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20100297745 | FLOW-THROUGH METHOD OF FUNCTIONALIZING INNER SURFACES OF A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - The present invention refers to a flow-through method of functionalizing an inner surface of a microfluidic device. The method can comprise transporting a silanizing solution through the microfluidic device to silanize the inner surface of the microfluidic device. The method can further comprise reacting the silanized surface with an oxidized polysaccharide to bind the oxidized polysaccharide to the silanized surface by transporting the oxidized polysaccharide through the microfluidic device. The present invention also refers to a microfluidic device which has been subjected to a flow-through method of the present invention so that at least a part of the inner surface or the entire inner surface of the microfluidic device is functionalized. | 11-25-2010 |
20100323924 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MICRO PATTERNED DEVICE AND DEVICE OBTAINED BY THE METHOD - The present invention refers to a method of manufacturing a micro patterned device. The method can comprise or consist of applying a light curable epoxy resin to a mold to obtain a curable resin filled mold. In a further step a polymeric film or an epoxy resin-coated glass is applied over the curable resin filled mold. Subsequently, the curable resin filled mold to which the polymeric film or the epoxy resin-coated glass is applied is irradiated to cure the resin. In another aspect the present invention refers to a micro patterned device obtained by a method described herein. | 12-23-2010 |
20110253546 | POLYMER/NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITES, FILM AND MOLECULAR DETECTION DEVICE - A molecular detection device for use in electrochemical detection assays includes at least two electrodes, and has a film deposited on at least one of the electrodes. The film includes a conductive polymer and conductive particles, having mean diameters between 1 and 100 nm, within the conductive polymer. Probe molecules may be attached on or to the conductive polymer, or be included in the conductive polymer. The device may be used to detect specific target molecules in a sample, for example, protein, peptide, nucleic acid or small molecule target molecules. | 10-20-2011 |
20110259742 | Droplet Based Miniaturized Device With On-Demand Droplet-Trapping, -Fusion, And -Releasing - The present invention refers to a droplet-based miniaturized device with on-demand droplet-trapping, -fusion, and -releasing. The device makes use of different electrical fields for directing droplets into microwells and releasing them from the same. In another aspect, the present invention refers to a system comprising such a microfluidic device and a method of operating it. | 10-27-2011 |
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20100004931 | Apparatus and method for speech utterance verification - An apparatus is provided for speech utterance verification. The apparatus is configured to compare a first prosody component from a recorded speech with a second prosody component for a reference speech. The apparatus determines a prosodic verification evaluation for the recorded speech utterance in dependence of the comparison. | 01-07-2010 |
20100198760 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MUSIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS - An apparatus for modelling layers in a music signal comprises a rhythm modelling module configured to model rhythm features of the music signal; a harmony modelling module configured to model harmony features of the music signal; and a music region modelling module configured to model music region features from the music signal. | 08-05-2010 |
20100299136 | Dialogue System and a Method for Executing a Fully Mixed Initiative Dialogue (FMID) Interaction Between a Human and a Machine - A method for executing a fully mixed initiative dialogue (FMID) interaction between a human and a machine, a dialogue system for a FMID interaction between a human and a machine and a computer readable data storage medium having stored thereon computer code for instructing a computer processor to execute a method for executing a FMID interaction between a human and a machine are provided. The method includes retrieving a predefined grammar setting out parameters for the interaction; receiving a voice input; analysing the grammar to dynamically derive one or more semantic combinations based on the parameters; obtaining semantic content by performing voice recognition on the voice input; and assigning the semantic content as fulfilling the one or more semantic combinations. | 11-25-2010 |
20150025892 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPLATE-BASED PERSONALIZED SINGING SYNTHESIS - A system and method for speech-to-singing synthesis is provided. The method includes deriving characteristics of a singing voice for a first individual and modifying vocal characteristics of a voice for a second individual in response to the characteristics of the singing voice of the first individual to generate a synthesized singing voice for the second individual. In one embodiment the method includes deriving a template of first speech characteristics and first singing characteristics in response to a first individual's speaking voice and singing voice and extracting second speech characteristics from a second individual's speaking voice, then modifying the second speech characteristics in accordance with the template to generate the second individual's approximated singing voice and aligning acoustic features of the second individual's approximated singing voice in response to the first speech characteristics, the first singing characteristics and the second speech characteristics to generate the second individual's synthesized singing voice. | 01-22-2015 |
