10th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100061612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELASTIC COMPOSITION OF MEDICAL IMAGING VOLUMES - A method and system for improving the quality of composing image volumes using deformable registration, and a gradual elastic morphing to create a seamless whole body volume image from several component volumes from a 3D medical imager. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061613 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE - Provided are a method, an apparatus, and a program for processing a mammographic image, whereby the file size of the mammographic image can be remarkably reduced while retaining the original breast portion sufficient for diagnosis. A controlling unit divides an original mammographic image into a breast portion and a background portion based on a predetermined value (whether each pixel value of the original mammographic image is greater or smaller than a predetermined value). It determines the breast boundary line between the breast portion and the background portion (operation S | 2010-03-11 |
20100061614 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN X-RAY IMAGE DURING A MAMMOGRAPHY - In a continuous mammography procedure, the breast of a subject is fixed in place in a retention device, and a first x-ray image is generated by irradiating the breast in the retention device. While the breast is still held in the retention device, the first x-ray image is evaluated to define a condition for generating a second x-ray image. The second x-ray image is then generated according to the defined condition, with the breast still in the same position in the retention device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061615 | System for Removing Static Background Detail From Medical Image Sequences - A system determines static background medical image data by receiving pixel luminance data comprising multiple sequential medical images of a patient anatomical portion and luminance data of an individual image that comprises multiple pixel luminance representative values of multiple individual pixels of the individual image. A filter includes a first filter function having a first response time for filtering received luminance representative values of a particular individual pixel varying in response to a first motion disturbance in the multiple sequential medical images for use in identifying a substantially minimum luminance value of the particular individual pixel in the multiple sequential medical images. The filter filters luminance representative values of individual pixels of the multiple sequential medical images to identify substantially minimum luminance values of individual pixels in the multiple sequential medical images as background image data of the multiple sequential medical images. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061616 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM AND IMAGING DEVICE - A management device that includes an acquiring component and a numericalizetion component is provided. The acquiring component acquires correlation information that correlates with a degree of deterioration of a radiation detection component from plurality of imaging devices, each of the plurality of imaging devices comprising a radiation detection component that detects radiation that has passed through respective investigation subjects, and each of the plurality of imaging devices performing image capture by generating image data representing a radiographic image according to the amount of radiation detected by the radiation detection component, and storing the image data in a predetermined storage region. The numericalization component numericalizes the degree of deterioration of each of the respective radiation detection components of the plurality of imaging devices based on the correlation information acquired by the acquiring component. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061617 | User interface method and system for management and control of automated image processing in high content screening or high throughput screening - A user interface method and system for controlling automated image processing operations of HCS and/or HTS systems includes a graphical interface to enable user designation of an image naming convention, image sources and destinations, image processing channels, processing parameter values, and processing spatial designations. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061618 | METHODS OF CHROMOGEN SEPARATION-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS - Methods for chromogen separation-based image analysis are provided, with such methods being directed to quantitative video-microscopy techniques in cellular biology and pathology applications. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061619 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF AN AUTHENTICATING MARK ON AN ENVELOPED SURFACE OF AN OBJECT - A method for the recognition of an authenticating mark on the surface of a packaging foil or an article by visual and/or electronic recognition through an envelope, where ultrasonic or X-ray techniques are performed. The authenticating mark includes at least one embossed authenticating mark having finest structures in the micrometer range, and the surface of the packaging foil or of the area of the article in which the authenticating mark is embossed being metallized or made of metal. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061620 | PROBE MARK INSPECTION - Probe mark inspection involves a recipe based on unique image characteristics or combinations of unique image characteristics. Result images are correlated with a reference created to determine which image characteristic or combination of image characteristics provides an improved contrast. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061621 | Method and device for generating digital still pictures of wafer-shaped elements during a production process - A method and device generate digital still pictures of wafer-shaped elements, such as wafers or solar cells, which are transported in series on a conveyor belt during a production process. The device has a camera taking pictures of the wafer-shaped elements in sections step-by-step, in particular continuously taking digital pictures line-by-line (linear scanning) transverse to the transport direction, and then sampling the recorded image data. The device also includes a hardware-based image data processing unit, e.g. FPGA, for detecting edges of the wafer-shaped elements that indicate a beginning or an end of each of the wafer-shaped elements. The edge detection is for controlling the generation of the digital still pictures for visual inspection to find defective areas of the elements. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061622 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING OBJECTS - A computer implemented method for aligning objects receives a reference object and a to-be-moved object; determining feature elements of the reference object. A first coordinate system is constructed according to a plurality of feature elements of the reference object. A second coordinate system is constructed according to a plurality of feature elements of the to-be-moved object. A third coordinate system is constructed according to the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system. An operation matrix is computed according to the three coordinate systems. The two objects are aligned using the operation matrix. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061623 | Position measuring apparatus - A position measuring apparatus including a first irradiating part that irradiates a first beam to an object, a second irradiating part that irradiates a second beam to the object, a capturing part that captures images of the object, a processing part that generates a first difference image and a second difference image by processing the images captured by the capturing part, an extracting part that extracts a contour and a feature point of the object from the first difference image, a calculating part that calculates three-dimensional coordinates of a reflection point located on the object based on the second difference image, and a determining part that determines a position of the object by matching the contour, the feature point, and the three-dimensional coordinates with respect to predetermined modeled data of the object. