25th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110150370 | ZIPPER TAPE AND PACKAGING BAG WITH ZIPPER TAPE - A seal base, which is thicker than a thick portion and is bondable to an inner surface of a bag body, is continuously connected to one of belt-like bases of a zipper tape via a belt-like cutting portion that is thinner than the thick portion and separates a containing space from an outside. A first linking portion having a first corner (a) is defined by a cutting outer surface of the cutting portion and a seal outer continuous surface of the seal base. A second linking portion having a second corner (b) is defined by a contained cutting surface of the cutting portion and a contained seal continuous surface of the seal base. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150371 | Flexible Pouch With Easy-Opening Features - A flexible pouch is formed from a laminate having built-in opening features. The laminate is wrapped/folded into a generally tubular configuration and sealed at top and bottom ends and along a longitudinal fin. A tear initiation feature is provided in the form of a hole extending through the laminate and located within a top seal of the pouch. The tear initiation feature is located at one longitudinal edge of the pouch when the laminate is wrapped and sealed to form the pouch. A fin tear-propagating feature is also provided in the form of two tear areas formed respectively in the side edges of the laminate such that the tear areas substantially coincide on the fin so as to form the fin tear-propagating feature, the fin tear-propagating feature being substantially in transverse alignment with the tear initiation feature. In another embodiment, the tear initiation feature is provided as a score line extending across the pouch. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150372 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a bearing assembly ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150373 | Fluid Servo and Applications - A fluid pressure operated actuator device, comprising: a body defining a first chamber ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150374 | HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE BEARING - A bearing ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150375 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOLERANCE RING WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYERS - A tolerance ring with functional layers has an annular band and an elastomeric layer. The assembly also may have a low friction layer, which may be bonded, calendared or laminated thereto. The low friction material may completely encapsulate the annular band. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150376 | TRUST FOIL BEARING - The present invention relates to a thrust foil bearing comprising a plurality of bumps, and a plurality of top foils, wherein a plurality of cut portions is formed radially on the base in such a manner as to be extended by a predetermined length toward the outer circumference of the bearing from the inner circumference of the bearing, thereby providing excellent stability against heat. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150377 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEARINGS AND TOLERANCE RINGS WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYERS - A bearing or tolerance ring has multiple functional layers including an annular metallic band and an elastomeric layer. The tolerance ring also includes a low friction layer that is bonded to the other layers. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150378 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a bearing assembly ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150379 | BEARING DEVICE - A bearing device includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway groove on its inner circumferential surface; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway groove on its outer circumferential surface; balls arranged between the outer and inner ring raceway grooves; a retainer retaining the balls; and a liquid lubricant supply device supplying oil content of grease to the space between the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring and the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring. The liquid lubricant supply device includes a liquid lubricant passage providing fluid communication between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface; and a vibrating device contacting the grease to vibrate the grease to supply a liquid lubricant to the space between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface via the liquid lubricant passage. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150380 | CENTRIFUGAL RING WITH COLLECTING CHANNEL - A seal arrangement with a centrifugal ring for a sealing between a rotatable bearing part and a static bearing part. The centrifugal ring has a first end piece, which forms both an outer circumference of the centrifugal ring and a cutoff edge located on a disk-shaped outer face. The seal arrangement reduces the coefficient of friction without having to accept any loss of sealing effect, but in which the seal arrangement nevertheless remains cost-effective to manufacture. For this purpose, the centrifugal ring has a second end piece. The end pieces together form a first collecting channel in the vicinity of the cutoff edge and the end pieces each form an annular seal gap with a static bearing part. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150381 | BEARING INSTALLATION STRUCTURE AND INSTALLATION METHOD - An installation structure of bearings and an installation method are provided that can reduce the amount of damage caused by tightening bearings supporting a fulcrum shaft that pivotally supports a gun arm, as well as simplify operation and maintenance. One race is fixed among an inner race and an outer race constituting a bearing, which supports a fulcrum shaft ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150382 | GUIDE ROLLER ROTATING BEARING FOR A METAL MELT BATH - Guide roller rotating bearing for a metal melt bath includes pivot arms and a roller bearing device arranged on each of the pivot arms. The roller bearing device includes an outer ring, cylindrical rollers and an inner ring. The outer ring includes first and second outer ring flange members. The outer ring is fixed to a pivot arm. The cylindrical rollers are configured as rolling elements. The inner ring has first and second inner ring flange members. The first and second outer ring flange members and the first and second inner ring flange members are configured to fix the cylindrical rollers in an axial direction. A shaft end includes a protective covering disposed in the roller bearing device. The protective covering includes a protective covering material that exhibits a wear-resistance which is higher than a wear resistance of the shaft end. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150383 | GEAR BOX FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR ROTATION SHAFT - It is an object to provide a gear box for a wind turbine generator and a rotation-shaft supporting structure which are capable of suppressing the occurrence of slips in a bearing with lower costs. A gear box for a wind turbine generator which increases a speed of rotation of a wind turbine blade includes a gear to which the rotation of the wind turbine is transmitted, and the gear includes a rotation shaft which is rotatably supported by a first bearing and a second bearing. The first bearing includes a pre-load applying member adapted to partially press the first bearing from outside for increasing contact pressures between an outer ring supported by a casing of the gear box, an inner ring mounted on the rotation shaft, and rollers provided between the outer ring and the inner ring. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150384 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Consistent with the present disclosure, a non-adiabatic polarization rotator is provided that can rotate the polarization of an incoming over a relatively short length. Light is supplied to the polarization rotator via a polarizer, which insures that the optical input to the polarization polarization rotator has a desired polarization. Preferably, the polarization rotator has a structure that is readily implemented with semiconductor materials and can be fabricated with known processing techniques. In addition, the polarization rotator and polarizer may include similar materials and/or layers, such that both may be readily integrated on a common substrate, such as an indium phosphide (InP) substrate. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150385 | POLARIZATION MAINTAINING LARGE CORE HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES - A system and method for guiding polarized light is disclosed. One system comprises a large core hollow waveguide having first and second dimensions that are substantially perpendicular. The first and second dimensions are orthogonal to a direction of travel of light in the waveguide. A length of the first dimension is substantially greater than a length of the second dimension to enable light waves with an electric field approximately parallel with the first dimension to propagate through the waveguide with substantially less loss than light waves that have an electric field approximately parallel with the second dimension. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150386 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING A WAVEGUIDE-GRATING COUPLER - A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having a waveguide-grating coupler with two evanescently coupled waveguides. The first waveguide is fabricated using materials suitable for manufacturing active optical elements in the PIC. The second waveguide is fabricated using materials capable of providing a relatively high index-of-refraction contrast for the constituent waveguide grating. The waveguide-grating coupler is compatible with the III-V semiconductor technology while being relatively easy to fabricate on an industrial scale. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150387 | Low Switching Voltage, Fast Time Response Digital Optical Switch - Disclosed herein is a digital electro-optical switch ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150388 | OPTICAL SWITCH USING MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER AND OPTICAL SWITCH MATRIX HAVING THE SAME - Provided are an optical switch using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and an optical switch matrix including the same. The optical switch includes a first coupler, an optical delay line, and a second coupler. The first coupler branches an optical signal transmitted to a first or second input waveguide into two optical signals. The optical delay line includes first and second arm waveguides of the same length transmitting the branched optical signal and a heater heating the first arm waveguide. The first and second arm waveguides have one of a full wavelength optical path difference and a half wavelength optical path difference according to whether the heater is turned on. The second coupler branches optical signals outputted from the optical delay line into two optical signals, respectively, and transmits the branched optical signals to the first or second output waveguide. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150389 | WSS WITH HITLESS SWITCHING - A wavelength selective switch (WSS) with hitless switching. The WSS includes the fiber collimator array, the focusing lens, collimating lens, diffraction grating, focusing lens, and attenuation reflection unit array. Each attenuation reflection unit has an interconnected transmission-type MEMS attenuator and a one-dimension MEMS reflector. The transmission-type MEMS attenuator is positioned in the front of the one-dimension MEMS reflector. The central axis of the transmission-type MEMS attenuator aligns and coincides with that of the one-dimension MEMS reflector, with the two central axes being glued together. The WSS of the present invention effectively utilizes the combination of a one-dimension reflector array and a transmission-type optical attenuator chip. With the use of one-dimension reflector array, instead of the known two-dimension reflector array, the complexity of design and manufacture is greatly reduced, thereby reducing the production costs of the switch. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150390 | IN-PLANE OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE WITH AREA BASED SPLITTER - An optical interconnect includes a set of splitters. Each splitter includes a source waveguide, a reflection waveguide, an output waveguide, and a partially reflective mirror element with a reflective coating. The source waveguide and the reflection waveguide are optically coupled to the partially reflective element. A photonic signal from the source waveguide is partially reflected off the reflective coating as a reflected signal into the reflection waveguide. The output waveguide is optically coupled to the opposite surface and configured such that a non-reflected portion of the photonic signal propagates into the output waveguide. The reflective coating includes a reflected surface area interfacing with the photonic signal form the source waveguide, and power of the non-reflected portion is a function of the reflective surface area interfacing with source waveguide. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150391 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An exemplary optical fiber connector includes a socket and a plug for insertion in the socket. The plug includes a first sidewall, an opposite second sidewall, a plurality of first fiber engaging holes formed in each of the first and second sidewalls, and a plurality of first converging lenses located in each of the first and second sidewalls, aligning with the respective first fiber engaging holes. The socket includes a fourth sidewall, an opposite fifth sidewall, a plurality of second fiber engaging holes formed in each of the fourth and fifth sidewalls, and a plurality of second converging lenses located in each of the fourth and fifth sidewalls, aligning with the respective second fiber engaging holes. The first converging lenses align with and directly face the respective second converging lenses. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150392 | Reducing optical loss in reflective optical gratings - An optical device includes a light-transmitting medium on a base. The light-transmitting medium at least partially defines a free propagation region through which light signals travel. A reflective grating is positioned such that light signals can travel through the free propagation region and be received by the optical grating. The optical grating is configured to reflect the received light signal back into the free propagation region. The optical grating reflects the light signals such that light signals associated with different wavelengths separate as the light signals travel through the free propagation region. The portion of the light-transmitting medium that defines the free propagation region has a facet through with the light signals are transmitted. The grating includes a buffer layer between the facet and a reflecting layer that is configured to reflect the light signals received by the grating. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150393 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND MOLD INSERT FOR MAKING SAME - An exemplary optical fiber connector includes a housing, and two lenses. The housing defines two blind holes each configured for receiving an optical fiber. The two lenses are formed on the housing and each of the lenses is aligned with a corresponding blind hole. Each of the blind holes includes a first cylindrical hole portion, a tapered hole portion and a second cylindrical hole portion facing a corresponding lens, and a diameter of the tapered hole portion gradually decreases from the first cylindrical hole portion towards the second cylindrical hole portion. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150394 | HOUSING FOR WET-MATEABLE CONNECTOR AND PENETRATOR ASSEMBLY - Electrical and/or optical connector housing ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150395 | Method and an Apparatus For Batch Cleaving of Fiber Optics Connectors Before Polishing - Disclosed is a method of severing a fiber length projecting out of the end face of a plurality of ferrules. The ferrules are mounted in a polishing fixture. Image processing establishes the fiber cleaving plane. Relative movement between the laser beam and the ferrule severs the fiber protruding out of the ferrule end-face. Excess epoxy that may be present on the ferrule end-face is removed concurrently with the fiber severing process. The method includes cleaning and inspection of ferrules. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150396 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - A socket and a plug are provided. Both the socket and the plug include a body, a blocking sheet, and an elastic member. Both the bodies define a coupling portion. The blocking sheet is disposed on the corresponding body and covers the corresponding coupling portion to protect the coupling portions from being contaminated when not used. The elastic member connects the corresponding body and the blocking sheet. When the plug is plugged into the socket, the blocking sheets, against an elastic force of the elastic member, pushes each other to expose the coupling portions until the coupling portions are coupled. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150397 | CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING FLOATABLE TERMINATION - A cable assembly ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150398 | Fiber Optic Cable Assembly - The present disclosure relates to a drop cable assembly including a fiber optic drop cable having a length that extends from a first end of the fiber optic drop cable to an opposite second end of the fiber optic drop cable. The fiber optic drop cable also includes an intermediate location located between the first and second ends of the fiber optic drop cable. The drop cable assembly also includes a first fiber optic connector mounted at the first end of the fiber optic drop cable and a second fiber optic connector mounted at the second end of the fiber optic drop cable. The drop cable assembly further includes an optical fiber that extends continuously without splicing along the length of the fiber optic drop cable from the first fiber optic connector to the second fiber optic connector. The fiber optic drop cable has a first cable segment that extends from the first end of the fiber optic drop cable to the intermediate location and a second cable segment that extends from the intermediate location to the second end of the fiber optic drop cable. The first cable segment is more robust than the second cable segment and the second cable segment being more flexible than the first cable segment. The present disclosure also relates t methods and arrangements for mechanically attaching fiber optic connectors to drop cables of the type described above. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150399 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH REFLECTOR - Disclosed is an optical connector which terminates an optical fiber inside the optical connector. The optical connector includes a main body. The main body includes: a reflector for reflecting light; a groove portion formed in a top surface of the main body; an optical fiber insertion hole opened in the groove portion, the optical fiber being inserted in the optical fiber insertion hole; an optical fiber placement stage provided in the groove portion, a front end portion of the optical fiber being placed on the optical fiber placement stage. The groove portion includes a side surface formed to face the optical fiber insertion hole. The optical fiber placement stage is formed by projecting from the side surface of the groove portion. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150400 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH REFLECTOR - Disclosed is an optical connector which terminates an optical fiber inside the optical connector. The optical connector includes a main body. The main body includes: a reflector for reflecting light; a groove portion formed in a top surface of the main body; an optical fiber insertion hole opened in the groove portion, the optical fiber being inserted in the optical fiber insertion hole; an optical fiber placement stage provided in the groove portion, a front end portion of the optical fiber being placed on the optical fiber placement stage. The groove portion includes two side surfaces which face each other in the depth direction of the optical fiber insertion hole, and the optical fiber placement stage is separated away from the two side surfaces. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150401 | OPTICAL WIRING CABLE - According to one embodiment, an optical wiring cable including a first optical interconnection paths, a first optical transmission unit incorporated in a first connector, and configured to transmit an optical signal to the first optical interconnection paths, a first optical reception unit incorporated in a second connector, and configured to receive an optical signal from the first optical interconnection paths, a second optical interconnection paths, a second optical transmission unit incorporated in the second connector, and configured to transmit an optical signal to the second optical interconnection paths, a second optical reception unit incorporated in the first connector, and configured to receive an optical signal from the second optical interconnection paths, and a control unit configured to detect a combination of electronic apparatuses to which the first and the second connector are to be connected, and control power supply to the optical transmission units and the optical reception units. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150402 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable which is suitably set in a conduit by pushing the optical fiber cable into the conduit so as to insert the optical fiber cable through the conduit and which does not reduce the ease of manufacture and the mechanical characteristics of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber cable core wire and a sheath covering the optical fiber cable core wire, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient between a surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheath of another optical fiber cable is 0.17 to 0.34, and a dynamic friction coefficient between the surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheet composed of polyvinyl chloride is 0.30 to 0.40. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150403 | Fiber Optic Cable - A fiber optic cable assembly includes an optical fiber, a strength layer surrounding the optical fiber and an outer jacket surrounding the strength layer. The outer jacket includes a base material having a Shore D Hardness of at least 85 and liquid crystal polymer embedded in the base material. The liquid crystal polymer constitutes less than 2% of the outer jacket by weight. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150404 | OPTICAL FIBER COATING WITH A COLOR CONCENTRATE HAVING SLICKNESS ADDITIVE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for coating an optical fiber. The method includes coating an optical fiber with a primary coating, preparing a secondary coating by selectively mixing a concentrate with an ultraviolet (UV) curable diluent coating, wherein the concentrate comprises predetermined amounts of a color agent and a release agent, and applying the secondary coating to the optical fiber and primary coating. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150405 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an optical waveguide which includes a core configured to transmit an optical signal, and a mirror portion configured to reflect the optical signal, the method includes: forming a mask layer patterned in a predetermined shape, on a first crystal plane of a substrate made of a crystalline material; etching the first crystal plane by a wet-etching using the mask layer to form a groove having a plurality of crystal planes; providing a metallic reflection film on at least one of the plurality of crystal planes to form the mirror portion; and providing the groove with a core material to form the core. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150406 | Reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) and superluminescent diode (SLD) - Provided are a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) and a superluminescent diode (SLD). The R-SOA includes: a substrate; an optical waveguide including a lower clad layer, an active layer independent of the polarization of light, and an upper clad layer sequentially stacked on the substrate, the optical waveguide comprising linear, curved, and tapered waveguide areas; and a current blocking layer formed around the optical waveguide to block a flow of current out of the active layer, wherein the linear and curved waveguide areas have a single buried hetero (BH) structure, and the tapered waveguide area has a dual BH structure. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150407 | Rotary Locking Apparatus for Fiber Optic Equipment Trays and Related Methods - A rotary locking apparatus for locking and unlocking a fiber optic equipment tray and related methods are disclosed. The rotary locking apparatus may be a torsional rotary locking apparatus. The torsional rotary locking apparatus includes a rod having at least one protrusion and a torsion spring attached to the rod. The torsion spring may also be attached to a tray mount on the fiber optic equipment tray. The rod can be rotatably actuated such that the at least one protrusion selectively engages or disengages one or more of a plurality of slots in a tray guide to allow the fiber optic equipment tray to move from a closed to an open position. The torsion spring may be configured to lock the fiber optic equipment tray in either the open or the closed position when the at least one protrusion engages one of the plurality of slots in the tray guide. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150408 | CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING SPOOLS ARRANGED ON PARALLEL TRACKS - A cable management system includes a mounting member defining at least two substantially parallel tracks and at least two spools. Each spool includes an engagement member located at the proximate end of the spool and an annular flange coupled to the distal end of the spool. The engagement member is configured to releasably engage with one of the tracks. Each spool is independently mountable to the tracks using the engagement member. Each of the tracks has a central portion on a first face of the mounting member and at least one insertion portion. The insertion portion is substantially perpendicular to and contiguous with the central portion of the track. When the spools are mounted on the mounting member, the spools are positioned such that their respective engagement members are engaged with the central portion of the track. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150409 | Field Installable Ferrule and Tool and Method for Installing Optical Fibers in the Ferrule Using The Tool - A field-installable multi-fiber ferrule has two portions and one portion has optical fibers already secured therein. The second portion receives optical fibers to mate with the secured optical fibers. A tool is provided to assist in inserting the optical fibers into the multi-fiber ferrule by aligning and holding the optical fibers while they are secured in the multi-fiber ferrule. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150410 | Curable liquid composition, cured layer and coated optical fiber - A curable liquid resin optical fiber coating composition comprising 0.1 to 10 wt %, relative to the total weight of the composition, of an alkoxysilane compound (A) which does not contain a radically polymerizable functional group, and 0.01 to 1 wt %, relative to the total weight of the composition, of a hindered amine compound (B). This curable liquid resin composition produces a cured product that ensures a high n-value of the coated optical fiber and an excellent fiber strength after coating removal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150411 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an image processing device including a subband dividing section configured to perform subband division of image data of a color whose pixel positions are alternately shifted from each other, the image data being included in image data output from an image pickup element of a pixel arrangement in which the pixel positions of at least one color of three primary colors are alternately shifted from each other in one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, with pixels of two upper and lower lines adjacent to each other or pixels of two left and right columns adjacent to each other as a unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150412 | RECEIVING DEVICE - A method of operating a receiving device ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150413 | MOVING PICTURE RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method to record or reproduce a moving picture includes generating main video streams when a moving picture is photographed, lowering a resolution of the main video streams so as to generate sub video streams, multiplexing the main video streams and the sub video streams so as to generate one file, and storing the generated file. Since only the sub video streams obtained by lowering the resolution of I-frames are displayed on the display unit, a picture decoding time is shortened and a picture may be rapidly and easily browsed and edited. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150414 | DVR Base Device with Portable Media Player - A portable media player (PMP) has non-volatile memory, at least one communication interface to remote digital devices, a touchscreen, and software stored on and executing from a machine-readable physical medium. The software provides functionality to enable a user, via touchscreen controls, with the PMP coupled to a digital video recorder (DVR), to browse indicators of video files stored on the DVR, to select and download files to the non-volatile memory of the PMP, and to play the video files on the touchscreen of the PMP after the PMP is uncoupled from the DVR. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150415 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A displaying unit displays an indicator by superimposing it on the selected representative image, the indicator indicating a reproduction start position in a segment of moving image data corresponding to a selected representative image; and a reproduction controller adapted to determine a reproduction start position in the segment of moving image data corresponding to the selected representative image on the basis of the display position of the indicator within the display region corresponding to the selected representative image, and the total reproduction time of the segment of moving image data corresponding to the selected representative image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150416 | Method Of Reproducing A Still Picture From A Recording Medium, Method Of Decoding The Still Picture And The Recording Medium - In the method, video data is reproduced from the recording medium, and an I-picture and a number of P-pictures are output as a still picture based on the reproduced video data. The output data may then be received and decoded for display. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150417 | BD PLAYBACK SYSTEM, BD PLAYBACK DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided are a Blu-ray Disc (BD) playback system, a BD playback device, a display device, and a computer program which can report the status to the user during playback of BD content and can automatically provide an optimal user interface (UI). A BD playback device ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150418 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAY WHILE RECORDING PROCESSING - A system and method of the present invention allow the playback of recorded data as the data is being recorded. Data is read from a source location, converted into an encoded format and stored in a database. At the same time, the stored data is read from the database, and played as the data is being recorded. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150419 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION ORDER DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A system comprising: a extraction unit that extracts from each content a signal feature series, being a series of signal features caused to correspond to positions on a time axis of the content; a generator for detects mutual similarity sections, being sections in which the signal features for different contents are similar to each other, from said signal feature series for each content, and generates the content to which each mutual similarity section belongs, information for specifying the position of the above mutual similarity section on the time axis of the content, and a link indicative of a correspondence relation of the mutual similarity section as mutual similarity section link information; and a determination unit that determines a reproduction order of the content based upon a relationship of the position of the mutual similarity section on the time axis of the content that said mutual similarity section link information indicates. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150420 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING MEDICAL DATA, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIEWING MEDICAL DATA, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, SIGNALS AND DATA MEDIUM - A method and apparatus are provided for storing medical data comprising at least one fixed image, termed a significant image, and a video sequence to which the significant image belongs. The method includes: tagging of at least one significant image in the video sequence acquired; determination of at least one item of time synchronization information, representative of the position of the significant image in the video sequence, as a function of a synchronization reference; generation of at least two medical imaging information objects, according to a predetermined standard, including a first object, termed the video object, and at least one second object, termed the significant image object; and storage and/or transmission of the medical imaging information objects and of the time synchronization information. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150421 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR PLAYING BACK 3D IMAGES - To aim to increase the use efficiency of a screen on which a subtitle is displayed together with a stereoscopic image. A video shift mode is set for each subtitle. When a stereoscopic image is played back, in accordance with the video shift mode of the subtitle, a video plane is shifted upward or downward to perform cropping processing of collecting black frames provided in the upper end and the lower end of the screen in either one of the upper end and the lower end so as to save a display region of the subtitle. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150422 | Recording Medium Containing Moving Picture Data And Additional Information Thereof And Reproducing Method And Apparatus Of The Recording Medium - The present invention relates to a recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and to reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium. The present recording medium has script files including additional information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the script files, and contents of the found script file are presented together with the presently reproduced moving picture data. Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed depending on data or filename of the found script file. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150423 | DIGITAL VIDEO MANAGING AND SEARCHING SYSTEM - A system for managing and searching for a digital video includes: a video feature point extraction unit decoding an input video and extracting a feature point; a video feature point database (DB) storing and managing a feature point of a video to be compared (i.e., a comparison target video), and a video feature point comparison unit coarsely comparing the feature point of the input video and that of the comparison target video to acquire a candidate group, and minutely comparing the candidate group to detect a content repeated section, and informing a user of the content repeated section. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150424 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS INCLUDING STORAGE UNIT FOR STORING RECORDING PROGRAM IN STOP STATE - At a startup of an audio recording and playback apparatus and after executing a function other than a recording function, a controller reads out a recording program stored in the nonvolatile memory, stores the recording program into the RAM, and puts the audio recording and playback apparatus into a stop state. Further, when a recording key is turned on, the controller executes the recording program stored in the RAM. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAY BACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY A DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON SIGNALING FROM A PRESENCE SENSOR - An embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus and method for controlling periodic play back of demo content by a display device. The method comprises monitoring for a triggering event by a presence sensor within the display device. The triggering event involves a detection of a non-moving or slow-moving object remaining in front of the display device for a predetermined period of time. In response to detecting the triggering event, the demo content is automatically played for a first period of time. Thereafter, play back of the demo content is halted after the first period of time has elapsed and play back the streaming advertising content is continued by the display device for a second period of time, and as an option, even if another triggering event is detected during the second period of time. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAY BACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY A DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON DETECTED RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALING - An embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus, method and software for automatically controlling periodic play back of demo content. The apparatus comprises a memory, a radio detection logic and a processor. The radio detection logic is configured to detect a first radio frequency signal within a prescribed frequency range and to generate a control signal in response to detection of the first radio frequency signal. Coupled to the radio detection logic, the processor is configured to permit play back of a first type of content for a first time period upon receipt of the control signal where the first type of content is played back in lieu of playing back a second type of content that is normally processed for play back by the processor, to permit play back of the second type of content for a second time period after the first time period has elapsed. According to one embodiment, this play back occurs regardless if a second radio frequency signal within the prescribed frequency range is detected by the radio detection logic during the second time period, and the processor plays back the first type of content after the second time period has elapsed and the second radio frequency signal is detected. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150427 | CONTENT PROVIDING SERVER, CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method provides logic for delivering content data. In one implementation, the computer-implemented method receives content data and metadata. The metadata is associated with a plurality of temporal positions in the content data. Based on the association, the content data is selectively delivered | 2011-06-23 |
20110150428 | IMAGE/VIDEO DATA EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING IMAGE/VIDEO DATA - In a video editing apparatus ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110150429 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING AND PLAYBACK METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK - In one embodiment, a recording and playback device includes: a tuner receiving a broadcast wave including program data; a display displaying the program data; a detector detecting an object being present in a direction of a screen of the display using infrared rays; a determination module determining a presence or absence of a viewer based on a signal from the detector; and a recording and playback controller recording and playback the program data in accordance with a judgment of the determination module, wherein when a viewer is determined to be absent, the recording and playback controller starts recording the program data and sets a recording start position at which the recording of the program data is started as a playback start position, and when the viewer is determined to be present during recording of the program data, the recording and playback controller starts playing back the program data from the playback start position while continuing to record the program data. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150430 | Media playback system and method for monitoring usage of media contents - There is provided a media playback system for monitoring usage of a plurality of media contents. The system includes a memory configured to store an analytic log file corresponding to each of the plurality of media contents. The system also includes a processor. The processor is configured to identify the analytic log file corresponding to one of the plurality of media contents. The processor is further configured to collect data relating to a plurality of events. At least one of the plurality of events relates to the usage of one of the plurality of media contents. The processor is further configured to store at least one of the plurality of events in the analytic log file. In addition, the processor is configured to send the analytic log file to a remote network server if the network connection has been detected. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150431 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT MEDIA EQUIPMENT DEVICE - Method and systems for operating a media equipment device having at least a full-power mode and an off-power mode are provided. A voltage supply to the media equipment device may be controlled by the media equipment device itself or by an external power management unit to automatically power-off the media equipment device, and power the device back on a future time. Prior to powering off the media equipment device, a portion of program schedule information stored in the volatile memory of the media equipment device may be mirrored to nonvolatile memory and may be restored on a priority basis after the media equipment device is powered back up. An external power management unit for controlling the media equipment device may also automatically detect and identify devices in the home based on a power signature of the device and manage the operation of the device based on the identification. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150432 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A MEDIA SERVER VIA A NETWORK - Systems and methods are described for remotely controlling a personal or digital video recorder (PVR/DVR), a set top box (STB), a placeshifting device, or any other media server. A communications session is established between a server host and the media server in response to a connection request received from the client. Information about the content processed at the media server is received via the session and provided to the client. In response to subsequent instructions received from the client, the media server can be controlled, or other actions can be taken, by providing directions to the media server from the host via the communications session. Additional or alternate features may be provided as desired. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150433 | Systems and methods for video-aware screen capture and compression - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support video-aware screen capture and compression. More specifically, the video-aware approach first detects whether or when video content is being actively played back on a screen of a hosting device. If the video content is actively being rendered, the approach separates (segments) the screen content into static (non-video) content and video content, The approach then applies video-specific capture and compression methods to the video content of the screen and other suitable compression methods to the non-video content of the screen. The compressed static and video content of the screen are separately and independently transmitted across the network to remote computing devices and are then decompressed and processed to reconstruct screen of its original content for display at the screens of the remote computing devices. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150434 | A Pan camera controlling method - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a process for controlling a pan camera is presented. The process may be implemented to record, by the pan camera, a first set of video clips corresponding to a plurality of scene areas, wherein each of the first set of video clips is generated by recording one of the plurality of scene areas according to a video capturing scheme. The process may, in response to a data request for a first video clip of a scene area selected from the plurality of scene areas, retrieve the first video clip from the previously recorded first set of video clips. The process may also adjust the video capturing scheme for a subsequent video recording. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150435 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SELECTING A RECORDING MODE INDEPENDENT FROM THE RECORDING ASPECT RATIO - The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus and method, and a program for improving usability by removing operational constraints on combinations of an aspect ratio of a recorded moving image and a horizontal resolution from users while the compliance with the DVD-Video standard is strictly maintained. When an aspect ratio is 16:9 in a state that an LP mode is selected, a horizontal×vertical resolution is set to 720×480. When the aspect ratio is 4:3 in a state that the LP mode is selected, the horizontal×vertical resolution is set to 352×480. When an HQ or SQ mode is selected, the horizontal×vertical resolution is set to 720×480 irrespective of the aspect ratio. Accordingly, the image recording apparatus can encode a moving image and record the encoded image onto a DVD | 2011-06-23 |
20110150436 | PORTABLE CONTENT CONTAINER DISPLAYING A/V FILES IN RESPONSE TO A COMMAND RECEIVED FROM A CONSUMER DEVICE - A portable content container is disclosed comprising a decoder for decoding an A/V file into an A/V stream. File directory information identifying one or more A/V files is transmitted to a consumer device. A display command is received from the consumer device to display a selected one of the A/V files on a display device. The selected A/V file is decoded into an A/V stream transmitted to the display device in response to the display command. In an embodiment, the portable content container further comprises local memory for storing A/V files. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150437 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING USERS TO RESUME VIEWING VIDEOS AMONG SET-TOP BOXES - A method and system for providing a service for resuming video viewing in a sub STB are provided. The system includes a memory module with limited available storage capacity, a network interface module for performing network communication, an index processor module and a playback module, an index processor module for receiving an index file, containing the running times of respective frames in a video, from a main STB, via the network interface module, and for requesting corresponding frames from the main STB, based on the running times of the received index file, according to the available storage capacity, wherein the main STB stores a file of the video forming content, and a playback module for playing back the received frames via the video. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150438 | STEAM HEAD FOR CLEANER - The present invention relates to a steam head of a cleaner. The present invention includes a steam head including: a body defining an exterior, and a steam generating device provided on the body to generate steam through heating water supplied through a heater, the heater including a radiator of a ceramic material, and a plurality of insulation layers for insulating the radiator, wherein the plurality of insulation layers is formed of one of or a combination of one or more of magnesium oxide (MgO), a slurry-phase insulator, and an insulation film. Thus, through the present invention, a heater's heat radiating performance is improved to facilitate generation of steam. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150439 | GLASS-CERAMIC COOKTOP AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A cooking appliance includes a glass cooktop panel and a cooktop frame. A radiant heating element is positioned between the cooktop frame and the glass cooktop panel. The heating element has an upper surface biased toward a lower surface of the glass cooktop panel. A screwless spring clip is coupled to both the heating element and the cooktop frame so as to secure the heating element to the cooktop frame. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150440 | Dual wall axial flow electric heater for leak sensitive applications - A dual wall axial flow electric heater for leak sensitive applications provides an improved corrosion and leak resistant assembly and includes protective tubes over electrical heater rods, double tubesheets spaced apart by a plenum and leak detectors positioned to sensor leaks through the walls of the protective tubes. The design includes the option of two or more tube bundles with each inserted into opposite ends of a shell surrounding the tube sheets and heaters. The design provides ease of maintenance since each heater rod can be replaced independently while the unit is in service. Variable heat flux is provided from standard single flux heater rods by providing protective tubes of varying diameters. A built-in thermowell is provided to allow the rod temperatures to be monitored directly. Hot spots are avoided by the use of turning baffles and vibration is avoided by use of spider baffles to support the tubes. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150441 | Method and Apparatus for Operating the Automatic Focus or the Optical Imaging Stabilizing System - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a printed wiring board. The printed wiring board comprising a coil and being coupled to an image sensor. Further, the coil, using the magnetic circuitry, is designed to tilt the printed wiring board and automatic focus optomechanics, the automatic focus optomechanics being attached to the printed wiring board over at least one of: a pivot point and a tilting axis to operate an optical imaging stabilizing system. Moreover, a second coil is designed to interact with the magnetic circuitry to move the lens barrel at least one of closer and farther from the image sensor to perform an automatic focus. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150442 | Method and Apparatus for Operating the Automatic Focus or the Optical Imaging Stabilizing System - In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a printed wiring board. The printed wiring board comprising a coil and being coupled to an image sensor. The coil, using the magnetic circuitry, is designed to tilt the printed wiring board and automatic focus optomechanics, the automatic focus optomechanics being attached to the printed wiring board over a gimbal pivot system to operate an optical imaging stabilizing system. A second coil is designed to interact with the magnetic circuitry to move the lens barrel at least one of closer and farther from the image sensor to perform an automatic focus. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND CAMERA - This invention provides an information processing apparatus for allowing a user to perform operation without any confusion concerning a device which implements a plurality of functions for one operation member in accordance with operation methods for the operation member. A system controller performs control to execute a predetermined function in response to the start of operation on an operation member and terminate execution of the predetermined function in response to the end of the operation. A timer function unit measures the time from the start of operation on the operation member. When a given operation finishes before the time measured by the timer function unit exceeds a predetermined time after the start of the operation, a notification about the operation method for the operation member is output. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150444 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH AF SENSOR UNIT - An image pickup apparatus with an AF sensor unit fixed thereto promptly with high precision by a parallax adjustment method. The image pickup apparatus with the AF sensor has a stationary cylinder. The stationary cylinder constitutes an image pickup lens barrel with a first axis and a second axis that are perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens barrel and are perpendicular to each other. An AF sensor holder is configured to hold said AF sensor. An AF sensor holder-mounting unit is mounted on the stationary cylinder through a first axis rotation-adjusting mechanism rotatably with respect to the first axis, and configured to support said AF sensor holder through a second axis rotation-adjusting mechanism rotatably with respect to the second axis. The first axis rotation-adjusting mechanism and the second axis rotation-adjusting mechanism are directed in the same direction at operation sides thereof, respectively. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150445 | CAMERA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTO-FOCUSING - A camera and a method for performing auto-focusing applying thereto are provided. The camera adjusts a focus using two auto-focusing methods if specific photographing conditions are satisfied. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150446 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Digital Image by Using Fast Autofocus - A method of performing fast autofocus (AF) in a digital image processing apparatus having a plurality of lenses mounted therein. By dynamically setting AF search start positions and AF search directions by using current AF position information, fast AF may be performed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150447 | AUTOFOCUS WITH CONFIDENCE MEASURE - Autofocusing is performed in response to a weighted sum of previous blur difference depth estimates at each focus adjustment iteration. Variance is also determined across both past and present estimations providing a confidence measure on the present focus position for the given picture. Focus adjustment is repeated until the variance is sufficiently low as to indicate confidence that a proper focus has been attained. The method provides more accurate and rapid focusing than achieved by the best current depth-based techniques, such as those utilizing most recent depth estimation to determine the next lens position. In contrast to this, the present apparatus and method combines all previous depth estimation results in the autofocus process to determine the next lens position based on statistical models and confidence measure. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150448 | POWER SAVING AUTOFOCUSING CAMERA MODULE AND POWER SAVING METHOD - Provided is a power saving-type autofocusing camera module and a power saving method, an auto focusing power saving-type camera module of the present disclosure, including a control part setting a controlled-output-amount of the lens to 0 in a resolving power ensured duration, the camera module containing an autofocusing-use lens actuator. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150449 | OPTICAL ZOOM SYSTEM - An optical zoom system including a photo sensor, a wafer level optical (WLO) lens module and a focusing motor is provided. The WLO lens module is located at the photo sensor. The WLO lens module includes at least one transparent substrate and at least one lens, wherein the lens is disposed on the transparent substrate. The focusing motor is located between the WLO lens module and the photo sensor. The focusing motor drives the WLO lens module to move toward or backward the photo sensor. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150450 | MOTION DETECTOR CAMERA - A motion detector camera includes a camera mechanism mounted inside a housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller for controlling the camera mechanism in response to signals received from the motion detector. The camera can include an activity counter mounted to the housing. The controller activates the camera mechanism when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector, or the controller activates the activity counter and does not activate the camera mechanism when a triggering activity occurs. The camera can include digital camera electronics. A camera support can be used to removably mount the camera to an object such as a tree. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150451 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing variation in the color temperature of a subject in a taken image and capable of shooting a more suitable image. The image pickup apparatus can shoot with emitting a light emitting unit. A color temperature acquisition unit acquires information about a color temperature of a light illuminating a subject. An emission control unit controls emission of the light emitting unit. The emission control unit determines emission light amount of the light emitting unit based on a color temperature difference between a color temperature of an illumination light of the light emitting unit and a color temperature based on the information acquired by the color temperature information acquisition unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150452 | POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A positioning device including: a positioning unit that performs positioning of position information at each time when predetermined positioning conditions are met; a storage unit that stores position information of at least one specified position, in association with a category from among a plurality of types of categories; a position setting unit that sets a specified position from among specified positions stored in the storage unit; a region setting unit that sets a region of a size corresponding to a category to which the specified position set by the position setting unit belongs, in association with the specified position; a region determining unit that determines whether or not position information obtained by the positioning unit belongs to the region set by the region setting unit; and a positioning control unit that changes the positioning conditions of the positioning unit based on determination results determined by the region determining unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150453 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAMERA MODULE - A three-dimensional camera module includes a base plate, a first rotating shaft, a first supporting member, a second supporting member, a first lens unit, a second lens unit mounted, a first piezoelectric actuator, a second piezoelectric actuator and a image processor. The first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft is positioned on the base plate. The first supporting member and the second supporting member are rotatably fixed to the first rotating shaft and second rotating shaft, respectively. The first lens unit and the second lens unit are mounted on the first supporting member and the second supporting member, respectively. The first piezoelectric actuator abuts the first supporting member to drive the first supporting member to pivot around the first rotating shaft. The second piezoelectric actuator abuts the second supporting member. Both of the first lens unit and the second lens unit are electrically connected to the image processor. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150454 | LENS MODULE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING SAME - A lens module includes a lens barrel and a number of lenses received in the lens barrel. The lens barrel defines a light incident opening in a side surface thereof for light passing therethrough. The lenses include a reflecting lens. The reflecting lens includes a light incident surface, a light output surface, and a total reflection surface. The light incident surface faces the light incident opening, and the light output surface faces an end of the lens barrel. The total reflection surface is configured for reflecting incident light from the light incident surface to the light output surface. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150455 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MOVING LENS THEREOF - An optical device includes a lens, a horizontal transmission module, a vertical transmission module, a horizontal driving unit, a vertical driving unit, a horizontal orientation detector, a vertical orientation detector, a user interface, and a control unit. The horizontal driving unit moves the lens horizontally via the horizontal transmission module. The horizontal orientation detector can detect horizontal movement of the lens and emit a horizontal sensing signal. The vertical driving unit can move the lens vertically via the vertical transmission module. The vertical orientation detector can detect vertical movement of the lens and emit a vertical sensing signal. The user interface can generate an operation signal. The control unit can control movement of the lens according to the operation signal, the horizontal sensing signal, and the vertical sensing signal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150456 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a main body, a lens received in the main body, and a collapsible lens cover with one end fixed on the main body and the other end capable of resisting or detaching from the main body such that the lens is covered or uncovered. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150457 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND CAMERA HAVING THE SAME - A focal plane shutter having a front film and a back film which expose a charge-coupled device to light as they move back and forth between a cover plate and a base plate, between a charging position and a discharging position at a certain time interval. The focal plane shutter includes at least one lever member which is connected to the front film and/or back film, and which amplifies an impact force generated during a charging and a discharging movement of the front film and/or back film using a lever action. An elevating member slides in a direction parallel with the movement of the front film and/or back film by the impact force amplified in the lever member. An impact absorbing unit regulates the sliding movement of the elevating member to absorb impact energy generated by the movement and stop of the front film and/or back film. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150458 | DRIVE MECHANISM, BLADE DRIVE MECHANISM AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A drive mechanism includes: an actuator including a rotor magnetized; a magnetic body, a magnetically attractive force being generated between the magnetic body and the rotor; and a sandwiched member sandwiched between the rotor and the magnetic body. At least one of the magnetic body and the sandwiched member is coupled to the rotor, and the magnetic body and the sandwiched member slidably contact each other. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150459 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a lens barrel, a first lens and a second lens. The lens barrel includes a substantially cylindrical inner wall. The first lens is received in the lens barrel. The first lens includes a first circumferential side surface spaced from the inner wall. The second lens is engaged with the first lens and received in the lens barrel. The second lens includes a second circumferential side surface. The second circumferential side surface has a first portion contacting the inner wall and a second portion spaced from the inner wall, thus a gap defined between the second portion and the inner wall. Adhesive is applied in the gap between the second portion and the inner wall. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150460 | CAMERA MODULE WITH ANTI-ASTIGMATIC LENS - An exemplary camera module includes a lens barrel defining an aperture for light entering the lens barrel and a lens received in the lens barrel. The lens includes a central optical portion aligned with the aperture of the lens barrel and a fixing portion around a periphery of the optical portion for fixing the lens in the lens barrel. An outside surface of the fixing portion of the lens is beveled relative to an optical axis of the camera module. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150461 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor configured to convert a subject image passing through a photographing optical system into an electrical signal, a holding member configured to hold the imaging sensor, and a dust-proofing member configured to surround the circumference of a light reception surface of the imaging sensor. An urging portion is integrally formed with the dust-proofing member urging the holding member in a direction that the holding member is apart from the photographing optical system. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150462 | LENS MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A lens module includes a flexible printed circuit board, a first sensor, a second sensor, an adjustment device, a lens, a protective frame, an outer housing, a drive mechanism and a resilient member. The flexible printed circuit board includes a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion. The first sensor and the second sensor are fixed on the flexible printed circuit board. The outer housing is connected to the flexible printed circuit board and covers on the outside of the adjustment device and the protective frame. The resilient member and the flexible printed circuit board are arranged on opposite sides of the outer housing. The flexible printed circuit board can be folded along a connecting line between the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150463 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SERVICE ADAPTATION AND CARRIAGE - A method and an apparatus for multi-service adaptation and carriage, comprising: mapping at the service adaptation layer different types of services into uniform enhanced Gigabit Passive Optical Network Encapsulation Method (E-GEM) frames; combining at the channel layer E-GEM frames encapsulating the same type of services into the same type of T-CONT frames; setting a priority for each type of T-CONT; guaranteeing bandwidth for T-CONT frames with high priority and preferentially sending it. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150464 | Orbital Angular Momentum In Spatially Multiplexed Optical Fiber Communications - Multiple light beams are launched into a single optical fiber, each respective light beam with a corresponding signal. Each of the respective multi-beams are separated by launching each of the light at a different incidence angle and/or input position, into the optical fiber. In this way, each light beam is able to propagate independently according to its own trajectory inside the fiber. The resultant multi light beams propagate with respective counter cyclical orbital angular momentum with respective helical paths. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150465 | OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, TRANSMITTERS, RECEIVERS, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical signal transmission system comprises a transmitter that phase-modulates two optical signals of a same frequency by asymmetrically chirping the two optical signals, combines the two optical signals that have been phase-modulated as polarization components according to polarization multiplexing, and transmits an optical signal that has been combined and obtained; and a receiver that receives said optical signal from said transmitter, compresses pulses of at least one of the polarization components of the optical signal, and splits the optical signal into two polarization components. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150466 | ENCAPSULATION SCHEME FOR OPTICAL OVER ETHERNET - According to one general aspect, a method may include receiving, from an optical transmitter, an optical signal that includes information. In some embodiments, the method may include encapsulating at least a portion of the received information into an Ethernet packet. In various embodiments, the method may include associating a control word with the Ethernet packet. In such an embodiment, the control word may include a status portion that indicates a status of at least a portion of the network including the networking apparatus, and an ordinal number configured to facilitate the re-construction of the information included by the optical signal. In various embodiments, the method may include transmitting the Ethernet packet to a networking apparatus. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150467 | MULTIPLEXING AND DEMULTIPLEXING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MULTI-WAVELENGTH OPTICAL SIGNAL - Provided are a multiplexing and demultiplexing apparatus and method of a multi-wavelength optical signal that may dispose each of thin film filters in a location where a zigzag reflection occurs in a zigzag optical path, and thereby multiplex or demultiplex a multi-wavelength optical signal using the thin film filters. Each of the thin film filters may transmit an optical signal having a predetermined wavelength which is incident at a predetermined incidence angle, and reflect a remaining wavelength optical signal at a predetermined reflection angle. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150468 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device includes a control signal generating unit to generate a control signal for each of a plurality of second frames, and a mapping unit to map a payload signal of the plurality of second frames in a payload area of a first frame, and map at least some of the control signals generated by the control signal generating unit in a control signal area of the first frame. | 2011-06-23 |
20110150469 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - There is provided an optical transmission device which includes a determiner, a convertor, and a switch. The determiner determines whether a frame includes a fixed stuff byte area or not when the frame is received from a first network, where the frame includes a payload area for storing client data and the fixed stuff byte area is for storing fixed data. When the determiner determines that the frame includes the fixed stuff byte area, a convertor to convert a fixed stuff byte area into the payload area and a switch switches a clock frequency from a first clock frequency used in the first network to a second clock frequency used in a second network when the frame including the converted fixed stuff byte area is output to the second network on the basis of the clock frequency as a reference. | 2011-06-23 |