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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180232 | Apparatus for making combination prints with pleasing appearance Printers are provided. In one aspect, a printer has a printer controller cooperating with a print engine, receiver transport system, overlap positioning system, and fuser to cause a first toner image to be formed on the first side of the first receiver with toner at... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159519 | Personal controls for personal video communications Video communication systems and methods for operating the same are provided with the method determining privacy settings for a video communication event; establishing a video communication link with a video communication system at a remote site; capturing video imag... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154583 | Eye gazing imaging for video communications Video communication systems and methods for communicating between an individual in a local environment, and a remote viewer in a remote environment are provided. The system has an image display device; at least one image capture device which acquires video images fo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154578 | Multi-camera residential communication system Video communication devices and methods are provided. The device has an image display device; a first image capture device that acquires video images depicting a wide field of view within the local environment; a second image capture device that acquires video image... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147948 | Printed article Printed articles are provided. In one aspect a printed article has a first toner image with a first toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter between about 3 um and 9 um and having a first charge-to-mass ratio, a second toner image with second toner p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8120631 | Thermal printer with reduced donor adhesion Thermal printers and methods for operating thermal printers are provided. In one method, a sequence of thermal print head control signals is generated that is adapted to cause an array of thermal elements to cause the donor material to transfer from a donor ribbon i... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8095631 | Simplified walk-up enablement of internet-based, personalized access to retail imaging devices and services An apparatus and method for loading and configuring an imaging device driver to facilitate turnkey remote access via the internet to the complete and explicit feature set and capabilities provided by a specific, user selected, retail imaging kiosk or digital photofi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086064 | 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 t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078618 | Automatic multimode system for organizing and retrieving content data files A method for selecting a method for categorizing a collection of content data files from among a plurality of categorization methods, the method comprising the steps of identifying a collection of content data files, each content data file comprising image or audio ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7907290 | Printer with variable lead advance A printer and method for operating a printer are provided that prints using a receiver medium having a rolled portion with an outermost layer from which an unrolled portion extends to a print engine. The method comprises: sensing a condition indicating the receiver ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7802933 | Thermal printer cartridge with energy absorbing features A thermal printer cartridge is provided. The thermal printer cartridge comprising: a supply housing having a drive end and a non-drive end; a take-up housing having a drive end and a non-drive end; a stiffening linkage joining the non-drive end of the supply housing... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7772725 | Apparatus and method for current control in H-Bridge load drivers An electronic current control circuit is provided. This electronic circuit comprises a power-supply, an H-Bridge module connected to a load, and a current sensor connected between the H-Bridge module and the power-supply and adapted to sense load current characteris... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7756812 | Adaptive input-cell circuitry useful in configurable electronic controllers A method for operating an input-cell comprises: receiving a sensor input signal, a digital-bias first control input and a second control input and, using a first resistor network to apply an analog pull-up bias to the sensor input signal when the bias of the first c... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7726892 | Donor cartridge for thermal printer A cartridge is provided with a supply housing having at least one exterior surface defining a supply area adapted to receive a donor ribbon of predetermined width and a take-up housing having a main wall that defines a take-up area for receiving donor ribbon of pred... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715650 | Method and apparatus for digital processing of images A method and apparatus for processing defects in a digital image include defining a defect map, having defect and non-defect entries, as a defect bounded by an expanded defect region and an outer analysis region of a different defect map values. By choosing suitable... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684090 | Digital printer for use with docked display device In one aspect of the invention, a printer is provided for use with a display device having images stored in a memory therein, a display device controller, and an image display for displaying the stored images. The printer has an external structure housing a print en... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675556 | Cameras, other imaging devices, and methods having non-uniform image remapping using a small data-set of distortion vectors A camera has a body and an electronic capture unit mounted in the body. The electronic capture unit selectively captures and stores a scene image as a representational electronic image having a first array of pixels. A control system is mounted in the body. The cont... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675534 | 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 t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7629026 | Thermally controlled fluidic self-assembly Methods and apparatuses are provided for assembling a structure on a support having a pattern of binding sites. In accordance with the method, a first fluid is provided on the surface of the support with the first fluid being of a type that that increases viscosity ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7594771 | Spool adapter An adapter is provided for use with a supply spool having first and second spool ends the spool having web media thereon. The adapter has a body having first and second body ends with each of the first and second body ends having shaped linkages to join to one of th... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7568694 | 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 pri... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7507046 | Borderless platen drive printing A printer has a path for a sheet. A donor web is disposed on one side of the path; a platen roller is disposed on the other side of the path and supports the sheet during printing. An edge sensor is located in path at a known distance from the nip of the print head ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505847 | Configurable electronic control system and diagnostic method A configurable electronic controller system used for signal acquisition of input sensors and control of output loads, connected respectively to the configurable controller, can be re-configured to perform diagnostics on same input sensors and output loads. The diagn... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7466336 | Camera and method for composing multi-perspective images A camera that is adapted to present a preview image is provided. The camera has a trigger adapted to generate a trigger pulse and an image capture system for capturing images of a scene. A viewer is adapted to present one image to a first viewing area and another im... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7440123 | Adaptive printing Methods and systems for printing an image on a receiver medium are provided. In accordance with the method, digital image data representing an image to be printed is received and, a print engine is used to print an image on the receiver medium based upon the digital... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7420152 | Wide-range linear output photo sensor circuit A system and method for acquisition and conditioning of a signal received from a light sensor generating an input signal in proportion to a sensed amount of light, the system utilizing an operational amplifier with first and second feedback loops to render the outpu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7321387 | System and method for offering imaging services of a customer and participants at a live entertainment event An imaging system and method which enables viewers and/or attendees of entertainment events, such as athletic events or concerts, to order and obtain photographic products that are associated with the event. The system and method offers attendees at the entertainmen... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7286152 | System and method for efficient donor material use A method for operating more than one thermal printer adapted to print images by transferring donor material from patches of donor material from a donor ribbon onto a receiver medium, each printer being operable to print images in a manner that exhausts a full donor ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7250959 | Printer with multi-pass media transport A thermal printer and method for operating a thermal printer are provided. The thermal printer has a receiver medium path leading past a print nip between a print head and platen. A processor causes an urge roller to move the receiver medium in the forward direction... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7233498 | Medium having data storage and communication capabilities and method for forming same A method for forming a medium is provided. In accordance with the method a base layer is provided. A material layer is formed on the base layer. The material layer has void. A transponder having a memory is positioned in the void. A medium is also provided. The medi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215880 | One-time-use camera In one aspect of the invention, a camera is provided. The camera has a photosensitive element; a light blocking expansion structure combined with the photosensitive element to form a light tight chamber there between. The light blocking expansion structure has an ap... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215351 | Method and apparatus for reducing print time A thermal dye transfer printer reduces print time by printing sequential color section from a donor web onto a receiver sheet while the donor web and receiver sheet travel in forward or reverse directions relative to a printer head. A first colored image is formed o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212229 | Digital camera providing image processing for an attachable printer A system wherein already-existing computing and memory resources in an electronic camera are used to process an image for printing. Rather than duplicating, in printers, computing and memory resources that are already in digital cameras, significant computing and me... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209624 | Apparatus and method for illumination of light valves In an illumination system the radiation from one or more laser arrays is directed into a light pipe. The light pipe mixes the individual radiation contributions from the laser arrays and forms a uniform illumination line. The pointing direction of each of the laser ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202838 | Viewing device A viewing device and method are provided for use with an image transparency having an associated tracking memory. The viewing device has a display adapted to present at least two illumination patterns, a reader device for obtaining data stored in a tracking memory o... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187858 | Camera and method for operating a camera based upon available power in a supply In one aspect of the invention, a camera for use with a power supply is provided. The camera has a voltage detecting circuit adapted to detect a voltage level at the power source and to generate a voltage level signal. An image capture system is also provided and pe... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7167630 | Beam shaper and imaging head having beam shapers Beam shapers, imaging heads formed using such beam shapers and methods are provided that are adapted to shape a light beam for use in imaging. In accordance with one method described herein a light beam is received and the light beam is reflectively scrambled to for... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7109986 | Illumination apparatus A viewing device is provided for viewing at least one image transparency having an associated tracking memory. The viewing device comprises an illumination device having at least one viewing surface adapted to present at least one illumination pattern, at least one ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097269 | Proofing head and proofer printer apparatus The present invention discloses a proofing head apparatus and a proofing printer for generating a proof. The proofing head assembly comprises a color light analyzer and a color printhead joined by a housing to align the color light analyzer and to direct both the pr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091974 | Method for selecting and displaying a subject or interest in a still digital image The present invention is in the field of digital imaging. It relates to a method for determining the coordinates of a subject of interest in a digital image, so as to be able to then display this subject of interest on the screen of a terminal with low display capac... | 08/15/2006 |
