patentstorm.us 258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif PatentStorm -> Applications -> Pulse or digital communications http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-375.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 375 Pulse or digital communications. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:26 patents@patentstorm.us en <![CDATA[Output signal adjustment system]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039427/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039427
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Wu, Guosheng; Wu, Zhaolei
    • An output signal adjustment system includes a signal adjustment unit, a reference slope generating unit, a slope detecting unit, a voltage-to-current conversion unit, and a control unit. The slope detecting unit compares the slope of the rising and falling edges of the output signal of the reference slope generating unit with that of the signal adjustment unit and outputs a voltage signal. The voltage-to-current conversion unit converts the voltage signal into a current signal. Based on the ...
    ]]>     20120039427     <![CDATA[CLOCK DATA RECOVERY CIRCUIT AND CLOCK DATA RECOVERY METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039426/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039426
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  ONODERA, Mitsuru
    • A clock data recovery circuit includes a receiving circuit that takes in input data based on a sampling clock, a demultiplexer that converts serial data output from the receiving circuit into parallel data, a clock/data recovery part that detects phase information from the parallel data output from the demultiplexer and generates the sampling clock by adjusting the phase of a reference clock based on the phase information, a data pattern analyzer that carries out frequency analysis of the ...
    ]]>     20120039426     <![CDATA[ZERO-CROSSING GAIN CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039425/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039425
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Wang, Haishi; Wang, Rui; Li, Lei
    • A zero-crossing gain control system is disclosed herein. The system comprises a gain control unit for amplifying an input signal to an output signal, a zero-crossing monitoring circuit for monitoring the input signal or output signal, and a register for latching the digital control signal and generating a gain control signal that controls the gain control unit. The system may further comprise a maximum write time setting circuit for generating a write signal. The digital control signal is ...
    ]]>     20120039425     <![CDATA[Receiver and Method for the Reception of a Node by a Receiver in a Wireless Network]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039424/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039424
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Jaehne, Rolf; Ferchland, Tilo; Sachse, Eric; Poegel, Frank
    • In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal; synchronizing the received RF signal with a preamble to determine a time base; determining a first energy value of the received RF signal by averaging received signal strength indication (RSSI) values of the received RF signal over a first period of time; determining a second energy value of the received RF signal over a second period of time; determining a difference value between the first energy value and the ...
    ]]>     20120039424     <![CDATA[Method and System for Decoding Control Data in GSM-Based Systems Using Inherent Redundancy]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039423/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039423
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Molev-Shteiman, Arkady; Heiman, Arie; Sollenberger, Nelson
    • A method and system for decoding control data in GSM-based systems using inherent redundancy and physical constraints are presented. At least one estimated GSM-based bit sequence may be selected by performing searches that start from trellis junctions determined by the decoding algorithm. The estimated bit sequences may be selected based on corresponding redundancy verification parameters. At least one physical constraint test may be performed on the selected estimated GSM-based bit sequences ...
    ]]>     20120039423     <![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SURFACE MULTIPATH MITIGATION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039422/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039422
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Stayton, Gregory T.
    • Multipath mitigation can be performed in a surface environment by various systems and methods. For example, antenna beams from multiple antennas can be used to reduce the impact of multipath on a received signal. Thus, a method can include monitoring for a signal on at least one upper antenna beam of an aircraft. The method can also include monitoring for the signal on at least one lower antenna beam of the aircraft while monitoring on the at least one upper antenna beam. The method can further ...
    ]]>     20120039422     <![CDATA[QUADRATURE IMBALANCE ESTIMATION USING UNBIASED TRAINING SEQUENCES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039421/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039421
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Chrabieh, Rabih; Soliman, Samir S.
    • A system and method are provided for removing quadrature imbalance errors in received data. The method accepts an unbiased training sequence in a quadrature demodulation receiver. An unbiased training sequence has a uniform accumulated power evenly distributed in a complex plane, and includes predetermined reference signals (p) at frequency +f and predetermined mirror signals (pm) at frequency −f. The unbiased training sequence is processed, generating a sequence of processed ...
