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US-7,546,042 System and method for reducing interference in an optical data stream using multiple, selectable equalizers
A method of reducing interference in a data stream includes filtering the data stream using a first equalizer to output a first filtered data stream. Also, the...
US-7,546,041 Optical communications
A method of transmitting a plurality n data streams comprises modulating an optical carrier using differential M-ary phase shift key (DMPSK) signalling in which...
US-7,546,040 Fiber optical system for PMD mitigation by polarization scrambling
A fiber optical system (10) for transmitting an optical signal comprises an optical fiber line (1) with a plurality of successively arranged polarization...
US-7,546,039 Systems, devices, and methods for controlling outage probabilities
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method that can comprise, responsive to an instruction to change a setting of a polarization controller, automatically...
US-7,546,038 Method for wireless optical transmission of data and wireless optical data transmission system
The invention relates to a wireless optical data transmission system and a method for wireless optical transmission of data. The system comprises a data stream...
US-7,546,037 Topologically multiplexed optical data communication
Systems and methods for encoding information in the topology of superpositions of helical modes of light, and retrieving information from each of the superposed...
US-7,546,036 Hybrid passive optical network using shared wavelengths
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a hybrid passive optical network using shared wavelengths is provided. In a particular embodiment, a...
US-7,546,035 Method for conveying management information
The invention relates to a method for conveying management information in a WDM system from a number of wavelength converters to a central management unit,...
US-7,546,034 Circuit arrangement for line protection of optical data transmission
The invention relates to a method and an electro-optical circuit arrangement for line protection in a WDM data transmission link comprising at least two...
US-7,546,033 Imaging apparatus and imaging system
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to convert an object image formed by an imaging optical system into an electrical signal, a power supply...
US-7,546,032 Electronic camera having light-emitting unit
An electronic camera comprises a light-emitting unit 38 for emitting light, color components of which can be changed; a color-component measuring unit 51 for...
US-7,546,031 Lamp bracket to illumination optics assembly interface
A lamp bracket and illumination optics assembly interface including at least one bracket engaging member formed on the illumination optics; and a receiving...
US-7,546,030 Autofocus device and method
Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit that drives a lens and a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens. The...
US-7,546,029 Retractable lens system
A retractable lens system includes a linearly movable ring; a radially-retractable optical element supported by the linearly movable ring; an exposure control...
US-7,546,028 Inclination angle adjusting mechanism for image pickup device
An inclination angle adjusting mechanism includes a mounting plate to which an image pickup device is mounted; a reference member holding the mounting plate;...
US-7,546,027 Image stabilizer
An image blur correction apparatus that includes a blur detection device, which detects a vibration applied to an optical system and outputs a blur signal in...
US-7,546,026 Camera exposure optimization techniques that take camera and scene motion into account
Quantities of motion between images of an electronic camera are calculated and used to adjust the exposure time and one or more other exposure parameters used to...
US-7,546,025 Media projector system
A system comprising a media player configured to play media content, a projector operatively coupled to the media player, and a control unit operatively coupled...
US-7,546,024 Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program, and reproduction method
A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents an interactive display to...
US-7,546,023 Method and apparatus for protecting broadcast data
A broadcasting system, a receiving apparatus, a broadcasting method, and a receiving method which can protect a copyright of a still image which is sent by a...
US-7,546,022 Time shift reproduction method and device and bookmark being used in same
A method for reproducing a scene by a time shift is provided in which, by transferring a bookmark created by one viewer to an other viewer, the other viewer can...
US-7,546,021 Content reproduction device and method, recording medium, and program
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for content reproduction, a recording medium, and a program that make it possible to edit taken images...
US-7,546,020 Optical fiber holder
An optical fiber holder automatically corrects the tendency of a buffered optical fiber to bend, can position an optical fiber so as to make contact with the V...
US-7,546,019 Slack cable enclosure
An enclosure for storing cables includes a base section having a bottom wall, opposed first and second sidewalls and opposed third and fourth sidewalls, the...
US-7,546,018 Fiber optic cabling for multi-dwelling unit (MDU) and commercial building deployments
A network provider cable is routed to a splitter box in a multi-dwelling unit or commercial building where the cable fibers are terminated. One or more riser...