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20110091083 | AUTOMATIC CUP-TO-DISC RATIO MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A two-dimensional retinal fundus image of the retinal fundus of an eye is processed by optic disc segmentation ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110243410 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN OPTIC CUP BOUNDARY - A method for determining the position of an optic cup boundary in a 2D retinal image. The method includes detecting kinks in blood vessels at an estimated boundary of the optic cup and the optic disc, and determining the position of the optic cup boundary in the 2D retinal image based on the detected kinks. The determined optic cup boundary may be used for determining a CDR which may in turn be used for determining a risk of contracting glaucomatous. | 10-06-2011 |
20120155726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING A GRADE OF NUCLEAR CATARACT - A method for determining a grade of nuclear cataract in a test image. The method includes: (1a) defining a contour of a lens structure in the test image, the defined contour of the lens structure comprising a segment around a boundary of a nucleus of the lens structure; (1b) extracting features from the test image based on the defined contour of the lens structure in the test image; and (1c) determining the grade of nuclear cataract in the test image based on the extracted features and a grading model. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING DISC HAEMORRHAGES - A method for detecting disc haemorrhages in a retinal fundus image. The method includes (a) identifying a ring-shaped region of interest in the retinal fundus image encompassing the optic disc boundary; (b) removing blood vessel regions in the identified region of interest; (c) detecting candidate disc haemorrhages from the removed blood vessels regions in the identified region of interest; and (d) screening the candidate disc haemorrhages. The detected disc haemorrhages may be used to aid in the detection of glaucoma. | 06-21-2012 |
20120230564 | OBTAINING DATA FOR AUTOMATIC GLAUCOMA SCREENING, AND SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS USING THE DATA - A non-stereo fundus image is used to obtain a plurality of glaucoma indicators. Additionally, genome data for the subject is used to obtain genetic marker data relating to one or more genes and/or SNPs associated with glaucoma. The glaucoma indicators indicators and genetic marker data are input into an adaptive model operative to generate an output indicative of a risk of glaucoma in the subject. In combination, the genetic indicators and genome data are more informative about the risk of glaucoma than either of the two in isolation. The adaptive model may be a two-stage model, having a first stage in which individual genetic indicators are combined with respective portions of the genome data by first adaptive model modules to form respective first outputs, and a second stage in which the first outputs are combined by a second adaptive mode. Texture analysis is performed on the fundus images to classify them based on their quality, and only images which are determined to meet a quality criterion are subjected to an analysis to determine if they exhibit glaucoma indicators. Also, the images are put into a standard format. The system may include estimating the position of the optic cup by combining results from multiple optic cup segmentation techniques. The system may include estimating the position of the optic disc by applying edge detection to the funds image, excluding edge points that are unlikely to be optic disc boundary points, and estimating the position of an optic disc by fitting an ellipse to the remaining edge points. | 09-13-2012 |
20160100753 | OBTAINING DATA FOR AUTOMATIC GLAUCOMA SCREENING, AND SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS USING THE DATA - A non-stereo fundus image is used to obtain a plurality of glaucoma indicators. Additionally, genome data for the subject is used to obtain genetic marker data relating to one or more genes and/or SNPs associated with glaucoma. The glaucoma indicators and genetic marker data are input into an adaptive model operative to generate an output indicative of a risk of glaucoma in the subject. In combination, the genetic indicators and genome data are more informative about the risk of glaucoma than either of the two in isolation. The adaptive model may be a two-stage model, having a first stage in which individual genetic indicators are combined with respective portions of the genome data by first adaptive model modules to form respective first outputs, and a second stage in which the first outputs are combined by a second adaptive mode. Texture analysis is performed on the fundus images to classify them based on their quality, and only images which are determined to meet a quality criterion are subjected to an analysis to determine if they exhibit glaucoma indicators. Also, the images are put into a standard format. The system may include estimating the position of the optic cup by combining results from multiple optic cup segmentation techniques. The system may include estimating the position of the optic disc by applying edge detection to the funds image, excluding edge points that are unlikely to be optic disc boundary points, and estimating the position of an optic disc by fitting an ellipse to the remaining edge points. | 04-14-2016 |
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20120192222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR A LINEAR TELEVISION SERVICE - A method and apparatus for managing targeted advertisements for linear television is provided herein. During operation a client device will determine whether or not an advertisement opportunity duration is known, unknown, or variable. Based on this determination, advertisements that best match the advertisement opportunity duration will be chosen via separate algorithms. More particularly, a first algorithm will be used to choose advertisements when the advertisement opportunity duration is known, a second algorithm will be used to choose advertisements when the advertisement opportunity duration is unknown, and a third algorithm will be used to choose advertisements when the advertisement opportunity duration is variable. | 07-26-2012 |
