| 35th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20110211763 | System and method for instrument response correction based on independent measurement of the sample - A system and method for providing an instrument response correction. A sample is illuminated to generate a first plurality and a second plurality of interacted photons. The first plurality of interacted photons may be detected by a dispersive spectrometer to generate a reference spectrum representative of the sample. The second plurality of interacted photons may be passed through a tunable filter and detected using an imaging detector to generate at least one hyperspectral image. This hyperspectral image may comprise a Raman hyperspectral image or an infrared hyperspectral image. A system may comprise an illumination source, a collection optics, a dispersive spectrometer, a fiber optic, a tunable filter, and an imaging detector. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211764 | Social Network System with Recommendations - A social network application may identify images having common links between a first user's image collection and a second user's image collection. The common links may be identified through metadata or similar portions of the images. Using the first user's image collection, elements of interest may be identified and compared to a second user's image collection to find matches. When matches are found, the results may be selected from groups of results to show a diverse set of matches. The user may be presented with options to select and add matched images to the user's collection, as well as to browse more images that match one or more of the groups. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211765 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSNIG METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a super resolving processor including: a high frequency estimator which generates difference image information between a low resolution image input as a processing object image of a super resolving process and a mid-processing image of the super resolving process or a processed image, that is, an initial image; and a calculator which performs a process of updating the processed image through a process of calculation between the difference image information output from the high frequency estimator and the processed image, wherein the high frequency estimator performs a learning type data process using learned data in the difference image information generating process. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There are provided a first intermediate image generating means ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211767 | Selective Local Transient Improvement and Peaking for Video Sharpness Enhancement - A method of selectively sharpening an image may include, for at least some pixels in the image, determining a frequency content associated with a pixel value in the image. The pixel may be linearly sharpened if the frequency content exceeds a threshold. The pixel may be non-linearly sharpened if the frequency content does not exceed the threshold. In some implementations, the non-linear sharpening may include wavelet decomposition of the image and enhancement of decomposed components. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211768 | Method for Improving the Contrast of Images, Particularly Gray Tone Images, and Device for Carrying out Said Method - A characteristic line is used for converting an initial image into a modified image that is composed of two characteristic lines that have different contrast enhancement properties. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211769 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a first path information calculating unit, a second path information calculating unit, and a path selecting unit. The first path information calculating unit calculates first path information which is information representing a first path for separating areas from an image. The second path information calculating unit calculates second path information representing a second path for separating the areas from the image, the second path being the reverse of the first path. The path selecting unit selects one of the first path information calculated by the first path information calculating unit and the second path information calculated by the second path information calculating unit. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211770 | Compressibility-aware media retargeting with structure preserving - The present invention provides a method for retargeting an image, comprising determining a total block structure energy of an input image content. A compressibility rate of the input image content is determined based on the total block structure energy. An optimal scaling factor of the input image content is obtained. The input image content is warped by using a new coordinate matrices and uniformly scaling the input image content to a target image resolution. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211771 | Content Aware Resizing of Images and Videos - A method resizes input images by first constructing a grid graph. The grid graph includes one node for each pixel in the input image, and adjacent nodes in the grid graph are connected by arcs. Each arc is directed and has an associated cost. A cut is applied to the arcs of the grid graph using a cost function. A seam of pixels is determined from the cut so that coordinates of the pixels in the seam enforce monotonicity and connectivity constraints. Then, the input image is resized according to the seam to produce an output image while minimizing a change of energy in the output image when compared with the input image. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211772 | SIMILAR IMAGE RETRIEVING DEVICE - A similar image retrieving device ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211773 | Reclosable Package Using Low Tack Adhesive - A package configured to reclose after an initial opening and reduce head space in the package includes a plurality of walls with a pair of opposing wall segments, where each of the opposing wall segments have top and bottom edge portions, a width, a height, and facing inner surfaces. The plurality of walls are sealed to form an interior cavity to receive items therein, the cavity bounded by a bottom wall segment and an initially removably sealed upper mouth. The package further includes a low tack adhesive zone disposed across the entire width and extending from adjacent the mouth toward the bottom wall segment along at least a majority of the height of the facing inner surfaces. The adhesive zones have a greater affinity for adhesion to each other than to the items and permit the package to be repeatedly reopened and reclosed at a plurality of different heights to minimize headspace. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211774 | Air packaging device product and method for forming the product - An air packaging device includes two layers of thermoplastic films, which form a sealable space where air is filled after first and second steps of heat-sealing process. The sealable space includes a number of independent sealed air chambers and a main air passage channel. The main channel has an air inlet. Each sealed air chamber is connected with the main channel by at least one one-way valve each including at least two layers of plastic films. At least two one-way valves are installed inside of the air chambers. This air packaging device increases the cushioning protection where the protection is most needed, but can reduce air chamber dimension at less important locations in order to reduce the volumetric size and, hence, reduce the shipping cost. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211775 | MESH BAG FOR AUTOMATED FILLING AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention provides a mesh bag for use with automated wicket bagging machines. In at least one embodiment, the mesh bag comprises a tubular mesh having a first end portion opposite a second end portion, a first wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh and having a peripheral edge, and a second wicketing strip attached to the second end portion of the mesh, wherein the second wicketing strip extends beyond a top edge of the mesh and the peripheral edge of the first wicketing strip and has at least one opening adapted for collating a plurality of mesh bags on one or more wicket pins. The present invention also relates to a method for making such bags. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211776 | Odor containment - An odor-containment system for use with a flexible bag and a receptacle for holding waste items includes a body configured to be connected to the receptacle for holding waste items, the body providing a passageway through the body, and a plurality of sealing members attached, directly or indirectly, to the body and disposed across the passageway, the sealing members being disposed adjacent to each other in a static, closed position of the system such that a flexible bag inserted between the sealing members will be forced closed, where the body is configured to cover an opening of the receptacle for receiving the waste items, where the sealing members are attached to the body such that the sealing members can separate from each other to permit one of the waste items to be inserted between the sealing members, and where the sealing members are biased toward the static, closed position with the sealing members adjacent to each other such that when a waste moves out from between the sealing members, the sealing members will return to their static positions adjacent to each other. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211777 | CLOSURE STRIP FOR A BAG AND ASSOCIATED BAG - The invention relates to closure strip for a bag, comprising two supporting webs provided on their internal surfaces facing each other and at a distance from their longitudinal edges, with at least one longitudinal closure assembly, each supporting web comprising two portions, | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211778 | Reclosable Fasteners, Packages Having Reclosable Fasteners, and Methods for Creating Reclosable Fasteners - A UV-curable pressure sensitive adhesive, a package having an adhesive-based reclosable fastener including the pressure sensitive adhesive, and a method of forming the package is described herein. The package includes a cavity and opposing panels configured to cover an opening to the cavity. The reclosable fastener is a UV-cured pressure sensitive adhesive comprised of one or more UV-curable acrylic oligomers, one or more tack control components, and, optionally, an elastomeric material. An adhesive component ratio defines an effective ratio made up of the weight percent of the UV-curable acrylic oligomer relative to the sum of the weight percents of the tack control component and elastomeric component, where the ratio provides a fastener with a first peel adhesion and subsequent peel adhesions effective to form the adhesive-based fastener into a reclosable fastener. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211779 | SLIDE MODULE AND APPARATUS WITH SLIDE PART UTILIZING THE SAME - A slide module obtaining a moving power while a slide body moves along a guide surface is provided. The slide module comprises: a guide portion having a first guide surface and a second guide surface forming a circumnavigating track; a slide body installed so as to circumnavigate along the circumnavigating track, and a first tilt-pressing member having a first tilt-pressing surface facing toward the first guide surface; a first tilt-pressing device having a first pressing means for pressing the first tilt-pressing member against the guide surface; and a second tilt-pressing device having a second tilt-pressing member with a second tilt-pressing surface facing toward the second guide surface and a second pressing means for pressing the second tilt-pressing member against the second guide surface, wherein if the slide body proceeds between the first guide surface and the first tilt-pressing surface by external force, the first tilt-pressing member tilt-presses the slide body with respect to the first guide surface by a pressing force provided by the first pressing means, and if the slide body proceeds between the second guide surface and the second tilt-pressing surface by external force, the second tilt-pressing member tilt-presses the slide body with respect to the second guide surface by a pressing force provided by the second pressing means. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211780 | BEARINGS - In some embodiments, a bearing includes a substrate having a first portion and a second portion thicker than the first portion, the second portion having a curved outer contour. The bearing can further include a first layer on the outer contour of the substrate and/or a second layer on an inner contour of the substrate. The first layer can include a thermally conductive material, and the second layer can include a lubricious material. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211781 | SLIDING BEARING USED IN TURBOCHARGER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed is a sliding bearing used in turbochargers of internal combustion engines. It is formed with a copper alloy containing, by mass %, 25 to 45% Zn, 0.3 to 2.0% Si, 1.5 to 6.0% Mn, and the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. The sliding bearing has a cylindrical shape for supporting a rotating shaft. Crystallized Mn—Si compounds are dispersed in a matrix of the copper alloy, the compounds extending in an axial direction of the rotating shaft on a sliding surface of the sliding bearing. The crystallized Mn—Si compounds have an average inter-grain distance of 20 to 80 μm. The matrix may contain precipitated Mn—Si compounds as well as the crystallized Mn—Si compounds. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211782 | Bearing Arrangement - A bearing assembly comprises at least two adjacently-disposed bearings. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. A bearing support retains the at least two bearings such that respective rotational axes of the at least two bearings extend in parallel. A spacer has at least two cylindrical openings configured to receive the respective cylindrical outer circumferential surfaces of the bearing outer rings such that a circumferential inner surface of each opening covers at least a portion of a width of the bearing outer ring received therein and surrounds an entire circumference of the bearing outer ring received therein. The bearing support is not fixedly connected to the spacer. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211783 | FOIL BEARING APPARATUS - There are provided a rotational shaft | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211784 | WHEEL ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS - To provide a wheel rolling bearing apparatus which can reinforce a proximal end portion of a first flange portion of an outer race member effectively. A first flange portion | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211785 | More Durable Bearing & Oil Seal Design For The GM 700R4 Family of Automatic Transmissions - The present invention relates to automatic transmissions. In particular, the present invention relates to the GM 700r4 automatic transmission. More particularly, the invention relates to a novel bearing/oil seal designed to replace the OEM input to output oil seal in the GM 700r4 transmission which is known to have oil seal failure history. The OEM input and output shafts of transmissions produce substantial movement relative to each other. Excessive movement between the shafts causes rapid oil seal wear, oil loss, and transmission failures. The new bearing/oil seal design of the present invention serves to couple the shafts together, and provide a vertical sealing face for a more durable seal. The benefits from the new bearing/oil seal are less movement throughout the drive train, longer oil seal life, less binding of the ¾ clutch pack, longer transmission shelf life, and increasing overall durability. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211786 | SILICON-BASED ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - In an electro-optic device, a stack structure including a first silicon layer of a first conductivity type and a second silicon layer of a second conductivity type has a rib waveguide shape so as to form an optical confinement area, and a slab portion of a rib waveguide includes an area to which a metal electrode is connected. The slab portion in the area to which the metal electrode is connected is thicker than a surrounding slab portion. The area to which the metal electrode is connected is set so that a range of a distance from the rib waveguide to the area to which the metal electrode is connected is such that when the distance is changed, an effective refractive index of the rib waveguide in a zeroth-order mode does not change. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211787 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECT COMPONENTS - A component for an optical interconnect includes a waveguide having at least one surface that is configured at an angle equal to or less than 90° relative to an axis of the waveguide. A tap is operatively connected to the waveguide. The tap has an angled surface that is adhered to the angled surface of the waveguide. An angle of the angled surface of the tap is substantially identical to the angle of the angled surface of the waveguide. An axis of the tap is positioned at an angle that is two times the angle of the angled surface of the tap. An at least partially reflective coating established on at least a portion of the angled surface of the tap. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211788 | OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - The invention relates to an optical fiber employable in an optical communication system using Raman amplification and adapted to improve OSNR and suppress bending loss at the same time, and the like. The optical fiber is a silica-based optical fiber having a depressed refractive index profile constituted by at least a core, an inner cladding having a low refractive index, and an outer cladding, an effective area A | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211789 | PHASE PLATE AND PHASE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The invention relates to a phase plate which is easy to manufacture such as to have a desirable characteristic and the like. The phase plate ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211790 | OPTICAL COUPLER AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A method for producing the optical coupler includes mounting a first conversion element on an upper surface of a first terminal plate, mounting a second conversion element on an upper surface of a second terminal plate, supplying a translucent primary mold resin in a fluidized state to the upper surfaces of the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate such that the first conversion element and the second conversion element are covered with the primary mold resin, curing the primary mold resin while inverting vertically the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate to retain the primary mold resin in a state in which the primary mold resin hangs from the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate, and covering a surface of the primary mold resin with a secondary mold resin having a refractive index lower than that of the primary mold resin. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211791 | OPTICAL FIBER FIXING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING OPTICAL FIBER TO OPTICAL CONNECTOR USING SAME - An optical fiber fixing device for fixing optical fibers in an optical connector includes a supporting arm, two connecting arms, and a pressing arm. The supporting arm includes a first end and an opposite second end. The connecting arms respectively extend from the first end and the second end toward a same direction. The connecting arms are configured for insertion into the optical connector. The pressing arm extends from the supporting arm between the connecting arms. The pressing arm is configured for pressing the optical fibers onto the optical connector. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211792 | Optical Connector Plug | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211793 | OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLIES - Fiber optic assemblies include subunit cables wrapped in binders. The assemblies have small cross sections and low bend radii while maintaining acceptable attenuation losses. SZ stranding of the subunit cables allows ease of access to the individual cables during installation. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211794 | BEND-INSENSITIVE OPTICAL CABLE - A bend-insensitive optical cable for transmitting optical signals includes an optical cable having a length, extending from an input end adapted to receive the optical signals, to an output end and including at least one single-mode optical fiber having a cable cut-off wavelength, of 1290 nm to 1650 nm. The at least one optical fiber is helically twisted around a longitudinal axis with a twisting pitch, for a twisted length, extending along at least a portion of the length, of the optical cable, wherein the twisted length and the twisting pitch are selected such that the optical cable exhibits a measured cut-off wavelength equal to or lower than 1260 nm. Preferably, the at least one fiber has a mode-field diameter of 8.6 μm to 9.5 μm. According to a preferred embodiment, the optical cable includes two optical fibers twisted together along the longitudinal axis, each of the two optical fibers having a cable cut-off wavelength of 1290 nm to 1650 nm. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211795 | HERMETICALLY SEALED FIBER SENSING CABLE - In one aspect, the present invention provides a hermetically sealed fiber sensing cable comprising: a core fiber comprising at least one Bragg grating region, an outer surface and a length; a fiber cladding in contact with the core fiber along the entire length of the core fiber, the fiber cladding having an outer surface and a length; a carbon layer disposed upon the outer surface of the fiber cladding along the entire length of the fiber cladding, the carbon layer comprising diamond-like carbon; a hydrogen ion absorption layer in contact with the carbon layer, the hydrogen ion absorption layer being disposed on the outer surface of the carbon layer; and an outer sleeve. Also provided in another aspect of the present invention, is a component for a hermetically sealed fiber sensing cable. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211796 | LOW BEND LOSS OPTICAL FIBER - An optical fiber having both low macrobend loss and low microbend loss. The fiber has a first inner cladding region having an outer radius r | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211797 | Optical Fiber with Increased Mechanical Strength - An optical fiber having increased mechanical strength is provided. The optical fiber includes an over cladding layer that has a compressive stress of at least 100 MPa. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211798 | OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION CONVERSION DEVICE AND INSTALLING METHOD THEREOF - An installing method of an optical fiber communication conversion device is provided. The installing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a housing is provided. An opto-electronic converting module with a first cable winding structure is selectively accommodated and installed within the housing. An optical fiber wiring process is performed. If the opto-electronic converting module is provided and installed within the housing, an optical fiber cable managing function is implemented by the first cable winding structure. If the opto-electronic converting module is not installed within the housing, the optical fiber cable managing function is implemented by a second cable winding structure within the housing. The optical fiber communication conversion device using the installing method is also provided. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211799 | VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE AND MODULAR LOCAL CONVERGENCE POINT - A variably configurable fiber optic terminal as a local convergence point in a fiber optic network is disclosed. The fiber optic terminal has an enclosure having a base and a cover which define an interior space. A feeder cable having at least one optical fiber and a distribution cable having at least one optical fiber are received into the interior space through a feeder cable port and a distribution cable port, respectively. A movable chassis positions in the interior space and is movable between a first position, a second position and third position. The movable chassis has a splitter holder area, a cassette area and a parking area. A cassette movably positions in the cassette area. A splitter module holder having a splitter module movably positioned therein movably positions in the splitter holder area. The optical fiber of the feeder cable and the optical fiber of the distribution cable are optically connected through the cassette, which also may be through the splitter module. In such case, the optical fiber of the feeder cable optically connects to an input optical fiber to the slitter module, where the optical signal is split into a plurality of output optical fibers. One of the plurality of output optical fibers connects to the optical fiber of the distribution cable for distribution towards a subscriber premises. The interior space is variably configurable by changeably positioning the cassette and splitter modules in the movable chassis. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211800 | MOUNTING OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLIES WITHIN FIBER OPTIC SHELF ASSEMBLIES - Fiber optic shelf assemblies and furcation mounting structures for securing a plurality of furcation bodies of respective fiber optic cable assembles within the fiber optic shelf are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fiber optic shelf has a one-to-one correspondence between a plurality of respective modules and the respective fiber optic cable assemblies. Additionally, the fiber optic shelf assemblies and furcation mounting structures disclosed advantageously allow the mounting of a relatively large number of furcation bodies within the fiber optic shelf assembly for supporting relatively large fiber optic connections per 1U rack space. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211801 | Cable Routing Guide With Cable Retainer - A cable routing guide having an arm with a first end and a second end is disclosed. The arm is adapted to attach the cable routing guide to a structure at the first end. A guide piece attaches to the arm at the second end. The guide piece has sides that enclose a passage adapted to receive at least one cable. The sides are concave, bowing toward the passage. The retainer is configured to maintain the at least one cable within the passage until the at least one cable is intentionally removed. The retainer has a retainer clip and/or a slot that allows the at least one cable to be received by the guide piece and to remain maintained within the guide piece until the at least one cable is intentionally removed. The slot may be at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the at least one cable. Additionally, the slot may be curvilinear or v-shaped. An attachment bracket connects to the first end of the arm. The attachment bracket may be connected at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the arm. The angle may be between about 0 degrees and 90 degrees. The cable routing guide may attach to the structure using the attachment bracket. A brace may be attached to the arm to support the cable routing guide. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211802 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK MOVING IMAGE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Information regarding frames of a moving image, which are included in a predetermined segment that includes the current playback position and a segment that has not been played back yet, is displayed in a time-series indicator region along with the moving image that is being played back. Furthermore, a segment indicator that indicates the start position and end position of a fixed segment that includes the current playback position is displayed in the time-series indicator. For example, in the case where moving image data at a position corresponding to the segment indicator is generated as a separated moving image file in accordance with a moving image copy instruction that has been given, the user can become aware ahead of time what kind of moving image file would be generated if such an instruction were given. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211803 | Multi-Medium Editing Apparatus - A multi-medium editing apparatus includes a control mechanism, an audio mechanism and a video mechanism. The control mechanism includes a processor, a first input unit connected to the processor and an output unit connected to the processor. The audio mechanism includes an audio source, a second input unit connected to the audio source and a first transfer unit for communicating the audio source with the processor. The video mechanism includes a video unit, a third input unit connected to the video unit and a second transfer unit for communicating the video unit with the processor. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211804 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a video display device provided with a storage mechanism that reliably holds a recording medium (HDD) with the reduced number of components. A tray integrally stores an installed HDD built in the device and a cassette HDD attachable to and detachable from the device, and is mounted on a main chassis. An HDD stopper of a hook-like shape integrated with the tray presses an end part of the installed HDD to secure its storage position. An HDD holder integrated with the tray presses a side surface at an end part of the cassette HDD to prevent it from falling off the tray. Further, a regulating plate formed by cutting and raising the main chassis suppresses deformation of the HDD stopper, and an anti-falling plate prevents the installed HDD from falling off the tray. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211805 | BY STANDER-ACTIVATED AUDIO/VIDEO DISPLAY WITH REPLACEMENT MEMORY - A motion-sensing sales display, which plays back video and/or audio programming whenever a bystander enters the area in front of the display, is provided. An electronic motion sensor detects the presence of a nearby bystander and electrically triggers a digital media playback device, which plays back video and/or audio program materials stored in the display's digital memory. A video monitor and speaker integrated into the face of the display allow the sales display to present the recorded programming without the need for external audiovisual components. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211806 | 3D VIDEO REPRODUCTION MATCHING THE OUTPUT FORMAT TO THE 3D PROCESSING ABILITY OF A DISPLAY - A method of transmitting three dimensional video information over an interface from a playback device to a displaying device, the displaying device and the interface such that the properties of the displaying device can be queried over the interface, the method comprising determining one or more video format in which a compressed three dimensional video information is available to an input of the playback device, the three dimensional video information available either as stored on a record medium or received via a data transmission system; querying the displaying device over the interface with respect to one or more three dimensional video formats which the displaying device is able to process; selecting a best matching video format, wherein the best matching video format different from at least one available video format, the selection of the best matching video format based on the available video format and the video formats which the displaying device is able to process; processing the compressed three dimensional video information such that the three dimensional video information is transmitted over the interface in the best matching video format. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211807 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A FLASH LED AS A VIDEO INDICATOR LIGHT - A method and an apparatus providing a visual indication of the occurrence of video recording operations on an electronic device. The video recording operations including recording a plurality of frames according to a number of characteristics. The method comprising providing a time interval between the recording of two consecutive frames by modifying at least one of the characteristics of the video recording operations and providing the visual indication of video recording operations during the time interval. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211808 | VIDEO INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, VIDEO INFORMATION PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND VIDEO CONTENT - Provided is a video information playback method of reducing a wait time until playback is resumed when resume playback of a content whose video playback can be controlled by a program operating in a virtual machine. After playback of the content is stopped in the resume playback, the program operating in the virtual machine determines whether or not the content to be playback-resumed is a content whose playback is possible either when the program operating in the virtual machine is activated or deactivated. The information of the determining indicating whether the playback is enabled or disabled is recorded in a nonvolatile memory. When a playback resume instruction is inputted, the information of the determining related to the content to be playback-resumed is read out. When the content is determined to be playback-enabled, playback is resumed from the playback stop position without activating the program operating in the virtual machine. Otherwise, the program operating in the virtual machine is activated, and then the playback is resumed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211809 | VIDEO-GENRE CLASSIFICATION - An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method for classifying a video sequence (VS), characterized by the steps of analyzing the video sequence using a plurality of genre-specific detector modules (M | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211810 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE SURVEILLANCE AND EVENT RECORDING - A data-encoding system includes a source of unencoded data, and a first encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the first encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a first data rate. The data encoding system further includes a second encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the second encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a second data rate in which the second data rate exceeds the first data rate. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211811 | SELECTING A VIDEO IMAGE - Enabling a selection of a video image is described. A selection of a representative image is received [ | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211812 | Program Segmentation of Linear Transmission - Content streams may be segmented to provide automatic extraction and storage of content items without intervening commercials or other unrelated content. These content items may then be stored in a database and made accessible to subscribers through, for example, an on-demand service. Automatic segmentation may include the identification of program boundaries, segmentation of a content stream based on the boundaries and the subsequent classification of the segments into content types. For example, audio and video duplication detection may be used to identify commercials since commercials tend to repeat frequently over a relatively short amount of time. A system may further identify an end of program indicator in a video stream to determine when a program ends. Accordingly, if a program ends after a scheduled end time, a recording device (e.g., the program is being recorded) may automatically extend the recording time to capture the entire program. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211813 | ENHANCED BANNER ADVERTISEMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for providing and displaying enhanced banners and other objects on a communication device. The banner file may comprise ancillary data, such as calendar appointment details, other event details, or contact details, embedded within the file itself, or comprised in an envelope wrapping the banner file. When the banner is displayed on the communication device, the user may invoke a context menu to create an event, such as a calendar event, on the device using the embedded ancillary data. In other embodiments, the communication device uses geolocation services to determine whether the user is likely to be in attendance at an event, and if not, to issue alerts or initiate a further action, such as initiating recording of a television program the user is about to miss, over the network. In other embodiments, the banner file's ancillary data includes recommendation data, identifying a banner as being recommended by a contact of the user's. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211814 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEXING AND SEARCHING DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT - The present invention relates to systems and methods for indexing digital video content maintained on a storage media item. The method of the present invention comprises extracting caption and subtitle content from one or more video object (“VOB”) files maintained on the storage media item. The extracted caption and subtitle content are segmented into one or more segments and video and audio content corresponding to the one or more segments are extracted. Descriptions of the video and audio content corresponding to the segmented caption and subtitle content are generated. The captions, subtitles, descriptions, and corresponding video and audio content associated with the one or more segments of the one or more VOB files are indexed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211815 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR STEROSCOPIC REPRODUCTION - In performing stereoscopic view, a shift information memory stores, as a number of pixel lengths, an offset indicating how far in a right direction or a left direction to move coordinates of pixels to realize stereoscopic view. When realizing stereoscopic view, a plane shift engine moves the coordinates of image data in a graphics plane in the right direction or the left direction by the number of pixel lengths indicated by the offset. When a scale of video data targeted for stereoscopic view is changed by a basic graphics plane, a shift distance of pixel coordinates by the plane shift engine is based on a number of pixel lengths obtained by multiplying the offset by a changed scaling factor in the horizontal direction. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211816 | Method and apparatus for synchronized workstation with two-dimensional and three-dimensional outputs - A method and apparatus are disclosed and described for providing a synchronized workstation with two-dimensional and three-dimensional outputs. The apparatus includes a video decoder ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211817 | METHOD FOR HEATING PART IN PROCESSING CHAMBER OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - There is provided a method for heating a part within a processing chamber of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having a substrate in the processing chamber and performing a process on the substrate. The heating method includes generating heating lights which is generated by a heating light source provided outside the processing chamber and has a wavelength band capable of passing through a first part in the processing chamber and being absorbed into a second part in the processing chamber made of a material different from that of the first part, and heating the second part in the processing chamber by passing the heating lights through the first part in the processing chamber and irradiating the heating lights to the second part in the processing chamber. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211818 | Fracturing Tank Fluid Heating - Fracturing fluid in a fluid tank is heated at a wellsite to protect against freezing of the fluid because of cold weather conditions. Convection currents induced in the fluid during heating cause fluid circulation in the tank to stir the fluid without additional equipment for that purpose. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211819 | LIGHTING MODIFIABLE PHOTO BOOTH WITH EXTERNAL PROCESS CONTROL - A photo booth incorporating LED lighting elements configured for causing a polycarbonate resin thermoplastic outer sheeting of the booth having translucent properties to exhibit a desired color, pattern or sequence. The body and associated polycarbonate sheet are typically constructed in an arcuate (rounded or ellipsoidal) shape to create an internal space sufficient for mounting the LED lighting elements as well as the associated interior architecture for operating the booth. An external processor control interfaces with the internal processor associated with the architecture of the booth and for operating such as a digital camera and printer. Security hardware and software components are also provided and for ensuring against non-authorized use of the booth. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211820 | USER-CONFIGURABLE WATERPROOF CAMERA CASE - A user-configurable waterproof camera case includes a housing for sealingly holding different models of camera therein, an actuating shaft extending through an opening of the housing, a probe-carrying member connected to an inner end of the actuating shaft, and an adjustable probe carried by the probe-carrying member at a position engageable with an on/off button or a shutter button of the camera. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211821 | CAMERA MODULE WITH ANTI-SHAKE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a camera module equipped with a vibration compensation mechanism. The camera module includes a lens unit for changing an image of a subject at a specific magnification, a housing for accommodating the lens unit so that the lens unit can move in the direction of an optical axis, an auto-focus actuator unit installed so that the lens unit can move in the direction of the optical axis, suspension members for supporting the housing so that the housing can float in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis, a box-type case configured such that the suspension members are fastened thereto and the housing is accommodated therein, a circuit board disposed beneath the case and configured such that an image sensor is installed thereon, and a compensation actuator configured to compensate for a displacement caused by the vibration of the housing. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211822 | FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - A focus control apparatus for use in an imaging apparatus includes an exchangeable lens and a camera body. The exchangeable lens includes an optical system including a focus lens. The camera body is able to hold the exchangeable lens and includes an imaging element. The apparatus further includes a pan•tilt detection unit, a decision unit, and a control unit. The pan•tilt detection unit detects a pan and tilt of the camera body. The decision unit determines whether the exchangeable lens is able to achieve wobbling. The control unit controls an automatic focusing process of the focus lens in accordance with an image data generated by the imaging element. The control unit executes a different automatic focusing process in accordance with a decision made by the decision unit, when the pan or tilt of the camera body is detected to have started. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211823 | ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SHUTTER CONTROL - A method in a camera device having an image sensor and an electro-mechanical shutter mechanism is as follows. A constant drive current is applied to the shutter mechanism to close shutter at the end of a first exposure. Then, a decaying drive current is applied to the shutter mechanism during a readout interval for the first exposure. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211824 | Methods and Apparatus for Full-Resolution Light-Field Capture and Rendering - Method and apparatus for full-resolution light-field capture and rendering. A radiance camera is described in which the microlenses in a microlens array are focused on the image plane of the main lens instead of on the main lens, as in conventional plenoptic cameras. The microlens array may be located at distances greater than f from the photosensor, where f is the focal length of the microlenses. Radiance cameras in which the distance of the microlens array from the photosensor is adjustable, and in which other characteristics of the camera are adjustable, are described. Digital and film embodiments of the radiance camera are described. A full-resolution light-field rendering method may be applied to light-fields captured by a radiance camera to render higher-resolution output images than are possible with conventional plenoptic cameras and rendering methods. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211825 | COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A coating and developing apparatus is provided which requires a smaller occupation space even when it incorporates a substrate inspection unit, while eliminating a disadvantageous layout. A coating film forming part B | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211826 | System and Method for Managing the Selection of Ghost Channels for Mitigating Polarization Hole Burning - A system and method for selecting ghost channels in an optical communication system, including components configured to examine an optical communication channel within a node of the optical communication system, examine a neighbor channel of the optical communication channel, determine whether using the neighbor channel as a ghost channel will create an undesirable level of risk of feedback within the optical communication system, if using the neighbor channel as a ghost channel will not create an undesirable level of risk of feedback, determine whether the neighbor channel is currently used as a ghost channel, and if the neighbor channel is not currently used as a ghost channel, select the neighbor channel as a ghost channel. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IN-SERVICE OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK CERTIFICATION - A system and method for performing an in-service optical time domain reflectometry test, an in-service insertion loss test, and an in-service optical frequency domain reflectometry test using a same wavelength as the network communications for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber networks while maintaining continuity of network communications are disclosed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211828 | Flexible Dispersion Mapping - One method configures an all-optical network such that at least eighty percent of optical fiber spans of a portion of a first all-optical path of the network have substantially a first residual dispersion per span and at least eighty percent of optical fiber spans of a remainder of the first all-optical path have residual dispersions per span substantially differing from the first residual dispersion per span. The remainder of the first all-optical path includes an overlap between the first all-optical path and a second all-optical path of the network. The second all-optical path has a plurality of optical fiber spans and a substantially singly periodic dispersion map. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211829 | SAFETY AND POWER CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Safety and power control arrangement and method for optical communication apparatus, where a first circuit pack emitting an optical signal (OS | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211830 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL ADD/DROP APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising an optical modulator modulating a light in accordance with a modulation signal and an operating point of the optical modulator, to thereby output a modulated optical signal; and a controller controlling the operating point in accordance with a branched portion of the modulated optical signal and a detected intensity of the modulation signal so that the operating point is kept stable when the detected intensity falls below a predetermined value. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211831 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE WAVELENGTH OF AN FBTL OPTICAL MODULE, AND WAVELENGTH CONTROL METHOD EMPLOYED FOR WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE FBTL OPTICAL MODULE - Provided is a wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus that enables operation control of transponders each carrying an FBTL optical module from the monitoring control unit by the same operation control as one for the transponders each carrying an NB optical module with four wavelengths assigned. For that purpose, the wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus includes the transponders for converting optical signals from wideband wavelengths to narrowband wavelengths, and a monitoring control unit for controlling the transponders by instructions from an operator. Each transponder includes (i) an assigned wavelength determining unit for converting channel information specified by the monitoring control unit into assigned wavelength information assigned to the transponder, and (ii) a full-band tunable laser (FBTL) module control unit for performing control in such a manner as to cause a full-band tunable laser (FBTL) to emit based on the assigned wavelength information after conversion by the assigned wavelength determining unit. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211832 | 2-TO-1 OPTICAL COUPLER THAT UTILIZES D-SHAPED PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS (POFs), A BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LINK THAT EMPLOYS THE 2-TO-1 POF OPTICAL COUPLER, AND A METHOD - D-shaped POFs are used to form a 2-to-1 optical coupler. The D-shaped POFs are produced via an extrusion process that is relatively inexpensive to perform and that can be performed with relatively high manufacturing throughput. The D-shaped POFs are bonded together to form a coupler end face having a generally circular cross-sectional area. The coupler end face is interfaced with an end face of a main POF that is generally circular in cross-sectional shape. The resulting D-shaped 2-to-1 optical POF couplers have relatively low insertion loss and relatively high optical coupling efficiency. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211833 | NETWORK DEVICE WITH UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY FUNCTION - A network device with an uninterruptible power supply function is provided. The network device includes a network physical transmission unit, a power connecting part and a backup power supply module. The network physical transmission unit is operated at a user terminal according to a fiber to the home (FTTH) technology or a fiber to the building (FTTB) technology. The power connecting part is in communication with an external power source for receiving electricity from the external power source to operate the network device. If the electricity transmitted from the external power source to the network device is interrupted, the backup power supply provides backup electricity to the network device to maintain normal operation of the network device. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211834 | SCHEDULING WDM PON WITH TUNABLE LASERS WITH DIFFERENT TUNING TIMES - Technologies are generally described for network traffic scheduling in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) passive optical network (PON). Dynamic wavelength assignment and time allocation in hybrid WDM/TDM PONs with tunable lasers as optical light generators is accomplished by mapping the scheduling into a multi-processor scheduling problem with wavelength channels as machines and ONU requests as jobs. Wavelengths may be considered as parallel identical machines. Taking laser tuning time into consideration preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling with the objective of minimizing the latest job completion time is computed employing a number of heuristic algorithms. The algorithms compute two extreme cases of zero and infinity laser tuning time, respectively. Using the results from these two extreme cases, the heuristic scheduling schemes for the case of arbitrary laser tuning time yield close average latest job completion times for both schedule types. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211835 | System and Method for Mitigating Polarization Hole Burning - A system for mitigating the effects of polarization hole burning in an optical communication system. The system includes an optical input signal comprising one or more traffic channels, a measurement module configured to check for the existence of ghost channels around the traffic channels, and a ghost channel generation module configured to generate a ghost channel around the traffic channels from amplified spontaneous emission noise of the optical input signal. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211836 | System and Method for Optimizing the Selection of Ghost Channels in Mitigating Polarization Hole Burning - A system and method for optimizing the selection of ghost channels to mitigate the effects of polarization hole burning in a node of an optical communication system including identifying an optical communication channel in the node for use as a ghost channel, identifying a first set of degrees carrying the optical communication channel within the node, identifying a second set of degrees within the first set of degrees, the second set containing the degrees with the optical communication channel being a valid channel, identifying a third set of degrees within the first set of degrees, the third set containing degrees with the optical communication channel being sufficiently powerful, and selecting a first degree to source the ghost channel from the first set of degrees based at least on the second set of degrees and the third set of degrees. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211837 | Method of Recovery From Sleep State of an Onu in a Pon System Capable of Power Saving - There is a need to recover an ONU from a sleep state for communication with the PON before a specified sleep cancel time in a short period of time without degrading the band use efficiency. An OLT manages an electric state of each ONU connected to a PON. When at least one ONU is in sleep mode, the OLT transmits a grant to allocate a band for a sleep cancel report to the ONU. When the sleep-mode ONU requires communication, the ONU transmits the sleep cancel report to the OLT using the band for the sleep cancel report. When receiving the sleep cancel report, the OLT changes the managed ONU to a normal state and resumes the communication with the PON. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211838 | LOW-COST WDM SOURCE WITH AN INCOHERENT LIGHT INJECTED FABRY-PEROT LASER DIODE - The present invention discloses a low-cost light source for optical transmission systems and optical networks based on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. A light source in accordance with the present invention is implemented by externally injecting a narrow-band incoherent light into a Fabry-Perot laser diode (F-P LD). After injection of narrow-band incoherent light, the output of F-P LD becomes wavelength-selective rather than multi-mode and the output wavelength of F-P LD coincide with the peak wavelength of the injected incoherent light. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211839 | LOW-COST WDM SOURCE WITH AN INCOHERENT LIGHT INJECTED FABRY-PEROT LASER DIODE - The present invention discloses a low-cost light source for optical transmission systems and optical networks based on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. A light source in accordance with the present invention is implemented by externally injecting a narrow-band incoherent light into a Fabry-Perot laser diode (F-P LD). After injection of narrow-band incoherent light, the output of F-P LD becomes wavelength-selective rather than multi-mode and the output wavelength of F-P LD coincide with the peak wavelength of the injected incoherent light. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211840 | REMOTELY SETTABLE CHROMATIC DISPERSION ROBUSTNESS FOR DENSE WAVE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING INTERFACES - An apparatus for transmitting signals in a telecommunications network includes a light source that generates an optical signal for encoding information transmitted from the apparatus over a light path of the telecommunications network, a modulator configured for controlling the optical signal to generate chirped optical pulses of the optical signal, the chirped optical pulses having a first frequency spectrum controlled by the modulator, such that when the pulses are transmitted from the apparatus and received at an end of the first light path the pulses have a chromatic dispersion penalty that is less than a predetermined penalty. Modulation control circuitry receives instructions from a remote controller and, in response to the instructions, controls the modulator such that the chirped optical pulses have a second frequency spectrum controlled by the modulator, such that when the pulses are transmitted from the apparatus and received at an end of a second light path of the telecommunications network the pulses have a chromatic dispersion penalty that is less than a predetermined penalty. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211841 | Ghost Channel Management for PHB Mitigation - A system and method for managing the selection of ghost channels in an optical communication system, including components configured to collect one or more first data values indicating the validity of an optical communication channel within a first degree of a node in the optical communication system, collect one or more second data values indicating the optical power level of the optical communication channel, transmit the first and second data values to a second degree of the node, receive the first and second data values at the first degree, and aggregate the first and second data values for the first degree and the second degree at the first degree. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211842 | High-Speed Receiver Architecture - A receiver (e.g., for a 10G fiber communications link) includes an interleaved ADC coupled to a multi-channel equalizer that can provide different equalization for different ADC channels within the interleaved ADC. That is, the multi-channel equalizer can compensate for channel-dependent impairments. In one approach, the multi-channel equalizer is a feedforward equalizer (FFE) coupled to a Viterbi decoder, for example a sliding block Viterbi decoder (SBVD); and the FFE and/or the channel estimator for the Viterbi decoder are adapted using the LMS algorithm. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211843 | Optical Broadcast With Buses With Shared Optical Interfaces - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to optical broadcast buses configured with shared optical interfaces for fan-in and fan-out of optical signals. In one aspect, an optical broadcast bus ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211844 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT - An optical gate switch circuit includes: an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer having an optical path that outputs control light and probe light to a second optical directional coupler via a first optical directional coupler and an optical phase modulation element, and another optical path that connects a third optical directional coupler to which the probe light is input, to the second optical directional coupler via a variable optical attenuator and an optical phase shifter; and a bandpass filter connected to the second optical directional coupler. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211845 | Method and apparatus for phostonic stack system for vehicle control/sense - An avionics system for a plane includes a plurality of nodes disposed throughout the plane, each node performing a function. The system includes an optical network in communication with the nodes and through which the nodes communicate. The system includes at least one of the nodes having a hardwired interpreter that interprets the information transmitted from another one of the nodes via the optical network. A method for operating a plane includes the steps of communicating information through an optical network between a plurality of nodes disposed throughout the plane, each node performing a function. There is the step of interpreting with at least one of the nodes having a hardwired interpreter the information transmitted from another one of the nodes via the optical network. A phostonic stack. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211846 | Transmitter Frequency Peaking for Optical Fiber Channels - Frequency peaking is used in the transmitter to improve link performance. In one example, frequency peaking improves the PIE | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211847 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND CLOCK GENERATION METHOD - An optical receiver includes a dispersion mitigator configured to mitigate a wavelength dispersion value in an optical signal by using a set dispersion value, a phase difference signal generator configured to generate a phase difference signal by calculating the phase difference between a first clock signal included in an optical signal mitigated by the dispersion mitigator, and a second clock signal, a dispersion value adjuster configured to adjust the set dispersion value set in the mitigator, a controller configured to control fluctuations appearing in a phase difference signal generated by the phase difference signal generator when the dispersion value is adjusted by the dispersion value adjuster, and a clock generator configured to generate the second clock follow up the phase of the first clock, being based on the phase difference signal controlled by the controller. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus include an image bearing member, a developing container receiving a developer, a developer carrying member for carrying and conveying the developer, a developer feed member for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member, a detection device for detecting an amount of developer in the developing container by detecting an electrostatic capacitance between the developer carrying member and the developer feed member, and a control device for changing a rotational speed of the developer feed member into a plurality of speeds corresponding to the plurality of image forming speeds. The control unit controls the rotational speed of the developer feed member prior to the execution of a detection operation of the detection device so as to be faster than the slowest speed of said plurality of speeds. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211849 | Consumables storage container, image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and service control system - A consumables storage container has an opening through which consumables are supplied. The consumables storage container includes a seal detachably attached to the opening to seal the opening, a part ID storage disposed on the seal, and a positioning holder to position and hold the seal at a prescribed position where the part ID storage is readable after the opening is unsealed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211850 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including: a toner cartridge including a memory to provide first authentication information, and an authentication key circuit to provide a second authentication information; and a controller to authenticate the toner cartridge when the first authentication information and the second authentication information are identical. Furthermore, the controller intentionally destroys the first authentication information or the second authentication information when there is no toner in the toner cartridge. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized use of the toner cartridge, and thus to perform an ideal print operation. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211851 | ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - An electric power control apparatus sets a first period for performing electric power control and an overall target amount of power consumption to be consumed by all of the plurality of information processing apparatuses during the first period, calculates an individual target amount of power consumption to be consumed by each information processing apparatuses during a plurality of second periods obtained by segmentalizing the first period, based on the first period and the overall target amount, transmits the corresponding second period and the individual target amount to each information processing apparatuses, receives an actual usage value of the amount of power consumption in the corresponding second period transmitted from each information processing apparatuses, calculates the individual target amount, based on the actual usage value of the amount and the overall target amount, and retransmits the individual target amount to each information processing apparatuses. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211852 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having an image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a development device having a housing section that stores toner therein, a stirring device for stirring the toner inside the housing section, and a toner, carrier that develops the electrostatic latent image into a toner image by imparting the toner to the image carrier; a voltage applying device that applies a development bias voltage between the image carrier and the toner carrier; a control device that makes the electrostatic latent image forming device and the development device form a test toner image on the image carrier; and a sensing device that senses a toner adhering amount of the test toner image. The control device determines whether to make the stirring device stir the toner based upon a relation between the toner adhering amount of the test toner image and the development bias voltage that was applied by the voltage applying device for formation of the test toner image. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211853 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit configured to form an image on a relatively moving object, the image including a mark; a first detection unit configured to detect the mark formed by the forming unit so as to obtain a first detection result; a correction unit configured to execute a correction process in which an image forming condition of the image forming unit is changed based on the first detection result; a setting unit configured to set the correction process not to be executed when a value related to a correction accuracy of the correction unit is lower than a reference value; and a control unit configured to control the correction process based on the setting by the setting unit. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USED IN THE APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image forming units each with an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and each with a developing member for developing process on the electrostatic latent image, wherein the image forming apparatus superimposes toner images of the respective colors to form a composite color image; when images on a plurality of pages are formed, the developing members of the respective colors are started or stopped in response to presence or absence of latent images of the respective colors on a page that is targeted for image formation; and when the image forming unit starts to be driven, a developing member, corresponding to a color whose latent image is not to be formed on a first page of the plurality of pages, is not started. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211855 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member bearing a toner image; a driving roller and a tension roller movable in such a direction that the interval between the rollers changes; a transfer belt stretched by the rollers to feed a receiving material so that the toner image on the image bearing member is transferred onto the receiving material or to directly receive the toner image from the image bearing member; a detector opposed to the tension roller with the belt therebetween to optically detect a mark on the belt, wherein the detector is movably supported while biased toward the tension roller, and the moving direction of the tension roller is substantially the same as an optical axis of light emitted by the detector; and a regulator to regulate movement of the tension roller and the detector in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the tension roller. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211856 | INTERCHANGING COLOR PRINTER AND RELATED METHOD - A method may include the steps of providing a printing assembly that includes a plurality of printing modules that each include a specific toner color, wherein a first printing module is failing and at least one second printing module is functioning; determining a toner use demand for the plurality of printing modules; and swapping the first printing module with the at least one second printing module to facilitate reducing a downtime of the printing apparatus, wherein the first printing module has a toner use demand that is substantially greater than the toner use demand of the at least one second printing module. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINT CONTROL - A print control apparatus and method for determining a sheet size specified by a first print job and a sheet size specified by a second print job, deciding on a sheet width usable by the first print job and a sheet width usable by the second print job based on determined respective sheet sizes, deciding on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job based on the decided respective sheet widths, and printing an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job on a continuous sheet supplied from a sheet supplying unit that supplies a continuous sheet having the decided sheet width. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211858 | VOLTAGE SUPPLYING UNIT OF DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND A METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing devices, a voltage generating part to generate a developing voltage, first switching parts to supply the voltage generated in the voltage generating part to a predetermined developing device out of the plurality of developing devices, a second switching part to selectively supply the developing voltage generated in the voltage generating part to the first switching parts, and a controller to control the first switching parts and the second switching part. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211859 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member having a cylindrical or annular shape for fixing an image onto a sheet which is in pressure contact with an outer surface thereof; and a heating source for heating the fixing member to a fixing temperature. A duct is provided in a position facing the fixing member with respect to a width direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the fixing member and which has an inlet for taking in fine particles generated from the fixing member. An exhaust fan is provided inside the duct or in an outlet of the duct for generating an air flow going from the inlet to the outlet of the duct. A first filter member is provided upstream or downstream from the exhaust fan inside the duct and the first filter can trap the fine particles which flow through the duct getting on the air flow. A control section controls an amount of the air flow passing through the first filter member according to initial burst conditions under which the fine particles are emitted from the fixing member. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member having a cylindrical or annular shape for fixing an image onto a sheet which is in pressure contact with an outer surface thereof; and a heating source for heating the fixing member to a fixing temperature. A duct is provided in a position facing the fixing member with respect to a width direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the fixing member and which has an inlet for taking in fine particles generated from the fixing member. A filter member is provided inside the duct and which can trap the fine particles which flow through the duct. An exhaust fan is provided in the duct upstream or downstream from the filter member for generating an air flow going from the inlet to an outlet of the duct. A control section controls the operation of the exhaust fan according to initial burst conditions under which the fine particles are emitted from the fixing member. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211861 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to transfer an image onto a transfer medium in an image transfer range, a seamless belt to move along a predetermined conveying direction, a pair of belt rollers to support the belt in a flattened condition, a tensile force applier to become in contact with the belt and apply tensile force to the belt in the image transfer range, a controller to apply the tensile force during an imaging period, in which operations including an image transfer operation are executed, and reduce or clear the tensile force being applied to the belt during a non-imaging period, which is other than the imaging period. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211862 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An color image forming apparatus | 2011-09-01 |
