公开(公告)号：US20090306988A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US12135131

申请日：2008-06-06

申请人： Francine Chen ,  John Adcock

发明人： Francine Chen ,  John Adcock

IPC分类号： G10L13/00

CPC分类号： H04K1/06 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  G10L25/93 ,  H04K1/04

摘要： An audio privacy system reduces the intelligibility of speech in an audio signal while preserving prosodic information, such as pitch, relative energy and intonation so that a listener has the ability to recognize environmental sounds but not the speech itself. An audio signal is processed to separate non-vocalic information, such as pitch and relative energy of speech, from vocalic regions, after which syllables are identified within the vocalic regions. Representations of the vocalic regions are computed to produce a vocal tract transfer function and an excitation. The vocal tract transfer function for each syllable is then replaced with the vocal tract transfer function from another prerecorded vocalic sound. In one aspect, the identity of the replacement vocalic sound is independent of the identity of the syllable being replaced. A modified audio signal is then synthesized with the original prosodic information and the modified vocal tract transfer function to produce unintelligible speech that preserves the pitch and energy of the speech as well as environmental sounds.

摘要翻译： 音频隐私系统降低音频信号中的语音的可懂度，同时保留诸如音调，相对能量和语调之类的韵律信息，以便收听者具有识别环境声音而不是语音本身的能力。 处理音频信号以从声乐区域分离非声音信息，例如语音的音调和相对能量，之后在声音区域内识别音节。 计算声乐区域的表示以产生声道传递函数和激发。 然后，每个音节的声道传递功能由另一预先录制的声乐中的声道传递功能所取代。 在一个方面，替换的声音的身份与被替换的音节的身份无关。 然后，将经修改的音频信号与原始韵律信息和修改的声道传递函数合成以产生保持语音的音调和能量以及环境声音的无法理解的语音。

公开(公告)号：US20090006371A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-01

申请号：US11771799

申请日：2007-06-29

申请人： Laurent Denoue ,  Daniel Billsus ,  David Hilbert ,  John Adcock ,  Gene Golovchinsky

发明人： Laurent Denoue ,  Daniel Billsus ,  David Hilbert ,  John Adcock ,  Gene Golovchinsky

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867

摘要： Blogs (and other information sources) are recommended to a user based history of user's online activities. The system: (1) processes the user's web history, (2) identifies blog posts (and web pages) that link to pages read by the user, (3) generates multiple relevance scores for each identified post/page, and (4) produces multiple rankings of the corresponding source blogs (and web sites) by aggregating individual relevance scores (or combinations of relevance scores), according to users' preferences. The system allows the discovery of information sources that are likely to be interesting to the user and allows sources lost in the “long tail” to be seamlessly discovered.

摘要翻译： 推荐用户基于用户的在线活动历史的博客（和其他信息来源）。 系统：（1）处理用户的网络历史，（2）识别链接到用户阅读的页面的博文（和网页），（3）为每个标识的帖子/页面生成多个相关性分数，以及（4） 根据用户的喜好，通过聚合个人相关性分数（或相关性分数的组合）来生成相应源博客（和网站）的多个排名。 该系统允许发现可能对用户感兴趣的信息源，并允许无缝发现“长尾巴”中丢失的信息源。

公开(公告)号：US09137509B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-15

申请号：US13647248

申请日：2012-10-08

申请人： John Adcock ,  Scott Carter ,  Matthew Cooper ,  Laurent Denoue

发明人： John Adcock ,  Scott Carter ,  Matthew Cooper ,  Laurent Denoue

IPC分类号： H04N9/80 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N9/87 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N5/76

CPC分类号： H04N9/87 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/8455 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： A method for navigating instructional video presentations is disclosed. The method includes determining a pause mode of a video presentation, and playing the video presentation on a display device. The video presentation has one or more predetermined pause positions. The method also includes, while playing the video presentation, determining that the video presentation has reached one of the one or more pause positions. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the video presentation is in a first pause mode, pausing the video presentation at the one of the one or more pause positions and maintaining a display of a paused frame of the video presentation, and, in accordance with a determination that the video presentation is in a second pause mode distinct from the first pause mode, continuing to play the video presentation through the one of the one or more pause positions.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于导航教学视频演示的方法。 该方法包括确定视频呈现的暂停模式，以及在显示装置上播放视频呈现。 视频呈现具有一个或多个预定的暂停位置。 该方法还包括在播放视频呈现时确定视频呈现已经达到一个或多个暂停位置中的一个。 所述方法还包括：根据所述视频呈现处于第一暂停模式的确定，暂停所述一个或多个暂停位置中的所述一个或多个暂停位置中的所述一个处的所述视频呈现，并且保持所述视频呈现的暂停帧的显示， 根据与第一暂停模式不同的第二暂停模式的确定，继续通过一个或多个暂停位置中的一个播放视频呈现。

