11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
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20140072230 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device for identifying a characteristic of an eye from a face image comprising: a first differentiation unit configured to differentiate an eye region in a crosswise direction of the eye to obtain a first luminance gradient; a first edge extraction unit configured to extract a first and a second edge points; a voting unit configured to vote for an ellipse; a pupil outline identification unit configured to identify an ellipse expressing a pupil outline; a second differentiation unit configured to obtain a second luminance gradient by differentiating in a vertical direction; a second edge extraction unit configured to extract a third edge point; a curve identification unit configured to identify a curve that fits to the third edge point as a curve expressing an eyelid outline; and a pupil region identification unit configured to identify a pupil region based on the identified ellipse and the identified curve. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072231 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING OF IMAGES - In accordance with an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprises extracting a set of image features from a first image and a corresponding set of image features from a second image. A first transformation matrix and a second transformation matrix are computed between the first image and the second image based on a matching of the set of image features in the first image with the corresponding set of image features in the second image. A first set of feature points is determined based on the first transformation matrix, and a second set of feature points based on the second transformation matrix. A transformation matrix is estimated between the first set of feature points and the second set of feature points. The second image is aligned with the first image based on the transformation matrix. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072232 | SUPER-RESOLUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO IMAGE - A super-resolution method and apparatus for a video image are disclosed. The method includes performing super-resolution processing based on fuzzy motion estimation by integral multiple times on an original low-resolution video image, to obtain an intermediate high-resolution video image. When resolution of the intermediate high-resolution video image is different from resolution of a target high-resolution video image, a non-integral multiple between the resolution of the target high-resolution video image and the resolution of the intermediate high-resolution video image is calculated. Super-resolution processing based on interpolation by the non-integral is performed multiple times on the intermediate high-resolution video image, to obtain the target high-resolution video image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072233 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A PREDICTED LOCATION OF AN OBJECT IN A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - Embodiments of the present invention characterizing the uncertainty of the orbital state of an Earth-orbiting space object hereof using a Gauss von Mises probability density function defined on the n+1 dimensional cylindrical manifold | 2014-03-13 |
20140072234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF HEAD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A computer implemented method and an apparatus for estimating head position of an individual are described. The method includes cropping an image object in an image. The image object may include a visual representation of a head of at least one individual. The method further includes abstracting one or more features from the image object. Subsequently,
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20140072235 | INTERACTIVE VISUAL ADVERTISEMENT SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing an interactive visual advertisement service as described herein. For example, in one embodiment, such means may include means for transmitting a message for display on an electronic visual display device in which the message includes a requested action to be performed by a user; means for receiving a sequence of electronic images of a performed action having been performed by the user subsequent to transmitting the message for display; means for evaluating the sequence of electronic images of the performed action by the user to determine whether the performed action by the user substantially matches the requested action of the message; and means for transmitting a notification for display on the electronic visual display device when the performed action by the user substantially matches the requested action of the message. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072236 | System, Method and Article of Manufacture for Decompressing Digital Camera Sensor Data - A system, method, and article of manufacture for decompressing a bit stream of compressed data representing a plurality of image blocks. A plurality of bits of compressed input data relating to AC codes are retrieved from the bit stream and a first decoding operation executed to generate first output data. If sufficient space for the first output data exists, the first output data is outputted. Otherwise, a second decoding operation generates second output data. The first decoding operation includes performing a look-up in a look-up table based on the input data. A pointer is retrieved from a data segment that corresponds to the input data and a routine corresponding to the retrieved pointer is executed. The payload of the data segment is processed in the executed routine to generate the first output data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072237 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING CODING UNIT OF PICTURE BOUNDARY - A method and apparatus for encoding an image is provided. An image coding unit, including a region that deviates from a boundary of a current picture, is divided to obtain a coding unit having a smaller size than the size of the image coding unit, and encoding is performed only in a region that does not deviate from the boundary of the current picture. A method and apparatus for decoding an image encoded by the method and apparatus for encoding an image is also provided. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072239 | Image Compression Using Sub-Resolution Images - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for image compression and decompression using sub-resolution images are disclosed. Compressing of images includes, determining a plurality of entropy code sets based upon statistically similar regions in the input image, generating one or more sub-resolution images including a first sub-resolution image comprising the plurality of entropy code sets, encoding the input image using the generated one or more sub-resolution images to control one or more compression parameters including an entropy code, and outputting the encoded input image and the generated one or more sub-resolution images as a compressed entropy coded image file. Decompressing of images include, decomposing an image file to access the encoded compressed input image and respective sub-resolution images for each of a plurality of compression parameters, and decoding the encoded compressed input image using the respective sub-resolution images to control each of the plurality of compression parameters. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING AN IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INVERSE CONVERTING AN IMAGE - An image transformation method substitutes element based on a trigonometric function included in a discrete cosine transform (DCT) matrix with a rational number, performs upscaling and transformation process on an input signal using the substituted DCT matrix based on a maximum value of a denominator of an intermediate value generated in the transformation process, and performs downscaling on the transformed signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072241 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a correlation value map generation unit configured to generate a correlation value map by setting a target block, having a predetermined size and including a plurality of pixels, on a target image, and obtaining correlation values with a plurality of reference blocks corresponding to a target block set on a reference image different from the target image. The image processing apparatus also includes a detection unit configured to detect deviation between a reference block having a maximum correlation with the target block from the correlation value map, and the target block, as a motion vector of the target block, and a reliability evaluation unit configured to evaluate reliability of the motion vector by evaluating whether a distribution of correlation values whose correlation are local maximum is linear from the correlation value map. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072242 | METHOD FOR INCREASING IMAGE RESOLUTION - A method for resizing an input digital image to provide a high-resolution output digital image having a larger number of image pixels. The input image pixels in the input digital image are analyzed and assigned to different pixel classifications. A plurality of pixel generation processes are provided, each pixel generation process being associated with a different pixel classification and being adapted to operate on a neighborhood of input image pixels around a particular input image pixel to provide a plurality of output image pixels. Each input image pixel is processed using a pixel generation process that is selected in accordance with the corresponding pixel classification to produce the high-resolution output digital image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072243 | Method and system for image processing - The disclosure provides a method for image processing, including: loading and decrypting an image file to obtain an original image, and saving the original image; shrinking the original image to obtain a pending image with a preset resolution, and saving the pending image; editing the pending image and previewing the pending image in real time; and editing the original image after the real-time previewing. The disclosure also provides a system for image processing. the disclosure can increase efficiency of real-time preview at the time of image editing. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072244 | IMAGE PROCESSING AND RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing and recording system and an image processing and recording method thereof are provided. An image processing and recording system includes a recording module, an access module, and an identification module. The recording module stores an image which includes N image blocks, and the N image blocks compose M image tiles. The identification module performs an image recognition procedure to identify a predetermined feature of the N image blocks picked up by the access module and generates N identification results. Each result includes an address of the tile in the image corresponding to the K | 2014-03-13 |
20140072245 | STRETCH BLOW-MOLDED OR THERMOFORMED POUCH AND A METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH POUCH - A stretch blow-molded or thermoformed pouch ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072246 | SUSPENSIBLE CONTAINER BAG ASSEMBLY - The suspensible container bag assembly contains at least a main strip and at least a container bag. Each main strip has a suspension means on a top end and a number of fastening strips along its length. Each fastening strip has a first fastening section and a second fastening section that can be adhered to or detached from each other. Slots are configured on a side's outer surface of the container bag. A fastening strip runs through a slot and has its first and second fastening sections adhered to each other. The suspension means allows the assembly to hang reliably on a door, a wall, etc. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072247 | Gusseted Pouches - A pouch can include a first wall, a second wall, and a lower gusset that extends from each of the first and second walls. The pouch can further include an upper gusset that extends from at least the first wall. The pouch can further include a seal region at an upper end of the pouch. The seal region can be opened to yield an opening through which the contents of the pouch can be accessed. The opening can be at least partially defined by the upper gusset and/or the upper gusset can define a pocket that can maintain external debris therein as the opening is expanded. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072248 | SELF-OPENING AND SELF-CLOSING SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A self-opening and self-closing slide assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a movable unit, a hooking member and a contact member. The movable unit is installed to the first rail and includes a movable member, a first resilient member and a second resilient member. The second rail is installed between the first and third rails. The hooking member and the contact member are connected to the third rail. When the third rail is pushed, the hooking member is disengaged from the movable member. The second rail extends relative to the first rail by the force from the first resilient member. When the third rail is retracted relative to the first rail, the hooking member is connected to the movable member and the second resilient member applies a force the movable member to retract the third rail relative to the first rail. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072249 | METHODS OF OPERATING BEARING APPARATUSES - In an embodiment, a bearing apparatus comprises a first bearing assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements each of which includes a first bearing surface. The bearing apparatus further includes a second bearing assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements each of which includes a second bearing surface oriented to engage the first bearing surfaces of the first bearing assembly during operation. At least one of the second bearing elements may be circumferentially spaced from an adjacent one of the second bearing elements by a lateral spacing greater than a lateral dimension of the at least one of the second bearing elements. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072250 | BEARING ASSEMBLY, FAN, AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A SHAFT - A bearing assembly includes a bearing formed to at least radially guide a shaft, a seat for the bearing, an annular gap around the bearing between the bearing and the seat that allows the bearing to undergo a movement perpendicular to an axis of the bearing, a magnetorheological fluid in the gap and a magnetic field source configured to subject the magnetorheological fluid to a magnetic field. Also, a method of controlling a strength of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field source to control a viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid and affect an operating condition of the bearing assembly. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072251 | CAGELESS BEARINGS FOR USE WITH MECHANICAL DEVICES - A rotational assembly includes a mating surface and an interlocking surface disposed in driving engagement with a cooperable interlocking member of a driving mechanism. A plurality of receptors is defined in the mating surface. A bearing element is received in each of the plurality of receptors for reducing frictional interaction between the mating surface of the rotational assembly and a complimentary mating surface of an interacting component. A retainer is defined in the mating surface at each of the receptors providing rotational retention of each of the bearing elements within its corresponding receptor. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072252 | Bearing Device and Manufactuing Method Thereof - A bearing device includes a first bearing element and at least one second bearing element that is movably supported relative to the first bearing element and at least one seal unit that includes at least one attachment element that plays a role in attaching at least one seal element of the seal unit to the first bearing element. The attachment element includes at least a part of an antilock braking system (ABS) ring. The ABS ring may include through openings and be usable with a sensor that senses a magnetic field generated by the ABS ring. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072253 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT WITH A BACK-UP BEARING, IN PARTICULAR FOR MOUNTING THE RAPIDLY ROTATING SHAFT OF A COMPRESSOR - A bearing arrangement for the rotatable mounting of a shaft ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072254 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A BACKUP BEARING - A bearing arrangement for mounting a shaft on a connection structure, the arrangement including a housing ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072255 | CAGELESS BEARINGS FOR USE WITH MECHANICAL DEVICES - A rotational assembly includes a mating surface and an interlocking surface disposed in driving engagement with a cooperable interlocking member of a driving mechanism. A plurality of receptors is defined in the mating surface. A bearing element is received in each of the plurality of receptors for reducing frictional interaction between the mating surface of the rotational assembly and a complementary mating surface of an interacting component. A retainer is defined in the mating surface at each of the receptors providing rotational retention of each of the bearing elements within its corresponding receptor. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072256 | THRUST BEARING - The invention is for an outer ring which has a flange formed with engaging hooks for assembly with a retainer. An object is to prevent the outer ring from catching each another in manufacturing steps. A thrust bearing includes an outer ring which has a flange provided with radially inward-protruding engaging hooks. Each engaging hook has an amount of protrusion which is not greater than a height of the flange tip edge of a hypothetical outer ring. This arrangement prevents any of the engaging hooks of the outer ring from being caught by the flange of another outer ring. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072257 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE OPTICAL SWITCH - A wavelength selective optical switch includes a light input/output unit having a plurality of input/output ports, a polarization plane-independent wavelength dispersion element that splits incident light input from the optical input/output unit into spatially different angles for each wavelength, and synthesizes emergent light from different directions and outputs the light to the optical input/output unit, a condenser element that condenses the light split by the wavelength splitting element, a polarization splitter that splits incident light incident via the condenser element according to a polarization component to result in first and second light beams, aligns a polarization direction by rotating a polarization direction of one of the beams, and synthesizes the incident light by rotating one polarization direction of the emergent light of the same wavelength among the first and second reflected light beams, and a space phase modulation element. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072258 | Illumination Techniques for Optically Activated Solid State Switch - Techniques are presented for illuminating an optically activated switch. The switch is illuminated from one side with a high reflector on the opposing side. An anti-reflective coating can also be formed on the side from which the illumination is incident. For more uniform illumination, a homogenizer, such as a micro-lens array, can be used. Illumination can be provided from an array of micro-fibers, which can be set back by a few millimeters from the switch. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072259 | Use of Light Pipes for Illuminations of Optically Activated Solid State Switches - Techniques are presented for illuminating an optically activated switch. The switch is illuminated from one side with a high reflector on the opposing side. An anti-reflective coating can also be formed on the side from which the illumination is incident. For more uniform illumination, a homogenizer, such as a micro-lens array, can be used. Illumination can be provided from an array of micro-fibers, which can be set back by a few millimeters from the switch. In another set of example, a light pipe arrangement can be used to provide the illumination. The light pipe structure can also act as a beam splitter. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072260 | Optical Multiplexer/Demultiplexer - An apparatus for optical spectrometry utilizes a simplified construction, reducing the number of independent optical elements needed while providing a sizeable dispersed spectrum. The apparatus provides a spectral intensity distribution of an input source wherein individual spectral components in the source can be measured and, in some embodiments, can be manipulated or filtered. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072261 | DOCKING STATIONS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLIES HAVING A MAGNETIC OPTICAL CONNECTION - Docking stations, electronic devices, fiber optic cable assemblies, and display devices incorporating optical connections including a magnetic coupling portion are disclosed. One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a docking station for an electronic device having a major surface. The docking station includes a mating surface operable to contact a major surface of an electronic device, and an optical connection disposed in the mating surface. The optical connection includes an optical interface portion and a magnetic coupling portion positioned adjacent to the optical interface portion. Another embodiment of the disclosure relates to an electronic device including a major surface having a cavity, and an optical connection disposed in the cavity. The optical connection includes an optical interface portion and a magnetic coupling portion positioned adjacent to the optical interface portion. The optical interface portion is offset from the major surface. Display devices are also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072262 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes, for example, an optical fiber that guides light, a first holding member that holds the optical fiber, an optical element that functions by the light guided by the optical fiber being irradiated, and a second holding member that holds the optical element. The optical device further includes an optically coupled member elastically deformed by one end portion of the first holding member and one end portion of the second holding member being inserted to optically couple the optical fiber and the optical element by being elastically deformed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072263 | OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER HAVING VERTICAL WINGS - An optical fiber adapter includes an adapter body defining multiple first accommodation chambers and second accommodation chambers in opposing first mating portion and second mating portion thereof, a partition wall disposed between the first accommodation chambers and the second accommodation chambers, coupling portions respectively extended from the partition wall into the first accommodation chamber and the second accommodation chamber and two wings respectively vertically extended from opposing top and bottom sides of the partition wall, and ferrules respectively mounted in the coupling portions for guiding the optical fiber cores of each two respective optical fiber connectors into abutment for transmitting an optical signal. Subject to the design of the wings, a large number of optical fiber adapters can be closely mounted in a device housing having a limited width and height. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072264 | DELIVERY OF GPON TECHNOLOGY - A wall-mountable outlet comprising an enclosure and a faceplate mechanically coupled to the enclosure. An optical network terminal (ONT) is provided in the enclosure. In one example embodiment, the ONT comprises an optical-electrical (O-E) data module, and the O-E data module comprises an O-E converter. The O-E data module can further comprise a switch arranged to selectively couple at least one signal with the O-E converter. The O-E data module further can comprise a Passive Optical Network (PON) controller interposed between the O-E converter and the switch. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072265 | MANUFACTURING AND USING FERRULE-LESS MULTI-FIBER CONNECTORS - A connection system includes an optical connector assembly; and an optical plug. The connector assembly includes a stack of gel-groove assemblies and a spring assembly mounted within a housing. Each of the gel-groove assemblies includes a first gel block at a first axial end, a second gel block at a second axial end, and a fiber mating region between the first and second gel blocks. The optical plug including sub-modules over-molded over arrays (e.g., ribbons) of the optical fibers. Each sub-module defines notches for receiving latches of the spring assembly when the optical plug is coupled to the first axial end of the optical adapter. Bare optical fibers extend from the plug, pass through the first axial gel block, and enter the fiber mating region when the plug is coupled to the adapter. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072266 | CABLE SEALING DEVICE HAVING AUTONOMOUS SEAL CONTAINMENT - The present disclosure relates to a cable sealing device ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072267 | Planar Waveguide Prism Lens - An optical waveguide system includes a substrate, a cladding layer arranged on the substrate, a core layer arranged on the cladding layer, and a lens-prism patterned in the core material, the lens-prism comprising a Fresnel lens portion, and a Fresnel prism portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072268 | Planar Waveguide Prism Lens - An optical waveguide system includes a substrate, a cladding layer arranged on the substrate, a core layer arranged on the cladding layer, a lens patterned in the core material, and a prism patterned in the core material, the prism arranged adjacent to the lens. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072269 | MANAGED CONNECTIVITY IN FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A fiber optic connector arrangement includes a printed circuit board coupled to a connector housing. The printed circuit board includes a memory storage device that is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the fiber optic connector arrangement. The printed circuit board also defines contacts that are electrically coupled to the memory storage device to enable the physical layer information to be read from the memory storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one adapter assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface. The connector assembly also may include a tactile pressure sensor. The adapter assembly defines at least a first port and a second port that are configured to connect optical fibers of two connector arrangements. One or more connector assemblies can be mounted to a fiber panel system. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072270 | Systems, Methods, and Software for Mobile Video Display and Management - A system, method, and software for mobile video display and management includes acquiring a plurality of streams of video data from a plurality of cameras. The plurality of streams of video data are stored and plurality of selected streams of video data that includes at least one stream of recorded video data and at least one stream of live video data are presented in a graphical user interface of a remote device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072271 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - The present technique relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, a reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, a program, and a recording reproduction apparatus capable of providing an apparatus at a reproduction side with information about multiple cameras used for image capturing. A recording apparatus according to an aspect of the present technique, including an encoding unit that encodes an image captured by a first camera and an image captured by a second camera according to H.264/MPEG-4 MVC, and records, as SEI of each picture constituting Non-base view video stream, the SEI including at least one of information about an optical axis interval of the first camera and the second camera, information about a convergence angle, and information about a focal length, and a recording control unit that records, to a recording medium, Base view video stream and the Non-base view video stream recorded with the SEI. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072272 | Method and system for generating data for controlling a system for rendering at least one signal - A method of generating data for controlling a rendering system ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072273 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVICE OUTPUT CAPTURE - A method, systems, and apparatuses for high definition video capture are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving digital audio/video data from a device. The digital audio/video may include a preview (e.g., video trailer) of an application (e.g., game application, collaborative application, music application, mobile application, etc.) demonstrating the features and capabilities of the application on a display of the device. The device (e.g., mobile device, tablet device) may broadcast a digital audio-video signal for mirroring, or may require unlocking and installation of a module that enables mirroring with an alternative operating system. This digital audio-video data may be encrypted. The method further includes decrypting the encrypted digital audio/video data and converting this data into audio/video data (e.g., analog audio/video data). The method further includes sending the audio/video data to a recording unit that enables a data processing system to record the audio/video data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072274 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an example imaging apparatus including a display section, an attitude of the imaging apparatus at a time of image taking is stored so as to be associated with the taken image. In reproducing the taken image on the display section, the taken image is displayed on the basis of the attitude at the time of image taking and a current attitude of the imaging apparatus. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072275 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, RECORDING CONTROL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a display control device including a related content acquisition unit that acquires related content that relates to predetermined video content, and a display controller that applies control to display the related content after the predetermined video content is recorded. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072276 | System and Method of Recording Media Content - A method includes receiving a first data stream including first media content. The first data stream corresponds to a first channel. The method further includes detecting a channel change request from the first channel to a second channel. The method also includes storing user history data at a media device. The user history data indicates a portion of the first media content that had been received when the channel change request was detected. The method includes providing, to a display device, second media content of a received second data stream corresponding to the second channel. The method further includes, in response to detecting a second channel change request to return to the first channel, providing to a display device, the first media content of the first data stream beginning from a location of the first media content indicated by the user history data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072277 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CALENDAR INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an acquisition module acquires additional information to be related to a calendar. A processing module creates an information calendar obtained by correlating the additional information with a calendar. A display controller outputs the information calendar to display the information calendar. An operation instruction module gives an instruction to operate based on the additional information of the information calendar. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072278 | GPS/VIDEO DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR USE IN A GPS/VIDEO DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a GPS and/or video data communication system, a data communication method, and devices for use in a GPS and/or video data communication system, in particular to a data communication method comprising the following steps: (a) providing image data ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072279 | INTERESTING SECTION IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, INTERESTING SECTION IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND INTERESTING SECTION IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM - An interesting section identification device includes an object detection unit that detect an object included in a frame extracted from a video, a motion feature value extraction unit that calculates a motion feature value of the object, a distinctiveness calculation unit that calculates a degree of distinctiveness in terms of motion of the object with respect to the frame, and an interesting section identification unit that identifies an interesting section in the video with use of respective calculated degrees of distinctiveness of successive frames. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072280 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD - To more flexibly reproduce moving image data obtained by capturing a plurality of frames within the period of a single frame of display output while changing the exposure condition. For example, moving image data, which has been obtained by capturing a plurality of frames within the period of a single frame of display output while changing the exposure condition, is stored in a recording portion. When the moving image data is reproduced from the recording portion, a single frame is selected and output by a reproduced frame selecting portion for each period of a single frame of display output. If a user operation instructing to make the displayed image darker, in response to this user operation, a frame having an exposure condition of underexposure is selected and output from the moving image data to be reproduced from the recording portion for each period of a single frame of display output. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072281 | VIDEO EDITING METHOD AND DIGITAL DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for editing the playback speed of a partial sequence of video and a digital device therefor are disclosed. A video editing method includes providing a timeline interface corresponding to a video sequence, receiving a first user input for specifying a first location on the timeline interface and a second user input for specifying a second location on the timeline interface, setting an editing interval between the first location and the second location of the timeline interface, receiving a third user input with respect to the editing interval, adjusting at least one of the thickness and length of the editing interval in response to the third user input, and editing playback attributes of the partial sequence based on the adjusted thickness and length of the editing interval. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072282 | VIDEO EDITING METHOD AND DIGITAL DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for editing the playback speed of a partial sequence of video and a digital device therefor are disclosed. A video editing method includes providing a timeline interface corresponding to a video sequence, receiving a first user input for specifying a first location on the timeline interface and a second user input for specifying a second location on the timeline interface, setting an editing interval between the first location and the second location of the timeline interface, receiving a third user input with respect to the editing interval, adjusting at least one of the thickness and length of the editing interval in response to the third user input, and editing playback attributes of the partial sequence based on the adjusted thickness and length of the editing interval. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072283 | VIDEO EDITING METHOD AND DIGITAL DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for editing the playback speed of a partial sequence of video and a digital device therefor are disclosed. A video editing method includes providing a timeline interface corresponding to a video sequence, receiving a first user input for specifying a first location on the timeline interface and a second user input for specifying a second location on the timeline interface, setting an editing interval between the first location and the second location of the timeline interface, receiving a third user input with respect to the editing interval, adjusting at least one of the thickness and length of the editing interval in response to the third user input, and editing playback attributes of the partial sequence based on the adjusted thickness and length of the editing interval. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072284 | TECHNIQUES FOR INDEXING VIDEO FILES - In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a processor circuit and a keyframe indexing module that is operative on the processor circuit to map sensor data from a first sensor to a set of video data, where the sensor data and video data correspond to an event. The keyframe indexing module may be further operative on the processor circuit to identify one or more key portions of the set of sensor data, index the one or more key portions to respective mapped one or more video frames of the video data, and generate a first keyframe index to identify the one or more video frames. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072285 | Media Summarization - Techniques for summarizing media are described. A viewer-interaction analyzer receives a media file containing media, the media file including a plurality of segments. A segment of the media file is scored based on interactions of a set of raters. Viewer metrics on the segment of the media file are measured based on interactions with the segment of the media file by a set of viewers. A set of feature vectors are formed based on the measured viewer interactions, where feature vectors in the set of feature vectors are based on interactions of the set of viewers. A model is trained based on the set of feature vectors and the score assigned to the segment of the media file. The model is applied to segments of the media file to generate an interest rating for segments of the media file. An edited media file is generated based on segments of the media file having interest ratings that meet a criterion. The Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072286 | AROMA-DIFFUSING HEATING DEVICE USING A REPLACEABLE AROMA CAPSULE AND THE AROMA CAPSULE - An aroma-diffusing heating device includes a heating base, and an aroma capsule detachably accommodated in the heating base and heatable by the heating base to give off fragrance. The aroma capsule includes a heat-transfer container defining a top opening, an aromatic substance held in the heat-transfer container, and a breathing film bonded to the heat-transfer container in the top opening of the heat-transfer container. The breathing film has open spaces defined therein. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072287 | BOTTLE WARMING DEVICE - The bottle warming device of the present invention includes a housing, a heating element disposed in the housing, and a basket receivable in the housing. The basket is movable between a first position in which a bottom of the basket is positioned a first distance from a top of the housing, and a second position in which the bottom of the basket is positioned a second distance from the top of the housing, the first distance being greater than the second distance. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072288 | FLUID HEATING APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A low leakage current fluid heater and systems and methods thereof. The fluid heater has a configuration whereby a heating element is isolated from a fluid channel so as to leak into fluid passing through the channel an allowed amount of leakage current. Fluid passing through the fluid heater can be heated to a desired temperature. A controller can provide control signals to driver the fluid heater to the desired temperature and maintain the temperature at the desired temperature. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072289 | CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed herein is camera module including: a lens barrel; an auto-focusing actuator; and a handshake compensating actuator, wherein the auto-focusing actuator and the handshake compensating actuator include a common magnet for actuating auto-focusing and handshake compensation, an auto-focusing corner magnet, a coil for auto-focusing, and a coil for handshake compensation, one surface of the common magnet for actuating auto-focusing and handshake compensation and the auto-focusing corner magnet face the coil for auto-focusing and the other surface of the common magnet for actuating auto-focusing and handshake compensation faces the coil for handshake compensation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072290 | FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE - There is provided a focus detection device including a phase difference acquisition unit that calculates an amount of deviation between light-reception amount distributions of a pair of light-receiving element groups arranged in a predetermined direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction as a phase difference, a conversion coefficient correction unit that corrects a conversion coefficient, representing a ratio of an amount of focus deviation in the optical axis direction to the phase difference when shapes of the light-reception amount distributions are same, according to a degree of discrepancy between the shapes of the light-reception amount distributions, and a defocus amount generation unit that generates the amount of focus deviation as an amount of defocus based on the corrected conversion coefficient and the phase difference. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072291 | SHOCK-ABSORBING MECHANISM FOR MOVABLE MIRROR OF CAMERA - A movable mirror shock-absorbing mechanism of a camera is provided and includes a movable mirror rotatable between a viewfinder light-guiding position and a retracted position, a first shock-absorbing member which comes into contact with, and is pressed and moved by, the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates between the retracted position and the viewfinder light-guiding position, and a second shock-absorbing member which supports the first shock-absorbing member in a manner to allow the first shock-absorbing member to move relative to the second shock-absorbing member, and when the movable mirror rotates, firstly the second shock-absorbing member moves the first shock-absorbing member solely in a pressing-moving direction in which the first shock-absorbing member is pressed and moved by the movable mirror, and subsequently the second shock-absorbing member is moved with the first shock-absorbing member in the pressing-moving direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072292 | SHOCK-ABSORBING MECHANISM FOR MOVABLE MIRROR OF CAMERA - A movable mirror shock-absorbing mechanism of a camera is provided and includes a movable mirror rotatable between a viewfinder light-guiding position and a retracted position, a first shock-absorbing member which comes into contact with, and is pressed and moved by, the movable mirror to absorb shock of the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates between the viewfinder light-guiding position and the retracted position, and a second shock-absorbing member to absorb shock of the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates in the opposite. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072293 | OPTICAL APPARATUS ACCESSORY AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The optical apparatus accessory includes multiple terminal faces arranged in a direction of a relative movement for attachment to an optical apparatus and allowed to make contact with multiple terminal pins provided in the optical apparatus, and electric insulation portions provided between each two adjacent terminal faces. The multiple terminal faces are arranged at a same height, each of the electric insulation portions includes two adjacent-to-terminal potions respectively adjacent to the two adjacent terminal faces and a convex portion provided between the two adjacent-to-terminal potions and having a higher height than that of the two adjacent-to-terminal potions. The two adjacent-to-terminal potions have a height same as or lower than that of the terminal faces, and the convex portion has a height same as or higher than that of the terminal faces. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072294 | DIAL SWITCH - There is provided a dial switch including a first dial freely rotatable in a rotational direction throughout an entire circumference of the first dial, a second dial freely rotatable about the same rotational center as the first dial in the rotational direction throughout the entire circumference, and a non-contact sensor that detects a rotation position and a rotational direction of at least one of the first dial and the second dial. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072295 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - In a normal operation, line cards LCm | 2014-03-13 |
