| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,512,338 |
Method and apparatus for pulse generation and adaptive pulse generation
for optical communications One embodiment of the invention relates to producing optical pulses for use on a transmission link. A light source is configured to produce an optical signal. A... |
| US-7,512,337 |
Gigabit ethernet passive optical network having double link structure A Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network (GE-PON) having a double link structure is disclosed. The GE-PON includes an optical line terminal (OLT), a plurality... |
| US-7,512,336 |
Optical failure detection using polarization Systems and methods for evaluating an optical communication link are provided. The evaluation is based on a polarization analysis of received optical power. Such... |
| US-7,512,335 |
Image capturing apparatus, an image capturing method, and a machine
readable medium storing thereon a computer... It is an object of the present invention to provide an image capturing apparatus which can easily acquire a sound proper for a captured image. An image capturing... |
| US-7,512,334 |
Dust excluding packing sheet and method of integrating dust excluding
sheet A flexible sheet member having a first dust excluding packing and a first auxiliary piece is tackedly held by an exfoliating sheet by an adhering layer 8 at a... |
| US-7,512,333 |
Method and apparatus for powering a strobe for retinal imaging A lightweight, small, high-voltage power supply for a xenon flash lamp or strobe permits rapid and reliable strobing for retinal imaging. In one embodiment the... |
| US-7,512,332 |
Camera with superimpose indication function A camera has a viewfinder that forms a subject image to be observed, a multipoint auto-focus adjuster that focuses the subject image on the basis of multiple... |
| US-7,512,331 |
Apparatus for driving lens in camera An apparatus for driving lens in a camera is disclosed, by which an auto-focusing and/or zooming function is supported using a piezoelectric element and by which... |
| US-7,512,330 |
Focus state detection apparatus and optical instrument A focus state detection apparatus has a sensor that senses light rays that pass through a lens subjected to focus detection and is composed of a plurality of... |
| US-7,512,329 |
Image pickup method, image pickup apparatus, program for implementing the
method, and storage medium storing... An image pickup apparatus that is capable of achieving operating feelings desired by and providing an operability suited to user preference. Pulses are generated... |
| US-7,512,328 |
Image-taking apparatus and focusing method An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of performing accurate focusing even when a shake occurs. The image-taking apparatus comprises an... |
| US-7,512,327 |
Image capturing device having blurring correction function and blurring
correction method An image capturing device and a blurring correction method in which an imaging unit or a blurring correction optical system is driven to correct blurring in... |
| US-7,512,326 |
Artificial foliage for underwater camouflage and decoy purposes Artificial foliage is described for use in camouflaging underwater structures, and/or for serving as cover vegetation which attracts aquatic life. A preferred... |
| US-7,512,325 |
Method and apparatus for MPEG video processing A method and an apparatus for processing a motion picture expert group (MPEG) video, used in a video reproduction apparatus, can prevent a non-reference picture... |
| US-7,512,324 |
Data recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording/reproduction
method, and imaging apparatus The present invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus and a method therefor with superior cost-effectiveness and data durability with respect to... |
| US-7,512,323 |
Information storage medium and information recording/playback system There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information... |
| US-7,512,322 |
Recording medium, method, and apparatus for reproducing text subtitle
streams A recording medium, method, and apparatus for reproducing text subtitle streams are disclosed. A microcomputer initially reads a set of PlayItems and a... |
| US-7,512,321 |
Video recording/playback system and method for generating video data
capable of providing information for... A device enabling simultaneous recording and playback allows commercials to retain their advertisement function even if the commercials are skipped over during a... |
| US-7,512,320 |
Reproduction apparatus and reproducing method A reproducing apparatus has three reproducing modes that are a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. In the first mode, when a program that has been... |
| US-7,512,319 |
Synchronous information reproduction apparatus In a synchronous information reproduction apparatus, a receiving section sequentially receives a clock signal. A storing section stores object information to be... |
| US-7,512,318 |
Apparatus and method which enables fully recording a fragmented program
even with an operation after initial... A broadcast storage unit 1, which receives a program to be broadcasted digitally and records the program, includes a DeMUX processing unit 12 that acquires... |
| US-7,512,317 |
System, apparatus, and method for recording images in a mountable
recording medium enabled by executing program... Program reservation information is input to a recording-medium image recording apparatus, and a recording medium is selected. In the event that automatic... |
| US-7,512,316 |
Signal processor, program signal recorder, display unit, television set,
signal processing method and signal... This application is a signal processor having a signal processing circuit for generating the data for displaying a program table in which a program being... |
| US-7,512,315 |
Managing time shift buffers Systems and methods are provided for managing a time-shift buffer (TSB) that is used for buffering video presentations. One such method includes receiving user... |
| US-7,512,314 |
Recording/editing apparatus, recording/editing method, computer program
