05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090028413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING PHOTOKINETIC TECHNIQUES IN CELL BIOLOGY IMAGING APPLICATIONS - A system and method employing photokinetic techniques in cell biology imaging applications are disclosed. Systems and methods of acquiring image data of an object may comprise: selectively inducing photoactivation of material at a site on the object; performing an optical axis integration scan; simultaneously executing a time delay integration scan sequence; and processing acquired image data in accordance with one or more desired analyses. Various methodologies and applications may include, inter alia, selective photobleaching of a site on the object, diffusion rate, velocity, and wave-front propagation analyses, multi-dimensional analyses of dispersion characteristics, biomolecular binding in cellular organelles, and photoactivation assisted systematic image segmentation for the study of cellular components. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028414 | Data Management in a Linear-Array-Based Microscope Slide Scanner - Systems and methods for processing, storing, and viewing extremely large imagery data rapidly produced by a linear-array-based microscope slide scanner are provided. The system receives, processes, and stores imagery data produced by the linear scanner as a series of overlapping image stripes and combines the data into a seamless and contiguous baseline image. The baseline image is logically mapped into a plurality of regions that are individually addressed to facilitate viewing and manipulation of the baseline image. The system enables dynamic imagery data compression while scanning and capturing new image stripes that eliminates the overhead associated with storing uncompressed image stripes. The system also creates intermediate level images, thereby organizing the baseline image into a variable level pyramid structure referred to as a virtual slide. The system facilitates the use of virtual slides in applications such as telemedicine, telepathology, microscopy education, and analysis of high value specimens like tissue arrays. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028415 | Apparatus for Checking the Authenticity of Banknotes - The present invention relates to an apparatus for checking the authenticity of bank notes in unprotected areas. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028416 | MULTI-UNIT PROCESS SPATIAL SYNCHRONIZATION - A conversion control system is described for spatially synchronizing data gathered from a plurality of operations performed on a web. The conversion control system applies a set of fiducial marks to a web, performs a plurality of operations on the web, generates a first and a second set of digital information for first and second operations, respectively, in accordance with respective first and second coordinate systems using the set of fiducial marks such that the each of the sets of digital information includes position data for respective first and second sets of regions on the web. The conversion control system may then register the position data of the first set of regions and the position data for the second set of regions to produce aggregate data and outputting a conversion control plan. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028417 | FIDUCIAL MARKING FOR MULTI-UNIT PROCESS SPATIAL SYNCHRONIZATION - A device for applying fiducial marks to a web for spatially synchronizing data from a plurality of processes is described. The device includes a fiducial mark reader to read fiducial marks of at least two formats on a web of material, a fiducial mark writer to write fiducial marks of at least two formats on the web, and an encoder to measure distance along the web. The device may provide several advantages. For example, the device may apply fiducial marks to a web that indicate the process line that applied the fiducial mark to the web or the date on which the fiducial mark was applied. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028418 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention discloses a method for inspecting an electronic device to reduce the consumption of testers' labor and time and testers' erroneous or careless judgment, and increase the test efficiency and reliability. Furthermore, the method of the invention can help to maintain or modify the test standard immediately and feedback the condition of the electronic device to the production line. The method of the invention includes the steps of: (A) storing a plurality of standard parameters related to the electronic device; (B) measuring a plurality of inspecting parameters, wherein each inspecting parameter corresponds to one of the standard parameters; (C) comparing each of the inspecting parameters with the corresponded standard parameter and setting a processing status of the electronic device according to a first criterion; and (D) receiving the comparison results of step (C) and generating an adjusting information according to the comparison results. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028419 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, INSPECTION METHOD FOR INSPECTING PHOSPOR LAYER AND INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING PHOSPHOR LAYER - A phosphor paste is applied to inner surfaces of a cell. Then, a conveyer moves a substrate relative to a CCD camera at a constant speed. Simultaneously, two LEDs radiate visible light onto a portion, to be inspected, of the substrate. The visible light is light configured to have a wavelength so as to be able to prevent the phosphor of the phosphor paste from being excited and emitting light and reflected by a liquid surface of the phosphor paste to produce reflected light. Thereafter, the CCD camera captures an image of the phosphor paste and a data processor processes the received image data, and determines whether a phosphor layer formed by drying the phosphor paste will normally be formed, prior to formation of phosphor layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028420 | PHOTOMASK DEFECT-SHAPE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, PHOTOMASK DEFECT-SHAPE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD - To recognize a defect portion and a mask pattern with a distinctly distinguished state through AFM observation of a photomask without being influenced by a double-tips image, provided is a method of recognizing, through AFM observation of a photomask including a substrate ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028421 | IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS FLUCTUATION PREDICTING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for predicting imaging characteristics fluctuation of a projection optical system in an exposure apparatus which projects a pattern formed on a mask onto a photosensitive substrate through the projection optical system is provided. In a measurement step, the projection optical system is irradiated with exposure light under a first exposure condition to measure first imaging characteristics fluctuation of the projection optical system. Then, before an imaging characteristics value is restored to an initial value at the start of irradiation after irradiation is stopped, the projection optical system is irradiated with the exposure light under a second exposure condition to measure second imaging characteristics fluctuation of the projection optical system. Approximate expressions of the measured first and second imaging characteristics fluctuations are calculated based on an imaging characteristics model. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028422 | Systems and Methods for Detecting Watermark Formations on Semiconductor Wafers - Systems and methods for detecting watermark formations on semiconductor wafers are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a semiconductor wafer having at least one watermark sensitive region fabricated thereon, subjecting the wafer to a wet processing step, enhancing a susceptibility to detection of at least one watermark formation created on the at least one watermark sensitive region, and detecting the at least one watermark formation. In another embodiment, a method comprises growing a first oxide layer on a surface of a semiconductor wafer, patterning a watermark sensitive structure on the first oxide layer, depositing a silicon layer over the first oxide layer, doping a region of the silicon layer over the watermark sensitive structure with an impurity to create a watermark sensitive region that is prone to retaining watermark formations as result of a wet processing step, and growing a second oxide layer over the silicon layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MURA DETECTION AND METROLOGY - The invention addresses the lack of comprehensive and quantitative methods for measurements of unwanted visual “mura” effects in displays and image sensors. Mura is generated by errors that are significantly smaller than what is needed for the function of the device, and sometimes smaller than the random variations in the patterns or structures. Capturing essentially all mura defects in a workpiece in a short time requires a daunting combination of sensitivity, statistical data reduction and speed. The invention devices an inspection method, e.g. optical, which maximizes the sensitivity to mura effects and suppresses artifacts from the mura inspection hardware itself and from noise. It does so by scanning the sensor, e.g. a high-resolution camera, creating a region of high internal accuracy across the mura effects. One important example is for mura related to placement errors, where a stage with better than 10 nanometer precision within a 100 mm range is created. A sampling scheme reduces the data volume and separates between instrument errors and real defects based on their different geometrical signatures. The high-resolution camera scans sparse lines at an angle to the dominating directions of expected mura defects, creating extended sensor fields with high internal precision, and quantifying edge placements in small windows in said extended fields. The mura is classified and presented as type, location and severity. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028424 | Image processing method, image processing system, and image processing porgram - The process captures a plurality of images under a light source whose luminance varies over time, such as a fluorescent lamp, under such an imaging condition that a plurality of images that are different from one another in terms of light source conditions can be captured (S | 2009-01-29 |