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061624 | DETECTING ANOMALOUS EVENTS USING A LONG-TERM MEMORY IN A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Techniques are described for detecting anomalous events using a long-term memory in a video analysis system. The long-term memory may be used to store and retrieve information learned while a video analysis system observes a stream of video frames depicting a given scene. Further, the long-term memory may be configured to detect the occurrence of anomalous events, relative to observations of other events that have occurred in the scene over time. A distance measure may used to determine a distance between an active percept (encoding an observed event depicted in the stream of video frames) and a retrieved percept (encoding a memory of previously observed events in the long-term memory). If the distance exceeds a specified threshold, the long-term memory may publish the occurrence of an anomalous event for review by users of the system. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061625 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, And Computer-Readable Media for Attaining Image Processing - An image processing apparatus that receives mosaic image data having settings of only one color component, R, G, or B, in each pixel and subjects the received mosaic image data to a series of image processing to generate color image data with settings of all the three color components, R, G, and B, in each pixel; wherein the mosaic image data has the form of a Bayer color filter array; and the image processing apparatus includes: a vertical-direction color difference component computation module; a horizontal-direction color difference component computation module; an edge direction determination module; a color component interpolation module; an oblique edge pixel detection module; an oblique edge direction determination module; and an oblique edge pixel interpolation correction module. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061626 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING ELEVATION MAPS - A method for compressing an elevation map by means of digital image processing, according to which local and global parameters of an elevation map are calculated for sorting the elevation map into a corresponding category and the elevation map is categorized according to the calculated local and global parameters. Optimal parameters for compressing the elevation map are determined according to the calculated local and global parameters and according to the corresponding category and then the elevation map is compressed by applying on it digital image processing by using the determined optimal compression parameters. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061627 | Determination of main object on image and improvement of image quality according to main object | 2010-03-11 |
20100061628 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a defined binary image generating unit configured to generate a defined binary image associated with a level image, which is associated with an input image, the level image having pixel values of pixels represented using a first value, by regarding a pixel as a defined or undefined region pixel and setting the pixel to have a predetermined second or third value; and an estimated foreground color image generation unit configured to generate an estimated foreground color image associated with the input image, by setting the pixel values of the pixels regarded as the undefined region pixels in the defined binary image to pixel values of pixels in the input image corresponding to pixels for which distances each obtained from an integrated value of the amounts of change in continuity information are shortest from among the pixels that are regarded as the defined region pixels. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061629 | Method and Apparatus for Binarization Threshold Calculation - A method, computing device, and associated computer readable storage media containing instructions for binarizing a grayscale image by manually determining a first threshold that yields optimal binarization values to one or more images in a set of images, calculating the histograms of each of the images determined using the first threshold, calculating a set of statistical parameters such as the mean, standard deviation and variance of each histogram, determining a second threshold as a function of the set of statistical parameters, and comparing each pixel of the grayscale image to the second threshold. The second threshold T may be a function of the mean m, standard deviation s and variance v and is calculated by fitting a third degree polynomial curve T=a | 2010-03-11 |
20100061630 | Specific Emitter Identification Using Histogram of Oriented Gradient Features - In one embodiment, a method for specific emitter identification includes receiving a signal from an emitter indicative of a hardware characteristic of the emitter. A computer-readable representation of the received signal is generated. A plurality of gradients for each partition of a plurality of partitions of the computer-readable representation is computed. Each gradient is indicative of at least the angular orientation of a respective portion of the computer-readable representation. A histogram is computed for each partition by assigning each computed gradient to a bin based at least in part on the magnitude of the computed gradient. One or more Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) features are extracted from a concatenation of the bins of all of the computed histograms. The one or more HOG features are compared to one or more corresponding HOG features stored on a computer-readable medium. Based at least in part on the comparison, a determination is made regarding whether the emitter has a particular identification. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061631 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACE IMAGE - An image processing method for a face image is provided. A skin area of a face is segmented from the face image. A brightness histogram of the skin area is generated. A skin shadow point and an eyeball point of the face are extracted from the skin area, the shadow point having a lowest brightness in the skin area. A modified histogram is generated by modifying the brightness histogram so as to correct a specific area having a lower brightness level than the eyeball point at a brightness level of the eyeball point, and to correct a specific portion in the skin area having a higher brightness level than the shadow point at a brightness level of the shadow point. The face image is thresholded in consideration of the modified histogram to produce a binary image or N-level encoded image. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061632 | METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DATA PROCESSING - The invention relates to a method for data processing. At stage | 2010-03-11 |
20100061633 | Method and Apparatus for Calculating the Background Color of an Image - A method, device and computer readable storage media for enhancing an image for optical character recognition by detecting the edges of the image to create an edge detected image, binarizing the edge detected image to create a binary edge image for processing, dilating the binary edge image to create a dilated binary edge image, taking the XOR difference between the binary edge image and the dilated binary edge image to obtain a text boundary, superimposing the text boundary on the image and determining the pixels of the image that are covered by the text boundary, calculating the average grayscale value of the pixels of the image that are covered by the text boundary, and setting background pixels of the image to the calculated average grayscale value of the pixels of the image that are covered by the text boundary. The method optionally includes the steps of performing edge filling and hole filling on the binary edge image to create an updated binary edge image and filling holes in the dilated binary edge image to create an updated dilated binary edge image, whereby the XOR difference is taken between the updated binary edge image and the updated dilated binary edge image. The image may be binarized for optimal results after the background images have been set to the calculated average grayscale value of the pixels that are covered by the text boundary. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061634 | Method of Retrieving Information from a Digital Image | 2010-03-11 |
