17th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090103859 | FIBER-BASED ELECTRIC DEVICE - A fiber-based electric apparatus includes an elongate, flexible fiber core. The apparatus also includes an electric device layered on the fiber core. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103860 | Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof - A printed circuit board is disclosed. A printed circuit board, which includes a first board part, a flexible board part which has one side coupled with the first board part and which includes an electrical wiring layer and an optical waveguide to transmit both electrical signals and optical signals, and a second board part coupled with the other side of the flexible board part, where the electrical wiring layer and the optical waveguide are disposed with a gap in-between, can provide greater bendability and reliability, by having the optical waveguide and electrical wiring layer separated with a gap in-between at the flexible portion of the board, and the optical waveguide can be manufactured with greater precision for even higher reliability, by having the optical waveguide manufactured separately and then inserted during the manufacturing process of the board. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103861 | Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches - An optical system comprising two or more optical switches co-packaged together comprising discrete sets of input fiber ports (N per set) and an output fiber port (1 per set), and wherein λn from said set of multiple input fiber ports (N) is focused on λn mirror via the use of shared free space optics, one or more discrete arrays of micro electromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors in a shared array, wherein at least a first array of MEMS mirrors is utilized to select and switch selected wavelengths from the first set of input fiber ports to an output fiber port of the same set, and wherein at least a second array of MEMS mirrors using and sharing the same free space optics as the first MEMS array is utilized to produce another fiber optic switch, thus, enabling one or more N×1, or alternatively one or more 1×N co-packaged optical switching system. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103862 | WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM WITH DIFFRACTING STRUCTURE - An optical waveguide system includes an optical element, a three-dimensional diffracting structure positioned around the optical element, and a waveguide. The optical element and the diffracting structure are at least partially enclosed by the waveguide. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103863 | MULTI-CHANNEL RING-RESONATOR BASED WAVELENGTH-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) device. The device includes an input waveguide, a plurality of ring resonators around the input waveguide, a plurality of output waveguides around the plurality of ring resonators, respectively, and at least one tuning clad pattern adjacent to at least one of the ring resonators, the tuning clad pattern covering a portion of a surface of a corresponding ring resonator. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103864 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE HOLDING MEMBER, OPTICAL MODULE AND MOUNTING METHOD THEREOF - An optical transmission line holding member includes a main body that mechanically positions and holds an optical transmission line, and an electrical interconnection used to mount an optical element. The main body includes a holding hole which opens in one surface of the main body and is used to mechanically position and hold the optical transmission line, an guide hole which opens in another surface of the main body, has a diameter larger than that of the holding hole and is coaxially aligned with the holding hole, and a resin storage groove provided in the guide hole. The electrical interconnection is formed on the surface in which the holding hole opens. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103865 | Method and Device for Optical Fiber Connection - A device for coupling an optical fiber includes: a first surface and a second surface, including respective active surface portions; at least one optical fiber positioning element adapted to position at least one point of an optical fiber on a longitudinally median plane of the second surface. The first and second surfaces are movable relative to one another between a first and a second relative position, and, when in the second relative position, cooperate to accommodate a section of the optical fiber therebetween. In this position, the first and second active surface portions cooperate to keep the optical fiber in a predetermined bent condition, particularly adapted to extract light from, or inject light into, the optical fiber. In at least a part of the relative movement from the first to the second relative positions, the first surface rotates with respect to the second surface around a rotational axis oriented transversally with respect to the median plane. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103866 | Optical assembly and method of making same - An optical assembly includes a first transparent substrate having first and second surfaces, a second transparent substrate having substantially parallel third and fourth surfaces, a reflective portion on the second transparent substrate, a plurality of filters between the first substrate and the reflective portion, the plurality of filters filtering light beams incident thereon, the plurality of filters and the reflective portion forming a bounce cavity within the second transparent substrate, a collimating lens for collimating light beams to be input to the bounce cavity, a tilt mechanism for introducing tilt to light beams input to the bounce cavity; an input port receiving light beams and an output port transmitting light beams. The tilt mechanism may be between the first and second substrate. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103867 | Variable Optical Attenuator - A compact variable optical attenuator having optical-tap functionality is described comprising a planar waveguide attenuator, a lens, and a photodetector. Input and output waveguides are located close to the optical axis of the lens, which reduces optical aberrations and insertion loss. The waveguide attenuator works by light absorption with virtually no scattered light present, which improves fidelity of measurements of the tapped optical power by the photodetector. The entire tap-attenuator assembly is packaged into a small form pluggable (SFP) package having two optical connectors. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103868 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULE - An optical waveguide bare module ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090103869 | CONNECTING DEVICE, CONNECTING SYSTEM, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND CONNECTING METHOD - There is provided a connecting system including a connecting apparatus that includes (i) a signal transfer path that transfers one of an electrical signal and an optical signal and (ii) a connecting device that connects the signal transfer path to a connection target component in such a manner that a signal is capable of being transferred therebetween, and a connected apparatus that includes the connection target component to be connected to the signal transfer path. Here, the connecting device includes a moving portion that has therein a sealed space. The moving portion moves an end portion of the signal transfer path closer to the connection target component so that the end portion of the signal transfer path is connected to the connection target component in response to an increase in a pressure within the moving portion, and moves the end portion away from the connection target component in response to a decrease in the pressure within the moving portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103870 | Fiber optic splice - A splicing method and splicing kit are suitable for creating a multimode mechanical splice. The splice may be used, for example, in Aircraft Battle Damage Repair operations. The splice utilizes two cylindrical inner crimp sleeves and an outer crimping assembly. The inner crimp sleeves are placed over prepared fiber cable ends, and the fiber core is cleaved. The cable ends are then inserted into an outer cannula of the outer crimping assembly. The cannula guides the inner crimp sleeves, and the cleaved fiber ends enter a glass ferrule in the cannula. The glass ferrule has a triangular bore containing an index matching gel. A window in the cannula and a magnifying viewer are provided to visually confirm the splice quality. The fibers may be cleaved by forming a circumferential score on the fiber. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103871 | Fiber optic furcation device including expansion chamber - An optical fiber device with an optical fiber extending from a first outer jacket through a fiber receiving device from a first outer jacket to a second outer jacket. The first outer jacket is anchored to a side of a housing of the fiber receiving device and the second outer jacket is anchored to a side of the fiber receiving device. The housing defines an interior which received the optical fiber and provides space for accumulating excess length of optical fiber generated by differential thermal contraction of the jackets and the optical fiber. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103872 | METHOD OF MAKING ASSEMBLIES OF MULTI-FIBER WITH IRREGULAR HEXAGONAL ARRAY - A method of making a multi-fiber assembly with irregular hexagonal array, which includes the steps of forming a plurality of primitives each made of a plurality of fibers, said fibers having cylindrical outer surfaces of same diameter and being arranged in an irregular hexagonal array, said irregular hexagonal array having six sides wherein three alternate sides of said primitive are each composed of n fibers and the other three alternate sides of said primitive | 2009-04-23 |
