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20080238885 | System and method for multiple object detection on a digitizer system - A digitizer system comprises at least one object incorporating an electronic tag configured for radiating at least one modulated signal and at least one second signal; a digitizer sensor configured for detecting the at least one second signal while the object is positioned on or over the digitizer sensor; and circuitry configured for identifying the object based on modulation of the at least one modulated signal and for determining a position of the object on or over the digitizer based on the detected second signal on a portion of the digitizer sensor. | 10-02-2008 |
20090095540 | Method for palm touch identification in multi-touch digitizing systems - A method for classifying input to a multi-touch sensitive digitizer that is obtained from a body part as inputs invalid for user interaction and inputs valid for user interaction comprises: identifying a plurality of discrete regions of input to a digitizer sensor; determining spatial relation between at least two of the regions; and classifying one of the at least two regions as either valid input region or invalid input region based on the spatial relation determined between the at least two regions. | 04-16-2009 |
20090127005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION WITH A DIGITIZER SENSOR - A method for detection on a digitizer sensor, the method comprises simultaneously transmitting orthogonal signals having the same frequency on at least two conductors of a digitizer sensor; sampling a signal on at least one other conductor crossing the at least two conductors, wherein the signal is responsive to capacitive coupling at cross-junctions formed between the at least two conductors and at least one other conductor; decomposing the sampled signal into orthogonal components; and analyzing the orthogonal components to detect user interaction at each cross junction. | 05-21-2009 |
20090184939 | GRAPHICAL OBJECT MANIPULATION WITH A TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN - A method for graphical object manipulation using a touch sensitive screen, the method comprises detecting a presence of two user interactions within a defined boundary of a graphical object displayed on the touch sensitive screen, determining position of each of the two user interactions with respect to the graphical object, detecting displacement of at least one of the two user interactions, and manipulating the graphical object based on the displacement to maintain the same position of each of the two user interactions with respect to the graphical object. | 07-23-2009 |
20090322352 | APPARATUS FOR OBJECT INFORMATION DETECTION AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A system for determining information regarding at least one object, comprising: a sensor sensitive to capacitive coupling; at least one object adapted to create a capacitive coupling with the sensor when at least one signal is input to the sensor; a detector adapted to measure at least one output signal of said sensor associated with the at least one object, wherein the output signal associated with the at least one object is an object information code. | 12-31-2009 |
20110102570 | VISION BASED POINTING DEVICE EMULATION - A method for man machine interaction with an electronic device associated with an electronic display comprises capturing images of at least one hand positioned over an input device, tracking position or posture of the hand from the images; switching from interaction based on interaction with an input device to pointing device emulation in response to detecting a gesture performed with the hand, and emulating a pointing device based on the tracking, with the hand no longer performing the gesture. | 05-05-2011 |
20120200494 | COMPUTER VISION GESTURE BASED CONTROL OF A DEVICE - A system and method are provided for controlling a device based on computer vision. Embodiments of the system and method of the invention are based on receiving a sequence of images of a field of view; detecting movement of at least one object in the images; applying a shape recognition algorithm on the at least one moving object; confirming that the object is a user hand by combining information from at least two images of the object; and tracking the object to control the device. | 08-09-2012 |
20130279756 | COMPUTER VISION BASED HAND IDENTIFICATION - There is provided a method for computer vision based hand identification, the method comprising: obtaining an image of an object; detecting in the image at least two different types of shape features of the object; obtaining information of each type of shape feature; combining the information of each type of shape feature to obtain combined information; and determining that the object is a hand based on the combined information. | 10-24-2013 |
20130285904 | COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL OF AN ICON ON A DISPLAY - A method for computer vision based hand gesture device control, is provided. The method includes receiving a sequence of images of a field of view; applying a shape recognition algorithm on the sequence of images to detect a shape of a first posture of a hand; and generating a command to initiate device control based on the detection of the shape of the first posture of the hand. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285908 | COMPUTER VISION BASED TWO HAND CONTROL OF CONTENT - A system and method for manipulating displayed content based on computer vision by using a specific hand posture. In one embodiment a mode is enabled in which content can be manipulated in a typically two handed manipulation (such as zoom and rotate). | 10-31-2013 |
