| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6470099 |
Scanner with multiple reference marks |
October 22, 2002 |
| A document to be scanned is corner referenced on a transparent platen, with the document's image facing down. The platen defines an X-Y coordinate system. A moving line of light extends in the X direction and illuminates the document's image, line by line, as the line of light moves in t |
| 6469904 |
Housing for computer components |
October 22, 2002 |
| A housing, preferably configured for computer components, which features a base and a cover. The base preferably includes a series of dimples on its sides, and the cover preferably includes a series of projections that are aligned to mate with the dimples on the base in order to aid in s |
| 6469850 |
Automatic splaying picker finger |
October 22, 2002 |
| A method for disengaging a cartridge picker from a data cartridge includes moving a thumb assembly in the cartridge picker in a first direction to insert the data cartridge in a cartridge receiving device, then moving the cartridge picker in a second direction, the second direction being |
| 6469704 |
System and method for combined execution of graphics primitive data sets |
October 22, 2002 |
| Graphics call sequence optimizer in a graphics system that includes a display list memory to store graphics calls to be executed. The optimizer optimizes an original graphics call sequence that includes a plurality of graphics primitive data-sets generated by a graphics application progr |
| 6469689 |
Appliance and method of using same having a capability to graphically associate and disassociate |
October 22, 2002 |
| A hand-held image capture and communication appliance and method of using same are provided wherein images may be captured via the appliance and saved in an internal memory. The capture and communication appliance includes a processor for manipulating and exhibiting the images on a b |
| 6469688 |
Extensible, interactive bitmaps in a graphical user interface |
October 22, 2002 |
| A base bitmap image is displayed with an extension bitmap element in a display area. Positioning information is discovered for positioning the base bitmap image relative to the display area. The base bitmap image is loaded. A list is examined to determine the presence and location of the |
| 6469684 |
Cole sequence inversion circuitry for active matrix device |
October 22, 2002 |
| An active matrix device has a plurality of drive signals, a plurality of select signals and an array of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels has an electronic element connected to one of the drive signals and one of the select signals to display. The active matrix device also includes |
| 6469525 |
Method for sensing humidity in a tape library |
October 22, 2002 |
| An electrical system for measuring humidity which is capable of measurements accurate to +/-6 percent from board to board. The accuracy provided by this electrical system makes it possible to correlate errors in data on backup magnetic tapes to variations in humidity. The electrical |
| 6468637 |
Photographic-quality prints and methods for making the same |
October 22, 2002 |
| A method for creating photographic-quality prints and prints produced by these methods are disclosed. The prints generally comprise three layers: a transparent carrier; an image, and a particle-based undercoat. The transparent carrier comprises a substrate for receiving an image. The |
| 6468340 |
Laked dye solubilization with complexing agent |
October 22, 2002 |
| An inkjet ink composition having good stability which is an aqueous dispersion and/or solution of large particles of water soluble pigments derived from laked dyes, the water solubilizing groups on the surface of the laked dyes being exposed by removing surface counter-cations with c |
| 6468011 |
Precision fastener assembly having a pre-compressed captive spring |
October 22, 2002 |
| A fastener assembly includes a threaded fastener having an axial shaft. A spring is disposed coaxially around the shaft and is capable of compression and expansion in the longitudinal direction defined by the shaft. First and second stops are disposed along the shaft. The spring is p |
| 6467977 |
Media weight sensor using a resonant piezoelectric element |
October 22, 2002 |
| This invention relates to a media weight sensor of the type that includes a transducer consisting of a metal disk with a piezoelectric element mounted in a printer so that the media going to the printer moves across the top of the resonator where an opening of the resonator is located. A |
| 6467896 |
Printing system for selectively printing with dye-based ink and/or pigment-based ink |
October 22, 2002 |
| A printing system for selectively printing with dye-based and/or pigment-based inks depending upon factors including, but not limited to, the type of media, the nature of the print job, and the level of print quality desired. The printing system includes a print head with two (or mor |
| 6467895 |
Vacuum feeder for imaging device |
October 22, 2002 |
| Media is transported to an imaging region using a vacuum feeder. A vacuum head is positioned onto the media and a vacuum is applied to the vacuum head to hold the media against the vacuum head. The vacuum head is then relocated to the imaging region carrying with it the media. In one |
| 6467878 |
System and method for locally controlling the thickness of a flexible nozzle member |
October 22, 2002 |
| The present invention is embodied in a system and method for locally controlling the thickness of a flexible nozzle member of a printhead portion of an inkjet printer. The printing system of the present invention includes a printhead assembly and an ink supply for printing ink on print |
| 6467874 |
Pen positioning in page wide array printers |
October 22, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for positioning a fluid ejection device such as an inkjet pen, or a plurality of aligned fluid ejection devices, on a supporting frame known as a printbar for page wide array printing involves provision of datum surfaces on each ejection device extending in three |
| 6467861 |
Leak detection for an ink container |
October 22, 2002 |