20100061635 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a recognition unit that recognizes a layout of a line including a character string in an image read from an original; a determination unit that determines a size of a region in which additional information is embedded so as to include at least a part of a line including a character string in the region, based on the layout recognized by the recognition unit; a dividing unit that divides the image read from the original based on the size of the region determined by the determination unit; and an embedding unit that embeds the additional information in the image divided by the dividing unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061636 | FACE DETECTOR AND FACE DETECTING METHOD - A face detector includes a detection processor for detecting a facial image from a frame of a motion picture according to template matching by use of a parameter, or a window size and window shift of a window. A parameter controller assigns the detection processor with a predetermined normal variation range of the parameter, to carry out face detection of a first frame of the motion picture according to the normal variation range, determines a limited variation range smaller than the normal variation range according to at least one of a value of the parameter used for the face detection of the first frame and the facial image of the first frame. The detection processor is assigned with the limited variation range, to carry out face detection of a succeeding frame after the first frame of the motion picture according to the limited variation range. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061637 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a binarization unit that binarizes a selected image region based on prescribed criteria into an image trimming target white pixel region and a background black pixel region, a hole filling unit that fills a hole of the white pixel region by converting a black pixel surrounded by the white pixel region into the white pixel, a distance conversion unit that calculates a distance value from each white pixel to the black pixel region, a skeleton extraction unit that extracts points indicating a skeleton of the white pixel region according to each distance value, and a trimming outline determination unit that excludes a less significant point based on prescribed conditions, draws an oval or perfect circle according to each distance value, centered at a non-excluded point, and determines an outer edge of ovals or perfect circles as an outline for trimming a trimming target image. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061638 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises producing temporary high-resolution image data of a second resolution based on image data of the first resolution, setting a predetermined number of pixels in the image data of the first resolution as target pixels, performing a self-congruity point extraction processing for searching for corresponding points in image regions which approximate a change pattern of pixel values of a target region including the target pixel from the image data of the first resolution, performing a sharpness enhancement processing for the temporary high-resolution image based on the target pixel, and a controller configured to control the processor not to perform the self-congruity point extraction processing and the sharpness enhancement processing when a detected edge is one of vertical and horizontal edges. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061639 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SYMBOLIC POINTS ON AN IMAGE OF A PERSON'S FACE - A method for identifying symbolic points on the image of a face including images of a right eye, left eye and mouth, includes:
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20100061640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CODE OF HOLOGRAPHIC DATA PAGE - A method and an apparatus for detecting code of a holographic data page are provided. First, image information of at least one special pattern in the holographic data page is captured, and the captured image information is integrated into a characteristic symbol (CS) of the holographic data page. Then, the CS of the holographic data page is compared with a plurality of predetermined characteristic symbols (PCSs) to obtain a similarity between the CS and each of the PCSs. Thereafter, the PCS having the highest similarity to the CS is selected as the code information of the holographic data page. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061641 | MODEL-OPERATIVE PATTERN REPRESENTATION AND OPERATIONAL ENABLEMENT USING DECLARATIVE COMPONENTIAL-DRIVEN DOMAIN-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - Pattern representation and enablement of operations pertaining thereto are disclosed, with model-operative pattern representation using a declarative componential-driven domain-specific programming language. Accordingly, pattern codifications are decoupled from code for execution of specific operational use cases against the patterns, occurrences, and models of interest. Variability points are codified in patterns, enabling a particular pattern to be used with multiple operations, multiple models, and so forth. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061642 | PREDICTION COEFFICIENT OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE DATA OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a prediction coefficient computing device and method, an image data computing device and method, a program, and a recording medium which make it possible to accurately correct blurring of an image. A blur adding unit | 2010-03-11 |
20100061643 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present invention relates to an encoding device and an encoding method, and a decoding device and a decoding method which make it possible to obtain a decoded image with low delay upon transferring an encoded image. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - An image information decoding method for decoding compressed image information in an image decoding apparatus, which has been coded via a process including dividing an input image signal into blocks, performing an orthogonal transform on the blocks on a block-by-block basis, and quantizing resultant orthogonal transform coefficients. The decoding process includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization such that a quantization parameter is weighted by an addition operation that adds the weight by addition, and the dequantization is performed on each chroma and luma component of the quantized coefficients using quantization step sizes, said luma component being weighted by the quantization parameter; and performing, in a transform unit in the image decoding apparatus, an inverse orthogonal transform. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING USING ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER - Disclosed herein is a method for reducing blocking artifacts at the boundary between adjacent blocks reconstructed from a frame of compressed video information. The video information includes a prediction stage parameter with respect to at least one of the blocks. The method includes reconstructing the at least one block based on the prediction stage parameter, computing a residual error attribute from the reconstructed block, computing a filter strength value based on a baseline filter strength and at least one incremental value, wherein the incremental value is selected from a plurality of preset values based at least on one of the prediction stage parameter and residual error attribute associated with the at least one block and filtering the boundary adjacent to the at least one block using the selected filter strength value. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061646 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes obtaining a least significant bit (LSB) associated with a pixel block. Further, two bits are reduced from a bit number of each of the pixels of the pixel block. Thereafter whether to carry the pixel or not is determined according to the LSB. When the LSB is 01 or 11, the carry manners of each pixel of the pixel block in two consecutive frames are asymmetric one to another. Further, under the conditions of when the LSB is 01 and 11, respectively, the carry manners of the pixels of the pixel block mutually compensate. Therefore, the display performance of a display is improved. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061647 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - An image compression method and a device thereof are provided. In the image compression method, a block image having a plurality of pixels is received. In the block image, an adjusted value of a first pixel is compared with a threshold value, and the adjusted value of the first pixel is accordingly quantized as a first parameter value or a second parameter value so as to obtain a quantized value of the first pixel. Next, an error value between the adjusted value of the first pixel and the quantized value of the first pixel is distributed to at least one second pixel adjacent to the first pixel according to an error diffusion kernel. The first pixel and the second pixel are respectively one of the above pixels. Therefore, the quality of the compressed image is improved and the influence of the blocking effect is reduced. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061648 | PROTECTION FILTER FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING - A filter includes a conventional filtering block and a protection block. The conventional filtering block receives input values and provides filtered values. The protection block receives filtered values and a group of input values proximate the current input, to ensure that the output is lies within a range computed for the current input. The range is determined by the protection block based on the group of input values proximate the current input. Any algorithm or statistical function may be applied to the group of input values to determine the range. If a filtered value provided by the conventional filtering block is outside the range, then the protection block computes and outputs a value that is within the range. The filter may be used in temporal or spatial filtering of images and video to mitigate artifacts such as motion artifacts and static artifacts. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING BLOCK NOISE - Block noises at block boundaries are removed, but when a contour line in the original image matches a block boundary, the degree of block noise removal is adjusted and image quality is improved. An adaptive filter has a step of calculating the weight of pixels near the block boundary by a high-pass filter, and a step of determining an adjusted value for the pixels near the block boundary based on the weight. The pixel values near the block boundary are adjusted and block noises are removed. A low-pass filter is applied to pixels near the block boundary to determine a filtered value. The adjusted values of the pixels near the block boundary are determined by obtaining a weighted sum of the original pixel value and the filtered value. Because the high-pass filter recognizes the definition of pixels near the block boundary, and the low-pass filter reduces the difference between pixels near the block boundary, the adaptive filter outputs the adjusted value, and this value removes block noise while retaining image definition. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061650 | Method And Apparatus For Providing A Variable Filter Size For Providing Image Effects - A de-noising circuit for filtering image data is provided. The de-noising circuit includes a buffer for storing a portion of the image data and detail detection circuitry configured to determine a filter size. The determined filter size is then applied to a captured image to improve the quality of the image by smoothing transitions within the image. To determine an appropriate filter size, a comparison is made between a sum of differences between a center pixel value within a first pixel matrix size and all of the remaining values within the first pixel matrix size, and a threshold range value. The threshold range value corresponds to a specific filter size. Various filter sizes are provided allowing for different smoothing effects, depending on the filter size used. Selection circuitry configured to select between either unfiltered data, or filtered data using one of various sizes of filters based on a selection signal from the detail detection circuitry is included. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061651 | METHOD OF RESTORING DEGRADED IMAGE, APPARATUS FOR RESTORING DEGRADED IMAGE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A degraded-image restoration method includes inputting a degraded image degraded by a predetermined degradation process; reading from a storage unit a filter coefficient in a filtering process of restoring the degraded image, in which an iteration formula for minimizing a square error between the degraded image and an image obtained by degrading a restored image by the degradation process is expanded corresponding to a predetermined number of iterations; and performing the filtering process using the filter coefficient with respect to the degraded image to obtain a restored image of the degraded image. Accordingly, a throughput in an apparatus that restores the degraded image can be reduced, thereby obtaining a preferable restored image. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061652 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: an estimating module configured to estimate boundaries of blocks in an input image; a characteristic value calculating module configured to calculate a characteristic value of a subject pixel group having constituent pixels including a pixel in the frame and at least one pixel that is adjacent to the pixel by calculating a degree of pixel value dispersion between the constituent pixels of the subject pixel group if all the constituent pixels belong to the same block; an strength value calculating module configured to calculate, from the characteristic value, a strength value to be used in performing pixel value smoothing; and a smoothing module configured to perform the pixel value smoothing according to the strength value. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061653 | IMAGE BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING METHOD - An image brightness adjusting method is provided. The brightness values of all pixels of the image are firstly increased in various increasing degrees. Next, the increased brightness values are decreased in various decreasing degrees according to the original brightness values, thereby avoiding over-increasing the brightness values of the image. Moreover, the use of the color saturation values to adjust the brightness values can avoid the unnatural image appearance. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061654 | Scatter estimation and reduction method and apparatus - A method and system are provided for removing or reducing the scatter within the image. In the present technique, two images are acquired at different energies such that one image, typically the higher energy image, provides an estimate of the scatter in the image. In one embodiment, the image providing the estimate of scatter is subtracted from the other image to provide a scatter-reduced image. In another embodiment, a low-frequency image is generated from the image providing the estimate of scatter and the low-frequency image is subtracted from the other image to provide the scatter-reduced image. One or more weighting factors, such as multiplicative weighting factors may be applied to the involved images prior to subtraction. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061655 | Method and Apparatus for Despeckling an Image - A method, computer readable medium, and device for reducing speckle in an image by detecting the edges of the image to create an edge detected image, binarizing the edge detected image to create a binary edge image for processing, creating a list, L, of connected components in the binary edge image, creating a list, C, of connected components in list L that are smaller than a predetermined number of pixels, determining noise candidate pixels from the edge detected image that are covered by the connected components in list C, computing a histogram h | 2010-03-11 |
20100061656 | NOISE REDUCTION OF AN IMAGE SIGNAL - A process for reducing noise in medical image data is disclosed. Medical image data is received and is converted into a binary image (S | 2010-03-11 |
20100061657 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STABILIZING IMAGE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IMAGE USING THE SAME - A method and a device for stabilizing an image, a method for transmitting and receiving the image using the same are provided. In the method for stabilizing the image, a face detection step is performed on the image first to obtain a face area in the image. Then, the size and position of the face area are stabilized, and thus the problem that the face shakes in the image is solved. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus generates a 3-value image from a 2-value image, wherein the first and second values from the 2-value image indicate foreground and background regions of an input image, and the third value indicates an unknown region of predetermined width at the boundary therebetween. A ratio image is generated from the input image and the 3-value image, having a fourth value indicating the ratio of the first value. The 3-value image is updated by defining a predetermined range near a pixel in the 3-value image corresponding to a pixel in the ratio image whose fourth value is greater than a minimum value and less than a maximum value, and then sets all pixels within the defined range to the third value. If the updated 3-value image is determined to be identical or nearly identical to the pre-update 3-value image, then the updated 3-value image is output. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061659 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH SENSING KEYSTONING - A method for depth sensing keystoning. The method of depth sensing keystoning may include an optical system and electrical devices. The method of depth sensing keystoning may correct for image distortion using depth measurements. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061660 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE RESIZING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes an image reading module, three processing module, and a pixel generating module. The image reading module reads pixel data of an original image and a predetermined destination image format (hereafter destination format). A first processing module calculates a horizontal shift value and a vertical shift value. A second processing module converts ratios of a length of the original image to a length of the destination format and a height of the original image to a height of the destination format to integer values. A third processing module determines which pixel in the original image to copy to each pixel position in the destination format. A pixel generating module copies pixels in the original image to corresponding pixels positions in the destination format. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a managing unit that manages a scale calculated based on descriptions of an operation performed on a predetermined item and a series to which the item belongs in association with each other, a first extracting unit that extracts items belonging to the same series as top N series, obtained by sorting the scales, from among a plurality of items, a taste managing unit that manages taste of a user, a second extracting unit that calculates the degree of similarity between the taste managed by the taste managing unit and each item to extract items with higher degrees of similarity, and a recommending unit that recommends a predetermined number of items among the items extracted by the first extracting unit and the items extracted by the second extracting unit to the user. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061662 | System and Methods for Recording Emergency Data - A system and method for recording emergency data during a 911 call. The emergency data recorded may be in the form of a digital image. The digital image may be of the event prompting the 911 call. The digital image may be a single image, a series of images, or streaming video. The emergency data may be received on a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, through a digital imaging device, such as a digital camera. The emergency data may then be transmitted to a server, wherein the emergency data is stored. The emergency data may be accessed by a 911 dispatcher during a 911 call to review the image data to aid in assessing the emergency recorded in the emergency data. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061663 | DISPOSAL BAG FOR HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A disposal bag intended for a tampon consists of two square sheets welded together only along two adjacent sides of dimension a. The bag can be easily held open with one hand for reception of the tampon and a closed package can be made by tying the free corners of the bag. The disposal bag can be mass produced very easily and in an inexpensive way by two manufacturing methods, according to which a two layer web 2×a which is twice the width of the bag, is welded continuously along the edges ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061664 | CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The disclosure relates to a container and method of manufacturing a manually openable container of a collapsible type for fluid contents, including making a container with a defined compartment from a web of material. A top corner portion of the container is designed to define a product channel and an opening initiation is formed across the product channel, along which opening initiation a tab is to be separated. The opening initiation includes a starting portion, a stop portion and a terminating portion. The starting portion requiring a first separating force, and the terminating portion requiring a second separating force. The distance between the starting portion and the terminating portion forms the stop portion, which requires a third separating force. The third separating force is greater than the first and the second separating force. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061665 | PLEATED STAND-UP PACKAGING POUCH, PLEATED STAND-UP PACKAGING BODY, FEED ROLL FOR PLEATED STAND-UP PACKAGING BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLEATED STAND-UP PACKAGING BODY - The object of the present invention is to provide a pleated stand-up packaging material which is capable of improving a heat seal property on a portion where a rib and a pleat cross at a right angle. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pleated stand-up packaging material which is capable of improving a stability and an esthetic appearance when it is stood up by sharply bending the portion where the rib and the pleat cross at a right angle. In the pleated stand-up packaging pouch comprising a rib in a pinch form which is formed by adhering inner faces of end edges of the packaging material, and at least one pleat which is formed by folding the pleated stand-up packaging material in a three-ply strip form in the orthogonal direction to its longitudinal direction and adhering inner faces of the folded portions, characterized in that the pleat formed on an edge between a folded bottom face portion and a peripheral portion extends from the peripheral portion in the same plane as the peripheral portion, and the bottom face portion and an upper end of an underside face of the pleat form a substantially right angle, and the pleat comprises a cut-off portion at the portion where the pleat and the rib cross. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061666 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF A TOP OPENING RECLOSABLE BAG HAVING A TAPE FORMED RECLOSABLE SEAL - A vertical form, fill and seal machine in conjunction with a product supply apparatus provides a continuous, heat sealable plastic film and zipper tape and provides separate, product filled, reclosable, top opening sealed bags. The apparatus includes a means for supplying the continuous plastic film, a means for supplying zipper tape, a means for sealing the zipper tape sections to the film, a vertical fill tube assembly, a feeding means including a film drive roll upstream, film pull belts adjacent the vertical fill tube, a vertical sealing means for sealing the edges of the continuous film to the edges of the continuous zippered cap strip, a horizontal sealing, perforating, and severing means for severing the plastic tube between the first and second horizontal seals, and a tensioning means for horizontally elongating the flexible plastic tube transverse to its length prior to formation of the horizontal seals. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061667 | AEROSTATIC BEARING ARRANGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED ELECTROSTATIC PRELOADING UNIT, PARTICULARLY FOR VACUUM APPLICATION - A proposed aerostatic bearing arrangement for moving a device on a base structure, particularly in a vacuum environment, has at least one aerostatic bearing element comprising a bearing body having a load-carrying zone and a suction area. An electrostatic preloading unit having at least one electrode is associated with the at least one aerostatic bearing element, and a voltage can be applied to the electrode in such a way that a force component is generated in direction of the surface normal of the bearing body of the aerostatic bearing element. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061668 | HIGH PERFORMANCE THRUST BEARING PAD - An exemplary bearing for a turbocharger includes one or more thrust pads where each thrust pad includes a portion of a conical well; and a through-bore that includes lubricant channels, each channel configured to direct lubricant from the bore to a corresponding conical well of a thrust pad. Other exemplary technologies are also disclosed. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061669 | HOUSING FOR FLUID LUBRICATION BEARING APPARATUSES - A housing for fluid lubrication bearing apparatuses having improved adhesiveness with other components is provided at low costs. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061670 | MOTOR SHAFT SUPPORT DEVICE - A support device for a shaft extension of a motor, the motor including a flange facing and a shaft, the shaft not protruding outward beyond the flange facing. The support device includes a retainer and a bearing. The retainer includes a receiving chamber. The retainer is fastened to the flange facing of the motor. The bearing includes an inner hole. The bearing is received in the receiving chamber of the retainer. A shaft extension is coupled with the shaft of the motor through the inner hole of the bearing. The shaft extension is supported by the retainer and bearing. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061671 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus Incorporated With A Wheel Speed Detecting Apparatus - A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member, inner member and double row rolling elements rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces of the inner and outer members. Seals are mounted in annular openings formed between the outer member and the inner member. An annular sensor holder, a steel base, and a magnetic encoder integrally adhered to the base are coupled with the inner and outer members. A slinger is positioned on the inner ring so that an axial gap is formed between the base and the slinger. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061672 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - A bearing assembly for a shaft or similar that is axially guided with precision in a housing. The shaft is stressed to differing degrees and/or for different periods of time in the two axial directions. The bearing assembly has a single-row angular contact ball bearing and a single-row cylindrical roller bearing. The angular contact ball bearing is designed to receive the greater main axial load that is exerted during operation, whilst the smaller axial force that acts in opposition is absorbed by the cylindrical roller bearing in addition to the radial forces. The quantity of equipment required to absorb the small axial force that in general is only exerted periodically can be kept to a minimum. In addition, a predefined axial play is pre-set in the unit and a defined lateral ring overhang is set between the inner and outer ring. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061673 | RETAINER OF BALL BEARING - In a grease filled bearing for a machine such as a turbo molecular pump that rotates at high speed, objects arc to prevent grease retained in an inner circumferential part of a ball retainer from being forced out to the outside of the bearing due to centrifugal force, thereby achieving extension of the operational life of the bearing, and preventing occurrence of rotational mass unbalance due to the grease forced out. A retainer ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061674 | ROLLING BEARING AND ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS - [Problem] To prevent the generation of wear associated with a relative positional offset between a closure member (a preload member) to which a fluid pressure such as an oil pressure is applied and an outer ring. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061675 | RADIAL ANTI-FRICTION BEARING, PARTICULARLY CYLINDER ROLLER BEARING FOR THE SUPPORT OF SHAFTS IN WIND POWER GEARBOXES - A radial anti-friction bearing, which has an outer and inner bearing race with an inner and outer raceway and cylinder rollers that roll on the raceways between the bearing races and which are held at equal distances to each other in the peripheral direction by a bearing cage. To prevent slip, the cylinder rollers are replaced by hollow rollers, which have a larger outside diameter and lower modulus of elasticity. The dimensions of the bearing races, cylinder rollers and hollow rollers are configured such that both the cylinder and hollow rollers initially have a defined radial bearing clearance in the non-installed state of the radial anti-friction bearing, and the pretension necessary for the continuous drive of the bearing cage is adjusted on the hollow rollers only once the radial anti-friction bearing has been installed, while simultaneously reducing the radial bearing clearance at the cylinder rollers. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061676 | BEARING SYSTEM OR A SEALING SYSTEM USING A CARBON BASED SLIDING MEMBER - An object of the present invention is to provide a bearing system or a sealing system which has excellent durability when used with the purified water as a lubricating liquid. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061677 | FLEXURAL DISC FIBER OPTIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A fiber optic sensor employs at least two flexural discs that are spaced apart from one another along a central axis. A fiber optic coil is affixed to at least one of the flexural discs. A proof mass is disposed between the flexural discs. A first stop member is disposed between the proof mass and one flexural disc. A second stop member is disposed between the proof mass and the other flexural disc. The first and second stop members are sized to provide space between the proof mass and the corresponding flexural disc to allow for normal motion of the flexural discs, while interfering with movement of the flexural discs to prohibit unwanted extreme motion. The fiber optic sensor can be used for OTDR measurements of acceleration for real-time oilfield monitoring applications as well as other fiber-based interferometric measurement applications. A coupling structure preferably couples the outer edges of the flexible disks, the mass being attached to the coupling structure. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061678 | COMPACT FIBER OPTIC SENSORS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A compact, optically double-ended sensor probes with at least one 180° bend provided in the optical fiber in close proximity to a fiber Bragg grating temperature sensor suspends the optical fiber within a casing in such a way that the expansion and contract of the probe casing will not materially influence the temperature reading of the fiber Bragg grating by adding time varying or temperature varying stress components. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061679 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MEMBER, OPTICAL WIRING BOARD, OPTICAL WIRING MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MEMBER AND OPTICAL WIRING BOARD - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an optical waveguide. The inventive method includes steps of providing a transfer member comprising a transfer sheet and a first metal film. The transfer sheet and the first metal film are detachable from each other. A laminated body made of a core layer disposed between two clad layers is formed on the transfer member. The invention also relates to optical waveguides produced by the inventive process and devices incorporating the optical waveguides of the invention. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061680 | RESETTABLE OPTICAL FUSE - A resettable optical energy switching device comprises a waveguide forming an optical path between an input end and an output end, and an optical energy diverting material located in said optical path for diverting optical energy propagation away from said output end when said optical energy exceeds a predetermined threshold. The optical energy diverting material does not divert optical energy propagation away from the output end when the optical energy propagation drops below the predetermined threshold, and thus propagation of optical energy to the output end is automatically resumed when the optical energy drops below the predetermined threshold. In one implementation, the optical energy diverting material comprises a light-absorbing material having an index of refraction that decreases as light is absorbed by the material. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061681 | MULTIPURPOSE FIBER-OPTIC ADAPTER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USING THE SAME - An adapter for receiving an optical fiber connector, such as an SC connector, and methods of manufacturing and using the adapter. In one embodiment, the adapter includes: (1) a fiber socket having cantilevered retaining arms, (2) a shell radially surrounding the fiber socket and (3) a release mechanism extending from without the shell to within the shell, coupled to the cantilevered retaining arms and configured to translate to change a separation of the cantilevered retaining arms. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061682 | Fiber Connector Using Hooking Structure - A fiber connector using a hooking structure includes a fiber connector having a socket and a fastening block disposed inside an upper end of the socket; a fiber positioning piece for inserting in the socket of the fiber connector, the fiber positioning piece having a spring plate extending forwardly from an upper end thereof, and a buckling slot disposed on the spring plate, the buckling slot being provided for the fastening block of the fiber connector to be fastened therein; therefore the hooking structure of the fiber connector is implemented by using these components. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061683 | OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical module includes: an optical device mounting board including a first surface, a second surface on the reverse side, and a light transparent part allowing an emitted light traveling from the first surface to the second surface and a received light traveling in the opposite direction to pass through the transparent part; an optical device mounted on the first surface, which is a light emitting device or a light receiving device; a first terminal mounted on a surface except the first surface of the optical device mounting board; a wiring connecting a second terminal of a component mounted on the first surface including the optical device with the first terminal; and a transmission medium connector connecting a light transmission medium transmitting the emitted light traveling from the second surface to an outside of the optical module or the received light traveling in the opposite direction. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061684 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - A manufacturing method of an optical communication module for manufacturing the optical communication module, including the sequentially performed steps of: (1) mounting a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element on a side surface of a sub-mount substrate and mounting the sub-mount substrate on a printed circuit board such that the light-emitting and -receiving directions of the light-emitting element and light-receiving element are parallel to the printed circuit board; (2) aligning an optical waveguide; and (3) dropping resin solution on an area of the sub-mount substrate including an optical waveguide end and the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element, and curing the resin solution. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical communication module which can be made thin, small and cheap. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061685 | GROUNDING DEVICE FOR ARMORED CABLE - An external grounding arrangement for a fiber access terminal includes a lug extending through a housing of the terminal. The lug is connected to strength members of a fiber optic cable extending to the terminal by a clamp about the cable within the terminal and a rod extending from the clamp to the lug. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061686 | SLEEVE FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CABLES - The invention relates to a sleeve ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061687 | CONSOLE FOR A DISTRIBUTING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CABLES - The invention relates to a console for a distribution device for optical waveguide cables the console ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061688 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES AND METHODS THEREOF - Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide waveguide structures and methods of forming such structures where core and laterally adjacent cladding regions are defined. Some embodiments of the present invention provide waveguide structures where core regions are collectively surrounded by laterally adjacent cladding regions and cladding layers and methods of forming such structures. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061689 | Process for Fabricating Buried Optical Waveguides Using Laser Ablation - The present invention is concerned with a process for fabricating a buried optical waveguide, comprising providing a multi-layer piece of material having a waveguide core layer, generating a laser beam and producing by ablation at least two trenches by applying the laser beam onto the multi-layer piece of material. The two trenches extend through the multi-layer piece of material including the core layer. Upon the ablation, melted material from the multi-layer piece is produced and the core layer is encapsulated between the two trenches with the melted material to produce the buried optical waveguide in the multi-layer piece of material. The present invention also relates to a buried optical waveguide comprising a multi-layer piece of material having a waveguide core layer, at least two trenches laser ablated through the multi-layer piece of material including the core layer and encapsulating material having melted from the multi-layer piece upon laser ablation and leaked to cover and therefore encapsulate the core layer in the at least two trenches to thereby form the buried optical waveguide. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061690 | WATERPROOF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A waterproof communication apparatus comprises a core assembly having at least one seam, configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave; and a seamless enclosure enclosing the core assembly, configured to prevent the ingress of atmospheric moisture through the at least one seam into the inside of the core assembly. In one embodiment, the core assembly and the enclosure are made of metallic materials, and a metallurgical bond is formed between the core assembly and the enclosure. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061691 | HORIZONTAL FIBER OPTIC PATCHING ASSEMBLY - Assemblies and methods are provided for facilitating fiber optic patching. More particularly, the assemblies and methods generally involve mounting fiber optic patch ports arranged along a horizontal plane with respect to a tray. The tray is movably positioned within a cabinet enclosure, e.g., in a pivotal or translational (sliding) relationship, thereby providing easy access to the ports. The horizontal configuration advantageously increases fiber optic patching density within a cabinet structure while maintaining port accessibility. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061692 | MULTIFIBER LOOSE BUFFER RECEIVING ELEMENT FOR A DISTRIBUTING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - The invention relates to a bundle core repository ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061693 | Fiber Optic Splice Tray - A splice tray includes a splice region and a fiber management region to facilitate splicing together two or more fibers. A cover may be pivotally coupled to the splice tray. The splice tray may be pivotally coupled to a second splice trays by coupling the splice tray to the cover of the second splice tray using an attachment assembly to form a splice tray arrangement. An attachment assembly may include one or more protrusions on the cover of the first splice tray that fit within openings and/or channels defined in the second splice tray or vice versa. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061694 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL GAMMA CORRECTION OF DISPLAYS - A method, apparatus and system for visual gamma correction of a display system includes retrieving input gamma information from input content, determining at least one pattern representing luminance of the received content based upon at least the retrieved gamma information, displaying the at least one determined pattern representing the luminance of the received image content and at least one corresponding reference image on the display system, and adjusting the brightness and contrast of the least one reference image on the display system to approach the luminance of a corresponding determined pattern to determine a corrected gamma for the display system. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061695 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING RE-CUSTOMIZABLE MULTI-MEDIA - The present invention is a method and system that facilitates the production of personalized movies. The invention enables the repeated and high-volume generation of unique, customized multi-media (e.g., movies) from a collection of stock media. A production method for creating personalized movies comprises the steps of receiving user-provided media, receiving parameters which define how the user wants the movies to be personalized, and integrating the user-provided media into predefined spatial and temporal portions of stock media utilizing a compositing algorithm to form a composited movie. In addition, the method may also include the step of comparing and rescheduling production tasks along relevant dimensions utilizing an optimization algorithm in accordance with received parameters. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061696 | VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A video recording and playback apparatus which can perform the recording operation and the playback operation without a synchronous conversion circuit is provided, even if recording and playback are asynchronous. An SDI signal containing video content is coded by input processing unit | 2010-03-11 |
20100061697 | MOTION PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A motion picture decoding device for decoding encoded motion pictures on a plurality of channels and synthesizing and reproducing the resultant images on the same screen, includes a decoder ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061698 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AN AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SEQUENCE, A REPRODUCING DEVICE AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - The present invention refers to a method for reproducing an audio and/or video sequence, as well as a reproducing device and reproducing apparatus that make use of the method; the method reproduces an audio and/or video sequence by means of a decoder (D | 2010-03-11 |
