17th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100104197 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus reduces two input images to be compared by the predetermined number of times to generate two image groups, extracts a plurality of feature points and a local feature amount of each feature point from these image groups, and determines a combination of feature points in which local feature amounts are similar to each other, between the image groups. Then, the image processing apparatus determines a relation of a reasonable combination, assigns high weights to the reasonable combination, and calculates a similarity degree between the two input images. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFLECTION POINTS IN AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT - A system and method for determining inflection points in an image of an object includes obtaining the image of the object, performing binary image processing on a border of the image to obtain border points, selecting a predetermined number of the border points to fit a straight line, calculating a vertical distance between each selected border point and the straight line, and obtaining a total distance. The method further includes adding a new border point to the selected border points if the total distance is less than a predetermined value, so as to fit a new straight line and do a loop cycle, otherwise, regarding a last border point of the selected border points as an inflection point, and sequentially selecting the predetermined number of other border points to fit another new straight line. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104199 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A CLEAR PATH OF TRAVEL FOR A VEHICLE ENHANCED BY OBJECT DETECTION - Method for detecting a clear path of travel for a host vehicle including fusion of clear path detection by image analysis and detection of an object within an operating environment of the host vehicle including monitoring an image from a camera device, analyzing the image through clear path detection analysis to determine a clear path of travel within the image, monitoring sensor data describing the object, analyzing the sensor data to determine an impact of the object to the clear path, utilizing the determined impact of the object to describe an enhanced clear path of travel, and utilizing the enhanced clear path of travel to navigate the host vehicle. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104200 | Comparison of Documents Based on Similarity Measures - Techniques for comparing a first document to one or more second documents are provided. At least one weight is assigned to one or more elements in the first document. A weighted document is generated in accordance with the at least one assigned weight. One or more comparison scores are computed by comparing each of the one or more elements in the first document to each of one or more elements in a given second document in accordance with one or more comparison rules. The one or more comparison rules determine if a given element in the first document and a given element in the given second document are compared using one or more language hierarchies and/or one or more similarity ranges. A similarity score is generated in accordance with the generated weighted document and the one or more computed comparison scores. The one or more second documents are retrieved in accordance with the generated similarity score. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104201 | READER DEVICE HAVING VARIOUS FUNCTIONALITIES - A reader device for identifying a label associated with a section of a printed publication and presenting first information adjusted for the section. The device comprises a sensing unit for reading a unique machine-readable representation of the first information from the label, a voice recognition unit for intercepting a voice message having a related audio signature associated with second information, a processing unit for identifying the first information according to the representation and the second information according to the related audio signature, and a presentation unit configured for presenting the first and second information. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104202 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing a previous image having first pixels and a present image having second pixels. The image processing apparatus includes: a pixel difference calculating unit which calculates pixel differences between corresponding pairs of the first and second pixels, and outputs pixel difference values; an edge processing unit which detects and compares edge types of the first and second pixels, sums a number of the edge types that are the same, and outputs a sum value; a noise level processing unit which calculates a noise level of the present image according to the sum value and the pixel differences; a blending value determining unit which determines a blending value according to the noise level; and an output unit which adds weights of the present and previous images according to the blending value and outputs an output image. An image processing method is also disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104203 | Method and Apparatus for Acquisition, Compression, and Characterization of Spatiotemporal Signals - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for acquisition, compression, and characterization of spatiotemporal signals. In one aspect, the invention assesses self-similarity over the entire length of a spatiotemporal signal, as well as on a moving attention window, to provide cost effective measurement and quantification of dynamic processes. The invention also provides methods and apparatus for measuring self-similarity in spatiotemporal signals to characterize, adaptively control acquisition and/or storage, and assign meta-data for further detail processing. In some embodiments, the invention provides for an apparatus adapted for the characterization of biological units, and methods by which attributes of the biological units can be monitored in response to the addition or removal of manipulations, e.g., treatments. The attributes of biological units can be used to characterize the effects of the abovementioned manipulations or treatments as well as to identify genes or proteins responsible for, or contributing to, these effects. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104204 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An encoding device includes a first memory that stores image data, plural second memories that are associated with plural target pixels in the image data, each second memory storing pixel data of one or more reference pixels near the associated target pixel thereof, a controller that causes each second memory to store pixel data of the one or more reference pixels near the associated target pixel thereof specified from the image data stored in the first memory, and plural encoders that perform encoding on each of the plural target pixels by estimating pixel data of each target pixel using pixel data of the one or more reference pixels near each respective target pixel stored in the plural second memories wherein the plural target pixels have different positions in a subscanning direction such that one target pixel does not overlap with another target pixel in a main scanning direction, and the total amount of data of all of the reference pixels used by the plural encoders is equal to or less than the amount of information of one line of image data stored in the first memory. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104205 | Quantization differencing compression algorithm - The compression algorithm presented here is intended for the types of digital images acquired by solar system exploring spacecraft and missions, but can be utilized for all types of sequential data. It is lossy, but results in images whose Peak Signal to Noise Ratio remains in excess of 30 decibels, considered to be the threshold of being indistinguishable from the original image. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104206 | IMAGE COMPRESSION APPARATUS - An image compression apparatus performs quantization of DC component data, low-pass component data and high-pass component data which are generated by frequency conversion of still image data. An extracting part extracts additional data and coding object data which is to be entropy coded, from quantization data. An entropy coding part performs entropy coding of the coding object data stored in a coding object data memory. An additional data processing part generates a flex bit from the additional data. A pattern information generation part acquires the coding object data directly from the extracting part, to generate pattern information indicating whether the coding object data is zero or not. A bit stream generation part outputs the pattern information, the coding object data and the flex bit in a predetermined order, to output a bit stream. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION - A method for compressing image data into a sequence of codes, the image data being represented by a plurality of input color vectors. The method includes a repetitive processing of one color vector at a time with the following steps: receiving one of the input color vectors; comparing the received input color vector with codebook words in a codebook, the codebook words being expressed as color vectors; compressing the received input color vector to generate a code based on the comparison; updating the codebook with a color vector, the color vector being generated by decoding the code; and outputting the code before receiving a next one of the input color vectors; wherein the updating may include rearranging the order of the codebook words based on the comparison. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104208 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present application provides an image processing method of obtaining a clear image from a blurred image which includes the steps of converting an array of image data from a two dimension into a one-dimensional vector, the image data storing pixel values of the blurred image; converting all of two-dimensional matrix operations acting on the one-dimensional vector into an image filtering for the image data of the blurred image, and calculating values of statistic parameters necessary for calculation of a cost function estimating the clear image and a gradient vector of the cost function; and obtaining, by using the gradient vector being calculated, image data of the clear image by a numerical optimization method which calculates the image data of the clear image by using only the gradient vector such that a value of the cost function becomes maximum or minimum. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104209 | DEFECTIVE COLOR AND PANCHROMATIC CFA IMAGE - A method of improving a first color filter array image from an image sensor having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, includes capturing the panchromatic channel at a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels with the image sensor; using the color channels to provide a luminance channel; and analyzing the color filter array image and the luminance channel to determine defective pixels in the color channels and using neighboring color and luminance pixel values to improve the defective pixels to produce a second color filter array image or full-color image having at least one improved channel. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104210 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL SUBBAND VIDEO ENHANCEMENT WITH SMALL TIME DELAY - Video processing method and means for enhancing a video stream, by computing transform coefficients using a spatio-temporal transform comprising a spatial subband transform and a causal time wavelet transform performing filterings with multiscale causal wavelets, modifying the transform coefficients with a nonlinear processing, and computing a processed video stream from the modified transform coefficients using a spatio-temporal reconstruction transform comprising an inverse subband transform and a short delay inverse time wavelet transform, where the short delay inverse time wavelet transform is implemented with wavelet filters modified with window functions to control the processing delay of the entire video processing method. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104211 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: ΔΣ modulation means for applying ΔΣ modulation to an image; analog conversion means for converting a signal of the image, whose gradation is converted by the ΔΣ modulation means, into an analog signal; digital output means for outputting a digital signal of the image after gradation conversion; and analog output means for outputting an analog signal of the image after gradation conversion. The ΔΣ modulation means includes arithmetic means for filtering a quantization error; adding means for adding a pixel value of the image and output of the arithmetic means; quantization means for quantizing output of the adding means and outputting a quantized value; and subtracting means for calculating a difference between the output of the adding means and the quantized value. A filter coefficient for the filtering corresponding to the analog output is determined according to a frequency characteristic of the analog conversion means. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104212 | CONTOUR CORRECTING DEVICE, CONTOUR CORRECTING METHOD AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A contour correcting device of the present invention includes a plurality of delay elements which delay an input video signal, a pixel-selection-control-signal generation circuit, a pixel selection circuit which selects outputs of the plurality of delay elements in response to outputs of the pixel-selection-control-signal generation circuit, a high-pass filter operation circuit which weights and adds or subtracts pixel data selected by the pixel selection circuit, and an adder circuit which adds an operation result of the high-pass filter operation circuit to the input video signal. When the pixel selection circuit extracts a contour component in a boundary portion between a horizontal video effective period and a period other than the horizontal video effective period of the input video signal, the pixel selection circuit replaces pixel data in the period other than the horizontal video effective period among pixel data input to the high-pass filter operation circuit, with pixel data at an edge-point of the horizontal video effective period. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104213 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: ΔΣ modulation means for applying, when predetermined signal processing is applied to a modulated image obtained by applying ΔΣ modulation to an image in a signal processing unit, the ΔΣ modulation to the image, wherein a frequency characteristic of noise shaping by the ΔΣ modulation is a characteristic opposite to a frequency characteristic of the predetermined signal processing. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104214 | Methods and Systems for Demosaicing - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for image demosaicing. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104215 | DATA TRANSFORM APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a lossless 4-point Hadamard transform circuit which can minimize the number of times of addition/subtraction calculations, and reduce the number of times of round processing required to convert data including a fractional part into an integer. To this end, a DC coefficient generating unit summates four input data, and shifts the summation result 1 bit to the right to halve the summation result and to round the halved result by truncating a fractional part of the result. This 1-bit shift right result is output as a DC coefficient. An intermediate data generating unit generates, as intermediate value, a difference value between one input data of the four input data and the DC coefficient obtained by the DC coefficient generating unit. An AC coefficient generating unit generates three AC coefficients by adding the intermediate data generated by the intermediate data generating unit to other three input data. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104216 | COMBINING FEATURE BOUNDARIES - A method of forming a combined feature boundary based on boundaries of first and second overlapping features includes dividing the boundaries of the first and second overlapping features into line segments of known shape, identifying crossing points formed by the line segments, calculating parametric coordinates of the crossing points, and determining a sequence of crossing point evaluation based on the parametric coordinates. The method also includes calculating a first cross product based on the line segments forming a first crossing point in the determined sequence, and choosing a first path of the combined feature boundary according to a mathematical sign of the first cross product, the first path extending from the first crossing point to the second crossing point in the determined sequence. The method further includes calculating a second cross product based on the line segments forming a second crossing point in the sequence, and choosing a second path of the combined feature boundary extending from the second crossing point according to a mathematical sign of the second cross product, wherein the combined feature boundary includes the first and second crossing points and portions of at least one of the first and second feature boundaries defining the first and second paths. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104217 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a front-most image information storage unit configured to store information relating to a front-most image that is one image of a plurality of compositing target images serving as compositing targets of an imaged image making up an imaged moving picture; a transformation information storage unit configured to store transformation information used for transforming another compositing target image of the plurality of compositing target images with the front-most image as a reference; an image transforming unit configured to transform the plurality of compositing target images sequentially toward the front-most image from the compositing target image positioned at the forefront or last of the temporal axis based on the transformation information; an image compositing unit configured to overwrite-composite the transformed compositing target images sequentially to generate a composited image; and a display control unit configured to display the composited image sequentially. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104218 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus includes a multiplying unit configured to multiply an original image by a coefficient α used for α blending, thereby generating an α-fold original image, a quantizing unit configured to quantize the α-fold original image and output a quantized α-fold original image obtained through the quantization, a gradation converting unit configured to perform gradation conversion on the α-fold original image by performing a dithering process, thereby generating a gradation-converted α-fold original image, and a difference calculating unit configured to calculate a difference between the gradation-converted α-fold original image and the quantized α-fold original image, thereby obtaining a high-frequency component in the gradation-converted α-fold original image, the high-frequency component being added to a quantized composite image, which is generated by quantizing a composite image obtained through α blending with a quantized image generated by quantizing the original image. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104219 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method including: obtaining points on left-eye and right-eye images to be generated from a two-dimensional (2D) image, to which a predetermined pixel of the 2D image is to be mapped, by using the sizes of holes to be generated in the left-eye and right-eye images; and generating the left-eye and right-eye images respectively having the obtained points to which the predetermined pixel of the 2D image is mapped. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104220 | Systems and Methods for Socially-Based Correction of Tilted Images - Systems and methods for socially-based correction of tilted images. In an embodiment, the present invention levels tilted images by (1) receiving an image; (2) rotating the image by a random angle; (3) requesting at least one user rotate the image to level the image; (4) determining a collective user-suggested angle based on the rotations of each user; and (5) transmitting, over a communication network, a correction angle, where the correction angle is based on the random angle and the collective user-suggested angle. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104221 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRAME ROTATION WITHIN A JPEG COMPRESSED PIPELINE - A system and methods for rotating and compressing digital image data is presented. The system includes an image sensor that vertically and horizontally flips a digital image, an image processor that converts the image into the YCbCr color space, reorder buffers that divide the YCbCr component data into component blocks and rotate the component blocks, and a JPEG encoder that applies JPEG compression to the rotated component blocks. The JPEG encoder differentially encodes DC coefficients of the component blocks in an order that corresponds to the desired rotated image. An index is created by the JPEG encoder that allows for the reconstruction and storing of the rotated component blocks as a rotated JPEG image. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104222 | Convertible Carrying Apparatus - A convertible carrying apparatus for items such as toys comprises a flat sheet of flexible material with an optional smaller and centered rigid section. The sheet may be one or several layers and may have any shaped perimeter including octagonal, square, or circular. One or more gatherers are disposed about the perimeter of the sheet and a permanent or removeable grip is attached to one of the gatherers. The gatherers may be two or more handles, two or more ties, or a continuous drawstring that is threaded through a channel around the perimeter of the sheet and exposed at two or more locations around the perimeter of the sheet. The grip may include a fastener for securing it around the gatherers. When an item or many items are placed on the sheet, the gatherers can be collected or secured together with the grip. When the sheet is lifted by the grip, the sheet becomes a carrying apparatus for the items originally placed on the sheet. When desired, the carrying bag can set down, the grip can be unfastened, and the sheet can again lay flat. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104223 | Shopping Bag - In one aspect, a shopping bag or carryall (hereinafter, shopping bag and carryall refer to the inventive shopping bag interchangeably unless otherwise noted) is describe that addresses the problems and inconvenience of having to carry multiple articles and personal items individually into a store, and access those articles in the store when shopping. The shopping bag assists the shopper by organizing the many necessities typically carried and used by shoppers. The numerous features of the bag serve to protect and makes immediately available all of the typical items a shopper may need. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104224 | SHOPPING BAG - In one aspect, a shopping bag or carryall (hereinafter, shopping bag and carryall refer to the inventive shopping bag interchangeably unless otherwise noted) is describe that addresses the problems and inconvenience of having to carry multiple articles and personal items individually into a store, and access those articles in the store when shopping. The shopping bag assists the shopper by organizing the many necessities typically carried and used by shoppers. The numerous features of the bag serve to protect and makes immediately available all of the typical items a shopper may need. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104225 | Press Fitting Interface for Holding a Track to an Extrusion Without the Use of Fasteners; and Methods for Using the Same - The present invention provides novel approaches to manufacturing and assembling linear motion slides that are quick and easy to install without requiring the use of fasteners. Additionally, the present invention discloses a novel track assembly apparatus that couples with standard linear motion support bases without the use of fasteners. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104226 | Electrical machine with rotor bearing - A motor, in particular an electrical machine, has a housing, a rotor, and a rotor bearing which includes at least two bearing parts which are rotatable relative to one another, one of which is assigned to the rotor, and the other of which is assigned to the housing. The rotor bearing is designed as a sintered part, and that the bearing part assigned to the housing includes a rotation lock, and/or that the bearing part assigned to the rotor includes a rotation lock. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104227 | BEARING - There is a requirement to provide bearings in relatively low speed non continuous situations such as with regards to turnover stands for engine and winding assembly. Previous bearings incorporating rolling elements are relatively expensive and over specified for such activities. By providing annulus members in a bearing cluster upon rocker members such that the annulus members can articulate in order to provide an appropriate bearing. Lubricating oil generally passes between the annulus members in a laminar stack such that the members can radially slide past each other to accommodate for eccentricities in a shaft supported by the bearing. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104228 | THRUST SLIDING BEARING AND COMBINATION MECHANISM OF THE THRUST SLIDING BEARING AND PISTON ROD WITH COIL SPRING - A thrust sliding bearing | 2010-04-29 |
20100104229 | POWDER METAL BEARING CAP BREATHING WINDOWS - The present invention provides a PM main bearing cap, and its precursor compact, with an undercut breathing window that is formed during a compaction process. By fabricating the undercut during the compaction process, the invention eliminates the need for a secondary machining operation to form the undercut feature in the bearing caps. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104230 | MAGNETIC ENCODER AND ROLLING BEARING - A magnetic encoder is provided which can prevent a magnetized member from being separated from a fixed member to which the magnetized member is fixed under a severe temperature environment. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104231 | WHEEL BEARING DEVICE WITH ROTATION SENSOR - Intended is to prevent an output cable of a magnetic sensor, even if tensed, from coming out of a sensor unit. The output cable | 2010-04-29 |
20100104232 | SEALING DEVICE, ROLLING BEARING, AND ROLLING BEARING FOR WHEEL - Prior to assembly of an elastic member ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100104233 | BEARING APPARATUS FOR TURBOCHARGER - In an angular ball bearing, a distance between outer rings and a distance between inner rings are set in such a manner that a clearance inside the bearing, when a turbocharger is in operation, is a positive clearance. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104234 | ROLLING BEARING HAVING A BRAKING DEVICE - A rolling bearing which has a braking device, particularly a rotational connection, with an outer bearing race and an inner bearing race between which rolling bodies are in rolling motion on associated tracks. In order to produce a braking effect using frictional engagement, a displaceable braking element connected to one of the bearing races is pressed against a counter surface connected to the associated other bearing race and the frictional engagement may be removed with the aid of an electromagnet. The braking element is disposed as an integral bearing component inside one of the bearing races and is pressed against the counter surface by spring force, and the electromagnet encompasses one of the bearing races as the soft iron core and a coil surrounding the soft iron core. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104235 | Distributed Bragg Reflector Waveguide and Fabricating Method Thereof - A method for fabricating a distributed Bragg reflector waveguide is disclosed, which includes forming a first distributed Bragg reflector on a substrate; forming a sacrificial pattern on the first distributed Bragg reflector; forming a second distributed Bragg reflector on the sacrificial pattern and the first distributed Bragg reflector; and removing the sacrificial pattern. A distributed Bragg reflector waveguide is also disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104236 | WIDE BAND MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFTER - The invention relates to a phase shifting device for switching the polarization state of an electromagnetic wave. Two waveguide sections have an exterior rectangular opening defined in their end surfaces. A dielectric break is situated substantially collinearly with the longitudinal axis of the waveguide in substantially a center of the waveguide. In one embodiment, a central structure includes a cylinder having a permeability greater than that of a vacuum, and having two substantially circular end faces situated in perpendicular orientation to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder and two dielectric cones. A magnetic field source switches a polarization of the electromagnetic wave causing a phase shift of the electromagnetic wave of substantially zero degrees when the controllable magnetic field is off and a pre-determined phase shift when the controllable magnetic field is on. The invention can be used in an interferometer apparatus and a phased array apparatus. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104237 | WAVEGUIDE-TYPE OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER - In an optical interferometer, polarization dependence attributable to the optical path difference has conventionally been eliminated by inserting a half-wave plate at the center of the interferometer. However, light induced by polarization coupling produced in directional couplers used in the optical interferometer causes interference having different interference conditions from those of the normal light. Polarization rotators that effect any one of 90° rotation and −90° rotation of all states of polarization of incoming light are inserted in the optical interferometer, and thereby the interference conditions of light induced by polarization coupling are made the same as those of the normal light. Each of the polarization rotators is implemented by using two half-wave plates and by varying an angle of combination of these half-wave plates. Alternatively, each of the polarization rotators is implemented through a combination of one half-wave plate and a waveguide having birefringence properties. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR END-TO-END BEACONING - An embodiment of a method includes generating a command configured to cause activation of local beaconing at a selected device, and transmitting the command to the selected device. An embodiment of a system includes a processor, a memory including instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to generate a command configured to cause a selected device to activate local beaconing, a port connected to the selected device, and a transmitter operable to transmit the command to the selected device via the port. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104239 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical transmission apparatus includes an optical element that has at least one of a light emitting part and a light receiving part on a surface opposed to a mounting surface of the optical element, an optical waveguide that is made of a polymer material, and has an optical path deflecting part in a through hole or an opening, wherein the optical path deflecting part deflects an optical path of the optical with respect to the at least one of the light emitting part and the light receiving part of the optical element, and a substrate that has a mounting region on which the mounting surface of the optical element is mounted, and a plurality of waveguide holding parts, each holding the optical waveguide so that the optical path deflecting part of the optical waveguide is arranged opposite to the at least one of the light emitting part and the light receiving part of the optical element. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104240 | PACKAGE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PACKAGE, OPTICAL MODULE AND DIE FOR INTEGRAL MOLDING - An integrally molding die for manufacturing a package includes a supporting portion for supporting at least one end including an incident/exit port of a light signal in a light transmission path, and a lead frame for mounting an optical element. The integrally molding die includes a recess for forming the supporting portion, a first projection, which comes into contact with an optical element mounting surface of the lead frame, and a second projection, which comes into contact with a back surface of the optical element mounting surface. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104241 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING OPTICAL AXIS OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT - A method of adjusting the optical axis of an optical waveguide element which can improve a manufacturing yield of the optical waveguide element, an alignment yield between the optical waveguide element and an input waveguide means, etc. and can equalize the branch ratio in a Y-branch waveguide; and an optical waveguide element which can be made compact and also M inhibited from complication in structure by using this method. The optical waveguide element ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100104242 | Light activated optical switch that includes a piezoelectric element and a conductive layer - A light activated optical switch includes at least one conductive layer located adjacent to a piezoelectric element to enhance the electrical field that is applied to the piezoelectric element in response to an activation light. The conductive layer has free electrons or electron holes that collect on a surface adjacent to the piezoelectric element when the activation light is applied to the piezoelectric element. The collection of free electrons near the piezoelectric element enhances the electrical field that is applied to the piezoelectric element in response to the activation light. The enhanced electrical field is used to enhance the performance of the piezoelectric clement and ultimately to enhance the performance of the optical switch. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104243 | PROTECTIVE FIBER OPTIC UNION ADAPTERS - Devices to enhance the reliability of optical networks and to reduce the cost of repair are disclosed in this invention. In particular, compact and inexpensive fiber optic union adapters with built-in protective isolation prevent the transfer of damage from one connectorized fiber optic cable to another. The fiber optic union includes a split sleeve with an interior channel and a fiber stub centrally located within the interior channel. The fiber stub makes direct optical contact with the cable endfaces to enable efficient optical transmission between interconnected cables while providing a low loss, low back reflection adiabatic transition between the waveguide cores of the two cables. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104244 | SINGLE-CHANNEL EXPANDED BEAM CONNECTOR - A single-channel, expanded beam connector having a front and rear orientation and comprising: (a) a housing; (b) an outer sleeve at least partially contained by the housing; (c) a first inner sleeve disposed at least partially in the outer sleeve; (d) a ferrule disposed at least partially in the first inner sleeve; (e) a lens disposed at least partially in the first inner sleeve in front of the ferrule, wherein the lens and the ferrule have about the same outside first diameter which is just slightly less than that of the inside diameter of the first inner sleeve such that the ferrule and the lens are held in optical alignment in the first inner sleeve, and wherein the distal end of the outer sleeve extends beyond the inner sleeve to receive a second inner sleeve of a mating structure, the first and second inner sleeves having the same diameter which is just slightly less than the inside diameter of the outer sleeve such that the first and inner sleeves are aligned within the outer sleeve. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104245 | FERRULE FOR OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A ferrule includes a recess formed on an obliquely polished surface to house a protrusion formed on an obliquely polished surface of another ferrule, so as to avoid an angular change at an interface between end surfaces of the pair of obliquely polished end surfaces of the ferrules facing each other. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104246 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID MODULE AND OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID MODULE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - An opto-electric hybrid module manufacturing method which suppresses a cost loss, and to provide an opto-electric hybrid module manufactured by the method. An opto-electric hybrid module is produced by separately preparing a first board for a middle portion having an optical waveguide extending from one end to the other end of the board, a second board for a light emitting end portion having a light emitting element and an optical waveguide connectable to one end of the optical waveguide of the middle portion and a third board for a light receiving end portion having a light receiving element and an optical waveguide connectable to the other end of the optical waveguide of the middle portion, checking the second and third boards for light transmission, and connecting second and third boards judged to be acceptable to the first board. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104247 | OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK SYSTEM - An optical access network system for making a connection between a central-office optical cable and a subscriber optical cable is provided, the optical access network system being capable of facilitating the operation of laying optical cable. The optical access network system includes a connecting optical cable for forming a connection with one or a plurality of the subscriber optical cables, the connecting optical cable being obtained by assembling together a plurality of component cables having the same number of fibers as the one or plurality of subscriber optical cables. This optical access network system preferably further includes a subscriber enclosure for connecting one of the subscriber cables from among the one or plurality of subscriber optical cables and one of the component cables from among the plurality of component cables of the connecting cable. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104248 | FIBER OPTIC - A fiber optic includes a plurality of fibers each including a core made of core glass for propagating light and a cladding for covering an outer periphery of the core and made of cladding glass lower in refractive index than the core glass and an absorber glass arranged between the plurality of fibers and for absorbing light leaking from the plurality of fibers. The plurality of fibers are bundled and integrated. The absorber glass contains Fe | 2010-04-29 |
