Abstract: An apparatus comprising a memory and a coder/decoder circuit. The memory may have a first memory portion and a second memory portion. The coder/decoder circuit may be configured to (i) position a set of atoms across the memory, (ii) define a strip across a portion of the atoms, (iii) designate a first atom within the strip, (iv) locate one or more second atoms to be paired with the first atom, (v) determine whether the one or more second atoms when paired with the first atom forms a legitimate pair, and (vi) read the legitimate pair from the first memory portion and the second memory portion.

Abstract: A method for processing a video signal, comprising the steps of (A) receiving the video signal comprising (i) a first segment having a series of frames each having a first region and a second region defining a first signature and (ii) a second segment having a series of frames each having a first region and a second region defining a second signature, (B) modifying each of the frames of the first segment from the first signature to a third signature and (C) modifying each of the frames of the second segment from the second signature to a fourth signature.

Abstract: A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health care provider develops a script program using the health care provider apparatus and then sends the script program to a remotely programmable patient apparatus through a communication network such as the World Wide Web. The script program is a computer-executable patient protocol that provides information to the patient about the patient's health condition and that interactively monitors the patient health condition by asking the patient questions and by receiving answers to those questions. The answers to these health related questions are then forwarded as patient data from the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the health care provider apparatus through the communication network.

Abstract: A programmable fractional phase-locked loop for generating a 148.50000 MHz high-definition television reference clock and a 148.35164 MHz high-definition reference clock from a 27 MHz crystal is disclosed. To generate the 148.50000 MHz reference clock, the fractional phase-locked loop is multiplied by 11/2, and to generate the 148.35164 MHz reference clock, the fractional phase-locked loop is multiplied by 500/91. Inside the fractional-phase locked loop however, the fraction 11/2 is represented by a denominator that is an integral power of 2, and the fraction 500/91 is represented by a denominator that is an integral multiple of 91.

Abstract: A method for displaying button data streams, comprising the steps of (A) reading two or more input button data streams from a disc, (B) multiplexing the two or more input button data streams to produce a multiplexed button data stream, (C) decoding the multiplexed button data stream into uncompressed button data information, and (D) displaying the uncompressed button data information in a video signal.

Abstract: A method for designing an integrated circuit, comprising the steps of (A) calculating an efficiency value for each of a plurality of equivalent cells in the design; and (B) selecting a number of the plurality of equivalent cells based on the efficiency values. The equivalent cells (i) decrease an overall delay of a path to meet a timing specification, and (ii) minimize an increase in overall leakage current.

Abstract: A method for modulating a video input signal received into a modulation circuit is disclosed. A first step of the method generally comprises (A) during a first modulation pass, generating (i) a primary frame by inserting a plurality of primary synchronization codes into the video input signal, (ii) a secondary frame by inserting a plurality of secondary synchronization codes into the video input signal, (iii) a plurality of first values and a first digital sum value both for the primary frame and (iv) a plurality of second values and a second digital sum value both for the secondary frame. A second step of the method generally comprises (B) during a second modulation pass, generating a video output signal presented from the modulation circuit by modulating the video input signal using one set of (i) the first values and (ii) the second values as determined by the first digital sum value relative to the second digital sum value.

Abstract: A method of optimizing test code generation is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) reading from a database (i) a plurality of assertions, (ii) a testbench and (iii) a target code coverage all of a design under test, (B) generating together (i) a plurality of first test vectors to test the assertions and (ii) a plurality of second test vectors applicable to the testbench, (C) identifying one or more redundant test vector sets between the first test vectors and the second test vectors and (D) generating the test code to test the design under test on the testbench using a subset of the first test vectors and the second test vectors, the subset comprising single instances of the redundant test vector sets.

Abstract: A method of switching a plurality of tributaries disposed among a plurality of time slots in a frame is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) buffering the frame, (B) switching the tributaries among the time slots in response to a read address and (C) generating the read address in response to a plurality of identifications in a connection map, the connection map defining (i) at most one of the identifications for each of the tributaries and (ii) one of the identifications for each of the time slots carrying other than the tributaries.

