25th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090154886 | Multi-zone scanned-beam imager - Embodiments relate to scanning a plurality of light beams across a corresponding plurality of zones in a field of view and collecting scattered light to enable an image of the field of view to be formed that spans the plurality of zones. According to an embodiment, a scanning endoscope tip may include structures configured to launch the plurality of scanned beams toward respective zones and receive separate light scattered from the respective beams impinging upon the respective zones. According to an embodiment, an image processor is operable to receive detection signals from corresponding light detectors and reconstruct an image of the field of view spanning the plurality of zones. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154887 | ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC GATES USING NONLINEAR ELEMENTS - CLAIM SET V - An all-optical logic gates comprises a nonlinear element such as an optical resonator configured to receive optical input signals, at least one of which is amplitude-modulated to include data. The nonlinear element is configured in relation to the carrier frequency of the optical input signals to perform a logic operation based on the resonant frequency of the nonlinear element in relation to the carrier frequency. Based on the optical input signals, the nonlinear element generates an optical output signal having a binary logic level. A combining medium can be used to combine the optical input signals for discrimination by the nonlinear element to generate the optical output signal. Various embodiments include all-optical AND, NOT, NAND, NOR, OR, XOR, and XNOR gates and memory latch. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154888 | Bend Resistant Multimode Optical Fiber - Bend resistant multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular portion comprising a depressed relative refractive index which is spaced from the core at least 0.5 microns and less than 4 microns. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154889 | Studio booth with bi-directional transmission of content - A method to generate bi-directional content by receiving promotional data and by producing in an area of restricted size while minimizing perspective distortion and subject distortion a recording of an individual that produces the illusion that the individual is located in a different locale. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154890 | CONTENT REPLAY APPARATUS, CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTENT REPLAY METHOD, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A content replay apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a property extracting unit, a detecting unit, and an output unit. The obtaining unit obtains a content to be played. The property extracting unit extracts property values of the content. The detecting unit detects, when a replay instruction is input, a start point of a specific scene of the content, the start point having a property value equal to or more than a threshold and closest to an input time of the replay instruction. The output unit outputs the content from the start point. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154891 | INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC POP ADVERTISING APPARATUS - An information playback apparatus includes a storage memory removably attached to a main unit and in which compressed moving image file data are electrically stored; an MPEG decoder in the main unit for reading the data and decompressing it; an NTSC encoder in the main unit for converting playback image data obtained by decompressing the moving image file data into image data in a predetermined output format; an LCD on the main unit or outside of the main unit for displaying the image data in a predetermined display area; an a microcomputer for repeatedly playing back the image data in predetermined units of the compressed moving image file data. An electronic point of purchase (POP) advertising apparatus includes a sensor for detecting a person and also includes an electronic advertising unit presenting a predetermined POP advertisement in response to detection by the sensor. The electronic advertising unit includes a section for storing POP advertisements, a section for selecting a particular POP advertisement of the POP advertisements stored, and a section for outputting the particular POP advertisement in response to a detection signal output from the sensor. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154892 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHODS, AND A STORING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON COMPUTER PROGRAM TO PERFORM THE METHODS - Recording and reproduction apparatus and methods, and a computer program to execute the methods, capable of easily performing image processes on raw data for various image capturing modes. The recording apparatus includes an image processor for performing image processes into reproducible image data on raw data sequentially output from an imaging device in frames and generating processed image data in frames, an image capturing condition obtaining unit for obtaining image capturing conditions per frame, which are required for reading pixel data from the imaging device and are set when the processed image data is being recorded, and a storage medium recorder for sequentially recording the raw data in frames, the processed image data in frames, and the image capturing condition in frames to a storage medium per frame. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154893 | Method and System for Sharing Annotations in a Communication Network - A method for sharing at least one annotation between a first user media terminal ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154894 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides video signal processing apparatuses comprising a first multiplexer, a constrained image converter and a second multiplexer. The first multiplexer receives a plurality of high-definition video signals and selectively outputs one of the received high-definition video signals. The constrained image converter converts the high-definition video signal outputted from the first multiplexer into a constrained form to generate a constrained video signal. The second multiplexer receives the high-definition video signal outputted from the first multiplexer and the constrained video signal, and selectively outputs one of them. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154895 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING A MOVING IMAGE, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHODS IS RECORDED - Apparatus and methods for recording and reproducing a moving image in which image data having a frame rate is easily reproduced together with audio data when images are simultaneously recorded with different frame rates when a moving image is imaged, and a recording medium in which a program for executing the methods is recorded. The apparatus and methods employ, for example, a timing detector an image processor, a frame number obtaining unit, and a medium recording unit recording which operate to reproduce image data with synchronized audio and video and record image data on a recording medium. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154896 | Video-Audio Recording Apparatus and Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus - An apparatus capable of reproducing or recording sounds with high reality sensation, including, for example, an image pickup unit for picking up an image and outputting a video signal representing a video image picked up, a sound acquisition unit supplied with sounds as an input to output an audio signal representing the input sound, a recording unit for recording the video signal output from the image pickup unit and the audio signal output from the sound acquisition unit, an object detector for detecting a location of a specific subject from the video signal, a sound extractor for extracting a sound corresponding to the detected specific subject from the audio signal, and a sound signal processor for adjusting a signal of the sound extracted by the sound extractor, on the basis of the location of the specific subject detected by the object detector. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154897 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A reproducing apparatus simultaneously reproduces a first video signal and a second video signal reproduced at any timing against the first video signal. A first (second) converting section outputs the first (second) video signal having a first frame frequency alternately for three successive frames and two successive frames to convert the first (second) video signal having the first frame frequency into the video signal having a second frame frequency. They have a relationship of 2 to 5. A controlling section performs control such that timing at which a field group of the three successive frames of the first video signal having the second frame signal is changed to a field group of the two successive frames thereof matches timing at which a field group of the three successive frames of the second video signal having the second frame signal is changed to a field group of the two successive frames thereof. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154898 | PROGRAM SEGMENTS DISPLAY BAR - A program segments display bar is described. In embodiment(s), a program segments display bar has still images that can include scene images and advertisement images. The scene images can each correspond to a different segment of television media content, such as a movie or television program, and are displayed in the program segments display bar to indicate a sequence of the television media content. The advertisement images can each correspond to a different advertisement and can be displayed in the program segments display bar to indicate where the different advertisements are included with the television media content. The program segments display bar can also include a focus that can be positioned proximate a still image to indicate that the still image is selectable. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154899 | RECORDED PROGRAMS RANKED BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS - Recorded programs ranked based on social networks is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor maintains recorded on-demand assets that can be requested by client devices to render as television media content for viewing. For a Network Digital Video Recording (nDVR) system, the recorded on-demand assets are recorded when initially distributed to the client devices as scheduled television media content. The content distributor can form a social network of members based on association(s) of viewers that correspond to one or more of the client devices, and can determine recommended on-demand assets from different ones of the recorded on-demand assets for the members of the social network. The content distributor can then communicate a recommended on-demand asset to a client device that corresponds to a member of the social network where the recommended on-demand asset is communicated for viewing without receiving a viewer selection of the recommended on-demand asset. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154900 | AUDIO AND VIDEO APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An audio and video (AV) apparatus includes a player module for playing audio and video files, generating audio and video signals, and an internal display and an internal speaker. The AV apparatus further includes: a first switch for generating first instructions; an output module for being externally connected to output the audio and video signals; and a control module connected to the first switch. The control module being configured for disabling the internal display and internal speaker at receiving the first instructions at a situation that the output module is externally connected to output the audio and video signals, and disabling the internal display while keeping the internal speaker enabled at receiving the first instruction at a situation that the output module is not externally connected. A method for controlling the audio and video apparatus is provided as well. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING DATA - A method and apparatus for reproducing data. The method includes downloading data in a local storage; and reproducing the data according to a predetermined reproduction order, wherein when data that is to be reproduced next has not yet been downloaded, the reproducing of the data according to the predetermined reproduction order includes: stopping data reproduction; and when downloading the data that is to be reproduced next is completed, reproducing data from the location where data reproduction stopped. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154902 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a recording setting unit configured to set a programmed recording based on an input of programmed-recording information that is used for performing programmed recording of a broadcast program, a reception-state checking unit configured to start a tuner at a predetermined time before a recording start time set by the recording setting unit and continuously checking a reception state of broadcast radio waves until the recording start time, a notifying unit configured to notify, if the reception-state checking unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is not a desired reception state, a notification indicating so, and a recording starting unit configured to start recording processing of the broadcast program if the reception-state checking unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is the desired reception state. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154903 | Memory medium, in particular a dvd disc, storing interactive movies - The present invention concerns a memory medium storing a set of sub-movies and one or more graphic interfaces, readable by a video player having a display on which it is apt to play at least one sequence of two or more sub-movies conditional on one or more selections made by at least one user through at least one control device apt to interact with the video player, characterised in that at least one of said one or more selections is made at the end of playing a first sub-movie for selecting a second sub-movie from a sub-set of sub-movies corresponding to the first sub-movie, at the end of playing the first sub-movie being displayed on the display at least one interface, corresponding to the first sub-movie, of said one or more graphic interfaces. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154904 | Recording Medium, Reproducing Device, Recording Method and Reproducing Method - On a BD-ROM, PlayList information is recorded. The PlayList information includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information specifies one of a plurality of AVClips as a MainClip, and defines a primary playback section (PlayItem) on the MainClip. The SubPath information specifies, among the rest of the AVClips, one AVClip as a SubClip, and defines, on the SubClip, a secondary playback section (SubPlayItem) to be synchronized with the primary playback section. The SubPath information includes In_Time information and Out_Time information which indicate In_Time and Out_Time, respectively, of the SubPlayItem. In_Time and Out_Time of the SubPlayItem match In_Time and Out_Time of the PlayItem. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154905 | Single Output H-Bridge Drive - Disclosed is a drive circuit for generating the drive current used to energize the windings of a motor. The drive circuit includes a data processing unit that produces two outputs used to control an H-bridge and generation of the drive current. One output, a commutation signal, controls the timing of generation of drive current. The drive current in turn is determined based on the other output, a speed signal. The speed signal waveform includes blanking portions to avoid occurrences of shoot through in the H-bridge. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154906 | System and Method for Controlling Multiple DC Fans - A system and method for controlling multiple cooling fans is presented. The circuitry for directly driving each of the motors is removed from the motor casings, thus increasing air flow and reducing replacement costs should a motor fail. The system includes a common processor for centrally controlling the speeds of the motors and monitoring the performance of each of the multiple motors. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154907 | Hand dryer apparatus - A hand inserting portion is opened at one surface of a casing or at both the one surface and other surface of the casing. The hand inserting portion includes a space in which hands can be accommodated. A high-pressure-airstream generating unit generates a high-speed airstream. A nozzle is provided on each of two opposing sides of the hand inserting portion, from which the high-speed airstream is jetted into the space of the hand inserting portion. The nozzle includes a hole array formed by arranging a plurality of nozzle holes in a row. Air volume of the high-speed airstream is larger at a central portion of the hole array than at other portions of the hole array. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154908 | Delivery of Iodine Gas - A method and system for delivering iodine gas is presented. The pure iodine gas flow can be at a controlled, known flow rate, and furthermore be held at a positive pressure in relation to a process chamber. In an exemplary embodiment, pure iodine gas is transported without the use of an inert carrier gas. This is facilitated in part by maintaining the iodine gas chamber at a higher pressure than the processing chamber. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154909 | LIQUID-HEATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - Liquid-heating device ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154910 | Camera with Acceleration Sensor - A method and system for determining camera positioning information from an accelerometer mounted on a camera. The accelerometer measures the orientation of the camera with respect to gravity. Orientation measurement allows user interface information to be displayed in a “right side up” orientation on a viewfinder for any camera orientation. Alternatively, an artificial horizon indicator may be displayed in the viewfinder. The accelerometer may also measure camera movement. Camera movement information together with camera orientation can be used to determine camera usage. Additionally, camera movement information can be used to determine a minimum shutter speed for a sharp picture. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154911 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to convert an object image into an image signal, a vibration detection unit configured to detect a vibration and output information about the vibration, a correction unit moving in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis configured to correct the vibration, a target position calculation unit configured to calculate a target position to which the correction unit is moved based on the information about the vibration output from the vibration detection unit, a position detection unit configured to detect a present position of the correction unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate a difference between the present position and the target position, and a determination unit configured to determine whether a force acting on the imaging apparatus is a gravitational force based on the information about the vibration and a cycle of the vibration. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154912 | Multi-axis dome camera - A multi-axis dome camera includes a base having a support bracket fixedly mounted thereon and a pivoted bracket pivotally connected to an upper end of the support bracket to be 180-degree vertically turnable relative to the latter; a rotating disc being connected to a top of the pivoted bracket to produce a right angle, so that the rotating disc is able to conduct directly on the pivoted bracket the adjustment of an angle by which a captured image is presented; and a camera lens mounted on the rotating disc to rotate along with the rotating disc. With the above arrangements, the camera lens may change in its vertical and horizontal positions to capture images presented in more different directions. The multi-axis dome camera requires fewer parts to enable reduced manufacturing cost and is therefore suitable for mass production. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154913 | LIGHT QUANTITY CONTROL DEVICE - A light quantity control device includes: a bottom board having an opening; a first blade, a supporting blade and a second blade linearly moving in opposing directions and controlling light quantity passing through the opening; and a driving lever connected to the set of blades and driving the set of blades by rotation of the driving lever. The driving lever rotates within degrees centering on a phantom line A passing through a rotational center of the driving lever and being parallel with the moving directions of the blades. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154914 | LIGHT QUANTITY CONTROL DEVICE - A light quantity control device includes: a bottom board having an opening; a first blade, a supporting blade, and a second blade linearly moved in opposing directions and controlling the opening to a fully open state, a fully closed state, and a small aperture state; a driving lever connected to the set of blades and driving the set of blades by rotation of the driving lever; and a stopper restricting a rotational range of the driving lever. The set of blades controls the opening to the small aperture state when the driving lever is positioned at one end of the rotational range defined by the stopper. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154915 | Camera - A camera capable of closing a barrier in accordance with need, even an interchangeable lens is mounted. The camera is provided with a connection portion, a barrier member and a barrier control section. The connection portion is detachably connected with the interchangeable lens and is provided with an aperture portion, which allows object light to pass therethrough. The barrier member is movably provided, in the state the interchangeable lens is connected with the connection portion, between a closed position, the barrier member closes off the aperture portion of the connection portion, and an open position, the barrier member is withdrawn from the light path. The barrier control section judges a state of mounting of the interchangeable lens to the connection portion, controls the barrier member to the closed position if the interchangeable lens is not mounted, and to the open position if mounted and a predetermined first condition is satisfied. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154916 | Method and Apparatus for GPON GEM Error Correction Implementation - A method and a device of enhancing data integrity using hash function for data transmission over an optical network are disclosed. The device includes a hash circuit, a lookup circuit, a vector circuit, and a correcting circuit. The hash circuit is capable of performing a hash function and configured to generate a hash value in response to a value of header error correction (“HEC”) encapsulated in a gigabit passive optical network (“GPON”) frame. The lookup circuit is capable of obtaining a data entry from a lookup table in a memory in accordance with the hash value. While the vector circuit generates an error vector in response to the data entry, the correcting circuit corrects an error or errors in the header portion of a data structure encapsulated in the GPON frame. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154917 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELEMENTS THEREOF - A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) device is described. The PIC device includes a set of optical transceivers including optical transmitters and optical receivers, and an embedded optical interconnect mesh operatively associated with the set of optical transceivers and structured to enable at least one of the following network architectures: a star network architecture, a bus/broadcast network architecture, and a ring network architecture. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154918 | DATA TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH AN EMBEDDED COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - A network comprising at least one host device having an interface card connected to a backplane of said host device, wherein said interface card comprises at least one cage for receiving a pluggable module which provides at least one embedded communication channel which exchanges performance monitoring data and configuration data between said pluggable module and a far end device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154919 | PULSED HIGH LOSS LOOP BACK SIGNALLING SCHEME - An optical transmission system comprises two optical fibbers carrying optical signal traffic between two terminals, and a plurality of optical repeaters coupled to the two fibers each repeater having a permanently connected passive high loss loop back circuit between the two fibers. One terminal includes a transmitter, which launches a pulsed supervisory signal on a dedicated supervisory wavelength into one optical fiber, and a receiver, which detects a portion of the supervisory signal looped back from each repeater in order to identify the existence and location of faults in the transmission system. The pulsed supervisory signal is of sufficiently short duration such that portions of the signal returned from each repeater do not overlap with one another and interference with the counter-propagating traffic is avoided by utilising a dedicated supervisory wavelength. Each return pulse is integrated sequentially by a single detector and processed by heterodyne reception and synchronous demodulation. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154920 | ETHERNET SERVICE CONFIGURATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - An Ethernet service configuration device, method, and system in a passive optical network (PON) are provided. The device includes a PON protocol processing module, an Ethernet module, and at least one service module based on Ethernet which are sequentially connected. The Ethernet module includes a media access control (MAC) bridge port configuration data management entity (ME) and an Ethernet service end node ME connected with each other. The service module based on Ethernet includes at least one non-Ethernet service functional end node ME correlated with the Ethernet service end node ME. According to the device, method, and system, the coupling between Ethernet service configuration and all kinds of service and/or device configurations based on Ethernet is reduced, which is propitious to the ONT maintenance and modularization configuration. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154921 | Control system and method for optical communication device application - The objective of the present invention is to provide with control system and method for optical communication device application, the system and the method cooperatively controlling software and an optical device controller (hardware) contributing a plurality of loops, at least one of which having a singularity more than first order. In order to achieve the objective, the present invention provide with the following configuration. CPU performs the temperature control task as the highest priority task, and the others as lower priority tasks: such as the wavelength control task, the laser output level control task and other kind of tasks | 2009-06-18 |
