48th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110293142 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN A SET OF IMAGES RECORDED BY ONE OR MORE CAMERAS - Method for improving the visibly of objects and recognizing objects in a set of images recorded by one or more cameras, the images of said set of images being made from mutual different geometric positions, the method comprising the steps or recording a set or subset of images by means of one camera which is moved rather freely and which makes said images during its movement, thus providing an array of subsequent images, estimating the camera movement between subsequent image recordings, also called ego-motion hereinafter, based on features of those recorded images, registering the camera images using a synthetic aperture method, recognizing said objects. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293143 | FUNCTIONAL IMAGING - A method includes generating a kinetic parameter value for a VOI in a functional image of a subject based on motion corrected projection data using an iterative algorithm, including determining a motion correction for projection data corresponding to the VOI based on the VOI, motion correcting the projection data corresponding to the VOI to generate the motion corrected projection data, and estimating the at least one kinetic parameter value based on the motion corrected projection data or image data generated with the motion corrected projection data. In another embodiment, a method includes registering functional image data indicative of tracer uptake in a scanned patient with image data from a different imaging modality, identifying a VOI in the image based on the registered images, generating at least one kinetic parameter for the VOI, and generating a feature vector including the at least one generated kinetic parameter and at least one bio- marker. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293144 | Method and System for Rendering an Entertainment Animation - Systems and methods for rendering an entertainment animation. The system can comprise a user input unit for receiving a non-binary user input signal; an auxiliary signal source for generating an auxiliary signal; a classification unit for classifying the non-binary user input signal with reference to the auxiliary signal; and a rendering unit for rendering the entertainment animation based on classification results from the classification unit. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293145 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are a driving support device, a driving support method, and a program, in which the driver can more intuitively and accurately determine the distance to another vehicle in the side rear. A driving support device ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293146 | Methods for Estimating Peak Location on a Sampled Surface with Improved Accuracy and Applications to Image Correlation and Registration - Methods and systems for estimating peak location on a sampled surface (e.g., a correlation surface generated from pixilated images) utilize one or more processing techniques to determine multiple peak location estimates for at least one sampled data set at a resolution smaller than the spacing of the data elements. Estimates selected from the multiple peak location estimates are combined (e.g., a group of estimates is combined by determining a weighted average of the estimates selected for the group) to provide one or more refined estimates. In example embodiments, multiple refined estimates are combined to provide an estimate of overall displacement (e.g., of an image or other sampled data representation of an object). | 2011-12-01 |
20110293147 | MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a movement detection apparatus includes an arithmetic module, an edge-storing filter, a determination module, and a control module. The arithmetic module calculates a difference signal between an input image signal and an image signal of the previous frame. The filter performs smoothing processing for a signal falling within a level range provided as threshold value, among difference signals calculated by the arithmetic module. The determination module determines levels of a movement component and a noise component of the signal output from the filter. The control module controls a level range supplied as threshold value to the filter in accordance with an amplitude level of the noise component overlying the input image signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293148 | CONTENT DETERMINATION PROGRAM AND CONTENT DETERMINATION DEVICE - A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a content determination program causes a computer to perform processes of detecting persons appearing in chronologically photographed images, detecting a position of each of the persons, calculating a moving velocity of each of the persons, setting a group including a part of the persons on the basis of the moving velocities and the positions, acquiring attribute information of the group on the basis of a person image corresponding to the each of the part of the persons included in the group, and determining, on the basis of a correspondence relationship between the attribute information of the group and attribute information of content images stored in a storage unit, one of the content images to be projected to a position which each of the part of the persons of the group recognizes. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293149 | ITERATIVE VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION BY REALIGNMENT - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for identifying vascular structure in an image including: receiving at least one image including a vascular network; identifying at least one seed point corresponding to the vascular network; identifying automatically at least a portion of the vascular network to form an original vascular identification based at least in part on the at least one seed point; and allowing a dynamic user interaction with the vascular identification to form an iterative vascular identification. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is formable in real-time. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is displayable in real-time. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is formable without re-identifying substantially unaltered portions of the vascular identification. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293150 | ITERATIVE VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION BY SEED POINT SEGMENTATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for identifying and segmenting vascular structure in an image including: receiving at least one image including a vascular network; identifying at least one seed point corresponding to the vascular network; identifying automatically at least a portion of the vascular network to form an original vascular identification based at least in part on the at least one seed point; and allowing a dynamic user interaction with the vascular identification to form an iterative vascular identification. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is formable in real-time. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is displayable in real-time. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is formable without re-identifying substantially unaltered portions of the vascular identification. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293151 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUANTIFYING SURFACE PARTICULATE CONTAMINANTS BY IMPROVED ANALYSIS - The invention concerns a new method for quantifying particulate contaminants with increased reliability and that makes it possible to detect all particulate sizes according to standard ISO 14644-9. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293152 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical imaging system and an image processing method for producing an optimized image from an input image are provided. The medical imaging system comprises: a parameter accumulator configured to accumulate a preset number of basic parameters; a parameter determiner configured to produce new reference parameters based on current reference parameters and the accumulated basic parameters to replace the current reference parameters with the new reference parameters; an image processor configured to process an input image to generate an optimized image according to an image processing algorithm based on the reference parameters sent from the parameter determiner; and a controller configured to control overall operation of the medical imaging system. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293153 | APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF A TEST STRIP - The invention relates to a method for quantitative determination of test results from diagnosis methods with the aid of an optoelectronic evaluation appliance, and to the evaluation appliance itself, characterised in that the digital pixel information per colour level or grey level is represented in its intensity in the microprocessor as one column per pixel, wherein the column height corresponds to the intensity, and these columns are displayed alongside one another on one plane, such that the intensity distribution is displayed over the test area as a surface contour or surface profile, the height profile of which corresponds to the intensity profile of the colour intensity received by the CCD. Fields of application for the invention are test methods in biochemical laboratories, such as medical diagnosis, forensic medicine, foodstuff diagnosis, molecular biology, biochemistry, gene technology and all other related fields, as well as patient monitoring for home users or in pharmacies. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A SAMPLE BY IMAGING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY - A method for characterizing a sample by imaging fluorescence microscopy includes detecting fluorescence intensity in a time-resolved fashion after switching off excitation radiation to establish a decay function, representing the decay of the fluorescence intensity over time, for a multiplicity of pixels, comparing the decay functions associated with the pixels to at least one reference decay function to establish an error value for one or more pixels, the error value associated with a pixel being a measure for a deviation of the decay function associated with the pixel from the reference decay function, and generating an image of the sample using the error values. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293155 | AUTOMATIC MOTION MAP GENERATION IN HELICAL CT - As an illustration of generating a motion map, although the cardiac CT is described for selecting an optimal phase, the disclosure is not limited to the cardiac CT. For the cardiac CT, the cardiac phase map is efficiently generated based upon helical scan data, and the optimal phase is selected within a reasonable time. At the same time, the optimal phase is accurately determined based upon complementary rays as indexes for minimal movement so as to select the projection data for minimizing artifacts in reconstructed cardiac images. The helically scanned data reflect motion within the same cardiac cycle or over the continuous cardiac cycles. The application of the complementary ray technique to the helically scanned data is accomplished by three-dimensionally determining a pair of the complementary rays in order to take into account motion within the same cardiac cycle or over the continuous cardiac cycles. The absolute sum of the differences for the top ray and or the bottom ray is determined in order to determine the amount of cardiac motion. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293156 | METHOD AND COMPUTER FOR AIDING DETERMINATION OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA - A computer for aiding determination of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) includes a storage device storing with a medical image and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU executes a method for aiding determination of OSA. The method for aiding determination of OSA includes the following steps. The medical image is obtained. An upper airway model is established. A narrowest cross-section and a nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are defined in the airway model. A cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and a cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are calculated. A stenosis rate is calculated according to the cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and the cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section. The stenosis rate is provided. In addition, in the method for aiding determination of OSA, a respiratory flow field simulation may be further performed to obtain and provide a flow field pressure distribution of the upper airway model. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293157 | Medical Image Segmentation - A segmentation method comprises clustering spatial, intensity and volumetric shape index to automatically segment a medical lesion. The algorithm has the following steps: (1) calculating volumetric shape index (SI) for each voxel in the image; (2) combining the SI features with the intensity range and the spatial position (x, y, z) to form a 5-dimensional feature vector set; (3) grouping the 5-dimensional feature vector set into clusters; (4) employing a modified expectation-maximization algorithm (EM) considering not only spatial but also shape features on an intensity mode map from the clustering algorithm to merge the neighbouring regions or modes. The joint spatial-intensity-shape feature provides rich information for the segmentation of the anatomic structures of interest, such as lesions or tumours. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293158 | Method And Image-Reconstruction Apparatus For Reconstructing Image Data - A method and an image-reconstruction apparatus are disclosed for reconstructing image data on the basis of measurement data from an imaging system. In at least one embodiment of the process, initial image data, initially reconstructed from the measurement data, is optimized in an iterative optimization method utilizing a substantially edge-maintaining noise regularization term and an additional sparsity regularization term. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293159 | ITERATIVE CT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION WITH A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL NOISE FILTER - A method is disclosed for reconstruction of image data of an object under examination from measurement data, with the measurement data having been captured during a relative rotational movement between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the object under examination. In at least one embodiment, first image data is computed by the measurement data being modified to obtain a specific gray value characteristic of the first image data to be reconstructed and the first image data is computed by way of an iterative algorithm using the modified measurement data. Second image data is also computed by a series of chronologically-consecutive images being reconstructed and processing being carried out on the series of images to reduce temporal noise. Finally a combination of the first and the second image data is carried out. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293160 | Iterative Reconstruction Of CT Images Without A Regularization Term - A method is disclosed for reconstructing image data of an examination object from measured data, wherein the measured data was captured previously during a relative rotary motion between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the examination object. In at least one embodiment, the measured data is modified to achieve a particular grayscale characteristic of the image data to be reconstructed. The image data is calculated by way of an iterative algorithm using the modified measured data, wherein no arithmetic step for reducing noise is employed in the iterations. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293161 | Techniques for Tomographic Image by Background Subtraction - Techniques for background subtraction in computed tomography include determining voxels in a slice of interest in a three dimensional computed tomography scan of the interior of a body based on a first set of measurements of radiation transmitted through the body. Based on the first set of measurements, a first background image for radiation transmitted through the body in a first direction is determined without the effects of the voxels in the slice of interest. A current image is determined based on a different current measurement of radiation transmitted through the body in the first direction. A first difference is determined between the current image and the first background image. The result is a high contrast image in the slice of interest even from a single current projection image. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293162 | Medical Image Processing and Registration System - An image data subtraction system enhances visualization of vessels subject to movement using an imaging system. The imaging system acquires data representing first and second anatomical image sets comprising multiple temporally sequential individual mask (without contrast agent) and fill images (with contrast agent) of vessels respectively, during multiple heart cycles. An image data processor automatically identifies temporally corresponding pairs of images comprising a mask image and a contrast enhanced image and for the corresponding pairs, automatically determines a shift of a contrast enhanced image relative to a mask image to compensate for motion induced image mis-alignment. The image data processor automatically shifts a contrast enhanced image relative to a mask image in response to the determined shift. The image data processor subtracts data representing a mask image of a corresponding pair from a shifted contrast enhanced image of the corresponding pair, to provide multiple subtracted images showing enhanced visualization of vessels. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293163 | System for Detecting an Invasive Anatomical Instrument - A system identifies a stent in an image using luminance density and anatomical information. An X-ray imaging system automatically detects and indicates location of an invasive anatomical device in an image. An interface acquires, data representing X-ray images of patient vessels and data identifying a particular vessel containing a medical device. An image data processor employs a model of anatomical vessels to select a region of interest in a vessel identified by the acquired data and automatically determines a location of the medical device in an acquired image by determining at least a portion of an outline of the medical device by detecting a luminance transition in the acquired image using an image edge detector. A display processor initiates generation of data depicting location of the medical device in the acquired image in response to determining the at least a portion of the outline of the medical device. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293164 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus is configured to subtract a first X-ray image from a second X-ray image to generate a first subtraction image showing information on a blood vessel, calculate an amount of pixel shift between the first X-ray image and the third X-ray image, subtract the first X-ray image from the third X-ray image to generate a second subtraction image showing information on an insertion instrument, and combine the first subtraction image with the second subtraction image to generate a synthetic image by performing a pixel shift correction based on the amount of pixel shift. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293165 | Epithelial Structure Detector and Related Methods - A method for training a classifier to be operative as an epithelial texture classifier, includes obtaining a plurality of training micrograph areas of biopsy tissue and for each of the training micrograph areas, identifying probable locations of nuclei that form epithelia, generating a skeleton graph from the probable locations of the nuclei that form the epithelia, manually drawing walls on the skeleton graph outside of the epithelia to divide the epithelia from one another, and manually selecting points that lie entirely inside the epithelia to generate open and/or closed geodesic paths in the skeleton graph between pairs of the selected points. Data is obtained from points selected from the walls and the paths and applied to a classifier to train the classifier as the epithelial texture classifier. A method and detector for detecting epithelial structures includes applying a sample micrograph area of biopsy tissue to an epithelial texture classifier; identifying probable locations of nuclei that form epithelia of the sample micrograph area with the epithelial texture classifier, generating a skeleton graph from the probable locations of the nuclei that form the epithelia of the sample micrograph area, determining a set of open and/or closed geodesic paths in the skeleton graph of the sample micrograph area; and determining a set of the epithelial masks using the open and/or closed epithelial paths of the sample micrograph area. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF PHARMACEUTIAL PRODUCTS - Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293167 | DEFECT INSPECTING METHOD, DEFECT INSPECTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a defect inspecting method includes: separately detecting an amount of first secondary electrons emitted from a semiconductor substrate at a first elevation angle and an amount of second secondary electrons emitted at a second elevation angle different from the first elevation angle; creating potential contrast images respectively from the detected amounts of the first and second secondary electrons; determining a combination ratio of the created respective potential contrast images; combining the potential contrast images respectively created from the first and second secondary electrons at the determined combination ratio; and extracting a defect based on the combined potential contrast image. The determining a combination ratio includes: calculating the luminance of the bottom between the wires; determining whether the calculated luminance exceeds a predetermined reference value; and changing the combination ratio when the calculated luminance does not exceed the predetermined reference value. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293168 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING TRANSPARENT COMPONENT - A transparent component locally includes one or both of a plurality of thick parts that have a large thickness in the vertical direction, and a plurality of thin parts that have a small thickness in the vertical direction. A component recognition camera captures an image of the transparent component held by a mount head, from above or below the transparent component, while a single spotlight or a plurality of spotlights are being irradiated onto the transparent component. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS OF THREADED JOINTS - Thread parameters for a threaded object are determined. Spatial reference systems (X, Y, Z) and (X′, Y′, Z′) are respectively identified for a position sensor and the threaded object. A transformation matrix describing a quadratic form representing the threaded object in (X, Y, Z) may be determined to relate the reference systems. For example, a sensor trajectory on the threaded object may be determined, along with measurement points on the threaded object. The measurement points may be selected so the matrix, evaluated on these values, has maximum rank. Position data at measurement points in the second reference system may be transformed into the first reference system, yielding first results. After coating the threaded object, position data at the measurement points may be acquired again and transformed into the first reference system, yielding second results. Comparisons between the first and second results may provide thickness of the coating and quality verification. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293170 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MATHOD - The format of an input image is determined appropriately, and an appropriate output image adapted to a format that can be displayed on a display section is displayed. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293171 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION CONTINUOUS SCAN IMAGING - A continuous scanning method employs one or more moveable sensors and one or more reference sensors deployed in the environment around a test subject. Each sensor is configured to sense an attribute of the test subject (e.g., sound energy, infrared energy, etc.) while continuously moving along a path and recording the sensed attribute, the position, and the orientation of each of the moveable sensors and each of the reference sensors. The system then constructs a set of transfer functions corresponding to points in space between the moveable sensors, wherein each of the transfer functions relates the test data of the moveable sensors to the test data of the reference sensors. In this way, a graphical representation of the attribute in the vicinity of test subject can be produced. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293172 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus | 2011-12-01 |
20110293173 | Object Detection Using Combinations of Relational Features in Images - A classifier for detecting objects in images is constructed from a set of training images. For each training image, features are extracted from a window in the training image, wherein the window contains the object, and then randomly sample coefficients c of the features. N-combinations for each possible set of the coefficients are determined. For each possible combination of the coefficients, a Boolean valued proposition is determined using relational operators to generate a propositional space. Complex hypotheses of a classifier are defined by applying combinatorial functions of the Boolean operators to the propositional space to construct all possible logical propositions in the propositional space. Then, the complex hypotheses of the classifier can be applied to features in a test image to detect whether the test image contains the object. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293174 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method And Recording Medium For Storing Program To Execute The Method - According to example embodiments, an image processing method includes estimating, using a location-based multi-illuminant estimation unit, candidate correlated color temperature values and location values of sub-units of an image, calculating, using the location-based multi-illuminant estimation unit, a correlated color temperature (CCT) matrix based on the candidate CCT values and the location values, and performing, using a color processing unit, color processing by using the CCT matrix. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293175 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. When a plurality of images acquired by photographing different directions is input, a region search unit of the image processing apparatus may search for an overlapping region within the plurality of images. An outlier removal unit may remove an outlier within the retrieved overlapping region. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293176 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus for detecting a cut change based on a similarity between a first image and a second image, includes a unit for generating one of a luminance histogram and a color histogram of each of the first image and the second image, a unit for generating a spatial correlation image representing a correlation between spatial layouts of the first image and the second image, a unit for calculating a histogram similarity representing a similarity between the histogram of the first image and the histogram of the second image, a unit for calculating a spatial correlation image similarity representing a similarity between the spatial correlation image of the first image and the spatial correlation image of the second image, and a unit for determining whether a border between the first image and the second image is a cut change based on the histogram similarity and the spatial correlation image similarity. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293177 | Efficient Image and Video Recoloring for Colorblindness - Colors of images and videos are modified to make differences in the colors more perceptible to colorblind users. An exemplary recoloring process utilizes a color space transformation, a local color rotation and a global color rotation to transform colors of visual objects from colors which may not be distinguishable by the colorblind user to colors which may be distinguishable by the colorblind user. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293178 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATION CORRECTION OF AN IMAGE - An RGB color image and an infrared intensity image of a live video are received. The RGB color image is converted to a colorspace image comprising a channel corresponding to a brightness value. Each pixel of the converted colorspace image is evaluated to determine whether the brightness channel of the pixel exceeds a threshold value. If the brightness channel of the pixel exceeds the threshold value, the infrared intensity value of a corresponding pixel from the infrared intensity image is mixed into the pixel's channel value that corresponds to brightness. The converted colorspace image is converted back to an RGB color image. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293180 | Foreground and Background Image Segmentation - Foreground and background image segmentation is described. In an example, a seed region is selected in a foreground portion of an image, and a geodesic distance is calculated from each image element to the seed region. A subset of the image elements having a geodesic distance less than a threshold is determined, and this subset of image elements are labeled as foreground. In another example, an image element from an image showing at least a user, a foreground object in proximity to the user, and a background is applied to trained decision trees to obtain probabilities of the image element representing one of these items, and a corresponding classification assigned to the image element. This is repeated for each image element. Image elements classified as belonging to the user are labeled as foreground, and image elements classified as foreground objects or background are labeled as background. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293181 | Handwritten Character Recognition System - A character classification system is disclosed. The character classification system has an input device for receiving a handwritten input character, and a processor. The processor is configured to, for each character model, each character model being associated with an output character and defining a model specific segmentation scheme for that output character and an associated segment model, the model specific segmentation scheme defining a minimum length corresponding to a number of points in a stroke of the output character: (i) decompose the handwritten input character into one or more segments in accordance with the model specific segmentation scheme of the respective character model; and (ii) evaluate the one or more segments against the segment model of the respective character model to produce a score indicative of the conformity of the one or more segments with the segment model. The processor then selects the character model that produced the highest score, and classifies the handwritten input character as the output character associated with the character model that produces the highest score. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING SPATIAL ORIENTATION USING INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SELECTIVITY - The present invention provides a method and system for resolving complete free space orientation of an active receiving device at high speed using simple optics, trigonometry, simple circuitry, and using minimal processing power. The rapid triangulation of distance from the emitters, as well as resolution of rotational orientation, are determined by changing the contrast level in an infrared spectrum and by using wide angle lenses with greater than 180 degree hemispherical viewing angles. Furthermore, the system consists of an optional accelerometer, resident on the receiver, to dynamically adjust the image sensor frame rate. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293183 | SCANNING SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A system includes an imaging device and an acquisition layer. The imaging device acquires an image. The acquisition layer is logically located between a source manager and the imaging device, the source manager being called by an application when a user of the system requests to acquire the image. The acquisition layer includes imaging acquisition logic that receives the image from the imaging device and performs optical character recognition (OCR) that extracts machine editable text from the image. The acquisition layer forwards the image to the application and makes the machine editable text available to the user. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293184 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING PAGE FROM PLURALITY OF PAGE FRAGMENT IMAGES - A method of identifying a physical page containing printed text from a plurality of page fragment images captured by a camera. The method includes the steps of: placing a handheld electronic device in contact with a surface of the physical page; moving the device across the physical page and capturing the plurality of page fragment images at a plurality of different capture points; measuring a displacement or direction of movement; performing OCR on each captured page fragment image; creating a glyph group key for each page fragment image; looking up each created glyph group key in an inverted index of glyph group keys; comparing a displacement or direction between glyph group keys in the inverted index with a measured displacement or direction between the capture points for corresponding glyph group keys created using OCR; and identifying a page identity corresponding to the physical page using the comparison. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293185 | HYBRID SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PRINTED PAGE - A hybrid system for identifying a printed page. The system includes: (i) the printed page having human-readable content and a coding pattern printed in every interstitial space between portions of human-readable content, the coding pattern being either absent from the human-readable content or unreadable when superimposed with the human-readable content; and (ii) a handheld device for overlaying and contacting the printed page. The handheld device includes: a camera for capturing page fragment images; and a processor configured for: decoding the coding pattern and determining the page identity in the event that the coding pattern is visible in and decodable from the captured page fragment image; and otherwise initiating OCR or SIFT techniques to identify the page. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293186 | CLASSIFYING A STRING FORMED FROM HAND-WRITTEN CHARACTERS - A method of classifying a character string formed from a known number of hand-written characters is disclosed. The method starts by determining character probabilities for each hand-written character in the character string. Each character probability represents a likelihood of the respective hand-written character being a respective one of a plurality of predetermined characters. Each predetermined character has a respective character type. Character templates having the known number of characters are next identified. Each character template has a respective predetermined probability and represents a respective combination of character types. Character sequence probabilities corresponding to each of the character templates having the known number of characters are next determined. The character sequence probabilities are a function of the predetermined probability of the respective character template and the character probabilities of the hand-written character in the character string. The character string is classified as the sequence of characters having the highest character sequence probability. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT INTERPRETATION OF IMAGES IN TERMS OF OBJECTS AND THEIR PARTS - The present application is a method and system of interpreting an image by finding a configuration of multiple variables which optimizes an objective function with a factorizable upper bound, by applying an iterative algorithm that relies on efficient dynamic ordering of candidate configurations, in a priority queue, in a descending order of an upper bound score. As an example, consider a constellation model for an object. It specifies the appearance models for individual parts of objects, as well as spatial relations among these parts. These are combined into a single function whose value represents the likeness of the object in an image. To find the configuration in which the object is present in the image, we maximize this function over all candidate configurations. The purpose of the iterative algorithm mentioned above is to find such optimal configurations efficiently. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293188 | PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - A method for processing image data comprises generating face data representing a set of detected faces from image data representing a set of images forming a library of images, using the face data to determine a sub-set of the images from the library in which at least the same person appears, and generating at least one clothing signature for the person representing clothes worn by the person in at least one of the images in the sub-set, and using the or each clothing signature, identifying further images of the person in the library. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293189 | Facial Analysis Techniques - Described herein are techniques for obtaining compact face descriptors and using pose-specific comparisons to deal with different pose combinations for image comparison. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293190 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR CHANGE DETECTION - Image data defining a reference image and each input image in a sequence of images is processed to detect changes in the images. A value is calculated for each pixel defining the spatial rate of change of homogeneity of the image data at that pixel. Different regions of pixels in each image are selected and the values within each region are concatenated to define a vector for each region. The vectors are then processed to compare corresponding regions in each image. The results of the comparison define a correlation map identifying areas in the images in which change has occurred. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293191 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING EDGES OF IMAGE - Provided are an apparatus and method for more accurately extracting edge portions from an image in various conditions. The apparatus includes: a brightness calculation unit calculating a representative brightness value of the neighborhood of a current pixel; a threshold value calculation unit calculating a threshold value, based on which it is determined whether the current pixel is an edge, by using the calculated representative brightness value; a mask application unit calculating a masking value by applying a mask to an area containing at least the current pixel; and an edge determination unit determining whether the current pixel is an edge by comparing the masking value and the threshold value. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293192 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a boundary detection unit, a correlation value calculation unit, and a region detection unit. The boundary detection unit detects an inner boundary and an outer boundary in each of local regions in an image including an object and a background. The inner boundary is a boundary between the object and the background when viewed from the object, and the outer boundary is a boundary between the object and the background when viewed from the background. The correlation value calculation unit calculates a spatial correlation value between the inner boundary and the outer boundary for each of the local regions. The region detection unit detects a local region having a correlation value less than or equal to a certain threshold among the local regions. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293193 | Spatio-Temporal Image Reconstruction Using Sparse Regression and Secondary Information - A spatio-temporal image of an object is reconstructed based on captured data characterizing the object. The spatio-temporal image comprises a plurality of spatial images in respective time intervals, and at least a given one of the spatial images in one of the time intervals is reconstructed using not only captured data from a frame associated with that time interval but also captured data associated with one or more additional frames associated with other time intervals. The spatio-temporal image may be reconstructed by iteratively obtaining a solution to a minimization or maximization problem in a sparse domain and transforming the solution to an image domain. The transformation between the sparse domain and the image domain may utilize a spatio-temporal transformation implemented using a plurality of basis functions, one or more of which may be determined at least in part based on secondary information associated with the imaged object. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293194 | SYSTEM FOR DECODING DATA ENCODED ON SURFACE - A system for decoding data encoded on a surface is provided. The coded data has at least two clock tracks indicative of a position of the coded data in the direction perpendicular to an alignment direction and two alignment lines for each clock track. The two alignment lines are indicative of the position of the respective clock track. The system has a decoder for determining, using an alignment phase-locked loop (PLL), a position of the alignment lines for a respective clock track, determining, using the position of the alignment lines, the position of each respective track, and updating the alignment PLL. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293195 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image using a small amount of control information. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293196 | PICTURE ENCODING AND DECODING - Video is encoded by applying a vertically and horizontally separable transform to provide a block of transform coefficients; and quantising the transform coefficients. Prior to quantisation, a filtering operation is performed on the block of transform coefficients, the filtering operation applying a rotation to pairs of coefficients in the block. Each pair of coefficients may be symmetrically positioned with respect to the leading diagonal of the block. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293197 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A weighting coefficient sequence defining unit generates an array in which weighting coefficients are held at positions defined by the directional components of blur vectors, and adjusts the weighting coefficients to increase the sum of the frequency components of the array or reduce variations of the frequency components. A weighting unit multiplies respective captured images by corresponding weighting coefficients, generating L weighted captured images. The weighting unit then generates the synthesized image of the L weighted captured images. A corrected image generation unit performs deconvolution processing using the frequency component of the array in which the weighting coefficients are held at positions defined by the directional components of blur vectors, and the frequency component of the synthesized image. The corrected image generation unit performs an inverse frequency transform for the deconvolution processing result, generating an output image. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293198 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an unit that performs second-order differentiation on an inputted image signal, and outputs the result as an edge enhancement signal; an unit that calculates a first difference value in a form of an absolute value of a difference between pixel values of two first pixels; an unit that calculates a second difference value in a form of an absolute value of a difference between pixel values of two second pixels; an unit that multiplies the second difference value by a first value; an unit that subtracts the multiplication result from the first difference value, limits a lower-limit value of the result to 0, and outputs the result as an edge adjustment coefficient; an unit that corrects the edge enhancement signal through multiplication by the edge adjustment coefficient; and an unit that adds the corrected edge enhancement signal to the image signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293199 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device connected with an image formation device configured to output image on a recording medium, includes a data obtaining unit configured to obtain map image data representing a basic map image showing a user-designated geographic area at a user-designated scale, an area identifying unit configured to identify a basic image formation area and a surplus area, the basic map image being formed on the basic image formation area, the surplus area being an area within the image forming area but the basic map image is not formed. The image processing device further includes an additional data obtaining unit configured to obtain map image data necessary for covering an enlarged image formation area including the basic image formation area and at least part of the surplus area, from the map image data provider. The map image can be formed based on the updated map image data. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293200 | Quantitative image reconstruction method and system - A technique is provided for generating quantitative projection images from projection images. The pixels of the quantitative projection images correspond to quantitative composition estimates of two or more materials. The quantitative projection images are reconstructed to generate a quantitative volume in which each voxel value corresponds quantitatively to the two or more materials or a mixture of the two or more materials. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293201 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT OF IMAGE RECORDING - An image recording device includes: a recording unit that records into a first image file that contains a plurality of sets of image data, common information that can be set by a user as information commonly applicable to all sets of image data in the first image file and individual information that can be individually set by the user for each set of image data in the first image file; and an information modifying unit that modifies the common information based upon information set for the first image file and modifies the individual information corresponding to image data in the first image file based upon information set for the image data. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293202 | SPOUT MEMBER AND PACKAGING BAG UTILIZING SAME - It is aimed to provide a spout member and a packaging bag using the spout member which have excellent handling property and hygiene management performance at the time of supplying water or the like from the outside before and during use such as administration of water and medicine, in which a closure means for freely opening and closing an aperture formed by cutting off parts of peripheral portions of sealed film pieces is protected from a contained content at the time of storage or transportation and which have excellent protecting property even when an inner pressure acts in the packaging bag, excellent contamination preventing property until a spout is opened and excellent contamination preventing property and handling property after opening. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293203 | Reusable Shopping Bag Assembly - One handle structure for use with a plurality of shopping bags having first and second apertures includes a handle member, a frame with first and second portions movable relative to one another, first and second pegs respectively extending from the frame portions for passing through the apertures, and first and second caps removably received on distal ends of the pegs to retain the bags on the pegs. The pegs include bores extending at least partially therethrough, and the bores are accessible at proximal ends of the pegs and are sufficiently vacant when the caps are received on the pegs for removably receiving prongs to support the pegs. Movement of the frame first portion relative to the frame second portion causes a distance between the first peg and the second peg to change. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293204 | ZIPPER PROFILES WITH FOAMED SEALANT - A reclosable zipper is disclosed which includes a first profile which has a first compressible foamed sealant layer, and a first interlocking element, which is unfoamed, extending from the first profile. The zipper includes a second profile which has a second compressible foamed sealant layer, and a second interlocking element, which is unfoamed, extending from the second profile. The rigidity of the interlocking elements provides the required stability when the zipper is closed while the foamed sealant layers improve the sealing characteristics of the zipper to a packaging film. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293205 | CONSUMER TEXTILE SOFT GOODS PRODUCT FOR RETAIL SALE INCORPORATING VACUUM-SEALABLE BAG REUSABLE BY CONSUMERS - A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes a vacuum-resealable bag, one or more textile soft goods located within the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag, retail packaging in which the vacuum-resealable bag containing the textile soft goods is contained; and printed media for viewing by a consumer at retail sale identifying the one or more textile soft goods contained in the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag and identifying the reusability of the vacuum-resealable bag. The retail packaging may include a case, and an insert contained with the vacuum-resealable bag within the case may comprise the printed media. Alternatively, the retail packaging may comprise a box within which the vacuum-resealable bag is contained. The vacuum-resealable bag includes air impermeable walls; a one-way valve assembly; and a closure mechanism configured to seal a mouth of the vacuum-resealable bag in an airtight manner. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293206 | BAGS MADE FROM RECLAIMED PLASTIC MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - Bags are formed from reclaimed plastic material. Each bag comprises two opposed sheet sections formed substantially entirely of a first plastic type, but also containing impurity particles of a different plastic type. The sheet sections comprise at least two distinct independent layers, with each layer in each sheet section being surface bonded to each adjacent layer in that sheet section. Although discontinuities in each layer resulting from the impurity particles create weak areas and in some cases apertures, the weakened portions of each layer are reinforced by portions of the other layer that are not weakened, since there is a minute likelihood that an impurity particle in one layer will be precisely co-located with an impurity particle in an adjacent layer. Thus, each layer reinforces the other layer to maintain structural integrity of the sheet section and of the bag. Methods for forming such bags are also described. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293207 | EASY OPEN BAG - An easy open bag and method for making the same. A film is fed into a jaw assembly comprising a first seal jaw comprising a blade gap and a second seal jaw comprising a removable insert. The removable insert comprises a blade pin. When the first and second seal jaws are mated, a notch is formed. The film also comprises a score line in the outer layer. Upon tearing the notch the tear propagates along the score line. Thus, the package can be easily opened by initiating a tear at a tear notch. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293208 | PACKAGING - Packaging particularly for display on a Euro-hook or the like comprises a bag or pouch ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293209 | SPINDLE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing as an oil gap formed between a rotator and a stator, wherein the stator includes a sleeve having a protruding part extending in a circumferential direction formed on the upper part thereof, the rotator includes a hub including an oil interface forming member positioned under the protruding part of the sleeve and coupled to the lower end thereof, and an oil interface of the oil gap is formed between the upper part of the oil interface forming member and the lower part of the protruding part of the sleeve. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293210 | CENTRIFUGAL VARIABLE PRELOAD DEVICE - According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a variable preload device is disclosed. The variable preload device may include at least two annular end members, each annular member adapted to receive a shaft therein, and a plurality of plates axially extending between the annular end members and hingedly coupled thereto. The plurality of plates may be adapted to bend inward so as to impart an hourglass configuration to the variable preload device when the variable preload device is at rest and to bend outward in proportion to increased rotational speed provided to the variable preload device. Furthermore, the axial distance between the annular end members may varies in proportion to the rotational speed provided to the variable preload device. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293211 | ROLLER BEARING - Each separator is interposed between two cylindrical rollers next to each other in the circumferential direction of a cylindrical roller bearing. A first concave surface on which the cylindrical roller slides and a first groove are formed in a first end surface that is one end surface of the separator in the circumferential direction. The first groove opens at one end of the separator in the axial direction of the roller bearing, and opens at one end of the separator in the radial direction of the roller bearing. When the separator is fitted to the roller bearing, the first groove opens toward a first rib of the inner ring in the axial direction, and opens toward the outer peripheral cylindrical raceway surface in the radial direction. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293212 | ROLLER BEARING - Each separator is arranged between an outer peripheral cylindrical raceway surface of an inner ring and an inner peripheral cylindrical raceway surface of an outer ring, and interposed between two cylindrical rollers positioned next to each other in the circumferential direction of a cylindrical roller bearing. The separator has: a first concave surface which is one end surface of the separator in the circumferential direction and on which the cylindrical roller slides; one end surface in a radial direction of the inner ring; a lubricant storing chamber that opens at the one end surface in the radial direction; and at least one slit that opens at the concave surface and that is communicated with the lubricant storing chamber. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293213 | IMPACT-RESISTANT ANGULAR BALL BEARING - An angular ball bearing, in particular wheel bearing, with at least two rows of load-bearing rolling bodies and a hollow-cylindrical section arranged between two rolling body inner raceways. Inner rims are arranged at transitions from the hollow-cylindrical section to the rolling body inner raceways. The ball bearing is impactproof. This is achieved in that an annular element is arranged in, for example pressed into, the hollow-cylindrical section, axial force is transmitted between the rolling bodies of adjacent rows of rolling bodies, and a Brinelling of the raceway outlets and of the raceways is reduced or even prevented. The annular element may be an independent component or an annular element which is integrated in the outer ring, for which instructions regarding the required conditions are provided. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293214 | Rolling Bearing and Thrust Bearing Assembly Comprising said Rolling Bearing - The invention relates to a rolling bearing | 2011-12-01 |
20110293215 | LOW LOSS LASER TRANSMISSION THROUGH TELESCOPES WITH MIRROR OBSCURATIONS - The invention provides micro-optical and fiber based solutions to the problem of reflective telescopes with secondary or tertiary obscurations, and further, it ameliorates secondary or tertiary obscurations in compact reflective fiber-coupled telescopes configured as optical transmitters. One solution uses a custom hollow optical fiber and lens system to generate an annular beam that would not be obscured by the telescope secondary obscuration. Another solution uses a fiber coupled micro-axicon lens assembly to achieve the same result. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293216 | SEMICONDUCTOR HIGH-SPEED INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES AND METHODS - Novel integrated electro-optic structures such as modulators and switches and methods for fabrication of the same are disclosed in a variety of embodiments. In an illustrative embodiment, a device includes a substrate with a waveguide and an optical resonator comprising polycrystalline silicon positioned on the substrate. First and second doped semiconducting regions also comprise polycrystalline silicon and are positioned proximate to the first optical resonator. The first optical resonator is communicatively coupled to the waveguide. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293217 | WAVELENGTH FILTER - A wavelength filter includes a first waveguide with a transmission band of a predetermined basic mode and a second waveguide, arranged in at least one location of the first waveguide, with a transmission band whose cutoff frequency corresponds to a finite value included in the transmission band of the basic mode. A pair of optical couplers constituting a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is connected to the opposite ends of a filter unit including the first waveguide and the second waveguide. When a plurality of wavelength filters is cascaded, the wavelength filters can be each varied in terms of the cutoff frequency of the second waveguide. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293218 | CONDUCTIVE COATING BASED ON POLYMER-CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE - A conductive polymer and a semiconducting carbon nanotube material are combined to form a highly conductive composite. The composite can be used for EMI shielding, optical sensing, optical switching, and other uses. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293219 | Chiral Fiber System and Method for Providing Configurable Light Extraction from Optical Waveguides in Accordance with at Least One Predetermined Light Extraction Profile - The system and method of the present invention advantageously enable controllable light extraction from optical fiber waveguides and offer highly configurable light signal guidance and control capabilities, as well as additional advantageous features associated with waveguides, by providing, in various exemplary embodiments thereof, a multitude of novel techniques by which the parameters relating to utilization of various light signals (such as direction of their emission, magnitude of the emission, physical surface area of the emission, etc.), can be readily controlled and configured as a matter of design choice. Additionally, the inventive system and method, in various exemplary embodiments thereof, also enable and facilitate selective configuration of, and/or control over, various characteristics of the light signals guided/controlled/extracted thereby, such as the signals' wavelength, polarization, intensity, amplitude, etc. The system and method of the present invention further advantageously provide various embodiments of the novel optical fiber waveguides with one or more selected desirable and useful light extraction profiles, that may be configured as a matter of design choice in connection with the intended purpose, and/or the desired functionality, of the corresponding fiber waveguide component(s). | 2011-12-01 |
20110293220 | OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE - An optical coupling device includes an optical fiber holder configured to hold an optical fiber, a wavelength conversion member including a phosphor and an optical characteristic matching member and a wavelength conversion member holder configured to hold the wavelength conversion member. The optical coupling device includes a first region which is formed on an end face of the optical fiber and an end face of the wavelength conversion member, which are optically coupled, when bonding the optical fiber holder and the wavelength conversion member holder, and in which foreign bodies that shield the laser beam are removed from an optical axis of the optical fiber and an optical axis of the wavelength conversion member and a second region which is formed outside the first region when bonding the optical fiber holder and the wavelength conversion member holder, and in which the foreign bodies removed from the first region flow. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293221 | CONSUMER INPUT/OUTPUT (CIO) OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE FOR USE IN AN ACTIVE OPTICAL CABLE, AN ACTIVE OPTICAL CABLE THAT INCORPORATES THE CIO OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE, AND A METHOD - A consumer input/output (CIO) optical transceiver module, an active optical cable that incorporates a CIO optical transceiver module, and a method for using a CIO optical transceiver module in an active optical cable are provided. In contrast to optical transceiver modules currently used in active optical cables, which utilize parallel arrays of laser diodes and parallel arrays of photodiodes, the CIO optical transceiver module includes two singlet laser diodes and two singlet photodiodes for providing two high-speed transmit channels and two high-speed receive channels, respectively. Because the singlet laser diodes and photodiodes of the CIO optical transceiver module are less costly than the parallel arrays of laser diodes and parallel arrays of photodiodes that are used in known active optical cables, the CIO optical transceiver module can be manufactured at relatively low costs with high quality, and therefore is well suited for consumer applications. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293222 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector of the present invention includes a ferrule to which an internal optical fiber is embedded and an end face grinding is performed; and a connection mechanism which extends to an opposite side of a connection end face of the ferrule, wherein the optical connector butt connects the internal optical fiber and an insert optical fiber which is inserted from outside within a positioning groove provided at the connection mechanism; and a back end side of an end face of the internal optical fiber which butts to the insert optical fiber is made a beveled end face by cutting process. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293223 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR APPARATUS - Provided is an optical connector apparatus comprising a connector which is connected to an electro-optical composite cable including an optical fiber and a metal conductor, and a connection object to be connected. The connector is provided with a ferrule which has a conductive portion on at least a part of the surface thereof. The connection object to be connected is provided with an electrically conductive connection member to be connected to the ferrule. The ferrule and the cable are connected by a crimping structure. When the ferrule is inserted in the connection member, the connector and the connection object to be connected are electrically and optically connected to each other. Provided is also an optical connector apparatus which comprises a connector having a plurality of ferrules having distances between the end of the ferrules and the conductive portions so that the timing of the connection of the connector to the object to be connected is delayed, and thus the optical connector apparatus is capable of hot swapping. The connection object to be connected can be a combination of an adapter and a mating connector, or an optical element and an adapter which holds the same, etc. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293224 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector that is assembled at the terminal of an optical fiber cable that integrates an optical fiber and a tension-resisting member extending in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber, the optical connector including: a connector body having a stationary portion at the rear end thereof, the stationary portion having a threaded portion formed on the outer periphery surface, and a fixing cap that is screwed onto the threaded portion of the stationary portion, wherein the fixing cap fixes the tension-resisting member that has been drawn out from the optical fiber cable terminal by sandwiching the tension-resisting member between the fixing cap and the connector body when the fixing cap is screwed onto the stationary portion. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293225 | Photoelectric conversion module and photoelectric conversion device - A photoelectric conversion module includes: a plurality of optical connectors each connectable to an optical communication path; an electrical connector connectable to an electrical communication path; a circuit board equipped with a light receiving and emitting element, the light receiving and emitting element converting an optical signal received by the optical connector into an electrical signal to be transmitted to the electrical connector and converting an electrical signal received by the electrical connector into an optical signal to be transmitted to the optical connector; and a waveguide optically connecting the optical connector and the electrical connector. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293226 | COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL FLEXIBLE WIRING AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A combined optical and electrical flexible wiring includes a first film substrate, a plurality of conductors aligned parallel on a surface of the first film substrate, an optical fiber provided on the surface of the first film substrate and aligned parallel to the plural conductors, a second film substrate with which the plural conductors and the optical fiber are covered in such a manner as to include an exposed portion, a resin mount provided over the exposed portion in such a manner as to cover the plural conductors and the optical fiber, the resin mount being formed with a light inlet or outlet groove including a mirror surface therein, an optical-electrical conversion component formed on a surface of the resin mount, and a wiring pattern formed on the surface of the resin mount. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293227 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH ELECRICAL AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTING - An cable assembly ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293228 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE FOR CORDAGE OR TACTICAL APPLICATIONS - A fiber optic cable is provided having a at least one fiber element, a layer of aramid strength members, and a jacket disposed over said layer of aramid strength members. The layer of aramid strength members is wound at a lay length that is equal to or lesser than a predetermined bend radius. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293229 | DUPLEX CABLES AND ZIPCORD CABLES AND BREAKOUT CABLES INCORPORATING DUPLEX CABLES - Interconnect cables utilize bend-insensitive fibers and relatively large free space areas in the cable jackets to reduce bend-induced delta attenuation. Tensile yarns can be included as strain-relief components, but can be relatively loosely packed in order to inhibit bend-induced attenuation. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293230 | OPTICAL CABLE WITH DRY CORE AND DRY BUFFER TUBES - An optical fiber cable includes at least one buffer tube that includes a plurality of water-blocking plugs and an optical fiber. The water-blocking plugs can be spaced along the buffer tubes, substantially filling the cross-sectional space within the buffer tube not already filled by the optical fiber. The water-blocking plugs can provide a stronger bond between the optical fibers and the inner tube. This is reflected by a high normalized pullout force for the optical fiber, such as, above 5.0 N/m. Yet, the resulting fiber optic cable does not suffer from problems associated with a higher pullout force, such as attenuation. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293231 | OPTICAL FACEPLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Optical faceplates and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. An optical faceplate ( | 2011-12-01 |
