27th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090169089 | Cell Analysis - A system for performing cell population classification in respect of a biological sample. An image is captured in respect of an optical conduit array containing a plurality of cells and signals received therefrom are used to derive a classification scheme defining classes of cells. This scheme is then applied to classify the cells and data representative of the classes and respective locations in the conduit array of the cells. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169090 | TARGETED EDGE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CYTOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS - Edges in cytological image data are identified by obtaining a digital image of a specimen and computing a gradient image from the obtained digital image. A scaling function is applied to the grayscale image to identify regions of interest (e.g., edges of cell nuclei) in the digital image. Edges of the regions of interest are then identified based on the product of the computed gradient image and the scaling image. The scaling function may be applied to each image frame and one or more scaling thresholds are established for each frame to selectively pass, suppress, or scale pixels based on their measured intensity values. The scaled image resulting from application of the scaling function is multiplied with the gradient image to produce a targeted gradient image that identifies the edges of the region of interest. The targeted gradient image isolates edges corresponding to particular cellular structures, while rejecting other edges within the image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169091 | Method for performing a quality control on the processing of products and device applied thereby - Method for performing a quality control of a processed product, characterised in that it mainly consists in first storing images of a product ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169092 | Quality Validation Method - A quality validation method to improve inspection and validation processes by increasing their quality, efficiency, and positive impact. This method automatically prompts operators at one or more validation stations to follow a validation path comprising one or more validation items configurable by part number. It allows for automatic or manual feedback on the result of each item checked, the ability to enforce a particular pack-out consist based upon user provided specifications, and the ability of historically storing inspection results comprising container, part and inspection item information and results. It additionally provides an easily accessible interface to configure validation items and areas by part number, configure validation paths comprising of a variable quantity and order of validation items, and obtain information in a variety of useful formats. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169093 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD AND ITS APPARATUS - In a pattern inspection apparatus for comparing images of corresponding areas of two patterns, which are formed so as to be identical, so as to judge that a non-coincident part of the images is a defect, the influence of unevenness in brightness of patterns caused by a difference of thickness or the like is reduced, whereby highly sensitive pattern inspection is realized. In addition, high-speed pattern inspection can be carried out without changing the image comparison algorithm. For this purpose, the pattern inspection apparatus operates to perform comparison processing of images in parallel in plural areas. Further, the pattern inspection apparatus operates to convert gradation of an image signal among compared images using different plural processing units such that, even in the case in which a difference of brightness occurs in an identical pattern among images, a defect can be detected correctly. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING CHIPS IN A TRAY - A system for inspecting chips in a tray comprises a three-dimensional sensor, a focus computing unit, an image sensor and a focusing device. The three-dimensional sensor is used to obtain the height signals of surfaces of the chips. The focus computing unit calculates the focusing positions of chips. The surface inspection sensor is used to inspect the surfaces of the chips. The focusing device is used to bring the images of the surfaces of the chips into the focus of the image sensor. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STRUCTURED LIGHT FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE RENDERING - A system and method for illuminating an object in preparation for three-dimensional rendering includes a projection device configured to project at least three two-dimensional structured light patterns onto a 3-dimensional object. At least two cameras detect light reflected by the object in response to the at least three structured light patterns. Each structured light pattern varies in intensity in a first dimension and is constant in a second dimension. A single line along the first dimension of a given structured light pattern is created from a superposition of three or more component triangular waveforms. Each component triangular waveform has an amplitude, a periodicity (frequency), and a phase shift which is implemented as a pixel shift. Each component triangular waveform may be subject to one or more waveshaping operations prior to being summed with the remaining component triangular waveforms. The summed waveform itself may also be subject to waveshaping operations. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169096 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUS - We describe methods of characterising a set of images to determine their respective illumination, for example for recovering the 3D shape of an illuminated object. The method comprises: inputting a first set of images of the object captured from different positions; determining frontier point data from the images, this defining a plurality of frontier points on the object and for each said frontier point a direction of a normal to the surface of the object at the frontier point, and determining data defining the image capture positions; inputting a second set of images of said object, having substantially the same viewpoint and different illumination conditions; and characterising the second set of images said frontier point data to determine data comprising object reflectance parameter data (β) and, for each image of said second set, illumination data (L) comprising data defining an illumination direction and illumination intensity for the image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169097 | MARKOV STATIONARY COLOR DESCRIPTOR - A method for generating a Markov stationary color (MSC) descriptor is disclosed. The MSC descriptor may be used for image/video content representation, which characterizes both intra-color and inter-color spatial relationships in images. The MSC descriptor has a low storage requirement, relative to some other color descriptors. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169098 | Image quality estimation device and method - The present invention relates to an image quality evaluating device for using a color appearance model to evaluate image quality of a color area, and a method thereof. The image quality evaluating device realizes a color space corresponding to a color area by using information on color appearance, calculating a volume of the color space, and calculating clearness of the color area, viewing angle characteristics, gray level characteristics, and color differences in the color space. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169099 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND ADJUSTING COLOUR VALUES OF SKIN TONE PIXELS - A method of detecting skin tone pixels in an input image and adjusting colour values thereof for an output image is disclosed. The method comprises determining for each of a plurality of pixels in an input image whether initial chromaticity values of each of said pixels lie within a skin tone area defined in a chromaticity plane. The method further comprises amending the initial chromaticity values of those pixels that have chromaticity values lying within said skin tone area to obtain amended chromaticity values for use in obtaining an output image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169100 | MOTION-ORIENTED IMAGE COMPENSATING METHOD - A motion-oriented image compensating method is disclosed. The method uses the pixel luminance of a present image data and a last image data to judge the minimum motion vector in X-axis and the minimum motion vector in Y-axis of the present image data, following by conducting luminance compensation of the pixels according to the above-mentioned two minimum motion vectors to advance the sharpness of image edges and thereby the image quality. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169101 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An eye region is extracted from an input image. A poor pupil hue quality region is extracted from the eye region. A high brightness region is extracted from the poor pupil hue quality region. A region obtained by excluding the high brightness region from the poor pupil hue quality region is extracted as a red-eye region. The high brightness region is corrected by using a method different from that for the red-eye region. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169102 | MULTI-SCALE MULTI-CAMERA ADAPTIVE FUSION WITH CONTRAST NORMALIZATION - A computer implemented method for fusing images taken by a plurality of cameras is disclosed, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of images of the same scene taken by the plurality of cameras; generating Laplacian pyramid images for each source image of the plurality of images; applying contrast normalization to the Laplacian pyramids images; performing pixel-level fusion on the Laplacian pyramid images based on a local salience measure that reduces aliasing artifacts to produce one salience-selected Laplacian pyramid image for each pyramid level; and combining the salience-selected Laplacian pyramid images into a fused image. Applying contrast normalization further comprises, for each Laplacian image at a given level: obtaining an energy image from the Laplacian image; determining a gain factor that is based on at least the energy image and a target contrast; and multiplying the Laplacian image by a gain factor to produce a normalized Laplacian image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169103 | METHOD OF CORRECTING FALSE-COLOR PIXEL IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A method of correcting a false-color pixel in a digital image is used to correct a false-color pixel generated after being processed by a color correction matrix (CCM). The method includes the following steps. Obtaining a raw image, for being processed by the CCM operation to generate a processed image; comparing pixels of the raw image with that of the processed image according to a color difference ratio, to find out a false-color pixel in the pixels of the processed image; then, performing a color correction on the false-color pixel at the corresponding position of the raw image and the processed image. The false-color pixel is corrected according to the pixel color at the corresponding position of the raw image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169104 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A THIN OBJECT - A method for identifying an object within a container is provided. The method includes acquiring image data representing an image, applying a morphological operator to the acquired image data to generate morphed image data, calculating a histogram based on the morphed image data, and classifying the image using the calculated histogram. A classification of the image may be displayed and/or stored in a computer-readable memory. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169105 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND REGION-OF-INTEREST SEGMENTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for detecting vehicle headlights and a region-of-interest (ROI) segmenting method and apparatus are disclosed. The ROI segmenting method includes: performing an edge extracting operation on a captured image to obtain edges of the captured image; selecting edges meeting predetermined criteria from the obtained edges, the predetermined criteria being the similarity between the region surrounded by the selected edges and the pattern formed by a vehicle headlight in physical reality at a position of the selected edges; determining the region surrounded by the selected edges within the captured image as a vehicle headlight pattern; and segmenting the ROI which potentially includes the vehicle pattern from the captured image based on the determined vehicle headlight pattern. With such a method and apparatus, the ROI of a vehicle may be acquired from the image without using the vehicle's bottom shadow. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169106 | Method and Computer Program Product for Recognition Error Correction Data - A method for altering a recognition error correction data structure, the method includes: altering at least one key out of a set of semantically similar keys in response to text appearance probabilities of keys of the set of semantically similar keys to provide an at least one altered key; and replacing the at least one key by the at least one altered key. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING IMAGE FEATURE PIXEL POINT - An apparatus and a method of recognizing image feature pixels is related to the recognizing method including receiving an image having a plurality of pixels; subsequent filtering the pixels at least once by detecting the edge pixels of objects in the received image based on pixel values of the pixels, so as to obtain a plurality of candidate pixels; and performing multiple difference of Gaussian (DOG) blurring operations on the candidate pixels to find the candidate pixels having a relative extreme value as a plurality of feature pixels. Therefore, the processing time of recognizing image feature pixels may be reduced. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SMILING FACES CAPTURED BY A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for recognizing smiling faces captured by a camera of a mobile electronic device is provided. The method includes capturing an actual facial image of a user using the camera, and storing the actual facial image into a memory system of the mobile electronic device. The method further includes extracting facial features of the intensity image according to a luminance of each pixel of the intensity image. Furthermore, the method includes deleting the actual facial image from the memory system in response to the determination that the intensity image does not satisfy the predetermined smiling face identifying standard. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169109 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR RECOGNIZING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE - The present invention refers to a process and a device for recognizing one or more objects in an image composed by a plurality of pixels. The recognizing of an object in an image comprises at least three phases. In a first phase, a plurality of possible configurations of pixels different therebetween is pre-defined and to everyone of those at least one symbolic coding identifying and describing the features of the corresponding configuration of pixels is associated. In a second phase, the image is processed by means of processing to associate thereto a corresponding sequence of specific configurations detected among said plurality of configurations of pixels in an univocal way. Finally, in a third phase , the symbolic codings associated to the corresponding specific configurations of said sequence are interpreted automatically and correlated therebetween to allow to recognize said object. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169110 | Index term extraction device and document characteristic analysis device for document to be surveyed - A device comprises first frequency calculating means ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING EDGE POINTS OF AN OBJECT - A method for finding edge points of an object is disclosed. The method includes receiving an electronic image of an object, selecting one or more edge points in the image of the object, creating an image template for each edge point in the object image. The method further includes receiving a command to measure a second object of the same kind as the object and obtaining a measured object image, reading the image templates for the same kind of object from the storage device, and finding a matched sub-image to each image template from the measured object image according to an image matching algorithm, obtaining a central point of each matched sub-image and displaying coordinates of the central point of the matched sub-image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169112 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a detecting unit configured to detect an external light reflection region from an input image, and a determining unit configured to determine the glossiness of said external light reflection region, and determines whether or not the reflection of the external reflection region is specular reflection, and extracts a gloss region based on the determination result. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169113 | Automatic and Semi-Automatic Detection of Planar Shapes from 2D Images - A method is disclosed to digitize and recognize planar shapes that are present in images and are desired to be recognized and extracted. These planar shapes can represent maps in cartography, they can represent patterns from garment styles, they can represent projections of real objects into a 2D picture. The images are obtained from image scanning techniques including digital cameras. The invention includes an automatic mode and a user interface for the semi-automatic mode of operation. The method has been carried out for patterns that were drawn or plotted on papers (not cut out), representing garment styles, and is readily applicable to other applications such as maps in cartography, and more generally to recognition of 3D objects from 2D images. It could be use d as a module for any image processing software | 2009-07-02 |
