12th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090074310 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION METHOD - An image data compression method is disclosed. Firstly, check a variance between a first image data and a second image data for comparing the variance with a threshold value. When the variance is smaller than a threshold value, compare the first image data with the second image data to generate a motion vector and compress the motion vector. Then calculate the first image data and the second image data according to the motion vector so as to get an offset value of the motion vector. Next, encode the offset value of the motion vector, compress the offset value of the motion vector, and encode as well as compress the first image data. Thus the compression ratio is improved and image distortion is avoided. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074311 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VISUAL OCCLUSION BASED ON MOTION VECTOR DENSITY - A method of processing image data, comprising providing image data configured to display a first frame comprising a plurality of blocks, each block having a motion vector indicative of a change of location of the block between the first frame and a successive second frame and determining a change in state of occlusion of a first block of the plurality of blocks by reference to motion vectors having a destination in the first block. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074312 | HIGH-SPEED MOTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a high-speed motion compensation apparatus and method. The high-speed motion compensation apparatus for H264/AVC includes a bus interface unit for reading a plurality of word addresses from an external storage device, aligning the reference pixels arranged over the plurality of word addresses, temporarily storing the aligned reference pixels, and sequentially outputting the aligned and temporarily stored reference pixels. A buffer unit temporarily stores overlapping reference pixels, which are repeatedly used to generate the sub-pixels, among the reference pixels output from the bus interface unit. An interpolation unit generates first half pixels, second half pixels, first quarter pixels, and second quarter pixels, using the reference pixels output from the bus interface unit. A chroma filter unit generates chrome pixels using the reference pixels output from the bus interface unit. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074313 | Encoding Method, Encoding Device, Encoding Process Program, and Recording Medium on Which Encoding Process Program Is Recorded - The present invention is applicable to video cameras, for example. The present invention encodes input image data D | 2009-03-19 |
20090074314 | Decoding variable lenght codes in JPEG applications - An approach to decoding Huffman symbols in JPEG images is described. One approach involves a method of decoding Huffman codes in a JPEG image file. This method involves obtaining a bitstream sample from a bitstream associated with the JPEG image file. The bitstream sample is compared against a threshold value, to identify a Huffman group number. Information associated with a Huffman group is retrieved, and used to extract the current Huffman symbol from the bitstream. A corresponding symbol value can then be obtained, using the current Huffman symbol and the group information. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074315 | METHOD OF IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method of image compression and a device thereof are provided herein. First, an image having a plurality of regions is received. Next, a quantization process is performed on a specific region of the image according to a quantization value, wherein the specific region is one of the regions. Next, a first average bit rate of the specific region of the image after an encoding process is calculated. Furthermore, the quantization value of the corresponding specific region of the next received image is adjusted according to the first average bit rate of the specific region of the image. Therefore, by referring to the scene complexity of the previous image to adjust the quantization value, the compressed image quality can be enhanced and the compression ratio can be maintained a regular value without wasting bandwidth. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074316 | IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - An image input device is disclosed, including: a lens array in which a plurality of lenses are arrayed; a shielding member configured to prevent a crosstalk on an image surface of light rays passing each of lenses of the lens array; a flat board member configured to regulate a position of a living body in a lens optical axis direction of the lens array when contacting the living body; an image pickup part configured to include an image surface and pick up a compound eye image, which is a set of reduced images of an object inside the living body which position is regulated by the flat board member, the reduced images approximately formed on the image surface by the plurality of lenses of the lens array; and a process part configured to re-compose a single image from the compound eye image picked up by the image pickup part. The image input device inputs the single image re-composed by the process part as an object image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING HALO EFFECT IN IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A method of enhancing an image, comprising providing an image having luminescence and at least one boundary, determining locations each of the at least one boundary in the image, computing an image enhancement technique having a gain for application to the image, and adjusting the gain of the image enhancement based on the luminescence values of the image near the boundary locations. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074318 | Noise-reduction method and apparatus - A noise-reduction method and apparatus are provided. The noise-reduction method includes estimating activity levels of regions in an input image; and applying different weights to a large noise filter kernel and a small noise filter kernel according to the estimated activity levels, wherein the estimating includes calculating a noise level of the input image, generating a binary image by calculating signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of pixels of the input image and by comparing the SNRs of the pixels of the input image with a predefined threshold, and reducing binary data boundaries in the binary image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074319 | Adaptive image up-scaling technique - A method for scaling an image includes providing a set of filters based upon a low-resolution data set and a high-resolution data set suitable for up-scaling a low resolution image to a high resolution image. The filters are collectively representative of at least a portion of an image space and a substantial number of the filters are representative of a different at least one selected from a volume and a shape within the image space. A low-resolution image is received and generates a corresponding high-resolution image based up the filters. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074320 | IMAGE MAGNIFICATION DEVICE, IMAGE MAGNIFICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM - A high-definition magnified image is obtained by simple computation. A magnified image is obtained by obtaining a deteriorated image on the basis of an input original image, determining enhancement filters used for individual small areas of the original image using the deteriorated image at least, performing a filtering process by applying the filters thus determined to the individual small areas to achieve enhancement, and interpolating the image for magnification. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074321 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to the invention includes a peculiarity detector which detects a peculiarity and forcedly changes a flag as a base of filter selection; and a line adjustment processing selection table | 2009-03-19 |
