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| US-6,516,116 |
High speed optical receiver A high speed optical receiver comprises a photonic detector having an active aperture area dimensioned to minimize capacitance effects commensurate with... |
| US-6,516,115 |
Two-way optical communication device and two-way optical communication
apparatus In a two-way optical communication device, a rising mirror bends light transmitted from a light-emitting element in a virtually perpendicular direction to a... |
| US-6,516,114 |
Integration of fibers on substrates fabricated with grooves Techniques and devices for integrating optical fibers on substrates with grooves for various optical applications. Two openings that penetrate through the... |
| US-6,516,113 |
Method for reducing stimulated brillouin backscatter The stimulated Brillouin backscatter is reduced by non-linear effects, such as self-phase modulation or cross-phase modulation. Due to the cross-phase ... |
| US-6,516,112 |
Optical wavelength filter and demultiplexer A low-loss, high-efficiency optical demultiplexer has a plurality of first optical devices and a plurality of second optical devices serially connected among the... |
| US-6,516,111 |
Cascaded integrated fiber array optical switch and method of operation An optical switch includes an input member, a reflective output member coupled to the input member, and a transmissive output member. The input member supports a... |
| US-6,516,110 |
Optical cross-connector To improve the reliability of matrix switches of redundant configuration, a splitter (14) splits each of a plurality of input lights into two portions and... |
| US-6,516,109 |
Low insertion loss non-blocking optical switch An optical switch is provided, in which input light from a fiber is directed across a free-space region to a corresponding one of a first set of beam steering... |
| US-6,516,108 |
Optically controlled exchange switches within an optical signal network An exchange switch for an optical switching network utilizes the manipulation of fluid to selectively exchange outputs for two optical transmission paths. That... |
| US-6,516,107 |
2.times.2 integrated fiber array optical switch and method of operation An optical switch includes an input member, a reflective output member coupled to the input member, and a transmissive output member. The input member supports a... |
| US-6,516,106 |
Subtracting analog noise from an optical communication channel using
stable, non-absorbing optical hard limiters Analog noise is subtracted from an optical communication channel using stable, non-absorbing optical hard limiters. A reference signal B is combined with a... |
| US-6,516,105 |
Optical backplane assembly and method of making same An optical backplane assembly made from a backplane and daughter cards attached to the backplane. The backplane includes optical vias coupled to optical signal... |
| US-6,516,104 |
Optical wiring device An optical wiring device providing characteristics of optical connection leads while having substantially the same mountability as that of electrical wiring... |
| US-6,516,103 |
Optical interconnect capable of performing addition/subtraction An optical interconnect for use with a probe beam and optical signals is disclosed. The interconnect comprises an optical waveguide for propagating the probe... |
| US-6,516,102 |
Integrated optics beam deflectors and systems This invention discloses a selectably directable optical beam deflecting device including at least at least one substrate having formed thereon a multiplicity of... |
| US-6,516,101 |
Image scanning device having image data correction function An image scanning device having an image data correction function and a method for correcting image data of a scanned object are shown. The image scanning device... |
| US-6,516,100 |
Method for image characterization using color and texture statistics with
embedded spatial information A method for characterizing an image where a number of test areas of predefined shape and size are located on the image. The color or the texture of the image... |
| US-6,516,099 |
Image processing apparatus In an apparatus and method for creating a three-dimensional model of an object, images of the object taken from different, unknown positions are processed to... |
| US-6,516,098 |
Apparatus and method of obtaining a radiation image of an object An apparatus for obtaining a radiation image of an object includes a radiation image sensing unit having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements... |
| US-6,516,097 |
Image segmentation system In a system for segmenting a pixel based image, pixels containing image boundaries are identified. The image boundaries are then fattened by repeatedly adding... |
| US-6,516,096 |
Image encoding apparatus and image decoding apparatus An input image is subjected to transform by a DCT transforming unit 20. A coefficient analyzing unit 30 compares a predetermined coefficient and coefficient data... |
| US-6,516,095 |
Decoding apparatus for shape signal It is an object to encode an image signal or a shape signal more efficiently than the prior art. As a means to accomplish the object, the change pixel detector 2... |
| US-6,516,094 |
Digital image coding method and digital image decoding method A digital image coding method comprises the steps of: dividing an image into plural regions each having an arbitrary shape, subjecting an image signal of a... |
| US-6,516,093 |
Segmented video coding and decoding method and system The invention relates to a method of coding a sequence of pictures using a segmentation operation of each of the pictures followed by a coding operation of each... |
| US-6,516,092 |
Robust sub-model shape-finder A method is provided for efficiently finding a pattern in an image using a full curvilinear model having a plurality of sub-models. Generally, the method... |
