Abstract: In a system including a plurality of elements, or plurality of subsystems of elements, each performing a process using process control to maintain operation within a latitude of a setpoint and having an output characteristic that contributes to an overall output quality specification of the system, a control method includes setting a desired overall output quality specification, and determining optimum setpoints and latitudes of the plurality of elements, within a range of possible setpoints and latitudes for each element, to achieve the desired overall output quality specification. The control method further includes dynamically re-setting the setpoints and/or re-allocating the latitudes of at least two of the plurality of elements (or subsystems of elements) to compensate for degradation of the attribute caused by variation in the output characteristic of one element within the desired overall output quality specification.

Abstract: The present invention provides an element organization support apparatus, an element organization support method and a storage medium for facilitating the addition, deletion or modification of executive elements. This is an element organization support apparatus in which, upon receiving the input of a project to be accomplished including plural tasks from an input unit, a modeling processor searches an activity database for activity data with processible tasks as keys, selects and displays on a display unit real activity candidates, and reads out of a hard disk and displays information on past evaluation of the selected combination of real activities.

Abstract: A xerographic printing device, including a charging device having a shield. In some embodiments of the shield of the charging device in the xerographic printing device, three slots are provided with one slot in the upstream process direction and the other two slots sharing a common axis in downstream process direction and neither an overlap nor a gap exisiting between the ends of any of the slots in a longitudinal direction. In another embodiment, a plurality of holes are included in the shield. The charging device can be a corotron, a dicorotron, a scorotron, a discorotron, a pin corotron, a pin scorotron, or any other known or later developed charging device of that type.

Abstract: A power supply for a hybrid scavengeless development (HSD) image forming system which generates three voltages, a mag voltage, a donor voltage and a wire electrode voltage. The power supply outputs square waveforms for generating toner clouds to maximize the voltage push-pull on toner without increasing peak voltage level. The power supply also generates asymmetric waveforms for mag AC, donor AC and electrode wire voltage signals to avoid air breakdown at a wire electrode to donor interface while allowing maximum use of a voltage space. Finally, the power supply uses frequency modulation of the AC signals to suppress harmonic strobing of electrode wires.

Abstract: Methods for preparing phthalocyanine co-crystals are provided. The phthalocyanine co-crystals include titanyl phthalocyanines and metal free phthalocyanines.

Abstract: A dielectric material prepared from a siloxy/metal oxide hybrid composition, and electronic devices such as thin film transistors comprising such dielectric material are provided herein. The siloxy/metal oxide hybrid composition comprises a siloxy component such as, for example, a siloxane or silsesquioxane. The siloxy/metal oxide hybrid composition is useful for the preparation of dielectric layers for thin film transistors using solution deposition techniques.

Abstract: Methods and systems for dewarping images allow a user to reduce distortion in scanned images. A scanned image is processed using an optics model and an illumination model, and resampled to reduce distortion. The dewarping may be improved through iterative operations where a model parameter is varied. An optimal image is obtained which corresponds to a maximum metric as a measure of the quality of a resampled image.

Abstract: Systems and methods for triage of passages of text output from an OCR system by use of trainable models of the accuracy of the OCR system based on attributes of individual characters. The systems and methods according to this invention automatically triage an OCR-output text passage by determining at least one OCR-output character attribute for each OCR-output character, determining an error rate for the OCR-output text passage using a triage model and the determined at least one OCR-output character attribute, and comparing the determined error rate for the OCR-output text passage with an OCR-output text passage threshold error rate to perform an OCR-output text passage triage decision. Triage decision includes for example, sending OCR results directly to an end user without any post-OCR processing, sending the OCR results through a post-OCR inspection and processing stage, sending the original document image to be completely keyed in manually, and a combination thereof.

Abstract: Super wire history image defects in an image development system including one or more electrode wires disposed in a gap between a toner donor roll and an imaging member are reduced by providing an initial toner composition in the image development system, the initial toner composition containing at least 30 number % fine particles having a particle size no greater than 5 ?m; and providing replenisher toner into the development system to replenish the toner used to produce images by the image development system; the replenisher toner containing 20 number % or less fine particles having a particle size no greater than 5 ?m.

Abstract: A thienylene-arylene polymer comprised of a repeating segment containing at least one 2,5-thienylene unit selected from (I) and (II), and from about one to about three arylene units selected from (IIIa), (IIIb), and/or (IIIc) wherein R is an alkyl or an alkoxy; R? is halogen, alkyl, or alkoxy, and a and b represent the number of Rs.

