Patents Issued in April 24, 2003
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Publication number: 20030076358Abstract: An operating system provides extensions through which application developers may extend the capabilities of a shell of the operating system. For example, application developers may add menu items to context menus for objects that are visible within an integrated system name space. In addition, developers may add property sheet pages for such objects. Application developers also have the option of providing per-instance icons for each instance of an object. Application developers may provide data object extension handlers for customizing data sources on a per-object class basis and may provide drop target extension handlers on a per-object class basis to customize drop target behavior. Developers may additionally provide copy-hook handlers to regulate file system operations on objects. Developers may also extend the functionality provided by the shell of the operating system by adding their own custom name spaces to the integrated system name space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Satoshi Nakajima, George H. Pitt, Joseph D. Belfiore, Christopher J. Guzak, Chee H. Chew
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Publication number: 20030076359Abstract: A method of visually indicating transfer of data in response to a pointing device data transfer command is provided. A display position indicator on a display screen is modified based on a data transfer command. Data transfer is animated on the display screen based on the data transfer command from a pointing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anthony E. Martinez, Michael D. Rahn
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Publication number: 20030076360Abstract: A medium for managing a project includes a first area having representations of each of a plurality of steps, a second area having representations of a plurality of substeps corresponding to one of the plurality of steps, and a third area, displayed in response to a selection of one of the plurality of substeps. The third area includes a representation of the selected substep, representations of at least one and less than all of substeps preceding the selected substep, representations of at least one and less than all of the substeps following the selected substep, and instructions for performing the selected substep.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Jason Barrow
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Publication number: 20030076361Abstract: In an image stitcher for arranging a plurality of images to be stitched in m rows and n columns (both m and n are natural numbers) on a monitor screen such that their respective arrangement positions conform to an actual relative positional relationship, to stitch all the images utilizing information related to the arrangement position of each of the images, the image stitcher comprises means for displaying on the monitor screen an image arrangement pattern selection screen including a plurality of types of image arrangement patterns for arranging the plurality of images to be stitched in m rows and n columns on the monitor screen, means for causing a user to select one of the plurality of types of image arrangement patterns on the image arrangement pattern selection screen, and means for arranging the plurality of images to be stitched in m rows and n columns on the monitor screen in accordance with the image arrangement pattern selected by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Haruo Hatanaka, Takashi Iida, Naoki Chiba
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Publication number: 20030076362Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make it possible to drop easily an object in a window as a destination of drop by an operator even if the window as the destination of drop is concealed on the desktop before start of the drag. When an object 22 displayed in a window 21 is dragged by a pointing device and then dropped in another window 23, start of a drag operation is detected, and the window 23 that corresponds to an application as a destination of drop of the dragged object 22 is displayed on a foremost side of a multi-window environment to activate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Masahiro Terada
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Publication number: 20030076363Abstract: A magnifying tool that enlarges a selected region of displayed image surrounding a cursor in a graphical user interface (GUI), and superimposes the enlarged region directly over the selected region (and a portion of the adjacent non-selected region). The location of the cursor relative to the enlarged region is co-located with the location of the cursor relative to the selected region such that the locations are identical.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Killian D. Murphy
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Publication number: 20030076364Abstract: A method of previewing a graphical image corresponding to an icon in a clipboard is provided. A paste command is received from a user. A determination is made whether a plurality of objects are stored within the clipboard. A clipboard may be displayed adjacent a display position indicator, if it is determined a plurality of objects are within the clipboard. An icon preview instruction is received from a user. A graphical image associated with the icon is displayed in response to the icon preview instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anthony E. Martinez, Michael D. Rahn
