52nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130343642 | MACHINE-LEARNT PERSON RE-IDENTIFICATION - Automated person re-identification may be assisted by consideration of attributes of the person in a joint classification with matching of the person. By both solving for similarities in a plurality of attributes and identities, discriminative interactions may be captured. Automated person re-identification may be assisted by consideration of a semantic color name. Rather than a color histogram, probability distributions are mapped to color terms of the semantic color name. Using other descriptors as well, similarity measures for the various descriptors are weighted and combined into a score. Either or both considerations may be used. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343643 | DETECTING FACIAL SIMILARITY BASED ON HUMAN PERCEPTION OF FACIAL SIMILARITY - Similar faces may be determined within images based on human perception of facial similarity. The user may provide an image including a query face to which the user wishes to find faces that are similar. Similar faces may be determined based on similarity information. Similarity information may be generated from information related to a human perception of facial similarity. Images that include faces determined to be similar, based on the similarity information, may be provided to the user as search result images. The user then may provide feedback to indicate the user's perception of similarity between the query face and the search result images. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343644 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAY CONTENT DETECTION IN OUTPUT DOCUMENTS FOR BILLING DETERMINATIONS - A method and system implementing the method for color pixel counting in images by determining color pixels that, upon marking, appear as visibly color or gray to the human eye by applying a 2-dimensional filter and a reverse color lookup process. An area color computation is performed on a window around each pixel of interest to determine average gray level values for output colors (C, M, Y). Gray line values for each output color are determined and the values for at least two output colors are compared to the average gray level values. If average gray level value for both colors is within a tolerance for the gray line, the pixel is determined as visibly gray. Otherwise, if at least one count is not within the tolerance, the pixel is determined as visibly color. The count of visibly color pixels can be used to determine the billable color pixel count. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343645 | COLOR MATRIX CODE - When an imaging device receives an image file that includes a color barcode, a processor of the imaging device and/or a remote processor may decode the barcode by identifying informational elements and calibration elements in the barcode. When the calibration elements are detected, one or more color model parameters are determined, and a color model is developed. When an informational element is then detected, a color value is determined for the informational element, the color model is applied using the color model parameters to yield an adjusted color value for the informational element, and the adjusted color value is used to decode the color barcode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus, which correctly extracts specular reflected light components of reflected light from an object, and accurately estimates a light source color, is provided. The image processing apparatus calculates a pixel value difference distribution by repeating, for respective pixels, to calculate pixel value differences between a pixel of interest and adjacent pixels in an input image and to calculate similarities between pixel value differences. A light source estimation unit estimates a color of a light source which illuminates an object in the input image based on the calculated distribution. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343647 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing device that identifies a characteristic of a lip from a face image including a mouth of a person has a representative skin color determination unit that determines a representative color of a skin in the face image, a candidate color determination unit that sets a plurality of regions in the face image such that at least one of the regions contains a part of the lip, and determines representative colors of the regions as candidate colors, and a representative lip color determination unit that determines a representative color of the lip from the plurality of candidate colors, in accordance with a difference in hue and saturation between the representative color of the skin and each candidate color. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a prediction section that generates a predicted value of a color difference component of a pixel of an image to be decoded by using a function of a value of a corresponding luminance component, a coefficient calculation section that calculates a coefficient of the function used by the prediction section by referencing a pixel around a block to which the pixel belongs, and a controller that controls a ratio of a number of reference pixels used by the coefficient calculation section to a block size of the block. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343649 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In order to solve the problem that the resolution of a back-scattered electron image without a contrast difference between materials with close atomic numbers is low, an image processing apparatus that performs an image process on a back-scattered electron image as an input image includes: a material peak detection unit that determines a peak luminance value with a peak of a frequency of a luminance histogram based on a luminance value obtained for each measurement position by using the input image as an input and information about material-dependent back-scattered electron generation efficiency, and that outputs the peak luminance value for each material; and an image information adjustment unit that emphasizes a material-dependent contrast on the basis of the input image and the peak luminance value for each material. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343650 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image processor, including: a detecting portion detecting a composition of an input image; a first generating portion generating first information in accordance with an intensity of image processing based on the composition detected by the detecting portion is controlled; a second generating portion detecting a flat portion in which a change in pixel values corresponding to the input image is small, and generating second information in accordance with which an intensity of image processing for the flat portion is controlled; a third generating portion detecting a foreground portion of the input image, and generating third information in accordance with which an intensity of image processing for the foreground portion is controlled; and an image processing portion executing image processing in accordance with an intensity based on the first information, the second information, and the third information. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343651 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a processor coupled to a memory, configured to: perform an analysis of resolution in at least two directions of an image which is taken from a subject having a radial pattern, and determine filter data containing an adjusted weight coefficient which is obtained by adjusting a weight coefficient in one of the two directions, whichever has lower resolution, based on a result of the analysis of the image corrected by filtering on the image in accordance with a blurring function of the image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343652 | CHARACTER STRING EXTRACTION METHOD AND CHARACTER STRING EXTRACTION DEVICE - In a character string extraction method, a character portion, a rim portion, a character frame, and a character string frame are set, a feature value of each image in the character portion and the rim portion is calculated for each character frame, a character string frame evaluation value is calculated based on the feature value for the character string frame, a position of the character string frame is moved on the paper sheet image, and the image in the character portion is extracted by using the character string frame at a position at which the character string frame evaluation value reaches a maximum. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343653 | PATTERN IDENTIFYING APPARATUS - The present invention enables a pattern identifying apparatus that calculates a feature amount and identifies a predetermined pattern, such as a face, based on the calculated feature amount to perform processing for reading a large volume of data at a high speed. To achieve this, a coprime relationship is established between an interval between adjoining processing windows arranged in an image and the number of memories in which the image is interleaved and stored, thereby always establishing an exclusive relationship between the memories from which data at the same position relative to reference points in the respective processing windows is read. It is thus possible to read data simultaneously, resulting in achievement of speedup. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343654 | GENERATING A BINARY DESCRIPTOR REPRESENTING AN IMAGE PATCH - Embodiments described herein provide a system and method for generating a binary descriptor representing an image patch ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130343655 | APPARATUS AND METHOD EXTRACTING FEATURE INFORMATION OF A SOURCE IMAGE - Provided is an apparatus and method for extracting feature information of an image using a scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm. The apparatus may include a first interface configured to generate one or more tile images from a first source image stored in a particular memory, such as a high-capacity short-term memory, and a feature information extractor configured to receive the generated one or more tile images and to respectively extract feature information from each of the one or more input tile images, where the first interface may be configured to generate the one or more tile images by selectively dividing the first source image into the one or more tile images based on a horizontal resolution of the first source image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343656 | IMAGE CREATING DEVICE, IMAGE CREATING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image creating device including a first obtaining unit which obtains an image including a face, a first extraction unit which extracts a face component image relating to main components of the face in the image and a direction of the face, a second obtaining unit which obtains a face contour image associated to the face in the image and a second extraction unit which extracts a direction of a face contour in the face contour image. The image creating device further includes a converting unit which converts at least one of the face component image and the face contour image based on the both directions of the face and the face contour and a creating unit which creates a portrait image by using at least one of the face component image and the face contour image being converted by the converting unit. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343657 | OBJECT DETECTION METADATA - A perimeter around a detected object in a frame of image data can be generated in a first coordinate system. The perimeter can be converted from the first coordinate system into a second coordinate system having the same aspect ratio as the first coordinate system. A first metadata entry can include dimensions of image data in the second coordinate system. A second metadata entry can provide a location and dimensions of the converted perimeter in the second coordinate space. Additional metadata can indicate matching objects between frames, position of an object relative to other objects in a frame, a probability that an object is correctly detected, and a total number of objects detected across multiple frames of image data. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343658 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING REGULAR GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES IN DOCUMENT PAGES - A system and method for identifying regular geometric structures in a document page are disclosed. In the method, for a document page for which a set of page elements have been identified, the method includes identifying, where present, geometric relations among a subset of the page elements, from a predefined set of geometric relations, and a geometric structure comprising regular rows and regular columns, based on the identified geometric relations. Constraints of a definition of a regular geometric structure are applied to the identified geometric structure and, where the subset of page elements includes regular rows and regular columns forming a geometric structure which meets the constraints of the definition of a regular geometric structure, the subset of the page elements is identified as forming a regular geometric structure and may be labeled or tested to determine if it can be expanded by adding one or more rows or columns. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343659 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343660 | PIXEL DATA COMPRESSION DEVICE - A pixel data compression device is provided. The device includes: a first judgment unit for comparing a number of bits of a value of first pixel data and a number of bits of a value of second pixel data with a number of reference bits; a format determination unit for determining a format of compressed data, the format corresponding to the number of bits of the value of the first pixel data and the number of bits of the value of the second pixel data; and a compression unit for generating the compressed data, which corresponds to the format of the compressed data, from the first pixel data and the second pixel data. The compressed data includes a flag region, a first data region, and a second data region. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE STORAGE AND ANALYSIS - An image storage and retrieval system is provided with means for matching and retrieving images based on image content, rather than image file names. In one embodiment, an image storing tool is configured to store an image in a relational database table. The image storing tool converts a compressed image back to the original image with the actual pixel values block-by-block until the entire image line as derived by the width has been decoded for one component or all interleaved components. In another embodiment, an image matching tool is configured to retrieve a stored image in a relational database table and return data values associated with the image. The image matching tool matches image content of an input image against each retrieved image in the relational database table on a line-by-line basis from top to bottom within the same image number and component number. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343662 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, AND MOVING PICTURE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - A prediction mode selection unit selects, before a pixel subject to encoding is encoded, a prediction mode used to encode the pixel subject to encoding, using a local decoded value of a pixel on a line preceding a line including the pixel subject to encoding by at least 1 line in the order of encoding and in accordance with a predetermined conditional expression, and determines a prediction mode index corresponding to the selected prediction mode. A prediction mode index storage unit stores the prediction mode index. A prediction unit generates a predicted value for the pixel subject to encoding, based on the prediction mode index for the pixel subject to encoding read from the prediction mode index storage unit and using local decoded values of a plurality of adjacent pixels. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343663 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method which allow the encoding efficiency to be improved. The image processing apparatus includes: a determination unit which determines whether neighboring motion information is available or unavailable, the neighboring motion information being motion information of a neighboring region located around a current region and being used to encode motion information of the current region to be processed; and an encoding unit which encodes the motion information of the current region by using available motion information of another neighboring region in place of the motion information of the neighboring region determined by the determination unit to be unavailable. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343664 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE, PROGRAM THEREFOR, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DECODING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image coding method for dividing an input image into a plurality of divisional blocks having different sizes, and coding the image for each of the divisional blocks includes acquiring attribute information of a target block, setting a control parameter for controlling an image quality of the target block, determining a prediction control parameter based on the attribute information, calculating a difference value between the control parameter and the prediction control parameter, and coding the calculated difference value. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343665 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE, PROGRAM THEREFOR, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DECODING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus includes a division unit configured to divide an input image into a plurality of subblocks subjected to quantization control a subblock quantization parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a quantization parameter of each of the subblocks, a basic block quantization parameter calculation unit configured to set a basic block including at least two subblocks and to calculate a quantization parameter of the basic block, a difference value calculation unit configured to calculate a difference value between the quantization parameter of the basic block and the quantization parameter of each subblock included in the basic block, and a difference value coding unit configured to code the difference value. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343666 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - The image coding method is used to code images to generate a coded stream. The image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set in the coded stream to be generated, a first parameter representing a first bit-depth that is a bit-depth of a reconstructed sample in the images; and writing, into the sequence parameter set, a second parameter which is different from the first parameter and represents a second bit-depth that is a bit-depth of an Intra Pulse Code Modulation (IPCM) sample in the images. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343667 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - When performing pipeline processes by a prediction method determination unit, prediction coding unit, and entropy coding unit, the size of a block of an integer conversion unit (transform unit: TU) is set smaller than the size of a CU (Coding Unit). A generated code amount is fed back to the prediction coding unit on the TU basis, reducing a feedback delay and increasing the quantization control accuracy. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343668 | Low Delay Low Complexity Lossless Compression System - A method for compressing data is disclosed. The method may include receiving data from one or more data sources. The method may also include selectively classifying the data into one or more data streams, the one or more data streams including at least PCM-encoded data and image data. The method may further include separately compressing the PCM-encoded data and the image data into first and second compressed bit-streams. The method may also include shuffling the first and second compressed bit-streams. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343669 | BLUR-KERNEL ESTIMATION FROM SPECTRAL IRREGULARITIES - A method for deriving a blur kernel from a blurred image is provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining a blurred image B, being a product of a blur kernel k applied to an original image I; calculating f | 2013-12-26 |
20130343670 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING INPUT IMAGE DATA INTO OUTPUT IMAGE DATA, IMAGE CONVERSION UNIT FOR CONVERTING INPUT IMAGE DATA INTO OUTPUT IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE - In a method and device for improving image rendition by contrast and/or sharpness enhancement the sharpness enhancement is made dependent on the local average luminance value. A mix is made of spatially enhanced image signals is used, wherein for various signal differing spatial frequencies are boosted. The mixing factors for mixing of the boosted signals are dependent on a local average luminance value such that the distribution over frequency bands shifts to higher frequencies and sharper enhancement as the luminance value increases. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343671 | METHOD FOR MINIMIZING SCINTILLATION IN DYNAMIC IMAGES - A method for reducing scintillation in an image of a scene includes receiving an input sequence of images of the scene and grouping a first plurality of images of the sequence of images into a first subset of images comprising a first number of images that occur in sequence within the input sequence of images of the scene. The method also includes grouping a second plurality of images of the sequence of images into a second subset of images comprising a second number of images that occur in sequence within the input sequence of images of the scene. The method further includes generating a set of averaged images comprising an averaged image for the first subset of images and an averaged image for the second subset of image and outputting a composite image based at least the set of averaged images. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION - A method is provided for reconstructing an image of an object that includes image elements. The method includes accessing measurement data associated with the image elements, introducing an auxiliary variable to transform an original problem of reconstructing the image to a constrained optimization problem, and solving the constrained optimization problem using a method of multipliers to create a sequence of sub-problems and solve the sequence of sub-problems. Solving the sequence of sub-problems includes reconstructing the image by optimizing a first objective function. The first objective function is optimized by iteratively solving a nested sequence of approximate optimization problems. An inner loop iteratively optimizes a second objective function approximating the first objective function. An outer loop utilizes the solution of the second objective function to optimize the first objective function. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION - A method is provided for iteratively reconstructing an image of an object. The method includes accessing measurement data associated with the image, and using a simultaneous algorithm to reconstruct the image. Using the simultaneous algorithm to reconstruct the image includes determining a scaling factor that is voxel-dependent, and applying the voxel-dependent scaling factor to a gradient of an objective function to reconstruct the image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALING DIGITAL IMAGES - Methods, computer devices, and computer readable media containing instructions for executing such methods are provided for the modification of digital images having a plurality of visual elements. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343675 | WEIGHT BAG ASSEMBLY - A bag assembly that includes a bag portion that includes a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and first and second side walls that all cooperate to define an open top and an interior, and a bladder disposed in the bag portion. The bag portion includes a first flap that extends from the back wall and a second flap that extends from the front wail. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343676 | STORAGE BAG WITH SHAPE-RETAINING STRIPS AT OPENING AND AN EXPANDABLE BOTTOM END - A storage bag has first and second side surfaces, and a sealable and an unsealable opening. A bottom end of the bag is movable between a flat configuration with the first and second side surfaces positioned adjacent to each other, and an expanded configuration with the first and second side surfaces being spaced from each other. Shape retaining strips are provided adjacent to the opening that can maintain the shape of the opening. The shape retaining strips are capable of maintaining the opening of the bag such that a distance between the first and second side surfaces at the top end of the bag is about equal to the distance between the first and second side surfaces at the bottom end of the bag. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343677 | PORTABLE BAG HOLDER AND KIT - A portable bag holder, kit and method are provided for maintaining a bag mouth of a disposable bag in an open position. The portable bag mouth holder may be provided in combination with one or a plurality of receptacles such that the bag mouth is maintained in an open position of contents in the bag. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343678 | SLIDER FOR A FASTENER ASSEMBLY OF A STORAGE BAG - A slider is provided for use with a fastener assembly of a storage bag. The slider includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a top wall connecting the first and second sidewalls. The slider also includes pressing legs for pressing together interlocking profiles of fastener strips, and a separating leg for separating the interlocked profiles. The slider has an asymmetric configuration that allows the slider to be moved closer to an end-stop formed in the fastener strips. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343679 | FLEXIBLE PACKAGE AND A METHOD OF TEARING THE SAME APART - A bag-like flexible package is provided which is made of a flexible sheet capable of preventing unintended breakage, has good packing operation workability and a good stability of holding shock-absorbing materials, and exhibits a good workability for operations of suspended ceiling installation and wall mounting installation. The flexible package is made of flexible sheet and has a bag-like configuration having opening at one end thereof whereby it can receive goods therein that are inserted through opening. The flexible package has outwardly convex ridges, outwardly concave valleys, and notches formed on opening. Ridges and valleys are alternately arranged on flexible sheet , and extend in a direction that is orthogonal to or that is oblique to opening . | 2013-12-26 |
