24th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090148075 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL - A computer-implemented method and system for ensuring quality control over a group of test reports comprising identifying a plurality of areas within a test report that contain data elements, performing optical character recognition on the plurality of areas for each test report in the group of test reports to generate text corresponding to the content in the areas, comparing the content in the areas to corresponding data in a data file from a trusted source, and creating an output report based on the result of the comparison. The test reports may indicate educational test score results and personal identification information for test takers. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148076 | COLLAPSIBLE BAG - A collapsible bag includes a main body, a flexible cover member, and a hand strap. The main body includes an opening, a first sidewall located at one side thereof a second sidewall located at another side oppose side to the first sidewall, and a first female adhesive member mounted to an external side of the first sidewall. The cover member has a male adhesive member mounted to one side thereof for adhesive connection with the first female adhesive member while the cover member is turned to the first sidewall to seal the opening of the main body. The hand strap is fixed to the main body. The main body further has a second female adhesive member mounted to an external side of the second sidewall thereof for connection with the male adhesive member while the main body is folded to fasten the folded main body. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148077 | CONTAINER FOR RECYCLABLE AND OTHER MATERIALS - There is provided a container including: framing elements connected to the bottom of the container, projecting upwards from the bottom towards the top and being symmetric about a transverse plane that transects the bottom and top defining a front and back section of the container; fabric material connected to the framing elements; a closure mechanism for selectively closing the open top comprising: a primary flap for covering the top hingedly connected at the top to the back section and operable between a closed and open position, the primary flap covering the top and being under elastic tension when in a closed position and exposing the top and being free of the elastic tension when in an open position; and a first handle operatively connected to the primary flap for snappingly engaging an open position thereof; and a second handle disposed in the front section for handling and transporting the container. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148078 | STOWAGE POUCH - A compact, two-sided, lightweight, stretchable, tri-fold pouch for outdoor use. The fabric is waterproof on one side and soft on the other side. The pouch protects items placed inside the pouch as well as items packed adjacent the pouch. The waterproof fabric may be on the inside or the outside of the pouch. The pouch elasticity permits tight encapsulation of stowed items and the accommodation of large, rigid items. The pouch may be carried in pockets, worn with belts or straps through loops on the pouch, attached to other objects, or placed inside other containers. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148079 | Beverage Container and Dispensing System - A resilient unitary beverage container comprises a body portion, a ring portion, and a lid portion. In one embodiment, the body portion comprises a fluid reception cavity and has a first thickness. The ring portion is integrated to the body portion and comprises a second thickness. The lid portion comprises a spout and an opening, with the lid portion having a third thickness and also being integrated to the ring portion. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148080 | One-way zip-locking closure - A one-way, zip-locking closure for bag-type containers that include slider zipper arrangements. The locking mechanism includes a series of registration structures that is provided along one side of the mouth of the containers and a catch mechanism that is provided within the slider. The catch mechanism engages the series of registration structures as the slider is moved to close the mouth of the container, and thereby prevents movement of the slider in the opposite direction. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148081 | Recloseable Bag - The invention relates to a recloseable packaging comprising: | 2009-06-11 |
20090148082 | TOOL SPINDLE DEVICE - In a tool spindle device, a tool head is slidably guided along guide members on a support table and is movable by a tool head feed mechanism. A tool spindle with a machining tool such as grinding wheel attached thereto is rotatably supported through antifriction bearings in the tool head. A lubrication mechanism is provided in the tool head for lubricating the antifriction bearings with oil air or oil mist. A space section is formed between the support table and the tool head to house the tool head feed mechanism and the guide members therein. A release passage is provided for releasing the oil air or the oil mist after lubricating the antifriction bearings, into the first space section therethrough to lubricate the tool head feed mechanism and the guide members housed in the space section. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148083 | MOVEMENT GUIDING DEVICE FOR VACUUM ENVIRONMENT - A movement guiding device for a vacuum environment is provided so that the device is able to suppress a base oil vaporized in the vacuum environment from leaking to the outside. The movement guiding device for a vacuum environment according to the present invention comprises a track member ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148084 | Fluid Dynamic Bearing Device - A fluid dynamic bearing device equipped with a shaft member of high strength and capable of maintaining high bearing performance is provided at low cost. A shaft blank ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148085 | Bearings - According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of manufacturing a bearing comprising the steps of providing a bearing housing incorporating a recess therein, the recess comprising a cup section shaped to receive part of a bearing member and a conforming section, extending from the cup section and incorporating the open end of the recess, the conforming section meeting the cup section at a transition boundary, inserting a pre-formed, continuous, liner through the open end to sit in the recess, the liner being chosen to approximately conform to the initial shape of the recess when inserted therein, inserting a bearing member into the recess through the open end such that the liner is positioned in between the surfaces of the bearing member and recess, deforming the bearing housing in such a way that the recess and liner each conform to the shape of the bearing member and the area of the open end of the recess is reduced in size to prevent removal of the bearing member from the housing during normal use of the bearing. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148086 | FAN AND ROTOR OF MOTOR THEREOF - A rotor of a motor includes a shaft, a magnetically conductive shell and a connecting element. The shaft has a groove formed at one end of the shaft. The central portion of a top wall of the magnetically conductive shell has at least one extending portion disposed adjacent to the groove, and at least one part of the extending portion is radially projected onto the groove. The connecting element connects the end of the shaft and the extending portion of the magnetically conductive shell. A fan including above-mentioned rotor is also disclosed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148087 | Rolling bearing and rolling bearing assembly - There is provided a rolling bearing including an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface, an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface and a shoulder portion formed on one axial side of the outer ring raceway surface, a plurality of rolling elements which roll between the inner ring raceway surface and the outer ring raceway surface, and a cage adapted to hold the plurality of rolling elements at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and having a guided surface which confronts the shoulder portion of the outer ring in such a manner as to be brought into sliding contact therewith. The rotation of the cage is guided through sliding contact of the guided surface of the cage with a guiding surface of the shoulder portion of the outer ring. A guiding space which is a radial space between the guiding surface of the shoulder portion of the outer ring and the guided surface of the cage is made to increase as approaching the rolling elements. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148088 | Lubricator for Rolling Bearings - The object is to provide a lubricator for rolling bearings which is also capable of cooling the inner ring and which can reduce the resistance of cooling oil when the oil is agitated during high-speed rotation of the bearing. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148089 | BEARING SEAL AND SWING DEVICE - A bearing seal includes an outer seal easily displaceable in the radial direction, an inner ring as a ring-shaped rigid portion not extendable in the radial direction, an inner seal having a seal lip, and an outer ring arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the outer seal, in which the spring constant of the inner seal is set to be larger than the spring constant of the outer seal. The sealing performance between the inner seal and the pin is ensured by using the ring-shaped rigid portion as a boundary. When the pin is displaced in the radial direction, the ring-shaped rigid portion is integrally displaced with the pin via the inner seal, and the displacement of the ring-shaped rigid portion can be absorbed by the outer seal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148090 | Stamped inner or outer races - An inner race or and outer race, including: a first annular portion with a first radial surface at a first end of the race; and a second annular portion formed from a same piece of material as the first portion, at least partially in contact with the first portion, the second portion having a second radial surface at the first end of the race, the second radial surface separate from the first radial surface at the first end of the race. In one embodiment, the first and second radial surfaces are substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis for the race. The inner race includes a third annular portion disposed at a second end of the race, opposite the first end, and formed from the same piece of material. The first and second annular portions extend from the third annular portion to the first end of the race. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148091 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has a double row angular ball bearing including double rows of ball groups. A pitch circle diameter of the double row ball group of the outer side is larger than a pitch circle diameter of the double row ball group of the inner side. The outer member is made of medium carbon steel including carbon of 0.40˜0.80% by weight. It is hardened by high frequency induction quenching so that each of the outer raceway surfaces is formed with a hardened layer having a surface hardness of 58˜64 HRC. The effective depth of hardened layer is set at at least 2 mm. The minimum wall thickness of the outer member at these outer raceway surfaces is set at at least 4 mm. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148092 | Bearing apparatus - An outer ring is provided with a key groove radially extending from an inner diameter to an outer diameter on an end surface thereof. A key member includes an annular body, an inwardly projecting part which is provided on an inner periphery of the annular body and adapted to be inserted into the key groove of the outer ring, and an outwardly projecting part which is provided on an outer periphery of the annular body and adapted to be inserted into a key groove of an axle box. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148093 | ADJUSTABLE ANTIFRICTION BEARING ARRANGEMENT - A shaft is supported in a housing on the front and rear antifriction bearings that are mounted in opposition. The front bearing has an outer race provided with an external thread that engages an internal thread within the housing. That outer race is fitted with a locking ring that is engaged to turn the race and thereby bring the front and rear bearings to a desired setting. The locking ring has a flange that lies along a radially directed face of the housing, and once the bearings achieve a desired setting, a screw is extended through the flange and into the housing to secure the locking ring and the outer race against rotation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148094 | DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER OPTICAL MODULATOR - Various embodiments described herein comprises an optoelectronic device comprising a waveguide structure including a plurality of optical modulator elements each having an optical property that is adjustable upon application of an electrical signal so as to modulate light guided in the waveguide structure. The optoelectronic device also comprises a plurality of amplifiers in distributed fashion. Each amplifier is electrically coupled to one of the optical modulators to apply electrical signals to the optical modulator. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL BEAM STEERING USING NANOWIRES AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - An apparatus and a method for steering optical frequency beams using nanowire. A method includes providing one or more nanowire waveguide arrays, generating an optical frequency beam, wherein the optical frequency beam is incident on the one or more nanowire waveguide arrays, controlling the one or more nanowire waveguide arrays to produce a phase delay in the optical frequency beam as it traverses the nanowire waveguide array, wherein the phase delay causes the optical frequency beam to deflect upon exiting the one or more nanowire waveguide arrays, and steering the optical frequency beam exiting the one or more nanowire waveguide arrays by increasing or decreasing the phase delay, wherein the angle of deflection of the exiting optical frequency beam is determined by the amount of phase delay. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148096 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICE - An optical interconnection device is provided. The optical interconnection device includes an optical component and a substrate on which the optical component is surface-mounted. The substrate includes: an optical waveguide which is formed in the substrate and which includes a core layer, and a cladding layer covering the core layer; and an optical path changing portion provided adjacent to one end portion of the optical waveguide to change an optical path of light transmitted through the optical waveguide or an optical path of light communicated by the optical component. A width of the core layer is broadened toward the optical path changing portion, when viewed from a plane which is parallel with a surface of the substrate. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148097 | Plasmon router - A variety of structures, methods, systems, and configurations can support plasmons for routing. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148098 | DEVICE FOR COUPLING RADIATION INTO OR OUT OF AN OPTICAL FIBRE - A device for coupling multimode pump light and a laser signal into or out of a cladding-pumped fibre laser is disclosed, comprising an output optical fibre, a substantially un-tapered feed-through optical fibre, an annular waveguide having a tapered section, and a plurality of multimode pump fibres such that: the signal feed-through fibre is located within the annular waveguide; the signal feed-through fibre is fused into the annular waveguide in the tapered section so that the annular waveguide becomes an additional cladding layer of the feed-through fibre; the end of the feed-through fibre that is fused into the annular waveguide is optically coupled to the output optical fibre; the multimode pump fibres are optically coupled to the annular waveguide in the un-tapered section. Methods of forming the device are also disclosed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148099 | OPTICAL LINK MODULE, OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSOR INCLUDING THE OPTICAL LINK MODULE, SIGNAL TRANSFER METHOD, PRISM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PRISM - An optical link module of the present invention for connecting light beams by deflection and including light-emitting devices arranged in a planar manner; an optical fiber bundle that is an optical waveguide for receiving the light beams from the light-emitting devices, and an optical turn which includes a plurality of aspherical lenses which are disposed between the light-emitting devices and the optical fiber bundle and are formed while corresponding to the number of the light-emitting devices and the number of optical fibers. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148100 | Aligner Apparatus for Connecting Optical Waveguides - Apparatus which adjusts an optical connection between a waveguide and an optical interconnection component that launches light into the waveguide or receives light emitted from the waveguide. The apparatus includes: an excitation light element emitting light that causes the waveguide to fluoresce into the waveguide via the optical interconnection component; an observation unit that observes the waveguide from a side face, different from the end face into which light is launched into the waveguide or light having propagated through the waveguide is emitted, and which receives fluorescent light emitted by the waveguide; and a connection adjusting component that adjusts the optical connection between the optical interconnection component and the waveguide based on the intensity of the fluorescent light received at the light observing section. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148101 | Hardened Fiber Optic Connection System with Multiple Configurations - A fiber optic connection system includes a ruggedized fiber optic adapter and a ruggedized fiber optic connector and can further include a standard fiber optic connector (e.g., an SC connector), a pre-existing ruggedized fiber optic adapter, a first converter for converting the standard fiber optic connector to be compatible with the ruggedized fiber optic adapter, a second converter for converting the ruggedized fiber optic connector to be compatible with the pre-existing ruggedized fiber optic adapter, and a standard fiber optic adapter (e.g., an SC adapter). The ruggedized fiber optic connector is compatible with the ruggedized fiber optic adapter and with the standard fiber optic adapter. To retain the various connectors within the various adapters, various retention members and features (e.g. threaded retention members and latches) can be included in the fiber optic connection system. The first converter includes a converter housing that is sized to fit over a connector body of the standard fiber optic connector and retention shoulders of the connector body engage the converter housing. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148102 | Hardened Fiber Optic Connector Compatible with Hardened and Non-Hardened Fiber Optic Adapters - A fiber optic connector is disclosed for use with both a hardened fiber optic adapter and a non-hardened fiber optic adapter. The connector includes a connector housing having an end defining a plug portion. The plug portion includes first and second sets of retaining features for retaining the connector. The first and second retaining feature sets retain the connector within the hardened and unhardened adapters respectively. A threaded member can be included on the connector to threadingly engage and connect the connector to the hardened adapter. A sliding lock can be included on the connector to lock the connector to the non-hardened adapter when slid into a locking position. The sliding lock can be mounted to the threaded member. The sliding lock can include protrusions that engage and lock the non-hardened adapter when in the locking position thereby locking the non-hardened adapter to the connector. The sliding lock can include a positioning latch to maintain it in the locking position. The positioning latch can maintain the locking position by engaging the first set of retaining features on the plug portion. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148103 | Hardened Fiber Optic Connector and Cable Assembly with Multiple Configurations - 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. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148104 | Hardened Fiber Optic Connection System - A fiber optic connector and a fiber optic adapter are disclosed that are manually connectable and disconnectable with each other by a slideable latching means. The fiber optic connector includes an end defining a plug portion. The plug portion holds a ferrule and also directly engages a port on the fiber optic adapter. The plug portion includes a protrusion which also forms a latch catch. The port of the fiber optic adapter includes a flexible retention latch within a slot. The slot engages the protrusion and thus rotationally aligns the fiber optic connector and adapter. The flexible retention latch snaps into and out of the latch catch when the plug portion of the fiber optic connector is slid into and out of the port of the fiber optic adapter thus providing the slideable latching means. Angled retaining surfaces are provided on the retention latch and the latch catch that engage each other. Angles defining the angled retaining surfaces are chosen to provide desired holding and release characteristics. A sealing means and a threaded connection means are also provided between the fiber optic adapter and connector. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148105 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL PLUG AND RECEPTACLE - A combination fiber optic and electrical connector and a plug for mating therewith are both provided. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148106 | LINE-SIDE OUT-OF-BAND ELECTRICAL INTERFACE FOR OPTOELECTRONIC MODULES - Electrical connections from the printed circuit board (“PCB”) of an optoelectronic device through the front or line-side of the device enable a microcontroller or other component on the PCB to electrically communicate with an optical connector or other line-side device. The electrical connections can be integrated within a lead frame and trace structure providing mechanical support for the electrical connections and the PCB, with each electrical connection including a PCB-side contact and a line-side contact supported by the integrated structure. Alternately, the electrical connections can be integrated within one or more flex circuits. The optical connector can include traces and contacts configured to be electrically coupled to corresponding line-side contacts when the optical connector is received within the device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148107 | CONNECTOR - A connector which makes it easy to view light from a light source. A light guide | 2009-06-11 |
20090148108 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical transceiver includes a printed-circuit board, an optical module that converts a received optical signal into an electrical signal and converts an electrical signal into a optical signal, and transmits the converted signal, the optical module being mounted on the printed-circuit board, and an edge connector that inputs and outputs the electrical signal, the edge connector being mounted on the printed-circuit board. In the optical transceiver, at least an edge portion of the edge connector is formed in a direction roughly perpendicular to the optical signal transmitted/received at the optical module, and the printed-circuit board is removably connected to the host substrate through the edge connecter in such a manner that the printed-circuit is roughly perpendicular to the host substrate to be connected. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148109 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector for splicing a rear end of a pre-assembled optical fiber that is mounted within an optical ferrule with a tip of a second optical fiber is provided. The optical connector includes a connector body and an anchor mechanism for anchoring the second optical fiber to the connector body. The anchor mechanism includes a holder for holding the second optical fiber, and connecting portion which anchors the holder to the connector body. The length of the second optical fiber from the holder to the tip is longer than the distance from the holder to the rear end of the pre-assembled optical fiber. The rear end of the pre-assembled optical fiber is a curved convex end surface or an end with a diameter-reducing portion, and is PC-connectable to the tip of the second optical fiber. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148110 | OPTICAL FIBER FOR PUMPING AND METHOD - A fiber optic cable includes at least one optic fiber; and a buoyancy modifying coating on the at least one optic fiber, the coating comprising at least one microballoon and a matrix material. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148111 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT - An optical waveguide element includes: an optical waveguide including an organic non-linear optical material; a first electrode arranged on one surface side of the optical waveguide; a second electrode arranged on another surface side of the optical waveguide; a protective member disposed on the second electrode, the protective member including (i) a third electrode which is provided on a first surface of the protective member, the first surface facing the second electrode, the third electrode being electrically connected to the second electrode, (ii) a fourth electrode which is provided on a second surface of the protective member, the second surface opposing the first surface, and (iii) a conductive portion which penetrates through the protective member from the first surface to the second surface, and electrically connects the third electrode and the fourth electrode. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148112 | OPTICAL FIBER - A silica-based optical fiber includes a core and a cladding that is formed on an outer circumference of the core. The core includes three or more layers including a layer doped with at least one of germanium and fluorine, and a concentration of the germanium or the fluorine in each of the layers is controlled in such a manner that a Brillouin gain spectral peak is spread into a plurality of peaks on a Brillouin gain spectrum. With this scheme, an optical fiber is provided, which has stable characteristics in the longitudinal direction, and which has a high SBS threshold so that generation of the SBS can be effectively suppressed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148113 | Large Effective Area Optical Fiber - An optical fiber comprising: (i) a glass core ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148114 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional photonic crystal includes a structure that includes first, second, third, and fourth layers in this order. The structure of each layer includes a flat surface as one end surface, and first, second, and third structural portions. The first structural portion has a first width along the flat surface and a first height from the flat surface. The second structural portion has a second width larger than the first width and a second height larger than the first height. The third structural portion has a width and a height that continuously or stepwise change in the extending direction of the structure. The flat surface at the structural portion of one of two adjacent layers in the first layer to the fourth layer contacts a surface opposite to the flat surface at the second structural portion of the other of the two adjacent layers. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148115 | WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE - A waveguide structure is provided. The waveguide structure includes: a slot channel waveguide including first and second patterns, which are spaced apart from each other to define a slot; a first upper layer covering at least a portion of the slot channel waveguide; and a second upper layer covering the remaining portion of the slot channel waveguide. A thermo-optic coefficient (TOC) of the channel waveguide times a TOC of the second upper layer is a negative number. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148116 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOUSING SLOTS, WIRING CHANGE UNIT AND WIRING METHOD - An intra-housing optical communication system includes card slots | 2009-06-11 |
20090148117 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COUPLING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - The invention relates to a method and a device ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148118 | Mini Drop Terminal - A terminal for mounting to a fiber distribution cable includes a housing having a base and a cover. The cover is connectedly engaged with the base. The terminal further includes a plurality of adapters disposed on the cover. A fiber routing tray having a top panel and a bottom panel is disposed in an interior cavity. The fiber routing tray includes a storage space defined between the top and bottom panels for storing a length of optical fiber. A method for installing a terminal includes providing a terminal having a housing defining an interior cavity. A cable is pulled from the interior cavity of the housing. The cable is spliced to a fiber distribution cable with a splice. The cable is inserted back into the interior cavity. A spliced end of the cable, a spliced end of the fiber distribution cable and the splice are inserted in a retention device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148119 | Fiber Optic Drop Terminals for Multiple Dwelling Units - There is provided fiber drop terminals (“FDTs”) and related equipment for providing selective connections between optical fibers of distribution cables and optical fibers of drop cables, such as in multiple dwelling units. The FDTs require relatively little area and/or volume while providing convenient connectivity for a relatively large number of optical connections. The FDTs include adapters for optically connecting the connectors, and the adapters of some FDTs are adapted to rotate, move, or otherwise be removed to provide convenient access for technicians. Some FDTs and the related equipment are adapted for use with microstructured optical fiber having preferred bend characteristics. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148120 | FIBER DROP TERMINAL - A drop terminal includes an enclosure having a housing and a base attached to the housing. The housing includes an outer surface containing a plurality of receptacles and cooperatively defines an inner cavity with the base. The drop terminal further includes a splitter incorporated into the enclosure. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148121 | DETACHABLE FIBER HOLDER PLATFORM AND ASSEMBLY - A fiber holder platform includes a support, a clamp configured to secure a cable to the support, and a securing mechanism configured to detachably secure the platform to a fiber holder and alternatively to a heat oven. A fiber holder assembly includes the fiber holder platform and the fiber holder, in a detachable or integral configuration. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148122 | IDENTIFYING BROADCAST CONTENT - In a broadcast system ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148123 | Data transmission apparatus and data transmission method - A data processing apparatus receives files reproduced from a recording medium, the recording medium having recorded thereon an AV stream file and a PlayList file specifying a method of reproducing the AV stream file. The PlayList file is received. The received PlayList file and additional information associated with the PlayList file are recorded to a management information file for managing the PlayList file. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148124 | Distributed Automatic Recording of Live Event - Methods and systems for processing multimedia content captured from a plurality of locations via one or more capturing devices include obtaining multimedia content from one or more capturing devices. The capturing devices identify a type of content being captured and/or location of capture. An interest type for multimedia content is obtained from a consuming user. The multimedia content from the capturing devices are searched based on the interest type of the consuming user. A subset of the multimedia content conforming to the interest type is presented in substantial real-time at the receiving devices of the consuming users. Feedback regarding the presented multimedia content is obtained from consuming users and communicated to the capturing devices in substantial real-time so as to influence future capture of multimedia content. The methods also include receiving a request for recording a live event wherein the request provides one or more recording preferences including one or more requester preferences for recording the live event. The request is dynamically matched to one or more generating users who have expressed intentions for recording the live event. The generating users are associated with one or more capturing devices that are configured to record the live event based on the recording preferences of the request. The request is then forwarded to the matched one or more generating users for recording the live event. User interactions at the recordings are monitored and fed back to the generating users for further refining the recordings. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING A MEDIA ARCHIVE FROM CONTENT ON A RECORDING MEDIUM - A media player may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include a media analysis component to identify one or more valid portions of the recording medium containing media content and one or more invalid portions of the recording medium without media content. In one embodiment, the media player includes an archival component to store the media content from the one or more valid portions in a storage medium and a playback component to play back the one or more valid portions of the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the identification of the one or more valid portions by the media analysis component and the storage of the media content by the archival component. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148126 | Moving Image Editing System and Moving Image Editing Method - A moving image editing method uses a recorder apparatus and an editor apparatus. The recorder apparatus records into a recording unit by use of a file format in which index data, which includes the reproduction information of the data of the frames of moving image data, is written after that data of the frames of the moving image data. According to the moving image editing method, while the data of the frames of the moving image data being recorded into the recording unit, the index data related to the data of frames already written in the editor apparatus is transferred from the recorder apparatus to the editor apparatus. The editor apparatus reads, based on the index data, the data of the frames of the writing file so as to perform a real time edition of the moving image data. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148127 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MEDIA PRODUCT - A system for creating a customized video may include a memory, a portable structure, one or more props, a camera and a computing device. The memory may be configured to store a digital representation of a scene from action footage of a sporting event. The portable structure may be configured to provide a location to reenact the scene. The structure may include a surface of the structure comprising a monochromatic material. The one or more props may be related to the scene. The camera may be configured to record a reenacted scene inside the structure. The computing device may be configured to merge the reenacted scene with the scene from the action footage to create a customized video in which the monochromatic material is replaced by the action footage. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148128 | Audiovisual information data processing apparatus - An audiovisual information data processing apparatus includes: data forming means for forming content list data representing lists concerning audiovisual information data stored in a hard disk drive; image display means for performing image display for the lists; attribute information detecting means for detecting, for the audiovisual information data included in the lists, the reproduction limitation information; reproduction limited data recognizing means for recognizing audiovisual information data, which comes into a state in which reproduction limitation functions, of the audiovisual information data included in the lists as reproduction limited data with reference to the detected reproduction limitation information; and image display control means for setting a display portion concerning the audiovisual information data, which is recognized as the reproduction limited data in the image display for the lists, as a portion where specific display is performed. The audiovisual information data processing apparatus can recognize promptly and easily that the audiovisual information data come into the state in which limitation represented by the reproduction limitation information functions. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148129 | AUDIO VISUAL DEVICE - First, in step S | 2009-06-11 |
20090148130 | RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A program extraction engine | 2009-06-11 |
20090148131 | Systems and Methods of Reducing Media Stream Delay Through Independent Decoder Clocks - In one embodiment, a method of reducing video delay in a program stream comprises: setting an audio reference clock to an initial value based on a presentation timestamp for a frame that is the first decodable frame in the audio stream; setting a video reference clock to an initial value based on a presentation timestamp for a frame that is the first decodable frame in the video stream; starting audio and video reference clocks responsive to the later of a minimum buffer fill delay and receipt of a frame that is the first entire decodable frame in the video stream; decoding the audio stream in accordance with the audio reference clock; and decoding the video stream in accordance with the video reference clock. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148132 | INFERENTIAL PROCESSING TO ASCERTAIN PLURAL LEVELS OF PICTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES - Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148133 | Content playback apparatus - A content playback apparatus obtains and plays a content section from content according to an obtaining method that varies. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148134 | Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method - To store TS packet in an external memory connected via an external IF unit at the time shift reproduction time, a buffer for storage is provided at a previous stage and a buffer for reproduction is provided at a subsequent stage. When the data storage in the external memory runs out as the time shift reproduction proceeds, a time shift data managing unit executes a temporary time shift by the buffer for storage and the buffer for reproduction capable of reading and writing at a higher speed than the external memory without mediation of the external memory and then the time shift reproduction mode is changed to the general reproduction mode by a demultiplex mode control unit. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148135 | Television Apparatus - The present invention provides a television apparatus that can reproduce and show a program when the program is stopped without a user performing troublesome operations even when the user is occupied with a sudden phone call or an unexpected visitor while he/she is watching television. A volume comparator starts recording of the program, which is currently being watched, by using a recording apparatus when a set volume value is lower than a threshold value or is set to a sound cancelling mode. Also, when a newly set volume value is higher than the threshold value or the sound cancelling is released, the volume comparator stops the display of the program that is currently being watched and starts reproducing display of the recorded program by returning to the recording start time point. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148136 | INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148137 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - When scenes of a story are divided and dubbed to a plurality of recording media, the recording media are added with information about a total number of recording media used and sequential numbers of the recording media. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148138 | Method for controlling an electric motor by using the PWM Technique - A method for controlling an electric motor by using the PWM technique; the control method includes the steps of: applying to the clamps of the electric motor an electric voltage varying in time, which displays a square waveform and consists of a sequence of pulses having a uniform wave period and a variable amplitude; adjusting the average value of the electric voltage applied to the clamps of the electric motor by varying the amplitude of the pulses of the electric voltage; determining, in the case of a variation of the amplitude of the pulses, the overall required amplitude variation; subdividing the overall required amplitude variation in a determined number of partial variations, the overall sum of which is equivalent to the overall required amplitude variation; and gradually varying the amplitude of the pulses of the electric voltage by applying in a sequence a corresponding partial variation to each pulse, so that the difference between the amplitude of a pulse and the amplitude of a following pulse is equivalent to the corresponding partial variation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148139 | Method of Operating Drill with Solid State Speed Control - A method of operating a hand power tool in one embodiment includes generating a variable speed control signal with a solid state switch that corresponds to a selected speed for a motor, generating a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal corresponding to the variable speed control signal, generating H-bridge driving signals for an H-bridge circuit in correspondence with the PWM signal, and selectively coupling a motor to a power source using the H-bridge circuit in accordance with the H-bridge driving signals. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148140 | Electronic Device for Regulating the Voltage Across a High-Side Load - The invention relates to an electronic control device for regulating the voltage across a high-side load, especially for regulating a fan in a motor vehicle, with a control voltage (V | 2009-06-11 |