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Publication number: 20030076365Abstract: An interactive delivery interface provides a user with a multiple page display. A display job is processed into ordered pages. One of the multiple pages is selected for display on either a display screen or print media. The selected page is scaled to fit the display. At least one sequence of pages adjacent the selected page is chosen. Each page of each chosen sequence of pages is scaled to a size smaller than a size of the selected page. The selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages are displayed together on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Robert Sesek, Travis J. Parry
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Publication number: 20030076366Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanism for systematically invoking executable features of a software application via its graphical user interface. Also disclosed is a mechanism for generating a map that characterizes operational states of an application as it executes. An application driver selects an action to be performed by the application according to a deterministic mode such as depth-first mode or breadth-first mode. In the depth-first mode of deterministic operation, an action associated with a particular element is explored as deeply as possible, while breadth-first mode explores the application as widely as possible. For each executable feature invoked within the software application, the states encountered during execution are stored within the application map for subsequent retrieval and analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Arild E. Skjolsvold
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Publication number: 20030076367Abstract: The present invention relates to an intuitive and user-friendly user interface for rich communication on a network which interacts in an efficient way with other applications and services. In particular, the present invention relates to rich and expressive real-time communication over the Internet supported by animated objects using the objects to increase the expressive and emotional bandwidth of instant messaging. The invention is suited for use on a broad range of Internet terminal types, from mobile phones to PC's and TV's with set-top boxes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Paul Bencze, Kjetil Norby, Stian Borresen
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Publication number: 20030076368Abstract: A method of displaying multiple application programs simultaneously is performed in a computer system. The computer system has a main application program and an auxiliary application program. The computer system displays the auxiliary application program on a screen. Upon triggering of a predetermined key, the computer system moves the auxiliary application program down, and displays both the auxiliary application program and the main application program. Upon clicking on an image of the main application program, an image of the auxiliary application program is removed, leaving only the main application program displayed on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Tung-Leng Lau
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Publication number: 20030076369Abstract: In a system and method for the display, or presentation, of electronic information in an ambient, or pre-attentive, form, a centralized server converts textual or quantitative data into a form suitable for remotely located non-textual ambient displays, or objects. The conversion, or translation, of the information occurs in response to a set of rules which may be fixed at the server, or otherwise modifiable by a user of the display, for example via Web-based interface, or at the display itself. The translated data, referred to herein as “ambient data” is in compressed, encoded form, so as to optimize the efficiency of its periodic transmission of such data to multiple remotely located recipient displays. In one example, the display comprises an analog-type gauge having a hand that varies in angular or linear offset, or multiple hands that independently vary in angular or linear offset, in response to the received ambient data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Benjamin I. Resner, David L. Rose, Pritesh V. Gandhi, Nabeel Hyatt, Christopher McRobbie
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Publication number: 20030076370Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying an image (AB) of a traffic situation of a rail track system on a display (12) of a pixel-oriented visual display unit (5) of a rail traffic control system (10), said display unit being controlled by means of a control device. According to the inventive method, the traffic situation is represented in such a manner that a viewer of the display (12) can recognize the traffic situation and can take control measures for influencing it. The aim of the invention is to provide a method which can be carried out at low costs while having a high safety standard. To this end, a visual display unit (5) is used as the visual display unit and has an internal matrix-oriented display memory (15) in which the image data required for the representation of the image (AB) are stored. The image is represented on the display against an image background whose brightness or color is adjusted according to the presence or absence of a control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Werner Hahn
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Publication number: 20030076371Abstract: A unique scanning technique for selective deposition modeling wherein the dispensing device remains substantially stationary as the object staging structure supporting the three-dimensional objects being formed is reciprocally driven in a main scanning direction. A more uniform temperature environment is provided for the dispensing device which can achieve a more uniform drop mass when dispensing a curable material. Also provided is a unique biased air flow for cooling the layers of the object as they are formed as they release a substantial amount of exothermal heat. The biased air flow is directed away from the dispensing device so a to provide a more uniform temperature environment for the dispensing device while removing the substantial amount of heat from the layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: 3D Systems, Inc.Inventor: Jon Jody Fong
