19th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110110592 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a text recognition module, a group creation module, a group extraction module, an arrangement module, and a movie generator. The text recognition module recognizes a character string in a plurality of still images. The group creation module creates a plurality of groups by classifying the plurality of still images. The group extraction module extracts, from the plurality of groups, groups including a still image which meets a predetermined condition. The arrangement module arranges still images included in the extracted groups in a predetermined order, and inserts a still image included in the extracted groups and including the character string at a predetermined position of the still images which are arranged. The movie generator generates movie data for successively displaying the arranged still images in the extracted groups. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110593 | METHOD OF MODIFYING CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR HAND-WRITTEN CHARACTERS - A method of modifying a classification scheme for classifying hand-written characters. The method includes the steps of: receiving digital ink representing a handwritten character from an optically imaging pen; determining a selection value based on the similarity of the received character and a respective prototype vector of the stored classification scheme; selecting a prototype vector of the stored classification scheme in accordance with the determined selection value; selecting a class of the stored classification scheme in accordance with a selected prototype representing the character; selecting a stored user dependent weighted allograph in accordance with the selected prototype vector representing the character; modifying an allograph in the respective class; and storing a modified classification scheme which includes the modified allograph. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110594 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing system includes a storing section that stores a database in which specific pose data representing each of specific poses of a human, and effect manipulation data specifying each of manipulations applied to an image are registered in association with each other, a human region detecting section that detects a human region that is a region where a human appears in an image on which to perform image processing, a human pose recognizing section that recognizes a pose of the human in the human region detected by the human region detecting section, a matching section that finds the specific pose data matching the pose recognized by the human pose recognizing section, by referencing the database, and a manipulating section that applies a manipulation to the image on the basis of the effect manipulation data associated with the specific pose data found by the matching section. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110595 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING LIGHTING COMPONENT - An image correction apparatus and method for eliminating a lighting component are provided. A photographed original image is divided into a plurality of block units to calculate a representative brightness value of each of the divided block units. A background image having the size of the original image is generated using the calculated brightness value and interpolation. A lighting component is extracted from the background image and a lighting component included in the original image is eliminated using the extracted lighting component. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110596 | Methods and Systems for Identifying Text in Digital Images - Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for detection of text in an image using an initial text classification result and a verification process. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110597 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a unified template matching technique which allows an adequate matching position to be provided even in an image with a distorted pattern shape and a variation in edge intensity. A correlation value contribution rate map is created for the vicinity of each of top candidate positions obtained by applying a centroid distance filter to a normalized correlation map resulting from template matching. A corrected intensity image is created from the correlation value contribution rate maps. Luminance correction is performed based on the corrected intensity image. Local matching is performed again on the vicinity of each candidate position. The candidates are then re-sorted based on candidate positions and correlation values newly obtained. Thus, even in an image with a distorted pattern shape and a variation in edge intensity, an adequate matching position can be provided in a unified manner. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110598 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING REGIONALIZED ARCHITECTURE - An image processing method and an image processing system using a regionalized architecture are provided. In the method, a plurality of neighborhood pixels having at least one similarity characteristic in an image are classified into a group region having the same characteristics. Then, a unique group mark is assigned to each of the group regions, a regionalized chain code is used to describe an edge of each group region, such that subsequent image processing procedures can be applied to the neighborhood pixels of a currently processed pixel having same group mark. Therefore, the group regions can be recognized according to the group mark and regionalized chain code thereof, so as to simultaneously perform image processing procedures on those group regions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110599 | DOCUMENT IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A character is recognized from an original document image that is obtained, for example, by an image reading apparatus. And a natural language processing is performed on a document configured from the recognized characters. Thus, a translation (supplementary annotation) for a word or a phrase in the document is obtained. Then, a supplementary annotation added document image is generated with an original document image layer configured from an original document image on which a supplementary annotation text layer is superimposed. In the supplementary annotation text layer, the translation is placed at a position corresponding to a position in an interline space near the word or the phrase. Furthermore, in addition to a translation, an underline is placed for a discontinuous phrase. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110600 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING IMAGES AND A FORMAT FOR COMPRESSED IMAGES - There is provided a method for compressing images and an image format. The method comprises performing a transform on pixel portions of image data and evaluating resulting coefficients from each transform in terms of a flatness condition. If the transform is found to be flat then the result from the transform is quantized according to a first quantizing scheme. If the transform is found not to be flat then the result from the transform is quantized according to a second quantizing scheme being different from the first quantizing scheme. Different block arranging schemes are proposed for the quantizing schemes. An indicator is stored in the block indicating that the image block is flat or not flat. The resulting bits are written into a compression data structure. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110601 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE DEBLURRING USING JOINT BILATERAL FILTERING | 2011-05-12 |
20110110602 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that converts a frame rate by creating a sub-frame from an input frame and outputting the sub-frame, the image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate the sub-frame from the input frame, a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount of brightness of the input frame, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to reduce luminance of the sub-frames generated by the generation unit based on the feature amount calculated by the calculation unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110603 | FILTER DEVICE - A filter device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110110604 | CROPPING SCANNED PAGES TO REMOVE ARTIFACTS - One embodiment is a method that crops a scanned page of a document to remove an artifact. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110605 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REFERENCING PANORAMIC IMAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for generating a panoramic image is provided. The method includes photographing a plurality of images, obtaining contextual information with respect to each of the plurality of photographed images, and generating the plurality of photographed images as one panoramic image based on the obtained contextual information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110606 | System and method for rotating images - A system and method for rotating a source image by a first non-zero angle is provided. The method includes: defining a template for the source image, the template representing a rotation of the source image about an axis of the source image by second angle, where the second angle is the negative of the first non-zero angle; determining overlap between the template and the source image; separating the template into a plurality of strips covering at least the area of overlap; and for each strip: indentifying an initial pixel in the source image within the strip and storing the image data of the initial pixel; storing the image data of all remaining pixels within both the strip and the overlap in a database format in which the all remaining pixels is defined by a Y and X offset from the initial pixel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110607 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND METHOD OF IMAGE ROTATION - A method of rotating a digital image includes performing a first pass to process a selected image tile of a source image. The first pass includes copying a set of pixels of the selected image tile from a first memory to a processor memory, where the set of pixels comprises a portion of the selected image tile. The first pass further includes grouping the set of pixels into blocks of pixels and writing each of the blocks of pixels to a memory location. The method further includes repeating the first pass until each of the pixels of the selected image tile is processed, performing a second pass to process the blocks of pixels, and repeating the second pass until each of the blocks of pixels is processed. The second pass includes copying blocks of pixels, regrouping the blocks of pixels, and writing the regrouped pixels to a destination image location. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110608 | Image transformation estimator of an imaging device - A technique includes obtaining an operational capacity of an imaging device. The technique can also include estimating one or more operational resources to perform an image transformation that estimates whether the imaging device has adequate operational capacity to transform one or more images. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110609 | DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSING ACCELEROMETERS - A device is disclosed having an elongate housing. A pair of orthogonal accelerometers and an infrared sensor arrangement are mounted in the elongate housing. The infrared sensor arrangement is configured to sense information printed on a surface in infrared ink. The pair of orthogonal accelerometers is configured to sense relative positions of the elongate housing. A transceiver is also includes in the housing for communicating the information and relative positions to a remote computer system. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110610 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit which reads a manuscript image by optically scanning a manuscript placed on a reading region, a region division unit which divides the reading region into a plurality of partial regions in accordance with a division direction directed along a sub scanning direction to which the image reading unit moves for scanning the manuscript and a division direction directed along a main scanning direction perpendicular to the sub scanning direction, a condition setting unit which sets a condition on which the image reading unit reads the manuscript image for each of the partial regions, and a controller which directs the image reading unit to read the manuscript image on the conditions depending on the partial regions being scanned by the image reading unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110611 | Bag With Interior Pockets With Removable Nametags - A bag has a front, back and opposing sides, in which the front and back have a respective interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface. A fastener such as a pair of zippers are disposed on opposing sides joining the front and back together thereby forming a center compartment, defined by the interior facing surfaces of the front and back. When the fasteners such as the zippers are unzipped, the front and back can lie substantially flat. Advantageously one or more pockets are formed on the interior facing surface of the front or back. A plurality of tags are affixed to the pockets using an appropriate attachment device such as complementary strips of Velcro, to identify the contents of the pockets. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110612 | Micropleated Vacuum Bag and Seal Method for Composite Parts - A micropleated vacuum bag includes a bag sheet, at least one seal ribbon carried by the bag sheet and a plurality of micropleats extending into the bag sheet and the at least one seal ribbon. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110613 | FLEXIBLE PACKAGE BAG PROVIDED WITH ONE-WAY FUNCTIONING NOZZLE AND LIQUID MATERIAL-FILLED PACKAGING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a non-self standing type flexible package bag provided with a film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle which is excellent not only in the non-return function and liquid cutting properties but also in the pouring property of a liquid packing material as a filling substance (capable of smoothly pouring the packing material in the bag until the end). The flexible package bag is constituted by protruding the film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle from a side portion of a package bag main body in which a laminate film in a non-seal portion of the package bag main body has an irregular inner surface in at least an upper part thereof or in the vicinity of a side edge side the film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110614 | Original christmas tree transport system - A Christmas tree transport system formed of a folding polyethylene plastic sheet tarpaulin apparatus which allows a user to easily enclose and transport a Christmas tree. The apparatus fastens with VELCRO brand hook and loop fasteners, and allows the user to place a natural Christmas tree within the apparatus without spilling the needles. The re-useable apparatus includes attached handles and wheels, allowing a user to quickly and easily enclose and move the Christmas tree. After use, the Christmas tree transport system folds compactly to store in a small space. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110615 | TRACK RAIL AND MOTION GUIDANCE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE TRACK RAIL - Rigidity and precision of a motion guidance apparatus are increased by improving track rail shape. A track rail has at least two rolling member rolling grooves (RMRGs) on the upper surface and at least one RMRG on each side surface, the RMRGs extending in the longitudinal direction. When the RMRGs are taken along a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the track rail, and two imaginary lines extending vertically downward are drawn from ends of the respective grooves located on the outer sides among upper surface RMRGs, all the side surface RMRG are positioned in the rail but outside the corresponding one of the two imaginary lines, and at least portions of the upper surface and the side surfaces of the track rail, on which the RMRGs are formed, the portions being in the vicinity of the respective RMRGs, are formed with an inclination angle. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110616 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Holding a Track to a Base - An assembly for coupling a track with a base extrusion via a support extrusion and a wedge assembly. A double-edged support extrusion for coupling a track with a guide wheel via a wedge assembly according to some embodiments of the invention. Methods for assembling an assembly for coupling a track with a base extrusion via a support extrusion and a wedge assembly and a double-edged support extrusion for coupling a track with a guide wheel via a wedge assembly. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110617 | BEARING COMPONENT AND ROLLING BEARING - At least one of an outer ring, an inner ring and balls can be formed of ceramics capable of suppressing impact on another bearing component more than silicon nitride to provide a bearing component usable in an application where an abruptly varying load is imposed thereon. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110618 | BEARING RING - A bearing ring which is has a reliable and maintenance-free protection from frictional corrosion on the fits of the bearing ring. The protection is already effective during assembly. The bearing ring has a wall that has a frictional corrosion-resistant layer in at least those regions that are in contact with a machine component via a fit when assembled. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110619 | TUNABLE DISPERSION COMPENSATOR WITH MINIMUM DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY - In a method and system for providing dispersion compensation in an optical system, there is coupled into the optical system at least one pathway into which there is connected a tunable chirped fiber Bragg grating, each such grating providing a respective tunable amount of dispersion. At least one respective DGD element is connected into the respective pathway for each such grating. The set of all such respective DGD elements in a given pathway introduces a bias differential group delay DGD | 2011-05-12 |
