公开(公告)号：US20140093858A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-03

申请号：US13632363

申请日：2012-10-01

申请人： Edward B. Caruthers, JR. ,  Roger A. Newell ,  Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Dennis L. Venable

发明人： Edward B. Caruthers, JR. ,  Roger A. Newell ,  Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Dennis L. Venable

IPC分类号： G09B7/00

CPC分类号： G09B7/02

摘要： The disclosed embodiment relates to methods and systems for evaluating an electronic document. The computer implemented method includes receiving the electronic document containing a first set of answers corresponding to one or more pre-stored questions. The first set of answers are compared with a pre-stored second set of answers based on an answer descriptor syntax dataset. The answer descriptor syntax dataset comprises one or more rules. One or more answer descriptors for each of the first set of answers are determined based on the comparing. The one or more answer descriptors correspond to one or more observations for each of the first set of answers. Finally, the electronic document is evaluated based on determining.

摘要翻译： 所公开的实施例涉及用于评估电子文档的方法和系统。 计算机实现的方法包括接收包含与一个或多个预先存储的问题相对应的第一组答案的电子文档。 将第一组答案与基于答案描述符语法数据集的预先存储的第二组答案进行比较。 答案描述符语法数据集包括一个或多个规则。 基于比较确定第一组答案中的每一个的一个或多个答案描述符。 一个或多个答案描述符对应于第一组答案中的每一个的一个或多个观察值。 最后，电子文档是根据确定进行评估的。

公开(公告)号：US07738805B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-15

申请号：US12035945

申请日：2008-02-22

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Donald M. Bott ,  John R. Andrews ,  David K. Biegelsen ,  Armin R. Volkel

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Donald M. Bott ,  John R. Andrews ,  David K. Biegelsen ,  Armin R. Volkel

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2007

摘要： Methods and apparatus for performing addressable fusing and/or heating of a substrate undergoing xerographic processing are disclosed. The apparatus includes a fuser having an array of addressable heating elements in radiative communication with a substrate through a fuser roll or fuser belt. The array of addressable heating elements is operated to selectively heat portions of the substrate to achieve a desired effect on the substrate, such as changing its surface finish, or fusing unfused toner to the substrate. In the case of toner fusing, the array is operated such that substantially only an area covered by the unfused toner is heated. This eliminates the need for blanket fusing, and generally provides for greater flexibility in xerographically processing substrates. Apparatus and methods for performing two-sided selective fusing and/or heating are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于执行可进行定影和/或加热进行静电印刷处理的基板的方法和装置。 该设备包括具有可寻址加热元件的阵列的定影器，其通过定影辊或定影带与基底辐射连通。 操作可寻址加热元件的阵列以选择性地加热基底的部分以在基底上获得期望的效果，例如改变其表面光洁度，或将未熔合的调色剂熔合到基底上。 在调色剂定影的情况下，阵列的操作使得基本上只有被未熔融的调色剂覆盖的区域被加热。 这消除了对毯子熔合的需要，并且通常提供在色彩处理衬底中更大的灵活性。 还公开了用于进行双面选择性熔合和/或加热的设备和方法。

公开(公告)号：US07493055B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-17

申请号：US11378040

申请日：2006-03-17

申请人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus

发明人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5062 ,  G03G2215/00021

摘要： A system for handling objects includes a first image marking engine operative to mark objects, and a second image marking engine operative to mark objects. In addition, the system includes a first object delivery path operative to transport objects presented by the first image marking engine to a first destination. A second object delivery path is operative to transport objects presented by the second image marking engine to a second destination. The first and second destinations may be a single destination, separate destinations, or interchangeable destinations. At least one object is identifiable to isolate at least one aspect of a delivered object. The at least one object includes an associated object itinerary representing at least one object route through the system. A controller is provided to query the object itinerary to correlate the at least one aspect to at least one of the first image marking engine, the second image marking engine, the first object delivery path, and the second object delivery path.

