11th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120063653 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A TARGET ANALYTE IN A TEST SPOT - An apparatus and method for imaging metallic nanoparticles is provided. Preferably, the invention provides for an apparatus and method for detection of gold colloid particles and for accurate reporting to the operator. The apparatus includes a substrate holder for holding the substrate, a processor and memory device, an imaging module, an illumination module, a power module, an input module, and an output module. The apparatus may have a stationary substrate holder and imaging module which are proximate to one another. The apparatus provided for a compact sized system without the need for complex motorized devices to move the camera across the substrate. Further, the apparatus and method provide for automatic detection of the spots/wells on the substrate, automatic quantification of the spots on the substrate, and automatic interpretation of the spots based on decision statistics. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063654 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ART THERAPY - An art therapy computer system and a computer-readable storage medium having recorded a program for art therapy are disclosed. An aspect of the present invention provides a computer system that includes a drawing module, which presents a plurality of patterns and in which the drawing module selects a certain pattern, composes and colors a picture according to the working of a person tested for art therapy, an analysis module, which analyzes one or more factors from the colored picture, and a parsing module, which parses the psychological state, symptoms or disorders of the person tested for art therapy from the analyzed factors. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063655 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING AN IMPLANT - A computer implemented method for determining the 3-dimensional shape of an implant to be implanted into a subject includes obtaining a computer readable image including a defective portion and a non-defective portion of tissue in the subject, superimposing on the image a shape to span the defective portion, and determining the 3-dimensional shape of the implant based on the shape that spans the defective portion. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063656 | EFFICIENT MAPPING OF TISSUE PROPERTIES FROM UNREGISTERED DATA WITH LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO - Image processing methods are described that include segmenting boundaries of a region of interest (ROI) and identifying one or more control points, in each of multiple images of the same object, region, or location. The coordinates of each image are transformed from image coordinates into a coordinate frame relative to the control point or points. Image data is resampled and filtered and/or averaged. One or more material properties can be calculated from the resampled and filtered image data and then displayed. Alignment of unregistered image data of multiple images of the same object, region, or location is provided. Applications are described for medical imaging. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063657 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIDE-EFFECT PROGNOSIS AND MONITORING - A method for radiotherapy monitoring is provided. The method comprises calculation of treatment-guiding indices of side-effects based on processing image derived descriptors and measurement values of selected disease specific biomarkers and optionally questionnaire data. A computer program product is also provided. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063658 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON ACCELERATED METHOD USING POLAR SYMMETRIES - An image reconstruction system and method based on image projection data collected by an imaging system having N tubes of response (TORs) having N | 2012-03-15 |
20120063659 | EXACT LOCAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY BASED ON COMPRESSIVE SAMPLING - A system and method for tomographic image reconstruction using truncated projection data that allows exact interior reconstruction (interior tomography) of a region of interest (ROI) based on the known sparsity models of the ROI, thereby improving image quality while reducing radiation dosage. In addition, the method includes parallel interior tomography using multiple sources beamed at multiple angles through an ROI and that enables higher temporal resolution. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063660 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention an image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprises, layer candidate detection means for detecting layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram, artifact region determination means for determining an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates, and image correction means for correcting intensities in the artifact region based on a determination result of the artifact region determination means and image features in the region. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063661 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided in which overlap of a displayed ultrasonic image and displayed diagnostic data can be avoided without imposing the burden of complicated operations on the operator. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063662 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a low-frequency band component and a high-frequency band component from a radiation image formed by passing through a subject, a contrast enhancement processing unit configured to perform a contrast enhancement process to the extracted low-frequency band component, a detail enhancement processing unit configured to perform a detail enhancement process to the extracted high-frequency band component, a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image resulting from performing the contrast enhancement process and an image resulting from performing the detail enhancement process, and a generation unit configured to reconstruct the synthesized image and generate a diagnosis image. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063663 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus includes a vessel running data generating unit, a lesion site detecting unit, a vessel dominant region data generating unit, a lesion site dominant region data generating unit, and a diagnostic image data generating unit. The vessel running data generating unit generates vessel running data of a vessel. The lesion site detecting unit detects positional information of a lesion site in the vessel. The vessel dominant region data generating unit generates vessel dominant region data indicating a region dominated by the vessel in a region provided with nutrition. The lesion site dominant region data generating unit generates lesion site dominant region data indicating a region dominated by the lesion site in the region provided with nutrition. The diagnostic image data generating unit generates diagnostic image data by superimposing the vessel dominant region data and the lesion site dominant region data on morphological image data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063664 | INERTIAL PARTICLE FOCUSING FLOW CYTOMETER - A flow cytometry system includes an inertial particle focusing device including a plurality of substantially parallel microchannels formed in a substrate, each microchannel having a width to height ratio in the range of 2:3 to 1:4, an analyzer disposed adjacent the inertial particle focusing device such that the analyzer is configured to detect a characteristic of particles in the inertial particle focusing device, and a controller connected to the analyzer and configured to direct the detection of the characteristic of the particles. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE IMAGING OF BLOOD PERFUSION IN LIVING TISSUE - Embodiments provide methods and systems for imaging, and, more specifically, to a method and apparatus for quantitative imaging of blood perfusion in living tissue. Some embodiments are directed to methods of obtaining quantitative imaging of blood perfusion in living tissues using Doppler optical micro-angiography (DOMAG). | 2012-03-15 |
