公开(公告)号：US10201982B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15891778

申请日：2018-02-08

Applicant: ZIH CORP.

Inventor： Randal Wong ,  Petrica D. Balcan ,  Shu-Hsun Chiang ,  Kuan-Ying Lu ,  Chia-Wen Chang

IPC: B41J2/325 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J32/00 ,  B41J35/28 ,  B41J17/32 ,  B41J33/00 ,  B41J15/04

Abstract: An example disclosed printer includes a base; a lid hingedly attached to the base movable between a closed position in which the lid is secured to the base, and an open position in which the lid is at least partially separated from the base; a cavity defined between the lid and the base, wherein the cavity is inaccessible when the lid is in the closed position and the cavity is accessible when the lid is in the open position; a ribbon positioning assembly disposed within the cavity that is pivotably attached to at least one of the lid or the base wherein the ribbon positioning assembly is configured to move between a printing position when the lid is in the closed position, and an accessible position when the lid is in the open position, wherein the ribbon positioning assembly comprises a ribbon tensioning mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US10189660B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15643966

申请日：2017-07-07

Applicant: ZIH Corp.

Inventor： Angel B. Rosales ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow

IPC: B65H5/06 ,  B41J11/04

Abstract: A media processing device with a housing includes: a motorized media unit transporter to drive a media unit along a media processing path between an unprocessed media unit source and a processed media unit output; an auxiliary media unit transporter including a roller connected to a converter, and a bias member connected between the converter and the housing. In a first operating mode, the auxiliary transporter receives the media unit from the transporter to drive the roller and the converter; rotation of the converter deforms the bias member from a resting position to a primed position. In a second operating mode initiated upon rotation of the converter to a bias release position, the auxiliary transporter propels the media unit by releasing the bias member from the primed position to drive rotation of the converter and the roller as the bias member returns to the resting position.

公开(公告)号：US10189288B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15643925

申请日：2017-07-07

Applicant: ZIH CORP.

Inventor： Joseph D. Moreira ,  Angel B. Rosales ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow ,  Myung S. Jun

IPC: B41J15/04

Abstract: A media processing device includes: a housing having an opening providing access to a cassette removably supported within the housing; a media unit holder configured to receive a rejected media unit driven between the opening and a body of the cassette along a media reject path; the media unit holder including: a deck having a support surface between a body of the cassette and the opening, the support surface facing the opening; the deck configured to receive the rejected media unit on the support surface for removal of the rejected media unit via the opening.

公开(公告)号：US20190028385A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16131616

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: ZIH CORP.

Inventor： Edward A. Richley ,  Aitan Ameti

IPC: H04L12/725 ,  H04B1/06 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W72/08

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first detector configured to generate a first digitized stream of pulses and a second detector configured to generate a second digitized stream of pulses; a first packet decoder configured to decode a first valid over-the-air packet from the first digitized stream of pulses and generate a first time-stamped tag data packet; a second packet decoder configured to decode a second valid over-the-air packet from the second digitized stream of pulses; an arbiter configured to receive at least one of first and second time-stamped tag data packets and to select a time-stamped tag data packet from the at least one of the first and second time-stamped tag data packets; and a packet formatter to formulate a network data packet based on the selected time-stamped tag data packet.

公开(公告)号：US20190010002A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US15643966

申请日：2017-07-07

Applicant: ZIH Corp.

Inventor： Angel B. Rosales ,  Steve Ting Kei Chow

IPC: B65H5/06 ,  B41J11/04

Abstract: A media processing device with a housing includes: a motorized media unit transporter to drive a media unit along a media processing path between an unprocessed media unit source and a processed media unit output; an auxiliary media unit transporter including a roller connected to a converter, and a bias member connected between the converter and the housing. In a first operating mode, the auxiliary transporter receives the media unit from the transporter to drive the roller and the converter; rotation of the converter deforms the bias member from a resting position to a primed position. In a second operating mode initiated upon rotation of the converter to a bias release position, the auxiliary transporter propels the media unit by releasing the bias member from the primed position to drive rotation of the converter and the roller as the bias member returns to the resting position.

公开(公告)号：US10160239B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US14934919

申请日：2015-11-06

Applicant: ZIH Corp.

