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  • Image to script converter
    Patent number: 11155102
    Abstract: Methods for converting an image to source script are provided. Generally applied to thermal printers, the methods may assist users in reproducing or amending a label without actual source script. In one embodiment, a mobile device comprising a software application may be able to scan an image, for example a barcode label. The software application may use an image processing library to recognize smart object fields in the captured image, including text, barcodes, image and shapes and then may translate the smart object information to a printing language script automatically. The application may provide the capability to a user to adjust the parameters specific to each of the identified smart objects. Once the user makes the necessary changes, a script file may be generated based on the updated smart object information. Then, the label may be sent to a printer from the application itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Boon Keat Teo, Rudy Ye Ru Koh, Shufeng Zheng, Anchela Yap
  • Methods, apparatuses, and systems for verifying printed image and improving print quality
    Patent number: 11157217
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a print quality of a printed document that is printed by a printer is provided. The printer comprises a pre-print image scanner, a post-print image scanner, and a printhead disposed between the pre-print image scanner and the post-print image scanner. The method comprises generating a pre-printing image of a print media, generating the printed document, generating a post-printing image of the printed document, generating a validation image by comparing the post-printing image with the pre-printing image, and comparing the validation image with the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jose Fernando Sanchez Gutierrez, Ronald Schwallie, Thomas Axel Jonas Celinder, H Sprague Ackley
  • Powering devices using low-current power sources
    Patent number: 11152812
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods may use a low current power source to charge an intermediate storage unit, providing sufficient electric power to perform various device functions. A voltage of the intermediate storage unit may be monitored using a voltage monitoring circuit, and a primary storage unit may be charged using current from the intermediate storage unit when the voltage of the intermediate storage unit meets a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: H. Sprague Ackley
  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 11148441
    Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a printing apparatus comprising a media supply spool configured to supply print media along a media path. The printing apparatus further comprises a first media sensor positioned in a first plane in the printing apparatus. Further, the printing apparatus comprises a second media sensor positioned in a second plane in the printing apparatus. Additionally, the printing apparatus comprises a first media guide defining a section of the media path, wherein extremities of the first media guide are positioned to be at a negative offset from the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastien d'Armancourt, Han Tiong Tong, Chin Young Wong
  • PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210319986
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus of an embodiment includes a chamber, an introducing part, a substrate electrode, a high-frequency power source, a low-frequency power source, and a switching mechanism. The introducing part introduces a process gas into the chamber. The substrate electrode is disposed in the chamber, a substrate is directly or indirectly mounted on the substrate electrode, and the substrate electrode includes a first and a second electrode elements alternately arranged. The high-frequency power source outputs a high-frequency voltage of 40 MHz or more for ionizing the process gas to generate plasma. The low-frequency power source outputs a low-frequency voltage of 20 MHz or less for introducing ions from the plasma. The switching mechanism applies the low-frequency voltage alternately to the first and the second electrode elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: c/o Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke SATO, Akio UI, Hisataka HAYASHI
  • Methods of making a squeezable spread containing butter
    Patent number: 11140910
    Abstract: Butter spreads include at least butter, canola oil, palm oil, cream, and buttermilk powder. The spreads are squeezable from a package and maintain their consistency over repeated package handling and repeated cycling between refrigeration and ambient temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill K. H. Paddock, Allison Hohn
  • Pharmaceutical composition in the form of an aqueous solution, 1A syrup, containing inosine pranobex and zinc gluconate and a method of preparation thereof
    Patent number: 11135162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition in the form of an aqueous solution, preferably a syrup, containing inosine pranobex and zinc gluconate, characterised in that it contains a sweetener selected from the group of disaccharides, preferably sucrose or/and from the group of polyols, preferably maltitol, a solubilizer from the group of hydroxy alcohols or mixtures thereof, preferably propylene glycol, glycerol, preservatives selected from the group of parahydroxybenzoic acid esters and mixtures thereof, preferably methyl parahydroxybenzoate, propyl parahydroxybenzoate, a sweetener, preferably sodium saccharine or sucralose, and pH regulators in the range from 5.7 to 12.0 preferably aroma, and a method of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AFLOFARM FARMACJA POLSKA SP. Z O. O.
