| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6516151 |
Camera projected viewfinder |
February 4, 2003 |
| The present invention relates to a camera (1) that projects a pattern of visible light (28) onto an object such as a document (10) to be photographed to indicate to a photographer the area of the object within view of the camera. The camera comprising image capture means (18), a lens |
| 6516089 |
In-gamut image reproduction using spatial comparisons |
February 4, 2003 |
| A process and apparatus is described to improve color digital imaging reproduction quality by quickly, accurately and robustly mapping the gamut associated with a color digital image to the gamut of a particular device in a visually pleasing way. The improvement in appearance of the in-g |
| 6516078 |
Multi-level detection and deterrence of counterfeiting of documents with reduced false detection |
February 4, 2003 |
| Detection and deterrence of counterfeiting permits one to make legitimate color copies without introducing visual artifacts or experiencing substantial processing delays. We enable an efficient counterfeit deterrence by the use of an hierarchic detection scheme, in which the majority |
| 6515935 |
Method and apparatus for reducing average power in memory arrays by switching a diode in or out |
February 4, 2003 |
| A circuit for reducing power in SRAMS and DRAMS is implemented by dynamically controlling a voltage applied to individual memory sections of a semiconductor memory array. Individual sections of memory are isolated from a fixed power supply by inserting one or more NFETs and diodes be |
| 6515896 |
Memory device with short read time |
February 4, 2003 |
| The memory device includes a memory array of memory cells, and intersecting word lines and bit lines. At one end of the array, a bank of read/write select switches selectively couples the bit lines to a column write current source, and to a reference potential voltage. A bank of sense |
| 6515822 |
Modular data storage system with expandable vertical lift mechanism |
February 4, 2003 |
| A data storage system comprising: a plurality of vertically stacked modular housing units, each modular housing unit comprising a plurality of data storage media receiving devices; a data storage media handling device adapted to laterally displace media between the media receiving device |
| 6515759 |
Printer having processor with instruction cache and compressed program store |
February 4, 2003 |
| A printer provides additional read/write memory for image processing by operating with stored programs in compressed form. When needed for execution, instructions of a compressed program are expanded by a decompression circuit on the fly in an instruction cache. In a preferred embodi |
| 6515674 |
Apparatus for and of rendering 3d objects with parametric texture maps |
February 4, 2003 |
| A graphics system that employs parametric texture maps. The graphics system renders surface features of a 3D object in a manner that is direction dependent but without the time consuming and expensive calculations involved in the evaluation of lighting equations on a per pixel basis. A |
| 6515275 |
Method and apparatus for determining the illumination type in a scene |
February 4, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus for determining the illuminant type in a digital image. A photo sensor that has an array of photo-cells that detect non-visible light, embedded in the array of photo-cells that detect only visible light is disclosed. Using the visible light photo-cells in conju |
| 6513921 |
Light sensitive invisible ink compositions and methods for using the same |
February 4, 2003 |
| A high-reliability invisible ink printing system is provided which generates high-definition, lightfast images that are easily read or otherwise detected using far red, infrared, and/or ultraviolet light. The inks contain an uncomplexed invisible metal phthalocyanine far red/infrared |
| 6513920 |
Controlling diffused-air bubbles in ink-jet print cartridges |
February 4, 2003 |
| A spacer is incorporated into the standpipe of a foam-ink-containment type of inkjet print cartridge for retarding the growth of a diffused-air bubble in the standpipe, thereby extending the shelf life of the cartridge by ensuring the bubble will not become so large during storage of the |
| 6513913 |
Heating element of a printhead having conductive layer between resistive layers |
February 4, 2003 |
| A heating element of a printhead has a conductive layer deposited over a substrate, and a resistive layer deposited over and in electrical contact with the conductive layer. |
| 6513907 |
Inkjet printhead for wide area printing |
February 4, 2003 |
