公开(公告)号：US5712922A

公开(公告)日：1998-01-27

申请号：US340270

申请日：1994-11-15

申请人： Kenneth H. Loewenthal ,  Steven M. Bryant

发明人： Kenneth H. Loewenthal ,  Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： G06F15/18 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/34 ,  G06K9/66 ,  G06N3/00 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06F7/38

CPC分类号： G06K9/2036 ,  G06K9/66 ,  G06K2209/01 ,  Y10S706/904

摘要： A neural network based optical character recognition technique is presented for identifying characters in a moving web. Image acquisition means defines an imaging window through which the moving web passes such that the characters printed thereon can be imaged. Classification data is extracted and accumulated for each printed web character passing through the imaging window. A light source provides transmissive illumination of the web as it is being imaged. A neural network accelerator is coupled to the image acquisition means for intelligent processing of the accumulated classification data to produce therefrom printed character classification information indicative of each corresponding character imaged. A processor is coupled to the accelerator for converting the classification information into the appropriate ASCII character code. The technique is particularly useful for reading dot-matrix-type characters on a noisy, semi-transparent background at fast real-time rates. A neural network algorithm based recognition method is also described.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种基于神经网络的光学字符识别技术，用于识别移动网络中的字符。 图像获取装置定义一个成像窗口，移动的网通过该窗口，使得印刷在其上的字符能被成像。 为通过成像窗口的每个打印的网页字符提取和累积分类数据。 光源在成像时提供幅材的透射照明。 神经网络加速器耦合到图像获取装置，用于对累积的分类数据进行智能处理，从而产生指示每个相应字符被成像的印刷字符分类信息。 处理器耦合到加速器，用于将分类信息转换成适当的ASCII字符代码。 该技术对于以高速实时速率在嘈杂，半透明背景上读取点阵型字符特别有用。 还描述了基于神经网络算法的识别方法。

公开(公告)号：US08069092B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-29

申请号：US12903578

申请日：2010-10-13

申请人： Steven M. Bryant

发明人： Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0621 ,  G06Q30/0641 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00145 ,  H04N1/00318 ,  H04N2201/3263 ,  H04N2201/3276

摘要： A method and computer software program for publishing images at an accessible website and for ordering goods and/or services to be provided by a fulfillment provider. A high resolution digital image is forwarded from a user to a fulfillment provider that stores the high resolution digital image and associates a unique ID with the high resolution image. The unique ID identifies the storage location of where the high resolution image is stored and the internet address of the fulfillment provider. The user receives the unique ID that is associated with the high resolution image. The user then forwards to an accessible website a low resolution image copy of the high resolution image and the unique ID. The website publishes the low resolution image on the accessible website along with an action button that is associated with the unique ID. Selection of the action button by a viewer causes the viewer being forwarded to the fulfillment provider so that the viewer will to be able to access the high resolution image stored by the fulfillment provider.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和计算机软件程序，用于在可访问的网站上发布图像，并且用于订购由履行提供者提供的商品和/或服务。 将高分辨率数字图像从用户转发到存储高分辨率数字图像的履行提供者，并将唯一ID与高分辨率图像相关联。 唯一的ID标识存储高分辨率图像的位置以及履行提供者的互联网地址。 用户接收与高分辨率图像相关联的唯一ID。 然后，用户向可访问的网站转发高分辨率图像和唯一ID的低分辨率图像副本。 该网站在可访问的网站上发布低分辨率图像，以及与唯一ID相关联的操作按钮。 由观看者选择动作按钮使得观看者被转发到履行提供者，使得观看者将能够访问由履行提供者存储的高分辨率图像。

公开(公告)号：US20110035298A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-10

申请号：US12903578

申请日：2010-10-13

申请人： Steven M. Bryant

发明人： Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0621 ,  G06Q30/0641 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00145 ,  H04N1/00318 ,  H04N2201/3263 ,  H04N2201/3276