    ]]>     20120039421     <![CDATA[WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE DEMODULATORS AND RELATED METHODS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039420/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039420
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Furman, William N.; Nieto, John W.
    • A wireless communications device may be configured to perform a first demodulation based upon a first sampling rate of a received signal to generate a first demodulated signal and determine therefrom whether a first error value is not greater than a first threshold, and, if so then decode the first demodulated signal. If the first error value is greater than the first threshold, a second demodulation is performed based upon a second sampling rate of the received signal greater than or equal to ...
    ]]>     20120039420     <![CDATA[X-MIMO SYSTEMS WITH MULTI-TRANSMITTERS AND MULTI-RECEIVERS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039419/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039419
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  MADDAH-ALI, MOHAMMAD ALI; MOTAHARI, SEYED ABOLFAZL; KHANDANI, AMIR; BALIGH, MOHAMMADHADI; JIA, MING; MA, JIANGLEI; ZHU, PEIYING; TONG, WEN
    • A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a wireless transmission of a plurality of data streams in a wireless communication system having a plurality of nodes is disclosed. Each node has multiple antennas. The method involves receiving first and second data streams from respective first and second nodes at a receiver node, causing the receiver node to generate a receive filter for decoding each of the received data streams, and causing the receiver node to transmit receive filter ...
    ]]>     20120039419     <![CDATA[Dual Channel Reception]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039418/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039418
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Vaisanen, Risto Olavi
    • There is provided a solution for simultaneous reception of dual channel transmission. The solution is based on applying a first and a second oscillating signals, mixing and adding in order to separate the in-phase and quadrature components of first and second signal from a combined radio frequency signal received as ...
    ]]>     20120039418     <![CDATA[BAND PASS SAMPLING RECEIVER]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039417/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039417
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Kim, Jin Up; KIM, Hyung Jung; Kim, Jae Hyung
    • Provided is a band pass sampling receiver which performs a sampling operation to a combined signal of RF signals of different frequency bands. The band pass sampling receiver performs the sampling operation by applying a sampling rate having a time lag to a combined signal of first and second RF signals of different frequency bands. And, by using a result of the sampling operation and first and second interpolant functions, the first and second RF signals are separated from each other. Herein, ...
    ]]>     20120039417     <![CDATA[System and Method for Employing Six-Bit Rank 1 and 2 Codebooks for Four Transmit Antennas]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039416/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039416
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Tang, Yang; Kou, Yajun; Kwon, Young Hoon; Rong, Zhigang
    • A system and method is provided for employing six-bit rank 1 and 2 codebooks for multiple transmit antennas. A channel estimate is generated for a communications channel that can be established between a communications device and a controller serving the communications device. The channel estimate can be quantized using a codebook to produce a selected codeword. An index corresponding to the selected codeword can be transmitted to the controller. The codebook can include a plurality of first ...
    ]]>     20120039416     <![CDATA[DISTORTION COMPENSATION AMPLIFIER DEVICE AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039415/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039415
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  MATSUBARA, Satoshi; Shako, Hideharu; Ohba, Takeshi; Sugiyama, Jun; Hirata, Shuya
    • A distortion compensation amplifier device for compensating for distortion of a transmission signal generated by amplifying the transmission signal and for outputting the compensated transmission signal. The distortion compensation amplifier includes a storage unit that stores therein distortion compensation coefficients; a processor that performs distortion compensation processing on the transmission signal by using one of the distortion compensation coefficients; and an amplifier that ...
    ]]>     20120039415     <![CDATA[USING QUANTIZED PREDICTION MEMORY DURING FAST RECOVERY CODING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039414/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039414
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Sinder, Daniel J.; Fang, Zheng
    • A method for quantizing prediction memory during fast recovery coding is disclosed. A best shape vector that describes prediction memory for a current frame is quantized. It is determined whether to send the quantized best shape vector. The quantized best shape vector is sent based on the determination. An encoded current frame is ...
