46th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090279732 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY WITH DIRECTIONAL ADJUSTABILITY - An improved audio speaker assembly is provided for directional adjustability of the woofer or driver. The assembly includes a housing comprising a baffle, a swivel, a swivel cup, and a retainer. The driver is mounted in the swivel. The swivel and swivel cup are mounted between the baffle and the retainer. The swivel is pivotal approximately 60° relative to the swivel cup, and is rotatable 360° relative to the baffle, thereby selectively positioning the driver in a desired direction. A pair of screws extend through the baffle and into the retainer, and can be tightened so as to lock or clamp the swivel and driver in the selected position, and preclude directional movement due to vibrations, temperature, and humidity. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279733 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MOUNTING A SPEAKER - A speaker assembly arrangement for a vehicle is provided that includes a speaker unit including a speaker cabinet defining a first volume and a body part of a vehicle including a hollow member defining a second volume. The speaker cabinet is acoustically coupled to the hollow member by a press-fit coupling having a press-fit direction and mounted on the body part by at least one fastener having a fastening direction substantially perpendicular to the press-fit direction. The body part comprises a first guide arranged and configured to slidably engage with a second guide arranged on the speaker cabinet so that force on the speaker cabinet in the fastening direction is at least in part redirected to the press-fit direction by the slidable engagement of the first guide and the second guide. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A CONDITION OF PROPERTY - A system and method for assessing a condition of property for insurance purposes includes a sensor for acquiring a spectral image. In a preferred embodiment, the spectral image is post-processed to generate at least one spectral radiance plot, the plot used as input to a radiative transfer computer model. The output of the model establishes a spectral signature for the property. Over a period of time, spectral signatures can be compared to generate a spectral difference, the difference attributed to a change in the condition of the property, such as a fire or flood. In response to the change, an insurance company initiates an insurance-related action such as processing a claim. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279735 | Method and Apparatus for Embedding Auxiliary Information within Original Data - This patent application is generally related to watermarking and steganography. One claim recites a method of transmarking a media signal previously embedded with a first digital watermark using a first digital watermark embedding method. The method includes: utilizing a programmed electronic processor, detecting the first digital watermark in the media signal; converting the media signal to a different format; utilizing a programmed electronic processor, embedding detected message information from the first digital watermark into a second digital watermark in the converted media signal such that the second digital watermark is adapted to robustness or perceptibility parameters associated with the new format. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided as well. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279736 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE EYE TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of magnetic resonance eye tracking systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment, among others, comprises a method that receives magnetic resonance based data and determines direction of a subject's gaze based on the data. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279737 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR CODED APERTURE SENSOR - A method of processing for a coded aperture imaging apparatus which is useful for target identification and tracking. The method uses a statistical scene model and, preferably using several frames of data, determines a likelihood of the position and/or velocity of one or more targets assumed to be in the scene. The method preferably applies a recursive Bayesian filter or Bayesian batch filter to determine a probability distribution of likely state parameters. The method acts upon the acquired data directly without requiring any processing to form an image. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279738 | Apparatus for image recognition - An image recognition apparatus includes an image recognition unit, an evaluation value calculation unit, and a motion extraction unit. The image recognition unit uses motion vectors that are generated in the course of coding image data into MPEG format data or in the course of decoding the MPEG coded data by the evaluation value calculation unit and the motion extraction unit as well as two dimensional DCT coefficients and encode information such as picture types and block types for generating the evaluation values that represent feature of the image. The apparatus further includes an update unit for recognizing the object in the image based on the determination rules for a unit of macro block. The apparatus can thus accurately detect the motion of the object based on the evaluation values derived from DCT coefficients even when generation of the motion vectors is difficult. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279739 | POINT SUBSELECTION FOR FAST DEFORMABLE POINT-BASED IMAGING - A method for selecting vertices for performing deformable registration of imaged objects is provided. The selected vertices form corresponding pairs, each pair including a vertex from a first imaged object and a vertex from a second imaged object. The corresponding vertex pairs are sorted in order of distance between the vertices making up the corresponding vertex pair. The corresponding vertex pair with the greatest distance is given top priority. Corresponding vertex pairs that lie within a selected distance from the selected corresponding vertex pair are discarded. In this manner, the number of vertex pairs used for deformable registration of the imaged objects is reduced and therefore allows for processing times that are clinically acceptable. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279740 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A distance measuring device ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISION BASED MOTION DETERMINATION - A method for determining motion is provided. The method determines a rotation of an object from a first time to a second time by analyzing a first 2D image obtained at the first time and a second 2D image obtained at the second time. Then, the method determines a translation of the object from the first time to the second time based on the determined rotation, 3D information relating to the first image, and 3D information relating to the second image. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279742 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor that acquires a plurality of first images obtained by successively reading the portions of a relatively moving object, an extrapolation section that extrapolates the plurality of first images to generate a plurality of second images obtained by extending the image area of the first image, and a relative position detection section that calculates the relative position between the plurality of images or the plurality of second images based on a plurality of images including at least the plurality of first images or the plurality of second images. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279743 | METHOD FOR MEASURING DEFORMABILITY PROPERTIES OF A FIBRE - A method for measuring a property of a fibre, such as flexibility, collapsibility and moment of inertia. A fibre is wetted and deformed in its wet state, and an optical section image of the deformed fibre is taken. A measurement is made on the image and the desired property is calculated using the measurement. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279744 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGES - Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279745 | Method and System for Image Resolution Improvement of Biometric Digit Imprint Sensors Using Staggered Rows - Provided is a method of arranging a plurality of sensor elements to form a sensor array. The method includes arranging the plurality of elements to form two or more sub-rows along an axis. Elements in a first of the two or more sub-rows are positioned in a staggered arrangement with the elements in a second of the two or more sub-rows. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279746 | Method, apparatus and computer program product to determine a resonant frequency in a biometric sensor - Provided is a method for determining a resonant frequency of a biometric sensor. The method includes obtaining first pixel data from a first scan by scanning the biometric sensor with a first frequency. Second pixel data is obtained from a second scan by scanning the biometric sensor with a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. A respective first and second reference value is calculated from the first and the second pixel data. A highest reference value is determined from the first and the second reference values. The first or the second frequency is selected as the resonant frequency based on the highest reference value. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279747 | Method and System for Acoustic Impediography Biometric Sensing - Provided is a method for analyzing a fingerprint, including storing a captured fingerprint in a memory; and analyzing the stored fingerprint using acoustic sensing principles. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279748 | Method and system for multi-mode mechanical resonator - Provided is a fingerprint sensor including one or more mechanical devices for capturing the fingerprint. The resonators are configured to be mechanically damped based upon an applied load. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279749 | Methods and Apparatus for Digit Swipe Sensor Data Streaming - Methods and apparatus for processing biometric digit data variously include scanning a digit in a transverse direction relative to an array of sensor elements, detecting the scanned digit and/or a predetermined characteristic of the scanned digit, outputting from individual sensor elements of the array of sensor elements respective continuous streams of biometric data associated with the scanned digit, discrete sampling the respective continuous streams of data, and reconstructing the discrete sampled data. The discrete sampled data may be directly reconstructed, e.g., in accordance with a reconstruction characteristic associated with detecting and/or discrete sampling the scanned digit, to form a biometric characteristic image associated with the digit. Optionally, the respective continuous streams of data may be stored for later discrete sampling, or discrete sampled data may be stored for later reconstruction to form a biometric characteristic image associated with the digit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279750 | Fingerprint reader - A fingerprint reader includes a base that is provided with a round concave which is roundly recessed along at least a predetermined direction in a part of a surface of the base; a projection section that is arranged in one end of the round concave in the predetermined direction, and that protrudes from a concave surface of the round concave; and a fingerprint sensor that has an operation surface on the projection section, and that detects a fingerprint of a finger which passes on the operation surface in the predetermined direction. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279751 | Mechanical resonator optimization using shear wave damping - Provided is a fingerprint sensor including one or more mechanical devices for capturing the fingerprint. The mechanical devices include a matrix of pillars and are configured to be mechanically damped based upon an applied load. A q factor of the pillars is optimized by adjusting a distance between pillars within the matrix in accordance with a quarter shear wavelength at an operating wavelength. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279752 | DETERMINING HAZARD OF AN ANEURYSM BY CHANGE DETERMINATION - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations changes in an aneurysm in a patient over time are identified by determining temporal differences between segmented aneurysms in a plurality of longitudinal exams and visually presenting the temporal differences. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279753 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - An medical image display processing apparatus capable of easily displaying an axial image of a body part desired by a user from among one series of axial images acquired by imaging an object to be inspected with a modality. The medical image display processing apparatus includes a part recognition unit for recognizing a body part shown in each of one series of axial images; and a display processing unit for causing the display unit to display an axial image included in the one series of axial images, and causing, when receiving a body part change instruction, the display unit to display an axial image showing a different part from the part of the axial image being displayed on the display unit based on a recognition result of the part recognition unit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279754 | METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY DETERMINING A BOUNDING SURFACE FOR SEGMENTING A LESION IN A MEDICAL IMAGE - A method of bounding an anatomical object of interest in a 3-dimensional volume image includes displaying an image of at least a portion of the object, selecting a plurality of points in the displayed image, at least a first and second point of the plurality of points spanning the object, forming a non-rectilinear surface bounding the plurality of points, identifying a seed point within the surface and extracting a plurality of statistical values corresponding to image voxels disposed proximate the seed point, and classifying image voxels within the surface into a first class and a second class based on the plurality of statistical values. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279755 | STATISTICS COLLECTION FOR LESION SEGMENTATION - A method of collecting information regarding an anatomical object of interest includes displaying an image characterized by a first region and a second region, wherein the first and second regions are mutually exclusive and the object is displayed within the second region, selecting first and second points spanning the object in the displayed image, at least one of the points being within the first region, and extracting a plurality of statistical values from image voxels, lying on a line segment between the first and second points, that correspond to the object. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279756 | METHOD FOR EDITING 3D IMAGE SEGMENTATION MAPS - A digital image editing method includes receiving a three-dimensional volume image of an anatomical object of interest, wherein the volume image is characterized by first and second mutually exclusive segmentation classes. The method also includes deriving a two-dimensional slice image from the volume image, selecting a single point on the slice image within the second segmentation class, and defining a plane in response to the selection of the single point, the plane dividing the second segmentation class into a target portion corresponding to the object and a remainder portion. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279757 | Texture quantification of medical images - A method for texture quantification is provided. Data indicative of a complex-valued local spatial frequency distribution in space-frequency domain are determined by processing a multi-dimensional image data set based on a Stockwell transform with a phase term corresponding to spatial locations of respective frequency components being expressed in terms of radial distance and angle of orientation. The complex-valued local spatial frequency distribution is indicative of a feature of the object. Data indicative of a low frequency energy distribution are determined by filtering the data indicative of a complex-valued local spatial frequency distribution using a band-pass filter having a predetermined low frequency energy bandwidth. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279758 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D VESSEL SEGMENTATION WITH MINIMAL CUTS - A method for segmenting tubular structures in digital medical images includes extracting a subregion from a 3-dimensional (3D) digital image volume containing a vessel of interest, identifying potential vessel centerpoints for each voxel in the subregion by attaching to each voxel a tip of a 3D cone that is oriented in the direction of the voxel's image gradient and having each voxel within the cone vote for those voxels most likely to belong to a vessel centerline, selecting candidates for a second vote image that are both popular according to a first vote image, as well as being consistently voted upon by a radius image, reconfiguring the subregion as a graph where each voxel is represented by a node that is connected to 26 nearest neighbors by n-link edges, and applying a min-cut algorithm to segment the vessel within the subregion. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL SUBTRACTION OF STOOL FROM REGISTRATION AND SHAPE BASED ANALYSIS OF PRONE AND SUPINE SCANS OF THE COLON - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for identifying stool particles in virtual dissection data for a colon. A shape classification may be determined for a segmented colon by three-dimensional filtering of a prone data set and a supine data set. The shape classification may be mapped onto a prone virtual dissection image and a supine virtual dissection image. The prone data set and the supine data set may be registered using one-dimensional registration to determine a registration. Shapes may be localized based on the shape classification and the registration for the prone virtual dissection and the supine virtual dissection. A distance metric may be applied to the localized shapes to identify stool particles. The identified stool particles may be suppressed. A prone virtual dissected image and a supine virtual dissected image may be displayed having the stool particles suppressed. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279760 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEASUREMENTS AND TEMPORAL CHANGES OF SKIN SURFACE IMAGES - A method and system can provide a way for a person to objectively screen himself or herself for increased skin cancer risks using ABCD parameters in conjunction with a digital photograph and a computer. A digital photograph of a skin lesion can be obtained and the lesion can be segmented from the image. Next, several features of the lesion can be measured and these measurements can be displayed graphically in a manner which is understandable to a user who may not have any medical training. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279761 | Systems and Methods for Generating Images for Identifying Diseases - Systems and methods for generating images for identifying diseases are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first digital radiography (DR) image of at least a portion of a body of a patient, receiving a second DR image of the at least a portion of a body of a patient, the first DR image being captured at a different energy level than the second DR image, and determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR images. The method further comprises generating an optimized DR image by moving portions of a selected one of the first and second DR images with its associated control points to locations that correspond to similar portions of the other of the first and second DR images, applying deformable transformation to one of the first and second DR images and performing a log subtraction on the first and second DR image to generate a dual-energy digital radiography (DEDR) image. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279762 | BRAIN FUNCTION ANALYSIS APPARATUS - There is provided a method including, acquiring brain function data and diffusion tensor data (S | 2009-11-12 |
20090279763 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINED 4D PRESENTATION OF QUANTITATIVE REGIONAL MEASUREMENTS AND MORPHOLOGY - A method for combined 4D presentation of quantitative measurements and morphology of an object uses an apparatus that includes a computer or processor, memory, and a display. The method includes identifying a region of interest in volumetric image data. Then, the following steps are iterated to produce a 4D volume rendering. The iterated steps include tracking a wall of the object in the region of interest of the image data to produce a displacement field, applying the displacement field to display data to create enhanced rendering data, volume rendering the enhanced rendering data to produce an enhanced volume rendering, and displaying the enhanced volume rendering. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279764 | SMALL-SCALE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The present invention is to provide a small-scale diagnosis system for conducting simple and efficient examination, including: an image creating apparatus for creating photographic image data of examination object; a CPU to conduct image processing for creating defined photographic image data from the photographic image data; an input section to input the examination object information to specify the photographed examination object; a CPU to correlate the defined image data created and examination object information corresponding to the defined photographic image data; a server to store the defined photographic image data having been correlated and the examination object information; a display section capable of displaying at least any one of the photographic image data, the defined photographic image data or the examination object information; and a control device having at least the CPU to carry out image processing, the CPU to carry out correlation processing and the display section. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279765 | System for Identifying Medical Images Having a Particular Medical Characteristic - A system identifies a particular image associated with a particular cardiac characteristic from within a sequence of cardiac images including image noise artifacts and obtained over a heart beat cycle. The system comprises at least one repository including, first data comprising heart cycle information derived from ECG data, second data comprising data representing multiple images acquired over at least one heart cycle and third data comprising data associated with timing of contrast agent flow. An image data processor identifies a particular image exhibiting a particular cardiac characteristic from within a sequence of cardiac images by processing the first, second and third data to identify an image having a substantially maximum likelihood of exhibiting the particular cardiac characteristic. A storage processor retrieves data representing the particular image from storage. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279766 | EVALUATION METHOD FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLUOROSCOPY IMAGES OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT WITH TIME-CODED DISPLAY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS - A computer receives a plurality of two-dimensional fluoroscopy images of an examination object, capture time points and projection parameters and combines the images into image groups. Each image group contains all the images, the capture time point of which is between a minimum and a maximum time point specific to the respective image group. When the image groups are sorted by ascending minimum time points, the corresponding maximum time points form a strictly monotonously ascending order. The respective minimum and maximum time points are determined so that the computer reconstructs a three-dimensional object reconstruction of the examination object based on the images assigned to the respective image group. A respective two-dimensional reconstruction display is determined by the respective three-dimensional object reconstruction and outputted to a user in a coding specific to the respective image group by a display device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279767 | SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION - A system and method are disclosed for reconstructing an instrument in 3 dimensions for use during interventional medical procedures to provide enhanced instrument visualization with respect to a patient's vasculature. A patient vessel tree volume is co-registered with a live fluoroscopic image of a percutaneously-inserted instrument, such as a guidewire. The fluoroscopic image is segmented to eliminate images of surrounding tissue and to retain the guidewire image. The black pixels of the image are backprojected to the focal point of the x-ray source, through the co-registered vessel tree. The vessel tree is divided into segments that are scored based on proximity to the backprojected black pixels. Candidate instrument-containing vessel paths are identified based on the scores of the segments, and errant candidate vessel paths are eliminated to produce a refined list of candidate paths. Thresholding and visualization are performed to further refine the candidate vessel paths. 3D curve fitting is used to reconstruct an image of the instrument along with a 3D rendering of the final vessel path. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279768 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, AND CT APPARATUS - A computerized tomography apparatus and program for obtaining a cross-sectional image corresponding to projections are provided in which, for a temporary cross-sectional image f(x, y) obtained in some manner, an evaluation function E is defined which includes differences between projections calculated from f(x, y) and measured projections, and f(x, y) is changed in a manner which substantially decreases E. The computerized tomography apparatus and program are characterized in which a back projection operation, which is required by conventional computerized tomography, is not essentially required. The computerized tomography apparatus and program are particularly effective in removal or reduction of metal artifacts, aliasing artifacts and the like. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279769 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RARE EVENT - Provided are methods, compositions and kits for efficiently and accurately identifying rare events in a biological sample. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF RARE CELLS - Fluorescent dye-tagged rare cells are disposed in a biological fluid layer contained in an annular gap ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279771 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR VALUE DOCUMENTS - An apparatus for processing documents of value ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279772 | Method and System for Identifying Defects in NDT Image Data - An anomaly detection method includes acquiring image data corresponding to nondestructive testing (NDT) of a scanned object. The NDT image data comprises at least one inspection test image of the scanned object and multiple reference images for the scanned object. The anomaly detection method further includes generating an anomaly detection model based on a statistical analysis of one or more image features in the reference images for the scanned object and identifying one or more defects in the inspection test image, based on the anomaly detection model. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279773 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Apparatus for inspecting an article comprising: a controller configured to generate a drive signal having a periodic amplitude variation; a source, the source being operable by the controller to emit a source beam thereby to irradiate an article, the source beam comprising a beam of electromagnetic radiation having a periodic amplitude variation corresponding to that of the drive signal; and a detector, the detector being configured to detect a portion of the source beam that has been transmitted through at least a portion of the article, and to generate a detector signal having an amplitude variation corresponding to the amplitude variation of said portion of the source beam, the controller being further configured to generate a difference value corresponding to a difference between the amplitude of the detector signal and the amplitude of a reference signal. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279774 | ACOUSTOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF ABNORMALITIES - An arrangement and method are provided for acoustographic diagnosis of abnormalities of a product, such as motor vehicle, that includes associating psychoacoustic vector beam data with a three-dimensional graphic surface model, and analyzing the three-dimensional graphic surface model to identify at least a portion thereof associated with unacceptable psychoacoustic levels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279775 | METHOD OF INSPECTING MOUNTING STATES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - An image information of a substrate on which a plurality of electronic components are to be mounted is obtained. Next, the image information is binarized by using a predetermined threshold value, so that binary data are acquired. Then, a tentative presence region recognized as corresponding to the electronic component is acquired on the basis of the binary data. Further, a new threshold value is set by changing the predetermined threshold value. Next, new binary data are acquired by using the new threshold value. Thereby, a new tentative presence region is acquired. Then, the new tentative presence region is combined with the just preceding tentative presence region. Then, a new threshold value is set. A series of above described steps are repeated until all detection results of individual chips indicating whether or not each of the plurality of chips is mounted at a predetermined position, are prepared. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279776 | Microscopic inspection apparatus for reducing image smear using a pulsed light source and a linear-periodic superpositioned scanning scheme to provide extended pulse duration, and methods useful therefor - An automated optical inspection system includes a pulsed light source illuminating an article to be inspected thereby to generate at least one image thereof, at least one camera having a field of view, and a relative motion provider operative to provide relative motion between the camera and at least one image of at least a portion of the article. The relative motion provider may include a first continuous motion provider and a second, velocity-during-imaging-lessening motion provider. The relative motion is a superposition of a first continuous component of motion provided by the first motion provider and a second, smaller component of motion provided by the second motion provider which lessens the velocity of the at least one image relative to the camera, during imaging. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279777 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING SIGNALS - This invention relates to alignment of signals, particularly for use in a quality assessment system. The invention provides a method and apparatus for aligning a first signal comprising a sequence of frames with a second signal comprising a sequence of frames, the method comprising the steps of: determining a similarity measure between each of a plurality of frames of the first signal and each of a plurality of frames of the second signal; assigning a matching value to each frame of the first signal wherein the matching value indicates a relative position of a matching frame in the second signal, by repeating the sub-steps of: generating a relative delay histogram the histogram comprising a set of values corresponding to each of a set of relative delays by: selecting a subset of frames of the first signal and for each frame of said subset identifying the frame of the second signal having the greatest similarity with said frame; determining the relative delay between the identified frame of the second signal and said frame of the first signal; and incrementing the value of the histogram corresponding to said relative delay; identifying one or more peaks in the relative delay histogram; and assigning the matching value to each frame contributing to a peak in dependence upon said identified peaks. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279778 | METHOD, A SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A THRESHOLD IN AN IMAGE COMPRISING IMAGE VALUES - The invention relates to a method ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279779 | Image Selection Based on Image Content - An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the image input for determining image metrics on the image information. The processing unit initiates a capture sequence when the image metrics meet a predetermined condition. The capture sequence may store one or more images, or it may indicate that one or more images have been detected. In one embodiment, the image input is a CMOS or CCD sensor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279780 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - Input image data is converted into vector data. The type of the input image data is determined. If it is determined that the input image data is of a first data type, information usable for a search is extracted from the input image data in processing of converting the input image data into the vector data, and information usable for a search is further extracted from the vector data later in the idle time of the image processing apparatus. If it is determined that the input image data is of a second data type, information usable for a search is extracted by performing region segmentation of the input image data. The extracted information is held in association with the vector data as additional information. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279781 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus selects one extraction method among a plurality of extraction methods and then extracts feature information of objected image data, from the objected image data using the selected extraction method. The extracted feature information is registered, and the objected image data is output together with identification information indicating the extraction method that was used in the extraction. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279782 | CANDIDATE SELECTION METHOD FOR HANDWRITING INPUT - A method for handwriting input includes recognizing a first character inputted by handwriting; providing a plurality of recognition results each with a code based on the recognition of the first character; recognizing a second character inputted by handwriting; and determining the first character based on the recognition of the second character. A handwriting input system for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AND ORGANIZING INK INFORMATION IN PEN-AWARE COMPUTER SYSTEMS - An ink manager running at a computer system receives ink information entered at a pen-based input/display device and accumulates the ink information into ink strokes. The ink manager communicates with a handwriting recognition engine and includes an ink phrase termination engine that is configured to detect the occurrence of one or more ink phrase termination events by examining the ink information. Upon the occurrence of an ink phrase termination event, the ink manager notifies the handwriting recognition engine and organizes the preceding ink strokes into an ink phrase data structure. The ink manager may also pass the ink phrase to an application executing on the computer system that is associated with the ink information, and it, in response, may return a reference pointer and a recognition context to the ink manager. The reference pointer and recognition context are then appended to the ink phrase data structure. Utilizing the recognition context identified by the application, the handwriting recognition engine generates one or more hypotheses for the ink phrase, and provides them to the ink manager. The ink manager forwards the hypotheses together with die reference pointer to the application and may also append them to the ink phrase data structure. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279784 | PROCEDURAL AUTHORING - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates generating a model from a 3-dimensional (3D) object assembled from 2-dimensional (2D) content. A content aggregator can construct a 3D object from a collection of two or more 2D images each depicting a real entity in a physical real world, wherein the 3D object is constructed by combining the two or more 2D images based upon a respective image perspective. A 3D virtual environment can allow exploration of the 3D object. A model component can extrapolate a true 3D geometric model from the 3D object, wherein the true 3D geometric model is generated to include scaling in proportion to a size within the physical real world. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEATURE EMPHASIS AND DE-EMPHASIS IN IMAGE PROCESSING - A system and method for emphasizing and/or de-emphasizing features in a digital image. In an embodiment of the invention, the image is processed by a series of filters, which decompose the image into a series of sub-bands. Each sub-band is then processed by an emphasis circuit. In an embodiment of the invention, the emphasis circuit is connected to an input representing a particular sub-band. Each filter, therefore, is connected to its own respective emphasis circuit. The result is a series of emphasis circuit outputs, which are then combined. The result of the combination is the processed image, containing one or more emphasized or deemphasized features. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the sub-bands are combined in a weighted fashion. The sum of the weighted sub-bands is then applied to a single emphasis circuit. The output of the emphasis circuit, in this embodiment, is a processed image having one or more emphasized or deemphasized features. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279786 | FACE CENTER POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, FACE CENTER POSITION DETECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - It is possible to accurately detect a face center position based on an image of a person when the person is wearing glasses even when the person is facing sideways. Face images obtained as a result of photographing a face of a driver using a camera ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279787 | MICROBEAD AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION METHOD AND MICROBEAD - A microbead automatic recognition method includes the steps of: acquiring an image of a circular surface of a cylindrical microbead having a recognition pattern created on the circular surface and a plurality of reference points also created on the circular surface; and acquiring information on the rear/front and/or orientation of the cylindrical microbead from the acquired image on the basis of the positions of the reference points. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279788 | Image Processing Method, Image Processing Device, and Image Processing Program - An image processing method of finding a motion vector between an original image and a reference image, including dividing the original image to extract a block, searching for a similar region of the block from the reference image to detect a motion vector of the block, further dividing the block from which the motion vector has been detected to extract a lower block, and searching for a similar region to detect a motion vector of the lower block with a range in the vicinity of the motion vector found from the block before division as a start point. Thus, the method is characterized by reflecting a tree structure data of the motion vector obtained in this manner in the subsequent detection of motion vector. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279789 | System and Method to Recognize Images - A system to recognize images comprises a mobile device and a server. The mobile device is configured to capture an image. The mobile device is further configured to transmit the image to a network. The server of the network receives the image. The server executes a recognition application to determine at least one match by identifying at least one content of the image by comparing the at least one content with recognition application data. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279790 | Multispectral iris fusion for enhancement and interoperability - A multispectral iris recognition system includes a multispectral camera adapted to acquire spatially registered iris images simultaneously in at least three wavelengths and a database adapted to store the acquired iris images. A texture analysis section identifies an area within each acquired iris image having a maximum texture at each of the wavelengths. The identified areas are combined to generate an enhanced iris image. Additionally, a visible light iris image is acquired and stored along with a set of transformation mappings in a database. The acquired visible light iris image is modeled in a texture model, which clusters textures from the acquired visible light iris image. A mapping is selected from the database for each of the clusters. The selected mappings are applied to the acquired visible light iris image to generate a Near-Infrared equivalent. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279791 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPARING AN IMAGE FRAME WITH A PREDETERMINED IMAGE - An image identification apparatus for comparing an image frame with a predetermined image is disclosed. The image identification apparatus includes a transformation module, a first comparing module, a second comparing module and a determination module. The transformation module is used for transforming the predetermined image to a predetermined image data and transforming the image frame to a first image data. The first comparing module and the second comparing module are used for comparing the predetermined image data with the first image information and generating a first comparing result and a second comparing result. The determination module is used for determining the comparing result of the image frame and the predetermined image according to the first comparing result and the second comparing result. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279792 | IMAGE SEARCH METHOD AND DEVICE - An image search method that is robust and fast (with computational complexity of logarithmic order relative to the number of models). The image search includes extracting a plurality of regions from one or more model images and normalizing the regions as standard regions; setting a specific region in each normalized standard region and classifying the plurality of standard regions under two or more subsets on the basis of a feature of the specific region; iteratively performing an operation of setting another specific region at a location different from that of the aforementioned specific region in each standard region classified in each subset and classifying the plurality of standard regions under still more subsets on the basis of a feature of the other specific region; and outputting the locations of the specific regions in the standard regions in the respective classifications and the features of the specific regions in the classifications. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279793 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In order to provide technology with which objects in image data can be managed in a further appropriate unit, an image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting image data; a detection unit that detects object images included in the input image data; a determination unit that determines an object attribute for each of the detected object images; a storage control unit that groups each of the detected object images based on the determined object attributes, and stores region information regarding the detected object images in a unit of the grouping in association with the image data in a storage unit; a dividing determination unit that determines whether or not to divide the grouped object images; and a dividing unit that extracts an individual object image from the grouped object images. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279794 | Automatic Discovery of Popular Landmarks - In one embodiment the present invention is a method for populating and updating a database of images of landmarks including geo-clustering geo-tagged images according to geographic proximity to generate one or more geo-clusters, and visual-clustering the one or more geo-clusters according to image similarity to generate one or more visual clusters. In another embodiment, the present invention is a system for identifying landmarks from digital images, including the following components: a database of geo-tagged images; a landmark database; a geo-clustering module; and a visual clustering module. In other embodiments the present invention may be a method of enhancing user queries to retrieve images of landmarks, or a method of automatically tagging a new digital image with text labels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279795 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image processing apparatus generates code data by connecting a plurality of first compressed codes output from one or more threads. The image processing apparatus includes a compressing unit that compresses image data by using the threads corresponding to divided compression processes; an identification-information attaching unit that attaches identification information to the first compressed codes thereby generating second compressed codes; and a code-data generating unit that generates code data including the second compressed codes. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes generating half-tone data by applying patterns specified by each color channel to input data, rearranging the generated half-tone data according to the characteristics of the applied patterns, and predicting the rearranged half-tone data and encoding the predicted half-tone data. Therefore, encoding and decoding can be performed more efficiently and a compression rate can be improved. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279797 | ENTROPY ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT - Provided are entropy encoding and decoding methods. The entropy encoding method includes receiving residual coefficients obtained by frequency converting a residual image, determining a first bit string about residual coefficients having nonzero levels from among the received residual coefficients, determining at least one lower bit, including a least significant bit of the first bit string, from the first bit string, and determining a second bit string obtained by bit-shifting the first bit string to the right by the number of lower bits. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279798 | Fast Visual Degrading of Images - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to visual degrading of images. Systems and methods for fast visual degrading of an entire image or localized region(s) within the image are provided. In an embodiment, a system for fast localized visual degrading of images includes a map creator and a coefficient list modifier. The map creator generates a map. The map may identify one or more degradation regions within an image. The coefficient list modifier reduces coefficient data in at least one block associated with a degradation region identified in the map. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented method for fast localized visual degrading of images is provided. The method includes generating a map that identifies one or more degradation regions within an image, and reducing coefficient data in at least one block associated with a degradation region identified in the map. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279799 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An edge map generator/edge weighting coefficient generator performs edge detection for respective blocks that compose a moving image frame Ft, and calculates correlations between the edges of the respective blocks and those of neighboring blocks as edge weighting coefficients. A predictive vector candidate determination unit calculates a plurality of motion vector candidates for each block based on this edge weighting coefficient. Of these candidates, a motion vector detector obtains a candidate with a small evaluation value based on prediction errors and motion vector cost as a motion vector, thereby generating an interpolation frame Ft-0.5. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279800 | IMAGE COMPRESSION APPARATUS, IMAGE EXPANSION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An input pixel valid-bit-number setting unit sets an input pixel valid-bit-number which is the number of gradations of input pixel data. A predictive pixel value generating unit refers to the higher-order bits of earlier already-input pixel data to generate a predictive pixel value for the higher-order bits of a new input pixel. A prediction error group detecting unit detects a prediction error group indicative of the magnitude range of a difference between the predictive pixel value and the value of the higher-order bits of the new input pixel. A prediction error encoding unit multiplexes variable-length encoded information indicative of the prediction error group, overhead bits indicative of a specific value within the prediction error group, and the lower-order bits of the input pixel appropriate for the input pixel valid-bit-number. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279801 | DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, DECODING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A decoding device that improves the cache hit rate in the decoding process of compressed encoded image data. The decoding device, before the decoding process, generates a sort table for each reference picture for a plurality of MPEG data streams included in a GOP and having a frame type of P- or B-picture. The decoding device, by using the generated sort table, selects a group of pictures composed of a plurality of decoding target macro blocks that refer to the same reference macro block. The decoding device obtains, from the reference picture, four macro blocks including the same reference macro block referred to by the selected picture group, and stores the four macro blocks into the cache memory. The decoding device sequentially decodes each decoding target macro block included in the selected picture group, by using the four macro blocks stored in the cache memory. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279802 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The purpose of the invention is to improve the Bezier approximation accuracy with relatively high speed processing so far as data amount permits, and to provide an image processing device and image processing method thereof which improves the Bezier approximation accuracy within the predetermined processing time. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING BIT-PLANE IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INVERSE-CONVERTING BIT-PLANE IMAGE - Provided are methods and apparatuses for converting a lower bit-plane image, and methods and apparatuses for inverse-converting the lower bit-plane image, which increase the correlation of the lower bit-plane image. According to the method of converting a lower bit-plane image, pixels of the lower bit-plane image are sequentially added or subtracted so as to generate a converted lower bit-plane image. Accordingly, the lower bit-plane image has higher regularity, and thus the efficiency of image processing using the lower bit-plane image is improved. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279804 | Embedded High Frequency Image Details - A system, method, and process for embedding low frequency image details and high frequency image details into a final digital image file. A digital image file is stored with embedded low and high frequency image details that are accessible with a compatible digital image decoder and a non-compatible digital image decoder. Non-compatible digital image decoders access only a compressed low frequency image of the original digital image contained in the final digital image file. Compatible digital image decoders use the embedded high frequency image details contained in the final digital image file to render a high resolution image. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279805 | Method of coding a continuous data flow using vector quantization - Methods and systems for compressing a continuous data flow for numerous applications where it is necessary to process large data sets such as hyper-spectral data cubes in real-time. A predetermined number of 2D focal plane frames in a boundary area of a previous regional data cube close to a current regional data cube are included in a training set used for codevector training for the current region. Therefore, no artificial boundary occurs between the two adjacent regions when codevectors trained in this way are used for codebook generation and encoding of the spectral vectors of the current regional data cube. This process substantially reduces image artifacts between adjacent regions. A remedy for the single bit error problem is also provided. Full redundancy of compressed data for a regional data cube is obtained by combining a previous regional data cube and the current regional data cube for codebook training. In order to obtain redundancy for the index map, the codebook is used to encode the current regional data cube as well as the previous regional data cube producing a baseline index map for the current regional data cube and a redundant index map for the previous regional data cube. Therefore, full redundancy for a regional data cube is provided allowing restoration of a regional data cube even if its codebook and/or index map are corrupted or lost due to single bit errors. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279806 | IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVING METHOD - Unnecessary flare correction at the boundary between a blanking area and video signal area is suppressed. An image quality improving apparatus includes 2-dimensional low-pass filter circuit | 2009-11-12 |
20090279807 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND IMAGE FORMAT - According to the present invention, a polarized image is captured, a variation in its light intensity is approximated with a sinusoidal function, and then the object is spatially divided into a specular reflection area (S-area) and a diffuse reflection area (D-area) in Step S | 2009-11-12 |
20090279808 | Apparatus, Method, and Program Product for Image Processing - In a case where an index indicating the magnitude of the variation rate of pixel values within a target pixel block is greater than an index threshold value, weaker block noise strength is calculated compared with a case where the index is smaller than the index threshold value; and in a case where the calculated block noise strength is greater than a strength threshold value, a stronger smoothing process is carried out compared with a case where block noise strength is less than the strength threshold value. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279809 | Apparatus and method for gain correction - An apparatus and method for digital column gain mismatch correction are described. At least one test signal pixel is added to each column in an image sensor. For each column the test signal from at least one test pixel is read and compared to a target value. A correction value is calculated based on comparing the test signal to the target value. The correction value is stored in a memory. When the regular photo-pixels are read, the photo-pixel signals are modified based on the stored correction value for each column. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279810 | BATTERY BAG - A battery bag assembly including an elongated watertight bag (WTB), a sealable access port (SAP), a battery tray (BT), a power feed-through (PFT), and an electric power conduit (EPC). SAP ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279811 | Fabric Bag Including Control Device - A fabric bag for holding an audio playback device. The fabric bag includes a control device constructed substantially in fabric for controlling an audio playback device. The control device comprises a control portion having indicated regions thereon. The indicated regions are responsive to individually applied manual presses so as to control discrete operations of said audio playback device, and the control portion, including the indicated regions, is responsive to manually applied strokes or gestures so as to control variable operations of the audio playback device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279812 | TRANSPORTABLE PACKAGE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORM THE SAME - A system and method to form a transportable package is disclosed. The method includes placing a frame on a suitable base and placing a collapsible bag inside the frame, wherein an open top portion of the collapsible bag is draped over an open top of the frame to support the collapsible bag in an open position. The collapsible bag is then filled with flowable particulate matter and a vacuum is drawn in the interior of the collapsible bag. While the vacuum is being applied, the frame is removed and the collapsible bag is spirally wrapped with a reinforcing material. The open top portion of the collapsible bag is then preferably sealed to form the transportable package. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279813 | Cohesive Reclosable Fasteners For Flexible Packages - A flexible package having a reclosable fastener with opposing front and back panels joined together to form a cavity. The reclosable fastener including opposing cohesive layers supplied from a solvent dispersion of a thermoplastic elastomer and diluent disposed on each of the front and back panels effective to form a reclosable fastener having a cohesive peel strength less than the bond strength to the front and back panels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279814 | LINEAR BEARING - A linear bearing includes a casing which has multiple slots defined axially through a wall thereof and rollers are engaged with the slots. Two grooves are radially defined in the outer surface of the casing and located close to two ends of the casing. The grooves communicate with the slots. Two collars are engaged with the grooves so as to prevent the rollers from disengaging from the slots. Each slot includes guide grooves defined in two insides thereof so that the two axles on two ends of each roller are engaged with the guide grooves. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279815 | GAS BEARINGS - A rotary gas bearing is described that comprises a first part rotatable relative to a second part. The first part comprises a support member and a first portion and a second portion attached to the support member. The first portion comprises a first bearing surface and the second portion comprising a second bearing surface. Both the first portion and the second portion are attached to the support member by screw thread connections. The second part may comprise complimentary bearing surfaces. Epoxy may be used to fix the first and/or second portions to the support member. A method of determining the bearing working gap by measuring gas flow through the bearing is also described. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279816 | FLUID DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING DEVICE, SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - In a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device using ionic liquid as lubricant, a shaft member and a sleeve member are not corroded by the ionic liquid and static electricity generated is not accumulated. Aluminum with an oxide film formed on its surface is used as the material of the shaft member | 2009-11-12 |
