44th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150310831 | PROXIMITY DETECTION OF CANDIDATE COMPANION DISPLAY DEVICE IN SAME ROOM AS PRIMARY DISPLAY USING CAMERA - A candidate companion screen device is located by a primary display device as being in the same room as the primary device using a camera and image recognition, and in response ancillary content related to content being shown on the primary display device is provided to the companion screen device. The ancillary content may be provided from the Internet based on information in the content being presented on the primary display device by, e.g., providing a link to a website to the companion device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310832 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an infrared ray emitted from a human body; a state signal generator configured to generate a state signal including at least one of a first state signal component indicating that the human body is approaching the detector and a second state signal component indicating that the human body is leaving from the detector in response to an intensity variance of the infrared ray detected with the detector; and a controller configured to start controlling an external device upon detecting the first state signal component from the state signal generated by the state signal generator but to stop controlling the external device upon detecting the second state signal component from the state signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310833 | Displaying Hardware Accelerated Video on X Window Systems - Multiple planes may be used to enhance the video experience in hardware accelerated video in X window systems. A composite window manager, cursor theme, and more than two ARGB format planes may be used. The window manager handles a transparent area. The area that shows the video is defined as a cutout area. Before the window manager redraws a specific window with the cutout area, the area is set to be transparent or translucent. Then the video can be seen through the cutout with or without overlaid translucent graphics. The cursor theme provides opaque cursors. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310834 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD - An organic light-emitting diode pixel circuit addresses problems associated with power consumption of a conventional 3D image display using two displayed adjacent frames of image signals that are spaced by a black picture. The pixel circuit includes a signal pre-storage module for storing a signal in a current frame of image signal, when the voltage of a first drive signal is higher than the voltage of a second drive signal and a gate line connected with the pixel is enabled; and a drive module for driving a drive transistor when the voltage of the first drive signal is higher than the voltage of the second drive signal; and to generate a current drive signal from the signal stored in the signal pre-storage module in the current frame of image signal, when the voltage of the first drive signal is not higher than the voltage of the second drive signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310835 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A driving circuit is provided. The driving circuit includes a timing controller, a gamma reference voltage signal generating unit, a gamma reference voltage signal switching unit, and a data driving unit. The timing controller generates a gamma control signal, a switch control signal, a data driving unit control signal, and a data signal based on an input image data. The gamma reference voltage signal generating unit generates gamma reference voltage signals based on the gamma control signal. The gamma reference voltage signal switching unit modifies a mapping relation between the gamma reference voltage signals and switched gamma reference voltage signals based on the switch control signal output from the timing controller. The data driving unit generates data driving voltage signals corresponding to the data signal based on the data driving unit control signal and the switched gamma reference voltage signals. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310836 | RHYTHM BRIDGE FOR VIOLIN - One embodiment of a bridge having a planed top and notches set in a straight line, for use with stringed instruments of the violin type. The bridge is commonly made out of wood or alternative materials used in manufacturing. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310837 | Slide guitar - Slide guitar for providing various improvements and advantages including instant accurate string height adjustments simultaneously at the nut and bridge. The slide guitar has a marked adjustment knob adjacent a graduated scale under the headstock to visually determine with repeated mathematical accuracy the exact distance between the bottom of the strings and the top of the first fret as a point of reference. The improved string musical instrument includes a leveling head embedded into portions of the headstock and neck wherein the leveling head contains a slide selector having a sloped surface for contacting the nut combined with a dual bridge for instantly changing the instrument's string height and bridge type. The slide guitar instantly changes from a conventional type guitar to a steel type guitar creating an improved variable string action slide guitar. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310838 | SELF-COMPENSATING TUNABLE BRIDGE FOR STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A tunable bridge for a string musical instrument is provided to enable a user to rapidly switch between two pre-selected string tunings simply by movement of an actuator arm. The actuator arm controls the position of a cam roller assembly, which in turn controls the pivotal movement of a rocker arm between a lower position and an upper position. A multiplicity of string fingers are mounted for pivotable movement between respective first and second tuning positions. A plurality of manually-adjustable tuning screws with engagement tips are threadedly disposed in the rocker arm. Each engagement tip is configured to press against a respective string finger when the rocker arm is placed in its upper position, thereby further stretching the strings attached to the respective string fingers and increasing their pitch in accordance with the second pre-selected tuning. Mounting of the tunable bridge does not require permanent modification of the string instrument. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310839 | SPEED PICK, ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The disclosure is a plectrum used for playing a stringed instrument comprising a generally acute isosceles triangle body and further comprising at least one pad, groove, inlet or opening. These picks are designed to provide the user with improved control, dexterity and further provide certain acoustic advantages. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310840 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING TENSION TO A DRUM HEAD - A drum tensioning device is provided. The drum tensioning device can include an insert having a flange and a shank. The shank can be configured to engage a tension rod. The tensioning device can also include a casing having a mount configured to receive a connecting member to secure the casing to a shell of the drum. The casing can further include an opening formed in the casing through which the shank of the insert extends and a recess formed on an inner surface of the casing configured to retain the flange of the insert while permitting for radial and axial movement of the shank relative to the opening. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310841 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING USE ACCURACY OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS | 2015-10-29 |
20150310842 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND ASSITING PERFORMERS - A versatile system is provided for transporting stringed instruments between venues, for use during a concert or for convenience during maintenance of an instrument. Storage options within or detachably joined cases are also provided. One or a plurality of instruments may be used in the system. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310843 | SAMPLING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention receives sound wave data from a sound inputted into a microphone and samples the sound wave data received using a CPU to obtain sampled data as a digitized tone data, which is then stored in a sampling memory. The CPU performs auto-play of a sound using the digitized tone data sampled by the sampling and stored in the sampling memory. Thus, a result of the sampling is automatically provided to the user after the sampling takes place and the user can intuitively understand what can be done through sampling. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310844 | INTELLIGENT KEYBOARD INTERFACE FOR VIRTUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A user interface for a virtual musical instrument presents a number of chord touch regions, each corresponding to a chord of a diatonic key. Within each chord region a number of touch zones are provided, including treble clef zones and bass clef zones. Each treble clef touch zone within a region will sound a different chord voicing. Each bass clef touch zone will sound a bass note of the chord. Other user interactions can modify or mute the chords, and vary the bass notes being played together with the chords. A set of related chords and/or a set of rhythmic patterns can be generated based on a selected instrument and a selected style of music. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310845 | SILENT MOBILE DEVICE VIBRATION - A mobile device vibrational sound system includes a processing circuit configured to activate a selectively vibratable element based on a triggering event, and control operation of a speaker to provide a mitigation sound configured to at least partially cancel a vibrational sound resulting from activation of the vibratable element. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310846 | OFF-EAR DETECTOR FOR PERSONAL LISTENING DEVICE WITH ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL - In a personal listening device, an ANC system can benefit from a mechanism to detect an off-ear condition, which may be a situation in which the user of the personal listening device has moved an earphone or handset housing away from her ear. A detector may detect such a condition using signals from a touch sensor and/or a vibration sensor that are integrated in the earphone or handset housing, and in response power down the ANC system, or in the case of an adaptive ANC system slow down, or even freeze, the adaptation of one or more adaptive filters. The detector may operate during for example a phone call or during media file playback. Other embodiments are also described. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310847 | HEARING AID COMPATIBLE AUDIO DEVICE WITH ACOUSTIC NOISE CANCELLATION - A portable audio device, which includes active noise cancellation circuitry, a hearing aid compliant magnetic radiator, and a speaker/earpiece, is surrounded by ambient acoustic noise. The active noise cancellation circuitry provides an anti-noise signal at an input of the speaker to control/reduce the ambient acoustic noise outside of the device. In addition, the active noise cancellation circuitry provides an inverse anti-noise signal to an input of the magnetic radiator. The magnetic fields produced by the speaker driven by the anti-noise signal and the magnetic radiator driven by the inverse anti-noise signal cancel each other out through phase cancellation such that a hearing aid using a telecoil coupled to the audio device does not produce significant audio waves based on either of these signals. Other embodiments are also described. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310848 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOUND DIAPHRAGM - The present disclosure provides diaphragm and a method for manufacturing the same. The diaphragm includes a first macromolecular material layer, a graphene layer, a glue layer and a second macromolecular material layer in sequence. The first macromolecular material layer is directly attached to the graphene layer, and the second macromolecular material layer is attached to the graphene layer via the glue layer. The strength and the stiffness of the diaphragm is enhanced to improve the acoustic performances of the diaphragm. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310849 | CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION DEVICE, CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION METHOD, AND CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION PROGRAM - A conversation-sentence generation device according to the invention of this application includes: an input unit that receives, as input information, a conversation sentence given from a user to an agent, and clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the agent is estimated; an agent state storing unit that stores the physical and psychological state of the agent as an agent state; an agent state estimating unit that estimates a new agent state based on the input information and the agent state; an utterance intention generating unit that generates, based on the input information and the agent state, an utterance intention directed from the agent to the user; a conversation sentence generating unit that generates, based on the input information, the agent state, and the utterance intention, a conversation sentence given from the agent to the user; and an output unit that outputs the conversation sentence generated by the conversation sentence generating unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGING SYNTHESIS - A singing synthesis section for generating singing by integrating into one singing a plurality of vocals sung by a singer a plurality of times or vocals of which parts that he/she does not like are sung again. A music audio signal playback section plays back the music audio signal from a signal portion or its immediately preceding signal corresponding to a character in the lyrics when the character displayed on the display screen is selected by a character selecting section. An estimation and analysis data storing section automatically aligns the lyrics with the vocal, decomposes the vocal into three elements, pitch, power, and timber, and stores them. A data selecting section allows the user to select each of the three elements for respective time periods of phonemes. The data editing section modifies the time periods of the three elements in alignment with the modified time periods of the phonemes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310851 | Method and Apparatus for Extra-Vehicular Voice Recognition Training Including Vehicular Updating - A system includes a processor configured to communicate with an application running on an extra-vehicular device. The processor is also configured to determine if new voice-recognition improvement data exists on the device. Further, the processor is configured to download any new improvement data determined to exist on the device. Additionally, the processor is configured to store the downloaded data in a voice-recognition profile associated with a driver and utilize the downloaded data in voice-recognition when the driver attempts voice input. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310852 | SPEECH EFFECTIVENESS RATING - In an approach to determining speech effectiveness, a computer receives speech input. The computer determines, based, at least in part, on the received speech input, whether the speech input is one of: a conversation with words spoken by two or more people during a predetermined time interval, and a presentation with words spoken by one person and not any other person during a predetermined time interval. The computer detects at least one problem with the speech input. If the speech input is the presentation, the computer weights, by a first factor, the detected at least one problem with the speech input based on the speech input being a presentation and not a conversation, and if the speech input is a conversation, the computer weights, by a second factor, the detected at least one problem with the speech input based on the speech input being a conversation and not a presentation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310853 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH ARTIFACT COMPENSATION IN SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS - A method for speech recognition includes generating a speech prompt, receiving a spoken utterance from a user in response to the speech prompt, wherein the spoken utterance includes a speech artifact, and compensating for the speech artifact. Compensating for the speech artifact may include, for example, utilizing a recognition grammar that includes the speech artifact as a speech component, or modifying the spoken utterance to eliminate the speech artifact. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310855 | VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A voice recognition device includes an extractor configured to extract at least one of a first utterance element indicating an execution command and a second utterance element indicating a subject, from a user's voice utterance, a domain determiner configured to determine a current domain to provide response information regarding the voice utterance based on the first and the second utterance elements, and a controller configured to determine a candidate conversation frame to provide the response information regarding the voice utterance on at least one of the current domain and a previous domain based on a conversation state of the current domain, wherein the previous domain is determined from a previous voice utterance of the user. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310856 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS, SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, AND TELEVISION SET - A speech recognition apparatus includes: a speech acquisition unit which acquires speech uttered by a user; a recognition result acquisition unit which acquires a result of recognition performed on the acquired speech; an extraction unit which, when the recognition result includes a keyword and a selection command that is used for selecting one of selectable information items, extracts a selection candidate that includes the keyword; a selection mode switching unit which, when more than one selection candidate is extracted, switches a selection mode from a first selection mode that allows selection among the selectable information items to a second selection that allows selection among the selection candidates; a display control unit which changes a display manner of the display information, according to the second selection mode switched from the first selection mode; and a selection unit which selects one of the selection candidates, according to an entry from the user. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INFORMED MULTICHANNEL SPEECH PRESENCE PROBABILITY ESTIMATION - An apparatus for providing a speech probability estimation is provided. The apparatus includes a first speech probability estimator for estimating speech probability information indicating a first probability on whether a sound field of a scene includes speech or on whether the sound field of the scene does not include speech. Moreover, the apparatus includes an output interface for outputting the speech probability estimation depending on the speech probability information. The first speech probability estimator is configured to estimate the first speech probability information based on at least spatial information about the sound field or spatial information on the scene. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310858 | SHARED HIDDEN LAYER COMBINATION FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS - Providing a framework for merging automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems having a shared deep neural network (DNN) feature transformation is provided. A received utterance may be evaluated to generate a DNN-derived feature from the top hidden layer of a DNN. The top hidden layer output may then be utilized to generate a network including a bottleneck layer and an output layer. Weights representing a feature dimension reduction may then be extracted between the top hidden layer and the bottleneck layer. Scores may then be generated and combined to merge the ASR systems which share the DNN feature transformation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310859 | Method and Apparatus For Passive Data Acquisition In Speech Recognition and Natural Language Understanding - Speech recognition systems often process speech by employing models and analyzing audio data. An embodiment of the method and corresponding system described herein allow for passive monitoring of for example, conversation between user(s) to determine context to use to prime model(s) for later speech recognition requests submitted to the speech recognition system. The embodiment improves the results of the speech recognition system by updating speech recognition model(s) with contextual information of the conversation. This increases the probability that the speech recognition system interprets the conversation to contextually relevant information. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310860 | SPEECH RETRIEVAL METHOD, SPEECH RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR SPEECH RETRIEVAL APPARATUS - A method for speech retrieval includes acquiring a keyword designated by a character string, and a phoneme string or a syllable string, detecting one or more coinciding segments by comparing a character string that is a recognition result of word speech recognition with words as recognition units performed for speech data to be retrieved and the character string of the keyword, calculating an evaluation value of each of the one or more segments by using the phoneme string or the syllable string of the keyword to evaluate a phoneme string or a syllable string that is recognized in each of the detected one or more segments and that is a recognition result of phoneme speech recognition with phonemes or syllables as recognition units performed for the speech data, and outputting a segment in which the calculated evaluation value exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310861 | PROCESSING NATURAL LANGUAGE USER INPUTS USING CONTEXT DATA - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device, user input; identifying, using a processor, elements included in the user input; determining, using a processor, that at least one of the identified elements renders the user input ambiguous; identifying, using a processor, a source of context data; accessing, using a processor, context data associated with the user input from the source of context data; disambiguating, using a processor, the user input based on the context data associated with the user input; and forming, using a processor, an altered input based on the disambiguating. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310862 | DEEP LEARNING FOR SEMANTIC PARSING INCLUDING SEMANTIC UTTERANCE CLASSIFICATION - One or more aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards performing a semantic parsing task, such as classifying text corresponding to a spoken utterance into a class. Feature data representative of input data is provided to a semantic parsing mechanism that uses a deep model trained at least in part via unsupervised learning using unlabeled data. For example, if used in a classification task, a classifier may use an associated deep neural network that is trained to have an embeddings layer corresponding to at least one of words, phrases, or sentences. The layers are learned from unlabeled data, such as query click log data. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEAKER DIARIZATION - A method and apparatus records at a first mobile device, separately, each of an upstream component and a downstream component of a speech data associated with users of the first mobile device and a second mobile device in a full-duplex communication system. Speech endpointing is performing on each recorded component to delimit speech chunks in each component using timing information common to both components. The speech chunks are converted to text chunks using at least one automatic speech recognition process and the text chunks are displayed, based on the timing information, in chronological order on a graphical user interface of the first mobile device as diarized text. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310864 | METHOD, INTERACTION DEVICE, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for speech recognition. a third-party application corresponding to a speech signal of a user can be determined according to the speech signal and by means of semantic analysis; and third-party application registry information is searched for and a third-party program is started, so that the user does not need to tap the third-party application to start the corresponding program, thereby providing more intelligent service for the user and facilitating use for the user. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310865 | VEHICLE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A voice recognition system includes a microphone for receiving speech from a user and processing electronics. The processing electronics are in communication with the microphone and are configured to use a plurality of rules to evaluate user interactions with the voice recognition system. The processing electronics automatically determine and set an expertise level in response to and based on the evaluation. The processing electronics are configured to automatically adjust at least one setting of the voice recognition system in response to the set expertise level. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310866 | DIALOG SERVER FOR HANDLING CONVERSATION IN VIRTUAL SPACE METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR HAVING CONVERSATION IN VIRTUAL SPACE - A dialog server which provides dialogs made by at least one user through their respective avatars in a virtual space. A method and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method are also provided. The dialog server includes: a position storage unit which stores positional information on the avatars; an utterance receiver which receives at least one utterance of avatars and utterance strength representing an importance or attention level of the utterance; an interest level calculator which calculates interest levels between avatars based on their positional information; a message processor which generates a message based on the utterance in accordance with a value calculated from the interest levels and the utterance strength; and a message transmitter which transmits the message to the avatars. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310867 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Automatically Monitoring for Voice Input Based on Context - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a current context associated with a mobile computing device and determining, based on the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from a current mode of operation to a second mode of operation during which the mobile computing device monitors ambient sounds for voice input that indicates a request to perform an operation. The method can further include, in response to determining whether to switch to the second mode of operation, activating one or more microphones and a speech analysis subsystem associated with the mobile computing device so that the mobile computing device receives a stream of audio data. The method can also include providing output on the mobile computing device that is responsive to voice input that is detected in the stream of audio data and that indicates a request to perform an operation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310868 | DATA TRANSFER USING MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention provides a method and system for transmitting data. The system includes an encoder for converting the data into one or more binary sequences using a binary encoding scheme, selecting one or more sets of frequencies from a frequency matrix based on the one or more binary sequences, and prepending a starter frequency to the one or more sets of frequencies. The system further includes an audio generator for generating one or more audio signals based on the one or more sets of frequencies, a storage module and an output module having one or more an electro acoustic transducers for generating an acoustic output based on the one or more audio signals. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310869 | APPARATUS ALIGNING AUDIO SIGNALS IN A SHARED AUDIO SCENE - An apparatus comprising: an input selector configured to select at least two audio signals; a segmenter configured to segment the at least two audio signals according to at least two classifications; a segment selector configured to select, for the at least two audio signals, audio signal segments based on at least one classification from the at least two classifications; and an aligner configured to align the selected audio signal segments, and further configured to align the at least two audio signals based on the alignment of the selected audio signal segments. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS AND GENERATING A UNIFORM SOUNDTRACK FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Systems and methods analyze audio characteristics of digital audio files and generate a uniform soundtrack based on more than one of the digital audio files. The systems and method comprise equalizing a content of each input digital audio file such that all input digital audio files are processible as a group, wherein the input digital audio files are storable in a database and comprise a list of original recorded digital audio files from original recorded digital video files that were recorded from at least two different digital sources at the same event and the input digital audio files have previously been synchronized such that exact locations of the input digital audio files within the same event has been determined or identified. Moreover, the systems and methods comprise analyzing audio characteristics of the input digital audio files to detect a content quality of each input digital audio file, retrieving highest possible content qualities of the input digital audio files by cleaning the input digital audio files, and generating a unified soundtrack for one or more portions of the same event by merging more than one of the input digital audio files into an output digital audio file. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310871 | STEREO AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - An apparatus comprising: a channel analyser configured to determine at least one set of parameters defining a difference between at least two audio signal channels; a value analyser configured to analyse the at least one set of parameters to determine an initial trend; a mapper configured to map instances of the at least one set of parameters according to a first mapping to generate mapped instances with associated order position instances based on the initial trend; and an encoder configured to encode the mapped instances based on the order position of the mapped instances. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310872 | Multistage IIR Filter and Parallelized Filtering of Data with Same - In some embodiments, a multistage filter whose biquad filter stages are combined with latency between the stages, a system (e.g., an audio encoder or decoder) including such a filter, and methods for multistage biquad filtering. In typical embodiments, all biquad filter stages of the filter are operable independently to perform fully parallelized processing of data. In some embodiments, the inventive multistage filter includes a buffer memory, at least two biquad filter stages, and a controller coupled and configured to assert a single stream of instructions to the filter stages. Typically, the multistage filter is configured to perform multistage filtering of a block of input samples in a single processing loop with iteration over a sample index but without iteration over a biquadratic filter stage index. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SOUND QUALITY OF VOICE SIGNAL IN VOICE COMMUNICATION - Disclosed are a voice communication system and a voice communication method which set a subtraction weight for each of a plurality of frequency subbands split based on a particular frequency response characteristic set to the system, calculate a gain function for each frequency subband according to the particular frequency response characteristic based on the subtraction weight for each of the frequency subbands, and improve sound quality of a voice signal by reflecting the calculated gain function. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310874 | ADAPTIVE AUDIO SIGNAL FILTERING - An apparatus comprising: an audio signal analyser configured to analyse an audio signal; an audio signal processor configured to signal process the audio signal to enhance the speech component of the audio signal dependent on determining the audio signal comprises speech components; and signal processing the audio signal to enhance a loudness of the audio signal otherwise. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310875 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY IN BACKGROUND NOISE BY AMPLIFICATION AND COMPRESSION - An apparatus for generating a modified speech signal from a speech input signal which has a plurality of speech subband signals, the modified speech signal having a plurality of modified subband signals is provided, having: a weighting information generator for generating weighting information for each speech subband signal depending on a signal power of said speech subband signal, and a signal modifier for modifying each speech subband signal by applying the weighting information on said speech subband signal to obtain a modified subband signal. The weighting information generator is configured to generate the weighting information for each of the plurality of speech subband signals, wherein the signal modifier is configured to modify each of the speech subband signals so that a first speech subband signal having a first signal power is amplified with a first degree, and so that a second speech subband signal having a second signal power is amplified with a second degree, the first signal power being greater than the second signal power, and the first degree being lower than the second degree. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310876 | RAW SOUND DATA ORGANIZER - A raw sound data organizer includes a processing unit configured to extract and convert an input into a digital format, and a display unit connected to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to convert the input into a sequence of digital data and display the sequence of digital data in a form of a multi-dimensional color representation through the display unit. A raw sound data organizing method is also provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310877 | CONVERSATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND CONVERSATION ANALYSIS METHOD - This conversation analysis device comprises: a change detection unit that detects, for each of a plurality of conversation participants, each of a plurality of prescribed change patterns for emotional states, on the basis of data corresponding to voices in a target conversation; an identification unit that identifies, from among the plurality of prescribed change patterns detected by the change detection unit, a beginning combination and an ending combination, which are prescribed combinations of the prescribed change patterns that satisfy prescribed position conditions between the plurality of conversation participants; and an interval determination unit that determines specific emotional intervals, which have a start time and an end time and represent specific emotions of the conversation participants of the target conversation, by determining a start time and an end time on the basis of each time position in the target conversation pertaining to the starting combination and ending combination identified by the identification unit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING EMOTION INFORMATION FROM USER VOICE - A method of determining emotion information from a voice is provided. The method includes receiving a voice frame obtained by converting a sound generated by a user into an electrical signal, detecting phonation information and articulation information, the phonation information being related to phonation of the user and the articulation information being related to articulation of the user, from the voice frame, and determining user emotion information corresponding to the phonation information and the articulation information. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310879 | SPEECH ENDPOINTING BASED ON WORD COMPARISONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech endpointing based on word comparisons are described. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of obtaining a transcription of an utterance. The actions further include determining, as a first value, a quantity of text samples in a collection of text samples that (i) include terms that match the transcription, and (ii) do not include any additional terms. The actions further include determining, as a second value, a quantity of text samples in the collection of text samples that (i) include terms that match the transcription, and (ii) include one or more additional terms. The actions further include classifying the utterance as a likely incomplete utterance or not a likely incomplete utterance based at least on comparing the first value and the second value. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310880 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD - An example magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium, a magnetic recording head and a signal processor. The magnetic recording head includes a first magnetic pole to apply a recording magnetic field to the magnetic recording medium; a spin torque oscillator arranged parallel to the first magnetic pole; and a first coil to magnetize the first magnetic pole. The signal processor writes and reads a signal on the magnetic recording medium by using the magnetic recording head and includes a first current circuit to supply a recording current to the first coil, the recording current including a recording signal to be recorded on the magnetic recording medium. The recording current includes either one of a signal changing at a frequency higher than that of the recording signal, and a signal having the same frequency as the recording signal and changing an absolute value thereof in one cycle. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310881 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - The magnetic recording head according to an embodiment includes an air bearing surface configured to face a magnetic recording medium, a main magnetic pole including a main magnetic pole distal end, a first spin injection layer disposed on a leading side of the main magnetic pole, a field generation layer disposed on a trailing side of the main magnetic pole, and an intermediate layer configured to connect electrically the field generation layer to the first spin injection layer. The main magnetic pole is configured to apply a recording magnetic field to the magnetic recording medium. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310882 | LINEAR RECORDING DEVICE FOR EXECUTING OPTIMUM WRITING UPON RECEIPT OF SERIES OF COMMANDS INCLUDING MIXED READ AND WRITE COMMANDS AND A METHOD FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - A tape recording device, method, and computer program product are provided for performing operations of position movement, reading, and writing on a tape medium, and receiving a series of commands from an upper-layer device. The tape recording device includes a buffer for temporarily storing data related to the reading and an append write, a tape for recording the data stored in the buffer, a reading and writing head for reading data from the tape into the buffer and writing the data onto the tape, control means for reading data from a designated position of the tape and storing the data in the buffer, and for writing the data stored in the buffer onto the tape from a written data end position in response to an append write command, and a non-volatile memory for storing data stored in the buffer in response to an append write command. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310883 | VIBRATION CONTROL IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES - A storage device has a device body and a read/write head for reading and writing data in a data track of a storage medium. An actuator system is mounted on the device body for effecting movement of the read/write head relative to the data track to align the head with the data track. The actuator system has a plurality of degrees of freedom, and a controller controls the actuator system to effect the movement. A body vibration sensor provided on the device body generates a signal indicative of vibration of the body. An actuator vibration sensor generates a signal indicative of vibration of the actuator system. The controller is adapted to process the signals from the sensors to derive a coupling signal indicative of vibration coupling between the degrees of freedom, and to control the actuator system dependent on the coupling signal and the signal from the body vibration sensor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310884 | SOFT UNDERLAYER HAVING A MULTILAYER STRUCTURE FOR HIGH AREAL DENSITY PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MEDIA - According to one embodiment, a soft underlayer structure includes a coupling layer, at least one outer soft underlayer positioned above and below the coupling layer, and at least one inner soft underlayer positioned above and below the coupling layer between the coupling layer and the associated outer soft underlayer, where the inner soft underlayers have a saturation magnetic flux density and/or a thickness that is different than a saturation magnetic flux density and/or a thickness of the outer soft underlayers. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310885 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, disclosed is a pattern forming method including preparing a second dispersion by adding a second protective group and second solvent to fine particles including a first protective group whose surface polarity is close to that of the substrate, the fine particles containing, at least on the surface thereof, a material selected from Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Y, Zr, Sn, Mo, Ta, W, Au, Ag, Pd, Cu, Pt, and an oxide thereof, modifying the fine particles including the first protective group with the second protective group, adding a viscosity adjustment agent to the dispersion containing the fine particles to prepare a coating solution, and applying the coating solution on the substrate to form a fine particle layer thereon. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310886 | POWER FAILURE MANAGEMENT IN DISK DRIVES - A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a spindle motor operable to rotate the disk, a head actuated over the disk, an interface operable to receive a host supply voltage, and a capacitor. The host supply voltage is used to charge the capacitor to a capacitor voltage higher than the host supply voltage. During a power failure, the host supply voltage stops charging the capacitor, and a motor supply voltage is generated from the spindle motor. The capacitor voltage is used to operate control circuitry, and when the capacitor voltage decays below the motor supply voltage, the motor supply voltage charges the capacitor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310887 | AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An audio and video recording system having wireless communication includes an audio receiver and a video device for receiving and converting external audio and video into audio and video signals; a playback device for playing the audio and video signals; a wireless communication module for transmitting or receiving the audio and video signals via wireless transmission; when a command is issued through an interface unit, a multimedia processor compresses or decompresses the audio or video signal according to the command and then stores it into a storage device; a system processor executes an audio and video function and a communication function according to the command; and a RAM and a ROM store data and program codes required for the command and for executing the command. Therefore, audio and video contents of a dialogue can be merged for playback and wireless transmission to other device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310888 | Management of Media Content Playback - Embodiments are provided for managing playback of media content by a media playback system based on identified preference data associated with one of a plurality of user accounts interfacing with the media playback system. In one embodiment, a computing device may maintain a plurality of user accounts associated with a media playback system, and receive user data identifying which of the plurality of user accounts are currently interfacing with the media playback system. Then, the computing device may receive media data identifying a media item to be played by the media playback system, identifying for at least one of the plurality of user accounts that are currently interfacing with the media playback system, preference data associated with the media item. Based on the identified preference data, the computing device may determine that the media item is not to be played by a media playback system. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310889 | RUN-LENGTH LIMITED (RLL) CODES - A method of encoding an input data into a codeword that satisfy a k constraint includes partitioning the input data into a plurality of data blocks comprising a first data block and a plurality of remaining data blocks; performing a first analysis of the plurality of data blocks for modifying each of the plurality of remaining data blocks that satisfy a first predetermined criterion; performing a second analysis of the plurality of data blocks after the first analysis for modifying each of the plurality of data blocks that satisfy a second predetermined criterion; and converting each bit of the plurality of data blocks after the second analysis to produce the codeword in Non-Return-to-Zero (NRZ) format with the k constraint. There is also provided a method of decoding the codeword with satisfies the k constraint into an output data, and the corresponding encoder and decoder. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310890 | METHOD OF PREDICTING A NOISE COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH A READBACK SIGNAL FROM A DEDICATED SERVO MEDIUM, NOISE PREDICTOR THEREOF, AND HARD DISK DRIVE SYSTEM - There is provided a method of predicting a noise component associated with a readback signal in a channel from a dedicated servo medium including a data recording layer and a dedicated servo layer. The method including: providing at least one noise prediction module for each of a plurality of types of servo patterns of the servo layer, and predicting the noise component by, for each of a plurality of segments of the readback signal of the data recording layer, using a selected one of the noise prediction modules. In particular, the selected one of the noise prediction module for a segment of the readback signal is selected based on the type of the servo pattern associated with the segment of the readback signal. There is also provided a corresponding noise predictor, a method of detecting data bits from the readback signal, and a hard disk drive system. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHRONOLOGICALLY ORDERING DIGITAL MEDIA AND APPROXIMATING A TIMELINE OF AN EVENT - Systems and methods synchronize digital audio and/or video tracks recorded at a same event. The systems and methods access input digital audio tracks that are storable in a database, wherein the input digital audio tracks comprise a list of original recorded digital audio tracks from original recorded digital videos that were recorded from multiple digital sources at the same event. The systems and methods extract at least one feature from each digital audio track of the input digital audio tracks, and construct, based on the at least one feature, a peak map for each digital audio track of the input digital audio tracks. The systems and methods detect a match between at least two digital audio tracks by performing a cross-correlation of the peak maps of the digital audio tracks of the input digital audio tracks and/or estimate a delay between at least one pair of digital audio tracks of the input digital audio tracks, wherein the delay comprises a time difference between the at least one pair of digital audio tracks that received a maximum value in the cross-correlation of the peak maps. The systems and method create an output group comprising the at least two digital audio tracks and/or the at least one pair of digital audio tracks | 2015-10-29 |