20130293460 | COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL OF AN ICON ON A DISPLAY - A method for computer vision based hand gesture device control, is provided. The method includes receiving a sequence of images of a field of view; applying a shape recognition algorithm on the sequence of images to detect a shape of a first posture of a hand; and generating a command to initiate device control based on the detection of the shape of the first posture of the hand. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301926 | COMPUTER VISION BASED TRACKING OF A HAND - A system and method for computer vision based tracking of a hand may include receiving a sequence of images, the images including at least one object having a shape of a hand. A first selected feature is tracked from within the hand shaped object. Shape recognition algorithms are applied at a suspected location of the hand shaped object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of a hand in the image and a second feature from within the detected shape of the hand is then selected and tracked, thereby providing verification and updating of the location of the hand shaped object. | 11-14-2013 |
20130335324 | COMPUTER VISION BASED TWO HAND CONTROL OF CONTENT - A system and method for manipulating displayed content based on computer vision by using a specific hand posture. In one embodiment a mode is enabled in which content can be manipulated in a typically two handed manipulation (such as zoom and rotate). | 12-19-2013 |
20140043234 | COMPUTER VISION GESTURE BASED CONTROL OF A DEVICE - A system and method are provided for controlling a device based on computer vision. Embodiments of the system and method of the invention are based on receiving a sequence of images of a field of view; detecting movement of at least one object in the images; applying a shape recognition algorithm on the at least one moving object; confirming that the object is a user hand by combining information from at least two images of the object; and tracking the object to control the device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140053115 | COMPUTER VISION GESTURE BASED CONTROL OF A DEVICE - A system and method are provided for controlling a device based on computer vision. Embodiments of the system and method of the invention are based on receiving a sequence of images of a field of view; detecting movement of at least one object in the images; applying a shape recognition algorithm on the at least one moving object; confirming that the object is a user hand by combining information from at least two images of the object; and tracking the object to control the device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140118244 | CONTROL OF A DEVICE BY MOVEMENT PATH OF A HAND - In the invention two consecutive movement paths are detected and displayed content may be manipulated based on the detection of the first movement path of the hand but once a first movement and a second movement path are detected manipulation of the displayed content by the second movement is prevented. Thus, detection of a pair of movement paths prevents unintentional activation of a device. | 05-01-2014 |
20140139429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER VISION BASED HAND GESTURE IDENTIFICATION - The invention relates to a method for computer vision based hand gesture device control, which includes receiving 2D and 3D image information of a field of view which includes at least one user. An area of the user's hand is determined based on the 3D information and a shape of the user's hand is determined based on the 2D information. The detected shape of the hand and the position of the hand are then used to control a device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140145941 | COMPUTER VISION GESTURE BASED CONTROL OF A DEVICE - A system and method are provided for controlling a device based on computer vision. Embodiments of the system and method of the invention are based on receiving a sequence of images of a field of view; detecting movement of at least one object in the images; applying a shape recognition algorithm on the at least one moving object; confirming that the object is a user hand by combining information from at least two images of the object; and tracking the object to control the device. | 05-29-2014 |
20150084650 | APPARATUS FOR OBJECT INFORMATION DETECTION AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A system for determining information regarding at least one object, comprising: a sensor sensitive to capacitive coupling; at least one object adapted to create a capacitive coupling with the sensor when at least one signal is input to the sensor; a detector adapted to measure at least one output signal of said sensor associated with the at least one object, wherein the output signal associated with the at least one object is an object information code. | 03-26-2015 |
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20110039936 | N-Substituted Benzenepropanamide or Benzenepropenamide Derivatives for Use in the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation - Compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of pain, including acute and chronic pain (e.g., nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, headaches, migraine), represented by general formula (I) in which: the dotted line represents a single or a double bond; and R5 and R5′ are independently —H, —OH or —OR | 02-17-2011 |
