25th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090154786 | Virtual Bone Biopsy (VBB) system - The present invention comprises a system and method for analyzing trabecular bone structure. A means for scanning the trabecular bone using a magnetic resonance image (MRI) scanner generates bone image data, which is then processed including correcting, deshading and reducing noise in the image data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154787 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image reconstruction device and a corresponding method for reconstructing a 3D image of an object ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154788 | AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR JUDGING QUALITY OF CELL - An automatic culture device | 2009-06-18 |
20090154789 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OPTICAL DEFECTS - A system and method for detecting optical defects on a surface of a transparent or semi-transparent structure, tube or article is provided. Defects are identified and analyzed by using a digital camera to capture an image of a target having a pattern of light and dark areas through a portion of the article. The images are processed to enhance the visibility of the defects, and the distribution of the defects as function of their location on the surface of the article is determined. This determination is used as part of a statistical process control method for controlling the level of defects present on the surface of the article. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154790 | Wiring Pattern Inspection Method and Inspection Apparatus for Flexible Printed Wiring Board - In a method for inspecting a wiring pattern on a flexible printed wiring board, light is illuminated from a front surface side of the TAB tape T while a drum is provided on the rear surface side of the TAB tape T such that a reflection method becomes main and a transmission method becomes subordinate, and when imaging a wiring pattern image of an inspection part D on the front surface side, it becomes possible to determine the quality of a wiring pattern taking advantage of the reflection method. Furthers by utilizing the indirect transmission light, defects of a short-circuiting type on the light permeable insulating film that are difficult to be detected with the reflection method can be detected as darker defects than the light permeable insulating film by the transmission method. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154791 | Simultaneous localization and map building method and medium for moving robot - A simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) method and medium for a moving robot is disclosed. The SLAM method includes extracting a horizontal line from an omni-directional image photographed at every position where the mobile robot reaches during a movement of the mobile robot, correcting the extracted horizontal line, to create a horizontal line image, and simultaneously executing a localization of the mobile robot and building a map for the mobile robot, using the created horizontal line image and a previously-created horizontal line image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154792 | Linear Feature Detection Method and Apparatus - A method of extracting linear features from an image, the method including the steps of: (a) applying a non maximum suppression filter to the image for different angles of response to produce a series o filtered image responses; (b) combining the filtered image responses into a combined image having extracted linear features. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154793 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INTERGRATED MODELING OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORS - Disclosed is a digital photogrammetric method and apparatus using the integrated modeling of different types of sensors. A unified triangulation method is provided for an overlapping area between an aerial image and a satellite image that are captured by a frame camera and a line camera equipped with different types of sensors. Ground control lines or ground control surfaces are used as ground control features used for the triangulation. A few ground control points may be used together with the ground control surface in order to further improve the three-dimensional position. The ground control line and the ground control surface may be extracted from LiDAR data. In addition, triangulation may be performed by bundle adjustment in the units of blocks each having several aerial images and satellite images. When an orthophoto is needed, it is possible to generate the orthophoto by appropriately using elevation models with various accuracies that are created by a LiDAR system, according to desired accuracy. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154794 | Method and apparatus for reconstructing 3D shape model of object by using multi-view image information - A method for reconstructing a 3D shape model of an object by using multi-view image information, includes: inputting multi-view images obtained by photographing the object from multiple viewpoints in a voxel space, and extracting silhouette information and color information of the multi-view images; reconstructing visual hulls by silhouette intersection using the silhouette information; and approximating polygons of cross-sections of the visual hulls to a natural geometric shape of the object by using the color information. Further, the method includes expressing a 3D geometric shape of the object by connecting the approximated polygons to create a mesh structure; extracting color textures of a surface of the object by projecting meshes of the mesh structure to the multi-view image; and creating a 3D shape model by modeling natural shape information and surface color information of the object. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154795 | INTERACTIVE CONCEPT LEARNING IN IMAGE SEARCH - An interactive concept learning image search technique that allows end-users to quickly create their own rules for re-ranking images based on the image characteristics of the images. The image characteristics can include visual characteristics as well as semantic features or characteristics, or may include a combination of both. End-users can then rank or re-rank any current or future image search results according to their rule or rules. End-users provide examples of images each rule should match and examples of images the rule should reject. The technique learns the common image characteristics of the examples, and any current or future image search results can then be ranked or re-ranked according to the learned rules. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN BODY POSE ESTIMATION - Systems and computer-implemented methods for use in body pose estimation are provided. Training data is obtained, where the training data includes observation vector data and corresponding pose vector data for a plurality of images. The observation vector data is representative of the images in observation space. The pose vector data is representative of the same images in pose space. Based on the training data, a model is computed that includes parameters of mapping from the observation space to latent space, parameters of mapping from the latent space to the pose space, and parameters of the latent space. The latent space has a lower dimensionality than the observation space and the pose space. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154797 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STEGANALYSIS - An apparatus and method for steganalysis that enhances the ability to detect distortion introduced by data hiding. In embodiments of the invention, a pixel grayscale value in an image is predicted by using its neighboring grayscale values of neighboring pixels. Further, a prediction-error image is produced by subtracting the image from its predicted image. The prediction-error image may is employed to remove at least some variations in image data other than those associated with data hiding an thus, at least partially offsets variations from image aspects other than data hiding. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154798 | Information processing device and method, program, and information processing system - An information processing device, configured to perform color gamut conversion for compressing or enlarging the color gamut of image data, includes: a selecting unit configured to select a generating method of table information for specifying a non-mapping boundary which is a boundary between a region where the coordinate movement of a pixel to be processed is not performed, and a conversion source region where the coordinate movement of the pixel to be processed is performed, and a mapping limit boundary which is a boundary other than the non-mapping region, of the conversion source region, for each hue, from a plurality of generating methods according to a predetermined condition, with the color gamut conversion; and a table information generating unit configured to generate the table information using the method selected from the plurality of generating methods. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154799 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor according to the present invention is configured to generate a plurality of multiresolution images of different resolutions from an input image (S | 2009-06-18 |
