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US20080109225 Speech Synthesis Device, Speech Synthesis Method, and Program  
A speech piece editing section ( 5 ) retrieves speech piece data on a speech piece the read of which matches that of a speech piece in a fixed message from a speech piece database ( 7 ) and...
US20080109224 AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING AN INDICATION TO A SPEAKER WHEN THAT SPEAKER'S RATE OF SPEECH IS LIKELY TO BE GREATER THAN A RATE THAT A LISTENER IS ABLE TO COMPREHEND  
The present invention discloses a solution that automatically informs a speaker to decrease his or her speaking rate, when that rate likely exceeds a rate that a listener can understand. This can...
US20080109223 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM  
An information processing apparatus whereby advice having appropriate content can be given at an appropriate timing with regard to a method of user utterance, thereby making it possible to reduce...
US20080109222 Advertising using extracted context sensitive information and data of interest from voice/audio transmissions and recordings  
Method and apparatus that use voice/audio recognition and analysis technologies to deliver assigned context sensitive information and data of interest (keywords, phrases, mood, etc.). Context...
US20080109221 Mass-Scale, User-Independent, Device-Independent Voice Messaging System  
A mass-scale, user-independent, device-independent, voice messaging system that converts unstructured voice messages into text for display on a screen is disclosed. The system comprises (i)...
US20080109220 INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE  
Input of dictated information in an information processing apparatus is controlled. Utterances of speech are detected and interpreted as words. Word by word confirmation of the interpreted words is...
US20080109219 ADPCM encoding and decoding method and system with improved step size adaptation thereof  
An ADPCM method and system comprise dividing a voice signal into a plurality of frames, pre-coding for each of the frames for determining a suitable step size modulation function and maximum step...
US20080109218 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING SPEECH SPECTRA  
A system and method for modeling speech in such a way that both voiced and unvoiced contributions can co-exist at certain frequencies. In various embodiments, three spectral bands (or bands of up...
US20080109217 Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Controlling Voicing in Processed Speech  
An apparatus for providing control of voicing in processed speech includes a spectra approximation element and a comparing element. The spectra approximation element may be configured to compute a...
US20080109216 APPLICATION AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR FILTERING VOCAL INFORMATION  
The invention concerns an application for filtering vocal information transmitted in a communication network between transmitters and receivers, said application comprising a system for marking of...
US20080109215 High frequency reconstruction by linear extrapolation  
High frequency components of audio signals are reconstructed from the aspects of envelope and fine detail. The envelopes of the high frequency components are found through linear extrapolation of...
US20080109214 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTENT ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER AND MEDIA GENERATED COMMUNICATIONS TO PRODUCE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, INDICATIONS AND WARNINGS OF DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR, ASSESSMENT OF MEDIA IMAGES, AND PERSONNEL SELECTION SUPPORT  
At least one computer-mediated communication produced by or received by an author is collected and parsed to identify categories of information within it. The categories of information are...
US20080109213 Pointer-oriented object acquisition method for abstract treatment of information of Al of Al of a cyborg or an android based on a natural language  
The pointer-oriented object acquisition method for abstract treatment of information of the computer system of Al of a cyborg or an android based on a natural language. The pointer-oriented object...
US20080109212 Semantics-based method and apparatus for document analysis  
A system and method for producing semantically-rich representations of texts to amplify and sharpen the interpretations of texts. The method relies on the fact that there is a substantial amount of...
US20080109211 Game of defending statements with persuasive arguments  
A game of defending statements with persuasive arguments consisting of a tossing bag, a “frequency” block, two equivalent “equation” blocks; three “verb” blocks and ten “noun”...
US20080109210 Removing Bias From Features Containing Overlapping Embedded Grammars in a Natural Language Understanding System  
A method of removing bias from an action classifier within a natural language understanding system can include identifying a sentence having a target embedded grammar that overlaps with at least...
US20080109209 Semi-supervised training for statistical word alignment  
A system and method for aligning words in parallel segments is provided. A first probability distribution of word alignments within a first corpus comprising unaligned word-level parallel segments...
US20080109208 Interactive conversational speech communicator method and system  
The compact and portable interactive system allows person-to-person communication in a typed language format between individuals experiencing language barriers such as the hearing impaired and the...
US20080109207 Group foreign language teaching system and method  
A method and system for teaching a foreign language to a user who has knowledge of a base language is disclosed. The method and system may include delivering a video presentation simultaneously to...
US20080109206 MEMORY DEVICE WITH EMULATED CHARACTERISTICS  
A memory subsystem is provided including an interface circuit adapted for communication with a system and a majority of address or control signals of a first number of memory circuits. The...
US20080109205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZED ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM SIMULATOR FOR "WHAT-IF" ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OVER ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORKS  
A system for real-time modeling of electrical system performance is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The power analytics...
US20080109204 MOSFET Modeling for IC Design Accurate for High Frequencies  
The present invention presents methods for modeling the high frequency and noise characterization of MOSFETs. The models may be readily implemented as part of a SPICE or other simulation in a...
US20080109203 CUSTOMER CONTROLLED DESIGN OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM  
A system for designing a communication link for use in a data processing system, includes a parameter generator and an internal link model. The parameter generator allows a user to specify a first...
US20080109202 VERIFICATION AND REACHABILITY USING AN ORGANIC APPROACH  
A system and method for running multiple image computation approaches in parallel and selecting an optimal one of the image computation approaches for verification use based on efficiency of...