20110086910 | METHOD OF TREATING OR PREVENTING PAIN - Compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of pain, including acute and chronic pain (e.g., nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, headaches, migraine), represented by general formula I: | 04-14-2011 |
20120108666 | Treatment of Cell Proliferative Disorders - The invention relates to compounds and their use in treating cell proliferative disorders, more specifically Syk tyrosine kinase-mediated disorders. | 05-03-2012 |
20140039060 | TREATMENT OF CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - The invention relates to compounds and their use in treating cell proliferative disorders, more specifically Syk tyrosine kinase-mediated disorders. | 02-06-2014 |
20140275273 | N-Substituted Benzenepropanamide and Benzenepropenamide For Use in the Prevention or the Treatment of Affective Disorders - Compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of an affective disorder, which compound is represented by formula I in which the dotted line represents a single or a double bond; and R | 09-18-2014 |
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20150080473 | N-Substituted Benzenepropanamide or Benzenepropenamide Derivatives for use in the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation - Compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of pain, including acute and chronic pain (e.g., nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, headaches, migraine), represented by general formula (I) in which: the dotted line represents a single or a double bond; and R5 and R5′ are independently —H, —OH or —OR | 03-19-2015 |
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20080224869 | Rfid-Uwb System Connected to Wlan Infrastructure - A system including a radio frequency identification (RFID) network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). The RFID network transfers ultra-wide band signals between a reader and a tag. In the wireless local area network (WLAN) an access point communicates with a WLAN transceiver using WLAN signals. The reader is operatively attached to either the wireless access point or the WLAN transceiver and the WLAN is a back haul network of the RFID network. Co-existence of the two networks is provided either by time division between the ultra-wide band signals and WLAN signals; and/or receiver isolation of said RFID network from said WLAN signals. | 09-18-2008 |
20090079580 | VIRTUAL GROUP MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY - The present invention relates to a method and system ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090103671 | Low Power Fast Impulse Radio Synchronization - A method for synchronizing on a pulsed waveform sequence including pulsed waveforms. An impulse radio receiver is provided including a radio frequency (RF) front end connected to a demodulator, and the demodulator is connected to a processing unit. Power is provided to at least a portion of an RF component such as the RF front end and/or the demodulator, during time windows sufficient for testing an hypothesis regarding timing of the pulsed waveforms. The powering is controlled by the processing unit. Preferably, testing the hypothesis includes accumulating a signal of the pulsed waveforms, correlating with the pulsed waveforms, or accumulating the correlation result of the pulsed waveforms. Preferably, others functions of the receiver are powered or enabled subsequent to the testing. Preferably, the impulse radio receiver is an ultra-wide band receiver. | 04-23-2009 |
20090185505 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) FOR AN ACTIVE RFID SYSTEM - A system of radio frequency communication between Readers and Tags, the system comprising at least one tag Reader and a plurality of Tags, each tag is given a unique tag ID, deployed in a region in which at least some of the Tags are in radio communication with the tag Reader and a Media Access Control protocol such that the tag Reader is configured to send and receive radio communication to and from at least some of the plurality of Tags. The plurality of Tags are configured to send and receive radio communication to and from the tag Reader and the Media Access Control protocol is configured to control the radio communication between the tag Reader and the plurality of Tags The Media Access Control protocol includes a multi-dimensional addressing scheme allowing Readers to efficiently address tag communities ranging from small to very large in unicast, multicast and broadcast modes. The multi-dimensional addressing scheme enables division of the plurality of Tags into a number of groups for different stages of Media Access Control protocol processing, based on different portions of the tag ID. A hash function is used to transform the tag ID into a pseudo random ID, so as to achieve better spreading of tag population and lower statistical dependency between dimensions. The MAC has an inherent flexibility in the sense that it allows readers to communicate with different versions of tags and also to optimize communication parameters to reader's capabilities, without pre-configuration of the tags. Furthermore, the MAC supports means to achieve very high access reliability, such as relay between tags, and the ability to work with tags that alternate between active and sleep mode) including means for power savings. All of these novel features, coupled with some prior art concepts like collision resolution algorithms, result in a scalable MAC protocol for an active RFID system employing multiple access. | 07-23-2009 |
