High rate, bidirectional drive for a bipole stepping motor watch
I claim: 1. In a quartz analog wristwatch having a manually attached switch and having a bipole stepping motor with a rotor and a drive coil, a power supply, a gear train having a plurality of gears d... Read More
Inventors: Kamens, Bruce;, Assignee: Timex Corporation (Waterbury, CT) |
Polymer core optical wave-guide and fabrication method thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer core optical wave-guide of which the polymer for core, that is, transmission part of light, has no cracking in it and is uniform and low in l... Read More
Inventors: Imoto, Katsuyuki;, Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Inc. (JP) |
Apparatus for pole-mounting an optical fiber splice closure
What is claimed is: 1. A bracket for mounting a splice closure to a pole, the splice closure having first and second pairs of mounting ribs extending therefrom, each of the mounting ribs having a moun... Read More
Inventors: Blee, John James; Burcum, Leon J.; Burek, Denis Edward; Jones, Marc Duane; Jones, Wesley Willing;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Dual format dual resolution scanner with off-axis beams
It is an object of the invention to provide a scanner capable of producing images with different formats and resolutions. According to one aspect of the invention, the above and other objects are acco... Read More
Inventors: Harrigan, Michael E.; Narayan, Badhri;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Integrated Electrooptic modulator and process for the production thereof
I claim: 1. An electrooptic modulator integrated on a substrate, comprising: a guide structure supported by the substrate, including: a lower layer; an upper layer; a guiding layer formed between the ... Read More
Inventors: Valette, Serge;, Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (Paris, FR) |
Cable storage cartridge
One aspect of the present invention relates to a cable storage cartridge having a carriage frame and first and second spool members. The spool members cooperate to form a spool which rotates within th... Read More
Inventors: Holman, John C.; Smith, Trevor D.; Tinucci, Thomas C.;, Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) |
Positioning optical components and waveguides
Recent developments in the field of optical communication have lead to the more widespread use of monomode waveguides such as monomode optical fibres. It is particularly important in this case to devi... Read More
Inventors: Stanley, Ian W.;, Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company (GB) |
Wavelength selective coupler for high power optical communications
In accordance with the present invention, a wavelength selective optical fiber coupler is provided. A first substrate has an optical input end for receiving a first optical signal. A first grating is ... Read More
Inventors: Huber, David R.;, Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (Hatboro, PA) |
Fiber optic mechanical splice having grooves for dissipating index matching material impurities
The fiber optic mechanical splice according to the invention contains means for dissipation of air bubbles in index matching materials. Two optical fibers lie end to end in a V-groove in an elongate s... Read More
Inventors: de Jong, Michael; Throckmorton, Rodney A.; Knecht, Dennis M.;, Assignee: Siecor Corporation (Hickory, NC) |
Fiber alignment apparatus and method
The present invention relates to a fiber alignment apparatus for the alignment of an array of optical fibers. The present invention further provides a method of passive mechanical alignment of an arra... Read More
Inventors: Kravitz, Stanley H.; Warren, Mial Evans; Snipes, Jr., Morris Burton; Armendariz, Marcelino Guadalupe; Word, V., James Cole;, Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM) |
Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for a helical-scan system adapted for reproduction of data in a reverse sequential order from recording of data
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an overall arrangement of a magnetic recording... Read More
Inventors: Kawada, Hideaki; Wakita, Toshiaki;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Searching a helical autoreverse magnetic tape for a desired program information from both sides of the tape
To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a reproducing apparatus having the capability of searching for a desired data block recorded on a recording medium in the form of a tape,... Read More
Inventors: Sasaki, Tadao;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Video data compression system, video recording/playback system, and video data compression encoding method
Time lapse VTRs, which record analog video signals on magnetic tapes, have been used in most conventional video surveillance systems. It is also possible to configure a video surveillance system using... Read More
Inventors: Ono, Koichi; Nishijima, Hideo; Kanesaki, Takayuki; Horiuchi, Tadasu; Tsukiji, Nobuyoshi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus for generating time code signals
I claim as my invention: 1. An apparatus for generating a recording time code signal comprising: a time code data signal generator for generating successive multi-bit binary time code data signals; a ... Read More
Inventors: Ninomiya, Ichiro;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Image communication apparatus with automatic-reception inhibition