US20080109201 DISJUNCTIVE TRANSITION RELATION DECOMPOSITION BASED VERIFICATION  
A method and system for building disjunctive transition relation decompositions of a system and obtaining reachable states from manipulation of the transition relation. Properties of the system may...
US20080109200 INTEGRATED MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF BATCH AND CONTINUOUS PROCESSES IN A BIOFUEL PRODUCTION PROCESS  
System and method for managing a biofuel production process. An integrated dynamic multivariate predictive model is provided that includes a continuous process model representing a continuous...
US20080109199 Apparatus and method for interfacing time-variant signals  
An improved apparatus and method for interfacing a time variant waveform between two hardware environments. In one aspect, the invention comprises a circuit for accurately simulating the output of...
US20080109198 Polar attachment devices and method for a dental appliance  
Systems and methods are disclosed for producing a digital model by providing a digital model of a tooth; providing a digital model of at least one attachment device having two or more portions, the...
US20080109197 DIABETES CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM  
A diabetes care management system for managing blood glucose levels associated with diabetes, comprising a computing device and an insulin delivery device. The computing device generally includes...
US20080109196 Tools and Methods for Range Management  
Methods and tool are provided for managing rangeland in a consistent, repeatable and quantitative manner. A geospatial model of the land is created and used to select forage analysis targets and...
US20080109195 Machine radial stack gap generation and clearance management system and method  
A system and method for readily generating radial clearance data for a radial clearance between locations on at least two parts in a rotating machine includes rendering an image of a cross section...
US20080109194 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MODEL ANALYSIS TO GENERATE DIRECTED TEST VECTORS  
In one embodiment, a system model models characteristics of a real-world system. The system model includes a plurality of sub-portions that each correspond to a component of the real-world system....
US20080109193 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MINIMIZE SATURATION IN A GROUND FAULT DETECTION DEVICE  
Methods and apparatus to minimize saturation in a ground fault detection device are disclosed. An example method includes connecting a capacitor simulator to a node of the ground fault detector...
US20080109192 System and Method For Variational Ball Skinning For Geometric Modeling of Ordered Balls  
A method for modeling a 2-dimensional tubular structure in a digitized image includes providing a digitized image of a tubular structure containing a plurality of 2D balls of differing radii,...
US20080109191 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING SCALAR DATA SETS FOR COMPLEX DATA VIA A RESPONSE DATA HANDLER  
The present invention provides a system and method for automatically generating reduced response data sets from complex scientific data via a response data handler (RDH) methodology, thereby...
US20080109190 SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD  
First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. An output signal...
US20080109189 SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD  
First and second complementary voltage signals are operatively coupled across a series circuit comprising first and second sense resistors and a circuit element therebetween. A DC bias current in...
US20080109188 MEASUREMENT DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM  
A measurement data communication device for measuring a health condition of an examinee and transmitting a plurality of measurement values representing a result of the measurement, to an...
US20080109187 REMOTE NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS  
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing nondestructive inspection (NDI) services. For example in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a system for remote inspection includes a...
US20080109186 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING FAILURES IN A FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM  
A system for detecting defects in a fluid delivery line is provided, the system comprising a plurality of sensors disposed in a fluid delivery line, wherein each one of the plurality of sensors...
US20080109185 Precision Diagnostic Method For The Failure Protection And Predictive Maintenance Of A Vacuum Pump And A Precision Diagnostic System Therefor  
According to the present invention, the most challenging issues in this work have been to find systematic ways of enabling maintenance engineers to decide an adequate time for the replacement of...
US20080109184 POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS  
An index detection unit ( 2030 ) detects indices allocated or set on an object from a sensed image. An evaluation amount calculation unit ( 2060 ) calculates evaluation amounts of the indices using...
US20080109183 Smart Insole for Diabetic Patients  
This invention is a temperature-based smart insole capable of continuously or intermittently measuring the foot temperature of the patient at one or more locations of the foot while the insole is...
US20080109182 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING POSITION OF IMAGE SENSOR, AND METHOD OF DETECTING POSITION OF IMAGE SENSOR  
A method and apparatus for calibrating a position of an image sensor, and a method of detecting the position of an image sensor are provided. The method of calibrating the position of an image...
US20080109181 Method and apparatus for accurately determining height coordinates in a satellite/laser positioning system  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing signals in a satellite/laser positioning system capable of generating location coordinates from received satellite signals and a received laser...
US20080109180 System and method for calibrating a high-speed cable  
An HDMI cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may...
US20080109179 Signal measuring apparatus and semiconductor testing apparatus  
In order to provide a signal measuring apparatus which satisfies multiple performances at a high level all together, the signal measuring apparatus includes: DC performance; noise performance;...
US20080109178 Method and system for predicting and correcting signal fluctuations of an interferometric measuring apparatus  
A method and system for predicting a signal fluctuation due to a flow of gaseous fluid approximately transverse to an optical path between a stage and an interferometric measuring apparatus for...
US20080109177 MAGNETIC CRASH SENSOR  
A magnetic field is generated by at least one coil in magnetic communication with at least a portion of a vehicle responsive to a first time-varying signal operatively coupled to the at least one...
US20080109176 Fluid Detector Recognizing Foam and Surge Conditions  
Systems and methods for evaluating probe signal level readings in a manner that allows a low water detector to distinguish between a probe that is under a fluid level, or is above the fluid level...