Patents by Inventor Barry Klimuszka

Barry Klimuszka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Media width detecting system for an imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 6650397
    Abstract: A media width detecting system is adapted to measure an absolute width of media without the need for human intervention or without the need for media to be referenced against a known location. The media width detecting system includes a measuring pattern that is provided across a media path for media. The measuring pattern can be in the form of, for example, a bar code pattern. The system further includes a reader that is provided relative to the measuring pattern so as to read the width of the measuring pattern. When media traverses the measuring pattern, a portion of the measuring pattern, for example, a subset of the bars of the bar code pattern, is covered by the media. The reader would then be adapted to determined a width of the measuring based on the covered portion of the media pattern in relation to the uncovered portion or uncovered bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James K. Lucey, Barry Klimuszka, Arthur A. Whitfield, Andrew R. LaPietra
  • Media width detecting system for an imaging apparatus
    Publication number: 20020176059
    Abstract: A media width detecting system is adapted to measure an absolute width of media without the need for human intervention or without the need for media to be referenced against a known location. The media width detecting system includes a measuring pattern that is provided across a media path for media. The measuring pattern can be in the form of, for example, a bar code pattern. The system further includes a reader that is provided relative to the measuring pattern so as to read the width of the measuring pattern. When media traverses the measuring pattern, a portion of the measuring pattern, for example, a subset of the bars of the bar code pattern, is covered by the media. The reader would then be adapted to determined a width of the measuring based on the covered portion of the media pattern in relation to the uncovered portion or uncovered bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James K. Lucey, Barry Klimuszka, Arthur A. Whitfield, Andrew R. LaPietra