    Inventors: Hanna Wahl, Marek Dąbrowa, Anna Ostrowska, Malgorzata Kowalska - Parteka, Jaroslaw Pasiński, Arkadiusz Madejczyk
  • SELF LEVELING COATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210299955
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods are provided. A coater having a rake moves above a build platform. A sensor measures topography of the build platform. A rake control unit receives the topography, determines (based on the topography) an adjustment of the rake's inclination relative to a reference plane as the coater moves from a first position above the platform to a second position above the platform, and sends command signals to a motor based on the adjustment. The motor adjusts an inclination of the rake relative to the reference plane as the coater moves from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: O. R. Lasertechnologie GmbH
    Inventor: Markus WOLF
  • System and method for producing concentrated cream
    Patent number: 11129393
    Abstract: Concentrated creams are produced from starting cream compositions characterized as homogenous, oil-in-water emulsions containing fat globules, phospholipid membrane components and non-fat solids, and which have an initial fat content between about 35 to about 55 percent by weight. To produce the concentrated creams, moisture is removed from the starting cream compositions through evaporative processing, and as a result, the concentrated cream remains in a homogenous state, retains the fat globules, phospholipid membrane components and non-fat solids, and includes a concentrated fat content of at least about 70 percent by weight. In addition, the concentrated cream may be in an oil-in-water or a bi-continuous emulsion. Evaporative processing may be through a wiped film evaporator or a scraped surface heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Glenn, III, Richard Dinesen, Clint Garoutte, Jason Thompson
  • METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA CALIBRATION FOR PRINTERS
    Publication number: 20210295117
    Abstract: Printers capable of determining a media type of a media and associated methods are provided. An example method includes scanning a media with a verifier associated with the printer to generate at least two consecutive windows of the media. The example method further includes determining a vertical length of a captured image based on a comparison of image characteristic values captured in the at least two consecutive windows. The example method further includes determining a media characteristic associated with the media based at least on the captured image and the vertical length and one or more stored media profiles. The example method further includes calibrating the printer based on the media characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Datamax-O'Neil Corporation
    Inventors: Heng Yew LIM, Ying CAO, Phek Thong LEE, Cheng Khoon NG, WenWei ZHANG
  • Method of using a sterilization wrap system
    Patent number: 11123952
    Abstract: A method of using a sterilization wrap system including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the exterior panel being substantially opaque or having a first level of translucence, and an interior panel including a permeable material having barrier properties and having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the interior panel having a level of translucence that is higher than the translucence of the exterior panel, the panels being joined together over at least a portion of their surfaces. Also disclosed is inspection of the sterilization wrap system for exterior panel breaches by looking for light passing through a panel facing the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Farmer, Kelly L. Holt, Ronald K. Anderson, Melissa R. Gaynor, Corinna Schwarz
  • Removably couplable printer and verifier assembly
    Patent number: 11126384
    Abstract: A verifier and printer assembly are provided. The verifier and printer assembly include a verifier module and a printer. The verifier has a magnetic docking element and the printer includes a docking portion operable to dock the verifier module. The magnetic docking element and the docking portion interact with each other to removably couple the verifier module to the printer. A magnetic attachment system for the verifier module and methods for removably coupling the verifier module and the printer for verification of a printed machine-readable symbol are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin Young Wong, Thomas Axel Jonas Celinder, Sébastien Michel Marie Joseph d'Armancourt
  • Apparatus for fabricating an object
    Patent number: 11123917
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an object on a substrate, the apparatus including a plurality of nozzles arranged in an array and each nozzle being in communication with a supply of build material and configured to expel a quantity of the build material therefrom, and also including a controller configured to selectively operate each nozzle to deposit a portion of the build material, responsive to data relating to a geometry of the object. During operation, the controller selectively operates at least some of the nozzles to deposit portions of the build material in specific locations corresponding with the object geometry, wherein at least one of the portions abuts the substrate and the portions are progressively deposited until the portions form the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: LAING O'ROURKE AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: James Bruce Gardiner, Nathan Graham Edward Kirchner, Omar Al-Khayat
