26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140177900 | AUDIO EQUIPPED FAN - An audio equipped fan is disclosed having a housing defining an inner cavity, a motor disposed at least partially in the inner cavity of the housing and having an output shaft extending therefrom that is rotatable by the motor, a fan connected to the output shaft of the motor and rotatable therewith, a grille connected to the housing and positioned in alignment with the fan, the grille having an interior side and an exterior side and defining first openings through which air may flow while the fan is rotated and second openings through which sound may travel, and having a speaker connected to at least one of the housing, motor, fan and grille and aligned on the interior side of the grille with the second openings of the grille so that sound may travel from the speaker through the grille. Related methods are also disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177901 | AUDIO EQUIPPED FAN - An audio equipped fan is disclosed having a housing defining an inner cavity, a motor disposed at least partially in the inner cavity of the housing and having an output shaft extending therefrom that is rotatable by the motor, a fan connected to the output shaft of the motor and rotatable therewith, a grille connected to the housing and positioned in alignment with the fan, the grille having an interior side and an exterior side and defining first openings through which air may flow while the fan is rotated and second openings through which sound may travel, and having a speaker connected to at least one of the housing, motor, fan and grille and aligned on the interior side of the grille with the second openings of the grille so that sound may travel from the speaker through the grille. Related methods are also disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177902 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING LOUDSPEAKER MODULE - An electronic device includes a housing, a mounting sheet, a circuit board mounted to the housing and the mounting sheet, and a loudspeaker module mounted on the mounting sheet. The housing defines a first receiving chamber and a second receiving chamber communicating with the first receiving chamber at one end of the housing, and a first sound hole corresponding to and communicating the first receiving chamber. The loudspeaker module includes a first loudspeaker which is received in the first receiving chamber. The first receiving chamber communicates the second receiving chamber to form a resonant cavity for the first loudspeaker. The sounds emitted by the first loudspeaker transmit to the outside of the housing by the first sound hole. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177903 | Belief Propagation and Affinity Measures - Belief propagation and affinity measure techniques are described. In one or more implementations, beliefs may be formed to solve a labeling problem for a node, such as to perform image processing. An affinity measure may be calculated that describes how similar the node is to another node. This affinity measure may then be used as a basis to determine whether the share the belief formed for the node with the other node to solve a labeling problem for the other node. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177904 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, REPRODUCING METHOD AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND COPYRIGHT MANAGING METHOD - A GUID as title information and a global serial number are recorded in a BCA of a digital video disc. A hash value of the GUID is embedded as an electronic watermark in a data area. When content data is reproduced from the digital video disc, a match of information of the two GUIDs is checked so as to prevent the digital video disc from being illegally copied. A lead-in area and a managing organization provide disc revocation lists. With a global serial number and a disc revocation list, content data can be prevented from being reproduced from an illegally distributed disc. A film WM detector detects data embedded in a movie shown in a theater so as to prevent content data from being reproduced from a disc on which the embedded data is recorded. Thus, content data can be prevented from being reproduced from an illegally distributed disc before a copyright supervisor of the content authorizes the disc to be distributed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177905 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING A PLENOPTIC MEDIA ASSET - Methods and systems are described for providing customized user experiences with media assets created using plenoptic content capture technology. The ability to increase the focus on different objects while the media asset is progressing may allow a user to more easily track the object. Conversely, the ability to decrease the focus on different objects while the media asset is progressing may block, or cloud the display of, the object from being seen by a user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177906 | GENERATING STATIC SCENES - Implementations generally relate to generating static scenes. In some implementations, a method includes collecting photos associated with objects in at least one location. The method also includes collecting attention information associated with one or more of the objects. The method also includes generating an attention map based on the attention information. The method also includes generating a model of the at least one location based on the photos and the attention map. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177907 | FAULTY CART WHEEL DETECTION - A system and method of identifying carts exhibiting tendencies that are indicative of damaged or defective wheels. A shopping cart may be identified and tracked visually through one or more surveillance cameras. By comparing the cart's tracked movement to known symptomatic movement patterns, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by analyzing movement and positioning of a cart's swiveling wheels, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by identifying if a customer has abandoned a cart, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. A notification message may be transmitted to an associate to repair or replace the identified problematic cart. The notification may be displayed on a mobile computing device, a workstation, or other like systems. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177908 | SYSTEM OF OBJECT DETECTION - In a system of object detection, a color detector detects at least one image region in an input image having a color specifically pertinent to the object under detection, thereby obtaining an object width. A dynamic down-sampling unit adaptively performs down-sampling on the detected image region using a generated down-sampling factor according to the object width. An image feature generator receives the down-sampled image and accordingly generates image features for describing the object under detection, and a cascade of classifiers then operates on the image features. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177909 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) interactive device and an operation method thereof are provided. The 3D interactive device includes a projection unit, an image capturing unit, and an image processing unit. The projection unit projects an interactive pattern to a surface of a body, so that a user performs an interactive trigger operation on the interactive pattern by a gesture. The image capturing unit captures a depth image within an image capturing range. The image processing unit receives the depth image and determines whether the depth image includes a hand region of the user. If yes, the image processing unit performs hand geometric recognition on the hand region to obtain gesture interactive semantics. According to the gesture interactive semantics, the image processing unit controls the projection unit and the image capturing unit. Accordingly, the disclosure provides a portable, contact-free 3D interactive device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177910 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING OBJECT - According to one embodiment, a device for detecting an object includes a first detection processor, a determination module, an area setting module, and a second detection processor. The first detection processor is configured to detect an object to be detected with respect to a frame image that constitutes input moving image data, with a first algorithm for searching for an area having a feature value similar to a feature value of the object by learning. The area setting module is configured to set, when a travel is smaller than a threshold, a second detection area inside a first detection area in which the object is detected with the first algorithm. The second detection processor is configured to detect, the object in the second detection area with a second algorithm for searching without learning for the movement destination of a feature area in the frame image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177911 | Real-Time Bicyclist Detection with Synthetic Training Data - A determination is made in real-time regarding whether a bicyclist is present in a target image. A target image is received. The target image is classified and an error value for the target image is determined using a linear classifier. If the error value does not exceed the threshold value, the classification is outputted. Otherwise, if the error value exceeds the threshold value, the target image is classified using a non-linear classifier. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177912 | COMMODITY READING APPARATUS, COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY READING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object discriminated by the discrimination unit passes through a second area specified different from a first area in a frame range during movement of the object to the first area specified in the frame range of the animation, a first recognition unit configured to recognize a candidate commodity as a candidate of a sales commodity based on a feature amount appeared on the object in the first area if the determination unit determines that the object passes through the second area, and a second recognition unit configured to recognize a commodity data represented by an optical mark on the object in the first area if the determination unit determines that the object does not pass through the second area. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177913 | ENHANCED CONTRAST FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION BY OPTICAL IMAGING - Enhanced contrast between an object of interest and background surfaces visible in an image is provided using controlled lighting directed at the object. Exploiting the falloff of light intensity with distance, a light source (or multiple light sources), such as an infrared light source, can be positioned near one or more cameras to shine light onto the object while the camera(s) capture images. The captured images can be analyzed to distinguish object pixels from background pixels. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177914 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO-BASED ROAD CHARACTERIZATION, LANE DETECTION AND DEPARTURE PREVENTION - A method and system for video-based road departure warning for a vehicle on a road, is provided. Road departure warning involves receiving an image of a road in front of the vehicle from a video imager, and detecting one or more road markings in the image corresponding to markings on the road. Then, analyzing the characteristics of an image region beyond the detected markings to determine a rating for drivability of the road corresponding to said image region, and detecting the lateral offset of the vehicle relative to the markings on the road based on the detected road markings. A warning signal is generated as function of said lateral offset and said rating. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for detecting an object are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a plurality of depth images of the object; extracting foregrounds; fusing the foregrounds in a unified three-dimensional world coordinate system; calculating an appearance two-dimensional histogram from the fused foreground by the following steps of dividing the foreground into vertical members and getting statistics of the numbers of foreground points in the vertical members so as to obtain the appearance two-dimensional histogram; determining an overlapping region and the number of overlaps based on the placement of stereo cameras; determining a detection parameter relating to a detection position based on the overlapping region and the number of overlaps; and detecting the object by the appearance two-dimensional histogram based on the determined detection parameter. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177916 | Object Information Derived From Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177917 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OBJECT SELECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit that stores object identification data for identifying an object operable by a user and feature data indicating a feature of appearance of each object; an environment map storage unit that stores an environment map representing a position of one or more objects existing in a real space and generated based on an input image obtained by imaging the real space using an imaging device and the feature data stored in the data storage unit; and a selecting unit that selects at least one object recognized as being operable based on the object identification data, out of the objects included in the environment map stored in the environment map storage unit, as a candidate object being a possible operation target by a user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177918 | Object Information Derived From Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177919 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Pass Adaptive People Counting - People are counted in a segment of video with a video processing system that is configured with a first set of parameters. This produces a first output. Based on this first output, a second set of parameters is chosen. People are then counted in the segment of video using the second set of parameters. This produces a second output. People are counted with a video played forward. People are counted with a video played backwards. The results of these two counts are reconciled to produce a more accurate people count. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177920 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177921 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177922 | Object Information Derived From Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177923 | METHOD FOR TRACKING MULTIPLE IMAGE OBJECTS BASED ON A PENALTY GRAPH FOR AVOIDING HIJACKING OF A TRACKER - A method for tracking multiple image objects, includes resampling particles from each of the image objects tracked in a previous image, calculating respective weights of the resampled particles, and predicting and tracking locations of the image objects in a current image based on values obtained by multiplying the locations of the particles by corresponding weights, wherein when an image object of the previous image has a neighboring image object located within a threshold distance, weights of the particles sampled from the image object are calculated by multiplying image values of the current image by penalties, which are values of distances between the corresponding particles and the neighboring image object. The method is capable of avoiding a hijacking problem in which identifiers of nearby objects are confused with each other or disappear during the tracking of multiple objects. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177924 | FAULTY CART WHEEL DETECTION - A system and method of identifying carts exhibiting tendencies that are indicative of damaged or defective wheels. A shopping cart may be identified and tracked visually through one or more surveillance cameras. By comparing the cart's tracked movement to known symptomatic movement patterns, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by analyzing movement and positioning of a cart's swiveling wheels, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by identifying if a customer has abandoned a cart, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. A notification message may be transmitted to an associate to repair or replace the identified problematic cart. The notification may be displayed on a mobile computing device, a workstation, or other like systems. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177925 | LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A license plate recognition system and method recognizes a license plate attached to a vehicle and bears a license plate number. The system includes a database module, a reducing module, an image capturing unit, a sorting unit, and a recognizing module. The database module stores license plate position sample type-related data and license plate number sample type-related data whose quantity is reducible by the reducing module. The image capturing unit captures license plate images at different imaging resolutions to generate license plate position image eigenvalue and license plate number image eigenvalue. The sorting unit computes the license plate position image eigenvalue to generate license plate position type-related data and computes the license plate number image eigenvalue to generate license plate number type-related data. The recognizing module compares the license plate number type-related data with the license plate number sample type-related data, thereby recognizing the license plate number. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177926 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION APPARATUS THAT NOTIFIES INFORMATION OF MOTION OF A SUBJECT - An information notification apparatus ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140177927 | SYSTEM OF IMAGE STEREO MATCHING - A system of image stereo matching includes at least one stereo matching unit (SMU) each receives a first view and a second view of a view pair, according to which the SMU generates a first depth map for the first view. The system also includes a backward tracer operable to receive the first depth map, according to which a second depth map for the second view is derived. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - The invention relates to a method and system for processing image data obtained from scanning a network infrastructure for the detection and analysis of specific objects of interest, such as powerlines and other overhead conductors, or similar structures. The image data comprises a plurality of co-ordinate points in three-dimensional space, and in order to identify conductors in the network infrastructure, the method involves analysing the co-ordinate points to identify sets of co-ordinate points indicative of a set of substantially parallel lines, and analysing the co-ordinate points on the basis of said identified substantially parallel lines thereby to allow identification and mapping of hanging catenaries representing said conductors. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177929 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURING A USER DEVICE COMPONENT BY AUTHENTICATING THE USER OF A BIOMETRIC SENSOR BY PERFORMANCE OF A REPLICATION OF A PORTION OF AN AUTHENTICATION PROCESS PERFORMED AT A REMOTE COMPUTING LOCATION - A novel system, device and method of validation is provided for sensing a biometric such as a fingerprint, where biometric data corresponding to the biometric entity such as a fingerprint is then transmitted to a host configured to perform a plurality of authentication processes to authenticate the biometric data. At least one of the plurality of authentication steps is then validated. Alternatively, a portion of the biometric data may be retained, where biometric data corresponding to the biometric is then transmitted to a host configured to perform a plurality of authentication steps to authenticate the biometric data. At least one of the plurality of authentication steps is then validated | 2014-06-26 |
20140177930 | Artificial Intelligence System for Genetic Analysis - The present invention provides a complete artificial intelligence system for the acquisition and analysis of nucleic acid array hybridization information. The system is divided into at least one central data processing facility and one or more user facilities, linked by encrypted network connections or similar links. Each user facility may include an optical scanning system to collect hybridization signals from a nucleic acid array, an image processing system to convert the optical data into a set of hybridization parameters, a connection to a data network, and a user interface to display, manipulate, search, and analyze hybridization information. This system reads data from a gene chip or DNA microarray, or a proteomics chip, analyzes test results based on maintained parameters, evaluates patient risk for various ailments, recommends methods of treatment, presents information to medical and/or private individuals, and notifies test participants when new treatment becomes available. The test results may be used to perform individual diagnostics, longitudinal studies, population studies, or a wide variety of statistical analyses of patient data. The automated artificial intelligence system is a real time, dynamic decision making tool that can be used not only in conjunction with a clinical analysis system, but also with the information obtained in a research and development environment. Access to this system allows the user(s) to look at both clinical and non-clinical information. Most importantly, the system is intelligent and possesses the capability to interpret the information obtained. The system presents the information primarily via a secured encrypted Web interface, such as the Internet. The information is also presented in a retrievable format, such as electronic or paper format, using various computing technologies. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177931 | METHOD FOR RECORDING MULTIPLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF A DENTAL OBJECT - The invention relates to a method for recording several three-dimensional recordings of a dental object, wherein each of the three-dimensional images comprises 3D measured data and color data of a measured surface of the object, wherein the individual images are combined to form an overall image using a computer-assisted recording algorithm, wherein first regions with hard tissue and second regions with soft tissue are identified in each of the images using a segmentation method that depends on the color data. In applying the recording algorithm, the first regions and the second regions are weighted with different weighting factors. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177932 | METHODS AND APPARATI FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE DETECTION OF UNDISSOLVED PARTICLES IN A FLUID - The apparati, methods, and computer program products disclosed herein can be used to nondestructively detect undissolved particles, such as glass flakes and/or protein aggregates, in a fluid in a vessel, such as, but not limited to, a fluid that contains a drug. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING IMAGE INFORMATION OF TARGET OBJECT ONTO INTERFACE OF THE TARGET OBJECT IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A method and an apparatus map image information of a target object onto an interface of the target object in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The method includes obtaining the image information of the target object in a predetermined direction from the outside of the target object to the inside of the target object, analyzing the obtained image information, extracting one piece of the obtained image information based on the analysis result, and allotting the extracted image information onto the interface of the target object. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177934 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image diagnosis device comprising: a positioning image collection unit configured to collect a positioning image for an object; a weight distribution estimation unit configured to estimate a weight distribution of the object from the collected positioning image; a top board sagging amount estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of sagging of a top board on which the object is placed, from the estimated weight distribution; and an alignment adjustment unit configured to perform alignment for each captured image of the object, based on the estimated amount of sagging of the top board. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177935 | Adaptive Interface for a Medical Imaging System - Systems and methods for control of a medical data processing system are provided. Some embodiments are particularly directed to presenting a user interface for control of an IVUS imaging system. In one embodiment, a method comprises: presenting a set of mode options to a user at a user display device; receiving a mode selection selected by the user; determining a set of operating parameters based on the mode selection; receiving, by a medical processing system, a first set of medical sensing data; and processing, by the medical processing system, the first set of medical sensing data according to the operating parameters. The determining may be further based on at least one of a previous mode selection, a user preference, an operative course of a medical procedure, patient information, the first set of medical sensing data, a second set of medical sensing data, a status indicator, and a sensing device identifier. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING STRUCTURES FORMED OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS DURING THE FABRICATION THEREOF - A method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof including imaging multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded, ascertaining mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of the edge joints in the multiple individual plies and providing an output indication when at least one mutual offset of the edge joints is less than a predetermined minimum offset. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177937 | HARDNESS TESTER AND METHOD FOR HARDNESS TEST - The hardness tester includes a data obtainer obtaining sample shape data that can specify a shape of a sample; an image capture controller controlling a CCD camera to capture an image of the surface of the sample and obtaining image data of the sample; a matching performer associating the sample shape data obtained by the data obtainer with the image data of the sample obtained by the CCD camera; an indentation former forming an indentation with an indenter in a test position set on the sample shape data after the sample shape data and the image data of the sample have been associated by the matching performer; and a hardness value calculator calculating a hardness value of the sample based on the indentation captured with the CCD camera after the indentation has been formed by the indentation former. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177938 | System and Method for Identifying Defects in a Material - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for identifying defects in a material. A set of features is identified based on an image of a material, wherein each feature in the set of features is a candidate portion of a defect in the material. A set of chained features is selected based on the set of features, wherein each chained feature comprises one or more features that represent candidate portions of a same defect in the material. A defect in the material is identified based on the set of chained features and the image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177939 | METHOD OF FINAL DEFECT INSPECTION - Disclosed is a method of final defect inspection, including preparing a final defect inspection apparatus which includes a host device, a microscope, a bar code scanner, a support tool and a signal transceiver, using the host device to calibrate an original point in an outline of the circuit board based on a plurality of original mark positions generated by an electromagnetic pen, using the electromagnetic pen to mark each defect position on the inspection region on the circuit board where any defect is found through the microscope, using the signal transceiver to receive and transmit each defect position to the host device, and using the host device to calculate the coordinate of a scrap region based on a relative position between the original point and each defect position so as to generate a shipment file. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177940 | RECIPE GENERATION APPARATUS, INSPECTION SUPPORT APPARATUS, INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIA - A desired area is extracted by directly analyzing information recorded in a design layout, an inspection recipe is generated by using this extraction method, and an efficient inspection is realized. The invention makes it easy to extract an area of a desired circuit module such as a memory mat by analyzing hierarchy information of design layout data, calculating reference frequency of each one cell in the design layout data that is its internal data, sorting the cells in order of increasing reference frequency, searching the object, and tracing its upper cell. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177941 | Optimal Patch Ranking for Coordinate Transform Estimation of Microscope Images from Sparse Patch Shift Estimates - A method of determining a coordinate transform between a first image and a second image, said method comprising the steps of: determining a rate of change of pixel values for locations on the first image to identify candidate alignment patches in the first image; specifying subsets of patches from the set of candidate alignment patches based on an error metric, selecting a subset of candidate alignment patches from said plurality of subsets of candidate alignment patches based upon a predetermined criterion; estimating, for each patch in the selected subset, a shift between the patch and a corresponding patch in the second image, the location of the corresponding patch in the second image being determined from the location of the patch in the first image; and determining the coordinate transform between the first image and second image based on the estimated shifts. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177942 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SENSING METHOD AND THREE DIMENSIONAL SENSING APPARATUS - A three dimensional (3D) sensing method and an apparatus thereof are provided. The 3D sensing method includes the following steps. A resolution scaling process is performed on a first pending image and a second pending image so as to produce a first scaled image and a second scaled image. A full-scene 3D measurement is performed on the first and second scaled images so as to obtain a full-scene depth image. The full-scene depth image is analyzed to set a first region of interest (ROI) and a second ROI. A first ROI image and a second ROI image is obtained according to the first and second ROI. Then, a partial-scene 3D measurement is performed on the first and second ROI images accordingly, such that a partial-scene depth image is produced. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177943 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING HYBRID MULTI-VIEW - A method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image, the method including determining an input image for generating multi-view images, and selecting a total of stereo images or one of stereo images to be the input image based on a presence of a distortion between the stereo images. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177944 | Method and System for Modeling Subjects from a Depth Map - A method for modeling and tracking a subject using image depth data includes locating the subject's trunk in the image depth data and creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the subject's trunk. Further, the method includes locating the subject's head in the image depth data and creating a 3D model of the subject's head. The 3D models of the subject's head and trunk can be exploited by removing pixels from the image depth data corresponding to the trunk and the head of the subject, and the remaining image depth data can then be used to locate and track an extremity of the subject. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177945 | AERIAL ROOF ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for roof estimation are described. Example embodiments include a roof estimation system, which generates and provides roof estimate reports annotated with indications of the size, geometry, pitch and/or orientation of the roof sections of a building. Generating a roof estimate report may be based on one or more aerial images of a building. In some embodiments, generating a roof estimate report of a specified building roof may include generating a three-dimensional model of the roof, and generating a report that includes one or more views of the three-dimensional model, the views annotated with indications of the dimensions, area, and/or slope of sections of the roof. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177946 | HUMAN DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting a person from an input video image with high reliability by using gradient-based feature vectors and a neural network. The human detection apparatus includes an image preprocessing unit for modeling a background image from an input image. A moving object area setting unit sets a moving object area in which motion is present by obtaining a difference between the input image and the background image. A human region detection unit extracts gradient-based feature vectors for a whole body and an upper body from the moving object area, and detects a human region in which a person is present by using the gradient-based feature vectors for the whole body and the upper body as input of a neural network classifier. A decision unit decides whether an object in the detected human region is a person or a non-person. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING CASES FOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - A system and method for generating training images. An existing training image is associated with a classification. The system includes an image processing module that performs color-space deformation on each pixel of the existing training image and then associates the classification to the color-space deformed training image. The technique may be applied to increase the size of a training set for training a neural network. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177948 | Generating Training Documents - A method of generating training documents for training a classifying device comprises, with a processor, determining a number of sub-samples in a number of original documents, and creating a number of pseudo-documents from the sub-samples, the pseudo-documents comprising a portion of the number of sub-samples. A device for training a classifying device comprises a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory comprises a sampling module to, when executed by the processor, determine a number of sub-samples in a number of original documents, a pseudo-document creation module to, when executed by the processor, create a number of pseudo-documents from the sub-samples, the pseudo-documents comprising a portion of the number of sub-samples, and a training module to, when executed by the processor, train a classifying device to classify textual documents based on the pseudo-documents. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177949 | UNSUPERVISED ADAPTATION METHOD AND AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD APPLYING THE SAME - An automatic image classification method applying an unsupervised adaptation method is provided. A plurality of non-manually-labeled observation data are grouped into a plurality of groups. A respectively hypothesis label is set to each of the groups according to a classifier. It is determined whether each member of the observation data in each of the groups is suitable for adjusting the classifier according to the hypothesis label, and the non-manually-labeled observation data which are determined as being suitable for adjusting the classifier are set as a plurality of adaptation data. The classifier is updated according to the hypothesis label and the adaptation data. The observation data are classified according to the updated classifier. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177950 | RECOGNITION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a recognition device includes a storage unit, an acquiring unit, a first calculator, a second calculator, a determining unit, and an output unit. The storage unit stores multiple training patterns each belonging to any one of multiple categories. The acquiring unit acquires a recognition target pattern to be recognized. The first calculator calculates, for each of the categories, a distance histogram representing distribution of the number of training patterns belonging to the category with respect to distances between the recognition target pattern and the training patterns belonging to the category. The second calculator analyzes the distance histogram of each of the categories to calculate confidence of the category. The determining unit determines a category of the recognition target pattern from the multiple categories by using the confidences. The output unit outputs the category of the recognition target pattern. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177951 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCESSING OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - In a method for processing an electronic document, a database which is used to extract information relating to the document is adapted using the electronic document, and in which the database is adapted using at least one item of feedback from a user. Furthermore, an apparatus, a computer program product and a storage medium are accordingly specified. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177952 | COLOR NAME DETERMINATION DEVICE, COLOR NAME DETERMINATION METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In a color name determination device, a color receiver receives input of a color, a document retriever retrieves for documents in which images relating to the received color are disposed, a key word extractor extracts key word character strings appearing in the retrieved documents, an image retriever retrieves for images relating to the extracted key word character strings, a degree acquirer represents, with a predetermined accuracy, colors appearing in the images as a retrieval result and acquires degrees at which the colors appear in the images, a color determiner determines color indicated by the received character string on the basis of the acquired degrees, and a color naming determiner determines, if the received color and the determined color are the same or similar, the a key word character string corresponding to the determined color is a color name character string indicating the received color. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING MESSAGE INTO IMAGE DATA - A method of embedding and extracting a message into and from image data is provided. The method of embedding a message into image data includes: generating message data that is to be embedded into the image data; dividing the image data into a plurality of color channels, and embedding the message data into a difference component between two color channels of the plurality of color channels; reconstructing components of the two color channels by using original components of the two color channels and a difference component between the two color channels into which the message data is embedded; and reconstructing the image data by using the reconstructed components of the two color channels and an original component of a remaining color channel of the plurality of color channels. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177954 | COMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES OF SCANNED DOCUMENTS - A method for creating a binary mask image from an inputted digital image of a scanned document, including the steps of creating a binarized image by binarizing the inputted digital image, detecting first text regions representing light text on a dark background, and inverting the first text regions, such that the inverted first text regions are interpretable in the same way as dark text on a light background. A method for comparing in a binary image a first pixel blob with a second pixel blob to determine whether they represent matching symbols, including the steps of detecting a line in one blob not present in the other and/or determining if one of the blobs represents an italicized symbol where the other does not. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE SKIN TONE DETECTION - A system and method for detecting human skin tone in one or more images. The system includes an image processing module configured to receive an image and provide contrast enhancement of the image so as to compensate for background illumination in the image. The image processing module is further configured to detect and identify regions of the contrast-enhanced image containing human skin tone based, at least in part, on the utilization of multiple color spaces and adaptively generated thresholds for each color space. A system and method consistent with the present disclosure is configure to provide accurate detection of human skin tone while accounting for variations in skin appearance due to a variety of factors, including background illumination and objects. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177956 | REAL TIME PHOTOMETRIC EDGE DESCRIPTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for describing and tracking edges within the field of view of one or more imaging devices. In one example, the present system defines a row of pixels taken across a width of the edge, and then determines a binary edge descriptor for the edge by comparing at least one of grayscale values and contrast of pixels within respective pixel pairs from the row of pixels, the result of the comparisons setting bits within the binary descriptor. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING COMPRESSION METHODS TO USE FOR AN IMAGE - Systems and methods described herein facilitate determining compression methods to use on an image. A client is in communication with a server that is configured to separate an image into a plurality of regions. The server is also configured to determine a first data compression method for a first set of the regions and a second data compression method for a second set of the regions, wherein the second data compression method is different from the first data compression method. Further, the server is configured to compress the first set and the second set of the regions by using the first data compression method and the second data compression method, respectively. The server is also configured to transmit the first set and the second set of the regions that have been compressed to the client. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177958 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an image processing apparatus, regarding plural character areas in the character image of each color, an image compressing unit | 2014-06-26 |
20140177959 | DECOMPRESSION OF BLOCK COMPRESSED IMAGES - A system, method, and computer program product that may use a cache in the decompression of block compressed image data. Each data entry in the cache may represent decompressed image data corresponding to a compressed block of an image. The indices of the cache are keys, where each key is the output of a hash process that is performed on the corresponding compressed block. Decompression of a compressed block may be performed by hashing the compressed block to generate the key. The key may be used to access the cache. The decompressed data indexed by the key may be read and used as the decompressed version of the compressed block. If no data corresponds to the key, or if the cached data indexed by this key is otherwise invalid, then a conventional decompression process may be applied to the compressed block to yield the decompressed data. This decompressed data may then be written to the cache, at a location corresponding to the key. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177960 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus and method for restoring an image which is expected to be when there is no fog from a foggy image, the image processing method including: generating a pixel depth image of the foggy image by estimating a plurality of pixel depths of a plurality of pixels, respectively, included in the foggy image based on a channel difference between at least two of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) channels of the foggy image; processing the pixel depth image; obtaining an optical model parameter with respect to the foggy image; and restoring an image, which is expected to be when the foggy image does not include the fog, by using the processed pixel depth image and the optical model parameter. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177961 | HANDWRITTEN-INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, HANDWRITTEN-INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A handwritten-information processing apparatus includes a handwritten-information acquisition unit and a handwritten-information insertion unit. The handwritten-information acquisition unit acquires a handwritten information item which has been handwritten by a user on a medium having a region inside a writing frame and a region outside the writing frame. The region inside the writing frame includes division regions. The region outside the writing frame is located outside the region inside the writing frame. When the handwritten-information acquisition unit has acquired an insertion mark which is a handwritten information item extending across a boundary between the region inside the writing frame and the region outside the writing frame, the handwritten-information insertion unit inserts, on the basis of the insertion mark, into the region inside the writing frame, a handwritten information item which has been handwritten in the region outside the writing frame. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177962 | FREEHAND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING, EDITING, AND MANIPULATING BLOCK DIAGRAMS - A method of integrating freehand user input into a block diagram environment is disclosed. The freehand user input is a user's approximation of a diagram component or feature of a component which is received by the block diagram environment and compared to multiple patterns stored in a storage location. The storage location holds patterns of block diagram components and block diagram component features. The freehand user input may be displayed, superimposed on a block diagram being shown to the user. Upon the freehand user input being matched to one of the patterns representing a block diagram component or feature of a component, the freehand user input is replaced on the displayed block diagram with an electronic device drawn rendering of the matched diagram feature component or feature of a component. Partial matches of the user drawn input may result in a menu of choices being presented to the user for selection. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177963 | PIXEL OBJECT DETECTION IN DIGITAL IMAGES METHOD AND SYSTEM - A user touches a touch sensitive display or otherwise provides input comprising “stroke” gestures to trace areas which are to be the subject of post-processing functions. The stroke area is highlighted and can be added to or corrected by additional stroke and “erase” gestures. Pixel objects are detected proximate to the stroke area, with a precision based on the zoom level. Stroke gesture input may be received and pixel object determination may be performed in series or in parallel. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177964 | VIDEO IMAGE SEARCH - Techniques disclosed herein provide for conducting an image search of video frames using a captured image of a display or a screen capture of a media item during playback. Results of the image search may be used to play back a corresponding video from the point in the video at which the captured image was taken, initiate a second-screen user experience, and/or perform other functions. Techniques are also disclosed for building a library of video frames with which image searches may be conducted. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177965 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a feature point extraction unit that extracts feature points from an input image, a feature amount calculation unit that calculates feature amounts of the feature points, an image processing unit that processes the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from a marker image included in the input image are not distinguishing, and a marker image generation unit that generates a new marker image based on the processing result. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177966 | DISCOVERING AUTHORITATIVE IMAGES OF PEOPLE ENTITIES - Systems, methods, and computer storage media for discovering authoritative images of people entities are provided. Selections of person entities are received. Authoritative URLs and authoritative images for the person entities are identified. Once the authoritative images are identified, features are extracted. Queries for the person entities are identified by mining search engine logs. The queries and features can be utilized to construct candidate queries to identify and retrieve candidate image URLs. Candidate features are extracted for each candidate image associated with the candidate image URLs. Training data may be utilized to train a classifier that can be run on each candidate image. Each candidate image can then be tagged with an entity ID tag. Images with the entity ID tag can be ranked higher in search engine results page than images without the entity ID tag. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177967 | EMOTION INFORMATION CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An emotion information conversion apparatus and method is provided. The emotion information conversion apparatus includes a visual information extractor to extract visual information from an input image, an emotion information converter to analyze the extracted visual information and convert the visual information into emotion information, and a sensory effect information generator to generate sensory effect information transferable to a user, based on the converted emotion information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177968 | HOMOGRAPHY ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed are a homography estimation apparatus and method. A down-sampling unit reduces the reference image and the target image to the same size to generate down-sampled images. A feature point extraction unit extracts feature points from the reference image and the target image down-sampled to the same size, respectively. An outlier removal unit matches the feature points extracted from the reference image with the feature points extracted from the target image, and detects and removes outliers, which are feature points that do not match, from the matched feature points. A homography estimation unit estimates a homography using feature points from which outliers are removed. A reference image correction unit corrects the reference image using the estimated homography. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177969 | FACE AND EXPRESSION ALIGNED MOVIES - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for generating sequences of face and expression aligned images are presented. An embodiment includes determining a plurality of candidate images, computing a similarity distance between an input image and each of the candidate images based on facial features in the input image and the candidate images, comparing the computed similarity distances, selecting a candidate image based on the comparing, and adding the selected candidate image to an image sequence for real-time display. Embodiments select images from the image sequence as they are being added to the image sequence and scale, rotate and translate each image so that a face appearing in a selected image is aligned with a face appearing in a subsequently selected image from the image sequence. In this way, embodiments are able to render arbitrarily large image collections efficiently and in real time to display a face and expression aligned movie. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177970 | IMAGE SUBSET DETERMINATION AND PROCESSING - Aspects of a device, system, and method for subset determination and processing are described. In certain aspects, a process for subset determination includes determining a reference for correlation with at least one image and identifying a set of images for comparison with the reference. The reference for correlation may be specified by a user based on a desire to determine a subset of certain images from a larger group. The process further includes determining a subset of the set of images based on a correlation between the reference and the set of images. According to various features, a subset of images that not only includes certain images but also excludes certain images may be determined quickly. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177971 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING A COMPRESSION RATIO INDICATION IN A PIXEL VALUE BUFFER IN TILE ENCODING - A tile of pixels is encoded by variable length encoding blocks of pixels constituting different subsets of the tile to form sequences of symbols as encoded representations of the pixel values. A respective size indication is determined for each set of at least block. A size indication is representative of a compression ratio of a combined sequence corresponding to the at least one sequence of symbols obtained for the at least one block of the set. The combined sequences are arranged in in a pixel value buffer in a buffer memory. The size indication determined for a given set is also stored in the pixel value buffer in the buffer memory to precede, according to a reading order of the pixel value buffer, the combined sequence of the given set. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177972 | SIGNAL TO NOISE IMPROVEMENT - Systems, methods, and processor executable code for high quality wide-range multi-layer image compression of a sequence of video images. A computer-implemented method of adding signal-to-noise improvement layers which are targeted to specific aspects of a sequence of images. The method comprises selecting one or more aspects of a coded image to improve, isolating those image aspects using the selection criteria, and coding a signal-to-noise layer using the isolated coded image aspects. A computer-implemented method for generating a signal-to-noise correction layer from a digitized video image represented as pixels. The method comprises quantizing and dequantizing the digitized video image to create a coded image, subtracting the coded image from the digitized video image to create a signal-to-noise difference image represented as pixels, and applying one or both of quantization weighting and pixel weighting to the signal-to-noise difference image pixel values such that larger difference image pixel values have smaller quantized values. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177973 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING SPATIAL RESPONSE FOR IMAGING FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS - A method for correcting spatial response for an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer comprises the following steps: a prior step of calculation of the equalization parameters comprising a gain and an offset from data forming calibration scenes; a step of determination of equalization coefficients at a so-called pseudo superpixel level determining the gains and offsets at macropixel level from the data from a raw image that are collected by the imaging spectrometer in image mode, and gains and offsets determined in the prior step; and a step of equalization at pseudo superpixel level, applying the equalization coefficients to a macropixel from an acquisition in the interferogram mode of the imaging spectrometer in order to restore an equalized interferogram. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177974 | Method and Apparatus For Exemplar-Based Inpainting In A Multi-Scaled Space Using Laplacian Pyramid - A method for exemplar-based inpainting using a Laplacian pyramid in a multi-scale space is provided, which is capable of reflecting structural features and texture features simultaneously every time inpainting is performed. The exemplar-based inpainting method using the Laplacian pyramid in the multi-scale space includes constructing a Laplacian pyramid image including a plurality of levels using an input image and performing inpainting reflecting the structural features of a low frequency region and the texture features of a high frequency region using the Laplacian pyramid image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177975 | DIGITAL IMAGE MANIPULATION - There is disclosed a method for seamlessly replacing areas in a digital image with corresponding data from temporally close digital images depicting substantially the same scene. The method uses localized image registration error minimization over a fixed preliminary boundary. A least cost closed path which constitutes a boundary for the area to be replaced is calculated using dynamic programming. The replacement area is blended such that image data information from one image is seamlessly replaced with image data information from another image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177976 | MASKING TOOL - A system for controlling effects performed on an image includes a digital camera having a display that displays the image. Masking tools position graphical representations on the display to define a portion of the image that is altered when the effects are subsequently applied to the image. The several masking tools may be combined to form a single masking tool. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177977 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177978 | APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY STORING AREA SELECTED IN IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AN IMAGE FILE BY AUTOMATICALLY RECORDING IMAGE INFORMATION - An apparatus to collectively store areas selected in an image includes an image-editing unit to load a standard image file, to display a standard image based on the standard image file, and to enable a user to edit the standard image, a zooming unit to zoom into and away from a position where a marker of an input unit is indicating on the standard image, and a selected-image-managing unit to collectively store one or more areas selected by the input unit as one or more corresponding image files. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177979 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND CONTROLLING VISION SYSTEM OPERATING PARAMETERS - A graphical user interface (GUI) display and GUI-based system for displaying and controlling vision system operating parameters of a contour sensor comprises an automated region of interest graphic image applied to a discrete region of a selected image in response to a single click by a user at the discrete region of the selected image, the selected image selected from a window on the GUI display containing a plurality of captured images of the object. At least one automated operating parameter is generated automatically in response to the single click by the user at the discrete region of the selected image to determine whether a contour of interest is in the automated ROI graphic image. The GUI also provides a contour graphic image that outlines the contour of interest to demonstrate whether the contour of interest is in (present or at the correct position within) the automated ROI graphic image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177980 | BULK BAG WITH MULTIPLE LIFTING MECHANISMS - A bulk bag and method of making the bulk bag uses stevedores and lift straps that attached to a bulk bag body so that the bulk bag has multiple lifting mechanisms. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177981 | FOLDABLE CARRYING DEVICE - A carrying device uses a folding structural frame covered by a shell. The frame is configured with two rigid members, which are joined together by two pivotable joints. A two-part base piece attaches to the frame and creates a structural bottom for the bag, with the base supporting articles placed inside of the bag. The frame and base create support that enables the bag to stand upright on a flat surface. The shell is made from a soft, flexible fabric material. The assembly is capable of folding to a substantially flat position, with the frame members moving relative to one another around the pivotable joints, and the base folding in half and becoming substantially co-planar with the frame. A strap attaches to the device in multiple configurations, allowing the device to be carried in different ways. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177982 | HAND WRAPS DECREASER, ROLLER, AND WASHING BAG. - This device is used to decrease, roll, and wash hand wraps that boxers and martial artists use, the domes and their covers decrease the wraps, the axle rolls them inside the bag, and the mesh structure allows a thorough washing of the hand wraps inside the bag by placing it in a washing machine. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177983 | Flat-Bottomed Gusseted Bag Made From Multi-Layer Sheet - A flat-bottomed bag is formed from a flexible sheet that initially is flat prior to being manipulated to form the bag. The sheet is a laminate of a first web and a second web laminated together by an adhesive layer disposed between the webs. The sheet defines a plurality of serially connected side wall panels collectively defining a vertically extending side wall of the bag, and a plurality of bottom panels respectively connected to the side wall panels at respective fold lines. The bottom panels are folded about the fold lines and are attached together to form a flat bottom wall configured to support the bag in an upright orientation. The adhesive layer is in a partial-coverage pattern that includes adhesive-free regions located along each fold line between each bottom panel and the respective side wall panel connected therewith. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177984 | DEVICE HAVING RAIL AND BLOCK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A device having a rail and a block includes a rail and a block. The rail includes a body and a hollow inside, the hollow inside being located inside the body. The hollow inside of the rail is provided with a lightweight, shock absorption and sound absorption material, and the lightweight, shock absorption and sound absorption material is selected from a group consisting of foam metal material, polystyrene, asbestos, foam, plastic, and rubber. The block is adapted for sliding along the rail to finish a slide path. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177985 | LINEAR MOTION GUIDE UNIT WITH BURIED PLUG - A buried plug has interference which is made to exert a load or stress less in a widthwise direction of the guide rail than in a lengthwise direction of the guide rail, thereby protect raceways on the guide rail against any deformation such as bulge. The buried plug has a mating zone to press fit into a counterbore of a bolt hole and a leading zone to guide the mating zone into the counterbore. Let assuming a definition that a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the guide rail is referred to a direction opposed to the raceway surface or the widthwise direction of the guide rail, the interference exerting a force on the counterbore in the widthwise direction is determined less than the interference exerting the force on the counterbore in the lengthwise direction of the guide rail. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177986 | ROLLER RETAINING CHAIN - A roller retaining chain includes a carrier belt extending along a longitudinal direction and multiple holes are defined through the carrier belt so as to respectively receive a roller therein. A retainer is located between any two adjacent holes and each of the retainers includes a first part and a bottom part. The first/second part has a first/second face facing the hole. Each of the first and second faces has a guide member and each guide member has a guide face which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The two respective guide faces are located on the same plane. Each of the guide faces has an inclined stop face extending therefrom so as to retain the roller in the hole. Each roller is in contact with the two guide faces to prevent from being tilt. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177987 | FLANGED BUSHING - The present invention relates to a flanged bronze bushing, provided with at least one slide bearing ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140177988 | BEARING LININGS - A bearing lining has a bearing backing layer provided with a coating comprising a first overlay layer and a second overlay layer, the first overlay layer being provided between the bearing backing layer and the second overlay layer. The first and second overlay layers each comprise a matrix material and a soft-phase material that is substantially insoluble in the matrix and dispersed within the matrix as soft-phase particles. The first overlay layer comprises a higher proportion by weight of a grain size reduction additive than the second overlay layer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177989 | PLAIN BEARING SHELL WITH SLIDE FACE SURFACE GEOMETRY WHICH IS PROFILED IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION - A plain bearing shell includes a slide face of which, in the region of the apex of the plain bearing shell, is convexly curved in the axial direction at least at the edge regions, wherein the curvature is at its most pronounced at the apex of the plain bearing shell and decreases continuously in the circumferential direction of the plain bearing shell toward the two partial surfaces. A method for producing such a plain bearing shell is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177990 | ROLLING BEARING - The present invention provides a rolling bearing which can be large-sized, is excellent in its corrosion resistance, and is allowed to prevent mounting accuracy from deteriorating, a fixing force from decreasing, vibration from occurring at a portion of the rolling bearing to be fixed to a bearing box or the like, and can be used for a long term even in a highly corrosive environment. A rolling bearing ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140177991 | SEALED ROLLING BEARING - In a sealed rolling bearing for use in an environment where a large amount of water is splashed and the internal pressure of the bearing becomes negative, a ratio of the difference between an outer diameter of a seal sliding contact surface of an inner race and an inner diameter of a seal lip of an elastic seal member in its natural state to a diameter of a roll neck portion (shaft) on which the inner race is fitted is in the range of 0.27 to 0.40%. This provides reduced frictional heat generation of the seal lip and adequate pressing force applied to the seal lip, thus securing excellent seal performance without requiring an additional mechanism, such as a vent to a contact seal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177992 | RADIAL ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR A NEEDLE BUSH - A radial roller bearing assembly, in particular for a needle bush ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140177993 | BEARING INTENDED TO UNDERGO A SURFACE FATIGUE PHENOMENON - The bearing ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140177994 | HYBRID OPTICAL MODULATOR FOR PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - An apparatus comprising an optical modulator, wherein the optical modulator comprises a planar substrate, a first III-V semiconductor layer on the substrate, and a silicon layer on the substrate. The optical modulator includes a planar semiconductor optical waveguide having a hybrid optical core, the hybrid optical core including vertically adjacent lateral portions of the first III-V semiconductor layer and the silicon layer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177995 | OPTICAL PHOTONIC CIRCUIT COUPLING - Systems and methods may couple on-chip optical circuits to external fibers. An SOI waveguide structure may include mirror structures and tapered waveguides to optically couple optical circuits to fibers in a vertically oriented external connector. The mirror structure(s) may be angularly disposed at the ends of the silicon waveguide structure. An oxide layer may cover a buried oxide layer and the silicon waveguide structure. The tapered waveguide(s) may have a narrow end and a wide end. The narrow end of the tapered waveguide(s) may be disposed above the mirror structures. The tapered waveguide(s) may extend through the oxide layer from the narrow end in a direction perpendicular to the silicon waveguide structure. An external connector may fit over the tapered waveguide(s) and uses a fiber array traveling through a connector body to optically couple to the external fiber. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177996 | WAVEGUIDE LENS INCLUDING PLANAR WAVEGUIDE AND MEDIA GRATING - A waveguide lens includes a substrate, a planar waveguide, a media grating, a pair of first electrodes, and a pair of second electrodes. The planar waveguide is formed on the substrate and is coupled with a laser light source, which emits a laser beam having a divergent angle into the planar waveguide. The media grating is formed on the planar waveguide. The pair of first electrodes is configured to change an effective refractive index of the planar waveguide, utilizing an electro-optical effect, when a first modulating electric field is applied, where the effective refractive index is corresponding to a transverse electric wave. The pair of second electrodes is configured to change an effective refractive index of the planar waveguide, utilizing an electro-optical effect, when a second modulating electric field is applied, where the effective refractive index is corresponding to a transverse magnetic wave. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177997 | WAVEGUIDE LENS INCLUDING PLANAR WAVEGUIDE AND MEDIA GRATING - A waveguide lens includes a substrate, a pair of electrodes, a planar waveguide, and a grating. The planar waveguide is formed on the substrate and is coupled with a laser light source, which emits a laser beam having a divergent angle into the planar waveguide. The grating is formed on the planar waveguide. The laser light source is attached to a portion of the planar waveguide corresponding to the planar waveguide; the grating and the planar waveguide constitute a ridge-type waveguide lens to converge a laser beam into an optical element. The pair of electrodes is arranged at two opposite sides of the planar waveguide and is configured to change an effective refractive index of the planar waveguide, utilizing an electro-optical effect, when a modulating electric field is applied. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177998 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH PHOTOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND DRIVER CHIP - An optical communication device includes a substrate, a photoelectric element, a driver chip, a light waveguide unit, and a lens element. The substrate defines a receiving groove and a number of positioning holes around the receiving groove. The photoelectric element and the driver are electrically positioned on the substrate. The photoelectric element is configured for emitting/receiving optical signals, and the driver chip is configured for driving the photoelectric element to emit/receive optical signals. The light waveguide unit is configured for transmitting optical signals. The lens element includes a number of positioning portions corresponding to the positioning holes. The lens element is received in the receiving groove, and the positioning portions are received in the positioning holes. | 2014-06-26 |
20140177999 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - There is provided an optical waveguide device. The device includes: a wiring substrate having a first opening portion therein and including: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; an upper side wiring layer formed on the upper surface of the substrate, and a lower side wiring layer formed on the lower surface of the substrate, an optical waveguide formed on the lower side wiring layer; a first optical element connected to the upper side wiring layer; a first circuit element electrically connected to the first optical element through the upper side wiring layer; a second optical element connected to the lower side wiring layer through the first opening portion; and a second circuit element electrically connected to the second optical element through the lower side wiring layer. | 2014-06-26 |