Abstract: A method for forming an image in a skewed recording apparatus comprising a recording head comprising a plurality of recording channels, the method includes providing an image data file comprising a plurality of image data columns; assigning different portions of each image data column to different recording channels; substituting first image data from a first image data column assigned to a first recording channel with second image data from a second image data column assigned to a second recording channel; and operating the recording head to form the image.

Abstract: A method for characterizing the color response of an imaging device, the method includes reproducing a color on the imaging device based on a set of device color coordinates; measuring spectral values for the reproduced color with a spectral measurement device controlled by a digital processing system; calculating a first set of tristimulus values from the spectral values; defining a set of human observer color matching functions, the set of human observer color matching functions being functions of the first set of tristimulus values of the reproduced color; calculating a second set of tristimulus values from the spectral values using the defined set of human observer color matching functions; and associating the reproduced device color coordinate with the second set of tristimulus values.

Abstract: A security marker material comprising emissive particles selected from at least two groups with different size distributions and the size distributions satisfy the formula: [(x?z)2/(Sx2 +Sz2)]1/2 >1 wherein x and z are the volume-weighted mean equivalent-spherical diameters of the two particle distributions and Sx and Sz are the standard deviations of the same two distributions. The emissive materials are placed in or on an item. The emissive materials are excited with electromagnetic radiation in one or more specified spectral bands. The electromagnetic radiation is detected in one or more spectral bands from the emissive materials in an image-wise fashion. The attributes of the image are analyzed and characterized and are compared to authentication criteria to determine the authenticity of the marked item.

Abstract: Sets of electronic pages (120) are typically obtained for processing with a defined order, such as a reader order, and can be referenced by a page index (131) corresponding to the defined order of the page set (130). However, a page index (131) may not correspond to the folio values represented in the page content, which describe a user's intended reference to the page (120). This invention provides a method for examining information associated with the set of pages to identify folio schemes (201) and corresponding folio values (203) which can be associated with pages (120) of the page set (130) to provide a more user-centric reference mechanism to the pages (120).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for optically adjusting a computer-to-plate (CTP) imaging head which includes an a light source (104), optical fiber (124) for transmitting light emitted from the light source; an imaging lens (204) for focusing light emitted from a distal end of the optical fiber (128) on a substrate; wherein a portion of light striking the substrate is reflected back to the distal end of the optical fiber; a fiber optic coupler (116) in the optical fiber which transmits the reflected light to a light detector (112); wherein the light detector measures intensity of the reflected light; and a control unit configured to adjust the imaging head according to the intensity of the reflected light.

Abstract: A printing sleeve (10) has a first printing sleeve portion (10A) with a first and a second end. At least one of the ends of the first printing sleeve portion has a plurality of projections (16) and notches (18). A second printing sleeve portion (10B) has a first and second end, and least one of the ends has a plurality of projections and notches. The plurality of projections and notches of the first printing sleeve portion interlocks with the plurality of projections and notches of the second printing sleeve portion.

Abstract: A method for producing a patterned material for electronic or photonic circuits, comprising the steps of: p) providing a substrate; q) coating the substrate with a polymer layer; r) coating a thermal resist solution over the polymer layer to form a thermal resist layer, wherein the polymer layer is substantially immiscible in the thermal resist solution; s) exposing predetermined areas of the thermal resist layer, corresponding to a desired image pattern, using infrared light; t) removing portions of the thermal resist layer corresponding to a desired image pattern, using a developer; u) removing the polymer layer where the thermal resist layer has been previously removed and undercutting a portion of the remaining thermal resist layer by an etching process; v) depositing a material using a substantially anisotropic process; and removing the remaining thermal resist layer and any overlying material with a solvent for the polymer or thermal resist layers leaving the material in a desired pattern.

Abstract: A method for removing unwanted form color content from a scanned document by segmenting the image into two or more tiles (14). Each tile (14) is classified into at least a first and second set according to its combination of background and color content. A background color is identified from the first set of tiles (14). At least one form color is identified from the second set of tiles. A transform is applied that shifts form color image data values toward background color data values.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for assembling electronic devices, such as integrated circuit (IC) chips, by selectively and seating IC elements onto/into a receiving substrate, such as a chip substrate. Specifically, the assembly of IC chips can include embedding IC elements onto the receiving substrate upon softening the receiving substrate. Such softening can be performed by using a softening agent and/or an activatable thermal barrier material. In an exemplary embodiment, pockets can be formed in the receiving substrate using the activatable thermal barrier material for the IC assembly.