15th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100092097 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a bitplane expanding section, a coding section, a selecting section, and a selection controlling section. The bitplane expanding section expands image data into bitplanes as sets of bits at identical places in each unit of a predetermined number of pieces of data each having a bit depth of a plurality of bits. The coding section codes the image data expanded by the bitplane expanding section in each the bitplane in predetermined order. The selecting section selects compressed data and non-compressed data as a result of coding of the image data. The selection controlling section controls the coding section to stop a coding process and selecting the non-compressed data for a bitplane situated at a position subsequent to a bitplane for which the non-compressed data is selected by the selecting section in the predetermined order. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092098 | REDUCED DC GAIN MISMATCH AND DC LEAKAGE IN OVERLAP TRANSFORM PROCESSING - In certain embodiments, overlap operators are applied during encoding and/or decoding of digital media, where the overlap operators have reduced DC gain mismatch and/or DC leakage between interior overlap operators and overlap operators at the edge and/or corner. In other embodiments, information indicating a selected tile boundary option for overlap processing can be encoded and/or decoded. The selected tile boundary option indicates one of a hard tile boundary option and a soft tile boundary option for processing with overlap operators. Overlap transform processing can then be applied based at least in part on the selected tile boundary option. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092099 | IMAGE ENCODING METHODS AND APPARATUS PROVIDING IMPROVED VISUAL RESULTS - Microsoft's recently proposed new image compression codec JPEG XR is currently undergoing ISO standardization as JPEG-XR. Even though performance measurements carried out by the JPEG committee indicated that the PSNR performance of JPEG XR is competitive, the visual performance of JPEG XR showed notable deficits, both in subjective and objective tests. This paper introduces various techniques that improve the visual performance of JPEG XR without leaving the current codestream definition. Objective measurements performed by the author indicate that the modified encoder, while staying backwards compatible to the current standard proposition, improves visual performance significantly, and the performance of the modified encoder is similar to JPEG. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092100 | Method and system for calculating blur artifact in videos - A method and system for calculating a blur artifact in a video are disclosed. The video includes a series of frames captured at a predefined interval of time. The frames include one or more pixels. Calculating the blur artifact in the video includes identifying a focused area in a set of frames. Further, edges are detected in each of the frames. Furthermore, the blur artifact is calculated as a ratio of number of blurred pixels and total number edge pixels. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092101 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IMAGE QUALITY OF MOTION COMPENSATED INTERPOLATION - A method for enhancing image quality of motion compensated interpolation includes generating an interpolated frame according to at least two source frames by analyzing motion estimation information of the two source frames. The method further includes: regarding a pixel under consideration within the interpolated frame, selectively performing post filtering according to motion estimation information of a region where the pixel is located. Accordingly, an apparatus for enhancing image quality of motion compensated interpolation is also provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An input image is decomposed into a residual image and a set of detail images in different levels of a hierarchy. The set of detail images are enhanced after which noise reduction filtering is directly applied to the enhanced set of detail images without the need to apply noise estimation to a local area of the enhanced set of detail image in advance. The residual image and the set of detail images with reduced noise are recomposed so as to obtain resultant image. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092103 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains an image captured with an image sensor; and a defect information generating unit that generates defect information indicating a defect within the image having been obtained, based upon a value at a target pixel and an average value of a plurality of pixel values corresponding to pixels present within a predetermined range containing the target pixel. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092104 | Process, apparatus and computer program for enhancing detail visibility in an input - In the technical field of video cameras gamma correction is an often used technique to compensate the non-linear effects of the CRT (cathode ray tube), in order to enhance visibility in images to be displayed. Gamma correction is—by way of example—expressed by the gamma function: A process for enhancing detail visibility in an input image comprising a step of applying a first transfer function ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092105 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - An information processing apparatus comprises a data conversion unit for converting second 3D image information, to which first image information can be pasted, into 3D photo frame data including three-dimensional object information representing a three-dimensional shape of an object included in the second 3D image information and parameter information including a pasting position of the first image information, a parse calculation unit for calculating an image of the 3D photo frame data projected onto a display screen, an image pasting unit for pasting the first image information to the 3D photo frame data, and a display control unit for outputting to the display screen the 3D photo frame data or the 3D photo frame data pasted with the first image information. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092106 | QUASI-QUADRATIC INTERPOLATION OF IMAGE DATA - The presented systems and methods are directed towards processing of image data. Various aspects are directed towards sharpening digital images while other aspects are directed towards interpolating and/or upsampling image data. The utilities have particular application to digital image processing. However, it will be appreciated that aspects of the present invention may be utilized with any pixel imaging application including seismic imaging. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092107 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092108 | ECO-FRIENDLY FOOD CONTAINER - A reusable, easily washable, eco-friendly food container that contains an enclosed pouch and a placemat. The eco-friendly food container folds over itself for spill free storage and in its open position is capable of wrapping around a horizontal bar to hang open so the pouch contents are easily accessible. A removable pouch tray facilitates food handling inside and outside of the pouch. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092109 | GIFT BAGS WITH REMOVABLE, CONFIGURABLE AND WEARABLE PARTS - Gift bags with removable, configurable and wearable parts and components have multiple interconnected panels which include a bottom panel and multiple interconnected generally vertically oriented side panels which together form a bag or container with an interior volume which is accessible through an opening, for example between or within the side panels. Incorporated into or attached to one or more of the side panels or bottom panel are articles or components, structures or objects which fit with one or more of the side panels. The articles, components, structures or objects are detachable from the one or more side panels. Any of the side panels may be configured in a manner which is both structural and functional as part of the bag enclosure, and aesthetic, ornamental or decorative and multi-dimensionally and graphically. The removable components may form part or all of any of the aesthetic, ornamental or decorative features of any of the side panels. The removable components are preferably secured to or made integral with any of the side panels by structures, devices or materials by which the components are both structural; aesthetic, decorative or ornamental, yet also relatively easily detachable. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092110 | Bag with adjustable strap adapted to be carried on shoulders or back - A bag with an adjustable strap configured for a holding the bag in a variety of different positions. The bag includes a bag body having a bottom, a front side, a back side and an opening opposite the bottom. The bag body includes two primary fasteners on the back side in the vicinity of the opening. An adjustable strap with two ends is fixed at both ends to the back side of the bag body in the vicinity of the bottom. The adjustable strap includes two end sections adjacent the ends, two extension sections adjacent the end sections and a middle section between the extension sections. A first secondary fastener is disposed between the end sections and extension sections and a second secondary fastener is disposed between the extension sections and middle section. The first secondary fasteners are configured to attach to the primary fasteners such that the middle section and extension sections form a long shoulder strap between the primary fasteners. The two second secondary fasteners are configured to attach to the primary fasteners of the bag body such that each extension section and adjacent end section form a backpack strap. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092111 | CONTAINMENT DEVICE - A containment device for personnel, animals or objects to be transported in a vehicle so as to avoid cross-contamination, and comprising an envelope ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092112 | PACKAGE OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY FOR STERILISABLE FOOD PRODUCTS - A package of flexible material, particularly suitable to contain sterilizable food products, has a parallelepiped box shape with a base or bottom wall ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092113 | STATIC PRESSURE SLIDER AND TRANSFERRING DEVICE AND PROCESSING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention relates to a static pressure slider including a stationary member | 2010-04-15 |
