45th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130294472 | Integration of laser into optical platform - An optical device includes a laser or amplifier positioned on a base. The laser includes a ridge of a gain medium positioned on the base such that the base extends out from under the ridge. The ridge includes a top that connects lateral sides of the ridge. Electronics are configured to drive an electrical current through the ridge such that the electrical current passes through one or more of the lateral sides of the ridge. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294473 | MELTING APPARATUS FOR MELT DECONTAMINATION OF RADIOACTIVE METAL WASTE - Disclosed herein is a melting apparatus for melt-decontaminating radioactive metal waste. The melting apparatus includes a melting furnace, a high frequency generator, a ladle, a bogie, a cooling unit and a dust collector. The melting furnace includes a crucible into which the metal waste is input, and an induction coil which is wound around the crucible to melt the metal waste. The induction coil has a hollow hole in which cooling fluid flows. The high frequency generator applies high-frequency current to the induction coil. The ladle supplies molten metal, from which slag has been removed in the crucible, into molds. The bogie is disposed adjacent to the ladle and is provided with the molds, each of which forms an ingot using the molten metal supplied thereinto. The cooling unit cools the cooling fluid and circulates it along the induction coil. The dust collector filters out dust and purifies gas. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294474 | GASIFICATION MELTING FURNACE AND METHOD FOR TREATING COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL USING THE SAME - A gasification melting furnace includes a gasification part into which the combustible material inputs, a sedimentary part communicating with a lower part of the gasification part, and a melting part communicating with a lateral face of the sedimentary part and having a heater, wherein the sedimentary part is filled with the combustible material and a gas generated in the melting part passes through the combustible material and inputs into the gasification part, thereby stably and rapidly treating the combustible material, reducing energy consumption of the heater, and providing a synthetic gas containing decreased hazardous substances. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294475 | TEMPERATURE VERIFICATION FOR ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS - Apparatus and methods for verifying temperature measurements in an ultrasonic flow meter. In one embodiment, an ultrasonic flow metering system includes a passage for fluid flow, a temperature sensor, and an ultrasonic flow meter. The temperature sensor is disposed to measure temperature of fluid flowing in the passage. The ultrasonic flow meter includes a plurality of pairs of ultrasonic transducers and control electronics. Each pair of transducers is configured to form a chordal path across the passage between the transducers. The control electronics are coupled to the ultrasonic transducers. The control electronics are configured to measure speed of sound between each pair of transducers based on ultrasonic signals passing between the transducers of the pair. The control electronics are also configured to determine, based on the measured speeds of sound, whether a measured temperature value provided by the temperature sensor accurately represents temperature of the fluid flowing in the passage. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294476 | FLAT LIGHT EMITTING PLATE FOR SIMULATING THERMAL RADIATION, METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A PYROMETER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A SEMICONDUCTING WAFER - A flat light emitting plate, a method for calibrating a pyrometer and a method for determining the temperature of a semiconducting wafer inside a processing chamber by said pyrometer. The invention provides a method for calibrating a pyrometer by means of a cold source which is also applicable to processing chambers with a narrow slit. According to the invention, a flat light emitting plate for simulating thermal radiation is provided, comprising a main body made of a transparent material, a light emission area located on an upper surface of the light emitting plate for emitting light, at least one light source located on a lateral surface of the light emitting plate, at least one detector located on a lateral surface of the light emitting plate, and a regulating circuit for adjusting the intensity of light emitted by the light sources. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294477 | Method for Indirect Food Temperature Measurement - A system and method for the preparation of food, but without the requirement of weight, time and/or temperature probe usage to determine the point at which the food has completed preparation. The exemplary embodiments provide a process where the food can be cooked without the requirements of calculation or temperature probes. The described process allows the process operator to be informed when the cooking process has completed, without regard to the size, shape, weight, density, or amount of materials to be prepared. The energy required to maintain the temperature of a water bath is compared to the energy required to maintain the temperature once a food item has been placed within the water bath. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294478 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING BLOCK FILTERS - Testing devices and methods for detecting defects in block filters using temperature differences created by a fluid flow are provided. The testing is relatively fast, inexpensive, and non-destructive, which may allow for testing a relatively large sampling of filters, and possibly all filters produced in a manufacturing process. In one embodiment, the device includes a fluid drive system adapted to create a fluid flow through the filter media. A thermal imaging system is configured to take a thermal image of the filter media. A portion of the filter media without a defect may have a different temperature than a portion of the filter media with a defect. In this manner, a temperature difference detected by the thermal imaging system may indicate that the filter media has a defect. The device may include a fixture for supporting the filter, and may allow for manual or automatic rotation of the filter. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294479 | ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM - An electric storage system includes an electric storage apparatus connected to a load and performing charge and discharge, a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the electric storage apparatus in response to connection of the electric storage apparatus to the load, and a controller estimating the deterioration state of the electric storage apparatus based on temperature information in a usage environment of the electric storage apparatus. The controller obtains a temperature distribution of the electric storage apparatus based on an output from the temperature sensor when the electric storage apparatus is connected to the load, and specifies a usage environment of the electric storage apparatus associated with the obtained temperature distribution. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MEASURING SURFACE TEMPERATURE - The present invention provides a measuring method and a measuring system that are capable of accurately measuring the surface temperature of a surface to be measured, without being influenced by the emissivity distribution of the surface to be measured. A surface to be measured that has an emissivity distribution, a radiometer that measures a radiance distribution of the surface to be measured, and an auxiliary heat source installed in a specular reflection position from the radiometer with respect to the surface to be measured are prepared, radiances of two places having different emissivities of the surface to be measured are measured at two different auxiliary-heat-source temperatures, a reflectance ratio of the two places having the different emissivities is calculated on the basis of two measured radiances of the two places having the different emissivities, and temperature of the surface to be measured is obtained using the reflectance ratio and the measured radiances of the two places having the different emissivities. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294481 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING TEMPERATURE SENSOR CIRCUIT - To provide a highly accurate temperature sensor circuit. The temperature sensor circuit includes a first constant current circuit; a first diode in which a first voltage reflecting the temperature of an object to be detected is generated between an anode and a cathode in accordance with a first current supplied from the first constant current circuit; a second constant current circuit; a second diode which includes an oxide semiconductor and in which a second voltage is generated between an anode and a cathode in accordance with a second current supplied from the second constant current circuit; and an amplifier circuit which amplifies a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294482 | Method and Device for Eliminating Interference in Mobile Communication System - The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, and provides a method and a device for eliminating interference in a mobile communication system. The method comprises: step 1: re-constructing signal estimation {circumflex over (d)} | 2013-11-07 |