20120216224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR A LINEAR TELEVISION SERVICE - A method and apparatus for managing targeted advertisements for linear television is provided herein. During operation a list of N channels are maintained. Advertisements for the N channels are downloaded and stored locally. The list of N channels will be dynamically updated with advertisements being added to, and removed from local storage. | 08-23-2012 |
20140157305 | Advertisement Distribution in a Subscriber Network - A computing device for providing Advertisement Decision Management services to a subscriber network that connects display devices. The computing device acquires a network program media stream associated with a network service from a provider network, delivers the network program media stream to a display device connected to the subscriber network, and collects usage data for the display device. When the computing device detects an advertising opportunity in the network program media stream, it selects an advertisement to fulfill the advertising opportunity, delivers the advertisement to the display device at the start time of the advertising opportunity, and delivers the network program media stream to the display device at the end time of the advertising opportunity. To select the advertisement, the computing device either requests the advertising opportunity from an advertisement server, or retrieves the advertisement from local data storage. | 06-05-2014 |
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20090175902 | Immunogenic Substances Comprising A Polyinosinic Acid-Polycytidilic Acid Based Adjuvant - The present invention provides a polynucleotide adjuvant (PICKCa) composition and methods of use in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response. The polynucleotide adjuvant comprises of a polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid (PIC), at least one antibiotic and at least one positive ion. The present invention also provides an immunogenic composition comprising the polynucleotide adjuvant composition together with other immunogenic compositions such as an antigen (e.g., as in a vaccine) selected from viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and/or cancer antigens. The present invention further contemplates methods of use of such adjuvant compositions, particularly in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response to an antigenic compound. | 07-09-2009 |
20090311334 | MUCOSAL IMMUNOGENIC SUBSTANCES COMPRISING A POLYINOSINIC ACID - POLYCYTIDILIC ACID BASED ADJUVANT - The present invention provides a polynucleotide adjuvant (PICKCa) composition and methods of use in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response. The polynucleotide adjuvant comprises of a polyriboinosinic-polyri-bocytidylic acid (PIC), at least one antibiotic and at least one positive ion. The present invention also provides an immunogenic composition comprising the polynucleotide adjuvant composition together with other immunogenic compositions such as an antigen (e.g., as in a vaccine). The present invention further contemplates methods of use of such adjuvant compositions, particularly in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response to an antigenic compound. | 12-17-2009 |
20110212123 | Immunogenic Substances Comprising a Polyinosinic Acid - Polycytidilic Acid Based Adjuvant - The present invention provides a polynucleotide adjuvant (PICKCa) composition and methods of use in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response. The polynucleotide adjuvant comprises of a polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid (PIC), at least one antibiotic and at least one positive ion. The present invention also provides an immunogenic composition comprising the polynucleotide adjuvant composition together with other immunogenic compositions such as an antigen (e.g., as in a vaccine) selected from viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and/or cancer antigens. The present invention further contemplates methods of use of such adjuvant compositions, particularly in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response to an antigenic compound. | 09-01-2011 |
20130115244 | Immunogenic Substances Comprising a Polyinosinic Acid - Polycytidilic Acid Based Adjuvant - The present invention provides a polynucleotide adjuvant (PICKCa) composition and methods of use in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response. The polynucleotide adjuvant comprises of a polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid (PIC), at least one antibiotic and at least one positive ion. The present invention also provides an immunogenic composition comprising the polynucleotide adjuvant composition together with other immunogenic compositions such as an antigen (e.g., as in a vaccine) selected from viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and/or cancer antigens. The present invention further contemplates methods of use of such adjuvant compositions, particularly in eliciting an immune response, in particular a mucosal immune response to an antigenic compound. | 05-09-2013 |
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20110124049 | INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR GENE SYNTHESIS - We report making an integrated micro-fluidic device for synthesizing double stranded DNA from short oligo-nucleotides. We demonstrate successful synthesis of a 760 bp gene segment from a pool of 39 oligonucleotides on a micro-fluidic device using both the one-step and two-step synthesis processes. We also describe purifying the double stranded DNA PCR product and filtering out sequence errors in the double stranded DNA product, all on the same device. | 05-26-2011 |
