16th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140105512 | Compression of Image Data - Image content may be compressed using a plurality of block truncation coding schemes resulting in a plurality of compressed versions of the image content. The plurality of compressed versions may be combined together into a single data structure. Prior to combining the plurality of compressed versions, each compressed version may be further compressed. In one embodiment, a data structure containing a plurality of block truncation encoded format versions of image content may be received. Rendering hardware-compatible block truncation encoded content from the plurality of compressed versions may be determined and provided to rendering hardware. The hardware may then decode the selected one block truncation encoded format for display. In one embodiment, each of the received plurality of block truncation encoded content versions may be further compressed. Before providing the selected version to the hardware for decoding, the further compression may be decompressed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105513 | Z-PLANE COMPRESSION WITH Z-PLANE PREDICTORS - A method for compressing graphics data comprises selecting z-planes from a plurality of z-planes. The selected z-planes are predictor z-planes. A residual is determined for each sample not covered by one of the predictor z-planes. A sample is covered by one of the predictor z-planes when the predictor z-plane correctly defines a z-value of the sample. A residual comprises a value that is a difference between a predicted z-value provided by one of the predictor z-planes and an actual z-value for the sample. The predictor z-planes and the residuals are stored in a z-buffer. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING LOSSY IMAGE COMPRESSION THROUGH SOURCE QUANTIZATION AND LOSSLESS COMPRESSION KERNEL, AND RELATED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DECOMPRESSION - An image compression method has at least the following steps: receiving source pixel data of a plurality of blocks of a frame; when a lossless compression mode is enabled for the frame, bypassing a source quantization operation and applying a lossless compression kernel to source pixel data of each of the blocks; and when a lossy compression mode is enabled for the frame, applying the source quantization operation to the source pixel data of each of the blocks to generate input pixel data of each of the blocks, and applying the lossless compression kernel to the input pixel data of each of the blocks. For example, the source quantization operation employs an adaptive quantization parameter for each of the blocks such that a size of compressed data of the frame generated under the lossy compression mode does not exceed a bit budget. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105515 | Stabilizing and Deblurring Atmospheric Turbulence - A method for image restoration and reconstruction registers each frame of an observed image sequence to suppress geometric deformation through B-spline based non-rigid registration, producing a registered sequence, then performs a temporal regression process on the registered sequence to produce a near-diffraction-limited image, and performs a single-image blind deconvolution of thenear-diffraction-limited image to deblur it, generating a final output image. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105516 | Automated Underwater Image Restoration Via Denoised Deconvolution - A computer-implemented method for automatically retrieving information regarding optical properties of a scattering medium including receiving a first digital image and a first image quality value associated with the first digital image and sharpness of an edge of the first digital image, producing an optimized image, transforming the optimized image into an optimized optical transfer function, receiving a second digital image and a second image quality value associated with the second digital image and sharpness of an edge of the second digital image, identifying either the first or second digital image as an optimized digital image, and transforming the optimized optical transfer function into an optimized value of the optical parameter. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105517 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SMOOTHING OF EDGES IN IMAGES TO REMOVE IRREGULARITIES - System, method, and apparatus for smoothing of edges in images to remove irregularities are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of image processing includes, identifying an edge in an image having an associated set of edge characteristics, determining the associated set of edge characteristics, and applying a low pass filter to a pixel of the edge based on the associated set of edge characteristics to generate a second image based on the image, wherein the edge in the image is smoothed in the second image. The method further includes generating a third image which is a blend of the original image and the second (edge-smoothed) image based on the associated set of edge characteristics. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105518 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a specifying unit, a controlling unit, and an outputting unit. The receiving unit receives image data. The specifying unit specifies a correction amount of the image data for keystone correction processing. The controlling unit controls, based on the correction amount specified by the specifying unit, the keystone correction processing, filter processing for reducing a predetermined high frequency component, and edge enhancement processing. The outputting unit outputs processed image data which is processed based on the controlling by the controlling unit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105519 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED IMAGE COMPOSITION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A computer-implemented image composition method and apparatus, wherein, after a user selects a base image from a plurality of sequential images, and specifies an area to be modified, the content of the specified area in the base image is replaced with the content of a corresponding area in the remaining images one by one, and the base image after the replacement is output for a user's previewing and determination. It is possible to improve the quality of the images sequentially captured by applying the present disclosure. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105520 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT GENERATES OMNIFOCAL IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The captured image acquisition unit | 2014-04-17 |
20140105521 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105522 | Fall arrest safety net - A wire mesh safety net for enclosing an overhead device fabricated from a wire strand formed into a bag and having a closed bottom and an open mouth with a line engaging the open mouth for opening and closing the bag around the device and having wire mesh extending and retracting structure for increasing and decreasing the extent of the wire mesh bag. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105523 | Polymeric Bags With Easy Access Features Attached to the Bags Without Adhesives - A woven laminated plastic bag having an easy access or re-sealable feature and methods for making the same are provided. In certain aspects the easy access or re-sealable feature is attached to the bag without the use of an adhesive. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag in one embodiment can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide one or more discrete areas which may each contain discrete graphics and/or printing. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105524 | DRIVING DEVICE HAVING AN ACTIVELY SUPPORTED DRIVE SHAFT - A driving device for an adjusting device of a motor vehicle is provided. The driving device comprises a housing or housing section which at least partially encloses components of the driving device and an electric-motor-driven drive shaft which extends in a longitudinal direction and which is axially supported on the housing or housing section at least via one end. An active bearing element is arranged between the housing or housing section and the drive shaft at at least one end of the drive shaft, said bearing element being suitable for acting on the drive shaft axially in the longitudinal direction during the operation of the driving device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105525 | Dry Gas Thrust Bearing for Use in Rotating Equipment - A dry gas thrust bearing is provided for use in rotating equipment and more particularly, this thrust bearing is designed to support compressor/turbine thrust loads in an improved arrangement which does not require oil lubrication and which is designed to support necessary shaft thrust loading by the utilization of a dry gas film. The bearing includes a shaft rotor between two axially movable stators and relies on a dry gas film to separate the rotor and stators. The stators are axially loaded by a double spring package arranged in series wherein a lightly loaded spring engages the stator during zero thrust applications, and as the shaft begins to rotate and encounter axial thrust, a heavier stiffer spring, greater than the thrust load, quickly engages. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105526 | TONG BEARING - A renewable bearing is for a tong including a housing and an engagement assembly. The bearing has a monolithic upper bearing element having a substantially planar upper surface and a monolithic lower bearing element having a substantially planar lower surface. The upper and lower bearing elements are configured to mount inside the housing with a substantially same outer horizontal profile as the upper bearing element. The upper bearing element and the lower bearing element define a central open area. The upper bearing element and the lower bearing element have an inner section define a radial recess opening to the central opening and for receiving the engagement assembly. The upper bearing element and the lower bearing element have outer sections that form a bearing portion radially intermediate the engagement assembly. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105527 | SEAL-BEARING ASSEMBLY - A seal-bearing assembly to be inserted into the seal cavity of a mechanical device to provide a seal and a bearing surface to eliminate whip in a rotating and/or reciprocal cylindrical member. The seal-bearing assembly is particularly well suited for use in a reciprocal pump and between the steam lance and fixed steam tube in a sootblower. The assembly includes at least a pair of outer substantially rigid cylindrical bearings having an inner bore to be positioned over the cylindrical member and at least one complimentary flexible textile packing ring disposed between the two outer bearing members. In assemblies including an additional bearing, it is surrounded by at least one flexible packing on each side. The inner bore of the bearing members provide a bearing surface for eliminating whip of the moving elements in the device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105528 | ROLLING BEARING - A rolling bearing includes: a first raceway member having a first annular raceway surface; a second raceway member having a second annular raceway surface opposing the first raceway surface; a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the first raceway surface and the second raceway surface so as to roll; and a guide member formed integrally with or separately from the second raceway surface. The guide member including: an annular guide surface arranged at a position different form the second raceway surface in an axial direction; a plurality of flow paths which are separately provided in the axial direction and in which compressed air for supplying lubricating oil flows; and discharge openings which spray the compressed air to a guided surface. An annular cage that holds the plurality of rolling elements at given intervals in a circumferential direction and has the guided surface which opposes the guide surface such that the guided surface can slidably contact the guide surface. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105529 | BEARING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BEARING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A bearing device includes inner ring rolling surfaces formed so that the external radius of inner end portions of a first inner ring and a second inner ring is smaller than a first separation distance and formed so as to have an external radius that becomes larger from an inner side toward the other side, and outer ring rolling surfaces formed so that the internal radius of outer end portions of a first outer ring and a second outer ring is larger than a second separation distance and is formed so as to have an internal radius that becomes smaller from the outer side toward the inner side. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105530 | CREEP PREVENTION DEVICE FOR A RING OF A ROLLING BEARING AND BEARING EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A device including an annular groove obtained on a lateral assembly surface of a ring of a bearing in contact in use with a seat with respect to which the ring must remain stationary; a first element shaped as a circumferentially open ring and preferably defined by a circumferential ring segment having a non-constant radial thickness (S) and always smaller than a radial depth (P) of the annular groove, mounted within the annular groove free to move circumferentially in the annular groove; and a second element, shaped as a closed ring, which engages the annular groove, within which it is mounted radially superimposed on the first element on the side of the lateral assembly surface and having a constant radial thickness (F) such that the second element protrudes radially and overhangingly with respect to the lateral assembly surface at least in correspondence with part of the first element. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105531 | CAGE FOR A ROLLING BEARING, NOTABLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BEARING - A cage for a rolling bearing which cage is intended to ensure the circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements and comprises first pockets | 2014-04-17 |
20140105532 | ROLLER BEARING WITH AT LEAST TWO ROWS OF ROLLING ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR A TUNNELER - The roller bearing comprises an inner ring | 2014-04-17 |
20140105533 | Method to Install Sensing Cables in Monitoring Wells - A tubular seismic sensing cable for use in wells and a method of deployment into wells to provide higher seismic sensitivity. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105534 | Fixture For Shape-Sensing Optical Fiber in a Kinematic Chain - A first link and a second link are articulated relative to each other via a joint coupled between the first and second links. A shape-sensing optical fiber is used to sense a position of the first link and the second link relative to each other. The fiber passes through a channel having an opening defining a lip and extending from the first link toward the joint. The lip has a curved surface that begins substantially tangent to a wall of the channel, and during bending of the optical fiber, the optical fiber is positioned tangent to the curved surface of the lip. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105535 | LENS STANDOFF AND PROTECTION FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - An opto-electronic system includes a substrate, an opto-electronic chip mounted on the substrate, a frame, and a lens device retained in the frame. A frame mounting portion of the frame is in contact with an upper surface of the opto-electronic chip. A lens mounting portion of the frame is spaced above the frame mounting portion. A lower surface of the lens device is in contact with the lens mounting portion. The spacing of the lens mounting portion and frame mounting portion determines the spacing between the upper surface of the opto-electronic chip and the lower surface of the lens device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105536 | OPTICAL BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL BOARD AND OPTICAL MODULE STRUCTURE - An optical board includes a plate-shaped resin base material including a slit-shaped optical fiber housing portion formed thereon, a metal layer formed on a surface of the based material, and a reflective layer for reflecting light propagating in an optical fiber housed in the optical fiber housing portion. The base material further includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface of the base material at a terminal end of the optical fiber housing portion. The reflective layer is formed over an end face of the metal layer and the inclined surface, the end face forming a flat surface continuously with the inclined surface. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105537 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An optical communication module according to the present invention includes an optical semiconductor element with an optical function region that performs light-receiving function or light-emitting function, while also including a first resin member covering the optical semiconductor element and made of a resin that transmits light emitted from the optical function region or light to be received by the optical function region, and a second resin member covering the first resin member. The optical communication module includes an attachment hole for attaching an optical fiber. The attachment hole exposes a part of the first resin member and is open at an outer surface of the second resin member. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105538 | LASER MODULE - The semiconductor laser module ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105539 | PORT MAPPING IN FIBER OPTIC NETWORK DEVICES - A fiber optic network device comprising an input port adapted to receive a multi-fiber cable having active optical fibers designated in a consecutive sequence is disclosed. A first plurality and a second plurality of optical fibers are disposed within the fiber optic network device. The first plurality of optical fibers aligns to a first section of the consecutive sequence and a second plurality of optical fibers aligns to a second section of the consecutive sequence. A plurality of drop ports in the fiber optic network device are adapted to optically couple ones of the first plurality of optical fibers to at least one drop cable. A pass-through port is adapted to optically couple the second plurality of optical fibers to a second fiber optic network device through a multi-fiber adapter in a central alignment at the pass-through port. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105540 | OPTICAL MULTI-PORT CONNECTORS - A connector comprising a base formed using a base material with an obverse face, a reverse face, and at least one wall member that defines the perimeter of the base; a multiplicity of inserts each having a first end and a second end, which extend through the base; wherein the inserts are of a different material than the base material, and the inserts are generally parallel to one another, wherein a single hole extends longitudinally through each of at least a subset of the inserts, and wherein each hole is configured to receive a single optical fiber; and a method of making the connector. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105541 | Fiber Optic Connector Structure - A fiber optic connector structure contains: a base, a covering member, and a fitting sleeve. The base includes: a holding face, two contacting portions, and at least one slot, wherein a respective one of the at least one slot has an opening and has a bottom portion, the bottom portion of the respective one of the at least one slot has at least one notch, and a respective one of the at least one notch has a first inserting segment and a second inserting segment. The covering member includes two resilient extensions corresponding to the two contacting portions and a sliding block sliding from the opening to the bottom portion. The fitting sleeve is fitted on the base and the covering member, and providing a force on the sliding block so that the sliding block retains the fiber stub and the field fiber. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105542 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an optical fiber connector an assembly method therefor. The connector is used for matching with an optical fiber adapter, and comprises a connector casing, a ceramic ferrule ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105543 | FIBER OPTIC MODULES HAVING A FIBER TRAY, OPTICAL-TO-OPTICAL FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS, AND METHODS THEREOF - Fiber optic modules, fiber optic connectors, and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fiber optic module includes a body and a fiber tray. The body includes a fiber tray recess extending from a first surface, a fiber-end datum surface positioned an end of the fiber tray recess, and a plurality of lens surfaces. The plurality of lens surfaces, the fiber-end datum surface, and intervening portions of the body define a plurality of lenses each having a linear optical axis. The fiber tray includes a plurality of fiber support features disposed on a first surface. The plurality of fiber support features is configured to receive a plurality of optical fibers. The fiber tray is disposed within the fiber tray recess and secured to the body. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105544 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TYPE OPTICAL TERMINATOR - An optical waveguide type optical terminator forms an optical waveguide structure including at least an optical absorption core ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105545 | GRADED COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FERRULE - A ferrule for optical waveguides includes an exterior and an interior of the ferrule. The interior of the ferrule has a bore defined therein that is configured to receive an optical waveguide. Material of the ferrule is such that the material changes from the interior to the exterior of the ferrule, where the thermal expansion coefficient of the material transitions from less than 30×10−7/° C. at the interior of the ferrule to greater than 70×10−7/° C. at the exterior of the ferrule. The thermal expansion coefficient of the material may change by way of discrete layers in the material between the interior and exterior of the ferrule. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105546 | FERRULE SYSTEM FOR FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS - An optical waveguide ferrule includes a body and a low-expansion material on one end of the body. The body of the ferrule is formed from a first material and has a bore extending lengthwise therethrough. The bore is configured to receive an optical fiber along a central axis of the ferrule. The low-expansion is configured to be heated without damaging the body. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105547 | FERRULE WITH STRESS-ISOLATION FEATURE - A ferrule for optical waveguides includes an exterior of the ferrule, an interior of the ferrule, and a stress-isolation region between the interior of the ferrule and the exterior of the ferrule. The interior of the ferrule has a bore defined therein that is configured to receive an optical waveguide. The material of the stress-isolation region has an elastic modulus that is less than the elastic modulus of material of the interior and exterior of the ferrule, whereby the stress-isolation region limits communication of stresses therebetween. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105548 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLING METHOD, FUSION-SPLICED PORTION REINFORCING METHOD, PIN CLAMP, CAP-ATTACHED OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR CAP, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLING TOOL, AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLING SET - An optical fiber connector includes a ferrule, an inserted optical fiber, an external optical fiber, and a pair of reinforcing members that pinches and reinforces a fusion-spliced portion of the other end portion of the inserted optical fiber and the front end portion of the external optical fiber. The reinforcing members include adhesion layer on the inner surface thereof which comes in contact with the other end portion of the inserted optical fiber and the front end portion of the external optical fiber. The adhesion layer is depressed at the position where the inserted optical fiber and the external optical fiber come in contact with each other so as to closely adhere to the outer circumferential surfaces of the optical fibers in the fusion-spliced portion. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105549 | PLUG - A plug that can be produced without performing complicated axial alignment. The plug is provided at one end of an optical fiber and is removably attached to a receptacle. A metallic cover is fitted in the receptacle. A ferrule is molded integrally with the metallic cover to hold the optical fiber. An optical element module includes a photoelectric conversion element to be optically coupled to the optical fiber and a substrate on which the photoelectric conversion element is mounted. The optical element module is press-fitted in a space formed by the metallic cover and the ferrule. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105550 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING PARTIALLY CROSS-LINKED RESINS AND THERMOSET RESINS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber may include a ferrule, a optical fiber, and an adhesive composition. The ferrule may include a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface and the adhesive composition may be disposed within the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule and the optical fiber. The adhesive composition may include a partially cross-linked resin and a thermoset resin. The adhesive composition may include between about 1 to about 85 parts by weight of the thermoset resin per 100 parts by weight of the partially cross-linked resin. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105551 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An optical communication module according to the present invention includes an optical semiconductor element including an optical function region that performs light-receiving function or light-emitting function, a first resin member which covers the optical semiconductor element and is made of a resin that transmits light emitted from the optical function region or light to be received by the optical function region, and a second resin member which covers the first resin member. A portion of the first resin member is exposed from the second resin member. The optical communication module further includes an attachment hole for attaching an optical fiber. The attachment hole includes an opening that opens at the portion of the first resin member which is exposed from the second resin member. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105552 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS, CABLE ASSEMBLIES, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A fiber optic connector has a mechanical splice assembly and a mechanical splice assembly holder. The mechanical splice assembly holder includes a body section and a cable retention section. The cable retention section includes a pair of cable retention arms extending from the body section and a guiding groove that is extended out from the body section. The guiding groove is located between the two cable retention arms. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105553 | GRAPHENE PHOTONIC DEVICE - Provided is a graphene optical device. The optical device includes a lower clad, an optical waveguide extended on the lower clad in a first direction, a first dielectric layer disposed on the optical waveguide, and a graphene layer extended on the first dielectric layer in a second direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105554 | Reconfigurable Liquid Metal Fiber Optic Mirror - A true time delay system for optical signals includes a hollow core optical waveguide, a droplet of reflective liquid metal disposed in the hollow core, and an actuator coupled to a first end of the waveguide to move the droplet longitudinally within the hollow core. In one example, the waveguide is a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber. In one example, the actuator is a pressure actuator that introduces or removes gas into the core. Light enters the optical fiber, is transmitted through the fiber toward the reflective surface of the droplet, and is reflected back through the fiber and exits at the same end of the photonic bandgap optical fiber that it entered. The fiber optic device can provide a continuously-variable optical path length of over 3.6 meters (corresponding to a continuously-variable true-time delay of over 12 ns, or 120 periods at a 10 GHz modulation frequency), with negligible wavelength dependence across the C and L bands. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105555 | D1379 P RADIATION CURABLE PRIMARY COATING ON OPTICAL FIBER - Radiation curable coatings for use as a Primary Coating for optical fibers, optical fibers coated with said coatings and processes to coat the optical fiber are described and claimed. The radiation curable coating is a radiation curable Primary Coating composition comprising: an oligomer; a first diluent monomer; a second diluent monomer, a photoinitiator; an antioxidant; and an adhesion promoter; wherein said oligomer is the reaction product of: a hydroxyethyl acrylate; an aromatic isocyanate; an aliphatic isocyanate; a polyol; a catalyst; and an inhibitor, and wherein said oligomer has a number average molecular weight of from at least about 4000 g/mol to less than or equal to about 15,000 g/mol; wherein a cured film of said radiation curable primary coating composition has a peak tan delta Tg of from about −25° C. to about −45° C. and a modulus of from about 0.50 MPa to about 1.2 MPa. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105556 | SURFACE WAVEGUIDE HAVING A TAPERED REGION AND METHOD OF FORMING - A method for forming a waveguide having a thin-core region, a thick-core region, and a transition region of tapered thickness between them is disclosed. The method comprises forming a lower core layer of a first material on a lower cladding, forming a thin central core layer of a second material on the first core layer, forming an upper core layer of the first material on the central core layer, and etching the upper core layer in an etchant such that it is removed from the thin-core region and its thickness monotonically changes from its as-deposited thickness to extinction across the transition region, where the central core layer protects the lower core layer from exposure to the etchant. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105557 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTION DEVICES AND DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - A system of distribution devices is disclosed. The housing of each distribution device has at least two physically and functionally separate functional regions. At least one first functional region is for connecting and/or storing data conductors. At least one second functional region exclusively for guiding data cables having the data conductors. When a plurality of such distribution devices are grouped next to one another and/or one above the other to form a system of a plurality of distribution devices, the functional regions which are used exclusively for guiding data cables having the data conductors form at least one cable guide channel, which extends continuously in the horizontal and/or vertical direction over a plurality of distribution devices. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105558 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH INTERNAL CABLE SPOOL - A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105559 | FERRULE FOR A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - A connector assembly for an optical waveguide includes an optical waveguide and a ferrule for receiving the optical waveguide. The ferrule has an exterior and a bore defined by an interior surface of the ferrule. The ferrule includes a main body formed from a first material and a layer of a second material on the interior surface of the ferrule. The first material includes at least one of a glass, a glass-ceramic, a ceramic, and a cermet. The second material includes a silica or silica-rich phase. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105560 | Light Guide Body - A light guide body includes: a light incident portion on which light is incident; a light guiding portion which is adapted to guide the light incident on the light incident portion; and a light emitting portion which is adapted to emit the light guided by the light guiding portion. One of the light incident portion and the light guiding portion is extended in a first direction, and the light emitting portion is extended in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105561 | Secure handoff among devices during media playback - Secure handoff among devices during media playback. Playback of media, from one or more sources, on two or more respective devices is performed in an automated or simplified manner based upon a near field communications (NFC) or like security pairing transaction between those devices. The security pairing may provide direction for any of a number of operational parameters by which the media is to undergo playback on the different respective devices (e.g., source of the media, quality of the media, digital rights management (DRM), an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) protocol, etc.). Certain implementations allow for user interaction to augment or override automatic or seamless operation between the respective devices for continuous playback of media thereon. Successive security pairings may be performed within any of a number of respective devices (e.g., from a first device to a second device, from a second device to a third device, etc.). | 2014-04-17 |
20140105562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA STREAMS CONTAINING AUDIO, VIDEO AND/OR OTHER DATA - Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (Play-Items, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105563 | SEGMENTING AND PLAYBACK OF WHITEBOARD VIDEO CAPTURE - The present invention discloses methods of archiving and optimizing lectures, presentations and other captured video for playback, particularly for blind and low vision individuals. A digital imaging device captures a preselected field of view that is subject to periodic change such as a whiteboard in a classroom. A sequence of frames is captured. Frames associated with additions or erasures to the whiteboard are identified. The Cartesian coordinates of the regions of these alterations within the frame are identified. When the presentation is played back, the regions that are altered are enlarged or masked to assist the low vision user. In another embodiment of the invention, the timing of the alterations segments the recorded audio into chapters so that the blind user can skip forward and backward to different sections of the presentation. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105564 | CREATING TIME LAPSE VIDEO IN REAL-TIME - A time lapse video is created in real-time, without post-production. User configurations are set for a time lapse video recording. A real-time video feed is received into a buffer. Based on a user configuration for frequency, certain frames in the buffer can be discarded prior to generating the video file. The time lapse video is output as a video file according to user configurations. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105565 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR HAVING A FUNCTION OF SEARCHING A DIVIDED SCREEN, AND THE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a video apparatus including a screen-division searching function and a method of controlling the same, which are capable of solving problems caused in a process of reproducing and checking a recorded broadcasting program at a high speed. The method of controlling the video apparatus includes selecting specific video data stored in a memory, and dividing a full screen into a plurality of partial screens, dividing the selected specific video data into a plurality of portions, and respectively displaying the portions of the selected specific video data on the plurality of partial screens. Accordingly, it is possible to—accurately check the whole contents of a specific broadcasting program or a material recorded by a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera at a high speed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105566 | BD PLAYBACK SYSTEM, BD PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a Blu-ray Disc (BD) playback system, a BD playback device, a display device, and a computer program which can report the status to the user during playback of BD content and can automatically provide an optimal user interface (UI). A BD playback device ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105567 | USER-INITIATED CONTROL OF AN AUDIO/VIDEO STREAM TO SKIP INTERSTITIAL CONTENT BETWEEN PROGRAM SEGMENTS - Various embodiments are described for skipping, filtering, or replacing content from an audio/video stream using text data associated with the stream, wherein the stream has segments of a show interspersed with commercial breaks. A method for processing the stream determines that a commercial break is currently being output for presentation, and monitors for receipt of a user-initiated command to skip the commercial break. When a user-initiated skip command is received during the commercial break, the method automatically skips to a location in the stream that is at or near an end of the commercial break, and seamlessly continues presentation of the stream from that location. If a skip command is not received during output of the commercial break, then output of the current commercial break continues as usual. This methodology is repeated for all subsequent commercial breaks in the stream. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105568 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A recording and reproduction device includes an image quality information acquisition component, an image quality information selector, and a converter. The image quality information acquisition component acquires, from a portable device that is configured to be connected to the recording and reproduction device and that is configured to reproduce video content, at least one set of image quality information specifying image quality that is compatible with the portable device. The image quality information selector selects image quality information from among the image quality information acquired by the image quality information acquisition component based on an attribute of transfer content selected to be transferred from the recording and reproduction device to the portable device. The converter converts the transfer content into video content such that the video content has image quality specified by the image quality information that has been selected by the image quality information selector. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAY WHILE RECORDING PROCESSING - A system and method of the present invention allow the playback of recorded data as the data is being recorded. Data is read from a source location, converted into an encoded format and stored in a database. At the same time, the stored data is read from the database, and played as the data is being recorded. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SCENE CLIP, AND RECORD MEDIUM THEREOF - A system and method for constructing a scene clip, and a record medium thereof are provided. The system includes media supply equipment, a metadata server, a scene server, and an end device. The media supply equipment is used for providing media data. The metadata server is used for providing scene time information corresponding to playback scenes of the media data. A first end device acquires the media data and the scene time information, and extracts, according to capture time information input when playing the media data, at least one piece of target scene time from each piece of the scene time information. The scene server acquires the media data and the target scene time, and according to an alignment result of the target scene time and each piece of the scene time information, extracts local scene clips from the media data to form a piece of media division data. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105571 | SCENE SEGMENT PLAYING SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A scene segment playing system, a scene segment playing method and a recording medium thereof are provided. The system includes media supply equipment, a description generating server, a scene server, and an end device. The media supply equipment is used for supplying media data. Upon receiving the media data, the scene server supplies scene description data corresponding to the media data. The scene server acquires the media data and interval information supplied by the end device, and retrieves scene segment data from the media data according to a comparison result of the interval information and the scene description data, and outputs the scene segment data to the end device for playing. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUMMARY COLLECTION AND PLAYING OF SCENES AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A system and a method for summary collection and playing of scenes and a recording medium thereof are provided. The system includes media supply equipment, a scene description server, a scene server, and an end device. The media supply equipment supplies media data. The scene description server supplies scene description information of a scene segment corresponding to the media data, where each piece of scene description information records a playing content of the scene segment corresponding thereto. The scene server obtains the media data and a summary collect command supplied by the end device, and retrieves a plurality of partial scene segments from the media data according to an analysis result of the summary collect command and the playing content recorded by each piece of scene description information, so as to form media summary data and output the media summary data to the end device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105573 | VIDEO ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ACTION TYPE DETECTION - Descriptions of video segments for use to search or select video segments are generated by using a combination of video based action type detection and image based object detection. Action type detection results in detection of action types from a predetermined set of action types, with little or no information about actors involved in the action. Object detection results in detection of individual objects in the images, with little or no information actions. A set of rules is used that define one or more roles associated with action types and conditions on objects that can fill these roles. Detected action types are used to select rules and detected objects are assigned to roles defined the selected rule. Score values are computed for different assignments of detected objects to the role, as a function of the attribute values of the assigned objects. A combination of the detected action type and the detected objects is selected on the basis of the score values. A description of the video segment is generated from the selected combination. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA STREAMS CONTAINING AUDIO, VIDEO AND/OR OTHER DATA - Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (Play-Items, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING VIDEO CONTENT - Methods and apparatus for navigating video content. Digital markers may be placed at desired locations within recorded or cached video content. In one embodiment, these markers (or bookmarks) may be used to instantly jump to a particular scene or location within a video presentation. Such markers may be manually or automatically placed during live caching of video content or playback of previously recorded content. In another embodiment, selectable thumbnailed images that are representative of the video content at previously bookmarked locations may be presented to a user. Such selectable thumbnailed images may be integrated with a DVR status bar and, when selected, may be used to begin viewing stored video content from the bookmark corresponding to which ever thumbnail is chosen. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105576 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a video processing method, including: parsing, by a buffer server, a video file, and creating a video index file, where the index file includes a position of a key frame in the video file; receiving information about a target position of video dragging and sent by a client; determining a key frame closest to the target position according to the index file and the target position; and sending video file data that begins with a position of the closest key frame to the client so that the client starts playing from the target position. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present invention further provide a buffer server, which solves the problem that a video without a file header and a video dragged beyond a storage range of a server cannot be played after being dragged, and improves user experience. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105577 | Method, Device and System for Implementing Video Recording Retrieval - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device, and a system for implementing video recording retrieval. The method includes receiving an alarm event, where the alarm event includes a device identifier of an alarm device and an alarm occurrence time. The method further includes generating a video recording index of a video recording corresponding to the alarm event according to the alarm event, where the video recording index includes video recording time information and video recording acquisition information. The method also includes generating a video recording bookmark of the video recording corresponding to the alarm event according to the alarm event, where the video recording bookmark includes a camera identifier and the alarm occurrence time. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING A MEDIA ARCHIVE FROM CONTENT ON A RECORDING MEDIUM - A media player may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include a media analysis component to identify one or more valid portions of the recording medium containing media content and one or more invalid portions of the recording medium without media content. In one embodiment, the media player includes an archival component to store the media content from the one or more valid portions in a storage medium and a playback component to play back the one or more valid portions of the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the identification of the one or more valid portions by the media analysis component and the storage of the media content by the archival component. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105579 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SYSTEM - A video is recorded on a recording medium so that a reproducing apparatus can faithfully reproduce an original color of the recorded video. An sRGB color space or an extended sRGB color space is specified as the color space of the video to be recorded. A signal processing unit generates a video signal corresponding to the specified color space. An encoding/decoding unit compresses the video signal in accordance with the MPEG | 2014-04-17 |
20140105580 | Continuous Capture with Augmented Reality - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more audio/visual recordings from a user, the audio/visual recordings continuously capturing audio/visual information around the user, the audio/visual recordings being made by a client computing device of the user automatically and without manual user input and with one or more sensors of the client computing device; processing the audio/visual recordings to extract one or more audio/visual segments, each audio/visual segment covering a specific time period or relating to a specific event in the user's life; and posting the audio/visual segments to one or more points, respectively, along a timeline corresponding to the user's life. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105581 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a recording unit and a control unit. The recording unit is capable of performing random access to a recording medium by a data block corresponding to a predetermined reproduction time period. The control unit is configured to cause, when partial data blocks in a plurality of data blocks which are recorded as a first file in the recording medium are edited, the recording unit to record the edited data blocks in a free space of the recording medium as a second file. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105582 | MINIMAL CONTACT EDGE RING FOR RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING - Embodiments of edge rings for substrate supports of semiconductor substrate process chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, an edge ring for a semiconductor process chamber may include an annular body having a central opening, an inner edge, an outer edge, an upper surface, and a lower surface, an inner lip disposed proximate the inner edge and extending downward from the upper surface, and a plurality of protrusions extending upward from the inner lip and disposed along the inner edge of the annular body, wherein the plurality of protrusions are arranged to support a substrate above the inner lip and over the central opening, wherein the inner lip is configured to substantially prevent light radiation from travelling between a first volume disposed above the edge ring and a second volume disposed below the edge ring when a substrate is disposed on the plurality of protrusions. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105583 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND DIRECTING HEAT ENERGY IN A PROCESS CHAMBER - Apparatus for providing heat energy to a process chamber are provided herein. The apparatus may include a process chamber body of the process chamber, a solid state source array having a plurality of solid state sources, disposed on a first substrate, to provide heat energy to the process chamber to heat a target component disposed in the process chamber body, and at least one reflector disposed on the first substrate proximate to one or more of the plurality of solid state sources to direct heat energy provided by the one or more of the plurality of solid state sources towards the target component. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105584 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTELY MANAGING WATER HEATING UNITS IN A WATER HEATER TO ADDRESS GRID IMBALANCES AND RELATED WATER HEATERS AND CIRCUITS - Methods of managing electrical power storage can include remotely controlling operation of one of at least two water heating units included in a single water heater, separately from one another, at a customer location in response to a determination that an imbalance exists in a distribution of electricity to a power grid coupled to the single water heater. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105585 | RESERVOIR FLUID HEATING DEVICES AND METHODS OF HEATING - A heater assembly for a fluid reservoir includes an outer housing coupled to a flange on the fluid reservoir, an inner tubular member disposed within the outer housing, the inner tubular member having a central passageway therethrough, wherein an annulus is formed between the outer housing and the inner tubular member, and a heating device coupled to a lower end of the outer housing and having heating elements which extend upwardly into the central passageway of the inner tubular member. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105586 | COOLING DEVICE FOR NEAR INSTANTANEOUS WATER HEATER FOR KITCHEN OR BATH PRODUCTS - The present application relates to a near instantaneous water heater for kitchen or bath products such as a toilet bidet or bidet. The water heater includes a cold water chamber such that water entering the water heater flows through the cold water chamber before it is heated within a heating chamber. A heating element that heats the water in the heating chamber is provided current for heating by a driver (e.g., a silicon controlled rectifier). A thermally conductive member is provided to thermally couple the driver with water in the cold water chamber, thereby using the water in the cold water chamber to cool the driver. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105587 | MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR SELF PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT PARALLAX - An after-market product for attachment to a camera, lateral to a lens of the camera to enable photographing a self portrait while avoiding parallax error includes a mirror having a convex front surface and a plane rear surface; an adhesive layer engaged with the rear surface; a peelable cover sheet engaged with the adhesive layer; and a clear film layer having framing marks, the film layer adhesively engaged with and re-engagable with the front surface for repositioning the framing marks so as to avoid parallax error. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105588 | CAMERA SUPPORT AND FOCUSING AID - A device to both support and focus a long camera lens is described. A user can hold the camera body with one hand and the support device with the other. In this way, it is easy to hold the camera steady while composing and taking a photograph, as the weight of the lens is supported in more than one place using both hands. The device can be attached to the focusing and/or zoom ring of a zoom or other lens, so that the hand holding the device can move the device to focus the camera. Such a device will be welcomed by both novice and professional photographers because it will help to prevent cramping and fatigue that can occur in the hands with extended camera use. In addition use of the device can also increase camera lens stability, especially for users with unsteady hands. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105589 | CAMERA MOUNT VIBRATION DAMPENER - A vibration dampener for a camera mount is structured to reduce the movement of a first mount component relative to a second mount component. An upper camera mount component securing a camera couples to a lower camera mount component, which in turn couples to a base mount component configured to couple to a user, a sports board, a helmet, a vehicle, and the like. The vibration dampener is compressibly inserted between the lower mount component and the base mount component, causing the vibration dampener to exert an outward force on the lower mount component, and securing the lower mount component against a portion of the base mount component. The movement of the lower mount component relative to the base mount component is accordingly reduced by the vibration dampener. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105590 | Antistatic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Composition - A liquid crystalline polymer composition having a reduced tendency to create a static electric charge during a molding operation is provided. More particularly, the composition contains an ionic liquid that is distributed within a liquid crystalline polymer matrix. In addition to being electrically conductive, the ionic liquid can exist in liquid form during melt processing, which allows it to be more uniformly blended within the liquid crystalline polymer matrix. This improves electrical connectivity and thereby enhances the ability of the composition to rapidly dissipate static electric charges from its surface. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105591 | Grip And Trigger For Devices - A grip and trigger apparatus including a handle housing, a device holder, a trigger member, and an actuation assembly is provided. The handle housing includes detachably attached casing members that define an enclosed space and openings. The device holder is positioned on the handle housing for securely accommodating the electronic device. The trigger member is operably connected to the actuation assembly within the enclosed space for triggering movement of the actuating assembly in an upward and downward direction. The actuation assembly includes an elongate member extending out of an opening defined by the handle housing, and an actuation head member rigidly connected to an upper end of the elongate member. The actuation head member comprises a protruding element that applies a downward pressure on a button of the electronic device for actuating the electronic device, when the trigger member triggers the movement of the actuation assembly in a downward direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105592 | System and Method of Redundancy in Network Communications - The present disclosure includes a network element comprising a first card configured to receive a duplicatively split first signal comprising a data component and a management component, and further configured to receive and transmit a duplicatively split second signal, and a similar second card. The network element also includes a selector configured to select either the first card or the second card to receive the management component of the first signal and to detect a change in designation between the first card and the second card to transmit the second signal. The selector is also configured to modify the selection to select the card designated to transmit the second signal to also receive the management component of the first signal. The disclosure also includes associated methods and systems. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105593 | LIGHT MODULE INTERLOCK SYSTEM - Described is a light module interlock system comprising: an optical cable enabled to transmit light of a first wavelength and a second wavelength different than the first wavelength; a first light module enabled to provide the first wavelength to the optical cable; a second light module enabled to provide the second wavelength to the optical cable; a sensor enabled to detect the first wavelength transmitted by the optical cable, the sensor located at an opposite end of the optical cable as the first light module; and an interlock in communication with the sensor, the interlock enabled to: disable the second light module when the sensor fails to detect the first wavelength, such that the second wavelength is no longer provided to the optical cable. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105594 | DETECTING DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD - A detection device is electrically connected to a controlled device through a power line and configured for detecting a power condition of the controlled device. The detection device at least includes a power detection module, a processing unit, and an infrared transmitter. The power detection module is configured for detecting an input current transmitted through the power line from the controlled device and converting the input current to an output voltage signal. The processing unit is configured for receiving the output voltage signal and determining the power condition of the controlled device based on a voltage level of the output voltage signal. The infrared transmitter is configured for transmitting an infrared signal based on the determined result of the processing unit to switch the controlled device such that the controlled device performs a corresponding operation. Further, a detecting method is also disclosed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105595 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION STAGE FOR OTDR MONITORING AND RELATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OTDR MONITORING OF AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LINK - Optical amplification stage ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105596 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, METHOD OF TESTING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An optical transmission system includes: an optical transmission device that has a plurality of optical transmitters configured to output at least one different wavelength and a multiplexer configured to multiplex wavelength lights output by the plurality of optical transmitters and output a multiplexed wavelength light; and a detection unit configured to detect each wavelength light that is branched before being fed into the multiplexer by sweeping an objective wavelength for detection, wherein, in a single sweeping, the detection unit selects and detects two or more wavelength lights with a wavelength interval that is wider than a wavelength interval of an output light of the multiplexer. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105597 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION - Techniques are disclosed that relate to synchronizing a clock on a network interface device with a clock on an optical line terminal (OLT). In one example, the technique to synchronizing the clocks may include monitoring one or more instances when the network interface device transmits information to the OLT and determining when a frame should be received by the network interface device based on the monitored one or more instances when the network interface device transmits information the OLT. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTENSITY MONITORING - A detection system for monitoring the intensity of a stream of modulated pulses, the system comprising a controller configured to provide a control signal to a component outputting modulated pulses the control signal controlling the level of modulation for each pulse exiting the component and a detector configured to measure the intensity of the pulses in the stream of pulses exiting the component outputting modulated pulses, wherein the detector comprises a gated detector, the controller being configured to send a gating signal to said detector, wherein said gating signal varies the gain of the detector with the control signal, such that pulses with a selected modulation level can be detected. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105599 | Method, Network Device and User Equipment for Switching Media Access Control Address - The present invention provides a method, a network device, and a user equipment for switching a MAC address. The network device provides a first port and a second port, each port being connected to at least one user equipment. After switching from the first port to the second port, the network device sends a first packet to the user equipment. The first packet carries a second MAC address, so that the user equipment switches a first MAC address to the second MAC address according to the first packet; receiving a second packet returned by the user equipment. After determining, according to the second packet, that the user equipment switches to the second MAC address, the locally used first MAC address is switched to the second MAC address. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105600 | Service Edge Hub Device and Methods in an Optical Network Node - The present invention relates to a node of an optical network, methods and service edge hub devices attachable to an optical network carrying data traffic comprising data information on a number of optical wavelength channels in one or more optical fibres. said hub device comprising one or more optical ports connectable to one or more service equipment arrangements for digital processing the received data information, the hub comprising a wavelength switching means configured to connect each channel to the ports, wherein the wavelength switching means comprises an optical splitter arrangement for spreading and directing the channels to the different ports, in one direction, and network ports, in the other direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105601 | OPTICAL MODULE USED IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, METHOD OF UPDATING FIRMWARE OF OPTICAL MODULE USED IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AND TROUBLE TRACING SYSTEM - An optical module includes: an optical device driven by a driving voltage; an arithmetic processing chip including an arithmetic processing circuit that operates according to predetermined firmware and generates an electrical control signal indicating a magnitude of the driving voltage; a voltage generating unit provided outside the arithmetic processing chip, and including an input terminal that receives the control signal from the arithmetic processing chip and an output terminal that provides the driving voltage of a magnitude corresponding to the control signal to the optical device; and a voltage holding unit that holds an output voltage from the output terminal of the voltage generating unit at a constant voltage regardless of an operation state of the arithmetic processing circuit, when the firmware is updated. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105602 | STATION-SIDE APPARATUS AND FRAME TRANSFER APPARATUS - Identifier information (LLID) of an ONU and transfer instruction information indicating a transmission system as the output destination of a downstream frame are registered in a table ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105603 | Systems and Methods for Advanced Power Management for Optical network Terminal Systems on Chip - Systems and methods are provided for customer premises equipment (CPE) on a passive optical network (PON). A system includes a packet processor having at least an active mode and a sleep mode, the packet processor configured to processes streams of data packets received in a data plane from an optical line terminal (OLT) through the PON when in an active mode and to enter the sleep mode when not receiving data packets in the data plane. A system further includes a micro-controller, separate from the packet processor, configured to receive from an OLT operation and management (OAM) messages that are transmitted in a control plane, and to process the OAM messages by, selectively transmitting to a central office, without waking up the packet processor, an acknowledgement message, or waking up the packet processor to receive data packets in the data plane. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105604 | Data Transmission Coordination Over Digital Subscriber Lines - An optical management node comprising a memory comprising instructions, a processor coupled to the memory and configured execute the instructions, wherein executing the instructions causes the processor to schedule data transmissions across an electrical network between a plurality of user terminals and an optoelectrical interface by using time division multiplexing or time division multiple access based on optimization of crosstalk performance of electrical lines of the electrical network, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit schedule information to the optoelectrical interface via an optical network. Also disclosed is a method implemented in a management node comprising scheduling data transmissions with a plurality of user terminals across a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) network using time division scheduling based on optimization of crosstalk performance of DSL lines of the DSL network, and transmitting schedule information to the user terminals via an optical network. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105605 | DRIVER FOR MULTI-STAGE WAVE GUIDE MODULATOR AND METHOD - A modular hub driver architecture may include a multi-delay block configured to provide an enhanced delay match among N distinct stages of a distributed modulating electro-optical interface core. The electro-optical multi-core modulator driver may include an input impedance matching stage and a pre-conditioning circuit configured to generate a number M, an integer divisor of N, of delayed replicas of an electrical modulating signal. The electro-optical multi-core modulator may include an array of M launch buffers of the replica signals, and an array of M multi-delay blocks, each including delay circuit modules differently cascaded on distinct signal paths, and configured to receive, at respective inputs, the M replica signals and to output N/M differently delayed replicas of the input signals, each driving a correspondent output stage of one on the N electro-optical interface cores. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105606 | FULLY PHOTONIC WIRELESS BROADBAND BASE STATION - The invention relates to base stations in communication networks. In more particular the invention relates to cellular base stations such as 3G/4G and WLAN base stations. Some or all of the aforementioned advantages of the invention are accrued with a fully photonic base station ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140105607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIMMING WITH RATE CONTROL FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC) - A visible light communication (VLC) device for lighting and data transmission includes a dimming block and a light emitting device. The dimming block is configured to receive a desired brightness level, determine a data duty cycle for the data transmission based on the desired brightness level, determine a filler luminance value based on the desired brightness level, and generate dimming information for use by a second VLC device for decoding the data. The light emitting device is configured to convert the data, the filler luminance value, and the dimming information to visible light for transmission to the second VLC device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105608 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL RECEPTION WITH AMBIENT LIGHT COMPENSATION - A free space communications apparatus includes a first receiving element configured to receive a communication signal and an ambient noise signal and to generate a first current as a function of any and all received signals, a second receiving element electrically coupled with the first receiving element to receive the ambient noise signal and to generate a second current as a function of any and all received signals, and an output signal produced as a function of the communication signal received by the first receiving element. The first and second receiving elements are electrically connected in a circuit that cancels at least a portion of the first current as a function of the second current to produce the output signal. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105609 | LIGHT POWERED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A light powered communications system. The light powered communications system includes an audio control center having at least one optical source and at least one optical receiver. The light powered communications system also includes a plurality of optically powered remote communication systems located remote from the audio control center, each of the optically powered remote communication systems being configured to receive an optical signal from the audio control center. The light powered communication system also includes at least one length of fiber optic cable between the audio control center and each of the optically powered remote communication systems. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105610 | Power-Saving Driver Circuit for Providing a Bias Current or Driving a Current-Driven Load - Methods and circuits for providing a minimum driving voltage to a current-driven load (such as a laser diode) are disclosed. The circuit and methods may be useful for efficiently providing a bias and/or driving current to the current-driven load with minimal energy loss. The circuit generally comprises (1) a driver or voltage source configured to provide the bias and/or driving current to the current-driven load, (2) a sense circuit configured to (i) sense the bias and/or driving current and (ii) convert the bias and/or driving current to a first voltage, and (3) a comparator configured to (i) receive the first voltage and first and second reference voltages and (ii) provide a feedback/error signal to the driver or voltage source, the feedback/error signal configured to maintain or adjust the bias and/or driving current at or towards a target value. | 2014-04-17 |
20140105611 | MULTICORE CHIP WITH HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS - The invention provides optical interconnects of data-processing cores of multicore chips by means of digital planar holographic microchips on a host chip. The device comprises “N” laser light sources that generate lights of “N” different wavelength and “N” data-processing cores that produce data. Each data-processing core contains optical signal receivers and modulators/transceivers that receive lights from the laser light sources and have a function of modulating the light obtained from the laser light sources with the data produced by the cores thus producing modulated light signals which are further processed by the holographic microchip and then decoded by the receivers. The device is efficient in that it replaces electrical interconnects between the cores with optical interconnects and can be matched to current semiconductor production technology. | 2014-04-17 |