Method and apparatus for illuminating a field-of-view and capturing an image
    51.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for illuminating a field-of-view and capturing an image 有权
    用于照明视场和拍摄图像的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07428997B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-30

    申请号:US10630062

    申请日:2003-07-29

    IPC分类号: G06K7/10

    CPC分类号: G06K7/10851 G06K7/10564

    摘要: A variable illuminator, for instance a device for scanning a beam of light, emits a selected amount of power to a plurality of spots across a field of view. The amount of power is determined as inversely proportional to the apparent brightness of each spot. In the case where the spot size is equal to pixel size, the device may operate with a non-imaging detector. In the case where pixel size substantially equals spot size, the output of the variable illuminator may be converged to produce a substantially uniform detector response and the image information is determined as the inverse of a frame buffer used to drive the variable illuminator. The illuminator and detector may be driven synchronously. In the case where an imaging detector is used, the variable illumination may be used to compress the dynamic range of the field of view to substantially within the dynamic range of the imaging detector.

    摘要翻译: 可变照明器,例如用于扫描光束的装置,在整个视野内向多个点发射选定量的功率。 功率量被确定为与每个点的表观亮度成反比。 在斑点尺寸等于像素尺寸的情况下,该装置可以用非成像检测器操作。 在像素尺寸基本上等于光斑尺寸的情况下,可变焦照明器的输出可以被收敛以产生基本均匀的检测器响应,并且图像信息被确定为用于驱动可变照明器的帧缓冲器的倒数。 照明器和检测器可以同步地驱动。 在使用成像检测器的情况下,可变照明可以用于将视场的动态范围压缩到基本上在成像检测器的动态范围内。

    Scanned light display system using array of collimating elements in conjunction with large numerical aperture light emitter array
    52.
    发明授权
    Scanned light display system using array of collimating elements in conjunction with large numerical aperture light emitter array 有权
    扫描光显示系统使用准直元件阵列与大数值孔径光发射器阵列相结合

    公开(公告)号:US07365892B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-29

    申请号:US11404308

    申请日:2006-04-14

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08

    CPC分类号: G02B26/0875 G02B26/0816

    摘要: A scanned light display system includes a light emitter array having a plurality of light sources operable to emit diverging light and an array of collimating elements positioned so that each of the collimating elements receive at least a portion of the light emitted from a corresponding one of the light sources. Each of collimating elements is configured to substantially collimate the received light from at least one corresponding light source into respective beams. The scanned beam display is operable to scan the respective beams to provide an image to a viewer. The displayed image appears substantially fixed to a viewer as the viewer's eye moves relative to the array of collimating elements. In one embodiment, each of the collimating elements is a curved mirror. In other embodiments, each of the collimating elements includes at least one lens or a curved mirror/lens pair.

    摘要翻译: 扫描光显示系统包括光发射器阵列,其具有可操作以发射发散光的多个光源和准直元件阵列,其被定位成使得每个准直元件接收从相应的一个光源发出的光的至少一部分 光源。 准直元件中的每一个被构造成将从至少一个对应的光源的接收的光基本准直到相应的光束。 扫描的光束显示器可操作以扫描相应的光束以向观看者提供图像。 当观看者的眼睛相对于准直元件阵列移动时,所显示的图像基本上固定在观看者身上。 在一个实施例中,每个准直元件是曲面镜。 在其他实施例中,每个准直元件包括至少一个透镜或曲面镜/透镜对。

    Antenna structure for wireless communications device, such as RFID tag
    53.
    发明授权
    Antenna structure for wireless communications device, such as RFID tag 有权
    无线通信设备天线结构,如RFID标签

