Abstract: An electronic component mounting circuit board for mounting an electronic component, comprises a circuit board, and connection pads provided on the circuit board, the connection pads being formed with a plurality of holes for inserting terminals of the electronic component.
Abstract: A certification information generating apparatus includes: a feature quantity generator, for generating a feature quantity related to a paper medium on which identification information is printed; and a database generator, for generating a database wherein the feature quantity and the identification information are correlated with each other. The database that is generated is employed for a predetermined process related to certification of a paper medium.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 6, 2005
Publication date:
August 17, 2006
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Tetsuya Kimura, Tadashi Shimizu, Kensuke Ito
Abstract: A product information providing apparatus for providing, via a network, product information for supporting operations of a product, comprises an electronic product information storage that stores electronic product information which contains a group of hicrarchized files having a file format browsable through a Web browser; a table holder that holds an event table in which an event indicating a change in the state of the product is associated with address information of the product information corresponding to the event; an event detector that detects occurrence of the event; an address information acquisition unit that acquires address information corresponding to the event detected by the event detector by referring to the table holder; an accessing unit that accesses the corresponding electronic product information based on the address information acquired by the address information acquisition unit; and a display that displays the electronic product information accessed by the accessing unit.
Abstract: A coding apparatus includes a shape coding section and a density coding section. The shape coding section codes shape information of an image element contained in an input image. The density coding section codes density information of the image element contained in the input image, with using a density dictionary including a binary pattern representing an image density and first identification information identifying the binary pattern in association with each other.
Abstract: The present invention relates to providing a designer with the tools for the manipulation of differential gloss in halftoned images. A special mask layer is provided for the rendering of desired glossmark image data. The desired glossmark image data is used to select between two halftones with anisotropic structure characteristics which are significantly different in orientation while remaining identical in density. This selection is made for each corresponding portion of primary image data. In this way, a halftone image of the primary image is generated with glossmarks imbedded therein which will display differential gloss without the need for special toners or paper.
Abstract: A technique for compressing texts such that referential integrity, sentence coherency, punctuation and readability are preserved and which provides for compression of sentence constituents based on the type of content, the informativity of the sentence constituent and the grammatical readability of the resultant sentence or phrase. Information content portions are parsed to generate parts of speech tags. The informativity of the constituents in a phrase or sentence is determined and the parts of speech having lower information content and having a low effect on grammatical readability of the phrase or sentence are selectively compressed. Parts of speech having successively higher informativity and low effect on grammatical readability are selected for compression until the desired level of compression is reached. Compressed portions are indicated in the summary with a selectable placeholder which expands to display the compressed text.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2006
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Livia Polanyi, Martin Henk Van Den Berg
Abstract: In an Internet facsimile 1, scanned and stored image information is broadcasted in facsimile and electronic mail communications according to one transmission instruction of the user.
Abstract: Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's interests. To analyze the qualitative nature of the layout in quantifiable terms, the electronic document is measure using various quantifiable factors; such as, balance, uniformity, white space management, alignment, consistency, legibility, etc.; that impact a qualitative nature of a document. Such quantifiable factors are then used to quantize the aesthetics, ease of use, eye-catching ability, interest, communicability, comfort, and convenience of the document.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2004
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2006
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Steven J. Harrington, Jose Fernando Naveda, Rhys Price Jones, Nathan Sarr, Nishant Atul Thakkar, Paul G. Roetling
Abstract: A system for automatically releasing selected plural sheet feeding nip sets spaced along a print media sheet feeding path of a printer, wherein the idler rollers are rotatably mounted on common idler shafts and a selectable partial rotation system driven by a single low cost motor is flexibly connected to those plural idler shafts to partially rotate eccentric lift cams on each idler shaft into the underlying surface as to lift the idler shaft and thereby move the idler rollers away from their normally mating sheet feed rollers to release all the sheet feeding nips, enabling sheet deskew, inversion, acceleration, deceleration, or sheet jam clearance in that selected area of the sheet feeding path.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 2003
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2006
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Barry P. Mandel, Lloyd A. Williams, Joannes N. M. deJong, Keith A. Buddendeck
Abstract: A recording device for recording an image on a recording medium, the recording device comprising: a recording head having a liquid drop discharging surface for discharging liquid drops toward a recording medium; a liquid receptacle disposed at a position opposing a liquid drop discharging surface of the recording head, and able to accommodate the liquid drops; and a conveying device for conveying the recording medium between the recording head and the liquid receptacle, by a non-electrostatic attraction method.
