09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100054488 | Apparatus for Testing Hearing Aid Batteries - A caddy for testing hearing aid batteries, including a battery test unit having a battery receiver, a battery test mechanism, and an indicator mechanism displaying the capacity of the battery tested. The caddy further includes a storage compartment for storing hearing aid batteries, and an optional flashlight for assisting with battery replacement. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054489 | DEREVERBERATION SYSTEM AND DEREVERBERATION METHOD - Provided is a dereverberation system or the like which copes with an arbitrary condition flexibly and is capable of recognizing a sound or a sound source signal. According to the dereverberation system, an inverse filter (h) is set by using a pseudo-inverse matrix (R | 2010-03-04 |
20100054490 | Audio Noise Cancellation System - System including signal processor in communication with sound detector and with sound-emitting device. Sound detector and sound-emitting device are in audio communication with occupant compartment. Signal processor is configured for receiving input signal from sound detector being indicative of background audio noise in occupant compartment, and for causing sound-emitting device to emit output sound that partially cancels background audio noise in manner responsive to received input signal. Another system, including array of sound detectors and array of sound-emitting devices. Method includes providing signal processor in communication with sound detector and sound-emitting device, where sound detector and sound-emitting device are in communication with occupant compartment. Further in method, signal processor is caused to receive input signal from sound detector being indicative of background audio noise in occupant compartment. Additionally in method, signal processor is induced to cause sound-emitting device to emit output sound that partially cancels background audio noise in manner responsive to received input signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054491 | NOISE-CANCELING HEADSET FOR A CHILD - A headset for use by a child, such as an infant or small child. The headset includes a front headband sized and shaped to fit over a front portion of the head of the child and a rear headband sized and shaped to fit over a rear portion of the child's head and coupled to the front headband. The headset also includes a first ear cover attached to one side of the front headband and a second ear cover attached to an opposite second side of the front headband. The ear covers each include a noise-canceling earpiece. The headset is positioned over the head of the child and the ear covers are position over the ears of the child to provide noise cancelation to the child. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054492 | Leak-Tolerant Earspeakers, Related Portable Electronic Devices and Methods of Operating the Same - Portable electronic devices are provided including a housing and first and second audio transducers positioned in the housing. The first and second audio transducers are supported by the housing and driven out of phase relative to one another to provide a leak tolerant output from the portable electronic device. Related earspeakers and methods of operating portable electronic devices are also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054493 | ACCESSORY CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A headset may be provided with a button controller assembly that has user-actuated buttons. The button controller assembly may be formed of housing portions that float with respect to each other. Plastic engagement structures may limit the amount of unimpeded travel that is exhibited by the housing portions. The housing portions may be formed from first and second housings. A rigid frame may be mounted within the second housing. The first housing may flex along its length when the user squeezes the first and second housings together to actuate a desired button. Housings may be formed as double-shot plastic parts having first and second plastics with different properties. Integrated circuits and a microphone may be mounted within the button controller assembly. A nonoperational microphone port may be provided as a visual indicator that the button controller contains a microphone. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054494 | MICROPHONE CIRCUIT - A microphone circuit includes a signal generating module, a filtering module, a transmitting module and a switch module. The signal generating module transforms audio signals into electronic signals. The filtering module is connected to the signal generating module to filter the electronic signals sent from the signal generating module. The transmitting module is connected to the filtering module to transmit the signals sent from the filtering module. The switch module is connected to the signal generating module to selectively regulate the microphone circuit to function as a differential microphone circuit or a single-ended microphone circuit. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054495 | Noise Mitigating Microphone System and Method - A microphone system has a base coupled with first and second microphone apparatuses. The first microphone apparatus is capable of producing a first output signal having a noise component, while the second microphone apparatus is capable of producing a second output signal. The first microphone apparatus may have a first back-side cavity and the second microphone may have a second back-side cavity. The first and second back-side cavities may be fluidly unconnected. The system also has combining logic operatively coupled with the first microphone apparatus and the second microphone apparatus. The combining logic uses the second output signal to remove at least a portion of the noise component from the first output signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054496 | SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATION OF ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK - A method and system is provided for eliminating acoustical feedback in a system. The method determines a parameter for at least one notch filter, adjusting the notch filter based on the parameter, processing the digital signals through the notch filter, testing at the effect of the notch filter in the system, and removing the notch filter if the notch filter is not effective. Also disclosed is a method and system of selecting candidate frequencies which might be feedback, as opposed to other wanted sound frequencies. The selection method sampling the digital signals, converting the time domain digital signal samples by a fast Fourier transform algorithm into the frequency domain, using a ballistics approach to find prominences in the frequency spectrum, and testing the sizes of the prominences. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054497 | Techniques for Customizing Control of Volume Level in Device Playback - User interface signals representing volume change requests are converted to volume control signals using a mapping. The mapping is overridden (modified) within a given time interval after starting (which includes resuming) playback. During this interval, the mapping for volume decreases is modified so that the resulting volume decreases are accelerated relative to those that would be generated by the default mapping. This allows the user to quickly reduce the volume of the device when begins playing very loud music. The mapping for volume increases can be modified during this interval. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDIO LEVEL DETECTION AND CONTROL - In a method and system for audio level detection and control, an amplitude of an audio signal may be compared to a threshold and an attenuation applied to the audio signal may be adjusted based on the comparison. In instances that the amplitude of the audio signal is greater than or equal to the threshold the adjustment may comprise increasing a first attenuation factor until the amplitude of the audio signal is less than the threshold. The first attenuation factor may be subsequently decreased until the amplitude of the audio signal is greater than or equal to the threshold or until the first attenuation factor is equal to zero. The attenuation of the audio signal may be controlled via a digital gain circuit within the hardware audio CODEC, wherein an overall attenuation factor of the digital gain circuit is a sum of the first attenuation factor and a second attenuation factor. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054499 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO OUTPUT, AND MOBILE TERMINAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An audio output controlling apparatus and method, and a mobile terminal system using the same control settings of an audio out port according to whether an audio frame includes an audio signal. The audio output controlling method includes receiving an audio frame, determining whether an audio signal is included in the audio frame, and setting, depending on whether the audio signal is included in the audio frame, a power voltage provided to an audio out port. The mobile terminal includes a wireless transceiver; an audio unit, through an audio out port, an audio frame among the wireless data; and an audio output controlling unit to control a power voltage of the audio out port. The apparatus includes a section determining unit; and a power controlling unit to set a power voltage provided to an audio out port according to whether the audio signal is included in the audio frame. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054500 | AUDIO DEVICE AND AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD - An audio device and an audio input/output method are described, which is coupled to an audio port, and includes a capacitor, a load, an output amplifying module, and an input amplifying module. The capacitor and the load are coupled to the audio port. The output amplifying module is operated at a first working voltage, for outputting a first audio signal to the audio port. A direct current (DC) level of the first audio signal is substantially zero volts. The input amplifying module is operated at a second working voltage, in order to receive a second audio signal from the audio port. When the audio port is in an output state, the output amplifying module is enabled and the input amplifying module is disabled, and when the audio port is in an input state, the input amplifying module is enabled and the output amplifying module is disabled. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054501 | FACE PLATE, VIBRATION SPEAKER HAVING FACE PLATE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - A vibration speaker with facial plate has developed for delivering sound in a form of vibrational movement to a user's skin. The vibration speaker includes a voice coil to generate a magnetic force in response to application of a sound signal from an exterior, a magnet having a predetermined magnetic force to interact with the magnetic force from the voice coil, a basket to receive the magnet, a face plate to deliver upward and downward movement of the voice coil or the magnet to the user's skin, and a rear cover coupled to the face plate to constitute an appearance of the vibration speaker. The face plate is provided with a plate-shaped tensioner providing a predetermined tension for maintaining the face plate in a horizontal state to control upward and downward vibrational movement delivered from the vibration speaker. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054502 | THERMAL SOUND GENERATING DEVICE - A thermoacoustic generating apparatus ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054503 | Ultrasonic thermoacoustic device - An ultrasonic acoustic device includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure is capable of causing a thermoacoustic effect and generating ultrasonic sound wave in liquid medium. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054504 | Thermoacoustic device - A thermoacoustic device. The thermoacoustic includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure is at least partly in contact with a liquid medium. The thermoacoustic device is capable of causing a thermoacoustic effect in the liquid medium. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054505 | FILM SPEAKER - A film speaker includes at least one connecting pole, at least one piezoelectric film forming an empty cavity and an conductive layer coated on the piezoelectric film. The connecting pole is electrically connected to the conductive layer. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054506 | PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER - Provided is a piezoelectric speaker ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054507 | FILM SPEAKER - A film speaker is provided. The film speaker includes: a piezoelectric film oscillating by receiving a voltage corresponding to a sound signal from a sound signal supply unit; a plurality of carbon nanotube films formed on both sides of the piezoelectric film; and a plurality of electrodes connected to the plurality of carbon nanotube films, receiving the voltage corresponding to the sound signal from the sound signal supply unit, and applying the voltage to the plurality of carbon nanotube films. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054508 | MULTIPLE-CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND FIELD WIRELESS EARPHONE DEVICE - A digital wireless earphone device with stereo or multiple-channel sound effect automatic detection and switching functions is provided. The multiple-channel digital wireless earphone device uses a signal processing and transmitting device to decode multiple-channel signal sources. After the decoding is completed, the multiple-channel signal sources are concurrently transmitted to a wireless earphone end through a radio. After being directly digital-to-analog converted and amplified, the multiple-channel signals are connected to a plurality of speakers to generate a multiple-channel surround sound field. The wireless earphone at a receiving end further has an automatic detection function for detecting a 6CH or 2CH sound source and automatically selects an earphone playing mode accordingly. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054509 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED DISTORTION BALANCED ARMATURE DEVICES - An example apparatus comprises a drive coil energizable by a drive signal, at least one permanent magnet and at least one magnetic return path element for flux induced by the drive signal, the magnetic return path element, such as a balanced armature, being configured to provide a variable reluctance, so as to reduce nonlinearities in a displacement versus drive signal relationship. Modifying the reluctance versus flux properties of the magnetic return path of a transducer, e.g. the armature of a balanced armature device, allows compensation for nonlinearity arising in another part of the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054510 | PREPROGRAMMED HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH PROGRAM SELECTION USING A MULTIPURPOSE CONTROL DEVICE - A user programmable hearing aid allows a user to select acoustical configuration programs that provide optimum performance for the user. The user may cycle through and evaluate various available programs by operating a single digital rocker switch on the hearing aid housing to switch from one program to the next. When a preferred program is active, the user can press and hold an up control or down control of the digital rocker switch for an extended time to select the currently active program. The user can then use the digital rocker switch to adjust the audio gain for the selected program. The hearing aid may also operate in a Configuration Mode wherein configuration settings may be changed by operating the up and down controls of the digital rocker switch. In the Configuration Mode, a clinician or patient may easily change configuration settings manually, with no need to connect the apparatus to a computer or other programming interface. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054511 | Wireless gateway for hearing aid - A remote control unit includes an RF transceiver that complies with a Bluetooth® standard and an RF transmitter that does not comply with the Bluetooth® standard, whereby the remote control unit serves as a wireless gateway between Bluetooth® compliant devices and the hearing aid. The hearing aid can further include a transmitter and the remote control unit can further include a receiver, neither of which comply with the Bluetooth® standard. The transmitters operate in the ISM band at low power, minimizing power dissipation within a hearing aid. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054512 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINKS FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Various system embodiments comprise a plurality of devices adapted to wirelessly communicate with each other. The plurality of devices includes a battery-operated hearing assistance device adapted to be worn by a person. The hearing aid device includes a signal processing circuitry connected to a microphone and a receiver. At least one of the plurality of devices includes a link quality management device adapted to assess a link quality for a first wireless communication channel, provide channel metrics indicative of the assessed quality for the first wireless communication channel, and adjust wireless communication over the first wireless communication channel using the channel metrics for the first wireless communication channel. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054513 | Hearing aid with an attenuation element - A shielding element and a decoupling element are integrated into a combined attenuation element. The shielding element may be a shielding foil, preferably made of copper. The attenuation element may include a flexible backing foil, preferably a plastic backing foil which supports the shielding foil. It may also include an adhesive layer with which the electronic component is affixed to a housing. The physical properties of all elements of the attenuation element are attuned to one another such that it simultaneously attenuates both electromagnetic alternating fields as well as mechanical oscillations. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054514 | Electrical Circuit, Electrical Small Appliance, in Particular a Hearing Aid, Having the Electrical Circuit, and Use of the Electrical Circuit for Producing the Electrical Small Appliance - An electrical circuit has a printed circuit board which is lengthened at the side in the form of at least one longitudinal contact projection having at least one electrical conductor track and a solder point disposed at the end of the conductor track. Because of its mechanical flexibility, the contact projection allows flexible contact to be made with other electronic components, with little effort. An electrical circuit such as this is particularly highly suitable for electrical small appliances, in particular for a hearing aid. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054515 | MICROPHONE - There is provided a microphone ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054516 | Apparatus for Reducing Background and Wind Noise to a Microphone - An apparatus for reducing background and wind noise to a microphone contained in a microphone casing comprises a clamshell enclosure. The clamshell enclosure has a top piece and a bottom piece held together by a hinge or a plastic membrane, wherein the clamshell enclosure is designed to encapsulate the microphone casing containing the microphone. The clamshell enclosure contains foam materials inside the clamshell enclosure, or the clamshell enclosure itself is made out of foam materials such as polyurethane, wherein the foam materials contribute to reduction of background and wind noises to the microphone. The clamshell enclosure may optionally incorporate one or more channels as electrical cord pathways between the microphone casing encapsulated in the clamshell enclosure and another object (e.g. electronic device, earphones, and etc.). | 2010-03-04 |
