34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130216165 | GUIDE ARRANGEMENT AND MACHINE TOOL COMPRISING SUCH A GUIDE ARRANGEMENT - Guide arrangement, specifically for a machine tool, serving to guide a linear movement of a movable part ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130216166 | ROTATING DEVICE - The rotating device includes a fixing body having a shaft and a shaft holder fixing the shaft, a rotating body having a shaft encircling member with a cylinder part encircling a shaft and a disk part, and a middle encircling member encircling the cylinder part and facing the disk part via a clearance in the direction of a rotational axis, a radial dynamic pressure generating groove disposed in either one of a surface of the cylinder part and a surface of the shaft facing with each other in the radial direction, a thrust dynamic pressure generating groove disposed in either one of a surface of the disk part and a surface of the shaft holder facing with each other in the rotational axis direction, and a lubricant continuously present from a first air-liquid interface to a second air-liquid interface between the rotating body and the fixing body. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216167 | KEYLESS/GROOVELESS FOIL BEARING WITH FOLD OVER TAB - An improved air foil bearing assembly is disclosed. The air foil bearing assembly includes a bearing housing having an axially extending bore therein and a shaft arranged within the bore for relative coaxial rotation with respect to the bearing housing. The shaft cooperates with the bearing housing to define an annular gap therebetween. A foil assembly is disposed in the annular gap, including at least one foil having at least one laterally extending tab. The tab is adapted to be received in and extend axially from the annular gap and is further adapted to be bent into frictional contact with an outer surface of the bearing housing to militate against axial movement of the foil. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216168 | ROTATING DEVICE - A rotating device comprises a hub, a shaft, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes a surrounding portion arranged to surround the shaft, and a facing portion arranged to face an end of the shaft. A gap between the shaft and the surrounding portion includes two dynamic pressure generation portions and an intermediate portion arranged between the two dynamic pressure generation portions. The bearing unit further includes a path of a lubricant arranged to connect one side of one dynamic pressure generation portion and the intermediate portion. The shaft and the bearing unit are arranged so that the lubricant pushed out of the other dynamic pressure generation portion towards a gap between the end of the shaft and the facing portion stays in the gap. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216169 | MULTI-LAYER PLAIN BEARING HAVING AN ANTI-FRETTING LAYER - The invention relates to a multi-layer plain bearing ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130216170 | FLASH-BUTT WELDED BEARING COMPONENT - Bearing component ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130216171 | SEALED ANTI-FRICTION BEARING - A sealed anti-friction bearing ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130216172 | C-SHAPED SPACER FOR ROLLING BEARING - The spacer is adapted for a rolling bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one row of contact rollers disposed between raceways provided on the rings. The spacer comprises opposite inner and outer portions, facing one another and a lateral portion extending transversally between the inner and outer portions and connected to said portions. The inner and outer portions delimit together with the lateral portion a pocket configured to receive a contact roller. The pocket is laterally open on the side opposite to the lateral portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216173 | SPACER FOR ROLLING BEARING WITH LOW FRICTION CONTRIBUTION - The spacer is adapted for a rolling bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one row of contact rollers disposed between raceways and guiding surfaces provided on the rings. The spacer comprises opposite inner and outer portions facing one another and at least a first lateral portion extending transversally between the inner and outer portions and connected to the portions. The inner and outer portions and the first lateral portion delimit at least partly a pocket configured to receive at least a contact roller. The inner and outer portions each comprise at least a protruding means extending outwards and having a contact surface with one of the inner and outer rings. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216174 | BEARING COMPONENT, IN PARTICULAR ROLLER BEARING CAGE, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing a bearing component, in particular a roller bearing cage ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130216175 | DUAL POLARIZATION QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING OPTICAL MODULATOR - A DP QPSK optical modulator includes an input port; an optical branching unit; an optical modulation unit having first through fourth Mach-Zehnder interferometers; a first phase-change unit connected to the third Mach-Zehnder interferometer; a second phase-change unit connected to the fourth Mach-Zehnder interferometer; an optical multiplexer; and a multimode interference coupler including a multimode interference waveguide, first through third input ports, and an output port having a taper-shaped waveguide. The first Mach-Zehnder interferometer is connected to the first input port. One end of the optical multiplexer is connected to the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the third Mach-Zehnder interferometer via the first phase change unit. The other end of the optical multiplexer is connected to the second input port. The fourth Mach-Zehnder interferometer is connected to the third input port via the second phase-change unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216176 | SENSING SYSTEMS AND FEW-MODE OPTICAL FIBER FOR USE IN SUCH SYSTEMS - A sensing optical fiber comprising: a few-moded multi-segment core, said core comprising one core segment surrounded by another core segment, and at least one cladding surrounding said core; said core having an F factor (μm | 2013-08-22 |
20130216177 | METHOD OF FABRICATION POLYMER WAVEGUIDE - A method of fabricating a waveguide device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having an elector-interconnection region and a waveguide region and forming a patterned dielectric layer and a patterned redistribution layer (RDL) over the substrate in the electro-interconnection region. The method also includes bonding the patterned RDL to a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) through a bonding stack. A reflecting-mirror trench is formed in the substrate in the waveguide region, and a reflecting layer is formed over a reflecting-mirror region inside the waveguide region. The method further includes forming and patterning a bottom cladding layer in a wave-tunnel region inside the waveguide region and forming and patterning a core layer and a top cladding layer in the waveguide region. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216178 | NANOTUBE ELECTRO-OPTICAL COMPONENT, OPTRONIC OR OPTICAL LINK-BASED HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTEGRATING THIS COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A photonic component is provided including at least one linear optical waveguide, of which an active portion is surrounded over all or part of its periphery by a grouping of one or more essentially semiconducting nanotubes. These nanotubes interact with their exterior environment in an active zone extending on either side of the optical waveguide, to thus induce an optical coupling between an electrical or optical signal applied to the nanotubes and on the other hand an optical signal in the active portion of the waveguide. Such a component can carry out bipolar electro-optical functions as light source, or modulator or detector, inside the optical guide, for example with an electro-optical coupling between on the one hand an electrical signal applied between the electrodes, and on the other hand an optical signal emitted or modified in the active portion of the optical waveguide towards the remainder of the optical guide. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216179 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module has a circuit board, a photoelectric conversion element mounted on a mount surface of the circuit board, an optical coupling member for holding an optical fiber and optically coupling the optical fiber and the photoelectric conversion element, a semiconductor circuit element mounted on the mount surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion element, and a plate-shaped supporting substrate arranged to sandwich the optical coupling member between the supporting substrate and the circuit board. An electrically conductive metal foil which extends in a thickness direction of the supporting substrate is provided integrally with a side surface of the supporting substrate, and the metal foil is connected at one end thereof to an electrode provided on a non-mount surface of the circuit board. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216180 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECT FABRICS IMPLEMENTED WITH STAR COUPLERS - This disclosure is directed to scalable optical interconnect fabrics for distributing optical signals over a computer systems. In one aspect, an optical interconnect fabric includes a star coupler and a plurality of output optical fibers. Each output optical fiber is connected at a first end to the star coupler and is connected at a second end to a node of a plurality of nodes. The fabric also includes the input optical fiber connected at a first end to the star coupler and connected at a second end to a node of the plurality of nodes. The star coupler is to receive at least one optical signal via the input optical fiber, is to split each optical signal into a plurality of optical signals with approximately the same optical power, and is to output each optical signal into one of the output optical fibers. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216181 | MODE DELAY MANAGED FEW MODED OPTICAL FIBER LINK - An optical fiber link suitable for use in a mode division multiplexing (MDM) optical transmission system is disclosed. The link has a first optical fiber having a core which supports the propagation and transmission of an optical signal with X LP modes at a wavelength of 1550 nm, wherein X is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to 20, the first fiber having a positive differential mode group delay between the LP01 and LP11 modes at a wavelength between 1530-1570. The link also has a second optical fiber having a core which supports the propagation and transmission of an optical signal with Y LP modes at a wavelength of 1550 nm, wherein Y is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to 20, said optical fiber having a negative differential mode group delay between the LP01 and LP11 modes at a wavelength between 1530-1570. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216182 | OPTICAL LIGHT GUIDE COUPLER - An optical light guide coupler for coupling at least two light guides comprises an input face and an output face, wherein the optical light guide coupler is configured to receive light from a first light guide having a stepped output profile and is configured to transmit that light to a second light guide having a non-stepped profile. The input face of the light guide coupler is registered to the stepped output profile of the first light guide and the output face of the light guide coupler is at least one of rectilinear and curved. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216183 | COMPACT WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE CROSS-CONNECT DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE INPUT PORTS AND MULTIPLE OUTPUT PORTS - A wavelength-selective cross-connect (WSXC) device having N input ports and M output ports and configured to route any set of one or more carrier wavelengths from a corresponding input port to any selected output port. In one embodiment, the WSXC device includes a diffraction grating and a beam-steering device optically coupled to each other and to the input/output ports so that each of the carrier wavelengths traverses the diffraction grating and the beam-steering device two or more times en route from the respective input port to a designated output port. Various unfolded configurations of the WSXC device are also disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216184 | CONFIGURABLE PITCH REDUCING OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY - The inventive optical fiber coupler array is capable of providing a low loss, high-coupling coefficient interface with high accuracy and easy alignment between a plurality of optical fibers (or other optical devices) with a first channel-to-channel spacing, and an optical device having a plurality of closely-spaced waveguide interfaces with a second channel-to-channel spacing, where each end of the optical fiber coupler array is configurable to have different channel-to-channel spacing, each matched to a corresponding one of the first and second channel-to-channel spacing. The novel optical coupler array includes a plurality of waveguides (at least one of which may optionally be polarization maintaining), that comprises at least one gradually reduced vanishing core fiber, at least in part embedded within a common housing structure. Alternatively, the novel coupler array may be configured for utilization with at least one of an optical fiber amplifier and an optical fiber laser. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216185 | TRANSFORMABLE FERRULE ASSEMBLIES AND FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS - Ferrule assemblies and fiber optic connectors that are easily transformable from a female configuration to a male configuration or vice-versa by the craft are disclosed. The ferrule assemblies and/or fiber optic connectors are used with a guide pin keeper that is easily and quickly installed or removed from the ferrule assembly/connector during manufacturing or post-manufacturing process by the craft. The guide pin keeper is installable and/or removable from the ferrule assembly in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the ferrule assembly without having to disassemble the ferrule boot from the ferrule. Moreover, the guide pin keeper allows installation of the guide pins from the front side of the ferrule. Thus, the guide pin keeper and/or guide pins can easily and quickly be installed or removed during the manufacturing process or in the field by the craft for transforming the ferrule assembly or connector. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216186 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION SYSTEM - An optical fiber connection system includes a first and a second optical fiber, each with end portions that are terminated by a first and a second fiber optic connector, respectively. A fiber optic adapter connects the first and the second fiber optic connectors. A fiber alignment apparatus includes V-blocks and gel blocks. Each of the fiber optic connectors includes a connector housing and a sheath. The end portions of the optical fibers are positioned beyond distal ends of the respective connector housings. The sheath is slidably connected to the connector housing and slides between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The sheath covers the end portion of the respective optical fiber when the sheath is at the extended configuration and exposes the end portion when at the retracted configuration. The end portions of the optical fibers are cleaned when slid between the V-blocks and the gel blocks. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216187 | DISTRIBUTED PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A passive optical network includes one or more multi-service terminals each having a housing and a plurality of ruggedized plug-receiving distribution ports accessible from outside the housing. The multi-service terminals also each include an optical power splitter or wave division multiplexer for splitting an optical signal and directing the split signal to the plug-receiving distribution ports. Some of the multi-service terminals provide a different power split ratio from others of the multi-service terminals. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216188 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND APPARATUS OF FACILITATING TO PULL OUT OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector according to the present disclosure includes a housing, a tab, a vertical portion, a horizontal portion and a handle member. According to the optical fiber connector of the present disclosure, wherein a pull at the handle member may pull out the optical fiber connector from the optical fiber adapter without need to press a tab on the optical fiber connector directly. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216189 | MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL INSERT - A connector comprising a first outer housing defining at least one cavity, the cavity being cylindrical, a first insert disposed in the cavity, the first insert comprising at least a first housing, the housing being cylindrical, a first ferrule in the first housing, the first ferrule configured with arcuate sides to be received in the cavity, the first ferule comprising an end face, at least one alignment hole for receiving an alignment pin defined in the end face, and at least one fiber-receiving channel for receiving an optical fiber, an optical fiber disposed in the fiber-receiving channel of the first ferrule. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216190 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH FERRULE AND FRAME - An optical cable assembly is provided for being connected to an opto-electric device assembly having a substrate, an opto-electric device (OED) mounted on the substrate, and a frame mounted on the substrate. The optical cable assembly includes an optical cable including an optical conductor having an end. A ferrule terminates the optical cable. The ferrule includes a body having a chamber. The optical conductor is held by the ferrule such that at least a portion of the end of the optical conductor extends within the chamber of the body of the ferrule. The body of the ferrule is configured to be engaged with and removably connected to the frame of the electro-optical device assembly to optically connect the optical conductor to the OED. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216191 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR COMPONENT AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR COMPONENT - Provided are an optical fiber connector component which holds an optical fiber and is capable of being inserted through a thin pipe and capable of being inserted smoothly through a pipe, and an optical fiber connector provided with the optical fiber connector component. The optical fiber connector component comprises a ferrule having a fiber hole to hold an inserted coaxially disposed optical fiber, a stop ring arranged on the base end side of the ferrule, and an urging means arranged in between the ferrule and the stop ring; the optical fiber connector is characterized by having a housing and cover member coaxially connected to the optical fiber, and the cover member being fixed to the stop ring of the optical fiber component by means of a fixing member. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216192 | FIBER OPTIC CABLES WITH ACCESS FEATURES - Cables are constructed with discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of material in the cable jacket. The discontinuities allow a section of the cable jacket to be pulled away from a remainder of the jacket using a relatively low peel force. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216193 | FIBER OPTIC JUMPER CABLE - A fiber optic jumper cable having a central axis includes a bend-resistant optical fiber generally arranged along the central axis. A tensile-strength layer surrounds the bend-resistant optical fiber. A protective cover surrounds the tensile-strength layer and has an outside diameter D | 2013-08-22 |
