40th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080240247 | METHOD OF ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION MODEL PARAMETERS AND VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MOTION MODEL PARAMETERS - Provided are a method of efficiently transmitting motion model parameters using temporal correlation between video frames and a video encoding and decoding method and apparatus, in which motion estimation and motion compensation are performed by generating a plurality of reference pictures that are motion-compensated using motion model parameters. Motion model parameters are encoded based on temporal correlation between motion vectors of representative points expressing the motion model parameters, global motion compensation is performed on a previous reference video frame using motion model parameters in order to generate a plurality of transformation reference pictures, and a current video frame is encoded using the plurality of transformation reference pictures. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - A method and apparatus for encoding a skip macroblock by dividing the skip macroblock into smaller skip sub blocks and using predictive motion vectors predicted from motion vectors of blocks adjacent to the skip sub blocks, and a method and apparatus for decoding the skip macroblock is provided. Accordingly, by adding predetermined binary information indicating whether the skip macroblock is divided to the skip macroblock that generally transmits only prediction mode information, division of the skip macroblock can be adaptively applied, or all skip macroblocks can be divided into sub-blocks to be processed, so that pixel values in the skip macroblock can be predicted by using motion vectors of spatially adjacent blocks. Therefore, prediction efficiency increases. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240249 | Method of controlling complexity for video compressor - A video compressor has a real-time compression with a constant frame rate. The complexity in the compression of each frame is controlled to be smaller than a maximum value according to power management or compression time requirement. Delay jitter is eliminated. The present invention can be applied to MPEG-like video coding systems, such as H.264, MPEG4 and H.263. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240250 | Regions of interest for quality adjustments - Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information). | 2008-10-02 |
20080240251 | Method For the Encoding of Wavelet-Encoded Images With Bit Rate Control, Corresponding Encoding Device and Computer Program - The disclosure relates to a method of coding at least one still or animated image, in which said image is associated with (i) a basic mesh formed by a set of faces that are defined by a set of vertices and edges and (ii) coefficients in a base of wavelets corresponding to local modifications to the basic mesh, known as wavelet coefficients, wherein the coded data rate is controlled. The method includes the following steps: controlling a first rate of data representative of a basic mesh that meets a first rate criterion; controlling a second rate of data representative of wavelet coefficients according to a second rate criterion; and finally optimizing the coded data rate by controlling the quantification characteristics of the selected wavelet coefficients. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240252 | SIMPLIFIED DEBLOCK FILTERING FOR REDUCED MEMORY ACCESS AND COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY - A method of simplifying deblock filtering of video blocks of an enhanced layer of scalable video information is disclosed which includes selecting an adjacent pair of video blocks, determining whether boundary strength of the video blocks is a first value, evaluating first conditions using component values of a first component line if the boundary strength is not the first value, and bypassing deblock filtering between the video blocks if the boundary strength is the first value or if any of the first conditions is false. The method may include bypassing evaluating conditions and deblock filtering associated with the maximum boundary strength. The method may include bypassing evaluating second conditions and bypassing corresponding deblock filtering if the intermediate edge is a horizontal edge. The method may include bypassing less efficient memory reads associated with component values used for evaluating the second conditions. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240253 | INTRA-MACROBLOCK VIDEO PROCESSING - A system for processing sub-blocks of a macroblock of a video frame. In an example embodiment, the system includes a first module that is adapted to process each sub-block of the macroblock, wherein each sub-block is associated with a predetermined position in a first sequence. The processing of certain sub-blocks in the first sequence requires results of processing of one or more previously processed sub-blocks in the first sequence. A controller selectively enables the first module to process each sub-block of a second sequence that is altered from the first sequence so that the first module implements parallel or pipelined processing of certain sub-blocks of the macroblock. In a more specific embodiment each sub-block in the first sequence of sub-blocks is consecutively numbered 0-15 according to H.264 standards. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240254 | PARALLEL OR PIPELINED MACROBLOCK PROCESSING - A video processing system. In a specific embodiment, the system implements a system for processing macroblocks that includes a first module for processing a macroblock. A controller provides a first macroblock to the first module and provides a second macroblock to the first module, without waiting for the first module to complete processing of the first macroblock, when information is available to the first module to process the second macroblock. The first module may implement a pipelined processor that is adapted to process macroblocks simultaneously. Alternatively, the first module includes a first engine and a second engine, which may run in parallel as parallel engines. In a more specific embodiment, an entire image frame is treated as a single slice and processed by the system via a pipelined engines or parallel engines. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240255 | Moving Picture Communication Device, Moving Picture Communication System, and Moving Picture Communication Method - A moving picture communication device and a gateway capable of suppressing or limiting image quality deterioration as well as a moving picture communication system including them are provided. Control information | 2008-10-02 |
20080240256 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO DATA - Provided is a method and apparatus for displaying video data without a display delay. In the method, a code indicating an end of stream is appended so that the code is appended behind a last video stream included in a stream to be displayed when only a part of an input stream including one or more video streams is displayed. In addition, the last video stream is displayed which is appended with the code indicating an end of stream. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240257 | Using quantization bias that accounts for relations between transform bins and quantization bins - Techniques and tools are described for using quantization bias that accounts for relations between transform bins and quantization bins. The techniques and tools can be used to compensate for mismatch between transform bin boundaries and quantization bin boundaries during quantization. For example, in some embodiments, when a video encoder quantizes the DC coefficients of DC-only blocks, the encoder compensates for mismatches between transform bin boundaries and quantization bin boundaries. In some implementations, the mismatch compensation uses an offset table that accounts for the mismatches. In other embodiments, the encoder uses adjustable thresholds to control quantization bias. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240258 | Method and system for generating uplink signals from a ground segment - A system and method of generating an output signal includes a receiving system generating a plurality of signals having a first format, an encoder | 2008-10-02 |
