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20100237507 | POWER MODULE - A power module includes a pair of power devices that are stacked with a plate-shaped output electrode arranged therebetween, and an N-electrode and a P-electrode that are stacked with the pair of power devices arranged therebetween. The output electrode is anisotropic such that the thermal conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction is greater than the thermal conductivity in the stacking direction. Also, the output electrode extends in the orthogonal direction from a stacked area where the pair of power devices are stacked. The N-electrode and the P-electrode extend in the orthogonal direction while maintaining an opposing positional relationship. | 09-23-2010 |
20110242770 | POWER MODULE - A power module includes a semiconductor device having a first and second arms, and gate driving circuit board. The first arm includes a first extending electrode, a first gate electrode of a first power device extending in a direction different from the first extending electrode, and a first output electrode extending in the different direction from the first gate electrode. The second arm stacked on the first arm includes a second extending electrode extending in the first extending electrode extending direction in an insulating state, a second gate electrode of a second power device, extending in the first gate electrode extending direction, and a second output electrode extending in the first output electrode extending direction with electrical connection thereto. The gate driving circuit board is disposed at the first and second gate electrodes extending side so as to face the semiconductor device. | 10-06-2011 |
20120261093 | HEAT PIPE - A heat pipe comprises a housing that has a heating section that is made of metal and is contacted by a heating element, a cooling section that is made of metal and is cooled by a cooling element, and a plurality of refrigerant flow channels formed inside the housing from the heating section to the cooling section; refrigerant that is enclosed inside the plurality of refrigerant flow channels; and heat-insulating layers that are disposed between the plurality of refrigerant flow channels located at least at the heating section in the housing. | 10-18-2012 |
20130308272 | HEAT PIPE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT HAVING THE HEAT PIPE - A heat pipe includes a laminate formed by laminating a plurality of flat plates and having capillary tubes formed in the interior thereof, and a working fluid contained in the capillary tubes and operable to transfer heat. In the heat pipe, the laminate has insulating layers made of an insulating material and metal layers made of a metal material, which are alternately laminated. | 11-21-2013 |
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20130224655 | POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - Provided is a positive photoresist composition containing a cresol novolac resin (A) manufactured using m-cresol, p-cresol, and formaldehyde as essential raw materials and a novolac phenolic resin (B) manufactured using o-cresol, resorcinol, and formaldehyde as essential raw materials. This positive photoresist composition has high sensitivity and high heat resistance at the same time, which have so far been difficult to achieve at the same time, at a higher level and is suitable for use as a resist in, for example, the manufacture of semiconductor devices such as ICs and LSIs, which have required formation of finer patterns with the increasing packing density in recent years, the manufacture of displays such as LCDs, and the manufacture of printing plates. | 08-29-2013 |
20130244174 | POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - Provided is a positive photoresist composition containing, as an essential component, a novolac phenolic resin (C) prepared by condensing an aromatic compound (A) represented by general formula (1) or (2) with an aliphatic aldehyde (B). | 09-19-2013 |
20130338329 | RADICALLY CURABLE COMPOUND, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOUND - An object of the present invention is to provide a radically curable compound which produces cured products with excellent heat resistance, and in order to achieve the object, the present invention provides a radically curable compound represented by general formula (1) below. (In the formula, R | 12-19-2013 |
20140023969 | POSITIVE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, COATING FILM THEREOF, AND NOVOLAC PHENOL RESIN - A positive photoresist composition includes 3 to 80 parts by mass of a novolac phenol resin (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of a cresol novolac resin (A). The novolac phenol resin (B) has a repeating structural unit represented by formula (1) | 01-23-2014 |
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20130134672 | BALL LOTTERY APPARATUS - A ball lottery apparatus include a discharger adapted for discharging individually multiple lottery balls, a lottery field including multiple holes in which the discharged lottery balls can enter, a host controller for executing various controls, a retrieval mechanism adapted for retrieving the lottery balls. When a bingo game is played, the host controller can set the ball lottery apparatus to a normal mode in which an input time point at which each of the lottery balls discharged from the discharger is input to the lottery field depends on a predetermined rule, and to a dealer mode in which the input time point depends on human action. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137515 | GAME SYSTEM - A game system has plural game devices and a storage device that stores attribute information and location information of a pet in association with a player ID. Each game device obtains a player ID of a player who plays at the game device, and obtains attribute information corresponding to location information identifying a game device identified by the obtained player ID, and controls a game to cause the game device to display a pet according to the obtained attribute information. In a case in which location information stored in association with a player ID of a first player who plays at a first game device is changed to that which identifies a second game device identified by a player ID of a second player, the first game device does not display a pet of the first player, but the second game device displays the pet of the first player. | 05-30-2013 |