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the facsimile apparatus comprises... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Yoshiaki;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus having improved switching functions for processing video signals
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for processing video signals which can be adapted to a function of, e.g., a television receiver for superposing images on d... Read More
Inventors: Suda, Tomomichi; Usami, Morio; Kobayashi, Koji; Watanabe, Kenji;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Video special effects with cascaded control logic
I claim: 1. Combined mixing and effects unit for a first and second video signal comprising difference amplifier means having a first and second signal input connected to receive said first and second... Read More
Inventors: Pires, H. George;, Assignee: Crosspoint Latch Corp. (Summit, NJ) |
Relaying destination and designation system
It is therefore an object of the present invention to eliminate the problem particular to the prior art system as described above. It is another object of the present invention to provide a relaying d... Read More
Inventors: Wada, Yoshinori;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Facsimile apparatus for error retransmission
It is an object of the present invention to improve a communication apparatus. It is another object of the present invention to improve a facsimile apparatus. It is still another object of the present... Read More
Inventors: Tsukamoto, Takeshi; Ezumi, Yosuke;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
DC restorer with reduced low frequency noise
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved video signal processing circuit in which the aforementioned shortcomings and disadvantages encountered with the prior art can... Read More
Inventors: Nishikawa, Katuhiko;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for the transmission of a video signal
We claim: 1. A method for the transmission of a video signal, said method comprising the steps of: converting video signals to digitalised video signals; transforming each of said digitalised video si... Read More
Inventors: Keesen, Heinz-Werner; Hartnack, Wolfgang;, Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH (Villingen-Schwenningen, DE) |
Method and apparatus for outline font character generation in dot matrix devices
What is claimed is: 1. Apparatus for converting an outline font represented by a control point stream into bit mapped data suitable for driving dot matrix display devices, comprising: point transform ... Read More
Inventors: Lung, James C. Y.; Ruby, Gary; Lo, Jim C. K.;, Assignee: Destiny Technology Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Analog-to-digital conversion method and apparatus with a controlled switch for high-speed conversion
An object of the invention is to provide a technique of performing highly precisely at a high speed the AD conversion to be effected by using the mutually separated upper bit data and lower bit data. ... Read More
Inventors: Yahagi, Kouichi; Kasahara, Masumi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Video signal processing systems
According to the present invention there is provided a video signal processing system comprising a plurality of processing stages each capable of providing a sequence of digital video signals and asso... Read More
Inventors: Kellar, Paul R. N.; Cawley, Robin A.; Hinson, Neil R.;, Assignee: Quantel Limited (Newbury, GB) |
Method and apparatus for processing image data
It is a first object of the present invention to provide an improved method which eliminates the problem that the boundary between the divided blocks of the displayed image is conspicuous. And a secon... Read More
Inventors: Yutaka, Teiji;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Noninvasive DC restoration to upgrade AC coupled systems
OF THE DISCLOSURE In the following detailed description and in the several figures of the drawing, like elements are identified with like reference numerals. Referring now to FIG. 1, shown therein is... Read More
Inventors: Zwirn, Robert;, Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (Los Angeles, CA) |
Shadow visual effects wipe generator
The mix effects keying apparatus illustrated in the drawing comprises a mix effects keyer 2 which receives several video signals. These video signals include a background video signal, an insert vide... Read More
Inventors: Chaplin, Daniel J.;, Assignee: The Grass Valley Group Inc. (Nevada City, CA) |
Special effect apparatus
The present invention has been accomplished in view of the circumstances mentioned. Its object resides in providing an improved special effect apparatus of a simplified structure which is capable of f... Read More
Inventors: Kusakabe, Susumu;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Television effects system for manipulating composite color television signals
In this invention, the signal is stored in memory as a composite signal, thus avoiding the need for additional memory for color components. The signals may be manipulated using an address restructurin... Read More
Inventors: McCoy, Reginald F. H.;, Assignee: Digital Services Corporation (Gainesville, FL) |
Method for the time correction of a digital switching signal
Accordingly, the invention provides a method for the time-correction of a digital switching signal which can occur only at discrete times as a consequence of the scanning process by which the digital ... Read More
Inventors: Heitmann, Jurgen;, Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) |
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