20100092114 | Linear roller bearing with bonded rolling surface parts - A guide carriage for a linear roller bearing is supportable in a longitudinally displaceable manner via a large number of rolling elements on a guide rail which extends in a longitudinal direction, and has at least one rolling surface part including at least one carriage rolling surface for the rolling elements and is attached to a main body of the guide carriage via at least one adhesive layer, and a thin sheet-metal panel which has at least one opening is located between the rolling surface part and the main body, with the adhesive layer located inside the opening. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092115 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING WITH ASYMMETRICAL LOBES - Hydrodynamic bearing with four lobes with centres of curvature that are eccentric relative to its geometrical centre, said lobes being separated by oil feed grooves wherein the lobes are dissymmetrical and present;—angular apertures of at least two different values;—at least two different eccentricities relative to the geometrical centre of the bearing; the centres of two opposing lobes being aligned with the geometrical centre of the bearing. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092116 | PRESSURE BALANCED VALVE ASSEMBLY AND AIRCRAFT BUFFER COOLER SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A pressure balanced valve assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the pressure balanced valve assembly includes a housing assembly having first and second seats. A flow passage formed through the housing assembly includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. A piston is slidably mounted in the housing assembly for movement between: (i) a first position wherein the piston contacts the second seat to restrict fluid flow from the second inlet to the outlet, and (ii) a second position wherein the piston contacts the first seat to restrict fluid flow from the first inlet to the outlet. First and second dynamic seals are mounted in the housing assembly. The first and second dynamic seals sealingly engage first and second portions of the piston over areas substantially equivalent to the sealing areas of the second and first seats, respectively. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092117 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus Incorporated With A Wheel Speed Detecting Apparatus - A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member, an inner member, double row rolling elements, a sensor holder, and a pulser ring. The sensor holder cover has a cylindrical fitting portion press-fit onto the inner side end portion of the outer member. A flange portion extends radially inward from the fitting portion. The flange portion is in close contact with the end face of the outer member. A bottom portion extends further radially inward from the flange portion. The holding portion is integrally joined to the bottom portion. The flange portion is formed with a flat surface so that it forms an abutting width larger than 5 mm or more, against the end face of the outer member, or larger than 50% or more, relative to the flat width of the end face of the outer member. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092118 | GREASE COMPOSITION AND GREASE-ENCLOSED BEARING - The present invention provides a grease composition capable of effectively preventing a rolling surface of a grease-enclosed bearing from having hydrogen brittleness-caused peeling and the grease-enclosed bearing. The grease composition includes a base grease consisting of a base oil and a thickener and an additive added to the base grease. The additive contains at least an epoxy compound. A mixing ratio of the epoxy compound to 100 parts by weight of the base grease is set to 0.05 to 10 parts by weight. The grease-enclosed bearing using the grease composition includes an inner ring ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092119 | SPHERICAL PLAIN BEARING - A spherical plain bearing for a ball-and-socket joint includes a plain bearing shell. The plain bearing shell comprises a sliding layer containing a sliding material, at least one dimensionally stable support layer, and at least one elastic layer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092120 | BEARING WITH ALTERNATIVE LOAD PATH FOR EXTREME LOADS - A bearing is provided having a first race, a second race and one or more rolling elements. The bearing includes an alternate load path for extreme loads, and the alternate load path is formed between the first race and the second race. At least a portion of the extreme loads is diverted away from the rolling elements. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092121 | Retainer for rolling bearing and rolling bearing - The present invention provides a rolling bearing which does not contain a hazardous substance and thus does not pollute environment. The present invention also provides a retainer, for holding rolling elements of the rolling bearing, which is made of a cold rolled steel plate. The retainer is subjected to at least one kind of surface treatment selected from among electrogalvanizing, electrotinning, electrolytic tin-zinc alloy plating, electrolytic zinc-iron alloy plating, and electrolytic zinc-nickel alloy plating. The retainer is further chromated with trivalent chromium. The rolling bearing uses the retainer for the rolling bearing. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092122 | BEARING DEVICE FOR DRIVING WHEEL, AND ITS ASSEMBLING METHOD - Provided is a small-sized, lightweight, low-cost, and highly reliable bearing device for a driving wheel which needs no tapered spline, and eliminates a circumferential backlash in spline fitting portions to thereby prevent unusual noise. The bearing device for a driving wheel comprises an outer race ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092123 | ROLLING BEARING - A rolling bearing, particularly a slewing connection ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092124 | Resonant Leaky-Mode Photonic Elements and Methods for Spectral and Polarization Control - Optical devices with versatile spectral attributes are provided that are implemented with one or more modulated and homogeneous layers to realize leaky-mode resonance operation and corresponding versatile spectral-band design. The first and/or higher multiple evanescent diffraction orders are applied to excite one or more leaky modes. The one- or two-dimensional periodic structure, fashioned by proper distribution of materials within each period, can have a resulting symmetric or asymmetric profile to permit a broadened variety of resonant leaky-mode devices to be realized. Thus, the attributes of the optical device permit, among other things, adjacent, distinct resonance frequencies or wavelengths to be produced, convenient shaping of the reflection and transmission spectra for such optical device to be accomplished, and the wavelength resonance locations to be precisely controlled so as to affect the extent to which the leaky modes interact with each other. Further, the profile asymmetry allows for the precise spectral spacing of interactive leaky modes so as to provide greater flexibility in optical device design. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092125 | Optical structure on an optical fiber and method of fabrication - An optical structure on an optical fiber and a method of fabrication is provided. The optical structure includes an end of an optical fiber and a layer formed on the end of the optical fiber. The layer comprises one or more first portions having a first optical pathlength in a direction perpendicular to the layer and one or more second portions having a second optical pathlength in the direction perpendicular to the layer, the second optical pathlength different from the first optical pathlength. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092126 | BIFILAR OPTICAL FIBER STOWAGE FOR FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPE - A method of constructing a fiber-optic gyroscope includes optically coupling first and second optical fibers to an optical path of an interferometer having an outer surface, coupling at least a portion of the first and second fibers to the outer surface, and optically coupling the first and second fibers to an optical path of an integrated optics chip (IOC). | 2010-04-15 |