20130281178 | GAME MACHINE, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - In the game machine which includes a plurality of lottery machines having different lottery probabilities and executing a plurality of lotteries by a plurality of lottery machines selected as a predetermined combination among a plurality of lottery machines as a chance game provided in common to players, a plurality of station units is provided with a touch panel which receives an operation of the player. The game machine executes the lotteries by the plurality of lottery machines as the chance game in a predetermined order. The game machine changes at least one of the plurality of lottery machines into another lottery machine according to an operation input from the touch panel in case that a predetermined change condition is satisfied. The change of the combination of the plurality of lottery machines is applied to the chance game for other players playing the chance game. | 10-24-2013 |
20130281199 | GAME MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In the game machine which adopts an accumulation-type progressive jackpot with a jackpot payout increasing according to a game play of a player and increases the jackpot payout by a predetermined unit according to a predetermined number of game plays by the player, the game machine includes a monitor which displays a game screen. The game machine counts the jackpot payout increasing according to the game play of the player by each player as a separate increment, manages a fraction with the separate increment smaller than the predetermined unit in association with the player and controls the display device so as to display the fraction. | 10-24-2013 |
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20080296833 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of accurately superimposing or aligning sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus during buffering even when the space intervals between the sheets are reduced. A sheet processing apparatus sequentially receives sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus and carries out post-processing on the sheets. During execution of the post-processing on the sheets, a plurality of sheets are discharged successively from the image forming apparatus and superimposed one upon another around a buffer roller. The conveying speed of the sheets is controlled such that a conveying time period over which a sheet preceding a final one of the sheets to be superimposed one upon another around the buffer roller is conveyed over a predetermined path section is shorter than a conveying time period over which the final one is conveyed over the predetermined path section. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310876 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE EXECUTION PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming system that are capable of preventing a user or operator from forgetting to carry out a maintenance operation based on required sub-maintenance items after execution of a maintenance operation based on an associated maintenance item, such as component replacement, cleaning, or adjustment. A table of maintenance items and sub-maintenance items associated with respective ones of the maintenance items is stored in a ROM. When a CPU determines that a maintenance operation based on a selected one of the maintenance items has been completed, the CPU determines whether or not there is any sub-maintenance item associated with the selected maintenance item, by referring to the table. When it is determined that there is one or more sub-maintenance items associated with the selected maintenance item, a CPU provides control to display the sub-maintenance item or items in an operating/display unit. | 12-18-2008 |
20100226679 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE EXECUTION PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming system that are capable of preventing a user or operator from forgetting to carry out a maintenance operation based on required sub-maintenance items after execution of a maintenance operation based on an associated maintenance item, such as component replacement, cleaning, or adjustment. A table of maintenance items and sub-maintenance items associated with respective ones of the maintenance items is stored in a ROM. When a CPU determines that a maintenance operation based on a selected one of the maintenance items has been completed, the CPU determines whether or not there is any sub-maintenance item associated with the selected maintenance item, by referring to the table. When it is determined that there is one or more sub-maintenance items associated with the selected maintenance item, a CPU provides control to display the sub-maintenance item or items in an operating/display unit. | 09-09-2010 |
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20080301151 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - A pre-fetch server, which is connected to a DB server running a DBMS and to a storage apparatus storing DB data, stores information required for judging whether or not a pre-fetch is effective. Judgment on whether or not the pre-fetch will be effective is performed when a pre-fetch I/O is issued. If the pre-fetch server judges that the pre-fetch will be effective, it issues the pre-fetch I/O to the storage apparatus. | 12-04-2008 |
20090112798 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF STORAGE SYSTEM - A disk rotation control part for controlling the rotations of a plurality of disk devices is provided. The configuration is such that a disk of a disk device for which an access will not be generated is rotated at a second rate of speed, which is faster than 0, and slower than a first rate of speed, which is the rotation speed at access time. DB management information comprises information denoting which DB schema inside a DB is stored in which location. The disk rotation control part, based on a query plan of a query received by the DBMS, and DB management information, specifies the storage location of a DB schema to be accessed when this query is processed, and rotates a disk of the disk device comprising the specified storage location at a first rate of speed. | 04-30-2009 |