    ]]>     20120039414     <![CDATA[Multiple Gigahertz Clock-Data Alignment]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039413/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039413
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Cao, Jun; Momtaz, Afshin; CUI, Delong
    • A transmitting system includes a clock system and a data system. The clock system is configured to receive a clock having a first value and produce a control signal having a second, different value and an output clock having the first value. The data system is configured to receive data and the control signal and to align the data with the output clock, based on the control signal, to produce output data. The clock system includes a driver configured to produce the output clock, a divider ...
    ]]>     20120039413     <![CDATA[ENFORCING CONSTANT MODULUS AND FINITE ALPHABET PROPERTIES IN ADAPTIVE AND DUAL-STAGE CODEBOOKS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039412/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039412
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Geirhofer, Stefan; Gaal, Peter; Montojo, Juan
    • Methods and apparatus for enforcing codebook properties (e.g., constant modulus and/or finite alphabet) in adaptive and dual-stage codebooks are described. One example method generally includes receiving multiple feedback aspects of a channel for wireless communications determining multiple codewords based on the multiple feedback aspects, determining a final precoding matrix based on the multiple codewords, enforcing at least one codebook property in at least one of the multiple codewords or ...
    ]]>     20120039412     <![CDATA[FEED-FORWARD CONTROL SIGNALING AND DECODING SCHEMES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039411/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039411
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  KHOJASTEPOUR, MOHAMMAD A.; PRASAD, NARAYAN; RANGARAJAN, SAMPATH
    • Systems and methods for conveying wireless transmission allocation information are disclosed. In accordance with one method, an index indicating selected data stream parameters is received. In addition, an indication of a number of transmit antennas at a transmitter from which the data stream is transmitted is also received. Further, the selected parameters are determined from the index based on the number of transmit antennas at the transmitter. Moreover, data signals are received and ...
    ]]>     20120039411     <![CDATA[QAM and GMSK Modulation Methods]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039410/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039410
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Feher, Kamilo
    • Filtering and modulating a first bit rate signal into a Gaussian filtered Gaussian Minimum Shift Keyed (GMSK) modulated signal and a second bit rate signal into a Quadrature Amplitude Modulated (QAM) signal. A method for nonlinearly and linearly amplifying GMSK and QAM signals. A diversity receiver and demodulator method for receiving and demodulating transmitted modulated signals. Processing, transmit baseband filtering and modulating signals for providing cross-correlated in-phase and ...
    ]]>     20120039410     <![CDATA[POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039409/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039409
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Berggren, Fredrik; Popovic, Branislav
    • An improved generation and use of Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) generates PRS to be used in a wireless Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. A time-frequency pattern of Resource Elements (REs) is determined and used for transmitting the PRS, wherein the time-frequency pattern includes at least two OFDM symbols. Each one of the at least two OFDM symbols is assigned a value to each one of a number of the REs being within that OFDM symbol. The values being ...
    ]]>     20120039409     <![CDATA[Communication Method and Radio Transmitter]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039408/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039408
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  HAMAGUCHI, Yasuhiro
    • Radio transmission is performed even to a communication party whose bandwidth that can be used for transmission and reception is limited without having an influence of an offset of a DC component. A radio transmitter applied to an OFDMA communication system in which a plurality of different terminals performs communication using OFDM signals at the same time that includes a mapping part that allocates transmission power to each subcarrier, and also selects a subcarrier to which minimum power of ...
    ]]>     20120039408     <![CDATA[CHANNEL SELECTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039407/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039407
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  TIIROLA, Esa Tapani; PAJUKOSKI, Kari Pekka; LUNTTILA, Timo Erkki
    • Channel selection for LTE-Advanced, or other, carrier aggregation can be performed by a method, apparatus, or computer-readable medium. According to certain embodiments, a method can include determining that channel selection and constellation selection are in use or to be used. The method can also include determining that a single mapping table design for channel selection for up to four bits is in use or to be used. The method can further include selecting a communication resource from ...
