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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439993 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus To provide an image processing method including at least an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein a laser beam is parallel light and wherein the laser scanning speed for the peripheral region surrounding the central region of the optical axis of th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432913 | Touch panel, film therefor, and protection sheet therefor that can extend the life cycle of the touch panel A touch panel includes a membrane adapted to receive a pressing and/or rubbing operation from an external pen. A transparent conductive film is disposed with respect to the membrane. The membrane includes a structure that suppresses generation of friction heat due t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7391426 | Method and apparatus for adjusting alignment of image forming device A method and apparatus for adjusting the alignment of an image forming device using two thermal heads, wherein the method includes the steps of (a) printing first and second predetermined patterns on the medium by using the first and second thermal heads, respective... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7338156 | Alignment of recording material in a printing device A sheet of recording material is fed along a sheet guide defining an at least partially curved transport path until a leading edge of the sheet contacts a first of at least two alignment pins defining an alignment line and sheet feeding is continued until the leadin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324237 | Image recording apparatus correcting the image recording position based on the detected result of the recording material This invention relates to an image recording apparatus provided with a transporting unit transporting an image recording material whose shape has at a least one side in a predetermined transporting direction; an image recording position detecting unit detecting a po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321376 | Thermal printer A thermal printer is provided including a cable which connects a main board and a recording head to form an image on a print medium by heating both surfaces of the print medium. The thermal printer includes a rotating unit rotatably installed within a frame. The the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7230900 | Optical disk apparatus and computer readable recording medium storing program An optical disk apparatus for forming an image on an optical disk according to dot data which defines density of dots of the image, the optical disk apparatus includes: a framing unit which makes a frame data by grouping a plurality of unit data, wherein when the do... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7186206 | Therapeutic method and device therefor A therapeutic device (10) is formed to have an area (11,12,13) upon which marking instruments (26) may be used to form a design. A subject (25) may use the area to form a design of a person that causes stress to the subject. The subject c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184069 | Image-erasing apparatus and image-erasing method An apparatus for erasing an image formed, on a medium, with an erasable image-forming material by heating the medium includes a heating unit for electrically heating the image formed, on an medium, with an erasable image-forming material, at a predetermined temperat... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7145588 | Scanning optical printhead having exposure correction A printing apparatus 10 exposes an image onto a photosensitive medium 14, having a printhead 20 with a linear array of exposure sources 40, each exposure source 12 operable at a variable intensity. A shuttle mechanism 16 mov... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7073446 | Ensuring the repeat length to remain the same in a semi-rotary die cutter or printing press A semi-rotary unit for continuously cutting or printing articles from sheets or from a continuous web, includes a rotary cylinder for supporting about its circumference a removable plate and defining a cutting or printing station, a conveyor for sequentially conveyi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062620 | Dual power bus data storage system A data storage interface for coupling data between processors and a bank of disk. The interface includes a plurality of first directors coupled to the processors and a plurality of second directors coupled to the bank of disk drives. A cache memory is coupled betwee... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054039 | Fax confirmation device A method and apparatus for placing an indelible mark on each page of a document which has been sent by FAX. The sender's FAX machine applies a clear/transparent chemical or ink message on the surface of the document which contains information such as the FAX machine... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6975047 | Temperature-based cooling device controller apparatus and method A temperature-based cooling device controller is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The temperature-based cooling device controller includes a register to store a threshold temperature value, a thermal sensor, and clock adjustment logic t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6860658 | Ribbon wiper Disclosed herein is a ribbon wiper that is disposed within a ribbon cartridge. The ribbon cartridge can contain a ribbon and be employed by a thermal printer. The ribbon wiper is capable of removing debris and other contaminants from a printhead surface of the ribbo... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6819346 | Apparatus for and method of recording images An image recording apparatus records an image on a printing plate wound around a rotating drum with a light beam emitted from an exposure head. In the image recording apparatus, an actual drum rotational speed Nx is recognized, and the image is recorded on the print... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6677273 | Erasable recording material capable of inputting additional information written thereon and information recording system and information recording method using the recording material An erasable recording material including a substrate, and an erasable recording layer which is formed overlying the substrate and in which image information is repeatedly recorded and erased, and optionally includes an undercoat layer formed between the s... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6152620 | Processing method for rewritable card and processing apparatus for the same Disclosed is a processing apparatus for a rewritable card having a printing layer made of a heat-reversible recording material on which erasing/printing processes of images are repeatedly performed while traveling the card in a processing direction. The a... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6090748 | Reversible thermosensitive recording material and recording method and recording apparatus therefor A reversible thermosensitive recording material which includes a recording layer including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting coloring developer and in which an image is reversibly formed and erased by appropriately heating and ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6071024 | Ink ribbon positioning system The present invention relates to an ink ribbon positioning system of a color printer for identifying a position of a color ink ribbon of the color printer. The ink ribbon is windingly installed inside an ink ribbon box comprising a plurality of dye blocks... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069709 | Bi-directional printing with overlap using both breaks and transition regions An apparatus for bi-directionally rendering an image includes a bi-directional printer (10) having an input (12) which receives data corresponding to the input image. A printhead (14), in accordance with the data, renders the image on a medium (M) in swat... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5884293 | Postage meter and method of forming franking indicia on mail Apparatus and a method of forming a franking indicium on a mail item is disclosed. An area of ink is deposited on the mail item at a first station and at a second station the deposited ink is selectively removed to leave a required franking indicium on th... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5786838 | Self-erasing thermochromic writing board and system A self-erasing writing system includes a writing surface structure, a writing instrument, and an erasing structure. The writing surface is preferably a laminate structure having a layer of a thermochromic material. The thermochromic material is of one col... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5683189 | Thermal printer with erasing function using thinned heating energy generating patterns A thermal transfer printer with an erasing function for recording data by use of heating energy. Included are a signal generator to generate a signal to instruct the erasure; a heating energy generator; a memory in which generation patterns of heating ene... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5635319 | Image formation method using reversible thermosensitive recording material There is disclosed a method of successively forming and/or erasing images selectively in different portions of a recording layer of a recording medium which comprises a reversible thermosensitive recording material capable of recording images and erasing ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5538822 | Image erasing method A method of erasing images recorded in an image recording medium capable of recording images therein and erasing the same therefrom by application of heat thereto includes the step of applying heat to both a front image bearing side and a back side of the... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5529408 | Thermal transfer recording method including preheating thermal transfer recording medium A thermal transfer recording and correction method, in which a thermal transfer ink layer is placed in contact with a transfer-receiving medium and is heated by heat generating elements of a thermal head in a pattern corresponding to a recording signal, i... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5502465 | Image reading and recording apparatus using a stimulable phosphor sheet and a thermosensitive recording medium An image reading and recording apparatus has a first feed system for feeding an image-bearing sheet with image information recorded thereon to an image reading and recording device, and a second feed system for feeding a thermosensitive recording sheet to... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5453765 | Thermally reversible printing system with ambient temperature compensation A printing system for recording and erasing a visible image onto and from a recording medium presenting two states, recording and erasing, by different heating processes, comprises a temperature sensor for sensing ambient temperature, a thermal head, a ci... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5436643 | Method and apparatus of recording images on recording medium capable of repetitive recordings, using various recording energies An energy computing section computes recording energy when target pixels are mark dots or computes erasing energy when target pixels are space dots. A reading section reads out recording-number information specifying recording times from the magnetic reco... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5424764 | Thermal recording apparatus for recording and erasing an image on and from a recording medium A printing system for recording and erasing a visible image on/from a recording medium being changed between transparent and non-transparent states depending on a heating temperature. A thermal recording device which includes a section for electrically en... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5422663 | Image formation and erasure on and from scattering-mode light-modulation device An image formation apparatus using a recording medium including a scattering-mode light-modulation member which takes an opaque state in response to a heat and takes a transparent state in response to an electric field. The apparatus comprises an electrod... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5376951 | Thermal transfer printer and ribbon cassette for use in the same A thermal transfer printer in which printing is performed by melting ink from an ink ribbon and transferring the molten ink to a printing sheet, and which is capable of erasing printed characters as desired by attaching the transferred ink to the ink ribb... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5315318 | Image formation and erasure on and from scattering-mode light-modulation device An image formation apparatus using a recording medium including a scattering-mode light-modulation member which takes an opaque state in response to a heat and takes a transparent state in response to an electric field. The apparatus comprises a heater an... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5274460 | Method of and apparatus for rewritable recording and erasing and rewritable recording film In a rewritable recording apparatus using a recording medium 1 having a recording layer which exhibits a color developing property when a first kind of heat energy is applied thereto and a tone reducing property when a second kind of heat energy is applie... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5269866 | Thermal transfer material and thermal transfer recording method A thermal transfer material comprising at least a support, a first ink layer, a second ink layer, a third ink layer and a fourth ink layer disposed in this order on the support, wherein the first ink layer predominantly comprises a water-soluble polyester... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5269865 | Thermal transfer material and thermal transfer recording method There are provided a "self-correctable" thermal transfer material and a thermal transfer recording method using the transfer material. The thermal transfer material comprises a support, a first ink layer, a second ink layer and a third ink layer disposed ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5231505 | Rewritable recording display apparatus and method of erasing record A rewritable recording/display apparatus using a rewritable recording medium in which color development reaction occurs by thermal energy at a predetermined temperature, and in which a color extinguishing reaction occurs by thermal energy at a temperature... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5208607 | Thermal recording method using drive signal pulse widths changed at time intervals within thermal head temperature measuring time intervals A heat-sensitive recording method of performing a thermal printing at variable printing time intervals by a thermal head in a facsimile apparatus. The method includes the steps of determining a pulse width corresponding to a thermal head temperature, from... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5199805 | Image recording apparatus and ink sheet cassette applicable therein A thermal transfer recording apparatus capable of image recording and image correction using a self-correction ribbon. In image recording the ribbon is lifted off from the recording sheet immediately after heating, while in correction the ribbon is lifted... | 04/06/1993 |