20100054517 | Mounting Device for Mounting a Sound Pickup Device on an Object - A mounting device is adapted for mounting a sound pickup device on an object, and includes a mounting unit, a shock absorbing unit, and a coupling unit. The mounting unit includes a mounting member that is adapted to be provided on the object and that has a top side, and a linking member that is disposed on the top side of the mounting member and that has top and bottom sides. The shock absorbing unit includes a resilient body that is disposed on the top side of the linking member and that has a top side. The coupling unit includes a coupling member that is disposed on the top side of the resilient body and that is adapted for connecting to the sound pickup device. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054538 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL LANE BOUNDARY DETECTION - A method and system for detecting road markings, is provided. One implementation involves receiving an image ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054539 | Method and system of identifying one or more features represented in a plurality of sensor acquired data sets - A method and system for identifying one or more features represented in a plurality of sensor acquired data sets is described. The method and apparatus is particularly useful in automatic license plate recognition applications, where the sensor acquired data sets are data obtained from one or more digital cameras. This is achieved by determining a first probability of the identity of the one or more features (eg alphanumeric characters) from a first one of the data sets; determining a second probability of the identity of the one or more features from a second one of the data sets; and, using data fusion techniques, fusing the determined first and second probabilities to provide a fused probability. This fused probability is used to identify the one or more features from data sets. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054540 | Calibration of Video Object Classification - Techniques for calibrating a classification system, wherein one or more objects in at least one video are classified, are provided. At least one view associated with the at least one video is obtained. The at least one view is partitioned into at least one region. A given object is classified in accordance with its location in reference to the at least one region. In an additional embodiment, one or more object models are obtained. At least one normalized size of the one or more objects is defined within at least one view associated with the at least one video in accordance with the one or more object models. The one or more objects are classified in accordance with the at least one defined normalized size. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054541 | Driving support system with plural dimension processing units - A driving support system with plural dimension processing units (DPUs) for indicating a condition of a surrounding area is disclosed. The driving support system of a vehicle includes plural image capturing devices disposed around the vehicle; at least a dimension processing unit (DPU) connected with the plural image capturing devices for receiving images from the plural image capturing devices and then producing plural related depth maps; a controller connected with the DPU for receiving the plural related depth maps and then producing an indicating data; and a display device connected with the controller for displaying the indicating data around the vehicle in a vertical view. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054542 | PROCESSING VIDEO FRAMES WITH THE SAME CONTENT BUT WITH LUMINANCE VARIATIONS ACROSS FRAMES - A sequence of image frames are processed to determine if a pair of image frames in the sequence contain a same content, but have different global luminances. If the global luminances are different despite the content being the same, the global luminance of one of the image frames in the pair is adjusted to reduce the difference in the global luminances. The global luminance-adjusted image frames may be provided for further processing operations such as compression and global image stabilization. Reducing the global luminance difference may provide benefits such as improvements to compression and global image stabilization. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING A PEST INFESTED BODY - According to one aspect, the invention provides a method for detecting pest infestation within a body. The method comprises the steps of a) providing an imaging system comprising at least a radiation source, a detector, a processing station and a display monitor; b) positioning at least a section of the body between the radiation source and the detector; c) acquiring a first image of said section of said body; d) acquiring at least one second image of the section of the body; e) removing the common portion of the images by subtracting the first image from the second image, thereby resulting in a digitally subtracted image; and f) observing determining from the digitally subtracted image and determining whether at least one pest is present within the body. Pest infestation may be detected without physical contact with the tree. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054544 | Photography Auto-Triage - Photography auto-triage is described. In embodiment(s), at least a portion of each photograph in a group of photographs can be analyzed with triage filters of an auto-triage service to identify deficient photographs. A deficient photograph can be identified and then removed from the group of photographs. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054545 | Method and apparatus for displaying properties onto an object or life form - In a system and method for displaying properties on an object, an imager is configured to capture an image of an object of interest and generate image data from the captured image, wherein the image data comprise information of the object of interest that cannot be detected by the naked eye, and an image processing unit transforms the imaged data into a viewable format. An image projector displays an image in accordance with the Image data transformed by the image processing unit onto the object of interest. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054546 | Integrated resource management system - The present invention relates to an integrated resource management system, which can manage the authorization of the entry and exit of persons who enter and leave a construction site and the entry and exit of construction materials or construction equipment into and from a construction site in real time in an integrated manner, and can prevent the illegal incursion of outsiders, who are not authorized persons, and the forgery of the attendance and leave record information of entering and leaving persons through a multi-stage entry/exit authorization process. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054547 | PORTABLE DATA STORAGE MEDIUM FOR BIOMETRIC USER IDENTIFICATION - A portable data carrier ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A VOLUME OF INTEREST IN ONE OR MORE IMAGE DATA SETS - The invention relates to a method for selecting a volume of interest in one or more digitized images. A geometric structure in the digitized image for selecting a volume of interest is defined. A segmentation of the volume of interest in the digitized image is performed and visualized. The invention further relates to an apparatus, in particular a computer for performing the methods and a computer storage device comprising machine readable and executable program instructions which comprise steps of performing the methods. The invention can be applied for modern imaging developments, such as Computed Tomography, Angiography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging which have made possible the acquisition of volumes where a volume of interest, e.g. the whole blood vessel tree, can be accurately visualized. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054569 | Method for creating computed tomography recordings of a patient with metallic components - A method is disclosed for creating computed tomography recordings of a patient with metallic components. In at least one embodiment, the method includes scanning the patient by use of an x-ray tube detector system, with at least one sinogram being compiled; determining the detector signal data, which was attenuated by the metallic components in the patient; deleting the detector signal data, which was influenced by metallic components; determining the beam tracks in the sinogram at least of the volume elements, which are struck by beams which are attenuated by the metallic components and which cross the beam track of the deleted detector signal data in the sonogram; determining a minimal measurement value on each beam track respectively; adding together the minimal measurement values of the beam tracks to obtain the measurement points of the deleted detector signal data crossed by these beam tracks in the sonogram; and using this at least one sinogram determined in this manner to reconstruct computed tomography recordings of the patient without a metallic component, and displaying the reconstructed computed tomography recordings of the patient with metallic components. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054570 | MOTION CORRECTED MULTINUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - The invention relates to a method for acquiring MR images ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054571 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiological imaging apparatus of the present invention comprises an image pickup device and a medical examinee holding device that is provided with a bed. The image pickup device includes a large number of radiation detectors and radiation detector support plates. A large number of radiation detectors are mounted around the circumference of a through-hole and arranged in the axial direction of the through-hole. The radiation detectors are arranged in three layers formed radially with respect to the center of the through-hole and mounted on the lateral surfaces of the radiation detector support plates. Since the radiation detectors are not only arranged in the axial direction and circumferential direction of the through-hole but also arrayed in the radial direction, it is possible to obtain accurate information about a γ-ray arrival position in the radial direction of the through-hole (the positional information about a radiation detector from which a γ-ray image pickup signal is output). The use of accurate information about γ-ray arrival increases the tomogram accuracy. As a result, the present invention enhances the tomogram accuracy, that is, the PET examination accuracy. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054572 | Fusion of Multiple Imaging Planes for Isotropic Imaging in MRI and Quantitative Image Analysis using Isotropic or Near-isotropic Imaging - In accordance with the present invention there is provided methods for generating an isotropic or near-isotropic three-dimensional images from two-dimensional images. In accordance with the present invention the method includes, obtaining a first image of a body part in a first plane, wherein the first image generates a first image data volume; obtaining a second image of the body part in a second plane, wherein the second image generates a second image data volume; and combining the first and second image data volumes to form a resultant image data volume, wherein the resultant image data volume is isotropic or near-isotropic. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054573 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELINEATION OF VASCULATURE - A method for automatically delineating image data corresponding to vasculature in an anatomical region is presented. The method includes obtaining image data corresponding to soft tissue representative of the anatomical region. In addition, the method includes segmenting image data corresponding to a region of interest from image data corresponding to the anatomical region based on a patient population to obtain image data corresponding to a segmented region of interest. Furthermore, the method includes extracting image data corresponding to vasculature associated with the segmented region of interest by suppressing image data corresponding to soft tissue representative of the segmented region of interest. Systems and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this method are also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054574 | METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE VIDEO-MICROSCOPY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method of determining an amount of at least one molecular species in a sample from an image of the sample captured by an image acquisition device is provided, each molecular species being indicated by a dye. A dye space representation of a plurality of dyes is formed by orthogonally adding the correspondence tables of the dyes, each correspondence table having a plurality of normalized RGB triplets and incrementally extending from 0% to 100% transmittance. The dye space representation has one dimension for each dye and provides a reference model for a combination of the plurality of dyes. Each pixel of an image of the sample stained with the combination of the plurality of dyes is compared to the reference model, each pixel having a color defined by an RGB triplet, so as to determine an optimal combination of normalized RGB triplets from the respective correspondence tables of the dyes producing the color of the respective pixel. An artificial image of the sample is then formed from the normalized RGB triplets for each dye as determined from the optimal combination. The artificial image thereby indicates a distribution of the respective dye over the sample image and facilitates determination of the amount of the corresponding molecular species. Associated methods, systems, and computer software program products are also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054575 | Analysis method for 5-differential complete blood cell based on visual image - An analysis method for five-differential complete blood cell based on visual image is provided. The analysis method for five-differential complete blood cell is carried out in two channels. The method includes: counting blood cells by typical cytometry to obtain the amount of blood cells; identifying and counting the blood cells by image recognition to obtain the percent of each kind of blood cells; then calculating the results from the two channels to obtain the number of each kind of blood cells. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054576 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image quality of fluorescent images of blood vessels obtained by imaging blood vessels emitting fluorescence is improved. Living tissue within a body cavity is imaged by an endoscope while fluorescent pigments within blood vessels are emitting fluorescence due to irradiation of excitation light. At this time, a standard observation image obtained by imaging the same portion of the body cavity while white light is being irradiated, and a fluorescent image obtained by imaging while the excitation light is being irradiated are obtained. A plurality of spectral images having different wavelength ranges are generated. The depth position of blood vessels within a region of interest are judged by a depth position judging unit. Thereafter, an image processing unit administers an image process using image processing conditions corresponding to the depth position of the blood vessels, and a processed image is displayed by a display device. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054577 | PHOTOMASK INSPECTION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INSPECTION METHOD, AND PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS - A plurality of photomasks used to manufacture the same semiconductor device, each of the photomasks having a plurality of mutually replaceable unit regions set therein, are inspected to detect a defect. It is determined whether or not the detected defect has a redundancy defect positioned in a unit region replaceable with another unit region to remedy the photomask. Then, when inspecting the second or subsequent photomask, a unit region including the coordinate of a redundancy defect detected in another photomask inspected previously is set to be a non-inspection region, and the non-inspection region is not inspected. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054608 | Surface Extraction Method, Surface Extraction Device, and Program - A surface extraction method capable of improving accuracy of extraction of surfaces of an object, a surface extraction device, and a program are proposed. A voxel space that is divided into voxels having a lattice shape, and whether or not object constituting voxels that constitute an object which is shown in the voxel space is investigated in units of voxel rows of the voxels. Ends of the continuous object constituting voxels in the voxel rows are extracted as surfaces of the object. Straight-line rows are used as units, and intermediate portions of continuous constituting regions in the straight-line rows are ignored. Thus, even when a region that does not constitute the object exists inside the object, the region that does not constitute the object can be prevented from being falsely extracted as a surface of the object without investigation of the same region two times or more. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054609 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a character data extraction unit, a contour data extraction unit, and an image density changing unit. The character data extraction unit extracts character data, forming a character image serving as a target to be read by an image reading apparatus, from image data. The contour data extraction unit extracts contour data forming a contour image of the character image from the image data. The image density changing unit changes an image density of the contour image base on the contour data extracted from the contour data extraction unit. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054610 | ORIGINAL IMAGE SEARCHING DEVICE, ORIGINAL IMAGE SEARCHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An original image searching device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires an image-after-changed to which a change is added, the image-after-changed having contents different from contents of an original image; and an original image specifying unit that specifies, as a checking region, a discriminating region including an image common to the original image and the image-after-changed, and that specifies the original image of the image-after-changed by comparing a checking region of each of the images stored in an image storage and a checking region of the image-after-changed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054611 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Program - An image processing apparatus includes: a first distribution calculation unit calculating a distribution of luminance gradient vectors in a first local area that includes a feature point on an image; a second distribution calculation unit calculating distributions of the luminance gradient vectors in second local areas close to the feature point on the image; a selection unit comparing the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the first local area with the distributions of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local areas to select the most different distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local area; and a feature descriptor calculation unit calculating a feature descriptor at the feature point on the basis of the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the first local area and the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local area selected by the selection unit. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054612 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing method includes receiving an image including a writing, detecting a position of the writing in the received image, detecting a position of a character image in the received image, performing character recognition on the detected character image, comparing the position of the detected writing with the position of the detected character image to associate the writing with a result of the character recognition, translating the result of the character recognition so as to be recognizable as a translation of the result of the character recognition associated with the writing, generating an image of the translation result associated with the writing, so as to be output in a format different from a format of an image of a translation result that is not associated with the writing, and outputting the image of the translation result associated with the writing. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054613 | Methods and devices for coding and decoding, a telecommunication system and computer program implementing them - The method of coding a multidimensional digital signal, said signal comprising a plurality of samples denoted “initial”, characterized in that it comprises: —a step of determining at least one secondary signal representing said multidimensional digital signal, each secondary signal having a lower number of samples than the number of samples of the multidimensional digital signal; —a step of determining filtering orientations on the basis of at least one secondary signal and—a step of determining at least one tertiary signal representing the signal to code, each tertiary signal having a lower number of samples than the number of initial samples, by implementing, on said multidimensional digital signal, filtering that is oriented on the basis of said filtering orientations. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION DECODING OF ENCODED SYMBOLS - A method for scanning and decoding encoded symbols comprises processing low resolution image data from a full field of view and/or high resolution image data from one or more windowed segments of the field of view to provide imaging that is easily adaptable to different types of symbols and varying environmental conditions. The scanning method can be switched between the low resolution mode and the high resolution mode automatically based on whether the low resolution data is sufficiently accurate to decode the symbol. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING ADAPTIVE BINARIZATION - A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image, wherein the method includes selecting a predetermined binarization table from a plurality of binarization tables based on prediction values of a current pixel and binarizing or inversely binarizing residual values by using the selected binarization table. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054616 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY USING IMPROVED COMPRESSION RATIO OF ENCODING INFORMATION - Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding the image includes calculating the number of times that encoding information of each of a plurality of sub-blocks included in a current block is exactly predicted, determining whether or not to predictably encode the encoding information of each sub-block, based on the calculated number of times, and predictably encoding the encoding information of each sub-block according to the determination. Using the method can prevent the case in which many bits are required to encode the encoding information due to inexact prediction about the encoding information, thereby decreasing the compression ratio of the image encoding process, and can compress the image with a higher efficiency. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054617 | CODING AND DECODING DEVICE, CODING AND DECODING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A coding device is comprised of an initial resolution coding unit for coding an initial resolution image sub-sampled from an image at every interval of predetermined pixels, and a high resolution coding unit for coding images at sub-sampling intervals sequentially halved, wherein said high resolution coding unit comprises a pixel value predicting means for, out of the pixels that should be coded in present resolution, predicting a value of a pixel being positioned at a center of its adjacent four pixels already coded in previous resolution from said adjacent four pixels with a linear interpolation, and predicting a value of a remaining pixel from its adjacent four pixels having the above pixel at a center thereof with the linear interpolation, said adjacent four pixels being positioned in an upper, lower, left and right sides of the above pixel, a prediction error calculating means for obtaining a residual between the pixel value of the to-be-coded pixel and the predicted value, and a variable length coding means for coding the residual. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054618 | Server, screen transmitting method, and program storage medium - A server includes a generating unit which generates image data in a partial region of a displayed image on the screen; a type identifying unit configured to identify a type of a GUI component included in the region of the generated image data; a storage which stores compression property information for each GUI component type; a compression scheme deciding unit which decides a compression scheme based on compression property information corresponding to the GUI component type identified; a compression unit which compresses the generated image data with a decided compression scheme; a transmission unit which transmits the compressed data to the client terminal; an update frequency deciding unit which decides a update frequency of the compression property information in the storage for each type of the GUI component; and an updating unit which updates the compression property information with the update frequency decided for each type of the GUI component. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INVERSE QUANTIZING IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE - Provided are method and apparatus for inverse quantizing an image, the method including: determining a quantization step correction value for reducing a quantization error, which is a difference between an inverse quantization coefficient, obtained by inverse quantizing a quantization coefficient, and an original value of the transformation coefficient; and inverse quantizing the quantization coefficient using a second quantization step value, the second quantization step value being obtained by correcting a first quantization step value used for inverse quantizing the quantization coefficient using the determined quantization step correction value. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054620 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an area setting unit, an image deformation unit, and a face deformation unit. The area setting unit sets, in a target image that includes a face image, an area including the face image as a compression area. The image deformation unit compresses the compression area in a specific direction at a predetermined compression rate. The face deformation unit deforms the face image by expansion amount determined on the basis of the compression rate in such a manner that at least a part of the face image is expanded in the specific direction. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054621 | DUAL LOOKUP TABLE DESIGN FOR EDGE-DIRECTED IMAGE SCALING - In general, the disclosure describes various techniques for providing edge-directed scaling filters that may be used to scale image data. An example device includes a storage medium configured to store a first lookup table and a second lookup table, and one or more processors configured to obtain one or more gradient values that each indicates a gradient between values of at least two pixels in a source image. The one or more processors are also configured to generate one or more inverse gradient values from a first lookup table based on the gradient values, and to generate one or more edge-directed scaling filter coefficients from a second lookup table based on the inverse gradient values. The one or more processors may be further configured to generate an edge-directed filter based on the coefficients, and to apply the filter to the at least two pixels to generate an interpolated pixel. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054622 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SMOOTHING OF EDGES IN IMAGES TO REMOVE IRREGULARITIES - System, method, and apparatus for smoothing of edges in images to remove irregularities are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of image processing includes, identifying an edge in an image having an associated set of edge characteristics, determining the associated set of edge characteristics, and applying a low pass filter to a pixel of the edge based on the associated set of edge characteristics to generate a second image based on the image, wherein the edge in the image is smoothed in the second image. The method further includes generating a third image which is a blend of the original image and the second (edge-smoothed) image based on the associated set of edge characteristics. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054623 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display luminance of an image signal is extracted from an image inputted. An observation distance is calculated as a relative distance between an observer and the display. A brightness of an environmental condition of the display is calculated. A visual angle of the image is calculated using the observation distance and a size of the display. A visual response function is calculated using the display luminance, the brightness of the environmental condition, and the visual angle. The visual response function represents relationship between the display luminance and a referential lightness of a human visual characteristic. A corrected display luminance corresponding to a referential lightness is calculated using the visual response function. The image is output on the display using the corrected display luminance. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054624 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - There is provided a radiographic imaging device including: a radiation detector having plural sensor portions; a receiving unit that receives request data requesting radiation irradiation permission from a control device that controls a radiation source; a control unit that controls the radiation detector such that an accumulation extraction operation is repeatedly performed that extracts charge that has accumulated in each sensor portions of the radiation detector, the accumulation extraction operation being performed after a specific accumulation period has elapsed that is greater than the irradiation period of radiation; a determination unit that determines whether or not radiation irradiation of the irradiation period from the radiation source is possible within the accumulation period of the accumulation extraction operation; and a permission unit that permits radiation irradiation if the determination unit has determined that irradiation is possible, and otherwise that permits radiographic image after starting the accumulation period of the next accumulation extraction operation. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054625 | METHODS FOR FLATTENING A 3D SURFACE INTO A 2D PIECE - Disclosed is a method for flattening a 3D surface into a 2D piece. In one embodiment, the method is implemented by constructing a plurality of wire-patches by feature curves on a surface patch of the 3D surface, wherein each of feature curves comprises a plurality of wire-nodes; computing an optimal 2D angle for each of said wire-nodes of the constructed wire-patches; determining an optimal position for each of said wire-nodes based on the computed optimal 2D angles thereof, respectively; and laying out each of said feature curves in 2D based on the determined optimal position. A device to flatten a 3D surface into a 2D piece is also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054626 | METHOD OF FAST IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - The present invention provides a method of fast image construction. The wavelength information is extracted in advance based on characteristics of a Fourier domain Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) system, to obtain a vector of wavelengths which are in a uniform distribution in a wave number space, and thus to obtain a virtual position coefficient of this wavelength vector at a CCD, from which a weight matrix is calculated based on a transfer function for a discrete Fourier transform with zero-padding interpolation. In operation of the system, the interpolation is carried out based on the weight matrix and collected data, or is carried out based on the weight matrix which has been truncated by being subject to windowing and the collected data, to obtain interpolated data satisfying requirements. The method according to the present invention is simple and easy to implement, by which, it is possible to improve the precision and speed of the Fourier domain OCT data process, and thus to improve the capacity of real-time image reconstruction of the Fourier domain OCT system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054627 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AN ALIGNED BANK OF IMAGES WITH AN ITERATIVE SELF-CORRECTION TECHNIQUE FOR COORDINATE ACQUISITION AND OBJECT DETECTION - Methods and systems for providing an aligned bank of images (e.g. for a panoramic display obtained by a scanning or moving camera) are disclosed that allow updating of the bank of images as new images are obtained; display of the original images stored in the bank as a mosaic according to any desired zoom; determination and display of the best mosaic view for a desired zoom; recall of the original images from the bank; and production of a mosaic that is free of accumulated stitching errors without imposing limitations on the way the camera scans. The methods and systems herein disclosed further have the ability to anchor the bank of images to the actual ground coordinates. The key to the method is inclusion of an iterative self-correcting procedure that reduces the accumulated errors as new images are added to the bank. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054628 | ROBUST FAST PANORAMA STITCHING IN MOBILE PHONES OR CAMERAS - A camera that provides for a panorama mode of operation that employs internal software and internal acceleration hardware to stitch together two or more captured images to create a single panorama image with a wide format. Captured images are projected from rectilinear coordinates into cylindrical coordinates with the aid of image interpolation acceleration hardware. Matches are quickly determined between each pair of images with a block based search that employs motion estimation acceleration hardware. Transformation are found, utilizing regression and robust statistics techniques, to align the captured images with each other, which are applied to the images using the interpolation acceleration hardware. A determination is made for an optimal seam to stitch images together in the overlap region by finding a path which cuts through relatively non-noticeable regions so that the images can be stitched together into a single image with a wide panoramic effect. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054629 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CIRCULAR TO HORIZONTAL TRANSPOSITION OF AN IMAGE - A system and method for automatically transposing an image from a circular image space to another image space, for example, horizontal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054630 | SEMI-AUTOMATED REGISTRATION OF DATA BASED ON A HIERARCHICAL MESH - A registration image is aligned or registered with a reference image by user interaction. The registration image is segmented into a hierarchy of elements defining a mesh having more than one level. At each level, individual elements may be selected by the user, translated, rotated and scaled with respect to the remainder of the registration image and to the reference image. Refinement of the user registration is facilitated by allowing the user to define further levels in the segmentation where each of the elements at the further levels may be separately manipulated in a similar manner. Interpolation may be performed between the moved or altered elements and between the elements and the remainder of the registration image to obtain a more satisfactorily registered image. The technique may be used with other interpolation and registration processes. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054631 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus enables to cause a user to certainly and quickly recognize a not-supported image file. A first determining unit determines whether image data capable of being image-processed is included in an image file including a plurality of pieces of image data obtained from outside. An adding unit adds device information including information of non-support to a file header of the image file when the first determining unit determines that image data incapable of being image-processed is included. A second determining unit determines whether the device information is included in file header information of the image file obtained from outside. An image-processing unit image-processes the image file which has been determined by the first determining unit to include image data capable of being image-processed, and the image file which has been determined by the second determining unit not to include the device information in the file header information. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054632 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Removing a Visual Distraction From an Image Being Captured - One provides ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054633 | SELF-STANDING BAG WITH FOLDABLE FLANGE - The present invention provides a self-standing bag with foldable flanges. The bag includes a main body, available with two corresponding side walls and a top/bottom wall connected between the top/bottom of two side walls. There are foldable flanges arranged at the top of two side walls of the main bag body, and openings are formed between two corresponding sides of the foldable flanges. The self-standing bag is positioned more reliably for an improved ads effect. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054634 | TWO-HANDLED BAG - A novel bag for holding, transporting, and pouring a bulk product is provided. The bag comprises two handles, with one handle being primarily configured for carrying (but also useful for pouring), and the other being primarily configured for pouring. The handles are positioned on adjacent sides of the bag, with the pouring handle being positioned near the bottom half of the bag to facilitate a controlled tilting of the bag. In one embodiment, the bag also includes a third handle on the same side of the bag as the pouring handle. The bag is typically formed of plastic, and can be used for salt, animal food, and other pourable products. The bag has a very high strength, with the second handle being particularly strong as a result of a longitudinal seam positioned adjacent that handle. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054635 | POUCH METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POUCH CONDITIONING - An improved pouch has a crimped or squeezed mouth region to facilitate pouch opening and hold open during filling. Mouth edge curls are disclosed for enhancing mouth opening. Roller nip and crimp roller apparatus is disclosed. Pouch conditioning methods are disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054636 | Metering pouch for dispensing flowable product - The presently disclosed subject matter is a novel adaptation of a pouch that enables the measurement and dispensing of unit doses of flowable products. Particularly, the disclosed pouch utilizes the addition of a separate section of film that separates the pouch into a main reservoir and a dispensing reservoir. The use of the dividing film allows the structural integrity of the pouch to remain intact. The dividing film also comprises an opening that allows communication between the two reservoirs to achieve dispensing of the flowable product. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054637 | ENCLOSURE FOR ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFESTATION BY CERTAIN ORGANISMS - An enclosure for preventing certain organisms from escaping from an item susceptible to infestation into the surrounded environment and for preventing certain organisms from entering the item susceptible to infestation from the surrounding environment. The enclosure is defined by a flexible sheet material defining an interior space. The enclosure comprises a slit-like opening formed in the flexible sheet material through which an item susceptible to infestation can be inserted into the interior space defined by the enclosure. The slit-like opening is defined by a pair of opposed free edges of the flexible sheet material, and the slit-like opening extends between a first end and a second end. A sliding type fastener including a slide, extends from the first end to the second end of the slit-like opening wherein, when the slide of the sliding-type fastener is positioned at the first end, the slit-like opening is open. When the slide is positioned at the second end, the slit-like opening is substantially closed except for a small space between the slide and the second end of the slit-like opening. The enclosure also includes a first strip of flexible sheet material having a first edge attached to an inner surface of one of the opposed free edges of the flexible sheet material and which extends between the first and second ends of the slit-like opening. The enclosure also includes a second strip of flexible sheet material interconnecting opposing edges defining the slit-like opening in the region of the second end and positioned between the slit-like opening and the first strip of flexible sheet material. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054638 | Waste Not Shredder Bag - A bag that is made out of paper, recycled paper or paper-based material is designed in appropriate sizes and shapes to fit a variety of paper shredder machines in order to efficiently collect the paper shreddings which are output from such a machine so that the container and its contents can be directly placed into the paper-recycling stream without additional time and labor spent separating the paper contents from what currently is typically a plastic bag or rigid container. The preferred embodiment is designed with peel and stick adhesives on the top flaps to close the top with a double layer of flaps, to better secure the contents against spillage and theft, and integrated handles provide for more convenient transfer of the container and contents from the paper shredder machine, ideally to a paper-recycling destination. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054639 | Slide bearing - A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has a device for monitoring a bearing gap between the bearing shell and the component to be supported. The bearing shell is provided with a slide surface that has an elevation along each of its curved edge regions. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054640 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARINGS - A fluid dynamic bearing. A shaft is fit in the sleeve and rotates with respect thereto. A lubricant is filled between the shaft and the sleeve. At least one elliptical groove is formed on either the shaft or the sleeve and between the shaft and the sleeve. When the shaft rotates with respect to the sleeve, the lubricant is filled in the elliptical groove. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054641 | ACTUATOR MOUNT ASSEMBLY - An actuator mounting assembly includes an actuator and a bearing removably attached to the actuator. A bearing plate includes a hole formed therein for receiving the bearing. A bearing mounting plate includes a hole formed therein for receiving the bearing. First and second bearing inserts are removably disposed about the holes formed in the bearing plate and bearing mounting plate. The bearing mounting plate and bearing plate are coupled to retain the bearing and bearing inserts therebetween firming a seal wherein the actuator is angularly movable about the bearing. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054642 | Slide bearing - A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has two grooves that run in a circumferential direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. The grooves and the guide elements are disposed convergent to one another at least over a partial circumference of the slide surface least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The bearing shell has two grooves that run in the circumferential direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054643 | Bearing assembly with a protective cover for an encoder - A radially outer stationary bearing race ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054644 | WHEEL ROLLING BEARING UNIT - A cover member includes a metallic cover main body having a lid portion and a cylindrical portion and an elastic covering material which covers outer circumferential surfaces of the lid portion and the cylindrical portion. In a state resulting before the cover member is fitted in a one end side opening of an outer ring of a rolling bearing, of the elastic covering material, an outside diameter dimension of a cylindrical portion elastic layer which covers the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion is set to be larger than an inside diameter dimension of an inner circumferential surface of the one end side opening. In an attached state in which the cover member is fitted in the outer ring, the cylindrical portion elastic layer is elastically compressed to thereby be brought into close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the one end side opening of the outer ring. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054645 | External Bearing Shroud - A bearing assembly includes an inner race adapted to be coupled to an inner member and an outer race adapted to be coupled to an outer member positioned such that the inner race is in an opposed and spaced apart relation from the outer race. Roller elements are disposed between the inner and outer races. An inner flange is coupled to the outer race, includes circumferentially spaced apart recesses and extends generally radially toward the inner race. An outer flange is coupled to the inner race. A flexible sealing member contacts both the inner flange and the outer flange. A shroud includes tabs that extend through the recesses. The tabs are coupled to the outer race. The inner and outer members are permitted to rotate relative to each other. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054646 | DOUBLE-ROW WHEEL BEARING UNIT - The invention relates to a double-row wheel bearing unit for a vehicle, comprising an axle journal fixed to the vehicle, and a wheel hub bearing a wheel flange rotatably mounted on said axle journal by means of two rows of rolling bodies spaced axially apart. In order to adapt the loading capacity of the rows of rolling bodies to the respective load conditions, the two rows of rolling bodies have different rolling circle diameters respectively adapted to the highest expected load. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054647 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member with at least one inner ring, double row rolling elements, and a constant velocity universal joint torque transmittably inserted into a wheel hub and axially separably connected by a securing nut. A shoulder of an outer joint member of the constant velocity universal joint abuts against a larger end face of the inner ring. The larger end face of the inner ring is formed as a ground surface. An end face of the shoulder of the outer joint member abutted against the larger end face is formed as a ground surface or a lathe-turned surface. The surface roughness Ra of at least the larger end face of the inner ring is limited to a range within 0.1˜0.3. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054678 | FIBER OPTIC FURCATION METHOD - A fiber optic furcation method for fiber optic cables having a plurality of optical fibers and a fiber optic junction made by said method. The method comprises the steps of threading each optical fiber into a separate fiber optic cable forming a junction; placing a first tube around the junction so that the tube covers the reinforcing members of the fiber optic cables; folding reinforcing fibers from the fiber optic cables over the first tube; applying an adhesive to the reinforcing fibers; placing a second tube around the junction; and shrink wrapping the junction. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054679 | Fiber optic cable assembly with floating tap - A fiber optic cable assembly with a floating tap is disclosed, wherein the assembly comprises a fiber optic cable having a cable fiber assembly, such as in the form of a ribbon stack. The assembly includes at least one network access point (NAP) for accessing at least one cable fiber in the cable fiber assembly and at least one strength area for example a strength member. At least one cable fiber is extracted from the cable fiber assembly and held by a transition assembly. A buffer conduit loosely contains the at least one cable fiber and guides it to an intermediate buffer conduit, which in turn guides the at least one cable fiber to a splice tube. The intermediate buffer conduit can translate relative to the splice tube. At least one tether fiber is spliced to the at least one cable fiber. Alternatively, the at least one cable fiber has sufficient length to serve as the at least one tether fiber so that splicing to another fiber is not required. Each strength member is covered by a movable member. A bonding structure bonds the cable fiber assembly, buffer conduit and movable member so that the cable fiber assembly can translate but not rotate relative to the cable within the NAP. This allows the tap point to “float” within the NAP when the cable fiber assembly needs to translate within the cable. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054680 | Optical fiber assemblies for fiber to the subscriber applications - Disclosed are spools, fiber optic assemblies, and methods for use with a lashing machine or other suitable deployment for routing the fiber optic cable toward the subscriber allowing the craft to quickly and easily deploy the fiber optic cable in the field. The fiber optic assemblies may include a spool, at least one fiber optic cable disposed on the spool, and a fiber optic connector. In one embodiment, the spool includes a first spool flange and a second spool flange that include notches that overlap at angular positions for allowing the spooling of fiber optic cable off the same. In another embodiment, the fiber optic connector is attached to the spool for plug and play connectivity of the spool. In other embodiments, a splitter may be attached to the spool for splitting the optical signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054681 | High-density patch-panel assemblies for optical fiber telecommunications - Patch panel assemblies ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100054682 | Independently Translatable Modules and Fiber Optic Equipment Trays in Fiber Optic Equipment - Fiber optic equipment that supports independently translatable fiber optic modules and/or fiber optic equipment trays containing one or more fiber optic modules is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more fiber optic modules are disposed in a plurality of independently translatable fiber optic equipment trays which are received in a tray guide system. In this manner, each fiber optic equipment tray is independently translatable within the guide system. One or more fiber optic modules may also be disposed in one or more module guides disposed in the fiber optic equipment trays to allow each fiber optic module to translate independently of other fiber optic modules in the same fiber optic equipment tray. In other embodiments, a plurality of fiber optic modules are disposed in a module guide system disposed in the fiber optic equipment that translate independently of other fiber optic modules disposed within the module guide system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054683 | Rear-Installable Fiber Optic Modules and Equipment - Fiber optic equipment that supports one or more rear-installable fiber optic modules is disclosed. The fiber optic equipment is comprised of a chassis defining a front end and a rear section. At least one guide system is disposed in the chassis and configured to receive at least one fiber optic module. The guide system may be provided in the form of a rail guide system. The at least one guide system receives the at least one fiber optic module from the rear section on the chassis and is configured to guide the fiber optic module toward the front end of the chassis. In this manner, a technician can make fiber optic connections to fiber optic modules and also install the fiber optic modules into the fiber optic equipment from the rear section of the chassis to reduce time and/or labor in making fiber optic connections. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054684 | Rear-Slidable Extension in a Fiber Optic Equipment Tray - A fiber optic apparatus having a fiber optic equipment tray and an extension adapted to receive, organize and manage fiber optic cables routed to the fiber optic equipment tray is disclosed. The fiber optic equipment tray has a front, a rear, a base, and at least one extension rail. The extension movably attaches to the fiber optic equipment tray at the extension rail and, thereby, slidably extends from and retracts toward the rear of the fiber optic equipment tray. The extension comprises a shelf and a cable management tray hingedly attached to the shelf. The shelf moves over the base when the extension extends from and retracts toward the fiber optic equipment tray. The cable management tray is in planer alignment with the fiber optic equipment tray when the extension is retracted, and allowed to pivot downwardly when the extension is extended. At least one furcation plug tray attaches to the cable management tray. The at least one furcation plug tray adapted to mount at least one furcation plug to which fiber optic cables may be connected. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054685 | Telescoping Fiber Optic Module and Related Equipment - Embodiments disclosed in the detailed description include a telescoping fiber optic module. The telescoping fiber optic module may be provided in a fiber optic equipment chassis which may be disposed in an equipment rack to support fiber optic connections. In embodiments disclosed herein, the telescoping fiber optic module is comprised of a fixed housing portion having an opening on a front side defining a passage inside the fixed housing portion. The fiber optic module is also comprised of a telescoping portion received in the passage inside the fixed housing portion. In this manner, the telescoping portion can telescope in and out of the fixed housing portion. This allows fiber optic connectors or adapters disposed in the telescoping portion and any connections made thereto to be telescoped out for improved access and telescoped back into the fixed housing portion when access is no longer needed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054686 | Structures for Managing and Mounting Cable Assemblies - Furcation management structures and fiber optic shelf assemblies including one or more furcation management structures are disclosed. The furcation management structures are disposed in a chassis of a fiber optic shelf assembly and define a mounting surface for mounting at least one furcation body of a fiber optic cable assembly thereto. The furcation management structure may allow the fiber optic shelf assemblies to provide a greater density of fiber optic cable assemblies to support high density fiber optic equipment. Moreover, the furcation management structures provides the craft with an organized mounting structure that is relatively quick and easy to remove, rearrange, and/or reconfigure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100054687 | CABLE SLACK HANDLING DEVICE - A cable slack handling device including a base portion with a first lobe and a second lobe each joined with the base portion. The first and second lobes each have an arcuate exterior wall portion to accommodate cable slack around a perimeter of the cable slack handling device. A connection device holder is located between a portion of the first and second lobes. The connection device holder is adapted to contain cable connection devices. The connection device holder has two opposite ends each adapted to receive cables. | 2010-03-04 |