John Gerard
John Gerard Beerends, Hengstdijk NL
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20080263218 | Method, Device and System for Predicting a Data Session Time - A method of predicting a session time of a service between a source and a destination in a communications network ( | 10-23-2008 |
20100005501 | Generating a Stream Comprising Synchronized Content - A method of generating a stream comprising synchronized interactive content is described. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a first stream from a studio to a terminal or a terminal system of a first user and to a buffer; transmitting in response to the first stream a second stream to a mixer connected to the buffer, the second stream comprising content generated in reaction to the content of the first stream; providing the mixer with a temporal relation between the packets in the first and second stream; generating a first output stream comprising a substantially synchronized content by mixing packets in second stream with packets of the buffered first stream on the basis of the temporal relation. | 01-07-2010 |
20100177196 | Method of Testing Transmission of Compressed Digital Video for IPTV - The invention relates to a digital video test sequence comprising an intra coded picture (I) and a plurality of predicted pictures (P, B) following said intra coded picture. Each of said intra coded picture and predicted pictures comprises a luminance component (Y) and two chrominance components (Cr, Cb). A variation in at least one of the chrominance components between at least two successive pictures is uncorrelated with a variation in the luminance component between said successive pictures for at least a portion of a display panel on which said pictures are to be displayed. The video test sequence can be used in detecting packet loss for IPTV data connections. | 07-15-2010 |
20100211395 | Method and System for Speech Intelligibility Measurement of an Audio Transmission System - Method and processing system for measuring the intelligibility of a degraded output signal (Y(t)) from an audio transmission system ( | 08-19-2010 |
20120143601 | Method and System for Determining a Perceived Quality of an Audio System - The invention relates to a method for determining a quality indicator representing a perceived quality of an output signal of an audio system with respect to a reference signal. The reference signal and the output signal are processed and compared. The processing includes dividing the reference signal and the output signal into mutually corresponding time frames. Additionally, the processing includes scaling the intensity of the reference signal towards a fixed intensity level, and then performing measurements on time frames within the scaled reference signal for determining reference signal time frame characteristics. The intensity of the reference signal is then scaled from the fixed intensity level towards an intensity level related to the output signal. Further on in the method, the loudness of the output signal is scaled towards a fixed loudness level in the perceptual loudness domain. This scaling action uses the reference signal time frame characteristics. Finally, the loudness of the reference signal is scaled from a loudness level corresponding to the output signal related intensity level towards a loudness level related to the loudness level of the scaled output signal in the perceptual loudness domain. This scaling action also uses the reference signal time frame characteristics. | 06-07-2012 |
20120148057 | Method and System for Determining a Perceived Quality of an Audio System - The invention relates to a method for determining a quality indicator representing a perceived quality of an output signal of an audio device with respect to a reference signal. Such audio device may for example be a speech processing system. In the method the reference signal and the output signal are processed and compared. The processing includes dividing the reference signal and the output signal into mutually corresponding time frames. The processing further includes scaling the reference signal towards a fixed intensity level. Time frames of the output signal are selected based on measurements performed on the scaled reference signal. Then, a noise contrast parameter is calculated based on the selected time frames of the output signal. A noise suppression is applied on at least one of the reference signal and the output signal based on the noise contrast parameter. Finally, the reference signal and the output signal are perceptually subtracted to form a difference signal, and the quality indicator is derived from the difference signal. | 06-14-2012 |
20130014196 | Generating a Stream Comprising Synchronized Content - A method of generating a stream comprising synchronized interactive content is described. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a first stream from a studio to a terminal or a terminal system of a first user and to a buffer; transmitting in response to the first stream a second stream to a mixer connected to the buffer, the second stream comprising content generated in reaction to the content of the first stream; providing the mixer with a temporal relation between the packets in the first and second stream; generating a first output stream comprising a substantially synchronized content by mixing packets in second stream with packets of the buffered first stream on the basis of the temporal relation. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014197 | Generating a Stream Comprising Synchronized Content - A method of generating a stream comprising synchronized interactive content is described. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a first stream from a studio to a terminal or a terminal system of a first user and to a buffer; transmitting in response to the first stream a second stream to a mixer connected to the buffer, the second stream comprising content generated in reaction to the content of the first stream; providing the mixer with a temporal relation between the packets in the first and second stream; generating a first output stream comprising a substantially synchronized content by mixing packets in second stream with packets of the buffered first stream on the basis of the temporal relation. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014200 | Generating a Stream Comprising Synchronized Content - A method of generating a stream comprising synchronized interactive content is described. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a first stream from a studio to a terminal or a terminal system of a first user and to a buffer; transmitting in response to the first stream a second stream to a mixer connected to the buffer, the second stream comprising content generated in reaction to the content of the first stream; providing the mixer with a temporal relation between the packets in the first and second stream; generating a first output stream comprising a substantially synchronized content by mixing packets in second stream with packets of the buffered first stream on the basis of the temporal relation. | 01-10-2013 |
