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20130185760 | STREAMING DISTRIBUTING DEVICE AND METHOD, STREAMING RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, STREAMING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed herein is a streaming distributing device including: a content fragment generating section configured to generate a fragment storing data of a content to be distributed by streaming, the fragment being defined by an MP4 file format; and a subtitle fragment generating section configured to generate a fragment storing a TTML (Timed Text Markup Language) document instance relating to a subtitle to be displayed in the content, the fragment being defined by the MP4 file format, wherein the subtitle fragment generating section adds, to header information of the fragment, instance classification distinguishing information for distinguishing whether the TTML document instance stored in the fragment is a TTML document instance specifying a rendering context relating to the subtitle. | 07-18-2013 |
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20090034901 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - An optical fiber sensor that can detect a liquid level or detect a property of liquid with high reliability even under a frequently vibrational environment. The optical fiber sensor includes an optical fiber that includes a core having an area where a grating is formed and a clad, and is disposed so that at least a part of the area with the grating is immersed in liquid, a light source for making light incident to the optical fiber so that a cladding mode light having a wavelength band is occurred by the grating, and a light receiving unit for detecting the intensity of light which is incident from the light source to the optical fiber and transmitted through the grating. | 02-05-2009 |
20100080502 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - An optical fiber sensor measuring refractive index of a medium with high sensitivity in a wide range. The optical fiber sensor includes an optical fiber causing a transmission loss due to leakage in the clad propagation mode from a portion of a core and a clad where a Bragg grating is provided, a light source permitting light in a wavelength band in the clad propagation mode to enter the optical fiber, and a light-receiving section receiving the transmitted or reflected light transmitted through the core and the clad at the portion where the Bragg grating is provided. The refractive index of the medium to be measured in contact with the clad is measured according to total intensity of the light received by the light-receiving section. The Bragg grating is inclined at a predetermined angle of inclination to the vertical line vertical to the length direction of the optical fiber. | 04-01-2010 |
20100296080 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - An objective of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber sensor which has a simple configuration to enable sensitively measuring a refractive index of a measurement medium in a wide range of refractive indexes. An optical fiber sensor according to the present invention includes; an optical fiber having a core in which a short-period gratings are formed and a cladding, the optical fiber being made so that transmission loss occurs due to cladding-propagation-mode leakage at its cladding portion where the short-period gratings are formed; a light source from which light having a wavelength range of the cladding propagation mode is emitted; and a light receiving unit for receiving transmission or reflection light having passed through the cladding at the position where the short-period gratings are formed. The optical fiber sensor detects, based on the total receiving light intensity that the light receiving unit receives, the refractive index of the measurement medium contacting the cladding, in which the optical fiber is multi-mode one, and the short-period gratings have plural kinds of periods. | 11-25-2010 |
20130208350 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes: semiconductor lasers; a wave coupling section multiplexing light output by the semiconductor lasers; an optical amplifying section amplifying output light of the wave coupling section; a first optical waveguide optically connecting respective semiconductor lasers to the wave coupling section; a second optical waveguide optically connecting the wave coupling section to the optical amplifying section; a third optical waveguide optically connected to an output of the optical amplifying section; and a phase regulator located in at least one of the first, second, and third optical waveguides, and regulating phase of reflected light that is reflected at a reflecting point in the optical semiconductor device and that returns to the semiconductor lasers. The phase regulator adjusts the phase of the reflected light to decrease line width of the light output by the semiconductor lasers. | 08-15-2013 |
20140056556 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes: semiconductor lasers separated into two groups; an optical coupler combining light output from the semiconductor lasers; an optical amplifier amplifying light output from the optical coupler; and waveguides respectively connecting the semiconductor lasers to the optical coupler. Each of the waveguides includes a respective bent waveguide. The bent waveguides have the same radius of curvature. | 02-27-2014 |
20140198378 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes: semiconductor lasers; a wave coupling section multiplexing light output by the semiconductor lasers; first optical waveguides respectively optically connecting respective semiconductor lasers to the wave coupling section; a phase regulator regulating phase of reflected light that is reflected at a reflecting point located in the optical semiconductor device and that returns to the semiconductor lasers; a second optical waveguide optically connecting the wave coupling section to the phase regulator; an optical amplifying section amplifying output light of the phase regulator; and a third optical waveguide optically connecting an output of the phase regulator to the optical amplifying section. The phase regulator adjusts the phase of reflected light that returns to the semiconductor lasers to decrease line width of the light output by the semiconductor lasers. | 07-17-2014 |
20150063740 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE LIGHT SOURCE AND WAVELENGTH VARIABLE LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A wavelength variable light source according to the present invention includes: an MMI that includes an input side and an output side, the input side connecting to one end of each of a plurality of MMI input waveguides, and the output side connecting to a plurality of MMI output waveguides, the MMI multiplexing light input from each of the MMI input waveguides and outputting the multiplexed light to each of the MMI output waveguides; a plurality of DFB-LDs connected to the other end of each of the MMI input waveguides, each of the MMI output waveguides performing a single mode oscillation at a different wavelength; and two SOAs respectively connected to two MMI output waveguides of the MMI output waveguides, and having different gains from each other. | 03-05-2015 |