Inventor： Hsin-Chih Chen ,  Petricia Dorinel Balcan ,  Randal Wong

IPC: B41J23/02 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J2/335 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J25/304 ,  F16D13/10 ,  F16D13/58 ,  F16D21/00 ,  F16D13/38 ,  B41J23/08 ,  B41J33/52 ,  B41J25/00 ,  B41J25/316

Abstract: A printer may include a printhead assembly, a clutch assembly, and/or a printer ribbon transport assembly. An example clutch assembly includes a first spool engagement member defining a first friction torque; a first friction member configured to frictionally engage the first spool engagement member; a second spool engagement member defining a second friction torque that is larger than the first fiction torque; and a second friction member configured to frictionally engage the second spool engagement member.

公开(公告)号：US20180345701A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US16039977

申请日：2018-07-19

Applicant: ZIH CORP.

Inventor： Richard J. Preliasco ,  Roy P. Lyman

IPC: B41J29/13 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B65H16/06 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J17/32 ,  B41J3/36

CPC classification number: B41J29/13 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J15/042 ,  B41J17/32 ,  B65H16/06

Abstract: An example of the disclosed printer includes a ribbon cover configured to move between an opened ribbon position for providing access to the ribbon supply and a closed ribbon position. The ribbon cover including a slidable opening mechanism The printer further includes a media cover configured to move between an opened media position for providing access to a media supply and a closed media position.

公开(公告)号：US20180319181A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US16023592

申请日：2018-06-29

Applicant: ZIH CORP.

Inventor： Clive Hohberger ,  David Womack ,  Bruce N. Alleshouse ,  James Clark ,  Wolfgang Strobel

IPC: B41J13/26 ,  B41M5/34 ,  B41M5/48 ,  G09F3/00 ,  B41M5/323 ,  G09F3/02

CPC classification number: B41J13/26 ,  B41M5/323 ,  B41M5/34 ,  B41M5/48 ,  B41M2205/04 ,  G09F3/0291 ,  G09F3/0294 ,  G09F3/0297 ,  G09F2003/0201 ,  G09F2003/0202 ,  G09F2003/0211 ,  G09F2003/0257

Abstract: An example disclosed media processing device includes an image processing unit; a first optical registration sensor; and a second optical registration sensor spaced apart from the first optical registration sensor along a first axis by a first distance associated with a gap between media units on a web.

公开(公告)号：US09995818B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US15017340

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: ZIH Corp.

Inventor： Robert Boyd ,  Jerald W. English ,  Thomas L. Richardson ,  Michael A. Wohl

IPC: G01S3/02 ,  G01S5/14 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/06 ,  H04W24/00

CPC classification number: G01S5/14 ,  G01S5/0205 ,  G01S5/0221 ,  G01S5/0226 ,  G01S5/06

Abstract: An example disclosed system for locating a signal source includes a receiver; and a plurality of node devices, wherein the receiver includes processing circuitry configured to perform operations including generating signal timing information including one or more pulses corresponding to a correlation with one or more frequencies based on each of a plurality of wireless signal streams, each of the wireless signal streams including a signal of interest; applying times and one or more determined gains for the signal of interest to permit estimate of a phase of the received signal; obtaining, from a memory device that stores the wireless signal streams, symbols of the signal of interest based on window periods associated with the pulses; formatting the symbols; and determining time-of-arrival information based on the formatted symbols.

公开(公告)号：US09953196B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US15397504

申请日：2017-01-03

Applicant: ZIH Corp.

Inventor： Belinda Turner ,  Aitan Ameti ,  Edward A. Richley ,  Alexander Mueggenborg

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G01S5/14 ,  G01S5/02

CPC classification number: G06K7/10306 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/0226 ,  G01S5/06 ,  G01S5/14 ,  H04W4/026 ,  H04W4/027 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for providing variable blink rate ultra-wideband (UWB) communications. Some embodiments may provide for a radio frequency (RF) tag including a motion sensor, processing circuitry, and a UWB transmitter. The motion sensor may be configured to generate one or more motion data values indicating motion of the RF tag. The UWB transmitter may be configured to transmit blink data at variable blink rates. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive the one or more motion data values from the motion sensor, determine a blink rate for the UWB transmitter based on the one or more motion data values, and control the UWB transmitter to wirelessly transmit the blink data at the blink rate. In some embodiments, the RF tag may include a UWB receiver and the blink rate may be controlled remotely by a system.