29th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090180566 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND A RECEPTION APPARATUS IN A MULTICARRIER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND A TRANSMISSION METHOD AND A RECEPTION METHOD USING THE MULTICARRIER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An object is to reduce inter-carrier interference caused by frequency fluctuations, amplitude fluctuations, phase fluctuations, or the like without reducing a transmission efficiency. On a receiving end, a canceling filter section ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180567 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY METHOD - Provided are a transmission device and a transmission diversity method, which can suppress degradation of a transmission diversity performance even under the circumstances having a space correlation, in the case of performing a transmission diversity MIMO communication. The transmission device comprises an orthogonal conversion unit ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180568 | Hybrid Automatic Repeat Requests Coding in MIMO Networks - A method transmits a block of symbols in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network including a transmitter having a set of transmit antennas and a receiver having a set of receive antennas. A block of symbols is coded with a first code to generate a first block, which is transmitted and received. If a decoding of the first block is incorrect, then block of symbols is coded with the first code and then a second code different than the first code to generate a second block. The second block is transmitted, received and combined with the first block to recover the block of symbols. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180569 | Near-Optimal Low-Complexity Decoding of Space-Time Codes for Fixed Wireless Applications - An improved multi-antenna receiver is realized for detecting signals transmitted by a multi-antenna transmitter by summing signals received at the plurality of receiver antennas after multiplying each by a respective constant. The summed signal is applied to a maximum likelihood detector. The respective constants, λ | 2009-07-16 |
20090180570 | HYBRID ON-CHIP REGULATOR FOR LIMITED OUTPUT HIGH VOLTAGE - A driver circuit provides fast settling times, slew rate control, and power efficiency, while reducing the need for large external capacitors. A voltage reference circuit generates a voltage reference signal. A comparator compares the voltage reference signal and a driver output signal and generates an output high voltage control signal. An output driver includes a first and a second switch that are coupled together. The first and second switches are further coupled to generate the driver output signal in response to coupling the output high voltage control signal to the control terminal of the first switch and coupling an input signal to the control terminal of the second switch. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180571 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A digital broadcasting system and method of processing data are disclosed. Herein, a transmitting system within the digital broadcasting system includes a byte-symbol converter, an interleaving unit, a block formatter, and a trellis encoding module. Herein, the byte-symbol converter converts inputted mobile service data to symbol units. The interleaving unit is provided with (N−1) number of block interleavers in parallel, and interleaves the symbols outputted from the byte-symbol converter. The block formatter controls output orders of the mobile service data being inputted and data being outputted from each block interleaver within the interleaving unit. The trellis encoding module is provided with a plurality of trellis encoders in parallel, and enables each trellis encoder trellis-encode the mobile service data. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180572 | Apparatus and method for space frequency block coding in a multiple input multiple output single carrier wireless communication system - A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) single carrier wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a coder for performing block coding on symbols, an extender for collecting the block-coded symbols during one transmit (Tx) signal duration and for performing repetitive extension on the collected symbol vectors by an interval required in a frequency domain, an inserter for inserting ‘0’ to the repetitively extended symbol vectors so that the vectors are mutually orthogonal in a time domain, and a combiner for multiplying the ‘0’-inserted symbol vectors by a phase component so that the vectors are mutually orthogonal in the frequency domain and thereafter for combining the symbol vectors to generate a Tx signal for each antenna. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180583 | BLOCK-BASED OBJECT COUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A block-based object counting apparatus and a block-based object counting that improves the counting of objects by using a camera. The object counting apparatus includes: a camera acquiring an image; a storage unit for storing average sizes and error data of an object in units of image blocks; and a control unit having a data inputter for receiving the acquired image for input, an object size determinator for determining appearance of the object by comparing a current image with a previous image and then determining the size of the object, a block determinator for determining a block where the object is located, and a counter for counting the object and fixing the counting of the object by comparing the size and location data of the object with data stored in a storage unit. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180584 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY OBSERVING LATCH DATA - The invention provides a circuit that can observe data within shift registers without altering the data. The circuit includes selectors connected to the inputs and outputs of the shift registers. The selectors selectively connect the input with the output of a selected shift register to form a wiring loop for the selected shift register. A control device connected to the wiring loop uses the wiring loop to cause the data to be continually transferred from the output of the selected shift register to the input of the selected shift register and back through the selected shift register in a circular manner. The control device includes a counter used for determining the length of a selected shift register and a set of registers to store, for future use when rotating data in the shift registers, the length of each shift register. The control device also includes a data output accessible from outside the circuit. An observation wire is connected to the wiring loop, and the data passes from the wiring loop to the control device through the observation wire. The control device outputs data appearing on the wiring loop as the data is circulated through the selected shift register to permit data within the selected shift register to be observed outside the circuit without altering the data within the selected shift register. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180585 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray generating section for generating X-rays with a plurality of X-ray tube voltages; a data collecting section for collecting, synchronously with a data collection signal, X-ray projection data from X-rays with each X-ray tube voltage switched by an X-ray tube voltage switching signal; and a control section for controlling a timed moment for switching of the X-ray tube voltage and a timed moment for start of data collection so that the timed moment for start of data collection at each X-ray tube voltage in the data collection signal is delayed relative to the timed moment for switching of the X-ray tube voltage to that X-ray tube voltage in the X-ray tube voltage switching signal by Δt | 2009-07-16 |
