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20080218773 | Image scaling for an electrophotographic device to obtain various media output speeds - Methods and apparatus include scaling imaging of an electrophotographic (EP) device, such as a laser printer or copy machine, to obtain various media output speeds (in pages per minute). A scanning unit has a substantially fixed scan rate during printing and reflects a laser beam onto a photoconductor to create a latent image at a first resolution. A media is advanced into contact with the latent image at a predetermined printing process speed to obtain a printed image output of the latent image at a size corresponding to a size (job resolution) of the image input data, but at a resolution different than the resolution of the image data input. A controller alters data used to create the latent image. Techniques for altering resolution include processing relative to a raster image processor to stretch one resolution dimension of the bitmap into a larger resolution dimension. | 09-11-2008 |
20100302553 | Methods and Apparatus for Ascertaining Sensor Signal Delay in an Electrophotographic Device - In an electrophotographic (EP) device, methods and apparatus include determining a delay of one or more sensors (hsync) to accurately know when to start the process of scanning latent images. In one aspect, the sensor includes a leading and trailing edge defined along a direction of laser beam scan travel. Determining the delay includes learning a position of a laser beam on the sensor at a time when a controller connected to the sensor receives a signal from the sensor indicating the sensor is being sufficiently impinged upon by the laser beam. It also includes learning a latest possible position of the laser beam along the direction of laser scan travel where the laser beam can be turned on and still have the sensor assert a signal indicating it has been sufficiently impinged upon by the laser beam. Bi-directionally scanning EP devices are also disclosed, including controllers, photoconductors, sensors, etc. | 12-02-2010 |
20110064447 | OBTAINING PRESSURE OF AN OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OF A BI-DIRECTIONALLY SCANNING ELECTROGRAPHIC DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING CORRECTIONS PER PRESSURE - Methods and apparatus include improving print quality of a bi-directionally scanning electrophotographic (EP) device, such as a laser printer or copy machine, according to ambient pressure in which operated. A moving galvanometer or oscillator reflects a laser beam to create scan lines of a latent image in opposite directions. A damping of the motion occurs per air density implicated by temperature and pressure, where the pressure changes occurring especially from altitude changes. During use, a drive signal, such as a pulse train, moves the galvanometer or oscillator at or near its resonant frequency. Based on a parameter of the drive signal, such as pulse width, the ambient pressure can be made known. In general, a high-pressure environment requires a relatively longer pulse width to resonate the galvanometer or oscillator in comparison to a shorter pulse width for a low-pressure environment. Corrections to print quality stem from the determined ambient pressure. | 03-17-2011 |
20120250125 | Obtaining Pressure of an Operating Environment of a Bi-directionally Scanning Electrophotographic Device for Implementing Corrections per Pressure - Methods and apparatus include improving print quality of a bi-directionally scanning electrophotographic (EP) device, such as a laser printer or copy machine, according to ambient pressure in which operated. A moving galvanometer or oscillator reflects a laser beam to create scan lines of a latent image in opposite directions. A damping of the motion occurs per air density implicated by temperature and pressure, where the pressure changes occurring especially from altitude changes. During use, a drive signal, such as a pulse train, moves the galvanometer or oscillator at or near its resonant frequency. Based on a parameter of the drive signal, such as pulse width, the ambient pressure can be made known. In general, a high-pressure environment requires a relatively longer pulse width to resonate the galvanometer or oscillator in comparison to a shorter pulse width for a low-pressure environment. Corrections to print quality stem from the determined ambient pressure. | 10-04-2012 |
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20150026289 | CONTENT SOURCE DISCOVERY - Systems and methods for discovering content sources and/or delivering content to applications resident on mobile devices are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods transmit information identifying one or more applications resident on a mobile device to a server, receive, from the server, information associated with content items available for retrieval from a content server and associated with the identified one or more applications, and cause the mobile device to retrieve at least one of the content items available for retrieval from the content server. | 01-22-2015 |
20150142910 | FRACTIONAL PRE-DELIVERY OF CONTENT TO USER DEVICES - Systems and methods for delivering fractions of content to user devices before the content is selected or requested (e.g., a pre-delivery of content) are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods receive an indication that content is available for pre-delivery from a content server to a user device over a network, determine a fraction (e.g., size) of the content available for pre-delivery that satisfies one or more predicted content playback conditions, and causes the determined fraction of the content available for pre-delivery to be delivered to the user device. | 05-21-2015 |
20150243329 | PLAYBACK OF CONTENT PRE-DELIVERED TO A USER DEVICE - Systems and methods for displaying content pre-delivered to a user device, playing back content pre-delivered to a user device, and/or pre-delivering content to a user device during concurrent content playback, are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods include or interact with a mobile application that displays descriptions of content available for playback via the mobile application along with indicators that represent a state of delivery (e.g., a state of pre-delivery) for the content items. | 08-27-2015 |
