05th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110026812 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - In order to improve object detection precision, an object detection apparatus includes a posterior probability calculation portion utilizing an occurrence probability of a background and a foreground acquired by utilizing a characteristic quantity extracted from each pixel of an input image and a probability density function, a posterior probability of the previous background and foreground, and a conditional probability indicating a relation of an event (background or foreground) to the vicinity of an attentive pixel in a spatial direction and a relation of an event to the vicinity of the attentive pixel in a temporal direction so as to calculate a posterior probability of the background and the foreground from a probability model utilizing a tendency that the same event appears together in the vicinity of the attentive pixel in the spatial and temporal directions; and an object determination portion for determining an object from comparison between the posterior probabilities of the background and the foreground. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026813 | RELATIVE THRESHOLD AND USE OF EDGES IN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESS - Converting images to binary image representations is part of an Optical Character Recognition program in a computer system. The method and system according to present invention is using a relative threshold level to convert the image to its binary image representation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT STORAGE OF MRC IMAGES FOR EASY CLASSIFICATION AND RETRIEVAL - A method and system for processing image data provides associated background metadata in a searchable format and reduces file size. MRC techniques are used to process input image data. It is known that the image data may be segmented to generate a background layer representing background attributes of the input image data. A background color value of the background layer is detected, and background metadata representing the color value is generated. The background metadata is associated with the image data (e.g., as a separate file, in the image header, etc.), thereby making the background metadata searchable and reducing the file size of the image data to be stored. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026815 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for image processing are provided. The method may include generating a first restoration image by removing distortion components from an original image; determining a mixing ratio between the original image and the first restoration image based on distortion information of a region of interest in the original image; and generating a second restoration image by mixing the original image and the first restoration image according to the mixing ratio. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026816 | Rapid image categorization - The present invention discloses a method comprising: acquiring an image; digitizing the image; selecting one or more rows from a portion of the image; performing a line scan of the selected rows; retrieving a reference scan; comparing the line scan with the reference scan; identifying a feature; and categorizing the image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026817 | METHOD FOR MATCHING COLORS - A method for matching colors includes providing a first source of a first color and a second source of a second color; measuring a set of spectral values for first color stimuli associated with the first color; calculating a first set of tristimulus values; defining a first set of human observer color matching functions; calculating a first set of corrected tristimulus values from the first set of spectral values using the first set of human observer color matching functions; measuring a second set of spectral values for second color stimuli associated with the second color; calculating a second set of tristimulus values; defining a second set of human observer color matching functions; calculating a second set of corrected tristimulus values from the second set of spectral values; determining a difference between the first and second set of corrected tristimulus values; and adjusting one of the sources to reduce the difference. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026818 | System and method for correction of backlit face images - The subject application is directed to a system and method for backlit face image correction. Image data is first received that includes at least one facial region that defines an image human face. At least one facial region is detected via a processor that operates in accordance with software and an associated data storage. Skin tone characteristics of the at least one facial region are then detected. Pixel count data and histogram data are then calculated from the received image data. A plateau is then detected in a function of the pixel count data relative to the histogram data. A correction factor, based upon a property of the detected plateau, is then calculated. Pixel values of the at least one facial region are adjusted in accordance with the calculated correction factor. Thereafter, a corrected image is output that includes adjusted pixel values corresponding to at least one facial region. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026819 | Apparatus, method, and medium of encoding and decoding image data using sampling - An image data encoding/decoding apparatus and method using sampling is provided. The image data encoding apparatus may compress image data, pre-processed for each block, after sampling or without sampling, and select a more efficient compression mode from results of the compressing. The image data decoding apparatus may determine a decompression mode corresponding to the selected compression mode, and up-sample the image data after decompressing the image data based on a decompression mode, or decompress the image data without sampling, to provide high definition regardless of a type of image data. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026820 | Prediction-Based Image Processing - A pixel block ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110026821 | METHOD FOR MATCHING COLORS BETWEEN TWO SYSTEMS - A method for matching colors including comparing the appearance of a first white color associated with a first color imaging system and a second white color associated with a second color imaging system, wherein the tristimulus values of the first and second white color are similar; determining a fixed correction to the tristimulus values of the second white color to achieve a visual match to the first white color; measuring a first set of spectral values for a first color associated with the first color imaging system; determining a first set of tristimulus values from the first set of spectral values; measuring a second set of spectral values for a second color associated with the second color imaging system; determining a second set of tristimulus values from the second set of spectral values; applying a correction to the tristimulus values of the second color; determining a difference between the tristimulus value of the first color and the corrected tristimulus value of the second color; and adjusting the second color to reduce the difference. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026822 | STSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLACK BARS IN ELECTRONIC IMAGE - A testing method includes following steps. An electronic image is captured by an electronic device. A test device detect whether the image has any black bar. If the image has a black bar, pixel values in the black bar are extracted. If the pixel values in the black bar are all the same, a test result of imaging software error is presented. If the pixel values in the black bar are different from each other, a test result of mechanism error is presented. A test system associated with the testing method is also disclosed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLEMISHES IN AN IMAGE CAPTURED BY AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for detecting blemishes in a RGB image captured by an electronic device includes following steps. The image is read from the electronic device. A center point of the image is defined. Pixels of radials radiating from the center point of the image are detected for detecting blemishes in the image. Blemishes in the image are counted. A total blemish number is compared with a maximum tolerable blemish number. If the total blemish number in the image exceeds the maximum tolerable blemish number, displaying test failure; and if the total blemish number in the image does not exceeds the maximum tolerable number, displaying test pass. A blemish detection system associated with the method is also disclosed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026824 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Included are determining a position of a pixel serving as an extraction subject by using first image data photographed under a first light source; determining an extraction range corresponding to the determined position, by using a color value of the pixel at the determined position and a color value of a pixel at a peripheral position around the determined position in the first image data; calculating a first representative color value from the first image data and a second representative color value from second image data photographed under a second light source, on the basis of the position of the pixel serving as the extraction subject and the extraction range; and generating a color correction condition for converting a color value depending on the first light source into a color value depending on the second light source. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026825 | System for Creating a Capsule Representation of an Instructional Video - A method is provided that creates a lecture video capsule containing highlights of an original instructional video based on visual quality and content. The method includes segmenting and recognizing activities in the instructional video using a hidden Markov model (HMM). The activities are classified into three categories: talking head, writing hand and slideshow. The talking head frames are classified as non-content frames, while the writing hand and slideshows are classified as content frames. A non-reference based objective quality assessment of the non-content frames may be performed to detect high quality frames. Statistical parameters of an intensity histogram and a horizontal projection profile (HPP) of the content frames may be used to derive an objective quality measure of the content frames that is used to extract high quality content frames. The selected high quality non-content and content frames form a video clip or capsule, which is a temporally compressed representation of the video. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026826 | PRECISE BOUNDARY SEGMENT INTERSECTION FOR BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION MODELING - Precise boundary segment intersection methods and systems for boundary representation are described. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes computing a plurality of intersections of a plurality of segments, computing an uncertainty associated with each intersection of the plurality of intersections, and determining whether to aggregate at least one of the plurality of intersections with another of the plurality of intersections based on one or more of the determined uncertainties. In another embodiment, the method may further include determining whether to consolidate at least one non-aggregated intersection with at least one other intersection based on a topological consistency requirement. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026827 | VISUALIZATION PROGRAM, VISUALIZATION METHOD AND VISUALIZATION APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING READING ORDER OF CONTENT - A visualization program, method and apparatus for determining reading order of content in a structured document. The method includes generating, for each of a plurality of elements, a directed segment; storing, in the reading order, the generated directed segments of the elements into a storage device; reading from the storage device; linking together the directed segments for the elements in accordance with the reading order; and displaying the linked directed segments overlaid on the structured document which is displayed on the screen. A computer implemented program and an apparatus for carrying out the above method are also provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026828 | ENHANCED SCREEN CAPTURE FOR FORM MANIPULATION - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing forms based on an image is presented. A form is captured in an image, and a number of field values within the form in the image are detected. The number of field values is stored in the image metadata | 2011-02-03 |
20110026829 | Image recognition apparatus with a plurality of classifiers - In an apparatus, an applying unit applies selected classifiers in sequence to an object image. A score calculating unit calculates, each time a classifier is applied to the object image, a summation of an output of an at least one classifier already applied to the object image to thereby obtain an acquisition score as the summation. The output of the at least one already applied classifier is weighed by a corresponding weight. A distribution calculating unit calculates, each time a classifier is applied to the object image, a predicted distribution of the acquisition score that would be obtained if at least one unapplied classifier in the classifiers, which has not yet been applied to the object image, were applied to the object image. A judging unit judges, based on the predicted distribution, whether to terminate an application of the at least one unapplied classifier to the object image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026830 | CODEBOOK GENERATING METHOD - A codebook generating method comprises a dividing and transforming step dividing an original image into original blocks and transforming each of the original blocks into an original vector; a parameter setting step setting a distortion tolerance and a predetermined number of representative blocks; a single group setting step setting the original vectors as a group; a preliminary grouping step grouping all the original vectors in a group currently having largest distortion into two groups using a grouping algorithm, wherein the preliminary grouping step is repeated until the number of groups is equal to the predetermined number of representative blocks; and a grouping step grouping all the original vectors based on a plurality of initial centroids to obtain final centroids, and storing vectors corresponding to the final centroids in a codebook, wherein the centroids of the groups are treated as the initial centroids. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026831 | COMPACT SIGNATURE FOR UNORDERED VECTOR SETS WITH APPLICATION TO IMAGE RETRIEVAL - To compute a signature for an object comprising or represented by a set of vectors in a vector space of dimensionality D, statistics are computed that are indicative of distribution of the vectors of the set of vectors amongst a set of regions R | 2011-02-03 |
20110026832 | AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF PLANETARY IMAGE FEATURES - A method for the extraction of Lunar data and/or planetary features is provided. The feature extraction method can include one or more image processing techniques, including, but not limited to, a watershed segmentation and/or the generalized Hough Transform. According to some embodiments, the feature extraction method can include extracting features, such as, small rocks. According to some embodiments, small rocks can be extracted by applying a watershed segmentation algorithm to the Canny gradient. According to some embodiments, applying a watershed segmentation algorithm to the Canny gradient can allow regions that appear as close contours in the gradient to be segmented. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026833 | ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM, ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION METHOD AND ROBOT - A system capable of recognizing position, a shape, a posture and the like of an object present in a marginal environment of a device such as a robot in order to make the device perform operations on the object as a subject. In an environment recognition system, 3D information and physical information (color information and the like) of a subject are associated by using camera parameters of each of a 3D image senor a 2D image sensor. Thereby, the position, the posture and the shape related to the subject and the physical information of the subject present in the environment of a robot are obtained. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026834 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. First and second images are photographed from different points of view. A block division unit divides the first image into blocks. A similarity calculation unit calculates similarities between blocks in the first image and image regions in the second image. A likelihood calculation unit calculates likelihoods of each candidate corresponding image region in the second image with respect to individual sets of adjacent blocks in the first image on the basis of a positional relationship of the candidate corresponding image region. A corresponding position determination unit determines evaluation values of each candidate corresponding image region in the second image with respect to the blocks in the first image using the calculated similarities and likelihoods, and determines an image region in the second image corresponding to each of the blocks in the first image by comparing the determined evaluation values. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026835 | SYSTEM FOR MATCHING ARTISTIC ATTRIBUTES OF SECONDARY IMAGE AND TEMPLATE TO A PRIMARY IMAGE - A system for automatically selecting a template and a number of secondary images for display with a primary preselected image based on analyzing the primary image's attribute information and comparing the template's required image attributes and secondary image's attribute information. The attribute information is used to evaluate and arithmetically score a compatibility of the images and template so that a best compatibility fit can be obtained when displaying the image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026836 | CONTEXT COORDINATION FOR AN ARTISTIC DIGITAL TEMPLATE FOR IMAGE DISPLAY - An apparatus and method for creating a coordinated image display. A computer system comprising stored digital templates for said image display can be operated by a user to generate the image display. The templates each have a plurality of digital openings for displaying digital images and each of those openings has a required image attribute. The group of required attributes for the openings are stored as a template recipe. The template recipe includes a required image attribute for a dependent opening. The dependent opening is dependent on an image attribute of an image captured by a capture device coupled to the computer system, which includes scanners and cameras. The captured image can be of a paint swatch, a fabric, furniture, carpeting, or any other item or image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026837 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing device capable of capturing an image of various objects and common scenes with ideal compositions and attractive compositions. The image processing device predicts an attention region | 2011-02-03 |
