09th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150055856 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - Images are classified as photos (e.g., natural photographs) or graphics (e.g., cartoons, synthetically generated images), such that when searched (online) with a filter, an image database returns images corresponding to the filter criteria (e.g., either photos or graphics will be returned). A set of image statistics pertaining to various visual cues (e.g., color, texture, shape) are identified in classifying the images. These image statistics, combined with pre-tagged image metadata defining an image as either a graphic or a photo, may be used to train a boosting decision tree. The trained boosting decision tree may be used to classify additional images as graphics or photos based on image statistics determined for the additional images. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055857 | TEXT DETECTION IN NATURAL IMAGES - A system and method of text detection in an image are described. A component detection module applies a filter having a stroke width constraint and a stroke color constraint to an image to identify text stroke pixels in the image and to generate both a first map based on the stroke width constraint and a second map based on the stroke color constraint. A component filtering module has a first classifier and second classifier. The first classifier is applied to both the first map and the second map to generate a third map identifying a component of a text in the image. The second classifier is applied to the third map to generate a fourth map identifying a text line of the text in the image. A text region locator module thresholds the fourth map to identify text regions in the image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055858 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR RECOGNITION IN COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS - A color recognition method includes determining a predefined set of colors within a color space and storing the predefined set of colors in a memory; determining a desired color selected from the predefined set of colors; receiving an image; filtering the image with a processor to produce a filtered image substantially comprising only the predefined set of colors; and determining whether the desired color is present within the image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055859 | NOTE RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT USING COLOR CLASSIFICATION - This disclosure describes techniques for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes. For example, techniques are described for recognizing physical notes present within a physical environment, capturing information therefrom and creating corresponding digital representations of the physical notes, referred to herein as digital notes or software-based notes. At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature system and methods for note recognition using color classification. The system receives a visual representation of a scene having one or more notes, where each note has a color. The system generates indicators indicative of color classes of pixels in the visual representation. The system further determines a general boundary of one of the notes based on the indicators. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055860 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method to facilitate finding recommendations for a query image are disclosed herein. A color histogram is determined corresponding to the query image. Determining at least one of a visual pattern included in the query image, a dominant color of the query image, or an orientation histogram corresponding to the query image. Performing comparison of a first image attribute of the query image to a second image attribute of an inventory image corresponding to an inventory item, wherein the first image attribute used in the comparison is selected from among the color histogram, the dominant color, and the orientation histogram. The selection of the first image attribute is based on a confidence score associated with the visual pattern, the dominant color, or a directionality present in the query image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055861 | Methods and Systems for Image Demosaicing - A method for demosaicing color filter array (“CFA”) pixels, comprises the steps of: receiving an array of the CFA pixels; demosaicing certain ones of the CFA pixels as a function of the relative vertical positions of the certain ones of the CFA pixels in the array, wherein the certain ones of the CFA pixels are along a first column of the array; and outputting, in parallel, the demosaiced certain ones of the CFA pixels for post-processing of the CFA pixels. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055862 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus comprises: a separation unit configured to separate image data into a luminance signal and a color difference signal; a decision unit configured to decide a reference pixel, which is referenced for a pixel of interest included in the image data; a luminance noise reduction unit configured to reduce luminance noise in the luminance signal of the image data; a weight calculation unit configured to calculate a weight of the reference pixel based on similarity of luminance included in the luminance signal having been subjected to noise reduction by the luminance noise reduction unit between a first area containing the pixel of interest and a second area containing the reference pixel; and a color noise reduction unit configured to reduce color noise in the color difference signal for the pixel of interest by using the weight of the reference pixel. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055863 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus that can suppress a tint phenomenon in image recovery processing and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. A saturation determination unit determines whether or not a saturated pixel is included in a reference region referred to by filter processing units. An R component output adjustment unit and a B component output adjustment unit adjust corresponding color components resulting from image recovery processing according to the determination result obtained by the saturation determination unit. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055864 | Image Processing Apparatus and Sheet - An image processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to perform: receiving target image data representing a target image; determining, from a plurality of pixels in the target image, a plurality of first-type pixels having a color value within a specific range having a color value indicating a color of a conversion target; calculating, for each of the plurality of first-type pixels, non-uniformity of color values of a plurality of pixels in a specific surrounding area including the first-type pixels; determining, from the plurality of first-type pixels, a second-type pixel which non-uniformity is a reference value or less, and converting a color value of the second-type pixel into a specific color value. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055865 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and an image processing method in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display unit configured to display an image; and a controller configured to correct an outline according to a drawing input with a correction scheme on the image and to crop the image within the corrected outline according to the corrected outline. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055866 | OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION BY ITERATIVE RE-SEGMENTATION OF TEXT IMAGES USING HIGH-LEVEL CUES - Disclosed techniques include receiving an electronic image containing depictions of characters, segmenting at least some of the depictions of characters using a first segmentation technique to produce a first segmented portion, and performing a first character recognition on the first segmented portion to determine a first sequence of characters. The techniques also include determining, based on the performing the first character recognition, that the first sequence of characters does not match the depictions of characters. The techniques further include segmenting at least some of the depictions of characters using a second segmentation technique, based on the determining, to produce a second segmented portion, and performing a second character recognition on at least a portion of the second segmented portion to produce a second sequence of characters. The techniques also include outputting a third sequence of characters based on at least part of the second sequence of characters. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY DATA - Systems and methods for efficiently processing electronically stored information (ESI) are described. The systems and methods describe processing ESI in preparation for, or association with, litigation. The invention preserves the contextual relationships among documents when processing and indexing data, allowing for increased precision and recall during data analytics. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055868 | CHARACTER DATA PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A character data processing method executed by a computer includes detecting glyph variant information from an input character data string, and converting detected glyph variant information to extended expression data, the extended data and the detected glyph variant information, the basic character data being associated with the detected glyph variant information in the input character string, wherein the extended expression data can be converted to the basic character data by specific bit arithmetic processing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LAYOUT BASED ON HANDWRITING INPUT - A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a layout based on a handwriting input. A first input is received from a user. The first input includes handwriting data. A layout is created based on the handwriting data. A second input is received from the user. Content of the second input is arranged in the created layout. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055870 | INTELLIGENT CROPPING OF IMAGES BASED ON MULTIPLE INTERACTING VARIABLES - Methods and systems for intelligently cropping images, including receiving, over a computer network, a source image, and then associating a first identifier tag with a first object in the source image. A cropped image is generated from the source image wherein the cropping is based on the first object. The system and method then notifying a first user that the first identifier tag is associated with the first object in the cropped image, wherein the notification includes the cropped image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055871 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING AND ASSOCIATING BEHAVIORS TO IMAGE CONTENT - A computer implemented method and apparatus for analyzing image content and associating behaviors to the analyzed image content. The method comprises accessing a digital image; determining one or more patterns in the digital image; associating, based on the one or more determined patterns, a set of pre-defined behaviors with each determined pattern; and storing interactions with the digital image, wherein the interactions are associated with the behaviors. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055872 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a detector that detects a symbol image representing a symbol from content including an image, a determining unit that determines, on the basis of detail of image processing that changes a display form of the content, a display form of the symbol image in the content subjected to the image processing, and an addition indicating unit that indicates addition of the symbol image in the display form determined by the determining unit to the content subjected to the image processing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055873 | IMAGE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE ALIGNMENT METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Provided are an image alignment apparatus and an image alignment method using the same. The image alignment apparatus includes a first conversion function estimation unit for estimating a first conversion function based on feature point information that is extracted from a first image, which is captured by using a first image sensor, and a second image, which is captured by using a second image; and a second conversion function estimation unit for estimating a second conversion function based on motion information that is extracted from the first image and the second image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055874 | IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image analyzing apparatus includes computer. The computer is programmed to obtain a motion vector from a first image toward a second image and calculate an evaluation value depending on a magnitude of frequency components. The frequency components have a higher frequency than a first frequency determined based on the motion vector. The computer is also programmed to detect a particular area from the first image based on the evaluation value. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055875 | SITE ESTIMATION DEVICE, SITE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SITE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - With this device, an edge pair likelihood map generation unit ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055876 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of accurately determining an inclination of an original even in the case where an original of a white sheet is read with a white sheet as a background is provided. For this, the image processing apparatus extracts a fiber section having a feature of paper fiber from image data, analyzes a direction of fiber in the fiber section, and calculates an inclination of an original at the time of reading the original based on the direction. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING AN IMAGE IN ORDER TO LOCATE A PART THEREOF - A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criterion, including an exactly defined degree of smoothness. A minimum-cut algorithm is used on a graph devised so that the optimization criterion translates into the minimization of the graph cut. The minimum cut thus found is interpreted as the segmentation with desired property | 2015-02-26 |
20150055878 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image retrieval system includes an obtaining unit that obtains a query image, a specifying information extracting unit that extracts, from the query image, specifying information which specifies an image group as a retrieval target, a feature information extracting unit that extracts, from the query image, feature information to be used in image retrieval processing, and a retrieval unit that performs the image retrieval processing on retrieval target images specified by the specifying information, using the feature information. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055879 | Method, Server and System for Setting Background Image - The present disclosure provides an example method, server, or system of setting a background image. The server includes a receiving module, an inquiring module, and a sending module. The receiving module receives image characteristic information sent by a client device. The inquiring module searches a background image that matches the image characteristic information from a preset background image database. The sending module sends the background image that matches the image characteristic information to the client device so that the client device may use the background image as a desktop background. The present techniques intelligently set the desktop background or subject of the client device according to current information of the client device, thereby enabling automatic configuration of individualized desktop background at the client device. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055880 | VISUALIZATION CREDIBILITY SCORE - One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method, computer program product, and system for a method of determining the credibility of a visualization. Visualization data is received from an electronic device. The visualization data is compared to a plurality of visualization credibility criteria to determine a level of credibility for each of the visualization credibility criteria. The credibility of the visualization is rated based on the level of credibility for each of the visualization credibility criteria. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055881 | GESTURE-BASED IMAGE SHAPE FILTERING - Provided are techniques for gesture-based image shape filtering. At least one keyword in a search request for an image is received. A first set of images that are candidate matches to the requested image are identified based on the at least one keyword. A gesture-based image for a filter request is received. The first set of images are filtered using the gesture-based image to identify a second set of images that are candidate matches to the requested image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055882 | VEXTEX CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROTATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) COMPONENTS - A 3D model can be modeled using pattern-instance representation, wherein an instance component may be represented as transformation (for example, rotation, translation, and scaling) of a pattern. Quantization errors may be introduced when encoding rotation information, causing different vertex coordinate errors at different vertices of an instance. To efficiently compensate the vertex coordinate errors, an upper bound can be estimated for the vertex coordinate error of a vertex. Based on the upper bound, the codec decides whether the vertex coordinate error of the vertex needs to be compensated, and decides a quantization parameter for compensating the vertex coordinate error if compensation is needed. The upper bound can be estimated at both the encoder and decoder, and thus, no explicit signaling is needed to indicate whether vertex coordinate error compensation is used or to indicate the quantization parameter for the vertex coordinate error. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055883 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for providing Improved Data Compression - An apparatus for providing improved data compression may include an encoder comprising a quantizer for encoding input data and a side model. The quantizer may be trained with respect to high priority data among the input data and may be configured to partially encode the input data by encoding the high priority data. The side model may be trained jointly with the training of the quantizer and is configured to model low priority data among the input data. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055884 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING LIGHT FIELD IMAGE FILES HAVING A DEPTH MAP - Systems and methods configured to store images synthesized from light field image data and metadata describing the images in electronic files and render images using the stored image and the metadata in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a processor and memory containing an encoding application and light field image data, where the light field image data comprises a plurality of low resolution images of a scene captured from different viewpoints. In addition, the encoding application configures the processor to: synthesize a higher resolution image of the scene from a reference viewpoint using the low resolution images, where synthesizing the higher resolution image involves creating a depth map that specifies depths from the reference viewpoint for pixels in the higher resolution image; encode the higher resolution image; and create a light field image file including the encoded image and metadata including the depth map. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055885 | PRINT MEDIUM DISPLAYING ILLUSION IMAGE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HOLDING ILLUSION IMAGE DATA - The present invention obtains subband signals by performing a multiresolution decomposition by a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filterbank with orientation selectivity that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations on image data, and, when an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, generates reconstructed image data that creates a floating illusion by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of detail filters with a predetermined orientation relative to a floating direction, in which an image is desired to be floated due to an illusion, among the detail filters. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055886 | IMAGE FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image fusion system and method are provided. The system includes a plurality of cameras configured to generate a plurality of images, respectively, and an image fusion unit configured to fuse the plurality of images into a single image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055887 | Image Processing Apparatus and Storage Medium - An image processing apparatus configured having processor and a memory and configured to perform: calculating a size ratio between an inscribed figure inscribed in a composition target area in a template image and an area determined based on an object in a target image; setting a first area including the object to the target image based on the size ratio; and generating a composited image in which an image in the first area whose size has been adjusted based on the size ratio is composited in the composition target area, wherein the first area is set such that, when the image in the first area is superimposed on the composition target area, the object contacts with the inscribed figure and an outer edge of the first area matches a circumscribed figure circumscribed to the composition target area. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055888 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images captured under different exposure conditions, a detection unit configured to detect a position shift of an image to the reference image, wherein the reference image is an image serving as an alignment reference in processing for composing the plurality of images; and a composition unit configured to correct the position shift and compose the plurality of images in accordance with a composition ratio calculated based on brightness of a predetermined image, wherein the composition unit does not compose a plurality of images according to the composition ratio in a region of the reference image in which at least parts of the plurality of images do not overlap, and the composition unit composes images generated from the predetermined image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055889 | PARALLEL APPLICATION CHECKPOINT IMAGE COMPRESSION - Parallel application checkpoint image compression may be carried out in a parallel computer. The parallel computer may include a plurality of compute nodes, where each node is configured to execute one or more parallel tasks of the parallel application. The parallel tasks may be organized into an operational group for collective communications. In such a parallel computer, checkpoint image compression may include: generating, by each task of the parallel application, an image for checkpointing the parallel application; selecting, by an image management task, one of the images as a base template image; constructing, by the image management task, a binary radix tree, including storing differences between each task's image and the base template image in the binary radix tree; and storing, by the image management task as a checkpoint for the parallel application, the binary radix tree and the base template image, without storing every task's image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055890 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA, STORING IMAGE DATA AND ACCESSING IMAGE DATA - A system for processing image data, storing image data and accessing image data is provided. The system includes computing hardware, and one or more databases in communication with the computing hardware for storing image information. Upon receiving user instructions, the computing hardware is operable to combine a plurality of images to create a montage of mutually abutting images arranged within a pre-defined geometrical spatial envelope. The system is operable to manage the montage effectively as a single file for purposes of storing in the databases, and/or accessing from the databases. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055891 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method has storing, registering and displaying. The storing is storing a plurality of images having at least a first image in storage. The registering is registering first information related to the first image. The displaying is displaying, when the first image corresponds to a second image acquired by a camera, the first information or information related to the first information on a display. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055892 | RESEALABLE PACKAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE RESEALABLE PACKAGE AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE RESEALABLE PACKAGE - The invention relates to a resealable package ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055893 | GIFT BAG WITH BUILT-IN DECORATIVE TOPPER/CLOSURE - An all-in-one gift bag with decorative closure built in to the bag is disclosed. My invention should reduce the cost to the consumer because there is no need to buy tissue paper separately anymore. It will also save the consumer time because they won't have to shop the aisle for multiple items. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055894 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Die-Cut Web and Discrete Tape Anchored to Second Side Panel - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete tape including a base strip between first and second side panels; at least a first portion of the first surface of the strip coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and adhered by the adhesive to the inner surface of the first panel at a first location, and the second surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the second side panel; a die cut in the first panel, defining a primary die cut segment so arranged that when the package is opened, it can be reclosed by adhering the adhesive to the first panel; and a product in the pouch. A secondary die cut segment can be disposed between the primary die cut segment and an end of the package. This secondary die cut can be at least partially underlain by the adhesive. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055895 | FLEXIBLE FILM PACKAGE BAG - To provide a package bag that can be easily opened, while preventing unintentional breakage or opening. A flexible film package bag | 2015-02-26 |
