Abstract: A method for ringtone, voice, and sound notification of printer status, comprising obtaining status information of a printer, converting it into an audible report, and delivering the audible report. The method is especially useful for visually-impaired users and for shared printers in crowded situations where it is difficult for each user to see the panel or monitor display. The methods also include detection by the events controller, UI manager instructing an audio manager, codec decoding an audio file in firmware and hardware organization; job owner identification information embedded into a print job with a unique tag; user identification sound data embedded in a print job; audible report for multiple jobs in a job queue, with positional information; text-to-speech conversion; unique ringtone melody for each user, comprising department prefix, higher pitch modulation for higher priority, and automatically converting an alphanumeric character into the corresponding note.

Abstract: The inkjet recording apparatus has a color ink recording head to jet color ink toward a recording medium; an invisible ink recording head to jet invisible ink toward the recording medium; and a light irradiating device to irradiate light toward the recording medium to cure the ink. A control section causes the color ink to be jetted then the light irradiating device irradiates the color ink, thereafter the invisible ink is jetted, and finally the light irradiating device irradiates the invisible ink after a lapse of a certain time from the invisible ink jetting.

Abstract: A hand-held camera comprising an electronic image sensor for sensing an image, a photo-width printhead for printing the image onto print media, the photo-width printhead having an array of inkjet nozzles, each nozzles having micro electromechanical system (MEMS) actuator for ejecting ink, a receptacle adjacent the printhead for receiving a cartridge containing a roll of the print media, the print media having a magnetic recording surface, a magnetic recorder for recording associated information on the magnetic recording surface and a battery for powering the electronic image sensor, the photo-width printhead and the magnetic recorder; wherein during use, the photo-width printhead operates on less than 10 Watts.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing a one-dimensional, continuous signal, such as a sound wave, as a printed pattern and for recovering the sound wave from the printed pattern. The method decomposes the one dimensional signal two-dimensional function that is continuous in both dimensions. The two-dimensional function can be printed as a pattern on to a paper substrate using a standard printer. The audio signal is recovered by scanning the pattern and processing the scanned values.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a printer engine, a display unit, and a sound reproducing unit. The image forming device receives a list of contents from a content distributing device, and has the display unit display the content list. From the content list displayed by the display unit, a user of the image forming device selects a print content, a display content, and a sound content that he desires, associates the selected contents with one another to produce a group of the selected contents, and requests the content distributing device to distribute the group of the selected contents. The content distributing device produces the group of contents associated with one another, and distributes the group of contents to the image forming device. The image forming device expands the print content in the distributed content group into print data, and has the printer engine print the print data.

Abstract: A display apparatus (18) capable of sequentially displaying a plurality of annotated image prints (36), each image print having encoded audio data (54) made integral to its back surface (46), thereby providing a convenient way to both display image prints and play back audio data associated with image prints. In one aspect, the display apparatus (18) also records audio data for a plurality of image prints and provides a handwritten means to electronically associate a particular image print with its respective audio recording. In other aspects, the display apparatus (18) also includes means for integrating encoded data (54) with the image prints and recording, storing and playing back data corresponding to a portfolio of image prints. There is also a method of capturing images and corresponding audio messages, integrating the audio messages with the back surfaces (46) of image prints made from the images, and displaying the image prints while playing back the corresponding audio messages.

Abstract: A camera provides a photo (7) printed on print media via printer device (6) under the control of a central processor (4). The photo (7) is a print of an image (5) provided by a CCD sensor (3). The photo (7) includes print media having, in addition, a magnetically recordable medium whereby sound processed by sound chip (10) received from sound microphone (13) and/or processed by central processor (4) can be recorded with magnetic recording head (16) on the photo (7). The photo (7) is printed using an ink jet printer on suitable ink jet compatible print media preferably with the magnetically recordable medium on the rear of the photo (7) and the image (2) on the front surface of the photo (7).

Abstract: A printer 802 is adapted to produce a printed image with an associated sound passage stored on an electronic storage device. The printer 802 comprises an information input for receiving information to define a visual image and also information defining a passage of sound. The printer has a printer element 808 for printing the first information as a printed image 804, but also has a writing element 807 for writing the sound information into an electronic storage device 803 adapted for attachment to the printed image. An appropriate mechanism 805 for attaching the electronic storage device to the printer image is provided at the printer.

