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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7819320 | System and method for image analysis pointing-error correction The disclosure relates to a system and a method for light beam interrogation of an optical biosensor and for monitoring a biological event on the biosensor for use, for example, in microplate image analysis. The system and method correct pointing-errors that can be ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7438231 | Method for detecting forged barcodes A method of printing a two-dimensional barcode by tilting the print head, which results in tilted barcode, and methods of detecting various types of attempts to forge the tilted barcode including: (i) a low level forgery that consists of a simple scan and reprint of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7382255 | Medical assistance and tracking method employing smart tags A medical assistance method comprises providing a coded tag that is read and compared for matching a medication, implement, medical device, treatment and/or procedure and providing an indication of a match, e.g., by a visual and/or an audible indication. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370066 | System and method for offline editing of data files A system and method that enables a user to edit a data file offline is described. This system and method can enable a user to edit a data file without the user having to discover or deploy a solution application governing the data file. For security, this system and... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365644 | Method and device for wireless monitoring of system status A method and device for wireless monitoring of system status is provided. The method employs a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder and a RFID reader for transmission of system status. When the system monitoring program executed in the computer device d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325742 | Portable data processing device capable of acquiring images and supporting human hands A portable data processing device capable of acquiring images and supporting human hands includes a portable data processing module and a portable image acquiring module. The portable image acquiring module for scanning a document is mounted on a side surface of a b... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7301718 | Recording errors in tape drives Exemplary tape library architectures and methods for recording errors in a tape drive are described. One exemplar method may be implemented in a processor a tape drive controller. The method comprises receiving, in a tape drive controller, an external identifier ass... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293709 | Detection of tampering of a smart card interface This invention relates to a method (and a corresponding terminal) of detecting a presence of a circuit extending arrangement inserted between a physical interface, connected to a terminal, and a smart card, the physical interface being adapted to receive the smart c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7245281 | Drive circuit device for display device, and display device using the same A drive circuit device for a display device which drives a plurality of source bus lines provided on a display panel includes a driver unit that receives a clock signal, a data signal and a control signal, sequentially fetches the data signal, and generates drive si... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7185816 | Bar code and method of forming a bar code having color for encoding supplemental information A barcode symbol having an encoded symbology is provided with color or shades of gray to add additional information at the time of printing. The color or shades of gray provides the current barcode symbology with a third dimension of information. The color or shades... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182259 | Method and apparatus for applying bar code information to products during production Bar code information is printed on a printable surface associated with a product, such as a label or container of the product, or the product itself, during a production run under the control of a printer computer. The bar code information may include two components... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7111783 | Automated dimensional inspection An automated dimensional inspection system is provided that modifies sensor planning based on real-time measurement feedback. The dimensional inspection system includes a sensor planner, an error map generator, and a sensor affixed to a movable member. The sensor pl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110544 | Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical di... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7085993 | System and method for correcting timing signals in integrated circuits A system and method for dynamically altering a clock speed of a clock signal used for timing of data signal transmissions and receptions within an integrated circuit (IC) device. The system includes a clock generator circuit for providing a clock signal used for tim... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083101 | Bar-code reader and method of reading bar-code A signal obtained by optically scanning a bar code is subjected to differentiation to obtain differential data. Peak-to-peak distances are calculated from the differential data. When a peak-to-peak ΔTx distance is y times of a basic width, frequency f(x,y) will be,... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082562 | Cyclic position codes A method of determining an offset, modulo n, of at least one point with respect to a sequence of at least 2n symbols, the sequence consisting of a repeating codeword of a cyclic position code, the cyclic position code having length n and minimum distance dmin | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080044 | PC-based open metering system and method A transaction evidencing system includes a personal computer (PC) comprising a processor, memory and hard drive, with a plurality of non-metering application programs that selectively run on the PC. An unsecured printer is operatively coupled to the PC for printing ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051922 | Compact bioptical laser scanning system A bioptical holographic laser scanning system employing a plurality of laser scanning stations about a holographic scanning disc having scanning facets with high and low elevation angle characteristics, as well as positive, negative and zero skew angle characteristi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032988 | Certified proofing A certified proofing method is disclosed that includes receiving a printable sheet and automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one component of a proofing process bearing on its quality. The method also includes automatically evaluating at least one... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021546 | Bar-code reader and method of reading bar-code In a bar-code generally number of modules corresponding to each character is seven. However, if the number of modules judged from the data obtained by reading a bar code is, for example, six, the character is demodulated using a demodulation-pattern table correspond... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007847 | Bar-code reader and method of reading bar-code A signal obtained by optically scanning a bar code is subjected to differentiation to obtain differential data. Peak-to-peak distances are calculated from the differential data. When a peak-to-peak ΔTx distance is y times of a basic width, frequency f(x,y) will be,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000835 | Noncontact type IC card and system thereof In a noncontact type IC card, writing of data is executed when a voltage level of an operating voltage generated from a received power wave is a level suitable for the writing of the data to a nonvolatile memory, and it is recognized that the data write operation is... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000843 | Luminescent card device A luminescent card device has a luminescent card and an actuator. The luminescent card has a plastic layer, a luminescent layer, a memory device and multiple printed layers. The actuator is mounted on a corner of the luminescent card and selectively transforms direc... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6965782 | Navigation key for a handset A telephone handset comprises a front surface with a display and a keypad. The keypad includes a group of keys for entering alphanumeric signs and a key for navigating a cursor in the display. The navigation key is placed in the front surface of the phone between th... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961000 | Smart tag data encoding method A method for storing information in a smart tag comprises providing a smart tag having a memory, the smart tag memory having a permanent number stored in a first portion thereof that cannot be changed, and having a second portion in which information can be stored; ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6938822 | Noncontact type IC card and system thereof In a noncontact type IC card, writing of data is executed when a voltage level of an operating voltage generated from a received power wave is a level suitable for the writing of the data to a nonvolatile memory, and it is recognized that the data write operation is... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938244 | Interlaced protocol for smart card application development An integrated circuit (IC) card is presented comprising an input/output (I/O) interface and a smart card development interface (SCDI), coupled to the I/O interface, to receive and identify debug frames interlaced within a normal communication flow between the IC car... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930618 | Encoding method and apparatus, and decoding method and apparatus In an encoding apparatus (10), a code table group exchange judgment unit (12) selects a group of code tables from a plurality of groups of code tables according to the property such as tonality of a spectrum signal D11, and a quantization unit (... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910632 | Data processing and communications device with interchangeable modules A data communications device includes a base unit having a first microprocessor and a data and communication module received by the base unit that includes a second microprocessor and a transceiver. The data and communication module is selected from a plurality of d... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904479 | Method for transmitting data over a data bus with minimized digital inter-symbol interference A method for transmitting data over a data bus with minimized digital control and data inter-symbol interference. The voltage level on the data bus is not permitted to reach the quiescent negated voltage level set by the bus terminator voltage. Additional time is pr... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902113 | Selection of colors for color bar codes A method for color bar codes includes selecting N bar code colors for a color bar code system to be generally distinct from each other given the range of colors that a camera reader is expected to produce given at least one environmental condition in which the camer... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6785845 | POS terminal test system and method A system for testing an application running on a point-of-sale (POS) terminal comprises a host running on a personal computer connected to the POS terminal, and a target running on the POS terminal. The host sends simulated keystrokes, card swipes and the like to th... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6779724 | IC card reader and method There have been a problem that if the capacity of a receiving buffer is small, data cannot be reliably received and another problem that the rate of detection of transmission errors caused by influence of noise is low. The IC card connector comprises a receiving buf... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6722565 | Data code label, a method of decoding data codes, and an optical data code decoding system A data code label including a QR code and an ID tag including a memory having an identification code area and a decode data writing area. A data code in the QR code showing an error in decoding is corrected and stored in the memory in the ID tag while the degree of ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6655588 | Card system, IC card and card reader/writer used for the card system A card system having an IC card and a card reader/writer wherein when data is transmitted and received over a signal line between the IC card and the card reader/writer for reading or writing of the data, a data transmitting side transmits a parity based ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6612491 | Bar code reading for providing improved reading and storage by detecting trash data The present invention relates to a bar code reading method and a bar code reader each suitably used for terminal equipment such as a POS terminal. The object is to perform an improved bar code reading rate and an improved effective bar code storage effici... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6560741 | Two-dimensional printed code for storing biometric information and integrated off-line apparatus for reading same A two-dimensional, high-density, damage-tolerant printed code suitable for encoding multiple biometrics and text for positive off-line identity verification comprises a horizontal header section; a vertical header section; a start pattern; a left row addr... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6547143 | Bar-code reader and bar-code reading method providing display and correction of questionable characters A device and method to read bar-codes in which a ratio of a number of modules is compared to a reference module width character included in a bar-code. The number of modules is rounded up and off based upon the number of modules that includes the error co... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6542645 | Adaptive tracking of dots in optical storage system using ink dots A method of accurately determining the location of dots of sensed image data amongst an array of dots of image data in a fault tolerant manner, said data stored at a high pitch rate on a card and subject to rotations, warping and marking effects, said met... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6523754 | IC card, a method of controlling update of data, a method of controlling restoration of data or messages, and a computer product The IC card sets a status bit, to which an update command including write data is allotted, at a processing start state if receiving the update command from a host apparatus, updates a data region based on control information including information on a pr... | 02/25/2003 |
