公开(公告)号：US07903266B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-08

申请号：US11430498

申请日：2006-05-08

申请人： Robert G. Arsenault ,  Beth A. Jennings ,  Craig J. DeFillippo ,  Sandra J. Peterson ,  Christopher D. Smith ,  William F. Bailey ,  John A. Hurd ,  Wesley A. Kirschner ,  Michael R. Davis

发明人： Robert G. Arsenault ,  Beth A. Jennings ,  Craig J. DeFillippo ,  Sandra J. Peterson ,  Christopher D. Smith ,  William F. Bailey ,  John A. Hurd ,  Wesley A. Kirschner ,  Michael R. Davis

IPC分类号： G06K15/02 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/214 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06K15/1831

摘要： A method of printing a string of characters includes receiving a sequence of character data codes. Each character data code corresponds to a respective character to be printed in the string of characters. The method also includes transcoding the sequence of character data codes to generate a sequence of glyph codes. Each glyph code corresponds to a respective glyph. Each glyph corresponds to at least part of a respective character. At least some of the glyphs correspond to less than a complete character. The method further includes using the sequence of glyph codes to generate print image data and printing an image on the basis of the print image data.

摘要翻译： 打印字符串的方法包括接收字符数据代码序列。 每个字符数据代码对应于要在字符串中打印的相应字符。 该方法还包括对字符数据代码序列进行代码转换以产生字形代码序列。 每个字形代码对应于相应的字形。 每个字形对应于相应字符的至少一部分。 至少一些字形对应于小于一个完整的字符。 该方法还包括使用字形代码序列来生成打印图像数据并基于打印图像数据打印图像。

公开(公告)号：US5075852A

公开(公告)日：1991-12-24

申请号：US423812

申请日：1989-10-18

申请人： Edilberto I. Salazar ,  Sandra J. Peterson

发明人： Edilberto I. Salazar ,  Sandra J. Peterson

IPC分类号： G07B17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00338 ,  G07B2017/00548

摘要： A postage meter is disclosed which determines whether postage was printed while power to the meter was off, and if so accounts for such postage printing. The postage meter also determines whether such printing resulted from tampering, and if so records each instance of such tampering. When the number of instances exceeds a predetermined number, the meter prevents further normal operation thereof. The postage meter is provided structure and programming to accomplish the foregoing because it does not include a print device locking mechanism that locks the print devices when power to the meter is switched off. The postage meter determines print cycles of the postage meter occurring when power to the meter is switched off and whether the print devices were moved to a different postage value setting when the meter was off, and if so, the new setting of the print devices. From that, the postage meter determines whether postage was printed while power to the meter was switched off, and if so, accounts for the postage printed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种邮资计费器，其确定在电表的电量关闭时邮费是否打印，如果是这样的话，则邮费打印。 邮费计还确定这种打印是否由篡改导致，如果是这样，记录每一个这种篡改的实例。 当实例数超过预定数量时，仪表防止其进一步正常操作。 为了实现上述目的，提供了邮资计费器的结构和编程，因为它不包括当关闭仪表的电力时锁定打印装置的打印装置锁定机构。 当电表关闭电源时，邮资计费器确定邮资计费器的打印周期，以及当仪表关闭时打印设备是否移动到不同的邮资值设置，如果是，则打印设备的新设置。 从那里，邮费计算机确定在电表断电时是否打印邮费，如果是，则打印邮费。

公开(公告)号：US06188997B1

公开(公告)日：2001-02-13

申请号：US09294607

申请日：1999-04-19

申请人： Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr. ,  Brad L. Davies ,  Kathleen M. English ,  Dale A. French ,  Wesley A. Kirschner ,  Sandra J. Peterson ,  Ian A. Siveyer

发明人： Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr. ,  Brad L. Davies ,  Kathleen M. English ,  Dale A. French ,  Wesley A. Kirschner ,  Sandra J. Peterson ,  Ian A. Siveyer

