36th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110216913 | COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLES - A device for improving the communication in a motor vehicle with front and back seats includes, but is not limited to at least one first loudspeaker directed and the front seats, at least one second loudspeaker directed at the back seats, at least one first microphone directed at the front seats and an audio signal processor that can be activated in order to output speech recorded by the first microphone on the second loudspeaker. A first control element for activating the audio signal processor can be actuated from the back seats and a signal generator for displaying the activated state of the audio signal processor is visible from the front seats. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216914 | WIRED, WIRELESS, INFRARED, AND POWERLINE AUDIO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS - A method and system for communicating audio, video, and/or control signals within a home entertainment system. One or more signals are communicated between an input device and one or more output devices via one or more networks. The output device can include loudspeakers, display devices, and headphones. In some embodiments an output device, for example a center channel loudspeaker, transmits signals to other output devices. For example, the center channel loudspeaker can transmit a combined audio signal and control signal to a remote loudspeaker over a first network and transmit a video signal to a display device over a second network. The display device displays the video signal. The networks can be wireless, wired, infrared, RF, and powerline. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216915 | PROVIDING AUDIBLE INFORMATION TO A SPEAKER SYSTEM VIA A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device connects with a computing device via short range wireless signaling provided between the mobile communication device and the computing device, and receives audible information from a user of the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device also encodes the audible information at a particular audio bandwidth, and provides the encoded audible information to the computing device, where the computing device outputs the encoded audible information. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216916 | VEHICLE ENGINE SOUND ENHANCEMENT - A vehicle engine harmonic enhancement system. A method for operating the system includes providing a first engine harmonic enhancement audio signal and equalizing the first engine harmonic enhancement audio signal separately for each of the plurality of loudspeakers to provide individually equalized loudspeaker engine harmonic enhancement audio signals. A vehicle audio system includes a plurality of loudspeakers, an entertainment audio system, and an engine harmonic enhancement system. A method includes equalizing an entertainment audio signal to provide an equalized entertainment audio signal; providing an engine harmonic enhancement audio signal; equalizing the engine harmonic enhancement audio signal separately from the entertainment audio signal to provide an equalized engine harmonic enhancement audio signal; and combining the equalized entertainment audio signal with the equalized engine harmonic enhancement audio signal. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216917 | CORRECTING ENGINE NOISE CANCELLATION MICROPHONE DISTURBANCES - A system for correcting erroneous microphone readings in a vehicle engine harmonic cancellation (EHC) system. A method for operating an engine harmonic cancelling system, includes receiving, from a first microphone at a first location in a vehicle cabin, a signal representative of noise in the vehicle cabin; receiving, from a second microphone at a second location in the vehicle cabin, a signal representative of noise in the vehicle cabin; and correlating the signal from the first microphone with the signal from the second microphone. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216918 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal - An apparatus for generating a bandwidth extended signal from an input signal includes a patch generator and a combiner. The input signal is represented for first and second bands by first and second resolution data, respectively, the second resolution being lower than the first. The patch generator generates first and second patches from the first band of the input signal according to first and second patching algorithms, respectively. A spectral density of the second patch generated using the second patching algorithm is higher than a spectral density of a first patch generated using the first patching algorithm. The combiner combines both patches and the first band of the input signal to obtain the bandwidth extended signal. The apparatus scales the input signal according to the first and second patching algorithms or scales the first and second patches, so that the bandwidth extended signal fulfills a spectral envelope criterion. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216919 | ASSISTIVE-LISTENING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION, RADIO & MUSIC SYSTEMS - An assistive-listening system is used with sound-producing equipment that includes a signal source, and first and second sound sources operatively associated with the signal source and configured to produce sound corresponding to signals received from the signal source. The assistive-listening system includes a volume control operatively associated with the signal source and configured proportionally to change the volume of both the first and second sound sources. Also included is a support structure configured to support and position the second sound source so that a hearing-impaired listener may listen effectively to sound controlled by the volume control without disturbing normal-hearing listeners. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216920 | SPEAKER DRIVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A speaker drive integrated circuit of the present invention includes: a load connection status detecting circuit configured to cause a current to flow from an external power supply to one of output terminals when an output side of an amplifying circuit is set to a high impedance state and detect whether a load connection status is normal, open, or short based on a voltage generated at the output terminal; and a transmitting terminal through which a signal indicating a detection result by the load connection status detecting circuit is output to outside. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216921 | FLAT SPEAKER APPARATUS WITH HEAT DISSIPATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR HEAT DISSIPATION OF FLAT SPEAKER - A flat speaker apparatus including a driving circuit module, a flat speaker and a thermally conductive connector, and with a heat dissipating structure is introduced. The flat speaker includes a porous electrode and a vibrating film. The porous electrode causes the vibrating film to vibrate according to an audio signal output from the driving circuit module for generating sound. The thermally conductive connector connects the driving circuit module and the flat speaker to conduct heat from the driving module to the flat speaker for dissipation. A method for heat dissipation of the flat speaker is also introduced herein. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216922 | SILICON CONDENSER MICROPHONE - Disclosed is a silicon condenser microphone including a backplate having a plurality of perforations therethrough, a diaphragm opposed from the backplate for forming a capacitor. The diaphragm includes a first part and a second part received in the first part, the second part being capable of vibrating relative to the backplate. The first part is connected to the ground and the second part is connected to a bias voltage. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216923 | STRUCTURE OF FLEXIBLE SPEAKER - A flexible speaker structure, includes, a first electret film having a first surface, a second electret film having a second surface, a conductive film positioned between the first electret and the second electret, a first spacer disposed on the first surface for supporting a first electrode, and a second spacer disposed on the second surface for supporting a second electrode. A first interior angle is defined by the first electret and the first spacer, and the first interior angle is between 60 to 80 degrees. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216924 | MULTI-ELEMENT DIRECTIONAL ACOUSTIC ARRAYS - An audio system that may be implemented in a television, that includes a plurality of directional arrays. The arrays may include a common acoustic driver and may be spaces non-uniformly. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216925 | VIRTUAL SURROUND FOR LOUDSPEAKERS WITH INCREASED CONSANT DIRECTIVITY - Various embodiments use combinations of different methods for creating virtual surround. Some of the methods used in various embodiments include: dipole beamforming, multi-stage arrays, transducer directionality, and enclosure shading. In general, each of these methods may operate over a specific frequency band in various embodiments. The use of multiple methods to create virtual sound can increase the virtual sound effect and better maintain sound quality compared to the use of a single method for creating virtual surround. Each method used to create virtual surround can be optimized for a specific system configuration based on factors such as the physical set-up of the transducers, the size and shape of the enclosure, and the input signal configuration. Various embodiments allow for an intensity difference to be created for a listener across a wide range of frequencies in order to produce constant directionality. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216926 | VIRTUAL SURROUND FOR LOUDSPEAKERS WITH INCREASED CONSTANT DIRECTIVITY - A speaker system includes a first array of transducers in a speaker enclosure and, and at least a second array of transducers in the speaker enclosure. The second array is a low-frequency array and the first array is a high-frequency array. The transducers in the first array are configured to have an operating frequency region covering at least the frequency ranges of the first array and the second array, and the transducers in the second are configured to have an operating frequency region covering at least the frequency ranges of the first array and the second array. The speaker system further includes an input port, and a controller operatively coupled with the input port. The controller is configured to provide an electronic-audio signal to the transducers such that the first array and the second array are tuned to different center frequencies and are a two stage dipole beamforming array. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216927 | Hearing System - A hearing system for use by a user is presented. The hearing system includes an external portion for placement external the user. The external portion includes a sound processing unit for providing amplified acoustic sound to an ear of the user. The hearing system further includes an implantable portion for implantation under the skin of the user. The implantable portion and the sound processing unit have magnetic characteristics such that a magnetic attraction exists there between to retain the sound processing unit in a desired position. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216928 | MEDIA PLAYER AND ADAPTER FOR PROVIDING AUDIO DATA TO A HEARING AID - A media player includes a processor configured to receive media content from a content source and to process the media content produce an audio signal. The media player further includes a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the audio signal to a hearing aid through a communication channel. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216929 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SOUND IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for outputting a sound with Hearing Aids Compatibility (HAC) in a mobile terminal. The sound output apparatus includes a modem chip including a first amplifier amplifying and transferring an electric signal to a switch, a switch that selectively connects an output line of the first amplifier to a receiver or a second amplifier, a second amplifier connected with the receiver and the switch and that amplifies and transfers an electric signal received from the first amplifier to the receiver when the switch connects the output line of the first amplifier to the second amplifier, and a receiver connected with the switch and the second amplifier and that converts and outputs an electric signal received from the first amplifier or the second amplifier into a sound. This allows for the stable transfer of a sound to hearing handicapped persons with HAC without distortion of the sound quality. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216930 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND AUDIO CONTROL METHOD - An electronic apparatus including: a speaker configured to output sound; an equalizer configured to modify a characteristic of an audio signal input to the speaker; and a storage configured to store information indicating intensities for each signal component of a plurality of frequency bands of the audio signal, wherein the apparatus is capable to be installed in a first installment state, in which the apparatus is mounted on a wall, and wherein the storage is configured to store, as first standard values, information indicating the intensity of signal components for each frequency band to be used when the apparatus is installed in the first installment state. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216931 | MODULAR WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Electronic communication devices are disclosed that are configured in the form of a personal accessory. The devices preferably include a communication module and at least one ear speaker operably connected to the communication module through at least one wire. The invention provides that the communication module enables wireless communication with another device, e.g., cellular telephones, digital data players, etc. The communication module is preferably concealed behind a first disguising component. The at least one wire of the device is also concealed within or runs contiguous with another disguising component. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216932 | Headphone of Convenient Assembly and Package - A headphone of convenient assembly and package includes a first earpiece and a second earpiece. The first earpiece has a tubular first casing and the first casing includes a first ear plug. The second earpiece has a tubular second casing and the second casing includes a second ear plug. The first casing has a clasping portion at an end opposite to the first ear plug. The second casing has a clasping recess at an end opposite to the second ear plug for receiving the clasping portion. Therefore, the first earpiece and the second earpiece can be assembled together into a tubular single piece, benefiting the first earpiece and the second earpiece for being packaged and carried, thus improving the convenience of the headphone. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216933 | Elastomer Loudspeaker Box System - An elastomer loudspeaker box system includes a loudspeaker box, a loudspeaker unit, a baffle and a bottom board. The loudspeaker box is made of elastomer material, and the tube wall of the loudspeaker box is bended to form a box body of corrugated tube shape, whereby the box body of the loudspeaker box is elastic and is retractable freely. The loudspeaker unit is mounted to the baffle. One end of the loudspeaker box is mounted to the baffle, and the other end is closed by the bottom board, whereby the loudspeaker unit, the loudspeaker box and the bottom board cooperatively form a closed box system. So, the loudspeaker unit and the retractable rock movement of box body of the loudspeaker box can produce resonance, and the elastic box body acts as sound radiator to radiate the low frequency, thereby extending the bass response towards low side, increasing the purity of sound, and improving the bass performance. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216934 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE - An audio/video device including a plurality of walls together forming a case, wherein one wall of the plurality of walls includes an inner peripheral edge. A surface extends from the inner peripheral edge inwardly of the case and defines an open-sided outwardly facing cavity. At least one item of connection is located within the cavity. A tongue is provided having a base and an outer peripheral edge. The inner peripheral edge of the one wall is divided into a first portion and a second portion. At the base, the tongue joins with the first portion of the inner peripheral edge of the one wall. The tongue extends substantially parallel with the one wall from the base to the outer peripheral edge so as to partially close the cavity and define a gap around the tongue, the gap extending between the outer peripheral edge of the tongue and the second portion of the inner peripheral edge of the one wall. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216935 | Navigating on Images - Systems, devices, features, and methods for navigating on images are disclosed. For example, one method includes identifying a point selected on an initial image. An image component, such as a pixel, of the initial image corresponding to the identified point is determined. The image component of the initial image represents an origin. A route from the origin to a destination is generated, and the destination corresponds to another image component, such as another pixel. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216936 | Reducing Watermark Perceptibility and Extending Detection Distortion Tolerances - The present disclosures relates generally to digital watermarking and data hiding. One claim recites a method comprising: obtaining data representing video; using one or more programmed electronic processors, embedding a first watermark signal in a first portion of the data, the first watermark signal comprising a first signal polarity; using one or more electronic processors, embedding a second watermark signal in a second portion of the data, the second watermark signal comprising a second signal polarity that is inversely related to the first signal polarity; rendering the watermarked video in real time, in which due to temporal averaging of the first watermark signal and second watermark signal over time, the first watermark signal and the second watermark signal are hidden from a human observer of the video. Of course, other claims are provided too. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216937 | Media Fingerprints that Reliably Correspond to Media Content with Projection of Moment Invariants - A portion of media content is accessed. Components from a first and each subsequent spatial regions of the media content are sampled. Each spatial region has an unsegmented area. Each subsequent spatial region includes those within its area as elements thereof or the spatial regions may partially overlap. The regions may overlap independent of a hierarchical relationship between the regions. A media fingerprint is derived from the components of each of the spatial regions, which reliably corresponds to the media content portion, e.g., over geometric attacks such as rotation. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216938 | Apparatus for detecting lane-marking on road - The image processing ECU periodically acquires road-surface images and extracts edge points in the acquired road-surface image. Subsequently, the ECU determines the operating mode and extracts the edge line when the operating mode is either a dotted mode or a frame-accumulation mode. The edge points are transformed e.g. Hough transform, to extract an edge line that most frequently passes through the edge points. The extracted edge line denotes the lane marking. The ECU outputs a signal to activate a buzzer alert when determining the vehicle may depart from the lane. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING TARGET - A target tracking apparatus and method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may quickly and accurately perform target detection and tracking in a photographed image given as consecutive frames by acquiring at least one target candidate image most similar to a photographed image of a previous frame among prepared reference target images, determining one of the target candidate images as a target confirmation message based on the photographed image, and calculating a homography between the determined target confirmation image and the photographed image, and searching the photographed image of the previous image for feature points according to the calculated homography, and tracking an inter-frame change from the previous frame of the found feature points to a current frame. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216940 | TARGET DETECTION DEVICE AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed is a target detection device which can match a moving object in a captured image to an identifier when a plurality of identifiers began to be received in a short time, or when the number of identifiers received was larger than the number of detected position histories. The device ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110216941 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a movement of a hand of the user with ease. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216942 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPRESSION EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image by using a solid-state image-capturing device may include a face detector configured to detect a face of a human being on the basis of an image signal in a period until an image signal obtained by image capturing is recorded on a recording medium; an expression evaluation section configured to evaluate the expression of the detected face and to compute an expression evaluation value indicating the degree to which the detected face is close to a specific expression in relation to expressions other than the specific expression; and a notification section configured to notify notification information corresponding to the computed expression evaluation value to an image-captured person. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216943 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD, EXPRESSION EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image-capturing apparatus for capturing an image by using a solid-state image-capturing device may include a face detector configured to detect a face of a human being on the basis of an image signal in a period until an image signal obtained by image capturing is recorded on a recording medium; an expression evaluation section configured to evaluate the expression of the detected face and to compute an expression evaluation value indicating the degree to which the detected face is close to a specific expression in relation to expressions other than the specific expression; and a notification section configured to notify notification information corresponding to the computed expression evaluation value to an image-captured person. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216944 | In-vehicle white line recognition apparatus - An in-vehicle, white line recognition apparatus is disclosed. Form an image captured by a camera, the apparatus extracts multiple white line candidates including a first white line candidate and a second white line candidate. The apparatus calculates a certainty factor of each white line candidate, the certainty factor indicating a degree of certainty that the each white line candidate represents the white line. When the first and second white line candidates are, within a predetermined range and when a ratio of contrast of the first white line candidate to that of the second white line candidate is less than a predetermined value, the apparatus decreases the certainty factor of the first white line candidate. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216945 | AUTOMATED TARGET SHAPE DETECTION FOR VEHICLE MUON TOMOGRAPHY - Techniques, apparatus and systems for muon tomography vehicle imaging use autonomous processing of 3-dimensional muon tomography vehicle images based on Data Modeling techniques and various applications including analyzing vehicle voxel data such as muon vehicle images to detect potential threat objects and then to further discriminate the identified potential threat objects by shape. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216946 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an image processing device capable of reducing a user operation in production of motion data by simulating a 3D motion of a moving object. A base data obtaining unit obtains a plurality of base data each containing an image and distance data indicating a distance between an object shown in the image and the image capturing unit, the distance data being based on a measured result. An in-image position specifying unit, based on the image obtained, specifies a position in the image, where the moving object is shown. A distance specifying unit specifies a distance between the moving object and the image capturing unit, based on the specified in-image position and the distance data. A position coordinate calculating unit calculates the 3D position coordinates of the moving object, based on the specified in-image position and the specified distance. The motion data producing unit produces motion data describing a motion of the moving object in the 3D space, based on the calculated 3D position coordinates. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216947 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - Unauthorized use of a biological pattern registered in a face image authorization system is made difficult. With respect to the previously registered biological pattern for authorization, additional information is held concerning a change that can be reproduced by a user having the biological pattern for authentication, and success or failure of the authentication is evaluated according to consistency between the biological pattern for authentication that is reproduced using the additional information and a pattern input at the time of authentication as an evaluation factor. By changing the additional information as necessary, unauthorized use of biological pattern data or the like is made difficult. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216948 | System and method for three-dimensional biometric data feature detection and recognition - The system includes a 3D feature detection module and 3D recognition module | 2011-09-08 |
20110216949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFINING A BREAST WINDOW - A computer implemented method for defining a breast window within an image for a breast, said image containing a breast image having a breast boundary, the method comprising: identifying a center region of the breast image, where the center region is coincident with an edge of the image; defining the edge of the image as the first border of the breast window; searching from the center region along the edge of the image for the breast boundary, the breast boundary informing a second border of the breast window; searching from the center region along the edge of the image in an opposite direction for the breast boundary, the breast boundary informing a third border of the breast window; and repeatedly searching from the center region in a direction orthogonal to the edge of the image for a point on the breast boundary most distant from the edge of the image, the point on the breast boundary informing a fourth border of the breast window. In some embodiments, the image may be rotated/flipped and/or subsampled and/or thresholded to form a binary image before a breast window is searched. A method of thresholding the image is also disclosed. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216950 | Method And Apparatus For Preprocessing And Storing Image Attributes For The Accelerated Display Of Medical Images In Medical Applications - A method and apparatus are disclosed for preprocessing and storing image attributes for the accelerated display of medical images in medical applications. In at least one embodiment, the method includes: assigning image attributes to a medical image, which are characteristic of a medical application which generates a specific visual display of the medical image; adjusting the medical image in accordance with the image attributes; storing the adjusted medical image together with the image attributes; calling up a further or the same medical application, which requires a visual display of the medical image; checking whether the required image attributes for the visual display correspond to the stored image attributes; calling up the stored, modified medical image in the case of a similar or identical correspondence of the image attributes; and visually displaying the recalled medical image. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216951 | Medical Image Processing - A computer-implemented method of detecting an object in a three-dimensional medical image comprises determining the values of a plurality of features at each voxel in at least a portion of the medical image. Each feature characterises a respective property of the medical image at a particular voxel. The likelihood probability distribution of each feature is calculated based on the values of the features and prior medical knowledge. A probability map is generated by using Bayes' law to combine the likelihood probability distributions, and the probability map is analysed to detect an object. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216952 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Mass Analysis Data - The present invention aims at providing a method and apparatus for presenting, based on an enormous amount of data collected by an imaging mass analysis, information which is significant for understanding the tissue structure and other information of a biological sample and which is intuitively easy to understand to analysis operator. For each pixel | 2011-09-08 |
20110216953 | VISUAL-SERVOING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - The present invention provides methods and devices for the knowledge-based discovery and optimization of differences between cell types. In particular, the present invention provides visual servoing optical microscopy, as well as analysis methods. The present invention provides means for the close monitoring of hundreds of individual, living cells over time; quantification of dynamic physiological responses in multiple channels; real-time digital image segmentation and analysis; intelligent, repetitive computer-applied cell stress and cell stimulation; and the ability to return to the same field of cells for long-term studies and observation. The present invention further provides means to optimize culture conditions for specific subpopulations of cells. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216954 | HIERARCHICAL ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION - A method for segmenting an image includes registering an annotated template image to an acquired reference image using only rigid transformations to define a transformation function relating the annotated template image to the acquired reference image. The defined transformation function is refined by registering the annotated template image to the acquired reference image using only affine transformations. The refined transformation function is further refined by registering the annotated template image to the acquired reference image using only multi-affine transformations. The twice refined transformation function is further refined by registering the annotated template image to the acquired reference image using deformation transformations. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216955 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In an MRI apparatus, an executing unit executes an image taking sequence according to a parallel imaging method so as to collect MR signals by using a plurality of RF coils; a reconstructing unit reconstructs an MR image from the MR signals; an unfolding processing unit performs an unfolding process to unfold aliasing that has occurred in the MR image, by using sensitivity distribution data indicating a spatial sensitivity distribution of the RF coils; a judging unit judges whether the unfolded image includes one or more pixels of which the pixel values are abnormal; and when the judgment result is in the affirmative, a correcting unit corrects the sensitivity distribution data so that the pixel values of the pixels become closer to a normal value. After the sensitivity distribution data has been corrected, the unfolding processing unit performs the unfolding process again by using the corrected sensitivity distribution data. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216956 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Collapsing Volume Data to Lower Dimensional Representations Thereof - Methods of collapsing volume data to a lower dimensional representation of the volume data are provided. The methods include collapsing volume data to a lower dimensional representation of the volume data using histogram projection. Related systems and computer program products are also provided. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216957 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE WITH REDUCED MOTION ARTIFACTS - A computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon and representing a set of instructions that when executed by a computer causes the computer to calculate a mapping function that provides a location of each sub-volume of an imaging volume as a function of time from ultrasound data and determine a respective acquisition window for each sub-volume of the imaging volume from the mapping function. The instructions also cause the computer to reconstruct an image of the imaging volume substantially free of motion artifacts from imaging data acquired from the imaging volume. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216958 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - First elasticity information regarding elasticity of a subject in a first image and second elasticity information regarding the elasticity of the subject in a second image are acquired, and the first image and the second image are positioned with respect to each other on the basis of at least one of the first elasticity information and the second elasticity information. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216959 | SHADING CORRECTION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A shading correction of radiographic image data, which represents a radiographic image of a subject obtained by detecting radiation emitted from a radiation source and transmitted through the subject with a radiation detector, is carried out. At this time, first shading correction data for correcting for shading attributed to the radiation source and second shading correction data for correcting for shading attributed to the radiation detector are rotated relatively to each other depending on a rotational positional relationship between the radiation source and the radiation detector, and final shading correction data is obtained from the rotated first and second shading correction data. Then, shading of the radiographic image data is corrected for using the final shading correction data. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216960 | Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method - An automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from user cards to accept checks and dispense cash to authorized machine users. The machine can compare image data and magnetic data obtained from a check to determine the genuineness of the check. The machine can also determine whether a machine user is authorized to exchange a check for cash. A cash dispenser can be operated to dispense cash to a machine user in exchange for a deposited check. The machine dispenses the cash responsive to communications with a transaction host. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for displaying the object arranged in the virtual space, on a display device, a detection unit for detecting device information of the display device, and an execution unit for executing predetermined processing toward the object based on the device information. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216962 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS INFORMATION FROM A SINGLE IMAGE WITHOUT META INFORMATION - Disclosed herein is a method of extracting 3-dimension object information by a shadow analysis from a single image without meta information, and a technical problem to be solved is to extract three-dimension information of an object such as a height of the object and a footprint surface position of the object from a single image without meta information. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216963 | ROTATE AND SLANT PROJECTOR FOR FAST FULLY-3D ITERATIVE TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a rotate-and-slant projector that takes advantage of symmetries in the geometry to compute truly volumetric projections to multiple oblique sinograms in a computationally efficient manner. It is based upon the 2D rotation-based projector using the fast three-pass method of shears, and it conserves the 2D rotator computations for multiple projections to each oblique sinogram set. The projector is equally applicable to both conventional evenly-spaced projections and unevenly-spaced line-of-response (LOR) data (where the arc correction is modeled within the projector). The LOR-based version models the exact location of the direct and oblique LORs, and provides an ordinary Poisson reconstruction framework. Speed optimizations of various embodiments of the projector include advantageously utilizing data symmetries such as the vertical symmetry of the oblique projection process, a coarse-depth compression, and array indexing schemes which maximize serial memory access. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216964 | META-CLASSIFIER SYSTEM FOR VIDEO ANALYTICS - A system for meta-classification having a training phase mechanism and an operational phase mechanism. The training phase mechanism may have a detection and tracking module, a classifier section connected to the detection and tracking module, a feature synthesis module connected to the classifier section, a labeling module connected to the feature synthesis module and a training data module connected to the labeling module. The operational phase mechanism may have a detection and tracking module, a classifier section connected to the detection and tracking module, a feature synthesis module connected to the classifier section and a meta-classification module connected to the feature synthesis module and the training module. The training phase mechanism may provide parameters and settings to the operational phase mechanism. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216965 | Image Segmentation Using Reduced Foreground Training Data - Methods of image segmentation using reduced foreground training data are described. In an embodiment, the foreground and background training data for use in segmentation of an image is determined by optimization of a modified energy function. The modified energy function is the energy function used in image segmentation with an additional term comprising a scalar value. The optimization is performed for different values of the scalar to produce multiple initial segmentations and one of these segmentations is selected based on pre-defined criteria. The training data is then used in segmenting the image. In other embodiments further methods are described: one places an ellipse inside the user-defined bounding box to define the background training data and another uses a comparison of properties of neighboring image elements, where one is outside the user-defined bounding box, to reduce the foreground training data. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216966 | METHOD FOR COMBINING IMAGE AND IMAGING PRODUCT - A method of combining an image with an imaging-related product, comprising: providing an image; forming an image-color histogram of spatially-coherent color clusters within the image, the image-color histogram indicating the frequency of occurrence of spatially-coherent related colors in the image; selecting one or more of the image colors having a frequency of occurrence in the image high enough to be visible to an image observer; selecting an imaging-related product having one or more of the selected high-frequency colors within the imaging-related product or having a color complementary to one or more of the selected high-frequency colors within the imaging-related product; and combining the image and the imaging-related product. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216967 | SPECIFIED COLOR AREA DEMARCATION CIRCUIT, DETECTION CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING SAME - A specified color area demarcation circuit | 2011-09-08 |
20110216968 | SMART IMAGE RESIZING WITH COLOR-BASED ENTROPY AND GRADIENT OPERATORS - A system and method for resizing a digitally represented color image are presented. A color image with pixels defined by luminance and at least one chrominance value is received. For each pixel of the color image, a luminance spatial variation and respective chrominance spatial variations in the respective neighborhood of the each pixel are computed. The luminance spatial variation and the respective chrominance spatial variations are combined to produce a respective importance value for each pixel. Selected pixels are identified based upon their respective importance values and are removed by seam carving of the color image. The seam carving identifies seams of pixels based upon the respective importance values of pixels within the seams of pixels to create a resized color image. The resized color image is produced to an image output device. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216969 | Image Data Compression and Decompression - Compression and decompression of image data, including a first image of an object. The first image may be divided into portions. For each portion, it may be determined whether the portion includes a part of the object. The image data may be compressed based on said determining. If a threshold ratio of portions that do not include a part of the object is reached, portions including a part of the object may be compressed according to a first compression method and portions not including a part of the object may not be compressed, where background information is stored for the portions not including a part of the object. If the threshold ratio of portions that do not include a part of the object is not reached, each portion of the object may be compressed according to the first compression method. The compressed data may be decompressed in a reverse fashion. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216970 | COLOR QUANTIZATION BASED ON DESIRED UPPER BOUND FOR RELATIVE QUANTIZATION STEP - A computer system ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110216971 | Method for reconstructing color images - A method for reconstructing color images has steps of using a spectrum-acquiring device to acquire spectral data of a plurality of sample color blocks and calculating coefficients of a basis matrix of the sample color blocks; obtaining digital counts of the plurality of sample color blocks with a digital camera; obtaining a conversion matrix in accordance with the coefficients of the basis matrix and the digital counts; acquiring digital counts of an original image with the digital camera, and generating a reconstructed image in accordance with the digital counts of the original image and the conversion matrix; and varying the conversion matrix in accordance with a new light source, and computing to generate a reconstructed image corresponding to the new light source in accordance with the digital counts of the original image and the varied conversion matrix. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216972 | Methods and Apparatuses for Restoring Color and Enhancing Electronic Images - Methods and apparatuses for color image restoration and enhancement. In at least one embodiment, color signals for individual channels of an image (e.g., red, green, or blue) are adjusted based on a weighted set of averages (e.g., of the entire image, the center portion, the surrounding portion, or other portions). In one example, pixels with extreme values of color signals (e.g., pure black or white pixels) are ignored for the purposes of restoring color; and, the different averages are weighted according to the pixel location (e.g., the distance from the pixel to a center point). In one example, after color restoration for individual channels, the luminance of each pixel is adjusted back to their original levels; and the range of luminance of the image is further adjusted to provide improved brightness and contrast, where in determining the luminance the red, green and blue color channels are given an equal weight. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216973 | COLOR NAMING, COLOR CATEGORIZATION AND DESCRIBING COLOR COMPOSITION OF IMAGES - The invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for assigning color names to individual image pixels, and generating verbal description of color composition in images, suitable for a wide variety of information processing applications. For an isolated image pixel (individual color sample or color value) an illustrative embodiment of this invention uses a predetermined vocabulary of color names, and then generates a distance measure describing the best color match and corresponding color name for the given pixel. For the input image, an illustrative embodiment of this invention computes the simplified representation of the scene, consistent with human perception, and uses the predetermined vocabulary, syntax rules and metric to assign color names to all perceptually significant objects and regions and obtain the verbal description of the overall color composition. The invention is also applicable to other types of information signals, such as sequences of video frames, web pages, etc. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216974 | DISTORTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES USING SPATIAL OFFSETS FROM IMAGE REFERENCE POINTS - A method for distorting a digital image comprising receiving the coordinates of one or more than one image reference point defined by a user within the digital image, receiving one or more than one spatial offset assigned by the user and associated with the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point, providing a mixing function algorithm embodied on a computer-readable medium for distorting the digital image, calculating an offset matrix by applying the mixing function algorithm based on the one or more than one spatial offset and the coordinates of the one or more than one defined image reference point; and distorting the digital image by application of the offset matrix. A graphic tag may be associated with each of the defined image reference points and displayed over the digital image, and the assignment of the spatial offset may be accomplished by movement of the graphic tag with the pointing device. Abstract image reference points may be used to limit distortion. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216975 | Up-Sampling Binary Images for Segmentation - A method of up-sampling binary images for segmentation is described. In an embodiment, digital images are down-sampled before segmentation. The resulting initial binary segmentation, which has a lower resolution than the original image, is then up-sampled and smoothed to generate an interim non-binary solution which has a higher resolution than the initial binary segmentation. The final binary segmentation for the image is then computed from the interim non-binary solution based on a threshold. This method does not use the original image data in inferring the final binary segmentation solution from the initial binary segmentation. In an embodiment, the method may be applied to all images and in another embodiment, the method may be used for images which comprise a large number of pixels in total or in single dimension and smaller images may not be down-sampled before segmentation. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216976 | Updating Image Segmentation Following User Input - Methods of updating image segmentation following user input are described. In an embodiment, the properties used in computing the different portions of the image are updated as a result of one or more user inputs. Image elements which have been identified by a user input are given more weight when updating the properties than other image elements which have already been assigned to a particular portion of the image. In another embodiment, an updated segmentation is post-processed such that only regions which are connected to an appropriate user input are updated. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216977 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores dictionary data including information on a feature area that indicates an area where a feature of a subject appears; and a subject determination unit that compares, when an input image is acquired, the feature area of the dictionary data with an area of the input image corresponding to the feature area of the dictionary data, to determine whether the input image includes the subject. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216978 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGE - A method of and an apparatus for classifying an image are disclosed. The method includes: extracting a feature vector from the image, wherein the feature vector comprises a plurality of first features, each of the first features corresponds to a combination of a plurality of first areas arranged in the direction of a first axis, a plurality of second areas arranged in the direction of a second axis intersecting with the direction of the first axis, and one of a plurality of predetermined orientations, and the extracting of each of the first features comprises: acquiring a difference between sums or mean values of pixels of the plurality of first areas in the corresponding combination to obtain a first difference vector in the direction of the first axis, and acquiring a difference between sums or mean values of pixels of the plurality of second areas in the corresponding combination to obtain a second difference vector in the direction of the second axis; acquiring a first projection difference vector and a second projection difference vector projected by the first difference vector and the second difference vector on the line of the predetermined orientation in the corresponding combination; and acquiring the sum of magnitudes of the first projection difference vector and the second projection difference vector as the first feature; and classifying the image according to the extracted feature vector. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216979 | DETERMINING SIMILARITY OF TWO IMAGES - A computer implemented method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first and second images for comparison, globally registering the first and second images, calculating for pairs of a first patch of the first image and second patch of the second image a similarity measure which is a product of luminance and contrast components and a normalized structure component, each component taking a value between 0 and 1 and determining similarity of the images based on the calculated similarity measure. Relating computer program product and data processing system are also disclosed. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216980 | IMAGE TRANSMITTER AND IMAGE RECEIVER - A system LSI serving as an image transmitter is a device for transmitting image data to a display device LCD connected by a data signal line. The system LSI comprises: an output image memory for storing the image data to be transmitted; a subtraction processing unit for reading the image data from the output image memory and obtaining the data of the difference between mutually adjacent pixels of the image data; and a data transmission unit for sequentially outputting a data signal, which expresses the difference data corresponding to the pixels as a binary number, to the data signal line in accordance with the arrangement of the pixels; wherein the data signal of the difference data in which the number of signal changes is reduced more than the case of outputting the pixel data to the data signal line is output. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216981 | Partial expansion method of encoded images and image processing apparatus - A method for partially up/downscaling an image encoded on a macroblock basis utilizing a computer, includes: a step of storing the encoded image in a storage device of the computer; a step of creating map data from bitstream of the encoded image, the map data being utilized to decode at least one macroblock of the encoded image, creating a shrunken image of a predetermined size based on a screen resolution of a display device, and storing the map data and the shrunken image so as to relate the map data and the shrunken image with the encoded image in the storage device; a step of outputting, to the display device, the shrunken image related with the encoded image to be displayed based on a control request received from an input device; a step of determining at least one macroblock to be decoded based on a display area of the shrunken image; a step of partially decoding the encoded image for the determined macroblock using the map data; and a step of outputting to the display device, the image data of the display area of the partially decoded image. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216982 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS FOR REFERRING TO AT LEAST ONE CHARACTERISTIC VALUE THRESHOLD TO SELECT TARGET COMPRESSION RESULT FROM CANDIDATE COMPRESSION RESULTS OF ONE BLOCK AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary image data compression apparatus includes a compression circuit, a characteristic value extracting circuit, and a selecting circuit. The compression circuit is utilized for applying a plurality of different compression approaches to a first block, and accordingly generating a plurality of first candidate compression results of the first block. The characteristic value extracting circuit is coupled to the compression circuit, and utilized for deriving a plurality of first characteristic values from the first candidate compression results, respectively. The selecting circuit is coupled to the compression circuit and the characteristic value extracting circuit, and utilized for selecting a target compression result of the first block from the first candidate compression results according to the first characteristic values and at least one characteristic value threshold. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216983 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION TRANSFORM PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD IN PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a frame image storage unit that stores input image data input to the projector; a block image storage unit that stores a part of the input image data in terms of block image data including N×M (where N and M≧2) pixels; a correction processing unit that performs a correction process of correcting a distortion of the image projected onto the projection plane to generate corrected image data which is image data after correction on the basis of the block image data stored in the block image storage unit; and a block image predicting unit that, while the correction processing unit performs the correction process on a predetermined pixel, predicts the block image data necessary for the correction process on a pixel to be processed after the predetermined pixel. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216984 | IMAGE DENOISING DEVICE, IMAGE DENOISING METHOD, AND IMAGE DENOISING PROGRAM - A gradient direction detection unit | 2011-09-08 |
