48th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120301114 | APPLICATION OF SPEED EFFECTS TO A VIDEO PRESENTATION - Some embodiments provide a method of specifying speed effects for playing a video clip. The method defines a set of speed effects for the video clip. It then displays in real-time a presentation of the video clip that accounts for the set of speed effects defined for the video clip. This method represents the playback speed of a video clip in terms of a graph that is part of a graphical user interface (“GUI”). This graph is defined along two axes, with one axis representing the playback time, and the other axis representing the content-time (i.e., the time within the video clip). A user can select and adjust the graph at different instances in time in order to change the playback speed of the video clip at these instances. Some embodiments use a deformable line bar superimposed on a rectangle that represents the video clip to represent playback speed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301115 | PROCESSING OF SCALABLE COMPRESSED VIDEO DATA FORMATS FOR NONLINEAR VIDEO EDITING SYSTEMS - Accessing only the lower bandwidth data in video data stored in a scalable format requires skipping around within a data file to locate the desired data for a specified progression dimension for each image. This causes seek and rotational latency to occur for each image, increasing access time per image and lowering the available bandwidth for reading motion video from the storage system. Such increases in access time significantly degrade performance of local and shared storage systems, particularly for video editing and other video playback systems used in production, post-production and broadcast operations. To improve the performance of such systems, motion video data stored in a scalable format is processed so as to copy the lower bandwidth data into a separate file. These separate files can be accessed by video editing systems, media management systems and other devices or computer programs that use the lower bandwidth data. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301116 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING PROGRAMS OF LESSER INTEREST WHEN CONVENIENT - Systems and methods for recording a program are provided. Alternate transmissions of a program with a “when convenient” recording priority may be recorded in whole or in portions whenever recording does not interfere with other uses of the user's equipment. When the recording device is out of space to record programs, recorded programs having a “when convenient” deletion priority may be deleted and scheduled for re-recording at a later time. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301117 | METHOD FOR RECORDING BROADCAST CONTENTS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for recording content is provided. The method includes selecting a content group for recording broadcast content, assigning a preset score to the selected content group based on a recording-related history of broadcast content belonging to the selected content group, assigning a priority to the selected content group based on the assigned scores, and scheduling a recording of the broadcast content based on the assigned priority. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301118 | OPTICAL DISC PLAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DECODING UNIT IN THE OPTICAL DISC PLAYER SYSTEM TO READ ENCODED BITSTREAM DATA FROM A BUFFER MEMORY - A data processing apparatus for decoding a bitstream includes a channel decoder, a demultiplexer and a plurality of decoders. The channel decoder is used for generating an encoded bitstream data from a received channel data and storing the encoded bitstream data to a buffer, wherein the encoded bitstream contains a plurality types of sectors. The demultiplexer is used for rearranging the stored encoded bitstream data according to the plurality of types and storing sectors corresponding to the same bitstream type in respective regions in the buffer. The decoders are used for decoding the sectors corresponding to the bitstream types, the decoders retrieving the rearranged data from the buffer according to corresponding one of the plurality of types. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301119 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus is able to record a moving image in a first image capturing mode or a second image capturing mode. In the first image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to an instruction to start recording and stops recording of the moving image signal in response to an instruction to stop recording. In the second image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to the instruction to start recording, and automatically stops recording of the moving image signal when a predetermined period elapses after recording of the moving image signal starts. The apparatus controls so as to extract a moving image signal of the predetermined period from a moving image signal recorded in the first image capturing mode on a recording medium, and to record the extracted moving image signal on a recording medium. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301120 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO WITH EMBEDDED MEDIA - Methods and apparatus for providing video with embedded media are disclosed. An example method includes dividing an image comprising a number of pixels into a number of portions, each portion including less than all of the pixels of the image, and blending respective ones of the portions with different video frames of a stream of video frames comprising a host presentation, wherein the media reaches a discernibility threshold when the host presentation is played at an accelerated rate. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301121 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention easily realizes synchronization between processor cores in a multicore system. A data processing system receiving a group of data of different kinds from the outside and performing data processes by kinds includes: a plurality of data process control units corresponding to the kinds of the data group and performing data processes on the data group of corresponding kinds; and a memory unit which can be accessed by the data process control units and has a first region storing a value indicating whether the data process by the data process control units can be executed or not. Each of the data process control units updates the value in the first region on completion of preparation for executing the data process of itself and, when the value in the first region becomes a predetermined value, synchronizes start timings of the data processes and executes the data processes. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301122 | DYE SUBLIMATION HEATING MODULE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A heating module for dye sublimation printing on an article comprises a first heating plate, an infrared heating source, and a metal shield. The infrared heating source is disposed under the first heating plate and emits a radiation. The metal shield can prevent the radiation, emitted by the infrared heating source, from projecting directly on the article. The first heating plate preheats a retransfer sheet to be softened and then molded on the article. Consequently, the infrared heating source heats the retransfer sheet for sublimation dye transfer on the article. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301123 | VENTILATION ELEMENT FOR A STORAGE TANK - The invention relates to a storage tank ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120301124 | System and Method for Capsule Camera with On-Board Storage - A capsule camera with on-board storage to archive the captured images in on-board non-volatile memory is disclosed. The capsule camera with on-board storage comprises multiple chips including a system processing chip and one or more non-volatile memory chips, where the system processing chip includes a compression module to compress images captured. If the multiple chips use individual chip packages and are disposed on respective printed circuit boards according to a conventional approach, it would require too much space to fit the multiple chips into the capsule camera housing. Accordingly, a capsule camera embodying the present invention is disclosed where the capsule camera integrates an image sensor, a light source, at least one system processing chip comprising compression module, one or more non-volatile memory chips and a battery into a housing, wherein the at least one system processing chip and said one or more non-volatile memory chips are disposed vertically in a multiple chip assembly. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301125 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A subject is tracked during continuous shooting, and the degree of reliability of the tracking result is determined. When it is determined that the degree of reliability of the tracking result is high, control values of exposure used to capture an image of the previous frame are configured as those used to capture an image of the next frame, thereby omitting calculation of control values of exposure. Upon this operation, in an image capture apparatus having a continuous shooting function, and a method of controlling the same, suppression of exposure variations and shortening of the exposure calculation time during continuous shooting can be effectively achieved. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301126 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS - An interchangeable lens to be removably attached to a camera body, includes: a receiving device that receives predetermined control data from the camera body through a first transmission path; a control device that executes predetermined control processing based upon the control data upon reception of the control data by the receiving device; a generation device that executes at predetermined intervals generation processing for generating predetermined lens data which indicates an operating state of the interchangeable lens; a transmission device that transmits the lens data to the camera body through a second transmission path, which is different from the first transmission path, upon generation of the lens data by the generation device; and a prioritizing device that gives priority to the generation processing by the generation device over the control processing by the control device. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301127 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION FROM FILM SET DEVICES - Systems and methods are operable to acquire device information from film set devices used to film a media content event. An exemplary film production information acquisition device has at least a sensor device configured to sense an operation characteristic of a film set device, a film production information management system (IMS) communication interface configured to communicatively couple the film production information acquisition device to a film production information management system, and a processor system communicatively coupled to the film production IMS communication interface and the sensor device, and configured to process the sensed operation characteristic of the film set device into information that is communicated to the film production information management system. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301128 | Viewfinder - According to an aspect of the invention, a case or slide-on unit suitable for containing an electronic device is disclosed. The case or slide-on unit incorporates a viewfinder housing assembly that allows a user to view an image when taking a picture with the electronic device. The housing assembly includes a sighting grid that allows a user to orient an image within a field of view in order to properly capture the image | 2012-11-29 |
20120301129 | CAMERA MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A camera mounting apparatus for supporting a camera, having a base member with a front plane and a back plane and a base attached to the front plane of the base member. A pivoting member is connected to the top of the base member about the intersection of a base and a rear member of the pivoting member with a hinge apparatus. An attachment apparatus mounted to the back plane of the base member comprises two rectangular gripping elements for gripping a stanchion-like object. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301130 | Magnetic array control system for angular orientation of an instrument - A system includes an instrument coupled to a magnetic material. The orientation of the instrument is influenced by a magnetic field generated by an array of magnetic elements. Each element of the array is controlled by a data value in a magnetic control store to produce a field strength and polarity. Overwriting the pattern in the magnetic control store will result in a magnetic field which applies a torque to the instrument and cause an azimuthal or elevational rotary movement about the center of the instrument. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301131 | PANORAMIC CAMERA MOUNT - A panoramic device includes a base member and a clamp member rotatably interconnected within a single plane of rotation with the base that includes a first rotatable knob to selectively inhibit the rotation of the clamp member with respect to the base. The upper surface includes a central region that is at a different elevation than another portion of the upper surface. The clamp includes a pair of opposed surfaces suitable to detachably secure a camera thereto. The one of the opposed surfaces is maintained in a fixed relationship with respect to the clamp member. The other one of the opposed surfaces is in a movable relationship with respect to the clamp member using a second rotatable knob. The first knob and the second knob are rotatably connected with respect to one another. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301132 | CAMERA BLOCKER FOR A DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED CAMERA THAT USES A THIN FILM ORGANIC POLYMER - This disclosure describes a camera blocker for a device with an integrated camera that uses a thin film organic polymer. The disclosed invention comprises a microfiber top coupled to a polyurethane base. The microfiber top is adapted to be printed. The polyurethane base is adapted to adhesively stick to any surface without leaving a sticky residue and is reusable. And, the camera blocker is adaptable to be shaped. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301133 | LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING AMOUNT OF LIGHT AT HIGH SPEED AND WITH ACCURACY - A light amount adjustment device capable of adjusting the amount of light at high speed and with accuracy. When a rotary plate is rotatively driven by a motor, diaphragm blades disposed between the rotary plate and a cam plate are rotatively driven by the rotary plate in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis. When a coil disposed on the cam plate through aback yoke is energized and a magnetic field is generated around the coil, a magnetic attracting force is applied to the rotary plate rotating under the magnetic field, whereby the rotary plate is displaced toward the back yoke and frictions between the diaphragm blades and the rotary plate, etc. increase, so that rotations of the diaphragm blades are decelerated. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301134 | Network Device - In this application, we have the following examples: (1) Integrating the NID functionality in to the small foot-print of an SFP Module, with one or more of the features below: a) Mounting a NID SoC IC to an existing SFP Printed Circuit Board (PCB); b) Using the power from the SFP module, without requiring separate external power; c) NID SoC having only 2 ports, each with its own MAC and possibly PHY layer; d) NID SoC having an embedded microprocessor, RAM and ROM. Many examples and applications are provided. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301135 | ROUTER HAVING DUAL PROPAGATION PATHS FOR PACKETS - A router comprising an interface module (IM), having an optical path and an electrical path and a speed sensor coupled between an input of the router and an input of the IM. The speed sensor is adapted to receive a packet and detect a speed of the IM connection and in response to the speed of the IM connection being above a threshold value, the speed sensor provides the packet to the optical path of the IM and in response to the relative speed being below the threshold value, the speed sensor provides the packet to the electrical path of the IM. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301136 | COHERENT POWER COMBINING FOR SIGNALS THROUGH MULTIPLE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS - A communication system and method that allows a transmitter segment (ground end of uplink segment) to dynamically combine power from a plurality of propagation channels (transponders) to improve power levels of signals being transmitted, without affecting the receiver segment (user end of downlink segment) and the propagation segment (space segment), and without modifying propagation apparatus configurations (satellite). Specifically, the transmitter segment generates mixtures of input signals by using Wavefront-Multiplexing and transmits wavefront-multiplexed (WFM) signals through propagation channels to a receiver segment that coherently separates the mixtures of received WFM signals by using adaptive equalization and Wavefront-De-Multiplexing. The WFM signal mixtures allow an operator, or automated system, at the transmitter segment to dynamically allocate equivalent channel (transponder) powers according to continuously changing market demands by dynamically including change of relative input powers into ratios of the WFM signal mixtures being transmitted. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301137 | ERRONEOUS OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION DETECTING METHOD AND NODE DEVICE - A node device includes a data pattern generator configured to generate different fixed patterns for a plurality of ports to insert the generated fixed patterns into optical signals output from a plurality of optical transmitters, an optical switch configured to switch outgoing paths of the optical signals to output the optical signals as a multiplexed signal from one of the ports, a detector configured to detect a frequency spectrum of the multiplexed optical signal, and a management part configured to monitor a peak frequency of the detected frequency spectrum to detect an erroneous optical fiber connection associated with the optical transmitters based on peak frequencies corresponding to the different fixed patterns for the respective ports. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301138 | NETWORK SYSTEM WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT FIBER PORT - An approach for saving power in a fiber ports of a network system is provided. An instance of a period of inactivity for a fiber port of the network system is determined. Power delivery to a transmit laser of an SFP (small form-factor pluggable) device of the fiber port is terminated during at least a portion of the period of inactivity. Power delivery to the SFP device is maintained while power delivery to the transmit laser is terminated. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301139 | OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING SYSTEM - An optical packet switching system includes an optical packet generator for generating an optical packet signal, an optical packet switching unit, provided with an optical switch, for switching the route of an inputted optical packet signal by controlling on/off of the optical switch, and an optical signal-to-noise ratio measuring unit for measuring the optical signal-to-noise ratio of the optical packet signal outputted from the optical packet switching unit. When switching the route of the optical packet signal, the optical packet switching unit outputs an optical packet signal with optical noise by keeping the optical switch on longer than the time width of the packet signal. The optical signal-to-noise ratio measuring unit measures the optical signal power and the optical noise power, respectively, in the optical packet signal with optical noise and measures the optical signal-to-noise ratio by calculating the ratio between the optical signal power and the optical noise power. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301140 | Methods for Efficient Transmission in OTN Networks - In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure a method for shared mesh protection in an optical transport network comprises provisioning a route for each of a plurality of working demands through the optical transport network. The method further comprises provisioning a route for backup demands corresponding to each of the plurality of working demands. The method additionally comprises packing into a single optical data unit a first backup demand corresponding to a first of the plurality of working demands and a second backup demand corresponding to a second of the plurality of working demands, wherein the first and second of the plurality of working demands share at least one common link in the optical transport network. The method also comprises unpacking the first and second backup demands from the optical data unit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301141 | WAVELENGTH REALLOCATION METHOD AND NODE DEVICE - A method for reallocating a wavelength in an optical wavelength multiplexer transmission system is disclosed. The method includes switching a supply of a first channel electric signal from a first optical transmitter device to a second optical transmitter device, the first optical transmitter device converting the first channel electric signal into an optical signal of a first wavelength, and the second optical transmitter device converting the first channel electric signal into an optical signal of a second wavelength differing from the first wavelength, and transmitting the optical signal of the second wavelength output from the second optical transmitter device. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301142 | Optical Superchannel Method and System - Optical superchannel methods and systems that couple two or more local oscillators into a single coherent receiver front end to receive multiple optical subcarriers are shown and described. With multiple local oscillators coupled into a single coherent receiver and appropriate optical selective filtering of the superchannel signal, non-neighboring subcarriers may be received by the single coherent optical receiver. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301143 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING AN OPTICAL PATH IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK - An auxiliary graph representing connection relations between nodes on a plurality of lightpaths in an optical network is created using a plurality of edges each connecting a pair of nodes. The plurality of lightpaths includes first lightpaths existing in the optical network and the second lightpaths to be set to accommodate traffic that is newly generated for the optical network. Each of the plurality of edges is assigned a weight value indicating a magnitude of increase in power consumption of network devices allocated to the each edge. For start and end nodes, a minimum weight path that has a path weight value minimum among paths each being a continuous sequence of edges that starts from the start node and reaches the end node is obtained, where the path weight value is a total sum of weight values assigned to the continuous sequence of edges. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301144 | SYSTEM-ON-CHIP HAVING OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS - A system for exchanging information in an on-chip communication network using optical flow information for communication between Intellectual Property cores. The information is exchanged between a plurality of initiators and targets in the Intellectual Property cores. The system includes a router for propagating optical flow information from the initiators to the targets. Each initiator includes an interface to convert the traffic generated by the initiator and transmit it in the form of an optical flow within the on-chip communication network, and each target includes an interface to convert information from the optical form into the electrical form. The system is organized as a parametric system and includes programming module to define a first set of high level parameters, a second set of initiator network interface parameters and a third set of target network interface parameters. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301145 | BANDWIDTH CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A bandwidth control method used in a case where, for example, a first communication device (OLT) allocates a bandwidth for signal transmission to each of a plurality of second communication devices (ONUs) connected to the OLT in a communication system having the OLT and the ONUs includes a sleep controlling of shifting devices among the ONUs that satisfy a predetermined condition into a power saving state, a control-target selecting of selecting control target devices among the ONUs based on a result of performing the sleep controlling, and a bandwidth determining of determining a bandwidth to be allocated to the selected control target devices. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301146 | Equivalent-Link Backward Propagation Method for Nonlinearity Compensation in Fiber Transmission Systems - A method includes transmitting an optical signal over an optic link in a communication system, the optical link including an optical fiber and optical amplifier; coupling a coherent receiver in the communication system to the optic link for receiving the optical signal; and processing an output from the coherent receiver with digital signal processing DSP in the communication system, the DSP compensating for impairments of the optical signal due to the fiber optic link with an equivalent-link back-propagation. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301147 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK AND PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A time synchronization method and a time synchronization device in a passive optical network (PON), and a PON are provided. The method includes receiving a synchronization packet sent after time synchronization of an optical line terminal (OLT) with a master clock (MC) is achieved, wherein the synchronization packet carries a timestamp TMt | 2012-11-29 |
