Abstract: A sheet inverter apparatus improves the handling capabilities of high speed printers and copiers. The sheet inverter apparatus includes a rotatable support having an axis of rotation and at least first and second arms radiating outwardly from the axis of rotation. First and second nip assemblies are is mounted to the first and second arms respectively. The support is rotatable to adjust positions of the first and second nips about the axis of rotation. Advantageously, with this arrangement, the support is adjustable so as to permit the first and second nips to receive sheets of paper at one location, be positionally adjusted with the sheets of paper moving therewith, and located at a second location so as to deliver the paper to an outlet feed path. This positional adjustment allows for inversion of the paper.

Abstract: An intelligent power supply system includes a transformer and at least one gate unit. The transformer is configured to electrically connect to a higher voltage power source and to convert the higher voltage to a first reduced voltage. The transformer provides the first reduced voltage via a first output. The gate unit is operable to receive the first output and provide a second output at a second reduced voltage. At least one low voltage electrical device is electrically connectable to the second output. The transformer may electrically connect to a higher voltage power source at a first location, with the gate unit disposed at a second location remote from the first location, whereby the higher voltage power source is not at or near the second location, which may comprise a display location with various electrically powered display devices that are powered by the reduced voltage provided by the gate unit.

Abstract: An air cleaner includes a housing and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing can be reached through an opening in a side wall of the housing. A filter element having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The housing is constructed and arranged to cam the element into sealing engagement with the housing. The access cover includes structure to help support and ensure proper seating of the filter element within the housing. A method of installing the filter element in the air cleaner includes sliding a portion of the filter element against a slide surface in the housing. A method of servicing an air cleaner includes tilting the filter element against a tilt surface in the housing to release a seal between the filter element and the housing. The filter element can have a handle to assist in servicing of the air cleaner.

Abstract: A convenient, easy-to-use, water-saving, and labor-saving FROG irrigation controller and system are provided, which determine the appropriate water budget and schedule for the property's landscaping based on evapotranspiration data for the geographic area, regulation data (mandated and voluntary watering restrictions), and property-specific data (such as type of plant, zone number, emitter type, and plant environment), with consideration given to reduction in watering days, increase in soil watering depth, and day of year. Once set, the FROG provides incremental adjustments over the course of the year; the homeowner no longer needs to re-set the watering program seasonally to comply with local mandated and voluntary watering restrictions. Compliance is automatic and obligatory, meeting the water saving goals of the local water authority.

Abstract: An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the intrinsic image as a function of a bi-illuminant, dichromatic reflection model.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes at least first and second coils adapted to contain a fluid therein and at least two support members securing the coils. Each of the first and second coils are individually formed of at least one tube including an inlet at an uppermost extent thereof and an outlet at a lowermost extent thereof and include a vertical column containing a plurality of horizontal rows and a plurality of bends at opposite ends of the horizontal rows and fluidically interconnecting the horizontal rows thereof in series to define a serpentine configuration. The first and second coils are adjacent each other and nested so that the horizontal rows of the first coil are parallel to the horizontal rows of the second coil and at least some of the horizontal rows of the first coil are disposed between adjacent pairs of the horizontal rows of the second coil.

Abstract: An atomizing spray head suitable for delivering an atomized spray of a fluid with reduced blockage within the spray head. The spray head includes an inlet having a passage therein, a female tapered seat fluidically coupled to the passage of the inlet, and a male tapered plunger seated against the female tapered seat. The male tapered plunger is adjustably biased against the female tapered seat to pressurize a fluid that flows into the passage and causes the male tapered plunger to be unseated from the female tapered seat. A window circumferentially surrounds the male tapered plunger, through which a pressurizing fluid that unseats the male tapered plunger from the female tapered seat is able to exit the spray head as an atomized spray in radial directions relative to the male tapered plunger.

Abstract: A receptacle connector is provided for mating with a pluggable module having a plug and a printed circuit. The receptacle connector includes a housing having a mating receptacle and a slot. The mating receptacle is configured to receive the plug of the pluggable module therein. The slot is configured to receive the printed circuit of the pluggable module therein. A receptacle contact is held by the housing. The receptacle contact includes a receptacle mating segment that extends within the mating receptacle and is configured to engage a mating contact of the plug of the pluggable module. A slot contact is held by the housing. The slot contact includes a slot mating segment that extends within the slot and is configured to engage the printed circuit of the pluggable module.

