18th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110103677 | PAPER-SHEET RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A paper-sheet recognition apparatus recognizes a paper sheet, which is being transported, by using an optical line sensor and a magnetic line sensor. The paper-sheet recognition apparatus includes a memory unit that stores therein magnetic templates defined in advance for respective types and respective transport directions of paper sheets, wherein the magnetic templates are defined at optical resolution representing resolution of the optical line sensor; a selecting unit that selects a magnetic template based on a type and a transport direction of the paper sheet, the type and the transport direction being obtained by analyzing optical data acquired by the optical line sensor; and a comparing unit that divides magnetic data acquired by the magnetic line sensor into pieces of data each corresponding to the optical resolution, and compares the magnetic template selected by the selecting unit with the divided magnetic data. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103678 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT AND INSPECTION OF BALL GRID ARRAY DEVICES - A system and method for high-speed alignment and inspection of components, such as BGA devices, having non-uniform features is provided. During training time of a machine vision system, a small subset of alignment significant blobs along with a quantum of geometric analysis for picking granularity is determined. Also, during training time, balls may be associated with groups, each of which may have its own set of parameters for inspection. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103679 | AUTOFOCUS VIDEO TOOL AND METHOD FOR PRECISE DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION - A refined autofocus method provides optimized lighting between iterative autofocus operations, to reliably provide the best possible autofocus Z-height precision. The method includes a quantitative initial focus Z-height determination based on initial focus curve data from initial autofocus images acquired using initial light control parameters. Then, the camera is set at that initial focus Z-height such that well focused images are provided. Refined (optimized) light control parameters are then determined based on at least one respective image acquired using respective light control parameters at that Z-height, such that an image acquired using the refined light control parameters provides a near-optimum value for a contrast-related metric (e.g., a focus metric) at that Z-height. Then, refined autofocus images are acquired using the refined light control parameters and a refined precise Z-height is quantitatively determined base on the resulting focus curve. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103681 | 3D atomic scale imaging methods - The present invention is directed generally toward atom probe and TEM data and associated systems and methods. Other aspects of the invention are directed toward combining APT data and TEM data into a unified data set. Other aspects of the invention are directed toward using the data from one instrument to improve the quality of concepts data obtained from another instrument. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103682 | MULTI-MODALITY CLASSIFICATION FOR ONE-CLASS CLASSIFICATION IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - A classification apparatus, method, and computer program product for multi-modality classification are disclosed. For each of a plurality of modalities, the method includes extracting features from objects in a set of objects. The objects include electronic mail messages. A representation of each object for that modality is generated, based on its extracted features. At least one of the plurality of modalities is a social network modality in which social network features are extracted from a social network implicit in the set of electronic mail messages. A classifier system is trained based on class labels of a subset of the set of objects and on the representations generated for each of the modalities. With the trained classifier system, labels are predicted for unlabeled objects in the set of objects. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103683 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a subject detecting unit detecting a subject on a material image, a working unit performing a working process on the material image such that a region of the subject puts in the block, an image generating unit clipping a subject-including region of the material image so as to have the same form and size as the block and generating a subject-including clipped image and a replacing unit setting one clipped image which is the most similar to the block in terms of color-related characteristics as the replacement image for each block of the production target image and replacing the block by the replacement image to generate a photo-mosaic image. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103684 | Managing Raw and Processed Image File Pairs - Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for managing image files. In one aspect, a method includes displaying, at a data processing device, a preview of images available for import from a storage device, wherein each image is associated with a pair of corresponding image files comprising a compressed image file and a raw image file obtained from a single image capture. At the data processing device, both the raw image file and the compressed image file of the pair associated with at least one of the images are imported. At the data processing device, at least one of the pair of corresponding image files is identified as a master image file for the associated image. At the data processing device, the identified master image file for the associated captured image is displayed. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103685 | Image Adjustment Using Extended Range Curves - A digital image having associated tonal data, including tonal data in an extended range above a normalized value of 1.0, can be accessed. An extended range curve tool corresponding to the digital image can be instantiated, the extended range curve tool including a curve defining a relationship between input tonal values and output tonal values, wherein at least a portion of the input tonal values and output tonal values are associated with the extended range. An extended range histogram also can be generated based on the tonal data associated with the digital image, the extended range histogram including data corresponding to the extended range. Further, the extended range histogram can be presented in conjunction with the extended range curve tool. Additionally, user input specifying an adjustment to at least a portion of the curve can be received and a modified curve can be presented in response to the specified adjustment. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103686 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention discloses an image processing apparatus that can obtain, from an image, the amount of correction for chromatic aberration of magnification, that can appropriately correct a color shift while suppressing a change in color on the edge portion of the image before and after the correction. In obtaining the amount of color shift between one color plane and another color plane, the color differences before and after the color shift is corrected are calculated for each pair of pixels included in regions of interest. It is determined whether the amount of change in color difference before and after correction falls within a predetermined range. The amount of color shift is obtained in the range in which it is determined that the amount of change in color difference before and after correction falls within a predetermined range. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103687 | Image Processing Method an Imaging Device Module - There are provided an image processing method and an imaging device module capable of properly calculating a black level when brightness on the positive maximum value side in a brightness histogram of an optical black region are clipped to an upper limit brightness, that is, when brightness on the positive maximum value side in a brightness histogram of an optical black region exceed an upper limit brightness. An image processing method includes forming a brightness histogram of pixels in an optical black region of an imaging face of an imaging device; shifting the brightness histogram toward where a brightness pixel value is zero until a peak value of the brightness histogram becomes smaller than an upper limit of a pixel value, when the peak value is equal to or larger than the upper limit brightness of the pixel value; and calculating a black level based on a peak value which became smaller than the upper limit. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103688 | System and method for increasing the accuracy of optical character recognition (OCR) - A system and/or method for increasing the accuracy of optical character recognition (OCR) for at least one item, comprising: obtaining OCR results of OCR scanning from at least one OCR module; creating at least one OCR seed using at least a portion of the OCR results; creating at least one OCR learn set using at least a portion of the OCR seed; and applying the OCR learn set to the at least one item to obtain additional optical character recognition (OCR) results. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING DOCUMENT INFORMATION - A method and system for determining at least one target value of at least one target in at least one document, comprising: determining, utilizing at least one scoring application; at least one possible target value, wherein the at least one scoring application utilizes information from at least one training document, and applying the information, utilizing the at least one scoring application, on the at least one new document to determine at least one value of the at least one target on the at least one new document. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103690 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DIGITAL INK ORIENTATION - A system for determining the orientation of digital ink is provided having a sensing pen and a processor. The system measures the orientation of the pen during writing by the pen on a surface printed with tags. Each tag encodes data on an identity of the surface associated with a digital description of the surface and on the respective location of that tag on the surface. The digital ink is generated by associating the digital description with the data encoded by the tags sensed by the pen during said writing. The orientation of the digital ink is determined using the measured orientation of the pen. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103691 | MATCHING IMAGES WITH SHAPE DESCRIPTORS - An image retrieval system includes an image entry unit configured to input an image. A descriptor determining unit receives the image and transforms the image into an intermediate image to generate a descriptor of the image, for example, utilizing the distance transform (DT) application. An image comparing unit compares the image with a plurality of candidate images by comparing the descriptor of the image with descriptors of the plurality of candidate images. Finally, a retrieving unit retrieves one or more candidate images similar to the input image based on the comparison of their descriptors. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103692 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DATA USING NON-LINEAR SLOPE COMPENSATION - Systems and devices for processing image or other data using non-linear methods to compensate for localized slopes are described. In one implementation, the slope of the sample values in an image or other dataset is estimated in one or more directions using a non-linear filter, such as a median filter. The values of at least some of the samples of interest are compensated using the estimated slope values to remove the effects of the slope. The compensated values may then be processed to determine if the target is present in the samples of interest, or for any other purpose. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103693 | Method for predicting a trend of a meteorological phenomenon on the basis of data originating from a meteorological radar - The present invention relates to a method for predicting a trend of a meteorological phenomenon on the basis of data originating from a meteorological radar. The method includes at least the following steps: a first step of extracting gray level skeletons from images representing the data of the radar; a second step of associating characteristic data indicative of the state of the meteorological system with the gray level local extrema points; a third step of pairing each gray level skeleton of the two successive images; a fourth step of predicting future positions of the forms of the images; a fifth step of predicting trend data of the meteorological system; and a sixth step of representing the information originating from the sixth tracking step. The invention can notably be applied to the establishment of a prediction of trend of a cloud mass. The prediction of the trend of a meteorological situation may be presented to a pilot of an aircraft. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103694 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND OBJECT IDENTIFICATION METHOD - An object identification apparatus which identifies an object included in an input image includes a unit which calculates correlation values of feature amounts in standard partial feature regions respectively extracted from the input images and processing targets, and correlation values of feature amounts in adaptive partial feature regions respectively extracted from the input image and processing targets, a unit which calculates similarities based on the calculated correlation values, and a unit which integrates the plurality of calculated similarities, and outputs them as an integrated similarity between the input image and registered image as the processing targets. According to the object identification apparatus, an identification performance between two specific categories, which are similarity to each other, is improved while maintain an overall identification performance. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103695 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Corresponding partial features are extracted from an input pattern and a registration pattern as a preregistered pattern. A plurality of combinations of the partial features are generated as composited partial features. One of registration pattern classes to which the input pattern corresponds is identified by using the plurality of composited partial features. The identification is performed based on the result of evaluation of the partial features which belong to the composited partial feature and correspond to each other in the input pattern and the registration pattern. In the evaluation, the composited partial feature is evaluated based on the measurement result of the quantity of partial features meeting a predetermined criterion. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103696 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISTRIBUTION METHOD - The present invention enables image distribution while maintaining privacy, using a simple configuration. An image distribution apparatus which distributes image data to which location information has been added stores information specifying an inhibited area concerning the location information and determines whether or not a location indicated by the location information added to the image data to be distributed falls within the stored inhibited area. If it is determined that the location indicated by the location information falls within the inhibited area, the image distribution apparatus distributes the image data by deleting the location information from the image data to be distributed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the location indicated by the location information falls outside the inhibited area, the image distribution apparatus distributes the image data with the location information added. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103697 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit adapted to analyze an image and calculate an intermediate value; a setting unit adapted to set a feature extraction region in the image, using the intermediate value; and an extraction unit adapted to extract a local feature of the feature extraction region, reusing the intermediate value used by the setting unit. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In verification of image data of a captured image as to whether it is original one, the verification is possible even for image data subjected to a peripheral illumination correction or an exposure correction. An order information calculation unit selects a pixel set including two or more pixels based on pixel values and information on an image space of image data of a captured image, and calculates an order of magnitude between pixels in the selected pixel set. A verification data producing unit generates verification data used in verification of whether the image data has not been tampered with, based on the calculated order of magnitude. An image output unit outputs the image data and the verification data. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103699 | IMAGE METADATA PROPAGATION - Methods and computer-readable media for propagating content category information to images stored in a database are described. A seed image that is associated with a known content category is received. A content-based image retrieval is conducted using the seed image as a search query image. A number of search result images are identified. The content category is propagated to the search result images. Metadata associated with the search result images is aggregated and analyzed to identify domains that should also be associated with the content category. Additional images that are associated with the domain are identified and the content category propagated thereto. The process is iterated using the additional images as search query images for the content-based image retrieval. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103700 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM - An image classification device includes a characteristic value set calculation unit | 2011-05-05 |