20090112894 | Method of reducing storage power consumption by use of prefetch and computer system using the same - Provided is a computer system including: a computer running as a DB server; a storage system including a plurality of disk drives for storing data; and a management module, in which: at least one of the plurality of disk drives stores data of a DB schema written by the computer; the management module specifies the DB schema to be accessed based on a received query, transmits, to the storage system, an instruction to copy at least a portion of the data of the specified DB schema from the disk drive to a memory, and transmits, to the storage system, an instruction to control an rpm of the disk drive that stores the data of the specified DB schema; and the storage system controls the rpm of the disk drive based on the instruction. Accordingly, power consumption of the storage system can be reduced even if installed disks increase in number. | 04-30-2009 |
20090125568 | DATABASE RECOVERY METHOD APPLYING UPDATE JOURNAL AND DATABASE LOG - A database recovery method including a computer and a storage system, in which: the storage system includes a disk drive for storing data; the disk drive includes a data volume, a snapshot volume, a database log for storing an update log, and an update journal for storing update information of the data volume; a recovery point for indicating an end point of a range to which the update journal is to be applied and a starting point of a range to which the database log is to be applied is recorded to recover the data volume; and when the database is to be recovered, the update journal is applied to the snapshot volume up to the recovery point, the snapshot volume after the update is switched to the data volume, and the database log after the recovery point is applied to the data volume that is set by switching. | 05-14-2009 |
20100107161 | Method of Improving or Managing Performance of Storage System, System, Apparatus, and Program - A computer system including a server computer providing plural virtual servers, a management computer, and a storage system having plural storage controllers, providing plural logical units. The server computer controls I/O processing of each virtual server according to the I/O priorities for the virtual servers to arbitrate I/O processing performance between the virtual servers. Cooperative settings between the server computer and the storage system are made or information about the storage system corresponding to a virtual server with which cooperative configurations are made is displayed. | 04-29-2010 |
20100275203 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD IN VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT - The management computer creates a connection between a virtual computer and a logical volume of a storage apparatus based on the application management information that stores a connection relationship between an application program and an I/O adapter, before a server computer provided with a hypervisor that logically divides the computer resources that include a CPU, a memory, and an I/O adapter and that operates them as an independent virtual computer starts an application program that has been stored into the storage apparatus on the virtual computer. | 10-28-2010 |
20110307678 | STORAGE APPARATUS, STORAGE SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to provide a storage apparatus which can maintain a performance even if an unused storage area is not released. | 12-15-2011 |
20120144112 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER AND VOLUME CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - The configuration of volumes provided by a plurality of storage apparatuses with an external connection function is optimized. | 06-07-2012 |
20130086270 | MULTI-CLIENT STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - An aspect of the invention is a multi-client storage system comprising a management computer including a processor and a memory, for allocating resources of a plurality of storage apparatus to a plurality of clients, the management computer comprising: a receiving unit for receiving conditions for a client to which a new resource is to be allocated; a determining unit for determining whether the new resource is securable under the received conditions without changing resources allocated to existing clients and conditions for the volumes for each of the existing clients; and an allocation unit for securing, when it is determined that the new resource is securable under the received conditions, the new resource under the received conditions for the client in the plurality of storage apparatus and allocating the new resource to the client. | 04-04-2013 |
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20080316591 | Optical amplifier - According to an aspect of the embodiment of the invention, an optical amplifier including an input port, an output port, a plurality of amplifying parts, an optical attenuator, a gain controller and an optical attenuator controller. The plurality of amplifying parts includes an optical amplification medium and a pumping light source for generating pump light. The optical attenuator is optically connected between the amplifying parts. The gain controller controls the pump light power of the pump sources, respectively, in such a way that the ratio decreases in accordance with the gain set value increasing and the ratio interpose between a first threshold level and a second threshold level. The optical attenuator controller controls attenuation of the optical attenuator in order to maintain the sum of generating gains of the amplifying parts in the gain set value in accordance with a state of the signal light inputted into the input port. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317426 | OPTICAL FIBER REEL - An optical fiber reel storing a plurality of optical fibers having an annular frame; a first reel portion provided around an radially outer peripheral surface of the annular frame and receiving at least one of the plurality of optical fibers wound up around the radially outer peripheral surface; and, a second reel portion provided radially inside the annular frame and housing at least one of the plurality of optical fiber therein. | 12-25-2008 |