| An inkjet printing system includes an ink container adapted to hold a supply of liquid ink therein and a printhead communicating with the supply of liquid ink via a flow path. A pressure sensor measures a pressure of liquid ink disposed in the flow path and a volume detector detects a |
| 6466960 |
Method and apparatus for performing a sum-and-compare operation |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus are provided for performing a fast sum-and-compare operation. The apparatus of the present invention utilizes a single carry save adder in conjunction with a zero detect circuit for performing logic operations to determine whether or not the sum of a plurality of o |
| 6466959 |
Apparatus and method for efficient arithmetic in finite fields through alternative representatio |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus are shown for performing efficient arithmetic on binary vectors in a finite field. Typically, there is an efficient algorithm within an execution context, such as hardware or software, for performing a selected arithmetic operation on an operand. When the operand |
| 6466952 |
Method for transferring and indexing data from old media to new media |
October 15, 2002 |
| A computer-based method and apparatus transfer files from a source media to a destination media. In one embodiment, the presence of a source media in a source storage drive is detected. In response to the detection, a user is prompted to transfer files from the source media. Then, in res |
| 6466946 |
Computer implemented scalable, incremental and parallel clustering based on divide and conquer |
October 15, 2002 |
| A divide and conquer method clusters a set of points to identify at least one centroid. A plurality of "r" subsets of points from the set of points are assigned into "r" partitions. The computer processes the subset of points to generate a plurality of partition centroids, Q, k for each |
| 6466926 |
Method for optimizing a recognition dictionary to distinguish between patterns that are difficul |
October 15, 2002 |
| A discriminant function is defined by conventional learning discriminant analysis (22) and a value of the discriminant function is calculated (23) for all the training patterns in the in-category pattern set of each category and for all the training patterns in the in-category rival |
| 6466764 |
Electrophotographic printer employing heated presser rollers to precondition print media |
October 15, 2002 |
| Electrophotographic printers are provided with a roller type, sheet pretreatment device for providing successive sheets with substantially the same moisture content and, hence, substantially the same electrostatic properties. |
| 6466750 |
Method and system of fusing portions of a print medium |
October 15, 2002 |
| A fuser configured to fuse less than all of a printable area of a print medium passing there through, the fuser including an x-fuser and a y-fuser or a first fuser element for fusing one side of a print medium and a second fuser element for fusing another side of the print medium. |
| 6466742 |
Camera remote control |
October 15, 2002 |
| A camera system uses a "focus attracting" remote control. The remote control signals its position in the camera's field of view a by emitting a distinguishable light signal. The camera selects a focus region at the position indicated by the remote control and performs its automatic focus |
| 6466702 |
Apparatus and method of building an electronic database for resolution synthesis |
October 15, 2002 |
| An electronic database for image interpolation is generated by a computer. The computer generates a low-resolution image from a training image, a plurality of representative vectors from the low-resolution image, and a plurality of interpolation filters corresponding to each of the r |
| 6466570 |
Method of accessing service resource items that are for use in a telecommunications system |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method of accessing service resource items for use in setting up bearer channels through a switched telecommunications system including the step of provisioning one or more servers connected to a computer network with a plurality of service resource items that are located with correspo |
| 6466534 |
Orientation of drive mechanics to allow for disc loading in an off-axis position |
October 15, 2002 |
| A device for receiving an optical disc to be transported to an optical drive is oriented off-axis to maintain an optical disc within such a receiving device during loading/unloading of the disc to/from an optical drive. In a preferred embodiment, the optical drive includes a receptacle |
| 6466512 |
Method of generating address configurations for solid state memory |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method involves the use of a sequence of address configurations covering L memory lines and n address lines. The method includes forming L blocks. A most significant column of each block is filled with the sequence such that the most significant column of each block contains the same u |
| 6466498 |
Discontinuity-based memory cell sensing |
October 15, 2002 |
| Systems and methods that enable the state of a memory cell to be determined with greater accuracy are described. In one memory cell sensing approach, a memory cell is addressed, an input signal is applied to the addressed memory cell over a range of values, and the state of the memory ce |
| 6466475 |
Uniform magnetic environment for cells in an MRAM array |
October 15, 2002 |
| A magnetic memory with a uniform magnetic environment is disclosed. The magnetic memory includes dummy magnetic cells that are electrically inactive but have magnetic properties that are substantially identical to active magnetic memory cells within the magnetic memory. The active ma |
| 6466471 |
Low power MRAM memory array |
October 15, 2002 |
| An MRAM memory array has nonlinear word lines and linear bit lines. The word lines cross the bit lines at memory cell locations, and are substantially coextensive with the bit lines at the crossing points. When a current is passed through the word and bit lines, the magnetic fields g |
| 6466433 |
Computer with modular power supply assembly in separate bay |
October 15, 2002 |
| A tower computer including a sheet metal housing having a plurality of separate bays housing a plurality of computer components, the plurality of separate bays including a first bay; and a power supply assembly readily removeably mounted in the first bay exclusive of any other of the |