20090169114 | INTERPOLATION OF IRREGULAR DATA IN A FINITE-DIMENSIONAL METRIC SPACE IN LITHOGRAPHIC SIMULATION - A method, system, and computer program product for preprocessing a pattern in a library of patterns and querying a preprocessed library of patterns are disclosed. Embodiments for querying a preprocessed library of patterns are disclosed for determining a distance between the representation for the first pattern and the representation for the second pattern, determining whether the distance between the representation for the first pattern and the representation for the second pattern is within the range for the first pattern, and transforming the second pattern with the transformation matrix to provide information about the second pattern. Embodiments for preprocessing a pattern in a library of patterns are disclosed for determining a transformation matrix for the first pattern, determining a range for the first pattern, wherein a distance between a representation for a first pattern and a representation for a second pattern is within the range and the second pattern can be transformed with the transformation matrix to provide information about the second pattern, and associating the range and the transformation matrix with the first pattern. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169115 | BRAND IMAGE DETECTION - A method comprises segmenting a foreground and a background of an image; and extracting one or more features from the foreground and the background to recognize a brand image. The features comprises one or more from a group comprising a foreground area, coordinates of a foreground centeroid, a foreground symmetry, a connected property, a spatial moment of the foreground, a normalized center moment of the foreground, a background area, variations of the background in red, green and blue color channels, a ratio of the foreground area and the background, an entropy of the image, an edge density of the image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169116 | COMPARISON METHOD, COMPARISON SYSTEM, COMPUTER, AND PROGRAM - A comparison apparatus | 2009-07-02 |
20090169117 | IMAGE ANALYZING METHOD - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of operating an apparatus having a display device for analyzing a plurality of images each representing a similar item, includes the steps of: displaying the plurality of the images in parallel by the display device; enabling a user to select partial regions of the images such that each of the partial regions represents a similar portion of the each item; extracting information associated with each of the partial regions of the images; and displaying data of the information of each of the partial regions in parallel in a format different from that appeared in the images. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169118 | Systems and Methods for Image Pattern Recognition - Systems and methods for image pattern recognition comprise digital image capture and encoding using vector quantization (“VQ”) of the image. A vocabulary of vectors is built by segmenting images into kernels and creating vectors corresponding to each kernel. Images are encoded by creating a vector index file having indices that point to the vectors stored in the vocabulary. The vector index file can be used to reconstruct an image by looking up vectors stored in the vocabulary. Pattern recognition of candidate regions of images can be accomplished by correlating image vectors to a pre-trained vocabulary of vector sets comprising vectors that correlate with particular image characteristics. In virtual microscopy, the systems and methods are suitable for rare-event finding, such as detection of micrometastasis clusters, tissue identification, such as locating regions of analysis for immunohistochemical assays, and rapid screening of tissue samples, such as histology sections arranged as tissue microarrays (“TMAs”). | 2009-07-02 |
20090169119 | COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA - A compression method and subsystem for a CT scanner compresses projection data from the data acquisition system. The projection data are classified into subsets of more significant samples and subsets of less significant samples. The subsets are compressed in accordance with compression control parameters so that the less significant samples are compressed to a greater degree than the more significant samples. The bit rate of the compressed projection data can be monitored and the compression control parameters can be adjusted to provide a desired bit rate. The compressed data are decompressed in accordance with the compression control parameters for reconstruction of an image from the decompressed projection data. This abstract does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VIDEO DATA, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING VIDEO DATA, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for encoding video data, a method and apparatus for decoding video data, and a program recording medium are provided. The apparatus for encoding video data includes an encoding processor generating encoded raw image data by encoding raw image data that is output from an image pickup device in frame units; an encoding information generator generating encoding information that is required to decode the encoded raw image data; an image pickup device information generator generating information about an image pickup device and which is required to develop the encoded raw image data; and a data generator generating video data including the encoded raw image data, the encoding information, and the image pickup device information. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169121 | STATIC IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE DATA STRUCTURE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A static image compression method, a computer readable data structure, and a computer readable storage medium are described. Firstly, an image is segmented into a plurality of sub-images. Then, each sub-image is sequentially compressed into a sub-data frame having a start character, so as to generate a compressed data with the sub-data frames interconnected according to a sequence of the sub-images. Finally, the addresses of the start characters are recorded to generate an index data. Thereby, the start character of a particular block can be obtained from the index data, and the sub-image of the particular block is preferentially decoded and displayed. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOCUSING ON OBJECTS AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES FOR ONE IMAGE | 2009-07-02 |
20090169123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND DECODE HALFTONE IMAGE - A method to encode and decode a halftone image such that the halftone image is efficiently compressed and decoded by using pattern characteristics of the halftone image includes determining different template shapes according to characteristics of the halftone image, compressing the halftone image based on determined template shape information, compressing the template shape information, and generating the compressed halftone image and the compressed template shape information as a bitstream. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169124 | VIDEO CODING SYSTEM PROVIDING SEPARATE CODING CHAINS FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTED SMALL-SIZE OR FULL-SIZE PLAYBACK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a coding system that codes data according to a pair of coding chains. A first coding chain generates coded video data that can be decoded by itself to represent a source video sequence of a small size, such as a size sufficient to support the real time playback and display features of a video editing application. The second coding chain generates coded video data representing supplementary data, which when decoded in conjunction with the coded video data of the first coding chain, yields the source video sequence for full-size display. The output of the first coding chain may be stored in memory in a file structure that can be accessed independently of the second chain's output and, therefore, it facilitates real time decoding and playback. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169125 | Method for Locally Adjusting a Quantization Step and Coding Device Implementing Said Method - The invention relates to a method of locally adjusting a quantization step for each region of an image in a sequence of n images. The method comprises the following steps:
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20090169126 | OPTICAL LOW PASS FILTER AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical low pass filter ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169127 | Anti-vibration system for the display screen of an image display device - An anti-vibration system and a method thereof keep images to be displayed on a fixed location of a display screen while the display screen moves. The system includes: a three-dimensional phase detector for detecting the three-dimensional displacement of the display screen, an image control unit for recording the initial location of an image displayed on the display screen, a digital signal processor (DSP) for converting the three-dimensional displacement into a two-dimensional displacement and receiving the initial position of the image to calculate an initial location of another image, an image phase adjusting unit for adjusting the output range of the image and displaying the image on the screen according to the initial location of another image calculated by the DSP. The image is kept on the same location of the display screen, so that it will not vibrate due to the display screen moves. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169128 | METHOD FOR UP-SCALING AN INPUT IMAGE AND AN UP-SCALING SYSTEM - The invention relates to techniques of up-scaling an input image represented by an input video signal in an image up-scaling system, especially to a method and an image up-scaling system for up-scaling an input image represented by an input video signal, the method comprising steps of receiving and processing the input video signal in an up-scaling device ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169129 | Method for automatically transforming color space and prospect of an imaging device - A method for automatically transforming color space and prospects of an imaging device is disclosed. The method at least includes: selecting a source image and a target image; transforming color space automatically wherein the color spaces of the two images are respectively transformed into another color space; matching levels, wherein features are grouped and the most similar adjacent field is searched; and copying the chrominance values—distributing the best matched brightness level distributions of said another color space of the source image and the target image, finding the pixels corresponding to the target image, and then copying the chrominance values to the source image to transform prospects. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169130 | ACCELERATING THE HOUGH TRANSFORM - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for accelerating computation of a Hough transform of a plurality of digital images of known width and height dimensions. The method includes determining a plurality of Hough values for each pixel location based on the width and height dimensions. The method further includes generating a lookup table comprising an array of Hough values corresponding to one or more Hough parameters of at least one geometric shape in at least one digital image. Each element in the array of Hough values may be based on a value of one or more Hough parameters and at least one of a height value or a width value. The method may include receiving a plurality of digital images having known width and height dimensions. The method may further include selecting, for at least one nonzero pixel of at least one of the plurality of digital images, the Hough values from the lookup table. Of course, many alternatives, variations and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169131 | OCR MULTI-RESOLUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - In some embodiments, provided are procedures for processing images that may have different font sizes. In some embodiments, it involves OCR'ing with multiple passes at different resolutions. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling an image processing apparatus, the method includes inputting a plurality of images; acquiring additional information added to each of the plurality of images; setting control information used to control a layout of the plurality of images in accordance with the additional information; and generating an output image on which each of the plurality of images is configured to have an image size according to the control information of the respective image. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169133 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - [PROBLEMS] In a system for converting a low resolution image to a high resolution image, it is difficult to carry out processing to generate a high resolution image for each frame in real time using temporally continuous frame images. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169134 | HAND-CARRYING BAG WITH CUSHIONING PROTECTION - A hand-carrying bag with cushioning protection in made of a blank including a plurality of longitudinally-extending laterally-spaced inflated cells, which are formed of overlapping layers that are fused to each other along opposite edges of the blanks and at locations between adjacent cells. The blank forms on opposite longitudinal ends with hand grips. Each cell is provided at a longitudinally middle section thereof with folding spots that are formed by fusing the layers together at small areas so as to allow opposite portions of the cells on the opposite side the spot to be folded to overlap and the folded portions of the edges fused to each other to form a circumferentially-enclosed and bottom bag. The inflated cells that form the circumference and the bottom of the bag provide cushioning protection to an article received in the bag. The hand grips allow the bag to be carried by hands. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169135 | CARRIER BAG, A STACK OF CARRIER BAGS AND A MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT THEREFOR - A carrier bag comprising a body having a closed base, closed sides and an open mouth opposite the base, handles extending from the open mouth away from the base, an attachment means extending from or separably connected to the handles and arranged separably to connect the handles together and two mounting member receiving formations, one on each side of the bag, arranged respectively to receive a mounting member of a mounting arrangement. A carrier bag comprising a body having a closed base, closed sides and an open mouth opposite the base, handles extending from the open mouth away from the base, an attachment means extending from or separably connected to the handles and arranged separably to connect the handles together, the attachment means comprising a loop of flexible material extending through apertures in the handles. A carrier bag comprising a body having a closed base, closed sides and an open mouth opposite the base, handles extending from the open mouth away from the base, two mounting member receiving formations, one on each side of the bag, arranged respectively to receive a mounting member of a mounting arrangement, the mounting member receiving formations each comprising a cut or an aperture at a point on the body between the mouth and the base and being formed so as not to create an area of weakness in the body that may cause a failure upon filling or carrying. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169136 | Disposable Appliance Bag and Method of Use Thereof - A water heater bag and the method of using the bag to dispose of the water heater are disclosed herein. The bag is comprised of a rectangular bottom, the rectangular bottom adapted to identify for the user the position or the bag for the most proper and easiest installation. One or more sidewalls are integrated to the bottom, extending away from the bottom at a generally perpendicular angle at full bag extension. Each top portion of the one or more sidewalls is adapted to extend beyond the top end of an inserted water heater, so the bags length is greater than the length of the water heaters it carries, or 90 inches. These top portions have an upper end opening adapted to receive the water heater and are adapted to fold and be punctured by at least one water port. The material used in constructing the bag is comprised of a disposable material having a thickness of about 2 mils. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169137 | MULTI-COMPARTMENT PACKAGE - In a multi-compartment package ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169138 | MEDICATION AND MEDICAL SUPPLY STORAGE PACKAGE AND METHOD - A medication and medical supply storage package and packing method are provided for use with an automated medication and medical supply dispensing device. In various embodiments, the medication and medical supply storage package and method are configured to accommodate oversized medications or medical supplies by providing a package and packaging method that include first and second surfaces that are sealed with first and second seals, as well as an intermediate seal that extends through a limited portion of the first and second surfaces. As a result of the limited extent of the intermediate seal, oversized medication and medical supplies may extend into an open area on at least one side of the seal, allowing existing medication and medical supply dispensing devices to locate and dispense oversized medications or medical supplies that would otherwise have to be manually picked. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169139 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - A motion guide device is provided which is able to damp the moving block from vibrating in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the raceway rail. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169140 | RETAINING MECHANISM FOR A MULTI-SECTION SLIDE TRACK ASSEMBLY - A retaining mechanism for a multi-section slide track assembly includes a stop actuating assembly and a resilient retainer assembly. The stop actuating assembly is provided on an intermediate slide track of the multi-section slide track assembly while the resilient retainer assembly is provided on an outer slide track of the multi-section slide track assembly. To retain a return movement of the intermediate slide track, the stop actuating assembly is directly engaged with the resilient retainer assembly to provide a high-degree effective operation of retaining reliability. The stop actuating assembly includes a stop-engaging member and a resiliently actuating member combined therewith. The resilient retainer assembly correspondingly includes a resilient stop member which can be engaged with the stop-engaging member for positioning the intermediate slide track, and can be actuated by the resiliently actuating member for releasing the intermediate slide track. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169141 | CONNECTING ROD BEARING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - Disclosed is a connecting rod bearing for internal combustion engines of a forced-feed lubrication type crank shaft. A connecting rod bearing as a preferred embodiment consists of a pair of semicircular bearings. An inner surface of at least one of the semicircular bearings is provided with at least one circumferential groove which is formed on the inner surface within a maximum circumferential angle range of 45 degrees, measured from one circumferential end facing the same direction as a rotational direction of the crankpin toward a circumferential center region of the semicircular bearing, each of the semicircular bearings having two circumferential ends which are of butt ends brought into contact with those of a mating semicircular bearing. In an assembled state of the semicircular bearings such that the butt ends thereof are brought into butt-contact with one another between the mating semicircular bearings, an axial groove is formed on an inner surface of at least one of the semicircular bearings so as to extend along the butt end throughout a full length between both axial ends of the semicircular bearing, whereby the axial groove, as a lubricant-oil flow channel, is connected with the circumferential groove. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169142 | BEARING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a bearing device ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169143 | Bearing Device for Drive Wheel - A drive wheel support bearing assembly includes a hub axle, a constant velocity joint and a bearing unit which are unitized together, and an inner member made up of an outer coupling member of the CVT with the hub axle mounted on an outer periphery of a hollow stem portion of the outer coupling member. Inner peripheral side raceway surfaces are formed on the hub axle and the outer coupling member. Hardened indentations are formed in an inner periphery of the hub axle, and the hub axle and the outer coupling member are plastically coupled integrally with each other by radially outwardly expanding a mounting area, at which the hub axle is mounted on the hollow stem portion, to allow it to bite into the indentations to crimp. Sensors for detecting the displacement or deformation of the outer coupling member and the hub axle are provided in the outer member. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169144 | Rolling Contact Bearing - The sectional shape of a rolling surface of at least one of bearing component parts has the following relation between the order n (n being an arbitrarily chosen natural number) and the amplitude r of waviness relative to the circularity of the sectional shape. The order n and the amplitude r are logarithmically transformed to define X=Log(n) from the order n and Y=Log (r | 2009-07-02 |
20090169145 | Roller and thrust roller bearing - A full crowning provided on an outer diameter surface ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169146 | CELLULAR ENCASEMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR ROLLER ASSEMBLY - A roller assembly having a roller tube, a fixed shaft inside the roller tube, a bearing mounted on the shaft, an inner casing mounted on the bearing and rotatable with respect to the shaft, an outer casing fixedly mounted on the shaft, a shield cap mounted on the inner casing, and a seal member mounted between the roller tube, the shield cap and the inner casing for sealing the roller assembly. Facing walls of the inner casing and outer casing define inner cells and a first labyrinth path for reducing migration of contaminants through the inner cells. Facing walls of the outer casing and shield cap define outer cells and a second labyrinth path for reducing migration of contaminants through the outer cells. The facing walls of the outer casing and shield cap are provided with gel for further reducing migration of contaminants through the outer cells. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169147 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATED INFLUENCER ELEMENT - An apparatus and method for an influencer structure. The apparatus includes a conductive element disposed in one or more radiation-propagating dielectric structures of a waveguide having a guiding region and one or more bounding regions, the conductive element responsive to an influencer signal to influence an amplitude-controlling property of the waveguide; and a coupling system for communicating the influencer signal to the conductive element. A method of operating an influencer includes: a) communicating an influencer signal to a conductive element disposed in one or more radiation-propagating dielectric structures of a waveguide having a guiding region and one or more bounding regions; and b) influencing, responsive to the influencer signal, an amplitude-controlling property of the waveguide. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169148 | QAM optical modulators - An exemplary optical modulator includes an interferometer. The interferometer includes an input optical coupler, an output optical coupler, and two or more controllable optical waveguides. Each controllable optical waveguide connects the input optical coupler to the output optical coupler and has an electro-absorption modulator along a segment thereof. Two of the controllable optical waveguides are connected to transmit to an output of the output optical coupler light of substantially different maximum amplitude. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169149 | STABILIZED RING RESONATOR MODULATOR - An optical ring resonator modulator comprises a circular waveguide, or ring, evanescently coupled to a first straight waveguide and a second straight waveguide. The ring may be surrounded by an outer ring or member of doped silicon and the region inside the ring may comprise an oppositely doped member, making the ring itself the intrinsic region of a positive-intrinsic-negative (PIN) diode. When a voltage is applied between the outer and inner members the refractive index of the waveguide is changed. A photodiode at a throughput end of the first waveguide is connected to a feedback loop that controls the voltage to the members. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169150 | FIBER BRAGG GRATING AND FABRICATION METHOD - A method of fabrication of a thermally stabilized Type I fiber Bragg grating-based temperature sensing device includes doping a fiber core material with germanium or germanium oxide for enhancing photosensitivity, co-doping the fiber core material with fluorine or chorine or for increasing a mean coordination number; and ultraviolet laser inscribing a periodic or quasiperiodic modulated refractive index structure in the fiber core using a laser energy operating at less than 1000 milliJoules per square centimeter per pulse. The resulting sensor is operable for more than 1000 hours at temperatures up to at least 550 degrees Celsius. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169151 | FERRULE FOR AN EVANESCENCE FIELD SENSOR LINE - A ferrule for an evanescence field sensor line is specified that has a lower part and a correspondingly attachable upper part. The upper and lower parts respectively have a recess substantially in the shape of a half shell in such a way that in the assembled state a guide tube is formed for holding an optical wavelength in a fashion enclosing the end face. A number of geometric structures for locally fixing the optical wavelength are respectively arranged in the recesses. Furthermore, a pressure sensor having such a ferrule is specified that contains an optical wavelength configured for pressure acquisition by influencing the assigned evanescence field, and at least one optoelectronic module. The ferrule is assigned to the optoelectronic module. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169152 | Manufacturing of Optical Waveguides - Optical waveguide and manufacturing of an optical waveguide comprising embossing at least one groove into a first substrate by rolling, applying at least a second substrate into the groove and covering at least the groove with a third substrate such that the groove constitutes an optical waveguide for optical signal transmission. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING AN OPTICAL GUIDE IN IMAGE SENSOR DEVICES - A device and method for providing an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light to/from a photo-conversion device of the pixel to improve the optical crosstalk immunity. The optical guide includes an optically reflecting barrier formed as a trench filled with a material which produces reflection. The trench fill material may have an index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction of the material used for the trench surrounding layers to provide a light reflective structure or the trench fill material may provide a reflection surface. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169154 | Multiple Channel Optical Tranceiver Modules with Compatibility Features - Optical transceiver modules with multiple channel connection with connectors on a motherboard of a line card for network devices, such as a switch, router, crossconnect and the like, are presented. The modules have staggered electronic boards which can engage the connectors which are laterally displaced on the motherboard. The connectors are also arranged so that one of them can engage an optical transceiver module in an SFP connection so that the motherboard connectors are compatible with multiple channel and single channel (SFP) connections. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169155 | OPTICAL INTERMEDIARY COMPONENT AND OPTICAL DAUGHTER CARD MODULE - An optical intermediary component is suitable for guiding a light from an output optical path into an input optical path. The optical intermediary component includes a light guiding portion extending along a light axis. The light guiding portion has a light incident surface and a light emitting surface at two opposite ends thereof respectively. The light from the output optical path passes through the light incident surface and the light emitting surface of the light guiding portion in sequence, and is guided into the input optical path. The area of the light incident surface is greater than that of the light emitting surface. Therefore, a high assembly tolerance may reduce the manufacturing and assembly cost. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169156 | CONNECTING MEMBER - A connecting member which is formed by filling a mold with a resin composition and then solidifying the resin composition, the connecting member having one end face in which a plurality of fine holes of aφ or less are arrayed in a row with a pitch P therebetween, and guide pin insertion holes are formed on either side of the fine holes, wherein the resin composition is comprised of a resin and a filler mixed therein, and wherein the space (P−a) between the fine holes meets the following formula; Dm<(P−a)2009-07-02 | |
20090169157 | PLUGGABLE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER CLOSELY SET WITHIN A JOINED CAGE - A configuration of the ground finger provided in the pluggable transceiver is disclosed, which makes the gap between the transceivers ideally small even when a plural transceiver is set in side-by-side arrangement within a single cage. The transceiver has side fingers in both side walls thereof, whose levels are different from each other such that, when these transceivers are set in side-by-side arrangement within the single cage, they come in contact with sides of the next transceiver so as not to interfere the contact. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169158 | Thermal sensing fiber devices - There is provided a feedback-controlled self-heat-monitoring fiber, including an insulator having a fiber length with at least one metal-semiconductor-metal thermal sensing element along the fiber length and disposed at a position in a cross section of the fiber for sensing changes in fiber temperature. An electronic circuit is connected to the thermal sensing element for indicating changes in fiber temperature. A controller is connected for controlling optical transmission through an optical transmission element, that is disposed along the fiber length, in response to indications of changes in fiber temperature. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169159 | FLAT WIDE WATER SWELLABLE BINDER FOR OPTICAL FIBER TUBES - A multi-tube optical fiber cable includes a plurality of optical fiber tubes, each having one or more optical fibers loosely arranged therein. The optical fiber tubes are arranged within an outer jacket, where the tubes are constructed of a polymer having a low Young's constant modulus. A binder is arranged around the plurality of optical fiber tubes, where the binder is substantially flat in shape such that there is no deformation of the tube, when the binder is applied. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169160 | Fiber-Optic Apparatus for Receiving Emitted Radiation of a Diode Laser, and Method for Producing a Fiber-Optic Apparatus of the Type - A fiber-optic apparatus for receiving emitted radiation from a diode laser having at least one diode laser bar with a multiplicity of emitters which are arranged in at least one row alongside one another in the direction of their longitudinal axis. The fiber-optic apparatus has at least one optical fiber bundle that is associated with the diode laser bar and into which the laser beam is injected. Each emitter has a multiplicity of associated optical fibers. The optical fibers are hot-fused to one another under pressure and without regulation on the input side in order to form at least one fiber wedge with an inlet surface. The emitters of the diode laser bar are directly associated with at least one inlet surface in order to completely receive the laser light emitted from the diode laser bar. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169161 | Method for Changing Refractive Index of an Optical Fiber by Applying a High Voltage Pulse to a Longitudinal Electrode - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed of temporarily changing refractive index of an optical fiber containing a longitudinal electrode arranged in the cladding of said fiber along and parallel to the core of the fiber, wherein the change in refractive index is performed by applying a high voltage pulse to said longitudinal electrode, the high voltage pulse including a magnitude of at least 100 volts and a duration sufficiently short to prevent melting of the electrode, such that the electrode thermally expands through ohmic heating without melting and exerts a pressure on the fiber core to induce said temporary change of the refractive index. The method is suitably used for Q-switching a fiber laser. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169162 | OPTICAL FIBER HAVING CLADDING SCATTERING CENTERS - In an optical fibre ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169163 | Bend Resistant Multimode Optical Fiber - Bend resistant multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular portion comprising a depressed relative refractive index which is spaced from the core at least 0.5 microns and less than 4 microns. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169164 | FLEXIBLE COVER FOR CABLE TROUGH SYSTEM - Systems and methods for covering a trough member. A cover system can include a flexible cover coupled to a side wall of the trough member. The flexible cover is selectively removable from the side wall to allow access to an interior of the trough member. The flexible cover mounts with a snap arrangement. Support ribs are mounted to side walls of the trough member. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169165 | SLACK CABLE ENCLOSURE - An enclosure for storing cables includes a base section having a bottom wall, opposed first and second sidewalls and opposed third and fourth sidewalls, the first and second sidewalls of the base section having first slots formed generally midway along the length thereof, the third sidewall of the base section having a second slot extending through the upper edge toward the bottom wall, a cover section having a top wall, opposed first and second sidewalls and opposed third and fourth sidewalls, the first and second sidewalls of the cover section each having third slots, the third sidewall of the cover section having a fourth slot formed generally midway along the length of the sidewall, the fourth slot extending through the lower edge of the third sidewall toward the top wall, wherein the base section is received in the cover section with the first slots aligned with the third slots and the second slot aligned with the fourth slot, the slots having a length sufficient to define variable height first, second and third passageways through overlapping portions of the first, second and third sidewalls of the base section and cover section, the passageways having variable height to accommodate different numbers of cables routed through the enclosure by means of the passageways. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169166 | PRECONNECTORIZED FIBER OPTIC LOCAL CONVERGENCE POINTS - There is provided fiber optic local convergence points that provide preconnectorized functionality to eliminate all or most of the splicing associated with local convergence points in fiber optic distribution networks. The local convergence points provide a plurality of preconnectorized multi-fiber ports adapted to receive a preconnectorized end of a distribution cable within the enclosure of the local convergence point, on the enclosure itself, or outside the enclosure. For example, the local convergence point may provide preconnectorized multi-fiber ports outside the enclosure with an accumulator optically connected to the interior of the local convergence with an accumulator cable, wherein the accumulator comprises the plurality of preconnectorized multi-fiber ports. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169167 | FIBER DROP RECEIVING DEVICE - An optical fiber drop receiving device may include a housing assembly including a duct entry port for receiving a drop conduit. A drop receiving cylinder may be rotatably mounted in the housing assembly and connected to the duct entry port. The drop receiving cylinder may be configured to receive a fiber drop and a flow of pressurized air from the duct entry port. The drop receiving cylinder may include an escape port for providing an outlet for the flow of pressurized air. The flow of pressurized air through the escape port may cause the drop receiving cylinder to rotate within the housing assembly. The rotation of the drop receiving cylinder may enable winding of the received fiber drop inside the drop receiving cylinder. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169168 | Video Generation Device, Video Generation Method, and Video Generation Program - In a device for editing input video and generating a new video, it is possible to control how long each object appearing in an input video should be made to appear in a new video according to the appearance ratio of each object in the input video. Appearance ratio calculation means | 2009-07-02 |
20090169169 | VIDEO CONTENT RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CONTENT TRANSFER METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content recording apparatus includes a management module configured to manage information on content that is transferred from a source apparatus and stored in a storage device, and the content the source apparatus has, a recording module configured to record the content transferred from the source apparatus to the storage device in the inactive state and to retain the content in the source apparatus, and a control module configured to issue a command to the source apparatus based on the information on the content managed by the management module if the user determines that the content is used, the command being intended to deactivate content the source apparatus has, and configured to activate the content stored in the storage device in response to deactivation of the content the source apparatus has. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING USER EDITS IN A DIGITAL RECORDING - A method and system for automatically capturing user edits in a digital recording are described. The method involves determining a beginning time stamp for an edit segment in a digital recording and an ending time stamp for the edit segment in the digital recording. The method then receives an indication from a user whether to modify the edit segment for subsequent viewing of the digital recording. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169171 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COORDINATING FUNCTIONS OF MULTIMEDIA DEVICES - Disclosed are methods and devices that facilitate new interactive experiences for users of WiMAX, 4 G, or other media-sharing enabled devices. The methods and devices for delivering primary media content to a set of media systems are configured to coordinate at least one visual media system with other visual media systems to foster sharing of content. The method includes broadcasting a stream of primary media content to the set of visual media systems that are configured to control the stream of primary media content. At least one of the visual media systems can be configured to issue a command to pause the stream of media content. The method also includes generating a notification to be transmitted to the other visual media systems that a command to pause has been received. In this manner, synchronizing the pausing and resuming of playback of media content among the visual media systems can be achieved. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169172 | CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A content playback apparatus includes a resume function for performing playback operation at a stop position if playback operation is stopped while content is being played back. The content playback apparatus includes an input section which accepts operation input, a playback section which plays back content having a predetermined playback time, a playback time measurement section which measures an actual playback time of the content actually played back by an input of playback operation through the input section, a resume determination section which compares a ratio of the actual playback time of the content to the predetermined playback time of the content with a predetermined first threshold value or a predetermined second threshold value greater than the predetermined first threshold value, and a playback control section which determines that a start position of the playback operation is a beginning of the content if the ratio is equal to or smaller than the predetermined first threshold value or if the ratio is equal to or greater than the predetermined second threshold value. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169173 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method includes: receiving a transport stream comprising payload unit start identification (PUSI) information in header information; storing the transport stream; checking frame information of a transport stream by descrambling a transport stream if a screen searching function is selected and then the PUSI information is of ‘1,’; and processing and displaying the transport stream if the frame information corresponds to a preset reference frame. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169174 | METHOD OF RECORDING DUBBING AUDIO DATA ONTO A REWRITABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for reproducing data includes reproducing still pictures and audio data in separate files, the still pictures and audio data being managed by using at least one playlist. The playlist includes first navigation information for the audio data and at least one playitem for the still pictures, and the first navigation information includes playitem-identifying information for linking the first navigation information and the playitem. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169175 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY RECORDING - A method for displaying a record in an initial driving state of a record displaying apparatus is disclosed. The method includes searching execution/non-execution file descriptors of recorded multimedia files, and extracting record files not played back, and outputting a record file alarming message when a record file not played back is extracted. The record displaying apparatus is also disclosed. Execution/non-execution file descriptors of record files are searched upon system initialization of a broadcast receiver. When there is a new record or a record not played back, a record file alarming message is output in a state of being overlaid on a broadcast signal received. Accordingly, the user can access the record file list simultaneously with viewing a broadcast, without using any additional means. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169176 | Synchronizing audio and video frames - Synchronization problems between audio and video information may be reduced by determining whether a certain predetermined time has elapsed since the previous frame of video has been displayed. Thus, for example, where the audio presentation time stamp and video presentation time stamp are offset so that audio information may be presented before video information, the next video frame in the queue may be displayed immediately after the passage of a predetermined time. Then, audio/video synchronization may be achieved after passage of an amount of time determined by the setting of the predetermined elapsed time between frames. The longer the predetermined time between frames, the more slowly the video frames are displayed, but the faster audio and video synchronization is achieved. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169177 | STREAM MULTIPLEXING APPARATUS, STREAM MULTIPLEXING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a stream multiplexing apparatus, a stream multiplexing method, and a recording medium capable of, easily and seamlessly and without holding redundant data, reproducing each of a plurality of stories which share at least one system stream. A stream multiplexing apparatus according to the present invention includes a multiplexing control unit. In the multiplexing of a system stream included in a first group and a system stream, subject to be selectively and seamlessly reproduced subsequently to the system stream included in the first group, included in a second group, the multiplexing control unit controls the multiplexing of respective system streams such that the difference between a video and an audio reproduction end times of the system stream included in the first group is equalized with the difference between a video and an audio reproduction start times of the system stream included in the second group. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169178 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PRESENTING TO A USER DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTENT REGARDING A SUBJECT - Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for presenting different types of content regarding a subject to a user. The different types of content may include user generated content, media content, advertisements, polls and poll results. The content may also include candidate content if the subject is an election. The different types of content may be transmitted to a digital video recorder (DVR) and saved for subsequent presentation to a user. A user may participate in a poll, and the user's responses to the poll may be utilized to determine which portions of the content are presented to the user. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169179 | User Adjustable Buffer for Content Recording - The present invention provides a method and apparatus in a recording device ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169180 | Playback Device for Optical Recording Medium, Optical Recording Medium Playback Method, and Playback Program for Optical Recording Medium - To play back an optical disk requiring network connection, a playback device is provided, which has a function by which the network condition is evaluated before playing back a title. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169181 | APPLICATION ENHANCEMENT TRACKS - Systems and methods of providing enhanced digital media playback through application enhancement tracks are described. Application enhancement tracks are derived from the main content that they are associated with and are encoded to aid the performance of one or more functions related to the content, such as visual-search. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169182 | MULTIMEDIA DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A multimedia data reproducing apparatus includes: a multimedia data acquiring unit configured to acquire multimedia data, the multimedia data including sound data; a receiving unit configured to receive an external operating signal; a sound data processing unit configured to generate insertion audio data by using the sound data based on the external operating signal; and a multimedia data output unit configured to mix the multimedia data based on information included in the multimedia data and to insert the insertion audio data into the multimedia data for an output. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169183 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE, DATA RECORDING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - To effectively reproduce video depending on the performance of a reproducing apparatus. A controller | 2009-07-02 |
20090169184 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a main body, a cover, and an infrared receiver. The main body is configured for reading information from an optical disc and generating display signals. The cover is connected to the main body. The screen is configured for receiving the display signals and displaying videos correspondingly. The infrared receiver is arranged at the cover for receiving control signals. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169185 | OPTICAL DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA IN OPTICAL DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS - An optical disc playback apparatus including: a reading section that reads data from an optical disc; a storage section that stores additional information in a first address of the storage section, the additional information corresponding to identification information included in data read from the optical disc by the reading section; an interface section that transfer the data stored in the storage section to a removable external storage device disposed outside the optical disc playback apparatus to be stored in a second address of the removal external storage device; and a table generator that generates a movement history table including the first address as a source address and the second address as a destination address when the additional information is transferred to the external storage device by the interface section. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169186 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Provided is a recording and reproducing apparatus that prevents, when a format instruction is given via an on-screen menu in image format of one of HDTV and SDTV standards and the content item to be erased is in the other standard, erroneous erasure of a content item on a recording medium having mixed content items recorded using these standards. The recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 2009-07-02 |
20090169187 | Information Recording/Reproducing Apparatus and Information Recording Method - A seek time is shortened even when AV streams and non-AV streams are read continuously and alternately. When no space is available when a non-AV stream is recorded to a non-AV stream area, the non-AV stream area is closed, a non-use area is then split from the AV stream area to generate a recorded AV stream area and an intermediate state area and the AV stream area is closed. The intermediate state area is split and a new MD area and a new AV stream area are generated. | 2009-07-02 |
20090169188 | Apparatus and method for fan auto-detection - An apparatus for detecting a type of fan and controlling the fan, the fan providing during operation a tachometer signal indicating a speed of the fan, the apparatus includes: a direct current (DC) generator for coupling to the fan and configured to provide a first voltage to the fan; a resistor for providing, while the DC generator provides the first voltage, a sensed voltage relating to the type of the fan, wherein the resistor is connected to a reference voltage and for coupling to a pulse-width modulation (PWM) control terminal of the fan; an input judgment component coupled to the resistor to receive the sensed voltage, the input judgment component being configured to determine whether the fan is a 4-wire PWM fan with an internal pull-up resistor based on the sensed voltage and to provide a judgment signal indicating the determination; a PWM generator coupled to the input judgment component to receive the judgment signal, the PWM generator being configured to provide to the fan a PWM control signal to control the fan if the judgment signal indicates that the fan is the 4-wire PWM fan with an internal pull-up resistor; and a tachometer coupled to the DC generator and the PWM generator, the tachometer being configured to receive the tachometer signal to detect a change in the speed of the fan. | 2009-07-02 |