20100148925 | WIDE-AREA DYNAMIC RFID SYSTEM USING UWB - A wide area radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes: a first RFID cell and a second RFID cell. The first RFID cell and the second RFID cell each include a reader and tags. The readers access the tags using ultra-wide band signaling. The RFID cells each include: a communications interface operable to communicate with a network operations center, and a communications gateway which supports direct communications between RFID cells. The method includes accessing the second RFID cell from the first RFID cell, and the accessing is performed using the communications gateway that can cover a range of at least five hundred meters. | 06-17-2010 |
20130057406 | VIRTUAL GROUP MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY - A method for providing security and maintenance of a group of devices using a group of tags. Each of the tags is attached to a device and includes a radio frequency transceiver for intercommunicating using ultra-wide band signals. Using the intercommunication, distance between two of the tags is determined and an alarm is triggered when the distance is greater than a threshold distance. The distance is preferably determined by measuring a round trip delay time between the transmission of a transmitted unicast signal to the other tag and reception of a unicast response signal in response to the transmitted signal. A configuration mechanism is typically used for configuring the group and removed upon completing the configuration, and the tags maintain the group and provide security by the intercommunication between the tags. The tags are preferably synchronized to transmit and receive solely during a previously determined periodic sequence of time intervals. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063250 | Communication And Distance Measurements In An Addressed Wide Band RFID System - A method for communicating between elements including a reader and tags of a radio frequency identification system. The method includes addressing a wide-band-message signal by including in the signal an identifier of the first tag. The addressed wide-band-message signal is transmitted by the reader. A first tag waits to receive the addressed wide-band-message signal; and upon receiving the addressed wide-band-message signal and recognizing the identifier, the first tag responds to the addressed wide-band-message signal by transmitting an addressed wide-band response signal either back to the reader or to a relaying tag. The tag relays to another element of the system by transferring at least one datum of the query from the addressed wide-band-message signal to the addressed wide-band response signal, where the elements are readers or tags. The system and method allow for many parallel wide band addressed links, and for position determination using at least two tags with known locations. | 03-14-2013 |
20140191847 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) FOR AN ACTIVE RFID SYSTEM - A system of radio frequency communication between Readers and Tags having a scalable Media Access Control (MAC) protocol for an active RFID system employing multiple access. The system comprising at least one tag Reader and a plurality of Tags each having a unique tag ID and deployed in a region in which at least some of the Tags are in radio communication with the tag Reader. A multi-dimensional addressing scheme of the MAC protocol enables division of the plurality of Tags into a number of groups for different stages of MAC protocol processing, based on different portions of the tag ID. The MAC has an inherent flexibility in the sense that it allows readers to communicate with different versions of tags and also optimize communication parameters to reader's capabilities, without pre-configuration of the tags. Furthermore, the MAC supports means to achieve very high access reliability, such as relay between tags. | 07-10-2014 |
20150161423 | WIDE-AREA DYNAMIC RFID SYSTEM USING UWB - A wide area radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes: a first RFID cell and a second RFID cell. The first RFID cell and the second RFID cell each include a reader and tags. The readers access the tags using ultra-wide band signaling. The RFID cells each include: a communications interface operable to communicate with a network operations center, and a communications gateway which supports direct communications between RFID cells. The method includes accessing the second RFID cell from the first RFID cell, and the accessing is performed using the communications gateway that can cover a range of at least five hundred meters. | 06-11-2015 |
