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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6678713 | Machine control using a schedulerlock construct A method of use of real time machine control software integrating both event based mode and task based components. In particular, a collection of constructs have been created that allow machine control applications to be expressed in event based terms and... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6322069 | Interpaper spacing control in a media handling system A method of synchronizing the arrival of copy sheets at a photoreceptor in an image processing having a copy sheet path having a plurality of segments coupled at given transfer zones, a plurality of copy sheet drives, an image transfer station, a photorec... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6233631 | Upload/Download of Auditron information to PC or phone line A method of providing machine usage data to a computer for a given user by setting the machine for transmission of the machine usage data to the computer and transmitting the machine usage data to the computer for various levels of usage. The computer con... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6216113 | Auditron access printer An electronic network transaction recording system for accumulating billing data for printing machines interconnected to multiple work stations on the network. A network administrator includes a memory for storing data representing usage of selected print... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6016204 | Actuator performance indicator A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6002890 | Feedback between marking and paper path subsystems to reduce shutdowns A method of control to synchronize the arrival of images and copy sheets at a transfer station by sensing delay of a copy sheet arrival at the transfer station. There is then a determination that the delay of arrival is incapable of being corrected to syn... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5999758 | Hybrid hierarchical control architecture for media handling A method of controlling the movement of copy sheets along a copy sheet path by providing a target by a high level controller for the movement of copy sheets within the copy sheet path and controlling movement of copy sheets within segments of the copy she... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999273 | Solid area toner reduction to maximize process latitude A method of decreasing toner in solid area development to improve the latitude of a xerographic process in a machine having a projecting system for modulating a beam and projecting an image onto an imaging surface by specifying pixels defining solid image... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995775 | ROS pixel size growth detector A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5987535 | User interface providing immediate status and capability indicators of an imaging system on a network by displaying channel connections, features in use, availability, and current operations A method of providing immediate status and capability indicators of an imaging device to an operator by displaying at the user interface display screen an indicator of imaging device features available for operation and a display of imaging device feature... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5966280 | Modular, distributed equipment leakage circuit interrupter A modular leakage current detector and machine interrupter including a sense module for detecting ground fault currents in excess of a given value, the sense module including circuitry to provide an interrupt signal, a circuit interrupter interconnected t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5963244 | Optimal reconstruction of tone reproduction curve A method of machine control including the recreation of a tone reproduction curve by providing a look up table. The look up table incorporates a covariance matrix of elements containing n tone reproduction samples. A matrix multiplier responds to sensed d... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5960228 | Dirt level early warning system A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959530 | Remote computer security system for computers, printers and multifunction devices A method of preventing theft or unauthorized use of a computer including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag allowing use of the machine only within range of the tag and when the tag is recognized. Moving or accessing the computer without the tag ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5956542 | Tribo decay rest recovery and developer material break in procedure A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5946521 | Xerographic xerciser including a hierarchy system for determining part replacement and failure A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5937227 | Uncoupled toner concentration and tribo control A method adjusting variations in toner concentration in a printing machine by first determining a pixel count of documents to be imaged. The system then provides two test targets on the imaging surface in the image area, one of the test targets having a r... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5937224 | Cleaner stress indicator A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5930558 | Heated air blower for reducing humidity absorption in paper A sheet repository having multiple trays and including a fan supported in a housing for receiving ambient air from outside the housing, a heating device within the housing for raising the temperature of the air conveyed by the fan, and a duct system at th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5923834 | Machine dedicated monitor, predictor, and diagnostic server In one embodiment, a server electrically connected to an image processing machine provides local data access and includes a monitor component, an analysis and prediction component to analyze data to track machine trends and predict machine subsytem and el... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5903796 | P/R process control patch uniformity analyzer A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5895141 | Sensorless TC control A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5893008 | Photoreceptor parking deletion detector A method to provide a highly intelligent, automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5884118 | Printer having print output linked to scanner input for automated image quality adjustment An imaging machine operating components include an input scanner for providing images on copy sheets and a copy sheet path connected to the input scanner. The imaging machine is calibrated by providing an image on a first copy sheet and automatically conv... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5864730 | Photoreceptor seam signature A method to provide a highly intelligent automated diagnostic system that identifies the need to replace specific parts to minimize machine downtime rather than require extensive service troubleshooting. In particular, a systematic, logical test analysis ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5854653 | Motion quality enhancement with white noise A modulator for modifying a scanning beam to project a halftone image onto a photosensitive surface including a sensor providing sensor signals in relation to the speed of the photosensitive surface, a converter responsive to the speed of the photosensiti... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5839022 | Filter for reducing the effect of noise in TC control In an imaging machine including an imaging member, operating components including a toner dispense system including a source of toner material and a dispenser for transferring toner material from the source to a developer device to replenish the developer... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5838359 | Interpolated reference for improved digital feedback control regulation A feedback control regulator including a regulated device, a sensor for providing a feedback signal representing a characteristic of the regulated device, and a reference signal. An interpolator provides mathematically manipulated feedback and reference s... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5832358 | Unscheduled set ejection method in a finisher A method of ejecting copy sheets from the compiler in a printing apparatus that includes a processing section for transferring a developed image onto a copy sheet and a finishing section with a compiler and a stapler for receiving plural copy sheets to ge... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5822662 | Background detection and compensation A method adjusting toner concentration in a printing machine by first reading a first clean imaging surface reflectance value from a segment of the imaging surface with the developer in an off mode and storing the reflectance value as a reference. A secon... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5808658 | Regulator with phase shift for polygon rephase without divide An imaging system for forming multiple superimposed image exposure frames on a photoconductive member moving in a process direction including a rotating polygon having a plurality of facets. A raster output scanner forms a plurality of scanlines in a tran... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5797064 | Pseudo photo induced discharged curve generator for xerographic setup A method of regulating photo induced discharge of an imaging surface without the use of an ESV sensor by providing and developing iterative, incremental exposure patches on the imaging surface. The developed incremental exposure patches are then sensed an... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5784667 | Test patch recognition for the measurement of tone reproduction curve from arbitrary customer images A method of development control by storing a reference tone reproduction curve and sensing a relatively small segment of an arbitrary image on an imaging surface. The relatively small segment of the arbitrary image on the imaging surface is then converted... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5774761 | Machine set up procedure using multivariate modeling and multiobjective optimization A method of setting up an electrostatographic printing machine having image quality attributes and parameters that control the attributes using multivariate modeling and multiobjective optimization. The method includes providing a discrete number of param... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5764369 | Method for determining port pairings of machine modules An electronic image processing apparatus including a controller and a plurality of modules having an arbitrary configuration and being interconnected by input and output ports. The interconnection or port pairings of the modules is determined by the contr... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5754918 | Electrostatic control with compensation for coupling effects An electrostatographic printing machine having an imaging member with a surface voltage potential and a control system including first and second reference values. A sensor measures first and second surface voltage potentials that are compared to the firs... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751443 | Adaptive sensor and interface A sensor detects the presence of opaque and transparent copy substrates in a substrate transporting path and includes an LED disposed near the transporting path for projecting light toward a reflector on the opposite side of the media transport path and a... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749021 | Developed mass per unit area (DMA) controller to correct for development errors In process control loops by keeping the DMA (Developed Mass per unit Area) under control, the print quality can be satisfactorily maintained to within tolerance in spite of temporal variabilities in subsystem parameters. The DMA is measured by creating pa... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5749023 | Adaptive feed forward compensation for time varying toner cohesivity A method of compensating for toner cohesivity within a repository in a developer system by recording toner consumption rate and toner dispense rate over a given time within the developer system. A control responds to the toner consumption and dispense rat... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5749019 | Look up table to control non-linear xerographic process An electrostatographic printing machine having an imaging member, operating components, and a control system including a sensor, compensator, and look up table for adjusting the operating components. The sensor signal provides a suitable indication of an ... | 05/05/1998 |