20090237779 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An optical amplifier includes a light source that outputs light having an intensity corresponding to a supplied driving power; a modulator that modulates the light output from the light source in response to an input modulation signal; a Raman amplifier that performs Raman amplification on the light modulated by the modulator using a highly-nonlinear medium; and a driver that supplies the driving power to drive the light source and inputs the modulation signal to the modulator. The driver starts inputting the modulation signal to the modulation unit before the intensity of the light propagating through the Raman amplifier exceeds an intensity value at which stimulated Brillouin scattering occurs in the Raman amplifier. | 09-24-2009 |
20100142945 | Method for measuring nonlinear optical properties - In an optical amplifier, an input light is supplied to one end of an optical fiber connected to an output port, and the power of a light in an opposite direction which is input to the output port from the one end of the optical fiber, is measured, thereby obtaining a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) occurrence threshold in the optical fiber based on the measurement result. Then, using the SBS occurrence threshold, a relation between the input light power and an occurrence amount of the self phase modulation (SPM) or the like in the optical fiber is obtained to be reflected on a control of the optical amplifier, so that an occurrence of the SPM or the like in the optical fiber is suppressed. As a result, it becomes possible to accurately measure, with a simple configuration, the nonlinear optical properties of the optical fiber actually connected to the output port of the optical amplifier, so that the optical S/N ratio degradation due to a nonlinear optical effect can be effectively suppressed. | 06-10-2010 |
20100303459 | DISPERSION COMPENSATING APPARATUS, DISPERSION COMPENSATING METHOD, OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL RECEIVING METHOD - A dispersion compensating apparatus includes a tunable dispersion compensator that dispersion-compensates an optical signal using a group delay property that is asymmetrical in bands outside an effective band; a set device that sets a dispersion compensation amount in the tunable dispersion compensator; and a shifter that shifts a central frequency of the effective band of the tunable dispersion compensator, based on the dispersion compensation amount set by the set device. | 12-02-2010 |
20100322622 | OSNR MONITOR DEVICE AND OSNR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An OSNR monitor device includes an optical receiver including a delay interferometer which inputs an optical signal in accordance with a given bandwidth and outputs two optical signals and causes the optical signals to interfere with each other and optical detectors which outputs currents in accordance with optical powers of the optical signals output from the interferometer, an optical power monitor configured to obtain the optical powers of the optical signals received by the optical detectors included in the optical receiver, and an OSNR calculator configured to calculate an optical signal-to-noise ratio in accordance with the optical powers obtained from the optical power monitor and the reception bandwidth. | 12-23-2010 |
20110236023 | SIGNAL LIGHT PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIGHT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, WAVELENGTH SELECTION SWITCH, WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL LIGHT PROCESSING METHOD - A signal light processing apparatus includes a first wavelength selection switch, a dispersion compensator, and a second wavelength selection switch. The first wavelength selection switch divides an input wavelength-multiplexed signal light into signal lights of each wavelength and outputs the signal lights from a first output port or a second output port in accordance with wavelengths of the divided signal lights. The dispersion compensator compensates dispersion compensation on the signal light output from the first output port by the first wavelength selection switch. The second wavelength selection switch combines the signal light on which dispersion compensation is compensated by the dispersion compensator and the signal light output from the second output port by the first wavelength selection switch. | 09-29-2011 |
20110311222 | OSNR MEASURING DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An OSNR measuring device n OSNR measuring device includes an input port to which a signal light is given; a wavelength filter which includes a variable passband, and selectively takes out an optical component corresponding to a signal optical wavelength to be measured from the signal light; a wavelength control circuit which controls the passband of the wavelength filter; a delay interferometer which branches a light output from the wavelength filter and delays one of the branched lights with respect to the other branched light and in which the branched lights are made to interfere with each other; a photodetector which detects a power of a delay interference light output; and an OSNR calculation circuit which calculates, based on a bandwidth of a passband of the wavelength filter and the power of the delay interference light, an optical signal to noise ratio of a signal optical wavelength to be measured. | 12-22-2011 |
20110317255 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical transmission apparatus includes an optical amplifier configured to amplify a wavelength-division multiplexed signal light using an amplifying medium doped with a rare earth ion, a first optical transmitter configured to output a wavelength of a dual-polarization-multiplexed signal to a short wavelength side of an amplification band of the optical amplifier, a second optical transmitter configured to output a wavelength of a non polarization-multiplexed signal to a long wavelength side of the amplification band of the optical amplifier, and an optical multiplexer configured to input a wavelength-division multiplexed signal to the optical amplifier, the wavelength-division multiplexed signal comprising the non polarization-multiplexed signal and the dual-polarization-multiplexed signal. | 12-29-2011 |
