Abstract: Embodiments are described that enable remote and interactive access, navigation, and analysis of reactions from viewers to a media instance. The reactions include physiological responses, survey results, verbatim feedback, event-based metadata, and derived statistics for indicators of success and failure from the viewers. The reactions are aggregated, and an interface enables remote access and navigation of the media instance, aggregated physiological responses synchronized with the media instance, survey results, and/or verbatim feedback related to the media instance. This enables users to interactively divide, dissect, parse, and analyze the reactions as they prefer. This automation provides an automated process enabling non-experts to understand complex physiological data, and to organize presentation of complex data according to their needs so as to present conclusions as appropriate to the media instance.

Abstract: Embodiments are described that enable remote and interactive access, navigation, and analysis of reactions from viewers to a media instance. The reactions include physiological responses, survey results, verbatim feedback, event-based metadata, and derived statistics for indicators of success and failure from the viewers. The reactions are aggregated, and an interface enables remote access and navigation of the media instance, aggregated physiological responses synchronized with the media instance, survey results, and/or verbatim feedback related to the media instance. This enables users to interactively divide, dissect, parse, and analyze the reactions as they prefer. This automation provides an automated process enabling non-experts to understand complex physiological data, and to organize presentation of complex data according to their needs so as to present conclusions as appropriate to the media instance.

Abstract: Embodiments are described that enable remote and interactive access, navigation, and analysis of reactions from viewers to a media instance. The reactions include physiological responses, survey results, verbatim feedback, event-based metadata, and derived statistics for indicators of success and failure from the viewers. The reactions are aggregated, and an interface enables remote access and navigation of the media instance, aggregated physiological responses synchronized with the media instance, survey results, and/or verbatim feedback related to the media instance. This enables users to interactively divide, dissect, parse, and analyze the reactions as they prefer. This automation provides an automated process enabling non-experts to understand complex physiological data, and to organize presentation of complex data according to their needs so as to present conclusions as appropriate to the media instance.

Abstract: Embodiments are described that enable remote and interactive access, navigation, and analysis of reactions from viewers to a media instance. The reactions include physiological responses, survey results, verbatim feedback, event-based metadata, and derived statistics for indicators of success and failure from the viewers. The reactions are aggregated, and an interface enables remote access and navigation of the media instance, aggregated physiological responses synchronized with the media instance, survey results, and/or verbatim feedback related to the media instance. This enables users to interactively divide, dissect, parse, and analyze the reactions as they prefer. This automation provides an automated process enabling non-experts to understand complex physiological data, and to organize presentation of complex data according to their needs so as to present conclusions as appropriate to the media instance.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system to accurately record a viewer's emotion as he or she is watching or listening to media content are described. The system records physiological data from viewers and transmits it back to a central location as viewers watch, listen to, or otherwise interact with media such as TV, radio, video games, web sites or other media. An integrated physiological sensing device measures viewers' cognitive and emotional responses to media and transmits to a base station in close proximity to the sensing device. The physiological sensing base station can be integrated into home electronics devices such as digital video recorders, TV cable boxes, video cassette recorders, DVD players and gaming systems to record viewer's emotional and cognitive responses to the media and combining this response with context data from the electronics equipment to know what the viewer is responding to.

Abstract: A hose control system comprising a receiver and a transmitter by which one can remotely control both the flow of water through a hose and the winding or unwinding of the hose onto a reel. The system preferably has power saving advantages, for example, by the use of a power control unit that reduces the power consumed by the electronics of the devices, but does not unreasonably disrupt the use of the devices. The receiver may be used with different aspects or all of the hose control system.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system to accurately record if viewers are actually watching, listening to, interacting with, or otherwise perceiving a television, computer monitor, or other media delivery device at any given moment are described. A detector circuit is coupled to the media delivery device and configured to receive a signal transmitted from an emitter placed on the body of a user positioned proximate the media delivery device. The detector receives a signal from the emitter when the user positions him or herself in a manner that indicates that the user is watching or otherwise paying attention to the media delivery device. An attention detector processor coupled to the detector circuit and configured to determine whether the user is perceiving content provided by the media deliver device.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a blood oxygen sensing apparatus and method in which an infra-red light is absorbed blood in portions that are related to levels of oxygen in the blood along a path.

Abstract: A multi-channel, dual-band, radio frequency (RF) transmit/receive (T/R) module, for an active electronically scanned array, is provided. The module includes a compact, RF manifold connector and at least four T/R channels. Each of the T/R channels includes a notch radiator, a diplexer coupled to the notch radiator, a power amplifier, including at least one dual-band gain stage, coupled to the notch radiator, a low noise amplifier, including at least one lower-band gain stage and at least one upper-band gain stage, coupled to the diplexer, and a T/R cell, including a phase shifter, a signal attenuator and at least one dual-band gain stage, coupled to the power amplifier, the low noise amplifier and the manifold connector.