20090074322 | Method For Dynamically Adjusting The Images Of A Web Camera - A method for dynamically adjusting an image taken by a webcam. After providing a first threshold value, an environmental reference value is calculated according to an exposure time and an average brightness value. The environmental reference value is compared with the first threshold value to determine whether to enter a noise-reduction mode to reduce noises of the image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074323 | Image processing method, carrier medium carrying image processing program, image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus - A proposition is to provide an image processing method, a carrier medium carrying an image processing program, an image processing apparatus, and an imaging apparatus capable of attaining line reproducibility and magnification distortion reduction in a well-balanced manner in an image. The image processing method is an image processing method for performing predetermined geometric transformation processing (h(θ)) on an image to be processed, in which the predetermined geometric transformation processing (h(θ)) includes geometric transformation processing for magnification distortion reduction (h=α tan (θ/2)̂(κp)) that reduces discrepancy between circumferential magnification and radial magnification of the image to be processed, and at least one parameter (θp) that determines the strength or content of the predetermined geometric transformation processing (h=α tan (θ/2)̂(κp)) is set according to the structure of the image to be processed. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074324 | Image Processing Device And Image Processing Method - An image processing device that converts a first image captured via an optical system in which at least one of a plurality of color components is missing in one pixel and MTF characteristics are different between a reference color component and at least one missing color component at an imaging plane, into a second image in which MTF characteristics are matched, includes: an image creation unit that acquires information concerning differences in MTF characteristics between the missing color component and the reference color component in a pixel having the missing color component of the first image and creates the second image by using the acquired information. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074325 | METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR CUTTING OUT MOVING IMAGE - To enable obtainment of a composite image including a movement trajectory of a moving body, even from a moving image including a background. Sampling means samples frames from moving image data. First mask frame calculating means calculates mask frames including mask regions, which correspond to positions of the moving body on the frames. Second mask frame calculating means accumulates and binarizes the mask frames to calculate a reference mask frame. Region cutout means masks the frames by using the mask frames and the reference mask frame to cut out moving body regions, which correspond to a moving body, from the frames. Composing means overwrites moving body regions on one of the frames in chronological order to obtain a composite image, which includes the movement trajectory of the moving body. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074326 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING POINT CLOUDS - A method for aligning point clouds is disclosed. The method includes inputting point cloud data of a reference object and a to-be-measured object, and confirming an original position of point cloud of the to-be-measured object. The method further includes determining a virtual position of point cloud of the to-be-measured object at each iteration, determining a minimum distance between point cloud of the reference object and point cloud of the to-be-measured object, and determining coordinates of each point in point cloud of the to-be-measured object corresponding to the minimum distance. The method further includes moving each point in point cloud of the to-be-measured object. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074327 | CURVATURE CORRECTION AND IMAGE PROCESSING - A system and process for reading forms using a curvature distortion correction scheme is disclosed. A model image of a known form is partitioned into sectors defined by at least three alignment marks, and a transfer or correction function for each sector is generated by comparing the locations of alignment marks on a captured unread image of a form to those on a model image. The transfer function is then applied to the other marks within the sector to calculate a correct location of the marks. Each sector is sized to reasonably ensure curvature distortions are handled such that all the marks on a form are properly found and interpreted. Errors may be checked and, if they persist, smaller sectors may be defined and employed, if available. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074328 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus calculates estimated pixel values of respective pixels of a provisional high-resolution image by interpolation on basis of pixel values in a reference frame, segmentalizes interior of the reference frame into an edge region, a texture region or a flat region and other on basis of pixel values of respective pixels, sets the respective pixels in the reference frame as target pixels one by one in sequence, calculates corresponding positions on the provisional high-resolution image, of the respective target pixels in fractional pixel accuracy on basis of information on the segmented regions including the target values, modifies the estimated pixel values so that difference from the pixel values of the target pixels to provisionally estimated pixel values obtained from the estimated pixel values of the provisional high-resolution image for pixels around the corresponding positions of the target pixels, becomes smaller, and obtains modified pixel values. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074329 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an image display apparatus and an image display method adapted for the apparatus. The apparatus stores a plurality of image files and metadata of each of the image files. The metadata includes a selection count and a weighted value of the image file. The weighted value is calculated according to the selection count. The image display method includes steps of: receiving image selection signals; receiving an image display signal; reading the weighted values of selected image files to generate a list in an order according to the weighted values; updating the selection counts of the selected image files; calculating the weighted values of the selected image files according to the updated selection counts, and storing the updated selection counts and the calculated weighted values as metadata; and displaying the selected image files according to the list. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074330 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image reading apparatus includes: plural image pickup elements which are arranged unidirectionally, each image pickup element including plural photoelectric transducers that convert reflected light from an original document into pixel signals, and a forwarding unit that serially forwards pixel signals acquired by the photoelectric transducers; a dividing unit that divides outputs of the photoelectric transducers into plural processing paths so that pixel signals acquired by photoelectric transducers located on both sides of a boundary between adjacent image pickup elements are included in the same division unit; and an interpolation unit that executes pixel interpolation, using the pixel signals acquired by the photoelectric transducers located on both sides of the boundary among the pixel signals divided by the dividing unit. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074331 | Gift Bag Assemblies with Selectable Complementary Components and Related Retail Display - Gift bag assemblies and related retail displays include multiple components which are selected and assembled to form unique gift bags. The display includes a plurality of each of the gift bag components which include bags which have a transparent pocket for receiving a decorative card, decorative cards which bear printed matter which is visible through the transparent pocket, and handles which have a gripping portion and an attachment portion and a fastener on the attachment portion for attachment to the bag. The consumer selects each of the components based upon occasion or design attributes and assembles a unique gift bag by insertion of a selected decorative card into the transparent pocket of the bag, and attachment of a selected handle to the bag. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074332 | Elastic Drawstring Having Improved Modulus and Improved Tensile Yield for use on a Plastic Liner Bag - An elastic drawstring for use in a plastic liner bag is disclosed. The drawstring is elongated and then relaxed to secure the top of the bag to a receptacle and subsequently used to close the bag when filled. The drawstring is formed from an elastomeric polyolefin, preferably a linear low density polyethylene, and contains material comprising polypropylene. The polypropylene addition provides the drawstring with improved modulus or stiffness and improved tensile yield. Improving these properties gives the drawstring a stronger holding force for maintaining the bag in the receptacle and in a closed position when the bag is removed from the receptacle. In addition, the top of the bag has perfed notches at each side that break away to expose the ends of the elastic drawstrings when the consumer stretches the drawstrings around the top of the receptacle. These perfed notches allow for easier manufacturing of the bag. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074333 | Packaging Bag with Tearing Aid - The invention relates to a packaging bag with a tearing aid, with which it is reliably provided that the packaging bag is opened in a defined way by manual tearing by the user, so that no packaging contents are lost. The packaging bag is essentially made from a front and a back, which are connected to each other in their edge regions with a material fit and which thus forms a joint edge, in which an opening notch is formed, whose center line intersects two weakened lines at an intersection point starting at a distance from the notch tip. These weakened lines each extend across the width of the front and the back. The direction of the weakened line at the intersection point encloses, with the center line, a tear angle greater than 0° and less than 90°. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074334 | Concealed Slide Assembly - A concealed slide assembly capable of lowering its manufacturing cost and providing an easier assembling includes a same shaped guiding element and a guide rail element and a first sliding element, and both are installed symmetrically into a substantially S-shaped first bearing bushing. A first bearing bushing made of plastic includes a middle portion accommodated by a space formed by the guide rail element and the first sliding element, a plurality of horizontal and vertical cylindrical roller bearings. The guide rail element and the first sliding element are bent to form corresponding arc guiding grooves for installing a plurality of ball bearings. With the installation of each bearing, the first sliding element can slide with respect to the guide rail element. The first sliding element can use a second bearing bushing installed in the cylindrical roller bearing to slidably install a second sliding element. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074335 | Slider For Linear Motion Rolling Guide Unit - A slider for a linear motion rolling guide unit can ensure a smooth rolling movement and a reliable lubricating capability and eliminate the need for accurate dimension control to reduce the manufacturing costs. A turning corner | 2009-03-19 |
20090074336 | Fluid dynamic bearing pattern and fluid dynamic bearing - The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing pattern that is disposed on at least one bearing surface of the two bearing parts of a fluid dynamic bearing that are moveable with respect to each other along a direction of movement. The bearing pattern comprises two related grooved sections, each section extending at an acute angle with respect to the direction of movement and exerting a defined pumping effect on the bearing fluid found in the bearing when the bearing parts move with respect to each other. According to the invention, the first section is disposed at an angle α and the second section at an angle β with respect to the direction of movement, the two angles varying in size. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074337 | Hybrid hydro (air) static multi-recess journal bearing - Multi-recess hydrostatic journal bearings support a rotating shaft and have inclined surfaces, each inclined surface forming a variable radial gap with the surface of the shaft, the variable gaps converging in the direction of rotation of the shaft to increase hydrodynamic forces, reduce a turbulent component of shear friction, and improve the thermal stability of the journal bearing. The inclined surfaces can be formed in one or more of portions of recess bottoms in recesses, portions of gap lands surrounding recesses, and portions of an inner surface of a bushing. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074338 | Auxiliary rotary bearing system - For machinery comprising rotary components attached to at least one drive shaft, at least one rotary bearing to position the drive shaft with a rotational freedom of movement about a drive shaft axis and associated stationary components with at least one predetermined clearance from the rotary components, apparatus to prevent the rotary components from contacting the stationary components upon failure of the bearing, comprises: a rotary backup bearing sleeve attached to the drive shaft proximate the bearing comprising a rotary radial surface relative to the drive shaft axis and a rotary axial surface relative to the drive shaft axis; and a stationary backup bearing collar mounted proximate the rotary backup bearing sleeve comprising a stationary radial surface relative to the drive shaft axis proximate the rotary radial surface with a predetermined axial clearance and a stationary axial surface relative to the drive shaft axis proximate the rotary radial surface with a predetermined axial clearance; wherein the rotary backup bearing sleeve contacts the stationary backup bearing collar upon failure of the bearing and the predetermined axial and radial clearances limit deviation of the rotary components to less than the predetermined clearance from the stationary components. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074339 | Resin-Made Cage and Bearing - It is an object of the present invention to provide a cage that can be used in a cryogenic-temperature environment or a vacuum without providing the cage with a complicated construction and without performing special treatment and a bearing using the cage. A cage made of resin has an annular main body having a plurality of pocket portions radially penetrating the main body; and a plurality of pocket members, provided on the annular main body, which hold rolling elements of a rolling bearing. The main body is a molding of a first resin composition consisting of a first resin and a solid lubricant mixed therewith; and at least a rolling element-retaining surface of each of the pocket members is made of a second resin composition containing fluorocarbon resin as a main component thereof. The molding of the first resin composition has a tensile strength of not less than 30 MPa and a heat-resistant temperature of not less than 200° C. The second resin composition is a fluorocarbon resin composition. The rolling bearing is constructed of an inner ring, an outer ring, the rolling elements interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and the cage. The rolling bearing is used for a turbopump, of a rocket engine, which uses a liquid fuel. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074340 | Modular Bearing Unit - Modular bearing unit that makes it possible, as desired, to establish the number of bearings that are involved therein in accordance with the specific needs of each case and with the essential aim of achieving a reducing effect, of variable amplitude, as a function of the number of bearings involved in the unit. It is a further object of the invention to facilitate not only coupling between the modules involved in the unit but also coupling to the bearings of the corresponding accessories in each case, such as pinions, pulleys, etc. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074341 | Resin cage for ball bearing - It is a cage that is formed of a resin and that holds balls serving as rolling elements. The cage includes an annular base portion, and a plurality of claw portions that are formed to be arranged at constant intervals on the circumference of the base portion and to protrude therefrom. A pocket for accommodating the ball is formed between each pair of adjacent ones of the claw portions. In the resin cage for a ball bearing, thinning recesses are formed in end parts | 2009-03-19 |
20090074342 | WHEEL BEARING DEVICE - A wheel bearing device includes a hub ring, a double-row bearing and a constant velocity universal joint which are unitized together. At least one of double-row inner raceways of the bearing and a wheel mounting flange are formed on a hub ring. The hub ring and a stem portion of a joint outer ring of the constant velocity universal joint are fitted through a torque transmission assembly, wherein a pilot member as a separate element having a wheel guide portion and a brake guide portion is fitted to a side-end portion of the wheel mounting flange of the hub ring, and the hub ring and the pilot member are fixed to the joint outer ring by swaging. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074343 | Vehicle Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member on its inner circumference with double row tapered outer raceway surfaces arranged so that each smaller diameter side faces toward each other. An inner member includes a wheel hub and an inner ring. The wheel hub has an integrally formed wheel mounting flange. Its outer circumference has one inner raceway surface arranged opposite to one of the double row outer raceway surfaces. A cylindrical portion axially extends from the inner raceway surface. The inner ring is fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub, via a predetermined interference. The inner ring outer circumference has another inner raceway surface arranged opposite to the other of the double row outer raceway surfaces. Double row tapered rollers are freely rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces, respectively, of the inner member and the outer member. Seals are mounted in annular openings formed between the outer member and the inner member. The inner ring is formed with a large flange on its larger diameter side of the inner raceway surface. The larger flange guides the inner side tapered rollers of the double row tapered rollers. A flange ring is fit onto the wheel hub at a place adjacent to the wheel mounting flange to guide the outer side tapered rollers of the double row tapered rollers. The flange ring abuts against and guides the larger end faces of the outer side tapered rollers. A pitch circle diameter of a row of outer side tapered rollers is set larger than a pitch circle diameter of a row of inner side tapered rollers. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074344 | READY-TO-INSTALL NEEDLE BEARING COMPRISING AN INNER AND OUTER RING - A ready-to-install needle bearing including a thin-walled outer ring ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074345 | Rolling Bearing, Retainer Segment and Main Shaft Support Structure of Wind-Power Generator - A rolling bearing ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074346 | Hybrid Electro-Optic Polymer/Sol-Gel Modulator - A hybrid EO polymer/sol-gel modulator in which the sol-gel core waveguide does not lie below the active EO polymer waveguide increases the higher electric field/optical field overlap factor Γ and reduces inter-electrode separation d thereby lowering the modulator's half-wave drive voltage Vπ, reducing insertion loss and improving extinction. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074347 | FIBER BRAGG GRATING FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SENSING - A method of fiber core material band gap engineering for artificially modifying fiber material properties is provided. The method includes doping the fiber core material with one or more atoms for enhancing photosensitivity to the fiber material. The method also includes co-doping the fiber core material with one or more ions for enhancing an amorphous network crosslink mean coordination number. The method further includes thermally annealing the fiber core material for widening the band gap of the fiber core material. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074348 | HARSH ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gasification distributed temperature sensing system is disclosed. The sensing system includes a gasification vessel and a harsh environment fiber sensing cable package disposed within the gasification vessel, the sensing cable package includes a thermally conductive enclosure and at least one sensor cable including a distributed array of high-temperature fiber Bragg grating sensors, wherein the sensors are disposed and hermetically sealed within the thermally conductive enclosure. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074349 | FABRICATION OF FIBER OPTIC PROBES - A method of fabricating a sensor probe comprises:
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20090074350 | Electrically pluggable optical interconnect - An optical interconnect is provided which may allow flexible high-bandwidth interconnection between chips, eliminate the need for optical alignment between the optoelectrical (OE) die and waveguide during assembly because the OE die is at least partially embedded inside the waveguide (lower cladding layer, upper cladding layer, and core layer), eliminate the need for handling the optical interconnect at OEM, and not impact current substrate and motherboard technology | 2009-03-19 |
20090074351 | Optical Fiber, and Optical Access Network, Local Area Network and Optical Parts for Communication, Which Use the Optical Fiber - An optical fiber, and an optical access network, a local area network and optical parts for communication, which uses the optical fiber, are disclosed. The optical fiber whose core diameter is 10 μm˜40 μm has at least two propagation modes in a wavelength over 1200 nm. The optical fiber according to the present invention can reduce packaging costs for optical components, since cross-sectional area of the core is large, compared with the prior art technique adopting a single mode optical fiber, and can transmit ultra-high speed data a relatively long distance, since the mode number and modal dispersion effect of the optical fiber is relatively small, compared with the prior art multimode optical fiber. Also, when using the optical fiber according to the present invention, the optical subscriber network and the local area network can be cost-effectively implemented. In addition, when adopting the optical fiber according to the present invention, productivity of optical components for communication can be improved, costs for an optical component can be reduced and quality of the optical component can be improved. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074352 | BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - In a bidirectional optical transmission device, a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element are mounted on one side of a base material and are sealed with an optically permeable resin section. The resin section includes a light emitting side resin section and a light receiving side resin section, and a slit is provided between these resin sections. The device further includes a light-blocking receptacle having a claw, and the claw of the receptacle is disposed in the slit between the light emitting side resin section and the light receiving side resin section. The claw of the receptacle prevents leakage of light from the light-emitting element between the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074353 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MOUNTED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Openings are disposed in an insulating layer to expose a conductor layer. A lower cladding layer is formed, and a resist layer is formed on an insulating layer and the lower cladding layer. Electrolytic plating is performed with using the conductor layer which is connected to the external, as an electrode, to fill openings passing through the lower cladding layer and the resist layer with Cu. The resist layer is removed away to form projections configured by the filled Cu. The projections are processed to have an inclined face. Au layers are formed on the inclined faces of the projection. A core layer and an upper cladding layer are stacked. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074354 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MOUNTED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A lower cladding layer is formed on a surface of an electrical circuit substrate. A UV curable resin layer is stacked on the lower cladding layer. The resin layer is partly cured, and the other uncured resin layer is removed, thereby forming resin projections. The resin projections are processed so as to have an inclined face. Metal reflecting layers are formed on the inclined faces. A core layer is stacked on the lower cladding layer and the metal reflecting layers, and an upper cladding layer is stacked on the core layer. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074355 | Photonically-coupled nanoparticle quantum systems and methods for fabricating the same - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to photonically-coupled quantum dot systems. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic device comprises a top layer, a bottom layer, and a transmission layer positioned between the top layer and the bottom layer and configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation. The photonic devices may also include at least one quantum system embedded within the transmission layer. The at least one quantum system can be positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation that propagates within the transmission layer. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074356 | Waveguide Comprising an Anisotropic Diffracting Layer - The invention relates to an edge-lit slab waveguide equipped with a slanted anisotropic holographic layer, which couples out linearly polarized light. The invention further relates a new slanted anisotropic holographic layer suitable for use on the waveguide according to the invention, to a method to prepare such layer, and devices comprising the waveguide according to the invention. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074357 | SURFACE WARP RESISTANT OPTICAL DEVICES - In at least one example, an optical component includes a central optical surface proximate an optical axis, a peripheral portion extending radially from the central optical surface, and a stepped portion between the central optical surface and the peripheral portion. The stepped portion may be formed to raise the central optical surface above the peripheral portion. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074358 | Beam Apodization For A Planar Solid Immersion Mirror - An apparatus includes a planar waveguide, first and second gratings for coupling electromagnetic radiation into the planar waveguide, and a beam shaper for controlling the amplitude distribution of the electromagnetic radiation that impinges on the first and second gratings. A method of coupling electromagnetic radiation into a planar waveguide is also provided. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074359 | SHUTTERED ADAPTER - A shuttered adapter for a communications connector is formed of two pieces in the form of a retainer and a door. The retainer is formed of plastic and includes facing resilient lips for snap-on attachment to a connector body. A resilient tab and a first hinge portion are integrally formed as features of the retainer during an initial molding process of the retainer. The door is formed of plastic and includes a second hinge portion integrally formed therewith during an initial molding process of the door. The second hinge portion is attached to the first hinge portion to permit the door to pivot relative to the retainer. The resilient tab contacts a top of the door to urge the door into a position covering an opening in the connector for receiving a mating connector. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074360 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR KIT - To provide an optical connector kit in which all connector parts contained in a containing case, wherein said connector parts includes a ferrule equipped with an optical fiber employed, in which a short length optical fiber is fixed to the ferrule and the ferrule is subjected to polishing at the terminal end thereof in advance. The optical connector kit, wherein said kit comprises a ferrule with an optical fiber comprising a short length optical fiber which has been fixed to the ferrule in advance, in which the ferrule is subjected to polishing treatment at the terminal surface thereof; a plurality of connector parts which are passed through said optical fiber before the rear end of said short length optical fiber and the front end of another optical fiber are subjected to fusion splice each other; and a containing case for receiving all connector parts constructing an optical connector including said ferrule with the optical fiber and said passing parts. Said containing case can hold one part of said connector parts while in the condition where the other part of said connector parts used to said fusion splice including said ferrule with the optical fiber and said passing parts can be taken out of said case. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074361 | Fiber optic connector with double-clad stub fiber - A fiber optic connector having a double-clad specialty optical stub fiber with a deep index core-to-inner-cladding profile and a raised index outer-cladding profile. The double-clad optical stub fiber abuts against a single-clad field optical fiber of the single-mode type to form an interface across which the primary mode traverses without significantly interfering with higher-order modes. The ratio of the radius of the inner cladding to the radius of the core of the stub fiber is less than 6.5:1. The index profile of the refractive index of the inner cladding is deep relative to the refractive index of the core to confine the primary mode within the core. The raised refractive index of the outer-cladding pulls the higher-order modes deeper into that region, reducing interference with the primary mode. The respective core diameters of the field and stub fibers are matched to avoid mode-field diameter mismatch. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074362 | FUSION SPLICING STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL FIBERS - The present invention is a splicing structure of optical fibers for fusing a double clad fiber and a single clad fiber, the splicing structure is provided with a block covering a fusion splicing point of the double clad fiber and the single clad fiber, and which is made of a highly thermal conductive material. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074363 | Optical Tube Assembly Having a Dry Insert and Methods of Making the Same - An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. The at least one optical waveguide is disposed within the tube and generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a first layer comprising a felt having at least one type of non-continuous filament. The dry insert may also include a plurality of water-swellable filaments. In another embodiment, a dry insert has a first layer, a second layer, and a plurality of water-swellable filaments. The first and second layers are attached together at least along the longitudinal edges thereof, thereby forming at least one compartment between the first and second layers and the plurality of water-swellable filaments are generally disposed in the at least one compartment. The dry insert also is advantageous in tubeless cable designs. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074364 | Dry Fiber Optic Cables and Assemblies - A fiber optic cable includes at least one optical fiber, at least one strength member, at least one dry insert, and a cable jacket. The cable jacket has a cavity with a generally rectangular cross-section with the at least one optical fiber and the at least one dry insert disposed therein. The at least one optical fiber has a predetermined level of coupling to the cable jacket that is provided by the at least one dry insert within the cavity of cable jacket. The predetermined level of coupling is about 0.1625 Newtons or more per optical fiber for a thirty meter length of fiber optic cable. Additionally, fiber optic cables of the present invention are also suitable as a portion of a cable assembly. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074365 | MULTI-LAYERED WATER BLOCKING CABLE ARMOR LAMINATE CONTAINING WATER SWELLING FABRICS AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH - This invention discloses a multi-layered laminate armor wrap for use with a copper or fiber optic cable having at least one water absorbing fabric layer, at least one polymer layer, and at least one layer fabricated from a metal or a metal alloy. Each layer in the multi-layered laminate armor wrap is fused or adhered to the adjacent layers to form a fused or sealed laminate armor wrap. This invention also discloses a method of making such an armor wrap. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074366 | Optical fiber line arranging guide groove capable of sensing optical signals - An optical fiber line arranging guide groove capable of sensing optical signals is provided, which is used for solving a problem that optical fiber lines are disordered and hard to be arranged due to an excessive large number of optical fiber lines existed, and further used for detecting the status of optical signals in the optical fiber line. Through an optical detection circuit and a display element, the connection status of optical signals for the optical fiber line in the optical fiber line arranging guide groove is determined. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074367 | BUOYANCY NEUTRAL FIBER OPTIC CABLE - A robust fiber optic cable is well suited for harsh environments, such as undersea environments, as a communication link to a mobile undersea vehicle. In preferred embodiments, the fiber optic cable is constructed to have neutral buoyancy in salt water. The fiber optic cable may include one single mode optical fiber. A suspension fluid, such as light mineral oil surrounds the optical fiber. In an optional embodiment, a plurality of strength members also surrounds the optical fiber and these elements are surrounded by an outer jacket. In another optional embodiment, the optical fiber and suspension fluid may be loosely surrounded by an inner containment tube, a plurality of strength members surrounds the inner containment tube, and these elements are surrounded by an outer jacket, which may be bonded to the inner containment tube. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074368 | Electrical contact apparatus for optical waveguides - An optical apparatus includes a waveguide configured to propagate optical energy; an electrical contact surface; and a semiconductor electrical interconnect extending from a first surface of the optical waveguide to electrical communication with the electrical contact surface. The semiconductor electrical interconnect comprises a geometry configured to substantially confine the optical energy to the waveguide. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074369 | Multi-port optical connection terminal - An optical device includes at least one optical fiber cable receiving area for receiving at least one optical fiber cable, the receiving area being sized to receive a covering for covering at least a portion of the transition area, and at least one optical fiber cable transition portion disposed at the receiving area, the optical fiber cable transition portion being responsive to and supporting the covering when pressure from the covering is applied to the transition area and the covering and said transition area together form a buffer zone associated with at least a portion of the cable receiving area. Methods include providing a multi-port optical connection terminal having a stub cable port; connecting a stub cable assembly including a stub cable to the stub cable port; and forming a sloped buffer zone between the stub cable port and the stub cable to relieve stress in the stub cable. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074370 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH INTERNAL CABLE SPOOL - A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074371 | Stackable splice chip device - A splice tray arrangement including a tray and a splice chip arrangement. The splice chip arrangement including stackable splice chips defining channels for holding splice elements. Each of the splice chips including a mounting arrangement for mounting the splice chip at a mounting location on the tray, and a stacking arrangement for mounting the splice chip upon another splice chip. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074372 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION CABINET - A telecommunications connection cabinet includes a termination region, a fiber optic splitter mounting location, and a predetermined connector storage region positioned within an interior of a housing. The termination region includes telecommunications adapters, each telecommunications adapter being configured for coupling together two fiber optic connectors such that an optical interconnection is made between the two fiber optic connectors. The connector storage region is spaced from the termination region. The storage region defines openings allotted to removably mount connector storage housings at the connector storage region. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074373 | OPTICAL FILTER - The present invention provides optical filters comprising a squarylium compound represented by General Formula (I): | 2009-03-19 |
