Abstract: A radiography imaging apparatus comprises a radiation source to generate radiation for irradiation of a patient. A radiation detection unit comprises a plurality of detection modules to detect radiation having passed through the patient and to convert the radiation into an electrical signal and to convert the electrical signal into a digital signal to provide digital data. A data collection unit collects the digital data from the plurality of detection modules for use in generation of a radiography image of the patient, wherein each of the plurality of detection modules transmits the digital data to a neighboring detection module, and at least one of the plurality of detection modules transmits cumulative digital data acquired from the plurality of detection modules to the data collection unit.

Abstract: A mobile radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation generation unit configured to generate radiation, a cart, a supporting member formed on the cart and configured to hold the radiation generation unit in a movable manner with respect to the cart, a detection unit configured to detect arrangement of the radiation generation unit in a particular non-imaging position, and a control unit configured to limit a motion of the supporting member according to a detection result by the detection unit.

Abstract: A sensor panel provided with a photoelectric conversion element that detects entering light, a columnar-structure scintillator layer arranged on the sensor panel, a light reflection layer formed on the columnar-structure scintillator layer, and a resin layer including a particulate scintillator formed between the columnar-structure scintillator layer and the light reflection layer are included in a detecting apparatus, and the resin layer includes a particulate scintillator.

Abstract: A radiation generating unit includes a radiation tube that has a vacuum chamber that has a cathode and anode at both ends of an insulating tubular member and is arranged inside a storage container filled with an insulating liquid in a state in which the radiation tube is arranged inside an insulating outer casing tube with a gap from a surrounding, wherein walls which partition the gap between the radiation tube and outer casing tube are provided while allowing a flow of the insulating liquid between the cathode side and anode side of the radiation tube and leaving in the gap a flow path which does not linearly continue to the cathode side and anode side.

Abstract: In the case where radiological imaging of a subject to be injected with a contrast agent is performed continuously and a radiation exposure dose of the subject due to the continuous radiological imaging is obtained based on a radiation image signal of each frame detected by a radiation image detector through the continuous radiological imaging, identifying a frame which includes an image signal representing an image of the contrast agent as a contrast agent frame from the radiation image signal of each frame, and correcting the radiation exposure dose based on information of the contrast agent frame and obtaining a radiation exposure dose of the subject for the radiological imaging of the contrast agent frame.

Abstract: Method of generating radiation images of an elongate body by applying different computer-implemented stitching methods to the same set of partial radiation images. A warning is generated in case of substantial deviation between the applied stitching methods.

Abstract: There is provided a portable X-ray diagnostic apparatus. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprises an X-ray generation unit configured to generate X-rays, a display unit configured to display information about X-ray imaging by the X-ray generation unit, a column including a shaft extending in a first direction and configured to be rotatable about the shaft, a cart on which the display unit and the column are set, and an extendable boom configured to support the X-ray generation unit and extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, the boom obtaining, when storing the X-ray generation unit, a length to store the X-ray generation unit between the display unit and the column.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate radiation, a positioning unit configured to position the irradiation unit, and a cart unit configured to move while the irradiation unit and the positioning unit are mounted on the cart unit. The radiation imaging apparatus includes a moving unit configured to hold a display unit below the irradiation unit and to slide the display unit along a display screen of the display unit outwardly from the cart unit.

Abstract: An X-ray tube includes a radiopaque substrate including a window portion, an X-ray transmission window closing the window portion, an X-ray target provided at the window portion from an inner surface side of the substrate, a highly-evacuated container portion attached to the inner surface of the substrate, a cathode, a first control electrode and a second control electrode provided inside the container portion. A shielding electrode is provided at the inner surface of the substrate so as to surround the window portion. Electrons collide with the X-ray target to generate X-rays. Electrons reflected on the X-ray target between the shielding electrodes are absorbed by the shielding electrodes, so an inner surface of the container portion is not charged. The electron emission from the cathode is not affected by the reflected electrons, so a change in target current is small, and thus X-rays of substantially constant intensity can be radiated.

Abstract: An active vibration absorber is provided for damping vibrations of a cantilevered portion of a support structure. The vibration absorber comprises a mass, wherein the mass is coupled without using a spring and through a drive that is controlled by a control device of the vibration absorber to a fastening means for fastening the drive to a support structure to be damped, so that upon a movement of the mass relative to the fastening means an inertial force caused by this movement is directly transmitted through the drive to the fastening means, and wherein the control device comprises a motion sensor and the control device is adapted to control the drive in function of the signals from the motion sensor. The active vibration isolator has a purpose of damping especially low-frequency vibrating structures including more than one mass-spring element so that the vibration amplitude thereof is significantly reduced.

