20th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
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20140133727 | System and Method for Registering Pre-Operative and Intra-Operative Images Using Biomechanical Model Simulations - A method and system for registering pre-operative images and intra-operative images using biomechanical simulations is disclosed. A pre-operative image is initially registered to an intra-operative image by estimating deformations of one or more segmented anatomical structures in the pre-operative image, such as the liver, surrounding tissue, and the abdominal wall, using biomechanical gas insufflation model constrained. The initially registered pre-operative image is then refined using diffeomorphic non-rigid refinement. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133728 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ASSIGNMENTS BETWEEN IMAGE REGIONS OF AN IMAGE AND ELEMENT CLASSES - The invention relates to an apparatus for generating assignments between image regions of an image of an object and element classes. The apparatus ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140133729 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR SPECTRAL CT - A method includes estimating structure models for a voxel(s) of a spectral image based on a noise model, fitting structure models to a 3D neighborhood about the voxel(s), selecting one of the structure models for the voxel(s) based on the fittings and predetermined model selection criteria, and de-noising the voxel(s) based on the selected structure model, producing a set of de-noised spectral images. Another method includes generating a virtual contrast enhanced intermediate image for each energy image of a set of spectral images corresponding to different energy ranges based on de-noised spectral images, decomposed de-noised spectral images, an iodine map, and a contrast enhancement factor; and generating final virtual contrast enhanced images by incorporating a simulated partial volume effect with the intermediate virtual contrast enhanced images. Also described herein are approaches for generating a virtual non-contrasted image, a bone and calcification segmentation map, and an iodine map for multi-energy imaging studies. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133730 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE TAKING AND COORDINATE READING AND DELAY TIME CALCULATION METHOD THEREOF - A time synchronization calibration method and system for image taking and coordinate reading and a delay time calculation method thereof are disclosed. The time synchronization calibration method is as follows. Firstly, every time point, a calibrator coordinate, an operation target coordinate and an image thereof are obtained. The image similarity index of every image and the image of previous time point thereof is calculated. When the image similarity index is lower than a preset similarity index, a reading time of the image is output followed with calculating the difference of the reading time and a time delay to obtain a taking time of the image. Finally, calculating the coordinate transformation of the calibrator coordinate and the operation target coordinate, and corresponding it to the image to output an image-coordinate correspondence relation. The time delay can be obtained correctly with only one test, and provided for the consequent synchronization calibration. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133731 | System for Viewing Vasculature and Perfuse Tissue - A system and method includes reception of a mask x-ray image of a patient volume, reception of a plurality of sequential x-ray images of the patient volume including a contrast medium, subtraction of the mask x-ray image from each of the plurality of sequential x-ray images to generate a plurality of sequential x-ray difference images, filtering of each of the plurality of sequential x-ray difference images based on one or more filter parameters to generate a plurality of sequential filtered x-ray difference images, combination of each of the plurality of sequential filtered x-ray difference images with a corresponding one of the plurality of sequential x-ray difference images based on a weight to generate a plurality of combined sequential x-ray images, and display of the plurality of combined sequential x-ray images sequentially. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133732 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING OF MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - A method of processing data associated with fluorescent emissions from a microfluidic device. The method includes performing an auto-focus process associated with a first image of the microfluidic device and performing an auto-exposure process associated with the first image of the microfluidic device. The method also includes capturing a plurality of images of the microfluidic device. The plurality of images are associated with a plurality of thermal cycles. The method further includes performing image analysis of the plurality of captured images to determine a series of optical intensities and performing data analysis of the series of optical intensities to provide a series of change in threshold values. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133733 | Cell Feature-Based Automatic Circulating Tumor Cell Detection - An automated method for detecting circulating tumor cells in a microscopic image of a blood sample includes receiving, by a computer, a plurality of low-resolution images, each low resolution image providing a representation of the blood sample with one of a plurality of stains applied. The computer determines a threshold value for each of the plurality of stains based on the low resolution images and identifies a list of potential cells based on the threshold values. A gating process is performed on the list of potential circulating tumor cells to identify one or more likely or highly likely circulating tumor cells. The computer presents the subset of the low-resolution images in a verification interface comprising one or more components allowing a user to confirm that a respective low-resolution image included in the subset of the low-resolution images includes one or more circulating tumor cells. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133734 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND PROCESS FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF A SURFACE OF A PAPERMAKING FABRIC - Apparatuses, processes, and systems for implementing techniques for determining characteristics of a papermaking fabric. The techniques include forming a representation of a portion of the surface of the fabric, with the representation showing the knuckles and pockets in the surface. The representation can be formed, for example, in pressure measurement film, in wax paper, or as a photograph. An image is generated from the representation, and the image is analyzed to determine characteristics of the surface of the fabric, such as knuckle sizes and pocket sizes. The depth of pockets in the fabric can also be determined. The techniques can be used in processes for analysing wear of a fabric, and for obtaining a fabric for making a paper product with a particular three-dimensional structure. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133735 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A LEAD OF AN ELECTRIC DEVICE - A method of inspecting leads of an electric device, which is capable of improve reliability of inspection regardless of noises induced by regions near the lead. The method uses a height or a brightness of a shoulder region of the lead to inspect existence or nonexistence or a height or a brightness of a tip region of the lead to inspect fastening or unfastening. Therefore, reliability of inspection is improved in comparison with a conventional inspection using colors of lead region. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFECT ANALYSIS OF A SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure provides a method including providing a first image and a second image. The first image is of a substrate having a defect and the second image is of a reference substrate. A difference between the first image and the second image is determined. A simulation model is used to generate a simulation curve corresponding to the difference and the substrate dispositioned based on the simulation curve. In another embodiment, the scan of a substrate is used to generate a statistical process control chart. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133737 | Unbiased Wafer Defect Samples - Methods and systems for generating unbiased wafer defect samples are provided. One method includes selecting the defects detected by each of multiple scans performed on a wafer that have the most diversity in one or more defect attributes such that a diverse set of defects are selected across each scan. In addition, the method may include selecting the defects such that any defect that is selected and is common to two or more of the scans is not selected twice and any defects that are selected are diverse with respect to the common, selected defect. Furthermore, no sampling, binning, or classifying of the defects may be performed prior to selection of the defects such that the sampled defects are unbiased by any sampling, binning, or classifying method. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133738 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SOLDER JOINT - A method of inspecting a solder joint through which a lead of a semiconductor device is mounted on a printed circuit board is disclosed. The method includes setting an estimated solder joint region at an outside of an end of the lead of the semiconductor device, capturing an image of the estimated solder joint region, calculating a height of solder joint in the estimated solder joint region by using the captured image of the estimated solder joint region, and determining whether the solder joint is defective by comparing the height of the solder joint in the estimated solder joint region with a reference height of a solder joint, which is previously set. According to the method, reliability of inspection is enhanced regardless of environmental noises. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN MULTIPLE STREAM-BASED 3D IMAGES - The present invention relates to correcting errors of multiple stream-based 3D images. The present invention comprises a 3D image synchronizing unit which synchronizes a first image and a second image consisting the 3D image; a 3D image correcting unit which detects an error block in the first image, searches a corresponding block in the second image, and corrects the error block on the basis of the block information of said corresponding block; and a compositing unit which composites the corrected first image and the second image to generate a 3D stereoscopic image. According to the present invention, bit errors occurring when transmitting multiple stream of 3D image can be corrected, providing better quality of 3D images. Also, error correction can be easily performed by using the method of the present invention without complicated calculations. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133740 | INTELLIGENT PART IDENTIFICATION FOR USE WITH SCENE CHARACTERIZATION OR MOTION CAPTURE - A variety of methods, systems, devices and arrangements are implemented for use with motion capture. One such method is implemented for identifying salient points from three-dimensional image data. The method involves the execution of instructions on a computer system to generate a three-dimensional surface mesh from the three-dimensional image data. Lengths of possible paths from a plurality of points on the three-dimensional surface mesh to a common reference point are categorized. The categorized lengths of possible paths are used to identify a subset of the plurality of points as salient points. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133741 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL FEATURE DATA, METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FEATURE DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FEATURE DATA IS RECORDED - A stereo disparity calculating unit calculates the predicted value of the stereo disparity. A line extracting unit performs line extraction in an image. A line classification unit classifies the extracted lines into different line types. A meaningless line eliminating unit eliminates lines not existing in the real world away from the following processing. A stereo disparity correcting unit corrects the predicted value of the disparity based on the line pairs determined by the line pair determining unit. A line pair clustering unit clusters all the line pairs belonging to the same feature as one cluster. A plane combining unit finds out the location relationship in the three-dimensional space among all the planes of each feature extracted by a plane extracting unit, and generates a three-dimensional model describing the overall structure for each feature. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133742 | Detector Evolution With Multi-Order Contextual Co-Occurrence - Aspects of the present invention comprise generating and using Multi-Order Contextual co-Occurrence (MOCO) descriptors to implicitly model the high level context using detection responses from a baseline object detector. In embodiments, a 1 | 2014-05-15 |
20140133743 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Readable Recording Medium for Detecting a Location of a Face Feature Point Using an Adaboost Learning Algorithm - The present disclosure relates to detecting the location of a face feature point using an Adaboost learning algorithm. According to some embodiments, a method for detecting a location of a face feature point comprises: (a) a step of classifying a sub-window image into a first recommended feature point candidate image and a first non-recommended feature point candidate image using first feature patterns selected by an Adaboost learning algorithm, and generating first feature point candidate location information on the first recommended feature point candidate image; and (b) a step of re-classifying said sub-window image classified into said first non-recommended feature point candidate image, into a second recommended feature point candidate image and a second non-recommended feature point candidate image using second feature patterns selected by the Adaboost learning algorithm, and generating second feature point candidate location information on the second recommended feature point recommended candidate image. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133744 | Image Adjustment - Techniques are disclosed relating to automatically adjusting images. In one embodiment, an image may be automatically adjusted based on a regression model trained with a database of raw and adjusted images. In one embodiment, an image may be automatically adjusted based on a model trained by both a database of raw and adjusted images and a small set of images adjusted by a different user. In one embodiment, an image may be automatically adjusted based on a model trained by a database of raw and adjusted images and predicted differences between a user's adjustment to a small set of images and a predicted adjustment based on the database of raw and adjusted images. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133745 | OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A learning unit | 2014-05-15 |
20140133746 | BACKGROUND UNDERSTANDING IN VIDEO DATA - Long-term understanding of background modeling includes determining first and second dimension gradient model derivatives of image brightness data of an image pixel along respective dimensions of two-dimensional, single channel image brightness data of a static image scene. The determined gradients are averaged with previous determined gradients of the image pixels, and with gradients of neighboring pixels as a function of their respective distances to the image pixel, the averaging generating averaged pixel gradient models for each of a plurality of pixels of the video image data of the static image scene that each have mean values and weight values. Background models for the static image scene are constructed as a function of the averaged pixel gradients and weights, wherein the background model pixels are represented by averaged pixel gradient models having similar orientation and magnitude and weights meeting a threshold weight requirement. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133747 | COLOR/MONOCHROMATIC DETERMINATION - An apparatus includes a compression unit configured to compress an image, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the image before the compression is color or monochromatic based on a data size of the image after the compression. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133748 | BLENDING WITH MULTIPLE BLEND MODES FOR IMAGE MANIPULATION - In various example embodiments, a system and method are provided for blending a group of layers with multiple blend modes such that additional style layers are applied to the layer group's combined shape, and clipped as if the style layers were applied to a single layer with the combined transparency of the group's layers. In example embodiments, for each of a plurality of layers: a group background is blended behind a group buffer, one of the plurality of layers is blended on top of the group buffer while ignoring a transparency of the group buffer, and the background is factored out from the group buffer. When the blending is complete, a style or effect is applied to the blended layers, and the background is blended behind the group result such that the group result transparency such that the style is clipped to the group result. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133749 | Systems And Methods For Statistics Collection Using Pixel Mask - Systems and methods are provided for collecting image statistics using a pixel mask. In one example, statistics collection logic of an image signal processor may include a pixel weighting mask and accumulation logic. The pixel weighting mask may receive a first representation of a pixel that includes a luma and chroma representation of the pixel. The pixel weighting mask may output a pixel weighting using first and second chroma components of the luma and chroma representation of the pixel. The accumulation logic may receive the first or a second representation of the pixel and the pixel weighting value. Using these, the accumulation logic may weight the second representation of the pixel or the first representation of the pixel using the pixel weighting value to obtain a weighted pixel value, adding the weighted pixel value to a statistics count. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133750 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGES CAPTURED UNDERWATER - A method for image processing, the method executed at least in part by a computer system, acquires a digital image as a collection of image pixels and calculates from a plurality of the image pixels, at least one statistical measurement. The at least one calculated statistical measurement is associated with a predetermined modification function setting according to a best-fit function that has been calculated from a database of sample images. A processed image is formed by adjusting the acquired collection of image pixels according to the associated predetermined modification function setting and the processed image is displayed. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133751 | METHOD FOR SUPERPIXEL LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT - A method and an apparatus for life cycle management for superpixels associated to frames of a sequence of frames are described. An area occupied by a superpixel in a frame of the sequence of frames is monitored. In case the area of the superpixel becomes smaller than a specified first value, the superpixel is terminated in the later frame. In case the area of the superpixel becomes larger than a specified second value, the superpixel is split in the later frame. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133752 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE OUTPUT THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image output method thereof are provided. The image output method includes dividing a received image into a plurality of sub-images, correcting quality of each of the sub-images based on a contrast ratio calculated for the received image, and outputting the image by combining the corrected sub-images. Hence, the display apparatus can enhance luminance and chrominance which vary per sub-image segment in the received image. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133753 | SPECTRAL SCENE SIMPLIFICATION THROUGH BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION - A method of removing stationary objects from hyperspectral imagery, includes among other things, collecting a series of hyperspectral images of a target scene; determining at least one first hyperspectral image having no moving or new objects in the target scene; selecting the at least one first hyperspectral image; determining at least one second hyperspectral image having moving objects in the target scene; and subtracting the at least one first hyperspectral image from the at least one second hyperspectral image to create a background-subtracted hyperspectral image. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133754 | SUBSTANCE SUBTRACTION IN A SCENE BASED ON HYPERSPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS - A method of removing a hyperspectral signature from at least one hyperspectral image, includes among other things, selecting a hyperspectral signature and determining a dissimilarity value between each pixel in the at least one hyperspectral image and the selected at least one hyperspectral signature. If the dissimilarity value between the signature of a given pixel in the at least one hyperspectral image and the selected at least one hyperspectral signature is less than a predetermined threshold value then the value of the signature for the given pixel is set to zero to create a signature-subtracted hyperspectral image. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133755 | REMOVING AN OCCLUSION FROM AN IMAGE - Systems, methods, and devices for reducing an occlusion in an image are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include a method including providing image information from a first image taken from a light field camera, analyzing image information from multiple sub-aperture images extracted from the image information of the first image to separate foreground and background appearance information, creating a mask of an occlusion based on the separated foreground and background appearance information, and rendering a second, modified image where the mask has been applied to reduce the occlusion in the modified image. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133756 | Rank-Based Image Piling - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selectively providing images. In one aspect, a method includes receiving image data that specify feature values for a plurality of images. The image data include, for each image, location data that specify a geographic location for the image. A group of images in which each image has location data specifying a geographic location that is within a threshold distance of a reference location are selected. Pairs of matching images are selected from the group of images. A reference image for the geographic location is selected from the pairs of matching images. Data that cause presentation in a map space of a photo collection image that includes a visual representation of the reference image are provided. The photo collection image is presented in the map space and at a map position for the geographic location. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133757 | CREATING SOCIAL NETWORK GROUPS - Embodiments generally relate to creating groups in a social network system. In one embodiment, a method includes recognizing at least one person in the at least one photo associated with a target user in a social network system, where the recognizing is based at least in part on social relevance. The method also includes creating a group in the social network system, where the group includes the at least one person recognized in the at least one photo. The method also includes associating the group with the target user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133758 | REAL-TIME FACE DETECTION USING PIXEL PAIRS - The subject disclosure is directed towards a face detection technology in which image data is classified as being a non-face image or a face image. Image data is processed into an image pyramid. Features, comprising pixel pairs of the image pyramid, are provided to stages of a cascading classifier to remove sub-window candidates that are classified as non-face sub-windows within each stage. The face detection technology continues with one or more subsequent stages to output a result as to whether the image contains a face. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133759 | Semantic-Aware Co-Indexing for Near-Duplicate Image Retrieval - An image retrieval method includes learning multiple object category classifiers with a processor offline and generating classifications scores of images as the semantic attributes; performing vocabulary tree based image retrieval using local features with semantic-aware co-indexing to jointly embed two distinct cues offline for near-duplicate image retrieval; and identifying top similar or dissimilar images using multiple semantic attributes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133760 | RASTER TO VECTOR MAP CONVERSION - A computer-implemented method for converting a raster image map to a vector image map includes receiving an electronic raster image that shows an indoor map of a building structure. The method also includes determining whether the indoor map is a line map. If not, the indoor map is converted into a line map. Next, the electronic raster image is processed to generate a processed raster image of the indoor map. The method then extracts vector lines from the processed raster image to generate an electronic vector image that includes the indoor map of the building structure. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133761 | REGION EXTRACTION APPARATUS, REGION EXTRACTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A region extraction apparatus includes: a region extraction unit that extracts, from an image data of a process target, a high intensity region having higher intensity than a neighboring region thereof and a low intensity region having lower intensity than a neighboring region thereof; a combination identification unit that identifies a combination of a high intensity region and a low intensity region corresponding to an extraction target region to be extracted based on arrangement positions of the high intensity region and the low intensity region extracted by the region extraction unit; an outer frame determination unit that determines an outer frame corresponding to the combination of the high intensity region and the low intensity region; and a contour extraction unit that extracts a contour of the extraction target region based on image data within the outer frame determined by the outer frame determination unit. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133762 | Point Set Matching with Outlier Detection - Aspects of the present invention include point set matching systems and methods. In embodiments, a tree model is used to find candidate matching locations for a set of query points. In embodiments, a similitude transform is assumed, and the parameters are separately solved to reduce computation complexity. In embodiments, the dominant scaling (α) and rotation (R) parameters are obtained by identifying a maximum in an accumulator space. A translation (t) matrix is calculated in another 1D accumulator space. With the obtained similitude transform, outliers can be reliably detected. This two-stage approach reduces the complexity and calculation time of determining a similitude transform and increases the accuracy and ability to detect outliers. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133763 | LOGO OR IMAGE RECOGNITION - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to electronic image object or logo recognition. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133764 | AUTOMATIC CURATION OF DIGITAL IMAGES - The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for automatic curation of digital images. In one aspect, the method includes selecting one of every two or more duplicate digital images of a plurality of digital images. The method further includes calculating an image quality score for each of the selected digital images. The method further includes associating a ranking with each of the selected digital images based on its respective calculated image quality score. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PHOTO STORIES - A system and method are described for creating, managing and sharing photo stories. For example, one embodiment of a computer implemented method for selecting among a plurality of different photo story templates comprises: receiving a plurality of new photos from a user the photos having metadata associated; analyzing the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; responsively grouping the photos into a plurality of different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; and selecting a set of photo story design templates for each of the different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos grouped into the different photo stories. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133766 | ADAPTIVE EVENT TIMELINE IN CONSUMER IMAGE COLLECTIONS - A method for organizing an event timeline for a digital image collection, includes using a processor for detecting events in the digital image collection and each event's associated timespan; determining the detected events that are significant in the digital image collection; and organizing the event timeline so that the event timeline shows the significant events and a clustered representation of the other events, made available to the user at different time granularities. The organized event timeline is also used for selecting images for generating output. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133767 | SCANNED TEXT WORD RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for converting digital images to words includes receiving a digital image comprising text, generating a binary image from the digital image for each of N binarization threshold values to provide N binary images, converting each of the N binary images to text, and aligning the text from the N binary images to provide a word lattice for the digital image. Aligning the text may include prioritizing the text from the N binary images according to error rates on a training set. The training set may be a synthetic training set. An apparatus corresponding to the above method is also disclosed herein. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133768 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPLITTING IMAGE - In a method for splitting an image for encoding purposes, a largest coding unit (LCU) of the image is obtained, the LCU is divided into a plurality of coding unit (CU) blocks, the CU blocks examined sequentially, and a determination made as to whether or not a current CU block needs to be split according to a pixel variance of the current CU block. The current CU block is split into four sub-blocks if the current CU block needs to be split. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133769 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE BLOCK MERGING METHOD - In a method for merging image blocks for encoding purposes, a largest coding unit (LCU) of an image is obtained, the LCU divided into a plurality of N×N blocks, the N×N blocks examined sequentially, and a determination made as to whether a block merging operation needs to be executed for the LCU according to an average value of pixels of each of the N×N blocks. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133770 | 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. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133771 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPLITTING IMAGE - In a method for splitting an image, a largest coding unit (LCU) of the image is obtained. The method divides the LCU into a plurality of N×N blocks and coding unit (CU) blocks, calculates an angle of each N×N block, obtains angles of the N×N blocks in each CU block, and determines a split mode of each CU block according to the angles of the N×N blocks in each CU block. The method splits the current CU block into four sub-blocks if the split mode of the current CU block is a continuation mode, and stops splitting of the current CU block if the split mode of the current CU block is a termination mode. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133772 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPLITTING IMAGE - In a method for splitting an image, a largest coding unit (LCU) of the image is obtained. The method divides the LCU into a plurality of N×N blocks and coding unit (CU) blocks, calculates an angle of each N×N block, obtains angles of the N×N blocks in each CU block, and determines a split mode of a current CU block according to the angles of the N×N blocks in the current CU block. The method splits the current CU block into four sub-blocks if the split mode of the current CU block is a continuation mode, or stops splitting of the current CU block if the split mode of the current CU block is a termination mode. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SCREEN DATA - The exemplary embodiments relate to providing screen data to a client, through a cloud server, and displaying the screen data in the client. The cloud server may encode the screen data in an encoding method that is independently determined according to attributes of each of a plurality of contents which form the screen data, and the client may decode the received screen data based on the encoding method in the cloud server and may display the decoded screen data. The screen data may be efficiently provided by performing encoding based on attributes of respective contents which form the screen data, compared to a case where only one encoding method is used. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133774 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE DEAD PIXEL DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - An image processor is capable of performing an image dead pixel detection method, so as to detect at least one dead pixel in an input image. The image dead pixel detection method includes the following steps. A high-pass filter processing is performed on an input image, so as to obtain a filter image. A global mean value and a global standard difference are obtained according to the filter image. A to-be-detected pixel in the filter image is selected. A local mean value, a local standard difference, and a global mean value difference and a local mean value difference are obtained according to the to-be-detected pixel and multiple neighboring pixels. When the global mean value difference and the global standard difference satisfy a first condition, and the local mean value difference and the local standard difference satisfy a second condition, the to-be-detected pixel is considered as a dead pixel. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133775 | De-Noising Image Content Using Directional Filters for Image De-Blurring - Systems and methods are provided for providing improved de-noising image content by using directional noise filters to accurately estimate a blur kernel from a noisy blurry image. In one embodiment, an image manipulation application applies multiple directional noise filters to an input image to generate multiple filtered images. Each of the directional noise filters has a different orientation with respect to the input image. The image manipulation application determines multiple two-dimensional blur kernels from the respective filtered images. The image manipulation application generates a two-two-dimensional blur kernel for the input image from the two-dimensional blur kernels for the filtered images. The image manipulation application generates a de-blurred version of the input image by executing a de-blurring algorithm based on the two-dimensional blur kernel for the input image. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133776 | Systems and Methods for Image Enhancement by Local Tone Curve Mapping - Systems and methods are provided for a method of adjusting a digital image. A low pass filtering is performed on a digital image to remove high frequency data to generate filtered image data. The digital image is divided into a plurality of regions, and a brightness level of a particular region of the digital image is identified using the filtered image data. A transformation curve is selected for the particular region based on the brightness level, and the transformation curve is applied to the particular region to generate adjusted image data for the particular region having adjusted brightness. The adjusted image data is stored in a computer-readable medium. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133777 | THRESHOLD SETTING APPARATUS, THRESHOLD SETTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM FOR THRESHOLD SETTING METHOD IS STORED - Disclosed is a threshold setting apparatus including a creating unit which creates a plurality of images of tones by performing a tone conversion process on an original image including a subject by using a plurality of temporary thresholds which are different from each other, a subject detection unit which detects the subject in each of the plurality of images of tones which are created by the creating unit, an evaluation value calculating unit which calculates evaluation values relating to likeness to the subject from the plurality of subjects detected by the subject detection unit and associates the evaluation values with the temporary thresholds, and a setting unit which sets a threshold suited for the tone conversion of the original image based on the plurality of evaluation values calculated by the evaluation value calculating unit. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133778 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE ADJUSTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a decomposing section that decomposes a luminance component of a given original image into a plurality of band images in respective bands; a band intensity calculating section that calculates band intensities of the respective band images; and a determining section that determines band selection information indicating an emphasis band and band emphasis information to be used for controlling a degree of image emphasis based on the band intensities of the respective bands. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133779 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND APPARATUS - An image processing method includes: computing difference values between a boundary equivalent to an outer edge of a synthesis target region of an N | 2014-05-15 |
20140133780 | NONLOCALITY BASED SUPER RESOLUTION RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of digital image enhancement technologies, and more particularly to a non-locality-based super-resolution reconstruction method and device, so as to solve the problem of relatively low resolution of an image after non-locality-based super-resolution reconstruction in the prior art. The method in the embodiment of the present invention comprises: determining a position of a search window where a current macro-block is mapped in each of other image frames; determining a search window where the current pixel block is mapped in the each of the image frames, according to the position of the search window where the macro-block, where the pixel corresponding to the current pixel block is located, is mapped in the each of the image frames, and determining a similarity value of each determined pixel block in the determined search window relative to the current pixel block respectively; and determining an optimized central pixel value of each pixel block according to the determined similarity value. By use of the embodiments of the present invention, the resolution of an image subjected to non-locality-based super-resolution reconstruction is enhanced. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133781 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing device including functional blocks each including an input unit, an output unit, and at least one image processing circuit that performs a predetermined image process; first input switching units each of which is associated with the input unit of each functional block one-to-one, selects one piece of image data including image data output from the output unit of another functional block, and outputs the selected image data to the associated functional block; a second input switching unit which selects at least one piece of image data from input image data and outputs the selected image data to any of the first input switching units; an output switching unit which selects and outputs at least one piece of image data from the image data output from the output unit of each functional block; and a selection control unit which controls switching of the above selection. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133782 | SHARING OR APPLYING DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING OPERATIONS - The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for sharing digital image edit operations. In one aspect, a method includes storing a first digital image edit stack, which includes at least one digital image edit operation performed by a first user of a social network upon a first digital image hosted on the social network. The method further includes receiving indication of a first request for the first digital image edit stack, based upon an operation performed by a second user of the social network. The method further includes providing the digital image edit stack for the second user, in response to the received indication. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133783 | Sift-Resistant Bag - A sift-resistant valve bag is disclosed herein. The bag includes an upper end, the upper end being at least partially closed, a lower end opposite the upper end, the lower end being closed, a valve in the upper end, the valve being configured to receive flowable material for filling the bag, and a patch in the upper end and opposite from the valve, the patch being configured to restrict leakage of material flowing through the valve, wherein the patch includes a cuff. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133784 | Mesh Bag Made from a Roll of Continuous Mesh Tube - The present invention teaches a new mesh bag made from a roll of continuous mesh tube cloth. The continuous tube cloth and at least one band with preprinted labels are used in a machine which props up the tube cloth with a dynamic guiding assembly, attaches the preprinted labels to the tube cloth using hot melted adhesive or heat sealing methods. The tube cloth is attached with the horizontal preprinted labels and the plastic film to the tube mesh cloth. A pair of holes are punched over the plastic film. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133785 | Sterilization Pouch - The invention provides a sterilizable pouch having at least one wall formed of a flexible film and including an opening formed therein for providing communication to an interior space of the package. A breathable material is disposed on an outer surface of the wall covering the opening. The breathable material is joined to the outer surface of the wall with a continuous heat seal. The flexible film forming the wall comprises a multilayer film having a peel feature that permits the breathable material to be peelably removed from the surface of the pouch. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133786 | LIGHT COMPOSITE CROSSHEAD - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a composite crosshead. The composite crosshead comprises a crosshead body made of a first composite material, wherein the first composite material comprises a first reinforcing material distributed in a first matrix material, wherein the composite crosshead is configured to move in a reciprocating motion in a machine. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133787 | LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator. On a guide block that configures a guide mechanism, a pair of ball-circulating grooves is formed on the lower surface that faces a cylinder body and multiple balls are loaded in the ball-circulating grooves. Paired cover blocks are respectively mounted on the two ends of the guide block. Paired ball clips, which are formed as arms, are engaged with the cover blocks when the clips are inserted in the ball-circulating grooves and are holding the balls. Paired cover plates are respectively mounted on the end faces of the cover blocks, and arm-shaped cover clips are mounted so as to hold the cover plates. The cover plates, the cover blocks and the guide block are thereby integrally linked. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133788 | Slide Plate Hinge For Portable Electronic Device Terminal - A slide plate hinge comprises a fixed plate, and a slide plate. A slide plate sliding guide groove is respectively arranged on each of both sides of the fixed plate. The central section of the groove wall at one side of the sliding guide groove is of an elastic structure, and the elastic structure and the groove wall at the other side of the sliding guide groove clamps the slide plate. The slide plate hinge can implement the sliding guide and friction clamping on the slide plate by use of the sliding guide groove of an elastic structure, with high structural integration and concealability, thereby enabling the slide plate hinge to still have good hand feeling even without driving springs and enabling the slide plate to be stopped at any time amid the sliding process. The driving springs are not indispensable, so the thickness of the hinge can be reduced. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133789 | FOLDED FLUID CHANNEL FOR A FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING MOTOR - An apparatus includes a stationary shaft and a sleeve rotatable with respect to the shaft. A fluid dynamic bearing is defined by the stationary shaft and the sleeve. A fluid channel includes a first axially extending portion in the fluid dynamic bearing, and a radially extending portion extending radially outward from the first axially extending portion. In addition the fluid channel includes a second axially extending portion extending axially downward from the radially extending portion. The apparatus further includes a pump seal including grooves formed in the second axially extending portion. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133790 | BEARING ASSEMBLY OF A STEERING COLUMN LEVER ON A STEERING COLUMN PART, AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH SUCH A BEARING ASSEMBLY - The invention concerns a bearing assembly ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140133791 | CRANKSHAFT BEARING CAP WITH OPTIMIZED PILLARS - A crankshaft bearing cap in a shape of a half-cylinder of axis X coinciding with the axis of the crankshaft and including diametrically opposed attachment pillars, each column-shaped pillar including a substantially oval upper surface incorporating a bearing surface surrounding a borehole through which a fixing screw can pass and a bearing surface for a screw head, the surface surrounding the borehole, and each attachment pillar further including at least two lateral and vertical grooves over a portion of the height of the pillar, the grooves being situated outside a vertical bearing cylinder having a base equal to the bearing surface and outside of a volume defined by the transverse plane passing through the axes of the attachment holes and extending symmetrically in the X-direction over a length. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133792 | ROLLING BEARING - A rolling contact bearing assembly includes a seal member having a seal lip segment. The seal lip segment includes a waist portion having, as viewed in a cross section, a bent V-shape such that a surface of the seal lip segment on outer side defines a relief recess and also includes a protrusion portion distal to the waist portion and having a tapered shape narrowing towards a free end thereof. The seal member installed in the bearing assembly applies urging force on one of inner and outer raceway rings, against change in degree of interference of the protrusion portion with the raceway ring. The protrusion portion includes such high wear material that rotation of the bearing assembly results in wear of the protrusion portion to cause the protrusion portion to make non-contact status or light contact status of a contact pressure of substantially zero. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133793 | POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER - An optical system may include: a polarization beam splitter having: a first end having an input configured to receive multiple optical signals; a second end having a first output and a second output, where the first output may provide first components, having a first polarization of the multiple optical signals, and the second output may provide second components, having a second polarization, of the multiple optical signals; and a first waveguide having a first width and a second waveguide having a second width, where the first waveguide and the second waveguide may each have a length corresponding to a difference between the first width and the second width, where the first waveguide and the second waveguide may be configured to induce a phase shift of the plurality of optical signals based on the first width, the second width, and the length of the first waveguide and the second waveguide. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133794 | Integrated Optical Device And Optical Module - An integrated optical device includes first, second, third, and fourth edge portions; a plurality of modulators each of which includes an optical waveguide and an electrode portion provided on the optical waveguide, the optical waveguide extending in a direction of a first axis; a plurality of electric signal input sections arrayed along the first edge portion extending in a direction of a second axis intersecting with the first axis, each of the electric signal input sections being connected to one of the electrode portions of the modulators; an optical signal input section; and an optical signal output section provided in the second edge portion extending in the direction of the second axis. The modulators are arrayed in the direction of the second axis. In addition, the optical signal input section is provided in one of the second edge portion, the third edge portion, and the fourth edge portion. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133795 | SCATTERING DEVICE ON AN ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING - An optical device may include a substrate; an arrayed waveguide grating provided on the substrate and having first and second slabs; multiple first waveguides extending from the first slab, the multiple first waveguides may supply respective first optical signals to the first slab; multiple second waveguides extending from the second slab, the multiple second waveguides may supply respective second optical signals to the second slab; a third waveguide extending from the second slab, the third waveguide outputting a third optical signal from the second slab, the third optical signal including the first optical signals; a fourth waveguide extending from the first slab, the fourth waveguide may output a fourth optical signal from the first slab, the fourth optical signal including the second optical signals; and a first scattering device optically coupled to a portion of an edge of the first slab between the multiple first waveguides and the fourth waveguide. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133796 | Apparatus For Providing Polarization Rotation - Various embodiments provide a waveguide-based polarization rotator that comprises top and bottom claddings of substantially the same material. In some embodiments, the waveguide-based polarization rotator converts between Transverse Electric (TE) and Transverse Magnetic (TM) modes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133797 | Flip-chip optical interface with micro-lens array - An apparatus includes an optically opaque substrate, which includes first and second opposite surfaces and has one or more openings traversing through the substrate between the first and second surfaces. One or more optical transducers are attached to the first surface of the substrate so as to emit or detect light via the respective openings. One or more lenses are positioned against the respective openings on the second surface of the substrate, and are configured to couple the light between the optical transducers and respective optical fibers. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133798 | LIGHT SOURCE USING LASER DIODES - A light source includes a base, a first bonding layer, at least two laser diodes, a second bonding layer, a substrate, and a planer waveguide. The laser diodes are fixed to and are electrically connected to the base using the first bonding layer, and each of the laser diodes includes a side surface for emitting light. The substrate is fixed to the base using the second bonding layer. The waveguide is formed on the substrate and includes an output section including an output end and at least two input branches branching off from an end of the output section opposite to the output end. Each of the input branches includes an input end opposite to the output section and aligning with a respective one of the side surfaces of the at least two laser diodes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133799 | OPTICAL BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL MODULE - An optical board a substrate includes a plate-shaped resin including a first main plane and a second main plane, and an optical fiber receiving portion to receive an optical fiber, a first metal layer provided on the first main plane, and a second metal layer provided on the second main plane. The optical fiber receiving portion has a cavity structure, which penetrates in a thickness direction of the substrate between the first main plane and the second main plane, and the optical fiber is prevented from slipping out of the first main plane and the second main plane. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133800 | OPTICAL SWITCH CONTROL METHOD, OPTICAL SWITCH CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical switch control device includes a driving control unit ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140133801 | LIGHT RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - An optical receptacle includes a cylindrical optical fiber attaching section for attaching an end portion of an optical fiber, a cylindrical photoelectric conversion device attaching section for attaching a photoelectric conversion device having a light-receiving element, and a lens for optically coupling the end portion of the optical fiber and the light-receiving element. A face of the lens that faces the end portion of the optical fiber is formed into a planar face having a slope angle of 14 degrees to 16 degrees in relation to a virtual plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133802 | LIGHT RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - An optical receptacle is disposed between a photoelectric conversion device and an optical fiber, in which photoelectric conversion device a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element that receives monitor light for monitoring light emitted from the light-emitting element are mounted on substrate. Light of the light-emitting element that has been incident on a first surface is reflected by a first reflective surface, and then is separated by a light separating section into monitor light and light to be coupled with a fiber end. The monitor light is emitted from the first surface towards the light-receiving element side. The light to be coupled with the fiber end is emitted from a second surface towards the fiber end side. A traveling direction of the light reaching the second surface from the first reflective surface is maintained at a reflection direction of the first reflective surface. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133803 | FIBER OPTICS CONNECTORS - Optical multifiber connectors with multiple termination ferrules and multilens arrays are disclosed. In one aspect, an optical fiber connector includes a multilens array and at least one alignment post. The lenses protrude from a first surface of a transparent plate, and the least one alignment post protrudes from a second surface of the transparent plate opposites the first surface. The connector includes a first standoff frame disposed on the first surface and a second standoff frame disposed on the second surface. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133804 | HARDENED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR COMPATIBLE WITH HARDENED AND NON-HARDENED FIBER OPTIC ADAPTERS - A fiber optic connector and cable assembly includes a cable with one or more strength members secured to a connector that is connectable to both a hardened and a non-hardened fiber optic adapter. The cable can include multiple cable types with various shapes and strength member configurations. The connector includes a connector housing having a one-piece main body and a cover piece mounted thereon. The one-piece main body defines a plug portion compatible with the adapters. A ferrule assembly is mounted in the plug portion and biased outwardly by a spring. An insert within the connector housing includes a spring stop for holding the spring and a cable retention portion for securing the strength members of the cable. The spring stop and the cable retention portion can be included on a one-piece insert or they can separately be included on separate inserts. The cable retention portion of the insert and the cover piece can take various forms suited for a particular cable of a given fiber optic connector and cable assembly. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133805 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLING METHOD - An exemplary optical fiber connector includes a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides thereof, and a third surface connected between the first surface and the second surface. Two projections are formed on the first surface, and extend a same distance along a direction perpendicular to the first surface. The optical fiber connector defines a fixing recess extending from the second surface towards the first surface and being open at the third surface. The fixing recess has a first inner surface and a second inner surface. The first inner surface is parallel to the third surface. The second inner surface is parallel to the first surface. The first inner surface defines a number of receiving grooves. The optical fiber connector defines a number of receiving holes extending from the second inner surface to the first surface. The receiving holes are aligned and communicated with the receiving grooves, respectively. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133806 | MULTIPORT OPTICAL FIBER TERMINAL - A multiport optical fiber connection terminal with a compact footprint has a configuration that allows for easy accessibility and interconnection of cables, while providing several mounting options and including storage space within the terminal. The terminal may include cable connectors that are configured to allow for weather proof installation of pre-terminated fiber optic cables with the terminal ports. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133807 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE, RECEPTACLE HOUSING, OPTICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTER, AND ADAPTER HOUSING - An optical connector receptacle of the invention includes: a receptacle housing holding a ferrule; a flange protruding from an external surface of the receptacle housing; an elastic deformation portion extending from the flange along the external surface of the receptacle housing; and a locking protruding portion protruding from the elastic deformation portion to the opposite side of the external surface of the receptacle housing. The optical connector receptacle is attachable to an attachment wall by sandwiching a peripheral edge of an attachment hole of the attachment wall between the flange and the locking protruding portion. A state where the locking protruding portion is locked by the peripheral edge of the attachment hole of the attachment wall is releasable as a result of elastically deforming the elastic deformation portion to be directed to the external surface of the receptacle housing. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133808 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector and method for assembly and use are disclosed. The optical fiber connector is configured to have a small footprint so that the connector may be pushable or pullable through a conduit if use of a conduit may be needed. The connector may include a first number of connector components configured to fit through a conduit, and a second number of connector components that are configured to be installed to the first components, for example, after the connector is pushed or pulled through a conduit. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133809 | INTEGRATED AND SEALED OPTO-ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY - An opto-electronic device includes an optical engine module and an electrical socket. The optical engine module includes an optical engine, an optical transmission interface for coupling with an optical device and an electrical transmission interface, the electrical transmission interface having electrical pads. The electrical socket includes a plurality of BGA terminals, each terminal having a module-connecting end and a board-connecting end. The electrical transmission interface is removeably assembled in the electrical socket and the electrical pads contact the module-connecting ends of the electrical socket. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133810 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL CIRCUIT, CASSETTES, AND METHODS - A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133811 | OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - Embodiments of the invention are directed to an optical USB (OUSB) to enhance the data rate of USB by adding super-high data rate (e.g. 10 Gbps) optical communication on top of its current specification so that backward compatibility is achievable. Mechanical tolerances may be achieved by using embedded lenses to expand a beam emerging from the connector prior to entering its mating connector and using an identical lens in the mating connector to collimate the beam back onto a fiber. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133812 | COMPOSITION FOR JACKETING OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - A composition for jacketing an optical fiber including a modified PPE resin containing a polyphenylene ether resin and a thermoplastic resin compatible with the polyphenylene ether resin, and a non halogen-based flame retardant, in which a nitrogen compound is included as the non halogen-based flame retardant and the content of nitrogen element in the composition is in the range of 100000 to 300000 ppm as measured by an elementary analysis. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133813 | DYNAMIC CATERPULLER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BUFFER TUBES FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLES - A manufacturing line includes an extruder and a dynamic caterpuller system located after the extruder along the manufacturing line. During manufacturing, a fiber optic assembly is produced, where the fiber optic assembly includes a tube containing at least on optical fiber. The tube is extruded via the extruder and loaded via the dynamic caterpuller, which includes a closed pipe through which passes a liquid and the fiber optic assembly. The flow rate of the liquid is different than the speed of the fiber optic assembly through the pipe such that drag is imparted on the fiber optic assembly by the liquid. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133814 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - An apparatus for treating a hollow anatomical structure can include a light delivery device. The light delivery device comprises an optical fiber that is located in a lumen of a shaft suitable for insertion into the hollow anatomical structure and has a fiber tip located proximal of a distal end of the shaft during treatment of the hollow anatomical structure. The apparatus can further include a liquid source for providing a liquid flow over the optical fiber at a predetermined liquid flow rate. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133815 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF COHERENT FREQUENCY COMBS - Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for phase correlated seeding of parametric mixer and for generating coherent frequency combs. The parametric mixer may use two phase-correlated optical waves with different carrier frequencies to generate new optical waves centered at frequencies differing from the input waves, while retaining the input wave coherent properties. In the case when parametric mixer is used to generate frequency combs with small frequency pitch, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves can be achieved by electro-optical modulator and a single master laser. In the case when frequency comb possessing a frequency pitch that is larger than frequency modulation that can be affected by electro-optic modulator, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves is achieved by combined use of an electro-optical modulator and injection locking to a single or multiple slave lasers. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133816 | Holey Fiber - A holey fiber includes a core portion and a cladding portion in which holes located in the outer periphery of the core portion and arranged around the core portion in layers, and a low refractive index layer having an internal diameter that is equal to or larger than four times a mode field radius of light in the core portion and having a refractive index lower than the core portion are formed. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133817 | Coupled Waveguide Apparatus and Structures Therefor - Planar waveguide apparatus provides a waveguide at least partially overlying a passive buried rib waveguide for coupling optical radiation there between. The overlying waveguide has at least one tapered section, the width of the taper determining the degree of coupling between the waveguides at points along the tapered section. The overlying waveguide may have an active core region. The passive buried rib may have one or more unguided sections below electrically driven regions of the active waveguide to avoid parasitic modes and/or may provide a grating for use as a filter or feedback. Variations include a branched passive waveguide for coupling to two or more overlying waveguides and two or more aligned and active overlying waveguides coupling to one passive waveguide, there being a break in a shared core region of the active waveguides to provide electrical isolation between them. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133818 | OPTICAL FIBER FIXING DEVICE - An optical fiber fixing device includes a substrate, a first cover, a second cover, a first buffer, a second buffer, a first locking element, and a second locking element. The substrate includes a loading surface having a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion each define receiving grooves for receiving the optical fibers. The first cover and the second cover are rotatably connected to two opposite ends of the substrate. The first buffer is fixed to the first cover, and presses the optical fibers in the receiving grooves of the first receiving portion. The second buffer is fixed to the second cover, and presses the optical fibers in the receiving grooves of the second receiving portion. The first locking element locks the first cover and the substrate together. The second locking element locks the second cover and the substrate together. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133819 | Cable Management Panel with Sliding Drawer - An optical fiber cable management panel is provided with slidable drawers and structure within the drawers for cable management and/or connection to other devices. Tray inserts drop into the drawers to provide the appropriate management and connection devices. A movable take-up mechanism manages the cable entering and exiting the drawers at side openings. Stackable pivoting storage trays on the tray insert include a detent arrangement for holding each tray in a pivoted access position. The tray inserts further include a front key, and a back tab mounting arrangement for mounting the tray inserts to the drawers, and side radius limiters including notches for extending over raised portions of the drawer. The take-up mechanism includes a U-shaped trough section and cable retention tabs. A control mechanism is provided for controlling movement of the take-up mechanism relative to the drawer. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133820 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING MODULE - A telecommunications module includes a main housing portion and a cover, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall when mounted on the main housing portion. An optical component located within the module receives an input signal from a signal input location of the housing and outputs an output signal toward a signal output location on the front wall. The telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be either on the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing. The cover defines a protrusion extending from the second sidewall toward the main housing portion, the protrusion being selectively breakable to expose a recess on the front wall of the main housing portion that defines a signal input location. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133821 | Fiber Optic Connector Adapter - A fiber optic adapter includes a mounting block having a first opening and a through opening extending into the mounting block from the first opening with a seat for receiving a body portion of a fiber optic connector and at least one flexible projection with a first end defining an aperture that is smaller than the first opening. The at least one flexible projection is configured to flex away from a rest position and away from a longitudinal axis of the through opening to allow the body portion of the fiber optic connector to reach the seat and configured to return toward the rest position when the fiber optic connector reaches the seat and to substantially prevent the removal of the fiber optic connector in a direction opposite its insertion direction when the at least one flexible projection is in the rest position. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133822 | ROTATABLE FURCATION ASSEMBLY - A rotatable furcation assembly for furcating optical fibers of a multi-fiber fiber-optic cable to form multiple connecting cables is disclosed. The furcation assembly includes a furcation plug having a central, longitudinal axis and an interior sized to accommodate the furcation of the optical fibers. The furcation assembly also has a clip member with a holding feature and at least one mounting feature. The holding feature has a truncated tubular body that holds the furcation plug such that the furcation plug can axially rotate. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133823 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE INLET DEVICE - An inlet device is described herein for inserting a telecommunication cable into a telecommunications enclosure. The inlet device includes a housing, a retainer clip attached to the housing and a compression member. The housing can include a compressible portion at the second end of the housing. The retainer clip can secure the inlet device in a close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE GEO-TAGGED VIDEOS OF A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION - A master-slave video playback interface in which a master video player is time based, and a slave video player displays a second video georeferenced to the first, e.g., the georeferenced frames of the second video in closest proximity to those being shown on the master player. The invention allows more efficient simultaneous viewing of multiple geo-tagged videos acquired at a singular geographical location, to compare videos, for example, collected on an oil or gas pipeline Right Of Way (ROW) at different times to monitor encroaching threats to pipeline integrity. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133825 | COLLECTIVELY AGGREGATING DIGITAL RECORDINGS - Digital recordings of an event are collectively aggregated to improve the quality of the recordings. A user recording of an event by a user recording device is evaluated to determine a subject and quality of the user recording. Other recording devices in the vicinity of the user recording device that are recording the same subject concurrently are identified to expand the capabilities of the user recording device through crowdsourcing. An aspect of recordings from the other recording devices is analyzed to determine if it is superior in quality to the user recording according to crowdsourced quality assessments. Feedback is sent to the user recording device to expand the capabilities of the user recording device and to improve the quality of the user recording. All recordings of the event are pooled to create a higher quality composite recording using digital improvement techniques and the composite recording is offered for download. | 2014-05-15 |
20140133826 | INTELLIGENT RECORDING - An audio/video recording method and system is provided. The method includes analyzing audio/video presentation capabilities for audio/video presentation devices and formats of a first group of broadcast audio/video files associated with the broadcast audio/video data. Results of the analyses are compared and in response a first audio/video file is selected from the first group of broadcast audio/video files. The first audio/video file includes a first format requiring a first amount of storage space within a storage device of the audio/video recording device. The first format is associated with the audio/video presentation capabilities of a first audio/video presentation device and the first audio/video file is recorded. | 2014-05-15 |