Abstract: A facsimile machine uses cut sheets ofrecording paper of a predetermined size. If data to be recorded requires a cut sheet of paper of a size larger than the cut sheets of paper of the predetermined size set in the facsimile machine for use, then upon completion of recording part of the data on one of the cut sheets of recording paper of the predetermined size, a predetermined number of lines recorded at the end of the one of the cut sheets of paper are once again recorded at the beginning of the next following cut sheet of paper prior to recording of the following portion of the data to be recorded. In this manner, since that portion of data, which is divided between the two consecutive pages, is recorded twice in accordance with the present invention, no information will be lost even if the data to be recorded is significantly long.

Abstract: A movement of a small picture block in a frame of video signals is provided by recursively applying a gradient method to a picture block in a present frame and a preceding frame to provide a series of sub-movements until said sub-movement decreases less than a predetermined value, and the resultant movement is obtained by the sum of the sub-movements. The present invention provides high accuracy in estimation of movement of a block in a picture as compared with a conventional gradient method, and is attractive in hardware implementation.

Abstract: A method and system for compressing television video signals for digital transmission allows full motion pictures to be transmitted. The analog signal is digitized and stored in a memory A in consecutive pixel value locations. The values of the color components of each pixel value are summed and stored in a memory B. In the second frame, the sum of each pixel value is compared with the sums stored in memory B. If the difference is greater than a filter number, then that particular pixel is transmitted by the control computer. The total number transmitted for each frame is compared to a maximum allowable data rate, and the filter number is adjusted accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for composing patterns of predetermined less-frequently-used Chinese characters using an information processor, causing the memory occupation to be significantly decreased and the composing speed to be significantly increased and, furthermore, causing the Chinese character to be exactly, ornamentally generated. In accordance with the method and system, a first memory section stores patterns of frequently-used characters and a second memory stores command data. The command data is processed to obtain two patterns from the first memory section, one of the two patterns yielding a first pattern part and the other of the two patterns yielding a second part. The two pattern parts are then used to compose the patterns of less-frequently used Chinese characters.

Abstract: In a facsimile recorder a traversing print head is detachably coupled to a cable by a ball on the cable which is seated on the print head by a spring detent with camming ramps which allow automatic disengagement and reengagement of the ball and head and also rotation of the ball in the seat of the head.

Abstract: A method for measuring body fluid constituents and storing the test data, which stores the measurement data of body fluid constituents measured by means of a small-size, light-weight, portable analyzing apparatus and a solid reagent, in the memory circuit of the apparatus, and after the required or specified number of measurement data has been stored, delivers the data into an external device. The external action data can also be stored. A method of controlling and processing the test data of body fluid constituents which stores one lot of data groups of each apparatus in an external unit together with the data for identifying the patient and displays the measurements of each patient calculated from one or a plurality of data groups of each analyzing apparatus in digital or analog form.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for automatic and/or manual adaptive bandwidth compression of telemetry.An adaptive sampler (16) samples a video signal from a scanning sensor (12) and generates a sequence of sampled fields. Each field and range rate information from the sensor are then sequentially transmitted to and stored in a multiple adaptive field storage means (22). The field storage means (22) then, in response to an automatic or manual control signal, transfers the stored sampled field signals to a video monitor (24) in a form for sequential or simultaneous display of a desired number of stored field signals.The sampling ratio of the adaptive sample (16), the relative proportion of available communication bandwidth allocated respectively to transmitted data and video information, and the number of fields simultaneously displayed are manually or automatically selectively adjustable in functional relation to each other and detected range rate.

Abstract: The capability of varying sizes of a dot in a printer is fully exploited to provide a gray scale image of superior quality. Errors in gray level are used to modulate the sizes of the dots in producing the image.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming device wherein a half-tone pattern having a recording portion and non-recording portion is formed on a recording medium, a value corresponding to the image density of the half-tone pattern is detected, and a high quality half-tone is obtained by controlling image signals by the above detection output or quantization means for the binary or multi-value conversion of image signals.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for computer composition of Nastaliq script and similar Ruka'ah script of the Urdu group of languages (Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi) in full conformance to rules of a script. Basic constituent elements of the characters of scripture are stored in a computer memory and these elements in response to user command are joined with each other, as required, to compose scripture according to a set of rules defined and stored in a rules dictionary. Combinations of characters that do not conform to the general rules contained in the dictionary are treated and executed as exceptional cases by the computer program. Moreover, an efficient mapping of Urdu characters to the existing QWERTY keyboard is achieved by matching character frequency of occurrence to finger agility, by pattern recognition features of similar characters, and by rationalizing the overall finger workload.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring EKG information includes a programmable apparatus carried by an ambulatory patient for performing continuous, real-time analyses of EKG information derived from the patient. The apparatus facilitates the determination of the existence of various conditions based on these analyses which portend cardiac complications including myocardial ischemia, and arrhythemia activity and further instructs the patient on the manner of treatment required for the detected condition.