20110110620 | ROTATED SINGLE OR MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER - An apparatus for estimating a shape, the apparatus including: an optical fiber configured to conform to the shape and having a first core offset from a centerline of the optical fiber, the first core having an optical characteristic configured to change due to a change in shape of the optical fiber wherein a change in the optical characteristic is used to estimate the shape. A method for estimating a shape is also disclosed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110621 | NOVEL SENSOR ARRAY CONFIGURATION FOR EXTENDING USEFUL SENSING LENGTH OF A SWEPT-WAVELENGTH INTERFEROMETRY BASED SYSTEM - An apparatus for estimating a parameter at distributed locations, the apparatus including: an optical fiber having: a first series of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and configured to measure the parameter at a portion of the distributed locations; a second series of FBGs and configured to measure the parameter at another portion of the distributed locations; and an optical interrogator configured to illuminate the optical fiber and to receive light signals resulting from the illumination, the light signals including first light signals from the first series of FBGs within a first range of wavelengths, second light signals from the second series of FBGs within a second range of wavelengths, and other light signals within a third range of wavelengths, the ranges of wavelengths being distinct from each other; wherein the first light signals and the second light signals are used to estimate the parameter at the distributed locations. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110622 | HYBRID INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULE - The present invention provides a hybrid integrated optical module having a high coupling efficiency by suppressing a connection loss between waveguides. A hybrid integrated optical module according to an embodiment of the present invention is an optical module which integrates a semiconductor chip and a PLC chip. The semiconductor chip has a semiconductor waveguide and is mounted on a Si bench. The PLC chip includes a PLC substrate and an optical waveguide formed on the PLC substrate. An end face of the semiconductor chip protrudes from an end face of the Si bench toward the PLC chip side by a protrusion amount X. Gap adjustment (adjustment of a distance D) between the semiconductor waveguide and the optical waveguide becomes possible by setting a position where the end face of the semiconductor chip is brought into contact with an end face of the PLC chip to be a reference position (zero point). | 2011-05-12 |
20110110623 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM, LAMINATED TYPE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ASSEMBLY, OPTICAL WIRING LINE, OPTICAL/ELECTRICAL COMBINATION SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical waveguide film includes at least one optical waveguide area having an X-direction and a Y-direction orthogonal to the X-direction. Such an optical waveguide film includes a plurality of core portions arranged side by side within the same layer so as to extend along the X-direction, each of the core portions having side surfaces, and the core portions adjoining to each other in the Y-direction being arranged through a gap therebetween; and a plurality of cladding portions provided so as to cover the side surfaces of each of the core portions, each of the cladding portions formed of a resin having an optical refractive index smaller than that of each of the core portions, and the cladding portion between the adjoining core portions providing each gap. In the optical waveguide film, a size of the gap between the adjoining core portions varies along the X-direction in at least a part of the optical waveguide area. This makes it possible to precisely match a gap between core portions in a cut end surface with a desired value by selection of cutting positions of the optical waveguide film even when the optical waveguide film is shrunken. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110624 | ARRAYE WAVEGUIDE DIFFRACTION GRATING - An optical wavelength multi/demultiplexing circuit is provided in which temperature dependence at a transmission center wavelength remained in an athermalized AWG is compensated. An AWG according to an embodiment of the present invention is compensated for the main temperature dependence at the transmission center wavelength. The AWG comprises an optical splitter, a first and second arm waveguides, an optical mode combining coupler and a multimode waveguide between an input/output waveguide and a slab waveguide. The optical mode combining coupler couples fundamental mode light from the first arm waveguide as fundamental mode and the fundamental mode light from the second arm waveguide as first mode. The multimode waveguide is capable of propagating the fundamental and first mode light. This AWG is configured such that the temperature dependence remained in the arrayed waveguide grating is compensated by changing the optical path length difference between the first and second arm waveguides with temperature. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110625 | PACKAGES FOR HIGH POWER OPERATION OF OPTICAL FIBER COMPONENTS - A package for dissipating heat power and/or optical power from an optical fiber component of a device is provided. The package includes a heat sink packaging receptacle for accommodating the optical fiber component having a cavity for receiving a temperature sensitive portion of the optical fiber component. According to one aspect, the package may include a power-dissipative material for dissipating heat power or optical power, the power-dissipative material extending within the cavity and surrounding the temperature-sensitive portion of the optical fiber component. According to another aspect, the package may include at least one channel extending between the cavity and an end of the heat sink packaging receptacle, the channel being in intimate contact with the cladding of the optical fiber component for dissipating heat power and/or optical power from the optical fiber component. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110626 | Device for forming laser radiation - An apparatus for forming laser radiation. The apparatus can form the laser radiation such that the laser radiation can enter an optical fiber. The apparatus contains a first lens device for deflection and/or imaging or collimation of the laser radiation with respect to a first direction, and a second lens device for deflection and/or imaging or collimation of the laser radiation with respect to a second direction. The first and the second lens devices are provided in or on a component. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110627 | BEAM COLLIMATOR - A device, method of collimating beam coming out from an optical tapered-core guided wave structure with change of index of refraction longitudinally along the axial direction of the tapered-core guided wave structure in the core or cladding region is proposed in this invention. The guided wave structure includes optical fibers and waveguides. The beam collimator in this invention is combined with light couplers and illuminating sources in applications to laser surgery, machinery, probing, measuring, weapons, imaging devices. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110628 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-RECEIVING ELEMENT, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, OPTICAL INTERCONNECT MODULE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHOD - Provided is a high-speed and highly efficient semiconductor light-receiving element with small dependence on an incident light polarization direction. A semiconductor light-receiving element according to one aspect of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer including a light-absorbing layer | 2011-05-12 |
20110110629 | PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A planar optical waveguide including a clad layer, an optical waveguide having a core embedded in the clad layer; and a groove formed in the clad layer and having a reflection interface for totally reflecting a leaked light leaked from the optical waveguide to the clad layer. Since the reflection interface for totally reflecting the leaked light is formed in the clad layer, the leaked light is prevented from entering into the tap coupler, and the variation of the branching ratio can be reduced. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110630 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MEDIUM, FERRULE, OPTICAL TERMINAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL STRUCTURE, AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT - An optical transmission medium, a ferrule, an optical terminal connector, an optical structure, and an optical equipment have both optical terminal functions and the optical connector functions without the need to change component depending on application. The optical transmission medium has at least one end thereof that is an APC cut surface and a refractive index matching member is provided on the APC cut surface. The ferrule is characterized in that at least one end thereof is an APC polished surface and a refractive index matching member is provided on the APC polished surface. The optical terminal connector includes a ferrule which holds an optical transmission medium and an adapter into which the ferrule is inserted from one end thereof, at least one end of the optical transmission medium is an APC cut surface and a refractive index matching member is provided on the APC cut surface. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110631 | Modular, Reconfigurable Video Data Transport System - A configurable, modular video data transport system with a connector module that has an input connector, and output connector, a voltage regulator adapted to be connected to an external power source and provide a regulated power supply output, and a controller operatively coupled to the voltage regulator output, the input connector and the output connector. There are a series of receiver modules each having an input connector and an output connector, the output connector of each receiver module constructed and arranged to mate with the input connector of the connector module so that each receiver module can be directly mechanically and electrically coupled to the connector module and pass data signals to the connector module. There are also a series of transmitter modules each having an input connector and an output connector, the input connector of each transmitter module constructed and arranged to mate with the output connector of the connector module so that each transmitter module can be directly mechanically and electrically coupled to the connector module to receive the data signals from the connector module that were input to the connector module by the receiver module. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110632 | FLAME RETARDANT CABLE - The present invention relates to a flame-retardant cable comprising a transmission element, a flammable element, and a flame-retardant coating layer surrounding said flammable element, and made of a material based on a polymer obtained from a polymerizable liquid composition containing at least a precursor for said polymer including functional groups selected from acrylates, methacrylates, epoxies, vinyl ethers, allyl ethers, and oxetanes, | 2011-05-12 |
20110110633 | HEADLINE SONAR CABLE - A production method for a headline sonar cable ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110110634 | Tactical Cable - Robust fiber optic cables and assemblies having low attenuation multimode optical fibers. The cables have low attenuation in tensile and mandrel wrap tests, and can have thermoplastic urethane jackets coextruded over tensile strength members that allow the cables to be pulled by the jackets. The cables have relatively small cross-sections yet have sufficient robustness to be deployed in extreme environments such as cellular tower applications. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110635 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON - Amono-coated optical fiber that has a bending loss characteristic in which an optical loss increase at a bending radius 13 mm is 0.2 dB/10 turn or less, an optical fiber ribbon that includes two-dimensionally disposed resin portions for bonding the adjacent 2-fiber mono-coated optical fibers in plural places, the resin portions being disposed apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable that includes a cable core portion that stores twisting of plural units where the mono-coated optical fibers constituting the optical fiber ribbon are collected. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110636 | Fiber Optic Cables Having Limited Strength Elements - A fiber optic cable may include a jacket having an inner surface extending around and defining an interior space. The fiber optic cable may include an inner group of optical fibers positioned in the interior space, where each of the optical fibers of the inner group is positioned adjacent to a central lengthwise axis of the fiber optic cable. An outer group of optical fibers may be positioned in the interior space around the inner group of optical fibers and a strength material may be positioned in the interior space around the outer group of optical fibers. Each of the optical fibers may be configured in the cable to exhibit a crush-induced optical attenuation of less than 0.6 dB when the cable is subjected to a crushing force of about 220 Newtons per centimeter of cable length. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110637 | OPTICAL FIBER, END PART PROCESSING METHOD OF OPTICALFIBER, AND END PART PROCESSING APPARATUS OF OPTICAL FIBER - An optical fiber that has no bubbles in the ultraviolet ray curable resin filled inside the air holes to seal the end parts thereof, an end part processing method of the optical fiber, and an end part processing apparatus of the optical fiber, are provided. In an end part processing method of an optical fiber that is comprised of a core and a cladding formed around the core, the cladding having a refraction index lower than that of the core and has a plurality of air holes formed therein along the axis of the core, wherein the end part process of the optical fiber is to form sealed portions on the ends of the air holes by sealing them with ultraviolet ray curable resin, the method is characterized in that the sealed portion is formed by heating the end of the optical fiber. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110638 | POLYMERIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FILM - This invention provides a polymeric optical waveguide film possessing excellent sliding and bending resistance and machinability. This polymeric optical waveguide film is a bendable polymeric optical waveguide film comprising a first clad layer, a second clad layer, and a core held between the first and second clad layers. This polymeric optical waveguide film has grooves provided by a cutting process. A polymeric material constituting a layer, which is located on the outside of the core when the polymeric optical waveguide film is bent and a part or the whole of which has been cut in the thickness-wise direction by the cutting operation, has a tensile modulus of not less than 0.1 GPa and less than 1 GPa as measured at room temperature using a test piece having a thickness of 0.06 mm. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110639 | Slide arrangement for cable drawer - A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110640 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE, OPTICAL FIBER SUPPORT FIXTURE, AND OPTICAL FIBER WIRING METHOD - Provided are an optical communication module which are capable of reducing a risk that an optical fiber may be detached from the optical fiber support fixture. The optical fiber support fixture includes a cylindrical body portion in which a through hole allowing an optical fiber to pass therethrough is formed. The cylindrical body portion has a circumferential surface portion in which a gap that the optical fiber crosses at a time of allowing the optical fiber to pass through the through hole is formed. The cylindrical body portion has an arbitrary point and another point on a center axis of the cylindrical body portion, the arbitrary point and the another point having different positional correspondence relationships with the gap on planes perpendicular to the center axis passing through the arbitrary point and the another point. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110641 | METHOD FOR REAL-SENSE BROADCASTING SERVICE USING DEVICE COOPERATION, PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND PLAY APPARATUS FOR REAL-SENSE BROADCASTING CONTENT THEREOF - Provided is a method for a real-sense broadcasting service using device cooperation. The method for the real-sense broadcasting service may map and control synchronization of real-sense reproduction devices around a user, deviating from an existing real-sense broadcasting based on an image and a sound, and may reproduce a real-sense effect using cooperation of a device group with respect to a particular effect. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110642 | SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING THE TIME-BASE OF A VIDEO SIGNAL - A storage device | 2011-05-12 |
20110110643 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING VIDEO DATA - Described herein are systems and methods for managing video data. In overview, various embodiments provide software, hardware and methodologies associated with the management of video data. In overview, a video management system (such as a surveillance system) includes a plurality of camera servers, each of which being configured to make available stored video data for one or more assigned cameras. A given one of the cameras is reassigned from a first one of the camera servers to a second one of the camera servers. The system is configured such that, in the event that a client places a request for video data from that camera for a time period overlapping with the reassignment, the client is provided with a playback stream that seamlessly traverses the reassignment. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110644 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus of the present invention, in accordance with a data write speed of an external storage device, switches a writing mode between a first mode in which the apparatus suspends reading out moving image data from a memory until a predetermined amount of moving image data relating to a storage capacity of the memory is stored in the memory, and starts reading the moving image data from the memory to write it into the external storage device, after the predetermined amount of moving image data is stored completely, and a second mode in which the apparatus starts reading the moving image data from the memory to write it into the external storage device, without waiting for the storage of the predetermined amount of the moving image data into the memory. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110645 | VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD - The DVD player includes: a reproducing unit reproducing audio data and video data; a first transmission unit converting, into first data in accordance with a first standard, the audio data and video data reproduced by the reproducing unit, and transmitting the first data to the television; a second transmission unit converting, into second data in accordance with a second standard, the audio data and video data reproduced by the reproducing unit, and transmitting the second data to the television; a display determination unit determining whether or not to display an error message regarding an error occurring in the first transmission unit based on whether or not the video is displayed using the first data; and a display control unit causing the message display unit to display the error message according to a result of the determination by the display determination unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110646 | CREATING AND VIEWING CUSTOMIZED MULTIMEDIA SEGMENTS - A system for creating and viewing customized multimedia segments allows a user to create event identification data from in-band data in a program stream. The in-band data is processed and compiled into event identification data associated with the content stream. The event identification data identifies patterns or sequences of in-band data associated with events in the content stream. Metadata are also included in the event identification data. The event identification data is provided to multimedia devices which receive multimedia content streams containing content streams with in-band data. The in-band data are parsed and compared to the event identification data. If a match occurs, the multimedia device uses the metadata to identify events or perform specified actions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110647 | ERROR CORRECTION FOR SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA RESOURCES - A media archive comprising a plurality of media resources associated with events that occurred during a time interval are processed to synchronize the media resources. Sequences of patterns are identified in each media resource of the media archive. Elements of the sequences associated with different media resources are correlated such that a set of correlated elements is associated with the same event that occurred in the given time interval. The synchronization information of the processed media resources is represented in a flexible and extensible data format. The synchronization information is used for correction of errors occurring in the media resources of a media archive, for enhanced synchronous playback of the archive resources, and for unified access to, and modification of, the archive resources. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110648 | VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE, VIDEO REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF - A video reproduction apparatus includes audio data reading unit for reading audio data in a second file; video data reading units for reading video data in a first file; audio decoding unit for generating an audio signal from the audio data read by the audio data reading unit; video decoding unit for decoding the demultiplexed video data; and read controlling unit for controlling the audio data reading unit and the video data reading unit. The read controlling unit reads the first file using a band other than a band required to read the second file, and instructs to output skipped video data. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110649 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO KEY FRAME SELECTION - A method and system are provided for adaptive video key frame selection. The system includes a range determination device for selecting portions of a video sequence to be analyzed for video key frame selection at a specific time based on at least a video key frame computational cost estimate. Each of the portions encompasses a respective range of frames in the video sequence. The system further includes a localized optimization device for analyzing the portions of the video sequence to select video key frames therein utilizing a hybrid video key frame selection process that is based on heuristics and global optimization. At least one constraint relating to at least a computational capacity of the system is explicitly modeled in the hybrid video key frame selection process. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110650 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME VIDEO PLAYBACK - The present invention relates in general to real-time video play back techniques. More specifically, various video enhancement processes are performed using dedicated processors or computational threads for specific types of videos. In an embodiment, whether to perform peaking or deblocking processes for a video is determined based on characteristics of video being displayed. Depending on the application, video display architecture based on line-buffer is provided, which helps reduce battery usage. There are other embodiments as well. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO AND AUDIO DATA RECEIVED IN DECODING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for processing video and audio data received in a decoding system are provided. The method includes the following steps. When a program clock reference (PCR) is unavailable in the system, a system time clock (STC) is recovered by using a presentation time stamp (PTS) of video or audio data, or a linear combination result of the PTS of the video data and the PTS of the audio data. The STC is compared with the PTSs of the currently captured and audio data, and a current data processing mode is determined. A difference between the PTS of the video data and the PTS of the audio data is monitored. An absolute value of the difference is compared with a preset threshold value, and when the absolute value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, an asynchronous play mode is adopted as a system play mode; otherwise, a synchronous play mode is adopted as the system play mode. Through the method and apparatus, synchronization of video signals and audio signals can be achieved when the PCR is unavailable in the decoding system. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110652 | Active air heater - An active air heater is constructed to produce heat and to transfer heat to an air flow for heating a building. The active air heater comprises spaced apart fins; adjacent elements between the fins; and an electrical source directing an electrical current through the fins and the adjacent elements for heating the fins and the adjacent elements and the air flowing through the air flow passageways formed by the adjacent elements. The adjacent elements are porous, semi-conductor material having a roughness in its surfaces for enhancing the convective heat transfer between the material and the air flow. The active air heater may be rectangular or cylindrical. The porous, semi-conductor material includes carbon foams, ceramic foams, high temperature polymer foams, and low conductance alloy foams and the aforementioned materials in nano-material format. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110653 | Underwater camera housing controls - A control system for an underwater camera housing, including a pin assembly within the housing wall. The pin has a clamp ring and a set of O-rings at an end of the pin. The pin is received into a well in the housing. A spring is received into a bushing also positioned within the well, with the pin inserted into the center of the spring, and the spring compressed against the seat of the bushing by the clamp ring. The pin is depress-able to contact a control button of the housed camera. The control system additionally includes a knob rotatably attached to the housing's exterior. The knob has a boss magnet to move a worker magnet positioned on the housing's interior. The knob is rotatable to move the boss magnet, and so move the worker magnet, to control functions of the housed camera. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110654 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A camera system includes an interchangeable lens unit including an optical lens and an imaging device for taking an image of light from a subject having passed through the optical lens, a body unit to and from which the interchangeable lens unit is attachable and detachable, a setting information saving unit which is provided in each of the interchangeable lens unit and the body unit and saves part or all of pieces of setting information referred to in taking an image, a setting information choosing unit which chooses setting information to refer to, from the setting information saved in the interchangeable lens unit and the setting information saved in the body unit, and a setting information determination unit which determines whether or not the setting information saved in the body unit is applicable to the interchangeable lens unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110655 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus comprises a field mask which has a rectangular opening, a first focus detection optical system which divides, in a longitudinal direction of the opening or a shorter side direction of the opening, the light beam, a second focus detection optical system which divides, in an oblique direction, the light beam, a plurality of first focus detection regions which respectively extend in the dividing direction by the first focus detection optical system within a frame on an expected imaging surface of the imaging lens, and a plurality of second focus detection regions which respectively extend in the dividing direction by the second focus detection optical system within the frame that receives the light beam divided by the second focus detection optical system, the plurality of second focus detection regions being aligned in the longitudinal direction or the shorter side direction within the frame. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110656 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A camera system includes a replaceable lens and a body unit in which the replaceable lens is installed, and an image forming apparatus, in which a timer included in a lens controller is reset according to an instruction from a camera controller so that the replaceable lens is synchronized with the body unit, and focus is adjusted using location information detected by the replaceable lens and a focus estimation value calculated by the body unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110657 | Method for Measuring Signal Quality in WDM Optical Networks - A method and memory medium in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network that communicates multiplexed signals representing a plurality of communication channels to determine received signal quality are disclosed. Generally, the signals format the plurality of communication channels to impart a distinctive noise profile in time or frequency for each channel; and collectively process the channels at a digital signal processing device to measure the signal-to-noise ratio. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110658 | SPECTRUM DATA CORRECTION SYSTEM AND SPECTRUM DATA CORRECTION METHOD - An object of the invention is to automatically remove noise out of an input spectrum data while rounding in spectral shape is being suppressed. The spectrum data correction system wherein a noise quantity is detected on the basis of a difference in value between an extremal point of measurement data-blocks making up input spectrum data, and a mean value of measurement data-blocks in the vicinity of the extremal point, and a count of moving-average points of measurement data-blocks subjected to moving average processing is controlled according to the noise quantity, the spectrum data correction system comprises means for using an optical power, detected by a photo-detector of an optical spectrum analyzer, as the measurement data-block, thereby controlling the count of the moving-average points of the measurement data-blocks according to magnitude of a signal level of the measurement data-block. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110659 | Method of Operating an Optical Transmission System, Optical Transmitter, and Optical Reciever - The invention relates to a method of operating an optical transmission system ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110110660 | COHERENT OPTICAL CHANNEL SUBSTITUTION - In an optical data transmission system, one channel is removed from a group of wavelength division multiplexed optical channels and another channel carrying different information at the same wavelength is inserted in its place. The process occurs by adding an optical signal whose electric field is the difference between the electric field of the new and old channels. The difference calculation takes into account the phase of the incoming WDM channel and phase of the laser source of the difference signal. The method has applications in optical transmission networks as add-drop nodes and optical regenerators, for generation of high bandwidth optical signals, and for secret optical communications. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110661 | DYNAMIC DATA-RATE ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD IN A WIRELESS INFRA-RED DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a switchable infrared filter, consisting of a diamond carrier material ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110110662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING AUTOMATED SWITCHING IN A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - An approach is provided for integrating one or more fiber switches in a passive optical network. A platform generates a command signal to control a splitter hub of a passive optical network, the splitter hub being configured to communicate with a plurality of optical network terminals that respectively serve a plurality of customer premises. The splitter hub includes a fiber switch configured to provide switching between one of a plurality of input ports and one of a plurality of output ports of the splitter hub. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110663 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION COMPENSATION - A method, device, system for realizing polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation are provided. The method for realizing PMD compensation includes: de-multiplexing a polarization-multiplexed optical signal, to obtain a first polarization light and a second polarization light; and joint-equalizing the first polarization light and the second polarization light, to obtain a first equalization signal and a second equalization signal. Since the polarization-multiplexed optical signal is de-multiplexed and then joint-equalized, not only the intra-channel symbol interference but also the inter-channel symbol interference during transmission of the polarization-multiplexed optical signal is eliminated, so as to realize the PMD compensation. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110664 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION OF AN OPTICAL NODE IN AN OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - The present invention discloses a method, device and system for managing information of an optical node in an optical distribution network, relates to management of information of an optical node in an optical distribution network, is capable of solving the problem of manual entry of information of an optical node being cumbersome, and is not limited by installation locations of the optical node. The method for managing information of an optical node in an optical distribution network includes: obtaining an identity code of an optical node; querying a pre-established optical node information table according to the identity code of the optical node, wherein the optical node information table comprises the identity code of the optical node and the installation location information of the optical node. The present invention is suitable for management of information of an optical node in an optical distribution network. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110665 | ANTI-REFLECTION COATED QUANTUM DOT RESONATOR FOR WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL COMMUNICATION - An AR coated quantum dot resonator implementing a wavelength independent light source to resolve a drawback of degradation in the property of a high temperature optical output due to AR coating of LED or wavelength locked light source, which is filtered to a narrow line width, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a gain medium includes at least one quantum dot and an anti-reflection (AR) coated reflection plane at one of front and rear planes of the gain medium. The gain medium has a wide line width due to different sizes and distribution of a plurality of quantum dots. The line width includes entire wavelength channels of a WDM or WDM-PON. Also, the AR coated reflection plane is a front reflection plane having a lower reflectivity (e.g., 0.001% to 1%.) than that of a rear reflection plane. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110666 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE FOR OPTICAL WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - An optical communication module for optical wavelength division multiplexing includes a plurality of light devices emitting or receiving light beams having different wavelengths, a single optical fiber, and an optical elements arranged between the plurality of light devices and the single optical fiber and having a plurality of lens areas to converge a light beam starting from a single point at a plurality of points or light beams starting from a plurality of points at a single point. In the optical communication module, the plurality of lens areas are arranged such that the center points of the plurality of lens areas are located at the same distance from a point, and the single point and the plurality of points are located at the opposite sides with respect to the optical element. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110667 | OPTICAL NETWORK AND OPTICAL SIGNAL MODULATION METHOD THEREOF - An optical network and an optical signal modulation method thereof are provided. The optical network includes an optical fiber and a remote node (RN). The RN receives a continuous carrier wave from the optical fiber and modulates the continuous carrier wave to generate a first frequency offset carrier wave The frequency of the first frequency offset carrier wave is different from that of the continuous carrier wave. A first user device re-modulates and loads data to the first frequency offset carrier wave to generate a first upstream signal. The frequency of the first upstream signal is the same as that of the first frequency offset carrier wave. The RN inputs the first upstream signal into the optical fiber. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110668 | VISIBLE-LIGHT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A visible-light wireless communication system includes a plurality of light transmitters for generating light signals modulated at different frequencies and at least one terminal for wirelessly communicating with the plurality of light transmitters using the light signals. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110669 | OPTICAL TRANSCIEVER - An optical transceiver for detecting an incoming light beam and for transmitting an outgoing light beam along a common optical axis is provided. Such an optical transceiver provides a compact optical transceiver that is suitable for a wide variety of applications. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110670 | Rotatable Display Assembly - A rotatable display assembly is provided. The rotatable display assembly includes a base unit, a display unit and a wireless transmission system. The display unit is rotatably coupled to the base unit using at least one pivotal means, and the wireless transmission system is adapted to transmit data wirelessly between the base unit and the display unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110671 | Optical Networks - Improvements in or relating to Optical Networks. The invention relates to improvements in or relating to optical networks, and methods and an apparatus for providing communications services. Receiving an optical signal is described comprising a carrier wavelength and optical data. The optical data is substantially erased, and the carrier wavelength is re-modulated with user data for onward transmission of the user data. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110672 | Burst Mode Linear Optical Receivers - Techniques are provided for implementing a burst mode optical receiver capable of maintaining a stable gain profile in response to a burst signal. The optical receiver has a photodiode in balanced circuit configuration with a separate RF amplifier stage connected to each terminal of the photodiode. The two RF amplifier stages are coupled to biasing voltage sources that are inverted in comparison to the terminal connections and that, in some examples, each contain a field effect transistor (FET) that having a gate that is controlled in response to a sensed voltage. The burst mode optical receiver may be used in numerous applications, including optical line terminations (OLTs) in passive optical networks (PONs). | 2011-05-12 |
20110110673 | Method and Apparatus for Coupling Optical Signal with Packaged Circuits Via Optical Cables and Lightguide Couplers - Method and apparatus for coupling electrical and communication circuits, included in a packaged semiconductor comprising photo receivers, photo transmitters and photovoltaic cells, through lightguide and optical fiber cables. The packaged semiconductor combinations comprise one, two or plurality of photo elements for a single or plurality one way optical signal, receive or transmit, and a single or plurality of two way optical signal communications via direct optical links and via optical prisms, filters, half mirrors and lenses. The packaged semiconductor includes at least one optical access to a single or plurality of lightguides or optical fiber with single core and for multicore lightguides. A built-in or attachable holders are used for attaching the different lightguide cables to the one or plurality of optical accesses with the attached cable end is terminated by cutting, trimming and shaping. The packaged circuit comprising electrical switches, current sensors, basic elements such as diodes, transistors and FETs, switches and power switches and different basic electrical circuit and communication, distribution circuits including CPU, DSP and complex semiconductor circuits, as used for communicating within limited short distances through optical network of lightguides and fiber optical cables. A packaged semiconductor of an SPDT power switch circuit is integrated with an SPDT manually activated switch, for providing dual switching for lights and other electrical appliances, via manual action and remotely via the lightguide or the optical fiber. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110674 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING TERAHERTZ WAVES - A method for processing received electromagnetic radiation includes receiving electromagnetic radiation having a plurality of carrier waves in the frequency range between 0.1 and 10 terahertz and having modulated onto the carrier waves information with a signal frequency of less than 50 GHz. The received radiation is filtered with a filter that is tunable in the frequency range from 0.1 to 10 terahertz so as to obtain at least one carrier wave as a terahertz signal. The terahertz signal is provided to a detection circuit that is sensitive to the terahertz signal frequency. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110675 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL FOR SETTING IMAGE FORMING CONDITION BASED ON EXECUTED MODE - In a second mode to form an image based on a pre-designated type of recording medium, a detection is performed to a recording medium which is fed, and in a first mode to form an image based on the detected type, image forming conditions are set based on a result of the sheet type detection in the second mode without executing the sheet type detection. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110676 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a toner image forming device, an intermediate transfer member, a primary transfer device, a toner adherence detector, a secondary transfer device, and a controller. The toner image forming device forms a toner image and a toner pattern for detection of degradation of toner on the image bearing member. The primary transfer device transfers the toner pattern onto the intermediate transfer member with transfer conditions that deliberately reduce transfer efficiency compared with that for image formation. The toner adherence detector detects an amount of toner adhered to the toner pattern at multiple places. The controller calculates a degree of degradation of toner based on the difference in the amount of toner adhered to the toner pattern detected by the toner adherence detector and adjusts secondary transfer conditions for the secondary transfer device based on the obtained degradation of toner. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110677 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a transfer unit that develops the latent image, a first application unit that applies a voltage to the charging and transfer units, a second application unit that applies a voltage opposite in polarity to the voltage applied from the first application unit, a detection unit that detects a current flowing through the transfer unit, and a control unit that determines whether or not discharge starts between the charging unit and the image bearing member based on the current detected by the detection unit when the voltage is applied from the first application unit to the charging unit. The variation in potential of the image bearing member may be reduced in an apparatus having a low-cost structure without providing a density detection sensor or a temperature-humidity sensor. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110678 | EXHAUST APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exhaust apparatus includes a first exhausting section including a first exhausting member and a first flow path provided with an air inlet disposed above a heating device for heating a recording medium, a second exhausting section including a second exhausting member and a second flow path provided with an air inlet disposed downstream of the heating device in a transporting direction of the recording medium, and a third flow path provided with an air inlet disposed upstream of the heating device in the transporting direction. The first and second flow paths cause air in a housing that accommodates the heating device to flow to the outside. The first and second exhausting member exhaust the air using the first and second flow paths. The third flow path causes the air to flow from the air inlet thereof to the air inlet of the first flow path. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110679 | HEAT INSULATION STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A heat insulation structure includes: a duct member disposed above a fixing device that fixes developer onto a recording medium, through which air flows to be exhausted; a heat insulating member disposed between an upper side of the duct member and a lower side of a function member disposed above the duct member; and a gap forming member that forms a gap between the duct member and the heat insulation member in a vertical direction. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110680 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming method includes transferring images carried by an image carrier to a transfer material by a transfer roller coming in contact with the image carrier via the transfer material, the transfer roller having a concaved portion in its circumferential surface and contacting with or being separated from the image carrier due to its rotation, separating the transfer roller from the image carrier by the rotation of the transfer roller after transferring the images to the transfer material, stopping the transfer roller in a state where the transfer roller is separated from the image carrier, and moving the image carrier and cleaning the image carrier using a cleaning member while the transfer roller is stopped. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110681 | Method of Making an Electronic Circuit for an Imaging Machine - A method of making an electronic circuit for activating an imaging machine includes providing a first electronic circuit that is not capable of authenticating itself to the imaging machine; providing a second electronic circuit comprising an electronic component that is capable of authenticating itself to the imaging machine; removing the electronic component from the second electronic circuit; and electrically connecting the electronic component to the first electronic circuit, such that the first electronic circuit can use the electronic component to authenticate the first electronic circuit to the imaging machine. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110682 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit containing the drum, a developing unit containing the roller and being movable so the roller contacts and is spaced from the drum, and a first force receiver receiving a force from a main assembly first force applier by movement of a door from open to closed positions when mounting the cartridge and a second force receiver movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiver by a force received from the first force applier. The second force receiver takes a projected position receiving a force from the second force applier to move the developing unit so the roller moves out of contact with the drum, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110683 | TANDEM PHOTOSENSITIVE-MEMBER UNIT HAVING GRIP PART - An image-forming device includes a main body and a tandem photosensitive-member unit. The tandem photosensitive-member unit includes a unit frame, a plurality of photosensitive members, a front-side grip part, and a rear-side grip. The unit frame is configured to be slidably installed to and removed from the main body in a predetermined direction. The unit frame has a leading side and a trailing side with respect to the predetermined direction. The plurality of photosensitive members is provided corresponding to a plurality of colors and is supported by the unit frame. The front-side grip part is provided at the leading side of the unit frame. The rear-side grip part is provided at the trailing side of the unit frame. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110684 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: an image carrier, provided to a main body of the image forming apparatus, that carries a toner image; an opening and closing member provided to be openable and closable against the main body; a transfer unit movably provided against the opening and closing member, the transfer unit including: a transfer body transferring the toner image onto a transfer receiving medium; and a holding member holding the transfer body and having a contact portion that is in contact with a counterpart contact portion provided to the main body when the opening and closing member is closed; and a maintaining unit maintaining a posture of the transfer unit against the opening and closing member when the contact portion is brought into contact with the counterpart contact portion during the course of transition of the opening and closing member from an opened state to the closed state. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110685 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND APPARATUS EXTERIOR UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier carrying a toner image; a transfer unit including: a transfer body transferring the toner image onto a recording medium; and a positioning portion positioning the transfer body with respect to the image carrier; a guide portion guiding the recording medium to a position where the toner image is to be transferred onto the recording medium; and an opening and closing unit supporting the transfer unit and the guide portion and provided to be openable and closable by rotating with respect to a main body of the apparatus about a predetermined rotation center, the opening and closing unit forming different angles with the main body between when a force required to position the transfer unit with respect to the main body reaches a maximum value, and when a force required to position the guide portion with respect to the main body reaches a maximum value. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110686 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; an intermediate transfer unit including an intermediate transfer body onto which an image on the image carrier is transferred, and plural rotation members around which the intermediate transfer body is wound, each rotation member rotating around a rotation axis, the intermediate transfer unit detachably attached, in the rotation axis direction, to an apparatus main body; a secondary transfer unit that makes contact with and separates from the intermediate transfer body, the secondary transfer unit provided at an opposite side of the rotation members across the intermediate transfer body; a positioning unit that, when the intermediate transfer unit is attached to the apparatus main body, positions the intermediate transfer unit in the secondary transfer unit side at least at two points differently located in the rotation axis direction; and a securing unit that secures the intermediate transfer unit to the apparatus main body. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110687 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes a plurality of light sources, a light deflector, and a single scan lens. The light deflector deflects a plurality of light beams emitted from the light sources by a same face for scanning a plurality of to-be-scanned portions simultaneously. The single scan lens receives the light beams from the light deflector and focuses the light beams onto each of the plurality of to-be-scanned portions to scan the to-be-scanned portions simultaneously. The single scan lens is used in common for the light beams, and has one incidence plane and a plurality of exit planes in a sub-scanning direction separately prepared in the sub-scanning direction for each of the to-be-scanned portions. The incidence plane has a refractive power of the lens in the sub-scanning direction decreasing toward peripheral portions in the main scanning direction. The exit planes have positive refractive power in the main and sub-scanning directions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110688 | Drive transmission mechanism and image forming apparatus including same - A drive transmission mechanism including a drive shaft, a rotational driving member having at least two first protrusions and provided to the drive shaft, a driven member having at least two second protrusions and provided to a rotary shaft of a rotary member, deformable connecting parts provided to at least one of portions between the first protrusions and the rotational driving member and portions between the second protrusions and the driven member, and an elastic member covering the deformable connecting parts. The deformable connecting parts displace one of the first and second protrusions relative to one of the rotational driving member and the driven member in a direction tangential to a direction of rotation of the rotational driving member and the driven member upon contact of the first protrusions with the second protrusions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110689 | TONER SUPPLYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A toner supplying device including a secondary toner container, a first feeding member performing a first feeding operation of feeding toner from a toner container to the secondary container on demand, a second feeding member performing a second feeding operation of feeding the toner from the secondary container to a developing device on demand, and a toner supply controller controlling the amount of the toner in the secondary container to be greater than a predetermined amount. The controller performs first control in which when the first feeding operation is performed, the amount of the toner fed in the second feeding operation per unit of time is decreased, or second control in which when the amount of the toner fed in the second feeding operation is greater than a predetermined amount, the amount of the toner fed in the first feeding operation per unit of time is decreased. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110690 | DEVELOPING ROLLER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The disclosure provides a developing roller for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the same. The developing roller includes a shaft member and a resilient member provided on the shaft member. The resilient member includes a conductive resilient layer in contact with the shaft member and a conductive resin layer defining the outer surface of the resilient member. The conductive resin layer includes a resin and a surface-treated metal oxide. The developing roller is capable of an increased amount of toner charging while stably maintaining optical density. | 2011-05-12 |
20110110691 | Belt driving device and image forming apparatus using the same - A steering controller uses a photointerrupter that detects the position of a filler when a steering roller is in a predetermined reference inclined position. The steering controller drives a steering motor to bring the steering roller to the reference inclined position based on a detection result obtained by the photointerrupter every time predetermined adjustment timing arrives or every time the power is turned on. Using the rotation angle of the steering motor in this condition as a reference rotation angle, the steering controller controls the rotation of the steering motor. | 2011-05-12 |