33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120207404 | ILLUMINATION SPECTRUM RECOVERY - The disclosure concerns processing of electronic images, such as hyperspectral, multispectral or trichromatic images. In particular, but is not limited to, a method, software and computer for estimating parameters of a reflectance model applied to an image is disclosed. Examples of processing of the images using the estimated parameters includes material recognition, re-colouring and re-shading of objects represented in the image. That is, a computer implemented method is provided of estimating one or more of photogrammetric parameters, Ω(u) surface shape N and index of refraction n(u,λ) represented in a reflectance image having one or more known illumination directions and a known viewing direction V, the method comprising optimising ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120207405 | SHOPPING BAG - A creased paper capable of being assembled into a bag having interior and exterior sides, which includes from left to right, a first vertical side, a first comprehensive vertical away crease, a first comprehensive side toward crease, a second comprehensive vertical away crease, a third comprehensive vertical away crease, a second comprehensive side toward crease, and a second vertical side, which is also the essential edge; from top to bottom, a first horizontal side, a comprehensive horizontal away crease toward the bottom of the creased paper, and a second horizontal side; and four diagonal toward creases spanning between intersections of the comprehensive vertical away creases and essential edge with the comprehensive horizontal away crease to lateral crease termini located at an end of the comprehensive toward side creases. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207406 | System for Providing Flood Protection and Method of Implementing Same - A flood protection bag system includes a troughlike structure having longitudinally-extending sidewalls and a bottom wall connected therebetween, along with one or more internal walls, the internal walls serving to divide the troughlike structure into a plurality of bag chambers. The longitudinally-extending sidewalls are continuous and seamless between the ends of the troughlike structure, and the bag system can be made of a plastic such as polypropylene. In one embodiment, the bag system may be implemented in conjunction with other such bag system(s). Also, in one embodiment, a frame structure is employed to support the bag chamber(s) during filling thereof with sand or other filling material, in a manner whereby tension is applied to each of the corners of the given bag chamber being filled. Further, in one embodiment, the bag chambers are covered by way of a bag top that is openable or removable relative to the bag system. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207407 | BAG HAVING AN EXPANDABLE POCKET - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a bag. The bag may include a first surface and an expandable portion coupled to the first surface. The expandable portion may include a compartment, wherein, in an extended position, a front surface of the expandable portion may be configured to extend away from the first surface, and, in a collapsed position, the front surface of the expandable portion may be configured to lay substantially flush with the first surface. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207408 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Discrete Laminate, with Die-Cut, Anchored to Second Side Panel - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete laminate including a base strip and a panel section having a die cut defining a die cut segment, the panel section anchored to the base strip; the second surface of the base strip anchored to the inner surface of a second side panel; and the panel section anchored to a first side panel; and a product in the pouch. The die cut segment is so arranged with respect to the base strip that when the package is opened, the package can be reclosed by adhering the pressure sensitive adhesive to the first side panel. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207409 | EASY TO OPEN ZIPPER TAPE, AND PACKAGING BAG WITH EASY TO OPEN ZIPPER TAPE - A connecting portion is provided between a first thick portion and a second thick portion in a cutting portion. Further, a thinnest portion on which a stress can be concentrated is provided to the connecting portion. Accordingly, when tearing a base material film of a bag body, the connecting portion can guide a cutting line toward the thinnest portion to position the cutting line in the thinnest portion, so that the bag body can be easily opened. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207410 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Die-cut Web and Discrete Tape Anchored to Second Side Panel - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete tape including a base strip between first and second side panels; at least a first portion of the first surface of the strip coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and adhered by the adhesive to the inner surface of the first panel at a first location, and the second surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the second side panel; a die cut in the first panel, defining a primary die cut segment so arranged that when the package is opened, it can be reclosed by adhering the adhesive to the first panel; and a product in the pouch. A secondary die cut segment can be disposed between the primary die cut segment and an end of the package. This secondary die cut can be at least partially underlain by the adhesive. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207411 | SHOPPING BAG - An unassembled bag made of a creased piece of paper having top and bottom parallel horizontal sides, right and left vertical sides, a bottom left and right corners, left, middle, and right parallel vertical creases, top and bottom horizontal creases, right, middle, and left intersections, right and left two side creases parallel to the vertical creases, right and left side crease termini, four diagonal creases between the bottom horizontal crease and side, a front panel flange crease, a front panel flange intersection, and a front panel flange with an interior and an exterior, one of which has adhesive. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207412 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Die-Cut Web, and Discrete Strip Anchored to Second Side Panel - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete strip, between first and second side panels; including a sealing segment, a backing segment, and an intermediate layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, the first surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the first panel at a first location, and the second surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the second side panel at a first location; a die cut in the first panel, defining a primary die cut segment so arranged that when the package is opened, it can be reclosed by adhering the adhesive to the first side panel; and a product in the pouch. A secondary die cut segment can be disposed between the primary die cut segment and an end of the package. This secondary die cut can be at least partially underlain by the adhesive. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207413 | CONTAINER ASSOCIABLE WITH AIRLESS PUMPS WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH A ROUGH-SURFACED DEFORMABLE BAG - A container that includes a substantially rigid body having a neck defining an opening providing access to the body cavity, and a bag positioned in the interior of the body. The bag is formed of thermoplastic material and has a neck from which there radially extends a flange which rests on the body and which defines a hole for providing access to the cavity of the bag and for sealedly housing the body of a hermetic pump (P) operable manually to withdraw the fluid substance (F) from the bag and feed it to the outside through its dispensing stem (S). The bag is formed by hot blow-moulding a preform positioned directly on the inside of the container. The preform surface presents at least externally a plurality of microspheres which roughen its surface. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207414 | Thrust Foil Air Bearing - According to the present invention, a ramp | 2012-08-16 |
20120207415 | Pullrod Connection to a Journal - Reciprocating motion can be converted to rotary motion through a crankshaft and a connecting rod. In a connecting rod that is primarily in tension, two opposing connecting rods can be coupled to a single journal. Two bearing caps are placed over the journal, the bearing caps having fingers that extend away from the bearing cap with the fingers of the two bearing caps being enmeshed. Fingers of each bearing cap are coupled to the connecting rods. The resulting joint is compact and lighter weight with a shorter journal than prior joints. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207416 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - A bearing assembly comprises a bearing support having at least one receptacle for a bearing. The bearing support also has at least one attachment segment for abutment and attachment of the bearing support onto an attachment portion of another component, such as a housing. At least one centering element protrudes in the axial direction and is disposed on the side of the attachment segment of the bearing support that faces towards the attachment portion of the other component. The at least one centering element is configured to at least partially enter into a corresponding opening in the attachment portion of the other component. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207417 | NON-CONTACT SEALING RING AND SEALING ARRANGEMENT - A sealing ring for sealing a rolling chamber of a rolling bearing, which has a supporting part that is fixed to a first bearing part and retains an elastic part. The sealing ring seals the roiling chamber by a radial or axial sealing lip on the elastic part. The sealing ring lies between the first bearing part and a second bearing part that is rotatable relative to the first bearing part or lies between the first bearing part and another component fixed to the second bearing part and moveable relative to the first bearing part. A ring of lubricant is applied, formed and retained by an annular groove in a sealing lip and by the second bearing part or by the component. The ring of lubricant can also be shaped so that the ring of lubricant closes a gap between the sealing lip and the second bearing part or the components. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207418 | MULTI-ROW ROLLING BEARING - A multi-row rolling bearing, which has a cage for rows of rolling elements that is detachably connected to a respective adjoining cage. For assembly and safety of assembly, the detachable connection between the cages is at least one predetermined breaking point. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207419 | ROLLING BODY CAGE FOR A BALL BEARING - A rolling body cage for a hall bearing in the form of a ring with receptacles, which are distributed over the circumference of the cage, for retaining and guiding rolling bodies. The receptacles are formed as cutouts which form spherically curved encircling retaining edges that are matched to the spherical surface of the rolling bodies and at which the rolling bodies can be snapped, in a self-retaining manner, in the cutouts such that they can be engaged around by the retaining edges. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207420 | BEARING LOCK FOR A MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A bearing lock is provided that improves upon existing methods of stabilizing a bearing in an electric motor. The bearing is fit between a rotatable shaft and a nonrotating annular support. The bearing has an inner race surrounding the rotatable shaft and has an outer race surrounded by the annular support. The bearing lock has an annular body with a midportion, an inner wall, and an outer wall. Both the inner wall and the outer wall extend generally in a first direction from the midportion and are spaced from one another to define an annular cavity therebetween. The outer wall has circumferentially-spaced integral tabs that extend at least partially toward the inner wall to provide a biasing force to lock the body to the annular support when the annular support is placed in the annular cavity. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207421 | OUTER RING FOR A SHELL-TYPE RADIAL NEEDLE BEARING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An outer ring | 2012-08-16 |
20120207422 | ROLLING BEARING - Two or more arcuate members ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120207423 | NEEDLE ROLLER BEARING WITH RIMLESS INNER RING - A needle roller bearing, which has a rimless inner ring or a rimless inner ring bushing and a plurality of rolling elements that are arranged and rotatable in the cage. For coherence of the needle roller bearing after manufacturing and for mounting in an installation space, the cage has, at least on one front end, a radially inward pointing retaining device and the inner ring or the inner ring bushing has a retaining element on its outer periphery that cooperates with the retaining device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207424 | OPTICAL MODULATOR WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAVEGUIDE TAPERS - An integrated circuit that includes an optical waveguide defined in a semiconductor layer is described. In this integrated circuit, light is coupled between the optical waveguide and an optical modulator, which is disposed on the optical waveguide, using 3-dimensional (3-D) taper structures that are proximate to the ends of the optical modulator. The cross-sectional areas of these 3-D taper structures transition, over a distance, from that of the optical waveguide (distal from the optical modulator) to that of optical modulator (proximate to the ends of the optical modulator). In this way, a spatial extent of an optical mode in the optical waveguide and a spatial extent of the optical mode in the optical modulator may be approximately matched to reduce the optical loss when the light is coupled to or from the optical modulator. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207425 | Optical Waveguide Device - Disclosed is an optical waveguide element wherein a plurality of Mach-Zehnder waveguides to be used for DQPSK modulation and the like are integrated on a thin substrate and the on/off extinction ratio is improved. The optical waveguide element has the thin board, which is formed of a material having electrooptical effects and has a thickness of | 2012-08-16 |
20120207426 | FLIP-CHIP PACKAGING FOR DENSE HYBRID INTEGRATION OF ELECTRICAL AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A chip system and method includes a photonics chip and an electrical integrated circuit (IC) flip-chip coupled to the photonics chip to form an optochip. The IC or the photonics chip includes an array of bond pads for attachment to the other. The optochip has an array of bond pads for subsequent attachment to a carrier where the photonics chip includes an exposed edge to connect with at least one waveguide. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207427 | OPTICAL MODULE CONNECTION DEVICE - A printed circuit board is pinched between end faces of a metal receptacle support member and a metal backup member in an optical-module plug portion, the flexible wiring board having a light emitting/receiving element unit, a reception chip portion, a driver element, and the like on a common planar surface thereof, such that the end face of the metal receptacle support member is in contact with a surface of the printed circuit board and that the driver element is in contact with the metal backup member. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207428 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS - A photonics integrated circuit for processing radiation includes a first-dimensional grating coupler for coupling in radiation, a second two-dimensional grating coupler for coupling out radiation and a waveguide structure having two distinct waveguide arms for splitting radiation received from the first grating coupler and recombining radiation in the second grating coupler. A phase shifting means furthermore is provided for inducing an additional phase shift in at least one of the two distinct waveguide arms thereby inducing a relative phase shift of π between the two distinct waveguide arms so as to provide a TE/TM polarization switch for radiation between the first grating coupler and the second grating coupler. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207429 | N X M MONOLITHIC SWITCH FOR AN OPTICAL NETWORK AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An N×M monolithic switch and a method of operating the switch. In one embodiment, the switch includes: (1) a monolithic refractive element, (2) N input/output ports coupled to the monolithic refractive element and configured to inject electromagnetic energy into a first set of planes in the monolithic refractive element at an angle that causes total internal reflection of the electromagnetic energy between first and second refractive surfaces of the monolithic refractive element, N being greater than one, (3) M input/output ports coupled to the monolithic refractive element and configured to extract electromagnetic energy travelling in a second set of planes in the monolithic refractive element, M being greater than one, the second set of planes being aparallel to the first set of planes and (4) a plurality of frustrating elements coupled to the monolithic refractive element and corresponding to the N input/output ports and the M input/output ports and configured to frustrate the total internal reflection selectively to cause the electromagnetic energy to travel from ones of the first set of planes to ones of the second set of planes. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207430 | ACTIVE OFF-AXIS FIBER OPTIC SLIP RING - An active off-axis optic slip ring system is disclosed. The invention eliminates the huge number of fiber bundles and photodiodes in most published patents. A couple of conventional optical components such as mirrors and prisms are used to transmit optical signals with high, quality and low optic losses. The optical signal pick-up is realized through a pair of prisms mounted on the rotor of motors. It is an active, hi-directional rotational optical transmission device which could be used for multi-mode, or single mode fibers without the limitation to the through bore diameters. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207431 | OPTICAL DEVICE UTILIZING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, in an optical device, a bar-shaped optical waveguide has either a polygonal or circular cross-sectional shape. A light entry portion is formed in a circumferential area of a first-end surface of the optical waveguide. The light entry portion includes a sloping surface having a normal vector containing a component in a circumferential direction of the first-end surface. An incident light beam travels towards a second-end surface of the optical waveguide while repeating total reflections on a side surface of the optical waveguide. The incident light beam travels without passing through a central portion in a cross section of the optical waveguide. A light exit portion is formed in the side surface of the optical waveguide. The light exit portion is configured to let the light beam in the optical waveguide out of the optical waveguide. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207432 | FLAT-PANEL OPTICAL PROJECTION APPARATUS WITH REDUCED DISTORTION - A light guide of the tapered-waveguide type includes an input slab for expanding a projected image between an input end and an output end; and a tapered output slab arranged to receive rays from the said output end of the input slab, and to emit them at a point on its face that corresponds to the angle at which the ray is received. The taper is calculated so that all rays injected into the input end undergo the same number of reflections before leaving the output face. The thickness of the input slab light guide is greater in the transverse direction away from the centre line, so that light travelling at the critical angle from the input face of the slab waveguide towards the output waveguide bounces the same number of times in the input slab, regardless of its fan-out angle, in order to further reduce image distortion. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207433 | Optical connector for decreasing loss of optical signal transmission - An optical connector includes an insultive housing, an optical module movably retained on the insulative housing, a spring being assembled between the insulative housing and the optical module along a front to back direction, and a slider attached to the spring. The spring has a first end positioned on the insulative housing and a second end opposed to the first end. The slider is assembled to the second end of the spring and has a protruding arc mating surface to engage with the optical module. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207434 | FLAT-PANEL OPTICAL PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light guide of the tapered-waveguide type includes an input slab for expanding a projected image between an input end and an output end, and an output slab arranged to receive rays from the said output end, and to emit them at a point on its face that corresponds to the angle at which the ray is received. The input slab and output waveguide are matched so that all rays injected into the input end undergo the same number of reflections before leaving the output surface. With the invention, the input slab is itself tapered slightly towards the output waveguide. This means that input and output waveguides can be made the same length, in the direction of ray travel, and can therefore be folded over each other with no wasted space. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207435 | OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL DEVICES - A method for performing a multi-stage dilation of optical fibres is described, the method comprising performing successive dilation steps such that the adiabatic condition is maintained throughout the fibre. There is also described various optical devices employing such multi-stage dilated optical fibres, as well as methods of manufacture of the optical devices. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207436 | DUMMY CONNECTOR FOR A FIBER OPTIC CABLE - A device serving as a fiber optic cable dummy connector is provided. The device may have connection ports to accept the connectors terminating a fiber optic cable, such as LC-type connectors, or other configurations. The device may be used instead of an actual SFP module for connection of the fiber optic cable to a port on a piece of equipment. The device may be made opaque so that no transmission or receipt of data or light (laser) from the fiber optic cable may pass through the device. The device may be manufactured to be one-half the length of an actual SFP module. The device may be manufactured from any suitable material. The device may be used in place of using an actual SFP module. The dummy connector may be used in place of coiling fiber optic cables and leaving them unconnected until they are needed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207437 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a stem, an optical element, data signal lead pins, a printed circuit board, and a post portion. The optical element is mounted on one surface of the stem. The data signal lead pins are connected to the optical element, and protrudes through the other surface of the stem. The printed circuit board has one surface on which data signal transmission lines for contact with the data signal lead pins are formed and the other surface on a part of which a stiffener is formed to protrude. The post portion protrudes from the other surface of the stem, supports the printed circuit board while in close contact with the stiffener such that the data signal lead pins can contact the data signal transmission lines while being disposed linearly above the data signal transmission lines, and includes a coupling portion to be coupled with the stiffener. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207438 | FLEXIBLE FLAT OPTICAL CABLE - A flexible flat optical cable includes two flexible base sheets, one or more optical fiber core wires arranged between the base sheets and each comprising at least an optical fiber, and an adhesive layer provided between the base sheets to bond the base sheets. A non-adhesive region is formed on a surface of the base sheets or the adhesive layer adjacent, in a thickness direction of the base sheets, to at least a portion of the optical fiber core wires for allowing a portion of the optical fiber core wires to move in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the optical fiber core wires. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207439 | OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER - An optical fiber includes a bare optical fiber portion, to which elastic torsion is applied, and a coating layer, which coats the bare optical fiber portion, is formed of curable resin, and causes elastic repulsion against resilience occurring in the bare optical fiber portion so that the elastic torsion applied to the bare optical fiber portion is held. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207440 | DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - The invention relates to a digital video camera comprising an image sensor that generates an image data raw stream, and comprising a memory for storing image data generated in response to the image data raw stream, and comprising a data output unit. In this case, it is provided that the data output unit is designed for outputting image data generated in response to the image data raw stream to the memory and for simultaneously outputting image data and for simultaneously outputting image data from the stored data from the camera to users. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207441 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR AUGMENTING SENSORY PERCEPTION OF SUBJECT OF INTEREST - An apparatus, and an associated method, for augmenting the viewing experience of a viewer of a subject of interest. The viewer carries a wireless, or other electronic, device that identifies the subject of interest and associates media content with the subject of interest. Once the media content is associated with the subject of interest, the media content is caused to be played out while the viewer views, or as otherwise in proximity to, the subject of interest. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207442 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A reproducing apparatus includes: a storage unit; a display control unit; a position determining unit; and a reproduction control unit. The storage unit stores information of each of a plurality of contents. The display control unit controls to display, on a display unit, content identification images corresponding to the plurality of contents respectively. The position determining unit determines a reproducing position for the content based on a designating position for a display range of the content identification images which is designated when any one of the content identification image is designated. The reproduction control unit reproduces the determined content from the determined reproducing position. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207443 | VIDEO OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, VIDEO OUTPUTTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video outputting apparatus that is provided with a content executing unit that executes a content and generates information regarding the content execution; a subapplication executing unit that executes a subapplication and that generates information regarding the subapplication execution, the subapplication being an application to be executed simultaneously with the content; an association determining unit that determines the degree of association between the subapplication currently being executed by the subapplication executing unit and the content currently being executed by the content executing unit, based on at least one of the information regarding the subapplication execution and information regarding the content execution; and a display form deciding unit that decides a display form of the content and the subapplication based on the degree of the association. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207444 | Transport Controls for a Media Device - A method of scanning content comprises receiving an input signal indicating that content being displayed is to be scanned, sensing a duration of the received input signal, and scanning the content at a rate based at least in part on the sensed duration of the received input. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207445 | METHODS FOR REMOTE ACCESS AND CONTROL OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FROM A WIRELESS PORTABLE DEVICE - Methods and systems are provided for controlling an information appliance from a remote location, the information appliance having access to a network and access to receive television programming. The method receives a request from a wireless portable device to access the information appliance, and the request identifies at least a user account. Verifying, based on the user account, whether to grant access to the information appliance from the wireless portable device and providing data to the wireless portable device. At least some of the data used to populate a user interface of the wireless device with information concerning the television programming and selectable options, and receiving selections from the user interface of the wireless portable device. The selections identifying an item of the television programming to record, and communicating instructions to the information appliance to record the item in digital storage buffers associated with the information appliance. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207446 | MEDIA PLAYER CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE PLAYBACK FILTERS FROM ALTERNATIVE STORAGE MEDIUMS - A media player configured with a first removable memory reader, such as a DVD drive, and a second removable memory reader, such as a flash memory reader, adapted to communicate with a removable memory containing filter data. The media player is configured to allow filtered playback of a multimedia presentation, such as a movie. Filtered playback causes certain portions of the multimedia presentation to be skipped, muted, blurred, cropped, or otherwise modified to eliminate or reduce potentially objectionable scenes, language, or other content. The second memory reader provides a convenient medium for the loading of filter information, whether data files, executable program code, or the like, to local memory of the media player to employ during filtered playback. Alternatively, the filters may be accessed from the removable storage media during playback rather than loading to local memory. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207447 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A NETWORK - A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207448 | Audio Device, Video Device and Computer Program - A portable audio player holds a current playback list in which audio files which are playback targets are registered. An audio device holds a creation condition of a current playback list specified by the audio device last in a state where the portable audio player was connected, and a title which was a last playback target, and, when the portable audio player is connected, if information about the current playback list can be acquired from the portable audio player, makes the portable audio player resume playing back the current playback list and, if information cannot be acquired, makes the portable audio player create the current playback list under the held condition and start playing back the held title. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207449 | Efficient Media Import - Some embodiments provide a media-editing application. The application receives a command to import a media file into the media-editing application. The media file includes a sequence of video images. The application copies the media file to a storage location associated with the media-editing application. The method performs several analysis and transcode operations on the media file in parallel. In some embodiments, the application identifies a video image on which to the operations. The application schedules a single set of image preparation operations for the video image to generate one or more sets of image data for the operations. The method sends the image data to the different operations. A same set of image data is sent to at least two of the operations. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207450 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, THAT REDUCE PLAYBACK TIME DIFFERENCES WHEN JOINING MOVING IMAGES OF DIFFERENT FORMATS - Moving image editing device, method, and storage medium storing a program provide a smart rendering scheme to minimize the variation of playback time, even when editing moving image data that does not match the save format. The format of the moving image-data is compared with the save format. The moving image data is converted into the save format. The moving image data is sequentially joined and saved. A portion or the entirety of the moving image data itself is output if the format of the moving image data matches the save format, or the data encoded into the save format after decoding a portion or the entirety of the moving image data is output if the format of the moving image data does not match the save format. The device repeats sequential joining so that the difference in the playback time with the moving image data is minimized. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207451 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING MULTIPLE IMAGE FILES - An image reproduction device reproduces image files, which may include sound information, for example, from recording media. The image reproduction device can reproduce a group of image files following various types of editing formats within the scope of the recording capacity limited by the recording media. The recording media is capable of recording multiple image files and scenario files recorded in a predefined format, which is either the reproduction order or the reproduction style of the image files. A scenario discrimination mechanism takes the scenario files from the recording media and discriminates either the reproduction order or the reproduction style based on the file formats. A reproduction mechanism reproduces the image files read in from the recording media according to either the reproduction order or the reproduction style discriminated by the scenario discrimination mechanism. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207452 | Spatial Conform Operation for a Media-Editing Application - Some embodiments provide a method that receives the addition of a video clip having a first set of spatial properties to a composite video project having a second set of spatial properties. When the first set of spatial properties and the second set of spatial properties are different, the method automatically applies a spatial conform effect to the video clip to conform images of the video clip to the second set of spatial properties. The method receives input to transform images of the video clip as displayed in the composite video project. The method stores the spatial conform effect and the received transform as separate effects for the video clip. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207453 | DATA OUTPUT APPARATUS AND DATA OUTPUT METHOD - A data output apparatus is provided. The data output apparatus includes a playback unit and an audio processing unit. The playback unit may carry out playback of data at 2× speed from a tape-shaped recording medium, on which has been recorded video data with a field frequency of 59.94 Hz and audio data with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz, by playing back video data in odd-numbered fields and audio data corresponding thereto and video data in even-numbered fields and audio data corresponding thereto in parallel. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207454 | STREAMING SERVICE AND PLAYBACK DEVICE USING SVC SERVER - Disclosed are a streaming service and a playback device using a scalable video coding (SVC) server that provides a 3-screen or n-screen service using an SVC technology. Here, n may be a number greater than 3. A streaming service and terminal playing system using an SVC server may provide a single video content by constructing a single bit stream to have various spatial resolutions and qualities such as a high-definition (HD) level, a standard definition (SD) level, an H.264 level, and the like, and various frame-rates, thereby receiving a bit stream in a receiving terminal, and restoring and playing the bit stream so as to provide an optimal service to a terminal in various network environments and having various characteristics. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207455 | PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM. OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PLAYBACK PROGRAM FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - To play back an optical disk requiring network connection, a playback device is provided, which has a function by which the network condition is evaluated before playing back a title. The playback device plays back the optical disk including programs connecting through the network to data-supplying sources; the playback device determines whether or not the network circuit is available; and when the network connection is not available depending on a network connection status or its memory amount, the playback device plays back with a non-network-ready mode. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207456 | HEATER BLOCK FOR A RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a heater block for a rapid thermal processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a heater block in which heating lamps are densely arranged in a tessellation. The tessellation has a structure such that the plurality of heating lamps are arranged at right angles to form a zigzag line, and the thus-formed zigzagged line is repeated such that the zigzagged line is combined with the adjacent zigzagged line. According to the present invention, a temperature gradient caused by a void between heating lamps is prevented, and heating lamps are densely arranged to increase heat density for a heat radiation area as opposed to conventional heater blocks, thus achieving improved heat treatment efficiency using less energy. In addition, fully uniform temperature control is enabled, in terms of sector allocated temperature control, even when the area to be independently controlled is enlarged as opposed to conventional heater blocks, thereby simplifying the configuration of a temperature control circuit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207457 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An angular velocity sensor detects shake applied to an imaging apparatus. A HPF calculation unit attenuates low-frequency components in the output of the angular velocity sensor. An image blur compensation amount is calculated based on that output, and image blur compensation is executed by drive control of the compensation optical system. An intermediate value is retained as a calculation results for each sampling period by the digital filter that configures the HFP calculation unit. When the panning control unit that detects a panning operation by the imaging apparatus detects the completion of a panning operation, the intermediate value retained in the digital high pass filter is initialized by the panning control unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207458 | CAMERA BEHIND A PHOTOLUMINESCENT LIGHT SOURCE - An apparatus for providing a photoluminescent light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a light source that emanates light of a particular spectrum, a camera, and a selective mirror placed between the light source and camera. The selective mirror transmits light of a spectrum detected by the camera and reflects light of a spectrum generated by the light source. The light source is transparent to light incident on its face. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207459 | Early Photographic Critical Point Synchronization System and Method - A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera such that initiation of light emission of the photographic lighting device occurs after the first shutter blade of the camera begins to expose an image acquisition sensor of the camera to light and before X-sync associated with the first shutter blade stopping movement. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207460 | Early Photographic Predictor Signal Synchronization System and Method - A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera such that initiation of light emission of the photographic lighting device occurs after the first shutter blade of the camera begins to expose an image acquisition sensor of the camera to light and before X-sync associated with the first shutter blade stopping movement. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207461 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA - An in-vehicle camera is provided which has a case and a lens, and which is attached in a vehicle interior so that the lens is exposed at a top face of the case and the top face is opposed to a windshield. The top face has an angular shape bent at a ridge line passing through the top face. The lens is positioned in the vicinity of the ridge line. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207462 | Camera Mounting Assembly - An assembly that can be installed into the bed of a pickup truck that allows for the storage of multiple bicycles in a vertical orientation. The assembly allows for the remainder of the truck bed to store supplies that storing the bicycles horizontally does not allow. The assembly can be made of various metal alloys, including stainless steel. The assembly can also be made of wood. The base of the assembly comprises two vertical members and two horizontal members with hooks and fork mounts placed at regular intervals along the horizontal members to secure the bikes in place. Two additional horizontal members that run along the length of the truck bed are used to secure the assembly in place. Two angled support braces can also be added to the assembly to provide additional support if the lengthwise members do not provide enough support. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207463 | System for Storing a Camera for Quick Use - A system for mounting a camera to an arm is disclosed. Specifically, the system can comprise a bracket system capable of supporting a camera; and an arm mount, wherein the bracket system connects to the arm mount. The system can also comprise a hinge system that mounts bracket system to arm mount. The hinge system can comprise a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can connect to the bracket system, and the second portion can connect to the arm mount. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207464 | System for Storing and Releasing a Camera for Quick Use - A first system for mounting a camera to an arm is disclosed. Specifically, the first system comprises a bracket system, an arm mount, and a hinge system. Said bracket system is capable of supporting a camera. Said hinge system comprises a clasping device having a first portion and a second portion. Said hinge system connects said bracket system and said arm mount, and said first portion and said second portion of said clasping device are capable of selectively releasing and reattaching to one another and thereby release and reattach said bracket system and said arm mount. Further, a second system for mounting a camera to an arm is disclosed. Specifically, the second system comprises a bracket system, an arm mount, and a hinge system having a bending point. Said bracket system is capable of supporting a camera. Said hinge system connects said bracket system and said arm mount. Said hinge system comprises a flexible portion comprising a flexible material. Said bending point is in said flexible portion. And, finally, said bending point serves as a pivot point for said hinge system. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207465 | DUSTPROOF STRUCTURE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A dustproof structure includes: at least one fixed member disposed in an immobile manner; and a rotating member rotatable relative to the fixed member, wherein a clearance is formed between the fixed member and the rotating member, the clearance communicating with an external space positioned outside the fixed member and the rotating member and with an internal space positioned between the fixed member and the rotating member and extending in the direction in which the rotating member is rotated, and a plurality of recesses are formed in the fixed member, the recesses positioned in the internal space, extending in the rotating direction, and arranged in a direction other than the rotating direction. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207466 | COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT, ENERGY EFFICIENT, LOW NOISE SHUTTER MECHANISM - A robust, compact, lightweight, low energy, low cost, and low noise mechanical mechanism suitable for military and other demanding applications includes a Geneva drive that transitions a camera shutter or other element between two positions and locks the shutter or other element in place between transitions, thereby isolating the remainder of the mechanism from shutter vibrations and torques. Accordingly, the mechanism controlling the Geneva drive need not be especially robust even for military applications, and can be similar in size, weight, energy consumption, and noise to a conventional shutter mechanism. The driving mechanism can include a rotary actuator or a linear actuator with a rack gear. In various embodiments the driving mechanism includes a piezomotor. In certain embodiments, the starting and ending positions of the mechanism are determined by sensors, and in some embodiments the starting and ending positions are adjustable. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207467 | Path Computation Element System and Method of Routing and Wavelength Assignment in a Wavelength Switched Optical Network - The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) that manages the processes of routing in an optical network, wherein the PCE receives a path computation request and provides a wavelength range to a network element (NE), and wherein the NE assigns a wavelength from the wavelength range. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a path computation client (PCC) that sends a path computation request to a path computation client (PCE) using path computation element communication protocol (PCEP), and receives a routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) reply to the path computation request using PCEP, wherein the RWA reply comprises an PCEP error message comprising a PCEP error object and an error value to indicate errors associated with the RWA request. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207468 | POWER-UP OF DEVICE VIA OPTICAL SERIAL INTERFACE - An optical communication serial interface is employed to power up a device from a powered down state to a powered on state. An optical receiver element receives serial optical signals transmitted by at least one optical fiber and converts the received serial optical signals to electrical signals. A low level reception converter detects and decodes the electrical signals to provide data and control words from detected and decoded normal electrical signals for a high level command processor. A power supply maintains low level power to at least the optical receiver element and the low level reception converter of the optical communication serial interface while the device is in the powered down state. The low level reception converter detects a particular abnormal sequence of electrical signals; and in response to detecting the particular abnormal sequence of electrical signals, asserts a control signal to power up the device controllable power supply. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207469 | SPAN LOSS MONITORING SYSTEM, SUPERVISORY SIGNAL SENDING APPARATUS AND SUPERVISORY SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS - A span loss monitoring system includes a supervisory signal sending apparatus with a output level monitoring section, a time stamp generation section, and a supervisory signal generation section that generates a supervisory signal including a pair of the output level measurement hour and the output level. The span loss monitoring system also includes a supervisory signal receiving apparatus with an input level monitoring section, a supervisory signal termination section and a span loss calculation section. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207470 | SPATIAL DOMAIN BASED MULTI DIMENSIONAL CODED MODULATION FOR MULTI TB PER SECOND SERIAL OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS - An optical transport network based on multimode/multicore fibers includes a mode-multiplexer to multiplex independent data streams from one or more transmitters; a multimode erbium-doped fiber amplifier (MM EDFA) to compensate for MMF loss; a multimode optical add-drop multiplexer (MM OADM) to add and/or drop multimode channels in multimode networks; a multimode optical cross-connect; and a mode-demultiplexer to separate various mode streams to one or more receivers. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207471 | Method and System for Aligning Each Dispatching Service in Optical Transfer Networks - The present invention discloses a method for aligning each scheduling service in an optical transport network. When a cross scheduling unit in a cross board sends service data to each service board, inserts a frame header indication signal into the sent service data, data frames in the sent service data are aligned according to the frame header indication signal, each service board performs a delay to the above service data according to a service delay time when receiving the service data and extracting the frame header indication signal, after the delay time is up, encapsulates the service data to be scheduled and sends to the cross broad to be cached, aligned and scheduled. The present invention also discloses a system for aligning each scheduling service in an optical transport network. Thus, before the cross board schedules each path of service, each service board does not need an independent signal wire for providing the frame header indication signal, and is able to basically align frame headers of the service data sent by each path, which is convenient to design the system and provides convenience for capacity expansion of the cross scheduling capacity of the optical transport network. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICE CLOCK TRANSPARENT TRANSMISSION IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK - A method and system for service clock transparent transmission in an optical transport network (OTN) are provided. The system includes a service accessing end and an OTN receiving end; the method includes the following steps: the OTN receiving end performs de-mapping operation to an OTN frame after receiving the OTN frame, and performs two-level buffering operation to the service data flow recovered therefrom, a first buffering unit performs a homogenization treatment to the service data flow and then outputs to a second buffering unit, which the second buffering unit outputs the service data flow according to the service clock after receiving the service data flow. After adopting the present invention, it is able to ensure that the quality of the recovered service clock is relatively higher, which meets the customer requirement on the related specification of the service clock. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207473 | OPTICAL NETWORK AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK - An optical network has an optical line termination coupled to a backbone network, in particular to an optical long haul network and a local exchange coupled to an optical access network. The local exchange provides an optical connection between an optical network unit of a tree topology and the optical line termination, which is part of a ring topology. There is also described a method for processing data in such an optical network. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207474 | PLC-TYPE DEMODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - The invention provides a PLC-type DP-QPSK demodulator that reduces connection loss between a polarization beam splitter and a 90-degree hybrid circuit and aims at reducing the manufacturing cost and an optical transmission system using the same. In an embodiment of the invention, a PLC-type DP-QPSK demodulator that receives a DP-QPSK signal includes one PLC chip having a planar lightwave circuit. Input ports and output ports of signal light are provided at an input end and at an output end of the PLC chip, respectively. Within the planar lightwave circuit, there are integrated a polarization beam splitter that splits the DP-QPSK signal into an X-polarization QPSK signal and a Y-polarization QPSK signal, and two 90-degree hybrid circuits that mix the X-polarization QPSK signal and local oscillation light and the Y-polarization QPSK signal and local oscillation light, respectively, split each QPSK signal into orthogonal components I, Q and output them. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207475 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, SENDING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL POLARIZATION DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - The present invention discloses a receiving apparatus, a sending apparatus, a system and a method for optical polarization division multiplexing. The receiving apparatus includes: an optical splitter, configured to: split a received polarization-multiplexed optical signal into two identical polarization-multiplexed optical signals, where the two polarization-multiplexed optical signals both include a first State Of Polarization (SOP) optical signal and a second SOP optical signal, and the first SOP optical signal is an optical signal when a horizontal-SOP optical signal is transmitted to the optical splitter, and the second SOP optical signal is an optical signal when a vertical-SOP optical signal is transmitted to the optical splitter; a horizontal optical signal obtaining apparatus, connected to the optical splitter and configured to separate the horizontal-SOP optical signal; and a vertical optical signal obtaining apparatus, connected to the optical splitter and configured to separate the vertical-SOP optical signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207476 | DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of transmitting data using electromagnetic waves, comprising the steps of providing ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120207477 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL FILTER CIRCUIT - There is provided an optical transmission device, the optical transmission device including a wavelength selective switch configured to select a first optical signal having a first wavelength from an input signal of wavelength division multiplexing, an optical filter circuit configured to include an optical tunable filter having a pass wavelength that is tunable to a second wavelength of a second optical signal for passing therethrough, a splitter configured to split the input signal, a split signal split by the splitter being transferred to the optical filter circuit, and a coupler configured to couple the first optical signal selected by the wavelength selective switch and the second optical signal passed through the optical filter circuit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207478 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER INSTALLING CPU AND INTERFACE COMMUNICATING WITH UPPER DEVICE BY MDIO PROTOCOL - An optical transceiver able to communicate with an upper device is disclosed. The optical transceiver distinguishes the peripheral interface from the CPU. The CPU monitors includes MDIO register that stores inner conditions of the optical transceiver. The peripheral interface is coupled with the upper device with the MDIO bus, and the CPU with the parallel bus. The upper device acquires one of the conditions by defining the address of the MDIO register and receiving data through the peripheral interface. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207479 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH REDUCED THERMAL TUNING ENERGY - An optical device that includes multiple optical modulators having target operating wavelengths that are distributed over a band of wavelengths and actual operating wavelengths is described. For example, the target operating wavelengths of adjacent optical modulators may be separated by a wavelength increment. Moreover, because of differences between the actual operating wavelengths and the target operating wavelengths of the optical modulators, tuning elements may be used to tune the optical modulators so that the actual operating wavelengths match corresponding carrier wavelengths in a set of optical signals. Furthermore, control logic in the optical device may assign the optical modulators to the corresponding carrier wavelengths based at least on differences between the carrier wavelengths and the actual operating wavelengths, thereby reducing an average tuning energy associated with the tuning elements. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207480 | OPTICAL SIGNAL CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE OPTICAL SIGNAL CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A control section and a signal detection section of an optical modulator are provided for controlling two interferometers (MZI | 2012-08-16 |
20120207481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING AC POWERED SWITCHES, CURRENT SENSORS AND CONTROL DEVICES VIA TWO WAY IR, FIBER OPTIC AND LIGHT GUIDE CABLES - A method for connecting an AC powered device, which has an optical receiver, with a control circuit, which has an optical transmitter, using at least on optical medium cable includes the steps of terminating the cable at both of its ends, introducing the processed cable between the receiver and transmitter, attaching and securing one end of the processed cable to the transmitter and the other end of the processed cable to the receiver, and propagating a one way optical signal including control commands from the control circuit to the powered device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207482 | ANALOG RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSPORT OVER OPTICAL MEDIA USING CONTINUOUS OPTICAL PHASE MODULATION AND NONCOHERENT DETECTION - Analog transport of a wideband RF signal is effectively and efficiently provided using a coherent, narrowband optical carrier. The wideband RF signal is phase modulated onto the carrier at a first location. Non-coherent discrimination is applied to the modulated carrier at a second, different location to generate an amplitude modulated optical signal where the amplitude modulation represents the original wideband RF signal. A photo-detector is then used to regenerate a representation of the original wideband RF signal. The method and apparatus of the invention can be applied in systems dedicated to the analog RF transport or in wavelength division multiplexed systems which also provide transport for other analog or digital data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207483 | Apparatus and Method for Control the Driving Amplitude of Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Transmitter - The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for controlling a driving amplitude of a DQPSK transmitter. The method includes: a DQPSK modulator modulating an optical signal emitted from a CW and without adding with modulated signal; a modulator feedback control unit is connected with a first bias point, a second bias point and a third bias point and controls the first bias point, the second bias point and the third bias point according to a part of the optical signal modulated by the DQPSK modulator; controlling the driving amplitude of a driver I according to temperature change of the driver I; controlling the driving amplitude of a driver Q according to temperature change of the driver Q. The present invention can be used to simplify complexity of the control circuit of the DQPSK transmitter, and therefore no extra optical signal-to-noise ratio cost would be created. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207484 | FREQUENCY SELECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for a frequency selective communications system for sensing a sequence of multi-wavelength photons. The frequency selective communications system includes at least one intensity control device, at least one polarization control device, at least one focusing element, at least one frequency selective electromagnetic detector, and at least one processor. The frequency selective electromagnetic detector detects the sequence of photons. When the frequency selective electromagnetic detector senses a photon, the frequency selective electromagnetic detector emits an electrical pulse that has a voltage that is proportional to the energy level of the sensed photon. The processor processes the emitted electrical pulses, and de-multiplexes the sequence of emitted electrical pulses based on the voltage of the electrical pulses. In one or more embodiments, the frequency selective communications system is a frequency selective optical communications system that is used to sense photons having optical frequencies. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207485 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which secondarily transfers a toner image primarily transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt, including: a registration roller pair; a registration motor; a secondary transfer unit located downstream of the registration roller pair and secondarily transferring the toner image onto a sheet; a detection sensor detecting the presence or absence of the sheet transported on a sheet transport path downstream of the secondary transfer unit; a suction transport belt transporting the sheet; and a control unit controlling to stop the registration motor in a case that the control unit determines absence of the sheet on the sheet transport path based on a signal from the detection sensor, when an interval of time, which is expected to be taken from when starting to transport the sheet by the registration roller pair to when a leading edge of the sheet reaches the suction transport belt, has elapsed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH CONVEYANCE UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveyance unit withdrawably mounted on the apparatus body, and a driving mechanism disposed in the apparatus body. The conveyance unit has a power transmission member which transmits the driving force generated by the driving mechanism to the conveyance member. The power transmission member has a drive input section disposed on the outside of a housing for receiving the driving force. The driving mechanism is disposed on the apparatus body side, and has a drive output section engageable with the drive input section. The drive input section and the drive output section engage with each other in a mounted state that the conveyance unit is mounted on the apparatus body, and the engagement between the drive input section and the drive output section is released in a withdrawn state that the conveyance unit is withdrawn from the apparatus body. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207487 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER REPLENISHMENT ALONG DIAGONAL SWATH - Two-component developer in an electrophotographic (EP) printer is replenished. A replenishment amount of toner is added to depleted developer in a return channel by a replenishment system adjacent to the source end of the return channel. The amount of toner replenished is an estimate of the amount of toner supplied to the latent image in a diagonal swath on the photoreceptor defined by the process surface speed of the photoreceptor and the channel speed of the return channel using the received image data, or using measurements of the respective potentials of the latent image or the respective densities of the visible image at a plurality of points in the diagonal swath on the photoreceptor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207488 | DISTRIBUTED REPLENISHMENT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER - Two-component developer in an electrophotographic (EP) printer is replenished. A replenishment amount of toner is added to depleted developer a plurality of points along the length of a return channel. The amount of toner replenished is an estimate of the amount of toner supplied to the latent image in a cross-track swath on the photoreceptor having a length defined by the process surface speed using the received image data, or using measurements of the respective potentials of the latent image or the respective densities of the visible image at a plurality of points in the cross-track swath on the photoreceptor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207489 | REPLENISHING TONER USED FROM ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER - Two-component developer in an electrophotographic (EP) printer is replenished. Image data are received and a corresponding latent image is produced. Toner is supplied to the latent image by bringing developer containing toner particles and carrier particles into proximity with the latent image on the photoreceptor using a toning member, so that toner particles are removed from the developer to produce depleted developer. The depleted developer is transported to a return channel, along which it is moved at a channel speed. A processor automatically estimates, as a replenishment amount of toner to be added to the return channel, the amount of toner supplied to the latent image in a diagonal swath on the photoreceptor defined by the process surface speed and the channel speed using the received image data. The replenishment amount of toner is added to the depleted developer in the return channel to replenish the developer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207490 | METHOD FOR JUDGING TONER SHORTAGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus carries out a monitoring operation in which (i) sensor outputs of the magnetic permeability sensor are periodically sampled, (ii) a time period, corresponding to one (1) circulation period which is required for the developer to be circulated once in the circulation carrying path, is evenly divided into a plurality of blocks, and (iii) an average of the sensor outputs in one (1) block time period corresponding to one (1) block is calculated for each of the plurality of blocks; and determines that toner has run short, in a case where the number of times that the averages of the sensor outputs consecutively exceed a threshold, set to be higher than a reference value of the sensor outputs, becomes not less than the number of the plurality of blocks which correspond to the time period corresponding to one (1) circulation period. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a toner supply unit having a stationary toner container and a replaceable toner container. The information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive from the image forming apparatus a toner-low notification with respect to the stationary toner container, a second receiving unit configured to receive from the image forming apparatus a replaceability notification with respect to the replaceable toner container, and a management unit configured to manage a stock quantity of the replaceable toner containers based on the toner-low notification received by the first receiving unit and the replaceability notification received by the second receiving unit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207492 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A development device includes a developer container for containing developer, a developer bearer to carry by rotation the developer contained in the developer container to a development range facing a latent image bearer, a partition dividing the developer container into an upper compartment and a lower compartment arranged vertically, an upper developer conveyance member disposed in the upper compartment, a lower developer conveyance member disposed in the lower compartment, a communication portion through which the developer moves from the lower compartment to the upper compartment, disposed in a downstream end portion of the lower compartment in a direction in which the lower developer conveyance member transports the developer, and a toner concentration detector to detect a concentration of toner in the developer beneath the communication portion inside the lower compartment. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207493 | ROTATING MECHANISM DRIVING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY READABLE MEDIUM IN WHICH COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING METHOD FOR DRIVING THE ROTATING MECHANISM IS RECORDED, ROTATING MECHANISM DRIVING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A rotating mechanism driving apparatus is disclosed that includes a frictional transmission configured to output torque via a viscous fluid, the torque being input from the motor; an input shaft rotational amount detecting part configured to detect a rotational amount of an input shaft of the frictional transmission; an output shaft rotational amount detecting part configured to detect a rotational amount of an output shaft of the frictional transmission; an input torque detecting part configured to detect input torque of the frictional transmission; a slip amount calculating part configured to calculate a slip amount between the input shaft and the output shaft; and abnormal state determining part configured to determine abnormal state of a rotating mechanism connected to the output shaft of the frictional transmission based on the input torque and to determine an abnormal state of the frictional transmission based on the slip amount. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207494 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying belt for carrying a toner image; an image forming station for forming toner image on the image carrying belt; a sheet feeding belt for feeding a sheet; a transfer member for transferring the toner image from the carrying belt onto the sheet fed on the feeding belt; and a controller for controlling speeds of the carrying belt and the feeding belt. The controller is capable of controlling a relative speed between the carrying belt and the feeding belt at multiple levels. The image forming station forms a first toner pattern on the carrying belt in a state that the relative speed is at a first level, and forms a second toner pattern on the carrying belt in a state that the relative speed is at a second level which is different from the first level. The transfer member transfers the first toner pattern and the second toner pattern onto the sheet carried on the feeding belt. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207495 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FIXING DEVICE - In an embodiment, a fixing device includes: a fixing member that revolves in a circumferential direction in a heated state and transfers heat to a recording medium that is brought into contact with an outer circumferential face thereof; a temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of the outer circumferential face of the fixing member; and a circumferential-direction position adjusting unit that adjusts a circumferential-direction position of the fixing member such that the recording medium is brought into contact with a high temperature portion out of the high-temperature portion of the outer circumferential face of the fixing member of which temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit is relatively high and a low-temperature portion of which temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit is relatively low. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207496 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A representative configuration of an image forming apparatus according to the invention is provided. The image forming apparatus has a plurality of developing devices which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image using developer of plural colors. The image forming apparatus includes a density sensor which detects the amount of toner of the toner image for each color. In a case where it is determined that the amount of toner of any color departs from a predetermined range based on the detection result of the density sensor, a development condition of the rest developing devices other than the developing device departing from the predetermined range is changed such that the image densities developed by the respective developing devices are equal to each other. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207497 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member; an exposure device for exposing to light the photosensitive member electrically charged by the charging device to form an electrostatic image; a developing device for developing the electrostatic image with toner to form a first patch and a second patch; a detecting device for detecting a density of the first and second patches formed by the developing device; and a control device for controlling an image forming condition on the basis of a difference in density between the first patch formed on the photosensitive member at a portion where a surface potential of the photosensitive member is zero volts and the second patch formed at a portion electrically charged by applying a predetermined charging bias to the charging device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207498 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE - An optical writing device includes: a photosensitive element whose surface relatively moves with respect to a light source by rotation; a pixel information acquiring unit that acquires pixel information of an image to be formed on the photosensitive element as an electrostatic latent image; a line pixel information storing unit that stores the pixel information for every main scanning line; a light emission control unit that causes a light source to emit light based on the pixel information; a rotation position recognizing unit that recognizes a rotation position of the photosensitive element; and a light quantity control unit that controls a light quantity of the light source based on the pixel information of every one main scanning line in accordance with the rotation position, with reference to correction value information in which the rotation position and information related to a correction of the light quantity are associated. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING RELOAD IMAGE QUALITY DEFECTS - An image forming apparatus includes a sensor that detects a property of a developer material, a transport unit that contacts the developer material and moves the developer material toward a recording medium, and a controller that receives the data regarding the property of the developer material from the sensor unit and sets both a voltage and a velocity of the transport unit, wherein the voltage and the velocity is determined based on data regarding the detected property of the developer material received from the sensor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207500 | HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A heating device includes an illuminating unit that applies laser light towards a strip-like illumination area formed along a direction crossing a direction of movement of a recording medium; and a reflecting member that surrounds the illumination area, the reflecting member reflecting again reflected light from the illumination area. The reflecting member has protruding reflecting surfaces that protrude continuously towards the recording medium along a widthwise direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the illumination area, the protruding reflecting surfaces being disposed side by side in the longitudinal direction of the illumination area. The protruding reflecting surfaces are positioned at substantially equal distances from the illumination area along the widthwise direction of the illumination area, and changed so that an entire or a portion of a cross-sectional shape along the longitudinal direction of the illumination area is curved or inclined. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207501 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FORMING CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATING COLOR DISPLACEMENT BY RECOGNIZING A ROTATIONAL POSITION OF A ROTATING MEMBER WITH A MECHANISM USING DETECTION MARKS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a motor configured to rotate the rotating member, and a marking member having primary and secondary portions. The image forming apparatus also includes a mark sensor configured to detect the primary and secondary portions, and output a primary signal and a secondary signal, and a position sensor configured to determine a rotational position of the rotating member based on a primary reception time of one of the primary and secondary signals that comes immediately after the other of the primary and secondary signals when the position sensor receives the other of the primary and secondary signals at a start of a mark detecting operation. Further, the image forming apparatus includes a motor controller configured to control the motor based on the recognition result and make the rotational position consistent with a target position at a predetermined time during the mark detecting operation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207502 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed fixing apparatus includes a heat generating layer; an exciting coil; a magnetic shunt layer; a degaussing member; and a magnetic flux adjusting unit. A heat generating rotor is configured with at least the heat generating layer, the exciting coil is arranged outside the heat generating rotor and the degaussing member is arranged inside the heat generating rotor. The fixing apparatus is configured to control a temperature of the heat generating layer with a self temperature control function using a Curie temperature of the magnetic shunt layer which is disposed in an opposing location of the exciting coil. A magnetic path forming member which forms a magnetic path of the exciting coil is arranged on the back face side of the degaussing member that is the reverse side of the magnetic shunt layer with the degaussing member inbetween. | 2012-08-16 |
20120207503 | POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS TO HEAT A HEATING ROLLER - A power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller includes heating a heating roller provided to fix a toner image of print data in an image forming apparatus, the heating roller having a heating resistor to receive roller power. The power control method includes gradually increasing a maximum level of a source power supplied from an external source up to a specific maximum supply level, and supplying the maximum source power to the heating resistor as the roller power while gradually increasing the maximum level of the source power up to a specific maximum supply level, measuring a surface temperature of the heating roller, and supplying the source power of which maximum level is equal to the maximum supply level to the heating resistor as the roller power until the measured surface temperature reaches a specific fixing target temperature, and fixing the toner image onto a printing medium. | 2012-08-16 |