Abstract: A signal processing method and system combines multi-scale decomposition, such as wavelet, pre-processing together with a compression technique, such as an auto-associative artificial neural network, operating in the multi-scale decomposition domain for signal denoising and extraction. All compressions are performed in the decomposed domain. A reverse decomposition such as an inverse discrete wavelet transform is performed on the combined outputs from all the compression modules to recover a clean signal back in the time domain. A low-cost, non-drug, non-invasive, on-demand therapy braincap system and method are pharmaceutically non-intrusive to the body for the purpose of disease diagnosis, treatment therapy, and direct mind control of external devices and systems. It is based on recognizing abnormal brainwave signatures and intervenes at the earliest moment, using magnetic and/or electric stimulations to reset the brainwaves back to normality.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a connecting clasp and a multi-disc optical disc cartridge using the connecting clasp for connection. The connecting clasp comprises two half bodies rotationally connecting with each other, wherein one half body can rotate around the other one at a degree from 0° to 180°. The multi-disc optical disc cartridge comprises multiple transparent disc sheets for accommodating optical discs. When the connecting clasp is used for connecting the multiple disc sheets, the two half bodies are inserted into the corresponding mounting sites of the adjacent disc sheets respectively so as to rotationally connect the disc sheets. Therefore, the adjacent disc sheets can rotate relative to each other at a degree from 0° to 180°, or even be displayed in the manner of turning pages at a degree from 0° to 360° when multiple disc sheets are connected together.

Abstract: An automatically provisioned virtual private data center provided on a cloud network of multiple virtual private data centers that reside in one or more physical data centers and may migrate between multiple physical data centers. The VPDC is a encapsulated virtual structure provisioned according to customer selected options within a virtual data center having one or more foundation nodes. Different service profiles are provided in a provisioning interface to the customer, each defining several configuration specifics that are used to automatically provision a VPDC for the customer.

Abstract: Range and Doppler ambiguities are common in radar, lidar, and acoustic systems. Resolving these ambiguities is important to achieve desirable geolocation and image quality performance in these systems. A new method is described to iteratively resolve the ambiguities. For Doppler ambiguity applications, a first PRF value and an initial Doppler frequency search window are selected. A new PRF is determined based on the ratio of the initial search window to the first PRF. The radar data of the first pair of PRF's is used to determine two modulo Doppler estimates. The modulo Doppler estimates are used to determine a new Doppler estimate with a confidence interval smaller than the first search window. The ratio of the new Doppler search window to the first PRF, is used to determine the next PRF. This process is iterated until the new Doppler search window is less than the first PRF.

Abstract: A server system receives, respectively, a first character string from a first user and a second character string from a second user. There are one or more differences between the first and second character strings. The server system obtains from a plurality of previously submitted complete queries, respectively, a first set of predicted complete queries corresponding to the first character string and a second set of predicted complete queries corresponding to the second character string. There are one or more identical queries in both the first and second sets. The server system conveys at least a first subset of the first set to the first user and at least a second subset of the second set to the second user. Both the first subset and the second subset include a respective identical query.

Abstract: An automatically provisioned virtual private data center provided on a cloud network of multiple virtual private data centers that reside in one or more physical data centers and may migrate between multiple physical data centers. The VPDC is a encapsulated virtual structure provisioned according to customer selected options within a virtual data center having one or more foundation nodes. Different service profiles are provided in a provisioning interface to the customer, each defining several configuration specifics that are used to automatically provision a VPDC for the customer.

Abstract: Range and Doppler ambiguities are common in radar, lidar, and acoustic systems. Resolving these ambiguities is important to achieve desirable geolocation and image quality performance in these systems. A new method is described to iteratively resolve the ambiguities. For Doppler ambiguity applications, a first PRF value and an initial Doppler frequency search window are selected. A new PRF is determined based on the ratio of the initial search window to the first PRF. The radar data of the first pair of PRF's is used to determine two modulo Doppler estimates. The modulo Doppler estimates are used to determine a new Doppler estimate with a confidence interval smaller than the first search window. The ratio of the new Doppler search window to the first PRF, is used to determine the next PRF. This process is iterated until the new Doppler search window is less than the first PRF.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-tenant and fully automated Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) provisioning. Examples include user interfaces for drag-and-drop configuration of a customer/user/tenant's network, validation checks on design choices, and automated provisioning of validated designs. The tenant may specify certain Quality of Service (QoS) choices along with the design structure, and various physical components and partitions of available and/or shared resources may be provisioned automatically for the tenant/customer.

Abstract: A system and a method for audio adjustment are provided. The method includes following steps. A first output audio signal generated from the under-test audio playback device according to a frequency response test signal is received. The first output audio signal is analyzed to generate a set of suggested equalization parameter. A set of equalization parameters are adjusted according to the suggested equalization parameters, and a sound test signal is generated from an original sound signal according to the equalization parameters and output to the under-test audio playback device. A second output audio signal is generated from the under-test audio playback device in response to the sound test signal. Whether the auditory effect of the second output audio signal is close to the original sound signal or matches the user's need is determined.

Abstract: An array of sensor elements is formed by the incorporation of sensing materials into porous structures, creating sensing systems with extremely large surface areas with sensing molecules attached to mimic the large number of cilia of an olfactory system. In each sensor element, the sensing material or molecules are attached to spacer molecules or groups, which are attached to linker molecules or groups, which are attached to the porous substrate material. More specifically, a porphyrin doped aerogel material is used. The porphyrin sensing material is attached to the aerogel throughout its high surface area pore space. The porphyrin is covalently bonded to the silica network of the aerogel with a triethoxysilyl group linker that covalently attaches to the aerogel, and an alkyl group spacer.

