公开(公告)号：US06219438B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-17

申请号：US08922796

申请日：1997-09-02

申请人： David A. Giordano ,  Gregory P. Kochanski

发明人： David A. Giordano ,  Gregory P. Kochanski

IPC分类号： G06K900

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851

摘要： A system and method identify objects, such as fruits, vegetables, and images through the recognition of unique surface features represented by signals from a scanner that pass over the objects. The scanner signals are processed by applying a modified wavelet transform to them and comparing the results to previously stored data. The system uses an optical scanner, a processor that transforms the data acquired by the scanner to extract a translation invariant feature vector, and a comparator which compares the transformed signal to a predetermined set of vectors for a corresponding identification based upon the comparison set.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法通过识别由来自扫描器的信号表示的独特的表面特征来识别诸如水果，蔬菜和图像的对象，该扫描仪通过对象。 通过对它们应用经修改的小波变换并将结果与​​先前存储的数据进行比较来处理扫描器信号。 该系统使用光学扫描器，转换由扫描器获取的数据以提取平移不变特征向量的处理器，以及比较器，其将变换的信号与基于该比较集合的相应标识的预定向量集进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US5623180A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-22

申请号：US332179

申请日：1994-10-31

申请人： Sungho Jin ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Wei Zhu

发明人： Sungho Jin ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Wei Zhu

IPC分类号： H01J31/12 ,  H01J1/304 ,  H01J9/02 ,  H01J29/04 ,  H01J37/06 ,  H01J1/30

CPC分类号： H01J9/025 ,  H01J2201/30403 ,  H01J2201/30457

摘要： The present invention provides methods and apparatus for making enhanced field emitters by coating particulate substrates with low voltage emissive material such as defect-rich diamond. These methods permit the advantageous, low-cost combination of low voltage emission with sharp-featured geometry.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了通过用诸如缺陷丰富的金刚石的低电压发射材料涂覆颗粒基底来制造增强型场发射器的方法和装置。 这些方法允许利用尖锐特征的几何形状的低电压发射的有利且低成本的组合。

公开(公告)号：US06900762B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-31

申请号：US10261112

申请日：2002-09-30

申请人： Michael R. Andrews ,  Tin Kam Ho ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Louis J. Lanzerotti ,  David J. Thomson

发明人： Michael R. Andrews ,  Tin Kam Ho ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Louis J. Lanzerotti ,  David J. Thomson

IPC分类号： G01S5/00 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S13/75 ,  G01S19/03 ,  G01S3/02 ,  G01S1/08 ,  G01S1/24

CPC分类号： G01S5/0036 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S13/75

摘要： Systems and techniques for location determination. A plurality of tags emitting radio frequency signals are dispersed throughout a region, such as a building, within which a user's location is to be determined. The radio frequency signals emitted by the tags include information that can be used to identify the location in which the tags axe placed, or simply to distinguish the tags from one another. A portable device receives signals from the tags and provides the signal information to a location server that computes the location of the portable device by comparing the signal information received from the portable device to a map of location venus stored signal information, and identifies the location of the portable device as the location for which the stored signal information best matches the signal information received from the portable device.

摘要翻译： 用于位置确定的系统和技术。 发射射频信号的多个标签分散在诸如建筑物的区域中，在该区域内将确定用户的位置。 由标签发射的射频信号包括可用于识别标签放置位置的信息，或简单地将标签彼此区分开。 便携式设备从标签接收信号，并将信号信息提供给位置服务器，该位置服务器通过将从便携式设备接收的信号信息与定位金星存储的信号信息的映射进行比较来计算便携式设备的位置， 便携式设备作为存储的信号信息与从便携式设备接收的信号信息最佳匹配的位置。

公开(公告)号：US06363606B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-02

申请号：US09174503

申请日：1998-10-16

申请人： David W. Johnson, Jr. ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Louis J. Lanzerotti ,  Cindy M. Pribble ,  David J. Thomson

发明人： David W. Johnson, Jr. ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Louis J. Lanzerotti ,  Cindy M. Pribble ,  David J. Thomson

IPC分类号： H01R4300

CPC分类号： B29C41/20 ,  B22F3/008 ,  B22F2999/00 ,  B29C64/165 ,  B29C2037/80 ,  B29K2995/0005 ,  B29K2995/0006 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  Y10T29/49004 ,  Y10T29/49169 ,  B22F7/06 ,  B22F3/26

摘要： An improved process for making a structure using three dimensional printing techniques is disclosed. Briefly stated, the method can be summarized by the following steps: A first type of powder material is deposited in a defined area to form a first layer. Next, a binder material is applied to certain regions of the first type of powder to define a portion of the structure to be formed. And finally, a portion of the unbound powder is removed using a technique such as vacuuming. The foregoing steps are repeated a sufficient number of times to create the desired shape of the structure as defined by the regions held by the binder material.

