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US-6,310,977 Method and apparatus for digital data compression
The quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is enhanced using a self-adaptive feedback scheme in an...
US-6,310,976 Method and apparatus for digital data compression
The quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is enhanced using a self-adaptive feedback scheme in an...
US-6,310,975 Method and apparatus for digital data compression
The quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is enhanced using a self-adaptive feedback scheme in an...
US-6,310,974 Method and apparatus for digital data compression
The quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is enhanced using a self-adaptive feedback scheme in an...
US-6,310,973 Method and apparatus for digital data compression
The quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is enhanced using a self-adaptive feedback scheme in an...
US-6,310,972 Shape adaptive technique for image and video compression
A method for encoding an image-representative signal, including the following steps: for shapes of the image, applying a transform to a segment of pixels of the...
US-6,310,971 Information processing method and apparatus, and storage medium storing medium storing program for practicing...
When a result obtained upon character recognition of an input image is to be used as text data for a search operation, a proper search operation can be performed...
US-6,310,970 Defining surfaces in border string sequences representing a raster image
An apparatus is disclosed for converting a raster image comprising a plurality of pixels into a plurality of data tags representing at least one shape in the...
US-6,310,969 Color coordinate space structure and color quantizing and variable gray area designating method therein
A color space structure and quantizing method is disclosed. Upon conversion from the RGB color space into HSV color space, a difference value S' (S'=max-min) is...
US-6,310,968 Source-assisted attenuation correction for emission computed tomography
A method of ML-EM image reconstruction is provided for use in connection with a diagnostic imaging apparatus (10) that generates projection data. The method...
US-6,310,967 Normal and abnormal tissue identification system and method for medical images such as digital mammograms
A system and method for analyzing a medical image to determine whether an abnormality is present, for example, in digital mammograms, includes the application of...
US-6,310,966 Biometric certificates
Biometric identification is combined with digital certificates for electronic authentication as biometric certificates. The biometric certificates are managed...
US-6,310,965 Manuscript document detecting system and method
A manuscript document detecting system and method, wherein a rotatable body having a scanning mirror surface is rotated by a motor, and thereby light emitted...
US-6,310,964 Produce size recognition system
The present system and apparatus uses image processing to recognize object size within a scene. The system includes novel image processing apparatus and methods...
US-6,310,963 Method and apparatus for detecting an EAS (electronic article surveillance) marker using wavelet transform...
Wavelet transform processing is performed on an input signal received at a receiver circuit of an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system. The input signal...
US-6,310,962 MPEG2 moving picture encoding/decoding system
An MPEG2 moving picture and encoding/decoding system to provide digital copy protection of digital moving picture data. The MPEG2 moving picture encoder discrete...
US-6,310,961 Disposable sleeve assembly for sound control device and container therefor
A simple and inexpensive sleeve assembly that is easy to apply to and remove from the distal end portion of a sound control device and can be adapted to provide...
US-6,310,960 Rechargeable hearing aid system
A contactless rechargeable hearing aid system in which a rechargeable hearing aid may be optically or inductively recharged by an optical or an inductive...
US-6,310,959 Tuned order crossover network for electro-acoustic loudspeakers
A crossover network for partitioning by frequency and electrical audio signal from an amplifier into a plurality of frequency bands for presentation to...
US-6,310,958 Sound-producing arrangement for a motor vehicle
A sound producing arrangement in an automobile has at least one bass speaker and one hollow acoustic conductor coupled to the bass speaker. The bass speaker is...
US-6,310,957 Method and apparatus for interdicting cable television channels
Apparatus for interdicting television channels of a cable television system comprises a plurality of oscillators dedicated to jamming the audio portion of...
US-6,310,956 Copy protection apparatus and method
An apparatus and method of copy protection for use in digital data recorders such as DVD-RAM recorders, which includes embedding transmission time information...
US-6,310,955 Methods and apparatus for enabling portable telephone handset to automatically go off-hook
A system for setting a wireless handset to an offhook condition when the handset is moved during the presence of a specified condition, such as an incoming call....
US-6,310,954 Ringer circuit
A high efficiency ringer circuit having low distortion of the ringer output signal, which is simple in design and inexpensive to manufacture is disclosed. This...
US-6,310,953 Subscriber circuit
In a subscriber circuit implementing the analog system, the 2B1Q system and the ping-pong system, a signal processing unit is divided into a signal output unit...
US-6,310,952 Telephone access to overly popular services
A method and apparatus for providing easy access to a service provider that provides service over a communications system. In accordance with the present...