20120006977 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE - An optical amplifier includes an optical signal path that optically couples an input port and an output port, and transmits an optical signal input from the input port to the output port; an optical amplification medium that is arranged in the optical signal path, and amplifies the optical signal in a predetermined amplification wavelength band; and an optical filter that is arranged between the optical amplification medium and the output port in the optical signal path, flattens gain wavelength characteristics of the optical amplification medium in the amplification wavelength band, and attenuates amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) at a center of the amplification wavelength band more greatly than ASE at both sides of the amplification wavelength band among ASE that occurs in the optical amplification medium on the optical signal amplified by the optical amplification medium. | 01-12-2012 |
20120106968 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - There is provided an optical transmission apparatus including: a transmitter to output an optical signal to be transferred to other optical transmission apparatus; a first dummy light source to generate first dummy light having a wavelength which is not included in an optical signal received from other optical transmission apparatus; a first wavelength-multiplexer to wavelength-multiplex the optical signal received from other optical transmission apparatus, the optical signal output from the transmitter, and an optical signal with a wavelength, of the first dummy light, which is not included in the optical signal received from other optical transmission apparatus and in the optical signal output from the transmitter; and an optical amplifier to amplify an optical signal multiplexed by the first wavelength-multiplexer. | 05-03-2012 |
20120128351 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MEASURING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A communication system including: a transmission apparatus configured to modulate a first light by using a first signal to be transferred and a second signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the first signal so as to generate a first optical signal, modulate a second light by using a third signal to be transferred and a fourth signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the third signal so as to generate a second optical signal, polarization-multiplex the first optical signal and the second optical signal, and transmit a polarization-multiplexed optical signal in which the first optical signal and the second optical signal are polarization-multiplexed, each of the first light and the second light being polarized; and a measuring apparatus configured to measure powers of the second signal and the fourth signal which are included in the polarization-multiplexed optical signal transmitted from the transmission apparatus. | 05-24-2012 |
20120188631 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS - In an optical amplification apparatus an optical amplifier amplifies an optical signal at set gain. An equalizer changes loss of the amplified optical signal according to wavelengths. A processor controls the equalizer so as to make the equalizer have a loss-wavelength characteristic corresponding to a gain tilt of the optical amplifier which occurs according to the set gain. | 07-26-2012 |
20120251102 | LIGHT RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND BANDWIDTH CONTROL METHOD - A light receiving circuit includes: a filter, arranged in a downstream of an electric signal amplifier to amplify an electric signal based on a light signal, to adjust a bandwidth of an amplified electric signal; a monitor circuit to monitor a communication quality of the light signal and output a monitored value; and a control circuit to control a bandwidth of the filter based on a control value corresponding to the monitored value. | 10-04-2012 |
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20120248287 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, OPTICAL RECEIVER STATION, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical amplification apparatus includes an optical amplification medium configured to receive a first light signal from an end of the optical amplification medium and a second light signal from the other end of the optical amplification medium in opposite directions, the first and second light signals being branched from a light signal, an excitation light source configured to supply excitation light to the optical amplification medium through a multiplexer, a monitor configured to monitor the first and second light signals input to the optical amplification medium, respectively and to output monitoring signals respectively, and a controller configured to control the excitation light source in accordance with the monitoring signals. | 10-04-2012 |
20130243424 | OPTICAL CHANNEL MONITOR - An optical channel monitor includes: a first optical device to include first, second and third optical ports, light input through the first optical port being led to the second optical port, light input through the second optical port being led at least to the third optical port; a second optical device to include fourth, fifth and sixth optical ports, light input through the fourth optical port being led to the fifth optical port, light input through the fifth optical port being led at least to the sixth optical port; an optical filter to include seventh and eighth optical ports optically connected to the second and fifth optical ports, respectively, a specified wavelength being transmitted between the seventh and eighth optical ports; a first photo detector to detect light output from the sixth optical port; and a second photo detector to detect light output from the third optical port. | 09-19-2013 |