IPC分类号： G07B1702

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00201 ,  G07B2017/00322 ,  G07B2017/00645

摘要： A postage metering system includes a printer and a postage meter. The postage meter includes a micro controller for generating token data for use in printing a postal indicia where the token data includes an indicator of a token currency type. The printer is in communication with the postage meter and includes a micro controller, a memory and a print mechanism for printing the postal indicia on a mailpiece. The printer memory has stored therein indicia graphic data including an indicator of an indicia graphic currency type. The printer micro controller receives the token data from the postage meter and compares the token data indicator of the token currency type with the indicia graphic data indicator of the indicia graphic currency type prior to printing the postal indicia.

摘要翻译： 邮资计费系统包括打印机和邮资计费器。 邮资计费器包括微控制器，用于生成用于打印邮戳的令牌数据，其中令牌数据包括令牌货币类型的指示符。 打印机与邮资计费器通信，并且包括用于在邮件上打印邮戳的微控制器，存储器和打印机构。 打印机存储器中存储有包括标记图形货币类型的指示符的标记图形数据。 打印机微控制器从邮资计费器接收令牌数据，并在打印邮戳之前将令牌货币类型的令牌数据指示符与标记图形货币类型的标记图形数据指示符进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US5021963A

公开(公告)日：1991-06-04

申请号：US292181

申请日：1988-12-30

申请人： Nanette Brown ,  Sandra J. Peterson

发明人： Nanette Brown ,  Sandra J. Peterson

IPC分类号： G06F11/14 ,  G07B17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00362 ,  G06F11/1441 ,  G07B2017/00338 ,  G07B2017/00346 ,  G07B2017/00395

摘要： An electronic postage meter has two non-volatile memories for storing postage meter accounting data under control of a CPU operating under a program in ROM. An accounting data recovery routine is stored in ROM. Prior to updating critical information in the non-valatile memories, a recovery address which calls the recovery program is stored in NVM and cleared after a successful update. At each power-up of the meter, the non-volatile memory is checked to see if the address is present and if it is, the accounting data is done again from the start of the accounting cycle.

公开(公告)号：US5585613A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-17

申请号：US562531

申请日：1995-11-24

申请人： Easton F. Bell ,  Rein Linask ,  Arno Muller ,  Easwaran C. Nambudiri ,  Peter A. Pagliaro ,  Sandra J. Peterson ,  Neeraj Sen ,  Christopher D. Smith

发明人： Easton F. Bell ,  Rein Linask ,  Arno Muller ,  Easwaran C. Nambudiri ,  Peter A. Pagliaro ,  Sandra J. Peterson ,  Neeraj Sen ,  Christopher D. Smith

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G07G1/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00733 ,  G07B17/00362 ,  G07B2017/00419 ,  G07B2017/00427 ,  G07B2017/00935

摘要： In postage metering apparatus having printing structure, structure for selecting respective postage values to be printed, structure for requesting printing selected postage values, structure for accounting for each postage value requested to be printed, and structure for controlling operation of the printing structure, an improvement for preventing printing a postage value without accounting therefor, the improvement comprising: the requested postage values including respective zero postage values; the controlling structure including structure for counting each request for printing a zero postage value; and the controlling structure including structure for preventing operation of the printing structure in response to the counting structure counting a predetermined number of the zero postage values.

摘要翻译： 在具有打印结构的邮资计量装置中，用于选择要打印的各个邮资值的结构，用于请求打印所选邮资值的结构，用于计算请求打印的每个邮资值的结构以及用于控制打印结构的操作的结构， 为了防止打印邮资值而不进行计费，改进包括：所请求的邮资值，包括各自的零邮资值; 所述控制结构包括用于计数打印零邮资值的每个请求的结构; 并且该控制结构包括响应于计数预定数量的零邮资值的计数结构来防止打印结构的操作的结构。