20110026838 | PUBLISHING TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING VALUE TO A RENDERED DOCUMENT - A system for processing a visual capture operation as described. The system receives an indication of a visual capture operation performed from a rendered document. The indication specifies both a text sequence capture as part of the capture operation and a supplemental marking captured as part of the capture operation. The system determines an action to perform in response to receiving the indication, based both upon the text sequence specified in the indication and the supplemental markings specified by the indication. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026839 | ARTISTIC DIGITAL TEMPLATE FOR IMAGE DISPLAY - A system storing digital templates for an image display. The template has a plurality of digital openings for displaying digital images and each opening has at least one corresponding required attribute that is digitally stored in association with its corresponding opening. At least one designated image for display in at least one of the openings is identified and stored. The designated image has image attributes that are used to select complementary images from a database to be stored in other openings of the template. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDOOR-OUTDOOR SCENE CLASSIFICATION - Embodiments include a scene classification system and method. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a first plurality of image features from an input image, processing the first plurality of image features in the first scene classifier using a set of first sub-classifiers, each first sub-classifier determining first classification data for one of the first plurality of image feature, classifying the image through a first final classifier as an indoor scene or an outdoor scene based on the first classification data, if the image is classified as an outdoor scene, forming a second plurality of image features from the input image, processing each of the second plurality of image features using a set of second sub-classifiers, each second sub-classifier determining second classification data for one of the second plurality of image features, and classifying the image through a second final classifier as an outdoor urban scene or an outdoor natural scene based on the second classification data. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026841 | CLUSTERING PROCESSING METHOD, CLUSTERING PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A clustering processing method for dividing a samples into a plurality of clusters based on a feature amount of each sample, the plurality of clusters each belonging to one of a plurality of layers composed of M layers (M=2, . . . , K), the clustering processing method comprises a sample allocating step of allocating a sample targeted for processing to a cluster belonging to a first layer, based on a result of comparing the feature amount of the target sample with a representative feature amount of each of clusters belonging to the first layer; a determination step of determining whether to allocate a cluster belonging to an M−1th layer to an Mth layer; and a cluster allocating step of allocating a cluster belonging to the M−1th layer to the Mth layer, if it is determined in the determination step to allocate a cluster belonging to the M−1th layer to the Mth layer. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026842 | DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK DATA MANIPULATION - A method begins by a processing module receiving data for dispersed storage, wherein the data has an associated user identification (ID), and obtaining a codec flag based on the associated user ID. The codec flag may indicate one or more codec types and a codec execution order. The codec types may include two or more of: a null data manipulation, one or more versions of a data integrity function, one or more versions of a compression function, and/or one or more versions of an encryption function. The method continues with the processing module manipulating the data to produce manipulated data utilizing the one or more codec types in the codec execution order, encoding the manipulated data using an error coding dispersal storage function to produce a plurality of encoded data slices, and sending the slices and codec flag to a plurality of DS storage units for storage. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026843 | Image encoding and decoding apparatus and method for effectively transmitting large capacity image - Provided are an image encoding and decoding apparatus and method, which can effectively transmit a large capacity image. The image encoding apparatus generates a plurality of actual images with respect to an input image, and generates a difference image capable of predicting another actual image using one actual image, thereby effectively reducing an amount of data before encoding the input image. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026844 | Method for decoding a stream of coded data representative of a sequence of images and method for coding a sequence of images - A method for decoding a stream of coded data representative of a sequence of images divided into blocks is described. It comprises the following steps for a current block:
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20110026845 | PREDICTION OF IMAGES BY PRIOR DETERMINATION OF A FAMILY OF REFERENCE PIXELS, CODING AND DECODING USING SUCH A PREDICTION - A method is provided for predicting partitions of at least one group of pixels in an image to be coded, with respect to a group of reference pixels. Accordingly, the group of reference pixels is obtained by calculating a function characteristic of a predetermined mode of prediction, the reference pixels of the group obtained being variable from one partition to another. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026846 | DISCRETE COSINE PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A discrete cosine transformation circuit comprising a pipeline with a memory stage and an arithmetic stage. The arithmetic stage comprises first and second arithmetic logic units (ALU). Each of the ALUs receives from the memory a set of image data, performs a first calculation on the set of image data and outputs calculation result thereof in a first clock cycle. A path in the circuit directs the result to the memory stage, such that at least one ALU can selectively receive the result from the path in a clock cycle subsequent to the first clock cycle. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026847 | REGION-BASED METHOD FOR ITERATIVE REGULARIZATION IMAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED REGION-BASED APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A region-based method for iterative regularization image enhancement, includes: for each region of a plurality of regions of an image, performing at least one gradient calculation of an objective function of a latest representative function of the region and updating the latest representative function according to the gradient calculation; and for the region of the plurality of regions of the image, when at least one predetermined convergence criterion is not satisfied, iteratively updating the latest representative function according to at least one gradient calculation of the same objective function of the latest representative function. In particular, the region-based method further includes: for the region of the plurality of regions of the image, when the predetermined convergence criterion is satisfied, performing postprocessing on the latest representative function of the region to generate an iteratively regularized partial image corresponding to the region. An associated region-based apparatus and processing circuit are further provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026848 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROBUST UNIVERSAL DENOISING OF NOISY DATA SETS - Embodiments of the present invention provide context-class-based universal denoising of noisy images and other noise-corrupted data sets. Prediction-error statistics for each prediction class, relative to a prefiltered image, are collected to estimate a bias for each prediction class, and prediction-error statistics for each conditioning class, relative to a prefiltered image, are accumulated based on the difference between predicted values and corresponding prefiltered-image symbols. The prediction-error statistics are accumulated using computed prediction-error-statistics vectors, with inversion of a prediction-error vector generated from each prediction prior to accumulation in a prediction-error-statistics vector. Conditional probability distributions are computed for individual contexts, which allow for computing a clean-image-estimated, value for each noisy-image value by minimizing a computed distortion over a range of possible estimated-clean-image symbols. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026849 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention determines the adopting ratio (weight coefficient) between the high image quality processing using the tensor projection method and the high image quality processing using another method according to the degree of deviation of the input condition of the input image, and combines these processes as appropriate. This allows a satisfactory reconstruction image to be acquired even in a case of deviation from the input condition, and avoids deterioration of the high quality image due to deterioration of the reconstruction image by the projective operation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026850 | CONTEXT-CLUSTER-LEVEL CONTROL OF FILTERING ITERATIONS IN AN ITERATIVE DISCRETE UNIVERSAL DENOISER - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to various enhanced discrete-universal denoisers that have been developed to denoise images and other one-dimensional, two-dimensional or higher-dimensional data sets in which the frequency of occurrence of individual contexts may be too low to gather efficient statistical data or context-based symbol prediction. In these denoisers, image quality, signal-to-noise ratios, or other measures of the effectiveness of denoising that would be expected to increase monotonically over a series of iterations may decrease, due to assumptions underlying the discrete-universal-denoising method losing validity. Embodiments of the present invention apply context-class-based statistics and statistical analysis to determine, on a per-context-class basis, when to at least temporarily terminate denoising iterations on each conditioning class. Each iteration of the iterative methods applies context-based denoising only for those conditioning classes that statistical analysis indicates remain valid for denoising purposes. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026851 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING A FLUORESCENT IMAGE OF THE INTERIOR OF A TURBID MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR IMAGING THE INTERIOR OF A TURBID MEDIUM - A method for reconstructing a fluorescence image of the interior of a turbid medium is provided. The method comprises the step: accommodating a turbid medium ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110026852 | DISK SECTOR ALLOCATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE ACCESS TO IMAGES - An image data storage system and associated method store, on one or more disk drives in a disk drive array, original image data for different images as well as multiple resolution levels of compressed image data for each image. The lowest resolution level image data for multiple different images (i.e., “thumbnail” copies of images) are grouped together and stored within sectors closest to the center. The progressively higher resolution levels of image data for the same images can similarly be grouped together and stored within sectors sequentially from a first track closest to the center to a last track closet to an outer edge. Alternatively, all higher resolution levels of image data for any single image can be grouped together and stored within a same sector as close to the center as possible. This organization can significantly reduce average access time for large collections of images. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECTIFIED IMAGE RENDERINGS USING RECOGNITION INFORMATION FROM IMAGES - An embodiment provides for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images. For each image in the collection, a captured image may be analyzed to recognize information from image data contained in the captured image, and an index may be generated, where the index data is based on the recognized information. Using the index, functionality such as search and retrieval is enabled. Various recognition techniques, including those that use the face, clothing, apparel, and combinations of characteristics may be utilized. Recognition may be performed on, among other things, persons and text carried on objects. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026854 | Ecologically Safe Storage Bag and Transporting System and Method of Making Same - The present invention is directed to a storage system including a biodegradable plastic material that can be used in applications where biodegradability and biocompatibility are among primary desirable features, while having qualities which are desired for the various uses of the storage system. The present invention includes process to make the storage system and for transporting article wherein they can be stored at their destination. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026855 | Secure Access Easy Opening Tamper Evident Feature for Sealable Bags - This disclosure describes a secure access; easy opening tamper evident feature for sealable bags. The tamper evident feature provides dual zones for tamper-detection and may be sealed within a bag to form a package in such a manner that allows for the filling of product into the package and the handling of the package to be safely made, as the tamper evident feature may be positioned away from deleterious contact with the product. The package may be a combination of the tamper evident feature and a flexible bag. The package may include an easy opening end configuration for secure access inside the bag when the tamper evident feature is exposed and subsequently torn open by an end-user along the dual zones for tamper detection. The package may be formed with bags having side gussets or, alternatively, with folded-closed end. Methods for making and filling such packages are also provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026856 | Bag, Bag Pack, and Methods and Compositions for Making and Dispensing Thereof - A bag is disclosed having handle portions with mounting apertures and a central mounting tab having a central mounting aperture. The central mounting aperture is formed as a generally inverted “V” or triangular shaped slot with inwardly and upwardly curved lower portions. A bag pack is also disclosed formed of multiple stacked handle bags having aligned mounting apertures defined through the handle portions of the bags for reception of mounting rods therethrough. The mounting apertures are formed as elongated, generally vertically extending, slots having curved upper and lower portions. Elongated mounting slots make possible the use of shorter handles for the bags without sacrificing either the size of the mouth opening during loading or the carrying capacity of the bags. The central mounting tab on the multiple stacked bags has a vertical aperture between the central mounting aperture and the bag mouth, thus permitting the bag to be removed from a cooperating bag rack without leaving any portion of the central mounting tab on the bag rack. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026857 | Shopping Bag and Method of Using Same - A container which includes a container shell defining an interior therein and having an opening for accessing the interior. A first grommet and a second grommet each are located on the container shell and each include a perimeter that defines an aperture through the grommet. The second grommet including a magnetic or a ferromagnetic material. A first magnet is within the first grommet. The first grommet and the second grommet are positioned on the container shell to assist in closing the opening by magnetic attraction between the first magnet and the magnetic or ferromagnetic material, when the opening is closed the grommets are held in a position wherein the apertures are in general alignment. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026858 | BAG FOR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS - A bag with a tube-shaped body is made of a flexible material, sealed to from the bottom and opening at the top. It also has a separate sealing device in order to close the opening for the purposes of storage and transport. On the tube-shaped body there are at least two parallel pre-cut lines on the front and back or printed markings that run from the opening of the bag to the bottom and that lead to two lateral strips that are designed to be tied into a knot and thereby shut the opening of the bag once it has been opened without the need for separate sealing devices. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026859 | BAG CONTAINER - A bag container including a synthetic-resin container body shaped by using a mold and including a spout-forming portion and a filling inlet portion that project outward therefrom. Contents are first filled through the filling inlet portion, and then fusion-bond sealing is applied to the filling inlet portion. The filling inlet portion has, at its sealing base portion, a square cross-sectional shape. A tip-end-side cross-section-changing portion and a cylindrical portion are provided on the tip-end side with respect to the sealing base portion. Four triangular panels each isosceles triangle shaped are connectedly provided on the side of the container body with respect to the sealing base portion along a circumferential direction of the filling inlet portion, a base of each isosceles triangle formed of one of sides of the square cross-sectional shape. When the fusion-bond sealing is to be applied to the filling inlet portion, a region on the tip-end side with respect to the sealing base portion is folded flat while positioning a pair of opposing corners on opposite edges of the filling inlet portion. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026860 | Method and Apparatus for Implementing Differential Heat Seal Strength in Pouch-Based Diagnostic and Medical Products - Devices and methods are contemplated in which pouch-based diagnostic and medical products are formed in a process that allows formation of distinct seals using application of distinct process control variables for the respective seals. Therefore, products having stronger permanent seals and at the same tome frangible seals with controlled breaking characteristics can be prepared in s simple and reproducible manner. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026861 | Evacuatable Container - A container ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110026862 | REACTION ROD ARRANGEMENT - The present invention refers to a reaction rod arrangement for a vehicle including a bushing. The bushing comprises a rigid core member having a bearing portion and defining a longitudinal axis. An elastomer body is arranged on at least a portion of a radially outer surface of the bearing portion. The bearing portion comprises a first tapering portion tapering towards one axial end of the bearing portion and a second tapering portion tapering towards an opposite axial end of the bearing portion. An axial extension of the bearing portion is larger than a maximal radial extension with respect to the longitudinal axis. The elastomer body is movably arranged on the bearing portion to perform a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis relative to the rigid core member and a tilting movement about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis relative to the rigid core member. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026863 | ROTARY SHAFT ASSEMBLY - A rotary shaft assembly includes: a rotary shaft having an insertion end portion that is disposed co-axially in a hollow base, and rotatable relative to the base; a bearing sleeved on the insertion end portion of the rotary shaft, and partitioning an inner receiving space in the base into a lower oil-storage portion and an upper oil-flow portion; and a stirring member mounted on one end of the insertion end portion and co-rotatable with the rotary shaft. When the rotary shaft rotates, the stirring member stirs lubricating oil in the lower oil-storage portion to urge flow of the lubricating oil from the lower oil-storage portion through a first oil passage unit in one of the base and the bearing, through the upper oil-flow portion and through a second oil passage unit between the bearing and the insertion end portion of the rotary shaft, and back into the lower oil-storage portion. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026864 | SLIDING MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SLIDING MATERIAL, AND BEARING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A sliding material includes a sliding surface member, a base member made of a material different from the sliding surface member, a bonding material layer disposed between the sliding surface member and the base member so as to bond the sliding surface member and the base member, and a sheet member made of an electromagnetic induction heating material. The sliding material is manufactured by bonding the sliding surface member and the base member by heating and melting the bonding material layer through electromagnetic induction heating of the sheet member. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026865 | Bearing Assembly - A bearing assembly includes at least one outer ring and an inner ring unit having at least two inner rings, each having a central bore. A supporting element extends through the central bores. Roller bodies are rotatably disposed between the at least one outer ring and each of the inner rings. Radially-outer bores extend through the inner ring unit or the supporting element in the axial direction and each receives a screw or bolt for affixing the bearing assembly on a bearing carrier. The radially-outer bores are spaced from the symmetry axis of the bearing assembly. At least one lubrication conduit is defined on or in at least one of the inner rings and is configured to communicate liquid lubricant to the roller bodies. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026866 | BALL ROLLER BEARING AND METHOD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SUCH A BALL ROLLER BEARING - A ball roller bearing and to a method for the installation thereof. The ball roller bearing has an outer bearing race, and an inner bearing race, and a plurality of ball rollers, which are disposed between the bearing races and are held at equal distances to each other by a bearing cage. For this purpose, the ball rollers have a width of approximately 70% of the diameter of a spherical shape thereof, and roll with bearing surfaces thereof in two groove-shaped raceways, the depth of which is smaller than the distance between the outer and inner bearing race. The cage pockets of the bearing cage have a cross-sectional contour of a ball roller disposed in the longitudinal and transverse directions to the circumferential direction. The method for installation of the ball roller bearing is a cross/oblique pivot mount between the inner and outer bearing races and the ball rollers. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026867 | OUTER RING OF TAPERED ROLLER BEARING, TAPERED ROLLER BEARING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OUTER RING OF TAPERED ROLLER BEARING - A tapered cylinder portion, a radially extending portion, a cylindrical portion, a center backup portion, and a large diameter side curved portion are formed from an integral metallic plate. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026868 | Optical modulator - An optical modulator suppresses a radiation mode of a microwave generated in a connection substrate or termination substrate from entering a signal electrode of the optical modulator and suppresses modulation properties from being degraded. The optical modulator includes an optical modulation element ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110026869 | Sagnac Interferometric Switch Utilizing Faraday Rotation - A fiber-based, magneto-optic (MO) optical modulator or switch based on Sagnac interferometry is provided. The system uses a magneto-optic Faraday rotator (MOFR) to produce optical modulation with low magnetic fields. The Sagnac geometry allows for increased modulation at lower fields than traditional MO modulators. This switch uses the MOFR to create different states of polarization in counter-propagating waves, which results in interference at the output port. A magnetic field is used to control the amount of rotation in the state of polarization (SOP), and therefore, the ON-OFF extinction ratio. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026870 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER SENSOR - Systems and methods for sensing a target analyte. An example sensor includes a tunable light source that provides a substantially single optical mode of light, a detector, a processor, and a resonator. The resonator resonates light provided by the light source at a predefined frequency. The resonator includes a photonic crystal fiber having a solid region that guides a substantially single optical mode of light and at least one hollow channel adjacent to the solid region. The hollow channel receives a fluid from an external source. The hollow channel is coated with a film having a material that is reactive with the target analyte in a manner that changes the optical properties of the film. The detector detects light from the resonator. A predetermined change in the detected signal as determined by the processor indicates presence of the target analyte. The material in the film is reversible. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026871 | SENSOR ELEMENT - In an embodiment, a sensor element is provided. The sensor element may include a light input configured to receive input light, a sample chamber configured to accommodate a sample, and at least one polymer waveguide optically coupling the light input with the sample chamber, the at least one polymer waveguide including a first contact portion and a second contact portion, wherein at least a portion of the second contact portion may be arranged in the sample chamber. The second contact portion may include a different structure than the first contact portion so that a change of the light intensity of the input light passing through the second contact portion may be caused due to an interaction between the input light passing through the second contact portion and the sample, wherein the change of the light intensity of the input light passing through the second contact portion may be different from the change of the light intensity of the input light passing through the first contact portion. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026872 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING A FIBER-OPTIC MONITORING SYSTEM TO A COMPONENT TO BE MONITORED - An adapter device for applying a fiber-optic monitoring system to a component to be monitored includes a shell adapted to surround the component to be monitored, the shell having a rounded exposed surface onto which a first optical fiber of the fiber-optic monitoring system can be wrapped. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026873 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE AND OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of manufacturing an optical sensor module which eliminates the need for the operation of alignment between a core in an optical waveguide section and an optical element in a substrate section, and an optical sensor module obtained thereby. An optical waveguide section W | 2011-02-03 |