20130330073 | BIDIRECTIONAL MONITOR MODULE, OPTICAL MODULE, OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER, AND OPTICAL SYSTEM - A bidirectional monitor module includes a 2×2 optical coupler configured to output input light that is input from a first port to a second port and drop the input light input from the first port to a third port and also output input light that is input from the second port to the first port and drop the input light input from the second port to a fourth port; an optical output unit configured to output one of light that is dropped and output from the third port and light that is dropped and output from the fourth port; and a monitor unit configured to monitor optical power of the light output from the optical output unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20140079385 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION LEVEL CONTROL - A transmitting device includes a transmitter configured to transmit signal light to an external receiver over a medium included in a transmission line; and a controller configured to control a transmission level of the signal light in accordance with a reception level of probe light which is input from the receiver over the medium in the transmission line. | 03-20-2014 |
20140126903 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission device includes: optical transmitters configured to transmit optical signals of different wavelengths; optical couplers configured to multiplexing the optical signals transmitted from the optical transmitters; and a wavelength selective switch configured to multiplex multiplexed optical signals obtained by multiplexing by the couplers, wherein optical signals, a wavelength interval between which is less than a predetermined value, are transmitted to separate optical couplers of the optical couplers, among the optical signals. | 05-08-2014 |
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20150132009 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical transmission device includes a receiver that receives first light, a transmitter that outputs second light, a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, configured to control a first optical level of the second light in such a way that a second optical level calculated based on an optical level of the received first light and an optical level of the second light that is output from the transmitter becomes a predetermined target value, a combiner that combines the received first light and the second light for which the first optical level is controlled by the processor, and an amplifier that amplifies the combined light. | 05-14-2015 |
20150280391 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An optical amplifier includes an optical amplifying unit, a splitting unit, and a loss adjusting unit. The optical amplifying unit provides gain to wavelength multiplexed light received from a transmission line, to amplify light intensity. The splitting unit splits the amplified wavelength multiplexed light. The loss adjusting unit adjusts loss provided to each wavelength of a first portion or the split wavelength multiplexed light based on the gain. | 10-01-2015 |
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20100177252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCANNING TELEVISION CHANNELS - A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode. | 07-15-2010 |
20100218465 | Method to reduce the cost of product software upgrades after production - A product packaging shipping container for housing and shipping a device that allows for service upgrades while the product packaging container remains closed. The product packaging container may include a set of container interfaces configured to be accessible from an exterior of the product packaging container and respectively corresponding to a set of device interfaces. The shipping container may also include a set of connections that respectively connect the set of container interfaces to the set of device interfaces, such that an external connection to the set of devices is provided while the product packaging container remains closed via access to the set of container interfaces. | 09-02-2010 |
20100229193 | System and Method for Providing Available-Channel User Selectivity - Alternative-channel user selectivity is provided when a user tunes to a broadcast channel for which the desired broadcast station corresponding to such broadcast channel has been reassigned. In one embodiment, after tuning to broadcast channel in response to a user input, it may first be determined if in fact the desired broadcast station corresponding to the tuned broadcast channel has been reassigned. If so, one or more alternative broadcast channels corresponding to the desired broadcast station may be identified, and an alternative channel availability indicator may then be displayed to the user to provide alternative-channel user selectivity. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235859 | System and Method for Providing Improved Channel Mapping - Improved channel mapping is provided wherein both virtual channel information associated with the currently-tuned channel, as well as physical channel information associated with this same channel is added to a television system's channel map. User inconvenience associated with errors in the virtual channel information may be mitigated since the television system's channel map will contain, not only the standard virtual channel information provided by broadcast stations in their broadcast signals, but also the corresponding physical channel information for the broadcast station in question. In other embodiments, multiple channel maps may be maintained and be user-selectable. | 09-16-2010 |
20120086868 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAMPER LOCKING ELECTRONICS - A remote control designed to operate an electronic device comprising: a housing, a plurality of buttons arranged on the housing, and a single button is designed to lock the plurality of buttons on the remote control. | 04-12-2012 |
