40th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100254556 | Receiver Assemblies - A receiver is provided having a balanced armature motor mechanically interconnected to a displaceable diaphragm component. A front volume changes as the displaceable diaphragm component moves. The front volume is connected to a port. A rear volume changes oppositely to the front volume as the displaceable diaphragm moves. An acoustic channel connects to the port and is also connected to a sound outlet. The sound outlet allows acoustic energy to exit from the acoustic channel. A first acoustic pressure is generated in the front volume as the balanced armature motor moves the diaphragm. The acoustic channel and the internal volume are divided by a common wall section, wherein the common wall section is defined by at least one of the walls of the housing which also provides a portion of at least one wall for the acoustic channel. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254557 | SOUND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR VARYING SOUND TRANSMISSION AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an apparatus for sound reproduction which is able to vary transmission of sound. The apparatus includes a plurality of speaker casings, with each of the plurality of speaker casings including at least one speaker driver; and a plurality of bases for each of the plurality of speaker casings, with a top portion of each base being for securable placement of a foot of one of the plurality of speaker casings, and a bottom face of each base being for securable attachment to the bottom face of another of the plurality of bases. In a first configuration of the apparatus, the plurality of speaker casings is securely placed on the top portion of each of the plurality of bases, and independently rests on the bottom face of each base. In a second configuration of the apparatus, the plurality of speaker casings is securely placed on the top portion of each of the plurality of bases, and is attached to one another at the bottom face of each base. A corresponding method of using a sound reproduction apparatus for varying sound transmission is also provided. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254558 | LOUDSPEAKER WITH PASSIVE LOW FREQUENCY DIRECTIONAL CONTROL - A loudspeaker is provided that passively achieves a directional polar response at low frequencies with a high degree of attenuation between the front and the back of the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker | 2010-10-07 |
20100254559 | Drum Microphone Mounting Device - A device for mounting a microphone includes an elongate coupling plate designed such that the microphone may be adjustably mounted to the plate at a desired location along the length of the coupling plate. The device also includes a clamping assembly for attaching the device to the drum. The clamping assembly is preferably pivotally attached to the coupling plate. The clamping assembly may include a pair of clamping plates to engage the counterhoop of a drum to retain the microphone on the drum. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254560 | MICROFABRICATED MICROPHONE - The present invention provides a microfabricated microphone that can mitigate negative effects caused by residual stress in its sensing diaphragm. In particular, a center-supported diaphragm is provided to allow residual stress to relax through the radial expansion or contraction of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is suspended by an anchor that is attached to a supporting beam. The supporting beam is situated in between one or more sections of a back-plate electrode. The supporting beam is mechanically and electrically separated from the back-plate electrode. Various mechanical dimensions of the aforementioned components are also disclosed to optimize performance of a microfabricated microphone in different operational conditions. Further, a method and system for fabricating a microfabricated microphone with a center-supported diaphragm is also disclosed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254561 | MICROPHONE DEVICE - Provided is a microphone device, i.e., an acoustic sensor, with high reliability for reducing noise caused by light. A microphone device includes: a condenser including a first electrode, and a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode are provided on a semiconductor substrate; an amplifier which is electrically connected to the condenser. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode has the same conductivity type as the semiconductor substrate. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254562 | EARPHONE VIA DRUMHEAD - A bowl-shaped cover ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING HEADPHONE TRANSDUCERS - A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the first mechanical housing of the first transducer device. A second transducer device has a second mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A second coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the second mechanical housing of the second transducer device. The first coupling device is coupled to the second coupling device when in close proximity to each other, such that the inner surfaces of the first and second mechanical devices are opposed to each other. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254564 | LOUDSPEAKERS AND SYSTEMS - The invention provides, in one aspect, a loudspeaker that has electrodynamically-driven piston mounted in one external wall and that has movable panels in one or more other external walls. Those panels are air-coupled to the piston, e.g., via air within the enclosure, such that vibrational motion of the piston causes the vibration of the panels, thereby, improving the overall air coupling of the piston to the external environment, e.g., the listening room. Further aspects of the invention provide an improved driver for use, e.g, in the aforementioned loudspeaker. The driver comprises a three-part piston having first and second diaphragms coupled back-to-back with one another and having a voice coil face-mounted (or front-mounted) within the second diaphragm. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254565 | Magnetic circuit - A magnetic circuit includes a cylindrical yoke member having an inner circumferential surface and a collar formed at one end thereof and turned back substantially at right angles, and a plurality of permanent magnet segments of a partially circular arc in cross section. Each of the permanent magnets has an outer surface attracted magnetically to the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical yoke member, and one end face attracted magnetically to the collar of the cylindrical yoke member. The magnetic circuit is applied to an actuator or a speaker. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254566 | Watermarking of Data Invariant to Distortion - A data set is transformed to a domain in which values are robust to distortion. The values are then expanded to carry auxiliary data. To recover the data, the data set is transformed into the domain, further transformed to get a set of possibly expanded data, and then processed to extract auxiliary data from the expanded values. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254567 | Fingerprint Development in Image Based Spam Blocking - A fingerprint of an image identified within a received message is generated following analysis of the message. A spam detection engine identifies an image within a message and converts the image into a grey scale image. The spam detection engine analyzes the grey scale image and assigns a score. A fingerprint of the grey scale image is generated based on the score. The fingerprint may also be based on other factors such as the message sender's status (e.g. blacklisted or whitelisted) and other scores and reports generated by the spam detection engine. The fingerprint is then used to filter future incoming messages. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254568 | Reduced-reference visual communication quality assessment using data hiding - A method and system of communicating visual communication quality information, includes extracting reduced-reference (RR) feature data from visual content, embedding the RR feature data in the visual content; and transmitting the visual content with the embedded RR feature data. Visual communication quality is assessed by receiving visual content which includes visual content data and a first set of embedded RR feature data, retrieving the first set of RR feature data from the visual content data, and generating a second set of RR feature data from the visual content data. The second set of RR feature data corresponds to substantially identical features of the visual content data as that used to generate the first set of RR feature data. The first set of RR feature data is compared to the second first set of RR feature data to determine a quality of the visual content based upon the comparison. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING A REMOVABLE VISIBLE WATERMARK IN AN IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING SUCH WATERMARKS - A method of watermarking an image. A visible watermark is inserted in the image to obtain a visibly watermarked image. Information allowing removal of the visible watermark is protected to obtain protected information that is inserted as an invisible watermark in the visibly watermarked image to obtain a visibly and invisibly watermarked image. The information allowing removal of the visible watermark may be image values of the pixels to be covered by the visible watermark and, possibly, the position and size of the visible watermark, in which case these values are first memorised. The visible watermark may be opaque. Also provided are an apparatus for inserting the watermarks, a method for removing the visible watermark, essentially by performing the method “in a mirror”, and an apparatus for removing the visible watermark. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254570 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVEN MOVEMENT ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY A DOOR OR A GATE - A device for controlling a driven movement element with an electronic unit is proposed, which comprises a transmitter for electromagnetic radiation, for example, light, in particular infrared light, and a receiver for electromagnetic radiation emitted by a transmitter for the detection of objects on a propagation path between transmitter and receiver. According to the invention, the electronic unit is designed to detect a temporal change in at least one feature derived from the received electromagnetic radiation and, upon a detection of a change in the at least one feature that is comparatively slow over time, to output a signal that is associated with a detection of smoke. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254571 | FACE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD - There are provided a face image pickup device and a face image pickup method which can stably acquire a face image by appropriate illumination, and a program thereof. The face image pickup device comprises a camera which picks up an image of a face of a target person, an illumination light source which illuminates the face of the target person with near-infrared light having an arbitrary light amount, and a computer. The computer detects an area including an eye from the face image of the target person picked up by the camera. The computer measures a brightness distribution in the detected area. Thereafter, the computer controls the illumination light source so as to change the amount of near-infrared light based on the measured brightness distribution. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254572 | CONTINUOUS EXTENDED RANGE IMAGE PROCESSING - Methods and systems for image processing are provided. A method for processing images of a scene includes receiving image data of a reference and a current frame; generating N motion vectors that describe motion of the image data within the scene by computing a correlation function on the reference and current frames at each of N registration points; registering the current frame based on the N motion vectors to produce a registered current frame; and updating the image data of the scene based on the registered current frame. Optionally, registered frames may be oversampled. Techniques for generating the N motion vectors according to roll, zoom, shift and optical flow calculations, updating image data of the scene according to switched and intermediate integration approaches, re-introducing smoothed motion into image data of the scene, re-initializing the process, and processing images of a scene and moving target within the scene are provided. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254573 | Method for measuring the dissimilarity between a first and a second images and a first and second video sequences - Method for measuring the dissimilarity between a first and a second images, including the following steps: a) multiresolution decomposition of the first and the second images to obtain coefficients of the first and of the second images, each coefficient being function of a scale and a location in space; b) constitution of the patches for the first and the second images; c) evaluation of the dissimilarity between the probability density functions of patches having a given scale and belonging to the first image and of patches having the same scale and belonging to the second image, the dissimilarity being a partial measure of the dissimilarity between the first and the second images; and a method for measuring the dissimilarity between a first and second video sequences, the method following a similar multi-scale approach based on sparse intrascale/interscale/interchannel patches and additionally taking motion into account. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254574 | Method for decomposition and rendering of video content and user interface for operating the method thereof - A method for decomposition and rendering of video content and user interface for operating the method thereof is disclosed. First, a plurality of target shots are recognized from a video, the video is decomposed into a plurality of video units based on the playtime of each target shot. Then, the video frame of target shot is decomposed into a background scene and at least one foreground object. The editing process is performed on the background to generate the plentiful visual effect. The video content of each video unit is known by analyzing the information of the foreground object, and therefore each video unit can be annotated. Furthermore, the user interface reintegrates the foreground object in the background scene and generates the customized video content according to users' request, so that viewers may get more enjoyment on game watching. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254575 | IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD - An image analysis apparatus includes a moving image input unit which accepts an input of a moving image of a subject irradiated with X-rays, a determination unit which analyzes the previous frame and current frame of the moving image, and determines based on the analysis result whether or not any of a change in relative position between an exposure field of the X-rays and an observation portion of the subject, a change in imaging condition of the moving image, and a change in observation portion of the subject is detected, and a feature amount setting unit which sets feature amounts extracted from the current frame in the current frame when the determination unit determines that any of the changes is detected, and sets feature amounts set in the previous frame in the current frame when the determination unit determines that no change is detected. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254576 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus generates first image data including a first image and second image data including a second image that is obtained by displaying information onto the first image. The information may be stored in a database and may be related to a face recognized in the first image, related to a location at which the first image was obtained, or input by a user. The digital photographing apparatus stores the first image data and the second image data as one file to improve a user's convenience. The digital photographing apparatus may include an imaging device that generates first image data from incident light, a face recognition unit that determines whether a face is included in a first image of the first image data, a database storage medium that stores a database having information about faces in the first image, a face information search unit that searches for the information about a face included in the first image from the database, a sub-image generation unit that generates second image data including a second image that is obtained by displaying the information found by the face information search unit onto the first image, a multi-picture file generation unit that generates one multi-picture file including the first image data and the second image data, and an image data storage medium that stores the multi-picture file. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254577 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PERFORMING SIMILARITY SEARCHES - A similarity search may be performed on the image of a person, using visual characteristics and information that is known about the person. The search identifies images of other persons that are similar in appearance to the person in the image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254578 | HANDWRITING AUTHENTICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method of associating handwriting with an individual, or authenticating a document or transaction based on handwriting of one or more individuals is provided, the method including (a) collecting by operation of a handwriting instrument, biometric data from a plurality of instances of handwriting of at least one individual, such biometric data including grip pressure and optionally including axial pressure, so as to create a set of handwriting biometric data elements; (b) modeling the handwriting biometric data elements to create, or facilitate the creation of, a functional characteristic model for the handwriting of each of the at least one individual; and (c) associating each of one or more target instances of handwriting with an individual associated with such handwriting based on the functional characteristic model, and optionally based on such association(s) authenticating a document or transaction. A handwriting instrument is also provided that includes an array of sensors that enable the capture of handwriting biometric data across a plurality of instances of handwriting of at least one individual, such array being operable to sense grip pressure and optionally axial pressure, wherein said array is disposed in substantially all of the area of the surface of a handwriting instrument where a user is likely to contact the handwriting instrument during writing, wherein the array is connected or connectable to a computer for analyzing the handwriting biometric data, and enabling based on such analysis association of handwriting with an individual, or authentication of a document or transaction based on handwriting of one or more individuals. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254579 | Apparatus and method for determining the acceptability of a fingerprint image to be analyzed - A method of determining acceptability of an image of a fingerprint to be analyzed, includes dividing the image into a plurality of blocks, determining a focus for each block, determining a validity of a block, the block being valid if the focus is sufficient, otherwise the block being invalid, totaling a number of valid blocks in the image, and determining a validity of the image, the image being valid if a number of valid blocks is sufficient. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING LONG MATCHES OF DATA IN A COMPRESSION HISTORY - Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve the length and number of compression history matches. Further, by sharing compression histories, compression history indexes and caches across multiple devices, devices can utilize data previously transmitted to other devices to compress network traffic. Any combination of the systems and methods may be used to efficiently find long matches to stored data, synchronize the storage of previously sent data, and share previously sent data among one or more other devices. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254581 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICAL TESTING WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - Compositions, methods, and systems for the imaging and analysis of skin, hair and associated health conditions are described herein. The system includes a method and apparatus for analyzing skin and hair samples by taking a sample, identifying desired components of the sample, obtaining an image electronically using a mobile consumer device, storing and transmitting the image, analyzing the image using an analysis software on a remote server, and optionally sending the results of the analysis back to the consumer device. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254582 | System and Method for Detecting Landmarks in a Three-Dimensional Image Volume - A method and apparatus for detecting vascular landmarks in a 3D image volume, such as a CT volume, is disclosed. One or more guide slices are detected in a 3D image volume. A set of landmark candidates for multiple target vascular landmarks are then detected based on the guide slices. A node potential value for each landmark candidate is generated based on an error value determined using spatial histogram-based error regression, and edge potential values for pairs of landmark candidates are generated based on a bifurcation analysis of the image volume using vessel tracing. The optimal landmark candidate for each target landmark is then determined using a Markov random field model based on the node potential values and the edge potential values. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254583 | SYSTEM FOR MULTIMODALITY FUSION OF IMAGING DATA BASED ON STATISTICAL MODELS OF ANATOMY - A ventricular epicardium registration method ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254584 | AUTOMATED METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR RESPONSE TO THERAPY WITH MULTI-PARAMETRIC MRI - A method for assessing a tumor's response to therapy, includes providing images of a first study of a patient and images of a second study of the patient, the second study occurring after the first study and after the patient undergoes therapy to treat a tumor, each study comprising first and second types of functional magnetic resonance (fMR) images, performing a first registration in which the images within each study are registered, performing a second registration in which reference images from both studies are co-registered, segmenting the tumor in an image of each of the second registered studies; and determining that first and second fMR measure differences exist between the segmented tumor's of the first and second studies, the first fMR measure difference being obtained from the first type of fMR images, the second fMR measure difference being obtained from the second type of fMR images. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254585 | OVEREXPOSURE CORRECTION FOR LARGE VOLUME RECONSTRUCTION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A method and system of processing medical images such as projection images of large volume structures obtained by two-pass scanning for generating three-dimensional images. Measured values of each image frame is calculated as an image line. Over-exposed portions of the image line are detected to at one end of the image line and then at the other end of the image line. A determination is made of the approximate center of the image line. A line integral of the image line is generated and then using an assumed shape the over-exposed portions are extrapolated. The processed image frames may then be combined to generate the three-dimensional image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254586 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING FUNCTION-SUPPORTING TISSUE AREAS IN A TISSUE REGION - Functional tissue areas in a tissue region are located by illuminating the tissue by measurement illumination. Stimulation in the functional tissue areas leads to a change in at least one optical property of the reflected measurement illumination compared to the original measurement illumination. The functional tissue areas are located based on the change in the at least one optical property of the reflected measurement illumination by determining the difference between a stimulation image of the tissue region obtained during the stimulation and a comparison image of the tissue region obtained without stimulation. The difference may be formed from at least one image recorded with the measurement illumination and at least one image recorded without the measurement illumination to bring about an increase in contrast. An obtained image may be corrected on the basis of the determined topography of the tissue region to bring about an increase in contrast. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254587 | METHOD FOR SEGMENTING AN INTERIOR REGION OF A HOLLOW STRUCTURE IN A TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER FOR PERFORMING SUCH SEGMENTATION - A multistage method, according to at least one embodiment of the invention, is disclosed for segmenting an interior region of a hollow structure in a tomographic image. In at least one embodiment of the method, portions of the image are segmented in each of at least two segmentation cycles, respectively, whilst using a substance-specific segmentation criterion. Using this procedure, the interior region of the hollow structure can be completely determined, even in the case where a plurality of substances with different imaging properties, e.g. with different attenuation properties, are present. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254588 | AUTOMATED BONE MARROW CELLULARITY DETERMINATION - The invention determines cell to fat ratio statistic, applicable in the field of pathology, in a greatly improved manner over manual or prior art scoring techniques. The cellular areas are identified and displayed in an easy to read format on the computer monitor, printer output or other display means, with average cellularity, nuclear quantity distribution at a glance. These output data are an objective transformation of the subjective visible image that the pathologist or scientist relies upon for diagnosis, prognosis, or monitoring therapeutic perturbations. The invention uses multi-stage thresholding and segmentation algorithms in RGB and HSB spaces, auto-thresholding on red and blue channels in RGB to get the raw working image of all cells, then refines the working image with thresholding on hue and intensity channels in HSB using an adaptive parameter epsilon in entropy mode, and further separates different groups of cells within the same class, by auto-thresholding within the working image region. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS - The present invention relates generally to a method for determining the level of expression of one or more candidate objects of interest in a biological sample. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for determining the level of expression of one or more candidate objects of interest using image analysis. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a system for determining the level of expression of one or more candidate objects of interest using an automated (computer-aided) image analysis system. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254590 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND AUTOMATED SCREENING OF CELLS - A system for performing automated cell screening in drug discovery, includes an automated microscope, a fast autofocus device, and a digital imaging system. Processes are implemented in software through which relevant cellular material is segmented and quantified with minimal user interaction. Improvements in the following areas: known to methods for image processing are implemented in such a way that automated segmentation is achieved; sets of known measurements (pixel counting, etc.) are implemented as methods which demonstrate aspects of biology in a reliable fashion; components for automated positioning, focusing, imaging and processing of a multiplicity of samples are integrated as systems within which the segmentation and measurement methods may be mounted; and components and methods are adapted into systems which yield more highly automated and more rapid cell screening. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254591 | VERIFICATION METHOD FOR REPAIRS ON PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY MASKS - A method for verifying repairs on masks for photolithography is provided. A mask fabricated based on a mask layout is inspected for defects, and the positions at which defects are found on the mask are stored in a position file. In a repair step, the defects are repaired and, for each repaired position, in a verification step, an aerial image of the mask is taken at that position and the aerial image is analyzed to determine whether at that position the mask meets tolerance criteria established for one or more selected target parameters, and if the tolerance criteria have been met, the repair is verified. The verification can include a) based on the position file, a desired structure is defined in the mask layout at the repaired position, b) an aerial image is simulated for the desired structure, c) the captured aerial image is compared with the simulated one, and d) based on the comparison, a decision is made as to whether the repair at that position is verified. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254592 | CALCULATING Z-DEPTHS AND EXTRACTING OBJECTS IN IMAGES - The dual cameras produce two simultaneous images IM | 2010-10-07 |
20100254593 | System for Draping Meteorological Data on a Three Dimensional Terrain Image - A system for draping meteorological data on a three dimensional terrain image has been developed. The system includes a central processing server that receives meteorological data in real time and drapes the meteorological data over a three dimensional terrain image. The image is then transmitted to a display computer for use by an end user. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254594 | SKETCH GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SKETCH BASED ON IMAGE - A sketch generating system and a method for generating a sketch based on an image are provided. The system includes: a sketch database and a generating subsystem. The sketch database stores local image samples and corresponding local sketch units in different categories. The generating subsystem extracts geometrical features from an input image, retrieves local image units from the input image according to the geometrical features; as to each local image unit retrieved, searches the sketch database for a local sketch unit corresponding to a local image sample having a largest similarity value with the local image unit, and combines all local sketch units found to form one sketch. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254595 | GRAPHIC RECOGNITION DEVICE, GRAPHIC RECOGNITION METHOD, AND GRAPHIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A graphic recognition device, method, and recognition program recognize graphics without being influenced by an image shadow area. Image input unit acquires the image of the outside environment of a vehicle using a vehicle mounted camera. A light source location information acquiring unit calculates location of a light source such as the sun using the acquired image. User vehicle shape acquiring unit and other vehicle shape acquiring unit generate shape information for the vehicles indicating the location of points forming vehicle contours. Shadow area calculating unit calculates, on the basis of both vehicles' shape information, the object shape information and the light source location information, the location coordinates of the shadow area, and converts the location coordinates into two-dimensional coordinates to the shadow/non-shadow area emphasis flag recognizing unit, which recognizes the flag in the image by judging the presence/absence of the recognition object in each shadow and non-shadow area specified. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ENTIRELY WELL-FOCUSED IMAGE OF A LARGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - A method and system for generating an entirely well-focused image of a three-dimensional scene. The method comprises the steps of a) learning a prediction model including at least a focal depth probability density function (PDF), h(k), for all depth values k, from historical tiles of the scene; b) predicting the possible focal surfaces in subsequent tiles of the scene by applying the prediction model; c) for each value of k, examining h(k) such that if h(k) is below a first threshold, no image is acquired at the depth k′ for said one tile; and if h(k) is above or equal to a first threshold, one or more images are acquired in a depth range around said value of k for said one tile; and d) processing the acquired images to generate a pixel focus map for said one tile. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254597 | System and method for facial tone indexing - The subject application is directed to a system and method for facial tone indexing. Image data comprised of a plurality of pixels encoded in at least a three dimensional component space is received and at least one candidate facial region is isolated in the received image data. The received image data is translated into a Lightness, Chroma, and Hue color space. Histogram data corresponding to the Hue of pixels is calculated in the at least one candidate facial region by discarding the low-chroma pixels first. The Hue index on which the Hue histogram peaks is identified as the Facial Tone Index. The Facial Tone Index indicates where the Hue concentration is and therefore is a single number representing the flesh tone of a face. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254598 | IMAGE MATTING - An alpha matte is generated from image forming elements of an image. For each of one or more of the image forming elements: a respective representative foreground value is determined from one or more of the image forming element values; the respective representative foreground value and the value of the image forming element are normalized with respect to a threshold level; and a respective value of the alpha matte is generated from an evaluation of the normalized image forming element value in relation to the normalized representative foreground value. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254599 | METHOD FOR DOMINANT COLOR SETTING OF VIDEO REGION AND DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF CONFIDENCE MEASURE EXTRACTION - A method for a dominant color setting of a video region and a data structure and a method of a confidence measure extraction are disclosed. The video region dominant color setting method is characterized in that a region dominant color descriptor is expressed by the number of dominant colors with respect to a certain region, a dominant color expressed, a frequency that the dominant color appears, and an accuracy of a color value representing the region in a region dominant color based on various region dominant color extraction methods, for thereby expressing a region dominant color using a plurality of colors with respect to a region dominant color value and a confidence value of a region dominant color information based on various region dominant color feature extracting methods. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254600 | METHOD FOR DOMINANT COLOR SETTING OF VIDEO REGION AND DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF CONFIDENCE MEASURE EXTRACTION - A method for a dominant color setting of a video region and a data structure and a method of a confidence measure extraction are disclosed. The video region dominant color setting method is characterized in that a region dominant color descriptor is expressed by the number of dominant colors with respect to a certain region, a dominant color expressed, a frequency that the dominant color appears, and an accuracy of a color value representing the region in a region dominant color based on various region dominant color extraction methods, for thereby expressing a region dominant color using a plurality of colors with respect to a region dominant color value and a confidence value of a region dominant color information based on various region dominant color feature extracting methods. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254601 | Method and device for use in converting a colour image into a grayscale image - A computerised device for converting a colour image data indicative of a plurality of colour image regions defining a two-dimensional colour image, into a grayscale image data indicative of a plurality of grayscale image regions defining a two-dimensional grayscale image, each of the colour image regions corresponding to one of the grayscale image regions, and wherein a luminance information and a two-dimensional chromatic information is associated with each of the colour image regions, wherein the device includes a processor and a memory store, said memory store being adapted to store a program executable by the processor so as to perform the following method steps:
