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20120274019 | METHOD OF ADVANCING SUCCESSIVE SHEETS OF MEDIA - A method of advancing successive sheets of media by providing a gear and a pick roller configured to rotate independently between a first and a second relative orientation; advancing a first sheet at a first advance speed to an intermediate roller by driving the gear to rotate the pick roller with the gear and the pick roller oriented at the first relative orientation; advancing the first sheet at a greater advance speed by rotating the intermediate roller, thereby orienting the gear and the pick roller in the second relative orientation; advancing the first sheet until the pick roller is in contact with a second sheet; driving the gear while the pick roller remains stationary until the gear and the pick roller are oriented in the first relative orientation; and advancing the second sheet at the first advance speed by driving the gear to rotate the pick roller. | 11-01-2012 |
20130070019 | SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE GUIDE IN PRINTER - A carriage printer includes a printhead; a carriage guide disposed along a carriage scan direction, the carriage guide including a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a carriage for transporting the printhead along the carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including a bearing surface that is configured to contact the carriage guide as the carriage transports the printhead; a plurality of carriage guide supports each including a support surface, the plurality of carriage guide supports including a first carriage guide support disposed proximate the first end; a second carriage guide support disposed proximate the second end; and a third carriage guide support disposed between the first carriage guide support and the second carriage guide support; a first biasing force applied in a bias direction proximate the first end; and a second biasing force applied in the bias direction proximate the second end. | 03-21-2013 |
20140125726 | WICKING ACCUMULATED INK AWAY FROM OPTICAL SENSOR IN INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead having a printhead die with an array of nozzles, and a media advance system for moving recording medium along a media path toward a print region. A carriage moves the inkjet printhead back and forth across the print region, and the carriage includes a holding receptacle for the inkjet printhead. The holding receptacle includes a bottom portion having an opening into which the printhead die extends. A viewing hole is disposed in the bottom portion of the holding receptacle for providing an optical pathway between an optical sensor and a portion of the media path. A wick is configured to contact the bottom portion of the holding receptacle proximate the viewing hole for removing accumulated ink. | 05-08-2014 |
20140198165 | DUPLEXING UNIT WITH LOW FRICTION MEDIA GUIDE - A duplexing unit for reversing an orientation of a sheet in an imaging apparatus, the duplexing unit includes: an outer member including an inner surface; an inner member that is housed within the outer member, the inner member including an outer surface, wherein a duplexing path is provided between the inner surface of the outer member and the outer surface of the inner member, and wherein the inner surface of the outer member has a kinetic coefficient of friction that is between 0.05 and 0.30. | 07-17-2014 |
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20160068267 | CONTEXT-BASED FLIGHT MODE SELECTION - Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to provide sensor data and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environment type for the environment; select a flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight mode is associated with a different set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the environment while conforming to the set of operating rules of the selected flight mode. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070264 | VELOCITY CONTROL FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried on the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to receive sensor data of the environment and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environmental complexity factor representative of an obstacle density for the environment; determine, based on the environmental complexity factor, one or more operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; receive a signal indicating a desired movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to move in accordance with the signal while complying with the one or more operating rules. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070265 | MULTI-SENSOR ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING - Systems and methods for controlling a movable object within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a method may comprise: determining, using at least one of a plurality of sensors carried by the movable object, an initial location of the movable object; generating a first signal to cause the movable object to navigate within the environment; receiving, using the at least one of the plurality of sensors, sensing data pertaining to the environment; generating, based on the sensing data, an environmental map representative of at least a portion of the environment; receiving an instruction to return to the initial location; and generating a second signal to cause the movable object to return to the initial location, based on the environmental map. | 03-10-2016 |
20160076892 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - The present invention provides methods and systems related to determine a state of the UAV by updating a determined state of UAV with a relative proportional relationship. The UAV may be provided with a monocular camera, a proximity sensor and a processor. The processor may determine external state information of the UAV based on image data captured by the monocular camera, and calculate a relative proportional relationship to be applied to the determined external state information. The updated external state information of the UAV may be more precise or even equal to the actual state information of the UAV, thus enabling more accurate control and navigation for the autonomous flight. | 03-17-2016 |
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20140156419 | Method and device for presenting release information - It is described a method and device for presenting release information. The method includes that: a total exposure of release information on a day is acquired in real time; and a current ratio for presenting release information is calculated according to the total exposure of release information on the day, and release information is presented according to the current ratio for presenting release information. With a technical solution as described, it is possible to distribute exposure of the release information reasonably according to a ratio for presenting adjusted in real time, allowing uniform and reasonable presenting of the release information. | 06-05-2014 |
20150081625 | SERVICE POLLING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for service inspection includes: acquiring a changing operation on a service inspection project; acquiring a service process or port bound to the service inspection project according to the changing operation, looking up a corresponding server according to the service process or port, and updating an association relationship between the service inspection project and the server, to obtain a corresponding updated result; and publishing the updated result. A method, system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for service inspection, acquire a service process or port bound to the service inspection project according to the changing operation, look up a corresponding server according to the service process or port, update an association relationship between the service inspection project and the server to obtain a corresponding updated result, and publish the updated result, such that the service can be updated and maintained automatically. | 03-19-2015 |
20150256614 | RESOURCE SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A method, device and system for resource synchronization control are provided in accordance with the present disclosure. The disclosure relates to a field of information synchronization control. The method for resource synchronization control includes: inquiring, by a first terminal, from a server whether an address of the first terminal in a first terminal list is in a cleared state, the first terminal list has recorded an address of the first terminal; acquiring, by the first terminal, a resource file from a second terminal, if the address of the first terminal is in the cleared state; and notifying, by the first terminal, the server to cancel the cleared state of the address of the first terminal in the first terminal list, after acquiring the resource file. | 09-10-2015 |
20160036769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION - A method for presenting recommendation information includes: receiving a data obtaining request from a client terminal, recording a first address of the client terminal at this time and presenting corresponding recommendation information for the client terminal; receiving a response message sent from the client terminal after the client terminal has played the recommendation information, recording a second address of the client terminal at this time, and storing a corresponding relationship between the first address and the second address into an address data file; reading a specified address from a region address database which is corresponding to a specified region, and obtaining corresponding relationships each with the first address being the specified address from the address data file; in case of determining that the specified address has been converted via the corresponding relationships, not presenting recommendation information corresponding to the specified region to the specified address. | 02-04-2016 |