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Publication number: 20030076372Abstract: The present invention provides ink-jet inks, systems, and methods for marking documents as original. Specifically, an aqueous ink-jet ink can comprise an ink vehicle; and a sufficient amount of particulates having directionally dependent light reflective properties within the ink vehicle such that when the ink-jet ink is substantially dried on a desired substrate, a multi-colored reflected light is emittable in the presence of a light source. Printing documents as original can be carried out for compensation, as a service, or by providing cartridges containing these inks to clients and/or customers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Stuart D. Asakawa
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Publication number: 20030076373Abstract: A print engine/controller suited to use with a drop on demand print head. The print engine/controller works with compressed page data having both JPEG contone image layers and a bi-level image plane compressed using a Group 4 facsimile protocol. It receives compressed image plane's and effects expansion and printing in a pipeline fashion. It consists of a high speed serial interface 27 (such as a standard IEEE 1394 interface), a standard JPEG decoder 28, a standard Group 4 Fax decoder, a halftoner/compositor unit 29, a tag encoder 30 by which to place infrared tags into a printed page, a line loader/formatter unit 31 feeding an interface 32 to the print head 33. The decoders 28,88 and encoder 30 are buffered to the halftoner/compositor 29.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
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Publication number: 20030076374Abstract: A system and method of printing allows mapping between an input print data file and an output dot grid data file, wherein the resolution of the resolution of the dot grid is not an integer multiple of the print data. A method includes forming an input print data group of pixels within the print data file and forming an output dot grid group of a different number of pixels within the dot grid data file. The pixels within the input group are associated pixels within the output group by a mapping function. By varying the number of pixels within the two groups, the printhead nozzle firing frequency and the rate of ink deposition per unit area of media may be controlled. Accordingly, print output quality may be maximized given the constraints of the hardware available.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Roanld A. Askeland, Ronald Burns
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Publication number: 20030076375Abstract: Resting position error recognition for an ink-jet, translational-type, service station mechanism. Service station drive mechanism binding due to hard stop impact is compensated for by calculating a difference between when the drive mechanism stops and when a predetermined velocity change was first recorded. In a more sophisticated embodiment, noise filtering is employed to improve accuracy with increasing number of uses of the service station mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Douglas L. Harriman, Kris M. English, Daniel J. Magnusson
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Publication number: 20030076376Abstract: An inkjet printhead with an integrated sealing and wiping function is disclosed. A printhead body is provided with at least one nozzle opening. A shutter member movably engages the printhead, and an actuator moves the shutter member between an open position and a closed position. When in the open position, the shutter member exposes the nozzle opening, allowing the printhead to deposit ink onto a printing medium such as paper. When the printhead is not printing or is in a maintenance mode, the actuator moves the shutter member to the closed position. During the movement, the shutter member performs a wiping function on the nozzle opening. Once the shutter member has been moved to the closed position, it acts to cap, or seal, the nozzle opening from the outside environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: John C. Greeven, James P. Kearns, David M. Wetchler, Louis C. Barinaga
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Publication number: 20030076377Abstract: A capping mechanism for a print engine includes a capping member mountable in alignment with a printhead of the print engine. The capping member is displaceable into and out of abutment with the printhead for capping and uncapping the printhead respectively. A torsion bar arrangement acts on the capping member for displacing the capping member. A mechanical displaceable element co-operates with the torsion bar arrangement such that, when the element is in a parked position, the element engages the torsion bar arrangement to cause the capping member to be displaced into abutment with the printhead to cap the printhead. When the displaceable element is out of its parked position, the capping member is urged by the torsion bar arrangement out of abutment with the printhead.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Garry Raymond Jackson
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Publication number: 20030076378Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection head has a liquid introduction part, a pump part which is in communication with the liquid introduction part, and a nozzle forming plate in which a nozzle port is formed in an overlapped manner with the pump part. The nozzle forming plate is formed substantially into a rectangle as seen from a liquid ejection side. A resin is molded in at least one of side surface portions along at least long sides of the nozzle forming plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinichi Nakamura, Yoshiaki Yamada
