16th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110091049 | OUTPUT PHASE MODULATION ENTRAINMENT CONTAINMENT FOR DIGITAL FILTERS - Method and apparatus for entrainment containment in digital filters using output phase modulation. Phase change is gradually introduced into the acoustic feedback canceller loop to avoid entrainment of the feedback canceller filter. Various embodiments employing different output phase modulation approaches are set forth and time and frequency domain examples are provided. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091050 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, AND SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM - A sound processing apparatus includes a power spectrum operation unit obtaining a power spectrum of an audio signal, an envelope component removal unit removing an envelope component of the power spectrum and generating a signal characteristic that represents a peakness of the power spectrum, a filter characteristic calculation unit calculating a filter characteristic suppressing the signal characteristic by using the signal characteristic, and a suppress filter filtering the audio signal by using the filter characteristic. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091051 | PORTABLE COMPUTER ELECTRICAL GROUNDING AND AUDIO SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES - A portable computing device having a substantially non-conducting outer housing and alternative electrical grounding and audio system architectures is disclosed. The device can be a laptop computer having a main logic board, a keyboard assembly, an audio source positioned below the keyboard assembly, and an equalizer electrically coupled to the audio source, with each of these components being electrically coupled to a universal grounding structure. The audio source emits sound waves that are propagated through the keyboard assembly and between gaps between keyboard keys and the outer housing. Settings for the equalizer can be selected to account for sound absorption and amplification characteristics of the sound waves along these sound transmission paths. The universal grounding structure includes a plurality of separate ground components that are electrically intercoupled, each being substantially smaller than the overall portable computing device, and also includes an electromagnetic interference shield around the main logic board. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091052 | Sound and light control apparatus - A sound and light control apparatus includes an audio signal input terminal for receiving an audio signal, a voltage dividing circuit electrically connected to the audio signal input terminal for dividing the voltage of the audio signal into two divided voltages, a control knob electrically connected to the voltage dividing circuit for adjusting the divided voltages, at least one audio signal output terminal electrically connected to the voltage dividing circuit and at least one loudspeaker for transmitting one divided voltage to the loudspeaker, a frequency-divider crossover circuit electrically connected to the voltage dividing circuit for filtering the other divided voltage according to a plurality of different audio frequencies to generate corresponding frequency division voltages, and transmitting each frequency division voltage to a corresponding frequency division voltage output terminal electrically connected to a light emitting diode and enabling the light emitting diode to produce light corresponding to the frequency division voltage. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091053 | VIBRATORY PLATE, ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC CONVERTER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIBRATORY PLATE AND MOLDED BODY - A vibratory plate includes a first layer ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091054 | BASEBALL-STYLE CAP WITH AMPLIFIED STEREO SPEAKERS - An embodiment of a baseball-style cap and stereo combination having a crown, a brim/bill, a sweatband, and two amplified stereo speakers concealed within the brim/bill is disclosed. The stereo components including a circuit board, an amplifier and battery are concealed within an inner surface and/or inner space defined as the area between the lowermost inner surface area of the crown and the inner surface of the sweatband when pulled apart from one another. Also included are wires connecting the battery to the circuit board and wires connecting the amplifier to the speakers both of which are concealed within the sweatband. A stereophonic music generator sends a music signal which is provided to the amplifier by any suitable means of communication, like an audio cord or wireless by means of infrared or Bluetooth wireless technology. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091055 | LOUDSPEAKER LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES - Techniques for loudspeaker localization are provided. Sound is received from a loudspeaker at a plurality of microphone locations. A plurality of audio signals is generated based on the sound received at the plurality of microphone locations. Location information is generated that indicates a loudspeaker location for the loudspeaker based on the plurality of audio signals. Whether the generated location information matches a predetermined desired loudspeaker location for the loudspeaker is determined. A corrective action with regard to the loudspeaker is enabled to be performed if the generated location information is determined to not match the predetermined desired loudspeaker location for the loudspeaker. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091056 | HEARING AID - This hearing aid comprises a microphone ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091057 | EYEGLASSES WITH A PLANAR ARRAY OF MICROPHONES FOR ASSISTING HEARING - An apparatus implements directional sound detection. The apparatus includes a portable hearing aid device, a plurality of sound detectors, and electronic circuitry. The sound detectors are coupled to the portable hearing aid device. The sound detectors are arranged in a substantially planar array which is located in approximately a two-dimensional plane which extends through both a listener position and a sound generator position. The electronic circuitry is electronically coupled to the plurality of sound detectors. The electronic circuitry generates a reproduced sound signal based on sound signals from at least a subset of the plurality of sound detectors. The subset includes at least two sound detectors in a one-dimensional line and at least one sound detector located within the two-dimensional plane other than along the one-dimensional line. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091058 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID WITH CAPACITIVE SENSOR - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for an in-the-ear hearing aid with a capacitive sensor. The present subject matter includes various approaches to improved control of an in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid with capacitive sensors. In various embodiments, the capacitive sensor serves as a capacitive switch or a plurality of capacitive switches that can be used together to support or perform one or more functions. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AID WITH CAPACITIVE SENSOR - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for a behind-the-ear hearing aid with a capacitive sensor. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091060 | HEARING INSTRUMENT - A hearing instrument includes a behind-the-ear component and an external component for being placed in the user's ear canal or in the user's ear and a connection link between the behind-the-ear component and the external component. The connection link is reversibly pluggable to the behind-the-ear component and/or the in-the-ear-canal component and has a length that is reversibly adjustable. Fixation means is provided for reversibly fixing the adjusted length of the connection link. The in-the-ear-canal component may be connected to the fixation means and detached therefrom when the same is in the ear canal. An in-the-ear-canal component to be placed in a user's ear canal can have fixation means for fixing it in the ear canal. The fixation means includes an outer shell shaped to fit in the user's ear canal and a mounting structure for holding the in-the-ear-canal component. The outer shell is preferably resilient, with an elasticity allowing temporal deformation. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091061 | HEARING INSTRUMENT - A hearing instrument with at least one microphone and signal processing includes at least two receivers having a different frequency response. At least a first one of the receivers can be placed outside the ear canal, for example in a behind-the-ear component. A behind-the-ear component and an external component can be provided for being placed in the user's ear canal or in the user's ear with a connection link between the behind-the-ear component and the external component. The sound processing means can feed the first receiver with a first signal of a first central frequency and the second receiver with a second signal of a second central frequency. The signal processing means can be one or two signal processing units. A frequency separating filter can have an input operatively connected to an output of the signal processing unit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091062 | SENSORY DEVELOPMENTAL CAP - A cap having ear pieces and an eyepiece. The ear pieces are preferably connected to an audio device that can play stored audio and/or rebroadcast ambient sounds at a reduced audio level. The ear pieces preferable provide sound attenuation of at least 20 dB. The stored audio may include sounds that simulate sounds heard by a fetus while in the womb. The eye piece is preferably removable. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091063 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING WRONG RECOGNITION OF EARPHONE INSERTION - A method and an apparatus for recognizing earphone insertion are provided. In the method, whether an earphone is inserted is determined. When earphone insertion is determined, a discontinuous Direct Current (DC) voltage is applied to a microphone end of an earphone jack. A magnitude of the discontinuous DC voltage of the earphone jack is determined. Whether the earphone jack is a three-pole earjack or a four-pole earjack is determined depending on the determined magnitude of the discontinuous DC voltage. Therefore, erroneous recognition of the earphone insertion may be prevented. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091064 | Ribbon transducer - A ribbon transducer ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091065 | Image Alignment Using Translation Invariant Feature Matching - A computer implemented method and system is provided for aligning multiple overlapping images in real time using translation invariant feature matching. A user captures overlapping images comprising a first image and a second image using one or more image capture devices. An image aligning application determines one or more local maxima pixel points and local minima pixel points in the first image and the second image based on predetermined statistical criteria. The image aligning application performs iterative intra image correlation in the first image for selecting a predetermined number of feature points. The image aligning application performs iterative inter image correlation for the selected feature points, for determining a predetermined number of best correlated feature point pairs, and selects a matching feature point pair from the best correlated feature point pairs. The image aligning application aligns the first image and the second image using the selected matching feature point pair. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091066 | Authentication of Physical and Electronic Media Objects Using Digital Watermarks - Digital watermark methods for encoding auxiliary data into a host signal are used to authenticate physical and electronic objects. One such method computes a content specific message dependent on the host signal, encodes the content specific message into a watermark signal, and embeds the watermark in the host signal such that the watermark signal is substantially imperceptible in the host signal. One specific implementation embeds data representing salient features of the host signal into the watermark. For example, for photo IDs, the method embeds the spatial location of salient features of the photo into the watermark. Another implementation computes a semi-sensitive hash of the host signal, such as a low pass filtering of the signal, and embeds the hash into the watermark. The watermark signal may be content dependent by making the watermark key dependent on some attribute of the signal in which the watermark is embedded. Another approach is to make the watermark key dependent on a user or an attribute of the user. Yet another approach is to use multiple watermark components and multiple watermark detection stages that help identify and screen out invalid watermark signals. Another digital watermarking method for authenticating a media object transforms a media signal to a frequency domain comprising an array of frequency coefficients. It selects a first set of frequency coefficients, and alters the selected first set of frequency coefficients so that values of the coefficients in the set correspond to a pattern. The pattern of the media signal is authenticated by comparing a pattern of the values of the frequency coefficients in the set with an expected pattern. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091067 | POSTAL INDICIUM DETECTION METHOD AND POSTAL INDICIUM DETECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a postal indicium detection method includes detecting whether or not one of a first face and a second face of a sheet corresponds to a picture card specific face, detecting a postal indicium candidate from the second face based on a first detection result indicating that the first face corresponds to the picture card specific face, and detecting the postal indicium candidate from the first face based on a second detection result indicating that the second face corresponds to the picture card specific face. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091068 | Secure Tracking Of Tablets - A method of tracking and tracing tablets, in particular pharmaceutical tablets, includes reading, i.e. detecting, code structure from the tablet, reading additional information from the package on an information sheet, and then comparing the readings to verify authenticity. The code structure may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. The detected code may further be compared with information stored in a database. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091069 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: an extraction unit configured to extract a person from a video obtained by capturing a real space; a holding unit configured to hold a movement estimation rule corresponding to a partial region specified in the video; a determination unit configured to determine whether a region where the person has disappeared from the video or appeared in the video corresponds to the partial region; and an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on the movement estimation rule corresponding to the partial region determined to correspond, a movement of the person after the person has disappeared from the video or before the person has appeared in the video. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091070 | COMBINING MULTI-SENSORY INPUTS FOR DIGITAL ANIMATION - Animating digital characters based on motion captured performances, including: receiving sensory data collected using a variety of collection techniques including optical video, electro-oculography, and at least one of optical, infrared, and inertial motion capture; and managing and combining the collected sensory data to aid cleaning, tracking, labeling, and re-targeting processes. Keywords include Optical Video Data and Inertial Motion Capture. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit that acquires a target image; a face part extraction unit that extracts a face region including a face part from the target image; an identification unit that identifies a model face part by comparing the face part to a plurality of model face parts stored in a storage unit; and an illustration image determination unit that determines an illustration image corresponding to the identified model face part. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091072 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of servers stores image data including an object of recognition, and a plurality of recognition dictionaries. The image processing apparatus establishes communication with one of the servers to receive, from the server with which the communication has been established, designation information designating a recognition dictionary for recognizing the object of recognition included in the image data. The image processing apparatus identifies the recognition dictionary designated in the received designation information from among the stored recognition dictionaries and uses the identified recognition dictionary to recognize the object of recognition included in the image data. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091073 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - To provide a moving object detection apparatus which accurately performs region extraction, regardless of the pose or size of a moving object. The moving object detection apparatus includes: an image receiving unit receiving the video sequence; a motion analysis unit calculating movement trajectories based on motions of the image; a segmentation unit performing segmentation so as to divide the movement trajectories into subsets, and setting a part of the movement trajectories as common points shared by the subsets; a distance calculation unit calculating a distance representing a similarity between a pair of movement trajectories, for each of the subsets; a geodesic distance calculation unit transforming the calculated distance into a geodesic distance; an approximate geodesic distance calculation unit calculating an approximate geodesic distance bridging over the subsets, by integrating geodesic distances including the common points; and a region extraction unit performing clustering on the calculated approximate geodesic distance. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091074 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND MOVING OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - A moving object detection method includes: extracting NL long-term trajectories (NL≧2) over TL pictures (TL≧3) and NS short-term trajectories (NS>NL) over TS pictures (TL>TS≧2), using movement trajectories; calculating a geodetic distance between the NL long-term trajectories and a geodetic distance between the NS short-term trajectories (S | 2011-04-21 |