20100061699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING CONTENT - A content transmitting method including: generating additional information regarding content including audio/video (A/V) data for multi-angle viewing, wherein the additional information is to be used to record the content; and transmitting the content and the additional information. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061700 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Under a device use environment in which a plurality of video-signal formats are present together, an operation of a video signal on a medium is performed in accordance with a proper video-signal format. In a UIAppInfo within a basic file of a loaded medium, reading is performed to detect which is set to 1, Is60 or Is50, and it is determined whether the read video-signal format matches a video-signal format supported by a target apparatus. In a case in which they match, use of the medium such as recording or playback is started; however, in a case in which they do not match, the use of the medium is not performed. The recording of streams of different video-signal formats is not performed on the same medium, the recording being a recording operation that is not allowed by AVCHD. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061701 | CV TAG VIDEO IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LAYER GENERATING AND SELECTION FUNCTIONS - Under an internet environment, video images of actual roads, stores or the like are distributed, an arbitrary tag can be attached to the video images or information can be written in them and further a plurality of layers are set to the video images in the same area. An administrator device ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100061702 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A playback device generates a virtual package in response to a construction request made by an application. After the virtual package is thus generated, a virtual file system | 2010-03-11 |
20100061703 | PERSONNEL FIELD DEVICE FOR PROCESS CONTROL AND OTHER SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHOD - An apparatus includes an image recorder configured to record video images. The apparatus also includes a display screen configured to present the video images to a user and to create notations overlying one or more of the video images based on user input. The apparatus further includes a transceiver configured to stream the video images over a wireless mesh network and to transmit data associated with the notations over the wireless mesh network. The apparatus could also include components for providing cryptographic keys to wireless nodes joining the wireless mesh network, a sensor for detecting or measuring one or more characteristics, and/or an asset tracker for transmitting or receive signals for identifying a location of the apparatus. The apparatus could further include at least one voice unit supporting bidirectional voice communications and/or a site survey unit for identifying signal strengths associated with detected wireless nodes. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061704 | Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing the recording medium - In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving management information associated with the audiovisual data. The management information includes link information, an indicator, and reference information. The method further includes identifying whether or not a set of additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in a stream including at least a portion of the management information using the indicator. The additional data describes the audiovisual data. Also, the indicator includes one of a first indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data exists in the stream and a second indicator value indicating that the set of the additional data associated with the audiovisual data does not exist in the stream. The audiovisual data and the set of the additional data are retrieved using the link information referencing the set of the additional data and the reference information being assigned to the audiovisual data, and the audiovisual data and the associated additional data are reproduced. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061705 | Recording medium and method and apparatus for reproducing text subtitle stream recorded on the recording medium - The computer readable medium stores an executable data structure for managing reproduction of text by a reproducing apparatus. The data structure includes at least one text subtitle stream having a style segment and at least one presentation segment. The style segment defines a group of region styles, and the presentation segment contains at least one region of text. The region of text is linked to a selected one of the group of region styles defined in the style segment by an identifier. The style segment and the at least one presentation segment are encapsulated into respective PES packets. The presentation segment contains a continuous presentation flag indicating whether continuous presentation is required for the presentation segment with a previous presentation segment. A presentation start time of the presentation segment is equal to presentation end time of the previous presentation segment when continuous presentation is required for the presentation segment with the previous presentation segment. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061706 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2010-03-11 |
20100061707 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - In a high speed image capturing state, a camera signal processing circuit is not needed to perform a signal process at a high screen rate, but at a regular screen rate. In the high speed image capturing mode, raw data of 240 fps received from an image sensor | 2010-03-11 |
20100061708 | SERVER-BASED PROGRAM RECORDING SCHEDULING - A DVR sends, over the Internet, to a server, information that indicates a set of programs. The information also may indicate a ranking of the programs in the set relative to each other. In response to receiving the information from the DVR, the server determines a “to do” list of programs that the DVR should record as those programs are broadcasted in the future. The “to do” list indicates recording times and channels for each program. The server sends the “to do” list back to the DVR over the Internet. The DVR receives the “to do” list over the Internet and stores the “to do” list. As the programs on the “to do” list are broadcasted, the DVR automatically records those programs at the list-specified times and on the list-specified channels. The DVR stores those programs on the DVR's hard disk drive for later viewing by the DVR user. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061709 | Ad Menu for skipped advertisements - A method of operation of a personal video recorder (PVR) involves receiving and storing a plurality of commercial advertisements forming a part of a stream of program content at the PVR; receiving and storing metadata associated with the plurality of commercial advertisements at the PVR; storing an index to the one or more commercial advertisements at the PVR; ascertaining that the end of the stream of program content has been reached; as a result of the ascertaining, using the stored index to retrieve metadata associated with the one or more commercial advertisements; building a menu of commercial advertisements from the retrieved metadata for the advertisements; generating a signal that displays the menu to the user and provides the user with an option of viewing the commercials; if the user chooses not to view the commercials, ceasing to generate the signal that displays the menu; if the user chooses to view a commercial, then receiving a selection of a commercial advertisement that the user wishes to view; and retrieving the commercial advertisement for viewing by the user. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061710 | Fuel gas conditioning system with cross heat exchanger and scissor baffles - A feed gas conditioner. | 2010-03-11 |
20100061711 | Mount System For Attaching Camera To A Sport Board - A camera mount is configured to attach a camera to a sports board. A camera is secured to the mount, which is secured to a sports board. The mount can secure to the sports board via an attachment device such as an embedded plug. The mount can be placed at the front or rear of the sports board. Furthermore, the mount can be configured to face either forwards or backwards to capture images and/or video from different viewpoints while participating in the board activity. Moreover, the mount includes a pivoting joint to allow a user to rotate the camera either upward or downward and then secure the camera at a fixed angle to capture images and/or video from different angles. | 2010-03-11 |