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20120064491 | Target Sighting Geometric Aids - A geometrically based target sighting aid stick-on for ready-made visors, goggles, glasses, monocles and sunglasses and a similar format for modifying visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monocles and contact lenses during manufacture is presented. Either in stick-on, or original manufacturing process the invention is for single eye use and applies geometric target alignment patterns that allow the user to reduce the common errors that lead to poor target sighting and consequent inaccurate shooting. A second geometric stick-on method is accompanied by a second application method for use in the manufacture of visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monocles and contact lenses. The geometric patterns may take any number of types and combinations of types, including but not limited to, the one hundred versions presented in this document. The invention holds for military applications with handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns. It also holds for the collection of active sports described in this patent application. | 03-15-2012 |
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20120032475 | AERODYNAMIC SKIRT ASSEMBLY - A resilient or flexible skirt panel assembly having an integral bracing system is disclosed. In operation, the bracing system need not attach to a trailer base rail. The innovation discloses straight, straight-angled and curved skirt panel orientations. Additionally, angled braces, ‘v-braces,’ ‘v-wings,’ and integral rib bracing mechanisms are disclosed. In aspects, the skirt panel and bracing mechanisms can absorb (or bend) under force while effectively having a ‘memory’ to return to their original shape upon removal of the force. The skirt assembly can include a hem along the bottom edge of the skirt panel thereby enhancing performance and longevity of the assembly. Additionally, an “anti-skid” clamping assembly can be employed to connect the skirt assemblies to the trailer I-beam, base rail or cross-members. | 02-09-2012 |
20150183473 | AERODYNAMIC SKIRT ASSEMBLY - A resilient or flexible skirt panel assembly having an integral bracing system is disclosed. In operation, the bracing system need not attach to a trailer base rail. The innovation discloses straight, straight-angled and curved skirt panel orientations. Additionally, angled braces, ‘v-braces,’ ‘v-wings,’ and integral rib bracing mechanisms are disclosed. In aspects, the skirt panel and bracing mechanisms can absorb (or bend) under force while effectively having a ‘memory’ to return to their original shape upon removal of the force. The skirt assembly can include a hem along the bottom edge of the skirt panel thereby enhancing performance and longevity of the assembly. Additionally, an “anti-skid” clamping assembly can be employed to connect the skirt assemblies to the trailer I-beam, base rail or cross-members. | 07-02-2015 |
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20130100195 | GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED HUMIDITY ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE - A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; providing a table of average humidity conditions for a geographic locale in which the printer is located; providing a current date; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current date; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100196 | WEATHER BASED HUMIDITY ADJUSTMENT OF PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE - A method of controlling a maintenance operation of an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer, the method includes providing at least one parameter of the maintenance operation as a function of humidity condition; receiving data corresponding to a current outdoor humidity condition; determining a humidity condition corresponding to the current outdoor humidity condition; and controlling the maintenance operation, wherein the at least one parameter is determined in accordance with the determined humidity condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130155434 | SORTING A MEDIA STACK USING A SCANNING APPARATUS - A scanning apparatus includes a scan element disposed proximate a scan window; a document input holder; a document output holder; an automatic document feeder configured to move sheets of media from the document input holder past the scan window for scanning by the scan element; and a controller including: a first selectable mode that includes ordering a randomly oriented stack of recording medium provided to the automatic document feeder; and a second selectable mode that includes scanning images for information content on documents provided to the automatic document feeder. | 06-20-2013 |
20140002519 | METHOD OF BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTING WITH OFFSET NOZZLE ARRAYS | 01-02-2014 |
20140002834 | SCANNING OF OVERSIZED DOCUMENTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140060662 | METHOD OF MAINTAINING AN INKJET PRINTHEAD - A method of maintaining an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printer includes moving a sealing face of a cap into contact with a printhead face in which are disposed nozzles of the inkjet printhead; compressing the cap while a valve connected to the cap is in an open position; closing the valve; and moving a base of the cap away from away from the sealing face while the sealing face is sealed against the printhead face and the valve is closed in order to generate suction at the printhead face for priming the nozzles | 03-06-2014 |
20140063119 | PUMPING CAP FOR APPLYING SUCTION TO PRINTHEAD - An inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead including nozzles disposed in a printhead face; a cap including: a base; and a sealing face for sealing around the printhead face, wherein suction is generated at the printhead face for priming the nozzles when the base is moved from a first position to a second position, wherein the first position is located a smaller distance from the sealing face than the second position; and a valve having an open position and a closed position, wherein the valve is configured to be in the open position when the base of the cap is moved from the second position to the first position for relieving excess pressure in the cap. | 03-06-2014 |
