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US-7,054,474 Image noise reduction
A method and an apparatus are disclosed by which both random and systematic noise may be reduced in electronic images.
US-7,054,473 Method and apparatus for an improved computer aided diagnosis system
A method and apparatus for analyzing a medical image obtained from one of a plurality of modalities, the method comprising normalizing the medical image to...
US-7,054,472 Image sending apparatus and image transmission information display apparatus
In an image sending apparatus for sending an image input from an external apparatus, the input image is displayed on display means. In the case where the input...
US-7,054,471 Method and apparatus for measuring structures in a fingerprint
A plurality of images of portions of a fingerprint surface is generated by measuring structural features the portions of the surface with a sensor array as the...
US-7,054,470 System and method for distortion characterization in fingerprint and palm-print image sequences and using this...
This invention uses a novel biometrics, called resultant fingerprints and palm-prints, for authentication. The novel biometrics are consecutive traditional print...
US-7,054,469 Passivation layer structure
A conductor layer is patterned into flat portions, for example of a fingerprint sensor that effects capacitive measurement. The conductor layer is fragmented in...
US-7,054,468 Face recognition using kernel fisherfaces
A face recognition system and method project an input face image and a set of reference face images from an input space to a high dimensional feature space in...
US-7,054,467 Information processing apparatus, information capturing apparatus, information integration apparatus,...
In an information processing apparatus 1 to be installed in a vehicle, there are set a plurality of pixels by means of dividing a detection space around a...
US-7,054,466 Orientation determination
An improved orientation system includes a lens pre-distorting an image generated by imaging apparatus such that a non-linearity, the degree of which is dependent...
US-7,054,465 Data hiding method and system for embedding and extracting information in signals
A data hiding method embeds information into an input signal. The method prepares a code signal having a plurality of elements with positive and negative values,...
US-7,054,464 System and method of distribution of digitized materials and control of scoring for open-ended assessments
Methods are disclosed for distributing digitized electronic representations of representative responses to non-objective assessment tasks and established scores...
US-7,054,463 Data encoding using frail watermarks
Image, video, or audio data is encoded with both a frail and a robust watermark. The two watermarks respond differently to different forms of processing (e.g.,...
US-7,054,462 Inferring object status based on detected watermark data
Image, video, or audio data is encoded with both a frail and a robust watermark. The two watermarks respond differently to different forms of processing (e.g.,...
US-7,054,461 Authenticating printed objects using digital watermarks associated with multidimensional quality metrics
The disclosure describes an authentication system and related methods for authenticating printed objects. The system uses an information-based metric along with...
US-7,054,460 Micromachined magnetically balanced membrane actuator
The present invention relates to an miniature actuator especially suitable for hearing aid applications. The actuator according to the present invention operates...
US-7,054,459 Surrounding structure of a loudspeaker
The surrounding structure of the loudspeaker forms an annular structure, including attaching parts and curved part. The cross section of the curved part is in a...
US-7,054,458 Holder used in the microphone unit
In a microphone having a microphone body stored in a substantially cylindrical metal casing, the casing per se is formed as a ground terminal while a plus...
US-7,054,457 Hearing instrument receiver mounting arrangement for a hearing instrument housing
A hearing instrument and method of assembly are disclosed. The hearing instrument comprises an electronic assembly for providing received sound to the ear canal...
US-7,054,456 Invertedly driven electrostatic speaker
An electrostatic speaker system is provided wherein a multitude of speakers are provided in the system, each speaker having a thin electrically conductive film...
US-7,054,455 Audio system
An audio system includes a circuit (12) for processing an audio signal, which circuit (12) having an input (20) for receiving the audio signal and an output (26)...
US-7,054,454 Fast wavelet estimation of weak bio-signals using novel algorithms for generating multiple additional data frames
A method and apparatus for de-noising weak bio-signals having a relatively low signal to noise ratio utilizes an iterative process of wavelet de-noising a data...
US-7,054,453 Fast estimation of weak bio-signals using novel algorithms for generating multiple additional data frames
A method and apparatus for de-noising weak bio-signals having a relatively low signal to noise ratio utilizes an iterative process of de-noising a data set...
US-7,054,452 Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method
The invention provides a method and apparatus by which the direction in or the position at which a signal source such as a sound source is present is estimated....
US-7,054,451 Sound reinforcement system having an echo suppressor and loudspeaker beamformer
A sound reinforcement system includes several microphones, a microphone beamformer coupled to the microphones, adaptive echo compensator (EC) coupled to the...