Abstract: A graphical input and display system having a user interface for selecting and creating image object elements includes input devices permitting a user to manipulate elements of electronic images. A processor, connected to the system, receives requests for various image object selection operations and also accesses a memory structure. The system memory structure includes a user interaction module, which allows a user to select image objects, an image object selection module for interpreting imprecise image object selection paths, and data memory.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2002
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2006
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Eric Saund, Edward Lank, David J. Fleet, James V. Mahoney, Daniel L. Larner, Thomas P. Moran
Abstract: The systems and methods according to this invention disclose that coverage for an ad hoc sensor network is fundamental to the deployment and utilization of such networks. The invention provides a method which characterizes the coverage of an ad hoc sensor network by defining a sensing field over the space within which the physical phenomenon of interest occurs. Its value at any given point reflects the ability of the sensor network to estimate the phenomenon and/or event, of interest at this point. A statistical method is presented to determine such a field based on sensor layouts and sensor models. The system and methods of the invention define well monitored regions and sensor holes, information that can be used to characterize the quality of service that the network provides for different applications. A graphical user interface may be provided to display this information to the user for monitoring in health management of the network.
Abstract: Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's interests. To analyze the qualitative nature of the layout in quantifiable terms, the electronic document is measure using various quantifiable factors; such as, balance, uniformity, white space management, alignment, consistency, legibility, etc.; that impact a qualitative nature of a document. Such quantifiable factors are then used to quantize the aesthetics, ease of use, eye-catching ability, interest, communicability, comfort, and convenience of the document.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2004
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2006
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Steven J. Harrington, Jose Fernando Naveda, Rhys Price Jones, Nathan Sarr, Nishant Atul Thakkar, Paul G. Roetling
Abstract: A method and structure for a virtual finishing job ticket database used in a finishing system wherein the database stores capability and constraint information relating to finishing devices available for a finishing job, receives information describing the finishing operations to be performed, and stores the information in a manner accessible for management of the finishing job.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 15, 2006
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Donald R. Ryan, Henry T. Kremers, Kevin R. Mathers
Abstract: Defects in an image forming system may give rise to visible streaks, or one-dimensional defects in an image that run parallel to the process direction. One known method for compensating for streaks introduces a separate tone reproduction curve for each pixel column in the process direction. A compensation pattern according to this invention has alignment marks before and after a halftone compensation region. The alignment marks provide alignment between the printer pixel grid and a scanning pixel grid. The line width of each alignment mark and the gray level in each pixel column of each gray level portion is measured and analyzed to produce a local tone reproduction curve for each pixel column and associated line width. The line widths of the alignment marks can be remeasured to adjust the local tone reproduction curves to compensate for the streak defect when printing.
Abstract: A print processing apparatus that reads and processes data to be printed in response to a print instruction for previously stored data, and prints out the data thus processed by means of an image forming unit after completing settlement processing of a print service fee charged for the printing, comprises a setting unit that sets restriction items relating to the printing of the data to be printed; an image processing unit that processes the data to be printed into restricted print data conforming to a print-out form that satisfies the restriction items set by the setting unit; and a data transmitting unit that transmits the restricted print data processed by the image processing unit to the image forming unit.
Abstract: A method and system for the assessment of the office document production environment(s) in a facility, and more particularly to a client-based method and system that can be used to collect, analyze, model, optimize, and report on document output costs and efficiencies in an office environment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2005
Publication date:
August 10, 2006
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Ray Merriam, Kirk Pothos, Holly Turner, Craig Mallery
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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 4, 2005
Publication date:
August 10, 2006
Applicant:
XEROX CORPORATION
Inventors:
James Proper, Joo Chung, Juan Morales-Tirado, Scott Silence, Zhaoyi Masucci, Kristen Ladue, Christine Keenan, Kimberly Stoll
Abstract: An imaging member includes a substrate, a charge generating layer, and a charge transport layer, wherein an external of the imaging member includes a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane modified silicone dispersed therein.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 10, 2005
Publication date:
August 10, 2006
Applicant:
XEROX CORPORATION
Inventors:
Jin Wu, Yuhua Tong, John Wilbert, Liang-bih Lin, Jennifer Hwang, Timothy O'Brien, Anthony Uttaro, Linda Ferrarese