20090180586 | UROLOGICAL X-RAY WORKSTATION WITH ORBITING X-RAY IMAGING COMPONENTS - A urological x-ray workstation has an x-ray source and an x-ray receiver that are respectively supported on device retainers of a device carrier located at the longitudinal side of a patient positioning table such that they can be positioned opposite one another and independently of one another in various positions on an orbit proceeding around a common center in a working plane oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180587 | METHOD OF DETECTING FINE SURFACE DEFECTS - Disclosed herein is a method of detecting fine surface defects, including: applying nano phosphor paste on a surface of a subject; squeegeeing the surface of the subject such that the nano phosphor paste remains only in defects in the subject; and detecting the fine defects in the subject by placing the subject over a light detection plate, irradiating the subject with a light source, and then determining that light-emitting portions detected using the light detection plate are defects in the subject. The method of detecting fine surface defects is advantageous in that the problems with the conventional methods, such as surface contamination, the difficulty in realizing uniform application of a penetrant on a subject, the limitations on the dwelling time of the penetrant and the testing temperature (surface temperature of the subject: 16˜50° C.) thereof, and the contamination of the penetrant, can be overcome, and in that the incidence of inspection errors is decreased, and the time and cost of inspection are reduced, thus improving the production yield of the subject. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180588 | Measurement method of layer thickness for thin film stacks - Provided is a thin film stack inspection method capable of accurately measuring and inspecting layer thicknesses of thin film stacks. An X-ray having a long coherence length is used as an incident X-ray and the X-ray specular-reflected from a sample placed on a goniometer is partially bent by a prism. The X-ray bent by the prism and the X-ray going straight are made to interfere with each other to obtain interference patterns. Though being thin film stacks, the sample has a portion having no thin film and thus an exposed substrate. The X-ray not bent by the prism includes an X-ray specular-reflected from the exposed substrate. By changing the incident angle from 0.01° to 1°, the interference patterns of the specular-reflected X-ray are measured. Thus, layer thicknesses are measured using a change in a phase of the X-ray reflected from a film stack interface. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180589 | CARDIAC TARGET TRACKING - Systems and methods for tracking cardiac targets are disclosed. The cardiac targets may be tracked dynamically. The process may include registering a cardiac target at different phases of a cardiac cycle. Movement of the cardiac target can be determined by correlating respiratory motion and cardiac pumping motion. Radiation treatment can then be delivered to the cardiac target taking into account the movement of the cardiac target. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180590 | X-RAY IMAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF IMAGING AN OBJECT UNDER EXAMINATION - An X-ray image apparatus ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180591 | Adaptive Medical Image and Mask Data Processing System - A system and method are disclosed for allowing the user to change the patient table position or x-ray detector position during an angiographic roadmapping procedure while still displaying a properly registered roadmap display by adapting the mask image to the new position. A system and method are further disclosed for allowing the user to change the field of view size (i.e., zoom factor) of the x-ray detector during an angiographic roadmapping procedure by matching the size of the existing mask to the live image. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180592 | C-ARM MOUNTED ON A ROBOTIC ARM - An x-ray device is provided. The x-ray device includes a C-arm that may be rotatably mounted on a robotic arm. A radiation source and a radiation detector may be arranged on the C-arm. The interior of the C-arm, which is hollow at least in sections, is accessible from at least one access side to allow at least a part of the electronic components used to operate the radiation source and the radiation detector to be integrated in the interior of the arm. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180593 | RADIATION DEVICE FOR HUMAN BODY INSPECTION - Disclosed is a radiation device for the human body inspection. The device includes a X-ray generator for radiating radiation; a detector for receiving the radiation radiated from the X-ray generator; a first flexible member connected with the X-ray generator for hoisting the X-ray generator; a second flexible member connected with the detector for hosing the detector; and a driving device for synchronically driving the X-ray generator and the detector through the first and second flexible members, and at the same time, the X-ray generator and the detector are spaced from each other a predetermined distance in a horizontal direction. The radiation device for the human body inspection according to the present invention can ensure that the radiation source and the detector can be operated synchronically during the whole inspection process; thereby the quality of radiation imaging is increased. Furthermore, the radiation device for the human body inspection according to the present invention is allowed to save cost and reduce noise. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180594 | X-RAY DEVICE - An X-ray radiology device comprising a rotating and flat lift. For this X-ray device to operate correctly, it is necessary to obtain and maintain, for all the incidence angles, a perfect alignment of the focal point of the X-ray tube, the element observed and the detector. This geometric imperative is achieved in one embodiment by means of a compensation system. The compensation system includes a cam fitted to a free end of the lift. The compensation system includes a lever in contact with the profile of the cam. The lever is in contact with the detector or the tube connected to the lift. Thus, when the lift rotates, the cam pushes the lever, which in return pushes the tube or the detector in order to align it. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180595 | Mechanically Flexible X-ray Imaging System - An X-ray imaging system includes a joint enabling rotation of an X-ray device rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling. An X-ray imaging system usable in medical interventional procedures includes a rotatable arm. A rotatable arm includes an X-ray radiation emitting device located towards one end of the rotatable arm and an X-ray detector device located towards the opposite end of the rotatable arm. The detector device acquires X-ray radiation emitted by the emitting device that has passed through a patient. A base unit supports the rotatable arm and includes a joint enabling rotation of the rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling, about a patient on a support surface. The joint includes, (a) mating electrical contact surfaces providing electrical power to the rotatable arm from the base unit during rotation of the rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling and (b) a signal interface for providing electrical signals received from the rotatable arm to the base unit during rotation of the rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling. An X-ray imaging system controller controls application of electrical power to the rotatable arm via the base unit. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180596 | System and method for broadcasting packetized voice messages - A system and method are disclosed for broadcasting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) messages. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include receiving an indication that a message should be delivered to a plurality of recipients. In response, contact information for the plurality of recipients may be identified, and an outbound packetized call to each of the recipients may be launched. In practice, the packetized call may be in a VoIP form or some other appropriate packetized form. If a call is answered, the call may be connected to a multicast server capable of playing the to-be-delivered message. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180597 | SMART MESSAGES FOR UNIFIED MESSAGING AND CALLTREE INTEGRATION - In an integrated unified messaging (UM) and interactive voice system, a unified messaging application server provides a plurality of different types of messages. The unified messaging application server is responsive to a media server which serves the different types of messages to at least one user device. The unified messaging application server is also responsive to an interactive voice server, that communicates with the unified messaging application server and the media server. The interactive voice server includes a plurality of nodes that can be accessed by the unified messaging application server, such that the user device is provided with messages that allow the user device to access the interactive voice server. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180598 | VISUAL VOICE MESSAGING STATE SYNCHRONIZATION - Managing shared voice messages across the multiple voice messaging systems of the various recipients of a message. A server may act as a gateway and may interact with the multiple voice messaging systems and multiple user devices of the recipients. The server may retrieve voice messages from the sender voice messaging system and may transmit the voice message to the disparate voice messaging systems of the recipients with or without user assistance. The voice messages may be transcoded as necessary. The server then may determine the status of the voice message in the voice messaging systems of the recipients and may update the message status in the sender's and the recipients' voice message systems accordingly. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180599 | System and Method for Delivering Targeted Promotional Announcements Over a Communications Network - A method for delivering targeted promotional announcements comprising: associating a financial card account with a subscriber; receiving an instruction to connect a call from the subscriber to a called party; selecting a promotional announcement from a plurality of promotional announcements based on information derived from the financial card account; delivering the promotional announcement to the subscriber; and connecting the subscriber to the called party. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180600 | Telecommunications Least Cost Routing System - Methods, systems, and apparatus for populating a least cost routing database. In one aspect, a method includes receiving from a carrier a bid for routing a telephone call to a destination; automatically loading the received bid into a least cost routing database to generate an updated least cost routing database; and making the updated least cost routing database accessible for use in determining one or more least cost routes. Further, the received bid can be analyzed to generate a projected business result and the projected business result can be presented to the carrier before loading the received bid into the least cost routing database. Additionally, input can be received from the carrier specifying an historical period and the projected business result can be generated based on data associated with the specified historical period. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180601 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SELECTABLE OPTIONS TO A CALLING PARTY ON-HOLD - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing selectable options to a calling party while the calling party is on hold. A call from the calling party is received and the calling party is placed on hold. While on hold, the calling party is provided with a plurality of selectable options. Each of the plurality of options corresponds to a predefined operation. A selected option request, corresponding to one of the plurality of options, is received from the calling party. The predefined operation corresponding to the selected option request is then performed. A system is also provided having instructions thereon for providing selectable options to a calling party while on hold. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180602 | CONTEXTUAL CALL ROUTING BY CALLING PARTY SPECIFIED INFORMATION THROUGH CALLED PARTY SPECIFIED FORM - Context-based call routing is provided in a unified communication system by enabling subscribers to define a routing document, which is published by the communication system to callers who subscribe to a presence of the called party. Through publication of the context-based routing information, callers are enabled to make selections between call destination options as defined by the caller and provide a subject for the requested call. The call is then routed by the system according to the caller selection allowing efficient facilitation of the communication between the caller and the called party or their designees. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180603 | Communications System and Gateway - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a communication gateway, of forwarding a call establishment request from a caller of a first network to a subscriber of a second network, comprising: receiving from a caller a call establishment request intended for a subscriber; obtaining the identities of the caller and the subscriber, the identities being in a format of the first network; converting the extracted subscriber identity into a format of the second network; determining whether to forward the call establishment request to the subscriber; and where it is so determined, converting the call establishment request into a format suitable for the second network, and forwarding the converted call establishment request to the subscriber using the converted identity. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180604 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Redirecting Calls - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing a call. When the call is received, processing of the call is suspended. A database is queried for a calling number and a called number associated with the call. A network address associated with the calling number and with the called number. An intended recipient of the call is also retrieved from the database. A notification message is sent to the network address, and the notification message includes the calling number and the intended recipient of the call. Processing of the call is resumed. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180605 | Method for protecting incoming calls in coloring ring back tone service - A method for protecting incoming calls in coloring ring back tone service, wherein comprising: the service switching point device sends a message for triggering intelligent networks service to the service control point device; the service control point device instructs the service switching point device to connect the call to the intelligent peripheral; the service control point device reports the connect result and reason to the service control point device; the service control point device analyzes the connect result as well as its reason, if there is a need to protect the call, the service control point device will instruct the service switching point device to connect the called number directly; again, the service switching point device sends a message for triggering intelligent network service to the service control point device; the service control point device sends down the continue message, and the service switching point device will connect the called number. The present invention improves the coloring ring back tone service logic, thereby preventing the service control point device from releasing the call upon receiving a message of call failure, and improving the call completing rate during utilizing coloring ring back tone service. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180606 | Method, Device and Program for Calculating Number of Necessary Agents - The optimum number of agents necessary for contact-center jobs is dynamically calculated in accordance with actual operations. A method of making the same controllable and a computer program to realize such calculation and method are provided. A necessary number-of-people calculating means ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180607 | SKILLS-BASED COMMUNICATION ROUTING - A skills-based method for routing an incoming communication includes determining a task associated with the incoming communication. The method also includes routing the incoming communication, based on the task, to be serviced by a pool of selected agents. The pool of selected agents includes agents from a first virtual group. The method further includes adding agents from a second virtual group to the pool of selected agents when the incoming communication has not been serviced before a waiting time exceeds a predetermined time. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180608 | USER-CONTROLLABLE EQUALIZATION FOR TELEPHONY - A system, method and apparatus is described that permits a user to configure or select the manner in which an audio signal transmitted or received over a telephony system, such as a wideband telephony system, is shaped or equalized. An implementation of the present invention allows a user to configure or select equalization control parameters on a call-by-call basis. Furthermore, an implementation of the present invention allows a user to associate equalization control parameters with a party initiating a call and/or a party receiving the call, thereby facilitating automated equalizer adjustment at call connection based on an identification of the calling party and/or the called party. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180609 | Modular Reduction Using a Special Form of the Modulus - A special form of a modulus and a modified Barrett reduction method are used to perform modular arithmetic in a cryptographic system. The modified Barrett reduction is a method of reducing a number modulo another number without the use of any division. By pre-computing static values used in the Barrett reduction method and by using a special form of the modulus, the calculation of reducing a number modulo another number can be reduced. This can result in a decrease in computation time, speeding up the overall cryptographic process. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180610 | DECRYPTION METHOD - The invention relates to a method of determining a plaintext M on the basis of a cipher C and using a secret key d, wherein the secret key d is used in binary form, wherein the plaintext M is determined in each iteration step i for the corresponding bit d | 2009-07-16 |