20120301148 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In an optical signal processing apparatus, carrier light propagates through a nonlinear optical medium. An optical combiner optically combines output control light for generating idler light of the carrier light with the carrier light. An optical splitter splits the idler light from the carrier light. A receiver acquires a signal multiplexed on the carrier light from the idler light split by the optical splitter. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301149 | Method And System For Hybrid Integration Of Optical Communication Systems - Methods and systems for hybrid integration of optical communication systems are disclosed and may include receiving continuous wave (CW) optical signals in a silicon photonics die (SPD) from an optical source external to the SPD. The received CW optical signals may be processed based on electrical signals received from an electronics die bonded to the SPD via metal interconnects. Modulated optical signals may be received in the SPD from optical fibers coupled to the SPD. Electrical signals may be generated in the SPD based on the received modulated optical signals and communicated to the electronics die via the metal interconnects. The CW optical signals may be received from an optical source assembly coupled to the SPD and/or from one or more optical fibers coupled to the SPD. The received CW optical signals may be processed utilizing one or more optical modulators, which may comprise Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulators. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301150 | OPTICAL-INFORMATION ACQUIRING ELEMENT, OPTICAL INFORMATION ACQUIRING ELEMENT ARRAY, AND HYBRID SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A optical-information acquisition element encompasses a semiconductor layer ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120301151 | Low Power Consumption, Long Range, Pluggable Transceiver, Circuits and Devices Therefor, and Method(s) of Using the Same - The present disclosure relates to an optical transceiver for use in optical fiber communications and/or telecommunications systems and, more specifically, a low power consumption, long range pluggable transceiver. The transceiver generally comprises a photodiode with a transimpedance amplifier (PIN-TIA); an electro-absorption modulated laser (EML); an optical detector; and a directly modulated laser (DML) driving module connected between the PIN-TIA and EML laser configured to drive the EML laser. A low power-consumption DML driving module is utilized to drive the EML laser, so as to further reduce power consumption. An impedance matching circuit can be applied to modulate an electro-absorption (EA) modulator of the EML laser with maximum efficiency. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301152 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER IMPLEMENTED WITH TUNABLE LD - An optical transceiver implemented with a tunable LD is disclosed. The tunable LD is installed within a TOSA (Transmitter Optical Subassembly). The optical transceiver provides two circuit boards arranged in the up-and-down relation. The TOSA is primarily connected to the second board but signals to drive the tunable LD are carried on an FPC board directly connected to the first board that mounts a driver circuit for the tunable LD. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301153 | OPTICAL OUTPUT MODULE, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - The I phase modulator modulates a phase based on the bias voltage in which a first modulation signal and a first pilot signal are inherent and the Q phase modulator modulates a phase based on the bias voltage in which a second pilot signal different from the first pilot signal and a second modulation signal are inherent. A time-average power synchronous detection unit detects an optical power at a timing at which the positivity and negativity of the voltages of both pilot signals become the same, and an optical power when the positivity and negativity of the voltages of both pilot signals are opposite. The bias voltage control unit controls the bias voltage so that the difference between both the optical powers becomes small based on the detection result of the time-average power synchronous detection unit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301154 | SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - A semiconductor-based optical transceiver. The optical transceiver includes a post-amplifier that may communicate with an optoelectronic transducer, an electro-optic transducer driver that may communicate with an electro-optic transducer, and a control module that controls the operation of the post-amplifier and electro-optic transducer driver. The control module, the post-amplifier, and the electro-optic transducer driver are integrated in a single integrated circuit (IC) that does not require a printed circuit board for interconnecting these components of the optical transceiver. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301155 | Optical Transmitting Apparatus and Optical Communication System - A light source control section | 2012-11-29 |
20120301156 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER SUBASSEMBLY - An optical transmitter subassembly of one embodiment includes a temperature controller, first to third bases, a laser diode, and an optical system. The temperature controller includes first and second plates, and temperature controlling elements put between the first and second plates. The first base has first and second regions, and is supported by the first plate. The second base is mounted on the first region. The third base is mounted on the second region. The laser diode is a tunable laser diode integrated with a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator, and is mounted on the second base. The optical system is capable of fixing a wavelength of the laser diode and is mounted on the third base. Only a portion of the first base is mounted on the first plate. The portion of the first base includes the first region. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301157 | CHROMATIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION USING SIGN OPERATIONS AND LOOKUP TABLES - Methods and devices for compensating for chromatic dispersion are shown that include receiving an input data signal, applying a filter to the data signal, and outputting a CD compensated signal. Applying the filter includes convolving known filter coefficients with a plurality of delayed versions of the data signal using addition and at least one inverse sign operation or using lookup tables and combining outputs to produce a CD compensated signal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301158 | Optical Receiver - An optical receiver includes interference means | 2012-11-29 |
20120301159 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image on the drum using toner, a temperature sensor that detects toner temperature in the developing device, an optical sensor that detects the density of a patch image formed on the drum, a controller that controls the amount of the toner supplied to the developing device based on the detection result of the density of the patch image, and a setting portion that sets an potential difference between the electric potential of an image portion at the time of forming the patch image and a DC bias applied to the developing device. The setting portion sets the electric potential difference so as to be increased according to an increase in the toner temperature based on the detection result. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301160 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus having a system speed of from 400 to 1,700 mm/sec, including a latent image bearer; an image developer developing the latent image with two-component developer including a toner and a carrier; a transferer, a toner concentration detector; a toner feeder; and a controller, wherein the toner comprises a release agent and a binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin, wherein a ratio (W/R) of a maximum rising peak height (W) of the crystalline polyester resin to a maximum rising peak height (R) of the amorphous resin, which are observed respective infrared absorption spectra when measured by an IR spectroscopy using a Fourier transform infrared spectroanalyzer, is from 0.22 to 0.55. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301161 | FIXING DEVICE, HEATER CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A fixing device includes a rotary, endless fuser belt, a heater, a thermometer, and a controller. The fuser belt is subjected to heating, on which the recording medium is conveyed to fuse the toner image thereon. The heater is located adjacent to the fuser belt for heating the belt. The thermometer is located adjacent to the fuser belt to detect an operational temperature of the belt. The controller is operatively connected to the thermometer and the heater to deactivate the heater upon detecting an abnormal condition in which the operational temperature detected remains below a setpoint temperature after lapse of a warm-up time limit since activation of the heater. The controller includes a historical data recorder and a processor. The historical data recorder records historical usage data of the fixing device since installation. The processor adjusts the warm-up time limit according to the historical usage data recorded. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301162 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a temperature measuring unit, configured to measure the temperature in regions that extend partially along the outer surface of a heating rotating body, which includes a resistance heating layer, in the circumferential direction and are aligned in the direction of the axis of rotation of the heat rotating body, and a control unit configured to sample temperatures, measured by the temperature measuring unit in each of the regions, over the entire outer surface of the heating rotating body in the circumferential direction by causing the heating rotating body to rotate while supplying a predetermined amount of power to the resistance heating layer, and to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the resistance heating layer based on the difference between the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature among the sampled temperatures in each region. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301163 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method - Provided are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of easily forming an output image having desired gradation characteristics and capable of reducing running cost. In an intermediate transfer-type image forming apparatus, an image forming section is configured by including a first image forming section which forms a color toner image on a photoconductor, and a second image forming section which is located on the upstream side of the first image forming section and forms a transparent toner image on the photoconductor. Further, after the transparent toner image is formed on an intermediate transfer member by the second image forming section, the first image forming section forms, on the basis of image data (correction gradation values) corrected by a gradation correcting section, a color toner image so that the color toner image is superimposed on the transparent toner image. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301164 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY, DRIVING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting element array has a plurality of three-terminal light-emitting elements such as light-emitting thyristors with anode, cathode, and gate terminals. The anode terminal of each light-emitting element is connected to a driving circuit. The cathode terminal is grounded. The gate terminals of at least some of the three-terminal light-emitting elements are driven from a common buffer, and within this group of three-terminal light-emitting elements, the anode terminals are driven individually. This enables the array of three-terminal light-emitting elements to be driven in essentially the same way as an array of two-terminal light-emitting elements, but without the need for large power transistors between the cathode terminals and ground. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301165 | METERING APPARATUS FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER - A metering skive for a dry electrophotographic (EP) printer is mounted on a retractable skive mount. The skive mount is spring-loaded to a mounting block, and a stop pin sets the distance between the skive mount and the mounting block. A movable spacer with a plurality of laterally-separated regions of respective, different thicknesses is mounted between the head of the stop pin and the mounting block. A retractor can be operated to pull the skive mount towards the mounting block so the spacer can be moved to select a desired spacing between the mounting block and the skive mount, and thus a desired gap between the metering skive and the toning member in the printer. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301166 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a drum; a charger; a developing portion; a transfer portion; a first adjuster; a second adjuster; and a controller for controlling the first and second adjuster. A first voltage is applied to the first adjuster during a period from a time when a rear end of a region in which an electrostatic image corresponding to a final image is to be formed passes through the first adjuster until a time when the rear end passes through the charger. The first voltage is lower in absolute value than a voltage applied to the first adjuster. A second voltage is applied to the second adjuster when a front end of a region of the drum opposing the first adjuster to which the first voltage is applied reaches the second adjuster. The second voltage is higher in absolute value than the voltage applied to the second adjuster. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301167 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a drum; a charger; a developing portion; a transfer portion; a first adjuster; a second adjuster; and a controller for controlling the first and second adjuster. A predetermined voltage is applied to the first adjuster during a period from a time when a rear end of a region in which an electrostatic image corresponding to a final image is to be formed passes through the first adjuster until the time when the rear end passes through the charger. The predetermined voltage is lower in absolute value than a voltage applied to the first adjuster. An AC voltage is applied to the developing portion when a front end of a region of the drum opposing the first adjuster to which the predetermined voltage is applied reaches the developing portion. The AC voltage is higher in peak-to-peak voltage than the voltage applied to the developing portion. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301168 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes a first station including a first photosensitive drum; a second station including a second photosensitive drum; an intermediate transfer member for receiving the first toner image from the first drum and the second toner image from the second drum sequentially; a first sensor configured to detect a first index image, on the intermediate transfer member; a second sensor for detecting a second index image on the second drum; a controller for controlling a peripheral speed of the second drum; an executing device for executing a test mode in which a first inclined test index image, and a second test inclined index image, wherein the controller controls image forming conditions for the first and second index images in accordance with outputs of the first second sensors in the test mode. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301169 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF FIXING UNIT - An apparatus and method for controlling power of a fixing unit is provided. The apparatus includes a power supply unit supplying DC power to the fixing unit, and a power controller controlling the power supply unit to gradually increase a DC power supply time until a pre-set time is reached. Accordingly, a flicker characteristic can be reduced by gradually increasing a supply time of DC power to the fixing unit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301170 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an adjustment unit that adjusts an image transfer position of the sheet of paper along a main scanning direction that is orthogonal to a transporting direction of the sheet of paper, a fixing unit that fixes on the sheet of paper an toner image using fixing rollers and performs a fluctuation of the fixing roller to the main scanning direction, a detection unit that detects whether or not the fixing rollers of the fixing unit nip the sheet of paper, and a controller. The controller controls the fixing unit to perform the fluctuation of the fixing rollers when determining that the fixing rollers of the fixing unit do not nip the sheet of paper based on a detection result of the detection unit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301171 | HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A heating apparatus includes a heater, a current-feed switching circuit configured to switch turning-on/off of current-feeding from an AC power source to the heater, thereby feeding current from the AC power source to the heater at a predetermined current-feed ratio, a temperature detector configured to detect a heating temperature of the heater, and | 2012-11-29 |