20090148141 | CONSOLE ELECTRIC HEATER WITH PLENUM - A portable electric heater possessing characteristics similar to a portable electric oil filled heater absent the use oil and its associated manufacturing and environmental problems. The device includes an electric heater, a rotatable plenum and an external housing providing space saving characteristics. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148142 | USB-POWERED AIR FRESHENER - A volatile liquid emitting device, comprising an electrical heating element and a reservoir of volatile liquid, liquid and heating element being disposed in a heating relationship to each other and the heating element receiving electricity from an integral USB connector, the volatilised liquid passing into the atmosphere through a membrane that is impermeable to the liquid but permeable to the vapour thereof. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148143 | Fluid warming cassette and system capable of operation under negative pressure - A fluid warming cassette for use in a fluid warming system includes a first sheet, a second sheet and a flexible spacer having a serpentine opening. At least one of the first and second sheets is a flexible plastic sheet. The spacer is positioned between the first and second sheets and the first and second sheets are joined together over the spacer to form a fluid container having a fluid channel. The fluid container includes a fluid channel with inlet and outlet ports in fluid communication with the fluid channel. The fluid warming cassette is capable of operating under negative pressure without collapse of the fluid channel in the cassette. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148144 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER - A photographing apparatus includes a third optical group arranged between a second optical group and an iris, and to stabilize hand tremor, and the third optical group is moved along a sphere that has a center based on a predetermined point on an optical axis. As a result, a photographing apparatus has an efficient hand tremor stabilization. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148145 | SHAKE DETECTOR - A shake detector includes: a shake detection unit that detects an amount of shake, and outputs a shake detection signal and a reference signal; a signal processing unit that amplifies and smoothes the shake detection signal and the reference signal, and outputs the shake detection signal as a signal used in subsequent processing; an adjustment unit that outputs an adjustment signal for adjusting an output signal from the signal processing unit; and a control operation unit that, in a first period for which there is no shake in the imaging apparatus, stores a control value for controlling the adjustment unit on the basis of the reference signal, and that, in a second period different from the first period, generates a control signal for controlling the adjustment unit on the basis of the reference signal and the stored control value and outputs the control signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148146 | FOCUS ADJUSTING APPARATUS, CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FOCUS OF OPTICAL SYSTEM - A focus adjusting apparatus includes an imaging unit, a calculation unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The imaging unit is configured to generate an imaging signal of an image formed by an optical system. The calculation unit is configured to calculate based on the imaging signal a focus evaluation value in accordance with a focus adjustment position of the optical system. The detection unit is configured to detect a state with respect to a size of the image. The control unit is configured to control focus adjustment of the optical system based on a rate of change in the focus evaluation value and the state with respect to the size of the image. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148147 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing optical system; a sensor unit having line sensors that receive light fluxes of an object, which have been transmitted through a pair of partial areas in an exit pupil of the image-capturing optical system; image-capturing elements having a pixel arrangement capable of generating an image signal and a focus detection pixel sequence, in which two or more pairs of pixels that receive the light fluxes of an object, are arranged in a predetermined direction; a continuous image-capturing unit configured to perform continuous image capturing of actually exposing the image-capturing elements; a signal generation unit configured to perform another exposure for the sensor unit; a first focus detection unit configured to perform focus detection of a phase-difference detection method; a second focus detection unit configured to perform focus detection; and a focus adjustment unit configured to perform focus adjustment. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148148 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A photographing apparatus and method are provided that are capable of suppressing noise generation in a captured image obtained by photographing an object by radiating light uniformly over the entire screen. Such capability results even from a light emitting unit which performs pulse light emission when exposure timing differs for every horizontal line. The photographing apparatus includes an X-Y address type photographing device and exposes the X-Y address type photographing device to photograph an object. The photographing apparatus includes a pulse light emitting unit repeating light emission and light non-emission toward the object in association with a photographing manipulation and a light emission time control unit controlling light emission such that a period of light emission or light non-emission of the pulse light emitting unit is equal to 1/n of an exposure time of the X-Y address type photographing device, wherein n is an integer greater than 1. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148149 | CAMERA DEVICE - Stereo photographs and panoramic photographs can be taken separately without enabling cameras to rotate relative to a casing in which the cameras are placed. A camera device capable of selectively photographing panoramic images and stereo images includes a casing ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148150 | FILM CAMERA HEAD - HEAD FOR FILM CAMERAS, of the type that comprises a supporting frame with means for automated and remotely controlled movement about three orthogonal axles aa′, bb′, cc′, said head ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148151 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL CAMERA SYSTEM - Apparatus operable to change direction of an optic axis of a camera, the apparatus comprising: a first platform rotatable about a first axis of rotation; a second platform rigidly connected to the first platform; a camera mounting plate mounted to the second platform so that the mounting plate is rotatable about a second axis; and at least one piezoelectric motor coupled to the first platform and the mounting plate operable to selectively rotate the first platform about the first axis and the mounting plate about the second axis. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148152 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image recording device that records image data in a recording medium includes: a photographing unit capable of photographing an image so as to provide the image data; a location information acquisition unit for acquiring location information; a time information acquisition unit for acquiring time information; a photographing condition information storing unit that stores photographing condition information including information of an area in which an image is photographed and information of a period of time in which the image is photographed; photographing control means that allows the photographing unit to photograph an image when it is determined that current location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit and current time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit satisfy a condition shown in the photographing condition information stored in the photographing condition information storing unit; and image recording means that records local image data, which is obtained by the photographing, in the recording medium in a manner allowing the local image data to correspond to recording content information including information of an area in which the photographing is executed and time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit in a photographing period. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148153 | SHOOTING APPARATUS FOR A MICROSCOPE - A camera head acquires a sample image by shooting a scaled up image of a sample obtained by a microscope body. A memory device records the sample image in a record medium. A CPU detects the completion of the sighting on an observed portion of a sample in a microscope body on the basis of a R. G. B data value of each pixel configuring a microscope image detected by the R. G. B data value. Furthermore, the CPU detects the completion of the focusing on the observed portion by the microscope boundary on the basis of the height of the contrast of the microscope image detected by the focusing completion detection unit. When both completion of the sighting and completion of focusing are detected, the CPU controls a memory device to record a sample image acquired by a camera head on a record medium. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148154 | SHUTTER DRIVE DEVICE FOR CAMERA - In a shutter drive device for a camera, the device including: a plate having an aperture; a shutter blade provided in the plate, and for opening and closing the aperture; and an driving source provided in the plate, and for driving the shutter blade. The driving source includes: a rotor magnetized with plural magnetic poles in a circumferential direction, and rotatable about an axis thereof; a stator generating magnetic force against the rotor; and a coil provided in the stator and for exciting the stator. The rotor has an arm portion extending outwardly in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the rotor, and a pin portion engaging with the shutter blade and provided in the arm portion to stand. The rotor, the arm portion and the pin portion are disposed within a thickness of the coil in the axis direction. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148155 | OPTIMIZED CDR APPLICATION FOR VARIABLE DATA RATE SIGNALS IN SFPs FOR JITTER REDUCTION - Systems and methods for conditioning an optical signal are provided for applications which require management of both low and high-data-rates. Upon receipt of a data signal, a determination is made as to whether the data signal is a high or low-data-rate signal. If the data signal is a high-data-rate signal, a clock and data recovery circuit is activated along the data path. If the data signal is a low-data-rate signal, the clock and data recovery circuit is bypassed. When activated, the clock and data recovery circuit conditions the data signal to reduce jitter and other distortion effects which tend to produce larger detrimental effects as data rates increase. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148156 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING ABNORMALITY OR FAILURE OF THE OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - An optical transmitting and receiving apparatus | 2009-06-11 |
20090148157 | IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION ERRORS CAUSED BY THE EXCHANGE OF UNSUPPORTED MESSAGES AMONG DEVICES IN A NETWORK - A method, and an apparatus, system, and sequences of instructions that operate in accordance with the method, for identifying errors in communications in a system that provides services. In the method, control messages are generated and sent to a network device. Error information generated in response to an unsupported control message being received by the network device, from at least one controlling device, is stored in the network device. The error information stored in the network device is retrieved, and errors in communications between the network device and the controlling device are identified, based on the error information retrieved. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148158 | OPTICAL SIGNAL QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to the quality monitoring of optical signals, which have different symbol rates and generated by different modulation schemes, used for example in a wavelength division multiplexing network. The apparatus according to the invention includes an optical splitter for outputting the input optical signal to a first optical route and a second optical route, an optical coupler for coupling a optical signal from the first optical route with a optical signal from the second optical route, a delay unit provided on the first optical route, and a phase shift unit provided on the first optical route or the second optical route. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148159 | Method and Apparatus for Securing Fiber in an Optical Network - A method and apparatus for securing an optical communication link includes the step of identifying a profile of the link by measuring, at the transmitter, optical back-reflections from optical pulses forwarded to a receiver. The profile is stored at the transmitter. Periodically during operation, such as during key exchange, more optical pulses are forwarded to the receiver, and the back reflections are collected as periodic profiles. The periodic profiles are compared against the stored profiles. Eavesdroppers, such as those who cut the fiber, tap the fiber, or implement a man in the middle attack, may be easily identified because the losses caused by their interference with the fiber will be evident in the periodic profiles. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148160 | Optical diplexer module using mixed-signal multiplexer - An optical diplexer module includes: an optical diplexer module comprising: a multiplexing unit multiplexing RF signals and a wideband digital signal having a baseband bandwidth to output a single multiplexed signal; an E-O converter converting the multiplexed signal into an optical signal and externally outputting the optical signal; and an O-E converter converting an externally received optical signal into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal. Similarly to existing optical transceivers, the optical diplexer module can provide TPS and MPS services using only two optical wavelengths for upstream and downstream signals. Since no separate optical wavelength is additionally required, the optical diplexer module can allows the numbers of components and processes to be reduced. It may result in yield improvement and cost reduction. Also, since electric or optical crosstalk between modules can be reduced, its performance can be improved. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148161 | 10 GBE LAN SIGNAL MAPPING TO OTU2 SIGNAL - A high-capacity digital communications system and method of transporting 10 GbE LAN packets between user devices over an OTN network that allows the packets to be transported in a manner that is transparent to the destination device(s) on the network. The digital communications system includes an OTN network, and at least one source device and at least one destination device connected to the network via respective 10Gbase-R interfaces. The system transports 10 GbE LAN data packets over the OTN network by performing decoding on the packets to recover the preamble and variable length data contained in each packet, removing the IPG between successive packets in the stream, encapsulating the packets including the respective preambles and data, and mapping the encapsulated packets to the overhead and payload areas of ODUk frames. The packets are then transported over the OTN network from the source device to the destination device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148162 | METHODS FOR NON-WAVELENGTH-CONVERTING MULTI-LANE OPTICAL SWITCHING - A method for providing multi-wavelength switching. The method comprising receiving a plurality of signals through at least one input port, and separating the plurality of said signals into at least one wavelength signal set based on wavelengths, wherein a first wavelength signal set of said at least one wavelength signal sets corresponds to a first wavelength. The method further comprises providing a plurality of output lanes to at least one output port, and determining if two signals from said first wavelength signal set traveling on said first wavelength are scheduled output from an output port during an overlapping time period through said plurality of output lanes. The method further comprises determining if one of said plurality of output lanes is available during said overlapping time period when said two signals are schedule for said output port during the overlapping time period, wherein a first signal of said two signals is routed for output on an available lane if one of said plurality of output lanes of said output port is available. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148163 | Method for operating transparent node for WDM shared "virtual ring" networks - A system and method for a transparent WDM metro ring architecture in which optics enables simultaneous provisioning of dedicated wavelengths for high-end user terminals, while low-end user terminals share wavelengths on “virtual rings”. All wavelengths are sourced by the network and remotely modulated at customer “End Stations” by low cost semiconductor optical amplifiers, which also serve as transmission amplifiers. The transparent WDM metro ring architecture permits the communication of information and comprises a fiber optical feeder ring, at least one fiber optical distribution ring, a network node (NN), at least one access node (AN) said network node and said at least one access node connected via said fiber optical feeder ring and at least one end station (ES) connected via said fiber optical distribution ring to said at least one access node, wherein said user is attached to said at least one end station. A simple node that supports bi-directional propagation in transparent WDM metro architectures using “virtual rings” is also described. A method for communicating information over a WDM fiber optical ring network architecture in a metro access arena using one or more wavelengths, which can be shared by a plurality of user terminals, each user terminal coupled to an end station comprises the steps of sending downstream data packets, sending optical chalkboard packets consisting of ones and sending control signals. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148164 | SIGNAL EQUALIZER IN A COHERENT OPTICAL RECEIVER - A signal equalizer for compensating impairments of an optical signal received through a link of a high speed optical communications network. At least one set of compensation vectors are computed for compensating at least two distinct types of impairments. A frequency domain processor is coupled to receive respective raw multi-bit in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) sample streams of each received polarization of the optical signal. The frequency domain processor operates to digitally process the multi-bit sample streams, using the compensation vectors, to generate multi-bit estimates of symbols modulated onto each transmitted polarization of the optical signal. The frequency domain processor exhibits respective different responses to each one of the at least two distinct types of impairments. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148165 | OPTICAL FILTERING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an optical filtering apparatus which is applied to a Time Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network (TDM-PON) based on a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) method. The optical filtering apparatus includes: an optical signal distributing unit dividing an optical signal received from an optical line terminal into at least one optical signal with uniform output intensity, and distributing the at least one optical signal into at least one optical network unit; and a multiplexing unit combining a plurality of optical signals having different wavelengths received from the at least one optical network unit using a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) method, and outputting the combined optical signal to the optical line terminal. Therefore, by using the optical filtering apparatus, it is possible to connect a large number of subscribers to an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) on a network such as Fiber To The Home (FTTH), thereby increasing efficiency in costs. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148166 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer - An optical add/drop multiplexer includes a first optical coupler receiving an optical signal including a plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a wavelength blocker receiving the optical signal from the first optical coupler, and blocking at least one wavelength of the plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a first wavelength selective switch, having one input port receiving the outputted optical signal from the first optical coupler and a plurality of output ports, demultiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected multiplexed wavelengths from the received optical signal, a second wavelength selective switch, having a plurality of input ports, each input port receiving a different optical signal and one output port, multiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected wavelength signals on the plurality of input ports, and a second optical coupler receiving the optical signal output from the wavelength blocker and multiplexed wavelength signal from the second wavelength selective switch. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148167 | Communication apparatus and signal transmitting method - A communication apparatus time-division multiplexes a first signal transmitted at a first bit rate and a second signal transmitted at a second bit rate which is an integer multiple of the first bit rate, and sends out the first signal and the second signal to one line. The communication apparatus includes a pulse generating unit and a pulse superimposing unit. The pulse generating unit generates repetitive pulses having a width equal to a width of the first signal. The pulse superimposing unit superimposes the pulses generated by the pulse generating unit on the second signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148168 | Optical Fiber Access Network and Commuication Protection Method Thereof - The present invention relates to an optical fiber access network and a communication protection method thereof. The optical fiber access network comprises an optical fiber communication system, a wireless communication system, a communication service switch device ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148169 | CALIBRATION - A system, including an optical source configured to emit optical signals, and an optical receiver configured to receive optical signals; a housing having one or more optical windows; a user-detachable reflector attached to the housing, configured to enable emitted optical signals exiting an optical window to be reflected, so that the optical signals re-enter the housing via an optical window for reception by the optical receiver; and a calibrator configured to calibrate an output of the optical receiver using optical signals received by the optical receiver. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148170 | Skew Compensation Across Polarized Optical Channels - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, devices and methods for managing skew within a polarized multi-channel optical transport system. In a DP-QPSK system, skew between polarized channels is compensated within the transport system by adding latency to at least one of the polarized channels. The amount of added latency may depend on various factors including the skew tolerance of the transport system and the amount of skew across the channels without compensation. This latency may be added optically or electrically, and at various locations on a channel signal path within a transport node, such as a terminal transmitter or receiver. Additionally, various embodiments of the invention provide for novel methods of inserting frame alignment bit sequences within the transport frame overhead so that alignment and skew compensation may be more efficiently and accurately performed at the transport receiver. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148171 | DQPSK/DPSK OPTICAL RECEIVER WITH TUNABLE OPTICAL FIBERS - An optical receiver includes a first interferometer having a plurality of arms. The optical receiver further includes first tunable optical filters connected in series with the arms of the first interferometer, where each first tunable optical filter is tuned to filter a region of overlap in the optical frequency spectrum between adjacent optical channels. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148172 | DRAWING DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND DRAWING METHOD - The present invention provides a drawing device. A drawing component includes a stage and a drawing head. The drawing head draws on a recording medium supported by the stage. A moving component relatively moves the stage and the drawing head. A position detection component detects a relative position of the stage and the drawing head. An error detection component detects an abnormal state in which an abnormal drawing is performed on the recording medium. When the abnormal state is detected, a controller stops drawing with the drawing head and returns the relative position from the stop position to the position of the drawing start side, so that drawing may be resumed from a position within a predetermined range including the stop position. | 2009-06-11 |
20090148173 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotation shaft ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090148174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FIXING UNIT CONTROLLING ROTATION SPEED OF DRIVING ROLLER - According to an embodiment of the invention, an image forming apparatus comprises a fixing unit including: a pair of rollers rotating with a recording sheet holding a toner image interposed therebetween; a driving motor rotating at least one of the pair of rollers; a heater being built in at least one of the pair of rollers to heat the roller; a timer measuring a period of time after starting operation; and a rotation speed control unit controlling the driving motor so that one of the rollers rotates in a speed higher than a rotation speed under normal conditions until a predetermined time measured by the timer. | 2009-06-11 |