20140146309 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE APPARATUS - A method of determining a position of a mobile apparatus includes: firing a laser that is mounted on the mobile apparatus; rotating the laser and a first and second photo detector that are disposed proximate the laser while monitoring an amount of rotation; detecting a first amplitude of light received by the first photo detector and a second amplitude of light received by a second photo detector as a function of the amount of rotation; identifying a first orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to a position referencing structure; identifying a second orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to the position referencing structure; identifying a third orientation corresponding to perpendicularity of the laser to the position referencing structure; and calculating the position of the mobile apparatus based on the first orientation, the second orientation, the third orientation, and a predetermined distance associated with the position referencing structure. | 05-29-2014 |
20140212197 | HOME BASE FOR A MOBILE PRINTING APPARATUS - A mobile printing system includes a mobile printing apparatus including: a chassis; a first wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis; a second wheel rotatably mounted on the chassis; a first motor for rotating the first wheel; a second motor for rotating the second wheel; a first encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the first wheel; a second encoder for monitoring an amount of rotation of the second wheel; a photosensor array; and an array of marking elements disposed proximate the photosensor array; a printing region for the mobile printing apparatus; a home base including a cap configured to surround the array of marking elements; and a controller for controlling the operation of the mobile printing apparatus. | 07-31-2014 |
20150276369 | ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE FOR REGISTERING PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE - A system for determining an alignment location associated with a pattern formed on a substrate is disclosed. Electrical measurements are made as the substrate is moved along an advancement direction. An alignment structure is formed on the substrate. The alignment structure has a first member extending along a first direction that is not parallel to the advancement direction and a second member extending along a second direction that is not parallel to either the advancement direction or to the first member. The first member and the second member are electrically conductive and substantially transparent. One or more probes are used to identify portions of the first and second members of the alignment structure and produce signals in response to relative motion between the substrate and the probes. A controller, responsive to signals produced by the probe, determines an alignment location associated with the pattern formed on the substrate. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276638 | METHOD FOR FORMING ALIGNED PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE - A method for forming a second pattern in registration with a first pattern on a substrate is disclosed. The method comprises providing the substrate having a first magnitude of an associated electrical characteristic and at least one alignment structure that is associated with a second magnitude of the electrical characteristic different from the first magnitude. A controller is used to control an electrical probe to measure the electrical characteristic at a plurality of positions proximate the substrate. The measured electrical characteristic corresponds to the alignment structure when the probe is proximate to the alignment structure and to the substrate when the probe is not proximate to the alignment structure. The measured electrical characteristics are used to identify a location of the alignment structure. The second pattern is formed so that it is in registration with the first pattern, based on the identified location of the alignment structure. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276639 | SYSTEM FOR FORMING ALIGNED PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE - A system for forming a second pattern in registration with a first pattern on a substrate is disclosed. The system comprises the substrate having a first magnitude of an associated electrical characteristic and at least one alignment structure. The alignment structure has a second magnitude of the electrical characteristic different from that of the substrate. An advancing mechanism is used for moving the substrate. A probe is used for measuring an electrical characteristic at a plurality of positions proximate the moving substrate. A controller is used for interpreting the measured electrical characteristic as a function of position for identifying a location of the alignment structure. A first patterning station is used for forming the second pattern on a surface of the substrate in registration with the first pattern based on the identified location of the alignment structure. | 10-01-2015 |
20150328905 | PRECISION REGISTRATION IN A DIGITAL PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system for printing on a web of media traveling along a web transport path, including a plurality of printheads for printing on the web of media, each of the printheads being configured to print at one or more corresponding print locations along the web transport path. A plurality of web transport rollers guide the web of media along the web transport path. Each of the plurality of web transport rollers has a roller circumference that is substantially equal to an integer fraction of a span of the web of media along the web transport path between two successive print locations. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328907 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH SPAN EXTENSION MEMBER - A printing system including a plurality of printheads for printing on a web of media traveling along a web transport path, at least one of the printheads being configured to print at first and second print lines. A plurality of web transport rollers guide the web of media along the web transport path. At least some of the plurality of web transport rollers are constrained to have a roller circumference that is substantially equal to an integer fraction of a span of the web of media along the web transport path between two successive print locations in successive print heads. A span extension member provides an increased span of the web of media between the first and second print lines in a particular printhead such that the increased span is an integer multiple of the roller circumferences of the constrained web transport rollers. | 11-19-2015 |
