Abstract: A system for generating a prescription may include a capture module configured to capture information from a plurality of individual cards. At least one of the cards may include medical information including at least a medication and a dosage for a patient. The system may include an information processing module configured to generate a bitmap file associated with the captured information, extract at least a portion of the medical information from the bitmap file using optical character recognition, and assemble the extracted information to generate a prescription data file. The system may include a transmission module configured to transmit the prescription data file to a pharmacy.

Abstract: In a retrieval application, a document relevance scoring function comprises a weighted combination of scoring components including at least one of a pseudo-relevance scoring component and a cross-media relevance scoring component. Weights of the document relevance scoring function are optimized to generate a trained document relevance scoring function. The optimizing is respective to a set of training documents including at least some multimedia training documents and a set of training queries and corresponding training document relevance annotations. A retrieval operation is performed for an input query respective to a database using the trained document relevance scoring function to retrieve one or more documents from the database.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit forming a toner image; an image carrier carrying the toner image; an endless transfer belt rotating with a recording medium interposed between the transfer belt and the image carrier; a cleaner provided in contact with an outer surface of the transfer belt and electrostatically cleaning toner on the outer surface; a transfer roll provided inside the transfer belt and generating a transfer electric field for transferring the toner image from the image carrier to the recording medium while pressing the transfer belt toward the image carrier; a cleaning roll mounted around by the transfer belt as well as the transfer roll, the cleaning roll provided to face the cleaner and generating a cleaning electric field; and a tension roll mounted around by the transfer belt as well as the transfer roll and the cleaning roll.

Abstract: A system and method have been developed that enable a printer user to exhaust completely the useful life of a customer replaceable unit. The system and method also ensure that a user of the printer knows how to remove a persistent reorder message.

Abstract: Toners are provided which may be suitable for use in cold fusing pressure apparatus. The toners include low molecular weight amorphous resins and wax. The wax content is specific to optimize performance of toners used in a cold fusing pressure apparatus.

Abstract: A tin-zinc complex oxide powder includes particles containing a tin-zinc complex oxide and having a volume resistivity of about 1×105 ?·cm or less.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium for playing back video includes: extracting a term from sound information contained in video information; reading material information having description relevant to the term based on the term extracted by the extracting; and combining video at a playback time of the sound information from which the term is extracted, of video displayed by playing back the video information and material displayed by the material information read by the reading.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a modified phosphate ester polyimide and a conductive component, like carbon black.

Abstract: Described herein is a method forming a belt suitable for use with an image forming system. The method includes coating a composition of a polyimide, a phosphate ester and a solvent onto an outer surface of a rotating metal belt, and subsequently curing and releasing the composition from the metal belt.

Abstract: Methods of generating image anchor templates from low variance regions of document images of a first class are provided. The methods select a document image from the document images of the first class and align the other document images of the first class to the selected document image. Low variance regions are then determined by comparing the aligned document images and the selected document image and used to generate image anchor templates.

Abstract: A charged particle generator includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulating material that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. Charged particles are generated by discharge that occurs between the first and the second electrodes. The first electrode, the insulating material, and the second electrode are arranged in a first direction. The second electrode has a shape that does not intersect a path along which the charged particles move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: An apparatus and method that operates a stripper finger. The apparatus can include a media path configured to transport a media sheet. The apparatus can include a rotational member configured to contact the media sheet. The apparatus can include a stripper finger having a length along a longitudinal axis. The stripper finger can include tip at an end of the length. The stripper finger can be configured to selectively engage and disengage contact between the tip and the rotational member to selectively strip the media sheet from the rotational member.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a fuser member. The fuser member includes a substrate layer comprising a polyimide polymer and a phosphate ester.

Abstract: An apparatus (100) and method (700) that can control fuser temperature is disclosed. The apparatus can include an image fuser member (110) rotatably supported in the apparatus, where the image fuser member can be configured to fuse an image on media (170). The apparatus can include a heater (120) coupled to the image fuser member, where the heater can be configured to heat the image fuser member. The apparatus can include a pressure assembly (130) rotatably supported in the apparatus and coupled to the image fuser member, where the pressure assembly can be configured to exert pressure against the image fuser member. The apparatus can include a temperature sensor (140) coupled to the pressure assembly, where the temperature sensor can be configured to sense a temperature of the pressure assembly.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head of an aspect of the invention includes: a nozzle ejecting a liquid-droplet; a liquid flow path member in which a liquid is supplied toward the nozzle; a back-pressure generating unit applying back-pressure to the liquid in a liquid-flow-path toward the nozzle; a beam member joined together with or including the liquid flow path member, deforming to become concave in a liquid-droplet ejection direction, thereafter undergoing buckling reverse deformation to become convex in the ejection direction, and applying inertia to the liquid near the nozzle in the ejection direction, to cause the liquid near the nozzle to be ejected; an opening disposed on an opposite side of the liquid flow path member in the ejection direction and communicated with the atmosphere; a suction path whose suction opening is directed toward near the nozzle; and a negative-pressure generating unit generating negative-pressure in the suction path.

Abstract: An ink carrier comprising a dispersion of at least one of silica nanoparticles surface modified with a hydrophobic group or metal oxide nanoparticles surface modified with a hydrophobic group exhibiting a substantially uniform distribution of said nanoparticles discretely distributed therewithin, said ink carrier being resistant to substantial aggregation of said nanoparticles distributed therewithin.

Abstract: Systems and methods monitor jets in a color imaging device to identify and correct faulty jets without interrupting a print job. The relationship between the output of the imaging device and the sensor values of a sensor is characterized in a correspondence table. Thereafter, an image produced by the imaging device is measured by the sensor at multiple locations for a group of jets including jets each corresponding a different color of the imaging device color space. The measured output at each of the multiple locations is compared with two or more sets of predicted sensor outputs generated from the color coordinates used to produce the image at the corresponding location and the correspondence table, the set of predicted sensor outputs including at least one predicted sensor output generated with at least one jet set as faulty.

Abstract: The invention provides an image forming apparatus, comprising: an electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit; the electrophotographic photoreceptor having an outermost layer containing a charge transporting material and at least one curable resin selected from the group consisting of a phenol resin, an epoxy resin and a melamine resin, and the toner having an ammonium ion concentration as determined by ion chromatography of from about 50 ppm to about 300 ppm.

Abstract: A sheet destruction and discarding apparatus for destroying and discarding a sheet, comprising a destruction and discarding unit that destroys and discards the sheet based on a determination whether or not the sheet is allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; a notification unit that notifies that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded and a reason why the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded when the determination indicates that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; an insert sensor that detects whether or not the sheet is taken off, wherein, after the notification unit notifies that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded and the reason, a state of the insert sensor changes to an off state and then a state of the sheet destruction and discarding apparatus changes to a standby state.

Abstract: A system enables ink on an image receiving member to be re-distributed to reduce banding effects in the image. The system includes an ink applicator for applying ink to form an ink image on an image receiving member as it passes by the ink applicator; a plenum chamber for receiving a flow of pressurized fluid from a fluid source, and at least one opening in the plenum chamber to direct the flow of pressurized fluid from the plenum towards the ink image on the image receiving member to re-distribute the ink on the image receiving member.