| 40th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
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| 20110243446 | CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND SALES REGISTERING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes a commodity-information reading unit, a commodity-information output unit, a benefit-information reading unit, and a benefit-information output unit. The commodity-information reading unit reads commodity information from a code symbol attached to a commodity. The commodity-information output unit outputs the commodity information read by the commodity-information reading unit. The benefit-information reading unit detects an image of benefit indication from an image imaged by an imaging unit and reads benefit information corresponding to the benefit indication from the detected image. The benefit-information output unit outputs the benefit information read by the benefit-information reading unit. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNTHESIZING SPEECH - Method and apparatus of synthesizing speech from a plurality of portion of text data, each portion having at least one associated attribute. The invention is achieved by determining ( | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243448 | HANDWRITTEN DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HANDWRITTEN DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND HANDWRITTEN DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A handwritten data management system having an input device, and a handwritten data management apparatus having a screen to draw an image, wherein the input device has a sensor section to detect input device conditions, and sends the condition information to the management apparatus, wherein the management apparatus includes: a graphic data extracting section which extracts basic drawing data from trajectories of the input device on the screen; a break discrimination section which discriminates a break portion of the basic drawing data based on the condition information, and determines its break level by referring to a previously stored table; and a group data management section which groups plural basic drawing data, and registers the group data at a higher hierarchy level, and further sequentially groups the plural group data based on the break level, and registers a higher level group data at a higher hierarchy level. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION WITHIN A MEDIA FILE USING DEVICE IDENTIFICATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for identifying a person or people in a media file by using object recognition and near-field communication to detect nearby devices that may be associated with a person or people featured in the media file. Associating a nearby device with a person or people featured in a media file may add to the confidence level with which a person is identified within a media file using object recognition, which may include facial recognition and/or speaker recognition. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243450 | MATERIAL RECOGNITION FROM AN IMAGE - A method of operating a computer system to perform material recognition based on multiple features extracted from an image is described. A combination of low-level features extracted directly from the image and multiple novel mid-level features extracted from transformed versions of the image are selected and used to assign a material category to a single image. The novel mid-level features include non-reflectance based features such as the micro-texture features micro jet and micro-SIFT and the shape feature curvature, and reflectance-based features including edge slice and edge ribbon. An augmented Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model is provided as an exemplary Bayesian framework for selecting a subset of features useful for material recognition of objects in an image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243451 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a reference background storage unit for storing a reference background image, an estimating unit for detecting an object from an input image and estimating the rough position and shape of the detected object, a background difference image generation unit for generating a background difference image including a difference value between the input image and the reference background image, a calculation unit for calculating a relationship equation of pixel values between pixels corresponding to the background difference image excluding a region of the object estimated by the estimating means and the reference background image, a conversion unit for converting the pixel values of the reference background image based on the relationship equation and generating a pixel value conversion background image, and a background image update unit for performing replacement by the pixel value conversion background image and updating the reference background image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243452 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a storage, a controller, and an output unit. The storage stores images classified into groups, event feature information items indicating features of objects peculiar to each event, and rule information items indicating rules for selecting a representative image representing an event expressed by the images for each group and are different for each event and for each person related to the event. The controller extracts meta information items from the images for each group based on the event feature information items, analyzes superordinate meta information from the extracted meta information items to derive what event is expressed and to whom the event is related in the images, and selects the representative image that represents the derived event from the images based on the rule information item corresponding to the derived event. The output unit outputs a thumbnail image of the selected representative image for each group. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243453 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an analysis section which analyzes, based on image information extracted from image data, a theme per image data group including a plurality of pieces of the image data, and a selection section which selects a combination of predetermined processing which is stored in association with the theme and the image data group based on the theme. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243454 | VEHICLE POSITION RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A vehicle position recognition system calculates an estimated position of a vehicle based on satellite positioning and dead reckoning navigation, and calculates a basic error range in which there is a possibility that the vehicle exists. The system calculates an estimated error amount regarding a directional error factor. The directional error factor is an error factor that tends to cause an error in a specific direction with respect to a vehicle traveling direction. The estimated error amount is an estimated amount of the error that is caused by the directional error factor. The system adjusts the basic error range based on (1) a direction in which the error tends to be caused by the directional error factor and (2) the estimated error amount. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243455 | SCENE MATCHING REFERENCE DATA GENERATION SYSTEM AND POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A scene matching reference data generation system inputs a set of probe data. The set of the probe data includes captured images sequentially obtained by a plurality of probe cars and the vehicle positions of the probe cars. The system temporarily stores the captured images, evaluates accuracy reliability degrees of the image-capturing positions of the captured images, and assigns the accuracy reliability degrees to the captured images. The system selects, as a plurality of processing target captured images, a plurality of the captured images having accuracy reliability degrees equal to or higher than a first predetermined degree, extracts image feature points from the selected processing target captured images, and generates image feature point data based on the extracted image feature points. The system generates reference data for scene matching by associating the generated image feature point data with a reference image-capturing position corresponding to the generated image feature point data. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243456 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGE-PROCESSING COMPONENT DATA - Disclosed is a method of generating image-processing component data which is used when an image of a component to be mounted by a component mounting apparatus is recognized. The method includes extracting first component shape data from CAD data of the component, measuring second component shape data from an image of the component obtained by an imaging device, and generating image-processing component data based on the first and second component shape data. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243457 | SCENE MATCHING REFERENCE DATA GENERATION SYSTEM AND POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A scene matching reference data generation system inputs a set of probe data. The set of the probe data includes captured images sequentially obtained by a plurality of probe cars and the vehicle positions of the probe cars. The system temporarily stores the captured images, evaluates image similarity degrees of the captured images, and assigns the similarity degrees to the captured images. The system selects, as a plurality of processing target captured images, a plurality of the captured images having similarity degrees equal to or higher than a first predetermined degree, determines a representative image-capturing position that is a representative of the image-capturing positions of the plurality of the processing target captured images, generates image feature point data based on the plurality of the processing target captured images, and generates the reference data for scene matching by associating the image feature point data with the representative image-capturing position. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243458 | STILL IMAGE VERIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A still image verifying apparatus includes, a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of summary information generated respectively from a plurality of pieces of still image data, a recording unit that records edited image data obtained by performing an edit process on still image data, and a still image decoding unit that generates decoded still image data by retrieving from the recording unit. The apparatus includes a still image determining unit that determines whether the generated decoded still image data matches the edited image data, a digest generating unit that generates summary information by retrieving from the recording unit, a digest information verifying unit that retrieves summary information corresponding to the edited image data and compares the generated summary information with the retrieved summary information and an edited still image verifying unit that verifies the authenticity of the edited image data. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243459 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IMAGES - Methods and apparatus to detect differences between images are disclosed. An example method to identify image differences disclosed herein comprises electronically determining whether a difference between a first block of pixels of a sample image and a second block of pixels of a reference image is resolvable using a transformation operation, when the difference between the first and second blocks is determined to be unresolvable, but not when the difference between the first and second blocks is determined to be resolvable, including the first block in an unresolved difference region of the sample image, and electronically generating a difference signature representative of the unresolved difference region, the difference signature to identify the unresolved difference region of the sample image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243460 | IMAGE MATCHING DEVICE AND IMAGE MATCHING METHOD - An image matching device includes: a mixed image generation portion generating a mixed image in an operation satisfying linearity, the mixed image being obtained by multiplying each of two or more recorded images and each of phase components of a complex plane different from each other and adding multiplied recorded images; a complex similarity image generation portion generating a complex similarity image through a similarity operation between one or more input image and the mixed image; and a similarity obtain portion obtaining similarity from a projected component of the complex similarity image toward a vector of the phase component. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243461 | Methods, Systems, and Media for Automatically Classifying Face Images - Methods, systems, and media for automatically classifying face images are provided. In some embodiments, features of the face image to be classified for an attribute are selected, wherein each of the features corresponds to a different region of the face image and specifies one or more of a type of pixel data to be evaluated for the region, a normalization to be applied for the region, and an aggregation to be applied for the region. The face image is classified with respect to the attribute based on the features of the image, and the attribute and a confidence value are assigned to the face image based on the classifying. A query is received from a user, and the attribute is identified as corresponding to the query. The face image is determined as corresponding to the attribute, and the face image is identified to the user as corresponding to the query. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243462 | COEFFICIENT LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A coefficient learning apparatus includes a regression coefficient calculation unit for calculating a regression coefficient, a regression prediction value calculation unit for calculating a regression prediction value, a discrimination information assigning unit for assigning discrimination information for discriminating whether a target pixel belongs to a first discrimination class or a second discrimination class, a discrimination coefficient calculation unit for calculating a discrimination coefficient, a discrimination prediction value calculation unit for calculating a discrimination prediction value, and a classification unit for classifying the pixels of the image of the first signal into any one of the first discrimination class and the second discrimination class based on the calculated discrimination prediction value. The regression coefficient calculation unit further calculates the regression coefficient using only the pixels classified into the first discrimination class and calculates the regression coefficient using only the pixels classified into the second discrimination class. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243463 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - Disclosed is an optical apparatus that allows a target pattern to be imaged adequately at low cost and allows the apparatus to be miniaturized. With this optical apparatus ( | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243464 | IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing control device includes an adjacent pixel difference absolute value phase-based total value calculation unit configured to calculate adjacent pixel difference absolute value phase-based total values obtained by summing adjacent pixel difference absolute values, which are absolute values of differences in pixel value between adjacent pixels of an image subjected to predetermined image processing, with respect to all pixels of the image, every phase representing a location between the pixels of an encoding block when the image is encoded, a maximum boundary phase specifying unit configured to specify a maximum boundary phase which is a phase of a maximum value among the adjacent pixel difference absolute value phase-based total values calculated every phase, and a control unit configured to control the image processing so as to reduce encoding block distortion generated between pixels of the specified maximum boundary phase. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243465 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN OVERDRIVE APPLICATION FOR COMPRESSING IMAGE DATA OF SECOND FRAME ACCORDING TO FIRST FRAME PRECEDING SECOND FRAME AND RELATED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes a storage device, an image detection circuit, a compression circuit, a decompression circuit, and an overdrive processing circuit. The image detection circuit generates a compression mode control signal according to a first frame. The compression circuit compresses an image data of a second frame according to the compression mode control signal, thereby generating a compressed image data of the second frame to the storage device. The first frame precedes the second frame. The decompression circuit decompresses the compressed image data of the second frame read from the storage device according to the compression mode control signal, thereby generating a recovered image data of the second frame. The overdrive processing circuit determines overdrive voltages of a third frame according to an image data of the third frame and the recovered image data of the second frame, where the second frame precedes the third frame. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING SCALE RATIO AND NOISE STRENGTH OF ENCODED IMAGE - An apparatus and method of estimating scale ratio and noise strength of an encoded image, the apparatus including: an edge detection unit generating an edge map including edge pixels selected based on sizes and consistency of high frequency components extracted from an input image, from among pixels of the input image obtained by encoding and decoding an original image via the block-based image compression technique; a projection histogram calculation unit calculating a horizontal histogram that indicates the number of edge pixels included in each column of the edge map, and a vertical histogram that indicates the number of edge pixels included in each row of the edge map; a distance histogram calculation unit calculating a distance histogram that is represented as the number of frequencies with respect to each of the horizontal histogram and the vertical histogram according to a size of a column distance that is a distance between two adjacent columns in which the column values are not 0 on a horizontal axis; a scale ratio estimation unit estimating a horizontal scale ratio and a vertical scale ratio of the input image with respect to the original image from the distance histogram calculated from each of the horizontal histogram and the vertical histogram based on the value of the column distance corresponding to the maximum number of frequencies; a block boundary determination unit determining a group including the maximum number of edge pixels from among a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of columns that constitute the edge map based on the horizontal scale ratio, and a group including the maximum number of edge pixels from among a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of rows that constitute the edge map based on the vertical scale ratio as a block boundary of the input image; and a noise strength estimation unit estimating strength of noise included in the input image based on edge information calculated from the group determined as the block boundary. Compressed noise, such as a block effect, included in an image can be efficiently reduced without prior information about the image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243467 | SCAN CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In this invention, scan conversion processing of changing the scan order for each block is used. Parallel scan conversion processing is executed if possible, thereby making the number of scan conversion target blocks per unit time larger than before. To do this, a scan status holding unit holds statistical information based on the appearance frequency values of coefficients in a block. A scan order holding unit holds coefficient position information in which the coefficient positions in a block are arranged based on the scan order. A parallel number determination unit determines the number of blocks processable in parallel based on the statistical information held in the scan status holding unit and supplies the result to a scan conversion unit as a control signal. If the control signal from the parallel number determination unit indicates parallel processing, the scan conversion unit executes scan conversion of two input blocks in parallel. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243468 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS - A refresh area is taken advantage of when a series of images are coded using Intra-frame coding and Inter-frame coding, a partial area of an image being forcefully Intra-frame coded (Intra MBs) in the refresh area. As the prediction mode for prediction of the Intra MBs inside the refresh area, a prediction mode is selected where the prediction is executable based on only the image that exists inside the refresh area. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243469 | SELECTING AND REPRESENTING MULTIPLE COMPRESSION METHODS - A system and method are described for compressing image data using a combination of compression methods. Compression method combinations are provided to compress image data of a particular frame buffer format and antialiasing mode. Each method in the compression method combination is tried in turn to compress the image data in a tile. The best method that succeeded in compressing the image data is encoded in the compression bit state associated with the tile. Together, the compression bits, the compression method combination, and the frame buffer format provide sufficient information to decompress a tile. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243470 | APPARATUS, PROCESS, AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE ENCODING - In an image encoding process for encoding data of an inputted image and outputting encoded image data: an image-size condition including image size and target sharpness is stored in an image-size-condition storage; a reduced image of the inputted image having the above image size included in the image-size condition stored in the image-size-condition storage is produced; and the sharpness of the reduced image is calculated. When the calculated sharpness of the reduced image is higher than the target sharpness, the image size included in the image-size condition stored in the image-size-condition storage is reduced, and a further reduced image of the inputted image having the reduced image size is produced. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243471 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTERPOLATION BASED ON TRANSFORM AND INVERSE TRANSFORM - Provided are a method and apparatus for interpolating an image. The method includes: selecting a first filter, from among a plurality of different filters, for interpolating between pixel values of integer pixel units, according to an interpolation location; and generating at least one pixel value of at least one fractional pixel unit by interpolating between the pixel values of the integer pixel units by using the selected first filter. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243472 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SPATIAL NOISE REDUCING METHOD - The invention discloses an image processing device and method thereof. The image processing device includes an local variance estimator, a noise detector, a spatial de-noise filter. The local variance estimator estimates each pixel of an input image signal to separately output a local variance value of each pixel, and generates a noise threshold according to the local variance values. The noise detector determines which pixel indicates noise or image according to the noise threshold. The spatial de-noise filter filers the pixel indicating noise to generate an output image signal. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243473 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - An image enhancement apparatus is provided. The image enhancement apparatus includes a global tone mapping curve generator, a local tone mapping curve generator, a reference gamma voltage generator and an image generator. The global tone mapping curve generator generates a global tone mapping curve for an input image according to global characteristic(s) of the input image. The local tone mapping curve generator generates a local tone mapping curve for each image partition within the input image according to the global tone mapping curve and further a feature of the image partition. The reference gamma voltage generator generates a plurality of reference gamma voltages for each image partition according to the corresponding local tone mapping curve for the image partition. The image generator generates an output image according to the reference gamma voltages of the image partitions and the input image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243474 | VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To present relevant information about an object of interest to a viewer in an appropriate timing based on the display state of objects that appear in a video image. A video image processing apparatus | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243475 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, IMAGE ANALYSIS PROGRAM AND PIXEL EVALUATION SYSTEM HAVING THE SAMES - In the case where a digital camera is used for evaluating a display quality of an image display panel, moire is generated due to a shift of a pixel pitch between a pixel of a panel and a pixel of a digital camera, and thus, a great influence is given as measurement deviation, when a digital camera having not so high resolution to the panel so as to lower cost of the digital camera. The present invention provides an image analysis method and an image analysis program having a feature of carrying out a panel display quality evaluation at low cost and short time with relieved influence of moire by treating a value, which is obtained by recognizing a coordinate of a panel pixel in a shot image based on an image for detecting a coordinate and positional information thereof with high accuracy and by calculating average luminance by panel pixel unit based on a center position of a coordinate, as representative luminance in each pixel of the panel, in a panel evaluation method of shooting an image display panel with a digital camera. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243476 | Inspection of Hidden Structure - An inspection apparatus determines information indicative of structure that may be hidden behind an obscuring boundary, such as a wall. A processor collects measurements of properties characterizing the hidden structure and measurements of location of the apparatus. The collected data are mapped to produce an image of intensity in the characteristic measurements. Each intensity value in the image reflects a measure of density, of material type, or of some other specific information by which hidden structure can be discerned. The intensity changes indicating the hidden structure are displayed to a user via color-coded pixels or the like. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243477 | METHOD FOR DOCUMENT TO TEMPLATE ALIGNMENT - A method for aligning a document to a template includes identifying image-bounding rectangles of the document and of the template, identifying center points of the image bounding rectangles and of the document and the template, iteratively transforming the template to match the center points and the image bounding rectangles of the document, and aggregating in a matrix the transformations of the template. The method also includes applying to the document the inverse of the transform matrix. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243478 | SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION - A system for digitizing a set of documents, the documents belonging to a domain. The system includes an input module for providing documents in electronic form, a digitization module for digitizing the documents provided by the input module, an image repository and digitization database system, the image repository and digitization database system including an image repository, at least one digitization database and at least one knowledge base, a knowledge crawler/builder module for receiving data from the digitization database and building the knowledge base, and a delivery module for providing digitized data. A process for digitizing a set of documents is also provided. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243479 | SECURITY TRANSPARENT BAG - Security transparent bag ( | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243480 | Reusable Fabric Gift Bag With Reusable Fabric "Tissue" Wrapping - This fabric gift bag with fabric tissue wrapping functions in the same manner as a paper gift bag with paper tissue wrapping. Use of this gift bag requires no tape, fasteners or special wrapping procedures of any sort. Gifts are simply placed into or wrapped with the optional fabric tissue wrapping and then placed inside the fabric gift bag. This fabric gift bag with optional fabric tissue wrapping can be re-used many times and cleaned as necessary (if washable or dry cleanable fabrics are used.) This reusable fabric gift bag with reusable fabric tissue wrapping eliminates waste and remanufacture of paper gift products. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243481 | PACKAGING BAG WITH ZIPPER TAPE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BAG, AND BAND-LIKE MEMBER FOR BENDING - A packaging bag includes a male belt-like base edge and a female belt-like base edge which are abutted on each other. Accordingly, a base material film is bent between the male belt-like base edge and the female belt-like base edge, thereby reliably engaging a male engagement portion with a female engagement portion. According to a manufacturing device of the packaging bag, since a male belt-like member and a female belt-like member are bonded to a sheet of base material tape while the male belt-like base edge and the female belt-like base edge are substantially abutted on each other by first and second grooves, an adhesion operation can be conducted with accuracy. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243482 | Gift Wrap Bag - The present invention provides a gift bag formed with a functional ribbon or drawstring member attached adjacent to the open mouth, with the functional ribbon or drawstring member circumscribing the perimeter of the mouth opening and extending through a channel formed at the opening of the gift bag. When the drawstring member is pulled taut, the gift bag is sealed and the enclosed gift concealed. The gift bag can be purchased in a folded or rolled state in a variety of solid colors, patterns to suit any occasion or holiday, and in a variety of sizes. In addition, the gift bag contains a transparent or clear pocket attached to the exterior surface. The remaining open side of the pocket allows for the insertion of a greeting card or other means of identifying the person to receive the gift. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243483 | OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION IN A SINGLE USE CONTAINER - The invention provides for an extended shelf life package comprising a material for human ingestion that degrades by oxidation, comprising an oxygen scavenger comprising a transition metal oxygen scavenger, a container substantially impervious to oxygen, wherein the container has a filter suspended in the container, the filter holds the material for human ingestion, and the container also holds the oxygen scavenger. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243484 | Sliding Bearing With Improved Wear Resistance and Method of Manufacturing Same - The present invention relates to a sliding bearing with improved wear resistance which is manufactured in a sintered body type, and more particularly, to a bush type of sliding bearing that has excellent friction and wear characteristics with a shaft usually made of an iron-based material even under very poor sliding conditions of high-surface pressure, low speed, and irregularity, such that the lubrication cycle of may be extended, and also has excellent hardness such that load feed capability, plastic deformation suppression, and fatigue strength can be improved. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243485 | DYNAMIC FOIL GAS BEARING - A dynamic foil gas bearing includes a foil group comprising a corrugated-sheet-like bump foil, a flat-sheet-like middle foil, and a flat-sheet-like top foil which are arranged successively toward the center axis of a bearing case. The top foil includes a second linkage surface joined to a second fixed surface fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the bearing case and also joined to a second rotatable shaft holding surface. The second linkage surface is provided by a curved portion of the top foil which is convex toward the center axis of the bearing case. The middle foil includes a first linkage surface joined to a first fixed surface fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the bearing case and also joined to a first rotatable shaft holding surface. The first linkage surface is provided by a bent straight portion of the middle foil. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243486 | SLIDING BEARING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - Disclosed is a sliding bearing for supporting a crankshaft journal portion of an internal combustion engine. One of the semi-cylindrical bearings is provided with a circumferential oil groove on its inner circumferential surface, and has two circumferential ends. The circumferential oil groove has an open groove end at at least one of the two circumferential ends, which one is a first circumferential end being directed to the same direction as a relative rotational direction of a crankshaft. The other semi-cylindrical bearing is provided with at least one circumferential local groove on its inner circumferential surface, and has two circumferential ends. The circumferential local groove has an open groove end at one of the two circumferential ends, which one is a second circumferential end being directed to the opposite direction to the relative rotational direction of the crankshaft. The circumferential oil groove and the local circumferential groove are in fluid communication with each other. At a region of the fluid communication, a groove bottom of the local circumferential groove is deviated toward an axis of the sliding bearing from another groove bottom of the circumferential oil groove. An axial groove is formed along a contact interface between the first and second circumferential ends. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243487 | APPARATUS WITH SECONDARY LOAD PATH FOR VEHICLE WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY AND FEATURE TO INHIBIT CORROSION - The apparatus includes a first component mounted for rotation with the wheel and a second component spaced from the first component by a predetermined gap and not connected for rotation with the wheel. One of the first and the second components is displaced relative to the other upon a force to close the gap and contact the other component to form a load path for the force. The load path is a secondary load path that bypasses the bearing races, preventing excessive plastic deformation of the races. The apparatus is configured with at least one feature to inhibit corrosion of the first and second components at the gap. The feature may be an extension of the second component that localizes the gap to just a portion of the second component. Alternatively, coatings, shims, lubricants, and seals may be used alone or in combination to prevent corrosion at the gap. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243488 | BEARING CONSTITUENT MEMBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ROLLING BEARING HAVING BEARING CONSTITUENT MEMBER - There is provided a bearing constituent member capable of achieving a long life of a rolling bearing and securing sufficient static loading capacity and dimensional stability and a production process thereof as well as a rolling bearing having a long life and exhibiting sufficient static loading capacity and dimensional stability. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243489 | Machine Component and super-finishing method therefor - A surface shape of a machining surface ( | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243490 | WAVEGUIDE COUPLER FOR OPTICAL TRANSVERSE-MODE MULTIPLEXING - An optical coupler for coupling a multimode waveguide and two or more other waveguides. In one embodiment, the optical coupler has an optical phase mask disposed between the multimode waveguide and two or more other waveguides. The optical phase mask imposes on the light passing therethrough a spatial phase pattern that causes selective mode-to-waveguide coupling between the multimode waveguide and the other waveguides. The optical coupler can be used, e.g., in transmitters and receivers of optical transverse-mode-multiplexed signals. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243491 | MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER TYPE OPTICAL MODULATOR - A Mach-Zehnder interferometer type optical modulator includes a first end facet and a reflecting portion opposing the first end facet; a single optical coupler including input and output ports, the optical coupler being disposed between the first end facet and the reflecting portion; first and second optical waveguides that are connected to the input ports of the optical coupler; third and fourth optical waveguides that are connected to the output ports of the optical coupler; and a phase shifting section disposed between the optical coupler and the reflecting portion. The phase shifting section includes a first optical waveguide structure constituting part of the third optical waveguide; a first upper electrode on the first optical waveguide structure; a second optical waveguide structure constituting part of the fourth optical waveguide; and a second upper electrode on the second optical waveguide structure. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243492 | SILICON BASED OPTICAL MODULATORS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A silicon based optical modulator apparatus can include a lateral slab on an optical waveguide, the lateral slab protruding beyond side walls of the optical waveguide so that a portion of the optical waveguide protrudes from the lateral slab towards a substrate. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243493 | Waveguide-type polarizer - The waveguide-type polarizer includes: a Z-cut lithium niobate substrate; an optical waveguide having a ridge structure and formed on the substrate; a low refractive index film formed with a thickness satisfying 0≦n·t/λ≦0.3742 (where n is a refractive index, t (μm) is the thickness of the film, and λ (μm) is the wavelength of a light wave) on the side of the ridge structure; and a high refractive index film formed with a thickness satisfying 0.089≦n·/λ on the low refractive index film. The width of the ridge structure is a ridge width where the distribution of ordinary light of the light waves propagated through the optical waveguide changes and the distribution of extraordinary light of the light waves does not change, the angle of the ridge structure is less than 90°, and the waveguide-type polarizer has a function of transmitting extraordinary light. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243494 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER MODULE - Included are a semiconductor device unit in which a semiconductor optical amplifier and a first semiconductor photo detector being configured to monitor a part of an input light input to the semiconductor optical amplifier or a part of an output light output from the semiconductor optical amplifier are integrated on a mutually same substrate, and a passive waveguide unit connected to the semiconductor device unit and in which a first passive waveguide being configured to cause the input light to be input to the semiconductor optical amplifier or to cause the output light to be output from the semiconductor optical amplifier and a second passive waveguide branching from the first passive waveguide and being configured to cause a part of the input light or a part of the output light to be input to the first semiconductor photo detector are provided on a mutually same substrate. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243495 | METHOD FOR FORMING MIRROR-REFLECTING FILM IN OPTICAL WIRING BOARD, AND OPTICAL WIRING BOARD - An aspect of the present invention is directed to a method for forming a mirror-reflecting film on a waveguide in an optical wiring board, characterized in that a multilayer film, in which a base, a metal layer and an adhesive layer are layered in this order, is used, and the metal layer is transferred and bonded to an inclined face for mirror-reflecting film formation provided on the waveguide, with the adhesive layer of the multilayer film intervening. The present invention provides a method which, when forming a mirror-reflecting film on a waveguide in an optical wiring board, enables inexpensive and easy formation of the mirror-reflecting film, using the smallest quantity of metal possible and employing comparatively simple facilities and techniques. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243496 | NARROW SURFACE CORRUGATED GRATING - Narrow surface corrugated gratings for integrated optical components and their method of manufacture. An embodiment includes a grating having a width narrower than a width of the waveguide on which the grating is formed. In accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention, masked photolithography is employed to form narrowed gratings having a desired grating strength. In an embodiment, an optical cavity of a laser is formed with a reflector grating having a width narrower than a width of the waveguide. In another embodiment an integrated optical communication system includes one or more narrow surface corrugated gratings. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243497 | OPTICAL SWITCH, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SWITCH - An optical switch includes electro-optic crystal, and electrode unit including a plurality of electrodes arranged on the same plane in electro-optic crystal to extend in parallel to one another. A refractive index of a part of electro-optic crystal is changed by an electric field generated at electrode unit, thereby switching transmission and reflection of light incident on electro-optic crystal. Electro-optic crystal has an entrance surface through which light enters and an exit surface from which light exits. Electrode unit is located between the entrance surface and the exit surface. An angle θx formed between a longitudinal direction of electrodes and at least one surface from among the entrance surface and the exit surface is set near an angle that satisfies the expression θx=90°−Sin | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243498 | System and Method for Generating an Optical Vector Vortex Beam - Optical vector vortex beams may be generated from few-mode or multi-mode optical fiber by introducing linearly or circularly polarized light into the fiber. By adjusting at least one of the polarization of the light, the incident angle of the light coupled into the fiber, and the length of the fiber, one or more vector modes supported by the fiber may be selected. The resulting output from the fiber may be a vortex beam that can be collimated and used for precise manipulation of objects on order of a micrometer or a nanometer in diameter. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243499 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING MEMBER - An optical waveguide includes a clad layer, a core layer and a clad layer which are laminated together in this order from a lower side thereof. Within the core layer, a core portion and a side clad portion provided adjacent to the core portion so as to surround side surfaces of the core portion are formed. Further, a part of the side clad portion prevents a left side end of the core portion from being exposed outside. A mirror formation region is constituted from a region consisting of such a part of the side clad portion and a part of each of the clad layers located thereabove and therebelow. This mirror formation region is subjected to digging processing so that a concave portion is formed. An inner surface of this concave portion serves as the mirror. From the mirror, a material other than a material constituting the core portion, that is, a material constituting each of the clad layers and a material constituting the side clad portion are exposed. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243500 | LIGHT GUIDES HAVING ENHANCED LIGHT EXTRACTION - Lightguides, devices incorporating lightguides, processes for making lightguides, and tools used to make lightguides are described. A lightguide includes light extractors arranged in a plurality of regions on a surface of the lightguide. The orientation of light extractors in each region is arranged to enhance uniformity and brightness across a surface of the lightguide and to provide enhanced defect hiding. The efficiency of the light extractors is controlled by the angle of a given light extractor face with respect to a light source illuminating the light guide. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243501 | DEVICE WITH WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE COUPLER FOR COLLECTING LIGHT EMITTED BY A LASER SOURCE - A device for collecting light emitted by a laser source, including an optical wave guide arranged so as to collect a light signal emitted by the laser source, by coupling. The wave guide includes a loop coupled to a laser source in two coupling zones making it possible to recover optical modes circulating along the direction opposite to the required direction for the signal output from the device. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243502 | OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER MODULE AND PRISM USING FOR THE SAME - An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer module comprises: a plurality of prisms, each having an inclined surface that is formed by one of the four orthogonal corners of a transparent rectangular solid glass plate being cut and removed at a 45° angle with respect to the end surface; a frame for housing said plurality of prisms; and a plurality of collimator units that convert light having a different wavelength for each prism to collimated light, and inputs the light to the respective prism. When light a having different wavelength is input to a respective prism, the input light is reflected two times, by the inclined surface and a second end surface, after which the light is output from the respective prism. The light that is output from a previous stage prism of the plurality of prisms advances along the same optical path as the light that is output from a later stage prism, so the light that is output from each respective prism is sequentially multiplexed and wavelength multiplexed light is output from the third end surface of the final stage prism. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243503 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector in accordance with the present invention prevents moisture from entering the optical fiber connector and comprises a core tube, a tightening assembly, a connecting ring, a water-resistant ring, a compressing tube, a water-resistant tube and an end tube. The tightening assembly is mounted tightly on the core tube and comprises a first tightening component and a second tightening component. The connecting ring is mounted on the second tightening component. The annular gasket is mounted on the first tightening component and in the connecting ring. The compressing tube is mounted on the second tightening component. The water-resistant tube is mounted on the compressing tube and the second tightening component. The end tube is mounted on the water-resistant tube. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243504 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF CONNECTING FIBER ARRAY - An optical connector includes a fiber-support block configured to couple cores of a plurality of optical fibers, and a lens-support block including a contact surface provided with a plurality of openings, the contact surface contacted to a contact surface of the fiber-support block, the cores of the optical fibers projecting from the contact surface of the fiber-support block insertable into the respective openings, the lens-support block having pairs of collimate lenses and convex lenses in the respective openings, each of the collimate lenses and a corresponding one of the convex lenses being spaced apart from each other in an optical-axis direction, the collimate lenses being movable in the optical-axis direction and being pressed by elastically deformable members, respectively, in the optical-axis direction and toward the contact surface of the fiber-support block. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243505 | ADAPTER CONFIGURED WITH BOTH OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR PROVIDING BOTH OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES - An adapter is provided that has both an electrical coupling configuration that complies with the RJ-45 wiring standard for electrical communications and an optical coupling configuration for optical communications. The adapter is configured as an interface for at least two modular connector assemblies to enable the modular connector assemblies to communicate with each other either optically or electrically, depending on whether the plugs of the assemblies are configured to have optical or electrical communications capabilities. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243506 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector in accordance with the present invention prevents its components from being assembled incorrectly and comprises a distal housing, a core tube, an extension tube, a spring, a proximal housing and an end tube. The distal housing has a slot. The core tube is mounted longitudinally in the distal housing and has a distal tube and a proximal tube. The extension tube is mounted around and connected to the proximal tube. The spring is mounted around the proximal tube of the core tube and the extension tube. The proximal housing is connected to the distal housing and mounted around the core tube, the extension tube and the spring and has an assembly protrusion that is mounted slidably in the slot to prevent the proximal housing from being connected to the distal housing incorrectly. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243507 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are an optical connector and an optical apparatus having the same. The optical connector comprises a substrate, at least one optical waveguide, an optical coupler, and a ferrule alignment unit. The at least one optical waveguide is formed on the substrate. The optical coupler is formed on the optical waveguide. The ferrule alignment unit allows a ferrule fixing optical fibers combined with the optical coupler to be aligned with the substrate. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243508 | Optoelectrical Connector - An optoelectrical connector is composed of a plug to which a wire and an optical fiber are assembled and a receptacle to which the plug is inserted and connected. A receptacle includes insulation sleeves and conductive contacts in openings of receptacle housings, and plugs include a ferrule assembled bodies which are composed of an insulation ferrule which holds an optical fiber and a conductive cylindrical member which holds the ferrule and to which a wire is assembled, in an opening of the plug housing. When the plugs are inserted into the receptacle, the contacts and the cylindrical member contact with each other and the ferrules are inserted into the sleeves. Parts which serve electrical connection are not exposed. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243509 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSCEIVER MODULE SYSTEM - An opto-electronic module system includes an opto-electronic module having an optics engine module mounted on an opto-electronic module substrate. The optics engine module includes an opto-electronic light source and an opto-electronic light receiver mounted on an optics engine module substrate. The opto-electronic module substrate has an aperture that is aligned with the opto-electronic light source and the opto-electronic light receiver. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243510 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a light guide member, a holding member to hold the light guide member, an optical element to function according to light applied from the light guide member, a holder to hold the optical element, and an adhesive to join the holding member to the holder. The holding member and the holder are engaged with each other so that the optical element is placed on an optical axis of the light guide member. At least one of the holding member and the holder has a joint structure extending along the light guide member. The joint structure forms a gap to allow the adhesive to be easily injected between the holding member and the holder. The holding member and the holder are joined to each other with the adhesive injected into the gap. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243511 | Universal serial bus connector - A USB connector comprises a USB connector body and an optical module including an optical transmitter and an optical receiver engaging with the USB connector body. The USB connector body comprises a metal shell having a first opening adapted for connecting with an external plug; a second opening communicating with the first opening and adapted for accommodating the optical module; and a locking device adapted for locking the optical module within the USB connector body. The present invention can serve as an active optical transceiver, and simplify the structure and reduce manufacturing cost, further reduce the loss of optical signals and, in turn improve the transmission performance. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243512 | Optical Module - An optical module in a simple configuration is provided which can suppress optical crosstalk due to leakage light without causing characteristics deterioration and reliability decrease of light-emitting elements to thereby obtain appropriate light receiving sensitivity. In an optical module in which a plurality of light-emitting elements | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243513 | COMMUNICATION MEDIA CONNECTOR - A communication media having a first media portion defining a first end, a second media portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second communication media fused to the first end of the first media portion at a media joint, the second media portion configured to transmit data received from the first media portion; and a support sleeve disposed about the media joint. The support sleeve defines an end face, the second end of the second communication media terminating at an end surface parallel with the end face, the end face configured to be selectively connected to a media component. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243514 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL OPTICAL FIBER FURCATION TUBE AND CABLE ASSEMBLY USING SAME - A furcation tube for an optical fiber cable comprising a plurality of channels for receiving a plurality of optical fiber strands that allows for the breakout of multiple fiber groups without the need for marking individual fibers. For example, a 24 fiber cable can be broken out into two, 12-fiber groups within the same furcation tube for connectorization. This improves the sortabilility of the optical fiber strands and eliminates the extra bulk of using multiple furcation tubes. The furcation tube includes strength members disposed therein for strain relief. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243515 | Optical fiber cables - Described are new cable designs for indoor installations wherein the cable comprises a dual-layer optical fiber buffer encasement of acrylate resin. The buffer encasement has an acrylate compliant inner layer that protects the fiber and minimizes stress transfer to the fiber; and a hard, tough acrylate outer layer that provides crush resistance. The dual-layer optical fiber buffer encasement is wrapped with reinforcing yarn and encased in an outer protective jacket. A dual jacket embodiment adapted for indoor/outdoor installations is also described. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243516 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - An optical waveguide device includes optical waveguide wiring in which an optical waveguide crosses, and a relay part arranged at a crossing part of the optical waveguide and having a refractive index higher than that of a core of the optical waveguide. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243517 | UNCOUPLED MULTI-CORE FIBER - A multi-core fiber of the present invention employs the multi-core fiber mode, which corresponds to the “uncoupled” operation aspect in which individual cores are used independently for single-mode transmission, to perform space division multiplexing transmission using a multi-core fiber in which multiple single-mode cores are stored in one optical fiber. More specifically, the multi-core fiber of the present invention forms an uncoupled multi-core fiber that makes individual cores correspond to single-mode, independent transmission channels. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243518 | NON-ZERO DISPERSION SHIFTED FIBER WITH LOW ATTENUATION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A non-zero dispersion shifted fiber includes a core region, and a clad region located out of the core region. The core region is classified into a plurality of detailed regions in accordance with refractive index contrasts. Among the detailed regions, a region located at a center of the fiber has GeO | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243519 | OPTICAL FIBERS WITH TRUNCATED CORES - Optical fiber designs are depicted with a core having an alpha profile inner portion and a steep vertical step between the core and a cladding with no shoulder, referred to herein as a truncated core. A further aspect of this invention can include a trench between the truncated core and cladding. In this embodiment, the core performs as not only as the primary light guiding structure, but now also functions essentially the same as that of a trench structure. Thus, what was formally a trench can now be much less negative or even positive. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243520 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An optical waveguide structure including a III-V semiconductor substrate, a III-V semiconductor top layer, and an etch stop layer sandwiched therebetween, the etch stop layer containing aluminium and phosphorous, the top layer including first and second spaced apart recesses extending through the top layer to the etch stop layer and defining an optical waveguide therebetween. Also a method of manufacture of an optical waveguide structure including the steps of: providing a multilayer semiconductor wafer including a III-V semiconductor substrate, a III-V semiconductor top layer and an etch stop layer sandwiched therebetween, the etch stop layer including aluminium and phosphorous; and etching through the top layer to the etch stop layer by use of a dry etch containing chlorine to provide two spaced apart recesses defining the optical waveguide therebetween. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243521 | Universal Optical Fiber Fusion Splice Connector Holder - A universal holder for fusion splice connector bodies fits any of several standard styles of connector body to variety of different fusion splicer machines. The holder is formed of a block of solid material with a longitudinal cutout formed of a series of of generally semiicylindrical recesses and generally cylindrical lands with one or more square cutouts. The recess and lands are coaxially arranged so as to accommodate the various styles of connector bodies. The body also has locating features, including locating cutouts extending up from a bottom side, to accommodate locating structure of an associated fusion splicer machine. These locating cutouts may accommodate pin and slot, offset pin or parallel pin arrangements. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243522 | MEDIA DATA PLAYBACK DEVICE AND REPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A media data playback device is capable of simultaneously parsing and decoding two different sections of streaming media, one of which comprises a replay section. The device shows replay progress of the replay section on a progress bar and allows switching positions during replaying of the replay section. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDITING AN IMAGE STREAM CAPTURED IN VIVO - A system and method may allow editing of an image stream, which may be produced by, for example, an ingestible capsule. A workstation accepts images acquired by the capsule and displays the images on a monitor as a moving image. The editing method may include, for example, selecting images which follow predetermined criteria. A shortened movie may thus be created. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING METADATA FOR SENSORY EFFECT, COMPUTER READABLE RECORD MEDIUM ON WHICH METADATA FOR SENSORY EFFECT IS RECORDED, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTATING SENSORY EFFECT - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for providing metadata for a sensory effect, a computer-readable recording medium on which metadata for a sensory effect are recorded, and a method and apparatus for reproducing a sensory effect. A method for providing metadata for a sensory effect includes generating Sensory Effect Metadata (SEM) including sensory effect information on contents using binary representation syntax; and analyzing the SEM and transmitting the SEM to a sensory reproduction apparatus engine unit that generates control information on a sensory reproduction apparatus. In the method, the sensory effect information includes color correction effect information on the contents. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243525 | Multimedia control center - Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243526 | Video/Audio Player - A video/audio player includes a video/audio data input section that inputs video/audio data, a playback control section that controls playback of the input video/audio data, a chapter point setting section that detects an end point of a given interval of the input video/audio data, and sets a chapter point to the detected end point, and an automatic skip interval setting section that detects the given interval of the input video/audio data as an interval to be automatically skipped. The playback control section automatically skips the given interval set by the automatic skip interval setting section at the time of reproducing the input video/audio data, and upon receiving a skip instruction from a user, skips a reproducing playback position to a chapter point temporally after and closest to the reproducing playback position among the chapter points set by the chapter point setting points. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243527 | VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND RESUME PLAYBACK METHOD - In response to a power-off operation occurring during playback of a BD-J Title by a video playback apparatus, data of a resume Movie Object is created and stored for playing an AV data interval between a current playback position of the AV data and a position that is a predetermined time after the current playback position. If the video playback apparatus is turned on again thereafter, the resume Movie Object is played based on the stored data of the resume Movie Object and then playback and output of the BD-J Title having been ready to be played during playback of the resume Movie Object are started from the end position of the AV data interval. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243528 | AUTHORING METHOD, AUTHORING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided an authoring method including the steps of generating a first materialization file not including material data itself and referencing a recording position of the material data to mount a first real image having a stream data structure of a first file system, the first file system including time-division multiplexed material data, generating a second materialization file not including material data itself and referencing a recording position of the material data to mount a second real image having a stream data structure of a second file system, the second file system being different from the first file system including time-division multiplexed material data, and arranging the first materialization file and the second materialization file under a directory of a first virtual image to generate the first virtual image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243529 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is an electronic apparatus including a storage configured to store video contents shot by a user; a reproducer configured to reproduce the stored video contents; a controller configured to analyze each of the video contents to extract lower meta-information items, to analyze the extracted lower meta-information items to derive an upper meta-information item, and to calculate, based on an upper meta-information item of a first video content being reproduced and upper meta-information items of second video contents other than the first video content among the video contents, a score for each of the second video contents; and an output unit configured to output, according to the calculated score, a recommendation information item for recommending at least one of the second video contents after the reproduction of the first video content is stopped. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243530 | Electronic apparatus, reproduction control system, reproduction control method, and program therefor - Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a storage to store first and second contents, each of which includes scenes, and meta-information items each indicating a feature of each scene of the first and second contents; a reproducer to reproduce the first and second contents; an operation receiver to receive an input of an operation by a user; and a controller to control the storage to store an operation-history information item indicating an operation history of the user for each scene during reproduction of the first content while it is associated with the meta-information item of each scene, to calculate a similarity between scenes of the first and second contents based on the meta-information items, and to control the reproducer to change a reproduction mode for each scene based on the operation-history information item and the similarity during reproduction of the second content. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243531 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - In a recording medium on which is recorded a multiplexed stream ( | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VIDEO STABILIZATION DURING MOVEMENT - Methods for video stabilization during movement include capturing a video stream by an imaging system of a video stabilization system. The video stream includes a plurality of image frames. As the video stream is captured, a motion sensor of the video stabilization system detects a pattern of recurring motion. Motion sensor data is generated for the sequence of image frames that characterizes the pattern of recurring motion. At least one image frame of the sequence of image frames is edited based on a comparison of the motion sensor data for the sequence of image frames to motion sensor data for a region of interest for the imaging system. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243533 | USE OF MULTIPLE EMBEDDED MESSAGES IN PROGRAM SIGNAL STREAMS - Methods of generating video streams including advertisement information sufficient to support advertisement countdown times and other functions such as advertisement auto pause functions are described. In accordance with various embodiments, advertisement duration is determined from one or more messages included in a video stream, e.g., prior to the corresponding advertising segment. A countdown timer is generated from the advertisement information and displayed along with the content of the advertisement segment. Restrictions for different subscribers may be indicated in the advertisement information messages, e.g., with some end users being permitted to fast forward or skip advertisements with other users being required to allow the full normal playback of one or more advertisement segments. The auto pause function, when activated, pauses an ad segment or set of ad segments at a predetermined time before output of the main program resumes thereby making sure none of the main program is missed. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243534 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING PAUSE-TIME CONTENT - Interactive media systems and methods are provided for substituting pause-time content in place of media that has been paused. The user may pause media such as real-time media, video-on-demand media, near video-on-demand, or recorded media. If the user pauses real-time media or near video-on-demand media, the interactive media application may store the media. The interactive media application may also provide the user with the ability to rewind, resume play of, and fast-forward the media. The pause-time content may be audio or video media and may be an advertisement, trivia, program summaries or any other suitable pause-time content. The interactive media application may provide customized pause-time content specific to the user or specific to the media paused by using media data associated with the media. The interactive media application may also prevent the user from accessing features (e.g., fast-forward) of the system. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243535 | Methods and Systems for Resolution-Based Modification of Recording Instructions Associated with a Scheduled Recording - An exemplary method includes maintaining recording instructions received from a user to automatically record a first resolution version of a media content instance scheduled to be transmitted during a first time period by way of a first content channel, determining that a second resolution version of the media content instance is scheduled to be transmitted during a second time period by way of a second content channel, presenting an option to the user to record the second resolution version of the media content instance instead of the first resolution version of the media content instance, and automatically modifying, in response to a selection of the option by the user, the recording instructions to record the second resolution version of the media content instance instead of the first resolution version of the media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243536 | RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR REPORTING THE USAGE OF ADVANCED TELEVISION SERVICES - According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for reporting events from a television that supports transmission and playback of digital content in accordance with an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standard. The method comprises downloading a triggered declarative object (TDO), which includes a reporting script, for storage within a digital receiver of the television. Thereafter, information associated with one or more detected events that occur during playback of the digital content is recorded and subsequently, upon execution of the reporting script, is output over a communication path separate from a communication path of the received digital content. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243537 | Motion control of impedance-type haptic devices - A control method for an haptic device is provided with particular attention to motor control amplifiers exploiting the inate motor dynamics of DC motors. The control method encompasses a digital and analog circuit. In the digital circuit, a command voltage is determined by a digital controller utilizing sensed motion information of the haptic device and a motion command signal. In the analog circuit, an amplifier applies a voltage to an electrical DC motor. The applied voltage incorporates the determined command voltage from the digital controller and a voltage to reduce the electrical dynamics of the electrical DC motor. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243538 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus detects a subject based on an image signal output from an image sensing unit and acquires a size of the detected subject. The image pickup apparatus performs an automatic zooming operation such that a zoom lens is driven so as to increase or decrease the size of the subject so that the size of the subject becomes equal to a reference size of the subject. In a case where the difference between the size of the subject and the reference size has increased beyond a predetermined threshold value and the position of the zoom lens has reached a wide angle end or a telephoto end, the image pickup apparatus resets the reference size to be equal to the current size of the subject. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243539 | AUTOFOCUSING ZOOM LENS - In an autofocusing zoom lens, a depth of focus ε is obtained based on an aperture value Fno of a variable diaphragm and a diameter of a permissible circle of confusion δ. A focal position variation amount Δsk for a predetermined positional displacement amount ΔFp | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243540 | FOCUS ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A focus adjusting apparatus comprises a focus operating unit for generating a focus command signal for driving a focus lens according to an operating amount of the focus operating unit; a focus driving unit for driving the focus lens in response to the focus command signal from the focus operating unit; a focus position detecting unit for detecting a position of the focus lens; a focus detecting unit for detecting whether or not in-focus is achieved or detecting deviation amount from in-focus position; and an operation sensitivity determining unit for determining a focus operating sensitivity of the focus operating unit, wherein the operation sensitivity determining unit determines the focus operating sensitivity and the position of the focus lens, and wherein the focus driving unit drives the focus lens according to the focus operating sensitivity. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243541 | Defocus calibration module for light-sensing system and method thereof - A defocus calibration module is applied in a light-sensing system utilized for sensing a measured object for generating a sensed image. The light-sensing system comprises a light-emitting component, a focusing component, and an image sensor. The light-emitting component emits a detecting light to the measured object so that the measured object generates a reflecting light. The focusing component focuses the reflecting light to the image sensor. The image sensor generates the sensed image according to the reflecting light. The defocus calibration module has a calibrating object for blocking a part of the detecting light and the reflecting light for forming images at a first and a second calibration imaging locations in the sensed image. In this way, the defocus calibration module calculates a defocus parameter representing the defocus level of the light-sensing system according to the first and the second calibration imaging locations, and accordingly calibrates the sensed image. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243542 | Stereo Camera With Preset Modes - There is disclosed a stereographic camera system and method. A stereographic camera may include a left camera and a right camera including respective lenses and an interface for receiving a selection of a selected mode from a plurality of preset operating modes. One or more preset stereo parameters associated with each of the plurality of operating modes may be stored in a preset parameter memory. An interocular distance mechanism may set an interocular distance between the left camera and the right camera based on, at least in part, the one or more preset stereo parameters associated with the selected mode. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243543 | 3D Camera With Foreground Object Distance Sensing - There is disclosed a stereographic camera system and a method of operating a stereographic camera system. The stereoscopic camera system may include a left camera and a right camera having respective left and right lenses and an IOD mechanism to set an interocular distance between the left and right cameras. A foreground distance sensor may provide an output indicative of a distance to a closest foreground object. A controller may causes the IOD mechanism to set the interocular distance based on, in part, the output of the foreground distance sensor. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243544 | CAMERA CARRYING DEVICE WITH LOCKING MECHANISM - A device for rotatably mounting a camera on a person comprises first and second connecting means. The first connecting means has a U-shaped slot which is defined by a pocket and a pair of opposed channels which extend from the pocket. The second connecting means has a plate and a truncated cylindrical body mounted on the plate. The plate is slidably received by the U-shaped slot and is rotatable within the U-shaped slot. The truncated cylindrical body is provided with a flat edge. A threaded member extends from one of said first connecting means or said second connecting means. The threaded member is for engaging a threaded female tripod receiver of the camera. The plate of the second connecting means can only be received or released from the U-shaped slot of first connecting means when the flat edge to the truncated cylindrical body of the second connecting means is aligned with one of said opposed channels of the first connecting means. | 2011-10-06 |
| 20110243545 | Security Camera Assembly - A security camera assembly has a bracket, a housing, and a camera. The bracket includes a top plate having a front end and a back end, a front leg extending from the front end of the top plate in a first direction generally perpendicular to the top plate, and a back leg extending from the back end of the top plate generally in the first direction. A housing is connected to the front leg of the bracket, the housing and the front leg of the bracket defining therebetween a camera receiving space. A camera is disposed in the camera receiving space. A method for mounting the security camera assembly is also disclosed. | 2011-10-06 |