20090074374 | Curable Composition for Optical Material and Optical Waveguide - A curable composition for an optical material including a specific silicon-containing polymer (A), a specific epoxy resin (B) and an energy ray-sensitive cationic polymerization initiator (C) as essential components. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME ACCURATE EDITING AUDIO- VISUAL STREAMS - A method and apparatus are disclosed for frame accurate editing of a Mpeg stream on an storage medium by editing on a GOP level and seamlessly skipping to the frame using a pre-defined mark. According to an embodiment, the skip-start marker defined in the Blu-Ray Disc Recordable specification of the Blu-Ray standard is set appropriately on a Blu-Ray disc (BD). When such a recorded stream ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074376 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT AV SYNCHRONIZATION - An apparatus and a method for an efficient audio/video (AV) synchronization are provided. The apparatus includes a parser, a frame memory, a video start code (VSC) detector and a video decoder. The parser is used for analyzing a packetized elementary stream (PES) and outputting a video stream, an address information and at least one time stamp, in which the video stream includes a frame and at least one VSC corresponding to the frame. The frame memory is used for temporarily storing the video stream according to the address information. The VSC detector is used for retrieving the VSC of the video stream. The video decoder is used for selecting the frame from the frame memory according to the VSC and the address information provided by the VSC detector. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074377 | Video navigation system and method - A video navigation system and method can be utilized to efficiently and adjustably navigate video content. In one embodiment, a video information control method facilitates efficient video navigation. A video stream is received and video access point selection between multiple access points in said video stream is controlled. The presentation information is forwarded for each of the multiple access points. In one exemplary implementation, the presentation information is forwarded to a display and the information is directed to presenting a main viewing area and navigation areas that present looping video clips or portions of the video stream at time intervals ahead of and behind the video portion being presented in the main viewing area. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074378 | CLOSED CAPTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A closed caption display controller to control a display mode of a closed caption corresponding to a speech of an audio signal, the controller comprises an analysis unit to analyze the speech on a speech quality, an examination unit configured to examine a speech listening level according to a given rule based on an analysis result of the analysis unit, and a determination unit to determine a display mode according to an examination result of the examination unit. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074379 | Recorder/Reproducer - Apparatus which records and reproduces signals includes a unit which receives signals, a first recorder which records the signals received by the unit on a first recording medium, and a first reproducer which reproduces the signals recorded on the first recording medium. A second recorder is provided which records the signals reproduced by the first reproducer on a second recording medium, a detector is provided which detects a commercial message portion from the signals recorded on the second recording medium, and a second reproducer is provided which reproduces the signals recorded on the second recording medium while excluding the commercial message portion detected by the detector. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074380 | Personal Video Recording With Storage Space Distributed Among Remote Personal Video Recorders - Automated personal video recording comprising scheduling a show for a user having allocated storage space on a personal video recorder (“PVR”), wherein the show has a storage space requirement that exceeds the user's free space, and the PVR is coupled for data communications to a storage space provider; and transmitting to the storage space provider an order to record the show through the storage space provider in storage space on a remote PVR that is coupled for data communications to the storage space provider. Receiving in a storage space provider from a personal video recorder (“PVR”) an order to record a show on a remote PVR, the order comprising an identification of a show and a schedule for recording the show; selecting a remote PVR; and recording the show, in dependence upon the show identification and the schedule for recording the show, in storage space on the selected remote PVR. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074381 | METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF DATA REPRODUCTION ACCORDING TO BOTH MEDIUM PROTECTION DATA AND APPARATUS PROTECTION DATA, INCLUDING LIMITATION OF REPRODUCTION BASED ON A FILM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - In a reproduction apparatus, for reproducing an original signal conveyed as main data by a data medium such as a recording disk or broadcasting system, with medium protection data which are specific to the data medium being conveyed together with the main data, the apparatus includes a section for generating apparatus protection data which are specific to the reproduction apparatus, a section for combining the apparatus protection data with the medium protection data to define a protection level, and a section for applying the protection level to restrict reproduction of the original signal, with stepwise variations in restriction occurring in accordance with changes in protection level. The medium protection data may include information for specifying restricted reproduction of portions of the original signal, such as by producing degraded resolution within specified regions of specified frames of a video signal. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074382 | RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF, AND REPRODUCTION PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A control information decoding section ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074383 | Video processing system - The present invention is directed to a system for demultiplexing video signals that have been combined using a time division multiplexing approach. The system includes synchronizers, parsers, demultiplexers, and an input buffer. Each demultiplexer within the system includes a header detect module, a slot map module, a frame sync module and a packet accept module. The method includes the steps of receiving an input stream that contains data packets for more than one program channel that have been combined in which packet identification (PID) information is used and a time division multiplexing scheme, such as transport stream multiplexing format (TSMF) is used. The PID and slot location for each packet is analyzed. Based on the PID and slot location a packet is either accepted or rejected. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074384 | APPARATUS FOR PLAYBACK OF IMAGES FROM A SERIAL VIDEO DATA STREAM - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for playback of images from a serial video data stream, the apparatus comprising receiving means for receiving a serial video data stream comprising content video data and commercial video data, storage means for storing the serial video data, output means for conveying the serial video data to a video display at a rate related to the rate of reception of the serial video data stream and timer means, wherein the device is adapted to interrupt the conveyance of the content video data and to convey commercial video data during predetermined periods. The invention also relates to an optical memory disk and to a digital broadcast signal, comprising content video data and commercial video data, wherein the disk or the signal comprises data determining the interruption of the conveyance of the content video data and the conveyance of commercial video data during pre-determined periods. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074385 | DIGITAL BROADCAST REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECORDING DEVICE - There is disclosed a digital broadcast recording/reproduction device capable of easily searching for an updated data broadcast. In this device, a data broadcast update recording unit ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074386 | BROADCAST RECEIVER - A recordable/playable rate is measured for a storage device connected to an interface. When a new storage device is connected, whether or not a measurement is previously performed is determined. If the measurement is previously performed, “usable” is determined using the previous measurement result; if the measurement is not yet performed, “usable” or “unusable” is determined in accordance with a result of the measurement for measuring the recordable/playable rate performed by a measurement unit. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074387 | INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM, DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND DATA PLAYBACK APPARATUS - An information playback system includes a first and second information processor. The first information processor generates digital data based on image or sound and includes an encoder to encode the image or audio signal to digital data, a storage to store the digital data in a storage, a first hardware interface to connect the first information processor to a second information processor, and a storage-class software interface to permit the second information processor to access the storage without using image-class software interface. The second information processor playbacks the digital data and includes a second hardware interface to connect the second information processor to the first information processor, a software interface to mount the storage to a file system, and a playback device to playback the digital data. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074388 | Recording apparatus and recording method for dual-layer recording disk - At the time of recording contents data in real time over a first layer and a second layer of a double layer recordable DVD, a first VTS is formed by contents data recorded in a first layer recording area ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074389 | HEATER DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD FOR GENERATING HEAT - A method for generating heat includes passing a liquid between electrodes connected to an alternating current power supply. The liquid must have a sufficient level of electrolytes or dissolved minerals so as to be effectively heated. The level of current applied to the electrodes is preferably monitored and controlled. Exothermic, electrochemical reactions occur within the liquid and at the surface of the electrodes. More particularly, the electrodes are comprised of a material that can be oxidized, and the oxidation process during operation of the heater supplies additional current to heat the liquid. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074390 | FLAME EFFECT APPARATUS - Apparatus for simulating a solid fuel flame includes a frame within which is mounted a screen. An enclosure is mounted below the screen having a frosted glass refractor panel forming a top wall of the enclosure. A cylindrical container is rotatably mounted within the enclosure. A motor rotates the container on a support. The container is partially filled with a red or brown coloured liquid. Lamps or LED's within the enclosure are operable to shine light through the coloured liquid in the container and through the refractor panel onto the screen. Movement of the coloured liquid, which may be enhanced by internal projections in the container, causes flickering of the light projected onto the screen to give a flame effect simulating a solid fuel fire. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074391 | Vertical water heater - A vertical water heater includes a machine body installed therein with plural quartz heating tubes respectively composed of a quartz external tube having its opposite ends sealed and a quartz internal tube positioned in the quartz external tube. Each quartz internal tube is provided with a remote-infrared-ray heating member in the interior and has one end connected with an electrode terminal. Each quartz external tube has its lower wall bored with plural water intakes | 2009-03-19 |
20090074392 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus sets a main area and a plurality of subareas around the main area in an image obtained from an image sensor, and acquires each focusing state and each in-focus point based on the each focusing state of the main area and the plurality of subareas in an image obtained from the image sensor at each of a plurality of focus lens positions while moving a focus lens. If the focusing state of the main area does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the imaging apparatus performs focusing control using the focusing state of the main area and a focusing state of a subarea having an in-focus point located within a predetermined range from the in-focus point of the main area among the plurality of subareas. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074393 | Method and apparatus for auto focusing - A method and apparatus to auto focus are provided. A distance classifier to auto focus includes a distance-calculating module calculating a focal distance on the basis of blur levels of at least two images; a precise distance-calculating module calculating the exact distance to a subject when an image that is captured at the focal distance calculated by the distance-calculating module is out of focus; and a distance-calculation-correcting module correcting the distance-calculating module on the basis of the blur levels and the exact distance to the subject that is calculated by the precise distance-calculating module. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074394 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus which achieves fast focusing operation and allows accurate focusing is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes a first focus detector which detects a focus state on a subject, a second focus detector which detects a focus state on the subject in a detection method different from a detection method of the first focus detector, and a controller which has a function of detecting whether or not the subject is a moving body and a function of performing focus control of an image-taking optical system in a first sequence in which at least one of the first and second focus detectors is used and a second sequence in which at least the other of the focus detectors is used. The controller preferentially uses one of the first and second sequences depending on the result of the detection with the moving body detecting function. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074395 | IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD - An image-taking apparatus is disclosed, which is capable of reducing the influence of the one-side blur by the automatic focusing function. The image-taking apparatus comprises a focus detector, which detects the focus state of the plurality of focus detection areas, and a selector, which selects a focus target area from a plurality of focus detection area based on the detection result of the focus detector. In a case where a first object distance to a first object is longer than a first predetermined distance, and a second object distance to a second object, which exists on an outer side of the first object in the image-taking screen, is shorter than the first object distance by a second predetermined distance or more, the selector selects the focus detection area corresponding to the second object as the focus target area. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074396 | Auto-focus method, medium, and apparatus for image-capturing - An auto-focus method, medium, and apparatus for image-capturing. The auto-focus method includes obtaining a first image by placing a focus lens of a corresponding image-capturing apparatus at a first fixed position, obtaining a second image by placing the focus lens at a second fixed position; calculating blur levels of the first and second images, and determining a position of the focus lens by substituting the blur levels of the first and second images into each of a plurality of blur level relational expressions, which are derived from a plurality of pairs of images of respective corresponding objects at different distances from an image sensor module, each of the pairs of images being obtained by placing the focus lens at the first and second fixed positions, respectively. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074397 | Electronic apparatus, lighting apparatus and method of calculating electric quantity thereof - A fully charged battery or an unused battery is set in a battery box of a lighting apparatus. A user turns on an illumination electric source of the apparatus and selects the battery. A maximum number of lighting times Smax when the lighting apparatus causes manual full lighting M | 2009-03-19 |