Abstract: A mechanism for reducing the amount of power or energy consumed by an SRAM array when the SRAM array is being accessed is provided. Logic is provided that identifies a polarity of a row of memory cells whose data values are to be read. The polarity of the row of memory cells indicates whether a majority of the data values stored in the row of memory cells are logic 1 data values or logic 0 data values. Based on the polarity, selection logic either selects true data values or complement data values of the memory cells. Additional logic is provided in each memory cell for outputting a true data value to a read bit line and outputting a compliment data value to the read bit line based on the polarity.

Abstract: A universal clamp assembly having a support fitting with arms and a threaded bolt mounted to the arms allowing rotation about a longitudinal axis of the bolt. The bolt is retained against axial movement along the longitudinal axis. A clamp member is rotatably mounted on the bolt between the arms for rotation of the clamp member relative to the support fitting about the longitudinal axis. The clamp member is restrained against axial movement relative to the support fitting and the bolt along the longitudinal axis. The clamp includes a guide opening through which the bolt extends. A keeper is threadedly mounted on the bolt and partially received in the guide opening. The keeper slides in the guide opening along the longitudinal axis and is restrained against rotation about the longitudinal axis of the bolt relative to the clamp member. The keeper is rotatable about the longitudinal axis concurrently with the clamp member.

Abstract: A system and method for calculating a valence value captures an individual's positive or negative response to a media by considering alpha asymmetry of the individual's brain. This valence value can be used to compare media based on an individual or a group of individuals. Events of the media can be contrasted and compared by the valence value as well. Statistical measurements may be taken to improve media.

Abstract: A system and method for calculating an objective thought value by contrasting alpha suppression and theta activation in response to stimulus by a media can be used to compare media based on an individual or a group of individuals. Events of the media can be contrasted and compared by the thought value as well. Statistical measurements may be taken to improve media.

Abstract: A system and method for calculating an engagement value by quantifying an amount that a user is acting without thinking considering brainwaves and a heart rate can be used to compare media based on an individual or a group of individuals. Events of the media can be contrasted and compared by the engagement value as well. Statistical measurements may be taken to improve media.

Abstract: A system and method of selective row energization based on write data, with a selective row energization system including a storage array 102 having M rows 104 and N columns 106; an N-bit data word register 108; a uniform-detect circuit 110 responsive to a data word to generate a uniform word data bit having a first value when the data word is uniform; an M-bit uniform-detect register 112 having M uniform-detect latches 114, each being associated with one of the M rows 104 and storing the uniform word data bit for the data word stored in the associated M row 104; and an M-bit row driver device 116 responsive to the uniform word data bit for each of the M rows 104 to inhibit energization of the M rows 104 for which the uniform word data bit is the first value.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a media analysis apparatus and method in which human mental response to media is objectively determined.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for transforming an irregular, unorganized cloud of data points (100) into a volumetric data or “voxel” set (120). Point cloud (100) is represented in a 3D Cartesian coordinate system having an x-axis, a y-axis and a z-axis. Voxel set (120) is represented in an alternate 3D Cartesian coordinate system having an x?-axis, a y?-axis, and a z?-axis. Each point P(x, y, z) in the point cloud (100) and its associated set of attributes, such as intensity or color, normals, density and/or layer data, are mapped to a voxel V(x?, y?, z?) in the voxel set (120). Given that the point cloud has a high magnitude of points, multiple points from the point cloud may be mapped to a single voxel. When two or more points are mapped to the same voxel, the disparate attribute sets of the mapped points are combined so that each voxel in the voxel set is associated with only one set of attributes.

Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise an automatic reel capable assisting a user when attempting to unspool a linear material, such as a water hose. The automatic reel includes a control system having a motor controller capable of sensing a pulling of, or increased tension of, the linear material and capable of causing a motor to rotate to unspool the linear material. In certain embodiments, the motor controller tracks the length of the unspooled portion of the linear material and/or reduces the spooling speed of the motor when retracting a terminal portion of the linear material.

Abstract: A programmable local clock buffer for integrated circuit devices which is capable of varying initial settings is provided. The illustrative embodiments allow a single type of local clock buffer (LCB) to be used throughout an integrated circuit design while still being able to provide differing initial offsets and pulse widths for different local circuitry portions of the integrated circuit design. Delay circuit paths are provided, which provide discreet delay values, within the LCB that can be chained together when the LCB is instantiated to set the initial offset and pulse width values. When an LCB is instantiated in the integrated circuit device design, various ones of the delay circuit paths are connected together with the existing circuit paths of the LCB, i.e. the circuit paths that provide the pre-established offset and pulse width values, in order to set the initial offset and pulse width values for the LCB.

Abstract: A mechanism for reducing the amount of power or energy consumed by an SRAM array when the SRAM array is being accessed are provided. Logic is provided for determining the polarity of an incoming row being written to the SRAM cell array. Logic is further provided for storing a polarity value into an additional SRAM cell per row of the SRAM cell array. Logic is also provided for reading an inverted value of the SRAM cells of a row in the SRAM cell array if the row contains more 0's than 1's, as determined based on the polarity value stored in the additional SRAM cell per row. Logic is further provided for signaling to downstream logic whether the data read from the SRAM cells in the row represents the true data values or their complement, as determined based on the polarity value stored in the additional SRAM cell per row.