| A printhead is formed from a plurality of ink ejectors mounted on an inner surface of a rigid substrate while protruding through holes provided in the substrate. Electrical contact is provided on a surface of the ink ejectors common with the ink ejecting nozzles thereby avoiding vias to |
| 6513904 |
Method for servicing an inkjet printhead |
February 4, 2003 |
| A method for servicing an inkjet printhead without removing the printhead from a carriage of the printer, wherein a controlled pressure differential is generated across the nozzle plate of the printhead to cause the formation of a controlled puddle of ink on the outside of the nozzle |
| 6513901 |
Method and apparatus for determining drop volume from a drop ejection device |
February 4, 2003 |
| A device for determining drop volume for a drop ejection device is disclosed. The drop ejection device has a drop ejector and a reference drop ejector that exhibits less drop volume variation than the drop ejector. The drop ejection device includes a sensor responsive to impinging dr |
| 6513896 |
Methods of fabricating fit firing chambers of different drop weights on a single printhead |
February 4, 2003 |
| Inkjet printheads capable of printing smaller and larger drop-weight quantities of ink, and methods of manufacturing the inkjet printheads, are disclosed. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate. One or more portions of the substrate may be etched such that the substrate might have |
| 6513895 |
Increased startup pulse warming temperature to improve pen startup reliability |
February 4, 2003 |
| A thermal inkjet printer is provided. The printer has a sensor that detects the operating temperature of its printhead. If the temperature of the printhead is below the printhead's normal operating temperature when the printer is going to start to print an image or document, the operatin |
| 6513145 |
Method for estimating the power consumed in a microprocessor |
January 28, 2003 |
| In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for estimating the maximum power consumed in a microprocessor or other architecture, at an architectural level, prior to implementation. A functional model represents the architecture at a high level of abstraction. In one em |
| 6512913 |
Fusing system including a heat storage mechanism |
January 28, 2003 |
| The present disclosure relates to a fusing system for fusing toner to a recording medium. The fusing system includes a fuser roller including an elastomeric layer and a heat transport layer disposed around the elastomeric layer, the heat transport layer having high thermal capacity, |
| 6512856 |
System and method for information stamping a digitized image |
January 28, 2003 |
| A scanned image is stamped with additional information at a user settable location and color during the scanning process. The information can be the time and date that the scan occurred or information supplied by the user. The location can be at one of the predefined locations or at a lo |
| 6512706 |
System and method for writing to a register file |
January 28, 2003 |
| The present invention generally provides a system and method for writing data to a register file. In architecture, the system of the present invention utilizes a plurality of registers and a write port coupled to each of the registers. The write port receives a register identifier id |
| 6512592 |
Apparatus and method for generating multiple original prints |
January 28, 2003 |
| Disclosed is a printer for receiving a print job from a document processing device The print job including a preamble section, print data describing a single copy of a document and a trailer section. The trailer section including a command indicating the number of copies that are to be |
| 6512591 |
Multiple peripheral support for a single physical port in a host-based printing system |
January 28, 2003 |
| First an operating system, along with the host-based printing system, are initialized. The queue processor waits for the host-based printing system to issue a job open command. While waiting for a job open command, other applications may acquire and use the parallel port. Upon receiving |
| 6512284 |
Thinfilm fuse/antifuse device and use of same in printhead |
January 28, 2003 |
| A semiconductor antifuse device that utilizes a resistive heating element as both a heating source or fuse blowing and as part of the fuse link. The antifuse device may also be utilized as a fuse and the antifuse or fuse embodiment can be programmed and read with the same two electrodes. |
| 6512119 |
Bistable molecular mechanical devices with an appended rotor activated by an electric field for |
January 28, 2003 |
| In accordance with the present invention, nanometer-scale reversible electronic switches are provided that can be assembled to make cross-bar circuits that provide memory, logic, and communications functions. The electronic switches, or crossed-wire devices, comprise a pair of crossed |
