| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-6,993,289 |
System including a wall switch device and a system including a power
outlet device and methods for using the same A system including a wall switch device, a system including a power outlet device, and methods for using are described. In one embodiment, the system includes at... |
| US-6,993,288 |
Managing satellite fixed beam uplink using virtual channel assignments A method of coordinating communications between ground stations and fixed beam satellites is provided, wherein each beam of a satellite antenna is assigned a... |
| US-6,993,287 |
Repeater system for strong signal environments A repeater system combines co-located antennas, limited and controlled downlink signal amplification, stability management and an amplification indicator to... |
| US-6,993,286 |
Dual band bidirectional amplifier for wireless communication The dual band bi-directional amplifier has only one amplifier chain having an uplink amplifier and a downlink amplifier, but can nonetheless amplify signals from... |
| US-6,993,285 |
Audio buffer processing A method and system are provided in which broadcast signals are received and converted into data streams for processing. A user is enabled to select preferred... |
| US-6,993,284 |
Interactive access to supplementary material related to a program being
broadcast A method and apparatus for, interactively with a broadcast program that is being performed, enabling access to supplementary materials related to the program... |
| US-6,993,283 |
Wireless audio transmission system A wireless transmission and reception system to convey analog signals within a local transmission area. The wireless transmission system includes a first encoder... |
| US-6,993,282 |
Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet which is again conveyed to an image forming section passes through a re-feeding passage. A reference member is provided on one end of the re-feeding... |
| US-6,993,281 |
Image forming apparatus and process cartridge including flexible member An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a sheet affixed at one edge portion and including a flat surface in the other edge portion. The flat... |
| US-6,993,280 |
Connection between the flange and the body of a fuser roller A fuser roller for a printing machine that is equipped with internally located heating elements and has a cylindrically shaped body that is closed off at each... |
| US-6,993,279 |
Image heating apparatus having a flexible sleeve The image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a flexible sleeve member, a guide member, a regulating member having a... |
| US-6,993,278 |
Fixing device transport for a digital printer or copier machine A digital printer or copier machine (1) is proposed for the single-sided or double-sided printing of a substrate (11), with at least one fixing device (3) for... |
| US-6,993,277 |
Fixation unit, thermal fixation roller, and recording apparatus and its
manufacture method A fixation unit that fixes toner onto a recording paper includes a thermal fixation roller, a heating part that heats the thermal fixation roller, a compressing... |
| US-6,993,276 |
Belt apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A belt apparatus having an endless belt which is wound around and movably driven by a plurality of support rollers. The speed fluctuations of the endless belt... |
| US-6,993,275 |
Image position detecting method In an electrophotographic recording device, a multicolor toner image is formed by images in each color superimposed on one another. In order to detect image... |
| US-6,993,274 |
Developing apparatus with plural developer bearing members for each image
bearing member A developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member includes a first developer bearing member for bearing magnetic... |
| US-6,993,273 |
Developer supply container, and coupling-driving member for developer
supply container A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the container includes a container body for accommodating the developer; drive... |
| US-6,993,272 |
Method of development of custom colors without changing developer housing A method for producing a toner of a custom color in a developer unit including a housing defining a reservoir for storing a supply of toner, a donor member for... |
| US-6,993,271 |
Image processing apparatus A patch image applied to a processing region to be subjected to a trimming/masking process is formed based on a background image of an original image or the like... |
| US-6,993,270 |
Belt member incorporated in image forming apparatus A belt member is formed with a seam portion by overlapping and adhering both longitudinal end portions thereof to constitute an endless belt stretched and... |
| US-6,993,269 |
Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming method
and image processing method for... In an image processing section, a foam toner signal generator generates a foam toner signal corresponding to a foam toner amount to be transferred to a... |
| US-6,993,268 |
Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet feed device comprising a door for supporting one of the rollers of a feed roller pair for feeding a sheet, mounted on... |
| US-6,993,267 |
Image carrier unit and image forming apparatus An image carrier unit, including a housing, an image carrier, and an opening configured to expose a portion of the image carrier. A seal member is configured to... |
| US-6,993,266 |
Method and apparatus for converting process cartridges to fit various
types of printing machines A method for converting a process cartridge includes providing the process cartridge comprising a waste bin having physical characteristics. The process... |
| US-6,993,265 |
