08th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150049889 | HOLDING UNIT FOR A VIBRATION TRANSMITTER AND A VIBRATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING IT - A holding unit and a vibration transmission system are disclosed. The holding unit comprising a holding plate is configured to be attached to the skin by means of magnetic attraction between a number of external magnets that are either:
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20150049890 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FITTING AN ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC STIMULATION SYSTEM TO A PATIENT - An exemplary system includes 1) a stimulation management facility configured to direct an electro-acoustic stimulation (“EAS”) system to concurrently apply acoustic stimulation to a patient by way of a loudspeaker and electrical stimulation to the patient by way of an electrode located within a cochlea of the patient during a fitting session, and 2) a fitting facility communicatively coupled to the stimulation management facility and configured to detect, during the fitting session, an interaction between the acoustic stimulation and the electrical stimulation, and set, during the fitting session, one or more control parameters governing an operation of the EAS system based on the detected interaction. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049891 | EMBEDDED TUNING CAPACITANCE FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FLEX ANTENNA - Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for tuning hearing assistance device antennas. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method including providing a flexible antenna for a hearing assistance device. The flexible antenna includes at least one variable distributed tuning element embedded in the flexible antenna, in various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the tuning element is configured for tuning the flexible antenna for wireless hearing assistance device communication. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049892 | EXTERNAL MICROPHONE ARRAY AND HEARING AID USING IT - An external microphone array is configured to be used with a hearing aid and comprises a number of microphones configured to detect one or more sound signals from a sound source and means for wirelessly sending the detected sound signal to at least one hearing aid. The external microphone array comprises means for automatically determining the direction of the sound source either by: a) receiving a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control; b) by receiving acoustic signals picked up by the hearing aid(s) and by further comparing the signals with signals received by the external microphone array. The external microphone array may e.g. take the form of a sphere, a hemi-sphere or a neckband. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049893 | Dynamic Driver In Hearing Instrument - A hearing instrument includes a first speaker having a first frequency range. The hearing instrument also includes a second speaker that is disposed in the ear of a listener. The second speaker has a second frequency range that is wider than the first frequency range. A microphone unit is coupled to the first speaker and the second speaker. The first speaker creates replacement sounds within the first frequency range that replicate sounds that are lost to the listener as a result of an occlusion effect at the second speaker. The replacement sounds are presented to the listener. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049894 | LOW PROFILE FLAT PANEL SPEAKER SYSTEM - A low profile speaker system that can be inconspicuously mounted to the back of a flat panel display and provides an acoustical arrangements to create a full home theater surround sound experience while maintaining a compact enclosure footprint. The speaker system can be supported using a stand; the stand integral to the speaker system support architecture and supporting both the speaker system and flat panel television. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049895 | Expandable Speaker - A speaker apparatus or system with a user selectably expandable chamber is provided. The chamber in its expanded state enhances the speaker's acoustical properties. The chamber in its collapsed (in physical dimension or shape) state provides a thin profile for increased portability or low profile mounted solutions. The speaker is compatible with current electronics. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049896 | OVAL VARIABLE WALL EARBUD - An ear tip is disclosed that comprises an annular flange having a first end tapering downwardly to a second end and having a non-circular lateral cross-section generally in the shape of an oval. The annular flange has a varying wall thickness from a first set of opposite sides of the annular flange to a second set of opposite sides of the annular flange. An inner body extends internally from the first end within a hollow interior defined by the annular flange toward the second end. An acoustic channel extends through the inner body, where the annular flange at least partially occludes an ear canal from ambient noise and creates at least a partial air seal in the ear canal and the acoustic channel is configured to allow the passage of sound into the ear canal when the inner body is connected with a sound source. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049897 | TEARDROP VARIABLE WALL EARBUD - An ear tip is disclosed that comprises an annular flange having a first end tapering downwardly to a second end and having a teardrop curve lateral cross section running from approximately the upper end to the lower end. An inner body extends internally from the upper end within a hollow interior defined by the flange toward the lower end. An acoustic channel extends through the inner body. The flange at least partially occludes an ear canal from ambient noise and creates at least a partial air seal in the ear canal and the acoustic channel is configured to allow the passage of sound into the ear canal when the inner body is connected with a sound source. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049898 | LOUDSPEAKER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A loudspeaker mounting assembly includes a frame, a sleeve, and a tilt-angle adjustment mechanism. The frame may include an outer frame, an inner frame rotatable about a frame axis relative to the outer frame, and a frame wall extending away from a rear side. The sleeve is coupled to the inner frame at a pivot axis and is tiltable to a plurality of tilt angles relative to the inner frame. The tilt-angle adjustment mechanism is engageable with the sleeve to enable selection of a desired tilt angle. A loudspeaker may be mounted to the sleeve such that the loudspeaker may be swiveled about the frame axis and tilted about the pivot axis. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049899 | Apparatus And Method For Sound Reproduction - In an embodiment an apparatus includes a graphical display panel and a loudspeaker. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the loudspeaker diaphragm is directed outside a host device through the apertures. The speaker may be an electret or a piezo-electric speaker for thinness. There may be apertures on an opposed side of the host device housing to achieve a dipole pattern which is directed and gives acoustic privacy to the user, or a rear acoustic cavity for a monopole pattern which more broadly disperses the sound. One illustrated embodiment is selectable between monopole and dipole. Size and total area of the holes determines acoustic resistance and so a method is described to determine those from physical parameters of the display panel. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049900 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM - A system capable of providing information having a large amount of data without spoiling the aesthetic appearance of an object is provided. An information provision terminal device | 2015-02-19 |
