02nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100008559 | Dynamic Error Correction in Radiographic Imaging - A method for radiographic imaging is described. Radiographic raw images of an object are generated by an imaging system comprising an X-ray source and an X-ray detector and moving along a given trajectory during an acquisition process of the radiographic images. During the generation of the radiographic raw images displacement data describing the displacement of the moving object are generated by means of a sensor arrangement and a control unit connected with the sensor arrangement. Finally views of the object are produced by image processing of the radiographic raw images in the control unit wherein the displacement data are used for compensating the motion of the object. For the compensation of the motion, the object is treated as stationary and the actual trajectory is replaced by a virtual trajectory resulting in a spatial relation between the stationary object and the imaging system on the virtual trajectory that corresponds to the spatial relation between the displaced object and the imaging system on the actual trajectory. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008560 | Substrate-check Equipment - A substrate-check equipment has a conveyer, at least two lamps, at least two image acquisition units and a control unit. The conveyer conveys a substrate. The lamps are mounted respectively above and below the conveyer to respectively shine light onto the substrate. Each lamp has an adjusting unit for adjusting intensity of the lamp. The image acquisition units correspond to the lamps and are mounted respectively above and below the conveyer to respectively capture images of the substrate and generate image signals. The control unit is electronically connected to the lamp and the image acquisition units. Emitted light intensity of the lamps is adjusted to ensure consistent image quality and speed up procedures for checking the substrate. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING PRODUCTS AND/OR PACKAGES - A system for authenticating products and/or packages, comprising a unit for acquiring primary configurations which represent meaningful images and for generating secondary configurations for the authentication marking of products and/or packages; a unit for applying the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and a unit for recognizing the secondary configurations applied to the product and/or package. All the units are provided with means for mutual connection in an active configuration for transmitting digital data. A method for authenticating products and/or packages comprises the acquisition of primary configurations which represent meaningful images; the generation of secondary configurations for marking; the application of the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and the recognition of the authenticity of the product and/or package. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008562 | LATENT IMAGE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION EVALUATION METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND LATENT IMAGE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION EVALUATION PROGRAM - A latent image intensity distribution calculating unit calculates a latent image intensity distribution in the thickness direction of a resist film based on an exposure condition and a mask pattern. An evaluated position calculating unit calculates an evaluated position in the thickness direction of the resist film based on the latent image intensity distribution calculated by the latent image intensity distribution calculating unit. A pattern evaluating unit evaluates a characteristic of a pattern formed on the resist film based on latent image intensity at the evaluated position calculated by the evaluated position calculating unit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008563 | Section processing method and its apparatus - a section processing method of the invention is the section processing method including a mark portion forming step of forming a mark portion capable of being processed by the removal processing and capable of identifying a mark shape in the section for observation within a range of capable of forming the section for observation at a vicinity of the observation target section, a section forming step of forming the section for observation by subjecting the sample and the mark portion to the removal processing within a range of including the mark portion formed by the mark portion forming step, and an observation image acquiring step of acquiring an observation image of the section for observation in the midst of being formed or after having been formed by the section forming step. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008564 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING PATTERNS OF A SUBSTRATE - A pattern inspection apparatus has a setting unit of a plurality of cell areas A and B of different cell comparison pitches and inspects the plurality of cell areas of the different cell comparison pitches in accordance with settings of the setting unit. As information to read out image data for an inspection image and a reference image from an image memory, in addition to position information of a defective image, identification information showing either a cell comparison or a die comparison and relative position information of the reference image can be set. The apparatus also has a unit for setting a plurality of inspection threshold values every inspection area and inspects a plurality of inspection areas by the plurality of inspection threshold values. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008565 | Method of object location in airborne imagery using recursive quad space image processing - A method and computer workstation are disclosed which determine the location in the ground space of selected point in a digital image of the earth obtained by an airborne camera. The image is rectangular and has four corners and corresponds to an image space. The image is associated with data indicating the geo-location coordinates for the points in the ground space corresponding to the four corners of the image, e.g., an image formatted in accordance with the NITF standard. The method includes the steps of: (a) performing independently and in parallel a recursive partitioning of the image space and the ground space into successively smaller quadrants until a pixel coordinate in the image assigned to the selected point is within a predetermined limit (Δ) of the center of a final recursively partitioned quadrant in the image space. The method further includes a step of (b) calculating a geo-location of the point in the ground space corresponding to the selected point in the image space from the final recursively partitioned quadrant in the ground space corresponding to the final recursively partitioned quadrant in the image space. The methods are particularly useful for geo-location from oblique reconnaissance imagery. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008566 | 3D model reconstruction acquisition based on images of incremental or decremental liquid level - A 3D model reconstruction acquisition includes the steps of preparing a transparent container and at least one image capture device, wherein an object is placed in the transparent container and a liquid is received in the transparent container; keeping the liquid level rising or lowering to allow the liquid level to pass through a surface of the object and then keeping capturing a series of the images; computing a liquid-level equation for each of the images by using curves of the images between the object and the incremental or decremental liquid level confined by the transparent container; computing 3D coordinates of the curves in accordance with the liquid-level equation of each image; and collecting 3D coordinates of all of the curves to create a 3D model of the object. In addition, the acquisition can be done in the environment having water and thus be applied to various environments. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008567 | PUPIL COLOR CORRECTION DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An iris color correction apparatus has a skin color identification section which identifies the skin color of a photographed person in an inputted image, a skin correction color calculation section which obtains a skin correction color that is an iris color of said person that should be shown in said image based on the skin color identified by said skin color identification section, a brightness estimation section which estimates a brightness before a color tone abnormality occurs in pixels of an iris portion of said photographed person from a value of said pixels, and a correction section which corrects the iris color of said photographed person based on said estimated brightness and a correction reference color based on said skin correction color. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008568 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for associating with a digital image a class of a plurality of predefined classes having respective models, the method including the phases of dividing the digital image pixel by pixel into one or more regions belonging to a set of predefined regions that differ from each other on account of their type of content, the division being effected by establishing whether or not a pixel of the image belongs to a respective region on the basis of an operation of analyzing the parameters this pixel, the analysis operation being carried out by verifying that the parameters satisfy predefined conditions and/or logico-mathematical relationships of belonging to the respective region, acquiring from the digital image divided into regions information regarding the regions that are present in it, comparing this information with at least one model characterizing a respective class of said plurality, and associating with the digital image a class on the basis of the comparison phase. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TEXT-BASED SPAM IN RASTERIZED IMAGES - A system, method and computer program product for identifying spam in an image, including (a) identifying a plurality of contours in the image, the contours corresponding to probable symbols; (b) ignoring contours that are too small or too large; (c) identifying text lines in the image, based on the remaining contours; (d) parsing the text lines into words; (e) ignoring words that are too short or too long from the identified text lines; (f) ignoring text lines that are too short; (g) verifying that the image contains text by comparing a number of pixels of a symbol color within remaining contours to a total number of pixels of the symbol color in the image, and that there is at least one text line after filtration; and (h) if the image contains text, rendering a spam/no spam verdict based on a contour representation of the text that which appears after step (f). | 2010-01-14 |