20130343680 | Linear Guide Device - There is provided a linear guide device which enables easy management of the amount of clearance between a side seal member and guide rail, which can reduce the amount of fine particles which escape to the outside of the side seal member. Such a linear guide device is suitable for being used in a clean room environment. The linear guide device is provided with a side seal member attached to an axial direction end part of a slider while providing a predetermined amount of clearance with a guide rail. The side seal member is formed integrally and has a thickness in the axial direction of 25 to 140 times the amount of clearance. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343681 | METHODS OF OPERATING A BEARING APPARATUS INCLUDING TILTING PADS - Embodiments of the invention relate to tilting pad bearing assemblies and apparatuses. The disclosed tilting pad bearing assemblies and apparatuses may be employed in downhole motors of a subterranean drilling system or other mechanical systems. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly or apparatus includes a support ring and a plurality of tilting pads. Each tilting pad is tilted and/or tiltably secured relative to the support ring. In some embodiments, one or more of the tilting pads include a plurality of superhard bearing segments assembled to form a superhard bearing surface. One or more seams may be positioned between adjacent superhard bearing segments of the superhard bearing segments. In other embodiments, one or more of the tilting pads may include at least one or only one superhard bearing segment, such as a polycrystalline diamond bearing segment. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343682 | SLIDING BEARING SHELL COMPRISING A COLLECTING GROOVE - The present invention relates to a sliding bearing shell comprising an oil bore ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130343683 | BEARING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When temperature of lubricating oil is raised at a time of low-temperature, of an outer peripheral side of a radial plain bearing in a bearing retaining unit, heat is not supplied from a heating medium in a thermal medium flow path on the outer peripheral side of a halved bearing metal in a bearing retaining unit body, which has a large thermal capacity, and instead, heat is supplied from the heating medium in the thermal medium flow path on the outer peripheral side of a halved bearing metal in the cap, which has a small thermal capacity. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343684 | METHOD FOR FILLING A BALL ROLLER BEARING WITH ROLL BODIES AS WELL AS A BALL ROLLER BEARING FILLED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - A method for filling a ball roller bearing with roll bodies, and a ball roller bearing, which is filled according to the method and has an outer and an inner bearing ring and a plurality of ball rollers, which are arranged between these bearing rings and have two side surfaces, which are flattened symmetrically from a basic spherical shape, parallel to one another and held at uniform distances from one another by a bearing cage. The ball rollers roll in groove-shaped raceways, recessed in the inner face of the outer bearing ring and the outer face of the inner bearing ring. The ball roller bearing is filled by an eccentric axial, tilting fitting of the ball rollers through the interval between the bearing rings in the form, that the filled ball roller bearing is filled to the extent of about 94% and has a service life of up to 253%. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343685 | ROLLING BEARING WITH A LATERAL FILLING OPENING - The invention concerns a rolling bearing ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130343686 | Low Resistance Wheel - This art is a part from, but more-so a means of enabling maneuverability. By the use of a large bearings to tumble over, and around it's circumfluence. The larger the circumfluence, the less drag would be imposed upon the maneuverability of the wheel chair. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343687 | MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING THE ROTATION DIRECTION AND SPEED OF AN INNER RING AND AN OUTER RING OF A ROTARY BEARING - A mechanism for adjusting the rotation direction and the speed of an inner ring and an outer ring of a rotary bearing is provided. The mechanism includes a base, a main bearing module being through the base, multiple supporting rotary bearings mounted on the base and surrounded the main bearing module, and a transmission mechanism. In the application for contact type bearing, it also includes multiple rolling elements. In the application for non-contact type bearing, it also includes a fluid. The present invention provides with the transmission mechanism to connect with the main bearing module to make the inner ring and the outer ring rotate properly. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343688 | ASSEMBLY AS BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR THE ROTATIONAL MOUNTING OF MACHINE AND PLANT PARTS - A bearing arrangement for rotational mounting of machine and plant components, comprising a nose ring, a bearing ring and a retaining ring of a large rolling bearing serving as a main mounting of a rotor of a wind power installation, and further comprising a plurality of tapered-roller rolling bearing arrays, particularly at least two tapered-roller rolling element arrays, which roll circulatingly about a main axis of rotation about the axial direction, and further comprising at least one cylindrical roller array arranged perpendicularly to the tapered-roller rolling element arrays and operative to support radial force components, wherein the plurality of tapered-roller rolling bearing arrays for supporting all axial force components are arranged parallel to one another, and planes of the tapered-roller rolling element arrays in which the tapered-roller rolling element arrays rotate about the axial main axis upon rotational movement of the mounted part do not intersect. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343689 | ROLLER BEARING - A roller bearing capable of effectively improving the service life of the roller bearing is provided by performing surface treatment with coating. A cylindrical roller bearing includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface that faces the outer ring raceway surface; and a plurality of cylindrical rollers rollably disposed between the outer ring raceway surface and the inner ring raceway surface. The inner ring raceway surface of the inner ring is provided with a black oxidation coating, and a rolling contact surface of each cylindrical roller is provided with a diamond-like carbon coating. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343690 | ROLLER BEARING - A roller bearing capable of effectively restraining occurrence of smearing or the like is provided. A cylindrical roller bearing includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface that faces the outer ring raceway surface; and a plurality of cylindrical rollers rollably disposed between the outer ring raceway surface and the inner ring raceway surface. The inner ring raceway surface of the inner ring is provided with a manganese phosphate coating, and a rolling contact surface of each cylindrical roller is provided with a diamond-like carbon coating. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343691 | Axle Assembly Having a Bearing Adjuster Mechanism - An axle assembly having a housing, a bearing, and a bearing adjuster mechanism. The bearing adjuster mechanism may include an adjuster ring and a lock ring. The adjuster ring may have a set of teeth and exert a preload force upon the bearing. The lock ring may include a lock tab portion that extends between two teeth and engages a lock ring positioning feature disposed on the housing to inhibit rotation of the adjuster ring. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343692 | LOW POWER ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR - An electro-optic modulator includes a substrate, a pair of transmission lines, a first strip-shaped electrode, and a pair of second strip-shaped electrodes. The substrate includes a surface and a reversely-polarized portion. The transmission lines are formed in the surface and extend substantially in parallel with each other. One of the transmission lines is formed within the reversely-polarized portion and the other is out of the reversely-polarized portion. The first strip-shaped electrode is formed on the surface and covers the transmission lines. The second strip-shaped electrodes are positioned at two sides of the first strip-shaped electrodes and parallel with the first strip-shaped electrode. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343693 | ALTERNATING TRAVELING-WAVE MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR - Disclosed herein is a traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator and method of operating same that advantageously exhibits a reduced optical insertion loss as compared with contemporary Mach-Zehnder structures. Such advantage comes at the modest expense of increased modulator length and increased RF loss. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343694 | OPTICAL GATE SWITCH - An object of the present invention is to realize an optical gate switch of a monolithic integration type which can avoid problems of losses caused by light coupling of a phase modulation unit to a interferometer optical circuit unit, and can be minimized by integration. The optical gate switch according to the present invention includes an optical waveguide wafer in which a quantum well having a phase modulation effect which is generated by an intersubband transition is set as a core layer; a Michelson interferometer formed on the optical waveguide wafer; and a variable light intensity attenuation unit adjusting a light balance of an interferometer in one of reflection side arms of the Michelson interferometer reflection. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343695 | POLARIZATION SPLITTING OPTICAL COUPLER - A coupler/splitter including two neighboring coplanar waveguide portions extending in a same direction, the first portion having a constant cross-section, the second portion having a variable cross-section so that the effective index of the second waveguide portion varies, in the upstream-to-downstream direction, from a first lower value to a second value higher than the effective index of the first portion, in adiabatic coupling conditions. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343696 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical integrated circuit may include a substrate including a single crystalline semiconductor material, a passive element extending in a <100> crystal orientation of the substrate and including the single crystalline semiconductor material, and an active element extending in a <110> crystal orientation of the substrate and including the single crystalline semiconductor material. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343697 | INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONIC MODULE - An integrated optoelectronic module comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a single-mode optical waveguide comprising a semiconductor with a signal input section at a first end; a multi-mode optical waveguide comprising a semiconductor connected to a second end of the single-mode optical waveguide; and a photodiode disposed on and adjacent to the multi-mode interferometer waveguide and having at least one optical absorption layer section, wherein the single-mode optical waveguide, the multi-mode optical waveguide, and the photodiode being stacked on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the multi-mode interferometer waveguide comprises a reflection section formed by partly grooving the multi-mode interferometer waveguide, and an optical signal having propagated through the multi-mode interferometer waveguide is reflected by the reflection section and focused on the optical absorption layer section. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343698 | IR REFLOWABLE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - An optical connector includes a plastic lens body having a CTE sufficient to withstand solder reflow. The optical connector includes a substrate to electrically connect to a circuit, and the optical-electrical conversion can occur on the connector. The substrate can include a laser diode and a photodetector to convert optical and electrical signals. The laser diode and photodetector can be controlled by a controller on the substrate. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343699 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER WITH REDUCED PHYSICAL DIMENSION - A wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer includes an optical block having a plurality of protrusions positioned at a first side, wherein at least one of the protrusions has a first inclined plane configured to reflect a light propagating in the optical block to a second inclined plane of the protrusion. Another wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer includes an optical block having a first side, a plurality of depressions indented from the first side, wherein at least one of the depressions has a first inclined plane configured to reflect a light to a second side and a second inclined plane configured to reflect the light from the second side. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343700 | OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY CONNECTIVITY SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVERS AND/OR MULTIPLE TRUNK CABLES - A transition device for an optical fiber connection system adapted to interconnect a trunk cable with a plurality of transceivers includes: a first set of at least four optical fibers, each of the optical fibers having a trunk end and a transceiver end; a single trunk end terminal having a plurality of trunk ports arranged in a first row, each port connected with a respective one of the set of optical fibers at its trunk end, wherein a first axis of symmetry divides the ports; and a plurality of transceiver end terminals, each of the transceiver end terminals having at least one couplet of transceiver ports, each of the couplets of transceiver ports receiving a respective couplet of the set of optical fibers at their transceiver ends. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343701 | UPSTREAM FIBER OPTIC COUPLERS AND METHODS FOR POWER SPLITTING PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A fiber optic coupler includes a housing that receives upstream optical signals from drop optical fibers that are optically coupled to optical network units in a power splitting passive optical network and provides an aggregate upstream optical signal to a trunk optical fiber that is optically coupled to an optical line terminal in the power splitting passive optical network, without having passed through a power splitter. At least one reflector and/or refractor in the housing is oriented to reflect and/or refract at least one upstream optical signal from at least one of the drop optical fibers, so as to produce the aggregate upstream optical signal for the trunk optical fiber. Various configurations of reflectors and/or refractors may be provided. Relative methods are also disclosed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343702 | OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY HAVING FIBER BRAGG GRATING - An optical fiber assembly includes an optical fiber and a lens. The optical fiber defines a receiving groove in an end surface thereof. The lens is held in the receiving groove and includes a substrate and a Bragg grating. The Bragg grating includes a number of film layers stacked on the substrate. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343703 | LIGHT DIFFUSING FIBERS WITH INTEGRATED MODE SHAPING LENSES - A method including the steps of providing a light-diffusing optical fiber ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130343704 | COMPACT MODE-SIZE TRANSITION USING A FOCUSING REFLECTOR - Disclosed herein are techniques, methods, structures and apparatus for optically coupling optical waveguides and optical structures exhibiting different widths in which In which a focusing reflector is used to optically couple a relatively wide optical waveguide to a relatively narrow optical waveguide. An exemplary method according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: providing the first waveguide that is 5 or more wavelengths in width; providing the second waveguide that is 3 or less wavelengths in width; coupling light emanating from the first waveguide to the second waveguide through the effect of a slab waveguide having a curved edge. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343705 | CLADDING DEFINED TRANSMISSION GRATING - Disclosed herein are techniques, methods, structures and apparatus for providing photonic structures and integrated circuits with optical gratings disposed within cladding layer(s) of those structures and circuits. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343706 | Cable Guide Boot Assembly - A cable guide boot assembly for attachment to a connector and guiding a cable is provided, including a boot portion and a connector portion. The connector portion is configured to be non-rotary fixed to the connector and to extend from the connector in a first direction relative to a mating direction of the connector, and includes a first connection portion having a non-circular circumferential shape relative to the first direction. The boot portion a second connection portion mated to the first connection portion. The second connection portion is configured to receive the first connection portion, such that the boot portion is attachable to the connector portion in a discrete number of twisting angles with respect to the first relative direction. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343707 | CABLE AND CONNECTOR ADAPTER ASSEMBLY - An adapter that comprises an outer housing, an inner shell, a contact insert, and at least one of an optical contact and an electrical contact. The outer housing has opposing first and second ends, and at least the first end has a coupling member. The inner shell has opposing first and second ends and is received in the outer housing. The first end corresponds to the first end of the outer housing. First and second receiving sections are defined in the inner shell and terminate at the first and second ends, respectively. The contact insert is received in the first receiving section of the inner shell. The contact insert has a dielectric body and at least one passageway extending therethrough. The at least one optical contact and electrical contact are received in the at least one passageway of the contact insert. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343708 | FIELD TERMINABLE FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector and a carrier. The connector has a first and second ends and a terminated fiber. The fiber defines a first end adjacent the first end of the connector and a second end protruding out of the second end of the connector. A carrier having a connector end and an opposite cable end is engaged with the connector. An alignment structure on the carrier includes a first end, a second end and a throughhole and also a cutaway extending perpendicularly to and communicating with the throughhole. The fiber is positioned within at least a portion of the throughhole with the second end located within the cutaway. A window is within the cutaway over the second end of the fiber for visually inspecting the alignment of the second end of the fiber with an end of another fiber. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343709 | FERRULE ASSEMBLIES EMPLOYING MECHANICAL INTERFACES FOR OPTICAL FIBERS, AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein include ferrule assemblies employing mechanical interfaces for optical fibers and related component and methods. The ferrule assemblies may be used in fiber optic connectors to precisely position the optical fiber relative to the ferrule to facilitate an optical connection with another optical device. In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the ferrule assemblies include a ferrule that includes an inner surface forming a ferrule bore. Each of the ferrules may also include an end portion of an optical fiber disposed in the ferrule bore. The inner surface of the ferrule bore abuts against an outer surface of the optical fiber to form a mechanical interface. In this manner, the mechanical interface secures the optical fiber within the ferrule bore and precisely positioned relative to the ferrule. This mechanical interface may eliminate the need for epoxy or other means to secure the optical fiber within the ferrule bore. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343710 | SIMULTANEOUS THERMAL FORMING OF FERRULE AND OPTICAL FIBER IN A FERRULE ASSEMBLY TO THERMALLY FORM AN OPTICAL SURFACE IN THE FERRULE ASSEMBLY, AND RELATED FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS, FIBER CONNECTORS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS - Simultaneous thermal forming of a ferrule and optical fiber as part of a ferrule assembly to thermally form an optical surface in the ferrule assembly. Related fiber optic components, connectors, assemblies, and methods are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the ferrule assembly is comprised of a ferrule and an optical fiber having an end portion extending from an end face of the ferrule. The ferrule may be made from a material or material composition having the same or similar thermal energy absorption characteristics as the optical fiber disposed in the ferrule. Thus, when the end face of the ferrule and an end portion of an optical fiber are simultaneously exposed to a wavelength(s) of a laser beam emitted by a laser, at least a portion of the end face of the ferrule and end portion of the optical fiber are both thermally formed together to form an optical surface. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343711 | OPTICAL-ELECTRIC CONVERSION CONNECTOR - An optical-electric conversion connector configured to be connected to a mating connector. The optical-electric conversion connector includes an optical semiconductor element for converting between an optical signal and an electrical signal; a supporting member for supporting the optical semiconductor element; a contact member connected to the optical semiconductor element for contacting with a mating contact member of the mating connector; a first resin member formed of a transparent resin for integrally holding the optical semiconductor element, the supporting member, and the contact member, and a second resin member mounted on an outer surface of the first resin member. The first resin member is arranged to seal at least the optical semiconductor element. A method of producing the optical-electric conversion connector includes an element arrangement step, a conductive member connecting step, a first resin molding step, and a second resin molding step. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343712 | OPTICAL FIBER TAPE CORE WIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD, MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL FIBER TAPE CORE WIRE AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE MANUFACTURED WITH SAID MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an method of manufacturing an optical fiber tape core wire with which, even when the optical fiber tape core wire is separated into optical fiber wires, it can be determined which optical fiber tape core wire each optical fiber wire is associated with. A fiber running length adjustment device | 2013-12-26 |
20130343713 | MULTI-CORE CABLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multi-core cable includes an insulated electronic wire arranged in the center of a cross-section of the cable, an insulated electronic wire arranged in proximity to the insulated electronic wire and having a diameter smaller than that of the insulated electronic wire, an even number of coaxial electronic wires arranged on the same circumference in the periphery of the insulated electronic wire and the insulated electronic wire, and a tensile strength fiber arranged in gaps between the coaxial electronic wires and the insulated electronic wire and the insulated electronic wire. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343714 | COATED OPTICAL FIBER - A coated glass fiber | 2013-12-26 |
20130343715 | Single Crystals with Internal Doping with Laser Ions Prepared by a Hydrothermal Method - Single heterogeneous crystals are described that contain multiple regimes, adjacent regimes varying from one another with regard to function. Also disclosed is a hydrothermal epitaxial growth process that can be utilized to form the single heterogeneous crystals. The single heterogeneous crystals can exhibit enhanced performance when used as a laser gain medium as compared to previously known single crystals and multi-crystal constructs. The heterogeneous single crystal can be utilized for thin disk lasers and can minimize the thermal distortion effects at high powers. The heterogeneous crystal can also serve as an embedded waveguide. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343716 | OPTICAL CABLE TERMINAL BOX - An optical cable terminal box for distributing an optical cable with a plurality of cores to subscriber lines is provided. The optical cable terminal box may include a housing having a slot, the slot having a first receiving groove formed at an edge of the slot. The optical cable terminal box may also include a cover member coupled to the housing to close the slot, and the cover member may have a second receiving groove formed at an edge of the cover member. When the cover member closes the slot, the first and second grooves may be coupled to each other to form a wiring hole that is configured to pass an optical cable therethrough. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343717 | COATED OPTICAL FIBER - A coated optical fiber | 2013-12-26 |