20090028425 | IDENTIFYING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE USING COLOR PROFILES - A representation of an object in an image of a live event is obtained by determining a color profile of the object. The color profile may be determined from the image in real time and compared to stored color profiles to determine a best match. For example, the color profile of the representation of the object can be obtained by classifying color data of the representation of the object into different bins of a color space, in a histogram of color data. The stored color profiles may be indexed to object identifiers, object viewpoints, or object orientations. Color data which is common to different objects or to a background color may be excluded. Further, a template can be used as an additional aid in identifying the representation of the object. The template can include, e.g., a model of the object or pixel data of the object from a prior image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028426 | Coloring picture, coloring picture generating apparatus, and coloring picture generating method - A watercolor effect-added coloring picture | 2009-01-29 |
20090028427 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - There are provided an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, and a decoding method that enhance optimality in a case of encoding moving image signals having no sample ratio distinction between color components such as a 4:4:4 format. In a case of conducting compression encoding by inputting digital moving image signals of the 4:4:4 format, there are prepared a first encoding process of encoding three color component signals of the input moving image signals in a common encoding mode, and a second encoding process of encoding the three color component signals of the input moving image signals in respective independent encoding modes. The encoding process is executed by selecting any one of the first encoding process and the second encoding process, and the compression data contains an identification signal for specifying which process is selected. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028428 | Media Content Management - The invention relates to media management and combats media degradations arising when transcoding the media. The invention solves this by—generating processing hints based on the media transcoding. The hints are employed for controlling a post-transcoding processing of the transcoded media content in connection with rendering the media. The hints and this controlled processing increases the user-perceived quality when rendering the media by mitigating the media degradations caused by the transcoding. The processing hints could specify how the actual transcoding was performed by including values of the employed transcoding parameters or information of the alterations to the media caused by transcoding. Furthermore, instructions or commands for appropriate post-transcoding processing could also be processing hints according to the invention. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028429 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, METHOD AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes a partitions setting unit that sets up image partitions into which an input image is separated; a tone number setting unit that sets the number of tones for each of the image partitions set up by the partitions setting unit, based on gray levels of pixels included in each of the image partitions; and a conversion unit that converts each of the image partitions of the input image into an image partition represented with tones equal to or less than the number of tones set by the tone number setting unit. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028430 | Image date display method and mobile terminal using the same - An image data display method and a mobile terminal using the image data display method is provided for minimizing image processing delay. An image data display method of the present invention includes color-converting a first format image data acquired by a camera into a second format image data; displaying the second format image data; and converting the second format image data into a third format image data. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028431 | COLOR ADJUSTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR ADJUSTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The color adjusting apparatus is provided with: a color signal receiving part that receives input of color signals; a distribution density calculating part that calculates a distribution density in a certain color space concerning the color signals received by the color signal receiving part; an adjustment range setting part that sets an adjustment range where the color signals are adjusted in the color space on the basis of the distribution density calculated by the distribution density calculating part; and a color adjusting part that adjusts the color signals included in the adjustment range set by the adjustment range setting part. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028432 | Segmentation of Video Sequences - A method of image processing, includes: providing a data processing apparatus, including a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit; feeding at least one video frame of a video sequence to the data processing apparatus, the at least one video frame including at least one foreground subject and a background; and processing the at least one video frame in the data processing apparatus so as to separate the at least one foreground subject from the background. The processing is at least partially performed by the processors of the graphics processing unit. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028433 | Method for partitioning combinatorial graphs - A method of partitioning a weighted combinatorial graph representative of a dataset consists of the steps of generating a generalized Laplacian matrix corresponding to the combinatorial graph, computing the eigenstructure of the generalized Laplacian matrix, determining if an end criterion is satisfied using the eigenstructure, and if the end criterion is not satisfied, calculating new values for at least some of the plurality of weighting factors using the eigenstructure, updating the combinatorial graph with the new values for at least some of the weighting factors, and returning to the generating step. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXTUAL SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT BASED ON IMAGE CONTENT - An image-based content item is analyzed to determine information about a subject of the content item. The analysis may include performing image analysis on at least an image of the content item. An inference may be programmatically made about one or more of (i) a viewer or holder of the content item, or (ii) the subject of content item. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028435 | CHARACTER IMAGE EXTRACTING APPARATUS AND CHARACTER IMAGE EXTRACTING METHOD - In an extracting step, the extracting portion obtains a linked component composed of a plurality of mutually linking pixels from a character string region composed of a plurality of characters, and extracts section elements from the character string region, the section elements each being surrounded by a circumscribing figure circumscribing to the linked component. In the first altering step, the first altering portion combines section elements at least having a mutually overlapping part among the extracted section elements so as to prepare a new section element. In the first selecting step, the first selecting portion determines a reference size in advance and selects section elements having a size greater than the reference size, from among the section elements altered in the first altering step. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028436 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A feature point calculating section binarizes the image data to obtain a centroid of a consecutive component in which pixels are connected as a feature point, reverses the image data, obtains a centroid as a feature point from the reversed image data similarly, and adds them as a feature point of the image data. A features calculating section calculates a predetermined invariant based on the feature point containing the feature point obtained from the reversed image data, and calculates a hash value based on the predetermined invariant. A vote process section retrieves a hash table based on the calculated hash value, votes for a document of an index stored in association with the hash value, and accumulatively adds the vote. A similarity determination process section compares the number of votes calculated by the vote process section with a predetermined threshold value to determine a similarity. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028437 | DOCUMENT EXTRACTING METHOD AND DOCUMENT EXTRACTING APPARATUS - Document data corresponding to each page included in a document is stored, and furthermore, feature data indicative of a feature of the document data and a document index indicating the document are associated with the document data. A document extracting apparatus obtains input document data, calculates feature data from the input document data, judges similarity between the input document data and the document data based on the feature data, obtains a document index associated with document data similar to the input document data, and extracts a plurality of pieces of document data associated with the document index. Thus, document data concerning the document including a page corresponding to the document data similar to the input document data is extracted for a plurality of pages. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028438 | Apparatus for Single Pass Blob Image Analysis - A method and electronics circuit for processing very high resolution images or very high frame rate images in real time. Each pixel within a frame of pixels is compared to the neighboring pixels within the frame to determine if the pixel is part of a blob group. If the pixel is part of the blob group, the characteristics of the pixel are added to the statistics for the blob group. When a pixel overlaps two target blob groups, the two blob groups are combined to form one blob group. When the end of the frame is reached information about the blob groups in the frame is made available. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028439 | PROVIDING VIRTUAL INSERTS USING IMAGE TRACKING WITH CAMERA AND POSITION SENSORS - Camera registration and/or sensor data is updated during a live event by determining a difference between an estimated position of an object in an image and an actual position of the object in the image. The estimated position of the object in the image can be based on an estimated position of the object in the live event, e.g., based on GPS or other location data. This position is transformed to the image space using current camera registration and/or sensor data. The actual position of the object in the image can be determined by template matching which accounts for an orientation of the object, a shape of the object, an estimated size of the representation of the object in the image, and the estimated position of the object in the image. The updated camera registration/sensor data can be used in detecting an object in a subsequent image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028440 | DETECTING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE USING MULTIPLE TEMPLATES - A representation of an object in an image of a live event is detected by matching potential representation of the object against multiple types of templates. For example, the templates can include monochrome data, chrominance and/or luminance data, pixel data of the object from an earlier image, e.g., as a video template, an edge and morphology based template, a model of the object, or a predetermined static texture which is based on an appearance of the object. A weighting function may also be used. In one possible approach, a first type of template is used in an initial search area, and a second type of template is used in a smaller region of the initial search area. Based on a position of the optimum representation of the object in the image, a graphic can be provided in the image, or sensor and/or registration data of a camera can be updated. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028441 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING NEAR DUPLICATE DATA OBJECTS - A system for determining that a document B is a candidate for near duplicate to a document A with a given similarity level th. The system includes a storage for providing two different functions on the documents, each function having a numeric function value. The system further includes a processor associated with the storage and configured to determine that the document B is a candidate for near duplicate to the document A, if a condition is met. The condition includes: for any function ƒ | 2009-01-29 |
20090028442 | Method And Apparatus For Determining Similarity Between Surfaces - A method for determining similarity between a non-planar probe surface and a non-planar model surface is disclosed. The method comprises calculating an extremal value of an objective function describing embedding of the probe surface into an embedding space having a non-constant sectional curvature; and determining similarity between the probe surface and the model surface based on the extremal value. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028443 | INNOVATIVE OCR SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT COMBINE A TEMPLATE BASED GENERATIVE MODEL WITH A DISCRIMINATIVE MODEL - A method employing a hybrid classification model is used to perform optical character recognition operations for an image. Image data from the image is provided to a generative classification model of the hybrid model, and generative image classifications operations are performed, generating a feature data set which is outputted from the generative classification model. This feature data set is then provided to the discriminative classification model, and discriminative classification operations are performed to generate a classification of the image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028444 | Method, medium, and apparatus with object descriptor generation using curvature gabor filter - A method, medium, and apparatus with a generated object descriptor using a curvature gabor filter, with complementary object recognition being performed by applying a general gabor filter and a curvature gabor filter having various curvatures, such that the dimension and efficiency of a feature vector can be increased by detecting correlations between features of an object searching for a parameter and its position of an optimal curvature gabor filter through boosting learning, and projecting the extracted features onto a base vector having the highest classification rate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028445 | CHARACTER IMAGE FEATURE DICTIONARY PREPARATION APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, CHARACTER IMAGE FEATURE DICTIONARY PREPARATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH CHARACTER IMAGE FEATURE DICTIONARY PREPARATION PROGRAM IS RECORDED, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An image of a character string composed of M pieces of characters is clipped from a document image, and the image is divided character by character, and image features of each character image are extracted. On the basis of the image features, N (N>1, integer) pieces of character images in descending order of degree of similarity are selected as candidate characters from a character image feature dictionary which stores the image features of character image in units of character, and the first index matrix of M×N cells is prepared. A candidate character string composed of a plurality of candidate characters constituting the first column of the first index matrix, is subjected to a lexical analysis according to a predetermined language model, whereby a second index matrix adjusted into a character string which makes sense is prepared to he utilized for searching. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028446 | DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An image of a character string composed of M pieces of characters is clipped from a document image, and the image is divided into separate characters. Image features of each character image are extracted. Based on the image features, N (N>1, integer) pieces of character images in descending order of degree of similarity are selected as candidate characters, from a character image feature dictionary which stores the image features of character image in units of character, and a first index matrix of M×N cells is prepared. A candidate character string composed of a plurality of candidate characters constituting a first column of the first index matrix, is subjected to a lexical analysis according to a language model, and whereby a second index matrix having a character string which makes sense is prepared. In the language model, statistics are taken and then, the lexical analysis is performed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028447 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a motion image is to be compressed, the present invention divides a high-resolution still image into image segments to perform a motion image encoding process on each image segment. In this instance, the importance of each image segment and the relativity of each image segment with another image segment are computed. The image segments are then aligned in the order of importance to determine a picture type for motion image encoding in accordance with the computed relativity. Encoding is performed in accordance with a determined encoding sequence and picture type. Further, the rate control bit allocation amount for motion image encoding is increased for highly important image segments. Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to exhibit a high overall image compression efficiency while avoiding image quality deterioration in an important portion of a still image by using a motion image compression technology for still image compression. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028448 | Method of Generating a Sequence of Display Frames For Display on a Display Device - A method of generating a sequence of display frames, for display on a display device, derived from a data string is described. The data string is encoded to include error correction in order to enable recreation of the data string at a receiving device. The method comprises the steps of dividing the data string to be encoded into a plurality of source segments, and encoding the plurality of source segments to generate a plurality of codewords, each codeword comprising a plurality of codeword bits, and codeword bits are positioned in the sequence of frames. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028449 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONDENSED IMAGE RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION - A method for decoding coded image data, and which includes receiving the coded image data, in which some of the coded image data includes identifier information of a reference image for specifying the reference image among previous images, and other coded image data does not include the identifier information of the reference image, detecting the reference image based on the identifier information when the coded image data has the identifier information, and decoding the coded image data based on the detected reference image when the coded image data includes the identifying information of the reference image, and decoding the coded image data based on the coded image data itself when the coded image data does not include the identifying information. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028450 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - Image encoding apparatus | 2009-01-29 |
20090028451 | PROCESSING METHODS FOR CODED APERTURE IMAGING - The present invention relates to processing of coded aperture images. Multiple frames of data acquired by the coded aperture imaging system, each with a different coded aperture array, are processed to form an image. The processing incorporates the constraints that the image solution must be positive and that the solution should be zero outside an expected image region. In one embodiment image enhancement may involve dividing the processed image into image regions having a spatially invariant point spread function and solving an inverse problem for each image region to reduce image blurring. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028452 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A lower hierarchical decoder ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028453 | Content Encoder and Decoder and Methods of Encoding and Decoding Content - A content encoder for encoding content in a source image for display on a display device, the content encoder comprising: inputs for receiving data representing content to be encoded in the source image; a processor arranged to encode content as a time varying two-dimensional pattern of luminosity modulations within the source image to form an encoded image; outputs arranged to output the encoded image to the display device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028454 | Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program - An image processing apparatus includes a criteria setter that sets selection criteria for selecting quantization intensities on the basis of feature indices of an inputted image; an intensity selector that selects, on the basis of the selection criteria set by the criteria setter, one of plural quantization intensities for each partial image area of the inputted image; and a quantizer that quantizes image information on each partial image area with the quantization intensity selected by the intensity selector. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028455 | HIGH-SPEED HIGH-ACCURACY MATRIX SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE - A singular value decomposition method according to the present invention is a method for performing a singular value decomposition on an arbitrary matrix A using a computer, the method including the steps of: performing an upper bidiagonalization on the matrix A so as to obtain an upper bidiagonal matrix B of the matrix A; obtaining at least one singular value σ of the matrix B as singular values of the matrix A; and obtaining a singular vector of the matrix A for the σ. The step of obtaining a singular vector of the matrix A includes a step of performing a Twisted decomposition on a matrix B | 2009-01-29 |
20090028456 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AV DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for improving image quality, and an image signal processing apparatus and an AV device using the same are provided. In the method for improving image quality, processing image signals relating to improving the image quality can be adaptively performed based on the amount of movement of an input movie-image so that the image quality of the movie-image can be improved without breaking the image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028457 | Noise Elimination Apparatus and Noise Elimination Method - A noise elimination apparatus has a subtracting section | 2009-01-29 |
20090028458 | SCALING FILTER FOR VIDEO SHARPENING - A device has a single scaling filter to filter a video signal once to perform both sharpening and scaling. A memory stores original scaling filter coefficients for the scaling filter. An integrated circuit calculates new sharpening-scaling filter coefficients derived from the original scaling filter coefficients and one of sharpening filter coefficients for a sharpening filter and a sharpening strength and applies the new sharpening-scaling filter coefficients to the single scaling filter. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028459 | METHOD FOR REDUCING BLOCKING ARTIFACTS - A method for removing blocking artifacts from moving and still pictures, comprising classifying horizontal and vertical boundaries in each picture as blocky or non-blocky; for each blocky boundary, defining an adaptive, picture contentdependent, one-dimensional filtered pixels region of interest (ROI) that crosses the boundary and is bound at each of its ends by a bounding pixel; defining a finite filter having a length correlated with the length of the ROI; defining a filtering pixels expansion that uniquely determines the padding values of the finite length filtered pixels ROI for the finite length filtering; and filtering the ROI pixels using the finite filter and the filtering expansion. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028460 | Method And Apparatus For Adjusting Backlight Brightness - A method for adjusting backlight brightness for an image display device whose backlights are arranged in an M×N, 2-dimensional array, and an apparatus for realizing this are provided. The method comprises a full search step determining the brightness adjustment value for each of the M×N image blocks corresponding to the backlights for the entire input image and selecting a reference block; a partial search step determining the brightness adjustment value for the selected reference block and surrounding blocks thereof for the image frame inputted following the full search step and reselecting a reference block based on the brightness adjustment value of the previous reference block and surrounding blocks thereof; and an adjustment step adjusting brightness of the backlights in accordance with the brightness adjustment value for each block as determined by the full search step and/or partial search step. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to increase the speed of image analysis for a display that uses backlights. Likewise, controlling the backlight using the characteristics of the analyzed image enables reducing power consumption and increasing the contrast ratio by applying backlight brightness according to the characteristics of the image. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028461 | IMAGING OF BURIED STRUCTURES - A method of obtaining an image of buried structures in an object, comprising partially irradiating said object by light of a wavelength that images said buried structure; and obtaining a complementary partial image of said buried structure by light diffused from a non-irradiated image area. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028462 | Apparatus and program for producing a panoramic image - a panoramic image producing apparatus provides an intensity image production unit which produces intensity images from input source image captured by an imaging device, a reference image data storage unit for storing a reference image which is used to compute the motion data of the intensity image and its absolute motion data, an absolute motion data calculation unit which uses the intensity image of the target image by first computing its relative motion data against the reference image and using its result to compute the absolute motion data against the target image, an image stitching unit to produce a panoramic image by using the absolute motion data computed above to stitch together input source images, and a reference image setting unit which sets target image as the new reference image under certain conditions. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028463 | Unique digital imaging method - A method for using an image sensor to obtain an image of a specimen focused thereon, such that the resolution of the image obtained is greater than the designed resolution of the image sensor includes focusing the specimen onto an image sensor having multiple pixels. Relative movement is carried out between the specimen and the image sensor to place the specimen at a plurality of discrete positions relative to the image sensor, and establishes sub-pixels and a plurality of equivalent sub-pixels, wherein equivalent sub-pixels are those sub-pixels that have the same portion of the specimen focused thereon at different discrete positions. Images of the specimen are digitally captured by means of the image sensor at each of the plurality of discrete positions, wherein a pixel value is recorded for each of the multiple pixels of the image sensor. A sub-pixel value is then determined for each sub-pixel of the image sensor by comparing the pixel values attributed to equivalent sub-pixels, and a sub-pixelated image of the specimen is reproduced based on the sub-pixel values determined | 2009-01-29 |
20090028464 | IMAGE UPSCALING BASED UPON DIRECTIONAL INTERPOLATION - A method for interpolation includes receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels. The edge direction proximate a first pixel of the input image is estimated using a first technique from a plurality of discrete potential directions. An edge direction is selected based upon the estimating the edge direction proximate the first pixel of the input image using a second technique. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon the selected edge direction. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon another technique. An output image is determined pixels having more pixels than the plurality of pixels based upon step (d) and step (e). | 2009-01-29 |
20090028465 | Image upscaling technique - A method for interpolation includes receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels. The edge direction proximate a first pixel of the input image is estimated using a first technique from a plurality of discrete potential directions. An edge direction is selected based upon the estimating the edge direction proximate the first pixel of the input image using a second technique. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon the selected edge direction. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon another technique. An output image is determined pixels having more pixels than the plurality of pixels. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028466 | Convertible tote bag and seat cover - There is provided a convertible tote bag and seat cover combination having a tote bag configuration and a seat cover configuration. The convertible tote bag and seat cover includes a first wall section, a second wall section, and a floor section connected to the first wall section and also connected to the second wall section. Attaching means such as snaps, zippers, buttons, or hook and loop fasteners are affixed to attaching regions of the first and second wall sections. The cover configuration is converted to the tote bag configuration by attaching these reciprocal attaching means, and conversely, the tote bag configuration is converted to the seat cover configuration by removing the reciprocal attaching means. Elasticized handles may be positioned on the tote bag, and these handles can be repositioned in the seat cover configuration to serve as straps. The seat cover with straps can thus advantageously be used in recreational functions such as providing a seat cover for a golf car, a seat cover for a boat seat, a cover for a picnic table, a beach towel, a ground cloth, and the like. Thus, the convertible tote bag and seat cover also provides the dual function of carrying recreational items and then providing a cover at the place of recreation. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028467 | Bag for Piece Goods - The invention relates to a pocket ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028468 | Structure of air passage of sealable bag, sealable bag, and method of manufacturing the sealable bag - A structure of an air passage of a sealable bag is provided wherein bag sheets | 2009-01-29 |
20090028469 | Method to accurately control size, velocity, and relative position sets of reclosable mechanism - The apparatus includes an extrusion die and further includes a main or primary extruder for the supply of material, such as low density polyethylene, to form the tubing for the manufacture of reclosable packages, bags or pouches. The apparatus further includes at least one secondary extruder, or co-extruder, for the extruding of each reclosable profile onto the tubing. The speed of the co-extruders is controlled so as to control the extrusion of the reclosable profiles. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028470 | FLEXIBLE POUCH WITH CURVILINEAR SHAPE AND METHOD OF FORMING - A flexible pouch for containing a carbonated product, and having a curvilinear shaped lower edge and method of producing the same is provided. The pouch includes a pouch body having an upper edge, a curvilinear bottom edge, and a side edge extending between the upper edge and bottom edge. The curvilinear bottom edge includes a curvilinear bottom seal corresponding to the curvilinear bottom edge, to distribute a force from the product evenly across the curvilinear bottom seal. The method forming a pouch body from a panel of laminate material, and aligning the first side edge with the second side edge to form the front wall and back wall of the pouch body. The method includes forming a side seal and forming a curvilinear bottom seal corresponding to the curvilinear bottom edge of the pouch body. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028471 | TRI-FOLD SIDE SEAMED PLASTIC PRODUCE BAG, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - A trifold side seamed plastic produce bag includes a front wall and a taller back wall, first and second side edges sealed together and a seamless bag bottom. The taller back wall provides means for finding the bag opening. The bag is joined at the side edges to additional bags by a perforation. The bag is corona treated on at least one wall and promotional material is printed on the treated surface. The bags are folded to one third of their height to fit compact bag roll dispensers. The bags are folded in a Z-fold or C-fold configuration. The method and apparatus for producing the bags includes a slitter that removes a strip of plastic from only the top layer of the bag stream to form an extended flap on each bag. The method includes manufacturing the bags and winding them onto cores or forming the bags into coreless rolls. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028472 | Flexible Package and Method of Producing the Same - The invention relates to a flexible package ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028473 | Combined motion control and brake release apparatus - A combined motion control and brake apparatus and method includes a linear longitudinal rail, a bearing block supported on the linear longitudinal rail, a linear rail brake fixed to the linear longitudinal rail, a carrier connected to the rail brake and supported by the bearing block, a pair of linear cross slide rails fixed on the carrier, the cross slide rails disposed generally at right angles to the longitudinal rail, a cross slide bearing block mounted on each cross slide rail, a cross slide supported on the cross slide bearing block moveable in both longitudinal and lateral directions, relative to the longitudinal rails, the cross slide including an engagement feature, and an engager operable to engage the engagement feature to release the rail brake and to move the cross slide rail. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028474 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE, AND SPINDLE MOTOR EQUIPPED WITH SAME - There is provided a hydrodynamic bearing device with which the lubricant is prevented from leaking to the outside, and good seal performance can be maintained, and a spindle motor equipped with this hydrodynamic bearing device. The hydrodynamic bearing device comprises a shaft, a sleeve, a lubricant that fills a microscopic gap, a radial bearing portion, a thrust beating portion, and a bearing seal portion. The value of a function P | 2009-01-29 |
