02nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110007970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTING TEXT LINES IN DOCUMENTS - Methods and systems of the present embodiment provide segmenting of connected components of markings found in document images. Segmenting includes detecting aligned text. From this detected material an aligned text mask is generated and used in processing of the images. The processing includes breaking connected components in the document images into smaller pieces or fragments by detecting and segregating the connected components and fragments thereof likely to belong to aligned text. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007971 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING PATTERN, PATTERN RECOGNIZER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The invention relates to a pattern recognizer, which, in order to recognize the pattern fast and with lowest possible computing power, comprises a memory ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007972 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image-processing device comprises an acquisition section that acquires a binary image; a figure part identifying section that identifies a figure part in the binary image; a line segment identifying section that identifies line segments included in the figure part; a specific line segment extracting section that determines whether each line segment has an end portion having a specific shape, and extracts a line segment with an end portion having the specific shape as a specific line segment; and a table region determining section that determines whether the figure part is a table region based on the line segments identified by the line segment identifying section excluding the specific line segment. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007973 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING IMAGE NOISE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing image noise and a method thereof. There is provided with an apparatus for removing image noise including a buffer register that divides image signals in an n*n area obtained from an image sensor into brightness components and chroma components to store them as pixel values; an image analyzing unit that classifies the n*n area stored in the buffer register into a contour area, a texture area, and a planarization area; and a noise reduction unit that designs noise removal filters according to the features of the classified areas to reduce image noise. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007974 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention discloses an object detection apparatus and method. A feature extracting section of the present invention comprises: a feature point extracting section, for extracting a combination of predetermined feature point pairs from an image; a pixel value obtaining section, for obtaining a pixel value of each feature point in the combination of feature point pairs; a feature point comparing section, for comparing, in accordance with the pixel values obtained by the pixel value obtaining section, two feature points in each feature point pair to obtain a logical value; and an feature obtaining section, for determining the feature of the image in accordance with the logical value. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007975 | Image Display Apparatus and Image Display Method - According to embodiments, an image display apparatus includes: a face detection processing section configured to detect face areas included in video content to generate face cut-out images including the face areas; a face clustering processing section configured to group a plurality of face cut-out images included in the video content by respective characters of the video content to classify clusters corresponding to the characters; an evaluation section configured to obtain evaluation values by evaluating the plurality of face cut-out images in relation to one or more evaluation items among a plurality of evaluation items corresponding to a plurality of features included in the face cut-out images; and a selection section configured to select face cut-out images in which evaluation values are within a predetermined range from among the plurality of face cut-out images in the clusters as representative face icon images used for display. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007976 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - The image data compression apparatus includes a reversible compression section that applies reversible compression processing to to-be-compressed data made of a series of numeric values; an irreversible compression section that applies irreversible compression processing to to-be-compressed data made of a series of numeric values; and a compression control section that causes, if a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in plural pixel values representing plural pixels forming an image is within a range from a predetermined upper limit to a predetermined lower limit, the irreversible compression section to execute the irreversible compression processing for the plural pixel values as the to-be-compressed data, and that causes, if the difference is out of the range, the reversible compression section to execute the reversible compression processing for the plural pixel values as the to-be-compressed data. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007977 | ENCODING AND DECODING AN IMAGE OR IMAGE SEQUENCE DIVIDED INTO PIXEL BLOCKS - A method and apparatus are provided for coding an image or a sequence of images, generating a data stream including data representative of pixel groups, referred to as blocks, in one of the images. The method includes: grouping blocks in a cluster of blocks according to the proximity of their respective values corresponding to at least one block parameter to be coded; determining a value of the parameter, the value being characteristic of said group of blocks; coding blocks of the cluster, where the values of the blocks for the parameter are coded implicitly by inheritance of the characteristic value or are coded as refinements relative to the characteristic value, and coding a data structure associated with the cluster of blocks, the data structure including data associated with the characteristic value. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007978 | Method Of Compressing Input Stroke Sequence - A method of compressing a sequence of strokes input at an input device of a processing system is provided in which each stroke input at the input device is represented as a series of digital words representing x and y co-ordinates, a reference co-ordinate of each stroke is expressed in absolute terms, and a co-ordinate other than the reference co-ordinate is expressed as an offset from a preceding co-ordinate by combining a residual error value and an estimate calculated from the previous m co-ordinates using the formula: | 2011-01-13 |
20110007979 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION INVOLVING SUB-SAMPLING OF LUMA AND CHROMA VALUES - Chroma values in image data may be sub-sampled, thereby obtaining sub-sampled chroma values. The sub-sampled chroma values may be compressed, thereby obtaining compressed, sub-sampled chroma values. Luma values in the image data may be compressed, thereby obtaining sub-sampled luma values. Edge information for the luma values that are discarded as part of the luma sub-sampling operation may be determined. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007980 | DOSE REDUCTION AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT IN TOMOGRAPHY THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF THE OBJECTS SURROUNDINGS AS DYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS - Image reconstruction methods are described where the characteristics of the surroundings of the patient in the scanner image field are used as supplemental information in the reconstruction process to reduce the dose, reduce scan times, scan number and/or improve the image quality of the reconstructed image. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING FOR MASSIVE PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for image processing, and more particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing image data generated by bioanalytical devices, such as DNA sequencers. An object of the present invention is to remove artifacts such as noise, blur, background, non-uniform illumination, lack of registration, and extract pixel signals back to DNA-beads in a way that de-mixes pixels that contain contributions from nearby beads. In one aspect of the present invention, a system for optimizing an image comprises means for receiving an initial image which includes a plurality of microparticles with different intensities; a computing device, comprising a processor executing instructions to perform: generating an initial function denoting each microparticle's location and intensity in the initial image; determining an image processing operator adapted to determine an extent of point spread and blurriness in the initial image; computing an optimum function denoting each microparticle's location and intensity in an optimizing image; and producing the optimizing image with enhanced accuracy and density of the microparticles. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007982 | Methods and Systems for Reducing Compression Artifacts - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for reducing compression artifacts. Decoded and displayed images and videos that have been compressed may exhibit visually objectionable artifacts. Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for reducing visible artifacts by selectively filtering an image region based on a combination of a motion indicator and an edge-strength indicator. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETECTING IMAGE OBJECTS - An image object detection apparatus includes a noise filtering block for removing image noise an input image, an image scaling block for scaling the noise-removed input image to produce a scaled input image, an image conversion block for dividing the scaled input image into multiple regions and converting the divided image by a modified census transform (MCT) method, a data processing block for comparing MCT values of the image converted by the MCT method with a preset threshold, detecting at least one candidate region and identifying a human region from said at least one detected candidate region, and an image output block for marking the identified human region on the noise-removed input image. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007984 | LARGE CAPACITY WASTE DISPOSAL BAG - A large capacity waste disposal bag includes loops attached to it. One set of loops may be used to raise and lower the bag during transportation. Another set of loops may be connected to adjacent loops to support and maintain the bag in an upright, open position. In another embodiment, a large capacity waste disposal bag includes pockets attached to it. When support members are inserted into the pockets the bag is supported and maintained in an upright, open position. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007985 | BAG HANDLE WITH IMPROVED GRIP - A handle for fixing to a plastic bag includes a base configured to be fixed to the plastic bag. The handle includes a panel integrally formed with and extending away from the base, the panel having at least one opening. The handle further includes a first grip member having a length that spans across the at least one opening. The handle further includes a second grip member parallel to the first grip member and having a length that spans across the at least one opening. The first grip member and the second grip member are spaced apart. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007986 | Multi Compartment Trash and Recycling Bag and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A multi-compartment plastic bag suitable for collecting and retaining a quantity of refuse and a quantity of recyclable items. The multi-part bag provides longitudinal compartments for the receipt of refuse or recycling. The longitudinal compartments are each sealed on three sides with a fourth (top) edge open for the insertion of refuse/recycling. The multi-compartment bag is initially constructed as a single unit and may be separated into the multiple components along one or more perforated mid-seams. Grab handles may be formed near the upper edge through perforated cutouts. The multi-compartment bag is designed to be used in standard single compartment trash receptacles. The construction of the bag lends itself to manufacture in a continuous multilayer sheet with longitudinal sealed seams along each edge of the multilayered sheet and at least one partial longitudinal sealed seam along an interior line or mid-seam of the multi-layered sheet. The mid-seam may be perforated for the later separation of the multiple bag components. Grab handle perforations (in the nature of a partial or complete oval or circle) may be made at the appropriate intervals. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007987 | FITMENT AND VALVE APPARATUS FOR BAG-ON-VALVE DEVICE - A two-way valve and fitment for engaging a valve with a flexible product dispensing bag and particularly to a valve body formed in conjunction with the fitment to facilitate both the sealing of the bag to the fitment as well as filling the bag with a product to be dispensed therefrom and subsequently dispensing the product from the bag via a pressurized fluid source. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007988 | SLIDING TRACK ASSEMBLY - A sliding track assembly includes an inner slide rail with a circulating guide groove, a slide block supported on and movable along the inner slide rail, a positioning block set that has a guide rod coupled to the circulating guide groove of the inner slide rail and a positioning rod inserted through the slide block, an intermediate slide rail unit having a first intermediate slide rail member movable by the slide block and a second intermediate slide rail member mounted in the first intermediate slide rail member and a locating block mounted in the second intermediate slide rail member adjacent to the slide block, the locating block having a transverse groove for receiving the positioning rod of the slide block to hold the slide block in position, and an outer slide rail unit receiving the inner slide rail unit and the intermediate slide rail unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007989 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING UNIT - A bearing unit for a disk drive device is formed by a sleeve concave portion and a shaft concave portion, and is provided with a capillary seal portion in which the gap between the sleeve concave portion and the shaft concave portion is increased in diameter toward the hub side of the sleeve. Assuming that: the outer circumferential diameter at the tilt starting end on the base member side of the shaft concave portion is D | 2011-01-13 |
20110007990 | GREASE COMPOSITION AND GREASE-SEALED BEARING - The present invention provides a grease composition ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING A ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING - Lubrication fluid is discharged through an axial gap between a outer bearing race and a bearing housing from an enclosed volume bounded in part by a forward surface of the outer bearing race that is axially slideable within the bearing housing so as to provide for changing the axial gap. The pressure in the enclosed volume is automatically controlled responsive to an axial force on outer bearing race by an axial position of the outer bearing race that determines a size of the axial gap, so as to provide for increasing the pressure responsive to increasing axial force over at least a portion of an operating range. The lubrication fluid in the axial gap provides for isolating axial vibrations of the outer bearing race relative to the bearing housing. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007992 | Pinion Bearing Unit - The invention refers to a bearing unit for supporting a pinion shaft ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007993 | METHOD FOR FILLING A BALL ROLLER BEARING WITH ROLL BODIES AS WELL AS A BALL ROLLER BEARING FILLED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - A method for filling a ball roller bearing with roll bodies, and a ball roller bearing, which is filled according to the method and has an outer and an inner bearing ring and a plurality of ball rollers, which are arranged between these bearing rings and have two side surfaces, which are flattened symmetrically from a basic spherical shape, parallel to one another and held at uniform distances from one another by a bearing cage. The ball rollers roll in groove-shaped raceways recessed in the inner face of the outer bearing ring and the outer face of the inner bearing ring. The ball roller bearing is filled by an eccentric axial, tilting fitting of the ball rollers through the interval between the bearing rings in the form, that the filled ball roller bearing is filled to the extent of about 94% and has a service life of up to 253%. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007994 | Segment rolling bearing, and axial hydraulic pump having the segment rolling bearing - A segment rolling bearing for an axial hydraulic pump, which can be integrated in a simple way. The segment rolling bearing has an outer raceway carrier, an inner raceway carrier, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a cage. The rolling bodies are arranged in the cage such that they roll between the outer raceway carrier and the inner raceway carrier in such a way that the outer raceway carrier can be pivoted about a common pivot axis with respect to the inner raceway carrier. The cage is connected to the inner and/or to the outer raceway carrier directly and captively in at least one connecting region, at least in the radial direction with respect to the common pivot axis. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007995 | MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR - A Mach Zehnder (MZ) modulator ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007996 | Optical Fiber Pipeline Monitoring System and Method Field - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a fiber surveillance system for monitoring a pipeline is provided. The surveillance system includes an optical fiber acoustically coupled to the pipeline to detect acoustic signals associated with vibrations or other activity near or from the pipeline. Optical energy is injected into the optical fiber and an optical detector receives an optical return-signal having certain characteristics resulting from vibrations impinging on the optical fiber. An analyzer is configured to determine operating information about the pipeline based on the optical return-signal. Two or more fibers can be acoustically coupled to the pipeline and arranged in varying configurations to yield greater resolution. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007997 | FIBER-OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A fiber-optic temperature sensor assembly comprises a cap with an inner cavity. A sensor member is received in the inner cavity of the cap. The sensor member has light-transmitting properties adapted to change with temperature variations. An optical fiber has a first end received in the inner cavity of the cap, and a second end of the optical fiber being adapted to be connected to a processing unit for transmitting light signals between the sensor member and the processing unit. A pressing device is received in the cap and pressing against the sensor member such that the sensor member is in operational contact with the first end of the optical fiber for transmission of light therebetween during operation of the fiber-optic temperature sensor assembly. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007998 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTO-ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING OPTO-ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD - An optical waveguide includes first cores provided on a first clad layer, second cores provided on a second clad layer, and a common clad layer interposed between the first and second clad layers and opposing the first and second cores, and the first cores are separated from the second cores. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007999 | Printed circuit board - A printed circuit board including a first optical waveguide having a circuit pattern and a pad buried in one side thereof, a first insulation layer stacked over one side of the first optical waveguide, a first insulating material stacked over the first insulation layer, a first electrical wiring layer stacked over the first insulating material, a second optical waveguide having a circuit pattern and a pad buried in one side thereof, a second insulation layer stacked over one side of the second optical waveguide, a second insulating material stacked over the second insulation layer, a second electrical wiring layer stacked over the second insulating material, an intermediate layer interposed between the other side of the first optical waveguide and the other side of the second optical waveguide such that the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide are attached, and a via penetrating the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008000 | OPTICAL SWITCH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The object is to provide an optical switch capable of efficient operation and a manufacturing method thereof. The optical switch according to the present invention is a Mach-Zehnder interferometer type optical switch composed of a line defect waveguide of a photonic crystal. Further, the optical switch according to the present invention includes two directional couplers | 2011-01-13 |
20110008001 | OPTICAL COUPLER - An optical device comprising a substrate having a planar surface and having an optical core thereon. The device also comprises a two-dimensional grating located in the optical core, said two-dimensional grating being formed by a regular two-dimensional pattern of light-refractive structures, one of said light-refractive structures being located at each node of a regular 2D lattice located in a laterally bounded region. The device also comprises first and second optical waveguides being on the planar substrate and having ends end-coupled to the two-dimensional grating, the first optical waveguide being such that a direction of propagation near the end thereof is substantially along a primitive lattice vector of said 2D lattice, the second optical waveguide being such that a direction of propagation near the end thereof is not-parallel to a primitive lattice vector of said regular 2D lattice. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008002 | ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE-GRATING-TYPE OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER - A multiplexer/demultiplexer includes: a waveguide chip including a first chip and a second chip that are divided by a plane and obtained by cutting, together with a substrate, in a direction crossing an optical axis, a first slab waveguide of an AWG including the first slab waveguide and a second slab waveguide that are formed on the substrate; a first base to which the first chip is fixed; a second base separated from the first base and to which the second chip is fixed; and a member that has one end fixed to the first base or chip and another end fixed to the second base or chip, in a state in which cut surfaces of the first and second chips face each other, and that is configured to move the first base and the second base relatively to each other along the plane by expanding/contracting when temperature changes. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008003 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector, which is capable of enhancing fittability into a cabinet, or the like on account of compactification and also avoiding problems of an increase of bend loss, a breakage, etc. of an optical fiber, can be provided. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008004 | OPTICLA FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH GUIDING MEANS - An optical fiber connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes two pairs of first convex lenses projecting from a front mating face thereof and a pair of cone-shaped positioning posts at sides of the pairs of convex lenses respectively. The second connector includes two pairs of second convex lenses projecting from a second front mating face thereof to couple with the first convex lenses and a pair of positioning holes to be inserted with the positioning posts of the first connector. Each of the positioning holes includes a retention section and a guiding section in front of the retention section, and the retention sections is same to the positioning posts while the guiding sections is larger than the position posts in dimension. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008005 | PARALLEL OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING WELDABLE INSERTS - A parallel optical communications device is provided that has an OSA that includes at least one heat dissipation block having a slot formed in a lower surface thereof that contains a weldable insert. Likewise, an upper surface of the mounting device of the ESA has at least one slot formed therein that contains a weldable insert. After the OSA is placed in contact with the ESA and optically aligned with the ESA, the OSA is secured to the upper surface of the mounting device of the ESA by welding together the respective weldable inserts contained in the respective slots in the OSA and in the mounting device of the ESA. The welding process results in an extremely strong welded joint between the OSA and the ESA that prevents relative movement between the OSA and the ESA if external forces that are exerted on the OSA and/or on the ESA. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008006 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A fiber optic connector system is described which includes a plug and a socket. The optically active surfaces of the plug and socket are automatically protected from soiling as soon as the connection is opened. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008007 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable is comprised of: a slotted core elongated along an axis of the optical fiber cable, the slotted core including a slot running in parallel with the axis and a groove accessible through the slot; one or more optical fibers placed in the groove; a sheath enclosing the slotted core and the optical fibers; a bonding portion where the slotted core is bonded with the sheath; a first strength member embedded in the slotted core and running in parallel with the axis; and a second strength member embedded in the sheath and running in parallel with the axis, wherein the first and second strength members are aligned on a plane including the axis. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008008 | MULTIFERROIC MATERIALS FOR TUNABLE PERMITTIVITY OR PERMEABILITY - An apparatus has a waveguide that includes a multiferroic medium. A controller is configured to apply a mechanical strain or a control electric or magnetic field to the multiferroic medium. The multiferroic medium has a dielectric permittivity or magnetic permeability that is responsive to the strain or the control field. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008009 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - In an exemplary embodiment, an optical waveguide ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110008010 | Optical waveguide film, optical substrate, and methods for manufacturing the same - An optical waveguide film includes a clad layer having an adhesive function; and a core layer covered by the clad layer. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008011 | FIBER DROP INSTALLATION DEVICE - An optical fiber installation device may include a device for receiving a fiber optic drop fed thereto. A drop stop element may be configured to attach to the fiber optic drop at a particular position. The device may be configured to engage the drop stop element to inhibit feeding of additional fiber optic drop to the device. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008012 | MULTIMEDIA FRAMEWORK TO PROVIDE ULTRA-LOW POWER MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK - A method of multimedia processing includes providing a multimedia processor operating at a frequency lower than that of a central processor of a multimedia processing system. A multimedia framework is implemented in the multimedia processing system. The multimedia framework is utilized to execute, on the multimedia processor, one or more of reading an input, transforming a data based on the reading of the input, and placing an output based on the transforming of the data on a rendering device. Power dissipated in the multimedia processing system is reduced by solely executing a requisite parsing on the central processor of the multimedia processing system. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008013 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYER TO PLAY BACK AUDIO BACKGROUND, AND ASSOCIATED AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYER - A method for controlling an audio/video player to play back audio background includes: after a storage medium storing at least one still image file is loaded into the audio/video player, searching for an audio file corresponding to the still image file; and selectively playing back the audio file as the audio background during playing back of the still image file. An audio/video player includes: at least one loading module arranged to load at least one storage medium into the audio/video player; and a control circuit. After a storage medium storing at least one still image file is loaded into the audio/video player, the control circuit searches for an audio file corresponding to the still image file, and selectively plays back the audio file as audio background during playing back of the still image file when the audio file exists in the storage medium. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008014 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A BD-ROM on which an AVClip and a Java™ application are recorded. The AVClip includes a video stream and an audio stream multiplexed therein. On the BD-ROM recorded further are management information and the Mixing_On flag corresponding to the management information. The management information indicates a playback control of the AVClip that is to be played back when the Java™ application is executed. The Mixing_On flag indicates whether or not when a user performs an operation on the Java™ application being executed while the AVClip is under the playback control, mixing of the click sound with an audio output of the AVClip is available. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008015 | 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 | 2011-01-13 |
20110008016 | DIGITAL MICRO AD (DMA) CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A Digital Micro Ad (DMA) system and method designed to adapt to changing viewer behavior by detecting spot fast-forward, or other trick play, and popping a graphic, or other messages, over video. This graphic displays the advertiser brand message to achieve a brief imprint on the viewer. The DMA system augments the linear advertisement or the like (the spot) so the advertiser can reach their intended target audience. The system starts with offline media processing. Off the shelf encoded spots are processed to embed DMA enabling content identifying “metadata” packets and in-line graphics images. Next, when the content is played to air, this DMA enabled content is streamed to the DVR device. Within the DVR, the DMA engine detects the embedded graphic images which are recovered and saved in the DVR. Finally, when a DVR recorded program is played back, the embedded content ID metadata packets “arm” the DMA engine. When the content is fast-forwarded for example, over the spot, a graphic image may be popped into the graphics plane over the fast-forwarding video image, and is timed to persist for a few seconds to make the impression. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008017 | REAL TIME VIDEO INCLUSION SYSTEM - A process and system that allows an end user to insert images into a video content so that the images appear part of that content. This allows a consumer to seem to be part of a video, and interact with the famous personalities in that video. A video content is produced and a first software program is used to insert place holding templates into the video content. The end user produces a video image satisfying the requirements of the inserted template, and a second software program composites the two video streams so that the end user's video image is inserted into the first video content replacing the templates. The system can also be used to insert advertising information into a background to create custom, personalized, “on the fly” advertisements and product placements. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008018 | FOOTAGE REPORTING - Footage used in an aired show by a broadcaster, broadcasting network or similar entity can be more easily tracked and reported to rights holders. An electronic cutsheet can be created for a video package. The electronic cutsheet includes information identifying one or more footage items included in the video package and any rights holders associated with the footage item. Using the cutsheets, a number of playlists can be created or otherwise provided. Each playlist is associated with at least one video package. The playlist can then be associated with a show to indicate that the show has aired and thus that the playlist and its included packages have actually been used. A report can then be generated that indicates at least one rights holder and the number of instances in which a footage item associated with the indicated rights holder was included in an aired show. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008019 | TELEVISION PROGRAM SELECTION SYSTEM, RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND RECORDING METHOD - The present invention relates to a television program selection system, a recommendation method for recommending a selected television program and a recording method for recording a selected television program. Therefore, in a storage face data of one or more users and preference data associated to the face data are stored, wherein said preference data indicating preferences of the user. A camera captures an image of a user. A recommendation device then searches the attribute data of television programs currently available and selects in case that the captured image corresponds to one of the stored face data at least one television program having attribute data matching the associated stored preference data for display, recommendation, recording or other processes. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008020 | RELATED SCENE ADDITION APPARATUS AND RELATED SCENE ADDITION METHOD - The related scene addition apparatus capable of extracting a related scene even when information on a moving image content having no information related to each scene, such as text information, has been retrieved includes: an operation record storage unit ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110008021 | METHOD FOR RAPID ARCHIVING AND RESTORING OF A VIDEO STORE - An apparatus, method and software program product for rapid archiving and restoring of a video store. The method includes receiving and recording video signals representing the video data more than one time responsive to a first command; and terminating the recording of the video signals responsive to a second command. The recoding of the video signals is performed at a video rate. The method further includes receiving video signals from the video recoding device playing back the stored plurality of instances of the video data; recording the received video signals to a memory responsive to a command; and terminating the recording process when the memory is filled, wherein the recorded video signals includes at least one instance of the video. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008022 | System and Methods for Recording a Compressed Video and Audio Stream - A system for recording a compressed video-audio stream includes a decoder for decoding the video and audio packets of the stream, a multimedia recorder for recording the video and audio portions of the stream, and a video frame editor. In one embodiment the multimedia recorder receives and ignores initial delta frames of the video portion of the stream while buffering the audio portion of the stream received until a first key frame arrives and is buffered and decoded and wherein upon receiving a command to record, the system writes a copy of the key frame at a predefined interval the first interval corresponding with the start of the recording of the audio portions of the stream, the write interval repeated successively until a next key frame arrives whereby the video and audio is then recorded as received. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008023 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CREATING MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus of processing content, such as, video and/or audio are disclosed. The operations of processing content may include receiving user input, such as, a content file, a type of content format, and a content destination. Other operations include determining necessary operations needed to complete the content processing and determining the applications available to the user on a local machine used by the user. The operations further include determining whether the user's local machine includes the necessary applications to perform the content processing, and determining a codec that will be used to process the content, and formatting the content using the codec and distributing the content to the content destination. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008024 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to a playback device, a reading unit reads extent blocks from a recording medium. A switching unit extracts a main-view stream and a sub-view stream from the extent blocks. Each stream is stored in a different read buffer. A decoding unit reads and decodes each stream from a corresponding read buffer. A time (t) required for the decoding unit to decode all data blocks in one extent block is greater than or equal to the sum (t | 2011-01-13 |