20090279817 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING APPARATUS - A fluid dynamic bearing apparatus having an increased a value of tolerance for a moment load is provided. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279818 | FOLDED FLUID CHANNEL FOR A FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING MOTOR - A system and method are provided for sealing a fluid dynamic bearing motor. A first and a second folded fluid channel are shaped for maximizing bearing axial span and establishing angular stiffness, to resist gyroscopic rocking of the facing bearing surfaces. The first folded fluid channel is limited to occupying at least a portion of the same axial space as the bearing. A first and a second fluid sealing system are connected to opposite axial ends of the bearing. The first fluid sealing system forms an active pumping seal to pump fluid during motor rotation. In an aspect, a top cover attached shaft, and a single thrust surface are employed, allowing for a rigid motor structure and power reduction in applications including high rotational speed disc drives. Also, by employing a rigid shaft design, significantly lower amplitude radial vibration responses are exhibited at higher frequencies than prior art motor designs. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279819 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE - To achieve an increase in bearing stiffness and cost reduction, an oil film is formed in a radial bearing clearance of a first radial bearing portion (R | 2009-11-12 |
20090279820 | SPHERICAL BEARING AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a spherical bearing in which a ball portion ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279821 | SELF-LUBRICATION BEARING STRUCTURE - A self-lubrication bearing structure includes a bearing, which is made from a porous material capable of absorbing and transferring a lubricating oil and which has a center axle hole for the passing of the shaft of a motor and multiple oil retaining grooves that retain a lubricating oil, and a casing surrounds the bearing around the shaft of the motor. During rotation of the shaft, the lubricating oil is caused to move out of the porous structure of the bearing to lubricate the shaft. When the rotation of the shaft is stopped, the lubricating oil flows back to the oil retaining grooves. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279822 | AXIAL THRUST WASHERS PARTIALLY FOR UNBALANCE SHAFTS - Axial thrust washers are provided in the axial contact region of the bearing raceway of an unbalance shaft. The axial thrust washers do not extend beyond 360° in the circumferential direction, but extend only over a little more than the unbalance masses which extend in this region. The end sections of the axial thrust washers are bent over so that they are supported on the prominent unbalance masses, and form a funnel-like entry region for the rolling elements or for a cage of the rolling bearing which houses the rolling elements. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279823 | BEARING APPARATUS - A bearing apparatus includes an outer ring ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279824 | GREASE-ENCLOSED BEARING FOR INVERTER-DRIVING MOTOR - The present invention provides a grease-enclosed bearing, for an inverter-driving motor, which is inexpensive and capable of effectively restraining damage from being generated by electrolytic corrosion. The grease-enclosed bearing for the inverter-driving motor has an inner ring ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279825 | OPTICAL FSK/SSB MODULATOR HAVING INTENSITY BALANCE FUNCTION - It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical modulator which is capable of adjusting optical intensity of optical signals which contains non-desired components so that the intensity of the components become at a similar level, whereby the optical modulator is capable of effectively suppressing the non-desired components when the optical signals are combined. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279826 | DOOR HANDLE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A door handle apparatus for a vehicle, opening and closing a vehicle door, the door handle apparatus includes an informing portion for visually informing a state of the vehicle door, including a locking/unlocking state thereof, to a user by a decorative light, which is a visible light, an operation detecting portion for optically detecting an active-direct operation to the door handle apparatus by the user based on changes in an detection light, and an optical waveguide for transmitting the decorative light and the detection light, which is inputted from a first end portion of the optical waveguide, to a second end portion of the optical waveguide, the optical waveguide functioning as the informing portion by leaking the decorative light on a transmission path so as to be outwardly emitted and as the operation detecting portion by outputting the detection light from the second end portion of the optical waveguide. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279827 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - An optical module has an optical element which transmits or receives an optical signal, an optical transmission line optically coupled to the optical element to transmit the optical signal, and a board to which at least one end portion including an incident and outgoing port of the optical signal in the optical transmission line and the optical element are fixed. A wall facing a side surface of the optical transmission line is provided in the board. A first space is provided between the board and the optical transmission line, and a second space is provided between the side surface of the optical transmission line and the wall. The first and second spaces are filled with a bonding agent. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279828 | WAVELENGTH LOCKING AND POWER CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-CHANNEL PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (PICs) - A transmissive active channel element is provided in each signal channel of a monolithic multi-channel TxPIC where each channel also includes a modulated source. The active channel element functions both as a power control element for both monitoring and regulating the output channel signal level of each signal channel and as a modulator for channel wavelength tagging or labeling to provide for wavelength locking the modulated sources. The power regulating function is also employed to control the channel signal power outputs of each channel to be uniform across the channel signal array. All of these functions are carried out by a feedback loop utilizing digital signal processing. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279829 | Lens Arrangement for Optical Rotary Joints - According to one embodiment, an optical rotary joint comprises a first collimator arrangement for coupling-on first light-waveguides, and a second collimator arrangement for coupling-on second light-waveguides, with the latter being rotatably supported relative to the first collimator arrangement about a rotation axis. A Dove prism is provided between the first and second collimator arrangements as a derotating element. The first and second collimator arrangements have at least one micro-lens array on which light-waveguides with associated ferrules are disposed. In order to avoid tensile forces from arising in the arrangement, or as a result of individual ferrules becoming interconnected by an applied adhesive, trenches, barriers, or also coatings are provided between the individual ferrules. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279830 | OPTICAL GATE ARRAY DEVICE - An optical gate array device which permits the use of an optical gate array with a pitch smaller than the diameter of optical fibers. The optical gate array has an array of optical gates, and an optical fiber array has an array of optical fibers. A lens is arranged between the optical gate array and the optical fiber array, for collectively achieving optical coupling between all of the optical gates of the optical gate array and all of the optical fibers of the optical fiber array. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279831 | Bail Type Unlocking Device for Opto-Electronic Module - A bail type-unlocking device for an opto-electronic module, which pertains to an unlocking device for a hot pluggable type opto-electronic module in the optical communication field. The unlocking device includes: a bottom housing; an operating unit; a latching unit; an elastic element; and a briquetting; wherein: the latching unit is movably engaged with the bottom housing; the elastic element is provided between the latching unit and the bottom housing, and the latching unit can be movable relative to the bottom housing under the elastic force of the elastic element; the operating unit is configured to be engaged with the bottom housing, when an external force from an operator is applied to the operating unit, the operating unit pivots around a pivot axis thereof with respect to the bottom housing to drive the latching unit so that the latching unit can be movable between a locked position and an unlocked position with respect to the bottom housing; and the briquetting is fixed on the bottom housing and engages with the operating unit, when the latching unit is located at the unlocked position, the briquetting restricts the pivot movement of the operating unit around the pivot axis with respect to the bottom housing. | 2009-11-12 |