20110250649 | PCR-BASED METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING A NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE - There is provided a method of synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule and in one aspect, the method comprises assembling a full length template nucleic acid molecule by PCR in a PCR reaction mixture comprising a set of assembly oligonucleotides having a first average melting temperature and a set of outer amplification primers having a second average melting temperature that is lower than the first average melting temperature, wherein said assembling comprises subjecting the PCR reaction mixture to a first annealing temperature that is higher than the second average melting temperature and; amplifying the full length template nucleic acid molecule by PCR in the PCR reaction mixture wherein said amplifying comprises subjecting the PCR reaction mixture to a second annealing temperature that permits annealing of the outer amplification primers to the full length template nucleic acid molecule. | 10-13-2011 |
20110311417 | Apparatus for Biopolymer Synthesis - The present invention relates to an apparatus for biopolymer synthesis wherein said apparatus comprises at least one support having a plurality of microwells and wherein said microwells comprise a porous substrate providing a surface area for biopolymer synthesis. | 12-22-2011 |
20120122159 | PCR-BASED METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING A NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE - There is provided a method of synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule and in one aspect, the method comprises assembling a full length template nucleic acid molecule by PCR in a PCR reaction mixture comprising a set of assembly oligonucleotides having a first average melting temperature and a set of outer amplification primers having a second average melting temperature that is lower than the first average melting temperature, wherein said assembling comprises subjecting the PCR reaction mixture to a first annealing temperature that is higher than the second average melting temperature and; amplifying the full length template nucleic acid molecule by PCR in the PCR reaction mixture wherein said amplifying comprises subjecting the PCR reaction mixture to a second annealing temperature that permits annealing of the outer amplification primers to the full length template nucleic acid molecule. | 05-17-2012 |
20130122539 | MICROSIEVE FOR CELLS AND PARTICLES FILTRATION - It is disclosed a microsieve comprising two layers, wherein the first layer is a membrane layer having a plurality of micropores contained therein and a thickness of about 10 μm to about 100 μm, and the second layer is a membrane support layer having a plurality of openings contained therein and a thickness of about 100 μm to about 500 μm, wherein the openings are larger in diameter than the micropores, and wherein at least one of the membrane layer or membrane support layer is formed of a SU-8 photoresist material. | 05-16-2013 |
20130136671 | REAGENT FLUID DISPENSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DISPENSING A REAGENT FLUID - According to various embodiments, a reagent fluid dispensing device may be provided. The reagent fluid dispensing device may include a chamber for receiving a reagent fluid, the chamber having a first opening and a second opening; a first fluid conduit connected to the first opening of the chamber; a reservoir connected to the first fluid conduit, the reservoir having a first opening, wherein the first opening of the reservoir is connected to the first fluid conduit to form a passive valve, wherein the reservoir is dimensionalized for storing a predetermined volume of the reagent fluid; and a pneumatic conduit connected to the second opening of the chamber, wherein selective application of pneumatic pressure to the chamber through the pneumatic conduit transfers the reagent fluid from the reservoir to the chamber through the first fluid conduit. According to various embodiments, a microfluidic device including the reagent fluid dispensing device, and a method of dispensing a reagent fluid may be provided. | 05-30-2013 |
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20090074357 | SURFACE WARP RESISTANT OPTICAL DEVICES - In at least one example, an optical component includes a central optical surface proximate an optical axis, a peripheral portion extending radially from the central optical surface, and a stepped portion between the central optical surface and the peripheral portion. The stepped portion may be formed to raise the central optical surface above the peripheral portion. | 03-19-2009 |
20110200287 | CONSTRAINING BALL LENS IN AN OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY - In one embodiment, an optical subassembly includes a housing, a ball lens, a constraining insert, and a ball lens constraint. The housing includes a fiber receptacle formed in a first end of the housing and a second receptacle formed in a second end of the housing opposite the first end. The fiber receptacle and second receptacle define a cavity through the housing from the first end to the second end of the housing. The ball lens and the constraining insert are disposed within the cavity. The ball lens constraint is configured to cooperate with the constraining insert to constrain the ball lens in three dimensions within the cavity. | 08-18-2011 |
