http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-processing--speech-signal-processing-linguistics-language-translation-and-audio-compression-decompression-dtnewntc704.php USPTO Class 704 - Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Text-analysis-transliteration-and-translation-method-and-apparatus-for-hieroglypic-hieratic-and-demotic-texts-from-ancient-egyptian-dt20080424ptan20080097741.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A system for translating a body of text in an initial language into a target language, that comprises an input device for imputing a body of text comprising a plurality of elements, a first analyzer for analyzing said text and identifying one or more possible characters of said initial language... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-product-for-phrase-alignment-and-translation-phrase-alignment-device-and-phrase-alignment-method-dt20080424ptan20080097742.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A unified-evaluated-value computing unit quantitatively combines a translation probability between words computed by a corpus-based statistical-value computing unit, dictionary information computed by a dictionary-information referring unit, and syntactic structure information computed by a syntactic-structure-value computing unit, to compute a unified evaluated-value as an index for phrase alignment.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Translation-system-and-method-of-providing-translation-service-dt20080424ptan20080097743.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A translation system is provided, which comprises: a translation server comprising guidelines for writing original text that serve as criteria for determining whether errors exist in the original text, an original text controller determining whether the original text conforms to the guidelines for writing original text, and a translation engine... http://www.freshpatents.com/Context-free-grammar-dt20080424ptan20080097744.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 In one embodiment, a method comprising accessing a first data object and a second data object of a data structure representing electronic content, the second data object being associated with the first data object, selecting, based on first content included in the first data object, a grammar rule included in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Text-analysis-transliteration-and-translation-method-and-apparatus-for-hieroglypic-hieratic-and-demotic-texts-from-ancient-egyptian-dt20080424ptan20080097745.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A system for translating a body of text in an initial language into a target language, that comprises an input device for imputing a body of text comprising a plurality of elements, a first analyzer for analyzing said text and identifying one or more possible characters of said initial language... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-using-a-language-assistant-dt20080424ptan20080097747.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A medical diagnostic system comprises a processor for acquiring diagnostic imaging data of a patient. A language assistant module stores a plurality of audio files associated with a plurality of phrases. The plurality of audio files are in at least one language which is different than a predetermined primary language.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Server-device-method-used-in-server-device-and-computer-program-dt20080424ptan20080097746.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A server device which can provide a client device with information in a plurality of languages includes a supportable language recognizing unit recognizing a plurality of supportable languages using language identification information, a requested language recognizing unit recognizing a requested language desired by the client device using the language identification... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-enterprise-knowledge-management-and-automation-dt20080424ptan20080097748.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 The present invention is directed to a system for managing business knowledge expressed as statements, preferably sentences using a vocabulary, where such statements may be automated by the generation of programming language source code or computer program instructions. As such, the present invention also manages software design specifications that define,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Dual-transform-coding-of-audio-signals-dt20080424ptan20080097749.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Methods, devices, and systems for coding and decoding audio are disclosed. At least two transforms are applied on an audio signal, each with different transform periods for better resolutions at both low and high frequencies. The transform coefficients are selected and combined such that the data rate remains similar as... http://www.freshpatents.com/Channel-reconfiguration-with-side-information-dt20080424ptan20080097750.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 During production, at least one audio signal is processed in order to derive instructions for channel reconfiguring it. The at least one audio signal and the instructions are stored or transmitted. During consumption, the at least one audio signal is channel reconfigured in accordance with the instructions. Channel reconfiguring includes... http://www.freshpatents.com/Encoder-method-of-encoding-and-computer-readable-recording-medium-dt20080424ptan20080097751.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 An SBR encoder includes a filter bank that receives an input signal, a time/frequency grid generator that controls a number of bits of various parameters, a parameter calculator that calculates various parameters, a parameter coding unit that encodes the parameters, a multiplexer that multiplexes encoded data, an upper-limit number-of-bit storage... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-expanding-compressing-audio-signal-dt20080424ptan20080097752.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 In an audio signal expanding/compressing apparatus adapted to expand or compress, in a time domain, a plurality of channels of audio signals by using similar waveforms, a similar-waveform length detection unit calculates similarity of the audio signal between two successive intervals for each channel, and detects a similar-waveform length of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automatic-system-for-temporal-alignment-of-music-audio-signal-with-lyrics-dt20080424ptan20080097754.