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Publication number: 20030076379Abstract: A carriage guide for a carriage of an inkjet printer includes a carriage track having a longitudinal axis, an anti-rotation rail spaced from the carriage track and oriented substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the carriage track, and a bridge extending between the carriage track and the anti-rotation rail. The carriage track and the anti-rotation rail each form at least one support surface configured to slidably support the carriage for movement along the longitudinal axis of the carriage track.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Haseeb Yusef, Yong K. Park
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Publication number: 20030076380Abstract: A carriage drive belt for moving a carriage includes an elongated belt section having a longitudinal axis and including a first portion and a second portion spaced from the first portion along the longitudinal axis, and a compliant belt section secured to the elongated belt section, wherein the compliant belt section extends between the first portion and the second portion of the elongated belt section and is configured for attachment of the carriage thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Haseeb Yusef, Dan Lander
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Publication number: 20030076381Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus forms a printed image on a print medium based on image data. The apparatus includes an ink jet print head having ink ejection nozzles in a nozzle array. Ink is ejected from the nozzles and onto the print medium as the print head scans across the print medium in a scan direction, thereby forming the image on the print medium. The nozzle array on the print head includes a first substantially columnar array of nozzles aligned with a print medium advance direction which is perpendicular to the scan direction. The first array has a first upper subarray pair that includes a first upper left and a first upper right subarray of nozzles. The first upper left and a first upper right subarrays each include a substantially linear arrangement of n number of nozzles having equal nozzle-to-nozzle spacings. The nozzle-to-nozzle spacing in the first upper right subarray is equivalent to the nozzle-to-nozzle spacing in the first upper left subarray.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Frank Edward Anderson, John Philip Bolash, Randall David Mayo, George Keith Parish
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Publication number: 20030076382Abstract: An ink-jet printer head includes a main body which is provided with a plurality of pressure chambers to which ink is supplied and a nozzle which is provided for each pressure chamber to cause the pressure chamber to communicate with the outside, and whose portion is formed from a piezoelectric material. In each pressure chamber, an electrode for applying a voltage to the piezoelectric material is provided to change the volume of the pressure chamber. A surface of the electrode is coated with an insulating film to electrically insulate the electrode from the ink, and the surface of the insulating film is partially or entirely coated with a metal film.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Isao Suzuki
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Publication number: 20030076383Abstract: A printhead chip for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate. A plurality of nozzle arrangements is positioned on the substrate. Each nozzle arrangement includes nozzle chamber walls and a roof that define a nozzle chamber with the roof defining an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber. An ink-ejecting member is positioned in the nozzle chamber. The ink-ejecting member is operatively positioned with respect to the nozzle chamber and is displaceable with respect to the substrate to eject ink from the ink ejection port. An actuator is connected to the ink-ejecting member, the actuator being displaceable upon receipt of an electrical drive signal to displace the ink-ejecting member and thus eject ink from the ink ejection port. A covering formation is positioned on the substrate so that the substrate and the covering formation define an air chamber, the actuator being positioned within the air chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
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Publication number: 20030076384Abstract: To provide a heating resistor film having a sufficiently high durability to repetitive pulse applications, a recording head substrate including the heating resistor film, a recording head, and a recording apparatus. A heating resistor film that generates heat energy using currents flowing from a wire in a heat acting portion of a recording head substrate, is made of amorphous tantalum silicon nitride having a sheet resistance of 200 &OHgr;/□ to 400 &OHgr;/□, and has a thickness of 30 nm to 80 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Seiichi Tamura, Genzo Momma, Yukihiro Hayakawa, Yoshinori Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20030076385Abstract: A fixing plate includes a first region and a second region. A vibrator assembly includes a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators, a drive electrode formed on each of the piezoelectric vibrators, and a common electrode formed commonly to the piezoelectric vibrators. The vibrator assembly is bonded onto the first region in a cantilevered manner. A sheet-shaped wiring board supplies a drive signal to the drive electrode and applies a bias potential which is higher than a ground potential to the common electrode. A controller IC controls the drive signal. The controller IC has a first face mounted on the wiring board, and a second face opposing to the first face in which a semiconductor surface is exposed. An insulating layer is interposed between the second region of the fixing plate and the second face of the controller IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Okazawa, Takashi Osuga