20110008025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMPOUND PLASMA, AND ELECTRO-THERMAL COOKING APPARATUS USING THE COMPOUND PLASMA - Disclosed are method and apparatus for generating compound plasma and electro-thermal cooking apparatus using the compound plasma. An electro-thermal cooking apparatus has an evaporator for generating water vapor by heating water therein with electric energy, a blast nozzle for blasting the water vapor supplied from the evaporator, and an electric discharge means, installed in an insulating body around the blast nozzle, for making the water vapor electrically discharged by applying strong energy to the water vapor blasted from the blast nozzle so as to convert the water vapor into compound plasma of hydrogen plasma and oxygen plasma. The compound plasma is used as an energy transfer medium for a cooking utensil. According to the present invention, efficiency of heat transfer is improved because the compound plasma of high temperature of which energy density is relatively high is used, although it employs electrically heating method. The heating time can also be reduced even with a downsized device. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008026 | MOLECULAR HEATER AND METHOD OF HEATING FLUIDS - An electrical liquid heating system and method of heating a liquid includes providing at least two spaced apart electrical conductors and applying an electrical energy source to the conductors. A liquid is directed into contact with the conductors thereby delivering electrical energy to the liquid. Electrical energy is delivered to the liquid at a power level that is sufficient to generate an electrical current to produce resistive heating of the liquid. The electrical energy may be delivered to the liquid at a power level that is sufficient to break at least some molecular bonds of molecules defining the liquid. A regulator may be provided for regulating delivery of electrical energy to the liquid. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008027 | COOKER AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A cooker and a controlling method for the same are provided. A carbon heater has a wavelength bandwidth of 1.5˜2.5 μm where a radiant energy is maximum, and the carbon heater provides the radiant energy into a cavity in order to heat food disposed therein. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008028 | LAMP AND HEATING DEVICE - Provided are a lamp and a heating device which are capable of effectively preventing a seal portion from being overheated with a simple structure. A lamp includes: a tube portion in which a filament including a coil portion is contained; a seal portion filled with a metal foil connected to an end of the filament; and an overheat preventing portion covering a part of an outer surface of the tube portion. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008029 | CULINARY ELECTRIC HOT WATER APPLIANCE WITH AUTOMATIC SWITCH - An automatic switch ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110008030 | NON-METAL ELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND TANKLESS WATER HEATER USING THE SAME - A tankless heater includes at least one non-metallic tube, at least one heating layer on or adjacent an external or internal surface of the tube, and a controller to generate a signal to be applied to the heating layer. The signal from the controller is applied through one or more electrodes coupled to the heating layer, and the heating layer generates heat in response to the signal. The heat is then transferred to a liquid flowing through, a gel located within, or a solid inside of the tube to heat the liquid, gel, or solid to certain temperature range, which may or may not be predetermined. Or, the heat is transferred to a liquid, a gel or a solid around the tube to heat the liquid, gel or solid to certain temperature, which may or may not be predetermined. In a multiple-tube configuration, the tubes may be independently selected and may have different temperature ranges. Also, according to one arrangement, no heating element is included inside any of the tubes. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008031 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE AND FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A focus adjustment device includes an image sensor that includes imaging pixels for capturing an image formed via an imaging optical system and focus detection pixels for detecting a focus adjustment state at the imaging optical system through a first pupil division-type image shift detection method, a focus detector that detects a focus adjustment state at the imaging optical system through a second pupil division-type image shift detection method different from the first pupil division-type image shift detection method, and a focus adjustment controller that executes focus adjustment for the imaging optical system based upon the focus adjustment states detected by the image sensor and the focus detector. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008032 | AUTOFOCUS METHOD - An autofocus method for obtaining clear images characterized by: adjusting the lens position with an initial dataset of focus values to obtain a estimated lens position; moving the lens to the estimated lens position and acquiring the corresponding focus value; determining whether the estimated lens position is sufficiently proximate to the prior estimated lens position, wherein, if it is, the autofocus process stops, and, if not, repeating the above-described steps until a lens position having an optimal focus value is obtained, thereby obtaining the clearest image with increased focusing speed and reduced time of lens movement and without the need of empirical parameters. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008033 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SELECTING FOCUS DETECTION AREA - An image pickup apparatus | 2011-01-13 |
20110008034 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a first member that holds a lens; a second member to which the first member is fixed; and drive means for driving the second member in the vertical direction relative to an imaging plane of an imaging device, wherein the first member has diameters different from each other and a portion having a small diameter has a portion that engages the second member, and the drive means is disposed in a space created by the difference between the different diameters. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008035 | COMBINATION DARK FIELD AND BRIGHT FIELD ILLUMINATOR - Embodiments are disclosed of an apparatus including a curved reflector having an interior and an open end; a light module positioned around a perimeter of the open end of the reflector, the light module including a first side having one or more interior light sources thereon to direct light toward the interior of the reflector and a second side having one or more exterior light sources thereon to direct light away from the reflector; and a light pipe coupled to the light module and aligned so that light from the one or more exterior light sources is launched into the light pipe. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008036 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL METHOD - A photographing device, which includes a photographing section; a display section that displays a photography image taken by the photographing section; a person indicator setting section that sets a person indicator prepared beforehand on the display screen; an operation section that operates a target position and/or a target size of the person indicator; a person detection section that detects a position and/or a size of a person in the photography image; a comparison section that compares the detected position and/or size of the person in the photography image with the target position and/or size; a guiding instruction section that generates an instruction for the person to be photographed to guide toward a direction coinciding with the compared result; and a control section that controls the photographing section such that, when a predetermined condition is satisfied after the compared result falls within a predetermined allowable error, a shutter is activated. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008037 | Camera elevator dolly - A camera dolly has a base on which an elevator is mounted. The elevator has a sliding shelf for mounting a camera, a counterweight to balance the weight of the camera. A fixed shelf is provided to hold accessories such as a video monitor. The base is provided with removable wheels for use on most surfaces. The base also has rollers which move along a track made of PVC pipe or hoses filled with compressed air. An alternative embodiment has the camera mounted to a sliding mount connected to the base. A tripod may also be mounted on the base. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008038 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LENS ELEMENTS IN A LENS MOUNTING - A lens assembly includes a lens mount, an image sensor, and an optical filter. An optical filter holder is secured to the lens mount and has an upper contact surface which abuts the optical filter and a lower contact surface which abuts the image sensor to thereby align the optical filter and the image sensor with an optical axis. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008039 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) ENABLED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC) CHIPS WITH MULTIPLE SIGNAL CHANNELS - A forward error correction (FEC) communication device that includes a transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC) or a receiver photonic integrated circuit (RxPIC) and a FEC device for FEC coding at least one channel with a first error rate and at least one additional channel with a second error rate, wherein the first error rate is greater than the second error rate. The TxPIC chip is a monolithic multi-channel chip having an array of modulated sources integrated on the chip, each operating at a different wavelength, wherein at least one of the modulated sources is modulated with a respective FEC encoded signal. The TxPIC also includes an integrated wavelength selective combiner for combining the channels for transport over an optical link. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008040 | Method to Diagnose an Optical Communication Network - A method for diagnosing an optical communication network having a control system, an optical hub, and multiple optical network terminators. The hub communicates with all the network terminators via an inband management channel. In case one network terminator disturbs the communication from the network terminators to the hub and the communication from the hub to the network terminators is functional, the control system sends a shut-off command to one network terminator, checks if the disturbance is gone, if the disturbance is not gone, sends a pulse mode activation command to this network terminator, checks if there is a superposition signal of the disturbance signal with a pulse mode signal and marks the network terminator as bad, if the pulse signal is not superimposed. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008041 | OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an optical cross-connect apparatus supporting plural directions, and provides a method of effectively performing an alarm indication by a node supervisory unit of the optical cross-connect apparatus. The node supervisory unit includes an alarm indication information storage unit that manages a management table for each of the plural directions. The management table manages not only received alarm indication information but also “internal WSS input/output port optical fiber connection state”, “WSS optical path setting state on DROP/THROUGH selection side”, “transponder destination location”, and “destination direction”, with respect to each direction. Then, a process flow is added to match received FDI information with the management information stored in the management table for each direction, and to specify an alarm destination. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008042 | Cell phone/internet communication system for RF isolated areas - A communication system for providing downlink and uplink communication between Service Providers, and users located in RF remotely located isolated areas, includes the sequential series connection of Service Provider signal sectors to Radio Interface Modules (RIM's), Service Combiner Units (SCU's), Fiber Transceiver Units (FTU's), Optical Multiplexer Units (OMU's), and Remote Fiber Nodes (RFN's), with only the RFN's being located in the RF isolated areas. The RIM's provide level control of RF signals bidirectional flowing between the Service Providers and SCU's. The SCU's both multiplex and split received downlink RF signals for inputting to the FTU's, and also combine and split RF uplink signals received from the FTU's for feed to the RIM's. The FTU's convert downlink RF signals into optical signals, and split the optical signals for connection to the OMU's. The FTU's also convert uplink optical signals received from the OMU's into uplink RF signals for connection to the SCU's. The OMU's combine downlink optical signals received from the FTU's for inputting into the RFN's, and demultiplex uplink optical signals received from the RFN's for connection to the FTU's. The RFN's convert downlink optical signals into RF signals, and amplify and feed these signals into an antenna system. The RFN's also receive RF uplink signals from devices of users in RF isolated areas, and converts the RF uplink signals into optical uplink signals for connection to the OMU's. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008043 | OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK, REMOTE UNIT, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - The present invention is to provide an optical access network in which a remote unit receives an optical burst signal. A central unit (OLT) transmits a DC-balanced optical continuous signal including packets having identification information for identifying each remote unit (ONU) to an optical switching module (OSM). The optical switching module (OSM) receives the DC-balanced optical continuous signal from the central unit (OLT), optically switches the packets based on the identification information, and transmits a DC-balanced optical burst signal including the packets to the remote unit (ONU). The remote unit (ONU) receives the DC-balanced optical burst signal and acquires the packets transmitted to the remote unit (ONU). | 2011-01-13 |
20110008044 | Optical-network design apparatus - An apparatus for designing an optical network having nodes, includes: a parameter holding unit which holds values of one or more optical-transmission parameters corresponding to one or more components constituting the optical network; a part generation unit which generates design candidates for a part to be arranged in each of one or more spans between the nodes so that each of the design candidates contains at least one of the one or more components; a part selection unit which makes a selection, for each of the one or more spans, of one of the design candidates which has at least one value of at least one of the one or more optical-transmission parameters satisfying a design condition; and a construction control unit which constructs the optical network by combining one or more parts each of which is selected by the part selection unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008045 | DETECTING COLLISIONS ON MULTIPOINT SHARED OPTICAL MEDIA - A system, and methods for detecting collisions on multipoint shared optical media, comprising an optical receiver, clock phase detector, clock recovery circuit, and a Passive Optical Network (PON) that transmits optical signals wherein the PON, the clock recovery circuit, and the clock phase detector are communicably coupled to the optical receiver, detecting of the collision is determined by a distortion of transition times of the optical signals at the optical receiver. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008046 | Subscriber terminal of adjusting intensity of optical signal by controlling attenuation, and a method therefor - A subscriber terminal connected to a central-office unit in an optical communication network includes a variable optical attenuator for attenuating an optical signal received from the central-office unit; an optical-electric converter for converting the optical signal received via the attenuator to a corresponding electric signal; a clock extractor for extracting a clock from the electric signal and producing a clock extraction information signal representing whether or not the clock is extracted stably; and a terminal controller. The controller includes a clock extraction decider for determining whether or not the extractor stably extracts the clock on the basis of the information signal, a receiving level adjuster for setting an attenuation value to a value between a minimum and a maximum value, and an attenuation controller for setting the attenuation amount for the attenuator to the set attenuation value. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008047 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TRANSMISSION POWER OF AN OPTICAL SOURCE ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF OPTICAL LOSSES OF AN OPTICAL LINK - A device and method are provided for transmitting an optical signal including at least two optical components to be transmitted respectively through at least two optical links that can be established respectively between the transmission device and at least two terminal devices. The transmission device and method associate, based on at least one parameter representative of the optical losses of the optical links, at least one of the optical components to at least one optical link selected from the optical links and to a transmission optical power. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008048 | Optical system using optical signal and solid state drive module using the optical signal - An optical system and an SSD module that maintain optimal SI, PI and EMI characteristics without a shield based on a ground voltage and an impedance match. The optical system includes a solid state drive (SSD) module and an input/output (I/O) interface. The SSD module includes a plurality of solid state memory units. The input/output (I/O) interface receives data to be written to at least one of the solid state memory units from a main memory unit, the input/output (I/O) interface transmits data written in at least one of the solid state memory units to the main memory unit. The SSD module and the I/O interface transmit and receive data using an optical medium. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008049 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION CONTROLLING METHOD, AND OPTICAL SUPERVISORY CHANNEL (OSC) PROCESSING APPARATUS - An integrated transmission apparatus includes a plurality of optical supervisory channel (OSC) processing units for processing OSC signals contained in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal received from a WDM network and a switching unit for performing the path control of synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) frames. An OSC processing unit transmits the SDH frame, containing wavelength information indicated by, to the switching unit. Another OSC processing unit acquires the SDH frame, containing wavelength information, from the switching unit and sets an OSC signal which is to be appended to the WDM signal to be transmitted, based on the wavelength information. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008050 | Demultiplexing and Multiplexing Method and Apparatus - A method of demultiplexing client data from a constant bit rate (CBR) optical client serial link into lower bit-rate CBR signals for transmitting over a plurality of wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical channels. The method comprises mapping blocks of bytes from a client frame received from the optical client serial link into respective CBR transport frames for transmitting over the respective WDM optical channels and such that the number of bytes in the client frame is the same as the number of bytes in the plurality of respective CBR transport frames. Modifying a number of non-payload bytes from the client frame to carry CBR transport frame control data in each said CBR transport frame. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008051 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - In case of a disconnection failure of an optical transmission line, a Raman amplifier generates a loss of main and supervisory signal alarms, an optical amplifier generates a loss of main signal alarm, and a supervisory signal transmission and reception unit detects the loss of supervisory signal. On the other hand, in case of a failure generated in an optical fiber, the supervisory signal transmission and reception unit performs APR control. Thus the optical amplifier stops outputting the main signal and continues to output the supervisory signal. The Raman amplifier generates the loss of main signal alarm, and the supervisory signal transmission and reception unit detects the loss of supervisory signal. The monitoring unit identifies failure point according to a combination of an existence of the loss of signal alarm by the Raman and optical amplifiers and the loss of supervisor signal by the supervisory signal transmission and reception unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008052 | Port Wavelength Restriction Encoding in Wavelength Switched Optical Network - An apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) coupled to a path computation client (PCC) and configured to perform a path computation using port wavelength restriction information for a network element (NE), wherein the port wavelength restriction information is encoded and received in a port wavelength restriction Type-Length-Value (TLV) that comprises a matrix identifier (ID), a restriction type, and the port wavelength restriction information. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to receive a port wavelength restriction information TLV that corresponds to a NE, and obtain a restriction type and port wavelength restriction information based on the restriction type from the port wavelength restriction TLV, and use the port wavelength restriction information to calculate a path for the NE. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008053 | QUANTIFYING LINK QUALITY IN AN OPTOELECTRONIC MODULE - In one example embodiment, an optoelectronic module includes an optical receiver and a post-amplifier. The optical receiver is configured to receive an optical signal and generate an electrical data signal corresponding to the optical signal. The post-amplifier is electrically connected to the optical receiver and is configured to amplify the electrical data signal. The optoelectronic module further includes means for quantifying a quality of the optical signal from which the amplified electrical data signal is derived. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008054 | MODULATOR AND DEMODULATOR FOR A DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL MODULATION FORMAT WITH EIGHT PHASE CHANGES - The invention relates to a system comprising an optoelectronic modulator device and demodulator device for establishing communication between optical communication systems by means of differential modulation with eight phase changes. Said system can increase the information transmission capacity by up to three times that of a system with two phase changes. The modulation formats transmittable by the system are called: NRZ-D8PSK, RZ-D8PSK, D8PSK. The invention also relates to the design of the modulator which is formed by a differential modulation precoder and optical signal phase modulators, in which the signals leaving the precoder control the phase modulators in order to perform differential modulation with eight phase changes in relation to the optical signal originating from a semiconductor laser. The invention further relates to the design of a demodulator positioned at the terminal end of the communication system, formed by three receiver branches each containing different electronic devices used for the electronic processing of the signals received. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008055 | Combined Burst Mode Level and Clock Recovery - An apparatus comprising an optical receiver configured to receive an optical signal, and a combined level and clock recovery circuit coupled to the optical receiver and configured to update a signal threshold and a clock phase substantially simultaneously. Also included is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising recognizing reception of a signal, and adjusting a threshold and a clock phase associated with the signal using a rising time for the signal and a falling time for the signal. Also included is a method comprising receiving a signal, and adjusting a threshold level of the signal to establish level recovery using a clock recovery scheme. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008056 | Connection device and optical device - A connection device includes a ground electrode layer that is provided in a substrate, a first transmission path that is provided on the ground electrode layer via a dielectric layer, and a plurality of leads that are connected to the first transmission path and the ground electrode layer or the first transmission path and a plane that is electrically connected to the ground electrode layer. The plurality of leads are fitted into through-holes that are provided in a second transmission path and a ground electrode on a flexible substrate to be electrically connected. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008057 | Rate Adjustable Differential Phase Shift Key (DPSK) Modulation - In a fixed delay optical communication system, rate adjustable differential phase shift key (DPSK) techniques eliminate the need for multiple comparing modules, each corresponding to a different data rate. Setting alternative data rates at integer multiples of the fundamental data rate of the optical communication system allows the system to process the respective integer number of symbols per period of the system, wherein the period of the system is the inverse of the fundamental data rate. Pulse carving techniques may be used to set the duty cycle of clock levels associated with a clock signal. The clock levels may be combined with respective symbols to provide optical symbols having a duty cycle less than 100%. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008058 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an optical communications system equipped with a structure, capable of applying a PBGF as an optical transmission line, by which high capacity information transmission is enabled by use of the PBGF. The optical communications system ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110008059 | DIGITAL EQUALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COHERENT OPTICAL RECEIVER - Disclosed are a digital equalization apparatus for a coherent optical receiver and a digital equalization method for a coherent optical receiver, capable of compensating for chromatic dispersion and polarization impairment through a digital signal processing, and capable of performing a clock recovery and a data recovery through a digital symbol synchronization. The digital equalization apparatus and the method compensate for various impairments occurring on an optical path in a digital manner and achieve synchronization through a simple structure. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008060 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTOELECTRONIC RECEIVERS FOR UNCODED DATA - A method and system for optoelectronic receivers for uncoded data are disclosed and may include amplifying received electrical signals in a signal amplifier comprising differential gain stages with signal detectors coupled to the outputs. First and second output voltages may be tracked and held utilizing the signal detectors. A difference between the tracked and held value may be amplified in a feedback path of the gain stage, which enables the dynamic configuration of a decision level. The received electrical signals may be generated from an optical signal by a PIN detector, an avalanche photodiode, or a phototransistor. The electrical signal may be received from a read channel. The feedback path may comprise digital circuitry, including an A/D converter, a state machine, and a D/A converter. The detectors may comprise envelope detectors utilized to detect maximum or minimum voltages. The signal amplifier may be integrated in a photonically-enabled CMOS chip. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008061 | Synchronous circuit for use in optical homodyne receiver for generating local oscillation light with accurate demodulation - In a synchronous circuit, a synchronizing signal generator combines either an optical BPSK signal or local oscillation light with a phase-shifted signal to produce different optical signals, one of which for use in producing a signal demodulated from the BPSK signal is square-law detected, and calculates the optical signal detected to convert the signal into an electric signal. The generator produces an electric phase-locking signal which will be a demodulated signal from the BPSK signal on the basis of the electric signal. The phase-locking signal is used as a modulating signal by an intensity-modulating circuit to modulate an incident continuous light into an optical intensity-modulated signal, which is optoelectrically converted and square-law detected by an optoelectric converter. The converted signal is used by an optical VCO circuit as a phase error signal to adjust the phase or frequency of the local oscillation light, which is supplied to the signal generator. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM USING A LIQUID LENS - A method and apparatus for communicating information content by modulation of light in an illumination system via a liquid lens optically coupled to the illumination system and capable of modulation of light thereof, using resonant modes of the liquid lens. A modulation control system operatively coupled to the liquid lens and to the information content is configured to represent at least a portion of the information content as a time-varying configuration of the liquid lens, the time-varying configuration substantially including one or more of said one or more resonance modes. A receiver system optically coupled to the liquid lens is configured to reconstruct at least a portion of the information content from light modulated by the time-varying configuration of the liquid lens. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008063 | TONER CARTRIDGE - According to one embodiment, a toner cartridge includes a cartridge body to contain toner. A stirring member is contained in the cartridge body. The stirring member is rotated in the cartridge body to stir the toner. An indicator section to indicate a state of the toner in the cartridge body is provided on the cartridge body. The indicator section is configured to lead a part of the toner in the cartridge body to the outside of the cartridge body. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008064 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable drum; a charging roller, contacting the drum, for electrically charging the drum; a developing device for developing a latent image formed on the drum into a developer image; and a cleaning device for removing a developer remaining on the drum after the developer image is transferred from the drum onto a developer image receiving member. The cleaning device includes a cleaning blade contacting the drum and having a fixed end and a free end which is located upstream of the fixed end with respect to a rotational direction of the drum. The image forming apparatus further includes a control device for controlling a rotating operation of the drum. The control device is capable of performing an operation for rotating the drum, in a direction identical to the rotational direction of the drum during image formation effected by rotating the drum, after a lapse, without next instruction of image formation, of a predetermined period from a stop of rotation of the drum once made after completion of the image formation. The predetermined period is longer with a larger number of sheets subjected to the image formation in an image forming job before the rotation of the drum is stopped. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008065 | Image-Forming Device - An image-forming device includes an image-bearing member, a transfer unit, a bias applying unit, a pair of conveying rollers, a first sensor, a second sensor, a determining unit, and a controller. A developer image is formed with developer on the image-bearing member. The transfer unit transfers the developer image formed on the image bearing member onto a sheet of paper at a transfer position located between the image-bearing member and the transfer unit. The bias applying unit applies a transfer bias to the transfer unit. The pair of conveying rollers conveys the sheet of paper to the transfer position. The first sensor detects an electrical property of the pair of conveying roller. The second sensor detects an electrical property of the transfer unit. The determining unit determines an optimal bias for an ambient condition based on both of the detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor. The controller controls the bias applying unit to apply the optimal bias to the bias applying unit. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008066 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of selectively discharging a sheet having an image formed with toner on one surface thereof and a sheet having images formed with toner on both surfaces thereof includes a fixing unit configured to fix a toner image on a sheet, a sheet stacking portion configured to stack sheets each having the toner image fixed thereon, and a control portion configured to control a maximum sheet stacking amount of sheets stacked in the sheet stacking portion. The control portion controls the maximum sheet stacking amount set when sheets, at least one of which has the toner images formed on both surfaces thereof, are stacked to be smaller than the maximum sheet stacking amount set when sheets each having the toner image formed on one surface thereof are stacked. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008067 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt having a surface onto which a toner image is transferred directly or through a transfer medium; plural image forming units that are aligned along a moving direction of the surface of the transfer belt and form the toner image; a support member that supports the transfer belt; a flow path forming member that forms a flow path along the moving direction of the surface of the transfer belt, has plural suction ports through which floating fine toner particles occurring in the plural image forming units are sucked into the flow path, and is disposed at the transfer belt side with respect to the support member; and an exhausting unit that sucks the floating fine toner particles through the suction ports into the flow path, and exhausts the sucked floating fine toner particles from the flow path. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008068 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device is disclosed which includes a developing tank, a developing roller, a carrying member, and a filter. Rotation of the developing roller causes a first airflow directed from the outside of the developing tank through an air path to the inside of the developing tank. Rotation of the carrying member causes a second airflow directed from below in an upward direction inside the developing tank. Collision between the first airflow and the second airflow causes a third airflow directed from the inside of the developing tank through the filter to the outside of the developing tank and further from the outside through the filter back to the inside of the developing tank. This arrangement prevents not only filter clogging but also a toner leak to the outside of the developing device. | 2011-01-13 |
20110008069 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing member, a charger, an irradiator, a developing member, a transfer device, and a surface potential equalizer. The transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member comprising a high-resistivity body having a surface resistivity of 10 | 2011-01-13 |