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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7289250 | [Operating method and changer for optical module/printer module system] A method of operating an optical module/printer module system through a changer such that either the optical module or the printer module is driven. A first module and a second module is defined such that if the first module is an optical module, the second module i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7237485 | Print supply monitoring An identification card printer includes a card input, a card transport, a printhead, and a card output. The card transport is configured to feed a card from the card input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to prin... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142241 | Image pickup device An image pickup device has an image sensor having rectangular light receiving portions arranged in a matrix, and microlenses disposed in correspondence with said light receiving portions, said light receiving portions and said microlenses being formed integrally wit... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7110150 | Transparent media adapter, template, system and method for automated selection of media type and scanning routine A template for a scanning system that comprises a template body and an actuation device for actuating a switch is provided. A transparent media adapter for a scanning system comprising a switch actuatable by an actuation device and an adapter housing having a signal... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7088382 | Imaging optical system, image forming apparatus having the same, and a method therefor An image forming apparatus includes a semiconductor laser array to emit a plurality of laser beams through a plurality of independently controllable laser elements according to an image signal, an imaging optical system to magnify the laser beams emitted from the la... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7018117 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge A ribbon cartridge includes a cartridge housing, a supply spool, a take-up spool, and a supply of ribbon. The cartridge housing includes a supply spool enclosure, a take-up spool enclosure, a pair of ribbon guides, and a gap between the ribbon guides and the supply ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6945524 | Card singularization gate A card singularization gate for use in an identification card printer includes a roller support, a guide roller, and a card stop. The roller support is positioned between a card feeder and the card transport mechanism. The guide roller is supported by the roller sup... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932527 | Card cartridge A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output sl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914698 | Dynamic smart album page layouts in a direct connect printer A method and apparatus are disclosed for printing image files, including a printer, with a receptacle for receiving a memory card for storing a plurality of image files. The printer further includes a user interface for enabling a user to enter selection commands, a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907194 | Camera having continuously cropping viewfinder A camera and method provide image cropping. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of a scene. A vi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6819401 | Exposure method and apparatus An exposure method includes the light incidence step of letting at least a part of light emitted from a light source for exposure use be incident on a mask supported by a supporting device, and the imaging step of forming an image of a mask pattern on a photosensiti... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6768127 | Device and method for wavelength dependent light outcoupling The invention relates to an exposure apparatus, in particular for wavelength-dependent light outcoupling, in which at least one preferably wavelength-dependent mirror layer is located within an exposure beam path of a lamp, which mirror layer is used to divide the b... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6636349 | Reflection and refraction optical system and projection exposure apparatus using the same An imaging optical system includes a polarization beam splitter, a quarter waveplate, a reflection mirror and polarization state changing unit. The beam from an object plane is projected by way of the polarization beam splitter and the quarter waveplate t... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6593996 | System for projecting or displaying images The invention relates to a system for projecting or displaying images comprising a valve exhibiting a plurality of image-forming elements having a light transmission coefficient which can be controlled so as to present the image, and a means of illuminati... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6295116 | Optical scanning system for printer An optical scanning system for a printer includes an optical scanning unit having a deflector divided into a plurality of deflection regions to allow repetitive scanning of light emitted from a light source by rotation, the optical scanning unit for scann... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6229647 | Reflection and refraction optical system and projection exposure apparatus using the same A reflection and refraction optical system includes a polarization beam splitter, a concave mirror, a lens group and a quarter waveplate, wherein an additional waveplate is provided to transform S-polarized light from the polarization beam splitter into c... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5985491 | Reflectors for photolithographic projection and related systems and methods A photolithographic projection system for selectively irradiating a photosensitive layer on a wafer according to a predetermined pattern on a mask is discussed. The photolithographic projection system includes a radiation source which generates radiation ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5982473 | Image scanner In an image reading method which executes a prescan to obtain optimum reading parameters for a main scan prior to a main scan for reading a document image, a document image is read by illuminating the document image by a specific exposure amount for the p... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5956128 | Photo-processing apparatus An enlargement lens is moved to a retracted position by driving a lens moving deck, and temporarily transferred onto a lens storing deck. After the lens moving deck is returned to its initial position, the enlargement lens is rotatably supported on suppor... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5755500 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus is capable of being switched between an observation state in which an image on a recording medium is projected onto a screen and observed and a read state in which the image is projected onto a reading unit and read. The apparat... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754277 | Image forming method and apparatus with detection of focus state over plural areas in an image In an image forming apparatus, an image illuminated by an illumination device is projected on a screen or on a recording medium. The focus state of the projected image is detected by a focus detection unit. At least a part of the focus detection unit is m... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754276 | Exposure control for a reader-printer projection apparatus An apparatus for projecting an original image onto a screen or a photosensitive drum includes a controller for correcting a light amount of an original illumination lamp along a scanning direction of the original image. A light amount correction value of ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5715084 | Reflection and refraction optical system and projection exposure apparatus using the same A reflection and refraction optical system includes a polarization beam splitter, a concave mirror, a lens group and a quarter waveplate, wherein an additional waveplate is provided to transform S-polarized light from the polarization beam splitter into c... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5649026 | Apparatus for detecting marks on documents An apparatus and method is provided for detecting and sorting a document containing an address change request from a group of documents. The apparatus includes a document transport for conveying the document along a selected path of movement. An image sca... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5642181 | Image exposure apparatus An image exposure apparatus switchable between a reader state for projecting an image on a screen for observation and a scan state for scanning exposure of the image, which includes plural scanning mirrors which integrally move on a same line to effect th... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5617183 | Photometric system structure A photometric system structure used in a printer section in which an image of a photographic film is printed onto a photosensitive material through a lens system. The lens system can be removed from an optical axis of light emitted from a light source and... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5515121 | Image projecting apparatus In an apparatus for projecting an image by a projection lens onto a projection surface such as a screen surface or a surface of a recording medium, a prism for rotating the projection image is disposed on the exit side of the projection lens so that the e... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5497216 | Reader-printer A reader-printer typified by discharging a print sheet from a printer unit towards the front surface of the apparatus. The central line of a projection lens is positioned on one side of the apparatus as viewed from the front surface of the apparatus with ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5438434 | Portable apparatus for printing an image on film and displaying the image on a screen A portable apparatus for printing an image on a film or monitoring the image on a display screen. An image generator, such as a CRT, generates a viewable image. The display screen is in optical communication with the image generator and defines a first op... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5436097 | Mask for evaluation of aligner and method of evaluating aligner using the same A mask for evaluation of an aligner includes, on a transparent substrate, a plurality of resistance measurement pattern blocks each including a plurality of resistance measurement patterns which have shapes identical to each other. Resistance values of re... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5416605 | Print control method and apparatus for microfilm reader A print control method for a microfilm reader enlarges a recorded image on a microfilm to the size of an original copy and projects the image on a screen; detects a black frame from an array indicated by image signals which are obtained by being binarized... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5398096 | Automated focus point control device An automated focus point control device wherein the focus point is aligned by adjusting a projection optical unit based on signals outputted from a sensor which detects the light transmitted through a boundary portion of a margin portion and a frame porti... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5376987 | Space-efficient reader printer apparatus In a reader printer, an upper unit for a printer is made to be rotatable toward an upper unit for a reader, both of which are provided on a lower machine box. The upper reader unit includes a screen for displaying an image. The upper unit for the printer ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5365307 | Image projecting apparatus An image projection apparatus switchable between a reader mode in which an image is projected on a screen for observation and a printer mode in which an exposure position is scan exposed to the image for obtaining a copied image comprises a support member... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5351139 | Apparatus for photographing photographed film There is disclosed an apparatus including a guide member for guiding a photographed film, an illumination unit for illuminating the film, a reflection member for reflecting light from the film, a conversion unit for photoelectrically converting light refl... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5343269 | Image printing method and apparatus A method and device for rotating images about an optical axis by changing the direction of a light path by a composite mirror unit having a simple structure. A printing device has a light source for emitting light to an image Xa on a negative film, a prin... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5281992 | Method of producing photographic prints and an exposure means for carrying out said method A method of producing photographic prints in a printer is provided, in which it is possible to adjust at least the color composition of the light to be emitted by an exposure means of the printer, an image of a master photographic image being reproduced o... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5278609 | Microfilm reader and microfilm used therein A microfilm reader capable of printing out a printed image having the extension same as that of the original image recorded in the microfilm at a reduced size without the need of any instruction from the operator or other means. The microfilm used in the ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5218200 | Image scanner with turnable reflecting plate for scanning objects at different locations An image scanner includes a reflecting plate which is turnable to selectively receive reflected light from an object to be scanned which may be positioned at two different locations. An object at one location can be scanned with one resolution while anoth... | 06/08/1993 |
