15th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140099001 | SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND REMITTANCE PROCESSING - The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099002 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL DRAWING - An apparatus and method for providing a digital drawing in which equipment information or control point information of an analog computer aided design (CAD) drawing relating to interior equipment of a building and relative position information of the equipment information or the control point information of the analog CAD drawing are obtained from a scan drawing obtained by scanning the analog CAD drawing. The obtained information is displayed according to a user input based on the equipment information or control point information and the relative position information of the equipment information or the control point information in combination with the scan drawing. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099003 | METHODS OF MAINTAINING THE RELATIVE POSITION BETWEEN A DATA CAPTURE DEVICE AND AN OPERATOR OF THE DEVICE - A method for maintaining the relative position between a data capture device and an operator of the data capture device includes prompting the operator to arrange a data capture device to be in an optimal position relative to an operator of the device. Moreover, the method includes capturing authentication data of the operator with the data capture device while the operator uses data displayed on a screen of the data capture device, and determining whether the data capture device is in the optimal position relative to the operator while capturing authentication data of the operator. Furthermore, the method includes determining a displacement of the data capture device relative to the optimal position when the data capture device is in a position different than the optimal position, and shifting the data relative to the screen by applying the relative displacement to the data. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099004 | MANAGING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - An example method includes receiving, by a host system including at least one processor, a first video stream from a first client device and a second video stream from a second client device, where the host system, the first client device, and the second client device are communicatively coupled to a real-time communication session. The method further includes detecting, by the host system and in the second video stream, a disconnection condition including at least one of a visual disconnection condition and an auditory disconnection condition. The method further includes responsive to detecting the disconnection condition, disconnecting, by the host system, the second client device from the real-time communication session. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099005 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A face authentication procedure is performed on a face detected in a visible light image of a scene, and correctness of an authentication determination of the face authentication procedure is verified by comparing the visible light image to an infrared light image of the same scene. The verification may be performed by comparing the luminance and/or the size of an eye region in the visible light image to the luminance and/or the size of the eye region in the infrared light image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099006 | ANTI-SHOCK RELIEF PRINT SCANNING - One or more techniques, devices and/or systems are disclosed for mitigating a perceived electrical sensation for a relief print scanning device. A current determination component can be used to identify an electrical current configuration that provides a mitigated electrical sensation to the user, for use with an electroluminescent-based relief print scanning device. The electrical current configuration can be identified using one or more image characteristics of a relief print image, which is captured by the devices using the current configuration. A current adjusting component, can be operably coupled with the current determination component, and may be used to adjust the current configuration, where the adjustment can be based on current adjustment data that is provided by the current determination component, based on the image characteristics. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099007 | IMAGING METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - One aspect of the invention provides an imaging method including: (a) acquiring a first fluorescent image of an object of interest impregnated with fluorescent nanodiamonds; (b) applying a magnetic field to the fluorescent nanodiamonds in order to decrease fluorescence of the fluorescent nanodiamonds; (c) acquiring a second fluorescent image of the object of interest; and (d) subtracting the second fluorescent image from the first fluorescent image to produce a resulting image. Another aspect of the invention provides an imaging method including: (a) applying a time-varying magnetic field to an object of interest impregnated with fluorescent nanodiamonds to modulate the fluorescence of the fluorescent nanodiamonds; (b) acquiring a plurality of fluorescent images of the object of interest; and (c) for each corresponding pixel in the plurality of fluorescent images, calculating a fluorescence intensity using a lock-in technique. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099008 | ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An ultrasonic observation apparatus includes: a frequency analysis unit that calculates a frequency spectrum for each of a plurality of locations in a predetermined region of a subject by analyzing frequency of the ultrasonic wave at the plurality of locations; a frequency spectrum approximate equation calculation unit that calculates an approximate equation of the frequency spectrum at the each location calculated by the frequency analysis unit; a deviation calculation unit that calculates deviation between the frequency spectrum at the each location calculated by the frequency analysis unit and the approximate equation of the frequency spectrum calculated correspondingly with the frequency spectrum by the frequency spectrum approximate equation calculation unit; and a deviation display image data generation unit that generates information related to the deviation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099009 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY ATTENUATION CORRECTION MAP - A method for generating a positron emission tomography (PET) attenuation correction map. The method includes obtaining a magnetic resonance (MR) image dataset of a subject of interest, obtaining a positron emission tomography (PET) emission dataset of the subject of interest, segmenting the MR image dataset to identify at least one object of interest, determining a volume of the object of interest, and generating a PET attenuation correction map using the determined volume. A medical imaging system and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein | 2014-04-10 |
20140099010 | MRI SYSTEM WITH MEANS TO ELIMINATE OBJECT MOVEMENT WHILST ACQUIRING ITS IMAGE - A method of reducing the effect of object movements along MRI imaging. The method includes: acquiring a sequence of MRI consecutive images of an object; storing on a computer readable medium, for each of the images, at least one parameter p indicating spatial image orientation at which the image was taken; analyzing the sequence of the images for detection of the object movement; and tagging images of at least one movement of the object. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099011 | REMOVAL OF A-SCAN STREAKING ARTIFACT - This invention generally relates to the removal of streaking artifacts and periodic noise from tomographic images. The method comprises obtaining an A-scan from an imaging data set. The A-scan having a signal and the signal defining an amplitude. Noise specific to the A-scan is estimated. The amplitude of the A-scan is scaled based on its specific estimated noise floor. In another aspect, a plurality of A-scans is obtained from an imaging data set. Each of the plurality of A-scans has a signal and the signal defines an amplitude. Noise specific to each A-scan of the plurality of A-scans is estimated. Each A-scan of the plurality of A-scans is scaled by the A-scan's specific estimated noise floor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099012 | SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING DISTORTIONS IN A MEDICAL IMAGE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention relates generally systems for correcting distortion in a medical image and methods of use thereof. Methods and systems for displaying a medical image of a lumen of a biological structure, generally comprise obtaining image data of a lumen of a biological structure from an imaging device, correcting the image data for translational distortions, in which correcting is accomplished without reference to another data set, and displaying a corrected image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099013 | MEDICAL IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND A MEDICAL IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image-processing apparatus that corrects divergence, even in a case where divergence in CT numbers occurs throughout a plurality of sets of image data that have been acquired for anatomically identical areas because the observed object is undergoing shape-alteration. The apparatus includes an image data storage, an extractor, and a corrector. The image data storage stores respective sets of image data acquired by scanning a targeted region undergoing chronological shape-alteration in a subject, the scanning having been executed at predetermined respective timings. The extractor extracts image data that correspond to the targeted region out of each of the respective sets of image data. The corrector calculates degrees of shape-alteration of the targeted region in the respective extracted sets of images data and to correct CT numbers of the respective sets of image data extracted for the targeted region, based on calculated degrees. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099014 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, a method, and a program for allowing cells to be quantitatively observed. A computer obtains a cell membrane image obtained by performing fluorescent observation on a cell membrane of a cell serving as a sample and a tricellular tight junction (tTJ) image obtained by performing fluorescent observation on a protein localized in a tTJ of the cell. The computer derives the size of area of a region of the cell by identifying the region of each cell from the cell membrane image, derives the size of area of the region of the protein localized in the cell from the tTJ image, and dividing the obtained size of area of the region of the protein by the size of area of the region of the cell, thus calculating an index of adhesion strength of the cells. The invention can be applied to an observation system. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099015 | AUTOMATED VISION INSPECTION OF A SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG ASSEMBLY - An automated vision inspection system detects whether a cushion of a side curtain airbag assembly system is twisted. The cushion is provided a plurality of markings arrayed along a longitudinal extent of the cushion. Each marking can be defined by a group of four distinct characters or indicia. Each indicium can be defined by polygonal shaped pixels which allow the inspection system to find clear edges of the marking and thereby determine marking orientation. By determining orientation, the inspection system can compare the inspected marking to a master image of the marking to determine if the cushion is in a twisted state or non-twisted state. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099016 | AUTOMATED VISION INSPECTION OF A SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG ASSEMBLY - An automated vision inspection system detects whether a cushion of a side curtain airbag assembly system is twisted. The cushion is provided a plurality of markings arrayed along a longitudinal extent of the cushion. Each marking can be defined by a group of four distinct characters or indicia. Each indicium can be defined by polygonal shaped pixels which allow the inspection system to find clear edges of the marking and thereby determine marking orientation. By determining orientation, the inspection system can compare the inspected marking to a master image of the marking to determine if the cushion is in a twisted state or non-twisted state. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method and an apparatus for reconstructing a three dimensional model of an object are provided. The method includes the following steps. A plurality of first depth images of an object are obtained. According to a linking information of the object, the first depth images are divided into a plurality of depth image groups. The linking information records location information corresponding to a plurality of substructures of the object. Each depth image group includes a plurality of second depth images, and the substructures correspond to the second depth images. According to the second depth image and the location information corresponding to each substructure, a local module of each substructure is built. According to the linking information, the local models corresponding to the substructures are merged, and the three-dimensional model of the object is built. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099018 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING, ENCODING, INDEXING, AND DECODING IMAGES - A method for encoding image data, the method includes creating a plurality of textors from the image data; clustering the plurality of textors into a plurality of textor primatives; retrieving a learned image based on the plurality of textor primatives; and determining an error space based on a difference between the learned image and the plurality of textor primatives. A method for compressing, indexing, and decoding image data based on textors is also provided. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099019 | Gesture Recognition in Vehicles - A method and system for performing gesture recognition of a vehicle occupant employing a time of flight (TOF) sensor and a computing system in a vehicle. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes the steps of receiving one or more raw frames from the TOF sensor, performing clustering to locate one or more body part clusters of the vehicle occupant, calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant, determining whether the hand has performed a dynamic or a static gesture, retrieving a command corresponding to one of the determined static or dynamic gestures, and executing the command. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099020 | METHOD OF DETECTING SMOKE OF FOREST FIRE USING SPATIOTEMPORAL BOF OF SMOKE AND RANDOM FOREST - A method of detecting the smoke of a forest fire using the spatiotemporal Bag-of-Features (BoF) of the smoke and a random forest is provided. In the method, whenever each frame of a video sequence is input, a difference between the input frame and a previous frame is detected, and the input frame is set as a key frame if the difference exceeds a predetermined first threshold value. One or more moving blocks are detected in the set key frame. One or more candidate smoke blocks are extracted from the moving blocks using a smoke color model. BoF representations are generated from the detected candidate smoke blocks. Whether smoke of the candidate smoke blocks is actual smoke is determined by performing random forest learning on the generated BoF representation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099021 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR REMOVING MOVING OBJECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image processing method for removing a moving object includes an input step of inputting input images; a matching step of matching the input images according to corresponding positions; a determining step of determining a background image from the input images; a marking step of marking at least one moving object from at least one of the input images; and a replacing step of replacing a region, occupied by the moving object in at least one of the input images with a corresponding regional background in another input image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099022 | IMAGE COLOR MATCHING AND EQUALIZATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed herein are image color matching and equalization devices and related methods. According to an aspect, a method may include determining overlapping portions of a scene within first and second images of the scene. The method may include generating an array of color channel differences between the overlapping portions. Further, the method may include applying a quantization technique to the array of color channel differences for creating a sparse difference color matrix. The method may also include identifying empty locations of the sparse matrix and computing interpolated difference color values to fill them. Further, the method may include modifying the color of at least one pixel of one of the images by performing an inverse look-up in the sparse table utilizing its color, identifying the color difference on the corresponding entry, and applying the color difference on the target pixel. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099023 | SEARCH METHOD FOR VIDEO CLIP - The present invention provide an automatic, frame-by-frame, rapid, and accurate search method for video clip. It comprises the following steps. First, acquire and store a plurality of videos to a storage unit. Each video comprises a plurality of frames, respectively. Then, a processing unit extracts the characteristics of the plurality of frames and gives a plurality of characteristic values. Next, the processing unit calculates a plurality of difference values between the characteristic value of each frame and that of the previous frame and between the characteristic value of the subsequent frame and that of the current frame. Store a data set, which is produced by corresponding the plurality of difference values between all frames of each video to the time axis, to the storage unit. Finally, the processing unit compares a data set of any video with a plurality of data sets of other videos and gives a search result. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099024 | Method of Analyzing Tamper Evident Tape Residue - Methods and systems for measuring the effectiveness of pigment transfer in a tamper evident tape. A test area can be established on a substrate upon which a residual image is formed by pulling a tamper-evident tape. The test area is divided into a predefined number of units. Then, the number of units in which a residual is left behind on a surface of the substrate can be counted and compared to the number of units within an area of un-applied tamper-evident tape of identical application design such that a percentage of units remaining on the substrate after removal of the tamper-evident tape with the residual comprises a criterion for evaluating a relative effectiveness of the tamper-evident tape. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099025 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION DEVICE, IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, AND IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD - A compression and decompression module provided in a display device includes: a comparison unit that, when first image data and second image data in which a gradation value of each of a plurality of pixels is expressed in m bits are input, compares gradation values of corresponding pixels of the input first and second image data; a compression unit that compresses the second image data and that, when values of predetermined n bits (where n≦m) of the gradation values match each other in a comparison result of the comparison unit, generates compressed data including identification data indicating that the values of the n bits match each other; and a control unit that performs control to output data, which indicates the gradation value of the corresponding pixel of the first image data, and the compressed data generated by the compression unit so as to correspond to each other. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099026 | Color Correction Based on Multiple Images - In some implementations, a method provides color corrections based on multiple images. In some implementations, a method includes determining one or more characteristics of each of a plurality of source images and determining one or more similarities between the one or more characteristics of different source images. The source images are grouped into one or more groups of one or more target images based on the determined similarities. The method determines and applies one or more color corrections to the one or more target images in at least one of the groups. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099027 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a chroma calculation unit, a lightness calculation unit, a glossiness calculation unit, and a correction unit. The chroma calculation unit is configured to calculate a chroma of each pixel of an image to be processed. The lightness calculation unit is configured to calculate a lightness of each pixel of the image. The glossiness calculation unit is configured to estimate a glossiness of each pixel of the image, based on the chroma and the lightness. The correction unit is configured to correct each pixel of the image so that a correction amount of a pixel is larger when the glossiness of the pixel is higher. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO RECOGNITION BASED ON VISUAL IMAGE MATCHING - A method for identifying a stream of images, comprises: a) capturing one or more frames from the media which is to be identified; b) sending the selected image(s) as queries to a server; c) in the server, analyzing the one or more images to identify them from a database that for each movie stored comprises switched significantly different frames; d) if more than one image is processed, aggregating the various server's replies; and e) displaying the results to the user. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099029 | Face Age-Estimation and Methods, Systems, and Software Therefor - Age-estimation of a face of an individual is represented in image data. In one embodiment, age-estimation techniques involves combining a Contourlet Appearance Model (CAM) for facial-age feature extraction and Support Vector Regression (SVR) for learning aging rules in order to improve the accuracy of age-estimation over the current techniques. In a particular example, characteristics of input facial images are converted to feature vectors by CAM, then these feature vectors are analyzed by an aging-mechanism-based classifier to estimate whether the images represent faces of younger or older people prior to age-estimation, the aging-mechanism-based classifier being generated in one embodiment by running Support Vector Machines (SVM) on training images. In an exemplary binary youth/adult classifier, faces classified as adults are passed to an adult age-estimation function and the others are passed to a youth age-estimation function. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099030 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT IMAGE RECOGNITION - An apparatus for providing an object image recognition includes a boundary extraction unit to extract a boundary of an object image. A feature extraction module extracts a center point of the object image and at least one local feature point from the extracted boundary and calculates each distance between the extracted center point and the extracted local feature point. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099031 | Adjusting a Contour by a Shape Model - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for feature point localization are disclosed. A profile model and a shape model may be applied to an object in an image to determine locations of feature points for each object component. Input may be received to move one of the feature points to a fixed location. Other ones of the feature points may be automatically adjusted to different locations based on the moved feature point. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099032 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING FEATURES OF OBJECTS - An electronic device stores haar-like features and geometrical features of an object. A reference image of the object is created according to the geometrical features of the object. An outline image is obtained from each image of the object. The electronic device calculates derivatives of each two adjacent points on the reference image and each outline image. A derivative matrix of the reference image and a derivative matrix of each outline image are generated. The electronic device generates a first derivative curve corresponding to the derivative matrix of the reference image and a second derivative curve corresponding to each derivative matrix of the outline image. When all the second derivative curves are the same as the first derivative curve, the electronic device determines whether each outline image is corresponding to the object by using the haar-like features of the object. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099033 | FAST COMPUTATION OF KERNEL DESCRIPTORS - An approach to computation of kernel descriptors is accelerated using precomputed tables. In one aspect, a fast algorithm for kernel descriptor computation that takes O(1) operations per pixel in each patch, based on pre-computed kernel values. This speeds up the kernel descriptor features under consideration, to levels that are comparable with D-SIFT and color SIFT, and two orders of magnitude faster than STIP and HoG3D. In some examples, kernel descriptors are applied to extract gradient, flow and texture based features for video analysis. In tests of the approach on a large database of internet videos used in the TRECVID MED 2011 evaluations, the flow based kernel descriptors are up to two orders of magnitude faster than STIP and HoG3D, and also produce significant performance improvements. Further, using features from multiple color planes produces small but consistent gains. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099034 | INTELLIGENT VIDEO THUMBNAIL SELECTION AND GENERATION - In accordance with one embodiment, an intelligent video thumbnail selection and generation tool may select a relevant and visually stimulating image from a video file and generate a thumbnail including the image. The image may be selected by computing a relevancy metric for an image in the file based on one or more selected relevant features, and comparing that relevancy metric with the metric of at least one other image in the file. In another embodiment, a series of images in a video file may be divided into shots. One of the shots may be selected based on a shot relevancy metric and a key image from the shot may be selected as a thumbnail based on a key image relevancy metric, where the shot relevancy metric and the key image relevancy metrics may be computed based on one or more relevant content features. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099035 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATING IMAGES TO EACH OTHER BY DETERMINING TRANSFORMS WITHOUT USING IMAGE ACQUISITION METADATA - Systems and methods for relating images to each other by determining transform functions between the images and the three-dimensional world coordinate system of the object depicted in the image, without using image acquisition metadata are disclosed. Points of interest are independently selected on each image. An initial transform function is applied to transform the points in the plane of one image to the plane of the other image. A Gaussian Mixture Model is then iteratively applied to the points to determine a best match, which then provides adjustments to the argument values of the transform function which is again applied to the points of interest on each image. This process repeats until the argument values converge to provide the resulting transform function. The resulting function can then be used to identify objects in the images in three dimensional space. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099036 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOLUTION CONVERSION OF MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER RECOGNITION (MICR) CONTENT - A method and a system for resolution conversion of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image are provided. The method is implemented in a computer system comprising one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The method includes receiving image data of the image, the image data having a plurality of image planes in which one plane is a MICR image plane, wherein the plurality of image planes have essentially the same resolution; and converting the resolution of the MICR image plane to a resolution of a MICR print engine different from the remaining image planes. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099037 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING DIGITAL IMAGE ALBUM - The disclosed embodiments related to a method and system for creating a digital image album implementable on a computing device. The method includes grouping a plurality of digital images to generate a plurality of groups. Each of the plurality of groups is then transmitted to one or more crowdworkers for ranking each digital image of the plurality of groups. A final rank corresponding to each of the plurality of digital images is then determined based on the one or more ranks assigned by the one or more crowdworkers to each digital image of the plurality of groups. Thereafter, at least one digital image is selected from each of the plurality of groups based on the final rank of at least one digital image to create the digital image album. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099038 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit, a recognition unit, a table-of-contents analysis unit, a main-body analysis unit, and a creation unit. The reading unit reads a table of contents page and a main body page as images. The recognition unit performs character recognition on the images of the table of contents and main body pages. The table-of-contents analysis unit analyzes the image of the table of contents page, and acquires at least a heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The main-body analysis unit analyzes the image of the main body page, and associates an image including the heading item with the heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The creation unit creates electronic bookmarked information in which bookmark information for associating the heading item with the image of the main body page is added to electronic information of the read images. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099039 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing device including a converter configured to obtain, prior to performing an encoding process, image drawing information of an image capable of using upon encoding and to convert the obtained image drawing information into a parameter for encoding, and an encoding processor configured to perform the encoding process by changing contents of the encoding process according to the parameter for encoding converted by the converter. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099040 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing device including a renderer configured to generate a frame image in real time, an encoder configured to encode the frame image to generate an encoded data, a sender configured to transmit the encoded data to a client device over a network, the client device being configured to decode the encoded data and output the frame image, and a controller configured to predict an increase of delay incurred in receiving the encoded data in the client device and control a generation interval of the frame image by the renderer based on the prediction. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING CLOUD DISPLAY SCREEN BY USING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for implementing cloud computing by efficiently encoding a display screen between a cloud server and a client terminal. The method for encoding a cloud display screen in the cloud server, includes: acquiring region information of currently generated windows based on an application programming interface (API) function information of an Operating System (OS); extracting relative depth information between each of the currently generated windows from the OS; generating an encoding mode map in which an entire screen is divided into a plurality of blocks, based on the acquired region information and the extracted relative depth information; and encoding each of the plurality of blocks based on the generated encoding mode map. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING IMAGE QUALITY OF AN IMAGE - A method and a system are described where the quality of an image can be modified, using formatted information related to the defects of the appliances of the chain of appliances. The method may include compiling directories of sources of formatted information related to the said appliances, searching automatically for this formatted information related to the appliances of the said chain of appliances, modifying the said image automatically by image-processing software or components by taking into account the formatted information. Additionally, the formatted information may be modified as a function of variable characteristics of the image to be processed and of the chain of appliances. Thus, it is possible to process the images derived from appliances that may be of diverse origins and that have been commercialized gradually over time, such as photographic or video images in optical instrumentation, industrial controls, robotics, metrology, etc. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099043 | SUPERRESOLUTION OPTICAL FLUCTUATION IMAGING (SOFI) - Statistical analysis techniques based on auto- and cross-correlations/cumulants, of image stacks of fluctuating objects are used to improve resolution beyond the classical diffraction limit and to reduce the background. The time trajectory of every pixel in the image frame is correlated with itself and/or with the time trajectory of an adjacent pixel. The amplitude of these auto- or cross-correlations/cumulants of each pixel, at a given time lag or averaged or integrated over an interval of time lags, is used as the intensity value of that pixel in the generated superresolved optical fluctuation image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099044 | IMAGE COMBINING DEVICE, IMAGE COMBINING METHOD AND PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT IMAGE COMBINING METHOD - An image combining device may include an image reading unit that reads an image of a first and second partial area which have a portion overlapping; a template area setting section that sets apart an area of a predetermined shape as a comparison area from the overlapping area; a calculation area setting section that selects areas of the shape corresponding to the shape of the comparison area; a correlation coefficient calculating section that calculates a correlation coefficient between each of the image data values of the multiple areas; an area identifying section that identifies, from the multiple areas, the area in which the calculation result satisfies a predetermined condition; and a combining section that combines the images of the first and second partial areas in the positional relationship in which the area identified by the area identifying section and the comparison area overlap with each other. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099045 | Proactive creation of image-based products - A method for proactively creating an image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099046 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a buffer unit which stores image data of one input image, an input control unit which causes the buffer unit to store the image data of the input image, a processing operation unit which outputs image data of a processed image generated by performing image processing based on one of a plurality of set processing conditions, a plurality of output control units corresponding to the processing conditions, wherein each output control unit causes the image data necessary when image processing is performed in a corresponding processing condition to be output from the buffer unit to the processing operation unit and causes the image data of the processed image to be output to a subsequent-stage processing circuit, and an output arbitrating unit which determines which processing condition is used to perform the image processing and permits the corresponding output control unit to perform output control. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099047 | BAG FOR FOOD - A packaging bag for foods/food products comprises at least a front part and a back part, which are connected to one another in the two lateral edge regions over at least one side fold or at least one side seam in each case and between which a bag pocket is formed with an upper open end and a lower closed end, especially which is formed by the fact that the front part, at a lower fold or seam, is turned over toward the back onto the back part, wherein the entire packaging bag has a left and a right bag part, the two of which are connected together along an overlapping region extending between the lower and the upper end, wherein in the overlapping region or laterally adjacent to this, at least one weakening line is provided, at which the two bag parts can be separated from one another. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099048 | SLIDING MEMBER AND BEARING - To provide a sliding member that improves seizure resistance by restraining any exposure of the porous layer and improves abrasion resistance and load resistance. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099049 | SEALING ASSEMBLY - An apparatus includes a first panel having a first side and a second side and defining a first hole. The apparatus also includes a second panel having a third side and a fourth side and defining a second hole. A seal assembly extends from the first panel to the second panel and through the first and second holes. The seal assembly includes a first wall that defines a passageway from the first hole to the second hole, and a second wall that surrounds the first wall and cooperates with the first wall to define a chamber therebetween. The seal assembly forms a first seal around the first hole and a second seal around the second hole. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099050 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BUSHING AND PIECE WITH BUSHING - This disclosure relates to bushings produced with adapted dovetails for production on a carrying web of a progressive stamping machine at a plurality of stations. The bushing includes a regular shape male dovetail inserted into an irregular shape crenellated female opening at the conclusion of a plurality of operations at stations on a progressive stamping machine. Once the bushing is bent in shape, in a subsequent step, the regular shape male dovetail is punched to lock in place into the irregular shape crenellated female opening. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099051 | ROLLING SLIDING MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ROLLING BEARING - A steel material which contains 0.16 to 0.19% of carbon by mass, 0.15 to 0.35% of silicon by mass, 0.20 to 1.55% of manganese by mass, and 2.5 to 3.2% of chromium by mass, of which remaining part is formed of iron and incidental impurities, and which contains 0.01 to 0.2% of nickel by mass as an incidental impurity and higher than or equal to 0.001% and lower than 0.15% of molybdenum by mass as an incidental impurity, and which has a hardenability index of higher than or equal to 5.4 is subjected to a carbonitriding step, a process annealing step, a quenching step, a tempering step and a finishing step. Thus, there is obtained a rolling sliding member made of the steel material, and having satisfactory corrosion resistance and crack resistance and having a sufficiently long useful life even under an environment where rust is easily formed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099052 | LIGHT MODULATOR, OPTICAL PICKUP, AND LIGHT MODULATION MODULE - A light modulator ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140099053 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - In order to independently perform control of a phase difference and a loss of light transmitting through an optical waveguide in a simple and easy configuration, an optical waveguide device includes an optical waveguide provided with two electrodes each supplied with a corresponding one of two signals; and a control unit for controlling the two signals so as to cause a phase variation and a loss variation which are caused in light transmitting through the optical waveguide by the two signals to each have a predetermined value. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099054 | Coupled Plasmonic Waveguides and Associated Apparatuses and Methods - An apparatus and corresponding method in which the apparatus includes a dielectric waveguide and a metallic waveguide. The dielectric waveguide has an effective mode index and a longitudinal dimension. The metallic waveguide has a longitudinal dimension and supports a surface plasmonic mode of propagation for a wavelength lambda. The metallic waveguide and the dielectric waveguide are adjacent to each other and overlap each other by a length along the longitudinal dimensions of both the dielectric waveguide and the metallic waveguide, wherein the length is greater than the wavelength lambda in the metallic waveguide. The metallic waveguide is coupled to the dielectric waveguide where the metallic waveguide and the dielectric waveguide overlap each other. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099055 | Single-Fiber Bi-Directional Optical Transceiver - A single-fiber bi-directional optical transceiver includes a bi-directional optical subassembly (BOSA) body and a fiber connecting sleeve connected to the BOSA body. The BOSA body contains a laser diode, a photodiode in a photodiode housing, and a splitter. The fiber connecting sleeve contains a connecting ferrule. A band pass filter is between the splitter and the photodiode, and the photodiode, band pass filter and reflection path of the splitter are coaxial and/or in series. Also, a coupling lens is between the splitter and the connecting ferrule, and the laser diode, splitter, coupling lens and connecting ferrule are coaxial and/or in series. In the single-fiber bi-directional optical transceiver, no fiber stub is present, thereby reducing the cost and/or size of the transceiver. By providing a coupling lens between the splitter and the connecting ferrule, the size of the BOSA body can be further reduced, thereby realizing a smaller package size. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099056 | OPTICAL COUPLING LENS - An optical coupling lens includes a light incident surface, a light output surface perpendicular to the light incident surface, a reflection surface interconnected between the light incident surface and the light output surface, a first converging lens and a second converging lens formed on the light incident surface, and third converging lens formed on the light output surface and has a semi-cylindrical shape. Optical axes of the first converging lens and the second converging lens are perpendicular to the light incident surface and located on a common imaginary plane. A central axial plane of the third converging lens is perpendicular to the light output surface. An intersecting line between the central axial plane and the common imaginary plane is located on the reflection surface. A width of the third converging lens is equal to a diameter of each of the first converging lens and the second converging lens. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099057 | OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE - An optical coupling device includes an optical coupling member, an optical-electrical converting module, and at least two optical fibers. The optical coupling member has a first under positioning portion. The optical-electrical converting module has a substrate, a base, an optical signal transmitter, and an optical signal receiver. The base is made of an insulating material and is provided on the substrate. The base has a receiving portion and a second under positioning portion to engage the first under positioning portion. The optical signal transmitter and the optical signal receiver are receiving in the receiving portion and face the first lens portion when the second under positioning portion engages the first under positioning portion. The optical fibers are beside the optical coupling member and face the second lens portion. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099058 | FIBER TRAYS, FIBER OPTICAL MODULES, AND METHODS OF PROCESSING OPTICAL FIBERS - Fiber trays and fiber optic modules and assemblies using the same are disclosed, wherein optical fibers are secured to a fiber tray that is then secured to a body of the fiber module. The body defines a plurality of lenses that reflect light using a total-internal-reflection surface to direct light to active optical components. The fiber tray is secured to the body such that the plurality of optical fibers may be secured within fiber support features of the body that align ends of the optical fibers to the lenses defined by the body. Optical-electrical connectors employing such two-piece fiber optic modules are also disclosed, as well as methods of processing a plurality of optical fibers using a fiber tray. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099059 | COMPACT OPTICAL PACKAGE MADE WITH PLANAR STRUCTURES - A device structure and system for connecting optical waveguides to optical transmit and receive components is described. The structure is made of two parts. The lower part contains active optoelectronic components, such as lasers and photodetectors, and optical lenses. The lower part can be assembled by steps of aligning and bonding planar components. The upper part contains optical waveguides and lenses for coupling light into and out of the waveguides. The top part is mechanically connected to the lower part to form a mechanically sound connection. The lens system provides some tolerance to mis-alignment between the top and bottom parts. The system has features that enable fiber optic components to operate and survive in harsh environments, particularly large temperature extremes. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099060 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF FORMING OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS - An optical fiber connector includes a fiber alignment body including a continuous optical fiber guide channel extending therethrough. The continuous optical fiber guide channel has a lead-in channel portion, a lead-out channel portion and a turn portion that connects the lead-in channel portion and the lead-out channel portion. The fiber alignment body has a reflective surface formed of metal that receives light traveling from an optical fiber located within the lead-in channel portion of the continuous optical fiber channel and reflects the light into the lead-out channel portion of the continuous optical fiber channel. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099061 | RECONFIGURABLE FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL CONNECTORS - Reconfigurable fiber optic cable assemblies and optical connectors are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a fiber optic cable assembly includes an optical cable having a connector end and a plurality of optical fibers, a connector housing wherein the plurality of optical fibers are disposed within the connector housing, and an optical interface to which the plurality of optical fibers is optically coupled. The optical interface is rotatable with respect to the connector end of the optical cable | 2014-04-10 |