20100092127 | OPTICAL FIBER DISTRIBUTION TYPE SENSOR AND OPTICAL FIBER DISTRIBUTION TYPE DETECTING METHOD - The present invention relates to an optical fiber distribution type detecting method and the like equipped with a structure for enabling efficient measurement of a temperature distribution or strain distribution. This method regulates a modulation frequency and modulation index for probe light and pumping light opposingly incident on an object from a light source and a phase difference between the probe light and pumping light, thereby successively setting the length and location of search domains in a region to be measured. In particular, a detection process is executed while resetting the search domain length shorter at a predetermined interval of time or when an abnormality is detected. Thus partly changing the distance resolution for a specific region in the course of the detection process enables efficient measurement operations in a short time. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092128 | Optical Transceiver module - An optical transceiver module includes a semiconductor laser that emits light along a first optical axis. A grating coupler, located in a plane including the first optical axis, diffracts the emitted light out of the plane and into an external optical system. A photodetector receives incoming light from the external optical system on a second optical axis that passes through the grating coupler at an angle to the plane. The photodetector can be placed parallel to the plane, directly above or below the grating coupler, to create an extremely compact optical transceiver module. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092129 | Fiber Optic Network Architecture Having Optical Connection Terminals in Series Arrangement - A fiber optic network having a branch cable with a plurality of optical fibers optically coupled to a distribution cable, and first and second optical connection terminals connected in series is disclosed. The first optical connection terminal is adapted to receive a first segment of the branch cable. The first optical connection terminal is configured such that predetermined ones of a first plurality of ports comprise one or more of a first drop port and a first pass-through port. The first drop port is operable for optically coupling a first respective predetermined one of the plurality of optical fibers to a first drop cable. The first pass-through port is operable for optically coupling a second respective predetermined one of the plurality of optical fibers to a second segment of the branch cable extending externally from the first optical connection terminal. The second optical connection terminal is adapted to receive the second segment of the branch cable. The second optical connection terminal is configured such that a predetermined one of a second plurality of ports comprises a second drop port operable for optically coupling the second respective predetermined one of the plurality of optical fibers to a second drop cable. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092130 | MICRO MOVABLE DEVICE AND OPTICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS - A micro movable device includes: a micro movable substrate in which a micro movable unit is formed, the micro movable unit including a frame, a movable part, and a coupling part for coupling the frame and the movable part to define an axial center of rotation of the movable part; a supporting substrate; and a reinforced fixed part provided between the frame and the supporting substrate, and including a first spacer that joins the frame to the supporting substrate and an adhesive part that covers the first spacer and joins the frame to the supporting substrate, wherein the frame includes a first area facing the movable part in a direction of extent of the axial center, and a second area different from the first area, and the reinforced fixed part is bonded to the second area of the frame. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092131 | Optical transmission coupling - The present invention is directed to systems and methods that couple together optical devices in a manner that prevents damaging light from escaping the coupling except through the devices. In order to prevent damaging light from coming into contact with the user, the present invention obscures the source optical device by using at least one moveable gate to prevent damaging light from being transmitted outside of the coupling until such time as the target optical device is fully inserted into the coupling, thereby preventing light that could potentially damage a person from escaping the system except through the optical device. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092132 | WAVEGUIDE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A waveguide connecting structure includes a light branching element ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092133 | Optical Connection Terminal Having Port Mapping Scheme - A fiber optic network device for optically coupling a fiber optic distribution cable with a fiber optic drop cables is disclosed. Disposed within the fiber optic network device is a plurality of optical fibers optically coupled to the distribution cable. A plurality of ports opens into the fiber optic network device. Predetermined ones of the plurality of ports are operable for optically coupling respective predetermined ones of the plurality of optical fibers each to at least one drop cable external to the fiber optic network device. At least one of the predetermined ones of the plurality of ports is a pass-through port operable for optically coupling at least one of the respective pre-determined ones of the plurality of optical fibers to the at least one drop cable through another fiber optic network device. A pass-through connector comprising a plurality of connection ports adapted for receiving in a predetermined alignment the respective pre-determined ones of the plurality of optical fibers may be seated within the pass-through port. The fiber optic network device may be an optical connection terminal and/or a distribution closure. The fiber optic network device may further include one or more splitters. The predetermined ones of a plurality of ports may be operable for optically coupling at least one of the respective predetermined ones of the plurality of optical fibers to a drop cable through one or more splitters. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092134 | FIBEROPTIC CONNECTOR - The proposed optic-fiber connector is used for interconnecting optic-fiber cables. It comprises a receptacle with spring-loaded centralisers and two plugs with ferrules. The centraliser at each side includes an embracing portion, fixed end, movable end furnished with projections. The receptacle includes two sliders, each having a lock with a releasing knob. Each plug is provided with —a movable grid for compressing a spring-loaded insertion, —an arm for moving the grid, and —a fixing device. The embracing portions tightly encompass the ferrules. The slider essentially fixes the plug in the receptacle, and releases the grid for displacement. The insertion produces a force required for compressing the counterpart ferrules. The connector's design facilitates connection and disconnection, provides a small size, while connecting a multitude of optic-fibers, increases the adjustment accuracy producing a required force to depress the ferrules of connected waveguides, easies field connection works, and allows avoiding switches in fiberoptic networks. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092135 | Optical Fiber Cable Assembly - The present invention provides optical fiber communication cable assemblies useful for separating and conveying individual fibers from a multiple optical fiber cable to connectors in a protective manner. The optical fiber cable assembly is suitable for outdoor use and includes a (i) cable with multiple optical fibers; (ii) a furcation unit attached to the cable for directing individual optical fibers from the cable to furcation legs; and (iii) multiple furcation legs receiving at least one of the optical fibers. The furcation legs include (i) a buffer tube surrounding the optical fiber; (ii) strength members surrounding the buffer tube; and (iii) a jacket surrounding the strength members. The furcation legs typically exhibit a tensile rating of at least about 50 pounds (lb | 2010-04-15 |
20100092136 | FANOUT CABLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A cable fanout defines an entry location for receiving a multi-fiber cable at one end, and an opposite end defining an exit location for individual cables. The cable fanout includes an inner housing having a first end defining a plurality of openings for the individual cables, and first and second side extensions extending in a longitudinal direction. The cable fanout further includes an outer housing including first and second identical halves enclosing the inner housing. One of the halves and the inner housing cooperating to form a pocket for holding epoxy around exposed fibers in the fanout during assembly. In a preferred embodiment, a snap arrangement mounts the first and second outer housing halves together. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092137 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE EQUIPPED WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR INTRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER CABLE, TOWING TOOL USED IN INTRODUCING METHOD, AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR - There is provided an optical-connector-equipped optical fiber cable introducing method, according to which an introducing operation through an existing electrical wiring conduit or the like can be implemented, without damaging an optical fiber cable to be introduced, and with a small towing force. When inserting into a conduit | 2010-04-15 |