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20130164718 | HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGER WHICH SUPPORTS PREPLANNED MEALS FOR IMPROVED THERAPY - A handheld diabetes management device is provided which supports preselected meals for improved therapy. The diabetes management device includes: a food database that stores nutritional information for a plurality of food items; a meal selection module that enables a user to preplan meals for a diabetic patient using the food database; and a meal planner module that facilitates use of the preplanned meals to improve therapy for the patient. The diabetes management device further includes an insulin management module that forecasts amounts of insulin needed by a patient over a period of time. | 06-27-2013 |
20130171938 | HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGER WITH AUTOMATED DISCONNECT FEATURE - A computer-implemented method is provided for a handheld diabetes-management device to establish a data connection with a Continua manager. The method includes: receiving a request to establish a new data connection with a computing device, where the computing device is physically separated from the diabetes-management device and operates as a manager in accordance with IEEE standard 11073; determining whether the diabetes-management device has an existing data connection with a medical device that is physically separated from the diabetes-management device; terminating the existing data connection with the medical device in response to the determination that the diabetes-management device has an existing connection with the medical device; and establishing a new data connection with the computing device in accordance with IEEE standard 11073. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172707 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PERTAINING TO A BOLUS CALCULATOR RESIDING ON A HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A handheld diabetes manager is presented with an improved graphical user interface for a bolus calculator. The bolus calculator is configured to receive blood glucose measurements from a blood glucose measurement module and operates, in response to an input, to compute an insulin recommendation for a patient based in part on the blood glucose measurements. The graphical user interface for the bolus calculator includes a health adjustment screen that enables a user to input a value for health events associated with the insulin recommendation, where the input value represents a cumulative effect of the health events on insulin of the patient and the health adjustment screen presents a different icon for each of the health events associated with the insulin recommendation. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172708 | Handheld Diabetes Manager With A User Interface For Displaying A Status Of An External Medical Device - A handheld diabetes manager has a graphical user interface for displaying status of an external medical device and includes a port configured to receive a test strip and a blood glucose measurement module. The diabetes manager includes a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device to receive status data pertaining to the operation of the external medical device, and a user interface module in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module. The graphical user interface includes a status screen that presents data pertaining to a glucose measure determined by the blood glucose measurement module concurrently with the status data received from the external medical device, such that the status data of the external medical device is presented on the status screen only when the communication module is in data communication with the external medical device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172709 | Handheld Diabetes Manager With A Flight Mode - A handheld diabetes manager has a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device and includes a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement, a blood glucose measurement module operable with the test strip, a communications module and a user interface module. The communications module selectively communicates wirelessly with an external medical device. The user interface module communicates with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operates to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager. The graphical user interface includes a screen with a flight mode option. When the flight mode option is enabled and the external medical device is paired and currently communicating with the diabetes manager, the user interface module interacts with the communication module to send a command to the external medical device to turn off wireless communication of the external medical device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172710 | Handheld Diabetes Manager With A Personal Data Module - A handheld diabetes manager communicates with an external insulin pump and includes a port for blood glucose measurement, a blood glucose measurement module, a communications module that selectively communicates wirelessly with the insulin pump, and a user interface module. The user interface module communicates with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operates to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager. The graphical user interface includes a personal data menu screen from which a logbook option can be selected to display a logbook screen, and a trend graph option that can be selected to display a trend graph screen. The logbook screen displays a plurality of time data records. Each time data record includes blood glucose data, bolus insulin data, and carbohydrate data for a corresponding time, and a plurality of data icons indicating corresponding events. | 07-04-2013 |
20140257251 | CUSTOMIZING NAMES OF INSULIN DELIVERY PROFILES FOR IMPROVED PATIENT SAFETY - Configuration software implements techniques for customizing names of insulin delivery profiles with improved patient safety. The techniques include: receiving a string of characters which serve as a name for a given insulin delivery profile, where the insulin delivery profile includes at least one parameter pertaining to insulin delivery by an insulin pump and is one of a plurality of insulin delivery profiles associated with a given patient; normalizing the string of characters in accordance with a rule set; comparing the normalized string of characters with names for each of the plurality of insulin delivery profiles; and updating the name of the given insulin delivery profile in a pump configuration file residing on the configuration device when the normalized string of characters is unique in relation to the names of the plurality of insulin delivery profiles. | 09-11-2014 |