20090180611 | REPRESENTATION CHANGE OF A POINT ON AN ELLIPTIC CURVE - An elliptic curve cryptographic system where point coordinates are transformed from a first coordinate system to a second coordinate system. The transformed coordinates are processed by field operations, which have been modified for operating on the transformed point coordinates. In some implementations, the point coordinates are transformed from an affine coordinate system to a projective coordinate system using a non-random value for the projective coordinate. In some implementations, the transformed projective representation of the point can be changed from a first representation of the point in projective coordinates to a second representation of the point in projective coordinates, where the projective coordinate used in the representation change is a random value. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180612 | Authentication Method Employing Elliptic Curve Cryptography - Disclosed is an authentication method employing elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), applicable to a mobile broadcast TV system having one or more head end systems, at least a transmitter, and at least a mobile set. The authentication method comprises at least one request message from mobile sets simultaneously or in a short period of time arriving at a head end system for authentication; manipulating each broadcast authentication message by ECC; manipulating each service request message by ECC and pairing operation; performing a mutual authentication between the head end system and mobile sets by ECC and pairing operation; and broadcasting one group of authentication messages to all the mobile sets of many requests arrived at the head end system simultaneously or in a short period of time for the same service. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180623 | Communication Devices - The disclosure relates to communication devices which monitor an audio environment at a remote location and convey to a user a representation of that audio environment. The “representation” may be an abstraction of the audio environment at the remote location or may be a measure of decibels or some other quality or parameter of the audio environment. In some embodiments, the communication devices are two-way devices which allow users at remote locations to share an audio environment. In some embodiments, the communication devices are one way devices. In some embodiments, the communication devices may have the form of a window and be arranged to present sound in a manner that mimics sound received through a window. In such embodiments, the more open the window is, the more sound is relayed by the communication device. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180624 | Voice Processor, Voice Processing Method, Program, and Information Recording Medium - A calculating unit ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180625 | Automotive virtual surround audio system - An automotive virtual surround audio system is implemented in an automobile to receive left- and right-channel audio sources. A synthesizer receives the left- and right-channel audio sources to extend the sources into temporary rear-left and rear-right audio sources. A weighting device receives the left- and right-channel audio sources to perform a weighting operation and produce temporary front-left and front-right audio sources. A first filter receives the temporary front-left and front-right audio sources to perform a filtering operation and produce virtual front-left and front-right audio sources. A second filter receives the temporary rear-left and rear-right audio sources to perform a filtering operation and produce virtual rear-left and rear-right audio sources. Thus, the virtual audio image position is reproduced. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180626 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus includes a low-pass-filter processing unit configured to perform processing for limiting a band of an input audio signal on the basis of a cutoff frequency; a high-pass-filter processing unit configured to perform processing for limiting a band of the input audio signal on the basis of the cutoff frequency; a delay processing unit configured to perform processing for delaying the audio signal band-limited by the high-pass-filter processing unit; and a combination processing unit configured to combine the audio signal band-limited by the low-pass-filter processing unit and the audio signal subjected to the delay processing performed by the delay processing unit. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180627 | Active sound blocker - A noise reduction system for actively blocking a noise source for a means of transport. The noise reduction system comprises at least one counter sound source and at least one intensity sensor. The at least one counter sound source and the at least one intensity sensor are arranged in a measuring region. In the measuring region, measuring of the noise intensity of the noise source and measuring of the counter sound intensity of the counter sound source are by the intensity sensor. Based on the measured noise intensity and the counter sound intensity, the counter sound source is controllable such that the sound energy input of the noise source can be globally reduced by the counter sound source. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180628 | System and method for conditioning a signal received at a MEMS based acquisition device - A system and method for monitoring for a specified frequency band is disclosed. The technology initially utilizes a micro-electromechanical system (“MEMS”) based acquisition device to monitor an environment. The MEMS device receives a signal from the environment, and generates an input signal comprising an electronic representation of the received environmental signal. This input signal is then conditioned for at least one frequency band. Embodiments of the invention next allow the conditioned signal to be compared to various pre-defined events in order to determine the signal's origin. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180629 | METHODS OF CALIBRATING TONE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications link between the accessory and the electronic device. The electronic device may include power supply circuitry for applying bias voltages to the accessory. The bias voltages may bias a microphone and may adjust settings in the accessory such as settings related to operating modes. User input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using ultrasonic tone transmission. The electronic device may also gather input from the accessory using a voltage detector coupled to lines in the communications path. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180630 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CIRCUITRY FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ACCESSORIES - Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications link between the accessory and the electronic device. The electronic device may include power supply circuitry for applying bias voltages to the accessory. The bias voltages may bias a microphone and may adjust settings in the accessory such as settings related to operating modes. User input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using ultrasonic tone transmission. The electronic device may also gather input from the accessory using a voltage detector coupled to lines in the communications path. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180631 | PERSONAL SOUND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION - A cell phone providing a display of sound pressure level or other environmental condition is described. An ear-level module, which includes a microphone or other sensor, and processing resources for analyzing the input from the microphone to provide a measure of an environmental condition, such as sound pressure level, at the ear, and deliver it to a cell phone or other hand held device for display in a manner readable by the user. The companion cell phone provides a display and supporting processing resources, presenting a graphical meter view. Alternatively, the audio data or other measurement is produced using a microphone on the cell phone. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180632 | Method and Apparatus in an Audio System - A method and apparatus in a sound-reproduction system, in which method an electrical calibration signal is formed, an audio signal is formed in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and the loudspeaker system is adjusted on the basis of the measurement results. The operator is permitted to made additional alterations to the settings of the loudspeaker system on the basis of the measurement performed, the effects of the alterations are calculated and displayed to the operator without additional measurements, and the additional settings are implemented in real time in the loudspeaker system. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180644 | Integrated and programmable microphone bias generation - A disclosed embodiment is a programmable integrated circuit such as an audio processor or a base band processor for generating a low noise and programmable microphone bias voltage or current. The programmable integrated circuit generates a programmable reference input, where the reference input is programmably generated from at least one power source, such as a on-chip audio power supply, an on-chip power supply, or an off-chip power supply, for use by a regulator. The regulator in the programmable integrated circuit receives a bias input and the programmable reference input and generates a programmable output for biasing a microphone. The bias input for the regulator can be provided by an off-chip power supply or an on-chip power supply. The reference input provided to the regulator can be appropriately filtered to reduce noise. In one embodiment, the programmable reference input and the programmable output are programmed by first and second potentiometers, respectively. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING FILTERS FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS - A system, method and computer-readable medium are disclosed for using filters signal processing. The system includes a module that calculates a filter for each of a plurality of frequency bands, a module that groups the filters into a plurality of groups, a module that determines a representative filter for each group of the plurality of groups and a module that uses the representative filter of each group for frequency bands of the each group. The filters are temporal noise shaping filters (TNS) filters. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180646 | Wearable Tactile Subwoofer and Its Use - This invention relates to a wearable tactile subwoofer. The invention also relates to a wearable device for listening to music and for enhancing other audio and audio including experiences and a method of listening to music and enhancing other audio and audio accompanied experiences in humans. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180647 | Microphone with Backside Cavity that Impedes Bubble Formation - A MEMS microphone has a backplate, a diaphragm movable relative to the backplate, and a backside cavity adjacent to the backplate or the diaphragm. The backside cavity has sidewalls with at least one rib protruding inward toward a center of the backside cavity. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180648 | SPEAKER DEVICE AND SPEAKER UNIT - A simple structure will achieve dissipation of heat from the area inside a voice-coil bobbin and a diaphragm without a reduction in sound quality, in which a process for assembling a speaker device with high accuracy is performed in a simple operation. A speaker device comprises a recess-shaped frame | 2009-07-16 |
