49th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120310564 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING REMAINING AMOUNT OF BATTERY CHARGE - An information processing apparatus driven by a battery, includes: a recording unit configured to record a value representing a magnitude of a load of the information processing apparatus; a determining unit configured to determine a lower threshold related to the load based on the value; a control unit configured to activate a program based on an amount of increase in the load caused by activation of the program, when the value is smaller than the lower threshold; and a calculating unit configured to calculate remaining time of the battery by using a function associated with a slope representing change in the value. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310565 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING BATTERY/CELL'S PERFORMANCE, AGE, AND HEALTH - A self-energized measuring system for determining primary and secondary battery/cell's performance, age, and health by measuring and recording battery/cell's voltage response to a specified load-changing perturbation spot-test event. The cell's voltage response is compared to a synchronously measured voltage signal of a comparator resistor. The relationship between the two voltage signals is analyzed on logarithmic time scale to determine performance parameters such as cell impedance and power and their variation in the time domain. The cell temperature is also measured for impedance and power normalization for 20 centigrade. Results are compared to a previously generated master data tabulation characteristic of a similar, new cell of perfect health condition. The time-domain performance parameters are related to the performance, age and health of the cell at any particular instant. The evaluation method can be easily adjusted to various battery chemistries, types. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310566 | CALCULATION METHOD, CALCULATION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION APPARATUS - A calculation method causing a calculation apparatus configured to calculate a voltage of a battery to implement a computation capability includes: referring to a detection value database configured to store a charge amount of a battery and a voltage of the battery, the voltage being generated when the battery is charged, while associating the charge amount of the battery with the voltage of the battery, and a function information database configured to store a function representing a relationship between the voltage and a charge amount of each of a plurality of active materials included in the battery; and performing a regression calculation on the voltage of the battery that is stored in the detection value database, with an amount of the active materials of the function stored in the function information database being set as a variable. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310567 | DETERMINING THE INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF A BATTERY CELL OF A TRACTION BATTERY THAT IS CONNECTED TO A CONTROLLABLE MOTOR/GENERATOR - In a method and a device for determining the internal resistance of a battery cell of a battery, the battery is connected to a controllable motor/generator in such a way that a flow of energy can take place from the battery to the motor/generator or from the motor/generator to the battery, including the following steps: modulation of the magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator, determination of a change in voltage at the battery cell and of a change of the current flow through the battery cell during the modulation of the magnetic field-forming portion of the motor/generator, and calculation of the internal resistance of the battery cell as the quotient of the change in voltage and the change in current flow. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310568 | Monitoring Battery State of Charge - Systems and methods for monitoring a state of charge of a battery are disclosed. An updated state of charge of the battery may be determined based on a measured terminal voltage of the battery, a measured current of the battery, and a value of at least one battery parameter selected from a plurality of values based on a prior state of charge of the battery. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310569 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OF A LINE SIGNAL - The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems of measuring frequency. The invention includes sampling a first number of full cycles of a signal at a rate based on a nominal frequency of the signal; converting the samples to digital samples; processing the digital samples to identify a first pair of digital samples with each one disposed on either side of a first zero-crossing and a second pair of digital samples with each one disposed on either side of a last full cycle zero-crossing; interpolating the first pair of digital samples and the second pair of digital samples to determine a position of the first and last zero-crossings relative to each other in time; and calculating a fundamental frequency of the signal based on the first number of full cycles sampled and the relative position of the first and last zero-crossings. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310570 | Systems and Methods for Determining Stock Quantities Using a Capacitive Inventory Sensor - Systems and methods are provided for a capacitive inventory sensor. A system includes a track configured for retaining items. A first conducting plate is positioned along a portion of the track, and a second conducting plate is positioned in parallel with the first conducting plate along a portion of the track. The second conducting plate is positioned a distance from the first conducting plate, and the second plate is configured to have the items placed on top of the second plate. The system further includes a capacitance sensor configured for connection to the first and second conducting plates, where the capacitance sensor is configured to measure a capacitance between the first and second conducting plates, and where the capacitance varies based on a number of items positioned on the sensor track. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310571 | DETERIORATION ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND DETERIORATION ESTIMATING METHOD FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE ELEMENT - A deterioration estimating apparatus estimates a deterioration state of an electric storage element, a deterioration value indicating the deterioration state being in a proportional relationship with an nth root of an elapsed time (where n is a value larger than one), and the proportional relationship being changed in accordance with a deterioration condition. The apparatus includes a computing device. The computing device predicts a period for which each of the deterioration conditions occurs before the elapse of the predetermined time period. The computing device calculates a change amount of the deterioration value in each of the deterioration conditions based on a deterioration characteristic and the period of occurrence of each of the deterioration conditions, and adds the calculated change amounts sequentially by using the deterioration value provided before each addition as a reference to calculate each change amount of the deterioration value to be added. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310572 | SENSING AND DEFINING AN INPUT OBJECT - An input device comprises a display, a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a processing system. The plurality of sensor electrodes is configured to detect an input object in a sensing region of the input device. The sensing region overlaps the display. The processing system is coupled with the plurality of sensor electrodes. The processing system is configured for: acquiring a capacitive image from the plurality of sensor electrodes; and correlating a part of the capacitive image with at least one input object template image to determine a type of an input object interacting with the input device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310573 | METHOD TO ESTIMATE A SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE RATIO BASED ON SELECTION OF THE SAMPLES AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method to estimate a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) based on selection of the samples and corresponding processing system is provided. The method estimates SINR of an incident signal on a time interval. Samples of the incident signal are received during a time interval. Then, the SINR of the received samples is determined using an average calculation and a variance calculation that includes only a selected set of samples from the received samples. Additionally, the average calculation and/or said variance calculation may be performed by using only the selected set of samples. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310574 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ADJUSTABLE WAFER ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA BASED ON CHIP CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods for determining adjustable wafer acceptance criteria based on chip characteristics. The method includes measuring a density of at least one chip. The method further includes computing a difference in density between the density of the at least one chip and a density of at least one kerf structure. The method further includes calculating an offset value to modify a Wafer Acceptance Criteria (WAC) to match the density difference between the at least one chip and the at least one kerf structure. The method further includes applying the offset value to the WAC for a wafer level measurement in order to increase chip yield performance. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310575 | Inspection Method for Pixel Array and Inspection Apparatus Thereof - The present invention provides an inspection method for a pixel array and an inspection apparatus thereof. The inspection method firstly charges a sample pixel area containing a flawed pixel unit and normal pixel units with different testing voltages, then creates a lookup table of brightness threshold value according to the brightness values of the pixel units under those testing voltages ; and then charges a pixel area under test when inspecting the pixel area under test, selects a suitable brightness threshold value from the lookup table according to the current voltage value and the brightness value thereof, and then determines if pixel units of the pixel area under test have any defect according to the brightness threshold value. Therefore, the present invention reduces defect-identifying error and enhances inspection accuracy. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310576 | MANUFACTURE OF ENGINEERING COMPONENTS WITH DESIGNED DEFECTS FOR ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION COMPONENTS - An engineering component with a designed defect and use of an engineering component with a designed defect to evaluate a production component are disclosed. A test component having a known defect is manufactured. This known defect is a flaw that is intentionally included in the test component. The test component is then analyzed to obtain a test profile of the defect. In addition, the engineering component to be tested is analyzed to obtain a production profile. This production profile is compared with the test profile to determine whether the engineering component has a defect that corresponds to the known defect. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310577 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING COORDINATE SYSTEMS DURING EDITING OF A MEASUREMNT PROGRAM - In a method for updating coordinate systems in editing a measurement program, the method imports a data array including measurement elements of a workpiece, and creates a program template. By inserting the program template in the data array that is after a measurement element, the method creates a coordinate system and calculates a coordinate matrix for the coordinate system. After the measurement elements in a position of the data array that are after the program template are updated using the coordinate matrix, a measurement program is generated and displayed on a display screen. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310578 | Correcting noncontact infrared thermometer data by removing contamination of the intervening atmosphere - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for enhancing data accuracy of a noncontact infrared thermometer. One method includes determining dry atmospheric constituency and water vapor absorption coefficients across the infrared thermometers spectral bandpass and implementing the coefficients in processing with site-based atmospheric temperature and water vapor density profile and pressure measurements to provide corrected target temperature data compensating for contamination in said raw data due to said intervening atmosphere. The method is particularly well adapted for use in correcting data from less expensive but also less accurate wideband infrared thermometers. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310579 | IMPROVEMENTS IN VIBRATING TUBE DENSITOMETERS - The invention provides a method of calibrating a vibrating tube densitometer intended to operate at combined elevated temperatures and pressures. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310580 | GENERATOR SET CALIBRATION CONTROLLER - A controller for a generator set is disclosed. The controller may have a memory module having stored therein calibration factors associated with an offset error, a scale error, and a time delay error, and a processor module in communication with the memory module. The processor module may be configured to monitor at least one parameter of electric power directed from the generator set to a load, detect connection of the generator set to the load, and determine adjustments to the calibration factors after connection of the generator set to the load based on a comparison of the at least one parameter monitored by the processor module and measured at the load. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310581 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MINIMIZING EXTERNAL MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE - Provided is a ΔE measuring device minimizing external magnetic disturbance, more particularly, a ΔE measuring device measuring a change (ΔE) in elastic modulus under a magnetic field by removing a bias effect by the earth's magnetic field and a magnetic tool and device and using a magneto acoustic resonance method. With the ΔE measuring device, a space minimizing external magnetic disturbance using three-axis Helmholtz coils is provided and the ΔE measuring device having a plurality of coil structures is inserted into the space, thereby making it possible to minimize external magnetic field disturbance. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310582 | PARTIAL STROKE TESTING SYSTEM COUPLED WITH FUEL CONTROL VALVE - A system for on-line testing of an emergency shut-off valve includes a first emergency shut-off valve (first valve) and a flow control valve (second valve), with the system being configured to allow the second valve to serve as a combination flow control and second emergency shut-off valve. A subsystem is also provided for testing the first valve without fully closing the first valve in response to a signal from the control. In this subsystem, a solenoid valve bleeds off pressurized fluid to move the first valve from a fully opened to a partially closed position. A bypass around the second valve allows it to be tested as the second emergency shut-off valve, allowing the second valve to close completely without shutting down the process. The use of the two emergency shut-off valves in series wherein either valve can shut down the process provides a level | 2012-12-06 |
20120310583 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING APD MEASURING DEVICE - To accurately test the operating state of the APD measuring device. A test device 40 includes a test signal generator 41 that generates a test signal corresponding to the center frequency of a signal to be measured and a control unit 42 that variably controls the amplitude level of a test signal in the dynamic range of an APD measuring device 1 at random, in order to test the operating state of the APD measuring device 1. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310584 | AUTOMATED AND COORDINATED SIMULATION OF MULTIPLE CONCURRENT USER INTERACTIONS - A method and associated system are provided for testing components of a vehicle entertainment system, comprising: interconnecting, via a network, a server computer comprising media content, and a plurality of user computers comprising software and hardware via which the user can interact with the media content; loading a test agent component onto a first of the user computers; loading a first scenario file comprising a series of user entry events that emulate user entry actions via a user interface device of the first user computer; executing the user entry events of the first scenario file by the test agent to generate system events that would normally be generated by a user operating the first user computer to interact with media server; and responding to the first user computer, by the server computer, to the system events. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310585 | IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SEAT END SIMULATOR - A system and method are provided for testing a vehicle entertainment (IFE) system, comprising: functionally replicating each of a plurality of IFE components selected from the group consisting of an aircraft interface unit, a content server unit, a network distribution unit, and a seat unit with a corresponding simulator unit model that simulates functions of the respective IFE component; providing each simulator unit model on a simulator server having a processor, the simulator server connecting to an IFE network that also connects at least one of actual or simulated seat units to at least one of actual or simulated content servers; providing a test controller that controls each simulator unit model; transmitting scenario information containing operation instructions to the simulator unit model; and executing the scenario information by the simulator unit model to perform operations corresponding to the operation instructions that cause the simulator unit model to communicate over the IFE network. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310586 | CONTAINER CONTROL - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for controlling environmental systems in containers. A first set of environmental conditions for a first product be stored in a container is received and it is determined if the first set of environmental conditions are compatible with a second set of environmental conditions for one or more second products in the container. An acceptable set of environmental conditions for both first and second products based on said first set of environmental conditions and said second set of environmental conditions is determined and the acceptable set of environmental conditions are stored. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310587 | Activity Detection - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a presumed activity associated with a mobile device. A plurality of sensor values detected by one or more sensors onboard the mobile device is received over a period of time. A plurality of derived values is calculated from the plurality of sensor values. The derived values are selectively combined to generate one or more abstract values. A presumed activity is identified from a plurality of possible activities based on a level of similarity between the one or more abstract values and expected values of each of the plurality of possible activities that correspond to the one or more abstract values. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310588 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An electronic device includes a display, an acceleration sensor, and a processing unit. The acceleration sensor detects displacement information of the electronic device. The processing unit compares the displacement information with an initial orientation information of the electronic device to determine directional movement of the electronic device. The processing unit shifts content of a display of the electronic device according to the directional movement. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310589 | ROTATION SPEED DETECTING DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A rotation speed detecting device is provided. The rotation speed detecting device is electrically connected to a motor of a color wheel, and includes a phase detecting unit and a time calculating unit. The phase detecting unit is suitable for detecting a reference phase point of a rotation information outputted by the motor, and outputting a phase signal according to the reference phase point. The time calculating unit is electrically connected to the phase detecting unit, and calculates a speed information of the motor according to the phase signal. In this way, the rotation speed of the motor of the color wheel is correctly measured. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310590 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING DEFLATED TIRES - A system for detecting deflated tires by making a relative comparison among rotation speeds of tires attached to a vehicle. The system includes a rotation speed information detection means for detecting rotation speed information of the tires; a rotation speed calculation means for calculating rotation speeds of the tires; and a determination means for determining deflated tires by comparing a decreased pressure determination value using the calculated rotation speeds with a predetermined threshold value. The determination means determines that the vehicle is going straight when it is found, with regard to factors composed of a lateral G, a yaw rate, and a steering angle of the vehicle, at least two of the factors including the yaw rate show that a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value at a predetermined time is lower than a predetermined value, thereby detecting deflated tires. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310591 | TRACKING A BODY BY NONLINEAR AND NON-GAUSSIAN PARAMETRIC FILTERING - A general framework for parametric filters is based on belief condensation (BC), which can cope with highly nonlinear and non-Gaussian system models. The methodology exploits the specific structure of the problem and decomposes it in such a way that the linear and Gaussian part can be solved in closed form, while the remaining parts are addressed by an optimization process, referred to as BC. Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed BC filter is close to that of the particle filter, but with a much lower complexity. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310592 | TOUCH DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch device includes a plurality of sensors, a storage module and a processing module. The sensors are placed on a substrate for detecting acoustic waves and generating electrical signals. The storage module stores a plurality of templates of delay measurement for a plurality of locations on the substrate. The processing module is coupled to the sensors and to the storage module for calculating a received delay measurement and comparing the received delay measurement to the plurality of templates of delay measurement to estimate touch location. A detection method for the touch device is also provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310593 | TOOTHBRUSH TRACKING SYSTEM - A method of monitoring tooth brushing comprising: receiving a position signal from a position sensor ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120310594 | INCLINATION ANGLE CALCULATION DEVICE - An inclination angle calculation device comprises a motion detector for detecting motions of a traveling object during travel, in two directions included in a cross-section surface of the traveling object, the two directions being orthogonal with each other; and an arithmetic unit for calculating an inclination angle of the traveling object during travel in the cross-section surface, using a frequency of the motion in one of the two directions and a rolling frequency in the other direction of the two directions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310595 | ABSOLUTE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT ARM - A measurement apparatus calibrated to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. The measurement apparatus includes a calibration that includes compensation factors for thermal expansion, shifting of measurement parts (arm, support tower, and related laser), and variances of these parts. The resulting measurements report an absolute diameter of a part to a higher degree of accuracy than previously possible. Also, the calculated compensation factor eliminate the need for an isolated, climate-controlled measurement room. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310596 | NIP WIDTH SENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL ROLLS - A method of determining the width of a nip formed by an industrial roll and a mating structure includes the steps of: providing an industrial roll having a cylindrical core and a polymeric cover surrounding the core, the industrial roll further comprising a plurality of pressure sensors mounted in the roll (optionally distributed in a helical pattern on the roll about a longitudinal axis of the roll); positioning the industrial roll in contact with the mating structure to form a nip; rotating the industrial roll; receiving pressure signals from the plurality of pressure sensors at a controller; and in the controller, utilizing the pressure signals from the pressure sensors to determine the width of the nip at locations on the roll associated with the pressure sensors. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310597 | FAILURE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - Conditional base maintenance has been gaining widespread acceptance, with numerous sensors attached to equipment for constant monitoring of its operational state, the resulting sensor data being compared with those about the equipment in the normal state for a diagnosis to determine whether the equipment is currently operating normally, the result of the diagnosis being used to conduct maintenance. Conditional base maintenance can rapidly detect aging deterioration of the equipment, so that abnormal sates that were not detected before in time base maintenance can now be detected. However, although conventional diagnosis technology can distinguish between the normal state and anomaly, it has been difficult with such technology to identify causes including abnormal phenomena and parts. If it is determined that the target equipment to be diagnosed deviates from the normal state, the degree of deviation of each parameter from the normal state as the reference is calculated as an abnormal contribution ratio. A failure cause is estimated from a similarity ratio between the calculated abnormal contribution ratio and the abnormal contribution ratio of each of the failure causes collected in the past and including failure phenomena and failure parts. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310598 | PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT IN A LOGISTICS SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for tracking one or more items. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a device for tracking one or more items. The device may include a plurality of sensors for detecting light, temperature, humidity, pressure, and acceleration. The device may also include a memory for storing information received from the plurality of sensors. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310599 | SENSOR DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - A first collecting device is connected to a first network to which a first sensor is connected, and to an external network. A second collecting device is connected to a second network to which a plurality of second sensors for measuring a second amount of observation are connected, and to the external network, and collects second sensor data. When the first collecting device cannot collect first sensor data through the first network, an adapter transfers the first sensor data to the second collecting device through the second network, and transmits the first sensor data to the first collecting device from the second collecting device through the external network. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310600 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL - An apparatus and a method for processing signal are provided. The signal processing apparatus comprises an input interface and a processing unit. The input interface receives smoothing parameters and a to-be-separated signal. The processing unit establishes an upper extreme envelope and a lower extreme envelope of the to-be-separated signal, and calculates a mean envelope between the upper extreme envelope and the lower extreme envelope. The processing unit performs smoothing according to the smoothing parameters and the mean envelope to generate a smoothed mean envelope, and determines a trend component or a non-trend component according to the smoothed mean envelope. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310601 | INTERLEAVED DIGITAL DOWN-CONVERSION ON A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A digital down-conversion acquisition function, includes a key spectral analysis function, in time-interleaved acquisition systems to enable acquisitions at very high sample rates and bandwidths. Digital down-conversion allows data compression into acquisition memory for down-converted complex baseband I/Q data within a given frequency range of interest. With a fixed-size acquisition memory, this enables acquisitions over a longer time span, thus enabling a lower spectral resolution bandwidth. These approaches allow down-converted complex baseband I/Q data from a narrow frequency band of interest to be acquired efficiently. Reconstruction of the acquired down-converted waveform from the time-interleaved components stored in each acquisition memory of each distributed acquisition components to result in a coherent waveform is also disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310602 | Facilities Management System - Long-term facility maintenance may be more efficient when data from multiple sources are combined onto an easily navigable display. In particular, building model data from a three-dimensional computer assisted design (CAD) file may be combined with maintenance information from a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and other data sources such as user's manuals and repair guides. The combined data may be accessible through a three-dimensional display of the building on a mobile device. The mobile device allows a user to navigate through the building and select components to view additional maintenance information for the selected components. The display may interact with location sensing devices, such as GPS, in the mobile device to automatically display model data near the user's location. Additionally, a user may modify component information on the mobile device, which is transmitted to the CMMS to update the stored component information. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310603 | Simulation of a Process - An apparatus for simulating a casting or molding process, said apparatus comprising means for providing a computer model ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120310604 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND OPTIMIZATION OF SHELL STRUCTURES - In some implementations, there may be provide a method for modeling and simulation. The method may include generating a model of an object, wherein the model defines at least a surface of the object, wherein the surface comprises a plurality of patches generated based on a function (e.g., a spline, a T-spline, a non-uniform rational B-spline, and the like); presenting, at a user interface, the surface of the object in accordance with the model; inserting into the model of the object a bending strip between a first patch on the surface and a second patch on the surface; performing an analysis of the model including the bending strip, the first patch, and the second patch; and presenting, at the user interface, a three-dimensional representation of the object including a result of the analysis. Related system, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310605 | NON-TRANSITORY, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ANALYTICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT DEVICE - A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to conduct a processing, the processing has creating a solid figure surrounding an object and a solid figure surrounding a plurality of components of a group of components included in the object, based on design information related to the object, determining elements belonging to the solid figure surrounding the plurality of components from a plurality of elements partitioned and divided from the created solid figure surrounding the object, generating a spatial model that represents a space in which the plurality of components exist, based on the determined elements that belong to the solid figure surrounding the plurality of components, and outputting a result of the generating. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310606 | Systems And Methods For Visualizing Building Architectures And Applications Thereof - The present invention provides tools for 2-D and 3-D visualization of exterior and interior environment information based on the architecture of buildings. Applications of the visualization are also described, including, for example, gaming applications and emergency response applications. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310607 | ENGINEERING STRUCTURE MULTI-OBJECTIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC DESIGN - A method for determining a seismic design for a structure includes setting performance objectives; inputting the performance objectives into a single degree of freedom system to carry out a simulation test; continuously adjusting the size of seismic waves applied to the system to determine a relationship between performance demand and the period of the structure under different performance objectives; obtaining a seismic demand spectrum curve between a seismic influence coefficient or a spectral accelation and displacement performance objective in the single degree of freedom system; analyzing the relationship between the base shear force and the displacement of the engineering structure; converting the relationship into the relationship between the capacity and the displacement in the single degree of freedom system; obtaining a capacity spectrum curve; comparing the capacity spectrum curve with the performance demand spectrum curve; and assessing the seismic capacity of the structure under different performance objectives. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310608 | Method for Scheduling Power Generators Based on Optimal Configurations and Approximate Dynamic Programming - A unit commitment problem is solved for a set of generators with a set of configurations having a set of 2 | 2012-12-06 |
20120310609 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMPEDANCE - A method for controlling impedance of a multi-layer PCB includes establishing a geometric model using simulation software according to a structure of the multi-layer PCB. A first variable (S) and a second variable (W) are respectively defined in the simulation software. The variable S is set equal to a first desired value. An impedance (R) of the transmission line is set equal to a second desired value. The variable W is set to a value according to a relationship between R, S, and W. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310610 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An object placement managing unit changes at least one of a position and a direction of a virtual object based on a value of a parameter associated with a physical quantity that is an attribute of the virtual object. The object placement managing unit determines a first change, which corresponds to a user's operation, in a first physical quantity of the virtual object. The object placement managing unit determines a second change in a second physical quantity. The second change corresponds to and is different from the first change. The object placement managing unit changes a value of a parameter based on the first change and the second change. The object placement managing unit changes, after the value of the parameter is changed, at least one of the position and the direction of the virtual object based on the changed value of the parameter. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION OF AN EXPANDABLE DEVICE - A system, method, computer-readable medium, apparatus, and device for simulating placement of an expandable device in a cavity is provided. For example, a three or more dimensional image of a cavity, e.g., a tubular cavity, geometry is acquired. A centerline of the cavity, and a perimeter of the cavity based on the centerline of the cavity and the three-dimensional image of the cavity geometry, are determined. The length of a wire of the expandable device as the wire rotates along the perimeter of the cavity in a deployment direction is determined. A pitch of the rotation of the wire based on a local diameter at the centerline site of rotation and in-air parameters of the expandable device is determined. A deployed device length of the expandable device along the centerline of the cavity is determined. A processor is usable to determine and/or calculate each of the above. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENTITIES - The disclosure describes systems and methods for modeling relationships between entities on a network using data collected from a plurality of communication channels including social data, spatial data, temporal data and logical data within a W4 Network. The W4 Network personalizes and automates sorting, filtering and processing of W4COMN communications delivered or requested to be delivered using personalized value-based ranking and encoding of data, which is modeled from the point-of-view (POV) of any specific user, topic or node in the W4 Distributed graph. POV modeling supplies comparative value services to users which entails individuated data models to be aggregated and used in customization and personalization forecasting for each user and their associated data management needs. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310613 | METHOD TO IMPROVE RESERVOIR SIMULATION AND RECOVERY FROM FRACTURED RESERVOIRS - A method for modeling flow properties over a series of time increments of a reservoir in an earth formation having a plurality of fractures is disclosed. The method includes: building a three-dimensional stress field representing stresses in the reservoir; building a three-dimensional discrete fracture network (NFM) having fracture flow properties using information obtained from a tool or changes to the stress field; running a flow simulation of the reservoir for a time increment using the NFM to model the flow properties of the reservoir for that time increment; computing a latest change in the three-dimensional stress field from the flow simulation; and incrementing the time increment and iterating the building the NFM using the latest change in the stress field, the running of the flow simulation using the latest NFM, and the computing a latest change in the stress field from the latest running of the flow simulation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310614 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF MICROBES INJECTED INTO AN OIL-BEARING RESERVOIR - A method for predicting the effect of microbes injected into an oil-bearing reservoir, the oil-bearing reservoir being capable of being represented by a first computer-generated grid comprising a first plurality of grid blocks, is provided. Measurement data representing the effect of injecting the microbes into a multiple coreflood apparatus is received. The multiple coreflood apparatus comprises at least first and second material samples indicative of a rock formation associated with said oil-bearing reservoir, the first and second samples being capable of being represented by a second computer-generated grid comprising a second plurality of grid blocks, the first and second samples being representative of different regions of the reservoir and being connected such that microbes injected into the first sample are able to flow to the second