    ]]>     20120039407     <![CDATA[CHANNEL DESCRIPTION FEEDBACK IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039406/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039406
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Zhang, Hongyuan; Srinivasa, Sudhir; Kwon, Hyukjoon
    • In a method for estimating a channel between a transmitter and a receiver in a communication network, a plurality of training signal fields are received at the receiver. Each training signal field includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones, and the OFDM tones include at least a plurality of training data tones and one or more pilot tones. Channel estimate data corresponding to the plurality of training data tones and the one or more pilot tones is ...
    ]]>     20120039406     <![CDATA[Method of Designing Reference Signal Pattern And Related Communication Device]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039405/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039405
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Zheng, Yan-Xiu; Ho, Chung-Lien; Tsai, Chang-Lan
    • A method of designing a reference signal pattern for a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a plurality of cell-specific reference signal (CRSs) in a subframe, the subframe comprising a plurality of resource elements that are divided in time across a plurality of subcarriers to form a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols, each of the plurality of resource element occupying a predetermined amount of time on a ...
    ]]>     20120039405     <![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY PERFORMING SINGLE-ENDED AND DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039404/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039404
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  CHUNG, Hoe-ju; LEE, Jung-bae
    • In a communication system, data is selectively transmitted using single-ended or differential signaling. The data is transmitted in relation to a plurality of clock signals having different relative phases. When the data is transmitted using single-ended signaling, data on adjacent signal lines undergo logic transitions at different times in relation to the plurality of clock ...
    ]]>     20120039404     <![CDATA[SMART GRID RFI DETECTION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039403/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039403
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Callaway, JR., Edgar H.
    • A method, system, network and device provide Smart Grid RFI detection. One or more symbols or chips present in one or more received radio frequency signals are detected and the presence of one or more erred symbols or chips in the detected one or more symbols present in the received one or more radio frequency signals determined. A correlation in time between the one or more erred symbols or chips and an infrastructure waveform associated with electrical infrastructure can be determined. When ...
    ]]>     20120039403     <![CDATA[MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING AT LEAST TWO CODEBOOKS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039402/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039402
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  CLERCKX, Bruno; CHOI, Jun Il; KIM, Ki Il
    • An apparatus and method for a communication system including a transmitter and a receiver are provided. The method may include using a first codebook including first codewords and a second codebook including second codewords. The receiver may generate a first precoding matrix indicator corresponding to one of the first codewords and a second precoding matrix indicator corresponding to one of the second codewords. The transmitter may generate a precoding matrix based on the first precoding ...
    ]]>     20120039402     <![CDATA[PROGRAMMABLE TRANSMIT CONTINUOUS-TIME FILTER]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039401/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039401
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Agarwal, Bipul; D'Souza, Sandeep
    • A programmable-current transmit continuous-time filter (TX-CTF) system can be included in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The input of the TX-CTF can receive a baseband transmission signal, and the output of the TX-CTF can be provided to an upconversion mixer for conversion to RF for transmission. The TX-CTF includes amplifier circuitry and passive circuitry that together define the filter parameters. The TX-CTF further includes programmable current circuitry that provides a programmable ...
    ]]>     20120039401     <![CDATA[DIGITAL TWO WAY AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (TWACS) OUTBOUND RECEIVER AND METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039400/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039400
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Rieken, David W.
    • A receiver and method for a transponder of a two-way automatic communications system (TWACS) used by an electrical utility in which analog outbound messages are sent from the utility to a consumer and inbound, reply messages are sent from the consumer to the utility. The receiver and method enable a transponder to detect the outbound messages and include A/D conversion and digital processing for demodulating a digitized signal and providing the outbound ...
    ]]>     20120039400     <![CDATA[MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT TIME ENCODING AND DECODING MACHINES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039399/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039399
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Lazar, Aurel A.; Pnevmatikakis, Eftychios A.
    • Methods and systems for encoding and decoding signals using a Multi-input Multi-output Time Encoding Machine (TEM) and Time Decoding Machine are disclosed ...
