01st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110002604 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002605 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002606 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002607 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002608 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002609 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002610 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002611 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002612 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002613 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002614 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002615 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002616 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002617 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002618 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002619 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002620 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002621 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002622 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002623 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002624 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002625 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002626 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002627 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002628 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002629 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002630 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002631 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002632 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002633 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002634 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002635 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002636 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002637 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002638 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002639 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002640 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002641 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002642 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002643 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002644 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002645 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002646 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002647 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002648 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002649 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002650 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002651 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002652 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002653 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002654 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002655 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002656 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002657 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002658 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002659 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002660 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002661 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002662 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A recording and playback apparatus capable of recording and playing back a content downloaded from a server, includes a recording unit configured to download the content with a playback time limit, stored in a server and record the content to a recording medium, an instruction receiver configured to receive an instruction for starting playback of the content, a playback unit configured to play back the content recorded in the recording medium in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction receiver, and a warning output unit configured to output warning information related to the playback time limit of the content before the playback unit stars playback of the content, when the instruction receiver receives the instruction for starting playback of the content during download of the content. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTENUATING OR ELIMINATING AT LEAST A PORTION OF COLOR BURST MODIFICATIONS TO A VIDEO SIGNAL - A copy protection color stripe process is defeated first by determining the location of the video lines including the color stripe process. Then some or all of the lines including the modified color bursts are modified so as to render the overall video signal recordable. The modification is accomplished in a number of ways, including phase shifting the color stripe burst into the correct phase, replacing, attenuating and or eliminating some of the color stripe bursts or at least a portion of particular color burst envelopes so that they are no longer effective, mixing the color stripe burst with color stripe signals of the correct phase so as to eliminate most or all of the phase error present or modifying the horizontal sync pulse signals immediately preceding the modified color bursts so that the modified color bursts are not detected by a VCR and hence have no effect. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002664 | RECORDING REQUESTING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, RECORDING APPARATUS SELECTING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a system having a program viewing apparatus and a plurality of recording apparatuses connected to a network, a program viewing apparatus | 2011-01-06 |
20110002665 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002666 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002667 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002668 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002669 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002670 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002671 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-01-06 |
20110002672 | HEATER WITH IMPROVED AIRFLOW - The present room heater includes a housing supporting internal electric heat sources. The housing surrounds the heat sources with an interconnected serial series of chambers made from heat-conducting material. Air is motivated by an electric fan through the series of chambers to effect stepped uniform heating, as well as optimal heating as the air moves through preheat chambers and then closely past the heat sources to an outlet opening. The chambers are made using modular and relatively simply-made components that interfit to form the chambers, such that multiple configurations are possible, including stacked and laterally-adjacent versions. The modular components include a flat part, hat-shaped part, and U-shaped part that interfit to define a first elongated chamber and a second elongated chamber that wraps onto three sides of the first elongated chamber, the hat-shaped part having end-located notches to permit flow of air between the chambers. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002673 | ROTATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND ELECTRIC TOOLS | 2011-01-06 |