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20100254602 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS STORED - An image processing apparatus converts an input data indicative of a fish-eye image into an output data indicative of a plane image. The apparatus includes an input data conversion unit that converts the fish-eye image into the input data including an input data pixel information and an input data color information; a fish-eye image corrected address generating unit that generates, based on the input data pixel information, an output data pixel information; an input data color information acquiring unit that acquires the input data color information based on a pattern of a color filter array; an output data color information calculating unit that calculates, based on the input data color information, an output data color information; an output data generating unit that generates the output data including the output data pixel information and the output data color information; and a storage unit that stores the input and output data. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254603 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRIORITIZING DIRTY REGIONS WITHIN AN IMAGE - A method for identifying modified sections of a drawing region and selecting at least one modified drawing region section to transmit to a remote computer. A local computer can execute a prioritization module that can identify a first modified drawing region section and a second modified drawing region section. Each of the first and second modified drawing region section can have a corresponding priority. The prioritization module can determine whether the first priority of the first section is greater than the second priority of the second section and can select the greater priority. The local computer can then transmit the selected modified drawing region section that has the greatest priority to a remote computer that communicates with the local computer over a virtual channel. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254604 | METHOD FOR THE LOGICAL SEGMENTATION OF CONTENTS - A document to be segmented is converted into a common representation format, if necessary. Parsing of the document results in a document model that is analyzed based on at least one structure-dependent function to identify segments within the document. In one embodiment, the structure-dependent function may comprise a template, or a best-fit template of a plurality of templates, used for comparison with the document model. In other embodiments, the structure-dependent function may comprise table of contents information, font properties within the document model and/or an average segment size determined according to previously identified segments in one or more additional documents that are related to the document under consideration. Semantic-content dependent functions may be applied to further refine the analysis by identifying sub-segments within the extracted segments, or by identifying segments that may be properly merged according to the similarity of their respective semantic content. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254605 | MOVING TEXT DETECTION IN VIDEO - Methods and apparatus for detecting moving text in video comprising receiving consecutive frames from a video stream, extracting a sequence of pixels from the consecutive frames, categorizing the pixels, thinning the pixels, correlating corresponding thinned pixels in the frames, identifying the peaks that are equal to or exceed a threshold, and performing further processing on the peaks to determine if the peaks contain moving text. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254606 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING TEXT INFORMATION FROM A VECTOR/RASTER IMAGE - A method is claimed for processing a vector-raster image file which contains a text image. The method comprises the steps of: fragmenting the image to obtain regions containing non-separable, logically connected fragments of text of the maximum possible size; processing text, vector, and raster objects; discarding excessive information; analyzing each object with the help of all available information. The step of processing text objects includes the steps of: dividing into separate characters and character groups according to supposed locations of blank spaces or other non-indicated symbols, and analyzing and assembling character groups into words and verifying and correcting characters encoding based on recognition of assembled words as raster objects. The step of processing vector objects includes the step of identifying separators, background, and substrates of blocks. The step of processing raster objects includes the steps of: analyzing non-text objects on order to detect text images within them, and/or detecting vector objects other than separators. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE MAPPING AND INTEGRATION - A system and method for data processing and presentation which allows a user to define segments of a digital image, to associate appropriate labels to the defined segments and optionally to link other images to the defined segments is provided. The digital image can be maintained on a server which is accessible by a client-side application over a network such as the Internet. The client-side application according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention includes tools which allow a user to quickly and easily identify boundaries of image segments to which the user can define a label, for example by using a computer mouse to identify vertices of a polygon bounding a selected area. The application can send a definition of the boundaries along with the segment label to a server side application which can store the segment identification information along with the image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254608 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AIDED INPUT ESPECIALLY FOR COMPUTER MANAGEMENT TOOLS - A method of aided input especially for a computer management tool, the management tool being executed in a computer system possessing an operating system furnished with instrumentation services, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (a) entering raw data from an exterior source, (b) extracting relevant data from said raw data, (c) using said instrumentation services to transcribe said extracted data to corresponding fields of a preexisting input interface belonging to the management tool, with a view to allowing further inputs and overall validation. Application in particular to the semi-automated input of accounting items such as supplier invoices and the like. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254609 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A digital camera and an image capturing method for photographing at least one object in the digital camera. An image is sensed, and an eye-gazing detection process is accordingly preformed on the image to detect an eye-gazing direction of at least one pair of eyes of the at least one object. It is determined whether the eye-gazing direction meets a gazing criterion. If the eye-gazing direction meets the gazing criterion, an application of the digital camera is triggered. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254610 | SCANNING LINE INTERPOLATION APPARATUS AND SCANNING LINE INTERPOLATION METHOD - An interpolation processing section detects an angle of an edge in an image, and based on the detected angle, determines a pixel value of an interpolation target pixel in an oblique area in which there is an oblique edge by performing oblique interpolation, and determines a pixel value of an interpolation target pixel in a non-oblique area which is an area excluding the oblique area by performing vertical interpolation. A nonuniform sharpening section performs sharpening processing, in a direction vertical to a scanning line, more strongly for the non-oblique area in the image for which a scanning line has been interpolated by the interpolation processing section, than for the oblique area. Thus, unnaturalness at the boundary between, of the edge whose angle gradually varies, a part for which oblique interpolation has been performed and a part for which vertical interpolation has been performed, can be reduced. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254611 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN EDGE OF A MARKER STRUCTURE WITH SUBPIXEL ACCURACY IN AN IMAGE, HAVING A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, OF THE MARKER STRUCTURE - The position of an edge of a marker structure in an image of the marker structure is determined with subpixel accuracy. A discrete intensity profile of the edge, having profile pixels, is derived from the image pixels, and a continuous profile function of the edge is determined based on the profile pixels. Profile pixels whose intensity values are near an intensity threshold value are selected as evaluation pixels. Based on the evaluation pixels, a curve of continuous intensity is calculated. A position coordinate at which the intensity value of the continuous intensity curve matches the threshold value is selected as a first position coordinate, and the distance is determined between the first position coordinate and the position coordinate of the evaluation pixel that, from among the evaluation pixels previously selected, has the closest intensity value to the threshold value. The determined distance is compared to a predetermined threshold, and if the distance is greater than the threshold, a shift is effected, and the process iteratively performs the steps of selects the adjacent profile pixels, calculates the curve of continuous intensity, and so forth. If the distance is not greater than the threshold, the position of the edge in the captured image is determined with subpixel accuracy from all the distances determined in step g). | 2010-10-07 |
