25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120155752 | GEOMETRIC FEATURE BASED IMAGE DESCRIPTION AND FAST IMAGE RETRIEVAL - An apparatus and method for processing pictures (images, graphics or video frames) for image representation and comparison on the basis of a geometric feature description built from histograms of pseudo-color saturation. The feature description can also include normalized centroid variance, as well as an intensity map. The descriptions allow various matching comparisons to be performed between an input image and a set of comparison images, such as to find matching (or mismatching, or other relationship) images. The comparison can be sped using staged comparisons, whereby an image failing one level of comparison need not be considered in subsequent phases. A set of efficient image feature descriptors are described for use in a fast image retrieval scheme, which is efficient for searching of images spanning different image types, rotations and scales. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LIGHT SOURCE - A method and apparatus for estimating a light source in an image obtained by an image device are provided. The light source estimating apparatus includes: a brightness-color correlation calculator which calculates brightness-color correlation data from an image of an object generated from at least one image frame; a color balance calculator which calculates a color balance of an entire region of the image and a color balance of a neutral gray region of the image having an average color of gray; a characteristic data generating unit which generates characteristic data of the image based on the brightness-color correlation data, the color balance of the entire region and the color balance of the neutral gray region; and an identifier which determines a type of a light source in the image, based on the characteristic data of the image. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155754 | Finding text regions from coloured image independent of colours | 2012-06-21 |
20120155755 | SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING DATA - A method and system including capturing a video stream including embedded data, segmenting the video stream into a plurality of video frames included therein, locating a color mass, denoted C′, for each color element of every individual video frame of the plurality of video frames by summing color value coordinates for a given color element included in the individual video frame, locating a color mass, denoted C, for each color element of a corresponding individual video frame, the corresponding individual video frame corresponding a video frame which does not include embedded data, subtracting C from C′, and deriving, from a result of the subtraction, a value of a first coordinate and a second coordinate, the first coordinate and the second coordinate including coordinates of a vector, the vector corresponding to a string of bits including information embedded in the individual video frame. Related apparatus, methods and systems are also described. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155756 | METHOD OF SEPARATING FRONT VIEW AND BACKGROUND AND APPARATUS - A method of initially estimating a front view portion of a photographed image and separating the photographed image into a front view and a background without user interaction and apparatus performing the method are provided. The method of separating a front view and a background of an image includes dividing one or more pixels included in a photographed image into pixel groups according to color similarity between the pixels, estimating the position of the front view in the image divided into the pixel groups, and separating the front view and the background based on the estimated position of the front view. The method automatically separates the front view and the background of the image without a user input. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACE DETECTION USING FACE REGION LOCATION AND SIZE PREDICTIONS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - In one exemplary embodiment, a face detection method implemented in a computer system estimates location and size of face candidate regions for an input image, which includes image regionalization, region labeling and feature capturing, distance transform, and face location and size estimation, to predict at least a face location and size range for the input image. According to the at least a predicted face location and size range, the method further performs an adaptive face detection until a predicted face region is verified. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155758 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WITH THREE ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS - Electronic component which modifies, by electronic re-equilibration, mechanical efficiencies, audio-visual effects, and food products. The electronic component eCRT is a regulator which, like entropy, regulates the exchanges of natural equilibrium of the information of electro-magnetic charges with electronic charges. This equilibrium is to naturally clean the air and the excess of magnetic charges around apparatus or in inert products that have accumulated non-useful electrons which are then absorbed, attracted captured by the trap of the metallic components. Nanotechnology makes it possible to see the migration of the magnetic fields converted into electric current whose piezo is fed in order to vibrate. These functions are all natural but, associated together, they create novel functions specific to this method. This vision of nano-technology makes it possible to solve, on a large scale, invisible solutions, through a vision of suitable scale. The application to sound in ambient space of the eCRT electronic component is the supreme demonstration of the audio magnetic loss captured by the piezo-electricity eCRT which captures the magnetic field instantaneously and transforms the magnetic information into electric current, according to the audio modulation. This audio electrical modulation by the thirst, the transience of the piezoelectricity is transformed into audible mechanical motion of the sound lost initially by the coil. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155759 | ESTABLISHING CLUSTERS OF USER PREFERENCES FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - An image enhancement system may match images to a matrix having various enhancements of images for groups of users. The matrix may define image enhancement settings for the particular images and groups of users, and the matching may apply enhancements to a new image that closely matches a user's preferences. After the matrix is initially populated, new users and new images may be added to increase the matrix's accuracy. The image enhancement system may be deployed as a cloud service, where images may be enhanced as a standalone application or as part of a social network or image sharing website. In some embodiments, the image enhancement system may be deployed on a personal computer or as a component of an image capture device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155760 | IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In an image correction method, an image of an object is captured, and a standard image of the object is obtain from a storage system of a computing device. A target area contains most image characteristics of the object is determined from the standard image of the object, and a standard pixel block having N×N pixels is extracted from the target area. The captured image is divided into M pixel blocks having N×N pixels. Each of the pixel blocks of the captured image are analyzed with the standard pixel block. A pixel value of each pixel of the captured image is corrected according the analysis, and the corrected image is output to a display device of a computing device for display. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155761 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus capable of performing chromatic aberration of magnification and noise reduction without decrease in processing performance and increase in the cost is provided. A format conversion circuit in the image processing apparatus converts first image data including an array of color components of red (R), green (G1 and G2), and blue (B) into second image data including the color components of R and B and a luminance component by performing false color suppression processing on the first image data separately using the color components of G1 and G2, and stores the data in an image buffer region. A circuit for correcting chromatic aberration of magnification reads the second data stored in the image buffer region and performs the correction of chromatic aberration of magnification. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155762 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing method wherein an edge is detected from an image to which a sharpening process is to be applied, and on the basis of a length of the edge which is present near a pixel to which the sharpening process is to be applied, the strength of the sharpening process to the pixel is determined. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WHITE BALANCE - A method and apparatus for white balancing. The method comprising estimating the color temperature of at least a portion of the image, wherein the color temperature estimation algorithm is based on computing histogram correlations of at least a portion of at least one reference image and at least a portion of at least one target image, and correcting the white balance of at least a portion of the image utilizing the estimated color temperature. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155764 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an obtaining unit obtaining image data of images; a dividing unit dividing the obtained image into N blocks; a designation unit sequentially designating the M blocks among the N blocks as the blocks to be updated; a histogram generation unit generating histograms of the obtained image data; a histogram storage unit sequentially updating and storing the generated histogram; a change determination unit determining a change in the obtained image, on the basis of the degree of similarity between the histogram of the generated M blocks and the histogram of the M blocks in the past corresponding to the generated M blocks which are stored; a normalization determination unit determining whether or not to perform normalization of the histogram; and a normalization unit normalizing any one of the histogram of the generated M blocks and the histogram of the corresponding M blocks in the past. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155765 | IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT - Methods and systems for image quality assessment are disclosed. A method includes accessing an image, identifying features of the image, assessing the features and generating subjective scores for the features based upon a mapping of the features to the subjective scores and based on the subjective scores, generating an image quality score. Access is provided to the image quality score. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155766 | PATCH DESCRIPTION AND MODELING FOR IMAGE SUBSCENE RECOGNITION - A method and apparatus is described that categorizes images by extracting regions and describing the regions with a set of 15-dimensional image patch feature vectors, which are concatenations of color and texture feature vectors. By comparing the image patch feature vectors in images with similarly-obtained image patch vectors in a Gaussian mixture based model pool (obtained in an image patch modeling phase), the images may be categorized (in an image patch recognition phase) with probabilities relating to each image patch. Higher probabilities are likelier correlations. The device may be a single or multiple core CPU, or parallelized vector processor for characterizing many images. The images may be photographs, videos, or video stills, without restriction. When used real-time, the method may be used for visual searching or sorting. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING JPEG FILES SUITABLE FOR PARALLEL DECODING - A method and apparatus for generating a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JEPG) file achieves fast decoding speed by enabling efficient locating of restart markers at a decoder. The method and apparatus determining a location to insert at least one restart marker by analyzing an image, performing entropy-encoding, by dividing the image into a plurality of segments based on the determined location in order to insert the restart marker, and inserting the restart marker to the determined location in order to insert the reset maker with respect to each of the plurality of entropy-encoded segments. The method performed by the apparatus includes calculating an offset value of the at least one restart marker with respect to each of the plurality of segments, based on a data size of each of the plurality of segments and a data size of the restart marker, calculating an offset value by scan number from a start of image (SOI) marker based on the calculated offset value of the restart marker, in response to the calculated offset value of the restart marker corresponding to a last segment that is entropy-encoded. The method and apparatus further store the calculated offset value by scan number, as additional application data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155768 | METHOD FOR PARTITIONING A PATTERN INTO OPTIMIZED SUB-PATTERNS - A method is provided for dividing a pattern into a plurality of sub-patterns, each sub-pattern being adapted for use with an image search method that can provide a plurality of sub-pattern search results. The method represents the pattern as a plurality of feature points, generates candidate partitions of the plurality of feature points, and then scores the candidate partitions by examining characteristics of each potential sub-pattern of each candidate partition. The highest-scoring partition is selected, and then it is applied to the plurality of feature points, creating one or more sub-pluralities of features. The invention advantageously provides a plurality of sub-patterns where each sub-pattern contains enough information to be located with a feature-based search method, where that information has been pre-evaluated as being useful and particularly adapted for running feature-based searches. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155769 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device comprises a region dividing unit which divides a captured image obtained by a camera unit into a plurality of regions, and an image compressing unit which compresses each of region images obtained by the division by the region dividing unit while changing the compression rate according to the distance from a predetermined point in the captured image to each of the region images and the distance from the camera unit to a target included in each of the regions. For example, the image compressing unit compresses the region image having a larger angle from the optical axis at a larger compression rate, thereby achieving compression in which the amount of data in low-quality regions is greatly reduced and the quality of high-quality regions is maintained. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155770 | MAGNETIC DEVIATION DETERMINATION USING MOBILE DEVICES - An apparatus of a wireless communication system includes: a transceiver configured to receive and transmit information wirelessly; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to access an image captured by an access terminal of the wireless communication system, a position of the access terminal, and multiple keypoints and a geographical location of each respective keypoint, each geographical location being a location near the position of the access terminal; and determine a magnetic deviation corresponding to the position of the access terminal by calculating a compass bearing and a true bearing to a feature within the image using the position of the access terminal and the geographical location of a keypoint, from the multiple keypoints, determined as corresponding to the feature. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155771 | IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE RECTANGULAR AREAS IN A MULTI PROJECTOR SYSTEM - Determination of locations of multiple rectangular areas within a composite projection area formed on a projection surface by a projector array of multiple projectors. A location of a maximum rectangular area is determined within the composite projection area. Available regions comprise regions unoccupied by previously-located rectangular areas. The maximum rectangular area is removed from the available regions. The following are iteratively repeated: determining a location of a next maximum rectangular area and removing the next maximum rectangular area from the available regions, until a stopping condition is met. A list of determined locations for rectangular areas within the composite projection area is provided after the stopping condition has been met. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155772 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus sequentially detects a feature in an image, sequentially acquires information of the detected feature, compares information of a previous feature detected in a previous frame of the image with information of a current feature detected in a current frame of the image to sequentially determine whether to estimate that the previous feature matches the current feature, and stops the determination to record the information of the feature detected in the previous frame as information of the feature detected in the current frame in a case where the number of previous features estimated to match the current feature is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155773 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit configured to input an image in which a real space is captured by an image capturing apparatus, an image recognition unit configured to recognize a situation in the real space captured in the input image, an image recording unit configured to record the input image, an image selection unit configured to select an image used for image communication from a plurality of images including images recorded by the image recording unit in the past based on a recognition result of the input image, and an image output unit configured to modify the selected image and output the modified image. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155774 | Statistical Approach to Large-scale Image Annotation - Statistical approaches to large-scale image annotation are described. Generally, the annotation technique includes compiling visual features and textual information from a number of images, hashing the images visual features, and clustering the images based on their hash values. An example system builds statistical language models from the clustered images and annotates the image by applying one of the statistical language models. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155775 | WALKING ROBOT AND SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING METHOD THEREOF - A walking robot and a simultaneous localization and mapping method thereof in which odometry data acquired during movement of the walking robot are applied to image-based SLAM technology so as to improve accuracy and convergence of localization of the walking robot. The simultaneous localization and mapping method includes acquiring image data of a space about which the walking robot walks and rotational angle data of rotary joints relating to walking of the walking robot, calculating odometry data using kinematic data of respective links constituting the walking robot and the rotational angle data, and localizing the walking robot and mapping the space about which the walking robot walks using the image data and the odometry data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155776 | UTILIZING IMAGES AS ONLINE IDENTIFIERS TO LINK BEHAVIORS TOGETHER - Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that utilize images to generate identifiers of entities and to determine various relationships between entities and web pages are described. A collection of class images that represent various people and non-people entities deemed relevant for tracking user behavior is generated. Given a class image that represents an entity, an image identifier comprising unique feature vectors for that class image is generated. Given an arbitrary web page, all the images embedded on the web page are analyzed. Each embedded image is compared to the image identifiers of the collection of class images to determine whether or not any entities of interest appear in the embedded images of the web page. If relevant entities do appear on the web page, various associations can be made between the entities found on the page, and between the uniform resource locator (URL) of the web page where the entities appear. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155777 | Method and an apparatus for performing a cross-calculation - A computer implemented signal processing method to perform a cross-calculation between a first and a second signal by performing a cross-correlation for segments of said first signal with said second signal to obtain a plurality of partial cross correlation functions, obtaining a combined cross-correlation function by combining said partial cross-correlation functions to obtain a combined cross-correlation function, applying an outlier detection or outlier removal approach to identify or remove those segments which are disturbed or corrupted, and re-combining said partial cross-correlation functions without the ones which have been identified as disturbed or corrupted to obtain a less disturbed or less corrupted final cross-correlation function. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155778 | Spatial Image Index and Associated Updating Functionality - An image matching system is described for finding reference images which match a query image. The image matching system performs this operation in expeditious fashion by restricting the matching to a bounding region; the bounding region, in turn, may be associated with a location at which the query image may have been captured. In addition, the image matching system provides various mechanisms that expedite adding new reference images to an image index, to thereby provide a re-enforced learning mechanism of the image matching system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155779 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment, a first prediction value calculating unit calculates a prediction value of the pixel value; a prediction error calculating unit calculates a prediction error between the prediction value and the pixel value of the target pixel; a second storage unit receives the prediction error sequentially from a first terminal and stores therein; a comparing unit compares the prediction error with each of the prediction errors already stored; a search unit, when the prediction error thus received is identical to each of the prediction errors, searches for a data array; a length information generating unit generates length information; an address information generating unit generates address information; a first code data generating unit generates first code data; and a second code data generating unit generates second code data by encoding the pixel value of the target pixel. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155780 | Scalable Image Coding and Decoding - The invention relates to a scalable video (de)coding method for wireless transmission of high definition television signals. Scalable means that the bitstream contains successively smaller quality refinements and that the bitstream can be truncated. The video images are divided in slices, and each slice is divided in blocks of 8×8 pixels. For each block, an optimal encoding method is chosen. Depending on whether the block is found to contain natural or synthetic image content, transform coding (DCT) or graphic coding is applied. Because the different encoding modes have different properties as regards picture quality, the bitstream format has to enable the encoder to very flexibly choose which bits to send first. The bitstream format in accordance with the invention consists of a multitude of scans ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120155781 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A Joint Photographic Experts Group Extended Range (JPEG-XR) image encoding apparatus and method changes a quantized value or a coefficient prediction method for each block, thereby dramatically improving processing speed of the apparatus. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155782 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - A Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding a multi-view image includes determining whether each of pictures included in multi-view image sequences is a reference picture referred to by other pictures included in the multi-view image sequences for inter-view prediction, and encoding the pictures using at least one of inter-view prediction and temporal prediction based on the determination result, thereby efficiently encoding and decoding the multi-view image at high speed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155783 | DIRECTIONAL ANTI-ALIASING FILTER - A directional anti-aliasing filter circuit includes an input node and an output node, a directional anti-aliasing filter having an input coupled to the input node, an adaptive gain control having an input coupled to an output of the directional anti-aliasing filter, a summer having a first input coupled to an output of the adaptive gain control, a second input coupled to the input node, and an output coupled to the output node, a texture detector for providing a texture adjust signal to the directional anti-aliasing filter and a texture adaptive gain signal to the adaptive gain control, an edge detector for providing an edge direction signal to the directional anti-aliasing filter, and a corner detector for providing a corner adaptive gain signal to the adaptive gain control. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155784 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of representative filters are held, and weight vectors containing weight values for the respective representative filters as components are acquired for respective pixels which form an image. The respective representative filters act on the respective pixels which form the image, and the results of the action are weighted with the weight vectors and added. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155785 | REAL-TIME VIDEO DEBLURRING - A method of reducing blurring in an image of size greater than M columns by N rows of pixels, comprises deriving a blur kernel k representing the blur in the image, and deriving an inverse blur kernel k | 2012-06-21 |
