51st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130336591 | INTRA PREDICTION METHOD OF CHROMINANCE BLOCK USING LUMINANCE SAMPLE, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - Disclosed are an intra prediction method of a chrominance block using a luminance sample and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method comprises the steps of: calculating an intra prediction mode of a chrominance block on the basis of an LM mapping table when the chrominance block uses an LM; and generating a prediction block for the chrominance block on the basis of the calculated intra prediction mode of the chrominance block. When intra prediction mode information of chrominance blocks are decoded, mutually different tables are used depending on whether or not an LM is used, so that encoding and decoding can be performed without an unnecessary waste of bits. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336592 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method includes: performing context arithmetic coding to consecutively code (i) first information indicating whether or not to perform sample adaptive offset (SAO) processing for a first region of an image and (ii) second information indicating whether or not to use, in the SAO processing for the first region, information on SAO processing for a region other than the first region, the context arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a variable probability, the SAO processing being offset processing on a pixel value; and performing bypass arithmetic coding to code other information which is information on the SAO processing for the first region and different from the first information or the second information, after the first information and the second information are coded, the bypass arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a fixed probability. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336593 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS - In an image coding apparatus ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336594 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF A QUANTIZATION MATRIX FOR COMPRESSION OF A DIGITAL OBJECT - Some aspects of the disclosure relate to a compression technique that can permit determining dynamically a satisfactory quantization matrix based at least on properties intrinsic to a digital object being compressed and a predetermined compression quality criterion, wherein the quantization matrix is associated with a specific space-domain-to-frequency-domain transforms. In one aspect, the compression technique can permit creation of a compressed digital object that can satisfy a predetermined a compression quality criterion. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336595 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DATA COMPRESSION WITH ITERATIVE COST FUNCTION - A method, system and computer software product for improving rate-distortion performance while remaining faithful to JPEG/MPEG syntax, involving joint optimization of Huffman tables, quantization step sizes and quantized coefficients of a JPEG/MPEG encoder. This involves finding the optimal coefficient indices in the form of (run, size) pairs. By employing an interative process including this search for optimal coefficient indices, joint improvement of run-length coding, Huffman coding and quantization table selection may be achieved. Additionally, the compression of quantized DC coefficients may also be improved using a trellis-structure. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336596 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - For each pixel in an image (Din), a contrast correlation value (CT) is detected for peripheral areas centered around the pixel to be corrected ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336597 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND DOCUMENT - Image stabilization apparatus includes: layout marker detection unit that detects a layout marker from a photographed image; estimation marker position calculation unit that obtains a position of a PSF estimation marker; estimation marker size calculation unit that obtains a size of the PSF estimation marker; estimation marker reference image generating unit that generates an image of the PSF estimation marker to be a reference; PSF calculation unit that estimates a PSF by using the estimation marker image to be the reference and an estimation marker image corresponding thereto in the photographed image; and image stabilization unit that corrects blurring in the photographed image by using the estimated PSF. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336598 | EFFECT CONTROL DEVICE, EFFECT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an effect control device including an effect control unit that controls an effect added to a target image based on information regarding a direction of a sound. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336599 | Generating A Combined Image From Multiple Images - A determination is made for each of multiple regions in multiple images of how good that region is perceived as being. A base image is identified, and a combined image is generated from the multiple images by automatically replacing each region of the base image with a corresponding region of another image if the corresponding region has been determined as being better than the region of the base image. The generating of the combined image can include automatically selecting from one of the multiple images a region in which an object that is present in one or more corresponding regions of other images is absent. Additionally, for a particular region of the base image, corresponding regions of the other images can be displayed, and the particular region replaced with a user-selected one of the corresponding regions of the other images. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336600 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SWAPPING FACES IN IMAGES - Methods, systems, and media for swapping faces in images are provided. In some embodiments, a detected face and face data corresponding to an input image is received. A pose bin associated with the detected face is then identified based on the face data. Next, the detected face is aligned to a generic face associated with the pose bin. At least a portion of a candidate face associated with the pose bin is selected. The at least a portion of the candidate face is then copied to a copy of the input image that is aligned with the generic image to form a swapped-face image. The swapped-face image is next aligned to the input image to form an output image, and then the output image is outputted to a display. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336601 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus, includes: a processor coupled to a memory, configured to: detect corresponding relationships between lines of two or more pairs in a pair of images each having different local deformation, correct the local deformation of each of the pair of images, based on the corresponding relationships between the lines of the two or more pairs in the pair of images, and concatenate the pair of images in which the local deformation is corrected into a single image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336602 | PULL-OUT GUIDE - A pull-out guide for domestic appliances. The pull-out guide includes a guide rail, at least one additional rail displaceably mounted relative to the guide rail via a rolling body in a rolling-body cage, and at least one stop configured to limit a displacement path of the at least one additional rail. The at least one stop is configured as a first crosspiece and shaped onto one of the guide rail and the at least one additional rail. The at least one stop projects into the displacement path of one of the rolling-body cage and the rolling body. The rolling body is an outer rolling body. The at least one stop projects up to at least half of the radius of the outer rolling body or up to substantially a rotational axis of the outer rolling body, as seen in a direction of displacement. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336603 | SPINDLE UNIT - A spindle unit includes: a main spindle that holds a rotary tool, and that is rotated; bearings by which the main spindle is rotatably supported; and a damper bearing by which the main spindle is rotatably supported, and that has a damping coefficient larger than damping coefficients of the bearings. The damping coefficient of the damper bearing is set to a value within a range from 10,000 to 1,000,000 N·s/m. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336604 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE - An inner peripheral surface and a lower end surface of a bearing sleeve made of a sintered metal are each formed into a smooth cylindrical surface or a flat surface that does not have a dynamic pressure generating portion. Thus, a step of forming the dynamic pressure generating portion can be omitted from a manufacturing step of the bearing sleeve, and cost of dies can be markedly reduced. Further, the inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve is formed into the smooth cylindrical surface, and hence a radial dynamic pressure generating portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft member. However, the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion is accessible to tools, and hence the radial dynamic pressure generating portion can be formed easily with high accuracy. As a result, accuracy of a radial bearing gap is enhanced so that a bearing rigidity is enhanced. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336605 | JOURNAL BEARING PAD FOR TURBINE - A hydrodynamic journal pad bearing is provided having several pads circumferentially distributed around the rotor of a large steam turbine with each pad mounted onto a platform separating the pad from a cylindrical cage in turn connected to the floor of a hall housing the turbine and having an interface between at least one of the several pads and the platform on which the at least one of the several pads is mounted is formed such as to include at least two areas with different curvatures to increase the stiffness of the interface in the event of a relative movement between the pad and the platform. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336606 | BUSHING WHICH CAN BE PRETENSIONED BY MATERIAL DISPLACEMENT AND BEARING EQUIPPED WITH SAID BUSHING - An elastomeric bushing and a bearing which is equipped with the bushing in question. The bushing can, even after installation in the bearing, be pretensioned or calibrated, by displacement of elastomeric material in the interior of the bushing, where the displacement is carried out by different pressing means and tensioning means in the bushing and/or in the surrounding bearing. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336607 | SLIDING BEARING - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sliding bearing which has a simple construction and thus can be produced easily and at a low cost and yet eliminates the need for the use of a heat insulation sleeve and the like and is capable of maintaining a frictional torque to a low extent. A sliding bearing ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336608 | BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A TURBINE ENGINE - Bearing assemblies, such as for use with a turbine engine, are disclosed. An example the bearing assembly may include an outer ring comprising an oil drainage aperture defined therein; an inner ring disposed coaxially within the outer ring, the inner ring including an oil supply aperture defined therein; and a plurality of rolling elements engaged between the outer ring and the inner ring, wherein the plurality of rolling elements are constructed of a ceramic material. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336609 | OVERMOLDED CAGE - A rolling element guide for a bearing assembly comprising of a steel or other metal skeleton overmolded with a plastic material. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336610 | ROLLER BEARING - A tapered roller bearing ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336611 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a first waveguide extended in one direction. A second waveguide is positioned at a side of the first waveguide. The second waveguide includes the first conductive semiconductor layer, the second conductive semiconductor layer, and the undoped semiconductor layer positioned between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the undoped semiconductor layer has a refractive index larger than those of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer. First and second electrodes are connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer of the second waveguide, respectively. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336612 | INTEGRATED FIBER OPTIC MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A WELLSITE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Integrated fiber optic monitoring techniques for a wellsite are provided. A fiber optic cable is provided with a tubular housing having a channel and a plurality of slots, a plurality of optical fibers may be floatingly positionable in the channel for measuring at least one first wellsite parameter and a plurality of optical fibers fixedly may be positionable in each of the slots for measuring at least one second wellsite parameter. The tubular housing is positionable into a wellbore adjacent a tubing therein. Pairs of the fixed and floating optical fibers may be spliced together to perform Stimulated Brillion measurements. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336613 | METHODS AND APPARATUS PROVIDING THERMAL ISOLATION OF PHOTONIC DEVICES - Described embodiments include photonic integrated circuits and systems with photonic devices, including thermal isolation regions for the photonic devices. Methods of fabricating such circuits and systems are also described. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336614 | OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module and a fabrication method thereof, the optical module includes a sub-substrate which includes a support layer, an active layer, a BOX layer interposed between the support layer and the active layer, and a height adjusting layer, an optical fiber, and an optical device which is fixed to a silicon substrate, wherein the sub-substrate includes a fixing groove formed by the active layer and the BOX layer, the optical fiber is fixed to the fixing groove, and the optical fiber is optically coupled to the optical device by positioning the sub-substrate via the height adjusting layer with respect to the silicon substrate. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336615 | OPTICAL SWITCH SYSTEM AND FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD OF SIGNAL LIGHT - An optical switch system and the system includes a semi-transmissive semi-reflective module is configured to intercept, in a transmission manner, test light that is the same as the signal light with respect to the propagation path and output after being modulated by the optical output control module; the imaging module is configured to acquire the test light, generate corresponding initial optical path information and sampled optical path information in sequence, and transfer the initial optical path information and the sampled optical path information to the judging module in sequence; the judging module is configured to record the initial optical path information, and compare the sampled optical path information with the initial optical path information; and the control module is configured to control the optical output control module according to a comparison result. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336616 | Beam Coupler Alignment System and Method - A beam coupler alignment system for a fiber laser system is disclosed. The system includes a focus adjust collimator assembly having an inner and outer housing assembly portion. The inner assembly includes a coupler housing assembly and a modified lens housing received within and adjustable relative to via a mechanism configured and arranged to apply an asymmetric binding force in a predictable and repeatable manner. A lever assembly contacts the lens housing and exerts an off-center (asymmetric) force relative to coupler housing assembly creating a friction bind eliminating X and Y axis movement yet allowing Z axis movement with minimal effort. The assembly may farther include an alignment mechanism configured and arranged to optically align an input collimator unit and an output collimator unit of a complex fiber laser system about a common optical axis using the proposed assembly. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336617 | Optical Communications System, an Optical Communication Module, and a Method - The invention relates to an optical communications system, including an optical module, including a module motherboard provided with a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an optical component on the upper surface of the substrate, the optical component being configured to submit and/or receive optical signals and being connected to electrical conductors extending through the substrate, an optical coupling module having a first light coupling port, a second light coupling port, and at least one light guiding component guiding light signals between the first and second light coupling ports, and a connector receptacle, a longitudinal axis of the connector receptacle being provided parallel or with an acute angle to the plane of the substrate, and a fiber cable connector provided on an end portion of an optical fiber cable and received in the connector receptacle. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336618 | OPTICAL FIBER AND COMPOSITE INORGANIC FERRULE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - A pre-terminated optical fiber assembly with a ferrule having front and rear opposed faces and at least one fiber bore defined longitudinally therethrough includes a glass optical fiber is disposed within the at least one fiber bore with the fiber fused to the ferrule at a location at least 1 mm deep inside the bore. A method for fusing is also disclosed. The ferrule 14 is desirably composed of an inorganic composite material, the composite comprising a material gradient from at least 75% by volume of a first inorganic material to at least 75% by volume of second inorganic material in the radially inward direction, where the first inorganic material has a fracture toughness of at least 1 MPa•m | 2013-12-19 |