20120063666 | Method For Determining The Registration Of A Structure On A Photomask And Apparatus To Perform The Method - A method for determining a registration error of a feature on a mask, including providing a first aerial image that was captured by means of a position measuring device and includes at least the feature, simulating, from pattern specifications of the mask, a second aerial image that includes at least the feature, taking into account at least one effect that causes distortion of the first aerial image, and determining the registration error of the feature as the distance of the position of the feature in the first aerial image from the position of the feature in the second aerial image. Also provided is a method for simulating an aerial image from pattern specifications of a mask and a position measuring device for carrying out the method. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063667 | MASK DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, in a method for inspecting a defect of an exposure mask, using an optical system which acquires a dark-field image, an arbitrary partial region where a uniform dark-field image is obtained on the mask is allocated at a defocus position to acquire an image. A detection threshold is decided using signal intensities of the acquired image and an area ratio between a desired inspection region and the partial region, so that a signal count indicating signal intensities greater than the detection threshold in the inspection region is less than a target false detection count. The mask is allocated in a just-in-focus position to acquire an image of the inspection region. A signal having a signal intensity of the acquired image, which indicates an intensity greater than the detection threshold, is determined as a defect. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063668 | Spatial accuracy assessment of digital mapping imagery - The present invention defines a quantitative measure for expressing the spatial (geometric) accuracy of a single optical geo-referenced image. Further, a quality control (QC) method for assessing that measure is developed. The assessment is done on individual images (not stereo models), namely, an image of interest is compared with automatically selected image from a geo-referenced image database of known spatial accuracy. The selection is based on the developed selection criterion entitled “generalized proximity criterion” (GPC). The assessment is done by computation of spatial dissimilarity between N pairs of line-of-sight rays emanating from conjugate pixels on the two images. This innovation is sought to be employed in any optical system (stills, video, push-broom, etc), but its primary application is aimed at validating photogrammetric triangulation blocks that are based on small (<10 MPixels) and medium (<50 MPixels) collection systems of narrow and dynamic field of view together with certifying the respective collection systems. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063669 | Automatic Convergence of Stereoscopic Images Based on Disparity Maps - A method for automatic convergence of stereoscopic images is provided that includes receiving a stereoscopic image, generating a disparity map comprising a plurality of blocks for the stereoscopic image, clustering the plurality of blocks into a plurality of clusters based on disparities of the blocks, selecting a cluster of the plurality of clusters with a smallest disparity as a foreground cluster, determining a first shift amount and a first shift direction and a second shift amount and a second shift direction based on the smallest disparity, and shifting a left image in the stereoscopic image in the first shift direction by the first shift amount and a right image in the stereoscopic image in the second shift direction by the second shift amount, wherein the smallest disparity is reduced. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063670 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND 3D IMAGE COMPOSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for composing 3D images thereof are disclosed. The method for composing 3D images of a mobile terminal includes: selecting a background image as a reference from an image buffer; adjusting a convergence point of the selected background image; extracting an object image to be composed to the background image; displaying guidance information indicating a position at which the object image can be composed to the background image; and composing the object image to the background image according to the guidance information. Thus, when 3D images, each having a different convergence, are composed, the convergence point of a background image is adjusted and guidance information indicating a position at which an object image is to be composed is provided, thereby conveniently and accurately composing the 3D images. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063671 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images captured in time series; a first calculating unit configured to calculate a first change vector indicating a change between the images in an angle representing a posture of a subject included in each of the images; a second calculating unit configured to calculate a second change vector indicating a change in coordinates of a feature point of the subject; a third calculating unit configured to calculate an intervector angle between the first change vector and the second change vector; and a determining unit configured to determine that the subject is three-dimensional when the intervector angle is smaller than a predetermined first threshold. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063672 | 3D GEOMETRIC MODELING AND MOTION CAPTURE USING BOTH SINGLE AND DUAL IMAGING - A method and apparatus for obtaining an image to determine a three dimensional shape of a stationary or moving object using a bi dimensional coded light pattern having a plurality of distinct identifiable feature types. The coded light pattern is projected on the object such that each of the identifiable feature types appears at most once on predefined sections of distinguishable epipolar lines. An image of the object is captured and the reflected feature types are extracted along with their location on known epipolar lines in the captured image. Displacements of the reflected feature types along their epipolar lines from reference coordinates thereupon determine corresponding three dimensional coordinates in space and thus a 3D mapping or model of the shape of the object at any point in time. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE OBJECT DESCRIPTOR USING EXTENDED CURVATURE GABOR FILTER - A method and apparatus to generate an object descriptor using extended curvature gabor filters. The method and apparatus may increase a recognition rate of even a relatively small image with use of an extended number of curvature gabor filters having controllable curvatures and may reduce the amount of calculation required for face recognition by performing the face recognition using only some of the extended curvature gabor filters which have a great effect on the recognition rate. The object descriptor generating method includes extracting gabor features from an input object image by applying a plurality of curvature gabor filters, generated via combination of a plurality of curvatures and a plurality of Gaussian magnitudes, to the object image, and generating an object descriptor for object recognition by projecting the extracted features onto a predetermined base vector. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063674 | PATTERN RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR CONFIGURED TO RECOGNIZE OBJECT AND ANOTHER LOWER-ORDER OBJECT - In a pattern recognition apparatus, a characteristic amount calculation unit calculates a characteristic amount for recognizing a desired object from a partial image clipped from an input pattern, a likelihood calculation unit calculates a likelihood of an object as a recognition target from the characteristic amount calculated by the characteristic amount calculation unit by referring to an object dictionary, and an object determination unit determines whether the partial image is the object as the recognition target based on the likelihood of the object calculated by the likelihood calculation unit. The likelihood calculation unit calculates the likelihood of the object as the recognition target from the characteristic amount calculated by the characteristic amount calculation unit by referring to a specific object dictionary. The object determination unit determines whether the partial image is a specific object as the recognition target from the likelihood of the object calculated by the likelihood calculation unit. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063675 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC COLORING OF DIGITAL IMAGES - Methods and systems for coloring media are described. A first sequence of images at a first resolution is received, wherein the first sequence of images includes images with color information. A second sequence of images is received. Optionally, image registration is performed for a plurality of images in the first sequence with respect to the second sequence and/or for a plurality of images in the second sequence with respect to the first sequence. A color analysis is performed using (optionally aligned) images from the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images, and the results are used to color the second sequence of images. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063676 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE WITH A LOGO - A two-dimensional code with a logo, wherein a two-dimensional code that represents information by means of a cell dot distribution pattern formed by having a plurality of cells colored and a logo mark visually representing characters are superimposed. In a preferred embodiment, at least a part of the cell dot color area is smaller than the cell area while the two-dimensional code that represents the information by means of the cell dot distribution pattern that color codes the cells and the logo mark that visually represents the character are superimposed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063677 | Detecting Redeye Defects in Digital Images - A method for detecting a redeye defect in a digital image containing an eye comprises converting the digital image into an intensity image, and segmenting the intensity image into segments each having a local intensity maximum. Separately, the original digital image is thresholded to identify regions of relatively high intensity and a size falling within a predetermined range. Of these, a region is selected having substantially the highest average intensity, and those segments from the segmentation of the intensity image whose maxima are located in the selected region are identified. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063678 | GEOMETRIC IMAGE COMPRESSION - An exemplary geometric image compression method includes identifying an image having a plurality of pixels, and iteratively obtaining largest geometric shapes by using corresponding reference points until all pixels of the image are processed. Each geometric shape includes at least a substantial portion of pixels with color values corresponding to a color value of a corresponding reference point. The method further includes generating, for each obtained geometric shape, identifying information including data indicative of a color value of the corresponding reference point or the average of the color values of at least the substantial portion of pixels within the geometric shape, data indicative of a location of the geometric shape, and data indicative of a size of the geometric shape, and storing compressed image data comprising identifying information of each obtained geometric shape. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063679 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PIXEL OUTLIERS - A method for identifying singleton outlier pixels in a selected color space in a digital image including a plurality of pixels, includes for each 3×3 patch of pixels in the image, calculating the diameter of the 3×3 patch of pixels. For each pixel in the patch, the distance to its nearest neighbor pixel within the patch is computed, as measured in the selected color space. The computed distance from each pixel in the patch is compared to its nearest neighbor with a threshold that is a preselected fraction of the diameter. A center pixel in the patch is identified as an outlier pixel if its calculated distance to its nearest neighbor is the largest distance to a nearest neighbor and exceeds the threshold. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063680 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR CREATING MULTIPLE LAYERS FROM AN IMAGE - A method for creating a plurality of layer images from an input image is provided. The method includes analyzing an input image for color content to detect at least one dominant color in the image and for shape recognition to detect at least one object in the image. The method also includes generating a concentric grid for the input image based on the color content analysis and the shape recognition for a depth calculation of the input image. The concentric grid includes a center point, a plurality of lines that radiate from the center point, and a plurality of concentric circles that expand at a spatial distance in the input image. The concentric circles divide the input image into a plurality of sections, each of which represents an equal spatial depth. The method further includes generating a plurality of layer images using at least two of the plurality of sections. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063681 | MINIMAL ARTIFACT IMAGE SEQUENCE DEPTH ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Motion picture scenes to be colorized/depth enhanced (2D->3D) are broken into separate elements, backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined into composite frame which becomes a visual reference database that includes data for all frame offsets used later for the computer controlled application of masks within a sequence of frames. Masks are applied to subsequent frames of motion objects based on various differentiating image processing methods, including automated mask fitting/reshaping. Colors and/or depths are automatically applied to masks throughout a scene from the composite background and to motion objects. Areas never exposed by motion or foreground objects in a series of images may be partially or fully realistically drawn or rendered and applied to the occluded areas of the background and then automatically applied throughout the images to generate of minimal artifact or artifact-free secondary viewpoints when translating foreground objects horizontally during 2D->3D conversion. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063682 | METHOD OF DEMOSAICING A DIGITAL RAW IMAGE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND GRAPHICS OR IMAGER CIRCUIT - A method of demosaicing a digital raw image in the form of a matrix of pixels, each dedicated to a single color among several predetermined colors from color filters, includes obtaining a color digital image of the same resolution as the raw image and in which each pixel results from corresponding pixels in a luminance image and in chrominance images reconstructed from the raw image, transformation of the raw image by applying local convolution kernels to its pixels, taking into account neighboring pixels of different colors, to obtain an image of low frequency coefficients using a low frequency local kernel and images of high frequency coefficients using high frequency local kernels; reconstruction of the luminance image using at least the image of low frequency coefficients; reconstruction of the chrominance images using the images of high frequency coefficients. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063683 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit, a setting unit, and a determining unit. The separating unit separates an image into types of partial images other than a specific type, which is likely to be erroneously separated. The setting unit makes setting designating whether or not predetermined two types of partial images of the separated partial images are to be easily determined to be partial images of the specific type. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one of the predetermined two types of the partial images is the partial image of the specific type or not based upon the setting. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE FORM FILLING - Systems and methods for interactive, user-driven detection, creation and completion of form fields in a digital document are provided. A document with form fields that require completion by a user is received, after which form fields are detected at the direction of the user. Once the user selects a possible form field, the system creates the appropriate fillable form field based on size, type, location, related text and other parameters of the form field and surrounding document. Additional levels of interaction include predictive text, pattern development and automatic completion of previously completed fields. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063685 | Method for image reframing - The invention relates to a method for reframing an image according to at least one predefined reframing method to obtain a reframed image for which the format ratio is equal to a target format ratio. The method comprises the following steps for: analyzing the image, selecting the predefined reframing method in a set of at least two reframing methods according to the result of the analysis step, and reframing said image using the selected reframing method. The invention also relates to a device for reframing an image. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063686 | COMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS - A first aspect of the invention relates to a method for creating a binary mask image from an a inputted digital image of a scanned document, comprising the steps of creating a binarized image by binarizing the inputted digital image, detecting first text regions representing light text on a dark background, and inverting the first text regions, such that the inverted first text regions are interpretable in the same way as dark text on a light background. A second aspect of the invention relates to a method for comparing in a binary image a first pixel blob with a second pixel blob to determine whether they represent matching symbols, comprising the steps of detecting a line in one blob not present in the other and/or determining if one of the blobs represents an italicized symbol where the other does not. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE COMPRISING CHARACTERS - Method and apparatus for processing an image including a character are disclosed. The method may include: searching in a set of characters one or more characters having highest similarities of shape to a character in the set of characters, hereinafter the character being referred to as a first character, the one or more searched characters forming a similar character list of the first character; searching in the set of characters one or more characters having highest similarities of shape to each character in the similar character list of the first character, to form a similar character list of each character in the similar character list of the first character; and selecting in the similar character lists one or more characters having a high mutual similarity between each other, as a character cluster. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063688 | IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM, DATABASE CREATION METHOD, AND DATABASE CREATION PROGRAM - An image search apparatus capable of communicating with an image scanning apparatus includes: a common area extraction portion to compare a plurality of registration images stored in the storage portion and to extract a common area including an identical or similar image among a plurality of registration images; a search area determination portion to determine a non-common area excluding the common area, as a search area; a transmission request portion to request transmission of a document image if, as a result of comparison by the comparison portion, a registration image in which the reference image is identical or similar to the partial image does not exist in the plurality of registration images; and a registration portion to, in response to a request by the transmission request portion, store a document image received from the image scanning apparatus as a registration image into the storage portion. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063689 | OBJECT RECOGNITION IN AN IMAGE - A method of identifying an object in an image includes selecting a portion of a target image of a target object, selecting a corresponding window portion of a reference image of a reference object from at least one reference image of at least one reference object, the position of the window portion within the reference image corresponding to the position of the portion of the target image within the target image, generating a reference set including a plurality of different portions of the reference image from within the window portion, determining a weighted combination of the plurality of different portions from the reference set approximating the portion of the target image, and determining whether the target object matches the reference object based on the weighted combination. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063690 | Object-Based Optical Character Recognition Pre-Processing Algorithm - A method of pre-processing a defocused image of an object includes applying an object-based sharpening filter on the defocused image to produce a sharper image; and quantizing the sharper image using block-wise quantization. A system for generating decoded text data from alphanumeric information printed upon an object includes a camera that obtains image data of the alphanumeric information. The system also includes a pre-processor that (a) performs block-wise quantization of the image data to form conditioned image data, and (b) performs optical character recognition on the conditioned image data to generate the decoded text data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063691 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DATA COMPRESSION WITH ADAPTIVE FILTERING IN THE TRANSFORM DOMAIN - Methods and devices for encoding and decoding data using adaptive transform domain filtering are described. The encoder determines a set of transform domain filter coefficients to be applied to a transform domain prediction. The filtering may, in some cases, also apply to quantized transform domain coefficients. Rate-distortion optimization may be used to determine the optimal filter coefficients on a frame-based, coding-unit-basis, or other basis. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTILAYER PICTURE ENCODING/DECODING - Provided is a multilayer picture encoding/decoding apparatus and method for reducing a dynamic range of residual pictures occurring in enhancement layers. The multilayer picture encoding method includes performing format down-conversion on an input picture, and generating a lower layer bitstream by encoding the format down-converted input picture; performing format up-conversion by adaptively or selectively applying a 1-dimensional (1-D) prediction filter to a picture of the lower layer depending on whether a lower layer prediction flag is set or not; and calculating a residual picture between the input picture and the format up-converted picture, and generating an enhancement bitstream by encoding the calculated residual picture. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063693 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A decoding apparatus ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063694 | Methods and Systems for Estimation of Compression Noise - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for determining the compression noise present in an image or frame in a video sequence. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063695 | METHODS FOR ENCODING A DIGITAL PICTURE, ENCODERS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - In one embodiment, a method for encoding a digital picture of a sequence of digital pictures is provided, the digital picture comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of pixels is associated at least partially with a first group of pixels and the plurality of pixels or a plurality of pixels of another digital picture is associated at least partially with at least one second group of pixels. The method comprises determining, for the second group of pixels, a second group of pixels coding mode, determining, for the first group of pixels, based on the second group of pixels coding mode, a first group of pixels coding mode, and encoding the digital picture using the first group of pixels coding mode for the first group of pixels. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063696 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND SERVER IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for encoding images receives a specified type of an image request from a terminal device, obtains encoded images from a storage device of the server directly upon the condition that the image request has been processed. The method further adds a task into a coder of the server to process the image request upon the condition that the image request has not been processed, encodes captured images by the coder according to the image request, stores the encoded images and the corresponding specified type of the image request in the storage device, and outputs the encoded images to the terminal device. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063697 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method and an image processing apparatus, the method including: generating a blurry image by using a maximum telephoto image among N (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) live view images; generating an alpha map by using two or more images of the N live view images; and generating a soft focus image by combining the maximum telephoto image and the blurry image by using the alpha map. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063698 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROJECTOR, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing system includes a determination unit that determines a distortion state of a projected image, and a correction unit. The correction unit determines a shape of the image after distortion correction according to the distortion state, moves the determined shape in a display area of an optical modulator in a first direction, performs distortion correction of the image, and moves the image after distortion correction in the display area of the optical modulator in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063699 | METHOD OF REMOVING FOIL SHADOWS OF A SYNCHRONOUS GRID, AND A RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Grid foil shadows of a synchronous grid are removable by obtaining an approximate fluoroscopic image by extracting detection signals of pixels not influenced by the grid foil shadows from a fluoroscopic image and carrying out an interpolation process thereon, obtaining a grid foil shadow image by determining a difference between the fluoroscopic image and the approximate fluoroscopic image, obtaining a foil shadow standard image by averaging the grid foil shadow image in a longitudinal direction of the grid foil shadows, and removing the grid foil shadows by determining a difference between the fluoroscopic image and the foil shadow standard image. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063700 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALING DIGITAL IMAGES - Methods, computer devices, and computer readable media containing instructions for executing such methods are provided for the modification of digital images having a plurality of visual elements. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063701 | PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE SENSORS FOR NETWORKED COMMUNICATION - A portable device is provided having image and motion sensors, a controller and network interface. The image sensor images encoded tags printed on a surface. The tags encode identity data indicative of an identity associated with the surface. The motion sensor senses motion of the device relative to the surface. The controller controls decoding of the data of the imaged tags in accordance with the sensed device motion. The network interface communicates the data with a network. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063702 | FOLDABLE BABY REST AREA - A baby rest area which includes a foldable area having a folded state and an unfolded state and includes a base having a perimeter and at least three walls. Each of the walls have a length dimension, a width dimension, first opposing ends along the length dimension, and second opposing ends along the width direction. Also included are at least three hinges and at least one of the hinges is disposed on at least one of the three walls. There is also a pad removably disposed on the base when the foldable area is in the unfolded state. The at least three walls are disposed around the perimeter to enclose the base. Further, the width dimension is large enough to prevent the baby from rolling out of the foldable area. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063703 | Collapsible Storage and Transportation System - A flexible fluid storage system for holding large volumes of fluid and a process and apparatus for the handling and transportation of the flexible storage system is provided. The flexible storage system includes a main storage bag with an attachment apron with fingers, a ground sheet, a lay flat tube for fluid circulation, a pressure release port, and fill/drain ports. The flexible storage system is configured for attachment to a trailer and reel system such that the flexible storage system can be mechanically rolled onto or off of a reel on a semi-truck trailer bed for easy transportation, deployment, and storage of the flexible storage system. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063704 | Multilayer Plastic Film - A thermoplastic bag suitable for use as a liner for a garbage canister or trash receptacle may be made from a multi-layered thermoplastic web material. The multi-layer web material may include a first layer and a second layer adjacent to the first layer. Under typical conditions, the layers may tend to block or adhere together to remain in their adjacent position. However, the layers may delaminate and separate from each other when sufficient forces are applied. Delamination of the layers allows the layers to move with respect to each other when the force is applied. The delaminating of the layers absorbs energy which may increase tear and puncture resistance. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063705 | Foldable Bag with Expandable Opening - Disclosed herein is a method for making an adapter piece for ordinary bags or a specialized bag that creates a larger opening, while maintaining the same form-factor of the original bag. The incorporation of this adapter piece to ordinary bags allows for easy loading of the bag and provides additional rigidity to the mouth of the bag. Additionally, this modification can easily be incorporated into standard manufacturing process for conventional paper bags. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063706 | Multi-Layered Bags With Discrete Non-Continuous Lamination - Multi-layer bags may be formed to include first and second sidewalls joined along a first side edge, an opposite second side edge, and a closed bottom edge. The first and second layers may be non-continuously laminated together in discrete sections to include bonded regions in which the layers are bonded and unbonded regions in which the layers are not bonded. Such a bag may be described as a “bag-in-a-bag” type configuration in which the inner bag is non-continuously bonded to the outer bag. The inventors have surprisingly found that such configurations of non-continuous bonding provides increased and unexpected strength properties to the multi-layer films and bags. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063707 | GUIDING AND SEALING UNIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR A ROD OF A MONO-TUBE SHOCK-ABSORBER AND ANNULAR SEALING ASSEMBLY THEREFORE - A guiding and sealing unit for a rod of a shock absorber, including a bushing, and a sealing assembly pressed into a cup-shaped seat on one end of the bushing facing the inside of the shock absorber body. The sealing assembly includes a sealing ring and an annular sealing lip that contacts the rod, a metallic reinforcing structure having a flange-shaped portion that abuts the end of the bushing and a sleeve-shaped portion. A reinforcing ring snappingly mounted on the sealing ring on a side opposite to the lip, engaged on the rod, and made of a low friction coefficient material that is more rigid than the material used to form the sealing ring and which axially extends in the seat flanking at least in part, the sleeve-like portion of the reinforcing structure. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063708 | FASTENING ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a fastening arrangement for fixing a guide rail ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063709 | SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A slide assembly includes an outer rail, an inner rail and a stop plate. The inner rail is longitudinally and slidably movable relative to the outer rail. The inner rail has a top flange and a bottom flange which is located opposite to the top flange. A connection wall is connected between the top and bottom flanges. At least two engaging portions are located in the inner rail and each having a hole defined in the connection wall of the inner rail. A recessed inner wall is defined in the inner rail and extends from the hole to the top flange. The stop plate is connected to inside of the connection wall of the inner rail and has a stop portion which is located corresponding to the hole of one of the engaging portions. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063710 | UNDERMOUNT-TYPE SLIDING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC CLOSING DEVICE - A undermount-type sliding apparatus having an automatic closing device includes a movable rail provided under a receptacle and a fixed rail slidably coupled to the movable rail. A housing body is disposed on the fixed rail. A guide wall includes a curved guide portion, which has a curved shape and is spaced apart from one end of a housing space. A linear guide portion is connected to the curved guide portion. A rotary stopper is inserted into and guided by the guide wall while being caught by and released from the movable rail. An elastic member is disposed in the housing body, and is elastically coupled to the rotary stopper. In a closing operation, the rotary stopper catches the movable rail, and is thus automatically closed by elasticity. When positioned in the opening direction, the movable rail is released from the rotary stopper to enable an opening operation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063711 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING WITH ADAPTIVE DISPLACEMENT CONTROL - A hydrodynamic bearing includes a housing defining a central axis, a pad slidable relative to the housing in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis, a cylinder defined in one of the housing and the pad, a lubricant port in fluid communication with the cylinder, and a piston at least partially positioned in the cylinder. The piston is movable within the cylinder between a retracted position and an extended position in response to a flow of lubricant through the lubricant port to vary an axial spacing between the pad and the housing. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063712 | Bicycle Headset - A bicycle headset includes a lower cup, a bearing, an pressed ring, and a an upper cup. The lower cup includes a first surface and a block extended on the first surface. The bearing is engaged in the lower cup. The pressed ring is rotatably engaged in the bearing. The upper cup is rotatably engaged with the lower cup and includes a second surface facing the first surface, and a channel extended in the second surface and having an arc shape. The channel includes first and second stop walls. The channel receives the block and includes the first and second stop walls selectively abutted against the block. The first and second stop walls are distanced from each other with an arc length. The arc length has an angle not greater than 180 degrees. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063713 | ROLLER BEARING WITH A SEGMENTED CAGE - Roller bearing with a segmented cage for guiding the roller bodies, said cage comprising an inner ring on which a plurality of roller bodies can roll, and which can also roll on an outer ring which is concentric to the inner ring, a cage consisting of a plurality of webs which are distributed in a uniform manner over the periphery and which are aligned so as to be parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axis of the cage, and a plurality of lateral plates for joining the webs, two webs and two lateral faces being firmly connected to one another to form a cage segment, which forms a pocket for guiding a roller body and all cage segments are connected to one another in pairs to form an inherently closed cage. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063714 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICAL MODULATOR HAVING THE SAME - Provided are an electro-optic device with a high modulation rate and a mach-zehnder optical modulator having the same. The electro-optic device includes a slap, a rip waveguide, a first impurity region, a second impurity region, and a third impurity region. The slap is disposed on a substrate. The rip waveguide includes a mesa extending in one direction on the slap and the slap disposed under the mesa. The first impurity region is disposed in the slap of one side of the mesa. The third impurity region is disposed in the slap of the other side of the mesa to oppose the first impurity region. The second impurity region is disposed in the rip waveguide between the first impurity region and the third impurity region. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063715 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR INCLUDING ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT - An electrooptic element includes an optical waveguide layer made from a ferroelectric material and having a polarization inverted region of a predetermined shape having an optical incidence face and an optical exit face, and an upper electrode layer and a lower electrode layer formed on a top face and a bottom face of the optical waveguide layer, respectively, in which the ferroelectric material is magnesium-oxide-doped lithium niobate, and at least one of the optical incidence face and the optical exit face of the optical waveguide layer is formed in parallel with a crystal face of the ferroelectric material. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063716 | Wideband Interferometer Type Polarized Light Combiner and Splitter - A interferometer type polarization beam combiner and splitter, which can combine or split polarized light over a wide band, is provided. The interferometer type polarization beam combiner and splitter includes: an optical splitter; an optical coupler; an optical path length difference imparting unit, which includes a plurality of optical waveguides arranged between the optical splitting unit and the optical coupling unit; one or two input/output ports connected to the optical splitter; and two input/output ports connected to the optical coupler. A half-integer of a wavelength of λc is set as a normalized phase difference, for the optical path length difference imparting unit, between two polarization states, and means for generating a difference in refractive index dispersion is provided between the optical waveguides of the optical path length difference imparting unit, so that the change rate of the transmittance with respect to wavelength is suppressed for the two polarization states. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063717 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PHOTONIC DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING PHOTONIC DEVICE - Method of producing a photonic device including at least one light source and at least one photodetector on a structure including a waveguide layer, this method comprising the following steps: a) growing successively on a substrate ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063718 | MINIATURIZED HIGH SPEED OPTICAL MODULE - The present disclosure relates to an optical module comprising a carrier substrate including first electrical connection terminals on a first surface and second electrical connection terminals on a second surface electrically connected to the first electrical connection terminals. The second electrical connection terminals are connectable to a circuit carrier. The optical module further comprises an optically transparent carrier including first electrical connection terminals, and an optical element electrically connected to the optically transparent carrier. The optically transparent carrier is mechanically attached and electrically connected to the carrier substrate trough corresponding first electrical connection terminals, and the optical element is connected on a first surface of the optically transparent carrier and is adapted to emit/receive light through the optically transparent carrier to/from an optical coupling element facing a second surface of the optically transparent carrier opposing the first surface. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063719 | DWDM and CWDM Communication System over Multimode Fiber - The transmission of multiple signals over multimode fiber is accomplished using single-mode transmission lasers and single-mode DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing) and CWDM (Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing) multiplexers. It also allows for any datarate communication, including high datarate (10 Gbps and faster) signals to be transported over any distance of multimode fiber. This ability will allow institutions that currently have multimode fiber in place, to extend the useful life of the fiber by increasing multimode fiber transmission capacity and thereby reducing overall infrastructure costs. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063720 | OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - In some embodiments, an optical fiber assembly apparatus includes a signal fiber having a substantially constant outer diameter, a proximal portion, and a distal portion. The proximal portion has a waveguide structure configured to propagate an optical signal having a first mode field diameter and the distal portion has a waveguide structure configured to propagate the optical signal having the first mode field diameter at a proximal end of the distal portion and has an expanded waveguide structure configured to propagate the optical signal having a second mode field diameter at a distal end of the distal portion. The optical fiber assembly includes a lens fiber having a proximal end. The proximal end of the lens fiber is fused to the distal end of the distal portion of the signal fiber. The lens fiber is configured to propagate an optical signal through a nominally homogenous region. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063721 | TWO-PART OPTICAL COUPLING SYSTEM HAVING AN AIR GAP THEREIN FOR REFLECTING LIGHT TO PROVIDE OPTICAL FEEDBACK FOR MONITORING OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER LEVELS IN AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER (TX) - A two-part optical coupling system is provided for use in an optical transmitter (TX) module. The two-part optical coupling system has first and second optical parts and an air gap at the interface between the two optical parts. A portion of the light produced by a laser diode of the optical TX module is refracted at the air gap and is coupled by the optical coupling system into an end of an optical fiber. A second portion of the light produced by the laser diode is reflected by the air gap and is coupled by the optical coupling system onto a monitor photodiode of the optical TX. The electrical signal produced by the monitor photodiode may be used to monitor and adjust the optical output power level of the laser diode. Because the air gap is formed at the interface between the first and second optical parts, the process of forming the air gap can be incorporated into the optical coupling system manufacturing process without increasing the cost of the manufacturing process. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063722 | COLD JOINT TERMINAL FOR OPTICAL FIBERS - A cold joint terminal for optical fibers comprises a box-shaped casing ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063723 | OPTICAL FIBRE CONNECTOR - The present invention provides an optical fibre connector ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063724 | Reversible Fiber Optic Connector - A re-terminable, no-crimp ST-type optical connector assembly includes a spring-loaded ferrule holder assembly and a reusable activation system for termination of the assembly. The optical connector can be terminated by a suitable cam activation tool. The connector includes a housing, such as a bayonet, matable to a mating adapter, a backbone retained within a rear of the housing, a ferrule holder provided within the backbone, and a cam provided between the ferrule holder and the backbone. The ferrule holder includes an alignment key exposed to mate with a cam activation tool to lock rotation of the ferrule holder relative to other connector components. The cam includes a cam activation cutout at a front face thereof that mates with a cam activation tool interface to enable rotation of the cam between de-activated and activated positions, the cam activation cutout also receiving the alignment key of the ferrule holder therethrough. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063725 | LOW-PROFILE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS MODULE HAVING TWO GENERALLY FLAT OPTICAL CONNECTOR MODULES THAT SLIDINGLY ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER - A low-profile optical communications module is provided that has two generally flat optical connector modules that slidingly engage one another to allow optical signals to be coupled between the optical connector modules. Because of the generally flat shapes of the optical connector modules and the manner in which they slidingly engage on another, the optical communications module has a very low profile that makes it well suited for use in thin devices, such as laptop and notebook computers and other electronics devices. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063726 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTING - A connector assembly includes a plug connector ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063727 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTING - A connector assembly includes a plug connector ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063728 | OPTICAL SOCKET - An socket assembly ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063729 | CONNECTOR HOLDER, OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL CONVERTER WITH ATTACHED CONNECTOR HOLDER, OPTICAL CONNECTOR FIXING STRUCTURE AND CONNECTOR HOLDER ASSEMBLY METHOD - A connector holder fixes an optical connector assembled at a leading end of an optical fiber to an optical module having a light input/output end so that the optical fiber and the light input/output end is optically connected. The connector holder is provided with a holding section for storing at least a part of the optical connector, and a cover section attached to the holding section to be freely opened and closed. The cover section is provided with a cover section main body, and a pressing section which presses the optical connector toward the optical module. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063730 | Flame Retardant Cable Fillers and Cables - Flame retardant cable fillers and cables made with the same using halogen-free flame retardant actives. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063731 | Bundled optical fiber cable with grooved jacket - An optical fiber cable for bundled drop applications has a plurality of optical fiber sub-units stranded together in an S-Z lay configuration and a jacket surrounding and holding the sub-units in the S-Z configuration without assistance from binder threads. The jacket contacts at least some of the sub-units and has one, but preferably at least two, longitudinally disposed grooves on an external surface. With at least two grooves, the sub-units are accessed by bending the cable until the jacket buckles between the grooves, cutting the jacket at the buckle, and peeling back a portion of the jacket longitudinally between the grooves. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063732 | OPTICAL CABLE AND OPTICAL CABLE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an optical cable and an optical cable system, where the optical cable includes an SZ-shaped optical cable skeleton and a plurality of optical fiber units. Skeleton slots is recessed in a periphery of the optical cable skeleton, and the plurality of optical fiber units is grouped and respectively disposed in the corresponding skeleton slots, thereby having the advantages of being easy to strip and draw, high reliability, and long lifetime. Moreover, the optical fiber does not need to be connected when being diverged on floors during installation, thereby reducing the fusion splicing/termination connection time, simplifying the optical cable wiring, greatly reducing deployment cost of an Optical Distribution Network (ODN), and speeding up the scale deployment of the FTTX ODN; in addition, interference among the optical fibers is avoided when the optical fibers are drawn, thereby increasing reliability of the optical fibers after installation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063733 | OPTICAL FIBER, IN PARTICULAR A LASER FIBER CONTAINING A DOPED GLASS FIBER CORE AND CLADDING AROUND THE FIBERGLASS CORE - The invention relates to an optical fiber, in particular a laser fiber, containing a doped glass fiber core ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063734 | MULTIMODE GRADED-INDEX PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A multimode graded-index plastic optical fiber comprises a cladding and a core. The core has a refractive index which continuously becomes higher as closer to a center of a circular cross-section of the core. The core propagates light of a first mode group, which should be propagated, of incoming light from one end face of the core and emits the light from the other end face of the core. The cladding is provided on a periphery of the core and has a cylindrical cross-section. The cladding has a refractive index which is lower than that of the core. The cladding deflects light of the first mode group at an interface with the core. The core has a first core section, a second core section and a third core section. The first core section contacts an inner circumference of the cladding. The second core section is inside the first core section, and is inside the core. The second core section is a light scattering section which scatters light of a second mode group of the incoming light outside. The second mode group is of a higher order than the first mode group. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063735 | Fiber Distribution Terminals - A fiber distribution terminal (FDT) includes a base plate, a spool, and an adapter for securing a connection between a fiber of an input fiber cable and a fiber of an output fiber cable, and an adapter plate. The spool is rotatably mounted to the base plate. The spool houses the input fiber cable. The adapter plate has a cable guide defining a channel for routing the output fiber cable from the adapter. The FDT can be mounted within a pre-installed enclosure or directly to a wall. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063736 | CREATING AND EDITING VIDEO RECORDED BY A HANDS-FREE VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE - A video recording hands-free device that includes a storage medium, an optical sensor to receive an input image signal, and a processor that is coupled to the storage medium and the optical sensor. The processor is configured to process the input image signal received from the optical sensor into an encoded video data stream and store the encoded video data stream as recorded video data in the storage medium. The processor is also configured to receive and process a video control command to create a video clip file from a logical segment of the recorded video data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063737 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A system is disclosed to record traffic infractions in the general area of a school bus and its stop arm, consisting of two cameras, a first camera which produces a general overview of the area, and a second camera which produces a focused view of a license plate, both within a housing. The housing consists of a weather-sealed camera housing with lenses, and a mounting plate, where the mounting plate mounts to the side of a bus, near the stop arm, and is so directed to capture video images of vehicles coming toward the bus. The weather-proof enclosure contains two cameras, one which captures the general overview, and a high-definition camera which captures the license plate details of passing vehicles. The data from the two cameras is sent to a digital video recorder inside the school bus. Information from a GPS module mounted on the bus is also sent to the recorder to be recorded alongside the video images. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063738 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a digital video recorder system and a method for operating the same that classifies sounds sensed by a microphone for each type and stores videos in a range where sounds are generated to search the videos for each sound type, thereby making it possible to more rapidly search the videos. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063739 | USER TERMINAL, SERVER, DISPLAYING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal for reproducing contents stored in a multimedia storage medium includes a contents reproducing unit which reproduces contents, a display unit which displays on a screen contents reproduced by the contents reproducing unit, an information receiving unit which receives information regarding a medium of at least one of the multimedia storage medium and the contents stored therein from the multimedia storage medium, a communication unit which searches and receives additional information corresponding to the contents being reproduced from among additional information pre-stored in an external server by accessing the external server based on the information regarding a medium, and a controlling unit which controls the display unit to display the additional information received through the communication unit on the screen. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063740 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE USING 2D IMAGE - A method and apparatus are provided for displaying a 3D image using a 2D image in an electronic device. Information related to an inclination of the electronic device is detected from a motion of the electronic device. The 3D image is generated by moving each of a plurality of image layers, which are derived from the 2D image, based on the detected information and motion parallax corresponding to the detected information. The 3D image is displayed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063741 | MOVING IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS - A moving image receiving apparatus has a moving image decoding apparatus ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063742 | ENTRY POINTS FOR 3D TRICKPLAY - Providing entry points for 3D video data is described. An entry point unit ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063743 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PRESENTATION PROVISION - A method of receiving and playing a composite video, wherein the composite video includes at least a video asset and a non-video asset in separate files. The method comprising: receiving the non-video asset; receiving at least a portion of the video asset; buffering the at least a portion of the video asset in a buffer; delaying playback of the composite video until (a) the non-video asset is downloaded and (b) the at least a portion of the video asset received is sufficient under existing conditions that the video asset can be played in real time without emptying the buffer before the end of the video asset; and playing, after the delaying, the composite video. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING RELATED PROGRAMS COMPRISING MEDIA CONTENT RELATED DATA - A system a method and a module for recording programs comprising media content data, transmitted by a media content provider via communication channels, where each program is associated with metadata containing details relating to the program. The method comprises: identifying related programs; online recording of programs of at least one predefined communication channel, that were identified as related programs, according to predefined recording rules, using a recording device and enabling at least one viewer to select and view recorded programs, using a video-audio display unit. The identification of related programs is carried out by analyzing the metadata associated with each transmitted program identifying at least one relation of at least one relation type between at least some of the programs. The identified related programs are associated with programs groups, each group representing the relation relating all programs in the group and the relation type associated therewith. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063745 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA APPLICATION BASED ON DISK MEDIA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A data application based on a reproduction apparatus of a disk media is disclosed. In accordance with method, a scene resource data corresponding to each scene of a data application based on a base data application of the disk media or the reproduction apparatus to execute the data application on a scene-by-scene basis, thereby minimizing a time required for the execution of the data application and a limit of a size of the data application, and providing the data application personalized based on a device information or a user information. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063746 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING KEY FRAMES FROM A VIDEO - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for extracting key frames from a video. The method includes: dividing the video into multiple levels of video segments, wherein each video segment at a non-lowest level comprises one or more video segments at the next lower level, the multiple levels range from a first level to an N-th level, N is an integer greater than 1, the first level is the lowest level, and the N-th level is the highest level; extracting from video segments of the video at a non-highest level candidate frames at the non-highest level; for each level from a next higher level to the highest level, selecting zero, one or more candidate frames at the level from candidate frames at the next lower level in each video segment at the level; and outputting the candidate frames at the highest level as the key frames of the video. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063747 | Time Stamp Creation and Evaluation in Media Effect Template - A method of creating a template data structure for a media effect involving a media data item to be presented during a presentation of the media effect is disclosed. The method comprises: defining a time stamp for an event of the template data structure, the time stamp comprising a relative time stamp component indicating a time span within the presentation of the media data item as a portion of a duration of the presentation, and an absolute time offset component indicating a time span independent from the duration of the presentation. A related method defines the processing of a media data item to be presented during a presentation, the related method using the above mentioned time stamps to determine a temporal position of an event to occur during the presentation. A corresponding template creator, a media data processor, and a computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063748 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF IMAGE-ENCODING DATA - An apparatus and a method for temporary storage of image-encoding data are provided. The apparatus for temporary storage of image-encoding data is utilized for high-resolution image encoding, wherein the apparatus includes an image sensing unit, a storage unit, and an encoding unit. The image sensing unit creates a plurality of frame data in successive order. Each frame data is composed of a plurality of macroblock row data. The storage unit includes a first storage portion and a second storage portion. The capacities of the first storage portion and the second storage portion are both a positive integral multiple of the size of the macroblock row data. The storage unit receives the macroblock row data from the image sensing unit and writes the macroblock row data into one of the first storage portion and the second storage portion. When the encoding unit reads the written macroblock row data from one of the first storage portion and the second storage portion, the storage unit simultaneously receives new macroblock row data from the image sensing unit and writes the new macroblock row data to the other one of the first storage portion and the second storage portion. The design of the first storage portion and the second storage portion is utilized to conserve storage space. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063749 | VIDEO FILE CREATION DEVICE AND VIDEO FILE CREATION METHOD - A video file creation device according to an embodiment includes an encoder, a metadata acquisition unit, a file creation unit, and a data storage unit. The encoder is configured to create compressed video data from a video stream. The metadata acquisition unit is configured to acquire metadata related to the video data. The file creation unit configured to create a file in an MXF format having a metadata section formed of a metadata recording area and an additional writing area. The acquired metadata is recorded in the metadata recording area. The data storage unit configured to record the file in the MXF format created by the file creation unit. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063750 | Speed Controller for Electric Motor - A speed controller for a small electric motor is described. The controller is used to control small electric motors such as those used in small power tools such as electric screwdrivers. A series of electrical components are used to allow the motor to remain idle until a load is applied to the motor. When a load is applied to the motor, it increases in speed quickly to its maximum speed and remains there until the load is removed from the motor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063751 | Heat Treatment Apparatus Emitting Flash of Light - Flash lamps connected to short-pulse circuits and flash lamps connected to long-pulse circuits are alternately arranged in a line. The duration of light emission from the flash lamps connected to the long-pulse circuits is longer than the duration of light emission from the flash lamps connected to the short-pulse circuits. A superimposing of a flash of light with a high peak intensity from the flash lamps that emit light for a short time and a flash of light with a gentle peak from the flash lamps that emit light for a long time can increase the temperature of even a deep portion of a substrate to an activation temperature or more without heating a shallow portion near the substrate surface more than necessary. This achieves the activation of deep junctions without causing substrate warpage or cracking. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063752 | CORNER-CUBE IRRADIATION CONTROL - A system and method for utilizing corner-cube reflector technology for irradiation control in direct radiant heating systems is described. The system and method has application in many types of direct irradiation heating systems and is applicable to both narrowband or broadband directed irradiation heating systems. The purpose and result of the implementation is to improve the overall system efficiency through the redirection of photons back to a targeted item which is being heated or treated with the irradiation energy. | 2012-03-15 |