Patents Represented by Law Firm Fay & Sharp
  • Automatic imposition gutter removal
    Patent number: 8164783
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing a plurality of documents juxtaposed for imposition on a print media sheet without gutters. The document images are rasterized and a band of single or multiple pixels is selected along the image margins and compared to determine if adjacent bands are within a predetermined tolerance value. If so, the images are juxtaposed without a gutter; and, if not, one image is rotated 180° and the comparison repeated. If the comparison still is not within a predetermined tolerance value, the juxtaposed images are imposed with a gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Farrell, Javier A. Morales
  • Semi automatic punch hole removal
    Patent number: 8164796
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that facilitate removing punch hole artifacts in electronic document images. When a document with punch holes is scanned, the punch holes appear as unwanted dark spots in the margin. To remove these artifacts, a blanking regions having background color pixels are placed over the punch hole artifacts and the electronic document image is stored with the blanking regions in place. A user interface is provided to permit a user to enter blanking region parameters, including x,y coordinates, diameter, reference edge from which the coordinates are measured, etc. Default settings can be stored and recalled for common punch hole patterns, which may vary between offices and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Wilsher, Azhar Malik, Peter Watson
  • Portable gas monitor
    Patent number: 8163242
    Abstract: A portable monitor used to measure landfill gas and landfill well parameters. The portable monitor includes a control unit and a measuring unit that can communication wirelessly with one another. The control unit and/or measuring unit can includes a heating arrangement to increase the temperature of one or more components in the control unit and/or measuring unit in cold environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Elkins Earthworks, LLC
    Inventor: Charles D. Elkins
  • Apparatus and method for reducing LTE-to-1XRTT border cell cross-paging in circuit switched fall back call delivery
    Patent number: 8165608
    Abstract: A technique is provided to leverage the border cell paging capability to eliminate paging waste during LTE-to-1xRTT cross-RAT paging for CSFB call delivery. A method comprises receiving a call for the user equipment at the first switching element, sending a page request to the user equipment by the first switching element via the LTE elements, sending a page invoke message by the first switching element to a plurality of switching elements on a border between the first area and the second area, the page invoke message having an indicator field indicating a status of listen only, receiving a page response from the user equipment at the second switching element, recognizing the page response by the second switching element based on the page invoke message, and, completing the call to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Michael Ray Castleberry
  • Method, apparatus and systems to retrieve GCRS from historical database
    Patent number: 8159715
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, apparatus and systems for generating a profile for a printing device. Specifically, the profile is generated by selecting a GCR profile from a plurality of GCR profiles and mapping a plurality of nodes to a device dependent color space as a function of the selected GCR profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Lalit K. Mestha, Alvaro E. Gil, Yao Rong Wang, Zhigang Fan
  • Sealed thick film dielectric electroluminescent display
    Patent number: 8159128
    Abstract: The invention is a sealed thick film dielectric display where the display comprises a thick film dielectric display structure and an adhesive layer provided over the display structure. The invention also provides a seal where the seal comprises an adhesive layer bonded to the underside of a cover plate and to the surface of a thick film dielectric electroluminescent display. The seal substantially inhibits the exposure of display components to atmospheric contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: iFire IP Corporation
    Inventor: Manuela Peter
  • Adaptive grand tour
    Patent number: 8159493
    Abstract: A system and method of generating a dynamic visualization of a multi-dimensional dataset of data-points are disclosed. The method is an adaptation of the Grand Tour approach, but instead of using all possible projections comprising at least one data point, some of which may not be useful, the method includes generating a set of candidate projections from the space of all possible projections. The set of candidate projections is approximated with a one dimensional smoothed curve and the dynamic visualization is generated, based on a sequence of projections taken along the smoothed curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Loïc M. Lecerf, Guillaume M. Bouchard
  • Geocell for load support applications
    Patent number: 8157472
    Abstract: A geocell is disclosed that has high strength and stiffness, such that the geocell has a storage modulus of 500 MPa or greater at 23° C.; a storage modulus of 150 MPa or greater at 63° C. when measured in the machine direction using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) at a frequency of 1 Hz; a tensile stress at 12% strain of 14.5 MPa or greater at 23° C.; a coefficient of thermal expansion of 120×10?6/° C. or less at 25° C.; and/or a long term design stress of 2.6 MPa or greater. The geocell is suitable for load support applications, especially for reinforcing base courses and/or subbases of roads, pavement, storage areas, and railways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: PRS Mediterranean Ltd.