摘要翻译： 用于处理对象的系统包括可操作地标记对象的第一图像标记引擎和用于标记对象的第二图像标记引擎。 此外，该系统包括第一物体传送路径，其操作以将由第一图像标记引擎呈现的对象传送到第一目的地。 第二物体输送路径用于将由第二图像标记引擎呈现的物体运送到第二目的地。 第一和第二目的地可以是单个目的地，单独的目的地或可互换的目的地。 至少一个对象是可识别的，以隔离传送对象的至少一个方面。 所述至少一个对象包括表示通过所述系统的至少一个对象路线的相关联的对象行程。 提供控制器来查询对象行程以将至少一个方面与第一图像标记引擎，第二图像标记引擎，第一对象传递路径和第二对象传递路径中的至少一个相关联。

公开(公告)号：US08831504B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-09

申请号：US12958768

申请日：2010-12-02

申请人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus

发明人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus

IPC分类号： G09B7/00

CPC分类号： G09B7/00

摘要： A system and a method for generating individualized academic worksheets are provided. The method includes accessing a database of problems and student data relating to at least one student, including evaluation data associated with practice worksheets that were previously administered to the students. The method further includes selecting problems from the database using the evaluation data for each student and generating an individualized practice worksheet file including the selected problems. Each practice worksheet file includes instructions for printing a presentation of each problem and at least one evaluation area. The method further includes updating the evaluation data, wherein after a printed copy of a practice worksheet file is administered to the student, the evaluation areas of the printed copy are marked with evaluation marks by a human evaluator in accordance with the human evaluator's evaluation, and the updated evaluation data is based on the evaluation marks.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种生成个性化学术工作表的系统和方法。 该方法包括访问与至少一个学生有关的问题数据库和学生数据，包括与先前对学生进行管理的练习工作表相关联的评估数据。 该方法还包括使用每个学生的评估数据从数据库中选择问题，并且生成包括所选择的问题的个性化练习工作表文件。 每个练习工作表文件包括用于打印每个问题的演示文稿和至少一个评估区域的说明。 该方法还包括更新评估数据，其中在向学生管理练习工作表文件的打印副本之后，根据人类评估者的评估，由人类评估者标记印刷版的评估区域，并且 更新的评估数据基于评估标记。

公开(公告)号：US20120282587A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-08

申请号：US13101620

申请日：2011-05-05

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Michael Robert Furst ,  Kristine A. German ,  Sharath Srinivas ,  Eric Scott Hamby ,  Gary W. Skinner ,  Dusan G. Lysy

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Michael Robert Furst ,  Kristine A. German ,  Sharath Srinivas ,  Eric Scott Hamby ,  Gary W. Skinner ,  Dusan G. Lysy

IPC分类号： G09B7/00

CPC分类号： G09B19/00 ,  G09B3/00 ,  G09B7/00

摘要： A method and system generates and administers an individualized student worksheet. A set of problems and a unique embedded data pattern are generated and printed on a worksheet substrate. A teacher may point a camera pen point at an area of the pattern to identify the substrate and a location on the substrate. Based on this information, the method and system may access a worksheet file to identify the problem whose physical position corresponds to the captured embedded data. The system may present the problem's solution to the teacher, who may then use the pen to mark the problem as correct or incorrect, and optionally annotate notes for the student, teacher or others. The camera pen may collect the teacher's marks and annotations and store them with the worksheet file for later retrieval.

摘要翻译： 方法和系统生成并管理个性化的学生工作表。 生成一组问题和独特的嵌入式数据模式并打印在工作表基板上。 教师可以将相机笔尖指向图案的区域，以识别基底和基底上的位置。 基于该信息，方法和系统可以访问工作表文件以识别其物理位置对应于所捕获的嵌入数据的问题。 该系统可以向老师提出问题的解决方案，然后他们可以使用笔将问题标记为正确或不正确，并且可选地为学生，教师或其他人注释笔记。 相机笔可以收集教师的标记和注释，并将其与工作表文件一起存储以供以后检索。

公开(公告)号：US07787138B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-31

申请号：US11137251

申请日：2005-05-25

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Yongsoon Eun ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Yongsoon Eun ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G03G15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/32502 ,  H04N1/00954 ,  H04N1/32523 ,  H04N1/32545 ,  H04N2201/0081 ,  H04N2201/0082