20100092138 | ADSS Cables with High-Performance Optical Fiber - Disclosed is an improved optical fiber that employs a novel coating system. When combined with a bend-insensitive glass fiber, the novel coating system according to the present invention yields an optical fiber having exceptionally low losses. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092139 | Reduced-Diameter, Easy-Access Loose Tube Cable - Disclosed is an improved optical fiber that employs a novel coating system. When combined with a bend-insensitive glass fiber, the novel coating system according to the present invention yields an optical fiber having exceptionally low losses. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092140 | Optical-Fiber Loose Tube Cables - Disclosed is an improved optical fiber that employs a novel coating system. When combined with a bend-insensitive glass fiber, the novel coating system according to the present invention yields an optical fiber having exceptionally low losses. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092141 | Silicon Photonic Fiber and Method of Manufacture - Methods of converting silica to silicon and fabricating silicon photonic crystal fiber (PCF) are disclosed. Silicon photonic crystal fibers made by the fabrication methods are also disclosed. One fabrication method includes: sealing silica PCF and a quantity of magnesium within a container, the quantity of magnesium defined by 2Mg( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092142 | Hermetic optical connection - A light-transmission assembly includes a hermetic optical connection having a housing with a housing side wall extending between opposed first and second housing ends. The housing is configured for sealable securement within a bulkhead bore through a bulkhead separating regions of relatively low and high fluid pressure and includes an interior surface defining a housing bore that extends between and through the first and second housing ends. Sealably bonded within the housing bore is a light-transmissive, rigid optical component having opposed first and second optical-component faces and an optical-component side wall extending between the optical-component faces. The assembly further includes at least a first flexible light conduit having opposed first and second light-conduit faces through which light can enter and exit the first flexible light conduit. The first light-conduit face of the first light conduit is retained in optical alignment with the first optical-component face. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092143 | MIRROR-EMBEDDED LIGHT TRANSMISSION MEDIUM AND FABRICATION METHOD OF SAME - A mirror-embedded light transmission medium according to the present invention comprises: a light transmission medium including a light transmission layer, light being transmitted through the light transmission layer; a rough surface which terminates the light transmission layer, a direction of the rough surface being parallel or oblique to a light transmission direction of the light transmission layer; a reflection enhancing layer that adherently covers the rough surface; and a smooth surface formed over the reflection enhancing layer, the smooth surface reflecting the light transmitted through the light transmission layer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092144 | MULTIPLE-CORE PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES AND METHODS OF FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF - A multiple-core optical waveguide comprises: a substrate; lower and upper waveguide core layers; a waveguide core between the upper and lower waveguide core layers; upper and lower cladding; and middle cladding between the upper and lower waveguide core layers substantially surrounding the waveguide core. Each of the lower, middle, and upper claddings has a refractive index less than refractive indices of the lower waveguide core layer, the upper waveguide core layer, and the waveguide core. Along at least a given portion of the optical waveguide, the upper and lower waveguide core layers extend bilaterally substantially beyond the lateral extent of a propagating optical mode supported by the optical waveguide, the lateral extent of the supported optical mode being determined at least in part by the width of the waveguide core along the given portion of the optical waveguide. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092145 | FIBER OPTIC SEAL - A fiber sealing apparatus in which a seal about an outer fiber optic cable may be formed relatively independently of a seal about an inner fiber optic line. The fiber optic sealing apparatus may comprise a housing containing a central passageway there through. The housing may further comprise a fiber seal and a seal energizer configured to interact with the fiber seal. An intermediate cap may be coupled with an end of the housing and configured to apply a load to the seal energizer. An end cap may be coupled with an end of the intermediate cap and configured to seal against an inserted fiber optic cable. Applying the load to the seal energizer may result in a barrier forming around an inserted fiber optic line. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092146 | Optical Fiber Management Shelf for Optical Connection Terminals - A shelf for a fiber optic network device is disclosed. The shelf comprises a platform having a top side and a bottom side. The platform is adapted to removably affix to a base of an optical connection terminal having a port disposed through the base such that the platform positions above the port. The shelf includes an access opening extending through the platform from the top side to the bottom side. The access opening provides access to the port from the top side. A transition area extends from the access opening. The transition area is adapted for routing optical fibers disposed in the optical connection terminal between a space under the platform and the top side. A component area is located on the top side, and adapted for mounting a component. At least one of the optical fibers disposed in the optical connection terminal extends from the component. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092147 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE RETENTION DEVICE - An optical fiber cable retention device includes a body having first and second opposing portions and a hinge disposed therebetween to retain an optical fiber cable when the optical fiber cable retention device is placed in a closed position. The first and second body portions are engageable with one another about the hinge. At least one of the first and second body portions includes a flexible wall portion configured to provide a retention force to an outer jacket of the fiber cable. At least one of the first and second body portions includes a strength member retention area having one or more structures configured to engage a strength member of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable retention device also includes a latching mechanism to secure the device in the closed position. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092148 | RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH 3D VIDEO IS RECORDED, PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO, AND SYSTEM LSI - A left view graphics stream and a right view graphics stream recorded on a recording medium each include one or more display sets, and the display sets are data groups used for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects. The one or more display sets included in the left view graphics stream are in one-to-one correspondence with the one or more display sets included in the right view graphics stream, and an identical playback time for the video stream on the playback time axis is set in each of the corresponding display sets. Each display set includes state information indicating whether the data is all data necessary for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects, or is a difference from the immediately previous display set, and the state information included in corresponding display sets indicate identical content. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092149 | AV COMPLEX EDITING APPARATUS, AV PROCESSOR, AND PROGRAM - An AV complex editing apparatus includes an effect category selecting unit (E | 2010-04-15 |
