公开(公告)号：US5646667A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-08

申请号：US417510

申请日：1995-04-04

申请人： Damon W. Broder ,  William C. Hilliard ,  Aneesa Rahman Scandalis ,  Gerold G. Firl ,  Robert R. Giles ,  Joseph P. Milkovits

发明人： Damon W. Broder ,  William C. Hilliard ,  Aneesa Rahman Scandalis ,  Gerold G. Firl ,  Robert R. Giles ,  Joseph P. Milkovits

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J13/14

CPC分类号： B41J11/0005 ,  B41J11/002 ,  B41J11/005 ,  B41J13/10

摘要： Two printing-medium guide systems restrain the medium. One is in an area upstream (along the direction of medium advance) from the pen, and extending laterally across the width of the medium except in one or more regions laterally near the engagement of a print-medium advancing device. The other guide system is disposed laterally from the pen, and extends laterally across the medium only in one or more regions laterally near the engagement of the advancing device. Preferably these "one or more regions" are only near the lateral edges of the medium--so that (1) the first guide system restrains the medium over an area that stops short (ideally about 11/2 centimeter short) of the lateral edges; and (2) the second guide system is bifurcated, disposed laterally in two directions from the pen, and restrains the medium across only the lateral edges of the medium (most preferably in a strip whose width is a few millimeters, ideally 3 mm). Preferably a human-actuable control selects a print-medium width, and shifts at least one bifurcation of the second guide system. A tensioning system, longitudinally beyond the marking head from the medium advancing device, and generally aligned laterally with that device, tensions the medium away from the advancing device to hold the medium taut at the pen. Preferably the advancing and tensioning devices are very closely spaced upstream and downstream, respectively, from the pen zone. When tensioned, the medium moves a normal distance through the apparatus at each operation of the advancing device; but after a trailing edge of the medium passes the advancing device (so that the medium is advanced only by the tensioner and no longer tensioned), the advance distance is decreased (preferably by about half).

摘要翻译： 两个打印介质导向系统限制介质。 一个是在笔的上游（沿着介质前进的方向）的区域中，并且横向延伸穿过介质的宽度，除了在打印介质前进装置的接合附近的一个或多个区域中。 另一个引导系统从笔的横向设置，并且横向延伸穿过介质，仅在横向靠近推进装置的接合的一个或多个区域中延伸。 优选地，这些“一个或多个区域”仅在介质的侧边缘附近，使得（1）第一引导系统将介质限制在停止短的区域（理想地约为1 + E，fra 1/2 + EE厘米 短）; 和（2）第二引导系统被分叉，从笔的两个方向横向设置，并且限制介质仅横过介质的侧边缘（最优选地在宽度为几毫米的条带中，理想地为3mm）。 优选地，人可起动控制选择打印介质宽度，并移动第二引导系统的至少一个分支。 纵向超过标记头从介质推进装置延伸并且与该装置大致对准的张紧系统使介质紧张地从推进装置拉紧以将中间张紧在笔上。 优选地，推进和张紧装置分别与笔区分开的上游和下游非常紧密地间隔开。 当张紧时，在推进装置的每次操作时，介质移动通过装置的正常距离; 但是在介质的后缘通过前进装置（使得介质仅由张紧器前进并且不再张紧）之后，提前距离减小（优选地大约一半）。

公开(公告)号：US20080113817A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-15

申请号：US11558642

申请日：2006-11-10

申请人： Richard A. Murray ,  John F. Manard ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Richard A. Murray ,  John F. Manard ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： A63F13/655 ,  A63F13/02 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/327 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F2300/404 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00148 ,  H04N1/00161 ,  H04N1/00167 ,  H04N1/00188 ,  H04N1/00347

摘要： In a picture management and printing system, a game-console-accessible memory is provided with a set of instructions for a game console including or having communicatively connected thereto at least a display, a game controller, a second game-console-accessible memory, and a printer. The set of instructions at least causing the game console to assemble a picture repository from digital pictures, at least some of which are retained by the second game-console-accessible memory; and, responsive to input received from the game controller cause the game console to display a digital picture from the picture repository on the display and/or cause the game console to instruct the printer to print a digital picture from the picture repository.