20150055896 | Easy Tear Packaging - Provided is a packaging bag constructed from shrink film material and defining a content receiving space. The packaging bag comprises seal areas in the front and rear faces for affixing the front face to the rear face to seal the content receiving space after bag contents have been received. The packaging bag further comprises a first skirt section and a second skirt section, which extend, respectively, beyond the first and second seal areas. The packaging bag further comprises a first hole and a second hole defined in each of the skirt sections and positioned between an outer edge of the skirt sections and the seal areas. The packaging bag further comprises a tear initiating feature. An opening can be formed in the packaging bag to extract the bag contents by initiating a tear at one of the holes using the tear initiating feature associated with the hole. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055897 | TOOTH-BEARING BODY - A tooth-bearing body having a first sequence ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055898 | HYDRODYNAMIC AXIAL BEARING - The invention relates to an axial bearing comprising a slide ring ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055899 | SLIDING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SLIDING MEMBER - According to the manufacturing method of a bearing which is a sliding member, a bimetal sintered alloy is formed by sintering a metal powder on a surface of a back metal which is a plate shaped metal member to form a sintered layer. In addition, following this, the sintered alloy is molded as a cylindrical bush and the bush undergoes a heat treatment. Following this, the bearing is formed by press-fitting the bush into a collar which is a cylindrical metal member. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055900 | MAIN BEARING FOR CRANKSHAFT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A main bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine has first and second half bearings forming an axial groove on an inner circumferential surface of a butting portion. Each half bearing has a main cylinder portion including a central portion, and crush relief portions each extending toward the central portion from an end surface of the half bearing with a center angle of 3° to 15°. A plurality of crush relief grooves are formed in each crush relief portion in the circumferential direction to communicate with the axial groove. An oil groove is formed in the circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface of the first half bearing. The second half bearing has a transition region having an inward protruding curved surface a wall thickness of which becomes thinner toward the crush relief portion from the main cylinder portion. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055901 | MAIN BEARING FOR CRANKSHAFT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A main bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine has first and second half bearings forming an axial groove on an inner circumferential side of a butting portion. Each half bearing has a main cylinder portion including a central portion in a circumferential direction, and crush relief portions each extending toward the central portion from an end surface of the half bearing in the circumferential direction with a center angle of 3° to 15°. A plurality of crush relief grooves are formed in each crush relief portion to extend in the circumferential direction and communicate with the axial groove. The first half bearing has an oil groove extending in the circumferential direction and a transition region having an inward protruding curved surface with a wall thickness becoming thinner toward the crush relief portion from the main cylinder portion. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055902 | MAIN BEARING CAP WITH LOCATING FEATURE - A bearing cap ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055903 | WHEEL BEARING HAVING A SENSOR HOLDER - A wheel bearing having a sensor holder ( | 2015-02-26 |
20150055904 | ROLLING ELEMENT GUIDE CAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A rolling element guide cage having a ring element which is made from a sheet material and has an axial profiling produced using forming techniques and forms a plurality of successive rolling element guide structures in the circumferential direction. The ring element is composed of at least two flat material ring segments joined to one another successively in the circumferential direction, said segments being joined together in a manufacturing step which precedes the formation of the axial profiling. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055905 | Sure stop lazy susan bearing and detent machanism - A bearing and detent mechanism for automatic alignment of a Lazy Susan Turntable or shelf to an original position or door closed position is provided which includes a bearing mounted to the Lazy Susan Turntable and a cabinet shelf with a cavity on the outer bearing having an entrance and exit ramp and wherein the bottom of the exit and entrance ramp represents the detent or stop location of the Lazy Susan Turntable. The bearing and detent mechanism allows for the Lazy Susan Turntable to smoothly stop where it needs to so as to keep products on the shelf in a stable and upright position. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055906 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - A bearing assembly includes first and second rolling-element bearings each having an inner ring that is connectable to a shaft for rotation therewith, each inner ring having a running surface (raceway) for rolling elements and an intermediate ring disposed axially between the inner ring of the first rolling-element bearing and the inner ring of the second rolling-element bearing. The intermediate ring has a maximum outer diameter smaller than a maximum diameter of the running surface of the inner ring of the first rolling-element bearing and smaller than a maximum diameter of the running surface of the inner ring of the second rolling-element bearing. The intermediate ring has an axial dimension that is smaller than a radial dimension of a cross-section of the intermediate ring, and that is smaller than 0.5 mm. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055907 | BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH A RETAINING RING AND METHOD THEREOF - A bearing assembly, including a housing with a first circumferentially disposed groove; a bearing including an outer race with a second circumferentially disposed groove; and a retaining ring disposed within the first and second circumferentially disposed grooves. A method of retaining a bearing, including: locating a first portion of a ring within a groove in an outer race; installing a housing radially about the race to contact the race; locating a second portion of the ring within a groove in the housing; bringing temperature of the housing and the race to a first level; fixing, with contact between the race and the housing, the race with respect to the housing; increasing the temperature of the housing and race to a second higher level; creating a radial gap between the housing and the outer race; and fixing, with the retaining ring, a position of the race with respect to the housing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055908 | CONVERTER COLLAR BEARING FOR A TORQUE CONVERTER - A bearing position for a torque converter, wherein a pump impeller is connected to a converter neck, and the pump impeller is rotatably mounted on the bearing position by at least one roller bearing in a housing, wherein the roller bearing comprises an outer rolling raceway, assigned to the converter neck and facing radially outwards, and an inner rolling raceway, assigned to the housing and facing radially inwards, and rollers disposed radially between the rolling raceways, wherein the bearing position comprises at least one radially elastically designed section of a sleeve of the roller bearing, where the sleeve is provided with the inner rolling raceway, wherein the section, enclosing an elastic convex raceway curvature, is resiliently prestressed in the radial direction against at least a first roller of the rollers, the first roller supported on the outer rolling raceway, and supported in the opposite radial direction on the housing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055909 | REFURBISHED BEARING AND METHOD OF REPAIRING A BEARING - A method of refurbishing a bearing is disclosed. The method includes providing a bearing having a tube structure and inner and outer surfaces. The bearing is mounted onto a mounting unit and a cladding head of a laser cladding unit is positioned within a bore of the bearing. The cladding head forms laser cladding layers disposed on the inner surface of the bearing. The cladding layers increase a thickness of the bearing and reduce an internal diameter of the bearing. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055910 | HYBRID MOS OPTICAL MODULATOR - A hybrid MOS optical modulator. The optical modulator includes an optical waveguide, a cathode comprising a first material and formed in the optical waveguide, and an anode comprising a second material dissimilar from the first material and formed in the optical waveguide, the anode adjoining the cathode, a capacitor being defined between the anode and the cathode. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055911 | III-V Photonic Integration on Silicon - Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of HI-V material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. The coupling between the silicon waveguide and the III-V gain region allows for integration of low threshold lasers, tunable lasers, and other photonic integrated circuits with Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055912 | COUPLING LIGHT FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE TO A WAVEGUIDE USING A MULTI-STEP CONVERTER - An optical device may include a waveguide converter that couples an external light-carrying medium to a waveguide embedded within the optical device. In one embodiment, the optical signal emitted from the light-carrying medium enters the converter which focuses the signal (e.g., shrinks the mode of the optical signal) to better match the physical dimensions of the waveguide. Using the converter may improve transmission efficiency relative to directly coupling (e.g., butt-coupling) the light-carrying medium to the waveguide. Specifically, the converter may enable the light-carrying medium to transmit the optical signal directly into the optical device without the use of any external lenses, even if the waveguide is a sub-micron waveguide. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055913 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MOLD CONTAINER FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an optical connector that can optically couple a multi-core fiber and single-mode fibers with a high efficiency. The optical connector connects: N (N is an integer of 3 to 14) single-mode fibers each including one core with a high refractive index, in a cladding material with a low refractive index; to a multi-core fiber including N cores with high refractive indexes in a cladding material with a low refractive index such that the cores of the single-mode fibers are respectively optically coupled to the cores of the multi-core fiber. The optical connector includes: a quartz glass cylinder having a first end face to be in contact with the multi-core fiber and a second end face to be in contact with the single-mode fibers; and N glass fibers that are arranged in the quartz glass cylinder so as to extend from the first end face to the second end face, the N glass fibers each including: a circular rod with a high refractive index that has a constant outer diameter; and a low refractive index material that surrounds an outer periphery of the circular rod and has a constant thickness. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055914 | ACTIVE OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND SYSTEMS COMPRISING - Simple yet robust active optical connectors are provided comprising: (a) a first connecting module configured to be joined to a first fiber optic cable, the first connecting module being configured to receive a first transmission signal from a signal carrying fiber of the first fiber optic cable and to actively convert the first transmission signal into an optical connection signal; and (b) a second connecting module configured to be joined to a second fiber optic cable, the second connecting module being configured to receive the optical connection signal and to propagate a second transmission signal within a signal carrying fiber of the second fiber optic cable; wherein the first connecting module comprises at least one optical amplifier, and wherein the first and second connecting modules are configured to couple such that the optical connection signal is transmitted and received across a light transmissive interface. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055915 | LIGHT-COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LIGHT-DIFFUSING OPTICAL FIBERS - Light-coupling apparatus and methods for light-diffusing optical fibers are disclosed. The light-coupling apparatus includes a light-diffusing fiber bundle having an end section made up of tightly packed cores by removing the claddings. The spaces between the cores are filled with a material having a refractive index equal to or less than that of the cores. A light-emitting diode light source can be butt-coupled to the bundled-core end of the light-diffusing fiber bundle or can be coupled thereto via a reflective concentrator. A method of forming a flat and smooth end on a cleaved fiber that has a rough end is also disclosed. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055916 | OPTICAL COMBINER AND LASER DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical combiner includes a plurality of input optical fibers, an output optical fiber, and a bridge fiber optically coupled to the plurality of input optical fibers and the output optical fiber. The bridge fiber includes a tapered portion whose outer diameter is reduced toward the emission end, and the outer diameter of the emission end face of the bridge fiber is smaller than the cladding outer diameter of the incident end face of the output optical fiber. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055917 | WATERPROOF HOUSING FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WATERPROOF ADAPTER FOR ACCESSORY DEVICE - A waterproof adapter can provide a liquid-tight seal between a waterproof housing for a mobile electronic device and an accessory connector extending from an accessory device, such as a jack plug extending from a pair of headphones. The waterproof adapter can be an integral part of the accessory connector or can be installed on the accessory connector using, for example, a threaded or bayonet-style connection. In one example, the waterproof adapter can include an exterior gasket channel circumscribing an exterior surface of its body, an exterior gasket disposed at least partially within the exterior gasket channel, thereby permitting the waterproof adapter to provide a liquid-tight seal between a connector aperture in the waterproof housing and the accessory connector. When the accessory device is disconnected from the mobile electronic device, a port-sealing bung can be inserted into the connector aperture of the waterproof housing and can provide a liquid-tight seal therewith. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING A LARGE DIAMETER OPTICAL FIBER - A method for aligning an optical fiber that includes: directing a laser beam into a beam splitter to generate a pair of beams that are directed to a pair of reflectors that redirect the pair of beams such that the pair of beams intersect with each other and go to a pair of power detectors; and moving an optical fiber into the paths of the pair of beams until power detected at each of the pair of detectors is minimized. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055919 | FIBER OPTIC CABLES WITH EXTRUDED ACCESS FEATURES AND METHODS OF MAKING FIBER OPTIC CABLES - Cables are constructed with embedded discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of polymer material coextruded in the cable jacket. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055920 | Perforated Water-Blocking Element - The present invention provides optical-fiber communication cables with an improved water-blocking element that reduces or eliminates microbending caused by the water-swellable particulate powders by employing such water-swellable powders in conjunction with a smooth but perforated compression-resistant carrier tape. The water-blocking element is deployed within optical-fiber buffer tubes to water-block the buffer tubes and to minimize microbending that can occur when water-swellable particulate powders press against optical fibers. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055921 | OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLIES HAVING A POWDER OR POWDER BLEND AT LEAST PARTIALLY MECHANICALLY ATTACHED - A fiber optic cable includes one or more optical fibers, a jacket, strength members, and water-swellable powder. The jacket is formed from a polymer and has a cavity defined therein. The one or more optical fibers extend through the cavity. Further, the jacket is non-round in cross-section and the strength members are encapsulated in the jacket on opposite sides of the cavity. The water-swellable powder is at least partially mechanically attached to an inner surface of the cavity, where the mechanical attachment of the water-swellable powder allows a portion of particles of the water-swellable powder to protrude beyond the surface and not be completely embedded therein. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055922 | ALL GLASS METHOD FOR FRUSTRATING INTERNAL REFLECTION IN AN OPTICAL FIBER - The disclosure is directed to an all glass method that frustrates the internal reflection on the outside diameter of an optical fiber's glass cladding thus allowing the light to be directed to a light absorbing material/ medium and allowing the desired light in the core of the fiber to be preserved with no loss. The frustration is achieved by having at least one glass frustrater in glass-to-glass contact with the outermost cladding layer of the optical fiber. The glass frustrater is made of a glass that has a glass transition point lower that both the core and cladding glasses of the fiber. Chalcogenide and phosphate glasses are among the glasses suitable for this application. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055923 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING MULTI-CORE FIBER, MULTI-CORE FIBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-CORE FIBER - A multicore fiber | 2015-02-26 |
