| 04th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20120020543 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR STORING CURRENCY IN SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL - A self-service terminal for storing currency, includes a detection unit, an image capturing unit, a database, and a serial number reading unit. The detection unit detects the currency. The image capturing unit is connected to the detection unit, and captures an image of a side of the currency on which a string of serial numbers are printed. The database is connected to the image capturing unit. The database includes depositor's information stored therein. The database saves the image therein. The serial number reading unit is connected to the database. The serial number reading unit captures the string of serial numbers from image. The database saves the string of serial numbers therein, and associates the string of serial numbers with the information of the depositor. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020544 | CARD IDENTIFYING APPARATUS - A card identifying apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a light-receiving portion that reads a card on a pixel basis of a predetermined area as a unit including color information having brightness, RAM that stores image data comprised of a plurality of pixels read by the light-receiving portion, an image data thinning processing section that makes the number of read pixels lower in another direction than in one direction to vary the number of pixels of the image data when the reading means reads the card, and an judgment processing section that identifies authentication of the card based on the image data varied by the image data thinning processing section. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020545 | COMPONENT PRESENCE/ABSENCE JUDGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A component presence/absence judging apparatus judges the presence/absence of components through a registration step and an inspection step. The registration step includes an ante-mounting feature acquisition step, a post-mounting feature acquisition step and a classifier configuration step. At the ante-mounting and post-mounting feature acquisition steps, ante-mounting features and post-mounting features are respectively acquired from an ante-mounting image and a post-mounting image taken at each of predetermined places on an ante-mounting board and a post-mounting board. At the classifier configuration step, a classifier is configured by registering the ante-mounting features and the post-mounting features as training data to a support vector machine. Then, at the inspection step, the presence/absence of a component at each of the predetermined places on each post-mounting operation board to be inspected is judged by inputting post-mounting operation features acquired from each of the predetermined places on each post-mounting operation board to the support vector machine configured as the classifier. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020546 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a first inspection data creation section, a first delay section, a first recognition section, a first extraction section, a first and a second level difference calculation section, a first and a second determination section, and a first logic OR calculation section. The first extraction section extracts data of a sub-resolution pattern from the first inspection data and the first delay data. The first and second level difference calculation section calculate differences between an average output level of a surrounding region for a target pixel of the extracted data from the first inspection data or the first delay data and an output level of the extracted data. The first and second determination sections determine presence or absence of a defect. The first logic OR calculation section calculates logic OR of determination results of the first and second determination sections. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020547 | Methods of Locating and Tracking Robotic Instruments in Robotic Surgical Systems - In one embodiment of the invention, a method is disclosed to locate a robotic instrument in the field of view of a camera. The method includes capturing sequential images in a field of view of a camera. The sequential images are correlated between successive views. The method further includes receiving a kinematic datum to provide an approximate location of the robotic instrument and then analyzing the sequential images in response to the approximate location of the robotic instrument. An additional method for robotic systems is disclosed. Further disclosed is a method for indicating tool entrance into the field of view of a camera. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020548 | Method for Generating Images of Multi-Views - The present invention provides a method for generating images of multi-views. The method includes obtaining a 2D original image of an article and background figures of multi-views; calculating the background image range and the main body image range of the 2D original image of the article; cutting the main body image out; generating a depth model according to an equation; cutting the depth model according to the main body image range of the cut 2D image of the article; shifting every pixel in the main body image of the 2D original image of the article according to the cut depth model to obtain shifted main body images of multi-views; and synthesizing the shifted main body images of multi-views and the background figures of multi-views to obtain the final images of multi-views for 3D image reconstruction. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020549 | Apparatus and method for depth-image encoding with rate-distortion optimization - Provided is a rate-distortion optimizing apparatus and method for encoding a depth image. The rate-distortion optimizing apparatus may reduce a resolution in an area that does not include an edge that significantly affects image synthesis, and may use a high quantization parameter and thus, may provide a high compression performance. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020550 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus, including: a recognition section adapted to recognize, based on a learning result obtained by learning of a learning image regarding a predetermined object, the object in a predetermined frame of an input image formed from a plurality of frames which are continuous in time; and a setting section adapted to set a parameter to be used for a process to be carried out for a later frame which is later in time than the predetermined frame of the input image in response to a difference in image information between an object image, which is an image in a region of the object recognized in the predetermined frame, and the learning image; the recognition section recognizing the object in the later frame for which the process is carried out based on the parameter set by the setting section. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020551 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A data division unit divides N components of N-dimensional vector signals to upper bit signals and lower bit signals. A vertex data read-out unit obtains output signals of a unit solid or unit hypersolid corresponding to a combination of the upper bit signals of the N components from a plurality of multi-dimensional LUT units used to divisionally store output signals corresponding to vertices of unit solids or unit hypersolids that configure a lookup table in eight-vertex units. An interpolation computing unit makes interpolation computations of output signals for N-dimensional vector signals based on the obtained output signals and the lower bit signals of the N components. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020552 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes an influence value setting unit that sets an influence value on a pixel of interest in a local region of an image, the influence value being a color difference in the local region, and a color region processing unit that treats the pixel of interest as a pixel in a region of a representative color when a color of the pixel of interest is within a range from the representative color to the threshold value, the threshold value being set such that the threshold value increases as the influence value increases. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020553 | Automatically Keying an Image - Some embodiments provide a method for automatically selecting a portion of an image that includes several pixels, each of which has a set of pixel values. The method identifies a background color of the image. For each region of a set of regions of a color space that correspond to the background color, the method determines whether a threshold number of pixels in the image have pixel values that are in the region. The method identifies the pixels of the image in the regions that correspond to the background color and have a threshold number of pixels in the image. The method generates a portion of the color space to define a selection of the image using the pixel values of the identified pixels. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020554 | VARIABLE KERNEL SIZE IMAGE MATTING - Image matting is performed on an image having a specified foreground region, a background region and an unknown region by selecting a kernel size based on a size of the unknown region. The matting processing is performed using the selected kernel size to provide an alpha matte that distinguishes a foreground portion from a background portion in the unknown region. Further, in some implementations, a trimap of the image may be segmented and matting processing may be performed on each segment using a kernel size appropriate for that segment. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020555 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for restoring a high resolution of an image based on acquired image data using color information. The image processing apparatus selects at least one pixel from among pixels corresponding to narrow-band color information of image data, and estimates wide-band color information of the selected pixel. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020556 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processor for processing input image data having a luminance component and other components, which are defined in a prescribed color space. The image processor includes: a first emphasis processor configured to process first image data so as to emphasize the contrast of the first image data in accordance with a first emphasis amount, wherein the first image data correspond to the luminance component of the input image data; a second emphasis processor configured to process second image data so as to emphasize the chroma of the second image data in accordance with the first emphasis amount, wherein the second image data correspond to said other components of the input image data; and an image data generator configured to generate new image data by combining the contrast-emphasized first image data and the chroma-emphasized second image data. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020557 | CORRECTING AN ARTIFACT IN AN IMAGE - A method of correcting an artifact in a captured image includes generating a binary map that corresponds to the artifact in the captured image. The method also includes generating a luminance mask from the binary map, the luminance mask applying a level of correction near an edge of the artifact that is different from a level of correction applied at the center of the artifact and generating, a chrominance mask to correct a color of the artifact. The method further includes performing corrections to pixels according to the luminance and the chrominance masks. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020558 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ATTRIBUTE OF OBJECT, APPARATUS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method includes detecting a partial area configuring a target object from an input image, evaluating appropriateness of the detection result, voting with respect to the target object based on the detection result and the evaluation result, and identifying an attribute of the target object based on the voting result. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020559 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SPECIFY REGIONS OF INTEREST IN VIDEO FRAMES - Methods and apparatus to specify regions of interest in video frames are disclosed. An example disclosed method comprises determining an initial template region to represent a region of interest whose location is based on a first point selected in a graphical presentation, determining a first modification to perform on the initial template region in response to a second point selected in the graphical presentation, detecting the second selected point in the graphical presentation, and reshaping the initial template region toward the second selected point, the reshaping corresponding to the first modification, the reshaping being performed in response to detecting the second selected point without also requiring the user to select any point substantially on the boundary defining the initial template region to initiate the reshaping. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020560 | METHOD AND SYSTEM ARRANGED FOR FILTERING AN IMAGE - A method and a system, the system includes: a memory unit, an image region definer, a spectral analyzer, a determination module, and an image processor. The spectral analyzer is arranged to divide a frequency spectrum of each image region into at least three image region frequency range components (IRFRCs); and calculate an energy level for each IRFRC. The comparator configured to compare the energy level of each IRFRC to at least one frequency region threshold to provide a comparison result for each IRFRC; wherein each frequency region threshold is calculated based on an intensity parameter of an image section and based on an energy parameter of at least one reference image section; a determination module arranged to determine a processing operation for each IRFRC, based on a comparison result associated with the IRFRC and based on a configurable decision rule. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING IMAGE CLUSTERING - The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of translating an image-based electronic document into a text-based electronic document. The method includes electronically scanning an image-based document to determine positions of word images in the image-based document. The method also includes extracting the word images from the image-based document and storing the word images to an electronic storage device. The method also includes grouping a subset of the word images into a word cluster based on a similarity of the word images, wherein the word images in the word cluster correspond to a same actual word. The method also includes generating a character-encoded transcription for the word cluster based on the word images in the word cluster. The method also includes adding the character-encoded transcription to a text-based electronic document at locations corresponding to the positions of the word images in the image-based document. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020562 | CAMERA-VISION SYSTEMS, USED IN COLLABORATION WHITEBOARDS, FOR PRE-FORMATTED, REUSABLE, ANNOTATABLE, MOVABLE MENUS AND FORMS. - Systems and devices for, and methods of, image-based processing where a device embodiment comprises: (a) a processor; (b) an addressable memory, the memory comprising a set one or more image references, and where the set of image references comprises a rule of interpretation and a rule of execution; and the processor is configured to: (1) compare captured surface indicia of a sheet with the set of at least one image reference; (2) determine the image reference associated with the surface indicia based on the comparison of the surface indicia and the set of at least one image reference; (3) extract a marking by differencing the surface indicia and the image reference; (4) interpret the extracted marking based on the rule of interpretation associated with the image reference; and (5) invoke the rule of execution based on the rule of interpretation. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020563 | Systems and Methods for Automated Extraction of Measurement Information in Medical Videos - Systems and methods providing automated extraction of information contained in video data and uses thereof are described. In particular, systems and associated methods are described that provide techniques for extracting data embedded in video, for example measurement-value pairs of medical videos, for use in a variety of applications, for example video indexing, searching and decision support applications. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020564 | SHAPE CLUSTERING IN POST OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESSING - Techniques for shape clustering and applications in processing various documents, including an output of an optical character recognition (OCR) process. The output of an OCR process is classified into a plurality of clusters of clip images and a representative image for each cluster is generated to identify clusters whose clip images were incorrectly assigned character codes by the OCR process. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020565 | Selecting Representative Images for Establishments - Establishments are identified in geo-tagged images. According to one aspect, text regions are located in a geo-tagged image and text strings in the text regions are recognized using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) techniques. Text phrases are extracted from information associated with establishments known to be near the geographic location specified in the geo-tag of the image. The text strings recognized in the image are compared with the phrases for the establishments for approximate matches, and an establishment is selected as the establishment in the image based on the approximate matches. According to another aspect, text strings recognized in a collection of geo-tagged images are compared with phrases for establishments in the geographic area identified by the geo-tags to generate scores for image-establishment pairs. Establishments in each of the large collection of images as well as representative images showing each establishment are identified using the scores. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020566 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A character recognition device which recognizes an operation for writing a character performed by a housing including an acceleration sensor | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020567 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data processing apparatus that executes determining processing, using a plurality of stages, for determining whether or not a partial image sequentially extracted from an image of each frame of a moving image corresponds to a specific pattern, assigns a plurality of discriminators to each stage such that a plurality of partial images are processed in parallel. The data processing apparatus divides an image into a plurality of regions, and, for the image of each region, calculates a passage rate or accumulated passage rate from a ratio between the number of partial images input to a stage and the number of partial images determined to correspond to the specific pattern. The assignment of the discriminators to each stage is changed based on the passage rate or accumulated passage rate of the image processed immediately of a region to which the partial image extracted from the image being processed belongs. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020568 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor for implementing an image turning operation of turning a photographic image showing a person into an image having a painting effect comprises a face detection part for capturing an image and detecting an image of the face of a person shown in the image so captured, a determination part for determining whether or not the mage of the face of the person detected meets a predetermined criterion, and an image turning operation implementing part for implementing an image turning operation of turning the image into an image having a painting effect based on the result of the determination. When the photographic image showing the person is turned into an image having a painting effect, whether or not the photographic image is turned into an image having a painting effect is determined in consideration of the position and size of the person in the photographic image, as well as orientations of the face and a line of sight of the person. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020569 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A pixel output order pattern selecting section selects the first pixel output order pattern set by the pixel output order pattern setting section when the edge detecting section detects the edge portion in the pixel block, and selects any of the plurality of second pixel output order patterns stored in the pixel output order pattern storage section when the edge detecting section does not detect the edge portion in the pixel block. An image data generating section generates the image data of the pixel block in order that the dots may be output in conformity with the pixel output order pattern selected by the pixel output order pattern selecting section based on the gradation value obtained by the gradation converting section. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020570 | THIN LINE DETECTION AND ENHANCEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC IMAGES HAVING DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS - A methodology for thin line detection and enhancement in electronic images is disclosed. The methodology includes associating an electronic image with at least one basic context window that is less than the size of the electronic image based on the input image resolution of the electronic image; detecting one or more predefined patterns which correspond to thin lines in the electronic image using the at least one basic context window; excluding patterns for the one or more detected patterns which are halftone patterns; and adding at least one pixel to the electronic image based on at least one of the remaining patterns so as to enhance thin line features in the electronic image. In some implementation, the methodology may be configured to handle electronic images having different resolutions. A system for thin line detection and enhancement in electronic images having different resolutions is also disclosed. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, GEOLOCATING AND MEASURING OBLIQUE IMAGES - A computerized system for displaying and making measurements based upon captured oblique images. The system includes a computer system executing image display and analysis software. The software reads a plurality of captured oblique images having corresponding geo-location data and a data table storing ground plane data that approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the captured oblique images. The executed software causes the computer system to receive a starting point selected by a user, receive an end point selected by the user and calculate a desired measurement between the starting and end points dependent upon the geo-location data and ground plane data. The desired measurement is selected from a group consisting of a distance measuring mode, a height measuring mode, and a relative elevation measuring mode. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020572 | HAND-HELD MOBILE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF QUCKLY DISPLAYING ONLINE COMMUNITY FRIENDS' IMAGES APPLICABLE THERETO - A hand-held mobile apparatus and method of quickly displaying online community friends' images applicable thereto are disclosed. The hand-held mobile apparatus includes a network communication module for linking to an online community server; a comparison module for comparing and determining whether data of a web image in the online community server matches data of a local image in a storage unit of the apparatus; a recognition module for determining an image type of the web image when the web image data is different from the local image data; a processing unit for downloading the web image of a first type in a smallest image size or the web image of a second type in an image size matching a screen resolution of the apparatus, and storing the web image in the storage unit as the local image; and a display unit for displaying the local image. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020573 | IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS USING NON-LINEAR DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND METHODS USING SAME - Described herein are image analysis systems that utilize a non-linear data processing algorithm for overlaying and comparing time sequence images. The image analysis systems can include at least one image collection device, an image processing device operating a non-linear data processing algorithm, and at least one data output device. The image processing device can be operable to overlay a test image and a reference image and perform a comparison therebetween. Linear parameters and non-linear parameters can be processed by the image processing device in performing the overlay. Methods for overlaying a test image upon a reference image by using a non-linear data processing algorithm are also described. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020574 | VIDEO EVALUATION APPARATUS, SPATIO-TEMPORAL FREQUENCY ANALYZING APPARATUS, VIDEO EVALUATION METHOD, SPATIO-TEMPORAL FREQUENCY ANALYZING METHOD, VIDEO EVALUATION PROGRAM, AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL FREQUENCY ANALYZING PROGRAM - A video evaluation apparatus and video evaluation method capable of appropriately evaluating a video including of a plurality of frame images, using an objective standard. A reference characteristic, which is a predetermined spatio-temporal frequency characteristic about a video, is stored, and a video characteristic analyzer calculates a spatio-temporal frequency characteristic of a target video including a plurality of frame images. Then a video evaluation determiner calculates an evaluated value of the target video, based on a relative relation between the calculated spatio-temporal frequency characteristic and the stored reference characteristic. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020575 | AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS - An automatic verification system for a video playback apparatus includes: a continuous-shoot recording/storage section configured to capture a video output of the video playback apparatus continuously and store a plurality of captured images; an image comparison section configured to compare one of the plurality of stored images with one of a plurality of reference images prepared in advance; and a continuous-shoot determination control section configured to send the plurality of stored images to the image comparison section one by one and control the image comparison section. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020576 | INTERACTIVE IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a soft-copy display comprising: receiving a collection of digital images; interactively user selecting a digital image using a user interface; determining a plurality of subsets of the digital images, wherein each subset shares a common category with the selected digital image; and displaying the subsets of digital images on the soft-copy display, together with the selected digital image. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT UNIFIED MESSAGING SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR SPEECH-TO-TEXT SERVICE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for communicating information about transcription progress from a unified messaging (UM) server to a UM client. In one embodiment, the transcription progress describes speech to text transcription of speech messages such as voicemail. The UM server authenticates and establishes a session with a UM client, then receives a get message list request from a UM client as of a first time, responds to the get message list request with a view of a state of messages and available transcriptions for transcribable messages in a list of messages associated with the get message list call at the first time, and, at a second time subsequent to the first time, transmits to the UM client a notification that provides an indication of progress for at least one transcription not yet complete in the list of messages. The messages can include video. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020578 | Identifying Establishments in Images - Establishments are identified in geo-tagged images. According to one aspect, text regions are located in a geo-tagged image and text strings in the text regions are recognized using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) techniques. Text phrases are extracted from information associated with establishments known to be near the geographic location specified in the geo-tag of the image. The text strings recognized in the image are compared with the phrases for the establishments for approximate matches, and an establishment is selected as the establishment in the image based on the approximate matches. According to another aspect, text strings recognized in a collection of geo-tagged images are compared with phrases for establishments in the geographic area identified by the geo-tags to generate scores for image-establishment pairs. Establishments in each of the large collection of images as well as representative images showing each establishment are identified using the scores. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020579 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020580 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - In order to achieve higher coding efficiency, suppress coding artifacts, and not to need a large computing amount, an image and video data are coded. Provided is an image coding method of coding image data on a block-by-block basis, and the method includes: coding a current block according to a prediction based on a selected prediction mode (S | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION - A system and method may compress a digital image. A storage unit may store a dictionary having a plurality of predetermined template patterns each identified by a code. A decomposition module may divide the image into a plurality of sub-regions. A compression module may select a template pattern from the dictionary that most closely matches an image features for each sub-region. The compression module may generate a compressed data set for the image in which each sub-region is represented by a code identifying the template pattern selected therefore. Once the data is compressed, a decompression unit may reconstruct the image. The decompression unit may use the code from the compressed data set to retrieve the template pattern from the dictionary for each sub-region and may reconstruct a full image by combining the template patterns for all of the sub-regions. An output device may display the reconstructed image. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020582 | Method and device for coding a sequence of images - A method of coding a sequence of images comprises at least one image comprising an image region of interest. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020583 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFORMATION OF IMAGE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REVERSE TRANSFORMATION OF IMAGE - Provided are methods and apparatuses for transforming and inverse-transforming an image. The method of transforming an image includes: generating a substituted N×N transformation matrix by substituting elements of an N×N transformation matrix used for a 1-dimensional (1D) discrete cosine transform (DCT) of a N×N block of the image with values based on N variables, where N is an integer; obtaining a multiplication matrix of the substituted N×N transformation matrix and a transposed matrix of the substituted N×N transformation matrix; obtaining the N variables that enable a sum of squares of elements excluding diagonal components of the obtained multiplication matrix to be a minimum; and transforming the N×N block by using the substituted N×N transformation matrix, which is substituted with the values based on the obtained N variables. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020584 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including: a determining processing section which binarizes a pixel value of a target pixel using a threshold; a calculation section which calculates feedback values by multiplying binarized pixel values of adjacent processed pixels by a feedback coefficient; a addition section which adds the feedback values to the pixel value of the target pixel before binarization; a diffusion section which diffuses a difference between the binarized pixel value and the unadded pixel value as an error to adjacent unprocessed pixels; and a subtraction section which subtracts the error from the unadded pixel value of the target pixel, wherein when all pixel values of processed pixels are 0 and an output value of the target pixel is a maximum value, it is determined that the target pixel is an isolated point and an output value of an adjacent pixel is set to a forced output value excluding 0. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020585 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus, which can automatically arrange a plurality of images, includes a rectangle generation unit configured to divide the plurality of images into two or more groups and generate, for each group, a rectangle in which images of the group can be arranged. The image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to generate a new rectangle by combining two of the rectangles generated by the rectangle generation unit, in which a rectangle composed of the plurality of groups is generated in such a way as to locate all frames of the plurality of images in the rectangle, and further configured to determine a layout of frames of the plurality of images. The image processing apparatus further includes an image generation unit configured to generate an image of the plurality of images disposed in one rectangle based on the layout of the frames of the plurality of images determined by the determination unit. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020586 | Child's Travel Mat - A travel mat having a plurality of activities for young children attached to and distributed thereon is described. The travel mat comprises a fabric panel of an appropriate size to be received on an airplane tray table or on a travel tray intended for use in an automobile. Toys/activities are provided on both the front and back side of the tray wherein the tray can be flipped as desired to change the set of toys with which the child is playing. At least one pair of straps is provided to secure the mat to a desired tray. Because of the flexible nature of the mat, it can be easily folded and stowed for transport such as in a diaper bag or a purse. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020587 | PRODUCT-PACKAGING BAG - Bag, for packaging fruits and vegetables, which comprises a flexible tubular wrapping that accommodates the product in the central portion thereof, the two end longitudinal portions of the tubular wrapping being empty, closed and mutually and inseparably joined, said join defining a single closure zone of the bag, common to both ends of the tubular wrapping, said end longitudinal portions forming a handle for gripping of the bag and from which, when the bag is gripped, said central portion of the wrapping and, consequently, the product housed within, is suspended, the handle possibly being provided with a transverse strip that joins individual points that are contiguous to the central portion of the tubular wrapping, an arched bag portion that constitutes the handle proper being defined above the transverse strip. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020588 | INSERT FOR A BAG - The present invention relates to an insert for a carrier such as a bag or a box, and more particularly to an insert for a bag for carrying bottles, cups and the like. The insert is particularly, but not exclusively, for bags made of paper or the like that fold flat for storage and transportation and open out for use. The present invention aims to provide an insert for a bag that allows the user to maximise use of the whole bag, while still allowing for bottles, cups and the like to be supported. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020589 | Sports Bag Skid Brace - Sports Bag Skid Brace is an aluminum brace designed to replace the existing plastic brace to allow for longer use and better support for, but not limited to, sports bags. Specifically for consumers who do a lot of traveling (planes, trains, and automobiles) with their Bowling/Sports Bags, as they seem to endure a lot more wear and tear. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020590 | EASILY TEARABLE ZIPPER TAPE AND PACKAGING BAG WITH EASILY TEARABLE ZIPPER TAPE - A thin portion is provided near an opening of a bag body to a main body of a belt-like base connected to an engagement portion. The thin portion is provided between a thick first projecting portion and a thick second projecting portion. The thin portion is thinner than the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion. On the thin portion, ribs are provided in plural lines. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020591 | FITTING MEMBER POSITIONING DEVICE - A fitting member positioning device, that can be reliably fixed in a predetermined position relative to an installation portion, includes a first element having an insert portion received in an insertion hole, the insert portion having a first thread portion, and a second element rotatable relative to the first element and axially movable, having a second thread portion received in the first thread portion. The insert portion includes an integral annular dilating portion, while the second element includes an advancing portion for advancing into and integrally dilating the dilating portion in the circumferential direction when the second element is axially moved with rotation by the first and second thread portions being threaded together, to press the first element against an inner circumferential surface of an insertion hole to prevent movement of the first element. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020592 | SLIDE BEARING COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a slide bearing composite material having at least one carrier layer and a sintered bearing metal layer. The sintered bearing metal layer is designed in at least one layer region as a gradient layer. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020593 | Pull-Out Guide - A pull-out guide, especially for household appliances, includes a guide rail and at least one additional rail which are mounted to be slidable relative to each other on sliding surfaces by way of rolling elements and which have at least one locking device for releasably fixing the additional rail in a predetermined position on the guide rail and/or on another additional rail. At least one locking device includes a spring element which can be make to engage with a profiled section or recess located at a distance from a sliding surface on a rail. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020594 | Connection Component for Oil Film Bearings - A connection element able to be located between a part or neck of a rolling roll and a relative housing bushing as present in a chock for rolling stands, including a first external element and a second internal element, mating and coupled, wherein the second internal element has internally a seating at least partly truncated cone shaped for coupling with the neck of the rolling roll. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020595 | Compliant Bearing - A first embodiment of a compliant bearing includes a main body and a bearing surface. The main body and the bearing surface may be engaged with one another via one or more bearing surface springs configured such that the bearing surface is compliant with respect to the main body. A second embodiment of a compliant bearing includes a main body and at least one bearing pad. The main body and the bearing pad may be engaged with one another via one or more pad radial and/or pad axial springs configured such that the bearing pad is compliant with respect to the main body. A sensor web may be integrated into the compliant bearing. In one embodiment the sensor web comprises at least one sensor configured as a strain gauge and affixed to a bearing surface spring. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020596 | GAS BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gas bearing ( | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020597 | Active hydrostatic bearing, particularly for internal combustion reciprocating engines, a fluid handling system associted therewith, and method - This invention relates to bearings, and more specifically is directed to active hydrostatic bearings destined for large heavily loaded reciprocating internal combustion engines, like ultra high compression ratio Diesel cycle engines, and homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and detonation engines working on stoichiometric fuel/air mixture. A fluid handling system therefore, method and apparatus are also disclosed. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020598 | Tilting Pad Bearing - A tilting pad bearing comprises a piston carrier ring that may include a plurality of voids spaced around the piston carrier ring, wherein a channel may be formed in a surface of the piston carrier ring opposite the plurality of voids. A carrier end plate may be positioned in the channel and secured to the piston carrier ring, wherein a recess may be formed in a top surface of the carrier end plate. A piston may be positioned in each void, wherein a bottom face of each piston is positioned adjacent the recess. The pistons may be substantially secured in the voids using a plurality of membranes, wherein one membrane corresponds to one piston and one void. Alternatively, the pistons may be formed in two pieces secured via a membrane. Each piston may be engaged with a bearing pad and/or interface member in a bearing pad carrier ring. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020599 | BUSHING OF BEARING AND TOOTHED LOOP FOR VARIABLE SPEED BICYCLE - A bushing of a bearing and a toothed loop for a variable speed bicycle comprises at least one dove-tail recess and dove-tail retaining projection fixed on two sides of a metal piece respectively; the toothed loop including a small-diameter hole disposed on a central portion thereof, the small-diameter hole including a large-diameter groove mounted on an upper side of the toothed loop, the large-diameter annular groove including plural teeth formed therearound; wherein the dove-tail recess includes two first titled surfaces arranged on two sides thereof individually, the dove-tail retaining projection includes two second titled surfaces arranged on two sides thereof individually, the metal piece is twisted to form a hollow cylinder so that the dove-tail recess and the dove-tail projection are connected together, and then they are engages with each other by using the first and second titled surfaces; the toothed loop is rejection molded from non-metal composite material. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020600 | HIGH-STRENGTH BRASS ALLOY FOR SLIDING MEMBERS, AND SLIDING MEMBERS - A high-strength brass alloy for sliding members, consists of, by mass %, 17 to 28% of Zn, 5 to 10% of Al, 4 to 10% of Mn, 1 to 5% of Fe, 0.1 to 3% of Ni, 0.5 to 3% of Si, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities. The high-strength brass alloy has a structure that includes a matrix of a single phase structure of the β phase and includes at least one of Fe—Mn—Si intermetallic compounds in the form of aciculae, spheres, or petals dispersed in the β phase. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020601 | WASHER AND MOTOR BEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - A washer, including a central axial hole, a first oil retainer, a second oil retainer, and a transition groove. The central axial hole allows a motor shaft to pass therethrough. The first oil retainer and the second oil retainer are formed on the washer. The transition groove is disposed between the first oil retainer and the second oil retainer. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020602 | ROLLER BEARING HAVING A BRAKE DEVICE - A roller bearing, which has a brake device made of outer and inner bearing rings, between which rollers roll on corresponding rings, a displaceable braking element connected to one of the bearing rings pressed against an associated opposite surface connected to the other bearing ring to generate a braking effect due to a frictional fit, which can be neutralized by an electromagnet. The electromagnet is made of one of the hearing rings as a soft iron core, and a coil encompassing the ring. A ferromagnetic armature plate is connected to one of the bearing rings and is pressed towards a pressure plate, which is connected to the other bearing ring. At least one disc is disposed between the armature plate and pressure plate. The disc is operationally connected to brake linings on both sides, and each have a form-fit connection to one of the bearing rings by guide pins. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020603 | ROLLER BODY FOR ROLLER BEARING - A roller body for a roller bearing includes at least one cavity extending from an end face of the roller body, at least one retaining element is disposed in the cavity, and at least one sensor is disposed in the cavity, such as in or on the retaining element. The sensor is at least partially surrounded by an elastic material in a protective manner. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020604 | DISENGAGEABLE AXIAL ABUTMENT - In a disengageable axial abutment for a rotary machine fitted with fluid bearings, an outer ring ( | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020605 | BEARING COMPONENT, ROLLING BEARING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BEARING COMPONENT - An outer ring, an inner ring and a roller serving as a bearing component that adopts as a source material a steel ensuring a large fracture toughness value and also having an alloy element added thereto in a reduced amount and also provides sufficient wear resistance, are configured of a steel containing 0.15-0.3% by mass of carbon, 0.15-0.7% by mass of silicon, and 0.15-1.0% by mass of manganese, with a remainder of iron and an impurity, and have a raceway/rolling contact surface included in a region having a carbon enriched layer and a nitrogen enriched layer. In the nitrogen enriched layer the raceway/rolling contact surface has a nitrogen concentration equal to or larger than 0.3% by mass. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020606 | CAGE FOR ROLLER BEARING | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020607 | Optical waveguide device - An optical waveguide device having multiple functions or high performance, to improve the productivity of products, and to provide an optical waveguide device capable of suppressing deterioration of an operating characteristic of the optical waveguide device, including a thin plate | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020608 | Plasmonic Element With Waveguide Trapping - Various plasmonic elements with waveguide trapping are provided. In one embodiment, a plasmonic element includes a waveguide layer including a first surface through which incident light enters the waveguide layer. The waveguide layer includes a medium and an array of plasmonic structures disposed within the medium. The medium has dielectric properties. The resonant frequency of the plasmonic structures is responsive to the dielectric properties of the medium. The plasmonic element is configured to trap incident light scattered by the plasmonic structures in a waveguide mode. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020609 | OPTICAL WIRING ARRANGEMENT AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - An optical wiring mounted on an electronic device has a light transmission path for transmitting an optical signal. A function layer that reduces friction generated when coming in contact with a structural body in the electronic device to lower than when the light transmission path comes in contact with the structural body, and that bends according to deformation of the light transmission path, is arranged. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020610 | Optoelectronic Modules and a Method for Manufacturing an Array of Optical Devices - An array of optical devices includes singlets diced or separated from a first diced surface and a second diced surface of a semiconductor wafer. Each singlet includes a single optical emitter or a single photosensitive semiconductor device. The singlets are identified as operationally fit before being arranged in corresponding features in a receiving region of a submount. The corresponding features of the submount are arranged to align and precisely control the pitch or separation distance between optical portions of a desired number of singlets. The use of operationally fit singlets dramatically increases production efficiency as it is no longer necessary to identify N contiguous operational optical devices in a semiconductor wafer to produce a precisely aligned array of N operational optical devices. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020611 | OPTICAL DEVICE PROVIDING ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR EMITTING WHITE LIGHT - An optical device that emits white light by mixing three or four light each having a specific color is disclosed. The optical device includes the alignment substrate having a first type of grooves each setting an optical fiber therein and a second type of a groove setting all fibers collectively. Between two type of grooves, all fibers are free from grooves to facilitate the assemble of the fibers. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020612 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECT - An optical interconnect device including a first printed wiring board, a second printed wiring board facing the first printed wiring board, a light-emitting device positioned on the first printed wiring board and electrically connected to the first printed wiring board, a light-receiving device positioned on the second printed wiring board and electrically connected to the second printed wiring board such that the light-receiving device faces the light-emitting device and receives an optical signal transmitted in a direct line from the light-emitting device, and an electrical-connection device mounted on the first printed wiring board and the second printed wiring board such that the first printed wiring board is electrically connected to the second printed wiring board. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020613 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING MIRROR FACE, AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPOSITE WIRING BOARD - In order to provide a method of manufacturing an optical waveguide, which enables the formation of a smooth mirror face, the following method of manufacturing an optical waveguide having a mirror face is used. The method includes: a photocurable resin sheet laminating step of laminating an uncured photocurable resin sheet for forming a core on a surface of a first cladding layer that has been formed on a substrate; a mirror face forming step of forming a mirror face for guiding light to the core by pressing a die provided with a blade having, in a cross-section, a 45° inclined plane into the photocurable resin sheet; a core forming step of forming a core having the mirror face positioned at an end thereof by selectively exposing to light, and developing, the photocurable resin sheet; and a cladding layer forming step of forming a second cladding layer so as to bury the core. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020614 | OPTICAL SWITCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an optical switch device having a simple light path and capable of achieving high speed switching, and a method of manufacturing the optical switch device. The optical switch device comprises one or more first optical waveguides extending in a first direction, one or more second optical waveguides connected to the first optical waveguides in a second direction crossing the first direction, and one or more switching parts configured to control light transmitted in the first direction within the first optical waveguide connected with the second waveguide, to selectively reflect the light to the second waveguide extending in the second direction. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020615 | THROUGH-BORE FIBER OPTIC SLIPRING - The present invention is a limited rotation through-bore optical slip ring. This will enable one or more optical signals to pass across a rotational interface while leaving a center bore free. The present invention is passive, unlike many off axis or through bore optical slip rings and is low loss by nature. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020616 | Colorless Optical Network Architecture And Network Components - An array reflector comprising a waveguide and a high reflectivity mirror is disclosed. The waveguide has an input end and a reflective end. The high reflectivity mirror is disposed at the reflective end. The array reflector also includes n−1 mirrors arrayed along the length of the waveguide, wherein n is an integer greater than two. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020617 | Tunable optical filters with multiple ports - Described are tunable multiport optical filters that filter systems with many optical channels in a convenient and cost-effective manner. The tunable multiport optical filters of the invention are simple in design and have few optical components. The basic elements are a dispersion element and a rotating mirror. With properly arranged arrays of input and output optical fibers, individual wavelength components from a selected input beam are spatially separated and steered by the rotating mirror to selected output locations. The optical properties from the selected components may be measured by one or more photodetectors. The filters are also useful for selecting and routing optical signals. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020618 | Fiber Optic Connector and Alignment Mechanism for Single Lens Multi-Fiber Connector - The invention pertains to an optical connector assembly having an alignment mechanism for coupling two single-lens, multi-fiber optical connectors together. Particularly, each connector comprising a single lens through which the light from multiple fibers is expanded/focused for coupling to corresponding fibers in a mating connector. In one aspect of the invention, the alignment mechanism includes mating features extending from the fronts of the lenses having substantially longitudinal surfaces that meet and contact each other when the two connectors are coupled together in only one or a limited number of rotational orientations relative to each other to as to properly rotationally align the multiple fibers in the two mating connectors. This mechanism also helps align the two connectors with the optical axes of their lenses parallel to each other. In another aspect of the invention to even more effectively align the two connectors with their optical axes parallel to each other, the connector assembly includes an alignment sleeve into which the front of each lens extends when mated, an inner diametrical surface of the alignment sleeve contacting an outer diametrical surface of each of the two lenses over a substantial longitudinal portion of each lens. The alignment sleeve may, for instance, be a resilient split sleeve that expands radially to accept the lenses. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020619 | Imaging Interface for Optical Components - The invention pertains to an optical interface employing optics (e.g., lenses) that image the beams rather than collimate the beams. More specifically, each connector at an interface includes optics, e.g., a lens, adapted to receive a diverging beam emanating from field point and image the beam to an image point at a predetermined distance from the imaging lens. A connector employing such optics may, for instance, be effectively mated to either a similar connector with the same optics or to a connector having no lens. Specifically, it may effectively be mated to a second connector having no lens via a second connector structure that places the receiving optical component at the image point of the focusing optics of the first connector. Alternately, such a connector may be effectively mated to a second connector having an identical lens to the first connector provided that the first and second connector structures are adapted to mate such that the image points of the two lenses are coincident. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020620 | Tunable optical filters with multiple ports - Described are tunable multiport optical filters that filter systems with many optical channels in a convenient and cost-effective manner. The tunable multiport optical filters of the invention are simple in design and have few optical components. The basic elements are a dispersion element and a rotating reflector. With properly arranged arrays of input and output optical fibers, individual wavelength components from a selected input beam are spatially separated and steered by the rotating reflector to selected output locations. The optical properties from the selected components may be measured by one or more photodetectors. The filters are also useful for selecting and routing optical signals. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020621 | Laterally Coupled Optical Fiber Component and Processing Method Thereof - A side-coupling optical fiber assembly comprises a first substrate ( | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020622 | PLANAR NANOPHOTONIC WAVEGUIDE COMPRISING A STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL COUPLING WITH AN OPTICAL FIBRE - A single-mode planar nanophotonic waveguide includes an optical core, a cladding coating the optical core, and a structure for the optical coupling of the core of the waveguide with the core of a single-mode optical fibre. The coupling structure includes an adaptation element including a gradual broadening of the core of the waveguide ending in a broadened region of dimension adapted to the core of the optical fibre; and a light transmission element, optically connected to the broadened region, and defining a plane coupling surface by which light is transmitted to the optical fibre, the optical coupling ratio through the surface when the surface is in contact with the air being maximum for a predetermined coupling angle (θ) of the light relative to the coupling surface. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020623 | FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A fiber connector assembly ( | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020624 | SHIELDED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An shielded connector assembly ( | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020625 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR PLUG - An optical connector plug is comprised of a pair of divided front and rear housings formed generally in a quadrilateral tubular shape for receiving a ferrule to hold an optical fiber. A housing, one of the housings is provided with engagement openings on at least opposite wall portions thereof, and the other housing is provided with engagement projections on its opposite wall portions to be engaged in the engagement openings. Furthermore, fitting projections are formed in the longitudinal direction on the wall portions in which the engagement openings are formed, and fitting recesses to be fitted with the fitting projections are formed in the wall portions on which the engagement projections are formed. The pair of housings are firmly joined to each other by engaging the engagement projections with the engagement openings and by fitting and engaging the fitting projections in the fitting recesses. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020626 | Optical Fiber Connector - The invention improves work efficiency of assembly from that of the past, and suppresses decrease in coupling efficiency between an optical fiber and a photoelectric conversion element. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A PROBE - An adapter couples a length of optical fiber to a hollow probe and to an optical coherence tomography instrument. The length of optical fiber may be greater than the length of the adapter itself. The optical fiber is fixed to an optical coupler at a proximal end of the adapter and may be maintained in a curved configuration by features located in an internal cavity of the adapter. An optical fiber advance mechanism be used to advance and/or retract the length of optical fiber to align it within the hollow probe. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020628 | SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE CONNECTOR SYSTEM - In an aspect there is provided a connector device. The connector device may include a cable connector having a housing having an opening at a first end and a cable gland at a second end; and a sleeve having an internal channel configured to interchangeably couple with an electrical transceiver module type and an optical transceiver module type. The internal channel may extend between a first end and a second end of the sleeve. The first end of the sleeve may be configured to insert through the opening in the housing to releasably couple the sleeve to the housing. The second end of the sleeve may be configured to insert through a port on a unit and couple the electrical transceiver to an edge connector on a printed circuit board (PCB) when the electrical transceiver is coupled with the sleeve. The second end of the sleeve may be further configured to insert through the port on the unit and couple the optical transceiver to the edge connector on the PCB when the optical transceiver is coupled with the sleeve. Related systems and methods are also described. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020629 | Optoelectrical Connector - In an optoelectrical connector that is composed of a plug including an insertion fitting part and a receptacle including a housing space into which the insertion fitting part of the plug is inserted, the plug is provided with an optical connection part (an optical member) on a front end of the insertion fitting part and an electric connection part (terminals) more rearward than the optical connection part. The receptacle is provided with an optical connection part (an optical member) on the deep side of the housing space and an electric connection part (movable contact pieces of terminals) more frontward than the optical connection part. A shutter is formed on the immediate front of the optical connection part of the receptacle and the shutter opens in the optical connection. Deterioration of optical coupling efficiency caused by attachment of metal abrasion powder, which is generated in a slide between the electrical connection parts in the electrical connection, to the optical connection parts, is prevented. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020630 | METHOD FOR SPLICING AN OPTICAL FIBER ELEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for splicing an optical fiber element ( | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020631 | OPTICAL FIBER CONFIGURATIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF LASER ENERGY OVER GREAT DISTANCES - There are provided optical fiber configurations that provide for the delivery of laser energy, and in particular, the transmission and delivery of high power laser energy over great distances. These configurations further are hardened to protect the optical fibers from the stresses and conditions of an intended application. The configurations provide means for determining the additional fiber length (AFL) need to obtain the benefits of such additional fiber, while avoiding bending losses. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020632 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND LAYING METHOD THEREOF - An optical fiber cable includes an elongated optical element portion having an optical fiber, a pair of tensile strength members and an outer jacket. The optical fiber is composed of one or more plastic coated optical fibers, tight-buffered optical fibers or optical ribbon fibers. The pair of tensile strength members is arranged in parallel at both sides of the optical fiber in a width direction of the optical fiber. The outer jacket covers outer circumferences of the optical fiber and the pair of tensile strength members. A frictional coefficient of the outer jacket is equal to or less than 0.20. Shore D hardness of the outer jacket is equal to or more than 60. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020633 | Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays - An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020634 | Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays - An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining open rearward cable connections and open forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. The adapters being arranged in arrays that slide independently of other adapter arrays to provide access to the open rearward and open forward cable connections. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020635 | TOOL FOR ROUTING AN OPTICAL FIBER OR CABLE AT A LIVING UNIT OF CUSTOMER PREMISES - A tool for routing an optical fiber or a cable over a desired span on a visible supporting surface at a given premises. The tool includes a rod with a handle, and a reel or spool is mounted on the rod for storing a length of an optical fiber or a cable to be routed. An adhesive coating assembly is fixed on the rod for providing an adhesive on the fiber when the fiber is unwound from the spool during use of the tool. A fiber routing applicator is disposed at the distal end of the rod. The routing applicator is dimensioned and arranged to travel over the supporting surface at the premises to route the fiber with the adhesive thereon over the desired span, while urging the fiber against the surface so that the fiber adheres to the surface. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020636 | RE-TERMINABLE LC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND CAM TERMINATION TOOL - An improved, reversibly terminable fiber stub connector assembly is provided that can be readily and positively terminated in the field using simple termination tools. This allows repositioning or replacement of fiber optic cable field fibers if termination is not acceptable in performance. The tool may be a hand-held tool, or used in conjunction with a connector support structure to provide simplified and expeditious field termination of fiber optic cables. The cam tool can include a throughbore that enables connection of a patchcord to the stub fiber of the connector during or shortly after termination without removal of the termination tool. Accordingly, field testing of the connection can be made at the site of termination. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020637 | PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER AND PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER CODE - A plastic optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, wherein the cladding comprises at least one layer, and the cladding comprises a copolymer which comprises 10 to 35% by weight of ethylene, 45 to 69% by weight of tetrafluoroethylene, 20 to 45% by weight of hexafluoropropylene, and 0.01 to 10% by weight of a fluorovinyl compound represented by Formula (1): CH | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020638 | DIGITAL AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING AND STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An integrated apparatus is disclosed that can directly connect to a portable digital video camera and can record uncompressed video and audio data, along with associated metadata, in the field and elsewhere. Most preferably, the integrated apparatus includes a removable, recordable, reusable digital magazine that may be mounted. Most preferably, the integrated apparatus also supports a variety of input and output formats, and the apparatus may be easily connected to other computing systems, either directly or through network connections, wired or wireless. The digital magazine can be mounted in a variety of docking stations and can be directly connected to a network, allowing the video and audio data to be easily stored and transferred. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020639 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPRATUS - A first acquisition unit acquires images from a first image pickup unit for picking up moving images for use in recording. A second acquisition unit acquires images from a second image pickup unit for picking up the image of a person taking the moving images. A decision unit determines whether or not the person taking the moving images is viewing a monitor for displaying the moving images for use in recording, based on the images acquired from the second acquisition unit. A control unit varies the status of an image pickup apparatus according to the decision results of the decision unit. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020640 | DATA STRUCTURE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYING DEVICE AND PLAYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a data structure, a recording medium, a playing device and a playing method, and a program, which enable providing of a video format for 3D display, suitable for 3D display of subtitles and menu buttons.
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| 20120020641 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - The content reproduction apparatus comprises: an input unit to which a content is input; a reproduction position recording unit to record a reproduction position of a content being reproduced; a display unit to display the content; a sensor to detect a human's presence or absence in or from a predetermined area; and a timer to measure a time period of a human's absence from the predetermined area detected by the sensor; wherein, if the sensor detects a human's absence from the predetermined area, the reproduction position of the content being reproduced is recorded in the reproduction position recording unit and, according to the time period measured by the timer, the content reproduction apparatus is configured to control whether or not to present a screen image prompting to start reproducing the content from the reproduction position recorded in the reproduction position recording unit. | 2012-01-26 |
| 20120020642 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PROGRAM OVERLAPPING PORTION AND AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A data recorder records (n−1)th episode data and n-th episode data of a drama series, where n is an integer of two ore more. An audio decoder generates respective audio data of these episodes. An overlapping portion determiner extracts and compares a tail portion of the audio data of the (n−1)th episode and a head portion of the audio data of the n-th episode to detect an overlapping portion, and records an overlapping time between the (n−1)th and n-th episodes to an overlapping time storage. A recorded data editor deletes a portion of the (n−1)th episode data corresponding to the overlapping time recorded in the overlapping time storage, from a tail end of the (n−1)th episode data, and records the resulting (n−1)th episode data as (n−1)th episode edited data to the data recorder. | 2012-01-26 |