20100008570 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In order to prevent an image print and/or an image view from being visually monotonous, if it is determined that there is a similarity between similarity determination target images arranged in a specific area in an album, image processing is performed upon both or either of these similarity determination target images so as to eliminate the similarity between these similarity determination target images. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008571 | Method of high performance image compression - A method of compressing an image by saving the compressed color components into multiple temporary buffers with each time slot saving the color component to the different buffer. The difference between the input data and the output data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008572 | Advanced Anti-Aliasing With Multiple Graphics Processing Units - A method and apparatus for performing multisampling-based antialiasing in a system that includes first and second graphics processing unit (GPUs) that reduces the amount of data transferred between the GPUs and improves the efficiency with which such data is transferred. The first GPU renders a first version of a frame using a first multisampling pattern and the second GPU renders a second version of a frame in the second GPU using a second multisampling pattern. The second GPU identifies non-edge pixels in the second version of the frame. The pixels in the first version of the frame are then combined with only those pixels in the second version of the frame that have not been identified as non-edge pixels to generate a combined frame. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008573 | METHODS AND MECHANISMS FOR PROBABILISTIC COLOR CORRECTION - Methods and systems to determine a probability that a given illumination is a reference illumination. In an embodiment, data representing a set of respective captures of reference targets under a reference illumination may be used to generate a probability distribution for the reference illumination. In another embodiment, one or more such probability distributions, each corresponding to a respective reference illumination, may be used in estimating a non-reference illumination. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008574 | Image processing method - An image processing method for removing a noise component contained in an original image includes: extracting a noise component contained in an original image in a work color space; creating a noise-free image in the work color space based upon the extracted noise component and a difference between gradation characteristics in the work color space and gradation characteristics in an output color space; converting the noise-free image in the work color space to an image in the output color space. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008575 | System and Method for Tuning a Sampling Frequency - A system and method for tuning a sampling frequency. A method comprises detecting a sampling frequency of an analog image signal, generating a set of histograms from samples of pixels from the analog image signal, using the set of histograms to determine whether the detected sampling frequency is substantially equal to a natural sampling frequency of the analog image signal, and sampling the analog image signal at the detected sampling frequency to produce image data. The samples are taken at the detected sampling frequency and at a different sampling phase for each of the histograms, and each histogram is for samples from a single image. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTATION OF AN IMAGE INTO TUNED MULTI-SCALED REGIONS - Systems and methods for segmentation of an image into tuned multi-scale regions that comprise similarity in the pixels contained in each respective region. A watershed transform sub-process is performed upon an edge strength map of the image. A process for deriving an edge strength map may comprise preprocessing the image, extracting channels from the image, applying an edge operator to each channel, enhancing edge signal, normalizing the edge channels, combining the edge channels, and enhancing the signal to noise ratio for the channel. Once the watershed transform is complete, decisions on which neighboring regions to agglomerate may occur based on the cost effectiveness of the mergers. As desired, the boundaries for the regions created are resolved. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008577 | FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND SEGMENTATION IN DIGITAL IMAGES WITH DIFFERENTIAL EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS - A digital segmentation method and apparatus determines foreground and/or background within at least one portion of a captured image. The determining includes comparing a captured image to a pre-captured or post captured reference image of nominally the same scene. One of the images is taken with flash and the other without. The system can be implemented as part of a digital camera acquisition chain having effective computation complexity. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008578 | FORM RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD, DATABASE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - One system to which the present invention is applied obtains the digitized form image of a form, recognizes a character string existing in the obtained form image, extracts a headline wording being a predetermined character string from the recognized character strings, determines a table structure existing in the form image, on the basis of the extracted headline wording and the arrangement of headline wordings in the form image and specifies a correspondence relationship between a headline wording and a character string other than the headline wording that is recognized, using the determination result. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TEXT-BASED SPAM IN RASTERIZED IMAGES - A system, method and computer program product for identifying spam in an image, including (a) identifying a plurality of contours in the image, the contours corresponding to probable symbols; (b) ignoring contours that are too small or too large; (c) identifying text lines in the image, based on the remaining contours; (d) parsing the text lines into words; (e) ignoring words that are too short or too long from the identified text lines; (f) ignoring text lines that are too short; (g) verifying that the image contains text by comparing a number of pixels of a symbol color within remaining contours to a total number of pixels of the symbol color in the image, and that there is at least one text line after filtration; and (h) if the image contains text, rendering a spam/no spam verdict based on a contour representation of the text that which appears after step (f). | 2010-01-14 |
20100008580 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image scanner using an area sensor having a tilt reads a plurality of low-resolution image data having phase shifts from each other, and the low-resolution image data are converted into those on an orthogonal coordinate system by affine transformation. The number of data to be used is decided based on one of these low-resolution image data. The low-resolution image data as many as the designated number of data are saved, and high-resolution image data is generated by executing super-resolution processing. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008581 | WORD DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of characterizing a word image includes traversing the word image in steps with a window and at each of a plurality of the steps, identifying a window image. For each of the plurality of window images, a feature is extracted. The word image is characterized, based on the features extracted from the plurality of window images, wherein the features are considered as a loose collection with associated sequential information. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008582 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AND TRANSLATING CHARACTERS IN CAMERA-BASED IMAGE - A method for recognizing an image photographed by a camera and translating characters in connection with an electronic dictionary is provided. The method includes directly selecting an area to be recognized from the photographed character image and performing character recognition, translating and recognizing characters of a user's selected word in connection with dictionary data, and displaying translation result information of user's selected character or word in connection with dictionary data on a screen device. The recognition includes providing information on location of the selected character image area and location of the recognized character string words to the user, and then translating a character string or word in a location area selected by the user. The electronic dictionary-connected search and translation is for searching the character or word selected in connection with the electronic dictionary database, and providing translation result to the user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008583 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VISUAL STRUCTURES - A “gliding” interface operates in a space of visual perceptions and tries to predict an intended pattern sequence to enable a high-speed recognition of Asian writing with a simple interface. When a search begins, the user is presented with a collection of visual patterns within a box. The user can “zoom in” on a visual pattern by moving the cursor toward it. As the user zooms closer, a new layer of patterns appears within the box. The new layer includes more complex visual patterns than those in the previous layer. The system is mistake-tolerant, with no single cumulation of visual patterns required to achieve a specific visual pattern; rather, a statistical algorithm selects the visual patterns most likely to match the unknown structure. The algorithm is updated as the user searches, tracking every visual pattern that the user traverses while using the interface. A database contains groups of visual patterns that describe each Kanji character. The tracked visual patterns are correlated against the database to determine the visual patterns with the most visual similarity. The visual patterns with the highest correlation are displayed in the new layer. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE MAPPING BASED ON IMAGES AND REFERENCE POINTS - System and method for mapping a location of each of a plurality of devices in a data center. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving image data comprising an image of at least a portion of the data center from a source; processing the image data to locate visual identifiers displayed in the image, wherein each of the visual identifiers is associated with one of the devices or with a spatial reference point; extracting the located visual identifiers and determining spatial coordinates for each of the identified visual identifiers from the image; and determining the spatial reference points from the image. The method further comprises developing groups based on extracted visual identifiers and spatial coordinates thereof and the spatial reference points, wherein allowances are made for an angle of the image, wherein each group comprises a subset of related ones of the devices; for each group, comparing each of the visual identifiers of the group with a key to determine information regarding the associated device to obtain processing results; and combining processing results corresponding to multiple images to remove redundant information and produce final results. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008585 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes an image receiving unit, first and second extraction units, a threshold value calculation unit, a concealment area determination unit and an image concealing unit. The image receiving unit receives an image. The first extraction unit extracts, using a first threshold value, a first area including at least a part of a portion having been additionally written in the received image. The threshold value calculation unit calculates a second threshold value based on a feature in a third area that is arranged along with the first area. The second extraction unit extracts, using the second threshold value, a second area including the portion having been additionally written in the image. The concealment area determination unit determines an area to be concealed in the image, based on the second area. The image concealing unit conceals the determined area in the image. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008586 | Systems and Methods of Managing Audio and Other Media - The presently claimed invention relates to audio and video processing. One claim recites a method including: obtaining streaming audio or video on a handheld wireless device, the handheld wireless device comprising: i) a programmed electronic processor, and ii) memory; using the programmed electronic processor, analyzing data representing the audio or video to extract identifying information there from; obtaining a device identifier or user identifier from the memory; communicating the identifying information and the device identifier or user identifier to a database as part of a request to add a title corresponding to the streaming audio or video to a media collection associated with the device identifier or user identifier, and in which the title is associated with the identifying information. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided too. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008587 | IMAGE PROCESSING IMPROVING POSTPROCESSING RATE OF CHARACTER RECTANGLE EXTRACTION AND IMPROVING CHARACTER RECOGNITION ACCURACY - An image processing device is provided by the present invention, which includes a unit configured to acquire a pixel block contacting an enclosing border of a character rectangle extracted from an image, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the acquired pixel block has a likelihood of noise, a unit configured to generate a noise candidate removed character rectangle by removing from the character rectangle the pixel block as to which it is determined to have the likelihood of noise, and an outputting unit configured to assess validities by performing character recognition for both of the noise candidate removed character rectangle and the character rectangle, and configured to output a recognition result for one of them having greater validity assessed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008588 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL LOCATING - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for estimating a location on an object in a three-dimensional scene. Multiple radiation patterns are produced by spatially modulating each of multiple first radiations with a distinct combination of one or more modulating structures, each first radiation having at least one of a distinct radiation path, a distinct source, a distinct source spectrum, or a distinct source polarization with respect to the other first radiations. The location on the object is illuminated with a portion of each of two or more of the radiation patterns, the location producing multiple object radiations, each object radiation produced in response to one of the multiple radiation patterns. Multiple measured values are produced by detecting the object radiations from the location on the object due to each pattern separately using one or more detector elements. The location on the object is estimated based on the multiple measured values. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008589 | IMAGE DESCRIPTOR FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION - A method of deriving a representation of an image by processing signals corresponding to the image, the method comprises deriving a function of the image, where the function of a translated, scaled or rotated version of the image is a translated or scaled version of the function of the image, and using a plurality of frequency components of a frequency representation of the function to derive a representation of the image. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008590 | Signature of Moulded Article - A method of authenticating an article comprises generating a signature from intrinsic surface structure of an article, comparing the signature for the article to a stored signature for a mould used to produce articles, and determining an authentication result based upon a comparison result between the article signature and stored mould signature. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008591 | Methods and Systems for Display Correction - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for compression of display non-uniformity correction data and use of compressed display non-uniformity correction data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008592 | IMAGE SIGNAL TRANSFORMING AND INVERSE-TRANSFORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT WITH PRE-ENCODING FILTERING FEATURES - An aspect of an image signal transforming method is a method of generating one or more transformed samples from a plurality of input samples, which includes a first transformed sample generating step of performing a first filtering process by a filter, on at least one first input sample (an input sample from a terminal) out of a plurality of first input samples used for generation of a first transformed sample, to generate first filtered data, and performing a first arithmetic process (subtraction by a subtractor) on another first input sample not used for the generation of the first filtered data (an input sample from another terminal), and the first filtered data generated, to generate the first transformed sample. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008593 | Method and apparatus for model compression - Aspects of the disclosure provide a lossless compression method for 3D mesh models. The method can be combined or layered with other compression methods to provide additional data compression capability. The method for compressing a mesh model having geometry information and connectivity information of vertices can include defining a first set of vertices having a same connectivity property, determining a subset of the first set of vertices that are encompassed by an area defined by the first set of vertices, and encoding the mesh model without the connectivity information for the subset of the first set of vertices. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008594 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING A QUANTIZED DATA VALUE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - Where a quantized data value is produced by a first quantization of an input data value, followed by a first inverse quantization and subsequently by a second quantization and the first quantization has first quantization intervals and the second quantization has second quantization intervals, third quantization intervals are generated by displacing interval boundaries of the second quantization intervals, respectively, to the next interval boundaries of the first quantization intervals. A third reconstruction value is determined for the third quantization intervals such that the third reconstruction value lies within the associated third quantization intervals. A corrected data value is generated by a third inverse quantization of the quantized data value and the third inverse quantization is affirmed by the third quantization intervals containing the associated third reconstruction value. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008595 | AUTOMATED ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERIZATION OF REMOTELY SENSED MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY - A method for processing remotely acquired imagery data includes identifying a region of lowest intensity in each of a plurality of different images for a plurality of different spectral bands and estimating first values for upwelling path radiance for each of the different images according to an intensity in the region in each of the different images. The method further includes selecting a visibility value and calculating second values for the upwelling path radiance for each of the different images, each of the second values based on a radiation transfer model, the radiation model generated using the visibility value and the meta-data. The method can also include comparing the first and the second values for the upwelling path radiance for the different images, adjusting the visibility value based on the comparison, and repeating the calculating, the comparing, and the adjusting steps until a termination condition is met. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008596 | Resolution Conversion Method - Disclosed is a resolution conversion method, which makes it possible not only to acquire a diagonal edge that is smoothed without causing any unevenness all over the image, but also to stably reproduce a thin line having a thickness corresponding to its original thickness, irrespective of an integer multiple or a non-integer multiple of the magnification factor to be employed for enlarging an original image, when the high-resolution conversion processing is applied to a binary image represented in the dot-matrix format. An operation for integrating the interpolation value with respect to the area of the input pixel is implemented after the output pixel area is shifted in a horizontal direction and/or a vertical direction so as to make the output pixel area depart from a center of the interpolation area, when the output pixel area is included in a single interpolation area in the horizontal direction and/or a vertical direction. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008597 | ARTIFACT REMOVAL FROM PHASE ENCODED IMAGES - PSF coding has become well known in recent years. Although it enables significant increases in the depth of field, defocus introduces artifacts in images that are a major detraction from the final image quality. A method is described that enables the deduction or defocus and consequently the removal of these artifacts. The principle of the disclosed techniques involves iteratively adjusting the restoration algorithm according to a chosen image or artifact metric and choosing the defocus parameter that yields the image the lowest level of artifact. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008598 | OPTICAL FLOW REGISTRATION OF PANCHROMATIC / MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGE PAIRS - A method for processing remotely acquired imagery includes obtaining imagery data defining a first image of a panchromatic image type, the first image having a first spatial resolution, and obtaining imagery data defining a second image of a multi-spectral image type, the second image having a second spatial resolution lower than the first spatial resolution. The method also includes obtaining a mapping function specifying a position of pixels in the first image with respect to pixels in the second image and adapting the mapping function to a high common spatial resolution higher than the second spatial resolution. The method further includes generating a third set of imagery data defining a third image of a panchromatic type based on the first set of imagery data and the adapted mapping function and having the high common spatial resolution and adjusting the mapping function based on a first difference between the first and the third images at the high common spatial resolution. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008599 | Resolution Converting Method - A resolution converting method for converting a resolution of a binary image to an integral multiple resolution, includes: representing a density of an arbitrary position of the input image as an interpolation value; overlapping the output image on the input image in a setting that a pixel of an edge section of the output image is shifted by a minutely small quantity from a pixel position of the input image in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction; and allotting an area of a pixel to each pixel of an output image which overlaps an area of the input image, integrating interpolation values of the area of the input image, normalizing an value obtained by the integrating the area of the pixel, and determining a binary data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008600 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display method and display apparatus. Shooting a physical medium generates a captured image from the physical medium. An image pattern on the physical medium, which includes an identification code and binary indicators, is scanned. The identification code identifies a location on a storage medium of at least one image object. Each binary indicator is associated with a corresponding status parameter and has a positive value or a null value. At least one status parameter value is acquired and has a status parameter value for each status parameter whose binary indicator has the positive value. A display object is generated in dependence on the location appearing in the identification code and the acquired at least one status parameter value. The display object and the captured image are displayed, on a display unit of the display apparatus, in an overlapping relationship in which the display object overlaps the captured image. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008601 | Snow mat-bag - The snow mat-bag is a rectangular piece of flat plastic tarpaulin or canvas of different sizes as needed, equipped with straps, ropes, handles and zippers on its edges to collect, bag and transport snow away from driveways and sidewalks during the winter by closing the zippers and tying the straps and ropes. It can also be used to collect, bag and move away other objects such as dead leaves from yards during the fall, clothes for laundry, grains and fruits for storage on farms. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008602 | Flexible Liquid Container - A flexible container for holding a liquid includes two walls made of a flexible material, the free overlaying edges of the walls being assembled together by a weld or an adhesive seam so as to define an inner sealed volume of the container. The two walls also define a spout designed to protrude outwards from a peripheral portion of the container, and an outflow channel connects the spout with the inner volume of the container. One or several obstacles are formed by welding or bonding together the two walls in the inner volume, substantially opposite from and in the vicinity of, the channel leading to the spout in such a manner as to limit the section of the passage available for the liquid between the inner volume and the outflow channel. One narrowed passage is left open in such a manner that a portion of the surface including the spout is deflected. This portion of the surface is substantially defined by the obstacle(s) and by folds directed substantially transverse with respect to the obstacles. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008603 | SEALABLE REPULPABLE VALVE BAG AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING - A valve tube assembly for a repulpable bag having a valve end portion includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a valve tube member formed from a repulpable paper material, wherein the valve tube member includes a first end, a second end, an inside surface, and an outside surface, and a water dispersible hot melt adhesive layer deposited on at least a portion of the inside surface adjacent the first end by a timed application, with a remainder of the inside surface being free of the water dispersible hot melt adhesive. The valve tube member is sized to extend into the valve end portion of the repulpable bag with the second end positioned inside the repulpable bag. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008604 | Bag suitable for carrying groceries and system comprising same - A bag comprises a body including bottom and opposing sidewalls. The walls are made from a woven fabric material. The sidewalls and the bottom wall form a grocery receiving cavity having a closed bottom end portion and an open top end portion. Sewn-in edge creases each define an edge of the body extending from the closed bottom end portion to the open top end portion and/or an edge of the body extending between the bottom wall and the sidewalls. A sewn-in pleat crease extends within a first pair of the opposing sidewalls. Skewed legs of the pleat crease extend from opposing corners of the respective one of the first pair of opposing sidewalls adjacent the closed bottom end portion and converge to an upwardly extending leg of the pleat crease. Handle holes are in a second pair of the opposing sidewalls. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008605 | SEAL OF AN OPENING - A seal for an opening of a bore in a component, with a threaded screw, around a core shaft of which a helical screw thread is arranged. The screw engages in the bore and the thread creates a mating thread in a wall of the bore. The diameter of the bore is larger than the diameter of the core shaft. A helical channel, which is located between the core shaft of the screw and a wall of the bore, and which is delimited by the thread, is interrupted at a minimum of one point in a liquid-tight and/or gas-tight manner. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008606 | SLIDING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to sliding support assemblies and particularly sliding supports having two (or more) elongate members, which slide one within the other. The invention addressed the problem of shearing between a pair of such sliding supports used on an article which may be subjected to forces from several directions and which may cause one or both of the supports to jam. The problem is addressed by the arrangement of the elongate members on a sliding support assembly. The invention also provides a locking mechanism for locking an article being supported by the sliding support assembly in place relative to a base of the assembly. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008607 | SLIDE MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A slide mechanism includes a first plate and a second plate. The second plate includes a second main body, and two slide rails positioned on two end of the second main body. Each of the slide rails includes a rail portion and an embedded portion moldingly formed in the rail portion. The first plate is installed in the slide rails and slidable relative to the second plate. The invention also discloses a portable electronic device using the slide mechanism. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008608 | SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A slide assembly may be associated with a foldable cable management arm. The slide assembly includes inner and outer rails. The inner rail is slidable in the outer rail. The inner rail includes a ball bearing carrier disposed close to an end of the inner rail. The ball bearing carrier includes upper and lower ball receiving channels. The inner rail may be directly provided with the upper and the lower ball receiving channels and the ball bearings. Each of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels includes an open section positioned in use facing the outer rail. A plurality of ball bearings are contained in both the upper and the lower ball receiving channels and roll along the open sections of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels to support the outer rail. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008609 | Self-lubricating bearing and its manufacturing process - The present invention discloses a self-lubricating bearing, which is a hollow cylindrical body with an axial hole in its center, exhibiting a structure formed by sintering a multiple of spherical alloys particles under microscopy. The self-lubricating bearing has a multiple of pores to receive lubricating oil. Further, the present invention provides a manufacturing process for making self-lubricating bearings. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008610 | THRUST SLIDING BEARING AND COMBINATION MECHANISM OF THE THRUST SLIDING BEARING AND A PISTON ROD - A thrust sliding bearing | 2010-01-14 |
20100008611 | Arrangement for Holding a Bearing System - An arrangement for force-free retention of a bearing system having an axis of rotation comprises a cylindrical hollow axle for concentrically receiving and holding the bearing system. By means of a hold-down and release mechanism a bearing shell can be fastened to the hollow axle in such a manner that when the bearing system is not acted upon by a load, all lateral and axial forces applied to the arrangement can be transmitted via the cylindrical hollow axle into axle receiving devices. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008612 | ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING UNIT - The invention relates to a rolling-element bearing unit for rotatably bearing two components, nested into each other, which rotate about separate rotational axes that are at an angle to each other, especially the roll core and roll sleeve of a width stretching roll for a paper machine. The rolling-element bearing unit according to the invention comprises an outer rolling-element bearing for rotationally bearing the outer component, a pivoting bearing carrying the outer rolling-element bearing and allowing adjustment of the angle of the outer rolling-element bearing, an angularly adjustable inner rolling-element bearing for rotationally bearing the inner component, and an eccentric which consist of an inner and an outer eccentric ring via which eccentric rings the centers of the two rolling-element bearings can be adjusted in relation to each other. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008613 | RADIAL ANTIFRICTION BEARING WHICH CAN BE TAKEN APART ONLY IF DESTROYED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The radial antifriction bearing has an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality or rolling bodies arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring in such a way that the inner ring is rotatably mounted relative to the outer ring, via the rolling bodies, and the outer ring has an inner chamber in which the inner ring and/or at least one inner ring section is arranged. The inner chamber is closed at one front side of the radial antifriction bearing by a shaped marginal section of the outer ring in such a way that the inner ring and/or the at least one inner ring section is destroyed when it is removed from the outer ring. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008614 | AXIAL ROLLER BEARING - An axial rolling bearing ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100008615 | ROLLERS WITH RETAINER - A retainer comprises a roller retaining click which is bent from an inner diameter edge of a rib portion toward the inside in an axial direction and extends so as to protrude and positioned between adjacent rollers. A part of the retainer other than the roller retaining click is hardened by high-frequency quenching and high-frequency tempering. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008616 | CHIRAL FIBER POLARIZER - An chiral optical fiber polarizer is provided that is capable of being fabricated in-line along a conventional polarization maintaining fiber, preferably one which includes at least one structure element that is external, and parallel, to the fiber's core. The novel chiral fiber polarizer is preferably positioned between two unmodified optical fiber portions, and includes a modified central portion with altered fiber cladding interface elements on each side thereof. The modified central portion is of a non-circular cross section, and comprises at least one diameter reduced sub-section operable to allow a light signal of said predefined operation wavelength to propagate substantially in the core and in the at least one external structure element, at least one diameter expanded sub-section operable to allow a light signal to propagate substantially in the core, each sub-section being produced in accordance with a corresponding predefined diameter reduction and expansion profile, where the modified central portion is further configured in accordance with at least one helical pitch profile that is operable to, upon receiving a light signal with a first and second linear polarization components: convert the first linear polarization component to a first elliptical polarization component while scattering the first elliptical polarization component, and convert the second linear polarization component to a second elliptical polarization component, transmit therethrough, and convert back to the second linear polarization component prior to exit therefrom. The inventive polarizer also substantially eliminates the possibility of an undesirable SBS effect. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008617 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELIMINATING DELETERIOUS POLARIZATION EFFECTS IN AN OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION COMPENSATION MODULE - The present invention provides methods and systems for mitigating polarization changes associated with an optical communication signal caused by mechanical disturbances to an optical fiber dispersion compensation module of an optical communication network. The methods include disposing a first damping material between an optical fiber and a housing associated with the optical fiber dispersion compensation module; wherein the first damping material is selected and positioned such that it mitigates relatively fast polarization changes. Optionally, the methods also include disposing a second damping material between the optical fiber and the housing associated with the optical fiber dispersion compensation module; wherein the second damping material is selected and positioned such that it mitigates relatively slow polarization changes. Thus, frequency range specific optical fiber dispersion compensation module mechanical perturbation isolation methods and systems are provided. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008618 | Modulated optical waveguide sensor - The present invention provides both materials and processes that use an optical transduction technique employing modulation of a biological recognition event at the surface of a waveguide. This approach relies on fluorescence of a reporter material, such as a dye, that is attached to a recognition molecule whose position relative to the surface of a waveguide, e.g., a planar optical waveguide, is modulated by electric, magnetic or acoustic fields or a combination of such fields. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008619 | Optical fiber-mounted porous photonic crystals and sensors - An embodiment of the invention is a remote sensor that has an optical fiber terminating in a tip. A thin film porous particle having a characteristic optical response that changes in the presence of an analyte is optically coupled and physically attached to the tip of the optical fiber. The optical response of the particle changes in the presence of analyte, and the particle also serves to concentrate analyte. The thin film porous particle can be functionalized toward sensitivity for a predetermined analyte or analytes. A method of remote sensing exposes the remote sensor to an environment to be monitored for analyte. The thin film porous particle is probed with a beam of light. Reflected light is monitored through the optical fiber for a shift in frequency or intensity. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008620 | Optical Clock Signal Distribution Using Through-Silicon Vias - An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor chip including a front surface and a back surface; a via extending from the back surface of the semiconductor chip into the semiconductor chip, wherein the via is light transparent; and a photon detector in the semiconductor chip and exposed to the via. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008621 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD AND OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of manufacturing an opto-electric hybrid board which is capable of reducing the number of steps for the manufacture of the opto-electric hybrid board and which achieves the reduction in thickness of the opto-electric hybrid board to be manufactured, and an opto-electric hybrid board obtained thereby. A plurality of protruding cores (optical interconnect lines) | 2010-01-14 |
20100008622 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate; an optical element arranged on the substrate; and an optical circuit part having an optical waveguide formed on the substrate. The optical circuit part includes: a core whose optical axis is matched with the optical element; and a dummy core arranged on a same layer to the core and exposed on a side being not opposed to the optical element when the optical element is arranged on the substrate. The relative position between the optical waveguide and the optical element can be recognized by observing the dummy core. The planar shape of the optical circuit has a convex portion. The width of the convex portion and the width of the optical element are same in the opposing edge face where the optical element and the core is opposed to one another. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008623 | OPTICAL CROSSBAR SWITCH - An optical crossbar switch for optically coupling optic fibers comprising: at least one first fiber ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100008624 | OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER ARRAY - An optical fiber coupler array capable of providing multiple low loss, high coupling coefficient interfaces between a predetermined number of low numerical aperture optical fibers and an optical waveguide device with at least a corresponding number of waveguide interfaces. The novel coupler array includes a plurality of coupler inner cores and a plurality of corresponding coupler outer cores, within a medium surrounding each plural outer core, and also includes a first end for interfacing with plural optical fibers and a second end for interfacing with a plurality of waveguide interfaces of an optical waveguide device. The sizes of the inner and outer cores are gradually reduced from the first end to the second end in accordance with at least one predetermined reduction profile. Various parameters, such as refractive indices and sizes of the inner and outer cores and the medium (as well as the reduction profile) are selected to produce a plurality of low numerical aperture waveguides at the first end, and a plurality of high numerical aperture waveguides at the second end, while advantageously minimizing insertion loss and maximizing the coupling coefficient at each end. Advantageously, the novel coupler array may be fabricated as an array of individually drawn couplers from multiple parallel fused performs (arranged in a row, or in another geometric cross section). Alternately, the novel coupler array may be fabricated from a single perform (glass or polymer) embedded with a plurality of parallel inner and outer core sets. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008625 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING OPTIMISED MULTI-CHANNEL GRATING STRUCTURES - A method is described for designing a multi-channel grating structure having at least one specified spectral characteristic in a photosensitive material, the multi-channel grating structure having at least one free spectral characteristic which is not a specified spectral characteristic. An initial value is provided for each free spectral characteristic, and an initial multi-channel grating function is provided that describes an initial multi-channel grating structure by applying a spectral to spatial domain algorithm to the specified predetermined spectral characteristic using the initial value. A target multi-channel grating function is provided which describes a target multi-channel grating structure in the photosensitive material and an updated value is determined for each initial value with reference to the spectral characteristics of the target multi-channel grating function. An updated multi-channel grating function is derived which describes an updated multi-channel grating structure in the photosensitive material by applying a spectral to spatial domain algorithm to the predetermined spectral characteristic using the at least one updated value. After at least one iteration, the updated multi-channel grating function is output to describe the multi-channel grating structure. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008626 | OPTICAL CHIP FOR ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING TYPE OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER CIRCUIT, WAVEGUIDE SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING OPTICAL CHIP FOR ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING TYPE OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER CIRCUIT - An optical chip according to the present invention is formed into a projecting shape expanded toward either side at the center. A waveguide substrate has a layout in which arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuits, each having a curve direction of an array waveguide reverse to each other, are arranged in combination, and the optical chips are cut out of the waveguide substrate. A method for fabricating the optical chip according to the present invention can enhance an optical chip yield rate, and further, can fabricate an optical chip having the shape for stabilizing optical characteristics of the arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008627 | DUAL TWIST SINGLE HELIX OPTICAL FIBER GRATING - A single helix chiral fiber grating of a predetermined grating strength is provided that is operable to control light transmission in a predetermined wavelength range. The novel fiber grating comprises a first optical fiber with a first interface portion at a first end, a second interface portion at a second end, and a middle portion therebetween. The first optical fiber is configured with at least one fiber core, surrounded by a corresponding at least one cladding, with a first longitudinal section disposed within the first interface portion, a second longitudinal section disposed within the second interface portion, and also includes a longitudinal helical section, disposed therebetween within the middle portion, that comprises a longitudinal helix structure of a single predetermined handedness, having a predetermined pitch profile, and having a predetermined helix diameter profile selected and configured to produce the predetermined grating strength. The helical section of the novel fiber grating is preferably produced by placing the first optical fiber, proximal to and parallel with a second fiber (or equivalent elongated member), and longitudinally twisting them together to form a double helix structure. Advantageously, the diameter of the second fiber (or a diameter profile thereof) may be selected to achieve the predetermined helix diameter profile in the helical section of the first fiber. The second fiber may be left proximal to the first fiber after fabrication or removed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008628 | SLIM WAVEGUIDE COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In various embodiments, an illumination structure includes a discrete light source disposed proximate a bottom surface of a waveguide. A top mirror may be disposed above the discrete light source to convert modes of light emitted from the discrete light source into trapped modes, thereby increasing the coupling efficiency of the illumination structure. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008629 | PLUG PARTS FOR AN OPTICAL PLUG CONNECTION - A plug part ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100008630 | Locking Mechanism for Optical Tranceivers - A locking mechanism for connecting an optical connector to the TOSA or ROSA connector of an optical transceiver having no cover. The locking mechanism includes a connector plug equipped with an interface apparatus having a clip installed to the plug, a locking mechanism that keeps the clip in place and a spring mechanism that provides force for maintaining physical contact between the ferrule end face and the optical plane of the TOSA and ROSA. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008631 | DOWNHOLE CABLES WITH BOTH FIBER AND COPPER ELEMENTS - Provided is a method of manufacturing a downhole cable, the method including, forming a helical shape in an outer circumferential surface of a metal tube, the metal tube having a fiber element housed therein, and stranding a copper element in a helical space formed by the metallic tube. Also provided is a downhole cable including, a metallic tube having a helical space in an outer circumferential surface thereof, wherein the metallic tube has a fiber element housed therein, and a copper element disposed in a helical space formed by the steel tube. Double-tube and multi-tube configurations of the downhole cable are also provided. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008632 | BREATHABLE DOWNHOLE FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND A METHOD OF RESTORING PERFORMANCE - A breathable downhole fiber optic cable is provided having an outer protective tube; a fiber optic tube having a plurality of optical fibers contained therein; at least one annulus disposed between the outer protective tube and the fiber optic tube; and at least one path, extending through the length of the fiber optic cable, which provides a channel for a purge gas to flow for removing a second gas, such as hydrogen, from the fiber optic cable. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008633 | Segmented Gain-Doping Of An Optical Fiber - The present disclosure provides an approach to more efficiently amplify signals by matching either the gain materials or the pump profile with the signal profile for a higher-order mode (HOM) signal. By doing so, more efficient energy extraction is achieved. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008634 | OPTICAL FIBER ARTICLE FOR HANDLING HIGHER POWER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING OR USING - An optical fiber preform, and method for fabricating, having a first core, a second core spaced from the first core and first and second regions, the first region having an outer perimeter having a first substantially straight length and the second region having an outer perimeter having a second substantially straight length facing the first straight length. One of the regions can comprise the first core and the other comprises the second core. The preform can be drawn with rotation to provide a fiber wherein a first core of the fiber is multimode at a selected wavelength of operation and a second core of the fiber is spaced from and winds around the first core and has a selected longitudinal pitch. The second core of the fiber can couple to a higher order mode of the first core and increase the attenuation thereof relative to the fundamental mode of the first core. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008635 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING MODULE - A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of optical wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer modules mounted within the chassis. Each module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the modules through an opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. A method of mounting an optical wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008636 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE, VIDEO PLAYBACK DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a first receiver module configured to receive video signals output from the video playback device, a second receiver module configured to receive video signals output from a video source other than the video playback device, a switching module configured to switch connection of video signals output from the first receiver module and the second receiver module, and a command output module configured to output a predetermined command when the connection of the video signals is switched from the first receiver module to the second receiver module. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008637 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program - An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes a receiving part that receives contents, an input part into which designation information to select desired contents is input from a user, a recording setting information generation part that generates recording setting information of contents to be recorded based on the designation information, an analysis part that analyzes relevance of content of the contents being recorded to be recorded based on the recording setting information to the designation information, and an acquisition part that acquires the desired contents of the user from the recorded contents based on an analysis result by the analysis part. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008638 | INDEPENDENT PARALLEL IMAGE PROCESSING WITHOUT OVERHEAD - An image processing system comprises an image processing manager, a plurality of processors for processing an input sequence of images (e.g., movie), and a distributed file system for creating and storing an output file representing a sequence of processed images. The image processing manager allocates an image subregion of the sequence of images to each one of the plurality of processors for processing. Each one of the plurality of processors processes the assigned image subregion and provides a corresponding processed image subregion to the distributed file system. The distributed file system writes the processed image subregions from each of the plurality of processing units to a corresponding portion of the output file. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008639 | Media Generating System and Method - A media generation system and method are provided. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND EDITING AUDIO DATA AND VIDEO DATA - There is provided a system for acquiring video data and audio data. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a camera that is adapted to acquire video data suitable for recording on a tangible medium, the video data being representative of an image of a subject taken at an azimuth value relative to the subject, a microphone that is adapted to acquire audio data that corresponds to the video data on the tangible medium, the microphone being adapted to acquire the audio data from the azimuth value relative to the subject, and a compass that is adapted to provide data corresponding to the azimuth data, the azimuth data being stored along with the corresponding video data and audio data on the tangible medium. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008641 | Electronic apparatus, video content editing method, and program - An electronic apparatus includes a first input unit to input an image signal and a first audio signal that constitute a first video content, a second input unit to input a second audio signal different from the first audio signal, a first calculation unit to detect a face image area in which a face of a person is included from the image signal input, and calculate a face evaluation value evaluating a certainty of the face image area detected, a second calculation unit to detect a voice of the person from the first audio signal input, and calculate a voice evaluation value evaluating a volume of the voice, a setting unit to set first and second weighting factors for each image signal, and a generation unit to generate a third audio signal, and generate a second video content constituted of the third audio signal and the image signal. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008642 | VIDEO APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A video apparatus and a method of reverse playing video data. The video apparatus includes a controller, a first memory, a second memory, a video decoder, and a display device. The controller obtains a first and second group of pictures (GOP) from a data storage medium. The first memory, coupled to the controller, receives the first GOP. The second memory, coupled to the controller, receives the second GOP. The video decoder, coupled to the first and second memories, decodes video frames in the first and second GOPs. The display device, coupled to the video decoder, displays the decoded video frames. Concurrently, the second memory receives the second GOP, and the video decoder decodes the video frames in the first GOP and then the display device displays the decoded video frames in the first GOP in a reverse playback order. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008643 | Methods and Systems for Interacting with Viewers of Video Content - A viewer interaction system and method receives video data from a video source and identifies object content in the received video data. A video signal is generated that represents the video data. That video signal is communicated to a display device which displays a video image representative of the video signal. The system and method monitor user interaction with the displayed video image and selects an interactive activity based on the user's interaction with the displayed video image and the identified object content in the received video data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008644 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING RESERVATION TIME - An apparatus for correcting a reserved recording time and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving a digital broadcast program on a selected channel, setting the reserved recording time of the digital broadcast program, deciding whether a broadcast time of the digital broadcast program is changed in a manner of confirming an EPG, and resetting the reserved recording time to be suitable for the changed broadcast time if the broadcast time is changed. Thus, even if a broadcast schedule of a program is changed under the circumstances of a transmitting side, a reserved recording time is corrected to be suitable for the changed EPG. So, there occurs no difference between a reserved recording time of a set program and a changed broadcast time of the set ro ram whereb a whole ro ram can be full recorded. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008645 | INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information recording/reproducing apparatus ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100008646 | USER INTERFACE FOR RECORDING PROGRAM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - An image display apparatus includes: a tuner for receiving broadcasting signals containing electronic program guide information; a storage unit for storing the electronic program guide information received through the tuner; a display unit for displaying the broadcasting signals and the electronic program guide information; a user interface unit for receiving reservation recording conditions input by a user; and a control unit allowing a reservation recording menu screen to be displayed through the display unit, and reading a recording setting condition received through the user interface to allow a reservation recording to be set and a reservation recording to be performed. The control unit aligns information regarding broadcasting programs corresponding to the reservation recording conditions input through the reservation recording menu screen on the reservation recording menu screen. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008647 | Recording Apparatus, Recording Method, and Recording Program, and Image Capturing Apparatus, Image Capturing Method, and Image Capturing Program - Management information for video data and audio data that are created after their recording is started until it is stopped and that are recorded as a stream file on a record medium is more securely stored. When their recording is started, EP entry information contained in management information of the stream file is created. Whenever EP entry information is created, it is written to a nonvolatile memory. After their recording is stopped, fixed value information and so forth that are contained in the management information are created and written to the nonvolatile memory. According to a disc eject operation, the management information written to the nonvolatile memory is written to the disc and the contents stored in the nonvolatile memory are cleared. Likewise, when power is turned off without the eject operation, information stored in the nonvolatile memory is written to the disc. Since the management information is stored in the nonvolatile memory, even if power is unexpectedly turned off, the management information will not be lost. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008648 | AUDIO ONLY PLAYBACK OF A DISK HAVING BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS - A system and method for playing audio only in a disk player. The disc player is configured to read data from disks formatted according to a selected audio and video standard. The system includes a file reader to read files of audio and video files based on the audio and video standard. A stream parser identifies audio data, video data and sub-picture data. An audio decoder decodes the audio data according to the audio standard. A video stub receives the video data and leaves the video data unprocessed. A sub-picture menu processor extracts menu information. A user interface system to use the menu information to configure at least one user input to play audio-only from the disk according to the menu information. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008649 | INFORMATION RECORD/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORD/PLAYBACK METHOD - A hybrid video camera with a built-in hard drive and optical disk drive plus removable media read/write unit is disclosed. The video camera has a face detection function, which is used to split a video stream of a scene shot at the position of a frame containing no human face images, thereby realizing automatic scene-split dubbing without impairing the scene continuity. With this feature, it is possible, when watching a home video movie, to avoid sudden stop of playback of the scene otherwise occurring due to improper splitting of the scene at its run-on part during dubbing by letting the scene be dividedly recorded on a plurality of disks. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008650 | MULTI-MODEL MODES OF ONE DEVICE - A portable media player may provide multi-modes for a user. Each mode may define different features and content that are customized for a particular mode. Based a selected mode, the media player may provide access to only content, features, hardware, user interface elements, and the like that the user wishes to have access to when the mode is enabled. The media player may provide the user different experiences, looks, and feels for each mode. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008651 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND JOB EXECUTING METHOD - A purpose is to provide a user friendly electronic apparatus and a job executing method thereof. When a picture recording request instruction is issued to an HDD recording/reproducing apparatus | 2010-01-14 |
20100008652 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data from a recording medium, a management unit configured to classify a plurality of content data recorded on the recording medium into a plurality of groups, and a control unit configured to, responsive to stopping reproducing content data, output to a display device inquiry information for classifying the content data into one of the groups. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008653 | Content reproducing apparatus, method, and program - A content reproducing apparatus includes: a content control unit ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100008654 | Digital signal conversion system and method, and computer-readable recording medium thereof - A digital signal conversion system and method, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are adapted to perform sampling rate conversion on audio/video digital signals when a multimedia file is played by an electronic device. The digital signal conversion system includes a reading process, a conversion process and a storage process. First, a digital signal data is read by the reading process. Next, a corresponding number of copies are replicated for each bit of the digital signal data according to a digital signal sampling conversion ratio recorded in a sampling rate conversion sequence, so as to convert the sampling of the digital signal data and store the replicated digital signal data into a memory. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008655 | Hot air welding gun - A hot air welder capable of reaching temperatures of at least 700° C., comprising a housing with an electric motor, at least one fan for forcibly moving air across a heating element and out of the gun and wherein the heating element is formed from a plurality of electrical wire winding interposed through a series of axially aligned ceramic disks, each disk having a number of circumferentially aligned openings through which the wire windings are oriented and mechanisms for selectively operating the device and electrically controlling the temperature of the heating element. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008656 | RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING CHAMBER WITH SHOWER HEAD - Apparatus and methods for thermally processing a substrate are provided. A chamber containing a levitating support assembly configured to position the substrate at different distances from a plate during the heating and cooling of a substrate. In one embodiment a plurality of openings on the surface of the plate are configured to evenly distribute gas across a radial surface of the substrate. The distribution of gas may couple radiant energy not reflected back to the substrate during thermal processing with an absorptive region of the plate to begin the cooling of the substrate. The method and apparatus provided within allows for a controllable and effective means for thermally processing a substrate rapidly. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008657 | PHOTO BOOTH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Photo booth systems and methods of using photo booth systems, such as those that provide photo booths and interaction between the photo booths and one or more user groups. | 2010-01-14 |
20100008658 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PREPARE AND ACTIVATE A WIRELESS CAMERA FLASH BY RADIO - Methods and systems to prepare and activate a wireless flash device may comprise a remote camera flash device comprising: a first radio communication device coupled to a camera, and at least a second radio communication device coupled to the remote camera flash device. The first radio communication device may transmit at least one radio signal to the second radio communication device in response to receiving camera communications sent from the camera, the second radio communication device sends pseudo camera communications to the remote camera flash device in response to receiving the at least one radio signal, and the second radio communication device does not transmit a radio signal. | 2010-01-14 |