Abstract: A combination automatic document feeder and scanner operates so as to detect automatically an over-sized sheet of media. A linear image sensor detects motion of the oversized document as it is being fed into the scanner in a portrait orientation. A control algorithm responsive to the image sensor functions so those first and second portions of the over-sized sheet are successively registered over the transparent platen of the scanner and scanned.

Abstract: A foot protection kit includes a flat planar storage container for transporting and displaying a right foot protector and a left foot protector that are substantially identical in construction, each having a protuberance marker that facilitates proper footwear orientation. An instruction sheet is included in the kit for guiding a user relative to placing the right foot protector and the left foot protector in mirror image orientation so that they can be distinguished from one another for proper footwear orientation purposes. For assembly purposes after orienting the foot protectors in a mirror image orientation, the user lifts a foot hook portion of a foundation planar sheet upwardly from the sheet, bending it forward and away from a heel portion of the foot protector until the foot hook portion is parallel and slightly spaced apart from a platform area so that a slit in the foot hook portion is in alignment with a marker disposed in the platform area.

Abstract: A rescue device and kit for ventilating a patient incapable of normal ventilation or intubation techniques includes a single-lumen nasopharyngeal nasal trumpet having a beveled shaped opening at its distal end and a flared proximal end. An eye opening is disposed slightly proximal to the beveled shaped opening and an air delivery extension tube is secured within the single-lumen opening at the flared proximal end of the nasal trumpet. The distal end of the extension tube secured within the nasal trumpet cooperates with the flared proximal end of the nasal trumpet to provide a soft non-tissue irritating nose plug when the nasal trumpet is fully inserted into a nostril opening of the patient. The kit further includes a tube of lubricant, an air bag, and a soft nose plug for blocking the other nostril opening of the patient during the novel rescue process.

Abstract: A stress reduction kit includes a display package holding a pair of perforated reflex pin holders each with a printed foot reflexology chart integrally formed thereon. To facilitate creating pressure points on the feet of a user, the stress reduction kit also includes a bag of reflex pins, where each pin is dimensioned to be received in a friction tight fit into any one of the perforations disposed in the reflex pin holders and a set of instructions that guide a user on the placement of individual ones of the reflex pins in respective ones of the reflex pin holders. In accordance with the method of the present invention, when the user inserts the reflex pins in selected ones of the perforations and places the reflex pin holders within his or her shoes, desired body responses are achieved relative to the pressure points created by the pins against the feet of the user.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a shutterless single lens digital still camera includes an internal processor and auto exposure algorithm that automatically adjusts the exposure of the camera in high and low ambient lighting conditions. The auto exposure algorithm causes the camera to generate a signature of a current ambient luminance level and then in response to the signature to generate automatically an exposure setting.

Abstract: A method of automatically focusing an object image to be captured, comprising storing temporarily a series of images transmitted through a primary lens system, said primary lens system having a stationary lens member and at least one moving lens member; determining a best focused image in said series of temporarily stored images; and moving said at least one moving lens to a determined focused position.

Abstract: An exercise kit includes an article of clothing stitched together using strands of a metallic fiber, wherein the metallic fiber imparts a memory property to the article of clothing to cause dynamic tensioning and compressing when the article of clothing is deformed from an original shape through the natural extension and flexing actions of a user wearing the article of clothing.

Abstract: A digital camera includes a processor having an algorithm for comparing a set of resolution pixel values in a generated image file with corresponding ones of resolution pixel values in a user selected file and for providing as a final digital zoom image resolution the set of resolution pixel values in the generated image file when the corresponding ones of the resolution pixel values in the user selected file are at least equal but not less than the corresponding resolution pixel values in the generated image file, and a scaled down set of resolution pixel values when the corresponding ones of the resolution pixel values in the user selected file are less than the corresponding resolution pixel values in the generated image file.

Abstract: A display kit and display arrangement includes a collapsible pedestal base unit, pedestal top and collapsible merchandise display case that can be easily transported in a lightweight carrying case and assembled and disassembled in seconds in accordance novel methods of assembly and disassembly without the use of hardware or hardware mounting tools.

Abstract: A manually operable tablet splitting device, including a base and a cover, pivotally attached to the base, and movable between a tablet loading position and a tablet splitting position. The cover includes a blade for splitting a tablet into two substantially equal portions. A disposable tray, having a tablet-receiving cavity, is installable in the base to fix the tablet in position for splitting and to retain the split portions. The base includes an inclined platform having upwardly projecting receptacle locators for holding the tray in place.