Abstract: A facility for facilitating custom radiation treatment planning is described. During a distinguished radiation treatment session for a patient, the facility collects data indicating positioning of a predefined treatment site of the patient relative to a target treatment location throughout the distinguished radiation treatment session. The facility associates the collected positioning data with data describing one or more other aspects of the distinguished radiation treatment session. The facility provides the associated data to a treatment planning facility to determine a treatment plan for future radiation treatment sessions for the patient.

Abstract: A dental sensor holder including a loop of material and an adjustable bond. The adjustable bond portion is located on the inside of the loop which may selectively be engaged to join adjacent portions of the loop into a functional bitewing.

Abstract: A mobile X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube portion, an arm capable of holding the X-ray tube portion, and a moving handle portion provided on the X-ray tube portion and operable to move the mobile X-ray imaging apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a test chamber that can be used to perform a variety of X-ray and neutron spectroscopy experiments including powder diffraction, small-angle scattering, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and pair distribution functions, such chamber comprising a first electrode with an X-ray transparent window; a second electrode with an X-ray transparent window; a plurality of insulating gaskets providing a hermetic seal around the sample and preventing contact between said first and second electrodes; and an insulating housing into which the first electrode is secured.

Abstract: A method for eliminating typing noise from a conference call in which a plurality of participants communicate via a plurality of client devices connected to a conference server via a corresponding plurality of channels, includes determining a probability value for each channel of the plurality of channels representing a likelihood of a typing noise being present on the corresponding channel. A channel of the plurality of channels having a highest determined probability value is temporarily muted. It is testing whether the temporary muting has successfully remove the typing noise from the conference call. A warning is generated for a client device of the plurality of client devices that corresponds to the channel having a highest determined probability value when it is determined that the temporary muting has successfully removed the typing noise from the conference call.

Abstract: A computerized method for correlating a phone call with a telephone-number, comprising receiving at a service facility, comprising an at least one processor, a query from a computer about a status of a phone call with a telephone-number, and sending to the computer a response with information related to the status, and an apparatus for performing the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for recording an interaction including, a telephone call between a caller and a digital processing system placed over an interjurisdictional boundary, and may include a telephone call placed to at least one called recipient. For example, a caller may place a telephone call over an interjurisdictional boundary to a remote computer server. The server may use an interactive voice response (IVR) unit to obtain caller identification information, provide recording identification information to the caller, and receive authorization from the caller to record an interaction between the caller and a call recipient. The server can also obtain testamentary intent information. A telephone call may then be placed by the server to the recipient, and a two-party digital voice recording can be made on the remote server of a three-way telephone call, in which the server is one of the parties.

Abstract: An call evaluation device pairs an utterance of the first speaker and an utterance of the second speaker, which are associated with the same screen identification information, to be a question and answer, obtains a totalized value of the number of question and answers for each screen identification information and an utterance time of the second speaker for each question and answer, and generates display information to cause an output device to display the totalized value of the number of question and answers for each screen identification information and the utterance time of the second speaker for each question and answer.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for upgrading an existing service outlet (e.g. LAN, telephone, power or CATV outlet) in a house by adding functionality thereto. The functionality is added by an add-on module, connected electrically and secured mechanically to the existing outlet. Several attachment devices are exampled, including surface attachment, side clamping, snap locking, strap securing and fastening screws. The add-on module may include a service connector for retaining the basic existing outlet function. The module may be attached in a permanent way or by using a detachable solution.

Abstract: A phone system with a methodology for call parking is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a user of a communications endpoint device can use a user interface at the communications endpoint device to select persons to notify of a parked call. Upon successfully parking the call, the phone system notifies the selected persons in the manner specified in their account profiles. Such manner can include sending an e-mail to the selected person or sending a text message to the selected person. Advantageously, the manner for notifying the selected persons of the parked call is determined by the selected persons themselves through configuration of their account profiles thereby alleviating the user parking the call from having to determine the manner for notifying the selected persons.