20090103873 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes a layer A and a plurality of cores enclosed in a cladding. During production of the optical waveguide, a layered film including alternate layers of a core layer and a cladding layer is cut so as to form a groove that penetrates through the layered film in a thickness direction and so as to form a plurality of core portions, and the layer A is provided so as to partially fill the groove depthwise and so as to maintain spacing between the plurality of core portions before the core portions is enclosed by the cladding. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103874 | OPTICAL FIBER, A FIBER LASER, A FIBER AMPLIFIER AND ARTICLES COMPRISING SUCH ELEMENTS - The invention relates to an optical fiber defining a longitudinal direction, the optical fiber comprising a core having a diameter larger than 10 μm, said core comprises at least two solid segments of different composition, at least one of the segments comprises a photo-sensitive material. The core may be segmented in its cross-sectional direction and/or in its longitudinal direction. The optical fiber may comprise a Bragg grating written in at least one of said solid core segments | 2009-04-23 |
20090103875 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes: a center layer including at least two core layers whose edges are on substantially the same plane, and a first cladding layer provided between adjacent core layers; and a second cladding layer provided at least on both of front and rear surfaces of the center layer. At least surfaces of the core layer and the first cladding layer that are in contact with the second cladding layer include at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a resin having a hydroxyl group and a resin containing a silicon-silicon bond at a main chain thereof, and the second cladding layer includes a silicone resin. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103876 | Cable Sleeve for the Structured Storage and Handling of Optical Waveguides Guided in Optical Waveguide Cables - A cable sleeve for the structured storage and handling of optical waveguides guided in optical waveguide cables is disclosed. The cable sleeve comprises a covering body, which defines an interior. The cable sleeve also comprises a sealing body comprising two dimensionally stable end pieces and a compressible gel element arranged between the end pieces. The sealing body is adapted to be inserted into an opening of the covering body and is operable for feeding optical waveguide cables into the interior and/or for feeding optical waveguide cables out of the interior. The sealing body bears against a stop with an inner one of the two dimensionally stable end pieces. A locking body can be screwed to an outer one of the two dimensionally stable end pieces of the sealing body while compressing the gel element. At least one compensation element is operable for storing the force applied via the locking body and exerting a compression force onto the gel element. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103877 | Cable Sleeve for the Structured Storage and Handling of Optical Waveguides Guided in Optical Waveguide Cables - A cable sleeve for the structured storage and handling of optical waveguides guided in optical waveguide cables is disclosed. The cable sleeve comprises a covering body defining an interior. A sealing body comprising two dimensionally stable end pieces and a compressible gel element arranged between the end pieces is adapted to be insert into an opening of the covering body and operable for feeding optical waveguide cables into the interior and/or for feeding optical waveguide cables out of the interior. Spring elements are integrated into the interior of a covering body. When the sealing body is inserted into the opening of the covering body and compressed, the spring elements bear against one of the dimensionally stable end pieces of the sealing body and exert a compression force onto the gel element. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103878 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING MODULE - A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of optical wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer modules mounted within the chassis. Each module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the modules through an opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. A method of mounting an optical wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103879 | Fiber Distribution Hub - A fiber distribution system includes one or more fiber distribution hubs (FDHs) that provide interface at a splice panel and/or a termination panel between incoming fibers routed from a central office and outgoing fibers routed to network subscribers. Splice trays, termination modules, splitter modules, and storage modules can be incrementally added to the FDH. The termination modules, optical splitters, and storage modules can be provided on a swing frame chassis within the FDH cabinet. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103880 | WALL MOUNT CHASSIS - A wall mount chassis includes circuitry for telecommunications signals. The chassis includes a rear wall mountable to a vertical wall, and first and second sides. Each side includes a hinged cover. Each cover includes an access window for viewing an opposite side of the cover. On one side of the chassis is positioned signal converter cards for converting between optical and electrical signals. On an opposite side of the chassis are positioned one or more electrical power cards providing an access location for power to the circuitry. A CPU card can also be provided on the same side as the power card. An interior of the chassis includes a back plane positioned between the converter cards and the power and CPU cards wherein the back plane is perpendicular to the converter cards and power and CPU cards. A cable spool is positioned adjacent one of the sides for cable management. Cable clips are provided for securably retaining one or more cables adjacent each of the first and second sides. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103881 | Fiber optic cable clamp - A fiber optic cable clamp is provided. The fiber optic cable clamp includes a sheath grip member and a strength member clamp maintained at a constant axial location with respect to the sheath grip member. The fiber optic cable clamp also includes a cable fiber separator connected to the sheath grip member, the cable fiber separator including a plurality of cable fiber openings and attached to the strength member clamp. The fiber optic cable clamp, when mounted to a fiber optic cable, maintains the relative axial locations of a cable sheath and cable strength member along a fiber optic cable. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103882 | Attaching optical fibers to actuator tubes with beads acting as spacers and adhesives - A scanning fiber device of one aspect may include an actuator tube. An optical fiber may be inserted through the actuator tube. The optical fiber may have a free end portion outside of the actuator tube. A first bead may be around the optical fiber. At least part of the first bead may be within a distal portion of the actuator tube. An adhesive may be adhering the first bead to the distal portion of the actuator tube. A second bead may be around the optical fiber. At least part of the second bead may be within a proximal portion of the actuator tube. An adhesive may be adhering the second bead to the proximal portion of the actuator tube. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103883 | OPTICAL ATTENUATOR - In an optical attenuator, there are a first optical waveguide | 2009-04-23 |
