| 09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20090052778 | Electronic Annotation Of Documents With Preexisting Content - In a pen-based computing system, a printed version of a document having preexisting content is annotated using a smart pen. The smart pen captures handwriting gestures to obtain an electronic representation of the annotations. The smart pen computing system identifies a digital version of the document having the preexisting content and stores the electronic representation of the annotations in association with the digital document. The smart pen computing system may overlay the electronic representation of the annotations with the preexisting content to provide a digital representation of the annotated document. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052779 | OBJECT RECOGNIZING APPARATUS - There is provided an object recognizing apparatus capable of recognizing a shape of an object in a stable manner with a small amount of calculation, even when data of non-target object is mixedly contained. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052780 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING FEATURE POINTS FROM DIGITAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method for extracting feature points from an image in a multiprocessor system having a plurality of processors, the method including: dividing an original image into a plurality of regions so as to be allocated to a plurality of processors of the multiprocessor system; performing, by the plurality of processors, blurring operations by levels; dividing the images blurred by levels into a plurality of regions to be allocated to the processors and calculating, by the plurality of processors, differences of Gaussian (DoGs); and generating feature point data according to the calculated DoGs. Because a plurality of processors performs the operations of the method, the total time to extract the feature points from the image is significantly reduced. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052781 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REPRESENTING A PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION OF AN IMAGE - Under the present invention, an image is progressively blurred to yield a set of (progressive) scaling levels. Once blurred, the edges of the image are detected so that each image segment can be identified on each scaling level. Once the segments are identified, like segments (i.e., segments having a like edge/Gaussian operator) on successive scaling levels are linked to yield a lattice structure that represents the perceptual organization of the image. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052782 | Image processing device - An image processing device is structured such that an appropriate judgement of an image, at which blurring or disappearance or the like will occur, is possible. When pixels, which form a line image at which there is the possibility that blurring or disappearance will occur at the time of printing by using a printing plate, are extracted, a line image warning function gives notice by displaying a warning message on a monitor of a client terminal. Thereafter, image converting and print setting are carried out such that an extracted line image is clarified. In this way, when a proof is prepared, an image, at which there is the possibility that blurring or disappearance will occur on a printed matter obtained by using a printing plate, is clarified, and appropriate proofing is possible. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052783 | SIMILAR SHOT DETECTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SIMILAR SHOT DETECTING METHOD - If a difference between feature values of frames from different shots is within a predetermined error range, one or more target frames are selected from each of the shots. Based on face areas in the selected target frames, the feature values of the target frames are calculated. If a difference between the feature values of the target frames is within a predetermined error range, these shots, from which these similar frames are originally retrieved, are assigned with the same shot attribute and set to be similar shots. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052784 | Detection And Classification Of Matches Between Time-Based Media - A system and method detects matches between portions of video content. A matching module receives an input video fingerprint representing an input video and a set of reference fingerprints representing reference videos in a reference database. The matching module compares the reference fingerprints and input fingerprints to generate a list of candidate segments from the reference video set. Each candidate segment comprises a time-localized portion of a reference video that potentially matches the input video. A classifier is applied to each of the candidate segments to classify the segment as a matching segment or a non-matching segment. A result is then outputted identifying a matching portion of a reference video from the reference video set based on the segments classified as matches. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052785 | REJECTING OUT-OF-VOCABULARY WORDS - Enhanced rejection of out-of-vocabulary words, in which, based on applying an input gesture to hidden Markov models collectively modeling a vocabulary of training gestures, a likelihood that the input gesture matches each training gesture, and a quantity of states of the input gesture that match corresponding states of a modeled training gesture determined to have a highest likelihood are determined. The input gesture is rejected if the determined quantity does not satisfy a threshold. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052786 | COMPUTER VISION-BASED METHODS FOR ENHANCED JBIG2 AND GENERIC BITONAL COMPRESSION - A system and method of symbol matching may include a processor configured to determine which pixels of a first symbol are tangent pixels; for each of the determined tangent pixels, determine whether a second symbol includes a pixel corresponding to the tangent pixel that includes at least one same tangent constraint as that of the tangent pixel; accept the first and second symbols as a match based on shared tangent constraints conditional upon a determination that the second symbol includes for each of at least a subset of the tangent pixels of the first symbol a corresponding pixel that includes the at least one same tangent constraint as that of the tangent pixel; and generate a document including a single symbol that is mapped to the first and second symbols. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052787 | IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS, IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A SEARCH APPARATUS TO EXECUTE A SEARCH METHOD - In an image search apparatus, a data manager responds to an instruction for a first search condition issued via a user interface to manage data of a target model acquired from a database and generates an image to be displayed on a user interface. A determination processor responds to an instruction for a second search condition issued by positioning a pointer on the whole model image to compare a closed area defined by the specified position with boundary information of each part image, retrieves candidate part images, and prioritizes the candidate part images in order of increasing area calculated based on the boundary information. A parts selection processor displays the retrieved candidate part images on the user interface according to the order of increasing area in response to an instruction for a third search condition for choosing a target part image from among the candidate part images. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052788 | Image Processing Method, Image Processing Program, Image Processing Device, and Imaging Device - An image-processing method is characterized by including a searching operation of searching for a local motion vector from each of blocks in the plural images, an electing operation of electing a representative motion vector from the local motion vectors of the respective blocks, and an approximating operation of approximating a motion vector distribution on the images based on the representative motion vector in order to detect motion between plural images with high precision without increasing the number of blocks made by dividing an image. In addition, when an approximate surface thereof is a plane, the operation amount for approximating the motion vector distribution and the information amount for representing the motion vector distribution can be minimized. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052789 | Image processing apparatus and method for processing interlaced video - The invention provides an image processing apparatus for processing an interlaced video which includes a judging module, a determining module and a processing module. The judging module is used for judging if a pixel in the kth frame among P frames of the interlaced video relates to a moving object. If the result judged by the determining module is YES, the determining module determines one between two pixels adjacent to the judged pixel in the frame as an edge pixel relative to an edge of the moving object. The first processing module is used for calculating a gray scale of the edge pixel determined by the determining module in an average way. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052790 | IMAGE COMPRESSION DEVICE, COMPRESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE DECOMPRESSION DEVICE, DECOMPRESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image compression device having a prediction unit for predicting a value of a compressing target pixel from peripheral values, and quantizing prediction error between a prediction value of the prediction unit and a value of an actual pixel in a predetermined quantizing step, comprising: a specific pixel level difference evaluation unit sequentially calculating the difference value between the level values as a sum of the prediction values corresponding to each of the compressed pixel immediately before the compressing target pixel and peripheral compressed pixels adjacent to the pixel and the quantization value of the prediction error, and evaluating the sameness of the difference value; and a quantization switching unit controlling the quantization in the quantizing step more precise than the quantizing step used when the difference value continuously indicates the same value as a result of the evaluation by the specific pixel level difference evaluation unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052791 | Methods for Calculating Video Inverse Transform - Inverse transforms used in video and image compression/decompression, such as DCT/IDCT used in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, or the integer transforms used in H.264, are usually calculated with fast algorithms, which only take advantage of the symmetry existing in the transform matrix but ignores the peculiarities in the input data. While these kind of fast algorithms can apply to both forward and inverse transforms, they tend to be inefficient in calculating inverse transforms. In inverse transforms, most of the coefficients become zero after quantization, this invention takes advantage of this fact to further simplify the general fast algorithm and speed up the calculation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052792 | Computer-Assisted Image Cropping For Book Scans - Methods and systems for cropping images of book pages are disclosed according to one embodiment of the invention. A method may include identifying reference images and receiving cropping rectangles for the reference images. These cropping rectangles associated with reference images may then be used to generate cropping rectangles for images of book pages between the reference images. The cropping rectangles may be generated based on a linear interpolation of the cropping rectangles associated with the reference images and the number of pages between images. The method may also display one or more images of book pages with the associated one or more cropping rectangles superimposed thereon. A user may then have the opportunity to make adjustments to the position and/or size of the cropping rectangles. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052793 | DIGITAL CONTENT PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Digital content processing methods and systems are provided. First, an image property and a specific value corresponding to the image property are determined according to an image enhancement operation. Then, a specific region is sought within a first digital content, wherein pixels in the specific region have the specific value corresponding to the image property. Specific information is embedded in the specific region of the first digital content to generate a second digital content having the specific information. A digital content playback device performs the image enhancement operation on the second digital content to obtain the specific information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052794 | COMPUTING ARBITRARY FRACTIONAL POWERS OF A TRANSFORM OPERATOR FROM SELECTED PRECOMPUTED FRACTIONAL POWERS OF THE OPERATOR - A computer-implemented system and method for correcting misfocus in original particle beam image data by using a fractional Fourier transform operation or an approximation of it. In one embodiment, the particle beam image data is produced by an electron microscope. The approximation of a fractional Fourier transform operation may comprise a portion of a Taylor series expansion, a Hermite function expansion, a perturbation approximation, a singular integral approximation, or an infinitesimal generator. The described embodiments provide for the reconstruction of phase information associated with the original image data, and for the reconstructed phase information to also utilize an approximation of a fractional Fourier transform operation. The focus correction can be selected and controlled by user interaction or an automatic feedback control system that may include optimization. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-FOCUSING AN IMAGE - A method and system for auto-focusing is disclosed where the number of the fractal pixels having a fractal dimension within a predetermined range is determined. The focused image is determined by adjusting the image to maximize the fractal pixel count. Alternatively, the focused image may be selected from a set of images, the image having the largest fractal pixel count selected as the focused image. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052796 | Match, Expand, and Filter Technique for Multi-View Stereopsis - In accordance with one or more aspects of a match, expand, and filter technique for multi-view stereopsis, features across multiple images of an object are matched to obtain a sparse set of patches for the object. The sparse set of patches is expanded to obtain a dense set of patches for the object, and the dense set of patches is filtered to remove erroneous patches. Optionally, reconstructed patches can be converted into 3D mesh models. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052797 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD RECORDED THEREON - A method and apparatus to remove color noise included in raw data while effectively preventing image quality degradation. For Interest pixels serially set onto a mosaic image formed of raw data, conversion is executed into a pixel value for noise removal based on a processing reference pixel value having a unified color signal component in each interest pixel, noise is removed from the pixel value for noise removal, and the pixel value for noise removal with noise removed is converted into the source pixel value, whereby only color noise can be removed without affecting a luminance signal. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052798 | METHOD FOR ELIMINATING NOISE FROM IMAGE GENERATED BY IMAGE SENSOR - A method for eliminating noise from an image generated by an image sensor, includes: setting a group of pixels arranged in a square matrix and including a central pixel intended to eliminate the noise in the image and peripheral pixels arranged around the central pixel; obtaining absolute difference values between a luminance value of the central pixel and a luminance value of the peripheral pixels according to directionalities of the peripheral pixels about the central pixel; comparing the obtained absolute difference values with first critical values to determine a region to which the central pixel belongs; when the determined region is the contour region, eliminating noise of the group of the pixels according to directionality of the contour; and when the determined region is the noise region, eliminating the noise of the group of the pixels according to a noise level of the group of the pixels. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052799 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes a first enhancement degree calculation unit and a color contour enhancement unit. The first enhancement degree calculation unit calculates a contour intensity of a color component of an input color image and calculates an enhancement degree for a color contour, based on the contour intensity of the color component. The color contour enhancement unit performs an enhance process for a lightness component of the color image in accordance with the enhancement degree for the color contour calculated by the first enhancement degree calculation unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052800 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROJECTOR, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The disclosure refers to an image processing system, projector, method and computer program product. In one example, an image processing system includes an interpolation unit that performs interpolation using an input image and a reference pixel in an input background part outside of the input image and interpolation pixels including neighboring pixels around the reference pixel, and a target pixel location determination unit that determines a location of a target pixel with respect to an image after distortion correction in a display area of an optical modulator. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052801 | Image processing apparatus, camera, image processing program product and image processing method - An image processing apparatus, includes: an information acquisition unit that obtains position information indicating a position of a first pixel group made up with pixels set along a predetermined direction among a plurality of pixels constituting an image; a smoothing processing unit that executes smoothing processing on pixel values indicated at the pixels in the first pixel group; and a control unit that controls the smoothing processing unit so that the smoothing processing unit executes the smoothing processing differently when using pixel values indicated at least at some pixels in the first pixel group during the smoothing processing and when using pixel values indicated at least at some pixels in a second pixel group among the plurality of pixels during the smoothing processing, the second pixel group being different from the first pixel group. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052802 | User Interface Method For Skew Correction - Methods and systems for correcting skew in digital images are disclosed according to embodiments of the invention. Embodiments may include receiving the endpoints of the skew-line, calculating the sine and cosine of the skew-angle from the endpoints and rotating the image using the sine and cosine of the skew-angle. Embodiments of the invention may also include various ways for a user to provide a skew-line and/or endpoints. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052803 | DATA SET CONVERSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system, apparatus, and method(s) for at least the conversion of a radial, polar, or coordinate system model footprint or types other than rectilinear to a rectilinear footprint to facilitate visual and/or comparative analysis of similarly formatted footprints in accordance with one or more embodiments is described herein. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052804 | METHOD PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED DOCUMENT SCANNING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An automated system and method for storing document data in a Web based document management system is provided. The method includes specifying a first identifier, scanning a document to produce an image file and resizing the image file to produce a resized image. The resized image has a width that is less than or equal to a maximum width at which a display unit can display the resized image entirely without resizing the resized image further or at which a printer can print the resized image entirely without further resizing the resized image. The method also includes extracting text data from the image file or the resized image file to produce a text file, uploading the text file and image file to a server, indexing the text file and image file in the server, and making the text file and image file accessible via the Internet by a web browser. Scanning, resizing, extracting, uploading, indexing and making are performed automatically substantially without manual interference between scanning, resizing, extracting, uploading, indexing and making. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052805 | VIDEO FRAMING CONTROL - In the creation of video program material, picture composition decisions—especially framing parameters—taken by an operator for small-display presentation of a scene are used the automatic generation of picture composition decisions for a larger display. Framing parameters such as pan, are temporally filtered before being applied to the wider field of view provided for the larger display. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052806 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ANNOTATING ELECTRONIC MAP DATA - The invention relates to a method and a device for annotating electronic background maps adapted in particular to navigation aid systems for vehicles. Projection parameters and geodesic parameters are associated with the said background map. Display references are associated with the display of at least part of the said background map. After at least one annotation has been acquired, it is displayed on the said background map. The said at least one annotation is then transformed to at least one vectorial object characterized by at least one point having geometric coordinates defined in the display system of the said at least one annotation and of the said background map. The said geometric coordinates of the said at least one point of the said at least one vectorial object are then converted to geographic coordinates according to the said projection parameters and the said geodesic parameters associated with the said background map and according to the said display references. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052807 | Digital image capture and processing system employing automatic illumination control and a field of view (FOV) folding mirror beneath the light transmission aperture of an illumination board disposed within the housing - A digital image capture and processing system having a housing with a light transmission window, and an illumination subsystem including an illumination board disposed adjacent the light transmission window, configured substantially within a plane, and having a central aperture mounted adjacent the imaging window. The illumination board supports an array of illumination sources mounted around at least portion of the central aperture, for producing and a field of illumination within the FOV of its image formation and detection subsystem during object illumination and imaging operations. A FOV folding mirror is mounted within the housing and beneath the illumination board, and folds the path of the FOV beneath the light transmission aperture and directs and projects the FOV out through the central aperture. Also, an automatic illumination control subsystem is provided for controlling the array of illumination sources during object illumination and imaging operations. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052808 | Resealable and evacuable hanging bag with removable hanging device - A hanging storage system comprising a resealable evacuable bag and a hanging device attached to the bag. The hanging device is designed to attach to a portion of the bag in a manner such that a vacuum inside the evacuated bag can be maintained while the bag is hanging, e.g., in a closet. More specifically, the hanging device comprises first and second parts that couple together, the first part being disposed inside the bag and the second part being disposed outside the bag, with a portion of a thin flexible bag wall being disposed between the coupled first and second parts. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052809 | POUCHES AND TOTES AND SYSTEMS COMPRISING POUCHES AND TOTES HAVING ADJUSTABLE DIVIDERS - Provided are systems comprising a tote and one or more pouch fabricated out of a flexible or semi-flexible relatively thermal insulating material, optimally configured for holding, protecting, and carrying a standard reclosable or “zip lock” plastic storage bag. Totes described herein comprise one or more adjustable dividers that reversibly and adjustably fit within the interior compartment of the tote to create subcompartments that support each of the one or more pouches in registered alignment. In combination, the pouches and tote form a system for holding, protecting, and carrying conventional reclosable plastic storage bags. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052810 | COMPARTMENTED RESEALABLE PLASTIC BAG - A compartmented resealable plastic bag comprising a plastic bag having a top, a bottom and two lateral sides, an inner plastic bag liner attached to the plastic bag, the plastic bag defines a resealable closure adjacent to the top of the plastic bag, the inner plastic bag liner and the plastic bag are heat sealed together so that channels are defined between the plastic bag and the inner plastic bag liner, the channels are positioned so that each channel is flush with another channel when the bag lies flat and each channel runs parallel to the lateral sides of the plastic bag, and at least a pair of rods, the rods insert within the channels that lie flush to each other. The rods possess magnetic qualities. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052811 | Plastic bag with non-metallic closure - A thermoplastic bag includes a front and rear wall continuously joined together along a bottom and side edges, the bag being open at the top along the top edges of the front and rear walls, and a first strip of a non-metallic hook and loop fastener secured to one of the bag walls adjacent the open top edge of the bag, the first strip extending away from each of the side edges for a predefined distance. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052812 | Various gusset seals or treatments for reclosable packages - Reclosable gusseted packages or bags have improved resistance to leaking or spilling through the gussets by sealing the gussets together through apertures in the gusset walls, by sealing the zipper flanges together through apertures passing through the gussets in the package or bag, by folding portions of the gussets, or by sewing the gussets shut in areas proximate to the zipper. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052813 | Bag and Method for Producing the Same - The invention describes a sack ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052814 | Tubular bag provided with an openable tubular bag body - Tubular pouch (10), having a tubular pouch body (11) and a lid piece (12) and optionally having a base. The tubular pouch body (11) is formed by means of a fin-seal (14), with at least one weakness of material (16, 17) extending, starting from the free longitudinal edge (15) of the fin-seal (14), around the circumference of the tubular pouch body (11) so that, as required, the tubular pouch (10) can be opened along that weakness of material (16, 17). | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052815 | LINEAR MOTION GUIDE UNIT WITH MOUNTING PLATE - A mounting plate is used to install any optional accoutrements or attachment on a linear motion guide unit. The mounting plate is made of a molded product which is inexpensive in production cost and easier in its accurate conjunction with a slider to get the attachment bringing out the best in function. The mounting plate is made to have surfaces opposite to each other, one of which is a first mounting surface inward coming into mating with the one end surface of the slider and another is a second mounting surface outward coming into mating with the attachment. The mounting plate is made of a molded product. The mounting plate is made of an injected mold product of synthetic resin which is composed of a major part of synthetic resin and a metal core centrally embedded in the major part. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052816 | WEAR PADS FOR HEAD YOKE PLATES - The present invention relates to a wear pad system adapted to be used with a machine yoke. The system comprises: at least one shim, each shim having a first side and a second side, the first side in direct contact with the machine yoke; at least one shoe in direct contact with the second side of the shim, wherein each shoe has a plurality of openings through its length; at least one wear pad inserted on the openings of the shoe; at least one set of screws inserted on the openings of the shoe, wherein the screws are inserted into threaded holes of the machine yoke. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052817 | Methods of Hydraulic Compensation for Magnetically Biased Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motor - A fluid dynamic bearing motor including a stationary sleeve, a rotating shaft axially disposed through the sleeve, a journal gap between the shaft and the sleeve, the gap defined by first and second interfacial surfaces of the shaft and sleeve, at least one set of fluid dynamic grooves formed on the first interfacial surface of the journal gap, and at least one step defined on the second interfacial surface of the journal gap. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052818 | Hybrid bearing - One embodiment of a hybrid vertical axis rotating load carrying bearing with continuously variable operating conditions able to carry surprisingly heavy weight, and occasionally easily able to carry drastically more weight than that; The preferred embodiment has 3 different types of bearings combined to form one ideal bearing. The first type of bearing is a half ball and female sliding bearing. The second type of bearing is a floating bearing that surrounds the sliding bearing. The third type of bearing is rolling bearings. In this preferred embodiment with 3 different types of bearings, the rolling bearings are partially engaged under ideal load weight conditions, and nearly fully engaged under severe load weight conditions. The sliding and floating bearings are always fully engaged into the vertical weight load no matter what the vertical weight load may be. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052819 | SPINDLE BEARING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING BEARING METHOD - The invention relates to a spindle rotor which should be operated without vibrations. The orientation of the figure axis is accepted and the anchoring of the rotor bearing (SL) is configured such that the orientation of the geometric rotational axis adapts to the physical main axis of inertia. It is possible to produce said bearing in the form of an actively controlled bearing, whereby the orientation is measured and is dynamically carried out, but also in the form of bearing comprising passive elements which are associated with the external ring of the bearing and enable a correspondingly dynamic orientation of the bearing. Said device can also comprise a special damper (T) which dampens the vibrations of the bearing (SL). | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052820 | FAN, MOTOR AND BUSHING THEREOF - A fan includes an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to rotate. The motor includes a bushing and a rotating shaft penetrating through the bushing. The bushing includes a tube and at least one base connected with one end of the tube. An inner diameter of the tube is smaller than an inner diameter of the base so that the mechanism design variability is enhanced and the efficiency of the fan and the motor is enhanced by effectively utilizing an inner space of the bushing. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052821 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING A SHAFT ON BEARINGS AND BEARING ARRANGEMENT - A bearing arrangement for an output shaft of a gear of an electromotive windscreen wiper drive has the output shaft and an eccentric grommet configured to align the output shaft with at least one further gear element by rotation around an grommet axis. The eccentric grommet is anchored by being pressed into a receiving opening of a bearing housing for a press-fit. The eccentric grommet a has no flange. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052822 | Metal-Backed Plain Bearing - A bearing comprises a resin matrix filled with fluoropolymer, graphite, and other discrete particles of an additive material that is attached to a backing material. The specific selection and mix of fillers with the resin matrix provides the desired blend of bearing properties such as wear resistance, fatigue and erosion resistance and low friction whilst maintaining sufficient flexibility for being formed into flanged cylindrical geometries without detriment to the adherence of the lining to the backing. A method for manufacturing a bearing comprises depositing to a backing material a fluid polymer bearing material comprised of a resin matrix filled with fluoropolymer, various fillers, and discrete particles of an additive to form a continuous consolidated bearing material, and curing the lining material to bond the lining material onto the backing material. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052823 | Bearing Apparatus for a Wheel of Vehicle - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member with a body flange and double row outer raceway surfaces. An inner member includes a wheel hub and an inner ring. They include inner raceway surfaces arranged opposite to the double row outer raceway surfaces. Double row rolling elements are freely rollably contained between the outer and inner raceway surfaces. Outer side rolling elements of the double row rolling elements are balls and inner side rolling elements of the double row rolling elements are tapered rollers. A pitch circle diameter of the inner side tapered rollers is set smaller than that of the outer side balls. A substantially conical recess is formed at an outer side end portion of the wheel hub. The depth of the recess extends to at least near the bottom of the inner raceway surface of the wheel hub. The thickness of a portion of the wheel hub where the inner raceway surface is formed is set within a predetermined range. The outer side wall of the wheel hub has a constant thickness substantially along the inner surface of the recess. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052824 | DEVICE ON A DRAFTING SYSTEM OF A DRAW FRAME FOR TEXTILE FIBRE SLIVERS - In a device on a drafting system for textile fibre slivers with weighting of the upper rolls of the drafting system which comprises roll pairs arranged one behind the other, the pairs having lower and upper rolls, the rotating journals at the ends of the upper roll are mounted by means of bearing elements and the bearing elements each have at least one rolling-element bearing having an immovable outer housing (outer ring) and an internal rotational body (inner ring). In order to provide a structurally simple way in which the bearing housings can be mounted on or removed from the presser roll in a simple, quick and reliable manner, the bearing elements are in the form of rolling-element bearings and there is a coupling between the journal and the rotational body. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052825 | PRELOAD MEASURING DEVICE FOR DOUBLE ROW ROLLING BEARING UNIT - A preload measuring device for a double row rolling bearing unit includes an outer bearing ring member having double rows of outer ring raceways on an inner circumferential surface, an inner bearing ring member having double rows of inner ring raceways on an outer circumferential surface, rolling elements rollably arranged between the outer ring raceways and the inner ring raceways in each of the rows such that contact angles given to the respective rows are opposite to one another, axial displacement measuring means for obtaining an axial relative displacement between the outer bearing ring member and the inner bearing ring member, inclination angle measuring means for obtaining an inclination angle between center axes of the outer bearing ring member and the inner bearing ring member, and preload calculating means for obtaining a preload applied to the rolling elements based on the inclination angle and the axial relative displacement. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052826 | ROLLING BEARING UNIT FOR ROTATION SUPPORT UNIT - A retainer plate | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052827 | Silicon-Compatible Surface Plasmon Optical Elements - This invention provides fundamental science and novel device architectures for surface plasmon (SP)-based, complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible, optical elements such as modulators, couplers, and switches. The primary focus of the work is on waveguides based on an ultra-long-range surface plasmon (ULRSP) waveguide mode recently discovered by our team. This mode exists at the metal-dielectric interfaces in a silicon-oxide-metal-silicon layer structure. While initial work focuses on noble metals to support the ULRSP, our analysis shows Si processing-compatible metals such as Cu and Al can also be used. Our modeling has also shown that variation in the thickness of the oxide layer can be used to give unprecedented propagation lengths in such structures. Electrically-induced free carrier modulation of the dielectric constant in the Si adjacent to the oxide can modulate the waveguide properties allowing novel Si-compatible electro-optic devices to be created. These waveguides function as the “wiring” in new classes of optical chips. This invention also provides integration of ULRSP waveguides and switches with other optical elements to create entirely new classes of hybrid optoelectronic technologies for defense applications. These range from chip-based chemical agent detection to extremely high performance processors and even all-optical computations. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052828 | FIBER BRAGG GRATING ELEMENT - The present invention provides a fiber Bragg grating element which is simply configured and capable of obtaining a high cut-off amount exceeding 40 dB in a wide range. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052829 | OPTICAL DEVICE USING A HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER - An optical device includes a hollow-core photonic-bandgap fiber, wherein at least a portion of the hollow-core photonic-bandgap fiber has a longitudinal axis and is twisted about the longitudinal axis. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052830 | SILICON WAVEGUIDE PHOTODETECTOR AND RELATED METHOD - A photodetector device, comprises an optical input, a nanoscale silicon waveguide and an electrical output. The waveguide is a high-contrast waveguide, with a refractive index contrast with the outside environment of more that 10%. The optical mode distribution across the waveguide has a peak intensity in correspondence of surface states of the nanoscale silicon waveguide. A related method is also disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052831 | Fiber optic position transducer with magnetostrictive material and position calibration process - Fiber optic position transducer that includes a magnetic or electromagnetic element, one or more segments of magnetostrictive material, Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors, a rod of material that is impenetrable to magnetic fields, optical fiber. One or more of the sensors is fixed upon a segment of magnetostrictive material, which is fixed to a rod, and may only be displaced longitudinally. The Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors have different wave lengths and are made of the same optical fiber. The magnetic or electromagnetic element included may be made of NdFeB (Neodymium Iron Boron) or metal alloys of TbDyFe (Terbium, Dysprosium and Iron), such as TX, Terphenol-D and others. It is applied to a control flow valve in an oil well, and it also refers to the calibration process of the position of the transducer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052832 | STRUCTURAL JOINT STRAIN MONITORING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Structural joint strain monitoring apparatus | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052833 | OPTICAL COUPLER FOR A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH ENHANCED OUTPUT BRIGHTNESS - A light source is described where the light emitted by a solid-state light emitting device such as an LED is coupled into an optical waveguide such as an optical fiber. A highly reflective coupler (reflector) is disposed around the LED and a segment of the waveguide adjacent the LED. Light emitted from the LED that falls outside of the numerical aperture of the waveguide leaks out of the waveguide, but is reflected back to the waveguide by the reflector. The reflected light is re-reflected or scattered by the LED or the substrate the LED is mounted on, and the re-reflected or scattered light that falls within the numerical aperture of the waveguide is coupled into the waveguide. As a result, light coupling efficiency is increased and the output brightness of the light at the other end of the fiber is enhanced. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052834 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - An optical integrated device includes an optical waveguide structure formed on a semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of first channel optical waveguide portions, an optical coupler portion and a second channel optical waveguide portion, a burying layer formed from a semi-insulating semiconductor material and burying the optical waveguide structure therein such that an upper portion thereof forms a flat face and a side portion thereof forms an inclined face having a predetermined angle with respect to the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of dummy structure bodies provided over a desired region in the proximity of at least an output side of the optical coupler portion so that radiation light from the optical coupler portion is spatially separated from signal light propagating along the second channel optical waveguide portion. The plural dummy structure bodies are provided discretely so as to be buried flat by the burying layer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052835 | MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD - The present invention provides a multilayer wiring board in which warpage during reflow soldering can be reduced even if there is no sufficient space for disposing a dummy pattern or if a dummy pattern cannot be disposed. A difference between the ratios of copper remaining in wiring layers causes a difference between the amounts of thermal expansion of the wiring layers. The fiber bundle content of at least one resin base material layer is made different from that of the other resin base material layers, to cause a difference between the amounts of thermal expansion of the resin base material layers. This difference between the amounts of thermal expansion of the resin base material layers is used to cancel the difference between the amounts of thermal expansion of the wiring layers. Thus, warpage of the board during reflow soldering is reduced. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052836 | Optical Fiber Data Link - A data link for transmitting data between first and second optically active devices, such as in articulated electronic devices. A coupling unit is mounted above each optically active device. Each coupling unit has a convexly tapered well extending between a top surface and a bottom surface, with a larger opening in the top surface and a smaller opening at the bottom surface. The tapered well receives one end of the optical fiber and aligns the end with the corresponding optically active device. The smaller opening of the well may have a circular cross-section or a keyhole cross-section. A groove may be disposed near a top surface of each coupling unit, with the groove extending between the tapered well and a sidewall of the coupling unit. A segment of the optical fiber disposed near an end curves along the contour of the convexly tapered sidewalls when the optical fiber is inserted into the groove. A pair of opposed lips retain the optical fiber in the groove. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052837 | Polarization-based optical switching - An optical switch, comprising a plurality of light inputs and a plurality of light outputs. The switch additionally includes a polarization beam splitter, configured to split light beams received through the input carriers into separate first and second polarization components and a plurality of semi-transparent mirrors and polarization rotators arranged to allow controllable deflection of the first and second polarization components from the beam splitter to a selected one of the light outputs, wherein the one or more different planes defined for at least 15% of the semi-transparent mirrors by the possible paths of the first polarization component passing through the semi-transparent mirror in the arrangement do not coincide with planes defined by the possible paths of the second polarization component passing through any of the semi-transparent mirrors in the arrangement. A controller of the switch is adapted to control the beam rotators in order that the semi-transparent mirrors deflect beams from desired inputs to desired outputs. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052838 | Electrically controlled optical elements and method - The configuration of an optical system can be electronically controlled using switchable wave plates in conjunction with polarized light. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052839 | Optical switch and control method - An optical switch includes plural ports aligned; a spectroscopic element that divides a light input to one of the ports that is an input port; plural mirrors that are aligned in a spectral direction of the light divided, and reflect the light divided; and a control unit that changes an angle of each of the mirrors so that the light reflected is output to one of the ports that is an output port, and shifts the angle in the spectral direction and a direction perpendicular to the spectral direction to attenuate the light output from the output port. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052840 | Optical waveguide type optical coupling arrangement - A plurality of light emitting elements | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052841 | Laser and photodetector coupled by planar waveguides - An optical apparatus comprises: a waveguide substrate; three planar optical waveguides formed on the substrate, each comprising a transmission core and cladding; a laser positioned to launch its optical output to propagate along the first waveguide; a photodetector positioned to receive an optical signal propagating along the second waveguide; and a branched splitter core formed on the substrate for (i) transferring a first fraction of laser optical output propagating along the first waveguide to the second waveguide, and (ii) transferring a second fraction of the laser optical output propagating along the first waveguide to the third waveguide. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052842 | Method for producing an optical splitter, and optical splitter - An optical splitter has an optical chip, in which a conductor track is arranged on a carrier substrate, wherein a conductor track section of the conductor track running from a first side of the chip branches into different conductor track sections which run to a second side of the chip via a plurality of branching nodes. An optical waveguide section of an optical waveguide is bonded at the first side of the chip by means of an adhesive material. Correspondingly, optical waveguide sections are bonded on the second side of the chip by means of an adhesive material. In order to reinforce the fixing, glass plates are arranged over and under the optical waveguides, said glass plates being bonded to the optical chip at the respective lateral surfaces. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052843 | Optical Multi-Fiber Plug Connection - The invention relates to a plug connection for a mobile optical multi-thread plug part ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052844 | Fiber optical connector - The invention relates to a fiber optical connector including a housing with an axial passageway forming a longitudinal axis between a mating side and a rear side of said housing. A ferrule for fixating at least one optical fiber is disposed in said passageway, said ferrule having a front part, associated with said mating side of said housing, and a back part, associate with said rear side of said housing. The ferrule is arranged in said housing such that said back part of said ferrule is permitted to move transversely (D) to said longitudinal axis (L) to a larger extent than said front part. Accordingly, a fiber optical connector with a floating ferrule is obtained that has an improved installation performance, in particular with regard to decreasing the probability of damaging the ferrule. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052845 | Fixing Structure of Optical Cable - A fixing structure of an optical cable, comprising a tubular crimping ring ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052846 | Optical Fiber Reinforcement Processing Apparatus and Optical Fiber Reinforcement Processing Method - An optical fiber reinforcement processing apparatus and reinforcement processing method are provided where it is not necessary to dispose a temperature detecting device such as a thermistor, and a heating control in which the detected temperature is not varied, the power consumption is low, and which is accurate is enabled. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052847 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON - An optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable capable of suppressing deterioration of polarization mode dispersion and effective in improving the communication capacity in wavelength multiplex communication. In an optical fiber ribbon having a plurality of optical fibers | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052848 | OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON, AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM - An optical fiber has a refractive index profile approximated by n(r)=n1[1−2(Δ1/100)(r/a)̂α] | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052849 | OPTICAL FIBER PROBE FOR SIDE IMAGING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are an optical fiber probe for side imaging and a method of manufacturing the same. An optical fiber probe according to an aspect of the invention includes a photonic crystal fiber, and an optical fiber lens that is formed by applying heat to a predetermined region including one end of the photonic crystal fiber and substantially removing air holes formed in the predetermined region. The optical fiber lens includes a light diffusion region that diffuses light propagating along a core of the photonic crystal fiber and focuses the light to enable side imaging, a reflector surface that reflects the light at a right angle to enable side imaging, and a lens surface that focuses the light. A small-sized optical fiber probe can be manufactured using a simple manufacturing process, and the optical fiber probe can be miniaturized. Therefore, a light measurement system can be miniaturized, which makes it possible to obtain side images of a very small sample, such as a blood vessel. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052850 | Micro-well plates and methods of fabricating and selectively blackening the same - Well plates adaptable for specimen sampling in the biological, chemical and pharmaceutical sciences are fabricated by dissolving fusedly-retained cores from the cladding material of a fused fiber plate to define a capillary plate including first and second faces and a plurality of through-voids into which fluidic samples may be deposited for analysis. Closed-bottom wells are defined by bonding one of the first and second faces to a base plate or by securing into well-sealing positions over the open ends of selected through-voids optical elements, each of which optical elements exhibits a predetermined optical property. Cladding material including reducible ions is exposed to a reducing atmosphere in order to blacken selected regions of a well plate, thereby enhancing sample analysis by reducing such disadvantageous phenomena as autofluorescence. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052851 | Multimode optical fiber with low differential mode delay - An optical multimode fiber including a graded index core and an extended gradient core which has a negative refractive index difference with respect to the cladding. The fiber improves the bandwidth, reliability and complexity of the telecommunication systems that are based on multimode fibers. The fiber reduces the differential mode delay among modes. The fiber thereby allows achieving large bandwidth even in the case when the highest order modes are excited. This has positive effects to the conditions that need to be fulfilled by the components such as optical sources, connectors, fiber couplers, other optical components, cables, etc. The fiber eliminates negative impact of the cladding that allows for reduction of fiber core size and the difference between the cladding and the core and thereby allows for achieving the larger bandwidth of optical fiber at lower fiber production cost. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052852 | Holey fiber taper with selective transmission for fiber optic sensors and method for manufacturing the same - Large-mode-area single material holey fiber tapers with collapsed by nonadiabatic process air holes in the waist for fiber optic sensors and a method for manufacturing these tapers are claimed. The gradual collapsing of the holes is achieved by tapering the fibers with a “slow-and-hot” method. This nonadiabatic process makes the fundamental mode of the holey fiber to couple to multiple modes of the solid taper waist. Owing to the beating between the modes, the transmission spectra of the tapered single material holey fibers exhibit several interference peaks. That means the all-fiber Mach-Zehnder type interferometer is formed in a holey fiber such a way. The multiple peaks, combined with a fitting algorithm, allow high-accuracy refractometric measurements, temperature-independent strain measurements, measurements of high temperature and may be used for measuring many others parameters. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052853 | Holey fiber and method of manufacturing the same - A holey fiber includes a core region and a cladding region surrounding the core region and having air holes arranged around the core region. The cladding region includes an inner cladding layer surrounding the core region and an outer cladding layer surrounding the inner cladding layer. Furthermore, viscosities of the core region and the inner cladding layer are set lower than a viscosity of the outer cladding layer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052854 | OPTICAL FIBER AND WAVEGUIDE - An optical fiber in which the macro-bending loss is lowered while an MFD is maintained large, and a waveguide including the optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a core region doped with an impurity; a first cladding region formed as a layer around the core region and including holes as microstructures; and a second cladding region formed as a layer around the first cladding region and made of a homogeneous material. A relative refractive-index difference Δ1 between the core region and the second cladding region is equal to or higher than 0.01% and lower than 0.3%. A total cross-sectional area of the holes in the first cladding region with respect to a total cross-sectional area of the core region, the first cladding region, and the second cladding region is equal to or smaller than 20%. A waveguide is formed using the optical fiber. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052855 | OPTICAL FIBER AND WAVEGUIDE - A core region is doped with an impurity. A first cladding region is formed in a layered structure around the core region, including a microstructure. A second cladding region is formed in a layered structure around the first cladding region, including a homogeneous material. A relative refractive-index difference Δ1 between the core region and the second cladding region is equal to or more than 0.4% and equal to or less than 1.0%. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052856 | Flexible Film Optical Waveguide Using Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material and Fabrication Method Thereof - Disclosed herein is a flexible film optical waveguide, which is in flexible film form and includes upper and lower cladding layers, each of which is formed of an organic-inorganic hybrid material, and a core layer provided between the upper and lower cladding layers and formed of an organic-inorganic hybrid material having a refractive index higher than that of the organic-inorganic hybrid material of each of the upper and lower cladding layers. In addition, a method of fabricating such a flexible film optical waveguide is also provided. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052857 | Component Assembly And Fabrication Method - The present invention relates to a component assembly and to a method of fabricating such a component assembly. The component assembly includes a substrate, a mount attached to the substrate, and a component attached to the mount with solder by melting the solder with light from a light source. The mount is composed of a ceramic material having properties advantageous for soldering using a light source. As a first property, the ceramic material is optically absorptive to enable the mount to be heated by the light from the light source. As a second property, the ceramic material has a first thermal conductivity at an operating temperature of the component and a second thermal conductivity at a melting point of the solder, the second thermal conductivity being at least 25% lower than the first thermal conductivity. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052858 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SYSTEM - To record a video signal on a recording medium so that a reproducing apparatus can faithfully reproduce an original color of the recorded video signal. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052859 | Adjusting a content rendering system based on user occupancy - User occupancy is monitored within a space in which a video display of a content rendering system is viewable. The user occupancy can be monitored based on physical user attributes. At least one of audio rendering and video rendering by the content rendering system is adjusted based on the monitored user occupancy. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052860 | Method, Apparatus and System for Creating an Edit Manipulation List for Previously Recorded Media Content - A method, apparatus and system are provided for creating an Edit Manipulation List for selectively manipulating (e.g., playing back) portions of previously recorded media content. In one embodiment of the present invention, the creation of an Edit Playback List for selectively playing back portions of previously recorded media content includes delimiting key events in said previously recorded media content by identifying media segments within the previously recorded media content that are capable and desirable of being selectively played back and enabling a selective playback of the identified media segments. In an embodiment of the present invention, a user interface is provided for enabling a user to select which ones of the identified media segments are to be played back, thus creating an Edit Playback List. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052861 | Systems and Methods for Interactive Video Frame Selection - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for interactive video frame selection are described. One embodiment includes a method having the steps of causing a frame of a video to be displayed, receiving a selection of a point at a first location within the frame, and determining a particle in the frame associated with the point. The method further includes the steps of receiving a movement of the point to a second location, determining a second frame of the video comprising the particle based at least in part on a distance between the particle and the second location of the point in the second frame. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052862 | SEARCH TOOL - A method of selecting a starting image at which to start displaying an image stream comprises the iterative steps of displaying a plurality of candidate images from within the image stream for selection by a user of the closest candidate image, and displaying a plurality of candidate images from within a time range of the image stream close to the candidate image selected by the user in response to the first step. This allows very fast and effective selection of a starting image. It can be used to quickly skip advertisement break within a recorded television program. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052863 | Apparatus And Method For Remote Wireless Control Of Digital Video Recorders And The Like - At least one server is queried from a wireless device to obtain program data, and to obtain DVR data from a digital video recorder. The program data is received from the server and the DVR data is received from the digital video recorder The program data and/or the DVR data are displayed on the wireless device. The at least one digital video recorder is controlled by selecting a user-operable function from the program data and/or the DVR data on the wireless device. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052864 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which presents a viewing schedule of a video content to a user is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a first acquiring means for acquiring a broadcast schedule of a broadcast content to be broadcast; a second acquiring means for acquiring information about a recorded content that has been recorded and an on-demand content that has been downloaded; a generating means for arranging the broadcast content, the recorded content, and the on-demand content on a same time axis as these contents are mixed, and generating the viewing schedule; and a display control means for displaying the generated viewing schedule. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052865 | Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving method - Permanent recording continuation is prevented and a recorded content is guaranteed to be surely recorded by prescribe amount (for prescribed time). For that purpose, a temporary storing area is secured in advance on a recording medium by prescribed amount. When a temporary storing operation caused by temporary interruption is conducted, sequential recording is performed from the top of the temporary storing area and when the area is filled with the recorded content, overwrite-recording is performed from the top of the area. A recording stopping time then set to a prescribed time point from a recording start. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052866 | Method and apparatus for synthesizing a copy protection or content control signal with improved playability of a TV set - Playability of a copy protected video signal is improved by reducing the darkening and or venetian blind effects which tend to cause artifacts in a video signal display. To this end, the copy protection signal includes automatic gain control (AGC) signals or pulses in video lines in a portion of the active or viewable video field or frame, wherein the AGC pulses comprise non similar AGC signals from one video line to another video line. The dis-similar AGC pulses may include pulses which are deleted, blanked, attenuated, pulse width modified, modulated, etc. In addition, selected sync pulses may be pulse width, amplitude and or position modified. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052867 | Recording Device, Reproducing Device, Recording Medium, Recording Method, and LSI - A recording apparatus that generates meta-information that includes an initial address of TS packets constituting a PES packet that includes an independently-decodable picture, and size information pertaining to the picture, and records the generated meta-information in a recording medium, comprising: a detection unit operable to detect, from the TS packets constituting a transport stream, a TS packet at a head of a PES packet; a judging unit operable to judge whether the PES packet includes an independently-decodable picture; and a generation unit operable to generate meta-information that includes, as the size information, a size from a head of a PES packet that is judged as including an independently-decodable picture to a head of a succeeding PES packet. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052868 | Image processing device - An image processing device is provided with a picture quality mode which is used to collectively set a plurality of the picture qualities by one operation, a user can select the picture quality mode depending on his preference or content of programs to be viewed. A recording portion stores an association table. The association table is a table in which the picture quality mode and sound quality setting values to direct sound quality setting for a sound quality setting portion, are correlated with each other and stored. When a control portion receives a picture quality setting command by a designation of the picture quality mode, the picture quality setting portion performs setting of the respective picture qualities depending on the picture quality mode. Further, the setting direction portion reads out the association table and obtains the sound quality setting values which are correlated with the designated picture quality mode. Then, sound quality setting is performed by giving the obtained sound quality setting values for the sound quality setting portion. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052869 | MULTIPLEXING METHOD PREVENTING OVERFLOW OF AUDIO DECODER BUFFER - A time zone start time point calculating unit calculates a time zone to be set in a VOBU in accordance with audio bit rate. A time zone comparing unit compares a time point at which an audio pack is to be multiplexed with the time zone calculated by the time zone start time point calculating unit. A flag setting unit sets whether the audio pack is to be completed or not in accordance with the result of comparison by the time zone comparing unit. Therefore, a completing process takes place before a VOBU boundary, and a completed PCK will not be generated immediately after the VOBU boundary. Thus, generation of a buffer overflow can be prevented. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052870 | Apparatus And Method For Remote Control Of Digital Video Recorders And The Like - A system stores a first permission parameter associated with a first user of a set of digital video recorders (DVRs) and at least a second permission parameter associated with a second user of the set. The second permission parameter defines a different level of permission for controlling the set than the first permission parameter. At least one server receives a first request to control the set from the first user and a second request to control the set from the second user. The set is controlled in accordance with: (i) the first request, based on the first permission parameter, and (ii) the second request, based on the second permission parameter. The controlling includes at least communicating with the set over a network. Techniques are also provided for directly obtaining information on a DVR in real time over a content network | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052871 | Image Playback System, Image Playback Method, and Image Playback Program - When switching a content playback, it is possible to easily judge that switching has been performed. Switching source content metadata acquisition means and switching destination content metadata acquisition means acquire the metadata on the switching source content currently displayed and the metadata on the switching destination content to be displayed next from a metadata storage unit ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052872 | MACHINE-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A PLAYBACK INTERFACE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A machine-implemented method for establishing a playback interface for a target disc when storing contents of a plurality of original discs into the target disc includes: (A) analyzing each of the original discs for relevant disc information, and recording the disc information of the original discs in a disc information list; (B) analyzing each sequence of each of the original discs for relevant sequence information, and recording the sequence information of the original discs in a playback sequence list; and (C) establishing a playback interface for the target disc according to the disc information list and the playback sequence list. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052873 | RECORDING/PLAYBACK TERMINAL - In a recording/playback terminal used for recording, on a recording medium, a plurality of target contents sent from a content server in which a plurality of contents are accumulatively stored such that each of the target contents is stored in a compressed state, a capacity determining section for determining a compression mode of each of the target contents to be recorded so that all the target contents can fit on the recording medium is provided. A content obtaining section for obtaining, from the content server, the target contents each of which is compressed in the compression mode determined by the capacity determining section is further provided. The target contents obtained by the content obtaining section are recorded on a recording medium. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052874 | PORTABLE VIDEO SYSTEM - A portable video system comprises a video unit for facilitating play of a video medium, the player having a hinge, a display pivotally attached to the video player on the hinge, and a base unit secured to a substrate for selectively coupling a control panel of the video unit to the substrate, wherein the control panel can be selectively un-coupled from the base unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052875 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONVERTING INFORMATION - An information converting apparatus includes an additional information retrieval unit for retrieving additional information incidental to moving image data stored on a stream file having a first recording format, an additional information converting unit for converting the retrieved additional information in accordance with a second recording format, and an additional information recording control unit for controlling recording of the converted additional information onto a stream file having the second recording format. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052876 | Fins For An Electric Cable In An Electric Radiant Heating System - A heat-transferring fin is attached to an electric cable or to a packaged double cable of an electric radiant heating system. The fins can be attached using twist clips. Each twist clip includes an upper gripping member, a lower gripping member connected to the upper member by an upright support member, and a handle portion looping downwardly from the lower gripping member to enable a user to hold the clip and to manually twist the clip to cause the upper and lower gripping members to rotate relative to the fin and cable such that the fin and cable are clipped together. This twist clip enables quick and easy attachment of fins to cables, which greatly reduces the time and effort required to install an electric radiant heating system. This technology can be used in electric radiant floor heating or electric radiant wall heating. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090052877 | HEAT ISOLATION COVER FOR HEAT BLOWER - A heat isolation cover for a heat blower comprises a casing having a receiving space; the casing being installed with a protection sleeve, a heat resistance unit and a fan and motor set; one end of the protection sleeve being formed as a converge opening portion; the heat resistance unit having an annular heat isolation unit and a heat emitting unit installed on the heat isolation unit; one end of the heat resistance unit resisting against an inner surface of the guide edge of the protection sleeve and another end thereof being combined to the buckling groove of the casing; and the fan and motor set being installed to a rear end of the heat resistance unit; the actuation of the fan and motor set being controlled by an electronic circuit; and the fan and motor set generating wind to blow the heat resistance unit. | 2009-02-26 |