Abstract: The invention provides a document data transmission device to swiftly transmit information that a user needs. The document data transmission device includes a storage unit that stores plural document data pieces and plural summary data pieces including contents information, a page data transmission request receiving unit that receives a page data transmission request transmitted from a user terminal, a page data transmitting unit that transmits specific page data of specific document data to the user terminal through a satellite network on the basis of the page data transmission request, a summary data transmission request receiving unit that receives a summary data transmission request transmitted from the user terminal, and a summary data transmitting unit that transmits specific summary data to the user terminal, on the basis of the summary data transmission request.

Abstract: An imaging system can include at least a two-dimensional array of pixels, an input device that includes a sensor that provides an electronic signal that represents to the image two-dimensional array of pixels, and a controller, the electronic signal is controlled by a controller so that the electronic signal is either stored in the first capacitor, or stored in the second capacitor. The electronic signal can also be controlled by the controller so that the electronic signal is either stored in the first capacitor during a phase of one of the control signals, or not stored in the first capacitor during a phase of another one of the control signals. The system permits a dynamic response time for properly managing frame times associated with a large number of pixels so that the images will not appear as blurry images when they are displayed.

Abstract: An optical module includes a base portion; a surface type optical element receiving or emitting light; an optical waveguide being mounted on the base portion; a holding member being mounted on the base portion; a cap being mounted on the base portion; and a fixing member. The optical waveguide includes on an end portion of the optical waveguide light input/output end face that transmits light therebetween. The holding member positions and holds the surface type optical element and one end portion of the optical waveguide. The cap includes a light transmitting window provided in a position opposing to the other end portion of the optical waveguide. The cap at least partially covers the optical element and the optical waveguide. The fixing member fixes the other end portion of the optical waveguide and the cap.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which includes an image carrier holding toner images of plural colors, and a transfer portion that transfers the toner images of plural of colors held on the image carrier onto a recording medium, wherein the image carrier is made of an elastic material, has a pattern image forming unit repeatedly forming a pattern image for color misregistration detection on the image carrier at a constant interval so as to set the pattern images within a length range of the recording medium, wherein one of the pattern images includes a first toner image group in which plural toner images of a first color is formed at a first interval, and a second toner image group in which plural toner images of a second color is formed at a second interval.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for masking low drop volume print defects in inkjet printers. In one exemplary embodiment, the invention obtains a print mask, determines a likelihood that an individual ink ejection nozzle will produce a low drop volume, determining a correction factor, and compensates for the low drop volume. The low drop volume may be compensated by increasing the drop intensity, modifying the print mask, or combinations of both.

Abstract: An ink set for reducing intercolor bleed and a multi-colored ink jet printing process utilizing the same is provided. The ink set comprises a black ink composition and a plurality of color ink jet ink compositions comprising a colorant and an ink vehicle. The ink vehicle of at least one of the color inks matches the ink vehicle of the black ink. An ink set may also be a hybrid ink set comprising a black/color ink subset that includes a black ink composition and at least one color ink composition, and a color/color ink subset that includes a plurality of color ink compositions, wherein the ink vehicle of the color ink composition(s) in the black/color ink subset matches the ink vehicle of the black ink composition and the ink vehicles of at least one of the color inks in the color/color subsets match the ink vehicle of another color ink in the color/color ink subset.

Abstract: The optimal version of a document can depend on the user's need and the presentation device, and can govern choices of content as well as style. The content needed for multiple versions of a document can be included in a single document structure and identified by means of tags or by a content selection node. Tags allow the user to specify a desired version, while selection nodes allow the content to be automatically selected, styled and formatted to optimize a set of constraints. Content alternatives may be generated automatically from original content.

Abstract: The visibility of shared documents in a collaborative recommender system is managed by analyzing both the document's substance and user actions that are performed on the document. The document's substance includes both metadata and content. User actions include both user ratings and semantic actions. The visibility of the shared documents is updated when either a user action or an event occurs.

Abstract: A magnetic material detecting device which detects a magnetic material by applying a magnetic field to the magnetic material and detecting a magnetic field generated from the magnetic material by the applied magnetic field, and which includes a magnetizing coil which emits a magnetic field that excites the magnetic material, and a dummy coil which generates a magnetic field that excites the magnetic material by electromagnetic induction caused by the magnetic field emitted from the magnetizing coil, in which the dummy coil is disposed at a position where the electromagnetic induction is generated.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus with multiple toner image-forming units that form toner images by developing electrostatic latent images by means of a developer containing a nonmagnetic toner and a magnetic carrier. Each of the toner image-forming units has a photoreceptor, a developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image borne on the surface of the photoreceptor, and multiple cleaning rolls, which have a magnetic particle layer of magnetic particles at the surface that are located in the state freely rotatable and in contact with or in the neighborhood of the surface of the photoreceptor. Furthermore, the cleaning rolls absorb nonmagnetic toners present on the surface of the photoreceptor on the magnetic particle layer thereof by rotation and the photoreceptor is rotating at a peripheral velocity of approximately 200 mm/sec or more.