20150310892 | STORAGE SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA SCRATCH PADS - A system or a device having a storage area with a plurality of circumferential tracks around a central axis, the tracks for storing data therein. The system or device includes at least two media scratch pads in the storage area, located at different radii from the central axis. In some implementations, the storage area has multiple discs. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310893 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - In a recording medium on which is recorded a multiplexed stream including a plurality of first packets (V_main) constituting a first I-picture in a first video stream and a plurality of second packets (V_sub) constituting a second I-picture in a second video stream, information for identifying the first I-picture and information for identifying the second I-picture are recorded on the medium. A recording medium can thereby be obtained that enables the rapid detection, from a small amount of information, of a particular picture included in a stream such as a TS in which multiple content streams are multiplexed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310894 | AUTOMATED VIDEO LOGGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Exemplary embodiments of systems and methods are provided for automatically creating time-based video metadata for a video source and a video playback mechanism. An automated logging process can be provided for receiving a digital video stream, analyzing one or more frames of the digital video stream, extracting a time from each of the one or more frames analyzed, and creating a clock index file associating a time with each of the one or more analyzed frames. The process can further provide for parsing one or more received data files, extracting time-based metadata from the one or more parsed data files, and determining a frame of the digital video stream that correlates to the extracted time based metadata. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310895 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR TIME-BASED AND GEOGRAPHIC NAVIGATION OF VIDEO CONTENT - Methods, apparatus, and systems for time-based and geographic navigation of video content are provided. Video content and associated metadata information are recorded and encoded using a video capture and encoding module. The associated metadata information includes at least one of date and time information of the recording and geographic position information indicative of a recording location. The recorded video content and the associated metadata information are communicated to a remote storage and web server device. A graphical user interface enables the display of an interactive map showing a route and current location of the video capture and encoding module. The video content may be searched using at least one of the graphical user interface and the interactive map by the date and/or time information and the geographic position information. Selected video content can be streamed or downloaded to a select location for display or storage. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310896 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVIEWING VIDEO CONTENT - Systems and methods provide techniques for reviewing content, such as reviewing video on a mobile device. A computing device with a touch screen interface, e.g., a tablet computer, executes a reviewing tool, e.g., a computer program, that causes the device to display video content and information about the video content. The tool provides an interface for selecting video, images, and information, for review and for annotation. The tool uses remote and/or local data to display video, images, and information for review. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310897 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an image display device including a display unit for playing video and a control method thereof, and the method may include selecting at least one of characters contained in video, searching at least one region containing the selected character within the entire region of a frame using at least one frame provided in the video, extracting a major playback section containing the selected character based on at least one of the size and location of the retrieved at least one region, and playing the extracted major playback section. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONFIGURABLE TIMING CONTROL FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM - A system and method for providing a configurable timing control of a memory system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system has a first interface to receive a DIMM clock and configuration information, a second interface to a first data bus, and a third interface to a second data bus. The system further has a plurality of flip-flops, a multiplexor coupled to the plurality of flip-flops, a first control block for controlling to hold an input data within the plurality of flip-flops, and a second control block for controlling a timing of an output data from the plurality of flip-flops via the multiplexor with a programmable delay. The input data is received via the second interface. The programmable delay is received via the first interface. The output data is sent out with the timing delay via the third interface. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310899 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is a memory control technique for avoiding that the issue of a refresh command and the issue of a calibration command are arranged in succession. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310900 | REQUEST AGGREGATION WITH OPPORTUNISM - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for aggregating memory requests with opportunism in a display pipeline. Memory requests are aggregated for each requestor of a plurality of requestors in the display pipeline. When the number of memory requests for a given requestor reaches a corresponding threshold, memory requests may be issued for the given requestor. In response to determining the given requestor has reached its threshold, other requestors may issue memory requests even if they have not yet aggregated enough memory requests to reach their corresponding thresholds. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310901 | MEMORY WITH A SLEEP MODE - A memory and a method for operating the memory having a sleep mode are provided. The memory one or more storage elements and a bitline coupled to the one or more storage elements. A precharge circuit is configured to precharge the bitline during a precharge period and float the bitline during a sleep mode. An operating circuit coupled to the one or more storage elements, wherein at least one of the operating circuit and the one or more storage elements being configured to remain electrically coupled to a supply voltage in the sleep mode. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310902 | Static Power Reduction in Caches Using Deterministic Naps - The dNap architecture is able to accurately transition cache lines to full power state before an access to them. This ensures that there are no additional delays due to waking up drowsy lines. Only cache lines that are determined by the DMC to be accessed in the immediate future are fully powered while others are put in drowsy mode. As a result, we are able to significantly reduce leakage power with no cache performance degradation and minimal hardware overhead, especially at higher associativities. Up to 92% static/Leakage power savings are accomplished with minimal hardware overhead and no performance tradeoff. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310903 | Supporting Calibration For Sub-Rate Operation In Clocked Memory Systems - The disclosed embodiments related to a clocked memory system which performs a calibration operation at a full-rate frequency to determine a full-rate calibration state that specifies a delay between a clock signal and a corresponding data signal in the clocked memory system. Next, the clocked memory system uses the full-rate calibration state to calculate a sub-rate calibration state, which is associated with a sub-rate frequency (e.g., 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8 of the full-rate frequency). The system then uses this sub-rate calibration state when the clocked memory system is operating at the sub-rate frequency. This calculation of the sub-rate state calibration states eliminates the need to perform an additional time-consuming calibration operation for each sub-rate. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONCURRENT READ/WRITE MAGNETO-RESISTIVE MEMORY - In a memory having a first memory cell array, a second memory cell array, an address is received on an address port. Based on the address, an internal address is transmitted, and it is latched and held for a first interval as a first array address. The first memory cell array is accessed over the first interval, based on the first array address. Another address is received at the address port, during the first interval, and another internal address is transmitted, and latched and held for a second interval that overlaps the first interval, as a second array address. The second memory cell array is accessed during the second interval, based on the second array address. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310905 | Field Effect Transistor Constructions And Methods Of Programming Field Effect Transistors To One Of At Least Three Different Programmed States - A field effect transistor construction includes a semiconductive channel core. A source/drain region is at opposite ends of the channel core. A gate is proximate a periphery of the channel core. A gate insulator is between the gate and the channel core. The gate insulator has local regions radially there-through that have different capacitance at different circumferential locations relative to the channel core periphery. Additional constructions, and methods, are disclosed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310906 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A highly reliable semiconductor device. In a configuration where a precharged source line is discharged to a bit line by establishing electrical continuity between the source line and the bit line through a transistor to read a potential retained at a gate of the transistor, the potential of the bit line is switched in accordance with a change in potential of the source line due to the discharge. With this configuration, the voltage between the source and drain of the transistor can be kept lower than a predetermined voltage by discharge. Accordingly, the source-drain voltage of the transistor can be kept lower than its breakdown voltage, so that the semiconductor device can have high reliability. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310907 | Semiconductor Memory Device Including Power Supply Line - A semiconductor apparatus disclosed in this disclosure includes a first channel formed in a first area and including a first power supply pad, a first clock pad, a first command address pad, a first data input/output pad and a first memory cell array; a second channel formed in a second area and including a second power supply pad, a second clock pad, a second command address pad, a second data input/output pad and a second memory cell array, the first and second channels being independently controllable from each other; and mesh structure lines straddling the first area and second area and connected to the first and second power supply pads. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310908 | MEMORY ARRAY - A memory array includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell aligned along a column direction. Each of the first memory cell and the second memory cell includes a pair of cross-coupled inverters, a first switch on a first side, along the column direction, of the pair of cross-coupled inverters, a second switch aligned with the first switch along the column direction, on a second side of the pair of cross-coupled inverters opposing to the first side, a third switch on the first side of the pair of cross-coupled inverters, and a fourth switch aligned with the third switch along the column direction, on the second side of the pair of cross-coupled inverters. The memory array also includes a first data line, a first complementary data line, a second data line and a second complementary data line. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310909 | OPTIMIZATION OF CIRCUIT LAYOUT AREA OF A MEMORY DEVICE - A memory cell including a storage cell, a write port cell, and a read port cell is discussed. The storage cell is configured to store a logic value. The write port cell is configured to write the logic value. The read port cell is configured to read the stored logic value and includes a plurality of read ports. At least a first port of the plurality of read ports includes a first and a second active diffusion region that are each configured to be used for implementation of a second p-channel transistor. At least a second read port of the plurality of read ports includes a third and fourth active diffusion regions that are each configured to be used for implementation of a second n-channel transistor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310910 | Multi-Level Memory Array Having Resistive Elements for Multi-Bit Data Storage - A resistor array for multi-bit data storage without the need to increase the size of a memory chip or scale down the feature size of a memory cell contained within the memory chip is provided. The resistor array incorporates a number of discrete resistive elements to be selectively connected, in different series combinations, to at least one memory cell or memory device. In one configuration, by connecting each memory cell or device with at least one resistor array, a resistive switching layer found in the resistive switching memory element of the connected memory device is capable of being at multiple resistance states for storing multiple bits of digital information. During device programming operations, when a desired series combination of the resistive elements within the resistor array is selected, the resistive switching layer in the connected memory device can be in a desired resistance state. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310911 | DETERMINING WHETHER A MEMORY CELL STATE IS IN A VALLEY BETWEEN ADJACENT DATA STATES - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to memory cell state in a valley between adjacent data states. A number of methods can include determining whether a state of a memory cell is in a valley between adjacent distributions of states associated with respective data states. The method can also include transmitting a signal indicative of a data state of the memory cell and whether the state of the memory cell is in the valley. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310912 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes semiconductor memory, which includes a memory cell block including first and second cell arrays and a column control block. The first cell array includes a word line, a first bit line, and a first variable resistance layer disposed between the word line and the first bit line. The second cell array includes the word line, a second bit line crossing the word line and the first bit line, and a second variable resistance layer disposed between the word line and the second bit line. The first and second variable resistance layers include different materials. The column control block supplies a first write bias for switching a resistance state of the first variable resistance layer to the first bit line and a second write bias for switching a resistance state of the second variable resistance layer to the second bit line. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310913 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are, among others, memory circuits or devices and their applications in electronic devices or systems and various implementations of an electronic device which includes a semiconductor memory unit comprising one or more columns and a date line and a data line bar connected with a column selected among the one or more columns. Each of the one or more columns includes a plurality of storage cells each configured to store 1-bit data, each storage cell including a first and second variable resistance elements; a bit line and a source line connected to the first variable resistance element; connected to the other end of the first variable resistance element; a bit line bar and a source line bar connected to the second variable resistance element; and a driving block configured to latch data of the data line and the data line bar. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310914 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are, among others, memory circuits or devices and their applications in electronic devices or systems and various implementations of an electronic device which includes a semiconductor memory unit including one or more column, a data line, and a data line bar connected with a column selected among the one or more columns. Each of the one or more columns may include a plurality of storage cells each configured to store 1-bit data, each storage cell including a first and a second variable resistance elements; a bit line connected to one end of the first variable resistance element; a bit line bar connected to one end of the second variable resistance element; a source line connected to the other ends of the first and second variable resistance elements; and a driving block configured to latch data of the data line and the data line bar. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310915 | Memory Cell Retention Enhancement Through Erase State Modification - A method of controlling a resistive memory cell is provided. A resistance threshold value is defined for the memory cell, wherein a circuit identifies the cell as erased if a detected resistance of the cell is above the resistance threshold and identifies the cell as programmed if the detected resistance is below the resistance threshold value. A filament is formed across an electrolyte switching region of the cell by applying an electrical charge, wherein the cell having the formed filament has a first resistance. The cell is then erased to an erased state having a second resistance greater than the first resistance. The cell is then programmed to a quasi-erased state having a third resistance between the first and second resistances, and above the resistance threshold value such that the cell is identified by the circuit as erased. The cell may then be maintained in the quasi-erased state. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310916 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM - A nonvolatile memory system is provided. The memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a memory controller. The memory controller transmits first to fourth control signals to the nonvolatile memory device, sends a command, an address, and input data via a data bus, and receives output data via the data bus. The nonvolatile memory device receives the first to fourth control signals, and recognizes signals received via the data bus at a rising edge or a falling edge of the fourth control signal, as one of the command, the address, and the input data in response to the first to third control signals, and transfers the output data to the memory controller via the data bus based on the fourth control signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310917 | Semiconductor Memory Having Both Volatile and Non-Volatile Functionality Including Resistance Change Material and Method of Operating - Semiconductor memory is provided wherein a memory cell includes a capacitorless transistor having a floating body configured to store data as charge therein when power is applied to the cell. The cell further includes a nonvolatile memory comprising a resistance change element configured to store data stored in the floating body under any one of a plurality of predetermined conditions. A method of operating semiconductor memory to function as volatile memory, while having the ability to retain stored data when power is discontinued to the semiconductor memory is described. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310918 | EPROM CELL ARRAY, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An EPROM cell array includes a cell array including multiple unit cells, each of which includes a MOSFET having a floating gate, and which are disposed in an array with a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; multiple first selection lines each coupled with drains of unit cells, which are disposed on the same row among the multiple unit cells; and multiple second selection lines each coupled with sources of unit cells, which are disposed on the same column among the unit cells, wherein a selected unit cell to be programmed or read is selected by one of the multiple first selection lines, and one of the multiple second selection lines | 2015-10-29 |
20150310919 | MEMORY CELL - The invention relates, inter alia, to a memory cell ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150310920 | STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a storage device comprises a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller that performs reading and writing data from and into the nonvolatile memory. A number, not being 2 | 2015-10-29 |
20150310921 | PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED FLASH MEMORY ENDURANCE AND RETENTION - A method applies a first set of consecutive pulses to flash memory cells in one or more flash memory devices to program the flash memory cells using a first pulse increment, a voltage of each consecutive pulse of the first set being incremented by the first pulse increment. On receiving an indication that the flash memory cells are partially programmed after the first set of consecutive pulses is applied, the first pulse increment is adjusted to an adjusted pulse increment based on a number of program/erase cycles associated with the flash memory cells. A second set of consecutive pulses to the flash memory cells is then applied using the adjusted pulse increment, a voltage of each consecutive pulse of the second set being incremented by the adjusted pulse increment. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310922 | Dynamic Programming Of Advanced Nanometer Flash Memory - An improved method and apparatus for programming advanced nanometer flash memory cells is disclosed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310923 | OPERATING METHOD OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORY - An operating method of a nonvolatile memory, which includes a plurality of cell strings, each cell string having a plurality of memory cells and a string selection transistor stacked on a substrate, includes detecting threshold voltages of the string selection transistors of the plurality of cell strings; adjusting voltages to be supplied to the string selection transistors according to the detected threshold voltages; and applying the adjusted voltages to the string selection transistors to select or unselect the plurality of cell strings during a programming operation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310924 | READ-ONLY MEMORY - A configuration for a bit-1 read-only memory (ROM) cell is provided. The bit-1 ROM cell comprises a first circuit connected to a second circuit. The first circuit comprises a first transistor and the second circuit comprises a second transistor. The second circuit is configured to receive a YMUX signal. The second circuit is connected to a word-line bar. The second circuit is configured to maintain a disconnection or connection between the first transistor and the word-line bar based upon the YMUX signal. The first circuit is located on a different physical layer than the second circuit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310925 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device includes a fuse array block including a plurality of fuses programmed with state information, an operation direction control block suitable for controlling a program operation direction and a boot-up operation direction of the fuse array block, and a fuse information loading block suitable for loading the state information which is programmed in the plurality of fuses of the fuse array block through the boot-up operation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310926 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FUSE CIRCUIT - Disclosed here is a semiconductor device that comprises a plurality of input nodes configured to be supplied with input signals, a decoder coupled to the input nodes, the decoder configured to decode the input signals and output decoded signals, and a plurality of fuse circuits provided correspondingly with the decoded signals and configured to be programmed responsive to the decoded signals, respectively. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310927 | LOW-PIN-COUNT NON-VOLATILE MEMORY INTERFACE WITH SOFT PROGRAMMING CAPABILITY - A low-pin-count non-volatile (NVM) memory with no more than two control signals that can at least program NVM cells, load data to be programmed into output registers, or read the NVM cells. At least one of the NVM cells has at least one NVM element coupled to at least one selector and to a first supply voltage line. The selector is coupled to a second supply voltage line and having a select signal. No more than two control signals can be used to select the at least one NVM cells in the NVM sequentially for programming the data into the at least one NVM cells or loading data into the at least one output registers. Programming into the NVM cells, or loading data into output registers, can be determined by the voltage levels of the first to the second supply voltage lines. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310928 | SHIFT REGISTER MEMORY DEVICE, SHIFT REGISTER, AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - According to one embodiment, a shift register memory device includes a shift register, a program/read element, and a rotating force application unit. The shift register includes a plurality of rotors arranged along one direction and provided with a uniaxial anisotropy. Each of the plurality of rotors has a characteristic direction rotatable around a rotational axis extending in the one direction. The program/read element is configured to program data to the shift register by causing the characteristic direction of one of the rotors to match one selected from two directions conforming to the uniaxial anisotropy and configured to read the data by detecting the characteristic direction. The rotating force application unit is configured to apply a rotating force to the shift register to urge the characteristic direction to rotate. The plurality of rotors are organized into a plurality of pairs of every two mutually adjacent rotors. A first force acts to urge the characteristic directions to be opposingly parallel for two of the rotors belonging to the same pair. A second force acts to urge the characteristic directions to be opposingly parallel for two mutually adjacent rotors belonging to mutually adjacent pairs. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310929 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A first flipflop outputs a first signal synchronized with a first clock signal, a second flipflop outputs a second signal synchronized with a second clock signal, and a third flipflop outputs a third signal synchronized with a third clock signal. The second flipflop includes first to third transistors. In the first transistor, the second clock signal is input to a first terminal and the second signal is output from a second terminal. In the second transistor, a first signal is input to a first terminal, a second terminal is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and the first clock signal is input to a gate. In the third transistor, the third signal is input to a first terminal, a second terminal is electrically connected to the gate of the first transistor, and the third clock signal is input to a gate. | 2015-10-29 |
20150310930 | EQUIVALENT FUSE CIRCUIT FOR A ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY ARRAY - Technologies are provided for measuring a programming current (PC) for a memory cell (MC) of a one-time programmable read-only memory array. The MC includes a fuse equivalent circuit (FEC) that includes a first current path (CP) having a first node, a second CP having a fuse of the memory cell and a second node, and a third CP. The PC is split into a first current, a second current and a third current that flow over the first CP, the second CP, and the third CP, respectively. A first voltage applied along the first path is divided to generate a second voltage at the first node, and an output voltage generated by an operational amplifier controls the second current to maintain a third voltage at the second node at substantially the same value as the second voltage so that the second current has a sufficiently low value and does not burn the fuse. | 2015-10-29 |