sample. Selected data of the received measurement data is input into a computer-implemented reservoir model configured to simulate said effect of microbe injected in relation to the second grid. The reservoir model is executed to generate reservoir model data indicative of the effect of injecting the microbes into the multiple coreflood apparatus. Parameters of the reservoir model are adjusted by matching the reservoir model data against the measurement data, in order to calibrate the reservoir model. The calibrated reservoir model is then executed for the first grid to predict the effect of injecting the microbes into the reservoir. A corresponding system, and a method and apparatus for generating data indicative of the effect of injecting microbes into an oil-bearing reservoir, are also provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310615 | DEVELOPING PREDICTIVE DOSE-VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS FOR A RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT - Embodiments develop a predictive dose-volume relationships for a radiation therapy treatment is provided. A system includes a memory area for storing data corresponding to a plurality of patients, wherein the data comprises a three-dimensional representation of the planning target volume and one or more organs-at-risk. The data further comprises an amount of radiation delivered to the planning target volume and the one or more organs-at-risk. The system further includes one or more processors programmed to access, from the memory area, the data and to develop a model that predicts dose-volume relationships using the three-dimensional representations of the planning target volume and the one or more organs-at-risk. The model is being derived from correlations between dose-volume relationships and calculated minimum distance vectors between discrete volume elements of the one or more organs-at-risk and a boundary surface of the planning target volume. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310616 | COMPUTATION OF THE COMBINED POTENCY OF DRUG REGIMENS FROM FITTED OR IN VITRO DETERMINED DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES - A method is described that computes the combined potency of a drug regimen based on predicted or in vitro determined dose-response response curves of the individual drugs in a treatment regimen. This is instrumental in those diagnostic situations where different instances of biomolecule sequences or other biomarkers are associated with a different, but measurable or predictable shape of the dose-response curve of one or more of the regimen drugs, and where the response to the drug can be translated to a (surrogate) clinical endpoint. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310617 | Implant Planning for Multiple Implant Components Using Constraints - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for implant planning for multiple implant components using constraints. A representation of a bone and a representation of a first implant component are displayed with respect to the representation of the bone. A representation of a second implant component is displayed, wherein the first implant component and the second implant component are physically separated and not connected to each other. A positioning of the representation of the second implant component that violates at least one positioning constraint is prevented, wherein the positioning constraint is based on the representation of the first implant component. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310618 | TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION TUNING - Techniques for tuning systems generate configurations that are used to test the systems to determine optimal configurations for the systems. The configurations for a system are generated to allow for effective testing of the system while remaining within budgetary and/or resource constraints. The configurations may be selected to satisfy one or more conditions on their distributions to ensure that a satisfactory set of configurations are tested. Machine learning techniques may be used to create models of systems and those models can be used to determine optimal configurations. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310619 | FAST FUNCTION EXTRACTION - For application to analog, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits, as well as other fields have use for high-dimensional regression, or symbolic modeling, a system and method to extract functions, where each function relates a set of input variables to an output variable (performance metric). The technique enumerates a large set of candidate basis functions, performs pathwise regularized learning on those basis functions to generate a set of candidate models, and finally performs nondominated filtering to identify models that trade off complexity versus error. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATION OF REAL-TIME SYSTEMS USING ACCESS POINTS - Computer-based simulation of a real time system which includes an application software to be executed on a target hardware platform (hardware and operating system). The application software has tasks of different priority and a set of instructions. An access point is defined for each task at an instruction representing an entry point of a task, a termination point of a task, an access to shared memory, an access to a register of the target hardware platform, and/or a system call or a driver function call, thus dividing the tasks into consecutive instruction blocks. A target execution time is assigned to each instruction block. A discrete event simulation is performed using a queue of events, each associated with a task, an access point of a task, and an event timestamp. During event processing, the instruction block corresponding to the access point associated with the event is executed without interruption. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310621 | PROCESSOR, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE PROCESSOR - A processor includes an emulator configured to receive an access command from a second memory controller, and a first memory controller configured to control an operation of a memory. The emulator is configured to determine whether the first memory controller is available to perform an operation corresponding to the access command, and transmit a wait signal to the second memory controller upon determining that the first memory controller is not available to perform the operation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310622 | Inter-language Communication Devices and Methods - A single device allows two or more users to converse in different languages. The translation device receives inputs from the users which are translated and displayed to the other user in the other user's selected language. In one embodiment, there are two display areas for right side up display of the conversation to each user. In a second embodiment, one display is changed from one language to another as it is passed from one user to the other. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310623 | Methods For Using A Speech To Obtain Additional Information - An item of information ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120310624 | Community Translation On A Social Network - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310625 | METHOD FOR TESTING A BROWSER-BASED APPLICATION - A method for testing multiple language versions of a browser-based application. A host language Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request issued by a host language browser is received. The host language HTTP request is configured to be sent to a host server address. The host language HTTP request comprises parameter strings in a host language. A target language HTTP request is generated by replacing each host parameter string of at least one host parameter string of the parameter strings in the received HTTP request with a respective target parameter string associated with a target language that differs from the host language. The generated target language HTTP request is configured to be sent to a target server address associated with and different from the host server address. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310626 | AUTOCORRECTING LANGUAGE INPUT FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS - Various techniques for autocorrecting virtual keyboard input for various languages (e.g., Japanese, Chinese) are disclosed. In one aspect, a system or process receives a sequence of keyboard events representing keystrokes on a virtual keyboard. A hierarchical data structure is traversed according to the sequence of keyboard events to determine candidate words for the sequence of keyboard events. A word lattice is constructed using a language model, including deriving weights or paths in the word lattice based on candidate word statistics and data from a keyboard error model. The word lattice is searched to determine one or more candidate sentences comprising candidate words based on the path weights. Paths through the word lattice can be pruned (e.g., discarded) to reduce the size and search time of the word lattice. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310627 | DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION WITH WEIGHTED SUPERVISED N-GRAM EMBEDDING - Methods and systems for document classification include embedding n-grams from an input text in a latent space, embedding the input text in the latent space based on the embedded n-grams and weighting said n-grams according to spatial evidence of the respective n-grams in the input text, classifying the document along one or more axes, and adjusting weights used to weight the n-grams based on the output of the classifying step. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310628 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF POTENTIAL INTEREST TO A USER - The present invention provides a method and system for providing access to information of potential interest to a user. Closed-caption information is analyzed to find related information on the Internet. User interactions with a TV which receives programming including closed-caption information are monitored to determine user interests or topics. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310629 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING CULTURE-BASED BEHAVIOR IN CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERACTIONS - Systems and methods are provided to automatically determine culture-based behavioral tendencies and preferences of individuals in the context of customer service interactions. For example, systems and methods are provided to process natural language dialog input of an individual to detect linguistic features indicative of individualistic and collectivistic behavioral tendencies and predict whether such individual will be cooperative or uncooperative with automated customer service. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310630 | TOKENIZATION PLATFORM - A tokenization platform and method is described for accurately tokenizing character strings, including but not limited to non-delimited character strings of the type commonly used in Internet domain names and computer filenames, to accurately identify words and phrases occurring therein. In one embodiment, a phased tokenization approach is used in which the final phase is a lexical analysis-based tokenization using a dictionary. The dictionary may be advantageously created and updated based upon one or more query logs associated with respective information retrieval systems, thereby ensuring that the dictionary accurately reflects currently-used terminology and captures alternative spellings and presentations of words and phrases submitted by users. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310631 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATION OF COMPOUND TEXT INPUT AND THAT EMPLOYS N-GRAM DATA TO LIMIT GENERATION OF LOW-PROBABILITY COMPOUND LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. The device is able to analyze the combinations of language objects in light of N-gram data stored on the device to avoid proposing low-probability compound language solutions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310632 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH SECOND TRANSLAATOR FOR VEHICLE PARTS - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for automation of auditing claims. Data indicative of an insurance company name is received, the data comprising one or more words. The data is processed through one or more processing steps to generate processed data comprising one or more processed words. One or more candidate word strings are selected based on the one or more processed words. Matching information is associated with each of the one or more candidate word strings. Analysis information is generated for each of the one or more candidate word strings based on the associated matching information. An insurance company identifier is associated with received data based on the analysis information and one or more matching rules. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310633 | FILTERING DEVICE AND FILTERING METHOD - A filtering device includes: a table storage unit that stores an allowed word table in which a plurality of morphemes and the number of appearances thereof are associated with each other; a program stream acquiring unit that acquires a program stream generated according to a broadcasting code of ethics; a table update unit that extracts caption data or program information, which is a first text data item related to the content of a program, from the program stream when the acquired program stream includes the caption data or the program information, divides the extracted caption data; a data acquiring unit that acquires an arbitrary second text data item; and a data processing unit that divides the second text data item into morphemes, replaces a divided morpheme with a predetermined symbol when the divided morpheme has not been registered in the allowed word table. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310634 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH REDUCED NOISE SPEECH CODING - A communication device includes memory, an input interface, a processing module, and a transmitter. The processing module receives a digital signal from the input interface, wherein the digital signal includes a desired digital signal component and an undesired digital signal component. The processing module identifies one of a plurality of codebooks based on the undesired digital signal component. The processing module then identifies a codebook entry from the one of the plurality of codebooks based on the desired digital signal component to produce a selected codebook entry. The processing module then generates a coded signal based on the selected codebook entry, wherein the coded signal includes a substantially unattenuated representation of the desired digital signal component and an attenuated representation of the undesired digital signal component. The transmitter converts the coded signal into an outbound signal in accordance with a signaling protocol and transmits it. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310635 | Enhancement of Multichannel Audio - The invention relates to audio signal processing. More specifically, the invention relates to enhancing multichannel audio, such as television audio, by applying a gain to the audio that has been smoothed between portions of the audio. The invention relates to methods, apparatus for performing such methods, and to software stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer to perform such methods. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310636 | REPLAY APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A method of selectively performing signal processing in a first mode and in a second mode. In the first mode, a noise cancel signal having a signal characteristic to cancel an external noise component is generated based on a voice signal supplied from a microphone, and an input digital audio signal and the noise cancel signal are combined into a voice signal to be output through a speaker. In the second mode, a sound process for vocal voice is performed on a voice signal supplied from a microphone, a vocal voice component is canceled from a digital audio signal of input music to generate a karaoke signal, and the karaoke signal and the vocal signal are combined into a voice signal to be output through a speaker. The first mode corresponds to an audio replay operation accompanied by noise cancel, and the second mode corresponds to a karaoke operation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310637 | AUDIO EQUIPMENT INCLUDING MEANS FOR DE-NOISING A SPEECH SIGNAL BY FRACTIONAL DELAY FILTERING, IN PARTICULAR FOR A "HANDS-FREE" TELEPHONY SYSTEM - The equipment comprises two microphones, sampling means, and de-noising means. The de-noising means are non-frequency noise reduction means comprising a combiner having an adaptive filter performing an iterative search seeking to cancel the noise picked up by one of the microphones on the basis of a noise reference given by the other microphone sensor. The adaptive filter is a fractional delay filter modeling a delay that is shorter than the sampling period. The equipment also has voice activity detector means delivering a signal representative of the presence or the absence of speech from the user of the equipment. The adaptive filter receives this signal as input so as to enable it to act selectively: i) either to perform an adaptive search for the parameters of the filter in the absence of speech; ii) or else to “freeze” those parameters of the filter in the presence of speech. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310638 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AUDIO APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREFOR - An audio apparatus including a decorrelator for generating decorrelated signals by applying a phase shifting value adjusted based on a correlation difference between audio signals included in a multi-channel signal to the audio signals; and a speaker set including at least two speakers for outputting acoustic signals corresponding to the decorrelated signals | 2012-12-06 |
20120310639 | Wind Noise Reduction - By monitoring the wind noise in a location in which a cellular telephone is operating and by applying noise reduction and/or cancellation protocols at the appropriate time via analog and/or digital signal processing, it is possible to significantly reduce wind noise entering into a communication system. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310640 | MIC COVERING DETECTION IN PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes noise canceling circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone may also be provided proximate the speaker to estimate an electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer. A processing circuit uses the reference and/or error microphone, optionally along with a microphone provided for capturing near-end speech, to determine whether one of the reference or error microphones is obstructed by comparing their received signal content and takes action to avoid generation of erroneous anti-noise. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310641 | Method And Apparatus For Voice Activity Determination - In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting voice activity in an audio signal. The apparatus comprises a first voice activity detector for making a first voice activity detection decision based at least in part on the voice activity of a first audio signal received from a first microphone. The apparatus also comprises a second voice activity detector for making a second voice activity detection decision based at least in part on an estimate of a direction of the first audio signal and an estimate of a direction of a second audio signal received from a second microphone. The apparatus further comprises a classifier for making a third voice activity detection decision based at least in part on the first and second voice activity detection decisions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310642 | AUTOMATICALLY CREATING A MAPPING BETWEEN TEXT DATA AND AUDIO DATA - Techniques are provided for creating a mapping that maps locations in audio data (e.g., an audio book) to corresponding locations in text data (e.g., an e-book). Techniques are provided for using a mapping between audio data and text data, whether or not the mapping is created automatically or manually. A mapping may be used for bookmark switching where a bookmark established in one version of a digital work is used to identify a corresponding location with another version of the digital work. Alternatively, the mapping may be used to play audio that corresponds to text selected by a user. Alternatively, the mapping may be used to automatically highlight text in response to audio that corresponds to the text being played. Alternatively, the mapping may be used to determine where an annotation created in one media context (e.g., audio) will be consumed in another media context (e.g., text). | 2012-12-06 |