20090154922 | Pilot Tones for Optical Signal Wavelength Identification and Power Measurement - A method of optical communication includes providing a plurality of optical signals each associated with a distinct channel of a composite optical signal. A unique pilot tone signature is superimposed on each channel. The spectral composition of each signature includes a plurality of frequencies. In one embodiment, binary frequency shift keying at a frequency f | 2009-06-18 |
20090154923 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - Provided is a wavelength selective switch (WSS), and more particularly, a wavelength selective switch for electrically switching a wavelength without physical displacement. The wavelength selective switch includes an optical demultiplexer for dividing an input optical signal into signals having wavelengths corresponding to respective channels, selecting either the optical signal of each channel obtained by dividing the input optical signal or an optical signal input via an add port, and outputting the selected optical signal; and an optical multiplexer including an optical deflecting unit for individually deflecting the optical signals of the respective channels received from the optical demultiplexer according to supplied current or applied voltage, wherein the optical signal of each channel deflected by the optical deflecting unit is output to a specific output port. In the wavelength selective switch, current is supplied to the optical deflectors to switch the channels, resulting in higher reliability, smaller volume and higher switching speed than a conventional wavelength selective switch using mechanical displacement to switch channels. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154924 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK WITH WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - In one embodiment, a passive optical network is provided that includes: an optical line terminal (OLT) configured to transmit a plurality of downstream signals into a corresponding plurality of passive optical networks and to receive a corresponding plurality of upstream signals from the plurality of passive optical networks, wherein each downstream signal is separated in wavelength from the remaining wavelength signals, and wherein each upstream signal is separated in wavelength from the remaining upstream signal; a Mux/Demux configured to multiplex the downstream signals from the OLT into a optical fiber and to demultiplex upstream signals from the optical fibers to the OLT; and a splitter configured to split the downstream signals from the OLT to a plurality of optical network units such that each optical network unit receives the plurality of downstream signals. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154925 | HIGH PERFORMANCE GIGABIT PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A system includes an optical line terminal (OLT) that includes an OLT transmitter. The OLT transmitter includes one or more fixed wavelength optical sources that generate an optical signal at a first wavelength, and an optical waveguide that transmits the optical signal at the first wavelength in an optical network. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154926 | Highly reliable backbone video distribution architecture - An optical network for providing a plurality of end users with video content, which includes a plurality of video head ends, each coupled to a pair of video hub offices via a plurality of diverse optical communication paths, where each hub office is coupled to a plurality of video serving offices via a pair of optical fibers arranged in a ring structure to provide a working link and a protection link, each video serving office adapted and arranged for distributing video content to a plurality of end users. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154927 | MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION VIA SUB-CARRIER GROUPS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for communicating over a multi-carrier communication channel. In the method, sub-carrier frequencies that are reserved for communication between a pair of nework nodes are associated with different sub-carrier groups, where the sub-carriers of each sub-carrier group are assigned a common transmission characteristic that is independent of the transmission characteric for the other sub-carrier groups. Other methods and devices are also disclosed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154928 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER HAVING FLAT WAVELENGTH RESPONSE - Provided is a wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer having a flat wavelength response. In the wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer, a modified taper-shaped optical waveguide is interposed between an input waveguide and a first slab waveguide, such that the distribution of an optical signal input to an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) has a sinc-function shape. Thus, a flat wavelength response can be obtained in an output waveguide. In addition, the modified taper-shaped optical waveguide interposed to obtain a flat wavelength response has a small size and a simple structure, and thus can be applied to a conventional wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer without a design change. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154929 | GAIN EQUALIZER, OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, LOSS COMPENSATION METHOD, AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION METHOD - A gain equalizer for compensation a variation of intensity among a plurality of optical signals each including a different wavelength in a wavelength multiplexed optical signal includes an input part for receiving the wavelength multiplexed optical signal, an outputting part and a gain equalizing unit for repeatedly giving a loss to the wavelength multiplexed optical signal received by the input part, and for outputting the wavelength multiplexed optical signal to the outputting part. Here, the loss is set for each wavelength and is smaller than a loss characteristic required for compensation the variation of intensity. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154930 | PLUGGABLE MODULE FOR A NETWORK WITH ADD-DROP FUNCTIONALITY - The invention provides a network and a method for bidirectional transport of data and in particular a pluggable module for bidirectional transport of data via at least one optical fibre between host devices providing an add/drop functionality by means of an integrated bandwidth adaption unit. The network comprises at least one host device having an interface card connected to a backplane of the host device, wherein the interface card comprises at least one cage for receiving a pluggable module which provides the add/drop functionality between an optical interface and the electrical host interface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154931 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING RAMAN SCATTERING - A light beam which is used for transmitting a wavelength division multiplex signal is guided to a Bragg grating via an adjustable mirror. According to the angle of incidence of the light beam relative to the longitudinal axis of the Bragg grating, different transmission characteristic curves having different gradients are produced. As a result thereof, scattering of the wavelength division multiplex signal can be compensated. A second controllable mirror enables the damping to be adjusted. A control device effects a rapid correction of the scattering after data signals are connected or disconnected. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154932 | Pluggable Module with Integrated Time Division Multiplexing - A network comprising at least one host device having an interface card connected to a backplane of said host device, wherein said interface card comprises at least one cage for receiving a pluggable module wherein the pluggable module comprises Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) between an optical network interface and an electrical host interface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154933 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR NETWORK OF INPUT DEVICES WITH AUTOMATIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION - Apparatus, methods, and systems for centrally and uniformly controlling the operation of a variety of devices, such as communication, consumer electronic, audio-video, analog, digital, 1394, and the like, over a variety of protocols within a network system and, more particularly, a control system and uniform user interface for centrally controlling these devices in a manner that appears seamless and transparent to the user. In a one embodiment, the control system will detect sync/digital video signals from an IR controlled device coupled to an input port of a primary display and control unit of the system. By testing IR power command codes, the control system can automatically identify which power commands will cause a change in input at the input port and, thus, automatically configure the control of the IR controlled device coupled to the input port. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154934 | Optical Transceiver Method and Apparatus - An optical transceiver ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154935 | BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL LINK OVER A SINGLE MULTIMODE FIBER OR WAVEGUIDE - A transceiver for use in a bidirectional optical communication link over a multimode channel is provided. The transceiver includes a single transverse mode light source in a transmitter. A waveguide or fiber based bidirectional coupler projects the transmitter mode to the high modes of the multimode channel. A detector coupled to predominantly all the modes of the channel via the waveguide or fiber based bidirectional coupler. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154936 | Machine with optical communication from a first machine part to a second machine part which rotates relative to the first machine part - To enable signals to be transmitted from a fixed machine part to a machine part opposite same which rotates on a hollow shaft or vice versa, light must be able to be transmitted or received over the entire circumference. This is achieved by using an optical waveguide which, unlike conventional optical waveguides, is designed to couple out some of the light passing through it and, conversely, to allow light to enter, at any locations on its circumference. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154937 | APPARATUS FOR RESTORING CLOCK SIGNAL BY USING CIRCULATOR - Provided is an apparatus and method for restoring clock signals by using a circulator in an optical transmission system. The apparatus includes a circulator, which allows one of N types of input data signals having different transmission speeds to circulate in a single direction, band pass filters, which extract N types of clock frequency components respectively corresponding to each transmission speed of the N types of input data signals, and clock amplifiers, which amplify each of the N types of clock frequency components. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154938 | IN-CHANNEL RESIDUAL CHROMATIC DISPERSION MEASUREMENT - A system generates optical pulses, that include two frequencies within one optical channel, at a first end of an optical link, and receives the optical pulses at a second end of the optical link. The system also sets a frequency difference for the two frequencies of the optical pulses, calculates a relative group delay difference for the two frequencies of the optical pulses, and calculates a residual chromatic dispersion of the channel based on the frequency difference and the calculated relative group delay difference. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154939 | Method of allocating bandwidth of passive optical network - In a method of allocating a bandwidth of a passive optical network, downward data are transmitted by varying a wavelength based on a wavelength division method and upward data are transmitted using a time division method. Thereby, by efficiently allocating a network bandwidth, data can be transmitted and by realizing statistical multiplexing, transmission efficiency can be improved. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154940 | BALANCED OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR - An apparatus and method for reducing electrical signal intermodulation by processing a balanced electrical signal in the optical domain in a manner adapted to reduce noise and second order intermodulation, and converting the processed optical signal back to an electrical domain signal with either a single or balanced (differential) outputs. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154941 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONTROL UTILIZING CORRECTED FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION ERROR LOCATION IDENTIFIERS - The present invention provides systems and methods for communication system control utilizing corrected forward error correction (FEC) error location identifiers in multi-level modulation scheme systems. The present invention utilizes precise error correction information, available for each FEC block of a particular code (including, but not limited to, block codes and concatenated block codes employing iterative decoding as well as convolutional codes (including turbo codes) and low-density parity-check code (LDPC) class codes) used (e.g., Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH), Reed-Solomon, etc.), as a result of the FEC decoding process to provide feedback to close the loop for control of a demodulator (i.e., receiver). Each error location can be uniquely traced back to a particular sub-rate signal path, with running, post-FEC corrected BER (bit error rate) calculations generated on each sub-rate signal. Advantageously, this provides the ability to adjust thresholds and various other parameters to achieve and maintain error-free operation quickly. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154942 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a developer carrier ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154943 | ON DEMAND FUSER AND RELATED METHOD - A variable shaped heated fusing member for fusing toner to sheets of receiver media with one or more support members in contact with said heated fusing member such that the contact member is capable of changing said fuser member shape as determined by a suitable manual input or electronic analysis of the image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154944 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of more reliably detecting patches formed on a recording medium while suppressing an increase in the consumption of printing media and toners. In an image forming apparatus which detects the density or color of each patch of a patch array fixed on a recording medium that is conveyed and corrects an image formation condition based on the detection result, the patches are formed as the patch array so that the conveyance-direction length of each patch gradually increases in an order of detection by the patch detection unit, and the conveyance-direction length of each patch gradually increases according to increasing of a detection position variation amount of a patch in the order of detection by the patch detection unit. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154945 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an embodiment of the present invention, an image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt that primarily transfers a toner image formed on a photosensitive drum; a secondary transfer unit including a transfer mechanism portion that secondarily transfers the primarily transferred toner image to a paper; an optical sensor that detects a reference toner image on the transfer belt; and a shutter that protects a detection face of the optical sensor, wherein a separation/contact mechanism portion disposed so as to be brought into contact with both of the shutter and the secondary transfer unit is provided, and the separation/contact mechanism portion allows the shutter to move so as to open and allows the secondary transfer unit to move so as to separate from the transfer belt when the reference toner image is detected by the optical sensor, and allows the shutter to move so as to separate from the transfer belt when the secondary transfer unit is drawn out from an apparatus main body. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154946 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, an exposure device performs exposure on a non-image area of image pattern, performs an exposure on the image area in an exposure amount lower than the non-image area or does not perform exposure, and an exposure amount control device controls, with respect to pixels having the same density data, an exposure amount given by an exposure device to be smaller in a first portion, which is a thin-line of a width that is equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels or which is an isolated dot of widths that are equal to or less than the predetermined number of pixels in two directions substantially orthogonal to each other, than in a second portion which is a line of a width exceeding the predetermined number or a surface of widths that exceed the predetermined number in two directions substantially orthogonal to each other. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154947 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CONTROLLER DRIVING IMAGE CARRIERS - An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes image carriers arranged side by side in a preselected direction, developing means each for forming a toner image on one of the image carriers, a drive mechanism for driving in the preselected direction a member to which toner images are to be sequentially transferred from the image carriers one above the other, and image transferring devices each for transferring a toner image from one of the image carriers to the above member. At east during an image forming process, a slip condition is substantially the same throughout all image transfer positions where the image carriers face the members. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154948 | ENHANCED FUSER OFFSET LATITUDE METHOD - Electrophotographic printing of one or more layers of toner using a method of enhancing fuser offset latitude to enable the printing of a wide range of toner mass laydown using electrophotography. This method encompasses the steps of forming multicolor toner images, determining the amount of clear overcoat mass laydown as a function of the color mass laydown or non-raised mass laydown and fusing the clear toner overcoat and the multicolor toner image at a fusing temperature determined by the maximum total mass laydown and the nip width to provide good adhesion to the receiver member while optimizing fuser offset latitude. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154949 | PRINTER WITH MODULAR CARTRIDGE | 2009-06-18 |