    ]]>     20120039399     <![CDATA[DIGITAL E8-VSB RECEPTION SYSTEM AND E8-VSB DATA DEMULTIPLEXING METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039398/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039398
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Choi, In Hwan; Kang, Kyung Won
    • A method of processing a digital television (DTV) signal is disclosed. Herein, the DTV signal is generated by performing Reed-Solomon (RS) encoding on additional data, multiplexing the RS-encoded additional data with main data, RS encoding the multiplexed additional and main data, interleaving the RS-encoded additional and main data, trellis encoding the interleaved additional and main data, and transmitting a Radio Frequency (RF) DTV signal including the trellis-encoded additional and main ...
    ]]>     20120039398     <![CDATA[DIGITAL SIGNAL REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND DIGITAL SIGNAL COMPRESSION DEVICE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039397/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039397
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Miyasaka, Shuji; IKEDA, Hiroshi
    • A digital signal reproduction device includes an audio decoder configured to decode an audio bit stream to output a resulting audio signal, an audio bit stream analyzer configured to analyze whether or not the audio bit stream contains human voice, a playback speed determiner configured to determine a playback speed based on a result of the analysis by the audio bit stream analyzer, and a variable speed reproducer configured to receive the audio signal and reproduce an audio signal ...
    ]]>     20120039397     <![CDATA[Data transmitting device and data transmitting and receiving system]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039396/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039396
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Ihara, Noriyuki
    • A data transmitting device is for transmitting data including video image information that is inter-frame encoded. The data transmitting device includes an identification information inserting unit configured to insert, in the data to be transmitted by the data transmitting device, video image identification information for identifying the video image information included in the data; and a video image information inserting unit configured to insert the video image information in the data to be ...
    ]]>     20120039396     <![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME SERIES FILTERING AND DATA REDUCTION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039395/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039395
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Tatum, John T.; Jannarone, Robert J.; Cox, Thuy Xuan; Taturn, Leronzo Lidell; Cohen, David J.
    • The present invention is be directed to systems and methods that efficiently reduce cluttered data and identify useful information, in real-time. The disclosed auto-adaptive system distinguishes target data in data sets from clutter data that causes low target hit rates and high false alarm rates. Data set features may then be modified to account for changes over time, resulting in auto-adaptive alarm thresholds, higher target hits rates, and lower false alarm rates. In addition, data may be ...
    ]]>     20120039395     <![CDATA[DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039394/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039394
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  KATO, Sadaatsu; Horikoshi, Tsutomu; Boon, Choong Seng; Tan, Thiow Keng
    • An object of the present invention is to encode and decode image information more efficiently by generating an appropriate predictive signal.

    The image encoding device of the present invention comprises an input section 201 for inputting an input image constituting an encoding target; a reference image accumulation section 202 for accumulating a reference image; a reference image accompanying information accumulation section 203 for ...
    ]]> 20120039394 <![CDATA[Video decoding apparatus and method]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039393/description.html

  • Application Number:  20120039393
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Borg, Pontus; Symes, Dominic H.
    • A video decoding apparatus for decoding an encoded video bitstream having frames of video data encoded in rows of macroblocks. The video decoding apparatus comprises a parsing unit configured to receive the encoded video bitstream and to interpret the encoded video bitstream to generate items of macroblock information to be used for reconstructing the video frames of video data. The parsing unit is configured to store the items of macroblock information in a memory in bitstream order. The video ...
    ]]>     20120039393     <![CDATA[METHOD OF CODING A VIDEO SIGNAL]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039392/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039392
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Kozica, Ermin; Zachariah, Dave; Kleijn, William Bastiaan
    • The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding of a video sequence. In connection with encoding/decoding a video sequence it is desirable to increase the video quality without having to increase the bit-rate for the encoded video too much, thereby still providing a bit-efficient representation of the video. If multiple descriptions of the video sequence is used the invention improves the video quality without any increase of the bit-rate. According to the invention, ...
