19th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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20130114892 | Method and device for generating a super-resolution image portion - A method for generating a super-resolution image from at least two input images, represented by digital samples. The super-resolution image having a final resolution higher than an initial resolution of one of at least two input images. The method including obtaining, for each input image of the at least two input images, a distortion model to register the input image on a reference grid at the final resolution. The method including warping each input image into a warped image according to the distortion model. Computing warped coordinates respectively for digital samples of the input image. Wherein, the contribution of each digital sample of the input image to the warped image is weighted. The weight applied to each digital sample depending on the warped coordinates of the digital sample. Combining the warped images in order to generate a combined warped image having the final resolution. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114893 | Image Compression Using Sub-Resolution Images - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for image compression and decompression using sub-resolution images are disclosed. Compressing of images includes, determining a plurality of entropy code sets based upon statistically similar regions in the input image, generating one or more sub-resolution images including a first sub-resolution image comprising the plurality of entropy code sets, encoding the input image using the generated one or more sub-resolution images to control one or more compression parameters including an entropy code, and outputting the encoded input image and the generated one or more sub-resolution images as a compressed entropy coded image file. Decompressing of images include, decomposing an image file to access the encoded compressed input image and respective sub-resolution images for each of a plurality of compression parameters, and decoding the encoded compressed input image using the respective sub-resolution images to control each of the plurality of compression parameters. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114894 | Blending of Exposure-Bracketed Images Using Weight Distribution Functions - Systems and methods are presented for generating a new digital output image by blending a plurality of digital input images capturing the same scene at different levels of exposure. Each new pixel for the new digital output image is derived from a group of corresponding aligned pixels from the digital input images. In order to determine a weight for each pixel in each group of mutually-aligned source-image pixels, a weight distribution function is applied to values of an image characteristic for the pixels in the group of corresponding aligned pixels, and a net weight is subsequently assigned to each of the pixels in the group. Pixel values of pixels in each group of mutually-aligned source-image pixels are modified based on the net weights assigned to the pixels in order to obtain a new pixel value for a corresponding new pixel in the new digital output image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114895 | Joint Color Channel Image Noise Filtering and Edge Enhancement in the Bayer Domain - A method for image noise filtering is provided that includes receiving a Bayer domain image with four color channels, generating a hierarchical representation of the four color channels comprising a set of coefficient arrays at each level of the hierarchical representation, modifying the coefficient arrays of the color channels jointly to remove noise, and generating a noise filtered and edge enhanced Bayer domain image based on the jointly modified coefficient arrays. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114896 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a color discrimination section configured to discriminate a color of each pixel of an input image; a boundary region setting section configured to set a boundary region of a predetermined color based on a result of the color discrimination in the color discrimination section; and a noise removing section configured to control a noise removing characteristic based on a result of the boundary region setting in the boundary region setting section to remove noise from the input image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114897 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing method includes inputting input image data captured by an imaging unit, generating an input histogram of the input image data based on the input image data, and correcting the input image data based on noise characteristics data and the input histogram, wherein the noise characteristics data includes data indicating probability of a first characteristic value becoming a second characteristic value due to noise. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114898 | TEMPLATE MATCHING PROCESSING DEVICE AND TEMPLATE MATCHING PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention is a template matching processing device capable of evaluating a similarity degree which supports even a case of intensive morphological change between a design image and a photographic image. In the template matching processing device, matching processing between the design image and the photographic image is performed, a partial design image is obtained by clipping a portion having the highest correlation (step | 2013-05-09 |
20130114899 | CONTENT DESCRIPTOR - An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are provided for generating one or more descriptors that may be associated with content. A teaser for the content may be identified based on contextual similarity between words and/or phrases in the segment and one or more other segments, such as a previous segment. An optical character recognition (OCR) technique may be applied to the content, such as banners or graphics associated with the content in order to generate or identify OCR'd text or characters. The text/characters may serve as a candidate descriptor(s). One or more strings of characters or words may be compared with (pre-assigned) tags associated with the content, and if it is determined that the one or more strings or words match the tags within a threshold, the one or more strings or words may serve as a candidate descriptor(s). One or more candidate descriptor identification techniques may be combined. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114900 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MOBILE VISUAL SEARCH - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for providing a REVV system that is configured to provide an MVS that is operable on a mobile terminal. One example method may include causing a plurality of vector word residuals to be aggregated for at least one visual word using local feature descriptors extracted from an image. The method may further include causing the dimensionality of the aggregated at least one vector word residual for each visual word to be reduced by using a classification aware linear discriminant analysis. The method may further include computing, using a processor, a weighted correlation for at least one compact image signature that is binarized from the aggregated at least one vector word residual when compared to a list of candidates. The method may further include determining a ranked list of candidates based on the computed weighted correlation. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114901 | Gesture Recognition On Computing Device Correlating Input to a Template - A computer-implemented user interface method and apparatus are disclosed. A user input signal corresponding to a drawn gesture is received and sampled. If the input signal is orientation invariant, the sampled, spaced points are rotated in accordance with an indicative angle to generate an input vector. If the input signal is orientation sensitive, the sampled, spaced points are rotated to align with a base orientation to generate the input vector. The gesture is recognized based on a comparison of the input vector to a plurality of templates. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114902 | High-Confidence Labeling of Video Volumes in a Video Sharing Service - A volume identification system identifies a set of unlabeled spatio-temporal volumes within each of a set of videos, each volume representing a distinct object or action. The volume identification system further determines, for each of the videos, a set of volume-level features characterizing the volume as a whole. In one embodiment, the features are based on a codebook and describe the temporal and spatial relationships of different codebook entries of the volume. The volume identification system uses the volume-level features, in conjunction with existing labels assigned to the videos as a whole, to label with high confidence some subset of the identified volumes, e.g., by employing consistency learning or training and application of weak volume classifiers. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114903 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING RANDOM SIGNATURES FROM A MATERIAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DECOMPOSITION BASE TO IMPLEMENT THE EXTRACTION METHOD - The present invention concerns a method for extracting a random signature from a subject material element, comprising:
