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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165892 | Downhole fiber optic wet connect and gravel pack completion A downhole fiber optic wet connect and gravel pack completion. In a described embodiment, a system for making fiber optic connections in a subterranean well includes a first fiber optic connector positioned in the well and a second fiber optic connector operatively ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128382 | Calibration of a multilevel inkjet process A multilevel printing process can be calibrated by: measuring a small number of recorded patches obtaining data points characterising the printing process, modeling a gradation of the printing process with a model curve incorporating different gradation behaviour of... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7060342 | Recording medium and image-forming method employing the same Provided is a recording medium comprising an ink-receiving layer provided on at least one face of a base material, wherein a surface of the ink-receiving has the maximum specular glossiness within a measurement angle range of from 20° to 60°. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7031020 | Image processing method, apparatus and controller An image forming apparatus and method in which a controller is capable of executing image processing of its own are disclosed. The controller has an RF unit for processing image information, a halftone image processor, a density corrector and a patch generator. The ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012716 | Image recording apparatus, image recording method, and calibration system of image recording apparatuses An image recording apparatus has a converting device which converts a first image signal into a second image signal by employing an image signal converting condition, a recording device for recording an image by signal values of the second image signal, a measuring ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6927018 | Three dimensional printing using photo-activated building materials The present invention provides a method, article of manufacture and system for fabricating an article using photo-activatable building material. The method includes the steps of applying a layer of the photo-activatable building material to a preselected surface, sc... | 08/09/2005 |
| 5825404 | Flaw recovering apparatus for optical recording medium A flaw recovering apparatus for an optical recording medium comprising a liquid tank for applying refractive index matching liquid onto a recording surface of an optical card to form a refractive index matching liquid layer, a liquid applying roller, a fi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5328822 | Apparatus and method for sedimentation based blood analysis An apparatus and process for accurately determining settling data for the settling of erythrocyte cells from a plasma fluid in a test specimen of blood. The apparatus includes a settling tube, a sensing assembly movably mounted proximate the settling tube... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5276459 | Recording apparatus for performing uniform density image recording utilizing plural types of recording heads The present invention relates to image recording apparatus for performing image recording on a recording medium by using plural types of recording heads, each having a plurality of recording elements comprising an array. A test pattern forming unit for fo... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5246866 | Method for transcription of a DNA sequence A DNA sequence transcribing method involves labeling a DNA fragment with a fluorescent substance, subjecting the labeled fragments to electrophoresis, exposing a gel containing the DNA fragment to light during electrophoresis, and detecting fluorescence g... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5159349 | Recording apparatus which projects droplets of liquid through generation of bubbles in a liquid flow path in response to signals received from a photosensor A recording apparatus for recording an image sensed by a photosensor comprises an inlet for accepting a liquid to be delivered to an outlet orifice through a liquid flow path. Liquid is supplied to the inlet for flow through the liquid flow path to a heat... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5053789 | Optically-switched thermal printhead system A scanning mode printer operates with an array of heating elements and corresponding photoelectric elements coupled in parallel so that a modulated laser beam scans in line fashion the photoelectric elements to respectively activate each heating element i... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4977459 | Ink-jet recording apparatus with mechanism for automatically regulating a recording head An ink-jet apparatus in which a recorded image is read to provide a image reference signal for comparison with an image recording signal, the resulting comparison being used as a basis for diagnosing an ink injection state of a recording head nozzles in o... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4973123 | Electro-optical rotary coupling suitable for tape scanners A device for transmission of signals between a stationary element and an element rotating about an axis (8), such as the headwheel (20) of a videotape apparatus, features optical transmission. At least two opto-electrical converters such as photodiodes (9... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4971414 | Optical information record/read apparatus An optical information record/read apparatus comprises a light source for emitting light, a converging optical system for converging the emitted light from the light source on the optical record medium so that the converged light is reflected by the optic... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4909616 | Optical system for recording and reproducing an optical information medium Generally, in an optical system for recording and reproducing an optical information medium, a semi-conductor laser is used as a light source, an approximately parallel luminous flux is obtained by a collimator lens, and thereafter it is converged on a re... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4861128 | Optical pickup using a waveguide An optical pickup comprising a semiconductor laser, a first waveguide for leading light emitted by the semiconductor laser to recording medium and coupling again light returning from the recording medium; splitting element for separating the light returni... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4835544 | Printing and packaging system and identifying an item of printed matter In a high volume printing and packaging operation, stationery is fed by document feeder 10 to a laser printer 14. The printer prints both text and discrete identification code on the page both text and code being supplied from a system controller 16. The ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4607267 | Optical ink jet head for ink jet printer An optical ink jet head for an ink jet printer irradiates a photochemically reactive substance by an active electromagnetic wave to generate gas so that ink is ejected by the pressure of the gas. In optical communications, optical signals transmitted by o... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4575808 | Method of recording densitogram representing densities of fractionated substances A method of recording a densitogram representing densities of albumin, 댑 -globulin, 댒 -globulin, ଲ-globulin and γ-globulin in an electrophoresis is disclosed. In order to display the densitogram representing the ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4566793 | Recording apparatus for a spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer to draw time changes of a plurality of spectrophotometric data by one recording pen. The spectrophotometer has a plurality of sample cells for accommodating samples to be optically measured and for enabling repeated optical measurement... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4511986 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously recording multiple FT-IR signals A method and apparatus for simultaneously recording multiple Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) signals using an interferometer. The analog signals are coupled to switching means which is operable in response to a first control signal for synchronizing th... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4492966 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording unit having a plurality of dot forming portions disposed in a plane, a carriage which moves incrementally in a direction normal to the plane of dot forming portions, and a laser generator mounted on the carriage.... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4358203 | Apparatus for analyzing and evaluating tests in a plurality of wells An apparatus is described with which a plurality of microbiological tests made in wells located in a pattern of rows on a tray can be conveniently analyzed and evaluated. A housing is formed with a tray analysis section and over which an arm is mounted to... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4338033 | Densitometer A densitometer comprising a recorder so adapted as to be capable of recording a set of analytical data obtained with a photometric system twice at a definite recording interval, an index arranged at a position apart by a distance equal to said recording i... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4283732 | Recording system with inter-line space positioning means A recording sheet is successively fed in the abscissa direction by means of a sprocket. The recording sheet is previously printed with ruled lines with a predetermined inter-line space in the ordinate direction thereof. The sprocket is driven by a pulse m... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4242730 | Single scan microprocessor-controlled densitometer A microprocessor-controlled densitometer system for optically scanning a blood sample or the like and generating an electric analog signal which is a function of the optical density of the scanned sample. The electrical analog signal is processed and conv... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4222630 | Digitally controlled fiber optic recording device A device for recording data on a photosensitive recording support comprises a light beam transmitter, means for modulating the intensity of said light beam in relation with the data to be recorded, a fiber optic transducer with one circular end and one st... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4130824 | Recording analyzer for electrophoretic samples A recorder pen is mounted on the sample scanning stage of an electrophoretic sample analyzer. Movement of the stage scans the sample optically while, at the same time, the recorder pen produces an analog record of the optical analysis. A sample holder is ... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4130784 | Apparatus for compensating ordinate phase lag in a plotting apparatus In a plotting apparatus such as a spectrophotometer having a modifying system which introduces a phase lag between the occurrence of a change in a dependent variable quantity and plotting thereof against an independent variable quantity, in one embodiment... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4116565 | Electrophoretic analyzer with automatic reference circuit An analyzer for electrophoretic samples has a sample stage movable linearly with respect to a source and a detector of analysis energy. During a first scan of the sample, a voltage is produced representing either the minimum detected fluorescence or the m... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4113385 | Transient suppressor network for spectrophotometers and the like There is described an improvement for an apparatus employing a plurality of operational elements adapted to cooperate for producing an electrical signal representing the variation of an ordinate quantity with respect to an abscissa quantity changing at a ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4073621 | Reader recorder for toxic gas concentration tapes A reader recorder which will plot a concentration versus time graph based on stain intensity of a gas sensitive tape. Simultaneously, the device will integrate the area under the curve to obtain the total dosage for the period of time covered by the graph... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4074272 | Spectrophotometer having independently controlled chart scale expansion and chart format selection A variable chart format system for a recorder with a chart print out, the system having a manually selectable switch for simultaneously controlling the abscissa and ordinate formatting independent of scale expansion circuitry normally associated with the ... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4069484 | Defect plotting system High speed writing apparatus, for mapping 1:1 polar plots of disc record defect locations on disc-shaped electrosensitive paper, accepts electrical signals representing defect occurrences from a defect detector which scans the disc record surface in a spi... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4051483 | System for measuring and recording three dimensional configuration of object An encoder for converting a distance to an electric signal is connected with a computer to put a distance signal into the computer. Th encoder is put on a moire pattern obtained by interference between a standard grating and a deformed image of the standa... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4041502 | Sedimentation recorder A sedimentation recorder including an optical tracking head controlled to track the liquid-solid separation boundary in a tube containing a sample of liquid-solid mixture. The tracking head is controlled by a pulse operated servomotor which responds to th... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4037961 | System and apparatus for contour plotting the total luminescence spectrum of a sample A system for plotting the total luminescence spectrum of a sample comprises a spectrofluorometer including excitation and emission monochromator stages having operating wavelengths dependent on applied stepping pulses, and an X-Y plotter having a marking ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4038664 | Recording chart lock In a measuring instrument such as a spectrophotometer which is driven under the control of a dedicated microcomputer and has a provision for wavelength scan, a flow chart lock system is obtained by storing in the random access memory of the microcomputer ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4037960 | Digitally settable selective control for speed of wavelength scan or for time base scan In a recording spectrophotometer the ordinate of the plotter-scriber is controlled by the output of a photomultiplier while the abscissa of the plotter-scriber is controlled by a selectable mode manually adjusted controller. In one mode, the controller fu... | 07/26/1977 |