20100092150 | SUCCESSIVE VIDEO RECORDING METHOD USING UDTA INFORMATION AND PORTABLE DEVICE THEREFOR - A successive video recording method and portable device for recording video in continuation at the end of a previously-stored video file to create a merged video file without special editing applications or special skills. A video file stored in a storage unit of the portable device is selected, and a camera unit is activated a camera unit when the video file is selected. A new video file is generated by merging video data acquired by the camera unit in real time with the selected video file based on a successive recording information. The present invention enables recording video in formats including but in no way limited to Moving Picture Experts Group 1 (MPEG-4) in continuation at the end of a previously-stored video file, allowing the user to pause and resume video recording at any time and merge the video files into a single file using a successive recording mode. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092151 | IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to an image reproducing apparatus, an image reproducing method, an image capturing apparatus, and a control method therefor. In the present invention, in order to reproduce an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate, an image signal to be reproduced is supplied to a signal processing unit that converts an image signal into the preset image rate, and the image rate of this image signal to be reproduced is controlled on the basis of reproduction control information generated using a motion detection result of the captured image to reduce the reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion detected. An image signal of a slow motion reproduction image is output. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092152 | METHOD FOR OPERATING ADDTIONAL INFORMATION OF VIDEO USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method for operating additional information related to video displayed on a display device by a terminal apparatus communicable with the display device, includes receiving first data related to the video from the display device, displaying information included in the first data on a built-in display and receiving at least one of the displayed information, which is selected by a user, generating an additional information request message for requesting the information selected by the user, sending the additional information request message to the display device, receiving from the display device second data including additional information corresponding to the additional information request message, and displaying the second data on the built-in display. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092153 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section picking up any signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods from a recording medium. The recording medium records the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods and record management information denoting association of the signals compressed in a plurality of different compression methods with each other, respectively. A decoding section decodes the signal picked up from said recording medium, and a recording section records reproduction management information including reproduction-interruption information in the reproducing section associated with the record management information onto the recording medium. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092154 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - An AV Clip formed by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream and recorded on a BD-ROM as a recording medium. The video stream constitutes a moving picture while the graphics stream enables graphics to be overlaid on the moving picture, and includes pieces of control information called a PCS and an ICS. When the AV Clip is played back immediately following playback of another digital stream, the control information indicates to the reproduction device that the presence of data already in memory of a graphics decoder is to be continuous. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092155 | Display control apparatus, display control method, and program - A display control apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a television broadcast signal containing at least remote broadcast image information, a display unit that displays image information, a recording and reproducing unit that records and reproduces the image information, a player information acquiring unit that acquires, from the remote broadcast image information, player information regarding players in a sports game included in a broadcast image signal, and a recording and reproducing control function unit that receives an audio signal contained in the broadcast signal, generates an excitation graph representing the level of excitation of the sports game along a time line, and records the excitation graph, the image of the game, time information, and the player information in the recording and reproducing unit. Upon receiving information indicating a break in the sports game, the recording and reproducing control function unit displays the excitation graph together with the recorded image. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092156 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A plurality of video streams and STN_table are recorded in the local storage | 2010-04-15 |
20100092157 | Moving image recording method and information processing device - A video information item obtained by photographing and an audio information item obtained by recording are digitized to obtain a digitized video data item and a digitized audio data item each accompanied by a time information item, respectively. The digitized video data item is stored in such a manner as to be separated into the time information item and the digitized video data item. The digitized audio data item is stored in such a manner as to be separated into the time information item and the digitized audio data item. The separately-stored time information item and the digitized video data item and the separately-stored time information item and the digitized audio data item are combined in synchronization with each other. The combined time information items, the digitized video data item, and the digitized audio data item are stored in a predetermined format. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092158 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORD MEDIUM - A recording apparatus for recording video data to a rewritable optical disc is disclosed, that comprises an encoding means for encoding video data corresponding to a compression-encoding process, a converting means for converting the data structure of the encoded video data received from the encoding means into a file structure that allows a moving picture to be synchronously reproduced by computer software without need to use specially dedicated hardware, and a recording means for recording data having the file structure to an optical disc, wherein the file structure has a first data unit and a second data unit, the second data unit being a set of the first data units, and wherein a plurality of the second data units is matched with a successive record length of which data is written to the optical disc. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092159 | Video display system, video playback apparatus and display apparatus - A video display system includes: a video playback apparatus executing playback processing of video data and filter processing for removing noise from the video data; and a display apparatus performing display processing displaying video data played back by the video playback apparatus, and wherein video playback apparatus includes an adaptive filter processing circuit executing the filter processing to the video data and a filter-intensity determination circuit determining a filter intensity which is an intensity of the filter processing, and wherein the display apparatus includes a type notification unit transmitting display apparatus information which is information indicating the type of the display apparatus and/or the size of the display apparatus to the video playback apparatus, and wherein the filter-intensity determination circuit determines the filter intensity based on the display apparatus information transmitted from the type notification unit. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE USER LOCKS AND DELETION REQUESTS FOR A DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER - A method and system for managing multiple user locks and deletion requests on a digital video recorder (DVR) is disclosed. Files associated with the DVR can be protected from deletion by allowing users to lock a recorded file utilizing a number of locking strategies. The recorded file can also be locked by multiple users and the recording can be deleted when the users specifically remove the lock. A simpler interface for each user can be provided to prevent other users from deleting recorded files, which have not yet been viewed. Such an approach allows for an administrative override to prevent users from locking recordings and never unlocking in order to prevent the DVR exhausting disk space. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092161 | HEATER, ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL HEATING - The heater characterized by the fact, that is being determined by at least one segment ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092162 | EVAPORATOR DEVICE FOR MOBILE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA PRODUCTION, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN EVAPORATOR DEVICE - An evaporator device for ammonia to be used in mobile exhaust gas systems includes a basic body encompassing at least one inlet line and at least one outlet line. At least one heating element and at least one duct for connecting the inlet line to the outlet line are disposed within the basic body. The at least one heating element is in heat-conducting contact with an evaporation section of the at least one duct, while the at least one duct has a meandering course in the evaporation section. A motor vehicle and a method for producing an evaporator device, are also provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092163 | Water Heating Apparatus - A water heating apparatus includes a water tank having a plurality of sidewalls, a main heating member mounted inside and across the water tank, and at least one secondary heating or partition member extending between the main heating member and the sidewalls to form at least one water compartment with a water path. At least one tertiary heating member is provided on the inner surface of the water tank. The partition member can be spiral in shape. Each heating member has at least a multi-layer conductive coating of nano-thickness deposited thereon, and electrodes coupled to the multi-layer conductive coating. The multi-layer conductive coating comprises a structure and composition which stabilize performance of the heating member at high temperature. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092164 | TANKLESS HEATER INSTANT HOT WATER - This invention consists of a heat exchanger, a heating element, and a return line from a remote faucet to provide a constant circulatory flow of hot water through hot water distribution lines in a building utilizing a tankless water heater, such that hot water is available instantly at remote faucets in the building. The invention will eliminate the waste of water and heat while waiting for hot water to arrive at the outlets. A second benefit is to heat the mass of cold water known as the cold sandwich that results from the time delay for the heating element in the tankless heater to achieve its operating temperature. A third benefit is the convenience of not having to wait for hot water to arrive at remote faucets. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092165 | CAMERA SUPPORT HEAD FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV AND LIKE SHOOTINGS - The present invention relates to a camera support head ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092166 | BLADE DRIVE DEVICE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A blade drive device includes a shutter unit. The shutter unit includes: a blade swingably supported; and a plurality of boards defining a blade chamber, each having an opening opened and closed by the blade. and an actuator serving as a drive force of the blade and including a rotor having a rotary shaft. The rotary shaft penetrates to the blade chamber. An elastic member is housed in the blade chamber, and urges the rotary shaft in a thrust direction. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092167 | LENS BARREL AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - Disclosed is a lens barrel capable of placing at least a part of multiple lens groups in a retraction status in which the part of the multiple lens groups are accommodated in the lens barrel, and at least a part of the multiple lens groups in a photographing status in which the part of the multiple lens groups are moved closer to an object. The distance between a first lens group ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100092168 | OPTICAL COHERENT RECEIVER, APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MONITORING PERFORMANCE THEREOF - The present invention relates to an optical coherent receiver and an apparatus for and a method of monitoring performance thereof. The apparatus for monitoring performance of the optical coherent receiver makes use of a first signal and a second signal from the optical coherent receiver to monitor performance of the optical coherent receiver, and comprises a first subtracter, for subtracting the second signal from the first signal to obtain a first subtraction result; a squarer, for obtaining a square of the first subtraction result; a delayer, for delaying the first subtraction result; a multiplier, for multiplying the first subtraction result with the delayed first subtraction result; and a second subtracter, for subtracting the result of the multiplier from the result of the squarer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092169 | Multi-Level Distributed Fiber Optic Architectures - A fiber optic network having a multi-level architecture is disclosed. A first level of the fiber optic network comprises a first branch. The first branch comprises a plurality of first branch optical fibers optically coupled to a distribution cable and a first branch fiber optic network device. The first branch fiber optic network device is configured to optically couple a first predetermined one of the plurality of first branch optical fibers to a respective first predetermined sub-branch optical fiber, and a second predetermined one of the plurality of first branch optical fibers to a second predetermined sub-branch optical fiber. A second level of the fiber optic network comprises a sub-branch. The sub-branch comprises a first sub-branch fiber optic network device and a second sub-branch fiber optic network device. The first sub-branch fiber optic network device is configured to optically couple a first drop cable with the respective first predetermined sub-branch optical fiber and thereby to the distribution cable. The second sub-branch fiber optic network device is configured to optically couple a second drop cable with the respective second predetermined sub-branch optical fiber and thereby to the distribution cable. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092170 | Passive Optical Network and Ultrawide Band Adapter - A system includes a passive cable splitter and an ultra wideband adapter located at a customer premises. The passive cable splitter receives a video signal and a modulated ultra wideband data signal from a remotely-located ultra wideband adapter via a first cable. The video signal and the modulated ultra wideband data signal are output to a set-top box device via a second cable. The ultra wideband adapter located at the customer premises includes a combined signal interface to receive the video signal and the modulated ultra wideband data signal via a third cable. A demodulator extracts a data signal from the modulated ultra wideband data signal to generate a computer readable data signal. The computer readable data signal is output to a computing device via a data connection interface. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092171 | Methods of Port Mapping in Fiber Optic Network Devices - A method for port mapping a fiber optic network device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a first fiber optic network device and configuring the first fiber optic network device by disposing therein a first plurality of ports and a plurality of optical fibers optically coupled to a distribution cable. The method also comprises routing predetermined ones of the plurality of optical fibers to respective predetermined ones of the plurality of ports. The first plurality of ports may comprise a first drop port and a first pass-through port. At least one of the predetermined ones of the plurality of optical fibers routes to the first drop port and at least one of the predetermined ones of the plurality of optical fibers routes to the first pass-through port. The method may also comprise providing and configuring a second fiber optic network device optically coupled to the first fiber optic network device through the first pass-through port. The configuring may also comprise disposing one or more splitters in the first and second fiber optic network devices. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092172 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CROSS-CONNECTING OPTICAL PATH IN WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM - Provided is an optical network in which a wavelength division multiplexing-based optical transmission scheme is implemented. An apparatus for cross-connecting an optical path includes a path switch including a plurality of input terminals receiving optical signals from other nodes, and a plurality of output terminals sending the optical signals to the other nodes, the path switch switching the path of the optical signal so that the optical signal input via one of the input terminals is output to one of the output terminals; and a wavelength converter converting a wavelength of the optical signal input via the input terminal and outputting the wavelength-converted optical signal to the output terminal according to a switching result of the path switch. Thus, inefficient use of a network resource due to wavelength collision can be prevented, the path can be automatically cross-connected and thus quickly established, path switching and branch combination can be performed irrespective of wavelength, and switching can be performed irrespective of direction. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092173 | CROSS-CONNECT METHOD AND CROSS-CONNECT APPARATUS - A cross-connect apparatus and method where the apparatus includes an interface section which divides signals from a transmission line into multiple paths to provide the signals to cross-connect sections, and multiplexes signals provided from the cross-connect sections to send out the signals to the transmission line, the cross-connect sections cross-connects the signals from the interface section to output the signals to the interface section. The cross-connect apparatus includes a control section which determines a number of paths divided by the interface section and an operation mode of the cross-connect sections, according to a line capacity occupied by the signals from the transmission line and which controls the interface section and stops an operation of a cross-connect section which does not perform cross-connect processing. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092174 | Differential Inverse Multiplexing Virtual Channels in 40G Ethernet Applications - A system and method are provided for deinterleaving differential inverse multiplexed (DIM) virtual channels in a 40G Ethernet receiver. The method accepts a 10.3125 gigabits per second (Gbps) (10G) Ethernet virtual channel with 64B/86B blocks, including periodic Lane Alignment Marker (LAM) blocks. The 10G virtual channel is deinterleaved into two 5.15625 Gbps (5G) virtual channels by: 1) deinterleaving consecutive blocks from the 10G virtual channel into the 5G virtual channels in an alternating order, and 2) reversing the order of deinterleaving in response to each detected LAM block. Then, the method supplies the 5G virtual channels (i.e. to a MAC module). | 2010-04-15 |