20110103701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING CODING UNIT OF PICTURE BOUNDARY - A method and apparatus for encoding an image is provided. An image coding unit, including a region that deviates from a boundary of a current picture, is divided to obtain a coding unit having a smaller size than the size of the image coding unit, and encoding is performed only in a region that does not deviate from the boundary of the current picture. A method and apparatus for decoding an image encoded by the method and apparatus for encoding an image is also provided. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103702 | Apparatus and method of compressing and restoring image using filter information - Provided is method and apparatus of compressing and restoring an image using filter information. The image compression apparatus may generate a reduced image by sampling an input image, determine filter information based on the input image and a decoded reduced image, and code the filter information and the decoded reduced image. Accordingly, a deterioration in an image quality may be prevented in transmitting the image using a limited bandwidth. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103703 | COMPRESSION METHOD SELECTION FOR DIGITAL IMAGES - Disclosed is a method of compressing an image ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103704 | JPEG DECODER CAPABLE OF SCALING AND SCALING METHOD USING THE SAME - A JPEG decoder having a scaling function includes an inverse discrete cosine transform block, wherein the JPEG decoder selectively performs an inverse discrete cosine transform on a part of pixel data of a macroblock through the inverse discrete cosine transform block and outputs a scaled image file. The JPEG decoder and the scaling method using the JPEG decoder increase a decoding speed, thereby enabling an image to be output in real time, especially when the JPEG decoder and/or the scaling method are applied to a mobile field. Also, the JPEG decoder and the scaling method using the JPEG decoder can achieve an efficient scaling, even without a separate circuit for scaling, thereby reducing a circuit size and the number of components. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103705 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image encoding method and an image decoding method, the image encoding method including: degrading a quality of a first image which is obtained through a sensor of an imaging device to generate a second image having a target resolution; generating additional information which represents a transform relationship between the first and second images; and transmitting the additional information and the second image. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103706 | IMAGE INPAINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING RESTRICTED SEARCH REGION - Disclosed is an image inpainting apparatus and method using a restricted search region. The image inpainting apparatus sets a target image region to be inpainted in response to an image inpainting request, sets a surrounding image region, which has a preset size and includes the set target image region, sets a plurality of similar image regions by grouping similar pixels in the surrounding image region, divides the surrounding image region into the plurality of set similar image regions, divides the target image region according to the similar image regions, sets a search region of each divided target image region, and detects an image of an image region most similar to each divided target image region from the set search region of each divided target image region, thereby performing image inpainting. Accordingly, image inpainting is performed using a search region, which has been determined to include a similar image most similar to an image to inpaint, so that it is possible to increase the probability of searching for an image most similar to the inpainting image region. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103707 | PROCESSING A SUPER-RESOLUTION TARGET IMAGE - In a method of processing a super-resolution target image from a plurality of substantially low resolution auxiliary frames, the target image is partitioned into a plurality of adaptively sized blocks, which are sized based upon registration confidence levels of the blocks obtained from information contained in the plurality of auxiliary frames. The blocks are classified into a plurality of different categories according to one or both of their respective registration confidence levels and their respective variance levels. In addition, separate enhancement modes designed to enhance the blocks are selected according to their respective classifications and applied on the blocks to enhance the target image. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103708 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - To reduce flickering in driving distributed processing, an image processing apparatus which generates and outputs a plurality of sub frame images having different luminance patterns for each of a plurality of frame images included in input moving image data, includes a filtering unit configured to perform filter processing for the frame image, a setting unit configured to set a first coefficient A and a second coefficient B, a first generation unit configured to generate a first sub frame image, a second generation unit configured to generate a second sub frame image, and an output control unit configured to selectively output the first sub frame image and the second sub frame image at a predetermined timing. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103709 | DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A digital image signal processing apparatus includes a plurality of line memories, a line memory control unit that controls input image data corresponding to an input image to be input to each of the plurality of line memories and to be output from the plurality of line memories, a data patch generating unit that sequentially accesses the input image data stored in each of the plurality of line memories and generates a data patch for noise reduction filtering, and a filtering unit that performs the noise reduction filtering on the data patch and generates output image data. A digital image signal processing apparatus and method thereof thus may perform a high-speed noise reduction filtering operation and generate an output image having a same size as an input image while maintaining a same quality as the input image. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103710 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE IN RANGE IMAGES - An apparatus and method of reducing noise in range images, the apparatus including: a maximum likelihood detection unit calculating an equation of observation points disposed in a plurality of grids that constitute range images representing three-dimensional (3D) coordinate information, to satisfy maximum log-likelihood on each coordinate axis in a coordinate space represented by the range images based on probability distribution of coordinate values assigned to each of the observation points and neighboring observation points; a linearization unit transforming equations calculated on each of the observation points into a linear equation that is a linear system on each coordinate axis in a coordinate space; a constraint detection unit calculating a constraint equation in which a unit tangent vector of each observation point and a unit tangent vector of a neighboring point are identical with each other on each coordinate axis of the range images; and a noise reduction unit reducing noise in range images by applying a resultant value that is obtained by calculating a value of a linear equation represented in the form of least squares together with the constraint equation by using a normal equation on a position of each observation point in the range images. Noise in range images in which noise is not uniformly distributed, may be well reduced so that a smooth curved surface having stable curvature may be obtained. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103711 | STRUCTURED GRIDS FOR LABEL PROPAGATION ON A FINITE NUMBER OF LAYERS - An image represented by multiple nodes can be processed by determining whether labels can be propagated to a node from another node of the image. Conceptually, an image can be presented as a “structured grid” of multiple nodes (e.g., a structured grid of pixels of an image). In a “structured grid,” two or more nodes of the same level (e.g., nodes in the same gray level) can determine in parallel whether to propagate a label from one or more of its neighboring nodes that are labeled and propagate one or more labels accordingly. An image can be processed by iteratively repeating this process for nodes of successive levels. It will be appreciated that the disclosed techniques allow parallelism without requiring partitioning of an image or having to merge partitioned images. The disclosed techniques are especially suited for watershed algorithms. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103712 | STRUCTURED GRIDS AND GRAPH TRAVERSAL FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image represented by multiple nodes can be processed by determining whether information can be propagated to a node from another node (e.g., source node) of the image, thereby allowing significantly greater parallelism and scalability by taking advantage of multiprocessing or multi-core processors that are prevalent and widely available today. Conceptually, an image can be presented as a “structured grid” of multiple nodes (e.g., a structured grid of pixels of an image). In a “structured grid,” two or more of the nodes can determine whether to propagate information in parallel. In fact, each node of a “structured grid” can perform operations relating to propagation of information in parallel. This means that for an image of N pixels, it is possible to perform N operations in parallel. It is also possible to divide the processing of N operations for N pixels substantially equally between the number processors or processing cores available at a given time. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103713 | WORD LENGTH INDEXED DICTIONARY FOR USE IN AN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) SYSTEM - A method for organizing a dictionary look up process in an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system is described. Word length and an additional relative position within the words of a graphical feature, for example a stem, ascender, descender etc. are used in combination to index a dictionary. Unrecognized characters are analysed the same way, i.e. word length and relative position within the unrecognized word is then used to address the dictionary, resulting in an output of one ore more candidate words as an identification of the unrecognized word. An iterative process may reduce the number of candidate words identified in the dictionary look up process. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103714 | PACKAGE WITH PRESSURE ACTIVATED EXPANSION CHAMBER - A package having an expansion chamber is depicted and described. The package generally includes a collapsed expansion chamber configured to open when a predetermined amount of internal pressure is reached. A pressure sensitive closure mechanism, such as a frangible seal or flexible we film web, is disposed between the main compartment and the expansion chamber and functions to separate the main compartment and the expansion chamber until the predetermined internal pressure is reached. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103715 | Bags of Life - A combination of shopping bags designed to be used instead of plastic carrier bags. The set start off as several slightly smaller subsidiary bags being carried in one main larger bag. The smaller bags collapse flat and fit within the larger bag. The front and back and bottom of all the bags are quite rigid, being lined with semi rigid/rigid material. The side panels are flexible and fold into the bag enabling the bag to easily collapse flat by pushing the bottom semi rigid/rigid panel up. The semi rigid/rigid section secured in the bottom of the bags flips up to allow them to fold flat. On filling, the bottom drops down to give the bag a boxy rigidity. When the bags are collapsed flat, they require no reshaping and they slide easily into the larger bag ready for reuse. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103716 | LIQUID PACKAGE AND USES THEREOF - Apparatus is disclosed for packaging a beverage component of a prepared meal having a hot food component. The meal is of the type that is purchased on a take-away or delivery basis for consumption, after transport to a dining destination and before the food component gets cold. This apparatus comprises: a pouch which defines an opening for receiving said beverage; and a spigot connected to said pouch for dispensing said beverage therefrom. The apparatus can also include means for sealing said opening to define a container and for releasing gas from said container such that, in normal use, said container remains sealed during said transport and such that, in normal use with a carbonated beverage, the carbonated beverage does not go flat before the food component gets cold. The sealing means can comprise a press-to-seal closure for sealing said opening and a labyrinth channel to vent said container. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103717 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HERMETIC PLASTIC ZIPPER AND A HERMETIC PLASTIC ZIPPER - A method of continuously manufacturing a hermetic plastic zipper wherein the plastic zipper has a readily peelable plastic layer prolonging in a lengthwise direction of the plastic zipper, the readily peelable plastic layer is welded using ultrasonic wave so that the peeling intensity of the welded portion is within a certain range, the method is characterized in that while the engaging portions are brought into a engaged state, the portion of the plastic zipper where the readily peelable plastic layer exists is inserted between an ultrasonic horn and an anvil, and the readily peelable layer is welded by using ultrasonic wave under a condition wherein the distance L between the ultrasonic horn and the anvil is uniformly held at an distance of H≧L≧0.85H wherein H stands for a maximum thickness of the plastic zipper under the engaged state. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103718 | VENTED PACKAGE - A package is provided having at least one panel formed from a laminate having an inner sealing layer, an outer web layer and an adhesive layer provided between the inner and outer layers. The outer web layer includes a removable tab portion defined by a first line of weakness in the layer. The inner sealing layer contains at least one removable plug portion defined by a second line of weakness. The first line of weakness is in registration with and surrounds the second line of weakness. The adhesive layer includes a permanent adhesive provided directly between at the tab and the plug portion and a non-permanent adhesive within the remainder of the area defined by the first line of weakness. Removal of the tab from the outer web causes separation of the plug from the inner layer, opening a vent within the package. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103719 | TWIST COLLAPSIBLE BAG - A twist collapsible bag includes a collapsible bag body and a collapsible frame structure, which supports the collapsible bag body in shape, having a plurality of annular frame members horizontally arranged at different elevations and a plurality of vertical support rods vertically and equiangularly arranged between each two adjacent annular frame members and kept apart from the respective annular frame members at a predetermined gap such that when twisting the annular frame members relative to one another, the vertical support rods are biased from vertical to horizontal, thereby collapsing the twist collapsible bag into a flat condition. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103720 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BAG AND A BAG - A method of manufacturing a bag is performed by supplying at least two sheets, wherein each sheet comprises at least an inner layer made of an inner layer material and an outer layer made of an outer layer material. The inner layer material has a higher melting temperature than the outer layer material. The outer layers of the sheets are laid onto each other and welded to each other along a welding seam such that an almost entirely sealed cavity between the sheets arises, but leaving open an entrance opening to the cavity. After that, the thus formed bag is turned inside out through the entrance opening, and then a portion of the sheets around the entrance opening is folded inwardly of the thus formed bag such that the outer layers thereof face to each other and are then welded to each other such that the bag obtains a sealed cavity between the sheets. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103721 | BAG HAVING SEALABLE GUSSETS - A bag and a method for making a bag, wherein the bag has a first panel, a second panel and side gussets, wherein openings extend through the first panel and through respective first sections of side gussets adjacent to the first panel, a sealing flap portion has adhesive material thereon, further adhesive material on the first panel, portions of the further adhesive material passing through the openings and onto respective second sections of the side gussets adjacent to the second panel, the bag is foldable to form a folded first panel, and the further adhesive material being folded with the folded first panel to provide an adhesive-to-adhesive seal, wherein a portion of the seal extends into the openings to adhere to the portions of the further adhesive material on the respective second sections of the side gussets. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103722 | LINEAR SLIDE TABLE - A linear slide table includes a slide rail, a loading table, at least one adjustment base, a plurality of wedges, and a plurality of adjustment elements. The loading table is disposed on the slide rail. The adjustment base is assembled below the loading table and disposed at one side of the slide rail. The wedges are disposed between the adjustment base and the loading table. The adjustment elements interconnect the wedges and the loading table for adjusting the relative positions of the wedges and the loading table, so as to adjust the distance between the adjustment base and the slide rail through the wedges pushing the adjustment base. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103723 | SELF-LUBRICATING MECHANISM OF SLIDE MEMBER - A self-lubricating mechanism of slide member, including a slide assembly and a lubricating section. The slide assembly has a linear guide section, a slider linearly slidably mounted on the guide section and reciprocally movable between a first position and a second position and at least one rolling section positioned in a space defined between the slider and the guide section. The lubricating section has a main body fixedly disposed on one side of the slider. The main body is formed with an internal oil reservoir and at least one passage in communication with the oil reservoir. The passage has an opening formed on a first side of the main body in communication with the space. A push body is retractably disposed on the main body. A stopper body is fixed in a position adjacent to the first position for retracting the push body to drive the oil into the space. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103724 | Elastomeric compression preloaded support insulators - Elastomeric compression preloaded support insulators for automotive drive shafts. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103725 | FOIL BEARING - A foil bearing supports a cylindrical rotary shaft | 2011-05-05 |
20110103726 | COMPOSITE LOAD-BEARING ROTATING RING AND PROCESS THEREFOR - Composite load-bearing rotating rings suitable for use in fan sections of gas turbine engines, and processes for their fabrication. Such a ring has at least a first portion defining an integral abutment surface adapted to abut and retain hardware of a rotating machine, at least a second portion defining an integral flange adapted to secure the ring to a support structure of the rotating machine, and an insert. Each of the first and second portions and the insert contains a polymer matrix material and a fibrous reinforcement material, and the fibrous reinforcement material within the insert is oriented predominantly in a circumferential direction of the ring for carrying both circumferential and radial loads during rotation of the ring. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103727 | ARRANGEMENT AND PROCESS FOR MOUNTING AN AXIAL BEARING IN A HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - The invention is applied to a compressor comprising: a cylinder block ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103728 | SEAL FOR BEARINGS TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE DEFORMATIONS - A seal for a bearing has a first and a second circumference, and an anchor portion proximate to the first circumference. A span portion extends from the anchor portion towards the second circumference, and a lip extends from the span portion towards the second circumference. The lip protrudes from the span portion transversely to the span direction. A bearing and seal assembly includes a first ring and a second ring in rotatable engagement with the first ring. The first ring defines a groove and the second ring defines a contact surface. The seal is mounted in the groove, the span portion extending from the anchor portion towards the second ring, and the lip extending from the span portion towards the second ring, engaging the contact surface. The bearing and seal assembly may be used as a pitch bearing and/or a yaw bearing in a wind turbine. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103729 | Rolling Bearing and Cage for Such a Bearing - Retaining cage for balls of a rolling bearing, comprising an annular shoulder ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103730 | Rolling bearing and plastic cage for rolling bearing - Problems of an acoustic trouble and a bearing lock are solved by securing a guide clearance of a plastic cage ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103731 | Anti-rotational locking device for a roller bearing - An anti-rotational locking device ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103732 | ROLLING BEARING DEVICE FOR A ROAD-WHEEL, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND A TURNING APPARATUS FOR A BEARING MEMBER - In a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel including an inner shaft | 2011-05-05 |
20110103733 | NANOMECHANICAL PHOTONIC DEVICES - The present invention relates to devices which operate on gradient optical forces, in particular, nanoscale mechanical devices which are actuable by gradient optical forces. Such a device comprises a waveguide and a dielectric body, with at least a portion of the waveguide separated from the dielectric body at a distance which permits evanescent coupling of an optical mode within the waveguide to the dielectric body. This results in an optical force which acts on the waveguide and which can be exploited in a variety of devices on a nano scale, including all-optical switches, photonic transistors, tuneable couplers, optical attenuators and tuneable phase shifters. The waveguide can also comprise a gap such that two cantilever bridges are formed. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103734 | OPTICAL MODULATION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MODULATION/INTEGRATION APPARATUS - An optical modulation apparatus includes: a substrate; a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide formed at an interval on the substrate; an electrode provided along at least one of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide; and a power source coupled to the electrode to apply a voltage to at least one of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide, wherein at least one of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide includes a diffraction grating region where light having a wavelength λ is reflected, and a phase shift region where a phase of the light is shifted by an amount in a range of 0 to λ/2. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103735 | MACH-ZEHNDER WAVEGUIDE TYPE OPTICAL MODULATOR - It is intended to suppress the influence of a photorefractive phenomenon or the coupling of stray light to signal light. A Mach-Zehnder waveguide type optical modulator is provided which includes a thin plate | 2011-05-05 |
20110103736 | POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT WAVEGUIDE-TYPE OPTICAL INTERFERENCE CIRCUIT - A Mach-Zehnder interferometer circuit ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103737 | OPTICAL WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes providing a base substrate having a wiring groove formed therein, forming a first clad layer by filling a first clad substance in the wiring groove, stacking an intermediate insulating layer on the base substrate, in which the intermediate insulating layer has a through-hole formed therein and the through-hole corresponds to the wiring groove, forming a core unit on the first clad layer, forming a second clad layer by filling a second clad substance in the through-hole, in which the second clad layer covers the core unit, and stacking a cover insulting layer on the intermediate insulating layer, in which the cover insulating layer covers the second clad layer. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103738 | OPTICAL WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes providing a base substrate having a wiring groove formed therein, forming a first clad layer by filling a first clad substance in the wiring groove, stacking an intermediate insulating layer on the base substrate, in which the intermediate insulating layer has a first through-hole formed therein and the first through-hole corresponds to the wiring groove, forming a core unit on the first clad layer, stacking a cover insulting layer on the intermediate insulating layer, in which the cover insulating layer has a second through-hole formed therein and the second through-hole corresponds to the first through-hole, and forming a second clad layer by filling a second clad substance in the second through-hole, in which the second clad layer covers the core unit. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103739 | WAVELENGTH SELECTION SWITCH - A wavelength selection switch that includes an optical component for adjusting an optical path with an image magnification of M that is provided between a second imaging position and a mirror array. Therefore, it is possible to provide a small wavelength selection optical switch with a short optical path length that is capable of reducing the focal length of each of a first lens and a second lens to 1/M while maintaining the structure of the spectral element, the fiber array, and the mirror array according to the related art. Since the optical path length is reduced, it is possible to reduce the number of reflecting mirrors used to convert an optical path and thus reduce the size of a housing. Therefore, it is possible to reduce manufacturing costs. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103740 | OPTICAL FIBER SWITCH INCLUDING AN INDEX MATCHING ELASTOMERIC SOLID LAYER AND RELATED METHODS - An optical fiber switch which may include first and second angled optical fibers having respective first and second end faces. Each of the first and second angled optical fibers may include a core having a core index of refraction, and a cladding surrounding the core and having a cladding index of refraction less than the core index of refraction. The optical fiber switch may further include a first index matching elastomeric solid layer having a proximal face coupled to the first end face, and a distal face opposite the proximal face to be repeatably optically coupled to the second end face. The first index matching elastomeric solid layer may have an index of refraction matching at least the index of refraction of the core. The optical fiber switch may also include at least one actuator for relatively moving the first and second angled optical fibers between a coupled position and an uncoupled position. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103741 | OPTICAL FIBER SWITCH INCLUDING AN INDEX MATCHING ELASTOMERIC SOLID LAYER PROVIDING CORE AND CLADDING INDEX OF REFRACTION MATCHING AND RELATED METHODS - An optical fiber switch which may include first and second angled optical fibers having respective first and second end faces. Each of the first and second angled optical fibers may include a core having a core index of refraction, and a cladding surrounding the core and having a cladding index of refraction different than the core index of refraction. The optical fiber switch may further include a first index matching elastomeric solid layer having a proximal face coupled to the first end face and a distal face opposite the proximal face to be repeatably optically coupled to the second end face. The first index matching elastomeric solid layer may have an index of refraction profile matching an index of refraction of the core and the cladding. The optical fiber switch may also include at least one actuator for relatively moving the first and second angled optical fibers between a coupled position and an uncoupled position. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103742 | PLASMON WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL ELEMENT USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a plasmon waveguide including cladding ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COUPLING RADIATION - The present invention relates to a coupler ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103744 | CARD-BASED MOUNTING ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A backplane and card assembly comprises: a backplane having optical and electrical connectors; a plurality of cards each comprising an optical receiver and electrical connectors, for fitting into the backplane to obtain operational optical and electrical connections via the backplane; and an automatic maintenance unit comprising a gripping arm configured to remove and replace cards from the backplane. Having both the optical and electrical connectors together on the backplane allows a relatively simple movement of the gripping arm to remove and replace the card. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103745 | REPEATABLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE INTERCONNECTION INCLUDING AN INDEX MATCHING ELASTOMERIC SOLID LAYER AND RELATED METHODS - A repeatable optical waveguide interconnection may include first and second optical waveguides having respective first and second end faces. Each of the first and second optical waveguides may include a core having a core index of refraction, and a cladding surrounding the core and having a cladding index of refraction different than the core index of refraction. The repeatable optical waveguide interconnection may further include a first index matching elastomeric solid layer having a proximal face chemically bound to the first end face and a low-tack distal face opposite the proximal face to be repeatably optically coupled to the second end face. Further, the first index matching elastomeric solid layer may have an index of refraction matching at least the index of refraction of the core. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103746 | REPEATABLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE INTERCONNECTION INCLUDING AN INDEX MATCHING ELASTOMERIC SOLID LAYER PROVIDING CORE AND CLADDING INDEX OF REFRACTION MATCHING AND RELATED METHODS - A repeatable optical waveguide interconnection may include first and second optical waveguides having respective first and second end faces. Each of the first and second optical waveguides may include a core having a core index of refraction, and a cladding surrounding the core and having a cladding index of refraction different than the core index of refraction. The interconnection may further include a first index matching elastomeric solid layer having a proximal face coupled to the first end face, and a distal face opposite the proximal face to be repeatably optically coupled to the second end face. The first index matching elastomeric solid layer may have an index of refraction profile matching an index of refraction of the core and the cladding. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103747 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR CONFIGURED WITH SEPARATED SEAT MEMBER AND LENS MEMBER - An optical fiber connector includes a lens member integrally forming pairs of lens at a front face thereof, a seat member assembly retained on a rear face of the lens member and fiber cables. The seat member defines slim grooves aligned with the lens and the fiber cables are received and retained in the slim grooves. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103748 | FIBER OPTIC FERRULE ASSEMBLY WITH TRANSITIONING INSERT - A fiber optic ferrule assembly includes a ferrule with an axial passage, an insert with an axial passage, and a hub with an axial passage. The axial passage of the ferrule includes a first diameter portion having a diameter of at least 125 microns, and the axial passage of the insert includes a second diameter portion having a diameter of at least 250 microns. The axial passage of the hub holds at least a portion of the ferrule and the insert. The fiber optic ferrule assembly terminates a fiber optic cable including an inner fiber, an outer coating around the inner fiber, and a buffer layer around the outer coating. The first diameter portion only receives the inner fiber and no outer coating, and the second diameter portion receives at least a portion of an exposed portion of the outer coating and no buffer layer. Minimal epoxy is applied around a transition area near an end of the outer coating. A method of assembling a terminated fiber optic cable is also provided. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103749 | ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - A connector for an optical fiber includes a first coupling element threadedly secured to a second coupling element such that the first coupling element and second coupling element define a lumen. A collet configured to receive a portion of the optical fiber is disposed in the lumen such that the collet holds the optical fiber in place with respect to the first and second coupling elements. An adjustable ferrule is threadedly secured to the proximal end of the second coupling element and is rotatable with respect to the second coupling element to translate a proximal end of the adjustable ferrule longitudinally with respect to a proximal end of the optical fiber. A connector element is secured to the proximal end of the second coupling element with the adjustable ferrule and is rotatable with respect to the second coupling element. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103750 | OPTICAL FEBRE COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD - An optical fibre coupling device and a method are disclosed. The optical fibre coupling device includes a first patch strip having a first plurality of optical fibre connectors arranged along a face of the first patch strip and a second patch strip having a second plurality of optical fibre connectors arranged along a face of the second patch strip. The first and second patch strips are in a stacked arrangement where the second plurality of optical fibre connectors is offset from the first plurality of optical fibre connectors in a first and a second direction transverse to a stacking direction. The offsetting improves access to the individual optical fibre connectors which assists an operative when managing or maintaining optical fibre connections and helps to reduce the likelihood of fatigue or failure since adjacent optical fibre connections are undisturbed during this process and the optical fibre connections may be easily accessed without needing to move or manipulate adjacent patch strips. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103751 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - When a light guide of a sleeve is inserted into a through-hole, a positioning rib is mounted in the holding recess and the sleeve is positioned in the housing. When a transmitting optical module is mounted in a housing space, a positioning protrusion of the sleeve enters a positioning recess of the transmitting optical module and contacts a stepped surface of the transmitting optical module. Thus, the transmitting optical module and a transmitting sleeve are positioned so as to face each other with high precision, and thereby the light transmission efficiency can be increased. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103752 | Optical connector with protecting mechanism to prevent damage to fiber optic lens - An optical connector ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103753 | QUICK TERMINATED FIBER OPTIC TERMINI AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE, AND METHOD FOR MAKING - A quick terminating fiber optic assembly and method of making same is provided. A pre-terminated fiber optic assembly having an optical fiber already terminated therein includes an exposed optical fiber. The exposed fiber is aligned and contacted with a second exposed optical fiber of another optical cable, and the two fibers are spliced. A sleeve is provided to cover and protect the splice and any exposed fibers. The sleeve secures the pre-terminated fiber optic termini to second optical fiber. This process terminates the second optical fiber at the termini in less time and with the same or similar tools as a conventional method of terminating optical fibers at a termini. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103754 | BUFFERED OPTICAL FIBER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE - A buffered optical fiber ( | 2011-05-05 |
20110103755 | LOW SHRINK TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable having a layer constructed to resist post-extrusion shrinkage. The layer includes a plurality of discrete shrinkage-reduction members embedded within a base material. The shrinkage-reduction members can be made of a liquid crystal polymer. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing telecommunications cables having layers adapted to resist post-extrusion shrinkage. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103756 | OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - One embodiment of the invention includes a method for forming an optical fiber. The method comprises providing a preform having a core material and a glass cladding material surrounding the core material. The method also comprises drawing the preform at a temperature that is greater than a melting temperature of the core material to form a drawn fiber. The method further comprises cooling the drawn fiber to form the optical fiber having a crystalline fiber core and a cladding that surrounds the crystalline fiber core and extends axially along a length of the crystalline fiber core. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103757 | SIDE-EMITTING STEP INDEX FIBER - Side-emitting step index fibers. Between core and cladding, the side-emitting step index fibers have scattering centers that ensure the coupling out of light from the fiber. The side-emitting step index fibers are produced by preforms that contain inlay rods, in which the scattering centers are embedded and which are applied to the outer region of the fiber core during fiber drawing. Alternatively, at least one inlay tube can be used. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103758 | OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical fiber comprising: a core formed in a center axis area; an inner clad layer, disposed around the core, having a refractive index smaller than that of the core; a pore layer, disposed around the inner clad layer, having a plurality of elongated pores; and an outer clad layer, disposed around the pore layer, having a refractive index equal to or smaller than the refractive index of the core, wherein a length of the elongated pores is not larger than 200 m. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103759 | Anti-guiding waveguides - Acoustically anti-guiding optical structures are provided. In an exemplary acoustically anti-guiding fiber, a suitable cladding size for ant guiding fibers occurs wherein the cladding size is determined such that the net material dampening in the cladding is large enough to dampen acoustic waves. In another embodiment, a cladding can be considered infinite if the round-trip time from a core to an outer cladding boundary (or interface) is greater than a coherence time of an acoustic wave. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103760 | Mounting Clips for Mounting Fiber Optic Equipment and Apparatuses and Related Methods - Mounting clips and fiber optic equipment and apparatuses that include one or more mounting clips for mounting fiber optic equipment and related methods are disclosed. The mounting clips allow fiber optic equipment to be easily installed or mounted for storage, such as in, for example, fiber optic equipment racks or cabinets. In one embodiment, a fiber optic apparatus is provided comprising a housing and at least one optical component supported in the housing. At least one mounting clip is attached to at least one side of the housing of the fiber optic equipment. The mounting clip is configured to receive at least one mounting bracket configured to be installed on a fiber optic equipment rack. In this manner, when the mounting clip is received or attached to the mounting bracket, the housing of the fiber optic equipment is secured to the fiber optic equipment rack. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103761 | Fiber Distribution Hub with Internal Cable Spool - A fiber distribution hub (FDH) includes an internal spool for wrapping a fiber optic cable. The internal spool is adapted to rotate within the FDH and thereby pay out or retrieve the fiber optic cable from/to the FDH. A first end of the fiber optic cable can be extended through an entrance location of the FDH and can be further extended beyond the FDH to a connection point. The second end of the fiber optic cable can be connected to a fiber optic adapter within the FDH and can be disconnected from the fiber optic adapter when the internal spool is rotated. The fiber optic cable can be a fiber optic feeder cable. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103762 | OPTICAL FILTERS BASED ON POLYMER ASYMMETRIC BRAGG COUPLERS AND ITS METHOD OF FABRICATION - The present invention discloses a method for fabricating an optical filter based on polymer asymmetric bragg couplers using holographic interference techniques, soft lithography, and micro molding, which comprises following steps: prepare a UV polymer with gratings; coating photo-resister film on the UV polymer, and exposed by UV light to obtain a photo-resister mold with two grooves each having gratings; coating diluted PDMS film on the photo-resister mold, and baking the PDMS film to obtain a PDMS mold having two waveguides with gratings; placing glass substrate over the PDMS mold to form a first tunnel; injecting a precure UV polymer into the first tunnel to from a cladding layer with two grooves having gratings pattern at its bottom; placing glass slide over the cladding layer and injecting a mixed UV polymer into the grooves to form waveguide cores; placing a second glass substrate over the cladding layer, and injecting UV polymer to form an upper cladding layer laminated with the cladding layer to obtain the optical filter based on polymer asymmetric bragg couplers. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING, PROVIDING, AND PRESENTING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention is embodied in a system for synchronizing a mobile device with video output by a video output device. In one embodiment, the system comprises a data reader, a remote control, and a router. The data reader is configured to be connected to a video output device for reading digital codes associated with video or audio signals output by the video output device. The remote control has a user input mechanism and is configured to transmit an activation signal to the data reader after activation of the user input mechanism. The router is configured to be connected to a wide area network for transmitting data from the data reader to a remote data server. The router is also configured to establish a local data connection between the data reader and a mobile device. The data reader, after receiving an activation signal from the remote control, is further configured to transmit data indicative of a digital code or series of digital codes read by the data reader to the remote data server via the router. Additionally, the data reader, after receiving a request signal from the mobile device, is further configured to transmit data indicative of a digital code or series of digital codes read by the data reader to the mobile device via the router. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103764 | BROADCAST CONTENT RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SYSTEM - An input unit receives a viewing condition inputted by a user for a received broadcast content. A reproduction unit reproduces the broadcast content which meets the viewing condition while controlling a reproduction rate indicating a reproduction speed of the broadcast content. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103765 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD,PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a recording device, a recording method, a playback device, a playback method, a program, and a recording medium, which enable the GOP structure of a Dependent view video stream obtained by encoding, for example, in accordance with the H.264 AVC/MVC profile standard to be defined and recorded in a recording medium such as a BD or the like. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103766 | Media Stream Processing | 2011-05-05 |
