22nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140147026 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A LOCALIZER IN A SCOUT IMAGE - A method and system for automatically determining a localizer in a scout image. The method comprises obtaining a 3D model best matched to an object to be scanned and projecting a localizer in the best matched 3D model onto a scout image of the object to be scanned to obtain an optimal localizer. The system comprises an obtaining device for obtaining a 3D model best matched to an object to be scanned and a determining device for projecting a localizer in the best matched 3D model onto a scout image of the object to be scanned to obtain an optimal localizer. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147027 | INTRA-OPERATIVE IMAGE CORRECTION FOR IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTIONS - An imaging correction system includes a tracked imaging probe ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147028 | IMAGE-BASED METHOD FOR MEASURING ELASTICITY OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present disclosure proposes an image-based method for measuring elasticity of biological tissues including following steps: obtaining N successive grayscale images of a testing biological tissue, where N is a positive integer; obtaining regions of interest (ROI) of the grayscale images; dividing the regions of interest into a grid of small sections; calculating relative displacement vector of each interrogation window using texture matching method; and calculating elastic modulus of each interrogation window according to the relative displacement vectors. The present disclosure also proposes an image-based system for measuring elasticity of biological tissues. The present disclosure applies to various resolutions of grayscale images obtaining in ultrasound imaging, optical imaging, photoacoustic imaging, CT imaging, magnetic resonance imaging ect. The system can be integrated into a traditional clinical imaging system as an image post-processing software module to characterize tissue elasticity. Because it's no need to update the traditional clinical imaging system hardware, updating cost is low. It's easy to be accepted by hospital and is convenient to popularize. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147029 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOUCHLESS COUNTING OF STACKED SUBSTRATES, ESPECIALLY BUNDLED BANKNOTES - There is described a method for touchless counting of substantially planar substrates, especially banknotes, which are stacked in the form of stacks of substrates, said method comprising the following steps: taking at least one sample image of a portion of a side of a stack of substrates, which sample image contains contrast information representing substrate edges that extend along substantially a first direction in the sample image; processing the contrast information representing the substrate edges within the sample image ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147030 | SENSOR FOR CHECKING VALUE DOCUMENTS - A sensor for checking value documents, an apparatus with the sensor, and a method for operating the sensor. Neither the software that the sensor executes for checking the value documents nor the adaptation data that the sensor employs for checking the value documents are stored permanently in the sensor itself. The sensor is set up for the software as well as the adaptation data to be loaded into the sensor from outside the sensor. The sensor can be employed for checking value documents only when a data carrier is connected to the sensor, and the data carrier has license data stored thereon through which a license for the employment of the software and/or of the adaptation data is supplied to the sensor. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147031 | Disparity Estimation for Misaligned Stereo Image Pairs - A disparity vector for a pixel in a right image corresponding to a pixel in a left image in a pair of stereo images is determined. The disparity vector is based on a horizontal disparity and a vertical disparity and the pair of stereo images is unrectified. First, a set of candidate horizontal disparities is determined. For each candidate horizontal disparity, a cost associated with a particular horizontal disparity and corresponding vertical disparities is determined. The vertical disparity associated with a first optimal cost is assigned to each candidate horizontal disparity, so that the candidate horizontal disparity and the vertical disparity yield a candidate disparity vector. Lastly, the candidate disparity vector with a second optimal cost is selected as the disparity vector of the pixel in the right image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147032 | Method and System for Recovery of 3D Scene Structure and Camera Motion From a Video Sequence - An improved method and a system are disclosed for recovering a three-dimensional (3D) scene structure from a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) image frames obtained from imaging means. Sets of 2D features are extracted from the image frames, and sets corresponding to successive image frames are matched, such that at least one pair of matched 2D features refers to a same 3D point in a 3D scene captured in 2D in the image frames. A 3D ray is generated by back-projection from each 2D feature, and the generated 3D rays are subjected to an anchor-based minimization process, for determining camera motion parameters and 3D scene points coordinates, thereby recovering a structure of the 3D scene. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147033 | CONVERSION OF MONOSCOPIC VISUAL CONTENT USING IMAGE-DEPTH DATABASE - An image converter compiles three-dimensional content into a data store, identifies a number of stereo image pairs from the three-dimensional content, computes a depth map for each of the stereo image pairs from the three-dimensional content, and partitions the stereo image pairs in the data store into multiple categories. The image converter determines a depth cue for each of the categories based on the depth map for each of the stereo image pairs in each category. The image converter computes a depth map for a category associated with a two-dimensional input image based on the determined depth cue and renders a three-dimensional output image from the two-dimensional input image using the depth map for the category. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147034 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A technique of high-speed information processing is realized by determining a method of accessing processing target data so as to allow high-speed access in consideration of a memory architecture. According to the technique, in a method of performing information processing by sequentially referring to element data of the processing target data stored in a main memory according to a predetermined information processing rule such as a recognition dictionary, when generating the information processing rule, a reference order of the element data which improves a cache hit rate is determined based on a rule for storing the element data of the processing target data in the main memory, records of the positions of referred element data, and the cache architecture. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147035 | HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A cost-effective and computationally efficient hand gesture recognition system for detecting and/or tracking a face region and/or a hand region in a series of images. A skin segmentation model is updated with skin pixel information from the face and iteratively applied to the pixels in the hand region, to more accurately identify the pixels in the hand region given current lighting conditions around the image. Shape features are then extracted from the image, and based on the shape features, a hand gesture is identified in the image. The identified hand gesture may be used to generate a command signal to control the operation of an application or system. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147036 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Regarding a color difference between a color of an original image on a pixel other than a connection pixel set in a rectangular area that is an inside area of a rectangle circumscribed to the connection pixel set and a color of the original image on a pixel in the connection pixel set, the binary image generating unit (a) identifies whether the connection pixel set is a character or non character by comparing a value of an index that indicates unevenness of the color differences with a color difference threshold value, (b) identifies whether a size of the rectangular area is small or large on the basis of a threshold value, and (c) sets the color difference threshold value as a value if the size of the rectangular area is small and as another different value if the size of the rectangular area is large. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147037 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a method and apparatus for modeling a human body using a depth image and a color image. An image processing apparatus may extract a body area from a color image based on a depth value of a depth image, may match a boundary of the extracted body area and a boundary of a generic body mesh model, and may deform a mesh of the generic body mesh model based on a depth value of a pixel positioned within the boundary of the extracted body area. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147038 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - In an image processing device, an edge image generation part detects an edge in an original image and generates an edge image constituted from the detected edge. A connected pixel extraction part extracts connected pixel groups in the edge image. A binary image generation part classifies the connected pixel groups under respective colors of the connected pixel groups, and generates a character image for each color. A background image generation part generates a background image of the original image based on the character image so that a pixel value at the position of the character image in the original image is set by an average value of the pixel values in the original image with regard to at least a portion of pixels around a rectangle circumscribing the connected pixel groups. An image compression part compresses respective image data of the character image and background image by different compression manners. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147039 | TECHNIQUES FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION - A computer-implemented technique for feature extraction includes obtaining an electronic image of an object and performing an edge detection algorithm on the electronic image. The technique further includes performing an edge pooling algorithm and sampling the electronic image edge patches, color patches and texture patches. A set of patches is selected from the edge patches, color patches and texture patches by selecting an (i | 2014-05-29 |
20140147040 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image encoding device includes a deciding unit, an assigning unit, and an encoding unit. The deciding unit is configured to determine representative colors for expressing each of pixel blocks into which image data are divided. The assigning unit is configured to assign an index for identifying the representative color to each pixel in the pixel block. The encoding unit is configured to encode indices and the representative colors, the indices and the representative colors in each pixel box being arranged alternately so that two representative colors are discontinuously encoded. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147041 | IMAGE COLOR CORRECTION - Color-correcting a digital image comprising P pixels (P≧4) is presented. Each of the P pixels has a respective color. Color strengths of the P pixels are determined based at least on respective intensities, respective saturations, or both respective intensities and respective saturations of the P pixels. A subset of the P pixels less than all of the P pixels is determined. The pixels in the subset have respective color strengths in a range of respective color strength. All other pixels of the P pixels have respective color strengths outside of the range of respective color strengths. Color correction is determined for the P pixels based in part on the colors of the respective pixels in the subset which are the only pixels of the P pixels used for determining the color correction. The colors of the P pixels are corrected based on the color correction. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147042 | Device for uniformly enhancing images - A device for uniformly enhancing images includes a control unit, a lined cache controller, a lined storage array, an average grayscale computing unit, a scaling coefficient computing unit and an enhancement computing unit. For a color image, the color image is firstly transformed in to YUV space from RGB space and a grayscale image of Y component thereof is divided into identical-sized image blocks; then each image block is uniformly processed with a grayscale enhancement. A method for uniformly enhancing images includes firstly designating a reference grayscale value gray_value for grayscale images, comparing the reference grayscale value to an average grayscale value mean_value of a current image block to obtain a scaling coefficient, and multiplying all pixels or specific pixels within the image block by the scaling coefficient. The grayscale enhancement of an image sequence uses an identical grayscale value for reference, so as to accomplish a uniform enhancement of different images. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147043 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING OF IMAGE FRAMES - In accordance with an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprises receiving colour image frames and panchromatic image frames associated with a scene. The colour image frames correspond to the panchromatic image frames. The method further comprises computing registration information based on a panchromatic image frame and one or more panchromatic image frames from among the panchromatic image frames. A colour image frame corresponding to the panchromatic image frame is modified based on the registration information. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147044 | MOVING IMAGE REGION DETECTION DEVICE - The moving image region detection device includes an updated block detection means, a natural image updated block determination means, and a moving image block extraction means. The updated block detection means compares pixel values between a frame of an input video and the previous frame, and detects a block including a pixel in which a value having been changed, as an updated block. The natural image updated block determination means calculates an index value representing a degree of continuity of changes in pixel values in the updated block, compares the calculated index value with a threshold, and determines whether it is an updated block of a natural image. The moving image block extraction means extracts a block determined to be an updated block of a natural image a given number of times or more in most recent frames including the frame, as a moving image block of a natural image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147045 | Method and Apparatus for Operating, Interfacing and/or Managing for at Least One Optical Characteristic System for Container Handlers in a Container Yard - Methods and several apparatus embodiments are disclosed operating Optical Characteristic Systems (OCS) in a container storage and/or transfer yard supporting the automated recognition of container codes displayed on various sides of the containers being stored and/or transferred. At least one processor may initiate an operational process by an OCS mounted on a container handler to create an operational result, select the operational process based upon an operational schedule and communicate with at least one OCS to receive an image of a container being handled by the container handler to at least partly create a container code estimate for a container inventory management system. A program system directing at least one computer implementing these operations, and may reside in computer readable memory, an installation package and/or a download server. The computer readable memory may or may not be accessibly coupled to the computer. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147046 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING A TAG - A method for authenticating a tag, includes:
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20140147047 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a recognition module, a modification module, and a display processor. The recognition module recognizes one or more figures from first stroke data corresponding to a plurality of strokes. The modification module modifies, if a plurality of a first kind of first figures are recognized from the first stroke data, second stroke data corresponding to the plurality of the first kind of the first figures to third stroke data corresponding to the first kind of a second figure. The display processor performs processing of displaying a locus corresponding to the third stroke data on a display. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147048 | DOCUMENT QUALITY MEASUREMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for ranking the quality of documents, such as documents shared or referenced in postings by users. For a first set of documents quality attributes that are indicative of quality or lack of quality are identified. Ratings of the quality of the first set of documents are received. Classifiers are associated with each document and the ratings and quality attributes for each attribute used to train class-specific models corresponding to the classifiers. Subsequently received documents are then classified and corresponding quality attributes are evaluated using the corresponding class-specific model in order to rank the quality of the document. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147049 | CORRESPONDING POINT SEARCHING APPARATUS - A corresponding point candidate determiner ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147050 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING SUPER-RESOLVED IMAGES - In an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating receipt of a light-field image, determining one or more depth levels in the light-field image and generating a plurality of images from the light-field image. The method includes determining one or more registration matrices corresponding to the one or more depth levels between an image and one or more remaining images of the plurality of images. The method includes performing a super-resolution of the image and the one or more remaining images based on the one or more registration matrices to generate a super-resolved image of the image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147051 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEBPAGE REGRESSION TESTING - A regression testing system comprises an automatic test tool configured to capture a first web screen shot and a second web screen shot of a webpage, where the webpage has undergone an update or edit. The regression testing system also comprises a visual comparator configured to identify similar areas in the first web screen shot and the second web screen shot. The visual comparator receives, and compares characteristics of, the web screen shots. Furthermore, the regression testing system generates a report with marked different characteristics between the first and second web screen shots. The regression testing system identifies similar areas in the first and second web screen shots shot even if the similar areas are at different locations within the web screen shots. The comparison performed by the visual comparator includes performing a pixel comparison combined with a marking algorithm to group differences in smaller, related but separate areas. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147052 | Detecting Broken Lamps In a Public Lighting System Via Analyzation of Satellite Images - A computer receives a first image of a plurality of lamps. The computer receives a second image of a plurality of lamps. The computer transforms the second image so a location depicted in a plurality of pixels of the first image is depicted in a corresponding plurality of pixels in the second image. The computer determines a brightness variation exists between a pixel of the plurality of pixels of the second image and a corresponding pixel of the plurality of pixels of the first image. The computer identifies a location corresponding to the pixel of the plurality of pixels of the second image where the brightness variation exists. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147053 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147054 | TOPOLOGY-PRESERVING DOWNSAMPLING OF BINARY IMAGES - A binary image downsampling method, including the steps of generating a gray-scale image from a binary image having a background and one or more foreground portions, locating skeleton pixels in the one or more foreground portions, manipulating values of certain foreground pixels in the gray-scale image such that the differences between the values of the skeleton pixels and the background pixels become more significant, downsampling the gray-scale image with the manipulated values of the certain foreground pixels, and generating a downsampled binary image from the downsampled gray-scale image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147055 | IMAGE QUALITY CONTROL TECHNIQUES - A technique for controlling the quality of one or more compressed images. The technique allows, for example, the selection of a target quality metric(s) and the compression of the image(s) such the compressed image(s) meets the metric(s). Alternatively, a target quality metric can be specified, and the image(s) compressed using parameters estimated to achieve the target quality. Optionally, the quality metric can also be made available to, for example, a user on an image processing system. The quality metrics can be, for example, for one or more layers, one or more images and/or one or more image sequences. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147056 | DEPTH IMAGE NOISE REMOVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON CAMERA POSE - Disclosed are a depth image noise removal apparatus based on a camera pose, which includes: a depth image obtaining unit for obtaining a plurality of depth images; a camera pose converting unit for converting camera poses of the plurality of depth images into a camera pose of a reference depth image; and a depth image filtering unit for filtering the reference depth image by using a weighted average of each pixel of the reference depth image, and a method using this apparatus. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147057 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE EDGE AND DETAIL ENHANCEMENT FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING - A content-adaptive edge and detail enhancement method is described for image/video processing. Both 2D peaking and LTI/CTI are used in sharpening pictures. Image analysis is performed to generate a mask to control the use of the two peaking techniques. The strength or likelihood of edges or transitions is measured and such a strength or likelihood measurement will be transformed into a blending factor controlling the blending of the LTI/CTI and peaking outputs. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147058 | CLOSED TOP GARBAGE BAG AND METHOD THEREFOR - A garbage bag has a bag having an open top area. A plurality of ring members is formed in an interior of the bag. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147059 | BAGS WITH REINFORCED BAG WALLS - Improved merchandise bag with reinforced bag wall is formed of thinner than normal specially selected film material with a thickened center section. For merchandise bags, the thickened center section provides a stronger bag bottom and stronger areas for the formation of bag handles. Handle bags include soft loop, round die cut oval die cut, wave top, patch and rigid handles. For T-shirt style bags, thinner plastic in the gusset and handle areas is made up for by multiple layers of film in these regions. T-shirt bags may have single, triple or folded gussets providing as many as eight layers of film in these regions. The thickened center section will substantially match the thickness of the gusseted areas and provide for a more easily stacked bag. The bags are formed of mono layer or multi-layer film and at least a portion of the bag walls is corona treated to improve adhesion. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147060 | MOVING APPARATUS - A moving apparatus includes a moving member configured to reciprocate along a first direction, a guide configured to contact a sliding portion of the moving member via a lubricant and to guide a movement of the moving member, and a structure configured to restrain the lubricant applied to the guide from being squeezed out of a sliding region of the guide, where the guide contacts the sliding portion, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction utilizing the movement of the moving member. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147061 | SLIDING DOOR DRIVE - The invention relates to a sliding door drive ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147062 | Linear Motion Bearing System with Self-Aligning Rail - A linear motion bearing system comprising a rolling element retainer structure having at least a portion of a plurality of open axial rolling element tracks formed therein. The rolling element tracks including an open load-bearing portion, an open return portion and turnarounds interconnecting the load bearing and return portions. A plurality of bearing rolling elements are disposed in the rolling element tracks. A plurality of load bearing outer races are axially positioned adjacent the rolling element retainer structure for receiving load from the rolling elements disposed in the load-bearing portion of the rolling element tracks. An outer housing sleeve is effective to hold the rolling element retainer structure. A rail is effective to mate with the rolling element retainer structure, the rail including at least one recess sized and shaped so as to be mateable with at least one of the bearing rolling elements. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147063 | RADIAL FOIL BEARING - The present invention relates to a radial foil bearing for supporting a rotary shaft. The radial foil bearing includes a top foil, a back foil, and a bearing housing accommodating the top and back foils. The top foil is formed by winding a rectangular metal foil into a cylindrical shape so that one end of the metal foil is extended out in a tangential direction of a cylinder formed by the metal foil. An engagement groove is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing in an axial direction of the bearing housing, and the engagement groove is formed so that a depth direction thereof corresponds to one tangential direction of the cylinder of the top foil. The one end of the top foil engages with the engagement groove. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147064 | RADIAL FOIL BEARING - The radial foil bearing includes a top foil, a back foil, and a bearing housing accommodating the top and back foils, and supports a rotary shaft. Engagement grooves are formed on both side surfaces of the bearing housing to extend from the outer circumferential edge to the inner circumferential edge of the side surface. Notches are formed in circumferential edges on both sides of the back foil. A locking member is locked into the engagement grooves of the bearing housing and the notches of the back foil, and includes a pair of engagement legs engaging with the engagement grooves and the notches, and a connection portion connecting the engagement legs together to be disposed near one ends of the engagement legs. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147065 | ROTATING DEVICE - A rotating device includes a shaft body that has a shaft, a first flange extending outwardly from the outer periphery of the shaft, and a second flange, a bearing body that has a shaft encircling member encircling the shaft between the first flange and the second flange, a first thrust opposing part formed between the shaft encircling member and the first flange, a second thrust opposing part formed between the shaft encircling member and the second flange, an intermediate space provided in a gap between the shaft and the shaft encircling member, a radial dynamic pressure bearing, a first communication channel that allows the first thrust opposing part to be in communication with the intermediate space, and a second communication channel that allows the second thrust opposing part to be in communication with the intermediate space. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147066 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A SHAFT OF A TURBINE WHEEL - The invention relates to a bearing arrangement for a shaft ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147067 | BEARING MODULE FOR MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a bearing module for a motor that rotatably supports a rotational shaft and is sintered and molded, including: an upper bearing; and a lower bearing coupled to the upper bearing, wherein an oil receiving portion is formed in at least one of the upper bearing and the lower bearing. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147068 | SLOTTED BUSHING FOR TRANSFERRING LUBRICATION - The present disclosure provides a bushing for promoting fluid transfer between a first body and a second body. The bushing includes a cylindrical sleeve including an inner surface and an outer surface. A groove is formed in the inner surface and defined by a first wall and a second wall. A plurality of openings is defined in the groove, such that the plurality of openings is radially spaced from one another. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147069 | BUFFER UNIT FOR SLEWING PLATFORM OF TAMPING MACHINE - A buffer unit for the slewing platform of the tamping machine, comprising a slewing plafform, a slewing bearing and a chassis, the upper end of the said slewing bearing connects to the slewing plafform and the lower end of said slewing bearing connects to the chassis, the slewing platform can revolve around the chassis 360 degrees, further comprising a annular supporting slab, a hydraulic cylinder and a connecting rod, the annular supporting slab is fixed on the chassis by bolt. The hydraulic cylinder is fitted on the rear end of the central plane of the slewing platform, the piston rod head of the hydraulic cylinder connects to said connecting rod. The connecting rod can touch and support the annular base slab at any point of the direction of 360 degrees rotation when the hydraulic cylinder extends. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147070 | BEARING RING FOR A RADIAL ROLLING BEARING, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARING OR A NEEDLE ROLLER BEARING - A bearing ring for a radial rolling bearing, in particular for a cylindrical roller bearing or needle bearing which has, on one of the radial surface areas thereof, a track for a set of cylindrical rolling bodies which are cageless or are guided by a cage and one or two guide flanges axially bounding the track of the rolling bodies is/are fastened to the axial end surfaces of said bearing by adhesive bonding. Each guide flange has a rectangular profile cross section with a horizontal fastening limb and a vertical flange limb and, by way of the horizontal fastening limb thereof, is adhesively bonded in an encircling axial groove in an axial end surface of the bearing ring. The width of each axial groove is greater than the material thickness of each fastening limb, and each guide flange can be fixed radially in position in the particular axial groove of a profiling of the fastening limb of said guide flange, the profiling being in contact both with the outer wall and with the inner wall of the associated axial groove. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147071 | THRUST ROLLER BEARING WITH RACES - Construction of a thrust roller bearing with races is achieved in which a function of preventing a cage | 2014-05-29 |
20140147072 | ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR - An electro-optic modulator includes a substrate, a Y-shaped waveguide, a ground electrode, a first modulating electrode, and a second modulating electrode. The substrate includes a top surface. The Y-shaped waveguide is implanted into the top surface, and includes a first branch and a second branch. The first branch is dedicated to the application of a transverse electric wave and the second branch is dedicated to the application of a transverse magnetic wave. The ground electrode, the first modulating electrode, and the third modulating electrode are all strip-shaped and positioned on the top surface. The first modulating electrode and the ground electrode are located at two sides of the first second branch, and the ground electrode covers the second branch. The second modulating electrode is located at a side of the second branch opposite to the first branch. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147073 | ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR - An electro-optic modulator includes a substrate and a Y-shaped waveguide. The substrate has a top surface. The Y-shaped waveguide is formed in the top surface and includes a non-modulated branch and a modulated branch. The substrate defines two grooves in the top surface, separating the non-modulated branch and the modulated branch. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147074 | SIDE-HOLE CANE WAVEGUIDE SENSOR - A side-hole optical cane for measuring pressure and/or temperature is disclosed. The side-hole cane has a light guiding core containing a sensor and a cladding containing symmetrical side-holes extending substantially parallel to the core. The side-holes cause an asymmetric stress across the core of the sensor creating a birefringent sensor. The sensor, preferably a Bragg grating, reflects a first and second wavelength each associated with orthogonal polarization vectors, wherein the degree of separation between the two is proportional to the pressure exerted on the core. The side-hole cane structure self-compensates and is insensitive to temperature variations when used as a pressure sensor, because temperature induces an equal shift in both the first and second wavelengths. Furthermore, the magnitude of these shifts can be monitored to deduce temperature, hence providing the side-hole cane additional temperature sensing capability that is unaffected by pressure. Additionally, the side-hole cane can be used to measure a differential pressure between a first pressure ported to the side-holes and a second external pressure. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING A LASER TO A WAVEGUIDE - An apparatus includes a slider structure having a waveguide and a cavity configured to align a laser to the waveguide. The cavity includes a plurality of solder bumps on a bottom of the cavity configured to electrically and thermally couple the laser to the slider. At least one mechanical stopper is disposed in the cavity to facilitate vertical alignment between an output of the laser and an input of the waveguide. At least one solder bump is disposed on the mechanical stopper to facilitate lateral alignment between the output of the laser and the input of the waveguide in response to a reflow of the solder bumps. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147076 | OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An opto-electric hybrid board includes: an electric circuit board including an insulative layer, and an element mounting electrode formed on the front surface of the insulative layer; an optical element mounted on the element mounting electrode by contact frictional heat; and an optical waveguide including a first cladding layer in contact with the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. Between the insulative layer and the first cladding layer, a reinforcing layer is provided at the portion corresponding to the element mounting electrode. A reinforcing layer is provided at the portion corresponding to the element mounting electrode, in the surface of the first cladding layer, which is on the side opposite to the insulative layer. The resin-made reinforcing layer is greater than the first cladding layer in storage modulus at the temperature of the board when the element is being mounted. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147077 | HYBRID FIBER-OPTIC AND FLUID ROTARY JOINT - A hybrid rotary joint provides both optical and fluid channels for applications such as optogenetic research. The rotary joint has a stationary component and a rotating component. The optical channel and fluid channel permit simultaneous and rotation-insensitive passage of light and fluid from the stationary to the rotating side of the hybrid rotary joint. The input to the optical channel is provided via an input optical fiber and the input to the fluid channel is fluid from a fluid source. The outputs are an optical fiber output and a fluid channel output. As light passes from the stationary side to the rotating side of the hybrid rotary joint, it is deflected off a beam deflector having an angular orientation that is passively aligned and made independent of the angular orientation of the rotating component via the interaction between magnets attached to each of the beam deflector and the stationary component. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147078 | GRADIENT INDEX (GRIN) LENS CHIPS AND ASSOCIATED SMALL FORM FACTOR OPTICAL ARRAYS FOR OPTICAL CONNECTIONS, RELATED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS - Gradient index (GRIN) lens chips and associated small form factor optical arrays for optical connections, and related fiber optic connectors are disclosed. By aligning GRIN lenses within a GRIN lens chip, a more precise and reliable alignment may be achieved with respect to optical fibers than if a single conventional ferrule is utilized to align and secure both GRIN lenses and optical fibers. The GRIN lens chip may include a GRIN lens received and thereby aligned within a groove disposed between a fiber end and a terminal end of a GRIN lens holder body. The optical fibers may also be received and thereby aligned within a groove of a ferrule body. In this manner, when the GRIN lens chip containing the GRIN lenses is aligned with a ferrule body containing the optical fibers, then the GRIN lenses may be precisely located relative to the optical fibers. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147079 | COUPLING OF FIBER OPTICS TO PLANAR GRATING COUPLERS - Techniques, methods, structures and apparatus that provide the efficient coupling of light to/from one or more optical fibers to/from planar grating waveguide couplers positioned on photonic integrated circuits. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147080 | INDICATING COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENTS VIA ILLUMINATION - A connector plug arrangement ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147081 | CONNECTOR SYSTEMS HAVING RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY AND PLUG ASSEMBLY - A data center connector (DCC) system includes a receptacle connector assembly that includes a receptacle body having a plug receiving end, a panel assertion end and a plug receiving chamber at the plug receiving end that receives a plug body of a plug connector assembly. A receptacle ferrule is located in the receptacle body. The receptacle ferrule is moveable axially within the receptacle body and biased toward the plug receiving end. A plug connector assembly includes a plug body having an insertion end sized to be received within the plug receiving chamber of the receptacle body. A plug ferrule is fixed axially within the plug body that contacts the receptacle ferrule and moves the receptacle ferrule axially with the plug body being inserted within the plug receiving chamber of the receptacle body. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147082 | MONO-BLOCK TYPE OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER - A mono-block type optical fiber adapter includes an adapter body including a partition wall between each two opposing accommodation chambers and a tubular coupling portion extended from each partition wall toward the inside of one respective front-sided accommodation chamber, a ferrule mounted in each tubular coupling portion and partially suspending in the respective rear-sided accommodation chamber, and a ferrule holder respectively mounted in each rear-sided accommodation chamber and attached to the suspended rear end of the respective ferrule. The one piece design of the adapter body facilitates mass production and effectively eliminates the dimensional tolerance and clearance problems of conventional designs. Further, the matching design between the adapter body and the ferrule holders facilitates quick and accurate installation of the mono-block type optical fiber adapter, saving much installation time and labor and enhancing structural stability and reliability. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147083 | CONNECTOR FOR MULTILAYERED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - Methods for fabricating connectors for multilayered optical waveguides, as well as apparatuses for multilayered optical waveguides that embody ferrules and connectors. The method of fabricating a connector includes the steps of: stacking in a containing unit of a ferrule, a plurality of optical waveguides that are each preliminarily formed in the shape of layers; and injecting resin or adhesive through a space lying between the plurality of optical waveguides and the containing unit of the ferrule, with the plurality of optical waveguides contained in a stacked manner so that resin or adhesive reaches each of the plurality of optical waveguides. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147084 | ALIGNMENT PIN AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An alignment pin for an optical communication system comprises: a first portion ( | 2014-05-29 |
20140147085 | MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a multi-channel optical module and a manufacturing method of the same. The optical module includes a base block having a cavity on one edge(?) of the base block; a substrate arranged on the other side of the base block that faces the cavity; an integrated circuit (IC) chip mounted on the substrate; a platform arranged in the cavity; electrical contacts connected to the IC chip, wherein the electrical contacts are formed on the platform; an optical device array block arranged in the platform, wherein the optical device array block is connected to the electrical contacts; a plurality of optical fiber cores aligned with the optical device array block; and an optical fiber array block fixing the plurality of optical fiber cores, wherein the optical fiber array block is bonded to the platform and to the optical device array block and is fixed in the cavity. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147086 | HIGH BANDWIDTH PUSH CABLES FOR VIDEO PIPE INSPECTION SYSTEMS - High-bandwidth push cables configured for high speed data communication, such as that used in video signal transmission between a camera head and a cable reel or other device, are disclosed. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147087 | CONTOURED DISPLAY - A contoured display that includes a faceplate configured to propagate an image in a collimated manner from an interface surface of the faceplate configured to receive the image from a display device to a display surface of the faceplate. The display surface is contoured to provide a three-dimensional (3D) contoured surface that provides designers with artistic freedom when designing a display shape, and a convenient way to contour a display surface to reduce the effects of glare on the display surface. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147088 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING/PLAYING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEIVING/PLAYING METHOD - A transmission device including: a holder holding stream identification information associated with a first transmission stream among a plurality of transmission streams containing a plurality of types of information that are to be played back simultaneously by a receiving playback device, the stream identification information identifying, among the plurality of transmission streams, at least one transmission stream that is different from the first transmission stream; and a transmitter configured to transmit the stream identification information. The receiving side uses the stream identification information to identify at least one transmission stream that is to be played back simultaneously with the first transmission stream. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147089 | DOCUMENT CAMERA, VIDEO AND AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND VIDEO AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - A document camera includes: a camera unit which acquires a video signal; a microphone unit which acquires an audio signal; a stamp adding unit which adds a time stamp for synchronizing the video signal and the audio signal with each other to the video signal and the audio signal that are acquired; a mode switching button which switches between a “video recording mode” and a “sound reinforcement mode”; a video recording unit which records the video signal and the audio signal together with the time stamp if the “video recording mode” is switched on; and a sound reinforcement instruction unit which instructs a projector to output the video signal and the audio signal, ignoring the time stamp, if the “sound reinforcement mode” is switched on. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147090 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor that senses an image and outputs image data; a processing unit that performs image processing on the image data based on first processing information that is based on an instruction from a user; an obtainment unit that obtains comparison information based on a comparison between the first processing information and second processing information for putting the image data into a predetermined standard state through the image processing; and a recording unit that records the comparison information obtained by the obtainment unit in association with the image data. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147091 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor configured to sense an image and output image data; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image data; an output unit configured to output the processed image data to an external image processing apparatus; an input unit configured to input first processing information used in image processing performed by the external image processing apparatus on the image data; and a recording unit configured to record the first processing information, second processing information used for converting image data into standard image data, and at least one of the image data processed by the image processing unit and the unprocessed image data, in association with the stated image data. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147092 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING INFORMATION - A method for a mobile terminal to record information, including: detecting an acceleration of the mobile terminal; determining whether the detected acceleration is higher than or equal to a preset acceleration threshold; and initiating a recording function of the mobile terminal to record information if it is determined that the detected acceleration is higher than or equal to the preset acceleration threshold. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147093 | MOUNTING METHODS FOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYERS - Many methods described herein allow users to mount digital media players. Some methods include coupling a digital media player to a backside of a television. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147094 | MEMORY CARD READER DEVICE HAVING TELEVISION BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION FUNCTION - There is provided a memory card reader device including: a memory card reader unit reading data stored on a memory card; a broadcast signal receiving unit receiving a television broadcast signal under control; a main control unit controlling operations of the memory card reader unit and the broadcast signal receiving unit and converting data from the memory card reader unit or a signal from the broadcast signal receiving unit into a signal suitable for a predetermined interface; and a wired connection unit transferring the signal from the main control unit to an external connection device. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147095 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method for multimedia content generation includes receiving a textual input, and automatically retrieving from one or more media databases a plurality of media items that are relevant to the textual input. User input, which selects one or more of the automatically-retrieved media items and correlates one or more of the selected media items in time with the textual input, is received. A video clip, which includes an audio narration of the textual input and the selected media items scheduled in accordance with the user input, is constructed automatically. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CERTAIN VIDEO DATA - A system and method of incorporating additional video objects into source video data to produce output video data. A method includes identifying segments of the source video data, selecting identified segments for the inclusion of additional video objects, creating an intermediate working version of the source video data including video material corresponding to the selected segments, creating metadata which identifies at least one frame within the source video data which corresponds to the selected segments, transmitting the intermediate working version to a remote system for the creation of additional video data including additional video objects to be included in the output video data, receiving video file data associated with the additional video data, obtaining the additional video data based on the video file data, retrieving metadata and incorporating the additional video data with the source video data on the basis of the retrieved metadata to produce the output video data. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147097 | Environmental Signatures for Forensic Analysis and Alignment of Media Recordings - Various systems and methods may benefit from determination of environmental signatures in recordings. For example, such signatures may aid forensic analysis and alignment of media recordings, such as alignment of audio or video recordings. A method can include reading data representative of sensed light in a visual track of a video recording. The method can also include extracting an electric network frequency signal from the data representative of sensed light. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147098 | DYNAMIC REAL-TIME PLAYBACK - Systems and methods for previewing edited video. In general, in one implementation, a method includes generating a video sequence from a plurality of video segments, identifying an inability to output at least one video segment in the video sequence in substantially real time; and adjusting an output level associated with the at least one video segment to enable the at least one video segment to be output in substantially real time. The output level may include a video quality or a frame rate. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147099 | VIDEO HEADPHONES PLATFORM METHODS, APPARATUSES AND MEDIA - A request to record a user's world view video may be received. The world view video may be recorded via video headphones and adjusted based on user instructions. The adjusted world view video may be shared with the user's social network. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147100 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF EDITING AND DECODING A VIDEO FILE - A method of editing a video container format file. The method comprises displaying media content hosted in a video container format file stored in a segment of a memory of a client terminal, receiving editing instructions indicative of changes to the media content, adding and/or activating video editing objects with the editing instructions to the video container format file while the video container format file remains stored in the segment, and decoding the video editing objects and the media content. The decoding is performed by editing the media content according to said editing instructions in the video editing objects. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147101 | IMAGE ROTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PLAYER - An image rotation method and an image rotation system for a video player are provided. The image rotation method includes the following steps. Firstly, an image rotation request from a terminal is received. Then, a source video file is decoded and a rotation processing operation is performed on the decoded source video file in response to the image rotation request, so that a rotated image of the source video file is displayed. At last, the rotated image is displayed on a display device of the terminal. By the image rotation method and the image rotation system, the image in the video player can be rotated by a specified angle. Consequently, the problems of the conventional video player will be overcome. Moreover, since the problems of causing the compressed and distorted image are eliminated, the quality of the played and displayed image is enhanced. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147102 | VARIABLE REAL TIME BUFFER AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure is directed to a time shifting approach for utilizing multiple tuners. The present disclosure makes use of a temporary buffer to record programs that a user may be interested in by having a variable buffer which stores programming which can be received from multiple tuners. The buffer space allocation per channel is variable so that the time duration recorded for the buffer changes. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147103 | CAMERA LENS ASSEMBLY - A camera lens assembly comprising a lens assembly housing and a compound lens and a motion sensor arrangement within the lens assembly housing, wherein the motion sensor arrangement comprises: angular rotation sensors configured to detect angular rotation about three orthogonal axes of rotation; and linear acceleration sensors configured to detect linear acceleration in three orthogonal directions. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147104 | CAMERA STABILIZER - A camera stabilizer having a camera mount for attaching and positioning a camera, a gimbal component disposed below the camera mount and positioned at or near the center of gravity and a balancing arm. A handle is offset from a line through the center of gravity of the stabilizer plus camera. Adjustable weights are provided in a balancing arm to vary the center of gravity location. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147105 | CAMERA STABILIZATION AND SUPPORT APPARATUS - In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus for stabilizing a camera, the apparatus including a first main body having at least front, top, bottom, left and right surfaces forming a wedge shape, the top and bottom surfaces including a concave back edge adapted to engage a stationary structure, the front surface including a surface texture adapted to engage the camera; and optionally a second main body of similar structure. The first body includes at least one tab on at least one of the right and left surfaces and the second body includes at least one slot on at least one of the right and left surfaces wherein the at least one tab is shaped to engage the at least one slot. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147106 | RAPID RECOVERY IN PACKET AND OPTICAL NETWORKS - A node may determine a failure in a first path for routing first optical network traffic between a first set of networking devices, where the first path includes a first set of optical transport nodes. The node may determine a second path for routing the first optical network traffic between the first set of networking devices, where the second path includes a second set of optical transport nodes that route second optical network traffic between a second set of networking devices. The second set of optical transport nodes may include at least one node that is not included in the first set of optical transport nodes. The node may pre-empt routing of the second optical network traffic via the second path, and may route the first optical network traffic via the second path after pre-empting routing of the second optical network traffic via the second path. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147107 | DROP PORT BASED SHARED RISK LINK GROUP SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Drop port based shared risk link group (SRLG) systems and methods assign SRLG information to drop ports in another level or layer of a network. Thus, drop side SRLG information can be shared between different networks or layers enabling a combination with line side SRLG information within a network to identify and prevent single points of failure across the networks. Typically, SRLG details are assigned to line ports (NNI ports) within a network and this information is not shared with external networks or network layers for routing a connection through the network and the external networks. By assigning SRLG details to a drop port, this information can be relayed between the network and the external networks and considered when planning a route through all of the networks. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147108 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ALARM UNDER POWER-SAVING MODE IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (PON) SYSTEM - Disclosed in the present invention are an alarm processing method and device for a PON system in power-saving mode, for solving the technical problem that the PON system cannot process the alarm or exception message after the ONU enters power-saving state and the management server is misled to deem that the system is abnormal. In the present invention, when the OLT detects the alarm generated for a certain ONU, it acquires the current power-saving working state of the ONU, and if the ONU is currently in power-saving state (such as doze state, i.e. Tx mode), the OLT suppresses, discards or shields the relevant alarm by the ONU currently in power-saving state. By way of the present invention, the alarm processing pressure can be alleviated and the real state of the ONU can be reflected. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147109 | PON SUPERVISION USING OTDR MEASUREMENTS - A Wavelength Adaptation Module and a method therein for adapting an Optical Time Domain Reflectometry, OTDR, signal for supervision of Optical Network Terminals, ONTs, in a Passive Optical Network, PON, are provided. The wavelength of the OTDR signal is adapted to have a pre-selected wavelength to enable a splitter in a remote node to forward the OTDR signal to a dedicated group of ONTs in the PON, thereby supervising the fibre links between the remote node and the dedicated group of ONTs. Likewise, a remote node and a method therein for receiving an OTDR signal having a pre-selected wavelength from the Wavelength Adaptation Module and for outputting the OTDR signal to a dedicated group of ONTs with regards to the pre-selected wavelength of the received OTDR signal are provided. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147110 | HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL RECEIVER IMPLEMENTED USING LOW-SPEED LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A high-speed optical receiver implemented using a low-speed light receiving element is provided, which is configured to receive an optical signal having a higher transmission rate than that received using a general avalanche photo diode (APD) by expanding a frequency bandwidth using a receiver circuit configured together with an APD in the optical receiver including the APD, an APD bias control circuit, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for amplifying a signal received from the APD to have low noise, and a post amplifier; and a method of implementing such a high-speed optical receiver. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147111 | Level Equalization to Compensate for Implementation Impairments in Optical Communication Systems with High-Order Modulations - A method comprising receiving digital samples from an optical communication system, assigning the samples into bins based on signal levels of the samples, computing an average signal level for each bin, determining a level adjustment transformation function for the samples based on the average signal levels of the bins, and applying the level adjustment transformation function to the samples. Also, disclosed is an optical receiver comprising a frontend configured to receive an optical signal over an optical channel, and convert the optical signal into a plurality of sequences of digital samples, and a processor coupled to the frontend and configured to perform a channel equalization on the samples of the sequences, assign the channel equalized samples of each sequence into bins based on signal levels of the channel equalized samples, determine a level adjustment transformation function for each sequence, and apply the level adjustment transformation function to each sequence. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147112 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In order to provide a transmission device which can resolve the deterioration in transmission characteristics due to lack of the resolution of a D/A converter in a high speed and large capacity digital communication, a transmission device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an encoding unit encoding input data; an unequal-interval quantization unit quantizing an output signal from the encoding unit by a quantization level number based on a resolution of a subsequent digital-to-analog conversion unit by using an unequally spaced quantization level interval based on the output signal; the digital-to-analog conversion unit converting an output signal from the unequal-interval quantization unit into an analog signal; an output level adjustment unit adjusting an output level of the digital-to-analog conversion unit so as to compensate a difference between a predetermined initial transfer function and a transfer function of the unequal-interval quantization unit; and a modulation unit generating a transmission signal based on an output signal of the digital-to-analog conversion unit adjusted by the output level adjustment unit. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147113 | DYNAMIC EVALUATION OF THE OPTICAL MULTIPLEX SECTION PER-CHANNEL PRE-EMPHASIS POWER - An apparatus and method of pre-emphasising a launch power profile of a section in an optical network is provided. The method comprises measuring the output power at the output of the section, determining the predicted output power associated with a flat launch power profile using design characteristics of the section and determining the total power deviation between the measured output power and the predicted output power. Also, the method comprises determining the signal to noise ratio deviation and the nonlinear phase shift deviation as a function of the total power deviation, and pre-emphasising the launch power profile based on a function of the calculated signal to noise ratio deviations of each span and the calculated nonlinear phase shift deviations of each span, such that the sum of the nonlinear phase shift deviations and the sum of the signal to noise ratio deviations of each channel are reduced by an equal amount. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147114 | System and Method for SIEPON Energy Saving Statistics - A system and method for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Network (SIEPON) energy saving statistics. Energy saving statistics can be collected from a plurality of subordinate nodes in a point-to-multipoint network through a mechanism that aggregates energy saving statistics as those energy saving statistics are reported upstream. Such aggregation of energy saving statistics can be advantageous in that the aggregated energy saving information can appear uncorrelated to individual subordinate nodes. Privacy concerns are thereby addressed. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147115 | OTM Functionality in SOA Based Transceivers - A method and arrangement in an Optical Network Terminal, ONT for monitoring the state of an Optical Distribution Network, ODN, in a Passive Optical Network, PON, is provided. The ONT receives an optical signal, from an Optical Line Terminal, OLT, having optical power, P | 2014-05-29 |
20140147116 | COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEM - A laser jammer configured for being a part of a countermeasure system. The system comprises a stage having an axis of rotation and laser source mounted on the stage. The laser source is configured for emitting a laser beam having an optical axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The laser has a first spread in a first plane parallel to the rotation axis of the stage and including the optical axis, and a second spread in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane and including the optical axis. The first spread is greater than the second spread. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147117 | OPTICAL MULTILEVEL SIGNAL PRE-EQUALIZATION CIRCUIT, OPTICAL MULTILEVEL SIGNAL PRE-EQUALIZATION TRANSMITTER, AND POLARIZATION-MULTIPLEXED PRE-EQUALIZATION TRANSMITTER - In order to reduce the circuit size for a chromatic dispersion pre-equalization operation, an optical multilevel signal pre-equalization circuit is provided with: (1) a plurality of look-up tables in which a string of middle codes utilizing a symmetry of a signal constellation of a multilevel code or a string of middle codes represented by polar coordinates is stored in association with a waveform response component; and (2) one or more operation circuits to which the waveform response component corresponding to a multilevel signal to be transmitted is inputted from the plurality of look-up tables, and which outputs a pre-equalized output waveform corresponding to the multilevel signal by operating the waveform response components outputted from different look-up tables. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147118 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING VARIABLE-WAVELENGTH OPTICAL SIGNAL - There is provided an optical transceiver apparatus including an optical transmitter configured to transmit light of variable wavelength, an optical receiver configured to receive light generated from an opposite light source, and a controller configured to perform initialization to a wavelength corresponding to when an intensity of light received by the optical receiver is greater than or equal to a reference power, while varying the wavelength of light output by the optical transmitter. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147119 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An optical signal processing apparatus includes a mixer and a first optical modulator. The mixer modulates a carrier signal of a first specific frequency received from a first oscillator with an information signal to generate a subcarrier modulated signal. The first optical modulator optically modulates, with the subcarrier modulated signal received from the mixer, carrier light optically modulated by a second optical modulator at a second specific frequency received from a second oscillator to generate and output modulated carrier light. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147120 | Grooming Multicast Traffic in Flexible Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing WDM Networks - The present invention is directed to a solution for grooming multicast traffic in flexible optical wavelength division multiplexing WDM networks. The invention includes a solution for grooming multicast traffic in flexible optical wavelength division multiplexing networks into a solving a multicast routing sub-problem, solving a a grooming sub-problem; and solving a wavelength assignment and spectrum allocation sub-problem. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147121 | OPTICAL DROP APPARATUS, OPTICAL ADD APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL ADD/DROP APPARATUS - Provided is an optical apparatus including: wavelength separation units corresponding to the respective routes, each of which divides a wavelength multiplexed optical signal of one route into M wavelength groups (M is an integer satisfying N×M=the number of multiplexed wavelengths of the wavelength multiplexed optical signal of one route), each of which includes N wavelengths (N is an integer of 2 or more); and M wavelength separation blocks, each of which is input with a plurality of the wavelength groups divided by the different wavelength separation units and outputs optical signals with any one or a plurality of wavelengths included in the input wavelength groups to N coherent transponders. Accordingly, it is possible to flexibly adapt to extension in wavelength or extension in route in units of a wavelength separation block and/or wavelength multiplexing block. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATING A FUNCTION OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITH ANOTHER DEVICE - A system for automatically activating a function of a mobile device with a remote device is described. The system includes a first device having an illumination component for generating illumination having a signature. A second mobile device includes a display and a light sensor. A function of the second mobile device is activated in response to the light sensor receiving the illumination having the signature. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147123 | REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control including a base defined an opening is provide. The base includes a circuit board, an infrared emitted tube, a transparent touch screen panel locating corresponding to the opening; a light guide plate adhered to the touch screen panel; a plurality of LEDs fixed to one end of the light guide plate; and alphanumeric characters of keys set between the light guide plate and the touch screen panel. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147124 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a control method thereof includes an infrared module which receives an infrared control signal having a predetermined section-specific waveform from an infrared transmitter; a switching unit which turns on/off the infrared module; and a controller which controls the switching unit to alternately turn on and off the infrared module in a predetermined cycle for recognizing the predetermined section-specific waveform of the infrared control signal. Thus, electric power consumed by an infrared module in a standby mode may be reduced while receiving a signal of an infrared transmitter. | 2014-05-29 |
20140147125 | SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK SWITCHING MATRIX - A self-organizing network switching matrix is provided. The self-organizing network switching matrix can receive a first set of communications data from a set of base transceiver stations wherein the communications data includes a radio simulcast. It can send the first set of communications data to a subset of remote transceiver units in a set of remote transceiver units. A second set of communications data can be received from the first subset of remote transceiver units. A set of network activity data can be generated based on monitoring the receiving of the second set of communications data from the first subset of remote transceiver units for a defined network activity. The subset of remote transceiver units can be adjusted based on the network activity data. In this regard, the self-organizing network switching matrix facilitates automated capacity management providing just in time network dimensioning. | 2014-05-29 |