    ]]>     20120039392     <![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA SIGNALS OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039391/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039391
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  SZE, David; FRUSINA, Bogdan; HORVATH, Akos; GILHULY, Barry; MALLET, Wayne
    • A system for transmission of data signals over a wireless network having an encoding module for encoding video data into a plurality of buffers for transmission. The system also has a feedback module for processing feedback from one or more sources, wherein the encoding module dynamically alters the amount of data that is encoded into the one or more video buffers based at least in part on the feedback received. A method for transmission of data signals over a wireless network including ...
    ]]>     20120039391     <![CDATA[PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039390/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039390
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Kashiwagi, Yoshiichiro; Kozuka, Masayuki; Kadono, Shinya; Lu, Jiuhuai
    • The picture coding method of the present invention is a picture coding method for coding a picture on a block-by-block basis, comprising: a selection step of selecting one of at least two sizes as a size of a block on which orthogonal transformation should be performed; a transformation step of performing orthogonal transformation on a block having the selected size; a coding step of coding data of said block obtained in the transformation step; and a generation step of generating a coded ...
    ]]>     20120039390     <![CDATA[DISTORTION WEIGHING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039389/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039389
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Andersson, Kenneth; Sjoberg, Rickard; Cheng, Xiaoyin
    • A distortion representation is estimated for a macroblock (10) of a frame (1) by determining for each subgroup (30) of at least one pixel (20) out of multiple subgroups (30) in the macroblock (10), an activity value representative of a distribution of pixel values in a neighborhood (40) comprising multiple pixels (20) and encompassing the subgroup (30). Respective distortion weights are determined for the subgroups based on the ...
    ]]>     20120039389     <![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A PREDICTION MODE, AND IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039388/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039388
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Lee, Yunglyul; Jeon, Byeungwoo; Moon, Joohee; Kim, Daeyeon; Kim, Haekwang; Kim, Sunyeon
    • The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for selecting an intra prediction mode and a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same. The encoding apparatus selects an intra prediction mode of current block to encode from input video by a variation of the value of pixel adjacent to the current block; encodes a residual block from intra-predicting the current block in the selected intra prediction mode of current block to generate coded coefficient bit having a bitstream ...
    ]]>     20120039388     <![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIVELY COMPRESSING MOTION VECTORS IN MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039387/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039387
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Han, Woo-Jin; Cha, Sang-Chang; HA, Ho-Jin
    • A motion vector compression apparatus includes: a down-sampling module for down-sampling an original frame to have a size of a frame in each layer; a motion vector search module for obtaining a motion vector in which an error or a cost function is minimized with respect to the down-sampled frame; a reference vector generation module for generating a reference motion vector in a predetermined enhanced layer by means of a block of a lower layer corresponding to a predetermined block in the ...
    ]]>     20120039387     <![CDATA[Limiting the Maximum Size of an Encoded Video Picture Using Sub-Picture Based Rate Control]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039386/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039386
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Srinivasamurthy, Naveen; Nagori, Soyeb; Murthy, Girish Srinivasa; Kumar, Satish
    • A method for encoding a picture in a video sequence is provided that includes determining the current encoded size of the picture after coding a plurality of macroblocks in the picture, determining that encoding remaining macroblocks in the picture may cause the encoded size of the picture to exceed a maximum encoded picture size, computing a quantization scale responsive to the determining, wherein the quantization scale is computed such that the estimated encoded size of the remaining ...
    ]]>     20120039386     <![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOSSY SOURCE-CHANNEL CODING AT THE APPLICATION LAYER]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039385/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039385
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Poor, Harold Vincent; Caire, Giuseppe; Yilmaz, Ozgun Bursalioglu; Fresia, Maria
    • A source channel encoder, source channel decoder and methods for implementing such devices are disclosed herein. The source channel encoder includes a linear transform encoder configured to generate a plurality of source components. A successive refinement quantizer is configured to generate a plurality of bit planes based on the source components. A systematic linear encoder configured to map the bit planes into channel-encoded symbols. The linear transform encoder may be configured to apply a ...
