50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090304314 | Gas Bearing Fabrication Method - A method of fabricating a bearing surface ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304315 | BUSHING KITS, BEARINGS, AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION - At least one embodiment of the invention generally relates to a bushing kit ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304316 | HORIZONTAL SHAFT TYPE ROTARY MACHINE - The invention provides a horizontal shaft type rotary machine capable of simply feeding oil into thrust bearing devices. Leak oil introduction means are provided in the circumferential end parts of thrust bearing devices, for introducing leak oil of lubrication oil from horizontal type slide bearing devices onto slide surfaces of the thrust bearing devices. With this configuration, the thrust baring devices can be lubricated with the use of leak oil of lubrication oil from the horizontal type slide bearing devices, and as a result, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of an oil feed system exclusively used for the thrust bearing devices, thereby it is possible to simplify the pipe line arrangement of the oil feed system and the control of oil feed quantity. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304317 | BEARING CAGE - Bearing cage, in particular for rolling bearings, with a first cage portion and a second cage portion. According to the invention, the first cage portion has at least one first engagement element, and the second cage portion has at least one second engagement element, and these engagement elements can be brought into engagement with one another by means of a relative movement of the first cage portion with respect to the second cage portion in such a way that an at least form-fit connection is established between the first cage portion and the second cage portion. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304318 | Electrolytic Erosion Preventing Insulated Rolling Bearing, Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Bearing Device - In order to ensure high levels of insulation performance, and low cost, and have an excellent external appearance, as a ceramic constituting an insulating coating | 2009-12-10 |
20090304319 | Bearing Device for Wheel - It is an object of the present invention to allow an assembly of retainers and tapered rollers to be easily incorporated into an outer ring having a rib portion on an inner peripheral surface on an outboard side thereof, whereby helping to achieve an improvement in terms of assembly workability. Recesses ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304320 | RADIAL CYLINDER ROLLER BEARING - A radial cylinder roller bearing that has an outer ring and an inner ring, both of which have a cylindrical running surface for cylinder rollers of at least one row of cylinder rollers. Each cylinder roller is braced between a loose marginal ring associated with the inner or outer ring and a complementary edge of the same bearing ring, against the other bearing ring, in such a manner that freedom from play and/or a minimum load is achieved. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304321 | CAGE FOR A ROLLER BEARING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A cage for a roller bearing comprises a base body with a plurality of pockets for the reception of the roller elements of the roller bearing. At least a part of the surface of the base body is coated with a layer consisting of or containing fullerene-like carbon nitride (FL-CNx), wherein an inter-layer of chromium (Cr) or aluminium (Al) or molybdenum (Mo) or titanium (Ti) or tungsten (W) or a diamond-like coating (DLC) or a metal-mix diamond-like coating (Me-DLC) is arranged between the surfaces of the base body and the layer consisting of or containing fullerene-like carbon nitride. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304322 | DISTRIBUTED VIBRATION SENSING SYSTEM USING MULTIMODE FIBER - An optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) system is configured to detect Rayleigh backscatter reflected from a multimode sensing optical fiber. The system includes a single spatial mode filtering system to select a single speckle of the Rayleigh backscatter produced in response to an optical pulse launched into the multimode fiber. The detected single speckle may be used for distributed disturbance (vibration) detection. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304323 | Optical coupling structure and substrate with built-in optical transmission function, and method of manufacturing the same - To provide an optical coupling structure that can transmit signal light efficiently and change the light paths, and thereby increase the coupling efficiency of the optical coupling between an optical semiconductor device and optical waveguides. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304324 | Optical waveguide and optical printed circuit board having the same - An optical waveguide, an optical printed circuit board equipped with the optical waveguide, and methods of manufacturing the optical waveguide and the optical printed circuit board are disclosed. The optical waveguide can include: a first cladding layer; a core formed on the first cladding layer; an alignment pattern, having a predefined positional relationship to the core, formed on the first cladding layer; a target mark formed on the alignment pattern to indicate a position of the alignment pattern; and a second cladding layer formed on the first cladding layer to cover the core, the alignment pattern, and the target mark. In such an optical waveguide, circuit patterns, etc., formed over the second cladding layer may be precisely and efficiently aligned with the core. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304325 | OPTICAL WIRING MODULE - Provided is an optical wiring module. The optical wiring module includes a light source mounted on a surface of a substrate, a metal optical waveguide coupled to a transverse magnetic mode of light emitted from the light source and using a long-range surface palsmon polariton, and a photodetector. The optical wiring module has a simple structure enabling it to be further miniaturized and its yield to be increased. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304326 | ETCHED-FACET SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL COMPONENT WITH INTEGRATED END-COUPLED WAVEGUIDE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF - An optical apparatus comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor optical device integrally formed on the substrate and having an off-normal device end face; and a low-index planar optical waveguide integrally formed on the semiconductor substrate at the device end face. The device and waveguide are non-collinear, and the waveguide is end-coupled at its proximal end to the optical device by refraction at the device end face. The apparatus further includes a reflective coating between the waveguide and substrate, an etched end face curved in the horizontal dimension, or an etched end face with a lower portion that protrudes beneath a proximal portion of the waveguide. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING OPTICAL DEFLECTION SWITCHING USING COUPLED RESONATORS - A method of implementing optical deflection switching includes directing a tuning operation at a specific region of coupled optical resonators coupled to an input port, a first output port and a second output port, the coupled optical resonator including a plurality of cascaded unit cells; wherein the tuning operation interrupts a resonant coupling between one or more of the unit cells of the coupled resonators so as to cause an input optical signal from the input port to be directed from the first output port to the second output port. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304328 | Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches and monitoring - An optical system comprising two or more optical switches co-packaged together comprising discrete sets of input fiber ports (N per set) and an output fiber port (1 per set), and wherein λn from said set of multiple input fiber ports (N) is focused on λn mirror via the use of shared free space optics, wherein at least a first array of MEMS mirrors is utilized to select and switch selected wavelengths from the first set of input fiber ports (N) to an output fiber port of the same set, and wherein at least a second array of MEMS mirrors using and sharing the same free space optics is utilized to select individual wavelengths or spectral components from its input fiber ports to send to its output fiber port for optical power or other monitoring purposes, thus, enabling an N×1, or alternatively a 1×N switch capable of internal feedback monitoring. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304329 | OPTICAL-SWITCH TESTING APPARATUS, OPTICAL-SIGNAL SWITCHING APPARATUS, OPTICAL-SWITCH TESTING METHOD, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR OPTICAL-SIGNAL SWITCHING - A light source supplies optical signal to an optical switch and a detector detects light receiving level. A control unit changes a deflection control amount for changing an angle of a tilt mirror, and outputs the deflection control amount to a driving unit. When an input and an output ports are same, optical offset of the tilt mirror is calculated based on optimal angle at which the light detector detects an optimal point of the light receiving level. Whenever the input and the output port are different, a structure parameter of the tilt mirror is calculated based on the optical offset and the optimal angle. The optical offset and the structure parameter are stored in a memory as a test result. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304330 | Optical Rotary Joint with High Return Loss - An optical rotary joint comprises a first collimator arrangement for coupling-on first light-waveguides and a second collimator arrangement for coupling-on second light-waveguides, with the second collimator arrangement being supported to be rotatable relative to the first collimator arrangement about a rotation axis. A Dove prism is provided between the collimator arrangements as a derotating element. An intermediate layer is provided on at least one boundary face of an optical constituent part to a surrounding medium, which the intermediate layer comprises a nano-structure having a mean refractive index lying between a refractive index of a material of the optical constituent part and a refractive index of the medium of the surroundings. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304331 | OPTICAL DEVICES AND DIGITAL LASER METHOD FOR WRITING WAVEGUIDES, GRATINGS, AND INTEGRATED OPTICAL CIRCUITS - The invention relates to devices having periodic refractive index modulation structures and fabrication methods for the devices using a laser means. By focusing a pulsed laser beam into a transparent material substrate, a path of laser modified volumes can be formed with modified refractive index compared with the unprocessed material. By selecting appropriate laser parameters and relative scan speed, the laser modified path defines an optical waveguide. Separation distance of the individual modified volumes define a periodic modification pattern along the waveguide path, so that the waveguide structures also exhibit grating responses, for example, as spectral filters, Bragg reflectors, grating couplers, grating sensors, or other devices. This method of direct laser fabrication enables one-step fabrication and integration of periodic or aperiodic refractive-index modulation devices together with optical waveguiding properties to enable low-cost, multifunctional I D, 2D or 3D optical circuit fabrication for simple and complex applications. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304332 | Optical Splitter - An optical splitter ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304333 | Method and Apparatus for Accurately Aligning Optical Components - A first part has first, second and third inwardly-facing surface portions angularly spaced about an axis, and a second part has outwardly-facing fourth, fifth and sixth surface portions spaced angularly about the axis, a radial distance from the axis to each surface portion decreasing progressively in a given direction along the axis. Each of the fourth, fifth and sixth surface portions faces, is closely adjacent to, and is substantially congruent in shape with a respective one of the first, second and third surface portions. At least one of the first and second parts is an optical component. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304334 | Female Connector for Self-Locking Connector System - The invention relates to a female connector ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304335 | Hardened Fiber Optic Connector with Connector Body Joined to Cylindrical Cable by Unitary Housing - A hardened fiber optic connector includes a unitary housing that mounts a connector body. The hardened fiber optic connector terminates a fiber optic cable including a strength layer and can be connected to a hardened fiber optic adapter. The unitary housing can transfer loads between the fiber optic cable and the hardened fiber optic adapter. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304336 | AIR-COOLED PLUG PART FOR AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A plug part for an optical waveguide ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304337 | OPTICAL SUB-ASSEMBLY ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING FRAME GROUND FROM SIGNAL GROUND - An optical sub-assembly (OSA) able to rigidly hold the sleeve and to isolate the frame ground from the signal ground is disclosed. The OSA provides the optical device and the sleeve assembly including the stub, the stub holder, the sleeve and the ring member. The stub holder is made of electrically conductive material and is electrically connected with the optical device. The ring member is made of electrically conductive material and is connected to the housing of the equipment in which the OSA is installed. The sleeve, which is made of insulating material, receives the stub holder in a portion thereof, and is press-fitted into the ring member in a second portion thereof. The frame ground of the housing is electrically isolated from the signal ground of the optical device by the insulating sleeve, and the first and second portions of the sleeve are overlapped along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304338 | All-Dielectric Self-Supporting Cable Having High Fiber Count - An all-dielectric self-supporting optical fiber cable utilizes a single layer reverse oscillated lay (ROL) design and includes a fiber count of more than 288 fibers. By arranging buffer tubes in a single layer, the ADSS cable effectively isolates the tensile and thermo strain of the cable in central and outer strength members, thus preventing strain from aerial installation from impairing or otherwise inversely impacting the performance of the optical fibers. Moreover, fibers are loosely housed in bundles to permit fiber movement and further prevent strain on the fibers. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304339 | Optical Fiber Branch Cable, Method of Wiring the Same, and Method of Providing the Same - An optical fiber branch cable is provided that comprises a branch portion disposed stably with respect to a multi-core optical fiber cable of a trunk line from which branching is performed, that is excellent in handleability as a cable, and that exhibits high workability. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304340 | FABRICATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS - A method for fabricating composite materials/devices comprising stacking together fibers or rods of at least two different materials, and drawing the fibers or rods. Using this process, devices having nanoscale features can be readily fabricated. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304341 | SEALING GLAND SYSTEM - A sealing gland system having an upper half, a lower half, and a sealing material positioned between the upper and lower halves. Each of the upper and lower halves and the sealing material has at least one opening extending therethrough, and wherein the sealing material forms a seal around at least one cable extending through the sealing material upon compression thereof. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304342 | TERMINAL BOX FOR FIBEROPTIC CABLES AND PANEL - The invention relates to a terminal box ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304343 | STRAIN RELIEF APPARATUS - The invention relates to a strain relief apparatus ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304344 | EVENT STATE MONITORING FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A USER ACCOUNT - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to monitoring state information for one or more events across one or more platforms associated with a user account, and providing event information appropriate for an electronic device to a the electronic device for display to a user associated with the user account. The user may provide inputs related to one or more of the events via the electronic device, and the inputs may be transmitted to one or more platforms. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304345 | VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE, VIDEO RECORDING METHOD, VIDEO RECORDING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video recording apparatus that prevents screen malfunctions due to playback of incomplete frame image data, even when a power failure has occurred while recording frame image data received via a network to a recording medium, and incomplete frame image data has been recorded. The video recording apparatus includes a reception unit | 2009-12-10 |