    Inventors: Izhar Halahmi, Oded Erez, Adi Erez
  • Titania-metal composite and method for preparation thereof, and film forming method using dispersion comprising the composite
    Patent number: 8158270
    Abstract: Under the presence of at least one out of copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt, iron, zinc, and compounds thereof, a tetravalent titanium salt solution and a basic solution are reacted together to form a hydroxide of titanium and the above metal, and then the titanium hydroxide is peroxidated with an oxidizing agent to manufacture an aqueous liquid or dispersion having therein titanium oxide fine particles having peroxy groups; by using this alone to form a coating film adjacent to a coating film of an organic dye or pigment, or using this to form a coating film together with an organic dye or pigment, a drop in decorativeness of color due to fading or discoloration of a coating material, a printed article, a building material, a fiber, an organic polymer resin product or the like can be prevented, and moreover surface anti-soiling and hydrophilic properties can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sustainable Titania Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiro Ogata, Yoshimitsu Matsui
  • Grapple apparatus for handling cotton modules
    Patent number: 8156720
    Abstract: A grapple apparatus for handling cotton modules includes a frame comprising first and second portions. The second portion is selectively movable relative to the first portion between an opened position and a closed position. The frame defines a module-holding space when the second portion of the frame is in its closed position. At least one powered roller device is connected to the frame and is selectively active to rotate an associated cotton module located in the module-holding space relative to said frame about a module axis of rotation. A method for handling cotton modules includes positioning a frame adjacent a cotton module and moving a second portion of the frame relative to a first portion of the frame from an opened position to a closed position to define a module-holding space in which the cotton module is received and retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Paladin Brands Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Shadruz Daraie, Robert Sikorski
  • Dithioketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers
    Patent number: 8158744
    Abstract: A polymer of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, Ar1, Ar2, and n are as described herein. The polymer may be used in a semiconducting layer of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Yiliang Wu, Ping Liu, Anthony James Wigglesworth, Nan-Xing Hu
  • Non-halogenated flame retardant polycarbonate compostions
    Patent number: 8158701
    Abstract: Polycarbonate compositions are disclosed that have high flame retardance, good mechanical properties, and low halogen content. The compositions comprise a polycarbonate, a grafted butadiene rubber, a phosphorous-containing flame retardant, and a combination of a silicone-containing functionality with fumed silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Russell Gallucci, Srinivas Siripurapu, Amit S. Kulkarni
  • Data binding in multiple marking engine printing systems
    Patent number: 8159713
    Abstract: A printing system capable of binding a modified image data to an individual print engine in a multiple print engine system. The system includes an image processor such as a digital front end, a set of transformations, and a configuration of printers. The system can also include a scanner that scans a test image so that this image binding process can be repeated. Furthermore, the transformation binding can also take place in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Martin E. Banton, Mark S. Jackson, Norman W. Zeck, Peter A. Crean
  • Method for providing unequal error protection to data packets in a burst transmission system
    Patent number: 8161352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing an equal error protection to data packets in a burst transmission system. The data packets are grouped based upon respective priority levels and error protection is provided to each group of data packets based upon the respective priority level. The error protection codes for each group of data packets depending on the respective priority level is created using data of data packets of the group which are contained in the data section (20) of two or more bursts (10) forming a first set of bursts (50, 50.B, 50.E, 55) and the created error protection codes are transmitted in the error protection section (30) of one or more bursts (10) forming a second set of bursts (60, 60.B, 60.E, 65). The invention further relates to a burst transmission system for performing said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Bassem Sayadi, Marie Line Alberi-Morel
  • Method and device for rendering vacuum conveyors inert
    Patent number: 8157483
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for rendering vacuum conveyors inert, the vacuum conveyors including at least one intake device (30), a discharge device (40), a separating vessel (100), a vacuum pump device (20), and a system for feeding inert fluid into the separating vessel (100). An inert fluid is fed into the at least one separating vessel (100) below the free surface of a separated material (102) during inertization. A corresponding vacuum conveyor (10) which can be rendered inert includes a system for feeding inert fluid below the free surface (103) of a separated material on and/or in the at least one separating vessel (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Volkmann GmbH
    Inventor: Thilo Volkmann
  • Feedstuff
    Patent number: 8153173
    Abstract: The invention relates to feedstuff for economically useful animals such as, for example, chicken, pigs, calves and fish that are being raised. The inventive feedstuff contains functional additives. The feedstuff contains a pure finely divided cellulose additive and optionally a prebiotic additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: J. Rettenmaier & Sohne GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Backers
  • Mitigating shorting risks in encapsulated organic light emitting devices (OLEDs)
    Patent number: 8154183
    Abstract: A generally planar, flexible light source assembly or OLED device includes a generally planar, flexible light emitting member having opposite first and second surfaces. An impermeable backsheet is disposed along the first surface of the light emitting surface and includes a conductive portion and an opening through the backsheet. A conductive tab or cover is received over the opening, and an insulator is disposed between the tab cover and the opening to mitigate the risk of electrical contact between the components. The insulator can be precut washer-like members or an applied insulating material situated between the conductive components of the light source assembly that pose a potential for shorting. Using tabs with burr-free edges also mitigates against the risk of electrical shorting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward James Balaschak, James Michael Kostka
  • Vehicle chassis height adjustment method and system
    Patent number: 8155835
    Abstract: A method and system for adjusting a relative leveled height of a sprung mass of a vehicle to an unsprung mass of the vehicle. The method also includes receiving an input from an operator for incrementally/decrementally changing the height of the sprung mass. A system for performing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Driveright Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory A. Holbrook
  • Hand-off technique for a wireless network
    Patent number: RE43307
    Abstract: A technique that relates to use of a known messaging sequence, e.g., ISANSWER messaging in the IS-41 protocol, in a heretofore unknown manner to improve hand-off procedures that may be established between a serving (anchor or intermediate) mobile switching center and a target (or border) mobile switching center is provided. Specifically, the ISANSWER message is selectively sent from the serving mobile switching center to the target mobile switching center during the hand-off process. The transmission of the ISANSWER message in this manner allows the target mobile switching center to terminate ring back to a caller when the mobile station answers the call after the handoff has been started, but while the mobile station is still within a cell area of the serving mobile switching center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Vladimir Petr Sliva
  • Flush sign holder for perforated shelves
    Patent number: D657822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fasteners For Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory M. Bird