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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043016 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium by conveying the recording medium in a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction of a carriage having a recording head includes a first detecting unit mounted on the carriage and configured to d... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7628556 | Inkjet carriage unit, inkjet recording apparatus, and image forming apparatus An inkjet carriage unit is disclosed that includes a main body, a sensor holding part detachably attached to the main body, and an encoder sensor attached to the sensor holding part. ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7334860 | Image forming range varying system of image forming apparatus and method of varying image forming range The present invention discloses an image forming range varying system of an image forming apparatus, and an image forming range varying method, the system is mounted on the image forming apparatus comprising at least two head rows in which ink heads arranged as pred... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7281779 | Apparatus and method for measuring the length change of the feed spindle in an exposer for printing originals Measuring a feed spindle length change in a printing exposer, having at least one exposure head on a carrier moved axially along the drum in a feed direction by a stepping motor and the spindle, carries out the measurement by determining the number of stepping motor... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275883 | Method for stacking tickets in a printer Methods are provided for driving sheets through a transaction-based printer. A sheet drive forwards a sheet through a printing station to a cutting station where the sheet is severed from a spool by a cutter. Movement of a kicker element is coordinated with that of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262523 | Wireless encoder A wireless encoder system facilitates operation and control of a motor, such as linear motor. The system includes an encoder sensor moveable with a first part of the motor. The encoder sensor is operative to sense movement of the first part relative the second part ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260321 | Image recording apparatus The present invention provides an image recording apparatus which has a pack compartment to be loaded with an instant film pack containing multiple instant film sheets stacked together and records images on the instant film sheets contained in the instant film pack ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237858 | Printing apparatus, printing method, storage medium, and computer system A printing apparatus for printing on a medium to be printed includes an ink ejection section for intermittently ejecting ink while moving, wherein the printing apparatus detects a distance from the ink ejection section to the medium to be printed, and controls a tim... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236979 | Menu-less system and method for interactively manipulating and reformatting data entered in a tabular format in a data processing application The present invention is directed at a simplified system and method for manipulating data in a data processing application. The system and method allow the user to manipulate data in a table-like manner without resorting to other data entry screens or windows to def... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7199549 | Feedback parameter estimation for electric machines A method and system for estimating a parameter of an electric machine, including a controller and a switching device, the controller executes a parameter estimation process, which is responsive to at least one of: a current value and a torque command and the resulta... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191680 | Stepping motor direct drive adjustable pedal assembly A pair of first (14) and second (34) pedal levers is pivotally supported for rotation by a support (12). A pair of adjustment mechanisms (21, 41) interconnect the support (12) and the respective pedal levers (14, 34) and inc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188701 | Velocity compensation control for electric steering systems Disclosed herein is a method as well as a system for controlling an electric power steering system. The method includes: receiving a torque signal from a torque sensor responsive to a torque applied to a handwheel; obtaining a motor velocity signal, the motor veloci... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190145 | Method and apparatus for improving speed measurement quality in multi-pole machines A method and apparatus for improving speed measurement quality in systems having multi-pole machines is taught. The method compensates for pole misalignment by computing speed based upon moving average techniques. In one embodiment, a moving average speed averaged o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176954 | Thermal activation device A thermal activation device has a thermal head having heat generating elements for generating heat to heat a thermal activation sheet. A radiator absorbs and dissipates heat generated by the heat generating elements of the thermal head. The radiator has a portion di... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176649 | DC motor control apparatus and recording apparatus When torque of a DC motor is dropped down to zero at a stop position, force is generated by deformation of a member for transmitting the torque of the DC motor. The force moves the driven body which is in the stopped state, which results in a shift of the driven bod... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168039 | Method and system for reducing the horizontal space required for displaying a column containing text data A method and system for reducing an amount of horizontal space required when displaying a plurality of columns on a display screen is disclosed. The at least one column of the plurality of columns has at least one entry containing text data. The method and system in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157878 | Transient compensation voltage estimation for feedforward sinusoidal brushless motor control A method for controlling a voltage mode controlled electric machine comprising: receiving a torque value representative of a desired torque; obtaining a speed value indicative of a rotational velocity of the electric machine; acquiring a phase advance value indicati... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131779 | Actuating control device An actuating control device for use between a printer head and an actuating and transmitting device includes a path planning unit, a feedback unit, a proportional-integral controller and a feed forward controller. The path planning unit issues a position command val... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131782 | Paper edge sensing apparatus and method for borderless printing A paper edge sensing apparatus for borderless printing comprises a first paper sensor mounted in connection with the carrier and the frame in the upstream of a paper convey direction of an ink jet position of the ink jet nozzles to detect sheet edges, and a controll... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126716 | Printer for printing labels, tags or the like A printer which is configured to automatically transmit data, such as critical and non-critical printer data, and route that data through at least one of a plurality of communication channels and services, such as via e-mail or mobile wireless equipment (e.g. an Int... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121747 | Drive controlling method for carriage and computer readable medium including drive controlling program, electronic apparatus, recording apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus A drive controlling method for a carriage which permits absorbing of a vibration caused by cogging, eccentricity of a motor pulley, or the like, without providing a vibration absorbing mechanism; and an electronic apparatus and a liquid ejecting apparatus provided w... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117795 | Method and device for correcting the positional deviation of a conveyed item by adjusting the cylinder's angle rotation relative to the conveyed item To correct the position of a conveyed item (12) in a conveyance system (10), the deviation of the conveyed item (12) from its target position is detected. If this deviation reveals that a correction is necessary, a suitable correction profile Pi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104624 | Fire pulses in a fluid ejection device An fluid ejection device includes nozzles and includes firing resistors which correspond to the nozzles. Each firing resistor and corresponding nozzle are located in zones on the fluid ejection device where each zone has at least one firing resistor and correspondin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101100 | Printer apparatus Provided is a printer apparatus, including: a thermal print head that performs printing by contacting a heat-sensitive color-developing layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet that includes a printable surface made from the heat-sensitive color-developing layer on ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097266 | Image printing apparatus and control method therefor An image printing apparatus is capable of printing an image at various resolutions, such as 300- and 360-dpi systems. To drive a printhead at a printing position corresponding to the resolution of printing data, information on whether to discharge ink separately in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093540 | Method and device for initial adjustment of the register of the engraved cylinders of a rotary multicolor press To adjust peripheral register of engraved cylinders, the positions of a respective angular register mark arranged on each cylinder is measured with respect to a zero reference, and an angular printing mark characteristic of the position of the engraving is associate... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091999 | Thermal printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus including a thermal head, a measurement device that measures a temperature of the thermal head and a controller. The controller controls a printing speed on the basis of the measured temperature as measured by the measurement device, determines ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090342 | Passive ink pump system for an inkjet printer A print carriage and ink supply system for a printer includes: (a) a print carriage adapted for lateral reciprocation along a print medium within a printer, where the print carriage includes at least one print head; (b) an ink pump including an ink inlet in fluid co... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086714 | Method for finding recording-start position A recording start position is obtained effectively with high precision and in a short time. A recording method for recording on a recording medium, includes the steps of: positioning a sensor in a one edge side in a movement direction of the sensor; carrying the rec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078875 | DC motor control apparatus and recording apparatus When torque of a DC motor is dropped down to zero at a stop position, force is generated by deformation of a member for transmitting the torque of the DC motor. The force moves the driven body which is in the stopped state, which results in a shift of the driven bod... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071649 | Active temperature estimation for electric machines A method and system for estimating a temperature of an electric machine comprising obtaining a temperature value responsive to a temperature signal from a temperature sensor, the temperature sensor is operatively connected to and transmitting the temperature signal ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059698 | Method of altering an effective print resolution of an ink jet printer A method of printing using an ink jet printer includes the steps of: defining at least one scan line with a plurality of pixel locations spaced apart at a predetermined print resolution; scanning a printhead across the scan line at a first velocity; printing on the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059787 | Motor control method and apparatus, time recorder having same and impact type printing apparatus An impact printing apparatus is also disclosed with printing pin actuation timing correction dependent upon scanning speed or platen shape, striking duration timing dependent upon scanning rate, or printing pin actuation timing dependent upon stored shift amounts. | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056041 | Encoder strip damage detector A method and apparatus for detecting a damaged encoder strip are described. An encoder strip is scanned in two separate operations at two separate times, a first operation and a second operation. The number of markings sensed in each separate operation is counted. A... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052104 | Electronic device including mechanical module and method for obtaining alternative characteristic values for the device A carriage motor is driven with a predetermined duty value and it is determined whether a carriage is moved. If it is determined that the carriage is moved, a lower duty value is set. If it is determined that the carriage is not moved, a higher duty value is set, in... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029084 | Integrated programmable fire pulse generator for inkjet printhead assembly An inkjet printhead assembly includes at least one inkjet printhead having nozzles and firing resisters. The inkjet printhead assembly includes fire pulse generator circuitry responsive to a start fire signal to generate fire signals, each having a series of fire pu... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021735 | Reduction of color plane alignment error in a drum printer An imaging system including a rotatable device configured for rotation, a memory including an error table having a plurality of error entries and a position detection apparatus coupled to the rotatable device, the position detection apparatus having at least one pos... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7002711 | Image reading device and method An image reading device is operable in a manually placed document reading mode offered by a manually placed document reading section and an ADF document reading mode offered by an ADF document reading section. Reading mode detecting section detects in which mode a d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995534 | Method of controlling the commutation in an electronically commutated motor, and an electronically commutated motor for carrying out said method A method is disclosed for controlling the commutation in an electronically commutated motor (20) which comprises a stator having at least one phase (24, 26), and a permanent-magnet rotor (22), and with which a current limiter (36, 58) and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966713 | Print media edge detection method and apparatus A print media edge detection method including: generating reference data by scanning an edge zone of a sheet of print media using an optical sensor and detecting the amount of reflected light; if the edge zone of the sheet lies in a sensing zone of the optical senso... | 11/22/2005 |
