03rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120014632 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED BEARING FOR WHEEL - A sensor-equipped wheel support bearing assembly capable of accurately estimating a load acting on a wheel, without the detecting accuracy deteriorated as a result of a long term use and/or a change in environment, is provided. The assembly includes a sensor unit provided in an outer member, which serves as a stationary member. The sensor unit has a strain generator and a sensor for detecting a strain occurring in the generator. A principal load estimator estimates the load acting on the wheel, with the use of an average value of a signal from the sensor, and an amplitude processed load estimator estimates the load, using amplitude of a signal wave outputted from the sensor, resulting from passage of rolling elements. A drift amount estimator estimates a drift amount of an estimated load output utilizing the average value and the amplitude, which is used to correct the estimated load. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014633 | Antifriction Bearing Cage - A roller bearing cage comprises first and second annular elements, each having at least three radially-extending bulges or indentations spaced around a circumferential direction of the annular elements. An axially-facing surface of each bulge or indentation serves as a guide surface for one axial end of a roller body. A plurality of bridge elements are bonded to and connect the first and second annular elements. Each bridge element is disposed between two adjacent bulges or indentations on a radial side of the annular elements that is opposite of the extension direction of the radially-extending bulges or indentations. The bridge elements are configured to support rolling surfaces of respective roller bodies such that a pocket for a roller body is defined between each two adjacent bridge elements and each two axially-opposing, radially-extending bulges or indentations. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014634 | CLOCK WHEEL PIVOT BEARING - Repairs of clocks with worn wheel pivots may be made with a ball bearing pivot wheel support system. The system may utilize a standard sized ball bearing and a bushing in frictional engagement with an inner race of the ball bearing. The bushing may be bored to provide frictional engagement with the pivot wheel so that the pivot wheel may rotate without relative motion between the wheel pivot and the bushing. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014635 | MECHANICAL COMPONENT AND ROLLING BEARING - An outer ring, an inner ring and a ball serving as mechanical components configuring a deep groove ball bearing are formed of steel containing at least 0.77 mass % and not more than 0.85 mass % of carbon, at least 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.25 mass % of silicon, at least 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.35 mass % of manganese, at least 0.01 mass % and not more than 0.15 mass % of nickel, at least 3.75 mass % and not more than 4.25 mass % of chromium, at least 4 mass % and not more than 4.5 mass % of molybdenum and at least 0.9 mass % and not more than 1.1 mass % of vanadium with a remainder consisting of iron and impurity, and have raceway/rolling contact surfaces, the surface being included in a region having a nitrogen enriched layer having a nitrogen concentration of at least 0.05 mass %, the nitrogen enriched layer having a carbon concentration and the nitrogen concentration, in total, of at least 0.82 mass % and not more than 1.9 mass %. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014636 | WAVEGUIDE-TYPE OPTICAL CIRCUIT - A waveguide-type optical circuit comprises an optical coupler being an optical branch coupler constructed from waveguide cores which are closely arranged each other, and dummy patterns that lay along sides of the waveguide cores in the optical coupler for preventing optical major axes of the waveguide cores from inclining. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014637 | Shock detection optical fiber sensor - A shock detection optical fiber sensor includes: a plastic fiber; a corrugated plate having a plurality of protrusions arranged in the longitudinal direction of the plastic optical fiber and formed to oppose to the plastic optical fiber; a mold plate covering the plastic optical fiber and the corrugated plate; a light emitting element connected to one end of the plastic optical fiber; and a light receiving element connected to the other end of the plastic optical fiber. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014638 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SENSOR CHIP, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SENSOR CHIP - According to one embodiment, an optical waveguide sensor chip includes an optical waveguide layer; a pair of optical elements disposed at both ends of the optical waveguide layer so that light enters the optical waveguide layer and the light exits from the optical waveguide layer; a functional film formed on a predetermined region of the optical waveguide layer; a covering layer formed in a planar region on the light entrance surface of the optical waveguide layer, in which at least the optical elements are disposed; a first through hole configured to allow the light entering the entrance-side optical element to pass therethrough; and a second through hole configured to allow the light exiting from the exit-side optical element to pass therethrough. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014639 | PACKAGED MULTICORE FIBER OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE - A method and structure for coupling to a plurality of multicore optical fiber strands. A first plurality of optoelectronic devices is provided on a surface of a substrate, the first optoelectronic devices being arranged in a 2D array pattern that corresponds to a 2D array pattern corresponding to different light cores of a first multicore optical fiber. A second plurality of optoelectronic devices is provided on the surface of the substrate, the second optoelectronic devices being arranged in a 2D array pattern that corresponds to a 2D array pattern corresponding to different light cores of a second multicore optical fiber. Each optoelectronic device on the substrate surface provides one of a receive function and a transmit function for interacting with a corresponding core of a multicore optical fiber strand. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014640 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CORE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND OPTOELECTRIC COMPOSITE WIRING BOARD - In order to provide a method of efficiently manufacturing an optical waveguide core having an endface inclined at a predetermined angle, the following method of manufacturing an optical waveguide core is employed. The method includes: a core material layer forming step of forming a core material layer formed of a photosensitive material on a surface of a cladding layer that has been formed on a substrate; a high refractive index substance covering step of covering a surface of the core material layer with a substance having a refractive index higher than 1 by bringing the high refractive index substance into close contact with the core material layer surface; an exposure step of pattern exposing the core material layer in a predetermined core-forming shape to from a core by irradiating the core material layer on a side covered with the high refractive index substance with exposure light inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the cladding layer surface; a high refractive index substance removing step of removing the high refractive index substance from the surface of the core material layer exposed in the exposure step; and an development step of developing the core material layer from which the high refractive index substance has been removed in the high refractive index substance removing step so as to form the core having an inclined endface. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014641 | OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL WIRING BOARD AND OPTICAL MODULE - The invention relates to an optical-electrical wiring board ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120014642 | Transparent Optical Switch - An optical switching device realized on a substrate. The device includes a moveable platform driven by electrostatic actuation provided by a set of rotor fingers and stator fingers. The moveable platform, rotor fingers and stator fingers are integrally formed on the substrate. The device further includes a plurality of stationary input polymeric waveguides as well as a plurality of stationary output polymeric waveguides integrally formed on the substrate. At least one polymeric waveguide is integrally formed on the moveable platform. The polymeric waveguide of the moveable platform is operably coupled to a select one of the stationary input polymeric waveguides and a select one of the stationary output polymeric waveguides in different positions of the moveable platform as driven by electrostatic actuation provided by the rotor fingers and stator fingers. The stationary input polymeric waveguides, the stationary output polymeric waveguides and the polymeric waveguide formed on the movable platform are each defined by a multilayer polymer sandwich for guiding light propagating therein. The rotor fingers and stator fingers comprise a patterned conductive material. This same conductive material is disposed under the multilayer polymer sandwich of the polymer waveguide formed on the moveable platform over its entire length. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014643 | HOLOGRAPHIC MIRROR FOR OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SIGNAL ROUTING - A holographic mirror 10 for re-directing an optical signal that includes a base | 2012-01-19 |