| US-6,516,091 |
Block level analysis of segmentation tags A system for processing segmentation tags to generate a block level tag representative of a group of segmentation tags. The system includes first and second... |
| US-6,516,090 |
Automated video interpretation system Digital image signal interpretation is the process of understanding the content of an image through the identification of significant objects or regions in the... |
| US-6,516,089 |
In-gamut image reproduction using spatial comparisons A process and apparatus is described to improve color digital imaging reproduction quality by quickly, accurately and robustly mapping the gamut associated with... |
| US-6,516,088 |
Image information converting apparatus An NTSC signal is supplied to a first area extracting circuit and a second area extracting circuit. The first area extracting circuit extracts class taps from... |
| US-6,516,087 |
Method for real time correlation of stereo images In a method for correlating two stereo images, the images are subjected to a Laplacian operator and further processed to produce reduced gray scale Laplacian... |
| US-6,516,086 |
Method and apparatus for distinguishing regions where a material is present
on a surface A property of the surface such as height is sensed as a function of position on the surface. A statistical spread in the sensed property as a function of the... |
| US-6,516,085 |
Apparatus and methods for collecting global data during a reticle
inspection Disclosed is a method of inspecting a reticle defining a circuit layer pattern that is used within a corresponding semiconductor process to generate... |
| US-6,516,084 |
Temporal noise reduction, compression and analysis of thermographic image
data sequences A method and system for non-destructive, reference-free thermographic detection of sub-surface defects uses an infrared camera to capture images of a sample that... |
| US-6,516,083 |
Electro-optical unit for scanning the entire lateral surface of articles
substantially cylindrical in shape A continuous cigarette rod advancing along a set path is directed through an electro-optical scanning station where its entire cylindrical surface is inspected... |
| US-6,516,082 |
Radiation image processing method and apparatus Image processing, which is constituted of a plurality of processes, is carried out on a radiation image signal. An intermediate image signal obtained in at least... |
| US-6,516,081 |
Method of and system for processing radiation image, utilizing prospective
irradiation field information When processing a radiation image, an image signal representing a radiation image and a prospective irradiation field information representing a prospective... |
| US-6,516,080 |
Numerical method of estimating physical properties of three-dimensional
porous media A section is prepared from a specimen of porous media, e.g., Rock, typically including filling the pore spaces with a dyed epoxy resin. A color micrograph of the... |
| US-6,516,079 |
Digital watermark screening and detecting strategies To enhance decoding of signals suspected of containing a watermark, a suspect signal is screened to compute detection values evincing presence and strength of a... |
| US-6,516,078 |
Multi-level detection and deterrence of counterfeiting of documents with
reduced false detection Detection and deterrence of counterfeiting permits one to make legitimate color copies without introducing visual artifacts or experiencing substantial... |
| US-6,516,077 |
Electroacoustic transducer A diaphragm of electroacoustic transducer has an edge formed with alternately up-rolled and down-rolled portions with respect to vibration plane of the diaphragm... |
| US-6,516,076 |
Modular horn loudspeaker A modular horn loudspeaker principally intended for use on emergency vehicles consists of three coaxially aligned cup-shaped parts, a sound chamber, a cover... |
| US-6,516,075 |
Hearing enhancement system A hearing enhancement system, for co-operation with a conventional hearing aid used in T-switch mode, comprises a microphone (10), an electronics module (22)... |
| US-6,516,074 |
Hearing device with integrated battery compartment and switch A hearing device comprises a housing having an outer wall and a compartment adapted to receive a battery. The battery forms a portion of the housing outer wall... |
| US-6,516,073 |
Self-powered medical device A self-powered medical device, which is operated independently of the public utility network, has at least one voltage source, a signal input for accepting an... |
| US-6,516,072 |
Loudspeaker A module of loudspeaker 1 for high-quality reproduction of music and voice has a direct radiating base electrodynamic driver (EDD) 2 transforming an electric... |
| US-6,516,071 |
Structure of a picture-frame type loudspeaker An improved structure of a picture-frame type loudspeaker is disclosed. The loudspeaker structure having a magnetic core is mounted on a housing body adhered to... |
| US-6,516,070 |
Spa audio system operable with a remote control A portable spa including an audio system designed to use the spa shell as the sound generating device. Transducer devices are mounted within an enclosure which... |
| US-6,516,069 |
Microphone filter and microphone unit A large-time-constant microphone filter which contains resistance and capacitance as its constituent and can be formed in the same semiconductor chip as a... |
| US-6,516,068 |
Microphone expander A microphone expander attenuates background noise in a digitized microphone signal from a wireless telephone by using a loss function that exhibits hysteresis... |
| US-6,516,067 |
Anti pop for power off In order to quickly decrease voltage applied to a mute pin 18 of an audio amplifier circuit 19 of an electronic appliance, an end of a capacitor 20 connected to... |
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