Seal for toner cartridge assembly A recharged toner cartridge assembly is disclosed in which a sealing member is provided between the toner hopper and the feed roller compartment to prevent... |
| US-6,993,264 |
Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including an output contact... |
| US-6,993,263 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a charging unit for charging an image bearing member, an image forming unit for forming a toner image on the image bearing... |
| US-6,993,262 |
Fixing apparatus A coil for generating a high-frequency magnetic field is provided in a heating roller. The coil is connected to a capacitor, constituting a resonant circuit. The... |
| US-6,993,261 |
Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, and communication system A receiving apparatus and transmitting apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving a high speed optical signal and a communication system using the same,... |
| US-6,993,260 |
Interconnecting processing units of a stored program controlled system
using free space optics Internal communication signals in a stored program controlled system comprising a plurality of units configured to process signals are provided by a free space... |
| US-6,993,259 |
Electromagnetic signal sensing system The present electromagnetic signal sensing system includes a modulating circuit for generating an electrical modulating signal, a laser electrically connected to... |
| US-6,993,258 |
WDM transmitter A WDM transmitter comprising an array of M pump lasers multiplexed by an M.times.N multiplexer, in the form of a coupler, and used to feed an array of N... |
| US-6,993,257 |
Optical channel monitor utilizing multiple Fabry-Perot filter pass-bands An optical channel monitor is described, the optical channel monitor includes an optical input port, a photodetector disposed in an optical path communicating at... |
| US-6,993,256 |
Zoom and focus control method and system A focus lens and a zoom lens group having a first zoom lens and a second zoom lens are controlled separately from one another in an internal-focus camera. The... |
| US-6,993,255 |
Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous... |
| US-6,993,254 |
Manifold and heater A manifold for supplying hot water to a heater such as a towel holder has a tubular outer body for mounting in a generally vertical disposition. The upper end of... |
| US-6,993,253 |
Heating apparatus with special selective radiant material partially coated
thereon A heating apparatus has a spectral selective type heat radiating material having a high emissivity in a specific wavelength region. A film of the spectral... |
| US-6,993,252 |
Self-monitoring flow-through heater A self-monitoring flow-through heater. The heater has a wire inside a tube, and the wire heats and monitors the temperature of a fluid flowing through the tube.... |
| US-6,993,251 |
Method and apparatus for concealing disk soft errors in recorded digital
television signals A video data storage system holds MPEG compressed video data on a hard disk drive. A transport decoder receives a bit-stream including the compressed audio and... |
| US-6,993,250 |
Data recording device for recording data in basic recording units When, in the course of recording data to a disk for each basic recording unit, the recording is stopped in the middle of a basic recording unit, data of the... |
| US-6,993,249 |
Coding method for picture sequence or sub-picture unit The DVD Standard specifies how, for example, subtitles can be overlaid on a video picture in a simple way. According to this Standard, in each case one so-called... |
| US-6,993,248 |
Recording apparatus, recording method, playback apparatus, playback method
and recording media A recording apparatus for recording a data stream including one or more packetized video streams, comprising a detector for detecting a random-access point of... |
| US-6,993,247 |
Method and apparatus for creating search information for recorded digital
broadcast streams using change of... A method and apparatus for automatically creating a play list of a received digital broadcast stream to be recorded on a recording medium. Specific positions of... |
| US-6,993,246 |
Method and system for correlating data streams Events in a first data stream are correlated with events in a second data stream based on a method of indexing. As information of a first and second data stream... |
| US-6,993,245 |
Iterative, maximally probable, batch-mode commercial detection for
audiovisual content Identification of starting and ending times of commercial breaks and commercials within those commercial breaks found in audiovisual content is disclosed. A... |
| US-6,993,244 |
Radial type light-guiding plate A radial type light-guiding plate comprises a light source, a light-guiding plate, and a reflective component. The top face of the light-guiding plate is a light... |
| US-6,993,243 |
Optical waveguide circuit including passive optical waveguide device
combined with active optical waveguide... An optical waveguide device includes an active optical waveguide device and a passive optical waveguide device. The active optical waveguide device is formed at... |
| US-6,993,242 |
Luminaire device An optical device for collecting light and selectively outputting or concentrating the light. A layer has an optical index of referaction n.sub.1, and top,... |
| US-6,993,241 |
Bragg grating optical fiber The present invention provides an optical fiber providing high photosensitivity in the absence of hydrogen loading as well as a low numerical aperture. One... |
| US-6,993,240 |
Optical fiber probe for diagnosing combustion condition in a combustor An optical fiber probe comprises an optical fiber, a first protective pipe holding the optical fiber therein for protection, and a collet attached to a front... |