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