15th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120087599 | Baby accessory car seat satchel - A satchel includes hardware allowing for its attachment to child carriers, strollers and car seats. One large and two small pockets accommodate all the necessary space for everything a mother or father needs for their infant on short trips. The satchel features a detachable strap. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087600 | Car trash bag (CTB) - The Car Trash Bag is a waste receptacle for installation inside a car and on the back of passenger or driver car seat to allow all passengers to dump in their trash. It comprises three parts, a) Lower Frame which fixes by headrest and always is in place and holds trash bag, b) Upper Lid which is an open top lid and entangles trash bag and c) Disposable Trash Bag which is a recycled plastic grocery bag or any kind of small trash bag. When the trash bag becomes full of garbage, the Upper Lid will be raised by removing it from Lower Frame and trash bag gets out from underside and a new trash bag will be replaced. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087601 | Shopping Bag System - A system of reusable carriers provides an assortment of reusable and selectively collapsible component carriers suitable for the various types of goods a shopper encounters at, for example, a grocery store. The component carriers all have either attached clip loops or clips and are connectable to each other via the clips and clip loops. Information about the system of carriers may be accessed via at least one QR code associated with the system. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087602 | RECLOSABLE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A reclosable bag may include first and second walls and an open top defined by first and second elongate flexible fastener strips adjacent the top of the walls. One fastener strip may have a profile portion forming a groove and a portion forming a rib. A portion of the rib is received and retained in the groove when the bag top is closed. Each fastener strip may have a base connected to the respective wall and an upper edge. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087603 | SEALING MECHANISM AND PACKING DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A sealing mechanism includes a holding member and a securing member. A positioning hole is defined in the holding member and two flanges extend from the holding member and cooperatively defining a gap for receiving a packing bag. The securing member is received in the holding member and includes a positioning post. The securing member deforms the two flanges between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the two flanges extend outside in opposite direction so that an acute angle defined between the two flanges, and the positioning post is disengaged from the positioning hole. In the second position, the two flanges are substantially parallel to each other, the positioning post is engaged in the positioning hole, and the securing member is engaged with the packing bag. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087604 | SLIDE RAIL FOR RACK SEVER - A slide rail includes an outer slide bracket, an outer slide, a middle slide, an inner slide, a plurality of first ball bearings, a first ball bearing bracket, a plurality of second ball bearings and a second ball bearing bracket. The outer slide is received in the outer slide bracket. The middle slide is received in the outer slide. The inner slide is received in the middle slide. The plurality of first ball bearings and the first ball bearing bracket are positioned between the outer slide and the middle slide. The first ball bearing bracket holds the first ball bearings. The plurality of second ball bearings and the second ball bearing bracket are positioned between the middle slide and the inner slide. The second ball bearing bracket holds the second ball bearings. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087605 | REINFORCEMENT DEVICE FOR SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A reinforcement device includes a rail, a reinforcement member and an extension support which is connected to the reinforcement member. The rail has a top wall, a bottom wall and a sidewall connected between the top and bottom walls. The sidewall has a first face and a second face which is located opposite to the first face. A space between the top wall, the bottom wall and the first face of the sidewall defines a slide path. The reinforcement member is connected to the reinforcement path of the rail. The extension support is engaged with the rail. The rail is reinforced by the reinforcement member and the extension support. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087606 | REINFORCEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A reinforcement and adjustment device includes a rail, a reinforcement member, an extension support and an installation support which is movably connected to the extension support. The rail has a top wall, a bottom wall and a sidewall connected between the top and bottom walls. The sidewall has a first face and a second face which is located opposite to the first face. A space between the top wall, the bottom wall and the first face of the sidewall define a slide path. The second face of the sidewall defines a recessed reinforcement path. The reinforcement member is movably located in the reinforcement path of the rail. The extension support is fixed to the reinforcement member and engaged with the rail. The rail is reinforced by the reinforcement member and the extension support. The installation support is adjustable by the cooperation of the extension support, the reinforcement member and the rail. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087607 | RESTRAINING MOTOR SHAFT PLAY - An apparatus and associated method characterized by an enclosure having a side member that defines a substantially orthogonally directed cavity penetrating the side member. A motor shaft in the enclosure has a distal end that is operably aligned with the cavity. A shear transfer member in the enclosure is operably affixed to the motor shaft. One of the shaft and the shear transfer member is sized for a close mating engagement with the side member in the cavity, and the shear transfer member is further sized for being simultaneously shear coupled to the side member. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087608 | SLIDING BEARING, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SLIDING BEARING AND USE OF A SLIDING BEARING - A sliding bearing ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087609 | HEAVY LOAD BEARING - A heavy load bearing includes a casing and assembly having at least two units and an axial hole run-through by a shaft. Each unit has a mounting portion on the circumferential outer surface, two connection portions at two ends, an axle hole, and at least one groove indented axially from the connection portion and formed between an outer wall near the mounting portion and an inner wall near the axle hole. At least one set of multiple notches is formed annularly on a free end of the inner wall and communicating with the groove and axle hole. The casing has an axial cavity to hold the assembly. Two abutting units are coupled to form at least one storage chamber to store lubricating media. The notches of the two abutting units form at least one set of multiple fine flow passages communicating with the axial hole and storage chamber. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087610 | SEALING DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED ENCODER FOR BEARINGS - The device is to be fitted at a side of a bearing unit in order to seal a gap ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087611 | THERMALLY COMPLIANT BEARINGS WITH ROLLING ELEMENT UNLOADER RACE RELIEFS - A bearing is provided that includes a first ring having at least one first raceway defined by a radially inward facing surface of the first ring; and a second ring concentric with the first ring and having at least one second raceway defined by a radially outward facing surface of the second ring. The bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the first and second rings. The rolling elements rollingly engage the first and second raceways. The first ring has a first gap therein and the second ring has a second gap therein. One or more race reliefs extend into the first raceway and/or the second raceway. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087612 | RESIN CAGE FOR ANGULAR CONTACT BALL BEARING - According to the invention, a cage has a ring portion, and a plurality of column portions that protrude from the ring portion, are arranged in the circumference direction, and form pockets that house balls serving as rolling elements. Each column portion has a column portion radially inward section that forms a bearing-radial-direction inward side portion of the column portion, and a column portion radially outward section that is connected to the column portion radially inward section at its radially outer end position, so as to protrude on both sides in the circumferential direction from the column portion radially inward section. An inner surface of each pocket is formed in a spherical shape that lies astride the column portion radially inward section and the column portion radially outward section. A connection position at which the column portion radially outward section is connected to the column portion radially inward section is adjusted to a position radially outward of a pitch circle position of the plurality of the balls that are held in the respective pockets. Thus, the thickness of the column portion radially inward section at the connection position is larger than the thickness of the column portion radially inward section at the pitch circle position. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087613 | THERMALLY CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An apparatus includes a conductive or semiconductive substrate and a dielectric layer located directly thereon. A semiconductor layer is located directly on the dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer includes a ridge waveguide and a heater strip extending parallel to the ridge waveguide. The heater strip is electrically isolated from the ridge waveguide and is doped to carry a current therein about parallel to the ridge waveguide. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087614 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - An optical modulator includes: a semiconductor chip; a waveguide in the semiconductor chip; a traveling wave electrode including an input portion and an output portion, to which a signal is applied for modulating light passing through the waveguide; a power supply line connected to the input portion via a first wire; and a termination resistor connected to the output portion via a second wire. Capacitance between the output portion and a grounding point is larger than capacitance between the input portion and the grounding point. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087615 | Optical waveguide element - An object of present invention is to provide an optical waveguide element that suppresses damage to an optical waveguide element by a pyroelectric effect due to a reinforcement substrate. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087616 | Optical control element - An optical control element which has a thin plate having an electro-optical effect and a thickness of 10 μm or less, optical waveguides formed in the thin plate, and a plurality of optical control portions for controlling light propagating through the optical waveguide, wherein, a portion between a plurality of optical control portions is connected by a control signal wiring line that includes any one of a coplanar waveguide type disposed only on a surface of the thin plate, a coplanar waveguide type disposed on the surface of the thin plate and a ground electrode disposed on a back surface thereof, or a micro strip line, for arrival times of light and electric signal set to be substantially the same. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087617 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATING METHOD - An optical modulator includes a modulator that modulates an input light of light by using an input signal. The optical modulator further includes a compensation circuit that compensates the phase of a signal light in accordance with an input current, the signal light being the input light modulated by the modulator. The optical modulator further includes a detector that detects the difference between the phase of the signal light compensated by the compensation circuit and the phase of an input signal that is input to the modulator. The optical modulator further includes an adjustment circuit that adjusts, in accordance with the phase difference detected by the detector, the input current that is input to the compensation circuit. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087618 | Microfluidic waveguide detector - A microfluidic detection device is provided that includes a planar waveguide, or an ion-exchange planar waveguide, a microfluidic channel disposed on the planar waveguide, a light source, such as a laser, LED or incandescent light, directed through the planar waveguide, a labeled cell disposed in the microfluidic channel, where the labeled cell lies in an evanescent field extending from the planar waveguide, and a light detector disposed to receive light from the light source through the planar waveguide. The evanescent field interacts with the labeled cell, where the light through the planar waveguide is altered according to a presence of the labeled cell in the microfluidic channel. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087619 | OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBRE SENSING - An optical fibre cable for distributed fibre sensing of fluid pressure is disclosed. There are also disclosed a method and an apparatus for distributed fibre sensing of fluid pressure using the optical fibre cable. The optical fibre cable is adapted for distributed pressure sensing, and comprises: one or more optical fibres ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087620 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER WITH FLIP-CHIP MOUNTED LASER OR INTEGRATED ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING WAVELENTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER - An optical communication system comprising first and second planar substrates and an alignment assembly. The first substrate of a semiconductor material, is located on a planar surface of a sub-mount and having a planar first edge. The second substrate of a different second material, is located on said planar surface of said sub-mount and having a planar second edge. The alignment assembly is located on said sub-mount, said alignment assembly including rigid standoff structures configured to fixedly vertically align said first and second edges above said sub-mount such that each optical output of one of said lasers is vertically aligned with the end of one of said light-guiding structures. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087621 | NANOPHOTONIC OPTICAL DUPLEXER - An optical duplexer intended to receive light at a first optical wavelength and to transmit back light at a second optical wavelength, including, on a substrate, successive layers forming a photoreceptor of the first optical wavelength, a selective filter letting through the first optical wavelength, and a waveguide having a surface including a grating which is transparent for the first optical wavelength and diffracting for the second optical wavelength. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087622 | Mechanical Optical Switch - A mechanical fiber optic switch including a plurality of first optical fibers, having optical interface ends distributed along a longitudinal axis in a plurality of longitudinal levels, two or more of the longitudinal levels including a plurality of optical interface ends in different radial angles. In addition, the switch includes a plurality of second fibers movable relative to the longitudinal axis, such that each of the second fibers can be optically coupled with the optical interface ends of first fibers in a specific respective radial angle. A fiber gripper is adapted to move the second fibers and a movement mechanism is adapted to move the fiber gripper along the longitudinal axis and to achieve relative rotation of the fiber gripper around the longitudinal axis. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087623 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR A WDM RECEIVER OR TRANSMITTER - An optical assembly for a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) transmitter or receiver that lends itself to cost-effective production-line manufacturing. In one embodiment, the fiber optic assembly has a vernier-type arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with five optical ports at one side and fourteen optical ports at another side. Ten of the fourteen ports are optically coupled to ten photo-detectors or lasers. A selected one of the five ports is optically coupled to an external optical fiber. The coupling optics and the mounting hardware for the AWG are designed to accommodate, with few relatively straightforward adjustments performed on the production line, any configuration of the AWG in which any consecutive ten of the fourteen ports are optically coupled to the ten photo-detectors or lasers. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087624 | FIBER OPTIC ROTARY JOINT MECHANISM - A multi-channel fiber optic rotary joint mechanism has been invented in which optic signals can be transmitted simultaneously from a rotating fiber optic collimator bundle and a stationary fiber optic collimator bundle through an opto-mechanical de-rotating mechanism, which includes an optic de-rotating element, an internal gear and an flexure anti-backlash mechanism. The optic de-rotating element, is positioned in the path between said rotating fiber optic collimator bundle and said stationary fiber optic collimator bundle. The internal gear mechanism provides 2:1 speed ratio for the rotating fiber optic collimator bundle and the optic de-rotating element. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087625 | FIBER PREFORM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A fiber preform, including: a fiber core rod and an outer cladding layer. The ratio of the diameter of the fiber core rod to the diameter of the core layer thereof is 2.1-2.8. The fiber core rod and a small fluorine-doped quartz glass tube are melted to form a core rod assembly. The ratio of the diameter difference between the core rod assembly and the fiber core rod to the diameter of the core layer is 0.5-2.2. The relative refractive index difference of fluorine-doped quartz glass relative to purified quartz glass Δ | 2012-04-12 |
20120087626 | MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBRE - A multi-core optical fibre | 2012-04-12 |
