31st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100195872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE USING POSITIONAL INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method is provided for identifying objects in an image. The method includes: capturing a series of images of a scene using a camera; receiving a topographical map for the scene that defines distances between objects in the scene; determining distances between objects in the scene from a given image; approximating identities of objects in the given image by comparing the distances between objects as determined from the given image in relation to the distances between objects from the map. The identities of objects can be re-estimated using features of the objects extracted from the other images. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195873 | QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST (DIC) DEVICES FOR COMPUTED DEPTH SECTIONING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for computing depth sectioning of an object using a quantitative differential interference contrast device having a wavefront sensor with one or more structured apertures, a light detector and a transparent layer between the structured apertures and the light detector. The method comprises receiving light, by the light detector, through the one or more structured apertures. The method also measures the amplitude of an image wavefront, and measures the phase gradient in two orthogonal directions of the image wavefront based on the light. The method can then reconstruct the image wavefront using the amplitude and phase gradient. The method can then propagate the reconstructed wavefront to a first plane intersecting an object at a first depth. In one embodiment, the method propagates the reconstructed wavefront to additional planes and generates a three-dimensional image based on the propagated wavefronts. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195874 | VIDEO ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION VALUE USING VIDEO ANALYSIS - An image analysis apparatus comprising: an identification unit operable to, in each of a plurality of scenes, identify one or more persons who appear in the scene; a scene evaluation value calculation unit operable to calculate a scene evaluation value for, among the plurality of scenes, each scene in which at least one person has been identified, the one person being included as one of persons identified by the identification unit; a scene selection unit operable to select, from among the plurality of scenes, one or more scenes that include the one person; and a person evaluation value calculation unit operable to calculate a person evaluation value for the one person by summating scene evaluation values of the scenes selected by the scene selection unit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195875 | FOSTER CARE MONITORING AND VERIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM - In some embodiments, system, devices and methods for monitoring and verifying foster care placement and processes are provided, the system and devices including a fingerprint scanner having a capability to associate fingerprint images within categories including clients, staff and providers, and also having the capability to group fingerprint images into visitation sets of data, and software for use in monitoring visitations by staff members with providers and clients using fingerprint images. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LIGHT SCATTERING IN THE EYEBALL OR EYE REGION BY RECORDING AND PROCESSING RETINAL IMAGES - The invention relates to a system and method for measuring light diffusion in the eyeball or eye region, by recording and processing retinal images. The inventive system includes a double-pass ophthalmoscopic system having means for correcting low-order aberrations. Said system can be used to record images of the plane of the retina on a CCD camera, the outer part of said images containing information relating to ocular scattering. The aforementioned images can be used to obtain the objective scattering index (OSI), providing the ratio between the energy on the outer part of the image and the energy in the central part, or, alternatively, the modulation transfer function (MTF) area can be used for this purpose once the low frequencies have been filtered. According to the inventive method, the low-order aberrations are corrected before a retinal image or a temporal sequence of retinal images is captured and recorded. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195877 | Embryo quality evaluation assistance system, embryo quality evaluation assistance apparatus and embryo quality evaluation assistance method - An embryo quality evaluation assistance system including an image pickup unit for picking up an image of the embryo, and a computer that communicates data with the embryo observing apparatus to assist quality evaluation of the embryo. The computer includes a time-series image storing unit that stores a time-series image picked up by the embryo observing apparatus, an embryo image extracting unit that extracts an embryo image from the time-series image, and an active site extracting unit that compares an embryo image based on a first time-series image with an embryo image based on a second time-series image picked up before or after a predetermined time from a pickup time of the first time-series image, and extracts as an active site a set of pixels when the difference between pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first and second time-series images is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195878 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABELING 3-D VOLUME IMAGES ON A 2-D DISPLAY OF AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM - An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is disclosed for labeling 3-dimensional volumes displayed on a 2-dimensional image display. A 3-dimensional volume image of anatomy is created. A label for a point of interest on the 3-dimensional volume image is created. A curve connecting the label to the point of interest on the 3- dimensional volume is created in a 2-dimensional visual plane such that a projection of the label onto the 3-dimensional volume image is not coincident with the 3-dimensional volume. The label, curve and 3-dimensional volume are rendered for display on the image display so that the curve extends between the point of interest and the label and so that the curve is re-rendered as the 3-dimensional volume is re-rendered in response to changes in the orientation of the 3-dimensional volume. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195879 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING AN IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING TANGENTIAL SLICE PLANES, ACTUATION MODULE AND SLICE PLANE DETERMINATION UNIT - A method is disclosed for actuating an image output device for the output of slice images, obtained from volume data, of a tissue region including at least one hollow organ section. In at least one embodiment, tangential slice planes at observation points along at least one profile line section through the hollow organ section are determined on the basis of provided volume data. In the process, the profile line section is decomposed into shorter profile line sections such that the generated profile line sections are each situated at least approximately in a plane assigned to the respective profile line section as per a predetermined quality criterion. First tangential slice planes are each assigned to the possible observation points on the associated profile line sections on the basis of these planes. A first tangential slice image is then generated from the volume data for a current observation point on the profile line section on the basis of a first tangential slice plane determined for this observation point. Control commands for the image output device are generated for the output of this slice image and transmitted to the image output device. Moreover, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to an actuation module suitable for this purpose. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195880 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A storage unit stores four-dimensional image data indicative of an aged change in perfusion in a three-dimensional region including at least a part of a subject including a body axis thereof. A control unit analyzes a distribution of a TTP value of the perfusion concerning the coronal slice. The control unit calculates a difference value between the TTP values on both sides sandwiching the body axis on a straight line orthogonal to the body axis in the coronal slice. The control unit analyzes at least one of a distribution of the TTP value and a distribution of a characteristic value different from the TTP value in regard to a axial slice orthogonal to the coronal slice at a position of the straight line on which a maximum value in a plurality of difference values calculated is calculated. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING IMAGE VIEWS IN A 3D DATASET - A method is provided for automatically identifying image views in a three-dimensional dataset comprises accessing with a processor a three-dimensional dataset comprising a plurality of image frames and fitting with the processor at least one deformable model to at least one structure within each of the image frames. The method further comprises identifying with the processor at least one feature point within each of the image frames based on the at least one deformable model and displaying on a display at least one image view based on the at least one feature point. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195882 | Matching Geometry Generation And Display Of Mammograms And Tomosynthesis Images - A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SAMPLE POINTS FROM A SERIES OF MEDICAL IMAGES AND IDENTIFYING A SIGNIFICANT REGION - A system and method for automatically generating sample points from a series of medical images and identifying a significant region are presented. An image acquisition system acquires the medical images of a region of interest (ROI) and an automated mask generator reviews the images to generate a parenchyma mask. Using the parenchyma mask, an automated sample point generator then detects portions of the medical images indicative of a material expected to be in a ROI and designates sample points therefrom. A target-tissue identification system uses the sample points to create a mathematical description of a target tissue and an enhanced target-tissue. A target-tissue change detection system then detects changes in the mathematical descriptions from those created using prior images. Finally, a significant region detector, which includes a training process to generate a quantitative definition of significance, automatically identifies a significant object in the series of medical images. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195884 | Method for transforming a distortion-corrected magnetic resonance image, method for carrying out magnetic resonance measurements, and image transformation unit - A method for carrying out magnetic resonance measurements on an examination object in a magnetic resonance system is described. In at least one embodiment, a magnetic resonance image of the examination object previously acquired via the magnetic resonance system is used to determine spatial coordinates in order to control the magnetic resonance system for the magnetic resonance measurement to be carried out. In this case, in order to determine the spatial coordinates, use is made of a distortion-corrected magnetic resonance image generated on the basis of an original magnetic resonance measured image acquired by the magnetic resonance system and transformed in advance into an equivalent measured image on the basis of field inhomogeneity values of the magnetic resonance system. Also described are a method for, in at least one embodiment, transforming a distortion-corrected magnetic resonance image, generated on the basis of an original magnetic resonance measured image acquired by a magnetic resonance system into an equivalent measured image, and a suitable image transformation unit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195885 | METHODS OF EFFICIENT AND IMPROVED PHASE-SENSITIVE MRI - A single-point Dixon (“SPD”) technique that can provide chemical species separation using data from a single echo with a flexible relative phase angle between the species is provided. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195886 | Method of Generating a Multiscale Contrast Enhanced Image - At least one approximation image is created of the image at one or multiple scales. Translation difference images are created by pixel-wise subtracting the values of an approximation image at scale s and the values of a translated version of the approximation image. A non-linear modification is applied to the values of the translation difference image (s) and at least one enhanced center difference image at a specific scale is computed by combining the modified translation difference images at that scale or a smaller scale with weights w | 2010-08-05 |
20100195887 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGES - Based on medical image data acquired in each time phase included in a one-cycle interval, first tracking part tracks the position of a first region of interest set in a first time phase in each time phase and tracks the position of a second region of interest set in a second time phase in each time phase. Based on position information of the first region of interest and the second region of interest in each time phase, position correction part obtains position information of a region of interest in each time phase so that it passes through the position of the first region of interest in the first time phase and the position of the second region of interest in the second time phase. Motion-information calculator obtains motion information of a tissue based on the obtained position information. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195888 | CT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION OF A MOVING EXAMINATION OBJECT - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method for the scanning of a moving examination object with a CT system, in which during a rotational movement of a transmitter/receiver pair around the examination object, data is captured. Further, sectional images of the examination object are determined from the data by way of an iterative algorithm, where motion information relating to the movement of the examination object during the data acquisition is taken into account in the iterative algorithm. At least one embodiment of the invention further relates to a CT system and a computer program. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195889 | CT IMAGE RECORDING OF A MOVING EXAMINATION OBJECT - A method is disclosed for scanning a moving examination object using a CT-System, with which data is captured during a circular movement of a transmitter/receiver pair through 360 degrees about the examination object, the data being assigned to the respective angular position. The 360 degrees are divided into n subsegments of equal size, where n is greater than 2, an even number and not divisible by 4. In at least one embodiment, the data assigned to the odd number subsegments forms a first data record and the data assigned to the even number subsegments forms a second data record. Differential information is determined between the first data record and the second data record. Motion information relating to the movement of the examination object is determined using the differential information. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195890 | METHOD FOR COMPLETING A MEDICAL IMAGE DATA SET - The present invention relates to a method for generating a complete medical image data set from an incomplete image data set, comprising the method steps of: providing a first image data set which represents an image of a first region of a body, including at least a part of the surface of the body, at a first point in time; providing a second, incomplete image data set which represents an image of a second region of the body at a second point in time, wherein the first region and the second region overlap; providing a third data set which represents the contour of the body in the form of points on the surface of the body, substantially at the second point in time; adapting the first image data set to the second image data set by taking into account the third data set; and accepting the adapted first image data set as a complete image data set. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195891 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTING METHJOD USING X-RAY VOLUME PHOTOGRAPHY - A 3D image reconstructing method using X-ray volume photography acquires a plurality of X-ray area array images of the object interested according to locating principle of the digital photographic measurement. A plurality of mark points of the known 3D positions are simultaneously taken in the X-ray photo, and the method uses the coordinates of the mark points in the rectangular coordinate system for volume photographic 3D image reconstruction and the coordinates of the mark points in the X-ray photo coordinate system to construct a transforming relationship of the two coordinate systems. The method determines the path and the position of each X beam by using the transforming relationship and gets all voxels of each X-ray passing the object interested. The method uses the voxel g and the pixel G of the same X beam path to get Radon set of equations to determine the gray scale value of voxel g, then determines the gray scale values of all voxels g by computer and reconstructs a 3D volume image of the object interested based on the gray scale value of voxel g. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195892 | MEDICAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image data processing apparatus includes: an imaging unit that has an X-ray tube for irradiating a subject with X-ray and an X-ray detector for detecting X-ray passed through the subject and scans the subject to collect raw data; a reconstruction unit that reconstructs image data from the collected raw data; a cutout unit that calculates, based on an image to be observed selected from the reconstructed image data, an imaging position of the image to be observed and cut outs, from the collected raw data, raw data existing within a previously set range including raw data constituting the image to be observed; and a storage unit that stores the raw data cut out by the cutout unit together with associated additional information. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195893 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A first generating unit generates a plurality of blood vessel image data sets at the plurality of imaging angles by performing subtraction processing for the plurality of mask image data sets and the plurality of contrast image data sets. A second generating unit generates a blood vessel volume data set including an artery region, a vein region, and a capillary vessel region by performing reconstruction processing for the plurality of blood vessel image data sets. A third generating unit generates a capillary vessel volume data set associated with the capillary vessel region by removing the artery region and the vein region from the blood vessel volume data set. A fourth generating unit generates a capillary vessel image data set by performing three-dimensional image processing for the capillary vessel volume data set. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195894 | Authentication of Security Documents, in Particular of Banknotes - There is described a method for checking the authenticity of security documents, in particular banknotes, wherein authentic security documents comprise security features printed, applied or otherwise provided on the security documents, which security features comprise characteristic visual features intrinsic to the processes used for producing the security documents. The method comprises the steps of (i) acquiring a sample image of at least one region of interest of the surface of a candidate document to be authenticated, which region of interest encompasses at least part of the security features, (ii) digitally processing the sample image by performing a decomposition of the sample image into at least one scale sub-space containing high resolution details of the sample image and extracting classifying features from the scale sub-space, and (iii) deriving an authenticity rating of the candidate document based on the extracted classifying features. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195895 | SOLUTION FOR DETECTING A STREAK IN A COMPRESSED GRAY SCALE IMAGE - A solution for detecting a streak in a JPEG image is disclosed that includes an extraction system for extracting a DC value from each cell block in the compressed image; an identification system for identifying a peak DC value in each rank of cell blocks within the compressed image; and an analysis system for analyzing the peak DC values to determine if a streak exists in the compressed image. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195896 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PATTERN DEFECTS - With the objective of achieving defect kind training in a short period of time to teach classification conditions of defects detected as a result of inspecting a thin film device, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a visual inspection method, and an apparatus therefor, comprising the steps of: detecting defects based on inspection images acquired by optical or electronic defect detection means, and at the same time calculating features of the defects; and classifying the defects according to classification conditions set beforehand, wherein said classification condition setting step further includes the steps of: collecting defect features over a large number of defects acquired beforehand from the defect detection step; sampling defects based on the distribution of the collected defect features over the large number of defects; and setting defect classification conditions based on the result of reviewing the sampled defects. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195897 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - Aims to provide an inspection apparatus and an inspection method for precisely detecting an amount of misalignment of a component mounted on a panel through an adhesive which contains conductive particles. The inspection apparatus detects an amount of misalignment, from a predetermined mounting position, of a component mounted on a surface of a panel through an ACF, and includes: a visible light camera ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF DEPTH IMAGE - A method and apparatus for enhancing quality of a depth image are provided. A method for enhancing quality of a depth image includes: receiving a multi-view image including a left image, a right image, and a center image; receiving a current depth image frame and a previous depth image frame of the current depth image frame; setting an intensity difference value corresponding to a specific disparity value of the current depth image frame by using the current depth image frame and the previous depth image frame; setting a disparity value range including the specific disparity value; and setting an intensity difference value corresponding to the disparity value range of the current depth image frame by using the multi-viewpoint image. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195899 | DETECTION OF PEOPLE IN REAL WORLD VIDEOS AND IMAGES - Systems and methods for detecting people in video data streams or image data are provided. The method includes using a plurality of training images for learning spatial distributions associated with a plurality of body parts, detecting a plurality of detections of body parts in an input image, clustering the detections of body parts located within a predetermined distance from one another to create one effective detection for each cluster of detections, and determining a position of each person associated with each effective detection. The detections of body parts can be associated with respective previously learned spatial distributions. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding a multi-view image including a stereoscopic image are provided. The apparatus for encoding a multi-view image includes a base layer encoding unit that encodes a base layer image to generate a base layer bit stream, a view-based conversion unit that performs view-based conversion of the base layer image to generate a view-converted base layer image, a subtractor obtaining a residual between a enhancement layer image and the view-converted base layer image, and an enhancement layer encoding unit that encodes the obtained residual to generate an enhancement layer bit stream. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195901 | Digital image processing and systems incorporating the same - Algorithms for improving the quality of images tone mapped using the bilateral filter are presented. The algorithms involve a localized operator applied to the tone mapping compression factor which enhances apparent image contrast in the low dynamic range output of the tone mapping. At least one embodiment of the present invention is related to circuitry configured to perform at least a portion of related calculations. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF IMAGE COLORS - A system and method for correcting or calibrating a color in an image by comparing a value of a color property of at least two colors in the image to a known value of such color property for such colors, calculating a variance of the colors in the image from the known values of the colors, and applying the variance to other colors in the image. Some embodiments include identification of an object in the image as including the known colors. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195903 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA-SET GENERATING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DATA-SET GENERATING PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing device that includes: a data-set generating unit that generates a plurality of data sets in which spectral information and color information corresponding to the spectral information are set as a pair; an associating unit that associates a stained sample image with at least one of data sets generated by the data-set generating unit based on color information of the stained sample image and color information of the respective data sets; and a spectral-information extracting unit that extracts spectral information used for estimating spectral characteristics of the stained sample according to the association of data sets by the associating unit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195904 | DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS, DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A discrimination apparatus includes a separating unit configured to separate kinds (N being a natural number of 2 or greater) of color signals forming an image signal obtained by image acquisition of a subject with a color imaging system into kinds (M being a natural number of 1 or greater, M≦N) of wavelength ranges, based on known spectral characteristics of a subject to be discriminated, at least one of the separated wavelength ranges including a plurality of color signals. The discrimination apparatus further includes a noise estimating unit configured to estimate a noise amount in each predetermined unit area in each of the wavelength ranges separated by the separating unit, and a noise reducing unit configured to perform a noise reducing processing on each of the wavelength ranges separated by the separating unit, based on the noise amount estimated by the noise estimating unit. The discrimination apparatus further includes a discriminating unit configured to perform a discriminating processing on the subject to be discriminated, based on the color signals in the wavelength ranges noise-reduced by the noise reducing unit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195905 | METHOD OF SETTING CONTRAST IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING, AND AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THIS PURPOSE - The invention relates to a method of setting contrast in digital image processing in which a brightness distribution in the form of a histogram is produced from image pixels and the histogram is revised with the help of transfer functions, and in which a linear increase in contrast takes place in a region of the image. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195906 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - Disclosed is a method for correction of pixel values of an input image to compensate for variation in image capturing conditions is proposed. In an embodiment, the method enables computing a statistical value from a selected set of pixel values associated with the input image. Based, at least in part, on the computed statistical value a set of parameter values is derived. The parameter values correspond to at least two gompertz functions. The method further enables applying the at least two gompertz functions to the input image to obtain an output image. This results in an output image with one or more corrected pixel values. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195907 | IMAGE PROCESSOR FOR CORRECTING IMAGE DATA - An acquiring unit acquires image data and ambient light data indicating a first color for a first ambient light and a second color for a second ambient light. A third color of a first pixel data is closer to the first color than the second color. A fourth color of a second pixel data is closer to the second color than the first color. A correcting unit corrects the first pixel data such that a third color-appearance of a pixel according to the corrected first pixel data under the second ambient light is perceived as a color-appearance that is the same as a fourth color-appearance of a pixel according to the first pixel data under the first ambient light. The correcting unit corrects the second pixel data such that a fifth color-appearance of a pixel according to the corrected second pixel data under the second ambient light is perceived as a color-appearance that is different from a sixth color-appearance of a pixel according to the second pixel data under the first ambient light and a correction degree by which the correcting unit corrects the second pixel data is less than a correction degree by which the correcting unit corrects the first pixel data. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195908 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME - In at least one embodiment, a spectrally mozaiced digital image is provided with missing color data imputed for each pixel. At least one embodiment of the present invention is related to circuitry configured to perform at least a portion of the calculations related to demosaicing a high dynamic range image. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM TEXT USING TEXT ANNOTATION AND FACT EXTRACTION - A fact extraction tool set (“FEX”) finds and extracts targeted pieces of information from text using linguistic and pattern matching technologies, and in particular, text annotation and fact extraction. Text annotation tools break a text, such as a document, into its base tokens and annotate those tokens or patterns of tokens with orthographic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and other attributes. A user-defined “Annotation Configuration” controls which annotation tools are used in a given application. XML is used as the basis for representing the annotated text. A tag uncrossing tool resolves conflicting (crossed) annotation boundaries in an annotated text to produce well-formed XML from the results of the individual annotators. The fact extraction tool is a pattern matching language which is used to write scripts that find and match patterns of attributes that correspond to targeted pieces of information in the text, and extract that information. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195910 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ATTACHING HANDWRITTEN INFORMATION TO AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method for attaching handwritten information to an electronic document comprises the steps of displaying a handwriting area of an electronic document on a displaying apparatus; adjusting the location or the size of the handwriting area according to commands from an electronic device; detecting handwritten information by a touch screen on the electronic device; translating the handwritten information into an information file by the electronic device; and attaching the information file to the handwriting area on the electronic document. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195911 | System and method for image facial area detection employing skin tones - The subject application is directed to a system and method for image facial detection employing skin tones. Image data comprised of a plurality of pixels encoded in at least a three dimensional component space is received and sub-sampled region data is generated from the received image data. A percentage of pixels having a low chroma value below a threshold value is then calculated and tested against a predetermined percentage threshold value. Each pixel is then classified in accordance with a skin tone model. Skin tone map data is then generated based on classification and a skin tone mask is output form the map data. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195912 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE COMPOSITION AND DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE COMPOSITION METHOD - An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section for forming a subject image and outputting image data, a face detection section for detecting a person's face based on the image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected by the face detection section, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. Also, an image composition and display device of the present invention comprises a storage section for storing image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected from image data, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195913 | Method and System for Immersing Face Images into a Video Sequence - The present invention is a system and method for immersing facial images of people captured automatically from an image or a sequence of images into a live video playback sequence. This method allows viewers to perceive a participation in the viewed “movie” segment. A format is defined for storing the video such that this live playback of the video sequence is possible. A plurality of Computer Vision algorithms in the invention processes a plurality of input image sequences from the means for capturing images, which is pointed at the users in the vicinity of the system and performs the head detection and tracking. The interaction in the invention can be performed either in real-time or off-line depending on the embodiment of the invention in an uncontrolled background. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195914 | SCALABLE NEAR DUPLICATE IMAGE SEARCH WITH GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS - Methods are disclosed for finding images from a large corpus of images that at least partially match a query image. The present method makes use of feature detectors to bundle features into local groups or bundles. These bundled features are repeatable and much more discriminative than an individual SIFT feature. Equally importantly, the bundled features provide a flexible representation that allows simple and robust geometric constraints to be efficiently enforced when querying the index. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195915 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a ruled line extracting unit that counts the number of pixels within an image, compares the counted number of pixels with a threshold value, and extracts a ruled line based on a result of the comparison; and an identifying unit that identifies a noise component in the ruled line extracted by the ruled line extracting unit based on thickness of the ruled line extracted by the ruled line extracting unit and the threshold value. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195916 | UNIQUE SECURITY DEVICE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OR AUTHENTICATION OF VALUABLE GOODS, FABRICATION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR SECURING VALUABLE GOODS USING SUCH A UNIQUE SECURITY DEVICE - A security device for the identification or authentication of valuable goods is described, including a thin material layer ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195917 | LINER TRANSFORMATION MATRIX CALCULATING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A linear transformation matrix calculating apparatus linearly transforms a plurality of dictionary subspaces which belong to respective categories by a linear transformation matrix respectively, selects a plurality of sets of two dictionary subspaces from the plurality of linearly transformed dictionary subspaces, calculates a loss function using similarities among the selected sets of dictionary subspaces respectively, calculates a differential parameter obtained by differentiating the loss function by the linear transformation matrix, calculates a new linear transformation matrix from the differential parameter and the linear transformation matrix by Deepest Descent Method, and updates the new linear transformation matrix as the linear transformation matrix used in the linear transformation unit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195918 | PAPER SHEET RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND PAPER SHEET RECOGNITION METHOD - A paper sheet recognition apparatus recognizes a type of a paper sheet in an input image by matching the input image of the paper sheet with reference images of a plurality of paper sheets. The apparatus includes a candidate selecting unit that selects a predetermined number of candidate types of the paper sheet based on a density feature and direction features of each block acquired by uniformly dividing the input image and the reference images; and a detailed judgment unit that adaptively divides the input image into blocks according to features of a reference image corresponding to each type of paper sheets selected by the candidate selecting unit, and performs a detailed judgment based on matching values between corresponding blocks of the divided input image and each of the reference images. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195919 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPERIMPOSING PATTERNS ON IMAGES IN REAL-TIME, PARTICULARLY FOR GEOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE - A device (DS), for superimposing known patterns, characteristic of a region, on (real) images of the region. The device (D) includes, a memory ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195920 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, REPRODUCING METHOD, EDITING DEVICE, AND EDITING METHOD - A recording device includes: an encoding unit configured to perform compression encoding on single image data obtained by imaging a subject from a predetermined viewpoint to generate first compression-encoded data, and perform compression encoding on composite image data in which a plurality of image data obtained by imaging the subject from mutually different viewpoints have been composited, to generate second compression-encoded data; a file generating unit configured to generate a first image file including the first compression-encoded data generated at the encoding unit, and generate a second image file including the second compression-encoded data generated at the encoding unit; and a file writing unit configured to write the first image file and the second image file generated at the file generating unit, to a recording medium in a correlated manner. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195921 | Universal Lossy Compression Methods - The present invention provides methods for universal lossy compression that provide performance at or near the rate-distortion limit and that are based on universal, implementable lossy source coding algorithms. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195922 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - To provide an image decoding apparatus that suppresses overhead of parallel processing to improve parallelization efficiency and reduce circuit costs, while solving neighboring macroblock dependencies. The image decoding apparatus ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195923 | IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRANSFORM AND OF A SUBSEQUENT QUANTIZATION - An approximation of a DCT and a quantization are to be applied subsequently to digital data for compression of this digital data. In order to improve the transform, a predetermined transform matrix is simplified to require less operations when applied to digital data. In addition, elements of the simplified transform matrix constituting irrational numbers are approximated by rational numbers. These measures are compensated by extending a predetermined quantization to include the operations which were removed in the simplification of the predetermined transform matrix. The included operations are further adjusted to compensate for the approximation of elements of the simplified transform matrix by rational numbers. If the simplified transform matrix and the extended quantization are used as basis for implementation, a fast transform with a good resulting quality can be achieved. An approximation of an IDCT employed in decompression of compressed digital data can be simplified correspondingly. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195924 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUCCESSIVELY ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE - Provided is a method and apparatus for compression encoding/decoding an image based on the repetition of an access unit and the repetition of a residual value. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195925 | GENERATION OF IMAGE DATA WITH CORRECTION FOR OPTICAL MISFOCUS UTILIZING FRACTIONAL POWERS OF THE FOURIER TRANSFORM OPERATOR - Fractional Fourier transform properties inherent in lens systems and other light and particle-beam environments may be exploited to correct optical system misfocus utilizing fractional Fourier transform approximations rendered by numerical methods. The corrective fractional Fourier transform power value may be determined automatically or by human operator. This power value is used to calculate a Fractional Fourier transform correction operation and, if useful, to back-calculate corresponding phase restoration information. The fractional Fourier transform correction operation is applied to image data. In an embodiment, phase restoration information is also applied to image data. The image correction can be applied to imaging systems obeying fractional Fourier optics including integrated optics, optical computing, particle beam systems, and can be incorporated into film processing machines, photo editing software, VCRs, camcorders, as well as video editing, video surveillance, video conferencing systems and other types of products and service facilities in computers, machines, and over the Internet. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195926 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording section that stores an image to be processed and a past image corresponding to the image to be processed, a pixel extraction section that extracts a first predetermined region including a target pixel in the image to be processed and a second predetermined region of the past image corresponding to the target pixel, a noise amount estimation section that estimates an amount of noise corresponding to the target pixel, a similitude calculating section that calculates a first similitude between the target pixel in the first predetermined region and pixels peripheral thereto and a second similitude between the target pixel in the first predetermined region and a pixel in the second predetermined region, a similitude feature value calculating section that calculates a feature value according to the similitude, a similitude correcting section that corrects the similitude based on the feature value, a filter coefficient calculating section that calculates a filter coefficient based on the corrected similitude, and a noise reduction section that reduces noise of the target pixel based on the filter coefficient. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195927 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING, CALCULATING THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN VIDEO FRAMES, AND ACQUIRING A SYNTHESIZED FRAME BY SYNTHESIZING A PLURALITY OF CONTIGUOUS SAMPLED FRAMES - To acquire a high-resolution frame from a plurality of frames sampled from a video image, it is necessary to obtain a high-resolution frame with reduced picture quality degradation regardless of motion of a subject included in the frame. Because of this, between a plurality of contiguous frames Fr | 2010-08-05 |
20100195928 | Method and system for displaying images - A method and system for displaying images are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes incorporating a plurality of related images into an image boundary, applying the image boundary to border at least one key image, and displaying the at least one key image and the image boundary in a display area. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195929 | DEVELOPMENT SERVER, DEVELOPMENT CLIENT, DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, AND DEVELOPMENT METHOD - A development server for more easily creating an image having a quality of image matching the desire and preference of the user from image data such as RAW data from which the user cannot develop. A development server ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195930 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY BY ADDRESSING IMAGE NOISE FROM ELECTRICAL NOISE - Provided are devices, systems and methods that improve image quality by identifying and addressing image noise caused by electrical noise. Electrical noise emanating from a plurality of components of an image apparatus is identified, producing an electrical noise detection calculation based on the detected electrical noise, and inputting the electrical noise detection calculation into an image noise correction calculation apparatus, calculating an image noise correction calculation. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195931 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTING METHOD - When a group of (pre-processed) projection data is stored into a projection-data storage unit, a Gaussian-based expansion-data creating unit creates a group of Gaussian-based expansion data that is expanded from each of the group of projection data through linear combination based on a plurality of Gaussian functions that is stored by a Gaussian-function storage unit and has different center points. A reconstruction-image creating unit then creates a reconstruction image by using the Gaussian-based expansion-data created by the Gaussian-based expansion-data creating unit, and stores the created reconstruction image into an image storage unit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195932 | Binary Image Stitching Based On Grayscale Approximation - Binary image stitching based on grayscale approximation. In a first example embodiment, a method for automatic binary image stitching of first and second binary images includes several acts. First, the first and second binary images are converted into first and second thumbnail grayscale images. Each thumbnail grayscale image is a lower resolution than its corresponding binary image by a scaling factor. Next, a thumbnail transform is calculated between the first thumbnail grayscale image and the second thumbnail grayscale image. Then, a full-size transform is calculated as a function of the thumbnail transform and the scaling factor. Next, the stitched binary image is created by projecting the first binary image onto the second binary image using the full-size transform and combining overlapping portions of the first and second binary images. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SKEW DETECTION OF A SCANNED DOCUMENT USING CONNECTED COMPONENTS ANALYSIS - A method and system for skew detection is provided using connected components analysis. The methodology includes extracting connected components corresponding to the image and analyzing the image based on said connected components for determining skew of the image | 2010-08-05 |
20100195934 | IMAGE INTERPOLATION METHOD, IMAGE INTERPOLATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An image interpolation method obtains an image line pixel value between two adjacent image lines. The method acquires a luminance change of pixels of two image lines and decides a region of two image lines where only one portion similar to a part of the luminance change of one of the image lines exists in the luminance change of the other image line in the vicinity of the image to be interpolated. Then, among pixel sets located at the symmetric positions about the object image to be interpolated with respect to the pixel within the region, the set having the highest similarity is selected. By using the pixel value of the selected set, the pixel value of the pixel to be interpolated is decided. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL NAVIGATION USING ENHANCED FRAMES OF IMAGE DATA - A system and method for performing optical navigation uses a spatial noise pattern estimate of the spatial noise pattern in captured frames of image data caused by contamination on at least one component of the system to substantially remove the spatial noise pattern in the captured frames of image data before the captured frames of image data are used for displacement estimation. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195936 | End-stomp and closure mechanism for a reclosable pouch - A closure mechanism extends between side edges of a reclosable pouch and includes complementary interlocking closure elements each having an elongate profile extending between first and second ends thereof. Guide rails are disposed along exterior sides of the complementary interlocking closure elements. A slider is disposed in straddling relation over the guide rails and an end-stomp is defined by a fused-together portion of the interlocking closure elements proximate an end of the closure mechanism. The end-stomp may include a flattened region, a first raised ridge that is generally parallel to the interlocking closure elements, and a second raised ridge that is generally perpendicular to the first raised ridge. The second raised ridge extends away from a pouch interior and beyond opening side lateral edges of the complementary interlocking closure elements a distance that is sufficient to engage a top wall of the slider. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195937 | BAG - A bag may include opposing first and second sidewalls of a pliable thermoplastic material that may be joined to each other along first and second side seals and a closed bottom. The sidewalls may remain un-joined along their top edges to form an opening into which trash and other items may be deposited. When the bag is placed in a trash receptacle, the un-joined top edges may be folded over the rim of the receptacle to secure the liner to the receptacle. To assist with securing the bag to the receptacle, the side seals may be directed to converge partially toward each other thereby forming a throat in the interior volume proximate the opening. When the top edges are folded over the receptacle rim, the throat may grip the receptacle. The bag may include a pattern between the converging portions. The bag may include a retention strip between the converging portions. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195938 | Multi-layer film and medicine container using the same - Disclosed is a multi-layer film comprising: a surface layer having a thickness of 10 to 50 ∫Ê m made of an ethylene-∫ | 2010-08-05 |
20100195939 | Multi-layer laminated film for making a retail-ready microwave oven cooking pouch - A flexible rollstock material used in the construction of microwave cooking bags. The rollstock material includes, in progressive inner to outer layers, polyester, metal, adhesive, paper, adhesive and polypropylene. The formed bags are sufficiently strong to support the bag without external packaging while providing a printable exterior surface. The bag is subject to high heat cooking of protein without deleterious affect to the bag. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195940 | TUBULAR BAG PROVIDED WITH A COVER - The invention relates to a tubular pouch ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195941 | STRIPS FOR RESEALING BAGS - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to adhesive strips for reversibly resealing open bags, such as food bags. More particularly, the preferred strips comprise a decorative motif and/or a textured surface, which may be provided in a dispenser. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195942 | SLIDING BEARING FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a sliding bearing for structural engineering applications, in particular for civil works such as bridges, buildings, structures that are required at the same time to withstand vertical loads and to allow relative movements and/or rotations, and structures to be protected against seismic events, said bearing having a low friction coefficient and being suitable for being used in severe operating conditions, both due to the loads applied and to particularly high operating temperatures. The bearing, which is of the type comprising a first part ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195943 | FLUID BEARING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING BEARING CONCAVES IN FLUID BEARING STRUCTURE - A fluid bearing structure with uniform depths of bearing concaves and a method of forming the bearing concaves in the fluid bearing structure. Pipe parts are inserted into through holes formed in the bearing base to form fluid spout holes for spouting fluid between confronting bearing surfaces. Bearing concaves are formed around the fluid spout holes. The bearing base and the pipe parts are made of different materials. A coating layer is formed on the bearing base and the pipe parts by an anodic oxidation process. Thickness of the coating layer on the bearing base is different from thickness of the coating layer on the pipe parts since the base member and the pipe members are made of different materials. The material on which a coating layer grows quickly is selected for the bearing base and the material on which a coating layer grows slowly is selected for the pipe parts. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195944 | Vehicle suspension module - A suspension module for the suspension systems of vehicles, which is easily removed and replaced in a repair mode. The suspension module comprises a suspension module, a bearing housed in the suspension module wherein the bearing is comprised of a spherical bearing in a housing, the spherical bearing being fixed in the suspension module housing by a crimp in the housing. There is a set of two adapter tubes and a retainer ring mounted on the distal end of the suspension module housing to retain the suspension module in a suspension knuckle of a vehicle suspension system. There is also disclosed a crimping tool for placing a crimp in the housing to retain the spherical bearing therein. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195945 | NEEDLE ROLLER BEARING AND CRANKSHAFT SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A needle roller bearing ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195946 | COATED BEARING - The invention concerns a bearing assembly comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and rolling elements, the inner ring and outer ring being rotatably coupled by means of the rolling elements. The rolling elements are disposed on opposing raceways within a bearing cavity and are retained in a cage. The bearing is provided with a lubricant and further comprises at least one sealing element, mounted in an annular gap between the inner and outer ring. To prevent the lubricant adhering to predetermined surfaces within the bearing cavity which do not require lubrication, at least one of these predetermined surfaces is provided with an oleophobic coating. One advantage of the invention is that the lubricant ages less quickly, leading to improved bearing service life. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195947 | BEARING DEVICE FOR A WHEEL - A bearing device for a wheel, in which circumferential play is minimized and in which a hub ring and an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint can be connected with excellent workability. Axially extending projections ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195948 | Separator for bearing assemblies with cyclic loads - A bearing assembly includes first and second races, a plurality of ball bearings positioned between the first and second races, and a spacer positioned between each of the ball bearings. The spacers each include a body defining opposite first and second sides, a first substantially concave pocket located at the first side of the body, and a second substantially concave pocket located at the second side of the body. The first and second substantially concave pockets each define a central region having a first radius of curvature about a first center point and an outer region adjacent to the central region that has a second radius of curvature about a second center point. The first and second center points are spaced from one another, and the body includes a portion extending in between at least the respective central regions of the first and second substantially concave pockets. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195949 | ROLLING BEARING - A rolling bearing ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100195950 | Optical Sensor Fiber Having Zone Which is Sensitive to Bending, Sensor Having Such Sensor Fiber, and Method for Producing - An untreated fiber section in an optical sensor fiber has a zone which is framed by surface-treated fiber sections, thus making it possible to determine, by metrology, a mixture of light modes in the untreated fiber section that depends on bending. This advantageously makes it possible to measure the bending in the optical sensor fiber in a very accurate manner. The optical sensor fiber may be used in sensor having a laser diode and a photodiode. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195951 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multi-layer structure and a method for manufacturing the multi-layer structure are provided. The multi-layer structure includes: a waveguide including one or more light coupling regions having a refractive index gradient; at least one organic material based active optical element disposed above the waveguide; wherein the one or more light coupling regions is configured to change characteristics of light propagating in the waveguide; wherein at least one of the one or more light coupling regions is configured to enhance light coupling between the waveguide and the active optical element. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195952 | MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE - A multi-layer structure is provided. The multi-layer structure includes: a waveguide including a light coupling arrangement, wherein the light coupling arrangement is substantially non-wavelength selective; at least one light source disposed above the waveguide; and at least one photo detector disposed above the waveguide; wherein the at least one light source, the at least one photo detector and the waveguide include organic material, and wherein the waveguide, the light coupling arrangement, the at least one light source and the at least one photo detector are monolithically integrated. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195953 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, OPTICAL MODULATOR, POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION COMPENSATOR, AND OPTICAL SWITCH - An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate which has an electro-optical effect; an optical waveguide which is formed on the substrate and/or inside the substrate; and an in-substrate electrode which is formed of a metal and provided inside the substrate. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195954 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A multilayer printed circuit board including insulating layers, conductor circuits formed between the insulating layers, and optical circuits formed between the insulating layers and including a first optical circuit. The first optical circuit is positioned on a first outermost insulating layer of the insulating layers, and the insulating layers, conductor circuits and optical circuits are layered to form a multilayer structure having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface such that the multilayer structure is structured to mount optical elements on the first surface and second surface of the multilayer structure, respectively. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195955 | OPTICAL FIBER INTERCONNECTION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS USING SAME - Optical fiber interconnection devices, which can take the form of a module, are disclosed that include an array of optical fibers and multi-fiber optical-fiber connectors, for example, a twenty-four-port connector or multiples thereof, and three eight-port connectors or multiples thereof. The array of optical fibers is color-coded and is configured to optically interconnect the ports of the twenty-four-port connector to the three eight-port connectors in a manner that preserves transmit and receive polarization. In one embodiment, the interconnection devices provide optical interconnections between twenty-four-fiber optical connector configurations to eight-fiber optical connector configurations, such as from twenty-four-fiber line cards to eight-fiber line cards, without having to make structural changes to cabling infrastructure. In one aspect, the optical fiber interconnection devices provide a migration path from duplex optics to parallel optics. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195956 | MULTI-CHANNEL FIBER OPTIC ROTARY JOINT USING DE-ROTATING LENS - A multi-channel fiber optic rotary joint has been invented in which optic signals can be transmitted simultaneously from a rotating fiber optic collimator array and a stationary fiber optic collimator array in air and in other optic fluids. A de-rotating lens, a cylindrical GRIN (Graded Index) lens, is positioned in the path between said rotating fiber optic collimator array and said stationary fiber optic collimator array, and arranged for rotation relative to each fiber optic collimator arrays at a rotary speed equal to one-half the relative rotational rate between said rotating and stationary fiber optic collimator arrays. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195957 | OPTICAL FIBER CONTACT - An optical fiber contact for transmitting moderate-magnitude optical power. The fiber contact includes an optical fiber having an inner core and a surrounding cladding for transmitting the radiation in the core. Additional surrounding layers including so-called buffer and jackets mechanically stabilize the optical fiber. The forward part of the optical fiber contact is surrounded by a transparent tubular member. The tubular member extends a certain length along the outer cylindrical surface of the cladding. There is no heating by power loss radiation, as the power loss radiation is leaving the contact as optical radiation. To disperse radiation propagating within the cladding, the cladding includes a roughening or additional layers of a transparent material. In case of additional layers of transparent material then the outermost layer should be roughened. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195958 | Fiber connector and adapter - Fiberoptic connector and adapter assembly includes a fiberoptic connector received within an adapter. The connector has a cover on the connector housing. The cover pivots between open and closed positions to expose or cover, respectively, a optical fiber contained within the connector. Longitudinal guides of the connector are received cooperating with longitudinal guides of the adapter to direct the connector into the adapter in a prescribed alignment. A cam pin is carried on the adapter to engage a cam pin receiving slot on the cover to urge the cover to the open position as the connector is inserted into the adapter. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195959 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING A COMPOSITE UNDERBODY PANEL - A process for fabricating a fiber composite underbody panel for a vehicle begins by laying-up a first fiber composite sheet on a suitable form or tool. Current carrying wiring that is normally carried by the floor is laid in place on the first sheet, with the ends of the wires extending beyond the edges of the sheet. The wires are shielded to prevent the radiation of fields therefrom into the interior of the vehicle. Fiber optic cable is used to carry signals. A second fiber composite sheet is then laid-up on the first sheet. The two sheets with the embedded wires are placed in a heated mold to form the sheets into the desired finished shape and configuration. The ends of the copper wires and the fiber optic cables are then terminated by connectors so that they may be later coupled to the circuitry of the vehicle. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195960 | Coupling Device for Coupling at Least One Optical Waveguide to an Optical Component - A coupling device for coupling at least one optical waveguide to an optical component having a holding element for holding the at least one optical waveguide, a mounting element for fixing the optical component, and a spacing element. The holding element is fitted to the mounting element. The spacing element is arranged between the holding element and the mounting element, as a result of which the holding element and the mounting element are arranged at a distance from one another. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195961 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH METAL SHIELD - An optical transceiver with the optical receptacle tightly assembled with the optical subassemblies is disclosed. The optical transceiver provides a metal shield. The optical subassembly provides a pair of flanges and a neck between the flanges. The metal shield has a cut with the U-shape and a rib formed along the edge of the U-shaped cut. The metal shield is put between the flange and the optical receptacle so as to crush the rib, which causes a repulsive force against the flange to set the optical subassembly on the optical receptacle without loose. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195962 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - An optical semiconductor module including a base having installed on an optical fiber and an optical semiconductor element, and a package which houses the base on a bottom thereof and has a first side wall with an optical section through which the optical fiber is led and a second side wall facing the first side wall, where the base is cut off to form a curved surface with respect to the bottom at a lower corner on a side of the base facing the second side wall of the housing, and a ratio of r/t is from 0.4 to 1.0, where t is a thickness of the base, and r is a curvature radius of the curved surface. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195963 | CONCENTRIC INSULATION SLEEVE HAVING INNER AND OUTER SURFACES WITH DIFFERENT PROPERTIES - A concentric insulation sleeve is disclosed having multi-layered structure. The outer layer exhibits low smoke and fume and non-halogen properties important for use of fiber optic cable assemblies in confined space susceptible to combustion conditions. The inner layer exhibits anti-static properties, and optionally slippery properties, to make the assembly of fiber strands in the insulation less charged with static electricity. The cable can become associated with other cables and serve as mini-ducts and then be surrounded by another insulation sleeve of the same construction to form a cable duct. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195964 | FIBER WITH AIRLINES - An optical fiber comprising: (i) a core; (ii) a cladding surrounding the core; wherein the cladding comprises a cladding ring that: (a) has a width W equal to or less than 10 microns; (b) includes at least 50 airlines, each airline having a maximum diameter or a maximum width of not more than 2 microns and more than 50% of said airlines have a length of more than 20 m; (c) has an air fill fraction of 0. 1% to 10%, and (d) has an inner radius R | 2010-08-05 |
20100195965 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ARRANGEMENT CONVERTER - The present invention relates to an optical communication system or the like, which comprises a multicore fiber with a plurality of cores that are two-dimensionally arrayed in a cross-section thereof. In the optical communication system, an arrangement converter, provided between a multicore fiber and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) having light emitting areas arrayed one-dimensionally, comprises first and second end faces, and a plurality of optical waveguides. The optical waveguides are disposed such that one of the end faces coincides with the first end face and the other end face coincides with the second end face. In particular, the optical waveguide end face array on the first end face and the optical waveguide end face array on the second face are different, contributing to an optical link between network resources of different types. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195966 | Large Effective Area Fiber With GE-Free Core - According to some embodiments an optical waveguide fiber comprises:
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20100195967 | OPTO-ELECTRICAL HYBRID WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An opto-electrical hybrid wiring board is formed with a flexible wiring board; a first rigid wiring board and second rigid wiring board connected to each other by the flexible wiring board; a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, one of which is arranged on the first rigid wiring board and the other on the second rigid wiring board; and a flexible optical waveguide for optically connecting the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. One end of the flexible wiring board is inserted in and supported by the first rigid wiring board, and the other end is inserted in and supported by the second rigid wiring board; the rigid wiring boards and flexible wiring board are electrically connected to each other by using vias to connect the wiring of the first and second rigid wiring boards and the wiring of the flexible wiring board at the inserted portions. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195968 | Cable management panel with sliding drawer - An optical fiber cable management panel is provided with slideable drawers and structure within the drawers for cable management and/or connection to other devices. Tray inserts drop into the drawers to provide the appropriate management and connection devices. A movable take-up mechanism manages the cable entering and exiting the drawers at side openings. Stackable pivoting storage trays on the tray insert include a detent arrangement for holding each tray in a pivoted access position. The tray inserts further include a front key, and a back tab mounting arrangement for mounting the tray inserts to the drawers, and side radius limiters including notches for extending over raised portions of the drawer. The take-up mechanism includes a U-shaped trough section and cable retention tabs. A control mechanism is provided for controlling movement of the take-up mechanism relative to the drawer. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195969 | MULTI-FIBER CABLE MANAGEMENT PANEL - A multi-fiber fiber panel includes side entrances for multi-fiber jumper cables, and front exits for individual fiber cables. Disposed within an interior of the panel are multi-fiber adapters for connecting the multi-fiber jumper cables to multi-fiber breakout cables. The breakouts are positioned within an interior of the panel. A slideable tray contains the multi-fiber adapters and multi-fiber connectors within the panel. Cable entrances and cable exits remain stationary as the tray is moved. MPO connectors are used. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195970 | High Density Optical Fiber Distribution Enclosure - An optical fiber distribution enclosure includes a housing defining an interior, a first fiber distribution area disposed within an upper portion of the interior, a second fiber distribution area disposed within a lower portion of the interior and a signal splitting area disposed between the fiber distribution areas. A splitter module secured within the signal splitting area has a connectorized splitter input optical fiber and connectorized splitter output optical fibers. A fiber parking area is movably disposed within the lower portion adjacent the second fiber distribution area for temporarily storing splitter output optical fibers that are not routed to the fiber distribution areas. An input fiber distribution area disposed within the interior interconnects an optical fiber of a feeder cable with the splitter input optical fiber. The splitter output optical fibers are eventually routed to a fiber distribution area and interconnected with a corresponding optical fiber of a distribution cable. | 2010-08-05 |
20100195971 | Reproducing apparatus, method for operating reproducing apparatus, content recording medium, and computer-readable recording medium storing control program - A video disk player includes (i) a disk reading section for reading out video data, a program, synchronization timing information from an optical disk; (ii) a clock for generating a clock signal; (iii) a decoder for converting, in accordance with the clock signal, the video data into decompressed video data for reproduction output; (iv) a video reproducing section including a synchronization control section for transmitting, in accordance with the clock signal, a synchronization control signal to the program executing section at a timing specified by a field timing contained in the synchronization timing information, and (v) a program executing section for executing a program in accordance with the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control section. This makes it possible to efficiently execute the program in synchronization with reproduction of AV data or the like. | 2010-08-05 |