37th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130236057 | DETECTING APPARATUS OF HUMAN COMPONENT AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of detecting a human component from an input image. The apparatus includes a training database (DB) to store positive and negative samples of a human component, an image processor to calculate a difference image for the input image, a sub-window processor to extract a feature population from a difference image that is calculated by the image processor for the positive and negative samples of a predetermined human component stored in the training DB, and a human classifier to detect a human component corresponding to a human component model using the human component model that is learned from the feature population. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236058 | System And Process For Detecting, Tracking And Counting Human Objects Of Interest - A method of identifying, tracking, and counting human objects of interest based upon at least one pair of stereo image frames taken by at least one image capturing device, comprising the steps of: obtaining said stereo image frames and converting each said stereo image frame to a rectified image frame using calibration data obtained for said at least one image capturing device; generating a disparity map based upon a pair of said rectified image frames; generating a depth map based upon said disparity map and said calibration data; identifying the presence or absence of said objects of interest from said depth map and comparing each of said objects of interest to existing tracks comprising previously identified objects of interest; for each said presence of an object of interest, adding said object of interest to one of said existing tracks if said object of interest matches said one existing track, or creating a new track comprising said object of interest if said object of interest does not match any of said existing tracks; updating each said existing track; and maintaining a count of said objects of interest in a given time period based upon said existing tracks created or modified during said given time period. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236059 | FLUORESCENCE REFLECTION IMAGING DEVICE WITH TWO WAVELENGTHS - A first light source has a first wavelength corresponding to an excitation wavelength of a fluorophore. The excitation wavelength and an emission wavelength of the fluorophore delineate a predetermined interval. A second light source has a second wavelength offset with respect to the first wavelength so as to be outside said predetermined interval. The offset between the first and second wavelengths is comprised between 30 nm and 100 nm. A camera comprises a filter opaque to the first and second wavelengths and transparent to the emission wavelength and to wavelengths substantially higher than the higher of the first and second wavelengths. The light sources and camera are synchronized to alternately activate one of the light sources and make the camera alternately acquire a fluorescence image and a background noise image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236060 | Image Analysis Method and Image Analysis Device - An image analysis method includes acquiring fluorescent images of frames in time-series. Each fluorescent image comprises pixels in which pixel data are acquired in the time-series. The method further includes setting analysis areas to the acquired fluorescent images, calculating a classification value of the analysis areas, classifying the images into one or more groups on the basis of the classification value, calculating an average image of the analysis area every group, subtracting the average image from each image of the analysis area every group to calculate a new image of the analysis area, and calculating a correlation value on the basis of the new images every group. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236061 | Image Analysis Method and Image Analysis Device - An image analysis method includes acquiring fluorescent images of frames in time-series. Each fluorescent image comprises pixels in which pixel data are acquired in the time-series. The method further includes setting analysis areas to the fluorescent images, selecting the fluorescent images of two or more frames to be used in analysis, extracting data pairs each comprising two pixels in which acquisition time intervals are the same in the analysis area of each of the selected fluorescent images, and performing product sum calculation of each of the data pairs for all of the selected images to calculate a correlation value. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236062 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that calculates information on a position and an orientation of an image capture device relative to an object captured by the image capture device, holds three-dimensional information including a plurality of line segments that constitute the object, acquires an image of the object captured by the image capture device, detects an image feature indicating a line segment from the acquired image, calculates a position and orientation of the image capture device based on correspondence between the image feature indicating the detected line segment and the held line segment, and determines, for each of the held line segments, whether to use the line segment for the calculation of the position and orientation thereafter, based on at least one of a result of detection of the image feature, and information acquired in the calculation of the position and orientation. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236063 | MULTIPLE VIEW TRANSPORTATION IMAGING SYSTEMS - A camera may be positioned to have a direct view of on-coming vehicle traffic from a first perspective. Additionally, a reflective surface, such as a mirror, may be positioned within the viewing area of the same camera to provide the camera with a reflected view of vehicle traffic from a second perspective. The images recorded by the camera may then be received by a computing device. The computing device may separate the images into a direct view region and a reflected view region. After separation, the regions may be analyzed independently and/or combined with other regions, and the analyzed data may be stored. The regions may be analyzed to determine various vehicle characteristics, including, but not limited to, vehicle speed, license plate identification, vehicle occupancy, vehicle count, and vehicle type. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236064 | OPTIMIZING SUBTERRANEAN TREATMENT CHARACTERISTIC BY DIGITAL GEOINFORMATICS - Methods for acquiring, cataloguing, and analyzing digital core samples taken of subterranean formations are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method that includes obtaining an image or a series of images of at least a portion of a subterranean formation; simulating, by a computing device, a fracturing characteristic of the subterranean formation based on the image or the series of images; and cataloguing the image or the series of images in a formation fingerprinting database. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236065 | IMAGE SEMANTIC CLOTHING ATTRIBUTE - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a semantic clothing attribute in an image. A probability of a semantic clothing attribute in an image may be determined. The probability of the semantic clothing attribute may be determined based on a comparison of the image to an image feature associated with the semantic clothing attribute. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236066 | BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION, AUTHENTICATION AND VERIFICATION USING NEAR-INFRARED STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH 3D IMAGING OF THE HUMAN EAR - A biometric identification or authentication images an ear of the user. A source of near-infrared structured light illuminates the ear with at least one structured pattern and an image acquisition device captures a near-infrared image of an ear illuminated with a structured pattern of near-infrared light. An analysis area of the near-infrared image is processed to extract identifying features and it is determined if the identifying features correspond to an authorized user. The analysis area of the near-infrared image is processed to determine a reflectivity of the ear and it is determined if the reflectivity corresponds to an ear of a living person. The user is authenticated if the classified identifying features correspond to an authorized user and the reflectivity corresponds to an ear of a living person. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236067 | Computationally Efficient Feature Extraction and Matching Iris Recognition - A method and system for uniquely identifying a subject based on an iris image. After obtaining the iris image, the method produces a filtered iris image by applying filters to the iris image to enhance discriminative features of the iris image. The method analyzes an intensity value for pixels in the filtered iris image to produce an iris code that uniquely identifies the subject. The method also creates a segmented iris image by detecting an inner and outer boundary for an iris region in the iris image, and remapping pixels in the iris region, represented in a Cartesian coordinate system, to pixels in the segmented iris image, represented in a log-polar coordinate system, by employing a logarithm representation process. The method also creates a one-dimensional iris string from the iris image by unfolding the iris region by employing a spiral sampling method to obtain sample pixels in the iris region, wherein the sample pixels are the one-dimensional iris string. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236068 | CALCULATING FACIAL IMAGE SIMILARITY - In one embodiment, for a first image, a first vector of similarity to a set of reference images is calculated as a first face descriptor, and for a second image, a second vector of similarity to the set of reference images is calculated as a second face descriptor. A similarity measure between the first face descriptor and the second face descriptor is then calculated. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236069 | Face Recognition System and Face Recognition Method Thereof - A face recognition system and a face recognition method thereof. The face recognition system comprises a storage module, a processing module and a display module. The storage module stores a plurality of face recognition codes, a plurality of face images or face coordinates corresponding to the plurality of face recognition codes. The processing module calculates an overlap rate of the (T−1) | 2013-09-12 |