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Publication number: 20030076386Abstract: An inkjet print head with an ink channel unit (and a method therefore) includes a plurality of plates adhered together to form an inkjet head. An adhesive sheet for adhering together the plurality of plates, includes an adhesive element dispersed in a polymer matrix having an average molecular weight of 50,000 or more. The polymer matrix includes a resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kunihiro Tamahashi, Yoshiaki Tachibana, Jun Nagata
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Publication number: 20030076387Abstract: An continuous ink jet printer projects a stream of evenly spaced ink drops toward a substrate and controls placement of the ink drops on the substrate by selectively charging the individual ink drops and passing the charged ink drops through an electric field to control placement of said charged ink drops on a substrate. The printer may be used to print either single or multiple lines of print in a single stroke. A stroke consists of a single column from all lines and can have adjacent drops printed in alternating lines to reduce drop interaction. Each line of print in the stroke having N virtual print positions, at least some of which are being divided into pairs of adjacent positions. Each pair of adjacent positions has a first print position and a second print position. The printer includes a controller having a plurality of first and second look-up tables, each of which is associated with a different one of said pairs of adjacent print positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Dilip K. Shrivastava, Henry F. George, Andrew E. Fickling
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Publication number: 20030076388Abstract: An ink jet printer having an ink delivery system that allows air to be absorbed by ink that is being delivered to an ink jet print cartridge that includes a thermal printhead, so that ink delivered to the printhead has an air saturation level of at least 30%. The dissolved air reduces damage to heater resistors of the thermal ink jet printhead that would otherwise be caused by the in rush of ink after an ink drop is fired.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Karen Wytmans Waggoner, John M. Wade, Paul Crivelli, Kan Liu, Grant Allen Webster
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Publication number: 20030076389Abstract: A housing that includes a container with ink inlets sideways disposed therein and a recording head part on the bottom of the container. The housing is brought near to a scanning carriage mounted on a main guide rail in a direction parallel to a surface of the recording head part provided with nozzles, so that the ink inlets abut with ink outlets disposed horizontally in a joint of the scanning carriage face-to-face. An engaging member, which is formed of wire and in an angular C shape in a plan view, is rotatably mounted to the housing by attaching ends thereof on both sides of the housing. The engaging member is fitted in a recessed engaged part on the top of the scanning carriage so that the housing and the scanning carriage are fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seiji Shimizu
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Publication number: 20030076390Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ink container to be received within a receiving station of an inkjet printing system. The receiving station has a fluid inlet having a compliant seal and a pair of guide slots extending along either side of the fluid inlet. The ink container includes a guide feature outwardly extending therefrom. The guide feature is disposed toward a trailing end relative to an insertion direction. The guide feature is configured to cooperate with the at least one guide slot to guide the ink container in a pivot motion to ensure the ink container engages the compliant seal forming a seal therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Scott D. Sturgeon, Curt G. Gonzales
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Publication number: 20030076391Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise apparatus and methods for modifying existing low cost “on-axis” ink jet printer systems to accommodate low intervention rate “free ink” ink supplies. Embodiments are disclosed which enable reduced intervention rates and visual ink level indication by providing a large ink container, flexible interconnect tubing, and a modified ink supply container which mounts to the printer carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: John F. Wilson, Jeffrey D. Langford
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Publication number: 20030076392Abstract: An ink cartridge (10) for dispensing ink (IK) having a housing (12) with a cavity (22) therein for storing a quantity of ink, and a dispensing port (26) for delivering the ink to an output recordation device, such as a printer. The housing further has one or more additional ports (32, 34) extending through the housing in fluid communication with the cavity, and a check valve (16) received in one of the additional ports. The check valve is adapted to permit fluid flow in substantially one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Stephen A Anderson, Bruce S Jones, William A Putman
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Publication number: 20030076393Abstract: The present invention is drawn to odor-releasing ink-jet inks and methods for releasing odors from printed images. The ink-jet ink comprises an ink vehicle; an effective amount of an electro-thermal material dispersed within the ink vehicle; and an effective amount of an odor-releasing additive within the ink vehicle wherein an odorant is releasable from the odor-releasing additive upon substantial activation of the electro-thermal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Brian Craig Lee, Kevin G. Currans
