06th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110033119 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A QUALITY MEASURE FOR AN IMAGE USING A VARIABLE NUMBER OF MULTI-LEVEL DECOMPOSITIONS - Method and system for determining a measure of quality for images are presented. Multi-level decomposition of images in the wavelet domain using a variable number of levels of decomposition and aggregation of selected subbands is performed to obtain an accurate measure of quality. The processing time is reduced in comparison to that required by other methods for generating measures of quality. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033120 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a pixel value read out unit which reads out a pixel value of a target pixel, a pixel value change unit which changes a pixel value of a noticeable pixel, the noticeable pixel being at least one pixel of adjacent pixels adjacent to the target pixel, and a coordinate specify unit which specifies a position of the target pixel in an image, the target pixel having the noticeable pixel as the adjacent pixel. The pixel value of the noticeable pixel is changed. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033121 | PICTOGRAM AND ISO SYMBOL DECODER SERVICE - This invention provides an instantaneous method for a user or traveler to obtain a meaning of a symbol that is unfamiliar to said user. The symbol is captured in a format that is easily transmitted to a remote database server. Together with the symbol, the GPS coordinates of the location of the symbol must be sent to the server. The server performs an image matching search, and then uses the location information (GPS) to resolve multiple matches and to determine the meaning of the symbol and instantaneously transmits in the language of their choice the meaning to the user requesting the search. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033122 | Image Processing Using Masked Restricted Boltzmann Machines - Image processing using masked restricted Boltzmann machines is described. In an embodiment restricted Boltzmann machines based on beta distributions are described which are implemented in an image processing system. In an embodiment a plurality of fields of masked RBMs are connected in series. An image is input into a masked appearance RBM and decomposed into superpixel elements. The superpixel elements output from one appearance RBM are used as input to a further appearance RBM. The outputs from each of the series of fields of RBMs are used in an intelligent image processing system. Embodiments describe training a plurality of RBMs. Embodiments describe using the image processing system for applications such as object recognition and image editing. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033123 | Electric Greeting Card - The present invention discloses an electronic greeting card, comprising a back cover and a front cover folded onto the back cover, wherein, the back cover has an IC block, a power supply module a pull switch connected to the IC block respectively, and a LCD connected to the IC block; the IC block comprises a memory module that stores digital images and a main control chip module that decodes the images and transmits the decoded data to the LCD for display; the main control chip module comprises: a decoding module that decodes the digital images, an image processing module that processes the decoded image data, and an encoding module that encodes the processed image data so as to store the image data in the memory module; the IC block is powered by an Li-Mn cell. The greeting card can display the digital images stored in the memory module on the LCD, to meet the consumer's demand for transmitting dynamic digital images. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033124 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - The image processor processes each pixel of a halftone image by sequentially setting each pixel as a target pixel. A converting unit converts a pixel density of the target pixel into a first output value. An error data calculation unit calculates error data of the target pixel. The error data corresponds to a difference between the first output value and the pixel density. A compression unit irreversibly compresses the error data of the target pixel. Partial data of the pixel density is lost from the error data when irreversibly compressing the error data. An error buffer stores the compressed error data of the target pixel and a plurality of sets of compressed error data for a plurality of processed pixels. A decompression unit reads and decompresses a plurality of sets of compressed error data for a plurality of peripheral pixels with respect to a next target pixel from the error buffer. A density correction unit corrects a pixel density of the next target pixel based on the decompressed error data sets for the plurality of peripheral pixels. The converting unit converts the corrected pixel density of the next target pixel into a second output value. A data compensating unit compensates the partial data. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033125 | Image processing apparatus and method for image processing - While a natural image having a resolution of 600 dpi is enlarged at a predetermined magnification ratio and is printed at a resolution of 1200 dpi, if the magnification ratio is equal to or more than two, the natural image is enlarged by using a nearest neighbor method. If the magnification ratio is less than two, a reduction image is generated by reducing an enlargement image obtained by enlarging an object image based on a magnification ratio to 1/2, and the reduction image is enlarged to twice the size by using the nearest neighbor method. The natural image obtained by enlarging in this manner is compressed and encoded by using prediction encoding and run-length encoding with which a run-length value having a prediction error of 0 is calculated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033126 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF EMBEDDED GRAPHICS CODING - Embedded Graphics Coding (EGC) is used to encode images with sparse histograms. In EGC, an image is divided into blocks of pixels. For each block, the pixels are converted into binary representations. For each block, the pixels are scanned and encoded bit-plane by bit-plane from the most significant bit-plane (MSB) to the least significant bit-plane (LSB). The pixels in the block are partitioned into groups. Each group contains pixels with the same value. From the MSB to the LSB, the groups in the current bit plane are processed. During the processing, a group is split into two, if pixels in the group have different bit values in the bit-plane being encoded. Then, the encoder sends the refinement bit for each pixel in the group and the encoder splits the original group into two. A method is described herein to compress the refinement bits which employs context-adaptive prediction and binary run-length coding. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033127 | Prediction-Based Image Processing - A pixel block ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING AND RECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE OF A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A forensically sound image of a computer readable storage medium can be transferred across a low bandwidth communications network. The method can include the step of scanning an image of the computer readable storage medium for redundant data, the redundant data duplicative of locally stored data. The method can also include generating a skeleton image based on the image of the computer readable storage medium by excluding the redundant data from the image of the computer readable storage medium. The method can include transmitting, by a transmitting device, the skeleton image over the communications network to a receiving device to enable reconstruction of an image copy of the computer readable storage medium using the skeleton image and the locally stored data. A receiving device can reconstruct a bit-for-bit copy of the image of the computer readable storage medium. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033129 | RESOLUTION ON DEMAND - A method samples a first spectral band to obtain an initial image frame, determines at least one region of interest of the scene from the initial image frame, each of the at least one region of interest associated with a mean signal level, illuminates the at least one region of interest with at least one illuminator when the mean signal level of the at least one region of interest is at or below a respective threshold of a first plurality of thresholds, the at least one region of interest being illuminated in accordance with a power threshold indicating a minimum illuminator power and agility necessary to illuminate the at least one region of interest, collects at least one image frame in at least one sub-band of a second spectral band, and generates at least one image to be displayed from at least the at least one image frame. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033130 | Systems And Methods For Motion Blur Reduction - Method and apparatuses for compensating for perceived blur due to inter-frame motion in a sequence of digital video frames are disclosed. One example method includes blurring a current frame using first and second blurring filters to generate first and second blurred frames, respectively. A first weighted combination of the current frame, the first blurred frame, and the second blurred frame is then blurred with the first blurring filter to generate a third blurred frame. The current frame is combined with the third blurred frame in a second weighted combination to generate a blur-compensated frame. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033131 | METHODS FOR BACKGROUND AND NOISE SUPPRESSION IN BINARY TO GRAYSCALE IMAGE CONVERSION - One embodiment is a method for suppressing background inaccuracies in binary to grayscale image conversion. A binary image is converted to a grayscale image using a neighbor map. An image enhancement function is applied to the grayscale image to suppress background inaccuracies in the grayscale image. Another embodiment is method for converting a binary pixel of a binary image to a grayscale pixel of a grayscale image and suppressing noise in the grayscale image using selective filtering of the binary image. Another embodiment is a method for converting a binary image to a first grayscale image and suppressing noise in the first grayscale image to produce a noise suppressed grayscale image using selective filtering of the first grayscale image. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033132 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An input image containing multiple kinds of blur is corrected without using multiple images, resulting in a target image with less blur than the input image. An image correction apparatus ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033133 | SHEET-MATERIAL PACKAGING BAG - The invention relates to a sheet-material packaging bag which has a first side gusset ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033134 | MICROWAVABLE BAG WITH VALVE AND METHOD FOR THE FABRICATION THEREOF - In a reclosable bag ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033135 | Polyethylene And Polypropylene Blends For Liquid Packaging Films - There is disclosed a flowable material packaging film comprising at least a resin blend of (a) from about 33 wt % to about 80 wt % of at least one ethylene-C | 2011-02-10 |
20110033136 | POUCH FOR PILL-CRUSHING - A pill crusher pouch to be placed in a pill crusher apparatus, constructed of a tube of flexible material having an open top and a closed bottom, wherein the all or a portion of the top is angled or curved to facilitate easy pouring of pulverized material from the interior of the pouch. The bottom seal likewise may be angled or curved. The pouch may be seamless, or have one or more seams. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033137 | Flexible Multi-Panel Sterilization Assembly - A multi-panel sterilization assembly that includes a barrier panel formed of a permeable material, a fold protection panel, and at least one panel attachment means. The barrier panel has a first end and a second end opposite the first end such that the barrier panel has a length that is the distance from the first end to the second end and a midpoint along the length generally delineating the barrier panel into a content receiving region and a content covering region. Panel attachment means are located between the first end and the midpoint of the barrier panel at a pre-determined position to identify the content receiving region. The fold protection panel is in juxtaposed communication with the barrier panel, and has a proximal end generally adjacent the barrier panel, a distal end generally opposite the proximal end, and a length that is the distance between these ends, such that, after the barrier panel has been folded at or near the barrier panel's midpoint so its second end is brought near its first end and its edges brought together and secured by the panel attachment means to form a package, the fold protection panel folds at or near the pre-determined fold line to cover at least a portion of the edges of the folded barrier panel. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033138 | PACKAGE CLOSURE FOR WITHSTANDING INTERNAL FORCES - A reclosable package comprises a first panel having first and second side sections and a second panel having first and second side sections. The first panel opposes the second panel and is joined to the second panel along the first and second side sections. A bottom extends between the first and second side sections of the first and second panels with the first and second panels joined to each other. A mouth is disposed opposite the bottom and extends between the first and second side sections of the first second panels. A closure member extends along the mouth, with the closure member including a first fin joined to the first panel and second fin joined to the second panel. A sealing member having a first and second ends is disposed proximate the mouth. The ends of the sealing member can be attached to the fin or panel such that at least one of the first end or second ends of the sealing member is attached with peelable seal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033139 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A GUIDE RAIL AND GUIDE RAIL - The invention provides a method for the production of a guide rail of the type comprising at least two spaced apart guide faces which at corresponding sides are connected through a connecting web. A first step comprises manufacturing the guide rail in a configuration in which the guide faces, compared to their intended final position, are spaced apart further through an imaginary rotation around a part of the connecting web; a next step comprises moving the guide faces towards the intended final position. Further a guide rail is provided. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033140 | RAIL ASSEMBLY - A rail assembly includes an outer rail, a middle rail, an inner rail, and a retrieving unit. The outer rail has an outer rail space for accommodating the middle rail, the inner rail, and the retrieving unit. The middle rail slides in the outer rail space and has a middle rail space for accommodating the inner rail. The inner rail is accommodated in the middle rail and slides in the middle rail space. The retrieving unit is assembled on one end of the outer rail space. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033141 | Circulating System for a Linear Guideway - A circulating system for a linear guideway comprises a slide block, a slide rail, two cover plates, two end caps and plural rolling elements. The slide block is disposed on the slide rail. The two cover plates and the two end caps are disposed at two opposite ends of the slide block, respectively. Between the two cover plates and the two end caps are disposed inner return and outer return blocks, respectively, and the inner return and the outer return blocks each are defined with half rolling paths to form complete rolling paths. Both ends of a complete rolling path and both ends of a complete loaded path are connected to both ends of two complete return paths to complete circulation paths. The inner and outer return blocks are made by common plastic injection molding, and the formed rolling paths are made of plastic material. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033142 | HYBRID AIR FOIL BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An air foil bearing includes a top foil, one or more orifice tubes and two or more bump foil strips disposed within a housing. The top foil is forms a substantially circular shape having one or more sets of top foil orifice holes. Each set of top foil orifice holes has at least three top foil orifice holes along a circumference of the top foil. An orifice tube is provided for each set of top foil orifice holes. The orifice tube includes a flat side having a set of tube orifice holes connected to an outer surface of the top foil. The bump foil strip is attached to the outer surface of the top foil adjacent to each side of each orifice tube. Another embodiment uses a housing with an inner surface having a curved polygonal cross-sectional shape with an odd number of curved sides. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033143 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE IMPROVED IN ANTI-VIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC - A disk drive device includes a rotating body, a fluid dynamic bearing unit that rotatably supports the rotating body, and a drive unit. The fluid dynamic bearing unit has: a lubricant holding portion in which lubricant is held; a first thrust dynamic pressure groove with which a first thrust dynamic pressure generating portion for generating the dynamic pressure in the pump-in direction, which is oriented toward the inside of the lubricant holding portion, is structured; and a second thrust dynamic pressure groove with which a second thrust dynamic pressure generating portion for generating at least the dynamic pressure in the pump-out direction, is structured. The first thrust dynamic pressure generating portion and the second thrust dynamic pressure generating portion have dynamic pressure generation characteristics in which, when the rotating body is biased in the rotational axis direction from the state where the rotating body is floating in the lubricant, the sum of the changes in the dynamic pressure in the pump-out direction is larger than that of the changes in the dynamic pressure in the pump-in direction. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033144 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE - In a disk drive device according to an embodiment, radial dynamic pressure corresponding portions are structured such that the diameters thereof expand toward the axial outside of the sleeve, and that the shaft is in surface-contact with each of the radial dynamic pressure corresponding portions when the rotational drive of the disk drive device is stopped. Further, a herringborn-shaped radial dynamic pressure groove is formed in each of the radial dynamic pressure corresponding portions. The radial dynamic pressure groove in each radial dynamic pressure corresponding portion is formed such that the axial outside length from the turned-back portion of the herringborn-shape is longer than the axial inside length therefrom. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033145 | GREASE-SEALED ROLLING BEARING WITH ROTARY OUTER RACE - A grease-sealed rolling bearing with a rotary outer race is provided of which the lubricating grease has a long life, and which produces less cold-time noise and can effectively prevent leakage of grease. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033146 | INNER RING AND OUTER RING, AND BALL BEARING - A first fit portion and a second fit portion of an inner ring according to the invention have a spring property. Therefore, the first and second fit portions may be flexed radially outward by elasticity thereof and then fitted to a shaft. Thus, the inner ring is tightly fitted to the shaft with a set interference with respect to the shaft. Accordingly, it is easy to fit/remove the inner ring to/from the shaft. Therefore, an outer peripheral face of the shaft is pushed radially inward by elasticity of the first and second fit portions, that is, the inner ring is tightly fitted to the shaft, without reducing the ease of fitting/removing the inner ring to/from the shaft. As a result, it is possible to minimize generation of creep. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033147 | Bearing Assembly - A bearing assembly includes a first bearing comprising a first inner ring and a second bearing comprising a second inner ring. A sleeve-shaped spacer is disposed between and axially separates the first and second inner rings. An adhesive connects the spacer to the first and second inner rings. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033148 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A UNIVERSAL JOINT - The invention relates to a secured bearing arrangement for at least one journal of a universal joint, said journal being rotatable about an axis of rotation while being mounted in a housing. Said bearing arrangement comprises at least one universal joint housing that is provided with at least one bore which extends in the direction of an axis and has an internal surface as a bearing surface. A bearing bush which has a bearing axis and inside which the journal is mounted so as to be rotatable about its axis or rotation, is mounted on the internal surface within the bore. A securing element allows the bearing bush to be secured within the bore in one axial direction of the bearing axis, said one axial direction facing away from the journal. The securing element is disposed between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing in a radial direction of the bearing axis while being connected to the universal joint housing between the mounted bearing bush and the universal joint housing. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033149 | ANGULAR CONTACT ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING, ESPECIALLY DOUBLE ROW BALL ROLLER BEARING IN TANDEM ARRANGEMENT - A double roller bearing which has an outer and inner bearing ring and ball rollers, which have lateral faces and are arranged next to each other in rows, arranged between the bearing rings. The rollers roll in raceways incorporated into the inner face of the outer bearing ring and outer face of the inner bearing ring. The raceways run in parallel and have pressure angle axes that are pitched at a pressure angle relative to a bearing radial axis. The rollers have a distance relative to each other which excludes mutual frictional contacts. For this purpose, the distance of the pressure angle axes of the raceways is enlarged and both rows of rollers are guided in separate bearing cages, while the raceway of the rollers of the row with the larger reference circle arranged on the inner bearing ring has a one-sided axial extension using the distance. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033150 | OPTICAL TAPS FOR CIRCUIT BOARD-MOUNTED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - A method for installing an optical tap into an optical waveguide formed in a printed circuit board which comprises obtaining a printed circuit board having an optical waveguide formed therein, cutting a transverse groove that has a front plane and a back plane into the optical waveguide, such that the back plane of the groove forms an oblique angle relative to the incident beam of light, and inserting a pre-fabricated beamsplitter into the groove so that the beamsplitter is positioned at the oblique angle of incidence relative to the beam of light to enable a predetermined portion of the beam of light to be directed out of the waveguide. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033151 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE ROUTER - A fiber-optical, wavelength selective switch, especially for channel routing with equalization and blocking applications. The input signals are converted to light beams having predefined polarizations ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033152 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An optical assembly includes a first transparent substrate having first and second surfaces, a second transparent substrate having substantially parallel third and fourth surfaces, a reflective portion on the second transparent substrate, a plurality of filters between the first substrate and the reflective portion, the plurality of filters filtering light beams incident thereon, the plurality of filters and the reflective portion forming a bounce cavity within the second transparent substrate, a collimating lens for collimating light beams to be input to the bounce cavity, a tilt mechanism for introducing tilt to light beams input to the bounce cavity; an input port receiving light beams and an output port transmitting light beams. The tilt mechanism may be between the first and second substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033153 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AN OPTICAL PATH SPANNING A DISCONTINUITY IN AN OPTICAL CHANNEL - An apparatus for establishing an optical circuit path spanning a discontinuity in an optical channel supported by a first cable oriented about a first axis on a first side of the discontinuity and supported by a second cable section oriented about a second axis on a second side of the discontinuity includes: (a) a first coupling member coupled with the optical channel on the first side; (b) a first supporting member fixed with the first coupling member in an installed orientation in a clamping relation with the first cable section; (c) a second coupling member coupled with the optical channel on the second side; (d) a second supporting member fixed with the second coupling member in an installed orientation clamped with the second cable section; and (e) a connecting member optically coupling the first coupling member with the second coupling member to establish the optical circuit path. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033154 | Connector for Multiple Optical Fibers and Installation Apparatus - The present invention comprises a connector comprising shape memory material such as a shape memory alloy, an optical fiber conduit and an axial stress opening traversing the connector from the connector surface to the fiber conduit and along at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the connector. The fiber conduit is dimensioned for optical fibers and to secure two optical fibers in abutment alignment for light signal transmission from one fiber to the other, with minimal attenuation and for securing the fibers without crushing or other damage to the fibers. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of bringing optical fibers in abutment connection for signal conduction using a connector as above, wherein a wedging force is applied to the stress opening, whereby the wedging force will induce separation of the side walls of the slot and expansion of the fiber conduit for insertion of optical fibers and their abutment connection and securing of the fibers in abutment connection, when the wedging force is removed. Alternatively, a force may be applied to either side of the stress opening to again expand the opening and fiber conduit for the purpose of placement of optical fibers within the fiber conduit. Removal of the force will allow retention of the fibers in abutment connection of the fibers. In a still further embodiment, the present invention relates to an apparatus which applies a wedging force to a stress opening for expansion of a fiber conduit and insertion of optical fibers and their retention, light transmission abutment and connection in a connector as above. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033155 | OPTICAL/ELECTRICAL COMPOSITE CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In an optical/electrical composite connector including a male connector and a female connector, the male connector includes a ferrule provided at an end portion of an optical fiber on a side of the male connector which is connected to the female connector, and an electrode terminal. The female connector includes a core to transmit an optical signal, a cladding to cover the core, an electric wiring provided on an outer wall surface of the cladding, a sleeve in which the ferrule is fitted, the sleeve provided at an end portion of the cladding on a side of the female connector which is connected to the male connector, and a lens provided in the sleeve. When the ferrule and the sleeve are fitted together, the electrode terminal and the electric wiring are electrically connected and the optical fiber and the core are optically connected through the lens. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033156 | Microstructured Fiber End - An optical fiber having microstructured terminal end suitable for reducing Fresnel losses. In an exemplary embodiment, the microstructured surface includes a plurality of protrusions, recesses or combinations thereof that effectively and incrementally change the refractive index of the terminal end of the optical fiber such that the refractive index is gradually drawn closer to the refractive index value of the surrounding environmental medium. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033157 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE INLET DEVICE - An inlet device is described herein for inserting a telecommunication cable into a telecommunications enclosure. An exemplary inlet device comprises a housing, and a compression member. The housing can include a compressible portion at the second end of the housing and a securing zone adjacent to the first end of the housing. The securing zone can include a plurality of deformable locking elements which protrude from opposite sides of the housing to lock the inlet device in a close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033158 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR HOLDER AND METHOD - A fiber optic connector holder is sized to fit within an opening for mounting a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector holder is configured to permit a fiber optic connector with a dust cap positioned about a ferrule and a polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule to be inserted within and releasably held by the connector holder. A system for holding fiber optic connectors includes a fiber optic connector holder mounted within an opening in a bulkhead for mounting a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector holder is configured to receive a fiber optic connector with a dust cap mounted about a ferrule and polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule. A optical fiber connector may be held to a bulkhead when the fiber optic connector includes a dust cap mounted about a ferrule and a polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033159 | Optical fiber connecting part and optical module using the same - An optical fiber connecting part has a ferrule, and a guide bore penetrating through the ferrule and configured to guide an optical fiber to be inserted. The guide bore has a first bore provided at one end of the ferrule, through which the optical fiber is inserted into the ferrule, a second bore provided at another end of the ferrule, the second bore having an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first bore, and an intermediate bore provided between the first bore and the second bore to directly connect between the first bore and the second bore. A center axis of the second bore is shifted from a center axis of the first bore. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033160 | CAPILLARY TUBE FOR HOLDING AN OPTICAL FIBER - Provided is a capillary tube ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033161 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF CLAD LAYER, RESIN FILM FOR PRODUCTION OF CLAD LAYER UTILIZING THE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL MODULE EACH UTILIZING THE RESIN COMPOSITION OR THE RESIN FILM - The present invention provides a resin composition and film for forming a cladding layer of an optical waveguide, which composition contains (A) a (meth)acrylic polymer having a weight average molecular weight more than 100,000, (B) a urethane (meth)acrylate, and (D) a radical polymerization initiator; and an optical waveguide and an optical module produced by use of the composition or film. There can be provided a resin composition for forming a cladding layer and a resin film for forming a cladding layer, which exhibit excellent bending durability and twisting durability, and an optical waveguide and an optical module each produced therefrom. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033162 | RARE EARTH-DOPED FIBER OPTIC DEVICE FOR EMITTING OR AMPLIFYING A SIGNAL IN THE "S" BAND - Device for the emission or amplification of a signal, comprising an optical fibre ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110033163 | SPLICED FIBER TRAY SOFT DUROMETER MATERIAL (SDM) MANIFOLD - A manifold for holding spliced optical fibers contained within fiberoptic ribbons in a secure and motionless manner. The manifold includes a “clamp” made from soft durometer material (SDM) such as high strength silicone mold-making rubber or dry polymer gel that has been partially sliced to a depth of about 75%. The manifold permits ease of insertion of a spliced optical fiber by itself, or a fiber associated with a ribbon, into, and removal from, an SDM-slice without disturbing other fibers, or ribbons, respectively, that are held in other slices in the manifold. In a particular embodiment SDM fills a four-sided hard plastic box to overflow. Slices in SDM are parallel to each other. The box has a hinged cover to exert pressure on overflow SDM material when the cover is closed to increase enveloping force on splice-junctions of embedded bare-glass optical fibers and on the ribbons containing those fibers. The ribbons, containing their embedded fibers, exit the box, left and right, via angled or skewed cut-outs in the side walls of the box. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033164 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION CABINET - A telecommunications connection cabinet includes a termination region, a fiber optic splitter mounting location, and a predetermined connector storage region positioned within an interior of a housing. The termination region includes telecommunications adapters, each telecommunications adapter being configured for coupling together two fiber optic connectors such that an optical interconnection is made between the two fiber optic connectors. The connector storage region is spaced from the termination region. The storage region defines openings allotted to removably mount connector storage housings at the connector storage region. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033165 | CONNECTORS FOR CABLE CARRYING CONDUITS - A connector for a conduit for a cable (e.g. an optical fibre cable or a power cable). The connector comprises a hollow body having a throughway for the cable with a coupling for a conduit at one end and a cavity in which an annular seal is located. An actuator is provided to compress the seal radially inwardly into engagement with the cable and into engagement with said side of the cavity to block flow of fluid (gas or liquid) through the cavity and/or to grip the cable. The connector may have means to retain the actuator in the position in which it compresses the seal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET ACCESS TO A PERSONAL TELEVISION SERVICE - A communication system and a family of methods for remote access to personal television service are disclosed. According to this invention, a remote personal TV service center provides centralized program guide information. A user may access to the personal TV service center through a digital video recorder which is connected to the personal TV service center via telephone modem or a network server. A user may access to the personal TV service center through a remote computer terminal or a personal digital assistant which is connected to a computer network. The user selects program events and programs the digital video recorder by using a graphical user interface installed in the front panel of the digital video recorder in case of local programming, or using a similar GUI which is incorporated into the Web pages presented to remote users by a Web server in case of remote programming. The media stream stored in one digital video recorder may be transferred to another digital video recorder. For data security protection during data transfer, all communication are authenticated and encrypted. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033167 | MEDIA RETURN SYSTEM - A system includes a consumer electronic device adapted to render a media content and a hand-held, portable device having a touch screen display, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. The processing unit of the hand-held, portable device uses data related to the media content received via the receiver to cause command icons related to rendering of the media content to be defined and displayed in the touch screen display and to cause the transmitter to transmit one or more commands for controlling a functional operation related to rendering of the media content by the consumer electronic device in response to a user interaction with one or more of the command icons caused to displayed in the touch screen display. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033168 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FAST SEEKING WITHIN A MEDIA STREAM BUFFER - A method of seeking within a time shift buffer includes receiving a media stream from a remotely located media source over a network, and generating a time shift buffer associated with the media stream. The time shift buffer includes a number of frames with keyframes provided at a certain intervals. When a seek request associated with a desired time within the media stream is received, the system determines a nearest keyframe within the set of keyframes that is previous to and closest in time to the desired time, displays the nearest keyframe, then considers in turn each of the frames subsequent to the nearest keyframe until a desired frame corresponding to the desired time is reached displayed. The system cancels the previous examining step and determines a new nearest keyframe in the event a second seek request is received. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033169 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files based on the respective advanced IDs, and reproducing the identified respective resource files. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033170 | Recording medium, playback device, integrated circuit - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033171 | Signal processing device, reproducing device, signal processing method and program - There is provided a signal processing device which includes a change position detection unit that detects stepwise change positions of an n-bit quantized signal generated from an input signal; a density detection unit that calculates a value indicating a degree of density of the stepwise change positions detected by the change position detection unit; and a first low-frequency component extraction unit that extracts a desired low-frequency component from the input signal based on the value indicating the degree of density of the change positions calculated by the density detection unit. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033172 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files based on the respective advanced IDs, and reproducing the identified respective resource files. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033173 | Control Electronics for Brushless Motors - An electronic control circuit for a brushless motor has an input power circuit providing a DC voltage and a microcontroller integrated circuit receiving the DC voltage. The microcontroller integrated circuit provides three-phase control signals according to a space vector control method. A microprocessor connected to the microcontroller integrated circuit executes supervisory control over the electronic control circuit. An inverter circuit receives the three-phase control signals from the microcontroller integrated circuit and provides driving signals to the brushless motor based on the three-phase control signals received from the microcontroller integrated circuit. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033174 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR A VARIABLE FREQUENCY DC MOTOR - The present invention discloses a control circuit for a variable frequency DC motor, the control circuit comprising: a controller, having a voltage sensing input end and a control output end, wherein the control output end is used to deliver an output signal according to the difference between a threshold voltage and the voltage at the voltage sensing input end; a transistor, having a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the voltage sensing input end, and the second terminal is coupled to the variable frequency DC motor, and the third terminal is coupled to a reference ground; and a voltage divider, coupled between the second terminal and the third terminal, used to generate a feedback voltage for the voltage sensing input end; wherein the voltage at the second terminal is regulated according to the threshold voltage. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033175 | ANNEALING APPARATUS - An annealing apparatus includes heating sources | 2011-02-10 |
20110033176 | LIQUID HEATING DEVICES - An apparatus for heating a measured amount of water comprises a heating chamber, a dispensing chamber and a conduit for conveying water from the heating chamber to an inlet of the dispensing chamber. The apparatus is arranged such that an increase in pressure associated with boiling forces heated water into the conduit and then into the dispensing chamber. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033177 | Imaging Device and Video Recording/Reproducing System - Disclosed herein is an imaging device that includes a photographing lens configured to focus light from a subject, a splitter configured to split the focused light to left and right in an area, in which light diffused from one point of the subject becomes parallel light, so as to respectively form different polarized lights, an imaging lens configured to respectively image the split different polarized lights, a transmission unit configured to receive the imaged different polarized lights on the same plane so as to transmit any one of the polarized lights in each area of the plane, an imaging element configured to convert the transmitted light on the plane into an image according to an electronic signal, and an image generating unit configured to extract and interpolate the converted image in each area so as to generate two different images. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033178 | LENS BARREL, CAMERA AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a telescopic cylinder, at least one movable lens, and a retractable lens. The telescopic cylinder includes at least one movable cylinder that can be accommodated in a fixed cylinder. The movable lens is retained in the movable cylinder. An optical axis of the movable lens determines a reference axis of the lens barrel. The retractable lens can be retracted in a plane perpendicular to the reference axis from a photographing position on the reference axis to a retracted position off the reference axis. In a photographing state, the retractable lens is adjacent to the movable lens, and the movable lens and the retractable lens are coaxially aligned along the reference axis. The retractable lens moves to the reference axis from the retracted position immediately after the movable cylinder of the movable lens reaches a maximum protruded position. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033179 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus allows an interior structure including a camera unit to make a retreating movement in response to a shock applied to a cover from various directions. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit including a lens and an image sensor, a dome cover covering the camera unit, a tilt support stand tilt-rotatably supporting the camera unit, a pan rotary support member pan-rotating together with the tilt support stand, and an elastic member arranged on the pan rotary support member and imparting an urging force to the tilt support stand. When a force is applied from the dome cover, the camera unit can make a retreating movement in a vertical direction and a slanting direction. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033180 | Method and Appartus for Regulating Rogue Behavior in Optical Network Transmission Devices - A method and apparatus for regulating rogue behavior in optical transmission devices. The apparatus, for example, may be implemented in one or more of the ONTs in a PON. The ONT includes an optical transmitter that may be disabled by a command generated by the ONT itself if rogue behavior is detected or suspected. To detect rogue behavior, at least one output indictor, such as LBC or MPC, is monitored during one or more monitoring windows. If monitoring indicates that the optical transmitter is transmitting more than a pre-determined threshold, a suspect rogue flag is set, for example in an I2C register. The register is read, preferably a number of successive times, and a determination is made whether to disable the optical transmitter. In some embodiments, the OLT is queried as part of this determination. The disability may be permanent, until a manual service operation, for example, or temporary. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033181 | APPARATUS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION PROVIDING INTUITIVE INFORMATION AND METHOD USING THE SAME - There is disclosed a visible light communication technology capable of intuitively recognizing a transmission speed, an alignment state, a communication state, or a transmission rate. A visible light communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source selecting unit selecting at least one light source from among a plurality of light sources generating lights having different wavelengths by considering intuitive information distinguished depending on a wavelength in a visible light band; and a visible light communication unit performing visible light communication by at least one selected light source to allow the intuitive information to be recognized by a color corresponding to at least one selected light source. Accordingly, a user using the visible light communication can intuitively know an optimal communication state or transmission speed. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033182 | Spectral efficiency estimation in coherent receivers - The present invention relates to optical transmission systems. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system for estimating the spectral efficiency which may be achievable in an optical transmission network and for adapting the parameters of the transmission network to the achievable spectral efficiency. A method and system for controlling an optical transmission system comprising a first and a second optical transmission channel is described. The first optical transmission channel is affected by the second optical transmission channel. The method comprises the steps of measuring the inverse signal-to-noise ratio of the first channel for a plurality of input power levels used by the first and second channel; determining a contribution of the second channel to the inverse signal-to-noise ratio; and determining the input power to the second channel, such that an overall throughput of the first and second channel is maximized. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033183 | 1:N sparing of router resources at geographically dispersed locations - Systems and methods are described that that dynamically configure high-speed data link lightpaths between access routers and backbone routers at geographically dispersed locations to reassign traffic when a backbone router fails or is removed from service. Embodiments reduce the quantity of backbone router ports used in dual backbone router-homed networks. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033184 | Side Band Pilot Tone for Digital Signal Processing in Polarization Multiplexed Coherent Optical Communication System - A method comprising generating a plurality of first symbols that correspond to a side band pilot tone (SBPT) signal for a plurality of data streams, mapping the first symbols into a plurality of second symbols that correspond to a plurality of signal components of the polarization multiplexed (PM) optical signal, and transmitting the second symbols in a plurality of data blocks of a PM optical signal. An apparatus comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to obtain a data block that comprises a plurality of SBPTs in a received PM optical signal, estimate a set of values for a carrier frequency and a polarization state, update a tap weight of a master equalizer based on the estimated set of values, and update a plurality of slave equalizers based on the updated tap weight of the master equalizer. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033185 | TIME AND WAVELENGTH-SHIFTED DYNAMIC BIDIRECTIONAL SYSTEM - A bidirectional optical network, in which an incoming/downstream modulated optical signal(s) of a particular wavelength may carry content from a headend to a subscriber. An incoming/downstream unmodulated continuous wave optical signal(s) from the headend is time-shifted (i.e., time delayed with respect to just received incoming/downstream optical signal(s)), collected, modulated and sent back as return/upstream optical signal(s) from the subscriber to the headend. The return/upstream optical signal(s) may have the same wavelength or a slightly shifted wavelength relative to incoming/downstream optical signal(s). Wavelength, bandwidth, subscriber priority and service (content) provider may be fixed, dynamically, or statistically assigned. A modulated marker optical signal(s) is sent along with a modulated data optical signal simultaneously in a different plane. The modulated data optical signal(s) can therefore be securely delivered to a subscriber(s) according to the marker identification. Furthermore a device can be constructed from a group of components comprising an integrated tunable laser-modulator, a wavelength converter, a cyclic arrayed waveguide grating router, a photonic bandgap cyclic arrayed waveguide grating router, a burst enabled detector in order to electro-optically connect network elements, processors and chipsets on a printed circuit board. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033186 | Method, System and Radio Station for Interference Cancellation - A method detects a first baseband signal sent by a first sending station via an air interface to a first radio station of a radio communications system. A first receive signal, which contains the first baseband signal superposed with at least a second baseband signal sent by a second sending station to a second radio station, is received by the first radio station. The first radio station uses at least a second receive signal received by the second radio station for detection of the first baseband signal. The second receive signal contains at least the second baseband signal, and is used to at least partially cancel the interference in the first receive signal caused by the second baseband signal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033187 | SPLIT/SMART CHANNEL ALLOCATED WDM-PON ARCHITECTURE - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a dual split passive optical network (PON) may be provided that includes an optical splitting device, and a first and second distribution fibers connected to the optical splitting device. A first cyclic AWG may be coupled to the optical splitting device via the first distribution fiber and a second cyclic AWG may be coupled to the optical splitting device via the second distribution fiber. In other example embodiments, an asymmetric power splitting ratio may be used for the splitting device, or optical seeds and/or optical data signals may be allocated to each of the cyclic AWGs based on a performance of the optical data signals and/or power loss/attenuation of the respective distribution fibers. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033188 | PLUGGABLE CONVERSION MODULE FOR A DATA TRANSPORT CARD OF A WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM - A data transport card comprising an interface to receive high speed data streams from at least one client, and a pluggable conversion module which converts said data streams into optical data signals and couples these optical data signals into at least one wavelength division multiplexing channel for transport of said optical data signals via an optical fibre. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033189 | RETURN PATH COMPLIANCE IN NETWORKS - This disclosure is directed to techniques for facilitating return path compliance in networks. A device, such as an optical network terminal (ONT), may, for example, buffer a digital representation of an upstream analog signal to facilitate return path compliance specified by a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.0 standard. The ONT may comprise a first conversion module that converts an upstream analog signal into a corresponding digital signal and a signal detection module that determines whether the upstream analog signal represents a valid upstream communication. The device may further comprise a buffer that buffers the corresponding digital signal while the signal detection module makes the determination, a second conversion module that converts the buffered digital signal into a reconverted upstream analog signal upon the determination that the upstream analog signal is valid and a laser that transmits the reconverted upstream analog signal via a fiber optical cable. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033190 | DIGITAL HARNESS WITH ANALOG INPUTS - A digital data harness, uses a signal specific conditioning circuit to interface with analog sensors. The signal specific conditioning circuits convert data signals from analog to digital and thereby allow the signals to be transmitted over a digital data harness. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHASE RECOVERY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for phase recovery of at least two channels comprising the steps of (i) a phase is estimated for each channel; (ii) the phase estimated of each channel is superimposed by a coupling factor with at least one other phase estimated. Further, a communication system is suggested comprising such a device. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033192 | Small Packaged Tunable Optical Transmitter - According to one embodiment, the present application includes a tunable optical transmitter configured in a small package. The tunable optical transmitter includes a housing with a volume formed by exterior walls. An electrical input interface is positioned at the first end of the housing and configured to receive an information-containing electrical signal. An optical output interface is positioned at the second end of the housing and configured to transmit an optical communication beam. A tunable semiconductor laser is positioned in the interior space and operable to emit a laser beam having a selectable wavelength. A semiconductor-based modulator is positioned in the interior space along an optical path of the laser beam and operatively coupled to the optical output interface. The semiconductor-based modulator is configured to impart modulation to the laser beam corresponding to an information-containing electrical signal received through the electrical input interface. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033193 | MODULATION METHOD, MODULATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, MODULATION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - A modulation method according to the invention is applied to a modulation device in which a light source is driven by a differential signal while a modulation circuit and the light source are capacitively coupled. In the modulation method of the invention, when an average potential fluctuates at an input terminal of the light source, a potential fluctuation is externally provided using a control circuit such that a normal phase side and a reverse phase side become equal to each other in a time constant of the fluctuation in average potential, and transient states of the average potentials at the normal phase side and reverse phase side are equalized and cancel each other as in-phase components of a signal input to the light source, which allows an optical signal to be normally transmitted from the light source. The optical signal can normally be transmitted from the light source even before the average potentials at a normal phase input terminal and a reverse phase input terminal of the light source are stabilized. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033194 | REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT - The invention is directed to decreasing the power consumption of a remote control signal receiving circuit. A receiving circuit includes a timing signal generation circuit generating a timing signal, a power supply circuit intermittently operating a light receiving element receiving a remote control signal by supplying power to the light receiving element when the timing signal is at a first level and by halting supplying power to the light receiving element when the timing signal is at a second level, a sampling signal generation circuit generating a sampling signal during the operation of the light receiving element corresponding to the timing signal, a sampling circuit sampling an output signal from the light receiving element corresponding to the sampling signal, and a detection circuit detecting the output signal sent from the light receiving element and sampled by the sampling circuit. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033195 | POLARIZATION DIVERSITY RECEIVER SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION MITIGATION - The present disclosure relates to polarization diversity receiver systems and methods with polarization mode dispersion mitigation through processing. Specifically, the present invention includes a direct-detection receiver system that removes the requirement for a LO and an ADC thereby improving power, size, and cost over existing solutions, while at the same time allowing sufficient electronic processing to mitigate PMD impairment. The present invention can be realized in a processing block in CMOS technology front-ended with a polarization diversity receiver utilizing a 90 deg. optical hybrid. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033196 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DENSITY CORRECTION FUNCTION AND DENSITY CORRECTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus with a correction function for correcting density of an image, including: an image bearing member configured to convey the image in a first direction; and a controller configured to perform a bias correction and a γ correction for the density, wherein the controller includes: a test patch generator configured to generate on the image bearing member a test patch including a first test patch and a second test patch; a first density sensor configured to detect density of the first test patch; a second density sensor configured to detect density of the second test patch; a selector configured to select one of a first detection signal from the first density sensor and a second detection signal from the second density sensor as a bias-correction detection signal and another detection signal as a γ-correction detection signal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033197 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A fixing device including a heating roller; a pressure roller forming a nip section by making contact with the heating roller; a controller for controlling the surface temperature of the heating roller so that it becomes a predetermined set temperature; an amount of decrease detector for detecting an amount of decrease in the surface temperature of the pressure roller between before and after the passing of the paper sheet through the nip section; a determiner for specifying a required temperature required to perform the fixing for the paper sheet on the basis of the amount of decrease and for determining whether the set temperature is acceptable as the required temperature; and a temperature compensator for correcting the set temperature so that the set temperature is acceptable as the required temperature in the case that the determiner has determined that the set temperature is not acceptable as the required temperature. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033198 | INTERNAL WARMING-UP METHOD AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING WARMING-UP DEVICE - A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a warming-up device including a first duct connected to a fan to lead warm exhaust air sucked from an image forming apparatus into an apparatus, a second duct provided to lead the warm exhaust air discharged by a fan or ambient Air in a housing to the fan, and a control valve that performs switching control to lead, when a temperature sensor measures temperature equal to or higher than proper operation temperature, high-temperature Air in the housing and the warm exhaust air such that the fan discharges the high-temperature Air and the warm exhaust air to the outside and lead, when the temperature sensor measures temperature lower than the proper operation temperature, the warm exhaust air to the mechanical members of the sheet post-processing apparatus and the temperature sensor. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033199 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BODY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer body is provided. An intermediate transfer body includes an intermediate transfer belt and a belt cleaning section including a cleaning blade. A plurality of projecting portions extending in parallel with a rotation direction of the intermediate transfer belt are provided on a surface of an elastic layer of the intermediate transfer belt. The cleaning blade is formed such that a width W | 2011-02-10 |
20110033200 | BELT CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning blade and a waste toner case. The cleaning blade is a plate-like elastic member that extends in parallel with a width direction of an intermediate transfer belt and is provided so that one end of a lateral direction thereof abuts on an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt. The waste toner case supports the other end in the lateral direction of the cleaning blade. The cleaning blade is formed such that a width W | 2011-02-10 |
20110033201 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a cartridge accommodating a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive member, a supporter detachably mounting the cartridge, and a preventor. The supporter moves between an inside position where the cartridge forms an image inside a main assembly of the apparatus and an outside position where the cartridge is mounted and demounted outside the main assembly. The preventor moves between a first position in which it prevents, when the cartridge is not mounted, movement of the supporter from the outside position to the inside position by contacting a portion thereof, and a second position, retracted from the first position, in which the it permits, when the cartridge is mounted, the movement of the supporter from the outside position to the inside position. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033202 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a photosensitive member unit detachably mountable relative to the housing and which includes a photosensitive member; a transfer belt unit detachably mountable relative to the housing which includes a transfer belt member and a spacing mechanism for spacing the transfer belt member from the photosensitive member; a shaft member, provided in the housing, for supporting the photosensitive member; a guiding portion, provided on the photosensitive member unit, for guiding mounting, to the housing, of the photosensitive member unit; and a rotation regulating member, provided on the transfer belt unit, for regulating a movement of the guiding portion, in the a rotational direction, of the photosensitive member at the time of the mounting of the photosensitive unit to the housing. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033203 | TONER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE TONER, DEVELOPER INCLUDING THE TONER, CONTAINER CONTAINING THE TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TONER - An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member; developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a toner to prepare a toner image on the image bearing member; transferring the toner image onto a receiving material; and cleaning the surface of the image bearing member with a cleaning blade; wherein a surface of the image bearing member has a friction coefficient of from 0.10 to 0.40, and wherein the toner has an average circularity of from 0.97 to 1.00 and includes toner particles and a particulate material having an average particle diameter of from 0.03 to 1 μm, wherein the particulate material is externally added to the toner particles by a wet method. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033204 | Organic Photoreceptor, Image Forming Apparatus and Process Cartridge - In the present invention, disclosed is an organic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a photosensitive layer and a protective layer provided on the photosensitive layer, the protective layer formed with alumina particles each comprising a reactive organic group. Also provided is an organic photoreceptor with which electrophotographic images having high durability together with high image quality can be obtained by improving a wear property of the organic photoreceptor up to the same level as that of an amorphous silicon photoreceptor, as well as by improving image flow and image blur which are easy to be generated at high temperature and high humidity. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033205 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE ENDLESS BELT - The present invention provides an electroconductive endless belt that has a good melt stability during the molding of the belt as well as an excellent durability and surface properties. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033206 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A driving force transmitting apparatus includes a driving source; a drive pulley rotatable by a driving force supplied from the driving source; a follower pulley rotatable with a member to be rotated; a belt member extending around a cylindrical surface of the driving pulley and a cylindrical surface of the follower pulley; and an intermediate transmission member disposed between the driving pulley and the follower pulley, the intermediate transmission member having a rigidity higher than that of the belt member and contacted to the pulleys or opposed to the pulleys with the belt member therebetween. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033207 | TONER USING RESIN BEING INSOLUBLE IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A toner using an organic solvent-insoluble resin and a method of preparing the same. The toner includes: a binder resin that comprises an organic solvent-insoluble resin and an acid group-containing resin, a coloring agent, and at least one additive, wherein the organic solvent-insoluble resin is a crosslinked polyester resin or a cyclic olefin co-polymer (COC) resin, and the ratio of the organic solvent-insoluble resin to the acid group-containing resin is in the range of 5:95 to 40:60 on a weight basis. The toner can be applied to an electrophotographic imaging apparatus. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033208 | DEVELOPING DEVICE USABLE WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPER DELIVERY DEVICE THEREOF - A developing device usable with an image forming apparatus having a developer delivery device of an improved drive configuration. The developing device includes a developer storage unit, a rotating member arranged in the developer storage unit, and a plurality of developer delivery members arranged in an axial direction of the rotating member to be rotated around the rotating member upon receiving rotation power from the rotating member. A first power-transmission structure may be provided between at least one of the plurality of developer delivery members and the rotating member to allow slip therebetween. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033209 | FEED ROLLER HAVING TAKE-OFF MAGNETS - An electrophotographic imaging system has a dielectric support member (DSM), a primary charging station configured to form a charge layer on the DSM, and an exposure station configured to selectively discharge the charge layer formed on the DSM, thereby producing a latent image on the DSM. The electrophotographic imaging system also has a development station configured to develop the latent image on the DSM with toner. The development station has a rotating shell, a rotating magnetic core within the rotating shell, and a sump. The development station also has a feeding apparatus configured to supply fresh developer from the sump to the rotating shell. The feeding apparatus has a feed roller, one or more feed magnets within the feed roller, and one or more take-off magnets within the feed roller. The feed roller is rotatable around the one or more feed magnets and the one or more take-off magnets. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033210 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND CARTRIDGE - A developing device includes a developing container for accommodating a developer; a developer carrying member, provided rotatably in the developing container, for carrying and feeding the developer to develop an electrostatic image; a developer feeding member, including an elastic feeding portion and being rotatably provided in the developing container, for feeding the developer in the developing container toward the developer carrying member; and a circulation changing member for changing circulation of the developer in the neighborhood of the developer carrying member. In a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the developer carrying member, the circulation changing member is provided in a maximum rotation area of the developer feeding member so as to create a gap between itself and an entire inner surface of the developing container and a gap between itself and the developer carrying member. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033211 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method using toner comprising toner particles having a core-shell structure comprising a core particle incorporating a viscous material and a shell layer covering the above core particle is disclosed. The method comprises steps of a toner image forming step on a dielectric drum; a first pressure applying step in which the shell layer of the toner particles forming the toner image is subjected to a preliminary break treatment by a first pressure roller, which is arranged in contact with the dielectric drum; and a transfer/fixing step in which a toner image made by the toner particles which have been subjected to a preliminary break treatment by the first pressure applying step is transferred and fixed to an image support by a second pressure roller which is arranged in contact with the dielectric drum. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033212 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image; a transfer member forming a nip with the image bearing member to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material at the nip, wherein the image forming apparatus is operable in a marginless printing mode in which the toner image formed on the image bearing member is larger than a size of the transfer material, and the toner image is transferred as far as edges of the transfer material; and a charging member for effecting electric discharge toward the image bearing member, the charging member being disposed at such a position as is opposed to a side of the transfer material which receives the toner image in an upstream side of the nip with respect to a feeding direction of the transfer material, wherein when the apparatus operates in the marginless printing mode, the charging member effects the electric discharge toward the toner existing in an area of the image bearing member which corresponds to an area which is outside beyond the edge of the transfer material at the nip to electrically charge the toner in the outside area to a polarity opposite a regular polarity. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033213 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer apparatus includes a transfer belt being configured to carry an image, a transfer roller having an elastic layer and being configured to transfer the image from the transfer belt onto a transfer material, and a backup roller being configured to have pressure against the transfer roller with the transfer belt therebetween in order to form a transfer nip portion. The transfer nip portion includes a pressure-contact nip and a contact nip. A length of the contact nip is smaller than half a length of the pressure-contact nip in the rotational direction of the transfer roller. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033214 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device including: a fixing member; a pressing member to form a nip portion between the pressing member and the fixing member, wherein the fixing member and the pressing member sandwich a recording medium, fix a toner image on the recording medium and convey the recording medium; a detection unit for detecting that a leading edge of the recording medium is located at the nip portion; a first air jetting unit for separating the recording medium from the fixing member by jetting air only to a position close to the leading edge of the recording medium having passed the nip portion based on the detection result by the detection unit; and a second jetting unit for jetting air to the recording medium whose leading edge has passed through the nip portion. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033215 | FUSER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FUSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a fuser includes a rotatable heating member having a plurality of holes formed on difference areas, which are not overlapped with each other and which are the difference between an area in the rotating direction where a sheet having a first width is in contact during the conveyance and an area in the rotating direction where a sheet having a second width, different from the first width, is in contact during the conveyance, and a rotatable pressing member that is brought into contact with the rotatable heating member and conveys the sheet as nipping the sheet with the rotatable heating member. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033216 | IMAGE DELETE APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING METHOD OF IMAGE DELETE APPARATUS - An image delete apparatus has a paper feed tray that feeds recording media, a group of sensors containing a double-feed detection sensor that senses double-feed of the recording media and a media sensor that senses thicknesses of the recording media, a folding unit, and an auxiliary carrying path, and includes a collecting unit that folds and collects the recording media. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033217 | Image Forming System and Post-Processing Apparatus - There is described an image forming system, which confirms a finished state of an image at any time during the implementation of the image forming job as needed. The system includes: an image forming section to respectively form images on recording materials; a stacking section to stack the recording materials continuously ejected from the image forming section; an instruction inputting section from which an operator inputs instruction information; an ejecting section to stack a part of the recording materials in such a manner that the operator can pick up stacked recording materials by hand; a controlling section to conduct controlling operations in response to the instruction information, inputted from the instruction inputting section during an implementation of an image forming job including an operation for stacking the recording materials ejected from the image forming section, in order to eject the part of the recording materials onto the ejecting section. | 2011-02-10 |
20110033218 | STAPLING APPARATUS, FINISHING APPARATUS, AND STAPLING METHOD - A stapling apparatus includes: a stapler having an opening, into which plural sheets are inserted while being laid one on top of another, and configured to staple one end of the sheets; first and second switches configured to be turned on when the sheets are inserted into the opening of the stapler and respective edges of adjacent two sides of the sheets are pressed; and a stapler driving unit configured to instruct the stapler to perform stapling when both the first and second switches are turned on. | 2011-02-10 |