摘要翻译： 在图片管理和打印系统中，游戏控制台可访问的存储器具有一组用于至少包括显示器，游戏控制器，第二游戏控制台可访问存储器的游戏控制台的指令， 和打印机。 所述指令集至少使所述游戏控制台从数字图像中组装图像存储库，其中至少一些由所述第二游戏控制台可访问存储器保留; 并且响应于从游戏控制器接收到的输入，使得游戏控制台从显示器上的图片库显示数字图片和/或使游戏控制台指示打印机从图片库中打印数字图片。

公开(公告)号：US5561449A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-01

申请号：US509441

申请日：1995-07-31

申请人： Gregory D. Raskin ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Gregory D. Raskin ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： B41J2/51 ,  B41J19/14 ,  B41J19/18 ,  B41J23/00

CPC分类号： B41J19/142

摘要： In bidirectional printing, ink-drop time-of-flight effects undesirably operate in opposite senses, during operation in the two different printing directions respectively, to offset the actually printed ink position in opposite directions from any nominal ink-firing point. When a common firing point is used for marks that should be aligned, during bidirectional scanning, the two resulting sets of image features are misaligned. To compensate for this adverse phenomenon, the firing points, in the two directions respectively, are made to bracket each common, desired mark location; the bidirectionally flying drops thus "lead" or approach each desired common mark location from opposite directions and can be made to align precisely. This can be done by addressing each position based on an earlier-arriving encoder-signal pulse and passing the signal through a delay line--during pen movement in just one of the two directions. A related approach is to use a subpixel spacing feature generally provided in the pen-positioning system, to back the firing position off in for example units of about 1/24 millimeter (1/600 inch)--but during scanning in only one of two directions--to roughly align the marks. The asymmetrical earlier-pulse selection (or "backing off") and delay improve alignment. Another technique is useful for certain situations in which the printer uses large amounts of ink--relative to the amount of liquid that can be absorbed by or evaporated from the printing medium that is in use--for example, when doing double-ink-drop printing on transparency stock. An unesthetic mottling effect arises in such situations. It has been discovered that, in this case, print quality is improved by purposely choosing relatively large jitter or random variation in firing time in each pixel column.

摘要翻译： 在双向打印中，在两个不同的打印方向上的操作期间，在相反的感觉下，墨水滴落飞行时间效果不合需要地操作，以使得实际印刷的墨水位置与任何标称墨点相反的方向偏移。 当对于要对准的标记使用常见的点时，在双向扫描期间，两个图像特征的两组不对齐。 为了补偿这种不利现象，分别在两个方向上的点火点分别支撑每个常用的，期望的标记位置; 双向飞行的液滴因此“引导”或从相反方向接近每个所需的公共标记位置并且可以精确对准。 这可以通过基于较早到达的编码器信号脉冲寻址每个位置并且在仅在两个方向中的一个方向上的笔移动期间使信号通过延迟线来完成。 相关的方法是使用通常设置在笔定位系统中的子像素间隔特征，以使例如大约1/24毫米（1/600英寸）的单位离开点火位置，但在仅扫描两个 方向 - 大致对齐标记。 不对称的早期脉冲选择（或“退出”）和延迟改善对准。 另一种技术可用于某些情况，其中打印机使用大量的墨水 - 相对于可以被使用的打印介质吸收或蒸发的液体量，例如当进行双墨滴印刷时 透明度股票。 在这种情况下会出现一个不明显的斑驳效应。 已经发现，在这种情况下，通过在每个像素列中有意地选择相对较大的抖动或随机变化的点火时间来提高打印质量。

公开(公告)号：US20080112005A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-15

申请号：US11558626

申请日：2006-11-10

申请人： Richard A. Murray ,  John F. Manard ,  Del R. Doty ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Richard A. Murray ,  John F. Manard ,  Del R. Doty ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/00278 ,  H04N1/00167 ,  H04N1/00183 ,  H04N1/00188 ,  H04N1/00453 ,  H04N1/00458 ,  H04N2201/0053 ,  H04N2201/0055 ,  H04N2201/0089