摘要： A method and computer software program for publishing images at an accessible website and for ordering goods and/or services to be provided by a fulfillment provider. A high resolution digital image is forwarded from a user to a fulfillment provider that stores the high resolution digital image and associates a unique ID with the high resolution image. The unique ID identifies the storage location of where the high resolution image is stored and the internet address of the fulfillment provider. The user receives the unique ID that is associated with the high resolution image. The user then forwards to an accessible website a low resolution image copy of the high resolution image and the unique ID. The website publishes the low resolution image on the accessible website along with an action button that is associated with the unique ID. Selection of the action button by a viewer causes the viewer being forwarded to the fulfillment provider so that the viewer will to be able to access the high resolution image stored by the fulfillment provider.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和计算机软件程序，用于在可访问的网站上发布图像，并且用于订购由履行提供者提供的商品和/或服务。 将高分辨率数字图像从用户转发到存储高分辨率数字图像的履行提供者，并将唯一ID与高分辨率图像相关联。 唯一的ID标识存储高分辨率图像的位置以及履行提供者的互联网地址。 用户接收与高分辨率图像相关联的唯一ID。 然后，用户向可访问的网站转发高分辨率图像和唯一ID的低分辨率图像副本。 该网站在可访问的网站上发布低分辨率图像，以及与唯一ID相关联的操作按钮。 由观看者选择动作按钮使得观看者被转发到履行提供者，使得观看者将能够访问由履行提供者存储的高分辨率图像。

公开(公告)号：US06206287B1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-27

申请号：US09137566

申请日：1998-08-21

申请人： John L. Wasula ,  Steven M. Bryant

发明人： John L. Wasula ,  Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： G06K910

CPC分类号： G06K7/1452 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K7/1465

摘要： A bar code reader particularly useful in a photographic film scanner of the type employing a light source and CCD array for sensing the bar code elements. Lateral location of the bar code pattern is established by analyzing the output of the CCD array within a bar code detection window to determine the location of a longitudinal edge transition of the line of clock elements in the bar code pattern and then to use clock and data element detection windows at spaced locations from the line of clock edge transition to read the encoded values of the bar code. In one embodiment, the line of transition between the clock and data elements is used as the line of longitudinal edge transition of the line of clock elements. In another embodiment, the longitudinal clock edge transition remote from the data elements and adjacent the central image frame region is used.

摘要翻译： 特别适用于采用光源和用于感测条形码元件的CCD阵列类型的摄影胶片扫描器的条形码阅读器。 通过分析条形码检测窗口内的CCD阵列的输出来确定条形码图案的横向位置，以确定条形码图案中的时钟元件线的纵向边缘转变的位置，然后使用时钟和数据 元件检测窗口与时钟边沿转换线隔开，以读取条形码的编码值。 在一个实施例中，将时钟和数据元件之间的转换线用作时钟元件线的纵向边沿转变的线。 在另一个实施例中，使用远离数据元素并且邻近中央图像帧区域的纵向时钟边缘转换。

公开(公告)号：US6076415A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-20

申请号：US163021

申请日：1998-09-29

申请人： R. Winfield Trafton ,  Duane J. Farling ,  Steven M. Bryant

发明人： R. Winfield Trafton ,  Duane J. Farling ,  Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： F16H3/34 ,  F16H3/38 ,  F16H63/00

CPC分类号： F16H3/34 ,  F16H2061/047 ,  Y10T74/19279 ,  Y10T74/19284

摘要： A dual speed film drive apparatus to achieve high speed and low speed film drive employs a limited speed range stepper motor with pinion input drive gear, and an output driven gear connected to a film advance mechanism. High and low speed drive is achieved by use of a pivoted intermediate gear drive module having high speed and low speed gear set positions to interconnect the stepper motor input drive gear to the output driven gear. Shifting of the gear module between gear set positions is accomplished by a DC motor operated cam drive mechanism which pivots the gear module selectively between the high speed and low speed gear set positions. The cam drive mechanism includes a camming slot having dwell segments at each end of the slot. An open loop control gear mesh procedure includes is also described for meshing the high speed and low speed intermediate gear drives with the input drive gear and output driven gear. In this procedure, the cam drive mechanism initially drives the gears toward mesh and then reverses the cam drive by a limited amount. If the input drive gear properly meshed with the intermediate gear drive, the dwell segment prevents the gear from being unmeshed. If stubbing occurred, the cam drive is still in the drive segment of the cam and backs the intermediate gear drive away while the stepper is activated by a partial tooth pitch. The cam drive is then driven forward again to engage the intermediate gear with the input gear. The stepper motor is then driven forward and back by equal amounts to clear any stub condition that might still exist between the intermediate gear and output driven gear interface. The open loop control routine avoids the need for complex and costly active feedback mechanisms to detect and clear a gear stubbing condition during gear shifting.

