Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor comprising an insulator layer having opposing upper and lower surfaces, a first piezoelectric portion having a lower surface in contact with the upper surface of the insulator layer, a second piezoelectric portion having a lower surface in contact with the upper surface of the insulator layer and an insulator strip dividing the first and second piezoelectric portions, wherein the first portion and second piezoelectric portion are laterally positioned with respect to one another in the same generally planar layer.

Abstract: A base for supporting a piezoelectric sensor which includes a generally planar support frame having an opening and a housing mounted in the opening. The housing has an upper portion including a sensor and a lower portion including a biasing member in contact with the sensor. The sensor is biased by the biasing force of the biasing member against the upper portion of the housing, whereby the upper portion is in turn biased by the biasing force against a floor of a cage positioned on the upper side of the support frame.

Abstract: A base for supporting a piezoelectric sensor comprising: a generally planar support frame having an upper side, a lower side, and an opening defined between the upper side and lower side; and a housing mounted in the opening, the housing including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion including a sensor disposed therein and the lower portion includes a biasing member in contact with the sensor, wherein the sensor is biased by the biasing force of the biasing member against the upper portion of the housing, whereby the upper portion is in turn biased by the biasing force against a floor of a cage positioned on the upper side of the support frame.

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor comprising an insulator layer having opposing upper and lower surfaces, a first piezoelectric portion having a lower surface in contact with the upper surface of the insulator layer, a second piezoelectric portion having a lower surface in contact with the upper surface of the insulator layer and an insulator strip dividing the first and second piezoelectric portions, wherein the first portion and second piezoelectric portion are laterally positioned with respect to one another in the same generally planar layer.

Abstract: A peripheral device includes a processor adapted to generate a list, the list including at least one job previously performed by the device, a user interface in communication with the processor and adapted to display the list and a storage medium in communication with the processor and adapted to store the list, wherein, when the device performs a new job, the processor updates the list to include the new job.

Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.

Abstract: A method for printing at a printer medical images stored in a database of an image-storage server operatively connected to an image-manipulation server. The method includes several steps. One step includes requesting the image-manipulation server to obtain at least one of medical image from the database for a patient identified by an input to a printer. Another step includes displaying on a screen of the printer a thumbnail of the medical image. An additional step includes printing the medical image corresponding to the thumbnail selected by an input to the printer. A storage medium contains a program readable by a computer of a printer to perform the steps. A printer includes a computer including a program to perform the steps.

Abstract: A first scanning assembly includes a scanner and a projector, wherein the scanner is adapted for scanning a document, and wherein the projector is operatively connected to the scanner and is adapted for optically projecting a preview of a scan of a document scanned by the scanner. A second scanning assembly includes a scanner and a projector, wherein the scanner is adapted for generating an input panel image, and wherein the projector is operatively connected to the scanner and is adapted for optically projecting the input panel image.

Abstract: A method for copying objects smaller than a background defined by a scanner of an apparatus includes scanning a plurality of objects to acquire image data associated with the plurality of objects and the background; cropping the image data to remove object data for each object of the plurality of objects from the background; determining a size associated with each object of the plurality of objects, based on the object data; and formatting a page to produce a compact arrangement of multiple objects of the plurality of objects on the page, the page receiving the multiple objects in accordance with the size.

Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for JPEG encoding an image that includes variable quantization for each block, depending upon the classification of each block, which is dependent on the classification of pixels in that block.