20130294483 | SMART TRANSFORMER USING A RANDOM PHASE MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, are configured for receiving monitor data from a smart transformer. A data stream is created based upon the monitor data. The data stream is spread with a common pseudo-noise (PN) code that is used by a plurality of nodes in communication with an access point. The spread data stream is transmitted at a first time based on a slot start time and a first randomly selected timing offset. The spread data stream is transmitted while at least a portion of a second spread data stream is transmitted at a second time based on the slot start time and a second randomly selected timing offset. The second spread data stream is spread with the common PN code. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294484 | Space Time Block Code Communications with Co-Operative Relays - Methods, systems and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving space-time block coded data in a wireless communications system with co-operative relays. A source node transmits RF signals representing first and second sets of data symbols in respective first and second channels (in time frequency code or any combination) of a wireless communications system, the first and second sets of data symbols being for transmission from separate antennas respectively according to a space-time block code. A relay node receives the RF signals representing the first set of data symbols in the first channel and transmits RF signals representing the first set of data symbols in the second channel. A destination node received the RF signals representing the second set of data symbols from the source node and the RF signals representing the first set of data symbols from the relay node. This enables decoding of the received RF signals representing the first and second sets of data symbols according to the space-time block code. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294485 | Antenna Configured for Use in a Wireless Transceiver - The present application discloses various implementations of an antenna configured for use in a wireless transmitter, receiver, or transceiver. In one exemplary implementation, a wireless transmitter includes the antenna configured to be connected to the wireless transmitter. The antenna includes first and second substantially concentric pluralities of antenna elements, the second plurality of antenna elements being rotated with respect to the first plurality of antenna elements. The antenna is configured to enable the wireless transmitter to transmit a communication signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MULTICARRIER TRANSCEIVER WITH RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE REDUCTION - A multi-carrier information transceiver that exhibits robustness against radio frequency interference (RFI) signals present in the communications channel. The transceiver includes a RFI mitigation technique that operates not only during the steady state operation of the transceiver but also during the training stage of the transceiver. That requires dynamically modifying the training signals when the presence of RFI is detected. The modification of the training signals facilitates the estimation of RFI, improving the performance of the multi-carrier transceiver. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294487 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE SPATIAL TIME-FREQUENCY CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A communication device includes a transmitter section that select a coding as either space time block coding (STBC), space frequency block coding (SFBC), hybrid space time/frequency block coding (ST/FBC), or a single stream multi-antenna spatial mapping. The transmitter section generates a transmit signal in accordance with the selected coding and transmits the transmit signal to the remote communication device via a plurality of antennas. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING A RANK AND A PRECODING MATRIX FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for measuring and reporting a rank and/or a precoding matrix for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication are disclosed. A metric indicating a channel condition is measured and a rank is selected based on the metric. The metric may be a signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR), throughput, a block error rate (BLER), system capacity, a sum rate, or the like. An SINR for each radio block group (RBG) for each rank is calculated. A data rate is calculated for each RBG based on the SINR for each rank. An overall rate for all RBGs is calculated for each rank. At least one rank is selected based on the overall rate. At least one precoding matrix may be selected jointly with or separately from the at least one rank. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294489 | Ensure Upstream Channel Quality Measurement Stability In An Upstream Channel Bonding System Using T4 Timeout Multiplier - A method and computing device for maintaining the stability of the upstream channel quality measurements in an upstream channel bonded system. The method configures a cable modem, that communicates using bonded channels, to periodically exchange ranging messages on the bonded channels, where a bonded channel ranging interval determines a period for the exchange. The method also monitors a signal quality metric for a monitored channel of the bonded channels by periodically retrieving a quality measurement for the monitored channel, a period between each retrieval determined by a channel quality monitoring interval. The method sends an invite ranging message to the cable modem before retrieval of the quality measurement for the monitored channel, and retrieves the quality measurement for the monitored channel. The method bases the signal quality metric for the monitored channel on the quality measurement. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294490 | RECEIVER CLOCK TEST CIRCUITRY AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUSES - An integrated circuit includes a plurality of receivers, each having a clock and data recovery circuit. A first local clock recovery circuit in a first receiver can be caused to produce a test clock which simulates a condition to be tested, and while a second receiver in the plurality of receivers that includes a second local clock recovery circuit is caused to use the test clock in place of the reference clock while receiving a test data sequence at its input. The clock and data recovery circuits in the receivers can include clock control loops responsive to loop control signals to modify the selected reference clock to generate the local clock in response to selective one of (i) a corresponding data signal for normal operation or during a test, and (ii) a test signal applied to the clock control loop in which case the test clock is produced. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294491 | Antenna diversity control for beamforming in an antenna array - Techniques for controlling diversity beamforming antenna array is disclosed. One aspect of the techniques is to utilize low-power and low area circuits to achieve combining gains, mitigate the effects of multipath fading, provide spatial suppression and diversity gains to a single input receiver. The device is radiofrequency transparent yet provides antenna gain by selective three G and four G code acquisition and tracking of a desired downlink channel. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294492 | INTEGRATED PROCESSOR AND CDR CIRCUIT - A system may include a clock and data recovery circuit that includes one or more analog components. The system may also include a digital control circuit configured to control the clock and data recovery circuit. The digital control circuit and the clock and data recovery circuit may be formed on a single substrate. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294493 | TRANSMISSION CHANNEL ESTIMATING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION CHANNEL ESTIMATING METHOD AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - Provided are a transmission channel estimating device, a transmission channel estimating method, and a receiving apparatus. A transversal filter unit generates an estimated reception signal on the basis of a stored known signal sequence and tap coefficients, generates an error signal on the basis of a difference between a reception signal and the estimated reception signal, generates updated tap coefficients on the basis of the known signal sequence, the tap coefficients and the error signal, designates an effective section formed by a predetermined number of taps out of a plurality of taps in the transversal filter unit | 2013-11-07 |
20130294494 | EFFICIENT FREQUENCY DOMAIN (FD) MMSE EQUALIZATION WEIGHT UPDATES IN A MULTI-STAGE PARALLEL INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION RECEIVER - A system and method to more efficiently compute updated Frequency Domain (FD) Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) equalization weights in a multi-stage Parallel Interference Cancellation (PIC) receiver after initial interference cancellation. The updated equalization weights (which are to be used during re-equalization) can be obtained using the old equalization weights already computed for initial interference cancellation. There is no need to invert an n | 2013-11-07 |
20130294495 | TIERED SIGNAL DECODING AND SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION - A decoder decodes a first set of data and utilizes the first set of decoded data to reconstruct the signal according to a first level of quality. The decoder further decodes a second set of data and identifies an upsample operation specified by the second set of decoded data. The decoder applies the upsample operation identified in the second set of decoded data to the reconstructed signal at the first level of quality to reconstruct the signal at a second, higher level of quality. To enhance the reconstructed signal, the decoder retrieves residual data from the second set of decoded data. The residual data indicates how to modify the reconstructed signal at the second level of quality subsequent to application of the upsampling operation as discussed above. The decoder then modifies the reconstructed signal at the second level of quality as specified by the residual data. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294496 | CENTRALISED INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL APPLICATION SERVER - This invention relates to a method of processing a plurality of graphical programs on a centralized computer system whereby the images produced by the programs are compressed and transmitted to remote processing devices where they are decompressed. Compression assistance data (CAD) is produced by inspecting instructions outputted by the programs and the CAD is then used in the compression step. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294497 | CENTRALISED INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL APPLICATION SERVER - This invention relates to a method of processing a plurality of graphical programs on a centralized computer system whereby the images produced by the programs are compressed and transmitted to remote processing devices where they are decompressed. Compression assistance data (CAD) is produced by inspecting instructions outputted by the programs and the CAD is then used in the compression step. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294498 | VIDEO ENCODING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A video encoding system applied in a remote desktop system includes a capturing module, an encoding module and an estimating module. The capturing module is configured for capturing a plurality of screen frames of an electronic device at a capture rate. The encoding module is configured for encoding the screen frames captured by the capturing module at an encoding rate. The estimating module is configured for determining whether the current screen frame changes or not and then adjusting the encoding rate of the encoding module according to the estimating result. In this case, the encoding rate is equal to or less than the capture rate. The video encoding system can reduce system resource usage and energy consumption when the screen frame does not change. A video encoding method and a computer readable medium storing the method are also disclosed. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294499 | PARAMETER SET UPDATES IN VIDEO CODING - Techniques of this disclosure provide an indication of whether a parameter set update can occur in a portion of a bitstream. The indication may enable a video decoder to determine whether an update of a stored parameter set can occur without performing a content comparison between the stored parameter set and a new parameter set of the same type with the same identification value. A parameter set update includes storing a current parameter set with a given identification value to replace a previous parameter set of the same type and having the same identification value. When a parameter set update cannot occur, the video decoder may store and activate a single parameter set of a given type for the entire portion of the bitstream. When a parameter set update can occur, the video decoder may automatically update a stored parameter set, or may determine whether to update the stored parameter. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294500 | FULL RANDOM ACCESS FROM CLEAN RANDOM ACCESS PICTURES IN VIDEO CODING - Techniques of this disclosure provide an indication of whether performing random access from a particular access unit in a bitstream requires fetching of parameter sets from previous access units. A clean random access (CRA) picture can be positioned at any point within a coded video sequence and does not clean a decoded picture buffer (DPB) of a video decoder. In order to perform random access decoding from the CRA picture, a video decoder may need to fetch one or more parameter sets included in unavailable access units that precede the CRA picture. The techniques provide an indication, for each CRA picture, that indicates whether parameter sets included in previous access units are needed to perform random access from the picture. When no parameter sets from previous access units are needed for random access from a particular CRA picture, a video decoder may determine to perform random access from that picture. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294501 | Signaling Signed Band Offset Values for Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) Filtering in Video Coding - A method for signaling sample adaptive offset (SAO) band offset syntax elements in a video encoder is provided that includes receiving a plurality of band offset syntax elements, entropy encoding an absolute value of a magnitude of each band offset syntax element in a compressed video bit stream, and entropy encoding a sign of each non-zero band offset syntax element in the compressed video bit stream following the absolute values of the magnitudes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294502 | MOTION VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, MOTION VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND MOTION VIDEO ENCODING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A motion video encoding apparatus includes: a group determining unit which determines, for each block, a group to which the block belongs; a group decode time information computing unit which computes a decode time for each group; a code amount control unit which controls, for each group, an amount of code resulting from entropy encoding each block in the group so that data needed for decoding all of the blocks in the group arrives at a stream receive buffer by a decode time of the group when the data is transmitted at a prescribed transmission rate; a compression unit which compresses the data of each block based on the amount of code of the block; an entropy encoding unit which entropy-encodes the compressed data of each block; and a decode information appending unit which appends, to data to be output, correction information for the decode time of each group. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294503 | CHANNEL ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that transmits a video signal to a remote device over at least one communications channel wherein the video signal is transmitted as at least one separate video layer stream chosen from, an independent video layer stream and at least one dependent video layer streams that require the independent video layer for decoding. A control module determines at least one channel characteristic of the at least one channel and chooses the at least one separate video layer stream based on the at least one channel characteristic of the at least one channel. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294504 | METHOD OF ADAPTIVE FRAME PREDICTION FOR MULTIVIEW VIDEO SEQUENCE CODING - A process and apparatus for digital compression of multiview video, supplied by additional data of scene depth. The method of coding is offered, including: each frame of the multiview video sequence, encoded again, determined according to the predefined order of coding, is represented as a collection of non-overlapped blocks, such that at least one already encoded frame is detected, corresponding to the given view and designated as reference, the synthesized frames for encoded and reference frames, differing that for each non-overlapped block of pixels of the encoded frame designated as an encoded block the spatial-combined block in the synthesized frame is determined, corresponding to the encoded frame, designated as the virtual block, for which spatial position of the block of pixels is determined in the synthesized frame corresponding to a reference frame. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294505 | VIDEO CODING AND DECODING DEVICES AND METHODS PRESERVING - The present invention relates to a video encoding device ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING AND RECONSTRUCTING ROIS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - A multiple ROI (region of interest) setting method and apparatus in scalable video coding and an ROI reconstructing method and apparatus are provided. The multiple ROI setting apparatus includes: an ROI setting unit which sets at least one or more ROIs and allocates ROI identification numbers to the each of ROIs; a mapping unit which allocates at least one or more slice group identification numbers to the at least one or more ROI identification numbers; and a message generating unit which generates a message including ROI-associated information, slice-group-associated information, mapping information on mapping of the ROI identification number to the at least one or more slice group identification numbers, and scalability information. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294507 | ADAPTIVE SCAN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCANNING THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an adaptive scan apparatus and a method for scanning thereof. The adaptive scan apparatus includes a zero coefficient counter and a scan pattern updater. The scan pattern updater is configured to generate a zero counter corresponding to a prediction mode of a neighboring block of a current block and to update the zero counter corresponding to a position where a coefficient value of the current block is 0 for transformed and quantized data. And the scan pattern updater is configured to update a scan pattern by sequentially arranging generated zero counters updated for the current block from a position of a small value to a position of a large value. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294508 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING BY USING PARALLEL INTRAPREDICTION BY A CODING UNIT - A video encoding apparatus, a video decoding apparatus and method by using parallel intra-prediction by a coding unit-level are provided. The video encoding apparatus includes a left extrapolation pixel generating unit for generating left extrapolation pixels for a coding unit by using at least one of pixels of a top left block of the coding unit according to a direction of an intra-prediction mode with respect to the coding unit and leftmost original pixels of the coding unit; an intra-prediction encoding unit for predicting the coding unit by using neighboring pixels including the left extrapolation pixels to generate a first prediction block and encode the coding unit; and
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20130294509 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING ADDITIONAL INTRA-INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for encoding additional intra-information includes an intra prediction mode selecting unit for performing an intra prediction by applying at least one of one or more predetermined types of partitions and one or more prediction modes with respect to a coding unit, and for selecting at least one of a partition among the one or more types of partitions and a prediction mode among the one or more prediction modes; a partitioning and prediction mode table lookup unit for looking up a table, and for generating a table hit signal if the table has at least one of a partition corresponding to the selected partition and a prediction mode corresponding to the selected prediction mode; and an entropy encoding unit for performing an encoding based on the table, if the table hit signal is received. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294510 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes a planar prediction unit using planar prediction, and a noise injecting unit for injecting pseudo-random noise into a prediction image of a planar prediction block when a reconstructed prediction error value for planar prediction is less than a threshold determined by the size of the planar prediction block. The video encoding device then uses the pseudo-random noise in linear interpolation for calculating the prediction image, based on the conditions under which a gradient distortion occurs, to suppress the gradient distortion. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294511 | Methods and Devices for Intra Coding of Video - Encoder, decoder and methods for intra coding of video. The method in the decoder relates to decoding of an intra coded block IZ having a number N of neighboring blocks CU | 2013-11-07 |