    公开(公告)号:US06278413B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-21

    申请号:US09280287

    申请日:1999-03-29

    IPC分类号: H01Q1910

    摘要: An antenna structure including a driven antenna element is formed on a substrate that is folded to provide a closed surface, causing the substrate to be nonplanar and spacing the driven antenna element from a base of the substrate. Adhesives on an outside surface of the substrate permit fastening of the folded substrate to a container or packaging. The substrate may have one or more resilient elbows formed by folding, to bias the antenna element carrying portion of the substrate from the base of the substrate. A modulation circuit may drive the driven antenna element. The flexible substrate may be folded into any of a variety of forms such as a substantially O-shape, a substantially oval shape, a substantially coil shape, a substantially spiral shape, and a substantially S-shape. Additional folds in the substrate may provide surfaces for mounting passive or parasitic antenna elements, such as reflectors and directors, to form a Yagi antenna structure. A planar substrate carries a driven antenna element coupled to a driving circuit and at least one passive antenna element to form a directional antenna structure. The antenna structure may include additional passive antenna elements to enhance directionality. A computing system and printer are configured to determine the appropriate spacing and the form the antenna elements on the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 包括从动天线元件的天线结构形成在被折叠以提供封闭表面的基板上,使得基板是非平面的,并且将从动天线元件与基板的基底间隔开。 在衬底的外表面上的粘合剂允许将折叠的衬底固定到容器或包装上。 衬底可以具有通过折叠形成的一个或多个弹性弯头,以将衬底的天线元件承载部分从衬底的底部偏置。 调制电路可以驱动从动天线元件。 柔性基板可以折叠成各种形式中的任一种,例如基本上为O形,基本上椭圆形,基本上为线圈形状,大致螺旋形状和大致S形。 衬底中的附加折叠可以提供用于安装无源或寄生天线元件(例如反射器和引导器)的表面,以形成八木天线结构。 平面基板承载耦合到驱动电路的驱动天线元件和至少一个无源天线元件以形成定向天线结构。 天线结构可以包括附加的无源天线元件以增强方向性。 计算系统和打印机配置成确定衬底上适当的间距和天线元件的形式。

    Noise cancellation system for a thermal printer
    54.
    发明授权
    Noise cancellation system for a thermal printer 有权
    用于热敏打印机的消噪系统

    公开(公告)号:US06232994B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-15

    申请号:US09162499

    申请日:1998-09-29

    IPC分类号: B41J3516

    CPC分类号: B41J29/10

    摘要: A noise cancellation apparatus provides an inexpensive mechanism that is readily adaptable for printers and other equipment and devices that are used in areas where external noise is undesirable. In an embodiment of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a transport mechanism for transporting a media through the thermal printer and a thermal print head for printing on the media. At least one sound emitter is provided for generating an inverse sound signal to cancel noise generated by at least one noise source in the thermal printer. At least one microphone is provided for receiving sound signals from the at least one noise source. Each microphone is connected to an inversion circuit which inverts the received sound signals. The inversion circuit sends the inverted sound signal to one of the sound emitters, which emits the inverted sound signal, canceling out the noise. To ensure a proper phase relationship between the inverted sound signal and the sound signals generated by the noise source, the sound emitter is placed as close as possible to the noise source. Further, a low pass filter is provided between the microphone and the inversion circuit to filter out noise having a frequency greater than c/2d, where c is the speed of sound and d is the distance between the emitter and the noise source. Sound dampening materials are disposed in the thermal printer to cancel out the remaining high frequency noise that is within the range of human hearing.

    摘要翻译: 噪声消除装置提供了一种便于适用于打印机和其它在不期望外部噪声的区域中使用的设备和装置的廉价机构。 在本发明的一个实施例中,热敏打印机包括用于通过热敏打印机传送介质的传送机构和用于在介质上打印的热打印头。 提供至少一个声音发射器用于产生反向声音信号以消除由热敏打印机中的至少一个噪声源产生的噪声。 提供至少一个麦克风用于从所述至少一个噪声源接收声音信号。 每个麦克风连接到反转电路,其反转接收的声音信号。 反转电路将反转的声音信号发送到发射反转的声音信号的声音发射器之一,消除噪声。 为了确保反相声音信号和由噪声源产生的声音信号之间的适当的相位关系,发声器被放置得尽可能靠近噪声源。 此外,在麦克风和反相电路之间提供低通滤波器,以滤除频率大于c / 2d的噪声,其中c是声速,d是发射器和噪声源之间的距离。 隔音材料设置在热敏打印机中以抵消在人类听觉范围内的剩余高频噪声。

    Printer with an integrally formed spring for biasing the printhead
    55.
    发明授权
    Printer with an integrally formed spring for biasing the printhead 失效
    具有用于偏压打印头的整体形成的弹簧的打印机

    公开(公告)号:US6068420A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-30

    申请号:US38779

    申请日:1998-03-11

    摘要: A clamshell printer having a base and a cover pivotally mounted to the base for movement between an open and a closed position, wherein the open position provides unhindered access to a media path and a print head in the printer. The printer may include a platen formed integrally therein or a platen rollingly supported in the printer. A media supply, such as a continuous sheet of linerless thermal media in the form of a roll may be quickly and efficiently drop-loaded into the printer, with no threading of the media required. Unhindered access to the print head is also provided. The printer may or may not include a drive mechanism for advancing the media through the printer. The print head is controlled by a microprocessor mounted to a circuit board in the printer. The circuit board may be spring-biased to urge the print head toward a printing position, which is located at an effective printing distance from the media and the platen. A window may be formed in the printer for observing the media supply.

