16th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090097724 | System and Method For The Analysis of Basic Ear Canal Taxonomy - A method and appertaining system determine and output parameters associated with an ear canal according to a particular taxonomy. The output can then be input to various other systems associated with hearing aid design. An intelligent computational approach is utilized that models the physiology of the human ear canal as reconcilable with a conic or quadric section. The canal segment of the impression is sliced, and various parameters are determined according to each slice. Then, these parameters are analyzed in order to create a basic classification of the canal morphology. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097725 | Device, system and method for estimating the size of an object in a body lumen - A device and method for capturing in-vivo images allows for size or distance estimations for objects within the images. According to one embodiment of the present invention there may be provided, in an in-vivo device, at least an imager, an illumination source to provide illumination for the imager, an irradiation source to emit for example a light beam or a laser beam in a body lumen and a processor to calculate, based on image illumination parameter values, an estimate of the size of objects in a body lumen. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097726 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF LIVER IN MULTIPHASE CONTRAST-ENHANCED MEDICAL IMAGES - Systems, method and apparatus in which some embodiments of automatic segmentation of a liver parenchyma from multiphase contrast-enhanced computed-tomography images includes analyzing an intensity change in the images belonging to the different phases in order to determine the region-of-interest of the liver, thereafter segmenting starting from the region-of-interest and incorporating anatomical information to prevent oversegmentation, and thereafter combining the information of all available images. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097727 | 3D General Lesion Segmentation In CT - A general purpose method to segment any kind of lesions in 3D images is provided. Based on a click or a stroke inside the lesion from the user, a distribution of intensity level properties is learned. The random walker segmentation method combines multiple 2D segmentation results to produce the final 3D segmentation of the lesion. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097728 | System and Method for Detecting Tagged Material Using Alpha Matting - A method for computer-aided object classification, soft segmentation and layer extraction in computed tomographic colonography includes providing a contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) digital image of the colon, finding a foreground region of voxels with an intensity higher than a pre-defined foreground threshold, creating a 3D trimap of the colon where the image is segmented into the foreground region, a background region, and an unknown region between the foreground and background, starting from the background, extracting successive layers of the unknown region until the foreground region is reached, and classifying each extracted layer as background or foreground, and generating a foreground matte, a background matte, and an alpha matte, where alpha indicates a mixing ration of foreground and background voxels. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097729 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING DEFECTS IN A RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF A SCANNED OBJECT - A method for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is provided. The method comprises acquiring radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object and identifying one or more regions of interest in the radiographic image data corresponding to the scanned object. The method further comprises performing an image-contrast comparison of the radiographic image data corresponding to the scanned object and one or more reference radiographic images, to identify one or more defects in the radiographic image data corresponding to the scanned object. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097730 | ABNORMAL SHADOW CANDIDATE DISPLAY METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In medical image processing system | 2009-04-16 |
20090097731 | CONTINUOUS X-RAY IMAGE SCREENING EXAMINATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Using nature that a pixel value in a lung of a chest X-ray moving image varies due to heart beat, the variation information on the pixel value is effectively used for diagnosis such as of a lung embolism or a heart disease, considering the variation information as lung blood flow information. A continuous X-ray image screening examination device | 2009-04-16 |
20090097732 | Procedures for the presentation of medical images - The invention relates to a method for presentation of medical images by a reproduction facility of a diagnostic device with suppression of the noise with the following steps: one-off calibration of the signal-dependent noise; separation of the signal and noise components in the image; adaptation of the two components according to set parameters; and composition of the signals. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLUSTERING AND VISUALIZATION OF MULTICOLOR CYTOMETRY DATA - A computer implemented method is provided for clustering and visualization of an n-dimensional space in a Euclidean space. The method includes: collecting a plurality of multi-dimensional data sets; estimating a probability density function from each data set; approximating a dissimilarity between every pair of said probability density functions and recording every dissimilarity in a dissimilarity matrix; embedding the dissimilarity matrix into a Euclidean space having a dimensionality of three or less using a multi-dimensional scaling method; and graphically displaying relationships between data sets using data in the Euclidean space on a display of a computing device. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097734 | CELLULAR THICKNESS MEASUREMENT METHOD - To enable precise measurement of a cellular thickness distribution regardless of changes in the refractive index of cell(s). Two-dimensional distribution of phase information is obtained, in a state where a first culture solution having a first refractive index is stored so as to completely immerse cells adhered onto a bottom face of a culture vessel, by transmitting light of a wavelength, and by photographing the transmitted light. Next, two-dimensional distribution of phase information is obtained, in a state where a second culture solution having a second refractive index is stored to have a depth to completely immerse the cells in the culture vessel, by transmitting light, and by photographing the transmitted light. Next, respective average values of the phase information are calculated. Next, the refractive index of the cell is estimated. Next, the thickness dimension is calculated using the refractive index. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097735 | SAMPLE INSPECTION, MEASURING METHOD AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - An image for measuring a pattern or an image for making positioning for measurement is formed by scanning a sample with a focused electron beam and an estimation value of the image is compared with an image estimation value of a previously gotten reference image, so that focusing of the electron beam is performed again when it is judged that the formed image does not satisfy a predetermined condition by the comparison with the reference image. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097736 | Method and Apparatus for Approving Color Samples - A color approval system that facilitates the use of electronic color submissions. The electronic color submissions contain reflectance values for a physical color sample to be submitted for approval. The system includes a data storage area accessible by a submitter of the electronic color sample and a reviewer of the color sample. The submitter upload the submission to the data storage area, from which the reviewer retrieves the submission and replies with an acceptance or rejection, typically via email. The system provides tools for the analysis of the electronic color sample and automatic formation of acceptances and rejections. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097737 | VISUAL INSPECTION APPARATUS - In a visual inspection apparatus according to the present invention, a carrier base | 2009-04-16 |
