02nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130011035 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that a plurality of measuring beams is directed within a predetermined length of time on overlapping regions or adjacent regions out of scanning areas of an eye to be examined corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011036 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention is directed to a reduction in the influence on a pathological diagnosis when an image reading apparatus is exchanged. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, there is provided an image processing apparatus that processes a biological image generated by capturing an image of a biological specimen in an image reading apparatus, including: an acquisition unit that acquires identification information of the image reading apparatus; a determination unit that determines a type of biological tissue included in the biological image; and a correction unit that adds a correction process to the biological image in correspondence with the identification information of the image reading apparatus and the type of biological tissue. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011037 | Systems and methods for detecting arterial input function (AIF) - Disclosed are methods, systems and apparatuses for detection of arterial input function (AIF) in MRI, specially DCE MR images, comprising automatic selection of AIF based on affinity propagation (AP) clustering method. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011038 | ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A data space in which a coordinate system is set having, as components, feature data extracted by approximation with respect to frequency spectrums of received ultrasonic waves, when a feature point of a frequency spectrum at a data position is present within a first area in an i-th frame (i is a positive integer) in a display and moves closer to a second area, having a lower priority than the first area, in subsequent (i+1)-th frame; an ultrasonic observation apparatus generates image data by setting a virtual feature point that is far off from the second area as compared to the latest feature point and that is within or around the first area, and by replacing visual information corresponding to the latest feature point in the (i+1)-th frame of the predetermined data position with visual information corresponding to the virtual feature point, and then displays the image data. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011039 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coefficients for that predetermined function. At least one statistical information function is evaluated for the signal to determine statistical information about the signal and the calculated coefficient values are used so that the form of the statistical information function has been determined for the predetermined function used to fit the signal portion and further includes using the statistical information obtained about the signal to process the signal. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011040 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - Disclosed in an x-ray imaging device, which uses a Talbot-Lau interferometer, eliminates the effects on image quality of a reconstructed image that arises in such cases as when the direction of a multi-slit or each lattice slit is altered and imaging is performed, and provides reconstructed images favorable for diagnosis. When a plurality of moire images imaged with an imaging subject loaded onto a imaging subject stand ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMAGE OF A PHYSICAL OBJECT - The invention relates to a system and a method for producing an image of a physical object and to a computer program element and a computer readable medium. In order to provide improved stent boost subtract also showing wire state information, a system and a method are provided, the method comprising the following steps: a) tracking a predetermined first feature ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD VOLUME IN A PHYSICAL SAMPLE - One method for estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in a portion of a physical sample includes: comparing a portion of an image of the sample with a template image of known extracorporeal blood volume indicator; tagging the portion of the image of the sample with a blood volume indicator according to the template image that is matched to the portion of the image of the sample; and estimating the extracorporeal blood volume in at least a portion of the physical sample, associated with the portion of the image of the sample, according to the blood volume indicator. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011043 | DEFECT INSPECTING DEVICE AND DEFECT INSPECTING METHOD - The present invention provides a defect inspecting device which enables an improvement in the efficiency of spatial filter settings, and at the same time enables automation of the spatial filter settings. An adjustable field of view diaphragm ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011044 | OBJECT CONTOUR DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - An object contour detection method includes: allowing an image sensor to sense respectively a plurality of images of an object by moving a lens with a shallow depth of field at a plurality of positions repeatedly, meanwhile, record the plurality of positions of the lens and the plurality of images one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of positions; removing respectively unclear areas in the plurality of images to obtain a plurality of clear images, and obtaining a plurality of displacement quantities of depth of field depending on a displacement quantity between each two adjacent positions in the plurality of positions; and extending a depth of the front image to reach the corresponding displacement quantity of depth of field and then combine the front image with the rear image in sequence, allowing the plurality of clear images to combine into a stereoscopic image corresponding to the object contour. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ZOOM IMAGE OF STEREO CAMERA - An apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) zoom image of a stereo camera are provided that may compute a baseline variation or a convergence angle that is associated with a magnification of a zoom image acquired from the stereo camera, may warp the zoom image using the computed baseline variation or the computed convergence angle, and may perform inpainting on the warped image to prevent a distortion of 3D information, so that a 3D zoom image may be generated without a distortion of 3D information using a zoom lens. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011046 | DEPTH IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are an apparatus and method for converting a low-resolution depth image to a depth image having a resolution identical to a resolution of a high-resolution color image. The depth image conversion apparatus may generate a discrete depth image by quantizing a depth value of an up-sampled depth image, estimate a high-resolution discrete depth image by optimizing an objective functions of the discrete depth image based on the high-resolution color image and an up-sampled depth border, and convert the up-sampled depth image to a high-resolution depth image by filtering the up-sampled depth image when a difference between discrete depth values of neighboring pixels in the high-resolution discrete depth image is less than a predetermined threshold value. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011047 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Switching Between 2D and 3D Coding of a Video Sequence of Images - A video sequence of images includes at least first and second images. In response to at least first and second conditions being satisfied, an encoding mode is switched between two-dimensional video coding and three-dimensional video coding. The first condition is that the second image represents a scene change in comparison to the first image. The second image is encoded according to the switched encoding mode. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011048 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In the three-dimensional imaging device (three-dimensional image processing device), the depth acquisition unit acquires L depth information and R depth information from a three-dimensional image. The image correction unit adjusts disparities of edge portion areas of a subject based on the L depth information and the R depth information such that the normal positions of the edge portion areas of the subject are farther away. Accordingly, when a three-dimensional image acquired by the three-dimensional imaging device is three-dimensionally displayed, the edge areas of the subject are displayed having a sense of roundness. As a result, a three-dimensional image that has been subjected to processing by this three-dimensional image processing device is a high-quality three-dimensional image that can appropriately reproduce the three-dimensional appearance and sense of thickness of the subject and has little of the cardboard effect. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011049 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, method, and program that can extract an object from an input image more easily and more accurately. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011050 | Filter Setup Learning for Binary Sensor - The invention relates to forming an image using binary pixels. Binary pixels are pixels that have only two states, a white state when the pixel is exposed and a black state when the pixel is not exposed. The binary pixels have color filters on top of them, and the setup of color filters may be initially unknown. A setup making use of a statistical approach may be used to determine the color filter setup to produce correct output images. Subsequently, the color filter information may be used with the binary pixel array to produce images from the input images that the binary pixel array records. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011051 | CODED APERTURE IMAGING - A method of imaging encodes light from a scene by adding projective codes expressed as a product of a known projective code matrix with a known reconstruction matrix representing an image reconstruction operation. The encoded light is detected at a photodetector. The measurements are processed by compressive sensing including projective sub-sampling to represent the measurements as a linear system. The linear system is expressed as a plurality of undetermined linear equations including a product of the known reconstruction matrix and an unknown sparse vector. The sparse vector is approximated to provide solutions to the undetermined linear equations. At least one of a reconstructed image and an exploited image is generated from the measurements using solutions to the undetermined linear equations, wherein a product of the known reconstruction matrix with the solutions to underdetermined linear equations provides an image representation of the scene of interest having N pixels, where N>k. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011052 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGES - Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011053 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGES - Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011054 | COLOR SEGMENTING A RASTER IMAGE - An apparatus for processing a raster image comprising a plurality of pixels is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing steps of a computer program, and a computer processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium for executing the steps of the computer program. A plurality of horizontal axial blobs are identified in the raster image, a plurality of vertical axial blobs are identified in the raster image, and the horizontal and vertical axial blobs are linked into a feature blob. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011055 | Parallel Processing Method and Apparatus for Determining Text Information from an Image - A method for processing a multi-channel image is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of grayscale images from the multi-channel image. At least one text region is identified in the plurality of grayscale images and text region information is determined from the at least one text region. The method generates text information of the multi-channel image based on the text region information. If the at least one text region includes a plurality of text regions, text region information from the plurality of text regions is merged to generate the text information. The plurality of the grayscale images is processed in parallel. In identifying the at least one text region, at least one candidate text region may be identified in the plurality of grayscale images and the at least one text region may be identified in the identified candidate text region. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011056 | COLOR NAMING, COLOR CATEGORIZATION AND DESCRIBING COLOR COMPOSITION OF IMAGES - The invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for assigning color names to individual image pixels, and generating verbal description of color composition in images, suitable for a wide variety of information processing applications. For an isolated image pixel (individual color sample or color value) an illustrative embodiment of this invention uses a predetermined vocabulary of color names, and then generates a distance measure describing the best color match and corresponding color name for the given pixel. For the input image, an illustrative embodiment of this invention computes the simplified representation of the scene, consistent with human perception, and uses the predetermined vocabulary, syntax rules and metric to assign color names to all perceptually significant objects and regions and obtain the verbal description of the overall color composition. The invention is also applicable to other types of information signals, such as sequences of video frames, web pages, etc. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011057 | Hough Transform Method for Linear Ribbon and Circular Ring Detection in the Gradient Domain - A method for converting a portion of an image from a first domain to a second domain. The method may apply a Hough transform on the converted portion of the image, including calculating a range of angles for each tested pixel q relative to a center pixel p, quantizing the range of angles into a plurality of bins, voting each tested pixel q using a range of bins using a weighted voting schema; and detecting one or more features in the portion of the image. The methods may be implemented by program instructions executing in parallel on CPU(s) or GPUs. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011058 | METHOD, MEDIUM AND SYSTEM ENCODING AND/OR DECODING AN IMAGE - An encoding method, medium, and system encoding an image, with an image being encoded by generating a plurality of image slices as images of each color component of the image and encoding the image slices in parallel with each other and independently of each other. Accordingly, although an image to be encoded has a large number of color components, the image can be compressed promptly. In addition, a decoding method, medium, and system are also provided decoding an image, with a plurality of encoded image slices being included in a corresponding bitstream, which are images of each color component of the image to be restored, are decoded in parallel with each other and independently of each other so as to restore the image using the decoded image slices. Accordingly, although an image to be decoded has a large number of color components, the image can be restored promptly. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011059 | Prediction-Based Image Processing - A pixel block is compressed by providing a respective color component prediction for each pixel in the block. A difference between color components of two neighboring pixels is calculated and compared to a threshold. If the difference is smaller than the threshold, the prediction is calculated based on a first linear combination of the color components of these two neighboring pixels. However, if the difference exceeds the threshold, a second or third linear combination of the color components of the neighboring pixels is employed in the prediction. A guiding bit associated with the selected linear combination may be used. A prediction error is calculated based on the color component of the pixel and the provided prediction. The compressed block comprises an encoded representation of the prediction error and any guiding bit. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011060 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING RED-EYE IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) IMAGE - An apparatus and method for removing red-eye in a 2D image, which can remove red-eye more naturally and apply a gain for a real-time correction on input pixels by differently performing a correction degree according to positions of pixels included in red-eye. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011061 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD WITH FIXED COMPRESSION RATIO, IMAGE DECOMPRESSION METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a multi-field sensor, a memory, and a codec wrapper module, in which the codec wrapper module includes at least one encoder and at least one decoder. The encoder compresses raw data of an image into an image bit stream with a compression ratio through the following steps. The image is segmented into various image bands. Storage space is allocated in the memory and is segmented into various compressed band regions according to the compression ratio and a bit stream length of the raw data. A starting position of each compressed band region is recorded as a current ending position. Lines, sequentially received, are compressed into compressed bit streams respectively. The compressed bit streams are sequentially written into the corresponding compressed band regions according to field indexes of the lines, an output field order, and a group formed by the image bands corresponding to the lines. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011062 | Methods and Systems for Content Processing - Cell phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Others relate to processing of image data. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others relate to coping with fixed focus limitations of cell phone cameras, e.g., in reading digital watermark data. Still others concern user interface improvements. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011063 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CODING A REGION OF INTEREST WITHIN AN IMAGE OF MULTIPLE VIEWS - For coding at least one region of interest within an image of multiple views, disparities are identified between the multiple views. In response to the disparities, the at least one region of interest is identified. The at least one region of interest is encoded at lower quantization relative to a remainder of the image. The remainder of the image is encoded at higher quantization relative to the at least one region of interest. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011064 | DATA COMPRESSION OF IMAGES USING A SHARED DICTIONARY - A method and system for data compression of images using a shared dictionary are described herein. According to one embodiment, a server identifies a current images that is part of a stream of images generated by an application hosted by the server. The stream of images includes images previously transmitted to the client. For each segment of pixels in the current image, the server searches a dictionary containing data for the stream of images. If the dictionary includes data corresponding to the segment of pixels in the current image, the server determines metadata for the segment of pixels in the current image using the corresponding data from the dictionary, and transmits the metadata to the client without transmitting the segment of pixels from the current image. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011065 | INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEM - The technical subject is realizing a highly useful input-output device which can be used alone to independently input and output information, and, when connected with an information processing device, can function as an input device that depends on the applications of the information processing device. The input-output device comprises: a function of recognizing whether a connection with the information processing device through a connection unit is present by the connection recognition unit and transmitting a code value and/or a coordinate value converted by a processing unit to the information processing device through the connection unit; and a function of outputting the content data from the output unit or controlling operation based on the operation instruction when the connection recognition unit does not recognise a connection between the connection unit and the information processing device. The provided functions make the disclosed input-output device highly useful. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011066 | System, Method, and Product for Handwriting Capture and Storage - In accordance with the present disclosure, there is provided a system, method, and product for capturing handwritten input as a page, storing the page in an electronic format, viewing pages on the device, uploading one or more pages to a web service, processing a page and storing pages for future access. Further, the system enables an individual to create topics and associate pages with a given category. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011067 | ADAPTIVE PARTIAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A method and system for recognizing a character affected by a noise or an obstruction is disclosed. After receiving an image with characters, a character being affected by a noise or an obstruction is determined. Then, areas in the character where the noise or obstruction affected are precisely located. Templates representing every possible character in the image are updated by removing equivalent areas to the areas in the character being affected by the noise or obstruction. Then, the character is classified in a template among the updated templates by finding the template having the highest number of matching pixels with the character. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011068 | Policy-Based Image Management - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, computer program product, and apparatus for managing an image. A determination is made whether an object is present in a subset of a plurality of images using an identification of the object. A determination is made whether the object is permitted to be present in the subset of the plurality of images using the policy for the user associated with the object responsive to a determination that the object is present in the subset of the plurality of images using a policy for a user associated with the object. A removal action of the object is performed on the subset of the plurality of images responsive to an absence of a determination that the object is permitted to be present in the subset of the plurality of images using the policy. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011069 | ARCHITECTURAL PATTERN DETECTION AND MODELING IN IMAGES - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate architectural modeling. In one aspect, repetitive patterns are automatically detected and analyzed to generate modeled structural images such as building facades. In another aspect, structural symmetry is analyzed to facilitate architectural modeling and enhanced image generation. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011070 | STUDYING AESTHETICS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES USING A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH - The aesthetic quality of a picture is automatically inferred using visual content as a machine learning problem using, for example, a peer-rated, on-line photo sharing Website as data source. Certain visual features of images are extracted based on the intuition that they can discriminate between aesthetically pleasing and displeasing images. A one-dimensional support vector machine is used to identify features that have noticeable correlation with the community-based aesthetics ratings. Automated classifiers are constructed using the support vector machines and classification trees, with a simple feature selection heuristic being applied to eliminate irrelevant features. Linear regression on polynomial terms of the features is also applied to infer numerical aesthetics ratings. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011071 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SPECIFY REGIONS OF INTEREST IN VIDEO FRAMES - Methods and apparatus to specify regions of interest in video frames are disclosed. Example disclosed methods to mark a region in a graphical presentation include selecting a first point located at a substantially central position within the region, selecting a plurality of second points to define a boundary of the region, and comparing a plurality of stored templates with the selected first and second points to identify a first one of the stored templates to represent the region. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011072 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Whether a processing target block belongs to a quiescence area is determined based on a motion vector of an adjacent block whose encoding mode is determined to not be the intra-encoding mode and a reference index indicating a reference image of the adjacent block, whereby a reference index indicating a reference image of the processing target block is determined. If all the encoding modes of the adjacent blocks are the intra-encoding mode, an index number assigned to an image temporally closest and in a field different from a field to which the processing target block belongs is selected. If the processing target block belongs to a quiescence area, an index number assigned to an image temporally closest and in a same field as the processing target block is selected. If the processing target block belongs to a moving area, an index number of a reference image temporally closest is selected. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011073 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING IMAGE SIZE AFTER COMPRESSION - A method for estimating an image size after compression suitable for an electronic apparatus is provided. In the invention, a raw image is received, and the raw image is sampled for obtaining a sampling image. The sampling image is compressed at a plurality of testing parameters of compression respectively for obtaining a plurality of testing sizes after compression. An estimated math model is established according to the testing parameters of compression and the testing sizes after compression. A target parameter of compression corresponding to a target size after compression is calculated through the estimated math model. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011074 | IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD THEREOF - An image signal decoding device includes a memory having a first region storing a buffer flag, a second region storing a buffer list, and a third region formed of a plurality of buffers each storing a decoded image signal; and a codec configured to decode an image signal in response to a decoding request from a host and to store the decoded image signal in one of the plurality of buffers. The buffer flag indicates a usable or not-available state of each of the plurality of buffers, and the buffer list indicates a used or unused state of each of the plurality of buffers. The codec stores the decoded image signal in a buffer which is set to the unused state in the buffer list and to a usable state in the buffer flag. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011075 | ENCODING APPARATUS AND ENCODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an encoding apparatus includes a first quantizer, a second quantizer, a predictor and a calculator. The first quantizer quantizes an input block to obtain a first quantized block. The second quantizer quantizes a reference pixel to obtain at least one quantized value. The predictor predicts each target pixel in the first quantized block using the at least one quantized value and a quantized value of a pixel that is to be decoded preceding the target pixel in decoding order in the first quantized block to obtain a second quantized block. The calculator calculates a difference between the first quantized block and the second quantized block. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011076 | Method and Apparatus for Finding Data Quantisation Error - An example embodiment provides a method, comprising: storing pre-calculated quantisation error data relating to a data quantisation process; receiving data to be quantised; quantising the data to reduce the number of significant bits thereof; and determining a quantisation error for the quantised data from the pre-calculated quantisation error data. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011077 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes first and second computation portions, a selection portion, a projection portion, and a weighted averaging portion. The first computation portion is configured to obtain magnitudes of correlations between a first vector and plural basis vectors. The selection portion is configured to select basis vectors from the plural basis vectors. The projection portion is configured to select a second region, obtain a first projection vector by projecting the first vector onto a subspace formed by the selected basis vectors and obtain a second projection vector for each second region by projecting a second vector onto the subspace. The second computation portion is configured to compute a distance between the first and second projection vectors. The weighted averaging portion is configured to weighted average a pixel value of the second pixel to obtain an output pixel value of a first pixel. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011078 | Hyper-Resolution Imaging - Methods and a computer program product for deriving a super-resolution image of a physical object by fusing cameras of multiple resolutions (spatial, temporal, or spectral), the super-resolution image characterized by a resolution exceeding a “camera imaging resolution” associated with each of a sequence of lower-resolution images of the physical object. The sequence of images of the physical object is obtained at a plurality of relative displacements with respect to the object by a hybrid camera system comprising at least two imaging systems. The imaging systems are characterized by respective temporal and spatial resolution and by spectral sensitivity, and may be distinct from one another in one or more of the foregoing dimensions. The imaging systems are either fixed, or subject to know motion, relative to each other. Image sequences derived by each imaging system are coregistered and deconvolved to solve for a resultant sequence of images. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011079 | ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND REPRESENTING TIME-DEPENDENT IMAGERY - The present invention pertains to geographical image processing of time-dependent imagery. Various assets acquired at different times are stored and processing according to acquisition date in order to generate one or more image tiles for a geographical region of interest. The different image tiles are sorted based on asset acquisition date. Multiple image tiles for the same region of interest may be available. In response to a user request for imagery as of a certain date, one or more image tiles associated with assets from prior to that date are used to generate a time-based geographical image for the user. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011080 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - It is an object of the present invention is to provide an image processing technique that can detect the rotation of an observation image of a specimen with high accuracy. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention indirectly corrects a rotation gap between measurement image data and reference image data through wide-angle image data including a measurement part of a specimen (FIG. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011081 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a frequency separation unit that reduces an input image, restores the reduced input image to an image size before reduction, calculates a difference from the input image before reduction, and separates the input image into a reduced image and a difference image, an image processing unit that processes at least either one of the reduced image or the difference image, and a synthesizing processing unit that synthesizes the reduced image and the difference image, at least either one of which is image-processed, at a same image size. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011082 | METHOD, ARRANGEMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SCALING TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES - A method for scaling two-dimensional structures, which is especially usable for resizing digital 2D images with a rational scaling factor, is based on efficient implementation of a diamond-shaped filter. The conventional “1”-diamond matrices of variable size are replaced by a (m×n) coefficient matrix. For any given rational scaling factor, the computational load for calculating an output pixel is reduced to filtering (m×n) input pixels with a corresponding (m×n) filter matrix. The coefficients of this filter matrix depend from the phase of the output pixel to be calculated and the factor of interpolation, but are always integer numbers. The coefficients may be stored in lookup tables (LUT), which leads to a very efficient implementation of the inventive method. In one embodiment, a (3×3) coefficient matrix has been found to be advantageous. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011083 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CREATING A COLLECTION OF IMAGES - System and method for creating a collection of images are described, the method comprising: receiving images from at least one source of images; processing the images to produce an output collection of images, the processing comprising grouping the images to clusters of related images and selecting the preferred images in the clusters; and outputting the output collection of images, the output collection of images comprising the clusters of related images and indication of the preferred images in the clusters. The system for creating a collection of images comprising: a storage medium to receive images from at least one source of images; a processor to produce an output collection of images by grouping the images to clusters of related images and selecting the preferred images in the clusters; and a collection output medium for outputting the output collection of images. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011084 | ENHANCED FLEXIBLE MATERIAL AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM - A flexible film, and articles comprising the film, comprises interleaved pluralities of each of first bands and second bands disposed adjacent to the first bands. Both the first and second bands have a length and a width; the first bands comprise a first film basis weight and first and second regions. The first regions and second regions being comprised of the same material composition. The first regions undergo a substantially molecular-level deformation and the second regions initially undergo a substantially geometric deformation when the sheet material is subjected to an applied elongation along at least one axis. The second bands comprise a second film basis weight and a plurality of corrugations disposed along the length of the band. In this aspect the material may be described as having alternating bands of structural-elastic-like film and ring-rolled film. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011085 | SELF-STANDING BAG, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND SELF-STANDING BAG HAVING CONTENT THEREIN - A self-standing bag ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011086 | Linear Guide Device - A seal member is a member including a lip, a seal base, a first extension section smaller in thickness than the seal base, and a first locking section, all of which are formed to be continuous in the cross-sectional direction. A retainer plate includes a base accommodating concave section for accommodating the seal base, and a first engagement concave section for accommodating the first locking section, and controls the first locking section to prevent the seal member from falling off. The first locking section is accommodated in the first engagement concave section with gaps left in the thickness and cross-sectional directions. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011087 | ROLLER BEARING DEVICE HAVING RADIAL-PLANE ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF ROTATION SENSOR - Provided is a roller bearing device, which is suitable for preventing misdetection of a rotation sensor when a moment load is applied. A thin motor | 2013-01-10 |
20130011088 | WHEEL BEARING ARRANGEMENT WITH SENSOR STOP - A wheel bearing arrangement, especially for utility vehicles, having a rotating outer ring ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011089 | BALL BEARING - A ball bearing having first and second races and, disposed in a gap between the two races, a row of balls of radius R | 2013-01-10 |
20130011090 | BEARING DEVICE FOR AXLE OF RAILWAY VEHICLE - An axle bearing device ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011091 | Bearing Arrangement Having at Least Two Parts Rotatable Relative to One Another - A bearing arrangement having at least two parts ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011092 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF PROPELLER SHAFT TO CROSS-MEMBER - An attachment structure of a propeller shaft to a cross-member in a vehicle includes a pair of main frames ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011093 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - Disclosed is an optical modulator which substantially lowers loss and has little attenuation in the intensity of an optical signal after modulation. The optical modulator includes a 1×2 RZ pulse carver wherein optical phase shifters used for modulation are arranged along two arm waveguides held between a 1×2 coupler and a 2×2 coupler, two interferometric modulators connected respectively to two output ports of the 2×2 coupler, and a 2×1 coupler for combining the outputs of the interferometric modulators. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011094 | OPTO-ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING METAL-SLOTTED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTO-ELECTRIC SIMULTANEOUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are an opto-electric circuit board including a metal-slotted optical waveguide and an opto-electric simultaneous communication system. The opto-electric circuit board includes a lower metal thin film; a dielectric substance formed above the lower metal thin film; an upper metal thin film formed above the dielectric substance; and intermediate metal thin films that form optical waveguides at a predetermined interval on the same plane in the dielectric substance. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011095 | OPTICAL COMPONENT - In an optical component, a part of a waveguide type optical device is fixed to a convex portion of a mount. The optical component includes an optical support base, a pressure member and a pressure support base. The optical device support base is interposed between the mount and the presser member enough to be slidable in a direction parallel to surfaces of the mount and the presser member. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011096 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE LAMINATED WIRING BOARD - A via hole is formed in a first cladding layer laminated on a wiring board. A conductive material is filled in the via hole so as to form a first conductor portion (a portion of a conductive via) having a mushroom-like shape projecting from a surface of the first cladding layer. Then, a second cladding layer is formed to cover the first conductor portion, the first cladding layer and a core layer, and a via hole is formed in the second cladding layer. A conductive material is filled in the via hole so as to form a second conductor portion (a remaining portion of the conductive via) connected to the first conductor portion. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011097 | LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE HAVING MULTI CHANNELS - A new concept of the light guide device has developed to have multi channels, the present invention comprises: a transparent body through which light can freely pass; channel condensing units disposed at predetermined intervals on the body to form a plurality of one-dimensional arrays; an optical module unit for independently sighting incident light, and re-sighting and focusing light which passes through the one-dimensional arrays formed by the channel condensing units disposed at predetermined intervals in the body; and a fiber channel module for creating independent light passages (fiber channels) which condense light from the left, right, up and down aspects of the optical module unit, at a one-to-one correspondence between the body and the optical module unit. The present device maximizes the efficiency of the solar energy utilization by reducing the guide distance of incident light. The simplified structure is easy to produce and install by using a flat, slim plate that is compact in size, lowering the production cost. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011098 | WIDE PASSBAND AWG - Consistent with the present disclosure, an AWG is provided that has grating waveguide groupings that extend between a first free space region and a second free space region. The difference in length (ΔL) between successive grating waveguides differs for each grouping of grating waveguides, such that, for example, the ΔL associated with a given grating waveguide grouping is not an integer multiple of any of the other grating waveguide groupings. The grating waveguide groupings direct images having relatively small wavelength differences to a given output waveguide, and each grating waveguide grouping has an associated passband, which is similar to that of the conventional AWG. Unlike the conventional AWG, however, multiple grating waveguide groupings are included in the same AWG, such that the spectra associated with the grating waveguide groupings combine to provide a transmission characteristic having a passband that is greater than any individual passband. Accordingly, even if the optical signal wavelengths vary or are offset from the center wavelength of the passband, such wavelengths may still be transmitted with less loss. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011099 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ADAPTER AND RELATED OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An optical fiber connector adapter for coupling a first optical fiber connector to a second optical fiber connector includes a lens body. The lens body includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. A positioning hole is defined in the first surface. A lens hole is defined in the first surface and a first lens is formed on a bottom in the lens hole. The first lens is beneath the first surface and adjacent to the positioning hole. A positioning post and a second lens protrude from the second surface. The second lens is aligned with the first lens. An optical fiber connector assembly having the optical fiber connector adapter is also provided. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011100 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a connector configured to provide a hole, an optical waveguide provided with a core and a clad equipped on an outer periphery of the core and configured to have a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the core, a first transparent member configured to make contact with a core end face of the optical waveguide, and a second transparent member configured to make contact with a hole bottom of the optical waveguide insertion hole, wherein a contact area of the second transparent member and the hole bottom of the optical waveguide insertion hole is larger than a contact area of the core and the first transparent member. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011101 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector which enables an operator to easily remove a ferrule from a housing without using a special jig by himself alone. A supporting member that is mounted in a housing in a manner capable of being inserted and removed in a state in which the ferrule is held therein, includes a supporting member main body which is accommodated in the housing, and an operating portion which temporarily releases an engagement between protrusions formed on the supporting member main body and through holes formed in the housing. The operating portion is arranged in a manner protruding outside the housing when the supporting member is mounted in the housing. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011102 | RUGGED PASSIVELY COOLED HIGH POWER LASER FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF USE - There are provided high power laser connectors and couplers and methods that are capable of providing high laser power without the need for active cooling to remote, harsh and difficult to access locations and under difficult and harsh conditions and to manage and mitigate the adverse effects of back reflections. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011103 | OPTOELECTRONIC CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL MODULE - An optoelectronic connector includes a cover, a circuit board mounted in the cover, and an optical module assembled to the circuit board. The optical module includes a lens module having a U-shaped receiving space, a ferrule mounted on an end of an optical waveguide, and a locking bolt releasably inserted through the lens module and assembled into the ferrule. The ferrule has two opposite side walls and adapted to be at least partly received within the receiving space. The locking bolt is configured for securely mounting the ferrule and lens module together. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011104 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH LENS ASSEMBLY SOLDERED TO CARRIER - An optical module is disclosed where the module includes an optical active device mounted on a carrier via a sub-mount, and a lens assembly mounted on the carrier and optically coupled with the device and an external fiber. A feature of the optical module is that the lens assembly has a metalized portion fixed to the carrier by the soldering. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011105 | CLIP FOR A FIBER OPTIC ASSEMBLY - A clip, configured to support a furcation body, includes a keyhole member, a catch, a cover, and an arm. The keyhole member may be received in a keyhole of a mounting surface, and is offset from a bottom of the clip via a slot guide such that when the bottom of the clip slides along the mounting surface, a top of the keyhole member engages an underside of the mounting surface to lock the clip to the mounting surface. The catch extends from the bottom of the clip in a direction that the keyhole member is offset from the bottom of the clip. The cover is coupled to a wall of the clip extending from the bottom of the clip in a direction away from the catch. The arm extends from the clip in a direction away from the catch and provides a handling point above the clip. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011106 | ELECTRICAL CABLE WITH OPTICAL FIBER - An electrical cable includes a cable jacket extending a length and having an internal passageway that extends along the length of the cable jacket. Twisted pairs of insulated electrical conductors extend within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket. Each twisted pair includes two insulated conductors twisted together in a helical manner. At least two optical fibers extend within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket. The optical fibers are independently held within the internal passageway of the cable jacket relative to each other. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011107 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PREFORM AND PREFORM FOR DRAWING A MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBER - In a method for manufacturing a preform for drawing a microstructured optical fiber, a core element and multiple sub-elements are arranged extending along the perform. The sub-elements and the core element form a bundle, which is twisted by a specified angle about the longitudinal axis of the bundle, wherein the pattern formed by the cross section of the sub-elements and the cross section of the core element is preserved along a length of the perform. The sub-elements and the core elements are subsequently at least partially fused together by heating the material of which the core element and the sub elements are made of above the transformation point of the material, so as to at least partially eliminate the cavities between the sub-elements, between the sub-elements and the core element, and between the sub-elements and the casing. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011108 | UV Curable Acrylate Buffer Coating for Optical Fiber - Certain embodiments of the invention may include a UV curable acrylate buffer coating for optical fiber. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a buffered optical fiber is provided. The buffered optical fiber includes a core, a cladding surrounding the core, a primary layer surrounding the cladding, a secondary layer surrounding the primary layer. A clear or translucent buffer surrounds the optical fiber, wherein the buffer includes polyester/polyether polyol aliphatic urethane acrylate, and the buffer has an elastic modulus greater than 40,000 psi. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011109 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODE CONTROL IN A SEMI-GUIDING AMPLIFIER MEDIUM - In various examples, a semi-guiding optical fiber includes a core having a high aspect ratio including first and second wide surface interfaces, and first and second narrow edge interfaces. The core has a slow axis parallel to the first and second wide surface interfaces, and a refractive index. The fiber also includes first and second signal claddings positioned in contact with the first and second wide surfaces of the core, respectively. The first and second signal claddings have a spatial refractive index profile having: i) a minimum value at a longitudinal axis of the core, ii) a maximum value substantially equal to the refractive index of the core at the first and second narrow edge interfaces of the core, and iii) intermediate values gradually increasing from the minimum value to the maximum value as distance from the longitudinal axis increases along the slow axis of the fiber. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011110 | OPTICAL FIBER APPARATUS - Embodiments of an optical fiber splice tray assembly for attachment to a backplane are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optical fiber splice tray assembly includes a primary tray having a primary tray base, fiber retention means for retaining optical fiber against the primary tray base, fiber splice accommodation means, first attachment means for attaching the primary tray to the backplane, and second attachment means for attaching a secondary tray having a secondary tray base, to the primary tray, wherein the secondary tray is attached indirectly to the backplane via the primary tray using the second attachment means. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011111 | MODIFYING AUDIO IN AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO USING RFID TAGS - Video and audio of a capture area is recorded. The capture area includes a sound-producing element that is to appear within a video. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag is attached to the sound-producing element. The RFID tag is scanned to automatically track the sound producing element relative to a position in the capture area. Configurable audio associated with the sound-producing element is embedded within the video. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011112 | OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing unit that performs background playback of a title based on data recorded on a BD after an operation mode is changed from a reproduction mode of the BD to a different mode. The signal processing unit holds screen information concerning a mask screen that masks a reproduction screen of the title, and screen information concerning a replacement demand screen that prompts replacement of the housed BD, outputs the mask screen when the operation mode is returned to the reproduction mode in a case where a playback position of the BD does not reach an end during the background playback, and outputs the replacement demand screen when the operation mode is returned to the reproduction mode in a case where the playback position reaches the end during the background playback. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011113 | OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing unit that controls output of image and sound of a title based on data recorded on a BD-ROM inserted into the reproducing apparatus. The signal processing unit holds first screen information concerning a mask screen that masks a title reproduction screen, and second screen information concerning a replacement demand screen that prompts replacement of the housed BD-ROM, outputs the mask screen based on the first screen information instead of the image of the title while the vehicle is running the title is being reproduced, and outputs the replacement demand screen based on the second screen information when the sound of the title is in a silent state continuously for a predetermined time or more while the vehicle is running and the title is being reproduced. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011114 | CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT OUTPUT DEVICE, AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - A content display device includes a content signal input unit that receives a content signal; a display unit that displays content included in the content signal, a sensor that detects a presence/absence of a viewer in a predetermined range; and a reproduction position storing unit that stores reproduction position information indicating a reproduction position of the content. When the sensor detects that a viewer leaves, and then returns to the predetermined range, the display unit returns to a reproduction position, indicated by the reproduction position information, and displays the content. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011115 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A video display apparatus adapted to be connected to a video playback apparatus having a first frame rate conversion unit configured to convert a frame rate of video data, includes a second frame rate conversion unit configured to convert a frame rate of the video data which is input from the video playback apparatus, and a control unit configured to control and associate operations in the first frame rate conversion unit and the second frame rate conversion unit in response to a request for performing a trick playback of the video data. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011116 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMAL PLAYBACK POSITIONING IN DIGITAL CONTENT - A method and device for optimal playback positioning in video content are provided. The present disclosure relates to a mechanism of tagging scenes or significant points in content in a prioritized way, and defines a mechanism to utilize this tagging associated with the content to facilitate stopping or starting at appropriate points for playback, e.g., when pressing a scene skip button to jump forward or back to another scene, or when pressing Play after inputting a fast-forward or rewind instruction. The method and device provide for displaying video content at a playback speed for viewing, receiving a first navigation instruction to navigate the video content at a speed faster than the playback speed for viewing, receiving a second navigation instruction to displaying of the video content, and determining a playback position of the video content based on at least one tagged frame of the video content. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011117 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In processing of recording data on a recording medium, three-dimensional image discrimination data representing whether or not there is a possibility of a three-dimensional image being included in recorded data is recorded as management information. The three-dimensional image discrimination data is recorded in a clip information file set in association with a stream file as a storage file of image data, a playlist file including reproduction section designating information for the clip information file, a disc management file which directly or indirectly designates the playlist file, or the like. A reproducing apparatus can thereby easily determine the presence/absence of a three-dimensional image without performing analysis on reproduction target data. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011118 | MANAGING AND EDITING STORED MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are described for providing editing tools that allow a user to manipulate media provided by a media content source. Media editing tools may include content analysis tools capable of extracting information from the media content itself, and may include segment identification and editing tools. Editing tools may be created by a user, and stored or shared with other users. Users may be able to specify and customize a set of storage space requirements that impose constraints on the type, quantity and content of stored assets. Automatic storage management tools provide tools with which stored and to-be-stored assets may be transformed in order to maintain satisfaction of storage preferences and requirements. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011119 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAGGING MEDIA CONTENT, MEDIA SERVER AND APPLICATION SERVER FOR REALIZING SUCH A METHOD - Method for automatically tagging media content that includes the steps of a media server obtaining capture tagging information from that media content upon capturing thereof and sending the capture tagging information and said media content to an application server. The application server tagging the media content with tagging information comprising at least part of the capture tagging information. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011120 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a content processing apparatus and method, and a program capable of more easily grasping details of content of a moving image. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011121 | REAL-TIME VIDEO EDITING - To accomplish frame-accurate capturing and/or editing of live or recorded video content in a web-based user interface, video content received from a source is stored in individual video frames in a database. Metadata (e.g., closed caption data) and/or visual graphic thumbnails also is stored in the database and used to edit the video content in a frame-accurate manner. Each frame of the video content, each portion of metadata, and/or a visual graphic thumbnail may be associated with a timestamp reference for synchronization. The frame-accurate video editing may be performed by an end user or automated based on user configurations. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011122 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SUBCONTENT TAGGING AND PLAYBACK - A method for tagging subcontent includes creating a first begin tag for a program to be delivered over a network, wherein the first begin tag defines a beginning of a first video segment of the program. A first video frame is identified for the first video segment, the first video frame representing content of the first video segment, A second begin tag is created for the program, the second begin tag defines a beginning of a second video segment of the program. A second video frame is identified for the second video segment, the second video frame representing content of the second video segment. The first begin tag is distinct from the second begin tag, the first video frame is distinct from the second video frame, and the first video segment is distinct from the second video segment. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011123 | Method and terminal for video processing - The disclosure discloses a method and a terminal for video processing. The method includes: when a real-time video image receiving terminal plays a real-time image picture, a shortcut for image pre-capture is set; if a user is interested in the picture, the user can click the shortcut for image pre-capture; when receiving an image pre-capture instruction, the terminal suspends the playing of the real-time picture but plays the pictures of a period before the moment of playing the real-time picture, then the user can perform image capture on the pictures played back. With the disclosure, when a user captures an image, the video pictures being played in the terminal are pre-stored, and the video pictures of a period before current time point are presented to the user by slow playback, thus the user can capture the image in easiness, so as not to miss the image that the user wants to capture due to a slow response. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011124 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data recording/playing configuration on a coding process for a recorded 3D image. Attribute information of the 3D image is recorded in each of hierarchized management information files as an attribute in units of management data of each of the management information files. The attribute information to be recorded can include attribute information of a coding process of a 3D image to be recorded. During decoding of the 3D image, inter-image reference identification data indicating whether or not inter-image reference between a left-eye image and a right-eye image is likely to be needed or coding mode identification data indicating whether or not an entropy coding mode is used for coding the 3D image are recorded as attribute information. A playing apparatus can determine a coding mode without performing analysis of data to be played, to correctly perform a decoding process. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011125 | Rolling lumens heating systems(5) - This is an invention which replaces the costly use of combustible fuels to provide heating for all types of structures including homes, businesses, commercial buildings and various other types of structures. By eliminating the use of combustible fuels, the cost to the consumer is significantly reduced and the amount of pollutants released into the atmosphere is eliminated as well. The “Rolling Lumens Heater” utilizes the lumens generated by light bulbs to heat the air in a chamber which is then pushed by a fan into the area which requires heat. The end result is an area which is heated to and maintains a temperature of 70 degrees. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011126 | SHUTTER CONTROL DEVICE - A shutter control device that uses an imaging device provided in a camera body to operate a shutter housed in a lens barrel to perform photography. The shutter control device comprises a communication port and a shutter control unit. The communication port is provided for transmitting and receiving signals between the camera body and the lens barrel. The shutter control unit is provided in the camera body, and outputs a shutter control signal to operate the shutter. The shutter control signal is transmitted to the lens barrel through the communication port. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011127 | ATTACHMENT FOR A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A personal communication device, such as a smartphone handset ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130011128 | Camera Platform for 3-D Photography - “A camera platform for three dimensional photography comprises a first support wall having an inner surface, an outer surface and a fastening end, and a second support wall having an inner surface, an outer surface and a fastening end. The first and second support walls are connected substantially at right angles to each. The inner surface of the first support wall and the inner surface of the second support wall define a quadrant. A fixed camera connector for a first camera is formed on the outer surface of the first support wall, and an adjustable camera connector for a second camera is formed on the outer surface of the second support wall. A beam splitter support frame outside the quadrant between the outer surface of the first support wall and the outer surface of the second support wall supports a beam splitter.” | 2013-01-10 |
20130011129 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING ANGLE OF CAMERA - A camera assembly mounted in an electronic device comprises a hollow base, a first gear, a first shaft, a second gear, a second shaft, a driving device and a driving gear. The camera is received in the base and rotatably connected to the base. One end of the first shaft is fixed with the first gear, another end of the first shaft is rotatably connected with the camera. One end of the second shaft is fixed with the base, another end of the second shaft is fixed with the second gear. The driving device drives the driving gear to engage with the first gear and the second gear, respectively, which lead to the camera capable of rotating around an axis of the first shaft and an axis of the second shaft, respectively. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011130 | SHUTTER CONTROL DEVICE - A shutter control device performs photography by operating a shutter housed in a lens barrel, and comprises a communication port, a shutter control unit and a memory. The communication port transmits and receives signals between the camera body and the lens barrel. The shutter control unit is provided in the camera body to output a shutter control signal. The memory is provided in the lens barrel to store shutter delay information regarding a time delay from when the shutter control signal is input to the lens barrel until when the shutter is closed. The shutter control unit receives the shutter delay information from the lens barrel and transmits the shutter control signal to the lens barrel through the communication port, ahead of an exposure time as determined by photometry, by an amount of time equal to the time delay. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011131 | CAMERA LENS ACCESSORY HOLDER - A camera lens accessory holder includes an attachment ring configured to couple to a camera lens accessory such as a lens cap or filter, a base coupled to the attachment ring and a holder mount coupled to the base opposite the attachment ring for removably attaching the holder to an external support structure. The base optionally includes a logo surface facing the attachment ring and optionally includes one or more visual elements such as a logo, text, photograph, or symbol. Some embodiments of a camera lens accessory holder include more than one attachment ring. Other embodiments are provided with means for attaching two holders to each other, one each on opposite sides of a flexible strap or belt. Some embodiments include a clip for attachment of a camera lens accessory holder to a belt, strap, or thin sheet of material. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011132 | HYBRID PACKET-OPTICAL PRIVATE NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure provides hybrid packet-optical private network systems and methods for a private and dedicated multi-point Ethernet Private Local Area Network (EPLAN). The network systems and methods include a Layer 1 infrastructure service with the inclusion of reserved, dedicated packet switch capacity upon which clients can build their personal, private packet networks. In the systems and methods described herein, packet networking methods are not used to partition the isolated LAN connectivity. Instead, dedicated Ethernet Private LANs (EPLs) are defined between dedicated virtual switching instances (VSIs) that are defined, as necessary, within larger packet-optical switches. Each VSI is partitioned from the remainder of its packet switch fabric as a dedicated, private resource for a specific EPLAN. A packet network is then built by the customer on top of the private EPLAN bandwidth and operated as an isolated, private network with no influence by other carrier's network resources. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011133 | DIFFERENTIAL EYE DIAGRAMS - Changes in a signal are detected. The signal is repeatedly sampled in a synchronous manner during a predetermined interval to generate a captured eye diagram. At least one of a positive differential eye diagram or a negative differential eye diagram is generated from the captured eye diagram and a baseline eye diagram. The at least one positive or negative differential eye diagram is analyzed to determine whether a change in signal conditions is present. | 2013-01-10 |
20130011134 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An optical communication device includes a transmitter module and a receiver module. The transmitter module includes a two laser sources, two optical modulators optically coupled to the two light sources, respectively, and an optical coupler, a semiconductor optical amplifier, an optical coupler, four optical band-pass filters or a demultiplexer, and an optical multiplexer optically coupled in series. The laser beams emitted from the two laser sources are converted into four laser beams having different frequencies due to a four-wave mixing effect occurring in the semiconductor optical amplifier. The receiver module includes a demultiplexer and four photoelectric conversion elements to receive the four laser beams respectively and convert them to electrical signals. | 2013-01-10 |