Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Mereness

Thomas S. Mereness 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improved printing in a selected orientation
    Patent number: 4627097
    Abstract: The invention provides a printer with a capability of printing in any one of a plurality of rotations. Component image data is stored in a library. The component image data is subdivided into data sets or quads. The size of a quad is selected so that it can be readily rotated with simple hardware. As the data sets are written to a buffer, they are rotated, and the locations in the buffer at which the different data sets are written depends on the selected rotation, to provide for data rotation "on the fly".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Finlay, Jesus C. Lopez, Thomas S. Mereness