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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5604531 | In vivo video camera system An in vivo video camera system and an autonomous video endoscope are described. Each system includes a swallowable capsule, a transmitter and a reception system. The swallowable capsule includes a camera system and an optical system for imaging an area of... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5594556 | Scanner having a misalignment detector A laser scanning device is disclosed which includes a spinner, one light spot misalignment detector and a beam misalignment corrector. The spinner scans a light beam across a scanning line. The detector is located generally at a beginning of the scanned l... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5568588 | Multi-pulse analysis speech processing System and method A speech processing system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes at least a maximum likelihood quantization (MLQ) multi-pulse analysis unit operating on a target vector. The MLQ multi-pulse analyses unit... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5561294 | Hand-held infra red imaging probe A hand-held probe system for imaging is described which includes a hand-held probe and a detector assembly connected by a fiber optic cable. The probe includes a hand-portable housing, a detector assembly within the housing and an IR sensor placed on the ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5544278 | Pitch post-filter A filter utilizes future and past information for at least some of the subframes. Specifically, the filter receives a frame of synthesized speech and, for each subframe of the frame of synthesized speech, produces a signal which is a function of the subfr... | 08/06/1996 |