20090180649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHED BATTERY CHARGING AND LOADING IN A STEREO HEADSET - Methods and systems for wireless communication are disclosed and may include controlling a loading and/or a charging of a battery source in each earpiece of the wireless stereo headset. The loading control may include switching between the battery sources powering the headset. A remaining power level may be monitored for each of the battery sources. Both earpieces in the headset may be powered utilizing one or both of the battery sources. One of the earpieces in the headset may be powered utilizing one of the battery sources. A total usage time may be stored for each of the battery sources. The loading and charging of the battery sources may be controlled by equalizing the total usage time for each of the battery sources. The earpieces in the headset may be coupled via a tether line, or may be coupled wirelessly. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180650 | Method and apparatus for the configuration of setting options on a hearing device - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the configuration of at least one adjustment option on a hearing device, with the hearing device wearer having the task of setting the hearing device by ear with the aid of the adjustment option to be configured such that a predetermined characteristic on the hearing device is adjusted, with the adjustment option being enabled if the characteristics set by the hearing device wearer equate to the predetermined characteristics or has deviations herefrom, which lie within a predetermined tolerance range. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180651 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL - Systems and methods are provided to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication protocol. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method performed by a hearing instrument for a user. According to various embodiments, local sound is converted into a processed acoustic signal for the user of the hearing instrument, and wireless communications within a wireless network that includes the hearing instrument is controlled using a wireless communications protocol. The wireless communications protocol includes a transmission protocol module, a link protocol module, an extended protocol module, a data protocol module, and an audio protocol module. The transmission protocol module is adapted to control transceiver operations to provide half duplex communication over a single wireless communication channel, and the link protocol module is adapted to implement a packet transmission process to account for frame collisions on the channel. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180652 | Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method - A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm which modifies the intensity of the audio signal at selected frequencies. A predetermined masking algorithm is described which provides intermittent masking of the tinnitus wherein, at a comfortable listening level, during peaks of the audio signal the tinnitus is completely obscured, whereas during troughs the perception of the tinnitus occasionally emerges. In practice it has been found that such intermittent masking provides an immediate sense of relief, control and relaxation for the person, whilst enabling sufficient perception of the tinnitus for habituation and long term treatment to occur. Advantageously the predetermined masking algorithm is specifically tailored to the audiometric configuration of the person. For example, the masking algorithm may be partly tailored to the hearing loss characteristic of the person. A tinnitus rehabilitation device used in conjunction with a personal sound reproducing system is also described. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING FACE RECOGNITION ABILITIES IN A USER - A method for enhancing face recognition abilities in a user. The method in one embodiment includes the steps of generating a first plurality of faces, each face differing from other faces in at least one aspect; displaying each of the faces to the user; and perceptually discriminating by the user, each of the displayed faces in response to the at least one aspect. In another aspect the invention relates to an apparatus for enhancing face recognition abilities in a user. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a system for generating a first plurality of faces, each face differing from other faces in at least one aspect; a display for displaying each of the faces to the user; and a device for recording the perceptually discriminating, by the user, each of the displayed faces in response to the at least one aspect. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180674 | MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION IN MAMMOGRAPHY CAD USING A CLASSIFIER - A system is disclosed that is configured for microcalcifications (mcc) detecting by forming a plurality of true mcc clusters and a plurality of normal clusters, gathering spot and cluster features from said clusters, extracting linear structure features, and using said spot, cluster and linear structure features in mcc detector algorithm training. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE BASED MULTIPLE-MODALITY CARDIAC IMAGE ALIGNMENT - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for temporally aligning a plurality of cardiac image sequences. The method includes performing a locally linear embedding algorithm on a first set of cardiac image sequences and on a second set of cardiac image sequences. A graphical representation is created for the first set of cardiac image sequences and the second set of cardiac image sequences. A determination is made whether the first set of cardiac image sequences and the second set of cardiac image sequences were generated from a similar point of view. If a similar point of view is found, the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are aligned using a minimization function. If a similar point of view is not found, the graphs are aligned with a template and then aligned with each other using the minimization function. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180676 | Method for creating image recordings relating to the blood vessel system of a patient using a variable-position detector of a digital subtraction angiography facility and associated facility - Method for creating image recordings of blood vessel system of a patient, comprising: after administering contrast agent an image recording is created in a first image recording region of a first position of a detector, the diffusion of the contrast agent is observed to determine a current diffusion position; the position of the detector is changed to a second position as a function of the current diffusion position; an image recording of a second image recording region of the second position of the detector is created; and a part of an image recording in the first position extending in the region between the current diffusion position and the end of the first image recording region and recorded without contrast agent is used as a mask to evaluate a locationally correlated part, recorded with contrast agent, of the image recording in the second position for digital subtraction angiography. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180677 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR MEASURING SIZES OF TUMOR REGIONS - A tumor region is determined within a three dimensional medical image. A long axis and a short axis of the determined tumor region are designated. The lengths of the designated long axis and the designated short axis are measured. The measured lengths of the long axis and the short axis are displayed. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180678 | USE OF A SINGLE X-RAY IMAGE IN A STEREO IMAGING PAIR FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF TRACKING - A method and system for aligning a volume of interest in a three-dimensional treatment coordinate system with a reference position using stereoscopic imaging data and for monitoring and correcting alignment of the volume of interest in the three-dimensional treatment coordinate system using monoscopic imaging data. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTS MANIPULATION, INSPECTION, AND REPLACEMENT - Improved method and apparatus for machine vision. One embodiment provides automated imaging and analysis, optionally including Scheimpflug's condition on the pattern projector, telecentric imaging and projecting, an IR filter, a mask to constrain observed illumination, and/or a sine-wave projection pattern for more accurate results. Another embodiment provides circuitry for a machine-vision system. Another embodiment provides a machine-vision system, optionally including accommodation of random orientation of parts in trays, irregular location of features being inspected, crossed pattern projectors and detectors for shadow reduction, detection of substrate warpage as well as ball-top coplanarity, two discrete shutters (or flash brightnesses) interleaved (long shutter for dark features, short shutter for bright features). Another embodiment provides parts inspection, optionally including a tray elevator that lifts trays to an inspection surface, moves trays in short tray dimension, provides first tray inspection at a major surface of the elevator, and/or provides a tray flipper. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180680 | PATTERN DEFECT ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT, PATTERN DEFECT ANALYSIS METHOD AND PATTERN DEFECT ANALYSIS PROGRAM - A data processing unit acquires a review image including a pattern defect on a substrate, compares the review image with a reference image thereby to extract a defect image, the reference image including no pattern defect, and performs an alignment between the review image and a self-layer design pattern image which is generated from design data belonging to the identical layer in a region corresponding to the review image. The data processing unit, then, based on result of the alignment, generates an another-layer design pattern image which is generated from design data belonging to another layer in the region corresponding to the review image, and, based on a synthesized image of the defect image and the another-layer design pattern image, determines the relative position relationship between the pattern defect and a pattern belonging to another layer, and judges the criticality based on the relative position relationship. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180681 | IMAGE BEARING STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO DETECT A DEFECT IN THE IMAGE BEARING STRUCTURE - An image bearing structure includes an image drum including at least one slot, a plurality of ring electrodes formed on an outer circumference of the image drum, and a control board positioned within the slot of the image drum, and connected to the plurality of ring electrodes, to detect a defect of the ring electrodes. As a result, the image bearing structure detects a defect within a short time and without requiring a separate detecting device. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING IMAGE QUALITY - The present invention provides an improved system and method for measuring quality of both single and stereo video images. The embodiments of the present invention include frequency content measure for a single image or region-of-interest thereof and disparity measure for stereo images or region-of-interest thereof. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180703 | Method of obtaining variance data or standard deviation data for reducing noise, and digital photographing apparatus including recording medium storing variance data or standard deviation data for reducing noise - A method of obtaining variance data or standard deviation data for efficiently reducing noise in an image is provided. The method includes (a) dividing an image into a plurality of clusters; (b) checking frequency data of data values of pixels included in each cluster; (c) obtaining a weighted average of the data values of the pixels included in each cluster; (d) obtaining a variance or a standard deviation of the data values of the pixels included in each cluster by using the weighted average; and (e) obtaining variance data or standard deviation data in accordance with weighted averages by using the weighted average and the variance or the standard deviation in each cluster. A digital photographing apparatus is also provided that includes a recording medium storing variance data or standard deviation data for efficiently reducing noise in an image which is obtained in accordance with the above method. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180704 | Method and system for processing low-illuminance image - Provided are a method and system for processing a low-illuminance image. The system includes an image acquisition unit to acquire two images having different levels of illuminance and sensitivity as first and second images; a motion vector estimation unit to extract a motion vector of the second image based on the first image; an image correction unit to correct the second image using the extracted motion vector; a synthesis coefficient calculation unit to calculate a synthesis coefficient used to synthesize the first image and the corrected second image; and an image synthesis unit to synthesize the first image and the corrected second image using the calculated synthesis coefficient. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180705 | Method and system for image restoration using frequency-based image model - A method and system of restoring an image using a frequency-based image model is provided. A method of restoring an image using a frequency-based image model, the method including: transforming an original image into a frequency domain and generating a transformation image; copying the transformation image in any one domain of domains in which the original image is extended and which are divided into blocks; and inferring a high frequency component of block domains, and restoring the block using the transformation image copied in the any one domain. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180706 | System for applying multi-direction and multi-slope region detection to image edge enhancement - A system for applying multi-direction and multi-slope region detection to image edge enhancement is provided to perform the image edge enhancement on an image. For pixel (i) indicating i-th pixel of line of the image, a line buffer temporarily stores the pixel (i) and its neighboring pixels. A region classification device classifies the pixel (i) into a region type. A left flat pixel detector depends on the region type to search the neighboring pixels of the pixel (i) for a left flat region pixel. A right flat pixel detector depends on the region type to search the neighboring pixels of the pixel (i) for a right flat region pixel. An edge enhancer performs an edge enhancement operation on the pixel (i) and neighboring pixels when the pixel (i) is an extended region and the left and the right flat region pixels are included in the neighboring pixels. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180707 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing apparatus includes a first convolution unit, a weight generator, a second convolution unit, an arithmetic unit and an outputting unit. The first convolution unit performs a convolution to output edge strength according to an original image signal and a high pass filter mask. The weight generator chooses a weight coefficient according to the edge strength. The second convolution unit performs a convolution to output an unsharp image signal according to the original image signal and a low pass filter mask. The arithmetic unit outputs a first sharpening signal according to the original image signal, the unsharp image signal and the weight coefficient. The outputting unit outputs a processed image signal according to the original image signal and the first sharpening signal. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180708 | Illumination light quantity setting method in image measuring instrument - An image measuring instrument includes a camera that images a plurality of measured points based on a preset measuring procedure, and an illumination unit that irradiates the measured points. The image measuring instrument measures a dimension and a shape of a to-be-measured object while the illumination unit irradiates light having illumination light quantity corresponding to an illumination preset value with reference to the illumination preset value that is preliminarily set for every measured point. An illumination light quantity setting method includes a command signal output step that outputs a command signal for irradiating light having the illumination light quantity corresponding to the illumination preset value for every measured point, an offset value assigning step that assigns an offset value to the command signal to be sent to the illumination unit, and a setting step that sets the offset value to be variable. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180709 | Providing a digital copy of a source image - The present invention relates to a method for an automatic alignment of digital image layers, implemented in specific software on a computing device (e.g. a personal computer ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180710 | IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, ARTICLE AND IMAGE - An image correction method able to avoid error image. According to opposite properties of black and white, only the last few bits of the scanned digital signal are extracted for black correction, while only the first few bits of the scanned digital signal are extracted for white correction. Further, the most significant bit of the digital signal is 1 for white correction. Therefore, the unwanted LBB effect on the scanned image caused by dust or spot on the correction document is avoided. In addition, as only a few bits of the scanned digital signal are extracted, the requirement in memory capacity is reduced. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180711 | RENDERING A MASK USING COARSE MASK REPRESENTATION - A method, system and computer program product for rendering a mask are disclosed. A method of rendering a mask may comprise: providing an initial mask design for a photolithographic process, the initial mask design including polygons; initially rendering the initial mask design as a coarse mask representation in a pixel based image calculation; identifying an overhang portion; and rendering the overhang portion using a set of subpixels whose artifacts from spatial-localization lie outside a practical resolution of a pseudo lens having a numerical aperture larger than that of a projection lens used in the photolithographic process; and updating the initial rendering based on the overhang portion rendering. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180712 | REPRODUCIBLE THREE DIMENSIONAL VACUUM FORMING TECHNIQUE - A method of reproducing a three dimensional (3D) image by counter-distorting a two dimensional (2D) image prior to vacuum forming. A captured or obtained image of a subject is digitalized into 3D and 2D formats and used to create a 3D surface using a CNC machine. A standardized grid pattern with numerous reference points is printed on a vacuum formable material and vacuum formed on the 3D surface representing a subject. The reference points on the grid are displaced during the vacuum forming process due to the 3D nature of the surface. If the image of the subject were printed on the vacuum formable material, it would appear distorted. The displaced reference points are observed and the data is entered into the inventive software which generates a new image with compensated morphological changes. When the new image is vacuum formed on vacuum formable material under the same conditions, the new image would not appear distorted and would accurately depict the subject in 3D. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180723 | Rolling bearing device - A rolling bearing device includes a first bearing ring member having a first raceway; a second bearing ring member having a second raceway; and a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the first raceway | 2009-07-16 |
20090180724 | RADIAL ANTI-FRICTION BEARING, IN PARTICULAR, A SINGLE-ROW SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING - A radial anti friction bearing ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180725 | X-Ray Tube Rotating Anode Assembly Bearing - A thermally stable tribological coating is applied to the outer surface of a moveable bearing outer ring in a bearing assembly for an x-ray tube rotating anode and/or the surface of a housing bore of the X-ray tube rotating anode which receives the bearing assembly. If the tribological coating is applied to the outer surface of the bearing outer ring, it is made of a material that is metallurgically incompatible with the material from which the housing containing the bearing is made. The coating includes one or more of the following: Cr, W, Mo, or Nb, or nitrides, carbides, oxides, or sulfides of Cr, W, Mo, or Nb. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180726 | WHEEL HUB JOINT UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A wheel hub joint unit is provided that includes, but is not limited to a constant velocity rotary joint and a wheel bearing. The constant velocity rotary joint has a joint outer part. The wheel bearing supports a wheel hub with a double-row bearing, and the double-row bearing is disposed on the joint outer part. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180727 | FAN AND BEARING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a fan including a stator and a rotor coupled to the stator. The stator has a base and a bearing disposed inside the base. The rotor has a shaft supported by the bearing. Furthermore, the shaft has a concave structure formed on a surface thereof, or the bearing has a groove structure formed on a surface thereof. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180728 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device having a non-volatile programmable refractive index. The device includes: a waveguiding structure with waveguiding material, the waveguiding structure defining an optical beam path, where the waveguiding structure includes a transition metal oxide with oxygen vacancies that migrate when exposed to an electric field; and a plurality of electrodes for applying an electric field to a region including the transition metal oxide with oxygen vacancies; where the transition metal oxide and the electrodes are arranged such that under the applied electric field the oxygen vacancies migrate in a direction that has a component which is radial relative to a center of the beam path. Further, there is provided a method for making the electro-optical device, including: fabricating the waveguiding structure; positioning a plurality of electrodes for application of an electric field; and arranging the transition metal oxide and the electrodes. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180729 | CMOS-COMPATIBLE POLARIZATION-DIVERSE TUNABLE OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTER - According to one embodiment, an optical filter has a polarization rotator and two instances of an optical bandpass filter (OBPF). The first instance of the OBPF processes a TE-polarized component of an optical input signal to produce a first filtered signal. The polarization rotator then transforms the TE polarization of the first filtered signal into the TM polarization. The polarization rotator also transforms the polarization of a TM-polarized component of the optical input signal into the TE polarization. The second instance of the OBPF processes the resulting TE-polarized signal to produce a second filtered signal. The first and second filtered signals having TM and TE polarizations, respectively, are then combined to produce a filtered output signal. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180730 | Opto-acoustic pressure sensor | 2009-07-16 |
20090180731 | PHOTONIC COUPLER - A photonic coupler including a substrate, first and second waveguides disposed along a longitudinal direction of the substrate for propagation of respective first and second optical signals along the longitudinal direction, and a coupling region between the first and second waveguides and including a medium of a refractive index different from the first and second waveguides. The coupling region has a width extending from the first waveguide to the second waveguide and a breadth extending laterally to form an angle to the longitudinal direction for frustrated total internal reflection of the first optical signal at an interface between the coupling region and the first waveguide. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180732 | Junction Structure Between Optical Element and Substrate, Optical Transmission/Receiving Module, and Method of Manufacturing the Optical Module - The present invention provides a junction structure between an optical element and a substrate. The junction structure is formed by supplying an under-fill resin not containing a filler to a portion functioning as a light path for light emitted from or incoming into the optical element on the substrate, then jointing a conductive bump of the optical element to electric wiring on the substrate, and then thermally hardening the under-fill resin not containing a filler to bond the resin not containing a filler to the optical element and to the substrate so that the under-fill resin containing a filler will not enter a space between the optical element and the substrate when the under-fill resin containing a filler is filled in portions other than the light path between the optical element and the substrate. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180733 | SYSTEM PACKAGE USING FLEXIBLE OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL WIRING AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A system package using flexible optical waveguides and electrical wires, and a signal processing method thereof are disclosed. Several rigid substrates having highly integrated electronic elements and optical elements mounted thereon can be electrically and optically connected by using flexible substrates that are electrically wired and optically connected. The package can be variously changed when configuring the package by the flexible substrate and the heat dissipation device and the electromagnetic shielding device are installed in the inside of the package, making it possible to solve electromagnetic wave interference problems and thermal problems occurring in the inside of the package. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180734 | Method For Connecting Multicore Fibers To Optical Devices - A method for connecting a photonic crystal fiber having a plurality of cores connected to an optical device. An end of the photonic crystal fiber may be placed on a surface of an optical device having a plurality of coupling pads. A first core of the end of the photonic crystal fiber may be positioned over a first coupling pad on the optical device to enable a threshold amount of a coherent beam of light to propagate through the first core and first coupling pad. A second core of the end of the photonic crystal fiber is aligned to a second coupling pad on the optical device to enable a threshold amount of another coherent beam of light to propagate through the second core and second coupling pad. The end of the photonic crystal fiber may be adhered to the surface of the optical device while the position of the first and the second cores relative to the first and the second coupling pads, respectively, is maintained. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180735 | Integrated light source and optical waveguide and method - An optical system and method including an integrated light source and optical waveguide that relies on internal reflection for coupling the light emitted from the source to the waveguide. The light source may include electroded or electrodeless plasma lamps, LEDs, and filament lamps. The optical waveguide may be shaped to form a compound parabolic waveguide. A system may also include an integrated light source, microwave waveguide, and optical coupler. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS - Optical gratings that perform a number of functions at various wavelengths are formed by various methods that preserve spectral information within a wavelength band, the functions including: coupling radiation from one wavelength to another, controllable gratings that operate on different wavelengths in response to external control signals. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180737 | OPTICAL FIBER INTERCONNECTION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS USING SAME - Optical fiber interconnection devices, which can take the form of a module, are disclosed that include an array of optical fibers and multi-fiber optical-fiber connectors, for example, two twelve-port connectors or multiples thereof, and three eight-port connectors or multiples thereof. The array of optical fibers is color-coded and is configured to optically interconnect the ports of the two twelve-port connectors to the three eight-port connectors in a manner that preserves transmit and receive polarization. In one embodiment, the interconnection devices provide optical interconnections between twelve-fiber optical connector configurations to eight-fiber optical connector configurations, such as from twelve-fiber line cards to eight-fiber line cards, without having to make structural changes to cabling infrastructure. In one aspect, the optical fiber interconnection devices provide a migration path from duplex optics to parallel optics. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180738 | ANTI-WIGGLE OPTICAL RECEPTACLE - A casing includes a solid sleeve and a split sleeve in combination to provide a connection between a fiber stub and a ferrule containing an optical fiber. The arrangement prevents wiggle of the ferrule, and also does so without the tight tolerances that would otherwise be required in solid sleeve systems. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180739 | Hybrid fiber/copper connector system and method - A junction box and hybrid fiber optic cable connector which permit repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire cable assembly or retermination of the cable. A hybrid fiber/copper connector including cable management within the connector housing. A method of assembling a hybrid fiber/copper connector. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180740 | Methods And Devices For Tracing Fiber Optic Cable - Exemplary embodiments include a tracing clip for a fiber optic cable including: a clip body including an inner and an outer surface; a metal clip disposed on the outer surface; a metal tooth disposed on the inner surface, wherein the metal clip tooth connects to a metal element extending substantially axially along a length of fiber optic cable and to the metal clip. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180741 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS - An optical transmitting/receiving apparatus capable of suppressing electrical crosstalk and magnetic crosstalk, includes: a laser diode/photo diode (LD/PD) integrated module that terminates a single-core bidirectional optical fiber; a circuit board electrically connected to a lead pin led out of the LD/PD integrated module; and a plastic case that accommodates the circuit board. At least a part of the plastic case abuts against the LD/PD integrated module, and impedance of the plastic case is controlled by mixing a conductive filler into the plastic case. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180742 | Device for installing an optical fibre in a splice connector - A device for installing an optical fibre in a connector, comprising an optical fibre cleaving mechanism ( | 2009-07-16 |
20090180753 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK CONTENT DATA, METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK CONTENT DATA, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR RECORDING CONTENT DATA - A method, apparatus and program for recording and playing back content data, method, apparatus and program for playing back content data, and method, apparatus and program for recording content data. The recording and playback apparatus is configured to record content data including a content and play back the content of the content data at a position specified by first relative time information indicating a relative time with respect to a start position of the content. A record start time information generator generates record start time information. A stream playback control table generator generates a stream playback control table associated with a stream resource record in a content data recording unit. Based on the content start time information and the record start time information, a relative time information correction unit corrects relative time information, of a segment to be played back, identified by a metadata manager based on segment metadata. A read controller controls a reading process according to the relative position information corresponding to the corrected relative time information identified by the metadata manager. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180754 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a registration unit that registers scheduling information to periodically record information; a recording unit that records the information on a recording medium based on the scheduling information; a reproduction unit that reproduces the information recorded on the recording medium; a deletion unit that deletes the information according to a deletion instruction from the recording medium; and an erasure unit that erases, when the number of times of reproducing the information according to the deletion instruction is zero, the scheduling information associated with the information from the registration unit. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180755 | Video/Audio Reproducing Apparatus - A video/audio reproducing apparatus, to be connected via a first apparatus with a second apparatus, comprises: a first receiving portion, which is configured to receive video data, audio data, and first reproduction synchronization information for reproduction synchronization between the video data and the audio data; a second receiving portion, which is configured to receive second reproduction synchronization information for reproduction synchronization between the video data and the audio data from the first apparatus; and a controlling portion, which is configured to reproduce the video data and the audio data received by the first receiving portion, upon basis of the first reproduction synchronization information and the second reproduction synchronization information, which are received by the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion. | 2009-07-16 |
20090180756 | Apparatus for and a method of copy-protecting a content carrying recording medium - Recording data for an optical disc such as a DVD has video content data and navigation data. Button data defines one or more user-selectable selection buttons to enable a viewer to select content data when the recording medium is played. Further button data defines at least one phantom button that is not selectable by a viewer because, for example, it is not visually distinguishable, it is hidden within the video data or it is displayed for a short period of time. Although the at least one phantom button is not selectable by a viewer, a copying apparatus parsing the recording data will erroneously identify the phantom button as a user-selectable selection button and will copy data associated with the phantom button. The data associated with the phantom button may adversely affect the copying process or render the copy unplayable or unwatchable. | 2009-07-16 |