20100092175 | REFLECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a semiconductor optical amplifier and an optical signal processing method using the same. The reflective semiconductor optical amplifier includes: an optical signal amplification region operating to allow a downward optical signal incident from the external to obtain a gain; and an optical signal modulation region connected to the optical signal amplification region and generating a modulated optical signal. The downward optical signal is amplified through a cross gain modulation using the modulated optical signal and is outputted as an upward optical signal. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092176 | POLARIZATION-DIVERSE, HETERODYNE OPTICAL RECEIVING SYSTEM - To provide a polarization-diverse, heterodyne optical receiving system, a light signal is transmitted into an optical fiber having a plurality of optical sensors that are distinguishable using a multiplexing arrangement. A return light signal from the optical fiber is mixed with an optical local oscillator light signal, where the mixing outputs plural output signal portions having different polarizations. A birefringence of a particular optical sensor is determined based on the plural signal portions. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092177 | Timing Interface Module with Daughter Timing Reference Modules - A timing interface module with daughter timing reference modules. The timing modules are provided in a rack platform to eliminate routing problems and which is compliant with all relevant industry standards. The timing reference module includes a face plate having first and second substantially rectangular openings, the face plate further comprising mounting slots for receiving mounting hardware therein and first and second timing modules, the first and second timing modules disposed within the first and second substantially rectangular openings. The first and second timing modules provide timing terminations for timing reference signals for network elements of a synchronized optical network. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092178 | Method and Apparatus for Sensing Channel Availability in Wireless Networks - A method and apparatus is provided for applying an electroding tone to a power conductor located in an undersea optical cable employed in an undersea optical transmission system having at least one repeater. The method begins by applying a DC line current to the power conductor. The DC line current has a value sufficient to power the repeater and less than a value sufficient to power the repeater and to perform electroding. An AC current is impressed on the DC line current at a prescribed frequency and a peak-to-peak amplitude ranging from zero and a prescribed value to generate the tone. The impression or application of the AC current is terminated after a period of time at least sufficient to locate the optical cable or an optical cable fault. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GIMBAL MOUNTED OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Optical communication systems and methods are operable to communicate optical signals across a gimbal system. An exemplary embodiment has a first optical rotary joint with a rotor and a stator, a second optical rotary joint with a rotor and a stator, and an optical connector coupled to the stators of the first and the second optical rotary joints. The stator of the first optical rotary joint is affixed to a first rotational member of the gimbal system. The stator of the second optical rotary joint is affixed to a second rotational member of the gimbal system. A first optical connection coupled to the rotor of the first optical rotary joint and a second optical connection coupled to the rotor of the second optical rotary joint remain substantially stationary as the gimbal system orients an optical communication device in a desired position. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092180 | HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY OPTICAL-WIRELESS TRANSMITTER - Provided is a high power efficiency optical-wireless transmitter capable of solving problems of low power efficiency, signal distortion due to non-linearity of output, large number of connection terminals, and non-uniformity of optical power intensities of optical sources. The high power efficiency optical wireless transmitter includes: an amplitude-to-array coder converting an amplitude of an electric signal input from a baseband modulator into optical source control signals so as to generate an optical output power corresponding to the electric signal; optical source driver groups driving optical sources based on the optical source control signals of the amplitude-to-array coder; and MMRS (modified mixed radix system) or MMRR (modified mixed radix system with Redundancy) optical source group driven by the optical source driver groups to generate various optical power intensities. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092181 | LOW CONVERSION RATE DIGITAL DISPERSION COMPENSATION - A method of suppressing effects of aliasing in a system for digitally processing a high speed signal having a symbol rate of 1/T. The high speed signal is sampled at a fractional multiple (N) of the symbol rate, wherein 12010-04-15 | |
20100092182 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIBER-OPTIC MONITORING OF SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED COMPONENTS - A system for monitoring ancillary elements of an electric power distribution network, includes an optical fiber path associated with the ancillary elements to be monitored, respective optical branches branching from the optical fiber path, wherein each optical branch includes at least one passive optical attenuator operatively coupled to, and having an attenuation adapted to change in response to a change in operating conditions of the respective ancillary element, and an optical reflector; an optical radiation source adapted to inject optical radiation into the optical fiber path; and an optical receiver adapted to detect back-reflected optical radiation reflected by the optical reflector; the monitoring system being further adapted to recognize a position of at least one of the ancillary elements based on a characteristic of the back-reflected optical radiation. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092183 | FREQUENCY TUNABLE TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE GENERATOR - A frequency tunable terahertz continuous wave generator controls the number of feedbacks of an optical signal output from an optical intensity modulator by adding a feedback loop between input and output terminals of the optical intensity modulator, thereby simply tuning a frequency of a terahertz continuous wave. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092184 | Active Linear Amplifier Inside Transmitter Module - In one example embodiment, a transmitter module includes a header electrically coupled to a chassis ground. First and second input nodes are configured to receive a differential data signal. A buffer stage has a first node coupled to the first input node and a second node coupled to the second input node. An amplifier stage has a fifth node coupled to a third node of the buffer stage and a sixth node coupled to a signal ground that is not coupled to the chassis ground. An optical transmitter has an eighth node coupled to a seventh node of the amplifier stage and a ninth node configured to be coupled to a voltage source. A bias circuit is configured to couple a fourth node of the buffer stage to a bias current source. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092185 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver for receiving a processing modulated optical signal, the optical receiver includes a variable dispersion compensator for receiving the optical signal and for compensating chromatic dispersion of the optical signal in accordance with a predetermined chromatic dispersion value; a demodulator including a delay interferometer for receiving the compensated optical signal and for changing a phase moderation information of the compensated optical signal into an amplitude moderation information, and an optical demodulator for changing the amplitude moderation information of the optical signal into an electrical signal; a data regenerator for extracting a clock from the electric signal and for regenerating data from the electric signal by the use of the clock; and a controller for setting an optical phase to the delay interferometer and for setting the dispersion compensation value to the variable dispersion compensator. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092186 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND LIGHT RECEIVING METHOD - An apparatus and method includes converting an optical signal that is received into an electrical signal and outputting the electrical signal, converting the electrical signal into a data signal and outputting the data signal by comparing the electrical signal with a reference voltage, monitoring the electrical signal and output monitored information, and controlling the reference voltage based on the monitored information. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092187 | METHOD OF INITIALIZING NEW CONSUMABLE PART ACCORDING TO REPLACEMENT OF OLD CONSUMABLE PART IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of initializing an amount of use of a new consumable part according to replacement of an old consumable part and an image forming apparatus and system for performing the method, the method involves, when the old consumable part is replaced by the new consumable part excluding a memory in an image forming apparatus, transmitting identification information of the image forming apparatus and of the consumable part to a management server; determining whether initialization has been already performed on the amount of use of the new consumable part, wherein the determining is conducted by the management server that uses the identification information of the image forming apparatus and of the new consumable part; generating and transmitting an executable file for initialization of the amount of use of the new consumable part, if the initialization has not been performed on the amount of use of the new consumable part; and initializing the new consumable part by using the executable file. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092188 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a problem-occurrence determining unit, a problem-occurrence area determining unit, and a notifying unit. If the problem-occurrence determining unit determines that a problem has occurred in an image forming process, the problem-occurrence area determining unit determines whether the problem is caused by a toner filling process on the basis of toner-filling control data and toner-supply control data. The notifying unit then notifies the determination as to whether the problem is caused by the toner filling process. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092189 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET-FEED CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A sheet is placed on a sheet feed unit. A main-scanning sensor detects first detection information for identifying a sheet size in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning sensor detects second detection information for identifying a sheet size in a sub-scanning direction. A sheet sensor detects presence of the sheet on the sheet feed unit. It is monitored whether the sheet sensor has detected a sheet and a timer starts counting a first elapsed time from a time point at which the sheet sensor detects a sheet. A size identifying unit identifies, when the first elapsed time exceeds a first predetermined set time, a sheet size based on the first and the second detection information. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092190 | PAPER SHEET RECOGNIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a paper sheet recognizing apparatus for recognizing paper sheets having different sizes and colors for each type, by using a sensing unit including a line sensor that detects a light quantity of reflected light or transmitted light obtained by irradiating a paper sheet being transported with a plurality of lights having different source wavelengths. The apparatus includes a storing unit that stores therein reference size data and reference light quantity data generated beforehand for each type of paper sheets to be recognition candidates; a first determining unit that selects a recognition target type from the recognition candidates based on detected size data of the paper sheet detected by the sensing unit and the reference size data; and a second determining unit that determines a type of the paper sheet by comparing detected light quantity data of the paper sheet detected by the line sensor with the reference light quantity data of the recognition target type. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092191 | DYNAMIC PROCESS CONTROL FOR IMAGE PRINTING DEVICES IN THE PRESENCE OF RELOAD DEFECTS BASED ON CUSTOMER IMAGE CONTENT - A method and system for controlling an image printing system in the presence of reload defects are provided. The method comprises placing toner images on an image bearing surface moving in a process direction, determining the density of the toner image or a portion thereof being printed on the image bearing surface, and printing a scheduled control patch at a location in the cross-process direction on the image bearing surface, wherein the location where each control patch is printed is dynamically changed based on the density of the toner image adjacent the control patch or a portion thereof. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092192 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus in which a DC bias is applied to charge a photosensitive drum, when a charge eliminating device is in deterioration or failure, there are some cases where a proper charging is not made, and thus poor imaging occurs. A DC bias is applied to a charging member in the charge eliminating operation area of an image bearing member where the charge eliminating device makes charge eliminating operation; and based on the values of an electric current passing through the image bearing member on that occasion, a DC bias application is switched between by constant-current-control and by constant-voltage-control. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092193 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that previously rotates a polygonal mirror drive motor before starting a job and forms a latent image by using an optical scanning unit including the polygonal mirror drive motor is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control such that, in the determination of the presence or absence of each of color toners before a previous rotation is started, if it is determined that any one of the color toners is absent, only the polygonal mirror drive motor corresponding to a black toner is previously rotated. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092194 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive medium, a charger to charge the photosensitive medium, an exposing unit to expose light to the photosensitive medium to form a latent image on the photosensitive medium, a developing unit which is disposed opposite to the photosensitive medium to develop the latent image into a visible image, a density sensing unit to sense a density of an area of the photosensitive medium, and a controller to determine whether a preset developing condition corresponds to a background image generating condition based on the density sensed by the density sensing unit and to adjust the developing condition based on the determination. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092195 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a rotary-type developing device and a development control device. The developing device includes a rotation holding member and plural developing units mounted on the rotation holding member. The rotation holding member is configured to stop rotating so that any of the developing units stops in a developing position. The development control device includes a receiving unit, a first determination unit, a first drive control unit and a second drive control unit. The receiving unit receives an image formation instruction relating to a series of image formation processes. The first determination unit determines as to whether or not the series of image formation processes are completed. When the first determination unit makes the determination, the second derive control unit returns the developing unit, which is finally located in the developing position in the image formation processes, to an initial waiting position. | 2010-04-15 |
20100092196 | DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing cartridge includes: a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image of a photoconductor with a toner; and a developing tank for storing the toner to be supplied to the developing roller, the developing tank including: a toner receiving port for receiving the toner to be stored; a shutter having a function for sliding to open and close the toner receiving port, the shutter being adapted to be maintained in a closed state by an electrically-releasing adhesive; and a pair of conductive member for supplying an electric current to the electrically-releasing adhesive to open the shutter. | 2010-04-15 |