20090097738 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING SOLDER PRINTING - An apparatus for inspecting solder printing includes a memory medium, an ideal solder information generation unit, and an image processing unit. Design data are stored in the memory medium. The ideal solder information generation unit generates “ideal solder position information” and “ideal solder sizes” from the ideal solder regions in the design data. The image processing means extracts the actual solder regions of solder on the printed board K from image data imaged by the CCD camera and generates “actual solder position information” from the actual solder regions. The image processing unit generates “position misalignment amounts” between the “ideal solder position information” and “actual solder position information,” generates “print misalignment rates” indicating the extents of the “position misalignment amounts” relative to the “ideal solder sizes,” calculates a correction value relating to print position based on the “print misalignment rates,” and outputs a correction value signal to the solder printing machine. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097739 | PEOPLE DETECTION IN VIDEO AND IMAGE DATA - A process identifies a person in image data. The process first executes a training phase, and thereafter a detection phase. The training phase learns body parts using body part detectors, generates classifiers, and determines a spatial distribution and a set of probabilities. The execution phase applies the body part detector to an image, combines output of several body part detectors, and determines maxima of the combination of the output. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097740 | Method and Apparatus for Automating an Inspection Procedure - A process for using a hand-held infrared inspection system incorporating on-board training, on-board validation, on-board operator certification, on-board reporting information, or on-board survey instructions. Improved methods for automating area surveys are provided through exception-driven surveillance practices. Imbedded information enables less experienced operators to use more sophisticated devices more effectively. Validation or certification assures operator knowledge or ability. Multilevel classification of anomalies aids in automated analysis and report generation. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097741 | SMOTE ALGORITHM WITH LOCALLY LINEAR EMBEDDING - A data classification method. The method includes: providing data mapped in a first space; mapping the data into a second space using locally linear embedding to generate mapped data; applying a synthetic minority over-sampling technique (SMOTE) to the mapped data to generate new data; and mapping the new data into the first space. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097742 | METHOD FOR COLOR INTERPOLATION - In a method for color interpolation between two colors, each interpolated color between a first color having at least two color components and a second color having at least two color components, is defined by copying at least one color component from a corresponding color component of a neighboring color and calculating at least one other color component. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING HARDWARE-EFFICIENT DEMOSAICING OF IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus for determining missing color pixel values in image data (i.e., for demosaicing image data) using a small number of lines in a buffer memory. Pixel values are interpolated in a horizontal or a vertical direction based on gradient scores. Interpolation direction selection can be refined based on a chroma scores or morphological operations. A chroma blurring technique to reduce false color artifacts is also disclosed. A disclosed embodiment can be implemented in an imager having as few as three buffer lines. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097744 | System and Process for Color-Balancing a Series of Oblique Images - An automated process for color-balancing a series of oblique images captured from one or more positions and from one or more orientations. The automated process includes the step of selecting a series of color-balanced images to use as reference images. Then, on an oblique image by image basis (1) a portion(s) of a reference image(s) that overlaps the oblique image is located, (2) multiple color-balancing transformations are created that approximately matches the color distribution of the oblique image to the color distribution of the overlapping portion(s) of the reference image(s), (3) pixels in the oblique image are transformed according to the multiple color-balancing transformations created for that oblique image; and (4) the transformed pixel value is transformed in the oblique image or a copy of the oblique image. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097745 | METHOD OF PERFORMING ROBUST AUTO WHITE BALANCE - Disclosed herein is a method of performing robust white balance. The method includes a first process of dividing an input image into blocks, a second process of selecting blocks having higher color errors, and calculating average RGB values of the selected blocks, a third process of selecting a specific top percentage of bright blocks, and calculating the average RGB values of these selected blocks, a fourth process of calculating average RGB values through color clustering, a fifth process of converting the average RGB values into CIE xyY color space, a sixth process of calculating the Euclidean distances between the x and y values of standard light sources in a color space and the x and y values of the average RGB values in CIE xyY color space, and selecting an average RGB value having the shortest Euclidean distance (Ed), and a seventh process of calculating white balance gain values using the selected average RGB value, and correcting the input image using the balance gain values. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097746 | COLOR CLASSIFICATION METHOD, COLOR RECOGNITION METHOD, COLOR CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, COLOR RECOGNITION APPARATUS, COLOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A color classification method including: determining a plurality of predetermined process target regions from a plurality of pickup images taken by an imaging device; calculating a plurality of color distributions of pixels contained in the respective determined process target regions; and forming a plurality of clusters by executing a clustering process based on the calculated color distributions for the pickup images, the method being for classifying a plurality of colors with respect to the respective formed clusters, the forming step including: extracting predetermined number of the classified colors, whose calculated rates are highest in the calculated plurality of the rates, from among the predetermined classified colors; defining a plurality of color spaces, dimensions of each of which are selected from the predetermined number of the extracted classified colors. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097747 | METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method of image processing and a device thereof are provided in the present invention. First, an image having a plurality of regions is received, wherein each region comprises a plurality of pixels. A contrast process is performed on each region and a respective local curve of each region is analyzed, wherein the local curve is a corresponding relation between the gray-level values of the pixels in each region before and after the contrast process. Next, the gray-level value of one of the pixels in a boundary between one of the regions and the neighboring region is adjusted according to the respective local curves of the one of the regions and the neighboring region. The local contrast process towards to each region is performed for enhancing the image. Therefore, not only can the features be obvious, but the non-uniform area in the boundary between the regions also can be smoothed. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097748 | Image display apparatus and method - Provided are an image display apparatus and method which enables a user to quickly and easily obtain information related to an image currently being reproduced. The image display apparatus includes: a setting module setting a plurality of sub regions into which a predetermined image frame of an image being played back are divided according to color; and a mapping module mapping one or more thumbnail images of one or more relevant contents related to the image to one or more sub regions selected from the sub regions. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DEFINITION OF REGIONS AND VOLUMES OF INTEREST - The definition of regions or volumes of interest and the delineation of objects of interest are important and frequently performed tasks in clinical imaging. However, today's solutions for this task are often time-consuming and cumbersome for the clinician. The present invention provides an alternative approach that is intuitive and works even for noisy images where automatic segmentation approaches usually fail. The disclosed systems and methods automatically translate mouse movements relative to an imaginary x-axis and y-axis into modifications in the threshold and scale (i.e., shape and size) of a boundary delineation, thereby permitting a system user/clinician to rapidly arrive at a desired ROI and/or VOI. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097750 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information embedding apparatus ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090097751 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE RASTER SEGMENT MOTION DETECTION AND ENCODING - Raster segment commands are generated by a delta encoder and are encoded for raster segments detected to have moved in the current frame with respect to a location of the raster segment in a previous frame. Raster segment motion commands are stored in a queue and, when written, copy a raster segment into the current frame from a previous payload or cache. When written from the queue to a payload, raster segment motion commands are applied to a copy of the current frame maintained at the server using a copy of the previous payload sent. When copying a raster segment from a raster segment cache, a raster segment cache command retrieves identified raster segment data from the raster segment cache and copies the raster segment into a particular location in the current frame at the client. The raster segment commands are sent to a client via a payload to copy a raster segment from a previous payload into the current frame at the client or from a raster segment cache to the current frame. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097752 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REALIZING FUNCTIONS THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING THE COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image processing apparatus determines whether a reference image and an image of interest are different or the same. A determination unit determines whether a comparative image formed by a part or entirety of the image of interest and an image corresponding to the comparative image in the reference image are different or the same. A decision unit decides whether a next comparative image should be a part or entirety of the image of interest in accordance with the result of the determination. An acquisition unit acquires the comparative image from the image of interest in accordance with result of the decision. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097753 | SYSTEM FOR A TEXT SPELLER - An apparatus may generate a text entry with a user interface. The apparatus may include a display, a user input device, a memory and a processor. The apparatus may display single character user input controls and multi-character user input controls on the display. Each of the single character user input controls and the multi-character user input controls may be buttons selectable with the user input device. A single character user input control may correspond to a single character and a multi-character user input control may correspond to a group of characters. The apparatus may display one of the multi-character user input controls in a display region and other user input controls outside of the display region. If the multi-character user input control is selected, the apparatus may replace the multi-character user input control with a second set of single character user input controls in an expanded display region. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097754 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THE SAME - A video communication device includes an image capturing module for capturing a video image, and an image processing system. The image processing system includes a face detection module, and a processing module. The face detection module detects a face region and a head region corresponding to the face region in the video image. The processing module generates a processed video image by masking all areas of the video image except the head region, and outputs the processed video image. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097755 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, REMOTE INDICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring portion, a deciding portion, a controlling portion, a determining portion, and a transmitting portion. The acquiring portion acquires attribute information of an object. The deciding portion decides identification information of a user accessible to the object, based on a database associated with attribute information of each object and identification information of a user accessible to each object, and the acquired attribute information. The controlling portion decides a capture area including the object, and causes a projecting device to project a capture area. The determining portion determines whether a user of a remote terminal is accessible to the object based on identification information from the remote terminal and the decided identification information. The transmitting portion transmits a captured image of the decided capture area to the remote terminal when the user of the remote terminal is accessible to the object. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097756 | SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A similar image search apparatus includes a storage unit, a search unit, a text feature selection unit, an image feature transformation unit and a similar image search unit. The storage unit stores images and pieces of text information associated with the respective images. The search unit retrieves candidate images. Each candidate image has a similar image feature to a image feature of a key image. The text feature selection unit select a text feature of the respective candidate images which satisfies a given selecting condition. The image feature transformation unit, base on the selected text feature, transforms the image features. The similar image search unit retrieves similar images from the candidate images based on the transformed image features. The image features of the similar images are similar to the image feature of the key image. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING SOCIAL SKILLS, SOCIAL THINKING, AND SOCIAL AWARENESS - A system for improving social skills and feature recognition including a user interface displaying an electronic image, the image including two or more features, software for visually amplifying a first portion of the image, software for visually partitioning the image into two or more second portions, software for visually quantifying the image, and software for animating at least one of the first portion and the second portions. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097758 | Optical wavefront control pattern generating apparatus and optical wavefront control pattern generating method - An optical wavefront control pattern generating apparatus includes: a reconstructed image detector unit configured to detect a reconstructed image displayed on the reconstructed image display unit; and an optimizer unit configured to evaluate the reconstructed image detected by the reconstructed image detector unit, and to generate the optimum optical wavefront control pattern by applying a modification process to the optical wavefront control pattern in order for a result of the evaluation to satisfy a predetermined condition. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097759 | Image processing device and method for compressing and decompressing images - The disclosed image processing device receiving image data comprises a first encoder, a second encoder and an encoding switch. The first encoder generates first data by encoding the image data according to a predetermined method. The second encoder generates second data by encoding the image data according to an encoding pattern table. The encoding pattern table is set up in accordance with the first data. The encoding switch determines to output either the first data or the second data as an encoded result and generates a mark value for indicating the encoded result. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097760 | REPRESENTATION AND QUANTIZATION OF DIGITAL IMAGES AND EVALUATION OF COLOR DIFFERENCES - Digital image data are coded in a color coordinate system bef where b=0.3·ln B and B, e, and f are Bef coordinates. This coding has high perceptual uniformity with respect to coding errors. A color difference formula is provided, with the color difference defined as 100 √{square root over (Δb | 2009-04-16 |