20090304346 | MESSAGING WITH USER GENERATED CONTENT RELATED TO VIDEO OBJECT TIMECODE - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to messaging techniques with user generated content related to video object timecode. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304347 | Terminal apparatus and information transmission method - A terminal apparatus includes: an operation unit; a time clocking unit performing time clocking; a communication unit performing communication with an external apparatus; and a control unit, wherein the control unit executes a time synchronization processing for clocked time synchronization with the external apparatus having a time clocking unit, a time information acquisition processing to acquire clocked time information by the time clocking unit with a timing at which an operation is made on the operation unit, and a transmission control processing to control the time information acquired by the time information acquisition processing to be transmitted to the external apparatus through the communication unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304348 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, MARKING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal processing apparatus includes: a recording/reproducing unit performing recording/reproduction with respect to a recording medium; a communication unit performing communication with a terminal apparatus, which transmits time information as mark time information with a timing designated by an operation; and a control unit. The control unit executes a correspondence relationship specification processing to specify the correspondence relationship between the mark time information received by the communication unit and time-series data on the recording medium on the basis of information about a recording start time of time-series data on the recording medium, and a mark position recording control processing to control the recording/reproducing unit on the basis of the correspondence relationship between the mark time information and time-series data specified by the correspondence relationship specification processing such that information about a mark position specified by the received mark time information is recorded onto the recording medium in association with time-series data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304349 | Operation device, video playback device, and operation information output method - An operation device includes a rotational operation element, an angular velocity detection portion detecting an angular velocity of a rotational operation on the rotational operation element, and a playback speed information computation portion calculating, when the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detection portion is in a first velocity range including an angular velocity of 0, playback speed information according to the detected angular velocity through a first functional computation and when the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detection portion is in a second velocity range, which is a range higher than the first velocity range, playback speed information according to the detected angular velocity through a second functional computation, and outputting the calculated playback speed information. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304350 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER CONTENT FILTERING - A system may include a digital video recorder. The digital video recorder may provide a list of recorded television programs, receive selection of a television program in the list of television programs, and receive information identifying a segment to be filtered from the selected television program. The digital video recorder may further create a filtered television program by marking the segment as hidden or deleting the segment, where the segment is not visible when the filtered television program is played, and store the filtered television program. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BEHAVIORS FOR LIVE AND PLAYBACK CONSUMPTION - Systems and methods for modifying the behavior and use of rich media environment (RME) information depending on the state of consumption of related content. Mechanisms are provided by which RME information can be used in different ways depending upon whether the content at issue is being consumed “live” or whether the content at issue is being played back at a later time after the “live” transmission. An RME scene update and/or scene description can include an optional tag or identification, with associated material being valid for use during one of media playback and live consumption. Particular behavior selection can also be inherent in the scene update and/or scene description script, such that the script determines the behavior of the RME based upon the status of the media consumption. Further still, resources referenced by a script can be fetched before content is rendered, where the resources may be present, absent, or modified depending upon whether the content is being consumed live or during a playback session. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304352 | VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT, VIDEO RECORDING METHOD, VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK METHOD - A video recording and playback equipment which plays video data of a program memorized in an MXF file without playback delay is provided. It has a receiver, an analyzer, a playback information table, a program data memory and a decoder. The receiver receives the MXF file which includes the video data and metadata including information about an identification tag to identify the video data and data size of the video data. The analyzer judges whether the data contained in the file is the video data. If it is the video data, the analyzer analyzes a memory location where the video data is memorized in the file and memorize it on the playback information table as playback information, and also memorize the file to the program data memory. Only the video data is played by the decoder from the file based on the playback information. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304353 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION - With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304354 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION - With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304355 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION - With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304356 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, WHEREIN INFORMATION IS STORED ON A DATA RECORDING PORTION AND A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION RECORDING PORTION - With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304357 | Providing Content Interruptions - Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material and the interrupting content in one embodiment of the prevent invention may be advertisements. In this way, the user's receiver may be utilized to determine when it is appropriate to interrupt the interruptible content with the interrupting content. This may provide a convenient mechanism for reduced price or free distribution of a wide variety of media currently provided only in physical form or only for free without any compensation to the content provider. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304358 | Providing Content Interruptions - Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material and the interrupting content in one embodiment of the prevent invention may be advertisements. In this way, the user's receiver may be utilized to determine when it is appropriate to interrupt the interruptible content with the interrupting content. This may provide a convenient mechanism for reduced price or free distribution of a wide variety of media currently provided only in physical form or only for free without any compensation to the content provider. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304359 | Hybrid Playlist - Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for playing media files of a playlist on a mobile device. The media files of the playlist include one or more audio files and one or more video files. Playing a first video file of the playlist on the mobile device includes playing an audio component and a video component of the first video file. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304360 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A control unit of a recording apparatus determines a transfer mode of content data by an external device, re-encodes the content data by a re-encoding unit and records the re-encoded content data in a recording unit if the determined transfer mode is a first transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible, and records the content data in the recording unit, re-encodes the content data read out from the recording unit by the re-encoding unit, and re-records the re-encoded content data in the recording unit if the determined transfer mode is a second transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSFERRING VIDEO INFORMATION - Devices and methods for receiving, processing and formatting digital video. The devices may include a single semiconductor chip on which is imprinted a radio frequency signal tuner module and a display interface module. The display interface module may be configured to receive programming information from the radio frequency signal tuner module. The display interface module may be configured to communicate the programming information to a digital video recorder. The radio frequency tuner module may include a first radio frequency input channel and a second radio frequency input channel. The radio frequency signal tuner module may include a system oscillator and a phase-locked loop (“PLL”) circuit configured to generate a clock signal. The phase-locked loop circuit may be configured to transmit the signal to the display interface module and to any other suitable modules on the chip. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304362 | Content Storage Using Quotas - Content storage using quotas as described. In an implementation, an apparatus comprises memory to store content obtained via a network connection and one or more modules to manage storage of the content using one or more quotas. A first one of the quotas specifies a maximum amount of the memory that is permitted to be used to store the content for a first user and a second one of the quotas specifies a maximum amount of the memory that is permitted to be used to store the content for a second user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENTS AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING DIGITAL CONTENTS ACCORDING TO PLAYBACK POSITIONS - Provided are a method and an apparatus for managing digital contents and a method and an apparatus for executing digital contents according to playback positions. The method for managing digital contents includes inputting digital contents from a digital contents provider, inputting playback positions of the digital contents at which at least one application will perform an operation, and generating a list of playback positions in which the playback positions are recorded, based on attribute information on the application. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304364 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER AND HARD DISC MANAGEMENT METHOD - A digital video recorder and a hard disc management method are disclosed, which can quickly monitor whether or not an error has occurred to data files recorded in a hard disc, without using a S.M.A.R.T technology that takes a long time to boot the system, in a manner that a digital video recorder (DVR) having a plurality of surveillance cameras connected thereto for use records and manages, in respective boxes, data files and index files of images in each hard disc, records and manages index data for the boxes for the respective hard discs by an upper index management file, and records and manages, for each hard disc, a management map file including error information for the boxes recorded and managed in the respective hard discs, whereby the recording and reproducing operations of the digital video recorder can be efficiently improved. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304365 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE WITH A DATA ACCESS DEVICE AND AN OPTICAL DISC IN AN ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented using an optical disc and a data access device such as, e.g., an optical disc player device. The optical disc may include content information, such as, video data, audio data, and advertisement data. The advertisement data may be associated with at least one product and/or service that is not adapted for use by the optical disc player device. The optical disc may include instructional information to adapt the optical disc player device to access user input data identifying user contact information and at least one advertisement selection, and to initiate transmission of an information request associated with at least one product and/or service associated with advertisement selection and/or advertisement data. The information request may include user contact information and may be adapted for use by at least one information delivery system which may initiate subsequent user contact without using the optical disc player device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304366 | RELIABLE VIDEO RECORDING ON OPTICAL DISCS - This invention relates generally to a method of recording video information onto an optical disc of the rewritable type. The invention relates to determining in real time whether errors were encountered during recording a physical sector and generating error sector information comprising a list of sectors wherein errors were encountered during recording. The error sector information is recorded on disc, preferably in VRMI user data to playback compatibility with standard players. During playback, error sector are skipped from reading. Advantageously, a buffer cell is created for information recorded in error sectors so that seamless playback is possible. Advantageously, when formatting the disc, the error sector information is not deleted. Advantageously, the error sector information is used to inform the user about the disc quality. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA PLAYER DEVICE - A media playing system includes a media player device and an information processing device. The media player device is used for generating a convert request signal indicating a request of a format-converting operation between an original data format and a target data format of a video data in the original data format, and transmitting out the convert request signal and the video data in the original data format; and the information processing device is used for receiving the convert request signal and the video data in the original data format from the media player device, invoking a format-converting program according to the convert request signal to perform the format-converting operation to generate video data in the target data format, and transmitting the video data in the target data format to the media player device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304368 | COMMUTATOR MOTOR COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE ANGULAR POSITION AND ROTATIONAL SPEED OF THE ARMATURE THEREOF - An electric commutator motor comprising a housing and a shaft which is solidly connected to a rotor. The housing comprises a stator and supply brushes which can be connected to an electric power source. The rotor is solidly connected to a commutator with bars, and comprises a set of wound turns, the ends of which are connected to two successive bars of the commutator. The housing comprises at least one additional brush which is positioned close to at least one of the supply brushes, known as the monitor brush, at a distance less than the width of a bar. The additional brush and the monitor brush are of the same thickness and are disposed symmetrically in relation to a diametrical plane of the rotor. The additional brush is connected electrically to a means for counting the pulses generated directly on the additional brush when the monitor brush leaves a bar of the commutator. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304369 | DRIVE AND EVALUATION UNIT - The invention relates to a drive and evaluation unit for displacing an object to be displaced, particularly for raising and lowering a side window in a motor vehicle. The drive includes a commutator motor with a stator having two diametrically opposed permanent magnets. The magnets have cross-sectional shapes of a respective peripheral contour segment, having a radial inner peripheral contour segment which encompasses an armature over a respective inner peripheral angle. The armature is provided with ten grooves spaced around its periphery for holding armature windings that are configured as lap windings. The evaluation unit includes a device for determining the rotational position of the armature by evaluating the ripple count of the armature current. According to the invention, the armature windings are configured as short pitch windings, and the inner peripheral angle of the radial inner peripheral contour segment of at least one of the magnets is between 101° and 111°. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304370 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFRARED LAMP OVENS - The present invention relates to a device for controlling at least one heater ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304371 | MIcro-heaters, methods for manufacturing the same, and methods for forming patterns using the micro-heaters - Example embodiments relate to micro-heaters, micro-heater arrays, methods for manufacturing the micro-heater, and methods for forming a pattern using the micro-heater. A micro-heater according to example embodiments may include a metal pattern formed on a substrate. A support may be formed beneath the metal pattern, the support securing the metal pattern to the substrate while spacing the metal pattern apart from the substrate. A spacer may be formed on the substrate and adjacent to the metal pattern, a first distance from the substrate to the top surface of the spacer being greater than a second distance from the substrate to the top surface of the metal pattern. The distance between the micro-heater and a target substrate positioned above the metal pattern may be controlled by the spacer, thus allowing the formation of a relatively fine pattern on the target substrate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304372 | ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT FOR A HEATING DEVICE FOR HEATING A FLOWING GASEOUS MEDIUM - An electrical resistance heating element for a heating device, with at least one flow canal through which the gaseous medium is able to flow from a canal inlet side to a canal outlet side of the resistance heating element, and with at least one heating resistor that extends essentially in the direction of the flow canal, with the medium flowing past the heating resistor and being heated in the process. The heating resistor is rod-shaped and produced from an electrically conductive ceramic material. The electrical resistance heating element is intended for installation in a heating tube into which air, for example, is blown at one end. The heated flow of air exits from the other end of the heating tube. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304373 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a substrate, an image sensor, a shell, and at least two lens modules. The image sensor comprises at least two image sensor portions connecting with each other via a connecting portion. The at least two image sensor portions are mounted on the substrate. The connecting portion is separated from the substrate. The shell is mounted on the substrate and has a chamber for receiving the image sensor. The lens modules are each mounted in the shell corresponding to the image sensor portions. The lens module captures and transmits images to the image sensor portion of the image sensor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304374 | DEVICE FOR TRACKING A MOVING OBJECT - A device for tracking a moving object comprises a receiver, an evaluation unit, a camera and a control unit. The receiver is implemented to receive a signal transmitted by a mobile transmitter which is located at the moving object and follows movements of the object. The evaluation unit determines position data of the moving object from the received signal. The control unit aligns the camera to the moving object based on the determined position data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304375 | Image capturing device and activation method therefor - An image capturing device includes a first controller operable to control image capturing; an operation section including a switch; a detector operable to detect a change to an image capturing mode and to send a signal representing the change; a second controller operable to monitor and process the sent signal, the second controller having a power consumption less than that of the first controller; and a power supply operable to supply power to the first controller, the second controller, and a functional section of the device. When the second controller receives the signal sent from the detecting section in a power saving state in which power is supplied from the power supply to the second controller, the power saving state is changed to a power supplying state capable of image capturing by supplying power from the power supply to portions of the device including the first controller. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304376 | Digital Camera Having Printhead And Magnetic Recorder - A digital camera is provided having a photo width printhead for printing digital images on a printing surface of magnetically sensitive print media, and a magnetic recorder for recording information associated with the digital images on a magnetic recording surface of the print media at the same time as the printhead prints the associated digital image onto the printing surface. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304377 | ROTARY JOINT DEVICE, SUPPORT FRAME AND CAMERA APPARATUS - The invention provides a rotary joint device and a support frame and a camera apparatus therewith. The rotary joint device includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member, and a positioning device. The first rotary member includes a first positioning recess space and a second positioning recess space. The second rotary member is pivotally engaged to the first rotary member and includes a hole. The positioning device includes a body, a resilient, and a positioning part. The body includes an accommodating space. The resilient is accommodated in the accommodating space and is connected to the body and the positioning part respectively. The body is disposed in the hole and is connected to the second rotary member. The positioning part is urged against the first rotary member and is accommodated in the first positioning recess space or the second positioning recess space. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304378 | LIGHT CONTROLLING APPARATUS - For providing a small-size light controlling apparatus in which a desirable opening and closing operation of a diaphragm blade is possible by driving an ion-conducting actuator by a small voltage, a light controlling apparatus is made to include a substrate in which an optical aperture is formed, a light controlling mechanism which is provided with another optical aperture and a shielding section, an actuator which generates a power which rotates the light controlling mechanism, a controlling mechanism which displaces the actuator, and a transmission member of which, one end is coupled with the light controlling mechanism, and the other end is coupled with the actuator via a coupling member, and which transmits the power of the actuator to the light controlling mechanism. The transmission member, at the time of transmitting the power, widens the displacement of the actuator. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304379 | OPTICAL SIGNAL BIT RATE ADJUSTER, AN OPTICAL SIGNAL GENERATOR, AN OPTICAL TEST DEVICE, AN OPTICAL SIGNAL BIT RATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, A PROGRAM, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical signal bit rate adjustment device of the present invention includes a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes light into first demultiplexed light and second demultiplexed light, a first optical path through which the first demultiplexed light passes, a second optical path through which the second demultiplexed light passes, a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the first demultiplexed light having passed the first optical path and the second demultiplexed light having passed the second optical path, multiple first period changing units that are disposed along the first optical path, and change a period for which the first demultiplexed light passes through the first optical path according to first electric pulse signals to be fed, and multiple second period changing units that are disposed along the second optical path, and change a period for which the second demultiplexed light passes through the second optical path according to second electric pulse signals to be fed, where the first electric pulse signals and the second electric pulse signals are displaced in timing. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304380 | Quality of service in an optical network - A method and apparatus for implementing optical network quality using bit error rate and chromatic dispersion. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method includes the provision of quality of service in a wavelength division multiplexing optical network that supports a plurality of bit rates. As part of this method, the cumulative noise and cumulative chromatic dispersion for each available path as a whole is determined, where an available path is a series of two or more nodes each connected by an optical link on which a set of wavelengths is available for establishing a lightpath. In addition, different grades of path quality are distinguished based on bit error rate (BER), where BER is based on cumulative noise and bit rate. Furthermore, a minimum path quality is required based on chromatic dispersion decibel penalty, where chromatic dispersion decibel penalty is based on cumulative chromatic dispersion and bit rate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304381 | System and method for configuration discovery in an optical network - A system and method for discovering configuration errors in an optical network is disclosed. The neighbors of each node are discovered. An information model of the optical network is formed, which may be used to determine configuration errors. In one embodiment, each node exchanges node identification messages with neighboring nodes to discover its neighbors, publishes the node neighbor information to the optical network, and forms its own information model from the node neighbor information published by the nodes. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304382 | CONTROL/MONITOR TERMINAL - Address setting and initial data setting of an oil-resistant, water-resistant control/monitor terminal for performing address setting and initial setting of control/monitor terminals of a transmission control system in an oil-mist or humid environment. Also provided is optical communications or electromagnetic induction through a light transmission window provided in the control/monitor terminal using a data-setting-circuit-equipped console. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304383 | OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME - A system for transmitting data packets over a network. The system includes a plurality of first nodes, wherein each first node has a first transceiver configured to transmit a data packet at at least one of a plurality of first wavelengths and receive a data packet at an assigned first wavelength, wherein each first node is configured to pass incoming data packets not transmitted at the assigned first wavelength, a plurality of second nodes, wherein each second node has a second transceiver configured to transmit a data packet at least one of a plurality of second wavelengths and receive a data packet at an assigned second wavelength, wherein each second node is configured to pass incoming data packets not transmitted at the assigned second wavelength, and at least one optical fiber operably connecting the transceivers. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304384 | INTELLIGENT PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER STICK CAPABLE OF DIAGNOSTIC MONITORING AND OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT - An integrated optical transceiver includes an optical subassembly that produces a first electrical signal in response to a first optical signal comprising reception signal data and to emit a second optical signal comprising transmission signal data in response to a second electrical signal. A data processing unit can extract the reception signal data from the first electrical signal and produce the second electrical signal in response to a third electrical signal comprising the transmission signal data. The data processing unit can perform system-layer functions. A data path interface can send the reception data to a host device and receive the third electrical signal comprising the transmission data from the host device. A management unit can control the data processing unit to perform the system-layer functions. A control path interface communicates with the management unit and the host device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304385 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NEXT GENERATION ACCESS PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - Methods and apparatuses for controlling transmission of converged data packets and for media access through a single next generation access (NGA) passive optical network (PON) which can coexist with EPON and GPON based systems and can interoperate with a 10 GEPON. A converged data packet is transmitted between a first node and a second node of the NGA network under NGA management control. The converged packet has a format which unifies a GEM header with the 10 GEPON preamble header and certain fields replaced in a EPON packet format to accommodate information corresponding to the preamble elements of a GEM packet. The converged data can be encoded in the line code of the 10 GEPON protocol, allowing use of a control protocol based either on MPCP or GTC for the NGA. Node apparatuses include NGA elements which enable preparation, encoding/decoding and transmission of converged packets. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304386 | Compact Virtual Local Area Network Mapper for the Gigabit-Passive Optical Network Optical Network Management and Control Interface - An apparatus comprising a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) mapper associated with a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of ports corresponding to the interfaces, wherein the VLAN mapper is configured to direct a plurality of packets between the interfaces and the corresponding ports based on a VLAN mapping table. Also included is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a packet via an interface, determining whether the packet is tagged, mapping the packet to a port corresponding to the interface using a mapping table if the packet is tagged, and mapping the packet to a designated port using a default marking attribute if the packet is untagged. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304387 | OPTICAL DATA NETWORK FOR BILATERAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF COMMUNICATION NODES - A fiber optic bidirectional communications network includes a plurality of decentralized communication nodes each including a receiver for receiving electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength λ | 2009-12-10 |
20090304388 | Optical Branching Apparatus and Passive Optical Network System - In the case where, in a WDM-PON system, a high-output optical signal or a pseudo signal for illegal access by a hostile user, or an optical signal with a wavelength which is not assigned from an OLT is input to an ONU-side optical fiber, the quality of communications for other users is possibly affected and a receiver on the station side is possibly destroyed. By providing an optical blocking unit at a position near an ONU-side optical splitter of an optical branching unit, in the case where input of an extraordinary optical signal is detected, an optical route into which the extraordinary optical signal is input is blocked, so that the input of the extraordinary optical signal to an OLT and optical lines shared by plural users can be preliminarily blocked. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304389 | Semiconductor apparatuses having optical connections between memory controller and memory module - Semiconductor apparatuses having optical connections between a memory controller and a memory module are provided. A semiconductor apparatus includes a memory controller, at least one socket configured to receive a memory module, and a first optical-electrical module. A second optical-electrical module is mounted in the socket and optically coupled to the first optical-electrical module via at least one optical channel. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304390 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS - Optical waveguides and optical transceivers are formed on one main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A light source is provided on one side surface of the semiconductor substrate, and emits light to the optical waveguides. In each of the optical transceivers, when a voltage is applied to a silicon layer, an optical resonator resonates with any one of the light components traveling through the optical waveguides, and emits the light component to an optical transmission member. In addition, in each of the optical transceivers, when a voltage is applied to the silicon layer, another optical resonators resonate with light traveling through the optical transmission member and emit the resonance light to photodetectors, respectively. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304391 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM HAVING CHROMATIC DISPERSION AND POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION COMPENSATION - Described are an optical communications system and a method that allow for compensation of chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion imparted to a communications signal propagating through an optical link. The system is based on a cost-effective optical transport architecture that accommodates baud rates exceeding 15 Gbaud and eliminates the need for costly optical dispersion compensators. Compensation for polarization mode dispersion is performed at the receiver using nonlinear processing. Advantageously, direct detection modulation using inexpensive electro-optic system components can be used in place of more costly and complex coherent and differential modulation formats. Digital filtering can be performed at the transmitter and the input signal can be inverted based on the nonlinearity of the transmitter electro-optic components. Consequently, the bandwidth and linearity requirements for the transmitter electro-optic components are relaxed, and cost reductions are realized. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304392 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL CIRCULATOR - Provided is a reflective optical circulator capable of improving characteristics by preventing the occurrence of PDL and non-uniformity of insertion losses of reciprocating optical paths. The reflective optical circulator includes: an optical element unit having a first polarization separating element, a 45° non-reciprocal polarization plane rotating element, a phase element for rotating a polarization plane of an incident light by 90°, and a second polarization separating element; a light incidence/emission unit; a lens; and a reflector. All waveguides are disposed at an equivalent distance from a central point, and a shift amount of an extraordinary ray in the second polarization separating element is set to be larger than a shift amount of an extraordinary ray in the first polarization separating element. In addition, the phase element is constructed with two phase optical elements, and only one polarization component is allowed to transmit through the two phase optical elements. In addition, a size of the second polarization separating element is set so that light transmits through only one path of reciprocating optical paths, and the two polarization components are reflected by the reflector with a point symmetry, and a light in the forward direction is set to be incident to the second polarization separating element before being reflected. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304393 | SUPER HIGH SPEED OPTICAL FREQUENCY SWEEPING TECHNOLOGY - It is an object to provide an optical frequency control device or the like which can quickly carry out control over a wide frequency range. The object is achieved by an optical frequency control device or the like comprised of an optical SSB modulator ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304394 | DELAY INTERFEROMETER - In a delay interferometer in which a Michelson delay interferometer unit is mounted in a package, the delay interferometer includes a Michelson delay interferometer unit which outputs first interference output light from a first output port, the first interference output light being obtained by optically processing input light received through an input port by a beam splitter and reflectors, and which outputs second interference output light from a second output port, and the splitting portion and the beam splitter are integrally structured. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304395 | Tunable Electrical Return-to-Zero Modulation Method and Apparatus - A tunable duty cycle electrical return-to-zero (RZ) modulation method is realized through tuning of some electrical parameters of an encoder without the need for expensive and/or bulky optical pulse carver, therefore providing a universal RZ apparatus suitable for various high speed applications such as at 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s. The electrical RZ modulation scheme is readily combined with other known modulation technologies on the transmitter side to support low cost RZ modulation for metro, long haul and submarine systems. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304396 | Optical Receiver and Method of Detecting Loss of Optical Signal of the Optical Receiver - The optical receiver includes: a photoelectric conversion circuit for receiving an optical signal and converting the received optical signal into an electrical signal; a comparator for outputting a first determination signal (S | 2009-12-10 |
20090304397 | LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE AND LIGHT RECEIVING METHOD - The light receiving device includes a pixel array, such as a two-dimensional pixel array, of pixels each having a light-receiving element for receiving input signal light, an output selecting unit for selecting the outputs of pixels within the pixel array, a selected output adding unit for adding and outputting the selected outputs of the pixels, and an amplifying unit for amplifying the output of the selected output adding unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304398 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which can draw out a pre-fixing conveying portion and a fixing device from an apparatus body has an abutment member which can abut a conveying surface of the pre-fixing conveying portion and can be separated therefrom, the abutment member being separated from the conveying surface of the pre-fixing conveying portion when the apparatus body is operated and abutting the conveying surface of the pre-fixing conveying portion in the event that a jam is detected by a sheet detection sensor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304399 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING TIMING TO EXECUTE IMAGE ADJUSTING PROCESSING - An image forming apparatus includes a toner replenishing device that supplies toner, based on a detection result from a sensor that detects a toner density in a developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image based on an image signal with toner, so that the toner density takes a given value, a memory portion that counts a time for toner replenishment actually carried out by the toner replenishing device to accumulate count results as an accumulated actual toner replenishment time, a memory portion that calculates an expected required time for toner replenishment based on the image signal to accumulate calculation results as an accumulated expected toner replenishment time, and a determining portion that determines in given timing whether or not to execute the image quality adjusting processing, based on a difference between the accumulated actual toner replenishment time and the accumulated expected toner replenishment time. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304400 | Apparatus and method for mounting an RF monitoring device onto a fuser roll - A replaceable unit monitor assembly includes a substrate member, multiple thermal insulating stand-off members, and a monitor device mounted on the substrate member. The stand-off members mount the substrate member to an end hub of a fuser roll of a printing machine while limiting conductive heat transfer to the monitor device. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304401 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic device and an image forming apparatus capable of notifying that a voltage drop will occur during operation of the device due to an abnormality of a power source facility before actual operations. A load is configured to operate on electric power supplied from a commercial power source. A detection unit is configured to detect a source voltage input from the commercial power source. A storage unit is configured to store an operation guarantee voltage value that is required for operation of said load. A control unit is configured to control electric power applied to said load. A notification unit configured to perform notification. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304402 | CLEANING METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND BLADE AGE IN A CLEANING SUBSYSTEM - A method for controlling blade interference in a single blade or multi-blade xerographic cleaner based on a look-up table for environmental conditions and blade age. Temperature and humidity sensors and a blade age counter are used to provide information to a controller, which adjusts the blade interference through a stepper motor based on the preloaded table. This allows lower blade load in most conditions over life, compared to the known method of setting the initial load high enough to cover these stress factors at worse case levels. The look-up table is empirically determined for a give blade material and xerographic system, e.g., photoreceptor, toner, etc. It takes into account the variation in blade load itself as a function of the environment and blade age. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CLEANING SECONDARY TRANSFER ROLLER USED THEREIN - To provide an image forming apparatus: in which a toner image is formed on an image carrier using a toner supplied from a developing roller to which a controlled bias voltage is applied; the toner image is primarily transferred onto an intermediate transfer member; the toner image is secondarily transferred onto a recording sheet using a transfer voltage applied to the secondary transfer roller; and the bias voltage is applied to the secondary transfer roller as a cleaning voltage necessary for cleaning the secondary transfer roller; and the toner adhered to a circumferential surface of the secondary transfer roller is reversely transferred onto the intermediate transfer member. According to the image forming apparatus, an electric path is switched such that the controlled bias voltage is applied to the secondary transfer roller; if an absolute value of the bias voltage is less than a threshold value, the absolute value is controlled so as to be no less than the threshold value; and if the absolute value is controlled so as to be no less than the threshold value, the secondary transfer roller is kept separated from the intermediate transfer member for a predetermined period, and if the absolute value is not controlled, the secondary transfer roller is kept in pressure contact with the intermediate transfer member. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304404 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Developing bias is set as follows. An electric field intensity between a developing roller and a photoconductor is set to cause normally-charged toner to fly in an image area and not to cause the toner to fly in a background area. Thus, the normally-charged toner does not fly in the background area. The normally-charged toner caused to fly is therefore unlikely to flick low-charged toner and oppositely-charged toner. The low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner will not adhere to the background area and cause image fogging. Accordingly, an image forming apparatus can be provided to prevent the low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner from adhering to the background area of an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor and to avoid the occurrence of image fogging in the background area on a printed material. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304405 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a temperature sensor including an element in which a resistance value increases as a temperature decreases and configured to detect a temperature of the fixing unit, a connector configured to transmit an output signal of the temperature sensor, a control unit disposed on a side opposed to the temperature sensor with respect to the connector and configured to control the temperature of the fixing unit based on the output signal of the temperature sensor, a resistor disposed on the same side of the temperature sensor with respect to the connector and connected to the temperature sensor in parallel, and a power source disposed on the side opposed to the temperature sensor with respect to the connector and configured to supply currents to the temperature sensor and the resistor via the connector. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304406 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CLEANING BLADE LOAD ON A PHOTORECEPTOR - A method for controlling a xerographic single or multiple blade cleaning subsystem includes sensing the actual cleaning blade load against a photoreceptor with a transducer and adjusting it to a desired value. A feedback loop through a stepper motor will set the desired load by changing blade to photoreceptor interference. This will correct for the effects of piece part tolerances, blade modulus changes with environment and set with age. A single transducer and positioning system can achieve the desired average blade load, or one at each end can also keep the load even from end to end. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304407 | VARIABLE INTERFERENCE CLEANING BLADE METHOD - A control method for monitoring the cleaning performance of a single or multiple blade xerographic cleaning subsystem includes looking at the photoreceptor post-cleaner with a full width array sensor and adjusting the blade load on the photoreceptor to the minimum required to maintain effective cleaning. Blade load is adjusted using a stepper motor. Monitoring of cleaning failures can be done during non-print time, when a toner patch is developed to evaluate cleaning. Re-adjustment is needed periodically since environmental stresses can change, and the blade ages due to set and wear. Two toner patches at the ends of the blade with two stepper motors can be used to assure the same load from end to end. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304408 | MULTI-COLOR PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH TONER PILE HEIGHT PRINTING - Document processing systems and methods are presented in which one or more pages of a print job are segmented into two or more parts, with the first part being transferred and affixed to the printed medium prior to transferring and affixing the second part, in order to facilitate high TMA (pile height) printing while mitigating adverse retransfer, blur, fusing, and hollow character effects. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304409 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus for processing a print job includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a set of printed sheets to be post-processed by a post-processing apparatus, the post-processing apparatus not being connected to the image forming apparatus via a conveying path of the print sheets output from the image forming apparatus, an analyzing unit configured to analyze the print job, and an output control unit configured to output printed sheets on the basis of the print job in which offset stacking is applied to each set of printed sheets to be post-processed as defined by the post-processing apparatus in accordance with a result of analysis performed by the analyzing unit and information regarding the set of printed sheets to be post-processed acquired by the acquiring unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304410 | CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGER UNIT USING THE SAME, IMAGE FORMING ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a pair of bilateral cleaning members arranged with an interval in a length direction of a wire rod, an intermediate cleaning member located on an opposite side of the pair of bilateral cleaning members via the wire rod and arranged at an intermediate position between the bilateral cleaning members in the length direction of the wire rod, a wire rod contact unit that controls at least one of the plurality of cleaning members so that the plurality of cleaning members contacts with or separates away from the wire rod, and a cleaning movement unit which moves the plurality of cleaning members along the length direction of the wire rod in the state where the plurality of cleaning members are in contact with the wire rod by the wire rod contact unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304411 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first drive member located downstream of an image bearing member and upstream of a transfer portion and a second drive member located downstream of the transfer portion with respect to a direction of conveying a recording material on a conveyance belt member and configured to apply a driving force to the conveyance belt member. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304412 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body; process cartridges, each including a photosensitive drum and a developing roller; a body frame including a abutment portions and projecting portions; fixing members configured to rotate to a locked state where the fixing members bring the process cartridges into abutment with the abutment portions and to an unlocked state where the fixing members are spaced apart from the process cartridges; spacing members which move to a spacing position where the developing rollers are spaced apart from the photosensitive rollers and a permissive position where the developing rollers are in contact with the developing rollers; and a translation member reciprocating in a straight line for displacing the fixing members between the locked state and the unlocked state and moving the spacing members between the spacing position and the permissive position. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304413 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE THEREOF - An image forming apparatus, a developing device and a developer cartridge are disclosed. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge housing and a developer delivery unit to deliver a developer received in the cartridge housing. The developer delivery unit includes a delivery member and a contact portion to come into contact with the delivery member. The contact between the contact portion and the delivery member form a length longer than a straight line connecting one end of the contact portion to the other end. | 2009-12-10 |