20090154800 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device that processes input image data includes: an image dividing unit that divides the input image data into a plurality of blocks; an image type determining unit that determines the type of the input image data for every block on the basis of the number of edge elements included in the block; a frequency component conversion unit that converts color components of the input image data into frequency components for every block; and an image compression unit that compresses corresponding image data for every block by specifying unnecessary components of the converted frequency components of the image data on the basis of the determined type of the image data and suppressing or removing the specified unnecessary components. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING A DISPLAY PANEL - A system for adjusting position of a display panel is provided. The system captures a reference facial image and a present facial image of a user at different time frames, and calculates adjustment parameters according to the reference facial image and the present facial image. The display panel is then driven to a proper position according to the adjusting parameters. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - A method of image compressing is provided. During compressing, color intensity of the image is considered. When the color intensity of the image is relatively high, lower bits used for representing the image are dropped. When the color intensity of the image is relatively low, upper bits used for representing the image are dropped. By this, the image is compressed according to color intensity of the image. Therefore, the images with different color intensities are compressed dynamically. Correspondingly, a method of image decompressing is provided. Moreover, a compressing apparatus and a decompressing apparatus are also provided. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154803 | Information processing device and method, program, and information processing system - An information processing device, configured to perform color gamut conversion for compressing or enlarging the color gamut of image data, includes: a selecting unit configured to select a plurality of coordinate movement directions to be synthesized for determining the coordinate movement destination of a pixel to be processed during the color gamut conversion; a coordinate moving unit configured to move the coordinates of the pixel to be processed in each of the selected plurality of directions; and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize coordinate movement in the selected plurality of directions. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154804 | DIGITAL CORRECTION FOR ALIGNMENT OF A PLURALITY OF COLOR CHANNELS OF A COLOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A system and method are provided for digital correction of a plurality of color channels and color image data. In color reproduction, a color image may be composed of a plurality of superimposed color channels in a color space hi order to assure the proper alignment of color channels and exemplary applications such as color printing, one or more of the plurality of color channels which compose a complete color image may be scaled to an output resolution, and corrected in order to ensure proper alignment and authentic reproduction of a color image. In place of a plurality of independent clocks, one for each channel, a single clock is provided for every channel, and additional unit is supplied to scale each channel according to independent characteristics. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154805 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING AN INPUT COLOR SIGNAL - A white light-emitting microcavity light-emitting diode device, comprising a method for converting a red, green, and blue (RGB) input signal to a converted signal having RGB color signals and an additional saturated color signal, by calculating saturation of the additional saturated color in the RGB input signal to determine the proportion of the additional saturated color signal to the sum of the converted RGB color signals such that the proportion of the additional saturated color signal is constant or decreases as the saturation of the additional color in the RGB input signal increases. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154806 | TEMPORAL SEGMENT BASED EXTRACTION AND ROBUST MATCHING OF VIDEO FINGERPRINTS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product code for temporal, event-based video fingerprinting. In one embodiment, events in video content are detected. The video content comprises a plurality of video frames. An event represents discrete points of interest in the video content. A set of temporal, event-based segments are generated using the events. Each temporal, event-based segment is a segment of the video content covering a set of events. A time series signal is derived from each temporal, event-based segment using temporal tracking of content-based features of a set of frames associated with the each temporal, event-based segment. A temporal segment based fingerprint is extracted based on the time series signal for the each temporal, event-based segment to form a set of temporal segment based fingerprints associated with the video content. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154807 | Edge Comparison in Segmentation of Video Sequences - A method of image processing, includes: receiving at least one video frame of a video sequence, the at least one video frame including at least one foreground subject and a background; and processing the at least one video frame so as to separate the at least one foreground subject from the background. The processing includes: obtaining a reference image including the background; comparing the at least one video frame to the reference image; and generating a pixel mask as a result of the comparison, the pixel mask indicating whether a pixel of the at least one video frame belongs to the foreground subject or to the background. The method further comprises at least partially determining edges of the at least one foreground subject in the at least one video frame, and modifying the pixel mask based on the determined foreground subject edges. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING AN OBJECT REGION OF INTEREST FROM AN IMAGE - A method for segmenting an object region of interest from an image includes detecting each corner in a captured image; acquiring edges of the object from the captured image based on the detected corners; clustering the detected corners based on corners on the acquired edges; and segmenting the image region in the captured image formed by the clustered corners as a region of interest that likely includes the object. With this method and apparatus for the method, an object region of interest may be segmented from an image without utilizing features such as an object shadow and edges. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154809 | Method and apparatus for identifying an imaging device - A new technique for identifying whether images are derived from a common imager, e.g., a camera, or other imaging device such as a scanner, based on the device's measured or inferred reference noise pattern, a unique stochastic characteristic of all common digital imaging sensors, including CCD, CMOS (Foveon™ X3), and JFET. The measured or inferred noise pattern of two images may be extracted and then cross correlated, with a high correlation being consistent with a common imager. Various preprocessing techniques may be used to improve tolerance to various types of image transform. It is also possible to perform the analysis without explicit separation of inferred image and inferred noise. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154810 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - In an electronic document of drawing descriptions of a page image and a character, it is desired that although a font data necessary for drawing the character is held in the electronic document, the size of the electronic document is minimized. Furthermore, it is desired to ensure visibility at the time of highlighting of search. There is generated an electronic document in which a document image, a plurality of character codes obtained by executing a character recognition processing with respect to the document image, and a plurality of kinds of glyph data to be utilized in common with respect to the plurality of character codes when drawing characters corresponding to the plurality of character codes are stored. The plurality of kinds of glyph data are selectively used when characters corresponding to the character codes are drawn. It is desirable that the glyph data be the one in a simple form. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154811 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a region extracting unit extracts a character region on an image; a character recognizing unit that recognizes characters in the character region extracted by the region extracting unit; a translating unit that translates a recognition result obtained by the character recognizing unit; and a changing unit that changes a constitution of the image with respect to the character region extracted by the region extracting unit according to a direction of the characters in the character region extracted by the region extracting unit, and according to a direction of the characters of the language translated by the translating unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154812 | Method for Identifying Objects and Object Identification System - A method for identifying objects using an object identification system, wherein a respective pattern of an object to be identified is taught to the object processing system in the form of a pattern edge image formed from edge points, wherein at least one image which is recorded using an image recording unit and is to be examined is subsequently examined for the presence of an object that corresponds to a relevant pattern by comparing edge points in the recorded image with edge points in the pattern edge image, wherein an overall quality value is determined as a measure of correspondence between the object and the pattern, is distinguished by the fact that an association with lines in the pattern is then determined for the edge points of the pattern by finding edge points with essentially the same orientation. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING HOLOGRAMS - A method and apparatus that validates a hologram by scanning the hologram at multiple angles is disclosed. The method may include scanning a document containing the hologram at a first angle to create a first image, scanning the document containing the hologram at a second angle to create a second image, determining whether the hologram is valid, and sending the validity determination to a user interface for display to a user. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154814 | CLASSIFYING OBJECTS USING PARTITIONS AND MACHINE VISION TECHNIQUES - A method for classifying objects according to a predefined classification of sample objects. This is achieved by classifying first a plurality of sample object images and determining an image partition for each and every class. The sample classes and their corresponding partitions are used to build a classifying function. The classifying function is built using the partitions and the geometric features and statistical information retrieved from the sample images. In order to classify a specific object, several image copies of the object image to-be-classified are prepared; each image copy is then partitioned according to a different classified-in-advance partition. The classifying is achieved by applying the classifying function that has been built on the object image copies. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154815 | DOCUMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A document information processing apparatus is obtained in which there is no need to provide the consistency of management between the instances of documents and their metadata, that is, there is no fear that inconsistency in management might be caused, thereby eliminating the possibility of loading the system, which would otherwise result from the provision of managerial consistency, as well as making it possible to improve their versatility. The apparatus includes a document input and output section that is able to at least input or output a document as an image data, an operation timing detection section that detects predetermined operation timing for the document, a metadata acquisition section that acquires metadata of the document based on the operation timing, and a metadata description section that describes the metadata in a predetermined format based on instance data of the document at predetermined timing with respect to the input or output of the document. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154816 | ADAPTIVE GROUP OF PICTURES (AGOP) STRUCTURE DETERMINATION - This disclosure is directed to techniques for determining a picture type for each of a plurality of frames included in a video sequence based on cross-correlations between the frames. The cross-correlations include first order cross-correlations between image information within pairs of frames included in the video sequence and second order cross-correlations between pairs of the first order cross-correlations. The first order cross-correlations may be analyzed to detect video transitional effects between the frames. The first and second order cross-correlations may be comparatively analyzed to determine temporal similarities between the frames. Therefore, the correlation-based determination techniques determine picture types for the frames based on the video transitional effects and the temporal similarities. The correlation-based determination techniques may calculate the first order cross-correlations between images within pairs of frames, or between sets of subimages within pairs of frames that are then averaged over the subimages for each of the pairs of frames. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154817 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSOR AND IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSOR - In a data decompressor, a variable length decoding unit extracts a variable length code from compressed image data, performs variable length decoding of the extracted variable length code, and restores quantized data before the variable length encoding was applied. An inverse quantization unit performs inverse quantization on the restored quantized data to generate orthogonal transform coefficients of each block and writes the generated orthogonal transform coefficients to a memory. An inverse orthogonal transform unit reads the orthogonal transform coefficients of each block from the memory and performs an inverse transform of the orthogonal transform performed by a data compressor on the orthogonal transform coefficients to thereby restore an image of each block. The inverse orthogonal transform unit is constructed so as to perform the inverse transform of the orthogonal transform coefficients in parallel with the variable length decoding of the variable length decoding unit and the inverse quantization of the inverse quantization unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154818 | LOSSLESS COMPRESSOR FOR IMAGE DATA VALUES - Disclosed is method of encoding a set of data values ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154819 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE, LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF SUCCESSIVE DIGITAL DATA - An image compression and decompression method compresses data based upon the data states, and decompresses the compressed data based upon the codes generated during the compression. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154820 | CONTEXT ADAPTIVE HYBRID VARIABLE LENGTH CODING - A coding method for an ordered series of quantized transform coefficients of a block of image data, including a context adaptive position coding process to encode the position of clusters of non-zero-valued coefficients, e.g., a multidimensional position coder that uses one of a plurality of code mappings selected according to at least one criterion including at least one context-based criterion, and an amplitude encoding process to encode any amplitudes remaining to be coded, the amplitude coding using one or a plurality of amplitude code mappings selected according to at least one criterion, including a context-based criterion. A context-based selection criterion is meant a criterion that during encoding is known or derivable from one or more previously encoded items of information. Also a coding apparatus, a decoding apparatus, a computer readable medium configured with instructions that when executed implement a coding method, and another medium for a decoding method. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154821 | Method and an apparatus for creating a combined image - A method for generating a combined image that comprises, during capturing a sequence comprising a plurality of initial images, detecting a subset of the plurality of images having no substantial motion thereamong, combining data from the subset to produce a combined image, and outputting the combined image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154822 | Image distortion correction - Methods and systems for reducing or eliminating distortion in an image are described. The approach generally involves determining the distortion introduced by a lens, and modifying a captured image to reduce that distortion. In one embodiment, the distortion information associated with a lens is determined. The distortion information is stored. A captured image taken by that lens is processed, with reference to the distortion information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154823 | Systems and Method for De-Blurring Motion Blurred Images - Systems and methods for providing a substantially de-blurred image of a scene from a motion blurred image of the scene are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a primary detector for sensing the motion blurred image and generating primary image information representing the blurred image, a secondary detector for sensing two or more secondary images of the scene and for generating secondary image information representing the two or more secondary images, and a processor for determining motion information from the secondary image information, estimating a point spread function for the motion blurred image from the motion information, and applying the estimated point spread function to the primary image information to generate information representing the substantially de-blurred image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154824 | Efficient Filtering of Image Data - Systems and methods for efficiently applying a filter to image data are disclosed. For efficiently applying the filter, a filter type including coefficient values for each pixel in the image data is identified. A sub-matrix corresponding to the size of the filter is selected in the image data. The sub-matrix includes the plurality of pixels that can be represented in a 2 | 2009-06-18 |
20090154825 | REDUCTION FILTER BASED ON SMART NEIGHBOR SELECTION AND WEIGHTING (NRF-SNSW) - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for filtering noise in a video image, comprising receiving a first video image, a second video image and motion information wherein the first image may be an image to be filtered and the second image may be a filtered image wherein the second image may be temporally related to said first image. The method may further include, for at least one pixel in the first video image, selecting at least one neighbor of the pixel from the first video image and selecting at least one neighbor of the pixel from said second video image, wherein selection of the neighbors from the first video image and the second video image may be based on said motion information; selecting a subset of the neighbors wherein the subset may be less than or equal to a sum of neighbors from the first video image and the second video image; determining a weighted average of the subset of said neighbors and the pixel; and outputting the weighted average as a filtered pixel of the first video image. Of course, many alternatives, variations and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING DEFECTIVE PIXELS AND NOISE - A method and apparatus for eliminating defective pixels and noise in which each pixel value of an image is extracted using a color filter. A mean value of the extracted image is calculated A noise variance, a first threshold for determining whether a pixel is defective, and a second threshold for calculating a weight value for a pixel are all estimated from the mean value. There is a determination as to whether each pixel is defective, and a weight value, a weighted signal mean and a weighted signal variance of the each pixel are all calculated, and noise eliminated from the image using the noise variance, the weighted signal mean, and the weighted signal variance. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154827 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention is to easily generate a normal map at a low cost. Hence, image data representing the characteristic of the surface of paper is inputted using an image input device. The type of finish of the paper is determined. Filtering processing corresponding to the type of finish is performed for the image data. A normal map is generated from the image data on which the filtering processing is performed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154828 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A filtering system and method are disclosed, to perform simultaneous, de-noising, and details enhancement tasks of a video image. The efficient filtering system includes multiple filters, which operate on a portion of the video image that has been partitioned into multiple rings. Using the filtering system, complex mathematical operations are avoided. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDGE ENHANCEMENT CONSIDERING SINGULAR POINTS - A method of and apparatus for edge enhancement considering singular points are provided. The method of edge enhancement includes: determining a first gain from the input image; detecting a singular point distinguishable from an edge from among pixels of the input image; based on the detection result of singular points, determining a second gain for edge enhancement processing; and multiplying the first gain by the second gain to generate a resulting edge-enhanced image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154830 | IMAGE INTERPOLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention is an interpolation device and method. According to the present invention, a plurality of pixels close to a pixel to be interpolated are sequentially set to a central pixel. When a pixel difference closest to a threshold value among pixel differences between the central pixel and a plurality of pixels around the central pixel belongs to a quasi-edge decision range, an edge interpolation and a bilinear interpolation are mixed to interpolate the pixel to be interpolated. As a result, it is possible to prevent reduction in image quality due to an edge verdict caused by unstable input image signal and perform a stable interpolation operation. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154831 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DITHERING A PIXEL VALUE IN IMAGE - Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for dithering a pixel value in a image. The method includes checking a difference in chrominance signals between a particular pixel and a pixel adjacent to the particular pixel, in an input image, designating the particular pixel as being in a flat or a non-flat area in consideration of the difference in chrominance signals and dithering the particular pixel when the pixel is designated as being in the non-flat area. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154832 | ALPHA-MASKED RST IMAGE REGISTRATION | 2009-06-18 |