20130057403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND REPORTING ACTIVITY - A device and methods are provided for monitoring and reporting activity including providing an alert based on detected activity. In one embodiment, a method includes is monitoring activity relative to a device based on activity detected by the device, determining a baseline activity level for the device, and detecting a change in the baseline activity level. The method may further include transmitting an electronic message via a network connection based on the change in baseline line activity, the electronic message providing an alert based on the change in baseline activity level. The device and methods may advantageously allow for providing alerts based on inactivity. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061257 | VERBALLY COMMUNICATING FACIALLY RESPONSIVE TELEVISION APPARATUS - A television apparatus for generating personalized verbal outputs in response to identifying individual viewers. A camera and image/facial recognition subsystems are configured to identify individuals and retrieve stored information for use in generating personalized verbal outputs to the viewers. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061258 | PERSONALIZED TELEVISION VIEWING MODE ADJUSTMENTS RESPONSIVE TO FACIAL RECOGNITION - A television apparatus for performing personalized viewing mode adjustments in response to identifying individual viewers. A camera and image/facial recognition subsystems are configured to identify individuals and retrieve stored viewing adjustment preference information for use in automatically adjusting the viewing mode of the television, and optional external devices (e.g., electronically controlled lights, shades, and so forth), to enhance the television viewing experience for individuals and groups. | 03-07-2013 |
20130194406 | Targeted Delivery of Content - A targeted delivery of content and related metadata is made to users of various types of electronic devices that are adapted to render or play the content. Images of each user are captured at various times while various items of the content are being played. According to one embodiment the images are processed via one or more facial recognition algorithms so that the identity of each of the users, including their names, is determined. This data is stored in a central server thereby establishing a database of profiles of these users. The profiles are comprised of tracking information of content played by each of the users on a per-content basis. The central server either uses this tracking information directly or transmits it to another server or another business entity, such as for example another content provider, for use by the other business entity. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198278 | Targeted Delivery of Content - A targeted delivery of content and related metadata is made to users of various types of electronic devices that are adapted to render or play the content. Images of each user are captured at various times while various items of the content are being played. According to one embodiment the images are processed via one or more facial recognition algorithms so that the identity of each of the users, including their names, is determined. This data is stored in a central server thereby establishing a database of profiles of these users. The profiles are comprised of tracking information of content played by each of the users on a per-content basis. The central server either uses this tracking information directly or transmits it to another server or another business entity, such as for example another content provider, for use by the other business entity. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198279 | Targeted Delivery of Content - A targeted delivery of content and related metadata is made to users of various types of electronic devices that are adapted to render or play the content. Images of each user are captured at various times while various items of the content are being played. According to one embodiment the images are processed via one or more facial recognition algorithms so that the identity of each of the users, including their names, is determined. This data is stored in a central server thereby establishing a database of profiles of these users. The profiles are comprised of tracking information of content played by each of the users on a per-content basis. The central server either uses this tracking information directly or transmits it to another server or another business entity, such as for example another content provider, for use by the other business entity. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198280 | Targeted Delivery of Content - A targeted delivery of content and related metadata is made to users of various types of electronic devices that are adapted to render or play the content. Images of each user are captured at various times while various items of the content are being played. According to one embodiment the images are processed via one or more facial recognition algorithms so that the identity of each of the users, including their names, is determined. This data is stored in a central server thereby establishing a database of profiles of these users. The profiles are comprised of tracking information of content played by each of the users on a per-content basis. The central server either uses this tracking information directly or transmits it to another server or another business entity, such as for example another content provider, for use by the other business entity. | 08-01-2013 |
20140009688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCANNING TELEVISION SYSTEMS USING A FIRST QUICK SCAN AND A SECOND SLOWER SCAN - A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode. | 01-09-2014 |
20140108615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A CATALOG OF MEDIA CONTENT - An apparatus and method are provided to create a unified catalog of media content that reflects media content available across a multitude of electronic devices. Each electronic device generates a catalog representative of all media content stored thereon and provides that catalog to a requesting server or other electronic device to be combined with at least one other catalog to form a combined or central catalog that accounts for duplicate entries. | 04-17-2014 |
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