38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130243185 | AUDIO ENCRYPTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH SECURE EDITING - Encryption systems and methods for audio data, and more particularly, for complete audio encryption of recorded data for transmission, management, review, editing and modification or transformation of selected segments of encrypted audio data, without compromising data security by exposing unencrypted data at any time. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243186 | AUDIO ENCRYPTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Encryption systems and methods for audio data, and more particularly, for complete audio encryption of recorded data for transmission, management, review, and modification or transformation of selected segments of encrypted audio data, without compromising data security by exposing unencrypted data at any time. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243187 | PHYSICAL KEY-PROTECTED ONE TIME PAD - A device, including one or more Communication Physical Unclonable Function (CPUF) and key storage devices, the CPUF devices each comprising: a coherent Electromagnetic (EM) radiation source; a spatial light modulator (SLM) connected to the coherent EM radiation source; a volumetric scattering medium connected to the SLM; a detector connected to the volumetric scattering medium; and one or more processors or circuits connected to the detector and one or more processors or circuits connected to the SLM. A communication protocol is also provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243188 | DATA PRIVACY - In some embodiments, techniques for data security may include encoding and decoding unreadably encoded data, such as data encrypted with a public key or tokenized. In some embodiments, techniques for data security may include distributing an encrypted private key. In some embodiments, unreadable data may be encrypted and/or decrypted using time-varying keys. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AUTHENTICATION FROM EXTERNAL SENSORS TO SECURE ENVIRONMENTS - An approach is provided for providing information authentication from external sensors to secure environments. An authentication support platform causes, at least in part, a generation of at least one cryptographic key for use by (a) at least one secure environment, (b) one or more sensors that are associated with at least one device and that are external to the at least one secure environment, or (c) a combination thereof. The authentication support platform further causes, at least in part, an authentication of sensor information transmitted by the one or more sensors to the at least one secure environment based, at least in part, on the cryptographic key. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243190 | OPTIMIZING SIGNATURE COMPUTATION AND SAMPLING FOR FAST ADAPTIVE SIMILARITY DETECTION BASED ON ALGORITHM-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE - A set of similarity detection algorithms and techniques for determining which signature calculation, sampling, and generation algorithms may be most beneficially applied to application related data are described herein. These algorithms work well with SSD caching software to product high speed, high accuracy, and low false-positive detections. Because the different algorithms may show different performance depending on data sets and different applications, to achieve optimal performance, a calibration process may be applied to each application and associated data set to select the best combination of signature computation and sampling technique. The new algorithms are also very fast with execution times an order of magnitude smaller than existing techniques. While some of the algorithms are presented using examples for the purpose of easy readability, these algorithms are very general and can be easily applied to broad range of cases. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243191 | ENCRYPTION KEY GENERATING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an encryption key generating apparatus includes first to third calculators. The first calculator executes a first round operation to a first portion of first data. The second calculator executes the first round to a second portion of second data pieces. Each second data piece includes the first portion of the first data to which the first round operation has been completed and the second portion obtained by changing at least a part of the first data other than the first portion. At least a part of the second portion is different from that of each of the other second portions. The second calculator executes the first round operation to each second portion. The third calculator unit executes operations of the second and subsequent rounds to the second data pieces. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243192 | Cryptographically Secure Pseudorandom Number Generator - A hardware- and software-efficient class of cryptanalytically-safe pseudorandom number generators is disclosed. Embodiments of the class can be implemented with only a modest use of program space and as few as 512 bytes of non-volatile data space, such embodiments suitable to a wide range of computer architectures, ranging from resource-constrained microcontrollers to high-end, multi-core processors. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243193 | DIGITAL SIGNATURE GENERATION APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNATURE VERIFICATION APPARATUS, AND KEY GENERATION APPARATUS - A digital signature generation apparatus includes memory to store finite field F | 2013-09-19 |
20130243194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING EXCHANGES WITH A SET OF SHARED EPHEMERAL KEY DATA - A method includes generating a shared master secret. The method also includes generating a set of shared ephemeral key data. The set of shared ephemeral key data is generated independent of the shared master secret. A validity duration of the set of shared ephemeral key data is less than a validity duration of the shared master secret. The method further includes encrypting at least one message that is to be transmitted to at least one station based on at least the shared master secret and the set of shared ephemeral key data. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243195 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING ENCRYPTED GROUP REKEYING IN A RADIO NETWORK LINK LAYER ENCRYPTION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a radio system, method, and device for a mobile station to indicate to an authentication controller, in an authentication response message, which of a plurality of group key link layer encryption keys (GKEK)s it currently has in its possession, and to work with the authentication controller to more intelligently manage multiple GKEKs. The authentication controller can use the information obtained from the authentication response message to determine which of a plurality of GKEKs to advertise in a key announcement broadcast. Furthermore, individual requests for a future LLE key (LEK) to be used for link layer encryption (LLE) encrypting and decrypting inbound and outbound group communications between base station(s) and mobile station(s) are responded to with a broadcast GKEK-encrypted transmission including the future LEK. Only the requesting mobile station transmits an acknowledgment packet in response to the broadcast. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243196 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A master generates a session key, receives public keys from a plurality of slaves, encrypts the session key using the individual public keys, transmits the encrypted session key to the plurality of slaves, encrypts data using the encrypted session key, and sends it to the plurality of slaves. A plurality of slaves transmit public keys to a master device, receive and decrypt a session key encrypted using individual public keys, receive data encrypted using the session key from the master, and decrypt it using the decrypted session key. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243197 | MANAGING ENCRYPTION KEYS IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method and apparatus is disclosed for managing encryption keys in a computer system in which in response to the change of a system key the old key and new key are both maintained for subsequent use. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243198 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE INCLUDED IN A STEREO SIGNAL, STEREO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND FM RECEIVER USING THE METHOD - Method for reducing noise included in a stereo reproduction signal derived from a stereo input signal characterized by the steps of: *varying stereo channel separation of said stereo reproduction signal with frequency within the frequency range of the stereo input signal in accordance with the frequency response of a filter selectivity located around a center frequency to obtain a stereo channel separation peak value at said center frequency; *at a continuing increase of said noise, decreasing the bandwidth of said filter selectivity to a pre-determined non-zero bandwidth while maintaining the channel separation within the bandwidth of said filter selectivity substantially at said channel separation peak value. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243199 | Controlling and grouping in a multi-zone media system - Techniques for grouping or pairing individual audio products with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment are disclosed. In instead of grouping selected players to play back an audio item, a user is allowed to activate one of the players to process the data of the audio item, essentially separating the data into individual streams, each of the streams representing a single-sound track and being played back in one of the players, thus creating a multi-channel listening environment with the selected players. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243200 | Parametric Binaural Headphone Rendering - A sound enhancement system (SES) that can enhance reproduction of sound emitted by headphones and other sound systems. The SES improves sound reproduction by simulating a desired sound system without including unwanted artifacts typically associated with simulations of sound systems. The SES facilitates such improvements by transforming sound system outputs through a set of one or more sum and cross filters, where such filters have been derived from a database of known direct and indirect head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). | 2013-09-19 |
20130243201 | EFFICIENT CONTROL OF SOUND FIELD ROTATION IN BINAURAL SPATIAL SOUND - A sound reproduction method and apparatus for determining the desired orientation of the listener's head in a sound field. The method includes the steps of receiving input signals representative of output signals from a plurality of microphones positioned at a location to sample a sound field at points representing possible locations of a listener's left and right ears if said listener was positioned in said sound field at said location, and processing the input signals to generate a composite signal that simulates a rotation of the sound field about the listener's head. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM WIRELESS AUDIO DRIVEN ANTENNA - Audio information coexists with best efforts data on a wireless network, such as a wireless local area network, by defining a backoff dedicated to communicate of audio information and using undedicated resources to communicate best efforts data. The backoff has a periodic interval that corresponds to the sample rate of the audio information so that a set of audio frame slots communicated at the start of a backoff interval has a length of time to complete communication. The set of audio frame slots has, for instance, an audio frame slot for each audio endpoint interfaced with the network. Periodic backoffs ensures synchronized audio playback by dedicating an antenna to communication of audio frames at the sample rate of the audio information, while supporting best efforts network communication when audio information is not being communicated. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243203 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COMPONENT SIGNAL WITH HIGH ACCURACY - A device for determining a component signal for a WFS system includes a provider for providing WFS parameters, a WFS parameter interpolator, and an audio signal processor. The provider provides WFS parameters for a component signal while using a source position and while using the loudspeaker position at a parameter sampling frequency smaller than the audio sampling frequency. The WFS parameter interpolator interpolates the WFS parameters so as to produce interpolated WFS parameters which are present at a parameter interpolation frequency that is higher than the parameter sampling frequency, the interpolated WFS parameters having interpolated fractions which have a higher level of accuracy than is specified by the audio sampling frequency. The audio signal processor is configured to apply the interpolated fractional values to the audio signal such that the component signal is obtained in a state of having been processed at the higher level of accuracy. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243204 | SOUND QUALITY TESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A sound quality testing method and system test sound quality of a network-based communication device. The method includes connecting the network-based communication device to a test host through the Internet; sending a testing signal from the test host to the sound receiving unit for generating an audio packet signal; sending the audio packet signal from the sound receiving unit to the test host through the Internet to produce a first test result; sending a test packet signal from the test host to the network-based communication device through the Internet to enable the network-based communication device to generate a speaker signal; receiving and analyzing the speaker signal by the test host to produce a second test result; and evaluating sound quality of the network-based communication device by the test host based on the first test result and the second test result. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243205 | Methods and Systems for Disambiguation of an Identification of a Sample of a Media Stream - Systems and methods of synchronizing media are provided. A client device may be used to capture a sample of a media stream being rendered by a media rendering source. The client device sends the sample to a position identification module to determine a time offset indicating a position in the media stream corresponding to the sampling time of the sample, and optionally a timescale ratio indicating a speed at which the media stream is being rendered by the media rendering source based on a reference speed of the media stream. The client device calculates a real-time offset using a present time, a timestamp of the media sample, the time offset, and optionally the timescale ratio. The client device then renders a second media stream at a position corresponding to the real-time offset to be in synchrony to the media stream being rendered by the media rendering source. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243206 | EARHEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD IV - A system for monitoring sound pressure levels at the ear includes an ambient sound microphone (ASM) for receiving ambient sounds and an ear canal microphone (ECM) for producing audio signals as a function of ambient sound received at the ambient sound microphone and a sound signal received from an associated personal audio device. A logic circuit is operatively associated with the ASM and ECM calculates a total SPL_Dose experienced by the ear at a time t. The total SPL_Dose is calculated by determining SPL_Dose for periods Δt as measured at the ECM. The logic circuit may select an action parameter in response to the Total SPL_Dose. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243207 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO DATA - An analysis system and method for audio data related to a user is provided, so that the user can be classified as one of multiple classes with an assumed probability based on the analysis result. The analysis system comprises an audio transformer ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243208 | COMPUTER USER ALERTNESS MONITORING SYSTEM - The invention relates to computer based user alertness monitoring systems for detecting and alleviating user fatigue. A computer-implemented automated system and method for detecting and reducing user fatigue is provided. The invention detects user alertness based on user dexterity using computer input devices and remedies a fatigued state by implementing visual, tactile and/or aural stimuli. Compensation mechanisms for increased ambient temperature and noisy environments are also presented. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243209 | Method for Fitting a Hearing Aid Device With Active Occlusion Control to a User - Methods and apparatus for fitting a hearing aid device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243210 | METHOD FOR TESTING A HEARING DEVICE AS WELL AS AN ARRANGEMENT FOR TESTING A HEARING DEVICE - A method for testing a hearing device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243211 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a sound processing apparatus, a likelihood calculation unit calculates an in-region coefficient and an out-of-region coefficient indicating likelihood of generation of each frequency component of a sound signal inside and outside a target localization range, respectively, according to localization of each frequency component. A reverberation analysis unit calculates a reverberation index value according to the ratio of a reverberation component for each frequency component. A coefficient setting unit generates a process coefficient for suppressing or emphasizing a reverberation component generated inside or outside the target localization range, for each frequency component of the sound signal, on the basis of the in-region coefficient, the out-of-region coefficient and the reverberation index value. A signal processing unit applies the process coefficient of each frequency component to each frequency component of the sound signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243212 | ACTIVE NOISE INTERFERENCE SYSTEM - Provided is an active noise interference system. The active noise interference system may comprise a first microphone, a controller, a speaker, and an electrical power unit. The first microphone may be mounted within a first cavity defined by a tire-wheel system. The speaker may be mounted within the first cavity. The electrical power unit may be engaged with a component set comprising the first microphone, or the controller, or the speaker, or a combination thereof. The electrical power unit may be adapted to provide electrical power to the component set. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243213 | SELECTIVE ADAPTIVE AUDIO CANCELLATION ALGORITHM CONFIGURATION - Audio processing devices and methods. An ambient microphone picks up ambient sound and a voice microphone picks up a speaker's voice. The voice microphone is located farther from the speaker's mouth when a device is held to one side of the speaker's face than when held to the other side. A signal indicates whether an expected position of the handheld body is a position on a left side or right side of a speaker's face. Ambient sound in the voice signal is reduced by applying a first algorithm configuration selected to process voice signals with lower signal-to-noise ratio when the expected position in on one side of the speaker's face, and by applying a second sound cancellation algorithm configuration selected to process higher signal-to-noise ratios when the expected position is on the other side of the speaker's face. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243214 | ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM - A noise cancellation system generates a noise cancellation signal from a signal representing ambient noise by signal processing. The signal processing applies a controllable gain value, and includes a high pass filter with a controllable cut-off frequency. A control block detects a wind amplitude. The cut-off frequency of the high pass filter is controlled based on the detected wind amplitude. A low pass function is applied to the detected wind amplitude, and the controllable gain is adjusted based on the output of the low pass function. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243215 | NETWORKED SOUND MASKING SYSTEM - A sound masking system for shaping the ambient noise level in a physical environment. The sound masking system comprises a networked and distributed system having a number of master units coupled together and to a control unit. One or more of the master units may include satellite sound masking units which function to reproduce the sound masking signal generated by the master sound masking unit. Each of the master units is addressable over the network by the control unit enabling the control unit to program the contour, spectral band, and gain characteristics of the sound masking output signal. The system may also include a remote control unit which provides the capability to tune and adjust each master sound masking unit in situ without requiring physical access through the ceiling installation. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243216 | CROSSOVER BASED CANALPHONE SYSTEM - A canalphone system may include a high audio driver carried by a canalphone housing, and a low audio driver carried by the canalphone housing adjacent to the high audio driver. The system may also include an amplifier that amplifies an audio signal and delivers that amplified audio signal to the high audio driver and/or the low audio driver. The system may further include a passive audio crossover carried by the canalphone housing, the passive audio crossover receives the amplified audio signal from the amplifier and then delivers the amplified audio signal in a suitable frequency range to the high audio driver and/or the low audio driver. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243217 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COMBINED ELECTRICAL SOCKET AND MICROPHONE OPENING - A communication device comprising a housing with a housing wall encapsulating a housing interior. A microphone is arranged in the housing interior and communicates via an audio passage with the outside of the housing. An electrical socket is adapted to receive an electrical plug through a socket opening, which is accessible from the outside of the housing. The audio passage comprises the socket opening. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243218 | AUDIO OUTPUT APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a switch of an audio output device selects any of an output of the buffer and an output of the zero data generation unit to output to the output port. The switch control unit controls the selection of the switch based on an instruction of an output control signal. The front address storage unit stores a setting value of a front address of the buffer. The offset value storage unit stores an offset value set in the buffer. The output address control unit outputs a value obtained by adding the offset value to the setting value of the front address as an output start address of the buffer. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243219 | WIRELESS DIGITAL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a wireless digital communication method and a wireless digital communication system, relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and can increase the flexibility of communication in a wireless audio transmission system and the utilization ratio of resources of the system and effectively reduce the power consumption of the system. A wireless digital communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: acquiring communication status indication information which indicates a receiving terminal status and/or a channel status; generating frame structure adjustment information when it is known from the communication status indication information that a communication status has changed, and transmitting the frame structure adjustment information to a corresponding receiving terminal, wherein the frame structure adjustment information comprises radio packet adjustment information; and adjusting an adopted frame structure according to the frame structure adjustment information and performing data communication with the receiving terminal according to the adjusted frame structure. This solution applies to various wireless communication systems having high requirements on the transmission quality. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243220 | SOUND GENERATION DEVICE, SOUND GENERATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SOUND GENERATION PROGRAM - Disclosed is a sound generation device including a receiver which receives a sound emission instructing signal in which time data is included and a difference calculator which calculates a difference between a timing indicated in the received time data and a timing when the sound emission instructing signal is received by the receiver, when the sound emission instructing signal in which the time data is included is received. The sound generation device further includes a histogram creator which creates a histogram on the basis of the calculated difference and a difference calculated previously, when the difference is calculated and a timing controller which controls a timing for supplying the received sound emission instructing signal to a sound emission unit on the basis of the calculated difference and a most frequent difference in the created histogram, when the difference is calculated. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243221 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EQUALIZATION PRE-PREOCESSING FOR SOUND RECEIVNG SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment illustrates an equalization pre-processing method, adapted for characterizing a second sound receptor unit in a sound receiving system based on knowing the internal structure parameters of a first sound receptor unit. The method includes: measuring a first sensitivity response of the first sound receptor unit and a second sensitivity response of the second sound receptor unit; equalizing the second sensitivity response according to the first sensitivity response and obtaining the differences in the sensitivity response; conducting simulation to obtain the third sensitivity response associated with the first sound receptor unit in the given sound receiving system; compensating the third sensitivity response to generate the fourth sensitivity response associated with the second sound receptor unit in the sound receiving system according to the differences in the sensitivity response; analyzing the fourth sensitivity response to characterize the second sound receptor unit in the given sound receiving system. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243222 | Audio Control Using Auditory Event Detection - In one disclosed aspect, modifications are applied to an audio signal at least partly in response to auditory events. In another aspect, an input channel is divided into auditory events by detecting changes in a measurable characteristic of the input signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243223 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, CAR AUDIO APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AUDIO COMPONENT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OUTPUT AUDIO SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - An audio signal processing circuit includes a first amplifier to generate a first analog audio signal; a second amplifier to generate a second analog audio signal; an analog/digital converter to generate a first digital audio signal; a digital signal processing unit to output a second digital audio signal; a digital/analog converter to generate differential third analog audio signals; a third amplifier for inverting a positive signal of the third analog audio signals and adding it to a negative signal to generate a single-ended fourth analog audio signal; and a fourth amplifier to generate an output audio signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243224 | OSCILLATION DEVICE AND PORTABLE DEVICE - An oscillation device includes a first oscillator ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243225 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A noise reduction apparatus includes: a speaker with a speaker unit held by holding means to make it possible to mix sounds emitted from front and rear of a vibration plate of the speaker; a microphone provided in an area where the sounds emitted from the front and rear of the vibration plate of the speaker are mixed and cancelled; and means for supplying a noise reduction audio signal obtained by phase-inverting an audio signal collected by the microphone to the speaker. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243226 | SOUND IMAGE LOCALIZATION DEVICE - A sound image localization device is provided, by which a user can easily adapt out-of-head sound image localization to oneself. A filter is configured to perform, for an input signal(s), filtering using a filter coefficient output from a parametric HRTF generator and generate an output signal(s) for the headphone. A user adjuster is capable of invalidating a notch N | 2013-09-19 |
20130243227 | PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH HEARING SUPPORT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - A personal communication device provides hearing support, and includes an input receiving an audio signal, a programmable processor, and an output outputting the processed signal. The programmable processor performs a filtering operation on a digital version of the audio signal in a first signal path based on parameter settings and provides control logic that determines the parameter settings based on information on user preferences, on audiological information and on information on the listening situation to provide hearing loss compensation. The programmable processor has a second signal path in parallel with the first signal path that receives the digital version of the audio signal and parameter settings and determining the filter coefficients of the filtering operation based on the parameter settings and the digital version of the audio signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243228 | HEARING AID AND DETECTION DEVICE - The disclosure describes a hearing aid part, a detection device for finding the hearing aid part when lost, and a hearing aid system comprising a hearing aid part and a detection device. The hearing aid part comprises, a control unit and an antenna circuit that are part of a wireless unit for wireless transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic signals. The antenna circuit comprises a capacitance and an inductance that together define a resonance frequency of the antenna circuit. The hearing aid part further comprises a dissipative resistance and a switch. The dissipative resistance and the switch are arranged to allow selective coupling or decoupling of the dissipative resistance to or from, respectively, the antenna circuit to thus allow controlling of the dissipative properties of the antenna circuit by the switch. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243229 | BATTERY MODULE FOR PERPENDICULAR DOCKING INTO A CANAL HEARING DEVICE - A modular canal hearing aid assembly having a main module and a disposable battery module that docks perpendicularly into the main module which surrounds the battery module circumferentially and laterally for secure connection that eliminates inadvertent separation of the modules during removal of the hearing aid assembly from the ear canal. The disposable battery module incorporates battery cell, sound port, and handle, in a unitary structure that is easy to handle and replace as an integrated unit when any of the degradables within are consumed. The disposable battery module also comprises a membrane filter for filtering out earwax and liquids. The perpendicular docking mechanism provides highly space efficient design for comfortable and inconspicuous fit deep in the ear canal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243230 | HEARING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A RECHARGEABLE POWER SOURCE - A hearing instrument having an audio signal source for providing for audio signals; an audio signal processing unit for processing said audio signals; a unit to be worn at or in a user's ear or to be implanted in the user's head for stimulating the user's hearing according to the processed audio signals, and a rechargeable power source, in which the rechargeable power source is a wound capacitor comprising a capacitor foil arrangement which has at least a first electrically conducting layer, a second electrically conducting layer and a dielectric layer in-between and which is wound in a manner so as to form an induction coil for generating a current for charging of the capacitor when exposed to an external alternating electromagnetic field generated by a charging device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243231 | SUPPORT STAND FOR AUDIO-VISUAL REPRODUCTION APPLIANCES - Support stand for audio-visual reproduction appliances with speakers, which comprises speaker support means ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243232 | Annular Diaphragm Compression Driver - An annular diaphragm compression driver for electro-acoustic conversion has an annular diaphragm, which bears a moving coil, and a compression driver housing with a closed housing base. Opposite the housing base is a sound wave routing element having a sound discharge channel. The compression driver also has an annular magnet system unit, which has an annular magnet gap (M) and a compression chamber, adjoining the magnet gap (M), for the annular diaphragm. The open exit end of the sound discharge channel is in slot form and its entry start is annular. The sound path between the compression chamber and the entry start contains an annular collecting space. The collecting space and the sound discharge channel contain a central sound guidance body having a portion which merges to match the slot-like exit end. The sound discharge channel is formed between the sound guidance body and the sound wave routing element. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243233 | Air Cushioned Microphone Cable Retractor and Receptacle Assembly - An air cushioned microphone cable retractor and receptacle assembly for use in controlling the deployment and retraction of a limited length of microphone cable includes a hollow cylindrical housing portion, in which a pulley mounted to a piston is disposed. A microphone cable is connected to the pulley, and then to the microphone, which is configured to reside in a top receptacle when not in use. In use, the microphone may be pulled out and away from the receptacle, at which time air above the piston is permitted to readily escape from above while the overall resistance is determined by operation of a lower relief valve. When the microphone is placed back in the receptacle, the weight of the piston pulls the cable back within the housing, with air venting structure providing an air damping feature to slow the retraction of the cable. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243234 | COMPONENT HAVING A MICROMECHANICAL MICROPHONE STRUCTURE - A micromechanical microphone structure configured as a layered structure includes: a semiconductor substrate; a diaphragm structure having an acoustically active diaphragm which at least partially spans a sound opening in the back side of the substrate and is provided with a movable electrode of a microphone capacitor, which diaphragm structure has openings via which pressure compensation occurs between the back side and the front side of the diaphragm; a stationary acoustically permeable counterelement having vents, which counterelement is situated in the layered structure above the diaphragm and which functions as a carrier for a nonmovable electrode of the microphone capacitor; and at least one ridge-like structural element which is situated at the outer edge area of the diaphragm, and which protrudes from the diaphragm plane into corresponding recesses in an adjoining layer. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243235 | WIRELESS HEADPHONE WITH PARIETAL FEATURE - A headphone can have at least one wireless audio reproducing element attached to a headband. The headband may have parietal and temporal features with the temporal feature contacting a user's temporal bone and the parietal feature having a curvilinear extension from the temporal feature that contacts a predetermined portion of a user's parietal bone. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243236 | WIRELESS HEADPHONE JEWELRY - The present invention is directed to wireless headphone devices adapted to be worn as jewelry when in a storage position. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243237 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTI-RESONANCE STRUCTURE - An electronic device includes a front cover, at least one speaker fixed to the front cover, a rear cover coupled to the front cover, a display panel fixed between the front cover and the rear cover, and an anti-resonance structure. The anti-resonance structure includes a number of legs, a support, and a rib protruding from the support. Each leg includes a first end protruding from the rear cover, and an opposite, second end. The support is connected to the second ends of the legs. The rib abuts against the display panel, and is configured to absorb vibration of the display panel transmitted from the at least one speaker. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243238 | PLANAR SPEAKER SYSTEM - A planar speaker system may include a bottom frame having a cavity. Within this cavity a plurality of magnets may be arranged to form a substantially circular pattern. A diaphragm that includes a plurality of electrically conductive traces may be connected to the bottom frame and extend across the cavity of the bottom frame. When alternating current flows through the electrically conductive traces, the diaphragm may vibrate in response to the interaction between the current flowing in the electrically conductive traces and the magnetic field, thereby producing sound. The planar speaker system may include a top frame having a cavity, and a second set of magnets may be disposed in the cavity of the top frame. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243239 | PLANAR SPEAKER SYSTEM - A planar speaker system may include a bottom frame having a cavity. Within this cavity a plurality of magnets may be arranged to form a substantially circular pattern. A diaphragm that includes a plurality of electrically conductive traces may be connected to the bottom frame and extend across the cavity of the bottom frame. When alternating current flows through the electrically conductive traces, the diaphragm may vibrate in response to the interaction between the current flowing in the electrically conductive traces and the magnetic field, thereby producing sound. The planar speaker system may include a top frame having a cavity, and a second set of magnets may be disposed in the cavity of the top frame. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243240 | Camera-Based 3D Climate Control - A climate control unit is controlled by constructing background and foreground models of an environment from images acquired of the environment by a camera. The background model represents the environment when unoccupied, and there is one foreground model for each person in the environment. A 2D location of each person in the environment is determined using the background and foreground models. A 3D location of each person is determined using the 2D locations and inferences made from the images. The controlling of the climate control unit is according to the 3D locations. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243241 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR SMILING FACE DETECTION - A method, apparatus, and manufacture for smiling face detection is provided. For each frame, a list of new smiling faces for the frame is generated by performing smiling face detection employing an object classifier that trained is to distinguish between smiling faces and all objects in the frame that are not smiling faces. For the first frame, the list of new smiling faces is employed as an input smiling face list for the next frame. For each frame after the first frame, a list of tracked smiles for the frame is generated by tracking smiling faces in the frame from the input smiling list for the frame. Further, a list of new smiling faces is generated for the next frame by combining the list of new smiling faces for the frame with the list of tracked smiles for the frame. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243242 | User identification system and method for identifying user - The present invention discloses an identification system which includes an image sensor, a storage unit and a comparing unit. The image sensor captures a plurality of images of the motion trajectory generated by a user at different timings. The storage unit has stored motion vector information of a group of users including or not including the user generating the motion trajectory. The comparing unit compares the plurality of images with the motion vector information to identify the user. The present invention also provides an identification method. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243243 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In processing of detecting a target included in a registered image from a certain image, a processing load or a processing time is reduced. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243244 | Apparatus, Method, and Computer Program Product for Medical Diagnostic Imaging Assistance - An apparatus for medical diagnostic imaging assistance includes memory that stores first feature information representing the feature of a lesion mask or non-lesion mask, a sampling unit that acquires a plurality of samples by making sampling form the memory based on the first feature information, a machine-learning unit that generates a first discrimination condition corresponding to each of samples by carrying out a machine-learning step on the multiple samples, and a statistical processing unit that generates a second discrimination condition by carrying out a statistical processing step under the first discrimination condition, in which a detection function determines whether a lesion candidate mask is an actual lesion by referring to second feature information representing the feature of a lesion candidate mask under a second discrimination condition. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243245 | PERSONALIZING CONTENT BASED ON MOOD - In order to increase the efficacy of a mood-based playlisting system, a mood sensor such as a camera may be used to provide mood information to the mood model. When the mood sensor includes a camera, a camera may be used to capture an image of the user. The image is analyzed to determine a mood for the user so that content may be selected responsive to the mood of the user. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243246 | MONITORING DEVICE, RELIABILITY CALCULATION PROGRAM, AND RELIABILITY CALCULATION METHOD - A monitoring device has a detection target person storage part in which a feature of a face of each detection target person is stored, an image processor that processes images captured with a plurality of imaging devices having different imaging areas, and detects the image in which the detection target person stored in the detection target person storage part is captured, a detection information storage part in which detection information is stored, the detection information including the detection target person, imaging area, and imaging date and time with respect to the image in which the detection target person detected by the image processor is captured, and a reliability calculator that calculates a degree of detection reliability in the image processor based on a time-space rationality, the time-space rationality being determined from a plurality of pieces of detection information on each detection target person. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243247 | PERIPHERAL INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, CONVEYANCE, PERIPHERAL INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The peripheral information generating apparatus includes (i) a projection section for forming a projection pattern L, which at least partially has a continuous profile, on a road by irradiating the road with light, (ii) an image capturing section, and (iii) an image analyzing section for generating peripheral information, which indicates a peripheral situation of the peripheral information generating apparatus and of the road, by analyzing the projection pattern. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243248 | METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND OF SCENERY AND ALSO METHOD FOR REPLACING A BACKGROUND IN IMAGES OF A SCENERY - The present invention relates to a method for differentiating between background and foreground in images or films of scenery recorded by an electronic camera. The invention relates in addition to a method for replacing the background in recorded images or films of scenery whilst maintaining the foreground. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243249 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE AND SEARCHING FOR CONCERNING INFORMATION - A method for recognizing an image of an object and searching for concerning information is provided. The method includes: capturing an image of an object; analyzing the image to extract characteristic from the image, and generating a request for searching for further information associated with the image; searching for further information associated with the image from a searchable database according to the request and the extracted characteristic of the image; and displaying all of the information which has been found. A related electronic device is also provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243250 | LOCATION OF IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND OBJECT FEATURES IN A CAPTURED IMAGE - A method for matching a region on an object of interest with a geolocation in a coordinate system is disclosed. In one embodiment, an image of a region on an object of interest is captured on an image capture device. The image is processed to detect a located feature using a feature detection algorithm. Further processing of the located feature is performed to derive a first feature descriptor using a feature descriptor extraction algorithm. The feature descriptor is stored in a memory. A database of feature descriptors having geolocation information associated with the feature descriptors is searched for a match to the first feature descriptor. The geolocation information is then made available for access. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243251 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a memory unit, a candidate pupil detecting unit and a pupil determining unit. The memory unit is used in storing information regarding a pupil size. The candidate pupil detecting unit detects noncircular candidate pupils from an image in which an eye area is captured. The pupil determining unit extrapolates the shapes of the candidate pupils that are detected by the candidate pupil detecting unit and, based on the pupil size stored in the memory unit, determines a pupil from among the candidate pupils. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243252 | LOITERING DETECTION IN A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A behavioral recognition system may include both a computer vision engine and a machine learning engine configured to observe and learn patterns of behavior in video data. Certain embodiments may be configured to learn patterns of behavior consistent with a person loitering and generate alerts for same. Upon receiving information of a foreground object remaining in a scene over a threshold period of time, a loitering detection module evaluates the whether the object trajectory corresponds to a random walk. Upon determining that the trajectory does correspond, the loitering detection module generates a loitering alert. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243253 | IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND IMAGE MONITORING PROGRAM - An image monitoring system includes a recorder that records an image captured by a camera via a network. The system is controlled to display the present image captured by the camera or a past image recorded on the recorder. A moving object is detected from the image captured by the camera, the detector including a resolution converter for generating an image with a resolution lower than the resolution of the image captured by the camera. A moving object is detected from the image generated by the resolution converter and positional information on the detected moving object is output. The positional information of the detected moving object is merged with the image captured by the camera on the basis of the positional information. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243254 | Foreground Analysis Based on Tracking Information - Techniques for performing foreground analysis are provided. The techniques include identifying a region of interest in a video scene, detecting a static foreground object in the region of interest, and determining whether the static foreground object is abandoned or removed, wherein said determining comprises performing a foreground analysis based on tracking information and pruning one or more false alarms using one or more track statistics. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243255 | SYSTEM FOR FAST, PROBABILISTIC SKELETAL TRACKING - A system and method are disclosed for recognizing and tracking a user's skeletal joints with a NUI system. The system includes one or more experts for proposing one or more skeletal hypotheses each representing a user pose within a given frame. Each expert is generally computationally inexpensive. The system further includes an arbiter for resolving the skeletal hypotheses from the experts into a best state estimate for a given frame. The arbiter may score the various skeletal hypotheses based on different methodologies. The one or more skeletal hypotheses resulting in the highest score may be returned as the state estimate for a given frame. It may happen that the experts and arbiter are unable to resolve a single state estimate with a high degree of confidence for a given frame. It is a further goal of the present system to capture any such uncertainty as a factor in how a state estimate is to be used. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243256 | Multispectral Detection of Personal Attributes for Video Surveillance - Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for multispectral detection of attributes for video surveillance. A method includes generating one or more training sets of one or more multispectral images, generating a group of one or more multispectral box features, using the one or more training sets to select one or more of the one or more multispectral box features to generate a multispectral attribute detector, and using the multispectral attribute detector to identify a location of an attribute in video surveillance, wherein using the multispectral attribute detector comprises, for one or more locations on each spectral band level of the multispectral image, applying the multispectral attribute detector and producing an output indicating attribute detection or an output indicating no attribute detection, and wherein the attribute corresponds to the multispectral attribute detector. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243257 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A MODEL - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A grid of voxels may then be generated based on the depth image such that the depth image may be downsampled. A model may be adjusted based on a location or position of one or more extremities estimated or determined for a human target in the grid of voxels. The model may also be adjusted based on a default location or position of the model in a default pose such as a T-pose, a DaVinci pose, and/or a natural pose. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243258 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POINT-OF-GAZE IN THREE DIMENSIONS - Methods for determining a point-of-gaze (POG) of a user in three dimensions are disclosed. In particular embodiments, the methods involve: presenting a three-dimensional scene to both eyes of the user; capturing image data including both eyes of the user; estimating first and second line-of-sight (LOS) vectors in a three-dimensional coordinate system for the user's first and second eyes based on the image data; and determining the POG in the three-dimensional coordinate system using the first and second LOS vectors. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243259 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed is an object detection method capable of detecting with high precision information relating to a jointed object from image data. An object detection device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243260 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA FOR TRACKING HISTORY DATA UTILIZING VEHICLE AND FACIAL INFORMATION - A method and system for tracking a customer history data utilizing a combination of vehicle and facial information. A license plate image with respect to a customer vehicle can be captured and information with respect to the license plate obtained. The license plate information can be employed as an unique customer identifier with respect to customer history data, if the customer places an order (e.g., drive-through service). Facial images of the customer upon entry to a store and/or upon checkout can be captured and processed. The checkout image can be matched against a set of images in order to associate customer order information with customer history data identified from the license plate information for tracking an in-store order transaction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243261 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE - When it is determined that a type of a physical body in real space corresponding to an image portion is a crossing pedestrian, a distance calculating unit | 2013-09-19 |