摘要翻译： 用于实现高速和低速薄膜驱动的双速胶片驱动装置采用具有小齿轮输入驱动齿轮的限速步进步进电机和连接到胶片推进机构的输出从动齿轮。 通过使用具有高速和低速齿轮组位置的枢转中间齿轮驱动模块来实现高速和低速驱动，以将步进马达输入驱动齿轮与输出从动齿轮相互连接。 齿轮模块在齿轮设置位置之间的转换由直流电动机操作的凸轮驱动机构实现，该凸轮驱动机构在高速和低速齿轮组位置之间有选择地枢转齿轮模块。 凸轮驱动机构包括在槽的每一端具有驻留段的凸轮槽。 还描述了一种用于将高速和低速中间齿轮传动与输入驱动齿轮和输出从动齿轮啮合的开环控制齿轮啮合程序。 在该过程中，凸轮驱动机构首先将齿轮驱动向网状物，然后使凸轮驱动器反转有限的量。 如果输入驱动齿轮与中间齿轮传动装置正确啮合，则停留段可防止齿轮脱离啮合。 如果发生短路，则凸轮驱动器仍然位于凸轮的驱动部分中，并且在步进器被部分齿距激活的同时将中间齿轮传动器背离。 然后再次向前驱动凸轮驱动器，以将中间齿轮与输入齿轮接合。 然后，步进电机向前和向后驱动相等量，以清除中间齿轮和输出从动齿轮接口之间可能仍然存在的任何残留条件。 开环控制程序避免了在变速期间需要复杂和昂贵的主动反馈机制来检测和清除齿轮桩的状况。

公开(公告)号：US5751910A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-12

申请号：US447282

申请日：1995-05-22

申请人： Steven M. Bryant ,  Kenneth H. Loewenthal

发明人： Steven M. Bryant ,  Kenneth H. Loewenthal

IPC分类号： G06F15/18 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G06N3/00 ,  G06N3/04 ,  H05K3/34 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06N3/0436 ,  Y10S706/912

摘要： A solder paste brick inspection and physical quality scoring system 10 employs a neural network 70 trained with a fuzzified output vector. An image of solder paste bricks 64 on a printed circuit board 12 is acquired by a CCD camera 30. Values of a predetermined set of brick metrics are extracted from the image by a computer 28 and used as a crisp input vector to trained neural network 70. A defuzzifier 76 converts a fuzzy output vector from neural network 70 into a crisp quality score output which can be used for monitoring and process control.

摘要翻译： 焊膏砖检查和物理质量评分系统10采用用模糊化输出向量训练的神经网络70。 通过CCD摄像机30获取印刷电路板12上的焊膏砖64的图像。计算机28从图像中提取预定的一组砖尺度的值，并将其用作训练神经网络70的清晰输入向量 解模糊器76将来自神经网络70的模糊输出向量转换成可用于监视和过程控制的清晰质量得分输出。

公开(公告)号：US5113081A

公开(公告)日：1992-05-12

申请号：US634982

申请日：1990-12-27

申请人： Steven M. Bryant

发明人： Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： G01B11/30 ,  G01N21/59 ,  G01N21/89 ,  G01N21/892

CPC分类号： G01N21/5907

摘要： A web of photographic film or the like having an optical property to be inspected and measured (such as exposure density or reflectance) is transported through a flasher chamber at a predetermined nominal speed and is exposed to radiation in the flasher to produce a series of longitudinally spaced, transversely oriented exposure bands separated by unexposed bands on the web. The transport speed of the web through the exposure chamber is selected for a given exposure period for each band such that the web moves only a minor fraction of the longitudinal width of each band during exposure of the band. Subsequent inspection of the web, for example, in a densitometer, produces a pulsed output signal waveform in which the peak amplitudes of the pulses are proportional to the optical property being measured independent of any perturbations in transport speed of the web through the exposure chamber.

摘要翻译： 具有待检查和测量的光学性质（例如曝光密度或反射率）的照相胶片等的纤维网以预定的标称速度传送通过闪光器室，并且暴露于闪光器中的辐射以产生一系列纵向 间隔的，横向定向的曝光带，由幅材上未曝光的带分开。 在每个带的给定曝光期间选择幅材通过曝光室的传送速度，使得幅材在带的曝光期间仅移动每个带的纵向宽度的一小部分。 随后的幅面检查，例如在密度计中产生脉冲输出信号波形，其中脉冲的峰值幅度与被测量的光学特性成比例，独立于幅材通过曝光室的传送速度的任何扰动。

公开(公告)号：US07868932B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US11217859

申请日：2005-09-01

申请人： Steven M. Bryant

发明人： Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： H04N5/262

CPC分类号： H04N1/3871

摘要： An imaging method and system enables the use of available images to form a pictorial type border around a specific image that a user has selected to be printed. With the method and system of the invention, images from an order or from an electronic storage mechanism can be analyzed to determine which of the images are to be border images for a selected image. These images are then resized to form border images for the selected image.