20150229407 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes: semiconductor lasers; a wave coupling section multiplexing light output by the semiconductor lasers; an optical amplifying section amplifying output light of the wave coupling section; first optical waveguides respectively optically connecting respective semiconductor lasers to the wave coupling section; a light intensity lowering section located in each of the first optical waveguides and lower light intensity of reflected light that is reflected at a reflecting point located in the optical semiconductor device and that returns to the respective semiconductor lasers; to decrease line width of the light output by the semiconductor lasers. | 08-13-2015 |
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20090021642 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A moving image reproducing apparatus that does not inform the occurrence of any high light scene when high light scenes occur respectively in the images displayed in a main picture and a sub picture, and a control method of the moving image reproducing apparatus are provided. It can be determined whether the image displayed in the main picture is the high light scene or not when the image displayed in the sub picture is the high light scene, by detecting the high light scenes displayed respectively in the main picture and the sub picture. If the image displayed in the main picture is also the high light scene when the image displayed in the sub picture becomes the high light scene, then the control of not informing a viewer of the occurrence of the high light scene of the image displayed in the sub picture is performed. | 01-22-2009 |
20120089364 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus includes a projection unit configured to project a plurality of types of stripe pattern light. The projection unit projects stripe pattern light, which can be obtained by shifting stripe pattern light whose reliability calculated by the calculation unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value by a predetermined cycle, on the object. | 04-12-2012 |
20120133954 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A measuring apparatus includes a projection control unit configured to cause a projection unit to project, onto an object, a first light pattern with light and dark portions, a second light pattern, which is smaller in distance between the light and dark portions than that of the first light pattern and has a boundary position between the light and dark portions common to the first light pattern, and a third light pattern in which the light and dark portions of the second light pattern are reversed to each other, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first captured image of the object onto which the first light pattern is projected, a second captured image of the object onto which the second light pattern is projected, and a third captured image of the object onto which the third light pattern is projected, and a calculation unit configured to calculate the boundary position between the light and dark portions of the first captured image based on the second and the third captured image to measure the position of the object. | 05-31-2012 |
20130046506 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect, in an image captured by a capture unit, position information of a pattern on a capture pixel surface, which is projected to a plurality of pattern detection areas preset on the same plane in a measurement space, and a corresponding relationship calculation unit configured to calculate, using the position information, a corresponding relationship between the pattern on a projection pixel surface of a projection unit detected in advance before measurement and the pattern on the projection pixel surface of the projection unit at the time of measurement. | 02-21-2013 |
20130076896 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus for calculating three-dimensional shape information of a target object, comprising: capturing means for capturing reflected pattern light of stripe pattern light formed by alternately arranging a bright portion and a dark portion as first image data, and capturing reflected pattern light of reversed stripe pattern light formed by reversing the bright portion and the dark portion of the stripe pattern light as second image data; determination means for determining a boundary position between the bright portion and the dark portion based on the first image data and the second image data; and reliability calculation means for calculating a reliability indicating accuracy of the boundary position from a correlation between a first luminance gradient of the first image data and a second luminance gradient of the second image data. | 03-28-2013 |
20130108104 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STROAGE MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
20130329942 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A pattern light projection unit which stores information on pattern light including information on line patterns projects pattern light including line patterns having at least two lines and at least one reference line pattern serving as a reference of the line patterns on an object in accordance with the information on pattern light. An image pickup unit captures an image of the object to which the pattern light is projected. | 12-12-2013 |
20140168662 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to the invention, reliability is calculated in consideration of an uncertain error due to noise in three-dimensional measurement, thereby obtaining correct reliability as compared with a conventional technique. To achieve this, a three-dimensional measuring apparatus includes a projector which projects a striped light pattern onto an object, a camera which captures a reflected light pattern from the object onto which the striped light pattern is projected, and a calculation processing unit which executes various arithmetic operations. The calculation processing unit includes a noise calculating unit and a reliability calculating unit. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090137695 | Active Ray Curable Ink-Jet Ink - An active ray curable ink-jet ink comprising at least an organic pigment, a polymer dispersant, a photo-initiator and a cationic polymerizable compound, wherein the active ray curable ink-jet ink incorporates a quaternary ammonium salt and a content of the quaternary ammonium salt is not less than 5 ppm and not more than 500 ppm. | 05-28-2009 |