Abstract: A method for eliminating typing noise from a conference call in which a plurality of participants communicate via a plurality of client devices connected to a conference server via a corresponding plurality of channels, includes determining a probability value for each channel of the plurality of channels representing a likelihood of a typing noise being present on the corresponding channel. A channel of the plurality of channels having a highest determined probability value is temporarily muted. It is testing whether the temporary muting has successfully remove the typing noise from the conference call. A warning is generated for a client device of the plurality of client devices that corresponds to the channel having a highest determined probability value when it is determined that the temporary muting has successfully removed the typing noise from the conference call.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are provided such that enterprise network administrators may create and display a dial plan management arrangement using enterprise canonical format and number normalization and friendly display tables. A solution is provided for creating and managing call routing simply and graphically using enterprise canonical format rather than through a legacy routing scheme using of a series of tables with no graphic depiction and multiple formats. By using a single format with a graphical representation when administering dial planning, implementation and management are significantly simpler and more efficient.

Abstract: A passive, non-amplified audio switch for a computer telephony system is provided. The passive, non-amplified audio switch provides a first telephone jack to receive audio in and send audio out to a first user. The passive, non-amplified audio switch provides a second telephone jack to receive audio in and send audio out to a second user. The passive, non-amplified audio switch further provides audio out and receives audio in from a voice platform, which transcribes audio using a speech to text engine. The passive, non-amplified audio switch provides that audio in from the second user is always provided to the voice platform for transcription.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method to generate skill information. The method includes retrieving information relating to an agent of a contact center, wherein the information includes document and information repositories, knowledge sharing reports, mail repositories, and customer, supervisor, and peer feedbacks. The information may also include information from external sources including social network. The method further includes determining keywords from the retrieved information, and generating skill information for the at least one agent.

Abstract: A method for an agent terminal to answer a call includes: sending, by a call center, a request ring notification to all agent terminals whose skills meet a customer requirement and whose states are non-idle (101); ringing all the agent terminals simultaneously according to received messages for invoking a request ring interface sent by all the agent terminals (102); and connecting, according to an off-hook answer of the one of the agent terminals (103), a call between one of the agent terminals and a user terminal. In addition, a call center and a system are further provided.

Abstract: A communication processing system according to the present invention is a communication processing system including user communication terminals each operated by a user and responder communication terminals each operated by a responder responding to an inquiry from the user. The communication processing system includes: a responder communication terminal information storing means for associating and storing each of the responder communication terminals and a responder attribute of the responder operating the responder communication terminal; and a connection controlling means for controlling to search the responder attribute corresponding to a user attribute of the user by referring to the responder communication terminal information storing means and connect the responder communication terminal associated with the responder attribute to the user communication terminal.

Abstract: A contact center includes a resource selection module operable to determine and select a plurality of agents based on a work request. The plurality of agents includes agents suitable for the work request. Further, the plurality of agents includes agents having previous work requests in a presenting state. Furthermore, the plurality of agents includes agents working below individual capacity of the agents for simultaneously handling work requests. Further, the plurality of agents is dynamic and may increase in size. The contact center further includes a resource connector module operable to present the work request simultaneously to the plurality of agents. The resource connector module further may subsequently present the work request to newly available suitable agents. The resource connector module further routes the work request to an agent based on actual agent responsiveness.

Abstract: A method for detecting a double-talk condition and an echo cancellation system using the same are introduced herein. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method may be adapted to an double-talk detector of an echo cancellation system and includes the following steps: obtaining an input signal with a first power; computing a second power, wherein the second power is a power combination of at least one estimated signal; determining whether the double-talk condition occurs according to a relationship between the first power and the second power, when the first power is larger than the second power, the double-talk condition occurs.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for reducing line-to-line crosstalk during transmission of a digital subscriber line service are disclosed, where the method includes: before a service is provisioned, obtaining, by a service provider according to a service transmission rate and a topology scenario parameter that are provided by a service receiving side device, a power spectral density of a line in a process of receiving a service by the service receiving side device; and provisioning, by the service provider, a service for the service receiving side device according to the power spectral density.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder to receive a first instruction to perform first SKEIN256 MIX-PERMUTE operations, the first instruction having a first operand associated with a first storage location to store a plurality of odd words, a second operand associated with a second storage location to store a plurality of even words, and a third operand. The processor further includes a first execution unit coupled to the instruction decoder, in response to the first instruction, to perform multiple rounds of the first SKEIN256 MIX-PERMUTE operations based on the odd words and even words using a first rotate value obtained from a third storage location indicated by the third operand, and to store new odd words in the first storage location indicated by the first operand.

Abstract: A processor includes a first execution unit to receive and execute a first instruction to process a first part of secure hash algorithm 256 (SHA256) message scheduling operations, the first instruction having a first operand associated with a first storage location to store a first set of message inputs and a second operand associated with a second storage location to store a second set of message inputs. The processor further includes a second execution unit to receive and execute a second instruction to process a second part of the SHA256 message scheduling operations, the second instruction having a third operand associated with a third storage location to store an intermediate result of the first part and a third set of message inputs and a fourth operand associated with a fourth storage location to store a fourth set of message inputs.