    摘要翻译: 一种蛤壳式打印机,具有基座和可枢转地安装到基座的盖,用于在打开和关闭位置之间移动,其中打开位置提供对打印机中的介质路径和打印头的无阻碍的访问。 打印机可以包括一体地形成在其中的压板,或者压印机被滚动地支撑在打印机中。 诸如卷筒形式的连续无衬热介质片的介质供应可以快速有效地下载到打印机中,而不需要所需介质的螺纹连接。 还提供了不受阻碍地访问打印头。 打印机可以包括或可以不包括用于通过打印机推进介质的驱动机构。 打印头由安装在打印机电路板上的微处理器控制。 电路板可以是弹簧偏置的,以将印刷头朝向打印位置推动,该打印位置位于距离介质和压板的有效打印距离处。 可以在打印机中形成用于观察介质供应的窗口。

    Printhead having multiple print lines, and method and apparatus for
using same
    56.
    发明授权
    Printhead having multiple print lines, and method and apparatus for using same 失效
    具有多个打印行的打印头,以及使用该印刷线的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6025861A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-15

    申请号:US869804

    申请日:1997-06-04

    摘要: A printhead having multiple print lines of conventional design and a printhead control system for using the multiple print lines in a variety of operations. In one embodiment, the printhead control system prints an image by superimposing the printing from multiple print lines. In another embodiment, the image is printed by alternating the energization of one print line so that each print line is used to print only 1/3 of the image lines. As a result, the print lines are allowed a relatively long time to cool, thus allowing the printhead to be operated at a faster speed. In another embodiment, the printing elements of each print line print with a different image density, and images printed by superimposing the printing elements in the print lines with a variety of combinations depending upon the desired magnitude of the image density. In still another embodiment of the printhead control system, the resistance of each printing element is checked and, if found to be unacceptably high, corresponding printing elements of other print lines are used for printing.

    摘要翻译: 具有多个常规设计的打印线的打印头和用于在各种操作中使用多个打印线的打印头控制系统。 在一个实施例中,打印头控制系统通过从多个打印行叠加印刷来打印图像。 在另一个实施例中,通过交替的一个打印行的通电来打印图像,使得每个打印行仅用于打印图像行的+ E,fra 1/3 + EE。 结果,打印线允许相对长的时间冷却,从而允许打印头以更快的速度运行。 在另一个实施例中,每个打印行的打印元件以不同的图像浓度打印,并且通过根据图像浓度的期望大小以各种组合将打印元素叠加在打印行中来打印图像。 在打印头控制系统的另一个实施例中,检查每个印刷元件的电阻,并且如果发现其不可接受地高,则使用其它印刷线的相应印刷元件进行印刷。

    Method and apparatus for the maximization of print quality in a
multipass thermal printer ribbon
    57.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for the maximization of print quality in a multipass thermal printer ribbon 有权
    用于在多功能热敏打印机色带中最大化打印质量的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US6023284A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-08

    申请号:US229481

    申请日:1999-01-13

    摘要: A method and apparatus for maximizing print quality in a thermal printer uses a ribbon condition monitor to detect the condition of a multipass thermal ribbon. Data related to the condition of the thermal ribbon at each individual pixel is used to determine a custom energization signal for each thermal print element. In one embodiment, the system utilizes a history memory to track the prior heating history of each thermal print element and an ink memory to track the prior use of each location on the thermal print ribbon corresponding to the thermal print elements. The data from the history memory and the ink memory are combined to form an index to a table memory containing data corresponding to a plurality of energization signal levels for a particular print medium. The data in the table memory provides the custom energization signal for each of the thermal print elements. In an alternative embodiment, a light source and detector are used to determine the thickness of ink remaining on the thermal ribbon. The energization signal is adjusted to compensate for variations in the thickness of the thermal ribbon. In yet another embodiment, data is encoded at one end of a multipass thermal ribbon. The encoded data provides information related to the amount of usage of the thermal ribbon. The energization signal may be boosted for pixels along the edge of a graphic image so as to maximize the contrast of image edges. The system determines whether a particular pixel is located at the edge of a graphic image area and adjusts the energization signal correspondingly.

    摘要翻译: 用于使热打印机中的打印质量最大化的方法和装置使用色带状态监视器来检测多通道热带的状况。 使用与各个像素处的热带条件相关的数据来确定每个热敏打印元件的定制通电信号。 在一个实施例中,系统利用历史存储器跟踪每个热敏打印元件和墨水存储器的先前加热历史,以跟踪热印带上对应于热打印元件的每个位置的先前使用。 来自历史存储器和墨水存储器的数据被组合以形成包含对应于特定打印介质的多个通电信号电平的数据的表存储器的索引。 表存储器中的数据为每个热敏打印元件提供定制的通电信号。 在替代实施例中,使用光源和检测器来确定热带上剩余的墨水的厚度。 调节通电信号以补偿热带的厚度变化。 在另一个实施例中,数据在多通道热带的一端被编码。 编码数据提供与热带的使用量相关的信息。 可以沿着图形边缘的像素升高通电信号,以使图像边缘的对比度最大化。 该系统确定特定像素是否位于图形图像区域的边缘并相应地调整通电信号。

