| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,409,171 |
Image forming apparatus and method having an intermediate transfer member
with a multilayer structure that... An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging unit configured to charge the image carrier, an exposing unit configured to form an... |
| US-7,409,170 |
Developing apparatus, image forming apparatus and density detection method To provide a technology capable of realizing high-accuracy detection of toner density.A developing apparatus includes: a partition plate provided within the... |
| US-7,409,169 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming system An image forming system includes an image producing apparatus that produces image data and an image forming apparatus that prints the image data. The image... |
| US-7,409,168 |
Image forming apparatus, process cartridge and developing method Provided is a development technique of supplying a developing bias voltage having DC and AC components to a developing roller thereby to supply a developer to a... |
| US-7,409,167 |
Image-forming device capable of performing self-diagnosis using inspection
cartridge in place of process cartridge A laser printer having a self-diagnostic function includes a first sensing unit that changes in detection status when one of a process cartridge and an... |
| US-7,409,166 |
Device and a method for processing a digital signal in a bit-to-bit
polarization-interleaved format of an... A device for processing a digital signal of an optical transmission system is described. The device comprises: a polarization beam splitter for receiving the... |
| US-7,409,164 |
Optical transceiver for compensating for loss due to transmission distance
in passive optical network A passive optical network includes an optical line termination for generating multiple downward optical signals and multiple optical network units for receiving... |
| US-7,409,163 |
Method and apparatus for optical signal transmission A method and apparatus for transmission of optical signals across an optical transmission link wherein duobinary signals or inverse-data signals are transmitted... |
| US-7,409,162 |
Timing error reduction in QKD systems Systems and methods for reducing or eliminating timing errors in a quantum key distribution (QKD) system (100) are disclosed. The QKD system has a pulse... |
| US-7,409,161 |
Free space optics communication apparatus and free space optics
communication system A free space optics communication apparatus which can perform stable communication is disclosed. The free space optics communication apparatus has a plurality of... |
| US-7,409,160 |
Global gateway architecture for interconnecting regional satellites into a
communication network A satellite constellation has a plurality of network satellites that form a network. A gateway satellite is disposed adjacent to the network. The gateway... |
| US-7,409,159 |
Wireless wavelength division multiplexed system A system and method for linking optical wavelength division multiplexed (OWDM) networks by using wireless communications. Each optical channel in a OWDM network... |
| US-7,409,158 |
Large-capacity optical router using electric buffer A large-capacity optical router is disclosed that exchanges data traffic such as IP packets, Ethernet frames, etc., at high speed in units of optical frames. The... |
| US-7,409,157 |
Optical switch The present invention provides an optical switch in which a switching operation is not affected even when the polarization state of a control light varies. The... |
| US-7,409,156 |
System and method for a supervisory signal modulation scheme using
variable optical attenuators System and method for supervisory signal modulation on Wavelength Division Multiplex (WDM) channels wherein variable optical attenuators (VOAs) are used for... |
| US-7,409,155 |
Optical transmission system In an optical transmission system: a first unit generates a first optical supervisory signal being arranged on the shorter-wavelength side of main signals and... |
| US-7,409,154 |
System and method for a protected optical access ring network An optical access network employs a ring topology in which connections between the network units and between the network units and the optical line terminal are... |
| US-7,409,153 |
Stereoscopic universal digital camera adapter A stereoscopic universal digital camera adapter in the form of a quick-snap, center sliding plate and guide track adapter with built-in leveling jacks, a... |
| US-7,409,152 |
Three-dimensional image processing apparatus, optical axis adjusting
method, and optical axis adjustment... The present invention provides a technique for enabling even a person having no expert knowledge to adjust the direction of an optical axis easily with high... |
| US-7,409,151 |
Photographing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium for
recording image processing program,... In a photographing apparatus, while a deterioration of a contrast characteristic caused by an optical zooming operation is prevented, superior photographic... |
| US-7,409,150 |
Lens driving mechanism, lens unit and image pickup device Disclosed herein is a lens driving mechanism which can achieve simplification of the mechanism and provision of appropriate control relating to a correction... |
| US-7,409,149 |
Methods for improved autofocus in digital imaging systems Methods to improve autofocus in digital imaging systems, such as digital cameras, are disclosed. Embodiments may include, in response to locking of lens focus on... |
| US-7,409,148 |
Waterproof type electronic device A waterproof type electronic device is composed of a disc lid 13 capable of opening and closing an opening portion (17) of a camera apparatus body (2), a buckle... |
| US-7,409,147 |
Video presenter with arch-type support A video presenter of the invention includes a table with a top surface on which an object is to be positioned; a pivot member disposed at a side of the table; an... |
| US-7,409,146 |
Digital recording device capable of converting and recording resolution of