20090154833 | IMAGE FILE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - An image file reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit that reads an image file from a storage medium storing image files capable of storing plural pieces of image data and reproduces the read image file, a first operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image files stored in the storage medium, and a second operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image data stored in the image file selected by the command received by the first operation unit. The reproduction unit controls selection of image data to be reproduced in a different way according to the operation made on the respective operation units. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154834 | RENDERING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The rendering system for rendering input image data to composite an image includes an image input unit, an image rendering unit, an image compositing unit. The image input unit subdivides input image data into data segments of a size corresponding to the memory capacity of the rendering system to load the data segments one at a time. The image rendering unit renders the data segments in sequence, and sequentially stores rendering pixel information associated with the rendered results in a buffer. The image compositing unit compares two pieces of stored rendering pixel information to each other as previous rendering pixel information and current rendering pixel information, updates rendering pixel information according to the comparison result, and composites a final image according to the updated rendering pixel information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154835 | Method for Rotating An Image and Digital Cameras Using The Same - A method for rotating an image and digital cameras using the same are disclosed. The method comprises: determining whether to auto-rotate an original image according to a rotate initial instruction; if yes, calculating a slope angle of the original image to rotate a first specific angle, wherein the slope angle is substantially equal to the first specific angle; if not, rotating the original image with a second specific angle according to at least a rotating instruction; and forming a rotated image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154836 | IMAGE DOWNSAMPLING DURING PROCESSING - A method of preparing a document for printing may include determining a preferred image resolution for an image on a document. An electronic file may be received. The electronic file may comprise data representing a first embedded image having a nominal resolution. A job may be received. The job may comprise one or more operations to be performed on the electronic file. A computing device may determine an effective resolution for the first embedded image based on the nominal resolution and the one or more operations. It is determined whether the effective resolution for the first embedded image is greater than the preferred image resolution. The first embedded image may be downsampled based on a scaling factor. A printing device may process the job using the downsampled first embedded image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154837 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus for processing and outputting image data includes a image processing content storage unit for storing contents of an image processing; a thumbnail reduction ratio determining unit for determining a reduction ratio of a thumbnail image according to the contents of the image processing thus stored; a thumbnail image creation unit for creating the thumbnail image from the image data according to the reduction ratio; and an image processing unit for applying the image processing to the thumbnail image thus created according to the contents of the image processing. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154838 | IMAGE DOWNSAMPLING FOR PRINT JOB PROCESSING - A system for preparing documents for printing includes a stored object corresponding to an image having an effective resolution, as well as a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive an electronic file comprising data representing a plurality of embedded images wherein each embedded image has an effective resolution. The computing device determine whether an object associated with a first one of the embedded images is identical to the stored object. If so, it replaces the first one of the embedded images with the image corresponding to the stored object when the effective resolution of the first one of the embedded images and the effective resolution of the image corresponding to the stored object are within a preselected threshold. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154839 | Image processing system having a rapid image processing apparatus and method for image processing - The invention relates to an image processing system having an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus comprises at least two image processing units to receive a temporal sequence of image data records forming a common data stream and to generate output image data records from the image data records based on a predetermined allocation specification. The image processing units are connected to one another such that the image processing units are integrated in the common data stream. The image processing apparatus also comprises a shared memory mutually assigned to the image processing units. The shared memory stores the image data records and the output image data records. The image processing units are at least indirectly connected to the shared memory and access the shared memory. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154840 | Image processing system and method - An image processing system includes a first memory for storing a first image data, the first image data having a plurality of pixels; a second memory for storing at least one mapping table, the mapping table recording the mapped positions of at least a portion of pixels; a direct memory access control unit for accessing the first memory and the second memory; a first processing unit for accessing the first image data and the mapping table via the direct memory access control unit so as to produce a second image data; and a third memory for storing the second image data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154841 | Apparatus and method for transforming image in mobile device - An apparatus for transforming an image in a mobile device is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pen style transformation unit for transforming an original image to a pen style image using a separated Gaussian filter and outputting pen style image, a cartoon style transformation unit for transforming the original image to a cartoon style image and outputting the cartoon style image, a mosaic creation unit for creating a photomosaic to which the original image is applied based on an optimum photo image set and outputting the created photo mosaic by applying the created photo mosaic to the original image, and an image output unit for outputting the images output from the pen style transformation unit, the cartoon style transformation unit, and the mosaic creation unit to an output unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154842 | Disposal Bag Support System - A disposal bag support system is disclosed. The system includes a tubular frame and a plurality of bags, which are coupled to the frame. The frame is configured to hold a bag in an open position for the bag to receive waste. A frame that may be configured to be manipulated between a flattened storage configuration and an erected disposal configuration is also disclosed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154843 | POLYMERIC PACKAGE CLOSURE AND METHOD - A zipper closure for a polymeric package includes a plurality of profile members on a first polymeric surface, where one and not more than one of these plurality of profile members is colored differently from the remaining profile members on the same polymeric surface. The differently colored profile members provide a visual reference for properly orienting the zipper closure to the polymeric packaging during manufacture. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154844 | INSECT PROTECTING COVER AND INSECT SHIELDED BAG AND CONTAINER - A bug proof bag for containing luggage or other items has a plurality of sides such that the sides are non-porous so as to prevent ingress of bugs into the bag and are smooth so as to offer substantially no harborages to bugs. A zipper in a closed state prevents ingress of bugs into the bag, and the zipper in an opened state permits access to an interior of the bag. The zipper, for example, has a slider and first and second locking strips. The bug proof bag may, if desired, also include a seal that seals ends of the first and second locking strips to the bag. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154845 | BAG AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE - Disclosed is an article of manufacture including bag having a front surface; a rear surface; two side surfaces each having a gusset therein and connecting the front and rear surfaces; a flattenable bottom surface formed by connecting the front, rear, and side surfaces; and a top surface formable by connecting the front, rear, and side surfaces. The bag has a height, a width, and a depth, and defines an internal volume. The bag is sealable and has a seal strength of at least about 1,600 pounds per square inch. The bag is formed from a plastic laminate having a thickness of from about 130 to about 200 microns and a tensile strength of at least about 3,400 pounds per square inch. The article of manufacture also includes at least about 15 pounds of a particulate, flowable composition contained therein. The bag can also have a closure system comprising a non-reusable closure and a reusable closure. Also included are methods, using the article of manufacture, of enhancing palatability of an oxidizable, particulate, flowable composition contained therein. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154846 | VENTABLE PACKAGE WITH ZIPPER CLOSURE, AND METHODS - A reclosable polymeric package having a zipper closure at its mouth and a venting feature that allows air or other fluid to be vented from the package interior when the zipper closure is sealed. In one example, the venting feature includes vents covered by a tape intermittently secured to the package to define fluid passageways. Methods of use are provided. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154847 | LEAF COLLECTION APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an apparatus for collecting fallen leaves or other objects. According to various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a mesh, central collection section for lying flat on the ground such that objects may be accumulated onto an upper side of an interior portion of the central collection section. The apparatus also includes an enclosure system connected to the central collection section such that an operator can enclose a peripheral portion of the central collection section around the interior portion. In that way, the objects accumulated onto the central collection section can be easily transported and subsequently emptied. The apparatus may also comprise a plurality of stiffeners connected to a lower side of the peripheral portion of the central collection section. The stiffeners may extend inward from an outer edge of the central collection apparatus and may be made of plastic. In addition, the enclosure system may comprise a plurality of grommets connected to the peripheral portion of the central collection section, a rope passing through eyelets of the grommets, and a handle connected to the rope. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154848 | Base for a Packaging Made from Plastic - The invention relates to a rigid or semirigid plastic part designed to form the bottom ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154849 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - Provided is a motion guide device having a scooping portion that is not damaged even when a moving member is moved at high speed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154850 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE, RELATIVE MOTION SYSTEM AND DISPLACEMENT ABSORBING MECHANISM - Provided is a motion guide device having a low rigidity in the vertical direction and a low rigidity in the horizontal direction. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154851 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE - A hydrodynamic bearing device is provided for use with a spindle motor. The hydrodynamic bearing device has a sleeve made of a sintered metal that is obtained by sintering a sintering material that is iron, an iron alloy, copper, a copper alloy or a mixture thereof. This sintered metal has independent pores, which do not communicate with each other, by selecting conditions for forming a desired sintered body within a predetermined range. The conditions includes a grain size of powdered metal of a material for the sintered metal, a molding pressure when the molded body is formed, sintering temperature and sintering period in the sintering step. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154852 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The hydrodynamic bearing device comprises a sleeve | 2009-06-18 |
20090154853 | Rolling bearing unit having sensor - A rolling bearing unit having a sensor comprising:
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20090154854 | Coreless Seal and Rolling Bearing - A coreless seal | 2009-06-18 |
20090154855 | WHEEL BEARING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A wheel bearing apparatus has a wheel hub ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154856 | Wheel Support Bearing Assembly and Method of Manufacturing the Same - To provide a wheel support bearing assembly, which is effective to avoid an inner race detachment during assemblage onto an automotive vehicle. The assembly is provided with an inner member made up of a hub axle and an inner race mounted on an outer periphery of an inboard end portion of the hub axle. The inner race has an inner periphery provided with an stepped area that extends to an inboard annular face of the inner race and has a depth measured at an inner peripheral edge of an inboard annular face, and an inner surface of this stepped area is of a shape made up of a straight area and an inclined surface continued from an outboard end of the straight area to the inner peripheral surface, and a plastically deformed portion engageable with the inclined surface as a result of crimping is provided in the hub axle. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154857 | Bearing Apparatus for a Wheel of Vehicle - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154858 | Bearing anti creep device & method - The present invention is an anti rotational creep bearing including a socket designed in the inner race of the bearing for partially receiving an anti creep ball therein, further including a shaft onto which the bearing is to be longitudinally mounted, including a channel defined along a longitudinal direction for receiving there along the anti creep ball projecting from its socket, wherein the depth of the socket plus the depth of the channel is at least equal to the diameter of the anti creep ball, such that when the bearing is installed on the shaft, the anti creep ball prevents creep in the rotational direction, however allows movement in the axial direction. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154859 | Rolling bearing device for wheel - A rolling bearing device for a wheel includes: an inner member; an outer member disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the inner member via rolling elements; and a wheel mounting flange formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner member or the outer member. A predetermined number of bolt holes are formed in a peripheral edge portion of the wheel mounting flange along a circumferential direction, and a shape between adjacent ones of the bolt holes is constituted by a straight line or a curved line located radially outwardly of a pitch circle diameter of the bolt holes in an outer shape of the wheel mounting flange. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154860 | TAPERED ROLLER BEARING - The invention relates to a tapered roller bearing comprising at least one conical outer roller track, at least one conical inner roller track and tapered rollers which are arranged in a radial manner between the roller tracks and about the longitudinal central axis of the tapered roller bearing. The tapered rollers respectively comprise a conical first covering surface for carrying out an effective radial connection towards the outside in the rolling contact with the inner roller track and for carrying out an effective radial connection towards the inside in the rolling contact with the outer roller track and the central lines of the tapered rollers intersect in a common intersecting point on the longitudinal central axis. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154861 | Pivot Bearing - A pivot bearing having a first bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Guided in the first bearing surface is a second bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Rolling bodies are arranged between the bearing surfaces. The pivot bearing also has a cage for guiding the rolling bodies, and a slide block to prevent the cage from slipping. A first grove is formed in the first bearing surface and a second grove is formed in the second bearing surface. The groves are inclined transversely with respect to the running direction of the rolling bodies. the opposite inclination of the groves has the result that, if the spacing between bearing surfaces is neglected, the grooves intersect. The sliding block is guided between the grooves. The cage has a recess that holds the sliding block permitting cage control. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154862 | Bearing apparatus - A bearing apparatus includes: two split outer ring halves which are mounted to the housing; a plurality of rolling elements which are provided so as to roll on the two split outer ring halves; and a cage which holds the rolling elements such that the rolling elements are disposed at substantially equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the cage and which is split at a position of the cage to form joint surfaces, an outside diameter of the cage being guided by inner circumferential surfaces of the split outer ring halves. An outside diametrical dimension in a normal direction to the joint surfaces is made larger than an outside diametrical dimension of the cage in a direction parallel to the joint surface, and vicinity of an outside diametrical position of the cage lying in the normal direction is made to be guided by the outer ring halves. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154863 | DEVICE FOR DECOUPLING A BEARING BRACKET - The invention relates to a device for decoupling a bearing bracket in a turbomachine, said bearing bracket having an upstream part and a downstream part respectively comprising a plurality of upstream holes and downstream holes through which stress-limiting screws pass, which device comprises, between each upstream hole and the stress-limiting screw that passes through it, a clearance that prevents any contact between the upstream hole and the stress-limiting screw, and is a device wherein the upstream part and the downstream part of the bearing bracket are in mutual contact via surfaces that form a dual centering means. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154864 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member and an inner member. The inner member has a wheel hub and at least one inner ring fit onto a cylindrical portion of the wheel hub or an outer raceway surface of a constant velocity universal joint. Double row rolling element groups are freely rollably contained between said inner and outer raceway surfaces of the inner member and the outer member. A pitch circle diameter of the ball element group near to the wheel mounting flange is larger than that of the double row ball group away from the wheel mounting flange. A maximum diameter of the outer raceway surface of the smaller diameter side of the double row outer raceway surfaces of the outer member is substantially the same as an inner diameter of a shoulder portion of the outer diameter side. The size of each rolling element of the group near to the wheel mounting flange is different from that of each rolling element of the group away from the wheel mounting flange. The number of rolling elements of the group near to the wheel mounting flange is larger than the number of rolling elements of the group away from the wheel mounting flange. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154865 | REVOLVING JOINT - A revolving joint comprising at least one anti-friction bearing and an electromotive drive unit. The anti-friction bearing is in contact with at least one row of rolling bodies arranged in a row rotating the joint around the rotational axis of the anti-friction bearing. The rolling bodies are in contact with at least one race that can be driven to rotate by the drive unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154866 | OPTICAL MODULATORS - An object of the present invention is to widen the band of the velocity matching frequency as well as to reduce the electrode loss in the modulation electrode. An optical modulator has a substrate made of an electro-optical material, a signal electrode | 2009-06-18 |
20090154867 | OPTICAL MODULATORS - An object of the present invention is, in an optical modulator, to increase the production yield by enhancing the patterning accuracy of the electrodes, as well as to reduce the electrode loss by increasing the thickness of the electrodes. An optical modulator has a substrate | 2009-06-18 |
20090154868 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTO-ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are semiconductor opto-electronic integrated circuits and methods of forming the same. The semiconductor opto-electronic integrated circuit includes: an optical waveguide disposed on a substrate and including an input terminal and an output terminal; an optical grating formed on the optical waveguide; and an optical active device disposed on the optical grating and receiving an optical signal from the optical waveguide through the optical grating to modulate the optical signal. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154869 | Tunable Filter Device Comprising a Waveguide Containing Bragg Grating, and a Planer Substrate - A tunable filter device ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154870 | Optical Fiber Sensor Connected To Optical Fiber Communication Line - An optical fiber sensor connected to an optical fiber communication line usable on an optical fiber communication line of the Internet etc. and able to share a communication line and a sensor line is provided. It has an optical fiber sensor line being an optical fiber ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154871 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING GRATING COUPLER FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are semiconductor integrated circuits including a grating coupler for optical communication and methods of forming the same. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a cladding layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate; a grating coupler including an optical waveguide on the cladding layer and a grating on the optical waveguide; and at least one reflector formed in the cladding layer below the grating. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154872 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMATION - Provided are electronic device packages and their methods of formation. The electronic device packages include a sealed volume enclosing an electronic device and a feedthrough into the sealed volume for electrical connection of the electronic device. Provided are optoelectronic device packages and their methods of formation. The optoelectronic device packages include a first substrate and lid attached to the first substrate forming an enclosed volume. An optoelectronic device is disposed within the enclosed volume and a wick stop for preventing solder flow is provided. Provided are prism-coupled optical assemblies which allow for the coupling of light between an optical component, such as a laser, and an integrated optical waveguide through a prism. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154873 | ELECTRO-OPTIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH CONNECTORS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - An electro-optic integrated circuit including an integrated circuit substrate, at least one optical signal providing element and at least one discrete reflecting optical element, mounted onto the integrated circuit substrate, cooperating with the at least one optical signal providing element and being operative to direct light from the at least one optical signal providing element. An electro-optic integrated circuit including an integrated circuit substrate, at least one optical signal receiving element and at least one discrete reflecting optical element mounted onto the integrated circuit substrate and cooperating with the at least one optical signal receiving element and being operative to direct light to the at least one optical signal receiving element. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154874 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH NON-EQUALLY SPACED OUTPUT PORTS - The invention relates to multiport routing devices for routing optical signals which also provide beam attenuation by imparting a controllable offset between an optical beam and a selected optical port. A multiport optical routing device of the present invention has a plurality of non-equally spaced optical ports disposed in a row to enable beam offset for attenuation without substantially increasing optical crosstalk between adjacent ports in a compact port arrangement. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154875 | Machine with data transfer from one machine part to another machine part which is able to be rotated relative to the one machine part - A machine having two machine parts, of which one is able to be rotated relative to the other, in which light signals are transferred from the one part to the other part. The light signals are transmitted radially to the axis of rotation of the rotatable machine part. In a first embodiment a plurality of light sources couple light into an optical waveguide ring which is coupled out over the entire outer circle of the optical waveguide ring so that it is guaranteed that light signals reach a receiver arranged radially outside in each case. In another embodiment light sources couple light into optical waveguide structures, with branches of the optical waveguides guaranteeing that on the outer circle of the one component the exit points for light are sufficiently dense that for any given angular position of the rotatable component at least one of two receivers receives a light signal. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154876 | WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION - The invention relates to fiber-optic wavelength dispersive devices incorporating a wavelength dispersive reflector that provides auto-compensation of variations of output spectral characteristic with temperature and includes a transmissive dispersion that is followed by a beam-folding reflecting surface in a double-pass configuration grating and is coupled to a wedged shaped prism. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154877 | Optically coupled device and optical module including optically coupled device - An optically coupled device and an optical module including the optically coupled device are provided in which a photoelectric conversion device can be easily and appropriately positioned, and reduction in manufacturing costs and improvement in productivity can be achieved. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154878 | Optically coupled device and optical module including optically coupled device - An optically coupled device and an optical module including the optically coupled device are provided that can appropriately and efficiently perform position measurement of an optical surface, and allow a product having superior overall efficiency to be stably manufactured at a low cost. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154879 | Means of Coupling Light Into Optical Fibers and Methods of Manufacturing a Coupler - The invention relates to a pump coupler ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154880 | PHOTONICS DEVICE - Provided is a photonics device. The photonics device includes: a substrate including a star coupler region and a transition region; a lower core layer formed on the substrate; and upper core patterns formed on the substrate to define a waveguide. The upper core patterns are disposed on the lower core layer at the transition region, so that the transition region has a multi-layered core structure. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154881 | Optical Fiber Combiner and Method of Manufacturing Thereof - The invention relates to an optical fiber combiner and a method for the manufacture thereof. The combiner has a tapering support preform with a plurality of capillary bores, a plurality of input fibers including a core and a cladding around the core and being arranged in parallel in the capillary bores of a support preform, and an output fiber coupled to the tapered end of the support preform in optical connection with the input fibers. The cladding thickness to core thickness ratio of at least one of the input fibers is decreased at the region of the support preform. The invention provides an optically high quality fiber combiner. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154882 | Means of Coupling Light Into Optical Fibers and Methods of Manufacturing a Coupler - The invention relates to a pump coupler ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154883 | Multi-Contact universally jointed power and/or signal connector devices - An adjustable at least four-way electrical connector for signal, power, voice and/or data communication, comprising at least four adjustable electrical connections utilizing a ball and socket type physical connection device and including a weatherproofing gasket; also an adjustable fiber optic connection device utilizing ball and socket type construction wherein an optical fiber can be split into a plurality of optical fibers via a connection device providing for rotation and pivoting. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154884 | Multifiber MT-Type Connector and Ferrule Comprising V-Groove Lens Array and Method of Manufacture - A fiber optic ferrule, preferably an MT-type ferrule, and connector design is provided that includes a unitary v-groove lens array (v-lens). The v-lens comprises a plurality of lenses and corresponding plurality of open v-grooves to align optical fibers with the plurality of lenses. Because the v-groove lens array is a unitary structure, high precision manufacturing is required for only the v-groove lens array, and not for other components forming the ferrule. A housing holds the v-groove lens array and preferably comprises a cantilever configured to retain the optical fibers substantially within their corresponding v-grooves. An opening in the housing allows an adhesive to be placed in contact with the housing, optical fibers and v-groove lens array thereby retaining the various components in a fixed relationship. A fiber optic connector may include the fiber optic ferrule in accordance with the present invention disposed within a suitable connector housing. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154885 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical transmission connector according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a holder portion including an element housing portion for housing a photoelectric effect element and a plug housing portion for housing an optical transmission plug; and a metal fixing leg that is formed of a metal plate and fixes the holder portion to a mounting substrate. The optical transmission connector includes an extension arm portion that extends from a side on which the metal fixing leg is disposed to a plug insertion base of the holder portion into which the optical transmission plug is inserted and has an extremity that is exposed at a plug insertion side surface of the plug insertion base. The metal fixing leg and the extension arm portion are formed of a single metal plate. | 2009-06-18 |