52nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080317188 | Digital Phase Locked Loop with Integer Channel Mitigation - An embodiment of the present invention provides a phase locked loop that operates on clock signals derived from an RF clock signal generated by the phase locked loop. A frequency reference input provides a reference clock. A controllable oscillator generates the RF clock signal with a plurality of phases. A switch is coupled to receive the RF clock, and is operative to select one of the plurality of phases. A phase detection circuit is coupled to the switch and is operable to receive a selected phase and to provide digital phase error samples indicative of a time difference between the reference clock and the selected phase. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317189 | BINARY RIPPLE COUNTER SAMPLING WITH ADJUSTABLE DELAYS - The output bits of a binary ripple counter are used to control the sampling of those output bits, thereby ensuring accurate sampling. A sampler is provided with adjustable delay elements that permit accurate sampling regardless of: delay mismatch between the sampler and a data path of the counter; the length of the counter; operating speed; or PVT variations. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317190 | SYSTEM FOR DECODING BIT STREAM PRINTED ON SURFACE - A system for decoding coded data printed in ink on a surface. The coded data includes an encoded bit stream and associated redundancy data, and a registration structure of clock tracks indicative of a position of the coded data in the direction perpendicular to an alignment direction and two alignment lines for each clock track. The system has a store for storing the coded data and a decoder for determining a codeword format for the coded data, reading the coded data from the store using the determined format, correcting errors in the encoded bit stream, and writing the corrected data to the store. The coded data is read so as to de-interleave the encoded bit stream and redundancy data into codewords. The decoder uses an alignment PLL to determine a position of the alignment lines so as to determine the position of each respective track and update the alignment PLL. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317191 | OPERATING METHOD OF NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION PLANT - The present invention decreases the temperature of feed water supplied to the reactor of a set power when the flow rate of coolant supplied to the core of the reactor increases in the end of an operation cycle. This operating method can increase the thermal power of the nuclear power generation plant and increase the economical efficiency of fuel even when the operation cycle is prolonged. Particularly, even when the core flow rate increases in the end of the operation cycle, this method can suppress the rise of the cooling water temperature at the inlet of the core. Consequently, this invention can make the reactivity gain higher than that when the core flow rate is singly increased. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317192 | Inspection, maintenance, and repair apparatuses and methods for nuclear reactors - An apparatus for inspecting a nuclear reactor may include a track, arm, fixing device, and effector. The arm may be operatively connected to the track, the fixing device may be operatively connected to the track, and the effector may be operatively connected to the arm. The arm may have contracted and expanded lengths. The expanded length may be greater than two times the contracted length. The track may include one or more motors adapted to move the arm relative to the track. A method of inspecting, performing maintenance on, or repairing a reactor may include: operatively connecting a fixing device, track, arm, and effector to form an apparatus; inserting the apparatus into the reactor; fixing the apparatus within the reactor; and operating the apparatus. A method of operating a reactor may include shutting down; inspecting, performing maintenance on, or repairing the reactor; and starting up the reactor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317193 | EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM - An emergency core cooling system is provided with a hybrid safety system composed of an active safety system and a static safety system for ensuring the safety against a severe natural phenomenon such as a giant earthquake and a mega hurricane. An emergency core cooling system for a boiling water reactor includes four safety divisions in total: three safety divisions for an active safety system having a high pressure reactor core cooling system, a low pressure reactor core cooling system, a residual heat removal system, and an emergency diesel generator; and one safety division for a static safety system having an isolation condenser, a gravity drop reactor core cooling system, and a static containment vessel cooling system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317194 | Pet Imaging Using Anatomic List Mode Mask - A method and apparatus are provided for reconstructing list mode data acquired during a positron emission tomography scan of an object, the data including information indicative of a plurality of detected positron annihilation events. Detected events occurring in a region of interest are identified; the identified events are reconstructed using an iterative reconstruction technique which includes a ray tracing operation to generate volumetric data indicative of the region of interest, wherein the ray tracing operation traces only image matrix elements located in the region of interest; and a human readable image indicative of the volumetric data is generated. In another aspect an image mask and a projection mask are defined correlating to the region of interest; image matrix elements located in the region of interest are determined by applying the image mask; and detected events occurring in a region of interest are identified by applying the projection mask. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317195 | MEDICAL-DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, MEDICAL-DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD, AND RADIODIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical-diagnosis assisting apparatus and a radiodiagnosis apparatus that include a simulation function prior to an examination/treatment, and a guide function during an examination/treatment are provided. Specifically, an extracting unit that extracts image data of a blood vessel portion to be an observation target from three-dimensional image data acquired by imaging a subject, a display unit that can display a three-dimensional image of the extracted blood vessel portion, a display-direction setting unit that displays the three-dimensional image of the extracted blood vessel portion on a display unit at a display angle specified by a user, and a simulation-image creating unit that simulates a course of a catheter when the catheter is to be inserted into the extracted blood vessel portion, and overlays a maker that indicates a position and a moving direction of the catheter on the three-dimensional image of the blood vessel portion are included. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317196 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - In X-ray CT imaging for scanning a subject in the same anatomical region with two kinds of X-rays having different energy distributions, for the purpose of reducing a subject's positional offset between two kinds of tomographic images representing the same slice by a simple control scheme while reducing stress on the subject, a cardiac cycle identifying section | 2008-12-25 |
20080317197 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION IMAGING METHOD - A radiological imaging apparatus includes an imaging apparatus having an opening for insertion of a bed thereinto, and an attenuation correction data creating device. The imaging has a plurality of radiation detectors disposed around the opening and a plurality of gamma ray generation units residing between the opening and the radiation detectors disposed at a position nearest to the opening and being placed in a longitudinal direction of the bed. Each γ-ray generation unit has γ-ray sources of single photon emission nuclear species and is arranged to externally radiate a γ-ray alternately from either one of the γ-ray generators toward the opening. The data creator prepares attenuation correction data based on a detection signal as output from the radiation detector due to the incoming radiation of γ-rays from the γ-ray generator. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317198 | Method of Evaluating the Resolution of a Volumetric Imaging System and Image Phantom Used During the Resolution Evaluation - A method for evaluating the spatial resolution of a volumetric medical imaging system comprises imaging an image phantom including a sphere surrounded by a uniform medium. The image phantom is imaged and the resulting volumetric data set is used to generate an edge response function in three dimensions. Differentiating the edge response function produces a plane spread function. The method simultaneously measures the spatial resolution in all directions, providing a bulk measurement resolution. Alternatively, the edge response function may be assembled in a manner so as to independently measure the axial and trans-axial resolution of the volumetric imaging system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317199 | Medical Diagnostic Apparatus Comprising a Drive System for Positioning a Radiation Source Facing a Radiation Detector - The invention relates to a medical diagnostic device comprising a drive system ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317200 | Method and System for Low Radiation Computed Tomography - A method for single photon counting transmission computed tomography (CT) is described. The method is based on an apparatus consisting of a radiation source and detectors on an opposite side of the subject from the source. The radiation source is for example an X-ray tube. The detectors are independently connected to parallel, fast, low-noise processing electronics capable of recording and counting individual X-ray photons at very high rate. In one embodiment of the invention, said detector is made of a scintillator coupled to a photodetector. The photodetector can be an avalanche photodiode (APD). The method comprises the steps of: directing the low energy radiation source toward the subject; detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject towards the detectors and recording the position and energy of each individual X-ray photon; rotating the radiation source and detectors around the subject; recording data for each position of the radiation source and detectors around the subject to form projections; and creating a CT image from the recorded projection data. The proposed method allows enhancing CT image contrast and reducing radiation dose to the patient by counting individual X-ray photons. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317201 | Orthogonal reference analysis system with enhanced SNR - A method, apparatus and system for non-invasive imagining and analysis involves generating probe radiation and reference radiation that have orthogonal polarization characteristics and controlling the polarization characteristics such that substantially all the back scattered probe radiation co-propagates with controlled amounts of components of the reference radiation, thereby improving signal to noise ratios and hence performance of imaging and analysis systems. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a rotational sensitive mirror that systematically rotates the polarization vector of higher order components of the reference radiation. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317202 | System and Method for Imaging and Treatment of Tumorous Tissue in Breasts Using Computed Tomography and Radiotherapy - The present invention provides a system | 2008-12-25 |
20080317203 | Method and Apparatus for Applying Radiotherapy - A method for positioning a body, such as a living body, includes: measuring a location of a plurality of positioning items; and determining from reference locations of the positioning items and the measured locations if at least one of the positioning items moved with respect to at least another one. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317204 | Radiation treatment planning and delivery for moving targets in the heart - Method and systems are disclosed for radiating a moving target inside a heart. The method includes acquiring sequential volumetric representations of an area of the heart and defining a target tissue region and/or a radiation sensitive structure region in 3D for a first of the representations. The target tissue region and/or radiation sensitive structure region are identified for another of the representations by an analysis of the area of the heart from the first representation and the other representation. Radiation beams to the target tissue region are fired in response to the identified target tissue region and/or radiation sensitive structure region from the other representation. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317205 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an estimation unit ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317206 | MEDICAL EXAMINATION SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A medical examination system causes a display unit to display an object for shifting to examination processing together with patient information corresponding to identification information of a patient received by a receiving unit if the patient information of the patient is input via an operation unit when the receiving unit receives the identification information of the patient from an external device. The medical examination system shifts to the examination processing without causing the display unit to display the object if the patient information is not input via the operation unit when the receiving unit receives the patient information. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317207 | Remote Communication Method and Device Unsing Nuclear Isomers - The invention relates to a method and device which are intended for remote control and communication using nuclear isomers. Several samples of nuclides that can have a metastable state are irradiated together and simultaneously with cascade gamma-rays emitted from a radioactive source or a particle accelerator. According to quantum mechanics, the gamma-rays produced are entangled, and said entanglement is transferred to the nuclear isomers. When the samples are separated and one of said samples, namely the master, is stimulated using a standard gamma- or X-ray irradiation method, the other samples, namely the slaves, are also deexcited. There is no known method for interference between the masters and slaves. Only the slave(s) can receive the signal instantly from the master through any medium and over any distance. The method and device are particularly suitable for communication and control applications. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317208 | Radiation Source and Method of Operating a Radiation Source in a Measurement Tool - A radiation source for a measurement tool includes an electron source configured to provide an electron beam, an anode configured to emit X-ray radiation under irradiation with the electron beam, and a deflection unit arranged between the electron source and the anode and operable to deflect the electron beam. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317209 | Gas tight radiation window, and a method for its manufacturing - A gas tight radiation window membrane comprises a layered diffusion barrier with a reactive metal layer ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317210 | X-Ray Tube Cooling Collar - An x-ray tube assembly ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317211 | X-Ray Lens Assembly and X-Ray Device Incorporating Said Assembly - An X-ray lens assembly, a device including the X-ray lens assembly and a method of manufacturing the X-ray lens assembly are described. The X-ray assembly comprises a tube member ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317212 | X-RAY RADIATION DIAPHRAGM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND CT DEVICE EMBODYING SAME - A collimator device has at least one masking device that is adjustable between two end positions for collimation of a beam fan in an x-ray CT device, wherein the x-ray fan is schematically not masked in a first end position. The x-ray beam is more than half-masked in a second end position of the masking device. In a method for operation of such a collimator device as well as an x-ray CT device for examination of a subject having an x-ray source, a collimator device, and a control device for regulation of the aperture width of the masking device, an x-ray detector is arranged opposite the x-ray source and the collimator device and that detects the x-rays modified due to the intervening examination subject; and an image construction device reconstructs an image of the examination subject therefrom. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317213 | X-RAY ABSORPTION GRID - An x-ray absorption grid produced by a lithography method for use in a phase-contrast CT system has at least two individual grids arranged atop one another in the radiation direction. Each individual grid has a grid area with a grid structure including grid webs and grid gaps in alternation. Each individual grid has a region outside of the grid area (outer region). The outer region of the at least two individual grids has toothed structures corresponding to one another at least two points. The toothed structures are generated as well in the production of the grid structure. The toothed structures have a position that is defined relative to the grid structure, such that a defined alignment of the individual grids occurs given a combination of the individual grids by engagement of the toothed structures of individual grids lying atop one another. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317214 | Radiography System with Storage Means for Image Cassettes - The invention relates to a radiography system for computed radiography, comprising an X-ray apparatus ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317215 | RADIOGRAPHY CONTROL APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHY CONTROL METHOD - A control device controls a radiography apparatus including a radiation generating unit that emits radiation, a radiation detecting unit that detects the radiation emitted from the radiation generating unit. The control device includes a positional-relationship detecting unit that detects a positional relationship between the radiation generating unit and the radiation detecting unit when the radiography apparatus performs a radiographic operation; and a control unit that controls the radiographic operation of the radiography apparatus based on the result of the detection performed by the positional-relationship detecting unit. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TELETHERAPY POSITIONING AND VALIDATION - A patient treatment arrangement is provided which includes a fixed beam irradiation source; and a patient positioning apparatus, the patient positioning apparatus comprising: a support member; a patient securing mechanism arranged to secure a patient to the patient support member; and a patient positioner in communication with the patient support member and operative to achieve positioning of the support member equivalent to rotation of the patient support member about a plurality of axes and translation of the patient support member along a plurality of axes, the patient positioner thereby providing substantially unrestricted variable angular access for irradiation of a target tissue of a patient secured to the patient securing mechanism from the fixed beam irradiation source. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND OPTIMIZING RESOURCES OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM UTILIZED BY A SERVICE REQUEST - A computer-implemented method for determining resources utilized by a service request in a data processing system. The method includes determining monitored relationship types from monitoring data, determining relationship domains, determining intra-domain relationships from relationships that are internal to the relationship domains and determining cross-domain relationships from the intra-domain relationships that are linked between pairs of the relationship domains, and determining resources utilized by the service request from the intra-domain and cross-domain relationships. The domains are derived from one of the relationship types that is monitored by a single monitoring application. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317218 | EMERGENCY RESPONDER CREDENTIALING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for collecting, verifying, and managing identity data, skill data, qualification data, certification data, and licensure data of emergency responders. The system trusted verification of identity, skills, qualifications, certifications, and licensure, and disseminates information specific or related to identity, skills, qualifications, certifications, and licensure at the scene of an emergency. The system includes information collection devices, data storage media, information retrieval devices, and information management devices. The information collected, managed, and disseminated may include identity information, medical information, skills information, qualification information, certification information, licensure information. Data in the system is stored in multiple formats, allowing for the retrieval of trusted information in an environment that is part of a network or devoid of network connectivity. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317219 | Method and apparatus for context based voice dialing - A telecommunications device including an address book including a plurality of entries of party names and addresses, the entries including user-defined party contexts; a voice recognition unit configured to receive user input, the user input including names, numbers, and contexts of address book entries; a user context control agent configured to receive context inputs from the voice recognition unit and identify corresponding names and numbers therefrom; and an autodialer configured to dial a number identified by the user context control agent. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317220 | System and method for encrypting interactive voice response application information - Encrypting sensitive information sent using an interactive voice response (IVR) system. The systems and methods may include an HSM that provides a secure platform to encrypt the sensitive information. They may also include interfaces with IVR systems and transaction processing hosts. The systems and methods may interact directly with a customer using an IVR to receive the sensitive information. They may also provide for a secure platform to validate the strength of the information, such as a PIN or password, prior to further processing of the sensitive information. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317221 | Apparatus, System and Method for Monitoring a Call Forwarded to a Network-Based Voice Mail System - An apparatus, system and method for monitoring calls that have been forwarded to a network-based voice mail system (VMS). The VMS receives the forwarded call and sends a start of greeting signal at the beginning and an end of greeting signal at the completion of the voice message greeting to the central office switch. The switch scads an activate call monitoring data message and a call monitoring alert signal to the customer premises equipment (CPE). If the CPE is adapted for call monitoring and includes a speaker assembly, then the speaker assembly is engaged in response to the activate call monitoring data message, thereby allowing hands-free call monitoring. If the CPE does not include a speaker assembly, then the called party may activate call monitoring by lifting the handset in response to detecting a call monitoring alert from the CPE. While monitoring the call, the called party may intercept the call to speak with the calling party. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317222 | CROSS-MEDIA VOICE MAIL NOTIFICATION AND DELIVERY - The subject mater herein relates to voice mail systems and, more particularly, cross-media voice mail notification and delivery. Various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, software, and data structures that operate to, or facilitate, dispatching of voice mail notification messages to voice mailbox owners. In some embodiments, the notifications are sent to the voice mailbox owners in a text format, such as a short message service text message, email, or other text based service. These and other embodiments are described herein. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317223 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Communications Services - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a communication from an originating party, with the communication intended for a receiving party. A database of pre-created messages is accessed, with the database storing a pre-created message having a common association between the receiving party and the originating party. The pre-created message is then communicated. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317224 | Method and System For the Mass Sending of Messages - The present publication discloses a method and system for sending messages in a telecommunications network ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317225 | Communicating Modem or Multimedia Terminal Adapter Status to a Handset for a Cordless Telephone - A cordless telephone system provides indication of event information for customer premises equipment. The cordless telephone system includes a base station and handsets. The base station receives event information from the CPE. The base station transmits the event information to a handset, and the handset provides an indication of the event information to a user. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317226 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A VISUAL FORMAT MESSAGE - A handset has a receiver that receives a voice message from an operator of the handset. An identification circuit identifies a portion of the voice message that occurs between a first point in time and a second point in time during the voice message. An audio processing circuit converts the portion of the voice information to visual information in a visual format. A transmitter transmits the visual information to a recipient. This allows the recipient to receive particularly specified information in a manner that is convenient to recover and use. A telephone number, for example, may be received as a viewable number and utilized accordingly. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317227 | Method and apparatus for registering multiple phone numbers associated with a frequently called party - The present invention enables the calling party to register multiple addresses of frequently called parties with a packet-switched network service provider, e.g., a VoIP network service provider, and have the network dials through the numbers on behalf of the calling party until the called party is reached or the list of available phone numbers has been exhausted. Optionally, the network can intersperse each call by asking the calling party if he or she wants to dial a particular phone number of the called party from the list of available phone numbers, and the network can dial the selected phone number. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317228 | Message Recall Using Digital Rights Management - Email messages are recalled in accordance with restrictions attached to the message. Use of the message is limited per the restrictions. Example restrictions include printing restrictions, forwarding restrictions, exporting restrictions, copying restrictions, reading restrictions, and a expiration time of the message. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317229 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE CALL FILTERING - A method of and system for filtering telephone calls receives a call to a called party from a caller and determines if the called party has an event scheduled. If the called party has an event scheduled, the system determines if the caller is associated with the event. The system completes the call if the caller is associated with the event. The system sends the call to voice mail if the caller is not associated with said event unless the caller is on an exception list associated with the event, in which case the system completes the call. The system completes the call if it is determined that said called party does not have an event scheduled. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317230 | Method and System to Use Feature Profiles Call-by-Call in Telecommunication Call Handling - A method allowing a subscriber to use call handling features on a call by call basis defines a plurality of feature profiles, each including a number of call handling features. The method stores the feature profiles either in a customer premises equipment or in a related switch, and activates one of the feature profiles by selecting one of the feature profiles and applying the call handling features in the feature profile to the calls as long as the feature profile is activated. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317231 | MANAGING HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED SUBSCRIBER PROFILES - Methods are provided for managing hierarchically organized subscriber profiles. According to one embodiment, subscriber services are modified without requiring a change to the subscriber's first-level profile identifier and without requiring the subscriber to reestablish a connection with the service provider. A database of hierarchically organized profile identifiers, including multiple lower-level profile identifiers, explicitly defining subscriber services, and multiple first-level profile identifiers, defining service contexts representing combinations of services available to subscribers by (i) explicitly defining the subscriber services or (ii) referring to one or more of the lower-level profile identifiers, are maintained within a virtual router operable within a telecommunications system of the service provider. Updated service profile information, representing a change to the subscriber's service context, is received. Responsive the updated service profile information, lower-level profile identifiers currently associated with the subscriber's first-level profile identifier are replaced with lower-level profile identifiers corresponding to the updated service profile information. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317232 | System and Method for Automatic Call Back Using Availability Information - A system and method are provided for controlling execution of a call back to a called party, comprising determining availability status of the called party, evaluating compatibility of the availability status with initiating call back to the called party, and in the event the availability status is compatible with call back then initiating the call back to said called party. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317233 | METHOD OF SETTING UP A CALL-BACK - The invention concerns a method of setting up a call-back ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317234 | System and Method for Avoiding Hold Times on a Telephone Call - A method and system including receiving a communication from a source, the communication including a request to connect to a destination, connecting, via a communication link, to the destination, detecting an event on the communication link to the destination, and connecting the source to the destination after detecting the event. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317235 | TELEPHONE SYSTEM - A telephone and voice mail (voice processing) system is implemented using only a single processing means for controlling operations of both the telephone system and the voice mail system. The single processing means communicates with a hard disk, which stores programs for running the various operations of the system, voice prompts and all voice mail messages. The single processing means is coupled to signal processing circuitry, which emulates analog electronics that would be used for filters, tone decoder, generators, etc. The single processing means and signal processing circuitry are coupled to central office lines and station lines by a digital cross-point matrix, which can connect any voice path to another voice path. The system integrates call processing and voice processing into one system controlled by one set of software and a single processing means. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION WITH ONE OF PLURAL DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH A SINGLE TELEPHONE NUMBER - A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private branch exchange (PBX) network and a public switched telephone network. The wireless connect unit preferably serves as a gateway between the PBX and one or more remote communication devices. The remote devices can be used as standard PBX office telephones for both inbound and outbound telephone calls. Thus, features of the PBX network (e.g., voice mail, direct extension dialing, corporate calling plan, etc.) are available to the remote device even though they are not physically connected to the PBX. When the system receives an incoming call, it can route the call to an office telephone and one or more of the remote devices simultaneously or as desired by the user. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317237 | NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND ROUTING - A system may install a trunk between a first switch and an end office, where the trunk is a trunk home for the end office. The system may further identify Numeric Numbering exchanges (NXXs) that home to the end office. Traffic for at least one of the identified NXXs is routed to the end office through a second switch that is different than the first switch. The system also causes traffic for the identified NXXs to be routed to the first switch. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317238 | DISTRIBUTED MEDIA RESOURCES IN VoIP NETWORKS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES - VoIP networks and methods are disclosed for distributing media resources in a VoIP network for providing services. VoIP endpoints, media gateways, and/or other network nodes in the VoIP network report available media resources (i.e., available processing capacity) that are able to provide services, such as providing announcements, DTMF digit collection, etc, to a distributed resource server. The distributed resource server then assigns the available media resources among the VoIP endpoints and/or media gateways to perform services for calls in the VoIP network in order to distribute the tasks of performing services among different nodes of the VoIP network. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317239 | Systems and Arrangements for Communicating with an Automated Interactive Telecommunications Service System - In one embodiment a method for accessing and interacting with an interactive telecommunications service system is disclosed. The method can include activating a programming mode, entering a plurality of keystrokes to create a keyed sequence where the keyed sequence can include a telephone number and a menu response sequence. The menu response sequence can control the menu driven portion of the telecom service system after the device is connected via a telecommunications network. The keyed sequence can include delays between each of the plurality of keystrokes. The delays can be recorded and a session identifier can also be recorded. The keyed sequence can be associated with the delays and the session identifier in response to the activated programming mode. Access to the service and results from a service request can be automated by the disclosed arrangements. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317240 | ALPHA CHARACTER SUPPORT AND TRANSLATION IN DIALER - The innovation supports the ability to map alpha characters entered directly into the dialer application of a smartphone. These alpha characters can be entered via a smartphone keyboard (e.g., QWERTY keyboard) and converted to the appropriate digits as mapped to a conventional telephone keypad. The resultant numerical digits can be used to prompt a network call. Additionally, the innovation can be used during an active call to respond to prompts that traditionally require 12-key mappings. This innovation allows a user to both dial a number directly via a smartphone keyboard, and filter contacts by name, in a non-modal manner. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317241 | CODE-BASED ECHO CANCELLATION - An apparatus for canceling a signal is disclosed. The apparatus may include an identification code (ID code) generator configured to generate an ID code. The apparatus may also include an ID code injector configured to inject the ID code into at least one of the signal and a processed signal to produce a convolved signal. The processed signal is resulted from a processing of the signal. The apparatus may further include an ID code detector configured to detect at least one of the convolved signal, a transformed signal, and a transformation of the convolved signal. The transformed signal is resulted from the transformation of the convolved signal. The apparatus may further include an arithmetic function configured to remove at least one of the convolved signal and the transformed signal. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317242 | DATA SCRAMBLING AND ENCRYPTION OF DATABASE TABLES - An apparatus, program product and method protect data in a database table from unauthorized access through the combination of scrambling the data in the rows and columns of a database table and encrypting the data in different rows and/or columns using different encryption keys. A complementary descrambling and decryption process may then be used by an authorized party to recover the data stored in the scrambled and encrypted table. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317243 | LOW COMPLEXITY ENCRYPTION METHOD FOR CONTENT THAT IS CODED BY A RATELESS CODE - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for a low complexity method of securing content that is coded by a rateless code whereby it is noted that it is sufficient to encrypt only a subset of the ratelessly coded packets. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing rateless coding on a first set of blocks of data to produce ratelessly encoded blocks of data and performing encryption on a subset of the ratelessly encoded blocks of data based on a degree value for each of the ratelessly encoded blocks of data. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317244 | EXECUTION UNIT FOR PERFORMING THE DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD - An execution unit adapted to perform at least a portion of the Data Encryption Standard. The execution unit includes a Left Half input; a Key input; and a Table input. The execution unit also includes a first group of transistors configured to receive the Table input, perform a table look-up, and output data. The execution unit further includes a first exclusive-or operator having two inputs and an output. The first exclusive-or operator is configured to receive the Left Half input and the Key input. The execution unit also includes a second exclusive-or operator having two inputs and an output. The second exclusive-or operator is configured to receive the data output by the first group of transistors and to receive the output of the first exclusive-or operator. The execution unit also includes a third exclusive-or operator having two inputs and an output. The third exclusive-or operator is configured to receive the Left Half input and the data output by the first group of transistors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317245 | Hash function implemention with ROM and CSA - A hash unit for obtaining a hash value from hashing a set of parameters and a protocol parameter. The hash unit has a plurality of memory units for receiving the set of parameters and outputting a plurality of multiplication results, a first plurality of addition logics for receiving the plurality of multiplication results for outputting an addition result, and a second plurality of addition logics to generate the hash value wherein the hash value being equal to the addition result modulo a modulus constant. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317246 | Device for and a Method of Processing Data Stream | 2008-12-25 |
20080317247 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Eap-Aka Authentication in the Non-Usim Terminal - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for processing authentication using Extensible Authentication Protocol-Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA) in a non-Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) terminal without a USIM card. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317248 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE DEVICE - An embodiment of the present invention provides an information exchange device. The information exchange device includes a storage device which stores information items for disclosure, an encryption device which encrypts each of the information items for disclosure using a plurality of prepared secret keys which correspond to each of the information items for disclosure, a transmitting device which transmits the encrypted information items and the plurality of prepared secret keys, and a decryption device which receives an encrypted information item which is arbitrarily selected from the plurality of encrypted information items, receives a secret key related to the selected encrypted information item from among the plurality of prepared secret keys, and decrypts the selected encrypted information item using the secret key. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317249 | Encoded Digital Video Content Protection Between Transport Demultiplexer and Decoder - A system for encrypting and decrypting data is provided. The system includes a client for receiving a data packet, setting a value of a crypto bit, and transmitting the data packet over a system bus. A crypto module receives the data packet from the system bus and performs a cryptology function on the data packet based on a first value of the crypto bit. A memory controller receives the data packet from the system bus and performs non-cryptology functions on the data packet based on a second value of the crypto bit. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317250 | Contents distribution system, contents distribution method, terminal apparatus, and recording medium on which program thereof is recorded - To prevent a preview of contents by a person who does not have a right to view or listen, by distributing encoded contents data which are difficult for a third person to decode. A new participation terminal apparatus, as well as transmitting a participation request to a parent terminal apparatus of a connection destination candidate, transmits a participation disclosure key for encoding a contents decoding key. The parent terminal of the connection destination candidate which receives the participation disclosure key from the new participation terminal apparatus generates an encoded decoding key, which is a contents decoding key encoded using the participation disclosure key received, and transmits it to the new participation terminal apparatus. The new participation terminal apparatus decodes the encoded decoding key received, using a participation secret key stored in a participation key storage section, acquiring a contents decoding key. Using the contents decoding key, the new participation terminal apparatus decodes distributed encoded contents data, and carries out a reproduction process. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317251 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING ENCRYPTED DATA - A system for encrypting data comprising a computer configured to encrypt a plurality of data entries using at least one encryption algorithm and a system memory, wherein the computer is configured to use different keys with the encryption algorithm(s) for each data entry and the system is configured to store in the system memory or transmit for storage in an external memory the encrypted data corresponding to each entry along with an identifier corresponding to at least part of the key used to encrypt that entry, such that when decrypting a data entry in the system or external memory the associated identifier can be used to locate at least part of the correct key. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317252 | Public Address System - The invention relates to a public address system, a control unit of the public address system and a monitoring device of a public address system. A bi-directional communication with modulated data between a control device and a monitoring device and/or an end of line monitoring device is monitoring the presence and status of the loudspeaker line and loudspeakers constantly. The communication is frequency multiplexed upon the existing audio wire from the audio amplifier to the loudspeakers. In combination with the bi-directional data communication the power supply for the monitoring devices and/or the end of line monitoring devices is extracted from audio frequencies, in fact preferably a 20 kHz pilot tone generated by the audio amplifier. Filtering prevents interference between audio signals and/or communication signals and/or the power supply. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317253 | Audio processing systems - An audio processing system comprising processing devices and a processing module. The processing devices generate output signals, and the processing module calculates the output signals from the processing devices and generates an output result signal. Each processing device comprises a control module, a timing generation module, a memory module, and a conversion module. The control module receives an input control signal and generates a first control signal and a second control signal. The timing generation module is coupled to the control module and generates a timing signal according to the second control signal. The memory module is coupled to the control module and the timing generation module. The memory module receives and stores an audio signal and generates a memory signal according to the first control signal and the timing signal. The conversion module is coupled to the memory module and converts the memory signal to the output signal. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317254 | NOISE CONTROL DEVICE - A noise control device according to the present invention comprises: four or more noise detectors each for detecting a plurality of noises arriving thereat, and outputting the noises as a noise signal; a control speaker for radiating, to a control point, a control sound based on each noise signal; and a filter section for signal-processing noise signals from the noise detectors by using filter coefficients which respectively correspond to the four or more noise detectors and which are set such that the control sound from the control speaker reduces the plurality of noises arriving at the control point, and for adding up all the signal-processed noise signals, and for outputting a resultant signal to the control speaker. The control point and the control speaker are provided within a polyhedral-shaped space whose apexes are placement positions of the noise detectors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317255 | Audio Transducer Component - An audio transducer component comprises at least two independent voice coils, each voice coil associated with a diaphragm and an acoustic cavity. The audio transducer component further comprises magnetic means for driving the at least two independent voice coils with independent signals. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317256 | Method for Reproducing a Secondary Path in an Active Noise Reduction System - A method for reproducing a secondary path in an active noise reduction system comprising a transmission path (S, | 2008-12-25 |
20080317257 | SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURATION OF AUDIO SIGNALS IN A VEHICLE - A sound processing system for a vehicle includes a sound processor that is configured to mix at least one real audio input signal to form at least one virtual output signal. At least one audio signal that is available to drive at least one loudspeaker may be formed using the combination of the virtual output signal and the real audio input signal. The virtual output signal may be post processed to form a predetermined frequency range of the audio signal prior to being combined with the real audio input signal. The audio signal may be created by mixing the real audio input signal with the post processed virtual output signal. Alternatively, the audio signal may be formed by mixing the real audio input signal to form a real audio output signal, and then summing the real audio output signal with the post processed virtual output signal. Mixing may be performed with a crossbar mixer included in the sound processor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317258 | Integrated cradle and adapter for a portable media player to an auxiliary input of a car stereo - An adapter for connecting a portable media player to a car stereo that includes an integrated cradle for holding the media player securely and conveniently, and a means for direct connection to a front-mounted auxiliary input receptacle of an automobile stereo system without the need for external cabling. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOISE SUPPRESSION IN A SMALL ARRAY MICROPHONE SYSTEM - A small array microphone system includes an array microphone having a plurality of microphones and operative to provide a plurality of received signals, each microphone providing one received signal. A first voice activity detector (VAD) provides a first voice detection signal generated using the plurality of received signals to indicate the presence or absence of in-beam desired speech. A second VAD provides a second voice detection signal generated using the plurality of received signals to indicate the presence or absence of out-of-beam noise when in-beam desired speech is absent. A reference signal generator provides a reference signal based on the first voice detection signal, the plurality of received signals, and a beamformed signal, wherein the reference signal has the desired speech suppressed. A beamformer provides the beamformed signal based on the second voice detection signal, the reference signal, and the plurality of received signals, wherein the beamformed signal has noise suppressed. A multi-channel noise suppressor operative to further suppress noise in the beamformed signal and provide an output signal. A speech reliability detector provides a reliability detection signal indicating the reliability of each frequency subband. The first voice detection signal, the second voice detection signal, the reliability detection signal and the output signal are provided to the speech recognition engine. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317260 | SOUND DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of distinguishing sound sources includes the step of transforming data, collected by at least two transducers which each react to a characteristic of an acoustic wave, into signals for each transducer location. The transducers are separated by a distance of less than about 70 mm or greater than about 90 mm. The signals are separated into a plurality of frequency bands for each transducer location. For each band a comparison is made of the relationship of the magnitudes of the signals for the transducer locations with a threshold value. A relative gain change is caused between those frequency bands whose magnitude relationship falls on one side of the threshold value and those frequency bands whose magnitude relationship falls on the other side of the threshold value. As such, sound sources are discriminated from each other based, on their distance from the transducers. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317261 | Wind Noise Reduction Device - In a wind noise reduction device that reduces wind noise contained in an input sound signal to generate a corrected sound signal, when a predetermined band including the band of the wind noise is a first band and a predetermined band higher in frequency than the first band is a second band, the wind noise reduction device includes: a first corrector that has a signal generator generating, based on a sound signal (i) contained in the input sound signal and lying in a band higher in frequency than the first band, a sound signal (ii) lying in the first band and different from a sound signal (iii) contained in the input sound signal and lying in the first band, and that generates a first corrected sound signal based on the sound signal (ii) generated by the signal generator; a second corrector that reduces the signal level of a sound signal (iv) contained in the input sound signal and lying in the second band to thereby generate a second corrected sound signal as a sound signal (v) having the wind noise reduced and lying in the second band; and a corrected sound signal outputter that outputs the corrected sound signal based on the first and second corrected sound signals. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317262 | Microphone Having an Output Signal Amplifier - A microphone is described including a microphone housing having a microphone capsule disposed therein. The microphone is connected via a microphone cable to an audio system, and has an integrated amplifier that raises the signal output level. The integration of a preamplifier into the microphone advantageously reduces the microphone's susceptibility to interference. In contrast to conventional preamplifiers, the preamplifier does not, or not exclusively, operate as an impedance converter, but instead amplifies the output voltage. As a consequence, the signal-to-noise ratio is advantageously increased even in the presence of interference. The preamplifier can be provided with energy via a battery or accumulator mounted in the microphone, or advantageously from the audio system via additional conductors in the microphone cable. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317263 | Voice amplification system for signal calling during the play of a sports competition - A system that allows the teammates of an individual (such as a quarterback on a football team) to hear signals being called by that individual during the course of a sports competition, despite noise generated by an audience. The system includes a microphone positioned within the helmet of the signal caller connected to an audio amplification device, either positioned in the helmet or in some other part of the clothing or equipment worn by the signal caller. The amplified signal is then directed to one or more loudspeakers, again positioned either on the helmet of the signal caller or on the clothing or equipment worn by the signal caller. The loudspeakers are directed to the signal caller's teammates, positioned typically along a line of scrimmage. The system may be time-limited in operation in that the signal caller must specifically activate the system which thereafter remains activated only for a pre-set period of time before automatically shutting off. The components of the system may be connected to each other by wired or wireless signal lines. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317264 | Device and Method for Capturing Vocal Sound and Mouth Region Images - A device suitable for use in various applications, including, for example, sound production applications and video game applications. In one non-limiting embodiment, the device comprises a sound capturing unit for generating a first signal indicative of vocal sound produced by a user and an image capturing unit for generating a second signal indicative of images of a mouth region of the user. The device also comprises a processing unit communicatively coupled to the sound capturing unit and the image capturing unit for processing the first signal and the second signal. In an example in which the device is used for sound production, the processing unit is operative for processing the first signal and the second signal to cause a sound production unit to emit sound audibly perceivable as being a modified version of the vocal sound produced by the user. In an example in which the device is used for playing a video game, the processing unit is operative for processing the second signal to generate a video game feature control signal for controlling a feature associated with the video game. The feature associated with the video game may be a virtual character of the video game. The processing unit is further operative for processing the first signal for causing a sound production unit to emit sound associated with the video game. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317265 | ANTI-EAVESDROPPING DEVICE - An anti-eavesdropping device is described. The device comprises a receiving compartment for receiving an electronic device, a noise generator, and an EMI filter. The receiving compartment is sealable to minimize signal emissions from the interior to the exterior and from the exterior to the interior, and the noise generator is coupled with the receiving compartment and the EMI filter. The EMI filter is operatively coupled with the noise generator. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317266 | Contact Structure of a Film-Type Audio-Speaker - The invention is a contact structure of a film-type audio-speaker of a structure appropriate for transmitting audio signal current to the entire audio-speaker surface without attenuating the strength of the signals while achieving enhanced durability. There is provided a contact structure for use in a film-type audio-speaker including a piezoelectric film unit having a piezoelectric film which is obtained by surface-treating a film and coating an electrically conductive polymer layer on the surface of the film, and one or more terminal portions which are electrically connected to a piezoelectric film unit, the contact structure of the film-type audio-speaker comprising: a metal electrically conductive layer coated around the circumference of the piezoelectric film unit, and having a relatively excellent electrical conductivity in comparison with the electrically conductive polymer layer, wherein the terminal portions are in close contact with the metal electrically conductive layer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317267 | IMAGE/AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Disclosed is an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal. According to the present invention, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication terminals can play left-side and right-side audio data, respectively, which compose stereo audio data, according to the relative locations of the two mobile communication terminals. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317268 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF NOISE REDUCTION IN A HEARING AID - A hearing aid ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317269 | Communication Device with Structural Part - The invention concerns a communication device with casing parts enclosing a microphone and a receiver and suspension points therefore in the casing. A sound canal from the receiver to the ear of a user is provided, and the casing parts are shaped from an injection moulded fibre-reinforced polymer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317270 | Closure element for housing openings during a tumbling process - The manufacture of housing parts of a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device is to be simplified. To this end, provision is made to also efficiently use a so-called tumbling process for the surface treatment of housing. On account of this, a closure element is proposed for closing openings of housing parts for a hearing apparatus of this type during a tumbling process. The closure element has a disk-like center part, a first column section, which protrudes from the one side of the disk-like center part and has a first swelling on its free end, and a second column section, which protrudes from the other side of the disk-like center part and has a second swelling on its free end. A closure element of this type allows openings of housing parts, which are attached to the column sections, to be closed and protected for a tumbling process. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317271 | Sealing unit with component mout for a hearing apparatus - The production of sealing units, and especially of face plates for hearing devices and other hearing apparatuses, is to be further automated. A sealing unit for sealing a shell of a hearing apparatus that can be worn in the auditory canal is accordingly proposed, with a face plate having a battery opening for holding a battery, with battery contacts, to which at least one signal processing module is connected, being arranged in or on the battery opening. A mount is removably affixed in or on the battery opening in order to hold the at least one signal processing module in or perpendicularly above/below the battery opening. The mount thus serves not only to retain the signal processing components during transport, but also to affix them into the face plate for example during milling of positioning holes for microphones. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317272 | HEARING DEVICE SOUND EMISSION TUBE WITH A 2-COMPONENT DESIGN - A hearing device, in particular a hearing system, is designed more acoustically stable with regard to feedback as well as more mechanically stable with regard to external influences by a sound emission tube for direct connection to an output nozzle of an earpiece of a hearing device. The sound emission tube has an outer sheath made from a first plastic and an inner wall made from a second plastic that is more elastic than the first plastic. The outer sheath and the inner wall are produced by 2-component injection molding. The inner wall damps vibrations from the earpiece outward or shocks from the outside to the earpiece. Conversely, the outer sheath provides for the mechanical stability and the sufficiently rigid mounting of the earpiece. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317273 | FOLDED COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE LOUDSPEAKER - A loudspeaker has a loudspeaker driver and a first tube having a base end coupled to the driver and extending towards the rear end of the loudspeaker. A second tube of larger cross sectional dimensions extends over the first tube and loudspeaker driver and has a rear end wall spaced from the open rear end of the second tube and a front end coupled to the driver. A third, open ended tube of smaller cross-sectional dimensions than the first tube extends through a rear end wall of the second tube and into the first tube, with the front end of the third tube spaced from the base of the first tube. A folded, three segment transmission line is formed between the first and second tubes, between the second and third tubes, and through the third tube. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317274 | Apparatus for Necklace Type Radio Headset - Disclosed is a necklace type radio headset capable of overcoming problems of conventional headsets, in which cables connected between earphones of a headset easily get tangled with each other or with other objects in a storing place of the headset while the headset is not used. The headset according to the present invention includes casings connected via a cable and enclosing one or more Bluetooth modules and respective speakers therein, and the casings are detachably coupled to each other by a coupling means, so that a user can wear the headset around his or her neck like a necklace because the cable always maintains a ring shape. As the coupling means, one of the casings has a depression for receiving a speaker housing to be inserted into a user's ear, and the speaker housing is input in the depression while it is not used. Further, since either or both of the casings have respective permanent magnets, the casings are coupled by attractive magnetic force exerted between the permanent magnets. According to the present invention, cables of a headset do not easily get tangled with each other or do not easily get tangled with other objects. Further, since a user can carry the headset by putting the headset around his or her neck, the headset cannot easily be lost. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317275 | Speaker Damper and Speaker Using the Same - Speaker damper ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317276 | HIGH EFFICIENT MINIATURE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH REDUCED DIMENSIONS - The present invention relates to a miniature electro-acoustic transducer including a magnetic circuit, a diaphragm and a voice coil operatively connected to the diaphragm. The magnetic circuit includes first and second air gap portions adapted to receive first and second voice coil segments, respectively. The magnetic flux acting on the first voice coil segment is provided by inner magnetic means and first outer magnetic means in combination and the magnetic flux acting on the second voice coil segment is essentially provided by the inner magnetic means only. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317277 | SPATIAL BANDWIDTH IMAGING OF STRUCTURAL INTERIORS - Spatial bandwidth imaging of the interior spaces and elements of a structure by transmission of low frequency, continuous-wave, narrow band signal or signals through the structure, measurement of the electric and magnetic components of the received signal received by narrow band Doppler or focused synthetic aperture methods over a range of signal paths extending from the transmitter and through the structure, and imaging of the effects of the interior space on the electric and magnetic components of the received signal. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317278 | Method for Computing a Fingerprint of a Video Sequence - The invention concerns a method for computing a fingerprint of a video sequence. The method comprises the steps of—Computation of a visual digest for each frame of the video, —Computation of the distance between the visual digest of each frame of the video in order to detect shots, —Detection, for each detected shot of the video, of a frame, called stable frame, having the smallest content variation of the shot, —Calculation of a local fingerprint for said stable frame. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317279 | AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEED SAMPLER AND METHODS OF SAMPLING, TESTING AND BULKING SEEDS - In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides an automated seed sampling and sorting system. The system includes an imaging station for collecting image data of a set of seeds and a seed orientation station for independently positioning each seed in the set in a desired orientation based on the collected image data. The system further includes a seed sample and sort station for extracting a sample from each seed in the set, sorting each sample to a sample tray and sorting each sampled seed to a seed tray. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317280 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING SECURITY DOCUMENTS - Provided is an interactive system for use with coded data printed on an item with infrared ink to define a hyperlabel. The interacting system includes at least one hyperlabel reading device configured to scan said hyperlabel from the item and to transmit information about such hyperlabel, as well as a receiver configured to receive the transmitted information and to relay the information. The system also includes an application server configured to receive the relayed information and to generate a logical link between the hyperlabel and a specific data element. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317281 | MEDICAL MARKER TRACKING WITH MARKER PROPERTY DETERMINATION - A method for tracking at least one medical marker is provided, wherein actual properties of the at least one marker are compared with nominal properties of the at least one marker. A basis for subsequent use of information obtained from the at least one marker is formed based on the comparison. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317282 | Vehicle-Use Image Processing System, Vehicle-Use Image Processing Method, Vehicle-Use Image Processing Program, Vehicle, and Method of Formulating Vehicle-Use Image Processing System - A system or the like capable of detecting lane marks more accurately by preventing false lane marks from being erroneously detected as true lane marks. A vehicle-use image processing system ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317283 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI APERTURE SUN SENSOR - The disclosure relates to a signal processing method for multi aperture sun sensor comprising the following steps: reading the information of sunspots in a row from a centroid coordinate memory, judging the absence of sunspots in that row, identifying the row and column index of the sunspots in the complete row, selecting the corresponding calibration parameter based on the row and column index, calculating attitude with the attitude calculation module the corresponding to identified sunspots, averaging the accumulated attitude of all sunspots and outputting the final attitude. At the same time, a signal processing device for multi aperture sun sensor is also presented. It is comprised of a sunspot absence judgment and an identification module and an attitude calculation module. The disclosure implements the integration of sun sensors without additional image processor or attitude processor, reduces field programmable gate array resource and improves the reliability of sun sensors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317284 | Face tracking device - A face tracking device for tracking an orientation of a person's face with using a cylindrical head model, the face tracking device comprises: an image means for continuously shooting the person's face and for obtaining a first image data based on a shot of the person's face; an extraction means for extracting a second image data from the first image data, the second image data corresponding to a facial area of the person's face; a determination means for determining whether the second image is usable as an initial value required for the cylindrical head model; and a face orientation detection means for detecting the orientation of the person's face with using the cylindrical head model and with using the initial value determined to be usable by the determination means. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317285 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - With a digital still camera, a user freely detects a smiling face on a touchpanel displaying a through image and selects a subject having that smiling face. The digital still camera displays the smiling face as a smiling face detection target and a non-target detected face on the through image in a distinctly different manner to discriminate the smiling face detection target from the non-target detected face. For example, when persons in an event such as a party are photographed in a relatively large viewing angle, an auto photographing operation may be performed in response to smiling face detections on condition that at least two members in the party are smiling. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317286 | SECURITY DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A security device and system is disclosed. This security device is particularly useful in a security system where there are many security cameras to be monitored. This device automatically highlights to a user a camera feed in which an incident is occurring. This assists a user in identifying incidents and to make an appropriate decision regarding whether or not to intervene. This highlighting is performed by a trigger signal generated in accordance with a comparison between a sequence of representations of sensory data and other corresponding sequences of representations of sensory data. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317287 | Image processing apparatus for reducing effects of fog on images obtained by vehicle-mounted camera and driver support apparatus which utilizies resultant processed images - Kalman filter processing is applied to each of successive images of a scene obscured by fog, captured by an onboard camera of a vehicle. The measurement matrix for the Kalman filter is established based on currently estimated characteristics of the fog, and intrinsic luminance values of a scene portrayed by a current image constitute the state vector for the Kalman filter. Adaptive filtering for removing the effects of fog from the images is thereby achieved, with the filtering being optimized in accordance with the degree of image deterioration caused by the fog. | 2008-12-25 |