20110293232 | Hydrogen-resistant optical fiber/grating structure suitable for use in downhole sensor applications - A hydrogen-resistant optical fiber particularly well-suitable for downhole applications comprises a relatively thick pure silica core and a depressed-index cladding layer. Interposed between the depressed-index cladding layer and the core is a relatively thin germanium-doped interface. By maintaining a proper relationship between the pure silica core diameter and the thickness of the germanium-doped interface, a majority (preferably, more than 65%) of the propagating signal can be confined within the pure silica core and, therefore, be protected from hydrogen-induced attenuation problems associated with the presence of germanium (as is common in downhole fiber applications). The hydrogen-resistant fiber of the present invention can be formed to include one or more Bragg gratings within the germanium-doped interface, useful for sensing applications. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293233 | Semiconductor Constructions, Methods of Forming Semiconductor Constructions, Light-Conducting Conduits, and Optical Signal Propagation Assemblies - The invention includes optical signal conduits having rare earth elements incorporated therein. The optical signal conduits can, for example, contain rare earth elements incorporated within a dielectric material matrix. For instance, erbium or cerium can be within silicon nanocrystals dispersed throughout dielectric material of optical signal conduits. The dielectric material can define a path for the optical signal, and can be wrapped in a sheath which aids in keeping the optical signal along the path. The sheath can include any suitable barrier material, and can, for example, contain one or more metallic materials. The invention also includes methods of forming optical signal conduits, with some of such methods being methods in which the optical signal conduits are formed to be part of semiconductor constructions. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293234 | INTERNAL SLACK STORAGE OF CABLE ON A REMOVABLE MOUNTING SURFACE - A cable storage unit is provided having an enclosure body having a first casing and a second casing which are moveably attached at conjoining sides for opening and closing the enclosure body, where a main storage area is provided within the enclosure body; a removable mounting plate which is removably mounted onto the first casing and mounted within the main storage area, the removable mounting plate having a front surface and a back surface, and, upon mounting the removable mounting plate onto the first casing, a cable storage area is formed between the back surface of the removable mounting plate and an inside surface of the first casing; and at least one cable management unit coupled to the back surface of the removable mounting plate and which is configured to secure at least one coil of cable to the removable mounting plate within the cable storage area. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293235 | INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION ENABLING ACCESS APPARATUS - An apparatus with a housing with a splitter compartment and a splicer compartment, a multiple fiber adapter attached to a wall of the housing, a multiple fiber connector connected to the multiple fiber adapter, an optical splitter in the splitter compartment of the housing, an input fiber optically connected to the optical splitter, and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to the optical splitter and the multiple fiber connector. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293236 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER AND MANAGING METHOD - An electronic device and a corresponding managing method include arranging a plurality of cameras into two camera groups, and setting a switch interval. A plurality of analog to digital converters (ADCs) in the electronic device uses first channels to acquire a first image and a second image from each camera from a first camera group. If the second image matches the corresponding first image of each camera in the first camera group and the switch interval elapses, the first channels of the ADCs are switched to second channels to acquire images from each camera in a second camera group. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293237 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND GROUP CHAT CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and recording controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes performing a call with a counterpart terminal, buffering a call content of the performed call by a predetermined time unit, receiving an input of a recording command signal for the performed call, and if receiving the input of the recording command signal, recording the call content from an input point of the recording command signal by including the call content from a random point in a time interval corresponding to the call content buffered up to the input point of the recording command signal. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293238 | CONTENT EDITING APPARATUS - Provided is a content editing apparatus which, while selecting and deselecting a plurality of contents, edits the plurality of contents such that selected contents are appropriately associated with each other so as to be simultaneously reproduced. Moving image shooting information which identifies a shooting time of a moving image content, individual shooting information which indicates shooting times of a plurality of other contents, and the moving image content, are acquired. The moving image content is reproduced and displayed. A moving image shooting time corresponding to the moving image content is outputted based on the moving image shooting information, and such individual shooting information that an individual time indicated by the individual shooting information is within a predetermined time period including the outputted moving image shooting time, is retrieved. When the individual shooting information is retrieved, the reproduction of the moving image content is paused, and a user is made select whether or not an other content, which corresponds to each of the retrieved individual shooting information, is to be displayed in link with the moving image content. An other content selected to be displayed in link is acquired, and stored in association with the moving image content, together with information indicating a time for a link display. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293239 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A moving image reproducing apparatus is provided with CPU | 2011-12-01 |
20110293240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING OVER A VIDEO INTERFACE AND FOR COMPOSITING 3D VIDEO AND 3D OVERLAYS - A system of transferring of three dimensional (3D) image data for compositing and displaying is described. The information stream comprising video information and overlay information, the video information comprising at least a 2D video stream and 3D video information for enabling rendering of the video information in 3D, the overlay information comprising at least a 2D overlay stream and 3D overlay information for enabling rendering of the overlay information in 3D. In the system according to the invention, the compositing of video plane takes place in the display device instead of the playback device. The system comprises a playback device adapted for transmitting over the video interface a sequence of frames, the sequence of frames comprising units, each unit corresponding to decompressed video information and decompressed overlay information intended to be composited and displayed as a 3D image, and a display device adapted for receiving over the video interface the sequence of frames and extracting the 3D video information and the 3D overlay information from the units and compositing the units into 3D frames and displaying the 3D frames. | 2011-12-01 |
20110293241 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video processing apparatus stores input viewpoint information which indicates on a viewpoint of video to be displayed that of video content constituted by a plurality of videos captured at a plurality of respectively different viewpoint positions. At this time, the input viewpoint information is stored in association with at least one of identification information for identifying the video content and captured viewpoint information that includes information on the plurality of viewpoint positions at which the plurality of videos constituting the video content are captured. The viewpoint corresponding to the stored input viewpoint information is displayed as a selectable viewpoint based on at least one of the identification information and the captured viewpoint information of the video content, when viewing video content that is different from the video content for which the input viewpoint information is already registered. | 2011-12-01 |