20140072296 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL LAYER MONITORING IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A method and a system for physical layer monitoring in Passive Optical Networks. The system comprises: —a light source ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072297 | OPTICAL FIBER LOOPBACK ADAPTER - A passive optical fiber loopback adapter includes a first transmission port, a second transmission port, a first reception port, and a second reception port. A non-switched optical device is connected to each of the ports. The non-switched optical device routes light signals from the first transmission port to an appropriate port, based on the wavelength of the light signal. For example, a transmission light signal having a first wavelength is routed automatically to the second transmission port. A test light signal having a second wavelength different than the first wavelength is routed automatically to the second reception port. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072298 | RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF, SELF-OPTIMIZING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A radio frequency signal transceiving method and device thereof are proposed. The method is configured for a radio equipment controller (REC) of a radio frequency signal transceiving device to exchange radio signals between a plurality of Baseband Units (BBUs) and a plurality of Radio Equipments (REs) that respectively connected to a plurality of Remote Radio Units (RRUs), and the method includes but not limited to the step of: receiving a first radio downlink signal at least, generating a first downlink control signal, modulating the first radio downlink signal at least into a first analog downlink signal at a first frequency according to the first downlink control signal, multiplexing the first analog downlink signal and the first downlink control signal into an integrated analog downlink signal, converting the integrated analog downlink signal into an optical downlink signal, and transmitting the optical downlink signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072299 | HYBRID DATA TRANSPORT FOR A VIRTUALIZED DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - A system for data transport in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) includes a plurality of remote Digital Access Units (DAUs) located at a Remote location. The plurality of remote DAUs are coupled to each other and operable to transport digital signals between the plurality of remote DAUs. The system also includes a plurality of central hubs. Each of the plurality of central hubs is in communication with one of the remote DAUs using an electrical communications path. The system further includes a plurality of transmit/receive cells. Each of the plurality of transmit/receive cells includes a plurality of remote hubs. Each of the remote hubs in one of the plurality of transmit/receive cells is in communication with one of the plurality of central hubs using an optical communications path. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072300 | NETWORK DEVICE OF OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING POWER OF OPTICAL SIGNALS - A network device of an optical network terminal (ONT) includes an optical communication interface, an input interface, a memory and a processor. Wherein the optical communication interface transmits optical signals with adjusted transmission power; the input interface is used to input a distance; the memory stores a plurality of distances, and a plurality of databases respectively correspond to the distances; the processor electrically connects to the optical communication interface, input interface and the memory, and is used to access the database in the memory corresponding to the inputted distance, and then adjust the transmission power of the optical communication interface according to the content in the database. In addition, a method of adjusting the power of optical signals is further provided in this invention. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072301 | Minimizing Bandwidth Narrowing Penalities in a Wavelength Selective Switch Optical Network - This invention relates to provisioning wavelength-selective switches and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers to minimize the bandwidth narrowing effect from the optical filters. Novel architectures and methods are disclosed that can significantly reduce bandwidth-narrowing on channels in a reconfigurable WDM network where a large number of optical filter elements are cascaded. Instead of blocking unused channels as in the prior art, unused channels are selectively provisioned depending on the state of their adjacent channels. Unused adjacent channels of an active channel are provisioned to follow the same path as the active channels. As each channels is deployed, the channel frequency is selected so as to minimize bandwidth narrowing. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072302 | OPTICAL SWITCH - An optical switch includes light input/output ports, each having a port group of inputting/outputting a light, an optical path manipulation unit having optical path switching units of switching an optical path of a light from an input port in the port group to an optical path toward an output port in the same port group according to each of the light input/output ports, and a condenser lens condensing light from the light input/output ports on the optical path switching units corresponding to the port groups and optically-couples the light input/output ports with the optical path manipulation unit. The input/output optical paths of the light input/output ports with respect to the condenser lens are parallel to each other between the ports in the same port group and are unparallel to each other between the ports in the different port groups as seen from a direction perpendicular to a port arrangement direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072303 | ULTRA DENSE WDM WITH AGILE AND FLEXIBLE DSP ADD-DROP - A system, e.g. for optical communication, includes an I-Q modulator and a transmission signal processor. The I-Q modulator is configured to modulate a first light source in response to first I and Q modulation signals. The transmission signal processor is configured to receive a data stream including data corresponding to a first data subchannel. The processor maps the data subchannel to an optical transmission subchannel and outputs the first I and Q modulation signals. The I and Q modulation signals modulate the light source to produce an optical transmission signal that includes wavelength components corresponding to the optical transmission subchannel. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072304 | Ethernet Passive Optical Network Over Coaxial (EPoC) Physical Layer Link and Auto-Negotiation - A PHY auto-negotiation and link up procedure for Ethernet Passive Optical Network Over Coax (EPOC) is provided. The procedure is compliant with the Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) standard and can be used to bring an EPOC network to user traffic readiness. In addition, the procedure, or a variation thereof, can be used to enable periodic maintenance of the coaxial link of the EPOC network, thereby maintaining adequate communication conditions. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072305 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION OVER A SINGLE OPTICAL FIBER - Gigabit Ethernet connectivity is realized using off-the-shelf GIGABIT INTERFACE CONVERTER transceivers, wave division multiplexer/demultiplexers, and a single optical fiber. Simultaneous and bi-directional optical communication over a single optical fiber connecting two or more nodes is achieved by using at least one GIGABIT INTERFACE CONVERTER transceiver having at least one optical signal output and an optical signal input that are of different wavelengths from each other. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072306 | OPTICAL SERVICE CHANNEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OVER HIGH LOSS LINKS - Optical service channel (OSC) systems and methods over high loss links are described utilizing redundant telemetry channels. A first telemetry channel provides a low bandwidth communication channel used when Raman amplification is unavailable on a high loss link for supporting a subset of operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) communication. A second telemetry channel provides a high bandwidth communication channel for when Raman amplification is available to support full OAM&P communication. The first and second telemetry operate cooperatively ensuring nodal OAM&P communication over high loss links (e.g., 50 dB) regardless of operational status of Raman amplification. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072307 | Channel Estimation for Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Systems - An apparatus comprising an optical receiver configured to receive a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexed (OFDM) symbols comprising a first OFDM symbol and a second OFDM symbol, and a processor coupled to the optical receiver and configured to generate a first decoded signal based on the first OFDM symbol, estimate a plurality of channel parameters adaptively based on the first decoded signal, generate a second decoded signal based on the second OFDM symbol, wherein the second decoded signal is generated using the plurality of channel parameters, and wherein phase recovery is performed on the first OFDM symbol using a number of pilot subcarriers prior to generating the first decoded signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072308 | Circuit Architecture and System for Implantable Multi-Function and Multi-Analyte Biosensing Device - An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072309 | INFRA-RED REPEATER IN POWER CENTERS - A combined electrical power conditioner and IR controller that provides a single point for communications with a Remote and connects with the various components of a video or audio system which is configured to respond to IR signals. The apparatus receives and routes IR signals either serially or in parallel to the system components through IR capable cables. The apparatus may be equipped with an RF to IR converter for an RF capable remote controller. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072310 | Lighting device and receiver - There is provided a method and corresponding lighting device ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072311 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT - This invention relates to an optoelectronic component which has the following: an optical component which emits optical signals to an input/output end face of a light guide and/or receives optical signals and converts them into electronic signals, a component carrier located on the optical component, and a housing part which surrounds the optical component and which has coupling means which form optical coupling means and mechanical coupling means (alignment means), the optical coupling means routing the optical signals coming from the optical component to the input end face of the light guide and/or routing the optical beams emerging from the input/output end face of the light guide to the optical component, the mechanical alignment means aligning the light guide with respect to the optical component for efficient signal transmission. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072312 | DOCK FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A dock for receiving a portable electronic device. The dock includes a housing comprising an aperture in a recess for receiving and supporting the portable electronic device, and a communication assembly disposed in the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The communication assembly includes a dock optical transceiver disposed in the aperture for aligning with a device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is disposed in the recess, and magnets coupled to the optical transceiver for aligning with complementary magnets of the portable electronic device to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the portable electronic device with the dock and to facilitate alignment of the dock optical transceiver with the device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is engaged with the dock. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072313 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A first clock modulator branches a light beam, varies a phase difference of the resulting light beams according to a first clock, and causes interference of the light beams. A second clock modulator branches a light beam from the first clock modulator and synchronized with the first clock, varies a phase difference of the resulting light beams according to a second clock, and causes interference of the light beams. A third clock modulator branches a light beam from the first clock modulator and inversely synchronized with the first clock, varies a phase difference of the resulting light beams according to a third clock, and causes interference of the light beams. The second clock and the first clock have identical cycles and differing phases. The third clock and the second clock have phases that differ by a 1/2 cycle. Four data modulators modulate the light beams from the clock modulators. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072314 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a first cartridge configured to contain developer of a first color; a second cartridge configured to contain developer of a second color; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the image forming apparatus to: indicate the necessity to replace the first cartridge by using at least information based on a first use amount and information based on a number of printed sheets; and indicate the necessity to replace the second cartridge by using at least information based on a second use amount without using the information based on the number of printed sheets. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072315 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms toner images based on image data on first image carriers; a second image carrier, on which the toner images formed on the first image carriers are transferred; a second image forming unit that transfers the toner images transferred on the second image carrier onto a transfer medium; a test pattern generating unit that generates a test pattern group with a predetermine length in a moving direction of the second image carrier; and an adjusting unit that determines a method to adjust an image formation condition for the first image forming unit using the test pattern group, based on a relationship between the predetermined length and a length of an image area, in which a print image based on the image data is formed, in a sub-scanning direction corresponding to the moving direction of the second image carrier. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072316 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE CORRECTION UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes: at least one first image carrier configured to carry an electrostatic latent image thereon; an image writing unit; a second image carrier configured to move along a transfer position facing to the at least one first image carrier; a first transfer unit provided opposite to the at least one first image carrier; a second transfer unit configured to transfer the subject image to a transfer material; a test pattern detection unit configured to detect the test pattern image; a control unit configured to correct an image forming condition of the subject image based on a result from the detection of the test pattern image, wherein the test pattern image is provided on the second transfer unit at an area being out of the image forming area and being at the same range as the subject image in a scanning direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072317 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms a pattern image for image quality adjustment on an image carrier; a detection unit that detects the pattern image for the image quality adjustment; an image quality adjustment control unit that controls an image quality adjustment process in accordance with a result of detection of the detection unit; a reception unit that receives a color mode selected from among a plurality of kinds of color modes; and a calculation unit that calculates a total pattern length so that a total length of the pattern image for the image quality adjustment in a sub-scanning direction is equal in any of the color modes, wherein the image forming unit forms the pattern image for the image quality adjustment so that the total length of the pattern image for the image quality adjustment is equal to the calculated total pattern length. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072318 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit configured to form a latent image by irradiating a charged photosensitive member with light, and a control unit configured to cause the exposure unit to expose an image portion to which toner of the photosensitive member is to be adhered by a first exposure amount, and expose a non-image portion to which the toner of the photosensitive member is not to be adhered by a second exposure amount which is smaller than the first exposure amount. The control unit corrects the preset second exposure amount based on information about a difference between the charging voltage output from the charging unit and a predetermined charging voltage and/or information about a difference between the developing voltage output from the developing unit and a predetermined developing voltage. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072319 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: a developer image formation section configured to form plural developer images whose colors are different from each other; a transfer device configured to transfer the plural developer images onto a medium while superimposing the developer images on each other, thereby to form a multi-color developer image on the medium; and a memory configured to store information on priority color settings including plural priority colors and transfer orders of the plural developer images which are predetermined for the respective priority colors. When one of the priority colors is selected, the image formation apparatus transfers the plural developer images sequentially in the transfer order for the priority color setting of the selected priority color. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072320 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device which heats a heating object through induction heating by using a plurality of coils includes a plurality of coil drivers that drive the plurality of coils respectively, a drive circuit that controls ON/OFF states of a plurality of switching elements simultaneously to control the drive of the plurality of coil drivers, a control unit that controls a voltage supplied to each of the plurality of coils in accordance with the control of the ON/OFF states of the plurality of switching elements by the drive circuit, and a plurality of voltage control circuits that individually change the voltages supplied to the plurality of coils in accordance with the voltage control of the control unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072321 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus having a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a printing medium, it is necessary to control a fixing temperature with high precision according to the content of an image. An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes: an input unit configured to input image data; and a controlling unit configured to control the fixing temperature of the fixing unit based on a size of a continuous region of pixels whose pixel values are equal to or larger than a predetermined pixel value in the image data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a mode setting section configured to set an operation mode in a manner that the image forming apparatus is operated in an erasing mode if an erasing operation is instructed, a supplying section configured to supply a medium on which the image formation is completed, and which is set in an designated or specified receiving section, a decoloring section configured to decolor the color of the formed image by carrying the medium to a heating section that includes at least heating and decoloring function, and a return section configured to return the operation mode to a predetermined mode except for the erasing mode from the erasing mode, when the last medium on which the image formation is completed and which is set in the receiving section is decolored. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072323 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a first power state of an image forming apparatus in which a first power supply unit supplies power to a network I/F but does not supply power to a central processing unit (CPU), if a received packet is a first type packet, a power supply control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to a second power state in which the first power supply unit supplies power to the CPU but the second power supply unit does not supply power to the image forming unit. If the received packet is a second type packet, the power supply control unit shifts the image forming apparatus to a third power state in which the first power supply unit supplies power to the CPU and the second power supply unit supplies power to the image forming unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072324 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A guide path branched downward from a conveyance path for guiding a sheet having a toner image fixed thereon to a sheet discharge tray, a switchback path, and a inversed discharge path guide the sheet once, and then guide the sheet to the sheet discharge tray with its front and back surfaces and its leading and trailing edges in a sheet conveyance direction reversed. A fan supplies air between a sheet discharged by a sheet discharge roller and a sheet already discharged onto the sheet discharge tray from a supply opening provided below the sheet discharge roller. A control portion for controlling a blowing operation of the fan selectively operates the fan when discharging the sheet after passing the sheet through the guide path, the switchback path, and the inversed discharge path. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072325 | ROTARY CAM APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ADOPTING THE SAME - A rotary cam apparatus including an operation member including a contact portion is provided. The rotary cam includes a cam profile contacting the contact portion to move the operation member, and an elastic member applying an elastic force to the operation member in a direction in which the contact portion contacts the cam profile. The cam profile includes a first cam line separated by a first distance from a rotating center of the rotary cam, a second cam line separated by a shorter second distance from the rotating center, a first conversion line connected to the first cam line from the second cam line, and a second conversion line connected to the second cam line from the first cam line including one or more straight connection lines separated by a distance greater than the second distance and less than the first distance from the rotating center. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072326 | UNIT, CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit usable with an image forming apparatus includes a cleaning blade, supported by a frame and including a free end contactable to an image bearing drum, for removing a developer from the drum; a first seal provided between the frame and the blade by injection molding into the frame adjacent to a longitudinal end portion of the blade, the first seal being effective to prevent developer leakage; and a second seal provided between the drum and the frame in contact with the free end of the blade adjacent to the longitudinal end portion, wherein the first seal includes a seal portion contacting the blade, and a seat supporting the second seal, the seat being deformable to move the second seal to urge the second seal to the free end of the blade when the drum is mounted to the frame. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072327 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND UNIT - A developing device includes first and second frames; a developer carrying member; an end portion seal, provided in the first frame, for sealing between an end portion and the first frame to prevent leakage; a sheet, provided in the second frame in contact with the developer carrying member along the rotation axial direction of the developer carrying member; a filler filling a space defined by the first and second frames, the end portion seal and the sheet at a connecting portion where the end portion seal and the sheet contact each other; and a projected portion provided in the first frame and projected into the space, the projected portion is spaced from the second frame, the end portion seal in the rotation axial direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072328 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing device configured to prevent a leakage of developer through a gap between a frame and a longitudinal end of a developer supply roller, includes an elastic bush member, a groove to which the bush member is attached and including an opening to allow an end of the developer supply roller to pass through a seating surface when the developer supply roller is mounted on the groove in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, an abutment portion for regulating movement of the bush member in the longitudinal direction, and a bearing member configured to rotatably support an end of the developer supply roller and compress, in the longitudinal direction, the bush member sandwiched between the abutment portion and the bearing member and bias the bush member against an inner wall of the groove. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072329 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT - A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer includes: a flexible container, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of the developer, for accommodating the developer; and a frame. The flexible container is provided with a fastening hole for fastening said flexible container in said frame. The frame includes a fixing shaft portion fixed in the fastening hole by being inserted into the fastening hole and includes a retaining portion for preventing the fixing shaft portion from being disengaged from the fastening hole. The fastening hole is locked by fitting the fastening hole around the fixing shaft portion while an edge of the fastening hole rides over the retaining portion by elastic deformation thereof. | 2014-03-13 |