公开(公告)号：US08140326B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-20

申请号：US12135131

申请日：2008-06-06

申请人： Francine Chen ,  John Adcock

发明人： Francine Chen ,  John Adcock

IPC分类号： G10L21/02 ,  G10L19/00 ,  G10L13/06

CPC分类号： H04K1/06 ,  G10L21/0364 ,  G10L25/93 ,  H04K1/04

摘要： An audio privacy system reduces the intelligibility of speech in an audio signal while preserving prosodic information, such as pitch, relative energy and intonation so that a listener has the ability to recognize environmental sounds but not the speech itself. An audio signal is processed to separate non-vocalic information, such as pitch and relative energy of speech, from vocalic regions, after which syllables are identified within the vocalic regions. Representations of the vocalic regions are computed to produce a vocal tract transfer function and an excitation. The vocal tract transfer function for each syllable is then replaced with the vocal tract transfer function from another prerecorded vocalic sound. In one aspect, the identity of the replacement vocalic sound is independent of the identity of the syllable being replaced. A modified audio signal is then synthesized with the original prosodic information and the modified vocal tract transfer function to produce unintelligible speech that preserves the pitch and energy of the speech as well as environmental sounds.

摘要翻译： 音频隐私系统降低音频信号中的语音的可懂度，同时保留诸如音调，相对能量和语调之类的韵律信息，以便收听者具有识别环境声音而不是语音本身的能力。 处理音频信号以从声乐区域分离非声音信息，例如语音的音调和相对能量，之后在声音区域内识别音节。 计算声乐区域的表示以产生声道传递函数和激发。 然后，每个音节的声道传递功能由另一预先录制的声乐中的声道传递功能所取代。 在一个方面，替换的声音的身份与被替换的音节的身份无关。 然后，将经修改的音频信号与原始韵律信息和修改的声道传递函数合成以产生保持语音的音调和能量以及环境声音的无法理解的语音。

公开(公告)号：US20120063684A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-15

申请号：US12878972

申请日：2010-09-09

申请人： Laurent Denoue ,  John Adcock ,  Scott Carter ,  Patrick Chiu ,  Francine Chen

发明人： Laurent Denoue ,  John Adcock ,  Scott Carter ,  Patrick Chiu ,  Francine Chen

IPC分类号： G06K9/34

CPC分类号： G06K9/2072 ,  G06F17/243 ,  G06K9/00449 ,  G06K2209/01

摘要： Systems and methods for interactive, user-driven detection, creation and completion of form fields in a digital document are provided. A document with form fields that require completion by a user is received, after which form fields are detected at the direction of the user. Once the user selects a possible form field, the system creates the appropriate fillable form field based on size, type, location, related text and other parameters of the form field and surrounding document. Additional levels of interaction include predictive text, pattern development and automatic completion of previously completed fields.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于数字文档中的表单域的交互式，用户驱动的检测，创建和完成的系统和方法。 接收到需要用户完成的表单字段的文档，之后在用户的方向检测到表单字段。 一旦用户选择了可能的表单域，系统将根据表单域和周围文档的大小，类型，位置，相关文本和其他参数创建适当的可填写表单域。 其他交互级别包括预测文本，模式开发和自动完成先前完成的领域。

公开(公告)号：US20090244323A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-01

申请号：US12058620

申请日：2008-03-28

申请人： Scott Carter ,  John Doherty ,  John Adcock

发明人： Scott Carter ,  John Doherty ,  John Adcock

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/228

CPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/23222 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/772 ,  H04N5/907

摘要： Described is a system and methods for embedding standard video-taking heuristics into video-recording devices to help improve the quality of captured video for consumer devices. The described approach uses a combination of audio, visual, and haptic feedback that responds to video as it is recorded. This feedback can help users compose better shots as well as help them develop an understanding of the fundamentals of good video-taking.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于将标准视频采集启发式数据嵌入到视频记录设备中的系统和方法，以帮助改善用于消费者设备的捕获视频的质量。 所描述的方法使用音频，视觉和触觉反馈的组合来响应视频被记录。 这种反馈可以帮助用户组合更好的镜头，并帮助他们了解良好视频拍摄的基本原理。

公开(公告)号：US20090112830A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-30

申请号：US11924518

申请日：2007-10-25

申请人： Laurent Denoue ,  John Adcock

发明人： Laurent Denoue ,  John Adcock

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/58

摘要： Image search and retrieval system is provided. System identifies pictures embedded in presentation slides. System represents each set of identical (or nearly identical) images with unique token. For example, if specific picture is reused in multiple presentations, it will be represented by system using same token. System may compute and store various meta attributes associated with presentation slide and image(s) therein. After the token and meta attribute information are generated for images and/or slides, generated data is provided to text-based search engine. A searched image is subsequently located and retrieved by user using search query issued by user to text-based search engine, which locates images based on generated token and meta attribute information. At query time, user enters search keywords describing target image that user desires to locate. Pursuant to user's query, system retrieves all matching presentation slides. Found images may be ranked using, for example, tf*idf score.