20140099062 | METHODS OF MAKING AND ACCESSING CABLES HAVING ACCESS FEATURES - Cables jacket are formed by extruding discontinuities in a main cable jacket portion. The discontinuities allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of material in the cable jacket, and can be introduced into the extrudate material flow used to form the main portion through ports in the extrusion head. The discontinuities allow a section of the cable jacket to be pulled away from a remainder of the jacket using a relatively low peel force. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099063 | D1363 BT RADIATION CURABLE PRIMARY COATINGS ON OPTICAL FIBER - Radiation curable coatings for use as a Primary Coating for optical fibers, optical fibers coated with said coatings and methods for the preparation of coated optical fibers. The radiation curable coating comprises at least one (meth)acrylate functional oligomer and a photoinitiator, wherein the urethane-(meth)acrylate oligomer CA/CR comprises (meth)acrylate groups, at least one polyol backbone and urethane groups, wherein about 15% or more of the urethane groups are derived from one or both of 2,4- and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, wherein at least 15% of the urethane groups are derived from a cyclic or branched aliphatic isocyanate, and wherein said (meth)acrylate functional oligomer has a number average molecular weight of from at least about 4000 g/mol to less than or equal to about 15,000 g/mol; and wherein a cured film of the radiation curable Primary Coating composition has a modulus of less than or equal to about 1.2 MPa. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099064 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTION DEVICES AND DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - A system for aligning and connecting adjacent distribution devices is disclosed. At least two mutually opposite side walls, which preferably run parallel to one another, of the housing of each distribution device have associated alignment and connection means. The alignment and connection means associated with the directly adjoining side walls of the distribution devices align in each case directly adjacent distribution devices with respect to one another in the horizontal direction and/or in the vertical direction connect each to one another. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099065 | APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for reproducing a recording medium is disclosed. The apparatus may include a driver configured to load a recording medium containing first data, a communicator configured to receive second data by performing network adaptive communication with a server apparatus, a data storage configured to store the second data, a memory configured to store a manifest file for data binding, a controller configured to update a data package of the first data to a virtual data package, using the manifest file, a processor configured to connect the first data and second data and reproduce the connected first data and second data using the virtual data package, and an interface configured to output the reproduced first and second data to an external apparatus. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099066 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING HIGH RESOLUTION CONTENT AND CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A content processing apparatus is provided, which includes an inputter configured to receive an input of high resolution content, a data processor configured to generate video frames by processing the high resolution content, and a controller configured to control the data processor to configure an object that corresponds to the high resolution content as an object for low resolution and to add the object to the video frame if an output resolution of a display panel to display the video frames is a low resolution. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING - A system and method for personal video recording (PVR) is provided for recording digitally encoded streams, and for playing back and decoding the recorded streams. The PVR system may receive the digitally encoded streams from a digital cable box or a network server. The system enables trick modes including fast forward and reverse mode displays at various speeds. The system an method for PVR may also be applied to digitally encoded streams without I-pictures, such as, for example, progressive refresh streams or HITS streams. Reverse decode and display may be implemented by starting at a suitable entry point, decoding quickly up to the point of the desired picture, and displaying the result, and repeating the process. Index tables of entry points may be used for proper operation in some modes where the entry points are entry pictures (E-pictures) which start a pattern of progressively refreshing I-slices. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099068 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR UTILIZING A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER - A low-cost portable digital video player receives proprietary compressed data from a source such as a personal video recorder (PVR), and displays the data on an integral display. A rewritable non-volatile memory of the player stores the data and a media decoder of the player transforms and decompresses the data. According to one embodiment the decoder transforms the data to a non-proprietary format, prior to storing the data. According to a second embodiment, the memory stores the data in the proprietary format, and decoder transforms and decompresses the data in response to an instruction from a user input device, and transfers the decoded data to a display. A cradle for the player provides communications to the PVR, a power supply and optionally further storage capacity. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099069 | ACTIVITIES DUPLICATION VIA RECORDED VIDEO - A method, system, and computer program product for activities duplication via recorded video are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A playback is performed of a video with control and input data, which includes a recording of video data of a set of activities performed on a second computer, a recording of a set of control data corresponding to the set of activities, and a recording of a set of input data corresponding to the set of activities. Control data from the set of control data is applied to the computer. Applying the control data to the computer changes a state of a process in the computer. Input data from the set of input data is applied to the computer. Applying the input data provides an attribute of the input data to the process in the computer. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099070 | COMMENT CREATING-DISPLAYING DEVICE, METHOD OF CREATING AND DISPLAYING COMMENT, AND COMMENT CREATING AND DISPLAYING PROGRAM - A comment creating-displaying device includes: a comment storing unit that stores comment information in which a comment character string representing a character string displayed during reproduction of video captured during movement and a comment coordinate value representing coordinate information of a capture location at which the comment character string is displayed are associated with each other; a first acquisition unit that acquires positioning data that is information including the video, positioning time representing time when the capture location of the video is positioned, and a positioning point representing coordinate information of the capture location of the video; a reproduction control unit that controls reproduction of the acquired video; and a second acquisition unit that acquires the comment character string, which has a distance from the positioning point of the positioning data corresponding to the reproduction time of the video. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099071 | Systems and Methods for Instructional Video Navigation and Note Taking - A method for navigating instructional video presentations is disclosed. The method includes determining a pause mode of a video presentation, and playing the video presentation on a display device. The video presentation has one or more predetermined pause positions. The method also includes, while playing the video presentation, determining that the video presentation has reached one of the one or more pause positions. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the video presentation is in a first pause mode, pausing the video presentation at the one of the one or more pause positions and maintaining a display of a paused frame of the video presentation, and, in accordance with a determination that the video presentation is in a second pause mode distinct from the first pause mode, continuing to play the video presentation through the one of the one or more pause positions. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a recording unit, a chapter generation unit, a metadata acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The recording unit is configured to record a program. The chapter generation unit is configured to generate one or more chapter points based on a feature amount of the recorded program. The metadata acquisition unit is configured to acquire metadata on the program, that includes information on a start time and end time of each section sectioning the program. The setting unit is configured to allocate, when a section to be reproduced in the recorded program is designated, two different chapter points to a start time and end time of the section given by the acquired metadata, and set an interval between the two chapter points as a reproduction range of the designated section. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099073 | CONTENT EDITING APPARATUS, CONTENT EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a content editing apparatus, content editing method and program capable of easily and rapidly extracting sections corresponding to a reproducing operation of content data. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099074 | VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A video reproducing apparatus that allows a user to visually identify a video component taken at a frame rate that is different from the normal frame rate on a time sequence bar. A reproduction unit reproduces a video image in which video components taken at different frame rates are mixed and to display the video image on a display unit. A display control unit displays a sequence bar on the display unit. The display control unit controls so that a ratio of the length of a section indicating a second video component to its taking time is larger than a ratio of the length of a section indicating a first video component to its taking time, when the video image includes the first and second video components taken at first and second (higher) frame rates, respectively, and when the sections are indicated on the sequence bar. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099075 | CONFERENCE RECORDING METHOD AND CONFERENCE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a conference recording method and a conference system. The conference recording method includes: extracting, based on a configuration file, key information of each site at each time point of multiple time points in a conference timeline, where the conference timeline is associated with a conference time, and the configuration file is used to define the key information of the conference and a format of a conference abstract; combining the key information of each site into a key index point, where the key index point is used as an index point for interacting with or editing a conference abstract; and integrating multiple key index points corresponding to multiple time points to form the conference abstract. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099076 | UTILIZING SUBTITLES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO FACILITATE SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING - Processing video for utilization in second language learning is described herein. A video file includes spoken words in a source language, subtitles in the source language, and subtitles in a native language of an end user (a target language). The subtitles in the source language are synchronized with the spoken words in the video, and the subtitles in the source language are mapped to the subtitles in the target language. Both sets of subtitles are displayed simultaneously as the video is played by the end user. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099077 | SCALABLE INTEGRATED HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL DATA/MEDIA STORAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM - An apparatus and system for recording, playing, handling, and storing a plurality of media disks in a plurality of configurations and a device for moving any disk into and out of a media disk storage mechanism and into or out of a selected media player/recorder on demand, and a controller for directing operation of the device for moving the disks and controlling selection of operation of the media disk storage mechanism. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099078 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a receiving device including: a first receiving section configured to receive audio visual contents capable of a download reservation and transmitted in non-real time; a recording section configured to record the audio visual contents that have been downloaded; an obtaining section configured to obtain an application program for executing a process related to the audio visual contents; and an executing section configured to execute the process related to the audio visual contents on a basis of control information included in the application program. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099079 | Method of Processing a Sequence of Coded Video Frames - A method of processing a sequence of coded video frames conveyed by a digital data stream, where each frame represents an image, includes receiving the sequence of coded video frames at a recording device, determining a frame interval between presentation of an ith coded frame of the sequence and an (i+1)th coded frame of the sequence, calculating a stream time stamp for the ith coded frame, and calculating a stream time stamp for the (i+1)th coded video frame based on the stream time stamp for the ith coded video frame and the previously determined frame interval. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099080 | Creating An Abridged Presentation Of A Media Work - Creating an abridged presentation of a media work, including: identifying, by a media abridging module, a plurality of segments of the media work; determining, by the media abridging module, a viewing frequency value for each of the segments of the media work; and creating, by the media abridging module, an abridged version of the media work in dependence upon the viewing frequency value for each of the segments of the media work, wherein the abridged version of the media work includes only a subset of the segments of the media work. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099081 | Creating An Abridged Presentation Of A Media Work - Creating an abridged presentation of a media work, including: identifying, by a media abridging module, a plurality of segments of the media work; determining, by the media abridging module, a viewing frequency value for each of the segments of the media work; and creating, by the media abridging module, an abridged version of the media work in dependence upon the viewing frequency value for each of the segments of the media work, wherein the abridged version of the media work includes only a subset of the segments of the media work. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING LANGUAGE LEARNING - A method for annotating video content for assisting language learning is shown. The method includes identifying one or more objects in a video content, generating one or more language tags for at least one of the one or more objects, and associating the one or more language tags with utilization information, wherein the utilization information comprises display information configured to be used by a user device in the displaying of at least one of the one or more language tags with the video content. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099083 | ANALOG SIGNAL RECORDING SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a signal-recording system. During operation, the system receives a wideband multi-channel radio frequency (RF) signal, which includes a plurality of single-channel RF signals modulated at different carrier frequencies. The system down-converts the received wideband multi-channel RF signal to baseband, and records the down-converted signal. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099084 | Downhole Wellbore Heating System and Method - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for heating a wellbore environment. One or more electric heating cables are attached to an elongated support member, such as a wire rope, so that the support member receives and relieves the heating cables of a mechanical load. The attachment may be with two-piece clamps spaced at regular intervals along the support member. The heating cables and support member may be disposed in coiled tubing within the wellbore. The coiled tubing can be pressure-sealed and filled with a dielectric fluid. The heating cables and support member can be attached to a cable hang-off having a plurality of wedge-shaped slips that cooperate with a bowl to form a pinching member that grips the support member and suspends the support member and heating cables in the wellbore. The methods include methods for manufacturing and installing the heating apparatus. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099085 | MULTISTAGE FURNACE - The invention provides a compact multistage furnace of which the installation area in a factory is decreased. A multistage furnace is configured by piling up a plurality of furnace units in the vertical direction. Each of the furnace units includes an upper heater and a lower heater layered in the vertical direction and holding a heat insulator therebetween, a support pipe disposed on one end of the upper heater and extending in the horizontal direction, a support pipe disposed on other end of the upper heater and extending in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of work support bars mounted over the support pipes. The back surface of a work supported by the work support bars is opposed to the upper heater and the front surface of the work is opposed to the lower heater of the adjacent furnace unit disposed above. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099086 | APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC HEAT COIL IN FAN UNIT - An electric heat coil assembly for use adjacent a heat exchanger assembly in a fan coil unit is provided including at least one electric heat coil. A mount plate supports the at least one electric heat coil such that the at least one electric heat coil extends from the mount plate. The mount plate includes an edge configured to connect to the heat exchanger assembly. At least one relay is coupled to the at least one electric heat coil. The at least one relay selectively applies power to the electric heat coil. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099087 | IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An image shake correction apparatus includes a fixed member; a movable member configured to hold a correcting member that corrects image shake and configured to have a first connecting unit and a second connecting unit; a first moving member connected to the first connecting unit, and configured to move the movable member in a first direction via the first connecting unit; a second moving member connected to the second connecting unit, and configured to move the movable member in a second direction different from the first direction via the second connecting unit; a first drive unit configured to drive the first moving member; and a second drive unit configured to drive the second moving member independently of driving of the first moving member. The first drive unit and the second drive unit share a constituent component. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099088 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical apparatus includes an image stabilizer configured to drive a first optical member in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis and to stabilize an image, a light amount adjuster that includes a plurality of blades, and is configured to change a diameter of an aperture configured to transmit a light flux, by rotating the blades, a driver configured to drive the light amount adjuster in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a controller configured to control a driving amount of the driver in accordance with a driving amount of the image stabilizer. The controller drives the image stabilizer and the light amount adjuster in equal directions. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099089 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical apparatus includes a first optical member ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140099090 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT DYNAMIC AUTOFOCUS SEARCH - Embodiments of the present invention initially calculate a confidence score for the image environment surrounding the subject matter in order to determine the initial number of lens positions. Once the initial lens positions are determined, a sharpness score is calculated for each determined initial lens position. Using these sharpness scores, embodiments of the present invention generate a projection used to locate an estimated optimum focus position as well as to determine an estimated sharpness score at this lens position. Embodiments of the present invention then position the lens of the camera to calculate the actual sharpness score at the estimated optimum focus position, which is then compared to the estimated optimum sharpness score previously calculated. Based on this comparison, embodiments of the present invention dynamically determine whether it has a sufficient number of lens positions to determine the optimum focus position or if additional sample lens positions are needed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099091 | Methods and Apparatus for Flash Intensity Value Management Based on a TTL Value - Methods for providing a flash management feature (“FMF”) in a camera system include obtaining a flash intensity value calculated for a flash device by a camera, saving the calculated flash intensity value in memory, accepting a user-provided adjustment of the calculated value, saving the adjusted flash intensity value in a memory, and providing, when the camera transmits the calculated value to the flash device for use during image acquisition, the adjusted value to the flash device instead of the calculated value. A communication device to provide a FMF includes a microprocessor configured to obtain a calculated flash intensity value from a camera, a memory, and a user interface configured to display and allow a user to adjust the calculated value. The microprocessor stores the adjusted flash intensity value in memory, and signals the flash device to emit light at the adjusted value during image acquisition by the camera. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099092 | SYSTEM FOR CAMERA STABILIZATION - A rig for supporting a camera. A left rod and a right rod, each rod extending generally forwards and having a front end and a back end. Each rod configured to be operably connected to the other rod via a support structure that is configured for supporting a camera, each rod having a sliding element configured to operably connect each rod to the support structure, each sliding element being configured to be moveable towards and, alternatingly, away from the back end. Each rod is equipped with a spring positioned to bias each sliding element toward a registration position in relation to the back end, so that forward movement of the sliding element from the registration position develops a backward bias in the spring, and backward movement of the sliding element from the registration position develops a forward bias in the spring. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099093 | EXTENDIBLE L-PLATE FOR CAMERA EQUIPMENT - A two-piece extendable L-plate provides clearance between a camera and a quick-release receiver securing the camera to a support permitting a camera having cables connected to the side of the camera's body to be secured in either a landscape or a portrait orientation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099094 | LONG HINGE ACTUATOR SNUBBING - A device may comprise an upper module cover, a lower module cover, an outer frame, and an actuator having a movable frame. The movable frame may be at least partially disposed intermediate the upper module cover and the lower module cover. A hinge flexure may interconnect the outer frame and the movable frame such that the movable frame is rotatable with respect to the outer frame. The upper module cover and/or the lower module cover may be adapted to limit a movement of the movable frame. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099095 | A ROTATABLE FLASH TRIGGER - A rotatable flash trigger is disclosed. The rotatable flash trigger may include a hot shoe connector, a trigger body, and a rotation mechanism positioned between the trigger body and the hot shoe connector. The trigger body may be configured to rotate with respect to one axis or multiple axes. Additionally, a surface of the trigger body may include a hot shoe receptor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099096 | CAMERA LENS ADJUSTMENT RING CONTROL - A device and a method for facilitating the rotation of an adjustment ring from a plurality of adjustment rings of a camera lens. The device comprises a tightening ring having an adjustable diameter and a control lever protruding from the tightening ring allowing a user to rotate the adjustment ring of the camera lens along the lens' longitudinal axis. The method comprises enlarging a tightening ring to an extended diameter larger than the diameter of the adjustment ring and positioning the lever ring device onto the adjustment ring of the camera for frictionally engaging the tightening ring onto the adjustment ring. Applying lateral pressure along the camera lens' longitudinal axis onto a control lever protruding from the tightening ring causes the adjustment ring to rotate. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099097 | TROUBLESHOOTING METHOD, AGGREGATION NODE, AND OPTICAL NETWORK PROTECTION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a troubleshooting method. The method includes: determining, by an aggregation node when a link fault or a device fault occurs on an OLT side, an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet; searching, by the aggregation node, a locally stored logical port mapping table according to the active logical port to obtain a standby logical port corresponding to the active logical port, where the standby logical port supports a same user service as the active logical port; and triggering, by the aggregation node, the standby OLT to enable the standby logical port to receive a data packet that is sent by the standby OLT through the standby logical port. The implementation of the present invention can provide utmost compatibility with the live network and enable a communication link to recover from a fault quickly. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099098 | FAULT RECOVERY IN BRANCHED OPTICAL NETWORKS - A system and method for fault recovery in a branched optical network. In response to a fault, power distribution in channels on recovering digital line segments is adjusted to minimize a merit function based on one or more system parameters. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099099 | FAULT DETECTOR FOR OPTICAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A fault detection method includes collecting operational parameters of the optical network, collecting information about the structure of the optical network, providing diagnosis outputs by a diagnosis engine analyzing the structure information and the operational parameters, and deriving optical network faults from the diagnosis outputs. The collected operational parameters and the collected structure information may be stored in a database. The operational parameters are related to equipment, Quality-of-Service and/or architecture of the optical network. The optical network faults derived from the diagnosis outputs may concern equipment issues, interoperability problems and/or physical defects. The diagnosis engine generates the diagnosis outputs by using decision trees, Bayesian network techniques and/or multivariate classification techniques. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099100 | ONU EMULATOR DEPLOYMENT FOR MIXED TYPES OF ONU TRAFFIC - An Optical Network Unit (ONU) emulator enables traffic emulation in a Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) that couples an Optical Line Termination (OLT) system to the ONU emulator and carries mixed types of emulated ONU traffic and real ONU traffic. The ONU emulator includes one or more emulated ONU platforms; each emulated ONU platform includes multiple ONU emulator blocks, and each ONU emulator block includes circuitry to emulate multiple emulated ONUs simultaneously. An emulated ONU platform generates upstream GPON frames according to respective profiles of the emulated ONUs, and sends the upstream GPON frames to the OLT system. At least a subset of the upstream GPON frames reach the OLT system via one or more passive optical splitters that couple the emulated ONU platform and a set of real ONUs to the OLT system. The emulated ONU platform also receives downstream GPON frames from the OLT system. | 2014-04-10 |