Abstract: A system for coding video signals e.g. television signals in block units is disclosed. The coding system comprises a synchronization detector for detecting a frame synchronization from the video signal, and a block former operative to divide the video signal in block units per a predetermined number of lines by using a picture frame synchronization signal detected by the synchronization detector as a reference. When the number of lines included in a block immediately before the subsequent picture frame synchronization signal is less than the predetermined number of lines, the block former designates the block as an ineffective block.

Abstract: A coded picture signal re-quantization system, in which a parameter such as a variance or a mean value of picture element values in a region to be re-quantized is calculated on the basis of sub-sampled picture element values and, according to this parameter, a quantizer is adaptively varied for each region and, further, quantization of thinned-out picture elements is performed or stopped as required, thereby effecting conditional re-quantization.

Abstract: From a high definition television signal of a field are derived basic pixels whose number is a quarter of the whole number of pixels of an original image, motional areas in the image are detected by comparing the basic pixels in the relevant field with corresponding basic pixels in the preceding frame, pixels in the motional areas are selected as additional pixels together with information representing positions of additional pixels in the image, and the basic and additional pixels and the position information are transmitted in time division multiplex mode in such a manner that the basic and additional pixels can be separated from each other at a receiver end without the position information.

Abstract: A system for forming an image on the outer surface of a plastic card and for correlating image data with corresponding alphanumeric data, comprises a data acquisition subsystem shown in FIG. 1, an encoder shown in FIG. 2, an exposure station for scanning an electrophotographic medium in accordance with digital image data generated by the data acquisition system, and a toning station for toning the electrophotographic medium to produce a toner image. The encoder forms identifying information corresponding to the alphanumeric data on the card and provides the encoded card to an image transfer station. At the image transfer station, the toner image on the electrophotographic medium is transferred to a portion of the card through heat and pressure. A protective layer is placed over the fused toner image.

Abstract: A printer has print paper feed means, print means for printing on the print paper, a memory for supplying a print data to the print means and input means for inputting a temporary stop request for the printer. When the temporary stop request is issued during the print operation, the data is continuously outputted from the memory means until the print operation to the print paper already fed is completed, thereafter outputting of further data is inhibited and the printer is stopped after the print paper has been ejected.

Abstract: An imaging method and apparatus having a new and improved data filter. In one application of the invention computed tomography number inaccuracies are avoided by use of a new filter function derived from discrete points of a truncated spatial domain convolution filter. The points from the truncated convolution filter are fourier transformed to yield a ramp filter with ripple in the spatial frequency domain. Data from a CT scan is filtered with this new filter function and back projected to produce images that do not exhibit CT number inaccuracies.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for thresholding the luminance component of color picture elements (pels) prior to compression. The method is most effective when used with discrete color images, such as documents having areas of nominally constant color. The method uses spatial information rather than histogram information to threshold the image data. Each scan line is defined as having a series of pel runs. A pel is considered to be in a run if its luminance is within a certain range of an average luminance based on preceding pels. Each run may end in a transition region wherein the luminance of each pel differs from the luminance of the preceding pel by more than a predetermined amount. Where a transition region is found, a local threshold is set based on the average luminance of the preceding run and of the following pel. All pels in the transition region are assigned a luminance value equal either to the average luminance of the preceding run or the actual luminance of the following pel.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement of a control system for a combined weighing apparatus which in more detail includes a plurality of measuring hoppers supplied with products to be measured from transfer means for measuring weights of the products to select a weight equal to or near to a set weight from any combinations of the measured weights, and more particularly to an improvement of a condition-setting system and a measuring hopper combination-selecting system capable of remarkably facilitating setting of data of set weight, transfer conditons and the like by means of the condition-setting system when products to be measured are changed and capable of shortening the time for selecting a combination of measured values so as to enable the combination operation to speed up.

Abstract: A system for optically scanning copy and engraving a printing plate, having a carrier for a plurality of sets of copy and a plurality of optical scanners, one for each set of copy, a scanner having an electrical signal output representing the scanned copy, a plurality of engravers one for each of said scanners, responsive to an input signal to engrave the printing plate to produce copy, an improvement wherein a circuit interconnects the output of each scanner with the input of the associated engraver, a circuit having a plurality of transfer functions, each transfer function matching a characteristic of the set of copy scanned by said scanner, and means are included for selecting for each scanner and associated engraver one of the plurality of transfer functions for said circuit.