18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100111297 | FORMAT-PRESERVING CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS - Format-preserving encryption and decryption processes are provided. The encryption and decryption processes may use a block cipher. A string that is to be encrypted or decrypted may be converted to a unique binary value. The block cipher may operate on the binary value. If the output of the block cipher that is produced is not representative of a string that is in the same format as the original string, the block cipher may be applied again. The block cipher may be repeatedly applied in this way during format-preserving encryption operations and during format-preserving decryption operations until a format-compliant output is produced. Selective access may be provided to portions of a string that have been encrypted using format-preserving encryption. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111298 | BLOCK CIPHER DECRYPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method obtains cipher block chaining mode (CBC) ciphertext blocks that were encrypted using a cipher block chaining encryption method, such a audio or video, and decrypts the CBC ciphertext blocks that were encrypted using the cipher block chaining encryption method using a multistage counter mode (CTR) decryptor to produce blocks of plaintext data from the CBC ciphertext blocks. In one example, cipher block chaining mode (CBC) information is translated (e.g., rearranged) to random counter mode (CTR) information so that a multistage counter mode (CTR) decryptor decrypts CBC ciphertext blocks into corresponding decrypted CBC plaintext blocks, in a parallel fashion, based on the translated CBC information. As such, apparatus with CTR hardware can be used to decrypt CBC or CFB ciphertext blocks. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111299 | DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM, DATA TRANSFER METHOD, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND DATA RECEIVING DEVICE - A data transfer system. The data transfer system includes a first device and a second device. The first device is configured to encrypt a partial information group of the plurality of information groups and to transfer an encrypted information group to the second device, to generate an omission information group with information having a predetermined relation omitted from at least remaining information groups of the plurality of information groups, to encrypt and to transfer the omission information group to the second device, when a partial kind of information of the plurality of information groups has the predetermined relation. The second device is configured to decrypt the partial information group and the omission information group, to restore omitted information based on the omitted information having the predetermined relation included in a transferred partial information group, and to add the restored information to the transferred omission information group. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111300 | SERVER CERTIFICATE ISSUING SYSTEM - In a server certificate issuing system according to the invention, the Web server includes a control panel which configures and manages a Web and a mail. The control panel is loaded with an entry screen generator to input application items for an issuance of a server certificate, password generator for generating a password which is used to encrypt, and a verification page generator to indicate intention of requesting the issuance of the certificate. On the verification page, the generated password is indicated as verification information for example. The registration server retrieves the password from the received server certificate request and accesses the Web server to read out the verification information indicated on the verification page, and compares the read verification information with the password. As the result of the verification, the verification information read from the Web server is identical to the password, the registration server decides that the Web server for which is to be issued the server certificate exists. Then, the registration server generates the key pair and the CSR and transmits the generated CSR to the certificate issuing server. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111301 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OF PROTECTION AND AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION OF PAPER DOCUMENTS AGAINST FALSIFICATION, ADULTERATION AND LEAKAGE - Protection of documents printed in paper is provided by processes for detection, immediately and clearly, of different types of falsification, adulteration, inclusion and omission. A network accessible system is capable of detecting several fraud aspects. A “Remote Expertise Center” or a remote service data center accessible from and to any location in which there is a connection to the network, such as through the Internet provides customized protection and automatic verification of document pages. Documents pages are generated by the Remote Expertise Center and transmitted to remote printers, bypassing user operational system, using a specific driver of each printer, avoiding any access to protected document before effective printing. Documents include multiple types of security features, such that in the event that any of them is surpassed, the document will remain protected by the other types of security protection. Security features may include, among others, background images, computer readable code containing the printed content, identification information readable only with a predetermined optical filter, a copy alert that changes appearance when the printed document is copied, and personalized items to identify individuals responsible for non authorized document disclosure or leakage. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111302 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AN SYSTEM EMPLOYING SUCH METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for transmission of a digital signal from a first unit ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111303 | Electro-optic waveguide polarisation modulator - An electro-optic waveguide polarisation modulator ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SECURE TRANSMISSION OF BINARY CODE BY PHASE-AND INTENSITY-CODING - The invention relates to a system (EM, RE) for the optical transmission of a binary code. The invention makes it possible to carry out a coding of the hits transmitted in terms of intensity and phase by choosing a first base in which the signals coding the hits are distinguished only by a first physical quantity, and a second base in which the signals coding the hits are distinguished only by a second physical quantity. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111305 | PHOTON DETECTOR - A photon detection system including a photon detector configured to detect single photons, a signal divider to divide the output signal of the photon detector into a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is substantially identical to the second part, a delay mechanism to delay the second part with respect to the first part, and a combiner to combine the first and delayed second parts of the signal such that the delayed second part is used to cancel periodic variations in the first part of the output signal. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111306 | SECURITY MODEL FOR A RELAY NETWORK SYSTEM - According to one general aspect, a method may include acquiring a message. In some embodiments, the method may also include determining if a relay station (RS) is allowed to manipulate portions of the message. In some embodiments, the method may also include, if so, generating a message authentication code (MsgAC) based upon a MsgAC key (MsgACK) known to the RS. In some embodiments, the method may also include combining the message with the MsgAC. In some embodiments, the method may also include wirelessly transmitting the combined message to the RS. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111307 | CONTROLLING SESSION KEYS THROUGH IN-BAND SIGNALING - The present invention employs in-band signaling between PTEs to provision and control session keys, which are used by the PTEs for encrypting and decrypting traffic that is carried from one PTE to another over a transport network. In operation, a first PTE will receive incoming traffic from a first edge network, map the traffic to frames, encrypt the traffic with a session key, and send the frames with the encrypted traffic over the transport network to a second PTE. The second PTE will extract the encrypted traffic from the frames, decrypt the encrypted traffic with a session key, and send the recovered traffic over a second edge network toward an intended destination. If symmetric encryption is employed, the session key used by the first PTE to encrypt the traffic will be identical to the session key used by the second PTE to decrypt the traffic. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111308 | KEY HANDLING IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In a method for key handling in mobile communication systems, first and second numbers are exchanged between entities of the mobile communication system. The first and second numbers are respectively used only once with respect to the respective system parameters of the communication system and therefore allowing greater security in the communication system. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111309 | ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - During execution of BIOS at an information handling system, a processor communicates with the storage controller via a command line protocol (CLP) communications channel. Via the channel, the processor obtains identification information for storage devices associated with the storage controller. The processor communicates the identification information to a key management client, which obtains encryption keys based on the identification information from a key management server. The processor receives the encryption keys, and communicates them to the storage controller via the CLP communications channel. The CLP communications channel thus provides a convenient and flexible interface for communication of security information prior to execution of an operating system. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111310 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An audio signal processing apparatus comprising: an audio data generation part for generating third audio data from first audio data and second audio data, the first audio data including first L-channel data and first R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in a word unit, the second audio data including second L-channel data and second R-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit, and the third audio data including the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data which are alternately and serially arranged in the word unit; a DA conversion part for dividing the third audio data into the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data and converting the first L-channel data and the second L-channel data into a first analog signal and a second analog signal, respectively; and a combining part for combining the first analog signal with the second analog signal to form a third analog signal. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111311 | DELAY TIME CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A delay time calculation apparatus enabling all the speaker units of a delay array type speaker array to contribute to formation of a combined wavefront. Sound receiving points for acoustic waves output from the speaker units are set within a target area for the acoustic waves. For each speaker unit, an average value of differences between distances between the sound receiving points for the speaker units and other speaker units and distances between the sound receiving points for the speaker units and the speaker units is determined, and an average value of differences between distances from the other speaker units to sound receiving points for the other speaker units and distances from the speaker units to the sound receiving points for the other speaker units is determined. An average of the average values is converted into a delay time, thereby determining the delay time for each speaker unit. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111312 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF AN AUDIOVISUAL ADVERTISEMENT IN A DATA STREAM - Method and system of identification of at least one audiovisual advertisement in a data stream, such as a digital television broadcasting, by detecting energy drops in an audio stream of the data stream and comparing a segment of the audio stream starting at the energy drop with an audio segment of the advertisement. The comparison step requires only a few seconds of data to perform the detection. Therefore, the identification of the advertisement is provided before the end of the advertisement in the data stream. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111313 | Sound Processing Apparatus, Sound Processing Method and Program - There is provided a sound processing apparatus including a sound separation unit that separates an input sound into a plurality of sounds caused by a plurality of sound sources, a sound type estimation unit that estimates sound types of the plurality of sounds separated by the sound separation unit, a mixing ratio calculation unit that calculates a mixing ratio of each sound in accordance with the sound type estimated by the sound type estimation unit, and a sound mixing unit that mixes the plurality of sounds separated by the sound separation unit in the mixing ratio calculated by the mixing ratio calculation unit. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111314 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING SOUND SOURCE IN REAL TIME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for localizing a sound source in real time. The apparatus for localizing a sound source in real time includes a sound signal acquisition unit for acquiring sound signals through two or more channels. A sample delay storage unit stores a plurality of pieces of data, sampled from the sound signals acquired through respective channels, for a predetermined period of time. A correlation calculation unit calculates correlations between the channels from the plurality of pieces of sampled data stored in the sample delay storage unit. A sound source direction calculation unit calculates an azimuth angle of the sound source using both the correlations between the channels and location relationships of the sound signal acquisition unit. Accordingly, the present invention can localize a sound source in real time. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111315 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A RECEIVER IN A HEARING AID - A method for identifying a receiver in a hearing aid of the RITE (Receiver In The Ear) type ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF IN-EAR DEVICE ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANCE - A method and apparatus for objectively assessing acoustical performance of an in-ear device having a passageway extending there through use a dual microphone probe that removably engages the passageway. The acoustical performance of the in-ear device is performed with the in-ear device inserted into the ear canal of the user and a reference sound source. A clip holding the probe in an acoustic near field of the sound source permits real time calibration thereof. The method and apparatus allow on-site and in-situ measurement of a predicted personal attenuation rating of the device, a subject-fit re-insertion test, an acoustic seal test, a rating test, a stability and reliability test, as well as a protection test of the device with an assessment of a filtered predicted exposure level at the ear for a specific noise exposure level. The apparatus may be simply housed along with the sound source for in-field evaluation tests. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111317 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A noise reduction device, including a microphone for detecting noise, a noise controller for reversing the phase of noise detected by the microphone based on information outputted from the microphone, and a speaker for outputting sound based on information outputted from the noise controller, is arranged at a seat surrounded by a shell portion having a cavity, wherein a speaker is disposed in the cavity of the shell portion. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111318 | ACTIVE NOISE CONTROLLER - An active noise controller using an adaptive notch filter performs a coefficient update operation by using only a signal obtained by processing an error signal with ½ cycle of the frequency of noise to be reduced for a predetermined period. This eliminates the necessity of product operation for the coefficient update operation, and in turn significantly reduces an operation load. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111319 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having at least two independent objects and a background object downmixed therein; separating the downmix information into a first independent object and a temporary background object using a first enhanced object information; and extracting a second independent object from the temporary background object using a second enhanced object information. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111320 | ACOUSTIC SYSTEM AND UPDATE METHOD OF THE ACOUSTIC SYSTEM - There are provided connectors in a main box that selectively outputs an audio signal from source units to zone units and successively updates a program of the zone units by an update data input via the connectors. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111441 | METHODS, COMPONENTS, ARRANGEMENTS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR HANDLING IMAGES - Artifacts are located in an electronic representation of an image. There is stored a characterisation of a located artifact. There is also output at least one of a characterisation of the artifact or a representation of the artifact. The system may aid the user to correct artifacts, for example by guiding her how to take a new image that contains data that helps in correcting the artifacts. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111442 | Display method and display device for displaying a design image and a pickup image in a superimposing manner, and storage medium storing a program for executing the display method - Provided is a display method used for a display device that displays a design image and a pickup image in a superimposing manner, including: a distortion correction process of correcting distortion of the pickup image; an alignment process of aligning a position of the design image and a position of the pickup image; and a display process of displaying the design image and the pickup image in the superimposing manner. In the distortion correction process, the distortion of the pickup image is corrected so that a quadrangle formed by connecting four points on the pickup image becomes a rectangle in parallel with a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, the four points specified on the pickup image corresponding to four points on the design image which are connected to form a rectangle in parallel with the vertical axis and the horizontal axis. In the alignment process, the position of the design image is aligned with the position of the pickup image by carrying out at least one of right-left reversal, top-bottom reversal, shift, rotation, enlargement, and reduction, with respect to at least one of the design image and the pickup image. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111443 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A broadcast display apparatus and an image processing and outputting method thereof. An image processing and outputting method includes determining whether there is noise on an edge of an original image, and performing image processing for the noise. Accordingly, undesired signals inserted on an edge of an image can be effectively removed. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111444 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST DENSE STEREOSCOPIC RANGING - A stochastic method and system for fast stereoscopic ranging includes selecting a pair of images for stereo processing, in which the pair of images are a frame pair and one of the image is a reference frame, seeding estimated values for a range metric at each pixel of the reference frame, initializing one or more search stage constraints, stochastically computing local influence for each valid pixel in the reference frame, aggregating local influences for each valid pixel in the reference frame, refining the estimated values for the range metric at each valid pixel in the reference frame based on the aggregated local influence, and post-processing range metric data. A valid pixel is a pixel in the reference frame that has a corresponding pixel in the other frame of the frame pair. The method repeats n iterations of the stochastically computing through the post-processing. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111445 | PORTABLE IMAGE-EXTRACTING DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING TINY IMAGES AND METHOD OF THE SAME - A portable image-extracting device for identifying tiny images and a method of the same are used to magnify a tiny image and then identify the truth thereof. The device includes a magnifying lens for magnifying the tiny image to a magnified image; an image-extracting element for extracting the magnified image and converting it into an image signal; an image-identifying element for identifying the image signal to determine the tiny image is true or false; a displaying element for displaying the determination of truth of the tiny image. The magnifying lens is provided therein with more than one auxiliary light source. The auxiliary light source can be a visible light source, an invisible light source or a light source of a specific wavelength, thereby assisting in displaying the tiny image. The image-identifying element determines whether the image is true or false via certified information stored in an internal memory for identification or a remote server connected to the image-identifying element by cable or wirelessly. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111446 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus and method are provided. A control unit may divide input image array data into a plurality of sub-blocks, and a first arithmetic logic unit (ALU) may generate an integral image of at least one of the plurality of sub-blocks. The control unit may determine each of the plurality of sub-blocks to be included in any one of a first sub-block group and a second sub-block group, store the integral image of each sub-block included in the first sub-block group on the first memory, and store the integral image of each sub-block included in the second sub-block group on the second memory. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111447 | FOLDABLE BAG SUPPORT - A stiffening system and method for a foldable bag. A foldable bag is disclosed having: one or more fold lines; a first adjacent section and a second adjacent section separated by a fold line; and a stiffener having a first portion pre-fastened to the first adjacent section and a second portion that includes a mechanism for manual attachment to the second adjacent section for maintaining the foldable bag in an open position. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111448 | CONVERTIBLE BAG - A convertible bag comprises a main bag body ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111449 | WASHOUT SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a concrete washout system for collection and removal of contaminants from a construction site. The concrete washout system includes a flexible and foldable bag having four walls, a bottom surface and a top surface with a drawstring closure. The concrete washout system also includes a frame onto which the foldable bag is placed by means of structures designed to fit onto the frame for aiding it in standing upright and in an open position. The concrete washout system also includes hoisting loops to aid in removal of the foldable bag by a crane. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111450 | ULTRASONIC END STOPS ON ZIPPER CLOSURE BAGS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - Ultrasonic end stops and methods of making ultrasonic end stops are provided. The present invention relates to plastic reclosable fasteners with sliders for opening and closing the reclosable fasteners on plastic bags and the like and particularly to the use of protruding end stop structures on reclosable fasteners to prevent travel of sliders past the fastener ends. The end stop structures include at least one of high density polyethylene, to medium density polyethylene, polypropylene, a cyclic olefin copolymer, a high density material, or a high modulus material and may optionally include low density polyethylene or linear low density polyethylene. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111451 | TRASH COLLECTION AND REMOVAL SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a trash collection and removal system that includes a flexible, foldable heavy-duty dumpster bag configured to engage with specially designed clamps that are secured onto the tines of a front loader truck and that engage with the dumpster bag by means of connecting and receiving pipes. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111452 | Reduced Opening Elastic Drawstring Bag - The present invention is directed toward an improved construction of an elastic drawstring trash bag. The elastic drawstring trash bag described herein is comprised of a plastic bag made from two panels. An elastic drawstring is provided within hems running along the top of the two panels. The upper opening of the elastic drawstring bag is reduced (when the bag is in a relaxed state) by decreasing the distance between the interior edges of the short seals used to weld the drawstrings and bag together. Like an ordinary non-elastic drawstring bag, the elastic drawstring is pulled through access cutouts centrally located along the upper edge of the bag. When the bag of the present invention is in a relaxed state, the reduced upper opening width of the elastic drawstring bag is therefore less than bag proper width, allowing a consumer to pull the elastic drawstring bag over the lip of a trash receptacle and allowing the elastic drawstrings to snugly fit around the trash can. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111453 | Two Side Cut Reseal With Pressure Sensitive Adhesive and the Method for Making Same - Two side cut reseal with pressure sensitive adhesive. A flexible package having a reseal integrated within the opposite layers of its film is constructed using existing vertical form fill and seal packaging machines. The invention involves a single sheet of flexible packaging film web having at least three layers. In a preferred embodiment, the reseal is comprised of two offsetting score lines on interior and exterior sides of the film and spaced apart by 0.5 to 1 inch. The scoring creates lines of weakness, which define an opening in the package. Upon opening, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, which is pattern applied in between the offsetting score lines, is exposed from an interior side of the film. The adhesive releasably adheres the inner and outer layers of the film back together once separated by a consumer. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111454 | LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR A LINEAR ROLLING BEARING - A lubricating device for a linear rolling bearing which has a guide rail and a carriage that is longitudinally moveable on the guide rail and supported on the guide rail by rolling bodies. The rolling bodies are guided in longitudinal grooves along the guide rail, and the lubricating device is fastened to the carriage and lubricate the longitudinal grooves and/or the rolling bodies. The lubricating device also has lubricant supply ducts, which supply a lubricant to the longitudinal grooves and clear outlet openings in the region of the longitudinal grooves for transferring the lubricant to the longitudinal grooves. The lubricant supply ducts are covered by at least one absorbent repository element along the courses thereof in coverage areas. The repository element is designed and/or arranged to absorb lubricant in the coverage areas and to conduct it to the longitudinal grooves in parallel with the lubricant supply channels. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111455 | Slide bearing - A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has two grooves that run in the circumference direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. The grooves and/or the guide elements have at least one holding element. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111456 | SUPPORTING TRACK ELEMENT FOR LINEAR BALL BEARING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SUPPORTING TRACK ELEMENT, AND LINEAR BALL BEARINGS - A supporting track element for use in a linear ball bearing, with at least one outer surface which is outwardly curved in one direction, at least in some regions, and at least one track which is opposite the outer surface and is intended for at least partially receiving load-bearing balls of a linear ball bearing. In addition, the supporting track element in cross-section has at least one material interruption which forms two adjacent cross-sectional regions. The adjacent cross-sectional regions touch at least in the region of the outer surface. As a result, the supporting track element is produced cost-effectively without significant limitations to the functionality thereof occurring. A method for producing a supporting track element is also proposed. Furthermore, a linear ball bearing is equipped with supporting track elements. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111457 | ROLLING BEARING COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR WITHDRAWING A LIQUID - A rolling bearing which has a sealing arrangement and a sensor component, particularly an encoder, which is fitted with a mounting flange. The rolling bearing further has an inner ring and an outer ring between which rolling members are arranged. The sealing arrangement is equipped with at least one sealing element between the inner ring and the outer ring. In order to provide a rolling bearing which can easily be retrofitted with a retrofit sensor, particularly a retrofit encoder, and is well protected against environmental influence, the sensor component that is fitted with the mounting flange is designed as a retrofit part, while at least one water discharge port is disposed in the region of the mounting flange. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111458 | WHEEL BEARING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member with a body mounting flange, an inner member and double row rolling elements freely rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces of the inner and outer members. The body mounting flange is formed with a plurality of screw apertures. An inner side flange surface of the body mounting flange is formed by machining to have a flat vertical surface relative to a longitudinal axis of a wheel hub. An outer side flange surface of the body mounting flange is formed by forging to have a tapered surface of a predetermined inclined angle. Thus, the thickness of the body mounting flange is gradually reduced radially outward. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111459 | CAGE FOR ROLLING BEARING AND BEARING FOR WIND POWER GENERATION PROVIDED WITH SAME - To provide a cage for a rolling bearing in which the rolling bearing is lubricated, for example, by a combination of oil bath lubrication and a forced-feed oiling pump, and even when the forced-feed oiling pump is stopped, a defective lubrication can be prevented, and also to provide a bearing for wind power generation which is provided with this cage. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111460 | MULTI-PART AXIAL CAGE FOR A LARGE-DIAMETER ROLLER BEARING - A multi-part axial cage for a large diameter roller bearing, which has a metal strip which is connected to plastic cage windows. The metal strip is configured as a washer-ring-type flat cage and each cage window has a sealing element on the edge lying opposite the guiding edge. The element covering an axial gap is formed between the races of the roller bearing. The sealing elements of the individual cage windows overlap around the circumference. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111461 | THERMO-OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTER - Provided is a thermo-optical phase shifter including a composite body having an optical waveguide formed by a core and a clad and having a ratio Δ of a difference between a core refractivity and a clad refractivity against the core refractivity which is 4% or above and a heater attached to the optical waveguide. The composite body has: a bridge structure portion arranged along a substrate surface and separate from the substrate surface via a void; and a fixed portion which supports the bridge structure portion with respect to the substrate and is continuous to the both ends of the bridge structure portion. The bridge structure has a half-circle-arc shape in the plane along the surface of the substrate. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111462 | Ring Light Emitting Diode - An optical apparatus includes an optical resonator ring having at least one active region. The active region is configured to generate optical energy under an electrical stimulus. The optical apparatus also includes a corrugated plasmonic body disposed around at least a portion of the resonator ring and radiatively coupled to the active region. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111463 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING TEMPERATURE CROSSTALK OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate having an electro-optical effect; an optical waveguide section formed on the substrate; and a plurality of modulating electrodes for modulating optical waves propagating in the optical waveguide section. The optical waveguide section branches into two parts in the propagating direction of the optical waves, thus forming the two main optical waveguides, and each of the main optical waveguides branches into two parts in the propagating direction of the optical waves, thus forming the two sub optical waveguides. The two main optical waveguides constitute a main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide, and the two sub optical waveguides are incorporated into the main Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide to constitute a sub Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide. A heat conduction suppressing zone is defined on a portion of the substrate disposed between two opposite sub Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111464 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - The present invention provides an electro-optic device comprising three or more radio-frequency (RF) signal electrodes, which each include an input segment. The input segments of the three or more RF-signal electrodes are arranged in a fractal pattern followed in an RF-signal transit direction by a parallel-bend pattern. Advantageously, this arrangement allows matching of RF-signal transit times of the input segments and near matching of RF-signal losses of the input segments. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111465 | INTRINSICALLY LOW RESISTIVITY HYBRID SOL-GEL POLYMER CLADS AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - A low resistivity hybrid organic-inorganic material may include a proportion of charge traps including a trap element indirectly covalently bonded to a donor or acceptor element. The trap element may include tin. The donor or acceptor element may include indium and/or antimony. Bonding includes cross-linking via oxygen bonds and via organic cross-linkers. The material may be formed as a hybrid sol-gel. The material may have optical transmission and refractive index characteristics. The material may be formed as optical cladding proximal to a non-linear optical layer, and may form a portion of a second order nonlinear optical device. The second order nonlinear optical device may include and electro-optic device including an organic chromophore-loaded modulation layer. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111466 | QAM optical modulators - An exemplary optical modulator includes an interferometer. The interferometer includes an input optical coupler, an output optical coupler, and two or more controllable optical waveguides. Each controllable optical waveguide connects the input optical coupler to the output optical coupler and has an electro-absorption modulator along a segment thereof. Two of the controllable optical waveguides are connected to transmit to an output of the output optical coupler light of substantially different maximum amplitude. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111467 | MEASURING APPARATUS, VENTURI AND VENTURI INSERTION TOOL - This invention comprises a system for measurement of temperature and pressure in oil wells. It comprises a single hybrid mandrel housing a double pressure and temperature optical sensor, capable of measuring temperature and pressure both in the ring and in the production tubing of an oil well and an insertable venturi tube inserted in the direction of a pressure differential optical sensor, capable of taking flow rate measurements, the installation aspects of which are substantially simplified. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111468 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODULE - An optical integrated circuit includes a planar lightwave circuit, and a semiconductor element, which are fixed at one contact surface. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a turnaround waveguide having a turnaround portion are formed on a semiconductor substrate. The turnaround waveguide is turned around on the second substrate and is connected to an output port of the SOA. An input port and an output port of the turnaround waveguide are optically coupled at the contact surface with an input port and an output port of the optical waveguides respectively. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111469 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING GRATING COUPLER FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are semiconductor integrated circuits including a grating coupler for optical communication and methods of forming the same. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a cladding layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate; a grating coupler including an optical waveguide on the cladding layer and a grating on the optical waveguide; and at least one reflector formed in the cladding layer below the grating. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111470 | LOW-LOSS LOW-CROSSTALK INTEGRATED DIGITAL OPTICAL SWITCH - An optical switch includes a plurality of optical interferometric structures is serially connected between at least one optical input node and two optical output nodes. A primary waveguide directly connects an optical input node and a first optical output node. A complementary waveguide, which is directly connected to a second optical output node, is evanescently coupled with the primary waveguide in a pair of optically coupled sections provided in each optical interferometric structure. Each optical interferometric structure also includes a pair of decoupled sections, which includes a primary decoupled section embedding a portion of the primary waveguide and a complementary decoupled section which includes a portion of the complementary waveguide. The complementary decoupled section is embedded in a phase tuning structure that allows modulation of the phase of the optical signal passing through. The optical switch provides less insertion loss, less crosstalk, and wider bandwidth than prior art optical switches. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111471 | Photonic band gap router - An arrangement includes a photonic band-gap assembly comprising at least one input wave guide and at least one output wave guides, and at least one routing element responsive to signals to selectively route a signal from the input wave guide to one or more of the output wave guides. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111472 | Substrate Guided Relay with Pupil Expanding Input Coupler - An optical substrate guided relay ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111473 | Method and System For Coupling Optical Signals Into Silicon Optoelectronic Chips - A method and system for coupling optical signals into silicon optoelectronic chips are disclosed and may include coupling one or more optical signals into a back surface of a CMOS photonic chip comprising photonic, electronic, and optoelectronic devices. The devices may be integrated in a front surface of the chip and one or more grating couplers may receive the optical signals in the front surface of the chip. The optical signals may be coupled into the back surface of the chip via one or more optical fibers and/or optical source assemblies. The optical signals may be coupled to the grating couplers via a light path etched in the chip, which may be refilled with silicon dioxide. The chip may be flip-chip bonded to a packaging substrate. Optical signals may be reflected back to the grating couplers via metal reflectors, which may be integrated in dielectric layers on the chip. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111474 | LASER GUIDE OPTICAL FIBER AND LASER GUIDE INCLUDING THE SAME - A laser guide optical fiber ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111475 | METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOFOCUSING OF LIGHT AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A nanofocusing system includes a dielectric waveguide having two opposing ends; and a metal-dielectric-metal layered waveguide having two opposing ends optically aligned at one end with one end of the dielectric waveguide, wherein the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide tapers in at least one dimension from the aligned end of the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide towards the opposing end, wherein light travelling through the dielectric waveguide is funneled into the dielectric layer of the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide, squeezed by the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide taper, and exits the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide as nanofocused light. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111476 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A LIGHT PIPE ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly that includes a receptacle connector and a light pipe. The connector is configured to receive a removable device inserted along a longitudinal axis. The connector has a side surface that extends along a plane defined by the longitudinal axis and a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The connector includes a ledge and a positive stop that project laterally outward from the side surface. The ledge has a ledge surface that joins the side surface. The light pipe extends substantially along the longitudinal axis. The light pipe has an inward-facing surface that is substantially flat throughout and abuts the side surface of the connector. The light pipe rests upon the ledge surface and the positive stop is positioned on the side surface to block the light pipe from moving in at least one direction along the longitudinal axis. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111477 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111478 | NON-LINEAR FIBER ARRAY HAVING OPPOSING V-GROOVE STRUCTURES - A fiber array unit (FAU) having plurality of optical transmission channels (e.g., fiber optics) terminating at a side surface thereof for carrying optical signals to and/or from waveguides in a planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The optical transmission channels of the FAU terminate at the side surface thereof in a non-linear, cross-sectional pattern (e.g., a curved pattern). The non-linear pattern is determined by a pattern of grooves formed in a substrate of the FAU, in combination with a lid which may also have an inverse, non-linear pattern, to thereby rigidly, reliably and permanently hold the optical transmission channels in place. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111479 | Modified Pre-Ferrulized Communication Cable Assembly and Installation Method - Disclosed is a modified pre-ferrulized cable assembly that facilitates installation of an optical fiber communication cable through narrow cable guides having sharp bends. The pre-ferrulized cable assembly includes a communication cable having a free, front end, a semi-finished communication connector, and a suction plug. The invention further relates to efficient methods for installing the modified pre-ferrulized cable assembly through a cable guide. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111480 | ARMORED FIBER OPTIC ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Armored fiber optic assemblies are disclosed that include a dielectric armor along with methods for manufacturing the same. The dielectric armor has an armor profile, thereby resembling conventional metal armored cable to the craft. The dielectric armor provides additional crush and impact resistance and the like for the optical fibers and/or fiber optic assembly therein. The dielectric armor is advantageous to the craft since it provides the desired mechanical performance without requiring the time and expense of grounding like conventional metal armored cables. Additionally, the armored fiber optic assemblies can have any suitable flame and/or smoke rating for meeting the requirements of the intended space. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111481 | System for securing fiber optic devices in management trays - An optical fiber management tray system includes a tray or drawer including a base panel having a number of slots formed in the panel, and a number of retention clips for mounting fiber optic devices of different shapes and dimensions on the panel. Two or more of the clips each has a main body with a different retention portion for enveloping part of a corresponding fiber optic device, and a pair of latch fingers that project from the clip body in the direction of the base panel when the device is enveloped in the retention portion clip and placed at a desired location on the panel. The latch fingers have free ends for engaging edges of the slots in the base panel when the corresponding device is enveloped in the retention clip, thus securing the device at the desired location on the panel. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111482 | Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays - An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111483 | FIBER TERMINATION BLOCK WITH SPLITTERS - The present invention relates to the management of cables extending to and from fiber termination blocks with sliding fiber adaptor modules within a fiber distribution frame. The blocks include a splitter chassis and fiber optic splitters mounted within the chassis. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111484 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A fiber optic connector storage apparatus for storing a fiber optic connector having an exposed ferrule includes a housing and a dust cap portion. The housing defines a socket to receive and hold the fiber optic connector. The dust cap portion is integral with the housing and is configured to receive and protect the exposed ferrule when the fiber optic connector is inserted into the socket. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111485 | ENCLOSURE FOR HOUSING SPLICE TRAYS - An enclosure for housing splice trays, including a convex bracket extending between two internal sections of the enclosure, the bracket having a track extending at least partially between said sections of the enclosure, wherein the splice trays are couplable to and translatable along the track. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111486 | DISPERSION COMPENSATING MODULE - The present invention relates to a dispersion compensating module having a configuration that can effectively suppress high-speed fluctuations in the polarization state of light even when being imparted with impact or vibration. In the dispersion compensating module, a dispersion compensating optical fiber is fixed while being wound around the barrel of a bobbin, and the bobbin is fixed in the inside of a housing via a buffer that absorbs impact or vibration. The bobbin corresponds to a holder holding the dispersion compensating optical fiber fixed in a state of coil. The housing corresponds to a struct fixing the holder. The buffer fills a space between the housing and the bobbin on which the dispersion compensating optical fiber is coiled. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111487 | Phosphate Glasses Suitable for Neutron Detection and Fibers Utilizing Such Glasses - A phosphate glass comprising: (i) 45 to 75 mole % P | 2010-05-06 |
20100111488 | Systems and Methods Of Quality Control In A Video Playback Device - Systems and methods for quality control in video playback device are provided that provide a quality control method for a video playback device with a power supply unit and a video processing unit for playback when the power supply unit supplies power thereto. The power supply of the video playback device may not always provide full performance. An insufficient power supply may result in video jitters or dropped frames. Disclosed methods of quality control in a video playback device may achieve smooth playback under varying power performance. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111489 | Digital Camera System for Recording, Editing and Visualizing Images - A digital camera system ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, EFFECT PROGRAM, AND CONTENT CORRECTION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a capture module which acquires video data and audio data output from a first module to a second module, a time stamp module which respectively adds time information to the video data and audio data acquired by the capture module, an effect module which performs correction processing of at least one of the video data and audio data acquired by the capture module, and a synchronization output module which synchronizes and outputs the video data and audio data at least one of which has undergone the correction processing by the effect module to the second module based on the time information added by the time stamp module. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111491 | MULTI-SCREEN SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL TERMINAL, MULTI-SCREEN SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A multi-screen synchronized playback system capable of synchronizing, with high accuracy, playback start times of content to be displayed on multiple screens. The multi-screen synchronized playback system has a plurality of display control terminals and a synchronization server connected to the plurality of display control terminals. The synchronization server includes a synchronization time transmitting section for simultaneously transmitting time information of a clock of the synchronization server to the plurality of display control devices. The display control terminal includes a time setting section for setting time on a clock of the display control terminal based on the time information simultaneously transmitted from the synchronization server, and a display control section for starting playback of content at a playback start time set for each content, based on the time on the clock of the display control terminal. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111492 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE AND CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content playback device includes a receiving module which receives a plurality of channels including content, a selection module which selects a desired channel from a plurality of channels, a playback module which plays back a content item included in the selected channel, and a creation module which creates a special clock based on a playback time of a content item for the selected channel. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROMOTIONS WITH RECORDED PROGRAMS - The invention provides systems and methods for providing promotions with recorded programs. These systems and methods provide for selecting a program to record, selecting a promotion, recording the selected program; and recording the promotion with the program or inserting the promotion during playback of the recorded program. The invention also provides a receiver for receiving signals and/or data (e.g., programs, promotions, program guides, etc.) on a single broadcast channel or on a plurality of broadcast channels, one or more memory storage units for storing signals and/or data, and a processor for selecting a program, selecting a promotion, causing selected programs to be recorded, and controlling the insertion of promotions into a program during recording of the program or during playback of the program. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111494 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC TIME-WARPED PLAYBACK IN RENDERING A RECORDED COMPUTER SESSION - Methods and systems for generating playback instructions for time-warped playback of presentation layer protocol data. The method includes a protocol engine executing on a computing device recording a protocol data stream comprising a plurality of packets representing a user session. The protocol engine determines a complexity factor for a first portion of the protocol data stream and for a second portion of the protocol data stream based on content of the packets of the protocol data stream. The protocol engine determines a first playback rate for the first portion of the protocol data stream and a second playback rate for the second portion of the protocol data stream using the complexity factor of each portion of the protocol data stream, wherein the first playback rate differs from the second playback rate. The protocol engine renders the protocol data stream according to the determined playback rates. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111495 | Image pickup and reproducing apparatus - An image pickup position information acquisition unit acquires, from a position fixing unit, position information of an image pickup location of a moving image being picked up. A preceding image pickup position information storage unit stores position information of a preceding image pickup location as preceding image pickup position information. A change point detector compares the image pickup position information and the preceding image pickup position information. If the position indicated by the image pickup position information is spaced apart from the position indicated by the preceding image pickup position information by a predetermined distance, the change point detector detects the current position as a change point. The change point is recorded onto a change point position information. Thumbnail data generated by a thumbnail generator is recorded as a change point thumbnail. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111496 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNTHESIZING OR MODIFYING A COPY PROTECTION SIGNAL USING A LOWERED SIGNAL LEVEL PORTION - A modified Colorstripe™ copy protection process utilizes a basic anti-copy protection (ACP) signal that causes attenuation of a video signal, wherein, in one embodiment, the process modifies (lowers) the level of a front porch portion and adds an incorrect color signal (color burst) in the region of the sync tip. When an illegal copy is made, a pre-blanked end of line portion causes a TV set to trigger the color burst sample pulse ahead of time and cause the incorrect color signal in the sync tip region to be sampled. Thus, since the sync tip region has incorrect color phase or frequency, the resulting illegal copy will have enhanced color distortions. In other embodiments, other portions of the horizontal blanking interval are lowered in level and incorrect color bursts are added to a portion or portions of the back porch and/or a portion of the front porch. The various embodiments of the process may include an adaptable process, as well as several alternative ACP signals for use in combination with the process. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111497 | MEDIA PLAYING TOOL WITH A MULTIPLE MEDIA PLAYING MODEL - Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described for a media playing tool with a multiple media playing model. In some embodiments, the multiple media playing model may decoding a first media stream into a plurality of first frames and decode a second media stream into a plurality of second frames. Further, the multiple media playing model may adjust a first frame of the plurality of first frames and a second frame of the plurality of second frames into a third frame with a predetermined layout. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111498 | METHOD OF CREATING A SUMMARY - Method of creating a summary ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111499 | PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH, AND PROGRAM - A picture conversion information supply section | 2010-05-06 |
20100111500 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM - An information recording medium ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111501 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control apparatus: in a virtual three-dimensional space in which is disposed a three-dimensional model of an object contained in a moving image picked up by performing successive imaging operations once by using an imaging device, draws a plurality of thumbnail images extracted from the moving image to the respective positions of the imaging device at the time when the thumbnail images were picked up and draws information that relates the thumbnail images in order in which they were picked up, thereby generating a bird's eye-display image which provides a bird's-eye-view drawing of the virtual three-dimensional space containing the three-dimensional model and the thumbnail images; and causes a display unit to display the bird's eye-display image. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111502 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A plurality of video streams and STN_table are recorded in the local storage | 2010-05-06 |
20100111503 | OPTICAL DISK FOR HIGH RESOLUTION AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO RECORDING, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block | 2010-05-06 |
20100111504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recording (DVR) system having a controller to record video content supplied by an interactive television (iTV) communication system as directed by a plurality of users of the iTV communication system, receive from a communication device of one of the plurality of users a request for a portion of the recorded video content, identify a need to transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content according to one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, transcode the requested portion of the recorded video content to conform with the one or more operating characteristics of the communication device, and transmit to the communication device the transcoded video content. The DVR system can be located outside of the premises of each of the plurality of users. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111505 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND FIELD-EFFECT TYPE TRANSISTOR - A field-effect type transistor has: a source electrode; a drain electrode being a metal electrode; a semiconductor layer provided to be in contact with both of the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode provided to face at least a part of the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode has: a first gate electrode; and a second gate electrode provided closer to the drain electrode than the first gate electrode is. The second gate electrode is so connected as to have a same potential as the drain electrode and is electrically isolated from the first gate electrode. Consequently, in a display device, the off-leakage current is suppressed, and reduction in a pixel area and a bus interconnection width is suppressed. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111506 | METHOD FOR CREATING, UPDATING, AND RECORDING SEAMLESS PRESENTATION INFORMATION OF MOVING PICTURE DATA IN A REWRITABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - This invention provides a method for creating, updating, and recording information for seamless presentation of moving picture data in a rewritable recording medium. When recording moving picture data on a rewritable recording medium, seamless presentation information, a part of navigation data, is recorded along with the picture data for seamless presentation of the recorded picture data. The method for creating and recording seamless presentation information of the present invention can effectively reduce the amount of created seamless presentation information by omitting some fields of the seamless presentation information when they are unnecessary. If some video objects of recorded picture data are erased, navigation data related to the removed video objects should be erased and seamless presentation information should also needs proper modification. The method for updating and recording seamless presentation information of the present invention enables effective management of seamless presentation information by updating seamless presentation information related to the video object following erased video objects. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111507 | MOBILE DIGITAL SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING DEVICE - A mobile digital signal transceiving device comprises a multimedia interface, a processing unit and a radio frequency (RF) signal transmitter. The multimedia interface reads at least one multimedia data stored in at least one multimedia memory device. The processing unit transfers the multimedia data into a terrestrial broadcast data in a digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) data format, and modulates the terrestrial broadcast data in order to generate an RF signal. The RF signal transmitter transmits the RF signal so that the RF signal may be received by at least one mobile multimedia device. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111508 | MIXED ENERGY HEATER WITH CONSTANT TEMPERATURE CONTROL - A type of mixed energy heater with constant temperature control, which belongs to the field of water heater technology. This water heater includes a gas heating portion, an electric heating portion, and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a power output controller. The electric heating portion is composed of water passage and electric heating device installed in the water passage. The water passages of the gas heating portion and the electric heating portion are connected together in series or in parallel, and the terminal of the passage is equipped with a temperature sensor. The output of the temperature sensor is connected to the signal input of the control circuit. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111509 | PLANAR HEATER STACK AND METHOD FOR MAKING PLANAR HEATER STACK WITH CAVITY WITHIN PLANAR HEATER SUBSTRATA ABOVE SUBSTRATE - A heater stuck includes first strata having a planar configuration supporting and forming a fluid heater element responsive to repetitive electrical activation and deactivation to produce repetitive cycles of fluid ejection from an ejection chamber above the heater element and second strata having a planar configuration coating the heater element of the first strata and being contiguous with the ejection chamber to protect the heater element. The first strata include a substrate and heater strata disposed on it and forming a cavity above the substrate and encompassed on three sides by the heater substrata. The heater substrata includes a pair of conductive layer portions constituting terminal leads disposed on the substrate at opposite sides of the cavity and a resistive layer disposed on the conductive layer portions and defining the fluid heater element that spans the top of the cavity. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111510 | ENERGY-SAVING ELECTROTHERMAL BLOWER AND A MANUFACTURE METHOD OF THE ELECTROTHERMAL ELEMENT THEREOF - An energy saving electric heating fan and the making method of its electric heating element are disclosed. The electric heating fan includes a blower and a motor driving the blower in a case ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100111511 | USE OF INFRARED CAMERA FOR REAL-TIME TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND CONTROL - Embodiments of the invention generally contemplate an apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling the temperature of a substrate during processing. One embodiment of the apparatus and method takes advantage of an infrared camera to obtain the temperature profile of multiple regions or the entire surface of the substrate and a system controller to calculate and coordinate in real time an optimized strategy for reducing any possible temperature non-uniformity found on the substrate during processing. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111512 | HEATING PROCESS APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a heating process apparatus capable of being controlled to a constant temperature and to temperatures in a high-temperature range higher than or equal to a 1850 degrees. A heating process apparatus includes: a process chamber; a heat-processed object support member provided in the process chamber; a heater provided inside the heat-processed object support member; and temperature measuring means for measuring the temperature of the heat-processed object support member; wherein the temperature measuring means is provided outside a transmissive window provided in a peripheral wall of the process chamber and through which infrared energy radiated from the heat-processed object support member can be transmitted; and the temperature measuring means comprises a collector collecting infrared energy radiated from the heat-processed object support member and a calculating unit calculating temperature based on the ratio between the intensities of two wavelengths in the infrared. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111513 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY PHOTO-IRRADIATION - Two-step photo-irradiation heat treatment is performed so that a total photo-irradiation time is not more than one second and that a first step of photo-irradiation of a semiconductor wafer is performed with a light-emission output that averages out at a first light-emission output and a second step of photo-irradiation of the semiconductor wafer is performed in accordance with an output waveform that peaks at a second light-emission output that is higher than both average and maximum light-emission outputs in the first step. Performing preliminary photo-irradiation with a relatively low light-emission output in the first step and then performing intense photo-irradiation with a higher peak in the second step enables the surface temperature of a semiconductor wafer to increase further with a smaller amount of energy than in conventional cases, while preventing the semiconductor wafer from shattering. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111514 | CAMERA LENS ASSEMBLY AND AUTOFOCUSING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a method for focusing a camera lens assembly, the focusing method including assembling a lens and a camera device; measuring an actual distance between the lens and the camera device in an assembled position; inputting a difference of the actual distance from a focal length of the lens; and when power is applied to the camera lens assembly, adjusting a distance between the lens and the camera device according to the offset value, such that the distance between the lens and the camera device becomes equal to the focal length of the lens. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111515 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND APPEARANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An illumination apparatus which illuminates a surface of an object having a three-dimensional shape includes a light source, a guide configured to guide light from the light source to a surface of the object, and a diffuser which has a diffusion-reflection surface that faces a light exit surface of the guide via the object, wherein the diffuser is arranged at such a position that the light which is emitted from the guide and is not directly incident on the object is incident on the diffusion-reflection surface while a part of the light reflected and diffused by the diffusion-reflection surface is incident on a surface of the object. | 2010-05-06 |
20100111516 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH ROTATABLE LENS BARREL - An imaging apparatus with a rotatable lens barrel includes the following elements. An optical block includes a lens. An imaging block includes an imaging device. The lens barrel receives the respective blocks and includes a rotating truncated ball larger than a hemisphere of a virtual sphere formed by extending the curved surface of the truncated ball. A mount rotatably holds the lens barrel. The mount includes a support and a retainer. The support has a circular hole with a diameter smaller than that of the truncated ball and holds the ball such that the ball is fitted in the hole. The retainer has a circular opening with a diameter smaller than that of the truncated ball and holds the ball in the opening so as to prevent the lens barrel from coming out. At least part of the optical block is located within the virtual sphere. | 2010-05-06 |