| 6466302 |
Scanning system with document previewing |
October 15, 2002 |
| A document scanning system includes a preview sensor that is dedicated to document previewing and distinct from any other sensor that is involved in the document scanning process. The preview sensor is preferably a two-dimensional sensor array that captures the outline of an entire d |
| 6466231 |
Appliance and method of using same for capturing images |
October 15, 2002 |
| A hand-held image capture and communication appliance and method of using same are provided wherein images may be acquired via scanning means and saved in an internal memory. The scanning appliance includes a processor for manipulating and exhibiting the images on a built-in display scre |
| 6466057 |
Feedback-induced pseudo-NMOS static (FIPNS) logic gate and method |
October 15, 2002 |
| A new family of pseudo-NMOS static logic gates is provided that use feedback from a shared output node to enhance the response of and applicability of such static logic gates. In architecture, the feedback-induced pseudo-NMOS static (FIPNS) logic gate comprises (a) a pulldown network |
| 6466056 |
Wide dynamic "NOR" gate |
October 15, 2002 |
| A dynamic wide NOR gate with improved precharge node capacitance and leakage. This improves speed for many applications. Two precharge nodes are used instead of one. During the evaluate phase of the dynamic gate, the state of the two precharge nodes may be changed by a number of pull |
| 6466008 |
Method for matching the lengths of signal traces |
October 15, 2002 |
| Method for obtaining a difference in lengths among a plurality of signal traces formed on two different surfaces, includes dividing a propagation delay of a first surface into a propagation delay of a second surface to obtain a correction factor. The segment of the signal traces formed o |
| 6465987 |
Power source of peripheral devices |
October 15, 2002 |
| A peripheral device for a computer is powered by an internal rechargeable battery. A data line electrically connects the peripheral device to the computer. The data line has conductors that provide for data transmission between the computer and the peripheral device. The data line also h |
| 6465801 |
Dust and scratch detection for an image scanner |
October 15, 2002 |
| Multiple scans of the same object are obtained, where for any given line on the object to be scanned, the angle of the illumination is different for each scan. The different scans are obtained from different rows of photosensors that are separated. Because the angles of illumination are |
| 6465750 |
Cover for nonfunctional buttons |
October 15, 2002 |
| A channel cover is used to protect nonfunctional buttons until such time as the nonfunctional buttons are made functional in consequence of a system upgrade. The channel cover includes a bight, a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has a lip for mating engagement with female struct |
| 6465355 |
Method of fabricating suspended microstructures |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method of fabricating a non-perforate suspended platform on a bonded-substrate is disclosed. The method includes forming a dielectric layer on a support surface of a base substrate followed by patterning an interface surface of the dielectric layer to define a well feature. The wel |
| 6465142 |
Low-temperature cure polyvinylbutyral as a photoconducter binder |
October 15, 2002 |
| Poly(vinyl butyral) compounds of Formula 1 ##STR1##where R.sup.1 is alkyl, dialkyl ether, alkyl carbonyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl alkyl, aryl, aryl carbonyl, alkaryl carbonyl, aralkyl, or alkyl aralkyl; Z is --OH or --NHR.sup.2, where R.sup.2 is independently alkyl, dialkyl ether, a |
| 6464359 |
Spatial color dithering using an active color filter and lenticular array to suppress color brea |
October 15, 2002 |
| An optical projection system that combines a lenslet array and lightvalve with an active color filter. The active color filter may be placed at either the illuminating aperture plane or at any position conjugate or incident to the output of the projection lens of the system. |
| 6464348 |
Base materials for a clear protective overcoat on inkjet images |
October 15, 2002 |
| The use of thermoplastic ionomers to form a clear protective overcoating layer over an offset, inkjet or xerographic printed image. |
| 6464346 |
Ink containment and delivery techniques |
October 15, 2002 |
| An ink containment and delivery system provides high sustained flow rates, allows higher "burst" (short time interval) flow rates, and allows bubble movement through the system conduits to the printhead, all while holding the printhead ink pressure in a range required for optimum printhe |
| 6464343 |
Ink jet printhead having thin film structures for improving barrier island adhesion |
October 15, 2002 |
| A fluid drop ejecting apparatus including a thin film stack including a plurality of heater resistors formed on a substrate having a feed edge, a patterned fluid barrier layer disposed on the thin film stack, respective fluid chambers formed in the barrier layer over respective heater |
| 6464339 |
Fluid interconnect port seal with lock-out tab |
October 15, 2002 |
| Removable fluid port seals for fluid containers that are configured for insertion into a receiving station within a fluid utilizing system are disclosed. An exemplary use of the fluid port seal is to seal replaceable ink containers for use in ink jet printers, although the present invent |
| 6464334 |
Method for improving the quality of printing processes involving black pixel depletion |
October 15, 2002 |
| A method for improving the quality of printing processes involving black pixel depletion by printing composite ink in pixel spaces where a black pixel depletion process leaves unfilled pixel spaces. Black pixel depletion data are employed (for example, a depletion mask is inverted) to |
| 6464333 |
Inkjet printhead assembly with hybrid carrier for printhead dies |
October 15, 2002 |
| An inkjet printhead assembly includes a carrier and a plurality of printhead dies. The carrier includes a substrate and an electrical circuit. The substrate has a first side and a second side such that the electrical circuit is disposed on the second side of the substrate. The printh |