20120014644 | Optical router with nearly ideal performance - An optimized planar optical router consisting of two stages performing stationary imaging between an input waveguide and a set of output waveguides has advantages of reduced size, larger number of channels and minimal loss variation in each passband. The new router is an optimized M×N imaging arrangement including two waveguide gratings and n waveguide lenses connected between the principal zones of the two gratings. The largest values of N are realized by using a combination of two techniques that increase N without increasing the size of the two gratings. One technique increases N for a given number n of lenses and, the other, increases n. In one embodiment, each lens produces a periodic sequence of passbands, all transmitted from a particular input waveguide to the same output waveguide, whereas, in a second embodiment, the above passbands are transmitted to different output waveguides. In both cases, the loss caused by secondary images is substantially reduced by including secondary lenses. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014645 | SINGLE LENS, MULTI-FIBER OPTICAL CONNECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention pertains to an expanded beam optical coupling method and apparatus comprising a single lens per connector through which the light from multiple fibers is expanded/focused to couple to corresponding fibers in a mating connector. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014646 | OPTICAL FIBER, METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF AND DEVICE - The invention provides an optical fiber, a method for the preparation thereof, and a device. An optical fiber, wherein a distal end of the optical fiber is provided with an optical mask adapted for projecting a predetermined pattern on a target surface by radiation transmitted from the distal end of the optical fiber, allows for the rapid application of patterns and three-dimensional structures on target surfaces, in particular on the ends of optical fibers. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014647 | Optical Receiver Module - An optical receiver module | 2012-01-19 |
20120014648 | FERRULE FOR OPTICAL TRANSPORTS - The invention pertains to a ferrule for aligning optical transports within an optical connector for coupling to a mating optical connector for purposes of aligning the optical transports in the first connector with optical transports in the mating connector. The ferrule comprises a main body portion defining a longitudinal cavity running between a front face and the rear face of the main ferrule body. The cavity has an opening to a lateral side of the ferrule main body that permits the installation of optical transports into the cavity from a lateral direction (as well as still permitting longitudinal installation, if desired). A cover may be provided for closing off the lateral opening after the optical transports are installed in the cavity. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING OPTICAL TRANSPORTS IN A FERRULE - Methods and apparatus for aligning optical transports, such as waveguides and optical fibers, in a ferrule of an optical connector. The ferrule has an open side through which optical transports may be inserted into a transport cavity in the ferrule from a direction transverse the longitudinal direction of the optical transports and ferrule. To assemble the optical transports in the ferrule, the ferrule is positioned with its front face abutting and aligned with a jig that has an opening substantially identical to the ferrule cavity. The jig has grooves in a bottom surface of the cavity into which the optical transports will be inserted for transversely aligning the optical transports. The optical transports are then dropped into the aligned cavities of the ferrule and jig through the open sides of the ferrule and jig so that the front ends of the optical transports sit at least partially in the V-shaped grooves of the jig, thereby aligning the transports in the transverse dimension. A press cures adhesive in the cavity to cure the adhesive and fix the transports in the ferrule. The optical transports are then cleaved or otherwise cut flush with the front face of the ferrule. The process is repeated for each row of optical transports with the height of the bottom of the cavity in the jig adjusted for each subsequent row by an amount equal to the thickness of a row of the optical transports. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014650 | Apparatus and Method for Aligning Optical Transports in a Ferrule - Method and apparatus for aligning optical transports in a ferrule. The ferrule has an open side through which optical transports may be laterally placed in a transport cavity. The transports are aligned in the ferrule by mounting the ferrule on a jig having grooves into which the ends of the optical transports are inserted for transversely aligning the fibers in the ferrule. A row of transports is placed in the ferrule cavity with the front ends of the transports extending past the ferrule and into the grooves of the jig, thereby laterally aligning the transports with the grooves. The fibers are affixed to the ferrule. The ferrule can then be removed from the jig and the front ends of the transports that extended into the grooves of the jig cleaved flush with the front face of the ferrule. Additional rows of transports may be aligned in the ferrule in the same manner using different jigs. C-shaped grooves can be employed to separate the horizontal alignment from the vertical alignment. Specifically, horizontal alignment is effectuated by the opposing edges of the groove at the mouth of the C shape engaging the transports and vertical alignment is effectuated by the cladding layer of the row of transports resting on the tops of the grooves. It also is possible to create effective grooves of a smaller size than might otherwise be manufacturable in a single jig piece by, instead, fabricating two jig pieces, each with larger grooves and longitudinally aligning the two jig pieces with their respective grooves laterally offset from each other so that each jig piece effectively provides half of the groove. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014651 | MICRO-DISTRIBUTION CABLE FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICRO-DISTRIBUTION CABLE - The invention relates to a microdistribution cable ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120014652 | Adhesively Coupled Optical Fibers and Enclosing Tape - The present invention relates to optical-fiber cables having a tape enclosing one or more optical fibers. A plurality of discrete deposits of adhesive material are typically used to couple the optical fibers to the enclosing tape. A buffer tube may enclose the optical fibers and the tape. The buffer tube typically has a buffer-tube adhesive filling coefficient of between about 0.001 and 0.05. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014653 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND OPTICAL FIBER - Provided is a manufacturing method for an optical fiber preform of which the core is doped with a rare earth element. The method includes: depositing glass particles within a silica tube by the modified chemical vapor deposition method, the glass particles mainly consisting of silicon dioxide; adding the rare earth element and aluminum to the glass particles within the silica tube by the solution doping method; heating the silica tube while flowing a phosphorous-containing gas into the silica tube to sinter the glass particles within the silica tube while adding the phosphorous; and heating and collapsing the silica tube to which the rare earth element, the aluminum, and the phosphorous are added. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014654 | OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is an optical fiber having a large relative refractive index difference and a reduced transmission loss, as well as a manufacturing method therefor. An optical fiber preform | 2012-01-19 |
20120014655 | FIBER OPTIC MODULE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING REAR CONNECTORS - A telecommunications assembly including a housing and a plurality of modules mounted within the housing. The modules includes a rear face in which is mounted at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the housing are positioned at least one fiber optic adapters. Inserting the module through a front opening of the housing at a mounting location positions the connector of the module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the housing. The adapters within the interior of the housing are mounted to a removable holder. A method of mounting a telecommunications module within a chassis. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014656 | PATCH PANEL FOR AN OPTICAL DISTRIBUTOR - The invention relates to a patch panel ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120014657 | Docking Port Optical Cover - According to the invention, a system for covering the docking port of an optical communication device and protecting a terminating end of an optical fiber at the optical communication device is disclosed. The system may include body, where the body is configured to be at least partially received by the docking port of the optical communication device. The body may also be configured at partially receive the optical fiber. The body may not allow communication between the optical fiber and the optical communication device. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014658 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE - To provide a program, an information storage medium, an image processing device, an image processing method, and a data structure capable of collaboration between replay data and a motion picture produced by an image capturing unit during a period corresponding to the replay data. A replay data obtaining unit obtains replay data for reproducing the status of execution of a program. A captured motion picture obtaining unit obtains a captured motion picture that is produced by the image capturing unit during an image capturing period including at least a part of a reproduction period in which the status of execution of the program is reproduced based on replay data. A data holding unit holds replay data and a captured motion picture so as to be correlated to each other. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014659 | METHOD FOR EVENT INITIATED VIDEO CAPTURING AND A VIDEO CAMERA FOR CAPTURE EVENT INITIATED VIDEO - A method and a video camera for recording an event initiated video sequence includes storing captured video frames in a video buffer, detecting a first event, and in response, initiating a video sequence recording session for recording of a video sequence in a non-volatile memory. Pre-event video frames and post-event video frames related to the first event are recorded, where the post-event time period starts at the detection of the first event. A first event delay time period is started in response to the expiration of the post-event time period. The video sequence recording session is closed if a delay period expires and no other event process is in progress. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014660 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus includes the following elements. A playback unit play backs 3D content recorded on a content recording medium. An OSD screen generator generates an OSD screen which is displayed by being superposed on a 3D image of the 3D content. An image processor generates a 3D image by changing an amount of parallax of the 3D image and combines the generated 3D image with the OSD screen. When the OSD screen is to be displayed while the 3D content is being played back, the image processor generates a 3D image by gradually decreasing a pop-out amount of the 3D image and combines the generated 3D image with the OSD screen. When the displayed OSD screen is to be erased, the image processor generates a 3D image by gradually increasing the decreased pop-out amount to the original pop-out amount, and combines the generated 3D image with the OSD screen. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014661 | MEDICAL IMAGE APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE ARCHIVING APPARATUS - A medical image apparatus according to the embodiments has a medical image utilization ,apparatus and medical image archiving apparatus. The former has an acquisition part that acquires a requested frame rate for cases in which medical images are movie displayed on its display, and an designating part that designates an attention point with respect to one of the medical images displayed. The latter has a transmission speed measurement part that measures the data transmission speed between the former and the latter, an extraction part that, based on the requested frame rate, the attention point and the data transmission speed, extracts the region including the attention point for each of the medical images, and a transmission part that transmits an image of the extracted region to the display. The display displays, as a moving image, the images of the region extracted by said extraction part at said requested frame rate. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014662 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EDITING VIDEO SEQUENCES - A method and system for editing video sequences. The method includes playing a first video sequence on a device and introducing one or more objects randomly in the first video sequence. The method further includes determining one or more randomized properties associated with the randomly inserts objects. Moreover, the method includes recording the one or more randomized properties. The system includes a device. The device includes a memory that stores one or more objects and one or more randomized properties associated with the one or more objects; a random generator that introduces the objects randomly from the memory in a first video sequence; and a processor operable to play the first video sequence including randomly introduced objects, determine the one or more randomized properties associated with the one or more objects and to record the one or more randomized properties. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC SELL-THROUGH OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AUTHORED FOR DISTRIBUTION VIA PHYSICAL MEDIA - Systems and methods for electronic sell-through (EST) of multimedia content authored for distribution via physical media in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes building an object model of interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium using a content authoring system, automatically authoring a user interface based upon the object model using the content authoring system, packing the multimedia content into at least one container file, and electronically distributing at least a portion of the authored user interface and the at least one container file via a network connection. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014664 | RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording control apparatus includes a setup module and a controller. The setup module is configured to set, in accordance with designation of a device, an adaptive data format which is adaptive to the device. The controller is configured to execute control to record input data by the adaptive data format. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014665 | RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH 3D VIDEO IS RECORDED, PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO, AND SYSTEM LSI - A left view graphics stream and a right view graphics stream recorded on a recording medium each include one or more display sets, and the display sets are data groups used for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects. The one or more display sets included in the left view graphics stream are in one-to-one correspondence with the one or more display sets included in the right view graphics stream, and an identical playback time for the video stream on the playback time axis is set in each of the corresponding display sets. Each display set includes state information indicating whether the data is all data necessary for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects, or is a difference from the immediately previous display set, and the state information included in corresponding display sets indicate identical content. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014666 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION FOR STILL PICTURE, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A recordable and/or rewriteable recording medium for storing still picture data, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. The recording medium stores still picture group information for grouping a plurality of still pictures in order to manage the still picture at a group level, and stores audio group information for grouping additional audio data added to the still picture data after the still picture data are recorded. Therefore, large-capacity still picture data and additional audio data added thereto can be recorded using a minimum amount of management information. Further, during reproduction, data can be displayed and edited in units of the respective still pictures. Also, it is possible to cope with after-recording of the audio data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014667 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION FOR STILL PICTURE, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A recordable and/or rewriteable recording medium for storing still picture data, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. The recording medium stores still picture group information for grouping a plurality of still pictures in order to manage the still picture at a group level, and stores audio group information for grouping additional audio data added to the still picture data after the still picture data are recorded. Therefore, large-capacity still picture data and additional audio data added thereto can be recorded using a minimum amount of management information. Further, during reproduction, data can be displayed and edited in units of the respective still pictures. Also, it is possible to cope with after-recording of the audio data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014668 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION FOR STILL PICTURE, RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A recordable and/or rewriteable recording medium for storing still picture data, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. The recording medium stores still picture group information for grouping a plurality of still pictures in order to manage the still picture at a group level, and stores audio group information for grouping additional audio data added to the still picture data after the still picture data are recorded. Therefore, large-capacity still picture data and additional audio data added thereto can be recorded using a minimum amount of management information. Further, during reproduction, data can be displayed and edited in units of the respective still pictures. Also, it is possible to cope with after-recording of the audio data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING MANUFACTURER INFORMATION ON A RECORDING MEDIUM AND FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THE MANUFACTURER INFORMATION IS EFFECTIVE - A recording medium and a recording apparatus for storing manufacturer information for supporting specific functions for each manufacturer and a method therefor. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing manufacturer information for supporting specific functions and a method therefor is also provided. If a recording apparatus modifies the contents of the recording medium, then it should record its manufacturer's identification code. A recording apparatus/reproducing apparatus should check the identification code on the recording medium before using its own manufacture information item for some specific function. Also, it is possible to reduce the time required to determine whether the manufacturer information items are effective. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING MANUFACTURER INFORMATION ON A RECORDING MEDIUM AND FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THE MANUFACTURER INFORMATION IS EFFECTIVE - A recording medium and a recording apparatus for storing manufacturer information for supporting specific functions for each manufacturer and a method therefor. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing manufacturer information for supporting specific functions and a method therefor is also provided. If a recording apparatus modifies the contents of the recording medium, then it should record its manufacturer's identification code. A recording apparatus/reproducing apparatus should check the identification code on the recording medium before using its own manufacture information item for some specific function. Also, it is possible to reduce the time required to determine whether the manufacturer information items are effective. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014671 | MOVING IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus for editing a series of moving images recorded across a plurality of recording media including at least a first and second recording media, comprising: an editing unit which performs editing processing on a part of the series of moving images recorded on the first recording medium; a storage control unit which performs control such that the editing processing is stored; a determination unit which determines whether or not a detachable recording medium has been attached; and a control unit which, in a case where it has been determined that the second recording medium has been attached, performs control for applying the editing processing that has been performed on the part of the series of moving images recorded on the first recording medium and has been stored by the storage control unit, to a part of the series of moving images that is recorded on the second recording medium. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014672 | VIDEO EDITING DEVICE AND VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM - A video editing device, which edits a video of an object on which image information is drawn, includes a moving-body-frame detecting unit that detects a frame on which a moving body obstructing the object is captured; a draw-frame identifying unit that identifies a frame at which drawing of the image information is started by comparing a post-detection frame that is an obstructed frame detected by the moving-body-frame detecting unit with each of detection frames that are not-obstructed frames detected by the moving-body-frame detecting unit; and a synthesis processing unit that performs a synthesis process of synthesizing image information included in the post-detection frame onto a frame anterior to the frame identified by the draw-frame identifying unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014673 | VIDEO AND AUDIO CONTENT SYSTEM - A method for use in editing video content and audio content, wherein the method includes, in a processing system, determining a video part using video information, the video information being indicative of the video content, and the video part being indicative of a video content part, determining an audio part using first audio information, the first audio information being indicative of a number of events and representing the audio content, and the audio part being indicative of an audio content part including an audio event and editing, at least in part using the audio event, at least one of the video content part and the audio content part using second audio information indicative of the audio content. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AUTHORED FOR DISTRIBUTION VIA A PHYSICAL MEDIUM FOR ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods for converting interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium for electronic distribution are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes building an object model of interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium using a content authoring system, automatically authoring a user interface based upon the object model using the content authoring system, and packing the transcoded multimedia content into at least one container file. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014675 | Method and Device for Storing a Portion of a Video Stream - The invention relates to a method for storing a portion of a compressed video stream, said compressed video stream comprising a series of compressed key images between which are inserted intermediate frames comprising at least the encoding of differences between an uncompressed intermediate image and the key image immediately preceding same, said method comprising: acquiring, in real time, the compressed video stream; temporarily storing, without decompression, the acquired compressed video stream, said temporary storage comprising at least the last compressed key image received and the subsequent intermediate frames; upon receipt of a permanent storage start event at a given instant: reconstructing a compressed key image corresponding to said given instant starting from the last key image received and from the subsequent intermediate frames; and storing the portion of the video stream starting with the reconstructed compressed key image. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014676 | Informatiion Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Recording Medium - An information processing apparatus, as a recording apparatus, formulates a Clip Information file of a still picture file (TS file), made up by plural still pictures, and a PlayList, composed of plural PlayItems, indicating the replay path of a slide show, and records the information on a DVD along with the TS file. The Clip Information file has an EP_map, as a table indicating the relationship of correspondence between the value of the presentation time stamp PTS of the transport stream TS and the source packet number SPN in the TS the PTS value indicates. The information processing apparatus, as a reproducing apparatus, reads out and reproduces the data address of the TS, represented by the replay start time IN_time and the replay end time OUT_time of the PlayItem. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014677 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus, as a recording apparatus, formulates a Clip Information file of a still picture file (TS file), made up by plural still pictures, and a PlayList, composed of plural PlayItems, indicating the replay path of a slide show, and records the information on a DVD along with the TS file. The Clip Information file has an EP_map, as a table indicating the relationship of correspondence between the value of the presentation time stamp PTS of the transport stream TS and the source packet number SPN in the TS the PTS value indicates. The information processing apparatus, as a reproducing apparatus, reads out and reproduces the data address of the TS, represented by the replay start time IN_time and the replay end time OUT_time of the PlayItem. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014678 | HEATER ASSEMBLY - A heater assembly to be located at a substantially vertical wall for heating air. The heater assembly includes one or more heating elements, and one or more heat transfer elements mounted on the heating element for transferring heat to a column of the air moving substantially upwardly past the heat transfer elements. The column includes an inner portion positioned proximal to the wall and an outer portion positioned distal to the wall. Each heat transfer element is formed to transfer substantially more heat to the outer portion of the column of the air than to the inner portion thereof, to cause the outer portion to rise faster than the inner portion, for at least partially entraining the inner portion with the outer portion, so that at least a part of the inner portion forms a laminar boundary layer flowing along the wall. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014679 | FLUID HEATING DEVICE - Provided is a fluid heating device capable of suppressing reduction of heating efficiency even if a fluid mainly containing sulfuric acid is heated. The fluid heating device of the present invention is a fluid heating device for heating chemicals mainly containing sulfuric acid, and includes a translucent inner tube | 2012-01-19 |