image data of digital television... In a digital recording device, image data recorded in a recording portion has its resolution decreased to be recorded in the recording portion when it is... |
| US-7,409,145 |
Smart profiles for capturing and publishing audio and video streams A method and system for capturing video and/or audio streams and for publishing consolidated video and/or consolidated audio streams. A capture profile... |
| US-7,409,144 |
Video and audio information processing A camera-recorder apparatus comprises an image capture device operable to capture a plurality of video images; a storage medium by which the video images are... |
| US-7,409,143 |
DVD-audio disk, and apparatus and method for playing the same A DVD-Audio which includes a data zone for storing data to be reproduced and an information zone for storing information on the data to be reproduced. The... |
| US-7,409,142 |
Receiving apparatus, receiving method, and supplying medium Digital television broadcast signals are received and AV signals are reproduced in a common apparatus. A digital television signal is received and is separated... |
| US-7,409,141 |
Data processing A buffer memory continues storing AV data having time code added thereto, which data is supplied from a time code adding unit. A drive reads the AV data stored... |
| US-7,409,140 |
Channel buffering and display management system for multi-tuner set-top
box A system is provided that resources media content of multiple display channels. The system includes a memory with logic, tuning resources to receive media... |
| US-7,409,139 |
Halogenated polyamide acid composition and its applications A halogenated polyamide acid composition containing a halogenated polyamide acid, a metal oxide precursor, a catalyst of reaction of generating a metal oxide... |
| US-7,409,138 |
Fiber optic local convergence points for multiple dwelling units There are provided fiber optic local convergence points ("LCPs") adapted for use with multiple dwelling units ("MDUs") that facilitate relatively easy... |
| US-7,409,137 |
Slide arrangement for cable drawer A drawer slide having first and second outer rails interconnected to center rails; each of the center rails interconnected to a hub rail. The drawer slide is... |
| US-7,409,136 |
Retention release auxiliary device for optical connector and printed
circuit board device A release auxiliary device (6) includes a cover part (51) that is provided movably with respect to a receptacle (11) along the insertion/removal direction of a... |
| US-7,409,135 |
Fiber optic ferrule A ferrule connectable to a fiber optic cable having an exposed portion of a length of optical fiber extending from a protective buffer. The ferrule includes a... |
| US-7,409,134 |
Control of output beam divergence in a semiconductor waveguide device A semiconductor laser device incorporates a beam control layer for reducing far field and beam divergence. Within the beam control layer, a physical property of... |
| US-7,409,133 |
Capillary waveguide tunable optical device An optical fiber (100A-100D) is provided with a cylindrical core (102) and a first optical cladding layer (104). The core (102) is formed of a core material... |
| US-7,409,132 |
Plastic waveguide for terahertz wave The invention discloses a plastic waveguide for guiding terahertz (THz) wave with a wavelength ranging from 30 to 3000 .mu.m. The plastic waveguide includes a... |
| US-7,409,131 |
All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements--claim set V An all-optical logic gates comprises a nonlinear element such as an optical resonator configured to receive optical input signals, at least one of which is... |
| US-7,409,130 |
Endoscope An endoscope includes an elongated insertion section which has a distal end portion and is inserted into a body cavity. The insertion section has a rigid portion... |
| US-7,409,129 |
Optical fiber array module, fabrication method thereof, and portable
terminal An optical fiber array module is provided. The optical fiber array module includes a light emitting device to emit light having a pre-set convergence angle... |
| US-7,409,128 |
Pumping arrangement for fiber amplifiers with reduced reflective feedback An improved tapered fiber bundle (TFB), or assembly including a TFB, mitigates undesirable reflections from optical discontinuities at the input ends of the... |
| US-7,409,127 |
Fiber optic assemblies suitable for adding nodes to a communication
network Disclosed are fiber optic assemblies for adding additional nodes to a communication network. The fiber optic assemblies include a plurality of optical fibers and... |
| US-7,409,126 |
Optical fiber having a low polarization mode dispersion and process and
apparatus for producing it An apparatus for producing a low-PMD optical fiber having a furnace for melting a lower portion of an optical preform; a traction device for pulling an optical... |
| US-7,409,125 |
Methods and apparatus for alignment and assembly of optoelectronic
components Apparatus and methods for alignment and assembly of opto-electronic components relative to one another are disclosed. One apparatus comprises an optical... |
| US-7,409,124 |
Fiber waveguide optical subassembly module A fiber waveguide optical subassembly uses the multi-mode fiber to increase the alignment tolerance between the active optical element and the waveguide. The... |
| US-7,409,123 |
Grating having reduced mode dispersion An optical device includes an echelle grating and input waveguide arranged such that the echelle grating receives an input signal that exits from a port of the... |
| US-7,409,122 |
End face structure of optical fiber, optical fiber laser, and laser
processing apparatus An end face structure of an optical fiber includes a coreless fiber fused to an emitting end face of the fiber optical fiber and a coating material disposed... |
| US-7,409,121 |
Integrateable optical interleaver and de-interleaver A proposed integrateable optical interleaver includes an input Y-branch coupler and at least two multi-section optical couplers. The multi-section optical... |