20100104249 | PLASTIC GLASS OPTICAL FIBER - A plastic glass optical fiber includes a glass core (diameter a | 2010-04-29 |
20100104250 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL - A two-dimensional photonic crystal according to the present invention includes a first layer having a dielectric first layer slab in which first layer holes having a refractive index lower than that of the first layer slab are arranged cyclically, a second layer formed on the first layer, including dielectric columns having a refractive index higher than the air arranged in the air with the same cycle as the first layer hole, and a third layer having a dielectric third layer slab in which third layer holes having a refractive index lower than that of the third layer slab are arranged cyclically. Thus, it is possible to obtain the two-dimensional photonic crystal that can create a wider complete PBG than before regardless of the polarization of light and can be manufactured easily. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104251 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical waveguide having a light path deflecting capability, including a core layer defining a light path, two cladding layers holding the core layer therebetween and covering the core layer, and a light path deflection structure formed selectively in a predetermined region of the core layer having a light path deflection cavities arranged at predetermined intervals in a matrix array in a phantom plane inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to an optical axis of the core layer by applying a laser beam a plurality of times to the core layer through either of the cladding layers without damaging the cladding layers. A method for manufacturing an optical waveguide having a light path deflecting capability including applying a laser beam a plurality of times to the core layer through either of the cladding layers without damaging the cladding layers and without damaging an outer surface of the optical waveguide. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104252 | NANOMOVER FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS ALIGNMENT WITHOUT DRIVING ELECTRICALLY - A mechanical nanomover for optical elements alignment comprises a platform; a front supporting block and a rear supporting block; a left metal sheet and a right metal sheet installed between the two supporting blocks; a movable block installed between the two metal sheets; a weak spring and a strong spring which are interacted with the movable block. A translation stage serves to drive the weak spring to drive the movable block. The elastic coefficient of the strong spring is much greater than that of the weak spring so that the larger displacement of the weak spring will induce only a small displacement of the movable block due to the interaction of the strong spring. No electric power is needed to drive the structure of the nanomover. The mechanical nanometer can provide a sufficient precision to the operation, while it is very inexpensive. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104253 | HOLDING MEMBER FOR OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME AND OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME - A holding member includes a flared tubular body and collectively holds a plurality of unused optical fibers provided with optical connectors within an optical distribution frame. The tubular body has a rectangular cross section and includes an elongated rectangular lower opening and an upper opening wider than the lower opening. A part of sidewalls of the tubular body is formed to serve as an openable cover. The cover is first opened; the optical fibers provided with the optical connectors are accommodated in the tubular body; and then the cover is closed. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104254 | COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, PREPARATION METHOD FOR THE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE PRODUCED BY USING THE COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A composition for an optical waveguide is provided which contains no halogen atom and has no light absorption band in a visible to near-infrared spectral range. A method of preparing the composition is also provided. The composition includes: (A) a fine particulate zirconium oxide material including zirconium oxide fine particles, and a silicone oligomer and a silicone oligomer polymer bonded to outer peripheral surfaces of the zirconium oxide fine particles; and (B) a photoacid generator. For preparation of the composition, the fine particulate zirconium oxide material (A) is prepared by mixing a silicone oligomer in an aqueous dispersion of zirconium oxide fine particles, polymerizing the silicone oligomer in an acidic pH range to provide a silicone oligomer polymer, and bonding the silicone oligomer and the silicone oligomer polymer to outer peripheral surfaces of the zirconium oxide fine particles. Then, the photoacid generator (B) is blended with the fine particulate zirconium oxide material (A). | 2010-04-29 |
20100104255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRAL MEDIA SERVICE - A system for the orchestral media service which receives the orchestral media having multiple tracks and neodata from a media service provider and shares the data with multiple connected devices to play, includes: a client engine that parses the orchestral media to separate into each audio/video and neodata, combines the audio/video into one resource to play, synchronizes with the connected devices with a basis of the playback time of the main audio/video, analyzes the neodata, maps the neodata into control command to transfer to the connected devices, and outputs the mapped control command; and a communication interface that performs connection with the devices having respective communication systems and transfers the control command to the connected devices. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104256 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a calculating unit configured to calculate motion information relating to between two images that make up an imaged moving picture; and a selecting unit configured to select compositing target images serving as compositing targets from a plurality of images that make up the imaged moving picture based on reliability that indicates the likelihood of the calculated motion information. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104257 | AUTOMATED RUN-TIME ADJUSTMENT - A method and system for automated run-time adjustment that includes an ability to start or end a scheduled recording at an earlier or later period of time. The adjustment may allow a program to be recorded in its entirety regardless of whether the program is starting late or running long. The recording period adjustments performed in accordance with the contemplated run-time adjustment may be made with reliance on data transmitted with the program in order to optionally insure the adjustment are made with respect to the actual content and not some pre-determined or arbitrary recording extension inputted by a user. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104258 | USER-SPECIFIED EVENT-BASED REMOTE TRIGGERING OF A CONSUMER DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE - A method, digital video recording (DVR) device/system and computer program provide a mechanism for recording video content associated with unpredictable events. A user specifies particular event classifications, keywords, or other control parameters from which the occurrence of an event can be determined, and when such event is detected, the DVR is triggered to record content from a specified channel/location. The events can be detected from feeds such as RSS feeds, websites, video content scans or other mechanisms. The event detection may be provided by a remote service that is accessible for user-configuration via a network, or the event detection may be performed in a DVR device or local computer system. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104259 | CONTENT-BASED VIDEO DETECTION - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method of detecting video content, and in particular, to a method of defining one or more digital fingerprints to identify video content. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104260 | VIDEO RECORDING PREVENTION SYSTEM - A projector has at least four primary color components controlled to produce a metameric effect image which is not perceptible to the human optical system and is perceptible to a video recording device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104261 | Brief and high-interest video summary generation - A video is summarized by determining if a video contains one or more junk frames, modifying one or more boundaries of shots of the video based at least in part on the determination of if the video contains one or more junk frames, sampling a plurality of the shots of the video into a plurality of subshots, clustering the plurality of subshots with a multiple step k-means clustering, and creating a video summary based at least in part on the clustered plurality of subshots. The video is segmented into a plurality of shots and a keyframe from each of the plurality of shots is extracted. A video summary is created based on a determined importance of the subshots in a clustered plurality of subshots and a time budget. The created video summary is rendered by displaying playback rate information for the rendered video summary, displaying a currently playing subshot marker with the rendered video summary, and displaying an indication of similar content in the rendered video summary. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104262 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PLAYBACK PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO CONTENTS - To provide a playback apparatus | 2010-04-29 |