20120014680 | ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a PTC based heating device for a motor vehicle, preferably with electrical propulsion, in which one or a plurality of supplementary circuits are connected to a heating circuit for being switched in optionally. In this way it is possible to use a large number of possibilities for temperature control for energy management which is important in electric vehicles. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014681 | IMAGE BLURRING CORRECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image blurring correction device includes a correction member which moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of an imaging optical system to correct blurring of an optical image, two driving units which drive the correction member in different directions, a shake detection unit which detects a shake applied to the image blurring correction device, a correction amount calculation unit which calculates, based on shake information detected by the shake detection unit, a correction amount for correcting blurring of the optical image, and a conversion unit which converts the correction amount to cancel a driving error generated by a rotation moment applied to the correction member. The driving units drive the correction member based on the correction amount converted by the conversion unit, correcting blurring of the optical image. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014682 | HALL-EFFECT BASED LINEAR MOTOR CONTROLLER - A linear motion control device for use in a linear control system is presented. The linear motion control device includes a coil driver to drive a coil that, when driven, effects a linear movement by a motion device having a magnet. The linear motion control device also includes a magnetic field sensor to detect a magnetic field associated with the linear movement and an interface to connect an output of the magnetic field sensor and an input of the coil driver to an external controller. The interface includes a feedback loop to relate the magnetic field sensor output signal to the coil driver input. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014683 | CAMERA FLASH SYSTEM CONTROLLED VIA MEMS ARRAY - A camera flash system may include a light source and an array that includes MEMS-based light-modulating devices disposed in front the light source. The camera flash system may control the array to transmit light through, or substantially prevent the transmission of light through, predetermined areas of the array. In some embodiments, the array may be controlled in response to input from a user, in response to detected ambient light conditions and/or in response to the proximity of a detected subject or other detected features. For example, the camera flash system may control the array to substantially prevent the transmission of light through an area of the array that is between the light source and the eyes of a detected subject. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014684 | Camera Focus and Shutter Control - A touch screen on a camera is provided. The touch screen comprises a button, wherein removal of contact from the button by lifting contact from the touch screen causes a photograph to be taken, and wherein removal of contact from the button by maintaining contact with the touch screen while moving contact to a portion of the touch screen other than the button causes a photograph not to be taken. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014685 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. Ina reproducing mode, displayposture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014686 | ENHANCED CAMERA TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An enhanced camera transport system and method includes a strap and coupler. The coupler is configured to engage with an attachment point on a camera otherwise reserved by engagement with a camera stand such as a tripod, monopod, or the like. Following general camera construction, the attachment point is found on the bottom of the camera. In some implementations, the coupler is slideably attached to the strap to assist with repositioning of the camera from a transport position to a picture taking position. Other implementations include an enclosure for storage of the camera while not being used. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014687 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURES - Electronic devices are provided that have components. Outer and inner component mounting members may engage each other with threads. Openings in the outer and inner members may be configured to engage component sidewalls and alignment tools. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014688 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device includes a front shell, a circuit board, an image sensor, an elastic sheet, and threaded fasteners. The front shell includes a rear surface. The front shell defines three first threaded holes in the rear surface. The circuit board is positioned on the rear surface and defines at least three second threaded holes. The second threaded holes are aligned with the first threaded holes. The image sensor is positioned on the circuit board. The elastic sheet is positioned on the rear surface and covers the circuit board. The elastic sheet includes a number of elastic arms. The elastic arms protrude towards the circuit board and resisting against the circuit board. The threaded fasteners correspondingly pass through and engage with the first threaded holes and the second threaded holes to secure the circuit board to the rear surface. The threaded fasteners are capable of adjusting the circuit board. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014689 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS, COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD - A substrate cleaning apparatus includes a substrate holding and rotating unit for holding a center of a rear surface of a substrate and rotating the substrate; a cleaning unit including a first cleaning member, a second cleaning member provided around the first cleaning member and a base to which the first and second cleaning members are secured; an elevating unit for moving the substrate holding and rotating unit and the cleaning unit relative to each other so as to allow the first and second cleaning members to come into contact with the rear surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding and rotating unit; and a driving unit for driving the substrate and the cleaning unit relative to each other in a direction along the rear surface of the substrate so as to allow part of the second cleaning member to be exposed to the outside of the substrate. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014690 | METHOD TO DEFINE SHARED RISK LINK GROUPS IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - A method defines shared risk link groups in optical transport systems, in which two optical links sharing at least one single point of failure are considered to be non-disjoint. For each optical link there is measured and recorded a polarization state characteristic and two links having the same characteristic are judged to be non-disjoint and to be in the same shared risk link group. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014691 | CALIBRATING AN OPTICAL DOWNCONVERTER - An apparatus calibrates an optical downconverter configured to receive an optical input signal at a signal input and an optical reference signal at a reference input, and to provide at multiple output nodes characterizing signals for characterizing the optical input signal. The downconverter includes receivers having corresponding optical inputs and respectively providing the characterizing signals at the output nodes, and multiple optical signal paths connected between one of the signal and reference inputs and one of the optical inputs. The apparatus includes a signal analyzing unit coupled to the output nodes and configured to receive and analyze the characterizing signals, a first switch for selectively enabling the optical input signal, and a second switch for selectively enabling the reference signal. The signal analyzing unit is configured to derive correction values based on determined signals at the output nodes derived from selectively enabling at least one of the optical input signal and the reference signal, and to correct the characterizing signals with the derived correction values. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS-PHASE MODULATION NOISE REDUCED TRANSMISSION IN HYBRID NETWORKS - In one embodiment, a method for receiving optical signals includes receiving a first set of one or more signals and a second set of one or more signals, determining a block length used to process the first set of signals, and processing the first set of signals using the block length. The first set of signals and the second set of signals are separated by a guard band. The block length is based upon the width of the guard band. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014693 | Passive Optical Network with Adaptive Filters for Upstream Transmission Management - A wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WPON) comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) coupled to the OLT via a power optical splitter. The OLT is configured to monitor wavelengths in use by the ONUs and to divide upstream traffic from the ONUs into multiple channels using tunable filters. Also disclosed is an OLT for a PON, the OLT comprising a plurality of receivers and a plurality of tunable filters corresponding to each of the receivers. The OLT also comprises channel control logic coupled to the tunable filters, wherein the channel control logic is configured to detect a plurality of wavelengths in use for upstream traffic in the PON and to divide the upstream traffic into multiple channels using the tunable filters. Included is a method for managing upstream traffic in a PON, the method comprising monitoring, by a processor, wavelengths in use for upstream traffic in the PON. The method also comprises dividing the upstream traffic into multiple channels using tunable filters. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014694 | METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION USING AN ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATION AMPLIFIER, AN ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATION AMPLIFIER, A TRANSMITTING DEVICE, A RECEIVING DEVICE, AND A COMMUNICATION NETWORK THEREFOR - The invention concerns a method for transmission of data signals from a transmitting device (BS) to a receiving device (RAH | 2012-01-19 |