20130343718 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLAYBACK OF MEDIA PLAYER - A portable electronic device for controlling playback of a media player includes an image gathering unit, an image analyzing unit, and a communicating unit. The image gathering unit takes an image of the media player, including the current video frame and a background view around the media player. The image analyzing unit analyzes a color difference in the gathered image between the current video frame image and the back ground view image, and generates an image compensation signal based on the color difference. The communication unit transmits an image compensation signal to the media player to adjust the output of the video frames being displayed. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343719 | System and Method for Improved Video Operations - A method of video operations includes generating derivative byproducts related to encoded video captured of a scene, initializing a first operation based on the encoded video, and initializing a second operation different from the first operation based on the derivative byproducts. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343720 | Providing Plot Explanation Within A Video - A video map comprising a first plurality of segment definitions defining video segments within a video, the defining being responsive to at least one presentation of the video less in length than the length of the video; a first segment definition that defines a first video segment within the video and is associated with an actual identity of a locale depicted within the first video segment, the actual identity of the locale being different than a locale identity as represented in the video; a second segment definition that defines a second video segment within the video and is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within the second video segment; and a third segment definition that defines a third video segment within the video and is associated with an explanation of a depiction within the third video segment. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343721 | Playing A Video Presentation With Playback Functions - A video map comprising a first plurality of segment definitions defining video segments within a video, the defining being responsive to at least one presentation of the video less in length than the length of the video; a first segment definition that defines a first video segment within the video and is associated with an actual identity of a locale depicted within the first video segment, the actual identity of the locale being different than a locale identity as represented in the video; a second segment definition that defines a second video segment within the video and is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within the second video segment; and a third segment definition that defines a third video segment within the video and is associated with an explanation of a depiction within the third video segment. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED AND PARALLEL VIDEO EDITING, TAGGING AND INDEXING - A system and method for having a media engine, client, workflow engine and server. The media engine takes digital or analog real-time video or video-on-demand as an input. Clients connect to the media engine, workflow engine and server. Depending on the client's capabilities, including software features, training and location, the workflow engine will drive required units of work to the client asking them to be fulfilled. This system enables efficient offline, real-time or faster than real-time editing, tagging and indexing of media by one or more clients at the same time. Unlimited numbers of users, tags and indexing functions to take place in parallel on a single video feed at the same time and managed through a rule based workflow engine. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343723 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, whereby playback of PG and TextST images can be controlled from a BD-J application. There are defined a mono PG/TextST stream of a PG/TextST image that is a mono image serving as a 2D image, a stereo PG/TextST stream of a PG/TextST image that is a stereo image serving as a 3D image, and a PG/TextST stream for offset of a PG/TextST image that is a mono image to be used fro generating a stereo image along with an offset value for giving disparity to the mono image, as a PG/TextST stream of a PG/TextST image. An stream selecting API selects a mono PG/TextST stream, a stereo PG/TextST stream, or a PG/TextST stream for offset. The present invention may be applied to a BD player configured to play a BD, or the like. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, whereby playback of PG and TextST images can be controlled from a BD-J application. There are defined a mono PG/TextST stream of a PG/TextST image that is a mono image serving as a 2D image, a stereo PG/TextST stream of a PG/TextST image that is a stereo image serving as a 3D image, and a PG/TextST stream for offset of a PG/TextST image that is a mono image to be used for generating a stereo image along with an offset value for giving disparity to the mono image, as a PG/TextST stream of a PG/TextST image. An stream selecting API selects a mono PG/TextST stream, a stereo PG/TextST stream, or a PG/TextST stream for offset. The present invention may be applied to a BD player configured to play a BD, or the like. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343725 | CORRELATION-BASED SYSTEM FOR WATERMARKING CONTINUOUS DIGITAL MEDIA - A correlation-based system for watermarking continuous digital media at the system application level. It is a post-compression process for watermarking where no a priori knowledge of the underlying compression algorithm is required. Per each compressed media frame, a current unique digital signature is generated based on the data from the current compressed frame plus the digital signature that has been previously generated. The signature thus generated is then used in conjunction with the next compressed frame to generate the next unique digital signature. All digital signatures are correlated according to the above process until a “reset” signal is issued. A new chain of correlated digital signatures is produced by the system with a pre-determined initial signature. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343726 | VIDEO CREATION MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods for facilitating collaboration between video creators/publishers and users in need of video creations and/or publication of videos are provided. A profile component receives and stores profile information regarding video creators. A video request component receives a request for at least creation of a video, the request indicating one or more characteristics associated with the creation of the video. A search component responds to the request and searches the profile information in connection with identifying one or more of the video creators that can create the video based on a correlation between their respective profile information and the one or more characteristics associated with the video creation. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC VIDEO EDITING - A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that cause a computerized system to: process a media stream to extract metadata about characteristics of the media stream; display to a user the metadata; receive from the user an instruction to generate a modified media stream that is responsive to at least one characteristic that is represented by the metadata; and process the media stream to generate a modified media stream, in response to the instruction. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343728 | IMAGING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - It is desired to obtain a more valuable picture from the viewpoint of a person seeing the picture. An imaging device ( | 2013-12-26 |
20130343729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC VIDEO EDITING - A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that cause a computerized system to: acquire at least one picture; analyze the at least one picture to provide analysis result; suggest to a user to acquire at least one other picture, if the analysis result indicates that there is a need to acquire at least one other picture; acquire the at least one other picture if instructed by the user; receive from the user metadata related to an acquired picture, the acquired picture is selected out of the at least one picture and the at least one other picture; and process the acquired picture in response to the metadata. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343730 | INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEMS WITH CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES - An interactive television system is provided in which a user can use an interactive television application to establish time-based settings. The user may set television program reminders, advance-order pay-per-view programs, schedule programs for recording and establish parental controls to prevent television viewing during certain times on certain channels. The interactive television application may be used to support video recorder functions such as personal video recorder functions implemented locally on the user's set-top box or other equipment and network-based video recorder functions implemented using servers at cable television headends and other network locations. The interactive television application may also be used to deliver video-on-demand content. When the user requests that video be delivered, conflicts may arise between the requested video delivery and the previously-established time-based settings. The interactive television application may provide the user with on-screen options that allow the user to select how to resolve these conflicts. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING STORAGE IN NETWORK VIDEO RECORDERS - The subject matter discloses a method, comprising obtaining a current retention time of storage associated with a digital recorder; obtaining current bitrates of channels used to transmit video captured by edge devices communicating with the digital recorder. The method then determines change in compression rates to be allocated to at least a portion of the channels according to the current retention time and the current bitrates and transmits the change in compression rates to be allocated to the channels to edge devices communicating with the digital recorder. The method can be implemented in a system in which several digital recorders use the same storage. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343732 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS WHICH CHANGES FRAME RATE BASED ON ZOOM OPERATION - An imaging unit outputs a video signal at a frame rate higher than a standard frame rate. During a zoom operation period or a period including the zoom operation period and periods before and after the zoom operation, a video signal from the imaging unit is recorded in a recording medium at a high recording frame rate. Other than this period, a video signal is recorded in the recording medium at the standard frame rate. The recording frame rate and zoom operation information is recorded as metadata in the recording medium. During reproduction, based on a set reproduction mode, thinning processing is carried out on a video signal recorded during a zoom operation, and the processed signal is output at the standard frame rate. In this way, it is possible to change a frame rate in view of a photographer's intention and assure compatibility with existing viewing and reproduction environments. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343733 | PANORAMA PICTURE SCROLLING - Systems and methods of displaying panorama images can provide for copying a first portion of a panorama image to a first memory space, and mapping a display to the first memory space. A copy may be initiated of a second portion of the panorama image to a second memory space in response to a scroll view associated with the display transitioning to a predetermined position. In addition, the display may be mapped to the second memory space in response to a transition of the scroll view into an overlap region that is shared by the first and second portions of the panorama image. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343734 | CONCRETE CYLINDER CURING BOX AND METHOD - The present disclosure describes a curing box including a circulation assembly which substantially eliminates temperature stratification of a first fluid within the box. Additionally, the curing box includes an internal temperature sensor and an external temperature sensor which provide data to a control module. The control module permits adjustment of the fluid temperature within the box. The present disclosure additionally provides a method for curing a specimen in the curing box. The method compares the temperature signal from the external sensor to the internal sensor and adjusts the temperature of the fluid in the box to match the temperature reported by the external sensor. Additionally, the method controls the flow of a second fluid into the box thereby circulating the first fluid to substantially eliminate temperature stratification of the first fluid in the box. Thus, the method provides a controlled environment for curing the specimen. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343735 | Waterproof Case For Camera And Camera Device Having The Same - The present disclosure provides a waterproof case for a camera, comprising a front cover for receiving the camera and a rear cover hinged to the front cover, the front cover is secured to the rear cover via a locking structure, wherein an annular waterproof groove is defined in an end surface of a side wall of the front case for receiving a first sealing ring, the waterproof groove extends along a circumferential direction of the end surface and is engageable with a pressing strip arranged at a position on the rear cover corresponding to the waterproof groove to clamp the first sealing ring, and at least one protruding tenon is arranged on the end surface to be engageable with at least one mortise defined at a corresponding position on the rear cover. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343736 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL PAD FOR AN UNDERWATER CAMERA HOUSING - The invention comprises an underwater camera housing having a body and handles on the body. The body also carries a pad positioned on the body so that the pad is accessible for use by a user substantially without the user being required to remove a hand from the most adjacent handle. The pad is able to be pressed at any point of its periphery and links mounted on the body between the pad and, in use, a position adjacent the controls of a camera are such that by pressing the pad the camera controls can be operated. The links comprise a compound lever system which in use extend between the pad and the multi selector of the camera when positioned within the housing. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343737 | PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE WITH ANTI-SHAKE FUNCTION - A photography device with anti-shake function for sensing camera shake and moving a lens toward a direction to correct the camera shake when photographing an object so that the object may be clearly photographed. A coil and a magnet are included in the invention, and the coil moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical-axis of the lens as a result of magnetic fields generated by the magnet and the coil when electric power is applied to the coil. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343738 | PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE WITH ANTI-SHAKE FUNCTION - A photography device with anti-shake function for sensing camera shake and moving a lens toward a direction to correct the camera shake when photographing an object so that the object may be clearly photographed. A coil and a magnet are included in the invention, and the coil moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical-axis of the lens as a result of magnetic fields generated by the magnet and the coil when electric power is applied to the coil. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS AUTO FOCUSING OF A CAMERA IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of continuous auto focusing a camera in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes setting an arbitrary area of a preview screen as a focus area, the preview screen being divided into at least one tracking area, focusing on a subject located within the focus area and fixing a focus of the subject, and adjusting the focus with respect to the focus area when a movement of the subject is detected within the tracking area that includes the focus area. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343740 | MEMS Actuator Alignment - A method for aligning an actuator device relative to an adjacent component, such as a rear cover of an actuator module or a stationary lens, includes disposing a plurality of radially extending tabs around an outer periphery of the actuator device, disposing a corresponding plurality of pairs of raised mounting features on a front surface of the adjacent component, each pair defining a slot having sidewalls that are complementary in configuration to respective sidewalls of corresponding ones of the tabs, and inserting respective ones of the tabs into corresponding ones of the slots. | 2013-12-26 |
20130343741 | USER CONTROL OF FLASH LIGHT CHARACTERISTICS IN A CAMERA SYSTEM - A method includes providing, in a camera system, a flash light including one or more Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) having color changing ability based on the one or more LEDs being constituted by a combination of semiconductor compounds, and providing a user interface on the camera system to enable a user of the camera system to modify a number of settings on the camera system. The method also includes modifying, through a flash light driver component, an intensity level of the flash light and/or a voltage supplied thereto through a flash light driver circuit of the flash light in accordance with an appropriate modified setting by the user on the user interface. The modification of the voltage supplied to the flash light enables an appropriate modification of a color of a light emitted by the flash light. | 2013-12-26 |