US-6,310,951 Reassignment of agents
A process for reassignment of agents based on their performance in the last performance interval; if the performance of an agent is superior, then he/she is...
US-6,310,950 Method, exchange and telecommunications network for controlling the establishment of connections to a...
Measurements are performed for detecting a mass calling to a subscriber (T) in a telecommunications network (KN), for controlling the establishment of ...
US-6,310,949 Intelligent communications networks
A service node is used in an intelligent communications network for providing services for customers. The node includes a server arranged to define a plurality...
US-6,310,948 Method and apparatus for analyzing international long distance dialing errors and automatically completing a call
A method for analyzing international long distance dialing errors and automatically completing a call it the error can be determined comprises the steps of...
US-6,310,947 One number LAN based calendar
A system and method for providing data communication between an information system, such as a LAN, and a communication system, such as a PBX operating under...
US-6,310,946 Method for interrupting a telephone call after receiving a busy signal
A telephone subscriber placing a telephone call through a telecommunications network (10) to a telephone line carrying an existing call may interrupt that call...
US-6,310,945 Three tier client/server model for legacy switches
The present invention adapts the 3 tier client/server concept to the legacy switch environment of a prepaid system providing a more highly specialized telephony...
US-6,310,944 Method for adding context to communications
A method for augmenting communications between called and calling parties with context information helps either or both parties decide whether and how to accept...
US-6,310,943 Method and apparatus for forwarding a caller identification for a credit card or calling card call to an...
A telecommunication system enables a called party having a caller identification device to learn the identity of a calling party although the calling party is a...
US-6,310,942 Fax routing system and method of using standard fax machine and personal computer
A fax routing system and method using a standard fax machine and personal computer. The telephone number is decoded from the telephone number dialing which is...
US-6,310,941 Method and apparatus for facilitating tiered collaboration
An apparatus comprising a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions and an execution unit is presented. The execution unit,...
US-6,310,940 Personal computer interactive phone system
A telephone system for providing advanced telephony includes a first phone system adapter and a phone system controller. The first phone system adapter is...
US-6,310,939 Method and apparatus for screening a call as the call is transmitted to voice mail
A screening and monitoring capability for switch based voice messaging systems that allows a called party to hear the caller and the caller's voice as the caller...
US-6,310,938 Methods and apparatus for calibrating CT x-ray beam tracking loop
The present invention is, in one embodiment, a method for determining tracking control parameters for positioning an x-ray beam of a computed tomography imaging...
US-6,310,937 X-ray diffraction apparatus with an x-ray optical reference channel
X-ray diffraction measurements are often carried out in a given atmosphere which may vary in respect of a variety of parameters, such as pressure, temperature,...
US-6,310,936 Thin layer nuclear density guage
The present invention provides an improved thin layer nuclear density gauge comprising a gauge housing having a vertical cavity therethrough and a base, a first...
US-6,310,935 Fluorescent x-ray analyzer
A fluorescent x-ray analyzer has a light-dispersing crystal and a detector which are rotatable while maintaining a specified angular relationship between them...
US-6,310,934 X-ray projection exposure apparatus and a device manufacturing method
An X-ray projection exposure apparatus includes a mask chuck for holding a reflection X-ray mask having a mask pattern thereon, a void being formed between the...
US-6,310,933 Charge transferring device and charge transferring method which can reduce floating diffusion capacitance
A charge transferring device includes a detection MOSFET for detecting a signal charge, a reset MOSFET for removing the signal charge after the signal charge is...
US-6,310,932 Fretting resistant spring design
A new spring design for a strap employed in a grid of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly includes a pair of ligaments that each connect with the free portion of the...
US-6,310,931 Device and method for locking rods in a bottom tie plate of a fuel assembly
The present invention relates to a fuel assembly (1) and a method therefor. The fuel assembly is intended for a light-water cooled nuclear reactor and comprises...
US-6,310,930 Methods for guiding a fuel bundle into a channel
A guide assembly is seated at the upper end of a channel for a nuclear fuel bundle. The guide assembly includes a lower guide plate with an opening corresponding...
US-6,310,929 In-core fixed nuclear instrumentation system and power distribution monitoring system
In an in-core fixed nuclear instrumentation system for a reactor, each of a plurality of in-core nuclear instrumentation assemblies has a nuclear instrumentation...
US-6,310,928 PLL circuit
A PLL circuit comprises a storage/control circuit for storing, in an associated manner, a plurality of PLL output frequencies to be designated, lock ranges...
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