US-7,054,450 Method and system for ensuring audio safety
The invention concerns a method (200) and a system (100) for ensuring audio safety in an audio device (110). The system includes a processor (112), a sensor...
US-7,054,449 Method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of an electronic circuit
A method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of an electronic circuit, in a hearing aid. The hearing aid is connected with a computer. The current...
US-7,054,448 Automatic sound field correcting device
An automatic sound field correcting device applies signal processing onto audio signals of plural channels and outputs processed audio signals to corresponding...
US-7,054,447 Method and apparatus for periodically removing invalid public keys from a public key server
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing public keys through a server that stores associations between public keys and email...
US-7,054,446 Chaos cryptographic communication method and chaos cryptographic communication system
Each of plural CPUs enciphers a plaintext code which is a secrecy object according to chaos block encryption and then enciphers it according to chaos stream...
US-7,054,445 Authentication method and schemes for data integrity protection
An authentication method and schemes using a block cipher to protect data integrity (authenticity) during communication over insecure channels and during data...
US-7,054,444 Public and private key cryptographic method
The invention concerns a cryptographic method for generating public keys and private keys. Two distinct first numbers p and q, of neighboring value are selected,...
US-7,054,443 System and method for protecting digital goods using random and automatic code obfuscation
A digital rights management (DRM) distribution architecture produces and distributes digital goods (e.g., software, audio, video, and other content) in a fashion...
US-7,054,442 Wall mounted DSL adapter jack with latches for attachment
An adapter for connection to telephone lines to provide a filter for DSL connections to the telephone lines has pivoting latches that will engage existing studs...
US-7,054,441 Mobile device having a protective user interface cover
A mobile device having a protective user interface cover is provided. The mobile device includes a mobile device housing having a top surface. The user interface...
US-7,054,440 Method and apparatus for keypad representation in a mobile communication device
In a method and apparatus for assigning the values or functions to be represented by the keys of a keypad in a mobile communication device, the keys are capable...
US-7,054,439 Differential input stage for electronic equipment, comprising means for reducing interference caused by a...
According to the invention, means for reducing the interference caused by a voltage or a current in common mode, comprise adders (S3; S4) in each path for adding...
US-7,054,438 Method and apparatus for active reduction of speakerphone singing
In a speakerphone device identification of signals (i.e., voice input or speaker output) in a process for reducing acoustic feedback, in a communication device,...
US-7,054,437 Statistical adaptive-filter controller
This invention describes a statistical adaptive-filter controller for digital acoustic echo control in hands-free telephones for achieving more consistent echo...
US-7,054,436 Communication terminals with a dual use speaker for sensing background noise and generating sound, and related...
Communication terminals, methods, and computer program products are provided that sense background noise via a speaker that is also used to generate sounds. In...
US-7,054,435 Apparatus and method for determining a minimal time bound for performing tone detection
Performing tone detection for an amount of time that is calculated from the tones that the detector is designed to detect.
US-7,054,434 System and method for common account based routing of contact records
A method and system is provided for common account based distribution of contact records. A comparison engine analyzes call record accounts to identify and tag...
US-7,054,433 Method and apparatus for transmitting data without establishing a call path
The present invention provides a method and system for sending a server-specified message from an application server to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) without...
US-7,054,432 Geographical call routing for a non-emergency calling service
A communications system is provided for routing calls based on a location of a calling party. The communications system includes a processor that determines...
US-7,054,431 Method and system for generating call data reports
A method and system for generating customer reports based on station message detail recording (SMDR) data includes a service control point (SCP) in a public...
US-7,054,430 Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line
A method is described of providing validation data associated with a subscriber line of a telecommunication network using a validation system. The method...
US-7,054,429 Method and system for call notification
A method for providing a call waiting notification to a participant in an existing telephone call includes the steps of establishing a telephone call with a...
US-7,054,428 Telephone call interuption request via internet
Apparatus and method for notifying an Internet user of an attempted incoming telephone call to the same telephone line used to interconnect the called-but-busy...
US-7,054,427 System and method for enhanced internet service connections
The present invention discloses a system and method for marking telephone calls from a subscriber to an Internet Service Provider ("ISP") with a class of service...
US-7,054,426 Method for implementing requirements of telecommunications subscribers
The present invention relates to a method and a system for simple implementation of requirements of telecommunications subscribers for services which can be...
US-7,054,425 Modular system for managing service calls, in particular telecommunication service calls
A system for managing service calls, including access control modules implementing service access control mechanisms, the system further including master modules...
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