product, and server for editing record... A recording/editing apparatus is provided with an operation inputting device. A user uses this operation inputting device to input record-reservation... |
| US-7,512,313 |
System and method for automatically capturing user edits in a digital
recording A method and system for automatically capturing user edits in a digital recording are described. The method involves determining a beginning time stamp for an... |
| US-7,512,312 |
Audiovisual information data processing apparatus An audiovisual information data processing apparatus includes: data forming unit for forming content list data representing lists concerning audiovisual... |
| US-7,512,311 |
Data output apparatus and method with managed buffer A data output apparatus includes a disk drive for driving a magneto-optical disk. Compressed image data recorded on the magneto-optical disk is transferred from... |
| US-7,512,310 |
Backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device A light guide member for guiding light received from a light source, the light source illuminating light toward the light guide member, the light guide member... |
| US-7,512,309 |
Polymer composition, plastic optical fiber, plastic optical fiber cable,
and method for manufacturing plastic... There is provided a polymer composition comprising 5 to 100% by mass of a unit (A) of a lactone compound represented by a general formula (1) and 0 to 95% by... |
| US-7,512,308 |
Optical fiber transition device The present invention addresses the need for a stress relieving device and protective jacket for exposed fiber within a field-installed optical network... |
| US-7,512,307 |
Method of making optical connector ferrule, die for making optical
connector ferrule, optical connector ferrule... An optical connector ferrule molding die 1 for molding an optical connector ferrule having a plurality of optical fiber holes comprises an upper die 10, a lower... |
| US-7,512,306 |
Polarization maintaining fiber pigtail assembly The invention provides a fiber pigtail assembly wherein a polarization maintaining fiber is soldered directly to a mounting pad without a sleeve or a ferrule... |
| US-7,512,305 |
Precision optical fiber clamp A fiber clamp (220) for clamping an optical fiber (16) includes a first clamp section (228) and a second clamp section (230) that flexibly urges the optical... |
| US-7,512,304 |
Drop terminal with anchor block for retaining a stub cable The drop terminal includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters having outer connector ports that are accessible from outside the drop terminal. The drop terminal... |
| US-7,512,303 |
Wafer scale method of manufacturing optical waveguide devices and the
waveguide devices made thereby The invention relates to a wafer scale process for the manufacture of optical waveguide devices, and particularly for the manufacture of ridge waveguide devices,... |
| US-7,512,302 |
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-7,512,301 |
Image reader and image processor having a light source forming
trapezoid-shaped illuminance distribution in... An image reader for reading an image drawn on a paper or a sheet-like recording medium, an image processor provided with the image reader, such as a copying... |
| US-7,512,300 |
Compound optical and electrical conductors, and connectors therefor A compound optical and electrical conductor includes a fiberoptic light transmitting element (multiple fibers or single solid rod) with at least one solar cell... |
| US-7,512,299 |
Fiber optic cable systems and methods incorporating a luminescent
compound-containing layer to identify cracks Fiber optic cable systems and methods incorporating a luminescent compound-containing layer to identify cracks. Exemplary embodiments include a fiber optic cable... |
| US-7,512,298 |
Optical sensing methods An optical sensing system and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of detecting a scattering center includes the step of providing an optical sensing... |
| US-7,512,297 |
Polymide substrate bonded to other substrate Polyimide substrates, and polymer laminates for optical and electronic applications are described. Single or multi-layer waveguide structures are deposited on... |
| US-7,512,296 |
Long cavity single-mode laser diode Provided is a long cavity single-mode laser diode in which a ring waveguide is integrated such as a conventional array waveguide (AWG)-based laser or a concave... |
| US-7,512,295 |
Transmitter photonic integrated circuits (TXPICS) with directly modulated
lasers and wavelength selective combiners A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip comprising an array of modulated sources, each providing a modulated signal output at a channel wavelength different... |
| US-7,512,294 |
Polymer based distributive waveguide sensor for pressure and shear
measurement According to embodiments of the present invention, a distributed pressure and shear stress sensor includes a flexible substrate, such as PDMS, with a waveguide... |
| US-7,512,293 |
Header-replaceable hybrid waveguide sensor A header-replaceable hybrid waveguide sensor comprises a header coupling section including a dielectric layer having an optical signal input section and an... |
| US-7,512,292 |
Multi-core strain compensated optical fiber temperature sensor Methods and apparatus for discrete point temperature sensing include a temperature sensor that can be part of an array of temperature sensors for location in a... |
| US-7,512,291 |
Fiber bragg crating sensor interrogation method The invention discloses multi-channel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogation systems and manufacture thereof. The multi-channel fiber Bragg-grating sensor... |
| US-7,512,290 |
Image processing apparatus with SIMD-type microprocessor to perform
labeling An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of processor elements including registers and configured to process respective data items, a global processor... |
| US-7,512,289 |
Apparatus and method for examination of images The invention relates to an apparatus for examination of images having an image storage device which is designed to store image data for images to be evaluated,... |