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20090303879 | Algorithms and Estimators for Summarization of Unaggregated Data Streams - The invention relates to streaming algorithms useful for obtaining summaries over unaggregated packet streams and for providing unbiased estimators for characteristics, such as, the amount of traffic that belongs to a specified subpopulation of flows. Packets are sampled from a packet stream and aggregated into flows and counted by implementation of: (a) Adaptive Sampled NetFlow ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090303901 | Algorithms and Estimators for Summarization of Unaggregated Data Streams - The invention relates to streaming algorithms useful for obtaining summaries over unaggregated packet streams and for providing unbiased estimators for characteristics, such as, the amount of traffic that belongs to a specified subpopulation of flows. Packets are sampled from a packet stream and aggregated into flows and counted by implementation of Adaptive Sample-and-Hold ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100138529 | Variance-Optimal Sampling-Based Estimation of Subset Sums - The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a generic sample of an input stream. The method is designated as VAR | 06-03-2010 |
20100153387 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATE DERIVATION - Methods and systems for estimate derivation are described. In one embodiment, a query may be received with a predicate for sets over a collection of items. Associated samples associated with the query may be accessed. Items of an associated sample may be accessed from the collection of items. A determination of whether the predicate is an attribute-based selection from a union of at least some sets may be made. Available items of the particular associated sample may be selected from the items. Identified items may be identified among the available items in the associated sample that satisfy the predicate. An adjusted weight may be assigned to an item based on a weight of the item and a distribution of the associated samples. An estimate may be generated based on the adjusted weight of the identified items of the associated samples that satisfy the predicate. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100169360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF TOP-K QUERIES FROM SAMPLES - A method and apparatus for processing top-k queries are disclosed. For example, the method receives a top-k query with a value for a number of samples and a value of a confidence parameter. The method samples in accordance to the number of samples, and determines a top-k weight of a sample top-k set. The method bounds the top-k weight in an interval having an upper bound and a lower bound such that the top-k weight is in the interval with a probability equal to one minus the value of the confidence parameter, and provides a response to the top-k query in accordance with the upper and lower bounds. | 07-01-2010 |
20110153554 | Method for summarizing data in unaggregated data streams - A method for producing a summary A of data points in an unaggregated data stream wherein the data points are in the form of weighted keys (a, w) where a is a key and w is a weight, and the summary is a sample of k keys a with adjusted weights w | 06-23-2011 |
20140236966 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO ESTIMATE QUERY RESPONSES BASED ON DATA SET SKETCHES - Methods and systems for estimate derivation are described. In one embodiment, a query may be received with a predicate for sets over a collection of items. Associated samples associated with the query may be accessed. Items of an associated sample may be accessed from the collection of items. A determination of whether the predicate is an attribute-based selection from a union of at least some sets may be made. Available items of the particular associated sample may be selected from the items. Identified items may be identified among the available items in the associated sample that satisfy the predicate. An adjusted weight may be assigned to an item based on a weight of the item and a distribution of the associated samples. An estimate may be generated based on the adjusted weight of the identified items of the associated samples that satisfy the predicate. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
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20150233762 | SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM WITH ILLUMINATOR - A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter. | 08-20-2015 |
20150292948 | SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM WITH DIFFUSER - A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter. | 10-15-2015 |
20150300879 | SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM WITH ISOLATED OPTICAL PATHS - A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter. | 10-22-2015 |
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20140200995 | TEMPORAL BUDGET OPTIMIZATION IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - A method for temporal budget optimization in online advertising, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving a user selection of a time period in the future; forecasting, based on historical data associated with an online ad entity, a future return on investment (ROI) function of the online ad entity; receiving a user selection of a point on the ROI function, thereby setting a budget for the time period; and during the time period: (a) tracking a spending of the budget, to determine a remaining budget, (b) periodically updating the future ROI function based on newly-accumulated historical data associated with the online ad entity, and (c) periodically adjusting, in an online advertising platform, a spending pace of the remaining budget, wherein the adjusting is based on the updated future ROI function. | 07-17-2014 |
