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US-6,798,978 Method of and device for encoding an information stream
An information stream is encoded into a variable bit rate encoded information stream. The relation is estimated between the variable bit rate, the recording time...
US-6,798,977 Image data encoding and decoding using plural different encoding circuits
In an image processing apparatus and method, a plurality of objects are separated from input moving image data. The separated first object is encoded by a first...
US-6,798,976 Digital video recording/playback system with entry point processing function
This invention allows the user to insert an entry point (bookmark) at an arbitrary recording position of video data, audio data, and the like as if he or she...
US-6,798,975 Recording apparatus and image pickup apparatus
A recording apparatus, to and from which each of a plurality of recording media is attachable and detachable, includes a detection part for detecting a state of...
US-6,798,974 Signal supplying apparatus, signal processing method and record medium
A plurality of copies of an information signal are prevented from being formed. For example, a transmitter such as IRD, STB, or the like transmits an information...
US-6,798,973 Method and apparatus including reverse play of a multiplexed packet data stream
A method for traversing a multiplexed data packet stream including choosing a starting location in a multiplexed data packet stream; making a bi-directional...
US-6,798,972 Image reproducing apparatus and image reproducing method
There is provided an image reproducing apparatus and an image reproducing method which allow reproducing speed to be shifted instantly when a change of the...
US-6,798,971 Systems and methods for providing continuous recording of repeating programming
Systems and methods for continuously and selectively recording a repeating program to provide a viewer instant access to a recent version of the repeating...
US-6,798,970 Automated placement of optical fibers
An apparatus for placing a fiber on a substrate, the apparatus including a base, a supporting member attached to the base, a first placement head attached to the...
US-6,798,969 Fiber array, method for fabricating the same and optical device using the fiber array
The present invention provides a fiber array, in which light reflections caused by exfoliation of the end face adhesive due to volume increases of a peripheral...
US-6,798,968 Fiber array with support post
A fiber array is provided for use in optical systems requiring a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array of fibers. The fiber array includes a support post...
US-6,798,967 Fiber management frame for securely retaining optical fiber connection trays
A fiber management frame and an interconnection closure including the fiber management frame are provided for securely retaining optical fiber connection trays...
US-6,798,966 Dense wavelength division multiplexer module
A dense wavelength division multiplexer (DWDM) module (10) includes a housing (1), a retainer (2), a plurality of DWDMs (3), a cover (4), a gasket ring (5) and a...
US-6,798,965 Low loss fiber optic jumper with electronic presence detection
A bi-directional fiber optic jumper that connects two fiber optic system common wavelength fibers is disclosed. The retraction of the jumper exposes fiber...
US-6,798,964 Method and apparatus for modulating an optical beam in an optical device
An apparatus and method for modulating a phase of optical beam. In one embodiment, an apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention includes a...
US-6,798,963 Method for the metallization of optical fibers
An improved method for providing high-quality optical fiber metallization with the required length at the required location. The method enables metallized...
US-6,798,962 Broadband access optimized fiber and method of making
The present invention provides an optical fiber, comprising a core having an alpha parameter in the range of approximately 2 to approximately 8, a maximum index...
US-6,798,961 Optical fiber and optical fiber wiring board using the optical fiber
Optical fibers (220) are routed over a substrate (210), and an optical fiber wiring board (200) is thereby constructed. A relative refraction index difference...
US-6,798,960 Optical device
An optical device includes, in a predetermined section of an optical fiber, a first functional part having a plurality of Faraday crystal columns that are...
US-6,798,959 Display device and method for producing the same
A display device comprises an actuator substrate which has actuator elements, an optical waveguide plate, crosspieces which is interposed between the optical...
US-6,798,958 Cable with a high density of optical fibers
A cable includes a tubular jacket which surrounds a plurality of protection tubes in which optical fibers are accommodated in groups and have a relative freedom...
US-6,798,957 Optical fiber cable
Optical fiber cable with at least one optical fiber and with a tube surrounding each and every optical fiber, especially made of plastic, comprising at least one...
US-6,798,956 Optical cable with indicator
Networks may include optical cables to transmit data between various devices in the network. Indicators positioned on or within optical cables may be used to...
US-6,798,955 Alignment apertures in an optically transparent substrate
A method and apparatus are provided for aligning a set of connector guide pins to an optical array, The method comprises the steps of disposing the optical array...
US-6,798,954 Packaged optical micro-mechanical device
A packaged optical micro-mechanical device. A die includes one or more optical micro-mechanical devices on a first surface of a substrate. The first surface...