20100254612 | PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTOMATIC IMAGE REGISTRATION - A system for automatically registering a sensed image with a reference image. A sensor image of a first scene is obtained while the sensor is mounted on a platform, and at least one processing subsystem may be provided. The processing subsystem may be adapted to perform a plurality of operations including obtaining a reference image of a second scene, with the reference image encompassing the sensor image; to identify the portion of the reference image depicted in the sensor image; to define an area of the reference image based on the reference image portion; to conform the sensor image and an area of the reference image to a common perspective by transforming the perspective of at least one of the sensor image and the reference image area; and to match the images of common perspective. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUPLICATE TEXT RECOGNITION - A system for duplicate text recognition includes a first means for dividing an electronic text into a plurality of phrase segments; a second means for converting each of the phrase segments into a unique and fixed-length bit string; a third means for storing a plurality of groups of the bit strings, each group of bit strings (string group) including a plurality of bit strings respectively corresponding to the phrase segments in a particular electronic text; and a fourth means for determining whether a predefined similarity between any two string groups in the third means reaches a first threshold, and for determining the two electronic texts corresponding to the two string groups are duplicate texts if the predefined similarity between the two string groups reaches the first threshold. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254614 | CLUSTERING VIDEOS BY LOCATION - Described is a technology in which video shots are clustered based upon the location at which the shots were captured. A global energy function is optimized, including a first term that computes clusters so as to be reasonably dense and well connected, to match the possible shots that are captured at a location, e.g., based on similarity scores between pairs of shots. A second term is a temporal prior that encourages subsequent shots to be placed in the same cluster. The shots may be represented as nodes of a minimum spanning tree having edges with weights that are based on the similarity score between the shots represented by their respective nodes. Agglomerative clustering is performed by selecting pairs of available clusters, merging the pairs and keeping the pair with the lowest cost. Clusters are iteratively merged until a stopping criterion or criteria is met (e.g., only a single cluster remains). | 2010-10-07 |
20100254615 | METHODS FOR DOCUMENT-TO-TEMPLATE MATCHING FOR DATA-LEAK PREVENTION - The present invention discloses methods for document-to-template matching for data-leak prevention (DLP), the methods including the steps of: providing a document as a stream of characters; splitting the stream into a plurality of serialized data lines; calculating a hash value for each serialized data line; checking for each hash value in a hash map of a template set; determining a similarity match to a particular template based on a predefined threshold of template hash values, of the template set, being found in the stream; and based on the similarity match, executing a DLP security policy for the document. Preferably, the template set is extracted from documents manually prepared by a security administrator. Preferably, each template in the template set is deduced automatically from a plurality of documents. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254616 | IMAGE COMPRESSION ACCELERATION USING MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for accelerating the compression of images on a multi-processor computer. In an embodiment, an image is divided into a plurality of slices, each slice having the same width as the image. These slices are provided to a work manager that maintains a thread for each processor. The work manager assigns each slice to a thread for processing in an efficient manner (such as the thread corresponding to the first available processor), and when an indication that the slice has been compressed for each slice is received, the work manager assembles the compressed image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254617 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ROTATE AN IMAGE - Image processing systems and methods are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving image data of an image. The image data includes a plurality of image blocks. The method further includes calculating a first differential DC value during a rotation operation of the image by comparing a first DC coefficient value of a first block of a first row of the image to a second DC coefficient value of a first block of a second row of the image. The method further includes storing the first differential DC value in a memory prior to completing the rotation operation. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254618 | Method for Accessing Image Data and Related Apparatus - A method for accessing image data is disclosed. The image data includes a plurality of pixel data arranged in rows and columns, and every specific amount of pixel data rows forms a pixel group. The method includes writing the image data into an N-line image data register row-by-row successively, and reading the pixel data of each pixel group in a block-row form for image compression. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254619 | ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An encoding apparatus includes: a first processing unit performing predetermined first processing of image data to be encoded before performing encoding; an encoding unit performing the encoding of the image data of which the first processing has been performed by the first processing unit to generate a code stream; a second processing unit performing predetermined second processing of the code stream generated through the encoding of the image data performed by the encoding unit; and a control unit controlling a processing speed of the encoding performed by the encoding unit in accordance with a processing speed of the first processing by the first processing unit and a processing speed of the second processing by the second processing unit. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254620 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - To provide a simply-structured image decoding apparatus which appropriately executes parallel decoding processing. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254621 | DEPTH BUFFER COMPRESSION - Device, computer readable medium, and method for selecting compression modes to be applied in a depth buffer ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254622 | METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING COMPRESSION METHOD FOR GRAPHICS REMOTING - Method and apparatus for improving compression efficiency of for graphics remoting are described herein. According to one embodiment, for each data object of a stream generated within a virtual machine, the data object including graphics data representing an image to be rendered at a client over a network, it is determined whether an image associated with each data object is related to a real life content or an artificial content based on a similarity of one or more pixels selected within at least a segment of the image. A compression method is selected based on the determination of whether the image is related to a real life content or an artificial content. The image is compressed using the selected compression method and thereafter, the compressed image is streamed to the client over the network to be rendered at the client. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254623 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An image correction apparatus calculates a feature value indicative of an average brightness of an input image from the pixel values of the input image and determines a pixel value at a boundary for correcting each pixel of the input image to make it brighter or darker by using the calculated feature value of the input image. The image correction apparatus calculates, with respect to the pixel value of each pixel of the input image, an area for determining a contrast correction amount for a pixel value smaller than the pixel value at the determined boundary such that a pixel is to be made darker and calculates an area for determining a contrast correction amount for a pixel value larger than the pixel value at the determined boundary such that a pixel is to be made brighter, thereby correcting the contrast of the input image by using the calculated areas. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254624 | Method of correcting image distortion - Provided are a method of correcting image distortion and a computer-readable recording medium including a program for executing the method on a computer. An image, distorted by uneven illumination and lens curvature of an apparatus such as a digital camera, is corrected to obtain an accurate image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254625 | Creed Triangle Gridding Method - A method has been created, which does not require measuring or mathematical calculations, that accurately segregates the medium into manageable parts, thereby allowing the user to readily duplicate, enlarge, reduce, or skew images. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254626 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit for receiving an additional image data to be overlaid on an output image, a modification unit for modifying the additional image data received by the receiving unit so as to shorten the processing time of converting the additional image into a binary image compared with before it modified, a storage unit for storing the additional image data modified by the modification unit, a converting unit for converting the modified additional image data stored in the storage unit into a binary image data when instruction of overlaying the additional image on the output image has been done, and a drawing unit for drawing the binarized additional image data converted by the converting unit on the output image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254627 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND C0MPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for compressing image data used in an image generating apparatus for generating a free-viewpoint image. According to the invention, the apparatus has a selecting unit that selects one image as a first image, and defines other images as second images, a projective transformation unit that generates a projected depth map of a second image from a depth map of the first image, a subtracting unit that creates a difference map of the second image, and a storage unit that stores the depth map of the first image and the difference map of the second image. Here, the difference map is a difference between a depth map of the second image and the projected depth map of the second image, and the depth map indicates a depth value of each pixel of a corresponding image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254628 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing system and method for comparing two monochromic images A | 2010-10-07 |
20100254629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE FILE SIZE OF IMAGES SUBJECT TO TRANSFORMATION BY SCALING AND A CHANGE OF QUALITY-CONTROLLING PARAMETERS - A system and method for predicting a file size of an image subject to transformation by scaling and a change about at least one quality-controlling parameter, in which an input receives (a) the file size of the image before transformation, (b) information about at least one quality-controlling parameter of the image before transformation, (c) information about at least one quality-controlling parameter for application to the image during transformation, and (d) a scaling factor for application to the image during transformation. A relative size prediction is calculated on the basis of the received quality-controlling parameters information and scaling factor. The file size of the image after transformation is finally calculated as a function of the file size of the image before transformation and the calculated relative size prediction. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGES FROM RAW DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOR FILTER ARRAY IMAGES - A method and apparatus for generating a super-resolution image are provided. The method may include obtaining a first set of RAW data representing a first image captured at a first resolution and obtaining, from the first set of RAW data, at least one first sample of data associated with the first image. The method may also include obtaining a second set of RAW data representing a second image captured at the first resolution, and performing image registration as a function of the first set of RAW data and the second set of RAW data so as to obtain at least one second sample of data associated with the second image. The first set of RAW data is used as a reference for the second set of RAW data. The method further includes combining the at least one first sample of data with at least one second sample of data to form a collection of samples, and interpolating the collection of samples to form the super-resolution image. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254631 | PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A peer-to-peer file sharing system includes a first digital photo frame connected to a network, a second digital photo frame connected to the network, and a server connected to the network. A plurality of files is stored in the first digital photo frame. An address information of the second digital photo frame is stored in the server. The first digital photo frame is capable of acquiring the address information of the second digital photo frame from the server, and transmitting the files to the second digital photo frame directly based on the address information. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254632 | BAG FOR AUTOMATED MACHINES WITH SIDE FOLD - The invention relates to a side-folded bag ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATERIAL STORAGE AND TRANSPORT - An apparatus for material storage and transport uses one or more bags, each constructed from one of more flexible plastic sheets and forming a chamber for holding material. A bag may be coupled to an adjacent bag by at least one strip of flexible material, which may optionally be perforated to allow adjacent bags to be separated from one another. Multiple bags may be arranged side-by-side, or end-to-end, in a line. The ends of the line may be removably coupled to one another to form a loop. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254634 | Bag with an extensible exterior pocket - A carrying bag comprises an exterior pocket suitable for carrying a drink bottle in the exterior pocket which includes a flexible sleeve. A first end of the sleeve is seamed to an inner peripheral adjacent to the aperture of the exterior pocket and the second end of the sleeve includes a drawstring system for controlling the size of the aperture at the second end of the sleeve. The drawstring system comprises a drawstring passage and a drawstring passing the drawstring passage. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254635 | RESEALABLE FOOD PACKAGE - The present invention relates to a resealable package for storing food articles that may include: a first film sheet, where first film sheet includes four edges; a second film sheet, where second film sheet includes four edges, wherein three edges of the second film sheet and three edges of the first film sheet are permanently joined; a cavity formed between the first film sheet and second film sheet, where the first film sheet and second film sheet are substantially the same size, 5.5 inches in length and 10.5 inches in width; and a mechanism to seal the first film sheet and second film sheet along the fourth edge of the respective sheets. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254636 | CEMENT BAGS - The invention relates to a flexible bag for pourable construction material, particularly a cement bag, which is used for transporting and storing defined portions, preferably at least 15 kg to 50 kg, of the pourable material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said bag for construction material. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254637 | Handheld packet for one-handed operation - A handheld packet designed for one-handed operation with an elongated tab portion that can be gripped between the thumb and forefinger of the hand holding the packet. The elongated tab serves as a moment arm for breaching the neck of the packet when the elongated tab is pulled away from the packet. Breaching the neck portion of the packet permits the contents of the packet can be removed. The neck portion of the packet can be scored or serrated to further facilitate breaching the neck portion and opening the packet. The tab portion can be made from a textured material to increase grip, and the packet can be formed from layers of materials with different properties to enable storage of food, medicine, dangerous or sensitive chemicals, or other substances. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254638 | LINEAR GUIDANCE SYSTEM COMPRISING A HOLLOW-PROFILE RAIL - A linear guidance system including a guide rail ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254639 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING FILLED WITH LUBRICANT IN WORK AREA HAVING REDUCED PRESSURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING, AND ROTATING DEVICE - In an apparatus for manufacturing a fluid dynamic bearing, a housing portion defines a first work area. A vacuum pump discharges air in the first work area. A lubricant discharge device is arranged in the first work area, and discharges a lubricant into an inlet of a reservoir for storing the lubricant of the fluid dynamic bearing. At least one aperture is provided in the housing portion. A first door closes the aperture and a second door closes the aperture. Between the first door and the second door, when both have closed the aperture, a second work area is formed where the fluid dynamic bearing is placed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254640 | Apparatus With a Directly Driven Rotating Body and Aerostatic Bearings - A device having a directly driven rotating body ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254641 | ROTARY-SLIDE BEARING WITH A CONVEX AND AN ELASTICALLY YIELDING SLIDING SURFACE - The invention relates to a rotary slide bearing ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254642 | Roller Bearing Device Having Radial-Plane Arrangement Structure of Rotation Sensor - Provided is a roller bearing device, which is suitable for preventing misdetection of a rotation sensor when a moment load is applied. A thin motor | 2010-10-07 |