20090074398 | Optical Element Parallax Scanning Device - An optical element scanning device ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074399 | CASE FOR ACCOMMODATING A CAMERA - A case for accommodating a camera includes a wrist cuff, a connector secured to the wrist cuff, and a strap having opposite ends coupled to the connector. The wrist cuff includes two elastic members, and a through hole with two openings at opposite ends of the through hole. The elastic members are arranged at opposite end portions of the wrist cuff for closing the openings when the elastic members are in normal state, and the elastic members are deformable so as to open the openings. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074400 | Barrier device - A barrier device of the present invention includes a cover defining a front aperture, a base defining a rear aperture, an annular gap formed between a rear end face of the front aperture and a front end face of the rear aperture, a barrier member movably provided through the gap between a closed position and an opened position, and a seal member sealing the gap. The seal member is provided over an entire circumference of the clearance and formed such that, when the barrier member is in the opened position, the seal member seals the gap with a part thereof being in contact with the barrier member, and when the barrier member is in the closed position, the seal member deforms to make contact with a surface of the barrier member. This enables the barrier member to open and close smoothly, and reliably prevents penetration of dirt, dust, moisture or the like through the gap. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074401 | IMAGE RECORDING PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD USING IMAGE RECORDING PROCESSING CIRCUIT - Mirror sequential data supplied from an RIP are temporarily stored as divided data in memory banks of an intermediate memory. Thereafter, the stored mirror sequential data are read in blocks. Then, a transposition processor transposes a matrix of the mirror sequential data into frame sequential data, and supplies the frame sequential data to a DMD controller. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074402 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - After a substrate is cleaned, a liquid layer of a rinse liquid is formed so as to cover one surface of the substrate. Then, a liquid supply nozzle moves outward from above the center of the substrate. The liquid supply nozzle is stopped once at the time point where it moves by a predetermined distance from above the center of the substrate. In this time period, the liquid layer is divided within a thin layer region by a centrifugal force, so that a drying core is formed at the center of the liquid layer. Thereafter, the liquid supply nozzle moves outward again, so that a drying region where no rinse liquid exists expands on the substrate with the drying core as its starting point. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074403 | SELF-HEALING RING-BASED PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A self-healing ring-based passive optical network (PON) including an optical fiber ring, an optical line termination (OLT), and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) is provided. The optical fiber ring has a first end and a second end. The OLT is coupled to the first and the second end. The OLT receives a first signal from the first end or the first and the second end and transmits a second signal to the first end or the first and the second end. Each of the ONUs has a third end and a fourth end both coupled to the optical fiber ring. Each of the ONUs receives the second signal from the third and the fourth end and transmits the first signal to the third and the fourth end. The ONUs connect to the OLT through the optical fiber ring so as to form a ring-based PON. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074404 | System, Device and Method for Managing Alternate Site Switching in an Optical Communication System - A system, device, and method for managing alternate site switching in an optical communication system recovers from failures/degradations that are uncorrected by the core optical communication network. When an uncorrected failure/degradation is detected, communications for a protected end-system are switched from a primary end-system to a backup end-system. The backup end-system may be selected a priori, for example, during connection establishment, in order to reduce switching time once a decision has been made to switch communications from the primary end-system to the backup end-system. Provisions are made for completing the alternate site switching within a specified amount of time. Load balancing may be used to further reduce switching time from the primary end-system to the backup end-system. This alternate site switching augments the various protection mechanisms provided by the core optical communication network in order to provide end-to-end protection for the optical communication path. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074405 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER TESTER - In embodiments of the present invention, an optical device tester performs stressed eye testing on several optical receivers and transmission and dispersion penalty testing on optical transmitters at a variety of data rates wavelengths using single mode optical signals and multimode optical signals using a variety of supply voltages and temperatures. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074406 | METHOD FOR ALERTING USERS TO CONDITIONS AFFECTING NETWORK SERVICE - A method to alert users to network service conditions. The method includes detecting a network service condition, detecting an attempt to access at least one communication service of the network, and issuing an alert. A network for practicing the method includes at least one communication terminal and a network element that detects a network service condition, detects an attempt to access a communication service, and issues an alert of the network service condition. A network element operating in the network includes a communications interface, a processor, and a storage device for storing program instructions. The program instructions instruct the network element to detect an attempt to access a communication service and issue an alert of a network service condition. A computer program for controlling the network element includes code to detect an attempt to access a communication service and issue an alert. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074407 | HIGH-SPEED SERIALIZER, RELATED COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A communication system includes a multiplexer configured to multiplex a first set of data channels into a first data channel and to multiplex a second set of data channels into a second data channel, and a delay adjuster configured to adjustably delay the first data channel based on a delay adjust command. The communication system also includes a first amplifier configured to amplify the delayed first channel into a first output data channel, and a second amplifier configured to amplify the second data channel into a second output data channel. The communication system further includes a first driver configured to convert the first output data channel into a first drive signal to drive an optical modulator, and a second driver configured to convert the second output data channel into a second drive signal to drive the optical modulator. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074408 | Fibre channel arbitrated loop bufferless switch circuitry to increase bandwidth without significant increase in cost - A switch, switched architecture and process for transferring data through an FCAL switch is disclosed. The switch uses multiple switch control circuits each coupled to one FCAL network and all connected to a crossbar switch. The switch control circuits are coupled together by a protocol bus for coordination purposes. Local conversations can occur on each FCAL loop and crossing conversations through the switch can occur concurrently. The OPN primitive us used to establish the connection before any data is transferred thereby eliminating the need for buffer memory in the switch control circuits. The destination address of each OPN is used to address a lookup table in each switch control circuit to determine if the destination node is local. If not, the destination is looked up and a connection request made on the protocol bus. If the remote port is not busy, it sends a reply which causes both ports to establish a data path through the backplane crossbar switch. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074409 | HIGH-CAPACITY PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK - A packet-switched WDMA ring network has an architecture utilizing packet stacking and unstacking for enabling nodes to access the entire link capacity by transmitting and receiving packets on available wavelengths. Packets are added and dropped from the ring by optical switches. A flexible credit-based MAC protocol along with an admission algorithm enhance the network throughput capacity. | 2009-03-19 |