| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| 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... |