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 An automatic system for temporal alignment between a music audio signal and lyrics is provided. The automatic system can prevent accuracy for temporal alignment from being lowered due to the influence of non-vocal sections. Alignment means of the system is provided with a phone model for singing voice that estimates... http://www.freshpatents.com/Time-authentication-system-terminal-device-time-authentication-method-for-conversation-voice-data-for-use-therein-and-program-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080097753.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A time authentication system provided can detect an alteration of the case, in which either of the speakers of a conversation makes the alteration, and can verify, in the case of no alteration, that a conversation voice has occurred at a time within a range. When a speaker #1 terminal... http://www.freshpatents.com/Fast-lattice-vector-quantization-dt20080424ptan20080097755.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Methods, devices, and systems for coding and decoding audio are disclosed. Digital samples of an audio signal are transformed from the time domain to the frequency domain. The resulting transform coefficients are coded with a fast lattice vector quantizer. The quantizer has a high rate quantizer and a low rate... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-and-apparatus-for-analyzing-audio-content-and-reproducing-only-the-desired-audio-data-dt20080424ptan20080097756.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A method of detecting and reproducing data comprises the steps of receiving a first signal comprising data, analyzing the data comprised by the first signal, categorizing the data into at least two categories of data defined as first category and second category; and reproducing the data when it is of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Audio-coding-dt20080424ptan20080097757.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Quantized audio data may be represented by a codevector that is associated to a point of an outer shell of a rectangular truncated lattice. For indexing this codevector, number and positions of non-zero components of the codevector are determined. Moreover, signs of the non-zero components are determined. An index is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Inferring-opinions-based-on-learned-probabilities-dt20080424ptan20080097758.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 An opinion system infers the opinion of a sentence of a product review based on a probability that the sentence contains certain sequences of parts of speech that are commonly used to express an opinion as indicated by the training data and the probabilities of the training data. When provided... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-remote-control-in-portable-terminal-dt20080424ptan20080097759.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Provided is a method and apparatus for remotely controlling a second-party terminal in a portable terminal during call communication. The method includes transmitting a screen displayed in a display unit to the second-party terminal when a remote control event is created, and recognizing a speech signal transmitted from the second-party... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-initiative-voice-service-system-and-method-dt20080424ptan20080097760.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A voice service system which includes a database storing information and is connected with a plurality of terminals by a communication network, comprising a call connection unit for transmitting-receiving a signal, on a voice service to/from each of the terminals, a voice processing unit for interpreting a voice instruction received... http://www.freshpatents.com/Motion-picture-watermarking-technique-dt20080424ptan20080097761.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Watermarking of a motion picture release print occurs by providing on at least one soundtrack at least one tone of a particular frequency on at least one location unique to the release print. Typically, placement of the particular frequency tone occurs on location(s) where the tone will have minimal impact... http://www.freshpatents.com/Multicultural-and-multimedia-data-collection-and-documentation-computer-system-apparatus-and-method-dt20080424ptan20080097762.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A computer system apparatus and method uses a display (20) to present a query (40, 50, 60) and responses (41-45) to the query (40, 50, 60) in a first language. The user may select the most appropriate response (41-45) to the given query (40, 50, 60) or may select a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Analysis-filterbank-synthesis-filterbank-encoder-de-coder-mixer-and-conferencing-system-dt20080424ptan20080097764.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 An embodiment of an analysis filterbank for filtering a plurality of time domain input frames, wherein an input frame comprises a number of ordered input samples, comprises a windower configured to generating a plurality of windowed frames, wherein a windowed frame comprises a plurality of windowed samples, wherein the windower... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-medium-and-apparatus-encoding-and-or-decoding-multichannel-audio-signals-dt20080424ptan20080097766.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 A method, medium, and apparatus encoding and/or decoding a multichannel audio signal. The method includes detecting the type of spatial extension data included in an encoding result of an audio signal, if the spatial extension data is data indicating a core audio object type related to a technique of encoding... http://www.freshpatents.com/Combined-audio-coding-minimizing-perceptual-distortion-dt20080424ptan20080097763.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 An audio encoder in which two or more preferably different encoders cooperate to generate a joint encoded audio signal. Encoding parameters of the two or more encoders are optimized in response to a measure of distortion of the joint encoded audio signal in accordance with a predetermined criterion. The distortion.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Generic-on-chip-homing-and-resident-real-time-bit-exact-tests-dt20080424ptan20080097765.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Details of media encoding and decoding devices which support generic homing sequences, and methods for operating such devices are disclosed. The use of generic homing sequences may permit an embodiment of the disclosed invention to support real-time, bit-exact testing of existing and future media encoding and decoding devices. An embodiment...