20090028475 | FAN WITH AN ANTI-LEAKAGE DEVICE FOR AN OILY BEARING - A fan with an anti-leakage device for an oily bearing includes a base, an axial barrel, a fan wheel and a bearing. The axial barrel extends from the base and provides a first end, a second end, a first oil storage groove at the second end. The fan wheel extends a spindle from the inner side thereof and provides a joining part surrounding an end of the spindle and being adjacent to the inner side of the first end. The bearing is received in the axial barrel and further includes an axial through bore, which provides two inverted cone shaped ends, and at least a second oil storage groove, which is provided at a wall surface of the axial through bore for being adjacent to the spindle closely. Thus, a closed circuit is formed for the lubrication oil flowing back to the bearing without leakage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028476 | ANTI-LEAKAGE DEVICE IN A FAN FOR AN OILY BEARING - A fan with an anti-leakage device for an oily bearing includes a base, an axial barrel, a fan wheel and a bearing. The axial barrel extends from the base and provides a first end, a second end, a first oil storage groove at the second end. The fan wheel extends a spindle from the inner side thereof and provides a joining part surrounding an end of the spindle to be adjacent to the inner side of the first end. The bearing is received in the axial barrel and further includes an axial bore, which provides two cone shaped ends, and at least a second oil storage groove, which is provided at a wall surface thereof for being adjacent to the spindle closely; and a reduced-curve end, which is opposite to the joining part. Thus, a closed circuit is formed for the lubrication oil flowing back to the bearing without leakage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028477 | Bearing Arrangement for a Creel - Bearing arrangement for a creel for holding a wind-on bobbin for winding on an elongate textile strand, wherein the bearing arrangement has a bushing, which surrounds a pin, wherein alternatively either the bushing or the pin is non-rotatably connected to the creel, and wherein the pin and bushing can be rotated relative to one another, so the creel is pivotable. According to the invention, the bushing ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028478 | BEARING DEVICE FOR ROLL OF HOT DIPPING BATH IN CONTINUOUS HOT DIP COATING LINE - In a bearing device for a roll of a hot dipping bath, i.e., zinc pot, a sleeve is fastened to a shaft of the roll of the hot dipping bath in a continuous hot dip coating line, i.e., a continuous galvanizing line. A bush housing has a bush internally fixed to support the sleeve, and a curved annular outer surface. Also, bush housing fixed rings are fixed to both inner sides of a fixed ring housing which is associated with a rig of the hot dipping bath roll. Each of the bush housing fixed rings has a curved annular inner surface supporting the bush housing at both sides thereof and in abutment with the curved annular outer surface of the bush housing. The invention allows the steel sheet to be coated with molten metal stably and speedily with high efficiency. Also, the bush and sleeve of the bearing device are not locally worn away, thereby extending useful life of the roll. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028479 | Bearing Bush System for a Two-Part Steering Shaft - A bearing bush system comprises a bearing bush ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028480 | SLIDE BEARING BUSH - A slide bearing bush with an integrated sealing element permits a relatively simple and economical production of the slide bearing bush. The slide bearing bush includes a bush part and a cover part. The bush part and/or the cover part is provided with an annular groove formed for holding the sealing element, and the slide bearing bush comprised of the bush part and the cover part possesses a cylindrical outside contour. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028481 | Double row thrust roller bearing - A double row thrust roller bearing includes a pair of inner and outer cages arranged radially in two rows in separate coaxial relation, each cage including an annular inner peripheral wall, an annular outer peripheral wall, a plurality of pillar portions interconnecting the annular inner and outer peripheral walls at intervals in a circumferential direction thereof, and a plurality of pockets each formed between the adjacent pillar portions. Rollers are rotatably held and retained respectively in the pockets. The annular inner peripheral wall of the inner cage is guided by an annular flange formed at an inner peripheral edge of one race, and the annular inner peripheral wall of the outer cage is guided at an inner periphery thereof by the annular outer peripheral wall of the inner cage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028482 | Split bearing - A split bearing which is divided in two is formed of a rolling bearing, and its outer ring is provided with ribs at both side parts thereof in an axial direction. An integrating mechanism is provided at a position within a range in the axial direction where this rib is formed. The integrating mechanism include a concave groove in an annular shape which is formed on a side surface of the rib, and a C-shaped ring is engaged with this concave groove, whereby upper and lower split outer ring pieces of the divided outer ring are integrated into a preassembled state. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028483 | Double row ball bearing - The large diameter cage has an asymmetric shape, a diameter (discharge diameter) of which close to an opening is larger than a diameter (inflow diameter) close to the small diameter cage, and the small diameter cage has a symmetric shape, in which a diameter (inflow diameter) of which close to an opening is equal to a diameter (discharge diameter) close to the large diameter cage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028484 | Roller bearing and bearing structure - A flange part of an inner ring member ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028485 | Bearing Apparatus for a Wheel of Vehicle - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus is formed as a unit and has a wheel hub with a wheel mounting flange at one end. A cylindrical portion extends from the wheel mounting flange, via a shoulder portion. A wheel bearing, formed by a double row rolling bearing, is press fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub. The wheel bearing has an outer member formed with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. A pair of inner rings, formed with inner raceway surfaces, is arranged opposite to the double row outer raceway surfaces. The rings are press fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub, via a predetermined interference. One ring abuts the shoulder portion. Double row rolling elements are freely rollably contained between the opposed inner and outer raceway surfaces, via cages. The inner rings are axially immovably secured by a caulked portion. The caulked portion is formed by plastically radially outwardly deforming the end portion of the cylindrical portion. The inner circumferential surfaces of one end of the inner rings are formed with predetermined chamfer portions. The chamfer portion of the inner ring of the inner side is smaller than the chamfer portion of the inner ring of the outer side. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028486 | Tapered roller bearing - Guide grooves for guiding lubricating oil from a small rib-side end portion of an inner ring to a large rib-side end portion thereof are formed at an inner periphery of a cage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028487 | Micro-ring optical detector/modulator - A micro-ring configured to selectively detect or modulate optical energy includes at least one annular optical cavity; at least two electrodes disposed about the optical cavity configured to generate an electrical field in the at least one optical cavity; and an optically active layer optically coupled to the at least one optical cavity. A method of manipulating optical energy within a waveguide includes optically coupling at least one annular optical cavity with the waveguide; and selectively controlling an electrical field in the at least one annular optical cavity to modulate optical energy from the waveguide. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028488 | FABRICATION OF NANOWIRES - A method of forming a nanowire is disclosed. In one embodiment, a primary preform is formed comprising at least one central region and a support structure. The primary preform is then drawn to a cane, which is then inserted into an outer portion, to form a secondary preform. The secondary preform is then drawn until the at least one central portion is a nanowire. The method can produce nanowires of far greater length than existing methods, and can reduce the likelihood of damaging the nanowire when handling. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028489 | High speed fiber optic grating sensor system - A fiber optic grating sensor system is used to localize and measure the environment associated with high speed events including pressure, temperature, velocity and position. This system has the capability to provide timing and physical location markers allowing the character of a rapidly changing event to be accurately measured with specific reference to time and location of that event. The system consists of a fiber grating sensor assembly that may consist of a fiber grating array or chirped fiber grating. Markers are put in place by using short fiber gratings that either occupies a different spatial or spectral space so that environmental measurements can be accurately related to time and space. The reflective spectra can be interpreted rapidly through the use of spectral filters, the disappearance of the fiber grating assembly due to an energetic event or arrays of high speed detectors supported by dispersive elements. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028490 | SIGNAL IDENTIFYING APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER - Provided is a signal identifying apparatus for an optical fiber that includes a detecting portion capable of detecting a signal originating from a first end of the optical fiber and a signal originating from a second end of the optical fiber. Additionally, the signal identifying apparatus includes an identifying portion that identifies a desired signal by separating the signal originating from the first end of the optical fiber from the signal originating from the second end of the optical fiber. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028491 | INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE - An interconnect structure includes an insulative web having a first surface and a second surface; a logic device secured to the second surface of the insulative web; a frame panel assembly including a frame base having a first surface and a second surface, a first frame insulative layer disposed between the frame base first surface and the insulative web second surface, an aperture extending through the frame base and first frame insulative layer, wherein at least a portion of the logic device is disposed within the aperture, and a first frame connector disposed between a first electrically conductive layer located on the frame base first surface, and a second electrically conductive layer located on a surface of the first frame insulative layer; a device connector disposed between an I/O contact on a surface of the logic device and a third electrical conductor located on a surface of the insulative web; and an insulative layer connector that is disposed between the third electrical conductor located on a surface of the insulative web and the second electrically conductive layer located on a surface of the first frame insulative layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028492 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE RING RESONATOR WITH AN INTRACAVITY ACTIVE ELEMENT - An optical resonator, a photonic system and a method of optical resonance employ optical waveguide segments connected together with total internal reflection (TIR) mirrors to form a closed loop. The optical resonator includes the optical waveguide segments, an intracavity active element coupled to a designated one of the optical waveguide segments, the TIR mirrors and a photo-tunneling input/output (I/O) port. The photo-tunneling I/O port includes one of the TIR mirrors. The method includes propagating and reflecting the optical signal, or a portion thereof, in the optical resonator, transmitting a portion of the optical signal through the I/O port, and influencing the optical signal. The photonic system includes the optical resonator with optical gain and a source of an optical signal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028493 | Plasmon-enhanced electromagnetic-radiation-emitting devices and methods for fabricating the same - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to surface-plasmon-enhanced electromagnetic-radiation-emitting devices and to methods of fabricating these devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, an electromagnetic-radiation-emitting device comprises a multilayer core, a metallic device layer, and a substrate. The multilayer core has an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the outer layer is configured to surround at least a portion of the inner layer. The metallic device layer is configured to surround at least a portion of the outer layer. The substrate has a bottom conducting layer in electrical communication with the inner layer and a top conducting layer in electrical communication with the metallic device layer such that the exposed portion emits surface-plasmon-enhanced electromagnetic radiation when an appropriate voltage is applied between the bottom conducting layer and the top conducting layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028494 | Optical waveguide, package board having the same, and manufacturing method thereof - An optical waveguide, a package board having the optical waveguide, and manufacturing methods thereof are disclosed. The method of manufacturing an optical waveguide includes: forming a first reflective bump and a second reflective bump, which have inclined surfaces formed on sides opposite to each other and which are disposed with a predetermined distance in-between, on one side of a first cladding; forming a core between the first reflective bump and the second reflective bump; and stacking a second cladding over the one side of the first cladding such that the second cladding covers the first reflective bump, the second reflective bump, and the core. With this method, inclined surfaces can be formed by stacking a metal layer on the lower cladding and then selectively etching the metal layer, which can reduce lead time and enable a high degree of freedom in design. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028495 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL HYBRID CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - An electro-optical hybrid connection assembly provides an optical connection of at least a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber that define a fiber axis and an electrical connection of at least a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor. The assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first ferrule that encloses the first optical fiber, a centering sleeve surrounding the first ferrule and projecting beyond at least one end of the first ferrule, and at least one electrical plug-in contact connected to the first electrical conductor. The second connector includes a second ferrule enclosing the second optical fiber, and at least one electrical plug-in contact connected to the second electrical conductor. Each of the two optical fibers has a plane fiber end aligned at right angles to the fiber axis and provided with an anti-reflection coating. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028496 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, A BLANK AND A METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTRO-OPTICAL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - The invention provides a method of making an electro-optical printed circuit board, the method comprising: providing a support layer having thereon surface mounted electric components within a region of the support layer; forming one or more surface mounted optical components on the surface of the electro-optical printed circuit board; and during formation of the one or more surface mounted optical components shielding the region of the electro-optical printed circuit board where the surface mounted electric components are formed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028497 | OPTOELECTRONIC WIRING BOARD, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An optoelectronic wiring board includes a rigid, a flexible flex section made of an optical wiring, a flex rigid substrate section provided with an electric wiring, and optical wiring means. In the rigid section, a lamination which is formed of a conductive circuit and an insulating layer is formed on both sides of a substrate. The flexible flex section is made of an optical wiring. The flex rigid substrate section is provided with an electric wiring. The optical wiring means has an end face substantially perpendicular to the optical wiring means. The end face is arranged facing an optical element mounting region provided on the rigid section, and at least a part of the flex section is fixed on the rigid section. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028498 | Optical fiber connector - An optical fiber connector ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090028499 | Optical Switch Matrix - A method for routing optical signals within an optical switch matrix is described herein. In one embodiment, exemplary routing within the optical switch matrix includes, but is not limited to, providing a plurality of switching nodes and a plurality of intermediate wavelengths. Furthermore, any one of a plurality of input waveguides is coupled with any one of a plurality of output waveguides, using one or more of the switching nodes and the intermediate waveguides. In addition, a switching node couples the respective input waveguide and the respective output waveguide. The switching node includes a first switch coupling the respective input waveguide to an intermediate waveguide and a second switch coupling the intermediate waveguide to the respective output waveguide. The second switch is an X switch having a first and second input ports and a first and second output ports, the first input port receiving the intermediate waveguide and the first output port coupling to the respective output waveguide | 2009-01-29 |