20120087627 | Compact High Density Central Office Fiber Distribution System - A fiber distribution system having a rack mounted chassis and a fiber distribution rack to mount in the chassis. The system includes one or more splitter modules which are designed to be mounted in the fiber distribution rack. The splitter modules have a compact design and contain a plurality of fiber splitters. The fiber distribution system also contains a cable guide tray for supporting the fiber cables and the system includes a plurality of radius limiters to minimize cable bends. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087628 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE PASS-THRU FITTING - A cable pass-thru assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a cable pass-thru fitting. The fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber and a strength member. The cable pass-thru fitting is adapted to receive at least a portion of the fiber optic cable. The cable pass-thru fitting includes a fitting assembly having a body defining a thru-bore that extends through the body. The thru-bore includes a tapered portion. The cable pass-thru fitting further includes a cable retention member adapted for engagement with the tapered portion of the body. The cable retention member defines a plurality of through which the strength member of the fiber optic cable is routed. The plurality of grooves is adapted to secure the strength member when the cable retention member is inserted into the thru-bore. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087629 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLY - An optical fiber feedthrough assembly includes a glass plug disposed in a recess of a feedthrough housing. The glass plug may define a large-diameter, cane-based, waveguide sealed within the recess in the housing and providing optical communication through the housing. Sealing occurs with respect to the housing at or around the glass plug of an optical waveguide element passing through the housing by braze sealing to the glass plug and/or embedding the glass plug in a polymer bonded with the plug to form a molded body that is sealed in the housing by, for example, compression mounting of the molded body or providing a sealing element around the molded body. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087630 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING IMAGE - An apparatus and a method for dynamically adjusting an image are disclosed. The apparatus for dynamically adjusting the image includes a capturing unit, an optimum curve generating unit, a storage unit and an adjusting unit. The capturing unit captures a current frame on a display, and the storage unit stores reference curves. The optimum curve generating unit chooses one of the reference curves as an optimum curve according to the current frame, and the adjusting unit adjusts a gamma setting value of the display according to the optimum curve. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087631 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a combination information output module which outputs, to a server, information according to a combination between the electronic apparatus and an external device externally connected to the electronic apparatus; a notification receiver which receives a notification according to the combination between the electronic apparatus and the external device, which is output from the server; and a display module which displays, in a display, information based on the notification. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087632 | VIDEO-RECORDING AND REPLAYING APPARATUS, I/O SCHEDULING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video-recording and replaying apparatus includes a block device for use as a recording medium for video-recording and a control part, when a plurality of tasks each representing a process in regard to video-recording and replaying on the block device are executed, performing I/O scheduling on the block device by using time slices each predetermined for each of the tasks so that a total amount of I/O data for each of the tasks in each round-robin cycle for the block device is approximately equal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Information relating to program contents is distributed in accordance with scheduled times. Program information formed of multiple items that are assigned a relevance ratio with respect to a program are managed. Programs related to a base program are searched for each of the items based on the relevance ratio with respect to the base program. A search result of the related programs is arranged in order of items having a decreasing relevance ratio with respect to the base program to create a base program related information page. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087634 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSITIONING MEDIA OUTPUT AMONG TWO OR MORE DEVICES - In at least some embodiments, the present invention relates to methods and systems for enabling media content to be utilized or output by way of media presentation devices. In one such embodiment, a method includes receiving at a first cloud a first signal from a first media presentation device indicative of a request or command that a content signal transmission be paused, and sending a second signal including bookmark information from the first cloud to a second media presentation device. The method further includes receiving a third signal from the second media presentation device, the third signal being indicative of a further request or command that the transmission of the media content signal be resumed, and resuming the transmission. In additional embodiments, the present invention relates to methods of operating a media presentation device so as to perform a resumed displaying of video media content. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087635 | VIDEO PLAYING APPARATUS AND LOCATION SEARCH METHOD THEREOF - A video playing apparatus includes a receiver which receives a video signal comprising a plurality of video frames and having no index information about location and time of the plurality of video frames; a user input unit which receives a target time for searching in the received video signal; a signal processor which processes and outputs a video signal corresponding to the target time; and a controller which calculates an average value of ratios of location change to time change by interpreting time and location of the plurality of video frames processed until receiving the target time among the plurality of video frames, when receiving the predetermined target time through the user input unit, and controls the signal processor to process and output the video signal of location corresponding to the target time on the basis of the calculated average value. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087636 | MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A moving image playback apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire main object information, which is usable to identify a frame image in which an object determined as a main object has appeared, from a moving image. The apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract, based on the acquired main object information, frame images in which the main object is present from sequential sections in which the object determined as the main object is the same and the main object is continuously present in the moving image. The apparatus further includes a display control unit configured to perform control to arrange and display, in order of time, a plurality of frame images extracted by the extraction unit. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087637 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPLAYING VIDEO BROADCASTS - A system is presented for replaying a broadcast sports event using a video on demand or personal video recording system. Metadata is created that subdivides the original broadcast into segments, and associates descriptive information with each segment. Playlists that specify an ordered subsequence of the sequence may be selected and used to present a variety of expanded or condensed versions of the sporting event to a viewer. Navigation controls including segment lists, specially formatted screen displays, and special functions under the control of a user-operated remote control, facilitate the interactive selection and control of the presentation. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087638 | PLAYING PROGRESS INDICATING METHOD FOR TIME-SHIFTED TELEVISION AND TELEVISION SET - The present disclosure provides a playing progress indicating method for time-shifted television and a TV set, which can calculate a time value indicated by a program time-shifted progress indicia by use of a time scaling unit and provide a very intuitive time progress indicator for a user. Therefore, the playing progress indicating method for time-shifted television and the TV set of the present disclosure are intuitive and convenient to use. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087639 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL TERMINAL - In the present invention, a content distribution server distributes a content key, encrypted content encrypted using the content key, and playback control information describing a playback mode restriction for a specific section of content, to a content playback terminal, and the content playback terminal refers to the playback control information, and decodes and plays back encrypted content in the case of a playback mode in which the specific section of content is not restricted. By this means, the playback mode of a specific section of content can be restricted based on playback control information. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087640 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a receiving unit which receives event information capable of specifying a type of an event; a template acquiring unit which acquires a template of the event of the type specified by the event information received by the receiving unit as a template which becomes a source of an editing list of a plurality of scenes; an editing list creating unit which creates the editing list of the plurality of scenes based on the template acquired by the template acquiring unit; and a digest creating unit which creates data of the plurality of scenes included in the editing list created by the editing list creating unit from one or more photographed materials acquired from another information processing apparatus and creates a digest by combining the created data of the plurality of scenes. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087641 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a recoding device, a recording method, a playback device, a playback method, a program, and a recording medium, whereby synchronization between a basic stream and an extended stream obtained by encoding a plurality of video data using a predetermined encoding method to be recoded in a recording medium such as a BD or the like using a predetermined encoding method can be secured. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087642 | Electrical Heating Device and Method for the Production Thereof - An electrical heating device includes a housing which encloses a circulation chamber through which a medium can flow and in which heating ribs protrude. The heating ribs are in thermally conducting contact with at least one PTC heating element. A control device is provided in a constructional unit with at least one assembled conductor board. The constructional unit is accommodated in a control housing that comprises a control housing cover and a control housing frame. The control housing frame circumferentially surrounds the assembled conductor board and is formed from a metallic material. During the installation of the control housing on the housing, a control element, producing a power loss, is held by the assembled conductor board and is placed in abutment with a cooling element formed on the housing. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087643 | PORTABLE PHOTO BOOTH - A portable photo booth may be transported to various entertainment events after being disassembled into readily transportable component. The photo booth may comprise a tent-like enclosure into which 1 to 15 people may enter to be photographed. Upon arrival at an event site the enclosure may be erected and a collection of separable equipment boxes may be attached to the enclosure. The equipment boxes may contain pre-connected equipment such as a camera, a laptop computer, a monitor, a light source and a printer. After the event, the photo booth may be disassembled into readily transportable components and carried to another event. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087644 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA POSITION CALIBRATION DEVICE - A method of placing a surveillance camera in a known reference orientation as a result of panning and tilting movements includes coupling the camera to a fixed structure such that the camera may perform the panning movements about a first axis and may perform the tilting movements about a plurality of second axes. Each of the second axes is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. An optical emitter is fixedly attached either to the fixed structure or to the camera. An optical receiver is fixedly attached to the other one of the fixed structure and the camera. The tilting and panning movements are performed with the camera until the emitter and receiver are in a predetermined position relative to each other as determined from a signal that is output by the receiver in response to receiving optical energy from the emitter. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087645 | VISIBLE AND INFRARED DUAL MODE IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes an image sensor and an optical filter. The image sensor captures image data in response to incident light. The optical filter filters the light and includes a dual window transmission spectrum. The dual window transmission spectrum includes a first transmission window having a first pass band aligned to pass visible light and a second transmission window having a second pass band overlapping with an absorption band of infrared light in Earth's atmosphere. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087646 | FOCAL-PLANE SHUTTER AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A focal plane shutter includes: an electromagnet; a board including an opening; blades capable of opening and closing the opening; a drive member holding an iron piece adsorbed to the electromagnet and driving the blades, the drive member being movable such that the iron piece moves toward and away from the electromagnet and being biased by a spring such that the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet; and a holding board facing the board and including a pair of sandwiching portions elastically deformable and holding and sandwiching the electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a restriction portion engaging the board and restricting a movement of the electromagnet in a direction where the iron piece moves away from the electromagnet. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087647 | IN-MAGAZINE IMAGING DEVICE ENCLOSURE - An enclosure for an imaging device. In one embodiment, the enclosure includes a housing with a transparent window. A shutter mechanism is disposed on the housing and transparent window, and includes an opening formed therein. A shutter covers and uncovers the opening. Further, a gas supplying unit supplies gas to a space between the housing and the shutter mechanism. In another embodiment, the enclosure includes an inner housing with a transparent window, and an outer housing overlapping the inner housing and with an opening formed therein. A driving unit moves the opening along a predetermined path over the transparent window. A gas supplying unit supplies gas to the outer. In yet another embodiment, the enclosure includes inner and outer housings each having an opening formed therein. A rotating unit rotates one of the inner and outer housings, and a gas supplying unit supplies gas to the inner housing. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087648 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION SWITCHING - A method is provided for protection switching in an optical network. The method may include communicating a switch request for initiation of protection switching in response to a determination that at least a minimum frequency of interrupts indicating failure of an optical signal has occurred over a first period. The method may also include communicating a switch request for cessation of protection switching in response to a determination that no more than a maximum frequency of interrupts indicating failure of an optical signal has occurred over a second period. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087649 | Method and system for instructing enabling/disabling forward error correction coding function - The present invention discloses a method for instructing enabling/disabling Forward Error Correction (FEC) function. The method comprises: presetting an instruction identifier of an FEC status; transmitting an instruction identifier of an FEC status of an Optical Network Unit (ONU) and the Identity (ID) of the ONU by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), wherein the instruction identifier of the FEC status of the ONU is corresponding to the ID of the ONU; and enabling or disabling its own FEC function by the ONU according to the received instruction identifier corresponding to its own ID. The present invention also discloses a system for instructing enabling/disabling FEC function, which comprises an OLT and an ONU. The method and system of the present invention can solve the problem that the ONU cannot determine the instruction from the OLT due to an error code. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087650 | SERVICE PROTECTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON AUTOMATIC SWITCHED OPTICAL NETWORK - The present invention discloses a service protection method and device based on an automatic switched optical network (ASON), which are adapted to restoring a service when a fault occurs in the connection of the service. The method comprises: comparing a dynamic restoration lag time of the service with a protection switching lag time of the service; and starting a protection switching process to restore the service if the dynamic restoration lag time is greater than the protection switching lag time; and starting a dynamic re-routing process to restore the service if the protection switching lag time is greater than the dynamic restoration lag time. By the present invention, the reliability of the network is enhanced and the self-healing capacity of the ASON is improved. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087651 | FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A frequency response signal transmitting device for frequency response measurement includes: a first oscillator unit configured to generate a clock signal; a clock and data recovery (CDR) unit configured to remove a jitter component of the clock signal; a pulse signal generation unit configured to receive an output signal of the CDR unit and generate a pulse signal repeated at a predetermined period; and an optical signal transmission unit configured to receive the output signal of the CDR unit and apply the received signal to an optical cable. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087652 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND POWER-SAVING CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A power-saving mode flag generating unit | 2012-04-12 |