20090154950 | Upper Seal for Inhibiting Doctor Blade Toner Leakage - A seal assembly for inhibiting toner leakage comprises a j-seal received by a developer housing in a toner cartridge. The j-seal has an upper seat portion engagably sealing with a doctor blade seal and a leg for slidably sealing of a developer roll. The upper seat portion has an upper seat inner seal wall and an upper seat outer seal wall spaced apart a preselected distance from said upper seat inner seal wall and defining a gap therebetween. A doctor blade seal engages the upper seat inner and outer seal walls and a doctor blade bracket assembly disposed adjacent the j-seal and the doctor blade seal. The doctor blade seal further has a tongue disposed within the gap for interlocking said j-seal and sealably engaging the doctor blade bracket assembly. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154951 | Developer Roll Lip Seal - A toner seal comprises a j-shaped seal having an upper seat portion and a leg portion, the leg having a front face extending between first and second edges of said leg portion, a lip seal extending along at least one of the first and second edges of the leg, and, the lip seal having a length extending from the upper seat portion along the leg. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154952 | Developing Apparatus, Process Cartridge, and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing apparatus comprises: a housing having an opening that opens towards an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and a developer storing unit in which a developer is stored; a developer carrier that carries the developer stored in the developer storing unit and transports the developer to a developing region in opposition to the image carrier; a partitioning frame arranged in a groove formed between the developer carrier and the developer storing unit of the housing, that is provided with a connecting hole which enables connect between the developer storing unit and the opening; a partition arranged on a side surface of the partitioning frame; and a closely contact section that causes the partitioning frame to closely contact to the groove. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154953 | Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components - Systems and methods of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge including the replacement a rotatable member, such as an organic photo conductor (OPC) drum or toner adder roller, for example, in the imaging cartridge without detaching the rotatable member retaining elements, such as end caps, for example, and installing a replacement rotatable element without disturbing the rotatable member retaining elements end caps. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154954 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR MEDIA OUTPUT OPTION USABILITY AND INTERCHANGEABILITY - An electrophotographic device is provided for transferring a copy of an image from at least one first media sheet to at least one second media sheet. The device has a height, a width, and a depth defining a device external dimension, and also a width and depth defining a horizontal footprint of the device. The device includes a body adapted to receive therein at least one interchangeable media output module, which module when placed at a predetermined operating position is integrated into the path of travel of a media sheet passing through the device. A variety of interchangeable media output modules may be provided, including without limitation a multi-bin mailbox module, an automated media fastener module, an offset media stacker module, and combinations thereof. Advantageously, inclusion of one or more of the interchangeable media output modules does not alter the electrophotographic device external dimension and/or footprint. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154955 | IMAGING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - An electrophotographic imaging unit includes a photoconductor housing, a developer housing, and a support. The photoconductor housing is configured to rotatably support a photoconductor drum. The developer housing is configured to accommodate developer and a developer roller. The support is configured to rotatably support the developer roller at opposite ends thereof. The photoconductor housing and the developer housing are hinged together at one side, and movable relative to each other at another side to open and close the imaging unit to sandwiched the support between the photoconductor housing and the developer housing when the imaging unit is closed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154956 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A developer supply container ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154957 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer unit has a belt unit having a belt and a cleaning unit for cleaning the belt. The belt unit and the cleaning unit are integratedly provided. The cleaning unit is movable for the belt unit. The transfer unit is detachable for an apparatus main body. A position of the cleaning unit for the belt unit before the transfer unit is attached to the apparatus main body is different from a position of the cleaning unit for the belt unit after the transfer unit is attached to the apparatus main body. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154958 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus for curing UV curable adhesive applied to an optical module includes a UV light source, a UV blocking member and a conveyer device. The UV light source emits UV light. The UV blocking member forming a UV light-tight region with the UV light source received therein. The conveyer for conveying the optical module through UV light-tight region to cure the UV curable adhesive by exposure to the UV light. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154959 | IMAGE SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SCANNING UNIT - A pair of carriage rails are provided in parallel to each other in a casing. A carriage moves along the carriage rails. Both ends in a longitudinal direction of each of the carriage rails are fixed to the casing. A cross member functioning as a lens base is suspended between the carriage rails. Both ends of the cross member are fixed to a section between both the ends of the carriage rails. Intermediate sections in the longitudinal direction of the carriage rails are coupled to sidewalls of the casing via a coupling section. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154960 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An objective is to provide an organic photoreceptor exhibiting high sensitivity, suitable for exposure to a semiconductor laser having an emission wavelength of 350-500 nm or a light emitting diode, with which generation of memory images as well as image defects caused by very small charge leakage is inhibited, and also to provide an image forming apparatus fitted with the organic photoreceptor. Also disclosed is an organic photoreceptor possessing a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer provided on a conductive support, wherein the charge generation layer contains particles made of a condensed polycyclic pigment, having an average major axis length of 500 nm or less, an average aspect ratio of 2.5-5.0, and an aspect ratio variation coefficient of 16% or less. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154961 | DEVELOP UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A develop unit is configured to include a developer roller having a developer sleeve and a magnetic roller with a magnetic pole, a supply path formed in parallel with an axial direction of the developer roller, a supply screw supplying the developer to the developer roller, and a first bulkhead forming the supply path. In the developer unit, the magnetic pole is disposed so that a normal line through a maximum magnetic flux density point in a circumferential direction coincides with a tangent line to an upper portion of the supply screw in a rotary direction, the maximum magnetic flux density point being a point at which a density of a magnetic flux from the magnetic pole is maximum on an outer surface of the developer sleeve. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154962 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device visualizing an electrostatic latent image previously formed on the surface of an image carrier as toner image, comprising: a developing roller placed at a position facing the image carrier, carrying a toner on the surface thereof, conveying the toner and flying the conveyed toner onto the surface of the image carrier; and a resin layer coated on the surface of the developing roller, wherein the absolute value of the difference in charge between the toners in the upper and lower layers of the toner layer formed on the developing roller as the toner carried on the developing roller is 6 μC/g or less. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154963 | HYBRID DEVELOPING CARRIER, HYBRID DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A hybrid developing carrier, comprising a resin layer formed on an outermost surface, wherein the surface of said resin layer is provided with sites formed of an inorganic compound having basic points or acidic points and sites where the resin forming the resin layer is exposed, a hybrid developing device equipped with the hybrid developing carrier, and an image-forming apparatus equipped with the hybrid developing device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154964 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus controls the conveyance speed of a transfer material at the time a leading edge of the transfer material enters a transfer nip, to be slower than the moving speed of an image bearing member. Furthermore, the image forming apparatus controls the conveyance speed of the transfer material at the time a trailing edge of the transfer material exits the transfer nip, to be faster than the moving speed of the image bearing member. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154965 | CONTINUOUS INTERMEDIATE IMAGE CARRIER FOR AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER OR COPIER - A continuous intermediate image carrier for an electrophotographic printer or copier has an electrical conductivity in a thickness direction between two opposite measurement points which is smaller than between two laterally-offset measurement points on opposite sides of the intermediate image carrier. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154966 | EDGE WEAR REDUCING PRESSURE ROLLER AND AN ELELCTOSTATOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION MACHINE HAVING SAME - An edge wear reducing pressure roller is provided and comprises (a) a roll member having a cylindrical elastomeric outer layer including a longitudinal axis and a length having a first position for supporting a first edge of a copy sheet and a second position for supporting a second edge of the copy sheet; and (b) a cylindrical core located within the cylindrical outer layer also having the longitudinal axis, and a length for supporting the cylindrical elastomeric outer layer. The cylindrical core includes a first segment having a first diameter, and a second segment having a second diameter less than the first diameter for creating variation in elastomeric layer thickness. The second segment advantageously is located directly underneath the first position for supporting the first edge of the copy sheet, and the second position is advantageously located underneath the second position for supporting the second edge of the copy sheet. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154967 | Fuser device and image forming device - A fuser device includes a fusing member including an elastic layer on a surface side thereof and a cylindrical curved surface portion having a predetermined diameter, a heating member including a cylindrical curved surface portion having a predetermined diameter, the heating member having contact with the fusing member and heating the fusing member, and a pressure member including an elastic layer on a surface side thereof and a cylindrical curved surface portion having a predetermined diameter, the pressure member pressing the fusing member. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154968 | Ultra-Heated/Slightly Heated Steam Zones For Optimal Control Of Water Content In Steam Fuser - A dual-zone steam fuser for a xerographic system includes a ultra-heated first zone maintained at 200-500° C. that quickly heats a paper substrate to an optimal toner fusing temperature (e.g., 120-150° C.), and a second, relatively cool second zone for maintaining the substrate at the optimal temperature during completion of the fusing process. A conveying system conveys the substrate so that it exits the first zone and enters the second zone immediately after the substrate temperature reaches the optimal toner fusing temperature, and is maintained in the second zone for a predetermined fusing operation time period. The gas (e.g., steam) temperatures and timing are selected such that surface condensation is minimized during initial heating, and such that moisture content is normalized at the end of the fusing process. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154969 | Pressure-Controlled Steam Oven For Asymptotic Temperature Control Of Continuous Feed Media - A non-atmospheric pressure vapor oven system that utilizes a controllable pressure zone to facilitate fast phase change heat transfer at any desired temperature to heat or cool flat substrates, and to level temperatures across different locations of the substrates. The system enables the use of a heat transfer fluid, such as water, without being limited to a particular temperature, such as the fluid's natural boiling point at atmospheric pressure. The system includes a vapor oven (hermetic enclosure) defining a pressure chamber having sealed entry and exit ports for transferring an object (e.g., a sheet of paper) with added material (e.g., toner) through the pressure chamber, and a pressure regulation apparatus for setting the saturation temperature (boiling point) of heat transfer fluid inside the vapor oven to an optimal heating/cooling temperature by selectively controlling the pressure inside the hermetic enclosure. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154970 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus picks up each one of sheets stacked in a tray, allows a detecting sensor to detect whether a mark indicating a reusable sheet is assigned to the picked-up sheet, and cumulates the sheet in which the mark is not detected by the detecting sensor in a cumulative unit. The image forming apparatus erases a color of an image forming material by heating the sheet of which the mark is detected by the detecting sensor and receives the sheet of which the image forming material is erased in a sheet cassette. The image forming apparatus forms an image with the image forming material erasable by applying heat to the sheet received in the sheet cassette. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154971 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method using a cleaning blade which prevents the spherical toner to pass through a gap between the blade and a photosensitive member and which has durability so as to be less worn away or chipped, wherein it is possible to maintain cleaning performance over a long term even in high-speed printing using spherical toner, and a non-transferred toner and external additives dropping out from colored particles less causes filming on the photosensitive member and less gives damage to the surface of the photosensitive member, is provided. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154972 | COLLECTED DEVELOPER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A collected developer conveying device includes: a conveying passage through which collected developer is conveyed; a conveying member that is disposed in the conveying passage, and conveys the developer in the conveying passage by rotation thereof; a developer carrying body that holds developer on a surface thereof, and that is relatable; and a ventilation passage through which air passes from a developing container including the developer carrying body, wherein the conveying passage includes an air flow region formed in a part thereof upper than a rotational center of the conveying member in a gravitational direction, in a side of the conveying passage in which the conveying member rotates from an upper part of the conveying passage to a lower part thereof in the gravitational direction. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154973 | WASTE-TONER COLLECTING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A waste-toner collecting device includes a cleaning unit that collects waste toner remaining on an image carrier; a conveying belt that conveys the waste toner collected by the cleaning unit in a first direction; and a conveying screw that conveys the waste toner conveyed by the conveying belt in a second direction. An end of the conveying screw on a side of the conveying belt is rotatably supported by an inner wall of a body of the waste-toner collecting device in a state where the end of the conveying screw is in contact with the inner wall. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154974 | ORIGINAL COVER CLOSER WITH QUICKLY ADJUSTABLE ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY - An original cover closer of which the energy absorption capability can be freely adjusted by a damper is described. The adjustment of the energy absorption capability can be easily and quickly made by the user or serviceman without a need for disassembling. The original cover closer comprises: an attachment member to be mounted on the main body of a device; a support member pivotally connected to the attachment member and operable to support an original cover; a first and a second slider slidably installed in the support member; a compression coil spring interposed between the first and second sliders and operable to urge the original cover to open; and a fluid damper located in the compression coil spring. Particularly, the fluid damper comprises: a cylinder having a base end fixed to the first slider; a piston slidably installed in the cylinder; an abutment stem integrally provided on the piston and located in order that a tip portion of the abutment stem can come in contact with the second slider; a first fluid chamber formed on one side of the piston; a second fluid chamber formed on the other side of the piston; a viscous fluid with which the first fluid second fluid chambers are filled; a fluid conduit formed through the cylinder in order that the viscous fluid can move through the fluid conduit from the first fluid chamber to the second fluid chamber and vice versa; and a flow rate regulating needle valve formed in the fluid conduit and operable to adjust the speed of the viscous fluid passing through the fluid conduit when the piston slides in the cylinder. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154975 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a moving roller capable of axial movement; a medium end position detecting section for detection in the main scanning direction; and a control section for calculating the amount of misalignment of the medium from the detected end position; wherein the control section obtains the correction amount of the image forming position of the medium according to the amount of misalignment of the medium having been calculated, or the amount of misalignment of the medium and information of moving position of the roller, and provides control such that the medium or another medium coming later than the medium by a predetermined number of pages is moved by the moving roller by the difference between the correction amount of the image forming position and the amount of misalignment of the target medium, and the image forming position is corrected according to the correction amount. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED SHEET HOLD DOWN ON AN IMAGING TRANSPORT - A method of enhancing cut sheet edge hold-down on an imaging transport surface, the method including: (a) moving a cut sheet towards the sheet the imaging transport surface; (b) inducing a desired curl on one of the lead edge and trail edge of the cut sheet before the cut sheet enters the imaging transport surface, inducing a desired curl comprises inducing into the cut sheet a curl tending into the surface of the imaging transport surface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154977 | Method and Apparatus for Adjusting a Gap in a Printer - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for adjusting a gap in a printer. The apparatus includes the printer that has a print head transport shaft. The print head is slidably coupled to the transport shaft. The apparatus includes an adjusting plate comprising a groove. The adjusting plate is located at a first side of the printer. The adjusting plate is slidably coupled to the transport shaft via the groove. Moving the adjusting plate along a first axis changes a first position of the print head on the first side of the printer to form the gap. The first axis is perpendicular to the transport shaft. The apparatus also includes a spring. The spring biases the adjusting plate such that the groove is biased toward the transport shaft. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154978 | MEDIA FOR USE WITH ACTIVATION PRINTER AND ACTIVATION PRINTER THEREFOR - Media for use with an activation printer, the media comprising at least one surface having an array of pixels deposited thereon, each pixel containing at least one activatable colourant, wherein different pixels have different colourants and the pixels are arranged in a predetermined pattern, such that, in use, a multicolour image can be produced when the paper is passed through an activation printer. An activation printer for use with the above media comprising means for detecting the pattern of pixels in the array on the media so that the printer is able to determine which pixels on the paper to activate in order to produce the desired multicolour image. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154979 | INK RIBBON UNIT AND METHOD OF JUDGMENT OF INK RIBBON JAMMING - Magnetic force lines | 2009-06-18 |
20090154980 | DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR CONTROLLING SHARED ACCESS OF A MEDIA TRAY - A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design for controlling shared access of a media tray is disclosed. The design structure includes operations that include monitoring communications between a virtualized media tray and a computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray; receiving an access request from a requesting computing device not currently connected to the virtualized media tray; determining, in dependence upon the monitored communications between the virtualized media tray and the computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray, to switch connection of the virtualized media tray from the computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray to the requesting computing device; and switching connection of the virtualized media tray from the computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray to the requesting computing device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154981 | COMPUTER WRIST REST FOR NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS - An apparatus for relieving and preventing repetitive stress on a portion of a user's hand while using the keyboard and/or a mousing device on a notebook computer, the apparatus comprising: an elongated pad portion smaller in width than the bottom portion of the notebook computer; and a mousing opening cutout from the elongated pad portion adapted to surround the mousing portion of the notebook computer. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154982 | MULTICOLOR WRITING AND PAINTING INSTRUMENTS WITH MULTIPLE, BUNDLED, HARD, WEAR-RESISTANT NIBS - A multicolor writing and painting instrument may include a plurality of hard, wear-resistant nibs at an end of the tubular housing. Each nib may have a tip. The nibs may be bundled together such that the tips of the nibs lie in substantially the same plane and approximately on the circumference of a common circle. The instrument may include an ink reservoir for each of the nibs within the tubular housing. Each ink reservoir may be configured to hold a colored ink. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154983 | MULTI-COLOR WRITING AND PAINTING INSTRUMENTS WITH SINGLE NIB FED WITH USER-SELECTED COLORED INK - A multicolor writing and painting instrument for writing and painting on a writing surface may include an ink-receiving surface which may be configured to receive a flow of one of a plurality of different colored inks. The instrument may include a nib configured to deliver the flow of ink received by the ink-receiving surface to the writing surface. The instrument may include a separate ink reservoir configured to hold each of the different colored inks. The instrument may include a fluid delivery system configured to controllably channel ink from any one of the ink reservoirs to the ink-receiving surface. The instrument may include a color selection control configured to enable a user to select one of the colored inks and to cause the fluid delivery system to deliver the selected colored ink from the reservoir which is holding this ink to the ink-receiving surface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090154984 | Filled material extruding container - To enable a material extruding container to carry out various combined operations, first and second engagement portions ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090154985 | CONTROL SURFACES FOR APPLICATOR WITH MOVEABLE APPLICATOR HEAD - The present invention is directed to a cosmetic applicator comprising a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the handle comprises a drive; an applicator head operatively associated with the drive to move at least part of the applicator head relative to the handle; and a control surface disposed at the proximal end of the handle and operatively associated with the drive. The control surface may be rotatable about a control surface axis through a plurality of positions and the control surface axis may be aligned with the longitudinal axis of the handle. The control surface may be moveable through a plurality of positions. The applicator may comprise an additional control surface, such as a second control surface or temporary control surface, which may be operated independently or in combination with the first control surface. | 2009-06-18 |