20090291225 | Active Ray Curable Ink-Jet Ink, Image Forming Method and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus Using the Same - A active ray curable ink-jet ink includes a multifunctional acrylate or methacrylate of at least three functional groups, and the acrylate or the methacrylate has a partial structure of the following Formula (1) in an amount of 5-40 weight % based on the total weight of the active ray curable ink-jet ink: Formula (1) —(R—O—) | 11-26-2009 |
20100015336 | ACTIVE RAY-CURABLE INK AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An active ray-curable ink comprising a pigment, a photoinitiator, a polymerizable compound, a compound represented by following Formula (1), and a urethane polymer or a urethane oligomer having no photopolymerizable group in a molecule: | 01-21-2010 |
20100112497 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a method for forming an image with an ink-jet recorder provided with an ink-jet head, the method comprising the following steps in the sequence set forth: ejecting a photo-acid generator solution through the ink-jet head on a recording material, provided that the photo-acid generator solution contains a solvent and a photo-acid generator without containing a photopolymerizable compound; irradiating the ejected photo-acid generator solution on the recording material with actinic radiation rays; ejecting an actinic radiation curable ink containing a colorant through the ink-jet head on the recording material to form an image; and irradiating the image with actinic radiation rays so as to fix the formed image. | 05-06-2010 |
20110141187 | METHOD FOR FORMING INKJET IMAGE - Provide is a method for forming an inkjet image in which a high-resolution image can be formed by a stable ink ejection and an inkjet image exhibits excellent curability, wherein the inkjet image is formed by ejecting an ink composition onto a medium from a nozzle of an inkjet recording head comprising a plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of nozzles in communication with the pressure chambers and an ink chamber in communication with a side of a plurality of the pressure chamber on which side is opposite to a side of the nozzle of the pressure chamber, and the ink chamber is filled with the ink composition, wherein the ink composition comprises an photo-initiator, a polymerizable compound and a gelling agent; and comprising steps of heat-keeping a temperature of the ink composition in the ink chamber at 70° C.-140° C. during an image recording including during standing-by, and flowing the ink composition in the ink chamber. | 06-16-2011 |
20130141505 | ACTINIC ENERGY RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INK AND ACTINIC ENERGY RADIATION CURABLE INKJET RECORDING METHOD - Provided are an actinic energy radiation curable ink, which can achieve a high fineness and natural glossiness when recording is carried out onto a non-absorptive recording medium such as a film or a laminated paper or a slightly absorptive recording medium such as a coated paper; and an actinic energy radiation curable inkjet recording method. This actinic energy radiation curable ink, which is to be used in inkjet recording, is characterized by: said actinic energy radiation curable ink undergoing reversible sol/gel phase transition depending on temperature; said actinic energy radiation curable ink containing from 1% or more by mass to less than 10% by mass of a gelling agent; and, at temperature Tm (° C.) that is separately defined, the storage elastic modulus (G′) of the actinic energy radiation curable ink being from 0.1 or more Pa to less than 1000 Pa and the storage elastic modulus (G′) being smaller than the loss elastic modulus (G″) thereof. | 06-06-2013 |
20130335479 | ACTIVE RAY-CURABLE INKJET INK, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - The active ray-curable inkjet ink comprises a gelling agent, photopolymerizable compounds and a photoinitiator, and reversibly transitions into a sol-gel phase according to the temperature. Therein: (1) a (meth)acrylate compound having a molecular weight of 300-1,500 and having 3.44 (—CH | 12-19-2013 |
20140002534 | ACTINIC RAY CURABLE INKJET INK AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD USING SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140333704 | PHOTOCURABLE INKJET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING SAME - Provided is a photocurable inkjet ink comprising a curable monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent, a colorant, and a curable oligomer. The photocurable inkjet ink is characterized in that the curable oligomer has from two to twenty functional groups, that the glass transition temperature thereof is 40° C. or higher, and that the curable oligomer content is from 2 to 20% by mass relative to the mass of the ink as a whole. | 11-13-2014 |
20150015648 | ACTINIC RADIATION-CURABLE INKJET INK AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING SAME - Provided is an actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink that undergoes sol-gel phase transfer and contains a dye, a gelling agent, a photopolymerization compound and a photopolymerization initiator. The actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink comprises a photopolymerizable compound A, which is a (meth)acrylate having hydroxyl groups; a photopolymerizable compound B, which is a (meth)acrylate compound having a molecular weight within a range of 300 to 1,500 and an intramolecular structure (—CH | 01-15-2015 |
20150062267 | IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - An inkjet recording method comprising: shooting to a recording medium an active-light-ray-curable inkjet ink including a photopolymerizable compound, a wax, a photopolymerization initiator, and a coloring material, and that undergoes reversible sol-gel phase transition relative to temperature; and curing the ink by irradiating an active light ray to the ink that has been shot to the recording medium, wherein the ink including a (meta) acrylate compound (B) having a molecular weight of 300-1500 and a C log P value within the range 4.0 to 7.0, the wax content being 1.0-10 percent by mass of the total mass of the ink, and the temperature of the recording medium at active light ray irradiation being set such that the saturation solubility of the wax with respect to the ink constitutes 0.5 percent by mass or less. According to this image-forming method, blooming is suppressed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150138289 | ACTIVE RAY-CURABLE INKJET INK AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING SAME - An active ray-curable inkjet ink which contains a photocurable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent and a non-polymerizable liquid compound that is in a liquid state at 25° C., with the liquid compound being contained in an amount of 15-50% by mass relative to the mass of the ink. Since droplets of this active ray-curable inkjet ink are prevented from combining with each other after landing, this active ray-curable inkjet ink is capable of providing high quality images. Meanwhile, the surface gloss of printed images is increased, and printed images having less coating film thickness difference (namely, less relief-like texture) can be formed. | 05-21-2015 |