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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112120 | Contact details retrieval using a printed medium A system for retrieving contact details using a print medium is disclosed. A sensor module senses data encoded on a surface of the print medium is sensed using. The sensed data encodes a print media identifier which uniquely identifies the print medium, and a two-di... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112072 | Control of a communications device A system for controlling a communications device is disclosed. A printer prints on a surface visual information relating to at least one operation of the communications device and coded data portions. Each coded data portion encodes a region identifier which uniquel... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109621 | Printer with mutually engaging ink cartridge, printhead cartridge and printer body An inkjet printer that has a printer body, a printhead cartridge for installation in the printer body, and an ink cartridge for supplying the printhead cartridge with ink. The ink cartridge has an ink outlet valve and an air inlet, the ink outlet valve engaging an i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111408 | Mobile phone for interacting with underlying substrate A mobile phone device configured for overlaying part of a substrate. The substrate contains a printed hyperlink and coded data identifying a plurality of positions on the substrate. The device includes: a mobile telephone transceiver; an optical sensor for reading t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109611 | Translation to rotation conversion in an inkjet printhead An inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzle arrangements that each have a nozzle chamber and an ink ejection port that is in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber. The nozzle arrangements also have an actuator configured for rectilinear movement, and an ink... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111431 | Printer for printing packaging A printer for printing packaging associated with a pharmaceutical product. The printer determines visible information to be provided on the packaging and an identity associated with the pharmaceutical product. The printer uses this to generate coded data including a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110032 | Solvent-based ink composition for thermal inkjets comprising acetate solvent A solvent-based ink composition for a thermal inkjet printhead. The ink composition comprises: (a) 20-80 wt. % of a compound of formula (C); ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109616 | Cover assembly including an ink refilling actuator member A cover assembly for a cradle unit of an inkjet printer having a body complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and an ink supply and a controller for controlling the operation of the printhead to facilitate printing. The c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112339 | Optically imaging pen configured for calculating accurate nib positions An optically imaging pen for interacting with a printed substrate. The pen includes: a nib for interacting with the printed substrate; an image sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate to provide image data; a processor configured for: (i) identifying tar... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110030 | Method of formulating ink having minimal visible coloration A method of formulating an aqueous ink having minimal visible coloration. The method includes the steps of: providing an aqueous ink formulation containing a sulfonated water-soluble IR-absorbing naphthalocyanine dye having a central metal atom moiety; and adjusting... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104874 | Inkjet nozzle assembly with moving nozzle opening defined in roof of nozzle chamber An inkjet nozzle assembly includes a nozzle chamber comprising a floor and a roof. The roof has a moving portion which is moveable relative to the floor. A thermal bend actuator is configured for actuating the moving portion. The thermal bend actuator includes an ac... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104882 | Duplex printer with intermediate fluid distribution arrangement A duplex printer includes a pair of pagewidth printheads. Each printhead includes a casing assembly defining a channel. At least one elongate support member is received within the channel and defines longitudinally extending fluid passages. The support member furthe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104870 | Printhead maintenance method with purging, ink removal and printing steps A method of purging and printing from an inkjet printhead. The method comprises the steps of: (i) purging the printhead using a purging ink, thereby flooding an ink ejection face of the printhead; (ii) removing the flooded ink from the ink ejection face by feeding a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107114 | Facsimile delivery through interaction with printed document A method of delivering an electronically transmitted document is provided. The method starts by printing, by a printer, a document on a substrate. The document has printed thereon visible user information and invisible coded tags. The user information includes infor... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104871 | Printhead integrated circuit with multiple ink inlet flow paths A printhead integrated circuit (IC) with an array of ink chambers defined by sidewalls extending between a nozzle plate and an underlying wafer substrate, each chamber having a nozzle in the nozzle plate plurality of nozzles, and an actuator for ejecting ink through... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104889 | Print medium with lateral data track used in lateral registration A method of printing onto a print medium using a mobile device with a printhead and sensor, the print medium comprising: a laminar substrate defining first and second opposite faces; and a data track containing first information encoded in accordance with a linear e... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107733 | Method of imaging coding pattern comprising replicated and non-replicated coordinate data A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) operatively positioning an optical reader relative to the surface and capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; (b) sampling and decoding x... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107732 | Method of imaging coding pattern comprising tags with divided x and y coordinate data A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) operatively positioning an optical reader relative to the surface and capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; (b) sampling and decoding x... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101012 | Solvent-based ink composition for thermal inkjets comprising pyrrolidinone solvent A solvent-based ink composition for a thermal inkjet printhead. The ink composition comprises: (a) 20-80 wt. % of a compound of formula (A); ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100518 | Inkjet printer with resilient connection between printhead cartridge and ink cartridge An inkjet printer that has a printer body, a printhead cartridge for installation in the printer body, the printhead cartridge having a pagewidth inkjet printhead structure with an array of nozzles, a plurality of ink cartridges for supplying ink, each of the ink ca... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100506 | Printhead assembly with ink leakage containment walls for nozzle groups A printhead assembly comprising a substrate defining a plurality of ink inlets; a plurality of nozzle assemblies positioned on the substrate, each nozzle assembly defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with a respective ink inlet and a nozzle opening from ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101438 | Method of fabricating printhead integrated circuit with backside electrical connections A method of fabricating a printhead integrated circuit configured for backside electrical connections. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a wafer comprising a plurality of partially-fabricated nozzle assemblies on a frontside of the wafer and through-s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100517 | Printer with foaming system for cleaning ejecting face An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an ink ejection face, an ink supply system for supplying ink to the printhead and a foaming system for generating a liquid foam on the ejection face. The liquid foam is a matrix of liquid membranes forming randomly-packed ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100502 | Printer cartridge incorporating printhead integrated circuit A desktop printer includes a printhead cartridge defining an ink reservoir and including a printhead integrated circuit having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements, the ink reservoir and the printhead integrated circuit substantially spanning a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102561 | Method of playing and controlling video using handheld display device A method of controlling video playback using a handheld display device having a touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image dat... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103133 | Method of enabling interactivity to be conferred on a pre-printed graphic image A method of swipe-scanning a graphic image pre-printed on a surface. The method comprises the steps of: (i) operatively positioning a swipe-scanner relative to the surface and swiping the scanner across the surface; (ii) capturing, during the swipe, successive image... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102568 | System for creating garments using camera and encoded card A garment creation system includes a card, a camera and a processing system. The has printed thereon a depiction of a garment and encoded information. The encoded information carries instructions for generating garments pieces corresponding to the garment and manipu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100512 | Printhead having planar bubble nucleating heaters A printhead is provided having a plurality of bubble forming chambers, ejection nozzles defined in the chambers, and heaters disposed in the chambers for heating bubble forming liquid in the chambers. Each heater has a bubble nucleation section of a smaller cross se... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100329 | Method of interacting with printed substrate A method of interacting with a printed substrate. The comprises the steps of: interacting with the substrate using an optically imaging pen having a nib; optically imaging target elements and coded data; calculating a position of the nib; and generating digital ink ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100509 | Printer assembly for a pagewidth printer having a support frame configured to minimize substantial dimensional changes Provided is printer assembly for a pagewidth printer, said assembly having a support frame for supporting a printhead arrangement. The support frame includes an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion separated by an internal cavity, as well as a lower arm port... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102554 | Optical imaging pen having a force sensor Provided is an optical imaging pen configured to detect information encoded with infrared ink on a page. The pen includes a housing with an ink pen cartridge and a stylus. The ink cartridge and stylus are configured to be individually brought forward through an open... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100503 | Printhead assembly with protective capping mechanism The present invention relates to a printhead assembly for a printer. The printhead assembly includes a mounting plate assembly for mounting to a chassis of the printer. An ink ejection printhead is mounted to the mounting plate assembly. A capping mechanism is mount... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103371 | Method of retrieving audio data via coded medium A method of retrieving audio data using a coded medium is provided in which first and second coded data printed on the coded medium is sensed using an image sensor, the first coded data being printed in a linear pattern and encoding a medium identifier linked to the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103307 | Linking an object to a position on a surface A method of generating an association between a software object and a position on a surface is disclosed. The method starts by sensing, by a sensing device placed on the position on the surface coded data at the position on the surface. The coded data at the positio... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096639 | Mounting arrangement with a support and pressure plate for a printhead assembly The invention provides for a mounting arrangement for a printhead assembly having a plurality of modular printhead tiles each having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for printing on a printing medium. Each tile has a flex PCB with which to ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096642 | Inkjet nozzle with paddle layer arranged between first and second wafers An inkjet nozzle includes a first wafer having active drive circuitry together with an ink jet print nozzle formed therein; a second wafer having an ink channel formed therein; and a paddle layer sandwiched between the first and second wafers in a chamber complement... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098285 | Processor for image capture and printing A processor for image capture and printing has a RISC core. A four-way parallel VLIW vector processor is connected to the RISC core via a suitable data cache. The vector processor has four processing units interconnected with a crossbar switch. A memory interface is... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098396 | Handheld display device for playing video associated with printed substrate A handheld display device for imaging a printed substrate and playing video associated with the printed substrate. The device comprises: an optical sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate and for generating image data; a processor for determining interac... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096635 | Duplex printer configured to move printheads before capping The present invention relates to a duplex printer. The printer includes a support assembly and a pair of printheads mounted for movement with respect to the support assembly and configured to each eject ink upon print media. A print media feed mechanism is configure... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096638 | Nozzle assembly for a printhead arrangement with gutter formations to prevent nozzle contamination A printhead arrangement for a printer, the arrangement having a plurality of nozzle assemblies formed on a wafer substrate by means of micro-electromechanical (MEMS) techniques. Each assembly includes an ink chamber with at least one ink supply channel etched into t... | 01/17/2012 |
