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US-5,581,654 Method and apparatus for information encoding and decoding
Pre-echo in the encoding and encoding of digital audio signals is diminished by utilizing a frequency dividing circuit for dividing the input audio signals into...
US-5,581,653 Low bit-rate high-resolution spectral envelope coding for audio encoder and decoder
A split-band encoder prepares an estimate of an input signal spectral envelope by splitting the input signal into frequency subband signals, generates a scaled...
US-5,581,652 Reconstruction of wideband speech from narrowband speech using codebooks
A wideband speech signal (8 kHz, for example) of high quantity is reconstructed from a narrowband speech signal (300 Hz to 3.4 kHz). The input narrowband speech...
US-5,581,651 Speech signal decoding apparatus and method therefor
A speech signal decoding apparatus includes a decoding section, an error check section, a data memory, a white noise generating section, a switch group, and a...
US-5,581,650 Learning dynamic programming
This dynamic programming includes a learning mode and an evaluation mode. In the learning mode, an accumulated DP path matrix is determined by a DP matching...
US-5,581,649 Fixed value fiber optic attenuator with index matching material
A fiber optic attenuator having a predetermined, fixed attenuation value and low back reflection properties across a broad wavelength spectrum is disclosed....
US-5,581,648 Optical fiber probe for monitoring fluid medium
A probe for monitoring a fluid medium employing at least one fiber optic emitting a wave into the fluid medium. The fluid medium scatters or causes luminescence...
US-5,581,647 Method of fabricating dispersion compensation fiber
In a method of fabricating DCF, the fiber is drawn while rotating said optical fiber preform, wherein a rotational speed of said optical fiber preform is 10 to...
US-5,581,646 Method of coupling optical parts and refractive index imaging material
A method of coupling optical parts including bonding the optical coupling faces of two optical waveguides by butting and fusing them. Also, a method for forming...
US-5,581,645 Plug connection for optical waveguides which prevents unintentional contact
The invention relates to an optical waveguide plug for plug connections between optical waveguides (12). Conventional plugs have the disadvantage that a fitter...
US-5,581,644 Transmission line switching apparatus
There is disclosed a transmission line switching apparatus comprising a coupling board having a first surface adapted to be connected a first line and a second...
US-5,581,643 Optical waveguide cross-point switch
An optical waveguide cross-point switch capable of full broadcast and strictly non-blocking operation. The device has a matrix of a plurality of input waveguides...
US-5,581,642 Optical frequency channel selection filter with electronically-controlled grating structures
Optical energy transfer devices and energy guiding devices use an electric field to control energy propagation using a class of poled structures in solid...
US-5,581,641 Optical fiber multiport apparatus for detecting phase shifts
A coherent detector which is insensitive to signal or polarization state may be assembled using a fused optical fibre multiport constructed from five optical...
US-5,581,640 Dual stage optical device with low polarization mode dispersion and wavelength insensitivity
The present invention provides for a two-stage optical isolator with reduced polarization mode dispersion. Each stage has two birefringent polarizers separated...
US-5,581,639 Raman-nath diffraction grating
An optical wavelength selective device is provided that is particularly useful as a demultiplexer. The device is made from a planar slab optical waveguide...
US-5,581,638 Method for autonomous image registration
A method for automatically registering an image pair having a common coverage area, wherein a pair of image data sets, each representing an image of an image...
US-5,581,637 System for registering component image tiles in a camera-based scanner device transcribing scene images
A device for registering component image tiles in a scanning system for transcribing, into electronic form, markings on a two-dimensional surface such as a...
US-5,581,636 Method and system for transformed target image acquisition
A concentric ring target detector receives input pixel data from an optical scanning device. The pixel data represents images on a conveyor belt and moving...
US-5,581,635 Method and system for fast rotation of run-length encoded images
A method and system including a high speed computer algorithm for rotating images stored in a computer memory, such as those captured by a CCD array. The method...
US-5,581,634 Recognition system with an automated development tool
A recognition system that includes a development subsystem and production subsystem is disclosed. The development subsystem includes a user interface that...
US-5,581,633 Method and apparatus for segmenting a character and for extracting a character string based on a histogram
In a character segmenting apparatus the extracting section extracts the character segment pattern on the basis of the connection data imparted to the segment...
US-5,581,632 Method and apparatus for ball bond inspection system
The invention automatically inspects the bond of a wire to a contact pad on a semiconductor chip. The apparatus includes a movable platform for holding...
US-5,581,631 Cytological system image collection integrity checking apparatus
An automated apparatus for checking cytological system image collection integrity in an automated cytological system including an imaging apparatus controlled by...