20120014695 | Digital Light Path Labeling System with Dual Polarization Quaternary Phase-shift Keying Modulation - A method and system for encoding and determining labels in a Dual Polarization (DP) Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) signal is provided. A label frame, signature sequence, and data payload are combined using a complementary constant-weight code encoding (CCWC) encoder, the output of which is deinterleaved and differentially precoded to generate a polarized tributary of a DP-QPSK signal. This encoding can be duplicated for a second tributary of the DP-QPSK signal. The label can be determined using one or more polarizers and corresponding low-speed photodetectors, each applied to a copy of the DP-QPSK signal. The strongest output of the photodetectors is then used to determine the label. Alternatively, the DP-QPSK signal can be viewed as having XI, XQ, PH, and PV tributaries. These tributaries can then be translated into XI, XQ, YI, and YQ tributaries are encoded into a standard DP-QPSK signal. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014696 | Novel wavelength allocation for RFoG/GPON/10GPON Coexistence on a single fiber - A method includes conveying a first set of signals including a plurality of first upstream signals within a first upstream wavelength region and a plurality of first downstream signals within a first downstream wavelength region; and conveying a second set of signals including a plurality of second upstream signals and a plurality of second downstream signals, wherein the plurality of second upstream signals and the plurality of second downstream signals are conveyed in a single contiguous wavelength region. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014697 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device is provided, which includes a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit. The first antenna unit includes a first radiation module, a power divider/combiner network connected to the first radiation module, and a feeder interface connected to the power divider/combiner network. The feeder interface is connected to a radio remote unit (RRU) or a macro base station through a feeder. The second antenna unit includes a second radiation module, a transceiver array connected to the second radiation module, a baseband processing unit (BPU) connected to the transceiver array, and an optical fiber interface connected to the BPU. The optical fiber interface is connected to a baseband unit (BBU) through an optical fiber. Therefore, after the existing passive antenna is replaced by the provided antenna device, the RRU or macro base station in the original network can still be used, which reduces waste of resources. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014698 | TRANSMISSION OF PATHOLOGICAL DATA PATTERNS - A method and apparatus is presented for reducing or eliminating pathological data patterns from signals for transmission over optical communications systems. One embodiment includes a decoder/deserializer configured to receive an encoded serial digital signal, a ditherer configured to dither a least significant bit of each digital data word, and a reserializer/encoder configured to serialize digital data and encode it, for example according to an applicable communication standard such as SMPTE 259M. The improvements may be provided in a single removable unit, such as a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module compatible with existing optical communications equipment. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014699 | SYNCHRONIZING PHASES OF MULTIPLE OPITCAL CHANNELS - A system may include one or more devices that may be used to simultaneously measure and modulate phases of a many-channel optical system relative to a high frequency optical carrier. This device may be constructed using analog-to-digital converters, comparators, and distributed timers. A digital processor may be used to recover phase information from the measurements and to calculate an error compared to desired phase. The processor may then apply feedback to a phase modulator to correct the phase. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014700 | REPLACEMENT TONER CARTRIDGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, REPLACEMENT TONER CARTRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REPLACEMENT TONER CARTRIDGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A replacement toner cartridge management apparatus is provided with: a receiver which receives toner cartridge replacement information indicating a toner cartridge loaded on one or more than one image forming apparatus which the replacement toner cartridge management apparatus can access via a communication circuit has been replaced or needs to be replaced with a new one; a life information obtainer which obtains the life information of a consumable unit other than the toner cartridge causing the toner cartridge replacement information received by the receiver, a replacement consumable unit for which will be delivered to the same delivery address as a replacement toner cartridge for the toner cartridge causing the toner cartridge replacement information; a determiner which determines a right type of replacement toner cartridge for the toner cartridge causing the toner cartridge replacement information, based on the life information obtained by the life information obtainer; and a transmitter which outputs an instruction to deliver the right type of replacement toner cartridge determined by the determiner. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014701 | REPLACEMENT TONER CARTRIDGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, REPLACEMENT TONER CARTRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REPLACEMENT TONER CARTRIDGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A replacement toner cartridge management apparatus is provided with: a receiver which receives toner cartridge replacement information indicating a toner cartridge loaded on an image forming apparatus which the replacement toner cartridge management apparatus can access via a communication circuit, has been replaced with a new one; an information obtainer which obtains remaining toner information of the toner cartridge removed from the image forming apparatus, when the toner cartridge replacement information is received by the receiver; a time determiner which, if the remaining toner information obtained by the information obtainer indicates a value smaller than a predetermined value, determines that an instruction to deliver a replacement toner cartridge should be outputted when the toner cartridge replacement information is received, or if the remaining toner information indicates a value larger than or equal to a predetermined value, determines that an instruction to deliver a replacement toner cartridge should be outputted at a different time; and a transmitter which outputs a delivery instruction according to the determination made by the time determiner. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014702 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a color toner image forming portion, a transparent toner image forming portion, a heating portion, an obtaining portion that obtains information on an area where a gloss level should partly be increased and an area where the gloss level should partly be decreased in an image, and a controller controls the color toner image forming portion and the transparent toner image forming portion to form the color toner images and a first partial transparent toner image on a recording material, controls the heating portion to heat the color toner images and the first partial transparent toner image on the recording material, controls the transparent toner image forming portion to form a second partial transparent toner image on the recording material, and controls the heating portion to heat the second partial transparent toner image on the recording material based on information obtained by the obtaining portion. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014703 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system including a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus. The first image forming apparatus forms an image on a first side of a recording medium and has a mark forming device to form a mark on the recording medium. The second image forming apparatus forms an image on a second side which is the obverse of the first side, and has a mark detector to detect the mark at a predetermined position in a conveyance path of the recording medium and a calculator to calculate an expansion and contraction ratio of the recording medium in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction based on the output of the mark detector. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014704 | CHARGE DIRECTOR INJECTION SYSTEM - A charge director injection system includes a charge director tank, a liquid toner tank, a charge director pump to pump charge director from the charge director tank into the liquid toner tank, and a control system configured to measure a change in charge density per amount of charge director injected into the liquid toner tank, and create a charge profile indicating a relationship between amount of charge director injected into the liquid toner and change in charge density of the liquid toner within the liquid toner tank. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014705 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that prevents transfer defects such as the occurrence of white spots. includes a photoreceptor drum, a transfer roller, a transfer bias application circuit that applies a transfer bias to the transfer roller a static elimination needle that eliminates static of a recording paper, a static elimination bias application circuit that applies a static elimination bias to the static elimination needle, and a printer controller. The printer controller controls the static elimination bias application circuit so that a potential difference between the static elimination needle and the recording paper during the period from when a front end region of the recording paper passes by the static elimination needle until when a front end of the recording paper comes into contact with a conveyance guide becomes smaller than the potential difference during the period that the front end region of the recording paper passes by the static elimination needle. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014706 | BELT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - The image heating apparatus has a plurality of heat generators which are capable of forming a plurality of heat generating distributions in the longitudinal direction for supplying heat to a heating member. Unevenness in temperature is decreased by changing the heat generating distribution when cooling by a fan for the heating member starts. The heat generating distribution is changed so that heat generating amount at an area in the longitudinal direction corresponding to the cooling area cooled by the fan is to be larger than the heat generating amount before starting the cooling. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014707 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VAPOR EMISSIONS FROM A PRINTER - An apparatus for reducing vapor emissions from a printer may include a treatment chamber having an inlet and an outlet. While the printer is operating, vapor-laden air may enter the treatment chamber via the inlet and treated air may exit the treatment chamber via the outlet. While the printer is idle, the inlet and outlet can be sealed to prevent vapors located in the treatment chamber from being emitted to the atmosphere. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014708 | PRE-FIXING HEATING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a heating device which is installed upstream from a fixing device in a recording medium carrying direction and heats an image forming face of a recording medium; a temperature sensor which detects temperature of a heating device; a cooling device which cools a transfer belt; a cooling fan which cools the cooling device, a photoconductive drum temperature sensor which is provided for each photoconductive drum and detects temperature of the photoconductive drum; and a control unit which controls heating temperature of the heating device to higher than a toner outer layer glass transition temperature Tg and lower than a toner melting point Tm and controls the temperature of the photoconductive drum to lower than a threshold temperature. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014709 | ELECTROGRAPHIC PRINTING APPARATUS - In an electrographic printing apparatus, a charge image carrier has charge images generated thereon of images to be printed. A developer station develops the charge images into an image film with carrier fluid and embedded toner images. A transfer unit receives the image film from the charge image carrier and transfers the image film onto a printing substrate. A fixing station fixes the image film on the printing substrate. A carrier fluid recovery device is arranged between the fixing station and the transfer unit, and recovers carrier fluid from carrier fluid vapor occurring in the fixing station and supplies the recovered carrier fluid to the transfer unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014710 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND CLEANING METHOD - A cleaning device includes a cleaning member that comes into contact with a developer carrier, which carries developer, in a direction crossing a moving direction of the developer carrier and cleans the developer carrier by removing the developer from the developer carrier, a recovery section that is provided with a recovery port formed inside of end portions of the developer carrier in the direction crossing the moving direction of the developer carrier and recovers the developer, which is removed by the cleaning member, through the recovery port, and a guide member that guides the developer to the recovery port, one end of the guide member being positioned outside an end portion of the cleaning member and the end portion of the developer carrier, and the other end of the guide member being positioned inside the cleaning member in the direction crossing the moving direction of the developer carrier. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014711 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning device body including a cleaning member, the cleaning member being in contact with a surface of an image carrier so as to remove developer retained on the surface of the image carrier; and a fixing member that fixes an end of the cleaning device body in a longitudinal direction to a side surface of a frame that supports the image carrier and corresponds to the end of the cleaning device body in the longitudinal direction. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014712 | Photoconductive Drum Supports - An imaging cartridge for use with an imaging machine comprises a waste bin and photoconductive drum rotatably mounted in the waste bin. The photoconductive drum is supported at its ends by support members that are connected to the waste bin. At least a portion of at least one support member is made of an electrically conductive material, such that the support member electrically connects the photoconductive drum to the imaging machine when the imaging cartridge is positioned in the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of the imaging machine. At least one of the support members extends from a side of the waste bin to locate the imaging cartridge in correct position in the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of the imaging machine. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014713 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - In the case that a developer supply container is provided with a feeding portion for feeding a developer by receiving a rotational force and a pump portion for discharging the developer by reciprocation, and the rotational force and a reciprocating force are received from a main assembly side of an image forming apparatus, there is a liability that a driving connection is not properly established between a portion of the developer supply container for receiving the reciprocating force and a portion of the main assembly side for applying the reciprocating force. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014714 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit and a fixing unit, wherein the fixing unit includes rotatable heating member heating the recording medium having the unfixed visible image, rotatable pressing member coming into contact with the rotatable heating member to form a nip portion, and an air separation member separating the recording medium from the rotatable heating member by air, the toner including toner base particles each including binder resin and releasing agent, the binder resin including crystalline polyester resin and non-crystalline resin, and ratio of W/R being 0.045 to 0.85, where W denotes peak height in spectrum of the crystalline polyester resin, R denotes peak height in spectrum of the non-crystalline resin, and each of the spectra is measured by total transmission method (KBr method) using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014715 | Image forming Apparatus, Method of Allowing Driven Member to be Mounted on Apparatus Body in Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Allowing Drive Force to be Transmitted to Belt Unit in Image Forming Apparatus - The image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a drive source; a driven member detachably attachable to the apparatus body; a first transmission member in the apparatus body, including a base rotatable around a rotation axis, and transmitting drive force from the drive source to the driven member; and a second transmission member in the driven member, including a base rotatable around the rotation axis, and transmitting drive force from the first transmission member to the driven member. Any of the first and second transmission members includes a projection, and the other includes a receiving port. The receiving port receives the projection when a rotation angle between the first and second transmission members is an angle set in advance while not receiving the projection when the rotation angle is out of the angle, at the time of mounting the driven member on the apparatus body. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014716 | Image Forming Apparatus and Process Cartridge - The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014717 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers, a plurality of developing units configured to contact each of the plurality of image carriers to develop a latent image formed on each of the plurality of image carriers, a contact and separation unit configured to perform contact and separation of the plurality of image carriers and the plurality of developing units, a drive unit that drives the contact and separation unit, and a control unit that controls a drive speed of the drive unit so that the plurality of developing units are separated from the plurality of image carriers after the development performed by the plurality of developing units is completed, and the control unit controls the drive speed so that a last developing unit is separated after completion timing of development performed by the last developing unit and before separation timing of the last developing unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014718 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a developing device includes: a developing roller configured to supply a developer to a photoconductive drum; a first mixer configured to mix a fresh toner supplied from a toner supply section and the developer; a second mixer configured to supply the developer mixed by the first mixer to the developing roller; and a magnet roller including a magnet on an inside thereof and configured to remove foreign matters from the developer collected. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014719 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device comprising: a developer tank housing a developer including a toner and a carrier; a toner replenishment port; a developing roller; a first developer conveying path and a second developer conveying path; a conducting plate for peeling a recovery developer on a surface of the developing roller after the toner is supplied to a photosensitive drum from the surface of the developing roller so as to guide the recovery developer to the first developer conveying path; and first and second developer conveying members arranged on the first and second developer conveying paths, wherein the first developer conveying member has a cylindrical hollow rotating shaft with opened both ends that is rotatably provided to the first developer conveying path, and divides the first developer conveying path into an external first developer conveying path and an internal first developer conveying path, an external spiral blade fixed to an outer periphery of the hollow rotating shaft, and an internal spiral blade fixed to an inner periphery of the hollow rotating shaft, a direction where the developer is conveyed by the external spiral blade is the same as a direction where the developer is conveyed by the second developer conveying member and is opposite to a direction where the developer is conveyed by the internal spiral blade. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014720 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Cartridge Supporter, and Image Forming Unit - An image forming apparatus has a body frame and a slide frame. The slide frame is configured to be pulled out from the body frame along a sliding direction. A plurality of image forming cartridges is detachably mounted on the slide frame. A plurality of electrode members is mounted on the slide frame and aligned along the sliding direction so as to correspond to the image forming cartridges. A body-side contact portion of each of the electrode members is electrically connected to the body frame. A cartridge-side contact portion of the electrode member is electrically connected to the image forming cartridge. The image forming cartridge is connected to the body via the corresponding electrode member when the slide frame mounting the image forming cartridges is inserted to the body frame. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014721 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014722 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - Conventionally, the developer in the developer supply container is discharged by an air-supply pump and a suction pump which are provided in the main assembly side of the image forming apparatus, and therefore, the developer is compacted by the increase of the internal pressure of the developer supply container resulting from the air-supply. Therefore, the proper suction of the developer from the developer supply container becomes difficult with the result of shortage of the developer amount to be supplied. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014723 | SEMICONDUCTIVE ROLLER, TONER TRANSPORT ROLLER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The semiconductive roller according to the present invention includes a roller body having an outer peripheral surface made of a crosslinked substance of a semiconductive rubber composition and exhibiting Shore A hardness of not more than 60, the semiconductive rubber composition contains a base polymer made of a mixture of (1) mixed rubber N of liquid nitrile rubber and solid nitrile rubber, (2) chloroprene rubber C, and (3) epichlorohydrin rubber E in a mass ratio (C+E)/N of 10/90 to 80/20, the ratios of the chloroprene rubber and the epichlorohydrin rubber in the total quantity of the base polymer are not less than 5 mass % and not less than 5 mass % respectively, and roller resistance at an applied voltage of 5 V is not less than 10 | 2012-01-19 |
20120014724 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER - In order to provide a highly durable intermediate transfer member utilized for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, with which generation of rubbing scratches and cracks is suppressed, and no filming is generated, and a method of manufacturing the intermediate transfer member, disclosed is an intermediate transfer member for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, possessing a support and provided thereon, an elastic layer and a surface layer in this order, wherein the elastic layer has an elastic modulus of 10-200 MPa, and the thickness thereof is 50 μm to 500 μm. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014725 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a fixing device to fix a toner image on a recoding medium; a compressed air generator to generate a compressed air; an air nozzle to inject the compressed air to separate the recording medium having the fixed toner image from the fixing device; a first switching unit to switch the air nozzle between injection and termination, which is provided upstream from the air nozzle; and a buffer unit to retain the compressed air, which is provided upstream from the air nozzle and downstream from the first switching unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014726 | PRESSING ROLLER AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE USING THE PRESSING ROLLER - A pressing roller includes a core metal and an elastic layer containing a needle-like filler which has an average length of 0.05 mm or more and 1 mm or less and a thermal conductivity of 500 W/(m.k) or more. In the elastic layer, pore portions are dispersed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014727 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a fixing device thermally fixing toner images on recording sheets of various sizes, (i) a conductive heat generating rotational body configured to heat toner images, (ii) an excitation coil positioned along a part of an outer circumferential surface of the heat generating rotational body and configured to generate a magnetic flux to heat the heat generating rotational body by electromagnetic induction, and (iii) a demagnetization coil positioned close to the excitation coil so as to cover a part of the excitation coil and configured to cancel, when a toner image is being fixed on a smaller-sized recording sheet, a part of the magnetic flux generated by the excitation coil so that overheating is prevented in a non sheet-passing region, are provided. The demagnetization coil has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the excitation coil in an axis direction of the coils. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014728 | Waste toner container and image forming apparatus incorporating same - A waste toner container used in an image forming apparatus includes a waste toner reservoir extending in a depth direction of the image forming apparatus for containing waste toner removed from an image bearer, an inlet portion provided above the waste toner reservoir, including a waste toner inlet to receive the waste toner flowing to the waste toner reservoir, a first agitator provided in the waste toner reservoir, to transport the waste toner therein in the depth direction, a rotary member provided in the inlet portion, including a rotary shaft extending in a width direction perpendicular to the depth direction, and a drive transmission unit provided outside the waste toner reservoir, to transmit a drive force from the rotary member provided in the inlet portion to the first agitator provided in the waste toner reservoir and to drive the first agitator in conjunction with rotation of the rotary member. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014729 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit including a plurality of photoconductor drums arranged in tandem; a conveyor belt arranged opposite to the photoconductor drums and configured to convey a recording sheet; and a cleaning unit including a cleaning member positioned in contact with the conveyor belt and configured to collect substance adhering to the conveyor belt, and a receptacle configured to store the substance collected by the cleaning member. The cleaning member is arranged on the same side as the image forming unit with respect to the conveyor belt and upstream from the image forming unit as viewed in a sheet conveyance direction along which the recording sheet is conveyed on the conveyor belt, and the image forming unit and the cleaning unit are pulled out together from a main body of the image forming apparatus toward an upstream side of the sheet conveyance direction. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014730 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a paper cassette feeding a recording material, an image forming unit forming an image on a photosensitive member, a primary transfer roller transferring the image onto an intermediate transfer belt, a secondary transfer roller transferring the image onto the recording material, and a sensor detecting the size of the recording material. The timing of starting feeding the recording material is earlier than the timing of starting forming the image. When image formation on the recording material is started, until the sensor detects the size of the recording material, a plurality of images are formed on the intermediate transfer belt at a first interval according to a predetermined recording material size, and after the sensor detects the size of the recording material, a plurality of images are formed on the intermediate transfer belt at a second interval according to the detected recording material size. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014731 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus that can highly accurately position and convey, even if an inter-sheet distance of sheets to be conveyed is reduced, the sheets from registration rollers to a transfer position when a toner image on an image bearing member moving at process speed is transferred onto the sheet in the transfer position. A sheet fed from a paper feeding cassette by a pulse-motor driven paper feeding roller is conveyed to pulse-motor driven registration rollers by pulse-motor driven conveying rollers. When the sheet is conveyed to the transfer position according to restart of the registration rollers, the sheet is conveyed by the registration rollers at sheet conveying speed different from the process speed before the leading end of the sheet reaches the transfer position and is conveyed at the process speed after that. | 2012-01-19 |