rows are orthogonal to the columns, wherein the first and second directions are parallel to the rows of the memory array, wherein the memory array comprises bit-cells (e.g., 6T SRAM bit-cells) that are organized such that there are no gap bit-cells in the array. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272869 | SRAM CELL WITH DYNAMIC SPLIT GROUND AND SPLIT WORDLINE - An SRAM cell with dynamic split ground (GND) and split wordline (WL) for extreme scaling is disclosed. The memory cell includes a first access transistor enabled by a first wordline to control access to cross coupled inverters by a first bitline. The memory cell further includes a second access transistor enabled by a second wordline to control access to the cross coupled inverters by a second bitline. The memory cell further includes a split ground line comprising a first ground line (GNDL) separated from a second ground line (GNDR). The GNDL is connected to a transistor of a first inverter of the cross coupled inverters and the GNDR is connected to a first transistor of a second inverter of the cross coupled inverters. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272870 | PROBABILISTIC NEURON CIRCUITS - Neuron circuit structures are presented which employ magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) elements that change state probabilistically in response to application of electrical source currents that emulate synaptic activity. Some implementations form probabilistic neuron circuits using homogeneous perpendicular spin-transfer torque (STT) MTJ elements. These neuron circuits include a perpendicular STT reference MTJ element coupled via an electrical node with a perpendicular STT neuron MTJ element that can change state. The electrical node for each neuron circuit couples a neuron MTJ element or “perturbation” element to a reference element, and also to an electrical current employed to influence probabilistic magnetization state changes in the perturbation MTJ element. A read current can be applied to the perturbation element to produce an output voltage at the electrical node indicative of a magnetization state of the perturbation element. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272871 | ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING VOLTAGE FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES - Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for adjusting a programming setting such as a programming voltage of a set of non-volatile storage cells, such as an SLC NAND array. The non-volatile storage cells may be arranged into a plurality of word lines. A subset of the non-volatile storage cells may be configured to store a programming setting. An on-die controller may be configured to read the programming setting from the setting subset, and write data to the non-volatile storage cells, using the programming setting. The on-die controller may further be configured to determine that the programming setting causes suboptimal programming of one or more of the non-volatile storage cells, and in response to the determination, store a revised programming setting on the setting subset. | 2019-09-05 |
20190272872 | METHODS FOR MITIGATING POWER LOSS EVENTS DURING OPERATION OF MEMORY DEVICES AND MEMORY DEVICES EMPLOYING THE SAME - Memory devices and methods for operating the same are described. The memory devices may include non-volatile memory having a plurality of memory cells, and a controller. The controller may be configured to begin a first programming operation configured to program a first one of the plurality of memory cells with more than one bit of information, terminate the first programming operation in response to detecting a power loss event, and program, with a second programming operation, second and third ones of the plurality of memory cells with the more than one bit of information. | 2019-09-05 |