摘要： An integrated picture-management and printing apparatus is provided that includes many of the components and functions included in conventional commercial picture kiosks in a single printer housing suitable for home use. Accordingly, hardware redundancies present in conventional commercial kiosks are reduced. Further, the printer housing is provided with a display, such as a touch screen display, that may be large relative to the size of the printer housing. Having a large display relative to the printer housing provides additional functionality and makes the execution of functionality more efficient than in conventional devices that have smaller screens.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种集成的图像管理和打印设备，其包括适合于家庭使用的单个打印机外壳中的常规商业画面亭中包括的许多部件和功能。 因此，传统商业售货亭中存在的硬件冗余减少。 此外，打印机壳体设置有可相对于打印机壳体的尺寸大的显示器，例如触摸屏显示器。 相对于打印机外壳具有大的显示屏提供附加功能，并使功能的执行比具有较小屏幕的常规设备更有效。

公开(公告)号：US06744529B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-01

申请号：US09995869

申请日：2001-11-29

申请人： Kirt A. Winter ,  Yoav Epstein ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Kirt A. Winter ,  Yoav Epstein ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： G06F1500

CPC分类号： H04N1/00143 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00167 ,  H04N1/00175 ,  H04N1/00188 ,  H04N1/00968

摘要： A digital still camera is used for taking and storing digital representations of a plurality of images. A printer, such as an ink jet printer or a laser printer, is used for generating graphical representations of selected ones of the plurality of images on a preselected print media such as a paper. A flash memory card, floppy diskette, direct data link or some other data transfer scheme is used to transfer the digital representations of the plurality of images from the digital still camera to the printer. The printer includes programming for generating a combination proof sheet and order form. The combination proof sheet and order form can include an array of thumbnail images and a plurality of image selection and/or image enhancement user designation areas such as bubbles to be filled in by the user with a pencil. The printer includes a scanner and related circuitry and software for scanning the combination proof sheet and order form to detect the user designation areas completed by the user. The programming in the printer thereafter causes it to generate at least one final print sheet with the images and enhancements designated by the user on the combination proof sheet and order form. The proof sheet and order form can be used to designate the number of final prints of a selected image, the size and/or cropping of the prints, the brightness, color balance, background, borders and so forth.

摘要翻译： 数字静态照相机用于拍摄和存储多个图像的数字表示。 诸如喷墨打印机或激光打印机之类的打印机被用于在诸如纸张的预先选择的打印介质上产生多个图像中所选择的图像的图形表示。 使用闪存卡，软盘，直接数据链接或其他一些数据传输方案将多个图像的数字表示从数字照相机传送到打印机。 打印机包括用于生成组合证明表和订单的编程。 组合证明表和订单形式可以包括缩略图的阵列和多个图像选择和/或图像增强用户指定区域，例如用户用铅笔填充的气泡。 该打印机包括扫描器和相关的电路和软件，用于扫描组合证明表和订单以检测用户完成的用户指定区域。 然后，打印机中的编程使其能够生成至少一个最终打印纸，其中具有用户在组合证明表和订单形式上指定的图像和增强。 证明表和订单可用于指定所选图像的最终打印数量，打印尺寸和/或裁剪，亮度，色彩平衡，背景，边框等。

公开(公告)号：US08228527B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-24

申请号：US10821490

申请日：2004-04-09

申请人： Kirt A. Winter ,  Yoav Epstein ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Kirt A. Winter ,  Yoav Epstein ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： G06K15/02

CPC分类号： H04N1/00143 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00167 ,  H04N1/00175 ,  H04N1/00188 ,  H04N1/00968

摘要： A digital still camera is used for taking and storing digital representations of a plurality of images. A printer, such as an ink jet printer or a laser printer, is used for generating graphical representations of selected ones of the plurality of images on a preselected print media such as a paper. A flash memory card, floppy diskette, direct data link or some other data transfer scheme is used to transfer the digital representations of the plurality of images from the digital still camera to the printer. The printer includes programming for generating a combination proof sheet and order form. The combination proof sheet and order form can include an array of thumbnail images and a plurality of image selection and/or image enhancement user designation areas such as bubbles to be filled in by the user with a pencil. The printer includes a scanner and related circuitry and software for scanning the combination proof sheet and order form to detect the user designation areas completed by the user. The programming in the printer thereafter causes it to generate at least one final print sheet with the images and enhancements designated by the user on the combination proof sheet and order form. The proof sheet and order form can be used to designate the number of final prints of a selected image, the size and/or cropping of the prints, the brightness, color balance, background, borders and so forth.