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20130114904 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR, AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR - An apparatus for detecting an error in a contour of a lesion includes an extracting unit configured to extract a contour of a lesion in each of a plurality of two-dimensional image frames that form a three-dimensional image, and an error determining unit configured to determine a presence or an absence of an error in a contour of a lesion in a target image frame of the two-dimensional image frames based on estimation information about the lesion in the target image frame and/or an energy value that corresponds to the contour of the lesion in the target image frame. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114905 | POST PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED GENERATION OF INTRINSIC IMAGES - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating a material intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the material intrinsic image by identifying artifacts by comparing derivatives for the material intrinsic image with derivatives for the image, modifying the derivatives for the material intrinsic image to conform the derivatives for the material intrinsic to the derivatives of the image and integrating the modified derivatives for the material intrinsic image to calculate a modified material intrinsic image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114906 | DETECTING IMAGE IMPAIRMENTS IN AN INTERPOLATED IMAGE - Some aspects include a method and apparatus for detecting image impairments caused by interpolation in an output image interpolated from two or more input images. The method comprises applying a substantially shift invariant transform to the interpolated image and to at least one of the input or adjacent images to derive a transformed image representation for each image. The transformed image representations of the interpolated image and the at least one adjacent image are then compared and differences between the transformed image representations indicative of image impairments in the output image caused by interpolation are determined based on the results of the comparison. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114907 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY IMAGES IN PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods and apparatus to methods and apparatus to identify images in print advertisements are disclosed. An example method comprises computing a first image feature vector for a first presented image, comparing the first image feature vector to a second image feature vector, and when the first image feature vector matches the second image feature vector, storing printed-media information associated with the first presented image in a database record associated with the second image feature vector. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114908 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CHARACTER INFORMATION - An image processing apparatus and control method capable of providing character information are disclosed the apparatus includes a signal receiving unit which receives an image signal; an image processing unit which processes the received image signal so that an image based on the image signal can be displayed; a searching unit which searches search words; and a controller which controls the searching unit to search at least one of the search words included in the displayed image and provide a user with a result of the search for the search word. With this configuration, users can more conveniently search character information included in contents being watched. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114909 | Method and Apparatus for Image and Video Coding Using Hierarchical Sample Adaptive Band Offset - A method and apparatus for image coding using hierarchical sample adaptive band offset. The method includes decoding a signal of a portion of an image, determining a band offset type and offset of a portion of the image, utilizing the band offset type and offset to determine a sub-band, and reconstructing a pixel value according to the determined offset value. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114910 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING/DECOMPRESSING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MESH - The method for encoding/decoding three-dimensional meshes of dots or vertices connected in the form of facets delimited by edges; the mesh M is defined by connectivity data T and geometry data G includes the steps of:
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20130114911 | POST PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED GENERATION OF INTRINSIC IMAGES - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the intrinsic image by performing an edge-preserving blur of illumination. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114912 | DETECTION AND/OR ENHANCEMENT OF CONTRAST DIFFERENCES IN DIGITAL IMAGE DATA - A method for obtaining and/or enhancing local contrast differences (LD) in digital image input data (in), wherein a local contrast measure (SAD | 2013-05-09 |
20130114913 | Stack objects order traversal and manipulation - Techniques for stack object order traversal and manipulation are described, including presenting an object preview panel having objects, each of the objects being associated with at least one stack object presented in a document panel, and performing an operation associated with at least one of the stack objects, the operation including accessing a stack object data file and a document file, where the operation is initiated in the object preview panel and performed in the document panel. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114914 | SIGNATURE MARK DETECTION - A system and method for detection of signature marks in documents are provided. The method includes selecting candidate text objects in document pages and identifying a sequence of elements therein. The sequence has a numbering pattern including an incremental part and optionally a fixed part. Missing elements between two detected elements of the sequence are permitted. For an identified sequence, a model of the sequence is generated, which includes the numbering pattern of the sequence, an increment, which is computed based on the distance between pages on which consecutive elements of the sequence are identified, a valid sequence having an increment of greater than 1, and a first page, which corresponds to a page of the document on which the sequence starts. The sequence is then validated with the model, allowing elements of the sequence in the pages of the document to be identified as signature marks. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114915 | Foldable Bag - A foldable bag for insulating a bottle or other beverage container comprises means for attaching the bag in its folded state wherein the bag can serve as a label on the outside of the bottle, and means for attaching the bag to the bottle in its unfolded state wherein the bag envelops the bottle to provide thermal insulation. A method for attaching a folded label to a bottle comprises: attaching a first side of the label to the bottle using a glue; wrapping the label around the bottle; attaching a second side of the label to the surface of the label using glue, in such a way that the label becomes attached to the bottle and the second side covers the side opening at the first side of the label. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114916 | Visually distinct sorting assembly with separable means - The present invention relates generally to an assembly for sorting two or more items. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a sorting assembly having two or more visually distinct compartments joined by a releasably adhesive means that allows for sorting of the two or more items. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114917 | FILLING METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID SACHET PACKAGE, AND LIQUID SACHET PACKAGE - The invention is a filling method in which liquid is filled and sealed into a liquid sachet package made of a multilayered laminate having at least three layers in which a base material which forms a surface layer, an intermediate layer, and a sealant layer which forms an internal layer are laminated in the above order, including