  • Water heater system and control method therefor
    Patent number: 11125468
    Abstract: The invention discloses a water heater system and a control method thereof. The water heater system comprises a heating unit capable of heating water; a tank capable of communicating with the heating unit, the tank provided with at least one inlet and outlet, the inlet being capable of supplying at least one of gas and water into the tank; a pressurizing source capable of pressurizing the tank, the pressurizing source being capable of providing a pressure at which the gas and water in the tank are mixed. The invention provides a water heater system which can be applied to any existing water heater, including an electric water heater, a gas water heater, a solar water heater, an air energy water heater, and the like, which is capable of generating microbubble water for use by a user, the microbubble water has strong cleaning performance, thereby greatly improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: A. O. SMITH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huaxin Wan, Hua Wang, Tao Du, Zhenhu Yao, Mingming Chen
  • Method and apparatus for printing
    Patent number: 11117407
    Abstract: The present invention embraces printers such as hand-held printers and mobile/portable printer. One exemplary embodiment includes “print as you glide” (PAYG) devices. Such printers may comprise a modular print engine that is removable from the printer and may allow a user to easily access and load the ribbon in the mobile print engine. The modular print engine may comprise a modular print head and an encoder that may determine the movement of the print head relative to a stationary media. When a printer is pressed against the media, the print head's burn line may be resting on the media. When the printer is stationary relative to the media, the encoder may not trigger the printing. Once PAYG is being slid or glided across the media, the encoder may start to rotate and then send a signal to a processor, causing the printer to start printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Datamax-O'Neil Corporation
    Inventors: Chin Young Wong, Yaw Horng Yap, Ching Hong Chua
  • Integral indicators for single-procedure devices
    Patent number: 11117293
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are single-use integral indicators and methods and systems for employing the same. Such indicators and their uses are directed toward identifying and rendering inoperable single-procedure medical devices after their intended—and only—use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Viant AS&O Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Biswa P. Das, Ashish Shah
  • HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING SUCH A HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE
    Publication number: 20210278136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate (10) of a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger plate (10) comprising two faces (12, 13) extending between two lateral edges and two longitudinal edges (15) of said heat exchanger plate (10). The heat exchanger plate (10) comprises at least an opening (16) extending from a first face (12) to a second face (13) of the heat exchanger plate (10). The opening (16) is delimited by a collar (17) that is arranged around the opening (16). The heat exchanger plate (10) comprises at least a dimple (18) protruding above at least one of the faces (12, 13). Said dimple (18) comprises at least a flat area (19) and a slopped area (20), said slopped area (20) being interposed between the collar (17) and the flat area (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO VYMENIKY TEPLA S. r. o.
    Inventors: Jan Forst, Florencio Gonzalez, Jakub Jirsa
  • Ultrasound patch for detecting fluid flow
    Patent number: 11109831
    Abstract: An ultrasound patch includes one or more transmit and receive piezoelectric transducer elements. In some embodiments, the transducer elements are positioned on a ramp on a patient pad of the patch that is configured to fit within an anatomic space between the trachea and the sternocleidomastoid muscle to orient the transducer elements toward a carotid artery. In some embodiments, a flexible phased array transducer includes a number of pillar piezoelectric elements joined by a flexible adhesive with metal electrodes deposited thereon. The phased array transducer is mounted to a flexible circuit board that allows the transducer to bend and conform to a subject's anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: 1929803 Ontario Corp, (o/a FloSonics Medical)
    Inventors: Joseph Eibl, Jon-Emile S. Kenny, Christine Demore, Chelsea Munding, Jeremy Brown, Aaron Boyes
  • Butter stick
    Patent number: D929696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph V. Burger, Sharon K. Cody, Jonathan Anderson, Lisa Ryan
  • Lid for a preserve can
    Patent number: D932298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: O. Kleiner AG
    Inventor: Martin Kleiner