20120087653 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical transmission apparatus in which, even if a change is made in the bit rate of modulation signals that are inputted to a plurality of optical modulating units, the modulation signals do not suffer from phase shifting, thereby enabling achieving synchronous modulation in the plurality of optical modulating units and enabling achieving a high optical signal quality. The optical transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of optical modulating units that modulate light on the basis of modulation signals; and a delay amount control unit that, based on bit rate information indicating a bit rate of the modulation signals, controls delay amounts of the modulation signals to be inputted to the plurality of optical modulating units, such that the light is modulated in a synchronous manner in the plurality of optical modulating units. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087654 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL RECEIVER OF SAME, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD OF SAME - In a polarization demultiplexing optical communication system ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087655 | Direct Laser Modulation - An apparatus includes an array of lasers, an array of electrical drivers, and optical filter. Each laser is configured to produce light in a corresponding wavelength-channel, wherein the wavelength-channels of different ones of the lasers are different. The electrical drivers are connected to directly modulate the lasers. Each driver produces a first driving current or voltage to cause a corresponding one of the lasers to be in a first lasing state and produces a different second driving current or voltage to cause the corresponding one of the lasers to be in a different second lasing state. The optical filter is connected to receive light output by the lasers. The optical filter selectively attenuates light from each of the lasers in the first lasing states thereof and to selectively pass light from each of the lasers in second lasing states thereof. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087656 | Systems and Methods for Extending a Deterministic Fieldbus Network over a Wide Area - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for extending a deterministic network over a wide geographical area. According to one embodiment, an IED may transmit data frames using a deterministic frame-based communication protocol, such as EtherCAT, via a local deterministic fieldbus. A first transceiver may encapsulate the data frames for transmission over a multiplexing synchronized optical network, such as a SONET network. A second transceiver may de-encapsulate the encapsulated data frames and transmit them via a remote deterministic fieldbus, such that communication between the local and remote deterministic fieldbuses is deterministic. Accordingly, an IED may communicate with a high level of determinism and/or in real-time with various components in a power delivery system across a wide geographical area including multiple deterministic fieldbuses. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087657 | Orthogonally-Combining Wavelength Selective Switch Multiplexer and Systems and Methods Using Same - In general, a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) communication system may use wavelength selective switching to simultaneously pre-filter and combine groups of channel wavelengths with orthogonal polarizations to provide a pre-filtered, pair-wise orthogonal aggregate WDM optical signal. An orthogonally-combining wavelength selective switch (WSS) multiplexer may route channel wavelengths individually from different sets of channels to a common output. The orthogonally-combining WSS multiplexer may also provide substantially orthogonal polarizations for the wavelengths in the different sets of channels. The different sets of channels may include odd channels and even channels. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087658 | Wavelength Selective Switch Band Aggregator and Band Deaggregator and Systems and Methods Using Same - In general, wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) communication systems may use wavelength selective switching to aggregate and/or deaggregate groups or bands of channel wavelengths. A wavelength selective switch (WSS) band aggregator may combine a plurality of channel band aggregate optical signals to produce a combined aggregate optical signal (i.e., a transmitted WDM or DWDM signal). The WSS band aggregator may also combine one or more spectral portions of broadband noise with the bands of channel wavelengths such that the spectral portion(s) of the broadband noise occupies unutilized channels in the combined aggregate optical signal. A WSS band deaggregator may separate a combined aggregate optical signal (i.e., a received WDM or DWDM signal) to produce a plurality of channel band aggregate optical signals. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087659 | Wavelength Aligning Multi-Channel Optical Transmitters - An apparatus includes an array of N laser light sources, an array of N optical detectors, and a wavelength-selective optical router. The wavelength-selective optical router is configured to receive light emitted by the laser light sources and to route the light received from each laser light source to one of the optical detectors corresponding thereto. The apparatus is configured to adjust output wavelengths of the laser light sources based on light intensities measured by the optical detectors. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087660 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING - A method and a device for data processing in an optical network element are suggested, wherein the optical network element changes between a low-speed mode and a high-speed mode of data transmission. In this manner, the optical network element has efficient power savings because it can effectively operate in the low-speed mode which requires less power consumption. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087661 | Long Distance Transmission Of Incoherent Optical Signals In An Optical Network - A method and apparatus of transmitting a 10 G non-return to zero (NRZ) optical signal over a long length of single mode fiber between a 10 G NRZ optical source and a 10 G digital coherent receiver is described. A device receives a 10 G NRZ optical signal from the 10 G NRZ optical source, where the 10 G NRZ optical signal has an accumulated dispersion that is greater than a dispersion tolerance of an incoherent 10 G NRZ optical receiver. The device further recovers the 10 G NRZ optical signal using the 10 G digital coherent receiver. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087662 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK AND SUBSCRIBER LINE TERMINAL - The OLT manages information of optical intensity and communication bit rate receivable by each ONU, and transmits a signal at suitable optical intensity and a bit rate. The OLT decides a signal transmission plan for each ONU according to a status of accumulated information waiting to be transmitted in the OLT's own device buffer, and inserts the signal transmission plan in a header or payload of a downlink frame, thereby notifying the ONUs of the information prior to transmitting accumulated information (primary signal). The ONU recognizes the signal transmission plan of the OLT according to the time information in a downlink intensity map, receives only a signal having the optical intensity and bit rate suitable for the ONU's own device, and blocks other signals. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087663 | Subscriber Premises-Side Optical Network Unit | 2012-04-12 |