20120301172 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply includes a transformer, a switching unit configured to switch a voltage input to the primary side of the transformer, a control unit configured to control the operation of the switching unit, and a detection unit configured to detect as a voltage a current flowing through the primary side of the transformer and supply the voltage to the control unit, wherein the detection unit controls the voltage to be supplied to the control unit based on the operating state of the switching unit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a body having an opening perforated in one side thereof, a developing unit detachably mounted to the body through the opening, a body cover configured to cover a rear portion of the developing unit in a mounting direction of the developing unit and adapted to open or close the opening, and a memory unit provided at the rear portion of the developing unit and having a developing device terminal. The body cover includes a body terminal to come into contact with the memory unit. Accordingly, an electrical connection between the developing unit and the body can be made less susceptible to vibration, etc. caused during operation of a drive motor. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of effectively cooling down a sheet having been subjected to fixing processing while preventing an apparatus from becoming larger in size and a sheet conveyance failure from occurring is provided. The image forming apparatus ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120301175 | COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cooling device having a cooling unit including an air suction port that is disposed at a front surface side of a main body of the cooling device to suck air, and an air exhaust port that is disposed at a rear surface side of the main body of the cooling device to exhaust air, in which the cooling unit transfers heat from a cooling target to air sucked from the air suction port to cool the cooling target, and discharges the heat-transferred air from the air exhaust port. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301176 | ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC CLEANING BLADE MEMBER AND APPARATUS - A cleaning blade member comprises a polymer substrate and an outermost layer consisting essentially of a non-particulate, non-elastomeric ceramer or fluoroceramer and nanosized inorganic particles that are distributed within the non-particulate ceramer or fluoroceramer in an amount of at least 5 weight % and up to and including 50 weight % of the outermost surface layer. These cleaning blade members can be used to advantage in apparatus for providing electrophotographic or electrostatographic images. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301177 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, AND UREA COMPOUND - An electrophotographic photosensitive member that includes the outermost surface layer formed by curing a mixture of a charge transporting substance having a chain-polymerizable functional group and a urea compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2), and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301178 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer that contains a polymer produced by the polymerization of a compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group. The compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group is a compound represented by the formula (1). | 2012-11-29 |
20120301179 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer that contains a urea compound having two or more urea moieties. Each of the urea moieties has a carbonyl group and two nitrogen atoms. Each of the two nitrogen atoms connects to an alkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301180 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided a charging member which can prevent any contaminants deposited on a cleaning member from adhering thereto by making low a surface free energy and coefficient of friction thereof. The charging member has a substrate, an elastic layer and a surface layer, and the surface layer contains a polymer having an Si—O—W linkage; the polymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) and a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (2): | 2012-11-29 |
20120301181 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a charge-transporting layer which is a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member; wherein the charge-transporting layer has a matrix-domain structure having: a matrix comprising: at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polycarbonate resin C and a polyester resin D; and at least one charge-transporting substance selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (1′), and a domain comprising a polycarbonate resin A. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301182 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - The present invention is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge-transporting layer as the surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member having a matrix-domain structure including: a matrix including a component β (at least one resin of a polycarbonate resin C having a specific repeating structural unit and a polyester resin D having a specific repeating structural unit), and γ (charge-transporting substance having a specific structure); and a domain including a component α (polycarbonate resin A having a repeating structural unit containing a specific siloxane moiety). | 2012-11-29 |
20120301183 | ARTICLE OF CONSUMPTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus having a consumable detachably installed in the main body is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body having a first opening, a consumable which is detachably installed in the main body, a door mounted on the main body to open and close the first opening, and locking members operable in association with the movement of the door to secure the consumable in place as the door is closed. Possible damages due to the movement of the consumable such as a photosensitive cartridge during shipping and/or transporting of the image forming apparatus can be prevented by the locking members. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301184 | Imaging Cartridge With Venting Fill Port - An imaging cartridge for use with an imaging machine comprises an opening in the toner chamber having an oblong shape, such that when a circular toner dispensing device is used to fill the toner chamber through the opening, a gap external of the circular toner dispensing device remains so air is able to escape the imaging cartridge through the gap while the toner chamber is being filled with toner. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301185 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Cartridge Supporter, and Image Forming Unit - An image forming apparatus has a body frame and a slide frame. The slide frame is configured to be pulled out from the body frame along a sliding direction. A plurality of image forming cartridges is detachably mounted on the slide frame. A plurality of electrode members is mounted on the slide frame and aligned along the sliding direction so as to correspond to the image forming cartridges. A body-side contact portion of each of the electrode members is electrically connected to the body frame. A cartridge-side contact portion of the electrode member is electrically connected to the image forming cartridge. The image forming cartridge is connected to the body via the corresponding electrode member when the slide frame mounting the image forming cartridges is inserted to the body frame. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301186 | WEB FEED SYSTEM HAVING COMPENSATION ROLL - An apparatus includes a photoreceptor belt, a fixed transfer roller positioned on the inside of the photoreceptor belt, and a movable transfer roller positioned on the outside of the photoreceptor belt. The fixed transfer roller and the movable transfer roller are positioned to form a nip, and the photoreceptor belt and a web of print media are positioned in the nip. Also, a support roller and a compensation roller contact the web of print media. The support roller is positioned between the compensation roller and the nip. A physical link is connected to the support roller and the compensation roller. The physical link moves the support roller and the compensation roller so as to keep a constant tension on the web of print media. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301187 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM - A developer container includes a developer containing member that contains developer; an opening part through which the developer is externally supplied, and a pressure absorbing mechanism that is provided on an external portion of the developer containing member. The pressure absorbing mechanism is configured to deform in an inward direction toward the developer container when an external force is applied to the developer container. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301188 | TONER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER CONTAINER PRODUCING METHOD AND TONER CONTAINER RECYCLING METHOD - A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the toner container including: a cylindrical container which accommodates a toner; a cap portion which holds the cylindrical container such that the cylindrical container can rotate in a circular direction, with an end of the cylindrical container inserted in the cap portion; and a sealing member lying between the end and an inner surface of the cap portion, wherein the toner in the cylindrical container is discharged to an inside of the cap portion through an opening provided in the end and the toner in the cap portion is discharged to an outside through a toner discharge port provided in the cap portion, as the cylindrical container rotates, and wherein the cylindrical container is provided with a seal receiving surface for fixing the sealing member, and the sealing member is fixed to the seal receiving surface. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301189 | REGULATING MEMBER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A regulating member for regulating a developer amount carried on a developer carrying member includes a plate-like supporting member having an elasticity, the supporting member being provided with a fixed portion for being fixed to a fixed part; a first contact portion contactable to the developer carrying member, the first contact portion protruding from the regulating member from a side of the supporting member; and a second contact portion contactable to and the developer carrying member, the second contact portion being at a position closer to the fixed portion than the first contact portion. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301190 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE ENDLESS BELT - Provided is an electroconductive endless belt by which a good image with uniformity and without local unevenness can be obtained at a lower cost. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301191 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developer image bearing body that bears a developer image formed of a developer. The developer image bearing body has roughness-imparting particles on a surface thereof. A mean particle diameter d of the roughness-imparting particles and a mean particle diameter D of the developer satisfy a relationship: (½)×D2012-11-29 | |