20150271536 | Generating a Stream Comprising Synchronized Content - A method of generating a stream comprising synchronized interactive content is described. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a first stream from a studio to a terminal or a terminal system of a first user and to a buffer; transmitting in response to the first stream a second stream to a mixer connected to the buffer, the second stream comprising content generated in reaction to the content of the first stream; providing the mixer with a temporal relation between the packets in the first and second stream; generating a first output stream comprising a substantially synchronized content by mixing packets in second stream with packets of the buffered first stream on the basis of the temporal relation. | 09-24-2015 |
20150365839 | Glass Box Models for Predicting Circuit Switched Speech Quality in 3G Telecommunications Networks - A method for predicting speech quality in a voice call between a mobile terminal and a mobile coupling node is disclosed. The method includes obtaining M values of a power parameter measured M times at different points in time over a first time interval of the duration of the call, where the power parameter is a parameter indicative of transmitted power in one of a first direction and a second direction of the call, the first direction being an uplink direction from the mobile terminal to the mobile coupling node, the second direction being a downlink direction from the mobile coupling node to the mobile terminal. The method also includes calculating a power factor for the call based on the M values of the power parameter, and, based on the calculated power factor, calculating a speech quality indicator for the other one of the first direction and the second direction. | 12-17-2015 |
John Gerard Beerends, 'S-Gravenhage NL
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20150340047 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING INTELLIGIBILITY OF A DEGRADED SPEECH SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of evaluating intelligibility of a degraded speech signal received from an audio transmission system conveying a reference speech signal. The method comprises sampling said signals into reference and degraded signal frames, and forming frame pairs by associating reference and degraded signal frames with each other. For each frame pair a difference function representing disturbance is provided, which is then compensated for specific disturbance types for providing a disturbance density function. Based on the density function of a plurality of frame pairs, an overall quality parameter is determined. The method provides for compensating the overall quality parameter for the effect that the assessment of intelligibility of CVC words is dominated by the intelligibility of consonants. | 11-26-2015 |
John Gerard Beerends, Delft NL
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20140316773 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING INTELLIGIBILITY OF A DEGRADED SPEECH SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of evaluating intelligibility of a degraded speech signal received from an audio transmission system conveying a reference signal. The method comprises sampling said reference and degraded signal into frames, and forming frame pairs. For each pair one or more difference functions representing a difference between the degraded and reference signal are provided. A difference function is selected and compensated for different disturbance types, such as to provide a disturbance density function adapted to human auditory perception. An overall quality parameter is determined indicative of the intelligibility of the degraded signal. The method comprises determining a switching parameter indicative of audio power level of said degraded signal, for performing said selecting. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324419 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING INTELLIGIBILITY OF A DEGRADED SPEECH SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of evaluating intelligibility of a degraded speech signal received from an audio transmission system conveying a reference speech signal. The method comprises sampling said reference and degraded signals into reference and degraded signal frames, and forming frame pairs by associating reference and degraded signal frames with each other. For each frame pair a difference function representing disturbance is provided, which is then compensated for specific disturbance types for providing a disturbance density function. Based on the density function of a plurality of frame pairs, an overall quality parameter is determined. The method provides for weighing disturbances in silent periods dependent on the loudness of the reference signal. | 10-30-2014 |
John Gerard Bellwood, New South Wales AU
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20090116908 | Rehabilitation Method - A method of rehabilitation of a deposition area to render it suitable for plant growth comprising a particulate mineral material, which particulate mineral material has been dewatered from a suspension of said material, comprising the steps of transferring the suspension of particulate mineral material as a fluid to the deposition area, and in which the suspension is allowed to stand and dewater at the deposition area to form a dewatered particulate mineral material, wherein the rehabilitation of the disposal area is achieved by adding a dewatering amount of a polymer to the suspension of the particulate mineral material while it is being transferred as a fluid to the deposition area, wherein the polymer is either a synthetic water-soluble polymer formed from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 4 dl/g or a water-soluble polymer that is a natural polymer or semi natural polymer. | 05-07-2009 |
John Gerard Bereends, Hengstdijk NL
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20100106489 | Method and System for Speech Quality Prediction of the Impact of Time Localized Distortions of an Audio Transmission System - Method and processing system for establishing the impact of time response distortion of an input signal which is applied to an audio transmission system ( | 04-29-2010 |
John Gerard Bisges, Buford, GA US