20110091075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, GEOLOCATING AND MEASURING OBLIQUE IMAGES - A computerized system for displaying and making measurements based upon captured oblique images. The system includes a computer system executing image display and analysis software. The software reads a plurality of captured oblique images having corresponding geo-location data and a data table storing ground plane data that approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the captured oblique images. The executed software causes the computer system to receive a starting point selected by a user, receive an end point selected by the user and calculate a desired measurement between the starting and end points dependent upon the geo-location data and ground plane data. The desired measurement is selected from a group consisting of a distance measuring mode, a height measuring mode, and a relative elevation measuring mode. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, GEOLOCATING AND MEASURING OBLIQUE IMAGES - A computerized system having a computer system storing a database of captured oblique images having corresponding geo-location data. The computerized system also has a data table storing ground plane data that approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within the captured oblique images. The computer system further has computer executable logic that when executed by a processor causes the computer system to receive a selection of a geographic point from a user, search the database to find images that contain the selected point, and make the images available to the user. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091077 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A LOCATION SIGNAL - A method generates a locating signal which indicates the location of a vehicle, in particular that of a track-bound vehicle. Accordingly, there is provision that a previously stored reference object in the surroundings of the vehicle is identified and the reference object is subjected to an intersection image or mixed image-distance measurement and the locating signal is generated by evaluating the intersection image or mixed image-distance measurement. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091078 | IDENTIFYING GEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN AN IMAGE OF AN UNDERGROUND FORMATION SURROUNDING A BOREHOLE - A method for identifying geological features in an image of an underground formation surrounding a borehole. The method comprising: analysing the image properties to identify image regions and defining segments based on the identified image regions. Then identifying segments corresponding to a group relating to a geological feature and analysing the segments of the group to classify the feature as one of a pre-determined type. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091079 | FACIAL IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE - A facial image recognition system for a driver of a vehicle includes an image capturing unit, an image processing unit, and a warning unit. The image capturing unit is used for capturing facial images of the driver. The image processing unit is electrically coupled to the image capturing unit, has installed therein a facial frame selecting and position correcting method and an identification comparison algorithm, and receives the facial images of the driver from the image capturing unit. The warning unit is electrically coupled to the image processing unit, and emits a warning signal when the image processing unit determines that an identification of the driver has changed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091080 | Face Recognition System and Method - Apparatus for face recognition, the apparatus comprising: a face symmetry verifier, configured to verify symmetry of a face in at least one image, according to a predefined symmetry criterion, and a face identifier, associated with the face symmetry verifier, and configured to identify the face, provided the symmetry of the face is successfully verified. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091081 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING THE EXPRESSION OF BIOMARKERS IN CELLS IN SITU IN THEIR TISSUE OF ORIGIN - The present application discloses a technique for obtaining and storing data on expression of multiple biomarkers in individual cells or the compartments of individual cells in a tissue specimen and methods of utilizing that data to create groups, the members of which share some degree of similarity greater than the general population from which the data is drawn, by an analysis of digital images of a portion of the tissue specimen which has been iteratively stained to generate optical signals, typically fluorescent, reflective of the amount of each of the biomarkers examined. The analysis of the images involves a segmentation routine whereby each pixel of the examined images is assigned to an individual cell or a compartment of an individual cell, the intensity of the signal representative of each biomarker is measured for each pixel, a dataset is created in which each cell or compartments of each cell is associated with a signal intensity for each biomarker examined, and the dataset is interrogated with appropriate numerical tools to create groups. It also discloses the display of such groups on images of the tissue examined such that the individual cells belonging to a particular group are marked or indicated on one of the images examined. It further discloses examining the biomarker data for each group for possible association with a biological condition or process in cases in which tissue specimens drawn from different subjects or different portions of the tissue of a subject have been examined. It also discloses using this examination in the diagnoses, prognoses or assessment of the response to therapy of a condition or disease. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091082 | MEDICAL IMAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical image handling system includes a monitor for displaying a medical image, an input device for inputting an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and a processor. The processor judges the presence or absence of an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and restricts a change of the medical image in a case where the image reading report is judged as being absent. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091083 | AUTOMATIC CUP-TO-DISC RATIO MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A two-dimensional retinal fundus image of the retinal fundus of an eye is processed by optic disc segmentation ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091084 | AUTOMATIC OPACITY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR CORTICAL CATARACT DIAGNOSIS - A method performed by a computer system for detecting opacity in an image of the lens of an eye. The method includes detecting a region of interest in a picture of the lens, and processing the region of interest to produce a modified image using an algorithm which emphasizes opacity associated with a cortical cataract relative to opacity caused by other types of opacity, such as opacity caused by posterior sub-capsular cataracts (PSC). The modified image may be used for grading the level of cortical opacity, by measuring, in the modified image, the proportion of opacity in at least one area of the region of interest. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091085 | Modification and elimination of back projection weight during the CT image reconstruction - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method for the reconstruction of image data from an examined object, using measuring data, wherein the measuring data were first recorded during a relative movement between a radiation source on a computer tomography system and the examined object. In at least one embodiment, the image reconstruction is based on a back projection of the filtered measuring data. During the back projection, a back projection weight that depends on the respective image point is used and the power with which the back projection weight is used is selectable. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091086 | ULTRASONIC VOLUME DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - An ultrasonic volume data processing device which forms a three-dimensional image of a target tissue in a living body is provided. A range in which a rendering process is applied is limited by a three-dimensional region of interest (3D-ROI). The three-dimensional region of interest has a clipping plane as a rendering start surface. A shape of the clipping plane can be deformed into a convex shape or a concave shape by a user operation, and the clipping plane may be freely inclined in two-dimensional directions. With this configuration, for example, the clipping plane can be suitably positioned in a gap between a face of a fetus and a placenta. When the curved clipping plane is used, a striped pattern noise tends to be formed in the three-dimensional image. In order to resolve or reduce the striped pattern noise, a special voxel calculation is applied to a final voxel of each ray in the voxel calculation for each ray. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091087 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ESOPHAGEAL RECONSTRUCTION - A method for three-dimensional esophageal reconstruction includes acquiring a first X-ray image from a first angle with respect to a subject using a first X-ray imager. At least a second X-ray image is acquired from a second angle, different than the first angle, with respect to the subject using a second X-ray imager. Additional X-ray images may be acquired from additional angle. A three-dimensional model of the esophagus is generated from the at least two X-ray images acquired at different angles. A set of fluoroscopic X-ray images is acquired using either the first X-ray imager or the second X-ray imager. The three-dimensional model of the esophagus is registered to the acquired set of fluoroscopic X-ray images. The three-dimensional model of the esophagus is displayed overlaying the set of fluoroscopic X-ray images. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091088 | Imaging system - Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with episcopic, histological, autoradiographic, and/or other imaging are described. One exemplary system includes a cryomicrotome, an episcopic imaging device and a histological imaging device, logic for registering episcopic images with histological images, and logic for manipulating images acquired from the episcopic imaging device and the histological imaging device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091089 | X-ray Image Processing Method and X-ray Image Processing System Using Open Curve Fourier Descriptors - 3D position and attitude can be estimated in a short calculation time based on 2D projection image of an object such as an artificial joint bone or a living tissue bone when a part of the contour of the object in the 2D projection image cannot be discriminated due to a deficient part of the contour or noise. An X-ray image processing method of estimating position and attitude of a measuring object by comparing the measuring object on an X-ray projection image with a parent database storing data of a plurality of candidate objects is provided. The 3D shape of the candidate object is known, and the parent database stores an element-contour group of a plurality of candidate objects projected on 2D plane from various angles. An element-contour corresponding to the contour of said measuring object and a candidate object corresponding to the measuring object are estimated by comparing coefficient of open curve Fourier descriptors of contour of the measuring object with coefficient of open curve Fourier descriptors of each element-contour of the element-contour group, and position and attitude of the measuring object are calculated based on the element-contour corresponding to the contour of the measuring object and the candidate object corresponding to the measuring object. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091090 | IMPROVEMENT IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING RELATING TO CORRECTION OF CHEMICAL SHIFT ARTIFACT AND INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY - Present invention discloses systems and methods for improvement of magnetic resonance images. Correction of a chemical shift artefact in an image acquired from a magnetic resonance imaging system is obtained by a system and a method involving iterative-compensation for the misregistration effect in an image domain. Correction of an intensity inhomogeneity in such images is obtained by a system and a method involving locating voxels corresponding to pure adipose tissue and estimating correction field from these points. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091091 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING THE EXPRESSION OF BIOMARKERS IN CELLS - The invention relates generally to a process of analyzing and visualizing the expression of biomarkers in individual cells wherein the cells are examined to develop patterns of expression by using a grouping algorithm, and a system to perform and display the analysis | 2011-04-21 |
20110091092 | SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND REMITTANCE PROCESSING - The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091093 | METHOD OF APPEARANCE DEFORMATION INDEXING - A method to detect and rank appearance distortions includes creating virtual models of a reference panel and a processed panel, including a first reference patch and the processed panel, respectively. Projecting a first simulated light pattern on the reference panel and the processed panel, and viewing the first reference patch and the first processed patch from a first viewpoint with respect to the first simulated light pattern. The method compares a first reference reflection at the first reference patch with a first processed reflection at the first processed patch, and creates a first index value from optical variations between the appearance of the reference and processed reflections. The first index value is output in a computer readable format. The method may compare the first index value to a predetermined index value and determine whether the processed panel is within an acceptable appearance quality threshold. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091094 | METHOD OF TESTING THE INTEGRITY OF SPIRAL WOUND MODULES - Methods for testing the integrity of spiral wound modules including the introduction of pressurized gas within a sealed permeate collection tube and the detection of gas exiting at least one of the scroll faces of the module. The location(s) of gas exiting the scroll face can be correlated to defects in the module. In preferred embodiments, the subject test methods are non-destructive and can be applied to modules in either a dry or wet condition. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091095 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - An image reconstruction method includes: fetching at least two images; calculating a relative displacement between those adjacent images by utilizing a phase correlation algorithm; calculating an absolute displacement between any one of those images and the first image of those images; and computing a common area of those images by utilizing the relative displacement and the absolute displacement, then deleting remainder portions of the image excluding the common area; determining a rotation centers of those images; and reconstructing three-dimensional data of those images. In the present invention, the phase correlation algorithm can be utilized to process numerous noise signals so as to get a higher precision of the image reconstruction. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091096 | Real-Time Stereo Image Matching System - A real-time stereo image matching system for stereo image matching of a pair of images captured by a pair of cameras ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091097 | APPARATUS OF LEARNING RECOGNITION DICTIONARY, AND METHOD OF LEARNING RECOGNITION DICTIONARY - There are provided a characteristic obtaining unit configured to obtain a subject characteristic including a characteristic of a subject, an image processing unit configured to generate a duplicate subject image by performing an image process to an image of the subject according to the subject characteristic obtained by the characteristic obtaining unit, and a learning unit configured to learn a matching dictionary by using the duplicate subject image generated by the image processing unit. Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of subject images necessary for the learning. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091098 | System and Method for Detecting Text in Real-World Color Images - A method and apparatus for detecting text in real-world images comprises calculating a cascade of classifiers, the cascade comprising a plurality of stages, each stage including one or more weak classifiers, the plurality of stages organized to start out with classifiers that are most useful for ruling out non-text regions, and removing regions classified as non-text regions from the cascade prior to completion of the cascade, to further speed up processing. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091099 | REVIEW APPARATUS AND INSPECTION SYSTEM - A review apparatus comprises: means for acquiring a reference image and an optical image by associating the data of the reference image and the data of the optical image with the gradation values defined by a color palette selected from among a plurality of first color palettes; and means for acquiring a comparison image by associating comparison image data that can be acquired from the reference image data and the optical image data with the gradation values defined by a color palette selected from among a plurality of second color palettes. Gradation values for the comparison image data are represented by gradation values for the reference image data and gradation values for the optical image data. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091100 | Apparatus and method of removing false color in image - An image processing method and apparatus is provided, with which a size of a filter window may be decreased by determining an edge direction of each of the pixels constituting an image and by vertically applying an anisotropic filter window to the determined edge direction. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LENS SHADING CORRECTION DURING IMAGE PROCESSING - Various techniques for lens shading correction are provided. In one embodiment, the location of a current pixel is determined relative to a gain grid having a plurality of grid points distributed in horizontal and vertical directions. If the location of the current pixel corresponds to a grid point, a lens shading gain associated with that grid point is applied to the current pixel. If the location of the current pixel is between four grid points, bi-linear interpolation is applied to the four grid points to determine an interpolated lens shading gain. In another embodiment, a radial gain grid may be provided, and lens shading gains may be interpolated based upon grid points neighboring a current pixel in the radial and angular directions. In a further embodiment, a radial lens shading gain is determined by determining a radial distance from the center of the image to the current pixel and multiplying the radial distance by a global gain parameter based upon the color of the current pixel. The radial lens shading gain is then applied to the current pixel, along with the determined lens shading grid gain or lens shading interpolated gain. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091102 | Method for improving visualization of infrared images - A coding process applicable to an original infrared image, generated from any value matrix, to change the infrared image into negative or inverted black and white and grey with the addition of specific split colors, causing a substantial difference in the way the retina and the brain processes the resultant images. The result obtained is a much less exhaustive way to see, identify and interpret infrared images generated by any infrared camera that uses this conversion process. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091103 | CORRECTION OF COLOR BALANCE OF FACE IMAGES DEPENDING UPON WHETHER IMAGE IS COLOR OR MONOCHROME - On the basis of image data representing the area of a face image contained in an image represented by applied image data, a color correction value calculating circuit calculates a color correction value and a color image probability calculating circuit calculates the probability that the area of the face image is a color image. A color correction value adjusting circuit then adjusts the color correction value based upon the probability that the area of the face image is a color image. The adjusted color correction value is used in correction processing in an image correcting circuit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091104 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND MEMORY MEDIUM THEREFOR - Correction for color fog is securely achieved with limited load of processing. The RGB image data are converted into the luminance and the chromaticity values C | 2011-04-21 |
20110091105 | BAGS OF VISUAL CONTEXT-DEPENDENT WORDS FOR GENERIC VISUAL CATEGORIZATION - Category context models ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091106 | Image Processing Method And System - The embodiments of the present invention provide an image processing method, including: establishing an integral histogram; and calculating a histogram of an arbitrary rectangle area in an image by using the integral histogram. The embodiments of the present invention also provide an image processing system, including an integral histogram establishing unit and a histogram calculating unit. The histogram calculating unit is adapted to calculate a histogram of an arbitrary rectangle area in an image by using an integral histogram established by the integral histogram establishing unit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091107 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - In an image processing apparatus, an object region is extracted from image data that has been input, and an important region where degradation in image quality is to be reduced is selected with use of a feature quantity of image data of the object region or a peripheral region in a periphery of the object region. Among portions of the input image data, an image data portion outside of the important region is compressed and encoded with use of a first quantization step value, and an image data portion of the important region is compressed and encoded with use of a second quantization step value that is smaller than the first quantization step value. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091108 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD - Recognition target area images are sequentially clipped out from an input image. Each of the clipped-out recognition target area images is recognized as or not as an image related to an object by referring to each of a plurality of dictionary data items stored in advance for recognizing the object. Based on the recognition result for a recognition target area image, the order in which each of the plurality of dictionary data items is referred to for a partial image in the neighborhood of the recognition target area image is determined. Thus, the time required for recognizing the object is reduced. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091109 | METHOD OF PRE-ANALYSIS OF A MACHINE-READABLE FORM IMAGE - In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for a machine to perform machine-readable form pre-recognition analysis. The method comprises preliminarily assigning at least one graphic image in a form for identification of form type, preliminarily creating at least one model of the said graphic image for identification of the form type, parsing a form image into regions, determining an image form type for the form image, comprising: (a) detecting on the form image at least one of said graphic images for identification of the form type, (b) performing a primary identification of the form image type based on a comparison of the detected graphic image with the said model, and(c) performing a profound analysis using a supplementary data said-primary identification results in multiple possibilities for the form image type. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091110 | CLASSIFYING A STRING FORMED FROM A KNOWN NUMBER OF HAND-WRITTEN CHARACTERS - A method of classifying a character string formed from a known number of hand-written characters is disclosed. The method starts by determining character probabilities for each hand-written character in the character string. Each character probability represents a likelihood of the respective hand-written character being a respective one of a plurality of predetermined characters. Each predetermined character has a respective character type. Character templates having the known number of characters are next identified. Each character template has a respective predetermined probability and represents a respective combination of character types. Character sequence probabilities corresponding to each of the character templates having the known number of characters are next determined. The character sequence probabilities are a function of the predetermined probability of the respective character template and the character probabilities of the hand-written character in the character string. The character string is classified as the sequence of characters having the highest character sequence probability. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091111 | Multilevel bit-mapped image analysis method - The present invention discloses a multilevel method of bit-mapped image analysis that comprises a whole image data representation via its components—objects of different levels of complexity—hierarchically connected therebetween by spatially-parametrical links. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091112 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Identifying Descriptors for an Image - Methods for automatically providing descriptors for images to a user include providing an image descriptor database having a plurality of image feature vectors, each of the plurality of image feature vectors having an associated descriptor. A specificity value is assigned to each of the descriptors such that the specificity value comprises an estimation of a degree of description specificity. A first image feature vector is determined for a first image, and the first image feature vector is compared with the plurality of image vectors in the image descriptor database. One or more descriptors for the first image vector is identified based on the comparison of the first image feature vector with the plurality of image vectors and the specificity value of the corresponding descriptor. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091113 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus classifies a variation of a target object included in an image from a specific state as one of a plurality of types of attributes, and holds, for each variation attribute, a correction parameter for spatial transformation that corrects the target object to the specific state. The image processing apparatus generates an input image vector by vectorizing at least a partial region of the input image, and determines a variation attribute by detecting a variation of the target object from the specific state in the input image. Then, the image processing apparatus generates a transformed image vector by performing the spatial transformation on the input image vector, using a correction parameter selected based on the determined variation attribute from among the correction parameters held for respective variation attributes. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091114 | VIDEO WINDOW DETECTOR - The invention provides for automatically identifying the location of a displayed video window based upon a characterization of selected portions of the image for realness based upon a distribution of luminance values for the selected portions. The image is then searched mathematically for a large rectangle of realness, and if found, a similar operation is performed in a smaller rectangle around each of the edges of the large rectangle, in turn, zooming in to a resolution of one pixel, thus identifying the position of the edge. This process can be repeated as often as necessary in order to maintain a fix on the edges of the video window. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091115 | FEATURE POINT POSITIONING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A feature point positioning apparatus positions a plurality of feature points for a predetermined pattern in image data. The apparatus selectively executes first candidate decision processing which decides position candidates of the feature points and second candidate decision processing which decides position candidates of the feature points at a higher processing speed than the first candidate decision processing in accordance with an operation mode, and executes, when the operation mode is a high-speed mode in which an operation is executed at a higher speed than a normal mode, the second candidate decision processing for more feature points than in the normal mode; and corrects the position candidates of the plurality of feature points obtained by the first candidate decision processing and the second candidate decision processing based on a layout relationship among the plurality of feature points. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091116 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD - An information processing apparatus acquires registration image data related to an object and input image data related to an object, and matches the acquired registration image data related to the object and each of a plurality of object dictionary data items stored in a storage device. Based on the matching result, the information processing apparatus selects an object dictionary data item relevant to the object related to the registration image data from the plurality of object dictionary data items, and matches the acquired input image data related to the object and the selected object dictionary data item. Based on the matching result, the information processing apparatus determines the object related to the input image data. Based on the determination result, the information processing apparatus updates the selected object dictionary data item. Thus, object recognition is easily and highly accurately performed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091117 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A apparatus holds schedule information managing, in association with each other, scheduled place information indicating a place where a user is scheduled to stay and scheduled time slot information indicating a time slot during which the user is scheduled to stay in the scheduled place. The apparatus holds, in association with the scheduled place information, a recognition dictionary used for recognizing an object being in a captured image of the scheduled place. The apparatus acquires time information indicating the current time, and an image of a place where the user stays at the current time. The apparatus specifies scheduled place information being held in association with scheduled time slot information indicating a time slot including the acquired information, and a recognition dictionary being held in association with the specified information. The apparatus recognizes an object in the acquired image using the specified dictionary to output information indicating a recognition result. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091118 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MESH - Disclosed is a three-dimensional (3D) mesh compression apparatus and method. The 3D mesh compression apparatus may generate a base mesh through a mesh simplification, may separately compress the base mesh and peaks eliminated by the simplification, may construct a covariance matrix based on a topological distance between the eliminated peaks, and may compress 3D mesh data based on the covariance matrix. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091119 | Coding apparatus and coding method - A coding apparatus includes: a bit modeling section which performs bit modeling for coding for coefficient data of every sub-band obtained by wavelet-transforming image data; an expanding section which expands a plurality of data sets including a symbol, a context and control information obtained by the bit modeling section in a register as input data; a storing section which stores the input data expanded by the expanding section as buffer data; a integrating section which integrates the data set in which the control information is valid in the input data expanded by the expanding section and the data set in which the control information is valid in the buffer data stored in the storing section; and a coding section which codes the data sets in which the control information is valid, which are integrated by the integrating section. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091120 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TEXTURE COMPRESSION USING PATCH-BASED SAMPLING TEXTURE SYNTHESIS - Methods and apparatus are provided for texture compression using patch-based sampling texture synthesis. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding texture for a picture by synthesizing the texture. The encoder performs texture synthesis using a patch-based sampling method, thus determining “displacement vectors” indicating positions of patches in an input sample texture which are to be synthesized. At the encoder, both the input sample texture and information representing the “displacement vectors” are coded. At the decoder, the new patches are generated by directly using the “displacement vectors”. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091121 | Coding apparatus and method - Apparatus and method for image coding may group code units corresponding to an image based on a same at least one parameter of each of the code units. Each group of code units which is grouped includes code units of which values of the same at least one parameter are the same. In addition, the code units of each group of code units which is grouped are entropy coded in parallel. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091122 | Device and method of processing image data to be displayed on a display device - In an image data processing device, a selection unit receives a block of original image data of a current image, a block of compressed and reconstructed image data of the current image, and a block of compressed and reconstructed data of a previous image that precedes the current image. A comparison unit compares the block of compressed and reconstructed image data of the current image with the block of compressed and reconstructed data of the previous image. An output unit, in the event that the comparison of the comparison unit results in a match, outputs the block of original image data of the current image as first output data, and, in the event that the comparison of the comparison unit does not result in a match, outputs the block of compressed and reconstructed data of the previous image as the first output data. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091123 | Coding apparatus and coding method - A coding apparatus includes: a wavelet transform section which transforms image data into coefficient data for every sub-band; a code blocking section which divides a region of the sub-band of the coefficient data generated by the wavelet transform section into code blocks; a state transition section which transits a state of the coefficient data which is a process target according to the value and state of surrounding binary coefficient data adjacent to the coefficient data which is the process target; a selection section which selects a coding pass according to the state of the coefficient data transited by the state transition section; and a coding section which codes the coefficient data for every code block generated by the code blocking section according to the coding pass selected by the selection section. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091124 | System for multi-byte reading - A control device, system and method for multi-pixel reading provides a processor receiving multi-pixel, uses memory units wherein each memory unit sequentially receiving a writing enable signal, and then receiving and storing multi-pixel. Simultaneously, the processor having multi-data bus receives multi-pixel of the each memory unit output. The clock of the enabling all the memory units is less than the delay of the processor reading, so that reducing the spare time of the image decoding system and reducing the reading time of the reading image. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING WITH ENHANCED DEPTH OF FIELD - A method for imaging is presented. The method includes acquiring a plurality of images corresponding to at least one field of view at a plurality of sample distances. Furthermore, the method includes determining a figure of merit corresponding to each pixel in each of the plurality of acquired images. The method also includes for each pixel in each of the plurality of acquired images identifying an image in the plurality of images that yields a best figure of merit for that pixel. Moreover, the method includes generating an array for each image in the plurality of images. In addition, the method includes populating the arrays based upon the determined best figures of merit to generate a set of populated arrays. Also, the method includes processing each populated array in the set of populated arrays using a bit mask to generate bit masked filtered arrays. Additionally, the method includes selecting pixels from each image in the plurality of images based upon the bit masked filtered arrays. The method also includes processing the bit masked arrays using a bicubic filter to generate a filtered output. Further, the method includes blending the selected pixels as a weighted average of corresponding pixels across the plurality of images based upon the filtered output to generate the composite image having an enhanced depth of field. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091126 | Method For Improving Digital Images And An Image Sensor For Sensing The Same - A method for sensing an optical image and producing an improved image signal, includes the steps of: supplying a first signal to a first plurality of nodes, the nodes residing in an integrated circuit substrate; producing a second signal at a second plurality of nodes residing in the integrated circuit substrate, the first plurality of nodes substantially corresponding to the second plurality of nodes, wherein the step of producing the second signal includes: imposing a smoothness constraint on the second signal restricting a signal difference between the nodes of the second signal, the smoothness constraint imposed with a plurality of horizontal electronic element; imposing a closeness constraint on the second signal, thereby restricting a signal difference between the corresponding nodes in the first signal and the second signal, the closeness constraint imposed with a plurality of vertical electronic element; and balancing the smoothness constraint and the closeness constraint with a balancing means controlling the vertical electronic elements, the horizontal electronic elements, or both the vertical and the horizontal elements, the balancing means controlled by at least a portion of the first signal. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091127 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT VIDEO PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to efficient video processing methods and systems for computationally efficient denoising, sharpening, contrast enhancement, deblurring, and other spatial and temporal processing of a stream of video frames. Embodiments of the present invention separate statistics-related calculations, including estimation of pixel-value-associated variances, standard deviations, noise thresholds, and signal-contrast thresholds, carried out on only a small percentage of video frames selected at a fixed or variable interval from the video stream, from various spatial and temporal processing steps carried out on each frame of the video stream. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the statistics-related calculations are carried out by the general processor or processors of a computer system, while the frame-by-frame spatial and temporal processing is carried out by one or more specialized graphics processors within the computer system. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091128 | DISPLAY APPARATUS TO ENHANCE IMAGE QUALITY THROUGH REPEATED PROCESSING AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus capable of repeating an image quality enhancement process for an input image for a number of times to enhance image quality of the input image, and an image processing method thereof are provided. Accordingly, since the display apparatus repeats the image quality enhancement process for a single image frame, the display apparatus may enhance the image quality with high performance using a small memory capacity. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091129 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a texture extracting unit extracting a texture component of a blurred image in which a blur has occurred and a combining unit combining the texture component of the blurred image extracted by the texture extracting unit with a blur-corrected image obtained by correcting the blur of the blurred image. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091130 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR IMPROVING IMAGE FIDELITY - The present invention relates to a method and a module for improving image fidelity. For doing so, the present invention introduces noise (N) to at least one DAC value of at least some pixels, using one or multiple various patterns. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091131 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZATION OF FISHEYE VIDEO IMAGERY - A coordinate system mapping between each image and the reference image of fisheye images are computed and used to resample each image to align with the reference image directly in the fisheye image space. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091132 | COMBINING SEAM CARVING AN IMAGE RESIZING - A method for resizing an input digital image to form an output digital image with an output aspect ratio, comprising: determining a number of rows or columns that need to be reduced from the input digital image; determining an image energy map for the input digital image; repeatedly determining a seam path responsive to the image energy map and removing pixels along the determined seam path to determine the output digital image, wherein the determined seam path satisfies a constraint that a directional image gradient is less than a gradient threshold for each pixel in the seam path, until either the determined number of rows or columns has been reduced or no valid seam path can be found; and cropping or scaling the output digital image to the output aspect ratio if the determined number of rows or columns was not reduced. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091133 | AUTOMATED IMAGE FRAMING - Cropping and sizing operations are performed on master frame images to create a plurality of component frame images for a content image. The component frame images are positioned relative to the component image so as to form a frame image for the content image. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091134 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SCRIPT CORRECTION METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of processing an image based on a script indicating an execution content of a job includes an execution unit configured to process the script, a classification unit configured to classify the script processed by the execution unit into a plurality of types including an executable type or an inexecutable type by the execution unit, a correction unit configured to correct a content of the script, a notification unit configured to notify a user of the image processing apparatus of the inexecutable type script by the execution unit, and a determination unit configured, when the classification unit classifies the script as the inexecutable type script, to determine when to (a) perform notification by the notification unit or to (b) cause the correction unit to correct the content of the script without notification by the notification unit and to process the corrected script by the execution unit based on the content of the script and a function included in the image processing apparatus. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091135 | BAG OF CHANGEABLE SIZE - A bag of the present invention includes a first side fabric, a second side fabric, and two lateral fabrics connected to each other to form the bag with a room therein and an opening at a top thereof. The first side fabric has a first length, which is longer than a second length of the second side fabric. The bag provides various means for closing and opening the opening of the bag and when the opening is open, the second side fabric will fall outward until the lateral fabrics are bound tight to get a bigger space for storing goods. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091136 | SEALABLE ENCLOSURE - A pocket closure assembly can have a pocket and a first member coupled to the pocket, where the first member has a first surface. A second member may be rotatably coupled to the first member, where the second member has a second surface that mates with the first surface to form a seal for the pocket if the second member is rotated to a closed position. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091137 | DRAW TAPE BAG WITH SIDE SEAL ATTACHED ELASTIC STRIP - The bag includes a draw tape that may be used to cinch closed the opening of the bag. The bag may include at least one stretched elastomeric strip attached to the bag edges or the ends of the draw tape in an extended condition. In one embodiment, the draw tape is elastic and is attached to the bag edges. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091138 | PLASTIC, RE-SEALABLE ELONGATED CHECK VALVE APPLICATION TO A SQUARE, CYLINDRICAL OR FLAT TYPE OF A VACUUM FOOD PACKAGE - A flexible, plastic thin film food package is provided having an elongate opening check valve with an air removal port that allows repeated opening and resealing of the package followed by removal of air and moisture by vacuuming. The top open edge of the food package is bonded to a flexible but rigid frame that fits a lid with the air removal port flat valve. The flat valve is a compressed foam sponge and a thin film housed in a rigid case that is bonded to the lid. Air is removed with a spatula attachment of the vacuum pump that is inserted into the space between the lid and the flat check valve. Once vacuum is induced in the interior of the food package, the film covering the frame is sucked against the lid thereby shutting off influx of air into the package. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091139 | COLLAPSIBLE LIQUID CONTAINER AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THEREOF - A collapsible liquid container and a method for making foldable liquid containers, the collapsible liquid container includes: a first sheet, comprising: a cover wedge portion that forms a collapsible cover of the collapsible liquid container; a bottom wedge portion that forms a collapsible bottom of the collapsible liquid container; and a sheet body that forms a first side wall of the collapsible liquid container; wherein the cover wedge portion and the bottom wedge portion are integral extensions of the sheet body; and a second sheet that forms a second side wall of the collapsible liquid container. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091140 | Side Gusseted Bag - The invention relates to a side gusseted bag | 2011-04-21 |
20110091141 | Ultrathin Slide Rail Capable of Rapid Installation and Removal - A pair of ultrathin slide rails capable of rapid installation and removal are disclosed. The slide rails are specially configured to provide an ultrathin three-section slide rail mechanism. Switchable auxiliary pins are inserted into threaded holes formed in bent sections at both ends of each slide rail, allowing the slide rails to be rapidly positioned in positioning holes of slide rail posts of a chassis and secured in place by fastening screws. The fastening screws are replaceable by resilient fasteners provided on the bent sections at both ends of each slide rail so that the slide rails can be rapidly installed and removed by virtue of the resilient fasteners and the auxiliary pins. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091142 | Support Arrangement for the Axially and Radially Yielding Support of a Shaft Bearing - The invention relates to a support arrangement ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091143 | SPHERICAL BEARING TRIPLE-LIP SEAL - A seal component ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091144 | ROLLER BEARING CAGE, ROLLER BEARING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROLLER BEARING CAGE - In a step of forming a roller bearing cage ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110091145 | CYCLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARING - A cylindrical roller bearing assembly capable of increasing the load bearing capability with respect to the thrust load and of easily controlling the shape of the cylindrical roller is provided. The cylindrical roller bearing assembly includes an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of cylindrical rollers. One or both of the inner and outer rings has/have a collar. A surface portion encompassed within the region of radial dimensions of 0.12Da to 0.20Da as measured from an outer diametric edge of an end face of each of the cylindrical rollers to a roller axis, wherein Da represents an outer diameter of each of the cylindrical rollers is rendered to be a crowned portion of a tapered shape inclined at an angle θr of 0.25 to 1° relative to a plane perpendicular to the roller axis. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091146 | OPTICAL MODULATORS EMPLOYING CHARGE STATE CONTROL OF DEEP LEVELS - A method involving: providing an optical waveguide made of a semiconductor material and having a region that is doped by a deep level impurity which creates deep level states in a bandgap in the semiconductor material, the deep level states characterized by an occupancy; passing an optical signal through the optical waveguide and between the region doped by the deep level impurity; and modulating the occupancy of the deep level states to thereby modulate the optical signal. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091147 | INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE - An integrated semiconductor optical device includes first and second semiconductor optical devices. The first semiconductor optical device includes a first core layer, a first upper cladding layer including a first ridge portion, a first buried layer surrounding the first ridge portion, and a first adjusting layer provided between the first buried layer and the first ridge portion. The second semiconductor optical device includes a second core layer, a second upper cladding layer including a second ridge portion. The first semiconductor optical device and the second semiconductor optical device are arranged next to each other in a predetermined axis direction. The first core layer is joined to the second core layer by a butt joint method at a joint boundary between the first and second semiconductor optical devices. The first adjusting layer has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the first core layer and higher than a refractive index of the first buried layer. The first adjusting layer extends in the predetermined axis direction. The first adjusting layer has a constant width from one end facet to the joint boundary. | 2011-04-21 |
20110091148 | Circuit architecture for electro-optic modulation based on free carrier dispersion effect and the waveguide capacitor structures for such modulator circuitry using CMOS or Bi-CMOS process - New circuit architecture for electro-optic modulator based on free-carrier dispersion effect is invented, in which the waveguide capacitor of the modulator is embed in the circuits and physically layout together with transistors, the switching of the modulator occurs in transistors, and as the result, the electro-optical modulation occurs in the waveguide capacitor. The invented modulator is not one physical device, it is actually a circuit. Several circuit design techniques are imported, leading to several new modulator circuits that have very high operation speed and very small power consumption. Several new waveguide capacitor structures are also invented that allow high efficient modulator circuits to be built. | 2011-04-21 |