20090103884 | Method For Producing Rewritable Photonic Devices - Method for the creation of a rewritable photonic device inserted in a photonic crystal ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090103885 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A moving image reproducing apparatus of the present invention transfers moving image data stored in a built-in memory to an external storage device in order starting from moving image data corresponding to a sequence having a short total reproduction time, the sequence being reproduced by a reproduction control unit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103886 | SAME SCENE DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM - A same scene detecting apparatus includes comparison video storing unit that stores video and audio, video comparing unit that detects same scenes having same contents, and loop detecting unit that detects repeated appearance of the same scenes. With this configuration, when a user watches video and audio including same scenes or video and audio in which same scenes appear repeatedly, by detecting a loop, portions which are not overlapped can be selectively presented to the user. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103887 | VIDEO TAGGING METHOD AND VIDEO APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A video tagging method and a video apparatus using the video tagging method are provided. The video apparatus includes a player module which plays a video; a face recognition module which recognizes a face of a character in the video; a tag module which receives a tagging key signal for tagging a scene of the video including the character and maps a tagging key corresponding to the tagging key signal and a number of scenes including the face recognized by the face recognition module; and a storage module which stores the result of mapping performed by the tag module. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103888 | Electronic apparatus, content categorizing method, and program therefor - An electronic apparatus includes a detecting unit and a categorizing unit. The detecting unit compares each of a plurality of frames that constitute each of a plurality of video contents with one another, and detects a video feature generated by one of a camera operation and video editing from each of the plurality of video contents. The categorizing unit judges, based on the detected video feature, a visual activity level of a video contained in each of the plurality of video contents, and categorizes each of the plurality of video contents based on the judged activity level. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103889 | MEDIA GENERATION SYSTEM - A system generates automatically a highlight summary of a performance, from signals representing a captured version of the performance. The system includes a user operated event logging processor and an ingestion processor. The user operated event logging processor is operable to log event codes, each of which is selected by the user from a set of event codes. Each of the event codes in the set of event codes represents a predetermined event which may occur in the performance, the event codes being selected by the user when an event corresponding to the event code occurs during an observed performance. The ingestion processor is operable to receive the event codes and to receive signals produced by capturing a representation of the performance. The ingestion processor compares the event codes with an editing action list, the editing action list specifying for each of the set of event codes at least an amount of the performance which should be included in an automatically generated highlight summary of the performance, and generates automatically the highlight summary of the performance by comparing the event codes with the editing action list, and including the amount of the signals representative of the performance in the highlighted summary in accordance with the amount specified by the editing action list for the event code. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103890 | Time Shifting by Concurrently Recording and Playing a Data Stream - A video stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the video stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being read out of the storage media. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103891 | Digital video recorder with advanced user functions and network capability - A digital video recording system that uses a first digital video recording process to record at least one video program, and to form a list of recorded programs. A connection over a network is made to at least one other digital video recording process. A list is formed that indicates programs that have been recorded on both the first digital video recording process and on the other digital video recording process that is connected over the network. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103892 | Stream Data Recording Device, Stream Data Recording/Reproducing Device, Stream Data Reproduction Device, Stream Data Editing Device, Stream Recording Method, and Stream Reproducing Method - A stream data recording device is provided for recording stream data on a recording medium. The stream data recording device includes a stream reception/analysis unit ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090103893 | Recording Schedule Sharing System and Recording Schedule Sharing Apparatus - A recording reservation common share system includes a recording schedule sharing apparatus | 2009-04-23 |
20090103894 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECORDING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECORDING METHOD - When a digital broadcasting program is recorded into a recording medium, a series program such as a series drama is automatically and exactly recorded and stored into a predetermined folder. A digital broadcasting recording apparatus includes a controlling unit which sets a recording schedule of the program and controls a folder for storing the program. An item for selecting a specific folder, as a destination folder of a recording program at the time of setting a recording schedule, with the same name as a program title is provided. In the case where the specific folder is selected, the controlling unit produces the specific folder with the same name as the program title to store the program at the time of recording the scheduled program. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103895 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD - A playback apparatus that, when it is incorporated in a home theater system, judges via the HDMI whether an apparatus such as a speaker | 2009-04-23 |
20090103896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ANNOUNCER VOICE REMOVAL FROM A TELEVISED SPORTING EVENT - A method of automatic announcer voice removal from a televised sporting event. A sound processing circuit divides an audio input signal of a televised sporting event into multiple audio segments. The audio input signal includes crowd noise and announcer commentary. If an audio segment does not exceed a pre-defined amplitude threshold, a voice removal utility adds the audio segment to a recent crowd noise library and stores the segment in an output buffer. If the amplitude of a segment exceeds the threshold, the utility adds the segment to a recent announcer voice library. The sound processing circuit generates an attenuated version of the segment and blends the attenuated version with one or more mixed segments from the recent crowd noise library. The voice removal utility stores the attenuated and blended segment in the output buffer and outputs one or more audio segments from the buffer in a chronological order. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103897 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONZING AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA IN AVI FILE - A method for synchronizing audio and video data in an Audio Video Interleave (AVI) file, the AVI file containing a plurality of audio and video chunks, includes: determining a frame rate error of a group of consecutive main access units (GMAU) according to a video clock and an audio clock; determining a GMAU presentation time stamp (PTS) according to the frame rate error; and updating the AVI file with the GMAU PTS, so the GMAU will be played utilizing the GMAU PTS. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103898 | CONTENT SHOOTING APPARATUS - In a content shooting apparatus (Acc) for recording content data (Sav) containing video, audio, or data onto an information recording medium ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090103899 | DYNAMIC MEDIA PROXIES BASED ON TIME AND USAGE PATTERNS - A system obtains an item of digital media having a first quantity of data, where the item of digital media includes one of image, video or audio media. The system stores the item of digital media in a first memory and decreases the item of digital media to a second quantity of data to produce a first media proxy based on a first amount of time that has elapsed since the item of digital media was stored in the first memory, where the second quantity is less than the first quantity. The system stores the first media proxy in the first memory. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103900 | Acquiring high definition content through visual capture and re-compression - An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to visually capture a high definition (HD) content. A supplementary display device displays the HD content being transmitted to a primary display device. An image sensor captures the HD content displayed on the supplementary display device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103901 | CONTENT TAG ATTACHMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND CONTENT TAG ATTACHMENT SUPPORT METHOD - There is provided a content tag attachment support device enabling a person to perform both tag attachment work and correction word and suppressing increase of the work time. In this device, audio recognition means ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090103902 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, DEBUG DEVICE, SYSTEM LSI, AND PROGRAM - A playback device according to the present invention has a function of supporting application development. The playback device acquires, via a network, file system information of a recording medium storing an application and mounts the acquired file system information to file system information of a recording medium equipped in the playback device. A playback control engine executes playback of an AV content that is accessible in the file system resulting from the mounting. A platform unit executes the application that is accessible the file system resulting from the mounting. When executing the application, the platform unit transmits an execution log to a debugging device that is for debugging the application to support the application development. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103903 | MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISC FOR STORING AUDIO DATA AND SUB-PICTURE DATA IN A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS AS WELL AS MOVING PICTURE DATA AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISC - A multimedia optical disc is provided. The multimedia optical disc includes a data area and a management information area. The data area stores a plurality pieces of video data. The management information area stores a channel table in which a plurality of logical channel numbers are respectively related to a plurality of physical channel numbers for each piece of video data. A piece of moving picture data and a plurality pieces of sub-data are interleaved in each piece of video data. The sub-data is either of audio data and sub-picture data as still pictures. The logical channel numbers are shared by pieces of video data. The physical channel numbers are used to physically identify the plurality pieces of sub-data. With this construction, it is possible to manage sub-data even when the sub-data is dealt with by a plurality pieces of video data. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103904 | WATER LEVEL SENSOR FOR STEAM HUMIDIFIER - A water level sensor for a steam humidifier. The water level sensor includes a plurality of conductive probes, where the plurality of conductive probes includes at least one common probe and a plurality of water level probes. Each of the conductive probes are separated from each other conductive probe. The water level sensor further includes a non-conductive overmolding covering at least a portion of each of the conductive probes. The non-conductive overmolding defines a flange configured to seal an opening in a tank of the steam humidifier and an electrical connection point configured to receive an electrical connector for providing electrical connections to each of the conductive probes. A steam humidifier is also disclosed. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103905 | FILAMENT LAMP AND HEAT TREATMENT DEVICE OF THE LIGHT IRRADIATION TYPE - Filament lamps whose individual filament coils can be set to specific temperatures in filament lamps that are supplied with electric power independently and to provide a heat treatment device of the light irradiation type that uses said lamps. Inside of a light emitting tube of each lamp, which has the hermetically sealed portions at each end, are multiple filament modules which have been made by linking pairs of leads which supply electrical power to both ends of coiled filaments and individual filaments that are placed so that they extend along the axis of the light emitting tube. In the electrically connected filament lamps, whose individual leads are connected to the respective electrically conductive material placed in the hermetically sealed portions, at least one of the individual filaments is made up of a single wire and at least two are made up of bundled wires with the single wire being located between the bundled wires. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103906 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION THEREOF WITH LIGHT - A semiconductor wafer preheated to a preheating temperature is irradiated with light from flash lamps. With the light emission from the flash lamps, a surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer is maintained at a recovery temperature during a period of 10 to 100 milliseconds to induce recovery of defects created in silicon crystals. Then, with subsequent flashing light emission from the flash lamps, the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer will reach a processing temperature to induce activation of impurities. Increasing the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer once to the recovery temperature and then, with the flashing light emission, to the processing temperature will also prevent cracking of the semiconductor wafer. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103907 | Method and device for water dispensers on sabbath - Water dispenser with separation between hot and cold water to prevent, temporarily, like on the Sabbath, heating incoming cold water with the hot water in the tank. Ability to temporarily prevent functioning of electronic taps and during such time manual taps would be operable. Ability to temporarily prevent the functioning of the thermostat that controls the water heating elements and during such time to enable the water heating elements to operate at a fixed pre-set temperature. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103908 | COMBINED HEATER AND SPACE HEATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COMBINED HEATER - An object of the present invention is to provide a highly-reliable combined heater. Heater | 2009-04-23 |
20090103909 | Aerial camera support structure - An aerial support structure for capturing images of objects in an observed area includes first and second anchors and at least one transport cable mounted to at least one of the first and second anchor. A balloon is mounted to the at least one transport cable and is movable relative to the first and second anchors. A camera is suspended from the balloon. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103910 | System for compensating camera movement and a calibration method thereof - A method for compensating camera movement solves the problem of the captured image becoming blurred due to involuntary camera movement in the following way. Firstly, a camera with a look-up table is provided. Next, after a trigger signal is received, the camera movement and the environmental brightness are detected to generate a movement value and a brightness index. A compensation mode and a set of parameters that correspond to the movement value and the brightness index are selected from the look-up table. Finally, when an image-capturing signal is received, the movement compensation modules of the camera are driven by referring to the compensation mode and the parameters to capture a sharp image in a best mode. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103911 | CAMERA WITH BUILT-IN STROBE - A camera with a built-in strobe is provided, which includes a non-contact-type unit as means for detecting that a strobe device is at a light emittable position and in which a degree of design freedom can be enhanced. The camera with a built-in strobe includes a camera body, a movable strobe device provided at the camera body, and a detecting unit that includes a Hall element provided at the camera body and a magnet provided at the strobe device and detects that the strobe device is at a light emittable position. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103912 | CAMERA WITH EXTERNAL FLASH UNIT - A camera includes a frame and a flash unit. The frame is provided with a first retainer and a second retainer at two different places thereof. The flash unit is alternatively attached to the two places via one of the first retainer and the second retainer. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103913 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL SUPPORTING FRAME FOR A WEB CAMERA - A multifunctional supporting frame for a web camera, comprises a movable supporting clamping seat having a hollow rectangular receiving chamber; the rectangular receiving chamber being formed by an upper L shape sheet, a middle U shape sheet, and a lower enclosed rectangular sheet; one lateral side of the L shape sheet being extended with a sheet plate; at least one guide post being extended from one surface of the sheet plate; the guide posts being combined with springs so as to be formed as a telescopic structure which is adjustable to have a desire width for clamping an object; and a bendable shaft seat formed by an upper U shape plate and a lower U shape plate which are pivotally engaged. A lens set is installed above the movable supporting clamping seat by using a lens set pin seat. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103914 | Electronic device - There is provided an electronic device including: a housing included in an exterior package; and a plate-like cover that is provided for one face of the housing and is movable between a close position and an open position. The one face includes an open/close face and a non-open/close. The open/close face is hidden by the cover at a close position of the cover and is exposed from the cover at an open position of the cover. The non-open/close face is exposed from the cover at the close position of the cover and is hidden by the cover at the open position of the cover. A support mechanism is provided to movably support the cover between the close position and the open position. The non-open/close face protrudes frontward from the face for a thickness of the cover in comparison with the open/close face. The support mechanism includes: two first contact members protruding toward the one face from locations on the cover with an interval in a direction orthogonal to a direction of moving the cover; a first guide face that is provided toward the one face, extends along a direction of moving the cover, and is capable of contacting with the two first contact members between the close position and the open position; and an oscillation regulating mechanism for regulating oscillation of the cover at a supporting point where the first contact member contacts with the first guide face. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103915 | Protocol-Less All-Optical 1+1 Bidirectional Revertive Linear Protection System - In an optical network a 1+1 bidirectional protection system is presented. Each node across a link has photodiodes to monitor the power of signals received by the node on receiving working and protection optical fibers and also optical switches connected to transmission working and protection optical fibers to modulate signals to its counterpart node across the link. When a node detects a fault in the receiving working optical fiber, not only does the node switch to the receiving protection optical fiber, but it also switches to the transmission protection optical fiber to signal the fault to the node across the link. The optical switches on transmission working and protection optical fibers allow the two nodes across the link to signal each other at a protocol-less or primary protocol level for the link to revert back to its initial state. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103916 | OPTICAL CHASSIS MONITORING - Systems and methods for processing event data provided by a managed device which includes a plurality of components. One or more components are identified based on the event data, providing, for example, more accurate information for purposes of network management and equipment maintenance. Applications include the identification of one or more optical modules within an SNMP-managed optical chassis in a hybrid-fiber-coaxial cable-television network. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103917 | Bidirectional HDCP-based data transmission apparatus using single optical fiber - The present invention provides a bidirectional HDCP-based data transmission apparatus using an optical fiber which includes a core having a first facet and a second facet. The bidirectional HDCP-based data transmission apparatus includes a forward transmission module and a backward transmission module. The forward transmission module is used for emitting at least two forward light signals into a first end of a core of the optical fiber when being driven. Afterward, the at least two forward light signals are transmitted over the optical fiber immediately. The backward transmission module is used for receiving the at least two forward light signals transmitted over the optical fiber and emitting at least one backward light signal into a second end of the core of the optical fiber when being driven. Then, the backward light signal is immediately transmitted over the optical fiber, wherein the forward transmission module also receives the at least one backward light signal transmitted over the optical fiber. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103918 | Communication System Using Passive Optical Network and Passive Optical Network - An OLT transmits and receives a CMTS/CM apparatus control signal through an apparatus physical management interface which is physically identical to or different from a main signal interface (NNI) and processes the CMTS apparatus control signal by itself. When connection of a new ONU is detected by an ONU apparatus control signal, an IP address is allocated by using the CM apparatus control signal in a manner similar to the CM. The CM apparatus control signal regarding the ONU is transmitted and received by using the IP address and a mutual conversion is performed between the CM apparatus control signal and the ONU apparatus control signal. The ONU processes the ONU apparatus control signal in a manner similar to the ONU based on an ordinary PON standard. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING A FIBER OPTIC FIXED ACCESS NETWORK AND A FIBER OPTIC RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A system and method are described for integrating a fiber optic fixed access network and a fiber optic radio access network. At least one radio unit transmits and receives communications with at least one mobile unit. A first multiplexer transmits and receives the communications with the at least one radio unit and fixed access communications with at least one fixed access subscriber. The first multiplexer is connected to each of the at least one radio unit and to each of the at least one fixed access subscriber using fiber optic connections. Each of the at least one radio unit transmits and receives the communications with the first multiplexer using a wavelength that is different for each of the at least one radio unit and different from that used to transmit and receive the fixed access communications from the at least one fixed access subscriber. The communications and the fixed access communications are transmitted and received together between the first multiplexer and a second multiplexer through the fiber optic fixed access network using the different wavelengths. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPARENT ETHERNET MULTIPLEXING AND DEMULTIPLEXING - A method and apparatus for multiplexing multiple Ethernet-based data streams in an optical network reduce the number of optical transceivers required by the optical network. Multiple data streams are multiplexed into a combined data stream, transmitted from a node in the optical network as the combined data stream, and demultiplexed at the receiving node. Data streams are multiplexed and demultiplexed at the bit level, and packets from each data stream are routed based on a VLAN tag that is contained in the header of each packet. By transmitting the information contained in multiple data streams as a single multiplexed data stream, the number of optical transceivers required for the optical network may be reduced by more than half. An optical supervisory channel may also be bundled with one of the data streams to eliminate the need for a dedicated transceiver for the optical supervisory channel. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103921 | OPTICAL RECEIVER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLARIZATION DEMULTIPLEXING, PMD COMPENSATION, AND DXPSK DEMODULATION - A simplified optical receiver architecture capable of tracking and demultiplexing polarization-multiplexed signals, dynamically compensating for PMD using a variety of polarization controller technologies, and reducing the number of delay line demodulators by two for both DPSK and DQPSK modulation is illustrated. Once polarization is stabilized at the first stage of the cascaded system of the present invention, subsequent stages can be simplified and cost reduced. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103922 | TDM/WDMA PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK DEVICE - Provided is a time division multiplex (TDM)/wavelength division multiple access (WDMA) passive optical network (PON) device. The TDM/WDMA PON device comprises a base station terminal, a wavelength splitter, and a subscriber terminal optical transceiver. The base station terminal comprises a transmitter time-division-multiplexing and simultaneously modulating and outputting a plurality of different wavelength optical signals, an optical circulator transmitting the optical signals output from the transmitter to an optical distribution network and transmitting optical signals received from the optical distribution network to a receiver and the receiver demultiplexing wavelength division multiplexed upstream signals from the optical distribution network through the optical circulator, converting the demultiplexed upstream signals into a plurality of electrical signals, and delivering the electrical signals to an upper layer. The wavelength splitter splits the downstream signals from the base station terminal to subscriber ports corresponding to wavelengths and multiplexes the optical signals received from each of the subscriber ports to the base station terminal. The subscriber terminal-optical transceiver receives the downstream signals from the wavelength splitter and reuses the received downstream signals as optical sources for upstream signals. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103923 | Optical Transmitter/Receiver Module - An optical element mounting substrate where a plurality of light emitting elements have been mounted on the same plane, a lens array for collimating a plurality of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements, and a wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing device are prepared. The wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing device has typically mounted both a wavelength selecting filter and a mirror on front and rear planes of a transparent substrate. These three components are mounted within a package at a desirable angle position. Optical axes of respective wavelengths of the wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing device are determined based upon a thickness and an angle of the light emitting element mounting substrate, and are arrayed on a straight line of a horizontal plane. As a consequence, if the respective light emitting elements are arranged on the optical axes which are exclusively determined by a design work, then optical multiplexing/demultiplexing operations can be carried out. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103924 | FOURTH HARMONIC GENERATING SYSTEM USING OPTICAL DOUBLE SIDE-BAND SUPPRESSED CARRIER MODULATOR - The present invention is to provide an optical modulating system for generating a signal of a frequency (f | 2009-04-23 |