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20160132893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETURNED GOODS MANAGEMENT - A solution for centralized management of returned goods transactions is described. The solution may receive a returned good content that comprises a picture of a returned good. From the picture, the returned good may be categorized as one of a repairable item or an item that should be scrapped. A centralized database may be kept for the purpose of tracking the repair or scrap of the returned good and documenting various events and data associated with the returned good. From the database, a returned goods report that is useful for indicating a chargeback amount owed a retailer for losses associated with one or more returned goods over a period of time may be generated. Advantageously, because the solution herein is centralized between a retailer and a supplier, a transparent and accurate accounting of chargeback amounts may be provided to both the retailer and the supplier. | 05-12-2016 |
John Gerard Catoni, Dunsborough Wa AU
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20150298766 | IMPROVEMENTS TO MULTI-HULL VESSEL SUSPENSION GEOMETRY - A hull locating arrangement for a multi-hulled vessel having a body at least partially suspended above at least a first and a second hull by support components is disclosed. The hull locating arrangement comprises, for a hull, a first locating linkage and a second locating linkage to together constrain the hull in the lateral, longitudinal, roll and yaw directions relative to the body. The first and second locating linkages are longitudinally spaced, and the first locating linkage includes a first part and a second part, one of the parts of the first locating linkage being pivotally connected to the body about a body end pivot axis, and the other of the parts being pivotally connected to the hull about a hull end pivot axis. The first locating linkage is also arranged to permit relative motion between the first and second parts along at least one sliding axis to thereby permit the first locating linkage to vary in length between the body end pivot axis and the hull end pivot axis. The support components include a first support component adjacent the first locating linkage, the first support component including a first support element providing a support force supporting a portion of the body above the first hull. The support force of the first support element has a line of action that is within thirty degrees of parallel to a first linkage plane extending through the body end pivot axis and the hull end pivot axis. | 10-22-2015 |
John Gerard Catoni, Dunsborough AU
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20130000529 | Stabilisation of Objects - A support mechanism for supporting an object, such as a table, has at least four legs ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130036950 | Stabilisation of Objects - A stabilising arrangement to support an object ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130068150 | Control of Multi-Hulled Water Craft - A water craft has a body portion and at least two water engaging means. The body portion is at least partially suspended above the at least two water engaging means by a suspension system, and locating means are provided to connect each water engaging means to the body portion to permit substantially vertical and pitch direction motions of the water engaging means relative to the body. The suspension system includes at least one front pitch support ram and at least one back pitch support ram, the front and back pitch support rams providing support for at least a portion of the body relative to the at least two water engaging means. | 03-21-2013 |
20130068151 | Multi-Hulled Water Craft Including Suspension - A multi-hulled water craft is disclosed. The water craft has a body, one left hull and one right hull, each hull connected to the body by respective locating means which permits at least substantially vertical and pitch motion of the respective hull relative to the body. The multi-hulled water craft also has a suspension system including at least a front left modal support means and a back left modal support means for providing at least partial support of the body with respect to the left hull, and at least a front right modal support means and a back right modal support means for providing at least partial support of the body with respect to the right hull. The suspension system further includes interconnection means connected to the modal support means to provide different stiffness between motions in at least two of roll, pitch, heave and warp suspension modes. | 03-21-2013 |
20130221170 | Stabilisation of Objects - A support mechanism ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130233225 | Control of Multi-Hulled Water Craft - A water craft has a body portion and at least two water engaging means. The body portion is at least partially suspended above the at least two water engaging means by a suspension system, and locating means are provided to connect each water engaging means to the body portion to permit substantially vertical and pitch direction motions of the water engaging means relative to the body. The suspension system includes at least one front pitch support ram and at least one back pitch support ram, the front and back pitch support rams providing support for at least a portion of the body relative to the at least two water engaging means. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233226 | Multi-Hulled Water Craft Including Suspension - A multi-hulled water craft is disclosed. The water craft has a body, one left hull and one right hull, each hull connected to the body by respective locating means which permits at least substantially vertical and pitch motion of the respective hull relative to the body. The multi-hulled water craft also has a suspension system including at least a front left modal support means and a back left modal support means for providing at least partial support of the body with respect to the left hull, and at least a front right modal support means and a back right modal support means for providing at least partial support of the body with respect to the right hull. The suspension system further includes interconnection means connected to the modal support means to provide different stiffness between motions in at least two of roll, pitch, heave and warp suspension modes. | 09-12-2013 |
20150313358 | Improvements in Stabilisation Arrangements - A stabilising arrangement ( | 11-05-2015 |
John Gerard Chupa, Farmington Hills, MI US
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20110133452 | Energy generating assembly and a method for generating energy - A number of electrical energy generating assemblies, such as assemblies | 06-09-2011 |