20130336619 | OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY FOR PASSIVE ALIGNMENT AND METHOD OF ALIGNING THE SAME - A subassembly for passive optical alignment includes a substrate, an alignment device on the substrate having a plurality of alignment holes, and an optical element aligned on the substrate with the alignment holes. A first lens device including a first lens on the alignment device aligns the first lens with the optical element to collimate light emitted from the optical element. A second lens device including a second lens collects the light from the first lens. A receptacle has a ferrule alignment hole penetrating the receptacle. A side of the receptacle is assembled on the second lens device to align the ferrule alignment hole with the second lens. The receptacle is assembled on the alignment device to align the second lens with the first lens. The ferrule alignment hole extends to a connector insertion hole formed on an opposite side of the receptacle that secures an external optical connector. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336620 | OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE - A method of manufacturing an optical module includes the steps of applying the invisible light onto the resin member and the optical device, observing, with use of a camera, a part of the resin member located at the optical fiber coupling plane and an image formed at the optical fiber coupling plane by the optical device active layer while applying the invisible light onto the resin member and the optical device, aligning positions of the resin member and the circuit board with respect to each other while observing the part of the resin member located at the optical fiber coupling plane and the image formed at the optical fiber coupling plane, and fixing the resin member to the circuit board while maintaining the aligned positions of the resin member and the circuit board. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336621 | FIBER OPTIC SPLICING SYSTEM - An enclosure system for enclosing a fiber optics splicer so that the fiber optic splicer can be used in hazardous area is disclosed. The enclosure system comprises of an enclosure wherein the top side of the enclosure is adapted to become door of the enclosure and a purging unit connected to the enclosure for performing pressure purging within the enclosure system, wherein the purging unit comprises a pressure purge unit, an air-pumping device, and pressure gauges. A fusion splicer and fiber optic cables to be spliced are installed inside the enclosure and the top side of the enclosure is locked and sealed using a sealing unit. The sealing unit is made of soft materials that conforms around the fiber optic cables to be spliced, hence do not damage the fiber optic cables. Using the purging unit of the enclosure system, flammable gas inside the fiber optics enclosure system is displaced with non-flammable air or inert gas. During splicing, the enclosure system also maintains positive pressure inside the enclosure, hence preventing any flammable gas from entering the enclosure. With the enclosure system, splicing of fiber optics can be done safely, even in a hazardous area, using the fusion splicer installed in the enclosure system. A method utilizing the enclosure system for splicing of fiber optics is also disclosed herein. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336622 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE RADIO UNIT FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY - A fiber optic cable has a cable core that includes at least one optical fiber coupled to a fiber optic connector. A cable adapter sleeve is axially mounted on the cable core to surround the cable core, the cable adapter sleeve including a body portion that has a first outer diameter, a collar that has a second outer diameter that is greater than the first outer diameter, and a stop that has a third outer diameter that is greater than the first outer diameter. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336623 | Composite Communications Cables Having a Fiber Optic Component Located Adjacent an Outer Surface of the Central Conductor of a Coaxial Cable Component and Related Methods - Composite communications cable are provided that include a central conductor, a dielectric spacer that substantially surrounds the central conductor, an outer conductor that substantially surrounds the dielectric spacer, a jacket that surrounds the outer conductor and a non-buffered optical fiber positioned between the central conductor and the dielectric spacer. An outer surface of the non-buffered optical fiber is within 50 microns of the outer surface of the central conductor. The positioning of the optical fiber adjacent an outer surface of the central conductor may protect the optical fiber from damage. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336624 | INTERPOSER - An interposer, comprising: (a) a planar substrate having top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface defining at least one ferrule alignment structure, and fiber bores, each bore hole being in a certain position relative to the ferrule alignment structure and adapted to receive a fiber; (b) at least one ferrule having an end face and comprising one or more fibers protruding from the end face, and at least one alignment feature cooperating with the ferrule alignment structure to position the ferrule precisely on the bottom surface such that the fibers are disposed in the fiber bores and protrude past the top surface; and (c) at least one optical component having one or more optical interfaces and being mounted on the top surface such that each of the optical interfaces is aligned with one of the fiber bores and is optically coupled with a fiber protruding from the fiber bores. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336625 | FIBER MOUNT DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE USING SAME, AND OPTICAL MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fiber mount device | 2013-12-19 |
20130336626 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO PLAYBACK OF DIGITAL MEDIA RENDERS, AND RELATED DIGITAL MEDIA CONTROLLER, DIGITAL AUDIO MEDIA RENDER AND DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER - An exemplary method for synchronizing audio playback of a plurality of digital media renders. The digital media renders include a digital audio/video (AV) media render and at least one digital audio media render. The method includes: detecting a relative time position difference between the digital AV media render and the at least one digital audio media render; and controlling audio playback of the digital audio media render to synchronize to audio playback of the digital AV media render according to the relative time position difference. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336627 | SYNCHRONIZING THE STORING OF STREAMING VIDEO - A method, system, and computer-readable medium for synchronizing video are described. The system captures video data with a camera, the video data including a first video data segment and a second video data segment. When a network between the camera and a hub is insufficient to allow downstream real-time streaming of the video data, the system stores the first video data segment on a first storage. When the network is sufficient to allow downstream real-time streaming of the video data, the system transfers the second video data segment from the camera to the hub, reads the first video data segment from the first storage, and transfers the first video data segment to the hub. The system stores the video data segments onto a second storage such that a non-real-time playback from the second storage shows the first video data segment and the second video data segment in sequence. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336628 | AUTOMATIC TRACKING, RECORDING, AND TELEPROMPTING DEVICE - One variation of a method for monitoring an object during a presentation, includes: initiating capture of a video with a camera defining a field of view, the camera arranged on a first side of a mobile computing device supported on a base device; generating a position signal defining a position of the remote device relative to the camera; in response to wirelessly receiving a first input selection from the remote device, indexing through digital slide content rendered on a display arranged on the first side of the mobile computing device; in response wirelessly receiving sensor data from a remote device coupled to the object, generating an event tag including a timestamp; and generating a multimedia stream including the video, the position signal data, digital slide content, the first input selection, and the event tag. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336629 | REACTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward allowing a see-through HMD to intelligently react to sensor and other input to adjust how visual elements showing video are displayed. The HMD can react to different sensor input in different ways, enabling the HMD to provide graduated responses based on the degree and type of sensor input received. These responses may further be based on a determination of the context of the user to help ensure an intelligent, appropriate response. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336630 | BACKDROP APPARATUS - The invention relates to a backdrop apparatus for use during recording or filming of an interview by way of an image capturing arrangement, the backdrop apparatus comprising an at least partly planar surface onto which is disposed an predetermined arrangement of communication zones which display communication data, wherein the arrangement of communication zones comprises at least one dynamic communication zone being operable to display a variable communication, and at least one static communication zone being operable to display a static communication. The invention further relates to a method of recording or filming an interview with the backdrop apparatus disposed behind the interviewer and/or interviewee. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336631 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RELAY DEVICE - A reproduction signal output from a reproduction device is output via a relay device to two or more display devices including an excellent display device that is used by being mounted on the head of a user. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336632 | RECORDING DEVICE/METHOD/MEDIUM AND REPLAYING DEVICE/METHOD - The present invention is to provide a play list in which information with which 3D contents can be displayed in a display correctly is recorded, a recording/reproducing device/method/medium and a reproducing device/method of the play list. For example, the present invention is to provide the recording/reproducing device/method/medium and the reproducing device/method in which a 3D system is recorded/reproduced in the play list. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336633 | STORING A VIDEO SUMMARY AS METADATA - A method for storing a video summary for a digital video sequence captured with a digital video capture device, comprising: capturing a digital video sequence with the digital video capture device, wherein the digital video sequence includes a plurality of video frames; storing the digital video sequence in a processor-accessible memory; identifying one or more key video snippets, each key video snippet corresponding to a set of video frames from the stored digital video sequence; assembling the key video snippets to form a video summary; and storing the video summary in a processor-accessible memory by storing metadata associated with the stored digital video sequence, wherein the metadata provides an indication of the video frames corresponding to the video summary. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336634 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE SURVEILLANCE AND EVENT RECORDING - A data-encoding system includes a source of unencoded data, and a first encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the first encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a first data rate. The data encoding system further includes a second encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the second encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a second data rate in which the second data rate exceeds the first data rate. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 2013-12-19 |
20130336635 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN CONTROLLING PLAYBACK OF CONTENT IN RELATION TO RECORDED CONTENT - Some embodiments provide methods of playing back multimedia content relative to a portable storage medium to detect, at a playback device, an initial access to a portable storage medium; request pre-roll content corresponding to content recorded on the portable storage medium; and disguise the requesting of the pre-roll content and receiving of the pre-roll content such that a user of the playback device does not experience a delay in playback of content while the pre-roll content is being received, wherein the disguising comprises: playing back disguise content, locally accessible by the playback device, while requesting and receiving the pre-roll content at the playback device; and halting playback of the disguise content and initiating playback of the pre-roll content received from the remote source such that the user of the playback device does not perceive a delay associated with obtaining the pre-roll content from the remote source. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336636 | ADVANCED RECORDING OPTIONS FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for advanced recording options in interactive media guidance applications pertaining to whether a program includes commercials, has a particular aspect ratio, is a director's cut, or is unrated. The interactive media guidance application receives a user input to search for and record a program with one or more recording attributes, including an input designating that an attribute be required, preferred, or preferred in multiple copies. In one method, the interactive media guidance application retrieves media guidance information data for the program from memory, determines if the program has the desired recording attribute, and if so, records the program. In another method, the interactive media guidance application records the first available program which has all required recording attributes, and then continues to search for and record more-preferred versions. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336637 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing device including an account registration unit that registers account information of a user and account information of a group that includes a plurality of users, a metadata retaining unit that retains information of a terminal that the user or the group uses and reproduction stop position information of content in association with the account information of the user or the group, and a metadata providing unit that provides the terminal that the user or the group uses with the reproduction stop position information associated with the account information of the user or the group. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336638 | SWITCHING BETWEEN TIME ORDER AND POPULARITY ORDER SENDING OF VIDEO SEGMENTS - In an embodiment, if a number of segments of a video in a buffer after a buffer position is less than a play threshold, then a first plurality of segments is sent into the buffer in time order; and if the number of the segments in the buffer at the buffer position is not less than the play threshold, a second plurality of segments is sent to the buffer in popularity order, wherein the second plurality of segments are stored into the buffer in time order. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336639 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PLAY LINEAR VIDEO IN VARIABLE TIME FRAMES - According to some embodiments, a method and apparatus are provided to receive a video media file, receive a chop file | 2013-12-19 |
20130336640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING COMPUTER GENERATED 3D VISUAL EFFECTS OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and method for distributing computer generated 3D visual effects over a communications network. The method includes receiving a computer generated 3D visual effect in a scene file format; and providing a user interface that permits simultaneous rendering and compositing of the computer generated 3D visual effect on a frame-by-frame basis with a digital video, wherein the user interface is configured to allow adjusting of a control that alters rendering of the computer generated 3D visual effect. The system includes: a database that stores a computer generated 3D visual effect in a scene file format; and a user interface that provides access to the database and is configured to allow the computer generated 3D visual effect to be rendered and composited on a frame-by-frame basis with a digital video, wherein the user interface permits manipulation of a control that alters rendering of the computer generated 3D visual effect. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336641 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a storage device, a first display process module, and a second display process module. The storage device is configured to store a plurality of moving picture data, and still images which are composed of a plurality of still images extracted from the moving picture data with respect to each of the moving picture data. The first display process module is configured to display a list of the plurality of moving picture data. The second display process module is configured to display, in a case where to-be-deleted moving picture data is selected by a user from the list of the moving picture data, a deletion confirmation screen on which still images corresponding to the to-be-deleted moving picture data are arranged and which prompts the user to confirm whether or not to delete the to-be-deleted moving picture data. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336642 | ROOFTOP UNIT - A rooftop air conditioning unit to provide conditioned air to a conditioned space within a building is provided and includes a housing, disposed on a roof of the building roof, defining a pathway from an inlet fed by exterior and/or interior air to an outlet leading to the conditioned space and a hydronic heating system disposed within the housing to heat the air traveling along the pathway. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336643 | LINE CONNECTOR FOR MEDIA LINES - A line connector having a connector piece with at least one junction portion for junction connection to a media line or to an assembly, a transitional portion contiguous to the junction portion, and a flow duct. In at least the region of the transitional portion, an electrical heating element for the media line is provided in an arrangement at least partially surrounding the flow duct. The connector piece, together with the heating element, is surrounded by an outer cladding. At least one of the junction portions is designed as a hollow, cylindrical receptacle for directly plugging in the end of the media line, the media line being capable of being fastened in a materially integral manner. The junction portion including, at least in regions, a material transparent to laser beams in such a way that the media line can be fastened by way of laser welding. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336644 | Camera Positioning Mechanism using an Antagonistic Pair of Compliant Contractile Actuators - In a method of controlling a gaze direction of a camera, the camera is placed on a top surface of a substrate that is pivotally coupled to a frame, wherein a movement arm depends downwardly from the substrate. The movement arm is moved with two spaced apart amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators that are affixed to the frame and coupled to the movement arm by deforming the amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators as a result of applying a voltage thereto, thereby changing an angular orientation of the substrate. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336645 | CAMERA HEAD WITH PAN, ROLL AND TILT MOVEMENT - A remote control and/or gyrostabilized camera head has circular roll track segments on roll arms. A roll frame has first and second motor supports or housings. A roll motor on or in the first motor support moves the roll frame about a roll axis. A tilt motor on or in the second motor support rotates a tilt frame about a tilt axis. The weight of the roll motor support and the roll motor may be substantially the same as the tilt motor support and the tilt motor, so that the roll frame is balanced, allowing for better performance. As the camera head is a pan/roll/tilt head, the head can continue to provide movement in three axes, regardless of the camera position. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING OPTICAL PULSES - Various embodiments for facilitating optical communications utilizing a apparatus are disclosed. One embodiment, among others, is an apparatus that comprises a dispersion element configured to transmit a beam through a plurality of optical paths in a spectral dispersion element to generate a spectrally dispersed beam. The apparatus further comprises a second-harmonic generation (SHG) element integrated into the dispersion element, the SHG element configured to generate second-harmonic light beam from the dispersed beam by splitting the dispersed beam into a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams traverse a common axis. The apparatus further comprises a collimator configured to collimate the second-harmonic light beam over a predetermined path length and a phase decoder configured to receive the collimated beam and measure characteristics associated with the collimated beam. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336647 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MONITOR FUNCTIONS AND MONITORING METHOD THEREFOR - Since it is difficult to fast, simply monitor impairments of received signals with higher receiver sensitivity, a monitoring method for an optical communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes the steps of emitting lightwave signals to be modulated according to a data, forming dips at transitions between temporally consecutive groups of n symbols of the lightwave signals, wherein the dips are formed at each of (n−1) first transitions of the group, no dip is formed at the n-th transition on the lightwave signals, receiving the lightwave signals, extracting frequency components characterized by the numerical value n from received lightwave signals, and monitoring the received lightwave signals by using the frequency components. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BEAM STEERING OF TERAHERTZ ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - A method and apparatus for establishing a terahertz link using a multi-element lens array that comprises a plurality of active beam steering device are disclosed. For example, the method receives detected terahertz signals from one or more detectors, where an active beam steering device is deployed with each of the one or more detectors, and determines, for each of the detected signals, if the detected signal is out of focus from a focus point. The method applies a corrective signal to each active beam steering device that corresponds to a detected terahertz signal that is out of focus from the focus point, wherein the corrective signal causes the detected signal to be redirected, and measures a signal-to-noise ratio of the detected signals. The method then establishes the terahertz link via at least one of the detected terahertz signals with a highest signal-to-noise ratio. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336649 | ADAPTIVE CONSTELLATIONS AND DECISION REGIONS FOR AN OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM - An optical transport system in which (i) an optical transmitter is configured to adaptively change an operative constellation to use a constellation that provides optimal performance characteristics for the present optical-link conditions and/or (ii) an optical receiver is configured to change shapes of the decision regions corresponding to an operative constellation to adapt them to the type of signal distortions experienced by a transmitted optical signal in the optical link between the transmitter and receiver. Under some optical-link conditions, the optical receiver might use a decision-region configuration in which a decision region corresponding to a first constellation point includes an area that is closer in distance to a different second constellation point than to the first constellation point. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336650 | Enhanced Received Signal Power Indicators for Optical Receivers and Transceivers, and Methods of Making and Using the Same - An optical transceiver and/or optical network, and methods of monitoring optical transceivers, may be useful for increasing the dynamic range and/or determining the received signal strength and/or link budget of the optical transceiver and/or a different optical transceiver in the optical network. The circuitry generally comprises a photodiode configured to generate a first current responsive to an optical signal, a current mirror configured to produce a second current equal or proportional to the first current, and a nonlinear element configured to produce a first voltage from the first current. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336651 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An optical transmission apparatus includes a splitter configured to split an input optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal, a signal length determiner configured to determine a signal length of the first optical signal per unit time, an optical power detector configured to detect an optical power of the first optical signal per unit time, a delay unit configured to delay the second optical signal, an optical amplifier configured to amplify the second optical signal delayed by the delay unit, a first excitation light source configured to generate an excitation light to be supplied to the optical amplifier, and a first excitation light power adjustor configured to adjust an optical power of the excitation light to be supplied to the optical amplifier in accordance with the signal length of the first optical signal and the optical power of the first optical signal. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336652 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module for receiving light according to a digital coherent optical transmission scheme includes two optical fibers, and a monitor PD. The optical signal processing circuit includes a substrate, an optical waveguide layer made up of a core and a clad layer stacked on top of the substrate, and fixtures stacked on top of the clad layer on the one end, and is provided with a light shield member which spans the substrate, the clad layer, and the edge face of the fixture on the edge face of the optical signal processing circuit that faces the monitor PD, and which includes an aperture unit aligned with the given site where the diverted signal light is output. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336653 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A PASSIVE ACCESS SUBNETWORK - An access subnetwork node herein comprises one or more add-drop modules, each module including one or more passive optical filters. The one or more add-drop modules are configured to selectively drop a fixed band of wavelength channels from an access subnetwork, via a passive directional coupler, to each of multiple client nodes that actively select to receive client-specific channels within the fixed band. The one or more add-drop modules are also configured to selectively add the fixed band of wavelength channels to the access subnetwork, as received via a passive directional coupler from the multiple client nodes that actively select to transmit client-specific channels within the fixed band. With an access subnetwork node and a client node configured in this way, embodiments herein reduce the complexity and accompanying cost of nodes in an optical network, while also maintaining flexibility for assigning wavelength channels in the network. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336654 | OPTICAL RECEIVER, POLARIZATION DEMULTIPLEXER, AND OPTICAL RECEIVING METHOD - In order to appropriately demultiplex the polarization multiplexed BPSK signal without using a training sequence and decreasing the resistance to a frequency offset, an optical receiver includes a coherent optical detection unit receiving an optical signal in which BPSK modulated carrier waves are polarization-multiplexed, performing coherent detection by mixing the received optical signal with local light, and outputting first electrical signals corresponding to the carrier waves; a butterfly FIR filter receiving the first electrical signals and extracting second electrical signals corresponding to each of the carrier waves from the first electrical signals; and a coefficient control unit for calculating a sum of respective phases of the second electrical signals output from the butterfly FIR filter, adaptively controlling tap coefficients of the butterfly FIR filter so that the calculated phase sum may become equal to 0 or π, and outputting tap coefficients after being controlled to the butterfly FIR filter. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336655 | Method of Operating a Primary Optical Node and a Secondary Optical Node - The invention relates to a method of operating a primary optical node, particularly an optical line terminal (OLT), for an optical communications system, wherein said OLT is configured to receive at least one upstream optical signal (uos) from at least one secondary optical node, particularly an optical networking unit (ONU), within at least a first wavelength range (wr | 2013-12-19 |
