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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154768 | Display device and electrical apparatus having such display device An electrical apparatus includes a main body and a display device. The display device has a display panel that moves between a first and second position, and the display device, and a first and second link member. Each of the first and second link members has a firs... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139271 | Printing apparatus for printing in accordance with a stored or a set print condition and control method therefor A printing apparatus and a method of controlling the printing apparatus are provided, which enable the setting of a first mode in which image data received via a wireless interface that wirelessly receives image data from an external apparatus is converted into prin... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8045236 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating background processing of push content Apparatus, and an associated method, for a communication device operable pursuant to a push content communication scheme. An instruction detector detects a message containing a instruction by which to operate upon push content. The message is, for instance, generate... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8009331 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises an inner discharge part which discharges a recording sheet on which an image has been formed, a size determining unit which determines whether or not a size of the recording sheet to be discharged in the inner discharge part is s... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7978375 | Printer for duplex printing with transfer rollers A printer is provided having a print media feed mechanism for feeding print media along a feed path, opposed transfer rollers for simultaneously contacting both sides of the print media as the print media is fed along the feed path, and printheads for printing on th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7957035 | Transport amount correcting method, recording apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon A transport amount correcting method, including: (A) storing in a memory, in regard to a medium of a predetermined size, correction values associated with relative positions of the medium and a head; and (B) when carrying out recording on the medium of the predeterm... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7884970 | Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program Disclosed are an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium and a program, by which an image can be fetched in a size appropriate to a user. An image of a subject picked up by a camera is displayed in a predetermined first range corresponding to... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7773267 | Printing apparatus having scanner function A printing apparatus having a scanner function. The printing apparatus includes: a printing unit to print an image according to an electro-photographic method; a scanning unit which reads image information from a document sheet, and is installed at the upper side of... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768675 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a media sensor that detects a type of a recording paper; a development unit configured to develop an image on the recording paper; a pair of rollers that fixes the image on the recording pa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7652797 | Image processor From a moving image selected by a user, moving image information including a time length of the moving image and the number of change points of clips in the moving image is acquired. Layout data showing a design (the number, size, layout and the like of plural frame... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7561309 | Recording apparatus and recording method To provide a recording apparatus for recording an image on a rotating recording medium, the recording apparatus including: a rotary driving unit which rotationally drives the recording medium; an ink-jet head for ejecting ink onto an image recording surface of the r... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551325 | Multifunctional apparatus Provided is a multifunctional apparatus, which includes a main body, a cover unit, which covers a top of the main body, a scanning unit cover, which is combined with the top of the cover unit and on which an operating panel is formed, an operating panel circuit boar... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7542176 | Reading/recording apparatus and reading/recording control method There is provided 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 recordi... | 06/02/2009 |
| RE40677 | Facsimile machine having printer unit and interface A facsimile machine includes a printer unit for printing out data having a predetermined format, and an interface circuit for converting facsimile image data into recording data having a format in which the printer unit can input the recording data and for supplying... | 03/24/2009 |
| RE40644 | Modular copying system using light wave, electric wave, or sonic wave interconnections A modular copying system including combinations of printer, scanner, and system controller modules formed as independent frames. The scanner module includes devices for image reading, first data I/O and first synchronizing signal generation; the printer module inclu... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7436538 | Dispersed input and output system There is disclosed a dispersed input and output system adapted to instruct the execution of a dispersed divided input operation at a document input and output device, perform control to cause a plurality of document input and output devices other than the document i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436990 | Blood flow dynamic analyzer and its method, and image diagnostic apparatus According to the present invention, a Fourier transformation is executed on a time-concentration curve for an inflow artery and a time-concentration curve for each tissue on the basis of a dynamically acquired tomogram. An inverse filter is then calculated from the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433074 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus that is capable of scanning at a proper speed at all positions on a main scan line without being affected by variations in the characteristics of a f-θ lens, variations in the laser beam wavelength, irregularities in the rotational speed ... | 10/07/2008 |