20090103925 | Directional Light Transmitter and Receiver - A system for supplying power wirelessly to a remote mobile device including (i) a transmitting unit for directing radiation into the region of the mobile device, the transmitting unit having a gain medium with a front surface directed towards the space, and a retroreflector on its back surface, and (ii) a receiver unit connected with or attached to the mobile device for receiving radiation transmitted from the transmitting unit. The receiver unit includes (i) a retroreflector for reflecting part of the radiation received from the transmitting unit back in the direction of the transmitting unit, where it is amplified and retransmitted back in the direction of the receiver unit, and (ii) a power detection element for absorbing that part of the radiation not reflected by the retroreflector, and converting it to electrical power for use by the mobile device. Modulation of the transmitted beam enables it to transmit data also. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF FRAMING, OAM&P, AND FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION IN SFP OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER DEVICES - The present invention provides systems and methods for integrated framing functionality; optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P); forward error correction (FEC); data encapsulation; and performance enhancement support in SFP optical transceiver modules. An SFP pluggable transceiver is configured to frame a client signal and to provide OAM&P functionality, such as with G.709 framing. The SFP pluggable transceiver operates within existing multi-source agreement (MSA) specifications for SFP. Accordingly, the pluggable transceiver can operate in any customer device compliant to the MSA specifications. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103927 | FIBER OPTIC LINK, A TRANSCEIVER FOR USE IN THE LINK, AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING FIBER OPTIC LINKS AND TRANSCEIVERS - A fiber optic link is provided that uses a relatively low-cost transceiver that incorporates relatively inexpensive low bandwidth optical and electrical components to achieve high data rate operations. The data rate of the fiber optic link can be greater than the data rate of the laser of the transceiver provided the laser meets certain noise requirements; in particular, the relative intensity noise (RIN) of the laser must be low enough to ensure low bit error rate (BER) operation of the link. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103928 | Communicating or reproducing an audible sound - The present invention relates to the communication or reproduction of sound, in particular audible sound. There is provided a method of communicating a sound, including the steps of: transmitting, onto an optical link, pairs of signal copies, the signal copies of a given pair having a time offset relative to one another; applying the audible sound to the optical link, such that the audible sound causes a phase modulation to the transmitted signal copies; receiving modulated signal copies previously transmitted onto the link; and, for received pairs of signal copies, causing one signal copy of a pair to mix with the other signal copy of that pair so as to produce a signal representative of the sound. The sound is an audible sound. It has been found that a delay of at least 75 micro seconds allows for a better reproduction of audio sounds, since these have a relatively low frequency content. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103929 | Synchronous optical bus providing communication between computer system components - A synchronous optical bus system for communication between computer system components is described. In one example, the optical bus system is used for communication between a memory controller and memory devices optically coupled to an optical interconnect. Optical bus interface units couple the components to the optical interconnect and are arranged on the optical interconnect in order that a sum of an optical path length from a controller component to each computer system component and from each computer system component to the controller component is the same for all the coupled computer system components. A synchronous protocol is used for communication between the components. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103930 | Method and system of tracking optical beam shift - An optical interconnect includes an optical transmitter having a plurality of optical sources; a light sensing array configured to receive optical beams emitted from the optical sources; and a beam tracking module in communication with the light sensing array. The beam tracking module is configured to calculate a displacement of at least one of the optical beams by extrapolating an extremum from cross-correlation data obtained between at least a portion of a sample reading from the light sensing array and at least a portion of a plurality of shifted versions of a reference reading from the light sensing array. A related method includes calculating a displacement of an optical beam by extrapolating an extremum from cross-correlation data obtained between a sample reading of the optical beam and at least a portion of a plurality of shifted versions of a reference reading from the light sensing array. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE COHERENT NON-DIFFERENTIAL DETECTION OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SIGNALS - In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides coherent non-differential detection systems and methods for the detection of optical communication signals by the Brillouin fiber amplification of an optical communication signal carrier, the coherent non-differential detection systems including: a Sagnac loop including a single-mode fiber span; a fiber span with negligible birefringence (i.e. a spun fiber span or the like); or a fiber loop with negligible birefringence (i.e. a spun fiber loop or the like). | 2009-04-23 |
20090103932 | Burst optical receiver with AC coupling and integrator feedback network - A burst optical receiver includes an optical signal inlet, an optical-electrical signal converter, an AC coupling network, an integrator feedback network, and an electrical signal outlet. The AC coupling network is electrically communicated with the optical-electrical signal converter, and blocks the electric signal having the frequency ranges lower than a predetermined threshold frequency, and allows the electric signal having the frequency ranges above the threshold frequency to pass through. The integrator feedback network is electrically communicated with the AC coupling network, and recurrently modifies the electric signal from the AC coupling network in such a manner to minimize noise mixed with the electric signal such that the electric signal is sufficiently contrasted with the noise for maximizing a signal-to-noise ratio of the electric signal. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103933 | Apparatus and method for image forming - An image forming apparatus is provided with a process cartridge that is removable from the image forming apparatus. When the process cartridge is installed, the image forming apparatus automatically searches a print job that matches the process cartridge that is currently installed onto the image forming apparatus. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103934 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an apparatus main body, an image creating unit that is provided in the apparatus main body and creates an image to be printed on recording paper, a paper feeding mechanism on which plural pieces of the recording paper are stacked as a paper bundle, a paper-type distinguishing device that distinguishes a type of the recording paper from the paper bundle stacked on the paper feeding mechanism, and a printing unit that prints, according to the type of the recording paper distinguished by the paper-type distinguishing device, the image created by the image creating unit on the recording paper. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103935 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPER SUPPLY METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes an latent image carrier configured to carry a latent image thereon, a developing unit disposed facing the latent image carrier to develop the latent image with developer, a developer container containing the developer and attachable to the image forming apparatus, a developer detector configured to detect the presence of the developer in the developing unit, and a developer supply controller. The developer supply controller prohibits supply of the developer from the developer container to the developing unit when the developer detector detects that the developer is present in the developing unit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103936 | Image forming device - An image forming device includes: a high voltage generating circuit for applying an oscillating voltage to a charging member disposed in contact with or proximity to an image carrier, the oscillating voltage having a DC voltage Vdc and an AC voltage Vac superimposed thereon; a current detecting portion for detecting the value of a DC current Idc between the image carrier and the charging member; an AC voltage control portion for controlling the value of the AC voltage Vac so as to secure the detected value of the DC current Idc within a target current range; and an aging control portion for performing rotation driving of the image carrier while securing the AC voltage Vac and the DC voltage Vdc at preset voltage values and setting the frequency of the AC voltage Vac at a frequency different from a frequency during an image forming operation. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103937 | Image Forming Apparatus - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, including: an image forming section to form an image; a display section to display an operation procedure for maintenance associated with a maintenance object; a first input section to input identification information to identify a user; a storage section to store permission information showing whether or not to allow display of the operation procedure with respect to users and maintenance objects; and a control section to perform a user authentication according to the identification information input in the first input section, to refer to the permission information associated with the authenticated user, and to display the operation procedure permitted to be displayed on the display section. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103938 | Image Forming Apparatus - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a paper including an image forming unit to form the image, a plurality of paper feeding trays to store the paper, a storage unit to store information of a paper direction of the paper for each of the paper feeding trays and a control unit to select one paper feeding tray among the plurality of paper feeding trays based on information of an post-processing mode set for a job and the information of the paper direction of the paper for each of the paper feeding trays. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103939 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on sheets, includes: a storage unit for storing the number of jobs in which a discharge position of the sheets is switched; a switching unit for switching the discharge position of the sheets; a sheet discharge unit for stacking the sheets; and a control unit for controlling the switching unit to switch the discharge position of the sheets per the number of jobs, which is stored in the storage unit, to discharge the sheets. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103940 | Image forming device - A tandem image forming device includes: a high voltage generating circuit for applying an oscillating voltage to a charging member disposed in contact with or proximity to an image carrier, the oscillating voltage having a DC voltage and an AC voltage superimposed thereon; a voltage control portion for controlling the peak-to-peak voltage of the AC voltage at a target voltage, the image forming device changing by switching a process speed depending on monochrome image formation and color image formation; a current detecting portion for detecting the value of a DC current between the image carrier and the charging member; and a frequency switching portion for switching the frequency of the AC voltage between frequencies according to the process speed. The voltage control portion includes an initial voltage adjusting portion for adjusting the target voltage on the basis of the value of the DC current detected by the current detecting portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103941 | Image Formation Apparatus - An image formation apparatus which includes a rotating image-bearing body, a charging section, an exposure section, a developing section, a transfer section, and a residue toner-charging section. The charging section charges the image-bearing body. The exposure section forms an electrostatic latent image on the image-bearing body that has been charged. The developing section develops the electrostatic latent image and forms a toner image. The transfer section transfers the toner image to a transfer body. The residue toner-charging section is provided upstream of the charging section and downstream of the transfer section and, after the transfer, charges transfer residue toner to a normal polarity. The transfer residue toner that has been charged to the normal polarity by the residue toner-charging section is recycled at the developing section. The residue toner-charging section is provided with a nonwoven fabric, which features conductivity and touches against the image-bearing body. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103942 | FLUID BASED DECOMMISSIONING AND RECYCLING OF PRINTER TONER CARTRIDGES - Disclosed is a system to mechanically destroy printer toner cartridges and reclaim their constituent materials under a water shielded environment provides a safer and more environmentally friendly recycling system. The present invention is an economical system that provides greater protection from possible fire or explosion and releases less irritating or possibly harmful airborne contamination than the currently available systems. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103943 | DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A two-component developer used in an image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing member and a developing device includes a magnetic carrier and a toner. The toner includes a toner base and inorganic fine particles as an external additive. A loose apparent density of the toner is not greater than 0.39 g/cm | 2009-04-23 |
20090103944 | LUBRICATING DEVICE, LUBRICANT APPLICATOR, AND PRIMING AGENT USED THEREWITH - A lubricating device operable to lubricate a moving imaging surface subsequent to removal of residual toner by a cleaning device includes a lubricant applicator, a metering blade, and a priming agent. The lubricant applicator is located downstream of the cleaning device in a direction of movement of the imaging surface, and applies lubricant to the imaging surface. The metering blade is located downstream of the lubricant applicator in the direction of movement of the imaging surface, and spreads the applied lubricant into a thin layer by directly contacting the imaging surface. The priming agent is prepared by mixing a lubricant and a powder, and provided, prior to initial operation, on the lubricant applicator for application to the imaging surface upon startup. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103945 | TONER CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides an exchangeable toner cartridge which can be attached to or detached from an apparatus main body. The toner cartridge includes the toner transfer member which is provided along a longitudinal direction of the toner cartridge and which can rotate. At the first range of the upstream side in a toner transfer direction the toner transfer member is formed into a substantially spiral shape, and at the second range of the downstream side in the toner transfer direction on a side of a toner supply port, toner transfer member has a shape different from that of the first range. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103946 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: a holding unit that holds a medium on which an image is formed by irradiation of image-bearing light, the medium having a liquid crystal layer, a photoconductor layer that changes a resistance in response to irradiation of light, and a pair of electrode layers provided in an opposing relation so as to sandwich the liquid crystal layer and photoconductor layer, with at least one of the pair of electrode layers being divided into stripe-shaped sub-electrode layers; an irradiating unit that irradiates the medium with image-bearing light linearly along a longitudinal direction of the sub-electrode layers; a transporting unit that transports the irradiating unit along the surface of the medium in a first or second direction; a power supply unit that applies a voltage between the sub-electrode layer and the electrode layer; and an optical shielding unit that shields the photoconductor layer. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103947 | Exposure Head, An Image Forming Apparatus and An Image Forming Method - An image forming apparatus, includes: a latent image carrier that moves in a moving direction; and an exposure head that includes a light emitting element which emits a light and an imaging optical system which images the light emitted from the light emitting element, and is adapted to form a spot on the latent image carrier, wherein a pitch in the moving direction of the latent image carrier between the spots formed by the different imaging optical systems is an integral multiple of a pixel pitch in the moving direction of the latent image carrier. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103948 | Developing Device and Image Forming Apparatus Using the Same - The invention provides a developing device employing a liquid developer which is capable of effectively cleaning a development roller or the like having an elastic outer layer. The developing device of the invention is provided with an elastic roller such as a development roller for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier. In image forming process, toner particles uniformly dispersed in carrier are agglutinated to the elastic roller side by means of compaction. A cleaning blade is provided for cleaning the agglutinated toner particles. Assuming that an angle of a contact face of the cleaning blade relative to a perpendicular line perpendicular to a generating line of the elastic roller at a contact point where the tip end of the cleaning blade is pressed against and in contact with the elastic roller is θ and an angle of a rising contour of a deformed portion of the elastic outer layer which is deformed by the pressure of the cleaning blade against the elastic roller relative to the perpendicular line is a, a relation a>θ is established. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103949 | Liquid Developer Collection Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A liquid developer collection apparatus and an image forming apparatus can prevent image disturbances and also disturbances of the toner particles on the image section that can be produced by squeezing. The liquid developer collection apparatus includes a first squeezing section | 2009-04-23 |
20090103950 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus including: a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a charging unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, and a fixing unit, wherein the toner contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, the binder resin contains a polyester resin obtained by polycondensation of an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component containing a rosin compound, the amount of the rosin compound contained in the carboxylic acid component is 5% by mass or more based on the total mass of the alcohol component and carboxylic acid component, and the amount of an abietic acid contained in the toner is 1% by mass or less. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103951 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE HAVING COMPACT STRUCTURE FOR DISCHARGING DEVELOPER - In a development device for containing a developer and developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier, a supplier supplies fresh developer to the development device. A developer carrier carries the developer to be supplied to the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier. A plurality of conveyance members conveys the developer contained in the development device in an axial direction of the development device to form a circulation path. An outlet is provided in a wall of a conveyance path formed by one of the plurality of conveyance members and discharges the developer to an outside of the conveyance path. A discharge conveyance member forms a discharge conveyance path to convey the developer discharged from the outlet in the axial direction of the development device and to discharge the developer to an outside of the development device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103952 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A developing device includes a developer holding member that carries a developer; an upper developer housing section that houses the developer; a lower developer housing section that has a bottom surface lower than a bottom surface of the upper developer housing section and houses the developer; a toner supply section that includes an upper toner supply part, a lower toner supply part, and a toner transport section; an upper conveying section that includes a rotation shaft, a first conveying member, a second conveying member, and a diameter direction conveying part; and a lower conveying section that conveys at least one of the developer and the toner in a direction opposite to the conveying direction by the first conveying member. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103953 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An objective is to provide an Image forming method and an image forming apparatus exhibiting neither failure in lack of line image nor image defect in halftone images, together with extremely high image quality and longer lifetime. Disclosed is an image forming method possessing the steps of evenly charging an organic photoreceptor; conducting a light exposure process; conducting a developing process to visualize the electrostatic latent image formed on the organic photoreceptor to form a toner image; transferring the toner image into a transfer medium; and conducting a cleaning process to remove a residual toner from the organic photoreceptor, the method further comprising the step of replenishing a developing device with a developer comprising toner and carrier, wherein the organic photoreceptor comprises a surface protective layer containing a filler, and the carrier is mixed with the toner, after attaching a lubricant onto a carrier particle in advance. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103954 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device that can suitably discharge developer from the developing device by the amount of developer in the developing device increased by carrier supplemented into the developing device, including: a supply transport screw and a receiving transport screw, the rotational axes of which are mutually parallel in relation to an image support member and which are arranged in a top and bottom positional relationship, and an inclined transport screw which is arranged at an incline between one end of the supply transport screw and the other end of the receiving transport screw; supply means for supplying new carrier into a casing; and a discharge port and discharge means for discharging part of the developer housed in the casing to the outside, the discharge port being provided on the part of the casing corresponding to the upper part of the inclined transport screw. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103955 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103956 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A developing apparatus is provided with: a developing roller; and a recovering roller that is arranged so as to oppose the developing roller, recovers scattered toner, and stores negatively chargeable toner, wherein the recovering roller has its surface coated with a fluorine resin or a silicone resin, and is provided with a blade that removes the scattered toner, and a difference (A−C) between a work function (A) of the resin and a work function (C) of the blade is greater than or equal to 0.10 eV. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103957 | Image forming apparatus and method for developing electrostatic latent image - Provided are an image forming apparatus equipped with a hybrid developing apparatus including a toner-collecting developer-carrying member and a method for developing an electrostatic latent image, which apparatus is capable of stably forming high definition images without occurrence of a leakage current even under a high-humidity environment. In the apparatus, each of a toner-supplying developer-carrying member and the toner-collecting developer-carrying member has a conductive substrate to which a bias voltage is applied, and at least one of the surfaces of the conductive substrates of the toner-supplying developer-carrying member and the toner-collecting developer-carrying member has a resistive layer formed thereon. | 2009-04-23 |
20090103958 | INDUCTION HEATING FIXING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an embodiment of the present invention, one side of first and second side coils formed by winding a Litz wire plural times are formed by bending the Litz wire and the other sides thereof are formed by simply winding the Litz wire without bending the same. The bent one ends of the first and second side coils are arranged to be adjacent to a center coil and the other ends simply wound without being bent are arranged to be opposed to both ends of a heat roller. | 2009-04-23 |