摘要： A system suited to scheduling print jobs for a printing system includes a first processing component which identifies preliminary attributes of print jobs to be printed on sheets. A job scheduler receives the preliminary attributes and assigns each of the print jobs to one of a plurality of job queues in time order for printing. Print jobs spanning the same time are scheduled for printing contemporaneously. In one mode of operation, the assignment of the print jobs to the job queues is based on their preliminary attributes and on the application of at least one constraint which affects contemporaneous printing of at least two of the plurality of print jobs. A second processing component identifies detailed attributes of the print jobs. A sheet scheduler receives information on the assignments of the print jobs and their detailed attributes and forms an itinerary for each sheet to be printed.

摘要翻译： 适合于为打印系统调度打印作业的系统包括识别要打印在纸上的打印作业的初始属性的第一处理部件。 作业调度器接收初步属性，并且以打印的时间顺序将每个打印作业分配给多个作业队列中的一个。 同时打印的作业计划同时打印。 在一种操作模式中，将打印作业分配给作业队列是基于它们的初始属性以及至少一个约束的应用，其影响多个打印作业中的至少两个的同时打印。 第二处理组件识别打印作业的详细属性。 纸张调度器接收关于打印作业的分配及其详细属性的信息，并为每个要打印的纸张形成行程。

公开(公告)号：US20100159432A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-24

申请号：US12339979

申请日：2008-12-19

申请人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus ,  Robert Roy Price ,  Florent Perronnin ,  Claudio Cifarelli ,  Minh Do ,  Rong Zhou

发明人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus ,  Robert Roy Price ,  Florent Perronnin ,  Claudio Cifarelli ,  Minh Do ,  Rong Zhou

IPC分类号： G09B19/00 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10

摘要： An educational recommender system and a method are provided. The method includes receiving a request to recommend a course of action related to a plurality of current students; accessing a computer database storing student data that corresponds to the plurality of current students; clustering in a computer process the plurality of current students into at least two clusters based at least on granular assessment data associated with student data corresponding to respective current students; and outputting the results of the clustering to a user. The granular assessment data includes a result of an assessment administered to respective students of the plurality of current students, and each assessment includes a plurality of questions for assessing one of the current students. The associated result includes an independent evaluation of each respective question of the plurality of questions.

摘要翻译： 提供教育推荐系统和方法。 该方法包括接收关于推荐与多个当前学生相关的行动过程的请求; 访问存储对应于多个当前学生的学生数据的计算机数据库; 至少基于与对应于当前学生的学生数据相关联的粒度评估数据，将计算机中的多个群集进行处理，将多个当前学生进入至少两个群集; 并将聚类的结果输出给用户。 粒度评估数据包括对多名当前学生的各个学生进行评估的结果，并且每个评估包括用于评估当前学生之一的多个问题。 相关联的结果包括对各个问题的每个相应问题的独立评估。

公开(公告)号：US07791751B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-07

申请号：US11069020

申请日：2005-02-28

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Dusan G. Lysy ,  Markus P. Fromherz ,  Kristine A. German ,  Stephen P. Hoover ,  Aaron Burry ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Dusan G. Lysy ,  Markus P. Fromherz ,  Kristine A. German ,  Stephen P. Hoover ,  Aaron Burry ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1215 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G06F3/1255 ,  G06F3/1284

摘要： A printing system includes a plurality of printers, at least a first and a second of the plurality of printers printing in a first print modality. A scheduling system schedules printing of a set of pages by the plurality of printers. The set of pages, when assembled, may include pages where a high level of consistency is desired, such as facing pages or pages which are otherwise to be placed in close relationship. The scheduling system includes at least two scheduling modes, a first mode in which a consistency constraint is applied to the set of pages, and a second mode, different from the first mode, in which the consistency constraint is not applied. The printing system is configured for printing the set of pages in accordance with the first mode and in accordance with the second mode.