| 6511855 |
Method of forming ferromagnetic tunnel junctions with enhanced magneto-resistance |
January 28, 2003 |
| A tunnel junction having a topography and/or interface layers that enhance its magneto-resistance. The topography of the tunnel junction maximizes spin tunneling from areas of ferromagnetic crystalline grains having high polarization and minimizes the effects of defect scattering at grai |
| 6511241 |
Integral actuation linkage for paper diverter for switch to straight-through paper path |
January 28, 2003 |
| Embodiments of an improved media output paper control system are described, the improved system including a mechanical linkage between a housing door of an image forming device, such as a printer, and a media diverter that changes direction of the media exiting the print engine. The mech |
| 6511227 |
Removable bearing |
January 28, 2003 |
| A removable bearing for mounting on a slot of a supporting wall is disclosed. The removable bearing includes a bearing member having a bore for receiving a rotatable shaft. The bearing also includes a handle fixedly attached to the bearing member. Attached to the handle is a latching |
| 6511198 |
Wearable display |
January 28, 2003 |
| The present invention pertains to the provision of Light Emitting Polymer structure, which increases the versatility of the coloring and marking of surface areas of manufactured items, particularly fabric and garments. |
| 6511166 |
Long-life spring-backed fluid interconnect seal |
January 28, 2003 |
| An ink jet printing apparatus that includes a springbacked fluid interconnect seal that provides a seal between an ink handling component and an ink pipe that is attached to the ink handling component. The spring-backed fluid interconnection seal more particularly includes a generall |
| 6511165 |
Manifold intake for coupling ink supplies with foam/filter fluidic interconnects to tube-based p |
January 28, 2003 |
| An inkjet ink supply system is disclosed. The supply system has a foam-based fluid supply and a fluidic interconnect. The fluidic interconnect has a tower portion having a chamber therein. The chamber has an opening for interfacing with the foam-based fluid supply and for receiving a |
| 6510532 |
Bus and/or interface local capture module for diagnostic analyzer |
January 21, 2003 |
| A localized bus and/or interface condition capture module (26, 26) is incorporated at the interface (24, 34) of a bus (21) with a peripheral device (22,32), for example embedded in an interface ASIC (41), discretely to track locally bus and/or interface signal condition, and the oper |
| 6510356 |
Method and apparatus for programming a paste dispensing machine |
January 21, 2003 |
| A method for programming a paste dispensing machine to paste a set of pads disposed on a printed circuit board for attachment of a ball-grid array component includes generating a set of input data for the paste dispensing machine. The set of input data represents a set of positions on th |
| 6510292 |
System and methods for reporting toner level in a partially sensed environment |
January 21, 2003 |
| A printer system calculates toner (or other marking agent) levels in a toner cartridge over an upper portion of the cartridge, while sensing toner levels in the remaining lower portion of the cartridge. The system provides the accuracy of a sensed toner environment when it is most ne |
| 6510247 |
Decoding of embedded bit streams produced by context-based ordering and coding of transform coef |
January 21, 2003 |
| A method of decoding an embedded bitstream includes the steps of reading encoded subsequences in the bitstream as ordered, decoding at least some of the ordered subsequences, and combining the subsequences to obtain reconstructed data. The encoded subsequences are read in order of de |
| 6510057 |
Computing device with a card receptacle |
January 21, 2003 |
| A computing device having a casing, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a card receptacle moveably supported by the casing for covering an orifice in the casing is disclosed. The card receptacle is spaced apart from the PCB in a closed position of the card receptacle to define a cavity |
| 6510020 |
System and method utilizing a conductive brush for providing power signals to a cartridge access |
January 21, 2003 |
| A cartridge access device in a cartridge storage system is designed to retrieve a cartridge from a storage device and to transfer the cartridge to a particular location within the system. Once the cartridge is no longer needed at the particular location, the cartridge access device r |
| 6509905 |
Method and apparatus for performing a perspective projection in a graphics device of a computer |