20150063752 | CONSTRAINING BALL LENS IN AN OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY - In one embodiment, an optical subassembly includes a housing, a ball lens, a constraining insert, and a ball lens constraint. The housing includes a fiber receptacle formed in a first end of the housing and a second receptacle formed in a second end of the housing opposite the first end. The fiber receptacle and second receptacle define a cavity through the housing from the first end to the second end of the housing. The ball lens and the constraining insert are disposed within the cavity. The ball lens constraint is configured to cooperate with the constraining insert to constrain the ball lens in three dimensions within the cavity. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100114581 | Method for encoding, method for decoding, encoder, decoder and computer program products - A method for encoding a plurality of signal values is described, wherein the signal values are grouped into a first subgroup and a second subgroup, the signal values of the first subgroup are compared to the signal values of the second subgroup and based on the result of the comparison it is decided whether the signal values of the first subgroup are bit-plane encoded with higher priority than the signal values of the second subgroup. | 05-06-2010 |
20110046945 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF BITRATE DISTRIBUTION/TRUNCATION FOR SCALABLE AUDIO CODING - Embodiments of the invention provides a method and device for assigning bitrates to a plurality of channels in a scalable audio encoding/truncation process. Different bitrates are assigned to different channels in the scalable audio encoding/truncation process. | 02-24-2011 |
20120102035 | Data Embedding Methods, Embedded Data Extraction Methods, Truncation Methods, Data Embedding Devices, Embedded Data Extraction Devices And Truncation Devices - In an embodiment, a data embedding method may be provided. The data embedding method may include inputting data to be encoded and data to be embedded; grouping the data to be encoded into a first set and a second set, based on an entropy of the data to be encoded; and embedding the data to be embedded into the data to be encoded by replacing a pre-determined part of the second set with the data to be encoded so that the first set remains free of data to be embedded. | 04-26-2012 |
20130073297 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING AN ENCODED DIGITAL SIGNAL - In one embodiment, a method for providing an encoded digital signal is described comprising determining, for each data frame of a plurality of data frames of a digital signal, a plurality of pairs of an encoding data volume and an encoding quality, wherein each pair of an encoding data volume and an encoding quality specifies the encoding data volume required for achieving the encoding quality; determining for each data frame at least one or more interpolations between the plurality of determined pairs; determining a multi-frame relationship between encoding quality and encoding data volume required to encode the plurality of data frames at the encoding quality based on a combination of the at least one or more interpolations for the plurality of data frames; determining an encoding quality for the plurality of data frames based on the relationship; and providing at least one data frame of the plurality of data frames encoded at the determined encoding quality. | 03-21-2013 |
20130197919 | "METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A NUMBER OF BITS FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL" - A method for determining a number of bits for encoding an audio signal comprising a core audio signal portion and a residual audio signal portion is described that comprises selecting, from the residual audio signal portion, a reference residual audio signal portion and at least one candidate residual audio signal portion; comparing the reference residual audio signal portion with the candidate residual audio signal portion; and determining the number of bits for encoding the audio signal depending on the result of the comparison. | 08-01-2013 |
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20100126115 | Wind Turbine Tower Monitoring Device - A wind turbine installation monitoring device, for detecting relative movement between two adjacent components of a wind turbine installation is provided. The device comprises a deformable member together with a securing device. The securing device is configured to enable the device to be connectable to a wind turbine installation, in use. The deformable member is located across an interface between the adjacent components of a wind turbine installation. Further, a detection device is provided and configured to detect deflection of the deformable member and thereby to detect relative movement between the two components. | 05-27-2010 |
20110254282 | WIND TURBINE TOWER MONITORING DEVICE - A wind turbine installation monitoring device, for detecting relative movement between two adjacent components of a wind turbine installation is provided. The device comprises a deformable member together with securing means. The securing means is configured to enable the device to be connectable to a wind turbine installation, in use. The deformable member is located across an interface between the adjacent components of a wind turbine installation. Further, detection means are provided and are configured to detect deflection of the deformable member and thereby to detect relative movement between the two components. | 10-20-2011 |
20110285129 | WIND TURBINE AND A METHOD FOR MONITORING A WIND TURBINE - According to the inventive concept, there is provided a wind turbine with at least one blade. The wind turbine comprises a first accelerometer mounted at a first radial position of the blade and being adapted to determine a first acceleration value, and a second accelerometer mounted at a second radial position of the blade different from the first radial position, and the accelerometer being adapted to determine a second acceleration value. The wind turbine further comprises a controller adapted to generate a signal based on said first and second acceleration values. There is also provided a method for monitoring a blade of a wind turbine. | 11-24-2011 |