摘要翻译： 打印系统包括多个打印机，所述多个打印机中的至少第一和第二打印机以第一打印模式打印。 调度系统通过多个打印机调度一组页面的打印。 页面集合在组合时可以包括需要高度一致性的页面，例如面对页面或页面，否则将被放置在紧密的关系中。 调度系统包括至少两个调度模式，其中将一致性约束应用于该组页面的第一模式，以及与第一模式不同的第二模式，其中不应用一致性约束。 打印系统被配置为根据第一模式并根据第二模式来打印该组页面。

公开(公告)号：US20100159438A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-24

申请号：US12340116

申请日：2008-12-19

申请人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus ,  Robert Roy Price ,  Florent Perronnin ,  Claudio Cifarelli ,  Minh Do ,  Rong Zhou

发明人： Kristine A. German ,  Robert M. Lofthus ,  Robert Roy Price ,  Florent Perronnin ,  Claudio Cifarelli ,  Minh Do ,  Rong Zhou

IPC分类号： G09B19/00 ,  G06G7/48

CPC分类号： G06F17/30525 ,  G06F17/3053 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G09B5/00

摘要： A recommender system and method including receiving a request identifying at least one current student for which a recommendation is sought and accessing stored student data including attributes associated with respective students of the current students and a plurality of predecessor students. For the predecessor students the attributes include educational resources. The method includes clustering one of predecessor students and the current students into clusters based on sameness of first selected attributes of their respective associated attributes. The method includes generating a mapping between respective students of the other of the predecessor and current students and one of the clusters based on sameness of second selected attributes associated with the students being mapped. The method then includes recommending for each of the current students the educational resource associated with the predecessor student or cluster of predecessor students that the current student is mapped with.

摘要翻译： 一种推荐系统和方法，包括接收标识至少一个当前学生的请求，所述至少一个当前学生被寻求推荐，并访问存储的学生数据，包括与当前学生的各个学生和多个前任学生相关联的属性。 对于前任学生，属性包括教育资源。 该方法包括根据其各自关联属性的第一选定属性的同一性，将前任学生和当前学生之一聚类成群集。 该方法包括基于与所映射的学生相关联的第二选定属性的一致性，生成前一个和当前学生中的另一个的各个学生之间的映射以及一个集群。 然后，该方法包括为当前学生中的每一个推荐与当前学生映射的前辈学生或前辈学生群相关联的教育资源。

公开(公告)号：US07742185B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-22

申请号：US10924458

申请日：2004-08-23

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Norman W. Zeck ,  Gregory J. Kott

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Norman W. Zeck ,  Gregory J. Kott

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K1/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/32529 ,  G06F3/1215 ,  G06F3/1217 ,  G06F3/1262 ,  G06F3/1281 ,  G06F3/1282 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  H04N1/00954 ,  H04N1/32128 ,  H04N1/32502 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/3278 ,  H04N2201/33378

摘要： A method for scheduling print jobs for a plurality of printers (40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50) includes, for each of a plurality of print jobs, determining a number of pages of a first print modality (such as black only printing) and of a second print modality (such as color printing) for the print job. A file header is determined, based on the number of pages of the first and second print modalities in the print job. The file header is associated with the print job and the print job transmitted, along with the file header, to a print job scheduler (10). The scheduler schedules a sequence for printing the plurality of print jobs by the plurality of printers, based on minimizing, for at least one of the plurality of printers, a number of periods of time during the sequence of printing where the at least one printer is in a non-operational mode; and/or maximizing continuous run time for at least one of the printers.

摘要翻译： 一种用于调度多个打印机（40,42,44,46,48,50）的打印作业的方法包括：对于多个打印作业中的每一个，确定第一打印模式的页数（例如仅黑色 打印）和打印作业的第二打印模式（例如彩色打印）。 基于打印作业中的第一和第二打印模式的页数来确定文件标题。 文件头与打印作业和连同文件头一起发送的打印作业与打印作业调度器（10）相关联。 所述调度器基于对所述多个打印机中的至少一个打印机中的至少一个打印机的至少一个打印机的打印序列期间的多个时间段进行最小化，由所述多个打印机调度用于打印所述多个打印作业的顺序， 处于非操作模式; 和/或使至少一个打印机的连续运行时间最大化。