20120310643 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROOFING OF A TEXT INPUT - Techniques for presenting data input as a plurality of data chunks including a first data chunk and a second data chunk. The techniques include converting the plurality of data chunks to a textual representation comprising a plurality of text chunks including a first text chunk corresponding to the first data chunk and a second text chunk corresponding to the second data chunk, respectively, and providing a presentation of at least part of the textual representation such that the first text chunk is presented differently than the second text chunk to, when presented, assist a user in proofing the textual representation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310644 | INSERTION OF STANDARD TEXT IN TRANSCRIPTION - A computer program product, for automatically editing a medical record transcription, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a first medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the first medical transcription for presence of a first trigger phrase associated with a first standard text block, determine that the first trigger phrase is present in the first medical transcription if an actual phrase in the first medical transcription corresponds with the first trigger phrase, and insert the first standard text block into the first medical transcription. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310645 | INTEGRATION OF EMBEDDED AND NETWORK SPEECH RECOGNIZERS - A method, computer program product, and system are provided for performing a voice command on a client device. The method can include translating, using a first speech recognizer located on the client device, an audio stream of a voice command to a first machine-readable voice command and generating a first query result using the first machine-readable voice command to query a client database. In addition, the audio stream can be transmitted to a remote server device that translates the audio stream to a second machine-readable voice command using a second speech recognizer. Further, the method can include receiving a second query result from the remote server device, where the second query result is generated by the remote server device using the second machine-readable voice command and displaying the first query result and the second query result on the client device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310646 | SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE AND SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD - A speech recognition device and a speech recognition method thereof are disclosed. In the speech recognition method, a key phrase containing at least one key word is received. The speech recognition method comprises steps: receiving a sound source signal of a key word and generating a plurality of audio signals; transforming the audio signals into a plurality of frequency signals; receiving the frequency signals to obtain a space-frequency spectrum and an angular estimation value thereof; receiving the space-frequency spectrum to define and output at least one spatial eigenparameter and, and using the angular estimation value and the frequency signals to perform spotting and evaluation and outputting a Bhattacharyya distance; and receiving the spatial eigenparameter and the Bhattacharyya distance and using corresponding thresholds to determine correctness of the key phrase. Thereby this invention robustly achieves high speech recognition rate under very low SNR conditions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310647 | PATTERN PROCESSING SYSTEM SPECIFIC TO A USER GROUP - Methods and apparatus for identifying a user group in connection with user group-based speech recognition. An exemplary method comprises receiving, from a user, a user group identifier that identifies a user group to which the user was previously assigned based on training data. The user group comprises a plurality of individuals including the user. The method further comprises using the user group identifier, identifying a pattern processing data set corresponding to the user group, and receiving speech input from the user to be recognized using the pattern processing data set. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310648 | NAME IDENTIFICATION RULE GENERATING APPARATUS AND NAME IDENTIFICATION RULE GENERATING METHOD - A name identification rule generating method, includes: generating an abstract syntax tree by removing a portion of an input sentence unrelated to a process in analysis of syntax of the input sentence by a computer; setting, in generating the abstract syntax tree, nodes corresponding to a plurality of arguments at the same layer; and generating, in generating the abstract syntax tree, a first character string pattern including a second character string corresponding to a node of the abstract syntax tree where a number of types of terminal symbols on the node is equal to or smaller than a certain multiple of a number of types of processes that call the input sentence. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310649 | SWITCHING BETWEEN TEXT DATA AND AUDIO DATA BASED ON A MAPPING - Techniques are provided for creating a mapping that maps locations in audio data (e.g., an audio book) to corresponding locations in text data (e.g., an e-book). Techniques are provided for using a mapping between audio data and text data, whether the mapping is created automatically or manually. A mapping may be used for bookmark switching where a bookmark established in one version of a digital work (e.g., e-book) is used to identify a corresponding location with another version of the digital work (e.g., an audio book). Alternatively, the mapping may be used to play audio that corresponds to text selected by a user. Alternatively, the mapping may be used to automatically highlight text in response to audio that corresponds to the text being played. Alternatively, the mapping may be used to determine where an annotation created in one media context (e.g., audio) will be consumed in another media context. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310650 | VOICE SYNTHESIS APPARATUS - In a voice synthesis apparatus, a phoneme piece interpolator acquires first phoneme piece data corresponding to a first value of sound characteristic, and second phoneme piece data corresponding to a second value of the sound characteristic. The first and second phoneme piece data indicate a spectrum of each frame of a phoneme piece. The phoneme piece interpolator interpolates between each frame of the first phoneme piece data and each frame of the second phoneme piece data so as to create phoneme piece data of the phoneme piece corresponding to a target value of the sound characteristic which is different from either of the first and second values of the sound characteristic. A voice synthesizer generates a voice signal having the target value of the sound characteristic based on the created phoneme piece data. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310651 | Voice Synthesis Apparatus - A voice signal is synthesized using a plurality of phonetic piece data each indicating a phonetic piece containing at least two phoneme sections corresponding to different phonemes. In the apparatus, a phonetic piece adjustor forms a target section from first and second phonetic pieces so as to connect the first and second phonetic pieces to each other such that the target section includes a rear phoneme section of the first piece and a front phoneme section of the second piece, and expands the target section by a target time length to form an adjustment section such that a central part is expanded at an expansion rate higher than that of front and rear parts of the target section, to thereby create synthesized phonetic piece data having the target time length. A voice synthesizer creates a voice signal from the synthesized phonetic piece data. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310652 | Adaptive Human Computer Interface (AAHCI) - An Adaptive Human-Computer Interface (AAHCI) allows an electronic system to automatically monitor and learn from normal in-use behavior exhibited by a human user via responses generated by the supported input devices and to adjust output to the supported output devices accordingly. This Auto-Learning process is different than computer-directed training sessions and takes place as the user begins to use the device for the first time and with repeated use over time. The purpose of AHCI is to provide a user experience that is tailored to the skills, preferences, deficiencies and other personal attributes of the user automatically via machine-learned processes. This in turn provides an improved user experience that is more productive and cost efficient and that can automatically optimize itself over time with repeated use. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310653 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A processing buffer unit stores an audio signal. A pitch calculation unit and a pitch cycle correction unit calculate a multiple of N as the number of samples in a pitch cycle of the audio signal, in which N is an integer equal to or more than 1. A processing control unit and a start-position movement amount correction unit sequentially determine, as a sample in a start position of a compression process in a time axis domain of the audio signal, a (multiple of N)-th sample from a start position immediately before the start position. An operation unit compresses samples in a predetermined number times the pitch cycle from the sample in the start position in a time axis domain, and sets the number of samples after the compression to be the multiple of N. The present technology, for example, may be applied to an audio signal processing apparatus. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310654 | System and Method for Non-destructively Normalizing Loudness of Audio Signals Within Portable Devices - Many portable playback devices cannot decode and playback encoded audio content having wide bandwidth and wide dynamic range with consistent loudness and intelligibility unless the encoded audio content has been prepared specially for these devices. This problem can be overcome by including with the encoded content some metadata that specifies a suitable dynamic range compression profile by either absolute values or differential values relative to another known compression profile. A playback device may also adaptively apply gain and limiting to the playback audio. Implementations in encoders, in transcoders and in decoders are disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310655 | EXECUTING A BUSINESS PROCESS IN A BUSINESS REPORTING MANAGER - Various embodiments of systems and methods for executing a business process in a business reporting manager are disclosed. At a first instance, a first business data to be extracted from an enterprise application is determined. A replication of the first business data is migrated to a migration repository to render the first message for data recovery. At a second instance, a second business data to be extracted from an enterprise application is determined. The first business data and the second business data are configured to execute the business process according to a data model associated with the business process. Based upon a modification in the data model, the second business data and the replication of the first business data is compiled to execute the business process according to the modified data model associated with the business process. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310656 | REMOTE VENDING MACHINE CONTROLLER - A vending machine controller is described that is able to communicate with a number of vending machines in a vending machine system and a number of potential users of those vending machines (typically by sending messages to communication devices of those users). The controller is able to set prices of items in vending machines, wherein a particular price for a product can be dependent not only of the identity of the products itself, but also on the identity of the vending machine selling the product and even the identity of the user purchasing the product. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310657 | RETURN FRAUD PROTECTION SYSTEM - A method and a system for determining a return fraud at a store are described. The return fraud protection system has a video recording module, a face capture module, a face icon generator module, and an entrance video clip module. The video recording module records a video at an entrance of the store. The face capture module captures a face of a customer entering the store from the video. The face icon generator module generates a face icon comprising the face of the customer. The entrance video clip generator module generates a video clip of the customer entering the store, associates the video clip of the customer with the corresponding face icon, and provides a client device with a list of face icons with corresponding video clips. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310658 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PROFILE STRUCTURE HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT - A method and system for creating a dynamic profile structure for managing and handling transactions between a travel agent and a customer, where the transactions require a plurality of predefined fields to be entered by a user to instigate a transaction are disclosed. The disclosed method includes developing via a computer a model of a geographical structure for use with any user, which geographical structure includes a number of levels and nodes. The method further includes defining via a computer a first profile structure for each node which includes a plurality of predetermined geographical fields specific to each level or node. The method further includes developing via a computer a model of a second structure associated with the customer requirements, which second structure includes a number of nodes, such as countries. The method further includes defining via a computer a second profile structure for each node which includes a plurality of predetermined second fields specific to each node. The method further includes forming via a computer a combined profile structure for a first use case from the plurality of geographical fields and the plurality of second fields based on a customer defined requirement. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310659 | RELIEF SUPPORT SYSTEM - A user desiring to check safety of an individual to be rescued can check safety estimation information, medical insurance information, information about a vital sign, and clinical information about an individual via a portable terminal. A system includes a relief database receiving information recorded on a personal medical database and a vital device and recording the information, a safety condition calculating unit calculating safety estimation information where a safety condition of the individual is estimated by comparing the clinical information and the information about the vital sign recorded on the relief database, and a portable terminal accessing the medial insurance information recorded on the relief database, the safety estimation information, and the information about the vital sign and the clinical information recorded on the relief database and displaying the medical insurance information, the safety estimation information, the information about the vital sign, and the clinical information. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310660 | HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH USING THE SAME - Health monitoring system, including a data acquisition system, a fixed patient system, a mobile patient system, a mobile review system, a fixed review system, and a network server system. The data acquisition system includes a data hub, and a plurality of medical devices connected thereto via a communication interface, and operates to acquire medical data of a patient, and to transmit the medical data to the mobile patient system and/or the fixed patient system. The mobile patient system and the fixed patient system operate to determine whether to transmit the medical data to the mobile review system and/or the fixed review system via the network server system, or directly to the mobile review system and/or the fixed review system. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310661 | Methods for Improving the Clinical Outcome of Patient Care and for Reducing Overall Health Care Costs - System and method for reducing healthcare costs by improving care and encouraging healthy behaviors. A web-based or telephonic program using health plan sponsor funded financial incentives, offered to patients and providers for declaring or demonstrating adherence or providing a reason for non-adherence to performance standards. Financial incentives are contingent upon patient's and provider's agreement to allow the other to confirm or acknowledge the other's declaration or demonstration of adherence or non-adherence reason. Combining financial incentives with a set of checks and balances motivates participation in the program and adherence to the performance standards. Performance standards include evidence-based treatment guidelines, information therapy, wellness and prevention solutions, care management, and other methods proven to control costs by improving behaviors and healthcare. The system and method achieves improved health and more affordable healthcare by aligning the interests of providers, patients/consumers, and health plan sponsors in a win-win-win arrangement. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310662 | SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING COSTS OF A HEALTHCARE PRACTICE - Systems, computer programs, and methods for controlling ancillary medical costs of a healthcare practice and/or insurance network with a plurality of physicians participating therein, are provided. According to an example method, the steps include identifying one or more a plurality of physicians having ancillary medical costs that exceed a certain level to thereby identify the physician or physicians for behavior modification with respect to ancillary medical costs. The method can also include generating information identifying recommended alternative ancillary medical procedures to modify behavior of a physician or physicians with respect to management of the ancillary medical costs. The method can also determining whether the ancillary medical costs of the physician or physicians have decreased to a preselected/baseline level, and distributing a percentage of a savings attributed to the modified ancillary medical cost management behavior when the ancillary medical costs have decreased to or below the preselected/baseline level. | 2012-12-06 |
20120310663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AND/OR ADMINISTERING PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS - Systems and methods for allowing a user (e.g., a benefits administrator) to maintain and modify a contract or a group for a prescription drug plan may be provided. In response to receiving a request to modify a contract or a group, a prescription benefits management application may retrieve data relating to the contract or group and allow the user to input information relating to the contract or group, input broker information, input billing information, select a pharmacy network, select pricing options for the prescription plan, create a customized prescription plan, input brand/generic difference overrides, etc. In some embodiments, the modifications and/or additions made to a contract or group may be transmitted to a pharmacist, thereby allowing the pharmacist to fill one or more prescriptions in real-time or upon updating the system (e.g., within 48 to 72 hours). | 2012-12-06 |