20110221207 | Municipal wastewater electrical power generation assembly and a method for generating electrical power - An electrical generating assembly | 09-15-2011 |
20110298223 | Method and apparatus for generating energy - A novel furnace and scrubber assembly which generates electrical energy by the initial combustion of material and a methodology which causes such electrical energy to be generated. Further, a novel scrubber technology which improves both scrubber efficiency and furnace efficiency while recovering energy from a furnace exhaust stream. | 12-08-2011 |
20120112923 | Back looking warning assembly and a method for determining the presence of atangible entity in close proximity to the back of an individual - A portable assembly | 05-10-2012 |
20120175888 | Municipal wastewater electrical power generation assembly and a method for generating electrical power - An electrical generating assembly | 07-12-2012 |
20120218115 | Back looking warning assembly and a method for determining the presence of a tangible entity in close proximity to the back of an individual - A portable assembly | 08-30-2012 |
John Gerard Delucchi, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20100141470 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REFRESHING DATA - A method performs an update for a first device that consumes information with a known expiration time. The first device operates within a network that accommodates other devices also consuming the information. The method includes setting a time for the first device to refresh the information, the time to refresh being based on a pseudorandom time offset. The method also includes sending a refresh request to a resource for the data during the set time. | 06-10-2010 |
John Gerard Foster, Salisbury GB
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20140311338 | Hydraulic Actuator - A hydraulic actuator with a minimal closed height includes a housing ( | 10-23-2014 |
John Gerard Jurcak, Bethlehem, PA US
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20100056514 | THIENOPYRAZOLES - Thienopyrazoles, their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and their pharmaceutical uses in the treatment of disease states capable of being modulated by the inhibition of the protein kinases, in particular interleukin-2 inducible tyrosine kinase (ITK). | 03-04-2010 |
John Gerard Matragrano, Baton Rouge, LA US
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20100155300 | Process for producing gasoline of increased octane and hydrogen-containing co-produced stream - The present invention is directed to a process for producing an increased yield of gasoline of increased octane rating by the integration of a membrane separation processing step into the gasoline production process. The integrated process also increases hydrogen production from the reformer. | 06-24-2010 |
John Gerard Mchenery, United Kingdom GB
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20150125509 | TREATMENT OF FISH POPULATIONS WITH LUFENURON - The present invention concerns the use of lufenuron for controlling sea lice in a fish population, which comprises feeding lufenuron to the fish population according to a specific regime as outlined in the specification and claims. The process is especially suited for the treatment of salmon and provides prolonged effective protection against sea lice at sea. | 05-07-2015 |
John Gerard Speare, Spokane, WA US
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20120023595 | METHOD FOR UPDATING DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH RIGHTS MANAGEMENT POLICY - Disclosed is a computerized system and method for dynamically applying a rights management policy to a message by allowing an administrator to associate certain rights management policies with certain senders and recipients of messages, with groups of users possessing certain common criteria which define the users and groups of users, with certain attributes of the message, and with certain environmental attributes. In some embodiments, an administrator is allowed to automatically update a rights management protected message as it passes through a message transfer agent. The administrator may determine either on a regular interval or an ad-hoc basis that the message transfer agent scan the messages stored to determine whether or not the content has expired. If the content has indeed expired the administrator may take steps to have the expired content deleted entirely, refreshed with more current content, or replaced with a tombstone indicating that the original content has expired. | 01-26-2012 |
John Gerard Tiessen, Elk Grove Village, IL US
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20120304879 | WET-TRAPPING OF ENERGY CURABLE FLEXOGRAPHIC INKS AND COATINGS - Methods and apparatus for flexographic color printing, and more particularly for implementing “wet trapping” in flexographic printing using energy curable flexographic liquid inks are presented. Radiation curable inks can be formulated that wet trap over each other without back-trapping onto the plates and anilox units of down-line printing units by controlling the storage modulus of the inklcoating. The storage modulus G′ in the inks can be controlled to ensure that the highest G′ ink is printed ISt down with successive colors being trapped in the order of their (declining) G′ values. An image in wet ink can thus be trapped over a different image in wet ink of a different color without picking the ISt ink back up and redepositing it onto the subsequent plates and rollers in the printing press (back-trapping). | 12-06-2012 |
John Gerard Van Herk, Cedar Springs CA
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20150250121 | SOYBEAN VARIETY XB02J14 - A novel soybean variety, designated XB02J14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB02J14, cells from soybean variety XB02J14, plants of soybean XB02J14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB02J14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB02J14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB02J14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB02J14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB02J14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB02J14 are further provided. | 09-10-2015 |
John Gerard Whateley, Maesteg GB
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20110014641 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AROMATASE ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to compounds useful for measuring aromatase activity. The invention further provides methods for measuring aromatase activity and for screening test agents which modulate aromatase activity. A kit is also provided for use in such screening methods. | 01-20-2011 |