20090028500 | SIGNAL INTERCONNECT INCORPORATING MULTIPLE MODULAR UNITS - An interconnect element incorporates a plurality of smaller, substantially identical, interconnect modules. Multiple identical elements can in turn be combined to form larger interconnect networks. Signal paths in the elements can be implemented with optical fibers or electrical conductors. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028501 | MULTIPLE FUNCTION DIGITAL OPTICAL SWITCH - A multiwavelength switch is provided. The switch includes at least one optical input for receiving an optical beam and at least two optical outputs. A dispersion element receives the optical beam from the optical input and spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. A collimating element is provided for collimating the plurality of wavelength components. An actuatable optical arrangement receives the collimated plurality of wavelength components from the collimating element. The actuatable optical arrangement includes a digital micromirror device (DMD) from which at least one wavelength component is reflected at least twice before being directed to a selected one of optical outputs. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028502 | Segmented prism element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches - A fiber optic switch utilizing a segmented prism element, comprising a fiber optic switch used in multi-channel optical communications networks and having one or more arrays of micro electromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors, wherein at least a first array of MEMS mirrors is utilized to select & switch wavelengths from a number of input fiber ports (N) to an output fiber port, wherein at least a second array of MEMS mirrors using and sharing the same free space optics as the first MEMS array is utilized to produce yet another fiber optic switch, wherein the second switch is utilized to select individual wavelengths or spectral components from its input fiber ports to send to its output fiber port for optical power or other monitoring purposes, thus, enabling a cost effective, high level of integration N×1 or alternatively a 1×N switch capable of internal feedback monitoring. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028503 | FLEX SPECTRUM WSS - Switching optical signals containing a plurality of spectral channels characterized by a predetermined channel spacing is described. A selected beam deflector array may be selected from among a plurality of available beam deflector arrays configured to accommodate spectral channels of different channel spacings. The selected beam deflector array is configured to accommodate spectral channels of the predetermined channel spacing. The spectral channels are selectively optically coupled to the selected beam deflector array, which selectively optically couples the spectral channels between one or more input ports and one or more output ports. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028504 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE RING RESONATOR WITH PHOTO-TUNNELING INPUT/OUTPUT PORT - An optical resonator, a photonic system and a method of optical resonance employ optical waveguide segments connected together with total internal reflection (TIR) mirrors to form a closed loop. The optical resonator includes the optical waveguide segments, the TIR mirrors and a photo-tunneling input/output (I/O) port. The photo-tunneling I/O port includes one of the TIR mirrors. The method includes propagating and reflecting an optical signal, or a portion thereof, in the optical resonator, and transmitting a portion of the optical signal through the photo-tunneling I/O port. The photonic system includes the optical resonator and a source of an optical signal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028505 | Optical Fiber Microscopy Launch System and Method - A launch system and method for microscopy having an optical fiber positioned proximate a sample slide with an optical fiber mounting element so as to deliver an EMR from the optical fiber into a first sample slide and to a surface of a second sample slide at a critical angle for total internal reflection at an interface of the surface of the second sample slide and a sample positioned proximate to the surface of the second sample slide. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028506 | Passive Alignment Using Elastic Averaging In Optoelectronics Applications - In an optoelectronic assembly in which one or more beam paths are to be aligned with a corresponding number of active optical elements, the cooperation between flexible alignment features and fixed alignment features achieves elastic averaging so as to provide the target accuracy. By averaging dimensional and positional errors over a large number of localized couplings of the flexible and fixed alignment features, elastic averaging provides the same accuracy as the more costly and complex kinematic alignment techniques. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028507 | Fiber optic adapter with integrated shutter - The present invention relates generally to fiber optic connectors and adapters, and more specifically to a simplified fiber optic adapter assembly and integrated shutter mechanism. In various embodiments, the simplified fiber optic adapter assembly includes a one-piece outer housing, a one or two-piece inner housing, and several different clip arrangements, reducing the number of parts associated with conventional fiber optic adapter assemblies and eliminating the need for ultrasonic welding or the like. In various embodiments, the integrated shutter mechanism includes one or more shutter doors that are opened internally via the motion required for connector installation. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028508 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - The present solution relates to a system and method of an optical connector assembly for interconnecting two optical fibers. The optical connector assembly has a splice with a fiber conduit for holding bare ends of the two optical fibers together. Additionally, the optical connector has two corresponding ferrules. The two corresponding ferrules are for securing optical fibers and for aligning the bare end of an optical fiber into the splice without catching an edge. The method includes compressing along the longitudinal axis a first ferrule against the splice to force a guiding member of the first ferrule into a first aperture of the splice, thus opening a conduit of the splice at the first aperture. Once the optic fiber is inserted, the method includes releasing the compression along the longitudinal axis of the first ferrule against the splice to allow the splice to apply radial retention forces on fibers. A sheath to form a connector body of the optical connector assembly interconnects the ferrules. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028509 | OPTICAL FIBER DEVICE - An optical fiber device converts an input optical pulse having a predetermined center wavelength into an optical pulse having a wavelength bandwidth broader than that of the input optical pulse. The optical fiber device includes a plurality of optical fibers connected in a cascaded manner each having negative wavelength dispersion at the center wavelength. The optical fibers have different relative refractive index differences between a core region and a cladding region from each other. The optical fibers are connected such that wavelength dispersions of adjacent optical fibers at the center wavelength are different from each other. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028510 | Drive for System for Processing Fiber Optic Connectors - An apparatus for moving a fiber including a plurality of fiber optic connectors through a system for processing the plurality of fiber optic connectors. The apparatus can include a first drive mechanism for moving the fiber through the system, such as a cart and a conveyor. The apparatus can include a second drive mechanism for moving the plurality of fiber optic connectors through the system, such as a screw drive. The apparatus can also include a controller for coordinating movement of the first drive mechanism with the second drive mechanism. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028511 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS - A video processing apparatus, a mobile apparatus and a control method of the video processing apparatus are provided. The video processing apparatus includes: a communicating unit which communicates with a video file supplying source that stores a video file and a header file corresponding to the video file, in which the video file contains video information and header information stored behind the video file information and transmitted later than the video information and used for reproducing the video information; a video processing unit which processes the video file to be reproduced; and a controller which receives the header file and the video file from the video file supplying source through the communicating unit and controls the video processing unit to reproduce the video file on the basis of the header file. | 2009-01-29 |
20090028512 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING VIDEO DATA - A method of classifying video data representing activity within a space to be monitored. A method comprises storing video data obtained from a camera configured to monitor the space. Sensor data indicative of a condition occurring within the space is obtained, and a plurality of programme elements are defined within the video data. Each programme element has an associated classification code, and each classification code is selected using the sensor data. | 2009-01-29 |