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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179412 | Merging image pixels based on main-scan misalignment A method for reducing visible artifacts among image pixels formed on recording media by a plurality of individually addressable recording channels includes operating the recording channels to form a plurality of image pixel arrangements, wherein each image pixel arr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159725 | Printing plate registration A method of forming an image on recording media includes providing a rotatable imaging drum adapted for supporting the recording media; providing an imaging head adapted for forming the image on the supported recording media; providing an encoder adapted for detecti... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144022 | Heat sensitive sensor for flexible waveguides An apparatus designed to alert on an abnormal condition inside of a fiber bundle (116). The apparatus includes an air pipe (112) configured inside of the fiber bundle, an air compression element adapted to apply air into the air pipe, at least one sens... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134591 | Display using bidirectionally scanned linear modulator A method for forming a stereoscopic image forms separate left-eye and right-eye images in a repeated cycle that forms the left-eye image by providing data for lines of the left-eye image, ordered in sequence from a first to a second edge of an image frame, then form... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132886 | Adjusting the calibration of a recording apparatus with recording head movement changes The present invention relates to a method for changing a calibration of a recording apparatus (10) to adjust for geometric distortion, comprising: providing a media support (12) for receiving recording media (17); providing a carriage (18... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130374 | Calibration of a spatial light modulator A method for calibrating a spatial light modulator comprising an array of channels includes selecting a plurality of channel sets; operating each of the channel sets to provide corresponding output radiation; providing a detector for measuring the output radiation; ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110069 | Methods and apparatus for peeling a flexible sheet from a substrate Methods and apparatus are described for removing donor sheets from substrates. A take-up roller contacts the donor element at or near an edge thereof and a peel roller contacts the donor element at a location spaced apart from the edge. A securing mechanism secures ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8040622 | Apparatus for compensating an imaging lens An imaging system (400) includes an imaging lens (116) prone to temperature changes which leads to changes in the imaging focus position of the imaging lens. A temperature sensor (404) configured to monitor the temperature of the imaging lens. A... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040560 | Automated color adjustment A method for determining (250) a change required in a selected base point in an input colorant space of a digital-image rendering system to obtain from the digital-image rendering system a desired reference output color to within a predetermined color toleran... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034663 | Low cost die release wafer Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for assembling electronic devices, such as integrated circuit (IC) chips, using a release member having a phase change material. Specifically, IC elements/components can be selectively received, stored, inspected, re... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031938 | Method and apparatus for providing improved human observer XYZ functions and calculations for CIELAB A method for determining color-matching functions includes obtaining spectral data originating from metameric pairs and generating new color matching functions by modifying original color matching functions. The new color matching functions are constrained to be sim... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031911 | Print proofing using mottling tile A method for producing mottling in an image includes modifying digital colorant information in a digital image data file for at least one of a plurality of colorants. The degree of modification is based on digital colorant information in the digital image data file,... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023170 | Total internal reflection modulator A total internal reflection (TIR) modulator includes a member comprising an electro-optic material; a plurality of first electrode sets; a plurality of second electrode sets; and a first set of electrical conductors, each electrical conductor in the first set of ele... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8005299 | Adjusting colorants specified in a digital image A method for making a device link (90) for a color management system, with an associated imaging apparatus (20), wherein the device link specifies a transformation of digital-image colorant combinations to imaging-apparatus colorant combinations. The d... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990574 | 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 attri... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989788 | Determining position of a media page using a slot in the imaging drum A method for determining a position of a mechanical edge of a reference edge of a sheet of recording media relative to a first edge of a drum slot in a cylindrical surface of an imaging drum, the method includes mounting the sheet of recording media on the imaging d... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7977170 | Flexible substrate with electronic devices and traces A method of manufacturing an electronic device (10) provides a substrate (20) that has a plastic material and has a metallic coating on one surface. A portion of the metallic coating is etched to form a patterned metallic coating. A particulate materia... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964507 | Flexible substrate with electronic devices formed thereon A method of manufacturing an electronic device (10) provides a substrate (20) that has a plastic material. A particulate material (16) is embedded in at least one surface of the substrate. A layer of thin-film semiconductor material is deposited... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945093 | Simplified color workflow A method for predicting a color response of a device comprises: operating the device with image information wherein operating includes utilizing a first correction transform for modifying device color values; determining a first device response based on a device out... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7926422 | Plate transport speed control system An apparatus for preventing printing plate deformation (29) in a plate processor device comprising a plate transport means (19) comprising a motor (15) and plurality of rollers (11, 12, 13, 14). A one way coupler (21) connects the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916319 | Printing management system A remote proofing system (10) on an information network (400) includes a networked controller (20) configured to be a master proofing controller and at least one remote proof printer (30, 90, 300, 310, 320, 330). The master proofing contr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909474 | Display apparatus using bilinear electromechanical modulator A digital projection apparatus has a first light modulation subsystem with a first light source producing linear illumination of a first spectral color and a second light source producing linear illumination of a second spectral color. A first light modulator chip (... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907190 | Image sensor multiple output method A method and apparatus for correcting signal differences between at least two adjacent parts of a radiation-sensitive sensor, each containing a contiguous set of radiation-sensitive sites read out through a respective separate electronic processing mean, by increasi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900144 | Modification of color values in page description files Modification of color values in a page description file can be carried out by converting implicit color commands within the page description file to explicit color commands. The color values specified by the explicit color commands within the page description file t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894495 | Power stabilized laser diode array A system for controlling optical-power stability of emitting laser diodes (204), the laser diodes exhibiting temperature changes at the laser diode junctions (312), the temperature changes are predicted according to the laser diodes duty cycle. The sys... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891655 | Separating media combination from a media stack A method for moving a first combination of media from a media stack including one or more combinations of media. The first combination of media is an uppermost combination of media in the media stack. The method includes gripping the first combination of media and b... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888664 | Plate pallet alignment system A plate pallet alignment and loading apparatus (10) for originally packed plate pallet (13) into a printing plate imaging device (71) includes plate pallet adaptor (11) wherein the originally packed plate pallet (13) is placed on t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885012 | Shearing radiation beam for imaging printing media An illuminator (10) for producing a radiation spot (120) on a workpiece (110) comprises a laser light source (20) and a beam-shearing optical system (30). Fine structure (160) generated by an integrator (80) of laser ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881530 | Adjusting colorants specified in a digital image A method for making a device link (90) for a color management system, with an associated imaging apparatus (20), wherein the device link specifies a transformation of digital-image colorant combinations to imaging-apparatus colorant combinations. The d... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7847940 | Methods and apparatus for correcting banding of imaged regular patterns A multi-channel imaging head is calibrated in accordance with a pre-determined regular pattern to minimize swath-to-swath and inter-swath variations during the imaging of the regular pattern. The imaging parameters of the imaging head are optimized in accordance wit... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879691 | Low cost die placement Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for assembling electronic devices, such as integrated circuit (IC) chips, using a release member having a phase change material. Specifically, IC elements/components can be selectively received, stored, inspected, re... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7866656 | Method and apparatus for separating media combinations from a media stack The present invention provides a method and apparatus separating a media combination from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates and relates to image recording systems such as, for example, computer-to-plate (CTP) systems. Image recording systems inc... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861940 | Plate handling system A plate handling system provides for movement from storage of a variety of image-ready printing plates, organized in plate stacks with interleaf protective slipsheets. Each stack contains plates of a particular size, corresponding to the capabilities of an associate... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854558 | Developer waste reuse An apparatus for reusing developer liquid in a plate processor device includes: a new developer liquid container (13); a work in progress developer liquid tank (10) for plate processing is filled with developer liquid (15) from the new developer... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7827912 | Hybrid optical head for direct engraving of flexographic printing plates An optical imaging head for direct engraving of flexographic printing plates, comprising: at least two groups of radiation sources, each group comprising at least one radiation source, wherein the radiation sources within each group emit radiation having the same in... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826097 | Asymmetrical digital filters for dot gain adjustments A method for adjusting dot-gain for a halftone binary bitmap file comprises inputting a halftone binary bitmap file consisting of binary pixels (400) to an asymmetric digital filter (500). The binary pixels are filtered with the asymmetric digital filt... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7798487 | Print plate handling system An apparatus (100) for repositioning recording media includes a base (18); a support coupled to the base by a pivot (28), wherein the support is adapted to bear a portion of the recording media while positioned at a first position (34) an... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796123 | 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 ar... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773256 | Estimating color of colorants mixed on a substrate Systems and methods are provided that accurately estimate a post-printing appearance of a color on a substrate. In addition, systems and methods are provided that accurately estimate a post-mixing appearance of several colors mixed on a substrate. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7753499 | Jet printer with enhanced print drop delivery Disclosed is a jet printing method, which includes firing printing fluid drops and deflecting them. The drops are then deflected again in a second direction, which can allow them to be deposited in a collimated swath. Also disclosed is dynamically adjusting the defl... | 07/13/2010 |