20130216194 | Controlling Differential Group Delay In Mode Division Multiplexed Optical Fiber Systems - It has been discovered that within a group of optical fibers produced by methods designed to produce low Differential Group Delay (DGD), some optical fibers will show a positive DGD while others will show a negative DGD. That recognition allows optical fibers with excessive DGD to be combined in pairs, or other configurations, to produce transmission spans in which a positive (or negative) DGD partial span is compensated by a partial span of fiber with a negative (or positive) DGD. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216195 | Optical Fiber Management Device - An apparatus and method for managing one or more flexible lines such as optical fibers, wherein each fiber has two fixed ends. Optical fibers are arranged in a curved figure-eight pattern lying in three-dimensions on the exterior curved winding surface of a tubular shell. The configuration is guided by winding tracks on either exterior side of shell. The curvatures of the shell and winding tracks are such that the bend of the managed fibers is everywhere equal to or greater than the fiber minimum bend radius. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216196 | OPTICAL FIBER MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An apparatus and method for managing one or more flexible lines such as optical fibers, wherein each fiber has two fixed ends. Optical fibers are arranged in a curved figure-eight pattern lying in three-dimensions and having two adjacent loops on the exterior curved winding surface of a tubular shell. The configuration is guided by winding tracks lying axially on the exterior side of shell. The curvatures of the shell and winding tracks are such that the bend of the managed fibers is everywhere equal to or greater than the fiber minimum bend radius. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216197 | VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR - In one embodiment, a variable optical attenuator includes a core configured to propagate optical data signals and a cladding surrounding at least part of the core and comprising a first cladding portion and a second cladding portion. An attenuating spacer between the first cladding portion and the second cladding portion is formed from a smart material. The smart material is configured to apply a force to at least one of the first cladding portion and the second cladding portion in response to an external stimulus. The smart material may be a piezoelectric material and the external stimulus may be an electrical current. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TIME-SHIFTING FOR A CONTENT RECORDER - A content player includes a pausable mass storage device player that can be used to record and play content. The pausable mass storage device can become paused in response to an assertion of a pause signal. Once paused, the content player remains paused until the pause signal is deasserted. The content player also includes an event detector that is coupled to the pausable mass storage device player. The content player detects a non-viewer initiated event, (e.g., an automatic event such as the receipt of an email with embedded enhanced content), and to assert the pause signal in response thereto. The content player receives content, detects an event, and in response to detecting the event, pauses the content to a presentation device and spools the content onto the mass storage device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216199 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus obtains an image signal, which is captured by an image capturing apparatus, and in which respective pixels correspond to light fluxes of different combinations of pupil regions, where the light fluxes have passed through in an imaging optical system of the image capturing apparatus, and incident directions. The image processing apparatus sets a focal length corresponding to an object to be focused, and generates a reconstructed image focused on the object of the set focal length from the image signal. The image processing apparatus generates a moving image by concatenating a plurality of reconstructed images generated in association with a plurality of different focal lengths, and outputs the moving image in association with the image signals. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE VIDEO PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND PRESENTATION - An example composer to author a variable video includes a builder to create scenes, a content retriever to assign content to the scenes, a library interface to point to the content for the scenes, a labeler to tag the scenes with at least one vector based on the content, a receiver to obtain first relevance data from first intended viewer of a first version of the variable video and to obtain second relevance data from a second intended viewer of a second version of the variable video, a mapper to chart a first sequence of two or more scenes based on a vector and the first relevance data and to chart a second sequence of two or more scenes based on a vector and the second relevance data, and a publisher to publish the variable video as a single file based on the first sequence and the second sequence. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING TAGS TO SPECIFIC VIDEO FRAMES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for receiving from a user a tag associated with a specific temporal location in video content. The system then aligns the tag associates the tag with the specific temporal location, and if necessary, modifies the video content to be playable directly from that specific temporal location. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216202 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUBTITLE SYNCHRONIZATION IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - In accordance with an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprises receiving a request for synchronization of a subtitle text data with multimedia content. The method also comprises accessing summarization data associated with at least a portion of the multimedia content. The summarization data comprises text data generated from at least the portion of the multimedia content. The text data is compared with at least a portion of the subtitle text data for determining presence of the text data in the subtitle text data. The subtitle text data is synchronized with the multimedia content based on the determination of the presence of the text data in at least the portion of the subtitle text data. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216203 | KEYWORD-TAGGING OF SCENES OF INTEREST WITHIN VIDEO CONTENT - Extraction of scenes of interest from video content is disclosed, which includes: collecting comments from a comment server, which contain keywords associated with the video content; segmenting the video content into scenes; measuring the number of ones of the comments which were posted for each scene, as a post count; detecting ones of the scenes, each of which has the post count equal to or larger than a predetermined number, as a plurality of scenes of interest; extracting, per each scene-of-interest, at least one of the keywords which is contained in the comments with a number equal to or larger than a pre-selected number, as a comment keyword; and tagging each scene of interest with the comment keyword, per each scene-of-interest. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216204 | SUBLIMINAL FRAME INSERTION - Insertion of subliminal frames in content is performed at a content receiver. The content receiver may receive content, analyze a setting, and modify the received content based on the analyzed setting. The content receiver may modify the received content by periodically inserting subliminal frames in the received content as specified by the setting. In some implementations, the content may include video content and the subliminal frames may be one or more images. The inserted subliminal frames may be subliminally perceptible but consciously imperceptible by a human viewer of the content when the content is played. As such, viewing of the content that includes the inserted subliminal frames may result in subliminal learning by a human viewer. In various implementations, one or more conditions included in the analyzed setting may specify that certain subliminal frames are to be inserted when the content has certain characteristics, such as a rating or description. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216205 | AUTOMATED STORY GENERATION - Automatic story production is implemented by the utilization of theme scripts with user assets to generate a quality finished product with minimum user input or direction. A user chooses a predesigned theme script to be applied to the user's assets to automatically create a story with a particular look and feel. Metadata and feature information, when available, is automatically gathered from the user assets to personalize the generated story. A user can include additional information and/or alter any aspect of the generated story to further personalize the resultant finished product. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216206 | Generation of Composited Video Programming - A system for creating video programming is provided. The system includes: a processor-based production server that has access to a library of existing styles for wrapping around video, each of such styles including a specific arrangement of design elements; a processor-based contributor device configured to accept input of video content and electronically transfer such video content to the production server via a network; and a processor-based administrator device, providing a user interface that permits a user to: (i) design new styles and modify the existing styles, (ii) specify rules as to when particular styles are to apply, and (iii) electronically communicate the new and modified styles and the rules to the production server. The production server applies the specified rules in relation to user-specific information in order to select a style and applies the selected style to generate a completed show. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND MERGING RECORDED SEGMENTS BELONGING TO THE SAME PROGRAM - Systems and methods for providing an interactive media guidance application for merging recorded video segments that are from the same program are provided. In response to a recording interruption, the interactive media guidance application may record multiple video segments. After recording the segments, the interactive media guidance application may search for and merge these segments to form a single recording. In some embodiments, the interactive media guidance application may detect the presence of a previously recorded segment. After detecting the previously recorded segment, the interactive media guidance application may automatically record the video following the end of the previously recorded segment. The interactive media guidance application may use data associated with the segments and other media cues to match the segments. The interactive media guidance application may also identify the duration of the recorded video content and provide choices for recording the video again. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING RECORDING PARAMETERS - Content receivers may be configured to simultaneously record multiple instances of content for multiple programming channels based on content provider instructions. Systems and methods utilize the content receivers to dynamically adjust recording parameters to account for instances of content with a start time and/or end time that falls outside of predefined recording parameters. The dynamically adjusted recording parameters may adjust the number of channels recorded and/or instances of content recorded. The content receiver may compare programming information received at a processing unit with predefined recording parameters and may dynamically adjust the recording parameters based on the comparison. The content receiver may generate on screen display content to include information on the dynamically adjusted recording parameters and may transmit the on screen display content to a content display device for notifying the user of the dynamically adjusted recoding parameters. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEEKING A FRAME IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS - A multimedia content frame seeking method and apparatus is provided. The multimedia content frame seeking method may include setting a candidate position for a target frame, the target frame corresponding to a target time, according to an average bitrate of an average bitrate calculation section that is set with respect to frames in the multimedia content, adjusting the candidate position by progressively decreasing a size of the average bitrate calculation section based on the candidate position, and determining the target frame to be a frame having a start time that differs from the target time by a difference within a predetermined allowable range of error, wherein the target frame is determined from among frames of which starting points are closest to candidate positions. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216210 | Systems and Methods of Providing Modified Media Content - In a particular embodiment, a method includes displaying a playback rate slide bar having a plurality of increments. The plurality of increments is equally spaced along the playback rate slide bar and each increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a different playback rate of media content. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216211 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING VIDEOS AND PLAYING COMPOSITE IMAGES OF THE VIDEOS - A method for compressing videos obtains videos from a storage device, selects a main frame from the videos at each time layer and each angle, and further selects a new main frame after each time interval and angle interval. Then, the method obtains frames between two adjacent main frames, and stores different pixels between each of the obtained frames and a previous main frame of the two adjacent main frames, so as to obtain composite images of the videos. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING MULTIPLE VIDEO PLAYERS EXECUTING ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - Systems, devices and methods are provided to arbitrate network bandwidth that is shared between multiple video players executing concurrently on one or more client platforms that each have at least one video data stream supplied over a data network. An amount of bandwidth available from the data network is determined. An arbitration module calculates whether the selected video players can sustain a video playback quality above a pre-defined threshold using the determined amount of bandwidth available, and a modify playback message is sent to at least one video player when the video playback quality is not sustainable. Various implementations could prioritize bandwidth based upon the content presented so that high-bandwidth scenes (e.g., action sequences) receive more bandwidth than more static scenes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216213 | HEATING AND COOLING TABLE - A temperature controlled table has a hollow support base with a hollow table top portion. A series of air intake openings in the support base allow air to be drawn in from the outside and circulated through the table. A series of controllable vents arraigned on the outside edge of the table top allow users to control and direct the airflow. In one embodiment, a heating element is provided within the support base to heat air as it circulates. An ice tray is provided to cool air flowing through. In this way, the user can control the temperature in close proximity to the table to enhance their comfort. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216214 | LENS APPARATUS INCLUDING FOCUS OPERATION DEVICE AND FOCUS OPERATION DEVICE - A lens apparatus includes: an optical member; a driving unit; a position detector; a rotary operation portion; a projection portion to be rotated interlockingly with the operation portion; an operation portion rotation detector; a driving controller for controlling the driving unit based on an amount of an operation of the operation portion; rotatable first (second) pins; first (second) side locking units; and a lock controller for controlling both the locking units based on a position of the optical member and a rotating direction of the operation portion. The projection portion is provided between the first regulation pin and the second regulation pin. The first regulation pin and the second regulation pin are elastically connected to each other. The lock controller locks the first (second) side locking unit when the focus unit reaches a first (second) end while the operation portion is operated toward the first (second) end. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216215 | Optical Channel Intelligently Shared Protection Ring - An optical ring network has one or more working wavelengths and multiple protection wavelengths adapted to support the working wavelength(s). Routing tables may be used in network nodes to assign traffic of a failed working wavelength to a protection wavelength. The protection technique may be applied to networks employing, for example, Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM). | 2013-08-22 |
20130216216 | OPTICAL NETWORK NODE WITH RESTORATION PATH - A node for an optical network has an electrical selector ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130216217 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING TRAFFIC OF A PLURALITY OF WORK ODUS OVER A PROTECT ODU - The various embodiments herein provide a method and system for protecting multiple work ODU failures using, a higher capacity protect ODU in an Optical Transport Network. The method for protecting multiple work ODU failures in an Optical Transport Network comprising steps of detecting signal failures in at least one of a plurality of work ODUs, requesting for release of one or more time-slots for a defective work ODU and allocating the one or more time-slots of a low priority traffic from the protect ODU in an incremental manner of priority. The method apply a TPN based policy for defining lower ODUs, performs handshaking between the transmit and downstream ends using, the protocol provided, defines the role and behavior of the various system components and the service requests and performs an automatic lockout of protection for the work ODU in which an urn alarm is present. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216218 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TIME PATH - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and a device for compensating for a time path. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, on the basis of not changing implemented 1588 synchronization architecture, a compensation unit is added on a service board unit, the compensation unit calculates a compensation time value for asymmetrical reception and transmission of fiber links and transfers the compensation time value into the service board unit, and the service board unit implements automatic compensation according to a port status. The method and the device for compensating for a time path according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may implement automatic compensation for receiving and sending fiber links without manually testing the asymmetry of links node by node, so that the embodiments of the present disclosure can be widely applied in time synchronization networks. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216219 | OPTICAL RECEIVING DEVICE - An optical receiving device includes: an optical amplifier configured to amplify a wavelength multiplexed optical signal; a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the amplified wavelength multiplexed signal into optical signals of a plurality of wavelengths; optical receivers configured to regenerate the demultiplexed optical signals; error correction units configured to correct a bit error in the regenerated optical signals; and main control unit. The control unit adjusts RXDTV of the optical receiver for receiving optical signals of a given wavelength to the optimal value in the state where the gain of the optical amplifier is lowered from that of a normal operation such that the occurrence of bit errors in the optical signals of the other wavelengths does not exceed the correction capability of the error correction unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216220 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER IMPLEMENTED WITH TWO QPSK MODULATORS MADE OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND A METHOD TO CONTROL OPTICAL POWER OUTPUT THEREFROM - An optical transmitter implemented with two QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) modulators is disclosed. Each of the QPSK modulators provides a waveguide made of semiconductor material inducing the QCSE (Quantum Confined Stark Effect) by a bias supplied thereto. The optical performance of one of the QPSK modulators is determined by supplying a deep bias to the other of the QPSK modulator to eliminate the optical output therefrom. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216221 | System and Method Including Modified Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation - A system and method with a modified bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding (BICM-ID). Coded and interleaved bits are combined and coded with a second FEC code that is then mapped to a modulation format. The second FEC code may be a single parity check (SPC) and the scheme may be referred to as a SPC-BICM-ID scheme. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216222 | Signaling Control Method and System for Service Establishment Based on G.709 - A signaling control method for service establishment based on G.709 is provided in the present invention, including: a control plane obtaining routing information of an end-to-end service to be established, information of a gateway network element passed by end-to-end service routing and a multi stage multiplexing capability selected for the gateway network element, initiating an end-to-end connection establishment process, and sending an end-to-end connection establishment signaling to nodes passed by the end-to-end service routing, wherein, the end-to-end connection establishment signaling contains the multi stage multiplexing capability selected for the gateway network element passed by the end-to-end service routing, and a corresponding multi stage multiplexing capability is configured on the gateway network element. A signaling control system for service establishment based on G.709 is also provided in the present invention. In the method and system, the interconnection between old devices and new devices is better implemented. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216223 | Method and device for obtaining routing information of electro-optical multi-layer network - The present disclosure provides a method and device for obtaining the routing information of an electro-optical multi-layer network. The ports on which an optical transmitter and an optical receiver are located are determined, and the electro-optical conversion information is added to the routing information on a port of the optical layer node side or the electro layer node side on which the optical transmitter and the optical receiver are located. The electro-optical conversion information includes but is not limited to the wavelength tuning capability and signal processing capability. Through the extending of the current Multi-Layer Network (MLN) information model and Wavelength Switched Optical Network (WSON) information model, the present disclosure describes the routing information including the electro-optical conversion information of the present disclosure more accurately, and perfects the electro-optical multi-layer network information model, and improves the accuracy of the path calculation to reach the optimization. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216224 | Joint Optimization Procedure for Routing and Wavelength Assignment with Combined Dedicated Shared Protections in Multi-Cable Multi-Fiber Optical WDM Networks - A joint-optimization method addresses the generalized routing and wavelength assignment problem with variable number of combined 1+1 dedicated and shared connections. The inventive method enables a solution in time that is polynomial of the input size. Thus, the time complexity of the joint-optimization method is significantly less than that of existing methods. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216225 | 2-Step-Optimization Procedure for Routing and Wavelength Assignment with Combined Dedicated Shared Protections in Multi-Cable Multi-Fiber Optical WDM Networks - The inventive 2-step-optimization procedure that addresses the generalized routing and wavelength assignment problem with variable number of combined 1+1 dedicated and shared connections for the first time. The proposed procedure results a solution in time that is polynomial of the input size. Thus, the time complexity of the 2-step-optimization procedure is significantly less than that of existing methods. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216226 | FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A frequency assignment method for selecting a frequency width used on a route connecting between a start point and an end point when the start point and the end point of an optical signal are supplied in a photonic network including an optical node that includes an optical switch for switching the optical signal without electrically terminating the optical signal is disclosed. The frequency assignment method includes steps of: obtaining a correlation amount of use state of wavelength or frequency between adjacent links by referring to a route calculation result; determining a fixed frequency width or variable frequency width to be set for a communication route based on the correlation amount; and assigning the fixed frequency width or the variable frequency width on the route. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216227 | RING NETWORK SETUP METHOD - A network setup method used in a ring network including a plurality of transmission equipments. The method includes: transmitting a frame in the ring network; causing each of the transmission equipments to write an identifier to the frame according to a specified rule; determining whether or not a plurality of identifiers written to the frame by the plurality of transmission equipments satisfy a specified condition; and causing each of the transmission equipments to obtain a corresponding identifier according to the specified rule from among the plurality of identifiers, when the plurality of identifiers satisfy the specified condition. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216228 | OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT, OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK AND A METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION - An Optical Access Network, a Optical Network Unit (ONU) and various methods for exchanging information are provided. The method may include: receiving, by the ONU, a pilot signal and downstream information signals; wherein the pilot signal is received at a pilot frequency slot and the downstream information signals are received at a downstream information frequency slot; wherein the ONU is allocated with a spectral slice that comprises the pilot frequency slot, the downstream information frequency slot, a guard frequency slot and an upstream information frequency slot; wherein at least one other spectral slice is allocated for exchanging information with at least one other group of ONUs; splitting the downstream information signals to downstream information signals portions; splitting the pilot signals to pilot signals portions; detecting downstream information, in response to at least a first portion of downstream information signals; modulating a portion of the pilot signal by upstream information signals to provide upstream information signals that are within the upstream information frequency slot; modulating a second portion of the downstream information signals by the upstream information signals to provide upstream secondary signals that are outside the pilot frequency slot, the downstream information frequency slot and the upstream information frequency slot; and upstream transmitting the upstream information signals and the upstream secondary signals. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216229 | ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS-PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS OFDMA TDMA PON ARCHITECTURE FOR 4G AND BEYOND MOBILE BACKHAUL - Systems and methods are provided for network communication using wireless base stations and an optical orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signal generated on an optical wavelength, with the optical OFDMA signal being composed of a plurality of OFDMA subcarriers. A multi-level modulator modulates each of the plurality of OFDMA subcarriers. A single optical wavelength propagates each of the plurality of OFDMA subcarriers to different base stations; a passive optical splitter delivers the optical OFDMA signal to different base stations; and an OFDMA subcarrier de-multiplexer delivers and extracts traffic for each of the base stations in an electronic-domain, wherein the extracted traffic is remodulated in a wireless signal format. Antennas at each of the base stations transmit wireless signals, and the wireless signals are recovered and processed from the base stations. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216230 | NETWORK DESIGN APPARATUS - Based on the demand information etc., an accommodation designing problem and an assignment problem are solved in a conventional method to design a network. It is confirmed whether or not a restriction on the number of wavelengths for each link is observed. When there are links exceeding the restriction of the number of wavelengths, the number of available wavelengths is subtracted from the first link having the largest number of excess wavelengths and the second link farthest from the first link in the links, and the result is set as a wavelength number limited value, thereby performing a network designing process again. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216231 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RECEPTION METHOD - An optical communication system, a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus, and a transmission method and a reception method are provided. The transmission apparatus transmits an optical signal, and comprises: at least one encoder for encoding at least one data signal, respectively; at least one first modulator for performing first modulation on the at least one encoded data signal, respectively, and generating at least one first modulated signal; at least one second modulator for performing second modulation, which is DFT-spread-OFDM modulation, on the at least one first modulated signal, respectively, and generating at least one second modulated signal; and an up-converter for up-converting the at least one second modulated signal into the optical signal to be transmitted. Thus, a PAPR of the optical OFDM transmission signal is decreased, a signal distortion caused by non-linearity of optical devices is reduced, and a reception quality of the signal is improved. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216232 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed that provide for an agile coherent optical modem that can generate agile RF waveforms and data rates on a generic opto-electronic hardware platform. An “agile coherent optical modem” [ACOM] approach to optical communications by employing a software configurable and adaptive technologies to the transport system. The ACOM generate agile RF waveforms and data rates on a generic opto-electronic hardware platform. By employing advanced communication techniques to the optical domain such as wavelength agility, waveform agility, and symbol rate agility, it is possible to enable robust optical communications. The ACOM allows for the transport capacity of a communications link to be varied, thereby accommodating variations in transport conditions, range, opacity, etc. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216233 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A visible light communication method and terminal are provided for communicating with a visible light coordinator which discriminates between at least one communication area cell that includes at least one light source and a boundary area positioned between the communication area cell and another communication area cell adjacent to the communication cell area, and which provides time division visible light communication. Data of the visible light communication terminal is received from the visible light coordinator using a first time slot in a first communication area cell determined according to a position of the visible light communication terminal. The visible light coordinator is communicated with using a second time slot assigned from the visible light coordinator, when the visible light communication terminal is located in a boundary area of the first communication area cell. The second time slot has not been assigned to the visible light communication terminal. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216234 | DATA CENTER WITH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216235 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A data transmission system is provided with a transmission unit, a receiving unit, transmission paths, and a delay unit. The delay unit is disposed on a transmission path along which a high-speed signal is transmitted, and delays the transmission of the high-speed signal with respect to a low-speed signal. When the high-speed signal is transmitted from a section b | 2013-08-22 |
20130216236 | MANAGED OPTICAL COMPUTER NETWORK DEVICE - A managed optical communication network device selectively passes or blocks an optical signal from an input port to an output port, based on state of the device. The device state may be managed remotely by sending management commands, according to a communication protocol, to the device. The device may be remotely controlled to selectively cut off all optical communications between two nodes, such as between two computers, between a local area network and a router, or between a router and a wide area network. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216237 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A signal transmission device drives a light-emitting element and outputs an optical signal depending on a data signal from an electronic device. The device includes an element driving portion which supplies a driving current to the light-emitting element, wherein the driving current is obtained by superimposing a modulation current on a bias current, the modulation current being dependent on the data signal indicating emitting information of the light-emitting element. A temperature compensation portion of the device controls the bias current and the modulation current depending on the temperature so that a temperature-current characteristic of the light-emitting element is reproduced based on the voltage which is dependent on the temperature and the voltage which is independent from the temperature, thereby performing current control depending on the temperature. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216238 | NONLINEAR COMPENSATING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND TRANSMITTER - The present invention provides a nonlinear compensating apparatus and method and a transmitter. The nonlinear compensating apparatus includes: an information sequence acquiring unit, configured to acquire a symbol information sequence of the pulse signal; a perturbation quantity acquiring unit, configured to calculate, by pre-obtained weighting coefficients to which each item corresponds, the weighted sum of interaction items of pulses on one or more moments relative to the current moment; a perturbation quantity processing unit, configured to combine the items of the perturbation quantity based on the weighting coefficients; and an information compensating unit, configured to calculate a difference between the symbol information sequence and the processed perturbation quantity to obtain a compensated symbol information sequence. With the embodiments of the present invention, the complexity of calculation may be further lowered, and requirements on hardware may also be lowered. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216239 | System and Method for Blind Equalization and Carrier Phase Recovery in a Quadrature Amplitude Modulated System - A system and method for blind equalization of a QAM signal. Equalization is achieved using an algorithm characterized by cost function that is a function the Euclidian distance, e.g. the minimum Euclidian distance, between points of the constellation associated with the QAM signal, i.e. the distance between symbols. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216240 | COHERENT LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A coherent light receiving device includes a coherent receiving unit which mixes a received optical signal with local light and performs optical coherent detection to output a digital signal, a wavelength dispersion compensation unit which compensates for waveform distortion in the digital signal and outputs a digital signal after compensation, and a frequency difference detection unit which detects the frequency difference between the received optical signal and local light and notifies the wavelength dispersion compensation unit of the frequency difference, wherein the wavelength dispersion compensation unit performs compensation using a transfer function which is based on the frequency difference notified from the frequency difference detection unit and represents waveform distortion due to wavelength dispersion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216241 | OPTICAL RECEIVER USING INFINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZATION - A technique is provided for configuring an optical receiver. A photo detector is connected to a load resistor, and the photo detector includes an internal capacitance. A current source is connected through a switching circuit to the load resistor and to the photo detector. The current source is configured to discharge the internal capacitance of the photo detector. The switching circuit is configured to connect the current source to the internal capacitance based on a previous data bit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216242 | COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A cooling device for an image forming apparatus includes a heat receiver disposed to contact a heated member; a heat releaser to release heat; a coolant circulation passage connecting the heat receiver and the heat releaser in which a coolant circulates between the heat receiver and the heat releaser; a pump configured to convey and circulate the coolant in the coolant circulation passage; a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of a part of the heated portion of the heated member at which a temperature rises; a cooling fan, included in the heat releaser, configured to change a thermal capacity released from the heat releaser based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and a controller to determine presence or absence of a leakage of the liquid or a pump failure by monitoring a control performed by the cooling fan and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216243 | TONER REPLENISHING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DETACHABLY PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A toner replenishing container includes a storage chamber, a hole and an identification member. The storage chamber stores a toner for replenishment. The hole is engaged with the toner replenishing container identifying portion of the mounting portion when the toner replenishing container is mounted on the mounting portion, is formed at a predetermined position on a front surface of the toner replenishing container in a mounting direction, and has a polygonal cross-section. The identification member is detachably inserted into the hole in a form corresponding to the polygonal shape of the hole when an orientation of the identification member is rotated about a center line of the hole. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216244 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit to form an image on paper fed from the selected feed tray; a density sensor to measure a density of the image formed on the paper; and a control unit to control execution of an output paper density adjustment in accordance with a result obtained by forming a test image on the paper by using the image forming unit and by measuring the density of the test image formed on the paper by using the density sensor, wherein the control unit executes the output paper density adjustment by changing the feed tray for feeding the paper, from the feed tray designated in a print job to the substitute feed tray at a predetermined timing while the print job is executed, regardless of the paper setting information related to the substitute feed tray. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216245 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor is disclosed, including an irradiating system; a first photodetecting system including a first photodetector which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is specularly reflected from a subject; a second photodetecting system including an optical element which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is diffuse reflected from the subject within an incident face in the subject and which separates a linearly polarized component in a second polarizing direction which is orthogonal to a first polarizing direction and a second photodetector which receives a light separated by the optical element; and a restricting member which is arranged on an optical path of an incident light with respect to at least one of the first photodetector and the second photodetector and which restricts a light receiving range in the at least one photodetector. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216246 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor is disclosed. The optical sensor includes a light source in which a semiconductor laser having multiple light-emitting units is sealed with one resin member; a light source driving unit which causes the multiple light-emitting units to emit light; and at least one photodetector which detects a light amount of a light which is emitted from the multiple light-emitting units and is reflected from a subject. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216247 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor is disclosed. The optical sensor includes an irradiating system which irradiates a linearly polarized light; a first photodetecting system including a first photodetector which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is specularly reflected from a subject; a second photodetecting system including an optical element which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is diffuse reflected from the subject within an incident face in the subject and which separates a linearly polarized component in a second polarizing direction which is orthogonal to a first polarizing direction and a second photodetector which receives a light separated by the optical element, wherein an angle of taking in the light in the first photodetector and an angle of taking in the light in the second photodetector are mutually different. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATION OF BANDING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES IN MARKING PLATFORM - A method for compensation of banding in a marking platform includes: initiating a calibration stage; marking a test pattern over multiple intervals of a lowest fundamental frequency among marking modules; obtaining image data for the test pattern from a sensor; obtaining 1× signals from sensors associated with the marking modules; and processing the image data in relation to the 1× signals to form banding profiles for multiple marking modules. Alternatively, the method may include: processing image data in relation to 1× signals to form banding profiles for multiple marking modules; determining amplitudes in multiple banding profiles exceeds a threshold to identify dominant banding profiles; and processing dominant banding profiles to form dominant banding signatures. Alternatively, the method may include: initiating a correction stage; obtaining 1× signals from sensors associated with dominant marking modules; and periodically processing dominant banding signatures and 1× signals to determine a banding compensation value. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216249 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING CHARGE VOLTAGE TO ORGANIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR DRUM - Provided is an apparatus and method for supplying a charge voltage to an organic photoconductor (OPC) drum. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing first service life information of the OPC drum according to a first supplying method, and second service life information of the OPC drum according to a second supplying method, a sensor unit for measuring information about conditions surrounding the apparatus, a control unit for selecting one of the first and second supplying methods according to the measured information and determining a charge voltage corresponding to the service life information according to the selected method, and a voltage supplying unit using the selected method to supply the determined charge voltage to the OPC drum. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216250 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A development device includes a developer bearer to carry by rotation developer to a development range facing a latent image bearer, and a developer regulator to adjust an amount of developer transported to the development range by the developer bearer. Multiple projections are formed in a surface of the developer bearer, and the developer bearer rotates in a reverse direction to a direction of rotation for image development while image development is not performed. The developer regulator includes a blade having a first end held by a regulator holder and a second end that contacts the multiple projections formed in the surface of the developer bearer and is disposed in a direction counter to the direction of rotation of the developer bearer for image development. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216251 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a first voltage application section for applying a first bias to a magnetic roller, a second voltage application section for applying a second bias to a developing roller, and a controller for controlling the voltages of the first and second voltage application sections and the driving/rotating of the magnetic roller and the developing roller. When no image formation is taking place, the controller can execute a toner collection mode in which, with the first and second biases set at the same potential and the second bias set lower than the voltage applied to an image carrying member, the magnetic roller is rotated in the direction reverse to that in which it is rotated during image formation. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216252 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL DRIVER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a mode switching unit that selectively switches a mode between a rapid heating mode and a heat accumulating mode in a fixing unit, a receiving unit that receives an image formation request received from the outside, an extracting unit that extracts mode switching determination information at the earliest from the image formation request received by the receiving unit, a selecting unit that selects the mode based on the mode switching determination information extracted by the extracting unit, specifications of the fixing device, and a current temperature, and a switching control unit that controls the mode switching unit based on the mode selected by the selecting unit to switch the mode to the rapid heating mode or the heat accumulating mode. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The image forming apparatus determines whether or not supplementation of a consumable product is required, and whether or not an image corresponding to the consumable product procurement information including information related to the procurement of the consumable product is recorded by linkage with the consumable product. Then when the image forming apparatus determines that that supplementation of a consumable product is required, and that an image corresponding to the consumable product procurement information is recorded by linkage with the consumable product, a printing instruction screen for the image is displayed, and the printing of the image is performed in accordance with the printing instructions input through the printing instruction screen. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216254 | PRINTER VAPOR TREATMENT PREHEATING - A printer applies an imaging material to form an image, withdraws vapors from the applied imaging material and treats the withdrawn vapors with a vapor treatment system. The printer heats untreated withdrawn vapors with heat from the vapor treatment system. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216255 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FUNCTIONS FOR SUCTIONING TONER - The present application discloses an image forming apparatus for forming an image by means of toner. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier including an image carrying surface to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device which supplies the toner to the image carrying surface to form a toner image; and a suction device configured to create airflow for suctioning the toner scattered from the developing device. The developing device includes a duct configured to guide the airflow to the suction device. The duct includes a connection surface, to which the suction device is connected, and a suction surface provided with suction ports into which the toner flows. The suction ports aligned in a direction apart from the connection surface include different suction ports in ventilation area. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216256 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a transfer body; a leading-end holding member that holds a leading-end portion of the recording medium so that the recording medium is wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of the transfer body; a trailing-end holding member that is movable in a circumferential direction of the transfer body, the trailing-end holding member holding a trailing-end portion of the recording medium wrapped around the transfer body such that the trailing-end portion lies along the outer circumferential surface of the transfer body by bringing a holding surface of the trailing-end holding member into contact with the trailing-end portion; and a cleaning portion that contacts the holding surface of the trailing-end holding member, which moves relative to the transfer body, in order to clean the holding surface. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216257 | DEVELOPER TRANSPORTING MECHANISM, DEVELOPING DEVICE WITH THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer transporting mechanism includes a pipe-like transporting path, sealing member, shutter, and urging member. The pipe-like transporting path, through which a developer is transported, has an discharge port at part of its side surface. The shutter is slidable along the surface of the sealing member to open and close the discharge port. The urging member urges the shutter in a direction in which the discharge port is closed. The sealing member is secured to the outer circumferential surface of the pipe-like transporting path. The sealing member also has a reduced part; its dimension in a width direction orthogonal to a direction in which the shutter moves is gradually reduced from the upstream end in the closing direction of the shutter toward the downstream end. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216258 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body and a cartridge attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus body. The cartridge includes a handle portion attached to the case body and grasped when attached to and detached from the image forming apparatus body. The handle portion can be positioned at a first position at which the handle portion protrudes beyond the case body, a second position at which the handle portion is closer to the case body than in the case where the handle portion is at the first position and the cartridge that has been attached to the image forming apparatus body comes into contact with the open-close portion when the open-close portion is closed, and a third position at which the handle portion is closer to the case body than in the case where the handle portion is at the second position. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216259 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER - A developer container detachably mountable to a developer replenishing apparatus includes a cylindrical accommodator; a drive receiving portion provided at one end portion side of the accommodator; an opening for permitting the of the developer through the accommodator; a feeding portion for feeding the developer to the opening by rotating the accommodator by the rotational force received by the drive receiving portion; a contact portion for contacting an urging portion provided in the apparatus to urge the container in a direction opposite an inserting direction in which the container is inserted into the apparatus, when the container is mounted to the apparatus; and an engaging portion provided upstream of the contact portion with respect to the inserting direction, the engaging portion being engageable with an opening and closing portion provided in the apparatus when the container is mounted to the apparatus. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216260 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing and a transfer unit. The transfer unit detachably attachable relative to the housing includes a drive roller, a driven roller disposed opposite the drive roller, a belt formed into a loop and entrained around the drive roller and the driven roller, a frame to support the shaft of the drive roller, and a support member to movably support the shaft of the driven roller to be parallel to an axial direction of the drive roller and movable in a first direction different from the axial direction. A positioning member disposed in the housing holds the shaft of the drive roller parallel, and a restriction member restricts movement of the driven roller in the first direction to keep the shaft of the driven roller parallel to the shaft of the drive roller as the transfer unit is mounted in the image forming apparatus. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216261 | ROTARY DRIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotary driving apparatus that is capable of controlling a rotational speed correctly even when an anomaly occurs. A drive unit rotates a rotating member. A rotating body is rotated with the rotating member. A detection unit detects scales formed on the rotating body. A calculation unit calculates rotation information about the rotating member based on the detection result by the detection unit. A control value setting unit sets a control value to a predetermined value when the rotation information falls outside a predetermined range and a count of determinations that the rotation information falls outside the predetermined range is smaller than a predetermined count, and sets the control value based on the rotation information when the rotation information falls outside the predetermined range and the count of determinations is larger than the predetermined count. A control unit controls the drive unit based on the set control value. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216262 | ROTARY DAMPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A plurality of first viscoelastic bodies are disposed in insertion holes of a first rotary member. A plurality of second viscoelastic bodies are disposed in guide holes of a second rotary member. Each of the first and the second viscoelastic bodies has an elastic coefficient changing in accordance with aging due to use. A guide member moves a contact member along the insertion hole and the guide hole. The contact member applies a compressive load to the first viscoelastic body. The aging of the second viscoelastic body due to the compressive load applied thereto moves a position of the first viscoelastic body where the compressive load is received from the contact member toward a farther side from a rotational shaft side. | 2013-08-22 |
20130216263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; an electrostatic image forming device; and a developer carrying member. The developer carrying member is provided so as to be rotated in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the image bearing member at a peripheral speed higher than that of the image bearing member. When the peripheral speed of the image bearing member is Vp (m/sec), the peripheral speed of the developer carrying member is Vs (m/sec), and a time, of movement of the developer from the surface of the developer carrying member to the image bearing member, actually measured in a gap between the image bearing member and the developer carrying member is Tsd (sec), the peripheral speeds Vp and Vs and the time Tsd satisfy the following relationship: (Vs−Vp)×Tsd<3×10 | 2013-08-22 |
20130216264 | PROCESS UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process unit includes a photosensitive member that carries an image; a developing device that has a developer carrying member carrying a developer to be supplied to the photosensitive member; a rotating shaft that supports the developing device rotatably for approaching and separating from the photosensitive member; a photosensitive member gear provided to the photosensitive member; and a developing gear provided to the developer carrying member. The photosensitive member gear and the developing gear engage together and driving force can be transmitted, and the rotating shaft is placed on a driving force vector between the gears or on an extended line thereof, the driving force vector being generated from engagement between the photosensitive member gear and the developing gear. | 2013-08-22 |