摘要翻译： 公开了使用三维印刷技术制造结构的改进方法。 简而言之，该方法可以通过以下步骤来总结：将第一类粉末材料沉积在限定区域中以形成第一层。 接下来，将粘合剂材料施加到第一类型的粉末的某些区域以限定待形成的结构的一部分。 最后，使用真空技术除去一部分未结合的粉末。 重复上述步骤足够的次数以产生由粘合剂材料保持的区域所限定的结构的所需形状。

公开(公告)号：US5598056A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-28

申请号：US380774

申请日：1995-01-31

申请人： Sungho Jin ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Wei Zhu

发明人： Sungho Jin ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Wei Zhu

IPC分类号： H01J31/12 ,  H01J5/03 ,  H01J9/18 ,  H01J9/24 ,  H01J29/02 ,  H01J29/87 ,  H01J1/88

CPC分类号： H01J29/028 ,  H01J31/123 ,  H01J9/185 ,  H01J2329/8625 ,  H01J2329/863 ,  H01J2329/8635 ,  H01J2329/864

摘要： In accordance with the invention, a field emission device is provided with an improved pillar structure comprising multi-layer pillars. The pillars have a geometric structure that traps most secondary electrons and an exposed surface that reduces the number of secondary electrons. Processing and assembly methods permit low-cost manufacturing of high breakdown-voltage devices, including flat panel displays.

公开(公告)号：US5596634A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-21

申请号：US355384

申请日：1994-12-13

申请人： Christopher Fernandez ,  Angela R. Just ,  Gregory P. Kochanski

发明人： Christopher Fernandez ,  Angela R. Just ,  Gregory P. Kochanski

IPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/48

CPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/48

摘要： A telecommunications system for providing an initial caller with access to one of a plurality of conversations each relating to a particular conversation topic available in the system. The system includes a voice recognizer and response unit for communicating with the caller. The caller selects a desired conversation topic by either generating an audio command to the voice recognizer, inputting a command in the keypad of the caller's telephone or computer, or communicating with a human operator. Upon selection of an available topic, the system connects the caller to a current conversation relating to that topic. In the event that there are no current conversations for the selected topic, the call is terminated and the system automatically calls back the initial caller when another caller selects the same topic as the initial caller.

摘要翻译： 一种用于向初始呼叫者提供对多个会话之一的访问的电信系统，每个会话与系统中可用的特定对话主题有关。 该系统包括用于与呼叫者通信的语音识别器和响应单元。 呼叫者通过向语音识别器生成音频命令，在呼叫者的电话或计算机的键盘中输入命令或与人类操作者通信来选择所需的对话话题。 在选择可用主题之后，系统将呼叫者连接到与该主题相关的当前对话。 如果所选主题没有当前对话，则呼叫被终止，并且当另一个呼叫者选择与初始呼叫者相同的主题时，系统自动回呼初始呼叫者。

公开(公告)号：US5561340A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-01

申请号：US381262

申请日：1995-01-31

申请人： Sungho Jin ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Wei Zhu

发明人： Sungho Jin ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Wei Zhu

IPC分类号： H01J31/12 ,  H01J5/03 ,  H01J9/18 ,  H01J9/24 ,  H01J29/02 ,  H01J29/86 ,  H01J29/87 ,  H01J1/30

CPC分类号： H01J9/242 ,  H01J29/864 ,  H01J31/123 ,  H01J2329/863 ,  H01J2329/8635

摘要： A field emission display includes corrugated insulating support pillars (96) disposed between the phosphorous layer (95) and the substrate (50) for reducing arcing between the cathode (92) and the anode (93) along the surface of the pillar. The corrugation of the insulating support pillars provides for a substantially increased operating voltage between the cathode and the anodes thereby increasing the operating life and efficiency of the field emission display.

摘要翻译： 场致发射显示器包括布置在磷层（95）和衬底（50）之间的波纹绝缘支撑柱（96），用于沿着柱的表面减少阴极（92）和阳极（93）之间的电弧。 绝缘支撑柱的波纹提供阴极和阳极之间的显着增加的工作电压，从而增加了场致发射显示器的使用寿命和效率。

公开(公告)号：US07103635B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-05

申请号：US09770135

申请日：2001-01-26

申请人： Michael Scott Baldwin ,  Geoffrey Allen Collyer ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Paul C. Lustgarten

发明人： Michael Scott Baldwin ,  Geoffrey Allen Collyer ,  Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Paul C. Lustgarten

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/30 ,  H04L51/12

摘要： A new mail transport protocol is proposed for use over a reliable byte-stream transport. This protocol is faster, simpler and more streaming than prior methods, and handles binary and unicode data more efficiently. The protocol requires fewer communication round trips between servers per message transferred than existing methods. It transmits and receives byte data as is without requiring further per-byte processing on advanced operating systems such as UNIX, and requires only new-line processing in text on legacy operating systems.

