52nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110317782 | Methods and arrangements for employing coded transmissions - For use for example in communications or remote sensing, there is output a finite sequence of code values. A code value in said finite sequence of code values has a validity period specific to that code value. There are code values of different validity periods in said finite sequence of code values. Each of said validity periods is longer than or equal to a predetermined minimum baud length. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA SCRAMBLING TO REDUCE THE CREST FACTOR IN AN OFDM WAVEFORM - A method is provided for reducing the peak power level in a combination of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) tones. The method is particularly effective when the information to be communicated is digital data consisting of long patterns of “ | 2011-12-29 |
20110317784 | DIVISION OF BIT STREAMS TO PRODUCE SPATIAL PATHS FOR MULTICARRIER TRANSMISSION - A device for bit-demultiplexing in a multicarrier MIMO communication system (e.g. precoded spatial multiplexing MIMO communication systems using adaptive OFDM), including a multicarrier MIMO transmitter and a multicarrier MIMO receiver. The multicarrier MIMO transmitter includes a demultiplexer and symbol mapper unit receiving an input bit stream and generating a plurality of symbol streams, each symbol stream being associated with a different transmission channel and including a plurality of data symbols, each data symbol being attributed to a different carrier; one or more multicarrier modulators generating at least two multicarrier modulated signals based on the symbol streams; and at least two transmit ports respectively transmitting the at least two multicarrier modulated signals, wherein a data throughput rate of each transmission channel is separately variable. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317785 | PILOT PATTERNS FOR OFDM SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - The present invention relates to orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) communication systems with multiple transmit antennas receive antennas, and in particular to methods for inserting scattered pilots (SPs) into the transmit signals of such OFDM systems, for estimating channel properties on the basis of the scattered pilots, a multi-antenna OFDM transmitter, and an OFDM receiver. In this context, it is the particular approach of the present invention to keep the same SP pattern like in the single-transmitter case, to partition the pilots into as many subsets as there are transmitters (transmit antennas), and to interleave these subsets both in time and in frequency. In this manner, the granularity of pilots of the same subset is reduced. This offers increased flexibility in designing the scattered pilot patterns and greater accuracy of the estimated channel properties. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317786 | System and Method for Estimating a Transmit Channel Response and/or a Feedback Channel Response Using Frequency Shifting - Systems and methods for identifying a transmission channel response and a feedback channel response from a plurality of composite system responses are disclosed. A plurality of shifted feedback signals are created by shifting a feedback signal frequency by a plurality of first offset values and/or by shifting a transmission signal frequency by a plurality of second offset values. The feedback signals are compared to an input signal to identify the transmission channel response and/or a feedback channel response. A control signal is generated for a pre-distortion circuit to modify the input signal by an inverse of the transmission channel response. The composite system response is measured at a plurality of operating frequencies and at the plurality of offset values. The measurements are stored in a matrix and singular value decomposition is applied to the matrix of measurements to calculate the transmission channel response and feedback channel response. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317787 | TRANSMITTER SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PARALLEL DATA BY COMPENSATING FOR CROSSTALK - A transmitter system for transmitting parallel data by compensating a crosstalk includes: first and second transmission lines parallel to each other; a first inverted crosstalk pulse generation unit configured to receive first transmission data and inverted first transmission data and output a first inverted crosstalk pulse according to a data mode; a second inverted crosstalk pulse generation unit configured to receive second transmission data transmitted in parallel to the first transmission data and inverted second transmission data and output a second inverted crosstalk pulse according to the data mode; a first addition unit configured to combine the first transmission data and the second inverted crosstalk pulse and output first compensation data to be transmitted to the first transmission line; and a second addition unit configured to combine the second transmission data and the first inverted crosstalk pulse and output second compensation data to be transmitted to the second transmission line. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317788 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DATA COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A communication apparatus for executing half-duplex data communication conforming to V.34 recommendation including, a modulation-demodulation device modulating and demodulating data; a control device determining that the communication procedure shift to a recovery procedure by receiving an INFO | 2011-12-29 |
20110317789 | DIGITAL RECEIVERS - The application describes digital receivers and operation thereof with improved recovery of a received signal. A clock generator ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317790 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus includes: a transmission path characteristics estimating section obtaining pre-interpolation transmission path characteristic data as estimate values for transmission path characteristics as characteristics of a transmission path of an OFDM signal for transmission symbols of pilot signals by using the pilot signals contained in the OFDM signal, and filtering the pre-interpolation transmission path characteristic data by using an interpolation filter, thereby obtaining transmission path characteristic data as estimate values for transmission path characteristics for transmission symbols of the OFDM signal; a distortion correcting section performing distortion correction for the OFDM signal by using the transmission path characteristic data; and a filter controlling section controlling a pass band of the interpolation filter. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317791 | OFDM receivers - A method and apparatus for filtering a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (ODFM) signal to reduce noise. The ODFM signal includes a plurality of symbols n in the time direction, each symbol including a plurality of sub-carriers k in the frequency direction, each a-th sub-carrier of each symbol being transmitted as a pilot sub-carrier with known amplitude and phase, and each symbol having its pilot sub-carriers spaced by b sub-carriers relative to the adjacent symbol. An m-tap filter is utilized for producing a filtered version of a selected pilot sub-carrier to be used in subsequent interpolation, by inputting into respective taps of the m-tap filter, m pilot sub-carriers surrounding the selected pilot sub-carrier. The m pilot sub-carriers each satisfy a relationship between n and k, wherein the relationship defines a diagonal line in the n-k plane. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317792 | TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a timing synchronization method and apparatus in a wireless communication system that may synchronize timing based on channel energy having a low Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) in a wideband (WB) system. The timing synchronization apparatus in the wireless communication system may capture optimal channel energy by performing a comparison using a timing estimation scheme based on a correlation peak. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317793 | WAVEFORM GENERATOR IN A MULTI-CHIP SYSTEM - In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) system includes a receiver IC configured to receive a first clock signal and includes a feedback circuit configured to provide a feedback signal to a driver IC. The IC system also includes the driver IC configured to receive a second clock signal and includes a waveform generator configured to provide synthesized waveforms from DC to K-band, a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) to receive data from the waveform generator and to provide the signal to the receiver IC and a phase selection circuit to provide a phase selection signal to the first integrated circuit based on the feedback signal. The phase selection signal calibrates the signal from the SERDES and provides phase correction to the SERDES. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317794 | NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT - Various embodiments of a nuclear fuel assembly and related methods for processing and managing spent nuclear fuel are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a nuclear fuel may include a plurality of first fuel rods having a plurality of first fuel elements and a plurality of second fuel rods having a plurality of second fuel elements. Each of the first fuel elements may include uranium dioxide fuel, and each of the second fuel elements may include a plurality of tristructural isotropic fuel particles embedded in a silicon carbide matrix. The plurality of first fuel rods and the plurality of second fuel rods are arranged in a fuel assembly. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317795 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACTINIUM-225 AND ISOTOPES OF RADIUM AND TARGET FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - The invention relates to the field of nuclear technology and radiochemistry, more specifically to the production and isolation of radionuclides for medical purposes. The method for producing actinium-225 and isotopes of radium comprises irradiating a solid block of metallic thorium of a thickness of 2 to 30 mm, which is contained within a hermetically sealed casing made of a material which does not react with thorium, with a flow of accelerated charged particles with high intensity. The irradiated metallic thorium is removed from the casing and is either heated with the addition of lanthanum and the distillation of radium or is dissolved in nitric acid with the recovery of actinium-225 by extraction. A target for implementing this method consists of blocks of metallic thorium of a thickness of 2 to 30 mm, which are contained within a hermetically scaled casing made of different materials which do not react with thorium. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317796 | VIBRATION MEASURING APPARATUS FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND VIBRATION MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A vibration measuring apparatus for nuclear reactor internal structure includes a holder which has an opening contact on a surface of a pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor; a vibrator accommodated in the holder so as to transmit or receive an ultrasonic wave; a couplant with which the holder is filled up; and, a bias component applies a biasing force to the vibrator in the direction of the opening; The couplant is a solid state of metal material at normal temperature and change to liquid stage by heat transfer from the pressure vessel. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317797 | CONTROL ROD/FUEL SUPPORT HANDLING APPARATUS - A control rod/fuel support handling apparatus that is used in the case where a control rod and a fuel support are held, removed and lifted in a reactor and then are transported into the reactor in a periodical inspection of a BWR and in the case where the control rod and the fuel support are attached and mounted again into the reactor, the control rod/fuel support handling apparatus including: a fuel support gripper that holds the fuel support with a support gripping member; a control rod gripper that includes a vertically movable and rotatable elevating/rotating unit, holds the control rod with a control rod gripping member, disconnects and connects the control rod and a control rod drive mechanism, and allows removal and attachment of the control rod; and a control panel that controls automatically controls the control rod gripper in response to the instructions from an operation pendant. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317798 | Debris Trap - A debris trap catches debris falling through a fuel bundle orifice in a nuclear reactor. The debris trap includes a shaft and a debris capture tray attached to an end of the shaft. The debris capture tray includes a tray cavity sized larger than the fuel bundle orifice. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317799 | PRESSURE-LOSS ADJUSTING MEMBER AND REACTOR - [Problem to be Solved] To easily distribute a flow rate of a primary coolant to fuel assemblies. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317800 | NUCLEAR FUEL - A nuclear fuel composition includes a nuclear fissile material and a neutron-absorption material that adjoins the nuclear fissile material. The nuclear fuel composition may be used in a nuclear reactor, such as a thermal reactor. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317801 | Counting Device for Counting Nested Articles and Method for Counting Nested Articles - A counting device for counting rimmed articles arranged in a nested configuration to define a series of stacked rims defining a stacked direction is disclosed. The counting device has a gear with a plurality of teeth adapted to engage the article rims such that advancement of the articles along the stacked direction adjacent the gear rotates the gear. An indicator wheel is provided configured to rotate with rotation of the gear. The indicator wheel has a plurality of indicia thereon for monitoring rotation of the gear. At least one sensor is positioned to detect the indicia and to generate an output signal as the indicator wheel rotates to bring the indicia into alignment with a detection axis. The sensor is in communication with a counter which produces in response to the output signal of the sensor a usable output representing a quantity of articles having engaged the gear. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317802 | CLOCK GLITCH DETECTION CIRCUIT - In a first circuit for detecting clock glitches in a clock signal, a master counter is clocked by the clock signal and memorizes a master count. An incrementer advances the master count by one increment. A slave counter is clocked by the clock signal and memorizes a slave count. The slave count is retarded relative to the master count by at least clock edges. A comparator determines whether the difference between the master count and the slave count is at least. In a related aspect, a synchronous circuit comprises a clock tree for transmitting a clock signal from a start point to one or more other points, the start point and the other points comprising a first point and second point. A first counter is clocked by the clock signal at the first point and memorizes a first count. A first incrementer advances the first count by one increment. A second counter is clocked by the clock signal at the second point and memorizes a second count. A second incrementer advances the second count by one increment. A comparator determines the difference between the first count and the second count, or determines whether the first count and the second count differ. The synchronous circuit may comprise the first circuit. A second circuit for detecting clock glitches in a clock signal is also provided. The second circuit is intended to be integrated in the synchronous circuit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317803 | SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT AND SHIFT REGISTER - An exemplary shift register circuit includes a plurality of shift registers for sequentially outputting a plurality of driving pulse signals. Among each M number of the shift registers for sequentially outputting M number of the driving pulse signals, the shift register for lastly outputting one of the M number of driving pulse signals is enabled, by (M−1) number of start pulse signals sequentially outputted from the remained (M−1) number of the shift registers, to generate the driving pulse signal. Herein, M is a positive integer greater than 2. Moreover, a circuit structure of a shift register also is provided. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317804 | PROGRAM VERIFY METHOD FOR OTP MEMORIES - A method for executing a program verify operation in a non-volatile memory. A data register having master and slave latching circuits is used for concurrently storing two different words of data. In a program operation, the master latch stores program data which is used for programming selected memory cells. In a program verify operation, the data programmed to the memory cells are read out and stored in the slave latches. In each data register stage, the logic states of both latches are compared to each other, and a status signal corresponding to a program pass condition is generated if opposite logic states are stored in both latches. The master latch in each stage is inverted if programming was successful, in order to prevent re-programming of that bit of data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION UTILIZING CIRCULAR TRAJECTORY AND SCANOGRAM TO REDUCE ARTIFACTS - A computed tomography apparatus and method using line data estimated from circle data and scanogram data. An image of a subject is reconstructed using the circle data and the estimated line data. The circle data and scanogram data may be weighted in estimating the line data. The apparatus and method are useful in diminishing or eliminating streak artifacts in reconstructed images such as images including the spine. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317806 | METHOD TO SELECT A VALUE OF A VOLTAGE TO BE SET AT AN X-RAY TUBE, COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND DATA MEDIUM - A method is provided to select a value of a voltage to be set at an x-ray tube of a computer tomography for scanning a patient before an acquisition of x-ray projections of a body region of the patient so as to reduce the dose of x-ray radiation to be applied to the patient in the course of the scan. According to the method, the selection of the value of the voltage takes place under consideration of at least one item of information that can be learned from a topogram of the patient and at least one item of information about the patient that can be learned from a patient file of the patient. The invention also encompasses a computer tomography apparatus with a computer for the execution of the method, as well as a data medium on which is stored a computer program that can be executed on a computer device to perform the method. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317807 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DETECTION - Methods, computer-readable mediums, and systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method detects at least one faulty X-ray detector signal and adjusts a conveyor speed and/or a gantry speed in accordance with the detection to increase information for image reconstruction. In another embodiment, a method detects a high volume time. Upon detection of the high volume time conveyor speed and gantry speed is increased during the high volume time. After expiration of the high volume time, the conveyor speed and gantry speed is reduced. In yet other embodiments, the computer-readable mediums and systems are also provided which perform similar features recited by the above methods. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317808 | LASER GUIDED PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR CHIROPRACTIC X-RAYS AND METHOD OF USE - A radiographic apparatus having a laser positioning system comprising three independent laser units for positioning a patient in three-dimension for the purpose of taking x-rays. Each laser unit is orthogonally oriented in respect to the others, such that the first laser unit projects a laser beam aligned with the x-ray beam in said first lateral direction, and the second laser unit projects a laser beam in a second lateral direction that is orthogonal to the first lateral direction, and the third laser unit projects a laser beam in a vertical direction that is orthogonal to both the first and second lateral directions. With the patient properly oriented by the laser system, x-ray films are taken that can be sequenced for radiographic animation analysis. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317809 | PORTABLE RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - Disclosed in a portable radiation image capturing apparatus in which irradiation with radiation is detected without providing an interface with a radiation generating device and which consumes reduced power when capturing a radiation image. The portable radiation image capturing apparatus in which multiple image capturing elements are two-dimensionally arranged is provided with a current detecting means for detecting a current flowing in the apparatus, a read-out circuit having a power supply mode in which the charge generated in each image capturing element can be read out and converted into an electric signal and a stand-by mode in which charge is not read out and power is consumed less than in the power supply mode, and a control means for causing the read-out circuit to change from the stand-by mode to the power supply mode when detecting start of irradiation with radiation on the basis of an increase in the current value detected by the current detecting means while the read-out circuit is in the stand-by mode. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317810 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING OBJECTS EMBEDDED IN A BODY - A method of processing image data from an imaging system for locating a plurality N of objects embedded in a body includes receiving data for a first two-dimensional image of a region of interest of the body containing the plurality N of objects, the first two-dimensional image being obtained from a first imaging setting of the imaging system relative to the region of interest; receiving data for a second two-dimensional image of a region of interest of the body containing the plurality N of objects, the second two-dimensional image being obtained from a second imaging setting of the imaging system relative to the region of interest; and receiving data for a third two-dimensional image of a region of interest of the body containing the plurality N of objects, the third two-dimensional image being obtained from a third imaging setting of said imaging system relative to said region of interest. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317811 | Radiological Apparatus - The present invention relates to a radiological apparatus ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317812 | METHOD OF LOW ENERGY IMAGING IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH ENERGY RADIATION - An apparatus and method obtain an image of an object from a first radiation source in the presence of a second radiation source. The first radiation source is directed at a first side of the object while the second radiation source is directed at the second side of the object. At least one portion of the radiation is detected at the second side of the object. A first signal is produced based on the at least one portion of detected radiation. The first signal has a first radiation component and a second radiation component. At least one other portion of radiation at the second side of the object is filtered and then detected. A second signal is produced based on the detected filtered radiation. The second signal has at least one of a filtered first radiation component and a filtered second radiation component. Then a third signal is produced from the first and second signals. The third signal is a representation of a first radiation component. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317813 | WAVELENGTH-CLASSIFYING TYPE X-RAY DIFFRACTION DEVICE - A wavelength-classifying type X-ray diffraction device bombards a sample with characteristic X-rays generated from an X-ray generation source, and detects characteristic X-rays diffracted by the sample using an X-ray detector. The X-ray generation source is composed of several metals of different atomic number, respective metals generating several characteristic X-rays of different wavelengths. An X-ray detector is composed of several pixels for receiving X-rays and outputting pulse signals corresponding to X-ray wavelengths. Pixels are respectively furnished with classification circuits. The classification circuits classify and output pixel output signals based on each of characteristic X-ray wavelengths. X-ray intensity is detected on a per-wavelength basis in individual pixels | 2011-12-29 |
20110317814 | X-RAY OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH ADJUSTABLE CONVERGENCE AND FOCAL SPOT SIZE - An x-ray optical system includes a multiple corner optic assembly including an adjustable aperture assembly located in close proximity to the optic assembly. The adjustable aperture assembly enables a user to easily and effectively adjust the convergence of an incident beam of x-rays or the optic focal spot size. The adjustable aperture assembly may further enable a user to condition x-rays of one wavelength and block x-rays of another wavelength and thereby reduce the amount of background radiation exhibited from x-rays of more than one wavelength. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317815 | Method for Visualizing a Patient Dose, Computer Program Product and X-Ray Apparatus - A method for visualizing a dose of X-ray radiation applied to a surface of a patient in a defined time period by an X-ray apparatus is proposed. The X-ray apparatus is adjustable to different angular positions. A model of the surface of the patient is provided. The dose of X-ray radiation applied to the surface of the patient in the defined time period is calculated. The model and the calculated dose on the model is visualized. The visualization of the model and the calculated dose on the model is effected in an angular position coupled to the angular position in which the X-ray apparatus is currently disposed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317816 | Conversion of Existing Portable or Mobile Analog Radiographic Apparatus for Enabling Digital Radiographic Applications - A kit for converting an existing mobile or portable film X-ray examination apparatus typically configured solely for analog radiography to enable said examination apparatus for digital radiographic applications. The kit includes a tablet PC that is attached to the wheeled chassis of the mobile or portable apparatus, and an input/output device used to divert the exposure control signal from the user actuable exposure control switch of the apparatus to the tablet PC. The tablet PC includes image processing software that controls the operation of a digital flat panel detector. The tablet PC can further be used to separately control other mobile or portable apparatus or a facility or examination room that was previously configured only for analog radiography. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317817 | Radiographic image capturing apparatus - A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a mobile cart unit, a plurality of devices used for capturing a radiographic image, and an electric power supply activator enabling supply of electric power between the devices, based on an instruction of permission to supply electric power. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317818 | X-RAY WINDOW - A self-cleaning X-ray window arrangement is provided that includes a primary X-ray-transparent window element, separating an ambient pressure region from an intermediate region, and a secondary X-ray-transparent window element, separating the intermediate region from a reduced pressure region. A contaminant is expected to deposit on a side of the secondary element facing the reduced pressure region. A heat source is adapted to heat a portion of the secondary window element thereby evaporating contaminant. The secondary element shields the primary element from the reduced pressure region, in which contaminant is present, whereas the pressure-tight primary window element carries most of the differential pressure between the ambient pressure region and the reduced pressure region. Several features help to decrease the rate at which contaminant enters the intermediate region. By maintaining the pressure in the intermediate region close to the reduced pressure, the mechanical stress on the secondary window element can be limited as well as the exposure to harmful gases. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317819 | ANTI-SCATTER X-RAY GRID DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A method of making an anti-scatter X-ray grid device, and the X-ray grid device made therefrom, includes providing a substrate made of a material substantially non-absorbent of X-rays that includes channels therein; applying a layer, also of a substantially non-absorbent of X-rays material, onto a sidewall(s) of the channels, wherein the layer comprises a second material; and then applying a material substantially absorbent of X-rays into a portion of the channels, so as to define a plurality of X-ray absorbing elements. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317820 | CENTRAL CALL PLATFORM - A system and method for providing telephone services to a secure facility from an external, centralized call platform. An embodiment of the system includes a call processing center that is external to the facility and includes a plurality of computer clusters, and is configured to route communications to and from a router located at the secure facility. Having a majority of the system located outside the facility reduces equipment requirements at each individual facility, improves security and uptime, and provides more efficient management and expansion of the call platform. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317821 | Family Branch Exchange - A Family Branch Exchange (FBX) overcomes limitations of conventional residential telephone technology to inexpensively provide more useful and advanced residential telephone services. For example, a method of providing distinctive ringing comprises receiving, at a service provider system connected to a telephone network and optionally to a data network, a call from a calling party to a user of the service provider system, playing, from the service provider system to the calling party, a message indicating a plurality of choices from which to select, receiving, at the service provider system, the calling party's selection, and transmitting, from the service provider system, a message indicating a ring tone or ring type to be used based on the calling party's selection. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317822 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes a call unit, a transmitter, a network transmission unit and a display unit. The call unit can generate a call request based on a phone number of a phone device of a called party. The transmitter can send the call request to the phone device. The network transmission unit is responsive to the call request for acquiring current status information of the called party from at least one social network server through Internet. The display unit can render the current status information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317823 | INFORMATION DEVICE - A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317824 | ANTI-HACKING SYSTEM THROUGH TELEPHONE AUTHENTICATION - The present invention relates to an anti-hacking system through telephone authentication, in which authentication is performed over a communication network in order to guarantee safer integrity authentication in implementing an authentication system configured to issue various documents to only an authenticated user through electronic financial transactions, such as Internet banking, or verification or accessible to only the authenticated user. The anti-hacking system through telephone authentication includes an access terminal connected to an Internet and configured to access a site requiring user authentication, a communication terminal owned by a user of the access terminal, a main server configured to access the communication terminal, perform telephone authentication by checking authenticity of the user, and process the user authentication. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317825 | Enhancement of Audio Conference Productivity Through Gain Biasing - Techniques are provided for communicating with a plurality of endpoints participating in a conference session. A signal representing audio from each of the endpoints is received at a control unit. The control unit adjusts one or more target power levels for purposes of automatic gain control of the audio from one or more of the endpoints based on information derived in real-time from the audio of the plurality of endpoints during the conference session and predetermined information pertaining to a source of the audio from at least one of the endpoints. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317826 | Family Branch Exchange - A Family Branch Exchange (FBX) overcomes limitations of conventional residential telephone technology to inexpensively provide more useful and advanced residential telephone services. For example, a method of providing automatic call forwarding comprises receiving, at a service provider system connected to a telephone network and optionally to a data network, a call including dialing information indicating a person to whom the call is to be placed, retrieving, at the service provider system, destination information for the indicated person, and forwarding, from the service provider system, the call to at least one destination indicated by the destination information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317827 | RE-ENTRANT CALL ROUTER - A call routing device in a communication network is re-entrant to permit a set of call routing rules to be applied more than once. A routing table in the routing device has entries to indicate that an incoming call should be rerouted to the routing device to permit additional call routing rule(s) to be applied to the incoming call. A routing table is provided with entries to indicate when an incoming call should be rerouted to the routing device and how call attributes should be created/modified to achieve call routing in one or more iterations of call routing processing using the routing table. The re-entrant routing device and routing table permits a wide variety of call attributes to be used to direct call routing processing using a routing table that can have a reduced number of entries. The re-entrant routing device and routing table permits a flexible configuration for call routing in communication networks while conserving routing device resources. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317828 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION TO AN AGENT AND WITHOUT RECORDING THE INFORMATION - The technology of the present application provides a processor (a.k.a. a confidential processor) to obtain confidential information from a customer and to inhibit a customer service representative from receiving the confidential information. The processor obtains the information and converts it to a format to be input to an application that requires the information. The formatting may include providing a plug-in module at the application processor to cause the data field to be considered a password field to inhibit copying the information to the copy buffer or the like. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317829 | Physically Unclonable Function Implemented Through Threshold Voltage Comparison - Electronic devices and methods are disclosed to provide and to test a physically unclonable function (PUF) based on relative threshold voltages of one or more pairs of transistors. In a particular embodiment, an electronic device is operable to generate a response to a challenge. The electronic device includes a plurality of transistors, with each of the plurality of transistors having a threshold voltage substantially equal to an intended threshold voltage. The electronic device includes a challenge input configured to receive the challenge. The challenge input includes one or more bits that are used to individually select each of a pair of transistors of the plurality of transistors. The electronic device also includes a comparator to receive an output voltage from each of the pair of transistors and to generate a response indicating which of the pair of transistors has the higher output voltage. The output voltage of each of the pair of transistors varies based on the threshold voltage of each of the pair of transistors. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317830 | SELECTIVE STORAGE OF DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF DECRYPTED VIDEO CONTENT - A method of processing video content is provided. In the method, a stream of encrypted video content is received. The encrypted video content stream is decrypted. Storage of an entirety of the decrypted video content for an indefinite period of time is prohibited under a license required to decrypt the encrypted video content. The stream of decrypted video content is processed to generate data representative of at least one aspect of the decrypted video content, wherein storage of the representative data does not violate the license. The representative data is then stored for at least one use other than viewing the entirety of the decrypted video content. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317831 | PROTECTING VIDEO CONTENT USING VIRTUALIZATION - Generally, the present disclosure provides a system and method configured to prevent unauthorized copying of video content in a mobile device. The method may use virtualization technology to prevent unauthorized copying of the premium video content. A user OS may operate in a virtual machine. A hypervisor may be configured to prevent an application and/or a corrupted OS from reading premium video content from video memory. The hypervisor may be configured to prevent direct memory access to the video content in the video memory. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317832 | Dynamic Image Reproduction Code Generation Device, Dynamic Image Distribution System, Execution Format Program, Recording Medium Containing The Program, Server, And Dynamic Image Reproduction Code Generation Method - A video reproduction code generation device has: a data acquisition unit which acquires video data; a code acquisition unit which acquires video reproduction template code configured to enable reproduction of video data stored in a variable in code; and a code generation unit, which divides the acquired video data into two or more data parts, embeds the data parts into the acquired video reproduction template code as variable values of different variables, and generates dedicated video reproduction code for the acquired video data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317833 | GENERATING A SCRAMBLED DATA STREAM - A method and a system for generating a scrambled data stream is described, wherein the method comprises: providing a code book comprising code information for scrambling data in data stream comprising one or more service streams; generating a control word request associated with at least one crypto period in at least one of said service streams; in response to said control word request, generating on the basis of said code information at least one control word associated with said crypto period in said service stream; and, scrambling data associated with at least one of said service streams using said control word. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE MESSAGING IN A HYBRID PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method enables endpoints to securely send and receive messages to one another within a hybrid peer-to-peer environment. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317835 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Wireline Transmission of an Encrypted Rolling Code - An encrypted rolling code ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317836 | QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY SERVICE NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE - In order to overcome the limitation of the prior art quantum key terminal equipment not being able to operate across different segments, the present invention discloses a quantum cryptography service network implementation technique to let a point-to-point quantum key equipment in one segment be redesigned to cooperate with other quantum key equipment in other segments to form a quantum key service network. As opposed to the prior art technique of having each segment generates its own quantum key, the present invention can map one pair of quantum key equipment with another pair of quantum key equipment, or map multiple pairs of quantum key equipment connected in series to have quantum keys entirely or partly shared by the quantum key equipment. Therefore, the generated quantum keys can be used across different segments. Each node in the quantum key service network can provide the quantum key to nearby telecommunication equipment in the telecommunication network of the same premises. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317837 | TWO INDICES MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS USING A SHARED MASTER KEY - A master key may be used by each participant in a secure communication. Indeed, each participant may select and encryption key from a distinct end of the master key. To eliminate a necessity for the end points in the secure communication to maintain a master key corresponding to every possible correspondent, the participants may communicate through an encryption server. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317838 | METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK, A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, A NETWORK AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - A method for securing communications between a first node (N | 2011-12-29 |
20110317839 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device which shares data with one or more communication partners includes a creation unit which creates its own encryption key that the device uses for itself and encryption keys that the communication partners use, a first communication unit which transmits all the encryption keys created by the creation unit to the communication partners with the first communication, a division unit which divides the data, an encryption unit which encrypts its own data that the device is to save for itself among the data divided by the division unit with its own encryption key, a second communication unit which transmits other data that the communication partners are to save among the data divided by the division unit to the communication partners with the second communication, and a storage unit which stores its own data encrypted by the encryption unit and the other encryption keys. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed herein are systems, method and computer readable medium for providing authentication of an entity B by an entity A. In the method, entity A selects a value p, a range [a, b] and a granularity epsilon. Entity A sends p, [a, b], and epsilon to entity B. Entity B initializes a value y | 2011-12-29 |
20110317841 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING AUDIO QUALITY - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for enhancing quality of an audio source. The method comprises receiving control information; receiving an initial signal from the audio source; and generating a dynamic control signal based on the control information. The control information includes attack, release, length, and gain parameters. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317842 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for upmixing a downmix audio signal describing one or more downmix audio channels into an upmixed audio signal describing a plurality of upmixed audio channels includes an upmixer configured to apply temporally variable upmixing parameters to upmix the downmix audio signal in order to obtain the upmixed audio signal. The apparatus also includes a parameter interpolator, wherein the parameter interpolator is configured to obtain one or more temporally interpolated upmix parameters to be used by the upmixer on the basis of a first complex-valued upmix parameter and a subsequent second complex-valued upmix parameter. The parameter interpolator is configured to separately interpolate between a magnitude value of the first complex-valued upmix parameter and a magnitude value of the second complex-valued upmix parameter, and between a phase value of the first complex-valued upmix parameter and a phase value of the second complex-valued upmix parameter, to obtain the one or more temporally interpolated upmix parameters. A respective method can be implemented, for example, as a computer program. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317843 | STEREO ENCODING METHOD, STEREO ENCODING DEVICE, AND ENCODER - A stereo encoding method, a stereo encoding device, and an encoder are provided. The stereo encoding method includes: obtaining a left channel energy relation coefficient and a right channel energy relation coefficient; obtaining a left energy sum and a right energy sum respectively; performing cross correlation between sub-bands of a first monophonic signal at a wave trough and sub-bands of the left channel signal according to the left channel energy relation coefficient, and performing cross correlation between sub-bands of the first monophonic signal at the wave trough and sub-bands of the right channel signal according to the right channel energy relation coefficient; obtaining a scaling factor by using the left energy sum, the right energy sum, and cross correlation results; and encoding the stereo left and right channel signals according to the scaling factor. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317844 | Small Stereo Headset - A wireless headset device has left a left ear piece, a right ear piece, a control box, and first and second cables. Each of the ear pieces comprises its own speaker and battery. The control box includes circuitry including a short-range radio transceiver, a codec, and a power management unit. The left ear piece battery is connected to supply power to the power management unit by means of the first cable; and the right ear piece battery is connected to supply power to the power management unit by means of the second cable. The power management unit in the control box regulates the supplied battery power and supplies regulated power to control box circuitry. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317845 | Aural Device with White Noise Generator - An aural device to be worn over the ear of a user during sleeping hours which generates white noise. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317846 | Wireless Illuminative Speaker System and Wireless Illuminative Speaker Thereof - A wireless illuminative speaker system, comprising a wireless transmitter comprising a transmitter body, a wireless transmit module, a main board printed board circuit assembly (PCBA), and a support, and at least one wireless illuminative receiving speaker comprising a speaker body, an illuminating part, a speaker part, and a wireless receiving module. The wireless transmitter operates to obtain audio data from an external electronic device and to transmit the audio data in the form of wireless audio digital signals, the wireless transmit module is disposed in the transmitter body, the main board PCBA operates to control the wireless transmit module, the support operates to mount an audio playing device thereon, the wireless illuminative receiving speaker operates to receive the wireless audio digital signals from the wireless transmitter and to plays the received wireless audio digital signals after digital-to-analog conversion, and the illuminating part is disposed in the speaker body. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317847 | Rearview Vehicle Mirror - This invention discloses a rearview vehicle mirror, including: a rearview mirror body; and a center speaker device for providing center channel sound and mounted on the rearview mirror body; wherein the center speaker device is provided with at least one speaker above the rearview mirror body. The rearview vehicle mirror has multiple functions and can provide surround stereo sound while providing nice appearance and occupying small space. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317848 | Microphone Interference Detection Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for detecting microphone interference includes first and second built-in microphones producing first and second microphone signals. A first filter bank creates first high-frequency-band and first low-frequency-band signals from the first microphone signal. A second filter bank creates second high-frequency-band and second low-frequency-band signals from the second microphone signal. A first measurement calculator determines a high-frequency-band energy value from the first high-frequency-band signal and the second high-frequency-band signal when the first and second high-frequency-band signals' magnitudes exceeds predetermined thresholds. A second measurement calculator calculates a low-frequency-band energy value from the first low-frequency-band signal and the second low-frequency-band signal when the first and second low-frequency-band signals' magnitudes exceed predetermined thresholds. A logic control block, coupled to the first measurement calculator and the second measurement calculator, detects microphone interference and produces an output signal indicating microphone occlusion or wind noise. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317849 | SIGNAL CONDITIONER FOR SUBWOOFERS - A signal conditioner for subwoofers has a band pass filter which passes a lower frequency spectrum of an input signal. The band pass filter includes a high pass filter having a predetermined corner frequency, and a low pass filter having about the same corner frequency, and produces a filtered input to a peak voltage follower circuit. The peak voltage follower circuit traces and smoothes the upper boundary of the filtered input to produce a control voltage. An analog multiplier multiplies the input signal by the control voltage produced by the peak voltage follower to produce an enhanced signal where low frequency transients have been magnified. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317850 | GENERATOR AND GENERATION METHOD OF PSEUDO-BASS - An absolute-value circuit outputs the absolute value of a signal SIN′ that corresponds to an input signal SIN. A clipping circuit clips the signal SIN′ that corresponds to the input signal, to a positive limit value and to a negative limit value. A first multiplier multiplies the signal SIN′ that corresponds to the input signal, by a predetermined coefficient. A first adder subtracts the output signal of the first multiplier from the output signal of the clipping circuit. A second adder sums a signal that corresponds to the output signal of the first adder and a signal that corresponds to the output signal of the absolute-value circuit. A third adder sums the input signal SIN and a signal that corresponds to the output signal of the second adder. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317851 | AUDIO SIGNAL MIXING DEVICE - An audio signal mixer can be applied to a DJ device and the like, for example. The audio signal mixer acquires a plurality of audio signals and acquires mixing rate information being information on a mixing rate of a plurality of the audio signals. The audio signal mixer decides an adjusting amount of balance between levels at every band when a plurality of the audio signals are mixed based on the mixing rate. A plurality of the audio signals are mixed at every band, adjusts the levels of the mixed signals of the respective bands based on the adjusting amount, adds the adjusted signals of the respective bands and outputs it as a mixed audio signal. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317852 | FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS CONTROL DEVICE - A frequency characteristics control device of a mixer mixes a first audio signal and a second audio signal inputted to the mixer. In the frequency characteristics control device, a characteristics detection section detects a first frequency characteristic of the first audio signal and a second frequency characteristic of the second audio signal. Based on the first and second frequency characteristics, a removal band detection section detects a removal band in which a level of the first audio signal is higher than a level of the second audio signal. A filtering process section performs a filtering process on the second audio signal so as to attenuate a component of the second audio signal in the removal band. A output section mixes the first audio signal inputted to the mixer and the second audio signal on which the filtering process section has performed the filtering process. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317853 | HEYSER SPIRAL LOW FREQUENCY CORRECTION OF FIR FILTERS - A method of operating a loudspeaker includes providing a digital audio signal and identifying a target transfer function to be applied to the signal. At least one coefficient of an FIR filter is generated. The generating includes performing Heyser spiral curve fitting, and fitting a three-dimensional curve based on a magnitude and phase of a target transfer function. The digital audio signal is filtered through the FIR filter. The filtered signal is inputted into the loudspeaker. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317854 | Speaker voume control with inidividual input and output impedance converters - A passive circuit that provides a variable means of controlling the audio speaker's volume level from a music instrument tube amplifier, without reducing the reactance of the audio speaker, allowing the audio speaker to reproduce sound in a natural way. The invention utilizes a multiple tapped input and a multiple tapped output transformers, along with a multiple tapped series resistive network, providing volume level control without reducing the audio speaker's reactance with a parallel resistive load. The input transformer with multiple taps, provides a variable means to impedance match the circuit to a plurality of impedance values available in common music instrument tube amplifiers. The separate output transformer with multiple taps, provides a variable means to impedance match the circuit to a plurality of impedance values available in common audio speakers. By utilizing the individual multiple tapped input and output transformers, the invention provides a means of converting the output impedance of the music instrument tube amplifier and separately converting an audio speaker with a dissimilar impedance value, to match the impedance requirements of the volume control circuit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317855 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus for providing audio connection of a speaker arrangement, with an apparatus for providing audio to the speaker arrangement, using a connection element of the apparatus for providing audio connection, wherein the apparatus for providing audio connection comprises a connection element/connector body, and a user input interface arranged to provide for control of an audio setting of the audio, providable by the speaker arrangement, based on detected movement of the connection element/connector body. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317856 | HEADPHONE - A headphone can be connected simultaneously to a plurality of audio source devices respectively so the sound information and musical compositions having different contents can be arbitrarily selected and combined to listen to simultaneously. A plurality or plural sets of speaker units are provided to be respectively connected with a plurality of external audio source devices in the inside housing main body of the headphone, and means such as a volume controller and an on-off switch are provided for independently adjusting and operating the electrical signals of the external audio source devices in the appropriate middle position of the connecting cord. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317857 | SELF POWERED AUDIO COMPRESSOR CIRCUIT - The application relates to a compressor circuit for a listening device, the compressor circuit comprising a pair of input terminals and a pair of output terminals, the compressor circuit being adapted for receiving an electric input signal representing an audio signal with an input voltage swing V | 2011-12-29 |
20110317858 | HEARING AID APPARATUS - A hearing aid frontend device for frontend processing of ambient sounds. The frontend device is adapted for wearing use by a user and comprises first and second sound collectors adapted for collecting ambient sound with spatial diversity. The sounds collected by the sound collectors are processed by a sound processor. The sound process comprises a digital signal processor for beamforming sounds collected by the first and second collectors, and the processed sounds are subsequently subject to adaptive noise cancellation. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317859 | VIBRATOR WITH ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A vibrator is provided with a spring having a first end and a second end and, a frame immovably attached to the second end where the frame is carrying a movable armature and at the second end of the spring a coupling with an armature plate is immovably attached. The armature plate and the movable armature are provided in close proximity with an air gap there between and a permanent magnet is associated with one or both of the armature plate and/or the movable armature and an electrical coil is associated with one or both of the armature plate and/or the movable armature. An adjustment screw is provided to displace the movable armature towards or away from the armature plate, wherein the screw is inserted in a bore. In an aspect of the invention, the bore has a length axis placed along a plane of intersection between the movable armature and the frame and one part of the bore is provided in the movable armature and an opposed part of the bore is provided in the frame, whereby one part of the bore is threaded and the opposed part is unthreaded. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317860 | Assembly Structure for Speaker System - An assembly structure for a speaker system is disclosed. The assembly structure includes an iron grille, a speaker frame, a plurality of magnets and a plurality of pads. The speaker frame is covered with the iron grille and includes a plurality of through-holes on one face thereof. Each of the through-holes includes a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion. The speaker frame further includes a plurality of magnets, each being received in the first receiving portion of a respective one of the through-holes. The speaker frame further includes a plurality of pads, each being received in the second receiving portion of the respective one of the through-holes. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317861 | COMBINATION LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT / SPEAKER FIXTURE - A combination low voltage light and sound producing fixture is disclosed for installation in a yard wall or ceiling or on a wall or ceiling. Outdoor lighting and sound is produced with low voltage lighting that is wired or solar powered for operation. The fixture may further include digital signal processing to modify the sound to account for obstructions in near or around the fixture. The fixture may include a feedback system that allows the fixture to self-modify its frequency response. The signal to the fixture is provided by wired or wireless interface. The surface of the sound transducer can be reflective in nature to provide focusing or diffusion of the light from the lighting elements. The lighting elements are incandescent, fluorescent or low voltage LED type that may include adjustment for lighting intensity or color. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317862 | SOUND PICKUP APPARATUS - A sound pickup apparatus, which can control directionality and has a simple structure, and in which a plurality of microphones can be provided so as to be floated by using the small number of parts, is provided. Three support columns | 2011-12-29 |
20110317863 | MICROPHONE UNIT - Disclosed is a microphone unit comprising a film substrate ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317864 | Earphone - Solution Means: Earphone | 2011-12-29 |
20110317865 | Ergonomic System For Compact Winding And Storage Of Earphone Set/Headphones Used With Digital Media Devices - A case stores an earphone set proximate to a digital media device (DMD). The case includes a top component that forms a storage compartment for storing the earphone set, and a coupling mechanism for attaching the top component to the DMD such that the storage compartment is proximate a rear side of the DMD. The earphone set may be wound onto a retaining clip that includes a first cutout sized to receive the two ear-pieces and a first pair of notches, disposed on opposite edges of the plate, about which the two wires are wound. A distance between inner segments of the notches is a function of the length of the wires such that an inline control panel and a junction splitter of the earphone set are positioned within a periphery of the retaining clip. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317866 | LOUDSPEAKER INCORPORATING CARBON NANOTUBES - A diaphragm includes a diaphragm and a voice coil bobbin. The diaphragm includes a membrane and a first reinforcing structure reinforcing the membrane. The voice coil bobbin includes a base and a second reinforcing structure reinforcing the base. The first reinforcing structure and the second reinforcing structure are a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on the membrane and the base, or in the membrane and the base. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317867 | SPEAKER UNIT AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - To provide a speaker unit and a portable information terminal suppressing a decrease in a vibration area and a reduction in a diaphragm edge portion path length caused along with miniaturization and slimming-down. A speaker unit includes a diaphragm member which has a first convex portion at an outer peripheral portion, a voice coil fixed to the diaphragm member, a magnet disposed to be spaced from the voice coil, and a frame which supports the magnet and has a second convex portion on a more inner peripheral side than the first convex portion. The diaphragm member is attached to the frame such that an inner peripheral surface of the first convex portion faces an outer peripheral surface of the second convex portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317868 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A diaphragm has a back plane which has a voice coil attached thereto, and a front plane which is located on the side opposite to the back plane. The diaphragm also includes a center portion, a boundary portion which surrounds the center portion and has the voice coil attached thereto, an outer circumferential portion which surrounds the boundary portion, and an edge which surrounds the outer circumferential portion. A frame has a support portion which supports the back plane of the diaphragm. The outer circumferential portion has a convex shape which protrudes in the thickness direction extending from the front plane to the hack plane with respect to the edge. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317869 | LOUDSPEAKER DIAPHRAGM AND LOUDSPEAKER INCLUDING THE LOUDSPEAKER DIAPHRAGM - A loudspeaker diaphragm according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a diaphragm portion; and an edge portion, which is molded integrally with the diaphragm portion and made of a material different from a material for the diaphragm portion, wherein: the diaphragm portion includes, at an outer peripheral end thereof, an outer wall portion provided upright in a direction substantially parallel to a vibrating direction of the diaphragm portion; an inner peripheral surface of the edge portion is bonded onto an outer peripheral surface of the outer wall portion; and the outer wall portion has a height larger than a thickness of the diaphragm portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317870 | AUTOMATIC APPEAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - A method for estimating a personal appeal of a candidate individual to an observer, comprising: designating a set of proxy individuals; providing one or more digital images for each proxy individual; determining personal appeal values of each proxy individual to the observer; providing one or more digital images for the candidate individual; determining image similarity metrics between the digital images for the candidate individual and the digital images for each proxy individual; determining similarity values between the candidate individual and each proxy individual responsive to the determined image similarity metrics; and estimating the personal appeal of the candidate individual to the observer by determining a weighted combination of the personal appeal values for the proxy individuals, wherein the weighted combination uses weighting coefficients that are determined responsive to the similarity values between the candidate individual and the corresponding proxy individual. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317871 | SKELETAL JOINT RECOGNITION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for recognizing and tracking a user's skeletal joints with a NUI system and further, for recognizing and tracking only some skeletal joints, such as for example a user's upper body. The system may include a limb identification engine which may use various methods to evaluate, identify and track positions of body parts of one or more users in a scene. In examples, further processing efficiency may be achieved by segmenting the field of view in smaller zones, and focusing on one zone at a time. Moreover, each zone may have its own set of predefined gestures which are recognized. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317872 | Low Threshold Face Recognition - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are disclosed for reducing the impact of lighting conditions and biometric distortions, while providing a low-computation solution for reasonably effective (low threshold) face recognition. In one aspect, the methods include processing a captured image of a face of a user seeking to access a resource by conforming a subset of the captured face image to a reference model. The reference model corresponds to a high information portion of human faces. The methods further include comparing the processed captured image to at least one target profile corresponding to a user associated with the resource, and selectively recognizing the user seeking access to the resource based on a result of said comparing. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317873 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317874 | Information Processing Device And Information Processing Method - An image acquisition unit of an information processing device acquires data for a moving image including an image of a user and captured by an image capturing device. A tracking processing unit uses a particle filter to perform visual tracking in the moving image so as to estimate a head contour of the user. A gesture detection unit identifies a facial region in an area inside the head contour, acquires a parameter indicating the orientation of the face, and keeping a history of parameters. When time-dependent change in the orientation of the face meets a predetermined criterion, it is determined that a gesture is made. The output data generation unit generates output data dependent on a result of detecting a gesture. The output control unit controls the generated output data so as to display the data on the display, for example. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317875 | Identifying and Redressing Shadows in Connection with Digital Watermarking and Fingerprinting - The present disclosure relates generally to cell phones and cameras, and to shadow detection in images captured by such cell phones and cameras. One claim recites a method comprising: identifying a shadow cast by a camera on a subject being imaged; and using a programmed electronic processor, redressing the shadow in connection with: i) reading a digital watermark from imagery captured of the subject, or ii) calculating a fingerprint from the imagery captured of the subject. Another claim recites a method comprising: identifying a shadow cast by a cell phone on a subject being imaged by a camera included in the cell phone; and using a programmed electronic processor, determining a proximity of the camera to the subject based on an analysis of the shadow. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided too. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317876 | Optical Control System for Heliostats - A method of aligning a reflector with a target includes receiving, at a first reflector, light from a light source. The first reflector is configured to reflect light from the light source onto a target, illuminating the target in a first target region. A first image of the target is captured, using an imaging device. The first reflector is configured to reflect light from the light source onto the target, illuminating the target in a second target region. A second image of the target is captured, using the imaging device. The differences between the first image and the second image are compared to determine the alignment of the first reflector with respect to at least one of the light source and the target. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317877 | METHOD OF MOTION DETECTION AND AUTONOMOUS MOTION TRACKING USING DYNAMIC SENSITIVITY MASKS IN A PAN-TILT CAMERA - A method of identifying motion within a field of view includes capturing at least two sequential images within the field of view. Each of the images includes a respective array of pixel values. An array of difference values between corresponding ones of the pixel values in the sequential images is calculated. A sensitivity region map corresponding to the field of view is provided. The sensitivity region map includes a plurality of regions having different threshold values. A presence of motion is determined by comparing the difference values to corresponding ones of the threshold values. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317878 | Apparatus and method for generating depth image - Provided is a depth image generating apparatus and method. The light-receiving unit may include a first gate and a second gate and a depth calculator to calculate a depth based on first light information through fourth light information. The first gate may obtain the first light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a first pulse and the second gate may obtain the second light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a second pulse, and then the first gate may obtain the third light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a third pulse and the second gate may obtain the fourth light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a fourth pulse. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317879 | Measurement of Positional Information for a Robot Arm - Positional measurements for a robot arm are made using a light ray projector ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317880 | METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR CONTACTLESS COORDINATE MEASUREMENT ON AN OBJECT SURFACE - The invention relates to a method and a surveying system for noncontact coordinate measurement on the object surface of an object to be surveyed in an object coordinate system. With a 3D image recording unit, a first three-dimensional image of a first area section of the object surface is electronically recorded in a first position and first orientation, the first three-dimensional image being composed of a multiplicity of first pixels, with which in each case a piece of depth information is coordinated. The first position and first orientation of the 3D image recording unit in the object coordinate system are determined by a measuring apparatus coupled to the object coordinate system. First 3D object coordinates in the object coordinate system are coordinated with the first pixels from the knowledge of the first 3D image coordinates and of the first position and first orientation of the 3D image recording unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317881 | FLOW SOUND IN X-RAY EXAMINATION - The invention relates to the representation of blood flow-related information using an X-ray image acquisition device. In order to provide an improved method in an X-ray imaging system for representing the blood flow, for vessel analysis purposes for example, a device and a method are provided where X-ray images are used to determine the spatial distribution of blood velocity. Using this information it is possible to artificially synthesize a sound defined by the visual spectrum determined by the velocity distribution. Providing sound information based on X-ray imaging technique allows cardiologists and neurologists, for example, an enhanced way of evaluating vascular lesions and a better control on quality of resulting blood flow. | 2011-12-29 |