20110216985 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PICTURE RESIZING - System, method, and computer program product to adaptively blend the interpolation results from an 8-tap Lanczos filter and the interpolation results from a bilinear filter, according to the local transitions of the input content. Artifacts may occur, which may be identified as such and corrected. Pixels that represent artifacts in the blended image may be replaced with the pixel for that location taken from the bilinear interpolation. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216986 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA - X-ray beam detectors in one model can individually differ from one another. This can lead to differences in the amount of noise in an image recorded with the aid of the respective X-ray beam detector. In the present case, a variable is derived using an empty image, which variable reproduces the amount of noise, and this variable then determines the type and extent of a filtering process. Hence the image processing is adapted to the respective individual noise behavior of the respective X-ray beam detector. This is particularly suitable if the X-ray beam detector is a flat-panel detector ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110216987 | Packaging Containing Improved Dispensing And Carrying Elements - A package containing disposable absorbent articles wherein the package incorporates improved dispensing and carrying elements which aids in consumer use of the package. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216988 | EXPANDABLE BAG ASSEMBLIES WITH AN INTEGRAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FILLING - Expandable bag assemblies and associated methods are disclosed herein. Certain aspects of the invention are directed toward an expandable bag assembly that includes a flexible bag with closed and open ends and collapsible sidewalls disposed between the ends. The assembly beneficially includes an integrated support structure provided with stiffeners and a mechanism for attachment to help hold a mouth of the bag in an open position while filling the bag. The assembly can be compressed for easy packaging and storage and be expanded into a self-supported, open position without memory folds. The assembly is also configured to retract during closure of the open end of the bag. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216989 | SANDBAG FOR MECHANICAL FILING USING EARTH LOADER EQUIPMENT - An implement for mechanically filling multiple sandbags at a time is used on a loader bucket of loader-type equipment. The implement has a planar surface in which a plurality of filler apertures are formed in a plurality of rows evenly spaced over its surface area. Each filler aperture has a tensioner ring around the aperture for holding a drawstring held in a sleeve around an open end of the sandbag. A trigger mechanism is movable to a locked position in which the drawstring of the sandbag is pulled tight so that the open end of the sandbag is held in place on the tensioner ring, to an unlocked position in which the trigger mechanism lifts the drawstring off the tensioner ring to allow the sandbag filled with filler material to pull on and cinch the open end of the sandbag closed, and to a release position in which the cinched sandbag is released to the ground. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216990 | Waterproof Bag - A waterproof bag includes a bag body having a receiving space and a through hole, a mounting seat mounted in the receiving space of the bag body and having a mounting chamber which has a plurality of connecting holes connected between the mounting chamber and the receiving space, a control plate movably mounted in the mounting chamber and movable to seal the connecting holes, an outer cover mounted on the bag body and having a plurality of drain holes connected to the through hole, and a filter mounted on the bag body and disposed between the through hole and the drain holes. Thus, the control plate co-operates with the mounting seat to function as a one-way valve which only drains the air in the bag body and can prevent the ambient air from entering the bag body. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216991 | System and Method for Setting Roller Skew - A system and method for reducing roller skew, which involve ascertaining first and second thrust load properties applied to a roller while a rotary body rotates in opposing rotational directions, and adjusting an orientation of at least one bearing assembly for the roller until an amplitude difference between the first and second thrust load properties is below a predetermined threshold. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216992 | ELECTROFORMED BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Fine particles ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110216993 | Railway car bearing seal - A bearing assembly is provided having a roller bearing with an inner raceway fitted around the journal portion of an axle. An outer raceway combines with the inner raceway to receive roller elements. An improved lubricant seal arrangement is provided between the wear ring and the supporting outer raceway comprising a stator element, a rotor element and a flinger element. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216994 | PLASTIC PART, SPECIFICALLY A CAGE FOR A BEARING, CONSISTING OF A RADIATION-CROSSLINKABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A plastic part, especially a bearing part, specifically a cage for receiving rolling bodies of a bearing. The body of the plastic part is essentially made of a radiation-crosslinkable plastic material. Pigments that undergo a visible change during the irradiation are mixed in with the plastic material. Also, a method is disclosed for producing a plastic part, especially a bearing part, specifically a cage for receiving rolling bodies of a bearing the plastic part that has a body made of a radiation-crosslinkable plastic material. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216995 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE AND OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of manufacturing an optical sensor module which eliminates the need for the operation of alignment between a core in an optical waveguide unit and an optical element in a substrate unit and which does not reduce the accuracy of alignment, and an optical sensor module obtained thereby. An optical waveguide unit including protruding portions having vertical walls with a height less than 50 μm and groove portions, and a substrate unit including positioning members of respective positioning plate portions to be positioned in the protruding portions and fitting plate portions for fitting engagement with the groove portions are individually produced. Corners of the positioning members are positioned on the vertical walls of the protruding portions, and the fitting plate portions are brought into fitting engagement with the groove portions whereby the substrate unit and the optical waveguide unit are integrated together. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216996 | Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing for Event Detection - A fibre optic sensing method and apparatus for determining location and direction information of disturbances occurring in the environment of a sensor optical fibre are provided. The method comprises launching optical pulses into at least one polarisation eigenmode of a polarisation maintaining fibre as the sensor optical fibre, detecting temporal speckle patterns of light backscattered from the at least one polarisation eigenmode of the fibre, comparing the temporal speckle patterns to determine the location and direction information of a disturbance in the environment of the sensor optical fibre. The location information may be a distance along the fibre, and the direction information may be a direction radially from the axis of the fibre. The apparatus or instrument may be used to detect disturbance over long distances such as pipes, pipelines, or wells. Other applications include detecting intruders entering a controlled area. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216997 | Sub-Micron Planar Lightwave Devices Formed on an SOI Optical Platform - A set of planar, two-dimensional optical devices is able to be created in a sub-micron surface layer of an SOI structure, or within a sub-micron thick combination of an SOI surface layer and an overlying polysilicon layer. Conventional masking/etching techniques may be used to form a variety of passive and optical devices in this SOI platform. Various regions of the devices may be doped to form the active device structures. Additionally, the polysilicon layer may be separately patterned to provide a region of effective mode index change for a propagating optical signal. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216998 | OPTICAL SUB-ASSEMBLY - Described is a new wafer scale optical sub-assembly (OSA) and a method of production of such an OSA. Also described are optical wafers which form the central building block for the OSAs. The optical wafers comprise embedded optical features, which are positioned with reference to a single reference fiducial so as to avoid stacking of alignment errors. The embedded optical features may include refractive and/or waveguide optical channels. Cross-talk reduction features may also be provided between the embedded optical features. Embedding the optical features within the optical wafers protects the optical features from damage or contamination. The design of the optical features allows both transmit and receive functionality and arrays of optical devices to be packaged together. | 2011-09-08 |