公开(公告)号：US06856958B2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-15

申请号：US09845561

申请日：2001-04-30

申请人： Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Chi-Lin Shih

发明人： Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Chi-Lin Shih

IPC分类号： G10L13/08 ,  G10L21/00

CPC分类号： G10L13/10 ,  G10L13/04

摘要： Techniques are described for employing a set of tags to model phenomena which are smooth and subject to constraints. Tags may be used to model, for example, muscular movement producing speech. In one advantageous application, a set of tags defining prosodic characteristics is developed, and selected tags are placed in appropriate locations of a body of text. Each tag defines a constraint on the prosodic characteristics of speech produced by processing the text. Processing of the body of speech and the tags produces a set of equations which are solved to produce a curve defining prosodic characteristics over the scope of a phrase, and a further set of equations which are solved to produce a curve defining prosodic characteristics of individual words within a phrase. The data defined by the curves is used with the text to produce speech having the prosodic characteristics defined by the tags. A set of tags may be produced by reading of a training text by a target speaker to produce a training corpus reflecting the prosodic characteristics of the target speaker, and then analyzing the training corpus to generate tags modeling the prosodic characteristics of the training corpus.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用一组标签来模拟平滑并受约束的现象的技术。 标签可能用于建模，例如肌肉运动产生语音。 在一个有利的应用中，开发了一组定义韵律特征的标签，并且将选定的标签放置在文本体的适当位置。 每个标签定义了通过处理文本产生的语音的韵律特征的约束。 语音身体和标签的处理产生一组方程，其被解决以产生在短语范围内定义韵律特征的曲线，以及另一组方程式，其被解决以产生定义各个单词的韵律特征的曲线 在短语内。 由曲线定义的数据与文本一起使用以产生具有由标签定义的韵律特征的语音。 可以通过由目标说话者读取训练文本来产生一组标签，以产生反映目标说话者的韵律特征的训练语料库，然后分析训练语料库以产生模拟训练语料库的韵律特征的标签。

公开(公告)号：US06625576B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-23

申请号：US09772300

申请日：2001-01-29

申请人： Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Joseph Philip Olive ,  Chi-Lin Shih

发明人： Gregory P. Kochanski ,  Joseph Philip Olive ,  Chi-Lin Shih

IPC分类号： G10L1300

CPC分类号： G10L13/047 ,  G10L13/08

摘要： A method and apparatus for performing text-to-speech conversion in a client/server environment partitions an otherwise conventional text-to-speech conversion algorithm into two portions: a first “text analysis” portion, which generates from an original input text an intermediate representation thereof and a second “speech synthesis” portion, which synthesizes speech waveforms from the intermediate representation generated by the first portion (i.e., the text analysis portion) The text analysis portion of the algorithm is executed exclusively on a server while the speech synthesis portion is executed exclusively on a client which may be associated therewith. The client may comprise a hand-held device such as, for example, a cell phone, and the intermediate representation of the input text advantageously comprises at least a sequence of phonemes representative of the input text. Certain audio segment information which is to be used by the speech synthesis portion of the text-to-speech process may be advantageously transmitted by the server to the client, and a cache of such audio segments may then be advantageously maintained at the client (e.g., in the cell phone) for use by the speech synthesis process in order to obtain improved quality of the synthesized speech.

摘要翻译： 用于在客户机/服务器环境中执行文本到语音转换的方法和装置将另外常规的文本到语音转换算法分成两部分：第一“文本分析”部分，其从原始输入文本生成中间 其表示和第二“语音合成”部分，其从由第一部分（即，文本分析部分）生成的中间表示合成语音波形。该算法的文本分析部分专门在服务器上执行，而语音合成部分 仅在可以与其相关联的客户端上执行。 客户端可以包括例如手机的手持设备，并且输入文本的中间表示有利地包括代表输入文本的至少一系列音素。 要由文本到语音过程的语音合成部分使用的某些音频段信息可以有利地被服务器发送到客户机，并且然后可以有利地在客户端维护这样的音频段的高速缓存（例如， ，在手机中），以便通过语音合成过程使用以获得改进的合成语音质量。