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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110157435 | Generating column offset corrections for image sensors An image sensor includes multiple photoactive pixels and multiple dark reference pixels arranged in rows and columns to form a pixel array. A dark signal is read out of one or more dark reference pixels in each column and used to determine a column offset for one or mor... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110115954 | SPARSE COLOR PIXEL ARRAY WITH PIXEL SUBSTITUTES An image sensor is disclosed for capturing a color image, including a two-dimensional array of pixels having a plurality of minimal repeating units wherein each repeating unit is composed of eight pixels having four panchromatic pixels, three pixels having different col... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110075938 | IDENTIFYING IMAGE ABNORMALITIES USING AN APPEARANCE MODEL The identification of known normal structures within an image is preferably accomplished using an appearance model. Specifically, an active appearance model, which encapsulates a complete model of the shape and global texture variations of an object from a collection of... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110013230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE ENHANCED PRODUCT A system for generating an image enhanced output product and method for operating the same are provided. An image enhanceable product is identified having a tangible surface and a printing map is defined that defines a plurality of window areas in which images are to be... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100220074 | TOUCHSCREEN WITH CARBON NANOTUBE CONDUCTIVE LAYERS The present invention is directed to a touchscreen comprising touch side electrode and device side electrode wherein each electrode comprises an insulating substrate and an exposed electrically conductive layer, wherein said exposed electrically conductive layers are ad... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100202811 | Reducing image artifact reduction method Often times the glossing process results in an image artifact consisting of locally lighter image a fixed distance from the lead edge as a print is glossed. This artifact is most visible in areas of medium but consistent image. The present invention provides methods for... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201770 | Method reducing image glosser artifacts Often times the glossing process results in an image artifact consisting of locally lighter image a fixed distance from the lead edge as a print is glossed. This artifact is most visible in areas of medium but consistent image. The present invention provides methods for... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100158639 | INSTANT MEDIA BINDING SYSTEM An instant book binding system and book cover for rapidly binding single- or double-sided documents, photographs, pages, and other forms of hardcopy media into soft or hard cover books is disclosed. The book binding method using the book cover or system can be performed... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100158637 | BOOK AND A METHOD OF MAKING SAME An instant book binding system and book cover for rapidly binding single- or double-sided documents, photographs, pages, and other forms of hardcopy media into soft or hard cover books is disclosed. The book binding method using the book cover or system can be performed... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100158580 | METERING SKIVE FOR A DEVELOPER ROLLER A metering skive for a developer roller which is adapted to shear and/or meter developer at a developer-skive interface while minimizing compression of the metered developer. The metering skive is adjustable to various shear angles and has a geometry which enables a por... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100158546 | ELECTOPHOTOGRAPHIC BORDERLESS PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS A method and apparatus for determining whether borderless printing can be done based on media type and desired gloss level is provided. Also provided is a method, printer, and system whereby a defect-free borderless print can be achieved regardless of media type and glo... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100158545 | ELECTOPHOTOGRAPHIC BORDERLESS PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS A method and apparatus for determining whether borderless printing can be done based on media type and desired gloss level is provided. Also provided is a method, printer, and system whereby a defect-free borderless print can be achieved regardless of media type and glo... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156989 | INJECTION MOLDED MOUNTING SUBSTRATE The present invention relates to a fluid ejection assembly that includes an injection-molded mounting substrate that is formed by a two-shot injection molding process, wherein a housing portion of the mounting substrate is formed by a first shot molding, and a die-attac... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156929 | Ridge-based color gamut mapping Techniques for color gamut mapping between source and destination devices are provided. The mapping is performed in a device-independent color space using color ridges of the primary and secondary color ramps of the source and destination devices. An iterative learning ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156085 | BOOK COVER AND USES An instant book binding system and book cover for rapidly binding single- or double-sided documents, photographs, pages, and other forms of hardcopy media into soft or hard cover books is disclosed. The book binding method using the book cover or system can be performed... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100150620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING USING A TANDEM ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC PRINTER A tandem color electrostatographic printer apparatus has five or more color printing stations or modules for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a pentachrome color image in a single pass. A fuser station fuses the pentachrome ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149287 | SELECTABLE FILL VOLUME FOR INK RESERVOIR A method for filling an ink tank to one of several selectable ink fill volumes, by providing an ink tank including an ink reservoir having a maximum fill volume V and selecting an ink fill volume Vi to store in the ink reservoir. One subsequently determines a... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141705 | COMPACT WASTE INK ABSORBER FACILITATING FLUID EVAPORATION A waste ink absorber and evaporator for an inkjet printing system includes a body of porous capillary medium that wicks liquid ink to an outer surface having several corrugations that form an evaporative outer surface area of the body of porous capillary medium.... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100053706 | DETECTION OF OPEN SCANNER LID A scanning apparatus for scanning an image that includes a transparent plate and a target region having a predetermined optical reflectance. Also included is a movable sensor array, having a home position that is in optical communication with the target region when a li... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100026776 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE, ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED PEEL MEMBER ASSEMBLY A thermal printer having reduced electrical charge built at point of separation of a donor web and a receiver web, includes at least one thermal printhead and at least one platen roller with a nip is formed between the at least one thermal printhead and the at least one... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100021187 | MEMBER DETECTING MEDIA AMOUNT IN MULTIPLE TRAYS A printing system includes a first media holder configured to hold a plurality of sheets of media; and a second media holder configured to hold a different plurality of sheets of media. A contacting component is configured to selectively contact an individual sheet of m... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100019671 | ORGANIC ELEMENT FOR LOW VOLTAGE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES An OLED device including a cathode, a light emitting layer and an anode, in that order, and, having located between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a further layer containing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)phenanthroline d... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090283665 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH AN ALIGNED OPTICAL ASSEMBLY An image sensor includes a substrate; a photosensitive die having an array of photosensitive sites for receiving incident light; wherein the substrate extends beyond a boundary of the photosensitive layer for forming a mounting surface; a support, which includes a recei... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090242877 | OLED DEVICE WITH HOLE-TRANSPORT AND ELECTRON-TRANSPORT MATERIALS The invention provides an OLED device comprising, in the following order, a anode, a hole transporting layer (HTL), a light-emitting layer (LEL) comprising a host molecule and a light-emitting molecule, an electron transporting layer (ETL) and an cathode and wherein: | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090190187 | PRINT SYSTEM WITH DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A print system with scanner with diagnostic system including one or more image capture modules mounted in a body, such that the imaging modules scan a diagnostic area around the print mechanisms to capture a representative image of said diagnostic area. The one or more ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090185825 | SPRING-LOADED WEB CLEANING APPARATUS FOR ELECTROGRAPHIC PRINTER A cleaning station for removing particulate material from a moving web in an electrographic printer/copier includes a customer-replaceable web-cleaner device with a support bracket/backup shoe assembly. A quick disconnect feature enables the cleaner cover to be de-coupl... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090180018 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH CHARGE MULTIPLICATION An image sensor includes an array of pixels arranged into two or more subarrays and each subarray captures charge; and an output charge-coupled device that receives charge from the array of pixels; wherein the output charge-coupled device is divided into substantially t... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090150519 | PSEUDO REAL TIME INDEXING OF DIGITAL MEDIA FILES The present disclosure relates to a digital media files and technique for pseudo real time indexing of digital media files. The technique includes capturing at least one digital media file using a network enabled image capture device, connecting the network enabled imag... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090094518 | METHOD FOR IMAGE ANIMATION USING IMAGE VALUE RULES A method for image presentation are provided, in which at least one theme for image presentation is obtained; at least one set of images is acquired for presentation in association with each theme; and a presentation area image is generated for presentation on a display... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090021754 | Method and system for converting a document A printing system includes a converter for replacing graphic elements of a color matched document (104). Conversion replaces original elements (2-4) with replacement elements (21-24, 40-42) having modified transparency attribute... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080309952 | Multilevel print masking method A method of computing swath data in response to a digital image having a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, each pixel having a multitone code vaule, the swath data suitable for commanding an inkjet printer containing at least one printed having plurality of nozzl... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080204526 | INK JET INK CARTRIDGE WITH VENTED WICK An ink cartridge disclosed herein includes a reservoir configured to retain ink, a body retaining the reservoir, a port in the body, and a wick located in the port. The port is configured to release the ink from the reservoir. According to an embodiment of the present i... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080204525 | FLUID PORT SEAL WITH SURFACE HAVING CHANNELS A seal for an ink-discharge port on a printer ink cartridge, according to various embodiments of the present invention, is disclosed. The seal has a surface containing channels that oppose a direction in which the port is configured to discharge ink from the ink cartrid... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080192352 | Optical diffuser film and light assembly A light assembly comprises a light source, an optically transmissive self- supporting substrate, and coupled with but unattached to the substrate, a voided high Tg semi-crystalline polymeric optical diffuser film that shrinks less than 1% as a result of thermal shrinkag... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080193731 | Optical device with self-supporting film assembly An optical device comprises a direct backlight and an optical element comprising an arrangement of one or more optical films confined between two integrally bound optically transmissive substrates that together are self-supporting.... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080153029 | Thermal printer with two print heads A thermal printers and printing methods are provided. The thermal printer has a first thermal print head adapted to pressure a first donor web against the receiver medium and to selectively transfer donor material to the receiver medium in an image wise fashion to form ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080151035 | Printer with short print-to-print cycle times A receiver medium transport system for a thermal printer, a method for operating a receiver medium transport system and a thermal printer are provided that enable the recording of at least a portion of a second superimposed image on a second receiver medium during the r... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080142745 | SINGLE SIDED DUAL SCANNING FOR COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY A radiation image formation read out method for a storage phosphor screen. A phosphor screen is exposed to a first stimulating radiation from a first side of the screen to release a first stimulated radiation in the pattern of the stored image. The first stimulating rad... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080122164 | Printed medium collector A printed medium collector comprises a guide surface downwardly inclined from an intake edge toward a drop off edge. A printed medium passes from the intake edge and over the drop off edge and travels away from the guide surface within a range of trajectories. A printed... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080122915 | Polymeric colorant-based ink compositions An ink composition suitable for ink jet printing comprises a polymeric colorant in a carrier, the colorant containing at least one hydrophilic portion and at least one hydrophobic portion, wherein the composite log Kow of the polymeric colorant is more positive than −... | 05/29/2008 |
