| 10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
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| 20150063646 | ON-STREET PARKING MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE VIA A CAMERA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for identifying a vehicle for street parking management. An initial identification of one or more vehicles detected parked along a street can be generated based on one or more of a group of factors. The initial identification can be communicated to a user of the vehicle by transmitting an image indicative of the vehicle parked along the street (e.g., via a mobile communications device). An operation can then be implemented for requesting a confirmation or a non-confirmation as to whether the vehicle detected and displayed on the image is associated with the user. Upon confirmation, an operation can be implemented for identifying the at least one vehicle as the initial identification. Upon non-confirmation, an operation can be implemented to query to identify the vehicle associated with the user from among a group of vehicles displayed via the image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063647 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBSTACLE - An apparatus and a method for detecting an obstacle are provided. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store program instructions and a processor that is configured to execute the program instructions. The program instructions when executed are configured to compensate a position of a second image based on a first image based on a moving distance of a vehicle between the first image and the second image captured at different times and respectively generate a difference image based on a difference between the first image and the second image and between the first image and the second image in which the position is compensated. In addition, binarization is performed of the difference image and a synthetic image is generated for the two difference images. Then, the obstacle is detected by selecting a pixel corresponding to an area where the bit value is detected from the synthetic image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD SHAPE - A method and an apparatus are provided to recognize a shape of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. Road edge shapes on a left side and a right side of the vehicle are recognized, from positions of roadside objects detected based on detection information from an on-board radar. Lane shapes that are shapes of lane boundary lines on the left side and the right side of the vehicle are recognized, from positions of lane boundary lines detected based on an image captured by an on-board camera. For each of the left side and the right side, such that the recognized road edge shape and the recognized lane shape are compared with each other, and the road shape is identified based on the comparison results. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063649 | Method and System for Blood Flow Velocity Reconstruction From Medical Images - A method and system for blood flow velocity reconstruction from medical image data is disclosed. Flow system geometry of a flow conduit is generated from medical image data. The flow system velocity includes an inlet, walls, and one or more outlets of the flow conduit. A measured velocity field is extracted from the medical image data. Inlet and wall fluxes are estimated based on the measured velocity field or other external measurements. Outlet fluxes are estimated such that mass conservation is constrained based on the inlet and wall fluxes. A reconstructed velocity field is calculated by solving flux-constrained Poisson (FCP) equations that are constrained by the estimated output fluxes | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063650 | Identifying Potential Fracture Treatment Locations In a Formation Based on Production Potential - The present disclosure relates to identifying potential fracture treatment locations in a rock formation for oil and/or gas production based on production potential. One example method includes receiving internal imaging data of a core sample of a rock formation; generating a digital core sample model of the structure of the core sample based on the internal imaging data; analyzing the core sample model to determine the density distribution of a deposit in the core sample; and determining a production potential value from the density distribution of the deposit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063651 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A binarization processing unit generates a binary image by comparing the visual feature of each pixel of an input image with a predetermined binarization threshold and binarizing the value of each pixel of the input image based on the comparison result. The binarization processing unit performs this process while changing the binarization threshold, thereby generating a plurality of binary images. A contour detecting unit calculates the area of a closed region having an overlap between the plurality of binary images, and determines the binarization threshold to be used for detecting a boundary of the corresponding closed region as a contour of an object, based on the area change rate of the corresponding closed region caused by changing the binarization threshold. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063652 | PATHOGEN DETERMINATION IN FLUID - A computer-implemented method of identifying a pathogen likely causing an increased somatic cell count in a sample of fluid is described. An image of the sample of fluid is received. Pixels in the image are parsed to identify pixels representing somatic cells. The identified pixels are analysed to determine image parameters. The determined images parameters are compared with different sets of predefined pathogen parameters stored in memory to determine a match. Each of the sets of pathogen parameters represents a different one of a plurality of pathogens. The pathogen likely causing an increased somatic cell count is identified by the set of the pathogen parameters that matches the image parameters. A computer readable medium storing instructions to implement the method and a system configure to implement the method are also described. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EFFICIENT FEEDBACK REGARDING CAPTURED OPTICAL IMAGE QUALITY - An optical image of a source document is captured. Two or more source document image test regions are then defined/determined. An optical image scan is performed on each source document image test region to determine if there are identifiable alpha-numeric characters or symbols present. If one or more of the source document image test regions are determined not to contain identifiable alpha-numeric characters, the captured optical image of the source document is determined to be of insufficient quality to identify and extract individual characters and symbols and it is recommended that optical images of source documents determined to be of insufficient quality to identify and extract individual characters and symbols be re-captured using an image capture device. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063654 | IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM - An image inspection system, an image inspection method, and an image inspection program acquires a read image obtained by reading an output image, generates an inspection image for inspecting the read image based on data of a to-be-output image, acquires an inspection result including a determination whether the read image is defective, based on a difference between the inspection image and the read image, acquires coloring-material usage data indicating extent of coloring-material usage in the output image, the coloring-material usage data being read when the read image is generated, generates coloring-material usage defect rate data indicating a defect rate in association with coloring-material usage, based on the inspection result and the coloring-material usage data, and obtains coloring-material usage of the to-be-output image, based on data of pixels forming the to-be-output image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063655 | Digital Identification Document - Some implementations may include a computer-assisted method for authenticating a person at a point of service, the method including: receiving a digital identification document including a digital biometric of the person and a digital watermark, the digital watermark encoding personally identifiable information of the person; retrieving the digital watermark from the received digital identification document; extracting the personally identifiable information from the retrieved digital watermark; and authenticating the person identified by the digital biometric based on the retrieved digital watermark. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063656 | System and Method for Digitally Watermarking Digital Facial Portraits - Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: receiving a digitally watermarked digital facial portrait of the person, the digital facial portrait embedded with at least one digital watermark identifying payload data linking the digital facial portrait to the person portrayed in the digital facial portrait; receiving results of comparison between the digital facial portrait of the person and the person presenting the digitally watermarked digital facial portrait; retrieving the at least one digital watermark in response to receiving comparison results that the person portrayed in the digital facial portrait is the person presenting the digitally watermarked digital facial portrait; and determining that the digital facial portrait is authentic based on the retrieved at least one digital watermark. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063657 | System and Method for Digitally Watermarking Digital Facial Portraits - Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: modulating a spatial luminance pattern associated with a first digital watermark to encode a first portion of personally identifiable information; modulating a spatial chrominance distribution associated with a second digital watermark to encode a second portion of the personally identifiable information; and applying the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark to the identification document. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063658 | System and Method for Digital Watermarking - Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: modulating a spatial luminance pattern associated with a first digital watermark to encode a first portion of personally identifiable information; modulating a spatial chrominance distribution associated with a second digital watermark to encode a second portion of the personally identifiable information; and applying the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark to the identification document. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063659 | System and Method for Digital Watermarking - Some implementations may provide a method that includes: receiving, at a mobile device, data encoding a first digital watermark present on the identification document; extracting a first portion of personally identifiable information encoded by a spatial luminance pattern associated with the first digital watermark; receiving, at a mobile device, data encoding a second digital watermark present on the identification document; extracting a second portion of personally identifiable information encoded by a spatial luminance pattern associated with the first digital watermark; and validating the identification document based on at least one of the first portion of personally identifiable information or the second portion of personally identifiable information. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063660 | FINGER BIOMETRIC SENSOR INCLUDING SLIDING MOTION AND STATIC POSITIONING BASED BIOMETRIC DATA GENERATION AND RELATED METHODS - A finger biometric sensor may include an array of finger biometric sensing pixels, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be capable of acquiring finger biometric data from the array of finger biometric sensing pixels and generating image data from the finger biometric data. The image data may be generated based upon at least a finger sliding motion when a finger is slid adjacent the array of finger biometric sensing pixels, and a finger static positioning when the finger is statically positioned adjacent the array of finger biometric sensing pixels. The processing circuitry may also be capable of determining a match between the image data and enrolled image data. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063661 | METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT USING CAPTURED IMAGE - A system recognizes an object employed by an electronic device, by capturing an image using a camera module and transmitting information recognized from the captured image to an external electronic device connected with the electronic device via a communication network. The system receives information associated with the recognized information from the external electronic device and displays the received information on a display. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063662 | FUNCTION EXECUTION METHOD BASED ON A USER INPUT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Provided is a method and apparatus for executing a function based on a user input. The method of executing a function in an electronic device includes: sensing a user input for selecting an object in a first area; recognizing a surface pattern of an input unit used for providing a user input in a third area when the user input is sensed in the third area; and executing a related function, based on a surface pattern recognition result in the third area when the user input of the first area and the user input of the third area are associated with each other. Accordingly, a function desired by a user may be readily executed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063663 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FINGERPRINT INDENTIFY FUNCTION - An electronic device comprises a display module for displaying images, an indentify module and a substrate where the display module and the indentify module located on. When an object is pressed against the electronic device, the indentify module obtains a grayscale image of the object pressed against the electronic device to indentify the object. The indentify module comprise a first thin film transistor (TFT) array. The display module comprises a second TFT array integrated with the first TFT array to form a TFT substrate arranged on the substrate. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063664 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A biometric information processing apparatus includes a processor; and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to extract auxiliary information representing a part of a body being captured together with biometric information from a plurality of images captured by an imaging unit; to trace the auxiliary information in a time direction; to extract the biometric information from at least one image among the plurality of images; to associate the traced auxiliary information with the extracted biometric information in terms of a positional relationship; and to output the auxiliary information having been associated with the biometric information. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063665 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SPECIFYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an acquiring unit that acquires target information representing a shooting target shown in an image shot by a user and biological information acquired from the user when the image is shot for each plurality of images shot by the user. The information processing device includes an extracting unit that extracts biological information corresponding to target information representing the shooting target from the biological information acquired by the acquiring unit for each shooting target. The information processing device includes a specifying unit that specifies the user's emotion for the shooting target using the biological information extracted by the extracting unit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063666 | Systems and Methods for Assessing Images - Disclosed are systems and methods for assessing images in applications such as microscopic scanning of a slide having light emitting objects. In certain embodiments, such scanning can involve objects such as sequencing beads disposed on the slide to facilitate biological analysis such as nucleic acid sequencing. Also disclosed are certain embodiments where images of light emitting objects are assessed for image quality so as to facilitate a feedback response such as a corrective action. In certain embodiments, such assessment and correction can be performed in real-time during the scanning process, and can include re-acquisition of the assessed image. Also disclosed are certain embodiments where such assessment and correction can be triggered dynamically during the scan, or before start of the scan, so as to enhance the scanning performance, including scanning time and throughput. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063667 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING BONE LESIONS - Methods and systems for evaluating bone lesions include accessing a first dataset acquired from a patient with a first imaging modality and a second dataset acquired from the patient with a second imaging modality. A segmentation is performed on the first dataset to identify a subset of the first dataset corresponding to a skeletal structure of the patient and a patient skeletal metric representing a total bone volume of the patient is automatically calculated from the subset of the first dataset. The methods and systems further include detection of at least one lesion in the second dataset, classification of the at least one lesion as a bone or non-bone lesion, automatic calculation of a bone lesion metric based on the classification, and calculation of a lesion burden as a ratio of the bone lesion metric and the patient skeletal metric. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063668 | THREE-DIMENSIONLAL VIRTUAL LIVER SURGERY PLANNING SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a three-dimensional virtual liver surgery planning system including: a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) receiving module which receives an abdomen computer tomography (CT) volume data set from a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) server; a DICOM loading and noise removing module which loads the received abdomen CT volume data set and remove noises; a standard liver volume estimation module which estimates a standard liver volume (SLV) from the denoised abdomen CT volume data set; a liver extraction module which extracts a three-dimensional liver region; a vessel extraction module which extracts a three-dimensional vessel region including a portal vein, a hepatic artery, a hepatic vein, and an inferior vena cava (IVC); a tumor extraction module which extracts a three-dimensional tumor region; a liver segmentation module which divides the extracted three-dimensional liver region into several segments using landmarks which are selected by a user or a segmentation sphere; and a liver surgery planning module which makes a three-dimensional liver surgery plan using a resection surface, a liver segments, or the segmentation sphere. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063669 | VISUAL SUPPRESSION OF SELECTIVE TISSUE IN IMAGE DATA - A method image data processor ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063670 | Extraction of Myocardial Contour Points - One of the preferred embodiments includes: (a) creating a summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data by summing a plurality of 3D nuclear medicine imaging data pixel by pixel; (b) determining pixels corresponding to myocardial regions in the summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data; (c) defining a plurality of tracing directions based on the summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data, and determining a reference myocardial center base point, a reference inner myocardial wall base point and a reference outer myocardial wall base point for each of the tracing directions; (d) determining a phase-specific myocardial center base point for each of the tracing directions for each of the phases; and (e) seeking a difference between the reference myocardial center base point and the phase-specific myocardial center base point, and determining a phase-specific inner myocardial wall base point and a phase-specific outer myocardial wall base point. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063671 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUMMING SIGNALS FROM AN IMAGING DETECTOR - A system includes a detector and a processing module. The detector includes pixels configured to detect an event corresponding to energy from a radiopharmaceutical. The processing module is configured to receive a request for each pixel that detects energy during a reading cycle. The processing module is configured to determine an energy level for each requesting pixel. For each requesting pixel, the processing module is configured to count the event when the energy level corresponds to an energy of the radiopharmaceutical, and to determine a combined energy level of the pixel and at least one adjacent pixel when the energy level does not correspond. The processing module is configured to count the event when the combined energy level corresponds to the energy of the radiopharmaceutical, and to disregard the event when the combined energy level does not correspond to the energy of the radiopharmaceutical. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063672 | VALUABLE DOCUMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM WITH QR CODE RECOGNIZABILITY - A valuable document recognition system includes a main unit, and a circuit module including a microprocessor, a sensor unit for detecting the position of an inserted valuable document, a recognition module using an image pickup device and a bill recognition device for recognizing the authenticity, value and QR code of an inserted valuable document and a data storage module that includes a decode database having stored therein decode data corresponding the QR codes of predetermined valuable documents and a characteristic database having stored therein characteristic data corresponding to the anti-counterfeit characteristics of predetermined valuable documents. Thus, the valuable document recognition system is capable of recognizing the QR codes and anti-counterfeit characteristics of predetermined valuable documents. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063673 | ULTRAVIOLET ANTI-COUNTERFEITING CHECK VERIFICATION METHOD - The invention relates to a ultraviolet anti-counterfeiting check verification method which solves subjective defect and time consuming problems of the traditional verification methods, and comprises the following steps: a. collecting ultraviolet gray level image by a ultraviolet scanner; b. extracting a first binary image from the ultraviolet gray level image; c. calculating a tilt angle of the first binary image; d. calculating tilt correction positions of pixels of the ultraviolet gray level image and the first binary image; e. determining a top left corner locating position of a first binary image rectangle; f. extracting a second binary image from the tilt corrected ultraviolet gray level image; g. performing position correction on the second binary image of a check to be verified; and h. calculating the matching degree between the second binary image of the check to be verified and a second binary image of a real check to verify authenticity. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063674 | PROFILING A MANUFACTURED PART DURING ITS SERVICE LIFE - Profiling a manufactured part during its service life, including capturing by an optical scanner images of the part, the part characterized by an expected service life and by attributes with specifications of design values, including capturing the images at more than one time during an actual service life of the part; measuring by a data processor operatively coupled to the scanner, based upon the captured images, actual values of one or more of the attributes when the images are captured; storing, in a database by the data processor operatively coupled to the scanner, the measurements of the actual values of the attributes; and making a determination, from the stored actual values by a data processor operatively coupled to the database, whether the part continues to comply with its specification during the actual service life of the part. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECT OF BACKLIGHT MODULE - According to embodiments of the invention, there are disclosed a method and an apparatus for detecting defect of a backlight module. Images that show components in the backlight module are acquired with a plurality of preset angles relative to a surface of the backlight module. The acquired images that show the components in the backlight module are analyzed, so as to determine whether a defect presents in the components in the backlight module. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063676 | System and Method for Package Dimensioning - A system and method for package dimensioning is provided. The package-dimensioning system includes an image capturing subsystem for acquiring information about an object within the image-capturing subsystem's field of view. A features-computation module analyzes object information and compiles a feature set describing the object's surface features. A classification module analyzes the feature set and categorizes the object's shape. A shape-estimation module estimates the dimensions of the object. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063677 | Scratch Filter for Wafer Inspection - Methods and systems for filtering scratches from wafer inspection results are provided. One method includes generating a defect candidate map that includes image data for potential defect candidates as a function of position on the wafer and removing noise from the defect candidate map to generate a filtered defect candidate map. The method also includes determining one or more characteristics of the potential defect candidates based on portions of the filtered defect candidate map corresponding to the potential defect candidates. In addition, the method includes determining if each of the potential defect candidates are scratches based on the one or more characteristics determined for each of the potential defect candidates and separating the potential defect candidates determined to be the scratches from other defects in inspection results for the wafer. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063678 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A 3-D MODEL OF A USER USING A REAR-FACING CAMERA - A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a user. A plurality of images of a user are captured via a rear-facing camera on a mobile device. A 3-D model of the user is generated using the plurality of images of the user captured using the rear-facing camera and 3-D data derived from processing a previous plurality of images of the user prior to capturing the plurality of images. A point of interest in at least one of the plurality of images captured via the rear-facing camera may be identified and the identified point of interest in at least one of the plurality of images may be correlated with one or more vertices from the 3-D data. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063679 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE LASSO - A system, method, and computer program product for providing a lasso selection tool for a stereoscopic image is disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining a lasso region of a stereoscopic image pair based on a path defined by a user using a lasso selection tool. An object in a first image of the stereoscopic image pair is identified, where the object is at least partially included within the lasso region and the object is identified in a second image of the stereoscopic image pair. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063680 | Disparity Calculating Method and Stereo Matching Device thereof - A disparity calculating method includes generating an energy matrix according to a first image-block and a second image-block, wherein the energy matrix includes a plurality of energies of a plurality of pixels corresponding to a plurality of disparity candidates; setting the energy corresponding to a starting pixel of the plurality of pixels and a specified disparity candidate of the plurality of disparity candidates as a first predetermined value and setting the energies corresponding to the starting pixel and other disparity candidates of the plurality of disparity candidates as a second predetermined value, wherein the second predetermined value is greater than the first predetermined value; generating a path matrix according to the energy matrix; and determining a plurality of disparities of the plurality of pixels sequentially from an ending pixels of the plurality of pixels, wherein the disparity of the ending pixel is set as a third predetermined value. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063681 | ESTIMATING DEPTH FROM A SINGLE IMAGE - During a training phase, a machine accesses reference images with corresponding depth information. The machine calculates visual descriptors and corresponding depth descriptors from this information. The machine then generates a mapping that correlates these visual descriptors with their corresponding depth descriptors. After the training phase, the machine may perform depth estimation based on a single query image devoid of depth information. The machine may calculate one or more visual descriptors from the single query image and obtain a corresponding depth descriptor for each visual descriptor from the generated mapping. Based on obtained depth descriptors, the machine creates depth information that corresponds to the submitted single query image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063682 | VIDEO DISPARITY ESTIMATE SPACE-TIME REFINEMENT METHOD AND CODEC - A method for disparity estimation of stereo video data receives a sequence of frames of stereo video data. Image-based disparity estimation is initially conducted on a frame-by-frame basis to produce initial disparity estimates. A plurality of initial disparity estimates is grouped into a space-time volume. Disparity error is reduced in the space-time volume to refine the initial disparity estimates. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063683 | BUILDING DATUM EXTRACTION FROM LASER SCANNING DATA - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to extract level information and reference grid information from point cloud data. Point cloud data is obtained and organized into a three-dimensional structure of voxels. Potential boundary points are filtered from the boundary cells. Level information is extracted from a Z-axis histogram of the voxels positioned along the Z-axis of the three-dimensional voxel structure and further refined. Reference grid information is extracted from an X-axis histogram of the voxels positioned along the X-axis of the three-dimensional voxel structure and a Y-axis histogram of the voxels positioned along the Y-axis of the three-dimensional voxel structure and further refined. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063684 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PROPERTY OF AN IMAGE - A method of determining a property of an image ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063685 | IMAGE DISTORTION CORRECTION METHOD AND IMAGE DISTORTION CORRECTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An image distortion correction method and an image distortion correction device are provided. The image distortion correction method uses a neural network model to perform a correcting operation on an original image so as to obtain a correction image with plural correction points. Firstly, a position coordinate of the correction point is inputted into the neural network model, so that a first direction coordinate correction amount is outputted from the neural network model. Then, the position coordinate of the correction point is inputted into the neural network model, so that a second direction coordinate correction amount is outputted from the neural network model. Afterwards, a pixel value of the original image corresponding to the first direction coordinate correction amount and the second direction coordinate correction amount is used as a pixel value of the correction point. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063686 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A delivery device according to the present invention includes a learning image storage unit, a first recognition unit, a second recognition unit, and a registration unit. The learning image storage unit stores at least one piece of learning image. The first recognition unit recognizes a recognition target image using the learning image stored in the learning image storage unit. The second recognition unit recognizes the recognition target image with finer precision than that of the first recognition unit, when the first recognition unit fails to recognize the recognition target image. When the second recognition unit succeeds in recognizing the recognition target image, the registration unit registers information on the successfully recognized recognition target image in a storage unit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063687 | ROBUST SUBSPACE RECOVERY VIA DUAL SPARSITY PURSUIT - A computer-implemented method of detecting a foreground data in an image sequence using a dual sparse model framework includes creating an image matrix based on a continuous image sequence and initializing three matrices: a background matrix, a foreground matrix, and a coefficient matrix. Next, a subspace recovery process is performed over multiple iterations. This process includes updating the background matrix based on the image matrix and the foreground matrix; minimizing an L−1 norm of the coefficient matrix using a first linearized soft-thresholding process; and minimizing an L−1 norm of the foreground matrix using a second linearized soft-thresholding process. Then, background images and foreground images are generated based on the background and foreground matrices, respectively. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCENE TEXT RECOGNITION - Apparatus and method for performing accurate text recognition of non-simplistic images (e.g., images with clutter backgrounds, lighting variations, font variations, non-standard perspectives, and the like) may employ a machine-learning approach to identify a discriminative feature set selected from among features computed for a plurality of irregularly positioned, sized, and/or shaped (e.g., randomly selected) image sub-regions. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063689 | MULTI-CUE OBJECT DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - Foreground objects of interest are distinguished from a background model by dividing a region of interest of a video data image into a grid array of individual cells. Each of the cells are labeled as foreground if accumulated edge energy within the cell meets an edge energy threshold, or if color intensities for different colors within each cell differ by a color intensity differential threshold, or as a function of combinations of said determinations. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063690 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING GLARE PIXELS OF IMAGE - The present disclosure proposes a method and an electronic device for detecting glare pixels of an image including an object and an electronic device using the same. The method includes the following steps. First, the image is processed to remove overexposed pixels from the image to generate a first image. The first image is processed to remove non-object pixels from the first image to generate an object pixel image. The glare pixels are detected from the object pixel image according to a saturation distribution threshold and an intensity distribution threshold. The present disclosure is able to adjust the saturation distribution threshold and the intensity distribution threshold dynamically and adaptively to satisfy various kinds of objects and ambient lighting conditions so as to improve the probability of successful detection and reduce the probability of false alarms on the glare pixels. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063691 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING OF NON-ALIGNED IMAGES AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAMME - The invention relates to a method for image processing implementing a first step of alignment of at least two images representative of a same scene and having different colours, known as source image and target image respectively, delivering a first aligned image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063692 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE WITH CONTEMPORANEOUS REFERENCE IMAGE CAPTURE MECHANISM - A hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device includes one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image. A secondary sensor and optical system are for capturing a reference image that has temporal and spatial overlap with the original image. The device performs an image processing method including capturing the main image with the main sensor and the reference image with the secondary sensor, and utilizing information from the reference image to enhance the main image. The main and secondary sensors are contained together within a housing. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063693 | CONTROLLING A COMPRESSION OF AN IMAGE ACCORDING TO A DEGREE OF PHOTO-REALISM - A method of controlling a compression of an image according to a degree of photo-realism in the image, comprising computing a value indicating a degree of photo-realism for an input image based on a distribution of pixel luminance values within the image, calculating a configuration parameter based on the photo-realism value for the image, and configuring an encoder to compress the image according to the configuration parameter. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063694 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMBINING IMAGES WITH VARYING BRIGHTNESS DEGREES - Techniques are described for combining two or more images that are taken with varying brightness degrees to generate a composite image. In one embodiment, at least two weight masks are generated based on one or more characteristics of the two or more images. A first image A first weight mask is used to combine color channels of one or more pixels of the two or more images and a second weight mask is used to combine intensity channels of the one or more pixels of the two or more images. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063695 | TECHNIQUE FOR DEBLURRING IMAGES - An image capture application captures a sequence of images via a digital camera. The sequence of images may have undesirable levels of blurriness due to the motion of objects in the field of view of the digital camera or due to movement of the digital camera itself. A deblur engine within the image capture application generates image segments within one of the captured images, where a given image segment includes pixel values that move coherently between different images in the sequence. The deblur engine then deblurs each image segment based on the coherent motion of each different image segment and combines the resultant, deblurred image segments into a deblurred image. Advantageously, blurriness caused by the combined effects of moving objects and camera motion may be reduced, thereby improving the ability of a digital camera to provide high-quality images. As such, the user experience of digital photography may be enhanced | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063696 | DETERMINING IMAGES OF ARTICLE FOR EXTRACTION - A content application determines images of an article for extraction. The content application identifies an initial image associated with a content of the article. A caption and a credit line associated with the initial image is detected and the initial image is extracted along with the caption and the credit line. A second image of the article associated with a video is also detected and extracted along with the video. In addition, the content application extracts a slideshow detected within the article. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING OBJECT IN IMAGE - A method and apparatus are provided for segmenting an object in an image. The method includes obtaining a first image including the object; receiving an input signal including information about a predetermined position in the first image; selecting at least one pixel included in the first image, based on the position information; generating a second image by dividing the first image into several areas, using the selected at least one pixel; and segmenting the object in the first image by using the first image and the second image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063698 | Assisted OCR - A method including determining a position of each glyph in an image of a text document, identifying word boundaries in the document thereby implying the existence of a first plurality of words, preparing a first array of word lengths based on the first plurality of words, preparing a second array of word lengths based on a second plurality of words of a text file including a certain text, comparing at least part of the first array to at least part of the second array to find a best alignment between the first and second array, deriving a layout of at least part of the certain text as arranged in the image of the text document at least based on the best alignment and the position of at least some of the glyphs in the image. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063699 | LINE SEGMENTATION METHOD APPLICABLE TO DOCUMENT IMAGES CONTAINING HANDWRITING AND PRINTED TEXT CHARACTERS OR SKEWED TEXT LINES - A text line segmentation method for a document image containing printed text and handwriting, or document image containing skewed lines or printed text. Connected component (CC) are obtained for the document, and their bounding boxes and centroids are calculated. The CCs are categorized into three categories based on bounding box sizes: small objects, regular text objects, and large objects involving handwriting. The centroids of regular text objects are used in a cluster analysis to find the vertical centers of the N text lines. Then, each CC is classified into one of the N lines based on the vertical distance between its centroid and the vertical centers of text lines, and copied into to a corresponding object board. Extra spaces are removed from the object boards to obtain the line segments. The large object involving handwriting will be classified into one of the lines but absent from other lines. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063700 | MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS TESTING FOR WORD DETECTION - Embodiments disclosed pertain to Optical Character Recognition using Multiple Hypothesis Testing based techniques on images occurring in a variety of settings, including images captured by mobile stations. In some embodiments, a set of bifurcation points for a character cluster in an image may be determined. The character cluster may comprise non-uniformly spaced text or closely spaced text. A plurality of hypotheses may be determined for the character cluster, where each hypothesis is based on a subset of the bifurcation points and comprises a set of words generated from the character cluster. A plurality of scores corresponding to the plurality of hypotheses may be determined, where each score corresponds to a hypothesis, and a hypothesis may be selected from among the plurality of hypotheses based on a score associated with the selected hypothesis. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063701 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to at least one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display processor and a first processor. The display processor displays an electronic document and a plurality of handwritten strokes on the electronic document. The strokes include a linear first stroke having one end near an element in the electronic document, a second stroke near the one end of the first stroke, and a third stroke near another end of the first stroke. The first processor associates, if the first stroke, the second stroke, and the third stroke is input, the first stroke with the third stroke. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063702 | Video alignment system - A video alignment system is described in which the location of a modulated spot in a video scene is estimated with correlation techniques including tracking multiple camera phase shift candidates and normalizing correlation sums with a voting system. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063703 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CODE RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOF - A code recognition method for adjusting a User Interface (UI) rotation angle of a code recognition application depending on the direction of a recognition code or text entered through a camera is provided. The code recognition method includes detecting at least a portion of the recognition code from an image including the recognition code; determining a code rotation angle of the recognition code; and extracting the recognition code or a text from the image including the recognition code based on the code rotation angle of the recognition code. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063704 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Information corresponding to a face image preferred by a user as a whole is presented while considering a face element preferred by the user. An information processing apparatus identifies a priority of each of a plurality of elements included in a face in a reference face image. The priority is according to specification by a user. The information processing apparatus extracts, from among a plurality of face images, face images whose similarities of an area including the plurality of elements to the reference face image is greater than or equal to a first threshold value. The information processing apparatus decides, on the basis of similarities of each element between the reference face image and the extracted face images and the identified priority of each element, presentation order of presentation information presented as search results corresponding to the extracted face images. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTENT AWARE MULTIMEDIA RESIZING - A method for content aware multimedia resizing includes selecting at least one Region Of Interest (ROI) in an input multimedia, resizing the at least one ROI, and generating an output multimedia with the resized at least one ROI. An electronic device for content aware multimedia resizing includes a processor configured to select ROI in an input multimedia, resize the at least one ROI, and generate an output multimedia with the resized at least one ROI. A computer-readable medium storing a program for content aware multimedia resizing, the program which when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations including selecting ROI in an input multimedia, resizing the at least one ROI, and generating an output multimedia with the resized at least one ROI. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063706 | ALIGNMENT OF START AND END OF DASHED CURVES - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of vectorizing a curve. The method determines a reference point distanced from the curve and a first point on the curve associated with the reference point, and a line running through the reference point from a tangent to the curve at the first point, where the line and tangent are parallel. A shift point is then determined on the determined line, and the curve is vectorized by a path formed from a plurality of linear segments, the plurality of segments comprising at least a segment joining the reference point and the shift point. From the vectorization of the curve the curve can be rendered, particularly using dashed strokes. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063707 | OUTLINE APPROXIMATION FOR POINT CLOUD OF BUILDING - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to model a polyline boundary from point cloud data. Point cloud data is obtained and boundary cells are extracted. Potential boundary points are filtered from the boundary cells. Line segments are extracted from the potential boundary points and refined. A regularized polygon is obtained by intersecting the refined line segments. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063708 | FACIAL DETECTION - In one aspect, there is disclosed a digital signal processor and method performed by the same for performing object detection, including facial detection, in a reduced number of clock cycles. The method comprises using Sobel edge detection to identify regions with many edges, and classifying those regions as foreground candidates. Foreground candidates are further checked for vertical or horizontal symmetry, and symmetrical windows are classified as face candidates. Viola-Jones type facial detection is then performed only on those windows identified as face candidates. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063709 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DETECTING OBJECT BOUNDARIES - Methods and systems described herein detect object boundaries of videos. A window around the pixel may be followed in adjacent image frames of the image frame to determine object boundaries. Inconsistencies in image patches over a temporal window are detected, and each pixel of the image frame of a video is assigned an object boundary probability. The pixel may belong to a texture edge if the window content does not change throughout the adjacent image frames, or the pixel may belong to an object boundary if the window content changes. A probability value indicating the likelihood of the pixel belonging to an object boundary is determined based on the window content change and is assigned to the corresponding pixel. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063710 | CONVERSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES INTO DIGITAL LINE DRAWINGS - Techniques described herein convert digital images into images suitable for use as coloring book pages and the like. The techniques include applying a smoothing operator to at least one channel image of a digital input image to form at least one smoothed image. A scaling operator is then applied to the at least one smoothed image to form at least one scaled image. A tone equalization operator is then applied to the at least one scaled image to form at least one equalized image. An edge detection operator is then applied to the at least one scaled image to form at least one edge image. In addition, a threshold operator is applied to the at least one edge image to form at least one threshold image. A digital line drawing is then created based at least in part on the at least one threshold image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063711 | LOCATING OBJECTS USING IMAGES FROM PORTABLE DEVICES - A method and/or computer program product assists in locating objects using a local physical device and one or more remote physical devices having image capture capability. A local physical device captures one or more reference images of an object, and shares identification metrics associated with one or more reference images of the object with one or more of the remote physical devices. One or more remote physical devices captures one or more images of an area in which the object may be located, and determines, using the identification metrics, whether any of the images captured includes the object. In response to a determination that any of the images captured includes the object, those images are stored and associated with the object. In response to the object being lost by a user, the local physical device reviews the stored images to determine a location of the lost object. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063712 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063713 | GENERATING A HIERARCHY OF VISUAL PATTERN CLASSES - A hierarchy machine may be configured as a clustering machine that utilizes local feature embedding to organize visual patterns into nodes that each represent one or more visual patterns. These nodes may be arranged as a hierarchy in which a node may have a parent-child relationship with one or more other nodes. The hierarchy machine may implement a node splitting and tree-learning algorithm that includes hard-splitting of nodes and soft-assignment of nodes to perform error-bounded splitting of nodes into clusters. This may enable the hierarchy machine, which may form all or part of a visual pattern recognition system, to perform large-scale visual pattern recognition, such as font recognition or facial recognition, based on a learned error-bounded tree of visual patterns. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063714 | CAPTURING TEXT FROM RENDERED DOCUMENTS USING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION - A system for processing a text capture operation is described. The system receives text captured from a rendered document in the text capture operation. The system also receives supplemental information distinct from the captured text. The system determines an action to perform in response to the text capture operation based upon both the captured text and the supplemental information. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063715 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for outputting an image in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an image acquisition module configured to acquire an image to apply an effect, a first filter manager configured to manage generation of a first image corresponding to an effect, a second filter manager configured to manage generation of at least one second image corresponding to an effect of an image, and a graphic processor configured to generate the first image and the second image according to a request of the first filter manager and the second filter manager. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063716 | DE-NOISING IMAGE CONTENT USING DIRECTIONAL FILTERS FOR IMAGE DEBLURRING - Systems and methods are provided for providing improved de-noising image content by using directional noise filters to accurately estimate a blur kernel from a noisy blurry image. In one embodiment, an image manipulation application applies multiple directional noise filters to an input image to generate multiple filtered images. Each of the directional noise filters has a different orientation with respect to the input image. The image manipulation application determines multiple two-dimensional blur kernels from the respective filtered images. The image manipulation application generates a two- two-dimensional blur kernel for the input image from the two-dimensional blur kernels for the filtered images. The image manipulation application generates a de-blurred version of the input image by executing a de-blurring algorithm based on the two-dimensional blur kernel for the input image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063717 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIO TEMPORAL VIDEO IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A method for improving quality of low light video images including: receiving a current video frame; temporally enhancing it by applying a first weight matrix including higher weight factors for stationary regions and lower weight factors for moving regions to the received frame and a reference frame to generate an enhanced temporal video frame; spatially enhancing the enhanced temporal video frame by applying a second weight matrix including higher weight factors for stationary regions and lower weight factors for moving regions to generate an enhanced spatial video frame; and motion enhancing the enhanced temporal video frame by extracting matched rigid moving objects in a previous or future frame and processing each of the extracted matched rigid moving objects with a corresponding rigid object in the enhanced temporal or spatial or raw current video frame. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063718 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING LOW-LIGHT IMAGES - Techniques are described for enhancing quality of a first image that is captured in a low-light environment. In one embodiment, a second image is generated by brightening a plurality of pixels in the first image based on a predefined criteria. A third image is generated using an edge-preserving noise reduction algorithm based on the second image. Further, a composite image is generated by obtaining a weighted average of the first image and the third image. The techniques described herein can be applied to an image and/or to each frame of a video that is captured in low-light environments. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063719 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR REMOVING HAZE CONTAINED IN STILL IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus for removing haze from an image includes a haze brightness measurer, a transmission estimator and an image reconstructor. The haze brightness measurer is configured to measure haze brightness in the image. The transmission estimator is configured to estimate a blockwise transmission based on a final cost function value calculated by a contrast and an image loss of the image, and to estimate a pixelwise transmission by using the blockwise transmission. The image reconstructor is configured to generate a reconstructed image by using the haze brightness and the pixelwise transmission. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063720 | FLASH/NO-FLASH IMAGING FOR BINARIZATION - Provided are methods and systems for generating a binarized representation of a document using a mobile device configured to provide a Flashed and No-flashed image of the document. According to an exemplary method, the Flash and No-flash images are aligned and blended, where the resulting image includes the No-flash image where any hot spots are included in the Flash image. After blending, the blended image is binarized. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063721 | EFFICIENT VISUAL SURFACE FINDING - A structure for determining a plane in a depth image includes dividing a portion of a depth image into a plurality of areas, fitting a two-dimensional line to depth points in each of the plurality of areas, and combining two or more of the plurality of two-dimensional lines to form a three-dimensional plane estimate. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063722 | EFFICIENT VISUAL SURFACE FINDING - A method and non-transitory program for determining a plane in a depth image includes dividing a portion of a depth image into a plurality of areas, fitting a two-dimensional line to depth points in each of the plurality of areas, and combining two or more of the plurality of two-dimensional lines to form a three-dimensional plane estimate. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063723 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A medical imaging apparatus and a medical image management method provide information regarding image deletion to a user upon deleting stored images, thus allowing the user to intuitively recognize a storage capacity and to select a data capacity to be deleted. The medical imaging apparatus includes a storage unit storing images, a controller calculating a residual capacity among the storage capacity of the storage unit and determining whether or the residual capacity is less than a predetermined reference value, and a display unit displaying an auto deletion popup window receiving setting regarding a reference date for deletion of the stored images, if the residual capacity is less than the predetermined reference value. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063724 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image group including at least one image is acquired, a layout candidate is created, by laying out images included in an acquired image group, and the created layout candidate is evaluated. Evaluation of the layout candidate is performed based on evaluation of each image laid out within a layout, and a scaling factor based on image size of the image placed in the layout, and a size of the image. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063725 | Related Image Searching Method and User Interface Controlling Method - A related image searching method suitable for searching image files within a database is disclosed. The related image searching method includes steps of: selecting a context-of-interest from a displayed image according to a touch input event; analyzing a content characteristic in the context-of-interest area; determining an implication attribute of the content characteristic; and, searching the database according to the content characteristic and the implication attribute, so as to find out at least one image file with the same content characteristic or the same implication attribute. In addition, a user interface controlling method is also disclosed herein. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063726 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes: (a) reducing an original image to a reduced image; (b) generating a first correction value for each of pixels in the reduced image; (c) generating a second correction value for each of pixels in an intermediate image, using information on the pixel and the first correction value; (d) generating a third correction value for each of pixels in the original image, using the second correction value for the pixel in the intermediate image; and (e) correcting the original image, using the third correction value for each of the pixels in the original image. In step (d), the third correction value is generated with an amount of calculation for each of the pixels in the original image smaller than an amount of calculation for each of the pixels in the intermediate image in generating the second correction value. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063727 | Self-Sealing, Tamper-Evident Security Bag with Gauge Indicators - Security bag that incorporates highly visible indicator lines extend horizontally across the width and serve as gauges for the quantity of units within. It's filled through an opening that is sealed by folding the flap upwards such that the opening is closed and the first adhesive seal (located on the front surface) comes into contact with the flap. After been sealed, the user may fold the lower portion towards the upper portion. The folds are continued until reach the appropriate indicator line for the quantity of units within. The second adhesive seal (located at the base of the rear surface of the flap) is used to secure the folded portion in place at the indicator line. Also has features found in conventional coin bags (receipts, etc.) Additionally, it's available in various capacities and may incorporate multiple individual chambers for storing coins, among other unit types (casino chips, etc.) | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063728 | PACKAGING - A flexible packaging bag is closed at one end by means of a header having a removable outer header portion and an inner header portion ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063729 | AUTOMATIC FULL-OPEN TYPE SLIDING BOX MOUNTING STRUCTURE - An automatic full-open type sliding box mounting structure includes a sliding box, a sliding track assembly mounted at the bottom side of the sliding box, and a first opening and closing device and a second opening and closing device and a reset device mounted at the top side of the sliding box in such a manner that the first opening and closing device and the second opening and closing device are capable of automatically moving the sliding box to the full-open position and, the reset device is capable of reset the first opening and closing device and the second opening and closing device when the user pushes the sliding box back to the close position for a next sliding box opening operation. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063730 | SLIDE GUIDE DEVICE - A slide guide device includes: a guide body having a reference guide surface and a sub guide surface that are parallel to each other; a slider having a reference slide pad adapted to slide on the reference guide surface and a sub slide pad adapted to slide on the sub guide surface, the slider being adapted to be driven by a drive unit to move along the guide body. The sub slide pad includes a slide surface (sub slide surface) slidable on the sub guide surface and an air pocket that receives a load in a manner non-contact with the sub guide surface. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063731 | SINGLE AXIS ROTATIONAL GAS BEARING WITH FEED-THROUGH - A rotational gas bearing allows rotation about a single axis while supplying a pressurized gas through the bearing. The gas bearing includes a gas supply member and a gas sink member. A cylindrical depression is located in one of the gas supply member and the gas sink member. A cylindrical protrusion protrudes from the other of the gas supply member and the gas sink member and is sized to fit within a cylindrical depression with a predetermined clearance. The gas supply bearing surface is opposed to the gas sink bearing surface. An opening is located in the gas supply bearing surface. A porous coating covers a portion of the gas supply bearing surface surrounding the opening. The porous coating communicates with the pressurized gas supply via the gas supply member for maintaining a bearing pressure between the porous coating and the gas sink bearing surface, such that the bearing pressure is greater than the feed pressure. An annular channel located in the gas sink bearing surface is aligned with and located opposite the opening, and communicates with the gas sink via the gas sink member. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063732 | BEARING ELEMENT - A bearing element having a bearing core and having a bearing sleeve, wherein a bearing body is arranged between the bearing core and the bearing sleeve and wherein a protective cap protects the bearing body against environmental influences. To reliably fix the protective cap to the bearing element, that the protective cap is fixed by a closure part, wherein the closure part engages around the bearing element and is formed by two half-shells which are of substantially symmetrical form, wherein the closure part both engages around the bearing element and also surrounds at least one section of a control linkage of a running gear of a motor vehicle and protects said section against high temperatures. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063733 | BEARING WITH MAGNETIC FLUID SEAL - A bearing with a magnetic fluid seal, wherein a plurality of rolling elements are interposed between an inner ring and an outer ring, and a ring-shaped magnet is arranged at an opening side of the inner and outer rings so as to retain magnetic fluid for sealing the plurality of rolling elements, and