20100104263 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A plurality of video streams and STN_table are recorded in the local storage | 2010-04-29 |
20100104264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING AUDIO FROM A MEDIA SOURCE ON A TELEVISION DURING A MUSIC-ON-MUTE FUNCTION - There is provided a system and method for playing audio from a media source on a television during a music-on-mute function. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method, comprising receiving a signal with a video portion and an audio portion, determining whether a music-on-mute function is active, playing the audio portion of the signal if the music-on-mute function is not active, and playing an audio file from an alternative media source if the music-on-mute function is active. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104265 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A plurality of video streams and STN_table are recorded in the local storage | 2010-04-29 |
20100104266 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An information processing apparatus for extracting a more appropriate representative frame image from moving image data that includes a plurality of frames of image data arranged in a time series includes: an input unit configured to input moving image data; a detecting unit configured to detect a frame image, which includes an image similar to a prescribed image pattern; a tracking unit configured to detect a frame image, which includes an image similar to the image included in the detected frame image; a storage unit configured to store successive frame images that have been detected by the tracking unit; a splitting unit configured to split the moving image data into a plurality of time intervals; and an extracting unit configured to extract a representative frame image using different evaluation rules. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104267 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MEDIA FILE - A media playing system includes a media reproducing apparatus and a decoding server. The media reproducing apparatus capable of receiving a play command for reproducing a selected media file, and configured for determining whether the media reproducing apparatus can decode the selected media file, and transmitting an unsupported media format message when it is determined that the media reproducing apparatus cannot decode the selected media file. The decoding server communicatively coupled to the media reproducing apparatus, the decoding server capable of receiving the unsupported media format message from the media reproducing apparatus, and configured for invoking a decoding program according to the unsupported media format message to decode the selected media file to generate media data that can be reproduced by the media reproducing apparatus, and transmitting the generated media data to the media reproducing apparatus for reproducing by the media reproducing apparatus. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AN OPTICAL DISC - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for playing an optical disc, and an optical disc recording apparatus. According to the method provided by the present invention, the description information of the program content and the description information of the enhancement content are first acquired, and then compared with each other; then it is judged whether the program corresponds to the enhancement content according to the result of the comparison; and finally, the program content is played independently of the enhancement content if the program content does not correspond to the enhancement content. With the present invention, the playback problem causing from the non-match of the program content and the enhancement content in an optical disc with the enhancement format resulting from the revision of the optical disc by a conventional optical disc recording apparatus that does not support the enhancement format can be avoided. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104269 | PLAYBACK OF EPISODIC CONTENT - A content item having sequential portions, such as episodes, is played back on a packaged media player in a manner that facilitates viewing the sequential portions in sequence. The point at which the user terminated a playback session is marked by storing an indication in memory, so that the user need not remember at what episode or other content portion the user left off. Upon beginning a new playback session, the media player retrieves the marker and navigates to the next content portion in the sequence. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104270 | ADJUSTABLE ANTI-SHAKE IMAGE-SENSING MODULE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE SAME - An adjustable anti-shake image-sensing module includes a base and a movable platform moving along a first straight line and a second straight line with respect to the base. The movable platform comprises a pair of Hall elements respectively corresponding to the first and second straight lines. When the adjustable anti-shake image-sensing module is adjusted, the movable platform is pressed with respect to the base and is thereby located in an aligned position. A pair of magnets is then disposed on the base and the positions of the magnets with respect to the Hall elements are fine-tuned. When aligned with the Hall elements, the magnets are fixed to the base. A pair of circuit boards is disposed on the movable platform and the positions of the circuit boards with respect to the magnets are adjusted. The circuit boards are then fixed to the movable platform. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104271 | SUB MIRROR AND IAMGE PICK-UP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image pick-up apparatus which is capable of increasing an AF area is provided. The image pick-up apparatus includes a photographing lens to focus light received from a subject, a main mirror that passes a portion of light passing through the photographing lens and that reflects the remaining portion of the light, an auto focus module to detect the state of focus the photographing lens and a sub-mirror having a plurality of reflective areas that reflect respectively divided portions of the light passing through the main mirror and that guide the divided light portions to the auto focus module. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104272 | EYEPIECE LENS SYSTEM, FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER OF IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An eyepiece lens system for an electronic viewfinder, usable to be disposed on an optical axis between a reflective LCD of the viewfinder and a last optical surface of the viewfinder, the eyepiece lens system comprising: a first lens having a positive refractive index; a second lens having a negative refractive index; and a third lens having a positive refractive index, wherein the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are disposed in this order from a side of the LCD to a side of the last optical surface, satisfying the conditions: 18 mm2010-04-29 | |