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20090072310 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE - A high voltage device includes a substrate with a device region defined thereon. A gate stack is disposed on the substrate in the device region. A channel region is located in the substrate beneath the gate stack, while a first diffusion region is located in the substrate on a first side of the gate stack. A first isolation structure in the substrate, located on the first side of the gate stack, separates the channel and the first diffusion region. The high voltage device also includes a first drift region in the substrate coupling the channel to the first diffusion region, wherein the first drift region comprises a non-uniform depth profile conforming to a profile of the first isolation structure. | 03-19-2009 |
20090302385 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LDMOS DEVICE HAVING ENHANCED DIELECTRIC STRAIN LAYER - An LDMOS device includes a substrate having a surface and a gate electrode overlying the surface and defining a channel region in the substrate below the gate electrode. A drain region is spaced apart from the channel region by an isolation region. The isolation region includes a region of high tensile stress and is configured to induce localized stress in the substrate in close proximity to the drain region. The region of high tensile stress in the isolation region can be formed by high-stress silicon oxide or high-stress silicon nitride. In a preferred embodiment, the isolation region is a shallow trench isolation region formed in the substrate intermediate to the gate electrode and the drain region. | 12-10-2009 |
20100109045 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM EMPLOYING STRESS-ENGINEERED LAYERS - An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate including an active device; forming a trench within the substrate adjacent the active device; forming a first layer with a first lattice constant within the trench; and forming a second layer with a second lattice constant over the first layer, the second lattice constant differing from the first lattice constant. | 05-06-2010 |
20100109097 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM EMPLOYING AN ELEVATED DRAIN - A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate including an active device; forming a drift region in the substrate, the drift region bounded in part by a top surface of the substrate and spaced apart from a source; and forming a drain above the drift region. | 05-06-2010 |
20110042743 | LDMOS Using A Combination of Enhanced Dielectric Stress Layer and Dummy Gates - First example embodiments comprise forming a stress layer over a MOS transistor (such as a LDMOS Tx) comprised of a channel and first, second and third junction regions. The stress layer creates a stress in the channel and the second junction region of the Tx. Second example embodiments comprise forming a MOS FET and at least a dummy gate over a substrate. The MOS is comprised of a gate, channel, source, drain and offset drain. At least one dummy gate is over the offset drain. A stress layer is formed over the MOS and the dummy gate. The stress layer and the dummy gate improve the stress in the channel and offset drain region | 02-24-2011 |
20110079850 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE - A high voltage device includes a substrate with a device region defined thereon. A gate stack is disposed on the substrate in the device region. A channel region is located in the substrate beneath the gate stack, while a first diffusion region is located in the substrate on a first side of the gate stack. A first isolation structure in the substrate, located on the first side of the gate stack, separates the channel and the first diffusion region. The high voltage device also includes a first drift region in the substrate coupling the channel to the first diffusion region, wherein the first drift region comprises a non-uniform depth profile conforming to a profile of the first isolation structure. | 04-07-2011 |
20120119293 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LDMOS DEVICE HAVING ENHANCED DIELECTRIC STRAIN LAYER - An LDMOS device includes a substrate having a surface and a gate electrode overlying the surface and defining a channel region in the substrate below the gate electrode. A drain region is spaced apart from the channel region by an isolation region. The isolation region includes a region of high tensile stress and is configured to induce localized stress in the substrate in close proximity to the drain region. The region of high tensile stress in the isolation region can be formed by high-stress silicon oxide or high-stress silicon nitride. In a preferred embodiment, the isolation region is a shallow trench isolation region formed in the substrate intermediate to the gate electrode and the drain region. | 05-17-2012 |
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20090129467 | Method for Encoding at Least One Digital Picture, Encoder, Computer Program Product - A method for encoding at least one digital picture is described, wherein a first representation of the picture is generated, a second representation of the picture is generated and a third representation of the picture is generated from the first representation of the picture and the second representation of the picture by predicting the coding information of the picture elements of the picture using the first representation of the picture and the second representation of the picture. | 05-21-2009 |
20090324113 | Method For Encoding A Picture, Computer Program Product And Encoder - A Method for encoding a picture with a first region and a second region is described wherein the first region is encoded according to a first encoding scheme, the second region is encoded according to a second encoding scheme and the second encoding scheme is carried out taking a parameter representing the visual perception of the second region into account. | 12-31-2009 |