摘要翻译： 提供图像搜索和检索系统。 系统识别嵌入演示文稿幻灯片中的图片。 系统表示具有独特令牌的每组相同（或几乎相同）的图像。 例如，如果特定图片在多个演示文稿中重复使用，则系统将使用相同的令牌来表示。 系统可以计算和存储与其中的演示幻灯片和图像相关联的各种元属性。 在为图像和/或幻灯片生成令牌和元属性信息之后，生成的数据被提供给基于文本的搜索引擎。 随后，用户使用由用户发布的基于文本搜索引擎的搜索查询来定位和检索搜索到的图像，其基于生成的令牌和元属性信息来定位图像。 在查询时，用户输入描述用户希望定位的目标图像的搜索关键字。 根据用户查询，系统检索所有匹配的演示幻灯片。 可以使用例如tf * idf得分来找到找到的图像。

公开(公告)号：US20070224926A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-27

申请号：US11597083

申请日：2005-05-20

申请人： John Adcock

发明人： John Adcock

IPC分类号： A22C29/04

CPC分类号： A22C29/046

摘要： Apparatus for separating scallop meat from a scallop (10) having two opposed shells (11, 12) connected together along a hinge line (17) including mounting means for mounting the scallop (10) having its two opposed shells (11, 12) held parted to provide an access gap between at least part of the peripheries of the opposed shells (11, 12), a fluid source (30) arranged to direct two high speed fluid streams (35, 36) through the access gap between the peripheries of the shells (11, 12) and into contact with respective inside surfaces of the two shells (11, 12) so that the two fluid streams (35, 36) flow along the inside surfaces of the respective shells (11, 12), and moving means (50) for relatively moving the fluid source (30) in relation to the scallop (10) so that each fluid stream (35, 36) traverses a substantial part of the inside surface of the respective shell (11, 12) sufficient to dislodge the scallop meat from the inside surface of the respect shell (11, 12).

摘要翻译： 用于将扇贝肉与扇贝（10）分离的装置具有沿着铰链线（17）连接在一起的两个相对的壳体（11,12），所述壳体包括用于安装具有其两个相对的壳体（11,12）的扇贝（10）的安装装置， 分开以在相对的壳体（11,12）的周边的至少一部分之间提供进入间隙，流体源（30）布置成通过两个高速流体流（35,36）之间的进入间隙引导两个高速流体流 壳体（11,12）并且与两个壳体（11,12）的相应内表面接触，使得两个流体流（35,36）沿着各个壳体（11,12）的内表面流动，并且 移动装置（50），用于相对于扇贝（10）相对地移动流体源（30），使得每个流体流（35,36）穿过相应壳体（11,12）的内表面的大部分足够 从扇贝的内表面移除扇贝肉 （11,12）。

公开(公告)号：US20060106767A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10987377

申请日：2004-11-12

申请人： John Adcock ,  Matthew Cooper ,  Andreas Girgensohn ,  Lynn Wilcox

发明人： John Adcock ,  Matthew Cooper ,  Andreas Girgensohn ,  Lynn Wilcox

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/2795 ,  G06F17/2785 ,  G06F17/30613 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99936 ,  Y10S707/99937

摘要： A system and method for identifying query-related keywords in documents found in a search using latent semantic analysis. The documents are represented as a document term matrix M containing one or more document term-weight vectors d, which may be term-frequency (tf) vectors or term-frequency inverse-document-frequency (tf-idf) vectors. This matrix is subjected to a truncated singular value decomposition. The resulting transform matrix U can be used to project a query term-weight vector q into the reduced N-dimensional space, followed by its expansion back into the full vector space using the inverse of U. To perform a search, the similarity of qexpanded is measured relative to each candidate document vector in this space. Exemplary similarity functions are dot product and cosine similarity. Keywords are selected with the highest values in qexpanded that are also comprised in at least one document. Matching keywords from the query may be highlighted in the search results.

摘要翻译： 用于使用潜在语义分析在搜索中发现的文档中识别查询相关关键字的系统和方法。 这些文件被表示为包含一个或多个文档术语权重向量d的文档术语矩阵，其可以是术语频率（tf）向量或术语频率逆文档频率（tf） -idf）载体。 该矩阵经历截断的奇异值分解。 所得到的变换矩阵 U可用于将查询项权重向量q投影到缩小的N维空间中，然后使用 U。 为了执行搜索，相对于该空间中的每个候选文档向量测量q _{expanded 的相似度。 示例性相似度函数是点积和余弦相似度。 关键字被选择，其中也包含在至少一个文档中的q 扩展的最高值。 查询中的匹配关键字可能会在搜索结果中突出显示。}