20100104273 | CAMERA - A camera includes a display device capable of displaying on a single screen a plurality of images, each of which can be observed from one of a plurality of directions; a selection device that selects any one of a plurality of operating modes; and a display control device that displays at the display device the plurality of images each correlated to the operating mode selected via the selection device. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104274 | CAMERA MANIPULATION DEVICE - A camera manipulation device comprising a plate having a top surface, a mounting element for securing a camera to the top surface of the plate, a handle for a user to hold the camera manipulation device and two or more connector elements for connecting the handle to the mounting plate, wherein each of said connector elements comprises at least one of a first and second pivot member. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104275 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device for zooming and shutter releasing includes a shutter release button; a pressing protrusion; a tact switch located on a substrate and configured to be pressed when the shutter release button is pressed downward; a rotary member rotatably supported at the periphery of the shutter release button; a magnet configured to be rotated in association with rotation of the rotary member, the magnet having a through hole at the center thereof, the pressing protrusion supported to extend through the through hole; and a magnetic sensor located at a position to face the through hole in the height direction and configured to detect a rotational magnetic field that is generated by the magnet because of the rotation of the rotary member, the tact switch and the magnetic sensor arranged side by side on the substrate. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104276 | Level decline detecting apparatus, optical amplifier apparatus, and level decline detecting method - A first comparing unit compares the signal light level with a predetermined threshold value and outputs the comparison result to a signal decline notifying unit. A difference calculating unit subtracts the signal light level from a monitoring light level and calculates a level difference ΔP. A second comparing unit compares the level difference ΔP between the monitoring light and the signal light with a relative threshold value and outputs the comparison result to the signal decline notifying unit. If the comparison result of the first comparing unit indicates the signal light level is not more than the predetermined threshold value or if the comparison result of the second comparing unit indicates that the level difference ΔP is not less than the relative threshold value, then the signal decline notifying unit outputs to a control unit a decline warning indicating a decline in the level of only the signal light. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104277 | MODULATOR FOR FREQUENCY-SHIFT KEYING OF OPTICAL SIGNALS - Described are an FSK modulator and a method for large-alphabet FSK modulation. The FSK modulator and the method are based on filtering of a multi-tone optical source such as a mode-locked laser which provides a comb distribution of tones. A frequency-selective component selects for transmission a subset of the tones. In various embodiments the frequency-selective component is a Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter or a microring resonator filter. A second frequency-selective component selects a subset of the tones from the comb distribution provided by the first frequency-selective component. Still more frequency-selective components can be used according to the number of tones supplied by the multi-tone optical source to the FSK modulator. The optical signal exiting the last frequency-selective component includes only a single tone which corresponds to the symbol to be transmitted. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104278 | NETWORK INTERFACE UNIT FOR MODULAR FURNITURE - A network interface unit (NIU) for a modular workstation includes a housing. One or more input network adapters on the housing receive input connectors of a first multi-network cable that is connected to a distribution network. One or more output network adapters on the housing receive output connectors of a second multi-network cable that is connected to another NIU of another modular workstation to provide for a daisy chain connection. One or more workstation adapters are provided on the housing for providing connections to one or more networks of various security levels. Cables that are connected to one or more CPUs or telephones of the workstation are connected to respective ones of the workstation adapters. The workstation adapters of the NIU may provide one or more of visual, physical, and geographical verification and segregation of the network connections to enhance the integrity of the security of the various networks available at the NIU. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104279 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A CONNECTION-ORIENTED PACKET NETWORK OVER A WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL NETWORK - A network planning tool and method for configuring a connection-oriented packet network over a WDM optical network without an optical control layer, such as a SONET/SDH layer. The optical network includes a plurality of optical fibers interconnected through nodes and the connection-oriented packet network, such an Ethernet network, MPLS network, or pseudowire network, includes two or more terminal devices. The method and tool function by building an association between the components of the physical layer, such as the optical fiber, and their geographic location or path. The connection-oriented packet network is configured by building multi-link trunks (MLTs) between terminal devices, where the MLTs are built by aggregating lightpaths that traverse distinctive geographic paths. The MLTs are planned and configured through aggregating lightpaths that traverse incongruent sets of photonic elements. A predetermined target for resiliency to physical failure events may determine the degree of congruence allowed between the sets of photonic elements associated with lightpaths in the same MLT. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104280 | FIBRE CHANNEL FRAMING AND SIGNALING OPTIONAL HEADER FOR ETHERNET FABRIC CONFIGURATION INFORMATION - A Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) device obtains knowledge of the configuration of an attached Ethernet fabric from data fields within a frame header during a fabric initialization or login (FLOGI) process. FCoE N_Ports obtain similar information during the port initialization or login (PLOGI) process. The FCoE device may provide network management services to attached FCoE devices. Embodiments include a management module or processor within an FCoE N_Port. The management module or processor receives a frame having a header and validates and extracts information associated with an Ethernet fabric from the FCoE N_Ports and in order to provide management services based on the information associated with the Ethernet fabric. The FCoE N_Port communicatively couples to at least one additional FCoE N_Port through the Ethernet fabric. The FCoE N_Ports may be implemented within a disc storage drive, a host bus adapter, and/or an FCoE switch. The capability of an N_Port to obtain this information allows a management module or processor at the N_Port to manage the Ethernet fabric. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104281 | Selecting Regeneration Nodes During Path Computation - According to one embodiment, regeneration information indicating the optical reachability of a set of regeneration nodes is managed. Candidate paths from a source node to a destination node are calculated according to the regeneration information. The destination node is optically reachable from the source node along a candidate path. At least one candidate path is selected from the candidate paths. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABSOLUTE ROUTE DIVERSITY FOR MESH RESTORABLE CONNECTIONS - The present disclosure provides absolute route diversity (ARD) for mesh restorable sub-network connection protection (MR-SNCP) services. ARD addresses concerns in MR-SNCP by providing absolute path diversity between both paths (e.g., peer Sub Network Connections (SNCs)) of an MR-SNCP connection. If an ARD condition is not met, the peer SNC is not mesh restored and the MR-SNCP works with just one single SNC. The advantage of this approach is to reuse the bandwidth saved from ARD for other MR-SNCP, i.e. more efficient bandwidth utilization due to ARD for other MR-SNCPs, and better service quality guarantee (protection) in terms of planning and managing the network bandwidth. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104283 | TECHNIQUE FOR MANAGING OPTICAL NETWORKS - For securing from invasion a group of network nodes in a multi-channel optical communication network, providing wavelength selective optical amplifiers WSOA in optical fiber links incoming network nodes of the group, and providing a network controller NC for holding and updating control information about optical channels allowed in specific optical fiber links incoming specific network nodes of the group, and for supplying each of the WSOAs with suitable control information concerning the incoming optical fiber links associated therewith. At each specific WSOA, in response to the received control information, blocking any incoming wavelength except for wavelengths assigned to the optical channels allowed in that specific incoming optical fiber link. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104284 | System, method and apparatus for joint self phase modulation compensation for coherent optical polarization-division-multiplexed orthogonal-frequency division-multiplexing systems - System, apparatus and method of optical communication are provided for performing digital compensation of the self-phase modulation (SPM) effect experienced by a polarization-division multiplexed (PDM) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) signal in fiber transmission by compensating a complex digital waveform representing one orthogonal polarization component of the optical PDM-OFDM signal based on both digital waveforms representing two orthogonal polarization components of the PDM-OFDM signal. The compensation of the digital waveform may be further based on an anticipated mean total nonlinear phase shift experienced by the signal during fiber transmission due to SPM. The compensation may be divided into pre-compensation at the PDM-OFDM transmitter and post-compensation at the PDM-OFDM receiver. The fiber transmission link preferably includes a pre-dispersion compensation module, distributed inline dispersion compensation modules, and a post-dispersion compensation module arranged in a judiciously chosen manner. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104285 | Collecting Status From a Partner Management Domain - An apparatus comprising a Generic Status Portal (GSP) configured to grant access to a Managed Entity (ME) via an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) Management and Control Interface (OMCI), wherein the ME comprises status information about a non-OMCI management domain at the ONT. Also included is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising initializing an ONT ME, adding status information associated with a managed function to the ONT ME, indicating a status information update of the ONT ME, and providing the status information via an OMCI. Included is a method comprising providing status and performance monitoring (PM) information from an ONT via an OMCI at the ONT, wherein the status and PM information is associated with at least one managed function instance of at least one non-OMCI domain. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104286 | OPTICAL ACCESS SYSTEM AND OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL - Provided is an optical access system comprising: an optical line terminal connected to another network; a plurality of optical network units, each connected to a user terminal; and at least one of an optical switching unit and an optical splitter, which is installed between the optical line terminal and the plurality of optical network units. The optical line terminal allocates a length of time to a discovery phase for detecting the plurality of optical network units, and a length of time to data transmission phases for transferring data from the plurality of optical network units; and changes a ratio of the length of time of the discovery phase to the length of time of the data transmission phases so that the length of time of the discovery phase is shortened in the case where a number of the optical network units that are registered in the optical line terminal increase. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104287 | RETURN PATH FOR USPSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS ORIGINATING FROM OPTICAL NODE - This disclosure describes techniques for providing a communication path for upstream communications originating from a node of an optical network. In particular, methods and devices are described for combining upstream communications originating from the node of the optical network with upstream communications originating from subscriber devices coupled to the node. The upstream communication originating from the node may, for example, include status information about the node. The upstream communication, which may include status information about the node, essentially piggy-backs onto upstream communication originating from the subscriber devices coupled to the node. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104288 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR BEARING IP PACKETS OVER PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A method, apparatus and system for bearing Internet Protocol (IP) packets over a Passive Optical Network (PON) are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an IP packet, converting the IP packet into a Gigabit PON Encapsulation Method (GEM) frame. The method further includes performing a Gigabit PON Transmission Convergence (GTC) framing on the GEM frame to obtain a GTC frame and performing a PON physical layer processing on the GTC frame. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104289 | OPTICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - An optical connecting apparatus has a light source outputting an optical signal indicating a plurality of wavelengths which correspond to a plurality of transmission channels, an optical transmit section and an optical receive section being mounted with integrated circuits and being connected to each other through an optical line of a single system, and a signal conversion section being inlet in the optical line and converting a phase modulated signal into an intensity modulated signal. The optical transmit section includes: a demultiplexer which separates the optical signal from the light source according to the transmission channels; an optical modulator unit which generates phase modulated signals by implementing phase modulation with optical signals from the demultiplexer by using a plurality of optical modulators whose operations are synchronized by a signal from the integrated circuit; and a multiplexer which multiplexes the phase modulated signals from the optical modulator unit and outputs the multiplexed phase modulated signals to the signal conversion section through the optical line. The optical receive section includes: a demultiplexer which separates the intensity modulated signal from the signal conversion section according to the transmission channels; and an optical receiver unit which converts the intensity modulated signals from the demultiplexer into electric signals. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104290 | Optical subassembly manufacturing method, optical subassembly, OSA array, optical interconnecting device, WDM oscillator, and receiving circuit - An optical subassembly manufacturing method includes forming connecting electrodes and a piece of high-melting-point glass on a wiring substrate; positioning on and connecting to the connecting electrodes, an optoelectronic converting element; disposing on the piece of high-melting-point glass, a piece of low-melting-point glass having a melting point lower than the piece of high-melting-point glass; and fixing to the piece of low-melting-point glass, a protruding portion of a lens member further having a lens portion. The protruding portion has a shape matching that of the piece of high-melting-point glass, and relative positions of the protruding portion and the optical axis of the lens portion are determined to correspond to relative positions of the connecting electrodes and the piece of high-melting-point glass. The fixing includes fixing the protruding portion of the lens member to the piece of high-melting-point glass via surface tension generated by melting the piece of low-melting-point glass. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104291 | Rotary laser with remote control - A rotary laser ( | 2010-04-29 |
20100104292 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus which supports wireless/optical communication is provided. The display apparatus includes a wireless/optical interface which performs wireless/optical communication with at least one first external apparatus, a power supply unit which supplies power to the wireless/optical interface, a user interface through which a device is selected, and a controller which controls power supply from the power supply unit to the wireless/optical interface according to user selection on the user interface. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104293 | Coaxial free space optical telescope and systems using the same - Example embodiments may include a coaxial Free Space Optical (FSO) telescope providing a simplified and more precise structure. Example embodiment telescopes include a prism structure having at least two parallel surfaces associated with a filter and mirror. The filter may reflect or transmit optical signals based on their electromagnetic characteristics. Example embodiment systems include example embodiment coaxial FSO telescopes and transmitters and receivers for receiving and transmitting optical signals. A V-groove and/or lens array may be included in example embodiment FSO systems. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104294 | Optical modulation device - The present invention discloses an optical modulation device, which comprises an electric signal generator generating an electric signal carrying a data signal; a first sinusoidal signal generator generating a first sinusoidal signal; an optical signal generator generating an input source optical signal; and an optoelectronic modulator(Mach-Zehnder modulator) receiving the input source optical signal, the electric signal and the first sinusoidal signal, biased to modify a transmission performance of the input source optical signal, modulating the input source optical signal with the electric signal and the first sinusoidal signal, and then sending out an output source optical signal carrying the electric signal and the first sinusoidal signal. The present invention realizes frequency multiplication, enables an optical signal to carry vector signals, and promotes the efficiency of broadband systems. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OUTPUT SETTING METHOD OF CONSUMED STATUS OF CONSUMABLE ITEMS OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which uses a consumable item is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a consumed status detecting unit which detects a value of the consumed status of the consumable item, a determining unit which determines whether to output an exchange message of the consumable item by comparing the value of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit with a predetermined value, an exchange message output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the exchange message, and a consumed status output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit. | 2010-04-29 |
20100104296 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a development apparatus including a plurality of replenishment developer containers which accommodates a replenishment developer containing a toner to be replenished to a plurality of development devices, a plurality of replenishment developer conveyance paths which replenishes the replenishment developer in the plurality of replenishment developer containers to the plurality of development devices, a plurality of conveyance members provided in the plurality of replenishment developer conveyance paths, wherein a length of at least one conveyance path, of the plurality of replenishment developer conveyance paths, is different from that of other conveyance paths, and | 2010-04-29 |