| 07th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20130039523 | HIGH DIRECTIVITY BOUNDARY MICROPHONE - A high directivity boundary microphone ( | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039524 | HEADBAND WITH EAR BUDS - The present invention is a headband that includes a base headband with two sides that is worn around a user's head, a pair of ear buds that provide music and sound to the user that are inserted into the user's ears while the headband is in use and a pair of sound wires with a proximal end and a distal end that are in communication with the ear buds. The headband also includes a slot with a front that includes a dear window disposed on the front of the slot that holds an audio playing device such as an MP3 player and a pair of storage apertures disposed on the base headband to store the ear buds. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039525 | Headphones With Reduced Tangling and Methods - A restraint device for a pair of headphones having a pair of earphones, an audio plug, and a pair of wires coupling the pair of earphones to the audio plug, wherein the restraint device includes a body of a material, wherein the material includes an interior channel, wherein the interior channel is configured to have the pair of wires be slidably disposed therein, wherein the interior channel is configured to have the audio plug be removably disposed therein, wherein the interior channel is configured to restrain relative movement of the pair of wires with respect to the audio plug when the pair of wires and the audio plug are disposed adjacently within the interior channel. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039526 | ELECTRODYNAMIC SOUND-EMITTING DEVICE - A casing for covering an outer yoke is provided; an acoustic cavity is formed by this casing; a diaphragm and the outer surface of a side wall of the outer yoke; a second elastic member is provided to join the outer circumferential edge of the casing to the outer circumferential edge of the diaphragm without any gap therebetween; this second elastic member includes pores formed by foaming and made of a material whose elastic modulus is smaller than that of a first elastic member; and pores communicating through from the back surface of the second elastic member, that is the inner side of the casing, to the front surface that is the opposite side of the back surface are eliminated. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039527 | MODULAR, CONFIGURABLE SPEAKER AND A METHOD OF OPERATING IT - An adaptable system for configuring an audio reproduction system comprising a main element and one or more speaker elements which may move and output moving information. A processor receives the moving information and an audio signal and generates an adapted loudspeaker signal, taking into account the movement, to the speaker elements. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039528 | LOUDSPEAKER STRUCTURE WITH INNER FRAME - A loudspeaker includes an outer frame with an annular magnet partially exposed from a bottom thereof; a voice coil located inside the annular magnet; a diaphragm glued to between an expanded front opening of the outer frame and the voice coil; a flexible suspension ring having an outer edge fixed to a stepped section of the outer frame and a central opening edge clearance-fitted to a middle/front portion of the annular magnet; and an inner frame having a front portion fitted around the voice coil, a rear portion located on the central opening edge of the flexible suspension ring, and legs extended between the front and rear portions to locate in front of slots formed on the annular magnet. Therefore, the loudspeaker has reduced depth and volume, increased vibration amplitude and stability, and high quality sound output. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039529 | SPEAKER - In configuring a magnetic circuit, by forming polarities of a magnet to be aligned along a vertical direction, and by optimizing a yoke providing a flow path of a magnetic flux, a vibration system is formed inside a magnetic circuit, so that a height of a speaker can be remarkably reduced. Additionally, by increasing a volume of the magnet and a diameter of a bobbin, a speaker with enhanced sound effect characteristics may be provided herein. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039530 | System and Method for Replacing a Key - A system and method for replacing a key is described herein. Specifically, a system for replacing a key can comprise a network, a server that receives a still photograph from a mobile device, wherein said still photograph is related to a key. In another embodiment, the system for replacing a key can also comprise a memory that stores an application, one or more locksmith record and one or more user profile comprising key data. The system for replacing a key can further comprise a processor that, at the direction of said application, determines edge location from said still photograph using a predetermined threshold, determine a key code from said edge location, and stores said key code into said memory. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-EXPERIENCE TRANSLATION OF MEDIA CONTENT - A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039532 | PARKING LOT INFORMATION SYSTEM USING IMAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES - A parking lot information system comprising a digital camera for obtaining an image of parking spaces in the parking lot where each parking space is marked with a visual identifier, a computer coupled to the digital camera for identifying available parking spaces by recognizing the identifiers marking the available parking spaces, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying information on the available parking spaces. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039533 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE DETECTION - A method is provided for image detection. The method includes measuring a temperature of an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter of an imaging system during an imaging scan of an object, and correcting a gain of the A/D converter based on the measured temperature of the A/D converter. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039534 | MOTION DETECTION METHOD FOR COMPLEX SCENES - A motion detection method for complex scenes has steps of receiving an image frame including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixel including a first pixel information; performing a multi-background generation module based on the plurality of pixels; generating a plurality of background pixels based on the multi-background generation module; performing a moving object detection module; and deriving the background pixel based on the moving object detection module. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING COMPLEXITY OF A COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM AND APPLYING RELATED COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS - A method for reducing complexity of a computer vision system and applying related computer vision applications includes: obtaining instruction information, wherein the instruction information is used for a computer vision application; obtaining image data from a camera module and defining at least one region of recognition corresponding to the image data by user gesture input on a touch-sensitive display; outputting a recognition result of the aforementioned at least one region of recognition; and searching at least one database according to the recognition result. Associated apparatus are also provided. For example, the apparatus includes an instruction information generator, a processing circuit, and a database management module, where the instruction information generator obtains the instruction information, and the processing circuit obtains the image data from the camera module, defines the aforementioned at least one region of recognition and outputs a recognition result of the at least one region of recognition. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039536 | Method and System for Optoelectronic Detection and Location of Objects - Disclosed are methods and systems for optoelectronic detection and location of moving objects. The disclosed methods and systems capture one-dimensional images of a field of view through which objects may be moving, make measurements in those images, select from among those measurements those that are likely to correspond to objects in the field of view, make decisions responsive to various characteristics of the objects, and produce signals that indicate those decisions. The disclosed methods and systems provide excellent object discrimination, electronic setting of a reference point, no latency, high repeatability, and other advantages that will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039537 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a character recognition unit configured to perform character recognition of a character region where characters exist in an image to generate character code, a detection unit configured to detect a region of the image where a feature change in the image is small, and a placement unit configured to place data obtained from the character code in the detected region. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039538 | BALL TRAJECTORY AND BOUNCE POSITION DETECTION - Disclosed in some examples is a method, system and medium relating to determining a ball trajectory and bounce position on a playing surface. An example method includes recording a first and a second sequence of ball images before and after a ball bounce on the playing surface; constructing a composite image of the trajectory of the ball from the first and second sequences; and determining a bounce position of the ball from the composite image. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039539 | Portable Electronic Device - A portable electronic device includes a light source, which includes at least one luminescence diode and emits light during operation. The portable electronic device also includes a device for detecting an object in the beam path of the light emitted by the light source during operation. The device is designed to reduce the luminous flux of the light emitted by the light source during operation if the object is identified for a minimum duration within a minimum distance from the light source in the beam path. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039540 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - There are provided an information providing device, an information providing processing program, and an information providing method which can efficiently recommend information related to a shooting spot matching a user's preference. An information providing server is configured to decide a coincidence between user object information included in image data registered by a given user, and representative object information of a location whose position can be specified, and notify location information associated with the representative object information, to the user based on a decision result of the coincidence. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039541 | ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT - A robot system includes a robot having a movable section, an image capture unit provided on the movable section, an output unit that allows the image capture unit to capture a target object and a reference mark and outputs a captured image in which the reference mark is imaged as a locus image, an extraction unit that extracts the locus image from the captured image, an image acquisition unit that performs image transformation on the basis of the extracted locus image by using the point spread function so as to acquire an image after the transformation from the captured image, a computation unit that computes a position of the target object on the basis of the acquired image, and a control unit that controls the robot so as to move the movable section toward the target object in accordance with the computed position. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039542 | SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - Police officers are provided with client devices capable of capturing multimedia and streaming multimedia. The client devices can upload captured multimedia to a central server or share streams in real time. A network operation center can review the multimedia in real time or afterwards. Situational awareness is the provision of multimedia to a police officer as that officer approaches the location of an incident. The multimedia may be real time streams as the officer responds to a particular location, or the multimedia may be historical files as the officer familiarizes himself with incidents as he patrols a new neighborhood. Since the client device also reports real time reporting patterns, police officers can review high resolution and fidelity patrolling and incident reports to analyze the efficacy of patrol coverage. Since the client device may run supplementary applications, example applications are disclosed. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039543 | STOCK ANALYTIC MONITORING - In selected embodiments video footage is automatically analyzed to determine whether product stock levels at particular product locations are low. Video analytics may be employed to track product removal from shelves and determine approximate quantities of product remaining on each shelf based on product size and dedicated shelf area. In selected implementations an alarm notification is generated to alert store personnel that restocking is appropriate. Such an alarm notification optionally includes a still image of the area corresponding to the alarm together with data related to the product and projected quantities needed to restock the shelf. In some embodiments the system automatically identifies the store personnel who are currently located in areas near where the alarm event occurred and the notification is wirelessly distributed to their mobile devices. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039544 | METHOD OF FOG AND RAINDROP DETECTION ON A WINDSCREEN AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of fog and raindrop detection on a windscreen ( | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBJECT RECOGNITION AND DATABASE POPULATION FOR VIDEO INDEXING - A method for processing digital media is described. The method, in one example embodiment, includes identification of objects in a video stream by detecting, for each video frame, an object in the video frame and selectively associating the object with an object cluster. The method may further include comparing the object in the object cluster to a reference object and selectively associating object data of the reference object with all objects within the object cluster based on the comparing. The method may further include manually associating the object data of the reference object with all objects within the object duster having no associated reference object and populating a reference database with the reference object for the object cluster. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039546 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Images Related to a Selected Target Point on an Electronic Map Based on Azimuth and View Angle Information - An image reproduction apparatus for displaying images of image files including an image of a target point to be observed by using image files located adjacent to the target point. A method of reproducing an image of an image file on an electronic map including the image file so that position information of the image file matches position information on the electronic map includes: (a) selecting a target point to be observed on the electronic map and obtaining position information of the target point; (b) setting a search range of image files on the electronic map; (c) searching for image files including an image of the target point within the set search range; and (d) displaying images of the found image files on the electronic map. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039547 | Method and Apparatus for Automated Analysis and Identification of a Person in Image and Video Content - A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for identifying a person in an image includes an image analyzer. The image analyzer determines the content of an image such as a person, location, and object shown in the image. A person in the image may be identified based on the content and event data stored in a database. Event data includes information concerning events and related people, locations, and objects determined from other images and information. Identification metadata is generated and linked to each analyzed image and comprises information determined during image analysis. Tags for images are generated based on identification metadata. The event database can be queried to identify particular people, locations, objects, and events depending on a user's request. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039548 | Genome-Wide Association Study Identifying Determinants Of Facial Characteristics For Facial Image Generation - The present invention relates to a method for the generation of a facial composite from the genetic profile of a DNA-donor. The method comprises the steps of a) subjecting a biological sample to genotyping thereby generating a profile of genetic markers associated to numerical facial descriptors (NFD) for said sample, b) reverse engineer a NFD from the profile of the associated genetic variants and constructing a facial composite from the reverse engineered numerical facial descriptors (NFDs). The present invention also relates to a method for identifying genetic markers and/or combinations of genetic markers that are predictive of the facial characteristics, (predictive facial markers) of a person, said method comprising the steps of: a) capturing images of a group of individual faces; b) performing image analysis on facial images of said group of individual faces thereby extracting phenotypical descriptors of the faces; c) obtaining data on genetic variation from said group of individual and d) performing a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify said predictive facial markers. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039549 | Method to Process Medical Image Data - A method to process medical image data has the following features. Immediately compressed raw data are acquired by an imaging medical technology apparatus. The compressed raw data are stored. In addition to the compressed raw data, processing data are stored which are provided to generate output data from the compressed raw data, wherein the file size of the compressed raw data and the processing data in total is less than the file size of the output data. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEIGHTED ATLAS GENERATION - A system and method for generating a patient-specific anatomical atlas, e.g., includes, for each patient of a patient population: obtaining a respective anatomical atlas, and registering, by a computer processor, the respective anatomical atlas to an anatomical image of a current patient to obtain a respective registered anatomical atlas, and further includes, determining, by the processor, an average of the registered anatomical atlases. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039551 | System and method for image segmentation in generating computer models of a joint to undergo arthroplasty - Systems and methods for image segmentation in generating computer models of a joint to undergo arthroplasty are disclosed. Some embodiments may include a method of partitioning an image of a bone into a plurality of regions, where the method may include obtaining a plurality of volumetric image slices of the bone, generating a plurality of spline curves associated with the bone, verifying that at least one of the plurality of spline curves follow a surface of the bone, and creating a 3D mesh representation based upon the at least one of the plurality of spline curve. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039552 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING, PRIORITIZING, VISUALIZING, AND REPORTING MEDICAL IMAGES - Methods and systems for retrieving and processing medical diagnostic images are provided, comprising using picture analysis prioritization visualization and reporting system (“PAPVR system”) to determine whether each of one or more images from an image database or imaging device is of medical interest to a reviewing physician, determine whether one or more of the images is representative of the images, and provide the one or more images to a display and analysis system for review by a reviewing physician. The PAPVR system can provide the one or more images with a Key Image that is representative of the images. In addition, the PAPVR system can detect whether a patient suffers from a particular ailment, and provide a reviewing physician quantitative information that is relevant to the patient's condition. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039553 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A BLOOD FLOW PARAMETER - The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a blood flow parameter. More particularly a method is presented wherein a first concentration curve is deconvolved with a second concentration curve and wherein a characteristic frequency is determined by an analysis in the frequency domain, the characteristic frequency being a frequency above which noise dominates the result of said deconvolution. A filter having the characteristic frequency is applied on the result of the deconvolution so as to disregard high frequency components, and the filtered result of the deconvolution is processed into a blood flow parameter. In an advantageous embodiment, the characteristic frequency may be dependent on a shape and/or width of an arterial input function and/or other parameters. The invention furthermore relates to a computer program product and a system for obtaining a blood flow parameter. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039554 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF AN OBJECT, SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM ELEMENT - The invention relates to evaluating medical image information, in particular physical properties of an object ( | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039555 | CLOSED LOOP REGISTRATION CONTROL FOR MULTI-MODALITY SOFT TISSUE IMAGING - A 3D ultrasound image from a memory ( | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039556 | METHOD, COMPUTING UNIT, CT SYSTEM AND C-ARM SYSTEM FOR REDUCING METAL ARTIFACTS IN CT IMAGE DATASETS - A method is disclosed for reducing metal artifacts in CT image datasets. An embodiment of the method includes reconstructing a first CT image dataset with and a second CT image dataset without metal artifact correction, weighted summation of a high-pass-filtered first and a high-pass-filtered second CT image dataset plus a low-pass-filtered second CT image dataset, wherein the weightings are dependent on the proximity to metal in the CT image datasets. A computing unit, a CT system and a C-arm system designed to execute the method are also disclosed. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039557 | MOTION CORRECTION AND NORMALIZATION OF FEATURES IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An optical coherence tomography system is provided. The system includes an OCT imager; a two-dimensional transverse scanner coupled to the OCT imager, the two-dimensional transverse scanner receiving light from the light source and coupling reflected light from a sample into the OCT imager; a computer coupled to receive 3D OCT data from the OCT imager, the computer further processes the 3D OCT data; wherein the processing the 3D OCT data includes: correcting motion artifacts in baseline mode; generating reference data in baseline mode; performing segmentation to identify volumes of interest; extracting feature information, the feature information including reflectivity, texture, or the combination thereof. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039558 | PATIENT MODELING FROM MULTISPECTRAL INPUT IMAGE VOLUMES - A computer-implemented method is provided for generating patient models from multiple imaging contrast sources which may be, for example from magnetic resonance imaging without computed tomography. The method includes: acquiring multiple sets of image data representing a volume of a patient using magnetic resonance imaging, wherein each set of image data is acquired in a different manner so as to create contrast amongst tissue types of the patient; classifying tissue in each voxel in the volume using the multiple sets of image data as input to a classification algorithm; and generating a patient model for the volume from probability distributions of the classes of tissue as derived from the classification algorithm. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039559 | IMAGE DATA REGISTRATION FOR DYNAMIC PERFUSION CT - A method of registering a 4D contrast enhanced image data set, wherein the 4D contrast enhanced image data set includes image data of the same volume of interest acquired at different timeframes with changing contrast enhancement, the volume of interest includes moving structure, and the different timeframes correspond to a predetermined motion phase of interest in different motion cycles of the moving structure, the method, comprising: registering image data corresponding to a plurality of the different timeframes with reference image from one of the timeframes. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039560 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039561 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the present invention, an image capturing condition measurement unit measures image capturing conditions used when an object image is captured based on radiation that has passed through an object and calculates an added value based on the image capturing conditions. An X-ray signal reading unit generates image data containing the object image based on the radiation that has passed through the object. An offset correction unit performs an offset correction of the image data with using correction image data containing a dark current component and then performs an offset correction of the image data with using the added value. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039562 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND FLUOROSCOPY DEVICE - Employed is an image processing device including a fluorescence-image generating unit that images fluorescence generated at a subject irradiated with excitation light and generates a fluorescence image; a white-light-image generating unit that images white light returned from the subject irradiated with illumination light and generates a white-light image; a memory that converts the white-light image to a plurality of color signals constituting a color space; an image computing unit that corrects the plurality of color signals converted by the memory using at least one color signal among the plurality of the color signals and the fluorescence image; an image computing unit that generates a corrected image from the plurality of color signals corrected by the image computing unit; and an image combining unit that combines the fluorescence image generated by the fluorescence-image generating unit and the corrected image generated by the image computing unit. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039563 | METHOD OF GENERATING INSPECTION PROGRAM - A method of generating an inspection program that does not have a gerber file is shown. To generate the inspection program, a first image information is acquired by scanning a bare board, a second image information is acquired by scanning a solder-pasted board that solder is pasted on a pad area of the bare board, and by analyzing the first image information and the second image information an inspection program is generated. The first image information and the second image information may include at least one of a two-dimensional image information and a three-dimensional image information. The step for generating an inspection program calculates a difference between the first image information and the second image information, after extracting a position and a size of an area in which the difference occurs, then generates the inspection program by using the extracted information. Therefore, a bare board and a solder-pasted board may be each inspected and the accurate position and size of the solder pasted area may be extracted through analyzing the acquired two-dimensional image information or a three-dimensional image information differences. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039564 | PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill cameras for capturing images of pills dispensed into one or more prescription bottles and one or more label cameras for capturing images of the bottle labels. The images are stored on a storage device in a database record. The images can be used to verify that the pills in each bottle correspond with the associated prescription. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039565 | SEMICONDUCTOR FAULT ANALYSIS DEVICE AND FAULT ANALYSIS METHOD - A failure analysis apparatus | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039566 | CODING OF FEATURE LOCATION INFORMATION - Methods and devices for coding of feature locations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of coding feature location information of an image includes generating a hexagonal grid, where the hexagonal grid includes a plurality of hexagonal cells, quantizing feature locations of an image using the hexagonal grid, generating a histogram to record occurrences of feature locations in each hexagonal cell, and encoding the histogram in accordance with the occurrences of feature locations in each hexagonal cell. The method of encoding the histogram includes applying context information of neighboring hexagonal cells to encode information of a subsequent hexagonal cell to be encoded in the histogram, where the context information includes context information from first order neighbors and context information from second order neighbors of the subsequent hexagonal cell to be encoded. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039567 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE A VOLUME-PANORAMA IMAGE - A method and apparatus to generate a volume-panorama image are provided. A method of generating a volume-panorama image includes receiving conversion relationships between volume images, one of the received conversion relationships being between a first volume image of the volume images and a second volume image of the volume images, the second volume image including an area that is common to an area of the first volume image, generating an optimized conversion relationship from the one of the received conversion relationships based on the received conversion relationships, and generating the volume-panorama image based on the generated optimized conversion relationship. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039568 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a separation unit that separates each of the left image and the right image into a background area and a foreground area, regarding a first three-dimensional image data acquired by a acquisition unit; a background image generation unit that generates data of a background image by executing image processing on at least one of the background area of the left image and the background area of the right image separated by the separation unit; and a three-dimensional image data generation unit that generates second three-dimensional image data composed of two images having a parallax between a left image and a right image, by combining data of the background image generated by the background image generation unit and data of foreground images regarding the foreground area separated from each of the left image and the right image by the separation unit. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF COMPILING IMAGE DATABASE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT RECOGNITION - A method of compiling an image database for a three-dimensional object recognition including the steps of: when a plurality of images each showing an object from different viewpoint are inputted, extracting local features from each of the images, and expressing the local features using feature vectors; forming sets of the feature vectors, each set representing a same part of the object from a series of the viewpoints, and generating subspaces, each subspace representing a characteristic of each set; and storing each subspace to the image database with an identifier of the object to perform a recognition process that is realized by the steps of: when at least one image of an object is given as a query, extracting query feature vectors; determining the subspace most similar to each query feature vector; and executing a counting process to the identifiers to retrieve an object most similar to the query. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039570 | USING EXTRACTED IMAGE TEXT - Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer program products for using extracted image text are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving an input of one or more image search terms and identifying keywords from the received one or more image search terms. The method also includes searching a collection of keywords including keywords extracted from image text, retrieving an image associated with extracted image text corresponding to one or more of the image search terms, and presenting the image. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEARNING A SAME-MATERIAL CONSTRAINT IN AN IMAGE - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, assembling a feature vector for the image file, the feature vector containing information regarding a likelihood that a selected pair of regions of the image file are of a same intrinsic characteristic, providing a classifier derived from a computer learning technique, computing a classification score for the selected pair of regions of the image file, as a function of the feature vector and the classifier and classifying the regions as being of the same intrinsic characteristic, as a function of the classification score. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039572 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW COMPLEXITY TRANSCODING OF IMAGES WITH NEAR OPTIMAL QUALITY - Method and system for low complexity transcoding of images with near optimal quality for display on a terminal are presented. Generating effective transcoding parameters prior to transcoding and retrieving the transcoding parameters based on the features of the input image and the characteristics of the terminal, an output image quality close to that produced by optimal quality transcoding is achieved. The processing time is much smaller in comparison to that required for optimal quality transcoding. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039573 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF REMOVING CHROMATIC ABERRATION IN IMAGE - A device and method of removing chromatic aberration which occurs in an image generated by capturing a target subject. The chromatic aberration removing device includes a chromatic aberration region detecting unit which detects a chromatic aberration occurrence region in an input image, a coefficient calculating unit which calculates a minimizing pixel value which minimizes a difference between sizes, numbers of pixels or intensities of edges of red, green, and blue (RGB) channels of the chromatic aberration occurrence region, a chroma signal processing unit which removes chromatic aberration in the chromatic aberration occurrence region, and a purple fringing removing unit which removes purple fringing. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039574 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTING WATER, LAND AND COASTLINE FROM REMOTE IMAGERY - System and method for detecting a smooth/rough boundary from an aerial image to solve the problem of isolating image features without access to the subject of the image. The system and method convert the image to gray scale, edge pad the converted image, calculate an image entropy based on a distribution of local entropy across the padded, converted image, threshold the image entropy to binarize the padded, converted image, clean noise, and close defects and voids by mathematical morphologically opening and closing the binarized image, and detect the smooth/rough boundary of the opened/closed binarized image as a gradient across the pixels of the opened/closed binarized image resulting in a single pixel width edge. The single pixel width edge can be, for example, provided to numerical prediction models and computer games. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING PERCEPTUAL VISIBILITY OF IMAGERY - An image processing system and method corrects the perceptual quality of an image by adjusting the image colors. “Color” in this sense is to be understood as encompassing three-dimensional parameterizations of color, incorporating both intensity and hue. These measurements are made using creative computations developed and adapted from the RETINEX™ theory (Land, 1977), where the RETINEX implementation adjusts any pixel in any direction in color space and further to automatically determine the best direction for it to be adjusted to increase the perceptual visibility of the algorithm with a minimal amount of change to the original image values. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039576 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING AN IMAGE OF AN IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - In a method for analyzing an image of an image recording device for a vehicle, a piece of brightness information of the image is determined, taking an exposure characteristic of the image recording device into account, and a threshold value is set as a function of the piece of brightness information. An image structure of the image is furthermore determined, and a blindness value for the image is determined on the basis of the image structure, using the threshold value. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039577 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY - A method for improving image quality for display device has steps of inputting an image; computing a probability density function based on the image; generating a first luminance histogram; computing a weighing distribution function based on the first luminance histogram; generating a second luminance histogram through pixel redistribution of the first luminance histogram; computing a cumulative density function based on the second luminance histogram; computing a gamma conversion function based on the cumulative density function based on the second luminance histogram; and adjusting luminance distribution of the input image based on the gamma conversion function. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039578 | PRECISION IMPROVING DEVICE FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHICAL DATA, PRECISION IMPROVING METHOD FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHICAL DATA AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional topographical data precision improving device ( | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039579 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of processing an image involves detecting a face from a first image; determining a composition of the first image; selecting a composition of a second image according to the composition of the first image; and generating the second image including the face by trimming the first image, according to the composition of the second image. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039580 | DECOMPOSING HYPERSPECTRAL OR MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE DATA - The disclosure concerns processing of electronic images, such as hyperspectral or multispectral images. In particular, but is not limited to methods, software and computer systems for determining underlying spectra of an image of a scene. The image data comprises for each pixel location a sampled image spectrum that is a mixture of plural reflectance spectra. Processor | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039581 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - An image processing device that executes deformation of an image. A candidate area setting unit sets candidate areas, each of which includes a specific image, on a target image used as a target for a deformation process. An exclusion determination unit, when there is a candidate area that partially extends off a cropped image that is clipped from the target image through predetermined cropping, excludes the candidate area, which at least partially extends off the cropped image, from the target for the deformation process. A deformation processing unit performs deformation of an image on the candidate areas other than the excluded candidate areas. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039582 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IMAGES WITHIN SPAM - A method is described that includes comparing a characteristic of an image to stored characteristics of spam images. The method also includes generating a signature of the present image. The method further includes comparing the signature of the present image to stored signatures of spam images. The method also includes determining the spam features corresponding to the stored signatures of spam images that match the signature of the present image. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039583 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Object recognition is executed by using, of feature data classified into a plurality of groups, only feature data belonging to a selected group. Hence, it is unnecessary to compare and refer to all feature data so that object recognition processing can be speeded up. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NEAR-DUPLICATE IMAGES USING CONTENT ADAPTIVE HASH LOOKUPS - A scalable and high performance near-duplicate image search method utilizing short hashes improves performance over existing methods. By leveraging the shortness of the hashes, the search algorithm analyzes the reliability of each bit of a hash and performs content adaptive hash lookups by adaptively adjusting the “range” of each hash bit based on reliability. Matched features are post-processed to determine the final match results. The method can detect cropped, resized, print-scanned and re-encoded images and pieces from images among thousands of images. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039585 | IMAGE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An image measurement apparatus includes: an imager section, an obtainment section, an outline detection section, a setting section, and a measurement section. The imager section takes an image of a subject to be measured. The obtainment section obtains a taken image of the subject taken by the imager section. The outline detection section detects, by a Hough transformation, outline of a graphic included in the image obtained by the obtainment section. The setting section sets an edge detection tool on the outline detected by the outline detection section. The measurement section measures, by the edge detection tool set by the setting section, graphic information concerning the graphic. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039586 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing device and an image processing method for generating a disparity image from a first image and a second image. A vertical edge extraction unit detects vertical edges in the first image, and a horizontal segmentation unit divides a horizontal line in the first image into a plurality of segments using the detected edges as borders between the segments. A disparity search unit calculates, for each of the segments, a disparity between the segment and a region of the second image similar to the segment, and a disparity image generation unit generates the disparity image in accordance with the disparity calculated for each of the segments. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING VIDEOS - A method for comparing videos includes detecting local features in frames of a video and determining the positions of detected local features in a first frame compared to their respective positions in a succeeding second frame. For at least some of the detected local features, a movement indicator is generated representing the position of a local feature in the first frame relative to the position of that local feature in the second frame, the movement indicator including an orientation, to obtain a plurality of movement indicators. Movement indicators are grouped by orientation ranges. The number of grouped movement indicators in an orientation range are summed to obtain a value for that orientation range. A time series of values for at least one given orientation range is obtained by determining the positions of detected local features in a first frame compared to their respective positions in a succeeding second frame for a plurality of pairs of frames. For at least one orientation range, a first time series of values for a first video is compared with a second time series of values for a second video to determine the similarity of the first and second videos. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039588 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAMPER PROOFING - An image processing method and apparatus for tamper proofing are proposed. The method includes: acquiring a first robust feature representation of a first set of robust feature points for an original image and a second robust feature representation of a second set of robust feature points for an image to be detected, respectively; matching the first robust feature representation with the second robust feature representation so as to acquire mismatching feature points; and determining whether the image to be detected has been tampered with relative to the original image based on a distribution characteristic of the mismatching feature points. With the embodiments of the invention, the distribution characteristic of the mismatching feature points is analyzed based on the robust feature representations of the original image and the image to be detected, so that conventional operations on the image can be distinguished effectively from tampering in the image with sufficient robustness. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039589 | Pattern recognition process, computer program product and mobile terminal - Pattern recognition process that includes, starting from an input pattern: normalization of the input pattern into a normalized pattern of predetermined size; generation of a reliable pattern from the normalized pattern by using at least one morphological operator; calculation of a distance between the reliable pattern and selected templates which are selected from a template library; classification of the reliable patterns into at least one of the classes of the selected templates by means of at least one non-parametric classification method, which uses the classes of the selected templates and the calculated distances as inputs and outputs identified classes along with confidence levels. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039590 | COLLATING DEVICE - A collating device includes a collation list, a collation unit and a comparison unit. The collation list is configured to retain a false alarm list including a registered image, a threshold value serving as a criterion for determining whether to perform alarm activation, and a false alarm person image. The collation unit is configured to collate an input image with the registered image and the false alarm person image managed by the collation list, thereby obtaining a similarity therebetween. The comparison unit is configured to compare: a larger one of a value of the similarity between the input image and the false alarm person image, which is obtained by the collation unit, and the threshold value; and the similarity between the input image and the registered image, which is obtained by the collation unit, thereby determining whether to perform the alarm activation. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039591 | PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCESS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND MOBILE TERMINAL - Pattern recognition process that includes, starting from an input pattern: normalization of the input pattern into a normalized pattern of predetermined size; generation of a reliable pattern from the normalized pattern by using at least one morphological operator; calculation of a distance between the reliable pattern and selected templates which are selected from a template library; classification of the reliable patterns into at least one of the classes of the selected templates by means of at least one non-parametric classification method, which uses the classes of the selected templates and the calculated distances as inputs and outputs identified classes along with confidence levels. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039592 | METHODS FOR THE COMPENSATION OF IMAGING TECHNIQUE IN THE PROCESSING OF RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES - The present invention relates to methods and devices for analyzing x-ray images. In particular, devices, methods and algorithms are provided that allow for the accurate and reliable evaluation of bone structure and macro-anatomical parameters from x-ray images. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039593 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method includes: dividing a picture into tiles; coding the tiles to generate pieces of coded data each of which corresponds to a different one of the tiles; and generating a bitstream including the pieces of coded data. The coding of the tiles includes: generating a first code string by coding a first tile which is one of the tiles, without referring to coding information used in coding another one of the tiles; and adding a bit string after the first code string to make a bit length of first coded data which is one of the pieces of coded data, a multiple of a predetermined N bits, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039594 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING DATA FOR RENDERING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE USING COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING - The invention is made in the field of image codec products. More precisely, the invention relates to encoding and decoding of data for image rendering using computer graphics. A method for decoding data for rendering at least one image using computer graphics is proposed, said method comprising decoding a portion of a bit stream, said portion comprising a syntax element and at least one parameter for a parameter based procedural computer graphics generation method for generating said computer graphics, said syntax element indicating that said portion further comprises said at least one parameter. Further, an apparatus for performing said method is proposed. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039595 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is an object to reduce a computation related to a detection of a corresponding point intended for a compressed dynamic image. In order to attain the object, there are acquired first and second compressed dynamic images including a reference frame and a prediction frame with each pixel indicated by motion information based on the other frame respectively. Moreover, there is executed a detection processing for detecting a corresponding point which corresponds to each reference point of one frame contained in the first compressed dynamic image from one frame contained in the second compressed dynamic image by causing each set of frames between said first compressed dynamic image and said second compressed dynamic image to be a target. The detection processing intended for a set of prediction frames is executed by using the motion information indicative of the set of prediction frames. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039596 | OPTIMIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENTROPY CODING - An optimized method and system for entropy coding is described. The system may include an input module to receive a digital image, a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) module to obtain a plurality of DCT coefficients associated with the digital image, a statistics generator to generate statistics associated with the plurality of DCT coefficients, a placement module to store the generated statistics in the plurality of DCT coefficients and entropy coder to generate uniquely decodable (UD) codes for the plurality of DCT coefficients. The entropy coder may utilize the statistics stored in the plurality of DCT coefficients. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039597 | Comfort Noise and Film Grain Processing for 3 Dimensional Video - Noise, either in the form of comfort noise or film grain, is added to a three dimensional image in accordance with image depth information to reduce human sensitivity to coding artifacts, thereby improving subjective image quality. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039598 | CORRECTING PAGE CURL IN SCANNED BOOKS - A computer implemented method for correcting distortion in an image of a page includes identifying a set of high quality (HQ) words in undistorted regions of one or more images of pages having content related to the content of the page. At least one distorted word in the image the page is identified such that each distorted word corresponds to a high quality word of the set. A global transformation function is generated for application to the image of the page so as to transform the distorted word into its corresponding high quality word. The global transformation function is applied to pixels of the image of the page. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039599 | IMAGE TRANSFORMING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE TRANSFORMING METHOD, IMAGE TRANSFORMING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WHEREUPON THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An image transforming device transforms a part of a captured image of an object based on a predetermined type of transformation. The image transforming device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the captured image of the object, a detecting unit that detects characteristic information from the captured image of the object, a grid point setting unit that sets grid points for the captured image, and setting movement information of the grid points based on the control points and the movement information of the control points, and an image transforming unit that transforms an image area by moving the grid points based on the movement information of the grid points. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039600 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR HIGHLY UNDERSAMPLED IMAGES - An exemplary method for processing undersampled image data includes: aligning an undersampled frame comprising image data to a reference frame; accumulating pixel values for pixel locations in the aligned undersampled frame; repeating the aligning and the accumulating for a plurality of undersampled frames; assigning the pixel values accumulated for the pixel locations in the aligned undersampled frames to closest corresponding pixel locations in an upsampled reference frame; and populating the upsampled frame with a combination of the assigned pixel values to produce a resulting frame of image data. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039601 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Image-Processing Operations - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for performing image conversion operations. The system starts by receiving a request from a client for one or more pixel buffers containing a pixel-formatted, cropped, geometrically transformed, and/or color matched version of an image representation. The system then determines if a provider can provide the one or more pixel buffers. If so, the system calls the provider to generate the one or more pixel buffers containing the pixel-formatted, cropped, geometrically transformed, and/or color matched version of the image representation. Otherwise, the system calls the provider to generate one or more intermediate pixel buffers, generates a sequence of converters for converting the one or more intermediate pixel buffers, and calls the sequence of converters to generate the one or more pixel buffers containing the pixel-formatted, cropped, geometrically transformed, and/or color matched version of the image representation. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039602 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes: a reading unit, a magnification change processing unit, a wait time acquiring unit, and a signal output unit. The reading unit reads image data from the memory line by line. The magnification change processing unit performs a magnification change process on the image data and outputs. The wait time acquiring unit acquires wait time information on a value corresponding to a wait time from when a synchronous signal, representing a start of read of the image data for each line, falls to when the magnification change process starts. The signal output unit outputs, to the reading unit, a permission signal indicating whether read of image data of a next line is permitted or denied based on the wait time information while the magnification change processing unit is outputting the image data. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039603 | HANDLING - The present invention refers to a flexible single or multiple chamber bag for storing medical products comprising at least one chamber. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039604 | MILK COVER - A liquid container cover is designed for a container which holds milk or other liquids and being stored in a refrigerator or other locations. Such cover, called “Milk Cover”, can trap dried milk flakes, small spills or drips, and other particles to keep them from landing on the refrigerator shelf or other shelf. The Milk Cover has cotton or foam material version with cow-pattern design to hold different sizes or shapes of containers. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039605 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CARRYING FOOTWEAR - An apparatus for carrying foldable footwear that comprises a drawstring pouch having a side pocket that reversibly adjusts between undrawn and drawn states. When undrawn, the pouch is characterized by an opening at the top of the pouch that is dimensioned and configured for receiving a pair of foldable shoes in an interior of the pouch. When drawn, the pouch is characterized by a drawstring arranged on the upper portion sealing off the opening, thereby concealing the interior of the pouch. The apparatus further comprises a collapsible tote bag removably inserted in the side pocket, where the tote bag is configured to reversibly convert between unfolded and folded states. When unfolded, the tote bag is characterized by an interior portion that receives a pair of unfolded shoes, where the interior portion further includes a storage pocket. When folded, the tote bag is completely contained within the second pocket. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039606 | SHAPE - The present invention refers to a flexible multiple chamber bag for storing medical products comprising three chambers:
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| 20130039607 | STRIP FOR THE FORMATION OF HANDLES OR LABELS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCE BAGS - A strip for the formation of handles or labels for fruit and vegetable product bags, such as mesh bags, the strip having a linear succession of handles, or labels where appropriate, joined without interruption to the immediately preceding and to the immediately following one, a central portion and two opposite ends being distinguished in each of them, which together with those of the immediately preceding and immediately following handles or labels determine respective joining areas, each handle or label provided in the transition area between each end and its corresponding central portion with at least one recess or depression at its edges, the inner contour of which is made up of a curved or mixed curve line devoid of angles and without inflexion points. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039608 | INSTALLATION DEVICE FOR SLIDE ASSEMBLY - An installation device includes a retaining member fixed to a rail of the slide assembly and including a base, a release portion, an arm and a resilient portion. The base contacts the first contact portion of the rail. The release portion extends from the base. The arm has a retaining hole and a positioning portion. The retaining hole is located corresponding to an installation hole of the rail, and the positioning portion contacts the second contact portion of the rail. The resilient portion is connected to the rail so as to provide a resilient force to keep the retaining hole of the arm facing the installation hole of the rail. When a force is applied to the release portion, the arm is moved and the positioning portion is disengaged from the second contact portion, so that the installation member is released from the installation hole of the rail. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039609 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - There are provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly capable of increasing a storage amount of oil and preventing evaporation or leakage of the oil by increasing a length of a sealing part, and a motor including the same. The hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes: a sleeve supporting a shaft such that an upper end of the shaft protrudes upwardly in an axial direction; a sleeve housing provided to enclose an outer peripheral surface of the sleeve, and forming an oil interface between an inner peripheral surface thereof in an outer diameter direction and a main wall part protruding downwardly in the axial direction from a rotor case inserted into the upper end of the shaft; and a cover member provided in lower portions of the shaft and the sleeve and coupled to the sleeve housing while having a clearance therebetween. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039610 | SOLAR TRACKING BEARING AND SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - An solar tracker bearing comprising a pair of stationary outer bearing races attached on either side of a bearing support element and a rotatable inner bearing race held by the pair of outer bearing races, the rotatable inner bearing race having an beam slot for seating a torque tube beam therein. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039611 | SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR A ROLLING BEARING - The invention relates to a sealing assembly for a rolling bearing having two mutually concentric rings spaced apart from each other by a fully circumferential gap in which one or more rows of revolving rolling elements are disposed, such that the two rings are rotatable relative to each other about their common axis, wherein the gap is sealed in the region of at least one of its two mouths, and wherein provided in the region of a gap seal are at least two seal rings, each having at least one sealing lip and an anchoring region on a surface region of the particular seal ring that faces away from the sealing lip, the seal rings being fixed to the same rolling bearing ring, whereas their respective sealing lips bear against the other rolling bearing ring, specifically against surface regions having identical or similar cross section. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039612 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical modulator comprises a substrate having an electro-optical effect, an optical waveguide formed in the substrate, a buffer layer provided above the optical waveguide, a semiconductor film provided above the buffer layer and having an aperture at a top of the optical waveguide, and an electrode provided above the buffer layer and electrically coupled to the semiconductor film. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039613 | POSITION SENSOR USING FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS TO MEASURE AXIAL AND ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT - A sensor is disclosed herein. The sensor includes a fiber operable to communicate a light wave. The sensor also includes at least first and second Fiber Bragg Gratings disposed along the fiber. The sensor also includes a structure operable to be deformed in a plane of deformation. The at least first and second Fiber Bragg Gratings are disposed on opposite sides of the structure in the plane of deformation. The sensor also includes an interrogation unit operable to receive first and second signals corresponding to first and second wavelengths from the at least first and second Fiber Bragg Gratings. The first signal is associated with the first Fiber Bragg Grating and the second signal is associated with the first Fiber Bragg Grating. The sensor also includes a processor operably to derive a difference between the wavelengths of the first and second signals and compare the difference with data correlating wavelength differences to extents of deformation of the structure to yield a current extent of deformation. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039614 | ULTRA-COMPACT PHOTODETECTOR ON AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An integrated circuit is described. This integrated circuit includes an optical waveguide defined in a semiconductor layer, and an optical detector disposed on top of the optical waveguide. Moreover, the optical waveguide has an end with a reflecting facet. For example, the reflective facet may be defined using an anisotropic etch of the semiconductor layer. This reflecting facet reflects light propagating in a plane of the optical waveguide out of the plane into the optical detector, thereby providing a photodetector with high optical responsivity, including an extremely low dark current (and, thus, high photosensitivity) and an extremely small capacitance (and, thus, high electrical bandwidth). | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039615 | THREE DIMENSIONALLY INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS INCLUDING PHOTOACTIVE DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR SUBSTRATES, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH THREE DIMENSIONALLY INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS - Three dimensionally integrated semiconductor systems include a photoactive device operationally coupled with a current/voltage converter on a semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) substrate. An optical interconnect is operatively coupled to the photoactive device. A semiconductor device is bonded over the SeOI substrate, and an electrical pathway extends between the current/voltage converter and the semiconductor device bonded over the SeOI substrate. Methods of forming such systems include forming a photoactive device on an SeOI substrate, and operatively coupling an waveguide with the photoactive device. A current/voltage converter may be formed over the SeOI substrate, and the photoactive device and the current/voltage converter may be operatively coupled with one another. A semiconductor device may be bonded over the SeOI substrate and operatively coupled with the current/voltage converter. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039616 | Optical Fibers Functionalized with Photonic Crystal Resonant Optical Structures - A photonic crystal (PC) device including one or more resonant optical structures defined by the photonic crystal structure is affixed to the end face of an optical fiber. The PC device is fabricated on a separate substrate, and then affixed to the fiber end face. This transfer can be facilitated by device templates which are laterally supported by tabs after an undercut etch. The tabs can be designed to break during transfer to the fiber, thereby facilitating transfer. Registration marks and/or the use of device templates having the same diameter as the fiber can be used to provide lateral alignment of the fiber to the resonant optical structures. Such alignment may be needed to provide optical coupling between the fiber and the resonant optical structures. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039617 | Optoelectronic Component and Method for Producing an Optoelectronic Component - An optoelectronic component ( | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039618 | PATTERNED NON-RECIPROCAL OPTICAL RESONATOR - A patterned nonreciprocal optical resonator structure is provided that includes a resonator structure that receives an optical signal. A top cladding layer is deposited on a selective portion of the resonator structure. The top cladding layer is patterned so as to expose the core of the resonator structure defined by the selective portion. A magneto-optically active layer includes a magneto-optical medium being deposited on the exposed core of the resonator structure so as to generate optical non-reciprocity. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039619 | GRIN-LENSED, TUNED WEDGE WAVEGUIDE TERMINATION AND METHOD OF REDUCING BACK REFLECTION CAUSED THEREBY - A GRIN-lensed, tuned wedge waveguide termination, a method of reducing back reflection to a waveguide caused by the GRIN-lensed, tuned wedge waveguide termination and a terminated optical fiber. In one embodiment, the GRIN-lensed, tuned wedge waveguide termination includes: (1) a GRIN lens subassembly including a GRIN lens having a pitch greater than a quarter pitch such that a primary beam propagating through the GRIN lens subassembly forms a waist and (2) a tuned wedge subassembly bonded to the GRIN lens subassembly and having a length selected such that the tuned wedge subassembly ends at least proximate the waist, the tuned wedge subassembly further having a bevel angle selected to reduce a back reflection into the waveguide. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039620 | Lens and a Method of Forming the Same, a Method of Generating a Refractive Index Profile for a Lens and a Photonic Package - According to embodiments of the present invention, a lens comprising a refractive index profile configured such that rays of light propagating in the lens form an at least substantially plane wavefront at an at least substantially vertical plane of the lens, is provided. The profile is configured to vary in an at least substantially bell curve shape along a radial direction of the lens. The lens includes a plurality of layers configured to generate the profile, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least a first film and a second film arranged one above the other. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039621 | OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE, AND OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY METHOD - An optical coupling structure of the present invention is configured with a lens body and a clamp. The lens body includes a lens section having the lens and a fixing section. The clamp includes a positioning section, a pressing spring, and a retaining section. The positioning section determines a position of the clamp except a position in a direction of the optical axis of the optical fiber. The pressing spring makes contact with a surface of the lens body having a normal direction matching with the end face of the optical fiber, and generates a returning force when the clamp moves in a direction opposite to the normal direction of the surface. The retaining section is formed in a portion of the clamp to press the optical fiber and retains the optical fiber not to move in a direction apart from the lens. | 2013-02-14 |
| 20130039622 | FIELD-INSTALLABLE EXPANDED BEAM CONNECTOR SYSTEM - An expanded beam connector kit, comprising a first lens assembly having a front and rear orientation and comprising at least a first base having a first interengagement mechanism for interengaging with a second interengagement mechanism of a first ferrule assembly, a first inner sleeve extending from the first base, a first lens disposed at least partially in the first inner sleeve such that the first lens is axially aligned in the first inner sleeve. | 2013-02-14 |