Abstract: Systems and a method for image forming systems to skip over the non-printing photoreceptor area in order to not skip a label position on a continuous print web medium. A vacuum assembly is coupled to a controller that controls different vacuum pressures at each vacuum roller therein. The vacuum rollers provide drag and drive forces to skip a seam of the photoreceptor and a residual length based on the number and size of images on the photoreceptor.

Abstract: A body control module (BCM) of a vehicle has an output bus which provides addressed control signals to a plurality of electrical control units (ECUs) coupled to the bus. The ECUs include a power control relay and an addressable control circuit which responds to an address uniquely identifying a particular ECU for actuating the associated relay to provide power to an electrical device in the vehicle. The control signals from the BCM can be any one of several data processing protocols, including local interconnect network (LIN), and controller area network (CAN) to provide the address and data for controlling each of the relays.

Abstract: A dual path, single reversing roll inverter driven by a single actuator includes a single reversing roller with two, diametrically opposed idler rollers. The configuration of the reversing roller and idler rollers forms a first nip and a second nip that are alternately used to accept sequential sheets from a paper path. The first and second nips discharge the sheets into respective first and second inverting paths. A method for inverting sheets using the dual path, single reversing roll inverter includes rotating the roller in a first direction to direct a first sheet through the first nip. The roller is then rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction to direct the first sheet from the first nip and into the first inverting path and to simultaneously direct a second sheet into the second nip. A gate alternately directs the sequential sheets into the first and second nips.

Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, assembling a feature vector for the image file, the feature vector containing information regarding a likelihood that a selected pair of regions of the image file are of a same intrinsic characteristic, for example, a same texture, providing a classifier derived from a computer learning technique, computing a classification score for the selected pair of regions of the image file, as a function of the feature vector and the classifier and classifying the regions as being of the same intrinsic characteristic, as a function of the classification score.

Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, determining intrinsic component information as a function of spatio-spectral information for the image, and calculating analytical information, as a function of the intrinsic component information.

Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the intrinsic image as a function of a bi-illuminant, dichromatic reflection model.

Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an approximate intrinsic estimate representation of the image as an intrinsic image corresponding to the image, and compressing the intrinsic image to provide a compressed intrinsic image.

Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate having upper and lower sides, and first and second conductive vias extending between the upper and lower sides. The first and second conductive vias include circular outer profiles. The circuit board also includes a differential pair of conductive traces, which includes a first conductive trace having first upper and lower segments disposed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The first upper and lower segments are electrically connected together through the first conductive via. The first upper segment is curved around the second conductive via such that the first upper segment follows the circular outer profile of the second conductive via. The differential pair of conductive traces also includes a second conductive trace having second upper and lower segments disposed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The second upper and lower segments are electrically connected together through the second conductive via.

Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image, and compressing the intrinsic image to provide a compressed intrinsic image.

Abstract: An heat exchanger assembly and a method of use thereof adapted for transferring heat to or from a fluid to a surrounding environment within an apparatus, such as motor vehicle engines, as it enters and leaves a fluid-handling device. The heat exchanger assembly includes first and second manifolds, multiple cooling tubes and a return tube. The first manifold has inlet holes therein and the second manifold has outlet holes therein. The multiple cooling tubes fluidically interconnect the first and second manifolds and the inlet and outlet holes thereof. The return tube passes through the first and second manifolds to fluidically interconnect opposite ends of the heat exchanger assembly. The return tube has a first end adapted to mount the heat exchanger assembly to the apparatus and an oppositely-disposed second end that protrudes from the second manifold and is adapted to secure the fluid-handling device thereto.

Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image, modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images according to a set of preselected operations and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning a plurality of objects may be present. A locating pin may be positioned relative to secondary holes in a plurality of objects. The locating pin may comprise a segment with a cross section having a number of portions alternating between curved sections and angled sections and a surface. The locating pin may be inserted into the secondary holes. The number of portions of the surface corresponding to the angled sections may be configured to align the secondary holes in a desired direction to align the plurality of objects.