20120183210 | Method and a Device for Merging a Plurality of Digital Pictures - Embodiments provide a method for merging a plurality of first digital pictures, wherein each first digital picture includes a plurality of pixel values. The method includes extracting details from the plurality of first digital pictures. The method further includes combining the pixel values of the plurality of first digital pictures to generate a combined digital picture. The method further includes modifying the combined digital picture with the extracted details to generate a merged digital picture. | 07-19-2012 |
20130044127 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF DIGITAL PICTURES - A method for aligning a plurality of first digital pictures. Each first digital picture includes a plurality of pixels wherein each pixel is associated with a pixel value. The method includes generating a second digital picture for each first digital picture. Generating the second digital picture for the first digital picture includes determining, for each of a plurality of pixels of the first digital picture, a number representing the pixel values of a plurality of pixels in a neighborhood of the pixel relatively to the pixel value of the pixel. The method further includes assigning the number as a pixel value to a pixel of the second digital image corresponding to the pixel of the first digital image. The method further includes generating aligning parameters based on the plurality of second digital pictures. The method further includes aligning the plurality of first digital pictures based on the aligning parameters. | 02-21-2013 |
20130177077 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Encoding Video Data - According to various embodiments, a method for encoding video data, and a corresponding apparatus and computer program product. The method includes: applying one of a first transform and a second transform to at least one row of a pixel block, and applying one of the first transform and the second transform to at least one column of the pixel block, based on a prediction mode of the pixel block, to transform between residual pixel values of the pixel block and residual transform coefficients of the pixel block. The method also includes: encoding the residual transform coefficients of the pixel block to generate encoded video data. | 07-11-2013 |
20130287296 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments provide a method for processing a first image based on a second image, wherein each pixel in the first image has a plurality of color components and has a corresponding pixel in the second image, and wherein each value of a color component in the first image corresponds to a value of a color component in the second image. The method may include deciding, for each color component of a pixel in the first image, whether to modify the value of the color component dependent on a predetermined criterion. The method may further include determining a similarity index between the pixel in the first image and the corresponding pixel in the second image based on, for each color component of the pixel, the value of the color component of the pixel, or if it is decided that the value of the color component of the pixel is to be modified, the corresponding value of the color component in the second image. | 10-31-2013 |
20130343454 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CODING AN IMAGE - The present invention is directed to a method for coding an image, comprising generating from the image a residual block having a plurality of residual values using a coding mode; selecting a scanning pattern for scanning the residual block depending on the coding mode; scanning the residual values according to the scanning pattern; and generating a residual value stream from the scanned residual values. The present invention is also directed to a method of initializing a scanning pattern for coding an image, the method comprising collecting information on a coding mode applied to a residual block having a plurality of residual values; and assigning a directional scan in response to the information to form the scanning pattern. Apparatus for coding an image and for initializing a scanning pattern for coding an image are also disclosed. | 12-26-2013 |
20150154468 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments provide a method for processing an input image having a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has a pixel position. The method may include determining, for each pixel position, a vector based on the input image; and determining, for each pixel position, a detail value for the pixel position based on the determined vectors at a plurality of neighboring pixel positions within a predetermined neighboring block of the pixel position. | 06-04-2015 |
20150250001 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A PRIORITY OF PACKET SCHEDULING - The present invention is a circuit arrangement for a wireless cellular network. The circuit arrangement includes a determiner configured to determine a priority value of each packet of a plurality of packets based on at least a position of a video frame in a group of pictures and a type of the video frame, the video frame or a part thereof being contained in the packet, wherein the type of video frame comprises I frame data or P frame data; and wherein the determiner is further configured to set the priority value of a packet including I frame data lower than the priority value of at least one other packet including P frame data; and a controller configured to control scheduling of the packet based on the determined priority value for a communication device in a wireless cellular network. A method of determining a priority of packet scheduling is also disclosed. | 09-03-2015 |
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