US-6,798,953 Guides lithographically fabricated on semiconductor devices
A structure that includes a substrate, typically a semiconductor chip such as a VCSEL or photodetector chip, and a guide for aligning a signal conveying device,...
US-6,798,952 Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer
An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer having a small-loss structure that uses an arrayed waveguide grating to optimally make the passband characteristic of...
US-6,798,951 Wavelength router with a transmissive dispersive element
A wavelength router is provided that selectively directs spectral bands between an input port and a set of output ports. The router includes a free-space optical...
US-6,798,950 Instrument and method for aligning optical collimators
The present invention relates to an instrument and method of aligning a collimator. The instrument includes a frame base, a clamp, a first axis stage, a second...
US-6,798,949 Optical assembly with integrated lens protrusion
An optical assembly includes an input fiber (30) and an output fiber (31), a ferrule (32) receiving the input and output fibers therein, a molded lens (33) and a...
US-6,798,948 Method and apparatus for reducing the wavelength dependency of an integrated optical filter
The present invention relates to an optical filter comprising an integrated wavelength dispersive element having an input for providing temperature compensation,...
US-6,798,947 Coupling system to a microsphere cavity
At technique for holding a resonator relative to an optical fiber at a specified distance. Structures including a rectangular indentation may be formed in the...
US-6,798,946 Method to deskew parallel optical links
A method to skew or deskew a plurality of optical channels in a multichannel optical cable which includes the steps of determining an optical pulse transmission...
US-6,798,945 Lumped raman amplifier for adaptive dispersion compensation
An adaptive dispersion compensation system that also achieves optical amplification by inducing Raman amplification effects in dispersion compensating fiber....
US-6,798,944 Fiber optic circuit and module with switch
A method of monitoring fiber optic circuits. Included is manipulating a first switch between a first state, with first connection points optically linked along a...
US-6,798,943 Method and apparatus for integrating optical fibers with collimating lenses
A two-dimensional optical switch (10) includes a hermetically sealed housing (41) cooperable with several input fibers (11-18) and several output fibers (21-28)....
US-6,798,942 Zero static power optical switch
A micro electromechanical (MEMS) electromagnetic optical switch capable of redirecting light signals to a plurality of different output structures. The optical...
US-6,798,941 Variable transmission multi-channel optical switch
A multi-wavelength or white-light optical switch including an array of mirrors tiltable about two axes, both to control the switching and to provide variable...
US-6,798,940 Optical tunable filters and optical communication device incorporated therein optical tunable filters
The disclosure concerns to an optical filter for use in an optical communication device such as a multiplexer and demultiplexer. The optical filter is a...
US-6,798,939 Bubble stability in an optical switch
Bubble stability within an optical switch is enhanced by controlling the expansion or movement of a bubble from a liquid-containing trench into available...
US-6,798,938 Routing optical matrix switching method and device
The switching method is constituted with a novel nonblocking routing optical crossbar network system. It includes two parts: one is a routing fan-out unit which...
US-6,798,937 Pressure actuated solid slug optical latching relay
A pressure actuated optical relay containing a transparent mirror housing, located at the intersection of two optical paths. A solid slug is moved within a...
US-6,798,936 Optical switching system and optical switching method
An optical switching system comprises a first space division type optical switch positioned at an input side which performs switching on an optical fiber by...
US-6,798,935 Switching device, particularly for optical switching
This switching device comprises at least one cell made up of a moving structure consisting in a flexible cantilever beam (14) and an integral screen (16)...
US-6,798,934 Optical data throughput protection switch
An optical data throughput protection switch is provided which provides access to a data-carrying first optical path in a manner which protects the data from...
US-6,798,933 Fiber optic array switch
An optical switch is provided for selectively coupling outputs of one or more fibers of a first array to one or more inputs of fibers of a second array. The...
US-6,798,932 Parallel light emitting device--photosensitive device module
A multichannel parallel LD/PD module comprising a bench, a plurality of lightpaths having an initial narrow width region, an intermediate width enlarging region...
US-6,798,931 Separating of optical integrated modules and structures formed thereby
A structure having an optical element thereon has a portion of the structure extending beyond a region having the optical element in at least one direction. The...
US-6,798,930 Method and apparatus for providing integrated broadband polarization control
An integrated broadband polarization controller is based on planar waveguide technology. The integrated broadband polarization controller emulates the...
US-6,798,929 Piezoelectric tunable filter
A piezoelectric tunable filter (10) includes a ring (12) made of piezoelectric material surrounding a thin film waveguide (14), and an actuator (17) surrounding...
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