| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20080212816 | Hearing aid with feedback cancellation - A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing enclosing a microphone for converting sound into an audio signal, first feedback compensation means for providing a first feedback compensation signal of signals picked up by the microphone by modelling an internal mechanical feedback signal path of the hearing aid, second feedback compensation means for providing a second feedback compensation signal by modelling an external feedback signal path of the hearing aid, subtracting means for subtracting the first and second feedback compensation signals from the audio signal to form a compensated audio signal, processing means, connected to an output of the subtracting means, for processing the compensated audio signal, and a receiver, connected to an output of the processing means, for converting the processed compensated audio signal into a sound signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212817 | Hearing device with basic structure - A frame is provided for the hearing device, which frame is constructed in such a way that it holds all of the internal components. The shells or the battery compartment are secured to the frame. Thereby, a conversion of a hearing device by the ordinary acoustician is possible. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212818 | AUDIO SYSTEM WITH SYNTHESIZED POSITIVE IMPEDANCE - An audio system including an audio power amplifier, a transducer electrically connected to the audio power amplifier, an enclosure coupled to the transducer, and a secondary resonant element coupled to the enclosure. An electrical feedback signal representative of the transducer current is negatively fed back to the audio power amplifier to synthesize a positive output impedance. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212819 | LOW NOISE MICROPHONE FOR USE IN WINDY ENVIRONMENTS AND/OR IN THE PRESENCE OF ENGINE NOISE - A microphone for use in windy environments. The microphone uses a transducer to flood the environment outside the microphone with a high frequency (such as an ultrasonic) acoustic field. The sounds desired to be detected are mixed with the high frequency carrier, and can then be received by the microphone with less wind noise. The microphone then demodulates the desired sound signals from the high frequency carrier. The microphone can be configured in a special emitter-receiver configuration that also reduces interference from engine noise. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212820 | Audio signal output method and apparatus for short-range communication enabled headset - An audio signal output method and apparatus for a short-range communication enabled headset are disclosed. An audio signal of the headset can be output through an internal speaker or be transmitted to an in-vehicle speaker unit. The audio signal output method includes checking, when an audio signal is present, an operating mode of the headset, outputting, if the headset is in a normal headset mode, the audio signal through an internal speaker and transmitting, if the headset is in a frequency modulation (FM) transmission mode, the audio signal through an FM channel to an in-vehicle speaker unit for reproduction, wherein the input and output gains are adjusted based on a determined vibration levels. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212821 | Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit supported by the frame, voice coil body provided movably in relation to a magnetic gap provided at the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm having an outer rim being joined via a first edge to the frame and an inner rim being joined to the voice coil body, and a damper located towards the magnetic circuit from the diaphragm. The damper has an inner rim joined to the voice coil body. The damper has an outer rim joined via a second edge to the frame. The second edge protrudes towards the diaphragm or in a direction opposite to the diaphragm. The damper includes a first protrusion protruding towards the diaphragm and a second protrusion protruding in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first protrusion protrudes. A protrusion out of the first and second protrusions is closest to the second edge among the protrusions. A further projection out of the first and second protrusions is located more inside than the protrusion and protrudes in a direction opposite to a direction in which the second edge protrudes. The further protrusion has a size largest among sizes of other protrusion. This loudspeaker has a small distortion and a large driving efficiency. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212822 | LOUDSPEAKER SUSPENSION - Disclosed is a loudspeaker suspension structure having asymmetrical grooves. In an aspect, an apparatus includes a loudspeaker suspension structure having grooves, each extending from an inner circumferential border, to an outer circumferential border, at least one groove having a groove depth that varies asymmetrically from the inner circumferential border to the outer circumferential border. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212823 | Loudspeaker and Assembly of Loudspeakers - A loudspeaker comprising a magnet unit that generates a magnetic field and a membrane which is mounted in a frame and which is provided with an electrical conductor arranged in a pattern on the membrane, which membrane is positioned in the magnetic field in such a manner that a force is exerted when current is fed through the conductor pattern on the membrane, which force is capable of setting the membrane vibrating to produce sound, said loudspeaker being provided with a sound opening located between the vibrating region and the outer side of the loudspeaker, which sound opening connects to a sound horn having diverging walls, characterized in that substantially identical sound openings and sound horns connecting thereto extend on both sides of the membrane. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212824 | Protecting images with an image watermark - A robust means of watermarking a digitized image with a highly random sequence of pixel brightness multipliers is presented. The random sequence is formed from ‘robust-watermarking-parameters’ selected and known only by the marker and/or the marking entity. A watermarking plane is generated which has an element array with one-to-one element correspondence to the pixels of the digitized image being marked. Each element of the watermarking plane is assigned a random value dependent upon a robust random sequence and a specified brightness modulation strength. The so generated watermarking plane is imparted onto the digitized image by multiplying the brightness value or values of each pixel by its corresponding element value in the watermarking plane. The resulting modified brightness values impart the random and relatively invisible watermark onto the digitized image. Brightness alteration is the essence of watermark imparting. Detection of an imparted watermark requires knowing the watermarking plane with which the watermark was imparted. Regeneration of the watermarking plane requires knowledge of the robust-marking-parameters used in its formulation. This is generally only known to the marker and/or marking entity. Once regenerated the watermarking plane is used together with a verifying image located in a ‘visualizer’ to demonstrate the existence of the watermark. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY COMBINING IMAGES TAKEN BY TWO OR MORE ADJACENT IMAGE SENSORS - An apparatus comprising two or more adjacent wide angle cameras, such as CMOS cameras, for imaging a document, and methods for combining corresponding images into one image while correcting radial, scale, rotation, translation and other linear or nonlinear deformations. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212826 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium; a speed changing unit that changes an image forming speed of the image forming unit; a detecting unit that detects a state quantity indicating a state of the image on the medium formed by the image forming unit; and an adjusting unit that adjusts an image forming condition set by the image forming unit according to a detection result of the state quantity detected by the detecting unit and a target value for the state quantity. The adjusting unit changes the target value for the state quantity according to the state quantity detected by the detecting unit after the speed changing unit changes the image forming speed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212827 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of extracting embedded information from the back side of a printed document without causing degradation of reading efficiency. A scanner unit reads an image on a first side of a sheet. An encoded information processing section extracts embedded information embedded in the image read by the scanner unit. When embedded information indicating that embedded information is embedded in an image on a second side of the sheet is extracted by the encoded information processing section, an automatic second-side reading section reads the image on the second side of the sheet, and the encoded information processing section extracts the embedded information embedded in the image read by the automatic second-side reading section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212828 | Device, program, and method for determining sleepiness - A sleep prevention system captures a facial image of a driver, determines a sleepiness level from the facial image and operates warning devices including neck air conditioner, seatbelt vibrator, and brake controller if necessary based on the sleepiness determination. A sleepiness determination device determines sleepiness from facial expression information such as distances between corners of a mouth, distance between an eyebrow and eye, tilt angle of a head, and other facial feature distances. The facial distances are calculated from captured images and from reference information gather during wakefulness. The sleepiness degree is determined based on the determination results including combinations thereof. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212829 | BEAM LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A beam light scanning device includes an image data processing unit operable to output image-processed data of neighboring pixels in such a way that the data is divided for distribution into first pixel data and second pixel data. The scanner also includes a synchronizer circuit that receives the first and second pixel data as output from the image data processor and outputs these pixel data while letting them be synchronized with clocks as synchronized based on a horizontal synchronous signal. The scanner further includes a couple of pulse width modulators or “PWMs”, a synthetic circuit, and a laser diode module. The PWMs are for adjustment of the pulse widths of the first and second pixel data as output from the synchronizer circuit respectively. The synthetic circuit combines together the pulse width-adjusted first and second pixel data. The LD emits a light beam indicative of the resultant combined pixel data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212830 | Efficient Calculation of Ensquared Energy in an Imaging System - Systems and methods are provided for determining an ensquared energy associated with an imaging system. In one embodiment of the invention, a focal plane array captures an image of a target comprising a plurality of point sources, each point source being associated with a pixel within the focal plane array. An image analysis component estimates an ensquared energy value for the imaging system from respective intensity values of the associated pixels and known relative positions of the plurality of point sources. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212831 | REMOTE CONTROL OF AN IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and computer program product are described herein for remotely controlling a first image capturing unit in a portable electronic device as well as to such a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may include a first and a second image capturing unit. The device detects and tracks an object via the second capturing unit and detects changes in an area of the object. These changes are then used for controlling the first image capturing unit remotely. When the control involves capturing of images an improved image quality can be obtained. Also the time it takes to capture an image is reduced. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212832 | DISCRIMINATOR GENERATING APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - A discriminator generating apparatus includes a learning unit ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212833 | ENHANCEMENT OF AIMPOINT IN SIMULATED TRAINING SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention, therefore, provide improved systems and methods for tracking targets in a simulation environment. Merely by way of example, an exemplary embodiment provides a reflected laser target tracking system that tracks a target with a video camera and associated computational logic. In certain embodiments, a closed loop algorithm may be used to predict future positions of targets based on formulas derived from prior tracking points. Hence, the target's next position may be predicted. In some cases, targets may be filtered and/or sorted based on predicted positions. In certain embodiments, equations (including without limitation, first order equations and second order equations) may be derived from one or more video frames. Such equations may also be applied to one or more successive frames of video received and/or produced by the system. In certain embodiments, these formulas also may be used to compute predicted positions for targets; this prediction may, in some cases, compensate for inherent delays in the processing pipeline. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212834 | User interface using camera and method thereof - A user interface using a camera and a method thereof, wherein two or more images that were shot in time sequence are preprocessed to form N×M matrices, and then each element of the matrices are compared. The comparison is thus made (N+1)(M+1) times to select a result of the highest similarity and produce a motion vector. The interface and method help to produce more accurate motion vectors and to obviate inaccuracy that is yielded throughout low-pass filtering. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212835 | Object Tracking by 3-Dimensional Modeling - Disclosed a method for tracking 3-dimensional objects, or some of these objects' features, using range imaging for depth-mapping merely a few points on the surface area of each object, mapping them onto a geometrical 3-dimensional model, finding the object's pose, and deducing the spatial positions of the object's features, including those not captured by the range imaging. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212836 | Visual Tracking Using Depth Data - Real-time visual tracking using depth sensing camera technology, results in illumination-invariant tracking performance. Depth sensing (time-of-flight) cameras provide real-time depth and color images of the same scene. Depth windows regulate the tracked area by controlling shutter speed. A potential field is derived from the depth image data to provide edge information of the tracked target. A mathematically representable contour can model the tracked target. Based on the depth data, determining a best fit between the contour and the edge of the tracked target provides position information for tracking. Applications using depth sensor based visual tracking include head tracking, hand tracking, body-pose estimation, robotic command determination, and other human-computer interaction systems. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212837 | LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A license plate recognition apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a plurality of quadrangles of license plate region candidates from input images, a character recognition unit configured to execute character recognition of a character region included in the license plate region candidate detected, and an output unit configured to select a license plate region candidate to be output from among the plurality of license plate candidates detected by the detection unit based on the character recognition result and information of the quadrangle of the respective license plate region candidates and output information relating to the license plate region candidates selected. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212838 | Methods and apparatus for 3D surface imaging using active wave-front sampling - According to one aspect, a method of determining motion of at least one feature present in a plurality of images, the plurality of images captured by a single camera of a scene, each of the plurality of images resulting from light passing through an aperture positioned at a different location for each of the plurality of images is provided. The method comprises determining the motion, in integer pixel units using a first tracking algorithm, of the at least one feature between a first image of the plurality of images and a second image of the plurality of images to obtain an integer pixel measurement of the motion, offsetting the first image and the second image according to the integer pixel measurement, determining the motion, in sub-pixel units using a second tracking algorithm, between the at least one feature in the offset first image and the second image to obtain a sub-pixel measurement, and combining the integer pixel measurement and the sub-pixel measurement to form an estimate of the motion of the at least one feature. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PERIOD OF INTEREST USING MULTIPLE INPUTS - One or more techniques are provided for identifying a period of minimal motion for an organ of interest, such as the heart or lungs. Motion data is acquired for the organ of interest and for one or more proximate organs using sensor-based and/or image-based techniques. The sensor-based techniques may include electrical and non-electrical techniques. The image-based techniques may include both pre-acquisition and acquisition image data. The motion data for the organ of interest and proximate organs may be used to generate a set of multi-input motion data that may be processed to identify desired periods, such as periods of minimal motion, within the overall motion of the organ of interest. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212840 | Imaging system, method, and accessory therefor - Systems and methods are provided for imaging and reconstructing topographical features of an object, in which an illumination system illuminates the object and images may be acquired by an image acquisition system, and wherein at least two components including the object, the illumination system, and the image acquisition system are mounted to or otherwise associated with independently controllable motion inducing mechanisms, in particular robotic arms, such as to enable at least two of the components to be independently moved, to provide optimum illumination and viewing conditions wherein to obtain image data. The image data is configured to enable topographical features of the object to be reconstructed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212841 | METHOD FOR STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF SEISMIC IMAGES - The invention is a method for stratigraphic interpretation of a seismic image for determining a sedimentary history of an underground zone having application to petroleum exploration. The seismic reflectors of the image are digitized by means of an applied shape recognition technique. At least one attribute characteristic of the structure of the image in the vicinity of each reflector is calculated for a set of reflectors by means of an image analysis technique. This analysis is based on at least one analysis window whose shape is controlled by the associated reflector. Pertinent reflectors, in the sense of the stratigraphic interpretation, are selected from among this set of reflectors on the basis of this attribute. Finally, the sedimentary history of the underground zone is reconstructed from a stratigraphic interpretation of the reflectors thus selected. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212842 | Two Colour Vision System - A vision system is described for viewing the end face of product mounted in a machine which in use produces measurements relating to the area of the end face and of at least one constituent part of the product which is visible in the end face. The system comprises means for illuminating the end face and a video camera for producing a video signal from an image of the illuminated end face. The end face is illuminated by light of two predominantly different wavelengths. One wavelength illuminates an area which contains both the end face and surrounding parts of the machine, while light of the other wavelength from a laser source produces a pattern of parallel spaced apart lines of light of the said other wavelength. A memory stores information on the components of the machine which in use extend into the field of view of the scanning means, and signals obtained from the stored information are employed to gate the video signal to exclude video signal corresponding to regions of the field view which are known not to contain any part of the product end face. The parallel lines cross the end face at a specific given angle, and parallel lines in the field of view at other angles indicate regions in the field of view which are not part of the end face of the product. Gating excludes video signal of parallel lines in the image which are not at the specific angle and of parallel lines crossing flat regions of the machine parallel to the end face of the product, to leave a residual video signal corresponding to the end face, from which an electronic mask is generated which represents the extent of the product end face. A full colour video signal of the field of view is gated by the mask. The vision system forms part of a product slicing machine and measurements and/or dimensional values obtained from the video signal control the thickness of the next slice to be cut and are also sent to slice and pack grade-level decision logic, to control down-line gates. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212843 | PET EYE CORRECTION - Correction of color defects in a pupil represented in a digital image is disclosed. For example, a location in the pupil within the digital image is identified, and a target color to be corrected is computed based at least upon an analysis of pixels within a first region in which the location resides. Defect pixels in a second region in which the location resides are identified, the defect pixels being identified as having a pixel color similar to the target color. The defect pixels are color-corrected. For pupils that appear all white, appropriately configured pupil images are inserted therein. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212844 | Method for the Early Identification of a Deviation in the Printed Images that Have Been Created by a Printing Press During Continuous Production - A method is used for the early identification of a deviation in the printed images which have been formed by a printing press during continuous production. A second decision threshold is provided, in addition to a decision regarding good or bad print quality. A current printed image, that has been captured, is compared with a reference image. If the current image deviates from the reference image, that deviation is evaluated using two decision thresholds. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212845 | Automatic form generation - A computer system and method for generating a plurality of unique forms, such as invoices or medical claim forms, that may be populated with data to produce test forms for testing automatic document processing systems. A blank form image is selected, and a layout data file is created that includes information on the locations of data fields on the blank form image, data types, and the formatting of data in the data fields. Corresponding data fields on each form are populated with different data sets comprising pre-defined data, random data or a combination of data to create a plurality different forms for the testing of the document processing system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212846 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION USING BIOLOGIC TEMPLATES - Tools and techniques for biometric authentication obtain a biologic information input such as a fingerprint image, which is to be accepted or rejected as being input from an authentic user. Calculated matching scores show respective degrees of similarity between the biologic information input and several templates. The templates include a fixed registration biologic information template, as well as non-fixed learning biologic information templates which are subject to replacement. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212847 | Method and system for identifying medical sample information source - A system and method of providing a unique association of medical data and identity data is taught wherein the medical data and identity data are both extracted from the same biometric information source. Accordingly according to an embodiment of the invention a retinal image provides for both medical data, for example relating to the individuals eye, blood sugar, blood oxygenation etc, and identity data as the retinal image is unique to the individual. As such the invention provides for a secure, reliable, automated association of an individual's identity and their medical data. The unique characteristics of biometric data relating to a single individual relating to the invention allow not only pertinent personal information to be retrieved but also prior medical records as they are now uniquely associated by electronic biometric data, thereby increasing the security associated with their storage and retrieval as they are now locked according to the biometric data and not the simple personal data many people publish online or provide to retailers, financial institutions etc. Such electronic associations allowing medical histories to also become independent of patient, medical institution, etc and confusion, error or oversight. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212848 | Using Biometrics on Pervasive Devices for Mobile Identification - A method, system, and computer program product for using biometrics on pervasive devices for purposes of mobile identification. A biometric device of the prior art is attached to, or incorporated within, a pervasive device. This augmented pervasive device may then be used for capturing biometric information from an arbitrary third party in an arbitrary location. The captured information is analyzed to determine the third party's identification, access rights, etc. as needed by a particular application. This solution capitalizes on the portability and functionality of the pervasive device, as well as its built-in communication capability, to provide an extremely flexible, powerful biometric identification technique at relatively low cost. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212849 | Method and Apparatus For Facial Image Acquisition and Recognition - A method and apparatus for facial image acquisition and/or recognition used for person identification. In infrared face image acquisition, near infrared (NIR) images of a face are captured by an imaging unit with the face illuminated by active NIR lights; an NIR optical filter is used in the imaging unit to minimize visible lights in environments while allowing NIR lights to pass through. NIR face images thus acquired provides good image quality for the purpose of face recognition. In face recognition, eyes are localized in NIR face image(s) quickly and accurately by detecting specular highlight reflection in each eye, whereby face is then localized. The invention effectively problems caused by environmental lights, and leads to accurate and fast face recognition under variable lighting conditions. Moreover, the methods use a non-intrusive and user-friendly way of active lighting for face image acquisition and recognition because the NIR lights are in the invisible spectrum. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212850 | EYELID DETECTION APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - An eyelid detection apparatus includes a face image storing means storing a plurality of face images of a subject captured at different timings, a change detecting means detecting changes in each face image caused by blinking after processing the plurality of face images stored by the face image storing means, and an eyelid detecting means detecting a position of an eyelid of the subject based on the changes detected by the change detecting means. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212851 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN EMPHASIS IMAGE FROM AN IMAGE COLLECTION BASED UPON CONTENT RECOGNITION - A method for selecting an emphasis image from a collection of images based on facial identification comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a collection of digital images; (b) detecting image patterns indicative of the presence of one or more faces in the digital images, thereby identifying one or more detected faces for each image in which a face is detected; (c) recognizing one or more faces from the detected faces for each of the images in which a face is detected; and (d) scoring an image based on the relative frequency of occurrence of a recognized face within the collection of images, thereby producing an emphasis image characteristic of the most frequently occurring face in the collection of images. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212852 | Registration System and Method For Tracking Lung Nodules In Medical Images - A nodule registration system useful for tracking lung nodules in computed tomography (CT) scans is presented. The system registers a small sphere centered on a detected nodule in one scan with another scan under a rigid transformation assumption using a fast registration scheme. The registration scheme employs very fast simulated annealing (VFSA) with constraints to maximize a tunable cross-correlation (TCC) coefficient, enabling the system to register, with minimal registration error, all nodules within their maximum diameter. The system achieves an average registration time of 10 seconds or less on a 3.06 GHz computer programmed to implement the present invention. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212853 | Computer Aided Diagnosis Using Dual Energy Subtraction Images - Computer-aided diagnosis techniques may be combined with dual-energy radiography techniques to provide enhanced computer-aided diagnosis of, for example, lung nodules. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212854 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT - The present invention comprises: a data storage unit for storing series image data obtained by medical image acquisition equipment and object data containing image acquisition conditions for the series image data and the specific information for specifying other series image data related to the series image data; an information management unit for generating a thumbnail image that represents combination information of the presently obtained series image data and the past related series image data by referring to the object data; and a display unit for displaying the thumbnail image. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212855 | MEDICAL IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE - A medical image observation device relating to the present invention receives enhanced image data having a plurality of medical images, and splits the enhanced image data into a plurality of single image data each containing only one medical image, based on system information of the enhanced image data. According to the present invention, it is possible to make a medical image observation device accurately display an image without depending on system information of enhanced image data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212856 | SIMILAR CASE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - More accurate search for similar cases can be carried out in the case where images at different time phases exist. A contrast enhancement information analysis unit obtains time phase information of search target images obtained at different time phases in the same examination from accompanying information of the images, and a similar case database storing similar case information sets each including examination ID, time phase information, a characteristic quantity, and image interpretation/diagnosis support information is searched in processing by a first similar case information search unit, a second similar case information search unit, and a judgment unit. A corresponding portion of the similar case information sets satisfying three conditions comprising agreement of the time phase information with the search target images, agreement of examination between the portion of the similar case information sets, and similarity of a content-based characteristic to the search target images is obtained. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212857 | Method for post-processing a three-dimensional image data set of vessel structure - The invention relates to a method for post-processing a 3D image data set of a vessel structure of a human or animal body, in which a 2D DSA (Digital Subtraction Angiography) of the vessel structure is recorded and registered with the 3D image data set. The 2D DSA is compared with a corresponding projection image computed from the 3D data set and this is changed, e.g. by changing the segmentation parameters, to adapt it to the 2D DSA. This enables the outstanding local resolution of the 2D DSA to be used for improving the 3D image data set. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212858 | Method for image registration processes and X-ray angiography system - Registration of preoperatively acquired MRI images of soft parts to intraoperatively acquired X-ray images of soft parts is not possible. The invention shows a way of nevertheless using such preoperatively acquired images for superimposition with 2D projections of the soft parts, taking an indirect route via 3D/3D registration of images of the spinal column. For this purpose, 3D image data sets of the spinal column must be obtained separately on the one hand using MRI and on the other using the X-ray imaging system so that the 3D/3D registration produces a mapping rule which then also applies to the preoperatively acquired images of the soft part if the soft part images and the spinal images are acquired without intervening change in the patient position in the MRI scanner. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212859 | Calibration Image Alignment in a Pet-Ct System - A phantom ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212860 | Fast Reconstruction Algorithm for Cone-Beam Ct - A fast reconstruction algorithm for cone-beam computed tomography is presented. The algorithm is of the filtered backprojection type and uses nonuniform fast Fourier transforms to switch between functions defined and uniformly sampled on the detector plane and the Fourier transforms of these functions, sampled on a polar grid in the associated Fourier plane. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212861 | Revolutionary Series Control for Medical Imaging Archive Manager - A series control algorithm ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212862 | Method for displaying computed-tomography scans, and a computed-tomography system or computed-tomography system assembly for carrying out this method - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method and/or a computed-tomography system and/or a computed-tomography system assembly for displaying tomographic records, with a first computed-tomography display data record displaying structures of a first type and of a second type by way of a complex recording technique, with an area of interest with structures of a second type being marked there and with relative positions of the structures being determined, with a second computed-tomography display data record subsequently being created by a simpler recording technique, in which only structures of the first type can be identified, and the structures of the second type are made visible in this display on the basis of the known relative positions with respect to the visible structures of the first type or at least their position, or a surrounding boundary. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212863 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing method of performing an imaging process on an original image having a connection figure including a first figure and a second figure connected to the first figure to generate an extraction image of the first figure extracted, includes the steps of: obtaining a first image in which the connection figure in the original image is selectively extracted by performing a segmentation process on the original image; obtaining a second image including a third figure separated from the second figure and a fourth figure separated from the first figure in the connection figure by sequentially performing an erosion process and a dilation process in a morphologic operation so as to separate the first and second figures from each other, in the connection figure included in the first image; obtaining a third image by performing a segmentation process so as to selectively extract the third figure in the second image; obtaining a fourth image by performing a process of obtaining the difference between the first image and the third image; obtaining a fifth image by determining whether the size of a figure included in the fourth image obtained in the fourth image processing step is equal to or larger than a reference value, and when the size is equal to or larger than the reference value, eliminating the figure from the fourth image and, when the size is less than the reference value, processing the fourth image so as to leave the figure in the fourth image; and obtaining the extraction image by adding the third image and the fifth image. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212864 | Method and Arrangement Relating to X-Ray Imaging - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for detecting a Region of Interest in an image data set, especially digitalized X-ray image. The method comprises the steps of: extracting phase information from the image data, using said phase information for differentiating between different lines and edges, and skewing said lines towards a centre. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212865 | Image Processing Method for a Microscope System - An embodiment is disclosed for performing the image processing for analyzing the results of a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) microscopic automated sample analysis to determine specific chromosomal characteristics. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212866 | Quantitative, multispectral image analysis of tissue specimens stained with quantum dots - A biological sample such as a tissue section is stained with one or more quantum dots and possibly other fluorophores (total number of fluorophores N). A camera coupled to a microscope generates an image of the specimen at a plurality of different wavelengths within the emission spectral band of the N fluorophores. An analysis module calculates coefficients C | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212867 | Use of Endogenous Fluorescence to Identify Invading Metastatic Breast Tumor Cells - The present invention broadly provides methods and systems for detecting, identifying, and characterizing conditions, including diseases and other disorders in human or other animal subjects, by analyzing fluorescence from endogenous flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) fluorophors present in biological materials and samples. In particular embodiments, the invention relates to conditions of the human breast including cancers such as carcinoma. Methods and systems are provided for detecting, locating, and characterizing tumors and precancerous tissue via nonlinear optical imaging techniques capable of accurately characterizing fluorescence intensities and fluorescent lifetime parameters from endogenous FAD fluorophors present in a test tissue sample. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212868 | Process for Segmenting Leukocytes - A method for segmenting stained leukocytes in blood smears includes the following steps: the pixels of the digital images taken of the blood smears are allocated to one of at least three pixel classes according to their chromaticity values; the chromaticity values of all pixels of the image are subjected to the same transformation with which the pixels allocated to the class of the image background appear at least almost white; a transformation of the stained image obtained takes place into an alternative color space, which represents the hue, color saturation and color intensity separately, and hue, color saturation and color intensity of all pixels are ascertained; a probability value is calculated for each pixel for its association to a leukocyte, the probability value corresponding to the product of the probability value for the hue of the leukocyte nucleus with at least one further probability value; then these probability values are defined with reference to previously ascertained and defined associations, and the pixels with a high value of the product of the probability values are considered as belonging to a leukocyte. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212869 | Pattern correcting method of mask for manufacturing a semiconductor device - A method of correcting a mask pattern for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes extracting a corner portion of a transistor portion. A distance from the corner portion to a line portion is extracted. A distance where the line portion does not overlap a rounding of the corner portion generated after a wafer process is obtained. A correction rule is made for a correction whether the corner portion is notched or not from the obtained distance. A corresponding relationship between the distance and an intersection part is obtained and a correction is made based on the correction rule to the corner portion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212870 | COMBINED BEACON AND SCENE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A controller and navigation system to implement beacon-based navigation and scene-based navigation is described. The navigation system may generate position data for the controller to compensate for a misalignment of the controller relative to the coordinate system of the navigation system. The navigation system may also distinguish between a beacon light source and a non-beacon light source. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212871 | DETERMINING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF A RIM OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - Determining a three-dimensional model of a rim of an anatomical structure using two-dimensional images of the rim. The images are taken from different directions and each image can provide a different two-dimensional contour of the rim. Corresponding pairs of points are identified in the images and are used with a transformation matrix to calculate the three-dimensional model. The model may then be used to assist physicians in implantation procedures. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212872 | METHOD OF SETTING UP MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DDA VARIABLES - An apparatus and a computer program product render a multi-dimensional digital image using raytracing in a multi-dimensional space. A multi-dimensional digital differential analyzer (DDA) is included. Variables of said multi-dimensional digital differential analyzer (DDA) are set up using multiplications only. The digital image is rendered based upon the variables of the multi-dimensional digital differential analyzer (DDA). Each axis of the multi-dimensional space includes a numerator which holds the progress within a cell along that axis and a denominator which describes a size condition causing said DDA to step to a next cell. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212873 | Vectorisation of Colour Gradients - A method is described of generating a vector description of a colour gradient in an image. The image comprises an array of pixels, each pixel having one or more associated colour values. The image has at least one gradient area in which at least one of the colour values varies between neighbouring pixels. In each gradient area, a path is generated (step | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212874 | Method for Spectral Integrated Calibration of an Image Sensor by Means of a Monochromatic Light Source - A method of spectral integrated calibration of an image sensor ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212875 | COMPRESSIVE OVERDRIVE CIRCUIT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A compressive overdrive circuit includes: a compression unit for compressing a current frame to generate compressed data for buffering, where the compressed data comprises pixel values of a plurality of non-encoded pixels and a plurality of index values associated with the non-encoded pixels; and a decompression unit for decompressing according to the pixel values of the non-encoded pixels and the index values to generate data of a previous frame. The overdrive circuit performs overdrive processing according to the current frame and the previous frame. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212876 | Color Bitmap Normalization - In remote control systems (as in many other circumstances) the color representation of a bitmap is one of the heaviest factor in term of storage occupation and speed of transmission. Often, only a limited number of colors is actually used by a bitmap, so that the bit pattern of the single pixels is bigger than what is really needed to represent all the possible different colors. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212877 | HIGH SPEED ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION - Systems and methods for high speed error detection and correction are disclosed. An exemplary method may include grouping character images (ci) by suspected character code (cc) to generate a set of CI(cc). The method may also include displaying the set of CI(cc) for manual verification. The method may also include determining a set of RS(cc) of representative shapes (rs) of character images codes for each CI(cc). The method may also include displaying the set of RS(cc) for manual verification. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212878 | Multiple image processing and synthesis using background image extraction - A technique of efficiently extracting and synthesizing an object image from a plurality of images captured at different image magnifications. An image processing method of the present invention includes the steps of generating a first background image corresponding to a first image captured at a predetermined image magnification, extracting a first object image from the first image, generating a second background image corresponding to a second image captured at an image magnification higher than the predetermined image magnification, based on the first background image and the first object image, and extracting a second object image from the second image and the second background image. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND PROCESSING SPECIFIC PATTERN FROM IMAGE - In an image within which a face pattern is detected, when a ratio of a skin color pixel is equal to or smaller than a first threshold value in a first region and a ratio of a skin color pixel is equal to or greater than a second threshold value in a second r region, the vicinity of the first region is determined to be a face candidate position at which the face pattern can exist. Face detection is carried out on the face candidate position. The second region is arranged in a predetermined position relative to the first region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212880 | Identification and Classification of Virus Particles in Textured Electron Micrographs - The method is for the identification and characterization of structures in electron micrographs. Structures in a first image are selected. The structures have a first shape type deformed in a first direction. The selected structures are transformed to a second shape type different from the first shape type. The transformed structures of the second shape type are used to form a plurality of templates. A new structure in a second image is identified. The new structure has the first shape type. The second shape type structure of each template is deformed in the first direction. It is determined which template is a preferred template that best matches the new structure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212881 | Image Display Apparatus - To reduce a display time of an image for which an observation is less required, and to effectively perform an observation of a series of images, the image display apparatus ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212882 | Pattern Encoded Dictionaries - The present invention is related to a method and system providing a pattern-classifier encoded dictionary for use in language processing systems implemented in computer systems. The pattern encoded dictionary according to the present invention may be utilized in Optical Character Recognition systems or (OCR) or Automatic Speech Recognition systems (ASR) to retrieve reliably identified words used in an adaptive manner or as a tool to configure said OCR or ASR system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212883 | Processing Method of Data Structure for Real-Time Image Processing - The present invention relates to a method of processing a data structure for real-time image processing of huge-sized data, where the data structure of an original image comprising a plurality of pixels is processed, the method comprising the steps of: rearranging the plurality of pixels according to an index indicating the location of each pixel and determining the data containing the rearranged pixels as a region having a resolution lower than that of the original image; and recursively performing a transforming process of rearranging a part or all of the data containing the rearranged pixels in the aforementioned rearranging method and determining the rearranged data as a region having a resolution lower than that of the previous region, until a predetermined resolution is obtained. In addition, in the present invention, the transformed data is compressed, and transmitted and received through a wired or wireless transmission network, and the receiving side decompresses, inverse transforms and restores, and displays the data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212884 | IMAGE CODER AND IMAGE DECODER CAPABLE OF POWER-SAVING CONTROL IN IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - An image decoder comprises a code decompression/decoding unit that decodes code data produced through compression and encoding of image data, a power supply state detection unit that detects a current state of a power supply of the image decoder, and a controller that controls the code decompression/decoding unit based on the current state of the power supply so as to reduce power consumption in performing decompression and decoding of the code data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212885 | SCALING DOWN OF DATA - The scaling down of data is provided. At least two blocks of transformed data samples representing at least two blocks of original data samples are received. One of at least two tables of constants is selected wherein each table of constants is capable of reducing the number of transformed data samples by a different factor. The constants taken from the selected table are applied to the at least two blocks of transformed data samples to produce one block of transformed data samples representing one block of final data samples. The data is processed one dimension at a time by multiplying the data in one dimension with selected constants taken from previously developed tables corresponding to the desired scale down factor. Scaling down by different factors in each dimension as well as scaling down in one dimension and scaling up in the other dimension may be achieved. In addition, the de-quantization of the quantized transform coefficients may be accomplished by pre-multiplication of the selected constants when the quantization values are known. In a similar way the re-quantization may be accomplished by a pre-division of the selected constants. Both de-quantization and re-quantization may be combined when the input quantized transform coefficients and output quantized transform coefficients are desired. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212886 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus using the same - A correlation evaluation unit evaluates a correction between a predetermined region in a targeted picture and a region corresponding to the region in a picture differing from the targeted picture in a temporal direction. A quantization control unit adaptively controls quantization processing for the predetermined region in the targeted picture, according to an evaluation obtained by the correlation evaluation unit. For example, when it is determined by an evaluation value obtained by the correlation evaluation unit that the correlation is weaker than a predetermined threshold value, the quantization control unit enlarges a quantization step used for quantization of the predetermined region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212887 | Method For Coding Pixels or Voxels of a Digital Image and a Method For Processing Digital Images - A method for coding pixels or voxels of a digital or digitalized two dimensional or three dimensional image, comprises the steps of: providing a digital image consisting in a two dimensional array of pixels or in a three dimensional array of voxels, each pixel or voxel being defined by at least one variable as its intensity in a grey scale image or the HSV (Hue, Saturation and Value) or the RGB values in a colour image; each pixel or voxel and for each target pixel or voxel a neighborhood being formed by a pixel or voxel windows comprising the said target pixel or voxel and a certain number of surrounding pixels or voxels for each target pixel or voxel generating a vector univocally associated to the said target pixel or voxel, the components of the said vectors being generated as a function of the values of the said target pixel or voxel and of each of the pixels or voxels of the said pixel or voxel window. The function of the values of the said target pixel or voxel and of each of the pixels or voxels of the said pixel or voxel window correspond to the characteristic parameters of the numerical matrix representing the pixels or voxels of the said window or of a transformation of the said numerical matrix. The invention relates also to an image processing method in which image data coded according to the above method are processed by means of a predictive algorithm as for example an artificial neural network. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212888 | Frame Region Filters - One embodiment is directed to a display controller that comprises: (a) a selecting circuit and (b) a filtering circuit. The selecting circuit selects pixels of a frame of image data that are within at least one region of the frame designated for filtering. The filtering circuit modifies the selected pixels according to a filtering operation specified for the filtering region in which the selected pixels are located. In addition, in one embodiment, the selecting circuit selects pixels that are within one of at least two filtering regions, and the filtering circuit modifies the selected pixels according to one of at least two distinct filtering operations. Other embodiments are directed to hardware implemented methods for filtering image data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212889 | METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE NOISE - A method for reducing image noise includes calculating a mean pixel-correlation between a central pixel and neighboring pixels within a working window in an image. The method also includes calculating a weighted horizontal similarity between the central pixel and horizontal neighboring pixels and a weighted vertical similarity between the central pixel and vertical neighboring pixels within the working window. Then, the method determines if the central pixel is noise. If so, a noise-reduction process is executed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212890 | Systems and Methods for Noise Estimation in a Single Frame of Video Data - The present invention is directed, in at least one embodiment, to a method of estimating noise and, subsequently, filtering noise in a single frame of video data. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a single frame of video data within a memory and executing a plurality of instructions within a processor wherein, when executed, the instructions identify a window within the single frame, compute a variance of the window, derive a noise estimation from the variance, and filter the noise from the single frame using the noise estimation. The method is effective to remove Gaussian noise and blocky noise. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212891 | One dimensional feature enhancement - A method and device of feature enhancement for digital image processing. A predefined feature in one dimension of the image is searched to obtain several peaks, and each peak is either a local maximum or local minimum. Each peak is enhanced by adding an offset to increase the local maximum or decrease the local minimum. The offset of each peak is computed by calculating the difference between each peak and the preceding peak, then multiplying by a preset ratio. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212892 | Image Processing Device, Computer Program Product , and Image Processing Method - An image processing device includes: a saturated area extraction unit that extracts a saturated area corresponding to a saturated pixel from an image expressed by a color component signal of a predetermined color system corresponding to a pixel; a color information acquisition unit that acquires color information from a color component signal corresponding to a pixel contained in an area in contact with the saturated area of the image; and a color component signal modification unit that modifies a color component signal of a pixel in the saturated area so that color information on the saturated pixel contained in the saturated area approaches the color information acquired by the color information acquisition unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212893 | Displaying elevation information from a digital map - A method and apparatus are described for rendering a display image generated from digital map information. The method includes the steps of:
| 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATION OF FACIAL SKIN AGING AND DE-AGING - A novel method and system is disclosed to realistically simulate the progress or worsening of facial skin features that contribute to the overall look and condition of the skin. The method utilizes two close-up photographs of the face, one is captured with a digital camera in standard white light, and the other is captured with the same camera in UV light. Then, the method processes these images to simulate the progress or worsening of the major skin features: hyperpigmented spots, wrinkles and small texture features. The worsening of these features simulates facial skin aging due to prolonged exposures to sunlight, biological aging or degradation of the skin health. The progress of these features simulates the improvement of facial skin in terms of overall look and healthiness as though the patient has gone through a treatment. Therefore, the present invention discloses a series of methods that are useful in dermatology, cosmetics and computer animations. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212895 | Image data processing techniques for highly undersampled images - An exemplary method for processing undersampled image data includes: aligning an undersampled frame comprising image data to a reference frame; accumulating pixel values for pixel locations in the aligned undersampled frame; repeating the aligning and the accumulating for a plurality of undersampled frames; assigning the pixel values accumulated for the pixel locations in the aligned undersampled frames to closest corresponding pixel locations in an upsampled reference frame; and populating the upsampled frame with a combination of the assigned pixel values to produce a resulting frame of image data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212896 | IMAGE TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, ROBOT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image transformation method to be implemented by a computer carries out an image transformation process, by transforming a picked up image that is picked up by a pickup unit having an optical axis tilted by an arbitrary angle with respect to a reference plane into an image substantially equivalent to a picked up image that is picked up by the pickup unit in a state where the optical axis of the pickup unit is perpendicular to the reference plane, and substituting luminance values of coordinates before the transformation as luminance values corresponding to coordinate values after the transformation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212897 | Image processing method - The invention relates to an image processing method to generate, from a source image, an image of reduced size whose ratio between the width and the height is equal to a predetermined value, called reduced ratio. It comprises the following steps:
| 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212898 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image file may be stored in an image forming apparatus in both a device-specific and a general-purpose format. To appropriately select whether to store an image file in either or both formats, according to the image file being stored, an image forming apparatus that is connected to an external device inputs the image data via an image input unit, and uses a specific image generating unit to generate a P-JPEG data, a device-specific format. A general image generating unit generates a PDF data, in accordance with the P-JPEG data, that can be interpreted by the external device as well as the image forming apparatus, and both the P-JPEG data and the PDF data are stored in a storage unit. A control unit controls generating the PDF data by the general image generating unit, according to the box attributes of the storage unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCH PORTIONS OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES AND FEATURES THEREOF - Embodiments enable searching of portions of objects in images, including programmatically analyzing each image in a collection in order to determine image data that, for individual images in the collection, represents one or more visual characteristics of a portion of an object shown in that image. A user is enabled to specify one or more search criteria that includes image data, and a search result may be determined based on one or more images in the collection that show a corresponding object that has a portion that satisfies a threshold. The threshold is defined at least in part by the one or more search criteria. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212900 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device; a first storage section storing image data including an image obtained by the imaging device; a display section displaying the image data stored in the first storage section; an image-effect specification section specifying a type of image effect to be produced on the image data displayed in the display section; a scaling operation section capable of specifying expansion and contraction of the image data displayed in the display section and specifying a range of an image edit area on the displayed image data; and an image processing section performing image processing on the image edit area specified by the scaling operation section in accordance with the specification from the image-effect specification section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212901 | System and Method for Correcting Low Confidence Characters From an OCR Engine With an HTML Web Form - A character based system and method for correcting low confidence characters from an OCR system facilitates operator review, editing and correction of character and field level data generated by an OCR system without the need for an application that is installed at the operator workstation. The system creates a data structure of OCR information and provides that information to an operator through an HTML interface that is rendered using HTML and JavaScript. The data structure includes an OCR confidence level for each character and/or field and the operator is prompted to review only those characters/fields that meet a predetermined threshold for the confidence level. The operator can use an input key (e.g., TAB or ENTER) to navigate to each character/field with a low confidence level and thereby correct or validate each low confidence character/field as appropriate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212902 | Sack - A sack for compressing compressible material contained therein, the sack including: a pliable body portion ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212903 | Disposable Bag for Hygienic Disposal of a Feminine Hygiene Product | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212904 | Storage apparatus with a breachable flow conduit for discharging a fluid stored therein | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212905 | Motion Guide Device - A motion guide device having a novel scoop section structure whose scoop section is not likely to break even if a movement member is moved at high speed. A scoop section ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212906 | FLUID LUBRICATED BEARING DEVICE - An inner space of a housing sealed with a seal member as well as internal pores of a bearing member (pores in a porous structure) are filled with a lubricating oil without the presence of air, so that the oil surface of the lubricating oil is within a seal space. Under a reduced pressure of 100 Torr, no lubricating oil leaks outside of the housing even at any attitude of the fluid lubricated bearing device such as normal, inverted, or horizontal attitude. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212907 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING, AND HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING-TYPE ROTARY DEVICE AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME - The angular stiffness of a bearing is kept high, and at the same time air inside the bearing is discharged smoothly, without accumulating, which prevents oil film separation on the bearing. With the present invention, a communicating hole is provided, the hole and a radial hydrodynamic groove constitute a circulation path for a lubricant, there is a first thrust bearing face in contact with the circulation path, there is a first hydrodynamic groove on the face, this groove is a herringbone groove with a pump-in pattern, and no low-pressure part is generated in the thrust bearing, so even if the bearing undergoes a pressure change, there is no risk that the air accumulated in a low-pressure part will expand and cause oil film separation on the bearing face. Also, the bubbles are smoothly discharged by circulation of the lubricant in the asymmetrical radial hydrodynamic groove, and there is a pressure distribution such that the pressure generated at the face during bearing rotation is sufficiently high at the outer peripheral portion of the groove pattern, and angular stiffness is high. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212908 | Fluid Dynamic Bearing Device - It is an object of the present invention to provide a bearing member having a highly accurate dynamic pressure generating portion stably at low cost. Dynamic pressure grooves ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212909 | Printer drum bearing mount - A bearing mount of a rotatable printer drum having a rotational axis includes a main drum bearing, rotationally supporting the drum and having an outer bearing race, and at least two secondary roller bearings, angularly spaced from each other. The secondary roller bearings are positioned to rollably support the outer bearing race and allow lateral translation of the main bearing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212910 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR DRYER CONVEYOR - A bearing mounting system for a roller conveyor used in a hot air dryer, comprising an elongated bearing support cartridge having an elongated base with individual bearing carriers distributed between the ends of the base and each being arranged to carry a bearing sleeve segment of the type that has a bearing surface that lies in an imaginary cylinder such that an axis of the bearing surface lies in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the length of the cartridge and corresponds to the axis of rotation of a roll of the conveyor, the cartridge having mounting elements distributed at least on its ends for mounting to a frame of the dryer, the individual bearing carriers being installable and removable on and off the dryer frame only as a unit with other portions of the cartridge. The bearing sleeve segments and bearing carriers can be provided with interlocking grooves and tabs to stabilize the positioning of the bearing sleeve segments while allowing a relatively loose fit between the bearing sleeve segments and the bearing carriers. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212911 | Antifriction Bearing Rage, Particularly For Highly Stressed Antifriction Bearings in Aircraft Power Units and Methods For the Production Thereof - The invention relates to an antifriction bearing race, particularly for highly stressed antifriction bearings in aircraft power units, which are comprised of a fixed joining of two layers made of different metallic materials, the area of the raceway for the roller bodies being made of a steel with a very high degree of hardness and resistance to wear, and the core area of the antifriction bearing race being made of a high-strength steel. According to the invention, a powder-metallurgical high-speed steel having a high content of carbide-forming alloying elements and a high carbon content is provided as the material for the raceway of the roller bodies, whereas the material for the core area of the antifriction bearing race is made of a hot-work steel with, in comparison to the raceway material, a lower content of carbide-forming alloying elements and with a low carbon content, both materials being joined to one another with material fit by diffusion welding. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212912 | Radial Roller Bearing, In Particular A Single-Groove Grooved Ball Bearing - The invention relates to a radial roller bearing which is embodied as a single-grooved grooved ball bearing. The bearing bodies are embodied as spherical disks having two symmetrical, parallel lateral surfaces from a spherical base shape. According to the invention, the radial roller bearing has a larger contact surface of the spherical disk in relation to the bearing body tracks thereof as well as an increased number of bearing bodies, wherein one part of the width (b | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212913 | HIGH SPEED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL MODULATOR - The present invention provides an optical waveguide modulator. In one embodiment, the optical waveguide modulator includes a semiconductor planar optical waveguide core and doped semiconductor connecting paths located adjacent opposite sides of the core and capable of applying a voltage across the core. The optical waveguide core and connecting paths form a structure having back-to-back PN semiconductor junctions. In another embodiment, the optical waveguide modulator includes a semiconductor optical waveguide core including a ridge portion wherein the ridge portion has at least one PN semiconductor junction located therein. The optical waveguide modulator also includes one or more doped semiconductor connecting paths located laterally adjacent the ridge portion and capable of applying a voltage to the ridge portion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212914 | Transparent conducting components and related electro-optic modulator devices - New electro-optic (EO) phase modulator devices and geometries, as can be constructed using a transparent conductive component. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212915 | Nested modulator - A nested modulator is provided where the circuit arrangement of modifying electrodes including signal electrodes is simplified, and at the same time, the drive voltage can be lowered. | 2008-09-04 |