Abstract: A memory structure including a semiconductor substrate, an insulator layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and a gate layer formed on the insulator layer is disclosed. The insulator layer includes a first nanocrystal implanted region proximate to the gate layer and a second nanocrystal implanted region proximate to the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first nanocrystal implanted region has an average nanocrystal concentration which is higher than an average nanocrystal concentration of the second nanocrystal implanted region.

Abstract: A signal processing method and system combining smooth level wavelet pre-processing together with artificial neural networks all in the wavelet domain for signal denoising and extraction. Upon receiving a signal corrupted with noise, an n-level decomposition of the signal is performed using a discrete wavelet transform to produce a smooth component and a rough component for each decomposition level. The nth level smooth component is then inputted into a corresponding neural network pre-trained to filter out noise in that component by pattern recognition in the wavelet domain. Additional rough components, beginning at the highest level, may also be retained and inputted into corresponding neural networks pre-trained to filter out noise in those components also by pattern recognition in the wavelet domain. In any case, an inverse discrete wavelet transform is performed on the combined output from all the neural networks to recover a clean signal back in the time domain.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide method and apparatus for adapting a GBIC module to an Ethernet switch capable of outputting one of different voltages in which in a case of the GBIC module coupled to the Ethernet switch, a DC converter of the GBIC module is adapted to lower an input voltage thereof supplied by the Ethernet switch prior to boosting the lowered voltage to an operating voltage required by a GBIC logic circuit of the GBIC module without confirming whether the input voltage has the same value as the operating voltage. Thus, the present invention can prevent the GBIC module from not working due to low input voltage or being damaged due to high current when the GBIC module is coupled to the Ethernet switch.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electronic device having a plurality of light emitting units, which are arranged on a panel of the electronic device above each ports thereon in an alternating pattern or in a chess-board pattern with high density, such that the number of the light emitting units disposed on the panel can be increased and the lights emitted by light emitting elements thereof can easily be recognized without causing the spill interference effect between the adjacent light emitting elements.

Abstract: A joint structure for a collapsible play yard suitable for infants or pets, which is pivotally connected between a pair of upper rails of a foldable fame. The pair of tipper rails can either be locked precisely in alignment or be released and folded in a parallel arrangement. Therefore, the foldable frame can either be fixed in a deployed state or converted into a collapsed state. When the foldable frame is fixed in the deployed state, the upper rails are locked by a pair of pins, whereby the pins are supported by a pair of slots of the housing of the joint structure. A release button is equipped on the outside of the housing of the joint structure for pushing by a user, so as release the pins from the upper rails, thereby permitting the upper rails to be unlocked, rotated and folded in a parallel arrangement.

Abstract: A music retrieval system which take an input melody as the query. In one embodiment, changes or differences in the distribution of energy across the frequency spectrum over time are used to find breakpoints in the input melody in order to separate it into distinct notes. In another embodiment the breakpoints are identified based on changes in pitch over time. A confidence level is preferably associated with each breakpoint and/or note extracted from the input melody. The confidence level is based on one or more of: changes in pitch, absolute values of a spectral energy distribution indicator, relative values of the spectral energy distribution indicator, and the energy level of the input melody. The process of matching the input melody with songs in the music database is based on minimizing a cost computation that takes into account errors in the insertion and deletion of notes, and penalizes these errors in accordance with the confidence levels of the breakpoints and/or notes.

Abstract: A toy support structure includes, a plurality of pivots provided on a center housing such that each axle center of the pivots is parallel to the axle center of center housing. By rotatably connecting the pivots and the hanging support set, the hanging support set can rotate in relation to the pivots so as to extend in radial form. Further, the hanging support set can rotate in relation to the pivots so as to be arranged in parallel on the same plane, thereby reducing the volume and accomplishing the ease of carrying and storage.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electronic device having a plurality of light emitting units, which are arranged on a panel of the electronic device above each ports thereon in an alternating pattern or in a chess-board pattern with high density, such that the number of the light emitting units disposed on the panel can be increased and the lights emitted by light emitting elements thereof can easily be recognized without causing the spill interference effect between the adjacent light emitting elements.

Abstract: An adjustable back for high chair having a seat consists of a seat base pivotally connected to a seat back, and a plurality of positioners are disposed in an arc arrangement on both sides of the seat. The seat back is provided with an adjustable device which includes a handle. The handle can be manipulated by only one hand of the user to control the locking members indirectly via a linkage levers in order to engage or disengage the locking members from the positioners. This structure is easy for the user to adjust the seat inclination by only one hand and also reduces the cost with its simple components to be easily assembled.

Abstract: A set of volatile markers are determined which are characteristic of a particular condition or disease, and which will be found in the exhaled breath of a person or odor from other parts of a body or from an entity. These markers are detected in the breath odor or gaseous emanations from the body or entity noninvasively using a volatile substance detector of sufficient sensitivity, such as an artificial olfactory system. The detected marker data is processed in an artificial neural network/fuzzy filter system with an algorithm that intelligently adapts to the individual body or entity and also optionally (if necessary) with a correction algorithm to eliminate environmental and other erroneous contributions to the markers. Any number of markers may be used, depending on how well they correlate with the condition and how accurate a result is desired, i.e. general screening or accurate diagnosis and monitoring.