Abstract: A camera provides a photo 7 printed on print media via printer device 6 under the control of a central processor 4. The photo 7 is a print of an image 5 provided by a CCD sensor 3. The photo 7 includes print media having, in addition, a magnetically recordable medium whereby sound processed by sound chip 10 received from sound microphone 13 and/or processed by central processor 4 can be recorded with magnetic recording head 16 on the photo 7. The photo 7 is printed using an ink jet printer on suitable ink jet compatible print media preferably with the magnetically recordable medium on the rear of the photo 7 and the image 2 on the front surface of the photo 7.

Abstract: A printer 802 is adapted to produce a printed image with an associated sound passage stored on an electronic storage device. The printer 802 comprises an information input for receiving information to define a visual image and also information defining a passage of sound. The printer has a printer element 808 for printing the first information as a printed image 804, but also has a writing element 807 for writing the sound information into an electronic storage device 803 adapted for attachment to the printed image. An appropriate mechanism 805 for attaching the electronic storage device to the printer image is provided at the printer.

Abstract: A plate with substantially constant thickness is used to compensate for the residual distortion in the image projected by a high-quality projection lens for lithography. The two surfaces of the plate have an identical aspherical profile, whose shape has been calculated using the measured distortion map of the lithographic objective. The figuring process applied to the plate uses the principle of polishing in the presence of an elastic deformation, so as to achieve the desired aspherical shape on both sides.

Abstract: A rotary blade cuts a photosensitive/pressure-sensitive recording medium by when slides in a widthwise direction of the recording medium. At this time, one terminal of an optical fiber moves ahead of the rotary blade while radiating an optical beam on a portion of the recording medium, so that microcapsules of the recording medium in the exposed portion are all hardened by react to the optical beam. Therefore, mechanical stress generated by the rotary blade does not rupture the microcapsules.

Abstract: An image processing/editing section visualizes still images input from an image medium on an image display section. While confirming the still images, the user selects, using an operation instructing section, a code image forming mode for forming, on a first medium on which one of the displayed still images is to be formed, a code image indicative of voice information made to correspond to the to-be-formed still image, or a code image non-forming mode for forming only the still image on the first medium.

Abstract: Both a system and process are provided that utilize infra-red dyes to integrate data in a visually non-perceptible form into a printed, color image. The system operates by first selecting the areas of greatest light absorptivities out of the image to record the data, which may be sound information. Next the system determines a target color for each point on the image, as well as the amount of cyan, magenta and yellow coloring agents that must be deposited at each point to attain the desired color. The system then determines the color component additions that the infra-red dye will add to the darker areas when it is over printed thereon. The system subtracts some of the cyan, magenta and yellow coloring agents for each point in the selected areas prior to printing the image so that the target color is attained after the infra-red dye is printed over the selected areas.

Abstract: A projector is provided with a first lens array, a polarized beam splitter for splitting a beam of light into beams of linearly polarized light components whose polarization axes are normal to each other, a second lens array in vicinity of a position where the beams of linearly polarized light components converge, and a converter for converting one of the linearly polarized light components so as to have the same axes of polarization as the other linearly polarized light components. The polarized beam splitter includes a prism having the following relationship: ##EQU1## wherein .psi. denotes an angle of incidence with respect to the parallel plate, W denotes a width of the first lens, H denotes a height of the first lens, F denotes a focal length of the first lens, and N denotes a refractive index of the prism.

Abstract: A self-contained device for recording data encoded either in visible or invisible form or both on a medium, and for playback of data encoded either in visible or invisible form or both on the medium, the device comprises a case for forming a self-contained housing for the device; a recording portion for recording either or both visible and invisible ink on the medium, or recording either or both visible and invisible dye; and a detecting portion for detecting either or both visible and invisible ink, or detecting either or both visible and invisible dye.

Abstract: An add-on module for a contact printer used to manufacture a motion picture. The module enables the printing of a digital optical soundtrack on motion picture film from a sound negative using a standard contact printing process. The module includes spaced apart guide rollers and a main roller. Unexposed film is placed in contact between the main roller and the sound negative. The module further includes a fiber optic light source positioned adjacent to the sound negative for exposing the film and forming the digital soundtrack. The digital soundtrack is formed on a portion of the positive print which includes an area between each of the sprocket holes. In addition, the digital soundtrack extends from each sprocket hole to the edge of the positive print on both sides of the print.