20080240259 | GAIN CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - An analog/digital gain control device avoid some of the requirements associated with the nature of a closed-loop AGC circuits and which meets the remaining requirements without much difficulty uses an analog to digital conversion method that increases the number of effective ADC bits by compressing the baseband input analog signal using a logarithmic circuit. After the compressed analog signal is converted into a digital signal, a digital anti-log process or look-up table (LUT) is used to expand the digital signal back to the original linear scale. The word size of the output of the anti-log process is larger than the input word size due to the nature of the anti-log function. To reduce the word size of the digital signal an open loop normalization technique can be applied. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240260 | ADAPTIVE CHANNEL PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for predicting channel fading, particularly in a mobile wireless environment, that is accurate for long-range predictions. The method comprises estimating a model parameters based on a current channel estimate, and recursively adapting the model parameters to predict future channel fading coefficients until a predetermined re-acquisition condition is satisfied. Once the re-acquisition condition has been satisfied, the model parameters are again estimated based on a current channel estimate. The acquired model parameters are adaptively updated and used in a Kalman filter. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240261 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN BURST MODE - The present invention is directed to a system and method for channel estimation for a communication channel such as, for example, that found in a wireless communication network. One or more channel estimates or channel observables can be combined to compute a refined channel estimate, for example, when the channel estimates or channel observables are from the same channel. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240262 | OFDM/OFDMA CHANNEL ESTIMATION - Systems and methods which introduce a variable shift with respect to pilot symbols in providing a data subcarrier channel estimation are shown. Use of pilot symbol shifts may be useful, for example, when path delay is long and/or when non-consecutive, non-uniformly distributed pilot subcarriers are used. The foregoing shift may be introduced in the time or frequency domains according to embodiments of the invention. For example, a shift of a particular number of samples may be introduced with respect to the symbols of the pilot subcarriers in the measured pilot subcarrier channel response for use in data subcarrier channel estimation. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240263 | OFDM/OFDMA TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION USING NON-CONSECUTIVE PILOT SUBCARRIER ASSIGNMENT - Systems and methods which are adapted determine timing with respect to an orthogonal frequency division (OFD) channel, such as may be used with respect to an OFDM or OFDMA systems through reliably identifying timing of a first arriving signal path. Embodiments use deconvolution to construct the channel impulse response associated with a received signal. The first arriving path for the received signal may readily and reliably be determined using the channel impulse response information. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240264 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMITTING AND PROCESSING PILOT SIGNALS - A system and method of transmitting and processing pilot signals includes decorrelating a pilot tone that conveys a pilot signal, performing a channel estimation based on the decorrelated pilot tone to calculate estimated channel values and positioning the estimated channel values consistent with their order in subsequent transmission units. In one embodiment, the decorrelation comprises an interleaving operation. In another embodiment, the decorrelation occurs during a channel estimation stage. The decorrelation can be performed during a channel estimation stage by interleaving and deinterleaving pilot signals in the receiver. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240265 | SYSTEM HAVING AN OFDM CHANNEL ESTIMATOR - A method for an operating system including a channel estimation for OFDM systems in a receiver is disclosed. One embodiment provides information indicative of multiple transmitter signals reception characteristics of signals received from multiple transmitters. Then, channel estimation is performed dependent on the information. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240266 | Arrangements for monitoring and controlling a transmission path - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for improving communication between a transmitter and a receiver is disclosed. The method can include receiving a first signal having a first power level over a first path, receiving a second signal having a second power level over a second path wherein the first path is different than the second path. The method can compare the first power level with the second power and determine a difference between the first power level and the second power level. The method can also adjusting a parameter in the system to reduce the difference in power levels between the first and second signals compensating for interference cause by many sources. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240267 | FEC in cognitive multi-user OFDMA - A multiuser scheme allowing for a number of users, sets of user, or carriers to share one or more channels is provided. In the invention, the available channel bandwidth is subdivided into a number of equal-bandwidth subchannels according to standard OFDM practice. A transmitter transmits data on a set of OFDM subchannels that need not be contiguous in the spectrum or belong to the same OFDM channel. A receiver receives and decodes the data and detects errors on subchannels. The receiver then broadcasts the identity of those subchannels on which the error rate exceeds a specific threshold, and the transmitter may select different subchannels for transmission based on this information. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240268 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a data transmission/reception method and system for minimizing intercarrier interference (ICI) in a communication system using a multicarrier. The data transmission method by a transmitter includes grouping transmission signals in units of a predetermined number of transmission signals when the transmitter has received the transmission signals, multiplying each group of the transmission signals by a transmission coding matrix, and transmitting the transmission signals multiplied by the transmission coding matrix to a receiver. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULITPLEXING CONTROL AND DATA CHANNEL - An approach is provided for performing control signaling. Data and control information are received. The control information is orthogonalized using block-level spreading. The data and the orthogonalized control information are multiplexed at a symbol-level. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240270 | INTERFERENCE DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE SIGNALLING AND PROCESSING - The present invention relates to a method of generating a signal for transmission over a channel subject to transmission conditions. A corresponding signal and a method of receiving a signal over a channel subject to transmission conditions are also disclosed. The invention further relates to a transmitter and a receiver. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240271 | METHOD OF MANAGING THE OPERATION OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING WIRELESS DEVICE - The method is for managing the operation of a wireless communication device including several different communication modules respectively adapted to operate according to several given communication protocols including a UWB module operating according to a UWB protocol based on an OFDM modulation scheme. The method includes controlling the UWB module for scanning a chosen frequency band, and managing a communication to be performed by the device on the basis of the scanning result. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240272 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR N-DIMENSIONAL LEAF-NODE PREDICTION FOR MIMO DETECTION - Embodiments achieve favorable performance-complexity trade-offs in MIMO detection for three or more channel inputs. Some embodiments describe systems and methods comprising a leaf node predictor for receiving a processed communications stream, determining at least one channel metric corresponding to the communications stream for a given channel realization, and generating at least three instructions to output, which at least one instruction corresponds to at least one predicted best leaf node candidate for the given channel realization. Further embodiments alternatively describe systems and methods which enumerate N | 2008-10-02 |
20080240273 | RADIO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RADIO RECEIVING APPARATUS USING OFDM - A radio transmitting apparatus includes an attacher to attach an error-detecting bit to a bit sequence, a coder to perform systematic coding on a bit sequence to which the error-detecting bit is attached to generate an information bit sequence and a parity bit sequence, a first modulator to modulate the information bit sequence to generate a first modulation symbol, a second modulator to modulate the parity bit sequence to generate a second modulation symbol, an allocator to allocate the first modulation symbols to first subcarriers by dispersing the first modulation symbols in the frequency/time direction, and allocate the second modulation symbols to second subcarriers different from the first subcarriers, an modulator to perform OFDM modulation on the first and second modulation symbols by using the first and the second subcarriers to generate an OFDM signal, and a transmitting unit to transmit the OFDM signal. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240274 | PRECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT - A transmission apparatus in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)-based wireless communication system. The transmission apparatus includes at least two antenna groups each having at least two antennas, wherein the antenna groups are spaced apart by a first distance and transmit antennas in each antenna group are spaced apart by a second distance which is shorter than the first distance. A channel coding and modulation unit channel-codes and modulates a desired transmission data stream. A precoding unit precodes the channel-coded and modulated signal separately for each antenna group and each antenna in the same antenna group. Thereafter, a transmission processing unit transmission-processes the output signal from the precoding unit. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240275 | Scalable OFDM and OFDMA bandwidth allocation in communication systems - Techniques for bandwidth allocation in communication systems such as OFDM, OFDMA, or SC-FDMA systems to improve spectral efficiency and increase flexibility and adaptability with scalable single or multiple-carrier bandwidth allocation characteristics. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240276 | Multi-Input Multi-Output System For Enhancing Transmission Performance - The present invention relates to a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system for enhancing transmission performance. The MIMO system uses space-time encoding and transmit antenna selection methods, and includes a transmitter ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080240277 | Reducing computational complexity in maximum likelihood MIMO OFDM decoder - A method and a system for reducing computational complexity in a maximum-likelihood MIMO decoder, while maintaining its high performance. A factorization operation is applied on the channel Matrix H. The decomposition creates two matrixes: an upper triangular with only real-numbers on the diagonal and a unitary matrix. The decomposition simplifies the representation of the distance calculation needed for constellation points search. An exhaustive search for all the points in the constellation for two spatial streams t(1), t(2) is performed, searching all possible transmit points of (t2), wherein each point generates a SISO slicing problem in terms of transmit points of (t1); Then, decomposing x,y components of t(1), thus turning a two-dimensional problem into two one-dimensional problems. Finally searching the remaining points of t(1) and using Gray coding in the constellation points arrangement and the symmetry deriving from it to further reduce the number of constellation points that have to be searched. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240278 | JOINT DECODING OF ISI (INTER-SYMBOL INTERFERENCE) CHANNEL AND MODULATION CODES - Joint decoding of ISI (Inter-Symbol Interference) channel and modulation codes. A means is presented by which a single, combined ISI and modulation decoding module is operable to process a signal received from an ISI communication channel and directly to generate a soft estimate of information encoded therein. A single module, that employs a decoding transfer function that is substantially matched to the communication channel that introduces the ISI and the modulation encoding performed on the information before being launched into the ISI communication channel. This means is adaptable to a variety of modulation coding systems that are tailored to deal with communication systems that introduce ISI. Moreover, this means is extendable to communication systems employing an error correction code (ECC) such as Reed-Solomon (RS) coding as well as ECCs of an iterative nature such as LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding, turbo coding, and/or turbo trellis code modulation (TTCM) coding. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240279 | Method and Device For Operating Mimo Air Interfaces in Mobile Communications Systems - The invention concerns a method and device for operating MIMO air interfaces in mobile communications systems, according to which a radio signal is transmitted by a transmitting device via an MIMO channel comprising a number of m subchannels and is received by a receiving device having n antennas. The invention is based on the fact that different polarizations are assigned to the signals to be transmitted on the subchannels, and the signals are supplied to a common antenna. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240280 | Intelligent Iterative Switch Diversity - A method and system to switch among a plurality of antennae used for wireless communications. A first embodiment is a method for using at least one quality metric and at least one time variation indicator of at least one quality metric to selectively switch among a plurality of antennae to maintain wireless communications. A second embodiment is a method using at least one quality metric and at least one time derivative slope of at least one quality metric to selectively switch among a plurality of antennae to maintain wireless communications. These embodiments can be applied in several wireless communication applications using multiple antennae including, but not limited to, WiMAX applications. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240281 | ORTHOGONAL REFERENCE SIGNAL PERMUTATION - A method for a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes analyzing a set of signal sources that are operably associated with a set of time domain windows. Often, the method periodically switches the association between the set of time domain windows and the set of signal sources in order to facilitate a determination of one or more signal paths generated by the signal sources. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUICKLY DETECTING A PRESENCE OF ABRUPT NOISE AND UPDATING A NOISE ESTIMATE - An apparatus ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080240283 | EXTENDED SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS - The present embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatuses that facilitate communication between two or more devices. Some of these methods identify a first communication to be transmitted and generate a first plurality of frames such that bit data of each of the frames of the first plurality of frames is different than the bit data of each of the other frames of the first plurality of frames, and that a first frame of the first plurality of frames include at least a first portion of the first communication. The first plurality of frames can then be transmitted. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL MODULATION - The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows for power amplification of an input signal using power amplification combined by changing the center frequency with an up-converter to shift a baseband signal to a signal at a carrier frequency in the same process. This then provides a digital implementation that is power efficient and has little or no linearity issue-technology suitable for a silicon chip and broadband operation. In one embodiment, each input sample is replaced with a number of sub-samples within the same sample interval, the total weight of the sub-samples being equal to the replaced sample. This sample to sub-samples process alters the frequency response of the sampled signal and reduces the amplitude dynamic range of the load driver, thereby simplifying the filter requirements for digital to analog conversion while reducing linearity requirement of the load driver. This process can be implemented by digital circuits which results in broadband operation. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240285 | SEQUENCE GENERATING METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DETECTION AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS USING THE SAME - A sequence generation method for allowing a reception end to effectively detect a sequence used for a specific channel of an OFDM communication system, and a signal transmission/reception method using the same are disclosed. During the sequence generation, an index is selected from among the index set having the conjugate symmetry property between indexes, and a specific part corresponding to the frequency “0” is omitted from a transmitted signal. In addition, a reception end can calculate a cross-correlation value between a received (Rx) signal and each sequence using only one cross-correlation calculation based on the conjugate symmetry property. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240286 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention discloses a signal transmission system, method and apparatus, and relates to the fields of communications and broadcast television. It is intended to reduce the hardware cost of the signal transmitting system. The system according to the invention is based on a personal computer operating system, and comprises a computer and a transmitting equipment, said computer comprising a signal source processing module for processing a signal source, a channel encoding and modulating module for channel encoding and modulating of the processed signal source, and an interface module for outputting the data encoded and modulated by the channel encoding and modulating module, and said transmitting equipment being arranged to receive data from the interface module, process the received data into a radio frequency RF signal, and then transmit the RF signal. The invention may be applicable to a transmitter of broadcast television. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240287 | Transmitter - A transmitter capable of suppressing a peak of a transmission signal includes a frequency domain acquisition unit for obtaining a frequency domain signal from the signal for transmission; and a level control unit for controlling a level of the frequency domain signal obtained by the frequency domain acquisition unit to suppress a peak in a time domain transmission signal. Further, the transmitter includes a time domain conversion unit for converting the frequency domain signal into the time domain transmission signal whose level has been controlled by the level control unit; and a transmission unit for transmitting the time domain transmission signal. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240288 | DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, DISK ARRAY APPARATUS, AND OUTPUT SIGNAL SETTING METHOD - To provide a signal transmitting/receiving apparatus etc. where a cable length can be measured by using a general-purpose cable, without using an interface. A differential transmission circuit by the present invention includes a signal output circuit sending a high-speed differential signal and a pulse wave; a signal input circuit including a terminating resistor; a bias controller controlling a bias voltage on a transmission path; a terminating resistance controller disconnecting the terminating resistor on sensing a bias voltage and connecting it on sensing no bias voltage, by a bias sensing circuit; a sensing input circuit sensing a pulse wave reflected at the signal input circuit; and an output setting controller setting an electric characteristic of a signal outputted from the signal output circuit by a propagation time from sending the pulse wave by the signal output circuit to receiving the reflected pulse wave by the sensing input circuit. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240289 | PILOT SIGNAL TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING SAME - In a digital communication system such as a mobile radio system, fading distortion is compensated with a raised precision. In a transmitter, pilot signals are regularly inserted in the information signals. The amplitude of the pilot signals are set larger than the maximum possible amplitude of the information signals. The modulation scheme of the pilot signals may be different from that of the information signals. In a receiver, the fading distortion of each of the pilot signals is determined. The fading distortions of the information signals are estimated by interpolation using the determined fading distortion of the pilot signal, and then compensated. The frequency band of each information signal is preferably limited with a roll-off filter with a roll-off coefficient ranging from 0.1 to 0.4. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240290 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OUTGOING USEFUL SIGNALS AND AN OUTGOING CLOCK SIGNAL - Method and device for transmitting outgoing useful signals and an outgoing clock signal. Useful signals and a clock signal are transmitted from a transmitter via a first line pair and a second line pair to a receiver. A first useful signal is transmitted in the form of a modulated difference between the electrical potentials of the first line pair. A second useful signal is transmitted in the form of a modulated difference between the electrical potentials of the second line pair. The clock signal is transmitted in the form of a modulated difference between the average value of the potentials of the first line pair and the average value of the potentials of the second line pair. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240291 | PRE-EMPHASIS AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING SYSTEM, METHOD OF ADJUSTING PRE-EMPHASIS AND PRE-EMPHASIS SETTING SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT - A pre-emphasis automatic adjusting system is provided which is capable of placing the best suitable emphasis against attenuation occurring in a through hole. A step signal is transmitted from a transmitting circuit via a signal transmission path to a receiving circuit with termination of the receiving circuit being released. A voltage of its reflected signal is compared with a first reference voltage of a first reference voltage source. Based on a comparison result in a capacitive reflection section in which a voltage of the reflected signal is less than the first reference voltage, a section detecting signal is outputted from a reflected wave detecting circuit. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240292 | System and method for determining signal phase - A receiver circuit ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080240293 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A digital broadcast system and method of processing data are disclosed. A channel equalizer includes a frequency domain converter receiving a known data sequence, when the known data sequence is periodically inserted and transmitted in general data, and converting the received data to frequency domain data, a CIR estimator using the data being received during a known data section and known data generated by a receiving system, so as to estimate a CIR, a CIR calculator interpolating or extrapolating the CIR estimated by the CIR estimator in accordance with characteristics of the general data being received, a coefficient calculator converting the CIR being outputted from the CIR calculator to a frequency domain CIR and calculating and outputting an equalization coefficient, and a distortion compensator multiplying the equalization coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculator with the data converted to frequency domain data by the frequency domain converter, thereby compensating channel distortion. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240294 | Method and system for determining and removing DC offset in communication signals - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method and system for determining and removing DC offset in an AC signal includes receiving an AC signal having a first-channel and a second-channel, e.g. an I-channel and a Q-channel, receiving a plurality of first-channel and second-channel samples, storing a negative first-channel sample corresponding to a first sign change in the plurality of second-channel samples, and storing a positive first-channel sample corresponding to a second sign change in the plurality of second-channel samples. The method further includes determining an average value of the negative first-channel sample and the positive first-channel sample, where the average value is the DC offset in the first-channel. The method can further include subtracting the determined DC offset from samples received in the first-channel (or the second-channel) prior to demodulation. The method and system can be implemented in, for example, a Bluetooth receiver. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240295 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING CARRIER WAVE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus for recovering carrier wave in digital broadcasting receiver and a method therefore are disclosed which are capable of easily detecting and correcting frequency offsets of carrier wave without recourse to a pilot signal in a digital broadcasting receiver receiving a broadcasting signal of vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation system, thereby recovering the carrier wave, wherein, to this end, a complex sine wave whose central frequency is 1/n the symbol frequency is multiplied to generate a real component and imaginary Offset Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (OQAM) signals to calculate a phase error value from the real and imaginary component OQAM signals, to generate a complex sine wave compensating the calculated phase error value, to multiply the complex sine wave by the complex signal outputted from the phase splitter and to convert the complex signal to a baseband signal whose frequency offset is corrected. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240296 | Iterative sequential carrier acquisition - A system and method for iterative sequential carrier acquisition for estimating and correcting large carrier frequency offsets without adding significantly to receiver complexity or preamble length. A coarse frequency estimation is performed during a brief carrier acquisition phase that is completed during a reasonably short preamble, and then the system hands frequency control to the nominal carrier frequency & phase tracking of a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit. The present disclosure generally includes an initialization mode, a pre-lock scan mode, an iterative search mode and a termination mode. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240297 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A digital broadcast receiving system includes a known data detector, a carrier recovery unit, and a timing recovery unit. The known data detector may detect known data information inserted and transmitted from a digital broadcast transmitting system and using the known data information to estimate initial frequency offset. The carrier recovery unit may obtain initial synchronization by using the initial frequency offset, and may detect frequency offset from the received data by using the known sequence position indicator so as to perform carrier recovery. The timing recovery unit may detect timing error information from the received signal by using the known sequence position indicator so as to perform timing recovery. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240298 | Method and/or apparatus for stabilizing the frequency of digitally synthesized waveforms - An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit and a fourth circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a demodulated signal in response to (i) a modulated signal and (ii) a seed value. The second circuit may be configured to generate a first control signal in response to the demodulated signal. The third circuit may be configured to generate a second control signal in response to (i) the first control signal and (ii) a compensation signal. The fourth circuit may be configured to generate the seed value in response to the second control signal. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240299 | Demodulation of 16-QAM, DCM data symbols using two hybrid-QPSK constellations - In one embodiment, a demapper uses two hybrid-QPSK constellations to demap pairs of equalized data symbols recovered from 16-QAM, DCM OFDM symbols, wherein the equalized data symbols in a pair correspond to the same four-bit group. A first hybrid-QPSK constellation is generated by combining the real components of both 16-QAM mapping constellations onto one coordinate plane. The demapper generates a first set of two decision variables by combining the real components of each equalized data symbol in a pair to correspond to the first hybrid-QPSK coordinate plane. A log-likelihood ratio is then calculated for both decision variables in the set to determine likelihood estimates for the first and second bits of the four-bit group. This process is repeated for the imaginary components of each corresponding pair of equalized data symbols to generate likelihood estimates for the third and fourth bits of the four-bit group. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240300 | METHOD OF PROCESSING ABNORMAL MODULATION SIGNAL, AND RECEIVER HAVING ABNORMAL MODULATION SIGNAL COMPENSATION FUNCTION - A method of detecting an abnormal modulation signal, and a receiver for compensating for an abnormal modulation signal are provided. The method includes demodulating an analog input signal, which has been modulated according to modulation parameters, using demodulation parameters corresponding to the modulation parameters to generate a baseband signal; sampling the baseband signal at a sampling rate; counting a number of samples having an amplitude greater than a threshold level during a detection window; and determining whether the analog input signal has been abnormally modulated, based on the number of samples counted. The receiver includes a baseband signal generator; a sampler; an abnormal modulation detector which counts a number of samples and determines whether the analog input signal has been abnormally modulated; a demodulation parameter modifier which modifies the demodulation parameters according to the determination result. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240301 | ARCHITECTURES FOR UNIVERSAL OR SOFTWARE RADIO - A system and technique for providing to flexible, programmable frequency estimators and spectrum analyzers that can operate over extremely large bandwidths and yet provide high spectral resolution are described. The acquisition time and hardware complexity of one technique scale as O(N), where N denotes the number of frequency bins acquired. Embodiments are disclosed in which architectures are implemented using exponentially-tapered transmission lines and filter cascades. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240302 | Communication System with Receivers Employing Generalized Two-Stage Data Estimation - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configure to receive and sample wireless signals in a shared spectrum where the wireless signal comprise encoded symbols. The WTRU has a channel estimation device configured to process received signal samples to produce an estimate of a channel response of the received signals corresponding to a matrix H. The channel estimation device is preferably configured to process the received signal samples to produce an estimate of noise variance of the received signals. The WTRU preferably has a two stage data estimator that includes a channel equalizer and a despreader. The channel equalizer is configured to process received signal samples using the estimated channel response matrix H and the estimate of noise variance to produce a spread signal estimate of the received signals. The despreader is configured to process the spread signal estimate of the received signals produced by said channel equalizer to recover encoded symbols of the received signals. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240303 | MAP DETECTOR WITH A SINGLE STATE METRIC ENGINE - A MAP detector includes a single state metric engine that performs forward and backward processing to produce forward and backward state metrics. The state metric engine includes a plurality of processes that each perform both the forward and the backward processing operations. The system further includes memory that stores the forward and backward state metrics that are produced by the engine in appropriate orders for the forward and backward processing. A number of multiplexers provide the appropriate branch metrics and apriori values to adder strings in each of the processors in accordance with an associated decoding trellis. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for interference cancellation in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. A receiving apparatus includes an estimator, a channel compensator, and a demodulator. The estimator estimates channels of a desired signal and at least one interference signal, estimates noise, calculates a mean interference power of each interference signal, and calculates a mean noise power. The channel compensator channel-compensates burst data. The demodulator calculates a noise variance value by adding the mean noise power to the at least one mean interference power and creates Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) by demodulating the channel-compensated data. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240305 | Message Decoding With Apriori Information and Soft Combining - A method and arrangement for improving channel decoding performance in a radio receiver. Data bits from previously decoded messages are analyzed to provide a priori information to a channel decoder which is decoding a currently received message of the same type. The invention may analyze both the header and data fields of the previously decoded message frames to detect fields that are unchanging or rarely changing from one frame to the next. Probabilistic knowledge (a) of the bits in these unchanging or rarely changing fields is then used to improve the decoding performance for the current message. If a message cannot be successfully decoded, soft values of the bits are stored and then soft-combined with selected bits in the next message received prior to decoding. The invention is applicable to any type of message that has data components that are repeated with varying degrees of probability in successive transmissions. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240306 | CORRELATION DEVICE FOR PERFORMING CORRELATION ON A RECEIVED GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM SIGNAL AND METHOD FOR SAME - The invention provides a correlation device performing correlation on a received Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal. The correlation device comprises a first decimation module, a second decimation module, and a correlation module. The first decimation module decimates a plurality of samples of the received GNSS signal to obtain a plurality of decimated samples. The second decimation module decimates a plurality of code bits of a locally generated replica code to obtain a plurality of decimated code bits. The correlation module correlates the decimated samples with the decimated code bits to obtain a plurality of correlation results, thus achieving a coarse correlation between the received GNSS signal and the locally generated replica code. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240307 | SINGLE CARRIER HIGH RATE WIRELESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a signal generator and signal processor for single carrier wireless communication systems with frequency domain equalizer, which are operable to use pseudorandom-noise sequences for cyclic prefix. The different arrangements and examples of said pseudorandom-noise sequences could be used for coarse timing synchronization, channel estimation, carrier synchronization, signal-noise-ration estimation and channel equalization. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL USING SLIDING WINDOWS IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for estimating a channel using sliding windows in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes an estimator, a first calculator, a second calculator, and a third calculator. The estimator estimates a speed of travel. The first calculator calculates a time correlation values using the estimated speed. The second calculator calculates weight factors using the time correlation values. The third calculator calculates a channel estimation value by multiplying corresponding pilot symbols by the weight factors and equalizing the pilot symbols. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240309 | EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE NUMERICAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS FOR NAVIGATIONAL RECEIVERS - Provided herein are systems and methods for achieving long integration of an input signal by compensating the frequency and phase of each sample of the input signal. In an embodiment, a Numerical Controlled Oscillator (NCO) of the receiver is modified to include a variable control input that allows the output frequency of the NCO to be adjusted based on a rate of change of frequency. The rate of change of frequency may be estimated based on the relative velocity of a satellite to the receiver computed from satellite orbit parameters or ephemeris. The rate of change of frequency may also be estimated based on frequency measurements of previous samples. The modified NCO may be used as a carrier NCO or code NCO of the receiver to provide frequency and phase compensation of each sample of the input signal. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240310 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND COMPENSATING FREQUENCY OFFSET AND FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION MODULE - A method for estimating frequency offset is provided. First, a baseband signal with a preamble featuring quasi-periodic property is received. Next, the quasi-periodic property of the preamble of the received baseband signal is reconstructed by interpolation. Next, a frequency offset angle is estimated by using the reconstructed baseband signal. The accuracy of estimating frequency offset is increased because of better reconstructed quasi-periodic property of the preamble. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240311 | Frequency offset correction - A frequency error correction scheme applicable in a receiver of a mobile telecommunication system is presented. The present frequency error correction scheme is carried out in a time domain after an equalization process. The present frequency error correction scheme may be applied to a base station receiving signals transmitted according to a single-carrier frequency division multiple access communication scheme. The separation of different received signals for further processing is carried out in the frequency domain before the equalization and the frequency error correction. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240312 | RADIO RECEIVER HAVING A MULTI-STATE VARIABLE THRESHOLD AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC) FOR FAST CHANNEL SCANNING ACQUISITION AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A radio receiver ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080240313 | Closed Loop Adaptive Clock RFI Mitigation - A method according to one embodiment for mitigating radio frequency interference by identifying system clocks, identifying active radio channels, measuring clock harmonics in or near the active radio channels, determining potential interference occurring if the clocks were moved to new fundamental frequencies, and shifting clock fundamental frequencies to reduce interference to the active radio channels based on existing interference and the potential interference of a plurality of new fundamental frequencies. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240314 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION WITH EFFECTIVE CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION - A method for a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes isolating a set of pilot signals, where the pilot signals are associated with multiple base stations or multiple sectors of a single base station. This includes nulling a subset of the pilot signals to mitigate co-channel interference and to perform channel estimation in accordance with at least one of the pilot signals. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240315 | Method of processing a digital signal derived from an analog input signal of a GNSS receiver, a GNSS receiver base band circuit for carrying out the method and a GNSS receiver - For suppression of continuous wave interferers at, e.g., up to four interferer frequencies (f | 2008-10-02 |
20080240316 | Receiver, Receiving Method, Filter Circuit, and Control Method - A receiver supporting a plurality of radio communication systems having different specifications includes a setting unit, a clock generation circuit, a voltage-current conversion amplifier, a switch, integrators, an AD conversion circuit, and a feedback circuit. The setting unit sets a value suitable for a carrier frequency used in one selected radio communication system. The clock generation circuit generates a first clock having a first frequency and a second clock having a second frequency. The conversion amplifier converts an input voltage signal into a current signal. The switch switches between connection and disconnection modes in accordance with the first clock to output the current signal. Each integrator operates in accordance with the second clock and includes two or more switched capacitor circuits and an operational amplifier. The AD conversion circuit converts a signal supplied from the preceding integrator into digital form. The feedback circuit operates in accordance with the second clock. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240317 | DIGITAL FILTER - Digital filter ( | 2008-10-02 |
20080240318 | Recovering precoded data using a Mueller-Muller recovery mechanism - In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to receive a digitized signal. The DSP may be controlled to perform a timing recovery mechanism that implements a Mueller and Müller (MM)-based algorithm to generate a sensor output responsive to the digitized signal, where the incoming signal is non-linearly precoded in a transmitter from which the signal is received. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240319 | Measuring a horizontal eye opening during system operation - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an incoming signal from a communication channel at a receiver, sampling the incoming signal in first and second samplers that are independently clocked, comparing outputs of the samplers, and outputting a measure of a horizontal eye opening of the incoming signal based on the comparison. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240320 | TRANSMIT CLOCK GENERATOR - A transmit clock generator includes a first local clock generator and a second local clock generator, each receiving an external PLL clock signal and respectively generating first and second divided clock signals. A synchronization signal is applied to the first local clock generator and second local clock generator during a clock training period to enforce a phase relationship between the first and second divided clock signals. The synchronization signal includes at least one synchronization pulse that is applied to the first local clock generator and second local clock generator during the clock training period. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240321 | Aligning Timebases to Share Synchronized Periodic Signals - A system and method for aligning a local timebase to a remote timebase given a timebase error value from a higher-level protocol, and using the aligned timebases to generate and distribute synchronized events and synchronized adjustable frequency periodic signals across a domain using the aligned timebases. Slightly speeding up or slowing down a periodic signal used to count time, a local timebase may be aligned to a remote timebase when given an error value from a higher-level protocol. A device may be configured to begin generating a periodic waveform at an agreed upon time in the future, once the timebases are aligned, where the time may be synchronized to remote devices via a synchronization protocol and an alignment mechanism. Remote periodic signals may remain synchronized to each other as long as the higher-level protocol and timebase alignment algorithm keep the timebases aligned. A common reference periodic signal may be shared between all devices, and the reference periodic signal or a conditioned version of the reference periodic signal may be specified as the periodic signal to control the operation of the timebase circuitry. The common reference periodic signal may improve synchronization performance beyond the capabilities of the higher-level protocol, and may in addition provide means for synchronization fault tolerance. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240322 | Communication controller and method for saving power in transmitting and receiving - A communication controller mounted on a node includes a data communicator transmitting a data signal, a transmission cycle information decider deciding transmission cycle information of that node on the basis of occurrence frequency of traffic, and a timing control signal receiver receiving a timing control signal. The timing control signal is indicative of a communication timing of the node. The communication controller further includes a communication timing calculator calculating a communication timing of that node in response to reception of the timing control signal, a timing control signal transmitter transmitting a merged signal of a timing control signal and the transmission cycle information to neighboring nodes, and a transmission-reception interruption controller determining whether or not to interrupt transmission and/or reception of the data signal and/or the timing control signal in that node, on the basis of transmission cycle information of the neighboring nodes or the node itself. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DORMANT MODE SUPPORT WITH PAGING - Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein for implementing dormant mode with paging in a WLAN. Power savings in the computing device and reduction in traffic across the network are achieved by requiring a computing device to inform the WLAN of its location only when it crosses a paging area boundary or is to receive IP traffic. Dormant mode with paging is implemented in a protocol that supports dormant functionality and paging functionality but does not itself provide methods or standards for implementing such functionality, such as the IEEE 802.11. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein provide the methods needed to implement dormant mode with paging in such a protocol. Generally, the methods and apparatuses for implementing dormant mode with paging basically include (1) establishing paging areas; (2) communicating access group information to a computing device; and (3) locating a computing device. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240324 | Independent Dispatch of Multiple Streaming Queues Via Reserved Time Slots - Technologies for scheduling the dispatch of multi-channel isochronous constant-rate data, such as real-time and/or streaming audio data, video data, or the like. The technologies include systems and methods that provide for the independent dispatch of such data from each of multiple channels such that data delays in one channel have no adverse affect on the dispatch of data from another channel. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240325 | High-Speed Receiver Architecture - A receiver (e.g., for a 10 G fiber communications link) includes an interleaved ADC coupled to a multi-channel equalizer that can provide different equalization for different ADC channels within the interleaved ADC. That is, the multi-channel equalizer can compensate for channel-dependent impairments. In one approach, the multi-channel equalizer is a feedforward equalizer (FFE) coupled to a Viterbi decoder, for example a sliding block Viterbi decoder (SBVD); and the FFE and/or the channel estimator for the Viterbi decoder are adapted using the LMS algorithm. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240326 | HIGH SPEED DIGITAL WAVEFORM IDENTIFICATION USING HIGHER ORDER STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING - In some embodiments an apparatus includes a higher order statistical signal processor to process a jittered digital signal, a diagonal line average unit to identify a distinct line in a signal output from the higher order statistical signal processor, and a peak detection unit to determine a peak value in response to an output of the diagonal line average unit and to provide a data rate signal as an output. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240327 | Semiconductor memory device capable of controlling tAC timing and method for operating the same - A semiconductor memory device is capable of controlling a tAC with a timing margin in an output data process. The semiconductor memory device includes a delay locked loop circuit, a tAC control unit, a reference signal generating unit, and a data output block. The delay locked loop circuit produces delay locked clock signals through a delay locking operation. The tAC control unit adjusts a delay value of the delay locked clock signals in order to control a tAC timing, thereby generating output reference signals. The reference signal generating unit produces a latch reference signal in response to the delay locked clock signals. The data output block latches data in response to the latch reference signal and for outputting the latched data in response to the output reference signals. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240328 | Jitter detection circuit and jitter detection method - A jitter detection circuit comprises: an oscillation circuit; a measurement period setting circuit for outputting a measurement period signal based on a measurement period specifying signal, said measurement period setting circuit receiving the output clock from a PLL circuit; a counter for counting the number of clock cycles output from the oscillation circuit over the period during which the measurement period signal is being output; a reference count value determining circuit for setting a reference count value for the number of clock cycles output from the oscillation circuit over the period during which the measurement period signal is being output; and an error detection circuit for detecting the jitter error of the PLL circuit based on the maximum count value and minimum count value counted by the counter, and the reference count value. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240329 | DETECTING SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN SUSPECT CONTAINERS USING HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA RAYS EMITTED BY FISSION PRODUCTS - A method and a system for detecting the presence of special nuclear materials in a suspect container. The system and its method include irradiating the suspect container with a beam of neutrons, so as to induce a thermal fission in a portion of the special nuclear materials, detecting the gamma rays that are emitted from the fission products formed by the thermal fission, to produce a detector signal, comparing the detector signal with a threshold value to form a comparison, and detecting the presence of the special nuclear materials using the comparison. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240330 | Compact Device for Dual Transmutation for Isotope Production Permitting Production of Positron Emitters, Beta Emitters and Alpha Emitters Using Energetic Electrons - A method and apparatus for directing high energy electrons to a converter material that emits gamma rays, which, in turn interact directly with parent isotopes to produce unstable, short-lived medical isotopes and product isotopes by the gamma, n reaction, or which interact with high-z materials to produce neutrons that then produce valuable isotopes by neutron capture in parent isotopes. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240331 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR REACTOR BOTTOM MOUNTED INSTRUMENTATION NOZZLE - Provided is an inspection apparatus for a reactor BMI nozzle. The apparatus includes a motor, a ball screw, a guide, and a coil spring. The motor is installed at a transmission of a bracket provided under a quick connector of an ROSA-V six-axis system and enables vertical driving of an inspection probe. The ball screw converts a rotary motion of the motor into a vertical motion and vertically reciprocating the inspection probe. The guide compels an axial arrangement of the inspection probe and removes eccentricity generated when the inspection probe is inserted into the nozzle. The coil spring is installed above the guide and prevents an impact propagation of an instrument. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240332 | Condecast EV 2 inertial guided themonuclear perfumagnetron fusion reactor - Problem-Solution | 2008-10-02 |
20080240333 | Nuclear fission igniter - Illustrative embodiments provide nuclear fission igniters for nuclear fission reactors and methods for their operation. Illustrative embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, a nuclear fission igniter configured to ignite a nuclear fission deflagration wave in nuclear fission fuel material, a nuclear fission deflagration wave reactor with a nuclear fission igniter, a method of igniting a nuclear fission deflagration wave, and the like. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240334 | FUEL ELEMENTS FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM - A fuel element for nuclear power generation made up of at least one coated UO | 2008-10-02 |
20080240335 | Iterative reconstruction of tomographic image data method and system - Methods for performing image reconstruction that include deriving background projection data for an area outside a targeted field of view of a tomographic image, and reconstructing the tomographic image of the targeted field of view, wherein the background projection data is used in the reconstruction. Methods for selecting a reconstruction methodology that include determining a number of pixels in a reconstructed image for a first reconstruction methodology, determining a number of pixels in a reconstructed image for a second reconstruction methodology, comparing the number of pixels for the first reconstruction methodology and the number of pixels for the second reconstruction methodology, and selecting the reconstruction methodology for image reconstruction based on the comparison of the number of pixels. Imaging systems implementing these methods are also provided. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240336 | X-Ray Ct Apparatus - An X-ray CT apparatus of the present invention includes: an X-ray source which irradiates X-rays; an X-ray detector which is arranged oppositely to the X-ray source and detects the irradiated X-rays; a scanner having a rotary disk which rotatably supports the X-ray source and X-ray detector and a power source of the rotary disk; an image processing device which makes the scanner rotate in a state where an object is inserted in between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector to irradiate the object with X-rays from directions at a plurality of angles, and makes the X-ray detector detect X-rays transmitted through the object in directions at a plurality of angles as projection data, to reconstruct a tomographic image of the object by the use of the projection data in the directions at the plurality of angles; a display device which displays the reconstructed tomographic image; a setting device which sets X-ray irradiation condition candidate by at least one combination of a tube current and a tube voltage for power to be supplied to the X-ray source by the use of a transmission thickness of a scanning subject site of the object; and a control device which supplies the with an X-ray irradiation condition corresponding to the set X-ray irradiation condition candidate, to perform scanning, and in the X-ray CT apparatus, the setting device sets X-ray irradiation condition candidate by at least one combination of a tube current and tube voltage for power to be supplied to the X-ray source by the use of an X-ray absorption coefficient of said scanning subject site of the object, and the control device makes the display device selectably display each of the set X-ray irradiation condition candidates which is provided for a diagnosis of a requested tissue of the object, to take control such that a tomographic image of the object is taken according to the selected X-ray irradiation condition candidate. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240337 | Model-Based Heart Reconstruction and Navigation - A method to obtain a patient based organ model from patient data, having steps of obtaining a computerized organ model based upon at least one data set of patients, the computerized organ model having a set of classifiers that are used to determine physical parameters of the patients heart, placing the patient in a diagnostic scanner device, taking representative data images of a patients organ while changing position of the image scan, the data images taken with ECG synchronization; and preparing the patient based organ model by evaluating the representative data images of the patients organ with the set of classifiers in the computerized organ model. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240338 | Evaluation method for mapping the myocardium of a patient - The invention relates to an evaluation method for mapping the myocardium of a patient, in particular the automated, functional evaluation, for instance the heart perfusion, in angiographic series with the steps: recording a series of angiographic recordings directly after administering a contrast agent to the patient; determining a reference area in an angiographic recording; determining a trend pattern of the contrast agent as a reference curve within the reference area from the series of angiographic recordings; obtaining trend patterns of the contrast agent from all areas of the angiographic recordings; determining the correlation between the trend patterns and the reference curve as a measure for the interrelationship between statistical variables, comparison with stored reference curve; comparison of the correlation coefficient with a threshold value; and reproduction of a marker identifying the myocardium. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240339 | ENERGY DISCRIMINATING DETECTOR WITH DIRECT CONVERSION LAYER AND INDIRECT CONVERSION LAYER - A diagnostic imaging system includes a high frequency electromagnetic energy source that emits a beam of high frequency electromagnetic energy toward an object to be imaged. An energy discriminating (ED) detector receives high frequency electromagnetic energy emitted by the high frequency electromagnetic energy source. The ED detector includes a direct conversion layer dynamically operable in a photon counting mode in one view and in an integrating mode in another view and an indirect conversion layer. A data acquisition system (DAS) is operably connected to the ED detector and a computer operably connected to the DAS. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240340 | Method for scattered radiation correction in x-ray imaging devices - A method is disclosed for scattered radiation correction in x-ray imaging devices having a number of x-ray sources that can be moved around an examination object in at least one scanning plane during a measurement pass. During the measurement pass, a number of x-ray projections are recorded at different projection angles with simultaneous use of the x-ray sources. In at least one embodiment of the present method, parameters characterizing an outer object contour are determined in the scanning plane from measured data of different x-ray projections. In at least one embodiment, on the basis of one object contour section whose characterizing parameters have been determined from x-ray projections that lie in front of and/or behind the respective x-ray projection by a defined projection angle range, for each x-ray projection an assigned scattered radiation distribution is then retrieved or is interpolated in a database from scattered radiation distributions for object contour sections with similar characterizing parameters. This scattered radiation distribution is then used for the correction of the measured data for the respective x-ray projection. In at least one embodiment, the method enables scattered radiation correction in conjunction with operation of the x-ray sources. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240341 | HYBRID ENERGY DISCRIMINATING CHARGE INTEGRATING CT DETECTOR - An imaging system includes a gantry having a bore therethrough designed to receive a patient being translated through the bore an x-ray source disposed in the gantry and configured to emit x-rays toward the patient, and a detector module disposed in the gantry to receive x-rays attenuated by the patient. The detector module includes a scintillator configured to absorb the x-rays and to convert the x-rays into optical photons, a device configured to receive the optical photons and to convert the optical photons to electrical signals, and an adaptive data acquisition system (DAS) configured to switch an operating mode of the device from a charge integrating mode to a photon counting mode, and vice versa. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240342 | Advanced Csct Detector Shapes - The application of CSCT to baggage inspection necessitates a large field of view, resulting in a large gantry that has to sustain large centrifugal forces. Accordingly, various CSCT geometries are described which enable smaller gantry sizes. In particular, a CSCT scanner comprising a detector unit that is not focus-centred is described. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240343 | Portable digital tomosynthesis imaging system and method - A portable tomosynthesis imaging system is disclosed that includes a portable X-ray source assembly and a portable detector assembly. The source assembly may be coupled to a portable power supply and controller such that multiple projection X-ray images may be obtained at a site that is not accessible by conventional tomosynthesis imaging systems. Image data may be transmitted from the detector by wired or wireless communication. Tomosynthesis image reconstruction may be performed locally at the portable system or remotely by the transmission of raw or filtered image data from the portable system. The portable system is particularly well-suited to field deployment, such as at accident scenes, scenes of natural or other disasters, or in confined clinical settings. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240344 | X-ray tomosynthesis device - X-ray tomosynthesis device includes a target and a device configured for directing a particle beam of electrically charged particles onto the target which emits X-ray radiation for irradiating a sample to be examined when the electrically charged particles strike the target, in use. The target includes at least one support element on which a plurality of mutually spaced target elements are provided, and each mutually spaced target element only partially covers the at least one support element. A deflection device is provided, and the deflection device is configured for causing the particle beam to be deflected in order to strike the plurality of mutually spaced target elements, in use. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240345 | MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS AND METHODS, INCLUDING METHODS UTILIZING BREAST SOUND COMPARISION - Provided are systems using compression devices for a mammography unit, and methods of using the same, for example, in conjunction with imaging of a patient's breast. The instant mammography units can comprise at least one x-ray transparent inflatable chamber for containing a fluid. When fluid is introduced into the chamber, at least one surface of the chamber expands, breast motion is limited, and the breast and its vasculature are compressed. Fluid may also be released from the chamber, and as the chamber deflates, blood flow to the breast is restored, producing Korotkoff sounds that may be detected by a sound detection device. Sound data may be obtained with respect to both of a patient's breasts, and the sound data from a patient's first breast may be compared with the data obtained from the contralateral breast. The detected sounds, the comparison data, or both may be used to assist a radiologist in identifying regions of interest on a mammogram, and additionally or alternatively may be used to a enhance a computer-assisted detection (CAD) process by contributing additional data parameters. | 2008-10-02 |
20080240346 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A mammographic system as a radiation image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source for emitting a radiation, AEC sensors for detecting the radiation emitted from the radiation source and acquiring radiation image information for exposure control, a mammary gland position identifier for selecting at least one of the AEC sensors for outputting given radiation dose information based on the radiation dose information acquired by the AEC sensors thereby to identify a mammary gland position as a region of interest of a subject, a weighting coefficient allocator for multiplying output signals from the AEC sensors before the mammary gland position is identified by the mammary gland position identifier, by respective weighting coefficients depending on the installed positions of the AEC sensors, and a radiation source controller for controlling the radiation dose applied from the radiation source to the identified mammary gland position. | 2008-10-02 |