摘要翻译： 数字静态照相机用于拍摄和存储多个图像的数字表示。 诸如喷墨打印机或激光打印机之类的打印机被用于在诸如纸张的预先选择的打印介质上产生多个图像中所选择的图像的图形表示。 使用闪存卡，软盘，直接数据链接或其他一些数据传输方案将多个图像的数字表示从数字照相机传送到打印机。 打印机包括用于生成组合证明表和订单的编程。 组合证明表和订单形式可以包括缩略图的阵列和多个图像选择和/或图像增强用户指定区域，例如用户用铅笔填充的气泡。 该打印机包括扫描器和相关的电路和软件，用于扫描组合证明表和订单以检测用户完成的用户指定区域。 然后，打印机中的编程使其能够生成至少一个最终打印纸，其中具有用户在组合证明表和订单形式上指定的图像和增强。 证明表和订单可用于指定所选图像的最终打印数量，打印尺寸和/或裁剪，亮度，色彩平衡，背景，边框等。

公开(公告)号：US5555006A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-10

申请号：US57366

申请日：1993-04-30

申请人： Lance Cleveland ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  William C. Hilliard

发明人： Lance Cleveland ,  Corrina A. E. Hall ,  William C. Hilliard

IPC分类号： B41J2/01 ,  B41J2/21 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J19/14 ,  G06K15/10 ,  B41J2/145

CPC分类号： G06K15/107 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J19/142 ,  B41J2/2132 ,  G06K15/023 ,  G06K2215/0097

摘要： Images are printed using marks formed in pixel arrays by a scanning print head. For transparent and glossy media, with poor absorbance, drying is enhanced by a multipass (preferably six-pass) print mode in which the total number of ink drops or spots is allocated among correspondingly multiple masks, though some may be duplicates. To further hasten drying, heat is applied--through the medium, from the opposite side as that on which ink is deposited--but the amount of heat is strictly moderated, particularly for nontransparent glossy media, to accommodate the hypersensitivity of these media to heat-induced warping. Heating for glossy media is preferably restricted to about one-third the power used for drying plain paper. Convective drying too is promoted, by operating a fan over the printed image. Certain special techniques well-suited for plain-paper printing have been found undesirable for use with plastic media; these techniques include so-called "resolution-enhanced technology", bidirectional printing (particularly of black), and optical-density controlled printing speed. At top and bottom of each page or sheet of printing medium, where it is undesirable to operate with the pen partly off the edge of the sheet, and where also the printing medium is constrained from only one direction rather than being held taut beneath the pen, the print mask is rotated while the printing medium is held stationary--thereby entirely avoiding reliance upon accuracy of print-medium advance.

摘要翻译： 使用通过扫描打印头在像素阵列中形成的标记来打印图像。 对于透明和光泽的介质，吸光度差，通过多次（优选六遍）打印模式来增强干燥，其中在相应的多个掩模中分配总墨滴数或点数，尽管有些可能是重复的。 为了进一步加速干燥，通过介质从与油墨沉积相反的一侧施加热量，但是热量严格缓和，特别是对于不透明的光泽介质，以适应这些介质对热敏介质的超敏性， 引起翘曲。 光泽介质的加热优选限制在用于干燥普通纸的功率的约三分之一。 通过在打印图像上操作风扇来提升对流干燥。 已经发现某些特别适用于普通纸印刷的特殊技术不适合用于塑料介质; 这些技术包括所谓的“分辨率增强技术”，双向打印（特别是黑色）和光密度控制打印速度。 在每页或每页打印介质的顶部和底部，其中不希望用笔部分地从纸张的边缘操作，并且打印介质也仅在一个方向上被限制，而不是被保持拉紧在笔下方 打印介质保持静止时旋转印刷掩模，从而完全避免了依赖于打印介质前进的精度。