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| 20150063734 | SEALING AND SIGNALING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A ROLLING BEARING - A device including a sealing assembly having a first annular shield constrainable to a rotating first member, a second annular shield facing the first shield and constrainable to a stationary second member, and an annular seal supported by the first shield and provided with annular lips cooperating with the second shield. The device has a signal generator device having a third shield constrainable to the first member and an annular signal generator element arranged facing the first and the second shields; wherein the first shield has a flange portion, having on a side of the first shield, a first and a second L-fold in opposite directions which delimit a first annular surface facing the annular lips and the second shield; wherein the annular signal generator element is delimited towards the second shield by a second annular surface facing the annular lips forming an obtuse angle with the first annular surface. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063735 | ROLLING BEARING AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE INCLUDING ROLLING BEARING - A rolling bearing includes an inner ring; an outer ring coaxially disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring with an annular space between the inner ring and the outer ring; a plurality of rolling elements rollably disposed in the annular space; a cage that retains the rolling elements; and a bubble generating mechanism that generates bubbles in liquid lubricant during bearing rotation, wherein the liquid lubricant flows through the annular space. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063736 | WIND TURBINE BEARINGS - In one aspect, a pitch bearing for coupling a rotor blade to a hub of a wind turbine may include an outer race defining a first outer raceway wall. The first outer raceway wall may define a center of curvature. The pitch bearing may also include an inner race defining a first inner raceway wall. The first inner raceway wall may define a center of curvature. In addition, the pitch bearing may include a plurality of roller elements disposed between the first inner and outer raceway walls. Each roller element may define a geometric center. Moreover, the center of curvature for each of the raceway walls may be offset from the geometric center of each roller element. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063737 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EXTRUDED BEARING JOURNAL - In a method for producing an extruded bearing journal, the bearing journal is extruded in an extrusion tool by means of at least one extrusion punch and, after the extrusion of the bearing journal, reworking of the bearing journal is performed in order to improve the cylindricity of the bearing journal at least over a section of the longitudinal extent of the bearing journal. During the reworking, the bearing journal is arranged, at least over a section of its longitudinal extent adjoining its free end, in a cavity that is delimited in a radial direction of the bearing journal by a wall surface surrounding the lateral surface of the bearing journal, and a reworking punch which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the bearing journal is moved toward the free end of the bearing journal and is pressed against the face surface of the bearing journal and, in this way, a plastic deformation of the bearing journal, with a flow of material of the bearing journal, is effected. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063738 | SEGMENTED BEARING RETAINER - A bearing cage assembly ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063739 | Actively Tunable Polar-Dielectric Optical Devices - Optical devices that include one or more structures fabricated from polar-dielectric materials that exhibit surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs), where the SPhPs alter the optical properties of the structure. The optical properties lent to these structures by the SPhPs are altered by introducing charge carriers directly into the structures. The carriers can be introduced into these structures, and the carrier concentration thereby controlled, through optical pumping or the application of an appropriate electrical bias. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063740 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE LIGHT SOURCE AND WAVELENGTH VARIABLE LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A wavelength variable light source according to the present invention includes: an MMI that includes an input side and an output side, the input side connecting to one end of each of a plurality of MMI input waveguides, and the output side connecting to a plurality of MMI output waveguides, the MMI multiplexing light input from each of the MMI input waveguides and outputting the multiplexed light to each of the MMI output waveguides; a plurality of DFB-LDs connected to the other end of each of the MMI input waveguides, each of the MMI output waveguides performing a single mode oscillation at a different wavelength; and two SOAs respectively connected to two MMI output waveguides of the MMI output waveguides, and having different gains from each other. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063741 | Device for Generating a Modulation of an Optical Signal - The invention relates to a device generating a modulation of an optical signal characterised in that the device comprises a first ring resonator modulator including a first waveguide, a first ring waveguide being optically coupled to the first waveguide, and a first control device, and a second ring resonator modulator including a second waveguide, a second ring waveguide being optically coupled to the second waveguide and being independent of the first ring, and a second control device, the device having at least one characteristic that influences the chirp introduced by the device, the characteristics of the device being selected in a manner so as to minimise the absolute value of the chirp introduced by the device. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063742 | METHOD FOR MODULATING A CARRIER LIGHT WAVE - Method for modulating a carrier light wave with symbols, led through a modulating interferometer, the total path phase shift being the sum of a respective first, second, third or fourth static phase shift and a respective first, second, third or fourth variable modulating phase shift amount. For each of at least two symbols:
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| 20150063743 | OPTICAL-WAVEGUIDE-ELEMENT MODULE - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical waveguide element module where the bonding wires can be prevented from disengaging or disconnecting so as to provide high reliability. Another object is to provide an optical waveguide element module that can be made compact and where an increase in the manufacturing cost can be minimized. An optical waveguide element module having: a waveguide substrate | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063744 | Planar Polarization Rotator - An optical polarization rotator includes first and second optical waveguide ribs located along a planar surface of a substrate. The second optical waveguide rib is located farther from the surface than the first optical waveguide rib. First segments of the optical waveguide ribs form a vertical stack over the substrate, and second segments of the optical waveguide ribs are offset laterally in a direction along the planar surface. The first and second optical waveguide ribs are formed of materials with different bulk refractive indexes. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063745 | OPTICAL COUPLING MODULE - An optical coupling module includes a silicon photonic substrate, and an optical waveguide module. The silicon photonic substrate has a first surface and a first grating on the first surface for diffracting the light which passes through the grating. The optical waveguide module is disposed on the silicon photonic substrate, wherein the optical waveguide module includes an optical waveguide having an end disposed in corresponding to the first grating of the silicon photonic substrate. Otherwise, the optical waveguide module has a reflective surface coupled to the end of the optical waveguide and adapted to reflect the light emerging from or incident into the grating to form an optical path between the silicon photonic substrate and the optical waveguide for transmitting the light. | 2015-03-05 |