January 21, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus for processing primitives in a computer graphics display system. The apparatus comprises a graphics device which receives commands and data from a host computer of the computer graphics display system. The data includes clip coordinates which are perspective projec |
| 6509788 |
System and method utilizing on-chip voltage controlled frequency modulation to manage power cons |
January 21, 2003 |
| A system and method are disclosed which utilize an on-chip oscillator to provide the appropriate clock frequency for components of the chip to manage power consumption by the chip. More specifically, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an on-chip oscillator is utilized to |
| 6509620 |
Flexure coupling block for motion sensor |
January 21, 2003 |
| A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device is disclosed for determining the position of a mover. The MEMS device has a bottom layer connected to a mover layer. The mover layer is connected to a mover by flexures. The mover moves relative to the mover layer and the bottom layer. The fl |
| 6508872 |
Lightfast additive molecule for inkjet ink |
January 21, 2003 |
| Lightfast additives for inkjet inks are provided. These additives exhibit excellent lightfastness of many dyestuffs (both water-soluble and water-insoluble). The lightfast additives exhibit good water solubility and significant effect on dye and pigment molecules which fade most when |
| 6508750 |
Grooved tape guide |
January 21, 2003 |
| A tape guide that includes multiple spaced grooves or a spiral groove in the surface of the hub to bleed air from between the surface of the hub and the tape. The distance between adjacent grooves or turns in the case of a spiral groove is 2.4 to 3.7 times greater than the width of each |
| 6508653 |
Computer system bulkhead plate for attenuating electromagnetic interference (EMI) at a telephone |
January 21, 2003 |
| A bulkhead plate member for providing an attenuating barrier for electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise in a computer system housing. The bulkhead plate member includes a rectangular shaped main portion having a material thickness. The main portion has a plurality of edge walls def |
| 6508621 |
Enhanced performance air moving assembly |
January 21, 2003 |
| The air moving assembly includes at least one air moving device and a stator, said stator being operable to at least reduce one expansion and/or one contraction for airflow passing through the assembly. The stator is also preferably operable to impart or adjust swirl for airflow passing |
| 6508547 |
Replaceable ink container for an inkjet printing system |
January 21, 2003 |
| The present invention disclosure relates to a replaceable ink container for providing ink to an inkjet printing system. The inkjet printing system has a receiving station mounted to a scanning carriage. The receiving station has a fluid inlet and a pair of guide rails extending along eit |
| 6508545 |
Apparatus for providing ink to an ink jet print head |
January 21, 2003 |
| Apparatus for providing ink to an ink jet print head. The apparatus includes a back pressure regulator for receiving ink from an ink reservoir and for delivering ink to the print head. The regulator has a compliant wall that responds to atmospheric pressure on one side and to the pressur |
| 6508536 |
Method of mounting fluid ejection device |
January 21, 2003 |
| A method of mounting a fluid ejection device having a first plurality of pads on a carrier substrate having a corresponding second plurality of pads includes positioning the first plurality of pads with respect to the second plurality of pads, and melting solder between the first plurali |
| 6508534 |
Carriage drive belt with compliant belt section for inkjet printer |
January 21, 2003 |
| A carriage drive belt for an inkjet printer includes an elongated belt section and compliant belt section secured to the elongated belt section. The elongated belt section has a longitudinal axis and includes a first portion and a second portion spaced from the first portion along the |
| 6508529 |
Inkjet printing media handling system and method for reducing cockle growth |
January 21, 2003 |
| When the data rate of incoming data is less than the print speed, there can be pauses in the print job. During a pause, wet ink may cause cockle growth at a portion of the media sheet within the print zone. To reduce such cockle growth a reduced number of nozzles are used when the data r |
| 6508300 |
Spring clip for a cooling device |
January 21, 2003 |
| A spring clip that has rocking and force profiles with attachment configurations is disclosed. The spring clip made out of spring quality material such as stainless steel and the spring clip includes special provisions for mounting a cylindrical cooling device (i.e. a heat sink). Swi |