20130243262 | APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a processor and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to perform steps comprising calculating a first angle characteristic and an intensity of the first angle characteristic with respect to each of pixels, arranging a first line segment in a position corresponding to a first pixel based on the first angle characteristic, calculating a second angle characteristic of a second pixel based on the first angle characteristic of at least one pixel adjacent to the second pixel, acquiring information indicating a third angle characteristic, calculating a fourth angle characteristic based on the second angle characteristic and on the third angle characteristic, arranging a second line segment in a position corresponding to the second pixel based on the calculated fourth angle characteristic, and creating data indicating at least stitches that respectively correspond to the first line segment and the second line segment. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243263 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DOCUMENT PROOFREADING - A method, apparatus and program for proofreading a document. The information processor includes a first storage unit for storing output information which includes information text and positional information obtained by performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on a source manuscript image. A second storage unit for storing a document file that is proofread by a user, wherein the document file is generated by reading the OCR-processed text according to the order of reading the output information A line movement detection unit for detected movement of a line which includes text in the document file based on the proofreading performed by the user on the document file. A merge unit for reflecting result of the proofreading of the document file in the output information. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243264 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A biometric authentication device includes a biometric sensor that obtains an image of a biometric authentication portion of a user without contacting, a distance sensor that obtains a distance between the biometric sensor and the biometric authentication portion, and a guidance image display unit that shows a guidance image for guiding the biometric authentication portion to a distance that is appropriate for the biometric sensor to obtain the biometric authentication portion, the guidance image changing continuously or in stages according to the distance obtained by the distance sensor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243265 | Automatic Access Control System For Controlling Access To A Physical Object Or Admission To A Physical Object And Method - An automatic access control system for controlling access to a physical object or admission to a physical object with an identification mechanism is configured to identify a person and/or a device and with a release mechanism, which is configured to grant the identified person and/or the identified device access to the physical object or admission to the physical object when an automatically calculated distance metric of the identified person and/or of the identified device to the physical object is smaller than a prespecified threshold value for the distance metric. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243266 | iPassport Apparatus and Method - A portable hand-held device which includes on-board computer-implemented instructions to emulate identification documents such as a passport and interact with a computer terminal to determine whether the identified documents are authentic or not authentic. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243267 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATING USERS - A method of authenticating users is provided that includes capturing biometric authentication data of a user and processing the captured biometric data into an image. Moreover, the method includes determining a region of interest of the image and a gray scale image from the image, determining an optimum transformation parameter set within the region of interest, and aligning the gray scale image with an enrollment gray scale image generated during enrollment of the user using results of the optimum transformation parameter set determination. Furthermore, the method includes extracting biometric feature data from the gray scale image and verifying an identity of the user with extracted biometric feature data included in a region of agreement. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243268 | FACE IMAGE PRIORITIZATION BASED ON FACE QUALITY ANALYSIS - Methods, machine-readable media, and devices for face image prioritization based on face quality analysis are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include detecting a facial image in an image that has been acquired by a camera that monitors a scene, passing the facial image through a number of quality analysis filters that include a number of quality analysis factors, wherein processing complexity associated with the number of quality analysis factors increases consecutively, and submitting the facial image to a facial recognition program upon a determination that the facial image has passed the number of quality analysis filters. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243269 | DISTRIBUTIVE FACIAL MATCHING AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method and a system for distributing facial identifiers to gateways are described. The system has one or more gateways and a web server associate with the gateways. Each gateway is coupled to a video capturing device. The web server identifies one or more gateways using a metadata associated with a picture of a face. The web server then distributes the picture of the face and the metadata to the identified gateways. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ADAPTION OF MEDIA BASED ON IMPLICIT USER INPUT AND BEHAVIOR - A system and method for dynamically adapting media having multiple scenarios presented on a media device to a user based on characteristics of the user captured from at least one sensor. During presentation of the media, the at least one sensor captures user characteristics, including, but not limited to, physical characteristics indicative of user interest and/or attentiveness to subject matter of the media being presented. The system determines the interest level of the user based on the captured user characteristics and manages presentation of the media to the user based on determined user interest levels, selecting scenarios to present to the user on user interest levels. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243271 | COLLATION APPARATUS, COLLATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a collation apparatus includes a receiving unit, a detecting unit, a setting unit, a face collation unit, an object collation unit, and a calculating unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a captured image including a user's face and an object positioned with respect to the face. The detecting unit is configured to detect a face region from the image. The setting unit is configured to set an object region in the image. The face collation unit is configured to collate a face feature vector extracted from the face region with a stored face feature vector. The object collation unit is configured to collate an object feature vector extracted from the object region with a stored object feature vector. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a user collation using at least one of the collation results for the face and object feature vectors. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243272 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An authentication apparatus comprises an extraction part configured to extract a feature of a face from a face image of a user; a plurality of classifiers configured to identify the user by determining whether or not the feature extracted by the extraction part matches a feature of a face stored in a storage apparatus; a deriving part configured to derive a specific condition based on at least one of the feature extracted by the extraction part and information for authenticating the user; a selecting part configured to select at least one of the classifiers based on the specific condition; and an authentication part configured to authenticate the user when the selected classifier determines that the feature extracted by the extraction part matches the feature of the face stored in the storage. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243273 | IMAGE PUBLISHING DEVICE, IMAGE PUBLISHING METHOD, IMAGE PUBLISHING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image publishing device includes an image storage that stores images owned by a user, an image analyzer that performs image analyses on each of the images stored in the image storage, and a publishing/non-publishing decision unit that makes a publishing/non-publishing decision on each of the images based on results of the image analyses made on each of the images. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243274 | Person Image Processing Apparatus and Person Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a person image processing apparatus includes: an input processor configured to input a plurality of pieces of image data captured at different times by an image capture module; an extraction module configured to extract a person display area showing a same person from each of the pieces of image data captured at the different times; a feature detector configured to detect a feature point showing a feature of a part of a person from the person display area extracted from each of the pieces of image data and acquire reliability of the part shown in the feature point; and a correction module configured to, when correcting the person display area subjected to input processing by the input processor, perform weighting based on the reliability of the feature point included in the person display area. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243275 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE INCLUDING TRACKING, REGISTERING, ETC. OF MEDICAL STAFF, PATIENTS, INSTRUMENTATION, EVENTS, ETC. ACCORDING TO A TREATMENT STAGING PLAN - Systems, devices, and methods are described for tracking, registering, etc. of medical staff, patients, instrumentation, events, or the like according to a treatment staging plan. For example a medical apparatus includes a right-patient verification device having an interrogation interface device that elicits at least one of identification data, authorization data, or treatment plan data from a medical procedure authorization device associated with a patient; and a right-site verification device that generates patient-specific treatment staging data consistent with the at least one of the identification data, the authorization data, or the treatment plan data. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243276 | INTERACTIVE 3-D EXAMINATION OF ROOT FRACTURES - A method for 3-D interactive examination of a subject tooth, executed at least in part by a computer, obtains volume image data containing at least the subject tooth and background content adjacent to the subject tooth and displays a first image from the volume data that shows at least the subject tooth and the background content. A portion of the background content in the first image is identified according to a first operator instruction. Tooth content for at least the subject tooth in the first image is identified according to a second operator instruction. At least the subject tooth is segmented from within the volume data according to the first and second operator instructions. The segmented subject tooth is then displayed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243277 | FLOURESCENT DOT COUNTING IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGES - Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) enables the detection of specific DNA sequences in cell chromosomes by the use of selective staining. Due to the high sensitivity, FISH allows the use of multiple colors to detect multiple targets simultaneously. The target signals are represented as colored dots, and enumeration of these signals is called dot counting. Using a two-stage segmentation framework guarantees locating all potential dots including overlapped dots. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243278 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSOR - According to one embodiment, a biological information processor includes: an area detection unit configured to detect an area in which a person is displayed from image information; a feature extraction unit configured to extract feature information based on a characteristic portion of a person from the area detected by the area detection unit from the image information; and a determination unit configured to determine an extraction precision indicating whether or not the characteristic portion of the person can be extracted, with respect to the feature information extracted by the feature extraction unit based on a position of the characteristic portion. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243279 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus may include: a wavelet transform device for performing wavelet transform on an input image to decompose the input image into a plurality of levels of different scales, each level including a low frequency component and a plurality of high frequency components; a compensation template generating device for generating a compensation template for each level according to the plurality of high frequency components in the level, the compensation template reflecting combination feature of the plurality of high frequency components; a de-noising device for de-noising the low frequency component of each level and performing edge compensation on the low frequency component with the compensation template to acquire a compensated low frequency component; and a wavelet inverse transform device for performing inverse wavelet transform with the compensated low frequency component and the high frequency components of each level to acquire a de-noised image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243280 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image process apparatus is operative to obtain an image with high visual recognition property. A linear structural object incorporated into the original image is distinguished by two methods. A first method produces an evaluation image (P | 2013-09-19 |
20130243281 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a body hair detection unit that detects a body hair region corresponding to body hair from a process target image that includes skin, a texture structure estimation unit that estimates a structure of skin texture in the process target image, and an interpolation unit that interpolates the body hair region detected by the body hair detection unit based on the structure of the skin texture estimated by the texture structure estimation unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243282 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A medical image processing system in which the generation of a non-steady load is made predictable based on the reservation of image processes, includes a reservation manager to manage the process commencement time and the process termination time of the reserved image processing and the amount of medical image data, which is the subject of image processing, a throughput calculating unit to calculate the throughput processed for each predetermined time width in the image processing regarding each image process carried out in the first server, and an analyzing unit to calculate the total throughput of the image processing carried out in parallel for each time width. When the calculated total is more than the predetermined throughput, the analyzing unit specifies at least one from among all image processes carried out in the time width such that the total throughput of a first server becomes less than the predetermined throughput. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243283 | IMAGE ACQUISITION FOR CHEMILUMINESCENT SAMPLES - An image system for detecting chemiluminescence in a sample uses a highly binned, short exposure initial image to calculate the exposure time for a final image of the sample. After calculation of the exposure time, at least two final images are taken, with saturated pixels removed and replaced in a first image with corresponding unsaturated pixels from a second image. The corresponding pixels are adjusted to reflect the different intensity levels between the first and second images, and the first image becomes the final image reflecting the detected chemiluminescence. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLOUR IMAGING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - A device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the color data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional color virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associate color of a structure is also provided. | 2013-09-19 |