20150081425 | MULTIPLE-ENTITY TEMPORAL BUDGET OPTIMIZATION IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - Temporal budget optimization in online advertising, comprising: receiving a user selection of a time period in the future and of a joint budget for M online ad entities, wherein M≧2; forecasting, based on historical data associated with the M online ad entities, a future ROI function of each of the M online ad entities, wherein the future ROI function provides revenue as a function of cost; computing individual budgets for the M online ad entities by finding M points to serve as the individual budgets, each of the M points being a certain cost in the future ROI function of a different one of the M online ad entities, such that: the M points have approximately equal derivatives, and a sum of the costs at the M points is approximately equal to the joint budget; and during the time period: tracking a spending of the individual budgets, to determine remaining individual budgets, periodically updating the future ROI functions based on newly-accumulated historical data associated with the M online ad entities, and periodically adjusting, in an online advertising platform, a spending pace of the remaining individual budgets, wherein the adjusting is based on the updated future ROI functions. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100002900 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRESSURE WAVES - Actuator apparatus for generating a physical effect, at least one attribute of which corresponds to at least one characteristic of a digital input signal sampled periodically in accordance with a clock, the apparatus comprising at least one array of moving elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis in response to an alternating electromagnetic force applied to the array of moving elements, at least one latch operative to selectively latch at least one subset of said moving elements in at least on latching position there by to prevent the individual moving elements from responding to the electromagnetic force, an electromagnetic field control system operative to receive the clock and, accordingly, to control application of the electromagnetic force to the array of moving elements and a latch controller operative to receive the digital input signal and to control the latch accordingly. | 01-07-2010 |
20100008521 | VOLUME AND TONE CONTROL IN DIRECT DIGITAL SPEAKERS - A system that includes a direct digital speaker volume control device configured to be coupled to a direct digital speaker. The direct digital speaker includes many pressure producing elements being adapted to generate a sound at a sound pressure level (SPL) and at a given frequency in response to an input signal, without using digital to analog converter. The direct digital speaker inherently exhibits a frequency response throughout its entire frequency range. The direct digital speaker volume control device includes a module for providing few filters each having a distinct cutoff frequency such that each filter exhibits no attenuation below its cutoff frequency and an attenuation response above the filter's cutoff frequency. And a selector for selecting one of the filters according to a selection criterion that depends on a desired volume and frequency of generated sound, and applying the filter to the input signal for generating a filtered signal that fed to the speaker. | 01-14-2010 |
20100166242 | DIRECT DIGITAL SPEAKER APPARATUS HAVING A DESIRED DIRECTIVITY PATTERN - Direct digital speaker apparatus receiving a digital input signal and generating sound accordingly, the apparatus comprising an array of pressure-producing elements and a controller operative to compute a timing pattern determining if and when each pressure-producing element is actuated so as to achieve a desired directivity pattern. | 07-01-2010 |
20100316242 | DIGITAL SPEAKER APPARATUS - An actuation system for generating a physical effect, the system comprising at least one array of translating elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis, toward first and second extreme positions respectively, in response to activation of first and second forces respectively; and a controller operative to use the first and second forces to selectably latch at least one subset of said translating elements into the first and second extreme positions respectively. | 12-16-2010 |
20110182150 | ACTUATOR APPARATUS WITH COMB-DRIVE COMPONENT AND METHODS USEFUL FOR MANUFACTURING AND OPERATING SAME - Actuator apparatus comprising at least one moving elements, each comprising comb drive apparatus including at least first and second comb elements at least one of which is free to be in motion in a medium, and a controller controlling the motion responsive to an input signal representing a desired sound. | 07-28-2011 |
20120033846 | DUST PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR FLAT LOUDSPEAKERS - A method for fabricating flat loudspeakers comprising manufacturing a flat loudspeaker including at least one microspeaker array, having first and second main surfaces; and covering at least one of the main surfaces of the loudspeaker with a cover member including an airtight sound-pressure wave transparent thin polymer film. | 02-09-2012 |