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Publication number: 20030076394Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus including (A) a recording head including: plural nozzles discharging an ink drop to form an image on a receiving material; and plural pressure generators applying a pressure to the corresponding nozzles; (B) an ink container containing the ink, wherein the ink includes a pigment and a volatile solvent, and wherein the ink has a pigment content decreasing property such that the pigment content decreases at a meniscus portion of the ink in the nozzles when the ink is allowed to settle; and (C) a driver selectively actuating the pressure generators to discharge the ink from the corresponding nozzles, wherein the driver selectively actuates at least one of the pressure generators at a predetermined timing such that the ink at the meniscus portion is vibrated to an extent such that the ink is not discharged from the corresponding nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Akihiko Gotoh, Akiko Bannai
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Publication number: 20030076395Abstract: Ink jet recorded matter comprising a recording medium having a substrate and an ink receiving layer containing porous inorganic particles, an image formed of a pigment ink on the ink receiving layer, and a protective layer covering the image, the protective layer being formed by thermally transferring a transfer layer from a heat-resistant carrier onto the image. A process for producing the recorded matter, and a thermal transfer sheet, a thermal transfer apparatus and an ink jet recording apparatus for use in the production process are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Hajime Mizutani, Teruaki Kaieda, Katsumori Takei, Masahiro Hanmura
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Publication number: 20030076396Abstract: To provide a cutter device for a printer in which it is possible, in a printing state in which a movable blade is on standby for movement, to reduce a flicking noise generated between gears and to restrain vibrations generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Saburou Imai
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Publication number: 20030076397Abstract: A stack accessory for a printer attaches as a module to a printer and provides a source of media. Media originates from a stack within the module passing media from the bottom of the stack to the printer. The top of the stack remains open to replenish the media stack without interrupting printing operations. The stack accessory serves particularly well as an envelope feed mechanism supporting a large inventory of envelopes therein. Large scale and continuous envelope printing operations result. Overall, a stack accessory under the present invention converts a generally conventional printer into a high-volume printing device enjoying uninterrupted printing operations associated with replenishing a supply of media fed therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Matt G. Driggers
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Publication number: 20030076398Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an inkjet cartridge having a printhead at which ink is ejected onto a media sheet, and a substantially horizontally slidable support adjacent to the cartridge. The support is substantially horizontally slidable between a first position in which the support supports a portion of the media sheet when the media sheet is printed and fed toward a media output area, and a second position in which the media sheet is free to move to the media output area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Senarto Salim, Kong Hock Lim
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Publication number: 20030076399Abstract: A printer includes: a recording section for recording information on a recording medium; a medium carrying mechanism for carrying the recording medium on which information has been recorded by the recording section; a medium accommodating section extending in a vertical direction or in a slanted vertical direction for accommodating the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism; and pusher means for pushing the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism into the medium accommodating section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Koji Ikeda, Masaichiro Tatekawa, Yosuke Toyofuku, Hideaki Horio, Kazuyuki Nakashima
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Publication number: 20030076400Abstract: According to the present invention, writing electrodes 3b of a writing device 3 are kept in contact with a latent image carrier 2 with a small pressing force by a weak restoring force of a substrate 3a. An electrostatic latent image is written on the latent image carrier 2 by applying or removing charge relative to the latent image carrier 2 which are already uniformly charged by a charge control device 7. The application or removal of charge is conducted via charge-transfer between the latent image carrier 2 and the writing electrodes 3b which are in contact with each other. The electrostatic latent image is developed by a developing device 4 to form a developing powder image and this developing powder image is transferred to a receiving medium 5 such as a paper by a transferring device 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiro Koga, Shinichi Kamoshida, Kaneo Yoda, Nobumasa Abe, Yujiro Nomura