Abstract: An apparatus generally having a reference memory and a motion estimation circuit is disclosed. The reference memory may store reference samples used in a motion estimation of a current block beyond a boundary of a picture. The motion estimation circuit may (i) buffer the reference samples as copied from the reference memory, the reference samples as buffered residing both (a) inside the boundary and (b) inside a search window of the motion estimation, (ii) shift a sub-set of the reference samples to align with a corner of a sub-window, the sub-window being (a) completely within the search window and (b) at least partially outside of the boundary, (iii) fill an empty portion of the sub-window with copies of the reference samples within the sub-set and (iv) generate difference values by comparing the current block against the reference samples within the sub-window a plurality of times.

Abstract: A breast covering garment apparatus having a first breast cup and a second breast cup. The first and second breast cups may have (i) an inner shell having a concave shape selected from a number of available cup sizes and (ii) an outer shell having a convex shape selected from a number of available cup sizes. The inner shell of the first breast cup and the inner shell of the second breast cup may be different cup sizes. The outer shell of the first breast cup and the outer shell of the second breast cup may be the same cup size.

Abstract: A system and method that remotely accesses and diagnoses the medical condition of an individual patient and of each patient in a group of patients and provides treatment based upon the diagnoses of the individual patient and the risk stratification the individual patient assumes in the group of patients.

Abstract: A method for demodulating a tracking error signal comprising the steps of (A) demodulating the tracking error signal when starting motion, (B) demodulating the tracking error signal after motion has started, and (C) demodulating the tracking error signal before and after lens motion stops.

Abstract: An apparatus including a parsing circuit and a control circuit. The parsing circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of decoded syntax elements in response to (i) a serial bitstream and (ii) a control signal. The control circuit may be configured to generate the control signal in response to the plurality of decoded syntax elements. The parsing circuit may generate the plurality of decoded syntax elements by grouping syntax elements for atomic decoding such that each (i) one or more consecutive syntax elements without context information relevant to the decoding and (ii) a non-zero syntax element presented at the end of each group.

Abstract: A device fabricated on a chip is disclosed. The device generally includes (A) a first pattern and a second pattern both created in an intermediate conductive layer of the chip, (B) at least one via created in an insulating layer above the intermediate conductive layer and (C) a first bump created in a top conductive layer above the insulating layer. The first pattern generally establishes a first of a plurality of plates of a first capacitor. The via may be aligned with the second pattern. The first bump may (i) be located directly above the first plate, (ii) establish a second of the plates of the first capacitor, (iii) be suitable for flip-chip bonding and (iv) connect to the second pattern through the via such that both of the plates of the first capacitor are accessible in the intermediate conductive layer.

Abstract: A networked health-monitoring system for collecting and processing patient health-related data. A plurality of remote patient sites each includes at least one display, a data management unit configured to facilitate collection of patient health-related data, a memory, and stored program instructions for generating health-monitoring related information on the display. At least one central server connects to the data management unit at each patient site and the system allows a patient at a remote patient site to control the display of health-monitoring related information on the display.

Abstract: A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user interface together with individual identification information are sent from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication network. The server system also includes an automated answering service for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service based on the individual's response to the questions.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a video decoder, a video memory and a global motion circuit. The video decoder may be configured to generate a decoded video signal in response to a coded video signal. The video memory may be connected to the video decoder. The global motion circuit may be configured within the video decoder circuit. The global motion circuit may be configured to (i) receive one or more warp points and (ii) generate one or more warping addresses presented directly to the video memory.

Abstract: A method for a color tone correction is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of first intermediate components by scaling a plurality of first color components towards a first ideal color, wherein the first color components (i) are for a first plurality of pixels in an input video signal and (ii) fall inside a first region of a color space, (B) generating a plurality of first corrected components by adjusting the first intermediate components such that a first mapping of the first color components to the first corrected components is both (i) continuous in the color space and (ii) non-overlapping in the color space and (C) generating an output video signal by combining the first corrected components with a plurality of unaltered color components, wherein the unaltered color components (i) are for a second plurality of the pixels and (ii) fall outside the first region.

Abstract: A method for video encoding is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) dividing a plurality of first macroblocks into at least two classes based on a plurality of first statistics, (B) measuring a respective number of bits used to encode the first macroblocks within each of the classes and (C) based on the measuring in step B, determining a quantization level in at least one of a plurality of second macroblocks that have yet to be encoded.