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20100135481 | ECHO MITIGATION IN A CONFERENCE CALL - In an example embodiment, an example method is provided for echo mitigation in a conference call. In this method, a test audio signal is transmitted to a conference endpoint and as a result, an echo associated with the transmittal of the test audio signal is received. One or more parameters of the echo are then identified and an echo mitigation process is selected from multiple echo mitigation processes based on the identified parameters. The selected echo mitigation process is then applied. | 06-03-2010 |
20110205915 | ECHO MITIGATION IN THE PRESENCE OF VARIABLE DELAYS DUE TO ADAPTIVE JITTER BUFFERS - In an example embodiment, a control connection is introduced between an adaptive jitter buffer (AJB) and an adaptive bulk delay (ABD) buffer of an echo canceller (ECAN) in an Internet Protocol (IP) conference bridge. The control connection allows the AJB to control the amount of delay inserted by the ABD in the ECAN convolution processor (CP) signal path. The adjustment in ABD delay restores the time alignment of the ECAN internal echo estimate and offsets variations in echo tail delay introduced by network induced AJB delay changes. Time-invariance is preserved in the echo tail path. | 08-25-2011 |
20130230152 | ECHO MITIGATION IN A CONFERENCE CALL - In an example embodiment, an example method is provided for echo mitigation in a conference call. In this method, a test audio signal is transmitted to a conference endpoint and as a result, an echo associated with the transmittal of the test audio signal is received. One or more parameters of the echo are then identified and an echo mitigation process is selected from multiple echo mitigation processes based on the identified parameters. The selected echo mitigation process is then applied. | 09-05-2013 |
20130250035 | ANALYTIC RECORDING OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS - A conference server is configured to receive audio signals associated with active speakers at separate conference endpoints, and to mix the audio signals to form a mixed audio signal. The conference server is further configured to record a mixed audio track comprising the mixed audio signal, and to determine a relative loudness of each of the active speakers for given periods of time. The conference server is also configured to record a plurality of original audio tracks that each comprises the original voice of one or more of the active speakers before mixing, wherein the original voice recorded in each of the tracks at the given periods of time is based on the relative loudness of the active speakers. | 09-26-2013 |
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20120199267 | Method of Manufacturing a Body Adhering Absorbent Article Orientated in the Machine Direction with Reduced Curl - The present disclosure provides methods of manufacturing a body adhering absorbent article oriented in the machine direction wherein the body adhering absorbent articles have reduced or eliminated curl. The articles are manufactured with reduced curl by selectively reducing or eliminating the shell elastic tension in regions where components of the body adhering absorbent article are to be attached to form the composite absorbent article web. In certain aspects the body adhering absorbent articles are manufactured by supplying an elastic web of shell material having a longitudinal and transverse direction, stretching the web of shell material in the longitudinal direction, deadening at least one region of the stretched web of shell material, attaching at least one absorbent article component to at least a portion of the longitudinal deadened zone to form a composite web material, and cutting the composite web material to form a body adhering absorbent article. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199268 | Method of Manufacturing a Body Adhering Absorbent Article Orientated in the Cross-Machine Direction with Reduced Curl - The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing body adhering absorbent articles orientated in the cross-machine direction, body adhering absorbent article having reduced or eliminated curl. The articles are manufactured with reduced curl by selectively reducing or eliminating the shell elastic tension in regions where components of the body adhering absorbent article are to be attached to form the composite absorbent article web. In certain aspects the body adhering absorbent articles are manufactured by supplying an elastic web of shell material having a longitudinal and transverse direction, that is stretchable only in the transverse direction, attaching at least one component to form a composite web material, and cutting the composite web material to form a body adhering absorbent article. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204410 | Method for Assembling a Tampon Applicator - A method of assembling a tampon applicator includes providing a barrel with internal ridges that define a guide channel having an effective diameter. The method includes providing a plunger that has a finger flare with a circular shape and a flare diameter that is at least 15% larger than the effective diameter of the guide channel. The method includes assembling the plunger and the barrel by pushing the finger flare into the guide channel and deforming the finger flare into a non-circular shape while moving the finger flare through the guide channel. The method includes moving the finger flare out of the plunger end of the barrel and reestablishing the circular shape of the finger flare. | 08-16-2012 |
20130240139 | Method of Manufacture of Article for Delivering Health-Benefit Agent - A laminate of nonwoven materials having fine particulate matter attached thereto is made with a lamination process capable of supplying up to about 60 gsm of particulate matter to a substrate. The particulate matter may be applied to the substrate using a powder coating apparatus. The laminate may be used in personal absorbent articles such as diapers, feminine pads, bandages, bed pads, and the like. | 09-19-2013 |