| 30th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20120189189 | OPTICAL INSPECTION OPTIMIZATION - A method of optimizing an optical inspection and fabrication process is herein disclosed. Images, preferably color digital images, of an object are obtained and multiple filter space representations of these images are created. Each of the representations and the channels or data that define them are analyzed separately or in combination with one another to determine which representations, combination of representations, channels, combinations of channels, data or combinations of data provide the most optimal data for analysis by optical inspection algorithms. The process may be automated in terms of the creation of image representations and/or single or multivariate analysis. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189190 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND GROUPING OF STRAIGHT LINES IN IMAGES FOR PERSONALIZATION - As set forth herein, a computer-implemented method is employed to place personalized text into an image. A location within the image is selected where the text is to be placed, and region is grown around the selected location. The 3D geometry of the surface is estimated proximate to the location and sets of parallel straight lines in the image are identified and selected to define a bounding polygon into which text may be inserted. Optionally, a user is permitted to adjust the bounding polygon once it has been automatically generated. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189191 | METHODS FOR MATCHING GAIN AND COLOR FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEMS - Stereoscopic imaging devices may include stereoscopic imagers, stereoscopic displays, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be used to collect auto white balance (AWB) statistics for each image captured by the stereoscopic imager. A stereoscopic imager may include two image modules that may be color calibrated relative to each other or relative to a standard calibrator. AWB statistics may be used by the processing circuitry to determine global, local and spatial offset gain adjustments to provide intensity matched stereoscopic images for display. AWB statistics may be combined by the processing circuitry with color correction offsets determined during color calibration to determine color-transformation matrices for displaying color matched stereoscopic images using the stereoscopic display. Gain and color-transformation corrections may be continuously applied during operation of a stereoscopic imaging device to provide intensity-matched, color-matched stereoscopic images in any lighting condition. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189192 | Imaging Method and Apparatus with Optimized Grayscale Value Window Determination - A self-learning imaging method is particularly suited radiation imaging, such as for mammography. A plurality of training data sets are displayed on a display apparatus. A grayscale value setting is selected for each training data set. A feature set with at least one feature is assigned to each training data set. The feature set and the grayscale value setting are stored for each training data set. The grayscale value setting of an examination data set is selected according to the feature sets and the grayscale value setting of the training data sets. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189193 | DETECTION OF OBJECTS REPRESENTED IN IMAGES - The invention relates to computer vision, in particular detection and classification of objects captured in a video stream of images. The invention provides a memory efficient method of storing images that have been pre-processed for use in object detection. The method is based on using histograms of orientation. The invention also includes methods for training and using weak classifiers that use this pre-processing of images. A first weak classifier uses the total count of two orientation values in a histogram as an index to a two dimensional confidence table to determine a confidence value. The second weak classifier projects one or more total counts of orientation values in a histogram into a scalar value that is then used in a one dimensional confidence map to determine a confidence value. Aspects of the invention include methods, computer systems and software. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189194 | MITIGATING USE OF MACHINE SOLVABLE HIPS - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for mitigating machine solvable human interactive proofs (HIPs). A classifier is trained over a set of one or more training HIPs that have known characteristics for OCR solvability and HIP solving pattern from actual use. A HIP classification is determined for a HIP (such as from a HIP library used by a HIP generator) using the trained classifier. If the HIP is classified by the trained classifier as a merely human solvable classification, such that it may not be solved by a machine, the HIP can be identified for use in the HIP generation system. Otherwise, the HIP can be altered to (attempt to) be merely human solvable. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189195 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING COLOR CHANNELS - Provided are an apparatus and method for aligning color channels on the basis of depth information on an image taken by an imaging device equipped with a multiple color-filter aperture (MCA). An image divider generates a binary image including edge information on an original image, and generates a label map including a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) respectively corresponding to a plurality of objects included in the original image. A shifting vector estimator estimates color shifting vectors (CSVs) indicating shift directions and distances of color channels of the original image according to the respective ROIs. A channel matching unit obtains a plurality of matched images corresponding to the respective ROIs included in the label map by shifting the color channels according to the respective CSVs, and generates a multi-focus image by combining the matched images. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189196 | DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION DIRECTION OF A COLOR EDGE AT A PIXEL LOCATION IN A COLOR IMAGE - What is disclosed is a system and method for determining an orientation direction of a color edge at a given pixel location in a binary color image. The orientation direction of the color edge is determined from eight pixel counts with each pixel count being a total number of pixels in each of eight regions of a window centered about a candidate pixel which resides along the color edge. The eight regions are associated with 8 compass points. The orientation of the edge is determined by a 1 | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189197 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INDEXING DIGITAL IMAGE FRAMES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to index digital frames. An example method includes identifying channel types associated with a plurality of image frames, splitting each one of the plurality of image frames into a respective color channel based on the identified channel types, applying a local binary pattern to each of the respective color channels to generate a respective pattern number, generating a spatial representation of each respective pattern number to determine transition probabilities for each channel type, and identifying a degree of similarity between the plurality of image frames based on the transition probabilities. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189198 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING SAME - An image processing apparatus comprises a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit. The CPU comprises a first table specification, a second table specification, an inverse discrete cosine transformation (IDCT) module, a color space converting module and an entropy decoder. The entropy decoder retrieves and processes input image data as a two-dimensional quantized image according to the first table specification. The graphics processing unit performs a dequantizing operation on the input image data according to the second table specification. The IDCT module performs an IDCT operation on the dequantized input image data. The color space converting module performs a color space conversion on the input image data and outputs the converted image data. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189199 | Image encoding method - An encoding method generates an encoded image according to a predetermined encoding format. The method includes the step of, for each block of pixels, determining an average colour of colours of the block of pixels in the predetermined colour space; selecting at least one luminance line in dependence on an offset in the colour space of the average colour from the at least one luminance line; identifying a set of candidate base colours lying on the at least one luminance line; and determining, using the set of candidate base colours and the luminance offset values, the set of encoded pixel colours. The base colour and the set of luminance offsets are selected in dependence on an encoding error indicative of a sum distance in the colour space between the set of encoded pixel colours and the colours of the block of pixels. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189200 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PIXEL INTERPOLATION METHOD - A color separating unit separates a color image into plural color components to generate images of respective colors. A periodicity determining unit determines, for each of the color images, whether an image region including a target pixel whose pixel value is to be interpolated is a periodic region in which pixel values vary periodically. A first generating unit generates pixel values of the respective colors of a pixel using a first interpolation method. A second generating unit generates pixel values of the respective colors of a pixel using a second interpolation method. A control unit determines which one of the first and second generating units is to be used for generating pixel values of the respective colors of the target pixel. A pixel value combining unit combines candidate pixel values which are the pixel values of the respective colors of the target pixel to calculate a combined pixel value. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189201 | Efficient histogram storage - A histogram has ranges, a value for each range, and a time value. A pattern is generated, having a zero value for each range having a zero value, and a one value for each range having a non-zero value. Any non-zero values of the ranges are compressed into a compressed value. The pattern and the time value match or do not match any given entry of a pattern table having a number of entries, each of which has an index value, a time range, and a pattern. Where the pattern and the time value do not match any given entry of the pattern table, a new entry is added to the pattern table, and is considered the given entry. An entry is then added to a histogram table. This entry has the time value, the index value of the given entry of the pattern table, and the compressed value. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189202 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A handwritten area is separated from image data of printed material in which handwriting has been inserted, and the separated handwritten area is identified as an enclosing line or a class symbol. An image area enclosed within the handwritten area identified as the enclosing line is extracted and acquired as an extracted image. The class symbol is correlated to an enclosing line drawn nearest the class symbol, and the extracted images are classified into groups according to the image areas within the enclosing line correlated to the type of class symbols. The grouped images are organized as listed data. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189203 | ASSOCIATING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA WITH A SPREADSHEET - A spreadsheet application associates data obtained from a captured image with a spreadsheet. For example, one or more images of physical data may be captured and translated into electronic data that is automatically associated with one or more spreadsheets. The formatting and underlying formulas of the data included within the captured image may be represented within a spreadsheet (e.g. highlighted data remains highlighted within the electronic spreadsheet). The data may also be compared with existing electronic data. For example, differences between the data in the captured image with the data in an existing spreadsheet may be used to update the existing spreadsheet. A display of a captured image may be also be augmented using data that is obtained from the captured image. For example, a chart may be created and displayed using data that is obtained from the captured image. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189204 | Linking Disparate Content Sources - Digital media content from files, streaming data, broadcast data, optical disks, or other storage devices can be linked to Internet information. Identifiers extracted from the media content can be used to direct Internet searches for more information related to the media content. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189205 | HANDWRITING DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - A handwriting apparatus has unit for acquiring first-handwriting data, storage unit for storing one-stroke-handwriting data and a first command as an instruction. The instruction corresponds to the one-stroke-handwriting data. When the first-handwriting data corresponds to the one stroke, a unit executes the first command when the corresponding first command is searched from the storage unit, a unit stores one-stroke-handwriting data and a second command as an instruction that corresponds to the one-stroke-handwriting data. The second command is different from the first command, and searches the storage unit for the second command corresponding to the one-stroke-handwriting data. There is a unit, when the corresponding second command is searched out from the storage unit, to execute the corresponding second command. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189206 | IMAGE DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image dynamic range compression system which can compress a dynamic range for which the visibility of a low-frequency image is ensured while preserving a high-frequency image. An image converting unit converts an input image into a compressed image having a narrower dynamic range than the input image. A high-frequency image extracting unit extracts a high-frequency image from the input image. An image synthesizing unit synthesizes a compressed image and the high-frequency image. Further, by adaptively changing synthesizing method of ensuring the visibility of images to synthesize, the image synthesizing unit synthesizes these images. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189207 | IDENTIFYING DESCRIPTOR FOR PERSON AND OBJECT IN AN IMAGE (AS AMENDED) - A device and method for processing an image to create appearance and shape labeled images of a person or object captured within the image. The appearance and shape labeled images are unique properties of the person or object and can be used to re-identify the person or object in subsequent images. The appearance labeled image is an aggregate of pre-stored appearance labels that are assigned to image segments of the image based on calculated appearance attributes of each image segment. The shape labeled image is an aggregate of pre-stored shape labels that are assigned to image segments of the image based on calculated shape attributes of each image segment. An identifying descriptor of the person or object can be computed based on both the appearance labeled image and the shape labeled image. The descriptor can be compared with other descriptors of later captured images to re-identify a person or object. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus ( | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189209 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PIXEL INTERPOLATION METHOD - A periodicity determining unit determines whether an image region including a target pixel is a periodic region in which pixel values vary periodically. A first generating unit generates a pixel value using a first interpolation method. A second generating unit generates a pixel value using a second interpolation method. A control unit determines, based on the determination result of the periodicity determining unit, which one of the first and second generating units is to be used for generating a pixel value of the target pixel. A pixel value inserting unit inserts the generated pixel value to the target pixel. The periodicity determining unit includes a cycle estimating unit to estimate, using pixel values of pixels within the image region, a variation cycle of the pixel values, and/or a determining unit to determine whether each region positioned at left and right sides of the target pixel is the periodic region. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189210 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image output apparatus and an image reading apparatus. The image output apparatus includes an input object information receiving unit that receives first input object information, a first information image generating unit that generates a first information image, a second information image generating unit that generates a second information image, a first combining unit that combines the first information image with a document, a second combining unit that combines the second information image with a document, and a first output unit that outputs the document. The image reading apparatus includes a first reading unit that reads an information image including first input object information, a second reading unit that reads an information image including second input object information, an extracting unit that extracts the first and second input object information, and a determining unit that determines whether these pieces of information correspond to each other. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189211 | RAPID IMAGE SEARCH IN A LARGE DATABASE - A method for searching in a large-scale database of images for images that are visually similar to query images is provided using a processor to perform the following steps: computing visual features for the database images; constructing an Image Anchor Graph that contains a plurality of anchors corresponding to a subset of images in the database, according to the computed visual features; computing visual features for the query images; and retrieving database images similar to one or more user query images using a ranking algorithm that uses the anchors in the Image Anchor Graph according to the computed visual features of both the query images and the database images on the Image Anchor Graph. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING VIDEOS - A method for comparing a query video and a target video includes partitioning frames of the query video and frames of the target video into blocks and calculating the mean intensity value for each block. A plurality of query time series is produced for the query video, each query time series representing temporal variation in mean intensity value for blocks from the same location in different frames of the query video. A plurality of target time series is produced for the target video, each target time series representing temporal variation in mean intensity value for blocks from the same location in different frames of the target video the query time series and the target time series are used in determining if alignment exists between the query video and the target video. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189213 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - In case of an image region having a property of abrupt changes in luminance and tint, even when a region made up of pixels having luminance values and tint levels similar to those of one point designated by the user is extracted as a correction region with reference to the user designated point, it is difficult to extract a region to be corrected without omission. To solve this problem, a user instruction indicating a point inside or near an image region which is to undergo correction is input, and a plurality of origin pixels corresponding to start points of region expansion are set in a region which includes the input point and has a predetermined size. The region expansion is executed from each origin pixel, and a correction region is decided according to the result of the region expansion. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189214 | ALBUM GENERATING APPARATUS, ALBUM GENERATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an album generating apparatus for generating an album whose pages are adequately allocated in accordance to image capturing position and time. The album generating apparatus has an image storing section for storing images by correlating with the image capturing time and position of the images, a importance judging section for judging importance of the image capturing time and image capturing position in the plurality of images stored in the image storing section, an image capturing time sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in the image storing section per page in the album based on the image capturing time stored in the image storing section when the importance judging section judges that the importance of the image capturing time is greater than that of the image capturing position, an image capturing position sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in the image storing section per page of the album based on the image capturing position stored in the image storing section when the importance judging section judges that the importance of the image capturing position is greater than that of the image capturing time and a layout determining section for laying out the images sorted per page by the image capturing time sorting section or the image capturing position sorting section to each page of the album. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189215 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING FOR MORE EFFICIENT COMPRESSION - The present disclosure is directed to methods, systems, and apparatus for improved data compression. In one embodiment, a method is provided that separates image data by color channels and ordered bit planes. The method includes arranging bytes representing pixel values from a source image into corresponding color channels. Bits in each color channel are separated into a plurality of bit planes that are ordered based on significance. Then, the method may combine bits associated with adjacent pixel locations from common bit planes into new bytes. Once the image data is separated in this way, different compression processes are applied to data sets represented in the ordered bit planes. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189216 | Methods and Systems for Image Enhancement and Estimation of Compression Noise - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for determining the compression noise present in an image or frame in a video sequence and for enhancing an image or frame in a video sequence. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189217 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - Provide is an image decoding apparatus which reliably prevents deterioration of the image quality of decoded images which have been previously coded. An image decoding apparatus ( | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189218 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a demultiplexing circuit to sample image data at a first sampling point, reduce sampled image data to generate first reduced image data, sample the image data at a second sampling point that is different from the first sampling point and reduce sampled image data to generate second reduced image data. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189219 | IMAGE INFORMATION DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE INFORMATION DECODING METHOD FOR MOTION PREDICTION AND/OR COMPENSATION OF IMAGES - The present invention is directed to an image information encoding apparatus, used in receiving compressed image information through network media when processing of such compressed image information is performed on storage media. A picture sorting buffer delivers information of picture type of frame Picture_type to a picture type discrimination unit. The picture type discrimination unit transmits command to a motion prediction/compensation unit on the basis of that information. The motion prediction/compensation unit generates predictive picture by using filter coefficients having the number of taps lesser than that of P picture with respect to B picture for which operation quantity and the number of memory accesses are required to more degree as compared to P picture on the basis of that command. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189220 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING - A data processing apparatus and method. A vertex grouping unit of the data processing apparatus may group, into at least one group, a plurality of vertices included in a three-dimensional (3D) object desired to be compressed. A prediction mode determination unit may determine a prediction mode for compressing a vertex position with respect to each of the at least one group. A coder may code a prediction error vector and an identification (ID) index of the prediction mode determined with respect to each of the at least one group. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189221 | Image File Generation Device, Image Processing Device, Image File Generation Method, And Image Processing Method. - An image hierarchy generation unit reads image data stored in a hard disk drive, generate images with a plurality of resolutions, and hierarchizes the images. An image dividing unit divides the image in each layer into tile images. A redundancy detection unit analyzes the image in each layer so as to detect redundancy between images within the same layer or images from different layers. A tile image reference table creates a tile image reference table that maps area numbers to tile numbers, in view of the redundancy. An image file generation unit creates an image file that should be ultimately output and includes image data and the tile image reference table. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189222 | POSITION CODING FOR CONTEXT-BASED ADAPTIVE VARIABLE LENGTH CODING - Particular embodiments include a method, an apparatus, and logic embodied in tangible computer-readable medium that when executed carries out a method of encoding an ordered sequence of quantized transform coefficients of a block of image data. One embodiment is a context adaptive variable length coding method that includes position coding the positions of zero-valued and non-zero valued coefficients by either a mixed method that encodes either the run length of zeroes preceding a non-zero coefficient or the run length of nonzero-valued coefficients preceding a zero-valued coefficients. Another includes position coding that uses a variable length code for two parameters respectively indicating the number of zero-valued coefficient positions and nonzero-valued coefficient positions still to be coded. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189223 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a rate control section that performs rate control of output data by preferentially deleting lower-level-side coded data, as necessary, from respective pieces of coded data where respective bit-planes with levels higher than a predetermined level of a bit-plane group, in which coefficient data obtained by orthogonally transforming image data is developed in a bit depth direction, are coded; and a synthesizing section that generates the output data by synthesizing the coded data, from which the lower-level-side coded data is preferentially deleted as necessary by the rate control section, and respective bit-planes with levels lower than the predetermined level of the bit-plane group. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189224 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION ERROR IN A GEOREFERENCED IMAGE AND RELATED DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for determining a localization error (ε) of a point (P | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING IMAGE SHARPNESS MEASUREMENTS - Imaging systems with image sensors and image processing circuitry are provided. The image processing circuitry may calculate sharpness values for a window within an image captured by the image sensors. The window may be divided into zones. A first filter may be applied to each row of each zone. A first sharpness value may be calculated by averaging the absolute values of the outputs of the first filter that are greater than a first threshold. A second sharpness value may be calculated by averaging the absolute values of the outputs of the second filter that are greater than a second threshold. A final sharpness value for each zone may be calculated by dividing the second sharpness value by the first sharpness value and multiplying the result by corresponding scalar weights. A window sharpness value may be calculated from the weighted sum of the final sharpness values of each zone. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189226 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - To prevent an increase in a data storage space required for image restoration processing, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to the present invention stores a process for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a method including acquiring identification information for identifying an optical transfer characteristic for restoring an image, acquiring the optical transfer characteristic identified based on the identification information from a storage unit storing a first optical transfer characteristic commonly usable for first and second captured images captured under different imaging conditions and a second optical transfer characteristic usable for a third captured image, and generating a restored image with use of the acquired optical transfer characteristic. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189227 | DECODING DIGITAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN A HAND-FORMED EXPRESSION - Embodiments include a method, a manual device, a handheld manual device, a handheld writing device, a system, and an apparatus. An embodiment provides a device. The device includes an imaging circuit operable to acquire digital information encoded in a hand-formed analog expression marked on a surface by a handheld writing device. The device also includes a translator circuit operable to decode the digital information. The device further includes a correlation circuit operable to generate a signal indicative of the decoded digital information. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189228 | INTEGRATED BAG AND ENVELOPE SYSTEM - The invention provides advances in the arts with useful and novel integrated packaging systems having a configuration readily convertible from a bag state to an envelope state and vice versa. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189229 | Multi chambered recycling bag - A multi-chambered trash/recycling bag for use in a large public stadium such as a professional sports arena. Bag is stretched over and around the bottom of the seat thereby suspending it under the seat. Bag has more than one chamber where one separates their trash from their recyclable garbage. Bag has a perforation in between chambers for easy separation of the multi chambers when disposing of the trash and recyclables to its larger proper container when filled or after the event. A coupon tag allows for an advertiser to attach a coupon that a person can tear off and take with them. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189230 | Refuse Container Holder - A refuse container holder for selective attachment to a cabinet includes a base support member having back, side, and front walls that define an interior area. The container holder also includes a clamp rotatably coupled to the support member and configured to removably couple the support member to the countertop. The container holder includes a closure member having a configuration that is complementary to a configuration of the base support member so as to be selectively inserted into the base support member interior area. A refuse bag having an open end is selectively sandwiched between the base support member and the closure member when the closure member is inserted into the base support member interior area. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189231 | FOOD STORAGE KITS - A food storage product dispensing kit for de-bulking food includes a plurality of re-sealable primary bags and a plurality of secondary pouches, wherein the secondary pouches are adapted and configured to be worn and inverted over a user's hand as well as minimize freezer burn of food items therein. An advertising insert may include branding information, de-bulking instructions, food safety information, a product sample, and a coupon. The bags, the pouches, and the advertising insert are unitized in a single package for consumer convenience. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189232 | TEAR STRIP CREATION ON ZIPPER FLANGES - The disclosure pertains to various embodiments of zippers with a tear flange for use in a reclosable flexible package or bag. A line of weakness can be introduced into the tear flange by application of a peel seal polymer resin or of a foaming agent. The disclosure includes further embodiments wherein lines of weakness are introduced into the flanges of zippers in reclosable packages or bags. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189233 | SLIDE MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A slide mechanism includes a fixing plate, a slide plate, and a slide assembly. The fixing plate defines a slide groove and forms a pair of slide rails on opposite sides of the slide groove. The slide plate is positioned on the fixing plate. The slide assembly is positioned between the fixing plate and the slide plate and is allowed an assisted back and forth movement on the slide assembly, and a rotation subjected to friction at the front end of the slide assembly and the slide plate. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189234 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus Incorporated With A Rotational Speed Detecting Apparatus - A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a rotational speed detecting apparatus has an axially extending through bore formed in a mounting portion. A bottomed cylindrical sensor receptacle is integrally molded with the through bore. The sensor receptacle is press-formed from a non-magnetic steel sheet. The bottom portion of the sensor receptacle is arranged to oppose the pulser ring via a predetermined axial gap. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189235 | BEARING RACE FOR A ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING - A bearing race for a rolling-element bearing, the race comprising: a circumferential channel which defines a raceway, wherein the raceway comprises a base portion and first and second side portions; and an oil scavenge passageway extending through the race from a boundary between the base portion and the first and/or second side portions of the raceway to an external surface of the race. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189236 | WHEEL ROLLING BEARING DEVICE - In a wheel rolling bearing device, where a pitch diameter of the inner-row ball set is D1 and a pitch diameter of the outer-row ball set is D2, D1 and D2 are set so as to satisfy the relationship “D1| 2012-07-26 | |
| 20120189237 | Suspension thrust bearing device - Suspension thrust bearing device comprising a lower cover, a upper cover and a rolling bearing disposed between the lower and upper covers, the rolling bearing comprising a lower ring mounted on the lower cover and a upper ring mounted on the upper cover, and rolling elements disposed between the two rings, the lower cover having a body formed of a rigid material part and a flexible material part forming a device seal, attachment means provided on the lower and upper covers to prevent axial separation of the covers. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189238 | UNBALANCED MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER AND MODULATOR BASED THEREUPON - There are provided an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a modulator based thereupon. The interferometer comprises a loop comprising a plurality of cascaded segments of polarization-maintaining fibers, into which an input signal is split such that two light portions of the split signal propagate concurrently in mutually opposite directions along the loop; and a first optical arrangement between a first and a second segment of the loop for rearranging the axes of propagation of the two light portions such that, on at least a one segment, the two light portions propagate along mutually orthogonal polarization axes of the polarization-maintaining fiber. The light portions are then recombined to mutually interfere. Birefringence of the segment(s) where the light portions propagate on mutually orthogonal polarization axes then provides a differential path length of the interferometer. An unbalanced Mach-Zehnder modulator is obtained by inserting a phase modulator within the loop. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189239 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - According to embodiments of the present invention, an optical modulator is provided. The optical modulator includes a depletion region comprising a junction between from a first conductivity type portion and a second conductivity type portion, a first intrinsic region, and a second intrinsic region, and wherein the depletion region is disposed between the first intrinsic region and the second intrinsic region. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189240 | Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Optical Modulation Apparatus - A wavelength division multiplexing and optical modulation apparatus includes at least two modulation region-added grating-assisted cross-state directional coupler units and a modulation region-added cross-state directional coupler. The modulation region-added grating-assisted cross-state directional coupler units and the modulation region-added cross-state directional coupler unit are connected to one another in serial. Each of the modulation region-added grating-assisted cross-state directional coupler units each includes a modulation region-added cross-state directional coupler, a grating and a modulation region. The modulation region-added cross-state directional coupler unit includes an output waveguide, an input waveguide and a modulation region. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189241 | Chiral Fiber Circular Polarizer - The inventive circular chiral fiber polarizer is operable to convert linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light, may be advantageously fabricated in an “in-fiber” manner and to comprise desirable extinction ratio characteristics, and may also serve as an interface between a sequentially positioned polarization maintaining (PM) fiber, and a single mode (SM) fiber. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189242 | Multi-state Polarization Preserving Optical Fiber - The inventive chiral polarization preserving optical fiber utilizes a structure composed of specially positioned and configured single mode (SM) and conventional polarization maintaining (PM) fiber elements along with at least two novel circular chiral fiber polarizers (each operable to convert linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light), to preserve any arbitrary polarization state of light signals transmitted therethrough without the limitations and drawbacks of other polarization maintaining solutions. In another inventive embodiment thereof, the inventive chiral polarization preserving optical fiber is configured as an arbitrary polarization state maintaining light signal splitter. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189243 | TRANSFERRING HEAT THROUGH AN OPTICAL LAYER OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY - An integrated circuitry structure includes at least first and second regions. An optical layer includes optical waveguides. A heat-conductive material transfers heat from at least the second region through the optical layer to a heat sink. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189244 | OPTICAL INTERPOSER - An optical interposer comprising: (a) a substrate having a planar surface: (b) at least one groove defined in the planar surface and extending from an edge of the substrate to a terminal end, the groove having side walls and a first facet at the terminal end perpendicular to side walls, the facet having a first angle relative to the planar surface, the first angle being about 45 degrees; and (c) a reflective coating on the first facet. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189245 | OPTICAL INTERPOSER FOR WAVEGUIDES - An optical interposer comprising: (a) a substrate having a planar surface: (b) at least one groove defined in the planar surface and extending from an edge of the substrate to a terminal end, the groove having side walls and a first facet at the terminal end perpendicular to side walls, the facet having a first angle relative to the planar surface, the first angle being about 45 degrees; (c) a reflective coating on the first facet, and (d) a optical conduit disposed in the groove for optically coupling the first facet with a waveguide. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189246 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ISOLATOR AND INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICE - An electromagnetic wave isolator ( | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN AUTOMATED PATCH PANEL - An approach is provided for an automated patch panel. A command is received to change a connection state of an optic patch cord. A robotic arm is controlled to change the connection state of the optic patch cord with respect to a particular port of a plurality of ports disposed about a disk-shaped face of a docking panel. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189248 | OPTOELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An optoelectronic transmission device includes a base, an optical signal source positioned on the base, a light detector positioned on the base, a carrier covering the optical signal source and the light detector, a first lensed optical fiber and a second lensed optical fiber. The carrier has a first through hole, a second through hole and a reflective surface. The first lensed optical fiber is received in the first through hole. The first lensed optical fiber has a first lens opposing the reflective surface for directing first light reflected by the reflective surface into the first lensed optical fiber. The second lensed optical fiber is received in the second through hole. The second lensed optical fiber has a second lens opposing the reflective surface for directing a second light transmitted by the second lensed optical fiber to the reflective surface. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189249 | Single-Stage 1x5 Grating-Assisted Wavelength Division Multiplexer - A single-stage 1×5 grating-assisted wavelength division multiplexer is provided. A grating-assisted asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer, a plurality of grating-assisted cross-state directional couplers and a plurality of novel side-band eliminators are combined to form the multiplexer. Only general gratings are required, not Bragg grating, for 5-channel wavelength division multiplexing in a single stage. A nearly ideal square-like band-pass filtering passband is obtained. The present disclosure can be used as a core device in IC-to-IC optical interconnects for multiplexing and demultiplexing of an optical transceiver. The present disclosure has a small size and good performance. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189250 | FIBER OPTIC MULTI DWELLING UNIT DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - An optical fiber terminal apparatus includes an optical fiber protection jacket including a pre-defined, longitudinally extending seam that can be opened at a selected location along the jacket to define an opening into the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected location. The apparatus further includes an adapter terminal configured to mate with an outer profile of the optical fiber protection jacket. The adapter terminal includes a body portion that is configured to support a coupling between an optical fiber extending from the opening in the optical fiber protection jacket to a customer optical fiber. The seam may be repeatably and selectively closable. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189251 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH PIG-TAILED FIBER AND METHOD TO ASSEMBLY THE SAME - A method to assemble a pig-tailed optical module and an arrangement thereof are disclosed. The method includes a step to recover the optical coupling efficiency between the optical device in the optical module and the pig-tailed fiber. The recovering method includes a step to iterating the YAG laser welding at a point not points axially distributed with a constant pitch as slightly rotating the optical module around the optical axis in a direction and an opposite direction depending on the improvement and the degradation of the optical coupling efficiency. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189252 | RECEPTACLE FERRULE ASSEMBLIES WITH GRADIENT INDEX LENSES AND FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS USING SAME - A receptacle ferrule assembly for a fiber optic receptacle connector. The receptacle ferrule assembly comprises a first lens with first second optical surfaces and a receptacle ferrule body having first and second ends. At least one monolithic optical system is formed in a monolithic receptacle ferrule body and includes a lens formed at the second end of monolithic receptacle ferrule body and an optical surface formed at the first end of monolithic receptacle ferrule body. The optical surface is situated adjacent to, and mated to the second optical surface of the first lens The monolithic optical system is configured, in conjunction with the first lens, to define a receptacle optical pathway from the second end of the monolithic optical system to the first surface of the first lens. According to some embodiments the first lens is a gradient index lens. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189253 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING AN ELASTOMERIC BODY AND RELATED METHODS - An electro-optical device may include a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces and an opening extending therebetween. The optical device may also include an optical waveguide extending laterally along the first surface and having an end aligned with the opening, and an electro-optical component carried by the second surface and aligned with the opening. The electro-optical device may further include an elastomeric body within the opening and having a first end face adjacent the optical waveguide and having a second end face adjacent the electro-optical component. The elastomeric body and the optical waveguide may have respective gradient refraction indices within ±5% of each other. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189254 | ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL AND OPTICAL-TO-ELECTRICAL CONVERTER PLUG - An electrical-to-optical and optical-to-electrical converter plug device includes a plug-shaped housing assembly, electrical contact fingers, a substantially planar circuit substrate, an optics block, and one or more opto-electronic conversion devices mounted on the circuit substrate. The opto-electronic signal conversion device has a device optical axis oriented normal to the circuit substrate and electrically coupled to the contact fingers. The optics block has a device optical port aligned with the device optical axis. The optics block has a fiber optical port oriented perpendicularly to the device optical axis. The optics block includes an optical reflector interposed in an optical path between the device optical port and the fiber optical port for redirecting an optical signal at an angle of substantially 90 degrees between a device optical port and a corresponding fiber optical port. An optical fiber can be coupled to the fiber optical port. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189255 | Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing an Optical Cable and Cable so Manufactured - A method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical cable comprising at least one metal tube housing at least one optical fiber and having a predetermined excess fiber length (EFL) is described. In this method the metal tube is plastically deformed and shortened by a predetermined amount (S | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189256 | Fiber Optic Cable Systems and Methods for Forming the Same - A fiber optic cable system includes a fiber optic main cable having a longitudinal central axis and an outer cable sheath. An outer optical fiber tube is located within the fiber optic main cable proximate the outer cable sheath and including a plurality of optical fibers extending therein and an inner optical fiber tube is located within the fiber optic main cable closer to the longitudinal central axis of the fiber optic main cable than the outer optical fiber tube and including an optical fiber extending therein. A first splice location in the fiber optic main cable is at a first longitudinal position along the fiber optic main cable. One of the plurality of optical fibers in the outer optical fiber tube is cut at the first splice location. A first section of the cut optical fiber extends from the cut towards a first longitudinal end of the fiber optic main cable and a second section of the cut optical fiber extends from the cut to a second end of the fiber optic main cable that is longitudinally displaced from the first end. A splice at the second end of the fiber optic main cable couples the second section of the cut optical fiber to the optical fiber in the inner optical fiber tube. As such, easier access may be provided to inner tube fibers using sections of the outer tube fibers. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189257 | OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - According to the present invention, there is provided an optical fiber, an optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable that reduce both the increase in transmission loss and the decrease in strength. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an optical fiber in which an outer circumferential surface of an optical fiber is coated with a primary coating layer. In the optical fiber, the primary coating layer includes a ultraviolet curable resin, and the ultraviolet curable resin contains 0.05 or more and 0.75 or less parts by weight of a reactive silane coupling agent and 0.05 or more and 0.75 or less parts by weight of an unreactive silane coupling agent. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189258 | Microbend-Resistant Optical Fiber - Disclosed is an improved, single-mode optical fiber possessing a novel coating system. When combined with a bend-insensitive glass fiber, the novel coating system according to the present invention yields an optical fiber having exceptionally low losses. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189259 | PRE-TERMINATED FIBER DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - The disclosed subject matter provides for pre-terminated fiber optic connector devices, systems, and methods for coupling in a high speed telecommunications networked environment. A multi-fiber optical cable assembly or multi-fiber interconnection module can facilitate optical coupling while preserving path polarity. In an embodiment, a 2×12/12 to 3×8/12 configuration can be employed. In another embodiment a 1×24/24 to 3×8/12 configuration can be employed. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189260 | Fan-Out and Parking Module - The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications apparatus that includes a fan-out module main body adapted for connection to a rack. The telecommunications apparatus also includes a fan-out block attached to the fan-out module main body. The telecommunications apparatus also includes a multi-fiber cable segment. The multi-fiber cable segment includes first and second strength members. The first and second strength members are anchored to the fan-out block. The telecommunications apparatus further includes a plurality of pigtail cable segments each including a jacket containing one of the optical fibers and a plurality of flexible strength members positioned inside the jacket. The flexible strength members of the pigtail cable segments are anchored to the fan-out block, the optical fibers being fanned out from the multi-fiber cable segment to the pigtail cable segments within the fan-out block. The telecommunications apparatus also includes a plurality of single fiber connectors mounted to free ends of the pigtail cable segments. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189261 | CONNECTOR MODULE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION PATCH PANELS - A connector module ( | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189262 | OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM, OPTICAL FIBER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM - An optical fiber preform includes a core portion, in which the core portion includes an alkali-metal-doped core glass portion doped with an alkali metal, the maximum concentration of oxygen molecules in the core portion is 30 mol ppb or more, and the average concentration of the alkali metal in the core portion is 5 atomic ppm or more. A method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes an alkali-metal-doping step of doping a pipe composed of silica-based glass with an alkali metal, an oxygen-molecule-doping step of doping the glass pipe with oxygen molecules, and a collapsing step of collapsing the glass pipe by heating the glass pipe, in which the optical fiber preform is manufactured. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189263 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD FOR TAKING MOVING IMAGE - An imaging apparatus including: an imaging section that sequentially takes images of an object; a moving image recording section that sequentially records the images of the object as a series of moving image data; an adjuster that adjusts an imaging condition for imaging the object in accordance with a change in state of the object during imaging and recording of the series of moving image data; a switching section that switches between a first recording frame rate and a second recording frame rate that is higher than the first recording frame rate; and an adjustment controller that controls adjustment of the imaging condition made by the adjuster during the recording of the moving image data at the second recording frame rate, when the switching section switches from the first recording frame rate to the second recording frame rate. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189264 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a setting unit and a display controller configured to control the display unit. A plurality of recording modes include a first recording mode which generates heat so that the temperature in the case reaches a predetermined temperature, and a second recording mode which generates heat so that the temperature in the case cannot reach the predetermined temperature. The display controller determines the remaining recording time based on the temperature of a case, and determines whether the set-up recording mode is the first recording mode, and determines, based on a result of the determination, whether to display a remaining recording time which is determined based on the temperature in the case, on the display unit. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189265 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature associated with a case of the imaging apparatus, a moving image recording unit configured to generate moving image data based on one of a plurality of recording methods which determines image quality of a recording image, and records the moving image data in a recording medium, and a controller configured to control the recording method set on the moving image recording unit. The controller changes the recording method to be set on the moving image recording unit, according to a result of the sensing by the temperature sensor. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189266 | IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA WITH IMAGE PLAYBACK FUNCTION - An image playback device, which may be part of an electronic camera, reads out recorded information that has been recorded on a recording medium. A time period discriminator receives the recorded information read out by the image playback device and discriminates periods of time during which recorded information agrees with certain pre-set conditions. Moving-picture image information contained in the recorded information is played back and displayed in accordance with results of the discrimination. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189267 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, MOVING IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - For lower load in image encoding, the present invention causes the CPU core to function as the following sections: an editing execution section for an editing process, including shifting process, of an unprocessed image which may undergo previous editing process, under user's input; a shift amount calculation section for calculating the shift amount of the resultant edited image; a difference data calculation section for obtaining difference data between the processed image and an image obtained through shifting of the unprocessed image by the calculated shift amount; and an image addition section for storing, in the image storage section, the calculated shift amount, and the obtained difference data, so as to be associated with each other. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189268 | PICTURE-BASED VIDEO INDEXING SYSTEM - A video indexing system uses pictures representative of a recorded video program to assist a user in determining the contents of a recorded medium without having to view the program itself. The pictures preferably represent segments of the program which are spaced apart in time, enabling a relatively small number of such pictures to characterize a lengthy program, and are presented in separate windows on the screen of the same device used to display the video program. The pictures may include still or moving imagery. A viewer optionally may select a particular picture with a pointing device, to commence replay of the recorded program from that period in the program, or to recall stored audio information so as to assist in identifying the selection. The picture information may be stored on the same medium as that used to record the video program, or a different medium may be used. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189269 | VIDEO RECORDER HAVING USER EXTENDED AND AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED TIME SLOTS - The present invention is directed to a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal storage device, such as a hard drive where broadcasts are transferred from a broadcast input source to the storage device. The set-top box is connected to an output device such as a television, which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and an interactive program guide (IPG). The user has the option to extend a chosen time slot, in which a show is scheduled to be transferred to the storage device. A dialog box is used when certain types of shows are selected that commonly require timeslot extensions at the end of the show. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189270 | INDICATION OF TRICKPLAY AVAILABILITY VIA A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a controllability indicator at a portable communication device, the controllability indicator received from a stationary communication device. The controllability indicator indicates whether a trickplay feature is available for controlling a presentation of multimedia content, and is determined from a characterization of the multimedia content. The method further includes presenting a trickplay indicator at the portable communication device according to the controllability indicator to indicate whether the trickplay feature is available. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189271 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MACHINE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL INFORMATION OF SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus capable of easily linking video data of a DVCR connected by an i-Link or the like and utilizing the same in a desired format is disclosed. Streaming data such as video data is defined, managed, and controlled in usage by an “optional-media” link tag linked to a “gpoi” tag defining a specific position in a position information file. The “optional-media” link can describe the five attributes of a format attribute for designating a connected apparatus and format information thereof, id attribute for further specifying the target in the connected apparatus designated by the format attribute, an “in” attribute and “out” attribute for designating a reproduction start position and ending position of the designated data, and a repeat attribute for designating a number of times of reproduction. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189272 | Information Processing System and Information Processing Device - A playback processing unit executes a playback process of content data. A control unit defines a display area for a communication tool to be executed, based on display instruction information that is defined in association with playback time information of the content data. The display processing unit uses a content image processed and played back and a text chat window of which a display area is defined, and generates an image for a display. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189273 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HIGHLIGHTS FROM SCORED DATA STREAMS - A method and system for generating highlights from scored data streams is disclosed. According to one embodiment, media content containing time-stamped payloads is received in a data stream from one or more sources. The received media content is recorded in a buffer for a predetermined period of time and sliced into data buckets. For each of the data buckets, a score is assigned according to user-provided keywords. The data buckets are recorded along with the assigned score to generate highlights from the one or more sources using the scores of the recorded data buckets. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189274 | RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND REPRODUCTION OUTPUT DEVICE - A pair of main-view and sub-view video streams, a graphics stream, and playlist information are recorded on a BD-ROM disc. The sub-view video stream includes metadata arranged in each GOP. The metadata includes a correspondence table associating offset identifiers and offset information. The offset information defines offset control for each picture in a GOP. Offset control is processing to provide a left offset and right offset for the horizontal coordinates in a graphics plane to generate a pair of graphics planes that are respectively combined with main-view and sub-view video planes. The playlist information includes a stream selection table for each playback section. When the stream selection table associates a stream number with a packet identifier of a graphics stream, one of the offset identifiers is further allocated to the stream number. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189275 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, REPRODUCING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - For a content-prerecorded large capacity disc-shaped recording medium, a user interface having high flexibility is accomplished. Button image data, corresponding sound data as an effect sound, and control commands for the sound data and image data are multiplexed with a stream and recorded on the disc. A scenario reproduced from the disc is stored in a buffer. The image data and sound data are stored in a buffer. Image data is read from the buffer in accordance with a scenario and expanded to a graphics plane. In addition, corresponding sound data is read from the buffer and reproduced by a sound player. When a button image is varied in accordance with a state change of the button, an effect sound is reproduced. As a result, a more effective user interface is accomplished. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189276 | OPTICAL DISK FOR HIGH RESOLUTION AND GENERAL VIDEO RECORDING, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISK RECORDING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS - A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GPO or more of frames. First interleave blocks each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output. A non-high quality picture reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave blocks to obtain a standard resolution video output. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189277 | OPTICAL DISK FOR HIGH RESOLUTION AND GENERAL VIDEO RECORDING, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISK RECORDING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS - A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GPO or more of frames. First interleave blocks each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output. A non-high quality picture reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave blocks to obtain a standard resolution video output. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189278 | OPTICAL DISK FOR HIGH RESOLUTION AND GENERAL VIDEO RECORDING, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISK RECORDING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS - A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GPO or more of frames. First interleave blocks each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output. A non-high quality picture reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave blocks to obtain a standard resolution video output. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189279 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO IMPLEMENT METHOD - A video disk player includes (i) a disk reading section for reading out video data, a program, synchronization timing information from an optical disk; (ii) a clock for generating a clock signal; (iii) a decoder for converting, in accordance with the clock signal, the video data into decompressed video data for reproduction output; (iv) a video reproducing section including a synchronization control section for transmitting, in accordance with the clock signal, a synchronization control signal to the program executing section at a timing specified by a field timing contained in the synchronization timing information, and (v) a program executing section for executing a program in accordance with the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control section. This makes it possible to efficiently execute the program in synchronization with reproduction of AV data or the like. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189280 | EXTENSIBLE DISC PLAYER - The present invention provides an extensible disc player that is upgradeable to play new content types. The player's capability can be extended by downloading an appropriate decoder from a web server via the Internet. In this way, the player can play back contents that it does not originally support. If the content type is unknown, the player will check whether the disc contains a URL for linking to a web site containing an appropriate decoder. If the disc contains the URL, the player will access the web site to download the appropriate decoder. In a similar manner, the capability of a recorder can also be expanded by downloading appropriate encoders from the Internet. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189281 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PLAYBACK METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To provide a playback device capable of requesting for a content generated in a format compatible with its processing capability and playing back the content, with no need of user input of a user ID or the like. A playback device for playing back contents reads, from an external recording medium, a playback right of a content to play back one or more contents that each have been generated based on a content and in a format compatible with a processing capability different for each playback device, and transmits the playback right and capability information indicating a processing capability of the playback device to a server device. The playback device acquires, from the server device, one of the one or more contents corresponding to the playback right in a format compatible with its processing capability indicated by the capability information, and plays back the acquired content. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189282 | Generation and Management of Video Blogs - Disclosed are various automated methods and apparatus for scheduling and distributing user-generated content as part of or during a television program that is being distributed as part of a linear programming line-up of a television network. Users upload user-generated content through, for example, a mobile application on smart phone, a web site, or through an online service such as a social media network, and are given the opportunity to schedule transmission of uploaded content during transmission of television network linear programming by purchasing a time slot or bidding on a time slot through an auction process using real or virtual currency, including points, credits or other form of virtual currency, or being awarded or given a time slot. An automated process obtains available time slots and schedules user generated content for transmission by the network as part of previously scheduled, linear programming. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189283 | MOVING IMAGE DATA RECORDING APPARATUS - A controller included in a moving image data recording apparatus controls an editor and a recorder so as to generate a moving image file composed of a plurality of moving image data each having a predetermined length of time, and in a case where an error occurs when newly acquired moving image data is being added to the moving image file, the controller controls the editor and the recorder so as not to add moving image data to be next acquired to a moving image file containing moving image data acquired during occurrence of the error. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189284 | AUTOMATIC HIGHLIGHT REEL PRODUCER - Described herein are techniques related to automatic selection of a subset of digital-video clips (i.e., “highlight reel”) from a set of digital-video clips. The automatic selection is based, at least in part, upon various weighted criteria regarding properties (e.g., metadata, enhanced metadata, and/or content) of the clips. A video-capturing device automatically produces a highlight reel by selecting the superlative clips (e.g., the best clips). This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189285 | Method and System for Simultaneous Recording of Multiple Programs on a DVR - A method and system for broadcasting content, is described, the method and system facilitating simultaneous recording of multiple programs on a digital video recorder (DVR), the method and system including providing a plurality of content items, dividing each one of the plurality of content items into a multiplicity of chunks, each one of the chunks including at least one reference frame, for each one of the chunks determining a location of each reference frame included in the chunk, creating a chunk index of locations of each reference frame included in the chunk, creating a chunk file including the chunk and the chunk index, and inserting the chunk file in a data stream, such that no chunk file including a chunk from a particular content item is adjacent to a second chunk file including a chunk from the same particular content item, and broadcasting using a transmission bitrate greater than the bitrate of the data stream in a single channel in a multiplexed broadcast service, wherein the chunks files in the data stream are transmitted sequentially. Related systems, apparatus, and methods are also described. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189286 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes: a recording process section recording an image on a recording medium; an output process section outputting the image; and a control section multiplexing information on timing for starting the recording of the image with the image output from the output process section before the recording process section starts recording the image on the recording medium. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MOVING IMAGE DATA - An apparatus for processing a moving image including: an acquiring section which acquires moving image data of an object imaged at a predetermined imaging frame rate; an identifying section which applies a predetermined analysis process to the moving image data and identifies a first frame image among a plurality of first frame images and second frame images constituting the moving image data, wherein the first frame images are to be reproduced in slow motion, and the second frame images are frame images other than the first frame images; and a processor which performs a frame-number reduction process to reduce the number of the second frame images at a predetermined ratio. | 2012-07-26 |
| 20120189288 | ELECTRICAL HEATER FOR INJECTION-MOLDING NOZZLE - An electrical sleeve heater for heating an elongated part has a metallic and tubular casing extending coaxially along an axis with the part and surrounding the part. The casing has a front end is with a radially inwardly open cutout. A electrical heating element set in the casing is energizeable to heat the casing and the part surrounded by the casing. A thermocouple has a sensing tip in the cutout. A retaining body of at most low thermal conductivity is fitted in the cutout, holds the tip out of contact with the metallic casing, and urges the tip radially inward into direct engagement with an outer surface of the part. The retaining body is a molded part, a plate, or a spring of a material with low or negligible thermal conductivity. | 2012-07-26 |