20110026874 | Surface state gain - A gain medium may be arranged to provide energy to a surface state. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026875 | OPTICAL FIBER INTERCONNECT DEVICE - A fiber optic interconnect device includes a silicon substrate having at least one groove formed therein. The groove includes a pair of sidewalls and a first end disposed at an end of the pair of sidewalls. The device also includes an optical fiber disposed in the groove, the optical fiber having a cylindrical body, an endface formed on an end of the cylindrical body, and a multi-faceted mirror formed on the endface, and a light source adapted to transmit light to the multifaceted mirror to launch light through the optical fiber to a detector. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026876 | NANO/MICRO-PATTERNED OPTICAL DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A nano/micro-patterned optical device includes a soft film substrate and nano/micro thin wires. A surface of the soft film substrate includes a nano/micro-pattern formed through a lithography process, and the nano/micro-pattern includes a plurality of depressed grooves. The nano/micro thin wires are placed in the depressed grooves, and used to form a plurality of optical waveguides, in which the optical waveguides include at least one optical coupling region, and the optical coupling region is located on a joining position of the optical waveguides. A fabrication method of the nano/micro-patterned optical device is also provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026877 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLY - A fiber coupled semiconductor device having an improved optical stability with respect to temperature variation is disclosed. The stability improvement is achieved by placing the platform holding the semiconductor chip and the optical fiber onto a spacer mounted on a base. The spacer has an area smaller than the area of the platform, for mechanical decoupling of thermally induced deformation of the base from a deformation of the platform of the semiconductor device. Attaching the optical fiber to a vertical mounting surface of a fiber mount, and additionally attaching the fiber mount to a submount of the semiconductor chip further improves thermal stability of the packaged device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026878 | Optical I/O Array Module and Its Fabrication Method - In fabricating an optical I/O array module, an optical waveguide provided with mirror parts, each having a tapered face, is formed on a substrate, a convex shaped member or a concave shaped member is placed at spots above the respective mirror parts of the optical waveguide, and laser diode arrays and photo diode arrays, provided with either a concave shape, or a convex shape, are mated with, or into the convex shaped member or the concave shaped member before being mounted. Further, there are formed multiple filmy layers, on which an LSI where a driver IC LSI of optical elements, and an amplifier LSI of the optical elements are integrated. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026879 | FABRICATION-TOLERANT WAVEGUIDES AND RESONATORS - An optical waveguide having a core region with a substantially rectangular cross-section with a selected aspect ratio of width to height. Embodiments include devices incorporating the optical waveguide and methods for using the optical waveguide. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026880 | OPTICAL MODE TRANSFORMER, IN PARTICULAR FOR COUPLING AN OPTICAL FIBER AND A HIGH-INDEX CONTRAST WAVEGUIDE - A semiconductor-based optical mode transformer ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110026881 | RUBBER MEMBER, ADHESIVE CONNECTING MEMBER, AND OPTICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A rubber member optically connects (a) an optical transmission medium or an optical component and (b) another optical transmission medium or another optical component by intervening between the (a) and the (b). An adhesive connecting member comprises a rubber member having a refractive index of 1.35 to 1.55 and an adhesive having a refractive index of 1.35 to 1.55. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026882 | LENSED OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH PASSIVE ALIGNMENT FEATURES - A simply constructed and economical optical connector, wherein a fiber ribbon or waveguide ribbon cable incorporates a plurality of projecting fiber or waveguide ends adapted to engage into a guiding feature in a structure that incorporates an array of microlenses, upon said structure being aligned with and attached to a ferrule housing the ribbon cable. The guiding feature enables apertures in the ferrule within which the projecting fiber or waveguide ends are guides towards engagement with guiding feature in the microlens containing structure, to be formed or dimensioned with relaxed tolerances relative to the fiber or waveguide ends, thereby considerable reducing manufacturing costs for the ferrule. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026883 | Multi-contact universally jointed power and/or signal connector devices - An adjustable at least four-way electrical connector for signal, power, voice and/or data communication, comprising at least four adjustable electrical connections utilizing a ball and socket type physical connection device and including a weatherproofing gasket; also an adjustable fiber optic connection device utilizing ball and socket type construction wherein an optical fiber can be split into a plurality of optical fibers via a connection device providing for rotation and pivoting. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026884 | RELAY OPTICAL CONNECTOR - In a relay optical connector | 2011-02-03 |
20110026885 | OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING CONNECTOR - An exemplary optical fiber coupling connector includes a receptacle and a plug for insertion into the receptacle. The receptacle includes a first transmission optical fiber and a first receiving optical fiber. The plug includes a second transmission optical fiber for optically coupling with the first receiving optical fiber, and a second receiving optical fiber for optically coupling with the first transmission optical fiber. A core of the first transmission optical fiber is narrower than that of the second receiving optical fiber, and a core of the second transmission optical fiber is narrower than that of the first receiving optical fiber. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026886 | Multi-Fiber Loop Back Plug - The present disclosure relates to a loop back plug including a ferrule having a distal side and a proximal side. The ferrule defines a plurality of openings that extend through the ferrule from the distal side to the proximal side. The openings are arranged in first and second parallel rows. The loop back plug also includes a plurality of loop back optical fibers each having first and second end portions secured within the openings of the ferrule. At least some of the loop back optical fibers are looped between the openings of the first and second rows with their first end portions secured within the openings of the first row and their second end portions secured within the openings of the second row. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026887 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE - In a mounting structure formed by mounting an optoelectronic interconnection module on a mounting board, an optical semiconductor device, electrical wires and electrical connection terminals are provided on the main surface of an optoelectronic interconnection board having flexibility on the optoelectronic interconnection module and an optical interconnection path is provided at the optoelectronic interconnection board. Electrical wires and electrical connection terminals are provided on the main surface of the mounting board. A conductive connection member is disposed between the electrical connection terminals on the optoelectronic interconnection module side and the electrical connection terminals on the mounting board side. A heat release member that releases heat of the optical semiconductor device to the mounting board side is disposed between the optical semiconductor device and the mounting board. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026888 | OPTICAL MODULE MOUNTING UNIT AND OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a module housing body including an electrical connection section for electrically connecting the electronic substrate and the optical module to each other and a housing section for housing the optical module, where the module housing body is mounted on the electronic substrate in such a manner that an electrical connection terminal of the electronic substrate and the electrical connection section is connected to each other and a fixing member for maintaining a state in which an electrical connection terminal of the optical module has contact with the electrical connection section in the module housing body. The optical module is housed in the housing section and is fixed in a removable manner by the fixing member, and the optical waveguide and the optical element are configured to be optically coupled to each other in a state in which the optical module is fixed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026889 | Tight-Buffered Optical Fiber Unit Having Improved Accessibility - Disclosed are tight-buffered and semi-tight-buffered optical fiber units. The optical fiber unit includes an optical fiber that is surrounded by a polymeric buffering layer to define a fiber-buffer interface. The buffering layer includes an aliphatic amide slip agent in an amount sufficient for at least some of the aliphatic amide slip agent to migrate to the buffer-fiber interface to thereby promote easy stripping of the buffering layer. For example, at least about 15 centimeters of the polymeric buffering layer can be removed from the optical fiber in a single operation using a strip force of less than about 10 N. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026890 | HOLEY FIBERS - A holey fiber with significantly large effective core area is provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026891 | Single mode optical fibers and modular method of making same - An optical fiber that concurrently satisfies G.657 and G.652 standards comprises a core region and a cladding region configured to support and guide the propagation of light in a fundamental transverse mode, the cladding region including (i) an outer cladding region having a refractive index n | 2011-02-03 |
20110026892 | OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURE WITH FILTERING THIN FILM - An optical fiber with filtering thin film includes a first ferrule having a first through hole and a first contact surface. A first fiber is disposed into the first through hole, extending to the first contact surface. A first interface coupling material is between the first ferrule and the first fiber. A second ferrule has a second through hole and a second contact surface. A second fiber is disposed into the second through hole, extending to the second contact surface. A second interface coupling material is between the second ferrule and the second fiber. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are parallel and have an included tilt angle from a perpendicular transverse plane of first fiber. An optical filtering film is disposed between the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The first fiber and the second fiber are aligned. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026893 | OPTICAL MODULE - Provided is an optical module including: an optical assembly incorporating a light emitting or receiving device for converting one of an electrical signal and an optical signal into another of the electrical signal and the optical signal; a circuit board electrically connected to the optical assembly; an optical fiber optically connected to the optical assembly; a tray for winding the optical fiber therein and pulling out the optical fiber therefrom; and a case receiving the optical assembly, the circuit board, the optical fiber, and the tray. In the optical module, the tray is fixed with respect to the case so as to be reciprocatingly movable only within a restricted range, and the tray is moved from a position to another position within the restricted range so as to be moved away from an electrical connection section between the optical assembly and the circuit board. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026894 | WALL-MOUNTED FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB - A fiber distribution hub defines at least one incoming cable port and at least one outgoing cable port. The fiber distribution hub includes a termination region, a splitter region, and a splice region. Some example hubs include a pass-through panel configured to manage a loop portion of a feeder cable. Some example hubs include a cable manager for managing distribution cables at the outgoing cable port. Some example hubs include pivotal splice tray stacks. Some example hubs include a swing frame on which the termination region and splitter region are positioned. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026895 | FIBER TRAY - A fiber tray for routing and packaging an optical fiber is disclosed. The fiber tray includes a generally round central section, a lead-in section, and a lead-out section. All three sections are integrally formed out of a thin sheet of a material and coated with a tacky adhesive material for fiber retention. The adhesive allows for fiber removal and rerouting if required. The tray includes guiding walls, which establish the path of the optical fiber on the tray. The optical fiber is routed in a single layer on the tacky surface of the fiber tray. The optical fiber is supported and immobilized essentially along its entire length, including the length of the optical fiber routed on the lead-in and the lead-out sections. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026896 | FIBER CLAMP MECHANISM FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER PREPARATION TOOL - An optical fiber holder assembly for holding an optical fiber having any one of several different fiber constructions comprises a base and a fiber clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes a clamping portion configured to clamp the optical fiber, the clamping portion including a first clamping plate hingedly coupled to a portion of the base. A first fiber entrance guide is formed in an entrance end of the fiber clamping mechanism to receive and guide the optical fiber to a first fiber channel formed in the base. A second fiber entrance guide is formed in the entrance end of the fiber clamping mechanism to receive and guide the optical fiber to a second fiber channel formed in the base. The first clamping portion includes rust and second compliant gripping pads, the first gripping pad disposed on the base and the second gripping pad disposed in the first clamping plate such that the gripping pads overlap each other when the first clamping plate is placed in a closed position. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026897 | Video Recording Devices and Video Recording Methods - A video recording device includes imaging circuitry, processing circuitry, and communication circuitry. The imaging circuitry is configured to generate image data for a scene being imaged. The processing circuitry is configured to generate first video data using the image data. The communication circuitry is configured to wirelessly send the first video data to another video recording device and to wirelessly receive second video data from the other video recording device. The processing circuitry is further configured to controllably switch during a recording of a video from storing portions of the first video data as part of the video to storing portions of the second video data as part of the video. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026898 | Interface, Systems and Methods for Collaborative Editing of Content Including Video - Interface, systems and methods for collaborative video editing. An online collection of editing tools is provided. Collaborative functionality in the editor includes multi-user viewing of the same editing interface (from different locations in the world), instant messaging communication, transferable editing controls between users and a media/idea suggestion portal. Over a network, various users may have varying level of permissions for providing edits to a video, providing comments or interacting with a chat interface. As users provide editing commands to the single video project, a single edit decision list may be updated and each user's view of the current state of the video may be continuously updated to reflect the edits in real-time. In this manner, various users may view and interact with the editing interface over a network to edit a single video project simultaneously. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026899 | Systems and Methods for Viewing and Editing Content Over a Computer Network in Multiple Formats and Resolutions - Methods and systems for viewing, editing high resolution video over a computer network. High-resolution footage may be uploaded and stored on a system. Such high-resolution footage may be captured by various content creators from various locations. From the high-resolution footage, low-resolution copies, which may be flash copies, of this footage may be created. Instead of accessing and editing the originally submitted high-resolution footage, the low-resolution copies may be viewed, clipped, aggregated and modified on the site. A edited video may be created based on various received editing commands, and the edited video may be ultimately exported in multiple formats. The exported video may also be exported to various remote systems. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026900 | Systems and Methods for Delivering and Exporting Edited Media in Multiple Formats - Methods and systems for delivering and exporting edited media in multiple formats. A user may select an export format and the selection of the export format may be recorded. Metadata related to an edit decision list created by a user for the edited media product may be accessed, and the metadata may be applied to a component of each media file to create a clip. The clip may be converted to a temporary conversion format. An effect time in the edit decision list may be accessed, and each clip may be broken into individual frames. Effect images from a library may be appropriately and proportionately combined with each individual frame of each clip, the combined frames may be joined to create a completed media file in an order specified in the edit decision list, and the completed media file may be converted to the selected export format. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026901 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Method and information processing apparatus for generating an edited work including a subset of a plurality of scenes in an image material. The information processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store the image material including the plurality of scenes. The information processing apparatus further includes a processor configured to select, for an n-th scene of the edited work, a plurality of first candidate scenes from the plurality of scenes based on at least one feature of a preceding (n−1-th) scene of the edited work and features of the plurality of scenes. The processor is also configured to generate a graphical user interface including a scene selection area and a preview area. The scene selection area includes one or more first candidate images corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first candidate scenes, and the preview area includes a preview of the preceding (n−1-th) scene. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026902 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DISRUPTIONS IN RECORDED PROGRAMMING - Various embodiments reduce disruptions in recorded programming, by automatically recording retransmissions of prior programming. In one embodiment, a recording manager is provided for execution on a receiving device, such as a set-top box. The recording manager detects a disruption in a recorded program. In response, the recording manager automatically records, or schedules a recording of, a later transmission of the same program. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026903 | RECORDING DEVICE - A method includes receiving, at a recording device, an instruction or command from a user to record television programming on a first channel for a period of time. The method also includes receiving information from the user, where the information identifies one or more names or titles to associate with the programming to be recorded on the first channel for the period of time. The method further includes recording the programming on the first channel for the period of time, receiving a request to view a list of recorded programs and outputting the list of the recorded programs, where the list includes the one or more names or titles associated with the programming on the first channel for the period of time. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026904 | Multi-User Recording Allocation - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for allocating recordings to multiple users of a receiver. A graphical user interface may be displayed at a receiver and may show a listing of programs that have been recorded from a service provider broadcast or other transmission. An enhanced graphical user interface may include a listing of multiple users, each with separate listing of recordings. The recordings may be stored in a storage device associated with the receiver. A particular recoding may be deleted from the storage device when the recording has been deleted from each user's list of recordings. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026905 | Packet Sequence Restoring Controller and Method Thereof - A packet sequence restoring controller includes a recording device, a memory interface unit and a playback device. The recording device includes a first packet detector, a time stamp inserting unit and a first counting module. The playback device includes a second packet detector, a comparing unit, a time stamp deleting unit and a second counting module. Through the memory interface unit, the recording device and the playback device perform data access with an external memory. By recording arrival time of each packet, a live packet sequence is simulated and restored to optimize play quality of a recorded program. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026906 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DATA STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION OF MULTIPLE PATH DATA RECORDED THEREON AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for reproducing video data are discussed. According an embodiment, the apparatus includes a controller configured to receive a request of a path change, the controller configured to control the path change from a current path to the request path among the multiple reproduction paths by identifying path information in an entry point map, the path information associated with an entry point in the video data, and the entry point map having an entry point fine table including fine information of at least one entry point and an entry point coarse table including coarse information of the at least one entry point, the fine information and coarse information identifying a presentation time and an address for the at least one entry point | 2011-02-03 |
20110026907 | ELECTRIC HEATER - An electric heater includes primarily an S-shaped air channel which is provided in a body, at least one heating unit which is provided in the air channel, and at least one heat energy conversion unit which is close to an inner wall of the air channel and close to the heating unit. An interior of the heat energy conversion unit is defined with a passage. Hot air can be directed rapidly by a principle that hot air ascends, through the S-shaped air channel. Heat energy produced by the heating unit is absorbed by the heat energy conversion unit and is then carried away by an air power of the passage, so as to achieve effects of heat accumulation and dissipation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026908 | IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CORRECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS - An image stabilizing apparatus includes a movable vibration-correcting lens constituting a part of an optical system and movable along a direction orthogonal to an optical axis; a locking unit that fixes the movable vibration-correcting lens at a neutral position substantially coinciding with the optical axis of the optical system; an actuating unit that switches between a locked state where the movable vibration-correcting lens is fixed by the locking unit and an unlocked state where the locked state of the movable vibration-correcting lens is released. The locking unit includes retaining members having a retaining unit sandwiching the movable vibration-correcting lens and arranged to slide along the direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and the actuating unit switches between the locked state and the unlocked state by moving the retaining members in opposing directions. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026909 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FURNISHED WITH A DEVICE FOR INCREASING ITS DEPTH OF FIELD - To increase the depth of field of an optical system, an inversion of the chromatism is produced. This accommodates the fact that, in natural light, users prefer, for their photographs, taking long distance shots outdoors, where the illuminant is mostly composed of blue, and short-distance shots indoors, where the illuminant is mostly composed of red. While optical devices naturally focus the blue components at a shorter distance than the red components, which is unfavorable, with an inversion of the chromatism, a focus more in keeping with what is required is restored. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026910 | PHOTOMETRIC CALIBRATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A photometric calibration method includes: obtaining a target image and a reference image by a light field camera and transforming the reference image into a revised target image corresponding to the target image; calculating a photometric calibration ratio according to a function for correlating the target image and the revised target image by using a numerical algorithm; and the intensity of the target image is divided by the photometric calibration ratio to obtain a calibrated target image. A light field of a scene is formed by all of the calibrated target image so as to improve the quality of the light field. | 2011-02-03 |
20110026911 | Optical finder unit and imaging apparatus - An optical finder unit includes: light guide means for guiding an optical image of a subject to a finder window through an internal space formed in the optical finder unit; and a display unit capable of displaying information on the finder window through the internal space when the display unit is in a set state in which the display unit is set in a predetermined position, wherein the display unit in the set state blocks an opening communicating with the internal space, and the display unit can transit from the set state to a non-set state in which the display unit is not set in the predetermined position but unblocks the internal space. | 2011-02-03 |