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Publication number: 20030076401Abstract: A thermal printer, including a drive platen, which has its external dimensions reduced to a level suitable for use in connection with portable information apparatuses. The thermal printer includes a thermal head; a platen cooperating with the thermal head to nip a printing sheet between the platen and the thermal head; an elastic member elastically pressing the thermal head and the platen to each other; a frame carrying the thermal head in a fixed manner and the platen in a movable manner relative to the thermal head; and a drive mechanism driving the platen. The drive mechanism includes a rotation drive source, a gearing unit for transmitting a torque from the rotation drive source to the platen, and a pivot member capable of pivoting about a rotation axis of a gear, arranged prior to the platen in the gearing unit, together with the platen and following gears arranged behind the prior or former gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Yukihiro Mori, Yoshinari Takabatake
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Publication number: 20030076402Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image data transfer unit that transfers image data having a predetermined number of pixels to a print head. A clock signal transfer unit transfers a clock signal in synchronization with the number of pixels of the image data, the clock signal having the same number of pulses as the number of pixels of the image data. A transfer control unit that modifies a transfer time of the image data compared with a clock signal transfer time according to a margin to be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masanori Asakura
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Publication number: 20030076403Abstract: In a scanning optical system provided with a plurality of scanning optical devices, each scanning optical device including a light source to emit a light beam, a collimator lens into which the light beam emitted from the light source enters, a deflector to deflect the light beam passing through the collimator lens in a main scanning direction, an image forming lens to focus the light beam coming from the deflector onto a scanned surface, and a base plate on which the light source, the collimator lens, the deflector and the image forming lens are fixed, the plurality of scanning optical devices are piled up in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction in such a manner that each base plate is substantially parallel to other base plates; and the scanning optical system is further provide with a plurality of link members to connect two neighboring base plates independently of other base plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Konica CorporationInventors: Naoki Tajima, Takeshi Suzuki, Kazuyuki Tanoue
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Publication number: 20030076404Abstract: An optical recording art is characterized by converting a light from a light source into a modulated light including an amplitude-modulated light and a phase-modulated light and forming an image of the modulated light on a surface of an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Yukio Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20030076405Abstract: A system and method for tracking belts disposed on rollers in a photoreceptor apparatus. The system includes a movable, belt edge guide that operates in combination with an encoder, a belt edge sensor, a belt hole sensor for detecting a hole in the belt surface, wherein the profile of the edge of the belt is learned as a function of the belt position on the rollers. The encoder and belt hole sensor are used to actuate the edge guide system to compensate for the contours of the belt edge and to maintain a constant lateral position of the belt at any given point on the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Rene Sanchez, James P. Calamita, Daniel W. Costanza, Michael F. Leo
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Publication number: 20030076406Abstract: Video mosaicing is commonly used to increase the visual field of view by pasting together many video frames. The invention provides for image mosaicing for general camera motion, including forward camera motion and zoom. After computing the motion between the images in a sequence, strips are selected from individual frames such that the strips are approximately perpendicular to the optical flow. The strips are warped such that the optical flow becomes parallel, and are pasted to a panoramic mosaic. The warping transformation on the strips, which results in making the optical flow to be parallel, can be modeled by an oblique projection of the image onto a cylindrical surface whose central axis is the trajectory of the camera. In addition, this invention uses view interpolation to generate dense intermediate views between original video frames, such that these intermediate views are used to overcome effects of motion parallax when creating panoramic mosaics.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEMInventors: Shmuel Peleg, Benny Rousso
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Publication number: 20030076407Abstract: A stereoscopic image-taking lens apparatus according to the present invention is attachable to an image-taking apparatus provided with an image-pickup element; wherein a shutter is changed over so that lights from the right and left optical paths are guided alternately to the image-pickup element at every predetermined time, so that parallax images are formed in time sequence on the image-pickup element. Furthermore, the stereoscopic image-taking lens apparatus sends a signal for inhibiting an image-taking operation in which the charge-storage time of the image-pickup element is longer than the predetermined time for changing over the shutter to the image-taking apparatus. Furthermore, the lens device sends a signal for changing the set allowance of a white balance to the image-taking apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Minoru Uchiyama, Toru Ohara, Tomoaki Yamanaka