20090097761 | Method for processing a digital image and image representation format - An image representation format for representing a digital image comprises: image information stored as a bitstream representing sequential image blocks, each block comprising one or more components, each component comprising one or more data units and each data unit being represented as a Huffman-coded stream of coefficients of basis functions, wherein a zeroth order coefficient is represented as a difference to the previous zeroth order coefficient of the corresponding component, and a block information table, which comprises: indicators to the first coefficient of a specified order of each image block in said bitstream, information indicating the number of bits in the bitstream between adjacent coefficients of said specified order of the image block, and the zeroth order coefficient of at least the first data unit of each component, said zeroth order coefficient being represented in a non-differential form. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097762 | Method for processing a digital image and image representation format - An image representation format for representing a digital image comprises: image information stored as a bitstream representing sequential image blocks, each block comprising one or more components, each component comprising one or more data units and each data unit being represented as a Huffman-coded stream of coefficients of basis functions, wherein a zeroth order coefficient is represented as a difference to the previous zeroth order coefficient of the corresponding component, and a block information table, which comprises: indicators to the first coefficient of a specified order of each image block in said bitstream, information indicating the number of bits in the bitstream between adjacent coefficients of said specified order of the image block, and the zeroth order coefficient of at least the first data unit of each component, said zeroth order coefficient being represented in a non-differential form. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097763 | Converting video and image signal bit depths - A technique includes converting a first value for a pixel that is associated with a lower bit depth into a second value for the pixel, which is associated with a higher bit depth based at least in part on a neighborhood of the pixel. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097764 | Method and apparatus of temporary image frame compression - An image compression method and fast storage device accessing and pixel decompression is achieved by applying variable bit rate to reduce the data amount of each image frame. Several thresholds are predetermined depending on the availability of the bandwidth of the storage device and the image resolution to decide the compression ratio of each image frame. Starting address of each compressed image frame is saved in predetermined location of the storage device for quick random accessing any compressed frame of image. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097765 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes an image extracting unit, a vector information generating unit and a color information adding unit. The image extracting unit extracts an image to be vectorized from a multilevel image as a binary image. The vector information generating unit vectorizes the binary image extracted by the image extracting unit to generate vector information. The color information adding unit adds color information to the vector information generated by the vector information generating unit. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097766 | APPARATUS OF COMPRESSING IMAGE DATA AND A METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for compressing an image data with an array of pixels comprising a data length is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a rearranging unit, a transformation operator, a quantizer and a coding operator. The rearranging unit is configured to transform the array to form a rearranged block with a mark value. The transformation operator is configured to obtain transform coefficients of the rearranged block according to a predetermined transformation. The quantizer is configured to quantize the transform coefficients. The coding operator is configured to generate a result data by coding the transform coefficients which is quantized and the mark value according to a predetermined coding method. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097767 | Method for processing a digital image and image representation format - An image representation format for representing a digital image comprises: image information stored as a bitstream representing sequential image blocks, each block comprising one or more components, each component comprising one or more data units and each data unit being represented as a Huffman-coded stream of coefficients of basis functions, wherein a zeroth order coefficient is represented as a difference to the previous zeroth order coefficient of the corresponding component, and a block information table, which comprises: indicators to the first coefficient of a specified order of each image block in said bitstream, information indicating the number of bits in the bitstream between adjacent coefficients of said specified order of the image block, and the zeroth order coefficient of at least the first data unit of each component, said zeroth order coefficient being represented in a non-differential form. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGE BY EXPONENTIAL GOLOMB BINARIZATION USING OPTIMAL THRESHOLD, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE BY EXPONENTIAL GOLOMB BINARIZATION USING OPTIMAL THRESHOLD - A method and apparatus for coding an image by using exponential Golomb binarization are provided. The method comprises: performing entropy coding on an input image by performing exponential Golomb binarization using a plurality of predetermined thresholds; measuring a bit rate of a bit stream which is generated by performing the entropy coding using each threshold; and determining an optimal threshold by comparing bit rates with regard to the thresholds. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY PROCESSING FORM DATA - A form image may be split into a plurality of image fragments. Each image fragment may correspond to a field of the form. Each form fragment may be deidentified to prevent unauthorized reconstruction of the form image from its respective image fragments. An index to associate each image fragment to its respective form and form field may be generated. Form fragments from a plurality of form images may be intermixed in an image fragment pool and selected for transmission to a third-party form processor. The third-party form processor may be an internal third-party form processor or an external, third-party form processor. The third-party form processor may assign a data value to each image fragments, associate each data value with a name corresponding to, or derived from the form image fragment name, and return the data values. The data values may be stored and associated with their respective forms and/or form fields using the index. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097770 | Representing high-resolution media content in a lower resolution system - Representing high-resolution media content in a lower resolution system is disclosed. For a first portion of a high-resolution media content which is associated with a content boundary that does not align with an interval boundary of the lower resolution system, a new media content file that includes at least said first portion of the high-resolution media content is created. The new media content file and a second file comprising at least a second portion of the original media content file, which second portion begins at a first interval boundary and ends at a second interval boundary of the lower resolution system, are provided to the lower resolution system. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097771 | IN-PLACE AVERAGING OF PACKED PIXEL DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for averaging data in packed format are provided. The data may be image data, such as data words containing color-specific data portions representative of pixels of a captured image. A first data word containing first image data is received. A second data word containing second image data is received. A logical AND of the first data word and the second data word is performed to generate a third data word. A logical exclusive OR (XOR) of the first data word and the second data word is performed to generate a fourth data word. A right shift of the fourth data word is performed. The third data word and the right shifted fourth data word are summed to generate a fifth data word that is an average of the first and second data words. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097772 | Laplacian Principal Components Analysis (LPCA) - Systems and methods perform Laplacian Principal Components Analysis (LPCA). In one implementation, an exemplary system receives multidimensional data and reduces dimensionality of the data by locally optimizing a scatter of each local sample of the data. The optimization includes summing weighted distances between low dimensional representations of the data and a mean. The weights of the distances can be determined by a coding length of each local data sample. The system can globally align the locally optimized weighted scatters of the local samples and provide a global projection matrix. The LPCA improves performance of such applications as face recognition and manifold learning. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097773 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device to process a moving image, which is shot by a video shooting device, in increments of access units, includes: a correcting unit to correct the access unit to be processed by changing the properties of a low-pass filter which indicates imaging blur according to parameter values showing the properties of imaging blur which occurs at the time that the moving image is shot with the video shooting device, generating an inverse filter having inverse properties as to the low-pass filter, and performing processing to apply the inverse filters as to the access unit to be processed; wherein, with a frequency of which the frequency property of the low-pass filter indicating the imaging blur is zero being zero points, performing processing to apply the inverse filter is forbidden for predetermined frequency components of the frequency components of the access unit to be processed including the zero points. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097774 | Aspect ratio enhancement - An adaptive compensation system for aspect ratio conversion. Video information, intended for her first aspect ratio display, e.g. the standard NTSC aspect ratio, is processed to determine additional information that can enable that video to be displayed and fill a wider aspect ratio screen. The processing can be a calculation which calculates, for example, texture, color and/or brightness of the edge portions, and automatically calculates video information to match the texture, brightness or color. The processing can be a database lookup, which automatically looks up likely portions from a database. The processing can also be an adaptive determination of what vertical portions of the image can be stretched without affecting the viewability, and then an adaptive stretching of different portions by different amounts. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097775 | VISUAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VISUAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - It is possible to inhibit artifacts, even when a special image has been input. The visual processing device of the invention is provided with a spatial processing portion ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090097776 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention obtains a high-quality output image in which a jaggy or a disconnection of a thin line hardly stands out. An edge detection unit detects whether the pixel of interest is an edge pixel or a non-edge pixel. A screen processing unit performs screen processing for the pixel of interest to determine the output value of the N-level tone. A calculation unit performs filtering processing having a preset visual sense characteristic for an area including the pixel of interest to calculate the target value of the pixel of interest, and corrects the value of the pixel of interest so as to come close to the target value, thereby determining the output value of the N-level tone. The selector selects, according to the detection result by the edge detection unit, either the result from the calculation unit or that from the screen processing unit. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097777 | DIGITAL IMAGE TONE REMAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital image tone remapping method is disclosed. The method includes computing an average luminance value of a digital image; generating a preliminary tone mapping function according to the average luminance value; generating a luminance statistic of the digital image; determining new remapped values for a plurality of skeleton luminance values according to the preliminary tone mapping function and the luminance statistic; generating a final tone mapping function according to the new remapped values and the plurality of skeleton luminance values; and remapping the digital image through the final tone mapping function. The present invention also discloses an apparatus performing the method. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097778 | ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOLUME BASED REGISTRATION - A method for volume based registration of images is presented. The method includes receiving a first image data set and at least one other image data set. Further the method includes identifying a first image slice in the at least one other image data set corresponding to the first image data set. The method also includes selecting a first point of interest on at least one of the first image data set or the first image slice in the at least one other image data set. In addition, the method includes selecting a second point of interest on the other of the first image data set or the first image slice in the at least one other image data set, wherein the second point of interest corresponds to the first point of interest. Moreover, the method includes translating one of the first image data set, the first image slice, or both, in a first direction, a second direction and a third direction to align the first point of interest with the second point of interest. Also, the method includes registering the first image data set and the at least one other image data set. Systems and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this method is also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097779 | Multi-opening, leak-proof packet - A flexible, multi-opening, leak-proof packet having a defined volume for storing and dispensing fluids. A first packet area, e.g., at or near an upper edge is configured to include a capped dispensing outlet. A second packet area, e.g., at or near a lower surface, includes at least one inlet for receiving transfers of fluids for storage. The inlet is selectively closed and opened by a zipper mechanism tab, and sized to facilitate rapid transfers from larger containers. Additional openings may be included along with zipper closures. The packet may be individual or attached in multiples for vending purposes, and are especially useful in an airport setting where carry-on baggage inspectors demand disposal of non-compliant containers if contents are not quickly transferred to compliant containers. These packets can be quickly deployed and collectively stored within a larger, compliant carry-on container. This unique packet is useful in a great variety of fields. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097780 | Garden debris collection device - This is the Garden Debris Collection Device. It allows one person to fill a large plastic bag, unassisted, even in windy conditions. It consists of a large cylinder or other suitable shape into which a bag with a larger diameter than the cylinder is inserted and fastened about the rim. The bag inside the cylinder is filled with debris. The cylinder and bag are then lifted allowing the debris to settle. The now empty cylinder sits on the bag's bottom which has been expanded by the debris. Repeat until the bag is full. The Garden Debris Collection Device is fundamentally different from other bag filling devices. The collection bag itself controls the volume of material contained, not a device inserted into the bag, nor a device surrounding the bag. Garden Debris Collection Device controls the bag and allows it to be filled and ready to secure by conventional means. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097781 | AIRTIGHT STORAGE BAG - An airtight storage bag is defined by at least one plastic film formed into a pouch. The pouch has a containment region with an openable mouth. There are a first resealable zone extending across the openable mouth to allow closure of the month, and a second resealable zone also extending across the mouth and located on the containment region side of the first resealable zone to allow airtight closure of the containment region. A vent is located between the first and second resealable zones to allow displacement of fluid from the containment region via the vent. The second resealable zone when sealed seals the containment region from the exterior of the bag. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097782 | Method for producing perforated zipper for transverse direction zipper applicator - The zippers include flanges with fully or partially formed apertures or notches to allow drive rolls to positively engage and feed the zippers. Alternatively, a T-shaped guide rail can be formed on at least one flange to allow drive rolls to engage the zipper. These aspects are particularly adaptable to feeding a zipper or zipper segment to a transverse direction zipper applicator. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097783 | High-burst, easy-opening slider zipper for reclosable packages or bags - The reclosable package or bag includes a zipper which allows for high burst strength while maintaining easy opening capability. The zipper includes first and second profiles which include respective first and second exterior flanges which are glued or heat sealed to corresponding first and second panels of the package or bag. The first profile further includes an interior flange. A peel seal is formed between the interior flange and the second exterior flange. In this configuration, a high load on the panels puts the peel seal into a shear mode, which results in greatly increased strength of the peel seal and therefore of both the zipper and the package or bag. After the high load subsides, the peel seal returns to the configuration in which it can be separated by a much lower peel force, such as is applied by a consumer during ordinary opening. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097784 | WRAP FOR A BOTTLE OR OTHER PRODUCT - A wrap for a bottle or other product includes a pair of T-shaped panels coupled together to define a bottle-receiving pocket and a collar. Trim panels are coupled to the T-shaped panels to define at least one channel that extends around the collar and receives a tie. Tightening the tie gathers the collar together to close the pocket. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097785 | Method of producing a hermetic reclosable package using seal bars with non-parallel geometry - A method and apparatus is disclosed which include a pair of opposed seal bars for the manufacture of reclosable packages. The method and apparatus are particularly adaptable to form fill seal manufacture of reclosable packages. The first opposed seal bars includes a concave metal sealing surface and the second opposed seal bar includes a rubberized or otherwise deformable sealing surface. This allows a hermetic seal to be formed across an abrupt transition of thickness of material between the opposed seal bars, such as when a zipper ends adjacent to a side seal in a reclosable bag. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097786 | STAND-UP PACKAGE OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY FOR GRANULAR OR POWDERY PRODUCTS - A package ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090097787 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A BEARING HAVING ANGULATED LOAD SLOT - A load slot bearing assembly includes an inner bearing member and an outer bearing member. The inner bearing member includes a first circular end, a second circular end, and a spherical outer bearing surface between the first and the second circular ends. The outer bearing member includes a first end surface, a second end surface, and an inner spherical bearing surface between the first and the second end surfaces. The inner spherical bearing surface is shaped to allow the inner bearing member to fit within the outer bearing member. The outer bearing member also has a load slot, which includes a first and a second end faces, and a cylindrical surface extending from one end of the outer bearing member inwardly. The cylindrical surface connects the first and a second end faces. The load slot also includes an angulated surface connecting the cylindrical surface with a portion of the inner spherical bearing surface. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097788 | Hydrodynamic bearing assemblies, and hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses and motor assemblies using same - Hydrodynamic bearing assemblies and apparatuses are disclosed. Such hydrodynamic bearing assemblies may be employed in bearing apparatuses for use in downhole motors of a subterranean drilling system or other mechanical systems. In one embodiment of the present invention, a hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes a plurality of bearing segments distributed circumferentially about an axis. Each bearing segment includes a superhard bearing surface. The plurality of bearing segments define a plurality of seams. Each seam is formed between circumferentially-adjacent bearing segments of the plurality of bearing segments. Further embodiments of the present invention include hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses and downhole motors that may utilize any of the disclosed hydrodynamic bearing assemblies. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097789 | END PROFILE ON SLIDE BEARING COMPLEMENTARY ELEMENTS FOR REDUCING SURFACE PRESSURE - The invention relates to an end profile on slide bearing complementary elements having a pin ( | 2009-04-16 |
20090097790 | Bearing For Four-Cycle Engine - A bearing capable of enduring long use in a four-cycle engine is provided. The bearing is provided with a hollow cylindrical retainer | 2009-04-16 |
20090097791 | Sensor-Equipped Bearing for Wheel - To provide a sensor equipped wheel support bearing assembly, in which the sensor for detecting the load can be snugly and neatly installed in an automotive vehicle, the load acting on the vehicle wheel can be detected with high sensitivity and the cost of manufacture can be reduced during a mass production. The sensor unit | 2009-04-16 |
20090097792 | Wheel supporting device - A rolling bearing is provided on an outer peripheral surface of a hub spindle of a hub wheel on which a wheel is mounted. Opposite side face splines, which, by meshing with each other, couple the hub spindle and an outer ring of a constant velocity joint torque-transmittably, are respectively formed on an end face of the hub spindle and on an end face of the outer ring of the constant velocity joint which is abutted against this end face. A tubular seal member for covering outer peripheries of the opposite side face splines is disposed so as to straddle an inner ring of the rolling bearing and the outer ring of the constant velocity joint, while maintaining a sealing state. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097793 | RADIAL ROLLING BEARING, IN PARTICULAR SINGLE-ROW SPHERICAL-ROLLER BEARING - The radial rolling bearing has an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, and spherical rollers arranged between bearing rings. The spherical rollers have two flat side faces arranged parallel to one another. The spherical rollers are retained with uniform spacing to one another in the peripheral direction by a bearing cage. The spherical rollers have a width between their side faces of approximately 70% of the diameter of their spherical basic shape. The running faces of the rollers roll in two groove-shaped raceways which are formed in the inner side of the outer bearing ring and in the outer side of the inner bearing ring. At least one of the axial rims which delimit the groove-shaped raceways is reduced in radial height such that the radial bearing can be equipped with an increased number of spherical rollers in an axial assembly process. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097794 | Gear Bearing - Gear bearings | 2009-04-16 |
20090097795 | OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE - Light having components of frequencies f | 2009-04-16 |
20090097796 | Fiber-Optic Current Sensor With Sum Detection - To measure a sum of electrical currents in different conductors, light is led in an optical sensing fiber around all the conductors. The sensing fiber can be wound around the conductors in a single loop or in several individual loops. Interspersed polarization maintaining fibers and retarders can be used to transfer the light between individual loops for preventing undesired signals from stray magnetic fields. The method has high accuracy is particularly suited for measuring large currents that sum up to zero. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097797 | METHODS TO RECONFIGURE ALL-FIBER OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECTS - This invention discloses methods to reconfigure highly scalable and modular automated optical cross connect switch devices comprised of large numbers of densely packed fiber strands suspended within a common volume. In particular, methods enabling programmable interconnection of large numbers of optical fibers (100's-1000's) are provided, whereby a two-dimensional input array of fiber optic connections is mapped in an ordered and rule-based fashion into a one-dimensional array. A particular algorithmic implementation for a system reconfigured by a three-axis robotic gripper as well as lateral translation of each row in the input port array is disclosed. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097798 | Plasmonic high-speed devices for enhancing the performance of microelectronic devices - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to photonic devices that can be used to collect and convert incident ER into surface plasmons that can be used to enhance the operation of microelectronic devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic device comprises a dielectric layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a planar nanowire network covering at least a portion of the top surface of the dielectric layer. The bottom surface of the dielectric layer is positioned on the top surface of a substrate, and the planar nanowire network is configured to convert incident electromagnetic radiation into surface plasmons that penetrate through the dielectric layer and into at least a portion of the substrate. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097799 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector that is capable of ensuring excellent waterproofing using a simple structure is provided. The optical connector comprises a connector plug and socket. Each of the plug and socket have a housing, which has a cable-guiding part and a cable-retaining part; a ferrule disposed within the housing and to hold a leading-end part of an optical fiber exposed from a sheath of an optical cable; and a seal member disposed between the cable-guiding part and the cable-retaining part to seal the cable-guiding part. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097800 | Multi-Fiber Ferrules for Making Physical Contact and Method of Determining Same - A multi-fiber ferrule and optical fibers therein make easier contact with other multi-fiber ferrules and connectors with a small fiber tip radius and a modulus of elasticity. A method for qualifying multi-fiber ferrules (and connectors) is also disclosed. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097801 | OPTICAL FERRULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical ferrule includes a positioning block and a ferrule main body. The ferrule main body is integrally formed by molding a resin over the positioning block. The positioning block includes an optical fiber insertion hole formation portion having optical fiber insertion holes and guide pin hole formation portions which are provided on both sides of the positioning block and which have guide pin holes. On a front end side of the ferrule main body, the positioning block is disposed. The ferrule main body has a hollow part on its rear end side. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097802 | OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The optical module includes a ferrule having a fiber holding hole, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board provided to one end of the ferrule, an optoelectric device connected to an electric circuit of the FPC board, and a built-in fiber held in the fiber holding hole in a state in which one end of the fiber faces the optoelectric device, and another end of the fiber is flush with an end surface of another end of the ferrule. The method includes insert-molding a ferrule having a fiber holding hole with one end of the ferrule being positioned with respect to a FPC board; connecting an optoelectric device to an electric circuit of the FPC board; inserting and securing a built-in fiber into the fiber holding hole; and polishing an end surface of the fiber so that an end surface of another end of the ferrule is flush with the end surface of the fiber. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097803 | Board to board optical interconnect using an optical interconnect assembly - An optical interconnect assembly provides board to board interconnect in an electronic system. The optical interconnect assembly can include a plurality of optical fibers, having a connector disposed at the first ends, and a rigid optical mount disposed at the second ends. The rigid optical mount holds the optical fibers in alignment and in optical communication with a plurality of optical transducers mounted on the optical mount. Electrical contacts coupled to the optical transducers enable solder-attachment of one end of the optical interconnect assembly to a circuit board. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097804 | Optical subassembly of optical semiconductor device module and assembly method thereof - The present invention provides an optical subassembly and the assembly method thereof. The optical subassembly includes a first base, an optical fiber module, a first optical semiconductor device module, and a second optical semiconductor device module. The optical fiber module includes an optical fiber. The first optical semiconductor device module includes at least one first optical semiconductor device. The second optical semiconductor device module includes a second base and at least one second optical semiconductor device. The method according to the invention mounts the optical fiber module on the first base, mounts the at least one first optical semiconductor device on the first base, mounts the at least one second optical semiconductor device on the second base, substantially aligns the second optical semiconductor device module to the optical fiber, and bonds the second base to the first base. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097805 | THERMAL SENSING FIBER DEVICES - There is provided a thermal sensing fiber including a semiconducting element having a fiber length and characterized by a bandgap energy corresponding to a selected operational temperature range for the fiber in which there can be produced a change in thermally-excited electronic charge carrier population in the semiconducting element in response to a temperature change in the selected temperature range. At least one pair of conducting electrodes is provided in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator is provided along the fiber length. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097806 | MODULAR IMAGING SYSTEM, MODULES FOR THIS SYSTEM AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED USING THIS SYSTEM - An imaging device includes an illumination module comprising at least one emitter for emitting at least one excitation beam; a scanning and injection module comprising an image guide, a proximal end and a distal end of which are linked by a plurality of optical fibers; a scanning and injection optical system configured to alternately inject the at least one excitation beam into an optical fiber of the image guide from the proximal end of the image guide; a detection module comprising a detector for detecting a luminous flux collected at the distal end of the image guide, wherein at least one of the illumination module and the detection module is optically conjugated with the scanning and injection module using a conjugating optical fiber. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097807 | Shaping a laser beam with a fiber-based device - A fiber-based device and associated method effectively convert a laser beam with an initial intensity distribution of Gaussian shape into a beam with another intensity distribution, which might typically be uniform or ring-shaped although other configurations are possible. The device comprises a single mode fiber with a core in which the beam is guided and a cladding surrounding the core. A component inline with the fiber couples a portion of the guided beam from the core into the cladding for propagation through the cladding toward an output end of the fiber. Interaction between core and cladding propagation modes produces the other intensity distribution at a predetermined distance from the output end of the fiber. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097808 | Fluid waveguide and uses thereof - The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for guiding and emitting electromagnetic radiation from a fluid waveguide. Various methods for changing optical properties (e.g., refractive index, absorption, and fluorescence) and/or physical properties (e.g., magnetic susceptibility, electrical conductivity, and temperature) of either the waveguide core or the cladding, or both, are provided herein. In one embodiment, electromagnetic radiation is guided and/or emitted at multiple distinct wavelengths, including emission in the form of an essentially continuous band, in some cases covering at least 150 nanometers. In another embodiment, methods for splitting a waveguide core and/or the joining of at least two waveguide cores in a waveguide are provided. In yet another embodiment, the invention includes the use of thermal gradients to generate a waveguide and/or to change the properties of waveguides. Embodiments of the waveguides may be used for optical detection or spectroscopic analysis. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097809 | Ferroelectric all-polymer hollow bragg fibers for terahertz guidance - A method for fabricating a terahertz waveguide comprises forming a multilayer reflector formed of alternating layers of first and second polymer materials with distinct refractive indices, and defining with the multilayer reflector a hollow core through which terahertz radiation propagates. The corresponding terahertz waveguide comprises the multilayer reflector formed of the alternating layers of the first and second polymer materials with distinct refractive indices, and a hollow core defined by the multilayer reflector and through which terahertz radiation propagates. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097810 | HOLEY FIBER - A holey fiber, which has a zero-dispersion wavelength of less than 700 nm and operates as single mode under its zero-dispersion wavelength, is provided. The holey fiber according to the present invention comprises a core region that is formed at a center of the holey fiber; and a cladding region, formed at the circumference of the core region, which has a plurality of holes distributed as triangle lattice around the core region; wherein the holey fiber has a fundamental mode of less than 700 nm, a higher order mode, and the fundamental mode and the higher order mode confinement losses of less than 0.1 dB/m and more than 10 dB/m, respectively, at the zero-dispersion wavelength. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097811 | Photonic Crystal and Method of Fabrication - A method is disclosed for forming a photonic crystal in a homogeneous layer of material. The method enables the fabrication of 1D, 2D, or 3D photonic crystals. Photonic crystals in accordance with embodiments of the present invention exhibit low temperature sensitivity and low device curvature. In some embodiments, photonic crystals in accordance with embodiments of the present invention are integrated with mechanical elements, such as micromechanical, nanomechanical, microelectronic, and microfluidics devices and systems. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097812 | Optical waveguide device and fabricating method thereof - Optical waveguide device has waveguide strip-shaped in the depth direction of the drawing and protruding from peripheral portion. A core (not illustrated) is disposed inside waveguide. Wall to be cut is integrated with waveguide to form one core layer. No unevenness occurs in a cutting line of wall indicated with broken line. Accordingly, high-precision cutting is enabled by cutting wall along the cutting line. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097813 | Modular optical fiber cassettes and fiber management methods - The present invention provides modular cassettes for fiber management applications. Cassettes in accordance with the present invention comprise plural functional components that nest into a main housing portion to support various application and fiber types. In accordance with the present invention, such components can be added or removed depending on the application and configuration needs of the use environment. Advantageously, cassettes in accordance with the present invention incorporate resilient connections and nested internal components for easy assembly and disassembly with minimal tools. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097814 | Commercial skipping standalone device - Specified video segments within a video stream are identified. The identified video can represent commercials or can represent portions within the program information. The user can identify these undesired portions of the video. A signature generation unit produces a signature that indicates information about the undesirable video. The signatures are stored. Current video is compared with the signatures to identify portions of the video that correspond to the specified video segments. The identified portions are handled in a different way, for example, they can be played less prominently, or skipped. The signal indicative of the video stream can be produced at a different time than the signature generation. In addition, the signature generation can use biometric techniques. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED AND PARALLEL VIDEO EDITING, TAGGING, AND INDEXING - A system and method for having a media engine, client, workflow engine and server. The media engine takes digital or analog real-time video or video-on-demand as an input. Clients connect to the media engine, workflow engine and server. Depending on the client's capabilities, including software features, training and location, the workflow engine will drive required units of work to the client asking them to be fulfilled. This system enables efficient offline, real-time or faster than real-time editing, tagging and indexing of media by one or more clients at the same time. Unlimited numbers of users, tags and indexing functions to take place in parallel on a single video feed at the same time and managed through a rule based workflow engine. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097816 | Method and apparatus for generating data representing digests of pictures - Video data pieces are classified into groups according to prescribed rules. A cut number assigned to each of the groups is decided on the basis of the length or lengths of a video data piece or pieces in each of the groups and the number of the video data piece or pieces in each of the groups. A cut or cuts are extracted from the video data piece or pieces in each of the groups. Regarding each of the groups, the number of the extracted cut or cuts is equal to the decided cut number. Digest data is generated from the extracted cuts for all the groups. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097817 | MULTIPLE-INPUT VIDEO-IMAGE MERGING SYSTEM - In order to prevent shudder and other artifacts when combining images from, e.g., TV and PC sources, a frame-synchronized alpha merging output from a separate unit is provided. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097818 | Contents Playing Method and Apparatus With Play Starting Position Control - Play start position information updater stores play position information in play start position information storage unit based on the stoppage of play of a content. Play start position information exchanger transmits and receives play position information to and from other content playing apparatuses, and stores the received play position information in play start position information storage means. Play start position checker refers to the play position information and determines a play start position. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097819 | METHOD FOR FAST FORWARD/BACKWARD PLAY OF VIDEO DATA AND A STREAMING SERVER - An embodiment of the present invention disclose a method for fast forward/backward play of video data includes: obtaining fast forward/backward index information that meets a fast forward/backward play request from a pre-generated fast forward/backward sequence index file according to the fast forward/backward play request from a client; and obtaining video data that meets the fast forward/backward play request from a pre-generated fast forward/backward sequence file according to the index information and transmitting the video data to the client via a network. An embodiment of the present invention also discloses a streaming server. With the method and streaming server provided by the present invention, the fast forward/backward video data reading efficiency of the streaming server may be improved. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097820 | PROGRAM VIDEO RECORDING/PLAYING SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE - The present invention aims at providing an environment in which user's convenience can be enhanced remarkably by causing functions provided to a mobile terminal and a video recording device to cooperate closely with each other such that video recording and playback can be carried out flexibly in a variety of ways unlike the prior art and also a user can enjoy more comfortably digital television broadcastings containing the terrestrial digital broadcasting. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097821 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCING METHOD - On a BD-ROM, PlayList information is recorded. The PlayList information includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information specifies one of a plurality of AVClips as a MainClip, and defines a primary playback section on the MainClip. The SubPath information specifies, among the rest of the AVClips, one AVClip as a SubClip, and defines, on the SubClip, a secondary playback section to be synchronized with the primary playback section. The PlayList information includes an STN_table, which indicates SubClip and, from among a plurality of elementary streams multiplexed into the SubClip, elementary streams allowed to be played back. A total data size of AVClip per unit time is, for example, less than or equal to 48 Mbits when the AVClip includes a plurality of elementary streams allowed in the STN_table to be played back and does not include elementary streams which are not allowed in the STN_table to be played back. | 2009-04-16 |
20090097822 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE READING BY A USER EQUIPMENT OF MCCH (MBMS POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT CONTROL CHANNEL) INFORMATION - A video playing device includes a classification unit | 2009-04-16 |
20090097823 | VARIABLE RATE VIDEO PLAYBACK WITH SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO - The invention enables the apparent display rate of an audiovisual display to be varied. The invention can modify an original set of audio data in accordance with a target display rate, then modify a related original set of video data to conform to the modifications made to the audio data set, such that the modified audio and video data sets are synchronized. When the modified audio and video data sets so produced are used to generate an audiovisual display, the audiovisual display has an apparent display rate that approximates the target display rate. The target display rate can be faster or slower than a normal display rate at which an audiovisual display system generates an audiovisual display from the original sets of audio and video data. The target display rate can be established solely by a user instruction, by analysis of the audiovisual data, or by modification of a user-specified nominal target display rate based upon analysis of the audiovisual data. Preferably, the method for modifying the original audio data set is one that produces a modified audio data set that can be used to generate an audio display having little or no distortion. | 2009-04-16 |