20150049901 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT INTEGRITY - A method and an apparatus for controlling content integrity. A method for operating in an electronic device can include including unique information of content in a watermark image, and inserting the watermark image to the content. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049902 | Recognition Procedure for Identifying Multiple Items in Images - The disclosure includes a system and method for identifying multiple items in an image. A image recognition application receives a query image of items, computes features of the query image, for each feature finds an indexed image with closest matched features in a database, determines that the shape of the matched features is geometrically consistent, determines whether the query image matches the indexed image, responsive to the query image matching the indexed image, returns inliers, determines a region of interest where the match was found in the query image, removes inliers from the set of features to reduce the set of features and returns all matches found when the query image fails to match the indexed image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049903 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PATCH PANEL PORTS FROM AN IMAGE IN WHICH SOME PORTS ARE OBSCURED - A method of estimating one or more dimensions of a patch panel may include receiving an image of a patch panel that comprises a plurality of ports and one or more gaps, extracting, by a computing device, a region of interest from the received image, detecting, by the computing device, one or more line segments from the region of interest, determining whether one or more candidate ports can be identified based on at least a portion of the line segments, and in response to determining that one or more candidate ports can be identified, identifying one or more candidate ports, and determining, by the computing device, a gap length associated with the identified candidate ports. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049904 | REFLECTION BASED TRACKING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a processor can receive data representing a view reflected by a mirror of a plurality of mirrors. The plurality of mirrors may be configured in a space to reflect a plurality of views of structures in the space. The mirror of the plurality of mirrors may include a uniquely identifiable feature distinguishable from other objects in the space. The processor can identify the mirror of the plurality of mirrors according to the uniquely identifiable feature. The processor can also determine an attribute of the structures according to the identified mirror and the data representing the view reflected by the mirror. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049905 | MAP GENERATION FOR AN ENVIRONMENT BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGES - Systems and methods for map generation for an environment based on captured images are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes capturing a first image of an environment. The method also includes identifying a reference in the first image. Further, the method includes generating, based on the identified reference, a map of the environment to use for physically orienting a computing device within the environment based on a second image including the reference. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049906 | HUMAN IMAGE TRACKING SYSTEM, AND HUMAN IMAGE DETECTION AND HUMAN IMAGE TRACKING METHODS THEREOF - A human image detection and tracking systems and methods are disclosed. A human image detection method comprises receiving a depth image data from a depth image sensor by an image processing unit, removing a background image of the depth image sensor and outputting a foreground image by the image processing unit, receiving the foreground image and operating a graph-based segment on the foreground image to obtain a plurality of graph blocks by a human image detection unit, determining whether a potential human region exists in the graph blocks, determining whether the potential human region is a potential human head region, determining whether the potential human head region is a real human head region, and regarding the position of the real human head region is the human image position by the human image detection unit if the potential human head region is the real human head region. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049907 | HIGH ACCURACY IMAGE MATCHING APPARATUS AND HIGH ACCURACY IMAGE MATCHING METHOD USING A SKIN MARKER AND A FEATURE POINT IN A BODY - A high accuracy image matching apparatus and a high accuracy image matching method using a skin marker and a feature point in a body, which uses ultrasonic probe or a radiation probe as a portion of the marker for image matching, are disclosed. As an embodiment, the high accuracy image matching apparatus and the high accuracy image matching method using a skin marker and a feature point in a body, use the ultrasonic probe or the radiation probe as a portion of marker for image matching indicating an anatomical feature point to reduce an error in operation point, and more precise operation can be possible and better operation result can be obtained by using the ultrasonic probe or a radiation probe. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049908 | SUBJECT CHANGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND SUBJECT CHANGE DETECTION METHOD - The invention detects a change in a subject by detecting the subject from an image, acquiring a feature quantity distribution that indicates shape information of the detected subject, accumulating the shape information that is indicated by the acquired feature quantity distribution and comparing the shape information a predetermined period of time before with the current shape information by using the accumulated shape information. Here, the invention acquires the feature quantity distribution of the subject from a processing target area extracted from an image area that includes the subject. The invention detects a change in the subject by using accumulated shape change information acquired from the shape information. The invention detects a change in the subject by using averaged shape change information obtained by averaging the shape change information. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049909 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided an information processing device including ail image acquisition configured to acquire a captured image, a change detection unit configured to detect a change in a state of a subject in a network service recognized from the captured image, and a depiction change unit configured to change a depiction of the subject shown in the captured image in a case where the change detection unit detects the change in the state. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049910 | IMAGING WORKFLOW USING FACIAL AND NON-FACIAL FEATURES - A method for determining an impact score for a digital image includes providing the digital image wherein the digital image includes faces; using a processor to determine an image feature for the faces; using the processor to compute an object impact score for the faces, wherein the object impact score is based at least upon one of the determined image features; weighting the object impact score for the faces based on one of the determined image features for a face; using the processor to compute an impact score for the digital image by combining the weighted object impact scores for the faces in the image; and storing the computed impact score in a processor accessible memory. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049911 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAFEGUARDING A HAZARDOUS WORKING AREA OF AN AUTOMATED MACHINE - A method and device for safeguarding a hazardous working area includes a camera system for generating successive 3-D images of the working area, and an evaluation unit comprising a fail-safe foreign object detector, a classifier, a person tracker and a comparator. The foreign object detector generates a first signal comprising a first item of position information, representative of the position of a foreign object in the protection zone. The classifier attempts to identify the foreign object as a person. The person tracker tracks an identified person using a series of current 3-D images and, after each new 3-D image, determines a second item of position information representing the current position of the identified person. If the position of the foreign object according to the first item of position information and the position of the identified person are different from one another, a control signal for stopping the machine is generated. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049912 | IMAGE PROCESSING TO PREVENT ACCESS TO PRIVATE INFORMATION - A processing resource receives original image data by a surveillance system. The original image data captures at least private information and occurrence of activity in a monitored region. The processing resource applies one or more transforms to the original image data to produce transformed image data. Application of the one or more transforms sufficiently distorts portions of the original image data to remove the private information. The transformed image data includes the distorted portions to prevent access to the private information. However, the distorted portions of the video include sufficient image detail to discern occurrence of the activity in the retail environment. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049913 | ROAD SURFACE SLOPE-IDENTIFYING DEVICE, METHOD OF IDENTIFYING ROAD SURFACE SLOPE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE ROAD SURFACE SLOPE IDENTIFICATION - Disparity information is generated from a plurality of imaged images imaged by a plurality of imagers. Disparity histogram information that shows disparity value frequency distribution in each of line regions obtained by plurally-dividing the plurality of imaged images in a vertical direction is generated. A group of disparity values or disparity value range that is consistent with a feature in which a disparity value becomes smaller as it approaches an upper portion of the imaged image from a disparity value or a disparity value range having frequency that exceeds a predetermined specified value is selected. A slope condition of a road surface in front of a driver's vehicle with respect to a road surface portion on which the driver's vehicle travels is identified in accordance with the selected group of disparity values or disparity value range. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049914 | License Plate Recognition - A license plate recognition and image review system and processes are described. The system includes grouping of images that are determined to be of the same vehicle, using an image encoded database such that verification of a license plate read is done through comparison of images of the actual vehicle to images from the encoded database and testing of the accuracy of a manual review process by interspersing previously identified images with real images being reviewed in a batch process. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049915 | Systems and Methods for Generating Depth Maps and Corresponding Confidence Maps Indicating Depth Estimation Reliability - Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049916 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Depth and Visibility from a Reference Viewpoint for Pixels in a Set of Images Captured from Different Viewpoints - Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049917 | Systems and Methods for Measuring Depth In the Presence of Occlusions Using a Subset of Images - Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can perform parallax detection and correction in images captured using array cameras. Due to the different viewpoints of the cameras, parallax results in variations in the position of objects within the captured images of the scene. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention provide an accurate account of the pixel disparity due to parallax between the different cameras in the array, so that appropriate scene-dependent geometric shifts can be applied to the pixels of the captured images when performing super-resolution processing. In a number of embodiments, generating depth estimates considers the similarity of pixels in multiple spectral channels. In certain embodiments, generating depth estimates involves generating a confidence map indicating the reliability of depth estimates. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049918 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PATCH PANEL PORTS FROM AN IMAGE HAVING PERSPECTIVE DISTORTION - A method of estimating one or more dimensions of a patch panel may include receiving an image of a patch panel that comprises a plurality of ports and one or more gaps, extracting, by a computing device, a region of interest from the received image, detecting, by the computing device, one or more possible port edges from the region of interest, fitting the detected possible port edges to a cross-ratio constancy model to determine a port-to-gap-length ratio associated with the patch panel, using the port-length-to-gap-length ratio to determine a location of one or more final port edges, and determining a location of one or more final ports based on the location of the final port edges. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049919 | apparatus for diagnosis and control of honeybee varroatosis, image processing method and software for recognition of parasite - An device for diagnosis and control of honeybee varroatosis ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049920 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CLEANING EFFECTIVENESS OF TOILET PAPER - A method for determining the effective cleaning of bath tissue. The method can include providing at least one pair of worn underwear; optionally, cutting the pair of worn underwear and laying it flat with the inside surface exposed; scanning an image of the exposed, inside surface of the underwear, the image including at least a portion of the underwear likely to have fecal staining; capturing with the image at least one color standard; selecting image points in areas of the scanned image visually appearing clean and areas of the scanned image visually appearing stained with fecal staining; optionally, converting the Red, Green, Blue (RGB) color to L*a*b* color values; utilizing analysis software to characterize other areas of the scanned image corresponding to image points having similar color to the image points selected as clean or stained with fecal staining; classifying the entire image, pixel by pixel, into defined portions of the underwear that are clean or stained with fecal staining; and, calculating areas corresponding to portions of the underwear stained with fecal staining | 2015-02-19 |
20150049921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF PRINTING SYSTEMS - A system and associated methods are provided for the evaluation of printing systems. Results may be expressed as a set of simple-to-understand alphabetic grades (e.g., A, B, C, D, F). These grades reflect the visual acceptability of prints of the image evaluation document produced by the printing system. Capabilities are provided for query and reporting of data across printing systems and over time for various attributes and factors. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049922 | METHOD FOR LOGGING A USER IN TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A method is provided for logging a first user in to a mobile device being in a locked mode. The method comprising: storing a password associated with the first user and information that relates to a facial image of that first user; when the mobile device is in a locked mode: receiving a password inserted by a user; comparing the received password with the stored password and determining whether they match; if a match is found, prompting an image capturing device to capture an image; retrieving information that relates to a facial image from the captured image and comparing that information with the stored information; if the retrieved information matches the stored information, unlocking the mobile device. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049923 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an instruction accepting unit, an obtaining unit, an extraction unit, a determination unit, and a permission unit. The instruction accepting unit is configured to accept an instruction from a user. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain an image. The extraction unit is configured to extract first biometric information and second biometric information from the image obtained by the obtaining unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether the first biometric information and the second biometric information are different. The permission unit is configured to permit execution of the instruction accepted by the instruction accepting unit in a case where the determination unit determines that the first biometric information and the second biometric information are different. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049924 | METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - The present disclosure discloses a method and a terminal device for processing an image. The method includes: acquiring an image; recognizing a face contained in the image; acquiring information of character features according to the face in the image; processing the image according to the information of character features; and obtaining the processed image. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, by automatically recognizing the face in the image, and acquiring the information of character features thereby acquiring a cosmetic process mode corresponding to the information of character features, and then processing the image according to the selected cosmetic process mode, manual setting of cosmetic process parameters can be avoided and the efficiency of image processing can be improved. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049925 | Method of Manufacturing an Electronic Card - The present application relates to overcoming some of the physical problems associated with putting a biometric sensor into the body of an electronic card, such as a smart card. A disclosed method of manufacturing an electronic card including a biometric sensor may include providing a preformed card body including a circuit having contacts for connection to a biometric sensor, the contacts being embedded within the preformed card body, removing material from the preformed card body to form a cavity in the preformed card body to expose the contacts, coating walls of the cavity with an adhesive epoxy, and connecting a biometric sensor to the contacts using an conductive epoxy. Also disclosed is an electronic card including a biometric sensor manufactured by this method. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049926 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FINGER SENSOR HAVING ORIENTATION BASED AUTHENTICATION AND RELATED METHODS - An electronic device may include a housing, and a finger sensor carried by the housing to sense a user's finger placement at different rotational angles. The electronic device may also include an orientation sensor carried by the housing to sense an orientation thereof, and a processor coupled to the finger sensor and the orientation sensor. The processor may acquire finger-matching biometric data of the user's finger at an unknown rotational angle relative to a known rotational angle of finger-enrollment data, generate an estimated rotational angle of the acquired finger-matching biometric data and based upon a sensed orientation of the housing, and attempt an authentication of the user based upon the estimated acquired rotational angle. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049927 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PREPARE MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - Medical image data of at least one medical imaging apparatus are prepared in a computerized procedure wherein the medical image data are received by a reception unit, a first subset of the medical image data is selected by at least one first filter unit, the first subset of the medical image data is processed by at least one second filter unit, with the processing leading to a second subset, the second subset of the medical image data are sorted and/or grouped by the processing unit, a presentation type for the second subset of the medical image data is determined by means of the processing unit, and the second subset of the medical image data is presented as an output according to a defined presentation type by an output unit. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF GEOMETRIC ELEMENTS CHARACTERIZING A BONE DEFORMATION FROM 3D IMAGE - The invention relates to a method for automatically determining, on a bone comprising a head portion contiguous to a neck portion, parameters for characterizing a bump deformation on the head-neck junction of the bone from acquired 3D medical image, the method comprising the following steps: i) constructing a 3D surface model of the bone; ii) fitting a sphere on the spherical portion of the head of the bone; iii) determining a neck axis characterizing the neck portion of the bone; iv) determining from the fitted sphere and the neck axis, a clock face referential on the head of the bone rotating around the neck axis; v) determining a 3D curve on the 3D surface model characterizing the head-neck junction of the bone; vi) determining, from the 3D curve, the summit of the bump deformation of the head-neck junction of the bone; vii) determining, from said summit of the bump deformation, first and a second parameters (α3D, iMax) characterizing the maximum bump deformation of the head-neck junction of the bone. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049929 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING AN IMPLANT - A computer implemented method for determining the 3-dimensional shape of an implant to be implanted into a subject includes obtaining a computer readable image including a defective portion and a non-defective portion of tissue in the subject, superimposing on the image a shape to span the defective portion, and determining the 3-dimensional shape of the implant based on the shape that spans the defective portion. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049930 | ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION WITH REGULARIZATION - A method includes scaling a regularization term of an update algorithm of an iterative reconstruction algorithm with regularization with a scaling value. The scaling value is variable in at least one dimension, thereby varying the regularization of the iterative reconstruction in the least one dimension. The method further includes iteratively reconstructing an image based at least on the update algorithm, the varying scaled regularization term, and projection data. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049931 | SIMULTANEOUS HIGH SPATIAL LOW TEMPORAL RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) SEQUENCE FOR DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED (DCE) MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) - The invention discloses a dual magnetic resonance imaging method for simultaneously acquiring a first and a second time series of MR images wherein the temporal resolution of the first time series of images is larger than that of the second time series while the spatial resolution of the first time series of images is smaller than that of the second time series. Accordingly, in the context of DCE-MRI, the first time series can be used to determine the arterial input function (AIF) while the second time series can be used to determine the concentration time course in the tissue of interest, e.g. in a vessel wall. Therefore, both the AIF and the tissue time course can be acquired with their optimal dynamic signal range. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049932 | TOPOLOGY-PRESERVING ROI REMAPPING METHOD BETWEEN MEDICAL IMAGES - A method is provided for calculating a region of interest in a second image using an initial region of interest in a first image. The first and second images are linked by a spatial transformation function. The method includes steps of (i) generating a first polygonal mesh enclosing the initial region of interest in the first image; (ii) computing a second polygonal mesh in the second image by applying the spatial transformation function to the first polygonal mesh, and (iii) identifying image elements within the second image, that belong to the area enclosed by the second polygonal mesh. Also provided are a computer program and a system. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049933 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical information processing apparatus includes an exam reservation information receiver and an image processor. The exam reservation information receiver receives exam reservation information for multiple image generating apparatuses, from an exam reservation apparatus. The image processor determines a type of image processing based on the received exam reservation information, and applies the determined type of image processing to original images as medical images generated by the multiple image generating apparatuses to generate a processing result image as the medical image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049934 | Breast Tomosynthesis with Display of Highlighted Suspected Calcifications - Systems and methods that facilitate the presentation and assessment of selected features in projection and/or reconstructed breast images, such as calcifications that meet selected criteria of size, shape, presence in selected slice images, distribution of pixels that could be indicative of calcification relative to other pixels or of other image features of clinical interest. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049935 | REGION EXTRACTION SYSTEM - Provided is a region extraction system that uses an image data analysis process, which has overcome the problem of false positives in region extraction and assists in more accurate region extraction. A luminance distribution-analyzing unit ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049936 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A medical image processor and storage medium are shown. According to one implementation, a medical image processor includes an input unit, an operation unit, a cell nucleus extracting unit, a fluorescent bright point extracting unit, a feature amount calculating unit, and an output unit. The input unit is used to input a cell shape image showing a shape of a cell and a fluorescent image showing expression of a specific protein as a fluorescent bright point. The operation unit is used to specify an analysis target region. The cell nucleus extracting unit extracts a region of a cell nucleus. The fluorescent bright point extracting unit extracts a fluorescent bright point. The feature amount calculating unit calculates a feature amount showing an expression amount of the specific protein. The output unit outputs the calculated feature amount. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - Provided is an image processing method including: receiving a depth map and a color image with respect to a predetermined scene; projecting a plurality of points included in the depth map, onto the color image; segmenting the color image, onto which the depth map is projected, by using at least two image segmentation methods to generate respective segmentation results, and classifying the plurality of points included in the color image into at least one set according to the respective segmentation results; assigning a depth value to each of the plurality of points of the color image included in the set; and outputting the color image, to which the depth values are assigned. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049938 | VISUAL CORTICAL CIRCUIT APPARATUS, VISUAL CORTICAL IMITATION SYSTEM AND OBJECT SEARCH SYSTEM USING VISUAL CORTICAL CIRCUIT APPARATUS - Provided us a visual cortical circuit apparatus comprising: a current mirror unit which uses a transistor as a current source to generate a current having the same size as that of a reaction; a transconductance unit which takes, as an input, the current generated by the current mirror unit and outputs a voltage using a transconductance; and a buffer unit for converting the voltage output from the transconductance unit into a current and buffering the current. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049939 | METRIC-BASED RECOGNITION, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Apparatus, methods and systems of object recognition are disclosed. Embodiments of the inventive subject matter generates map-altered image data according to an object-specific metric map, derives a metric-based descriptor set by executing an image analysis algorithm on the map-altered image data, and retrieves digital content associated with a target object as a function of the metric-based descriptor set. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049940 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE DURING VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - A method identifies a first vehicle during vehicle-to-vehicle communication by the first vehicle emitting vehicle data. A second vehicle receives the emitted vehicle data. The first vehicle is detected by environment data detected with an environment sensor of the second vehicle, and identification of the first vehicle with the second vehicle by the vehicle data and the environment data. The vehicle data comprises at least one information item which relates to a visual property of the first vehicle which can be detected from the outside, and the visual property of the first vehicle which can be detected from the outside is checked by the second vehicle by the environment data for identifying the first vehicle. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049941 | Electro-Optical System and Method for Analyzing Images of a Scene to Identify the Presence of a Target Color - An electro-optical system and method are provided for analyzing images of a scene to identify the presence of a target color, such as human skin tones. The system includes a thermal detector for obtaining a thermal image of the scene within a thermal waveband. The system also includes at least one additional detector for obtaining at least one additional image of the scene at an additional waveband different from the thermal waveband. The system also includes a controller. The controller is configured to: process the thermal image to identify portions of the scene having a temperature exceeding a threshold value; process the additional image to identify portions of the scene having a target color; and output a positive response if a same portion of the scene is identified in the thermal image and the additional image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049942 | PERFORMING VOCABULARY-BASED VISUAL SEARCH USING MULTI-RESOLUTION FEATURE DESCRIPTORS - In general, techniques are described for performing a vocabulary-based visual search using multi-resolution feature descriptors. A device may comprise one or more processors configured to perform the techniques. The processors may generate a hierarchically arranged data structure to be used when classifying objects included within a query image based on multi-resolution query feature descriptor extracted from the query image at a first scale space resolution and a second scale space resolution. The hierarchically arranged data structure may represent a first query feature descriptor of the multi-resolution feature descriptor extracted at the first scale space resolution and a second corresponding query feature descriptor of the multi-resolution feature descriptor extracted at the second scale space resolution hierarchically arranged according to the first scale space resolution and the second scale space resolution. The processors may then perform a visual search based on the generated data structure. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049943 | PERFORMING VOCABULARY-BASED VISUAL SEARCH USING MULTI-RESOLUTION FEATURE DESCRIPTORS - In general, techniques are described for performing a vocabulary-based visual search using multi-resolution feature descriptors. A device may comprise one or more processors configured to perform the techniques. The one or more processors may to apply a partitioning algorithm to a first subset of target feature descriptors to determine a first classifying data structure to be used when performing a visual search with respect to a query feature descriptor. The one or more processors may then apply the partitioning algorithm to a second subset of the target feature descriptors to determine a second classifying data structure to be used when performing the visual search with respect to the same query feature descriptor. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049944 | MEMORY-EFFICIENT SPATIAL HISTOGRAM CONSTRUCTION - Techniques are described for memory-efficient spatial histogram construction. A hierarchical spatial index has leaf nodes and non-leaf nodes, each leaf node representing a bounding region containing a spatial object, each non-leaf node representing a bounding region at least partially containing one or more spatial objects. A plurality of selected nodes is selected from the plurality of non-leaf nodes. The plurality of selected nodes includes an ancestor of each leaf node. For each particular node in the plurality of selected nodes, a weight is determined. The weight is based on the number of spatial objects contained within the bounding region of the particular node. A spatial partitioning of the plurality of selected nodes is determined. A spatial histogram is generated based on the spatial partitioning of the weights of the plurality of selected nodes. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049945 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus comprises a processor which divides an original image into a plurality of group images and rotates each of the group images by an angle to generate an output image. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049946 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADDING DATA TO IMAGE AND EXTRACTING ADDED DATA FROM IMAGE - A method and apparatus are provided for adding data to an image and extracting the added data from the image. The method of adding the data to the image includes dividing an area of the image into a plurality of regions; identifying each of the plurality of divided regions as a focused region or a non-focused region; and adding the data in at least one of the plurality of divided regions, based on a result of the identifying. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049947 | DYNAMIC SERVICE CONFIGURATION DURING OCR CAPTURE - Dynamically configuring OCR processing may include determining a device type and determining whether to perform optical character recognition (OCR) processing of the received image locally based on one or more OCR parameters. Example OCR parameters may include the device type, the image type, the size of the received image, the available amount of the memory, the measured/benchmarked throughput of OCR processing on the device relative to an OCR server throughput and network throughput, and/or the current level of network connectivity. If it is determined that OCR processing of the received image should be performed locally, the device may compute one or more name-value pairs corresponding to the received image and transmit the name-value pairs to a remote data server for processing. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049948 | MOBILE DOCUMENT CAPTURE ASSIST FOR OPTIMIZED TEXT RECOGNITION - A device and method for providing a visual cue for improved text imaging on a mobile device. The method includes determining a minimum text size for accurate optical character recognition (OCR) of an image captured by the mobile device, receiving an image stream of a printed substrate, and displaying the image stream and a visual cue superimposed onto the image stream, wherein the visual cue is indicative of the minimum text size. The method further includes capturing a digital image of the image stream, wherein the digital image does not include the visual cue. Additionally, the method further includes notifying a user of the mobile device when text displayed within the image stream is at least as large as the minimum text size. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049949 | Redigitization System and Service - A system and method to error correct extant electronic documents is disclosed. An electronic document may be rasterized to obtain a pixel representation of the electronic document (e.g., raster image). One or more optical character recognition (OCR) tasks may be performed on the raster image of the electronic document. Errors discovered by the OCR tasks may be corrected and a customized error corrected version of the electronic document may be created and stored. If the author of the electronic document is known, the raster image may be compared to a personalized tf*idf error dictionary associated with the author to determine known OCR errors specific to the author. The raster image may also be compared to a personalized electronic error dictionary associated with the author to determine known typographical errors specific to the author. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITING VARIOUS IMAGES USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE - Disclosed are a system and a method for compositing various images that minimize a brightness difference in connection areas of various images by using a clustering technique at the time of compositing various images. The method for compositing various images may include receiving two or more input images; compositing the two or more input images into one composite image; calculating a brightness distribution degree; calculating representative brightness values; determining clustering; calculating a correction target value; and calculating a correction value of an increase/decrease curve. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049951 | PRESENTING MEANINGFUL INFORMATION SUMMARY FOR ANALYZING COMPLEX VISUALIZATIONS - Machine logic that can display a visualization and also present a visualization summary. The visualization summary includes one or more of the following: (i) a guide for a user's interpretation of the visualization; (ii) a machine-logic generated interpretation of at least one portion of the visualization; and/or (iii) insight information based, at least in part, on the machine-logic generated interpretation of the visualization. The machine-logic based interpretation is based on rules that are applied based, at least in part, upon features and/or characteristics of the visualization. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEASURING FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods for measuring facial characteristics of patients. In various embodiments, the system uses a geometric pattern to determine a reference scale for an image that includes the geometric pattern and at least a portion of the patient's face. The system may determine the reference scale based at least in part on a known measurement within the geometric pattern. The known measurement may include a distance between two geometric attributes of the geometric pattern. The system may be further configured to correct for errors caused by an orientation of the geometric pattern within the image and/or distortion of the geometric pattern within the image. The geometric pattern may be disposed on a reference device that may be configured to enable a user to attach the reference device to the head of the patient or a pair of eyewear worn by the patient. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049953 | EMOTION AND APPEARANCE BASED SPATIOTEMPORAL GRAPHICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer-implemented method of mapping. The method includes analyzing images of faces in a plurality of pictures to generate content vectors, obtaining information regarding one or more vector dimensions of interest, at least some of the one or more dimensions of interest corresponding to facial expressions of emotion, and generating a representation of the location. Appearance of regions in the map varies in accordance with values of the content vectors for the one or more vector dimensions of interest. The method also includes using the representation, the step of using comprising at least one of storing, transmitting, and displaying. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049954 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is disclosed, including a modification part, a model creation part, and a division part. The modification part instructs modification of a portion of a foreground area or a background area which is erroneously divided as a result of dividing predetermined image data into the foreground area being an extraction target and the background area being an out-of-extraction target. The model creation part creates a foreground model of the foreground area and a background model of the background area which are modified, based on first pixel values of a predetermined line segment where the modification is instructed and second pixel values of the foreground area and the background area which are divided. The division part divides the image data into the foreground area and the background area by using the foreground model and the background model which are created by the model creation part. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049955 | METHOD OF MATCHING IMAGE FEATURES WITH REFERENCE FEATURES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREFOR - The invention is related to a method of matching image features with reference features, comprising the steps of providing a current image captured by a capturing device, providing reference features (r), wherein each of the reference features comprises at least one reference feature descriptor (d(r)), determining current features (c) in the current image and associating with each of the current features at least one respective current feature descriptor (d(c)), and matching the current features with at least some of the reference features by determining a respective similarity measure (D(c, r)) between each respective current feature descriptor (d(c)) and each respective reference feature descriptor (d(r)). According to the invention, the determination of the similarity measure is performed on an integrated circuit by hardwired logic or configurable logic which processes logical functions for determining the similarity measure. The invention is also concerned with an integrated circuit for matching of image features with reference features. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049956 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - Provided are an image encoding device that has high encoding efficiency, and an image decoding device. A mapping means maps pixel signals of an object to be encoded that are configured in prescribed color space to mapped pixel signals in which redundancy between the signals is reduced. The mapping coefficients are calculated from encoded pixel signals, thereby making encoding of mapping coefficients unnecessary. Furthermore, the mapping coefficients are calculated from pixel signals of an adjacent block comprising pixels similar to the pixels of the block to be encoded/decoded, thereby reducing redundancy significantly. The mapping is applied to the pixel signals of the block to be encoded/decoded and to an area of pixels to be referred to by prediction information, thereby enabling prediction to be applied to the mapped pixel signals, and, after executing transformation/quantization, encoding and inverse transformation/dequantization are executed. The mapped pixel signals are restored to the pixel signals. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049957 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RECOMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES - A system and method for generating a second reduced size digital image from a first digital image, the method including iteratively compressing the first digital image to an extent determined by a quality measure comprising at least a blockiness measure quantifying added artifactual edges along coding block bom1daries of the second image and/or use of a quantization matrix generated by computing a weighted average of the quantization matrix of the first digital image and a scaled second quantization matrix. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049958 | PARTIAL DYNAMIC FALSE CONTOUR DETECTION METHOD BASED ON LOOK-UP TABLE AND DEVICE THEREOF, AND IMAGE DATA COMPENSATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A method for detecting noise includes determining whether a data value of a candidate pixel in a predetermined region of an image matches a first dynamic false contour (DFC) candidate value, determining whether a data value of at least one pixel adjacent to the candidate pixel matches a second DFC candidate value, and changing the data value of the candidate pixel the prior two determinations. The data value of the candidate pixel may be changed to a value in a lookup table. The first and second DFC candidate values may also be stored in one or more lookup tables. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049959 | GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A FLOOR PLAN - Program code on a mobile computing device and a server computer determines a location of a mobile computing device within a facility, based on coordinates associated to the location. The program code assigns a timestamp to the coordinates that are associated to the location. The program code stores location information in a database, wherein the location information includes the coordinates associated to the location, the timestamp that is assigned to the coordinates, and a unique identifier of the mobile computing device. The program code generates an image of a floor plan of the facility. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049960 | REINFORCED BAG SEAM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - An apparatus for making a film bag with reinforced bag seams includes a film extruder that produces a continuous tube of film. A flattener produces a continuous web of flattened film which has an upper surface and a lower surface. A fold maker has a receiving portion positioned above the web and a displacing portion is positioned below the web that moves cyclically upward to a first position to locate a portion of the web into the receiving portion, thereby forming a fold. A fold retention device prevents the fold from opening. A presser flattens the fold against the web. A sealer seals through the fold, forming a reinforced bag seam. A cutter severs a sealed portion from an unsealed portion of the web. A transport mechanism moves the film from the extruder, through the flattener, into the fold maker, beneath the presser, into the sealer and to the cutter. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049961 | Perforated Bags - The invention features a series of bags having perforations on the front and back panels that connect the back portion of one bag with the front portion of a second bag. The bags are aligned and features holes that are adapted to be received by a stand to support the bags. The bags are packaged and ready to load in a ready to use position. When the bags are separated from each other, the next bag in the continuous series will align and expand to open into a use position. The bags can be stacked on top of each other in a ready to use position. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049962 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR BAGS HAVING A TACTILE AND SOUND EFFECT, BAG COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A DEVICE - The present invention relates to a closure device for bags or the like comprising two complementary profiled elements ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049963 | FABRIC WRAP - A dimpled fabric creation system and method is provided to form a dimpled fabric using a mold or machine having a plurality of protrusions and grooves, while avoiding the repetitive steps to manually shape each protrusion individually by trying portions of fabric individually. The protrusions may be of complex three dimensional shapes to form dimples in the fabric having corresponding complex three dimensional shapes. The system and method provide for creation of a dimpled fabric container, wherein the dimpled fabric container may be utilized in gift wrapping. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049964 | Film For Flexible Packaging For Use In Bag In Box Packaging And Bags Made Therefrom - A film for a bag. The film includes a plurality of extruded layers, with the layers including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, and a fifth layer. The first layer is a mixture of metallocene polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene. The second layer contacting the first layer and comprising a tie layer. The third layer contacts the second layer opposite the first layer. The third layer comprises ethylene vinyl alcohol having a mol % ethylene of at least approximately 24 mol % and a thickness of between approximately 0.01 mil and 0.40 mil. The fourth layer contacts the third layer opposite of the second layer. The fourth layer comprises a tie layer. The fifth layer contacts the fourth layer opposite the third layer. The fifth layer comprises a metallocene polyethylene and liner low density polyethylene. The film includes a thickness that is between approximately 0.46 mil and 10.4 mil. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049965 | FILM BAG - A film bag has a pair of longitudinally extending film face panels having longitudinal edges and first and second folded film gussets having longitudinal edges welded at longitudinal seams to respective longitudinal edges of the face panels and formed with two spaced throughgoing cuts forming a handle loop. A separate film inner liner panel lies against an inner face of the first gusset, extends a full transverse width of the first gusset, and is fixed at the longitudinal welds of the first gusset to the front panels so that the liner prevents leakage from the bag through the cuts. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049966 | Sliding Member - To provide a sliding member which has hardness that is suitable for the circumstance, to which heavy load is applied, and which is excellent in abrasion resistance property. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049967 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING A TURBOCHARGER ALUMINUM BEARING HOUSING - In an aluminum turbocharger bearing housing, there is a potential for wear of the bearing housing at the interface with the turbine housing and/or the bearing system. One area of potential concern is the interface between the flange of the bearing housing and an abutment of the turbine housing. With a protective element at the interface, the potential for wear, and thus misalignment of the rotating assembly with the housings in which they operate can be mitigated. The protective element can be a cap for the bearing housing flange or a heat shield adapted to cover certain faces of the bearing housing flange. The protective element can be a sleeve provided within a bore in the bearing housing. The protective element can be made of a material with a higher heat resistance and/or a higher wear resistance than the aluminum bearing housing. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049968 | Circumferential Back-to-Back Seal Assembly with Bifurcated Flow - A circumferential seal assembly capable of separating a gas into two separate flow paths before communication onto a pair of seal rings is presented. The seal assembly includes an annular seal housing, a pair of annular seal rings, a rotatable runner, and a plurality of groove structures. The seal housing is interposed between a pair of low pressure compartments. The seal rings are separately disposed within the seal housing and separately disposed around the rotatable runner. The groove structures are disposed along an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable runner. The gas is communicable onto the groove structures. Each groove structure bifurcates the gas before communication onto the seal rings. Flow within each groove structure may be further separable before the gas is communicated onto the seal rings. The gas forms a thin-film layer between the rotatable runner and each seal ring. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049969 | Radial Bearing - The invention relates to a radial bearing, comprising a housing, a housing bore extending along a bearing axis, several tilting segments that are arranged around the bearing axis in order to support a shaft and each have a radially outer bearing surface, by means of which the tilting segments are supported on a supporting surface on the housing. The radially outer bearing surface of each tilting segment and the supporting surface are arranged facing each other. Each tilting segment is movably arranged relative to the housing. The invention is characterized by the following features: a first one of the surfaces forms a first section curve with a first section plane perpendicular to the bearing axis; the first section curve is convexly curved and has a first main radius of curvature, and the second surface forms a second section curve with the section plane perpendicular to the bearing axis; the second section curve is correspondingly concavely curved and has a second main radius of curvature, wherein the magnitude of the first main radius of curvature of the first surface is smaller than the magnitude of the second main radius of curvature of the second surface; the first surface forms a third section curve with a second section plane parallel to the bearing axis; the third section curve is convexly curved and has a first secondary radius of curvature, and the second surface forms a fourth section curve with the second section plane parallel to the bearing axis; and the fourth section curve is correspondingly concavely curved or not curved and has a second secondary radius of curvature or correspondingly has no curvature, the two secondary radii of curvature being different from each other. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049970 | SENSOR FOR WEAR MEASUREMENT, METHOD FOR MAKING SAME, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A spherical bearing comprising:
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20150049971 | CAGE FOR A ROLLER BEARING AND ROLLER BEARING - A cage for a roller bearing having a bearing axis extending in an axial direction, the cage including at least two crosspieces which extend between two axially spaced edges and are spaced from one another in a circumferential direction oriented perpendicular to the axial direction so that a rolling element can be disposed between them. At least one crosspiece of the at least two crosspieces has a first surface region that is a constant radial distance from the bearing axis, and the at least one crosspiece has a second surface region which is adjacent to the first surface region and includes a step along which the radial distance from the bearing axis varies. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049972 | ROLLING BEARING - A seal lip portion | 2015-02-19 |