20110002674 | THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a heat treatment apparatus for conducting heat treatments such as annealing at a temperature not less than 400° C. on an object such as a silicon wafer. The apparatus comprises a process chamber ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110002675 | DIGITAL HEAT INJECTION BY WAY OF SURFACE EMITTING SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method and system are provided for digitally injecting heat into a wide range of products by way of incorporation of a special class of semi-conductor lasers, e.g. surface emitting devices. This technique relates to a more specific, economical, and advantageous way of practicing the art of directly injecting narrowband radiant energy that desirously matches the absorption specification of a particular material at a specified wavelength. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002676 | HEATER BLOCK OF RAPID THERMAL PROCESS APPARATUS - Disclosed is a separation type heater block of a rapid thermal processing apparatus, including a lamp housing formed in a plate shape, and provided with a plurality of lamp insertion holes, into which heating lamps are respectively inserted; a socket housing, into which sockets of the heating lamps are inserted, separably covered on the lamp housing; and a reflector housing provided with light emission holes at positions corresponding to the lamp insertion holes, separably installed under the lamp housing such that lower ends of the heating lamps are respectively inserted into the light emission holes, side walls of the light emission holes serving as barriers, wherein a cooling water channel, through which cooling water flows, is formed through the side walls of the light emission holes of the reflector housing. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002677 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL NARROWBAND, WAVELENGTH SPECIFIC COOKING, CURING, FOOD PREPARATION, AND PROCESSING - A system for direct injection of selected thermal-infrared (IR) wavelength radiation or energy into food items for a wide range of processing purposes is provided. These purposes may include heating, raising or maintaining the temperature of the food articles. The system is especially applicable to operations that require or benefit from the ability to irradiate at specifically selected wavelengths or to pulse or inject the radiation. The system is particularly advantageous when functioning at higher speeds and in a non-contact environment with the target. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002678 | PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - An image is obtained using a photographing unit including an optical system provided with an aperture and focus adjusting mechanism. Two or more types of subjects are detected from the image. When the two or more types of subjects are detected from the image, one priority subject is determined among the two or more types of subjects. The aperture and the optical system are adjusted so that the priority subject is focused and the subject other than the priority subject is within a depth of field of the photographing unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002679 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical device includes a shooting optical system including an AF lens, an AF lens driving apparatus for driving the AF lens, a detection unit for detecting a defocus amount corresponding to a difference between an image pickup position of an object and an imaging position of the object which is formed by the shooting optical system, and a control unit for drive-controlling the AF lens driving apparatus to reduce the defocus amount. The control unit detects a shooting magnification of the shooting optical system and changes a method of controlling the AF lens driving apparatus to reduce the defocus amount based on the shooting magnification. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOCUSING AN IMAGE OF AN IMAGING DEVICE - A method and apparatus for focusing an image in an image-capturing device utilizing at least one face in the image. The method includes detecting at least one face in the image, determining the size of the detected at least one face, determining the distance of the at least one face from the image-capturing device, wherein the determination utilizes the size of the detected at least one face, and focusing an image according to the determined distance of the detected at least one face. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002681 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a holder which holds a lens, a supporting unit which supports the holder so as to be displaced, a magnet which is arranged on any one of the holder and the supporting member, a coil which generates an electromagnetic driving force on the holder, a magnetic member which holds the holder at a position after the current supply is stopped with a magnetic force generated between the magnet and the magnetic member, when the current supply to the coil is stopped, and a control unit which driving-controls the holder by applying a current signal to the coil. When the holder is displaced to the reference position, the control unit applies a first pulse current signal to the coil, then applies a second pulse current signal of which application time is shorter than that of the first pulse current signal to the coil a plurality of times. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002682 | DIFFUSE REFLECTIVE ILLUMINATOR - An apparatus including a curved light-reflecting surface including a pair of opposing curved edges and a pair of opposing longitudinal edges that extend between corresponding endpoints of the opposing curved edges; a pair of reflective surfaces, each reflective surface being attached to a corresponding one of the curved edges; at least one flange coupled to one of the pair of longitudinal edges and projecting toward the opposing longitudinal edge; and at least one light source mounted on the at least one flange. Other embodiments and aspects are also disclosed and claimed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002683 | Camera Bellows of Rotating-Mirror Framing Camera Without Principle Error - A new camera bellows of a rotating-mirror framing camera, without principle errors such as defocusing error of imaging points, non-uniform photographic frequency and each axial chief ray of exit-pupil and the corresponding relay lens being different with a corresponding reflective optical axis, is provided. This kind of camera bellows is carried out through centers of the exit-pupil diaphragms being disposed on a cylindrical surface aligned with a first Pascal spiral line, and principal points of the relay lenses of the relay lens array and the image recording surface being disposed on cylindrical surfaces aligned with second and third Pascal spiral lines respectively. The bellows is mainly composed of a box, and an aperture diaphragm, a field lens, a rotating mirror, a relay lens array, an exit-pupil diaphragm array and a record image surface. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002684 | BARRIER UNIT - A barrier unit, of which the cap edge is not easily deformed even under some external force, is provided. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002685 | CAMERA MODULE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A camera module and an assembling method thereof are provided. The camera module includes a circuit board, a base plate, an image chip, a holder and a lens assembly. The circuit board includes a first surface, a second surface and a hollow portion running through the first surface and the second surface. The base plate is fixed on the second surface of the circuit board such that the hollow portion of the circuit board is sheltered by the base plate. The image chip is disposed on the base plate and accommodated within the hollow portion. The holder is fixed on the first surface of the circuit board. The lens assembly is fixed on the holder. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002686 | MOVEMENT MECHANISM OF MOVER AND IMAGING DEVICE - A movement mechanism of a mover includes a base body disposed in an inner part of an outer case of an imaging device; a mover that is movable in a first movement direction with respect to the base body between a receiving position and a projecting position, and has a locked portion; a pressing spring that presses the mover from the receiving position toward the projecting position; a moving base capable of moving in a second movement direction between a lockable position to the base body and a lock release position; a lock lever that is supported by the moving base rotatably between a lock position and an unlock position; and a driver that is connected to the moving base and is a drive source for moving the moving base in the second movement direction. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002687 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTICAL PATH PROTECTION FOR DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for optical path protection for distributed antenna systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises receiving an electrical uplink radio frequency signal; generating an uplink optical signal derived from the electrical uplink radio frequency signal; splitting the uplink optical signal for transmission on a primary uplink optical fiber and a secondary uplink optical fiber; combining any downlink optical signal received on a primary downlink optical communication medium and any downlink optical signal received on a second downlink optical communication medium in order to output a downlink optical signal; and generating a downlink radio frequency signal derived from the downlink optical signal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY FUNCTION IN A DWDM NETWORK - A system and method for implementing an automatic discovery function in a DWDM network are provided, wherein the system includes: an optical supervisory channel (OSC) being a bi-directional physical channel, configured to transmit information through multiplexing/de-multiplexing a wavelength independent of a master optical channel with the master optical channel; a first ASON control unit, being located in a first node, configured to interact with a second ASON control unit in an adjacent second node through the OSC channel so as to obtain the information of the second ASON control unit; and the second ASON control unit, being located in the second node, configured to interact with the first ASON control unit in the adjacent first node through the OSC channel so as to obtain the information of the first ASON control unit. Thereby, using the method and system of the present invention, the automatic discovery function can be implemented through the OSC channel transmission mechanism. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002689 | OPTICAL OFDM RECEIVER, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, SUBCARRIER SEPARATION CIRCUIT, AND SUBCARRIER SEPARATION METHOD - A high-performance optical OFDM receiver is realized. A subcarrier separation circuit receives an optical OFDM signal consisting of two subcarriers A and B and separates a subcarrier component, signal light and first local oscillator light are input to the subcarrier separation circuit, the subcarrier separation circuit converts the signal light and the first local oscillator into a baseband electrical signal, the subcarrier separation circuit converts the baseband electrical signal into a digital signal, the subcarrier separation circuit shifts the frequency of the converted digital signal so that a center frequency of the subcarrier A becomes zero, and the subcarrier separation circuit adds a frequency shifted signal to a signal obtained by delaying the frequency shifted signal by ½ of a symbol time to separate a component of the subcarrier A. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002690 | PON ONU configured in the form of a Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) - A Passive Optical Network (PON) component, such as a Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) or similar pluggable transceiver, provides the combined functionality of the GBIC (or similar device) and an Optical Network Unit (ONU). The result is a device with a reduced form factor by eliminating redundant components and simplified fault management of the end-system. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002691 | OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSING BASED ON CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS FOR PULSE AMPLIFICATION AND FIBER LASERS - Techniques and devices for using a chirped fiber Bragg grating to compress amplified laser pulses. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002692 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - An optical waveguide and a bi-directional transceiver are provided. A single mode optical fiber has one end coupled to one end of a hollow optical fiber and an opposite end having a slope plane, thereby separating optical signals travelling in opposite directions from each other. Manual alignment for an optical system is easily realized without the need for additional optical elements, so that the light transmission/reception performance of the optical waveguide is improved and the structure of the optical waveguide is smaller. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002693 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - In a digital signal processing optical transmission apparatus such as a predistortion or OFDM type one, optical transmission at a stable S/N ratio is intended to be able to be made by controlling an output of an optical transmission signal with fixed average power, even if a peak to average power ratio of the optical transmission signal changes. The apparatus is provided with an average power calculation unit ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110002694 | OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical data transmission apparatus is provided, in which a first communication unit | 2011-01-06 |
20110002695 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in a visible light communication system, the apparatus including a visible light communication (VLC) transceiver for converting a visible light signal received from a counterpart into an electrical signal and outputting the electrical signal, by using a light receiving device during a reception operation, and converting an electrical signal containing information into a visible light signal and transmitting the visible light signal to the counterpart, by using a light emitting device during a transmission operation, a VLC controller comprising a visible frame engine (VFE) for generating a visible frame and outputting the visible frame to the VLC transceiver, in which the VFE generates the visible frame for transmission to a counterpart during non-transmission of respective frames for communication at a sender and a receiver in order to provide visibility to a communication link, and a host controller for controlling the VLC controller and transmitting and receiving data to and from the VLC controller. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002696 | ALL-OPTICAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An all-optical modulation format converter for converting optical data signals modulated in an on-off-keying (OOK) format to a phase-shift-keying (PSK) format. The OOK-to-PSK converter can be coupled to a delay-line interferometer to provide an all-optical wavelength converter for differential PSK (DPSK). The OOK-to-PSK converter can also be used in all-optical implementations of various functions, including, for example, exclusive-OR (XOR/NXOR) and OR logic, shift registers, and pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) generators. Several variants of all-optical devices are described. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL POWER DISCRIMINATION - The present invention provides an optical power level discriminating device and method for discriminating optical power levels. The optical discriminating device includes a splitter for receiving an optical signal having first and second signal states, and splitting the received optical signal into a first and a second branch optical signal. A first optical fiber for transporting the first branch optical signal is provided that is made of a material having a high non-linear refractive index providing a different non-linear phase shift to the first and second signal states of the first branch optical signal. A second optical fiber is provided for transporting the second branch optical signal with little or no non-linear effect. The discriminating device also includes a combiner for combining the first branch optical signal and second branch optical signal to produce an output optical signal. The output signal is resulted from a constructive interference between the first signal states of the first and second branch optical signals, and a destructive interference between the second signal states of the first and second branch optical signals. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002698 | HIGH SPEED OPTICAL TRANSMITTER WITH DIRECTLY MODULATED LASER SOURCE - An optical signal transmitter of direct modulation, a method for transmitting optical signals, and an optical network are provided. The optical signal transmitter includes a laser diode operating at a bias current above a lasing threshold of the laser diode; a modulating device applies a modulation signal to the diode to produce a first output optical signal having first and second signal power levels; and a power level discriminator. The power level discriminator, from the received first output optical signal, generates a second output signal of significantly improved extinction ratio by reducing power of one of the first and second signal power levels of the first output optical signal. In one aspect, prior to receipt at the power level discriminator device, the second power level of the first output optical signal ranges from 10% to 60% of the first power level, and the second power level of the second output optical signal is reduced to less than 10% of the first power level of the second output optical signal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002699 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A medium conveyance device that conveys continuous paper in a paper continuation direction is provided. At a plurality of first image forming regions of the continuous paper, a plurality of corresponding images that correspond with a plurality of images, including a pre-established corresponding image, are formed with a spacing that corresponds to first size in the paper continuation direction, and at a plurality of second image forming regions of the continuous paper, a plurality of corresponding images that correspond with a plurality of images are formed with a spacing that corresponds to second size in the paper continuation direction. The corresponding images are detected on the basis of reading results of a reading interval corresponding to the first size. When the detected corresponding image is the pre-established corresponding image, the reading interval is changed to a reading interval corresponding to the second size. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002700 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a printing section configured to perform duplex printing including printing N sheet on a first side thereof and subsequently printing M sheet on a second side thereof, wherein M is equal to or smaller than N, a suspension section which is configured to suspend the duplex printing in response to receiving a request for image adjustment during the duplex printing, while the sheet having the first face thereof printed is caused to stay in the image forming apparatus during the suspension, a correction section which is configured to update a correction data for image adjustment while the duplex printing is suspended by the suspension section, and a restarting section which is configured to restart the duplex printing suspended by the suspension section after the correction data has been updated by the correction section. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002701 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH REDUCED DETERIORATION OF IMAGE QUALITY - In an image forming apparatus, it is determined whether a shortage amount of toner in a developing device is greater than a threshold value of 4 g or not, when the power is turned on to start operation. As a result, if the shortage amount of toner in the developing device is greater than 4 g, an agitating operation is executed to agitate toner in the developing device prior to a printing operation. If the shortage amount is smaller than 4 g, the agitating operation is not executed. Then, a printing command is received, and if the agitating operation is not performed, control of an operation of supplying toner is started with a delay of at least for the time required for the agitating operation, after the printing operation is started. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002702 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a developer image carrier movably disposed; a developer image forming device configured to form a developer image; a detector configured to detect a density of the developer image formed on the developer image carrier; a controller configured to control an operation of forming of the developer image by the developer image forming device; an image forming unit configured to control the developer image forming device to form a density detection pattern including the same developer images at at least a first point and a second point with a predetermined distance therebetween; a density detector configured to obtain the density of the first point and the density of the second point of the density detection pattern via the detector; and a calculator configured to calculate a density difference between the first point and the second point based on the densities obtained by the density detector. | 2011-01-06 |
20110002703 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus of the invention conveys paper fed by a paper feeding mechanism piece by piece to a paper discharging unit through a paper conveying path. An image forming unit is arranged in a midway portion of this paper conveying path and executes an image forming process for printing an image based on image data on paper being conveyed. A sensor that detects a type of the paper conveyed is arranged on an upstream side with respect to the image forming unit on the paper conveying path. Image forming process conditions for the image forming unit are set in accordance with a detection result of the sensor. When the paper fed to the paper conveying path is paper not detected by the sensor, the image forming process is started awaiting a detection result by the sensor. On the other hand, when the paper is detected by the sensor, the image forming process is started without awaiting paper type detection. Moreover, paper being conveyed is conveyed to the image forming unit, in which the image forming process is started, in synchronization with a printing operation of the image forming unit. | 2011-01-06 |