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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7505181 | 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... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7477423 | Multi-function peripherals A multi-function peripheral includes a casing, a scanning module and a printing module. The casing has a recording media path. The scanning module is located on the recording media path for selectively scanning recording media fed into the casing from the recording ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468816 | Hand-held modular system with printer and memory modules A printer module for a compact printer system has an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and a stationary printhead housed within the body. Two opposing slots are interconnected by a paper path which passes through the body. An ink reservoir within the body pro... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7443549 | Image reading apparatus To provide a technology which facilitates positioning of a document to a document table even in a condition of a vertically placed image reading apparatus and by which operability was improved. It is configured in such a manner that, in case that a document cover | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443547 | Portable electronic faxing, scanning, copying, and printing device A lightweight, battery operated, portable, personal electronic device capable of faxing, scanning, printing and copying media as a standalone device or in cooperation with other electronic devices including PCs, mobile telephones, PDAs, etc. is provided. The device ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7417761 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method for processing document data having a plurality of objects different in attribution Document data is constituted of a plurality of objects different in attribution, and layout information of the objects. Each object is associated with size information indicating a relation between an output area size and an object size when the document data is out... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7391527 | Method and system of using a multifunction printer to identify pages having a text string A method is directed to using a multifunction printer to identify pages of a printed document that have a specified text string. The method comprises electronically converting, with the multifunction printer, a plurality of pages of the printed document to a plurali... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382499 | Media access lamp A multifunction device including a body, a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card and a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein the media card indicator a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7365849 | Portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus A portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus that uses an integrated scan probe for the scanning operation is described. The integrated scanning probe is formed with a light emitting diode array light source and a photodiode detector array. After a test sample finis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7349127 | Reading/recording apparatus, reading/recording control method, program for implementing the reading/recording control method, reading apparatus, reading control method, and program for implementing the reading control method There is provided a reading/recording apparatus which is miniaturized, by having a reading device and a recording device share a moving space on a shared conveying path used as both a conveying path for an original and a conveying path for a recording sheet, and whi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342691 | Inkjet multi-function machine An inkjet multi-function machine having cooperating scanning and printing functions, and more particularly, an inkjet multi-function machine in which a scanner is engaged with a printing carriage to communicate common motion, in addition to providing scanning specif... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333220 | Image forming device providing document reading mode and image recording mode An image forming device providing a document image reading mode, image recording mode, copying mode, recording sheet feeding mode, and recording sheet discharge mode. When interruption of feeding of a document or a recording sheet is detected by a sensor, the curren... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317562 | Image reading apparatus with plural sensor IC chips An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of sensor IC chips aligned in a row. Each of the sensor IC chips incorporates a plurality of light receiving elements. The plurality of light receiving elements successively output image signals as serial analog signal... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310161 | Combined flat bed scanner/printer machine A combined flat bed scanner/printer machine having: a moving body; a scan module connected to the moving body to read a document; and a recording head connected to the moving body adjacent to the scan module, to print on a paper. The moving body is moved by a moving... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290489 | Substrate inspecting apparatus and control method thereof A substrate inspecting apparatus to inspect a substrate printed on by a print head to determine whether a printing operation is being accurately performed includes a camera unit to photograph the substrate before the substrate is printed on and to photograph the sub... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292378 | Image reader The image reader according to the present invention comprises a housing having substantially a box-shape and having an image reading surface contacting a document, a document detecting section provided to this image reading surface for detecting a document P, and an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7286173 | Image sensor and image sensor integrated type active matrix type display device To fabricate an active matrix type display device integrated with an image sensor at a low cost and without complicating process, an image sensor laminated with TFT and a light receiving unit is formed on a light receiving matrix, a display matrix is arranged with T... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7271402 | Optical module and methods for optically aligning and assembling the same An optical alignment method is for an optical module including a housing unit, a light-sensing unit, and a lens unit. The method includes: (a) through image-capturing techniques, finding a light-sensing component of the light-sensing unit and a predetermined referen... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256914 | Optical scanner An optical scanner for scanning a document includes a housing, a glass platform, an optical scanning module and a heat dissipating member. The glass platform is disposed on the housing for placing thereon the document to be scanned. The optical scanning module is di... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248376 | Printer module with a pen-like configuration A printer module includes a body that defines a print media feed path and a feed opening to permit print media to be positioned in the print media feed path. A pagewidth printing mechanism is positioned in the body to carry out a printing operation on the print medi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7215448 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus (A) includes a plurality of light sources (6) arranged in a row, and a hollow portion (14) for guiding light emitted from the light sources toward an image read line (S). The hollow portion (14) is divided by a plurali... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196825 | Printer pen A method and system for generating output from an electronic reading device is based on a detected position of the electronic reading device relative to a predefined address pattern on a specially formatted paper. Based on a periodic detection of successive position... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7156569 | Wall-mounting image processing apparatus A wall-mounting image processing apparatus (A) includes a machine housing (90) mounted on a substantially vertical wall surface (H), and an image reading/writing head (X) disposed in the machine housing. The image reading/writing head (X) includes a substrate... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151622 | Image reading and recording apparatus An image reading and recording apparatus is provided with a carriage having the drive switching gear, which transmits driving power to a reading drive gear train only in a drive switching position. Then, when a reading command is issued, the carriage moves to this d... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148994 | Elongate compact printer module A printer module for a compact printer system has an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and a stationary printhead housed within the body. Two opposing slots are interconnected by a paper path which passes through the body. An ink reservoir within the body pro... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140792 | Swipe digital palm computer with built-in printer A digital palm PC (10) includes a housing, a storage device to store digital text and/or image data, and a printer located within the housing and receiving digital information from the storage device. The printer built into the palm PC (10) casing is c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140793 | Imaging apparatus having a carrier support and drive arrangement An imaging apparatus includes a mid-frame for supporting the sheet of print media. A unitary carrier support frame is positioned above the mid-frame. The unitary carrier support frame defines a first guide member and a second guide member, wherein a longitudinal ext... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133168 | Portable coilable electronic apparatus and method A portable, compact electronic device is disclosed which is adapted for communication with a personal digital assistant. The electronic device includes a housing having an opening adapted for receiving a medium adapted for printing or scanning and at least one coile... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111935 | Digital photofinishing system media cartridge A cartridge for a digital photofinishing system having a digital processor and a printer arranged to receive drive signals from the digital processor; the cartridge being arranged to be mounted removably in juxtaposition to the printer and comprising a roll of print... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106378 | Electronic flash, electronic camera and light emitting head R, G and B LEDs are used as a light source of an electronic flash. Electric energy is supplied to a capacitor to the LEDs. A system controller controls light emitting amounts of the LEDs so that a color temperature of the electronic flash light becomes a color tempe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098941 | Digital camera having a built-in printer An image recording surface of an exposed instant film is held so as to face an optical head module. Read light (white light) emitted from a light source passes a transparent portion of a color-separation filter, a first mirror, a first graded-index-type optical fibe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088475 | Image reading device There is disclosed an image reading device, comprises a stacking section for stacking a document, a reading section for reading an image of the document, a separating section for separating the document stacked on the stacking section sheet by sheet, a conveying sec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083275 | Modular elongate printer A printer for a modular image capture and printing system has an elongate body with connectors formed at opposing ends to engage other modules of the system. A data bus runs along the body and interconnects the end connectors. Slots along opposing sides of the elong... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7046282 | Image sensor and image sensor integrated type active matrix type display device To fabricate an active matrix type display device integrated with an image sensor at a low cost and without complicating process, an image sensor laminated with TFT and a light receiving unit is formed on a light receiving matrix, a display matrix is arranged with T... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042597 | Electric part, optical part, and processing apparatus This scanner head includes a case member (300b) having a first side wall (300f) and a second side wall (300y), an electric circuit board (105) placed inside the case member (300b), a terminal board (3... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042596 | Multifunction apparatus and method of identifying device attached thereto Disclosed is method of identifying a device that has been connected to a multifunction apparatus to which any device of a plurality of types can be selectively attached, wherein the method makes it possible to prevent malfunction if a device is attached or connected... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021845 | Tape printing device A tape printing device is provided with a device body. A cassette holding section is formed on one end side portion in the longitudinal direction of the body. A battery holding section is formed on the other end side portion of the device body. A plurality of batter... | 04/04/2006 |
