| 10th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20110058699 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID - A programmable hearing aid receives and transmits data wirelessly from and to a portable module in proximity to the hearing aid. The portable module receives an audio signal via a telecoil and transmits the audio signal to the hearing aid, preferably in the form of an encoded digital bit stream. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058700 | Inverse Horn Loudspeakers - In a low frequency transducer system a multi-compression chamber, inverse horn structure is employed in combination with a resonance-distortion filter chamber. The filter chamber effectively expands the effective enclosure volume at low frequencies and connected to one of the compression chambers filter parasitic resonances and distortion and allowing the system to more efficiently reproduce low frequencies while being able to use smaller diameter transducers and maintaining good system sensitivity. Compression chambers are organized for constant or continuous compression on a section-by-section basis throughout the inverse horn system. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058701 | Compact Sound-Filtering Monitor and Microphone Stand - The present disclosure comprises a compact, sound recording equipment stand, which further comprises a support base, a microphone, a monitor, a sound filter, speakers, a tactile input and lighting source. The stand may additionally comprise a hydraulic pump for raising and lowering various pieces of attached components. In the preferred embodiment, the monitor is built inside a transparent sound filter, placed slightly above head level of an artist. The other components of the stand may similarly be covered in material to maximize sound absorption. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058702 | In-Ear Monitor with Concentric Sound Bore Configuration - A multi-driver, in-ear monitor is provided that is coupleable to an external audio source, for example via a source input cable or a wireless receiver. A circuit, for example comprising a passive or active crossover circuit, receives the electrical signal from the external audio source and provides separate input signals to the drivers contained within the in-ear monitor. A plurality of sound delivery tubes acoustically couple the audio output from each of the drivers to the acoustic output surface of the in-ear monitor. The in-ear monitor may be configured as a custom fit IEM or configured to accept a removable eartip. The plurality of sound delivery tubes may be comprised of a pair of concentric tubes; a pair of concentric tubes and a discrete tube; or three concentric tubes. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058703 | In-Ear Monitor with Triple Sound Bore Configuration - A multi-driver, in-ear monitor is provided that is coupleable to an external audio source, for example via a source input cable or a wireless receiver. A circuit, for example comprising a passive or active crossover circuit, receives the electrical signal from the external audio source and provides separate input signals to the drivers contained within the in-ear monitor. A plurality of discrete sound delivery tubes acoustically couple the audio output from each of the drivers to the acoustic output surface of the in-ear monitor. The in-ear monitor may be configured as a custom fit IEM or configured to accept a removable eartip. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058704 | Equalized Earphones - An earphone includes a first acoustic chamber having a reactive element and a resistive element in a parallel configuration, a second acoustic chamber separated from the first acoustic chamber by an acoustic transducer and including a unitary port to provide both pressure equalization of the second chamber and equalization of the earphone to a predetermined frequency response, and a housing to support the apparatus from the concha of a wearer's ear and to extend the second acoustic chamber into the ear canal of the wearer's ear. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058705 | TEXTILE-BASED MAGNETIC FIELD INTERFACE CLOTHES AND MOBILE TERMINAL IN WEARABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to magnetic field interface clothes performing contactless magnetic field communication with a mobile terminal, the magnetic field interface clothes includes: a receiving part in which a mobile terminal is received and a coil part performing contactless magnetic field communication with a coil part of the mobile terminal at a position facing a coil part of the mobile terminal is formed, wherein the coil part formed in the receiving part includes a first coil and a second coil, the first coil and the second coil are received in the receiving part to have different winding directions. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO DETECTION OF SMOKE AND FLAME - A video recognition system detects the presence of fire based on video data provided by one or more video detectors. The video recognition system is operable to calculate a first flicker feature with respect to a first set of frame data and a second flicker feature with respect to a second set of frame data. The video recognition system combines the first flicker feature and the second flicker feature to generate an accumulated flicker feature. The video recognition system defines, based on the accumulated flicker feature, a flicker mask that represents a dynamic region of the fire. Based on the defined flicker mask, the video recognition system determines whether the video data indicates the presence of fire. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058707 | Digital Watermarks - The present invention relates generally to information encoding, data hiding, steganography and digital watermarking. One claim recites: using a programmed electronic processor, encoding content with a plural-bit digital watermark in accordance with initial encoding parameters; determining an assessment of the encoded plural-bit digital watermark in each of two or more portions of the content; for each of the two or more portions of the content, adjusting at least one of the initial encoding parameters according to a determined assessment for a respective portion of the content; and using a programmed electronic processor, encoding the content with said plural-bit watermark in accordance with adjusted encoding parameters. Other claims are provided as well. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058708 | OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS AND OBJECT TRACKING METHOD - Candidate contour curves for a tracking object in the current frame are determined using a particle filter, based on the existence probability distribution of the tracking object in a frame which is one frame previous to the current frame. To match a candidate curve against a contour image of the current frame, a processing to search for the closest contour to the candidate curves is divided for each knot constituting the candidate contour curve and is executed in parallel by a plurality of processors. Each image data on a search region for each knot to be processed are copied from a contour image stored in an image storage to the respective local memories. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058709 | VISUAL TARGET TRACKING USING MODEL FITTING AND EXEMPLAR - A method of tracking a target includes receiving an observed depth image of the target from a source and analyzing the observed depth image with a prior-trained collection of known poses to find an exemplar pose that represents an observed pose of the target. The method further includes rasterizing a model of the target into a synthesized depth image having a rasterized pose and adjusting the rasterized pose of the model into a model-fitting pose based, at least in part, on differences between the observed depth image and the synthesized depth image. Either the exemplar pose or the model-fitting pose is then selected to represent the target. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058710 | DYNAMIC SHAPE APPROXIMATION - Implementations of dynamic shape approximation are described. In one technique described herein, a feature of interest in a first coordinate reference system is accessed and at least a portion of the feature is identified and converted to a second coordinate reference system. In one implementation, the size of the portion is chosen such that the portion can be represented in the second coordinate reference system with an acceptable amount of error. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058711 | Information Processing Apparatus, Method for Controlling Display, and Program for Controlling Display - A method, computer-readable storage medium, and apparatus for managing content presented on a display is provided. The method includes receiving signals representing first and second characteristics of a user, presenting first and second images on the display, the first and second images being respectively associated with the first and second characteristics, and presenting association information on the display, the association information indicating an association between the first and second images. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058712 | BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION THROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE SURFACE MAP OF THE SECOND OCULAR DIOPTRIC - The object of the invention is a method and the corresponding device thereof for recognition of persons incorporating, as biometric constant and determinant for each individual, the irregularities of the map of the posterior surface of the cornea, being different in each individual. The invention is based on taking an image exclusively of the second ocular dioptric with the objective of determining the irregularities of the surface map thereof with respect to a standardised surface (sphere, ellipsoid, torus, etc.) and quantifying them, yielding a set of attributes characteristic of each person utilised as a system of authentication, that is to say utilising the variations and calculations carried out therewith as biometric minutiae. Taking an image is of proven safety insofar as it may be taken without any contraindication whatsoever and as many times as necessary. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058713 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH CONTROL PROGRAM - A digital photo frame including a display section capable of sequentially displaying at least two digital photographs judges the facial expression of a person viewing a digital photograph displayed in the display section, and information related to this judged facial expression is stored in association with the digital photograph being displayed. Also, when stored digital photographs are to be displayed, information related to a facial expression stored in association with each digital photograph and a judged facial expression of a person are compared, and the display of each stored digital photograph is controlled based on the comparison result. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058714 | SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING FINGERPRINT IMAGE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A fingerprint recognition system for extracting minutiae from a fingerprint image. The fingerprint recognition system generates a corrected image from the input fingerprint image by: eliminating incipient ridges/pores from the fingerprint image by using the density pattern of the pixels of ridge lines/valley lines in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the ridge lines. The minutiae are extracted from the corrected image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058715 | METHOD FOR THE CREATION OF PANORAMIC IMAGES OF THE EYE FUNDUS - A method for creating or calculating panoramic images of the eye fundus particularly from images of a fundus camera. In the method a pre-positioning process is carried out in which a first variable is determined for geometrically associating the images with each other. An anchor image is determined as a reference for the first variables for the geometric association; areas that are associated with each other are determined in the anchor image and the other images by a block-matching algorithm; transformation parameters for a geometric transformation between the anchor image and the other images are determined from the mutual position of the associated areas; and the other images are transformed onto the anchor image by transformation parameters and are superimposed onto the anchor image and among each other. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058716 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR DENTAL TREATMENT, AND INSTRUMENT UNIT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT WITH IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device for dental treatment for use in an instrument for dental treatment with a head to which a rotary cutting tool can be attached. The imaging device for dental treatment comprises: an imaging module with an imaging element; and a mounting section through which the imaging module is detachably attached to the instrument for dental treatment such that the imaging module is on the bottom side or on the lateral side of the head, and that the imaging module is in a posture that causes the imaging axis of the imaging module and the rotary axis of the rotary cutting tool to be substantially parallel. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058717 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING HARD TISSUES - A method and system employing image analysis may provide an objective measure of property values related to hard tissue or teeth in the oral cavity. A region of analysis on an image of hard tissue may be divided into pixels. Each pixel may have an associated color characteristic (e.g., R, G and B, multispectral) which is used to quantify a hard tissue property value of interest (e.g., percent plaque coverage, L*a*b* tooth color, percent stain). Hard Tissues Regions of Interest may be divided into indexed registration cells that allow for combining and/or comparing property values between images on a localized cell-by-cell basis. Results of cell-level property value analyses may be displayed by color-coding hard tissue pixels of a display image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058718 | EXTRACTING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BLOOD VESSEL CROSSING/BRANCHING PORTION - It is an object of the invention to provide a method of extracting a crossing/branching portion of a blood vessel from a fundus image of the eye at a high probability. The crossing/branching portion of the blood vessel is extracted from the fundus image under such conditions that three or more blood vessels run on an outer circumferential portion of an extraction candidate region and that a coordinate average of a plurality of blood vessels in the outer circumferential portion exists in a center portion of the extraction candidate region. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058719 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSED SENSING IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE OF SPATIAL SUPPORT - A method for image reconstruction that utilizes the benefits of compressed sensing (“CS”) while incorporating a priori knowledge of object spatial support into the image reconstruction is provided. Image data is acquired from a subject, for example, with a medical imaging system, such as a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system or a computed tomography (“CT”) system. An estimate of the spatial support of the subject is produced, for example, using a low resolution image of the subject, or an image reconstructed from undersampled image data in a traditional sense. An estimate image of the subject is also produced by using traditional image reconstruction methods on the acquired image data. An image of the subject is then reconstructed using the produced estimate image and produced spatial support estimate. This method allows for the reconstruction of quality images from undersampled image data in a computationally efficient manner. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058720 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Vertebra Edge Detection, Segmentation and Identification in 3D Imaging - Systems and methods for automatic accurate and efficient segmentation and identification of one or more vertebra in digital medical images using a coarse-to-fine segmentation. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058721 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PULMONARY VENTILATION IMAGING USING LOCAL VOLUME CHANGES - The invention provides a novel method of high-resolution quantifiable pulmonary regional ventilation imaging using a package of computer programs, including deformable image registration and local volume change calculation on 4-D or breath-hold CT images. High resolution 3D ventilation images have been generated using this technique with superior quality. The deformation matrices between different respiration phases are calculated using deformable image registration and applied to calculate local volume change ΔV between respiration phases. The invention provides less image-noise and mismatch sensitivity than other techniques based on CT images, and is less expensive than nuclear medicine imaging. Implemented clinically, the method can derive a patient's pulmonary ventilation information from the same set of 4-D CT images, providing a cheaper but more accurate method to generate clinical lung ventilation image. Such information can be utilized in treatment planning sparing functional lung volumes without additional procedure and cost for lung functional imaging. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058722 | USING NON-ATTENUATION CORRECTED PET EMISSION IMAGES TO COMPENSATE FOR INCOMPLETE ANATOMIC IMAGES - When compensating for truncated patient scan data acquired by a multi-modal PET/CT or PET/MR imaging system ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058723 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF MOVING OBJECT - The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating an image of a moving object, wherein a movement of the object comprises a multiple of moving phases. The apparatus comprises a measured detection data providing unit ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058724 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-VIEW TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING - The invention is a directed to an apparatus for tomosynthesis imaging, wherein the apparatus comprises an x-ray source configured to irradiate an object with a beam of x-rays and a detector configured to detect the x-ray beam that passes through the object. The apparatus further comprises a computer programmed to perform a scan, wherein the scan comprises a translation of at least one of the x-ray source and the detector along a path, an acquisition of a tomosynthesis image dataset, and a reconstruction of one or more three-dimensional (3D) volumes adapted to one or more predetermined view directions, wherein at least one of the one or more predetermined view directions is aligned outside of a central view direction. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058725 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BODY CIRCUMFERENCE - Methods and apparatus for measuring body circumference are provided. One method includes acquiring dual-energy two-dimensional (2D) scan information from a dual-energy x-ray scan of a body and generating a dual-energy image of the body using the 2D scan information. The method further includes determining a circumference of at least one portion of the body based on the dual-energy scan information and the generated dual-energy image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING BONE DENSITOMETER MEASUREMENTS - A system and method for performing skeletal age assessment is provided. The method includes scanning a hand and/or wrist of a patient using a dual-energy x-ray imaging system, acquiring density information of the hand and wrist using the scan, comparing the density information to at least one reference image, and automatically determining a skeletal age of the patient based on the comparison. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058727 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: an image capture unit capturing a radiation image; a first decision unit deciding, as a first region of interest, a region of interest from a region of a first radiation image; a first extraction unit extracting the first region of interest from the first radiation image; a form decision unit deciding a first form from the first region of interest; a first display unit enlarging and displaying the first region of interest; a first search unit searching a region of a second radiation image for a second form similar to the first form; a second decision unit deciding a second region of interest from the second radiation image so as to include the second form; a second extraction unit extracting the second region of interest from the second radiation image; and a second display unit enlarging and displaying the second region of interest. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058728 | Device and Method for Automatic Detection of Dynamic Processes of Cells in Cell Samples - A device for detecting dynamic processes of cell samples has a camera and a data processing system with a first module recognizing the cells of a first image, a second module allocating an identity to the cells, a third module allocating a frame to cells of the first image with one cell in the frame. First, second and third modules are serially connected. A fourth module recognizes cells within frames and allocates identities of cells of the subsequent image and determines similarity of cells relative to cells detected in predecessor images; cells most similar to predecessor cells are assigned as successors; newly added cells are assigned new identities. A fifth module allocates frames for cells of the subsequent image with one cell in the frame. Fourth and fifth modules are a loop for images following the first image. Data memory and data display for images with recognized cells are provided. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058729 | PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC-DETECTION APPARATUS FOR PHOTOMASK AND PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC-DETECTION METHOD FOR PHOTOMASK - According to one embodiment, a pattern characteristic detection apparatus for a photomask includes a detection-data creating portion, a reference-data creating portion, an extracting portion, a first area-setting portion, a detecting portion and an collecting portion. The detection-data creating portion is configured to create detection data on the basis of an optical image of a pattern formed on a photomask. The reference-data creating portion is configured to create reference data of the pattern. The extracting portion is configured to extract a pattern for pattern characteristic detection and positional information of the extracted pattern. The first area-setting portion is configured to set an area where pattern characteristics are to be detected, and configured to extract a target pattern. The detecting portion is configured to detect pattern characteristics of the target pattern within the area. In addition, the collecting portion is configured to collect the detected pattern characteristics. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058730 | IMAGE PREPROCESSING FOR PROBE MARK INSPECTION - Digital image processing methods are applied to an image of a semiconductor interconnection pad to preprocess the image prior to an inspection or registration. An image of a semiconductor pads exhibiting spatial patterns from structure, texture or features are filtered without affecting features in the image not associated with structure or texture. The filtered image is inspected in a probe mark inspection operation. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058731 | Dual-sided substrate measurement apparatus and methods - An apparatus for measuring the relative positions of frontside and backside alignment marks located on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower optical systems that allow for simultaneous imaging of frontside and backside alignment marks. The frontside and backside alignment mark images are processed to determine the relative position of the marks, as a measurement of the alignment and/or overlay performance of the tool that formed the marks on the substrate. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING 3D INFORMATION WITH RASTER IMAGERY - The present invention meets the above-stated needs by providing a method and apparatus that allows for X parallax information to be stored within an image pixel information. Consequently, only one image need be stored, whether it's a mosaic of a number of images, a single image or a partial image for proper reconstruction. To accomplish this, the present invention stores an X parallax value between the stereoscopic images with the typical pixel information by, e.g., increasing the pixel depth. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058733 | METHOD OF COMPILING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT IDENTIFYING IMAGE DATABASE, PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided are a method of generating a low-capacity model capable of identifying an object with high accuracy, and creating an image database using the model, a processing program for executing the method, and a processing apparatus that executes the process. The method for compiling an image database that is used for a three-dimensional object recognition includes a steps of extracting vectors as local descriptors from a plurality of images each image showing a three-dimensional object as seen from different viewpoints, a model creating step of evaluating the degree of contribution of each local descriptor to identification of the three-dimensional object, and creating a three-dimensional object model systematized to ensure approximate nearest neighbor search using the individual vectors which satisfy criteria, and a registration step of adding an object identifier to the created object model and registering the object model into an image database. In the model creating step, the local descriptor to be used in the model is selected based on the contributions of the individual vectors which are evaluated in such a way that when a vector extracted from one image of one three-dimensional object is an approximate nearest neighbor to another vector relating to an image of the three-dimensional object seen from a different viewpoint, the vector has a positive contribution, whereas when the vector is an approximate nearest neighbor to another vector relating to a different three-dimensional object, the vector has a negative contribution. The processing program is designed to execute the method, and the processing apparatus executes the process. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058734 | CLASSIFICATION OF IMAGES AS ADVERTISEMENT IMAGES OR NON-ADVERTISEMENT IMAGES - An advertisement image classification system trains a binary classifier to classify images as advertisement images or non-advertisement images and then uses the binary classifier to classify images of web pages as advertisement images or non-advertisement images. During a training phase, the classification system generates training data of feature vectors representing the images and labels indicating whether an image is an advertisement image or a non-advertisement Image. The classification system trains a binary classifier to classify Images using training data. During a classification phase, the classification system inputs a web page with an image and generates a feature vector for the image. The classification system then applies the trained binary classifier to the feature vector to generate a score indicating whether the image is an advertisement image or a non-advertisement image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058735 | COLOR TRANSFORMATION SAMPLE POINT IDENTIFICATION - Color transformation sample point identification is described. A subset of points from a superset of points representing a colorimetric relationship is identified. The subset of points defines an initial n-simplex with (n+1) points representing an approximation of the colorimetric relationship, where n represents a number of dimensions. An additional point from the superset of points is selected and added to the subset of points to replace the n-simplex with a set of at least two n-simplices. The additional point is selected such that a volume of an (n+1 )-simplex formed by the (n+1) points of the initial n-simplex and the additional point is increased. An error value for the approximation is determined by calculating an error volume between the (n+1)-simplex and the superset of points. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058736 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a dividing unit configured to divide a target candidate image, which is assigned as a candidate of a target image, into blocks when a photo-mosaic image is generated by dividing the target image into the blocks and replacing each block with a raw image selected from multiple raw images; a block-class classification unit configured to place each block in the target candidate image into a class selected from multiple classes defined by a characteristic associated with color; a comparing unit configured to compare the number of blocks in the target candidate image in a class and the number of raw images in the same class; and a selecting unit configured to select a target candidate image among a multiple target candidate images to be assigned as the target image on the basis of comparison results of the target candidate images obtained by the comparing unit. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058737 | BITSTREAM SYNTAX FOR GRAPHICS-MODE COMPRESSION IN WIRELESS HD 1.1 - A method of and system for encoding high definition video content using embedded graphics coding is described. The method determines if the video content includes an RGB or YUV444 color format or a YUV422 color format. If the color scheme includes RGB or YCbCr444 data and separate encoding is used, then all three color components are encoded separately using scalar EGC. If the color scheme includes RGB or YCbCr444 data and joint encoding is used, then all three color components are jointly encoded using joint scalar EGC. If the color scheme includes YCbCr422 data and separate encoding is used, then Y, U and V are encoded separately using scalar EGC. If the color scheme includes YCbCr422 data and joint encoding is used, then Y is encoded by itself using scalar EGC and U and V are jointly encoded using joint scalar EGC. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058738 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a histogram generator, a tone curve generator, a blend parameter generator, and a blending module. The histogram generator generates a histogram based on a luminance level of a pixel of a video signal. The tone curve generator generates a first tone curve which controls a luminance value of the video signal based on the histogram. The blend parameter generator generates a blend parameter for blending the first tone curve and a prescribed tone curve, based on the histogram. The blending module blends the first tone curve and the prescribed tone curve based on the blend parameter to generate a second tone curve. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A system and method of contrast enhancement is disclosed. A contrast enhancement unit processes an input pixel to generate a contrast-enhanced pixel, and a delta unit subtracts the input pixel from the contrast-enhanced pixel, thereby resulting in a difference value. Multiple delayed difference values generated by a delay unit are low-pass filtered to generate a refined difference value. An adding unit adds back the refined difference value to the input pixel, thereby resulting in an output pixel that is contrast-enhanced without noise boost. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING USING DEFOCUSING AND FEATURE RECOGNITION - Described is a method and system for fast three-dimensional imaging using defocusing and feature recognition is disclosed. The method comprises acts of capturing a plurality of defocused images of an object on a sensor, identifying segments of interest in each of the plurality of images using a feature recognition algorithm, and matching the segments with three-dimensional coordinates according to the positions of the images of the segments on the sensor to produce a three-dimensional position of each segment of interest. The disclosed imaging method is “aware” in that it uses a priori knowledge of a small number of object features to reduce computation time as compared with “dumb” methods known in the art which exhaustively calculate positions of a large number of marker points. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058741 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Input information of a multidimensional array is divided into a plurality of divided areas, accumulated information is generated by calculating accumulated values at respective element positions of the input information from a corresponding reference location for each of the plurality of divided areas, and the generated accumulated information is held in a memory for each divided area. Calculation using the accumulated information is executed for a predetermined processing range. The input information is divided into the plurality of divided areas so that two neighboring divided areas have an overlapping area, and the overlapping area has a size at least in which the whole processing range fits. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AUTHORSHIP OF A DOCUMENT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for determining authorship of a handwritten document for which the authorship is not known. A method includes scanning a document to produce a high-quality scanned image of the document, and identifying stylus information corresponding to the document. The method includes identifying authorship information corresponding to the document, and determining an authorship of the document based on the stylus information and the authorship information. In some cases, content analysis of the document is also performed and used to determine authorship. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058743 | Image Classification And Information Retrieval Over Wireless Digital Networks And The Internet - A method and system for matching an unknown facial image of an individual with an image of a celebrity using facial recognition techniques and human perception is disclosed herein. The invention provides a internet hosted system to find, compare, contrast and identify similar characteristics among two or more individuals using a digital camera, cellular telephone camera, wireless device for the purpose of returning information regarding similar faces to the user The system features classification of unknown facial images from a variety of internet accessible sources, including mobile phones, wireless camera-enabled devices, images obtained from digital cameras or scanners that are uploaded from PCs, third-party applications and databases. Once classified, the matching person's name, image and associated meta-data is sent back to the user. The method and system uses human perception techniques to weight the feature vectors. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058744 | Image Discrimination Device and Image Attribute Discrimination Method - An image discrimination device discriminates among image attributes indicating image types. An edge calculating section calculates an edge direction in each processing unit including a predetermined number of pixels of an image. A local connectivity calculating section calculates local connectivity intensity indicating a degree of alignment with the edge direction of the surrounding processing unit in each of the processing units based on the calculated edge direction. An image attribute discrimination section discriminates among the image attributes in each attribute discrimination region including a predetermined number of processing units of the image using the local connectivity intensity of the processing unit in the attribute discrimination region. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058745 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - This invention relates to an image processing method and image processing apparatus capable of accurately cutting out a desired target from a displayed image. A polygonal area including a cutout target is specified from a displayed image. It is determined whether or not each side of the specified polygon contacts with the cutout target. A side that does not contact with the cutout target is selected as a side for starting cutout processing in accordance with the determination result. The pixel value is examined from the selected side in the inward direction of the polygonal area. It is determined whether or not the pixel belongs to the desired target. Finally, the desired target is cut out in accordance with the determination result. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058746 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image retrieval apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate a query area of an image based on a user's designation operation, a display unit configured to display an area where a local feature amount is difficult to be extracted in the query area designated by the designation unit as a feature non-extractable area, and a retrieval unit configured to retrieve, based on a local feature amount extracted from an area which is not displayed as the feature non-extractable area in the query area by the display unit, image feature data with which a local feature amount and the image are associated and which is stored in a storage device. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058747 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE-MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image; a generating unit configured to generate a plurality of feature maps for a plurality of features of the image, wherein each of the feature maps corresponds to one of the features of the image; an imaging situation determining unit configured to determine an imaging situation of the image; a weighting unit configured to weight the feature maps in accordance with the imaging situation; and a detector configured to detect a region of interest from the image based on feature distributions of the weighted feature maps. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058748 | Method and Apparatus for Selecting an Object in an Image - A boundary in an image is identified by identifying a search region within the image. The process continues by determining image gradients in the search region and determining multiple color regions within the search region. An active contour representing the boundary is created based on the image gradients and the multiple color regions. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE MIS-ALIGNMENT IN IMAGES - A method of determining the amount of mis-alignment in one direction of an image of a scene, the image captured by a first camera is described. The method comprising the steps of:
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| 20110058750 | METHOD FOR REGISTERING A FIRST IMAGING DATA SET WITH A SECOND IMAGING DATA SET - A method for registering a first imaging data set with a second imaging data set of an object includes determining range information that describes the range of a beam in the object and determining at least one transformation parameter that describes a registration of the first imaging data set with the second imaging data set. The determination of the at least one transformation parameter is carried out using the determined range information. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058751 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - The present invention can code an I-picture that satisfies a predetermined condition using parameter information. When it is determined at step S | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058752 | ADAPTIVE TRANSFORMS - In one embodiment, an image is broken up into multiple regions or segments, where each segment may be of arbitrary shape, and a transform (multi-scale or otherwise) is applied on the set of segments. In another embodiment, pattern adaptive prediction is used when predicting the next finer level of the transform pyramid. The pattern adaptive prediction uses the parent grid to determine what geometry of a filter is to be used when predicting the child grid. At the boundaries of the domain, the pattern adaptive prediction can coupled with the domain adaptive prediction technique. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058753 | RENDERING IMAGES UNDER CYLINDRICAL PROJECTIONS - Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for forming composite images. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a set of component images for forming a composite image, defining a projection for the set of images transforming each component image into a projected component image, and rendering the projected component images to form the composite image. The rendering of each component image includes decomposing a rotation of the projection into separate rotations for each axis, rotating the component image along a first axis, separately identifying pixel values for each row and each column of the projected component image, and rotating the image along a third axis to form a rendered component image. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058754 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a camera, a storage system, and a processing unit. The processing unit receives an image from the camera to find a key portion in the image, obtain coordinates of the key portion in the image, determine the coordinates of the key portion in the image to obtain a location status, and select one group of files according to the location status. The selected group of files is displayed by the electronic device. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058755 | PACKAGING POUCH - The disclosure aims at improving the strength of a bag for the packing of products such as moist towelettes. For this purpose, the invention provides to add an upper gusset linking the front and back faces of the packing back and to make integral the flap with such upper gusset through an opening provided on the front face of the packing bag. According to one exemplary embodiment, the packing bag having the general shape of an envelope, more particularly including a back face and a front face, the front face being provided with a dispensing opening which can be closed by a flap, the upper edges of the back and front faces being sealed on the internal layer of an upper gusset, said upper gusset, the flap and the front face being integral. Besides, the upper edge of the front face has at least one cut through which at least a part of the internal layer of the upper edge of the flap is sealed on a part of the internal layer of the upper gusset. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058756 | DECORATIVE GIFT BAG INSERT - A device for enhancing the appearance and physical stability of a gift bag, including a pair of elongated flat members, an elongated support member connected between the respective elongated flat members, and a decoration having a first compressed storage configuration and a second decompressed actuated configuration and connected to the elongated support member. The pair of elongated flat members may be oriented generally perpendicular to the elongated support member and generally parallel to each other to define a bag-insertion configuration and inserted into a bag having a generally rectangular bottom panel and oppositely disposed parallel sides extending therefrom such that each respective flat member is positioned adjacent a respective oppositely disposed side panel. The decoration may be opened into the decompressed actuated configuration. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058757 | BEARING BUSH, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SHIFT HOUSING OF A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING THE BEARING BUSH - A bearing bush is provided for a shift housing of a vehicle, and a method is provided for installing the bearing bush. The bearing bush is used for mounting a selection lever in a shift housing of a vehicle, the selection lever transmitting selection movements of a selection finger of a gear shift lever to traction and/or compression movements of a selection cable pull. The selection lever pivots around its pivot point into various selection positions and is mounted so it is rotatable on a cast-on bearing journal of the shift housing the bearing bush. The bearing bush has radial and axial compensation elements, which axially lock the selection lever on the bearing journal during pivot movements. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058758 | ROLLING ELEMENT CHAIN - The invention relates to a rolling element chain ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058759 | BEARING SUPPORT FLEXIBLE RING - A bearing support ring includes a plurality of contact pads radially protruding from inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the ring. Flexible portions of the ring are defined between the contact pads and have a radial thickness less than that of the ring at the contact pads, such as to permit elastic deflection of the ring in a radial direction between the contact pads. Openings sized to permit unrestricted oil flow are provided, such as within the flexible portions of the ring. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058760 | Bearing Assembly Comprising Woven Synthetic Fibres - A bearing assembly comprises a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a sleeve supported concentrically about the shaft, and a tubular liner received between the shaft and the sleeve so as to be concentric therewith and so as to support the sleeve for rotation relative to the shaft. The tubular liner comprises synthetic fibres woven helically about the longitudinal axis of the shaft and a rigid surrounding material which surrounds the synthetic fibres. The sleeve also comprises synthetic fibres woven about the longitudinal axis of the shaft and a rigid surrounding material which surrounds the synthetic fibres. The synthetic fibres may comprise glass fibres, polyester fibres, para-aramids, and/or Polytetrafluoroethylene fibres which are wound helically about the longitudinal axis. The surrounding material may comprise a thermoset material, a phenolic material, an epoxy, and/or a resin which is set to be rigid about the fibres. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058761 | SLIDING BEARING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed is a sliding bearing for an internal combustion engine for supporting a crankshaft including a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings combined with each other into a cylindrical body. Each of inner circumferential surfaces of the respective semi-cylindrical bearings includes first and second curved surfaces following two kinds of arcs with different curvatures. The first curved surface is in a region including a circumferential central portion of the inner circumferential surface. The second curved surfaces are in remaining two regions of the inner circumferential surface. The circumferential oil groove and the axial groove communicate with each other. The circumferential grooves of the second curved surfaces and the axial groove communicate with each other. The groove bottoms of the circumferential grooves of the second curved surfaces are displaced to a side of the bearing inner circumferential surface from a groove bottom of the axial groove. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058762 | BEARING FOR CONNECTING ROD OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A connecting rod bearing is constituted of a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings I and II. In a state in which the semi-cylindrical bearings are assembled into a cylindrical shape, along two contact surfaces C of circumferential end surfaces, first axial oil grooves E are formed to be located at a central portion in a bearing width direction, and second axial oil grooves F are formed to be located at both sides in the bearing width direction of each of the first axial oil grooves E. One of the first axial oil grooves E and two of the second axial oil grooves F are in relation to communicate with each other. The first axial oil groove E is formed in the range of the wall thickness decreasing region surface A. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058763 | BEARING ISOLATING SEAL - A bearing-isolating seal ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058764 | ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATING DEVICE - Provided is an electro-optic modulating device. The electro-optic modulating device includes an optical waveguide with a vertical structure and sidewalls of the vertical structure are used to configure a junction. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058765 | DUAL-RING SILICON ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR - A device, system, and method for the electro-optic modulation of light. The device includes a substrate having a first ring waveguide and a second ring waveguide on the surface. The device includes a first p-doped region inside the first ring waveguide and a second p-doped region inside the second ring waveguide. The device includes a first n-doped region interposed between the first ring waveguide and the second ring waveguide, a second n-doped region outside the first ring waveguide, and a third n-doped region out the second ring waveguide. The device includes a first linear waveguide located on the surface adjacent to the first ring waveguide and the second ring waveguide. The device includes a fourth n-doped region on the surface located adjacent to the first linear waveguide. The device includes a control circuit configured to modulate light in the first linear waveguide using a voltage source and electrical connections. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058766 | Transparent Conducting Components and Related Electro-Optic Modulator Devices - New electro-optic (EO) phase modulator devices and geometries, as can be constructed using a transparent conductive component. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058767 | Reinforced Sensor With Optical Fiber Woven Into Fabric - A reinforced sensor with an optical fiber woven into a fabric, comprising a fabric formed in a manner that a weft yarn is woven thereinto in a direction substantially perpendicular to a warp yarn, wherein an optical fiber is included in at least either one of fibers of the warp yarn and the weft yarn. The optical fiber may function as a FBG sensor. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058768 | COMPACT FIBER OPTIC SENSORS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A compact, optically double-ended sensor probe with at least one 180° bend provided in the optical fiber in close proximity to a fiber Bragg grating temperature sensor suspends the optical fiber within a casing in such a way that the expansion and contract of the probe casing will not materially influence the temperature reading of the fiber Bragg grating by adding time varying or temperature varying stress components. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058769 | All-Fiber Module for Femtosecond Pulse Compression And Supercontinuum Generation - An all-fiber optical pulse compression arrangement comprises a concatenated arrangement of a section of input fiber (e.g., a single mode fiber), a graded-index (GRIN) fiber lens and a section of pulse-compressing fiber (e.g., LMA fiber). The GRIN fiber lens is used to provide mode matching between the input fiber (supporting the propagation of chirped optical pulses) and the pulse-compressing fiber, with efficient pulse compression occurring along the length of the LMA fiber. The dispersion and length of the LMA fiber section are selected to provide the desired degree of pulse compression; for example, capable of reconstituting a femtosecond pulse as is used in supercontinuum generation systems. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058770 | SUB-SURFACE ENGRAVING OF OLED SUBSTRATES FOR IMPROVED OPTICAL OUTCOUPLING - An electronic device includes a radiation-emitting component, a radiation-responsive component, or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the introduction of scattering sites into a substrate of the radiation emitting electronic device will increase optical outcoupling. In one embodiment, the substrate can be glass or plastic and a laser is used as a sub-surface engraving tool to produce scattering sites. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058771 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MODULES - A multi-wavelength optical transmitting module includes a housing, an optical output block, an optical transmitting block, and an optical multiplexer (MUX) block. The housing has a first coupling hole and a second coupling hole respectively formed in opposite surfaces thereof. The optical output block is coupled to the first coupling hole of the housing, is connected to an optical signal connector, and includes a first lens. The optical transmitting block is coupled to the second coupling hole of the housing and is connected to an electrical signal connector. In addition, the optical transmitting block includes a plurality of transmitting devices which respectively output light having different wavelengths and are arranged parallel to the optical output block, and a plurality of second lenses which are arranged on a light output side of the transmitting devices to correspond respectively to the transmitting devices. The optical multiplexer (MUX) block is disposed within the housing, multiplexes optical signals of multiple wavelengths, which were output from the transmitting devices and passed through the second is lenses, and transmits the multiplexed optical signals to the optical output block. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058772 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL COUPLING - An optical fiber coupling device, comprises a coupling assembly that includes a first ferrule and a second ferrule and an optical fiber having a first end mounted in the first ferrule and a second end mounted in the second ferrule. The first ferrule is disposed in an axial bore of a first barrel and the second ferrule is disposed in an axial bore of a second barrel. The coupling assembly is disposable in a coupling housing configured to receive at least two optical fiber connectors. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058773 | PLUG CONNECTOR HAVING UNLOCKING MECHANISM - The present disclosure relates to an optical plug connector ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058774 | Connector System with Physical Security Feature - A connector system comprising: a multi-plug connector, each plug having a housing and a ferrule, said housing having a front and back orientation and having a front face defining an opening, said ferrule being disposed within said opening, said housing defining a first keying element on said front face around said opening, at least two housings of said multi-plug connector having different said first keying elements. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058775 | Dust Caps for Fiber Optic Connectors - A dust cap for a fiber optic connector is disclosed. The fiber optic connector includes a connector body having a first end and second end opposite the first end, and a ferrule positioned at the first end of the connector body. The ferrule holds an optical fiber having an end face. The dust cap includes a housing defining a cavity for receiving the ferrule of the fiber optic connector and a retaining member coupled to the housing. The retaining member is structured to be disposed adjacent to the second end of the connector body when the ferrule is disposed within the cavity to inhibit removal of the fiber optic connector from the dust cap. Additionally, or alternatively, the dust cap may include a mounting member for releasably engaging a support structure. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058776 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTICAL-SEMICONDUCTOR-DEVICE LEAD FRAME OBTAINED USING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a resin composition for optical semiconductor devices, the resin composition including the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a polyorganosiloxane; and (D) a white pigment. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058777 | FORM FACTOR ADAPTER MODULE - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a form factor adapter module may include a small form factor (SFF) host connector configured to receive a small form factor pluggable (SFP or SFP+) module and to transmit and receive data according to a Serializer-deserializer Framer Interface (SFI) protocol. The form factor adapter module may also include a 10 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (XFP) edge finger connector configured to transmit and receive data to and from the SFF host connector according to the SFI protocol and to mate with an XFP edge finger socket. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058778 | CABLE INCLUDING STRAIN-FREE FIBER AND STRAIN-COUPLED FIBER - A cable including a strain free and strain coupled optical fiber is provided. The disclosed cable provides a single device that can perform both strain and temperature measurements in a distributed manner and provide accurate results for the actual strain on the cable. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058779 | SPLITTABLE OPTICAL FIBER RIBBONS - A splittable optical fiber ribbon has a decreased propensity for fiber fallout along a longitudinal split. Fibers adjacent to a split location, called border fibers, have increased bond strength between their ink-coating and a surrounding matrix material. The bond strength is increased by first partially curing an ink that covers the border fibers, coating the partially-cured fibers with a matrix material, and then substantially fully curing the ink and the matrix material substantially simultaneously. The ribbon may include one or more grooves to enhance splitting the ribbon into subsets. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058780 | SINGLE-MODE FIBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A single mode fiber having a core, an inner cladding, a depressed cladding, and an outer cladding composed of pure silica glass. The core is surrounded in sequence with the inner cladding and the depressed cladding. The core has silica glass doped with germanium and fluorine, with a diameter (a) of 8.0-8.8 μm, a relative refractive index difference (Δ | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058781 | Multimode Optical Fiber Having Improved Bending Losses - The present invention embraces a multimode optical fiber that includes a central core having an alpha refractive index profile with respect to an outer optical cladding and a depressed trench positioned between the central core and the outer optical cladding. The central core's refractive index at its periphery is the same as the outer cladding's refractive index. Typically, an inner cladding is positioned between the central core and the depressed trench. The optical fiber achieves reduced bending losses without significantly increasing numerical aperture. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058782 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes a silicon wafer having two opposed sides. A first notch is defined in each of the two opposed sides such that the silicon wafer includes a head portion and a first stem portion. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058783 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE COVER - A cover for a fiber optic enclosure includes a front wall, a back wall, a top wall and a right wall. The top wall is engaged with top end portions of the front and back walls. The right wall is engaged with right end portions of the front and back walls and a right end of the top wall. The right wall includes a lower portion and an upper portion. The upper portion is disposed at an oblique angle relative to the lower portion of the right wall. Inner surfaces of the front, back, top and right walls define a cavity. Bottom end portions of the front and back walls and the lower portion of the right wall define a first opening to the cavity. Left end portions of the front and back walls and a left end of the top wall defining a second opening to the cavity. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058784 | Optical fiber distribution frame with outside plant enclosure - A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including panels having front and rear termination locations, the panels positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame includes vertical access for the rear cables. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides for the front patch cables. The frame further includes cable storage spools for the patch cables. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right panels and the cable guides. A portion of the frame defines splice tray holders and a central passage from the splice tray holders to the rear sides of the left and right panels. From a front of each panel, access to a rear of the panel is provided by the hinged panels. Alternatively, the panels can form connector modules with front termination locations and rear connection locations for connecting to the rear cables. The modules can house couplers, such as splitters, combiners, and wave division multiplexers. The termination locations can be located on the same side of the frame as the splice tray holders, or on an opposite side. An enclosure of the frame included hinged or otherwise moveable panels to allow access to the terminations or the splice trays. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058785 | PEDESTAL TERMINAL WITH SWING FRAME - A pedestal terminal includes a frame mounted to a base and a cover configured to mount to the base. The frame including a support frame and a swing frame pivotally mounted to the support frame. A splitter module mounting location is positioned on the frame. The splitter module mounting location is adapted to mount a splitter arrangement including splitter pigtails to the frame. A first termination field includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters, each being configured to couple one of the splitter pigtails to a distribution cable. A second termination field includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters, each being configured to couple one of the splitter pigtails to a drop cable. A pivoting cover arrangement can be mounted to a top of the support frame to inhibit contact between the splitter arrangement and the cover when the cover is mounted to or removed from the base. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058786 | FIBER OPTIC SPLITTER MODULE - A telecommunications assembly including a housing and a plurality of modules mounted within the housing. The modules includes a rear face in which is mounted at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the housing are positioned at least one fiber optic adapters. Inserting the module through a front opening of the housing at a mounting location positions the connector of the module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the housing. The adapters within the interior of the housing are integrally formed as part of a removable adapter assembly. A method of mounting a telecommunications module within a chassis. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058787 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A imaging apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store registration information in which information relevant to a feature of an object, of a subject, to be recognized, personal information relevant to attribute of the subject, and non-personal information which is different from the personal information are related with each other and registered, a video generator configured to capture a subject image to generate video data, a detector configured to detect an object to be recognized which has the same feature as that registered in the registration information, in an image represented by the video data generated by the video generator, an embedding unit configured to embed the non-personal information relating to the object to be recognized which is detected by the detector into the video data to be generated, and a management file generator configured to generate a management file, the management file storing the non-personal information to be embedded into the video data and the personal information related to the non-personal information to be embedded into the registration information. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058788 | RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE - A recording/playback device enables the user to grasp at a glance the overview of titles of recorded television programs and immediately select and playback a desired scene without being required to set chapters in advance. When a display device displays a recorded television program, the recording/playback device splits the recorded television program of one title into equal time segments, creates time-sequentially thumbnails positioned approximately at the split points, and arranges them in a list to display them on the screen. I-picture frame data temporally closest to the split points is used to create thumbnails in order to speed up the playback. Time information is displayed together with each thumbnail. When the user selects any thumbnail, the television program is played back starting from that segment. In such a way of displaying, the user can see at a glance what scenes are recorded in the television program without being required to give chapters. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058789 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING AUDIO/VIDEO - In an audio/video (AV) recording process, an AV recording and playing system and method split an original video signal from a computer into a first original video signal and a second original video signal. The first original video signal is converted to a digital video signal. The second original video signal is displayed on a display device. An analog audio signal is captured and converted to a digital audio signal. The digital video signal and the digital audio signal are compressed to a compressed AV file. In an AV playing process, the system and method retrieve a compressed AV file and decompressed the file into a digital audio signal and a digital video signal. The digital video signal is converted to an analog video signal. The digital audio signal is converted to an analog audio signal. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058791 | RECORDING CONTROLLER AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - A recording controller includes: a presentation module configured to perform a presentation for simultaneously presenting a first item for selecting each broadcast channel to be recorded from a plurality of broadcast channels and a second item for setting each recording time range in accordance with the selected broadcast channel; a table configured to store each broadcast channel selected and each recording time range set based on the presentation; and a recording control module configured to control recording of signals of the selected broadcast channels on a recording medium in accordance with the table. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058792 | Video Format for Digital Video Recorder - Some embodiments provide a video recording device for capturing a video clip. The video recording device receives a selection of a non-temporally compressed encoding scheme from several different encoding schemes for encoding the video clip. The different encoding schemes include at least one temporally compressed encoding scheme and at least the selected non-temporally compressed encoding scheme. The video recording device captures the video clip as several frames. The video recording device non-temporally encodes each of the frames as several slices. The slices of a particular frame are for decoding by several processing units of a video decoding device. The video recording device stores the video clip in a storage. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058793 | Video Format for Digital Video Recorder - Some embodiments provide a video camera. The video camera includes image sensing circuitry for capturing a sequence of video pictures, a user interface for allowing a user to select a video encoding format from a temporally compressed encoding format and non-temporally compressed encoding format, encoding circuitry for encoding the video pictures according to the format selected by the user, and random access storage for storing video clips. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058794 | VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS - A video recording apparatus compresses video data so that a bit rate converges to a target bit rate while keeping a minimum image quality and records the compressed video data. The video recording apparatus (exemplified by a recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058795 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL SYSTEM - A heat pump water heater has a tank portion, an electric heating structure for adding electrical heat to water stored in the tank, and a heat pump for adding refrigerant heat to the tank water. A control system associated with the water heater has three user-selectable heating modes for heating the tank water during a given heating demand cycle—a first mode that initially heats the tank water with refrigerant heat while the electric heat is locked out for a first predetermined period before supplementing the refrigerant heat if necessary, a second mode similar to the first mode but with a longer electric heat lockout period, and a third mode in which only the electric heat is utilized to satisfy a tank water heating demand. Illustratively, the heat pump is disposed in a compact component arrangement on the top end of the water heater tank. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058796 | WATER HEATER ARRANGEMENT - A water heater arrangement comprising a gas-operated water heater device ( | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058797 | Halogen Water Heater - A fluid heating apparatus includes a housing containing a flattened tube and lamps. The apparatus further includes a first conduit flow-coupled to the flattened tube, the first conduit being adapted to provide fluid to the flattened tube. The apparatus further includes a second conduit flow-coupled to the flattened tube, the second conduit being adapted to channel fluid from the flattened tube. The lamps are arranged to irradiate the flattened tube, and the flattened tube is adapted to absorb radiation from the lamps and heat fluid contained therein. | 2011-03-10 |
| 20110058798 | LIQUID HEATING APPARATUS - A liquid heating apparatus has a first mode of operation in which a first volume of water can be heated and a second mode of operation in which a second, smaller volume of water can be heated and automatically dispensed. The first mode may be provided by a removable liquid heating vessel. The second mode may be provided by a second heating chamber comprising a heater arranged to heat liquid and dispense it through an outlet. The second heating chamber is filled with water from the removable liquid heating vessel. | 2011-03-10 |