20130294512 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING/RECOVERING MOTION INFORMATION BASED ON PREDICTIVE MOTION VECTOR INDEX ENCODING, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAME - Disclosed is a video encoding apparatus includes: an intra prediction unit to generate a prediction block by using adjacent pixels of a current block to be encoded; an inter prediction unit to (1) generate index information of a predictive motion vector of the current block based on motion vectors of blocks adjacent to the current block and a motion vector of a co-located block of a reference frame, (2) generate motion information of the current block including predictive motion vector index and reference frame index together with a differential motion vector obtained by subtracting the predictive motion vector from a motion vector of the current block, and (3) generate a prediction block based on the generated motion information; and an encoding unit configured to encode a residual block by using a subtraction unit and a transform and quantization unit to thereby generate a bitstream. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294513 | INTER LAYER MERGE LIST CONSTRUCTION FOR VIDEO CODING - A method of decoding video data includes receiving syntax elements extracted from an encoded video bitstream, determining a candidate list for an enhancement layer block, and selectively pruning the candidate list. The syntax elements include information associated with a base layer block of a base layer of the video data. The candidate list is determined at least in part on motion information associated with the base layer block. The enhancement layer block is in an enhancement layer of the video data. The candidate list includes at least one motion information candidate that includes the motion information associated with the base layer block. The candidate list includes a merge list or an AMVP list. Pruning includes comparing one or more motion information candidates and at least one motion information candidate associated with the base layer block that is in the candidate list. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294514 | UPSAMPLING AND DOWNSAMPLING OF MOTION MAPS AND OTHER AUXILIARY MAPS IN A TIERED SIGNAL QUALITY HIERARCHY - Certain configurations herein include changing the resolution of an auxiliary map (e.g., a motion map, a z-map, etc.) at a first level of quality to obtain an auxiliary map at a second level of quality. For example, changing the resolution can include receiving a respective auxiliary map of one or more vectors at one or more lower levels of quality and progressively refining, via novel operations, the auxiliary map to higher or lower levels of quality in a hierarchy. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294515 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND GENERATION OF TRANSIENT INFORMATION - A signal processor receives settings information. The settings information specifies a setting of a given element for each image in a sequence of multiple images in which the given element resides. The signal processor also receives precision metadata specifying an estimated precision of each of the settings of the given element for each image in the sequence. Based on the settings information and the precision metadata, the signal processor generates a setting value for the given element. If the setting value produced for the given element is relatively stable, and thus likely a better representation of a setting for the given element than a current setting of the given element, the signal processor utilizes the generated setting value instead of the current setting for encoding purposes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING A MOTION VECTOR - Methods and related systems for encoding video streams are described. Reference and target frames of a video stream are scaled to reduce their resolution. A sliding window is used to compare the reduced resolution reference and target frames and identify blocks, outlined by a sliding window, that include similar content. A motion vector indicating the motion of the identified similar content is determined. Once the motion vector is determined, the reference and target frames are restored to their native resolution and a translated location for the motion vector is identified in the restored frames. The translated location of the motion vector may be used in encoding the frames of the video stream. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294517 | PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, PREDICTIVE ENCODING DEVICE, AND PREDICTIVE ENCODING PROGRAM OF MOTION VECTOR, AND, PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, PREDICTIVE DECODING DEVICE, AND PREDICTIVE DECODING PROGRAM OF MOTION VECTOR - A predictive coding system can encode motion vectors by determining a motion vector of a target partition in a frame picture of an encoding target; determining a first motion vector predictor candidate from a motion vector or motion vectors of one or more partitions belonging to a left-neighboring region to the target partition; determining a second motion vector predictor candidate from a motion vector or motion vectors of one or more partitions belonging to an above-neighboring region to the target partition; selecting an optimum motion vector predictor and outputting motion vector predictor indication information to specify the selected optimum motion vector predictor, the optimum motion vector predictor selected based on comparison between one or more motion vector predictor candidates including the first motion vector predictor candidate and the second motion vector predictor candidate, and the motion vector of the target partition; and encoding the motion vector predictor indication information. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294518 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING MOTION VECTOR - A method performed by a motion vector encoding apparatus for encoding a motion vector includes: determining a first motion vector and a second motion vector relating to a current block to be encoded; determining predicted motion vectors of the first motion vector and the second motion vector, respectively; calculating a first differential motion vector and a second differential motion vector; the first differential motion vector corresponding to a difference between the first motion vector and the predicted motion vector of the first motion vector, the second differential motion vector corresponding to a difference between the second motion vector and the predicted motion vector of the second motion vector; and encoding the first differential motion vector and the second differential motion vector, wherein the first motion vector and the second motion vector have different resolutions. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294519 | COMPLEXITY SCALABLE FRAME RATE-UP CONVERSION - In some embodiments, iterative schemes allowing for the creation of complexity scalable frame-rate up-conversion (FRUC), on the basis of bilateral block-matching searches, may be provided. Such approaches may improve the accuracy of calculated motion vectors at each iteration. Iterative searches with variable block sizes may be employed. It may begin with larger block sizes, to find global motion within a frame, and then proceed to using smaller block sizes for local motion regions. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294520 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO USING MULTIPLE REFERENCE PICTURES - A method of encoding video using a plurality of reference pictures is provided. The method includes: writing one of a parameter or a flag into one or more reference pictures of the plurality of reference pictures, creating a first list of reference pictures comprising the plurality of reference pictures sorted based on the parameter or flag, and encoding a current picture of the video using at least the first list of reference pictures. A method of decoding video using a plurality of reference pictures is also provided. The method includes parsing one of a parameter or flag from one or more reference pictures of the plurality of reference pictures, creating a first list of reference pictures comprising the plurality of reference pictures sorted based on the parameter or flag, and decoding a current picture of the video using at least the first list of reference pictures. In addition, there are provided corresponding apparatuses for encoding and decoding video. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294521 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING WITH IMPROVED ERROR RESILIENCE - For an image portion to encode an initial set of motion information predictors is obtained. It is tested whether the number of motion information predictors in the initial set is lower than a target number and, if so, one or more motion information predictors are added to the initial set to generate a set of motion information predictors having controlled diversity. The motion information predictors of the initial set are actual motion information predictors, having motion vectors obtained from image portions of the image being encoded or of a reference image, and potential motion information predictors for addition include one or more further such actual motion information predictors and also include one or more virtual motion information predictors not having motion vectors obtained from image portions of said image being encoded or of a reference image. A motion information predictor for the image portion to encode is selected from the generated set of motion information predictors. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES USING A MOTION VECTOR - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image using a motion vector.According to one embodiment of the present invention, an image-decoding method is provided. The image-decoding method comprises the following steps: clipping a motion vector of a reference picture with a predetermined dynamic range so as to generate a clipped motion vector; storing the clipped motion vector in a buffer; deriving a motion vector of a block to be decoded using the motion vector stored in the buffer; and performing inter-prediction decoding using the motion vector of the block to be decoded. According to the present invention, the size of a memory space required to store a motion vector may be reduced. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294523 | SIGNAL PROCESSING AND TIERED SIGNAL ENCODING - An encoder receives a signal. The encoder utilizes one or more downsample operations to produce downsampled renditions of the signal at successively lower levels of quality in the hierarchy. In a reverse direction, the encoder applies the one or more upsample operations to a downsampled rendition of the signal at a first level of quality to produce an upsampled rendition of the signal at a second level of quality in the hierarchy. The second level of quality is higher than the first level of quality. The one or more upsample operations and one or more downsample operations can be asymmetrical with respect to each other. That is, the function applied during downsampling can differ from the function applied when upsampling. The encoder produces residual data indicating a difference between the downsampled rendition of the signal at the second level of quality and the upsampled rendition of the signal at the second level of quality. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294524 | TRANSFORM SKIPPING AND LOSSLESS CODING UNIFICATION - An example method includes determining whether an encoded block of residual video data was encoded losslessly in accordance with a lossless coding mode, based on whether transform operations were skipped during encoding of the block of residual video data, and if the block of residual video data was encoded losslessly, then decoding the encoded block of residual video data according to the lossless coding mode to form a reconstructed block of residual video data, where decoding the encoded block of residual data comprises bypassing quantization and sign hiding while decoding the encoded block of residual video data, and bypassing all loop filters with respect to the reconstructed block of residual video data. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294525 | Method for Filter Control and a Filtering Control Device - Current deblocking filters are using the same filters with the same filtering strength irrespective of the block size and the size of the transform used. However, in the new video coding standards such as emerging HEVC the PU sizes can vary from 4 to 64 and the TU sizes can vary from 4 to 32. Therefore, filtering the same amount of pixels (e.g. two or three) from the block boundary for the block of size 4 can be excessive, while for the block size 32 it may not be enough, with the result that the boundary between two blocks is still visible. Hence, there is a need for an efficient deblocking filter control that can be used to reduce blocking artifacts at block boundaries and that does not have the above mentioned drawbacks. It is a general objective to provide an efficient deblocking filter control. Thus, the objective is solved by applying different filters for different block sizes such as CU, PU or/and TU sizes. Accordingly, the deblocking filtering strength is adjusted based on the block size, which implies that the amount of modification applied to pixels by the deblocking filter is varied depending on the block size. The amount of modification that is being varied is in one embodiment the number of pixels to be modified. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294526 | SMOOTH REVERSE VIDEO PLAYBACK ON LOW-COST CURRENT GENERATION SET-TOP BOX HARDWARE - An entertainment device includes an input circuit to receive a stream of video data, a memory configurable as a plurality of buffers, a video decoder module, an on-screen display controller, and a processing unit. The processing unit directs the video decoder module to decode a first segment of the stream of video data into a first series of presentable frames and store the first series of presentable frames in a first buffer. The processing unit further directs the video decoder module to decode a second segment of the stream of video data into a second series of presentable frames for storage in a second buffer, and concurrent with the decoding of the second segment, the processing unit directs the on-screen display controller to output the first series of presentable frames from the first buffer in a reverse direction. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294527 | MEDIA SERVICES TRANSPORT FORMAT CONVERTER - An ATSC to DLNA converter receives ATSC signals in an RF broadcast format for conversion to a DLNA packet format for rendering on a DLNA device in response to a subscriber request. The RF (ATSC) to packet (DLNA) converter receives transmissions in a broadcast medium having a format deliverable to a nonselective recipient set based on a broadcast range, and allows selective tuning and redirection to specific recipients via a network identifier. The RF medium is an over the air transmission receivable by a plurality of antennas within range, and the resulting media stream is directed to specific requesting subscribers based on an IP address or other network identifier. A channel mapping between the broadcast medium and the packet based media stream allows a user media selection by identifying desired content via a channel or menu selection, and a broadcast-to-packet conversion encapsulates the media stream payload for a specific recipient. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294528 | CHANNEL EQUALIZER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST SIGNAL IN DTV RECEIVING SYSTEM - A channel equalizer includes a first transformer, an estimator, an average calculator, a second transformer, a coefficient calculator, a compensator, and a third transformer. The first transformer converts normal data into frequency domain data, where a known data sequence is periodically repeated in the normal data. The estimator estimates channel impulse responses (CIR) during known data intervals adjacent to each normal data block. The average calculator calculates an average value of the CIRs. The second transformer converts the average value into frequency domain data. The coefficient calculator calculates equalization coefficients using the average value, and the compensator compensates channel distortion of each normal data block using the coefficients. The third transformer converts the compensated data block into time domain data. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294529 | ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS IN ELECTRICALLY NOISY ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method for low-cost, fault tolerant, EMI robust data communications, particularly for an EV environment. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294530 | REDUNDANT MULTISTATE SIGNALING - A data communications system having a plurality of communication devices including a host having a first receiver and a second receiver; and one or more clients, each client including a transmitter coupled between a signal node and a transmitter node, the transmitter selectively transmitting a multistate signal from the signal node to the transmitter node; and a single conductor daisy-chain loop redundantly communicating each multistate signal from each the transmitter to both receivers, the single conductor daisy-chain loop electrically communicating each transmitter node to the receivers. A data communications method including a) transmitting selectively a multistate signal from each of one or more clients; b) communicating electrically each multistate signal to a first location on a host using a single conductor coupled to each the client; and c) communicating electrically each multistate signal to a second location on the host using the single conductor. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294531 | Enabling Co-Existence among Power Line Communication (PLC) Technologies - Systems and methods for enabling co-existence among power line communications (PLC) technologies are described. In some embodiments, a method performed by a PLC device, such as a PLC gateway, may include detecting a communication from foreign PLC device on a PLC network in response to a foreign preamble received by the PLC device, terminating transmissions to the PLC network for a network-specific co-existence Extended Interframe Space (cEIFS) time period in response to the foreign preamble, and resuming transmissions to the PLC network after expiration of the network-specific time period. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294532 | POWER LINE CARRIER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A power line carrier transmission apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a power line carrier transmission apparatus that transmits a transmission symbol via a transmission path. The transmission apparatus includes a frequency/time interleave unit that interleaves the transmission symbol, an OFDM modulation unit that OFDM-modulates the interleaved transmission symbol, a time-domain repeated transmission unit that repeatedly transmits the transmission symbol, which is modulated by the OFDM modulation unit, M times (M is an integer larger than 1) in a time domain. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294533 | Method and system for communicating feedback information in a multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) communication system - A method and system for communicating feedback information in a multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) communication system are presented. In one aspect of the method and system, a beamformer station may communicate a feedback information request to a plurality of beamformee stations. The feedback information request may request feedback data for a plurality of RF channel bands. The RF channel bands may form a multichannel. The beamformer may subsequently transmit a plurality of signals utilizing the RF channel bands within the multichannel. Each of the beamformees may receive the plurality of subsequently transmitted signals. A beamformee may generate the requested feedback data for each RF channel band within the multichannel. The beamformee may generate a beamforming report, which comprises the feedback data, which is generated across the plurality of RF channel bands in the multichannel. The beamformee may transmit the beamforming report to the beamformer. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294534 | Method and Device for Mapping Spatial Stream to Space Time Stream, and Method and Device for Transmitting Data - A method and device for mapping a spatial stream to a space-time stream, and a method and device for transmitting data are provided in the disclosure. The mapping method includes: determining, according to a space-time encoding indication bit in a network, whether to adopt space-time encoding (S | 2013-11-07 |