20120076330 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRESSURE WAVES - Actuator apparatus for generating a physical effect, at least one attribute of which corresponds to at least one characteristic of a digital input signal sampled periodically in accordance with a clock, the apparatus comprising at least one array of moving elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis in response to an alternating electromagnetic force applied to the array of moving elements, at least one latch operative to selectively latch at least one subset of said moving elements in at least one latching position thereby to prevent the individual moving elements from responding to the electromagnetic force, an electromagnetic field control system operative to receive the clock and, accordingly, to control application of the electromagnetic force to the array of moving elements, and a latch controller operative to receive the digital input signal and to control the latch accordingly. | 03-29-2012 |
20130076275 | ELECTROSTATIC PARALLEL PLATE ACTUATORS WHOSE MOVING ELEMENTS ARE DRIVEN ONLY BY ELECTROSTATIC FORCE AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - An actuator apparatus is provided that includes at least one actuator device, each actuator device including an array of moving elements, each individual moving element is operative to be constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis responsive to an individual first electrostatic force operative thereupon, wherein each moving element has an at-rest position and is driven away from its at rest position solely by the first electrostatic force; and at least one electrode operative to apply a controlled temporal sequence of potential differences with at least one individual moving element from among the array of moving elements thereby to selectably generate the first electrostatic force; and a controller operative to receive the digital input signal and to control at least one of the at least one electrode and the individual moving element to apply the sequence of potential differences. | 03-28-2013 |
20130148827 | DIRECT DIGITAL SPEAKER APPARATUS HAVING A DESIRED DIRECTIVITY PATTERN - Direct digital speaker apparatus receiving a digital input signal and generating sound accordingly, the apparatus including: (a) an array of pressure-producing elements; and (b) a controller operative to compute a timing pattern determining if and when each pressure-producing element is actuated so as to achieve a desired directivity pattern; wherein said pressure-producing elements have the same amplitude. | 06-13-2013 |
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20140264646 | Microelectromechanical system and method - A microelectromechanical system, including a first element and a second element, the first element having a first conductive surface facing a second conductive surface of the second element; wherein at least one of the first element and the second element is operable to constrainedly move nearer and farther from the other element; and at least one insulating separating member which is operable to mechanically maintain a separation between the first surface and the second surface, wherein a minimal distance between a first projection of a first contact area of the insulating separating member and a second projection of a second contact area of the insulating separating member is larger than a minimal separation maintained by the insulating separating member between the first element and the second element. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270274 | SPEAKER APPARATUS AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - An actuation system for generating a physical effect, the system comprising at least one array of translating elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis, toward first and second extreme positions respectively, in response to activation of first and second forces respectively; and a controller operative to use the first and second forces to selectably latch at least one subset of said translating elements into the first and second extreme positions respectively. | 09-18-2014 |
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20150131840 | SPEAKER APPARATUS AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - An actuation system for generating a physical effect, the system comprising at least one array of translating elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis, toward first and second extreme positions respectively, in response to activation of first and second forces respectively; and a controller operative to use the first and second forces to selectably latch at least one subset of said translating elements into the first and second extreme positions respectively. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142173 | SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING A GROUP OF ACTUATOR ARRAYS FOR PRODUCING A PHYSICAL EFFECT - A system which controls a group of multiple arrays of actuator elements, each of the actuator elements including a moving element which moves between a first and a second extreme positions; the system including: a controller, configured to generate control commands for at least one array of the multiple arrays in each individual cycle out of a series of sampling cycles, based on obtained information; and (b) an interface configured to transfer the control commands to the at least one array, thereby resulting in releasing from the first extreme position during the intended cycle of at least one moving element that is included in the at least one array; wherein release of all moving elements of at least one restrained array out of the multiple arrays is prevented during the intended cycle. | 05-21-2015 |