Abstract: A computing device utilizes matrix codes to securely communicate information with a variety of servers. The computing device receives public user data, and generates a display of a base matrix code for reading by a scanner associated with a first server, wherein the base matrix code includes the public user data in a first mask. Responsive to the display of the base matrix code to the scanner associated with the first server, the computing device receives first private user data from the first server. The computing device generates a display of a first combined matrix code for reading by a scanner associated with a second server, wherein the first combined matrix code includes the public user data in the first mask and includes the first private user data in a second mask. The computing device can receive the public and first private user data in a matrix code.

Abstract: Modifications to authentication and authorization messages are used to allow an authentication server to query both an access network and a terminal device connecting over the access network to determine whether both nodes support the terminal device forming a plurality of packet data network connections that can support tunnels. This allows a non-3GPP access network to offer terminal devices the ability to connect to a 3GPP core network with multiple connections.

Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium for security key generation in link aggregation group topologies. The method can include performing, using one or more processors, authentication on each port of a plurality of ports in a link aggregation group. The method can also include deriving, using the one or more processors, a connectivity association key for the link aggregation group. The method can further include computing, using the one or more processors, a security association key for each port in the plurality of ports, the security association key being based on the connectivity association key for the link aggregation group.

Abstract: Disclosed method, system and computer readable storage medium embodiments for providing hardware-efficient universal hashing functions include performing a first hash function on a received input key or a bit sequence derived from the received input key to generate a hashed input key, selecting a plurality of input key portions from the hashed input key, accessing, a respective permutation table for each of the input key portions from a group of permutation tables to generate a permuted key portion, and combining at least the generated permuted key portions to form a hash value.

Abstract: A method, of an aspect, includes challenging a set of Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) cells, of an integrated circuit device, and receiving a set of PUF bits from the PUF cells in response. A PUF key is generated based on the set of PUF bits. An encryption of the PUF key with an embedded key is output from the integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device receives an encryption of a fuse key with the PUF key. Fuses of the integrated circuit device are programmed with at least one of the fuse key and the received encryption of the fuse key with the PUF key. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a secure transmission method and apparatus for transport stream (TS). The method is applied to a receiving terminal of a digital television broadcasting system, comprising: after receiving a TS, a first device in the receiving terminal encrypts the received TS using a key already negotiated with a second device in the receiving terminal and utilizing a determined encryption algorithm, and sends the encrypted TS to the second device in the receiving terminal; after receiving the encrypted TS, the second device in the receiving terminal decrypts the received encrypted TS using the key and utilizing a decryption algorithm corresponding to the encryption algorithm. Using the present invention can protect the security of the TS transmission.

Abstract: A system uses multi-level encoding where each symbol of a plurality of symbols represents more than one bit of information in a user data symbol stream for transfer using a multilevel transmission channel. The user data symbols are represented in a digital bitwise form such that each symbol is presented as a plurality of bits and each bit is subject to a different probability of error. An error correction procedure is applied based on the different error probability that is associated with each bit in the plurality. The channel can be configured to support a mosaic tile structure, each tile containing a channel symbol such that a selected tile has a collective error probability that is different from other tiles. Customized coding can be applied to the tile structure to allocate a selected amount of error correction power to the selected tile based on an overall available correction power.

Abstract: A first computing device transfers first and second commitments to a second computing device. The first commitment is for private data and a first random number and the second commitment is for second and third random numbers. The method includes producing a result by evaluating a predicate and a first support function of a garbled circuit. The result includes a first part and a second part, referred to as the predicate result. The method includes transferring the result to the second computing device; receiving a second challenge from the second computing device; and producing a second response from a second support function using the second challenge. The method includes transferring the second response to the second computing device. The predicate result over the private data is true if a result of a check function is equal to a third commitment of the first part and the second response.

Abstract: A method comprises determining a number of radio sources within a region proximate an electronic device and adjusting one or more loss prevention policies based on the number of radio sources within the region proximate the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described.

Abstract: Securely joining a secure wireless communications network is described, for example, where a printer or other device is securely added to a home wireless network. In various embodiments, a temporary wireless network is established between a new joiner device and a second wireless communications device which is already a member of a secure home wireless network. In an example, the temporary wireless network is set up using a secret key known to the new joiner device and the second wireless communications device by virtue of physical proximity. In various examples, the secure, temporary wireless network is used to transfer credentials of the secure home network to the new joiner device which then joins the home network. In an example the temporary wireless network is cancelled once the new joiner device becomes a member of the secure home (or other) wireless network.