20100254643 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus For A Vehicle - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member with a wheel hub and inner ring, double row rolling elements contained between the inner member and the outer member, and; seals mounted between the outer member and the inner member. A stepped portion is formed between an inner side surface of the wheel mounting flange and its base. The stepped portion is formed with a circular arc cross-section with a predetermined radius of curvature. An annular recessed portion is formed on an inner circumference of the outer side end of the outer member. The recessed portion is arranged opposite to a corner edge of the stepped portion, via a small gap. The gap forms an annular labyrinth seal having a substantially “L” shaped cross-section. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254644 | Roller Bearing, Particularly for Mounting the Wheel of a Commercial Vehicle - A roller bearing, particularly for mounting the wheel of a commercial vehicle, has two angular-contact ball bearings placed in an O-arrangement relative to one another. The roller bearing is designed such that each angular-contact ball bearing is associated to a roller body row having a common inner ring with the angular contact ball bearing, wherein the two roller body rows are facing one another and form inner bearing rows. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254645 | ROLLING BEARING CAGE, AND INNER RING, CAGE AND ROLLING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY, OUTER RING, CAGE AND ROLLING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND ROLLING BEARING THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH ROLLING BEARING CAGE - In a rolling bearing cage, adjacent cage bar portions on both sides of each pocket have protrusions protruding toward the pocket and a radially outer side and retaining a rolling element, accommodated in the pocket, from the radially outer side, a side surface of each cage bar portion and the corresponding protrusion, facing the pocket, has a guide surface slidably guiding the rolling element, the guide surface includes a first circular arc surface having a concave shape corresponding to an outer peripheral surface of each rolling element, and a side surface of each protrusion, facing the pocket, has a second circular arc surface having a convex shape smoothly continuous with a radially outer side of the first circular arc surface and an introducing surface smoothly continuous with a radially outer side of the second circular arc surface and inclined to a side opposite to the pocket toward a distal end of the protrusion. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254646 | Bearing, and Methods of Handling the Bearing - The invention comprises a bearing ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100254647 | SEALING DEVICE, ROLLING BEARING AND ROLLING BEARING FOR WHEEL - The invention provides a sealing device, a rolling bearing and a rolling bearing for a wheel, in which a torque can be reduced, and also the air and lubricant are less liable to escape from the interior of the bearing to the exterior of the bearing, and the air and foreign matters are less liable to intrude into the bearing from the exterior of the bearing. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254648 | Rolling bearing of oscillation roller and oscillation method of roller - This invention improves a rolling bearing fitted to a shaft supporting section of a roller to realize an oscillation roller. A rolling bearing to be fitted to one of the shaft supporting sections of a roller comprises a collared inner ring and a collared outer ring and a plurality of cylindrical rolls arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring as rolling members and the transversal distance of the surface of the inner ring and/or that of the surface of the outer ring facing the raceway surfaces of the cylindrical rolls is made greater than the axial length of the cylindrical rolls to make the inner ring and/or the outer ring, whichever appropriate, of the rolling bearing axially movable so as to allow the roller to oscillate. As the roller moves axially, the inner ring, the outer ring or the cylindrical rolls moves axially. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254649 | MONITORING eDC POLARIZATION INVERSE FILTER COEFFICIENTS TO IDENTIFY REAL-TIME PHYSICAL INTRUSION INTO A CORE OR METRO OPTICAL NETWORK - A fiber network is monitored in order to detect physical intrusion. The state of polarization of an optical fiber is monitored. A fiber tap is determined to have occurred if the state of polarization of the fiber changes beyond a predetermined amount found to be associated with all types of fiber taps. Alternately, it may be determined that a fiber tap has occurred if the state of polarization changes beyond a second predetermined amount and in a predetermined direction. Monitoring of the state of polarization occurs before and after a time period chosen to be less than a time during which the state of polarization of the optical fiber is expected to drift. This step eliminates false positives due to natural fiber PMD drift. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254650 | HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM - A system and a method that are useful for making temperature measurements that are distributed over a distance. In one aspect, the system comprises a plurality of Bragg grating measurement points disposed in an optical fiber with a predetermined spacing between adjacent Bragg grating measurement points. The system also comprises a substrate with the optical fiber disposed thereon, the optical fiber wrapped around the substrate with at least one predetermined wrap angle. The predetermined wrap angle and the predetermined spacing may be selected to allow a temperature measurement signal to be distinguished from a bending measurement signal. The substrate may have a first coefficient of thermal expansion greater than a second coefficient of thermal expansion of the optical fiber and may comprise alternating sections of hollow tube and solid rod. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254651 | OPTOELECTRONIC RECEIVER - An optoelectronic receiver and associated method of operation. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254652 | Optical Network for Cluster Computing - Leaf switches and spine switches in a Clos network are interconnected by optical fibers. The network enables large numbers of servers or other apparatus to communicate with each other with minimal delay and minimal power consumption. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254653 | Multimode Fiber - A multimode optical fiber comprises a central core having an alpha profile, a depressed cladding having a portion in continuity with the alpha profile of the central core and a stepped portion, and an outer cladding. The alpha profile is obtained by co-doping at least two dopants. The variation in concentration of each dopant and its derivative in relation to the fiber radius are continuous. A multimode fiber for Ethernet optical system with an improved bandwidth is thus obtained. | 2010-10-07 |
20100254654 | Optical Package With Multi-Component Mounting Frame - An optical package is provided comprising a laser diode, coupling optics, a wavelength conversion device, and a multi-component mounting frame. The coupling optics comprises a first lens component that creates a virtual magnified image V of the waveguide of one of the opposing facets with a magnification factor M | 2010-10-07 |
20100254655 | OPTICAL PLUG CONNECTION FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - An optical plug connection for optical waveguides including a plug and a matching socket, and also a method for adjusting the plug connection. In the case of such a plug connection, the plug has at least one planar, smoothed contact area oriented with respect to a propagation direction of a light beam passing from or into the plug, for bearing on a corresponding planar, smoothed mating contact area of the socket that is oriented with respect to the propagation direction of the light beam. | 2010-10-07 |