20150241863 | SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING A SET OF ACTUATOR ELEMENTS - A system which controls an apparatus which comprises a set of actuator elements, each comprising a moving element which moves between first and second extreme positions, wherein each actuator element of the set is comprised in: (a) exactly one first subset out of a plurality of non-empty first subsets (R-subsets) of the set of actuator elements; and (b) exactly one second subset out of a plurality of non-empty second subsets (C-subsets) of the set of actuator elements. | 08-27-2015 |
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20150177997 | CREATING NEW VIRTUAL MACHINES BASED ON POST-BOOT VIRTUAL MACHINE SNAPSHOTS - Systems and methods for creating new virtual machines based on post-boot virtual machine snapshots. An example method may include: receiving a request to create a new virtual machine, identifying, in view of the request, a virtual machine snapshot, the virtual machine snapshot including one or more elements of an initialized virtual machine, determining an update efficiency metric with respect to the virtual machine snapshot, and in response to a determination that the update efficiency metric reflects that updating the virtual machine snapshot is relatively more efficient than creating a new virtual machine in lieu of the virtual machine snapshot, creating the new virtual machine in view of the virtual machine snapshot. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178106 | VIRTUAL MACHINE DATA REPLICATION WITH SHARED RESOURCES - Systems and methods for virtual machine data replication with shared resources. An example method may include: identifying resources that are shared across a plurality of virtual machines, storing a copy of the resources, receiving, an indication of a portion of virtual storage of a virtual machine to be replicated, determining that the portion of virtual storage is not included in the resources, in response to the determination, updating a replicated copy of the virtual machine in view of the portion of virtual storage, the replicated copy further including the resources that are shared across a plurality of virtual machines, determining an initialization efficiency metric in relation to the replicated copy, and in response to the determination that the initialization efficiency metric exceeds an efficiency threshold, storing a copy of the virtual storage. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178111 | HYPERVISOR MANAGED SCHEDULING OF VIRTUAL MACHINES - A hypervisor determines that a virtual machine is important. In response, the hypervisor selects one or more processing devices of a multiprocessor computer system and pins the virtual machine to the selected processing devices. The virtual machine exclusively executes in the selected processing devices resulting in an unfair resource allocation. | 06-25-2015 |
20150180709 | CONFIGURING NETWORK SETTINGS OF AN UNREACHABLE HOST - An exemplary system may configure network settings of an unreachable host. In one embodiment, the system determines that a first host on a network is unreachable using a first communication protocol. The system selects a second host on the network that is reachable using the first communication protocol. The second host on the network can reach the first host using a second communication protocol. The system provides a communication to the second host on the network using the first communication protocol. The communication causes the second host to access the first host on the network using the second communication protocol. | 06-25-2015 |
20150242232 | RESUMING A PAUSED VIRTUAL MACHINE - A host in a virtualization system pings one or more storage domains. When the host determines that a storage domain in inaccessible and later determines that the storage domain is once again accessible, the host may determine a set of virtual machines associated with the storage domain that are paused. The host may, then, resume at least one of those virtual machines. | 08-27-2015 |
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20150155971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING A MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD DECODER IN A MIMO SYSTEM - A decoder to search a tree graph to decode a received signal | 06-04-2015 |
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20150222457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREE-SEARCH ENHANCEMENT BY METRIC PREDICTION BASED ON INCOMPLETE PATHS IN SOFT OUTPUT MIMO DECODER - A method and system for soft output multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) decoding may include generating a tree-graph based on: MIMO rank, number of bits per layer, and type of modulation, wherein the tree-graph comprises a root node, leaf nodes, nodes, and branches connecting the nodes; performing sphere decoding by determining a radius covering a subset of nodes within said tree-graph; managing, based on the sphere decoding, tables comprising metrics and counter metrics usable for log likelihood ratio (LLR) generation; predicting, based on a specified prediction scheme, counter metrics for paths in the tree-graph that comprise nodes and branches out of the determined radius; and updating the tables comprising the counter metrics with the predicted counter metric, in a case that the predicted counter metrics are better in maximum likelihood terms than the determined counter metrics. | 08-06-2015 |