Abstract: A method and a system to differentiate and assign IP addresses of wireless femto cells H(e)NB (Home (evolved) NodeB) by using IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange Version 2 protocol) procedure when supporting multiple logical entities or service are provided. The present disclosure relates to broad area of IP networks and particularly relates to a signaling mechanism to support multiple services by providing particular IP address to particular service within an IP based entity. Different methods to differentiate the assigned IP addresses for multiple IP request for different entities (logical or physical), the GW (IKEv2 peer)/H(e)NB (IKEv2 peer) attaches an unique identification in the payload for each entity using IKEv2 procedure.

Abstract: A particular method includes receiving, at a secure user plane location (SUPL) server, an indication from a mobile device of one or more transport layer security (TLS) cipher suites supported by the mobile device; determining whether the one or more TLS cipher suites include a TLS pre-shared key (TLS-PSK) cipher suite that is supported by the SUPL server; in response to determining whether the one or more TLS cipher suites include the TLS-PSK cipher suite that is supported by the SUPL server, performing a generic bootstrapping architecture (GBA)-based authentication process to authenticate the mobile device, or determining whether the SUPL server supports a certificate-based authentication method; and in response to determining that the SUPL server supports the certificate-based authentication method, performing the certificate-based authentication method that includes sending a server certificate to the mobile device and receiving a device certificate from the mobile device.

Abstract: A method for updating a group traffic key used for encrypting and decrypting multicast data in a wireless communication system is described. The method includes receiving, from the base station, a first message comprising a new group security seed; and updating the group traffic key based on the new group security seed.

Abstract: A method, device, and system for secure end-to-end audio recognition is disclosed. A client device launches an application that connects with a server. The client device and server exchange cryptographic keys and establish a secure connection and a shared cryptographic key. The server transmits an encrypted audio prompt to the client device. The client device decrypts the encrypted audio prompt and stores the decrypted audio prompt in secure memory inaccessible to the operating system using an audio engine of the client device. The audio engine then retrieves the audio and renders it for the user through the speakers of the client device. The client device captures the user's audio response with a microphone and stores the audio response in the secure memory. The stored audio response is encrypted and transmitted to the server.

Abstract: A method of restoring confidential information items of a first device to a second device by using a set of servers. The method generates a public and private key pair and ties the private key to the hash of executable code of the servers at the time of generating the public and private keys. The method receives the encrypted confidential information items in a secure object which is encrypted with a user-specific key and the public key. The method only provides the confidential information to the second device when the second device provides the same user-specific key as the key that encrypts the secure object and the hash of the executable code of the servers at the time of accessing the private key to decrypt the secure object matches the hash of the executable code running on the servers at the time of generating the private key.

Abstract: A multi-channel and multi-zone audio environment is provided. Various inventions are disclosed that allow playback devices on one or more networks to provide an effective multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment using timing information. According to one example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a low-latency network to provide audio along with a video display. In another example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a mesh network to provide audio in one or more zones or zone groups.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an audio encoding method. The method includes: obtaining audio data of N channels; and performing channel interleaving and packetization on the obtained audio data of the N channels to obtain data packets, where each data packet includes X*N segments of audio data, where X is a ratio of an amount of audio data included in one data packet to an amount of audio data included in one audio frame, X is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and in the X*N segments of audio data, at least X+1 segments of audio data belong to different audio frames.

Abstract: A vehicular audio processing unit includes a receiver that receives voice data by wirelessly communicating with audio equipment, an audio processor that applies predetermined audio processing to the voice data received by the receiver, a transmitter that transmits the voice data to which the audio processor applies the predetermined audio processing by wirelessly communicating with an audio output device that can output a sound, and a sensor that detects an operational status of a vehicle with which the unit is provided. The audio processor automatically modifies the predetermined audio processing based on the operational status detected by the operational status detector to the voice data received by the receive, thereby the user is not required to perform any operation for varying the voice output according to an operational status of the vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects an output from a 3-axis acceleration sensor included in an earphone unit worn by a user while the user is in a still state; monitors the output of the 3-axis acceleration sensor while a nodding gesture is performed by the user; detects a time when an angle of the nodding gesture reaches a maximum; and determines an earphone wearing state based on the output from the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the still state and the output from the 3-axis acceleration sensor at the time of detecting the maximum nodding angle.