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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7193688 | Image forming device capable of reproducing sound, and content reproducing method An image forming device includes a printer engine, a display unit, and a sound reproducing unit. The image forming device receives a list of contents from a content distributing device, and has the display unit display the content list. From the content list display... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193747 | Table creation method, table creation apparatus, storage medium, and program A distortion of a table which causes generation of a pseudo contour is removed. For this, there is disclosed a table creation method of creating a table for performing color separation into coloring material colors in an image forming apparatus, comprising the steps... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193736 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program storage medium An information processing apparatus is aimed at changing the settings of plural items registered on an individual icon or an overall icon to the data to be processed by selecting and designating the individual icon or the overall icon as intended by the user. Each o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193733 | Digital skew correction method and apparatus for multi color printing machine The present invention enables helical scanning of an image and results in a rectangular image, centered on the imaging media with its boundaries parallel to the media edges and/or to the gripper line. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194525 | Method for remotely downloading information for printing The invention concerns a method for diffusing data contained in a computer database (2) in a form that can be easily transported and handled by a user (5). The method comprises steps which consist in: breaking down the data contained in the base (1 | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193734 | Printer and image sensor in a mobile communication device A handheld mobile image sensing and printing device includes a support structure; a color image sensor positioned on the support structure for sensing a color image; a color printing mechanism that is positioned on the support structure and operatively connected to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193738 | Image processing apparatus and method The present invention concerns an image processing device that is connectable to a general-purpose bus of a second image processing apparatus that includes a memory. An image dividing device generates divided images by dividing an original image, and stores the divi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193732 | Command interpretation using rewritable command registers An object of the present invention is to provide a command data conversion device and printing apparatus that can correctly interpret print command data even where the codes or the parameter codes assigned to the commands in the print command data change, or where t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190485 | Method for multilevel printing of digital images using reduced colorant amounts A method for modifying an input digital image having an (x, y) array of pixels, each pixel having an input code value for one or more color channels, wherein said input code value has a nonlinear relationship to colorant amount, to form an output digital image conta... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190487 | Color conversion with hue straightening using multiple look-up tables and interpolation A method of color conversion includes providing a first color domain input signal set having plural input signals; sorting the input signals of the first color domain input signal set according to signal intensity; designing and generating plural 1-D look-up table s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190467 | Print option configurations specific to a service or device for printing in a distributed environment A user can select one or more print options corresponding to a particular printer and associate the set of selected options with a particular name. The user can then identify the set of selected options, by name, when printing to that particular printer, even though... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190481 | Server device, a user terminal, and a method of providing digital contents from the server device to the user terminal An editor server in a server transmits a layout image to a user PC. An image editor in the user PC sets the layout of a print image in accordance with the layout image and an edit command entered by the user through an input device. When the user enters a print star... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190482 | Image data registering apparatus and method, storage medium, and program product A designating picture plane for designating image data to be registered on the basis of specific information read out from a detachable memory for storing image data and the-specific information which specifies the image data is displayed. An area in which the image... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191367 | Storage unit, condition monitoring program product, and condition monitoring program storage medium The present invention provides a storage unit for accessing a storage medium according to a direction from a computer, a condition monitoring program product executed in the computer to which the storage unit is connected, and a storage medium thereof, having a conf... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187465 | Quantity-based print job preparation Computer-implemented methods for assembling multiple individual print jobs into an aggregate print job for printing in a print run quantity. Individual print jobs and a print quantity indicating the number of copies of the individual print job to be primed are store... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187385 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus operates with a high-speed print engine. An ASIC is provided between a graphics port and a peripheral device interconnection port. The print engine is connected to the peripheral device interconnection port. A memory is provided on a si... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184159 | Architecture for printing via the internet A system including a client computer, a printer, and a translation server provides for printing from the client computer using Internet-based translation services. The system effectively transfers printer driver functions and associated resource requirements off of ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185051 | Information device manager, information device management method, and computer-readable recording medium for recording information device management program A group-differentiated route information generator extracts an accessible route according to the group affiliation of a user, and generates a group-differentiated route information table. An output destination automatic selector selects a route of shortest length ba... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180608 | Signature layout for computer printers A method and apparatus is provided for printing an electronic document by automatically printing more than two pages from the electronic document on each side of a sheet of output. The pages that are printed on each sheet of output are automatically arranged in such... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180609 | Printer for printing an interface onto a surface using a complementary ink set A printer for printing an interface onto a surface, the interface including visible text/graphics and coded data, the coded data being indicative of an identity of a region of the surface and of a plurality of locations on the surface, the printer comprising a data ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180616 | Printing system and printing method using the printing system It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide a printing system for printing a Web page and printing method using the printing method that can initiates printing without requiring long wait after a print command is transmitted. The printing method ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180615 | One click printing in a web browser A method and apparatus for implementing one click printing in an application such as a web browser. The present invention exploits the “pull print” method without requiring copying of the URL. An application is enhanced so that when the user clicks on the link f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180621 | Method and apparatus for authorizing printing A print job is received (e.g., by a print server) that has an associated print destination. A determination is made as to a first location associated with a source of the print job. Another determination is made regarding a second location associated with the print ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177035 | Image forming apparatus which accepts printing instruction prior to initialization of the storage section An image forming apparatus is disclosed which includes a power-on section which supplies power, a storage section which stores image data, a printing section which prints image data stored in the storage section, an instruction section which accept an instruction to... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177037 | Method and apparatus for processing print jobs identifying undefined print queues A method and apparatus for processing print jobs on a printing device having at least one named print queue and a special residual print queue. Print jobs sent to a printer that are targeted for a print queue name that has not been defined for the printer are collec... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177038 | Image forming system When image data read by an image reading device are to be transmitted to an image forming device connected to the reading device via a network, confidential transmission can be set. In the case where confidential transmission is set, a password is transmitted to the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177054 | Interactive printer A printer for printing a second interface onto a second surface, in response to sensed coded data received from a sensing device, the sensed data being sensed by the sensing device from first coded data included in a first interface disposed on a first surface. The ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177823 | In-queue jobs information monitoring and filtering A remote monitor technique based on a client/server model is provided for a distributed computing system having a plurality of computing nodes. The remote monitor includes a server application for collecting jobs information on jobs in a queue of the system and a cl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177962 | Multifunctional apparatus having facsimile and copying functions wherein both functions share the same conveying path when reading and printing data There is provide a reading/recording apparatus capable of ensuring that a reading device and a recording device do not collide when the apparatus is miniaturized to thereby protect the reading unit and the recording unit by having the reading device and the recordin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178032 | Peripheral apparatus, server, information processing system, and control method A peripheral apparatus which can communicate with a server via a network has: user interface means for operating the peripheral apparatus; communicating means for performing a log-in to the server; information obtaining means for obtaining operating environment info... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173734 | Intercolor bleed reduction in liquid ink printers A system and method for detecting edge locations where intercolor bleeding would likely be a problem, and reducing the amount of ink printed at those locations. The method operates on image data including a set of pixels with each pixel having multiple separation va... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173718 | Control of distributed printing using data output control module A technique for distributed printing that ensures favorable operability within a sufficiently short time. The procedure first generates intermediate print data and executes the parallel rendering process by time sharing to sequentially convert page data on the first... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170620 | Print job management apparatus The technique of the present invention facilitates execution of proof printing, prior to main printing. In a printing system constructed via a network LAN, a printer PRT includes a job management apparatus that manages statuses of print jobs in conformity with Inter... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170621 | Automatic image data transfer system A system is provided that enables images read by an image data reading apparatus 10 shared by photographing apparatuses 2A˜2D to be confirmed without confusion. Information registration terminals 3A˜3D for registering sheet ident... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170617 | Method and apparatus for determining how to process incoming print jobs The present invention efficiently directs the flow of print jobs and efficiently controls the spooling and printing of print jobs. The multiplexer system analyzes jobs received from client systems through print channels. The multiplexer determines the attributes of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170615 | Image processing device including image data management capabilities An image processing device includes: (1) a scanner unit for inputting image data; (2) an image memory for storing the image data; (3) a machine control board for confirming the characteristics of the image data; (4) a binary image processing section for performing i... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167259 | System and method for merging line work objects using tokenization and selective compression A method, apparatus, and information bearing medium for merging display items in encoded form involve providing display items to be merged in an encoded format, such as a run length encoded format (e.g., modified enhanced run length encoded format). The display item... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167260 | Control of distributed printers using virtual printer driver execute module A technique for carrying out distributed printing from a general-purpose application program. An application program generates print data and issues a print command. A virtual printer driver receives the print command and returns performance information with regard ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167265 | Printing with a plurality of printers It is an object to allow a plurality of printers to print a document without disordering a page order. When a plurality of printers are allowed to print the document, print data is transferred to the plurality of printers so as not to disorder the page order. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164490 | Custom cut image products A method for obtaining custom cut images products by an ordinary unskilled user/consumer wherein the consumer at a first location identifies a subject within a digital image for producing a cut image product. A software program automatically differentiates the selec... | 01/16/2007 |