US-5,581,630 Personal identification
A portable optical media imaging system for use in personal identification includes: a portable optical media card (13); an optical reader (34), having circuitry...
US-5,581,629 Method for estimating the location of an image target region from tracked multiple image landmark regions
An image processing method for inserting a given pattern at a target region having a particular location with respect to a scene being viewed by an image sensor...
US-5,581,628 Characters reading apparatus having collating means of envelope
A character reading apparatus including functions for storing size information of an object to be read, an inherent image included in the object, and position...
US-5,581,627 Convertible cover headphones
A band having opposed ends and adapted for spanning the head of a user between opposed ears, with each end of the band including an ear phone mounted in a base...
US-5,581,626 Automatically switched equalization circuit
A circuit in which, when loudspeakers are being used by themselves, the equalization to the loudspeakers is optimized for full range operation and only the...
US-5,581,625 Stereo vision system for counting items in a queue
A number of items present in a substantially linear queue are counted by examining two images of a scene including the queue that are taken from vantage points...
US-5,581,624 Loudspeaker suitable for high-temperature use having a non-adhesive connection between the voice coil support...
In the state of the art, most loudspeaker diaphragms 10 and the voice coil supports 11 are joined by adhesives. However, even high-grade adhesives fail if such...
US-5,581,623 Electroacoustic transducer and method of fabricating the same
The present invention provides an electroacoustic transducer and a method of fabricating the same, employing a lead frame to integrally form a plurality of...
US-5,581,622 Head set
The present invention provides a head set capable of improving a sense of comfort when being put on, realizing an easier attaching and detaching operation, and...
US-5,581,621 Automatic adjustment system and automatic adjustment method for audio devices
A system for automatically adjusting an audio system with a programmable parametric equalizer includes an audio analysis unit that can be connected to the audio...
US-5,581,620 Methods and apparatus for adaptive beamforming
Methods and systems for beamforming are disclosed that include a signal processor that can dynamically determine the relative time delays between a plurality of...
US-5,581,619 Vehicle internal noise reduction system and method
In the noise reduction system to attenuate vehicle internal noise sounds by means of generating a canceling sound synthesized with an engine-originated vibration...
US-5,581,618 Sound-image position control apparatus
In order to obtain a sound-broadened image and a clear sound-image discrimination image when producing plural kinds of sounds, the electronic musical instrument...
US-5,581,617 System for short-range transmission of signals over the air using a high frequency carrier
A system is provided which transmits either analog or digital data signals over the air. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter and...
US-5,581,616 Method and apparatus for digital signature authentication
The present invention improves speed and reduces complexity in a digital signature scheme that uses elliptic algebra. The signature scheme generates two points...
US-5,581,615 Scheme for authentication of at least one prover by a verifier
A new procedure for authentication of at least one prover by a verifier, the authentication being based on public and secret key cryptographic techniques and...
US-5,581,614 Method for encrypting and embedding information in a video program
Apparatus and methods are provided for encrypting and decrypting information having a header portion and a body portion. The decrypting method includes the steps...
US-5,581,613 Color image processing apparatus and method
An image processing system has an external image processing apparatus and an image input/output apparatus. One of the apparatuses acts as a transmission-side...
US-5,581,612 Private branch exchange system
In a private branch exchange system which includes a private branch exchange accommodating a plurality of line wires and extensions for switching lines between...
US-5,581,611 Method for controlling advanced-function universal personal telecommunication services
An exchange control portion and a service control portion are provided on the exchange network side. The service control portion is provided with a PTN...
US-5,581,610 Method for network traffic regulation and management at a mediated access service control point in an open...
A method of regulating and managing network traffic at a mediated access service control point in an advanced intelligent switched telephone network that allows...
US-5,581,609 ISDN terminal
A transferring method from an ISDN telephone to an ISDN data terminal comprises the steps of: transmitting a message to request a temporary interruption of a...
US-5,581,608 Method and apparatus for masking the reporting of network telephony events to a computer
A method apparatus for selectively passing various types of telephony information between a data communications port on a digital telephone and a computer run...
US-5,581,607 Customized, billing-controlled call bridging system
Method and apparatus for providing customized, billing-controlled call bridging services through a bridging node which includes a node interface for connection...
US-5,581,606 Dat storage back-up and modem apparatus
A streamer apparatus for transferring data between a first storage device of a computer system, which has serial interface transmit and receive ports for...
US-5,581,605 Optical element, production method of optical element, optical system, and optical apparatus
An optical element for X-ray reflection according to the present invention is provided with a number of fine convex surfaces or concave surfaces regularly...
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