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20080204489 | SELF-PROPELLED IMAGE TRANSLATION DEVICE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a self-propelled image translation device are described herein. The self-propelled image translation device may include a propulsion module to control propulsion components to autonomously propel the image translation device over an adjacent medium. An input/output module of the self-propelled image translation device may control input/output components to translate an image between the device and an adjacent medium. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 08-28-2008 |
20080309993 | EXECUTING OPERATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ONE OR MORE IMAGES WITH A PRINTER - Methods and systems are provided to facilitate a printer to execute one or more operations in connection with one or more images are described herein. The methods may include methods that may, at least in part, be implemented at a printer including tracking one or more locations of a scan device with respect to a sheet having a first one or more pictures associated with one or more corresponding images, wherein the tracking is based, at least in part, on electronic data provided by the scan device. The printer may then based at least in part on the tracking, execute at least one operation in connection with all or a selected subset of the one or more corresponding images. | 12-18-2008 |
20090273817 | Two-Dimensional CMOS Sensor Array to Image Documents and Other Flat Objects - A flatbed scanner includes a housing, a transparent platen atop the housing for receiving an object to be scanned, and a carriage operable to travel along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The carriage includes a light source for illuminating the object and a rectangular photodetector array for simultaneously detecting light intensity of multiple scan lines. | 11-05-2009 |
20110007331 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 01-13-2011 |
20110075183 | PRINT AND SCAN SHARING PAPER PICK AND PAPER MOTION CONTROL IN A MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER - A multi-function printer having a compact size and portable configuration while providing printing, scanning and copying functionalities is disclosed herein. The multi-function printer includes a printer assembly and a scanner assembly configured to cooperatively utilize the same pick and paper movement systems along a common feed or paper path to perform these printing, scanning and copying functions. Thus, the disclosed multi-function printer may require a less complex paper movement and control system which, in turn, reduces the printer's overall weight while increasing its flexibility and/or portability. | 03-31-2011 |
20110205561 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 08-25-2011 |
20130182276 | PRINTER WITH SELECTABLE CAPABILITIES - A system comprising a processor and a memory comprising firmware is provided. The firmware is executable by the processor to cause the processor to operate a print mechanism in accordance with a first state associated with a capability of the print mechanism, change the first state associated with the capability to a second state in response to receiving first information from an external interface, and operate the print mechanism in accordance with the second state associated with the capability. | 07-18-2013 |
20140052541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ADVERTISEMENT ON AN IMAGE TRANSLATION DEVICE - Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising performing, by a peripheral device, an image translation operation on an image; in response to performing the image translation operation on the image, detecting, by the peripheral device, an attribute associated with the image; transmitting, by the peripheral device, the attribute to a server over a network; in response to transmitting the attribute to the server over the network, receiving, by the peripheral device, an advertisement that is generated based on the attribute; and providing, by the peripheral device, the advertisement to a user of the peripheral device. | 02-20-2014 |
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20090187435 | SECURITY METHODS EMPLOYING DRIVERS LICENSES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS - Driver's licenses and other security documents include one or more machine-readable features, each conveying plural bits of information. These features are used in a variety of ways to increase security, and/or to enhance functionality. In one embodiment, data encoded on a driver's license is used at airport check-in, to link to a state DMV database and obtain information by which the document, and its custodian, can be authenticated. In like fashion, a license can be used to authenticate a bearer and/or his/her age prior to the sale of alcohol or tobacco products. In other embodiments, different elements of a driver's license (e.g., the substrate, photo, text data, and machine-readable data) are logically bound together (e.g., interlinked through payloads conveyed by different machine-readable features) as a deterrent against counterfeiting. Driver's licenses can be similarly logically bound to personal checks and other documents. Many other arrangements are also disclosed. | 07-23-2009 |
20090233621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A CELLULAR SYSTEM - A system for determining location and timing information in a cellular network includes a space-time calibration unit (SCU) and a plurality of nodes in communication with the SCU. Each node includes a node ping driver that receives frame synchronization information from a respective subset of cell sites, and associates the frame synchronization information with respective receive count stamps generated using a local node clock. The system also includes a user handset that includes a handset ping driver that receives the frame synchronization information from a serving cell site and one or more neighbor cell sites, and associates the frame synchronization information with respective receive count stamps generated using a local handset clock. The SCU uses the information from the node and handset ping drivers to determine a handset location. | 09-17-2009 |
20100009714 | Decoding Information to Allow Access to Computerized Systems - The presently claimed invention relates generally to gaining access to secure systems. One claim recites an apparatus including: an image or video sensor for capturing image or video data; and a multi-purpose computer processor configured to: decode machine-readable information encoded in captured image or video data representing a plurality of physical objects, each instance of machine-readable information includes identifying information; determine an order in which the physical objects are presented to the image or video sensor for evaluation via the identifying information; and comparing the order to a predetermined sequence to determine whether to allow access to a remotely located computerized system. The apparatus may be housed, e.g., in a cell phone. Other combinations and claims are provided as well. | 01-14-2010 |
20100205445 | WATERMARK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various improvements relating to digital watermarking and related technologies are detailed, including methods that enhance security and functionality, and new articles including watermarked puzzles and marked DNA. | 08-12-2010 |
20120114169 | CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC TICKETS, COUPONS AND CREDITS - The present invention relates to digital watermarking methods and systems. In one embodiment, a handheld device displays a digitally watermarked image at an event center. An optical scanner captures optical scan data representing the device display. A watermark decoder analyzes the captured optical scan data to obtain the watermark. The watermark is used to determine authorized entry. The handheld device may include a cell phone or other portable computing device. | 05-10-2012 |
20130241746 | A/B/C PHASE DETERMINATION AND SYNCHROPHASOR MEASUREMENT USING COMMON ELECTRIC SMART METERS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) tend to be specialized and expensive—relegated to only key points in power distribution networks, and are generally reliant on GPS technology. The present disclosure details how any smart meter—using wireless communication—can perform sub-microsecond-grade synchrophasor measurements. Other aspects concern smart meter-based determination of A, B or C phase of the tri-phase power network. This can involve count-stamp enabling message packets sent to and/or from a smart meter, and then associating such count-stamps to local measurements of power phase by a metrology unit. Once a network of such enabled smart meters and other devices is formed, sub-microsecond metropolitan-wide and entire region-wide synchronizing time standard can calibrate local measurements of power phase, where simple A, B and C phase determination is one low hanging fruit application of such. Low cost aggregate monitoring of metropolitan-wide synchrophasors promises a next chapter of importance for that relatively recent art. | 09-19-2013 |
20140141815 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A CELLULAR SYSTEM - A system for determining location and timing information in a cellular network includes a space-time calibration unit (SCU) and a plurality of nodes in communication with the SCU. Each node includes a node ping driver that receives frame synchronization information from a respective subset of cell sites, and associates the frame synchronization information with respective receive count stamps generated using a local node clock. The system also includes a user handset that includes a handset ping driver that receives the frame synchronization information from a serving cell site and one or more neighbor cell sites, and associates the frame synchronization information with respective receive count stamps generated using a local handset clock. The SCU uses the information from the node and handset ping drivers to determine a handset location. | 05-22-2014 |