20150049973 | ROLLING BEARING COMPONENT - A rolling bearing component ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049974 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT WITH TWO AXIALLY ACTING SPRING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a bearing arrangement in which two spring systems are decoupled from one another. The invention further relates to a method for assembling a bearing arrangement, in which the dimensions of a compensation means can be subsequently adapted. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049975 | SPEED-REDUCTION TRANSMISSION BEARING - A speed-reduction transmission bearing includes a first outer race and a second outer race, each having a different number of inner teeth and outer teeth and being attached to each other, rolling elements set between the first and second outer races to prevent separation between the first and second outer races in axial or radial direction, an inner race rotatably mounted within the first and second outer races, and a wave generator rotatable to push the inner race, forcing the outer teeth of the inner race to partially mesh with the inner teeth of the first and second outer race. Thus, by means of rotation of a tooth number difference, the invention achieves high reduction ratio transmission. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049976 | ROLLING BEARING - An object of the present invention is to prevent abrasion powder from accumulating and stacking in pockets in a retainer of a roller bearing, thereby protecting the rollers from brinelling and loss of lubrication for extended life of the roller bearing. On an inner diameter surface of annular regions in the retainer, cutouts are formed from the retainer's axially outer side end surface toward an inner side. The cutout has an outer diametrical position on a more radially outer position than an outer diametrical end of the inner-side projection of the retainer. This improves an axial flow of lubricant oil from an inner diameter side of the retainer toward the cutout which is formed in the annular region, making it less likely that dust such as metal abrasion powder contained in the lubricant oil will stay at the inner-side projection of the pillar. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049977 | TWO PIECE CAGE FOR A NEEDLE BEARING - A two piece rolling element cage for a bearing assembly comprising a first and second cage, with axial projections extending from a cage body, oriented toward each other and inserted between rolling elements, on opposite axial ends of the rolling elements. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049978 | SILICON-BASED ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - In a region in which silicon semiconductor layers having first and second conductive types are stacked, a concavoconvex structure including a Si | 2015-02-19 |
20150049979 | OPTICAL DEFLECTION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEFLECTION DEVICE - An optical deflection element is provided with a substrate; an optical waveguide film made of an electro-optic medium, and constituting an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; a first electrode pair disposed on an incident side of the optical waveguide film at a position facing a film thickness direction of the optical waveguide film, and configured to deflect a light beam transmitting through the optical waveguide film in an in-plane direction of the optical waveguide film in accordance with a first applied voltage; and a second electrode pair disposed on an output side of the optical waveguide film at a position facing the film thickness direction of the optical waveguide film, and configured to deflect the light beam deflected in the in-plane direction of the optical waveguide film by the first electrode pair in the film thickness direction of the optical waveguide film in accordance with a second applied voltage. The second electrode pair includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are formed to have lengths different from each other in a direction of travel of the light beam transmitting through the optical waveguide film. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049980 | TM-POLARIZATION SPLITTER BASED ON PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE - A photonic crystal waveguide TM-polarization splitter, comprising a photonic crystal waveguide with a completely forbidden band; after the input end ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049981 | FIBER OPTIC SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING PARAMETERS INVOLVING DIFFERENT PARAMETER MODALITIES - An optical-based sensing apparatus and method are provided. A sensing apparatus ( | 2015-02-19 |
20150049982 | Passive Optical Diode on Semiconductor Substrate - An optical device includes a first optical cavity, a second optical cavity, a first light guide and a second light guide. Each of the first and second optical cavities is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and is configured to store light. The first light guide has an input, and is optically coupled to the first optical cavity by a first coupling strength. In addition, the first light guide is optically coupled to the second optical cavity by a second coupling strength. The second light guide has an output, and is coupled to the second optical cavity by a third coupling strength. The first coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength, and the third coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049983 | OPTICAL FIBER DEVICE HAVING MODE STRIPPER THERMALLY PROTECTING STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE - An optical fiber device includes a first optical element for transmitting light. An output fiber includes an output fiber core having a light receiving end optically aligned to receive light from the first optical element, and includes at least a first outer cladding on a clad portion. The output fiber includes a mode stripper adhesive with a first adhesive composition and a structural adhesive with a second adhesive composition thereon. The mode stripper adhesive is positioned closer to the first optical element than the structural adhesive to strip a majority of power of cladding guided mode(s) light before reaching the structural adhesive. The mode stripper adhesive has a lower hardness as compared to the structural adhesive, and is substantially indexed matched to an outermost layer of the output fiber that it is in direct contact with. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049984 | OPTICAL HYBRID MIXER WITHOUT WAVEGUIDE CROSSINGS - A multimoded interference coupler may include: first and second inputs to receive first and second optical signals such that light is not supplied through any portion of a first gap extending between the first and second inputs; first and second outputs to provide first and second components associated with the first and second optical signals, such that light is not output through any portion of a second gap extending between the first and second outputs. The first and second inputs may be separated by a first distance. The first and second outputs may be separated by the first distance. The first input and the second output may be separated by a second distance being different than a third distance separating the second input and the first output. The first and second components may have a phase difference based on a difference between the second and third distances. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049985 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An optical communication device includes a first fiber, a second fiber, a light-emitting unit, a light receiving unit, and a lens unit. The first fiber and the second fiber are located at two opposite sides of the lens unit. The lens unit includes a first entrance surface, a first exit surface, a first reflecting surface, a second entrance surface, a second exit surface, and a second reflecting surface. The first entrance surface is perpendicular to the first exit surface. An included angle between the first entrance surface and the first reflecting surface is 45 degrees. The second entrance surface is perpendicular to the second exit surface. An included angle between the second entrance surface and the second reflecting surface is 45 degrees. The first reflecting surface is perpendicular to the second reflecting surface. The first entrance surface and the second exit surface are coplanar. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049986 | OPTICAL COUPLING COMPONENT WITH METAL POSITIONING RODS AND OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL CONVERTING MODULE HAVING SAME - An optical coupling component includes a main body, first and second converging lenses, and positioning rods. The main body includes a first optical surface and a second optical surface substantially parallel to the first optical surface, and defines positioning holes adjacent to the second optical surface. The first converging lenses are formed on the first optical surface. The second converging lenses are formed on the second optical surface and correspond to the first converging lenses one-to-one. The positioning rods are made of metal and are received in the positioning holes by interference fit. The positioning rods include connecting ends extending out of the positioning holes. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049987 | FIBER-COUPLED LASER WITH ADJUSTABLE BEAM-PARAMETER-PRODUCT - Laser apparatus includes a laser the output of which is formed into a collimated beam then focused into a transport fiber at a particular effective numerical aperture. A parallel plate is located in the collimated beam and can be variably inclined with respect to the collimated beam for varying the effective numerical aperture of the radiation focused into the fiber. In one embodiment, a second parallel plate is located in the focused beam, and can be variably inclined with respect to the focused beam for aligning the focused beam with the optical fiber. | 2015-02-19 |
20150049988 | OPTICAL PROBE WITH IMPROVED AFFIXING STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING A LIGHT-REDIRECTING ELEMENT - An optical probe ( | 2015-02-19 |