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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| 8181067 | Apparatus and method for test and debug of a processor/core having advanced power management An interface unit is provided in a JTAG test and debug procedure involving a plurality of processor cores. The interface unit includes a TAP unit. A switch unit is coupled to the interface unit and switch units are coupled to each of the plurality of processor/cores... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179446 | Video stabilization and reduction of rolling shutter distortion A method of processing a digital video sequence is provided that includes estimating compensated motion parameters and compensated distortion parameters (compensated M/D parameters) of a compensated motion/distortion (M/D) affine transformation for a block of pixels... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175147 | Video coding rate control Video encoding (such as H.263, MPEG-4, H.264/AVC) modifies TMN5-type rate control frame skipping and quantization parameter updating according to buffer fullness levels with I-frame initial quantization parameter values depend upon quantization parameter value of pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165202 | Video compression rate The video encoding rate control with the quantization parameter for basic units of macroblocks of a picture adapting to deviation from the average quantization parameter over pictures of the same type (i.e., I-pictures, P-pictures, and B-pictures). ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160872 | Method and apparatus for layered code-excited linear prediction speech utilizing linear prediction excitation corresponding to optimal gains A layered code-excited linear prediction (CELP) encoder, an Adaptive Multirate Wideband (AMR-WB) encoder and methods of CELP encoding and decoding. In one embodiment, the encoder includes: (1) a core layer subencoder and (2) at least one enhancement layer subencoder... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160150 | Method and system for rate distortion optimization Method, video encoders, and digital systems are provide in which motion vector determination includes selecting a plurality of candidate motion vectors for a macroblock using a cost function including both a block distortion measure and a motion vector cost measure ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160144 | Video motion estimation Motion estimation in video encoding switches among motion estimation methods for successive predicted pictures depending upon statistics of prior pictures. Locally averaged motion vectors, fraction of intra-coded macroblocks, average quantization parameter, and so f... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151031 | Local memories with permutation functionality for digital signal processors A digital signal processor (DSP) co-processor according to a clustered architecture with local memories. Each cluster in the architecture includes multiple sub-clusters, each sub-cluster capable of executing one or two instructions that may be specifically directed ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146031 | Method for generating and evaluating a table model for circuit simulation A method for generating and evaluating a table model for circuit simulation in N dimensions employing mathematical expressions for modeling a device. The table model uses an unstructured N-dimensional grid for approximating the expressions. The method includes the s... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126707 | Method and system for speech compression Methods, encoders, and digital systems are provided for predictive encoding of speech parameters in which an input frame is encoded by quantizing a parameter vector of the input frame with a strongly-predictive codebook and a weakly-predictive codebook to obtain a s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121299 | Method and system for music detection Methods, digital systems, and computer readable media are provided for detection of music in an audio signal. Music is detected by partitioning the audio signal into overlapping frames, determining a fundamental frequency of a frame in the overlapping frames, includ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8085940 | Rebalancing of audio Rebalancing of an audio signal refers to achieving a balance of perceived loudness, typically of right and left channels, given an unbalanced input. A flexible method to automatically rebalance an audio input signal is robust against noise in extreme cases through t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081481 | Apparatus and method for a clip device for coupling a heat sink plate system with a burn-in board system A clip for coupling a first board and second board, the first board having plurality of first post coupled thereto, the second board having a plurality of second posts coupled thereto, each second post being a cylinder for receiving a first post, the first and secon... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073684 | Apparatus and method for automatic classification/identification of similar compressed audio files An audio file is divided into frames in the time domain and each frame is compressed, according to a psycho-acoustic algorithm, into file in the frequency domain. Each frame is divided into sub-bands and each sub-band is further divided into split sub-bands. The spe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069201 | 8×8 transform and quantization Low complexity (16 bit arithmetic) video compression has 8×8 block with transforms using 8×8 integer matrices and quantization with look up table scalar plus constant right shift for all quantization steps. Inverse quantization also a look up table scalar plus rig... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068043 | Method and apparatus for video processing in context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding A method and apparatus of a digital signal processor for coding of a significant map. The method for coding of a significant map includes carrying out a scan of at least a portion of a block of transform coefficients; calculating runs of zeros of the scanned data; a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064717 | Digital camera and method Deblurring of digital camera images by estimating the blur function from an image extracted from a video sequence taken about the time of an image capture. The extracted image is selected to be the sharpest of the images of the video sequence, and comparison of this... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063948 | Proximity-based system and method for reducing gain imbalance in a bayer pattern and digital camera employing the same A proximity-based system for, and method of, reducing Gr-Gb gain imbalance and a digital camera incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a sensor configured to provide a input Bayer pattern array containing amplitudes corre... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7990471 | Interlaced-to-progressive video Interlaced-to-progressive conversion with (1) 3-2 pulldown detection, (2) pre-filtering for field motion detection, (3) field motion detection with feedback, (4) field edge detection including direction angle detection by comparison of pixel differences with sets of... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982775 | Method and apparatus for motion stabilization A method and apparatus for digital image stabilization. The method comprises segmenting an exposure time to have multiple partial-exposure images of a scene and manipulating the partially exposed images to produce a stable image. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7944503 | Interlaced-to-progressive video processing An edge direction vector determination, which can be used for video interlaced-to-progressive conversion by motion-adaptive interpolation, has a coarse edge vector determination over a large search window followed by a fine edge vector determination over a small win... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933469 | Video processing Digital video contrast enhancement and skin tone correction by conversion to CIECAM02 color space with lightness transformation and a skin tone probability density function of hue and saturation. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930130 | Method and system for reducing device test time A system and method for reducing device test time are disclosed herein. A method for reducing device test time includes applying a linear program solver to select a first set of tests for testing a device from a second set of tests for testing the device. The first ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7894685 | Method and apparatus for reducing ringing artifacts A method and apparatus for ringing artifacts reduction for compressed video signals. The method includes receiving luma data to the digital signal processor, calculating sum of gradient of the luma data; calculating SAD of the luma data; performing pixel classificat... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893671 | Regulator with improved load regulation A regulator to provide an output voltage of a constant level at an output node. In an embodiment, the regulator contains a pass transistor to provide a conductive path between a pair of terminals, with the resistance offered by the path being determined by a control... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7853913 | Minimizing number of masks to be changed when changing existing connectivity in an integrated circuit A method and apparatus for fabricating integrated circuits providing a desired operation using a plurality of masks, wherein each of said plurality of masks is used to control a corresponding one of a plurality of layers to form said integrated circuits. Said method... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7820924 | Multi-direction switch for a cursor device A directional controller for a device is provided. The directional controller consists of keypad contacts, a keyboard, and a button. The keypad contacts are on a printed circuit board. The keyboard has more than four keys and each key is disposed adjacent to one of ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7805708 | Automatic tool to eliminate conflict cache misses This invention simulates program to create a conflict graph of the cache accesses. The conflict graph is used to relay out relocatable functions to minimize cache conflict misses where conflicting functions map to the same portion of the cache. The conflict graph in... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7796823 | Texture compression 3D graphics rendering includes texture compression including joint compression of related textures by using one texture to predict the other, object-based compression for non-rectangular textures, and multitexturing with vector quantization. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778361 | Feed forward method for NICAM decode A method and apparatus for decoding digital quadrature phase shift keying data includes converting and intermediate frequency signal from an analog signal to a digital signal and digitally processing the digital signal to detect and decode the digital quadrature pha... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778327 | H.264 quantization Low complexity (16 bit arithmetic) H.264 video compression replaces a single quantization table for all quantization parameters with multiple quantization tables and thereby equalizes quantization shifts and round-off additions; this eliminates the need for 32-bit a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777744 | Systems and methods for multiple equation graphing Various systems and methods for equation graphing are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for graphing equations in a substantially real time environment. Such methods include receiving a first equation and a seco... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768850 | System for bitcell and column testing in SRAM A system comprises a storage cell coupled to multiple bitlines and a transistor that couples to the multiple bitlines in parallel with the storage cell. The transistor is activated while the storage cell is read. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767897 | Beat matching for portable audio Beat matching for two audio streams extracts beats from each, computes a conversion ratio from one stream to the other stream by an initial beat alignment plus a stability-maintaining beat alignment. A variable resampling converter or time scale modifier adjusts one... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760006 | Method and system to reduce electromagnetic radiation from semiconductor devices Reducing electromagnetic radiation from semiconductor devices. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising driving a Boolean state to a signal pad of a semiconductor device (the driving through a transistor with a first drain-to-source imped... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7653632 | File system for storing multiple files as a single compressed file A file archive system for storing multiple files and directories as a single file. The file archive system could be used on a hand-held computer or other computing device. The file archive system in a preferred embodiment has an operating system with a loadable file... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7649549 | Motion stabilization in video frames using motion vectors and reliability blocks Stabilization for devices such as hand-held camcorders segments a low-resolution frame into a region of reliable estimation, finds a global motion vector for the region at high resolution, and uses the global motion vector to compensate for jitter. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7646186 | Holdover circuit for a power converter using a bi-directional switching regulator A holdover circuit is configured with a holdover capacitor, preferably an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, to provide uninterruptible operation for an electrical load operable over a limited range of input voltage during brief power interruptions. The holdover circu... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7526254 | Digital radio front end with minimized IF signal path A digital down converter (DDC) can be provided in a digital radio receiver front end to produce baseband I and Q signals using mixing, decimating and narrow and wide filtering dependent upon the nature of the signals. After receiving a single wide IF signal from the... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525394 | Ultra low power CMOS oscillator for low frequency clock generation An ultra low power relaxation CMOS oscillator for low frequency clock generation comprises a current source and a pair of capacitors that are alternatingly charged by the current source and discharged by thyristor-based inverters being used as comparators. No separa... | 04/28/2009 |