20150055924 | PLASMONIC INTERFACE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a layered material stack that includes a plasmonic interface between a plasmonic material and optical waveguide material is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate layer, disposing a layer of plasmonic material on the substrate layer, depositing a metal constituent of an optical waveguide material directly onto the layer of plasmonic material, and anodizing the metal constituent of the optical waveguide material to form an optically transparent oxide of the metal constituent configured to couple light into the layer of plasmonic material, with the optically transparent oxide of the metal constituent forming an optical waveguide structure. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055925 | RAPID UNIVERSAL RACK MOUNT ENCLOSURE - A cable enclosure assembly includes an enclosure, a cable spool and a length of fiber optic cable. The enclosure defines an interior region, a first opening and a second opening aligned with the first opening. The first and second openings provide access to the interior region. The cable spool is disposed in the interior region of the enclosure and is rotatably engaged with the enclosure. The cable spool includes a drum and a flange engaged to the drum. The flange has an outer peripheral side, a cable management portion and an adapter bulkhead portion. The adapter bulkhead portion extends outwardly from the cable management portion and forms a portion of the outer peripheral side. The length of the fiber optic cable is dispose about the drum of the cable spool. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055926 | ENVIRONMENTALLY SEALED CABLE BREAKOUT ASSEMBLIES - A cable breakout assembly is provided, including a feeder cable, a breakout structure having a first end threadedly engaged with a cable nut having a single-port cable gland through which the feeder cable extends, a central conduit which houses the sections of the feeder cable passing there through, and an opposed second end threadedly engaged with a cable nut having a multi-port cable gland, whose number of ports corresponds to the number of splices of the feeder cable. A plurality of environmentally sealed, flexible conduits are provided, each having a first end that interfaces with and extends from a respective port of the multi-port gland, and a second end adapted to interface with an external device, wherein each flexible conduit houses a respective spliced section of the feeder cable therein. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055927 | FIBER ASSEMBLY WITH TRAY FEATURE - A fiber assembly includes a fiber supporting matrix that comprises a length and a width, wherein the fiber supporting matrix comprises a first number of fiber positions that are assembled in a linear configuration across the width and extend along the length from a first end to a second end of the fiber supporting matrix. A second number of secured non-transmitting fibers are secured in a portion of the first number of fiber positions, wherein the second number of secured non-transmitting fibers terminate approximately at the second end of the fiber supporting matrix. A tray region on the fiber supporting matrix is defined by a plurality of adjacent empty fiber positions that do not secure the second number of secured non-transmitting fibers, wherein the tray region receives a third number of installed active fibers that correspond to the plurality of adjacent empty fiber positions. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055928 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR PLUG WITH SHUTTER - An optical connector plug with a shutter to be fitted to an optical connector adapter includes: a plug frame configured to hold a ferrule; a square cylindrical front housing including a shutter that opens and closes with a movement of the ferrule; a locking housing fixedly and integrally connected to the plug frame and configured to be fitted into and be locked with the optical connector adapter; and a spring that biases the front housing forward. The plug frame is moved forward by a rearward movement of the front housing, a front opening edge portion of the plug frame expands a shutter into a straight shape, and the shutter includes slits straddling over a boundary between a flat portion and a curved portion when light is blocked, and a protrusion formed by a center portion being deformed by the expanded shutter when being fitted is cancelled. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055929 | CAMERA ARRAY INCLUDING CAMERA MODULES - The disclosure includes a camera array comprising camera modules, the camera modules comprising a master camera that includes a processor, a memory, a sensor, a lens, a status indicator, and a switch, the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a start operation to start recording video data using the lens and the sensor in the other camera modules and the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a stop operation to stop recording, the status indicator configured to indicate a status of at least one of the camera modules. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055930 | Video Recording System and Methods - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to receive a first notification that a first cast has been made. The computer-executable instructions may further include instructions, which cause the computer to receive data regarding a video input. The computer-executable instructions may further include instructions, which cause the computer to receive a second notification that a second cast has been made. The computer-executable instructions may further include instructions, which cause the computer to delete a portion of the data regarding the video input that is associated with the first cast in response to receiving the second notification. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055931 | VIDEO SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND STORING VIDEO CONTENT - The present disclosure provides a video system for capturing and distributing video content. The video system includes a camera arrangement for capturing video content and storing the video content in data memory, and a tag arrangement in communication with the camera arrangement. The tag arrangement is operable to provide a signal which enables its position within a field of view of the camera. The video system further includes a data processing and communication arrangement which is operable to process the video content to pan and/or zoom, at least for a part of a time duration of the video content, in respect of an advertisement target associated with the tag arrangement, to generate corresponding processed video content, to supplement the processed video content with metadata, and to distribute the processed video content together with its metadata to other parties. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055932 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image recording apparatus having an image sensing unit and a particular operation unit controls so as to start or to stop, in a case where the first recording mode is set, in accordance with an operation on the particular operation unit, a recording to a recording medium of a moving image captured by the imaging unit, and to control so as to record, in a case where the second recording mode is set, in accordance with an operation on the particular operation unit, while continuing recording to the recording medium of a moving image captured by the imaging unit, information indicating a start of a scene which is a portion of the moving image being recorded, or information indicating an end of a scene which is a portion of the moving image being recorded. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055933 | ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM - An advertisement system includes a display device, a storage media saving video and audio data and a controller. The controller includes a memory unit in which an operation system and application programs are installed, an output interface connected to the display device, at least one input interface connected to the storage media; and a processor processing the video and audio data sent by the application programs installed in the memory unit and converting the video and audio data to video and audio signals which are sent to the display device via the output interface to display video and audio advertisements, wherein the operation system is Android operation system. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055934 | ENHANCING KARAOKE SYSTEMS UTILIZING AUDIENCE SENTIMENT FEEDBACK AND AUDIO WATERMARKING - A digital audio/video (A/V) content can be selected from a data store within a computing device. The content can include a vocal free recording and a subsequently recorded vocal track generated by a user. A digital marker can be embedded into the audio signal of the content. The marker can be associated with a time index of the content and a unique user identity associated with a device. A different A/V content can be identified and can be linked to the marker. The different A/V content can be at a symbol, a shape, an audio, a video, and/or a text content. In one embodiment, facial gesture and/or motion gesture feedback of a consumer can be captured during playback of the digital A/V content. In the embodiment, analysis of the feedback can be utilized to generate recommendations for improvement of A/V digital content and/or status updates. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055935 | GEO-LOCATION VIDEO ARCHIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for recording, uploading, and archiving video recordings, including a front-end and a back-end application. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a front-end application wherein video is recorded using a mobile device. The recorded video is embedded with date, time and GPS location data. The video is stored on an online back-end database which catalogues the video according to the embedded data elements. The video may be selectively reviewed by relevant experts or emergency personnel for immediate response to the uploaded video and/or distribution to the proper parties. The video may also be archived for later review and use by any number of end-users. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF COMPOSITE MEDIA - The system provides a method and apparatus for constructing, and for dynamically rearranging the order of content in a composite video. The re-ordering of clips in the composite video can be based on one or more weighting factors associated with each clip. These factors can include freshness or newness of the clip, popularity based on the number of “likes” of a clip by others, the content of the clip (e.g. celebrity creator or presence), paid boosting (e.g. for commercial concerns); and other factors. Each clip has associated metadata that can be used to assign a weight value to the clip for purposes of reordering the composite video. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055937 | AGGREGATING IMAGES AND AUDIO DATA TO GENERATE VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT - The disclosure includes a system and method for aggregating image frames and audio data to generate virtual reality content. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive video data describing image frames from a camera array; receive audio data from a microphone array; aggregate the image frames to generate a stream of three-dimensional (3D) video data, the stream of 3D video data including a stream of left panoramic images and a stream of right panoramic images; generate a stream of 3D audio data from the audio data; and generate virtual reality content that includes the stream of 3D video data and the stream of 3D audio data. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET ACCESS TO A PERSONAL TELEVISION SERVICE - Systems and methods for remote access to personal television service are disclosed. A remote personal TV service center provides centralized program guide information. Users may access 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. Users may access the personal TV service center through a remote computer terminal or a personal digital assistant which is connected to a computer network. A user selects program events and programs the digital video recorder using a graphical user interface installed in 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. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055939 | DATA ARCHIVAL ON FILM - A method for archiving a binary data bit stream onto at least one frame of film commences by encoding the binary bit stream using a prescribed set of gray levels. Thereafter, a successive one of a set of sub-frames within the at least one frame is aligned with a beam. The beam scans each successive sub-frame to expose each of a successive set of data cells within that sub-frame with light at a gray level corresponding each of a set of bits to be written within each successive data cell. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055940 | THERMAL DYNAMIC RESPONSE SENSING SYSTEMS FOR HEATERS - A heater system includes a heater assembly, an imaging device and a control system. The heater assembly includes a plurality of heating zones. The imaging device acquires an image of the heater assembly. The control system determines variations in the plurality of heating zones based on the thermal image. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055941 | THERMAL STORAGE DEVICE - An improved thermal store is provided. The thermal decouples the heat output from the thermal store from the energy provided to the heater. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055942 | BASE STRUCTURES, SCENT WARMERS INCLUDING SUCH BASE STRUCTURES, AND RELATED METHODS - Base structures for use with a scent warmer may include a support structure configured to receive thereon an at least substantially hollow member defining a cavity. An electrical connector may extend from the support structure. A power cord connector extending from the support structure may be electrically connected to the electrical connector using a rigid electrical connection and configured to physically secure and electrically communicate with a power cord. Methods of making a base structure for use with a scent warmer may involve configuring a support structure to receive thereon an at least substantially hollow member defining a cavity. An electrical connector that extends from the support structure may be formed. A power cord connector configured to physically secure and electrically communicate with a power cord may be electrically connected with the electrical connector using a rigid electrical connection. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055943 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRANSIENT THERMAL PROFILE PROCESSING ON A MOVING SUBSTRATE - A method and apparatus for thermally processing material on a low-temperature substrate using pulsed light from a flash lamp is disclosed. Material is conveyed past the flash lamp. The pulses of light are formed by Pulse Width Modulation to tailor the shape of the pulses to generate a thermal gradient in the substrate that enables the material to be heated beyond the maximum working temperature of the substrate without damage. Its shaped pulse rate is synchronized to the conveyance speed of a conveyance system. By using the information from a feedback sensor, the thermal gradient is recalculated to alter the shape of the pulses in real time for optimizing subsequent curings in real time without powering down the curing apparatus. The combined pulse shaping and synchronization allow a temperature profile to be tailored in the sample that is uniformly cured in the conveyance direction. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055944 | Heated Lamp and Heated Bulb Assembly for Lamp - A heated lamp is provided having a lamp housing, a lens, a thermal reflector, a heating wire, at least one insulator, a light bulb, and a thermostat. The lens is affixed to the housing defining a chamber there between. The thermal reflector is provided in the housing and is spaced from the lens. The heating wire is provided between the reflector and the lens. The at least one insulator is associated with the reflector and is configured to support the heating wire circuitously about the reflector and operative to heat the lens responsive to electrical current being delivered through the wire. The light bulb is carried by the housing between the lens and the reflector. The thermostat is electrically coupled with the heating wire operative to regulate temperature of the heating wire responsive to electrical current being delivered through the wire. A heated light bulb assembly is also provided. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055945 | PROTECTION IN METRO OPTICAL NETWORKS - An optical network is configured to optimize network resources. The optical network includes multiple optical nodes, light paths between the multiple optical nodes, and a network monitoring device. The network monitoring device monitors the optical network to identify a failure in the optical network. When the failure is a fiber failure, light paths are re-routed around the fiber failure while maintaining the required bandwidth for the optical network. When the failure is a transponder card failure within one of the multiple nodes, a floating spare card may be provisioned to service a particular light path associated with the transponder card failure. When the failure is a node failure, transponder cards in some of the multiple optical nodes are provisioned to reconfigure some of the plurality of light paths to route traffic around the failed node. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055946 | METHOD TO CONTROL TRANSMITTER OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module capable of monitoring an inner temperature thereof by a simple arrangement is disclosed. The optical module installs an avalanche photodiode (APD). The APD generates the first photocurrent under a bias where the APD shows the multiplication factor thereof M equal to the unity, and the second photocurrent under another bias where the multiplication factor becomes greater than the unity. The operating temperature of the laser diode (LD) may be estimated from a ratio of the first photocurrent to the second photocurrent. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055947 | METHOD FOR QUICK AUTOMATIC REMOTE WAVELENGTH DISCOVERY AND CONFIGURATION - A remote node, e.g., a client-side node or a service-side node, writes wavelength information into an overhead message of a packet carried by an optical signal when an optical port associated with the remote node is deployed. The overhead message explicitly identifies the wavelength channel associated with the newly deployed optical port to a hub node in a WDM optical network. The hub node identifies the new wavelength channel associated with the newly deployed optical port based on the overhead message to enable the hub node to associate the new wavelength channel with the newly deployed optical port. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055948 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING AN OPTICAL INTERFACE ASSEMBLY WITH AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Systems and methods of aligning an optical interface assembly with an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. The method includes emitting light from an optical transmitter, passing the emitted light through the optical interface assembly in a first direction, and reflecting the emitted light from a reflective surface disposed immediately adjacent a front end of the optical interface assembly to define reflected light that travels back through the optical interface assembly in a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction. The reflected light is received by an optical receiver that generates in response a receiver signal. The relative position of the optical interface assembly and the IC is adjusted to achieve an aligned position based on the receiver signal. The disclosure is also directed to a test plug for aligning an optical interface assembly to the IC. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055949 | NODE INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURE TO IMPLEMENT HIGH-PERFORMANCE SUPERCOMPUTER - Node interconnect architectures to implement a high performance supercomputer are provided. For example, a node interconnect architecture for connecting a multitude of nodes (or processors) of a supercomputer is implemented using an all-to-all electrical and optical connection network which provides two independent communication paths between any two processors of the supercomputer, wherein a communication path includes at most two electrical links and one optical link. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING PHYSICAL CHANNELS - A system and method for interconnecting physical channels is provided. The system includes a port containing an optical receiver, a port control module, a route determination module, and a connectivity module. The port control module is operably connected to a first physical channel to receive a Fibre Channel frame comprising data and a data header. The route determination module selects a route between the port control module and the second physical channel according to the data header. The connectivity module is operably connected to the port control module and to the route determination module. The connectivity apparatus may switch frames between the port control module and the second physical channel under control of the route determination module in order to transfer Fibre Channel frames to the second physical channel. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055951 | Method for Crosstalk and Power Optimization in Silicon Photonic Based Switch Matrices - Recursive optimization algorithms can be used to determine which idle photonic switching elements to configure in N×N switching fabrics to achieve crosstalk suppression. Different algorithms are used to achieve different levels of optimization. Embodiment full optimization techniques may configure all inactive cells to reduce crosstalk, and consequently may provide the best noise performance and highest power usage. Partial optimizations may configure fewer than all inactive cells to reduce crosstalk, and may provide sub-optimal noise performance at lower power usages. Differential partial optimization algorithms configure inactive cells in different stages of a photonic switching fabric. Fewer than all cells in a given stage may be configured by some algorithms. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055952 | INTRANODAL ROADM FIBER MANAGEMENT APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - An intranodal reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) fiber management apparatus, and a system employing the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a plurality of ingress optical ports, a plurality of egress optical ports, and a plurality of optical interconnections interposed between ones of the plurality of ingress optical ports and ones of the plurality of egress optical ports. Each of the plurality of ingress optical ports corresponds to one of the plurality of egress optical ports. Each one of the plurality of ingress optical ports is optically coupled by way of the optical interconnections to at least one of the plurality of egress optical ports. Each one of the plurality of egress optical ports is optically coupled by way of the optical interconnections to at least one of the plurality of ingress optical ports. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055953 | Channel Wavelength Assignment With Transient Reduction - In an automatically switched optical network operating according to a wavelength plan, the wavelengths are assigned to an optical path based on availability, performance and SRS wavelength coupling reduction. First, the wavelengths are grouped in static bins based on their reach versus cost performance, and each bin assumes a ΔQ of a middle wavelength. Then, the bins are moved into subsets of dynamic bins, constructed using bin constraints that account for the particulars of the respective optical path. The path is characterized taking into account the wavelength currently accessing at the end nodes, and the wavelength tandeming through the end nodes. Wavelength selection starts with the bins that satisfy the maximum number of constraints, and the wavelengths are checked sequentially against wavelength constraints; relaxed constraints are also applied when it is not possible to exactly satisfy one or more constraints. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055954 | Wave Division Multiplexer Arrangement for Small Cell Networks - A passive optical network includes a central office providing subscriber signals; a fiber distribution hub including an optical power splitter and a termination field; and a drop terminal. Distribution fibers have first ends coupled to output ports of a drop terminal and second ends coupled to the termination field. A remote unit of a DAS is retrofitted to the network by routing a second feeder cable from a base station to the hub and coupling one the distribution fibers to the second feeder cable. The remote unit is plugged into the corresponding drop terminal port, for example, with a cable arrangement having a sealed wave division multiplexer. | 2015-02-26 |
20150055955 | CHANNEL MANAGEMENT METHOD IN TIME AND WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING-PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (TWDM-PON) - The invention presents the channel management technology in a Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical network (TWDM-PON). According to an exemplary embodiment, the channel management technology is a wavelength management method for an Optical Network Unit (ONU) having a tunable receiver in the TWDM-PON in which a service is provided through multiple channels, the wavelength management method including: setting a wavelength of the tunable receiver as a first channel to receive a physical synchronization signal from an Optical Line Terminal (OLT); extracting either or both service utilization information and service operator information from the physical synchronization signal; and based on either or both of the service utilization information and the service operator information, determining whether to perform follow-up procedures for activation via the first channel or whether to change the wavelength of the tunable receiver into a second channel. | 2015-02-26 |