20110216999 | OPTICAL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical printed circuit board is provided. The optical printed circuit board includes an insulation member, an optical fiber disposed in the insulation member and having opposite end portions exposed to a side of the insulation member, and at least one supporting member provided with a guide portion coupled to the opposite end portions of the optical fiber and guiding bending of the optical fiber. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217000 | OPTICAL SWITCH AND OPTICAL-SWITCH CONTROL METHOD - An optical switch according to the present invention includes a multiple-stage optical-switch unit that includes one input port and a plurality of output ports that are configured by connecting multiple stages of optical switching elements each of which includes three or more optical input-output ports; and a switching control circuit that, when receiving a switching instruction to switch an output destination of light input from the input port, executes at first a first control that changes setting of an optical switching element that is included in part not overlapping with an optical transmission channel reaching an optical output port before switching in an optical transmission channel reaching an optical output port after switching and is positioned at a point other than a branch point from an overlapping part, and then executes a second control that changes setting of an optical switching element that is positioned at the branch point. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217001 | HIGHLY NONLINEAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED NONLINEARITY AND MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS - There is described an optical waveguide structure exhibiting nonlinear properties, a method of fabricating such, and an optical coupling device made of two of such optical waveguide structures. The optical waveguide structure comprises an optical waveguide portion made of a light transmitting material for supporting a light mode traveling therein. The light transmitting material has an intrinsic nonlinearity parameter suitable for inducing a nonlinearity on the light mode, and the optical waveguide portion having a diameter sized to securely confine the light mode therein and to increase the nonlinearity on the light mode. The optical waveguide structure also has a coating surrounding the optical waveguide portion to mechanically support or to protect the optical waveguide portion from surface damage. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217002 | Method and System for Waveguide Mode Filters - A method and system for waveguide mode filters are disclosed and may include processing optical signals of a fundamental mode and higher-order modes by filtering the higher-order modes in rib waveguides in a photonic chip. The higher-order modes may be filtered utilizing doped regions and/or patterns in one or more slab sections in the rib waveguides. The patterns may be periodic or aperiodic along the rib waveguides. The higher-order modes may be filtered utilizing varying widths of slab sections, or doped, patterned, and/or salicided ridges on the slab sections in the rib waveguides. The higher-order modes may be attenuated by scattering and/or absorbing the modes. The chip may comprise a CMOS photonic chip. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217003 | Waveguide For Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording - An apparatus includes a slider mounted on an arm, a first waveguide including a first core guiding layer, a second waveguide mounted on the slider and including a second core guiding layer having a uniform thickness smaller than the thickness of the first core guiding layer, and a coupler for coupling light from the first core guiding layer to the second core guiding layer, wherein the coupler comprises a curved mirror formed in the second waveguide and positioned to reflect light from the first core guiding layer into the second core guiding layer. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217004 | DEVICE FOR BENDING OPTICAL FIBER AND RECEIVING LIGHT - A device for bending an optical fiber and receiving light is provided with a recessed holding member having a recess, a projecting holding member having a projection projecting toward the recess, light receiving elements for receiving leak light from an optical fiber held between the recess and the projection, and a supplemental support mechanism that is substantially independent of the recess or the projection and supplementarily supports the optical fiber between the recess and the projection such that the leak light from the optical fiber is received by center of the light receiving elements. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217005 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE PROVIDED WITH REINFORCING SUBSTRATE OF OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - A light transmission module includes a reinforcement component for reinforcing a substrate. The reinforcement component is arranged on a surface mounted with the optical element of the substrate. The reinforcement component includes at least two structural portions longer than a maximum length portion of the optical element when seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. The two structural portions are arranged facing each other with a region, where at least the optical element is arranged, in between when seen from the direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217006 | HIGH FIBER COUNT PACKAGE FOAM INSERT - Provided is a fiber packaging module that contains a plurality fiber optic connectors. The module includes an outer shell containing a plurality of fiber optic connectors connected to respective fiber optic cables. The module also includes a body comprised of a low density material disposed within the outer shell, the body having an outer side surface and an inner side surface. Also, a plurality of receiving portions are formed on the body to hold the fiber optic connectors. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217007 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR KIT - The present disclosure relates generally to an optical connector kit including parts constituting an optical connector. Certain embodiments relate to an optical connector kit having an optical fiber with a ferrule, a plurality of connector units, and a storage case including an upper and lower housing. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217008 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY EMPLOYING FIBER MOVEMENT SUPPORT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A fiber optic connector assembly and method employing one or more fiber movement supports. The one or more fiber movement supports are each disposed around one or more optical fibers and are configured to inhibit kinks or sharp bends from occurring in the one or more optical fibers. The fiber movement support is more rigid than an optical fiber. Thus, when a force is exerted on an optical fiber in a direction angled to the axis of the optical fiber, the force is directed to the fiber movement support. The fiber movement support translates the non-axial force in a direction toward the axis of the optical fiber. This causes the optical fiber to be pushed back towards the fiber optic cable instead of the kinking or bending the optical fiber, thus avoiding or reducing high insertion losses resulting from bending of the optical fiber. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217009 | System for Mounting Optical Modules in an Optical Network - A system for connecting optical modules in an optical network may comprise a printed circuit board, two cages, and two connectors. The printed circuit board may house electronic circuitry and a plurality of electronic components. The printed circuit board may have a component side and a solder side. The two cages may be mounted back-to-back on opposite sides of the printed circuit board, each cage having a connector end and an I/O end. The two connectors may be mounted back-to-back on opposite sides of the printed circuit board. Each of the two cages may be configured to guide an optical module into the respective connector. Each of the two cages may be mounted at an angle from the respective surface of the printed circuit board such that the respective I/O ends of the two cages are farther apart than the respective connector ends of the two cages. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217010 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY - A fiber optic cable assembly includes an outer jacket defining a first passage and a second passage disposed adjacent to the first passage. The outer jacket includes a wall disposed between an outer surface of the outer jacket and the first passage. A plurality of optical fibers is disposed in the first passage. A reinforcing member is disposed in the second passage. An access member is disposed in the wall of the outer jacket. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217011 | HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER - Multimode optical fibers with a large core diameter and high numerical aperture are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region having a radius greater than 30 microns and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular portion comprising a depressed relative refractive index. The depressed cladding region is surrounded by a titania doped cladding region. The fiber has a total outer diameter of less than 120 microns, and exhibits an overfilled bandwidth at 850 nm greater than 200 MHz-km. | 2011-09-08 |
20110217012 | Broad-Bandwidth Multimode Optical Fiber Having Reduced Bending Losses - A multimode optical fiber includes a central core, an inner cladding, a buried trench, and an outer cladding (e.g., an outer optical cladding). Typically, the optical fiber's central core is a glass-based central core having an alpha-index profile (i.e., a graded-index profile), an outer radius r | 2011-09-08 |