    Rastering laser scanner with beam location feedback
    58.
    发明授权
    Rastering laser scanner with beam location feedback 失效
    具有光束位置反馈的Rastering激光扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US5844222A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-01

    申请号:US674581

    申请日:1996-07-02

    IPC分类号: G06K7/14 G06K7/10

    CPC分类号: G06K7/14

    摘要: A method and apparatus is provided for reading two-dimensional patterns, such as matrix symbols or signatures, using moving beam laser scanners to take advantage of the large depth of field inherent in laser scanners. A pixel generating element and a tracking element together create a digitized image of a target symbol by scanning a laser beam across the symbol. As the pixel generating element generates pixel data composing the digitized image, the tracking element tracks the position of the laser beam in the scanning pattern, and generates laser position data indicating the instantaneous position of the laser associated with particular pixels. The laser position data is then stored in a data memory in association with the generated pixel data, and a microprocessor utilizes the stored pixel data and laser position data to create an image of the target symbol.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种使用移动束激光扫描仪来读取二维图案(例如矩阵符号或签名)以利用激光扫描仪固有的大景深的方法和装置。 像素产生元件和跟踪元件一起通过跨越符号扫描激光束来产生目标符号的数字化图像。 当像素产生元件产生构成数字化图像的像素数据时,跟踪元件跟踪扫描图案中的激光束的位置,并产生指示与特定像素相关联的激光器的瞬时位置的激光位置数据。 然后将激光位置数据与生成的像素数据相关联地存储在数据存储器中,并且微处理器利用存储的像素数据和激光位置数据来创建目标符号的图像。

    Thermal printhead with enhanced remote voltage sense capability
    59.
    发明授权
    Thermal printhead with enhanced remote voltage sense capability 失效
    具有增强的远程电压检测能力的热敏打印头

    公开(公告)号:US5625401A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-29

    申请号:US126284

    申请日:1993-09-23

    IPC分类号: B41J2/345 B41J2/37

    CPC分类号: B41J2/345 B41J2/37

    摘要: A thermal printhead formed on a substrate. The plurality of thermal print elements in the thermal printhead are formed in a linear array. Each of the plurality of thermal print elements is respectively connected to a plurality of common electrode traces and a plurality of ground electrode traces. The common electrode traces are switchably connected to a single common electrode and the ground electrode traces are connected to a single ground electrode. The common electrode is held at a common voltage and the ground electrode is held at a ground voltage. The electrical circuit includes at least one common remote sense electrode connected to the single common electrode and, optionally, at least one ground remote sense electrode connected to the single ground electrode.

    摘要翻译: 形成在基板上的热打印头。 热打印头中的多个热敏打印元件形成为线性阵列。 多个热敏打印元件中的每一个分别连接到多个公共电极迹线和多个接地电极迹线。 公共电极迹线可切换地连接到单个公共电极,并且接地电极迹线连接到单个接地电极。 公共电极保持在公共电压,接地电极保持接地电压。 电路包括连接到单个公共电极的至少一个公共远程感测电极和可选地连接到单个接地电极的至少一个接地远程感测电极。

    Thermal printhead with static electricity discharge capability
    60.
    发明授权
    Thermal printhead with static electricity discharge capability 失效
    具有静电放电能力的热敏打印头

    公开(公告)号:US4855757A

    公开(公告)日:1989-08-08

    申请号:US63167

    申请日:1987-06-17

    IPC分类号: B41J2/345

    CPC分类号: B41J2/345

    摘要: A thermal printhead for dissipating accumulated static electric charge. An electrically conducting outer layer is deposited over the surface of a thermal printhead that receives static charge from the passing print media or ribbon media. The layer, which can be a 100-angstrom-thick layer of chromium, is formed over a glass overglaze. If the surface overglaze is passivated, a 10-angstrom-thick activating primer layer is formed on the glass overglaze before the chromium layer is deposited. The conductive outer layer is connected to electrical ground to dissipate the static electric charge as it is generated.

    摘要翻译: 用于耗散累积静电荷的热敏打印头。 导电外层沉积在热打印头的表面上,该打印头从经过的打印介质或色带介质接收静电荷。 该层可以是100埃厚的铬层,在玻璃釉上形成。 如果表面超玻璃被钝化,则在沉积铬层之前,在玻璃釉上形成10埃厚的活化底漆层。 导电外层连接到电接地,以在其产生时消散静电荷。