20120087664 | EFFICIENT MAC PROTOCOL FOR OFDMA PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS (PONS) - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing media access control (MAC) in an optical network by providing a separate control channel and data channel; dedicating each optical network unit (ONU) with one control channel, wherein the control message is transmitted at any time without constraints; sending a grant message to an ONU just before an allocated time is about to start; and sending data traffic from the ONU immediately after receiving the grant message without synchronizing with an optical line terminal (OLT) clock. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A ROUTE RECOMMENDATION - A method and apparatus for providing a route recommendation are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network topology information, wherein the network topology information comprises a plurality of underlying subnetwork types for a network. The method creates a cost model for the network, and receives a request from a user for a connection to be supported by the network. The method provides the route recommendation for supporting the connection by applying the cost model. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087666 | BIDIRECTIONAL WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED-PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - Provided is a bidirectional WDM-PON. The bidirectional WDM-PON includes an optical comb generator, an amplifier, an optical de-interleaver, a downstream signal generator, an upstream signal generator, an upper circulator, and a lower circulator. The optical comb generator generates multi-wavelength light. The amplifier amplifies the multi-wavelength light. The optical de-interleaver receives the amplified multi-wavelength light to divide the received light into an odd wavelength train and an even wavelength train, and outputs the odd and even wavelength trains. The downstream signal generator receives the odd wavelength train to generate a downstream signal. The upstream signal receiver receives an upstream signal. The upper circulator determines a delivery path of the odd wavelength train and the downstream signal. The lower circulator determines a delivery path of the even wavelength train and the upstream signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087667 | AWG SUPPORTING MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS AND CHANNEL PLANS - Roughly described, an AWG has two or more inputs and multiple outputs. By selecting the angular spacing among the inputs, and by designing the different inputs to address different orders of the waveguide array, the device can be designed such that the inputs will carry frequency bands having any desired center frequency spacing and any desired same or different channel spacing. For example a dual input device can be designed such that one input carries C-band channels and the other input carries L-band channels, and both have channel spacings that match or substantially match the ITU grid. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087668 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND RECEIVING OOFDM SIGNAL, AND WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and in particular, disclose a method and a device for generating and receiving an OOFDM signal, and a wavelength-division multiplexing system. The method for generating an OOFDM signal includes: converting a channel of serial high-speed data to N channels of parallel low-speed data; performing modulation mapping on the N channels of parallel low-speed data respectively to obtain N channels of information sequences; expanding the N channels of information sequences to 2N+2 channels of information sequences which have a Hermitian symmetric structure; performing inverse Fast Fourier Transform on the 2N+2 channels of information sequences, and then performing parallel-to-serial conversion to obtain an OFDM baseband signal; performing digital-to-analog conversion on the OFDM baseband signal to obtain an OFDM analog signal; and modulating the OFDM analog signal to an optical carrier to obtain an OOFDM signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087669 | OPTICAL NODE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD - In an optical node, a transmitter produces an optical supervisory signal for supervising an optical network, a processor is operative to control a power level of the optical supervisory signal according to a per-wavelength power level of an optical communication signal when the optical node has no post amplifiers, and a multiplexer combines the controlled optical supervisory signal with the optical communication signal to be transmitted to another optical node located downstream. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087670 | OPTICAL REPEATER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an optical relay system that transmits a band-limited multi-band frequency signal via an optical line. According to an embodiment of the present invention, since a remote unit includes a multiplexer that fixes a power flow direction to combine wireless signals of various bands and outputs the combined signals to a mobile terminal, or distributes wireless signals wireless signals received from the mobile terminal and fixes a power flow direction to output the distributed wireless signals, even if frequency bands of signals combined by the multiplexer overlap or are adjacent, power delivery in a direction opposite to the power delivery direction of a signal during a signal combining process can be prevented, reducing signal distortion, and thus improving efficiency in combining a number of signals. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087671 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING INFRARED NOISE AT A REMOTE CONTROL - Systems, devices and methods provide feedback about the quality of communication between a device and a remote control. A wireless signal is sent between a controlled device and the remote control. The quality of the signal can be measured and reported to a user, installer, troubleshooter, customer service agent or other person in any manner. Quality may be determined based upon the strength of the received signal as well as the amount of noise that is present. The quality measurements provide feedback that allows a user, installer, customer service representative or other person to change the positions of the device or the remote control, or to take other actions based upon the quality of the wireless signal that is received. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087672 | OPTICAL REPEATER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an optical relay system that transmits a band-limited multi-band frequency signal via an optical line. A base station interface unit combines a plurality of band-limited wireless signals into one wireless signal, and an optical distribution unit converts the combined wireless signal into an optical signal and optically transmits it to a remote unit. Therefore, the number of optical modules and optical cores used for optically transmitting a wireless signal can be reduced, so that the signal noise ratio (SN) of the system can be improved, equipment can be miniaturized, and manufacturing cost can be reduced. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087673 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A THREE-LEVEL SIGNAL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided is an optical interconnection system that transmits and receives a three-level signal. The optical interconnection system includes a first and a second optical interconnection device that transmits and receives a two-level signal, and a synthesizer that outputs a three-level signal by synthesizing signals from the first and second optical interconnection devices. The optical interconnection system may transmit and receive a three-level signal while using an optical interconnection device that interconnects a two-level signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087674 | OPTICAL DATA PATH SYSTEMS - This disclosure is directed to optical data path systems that enable unidirectional and bidirectional transmission of optical signals between nodes of a multi-node system such as a multiprocessor system. In one aspect, an optical data path system includes an optical device layer connected to nodes of a multi-node system and a controller. The optical device layer includes a waveguide network of waveguide branches optically connecting each node of the multi-node system to every other node of the multi-node system, resonators disposed adjacent to the waveguide branches, and detectors disposed adjacent to waveguide branches of the waveguide network. Each detector is electronically connected to a node of the multi-node system. The resonators are operated by the controller to control the path of optical signals sent between the nodes of the multi-node system. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087675 | Compact small form-factor pluggable transceiver - An apparatus, in accordance with particular embodiments, includes an interface configured to establish connections within a copper network. The apparatus also includes a receptacle configured to receive a conventional small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module or a compact SFP module and to direct the SFP modules to a first connector. The first connector connects either of the SFP modules to the node. A pin of the first connector is configured to receive a module detection signal and to transmit data to the compact SFP module. The apparatus also includes a low pass filter coupled to the pin of the first connector that passes the module detection signal to the node. The apparatus is further configured to establish two duplex connections with an optical fiber network if the compact SFP module is connected and to establish one duplex connection with the optical fiber network if the conventional SFP module is connected. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087676 | DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - An apparatus for transmitting data for visible light communication sets up the pulse width control step of pulse width modulation (PWM) in a unit time interval, modulates each symbol of VLC source data input into a PWM signal in accordance with the pulse width control step, generates a visible light modulation signal by controlling the turn-on time or turn-off time of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in response to the PWM signal, and transmits the visible light modulation signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087677 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - A transmitting apparatus using visible light communication generates a light source control signal from color information representing additional information and transmits additional information with a color of light that is emitted by a light source by controlling an on/off time of a plurality of LEDs according to the light source control signal. Therefore, a user can intuitively know additional information from a color of light that is emitted by the light source. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087678 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY FOR A LINE CARD - In one embodiment, the opto-electronic assembly is a hybrid integrated circuit having an array of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that are electrically coupled to a corresponding array of transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), with both the APDs and TIAs being mounted on a common ceramic substrate. The opto-electronic assembly further has an optical subassembly comprising an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) and an array of turning mirrors, both attached to a temperature-control unit in a side-by-side arrangement and flip-chip mounted on the substrate over the APDs. The opto-electronic assembly employs a silicon-based submount inserted between the APDs and the substrate to accommodate the height difference between the APDs and the TIAs. The submount advantageously enables the placement of APDs in relatively close proximity to the turning mirrors while providing good control of the APD's tilt and offset distance with respect to the substrate. The temperature-control unit enables independent temperature control of the AWG and of the array of turning mirrors, which helps to achieve good optical-coupling efficiency between the AWG and the APDs even when the turning mirrors have a relatively small size. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087679 | CARRIER PHASE ESTIMATION FILTER LENGTH OPTIMIZATION - The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus and method to reduce phase noise associated with a received data signal, while optimizing system performance. An optimal length of a digital filter, employed in a carrier phase recovery process, is determined such that phase noise is reduced in the received data signal. Reduction of the phase noise present in the received data signal leads to improved receiver performance. The optimal length of the digital filter may be continuously performed, resulting in optimal performance of the receiver. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087680 | METHOD FOR CARRIER FREQUENCY RECOVERY AND OPTICAL INTRADYNE COHERENT RECEIVER - A method for carrier frequency recovery in an optical coherent transmission system is provided in which at least one kind of equalization of a received signal is performed in frequency domain, the method comprising: performing a frequency offset compensation in frequency domain on a received signal according to an estimated value of the frequency offset; obtaining the signal with the frequency offset compensated. Further, an optical coherent receiver is provided comprising: an equalization unit, adapted to perform at least one kind of optical distortion compensation of a received signal in frequency domain; a frequency offset compensation unit, adapted to perform the frequency offset compensation in frequency domain on a received signal according to an estimated value of the frequency offset to obtain the signal with frequency offset compensated. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087681 | HEATING DEVICE HAVING HIGH DEGREE OF FREEDOM IN DESIGN, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating device and an image forming apparatus which make it possible to improve the degree of freedom in design to enhance the accuracy of detecting the state of a to-be-heated member, and easily reduce cost. An induction heating coil generates magnetic flux by flow of electric current therethrough. Ferrite cores formed of a magnetic material form magnetic paths. The fixing belt generates heat by the action of the magnetic flux generated by the induction heating coil | 2012-04-12 |
20120087682 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD APPLICABLE TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING A PRINTING PROCESS CARRIED OUT BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a counting section, a storage section, a control section, and a driving member control section. The counting section counts the number of recording media subjected to successive printing. The storage section stores the number counted by the counting section. The control section performs a control process including: setting a power saving mode by selecting a printing speed of the fixing section which is lower than a preset normal speed used in the normal mode while selecting a preset fixing temperature of the fixing section which is lower than a preset normal temperature used in the normal mode when the normal mode is alive while a frequency of successive printing on not more than three recording media is a predetermined percentage or more. The driving member control section switches a current printing speed of the fixing section to a printing speed selected by the control section. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087683 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member that is rotatable, a toner image forming portion that is able to form a toner image to be transferred to a transfer material and a control toner image not to be transferred to a transfer material on the image bearing member, a transfer member that transfers the toner image formed on the image bearing member to the transfer material, a detecting portion that detects a density of the control toner image, an adjustment portion that adjusts a toner image formation condition of the toner image forming portion based on an output of the detecting portion, a cleaning member that electrostatically cleans the transfer member, and a controller which changes a voltage or a current to be applied between the transfer member and the cleaning member based on the density of the control toner image. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087684 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER AMOUNT CALCULATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus and method for calculating toner amount including receiving print setting information, performing image processing on print data based on the print setting information received by the reception unit to form an image, calculating a print data feature quantity of the print data based on the formed image, and calculating a toner amount in a case where the print setting information is changed based on difference information between the print setting information before it is changed and after it is changed, and the calculated print data feature quantity based on the image formed by the image formation unit using the print setting information before it is changed. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087685 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a developed image; a developer carrying member for carrying a developer to be supplied to the image bearing member; a cleaning blade for removing the developer from the image bearing member; a control device for executing, at predetermined timing during a non-image-formation period, sequence controls for moving a developer from the sleeve to the drum and removing a developer moved to the drum by the cleaning blade; and a removing device capable of removing the developer in a position before developer moved to the image bearing member by the cleaning blade, wherein the sequence controls includes a first sequence control and a second sequence control, and wherein an amount of the developer removed by the cleaning blade is controlled such that the amount is smaller in the first sequence control than in the second sequence control. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087686 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a fixing unit that heats a recording medium and fixes the image on the recording medium; a pressure member that is rotatable and has an outer peripheral surface, the pressure member moving from a position separated from the fixing unit to a position in contact with the fixing unit, the pressure member pressing the recording medium when the recording medium enters a contact section between the fixing unit and the outer peripheral surface; and a controller that controls transportation of the recording medium and a time at which a region of the outer peripheral surface reaches the contact section, the region contacting the fixing unit when the fixing unit contacts the outer peripheral surface and repeatedly reaching the contact section, so that the recording medium enters the contact section when the region reaches the contact section as the pressure member rotates. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087687 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus may include a transfer nip, a first conveyance belt, a second conveyance belt, a fixing nip, a fixing drive unit, and a control unit. The first conveyance belt conveys the sheet to which a toner image is transferred and fixed. The fixing drive unit drives the fixing nip so that the fixing nip conveys the sheet at a speed that is higher than the transfer speed in a high speed fixing mode in which the fixing nip fixes the toner image to the sheet while conveying the sheet. The control unit sets a circumferential speed of the first conveyance belt and a circumferential speed of the second conveyance belt so that the sheet bridging the first and second conveyance belts is pulled by the second conveyance belt to slide on the first conveyance belt in the high speed fixing mode. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087688 | Fixing device, fixing device control method, and image forming apparatus - A fixing device includes a heat roller, a heater, a fuser roller, an endless, fuser belt, a pressure roller, a first thermometer, and a controller. The heat roller has a surface thereof subjected to heating. The heater is disposed in the heat roller to heat the circumference of the heat roller to an adjustable, heating temperature. The fuser roller is disposed parallel to the heat roller and has a surface thereof formed of elastic material deposited upon a cylindrical core of metal. The fuser belt is looped for rotation around the fuser roller and the heat roller. The pressure roller is disposed opposite the fuser roller with the fuser belt interposed between the pressure roller and the fuser roller. The first thermometer detects a first temperature at the cylindrical core of the fuser roller. The controller adjusts the heating temperature according to the first temperature being detected. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087689 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A fixing device includes: a heating section which heats a recording material; an induction heating heater which heats the heating section by an electromagnetic induction action; a pressing section facing the heating section, which presses the recording material against the heating section; an auxiliary heating member in contact with heating section, provided downstream of the induction heating heater, and upstream of a nip area fanned between heating section and the pressing section, which heats the heating section; an auxiliary heating member temperature sensor which measures a temperature of the auxiliary heating member; and a heating section temperature sensor provided downstream of the induction heating heater and upstream of the auxiliary heating member, which measures a temperature of the heating section. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087690 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a tandem-type image forming system performing single-sided printing and double-sided printing on a sheet, the image forming system including: a first image forming apparatus; and a second image forming apparatus connected with the first image forming apparatus in series, wherein when the single-sided printing is performed, either the first image forming apparatus or the second image forming apparatus performs printing on a sheet, and when the double-sided printing is performed, both the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus performs the printing on a sheet, the image forming system further including: a control section which controls a sheet-passing image forming apparatus which is either the first image forming apparatus or the second image forming apparatus, and does not perform the printing but performs sheet-passing in the single-sided printing. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus having a normal mode and a standby mode includes an image forming unit to form an image, a switching unit which selectively allows power to be supplied to the image forming unit, a controller to control the switching unit based on a phase signal of the power, a power cut-off unit which cuts off the power to the image forming unit in the standby mode, and a phase detector which is connected to both ends of the power cut-off unit, detects a phase of the power via different phase detection routes according to whether being in the normal mode or in the standby mode, and outputs the phase signal of the power so that a power consumption of the image forming apparatus does not exceed a predetermined value in the standby mode. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087692 | Surface heating type heating unit for fixing device, and fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same - A surface heating type heating unit for a fixing device, and a fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the same. The surface heating type heating unit includes a planar heating element on an outer circumferential surface of a supporter having cylindrical shape, a power feeding terminal at each end of the supporter, and a connector disposed between the planar heating element and the power feeding terminal. The connector is formed on a first region on the power feeding terminal, and includes an adhesive material for adhering the planar heating element and the power feeding terminal, and a conductive material formed on a second region of the power feeding terminal excluding the first region. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087693 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising a process unit having a charger that charges a photosensitive member, a fixing unit having a heat source for thermally fixing a developer image formed on a recording sheet by the process unit, an apparatus body configured to accommodate the process unit and the fixing unit and having an ejection port above the fixing unit, the ejection port being used for ejecting the recording sheet ejected from the fixing unit to the outside of the image forming apparatus and an exhaust fan configured to discharge air inside the apparatus body to the outside of the image forming apparatus. The exhaust fan is disposed at a fixing-unit side of the process unit and is disposed lower than both the charger and the heat source such that air entering through the ejection port from outside the image forming apparatus flows through the fixing unit and is discharged by the exhaust fan. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087694 | Toner Container - A toner container includes a main casing, a shutter, and a seal member. The main casing accommodates toner and is formed with a communication hole through which an interior and an exterior of the casing communicate. The shutter is selectively movable between an open position and a closed position for opening and closing the communication hole, respectively, and in either one of an opening direction and a closing direction. A shutter base portion includes edges, one positioned downstream of the other in the closing direction; and a folded portion. The seal member, configured to encircle the communication hole, is disposed between the casing and the shutter in the closed shutter position. The base portion slidingly contacts the seal member when the shutter moves between the open and closed positions. The folded portion is folded at one edge to be positioned opposite to the seal member relative to the base portion. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087695 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING SAME - An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, a charge generation layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, a hole transport layer located on the charge generation layer, and a hole transport protective layer located on the hole transport layer. The hole transport protective layer includes a three-dimensionally crosslinked material obtained by irradiating a composition including at least a radically polymerizable hole transport compound with ultraviolet rays or electron beams so that the radically polymerizable hole transport compound causes chain polymerization. In addition, the protective layer includes a specific cyano-containing styryl aromatic compound or a specific cyano-containing distyryl aromatic compound. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087696 | Image forming apparatus and velocity control method of rotating body thereof - An image forming apparatus is configured to reduce a velocity fluctuation of a rotating body by reducing the AC velocity component of the rotating body. The image forming apparatus may include an image bearing body with a surface on which a toner image is formed; a driving motor configured to drive the image bearing body according to an input signal; and a controller configured to control the driving motor to output a motor output velocity at a period equal to that of an AC velocity component of the image bearing body. A velocity control method for the rotating body includes sampling a continuous motor input signal at a period equal to that of an AC velocity component of a rotating velocity of the rotating body. The sampled signal is transmitted to a driving motor that drives the rotating body, which is driven based upon the discrete motor input signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087697 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT INCLUDES A FIRST DEVELOPING DEVICE THAT HOLDS A BLACK DEVELOPER AND A SECOND DEVELOPING DEVICE THAT HOLDS A GRAY DEVELOPER - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing devices. Each developing devices performs an electrophotographic process to form an image. The image forming apparatus comprises a first developing device and a second developing device. The first developing device holds a black developer containing a first black coloring agent. The second developing device holds a gray developer. The gray developer contains a second black coloring agent and a coloring agent of a chromatic color. The chromatic color is a complementary color to the second black coloring agent. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087698 | DEVELOPER, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A developer includes a binder resin, a carbon black, and a black charge control agent. When an amount of the binder resin is 100 parts by weight, a blending quantity of the carbon black is set in a range of 3.0 to 7.0 parts by weight, both inclusive, and a blending quantity of the black charge control agent is set in a range of 0.3 to 1.2 parts by weight, both inclusive. | 2012-04-12 |