摘要翻译： 成像方法和系统使得可以使用可用图像来形成用户已经选择要打印的特定图像周围的图示型边框。 利用本发明的方法和系统，可以分析来自订单或电子存储机构的图像，以确定哪个图像是所选图像的边界图像。 然后将这些图像调整大小以形成所选图像的边框图像。

公开(公告)号：US07860747B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-28

申请号：US10748107

申请日：2003-12-24

申请人： Steven M. Bryant

发明人： Steven M. Bryant

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0621 ,  G06Q30/0641 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00145 ,  H04N1/00318 ,  H04N2201/3263 ,  H04N2201/3276

摘要： A method and computer software program for publishing images at an accessible website and for ordering goods and/or services to be provided by a fulfillment provider. A high resolution digital image is forwarded from a user to a fulfillment provider that stores the high resolution digital image and associates a unique ID with the high resolution image. The unique ID identifies the storage location of where the high resolution image is stored and the internet address of the fulfillment provider. The user receives the unique ID that is associated with the high resolution image. The user then forwards to an accessible website a low resolution image copy of the high resolution image and the unique ID. The website publishes the low resolution image on the accessible website along with an action button that is associated with the unique ID. Selection of the action button by a viewer causes the viewer being forwarded to the fulfillment provider so that the viewer will to be able to access the high resolution image stored by the fulfillment provider.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和计算机软件程序，用于在可访问的网站上发布图像，并且用于订购由履行提供者提供的商品和/或服务。 将高分辨率数字图像从用户转发到存储高分辨率数字图像的履行提供者，并将唯一ID与高分辨率图像相关联。 唯一的ID标识存储高分辨率图像的位置以及履行提供者的互联网地址。 用户接收与高分辨率图像相关联的唯一ID。 然后，用户向可访问的网站转发高分辨率图像和唯一ID的低分辨率图像副本。 该网站在可访问的网站上发布低分辨率图像，以及与唯一ID相关联的操作按钮。 由观看者选择动作按钮使得观看者被转发到履行提供者，使得观看者将能够访问由履行提供者存储的高分辨率图像。

公开(公告)号：US07704000B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-27

申请号：US11481302

申请日：2006-07-05

申请人： Steven M. Bryant ,  Steven S. Chapman ,  James G. Rydelek

发明人： Steven M. Bryant ,  Steven S. Chapman ,  James G. Rydelek

IPC分类号： B41J11/58 ,  B41J13/10

CPC分类号： B41J13/103 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/44 ,  B41J3/445 ,  B41J13/0081 ,  H04N1/00278 ,  H04N2201/001 ,  H04N2201/0058 ,  H04N2201/0084

摘要： A printer dock for use with a digital data terminal, has a housing having a paper inlet portal, a first tray receiver, and a second tray receiver. The first tray receiver adjoins the paper inlet portal. The second tray receiver is disposed in spaced relation to the paper inlet portal. A printer engine is disposed in the housing. The printer engine has a paper path extending from an entrance facing the paper inlet portal. A device interface is operatively connectable to the data terminal and the printer engine. A paper tray is alternately mountable in a use position and a storage position. The paper tray, in the use position, is located in the first tray receiver and is disposed in operative relation to the printer engine. The paper tray, in the storage position, is located within the second tray receiver.

摘要翻译： 一种与数字数据终端一起使用的多功能底座打印机，具有一个具有进纸入口的外壳，一个第一托盘接收器和一个第二托盘接收器。 第一个托盘接收器邻近进纸口。 第二托盘接收器与纸张入口入口间隔开设置。 打印机引擎设置在外壳中。 打印机引擎具有从朝向纸入口入口的入口延伸的纸路径。 设备接口可操作地连接到数据终端和打印机引擎。 纸盘交替安装在使用位置和存放位置。 在使用位置的纸盘位于第一托盘接收器中并且与打印机引擎相关地设置。 处于存储位置的纸盘位于第二托盘接收器内。