    ]]>     20120039385     <![CDATA[CODING BLOCKS OF DATA USING ONE-TO-ONE CODES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039384/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039384
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Reznik, Yuriy
    • In general, techniques are described for coding data defining a sequence using one-to-one codes. An apparatus comprising a processing unit and a storage unit may implement the techniques. The processing unit decodes the index using a combinatorial enumeration process to generate a sequence. The index identifies the sequence in an array of all possible sequences ordered according to probabilities of the possible sequences assuming the possible sequences are produced by a memoryless source. The ...
    ]]>     20120039384     <![CDATA[CODING UNIT SYNCHRONOUS ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER FLAGS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039383/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039383
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Huang, Yu-Wen; Fu, Chih-Ming; Chen, Ching-Yeh
    • An apparatus and method for coding unit-synchronous adaptive loop filtering (ALF) for an image area that is partitioned into a plurality of coding units are disclosed. In a conventional approach, the slice-level bitstream cannot be generated until all coding units in a slice are processed since the ALF filter coefficients are determined based on reconstructed pixels and original pixels of a slice. According to one embodiment, the method processes the coding units in the image area one after the ...
    ]]>     20120039383     <![CDATA[Experience or "sentio" codecs, and methods and systems for improving QoE and encoding based on QoE experiences]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039382/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039382
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Lemmey, Tara; Surin, Nikolay; Vonog, Stanislav
    • Certain embodiments teach a variety of experience or “sentio” codecs, and methods and systems for enabling an experience platform, as well as a Quality of Experience (QoS) engine which allows the sentio codec to select a suitable encoding engine or device. The sentio codec is capable of encoding and transmitting data streams that correspond to participant experiences with a variety of different dimensions and features. As will be appreciated, the following description provides one paradigm ...
    ]]>     20120039382     <![CDATA[Adaptive equalization system and method]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039381/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039381
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Wu, Guosheng; Zhang, Ziche
    • An adaptive equalization system includes an equalizer, a common-mode extraction buffer unit, a low-pass filter unit, a first and second energy compare units, a current comparator, and a digital control unit. The common-mode extraction buffer unit transmits a full spectral energy of an input signal received by the equalizer to the first energy compare unit and the low-pass filter unit, and extracts a common-mode signal of the input signal to the second energy compare unit. The first and second ...
    ]]>     20120039381     <![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITERATIVE TIMING AND CARRIER RECOVERY]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039380/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039380
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Knutson, Paul Gothard; Gao, Wen; Schmitt, Dirk
    • Method and apparatus for iterative timing recovery for FTN signaling are provided. The iterative timing recovery method and apparatus uses a feedback timing error signal from a forward error correction block with an additional equalizer prior to a maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoder which matches the equalized FTN signal to a truncated inter-symbol interference (ISI) target. A timing error is then generated using a modified M&M timing error ...
    ]]>     20120039380     <![CDATA[RECEIVER APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A MULTICARRIER SIGNAL]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039379/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039379
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventors:  Husen, Sri Andari; Filippi, Alessio; Voorthuisen, Phjm Van
    • In time varying OFDM systems, the effect of a non-ideal time synchronization may lead to a poor performance in terms of decoded average bit error rate versus the signal-to-noise ratio. The receiver apparatus (3) of the transmission system (1) estimates a subcarrier-dependent channel frequency response and determines an intercarrier interference spreading on the basis of a cyclic shift in symbols carried by the subcarriers. Therewith, an intercarrier interference included in an ...
    ]]>     20120039379     <![CDATA[CONVERTER AND CONVERTER CONTROL METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039378/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120039378
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-16
  • Inventor:  Nakayama, Kazuaki
    • Techniques are generally described for a converter including a PLL and a pulse deleting circuit. The pulse deleting circuit is configured to delete a pulse from one of the inputs to the PLL when a filtered output in the PLL falls below a first reference level and an unlocked state of the PLL is detected in response to a phase lag of one of the first and second pulse inputs with respect to the other. The pulse deleting circuit may also be configured to delete one pulse of the other of the first ...
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