20120301192 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGES WITH LIQUID DEVELOPER - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a first direction; and an image forming portion which uses liquid developer to form an image on the sheet, wherein the image forming portion includes a first transfer unit, which transfers a first image to the sheet, and a second transfer unit, which transfers a second image after the first transfer unit, the first transfer unit includes a first rubbing unit configured to rub the first image on the sheet, and the second transfer unit includes a second rubbing unit configured to rub the second image on the sheet. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301193 | FIXING DEVICE, FIXING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A fixing device for applying a foam fixing agent to particles including resin resting on a medium to fix the particles including resin onto the medium. The foam fixing agent includes a softener for softening the particles including resin by dissolving or swelling at least part of the resin. The fixing device includes a first foam fixing agent generating unit that generates a first foam fixing agent from a fixing agent; a second foam fixing agent generating unit that generates a second foam fixing agent from the fixing agent, the second foam fixing agent having a lower density than the first foam fixing agent; and a foam application member on which a first film formed with the first foam fixing agent and a second film formed with the second foam fixing agent are formed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301194 | HEATING FIXING BELT, FIXING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR FORMING HEATING FIXING BELT - Disclosed are a heating fixing belt and a fixing device by which good long-term durability is achieved, and a process for forming the heating fixing belt. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301195 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device and an image forming apparatus include, in a fixing nip region, a paper-passage region allowing paper to pass through and a non-paper-passage region located at opposite ends of the paper-passage region and not allowing paper to pass through. The non-paper-passage region is provided with a fixing belt movement restricting member arranged at a prescribed distance away from the fixing belt. Even when the fixing belt comes into abutment with the fixing belt movement restricting member, a prescribed gap is formed between the fixing belt and a surface of the holding member that is opposed to the fixing belt, in the paper-passage region. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301196 | IMAGE PINNING FOR SUBSTRATE MEDIA HANDLING - An apparatus for and method of handling substrate media in a marking device using toner. The apparatus including first and second rolls for handling the substrate media. The first roll applying pressure to the toner. After the application of pressure by the first roll, the toner remains partially unfused to the substrate media. The second roll subsequently engaging the pressed toner as the substrate media passes the second roll. The first roll and the second roll being disposed remotely from one another in a process handling direction of the substrate media. The method including the application of pressure to the unfused toner on the substrate media by a first roll. The method subsequently engages the pressed toner with a second roll for handling the substrate media. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301197 | CLEANING BLADE MEMBER AND APPARATUS WITH CONTROLLED TRIBOCHARGING - A cleaning system has a composite photoreceptive imaging member having a support layer, an electrically conductive layer interfacing with the support layer, a photoconductive charge generation layer interfacing with the electrically conductive layer and generating charge holes and electrons in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation; a charge transport layer that allows charge holes to migrate from the charge generation layer to the outer surface while resisting migration of electrons from the charge generation layer to the outer surface and a cleaning blade member having a cleaning surface layer against the electrostatic surface to at least in part remove toner and debris from the outer surface. The cleaning surface layer has a first material and a second material that are combined in proportions that cause a triboelectric charge to be formed on the outer surface having a difference of potential of between zero and minus 20 volts. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301198 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a feeding unit, a side edge reversal unit, a leading edge reversal unit, and a control unit, wherein, when there is a request for image formation on a bundle of sheets including a special sheet having a special part at an edge so that the edge is not straight and there is a request for image formation on both surfaces of the special sheet, the control unit controls the feeding unit, the image forming unit, the side edge reversal unit, the image forming unit to transport the special sheet having the image of the preceding page formed thereon to the downstream side after the front and back of the sheet are reversed by the leading edge reversal unit. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301199 | Image Formation Device and Belt Unit Therefor - An image formation device is provided with an endless belt wound around a driving roller and a driven roller, a driving helical gear integrally provided at an axial end of the driving roller and rotating integrally with the driving roller. The driving helical gear applies a rotational force and an axial force to the driving roller. A plurality of guiding ribs are provided to an inner surface of the endless belt, while a regulating portion is provided at least one of the driving roller and the driven roller. The regulating portion has a regulation surface. When the endless belt moves obliquely in a direction in which the driving helical gear applies the axial force to the driving roller, side surfaces of the guiding ribs contact the regulating surface and prevent the oblique movement of the endless belt. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301200 | Handheld Pattern Creating Device and Method of Use of Same - A handheld pattern creating device and method of use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a rotational member is rotatably positioned within a housing under the power of a first drive mechanism to angularly traverse an x-y plane. A rail track is disposed on a surface of the rotational member in order to provide a radial path for a carriage that houses a tool tip. A guide track disposed on the surface of the rotational member includes a curved portion that provides a non-linear path. A second drive mechanism drives the carriage transversely along the radial path of the rail track such that a flexible rack gear travels the non-linear path of the guide track. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301201 | Manual Keyboard - A keyboard includes an indicator and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is configured to drive each of a plurality of keyboard zones to move in a synchronous sequence. The drive mechanism simultaneously tilts and abducts each of the plural keyboard zones. The indicator mechanism guides the user when movement should be initiated and when a new use position is reached that is based on the user's needs. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301202 | SENSING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND DETERMINING THE WIDTH OF MEDIA ALONG A FEED PATH - A system to determine the presence and width of a media within a printing system is disclosed which includes a pair of adjustable media guides is provided about a carriage and is axially spaced apart along the length of the carriage. The guides may be manipulated along a horizontal axis in a sliding, synchronized manner and such that the center line of media is maintained along the centerline of the print station. A sensor is provided and affixed to the carriage, the sensor being operable for emitting an optical signal through an aperture located in the carriage. At least one of the guides includes an obstruction which may protrude into the path of the optical signal at defined locations. As the guides move about the horizontal axis, the obstruction may block or otherwise interrupt the optical signal, thereby signaling the sensor and the printer of the media's presence and width. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301203 | MEDIUM ACCOMMODATION CASSETTE, MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The bottom surface of a paper cassette that supports recording paper is configured of a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface. The second bottom surface is formed of a swing member having a fulcrum at the downstream side in the paper feeding direction and being capable of swinging about the fulcrum with the upstream side in the paper feeding direction serving as a free end, thereby providing a structure in which an angle formed by the second bottom surface and a separation slope increases when the second bottom surface is caused to sink downward by a swing of the swing member. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301204 | Capacitor Powered Personal Care Devices - A handheld electronic personal care device (with or without an applicator head) comprising a fast charging capacitor, and one or more electric load elements. The device may or may not be designed for use with one or more personal care compositions. Examples of load elements include heating and cooling elements, electric motors, sound and light elements, data storage and processing elements. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301205 | "Y" shaped writing implement with a mechanical eraser that is located at the writing end of the writing instrument placing the eraser close to the paper and easy to access - A writing implement with a mechanical eraser cartridge, having a forward-positioned eraser and method. The eraser and eraser cartridge runs practically the full length of the writing implement before splitting and deviating at a slight angle outward, near the writing end of the implement, slightly above the position, where upon, the writing end of the implement is held. The eraser is mechanically advanced through the eraser cartridge by the user, and exits the eraser cartridge down at the writing end of the implement. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301206 | ADJUSTABLE APPLICATOR - The present invention generally is an adjustable applicator employed for application of a cosmetic or a care product such as for application of mascara, coloring strands of hair, for dental flossing or for applying pharmaceuticals or cleaning agents. The invention discloses an adjustable applicator comprising an applicator element having a bore, a filament wherein the filament is housed inside the bore of the applicator element and a clasping means wherein the applicator element angularly deforms when a force is applied on the clasping means such that the angular deformation occurs on the radial axis of the applicator element. Also disclosed is a device for packaging and dispensing a substance comprising said adjustable applicator. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301207 | COMBINATION STORAGE UNIT AND APPLICATOR FOR PAINT AND OTHER SURFACE COATING LIQUIDS - A device for touching up painted areas comprises a flexible container, and an applicator support connected to an opening of the container by threads or other attachment means. The applicator support carries an applicator for receiving paint or other coating material held in the container. The applicator is porous, allowing one to apply the paint to the painted areas in need of touch-up by squeezing the container. A cap having an interior space sized to contain the applicator can attach to the applicator support or container to enclose the applicator thereby creating a substantially airtight seal and preventing paint in the applicator and the container from drying out. By detaching the applicator support from the container, paint may be poured into the container. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301208 | CLEANING SYSTEM - A cleaning system comprises a first type of scrubber head having a first type of attachment mechanism and a second type of attachment mechanism and a second type of scrubber head having the first type of attachment mechanism and the second type of attachment mechanism. A first type of cleaning pad may be releasably mounted to either the first scrubber head or the second scrubber head using the first attachment mechanism. A second type of cleaning pad may be releasably mounted to either the first scrubber head or the second scrubber head using the second attachment mechanism. One scrubber head comprises a base comprising a first section and a flexible section. An assembly is movably mounted on the base such that the assembly may be moved to make the flexible section active. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301209 | ORAL CARE FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM - An oral care implement having a fluid dispensing system for dispensing an oral care fluid. In one embodiment, the oral care implement may be a toothbrush including a handle, a neck and a head containing a plurality of tooth cleaning elements. Embodiments of the toothbrush further include a removable container or reservoir including a collapsible bladder that holds the oral care fluid. The bladder is in fluid communication with one or more fluid dispensing outlets disposed in the head. A manually actuated pump disposed in the handle provides the motive force for dispensing the fluid. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301210 | BRUSH FOR USE WITH A COMPOSITION - A brush suitable for use as part of a product dispensing container which includes various characteristics which provide desirable product performance during use. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301211 | Two-way moving structure of a paper folder - A two-way moving structure of the paper folder contains a bottom plate, each including two grooves formed on two sides thereof respectively; two retaining members, each including an insertion and an abutting portion connecting with the insertion, the abutting portion including a receiving area formed on a bottom end thereof and an fastening rib fixed on an inner side of the receiving area; wherein the insertion of the retaining member is inserted into the groove of the bottom plate; two movable member, each including a side slab and at least one post extending outward from an inner side of the side slab, wherein the side slab includes a lock shaft, and the lock shaft of the movable member is placed in the receiving area of the retaining member and is abutted against by the fastening rib, and the two posts of the movable member are connected together. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301212 | Latch Mechanism for Releasably Securing a Seat to a Floor - A latch mechanism selectively securing an apparatus, such as a vehicle seat, to a support surface, such as a floor in a vehicle. The latch mechanism includes a housing portion, and a hook that is supported on the housing portion for movement between an engaged position, wherein the apparatus is secured to the support surface, and a disengaged position, wherein the apparatus is not secured to the support surface. A locking cam is supported on the housing portion for movement between a locking position, wherein the hook is positively retained in the engaged position, and an unlocking position, wherein the hook is not positively retained in the engaged position. Lastly, an anti-chuck cam is supported on the housing portion and engages the hook when the hook is in the engaged position to minimize or prevent rattling thereof. A sensor, such as an electrical switch, generates a signal indicating whether the locking cam is in the locking position, wherein the hook is positively retained in the engaged position, or the unlocking position, wherein the hook is not positively retained in the engaged position. | 2012-11-29 |
20120301213 | BALL JOINT APPARATUS - A ball sheet made of a resin material having a recessed spherical surface and an external peripheral surface, a stud ball having a spherical head portion that engages with the recessed spherical surface in a rotatable manner, and a housing that accommodates the ball sheet which is inserted from an opening portion toward a bottom surface, and comprises a ball sheet insertion unit where an inner peripheral surface is engaged with an external peripheral surface of the ball sheet are provided, wherein an external diameter of the external peripheral surface increases from the bottom surface toward the opening portion, and an internal diameter of the inner peripheral surface increases from the bottom surface toward the opening portion. | 2012-11-29 |