20120155786 | SEAMLESS LEFT/RIGHT VIEWS FOR 360-DEGREE STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - A method is disclosed for stitching together first and second sets of images from three or more image sensors. The first set of images are combined into a composite left view of the panorama, and the second set of images are combined into a composite right view of the panorama. When properly stitched together, the left and right views may be presented as a stereoscopic view of the panorama. A stitching algorithm is applied which removes any disparity due to the parallax in the combined left images and in the combined right images. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155787 | Containment Bag - A containment bag having a base, a sidewall, and a lifting strap. The sidewall extends upward from the base and may include a sleeve top portion attached to or formed at an upper end of the sidewall opposite the base end. The sidewall or the sleeve top defines a bag opening. The lifting strap is attached to at least one of the sidewall and/or the sleeve top for lifting the containment bag. The containment bag may further comprise means for closing the bag opening. In addition, the containment bag may also include a disposable bag liner positionable within an interior of the sidewall. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155788 | BAG WITH CLOSURE MECHANISM MOUNTED BY CONTRASTING ADHESIVE MATERIALS - A zipper member type of closure mechanism is mounted to a bag by adhesive materials having contrasting characteristics selected for providing advantages. The closure mechanism is mounted proximate an opening of the bag, so that the closure mechanism is positioned for use in opening and closing the bag. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155789 | Flex bag - The invention provides a sturdy, reusable shopping bag manufactured of 100% recycled materials providing a sturdier and more resilient alternative to traditional reusable shopping bags. Woven in a similar manner as macrame, the Flex Bag comprises a wide, stretchable weave to accommodate items placed within an elongated and extra large cylindrical shaped storage compartment. Woven into the design of the bag are two sturdy handles, with each handle featuring two, ten inch “slings” which connect the handles to the bag. The convenient draw string style strap located at the top of the Flex Bag enables the user to easily hold the handles together, securing groceries and other goods during travel. Ergonomically designed shoulder straps make the task of carrying groceries and other goods comfortable and easy. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155790 | HORIZONTAL SHAFT TYPE ROTARY MACHINE - The invention provides a horizontal shaft type rotary machine capable of simply feeding oil into thrust bearing devices. Leak oil introduction means are provided in the circumferential end parts of thrust bearing devices, for introducing leak oil of lubrication oil from horizontal type slide bearing devices onto slide surfaces of the thrust bearing devices. With this configuration, the thrust baring devices can be lubricated with the use of leak oil of lubrication oil from the horizontal type slide bearing devices, and as a result, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of an oil feed system exclusively used for the thrust bearing devices, thereby it is possible to simplify the pipe line arrangement of the oil feed system and the control of oil feed quantity. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155791 | Bearing Seal Structure - A bearing seal structure includes: a ridge portion provided on an inner race; a groove portion provided on an outer race; and a grease reservoir that is defined by the ridge portion and the groove portion and contains grease for providing a seal between the inner race and outer race. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155792 | SEALED SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY - A sealed spherical roller bearing assembly, having an outer ring with a seal groove and an inner ring with a central bore. A plurality of rolling elements is arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. A seal is provided that has a sealing element on an outer diameter of the seal, which sealing element engages in the seal groove in the outer ring, | 2012-06-21 |
20120155793 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR HIGH-SPEED SHAFTS OF MACHINES - A bearing arrangement for high-speed shafts of machines, such as rotor shafts of turbochargers. The bearing arrangement has a bearing housing that has at least one oil feed line and in the housing at least one bearing is installed. The bearing guides the shaft at least radially. The bearing has a ring with at least one oil bore. The ring forms an annular gap with the bearing housing. The bearing is a single-row rolling contact bearing, in which the shaft is guided directly or via an inner ring, preferably a two-part inner ring, and the ring is an outer ring of the rolling contact bearing. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155794 | ROLLER BEARING AND CAGE FOR A ROLLER BEARING - A roller bearing comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and an annular cage. The annular cage retains and guides at least one roller body. The annular cage comprises at least one pocket for retaining the roller body and at least one retaining rim disposed on one axial end of the pocket. The retaining rim extends at least in the radial direction relative to a main body of the cage. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155795 | BEARING HUB UNIT FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE WHEEL - Bearing-hub unit for a motor-vehicle wheel, having an axis of rotation and provided with a stationary bearing outer ring bounded by a side surface transverse to the axis of rotation; a radially inner rotatable hub; a bearing inner ring fixed onto the hub and defining together with the outer ring a cavity devoid of any sealing device; an encoder arranged inside the cavity and fixed externally on the inner ring; and a protective cover which is made of non-ferromagnetic material and is mounted on the outer ring in axial abutment against the side surface so as to protect the encoder and close the cavity; there being provided a static sealing element which is joined to an outer edge of the protective cover and has a first sealing portion situated between the protective cover and the outer ring. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155796 | DEVICE FOR PHASE MODULATION - A phase modulator may include a middle layer having a first refractive index, a first surrounding layer of material in contact with the middle layer and having a second refractive index, a second surrounding layer of material in contact with the middle layer and may having a third refractive index, a first electrode in electrical contact with the first surrounding layer, and a second electrode may be in electrical contact with the second surrounding layer. When no voltage is applied across the first electrode and the second electrode, the first refractive index may be greater than the second refractive index and the third refractive index. When a voltage is applied across the first electrode and the second electrode, the first refractive index may be less than the second refractive index within a portion of the phase modulator substantially within an electric field induced by such voltage. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155797 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF LENSES - Disclosed is a photonic integrated circuit having a plurality of lenses and a method for making the same. The photonic integrated circuit is comprised of optical circuitry fabricated over an underlying circuitry layer. In some embodiments, the optical circuitry includes a dielectric material having recesses disposed within, layers of a light waveguide material deposited within the recesses, and lenses disposed over each layer of waveguide material. The underlying circuitry layer may include, for example, a semiconductor wafer as well as circuitry fabricated during front end of line (FEOL) semiconductor manufacturing such as, for example, sources, gates, drains, interconnects, contacts, resistors, and other circuitry that may be manufactured during FEOL processes. The underlying circuitry layer may also include circuitry manufactured during back end of line semiconductor manufacturing processes such as, for example, interconnect structures, metallization layers, and contacts. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155798 | INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SUBSTRATES STACKED ALONG AN OPTICAL AXIS THEREOF - An optical device includes a first substrate having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, a second substrate having a second top surface and a second bottom surface, and a spacer substrate between substantially planar portions of the second top surface and the first bottom surface. The spacer, first, and second substrates seal an interior space between the second top surface of the second substrate and the first bottom surface of the first substrate. At least two of the first, second, and spacer substrates are aligned and secured on a wafer level. An optoelectronic element is within the interior space. An optical axis of the optical device extends through one of the first top and bottom surfaces and the second top and bottom surfaces. An electrical interconnection extends from the optoelectronic element to outside the interior space. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155799 | Silicon-Based Opto-Electronic Integrated Circuit With Reduced Polarization Dependent Loss - A silicon-based opto-electronic circuit is formed to exhibit reduced polarization-dependent loss by strategically placing the photodetecting device as close as possible to the entry point of the optical signal into the opto-electronic circuit arrangement. While the incoming optical signal will include both TE and TM modes, by minimizing the length of the optical waveguide path along which the signal must propagate before reaching a photodetector, the attenuation associated with TM mode signal will be negligible. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155800 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A FIBER OPTIC DISPLAY SCREEN HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE SIZE - Methods and apparatus for a fiber optic display screen of adjustable size. In one embodiment, a screen comprises: a plurality of pixels formed by a terminal end of at least one optical fiber, wherein the pixels are substantially equidistant from each other along a first axis in a first screen size and in a second screen size that is larger than the first size. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155801 | NANOTUBE BASED OPTICAL FUSE DEVICE AND METHOD - An optical fuse or energy-switching-off device includes an optical waveguide having an input section and an output section, the two sections forming a pair of opposed surfaces extending transversely through the axes of the waveguide sections. A substantially transparent material is disposed between the opposed surfaces and comprises an electrically conductive nanotube web immersed in dielectric material, where the nanotubes are not in electrical contact with each other. The substantially transparent material forms a plasma when exposed to optical signals propagating within the optical waveguide with an optical power level above a predetermined threshold, and the plasma damages the opposed surfaces sufficiently to render the surfaces substantially opaque to light propagating within the input section of the optical waveguide so as to prevent the transmission of such light. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155802 | OPTOELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION DEVICE HAVING SOLAR CELL UNIT - An optoelectronic transmission device includes an optical signal source, a light detector, a solar cell unit, and a power storage unit. The reflector covers the light detector and the optical signal source. The reflector is configured to internally totally reflect first light emitted from the optical signal source to a first optical fiber and reflect a first part of the second light from a second optical fiber to the light detector and reflect a second part of the second light to the solar cell unit. The light detector receives and converts the first part of the second light into electrical signals. The solar cell unit receives and coverts the second part of the second light into electrical energy. The power storage unit is electrically connected to the solar cell unit for storing the electric energy. The power storage unit powers the light detector and the optical signal source. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155803 | FERRULE ASSEMBLIES, CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES, AND OPTICAL COUPLINGS HAVING CODED MAGNETIC ARRAYS - Ferrule assemblies having at least one coded magnetic array are disclosed. In one embodiment, a ferrule assembly includes a ferrule body having a coupling surface and a coded magnetic array having a plurality of magnetic regions. The coded magnetic array may be located within the coupling surface. The ferrule assembly further includes a lens component located within the ferrule body. The lens component may have a facet at the coupling surface of the ferrule body at a predetermined angle. In another embodiment, a translating ferrule assembly includes an optical interface and a coded magnetic array, and is configured to translate within a connector housing of an optical connector when coupled to an electronics device. Optical couplings having a coded magnetic array and sockets for receiving a connector are also disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155804 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING - An optical component including microlenses and a transparent substrate oppositely arranged so that a plurality of projections formed on a bottom face of each microlens intersects with a plurality of projections formed on a surface of the transparent substrate, and each microlens and the transparent substrate are adhered to each other by the adhesive, and related methods of manufacturing. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155805 | MULTI-CORE OPTICAL CABLE TO PHOTONIC CIRCUIT COUPLER - An optical device includes a substrate and a plurality of three or more planar waveguides formed over the substrate. Each planar waveguide includes a corresponding grating coupler formed therein. The grating couplers are arranged in a non-collinear pattern over said substrate. The plurality of grating couplers is configured to optically couple to a corresponding plurality of fiber cores in a multi-core optical cable. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155806 | MULTI-CORE OPTICAL CABLE TO PHOTONIC CIRCUIT COUPLER - An optical device includes an array of optical grating couplers and a plurality of single-core fiber couplers located over a planar substrate. The optical grating couplers of the array are located to optically couple in a one-to-one manner to optical cores of a multi-core fiber or optical cable having an end located adjacent to the surface. Each single-core fiber coupler includes a planar optical waveguide connecting a corresponding one of the optical couplers of the array to an edge of the substrate. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155807 | Expanded Beam Optical Connector - An expanded beam optical connector includes a housing and an expanded beam lens being mounted in the housing. The connector is operable to axially align the expanded beam lens and a terminated optical fiber so that the expanded beam lens is configured to be in optical communication with the optical fiber. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155808 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS - Fiber optic connectors for use in connecting and aligning two optical fibers. In one example embodiment, a fiber optic connector includes a body, a cylindrical split sleeve at least partially positioned within the body, and a shell at least partially positioned within the body and surrounding the split sleeve. The body defines an internal port and an external port. The split sleeve defines a slot along the length of the split sleeve and has first and second open ends. The first end is configured to receive and grip a ferrule of an internal optical fiber and the second end is configured to receive and grip a ferrule of an external optical fiber. The portion of the shell surrounding the first end has a greater inside clearance than the portion of the shell surrounding the second end. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155809 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING ASSEMBLY HAVING SAME - An optical fiber connector includes a connector body and a lens block. The connector body defines a number of blind holes and a receiving room. The blind holes opens towards a first side of the connector body. The receiving room opens towards an opposing second side of the connector body The lens block includes a body portion and a number of protruding portions extending from a first side of the body portion. The lens block is received in the receiving room. The protruding portions are positioned between the body portion and the blind holes. The protruding portions are aligned with the respective blind holes. The body portion has a flat second side face free of protruding portions thereon, at an opposite side thereof to the protruding portions. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155810 | DUPLEX OPTICAL CONNECTOR - Provided is a duplex optical connector in which a pair of connector mounting portions of a holder includes a first abutment portion (first cylindrical surface) abuttable against a groove bottom surface of an annular groove provided at a proximal end of corresponding one of a pair of optical connectors from one side in a width direction, a second abutment portion (second cylindrical surface) abuttable against the groove bottom surface from another side in the width direction, and a widthwise movable region (W) which allows the corresponding one of the pair of optical connectors to move in the width direction between the first abutment portion and the second abutment portion with respect to the holder. With this, a pitch between the pair of optical connectors can be changed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155811 | CONNECTION MODULE OF OPTICAL SIGNALS - A connection module is provided, including a shell. The shell has formed at least a guiding hole, at least a fiber optical guiding trench on a shell of the module, and a window located inside the shell at the end of fiber optical guiding trench. The guiding hole is located on one side of the shell for fiber optical to enter the shell through the guiding hole. The fiber optical guiding trench is located inside the shell to guide the fiber optical for large angle turns so that the front end of the fiber optical can reach the window. The connection module can be placed on top to cover an optical transceiving area. The optical transceiving area includes at least a point optical source or a receiver so that the optical signals at the optical transceiving area can be transmitted to outside. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155812 | ALIGNMENT-IMPROVED OPTICAL-FIBER MECHANICAL SPLICER - Apparatus and methodology for mechanically splicing two optical fibers of equal or different diameters. Instead of flat V-groove structure for holding the optical fibers to be spliced, embodiments of the present invention use a concave-walled channel to better align two optical fibers if they have different diameters. The cover holding the fibers in place in the concave channel is similarly curved. The improved alignment results in more area overlap between end surfaces of the two optical fibers to be spliced. This reduces insertion loss by 0.1 dB or better, at the splice junction and, therefore, improves light signal transmission. The radius of curvature of the concave structure can be approximately two to three times the radius of the optical fibers being spliced. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155813 | Composite Spoolable Tube - A spoolable composite tube capable of being spooled onto a reel for storage and for use in oil field applications. The spoolable tube exhibits unique anistropic characteristics that provide improved burst and collapse pressures, increased tensile strength, compression strength, and load carrying capacity, while still remaining sufficiently bendable to be spooled onto a reel in an open bore configuration. The spoolable composite tube can include an inner liner, an interface layer, fiber composite layers, a pressure barrier layer, and an outer protective layer. The fiber composite layers can have a unique triaxial braid structure. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155814 | Rugged Fiber Optic Cable - There is provided an optical fiber cable having a plurality of optical fiber members. Each optical fiber member includes an optical fiber and a protective coating surrounding the optical fiber. A polymer coating surrounds the plurality of optical fiber members and a portion of the polymer coating is located between at least some of the optical fiber members. The optical fiber members and the polymer coating form an optical fiber unit. A tight buffer surrounds the optical fiber unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155815 | CABLE WITH NON-STRIPPING OPTICAL FIBER - Cables having non-stripping, or buffer-free, optical fibers are disclosed. The cables each have a buffer-free optical fiber including a core, cladding layer and a thin protective coating enclosing the cladding and having an overall diameter of 125 μm. This protective coating protects the cladding and core from moisture and provides structural integrity to prevent physical damage to the fiber during installation and termination with connectors. Embodiments of this non-stripping fiber do not require removal of a buffer layer during field termination so connections can be formed using simple cleaving techniques. As such, the field termination process for embodiments is simplified compared with conventional approaches. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155816 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-CONTENT FIBER OPTIC DISPLAY SCREEN - Methods and apparatus for a fiber optic display screen that comprises pixels forming the screen, wherein each of the pixels comprise terminal ends of multiple optical fibers, wherein a first pixel comprises: a first optical fiber terminal end having a first cleaving to generate an image for a first viewing angle, and a second optical fiber terminal end having a second cleaving different than the cleaving of the first optical fiber terminal end to generate an image for a second viewing angle for providing different content at the first and second viewing angles. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155817 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A DECOUPLED FIBER OPTIC DISPLAY - Methods and apparatus for a fiber optic display system. In one embodiment, a fiber optic display screen comprises a laser source, relay optics to receive an output from the laser source, condenser optics coupled to the relay optics, a digital pixelator coupled to the condenser optics, a fiber optic transmission line coupled to the digital pixelator, and a fiber optic screen provided by terminal ends of fibers in the fiber optic transmission line. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155818 | OPTICAL FIBER WITH SINGLE LAYER COATING FOR FIELD TERMINATION - A structure for optical fiber with single layer coating suitable for field termination process is provided, including a glass core, a cladding layer, and a permanent coating protective layer. The thickness of the permanent coating ranges preferably from about 4 um to 8 um, and remains on the optical fiber during the field termination process to provide protection to the optical fiber after the buffer layer is striped off. In addition, the optical fiber structure of the present invention still conforms to the specification of the standard optical fiber. The optical fiber of the structure according to the present invention can simplify the field termination process so that the quality efficiency of the deployment is improved. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155819 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE PRODUCED BY USING THE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A resin composition for an optical waveguide is provided, which has excellent adhesiveness to a cladding layer of the optical waveguide and excellent patternability for formation of a core portion of the optical waveguide and reduces the optical waveguide loss. An optical waveguide produced by using the resin composition is also provided. The resin composition comprises: (A) a multifunctional partially-acrylated epoxy resin, as a major component, having an epoxy group and a (meth)acrylate group in the same main chain thereof; and (B) a photopolymerization initiator as a curing component. The optical waveguide includes: a substrate; a cladding layer provided on the substrate; and a core portion provided on the cladding layer for transmission of an optical signal; wherein the core portion is formed from the resin composition. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155820 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE COMBINING VERTICAL AND ANGLED FACETS IN SILICON PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES - Embodiments of the invention use crystallographic etching of SOI wafers with a (110)-oriented epi layer to form both the vertical input facet and the re-entrant mirror. Proposed layout design combined with proposed orientation of the epi enables both vertical facets and re-entrant (upward-reflecting) mirror facets to be made in a single wafer-level wet etch process. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155821 | PARTICLE FILLED POLYMER WAVEGUIDE - A polymer waveguide including a polymer matrix and particles, wherein the particles are embedded in the polymer matrix and have lower optical bulk losses than the polymer matrix. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155822 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide, includes forming a first light path core layer having a first light path length on a first cladding layer, forming a groove portion having an inclined surface in an end side of the first light path core layer, forming a second light path core layer having a second light path length which is longer than the first light path length, in a lateral area of the first light path core layer, forming a groove portion having an inclined surface, arranged to an outer side than the groove portion of the first light path core layer, in an end side of the second light path core layer, forming partially a metal layer on the respective inclined surfaces of the first and second light path core layer, and forming a second cladding layer covering the first and second light path core layer. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155823 | TWO-LAYER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A two-layer optical waveguide includes a core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a cladding layer laminated on the first surface of the core layer. The two-layer optical waveguide further includes a mirror structure provided at a plurality of positions on the first surface of the core layer, the mirror structure directing a light signal which travels in the core layer, toward the second surface of the core layer. Each mirror structure includes an inclined plane formed on the first surface of the core layer, and a metal film formed on the inclined plane. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155824 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL ELEMENT - An electro-optical element includes a core layer made of an electro-optical material, a clad structure disposed on each of opposite sides of the core layer and configured to form an optical waveguide together with the core layer, and a pair of electrode layers, one of which being disposed on one side of the clad structure and another being disposed on another side of the clad structure. The clad structure includes a first clad layer and a second layer. The second clad layer has a dielectric permittivity larger than that of the first clad layer, and the second clad layer has a thickness thicker than that of the first clad layer. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155825 | CONTAMINATION PREVENTION MECHANISM FOR LIGHT PEAK STANDARD-A PLUG ASSEMBLY - A front cap assembly is provided for protecting a Light Peak (LPK) Standard A-plug assembly or similar optical plug from contamination, such as by dirt or liquid. In one embodiment a rotatable spring loaded cap may be provided to protect the optical plug when in an unplugged state. In another embodiment, a sliding spring loaded outer housing may be used. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155826 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus notifies existence of content data in a recording medium of an image processing apparatus to an external apparatus according to a request from the external apparatus. When the content data in the recording medium includes the content data having a first format, the communication apparatus notifies existence of the content data having the second format corresponding to the content data having the first format. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155827 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - When a receiver in a control LSI receives a conversation request from another device, a controller in the control LSI determines whether a camera/microphone device is connected to a USB interface in a communication device. If it is determined that the camera/microphone device is not connected to the USB interface in the communication device, the controller in the control LSI performs a message recording operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155828 | Content Continuous-Reproduction Device, Reproduction Method Thereof, and Reproduction Control Program Thereof - According to one embodiment, a reproduction device includes a presenter, a repository, and a reproduction controller. The presenter presents a metadata group including a plurality of items of metadata to a first display, allows selection of the metadata from among the metadata group, and receives selected metadata. The repository holds the metadata received by the presenter. The reproduction controller obtains moving image on the basis of the metadata held in the repository, and outputs the moving image to a second display. When the metadata are selected from among the metadata group in the presenter while the is output by the reproduction controller, the presenter outputs the selected metadata to the repository and obtains a metadata group further related to the selected metadata without interrupting the which is output by the reproduction controller, and thereafter presents this obtained result to the first display. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155829 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND FACE IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a face image list display process module classifies face images, which are extracted from video content data, into a first face image group belonging to a predetermined attribute section and a second face image group belonging to sections other than the predetermined attribute section. The face image list display process module displays, on a face thumbnail display area, the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155830 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium that enables seamless connection between preceding playitems which are stream data arranged prior to a position where a long jump occurs, such as a layer boundary, and succeeding playitems which are stream data arranged subsequent to the position where the long jump occurs. A block exclusively for 2D playback Ln | 2012-06-21 |
20120155831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus inputs data described in a markup language, and analyzes a uniform resource identifier including a fragment description, which is contained in the data. As a result of the analysis, the apparatus determines whether there are connectable fragments which refer to the same resource. In a case where it is determined that there are connectable fragments which refer to the same resource, the apparatus generates a uniform resource identifier by integrating the connectable fragments. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155832 | CONTENTS REPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTENTS REPLAY METHOD - To enable a lot of audio data and image data such as a still image and a moving image to be effectively and efficiently used. When audio data accumulated in a material database | 2012-06-21 |
20120155833 | Method of Processing a Sequence of Coded Video Frames - A method of processing a sequence of coded video frames conveyed by a digital data stream, where each frame represents an image, includes receiving the sequence of coded video frames at a recording device, determining a frame interval between presentation of an ith coded frame of the sequence and an (i+1)th coded frame of the sequence, calculating a stream time stamp for the ith coded frame, and calculating a stream time stamp for the (i+1)th coded video frame based on the stream time stamp for the ith coded video frame and the previously determined frame interval. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155834 | Bookmarks in Recorded Video - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a video recording system including a user interface to enable a user to enter commands. A bookmark manager is to generate bookmarks corresponding to locations in the videos being recorded based on bookmark commands received, to assign end points for the bookmarks, and to generate a program based on selection of one or more of the recorded videos and selection of at least a subset of the bookmarks associated with the one or more recorded videos. A video record/playback manager is to control recording of the videos and the associated bookmarks and to present the program by playing the at least a subset of the associated bookmarks for the one or more of the recorded videos. Playback of each of the at least a subset of the associated bookmarks is to end at the assigned endpoint. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155835 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HARMFULNESS MAPS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating harmfulness maps. The apparatus includes a harmfulness determination unit and a harmfulness map creation unit. The harmfulness determination unit generates harmfulness determination information by determining the degrees of harmfulness of some sections of multimedia content based on the time of playback of the multimedia content. The harmfulness map creation unit generates a harmfulness map of the multimedia content by marking the harmfulness determination information of the sections in a time sequence in graphical information form. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DIGITAL CONTENT - A device is provided for use with a digital content provider and a content purchaser. The content provider can provide digital content and a first digital key, wherein the digital content has quantified digital rights associated therewith. The device includes a receiving portion, a security portion, a content database, an interface portion and a transmitting portion. The receiving portion can receive the digital content and the first digital key. The security portion can access the digital content with the first digital key. The content database can store the digital content. The interface portion can offer to the content purchaser the digital content and can enable the content purchaser to purchase the digital content in accordance with purchased quantified digital rights. The security portion can further encrypt the digital content with a digital key such that the content purchaser may use the purchased digital content. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155837 | SECURE STORAGE AND REPLAY OF MEDIA PROGRAMS USING A HARD-PAIRED RECEIVER AND STORAGE DEVICE - A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a data stream comprising the program material encrypted according to a first (CW) encryption key, decrypting the program material; re-encrypting the program material according to a second encryption key, and storing the re-encrypted material in a media storage device. The program material is played back by retrieving the re-encrypted material from the media storage device and decrypting the re-encrypted program material. In one embodiment, the media storage device also stores the second encryption key which has been further encrypted by a key that is unique to the device used to receive the program material. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155838 | Matrix Code-Based User Interface - A method for presenting a matrix code may include receiving, at a content receiver, a signal carrying identifying data relating to a remotely accessible program, generating, at a content receiver, a matrix code from the identifying data relating to the remotely accessible program, transmitting the matrix code as part of a content presentation to a presentation device for display, and receiving the remotely accessible program in response to a user capture of the matrix code. A method for remotely controlling a set top box and a method for setting a recording time on a set top box are also described. A method of preparing a program guide may include gathering program information, generating matrix codes for each program including program data, and associating the matrix codes with respective programs. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155839 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing apparatus includes: a video receiver which receives a stream including first- and second-eye images, the first-eye image being a P frame or a B frame; a decoding unit which performs a first decoding of the first- and second-eye images; an encoding unit which encodes the first-decoded first- and second-eye images; and a controller which controls the encoding unit to encode the first-eye image into an I frame, and controls the decoding unit to second decode the encoded the first- and second-eye images at a reverse playing. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155840 | FAN HEATER APPLYING A CARBON FIBER RIBBON SECURED IN EACH HEATING CARTRIDGE - A fan heater includes a main body having a suction port provided at a lower side thereof and a hot-air outlet port provided at an upper side thereof, blower provided below the hot-air outlet port within the main body, a plurality of heating cartridge holders provided on in the main body, a plurality of heating cartridges, each of the heating cartridges configured to be secured to each of the heating cartridge holders and to heat air flowing into the main body through the suction port, a carbon fiber ribbon provided in each of the heating cartridges, and an interior housing that guides the air introduced through the suction port to the hot-air outlet port. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155841 | GENERATING A HEATED FLUID USING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION-ABSORBING COMPLEX - A vessel including a concentrator configured to concentrate electromagnetic (EM) radiation received from an EM radiation source and a complex configured to absorb EM radiation to generate heat. The vessel is configured to receive a cool fluid from the cool fluid source, concentrate the EM radiation using the concentrator, apply the EM radiation to the complex, and transform, using the heat generated by the complex, the cool fluid to the heated fluid. The complex is at least one of consisting of copper nanoparticles, copper oxide nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanorods, carbon moieties, encapsulated nanoshells, encapsulated nanoparticles, and branched nanostructures. Further, the EM radiation is at least one of EM radiation in an ultraviolet region of an electromagnetic spectrum, in a visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and in an infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155842 | MAGNETIC WATER HEATER - The present invention discloses a magnetic water heater including a watercourse main body and a water flow switch. The watercourse main body includes a water tank, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The water inlet, water tank and water outlet are sequentially connected with each another by pipelines. The water flow switch is arranged between the water inlet and the water tank. A plurality of magnetic heating fins is arranged in the water tank. The magnetic heating fins and the water flow switch are connected to a control circuit. The magnetic water heater can not only improve the water purifying rate, but also increase the solvency of water, and inhibit growth and breeding of | 2012-06-21 |
20120155843 | CAMERA DRIVE DEVICE - A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes a camera section | 2012-06-21 |
20120155844 | LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens apparatus includes a zoom, a focus, a zoom position control signal generator, a focus position control signal generator, a first calculator for calculating a present angle of field from zoom and focus positions, a second calculator for calculating a second angle of field based on a zoom control signal and a focus position, a third calculator for calculating a third angle of field based on zoom and focus position control signals, used when the second calculation unit calculates, a base angle-of-field determinater for determining a sum of the present angle of field and a value obtained by subtracting the third angle of field from the second angle of field, as a base angle of field, and a zoom position control determinater for determining a zoom position to a position of the zoom lens corresponding to the base angle of field to which the zoom lens is driven. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155845 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS - An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of lenses movable along an optical axis, a plurality of drivers configured to drive the plurality of lenses, respectively, and a synchronism loss detector configured to detect a loss of synchronism of one of the plurality of drivers. The one of the plurality of drivers is a driver that drives a lens which is heaviest in the plurality of lenses. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155846 | REDUCED PRE-FLASH FOR LED FLASH BASED CAMERA DEVICES - A mobile device comprising a processor, a camera module, and a flash configured to generate at least one of a reduced pre-flash, a standard pre-flash and a flash. The processor, in response to receiving an image capture request, is configured to receive a brightness value and determine a flash status based on a flash setting with the flash status being one of an off mode, on mode, and auto mode. In the event the flash status is one of the on mode and auto mode, determine whether there is sufficient light to capture an image based at least in part on a comparison of the brightness value and a flash threshold. In the event the brightness value is greater than the flash threshold, cause the flash to generate a shortened pre-flash and obtain only a white balance measurement and an auto-exposure measurement during the shortened pre-flash. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155847 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE, IMAGE SENSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROL METHOD - For preventing frequent use of auto-focus control and also for acquiring stable in-focus positions for target-objects, this invention comprises system control section | 2012-06-21 |
20120155848 | Method and System for Providing Viewfinder Operation in Mobile Device - In one embodiment, a mobile device system capable of viewfinder operation includes a memory device, a photosensitive device capable of receiving light providing an image of an external object, a video screen, and a processing device coupled at least indirectly to each of the memory and photosensitive devices and the screen, where the processing device provides signal(s) to the screen configured to cause the screen to operate as a viewfinder that displays a further image based upon the external object image. The mobile device further includes at least one sensing device either distinct from or associated with the screen, and configured to detect input commands indicated by movement or positioning of at least one object. The processing device causes the screen to display a plurality of options and subsequently to modify the further image displayed by the viewfinder in accordance with the detected commands. Related operational methods are also described. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155849 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING USABLE TIME OF IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a usable time calculation unit which calculates a usable time of a battery device having a secondary battery, wherein the usable time calculation unit measures an average power level while a component is performed at a predetermined operation mode, wherein the power consumption of the component is unknown in advance before the component is initially connected, and when power is supplied for the second and subsequent times while the component is continuously connected, the usable time calculation unit calculates the usable time of the battery device using the average power level and a current integration value which is an integration value of current flowing during charging and discharging of the battery device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155850 | SHUTTER DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING FOREIGN MATTER FROM ADHERING TO MAGNETIC STICKING SURFACE AND CAMERA INCLUDING SHUTTER DEVICE - A shutter device capable of preventing foreign matter from adhering to an attracting surface of an armature to a yoke, without providing an additional member. In a state of the shutter device assembled to a camera body, an attracting surface of the armature, provided on a drive lever, to the yoke that magnetically attracts the armature extends perpendicularly to a bottom surface of the camera body and is disposed closer to the bottom of the camera body than is a pivotal axis of the drive lever. The shutter device releases the armature of the drive lever from a state attracted and held by the yoke to thereby allow the drive lever to pivot by the urging force of a drive spring, whereby said shutter blade is driven in the direction of closing an opening formed in a base plate. | 2012-06-21 |
20120155851 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel that is capable of reducing a size and cost by omitting an actuator only for diaphragm blades, and of preventing a change of a diaphragm aperture due to a variation in a part accuracy of a mechanism that drives diaphragm blades. Diaphragm blades have cam engagement parts, respectively. A holding member holds the diaphragm blades so as to be rotatable in directions to open and close an aperture. An energizing member energizes the diaphragm blades in a direction to open or close the aperture. A moving member has cam surfaces that engage with the cam engagement parts, and moves in an optical axis direction to operate the diaphragm blades by cam actions between the cam engagement parts and the cam surfaces against energizing force of the energizing member. Regulation parts regulate the operations of the diaphragm blades by the energizing force of the energizing member. | 2012-06-21 |