20130236070 | AUTOMATIC FACE DETECTION AND PARENTAL APPROVAL IN IMAGES AND VIDEO AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A method and system for the notification and subsequent approval process corresponding to facial detection in images and videos disclosed by or related to minors or other dependents within an online platform. A face detector is applied to detect a set of possible face regions in the image or video. If a face is detected within a given threshold of certainty, the image or video (media) is flagged for approval by the minor's and/or dependent's parent, agent, representative or legal guardian. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile ratio of a customer is obtained to support a marketing strategy related to attracting customers. A population extraction unit | 2013-09-12 |
20130236072 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236073 | WEB-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ANALYSIS - What is disclosed is a web-based system which comprises, in part, video analysis modules for performing different types of analysis services on a video, and a server in network communication with a user's computing device. A user selects one or more menu options displayed on a webpage. Each of the menu options is associated with a respective video analysis available to the user. The user makes their election and, within the same session, uploads to the server a video desired to be analyzed with respect to each of the video analysis services selected by the user. Once the server has obtained the user's selection(s) and has received the uploaded video, the server communicates the video to each video analysis module associated with each of the respective analysis services. Upon each completion of the video analysis, the results are communicated back to the user. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236074 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS - Embodiments of a system for performing image analysis include a calibration device comprising a first color correction region comprising a predetermined plurality of color chips; and a memory component that stores logic, that when executed, causes a processor to perform at least the following: access a digital image of a subject, the digital image comprising a portion of a skin of the subject, the digital image comprising a portion of the calibration device; calibrate the digital image using the first color correction region; analyze a condition within the digital image; and output one or more results corresponding to the condition within the digital image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236075 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DATA - Systems and methods for processing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data are provided. A method includes receiving MRI data comprising a plurality of k-space points and deriving a plurality of image data sets based on the MRI data, each of the plurality of MRI image sets obtained by zeroing a different one of the plurality of k-space points. The method further includes computing image space metric values for each of the plurality of image data sets and adjusting a portion of the MRI data associated with ones of the image space metric values that fail to meet a threshold value to yield adjusted MRI data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236076 | Region-Growing Algorithm - A region growing algorithm for controlling leakage is presented including a processor configured to select a starting point for segmentation of data, initiate a propagation process by designating adjacent voxels around the starting point, determine whether any new voxels are segmented, count and analyze the segmented new voxels to determine leakage levels, and identify and record segmented new voxels from a previous iteration when the leakage levels exceed a predetermined threshold. The processor is further configured to perform labeling of the segmented new voxels of the previous iteration, select the segmented new voxels from the previous iteration when the leakage levels fall below the predetermined threshold, and create a voxel list based on acceptable segmented voxels found in the previous iteration. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236077 | X-RAY IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention is an image processing apparatus that reconstructs one frame of image data using block-level image data, including a unit that receives the block-level image data to which position information has been added, a unit that determines whether or not there was an error in the transmission of the received position information, a first storage area used for storing the block-level image data corresponding to the position information for which a transmission error did not occur, a second storage area used for storing the block-level image data corresponding to the position information for which a transmission error occurred, a unit that infers correct position information for the block-level image data stored in the second storage area based on the first storage area and the second storage area, and a unit that reconstructs the one frame of image data using the inferred position information. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236078 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - A medical image interpretation system according to an embodiment of the present invention including: uninterpreted inspection data; known abnormal data in each of which a disease has been diagnosed; an interpretation data generation section that mixes, at a predetermined mixing ratio, the known abnormal data with the uninterpreted inspection data to create interpretation data in which the known abnormal data are inserted in a random position of the uninterpreted inspection data; a true/false determination section that determines true/false of interpretation judgment made for the known abnormal data included in the interpretation data; a totalizing section that totalizer results of interpretation with respect to the known abnormal data; and a message generation section that generates, in accordance with the interpretation result, an alert message to a radiologist. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236079 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYSING A REGION OF INTEREST IN AN OBJECT USING X-RAYS - A method and a device for analyzing a region of interest in an object is proposed. The method comprises: (a) providing measurement data by a differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system, and (b) analyzing characteristics of the object in the region of interest. Therein, the measurement data comprise a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional set of pixels wherein for each pixel the measurement data comprises three types of image data spatially aligned with each other, including (i) absorption representing image data A, (ii) differential phase contrast representing image data D, and (iii) coherence representing image data C. The analyzing step is based, for each pixel, on a combination of at least two of information comprised in the absorption representing image data A and information comprised in the differential phase contrast representing image data D and information comprised in the coherence representing image data C. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236080 | Image Analysis System and Method for Determining Cancerous Cells - An image analysis system for determining cancerous cells includes an acquisition module, an image capturing module and a multi-spectral image reproduction module. A method for determining cancerous cells includes a spectral database establishing procedure of cancerous cells and a cell determining procedure of multi-spectral image reproduction. The spectral database establishing procedure includes a penetration spectrum analysis step and a database establishing step. The cell determining procedure is based on the cancerous spectrum database and includes an image capturing step, a cell location contouring step, a penetration spectrum analyzing step, a classifying step, a color gaining step, an image reproduction step and a cell determining step. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236081 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An image-classification apparatus includes: a first feature extraction unit to acquire a feature value of each of block images obtained by segmenting an input image; an area-segmentation unit to assign each of the block images to any one of K areas based on the feature value; a second feature extraction unit to acquire, based on an area-segmentation result, a feature vector whose elements including, the number of adjacent spots, each including two block images adjacent to each other in the input image, for each combination of the areas whereto the two block images are assigned; or a ratio of the number of block images assigned to each of the K areas to all the number of block images adjacent to a block image assigned to each of the K areas; and a classification unit to classify to which of a plurality of categories the input image belong. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236082 | RAPID PROCESSING AND DETECTION OF NON-UNIFORMITIES IN WEB-BASED MATERIALS - A computerized inspection system is described for detecting the presence of non-uniformity defects and providing output indicative of a severity of each type of non-uniformity defect. Techniques are described that increase the throughput of the inspection system. Algorithmic and hardware approaches are described to significantly decrease the average amount of time required to inspect a given quantity of material that is expected to be mostly uniform. The techniques described herein involve dynamic selection of which image features to compute by starting with a base feature set and only triggering additional feature computations as needed until the features are sufficient to compute a severity for each type of non-uniformity defect. The number of features extracted and the order in which the features are extracted is dynamically determined in real-time to reduce a cost associated with the feature extraction. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236083 | DETECTION OF THIN LINES FOR SELECTIVE SENSITIVITY DURING RETICLE INSPECTION USING PROCESSED IMAGES - A detection method for a spot image based thin line detection is disclosed. The method includes a step for generating a band limited spot image from a transmitted and reflected optical image of the mask. The spot image is calibrated to minimize a plurality of optical aberrations from the spot image. The spot image is restored back to a mask image to allow at least one of: a more reliable segmentation between thin line and non-thin line areas on the mask image or a more accurate line width measurement for facilitating segmentation. Thin line features and non-thin lines features are distinguished on the restored mask image. Areas containing thin line features are grown while preventing the thin line growth from encroaching the non-thin line features. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236084 | RETICLE DEFECT INSPECTION WITH SYSTEMATIC DEFECT FILTER - A stream of defect data is received from a reticle inspection system. The defect data identifies defects that were detected for a plurality of different portions of a reticle. Before reviewing the defect data to determine whether the reticle passes inspection and as the stream of defect data continues to be received, some of the defects are automatically grouped with other most recently one or more received defects on as form groups of substantially matching defects. Before reviewing the defect data to determine whether the reticle passes inspection and after all of the defect data for the reticle is received, one or more of the groups of defects that have a number above a predetermined threshold are automatically filtered from the defect data on as to form filtered defect data. The filtered defect data may then be provided to a review station for determining whether the reticle passes. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236085 | Systems and Methods of Advanced Site-Based Nanotopography for Wafer Surface Metrology - Systems and methods for providing micro defect inspection capabilities for optical systems are disclosed. Each given wafer image is filtered, treated and normalized prior to performing surface feature detection and quantification. A partitioning scheme is utilized to partition the wafer image into a plurality of measurement sites and metric values are calculated for each of the plurality of measurement sites. Furthermore, transformation steps may also be utilized to extract additional process relevant metric values for analysis purposes. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236086 | Method of Inspecting Chip Defects - The present invention provides a method for inspecting chip defects. A raw image of a chip is used to extract a chip image. A binary chip edge image obtained from the chip image is used for inspecting defects, coordinated with statistics of edge pixels. During packaging the chip, defects that exceed inspection criteria and affect chip quality are quantitatively and accurately inspected out. The present invention has a simple procedure with high performance on inspecting defect modes and defect sizes. Thus, the present invention greatly improves performance and accuracy of inspections on chip defects for further saving a great amount of labor, time and cost. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236087 | TESTING METHOD AND TESTING DEVICE FOR LASER DIODE DIE - In a testing method for a laser diode (LD) die, a sequence of current values of electric current increasing with a fixed increment is calculated. Then, control parameters are obtained. The electric current is applied to the LD die according to the control parameters. A sequence of voltage values across the LD die and a sequence of power values of light emitted form the LD die are measured according to the control parameters. A table and a graph are generated using the sequence of current values, the sequence of voltage values, and the sequence of power values. Both of the table and the graph indicate an electro-optical property of the LD die. Next, whether the LD die is qualified is determined based upon the table, the graph, and a predetermined electro-optical property. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236088 | PROCESS MONITORING DEVICE AND PROCESS MONITORING METHOD IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - Provide is a process monitoring device in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus that can readily and reliably monitor the process in the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The process monitoring device includes a storage unit that stores a normal state moving image data indicating a normal state of the process; an image capturing unit that captures an image of a state of the process to be monitored to acquire a moving image data; an abnormality level calculation unit configured to extract a feature amount for each frame of the moving image data and the normal state moving image data, and calculate an abnormality level based on the extracted feature amount; and a display unit that displays the abnormality level calculated by the abnormality level calculation unit in association with a frame position of the moving image data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236089 | LEARNING-BASED ESTIMATION OF HAND AND FINGER POSE - A method for processing data includes receiving a depth map of a scene containing a human hand, the depth map consisting of a matrix of pixels having respective pixel depth values. The method continues by extracting from the depth map respective descriptors based on the depth values in a plurality of patches distributed in respective positions over the human hand, and matching the extracted descriptors to previously-stored descriptors in a database. A pose of the human hand is estimated based on stored information associated with the matched descriptors. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236090 | Learning Dictionaries with Clustered Atoms - A dictionary of atoms for coding data is learned by first selecting samples from a set of samples. Similar atoms in the dictionary are clustered, and if a cluster has multiple atoms, the atoms in that cluster are merged into a single atom. The samples can be acquired online. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236091 | METHOD AND INTERFACE FOR CONVERTING IMAGES TO GRAYSCALE - A method and apparatus for generating a grayscale image. The method and apparatus receive a single value. From the single value, the method and apparatus generate a set of grayscale weighting values. The method and apparatus generate the grayscale based on a color image and the set of grayscale weighting values. By limiting the number of values to a single value, the method and apparatus prevents a user from arbitrarily selecting a number of possible weighting values which could result in a grayscale image that is too dim or too bright. This single control method and apparatus quickly and efficiently produces a grayscale image that is neither too bright nor too dim. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236092 | Modified Propagated Last Labeling System and Method for Connected Components - Embodiments disclosed include methods and systems for assigning one or more labels to one or more segments of data received in an incoming segment to a line buffer for propagated component labeling, including preventing repeated labels in each line of the line buffer by assigning a different label for each of the one or more segments of data received in each line; labeling the incoming segment of the one or more segments of data by adopting a label of an overlapping segment on a prior received line when the overlapping segment does not overlap any other segment of data; labeling the incoming segment of the one or more segments of data by adopting a label of an overlapping segment on a prior received line when the overlapping segment overlaps more than one segment on the incoming segment when the segment is a first segment in the line buffer; and labeling the incoming segment of the one or more segments of data by adopting a label of a last overlapping segment when more than one segment overlaps the incoming segment. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236093 | OVERLAID USER INTERFACE TOOLS FOR APPLYING EFFECTS TO IMAGE - Some embodiments provide several on-image tools of image editing application for applying effects to an image. Some on-image tools are visible to the user and are overlaid on the image. Some on-image tools are not visible. The tools are for receiving a selection of a location of the image and for applying effects to at least an area of the image that does not include the location of the image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236094 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for providing image processing. For one embodiment of the invention, an image processing apparatus is arranged to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene, the first and second images being derived from respective image sources. The apparatus provides a portion of the relatively first underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; and a corresponding portion of the second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to the adaptive filter. The adaptive filter produces an output signal from the input signal and the desired signal; and an image generator constructs a first filtered image from the output signal, relatively less blurred than the second image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236095 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including: an image analysis unit and a pixel value correction unit, wherein the image analysis unit sets a plurality of bins having different bin widths which are set by a luminance range varying in size depending on a luminance value, and generates frequency distribution data obtained by setting the number of pixels contained in a luminance range corresponding to each bin as frequency data, and wherein the pixel value correction unit selects a bin corresponding to a pixel to be corrected which is a bin including the pixel value of the pixel to be subjected to noise reduction and a predetermined number of neighboring bins, and calculates a corrected pixel value of the pixel to be subjected to noise reduction by an arithmetic operation process to which a pixel value of a reference pixel contained in the selected bin is applied. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE REPAIR OF ANOMALIES IN IMAGES - The present invention concerns a method and associated apparatus for improving the quality of digital imagery by detecting and correcting erroneous pixel values from image sensors, such as those produced by stuck or dead pixels in a CCD or CMOS sensor. Anomalous pixel values are detected through comparisons with values of adjacent pixels and corrected selectively per channel through interpolation of adjacent pixel values. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236097 | EMBEDDED GRAPHICS CODING FOR IMAGES WITH SPARSE HISTOGRAMS - Processes for compressing images with sparse histograms are disclosed. The image is divided into blocks, and a bit budget is assigned for each block. The pixels of a block are converted and coded bit-plane by bit-plane, starting from the Most Significant Bit (MSB) and going towards the Least Significant Bit (LSB). The pixels of the block are partitioned into groups. Each group contains pixels that have same value. Moving from the MSB to the LSB, the groups in each bit-plane are processed. When processing a group, the encoder sends a “0” if all group members have same bit value at the current bit-plane being processed, followed by the bit value; otherwise, the encoder sends a “1”, followed by refinement bits for each pixel of the group, and the encoder splits the group. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236098 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device has an image input part to which a frame image of an imaging area taken with an infrared camera is input, a background model storage part in which a background model is stored with respect to each pixel of the frame image input to the image input part, a frequency of a pixel value of the pixel being modeled in the background model, a background difference image generator that determines whether each pixel of the frame image input to the image input part is a foreground pixel or a background pixel using the background model of the pixel, which is stored in the background model storage part, and generates a background difference image, and a threshold setting part. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FOREGROUND LAYER IN IMAGE SEQUENCE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for extracting a foreground layer from an image sequence that extract a foreground object layer area in which a depth value is discontinuous with that of a background from an input image sequence. By using the present disclosure, the layer area is automatically tracked in the subsequent frames through user's setting in the start frame in the image sequence in which the depth values of the foreground and the background are discontinuous, thereby extracting the foreground layer area in which the drift phenomenon and the flickering phenomenon are reduced. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236100 | MONITORING USAGE OF A COMPUTER BY PERFORMING CHARACTER RECOGNITION ON SCREEN CAPTURE IMAGES - Compositions of matter comprising computer readable media storing a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform operations related to the monitoring of usage of a computer. In various aspects, the operations may include the steps of associating an identified user with a computer, and capturing an image of a monitored region of a computer screen of the computer at a specified time. The operations may include the steps of extracting image text from the image, determining image text content of the image text, and capturing a subsequent image of the monitored region of the computer screen of the computer at a subsequent time-subsequent to the specified time, in various aspects. A time difference between the specified time and the subsequent time is dependent upon image text content of the image text, in various aspects. The identified user does not control the associating step, the capturing step, the extracting step, the determining step, and the capturing a subsequent image step, in various aspects. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236101 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an image receiving unit receiving an image including an information image which is an image indicating information, an extraction unit extracting image identification information for identifying the image and a position in the image from the information image in the image received by the image receiving unit, a correlation unit correlating operator identification information for identifying an operator performing an operation with the image identification information and the position in the image extracted by the extraction unit, an output unit outputting a result of the correlation by the correlation unit, and a presentation unit extracting operator identification information corresponding to the image identification information and the position in the image extracted by the extraction unit from a memory which stores information output by the output unit, and presenting a symbol indicating an operator on the image on the basis of the operator identification information. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236102 | METHOD OF FACIAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION AND RELATED DEVICE - To modify a facial feature region in a video bitstream, the video bitstream is received and a feature region is extracted from the video bitstream. An audio characteristic, such as frequency, rhythm, or tempo is retrieved from an audio bitstream, and the feature region is modified according to the audio characteristic to generate a modified image. The modified image is outputted. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236103 | PATTERN IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, PATTERN IDENTIFYING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A pattern identifying apparatus comprises: a generating unit to generate, from input data corresponding to an area, accumulated information corresponding to each position in the area; plural storing units to hold the accumulated information for each dimension; a writing unit to write the accumulated information corresponding to each position to one of the plural storing units according to a predetermined rule concerning the corresponding position; a parallel reading unit to read the accumulated information in parallel from the plural storing units; a feature quantity calculating unit to calculate a feature quantity of a local area by using the read accumulated information; and an identifying unit to identify a predetermined pattern by using the plural feature quantities. The number of the storing units allocated to at least one dimension of the area corresponding to the input data and a reading interval of the accumulated information are in a coprime relation. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236104 | Apparatus and Method of Processing an Image - An image processing apparatus processes a center pixel by using a plurality of adjacent pixels included in an M×N region. The image processing apparatus includes a pixel value storage unit for storing first pixel values that correspond to first pixels included in one or more rows including a center row in which the center pixel is disposed, and second pixel values that correspond to second pixels disposed above the first pixels from among the plurality of adjacent pixels; and a pixel processing unit for processing the center pixel, based on the first and second pixel values, wherein the M and N are natural numbers that are equal to or greater than two. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236105 | METHODS FOR MODIFYING MAP ANALYSIS ARCHITECTURE - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for determining a hallway edge and/or room entrance of a map are presented. Embodiments may identify a point of interest (POI) on the map indicative of the room entrance. Embodiments may determine a first edge of the map close to the POI and representative of at least a first wall on the map, and may determine a second edge of the map close to the POI and representative of at least a second wall on the map. Embodiments may then perform a rank analysis of the first edge and second edge based on at least one characteristic of the first edge and one characteristic of the second edge, and may determine the orientation of the room entrance and/or the determine the hallway edge of the POI based at least in part on the rank analysis. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236106 | METHODS FOR GENERATING VISIBILITY MAPS - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for generating a visibility map in determination of a user's location are presented. Some embodiments may identify a point of interest (POI) whose location is predefined on a map. The map may be an overhead map, similar to a map found at a shopping mall or a 3-dimensional map. Embodiments may then determine a plurality of vectors emanating from the POI. The vectors may be representative of lines of sight from the POI on the map. Embodiments may then integrate at least some of the plurality of vectors to calculate an area on the map representative of a visibility map. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236107 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Three-dimensional coordinates of feature points of an object to be measured are back-projected to a frame image photographed from a specific position, and image coordinates of the back-projected feature points and the feature points in this frame image are compared. In this case, the feature points, which are mismatched, are removed as feature points which are mistracked between plural frames. In this case, two processing systems, of which initial conditions of calculation for obtaining the back-projected coordinates are different from each other, are performed, and the detection of the above mistracked points is performed on each of the two back-projected coordinates. The mistracked points detected in at least one of the processing systems are removed, and are not succeeded to the following processing. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236108 | OBJECT OR SHAPE INFORMATION REPRESENTATION METHOD - An information representation method for representing an object or a shape includes: dividing a contour shape of an entirety or a part of the object or the shape into one or a plurality of curves; and representing the contour shape of the object or the shape by parameters including a degree of curvature and a positional relationship of each curve obtained by the dividing. Therefore, there is provided an information representation method for an object or a shape, which is capable of robust object recognition against a change in image by geometric transformations and occlusions. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236109 | IDENTIFICATION GENERATION AND AUTHENTICATION PROCESS APPLICATION - Embodiments of the invention provide methods, devices, and systems for personalizing presentation instruments. According to one embodiment, a method for personalizing presentation instruments may include providing account information for a plurality of accounts and providing a plurality of images. Each of the images may be associated with an account and may be formatted according to one or more defined parameters to facilitate placement of each image onto a presentation instrument. Each formatted image may be overlaid or placed onto a presentation instrument to personalize each presentation instrument and each presentation instrument may be associated with account information corresponding to the image overlaid or placed on the presentation instrument. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236110 | Classification and Standardization of Field Images Associated with a Field in a Form - A system and method for processing form images including strokes. A stroke identification module identifies the position of each stroke in each of form image. A geometry engine identifies a group of overlapping strokes from an overlay of the plurality of form images. The geometry engine generates a field bounding box encompassing the group of strokes and generates a field image from each form image based on the field bounding box. A label detector analyzes an area around the field image in the form image and generates a label image. A field image classifier determines stroke features for field images associated with a field. The field image classifier classifies the field images into one or more groups based on the stroke features. A stroke standardizer determines a representative image for field images associated with a field. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236111 | Method and System for Commercial Document Image Classification - A completely automated method for classifying electronic images of commercial documents such as invoices, bills of lading, explanations of benefits, etc. is based on the layout of the documents. A document is classified as belonging to a class of similarly laid out images if its distance, determined by a predefined metric, to any of the templates from the same class of templates exceeds a certain user-defined threshold. Alternatively, if the sum of distances from a given image to several templates from the same class exceeds a user-selected threshold, the image is deemed to belong to a class of images with a specific layout. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236112 | SIGNATURE REPRESENTATION OF DATA HAVING HIGH DIMENSIONALITY - A system and method for generating an m-dimensional signature vector in a computing device is provided. The signature vector may be generated from a plurality of key-value pairs, each comprising a unique identifier and an associated non-zero value. Each element of the m-dimensional signature vector is calculated based on a summation of a plurality of terms. Each of the terms is calculated from a respective key-value pair by generating a seed based on the key of the respective key-value pair and an element identifier associated with the vector element being calculated; generating a pseudo-random number from the generated seed; and multiplying the pseudo-random number by the value of the respective key-value pair, wherein m<2013-09-12 | |
20130236113 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing device including an inverse transform unit that transforms transform coefficient data of a frequency component of an image including one or more blocks into an image signal by executing an integer inverse discrete wavelet transform, wherein an integer transform function used in the integer inverse discrete wavelet transform has a function graph that is symmetrical about an origin as a reference. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBUST ESTIMATION OF NON-UNIFORM MOTION BLUR - A method and apparatus for robust estimation of a non-uniform motion blur that may reduce an amount of the non-uniform motion blur information, that is, a number of homographies by estimating non-uniform motion blur information about a blur in a predetermined area, thereby reducing an amount of time needed to remove the non-uniform motion blur, and may improve accuracy and stability of the non-uniform motion blur information by estimating homographies for an input image while increasing a number of the homographies, iteratively. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236115 | Method and System for Recovery of Missing Spectral Information in Wideband Signal - A system of recovering information wide band signal comprising a receiver(s) for receiving data signal responses from a target area; the received data signal responses having information missing at a plurality of frequencies; at least one processor for recovery of data from the data signal responses operatively connected to the receiver(s); a first memory comprising time-shifted responses based upon the wide band signal response, a second memory comprising a plurality of spectrally filtered time-shifted responses; whereby the first and second memories operate to provide data to the at least one processor compensate for the information missing at the plurality of frequencies. Also, a method of the recovery of missing frequency bands comprising receiving data signal responses from a target area using a first dictionary comprising time-shifted responses based upon spectra containing the at least one predetermined spectrum, and a second dictionary comprising a plurality of spectrally filtered time-shifted responses. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-IMAGE-BASED RAIN STREAK REMOVAL - A method and an apparatus for single-image-based rain streak removal are introduced herein. In this method and apparatus, an original image is decomposed into a high frequency part and a low frequency part, and the high frequency image is then decomposed into a rain part and a non-rain part. The non-rain high frequency image and the original low frequency image are used to produce a non-rain image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BLURRED IMAGE - A method of providing a blurred image includes receiving a target image to which a blur effect is to be applied; receiving blur effect information for generating the blur effect in the target image; calculating a sum image for respective pixels of the target image; applying a mean filter to the target image by using the sum image based on the blur effect information; and providing a blurred image formed by applying the mean filter. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236118 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a relative coordinate acquiring portion for acquiring a corresponding position over the input image to a predetermined pixel in a rectangular region obtained by dividing the output image, a reference region specifying portion for specifying a reference region including a corresponding region over the input image of the rectangular region for a plurality of rectangular regions arranged continuously over the output image respectively, a reading region determining portion for merging each reference region related to each of the rectangular regions, thereby obtaining a merging region, reading control means for reading a pixel value of each pixel included in the merging region in the input image, and correction processing means for executing the distortion correction processing by using a pixel value of a pixel which is read through the reading control means, thereby acquiring a pixel value of the output image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236119 | System and Method for Creating Custom Composite Images from Layered Images in a Client-Server Environment - In response to receiving a request from a client device, a first image can be determined based at least in part on an image identification in the request. The first image may be associated with a plurality of layers. A subset of the plurality of layers can be determined. Information configured to enable a selection of at least one layer in the subset may be sent to the client device. In response to receiving a request from a client device, a composite image can be obtained based at least in part on a selection of at least one layer of a plurality of layers of an image received in the request. The composite image may be dynamically generated or retrieved from a storage device. The composite image and/or information associated with the composite image can be sent to the client device. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236120 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES - A method and a system for analyzing multi-channel images are provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of images through a plurality of channels, respectively; combining selected images among the plurality of images into a single image; and performing an image analysis with respect to: entirety of the combined image by treating the selected images as a single image; or each of the selected images in the combined image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236121 | PROACTIVE CREATION OF IMAGE-BASED PRODUCTS - A method for proactively creating an image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236122 | Method and Device for Forming a Panoramic Image - There is described a method and a device for forming a panoramic image wherein it is decided to add a current image in a current panoramic image based on definitions of edges of the current image and the current panoramic image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236123 | DIGITAL ANTI-COUNTERFEITING SOFTWARE METHOD AND APPARATUS - An authenticatable object comprises a surface having a latent hidden image embossed therein. The latent image is an encoded version of an authentication image and comprises a plurality of elements applied to the surface with a predetermined frequency. The latent hidden image is configured for optical decoding by a decoder having a decoder frequency corresponding to the predetermined frequency. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236124 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Image processing apparatus ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130236125 | SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY DISPLAYING AN IMAGE - A method for selective image distribution using a processor includes determining whether an image includes a non-display image layer and a display image layer; and generating, using the processor, a share image by synthesizing the display image layer. A device includes a layer configuring unit to determine whether an image includes a non-display image layer and a display image layer, and a layer synthesizing unit to synthesize the display image layer to generate a share image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236126 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a first image processor which includes a memory, performs a first signal processing on image data, and stores the first signal processed image data in the memory; a second image processor which directly accesses the memory and receives the stored image data, and performs a second signal processing on the received image data; and an image outputter which outputs the image data on which the second signal processing has been performed. Accordingly, only actual image data area is received, reducing data transmission volume, reducing signal transmission lines, securing CPU resources, and improving timing errors. In addition, it is possible to remove an image transmitter such as an additional low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) block, making the image processing apparatus thinner and smaller. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236127 | BAG ARRANGEMENT - A bag arrangement for conversion to a flag or vice versa, the arrangement comprising: a bag incorporating a volume for holding goods; and a pole to be provided with the bag and attached or attachable thereto to convert the bag into a flag having a flag pole extending therefrom. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236128 | MULTI-COMPARTMENT RESEALABLE STORAGE BAG AND CONTAINER - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a storage apparatus having multiple compartments. In one aspect, a multi-compartment bag can be formed of a flexible material, and each compartment of the multi-compartment bag can have two or more seams and one resealable opening edge. The seams in each compartment can include at least one tearable seam that can include at least a perforated seam configured to physically separate one of the compartments from the multi-compartment bag. In another aspect, a multi-compartment container can be formed of a rigid material having one or more removable lids, an upper portion, and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion can each have a plurality of compartments. The upper portion can be separated from the lower portion by an intermediate layer. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236129 | TACTILE ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM FOR A CLOSURE MECHANISM - A pouch includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall that connects to the first side sidewall so as to form an interior of the pouch with an opening to the interior, and a closure mechanism that extends along an interior surface of the first sidewall for sealing the opening, the closure mechanism extending from one end of the opening to an opposite end of the opening. A first tactile strip is disposed on an exterior surface of the first sidewall and is spaced above the closure mechanism. A second tactile strip is disposed on the exterior surface of the first sidewall and is spaced below the closure mechanism. An exterior surface of at least one of the first tactile strip and the second tactile strip is provided with a texture, with the texture including a plurality of openings that open into the exterior surface. A smooth region is formed on the exterior surface of the first sidewall. The smooth region is disposed opposite to the closure mechanism and extends between the first and second tactile strips. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236130 | Device For A Biological Liquid Treatment Installation - The invention concerns a device comprising a base ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130236131 | SLIDE RAIL STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A slide rail structure with stable movement and rotation is provided for an electronic device. The slide rail structure includes a base capable of being assembled with a fixed machine body, a tractor capable of being pivoted to a sliding module and movably disposed on the base, and an elastic body including a fixed end connected to the base and a pivot end connected to the tractor. The tractor, incorporated with the elastic body to assist in moving the sliding module, is capable of providing the sliding module with stable and smooth motion. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236132 | LINEAR BEARING WITH NESTED BEARING TRACKS - A linear motion bearing assembly comprising a load bearing plate structure having at least a portion of a plurality of open axial ball tracks formed therein, each of said plurality of open axial ball tracks comprised of at least two concentric ball tracks. The ball tracks including an open load bearing portion, an open return portion and turnarounds interconnecting the load bearing and return portions. A plurality of bearing balls are disposed in the ball tracks. At lease one load bearing plate is axially positioned adjacent said load bearing plate structure for receiving load from the balls disposed in the load bearing portion of the ball tracks. Various outer housing sleeves are disclosed including a structure split axially and a monolithic structure. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236133 | MOTION GUIDE DEVICE - The motion guide device includes: a raceway rail; a moving block including an endless circulation path for rolling elements; and spacers interposed in the endless circulation path of the moving block. The moving block includes: a block body including: a load rolling element path for the rolling elements; and a rolling element return path parallel to the load rolling element path; and turning path forming members fixed to the block body. The turning path forming member includes a direction turning path for coupling the load rolling element path and the rolling element return path to each other. The direction turning path includes: a turning portion for continuously varying a rolling direction of the rolling elements; and a preliminary turning portion which allows the spacers to move in a curved form while linearly guiding the rolling elements. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236134 | SLIDING BEARING HAVING IMPROVED LUBRICATION CHARACTERISTICS - The present disclosure relates to a sliding bearing which is usefully applicable to equipment to which high surface pressure is applied, by processing an inner surface of a sliding bearing manufactured in the form of a sintered body to be optimized to lubrication characteristics. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236135 | BEARING RING COMPRISING A HYDRAULIC PRELOADING MEANS AND BEARING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING RING - A bearing ring is provided, including a body and an end face ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130236136 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CIRCUIT - An optical waveguide circuit includes a polarization beam splitter connecting to a first input optical waveguide; an optical interference element receiving one of orthogonally polarization-split lights of a first light from the polarization beam splitter, and one of orthogonally-polarized lights from a second light input to a second input optical waveguide, the optical interference element causing interference therebetween; a first connection optical waveguide connecting the polarization beam splitter and the optical interference element; and a second connection optical waveguide connecting the second input optical waveguide and the optical interference element. The first and the second input optical waveguides have a straight-line shape or an S-shape including a first bending portion and a second bending portion to cancel the polarization-rotation of light taking place in the first bending portion. The polarization beam splitter, the first and the second connection optical waveguides, and the optical interference element are arranged in an S-shape. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236137 | OPTICAL PULSE DELAY GENERATOR - An optical pulse delay generator is provided. The optical pulse delay generator includes a first optical converter which is dispersive and separates the spectral components of the incoming optical pulse in a time domain. The first optical converter generating a converted optical signal. The optical pulse delay generator also includes a modulator to modulate the converted optical signal and to generate a modulated optical signal and a second optical converter connected to the modulator. The second optical converter being dispersive for overlaying the previously separated spectral components in the time domain and generating the delayed optical output pulse. The dispersion imposed by the second optical converter has the same amount of dispersion, but the opposite sign, as the first optical converter. At least one of the first and second optical converter includes at least two waveguide resonator rings which differ in their optical length. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236138 | PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a photoelectric composite substrate including: a wiring substrate comprising a first region and a second region; an optical waveguide disposed on the first region of the wiring substrate and including: a first cladding layer on the wiring substrate; a core layer on the first cladding layer; a second cladding layer on the core layer; a wiring layer on the second region of the wiring substrate; and an insulating layer having an opening portion on the wiring layer such that the wiring layer is exposed through the opening portion, wherein the insulating layer is made of the same material as that of the core layer. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236139 | HARDENED MULTIPORT OPTICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A multiport optical connector assembly (MOCA) includes an insertion optical fiber assembly having an insertion assembly housing and a connector disk that includes a first connector element having a first ferrule and a first optical fiber. The MOCA further includes a coupling optical fiber assembly having a second connector element including a second ferrule and a second optical fiber. The MOCA further includes an adapter assembly that includes an adapter assembly housing a docking unit for docking the first connector element and the second connector element when the MOCA is assembled. When the first connector element and the second connector element are docked, a tip of the first optical fiber and a tip of the second optical fiber abut one another and the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber form an optical path. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236140 | Hermaphroditic Connector with Multi-Fiber Termini - A hermaphroditic connector assembly for fiber optic cables includes a base portion defining at least one passage for receiving at least one optical fiber. The connector further includes an insert cap that selectively connects to and disconnects from the base portion to receive the optical fiber. The insert cap defines a first face and a tower extending substantially perpendicularly adjacent the first face. The tower defines a cavity therein. A first ferrule is supported by and extends through the first face of the insert cap. A second ferrule is supported by and extends through the tower, and the second ferrule is within the cavity defined by the tower. The first and second ferrules define sets of socket and pin termini within the hermaphroditic connector assembly. An electrical pin terminus extends through the first face, and an electrical socket terminus extends into the tower. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236141 | OPTICAL CABLE CONNECTION CLOSURE - An optical cable connection closure allowing for improved esthetic appeal is disclosed. An optical cable connection closure is housed within trunk optical cables. The optical cable connection closure is suspended from a messenger wire, and is provided with a closure body that is rigid enough to support trunk optical cables, branching optical cables, and optical connectors. The closure body has a first layer for housing the trunk optical cables, a second layer for housing the second optical cables, and a third layer for housing the optical connectors. The first through the third layers are layered in that order in the suspension direction and the perpendicular direction, and at least a part thereof overlaps as seen from the perpendicular direction. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236142 | MULTI-FIBER CONNECTOR WITH FERRULE FLOAT - A connector comprising: (a) at least one multi-fiber ferrule having a front face presenting a plurality of fiber end faces, and a back face having a first surface and defining a first orifice through which the fibers pass; (b) a retainer for holding the at least one multi-fiber ferrule, the retainer comprising a front face having a second surface and defining a second orifice through which the fibers pass, the second surface contacting the first surface; wherein at least one of the first or second surface is convex along at least one of an x-axis or a y-axis such that the at least one multi-fiber ferrule is able to move relative to the retainer about at least one of the axes. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236143 | OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE AND ARRAY OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION MODULE - An optical coupling structure includes an optical amplifier array configured to include a plurality of optical amplifiers arranged in an array direction, an optical fiber array configured to include a plurality of optical fibers arranged in the array direction, and an optical coupling system that optically couples the optical amplifier array and the optical fiber array, wherein, in a non-array direction orthogonal to the array direction, the optical coupling system optically couples beams of light signals to an end face of the optical amplifier array in parallel with a waveguide direction of the optical amplifiers, and optically couples the beams to an end face of the optical fiber array obliquely to the end face of the optical fiber array in the non-array direction. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236144 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AT BOTH ENDS - A connecting device for a fiber optic cable includes a first part having a first housing and first and second electrical connectors located on the first housing, and a second part having a second housing and a third electrical connector located on the second housing. The second and third electrical connectors are adapted to be mechanically and electrically connect with each other or disconnected from each other. The first part further includes electrical components disposed within the first housing and electrically connected to the first and second electrical connectors. The second part receives end portions of optical fibers of the fiber optic cable, and further includes optical transceivers disposed within the second housing which are electrically connected to the third electrical connector and optically coupled to the optical fibers. Also disclosed is a cable device employing an optical fiber cable and two connecting devices at its two ends, where at least one of the connecting devices has a structure described above. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236145 | OPTICAL FIBER FUSION SPLICER - An optical fiber fusion splicer includes positioning members and clamping members. Each clamping member clamps the bare fiber. A first guiding portion protrudes from the top surface of each positioning member and guides a distal end portion of the bare fiber toward the groove. A concave face of the first guiding portion has a V-shaped cross section. Each clamping member includes a second guiding portion, which guides a base portion of the bare fiber toward the groove of the corresponding positioning member, and a pressing member, which presses the bare fiber against the top surface of the fiber positioning member. A concave face of the second guiding portion has an inverted-V-shaped cross section. The fusion splicer can clamp bare fibers while the bare fibers are received by the groove. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236146 | OPTICAL FIBER HOLDER AND OPTICAL FIBER FUSION-CONNECTING DEVICE - An optical fiber fusion splicer includes optical fiber holders that hold optical fibers. Each optical fiber holder includes a base, a cover, and a connecting portion. The base includes a setting table on which an optical fiber F is placed so as to be oriented in the longitudinal direction of the base. The cover has pressing members that press the optical fiber F placed on the setting table against the setting table. The connecting portion joins the cover to the base such that the cover is openable away from and closeable over the base and movable in the longitudinal direction of the base. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236147 | Cladding Alignment for Fusion Splicing Optical Fibers - In aligning ends of optical fibers, e.g. for performing a prealignment of ends of large mode area double-clad fibers (LMA-DCFs) in order to thereafter perform a core alignment process, in a fiber optic fusion splicer a best, optimum or near optimum position or setting of the optical system for observing the self-focusing effect is first determined and then the very alignment operation may be performed using the determined setting. The very alignment process may then be performed by adjusting stepwise the offset distance between the observed fiber ends by e.g. using a cascade technique. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236148 | DIELECTRIC ARMORED FIBER OPTIC CABLE WITH ARMOR PROFILE - An armored fiber optic cable includes fiber optic assembly, including at least one optical fiber, and dielectric armor in the form of an extruded polymeric tube surrounding the fiber optic assembly. The dielectric armor has at least one layer formed from a rigid material having a Shore D hardness of about 65 or greater. Further, the dielectric armor has an armor profile such that the dielectric armor has an undulating surface along its length. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236149 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FORMING EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, CURABLE FILM FORMED FROM THE EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FORMATION OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND LIGHT TRANSMISSION FLEXIBLE PRINTED BOARD - An excellent optical waveguide forming epoxy resin composition is provided, comprising:
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20130236150 | CONNECTION BOX FOR GLASS FIBER CABLES - The invention relates to a connecting box ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130236151 | FIBER OPTICS CONNECTION BOX - Disclosed herein is a fiber optics connection box in which a feeding cable introduced into the fiber optics connection box is processed by an optical processing module and is withdrawn as out cables, passing cables pass through a receiving space defined in the fiber optics connection box, thereby improving watertightness, work efficiency, and price competitiveness in a state in which the cables are mounted or while the cables are mounted. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236152 | OPTICAL TRANSDUCER WITH INTEGRATED FEEDTHROUGH - An optical transducer is provided. A “measuring” portion of the transducer may be exposed to a high pressure and fluids when the optical transducer is deployed (e.g., in a wellbore or other industrial setting). The transducer may include an optical waveguide with a first portion that forms a first seal that isolates an “instrumentation” portion of the transducer from exposure to the high pressure and fluids to which the measuring portion may be exposed. The transducer may also include a second seal with a “stack” of material elements that contact a second portion of the optical waveguide to also isolate the instrumentation portion of the transducer from exposure to the high pressure and fluids to which the measuring portion may be exposed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236153 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBERS, TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS AND DEVICES THEREOF - Optical fibers and optical fiber tapers have application within many optical systems and optical devices. To date manufacturing such fibers and fiber tapers has been restricted to drawing constant diameter fibers in gravity driven processes and symmetric tapers through pulling with localized heating. However, it would be beneficial to be able to generate arbitrary profiles when pulling an optical fiber into a fiber taper allowing an initial uniform section, reducing transition, wire section, increasing transition and final uniform section. Further, the technique further allows novel optical fiber geometries to be fabricated, which the inventors refer to a hybrid tapers wherein additional elements such as coatings, which provide mechanical and environment protection, may be incorporated into the initial preform and processed simultaneously with the fabrication of the optical taper such that the final fabricated hybrid tapers are mechanically robust and handlable thereby improving manufacturing yield and reducing cost. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236154 | FLAT OPTICAL FIBER LIGHT EMITTERS - Light emitters are made of one or more cladded flat optical fibers having opposite flat sides and disruptions along at least a portion of the length of the fibers to cause light entering at least one end to be emitted from at least one side. The ends of the flat optical fibers may have substantially the same thickness as a light source and a width substantially equal to or substantially greater than the width of the light source for ease of optically coupling one or more such light sources to the flat optical fiber ends. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236155 | AUDIO GUIDING DEVICE AND AUDIO GUIDING METHOD - An exemplary audio guiding method includes obtaining signals transmitted by one booth/spot. The method analyzes and determines an identifier contained in the signal, determines an audio file corresponding to the determined identifier according to a stored first table, and obtains the determined audio file from a storage unit. Next, the method determines whether the obtained signals contain the exhibiting information of the exhibit. If yes, the method determines the playing time point of the obtained audio file corresponding to the exhibiting information of the exhibit according to the stored first table. The method then controls an audio playing unit to play the obtained audio file from the determined playing time point. | 2013-09-12 |
20130236156 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - The present signal processing device includes an operating unit, an editing database, a conflict detection unit and a conflict display unit. The operating unit is configured to output a plurality of pieces of editing result information and a single or plurality of editing IDs identifying pieces of result information in association with each other. The editing database holds the plurality of pieces of editing result information and the single or plurality of editing IDs in association with each other. The conflict detection unit detects a difference between or differences among the plurality of pieces of editing result information associated with the same editing ID as a single or plurality of conflict states based on the plurality of pieces of editing result information and the single or plurality of editing IDs to be obtained from the editing database. The conflict display unit displays the single or plurality of conflict states. | 2013-09-12 |