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20130114918 | Easy Open Flexible Film Packaging Products and Methods of Manufacture - Packages and methods having a flexible film ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114919 | Fluid Bearings With Adjustable Frictional Load Characteristics - An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a fluid bearing having an adjustable effective surface area and a method of adjusting the load carrying capacity of a fluid bearing. The fluid bearing may include a bore defining a central longitudinal axis and lubricating fluid provided within the bore. The fluid bearing may also include a bearing including a bearing surface, wherein at least a portion of the bearing is positioned within the bore. An adjustable effective bearing surface area may also be provided. The method includes adjusting effective bearing surface area of the bearing. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114920 | Shaft Penetration of a Housing of an Internal Combustion Engine and Bearing of a Shaft Penetration - A shaft penetration of a housing has a bearing receptacle arranged in the wall of the housing. A bearing is coaxially inserted into the bearing receptacle in an insertion direction. At least one claw is disposed on the bearing and the at least one claw extends at a slant to a central axis of the bearing past a radial outer circumferential side of the bearing and has a free end. The free end of the at least one claw is hooked in a direction opposite to the insertion direction in a radial inner circumferential side of the bearing receptacle. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114921 | THRUST BEARING - According to the present invention, there is provided a thrust bearing that includes a first race ring having a first race surface, a second race ring having a second race surface, a plurality of balls that is placed between the first race surface and the second race surface in a rollable manner, and a holder that holds the balls at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, wherein the holder is made of a synthetic resin, and a pocket interval is 2 to 5% of a diameter of the balls. Damage to the holder is prevented and the thrust bearing has a long life. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114922 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL DEVICE - A flexible and optionally highly elastic waveguide capable of propagating and emitting light is disclosed. The flexible waveguide comprises a flexible material having a surface and an end, wherein a first portion of the light is emitted through at least a portion of the surface of the flexible waveguide, and a second portion of the light is emitted through the end. The flexible waveguide can be used, for example as an area illuminator for many applications. Additionally disclosed is a clothing device for providing illumination. The clothing device comprises clothing (or even optionally a sheet) and a light source for providing light. In one embodiment the clothing device comprises the flexible waveguide. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114923 | SLOTTED OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR THE SAME - The present application relates to optical fibers having at least one slot. The optical fiber may be used, for example, in various sensing application. In some embodiments, a cross-section of the optical fiber perpendicular to the longitudinal axis has a largest dimension less than or equal to about 4 μm, and the slot has a width of about 5 nm to about 500 nm and a depth of at least about 10 nm. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the optical fibers and apparatuses including the optical fibers. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114924 | Optical Arrangement and a Method of Forming the Same - According to embodiments of the present invention, an optical arrangement is provided. The optical arrangement includes a support substrate; at least one optical fiber arranged on the support substrate; at least one waveguide arranged on the support substrate and adjacent to the at least one optical fiber; the at least one waveguide defining a light propagation direction; and at least one grin index lens arranged asymmetrically relative to the light propagation direction such that light is coupled from the at least one optical fiber through the at least one grin index lens to the at least one waveguide. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114925 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE - Provided is a compact optical communication module which is configured and structured so as to be suitable for high-speed transmission and which facilitates the fixing and positioning of optical elements and prevents misalignment of the optical axis during temperature change. An optical communication module is constituted so as to have a transceiver circuit as the circuit substrate, a submount unit, a fiber stub as an optical connector member, and an optical fiber coupling member. The optical communication module is configured as a modular component in which the optical axis of an optical element mounted on the submount unit is roughly parallel to the mounting surface of the transceiver circuit. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114926 | OPTICAL COLLIMATOR, OPTICAL CONNECTOR USING SAME AND HOLDING MEMBER FOR OPTICAL COLLIMATOR - In order to facilitate positioning of a collimator lens and an optical fiber while preventing cost increase, provided is an optical collimator having a holder ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114927 | Multi-spot laser probe with faceted optical element - In certain embodiments, a method includes forming a ferrule from a portion of a tube. The tube is cut to yield the ferrule and a short cannula. A multi-spot generator with a faceted optical element is added to the short cannula. An optical fiber is placed into the ferrule, and the ferrule and the short cannula are assembled. In certain embodiments, a system includes a long cannula, an optical fiber, and a multi-spot generator. The optical fiber can carry a laser beam to a distal end of the long cannula. The multi-spot generator is located at the distal end and comprises a faceted optical element and a ball lens. The faceted optical element can be formed directly onto or separately from the ball lens. The ball lens can be spherical or hemispherical. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114928 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH DISPERSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical wavelength dispersion device includes a first substrate, an input unit formed on the first substrate having a slit for receiving an optical signal, a grating formed on the first substrate for producing a first light beam form the optical signal for outputting, and a second substrate covered on the top of the input unit and the grating, wherein the input unit and the grating are formed from a photo-resist layer by high energy light source exposure. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114929 | ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING - An arrayed waveguide grating includes input waveguides, an input slab waveguide, n output waveguides, an output slab waveguide, and an arrayed waveguide. Gaps are formed in the output waveguides other than the output waveguides of both sides of an array of the output waveguides, respectively, such that loss increases toward the central side of the array. Sizes of the gaps in the output waveguides increase toward the central side of the array. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114930 | OUTSIDE PLANT TERMINATION ENCLOSURE - A termination enclosure includes a base, a cover, and at least one optical component. An input member extends outwardly from the base. At least a portion of the input member extends along the bottom of the termination enclosure. The input member defines a sealed input passage that extends through the base. A sealing chamber is defined by the base and cover. A gasket disposed at the sealing chamber seals and/or retains drop cables routed into the enclosure even when the cover is moved relative to the base. The sealing chamber defines ports that are located on a common side of the enclosure as an end of the input member. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114931 | FLOATING FIBER OPTIC PIN CONTACT - A floating fiber optic pin contact including a ceramic ferrule defining a glass fiber channel for allowing light beams to pass therethrough. The ceramic ferrule has an end portion with a first diameter and a body portion with a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. The floating fiber optic pin contact also including a multi-piece body having an inner body member in physical contact with the body portion of the ceramic ferrule and an outer body member not in physical contact with the body portion of the ceramic ferrule and spaced apart from the inner body member. The floating fiber optic pin contact also including a washer connected between the inner body member and the outer body member. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114932 | Assembly Tool and Optical Fiber Connector Assembly Method - An assembly tool is provided for installing an optical fiber in an optical fiber connector having a known length of fiber extending from the connector ferrule after termination of the optical fiber connector. The assembly tool includes a base having a connector mount disposed on a first end thereof and a cradle that holds a shaped ferrule disposed near the second end of the base, such that shaped ferrule is resiliently held within the cradle. The connector mount is configured to receive and secure the optical fiber connector to the base. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114933 | ULTRA HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE OPTICAL FIBERS - Various embodiments described include optical fiber designs and fabrication processes for ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers (UHNAF) having a numerical aperture (NA) of about 1. Various embodiments of UHNAF may have an NA greater than about 0.7, greater than about 0.8, greater than about 0.9, or greater than about 0.95. Embodiments of UHNAF may have a small core diameter and may have low transmission loss. Embodiments of UHNAF having a sufficiently small core diameter provide single mode operation. Some embodiments have a low V number, for example, less than 2.4 and large dispersion. Some embodiments of UHNAF have extremely large negative dispersion, for example, less than about −300 ps/nm/km in some embodiments. Systems and apparatus using UHNAF are also disclosed. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114934 | GE-P CO-DOPED MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER - According to at least one embodiment a graded index multimode fiber comprises: (i) a silica based core co-doped with GeO | 2013-05-09 |
20130114935 | BEND LOSS RESISTANT MULTI-MODE FIBER - A graded index multimode optical fiber comprising: (a) a silica core doped with germania, and at least one co-dopant, comprising one of P | 2013-05-09 |
20130114936 | WIDE BANDWIDTH, LOW LOSS PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS - Various embodiments include photonic bandgap fibers (PBGF). Some PBGF embodiments have a hollow core (HC) and may have a square lattice (SQL). In various embodiments, SQL PBGF can have a cladding region including 2-10 layers of air-holes. In various embodiments, an HC SQL PBGF can be configured to provide a relative wavelength transmission window Δλ/λc larger than about 0.35 and a minimum transmission loss in a range from about 70 dB/km to about 0.1 dB/km. In some embodiments, the HC SQL PBGF can be a polarization maintaining fiber. Methods of fabricating PBGF are also disclosed along with some examples of fabricated fibers. Various applications of PBGF are also described. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114937 | FIBER OPTIC SPLITTER MODULE - A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of fiber optic splitter modules mounted within the chassis. Each splitter module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the splitter module through a front opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the splitter module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. The adapters mounted within the interior of the chassis are integrally formed as part of a removable adapter assembly. A method of mounting a fiber optic splitter module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114938 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image-capturing apparatus includes: a storage unit into which a plurality of image frames, generated based upon imaging signals provided from an image sensor that captures a subject image via a photographic optical system, are sequentially stored; an optical system drive unit that drives the photographic optical system in response to a still image shooting instruction; and a video data generation unit that generates image data to be played back in time series based upon the plurality of image frames stored into the storage unit over a predetermined time length during which the still image shooting instruction is issued. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114939 | Invention title is a digital multi-media keepsake. It is a handheld case with a built in LCD video screen which displays digital photos and plays digital video and audio, with a removable storage container in the center of the case that stores memorabilia, personal items or cremated remains. The keepsake case has internal memory and a USB port installed to add videos, photographs, text and audio between the case and an external device such as a personal computer. The case displays digital photos, plays video and audio automatically when opened and automatically shuts off when closed. - It is a handheld digital keepsake case with a built-in video screen which plays video, photos, and audio, with a removable storage container. The exterior case displays digital photos, plays video and audio automatically when opened and shuts off when closed. It is a keepsake within a case that plays digital photos, video and audio files automatically when opened. It can continue to be used by the recipient whenever he or she desires to reflect on the memory of another | 2013-05-09 |
20130114940 | PRESENTING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CONTENT VIA DVR - Embodiments related to the presentation of linear content and non-linear content in an integrated user experience are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method of identifying linear content and non-linear content for presentation via a video recording device. The method includes detecting a trigger to perform a search for content items, and providing, responsive to the trigger, a search request to one or more metadata sources, each metadata source containing locations of one or more of linear content items and non-linear content items available at one or more content sources. The method further includes receiving from each metadata source a search response including metadata associated with available content at one or more of the content sources, and outputting a list of content items identifying one or more linear content items and one or more non-linear content items from one or more metadata sources. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114941 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RETRANSMITTING AS WELL AS PROCESSING AND/OR DISPLAYING AND/OR STORING OF SOUND AND/OR PICTURE CONTENTS, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING AND/OR DISPLAYING AND/OR STORING OF SOUND AND/OR PICTURE CONTENTS - A special instruction for not encoding a content is incorporated into access authorization data contained in the received signal, so that within a unified system for transmitting and receiving of encoded or non-encoded sound and/or picture contents, it is possible to meet the requirement of public broadcasting and “free-to-air” program providers for a non-encoded processing and/or display and/or storage of freely accessible contents for the end user. The instruction signalizes that the sound and/or picture contents, once received, must be available in the non-encoded form to the end user. The access authorization data remain added to the sound and/or picture contents, even in cases of a cascading, encoded retransmission, or remains logically linked thereto by suitable means, even if transmitted physically separate along with the picture and/or sound contents. During the processing and/or display and/or storage of the picture and/or sound contents retransmitted in the encoded form, the special instruction triggers a decoding of the picture and/or sound contents, at least at the end of the retransmission cascade. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114942 | Automatic Surveillance Video Matting Using a Shape Prior - A novel technique for performing video matting, which is built upon a proposed image matting algorithm that is fully automatic is disclosed. The disclosed methods utilize a PCA-based shape model as a prior for guiding the matting process, so that manual interactions required by most existing image matting methods are unnecessary. By applying the image matting algorithm to these foreground windows, on a per frame basis, a fully automated video matting process is attainable. The process of aligning the shape model with the object is simultaneously optimized based on a quadratic cost function. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114943 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING PLURAL TYPES OF INFORMATION, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Various processes effectively execute updating of related information that is correlated to user selected information. For example, when a selected screen is touched by a pen or the like while an image corresponding to the selected image data is displayed on the screen, existing line drawing data (for example, a first character string) that is correlated to the image data and stored is displayed on the screen. In this instance, if new line drawing data (for example, a second character string) is input using the pen or the like, the new line drawing data is added to the existing line drawing data, and is correlated to the image data being displayed and stored. Different sound data can be correlated to selected image data. Different memo data also can be correlated user selected sound data. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114944 | CHUNCK HEADER INCORPORATING BINARY FLAGS AND CORRELATED VARIABLE-LENGTH FIELDS - Playback and distribution systems and methods for multimedia files are provided. The multimedia files are encoded with flags associated with the content data of the multimedia files. Through the use of the flags, playback of the content is enhanced without significantly increasing the file size of the multimedia file. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114945 | Plastic Tubular Connecting Sleeve for a Pipe with Internal Liner - pipe having at least two steel pipe elements with internal lining that are assembled together end to end, with the ends of the two pipe elements being welded together. A tubular junction sleeve is interposed inside the pipe at the abutting ends of the two pipe elements so that the end terminal portions of the sleeve are at least in part in leaktight contact with respective ones of the terminal portions at the ends of the internal linings of the two pipe elements. The leaktight contact zone is a zone of fusion welding together the materials in mutual contact constituting at least a portion of each terminal portion of the sleeve and of each respective terminal portion of the lining. At each of the terminal portions of the sleeve in the leaktight contact zone, the tubular junction sleeve presents a Joule effect heater wire arranged in a double spiral on the outer surface of each terminal portion at the ends of the sleeve. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114946 | HEATING ELEMENTS - A water heating element ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114947 | PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF SCALING ON A HEATER ELEMENT OF A WATER HEATER - The invention provides a method of using a water heater arranged for heating an aqueous liquid wherein the water heater comprises a heating element to heat aqueous liquid in the water heater. The method comprises (a) heating aqueous liquid in the water heater with the heating element), wherein the heating element is in contact with the aqueous liquid; and (b) applying a first AC voltage between the heating element and a counter electrode, and applying a DC voltage between the heating element and the counter electrode, wherein the DC voltage is at least 0.5 V, and wherein the heating element is chosen as positive electrode. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114948 | SHAKE CORRECTION APPARTUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A shake correction apparatus comprises a shake detection unit which detects a shake of an image capture apparatus, a calculation unit which calculates a shake correction amount for correcting an image blur based on an output from the shake detection unit, a shake correction unit which corrects the image blur based on the shake correction amount, a shake level determination unit which determines a shake level of the image capture apparatus based on an output from the shake detection unit, an offset determination unit which determines an offset value based on the shake correction amount and the shake level, and a subtraction unit which subtracts the offset value from the output from the shake detection unit. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114949 | Camera Lens and Image Capturing Device Using the Same - A camera lens and an image capturing device using the same. The camera lens comprises a lens-barrel fixing-base, a driving barrel, a focusing lens-barrel and an elastic member. The lens-barrel fixing-base has a hollow part, which has a first supporting part. The first supporting part has a connecting part. The driving barrel has a groove formed at an inner wall of the driving barrel. The focusing lens-barrel has a guiding part, which is inserted into the groove for allowing the focusing lens-barrel to be axially moved in the driving barrel. The focusing lens-barrel has a second supporting part. The elastic member is a hollow-ring structure setting between the lens-barrel fixing-base and the focusing lens-barrel. One end of the elastic member is positioned against the first supporting part and the another end of the elastic member is positioned against the second supporting part. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114950 | FIXING STRUCTURE OF SURVEILLANCE DEVICE - A fixing structure of a surveillance device includes a monitor and a secure board. The monitor has a plurality of clips and an alignment gap on a bottom surface of the monitor. The clips are engaged to a plurality of engagement openings of the secure board. The secure board has an alignment flake configured to be inserted into the alignment gap. The alignment gap is engaged with a block element to limit the movement of the alignment flake and to maintain a strong and inflexible connection between the monitor and the secure board. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114951 | APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING AND POSITIONING CAMERAS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT - Apparatuses and systems for supporting and positioning cameras and other equipment are disclosed herein. An apparatus for supporting a camera in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include one or more bendable support members extending from a camera holding portion. In this embodiment, each of the bendable support members includes a plurality of shaped outer portions arranged on an elongate, bendable core. In one embodiment, the bendable core can include a plastically deformable material that retains its shape after being bent with little or no spring-back, and each of the shaped outer portions can include spherical portions formed from a resilient, elastomeric material. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114952 | CAMERA MODULE - Disclosed herein is a camera module including: a lens part including a lens; a housing having the lens part coupled thereto; a bracket coupled to the housing; and a shaft mounted in the bracket and driving the lens part and the housing. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114953 | OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK PORT PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING FLEXIBLE SWITCH CRITERIA - The present disclosure provides Optical Transport Network (OTN) port protection systems and methods using flexible switch criteria. Specifically, the OTN port protection systems and methods provide linear protection in OTN such as 1+1 Protection with Automatic Protection Switching (APS) and/or 1+1 Subnetwork Connection Protection (SNCP) Protection. The OTN Port Protection with flexible switch criteria allows a user to provision a protection application on an OTN Port and select a switch criteria, Section Monitoring, Path Monitoring, or Tandem Connection Monitoring, without considering the provisioning state of an Optical channel Data Unit level k (ODUk) entity. The ODUk entity may either be cross-connected in the LO case or terminated in the HO case. The ODUk entity may be provisioned independently, after the port protection has been established. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114954 | Method for Generating a Probe Pulse and Coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometer - The present invention relates to the field of communication transmission, and in particular, to a method for generating a probe pulse and a coherent optical time domain reflectometer. The coherent optical time domain reflectometer includes: a control unit, configured to generate a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal which have a same period T, where the second pulse signal lags behind the first pulse signal, and T satisfies T≧t+2L/C; a driving unit, configured to generate a frequency change driving signal according to the first pulse signal; a continuous light laser device, configured to generate, as driven by the frequency change driving signal, continuous light having a changing frequency and an unchanging frequency spectrum width; and a probe pulse generating unit, configured to modulate the continuous light according to the second pulse signal to generate a probe pulse. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114955 | Method and System for Testing Jitter Compatibility - A method and system for testing jitter compatibility are disclosed in the present invention, which includes: an interconnection testing board configured with a non-NRZ optical transponder needing to satisfy the board jitter performance specification, and according to the specification, testing the jitter performance of the interconnection testing board to indirectly judge whether the jitter compatibility of non-NRZ optical transponder at a line side of the interconnection testing board is qualified, wherein: at the line side and a client side of the interconnection testing board, a non-NRZ optical transponder to be tested and an NRZ optical transponder with qualified jitter performance are configured respectively, and the jitter performance of interconnection testing board is tested; if the qualified jitter performance of interconnection testing board is obtained through testing, believing that the jitter compatibility of non-NRZ optical transponder to be tested is qualified. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114956 | DPSK OPTICAL RECEIVER - Disclosed is a DPSK optical receiver capable of compensating for a polarization phase difference. The DPSK optical receiver according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an optical splitter configured to split a received optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal; an optical delay waveguide configured to delay the first optical signal; a birefringent waveguide configured to delay the second optical signal so as to compensate for a polarization phase difference at an output end; and an optical hybrid configured to generate an optical detection signal corresponding to a phase difference between the delayed first optical signal and the delayed second optical signal. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114957 | DUAL PATH WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - An optical switching device with a switch-and-select architecture uses a single multi-port optical channel router, such as a wavelength selective switch, as a bidirectional switching device. The optical switching device includes the multi-port optical channel router and optical circulators coupled to the input/output ports of the multi-port optical channel router. The optical circulators couple one or more output ports and one or more input ports of the optical switching device to the input/output ports of the optical channel router so that the optical channel router provides symmetric, bi-directional switching at an optical network node. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114958 | RANDOM GAP INSERTION IN AN OPTICAL RING NETWORK - The invention provides a burst transmission optical fibre wavelength routed ring network and method comprising a plurality of nodes on a network ring where each node can drop and add a wavelength. The network has a control means to control the wavelength to be transmitted on the network ring in a burst transmit mode from each node over a scheduling interval. The invention provides a random generator for generating a plurality of gap intervals over the scheduling interval, such that the gap intervals allow for wavelengths from different nodes to transmit wavelengths in said gaps to achieve a fair access to bandwidth and fair latency in the ring network. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK - A method of transmitting data in an optical transport network is provided. The method comprises generating an optical transmission unit frame including an in-band area including a first area to which information data is allocated and a second area to which the information data is not allocated and an out-band area including parity information and transmitting the data through the optical transmission unit frame. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114960 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Data on a Network - Systems and methods are provided for a network unit for transmitting packets on a network that includes a computer-readable medium encoded with an array data structure that is populated by plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a packet in a queue of packets to be transmitted, a particular entry including a value that is based on a sum of packet sizes stored in a neighboring entry and a packet size of a packet corresponding to the particular entry. A search engine is configured to receive a gate size and to search the array to identify a particular entry in the data structure that has a value nearest to but not greater than the gate size as a transmission entry. A transmission engine is configured to transmit packets from the beginning of the queue up to a particular packet associated with the transmission entry. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAMAN CROSS-TALK MITIGATION - Disclosed are an apparatus and method configured to process video data signals operating on a passive optical network (PON). One example method of operation may include receiving a data signal at an optical distribution network node (ODN) and identifying signal interference in the data signal. The method may also include modifying a shape of the data signal in the electrical domain and transmitting the modified data signal to at least one optical termination unit (ONT). | 2013-05-09 |
20130114962 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The communication device is connected with a plurality of user-side devices via a splitter. The communication device includes a matching means for performing matching to determine whether each of a burst delimiter, positioned at a start position of frame data which is a synchronization target in a burst optical signal transmitted from each of the user-side devices, and sync pattern data, positioned from the beginning of the burst optical signal to the burst delimiter in the burst optical signal, matches a predetermined pattern. The communication device also includes a synchronization means for, if matching of the sync pattern data and matching of the burst delimiter by the matching means succeeded, performing synchronization of the frame data on the basis of the position of the burst delimiter in the burst optical signal. The matching means performs matching of the burst delimiter after successful matching of the sync pattern data. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114963 | SOFT HAND-OFF AND ROUTING DATA IN A VIRTUALIZED DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - In some embodiments of the invention, a system for managing resource use in a Distributed Antenna System is provided. The system may include: a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) configured to send and receive wireless radio signals; a plurality of sectors, each configured to send and receive wireless radio signals; and a plurality of inter-connected Digital Access Units (DAUs), each configured to communicate with at least one of the DRUs via optical signals, and each being coupled to at least one of the sectors. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114964 | DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN TWO RAILWAY VEHICLES USING OPTICAL RADIO RELAY - The invention relates to a device ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114965 | TONE REPRODUCTION CURVE ERROR REDUCTION - Control para met of a printing device are optimized using a process model to reduce a process tone reproduction curve (TRC) error between a process TRC and a desired TRC. Tone-corrected halftone levels for the printing device are generated using a sensor model to reduce a printing device TRC error between a TRC of the printing device and the desired TRC, based on color patches printed by the printing device using the control parameters as have been optimized, as measured by one or more sensors of the printing device. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114966 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming portion has a transfer portion for transferring a toner image formed on an image carrier onto the recording paper, and a fixing portion for heating and compressing the recording paper on which the toner image is transferred to fix the toner image to the recording paper. A control portion controls to heat and compress the recording paper by the fixing portion without performing transfer of the toner image by the transfer portion to smooth the recording paper under predetermined condition. At this time, the control portion is able to set variably the number of times to pass through the fixing portion without performing transfer of the toner image onto the recording paper and pressure force when the recording paper passes through the fixing portion. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114967 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt having a heat generation layer; a driving rotatable member forming a nip; a pressing pad for pressing the endless belt toward the driving rotatable member; an electric energy supply device for supplying electric energy to the heat generation layer; and a shut-off element configured to break electric connection between the electric energy supply device and the heat generation layer when a temperature of the endless belt reaches a predetermined upper limit temperature, wherein the shut-off element is disposed contacted with the endless belt in a region, with respect to a widthwise direction of the endless belt, outside a passing region of a maximum width of the sheet usable with the apparatus and inside of a heat generating region of the heat generation layer. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114968 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; a rotatable transfer member; a conveying portion for conveying a recording material; a controller for controlling an operation for forming a test image of a toner on the image bearing member in an interval region between consecutive output images of the toner; and a detecting portion for detecting the test image. The controller permits the formation of the test image, when next one of the consecutive output images is to be transferred onto a first side of the recording material, and the controller is capable of preventing the formation of the test image, when next one of the consecutive output images is to be transferred onto a second side of the recording material. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114969 | POWER CONTROL METHOD, POWER CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power control method for performing phase control is provided. The method includes generating a zero-crossing signal that indicates a first level if an absolute value of AC voltage is smaller than a predetermined value, and indicates a second level if the absolute value of the AC voltage is larger than the predetermined value; detecting a zero-crossing width and a non-zero-crossing width, the zero-crossing width being a time width for a case where the absolute value of the AC voltage is smaller than the predetermined value, the non-zero-crossing width being a time width for a case where the absolute value is larger than the predetermined value; detecting a frequency and a voltage value of the AC voltage based on the zero-crossing width and the non-zero-crossing width; and performing phase control depending on the frequency and the voltage value. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114970 | HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER SOURCE - A high-voltage power source includes a switching unit configured to be driven according to a frequency signal, a voltage resonance unit configured to generate a voltage according to driving of the switching unit, a rectification unit configured to rectify and amplify the voltage generated by the voltage resonance unit, a separation unit configured to separate an alternating current generated by the voltage resonance unit and a direct current generated by the rectification unit from each other, and a current detection unit configured to detect the current generated by the voltage resonance unit. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114971 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion. The first engaging portion is configured to engage with a first body engaging portion of a body supporting member to temporarily position the body supporting member in a longitudinal direction of the process cartridge before the process cartridge is mounted to a cartridge mounting position provided in an image forming apparatus body and before a body electrical contact is electrically connected to a cartridge electrical contact. The second engaging portion is configured to engage with a second body engaging portion of the body supporting member to position the body supporting member in the longitudinal direction of the process cartridge after mounting of the process cartridge to the cartridge mounting position is further advanced. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114972 | CARTRIDGE - A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes: a member to be supplied with electric energy; a frame molded with a resin material; and an electrode member formed on the frame by injection molding of an electroconductive resin material. The electrode member includes a supporting portion for supporting the member to be supplied with electric energy and a contact portion to be contacted to a main assembly electric contact, provided in the main assembly, when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114973 | Image Forming Apparatus and Photosensitive Unit - An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include an image forming apparatus body and a photosensitive unit detachably mountable to the image forming apparatus body. The photosensitive unit includes: a frame; photosensitive bodies supported by the frame; cartridges including a developer carrier and detachably mountable to the frame; and a pressing portion provided on the frame for pressing the cartridges to direct the developer carrier toward the corresponding photosensitive body. Each cartridge can shift in the frame to a first attitude pressed by the pressing portion, and a second attitude released from the press of the pressing portion and detachable from the frame. The image forming apparatus body is provided with an abutment portion abutting the cartridge in the second attitude thereby bringing the cartridge into the first attitude when the photosensitive unit is mounted to the image forming apparatus body. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114974 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus | 2013-05-09 |
20130114975 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a photoconductive layer and, provided on the photoconductive layer, a surface layer constituted of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide, the ratio of the number of atoms of carbon atoms (C) to the sum of the number of atoms of silicon atoms (Si) and number of atoms of carbon atoms (C), C/(Si+C), in the surface layer is from 0.61 or more to 0.75 or less, and the sum of atom density of the silicon atoms and atom density of the carbon atoms in the surface layer is 6.60×10 | 2013-05-09 |
20130114976 | Systems & Methods for Remanufacturing Imaging Components - A drive gear for a generally cylindrical imaging component. The drive gear includes a body for engaging the generally cylindrical imaging component; a cylindrical shaft attached to the body, the cylindrical shaft having an end surface; and three prongs extending longitudinally outward from the end surface. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114977 | CHARGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging apparatus includes a latent image bearing member having a charge generating layer for generating an electric charge by receiving light energy; a light source for emitting light energy for generating the electric charge in the charge generating layer; an electrode; a bias voltage applying portion for applying a bias voltage to the electrode; and an elastic member, which is insulative and transparent, for contacting the electrode to a surface of the latent image bearing member. The electric charge is generated in the charge generating layer by reception of the light energy emitted from the light source, and the surface of the latent image bearing member is electrically charged by applying the bias voltage from the bias voltage applying portion to the electrode. The electrode is provided on the elastic member and is contacted to the surface of the latent image bearing member in a contact area and does not extend to an outside of the contact area. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114978 | CHARGING MEMBER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING PROCESS - To provide a charging member showing a high charge injection efficiency, the charging member has an electro-conductive substrate and electro-conductive fibers one ends of which stand bonded to the electro-conductive substrate, and the electro-conductive fibers each have a core portion composed of a thermoplastic resin and a sheath portion with which the core portion stands covered, where the sheath portion contains a thermoplastic resin and a plurality of carbon nanotubes standing entangled one another, and the carbon nanotubes stand exposed to the surface of the electro-conductive fibers each at their tip portions. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114979 | ILLUMINATOR AND IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are an illuminator and an image forming apparatus employing an illuminator. The illuminator includes a light guide to guide light generated from a light source to an object to be illuminated. The light guide includes at least one incidence face facing the light source and an emission face configured to emit the light to the target object. A diffusion pattern may be formed on the emission face to extend from one longitudinal end to the other longitudinal end of the emission face. The emission face may have a constant cross section or a varying cross section along a longitudinal direction thereof. The illuminator may be part of an image reading device to uniformly or near uniformly irradiate light to a document. The illuminator may also be incorporated in an image forming apparatus to irradiate light to a photosensitive body for elimination or reduction of electric potential from the photosensitive body. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114980 | DUAL TONER REPLENISHER ASSEMBLY FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE GLOSS - A color image forming machine is provided having a plurality of xerographic marking engines, each forming associated color separations that are combined to produce a color print image. Each marking engine includes a dual replenisher assembly having first and second reservoirs containing respective toners of different gloss levels. The reservoirs each include one or more augers separately and independently controlled for dispensing the respective toners into a developer to continuously vary the gloss level of the toner in the developer. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114981 | IMAGE-RECORDING METHOD - An image-recording method includes steps of supplying an intermediate transfer medium with a liquid composition containing a reaction agent that makes a coloring material contained in ink precipitate or aggregate, forming an intermediate image by supplying the ink to at least a portion of the area of the intermediate transfer medium to which the liquid composition has been supplied, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The liquid composition contains a particulate silicone rubber. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes multiple image bearing members, toner image forming devices, and a transfer unit. The transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt entrained about a plurality of rollers and onto which toner images are transferred from the image bearing members, a reference member to position the transfer unit in place, a frame to hold the plurality of rollers a certain distance from the reference member, and a moving device including a holding member to hold movably one of the rollers relative to the frame to change the position of the roller between a multiple color mode for forming a multiple color image and a single color mode for forming a single color image so that the intermediate transfer belt contacts and separates from the image bearing member. As the holding member contacts the reference member, the intermediate transfer belt contacts the image bearing members. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114983 | POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEDIUM DISCHARGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING THE MEDIUM DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A power transmission, which transmits a driving force from a driving roller to a driven roller by using a friction roller. The power transmission includes a driving roller, a driven roller spaced apart from the driving roller, and a friction roller to transmit a driving force from the driving roller to the driven roller. The friction roller is disposed above a line connecting between centers of the driving roller and the driven roller. With this construction, the friction roller transmits the driving force in a state of being interposed between the driving rollers and the driven rollers by rotation thereof, thereby allowing the power transmission to have a simplified structure, which does not require a separate pressing spring, and at the same time, to generate a minimum amount of power loss. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114984 | SHEET PUNCHING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet punching device including: a die which has a die hole and is configured to be driven to rotate; a punch configured to move in and out of the die hole to punch a hole in a sheet; and a punch operating unit configured to reciprocate the punch with respect to the die hole in a state in which the punch is opposed to the die hole of the die, to move the punch in and out of the die hole. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114985 | CONTROLLING EXIT VELOCITY OF PRINTED SHEETS BEING STACKED TO OPTIMIZE STACK QUALITY - Methods and devices determine the media properties of a sheet of media exiting a printing device. The methods and devices apply the media properties to a predetermined velocity equation to calculate a corresponding sheet exit velocity for the sheet of media that will optimize stack quality in a particular output tray. Then, the methods and devices change process controls sheet movement elements within a media path of the printing device to cause the sheet of media to exit the printing device at the sheet exit velocity. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114986 | PAPER-FEEDING DEVICE AND MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER - A paper-feeding device and a multi-function printer (MFP) using the paper-feeding device are provided. The MFP includes a housing with the paper-feeding device installed thereon. The paper-feeding device includes an outer case, an inner case and a retainer. The outer case has first side-walls, openings and slots, in which each opening and each slot on the opening are correspondingly disposed on each first side-wall. The inner case is located beside the first side-walls of the outer case and has a second side-wall. The second side-wall has a position-limiting rib protruding towards the first side-walls. The retainer is located between the first side-walls and has a body, a protrusion and a pivot, in which the protrusion is disposed at a top-portion of the body and correspondingly located in the slots, and the pivot is located between the protrusion and a retaining-portion of the body and correspondingly locked in the openings. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114987 | WEB PRESS AND A METHOD OF PRINTING - A web press and method of printing is described. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114988 | Tape Cartridge and Tape Printer - A tape cartridge | 2013-05-09 |
20130114989 | Press-On Cosmetic Applicator System - Packaging for cosmetic products, such as mascara, are provided, including a container for holding a cosmetic composition and an applicator which is disposed within a cut-out portion of the container. The container includes a number of passages through at least one side such that a portion of the applicator is brought into contact with the passages when seated on the container. The applicator is adapted to seal the container when seated on the container. The applicator is further adapted to be removed from the container and pressed or squeezed onto keratinous fibers (e.g., eyelashes) of a user to apply the cosmetic product. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114990 | INTERNAL FEED PAINTING DEVICE WITH CONSTANT FORCE DRIVE MECHANISM - A handheld painting device is provided. In one example, the device includes an internally fed paint applicator configured to apply paint to a surface, a paint reservoir, a plunger assembly movable within the paint reservoir to deliver paint to the paint applicator, and a spring assembly configured to apply a substantially constant force on the plunger assembly over a range of motion of the plunger assembly. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114991 | LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE WITH TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATION HEADS AT BOTH ENDS RESPECTIVELY - A liquid dispensing device is provided with a container having first and second spaces for storing two different lotions respectively; a first transmission assembly in the first space; a first dispensing assembly in ratchet engagement with opening of the first space; a second transmission assembly in the second space; and a second dispensing assembly in ratchet engagement with opening of the second space. An individual is allowed to use either an application head in the first dispensing assembly or an application head in the second dispensing assembly. | 2013-05-09 |