20130336656 | Simplified Serial Data Over Optical Fiber for Remote Receiver/Sensor Applications - Embodiments of the concepts, systems, and techniques disclosed herein are directed to an optically powered, direct-sampling, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that provides fully formatted, serialized data for transmission over optical fiber from a remote location. Such a system and method of use thereof requires less electrical power, fewer components, and less complexity than previous systems and methods and achieves an all-optical-fiber implementation that provides complete electrical and electromagnetic interference (EMI) isolation for the remote ADC. These concepts, systems, and techniques simplify the overall remote sensing architecture by locating the ADC near the sensor and transferring pure digitized signals back to the processor. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336657 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING TRANSMISSION INTERFACES OF DEVICES COMMUNICATING VIA A BAND-PASS FILTER - A method configuring an optical transmission interface of at least one first device transmitting optical signals on a path to a second device on a carrier wavelength substantially equal to a nominal wavelength of an optical band-pass filter present on the path, each first device including an optical reception interface to enable receiving optical signals from the second device, the second device including an optical reception interface to enable receiving optical signals output by the first optical band-pass filter and transmitted by any first device on a carrier wavelength substantially equal to the nominal wavelength, the optical transmission interface of each first device being initially configured for transmitting optical signals on a first carrier wavelength. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336658 | SPECTRUM EFFICIENT OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH SUPERCHANNELS - A method, performed by a computer device, may include determining that an available spectrum, associated with an optically switched light path, has been allocated for one or more superchannels and identifying a leftover spectrum, associated with the one or more superchannels allocated for the optically switched light path. The method may further include selecting a use for the leftover spectrum; selecting one or more devices to configure based on the selected use; configuring the selected one or more devices to use the leftover spectrum; and sending data via the leftover spectrum using the configured one or more devices. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336659 | MULTIPLEXED PULSE MODULATION USING SUPERPOSITION - The present invention relates to an optical transmitter for transmitting data. The optical transmitter includes a pulse generator for generating N data streams overlapping in time from a de-multiplexed data source. Each respective data stream has pulses with shapes unique to that respective data stream. The transmitter also includes an optical source optically transmitting an output pulse that is generated by summing the uniquely shaped pulses from each respective data stream that are overlapping in time. Each output pulse represents N bits of the data source, where N>1. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336660 | LOCALISATION OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Localisation of an electronic device is enabled by establishing a localisation environment wherein sources of visible light are configured to modulate onto emitted light a detectable signal, each signal bearing information identifying that light source, such that light incident on a device can be processed to identify particular sources of incident light and therefrom the location of the device. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336661 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FREE-FIELD OPTICAL TRANSMISSION BY MEANS OF LASER SIGNALS - The invention relates to a method and system for free-field optical transmission by means of laser signals, including setting a rate for encoding information that is useful for transmission on the basis of variations in a signal receiving characteristic belonging to a single communication session. The encoding rate is preferably dynamically adjusted during the communication session. An optimized compromise is thereby created between a useful rate that is high and a post-decoding bit error rate that is low. The method and the related system enable atmospheric conditions that can disrupt laser signal transmission to be taken into account in real time when said laser signals pass through part of the earth's atmosphere. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336662 | SPATIAL LIGHT COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The spatial light communication device is constituted with a spatial light transmitter which is installed in a fixed manner in a plurality of places, stores preset ID information of its own and has a light emitting portion for emitting spatial light on which the ID information is superimposed, and a spatial light receiver which is connected to a handheld terminal, has a light receiving portion for receiving spatial light emitted from the light emitting portion of the spatial light transmitter and also has a light receiving circuit for amplifying and outputting a light receiving signal of the light receiving portion. The spatial light receiver is provided with a connector portion which is connected to a microphone input terminal of the handheld terminal as a terminal for outputting a light receiving output signal of the light receiving circuit to the handheld terminal. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336663 | OPTICAL SOURCE DRIVER CIRCUIT HAVING OVERSHOOT CONTROLLER - A driver circuit configured to generate a drive signal for an optical source comprises an overshoot controller that provides an amount of overshoot for a given logic state of the drive signal as a function of a duration of at least one previous logic state of the drive signal. The drive signal may alternate between a first logic state associated with a first operating mode of the optical source and a second logic state associated with a second operating mode of the optical source. The overshoot controller may be configured to provide amounts of overshoot for respective instances of the first logic state that are proportional to the durations of their respective immediately preceding second logic states. The driver circuit may be implemented in a heat-assisted magnetic recording system in which the optical source alternates between on and off states associated with respective magnetic write and magnetic read modes. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336664 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY SUPPORTING DIRECT COUPLING TO AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Methods and systems for a photonically enabled complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip are disclosed. The CMOS chip may comprise a laser, a microlens, a turning mirror, and an optical bench, and may generate an optical signal utilizing the laser, focus the optical signal utilizing the microlens, and reflect the optical signal at an angle defined by the turning mirror. The reflected optical signal may be transmitted into the photonically enabled CMOS chip, which may comprise a non-reciprocal polarization rotator, comprising a latching faraday rotator. The CMOS chip may comprise a reciprocal polarization rotator, which may comprise a half-wave plate comprising birefringent materials operably coupled to the optical bench. The turning mirror may be integrated in the optical bench and may reflect the optical signal to transmit through a lid operably coupled to the optical bench. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336665 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND OPTICAL RECEPTION METHOD - An optical receiver includes: an interference unit generating a first interference light signal (ILS1) and a second interference light signal (ILS2) with an approximately inverse phase to that of the first interference light signal, by causing a received light signal to interfere with local oscillator light; a first interference light subtraction unit generating a first interference light subtraction signal (ILSS1) representing the difference between signals obtained by photoelectric conversion of ILS1 and a local oscillator light proportional signal having light intensity based on the light intensity of the local oscillator light; a second interference light subtraction unit generating a second interference light subtraction signal (ILSS2) representing the difference between a signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of ILS2 and the signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of the local oscillator light proportional signal; and a difference output unit outputting a signal representing the difference between ILSS1 and ILSS2. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336666 | PRINTING - Printing by determining target color values based on first color outputs, determining current color values based on current color outputs, and calculating color compensation values to compensate for a difference between the target color values and the current color values. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store sheets fed to an image forming unit, a sheet guide disposed above the storage unit and to form a sheet conveyance path, on which a sheet is conveyed, a detection unit disposed above the sheet guide and including a light emitting portion to emit light and a light receiving portion to receive light, a light passage portion disposed in the sheet guide, through which light emitted from the light emitting portion in the detection unit passes, a reflection portion disposed below the storage unit and to reflect towards the light receiving portion, light emitted from the light emitting portion and having passed through the light passage portion, and a control unit to determine, based on light received by the light receiving portion, whether there is a sheet in the sheet conveyance path and whether there is a sheet stored. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336668 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second image bearing members configured to bear electrostatic latent images, a rotatable belt configured to receive toner images from the first and second image bearing members, and an executing portion configured to execute an operation in a correction mode for determining timing at which formation of the electrostatic latent image starts on at least one of the first and second image bearing members with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt between test toner images transferred onto the belt from the first and second image bearing members. In addition, first and second detecting members detect positions of the belt with respect to the widthwise direction, and a calculating portion calculates a movement distance of a predetermined point on the belt with respect to the widthwise direction. An adjusting portion adjusts the timing determined by the executing portion on the basis of a result of the calculation in the correction mode and a result of the calculation of the calculating portion when the image is to be formed in accordance with an image formation signal. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336669 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit including a first transfer unit forming a first nip with a first photosensitive drum for black; a second image forming unit including a second transfer unit forming a second nip with a second photosensitive drum for a color; and a control device which, when a first sheet and a second sheet are continuously conveyed in corresponding order by the conveyance belt at the monochrome mode, is configured to supply a first transfer current for a first time period during which the first sheet or the second sheet pass through the second nip and supply a second transfer current, which is smaller than the first transfer current, for a second time period that is a sheet interval between the first sheet and the second sheet. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336670 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: a rotatable image bearing member; a developing unit configured to supply a developer onto the image bearing member; a transfer unit configured to transfer the developer on the image bearing member to a recording medium by a transfer voltage being applied to the transfer unit by a voltage applying unit; and a cleaning unit configured to remove the developer on the image bearing member, wherein when the apparatus stops an image forming operation halfway, the apparatus executes a recovery operation in which the image bearing member is rotated while the voltage applying unit applies a voltage to the transfer unit so that a part of the developer remaining on the image bearing member is once transferred from the image bearing member to the transfer unit, transferred again from the transfer unit to the image bearing member, and then removed by the cleaning unit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336671 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming portion of an image forming apparatus is configured to form a toner image on a recording medium such that a relationship of M≦ρπL/(30√3) is satisfied, where a volume average particle size of toner is L(μm), density of the toners is ρ (g/cm | 2013-12-19 |
20130336672 | CONNECTOR FOR HEATER, FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image fixing apparatus includes a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the first spring contact and the second spring contact are disposed at positions different as seen in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336673 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR A PRINT JOB TYPE DEPENDENT RELEASE AGENT APPLICATION - An approach is provided for applying a release agent to a substrate having at least a first surface and a second surface. The approach involves determining a print job type for applying one or more printed images to the substrate to be one of a simplex print job type that applies the one or more printed images to one of the first surface and the second surface and a duplex print job type that applies the one or more printed images to the first surface and the second surface. The approach also involves processing the determined print job type to cause, at least in part, a determination of a release agent application instruction that corresponds with the determined print job type. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, an amount of the release agent to be applied to the substrate based on the release agent application instruction. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336674 | PROCESS CARTRIDE AND ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive drum includes a cylinder having a photosensitive layer formed thereon, with the cylinder being rotatable about an axis thereof. A drum flange is provided at a longitudinal end of the cylinder, with the drum flange including (i) a gear encircling a peripheral portion of the drum flange, (ii) a hollow portion, provided inside of the drum flange having an opening disposed on a side of the drum flange opposite from the cylinder, and (iii) a rim provided between the gear and the cylinder in a longitudinal direction of the cylinder and projected more radially-outward of the drum flange than a peripheral portion of the cylinder. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336675 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a plurality of cartridges each including a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive member. The apparatus also includes a cartridge supporting member including a plurality of mounting portions in which the plurality of cartridges is detachably mountable, with the cartridge supporting member being movable between an inside position inside of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus and an outside position outside of the main assembly. An associated preventing member is positioned at a first position when an associated cartridge is incorrectly mounted in an associated mounting portion, and the associated preventing member is retracted into a second position in contact with the cartridge supporting member when the associated cartridge is mounted in the associated mounting portion. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336676 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: rotators; a drive motor configured to drive the plurality of rotators and including a hall element configured to output a hall signal according to a change of a magnetic field; a counter configured to count the hall signal; an image forming unit forming a color image on a recording medium; and a controller configured to function as: an acquiring unit controlling the image forming unit to form a test pattern on the recording medium, and acquiring correction information based on the formed test pattern; a phase managing unit managing the phases of the rotators based on a count value of the counter from the formation start timing; and a correcting unit correcting the positional deviation based on the phases which are managed by the phase managing unit, and the correction information acquired by the acquiring unit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336677 | METHOD FOR ERASING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, a method for erasing an image includes erasing an image formed using a toner containing at least a binder resin, an electron donating color developable agent, and an electron accepting color developing agent by heating for 10 seconds or less. A color difference ΔE between a region where the image is erased and a paper is 5 or less. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336678 | LIQUID DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND WET-TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid development apparatus uses a developer to develop electrostatic latent images included in a plurality of image portion regions formed successively on an image carrier with an inter-image region being interposed. The liquid development apparatus includes a developer carrier and a control unit. Only a single developer carrier is provided so as to establish one-to-one relation with a single image carrier, it transports the developer to a development position opposed to the image carrier, and it develops the electrostatic latent image while it abuts to the image carrier. The control unit carries out prescribed control such that an amount of the developer supplied from the developer carrier to the inter-image region on the image carrier is reduced or set to zero. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336679 | DEVELOPER CONTAINING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer containing unit configured to contain a developer, the developer containing unit including: a flexible container configured to contain the developer and provided with an opening portion through which the developer is discharged; a frame configured to accommodate the flexible container; a pressure member provided in the frame and configured to deform the flexible container; and an abutment portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the frame and at which the flexible container and the frame abut against each other. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336680 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER RECEIVING APPARATUS - A developer supply container is detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus and includes a containing portion for containing a developer, a rotatable discharging member for discharging the developer out of the containing portion, and a drive transmission member for engagement with a driving gear provided in the developer receiving apparatus to transmit a driving force to the discharging member. The drive transmission member revolves to a position where the drive transmission member is engageable with the driving gear, and the drive transmission member is loaded to rotate the developer supply container placed at a set position to a developer discharging position. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336681 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising an image carrying member for carrying a toner image; a intermediary member for carrying the toner image transferred from said image carrying member; a first transfer member for transferring the toner image from said intermediary member onto a sheet, said first transfer member having first resistance and being contacted to said intermediary member; a second transfer member for transferring the toner image from said intermediary member onto the sheet, said second transfer member having second resistance higher than the first resistance and being contacted to said intermediary member at a position downstream of said first transfer member; and voltage applying means, connected to both of said first transfer member and said second transfer member, for applying the same voltage to said first transfer member and to said second transfer member to transfer the toner image onto the sheet. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336682 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING BULGE RADIUS OF A PRESSURE MEMBER - An apparatus, system and method are provided for controlling a bulge radius of a pressure member in a belt-roll fuser. The belt-roll fuser has a first pressure member. The belt-roll fuser also has a fuser belt having a portion that faces a surface of the first pressure member at a region defining a fusing nip. The belt-roll fuser further has a second pressure member that faces another portion of the fuser belt at the fusing nip such that the fuser belt is entrained between the first pressure member and the second pressure member. The belt-roll fuser additionally has a deformation member configured to deform the first pressure member. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336683 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STRIP RADIUS IN A FUSER UNIT USEFUL IN PRINTING - An apparatus, system and method are provided for controlling a nip pressure profile at a fusing nip and a strip radius in a fuser. The fuser has a first pressure member configured to be inflatable comprising one or more radial webs configured to extend between an external portion of the first pressure member and an internal member of the first pressure member. The fuser also has a second pressure member that having a surface that faces a surface of the first pressure member at a region defining a fusing nip. The second pressure member is configured to cause a deformation of the first pressure member to cause, at least in part, a selectable strip radius. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336684 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING STRIP RADIUS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - An apparatus, system and method are provided for controlling one or more strip radii in a fuser. The fuser has a first member having a first surface. The fuser also has a belt having a first portion that contacts the first surface of the first member. The fuser further has a second member having a second surface that contacts a second portion of the belt in a region defining a nip. The fuser additionally has a stripping apparatus, positioned downstream of the nip in a process direction, comprising one or more adjustable blades configured to selectively exert one or more variable predetermined pressures on one or more selected sections of the first portion of the belt causing one or more selectable strip radii. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336685 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A STRIP RADIUS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - An apparatus, system and method are provided for causing one or more selectable strip radii associated with stripping a substrate from a belt in a fuser after an image has been fused to the substrate during a printing process. The fuser has a first member having a first surface, and a belt having a first portion that contacts the first of the first member. The fuser has a second member having a second surface that contacts a second portion of the belt in a region defining a fusing nip. The fuser has a stripping apparatus, positioned downstream of the fusing nip in a process direction, comprising one or more transducers that cause one or more respective transducer segments to move at a frequency that deflects one or more sections of the first portion of the belt to cause one or more selectable strip radii on demand. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336686 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A fixing device includes a plurality of separation assemblies disposed opposite a fixing rotary body to separate a recording medium from the fixing rotary body. Each separation assembly includes a separator separatably contacting the fixing rotary body, a contact biasing member anchored to the separator to bias the separator against the fixing rotary body, an arm separatably contacting the separator to isolate the separator from the fixing rotary body, and an actuator connected to the arm to separate the arm from the separator. A controller is operatively connected to the actuator of each separation assembly to control the actuator of at least one of the plurality of separation assemblies to separate the arm from the separator so as to bring the separator into contact with the fixing rotary body by the contact biasing member. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336687 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR REDUCING RELEASE AGENT TRANSFER TO A PRESSURE MEMBER IN A FUSER - An approach is provided for reducing release agent transfer to a pressure member in a fuser. The approach involves causing, at least in part, at least a first sheeted substrate and a second sheeted substrate to be advanced through a fuser in a process direction. The approach also involves determining the presence of the first sheeted substrate at a fusing position. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a fuser member and a pressure member to engage to form a fusing nip at the fusing position based, at least in part, on the determined presence of the first sheeted substrate at the fusing position. The approach additionally involves determining the first sheeted substrate has advanced through the fusing nip. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, the fuser member and the pressure member to disengage. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336688 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing apparatus of the invention includes a pressure roller | 2013-12-19 |
20130336689 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR REUSING A CLEANING WEB TO CLEAN A FUSER UNIT - An approach is provided for reusing a cleaning web to clean portions of a fuser unit. The approach involves causing a cleaning web supply mechanism to feed a cleaning web having a first surface and a second surface to the portions of the fuser unit. The approach also involves causing a cleaning web receiving mechanism to receive the cleaning web following a cleaning process in which the first surface of the cleaning web is used to clean at least one of the portions of the fuser unit. The approach further involves causing the cleaning web receiving mechanism to return the cleaning web to the portions of the fuser unit to clean at least one of the portions of the fuser unit using the second surface of the cleaning web. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336690 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING NIP GEOMETRY IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - An apparatus, system and method are provided for fusing an image to a substrate at a fusing nip defined by a first pressure member and a pressure belt in a belt-roll fuser. The belt-roll fuser has a fuser belt having a portion that faces a surface of the first pressure member at the fusing nip. The pressure belt has a portion that faces another portion of the fuser belt at the fusing nip. The belt-roll fuser also has a group of elements configured to constrain the pressure belt such that another portion of the pressure belt faces a surface of a backing element at the fusing nip. | 2013-12-19 |