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| 20090183602 | TATTOO MACHINE - The present disclosure provides a tattoo machine including a frame, an armature bar coupled to a needle bar, at least one electromagnetic coil, and a dampening device disposed to the frame. The dampening device absorbs vibrational forces exerted on the frame of the tattoo machine and thereby helps minimize wear and tear as well as increases the longevity of the machine. The absorption of vibrational forces increases the comfort of the tattoo artist along with their accuracy. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100292725 | TATTOO NEEDLE HOUSING AND ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a tattoo needle housing, including: a substantially hollow prismatic structure configured to surround a plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure includes a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a shape that substantially matches a collective shape of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles, and wherein the substantially hollow prismatic structure includes an opening manufactured into one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110082487 | TATTOO NEEDLE HOUSING AND ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a tattoo needle housing, including: a substantially hollow structure configured to surround a plurality of tattoo needles, wherein the substantially hollow structure includes a bottom edge portion at one end thereof that has a shape that substantially matches a collective shape of the tips of the plurality of tattoo needles, and wherein the substantially hollow structure includes an opening manufactured into one or more of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof. Optionally, the substantially hollow structure includes a plurality of openings manufactured into one or more of the top surface and the bottom surface thereof. Preferably, the substantially hollow structure includes and end wall that, along with the bottom edge portion, forms a port by which access to the plurality of tattoo needles is had from the exterior of the substantially hollow structure. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110146454 | TATTOO MACHINE - The present disclosure provides a tattoo machine including a frame, an armature bar coupled to a needle bar, at least one electromagnetic coil, and a dampening device disposed to the frame. The dampening device absorbs vibrational forces exerted on the frame of the tattoo machine and thereby helps minimize wear and tear as well as increases the longevity of the machine. The absorption of vibrational forces increases the comfort of the tattoo artist along with their accuracy. The present disclosure also provides a tattoo machine having metallic components that are mated using various frictional surfaces, some of which incorporate visual guides for alignment purposes. This provides an easily adjustable, tunable tattoo machine that acts as a solid structure when assembled, also increasing user comfort and accuracy. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20080252619 | System for Providing a Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Touch Interface - A system for providing a touch interface on a display are described. The system include providing an emitter on a first side of the display and providing a detector on a second side of the display. The emitter provides an electromagnetic signal to the display. The electromagnetic signal has a path from the emitter to the detector through the display in the absence of a user's touch such that the electromagnetic signal is detected by the detector in the absence of the user's touch. The path includes at least one total internal reflection in the display. The emitter and the detector are configured such that the user's touch at any of the at least one total internal reflection alters the path such that a portion of the electromagnetic signal does not reach the detector. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080295598 | SENSING A PAPER ROLL ULTRASONICALLY - A system for sensing paper on a paper roll includes an ultrasonic transducer positioned to be in contact with an outer surface of the paper roll; a transmitter circuit in communication with the ultrasonic transducer, the transmitter circuit providing a transmit signal to the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer generating an ultrasonic signal in response to the transmit signal; a receiver circuit in communication with the ultrasonic transducer, the receiver circuit providing a received signal indicative of an ultrasonic return echo from the paper roll, the ultrasonic return echo resulting from the ultrasonic signal interacting with the paper roll; and a processor circuit, in communication with the transmitter circuit and the receiver circuit, that determines an amount of paper remaining on the paper roll in response to the transmit signal and the receive signal, the processor providing an output signal when the amount of paper remaining falls below a threshold. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090148029 | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition ('MICR') Signal Generation For A MICR - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (‘MICR’) signal generation for a MICR character configured on a medium that include: exposing, by an emitter, an electromagnetic signal to the MICR character, the MICR character absorbing a portion of the electromagnetic signal; detecting, by a receiver, a remaining portion of the electromagnetic signal, the remaining portion of the electromagnetic signal representing the character density for the MICR character; generating a character density signal, the character density signal being dependent upon the detected remaining portion of the electromagnetic signal; and determining a MICR signal for the MICR character, the MICR signal being dependent upon the character density signal. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090160779 | Emulating A Keyboard On A Touch Screen Monitor Of A Computer System - Methods, apparatus, and products for emulating a keyboard on a touch screen monitor of a computer system are described that include displaying on the touch screen monitor through an on-screen display (‘OSD’) module of the touch screen monitor a merged image comprising a graphics display image from a video adapter of the computer system and a keyboard image; receiving, by a touch screen module, an input on the merged image displayed on the touch screen monitor; determining, by the touch screen module, whether the input is a keyboard keystroke; if the input is a keyboard keystroke: converting, by the touch screen module, the input to a keyboard keystroke in a native keyboard format; and sending, by the touch screen module, the converted keyboard keystroke in the native keyboard format to a keyboard input adapter of the computer system. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100142795 | OPTICAL IMAGING AND ANALYSIS OF A GRAPHIC SYMBOL - Method, computer program product, and apparatus are provided for identifying a graphic symbol within an image obtained by optical scanning. An image intensity is measured for each of a plurality of columns of the image, wherein each column has a length that extends across the graphic symbol in a first direction, and wherein the plurality of columns collectively extend across the graphic symbol in a second direction. The graphic symbol is then identified by matching a profile of the image intensity to a predetermined image intensity profile associated with a given graphic symbol. Optionally, the image is a digital image and the image intensity for each column is the sum of the image intensity for each pixel in that individual column. An image intensity differential between adjacent columns may be calculated for matching with a predetermined differential profile or comparison with an electronic profile generated by a magnetic scan. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110157291 | Wear-indicating resistors for thermal printhead - A thermal printhead includes a substrate, a nonconductive coating over the substrate, a number of heating elements disposed on the substrate, and one or more resistors at least partially disposed within the nonconductive coating. The heating elements cause thermochromic media to selectively darken in accordance with selective activation of the heating elements as the media moves in relation to the thermal printhead, to print a desired image on the media. The nonconductive coating protects the heating elements and wears away with usage of the printhead. The media comes into contact with the nonconductive coating during printing of the desired image on the media. The resistors indicate wear of the thermal printhead, and have electrical resistances that increase as the resistors are worn away in accordance with wearing away of the nonconductive coating. | 06-30-2011 |