20130294535 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD - To perform feedback of channel information suitable for MU-MIMO transmission while exploiting a codebook that defines precoding matrixes and PMIs suitable for SU-MIMO transmission, it is a feature that a channel matrix corresponding to a channel transmission path is defined using a plurality of precoding matrixes defined in a codebook suitable for SU-MIMO transmission and a plurality of adjustment coefficients to respectively adjust the plurality of precoding matrixes, a channel information selecting section ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294536 | PRECODED PILOT TRANSMISSION FOR MULTI-USER AND SINGLE USER MIMO COMMUNICATIONS - The disclosed method and apparatus include an WTRU-specific reference signal scheme that provides efficient precoded pilot transmission and effective channel estimation using dedicated pilot signals. The disclosed methods are efficient for both a single user (SU) and a multi user (MU) Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294537 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA MAPPING SELECTION IN MIMO-OFDM WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for selecting an antenna mapping in multiple-in/multiple-out (MIMO) enabled wireless communication networks. A candidate set of currently available antenna mappings is determined based upon measured long term channel conditions. An antenna mapping is selected from the candidate set, and the mapping is calibrated with a selected antenna mapping of a receiving wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). When the selected mappings are calibrated, packet data transmission begins. In an alternative embodiment, a calibration training frame (CTF) is used to calibrate multiple antenna mappings simultaneously or sequentially. Also disclosed are physical layer and medium access control layer frame formats for implementing antenna mapping selection according to the invention. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294538 | METHOD FOR GENERATING CODEBOOK, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A method for generating a codebook and a method and an apparatus for data transmission are provided. The method includes: receiving a label of a codeword sent by a User Equipment (UE); selecting the codeword identified by the label from the codebook for eight-antenna; and coding data to be sent by using the codeword. The codebook for eight-antenna includes at least one rank-8 codeword for eight-antenna. The rank-8 codeword for eight-antenna is generated by multiplying an inverse matrix of a rotation matrix for eight-antenna with an eight-dimensional matrix formed by rank-4 codewords for four-antenna; or generated by extending rank-4 codewords for eight-antenna, where the rank-4 codeword for eight-antenna is generated according to codewords for four-antenna. Therefore, the codeword in the codebook for eight-antenna is applicable to scenarios including dual-polarization strong correlation, dual-polarization weak correlation, single-polarization strong correlation, and single-polarization weak correlation, etc. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294539 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF COHERENT AND NONCOHERENT TRANSMISSION - A coherent or a noncoherent transmission mode is automatically selected for a transmission on the basis of an estimated Doppler frequency shift due to a motion of a mobile terminal. A coherent mode is selected if a pilot signal overhead is not excessive to uniquely characterize a Doppler frequency shift, as at lower carrier frequency times relative velocity products. A noncoherent mode is selected if a pilot signal overhead would be excessive to uniquely characterize a Doppler frequency shift at higher carrier frequency times relative velocity products. Both the coherent and noncoherent modes have respective advantages for their respective carrier frequency time relative velocity regimes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294540 | TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF - In various embodiments a transmitter circuit may include a first circuit configured to transmit data in a first data transmission mode, a second circuit configured to transmit data in a second data transmission mode and a switching circuit configured to control the first circuit and the second circuit to transmit data in the first data transmission mode or in the second data transmission mode. Further, a corresponding method for operating the transmitter circuit is provided. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294541 | High Capacity Wireless Communications Systems and Methods - Systems and methods for efficiently transmitting information over a wireless network segment are provided herein. An exemplary method may include separating, via a transmitter, digital fronthaul data into general information and radio signal information, transmitting the general information over the wireless network segment from the transmitter to a receiver on a first communications channel, and transmitting the radio signal information over the wireless network segment from the transmitter to the receiver on a second communications channel. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294542 | TRANSMIT METHODS WITH DELAY DIVERSITY AND SPACE-FREQUENCY DIVERSITY - Several open-loop solutions encompass the small delay CDD codeword cycling and codeword cycling between different re-transmissions of both small and large delay CDD, and include an open-loop codeword cycling method for an SFBC+FSTD scheme, as well as its extension to SFBC+FSTD based HARQ. In one method, a plurality of information bits are encoded, scrambled and modulated to generate a plurality of modulation symbols. The plurality of modulation symbols are mapped onto the subcarriers in at least one transmission layer of a transmission resource. The modulation symbols are then precoded using a matrix for cyclic delay diversity and a set of codewords from a certain codebook to generate a plurality of precoded symbols. The codewords are cycled for every a certain number of subcarriers. Finally, the precoded symbols are transmitted via a plurality of transmission antennas. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294543 | POLAR FEEDBACK RECEIVER FOR MODULATOR - This disclosure relates to linearization in polar modulators of wireless communication devices and associated methods, to attain linear amplification and high power efficiency during transmission. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294544 | UPSAMPLING IN A TIERED SIGNAL QUALITY HIERARCHY - A signal processor selects an element from a rendition of a signal at a first level of quality to upsample into multiple elements of a rendition of the signal at a second (higher) level of quality. The signal processor produces a metric based on settings of elements in a vicinity of the selected element in the rendition of the signal at the first level of quality. The metric defines a boundary between a first set of elements in a vicinity of the selected element and a second set of elements in a vicinity of the selected element. The signal processor utilizes the metric to calculate settings for the multiple elements in the signal at the second level of quality. A location and orientation of the boundary with respect to the selected element depends on the settings of elements in the vicinity of the selected element. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING DIRECT CURRENT OFFSET - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for eliminating direct current offset. The method comprises the steps of: calculating Euclidean distances between every two demodulation symbols of a plurality of demodulation symbols based on Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation; determining four sets from the plurality of demodulation symbols in accordance with the Euclidean distances between the demodulation symbols, each set corresponding to a modulation direction for the QPSK modulation; performing Euclidean distance weighted summation on the determined four sets respectively, and selecting a demodulation symbol with the minimum weighted summation value from each set as a rough estimation point for the QPSK modulation, so as to obtain four rough estimation points; re-determining four sets from the plurality of demodulation symbols in accordance with the Euclidean distances between the demodulation symbols and the rough estimation points; performing Euclidean distance weighted summation on the re-determined four sets respectively, and selecting a demodulation symbol with the minimum weighted summation value from each set as a precise estimation point; and performing direct current offset calculation and compensation in accordance with the precise estimation points. The present invention can improve the demodulation performance of a system. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294546 | DOUBLE-SAMPLING RECEIVER WITH DYNAMIC OFFSET MODULATION FOR OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING - A receiver architecture is disclosed which employs an RC double-sampling front-end and dynamic offset modulation technique. A low-voltage double-sampling technique provides high power efficiency by avoiding linear high-gain elements conventionally employed in typical transimpedance-amplifier (TIA) receivers. In addition, a demultiplexed output of the receiver helps save power in the subsequent digital blocks. Various applications are described including optical receivers, electrical on-chip interconnects, as well as pulse amplitude modulation. The receiver can be implemented in CMOS and is scalable and portable to other technologies. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294547 | Control Channel Demodulating and Decoding Method and Communication Apparatus Using the Same - Techniques are provided for a demodulation and decoding method and apparatus for a given user equipment device to receive a one or more Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols over a control channel, where the OFDM symbols comprise a plurality of resource element groups distributed in time and frequency that are combined to form control channel elements. Those resource element groups that form specific control channel elements for the user equipment device and those resource element groups that form common control channel elements for one or more user equipment devices including the given user equipment device are identified. The resource element groups that form the specific control channel elements and the resource element groups that form the common control channel elements are demodulated to generate encoded control messages comprising one or more control channel elements. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294548 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING MULTIPATH SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and method for receiving a multipath signal in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a weighting block for receiving an estimated channel gain value output from a channel estimator and outputting an estimated weighted channel gain value and a compensator unit for receiving the estimated weighted channel gain value, reflecting the weight, and compensating, for an estimated channel gain. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294549 | HIGH SENSITIVITY GPS RECEIVER - A high sensitivity GPS receiver includes an acquisition engine and a tracking engine. The acquisition engine processes GPS satellite data at data rate that is substantially equal to twice the coarse acquisition (CA) code chip rate. This data rate advantageously enables the acquisition engine to process GPS satellite data with relatively less hardware area than traditional GPS acquisition approaches. In one embodiment, the high efficiency acquisition engine may be over-clocked, thereby allowing different phases of a CA code to be correlated quickly. The tracking engine can advantageously process GPS satellite data at a data rate that does not have an integer relationship to the CA code chip rate. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294550 | DECODERS AND METHODS FOR DECODING CONVOLUTIONAL CODED DATA - Decoder and communications devices including such decoders can obtain a convolutional coded bit stream including a plurality of coded data bits. According to some implementations, if a signal quality associated with the convolutional coded bit stream is above a predetermined threshold, a decoded value for each information bit may be calculated at least from a modulo 2 sum of a coded data bit added to at least one other coded data bit, at least one previously calculated information bit, or a combination of at least one other coded data bit and at least one previously calculated information bit. Also, according to some implementations, if the signal quality associated with the convolutional coded bit stream is not above the predetermined threshold, the convolutional coded bit stream may be decoded with a conventional convolutional decoding scheme. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294551 | Devices And Methods For Obtaining And Using A Priori Information In Decoding Convolutional Coded Data - Decoders and communications devices including such decoders can obtain a convolutional coded bit stream including a plurality of coded data bits. The convolutional coded bit stream may be coded according to one or more generator polynomials such that each information bit is related to two or more coded data bits in a manner to be determinable from a mathematical combination of the two or more coded data bits of the convolutional coded bit stream. A priori information associated with each information bit can be calculated based at least in part on the mathematical combination of the two or more coded data bits. Employing the a priori information, a binary value for each information bit can be calculated. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294552 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a transmitter for transmitting signals by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method, wherein communication is carried out effectively. The transmitter for transmitting signals by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method has the following configuration. A frame in which synchronization words are arranged at specified positions is used. An encoding means in the transmitter encodes the entire frame to be transmitted including the synchronization words, by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method. It is also possible to implement a communication system and a communication method for communicating signals by means of the STBC method or the DSTBC method. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294553 | APPARATUSES FOR ADJUSTING A BANDWIDTH AND COEFFICIENT VALUES OF A RECEIVER IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A receiver has a bandwidth. The receiver includes paths, a first receiver module, an enable module, and a second receiver module. The paths are configured to be enabled to receive signals. The first receiver module is configured to, prior to the receiver receiving the signals, detect a number of the paths that are enabled to receive a signal. The enable module is configured to, based on the number of the paths detected to have been enabled (i) determine if the signals to be received by the receiver are receivable by a number of the paths less than the number of the paths detected to have been enabled, and (ii) disable, based on a result of the determination, one or more of the paths detected to have been enabled. The second receiver module is configured to, based on the number of the paths enabled, adjust the bandwidth of the receiver. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294554 | EXTRACTING CLOCK INFORMATION FROM A SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS BUS FOR USE IN RF COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITRY - The present disclosure relates to RF front-end (RFFE) circuitry that includes multiple RFFE circuits, each of which may be provided by a separate integrated circuit (IC), front-end module, or both. As such, the RFFE circuits may be connected to one another using an RFFE serial communications bus. Further, one or more of the RFFE circuits may need an accurate clock source for analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), digital-to-analog conversion (DAC), calibration, sensor measurements, or the like. Instead of including an integral clock source circuit or receiving a separate external clock signal, an RFFE circuit may extract clock information from the RFFE serial communications bus to provide one or more clock signals. The clock information may be associated with one or more serial communications commands via the RFFE serial communications bus, may be associated with alternate functionality of the RFFE serial communications bus, or both. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESKEWING DATA TRANSMISSIONS - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for addressing the issue of clock skew in a data signal while making efficient use of space on an integrated chip (IC) by utilising a physical delay line controlled by a state machine in conjunction with pre-requisite chip architecture. The pre-requisite chip architecture samples the incoming data signal in response to a clocking signal input from the physical delay line; the physical delay line responds to commands from the state machine to increment the delay of the physical delay line to produce samples which describe the incoming data signal and delineate its data valid window. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294556 | Hydrocarbon Based Ion Source - The invention provides methods and apparatus for extracting ions, and further for producing neutrons from the extracted ions. In an aspect, there is provided a method for extracting ions involving the following step: in a vacuum chamber applying voltages to a spark gap between two electrodes comprising coatings of a hydrocarbon, each voltage sufficient to trigger a spark discharge in the gap sufficient to dissociate the hydrocarbon and extract therefrom hydrogen ions, wherein the hydrocarbon is a nonvolatile liquid sufficiently non-viscous to flow and re-coat holes in the coatings between each spark discharge. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294557 | Particle Accelerator With A Heat Pipe Supporting Components Of A High Voltage Power Supply - A pulsed neutron generator includes neutron tube and a high voltage power supply. High voltage power supply includes a bulkhead and plurality of electronic components electrically connected between the bulkhead and the target of the neutron tube. A heat pipe is provided in thermal contact with the target and has a housing portion with an exterior surface supporting the plurality of electronic components of the high voltage power supply. Heat pipe includes wick and heat transfer fluid disposed within the housing portion. The wick for recirculates the heat transfer fluid within the housing portion in order to transfer heat away from the target preferably to the bulkhead for dissipation the system housing. Both the wick and heat transfer fluid are preferably realized from materials that have low electrical conductivity. The heat pipe can also be part of other-type particle accelerators, such as x-ray sources and gamma-ray sources. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294558 | FUSION REACTOR - The present invention provides a fusion reactor for generating electricity comprising a high-pressure core having an interior chamber. The interior chamber is filled with a volume of one or more pressurized fuels. A microwave frequency generator is provided for resonating the fuel at a high radio frequency, typically 2.4 GHz or higher, and means for securing and emitting the frequency generator into the core are provided. In addition, electrical conductors are positioned in the core to effectuate the transformation of the fuel into a plasma state and to facilitate the free flow of electrons to generate electrical current. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294559 | NUCLEAR REACTOR - A nuclear reactor is provided with a core which includes a new fuel part and a burning part at which neutrons are generated and fuel is burned. The burning part moves in a direction toward the new fuel part from the beginning to the end of the combustion cycle. The plurality of the fuel assemblies of the core include the fuel assemblies which are fastened to the core and the fuel assemblies which can move in the longitudinal direction of the fuel assemblies. By pulling out the fuel assemblies from the core, the nuclear reactor can be made to stop. Further, by inserting fuel assemblies into the core from the pulled out state, the nuclear reactor is started up. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294560 | CONTROL ROOM FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - A reactor control interface includes a home screen video display unit (VDU) displaying blocks representing functional components of a nuclear power plant and connecting arrows that connect blocks that are providing the current heat sinking path for the nuclear power plant. Directions of the connecting arrows represent the direction of heat flow along the current heat sinking path. If the current heat flow path of the plant changes, the connecting arrows are updated accordingly. Additional VDUs include: a mimic VDU displaying a mimic of a plant component; a procedures VDU displaying a stored procedure executable by the plant; a multi-trend VDU trending various plant data; and an alarms VDU displaying side-by-side alarms registries sorted by time and priority respectively. If a VDU fails, the displays are shifted to free up one VDU to present the display of the failed VDU, and one display is shifted to an additional VDU. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294561 | REACTOR SHUTDOWN TRIP ALGORITHM - A controller for producing a nuclear reactor shutdown system trip signal in response to at least one detector signal. The controller includes a signal conditioning module receiving the at least one detector signal and outputting a measured flux signal. A rate module generates a rate signal from the measured flux signal. A comparator circuit compares the rate signal to a trip setpoint and generates a first trip signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294562 | REACTOR SHUTDOWN TRIP ALGORITHM - A controller for producing a nuclear reactor shutdown system trip signal in response to at least one detector signal. The controller includes a signal conditioning module receiving the at least one detector signal and outputting a measured flux signal. A rate module generates a rate signal from the measured flux signal. A comparator circuit compares the rate signal to a trip setpoint and generates a first trip signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294563 | FAST REACTOR AND FAST REACTOR REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY - A fast reactor performing reflector control to control reactivity of the core by moving a neutron reflector in the vertical direction, including: a core fuel assembly; a neutron absorption assembly in the middle of the core fuel assembly; a reflector assembly at the circumference of the core fuel assembly; plural inner neutron shields at the circumference of the reflector assembly; a cylindrical core barrel surrounding entirety of the plural neutron shields; and a drive mechanism controlling the reflector. The reflector assembly includes: a reflector element that reflects neutrons from the core fuel assembly towards the core; a cavity section, arranged thereabove, that permits leakage of neutrons to outside the core; a linkage mechanism that links the reflector element and the cavity section; a guide tube that defines a space for removal/insertion of these; and a connecting section that connects the drive mechanism and the cavity section. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294564 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND/OR MEASURING DEFECTS - The present invention relates to a method of detecting and/or measuring defects in at least one part. The method includes providing a neutron source that produces a neutron flux, arranging the neutron source such that the neutron flux at least partly penetrates said part, providing a detection device for detecting neutrons, providing a hydrogen containing substance on a surface of said part such that the hydrogen containing substance penetrates into defects in said part, arranging the detection device to detect neutrons from the neutron flux that have been reflected by said substance, and detecting and/or measuring at least one possible defect in said part using the detection device to detect defects by detecting said reflected neutrons. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294565 | METHOD OF REFUELING A NUCLEAR REACTOR - A method of refueling a nuclear reactor that includes the steps of removing the reactor vessel head and upper internals to a storage location and installing a cylindrical tank having open upper and lower ends, on the reactor vessel flange. The cylindrical tank is sealed to the reactor vessel and a penetration on the side of the cylindrical tank is sealed to a refueling canal that is connected to a spent fuel pool. The level of reactor coolant within the reactor vessel is then raised to at least partially fill the cylindrical tank to a level equal to that of the spent fuel pool. The refueling canal is then opened and a refueling machine supported on the reactor vessel is employed to transfer fuel assemblies between the core and the spent fuel pool. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294566 | CONTROL ROD DRIVE (CRD) TUBES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE, AND INSTALLATION THEREOF - A control rod drive (CRD) tube, its manufacture, and installation in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) is disclosed. The control rod drive tube includes a tube body adapted to penetrate an aperture in the RPV head and an offset flange formed around a circumference of the tube body at a predetermined location along its length. The offset flange increases circumferentially from a first point along the circumference of the tube body to a second point along the circumference of the tube body. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294567 | VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH ISOLATION VALVE VESSEL - Apparatuses for reducing or eliminating Type 1 LOCAs in a nuclear reactor vessel. A nuclear reactor including a nuclear reactor core comprising a fissile material, a pressure vessel containing the nuclear reactor core immersed in primary coolant disposed in the pressure vessel, and an isolation valve assembly including, an isolation valve vessel having a single open end with a flange, a spool piece having a first flange secured to a wall of the pressure vessel and a second flange secured to the flange of the isolation valve vessel, a fluid flow line passing through the spool piece to conduct fluid flow into or out of the first flange wherein a portion of the fluid flow line is disposed in the isolation valve vessel, and at least one valve disposed in the isolation valve vessel and operatively connected with the fluid flow line. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294568 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING IMAGE AND APPARATUS AND TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of reconstructing a tomography image of an object from a plurality of projection images generated by scanning the object in a plurality of projection directions includes: determining whether a truncated portion of the object exists in the plurality of projection images; reconstructing a first reconstruction image; calculating projection data for the first reconstruction image; and reconstructing a tomography image of the object by using the calculated projection data. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294569 | X-ray CT Photographic Apparatus - An X-ray CT photographic apparatus including: a beam shaping mechanism that regulates an irradiation range of an X-ray generated from an X-ray generator and shapes the X-ray into an X-ray cone beam; and a main body controller that changes a read region, where an X-ray detection signal is read in the X-ray detector, according to the irradiation range of the X-ray cone beam. The main body controller changes the irradiation range of the X-ray cone beam to an x-axis direction during an X-ray CT photography such that only a set CT photographic region is irradiated with the X-ray cone beam according to the set CT photographic region input through a CT photographic region setting unit. The main body controller changes a read region in an X-ray detector with respect to the x-axis direction in a detection surface of the X-ray detector during the X-ray CT photography. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294570 | TRUNCATION COMPENSATION FOR ITERATIVE CONE-BEAM CT RECONSTRUCTION FOR SPECT/CT SYSTEMS - A multiple modality imaging system ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294571 | X-RAY TUBE AND X-RAY CT DEVICE - Disclosed is an X-ray tube that has a simple configuration and is capable of irradiating multiple different X-rays while switching them at a high rate, as well as an X-ray CT device using the X-ray tube. The X-ray tube comprises first and second electron generators, a deflection means, and a target. The deflection means switches the direction in which first and second electron beams are transmitted between first and second directions. The target comprises first, second, third, and fourth surfaces. The first surface receives a first electron beam transmitted toward the first direction and irradiates a first X-ray toward the irradiation field. The second surface receives a second electron beam transmitted toward the first direction and irradiates a second X-ray toward a direction different from the irradiation field. The third surface receives a first electron beam transmitted toward the second direction and irradiates the first X-ray toward a direction different from the predetermined irradiation field. The fourth surface receives a second electron beam transmitted in the second direction and irradiates the second X-ray toward the irradiation field. | 2013-11-07 |