| RE40435 | Modular copying system using light wave, electric wave, or sonic wave interconnections A modular copying system including combinations of printer, scanner, and system controller modules formed as independent frames. The scanner module includes devices for image reading, first data I/O and first synchronizing signal generation; the printer module inclu... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7385719 | Data receiving apparatus, method and storage medium therefor In case the digital broadcasting wave contains printable contents data, the invention multiplexes a message, a mark or an icon on the display screen of the currently viewed program or outputs an audio message to inform the user of the presence of such contents data.... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382506 | Image reading and recording apparatus An image reading and recording apparatus provided with an image reading portion for reading the image of a document, and an image recording portion for recording an image on a recording sheet is provided with a first stacking portion for stacking thereon a first she... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379218 | Apparatus equipped with removable scanner unit A scanner-equipped apparatus includes a combination of a base unit such as a printer unit, personal computer or word processor incorporating a printer unit and a scanner unit. The printer unit and the scanner unit can operate as automatic sheet feeder type apparatus... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379215 | Parallel scanning and processing system Film may be scanned by routing a film from a reel through two or more scanning systems, scanning the film in parallel using the scanning systems, and creating a scanning operation dataset from the output of the scanning systems. A film scanner may include a multiple... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373083 | Camera incorporating a releasable print roll unit A camera includes a housing. An image sensor is fixed with respect to the housing and is configured to capture images. A print roll unit is releasably mounted within the housing. The print roll unit includes an elongate core, in turn, including a plurality of ink su... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372601 | Modular image processing device A modular image processing device includes a camera module configured to capture images to be printed. A memory module is configured to store data representing the captured images. A printer module is configured to print images from the stored data. The modules incl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372587 | Ordered media jam recovery system and method A printer includes multiple source trays, an output destination, and a media path. The media path couples the source trays to the output destination. Ordered media is loaded within one or more source trays. The printer is configured to automatically recover from a j... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373305 | Accounting apparatus, accounting method, and computer-readable program storage medium for storing program having accounting function A printer performs a printing operation by driving a cartridge to discharge ink. The ink in the printer is billed according to the amount of actual use of ink. In a service center, the head ID is first input. Then, the head ID is verified against the user ID. The am... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372598 | Pagewidth inkjet printer with foldable input tray for interface protection An inkjet printer includes a body defining a print media path along which print media can pass. A printhead assembly is arranged within the body and includes a printhead which is configured to print upon print media passing along the print media path. A print media ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369285 | Method of processing image An attentional portion to be corrected in gradation of an image is specified, and a gradation corrective function with respect to a density of the specified attentional portion is generated. Preset gradation conversion characteristics are corrected with the gradatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369280 | Portable system for capturing images and information A portable imaging system transportable by a user between a first and second location for scanning an image for later production of an image product. The system includes (a) a first and second member movable between an open and closed position; (b) a scanning area a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369256 | Interruption of job in information processing apparatus by means of acquisition and release of resources An information processing apparatus, which attends to inputting and outputting of image data, and processes the image data by performing a job that uses a resource, includes a time-division resource allocation unit which performs the job by consecutively performing ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369152 | Laser marking method In a marking device, by illuminating a laser beam onto an X-ray film which is a light-photosensitive heat-developing photosensitive material, an inner portion of a surface layer is melted, a cavity is formed, and a dot, which projects a surface out in a convex shape... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369264 | Host based printer, host device and printing control method A framework is provided which makes it possible to appropriately determine the printing starting timing, and to start printing, without waiting for the compression processing in the host device to be completed. A host based printer receives compressed data of a prin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367667 | Image forming apparatus with conveying part arranged to allow drying An image forming apparatus has a recording head forming an image on paper by jetting ink, a conveying part conveying the paper to a position opposite to said recording head, and a reversing ejection part provided downstream in a paper conveyance direction with respe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369279 | System and method to restrict copying, scanning and transmittal of documents or parts of documents A document-security system, methodology, resulting secured documents, and related matters, regarding establishing flexible and versatile control over the acts of scanning, copying, faxing, e-mailing, or otherwise reproducing or converting into another data format, s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365886 | Method and apparatus for feeding a document to a device A document feeding apparatus includes a chassis having a plurality of side surfaces and a substantially level upper surface. A feed mechanism is mounted in the chassis. A document entrance passageway is defined by the chassis and substantially enclosed by the chassi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365870 | Methods and systems for page-independent spool file face-up emulation Embodiments of the present invention comprise driver-independent, printer-independent systems and methods for providing collated, face-up printer output. These embodiments may utilize a page-independent spool index file that may be manipulated to produce collated, f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365869 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a first memory for storing image data, a second memory for storing image forming conditions, an image output unit for outputting the image data stored in the first memory under the image forming conditions stored in the second mem... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365871 | Apparatus for capturing, converting and transmitting a visual image signal via a digital transmission system An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily a... | 04/29/2008 |