Abstract: A light reflector having a row of light reflecting segments separated by fold lines, wherein one segment is located at a top of the row and another segment is located at a bottom of the row. A pair of wings is connected at the sides of the row, each one of the wings including a plurality of light reflecting segments separated by fold lines, wherein at least some of the light reflecting segments of the row and at least some of the light reflecting segments of the wings form a shell-shaped arrangement wherein at least some light reflecting segments of the row and at least some light reflecting segments of the pair of wings are bent at their respective fold lines whereby the arrangement is generally curved along an imaginary line connecting the one segment and the another segment and generally curved along an imaginary line perpendicular to the first mentioned line.

Abstract: A stabilizer for stabilizing a limb of an animal, an elongated trough-shaped base for supporting the limb, a trough-shaped extension, integrally connected to the base, and extending therefrom at an acute angle relative to the axis of the base. An elongated trough-shaped cover is connectable to the base. Additionally, a curved, trough-shaped support and means for fastening the support to the base are provided.

Abstract: A transaction printing device having a base with a width dimension of no greater than about 6.5 inches includes a printhead cartridge stall coupled to the base and mounted for rectilinear movement along a path of travel along the width dimension of the printing device. The stall supports from below a printhead cartridge to facilitate the ejecting of ink onto a transaction receipt having a width dimension of about 3 inches. The printhead cartridge has a generally box like shape with a front wall member having an integrally connected outwardly projecting for defining a pair of printhead linear translation reversing spaces adjacent the front wall member to facilitate reversing the linear translation of the printhead cartridge to print the transaction receipt. The method of printing the transaction receipt includes moving the printhead cartridge and a printhead wiper relative to one another in one direction along a rectilinear path of travel of substantially less than 6.

Abstract: A manually operable tablet splitting apparatus, including a base having a frame mounted on an upper surface thereof and a disposable tablet-receiving tray, including a plurality of tablet shaped cavities for receiving and holding the tablets in position to be split. A handle is pivotally attached to the base and is movable between a tablet loading position and a tablet splitting position. The handle includes a blade for splitting the tablets into two substantially equal parts. A retractable shield is provided for covering the blade while it is in the tablet loading position, thereby reducing the likelihood of injury to an operator during operation of the apparatus. Each one of the tray cavities is adapted for receiving a tablet and for holding the received tablet in position for splitting.

Abstract: A transaction printing device includes a printhead cartridge having an integrally formed wiper cleaning station and printhead. The wiper cleaning station is positioned so as to engage a wiper as the cleaning station travels and includes a pair of recessed wiper debris collectors. Each of the debris collectors opens into a corresponding debris accumulation channel to facilitate accumulating removed wiper debris with the debris collectors.

Abstract: A signaling method for a pen driver circuit interface is embodied in a signal interface between a controller circuit and a pen driver circuit for a printer. At least one signal of the interface is omitted; and the pen driver circuit is modified to process a combination of signals including at least one of the signals on the signal interface to provide information pertaining to the at least one omitted signal. According to a preferred method, the combination of signals are processed when data is not being transferred via the signal interface to provide a pen firing control signal for the printer such as a warm enable signal or a fire enable signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low profile stackable internet appliance printer having a removable combination input/output tray cassette with a support mounted therein for holding the output tray in substantially horizontal plane when the output tray is extended outwardly from the cassette a sufficient distance to support from below individual sheets of media discharged from the printer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low profile stackable Internet appliance printer having a removable combination input/output tray cassette. An elongated opening centrally disposed in a front wall of the cassette allows a user to determine the amount of paper stored in the cassette without withdrawing the cassette from the printer body.

Abstract: A digital camera includes a viewfinder having a proximity sensor which is activated whenever a user looks through the viewfinder in preparation of viewing an object or framed scene. An illuminated status indicator mounted for viewing within the viewfinder for providing the user when camera status information is coupled to the proximity sensor through a microprocessor that controls the illumination level of the status indicator. The illumination level of the status indicator is controlled by the microprocessor in response to an auto-exposure algorithm that measures the brightness level of the object or framed scene that is being viewed by the user through the viewfinder.