US-7,546,017 Electro-photonic modulators
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to modulators that can be operated electronically and used to modulate electromagnetic radiation. In...
US-7,546,016 Optical elements formed by inducing changes in the index of refraction by utilizing electron beam radiation
An optical element such as an interference filter will have adjacent layers of different indexes of refraction but formed of the same optical material. An...
US-7,546,014 Optical directional coupler
An optical directional coupler (1) comprises first and second straight optical waveguides (2, 3) having respective cores (2a, 3a) extending longitudinally close...
US-7,546,013 Nanoparticle coupled to waveguide
A nanoparticle is able to emit single photons. A waveguide is coupled to the nanoparticle and able to receive the single photons. A backreflector is optically...
US-7,546,012 Waveguide system with diffracting structure
An optical waveguide system includes an optical element, a three-dimensional diffracting structure positioned around the optical element, and a waveguide. The...
US-7,546,011 Monolithically integrated optical devices with amorphous silicon arrayed waveguide gratings and InGaAsP gain
An optical waveguide assembly and method of forming the same is described. The optical waveguide assembly includes a waveguide, an amorphous silicon arrayed...
US-7,546,010 Lens-incorporating optical waveguide, and method for manufacturing the same
A lens-incorporating optical waveguide includes: a core; a clad enclosing the cores; and a lens provided in the core so as to cross a propagating direction of...
US-7,546,009 Planar lenses for integrated optics
Planar lenses for integrated optics applications, in particular for use in optical touch screen sensors are disclosed. The disclosed planar lenses include a slab...
US-7,546,008 Variable optical attenuator and ranging apparatus using the same
A variable optical attenuator for adjusting a power of light which is output from an output end of a first optical fiber and is to be led to an input end of a...
US-7,546,007 Broadband optical via
A broadband optical via provides a low loss interconnection between waveguides in two vertically adjacent planar waveguiding layers. Two waveguides, one in each...
US-7,546,006 Multi-port optical switch and method of arranging the same
This invention relates to an optical switch with an arbitrary port number and its arrangement method for the optical communication system, and switches an...
US-7,546,005 Optical switch and path switching method
An optical switch not having waveguide crossings, as in a matrix switch, enabling input/output path switching of N.times.N, and not increasing the optical loss...
US-7,546,004 Photonic interconnect system
A photonic interconnect system avoids high capacitance electric interconnects by using optical signals to communicate data between devices. The system can...
US-7,546,003 Suspension board with circuit and producing method thereof
A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on...
US-7,546,002 Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof
A printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board are disclosed. A printed circuit board in which optical waveguides are formed for...
US-7,546,001 Monolithic photonic integrated circuit (PIC) with forward error correction (FEC)
Monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) utilize forward error correction (FEC) joint encoder or plural encoders or a joint decoder or plural decoders.
US-7,546,000 Scalable and defect-tolerant color-center-based quantum computer architectures and methods for fabricating...
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to color-center-based quantum computer architectures that are both scalable and defect tolerant and to...
US-7,545,999 Photonic configuration
An apparatus comprising an integrated circuit having a plurality of devices each having device characteristics, and a waveguide structure coupled to the...
US-7,545,998 System for measurement and detection of parameters and anomalies
The subject of the invention is a system for measuring the state of panels in real time, particularly of one or more composite panels, characterized in that it...
US-7,545,997 Simulated high resolution using binary sub-sampling
In an image processing method, a first raster having a first resolution is divided into a plurality of sub-sampling cells each containing a selected number of...
US-7,545,996 Method and apparatus for the creation of image post-processing parameter curves
A user provides a graphical representation of a desired image post-processing parameter curve. A first digital image of the graphical representation of a desired...
US-7,545,995 Automated statistical self-calibrating detection and removal of blemishes in digital images dependent upon...
A method of automatically correcting dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital camera includes determining that certain pixels...
US-7,545,994 Method and apparatus for digital image manipulation to remove image blemishes
To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an intuitive system for digital manipulation. The system...
US-7,545,993 Image processing device and image processing method
An image processing device for correcting a deformation of a photographic image of an object to be photographed, the deformation resulting from a photographic...
US-7,545,992 Image processing system and image processing method
This present invention provides an image processing system and image processing method which can reliably transmit image information to a destination without...
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