20110103767 | TIME DEPENDENT REPLACEMENT OF STORED BROADCAST CONTENT - A method for time dependent replacement of stored broadcast content, wherein such method replaces a time period of broadcast as a function of how many minutes, hours, days, weeks or months have elapsed since the initial broadcast or whether a predetermined date has passed. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103768 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCENE SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a search processing unit, and an output unit. The obtaining unit obtains at least one content including a sound. The specifying unit receives a specification for specifying sound information, the sound information being in relation with an icon symbolizing a scene content and expressing the scene content, as a scene search condition. The search processing unit compares the sound information, the specification for specifying the sound information being received as the scene search condition, with the sound included in the at least one content, to thereby search a content including the sound information in the sound. The output unit outputs information on the content searched by the search processing unit. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103769 | SECURE TIME AND SPACE SHIFTED AUDIOVISUAL WORK - Disclosed herein is a system and method for securely providing a time and space shifted audiovisual work. The method includes accessing a time shifted and a space shifted audiovisual work comprising a series of related images that are intrinsically intended to be shown with accompanying sounds. In addition, the time shifted and the space shifted audiovisual work is presented with a copyright compliance mechanism (CCM)-enabled playback/recording/recording application, the CCM-enabled playback/recording application utilizing a new pathway distinct from a commonly used data pathway of a audiovisual work rendering subsystem of an operating system, such that the audiovisual work continuously remains in a secure environment during rendering, playback and recording. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103770 | HOME TELEPRESENCE WITH CONTENT INSERTION - A provisioning device intercepts program content from a video client or another multimedia device, where the program content includes copy-protection encryption, and receives additional content from a local router or another networked device, where the additional content is Internet protocol (IP) content. The provisioning device removes the copy-protection encryption from the program content and combines the additional content with the program content. The provisioning device also adds copy-protection encryption to the combined additional content and program content, and sends the copy-protected combined content to a display device. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103771 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING PARTIAL ENCRYPTION OF BROADCAST PROGRAM - An apparatus for encrypting and recording a broadcasting program includes a packet input unit configured to receive packets of a broadcasting program to be recorded and sequentially output the packets, an encryption selector configured to receive the packets sequentially output from the packet input unit, selectively output the received packets to a first path and to a second path, wherein packets to be encrypted are output to the first path and packets not to be encrypted are output to the second path, an encryption processor configured to encrypt the packets output to the first path based on a predetermined encryption method, and a storing unit configured to store the encrypted packets from the encryption processor or store the packets output to the second path. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103772 | EDITING DEVICE AND EDITING METHOD - An editing device and editing method are provided for which it is possible for the operator to immediately recognize whether trim edit is possible or not at the stage of selecting the trim points, and eliminate unnecessary work. The editing device includes receiving means for receiving command input for trim editing; judging means for judging whether trim editing is possible or not based on the command input received by the receiving means; and notification means for outputting notification that editing is not possible when the judging means judges that editing is not possible. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SEARCH VIDEO DATA FOR AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - A method of searching for objects of interest within captured video comprising capturing video of a plurality of scenes, storing the video in a plurality of storage elements, and receiving a request to retrieve contiguous video of an object of interest that has moved through at least two scenes of the plurality of scenes. In response to the request, searching within a first storage element of the plurality of storage elements to identify a first portion of the video that contains the object of interest within a first scene of the plurality of scenes, processing the first portion of the video to determine a direction of motion of the object of interest, selecting a second storage element of the plurality of storage elements within which to search for the object of interest based on the direction of motion, searching within the second storage element to identify a second portion of the video that contains the object of interest within a second scene of the plurality of scenes, and linking the first portion of the video with the second portion of the video to generate the contiguous video of the object of interest. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENDED RECORDING - Embodiments of the disclosed invention include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enabling a user to configure a media receiving device to auto-extend a recording of a program beyond its scheduled end recording time. For instance, in one embodiment, a computer implemented method for extending recording of a broadcast is disclosed. The method comprises recording a program associated with a broadcast signal until a scheduled ending time; determining whether an end of program indicator within the broadcast signal has been detected in response to reaching the scheduled ending time; and extending the recording of the program associated with the broadcast signal based upon a user selected setting associated with a set of user configurable options for extended recordings. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103775 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A BD-ROM contains an AVClip in which a video stream is multiplexed with an interactive graphics stream. The video stream constitutes a moving picture. On the other hand, the graphics stream constitutes menu presentations to be combined with a moving picture. The graphics stream includes a plurality of display sets constituting the menu presentations. Each of the display sets has interactive control information (ICS). Among the display sets belonging to the graphics stream, the interactive control information (ICS) other than the one belonging to the head one include version information (page_version_number) indicating whether or not content of the menu presentation has changed with respect to the previous Display Set. | 2011-05-05 |
20110103776 | PEBBLE STONE-SHAPED AROMA DIFFUSER - A pebble stone-shaped aroma diffuser includes a top cover shell, an upper panel, a gasket ring, a lower panel, a bottom cover shell, a heater and a base member. The gasket ring is tightly set between the top cover shell and the upper panel, thereby forming with the top cover shell and the upper panel a fluid container. The lower panel is supported on the bottom cover shell and closely attached to the upper panel of the fluid container. The heater is kept in contact with the bottom side of the lower panel. The base member is arranged at the bottom side of the bottom cover shell to provide power supply to the heater for producing heat that is transferred through the lower panel and the upper panel to heat the aromatic fluid in the fluid container. The fluid container is rapidly detachable from the lower panel for cleaning. | 2011-05-05 |