Method and apparatus for reducing printer memory
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for reducing printer memory 失效
    减少打印机内存的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6094278A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-25

    申请号:US936568

    申请日:1997-09-24

    IPC分类号: H04N1/417 G06K15/00

    摘要: A system for reducing memory resources required to process a print job having common page print data. Reduction of memory resources is accomplished by first analyzing pages from an application for common page aspects and unique page aspects. The common page aspects are then converted to common page print data and the unique page aspects are converted to unique page print data. The common page print data is identified in a manner allowing for an optimized form of the common page print data to be created. An optimized form of the common page print data is then created and stored. The common page print data is merged with the unique page print data in an appropriate manner. Each page is then printed. The invention has particular benefits for presentation applications using the same background for each page in a set. Other applications can also benefit.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于减少处理具有共同页面打印数据的打印作业所需的存储器资源的系统。 通过首先分析来自应用程序的页面以寻找常见页面方面和独特的页面方面来实现减少内存资源。 然后将共同页面方面转换为常见页面打印数据,并将唯一页面方面转换为唯一页面打印数据。 以允许创建公共页面打印数据的优化形式的方式识别公共页面打印数据。 然后创建并存储公共页面打印数据的优化形式。 公共页面打印数据以适当的方式与唯一页面打印数据合并。 然后打印每页。 本发明对于在一组中的每个页面使用相同背景的呈现应用程序具有特别的益处。 其他应用也可以受益。

    Wall hole punch device and method

    公开(公告)号:US10821623B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US14951682

    申请日:2015-11-25

    IPC分类号: B26F1/38 B26F1/44 B26F1/32

    摘要: A wall hole punch device is provided. The punch device has a wall-engaging surface, a floor-engaging surface, and a punch. The punch has a punching end, which generally has an angled face for pushing the chad downwardly and away from the hole. The bottom of the punching end is high enough to clear typical base plates when the punching device is used as intended. The top of the punching end is low enough so that the hole can be covered by baseboards of conventional height. A method of punching holes in walls and a method of drying walls using the device are also provided.

    WALL HOLE PUNCH DEVICE AND METHOD
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170144323A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-25

    申请号:US14951682

    申请日:2015-11-25

    摘要: A wall hole punch device is provided. The punch device has a wall-engaging surface, a floor-engaging surface, and a punch. The punch has a punching end, which generally has an angled face for pushing the chad downwardly and away from the hole. The bottom of the punching end is high enough to clear typical base plates when the punching device is used as intended. The top of the punching end is low enough so that the hole can be covered by baseboards of conventional height. A method of punching holes in walls and a method of drying walls using the device are also provided.

    System and method for monitoring a computer system process or peripheral
    4.
    发明授权
    System and method for monitoring a computer system process or peripheral 失效
    用于监视计算机系统进程或外设的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06785015B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-31

    申请号:US09439315

    申请日:1999-11-12

    IPC分类号: G06F1500

    摘要: A computer system includes workstations and a peripheral having a processor. The workstations and the peripheral communicate via email over a network. Email messages include commands and requests that control access to status and reconfiguration of the peripheral, establish subscriptions to status of the peripheral, and invoke reconfiguration of the peripheral. Email messages also include publications of the status of the peripheral according to reporting criteria. Reporting criteria identify a report of process or state variables, define publication criteria for directing the monitoring of state variables, and define delivery criteria to avoid network undesirable network traffic and irritating addressees of subscriptions.

    摘要翻译: 计算机系统包括工作站和具有处理器的外围设备。 工作站和外围设备通过网络通过电子邮件进行通信。 电子邮件包括控制对外设状态和重新配置的访问的命令和请求,建立对外设状态的订阅,并调用外设的重新配置。 电子邮件消息还包括根据报告标准的外设状态的出版物。 报告标准识别过程或状态变量的报告,定义用于指导状态变量监视的发布标准,并定义交付标准以避免网络不期望的网络流量和令人烦恼的订阅收件人。

    Merge plane generation for a data processing pipeline
    5.
    发明授权
    Merge plane generation for a data processing pipeline 失效
    合并平面生成数据处理流水线

    公开(公告)号:US5999710A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-07

    申请号:US877347

    申请日:1997-06-17

    摘要: A print data processing pipeline for use in a color electrophotographic printer optimizes print quality and minimizes memory usage by separately processing lossy and lossless print data. Lossy print data may include print data for images and lossless print data may include print data for text, line art, and graphics. Partitioning print data into lossy and lossless elements allows application of the print data compression operations optimized for each type of print data. High compression ratios can be achieved on lossy print data by applying visually lossless compression operations designed for the lossy print data. In addition, high compression ratios can be achieved on the lossless print data by applying lossless compression operations designed for the lossless print data. A merge unit combines the lossy and lossless print data streams after decompression to reconstruct the original image using merge data. The merge data is generated in an image processing operation which accounts for the different transparency modes of the page description language print data so that the correct foreground and background placement of objects is maintained. Placement of the color space conversion operation and the halftone operation relative to the merge operation, further optimizes the print quality while minimizing memory usage. The print data processing pipeline includes a direct memory access controller which has the capability to allow print data to be selectively directed to the lossy or lossless compressor/decompressor, the color space converter, or the merge unit.

    摘要翻译: 用于彩色电子照相打印机的打印数据处理流水线通过单独处理有损耗和无损打印数据来优化打印质量并最小化存储器使用。 有损打印数​​据可以包括用于图像的打印数据和无损打印数据可以包括用于文本,线条图形和图形的打印数据。 将打印数据分成有损和无损元素,可以应用针对每种打印数据优化的打印数据压缩操作。 通过为有损打印数​​据应用视觉无损压缩操作,可以在有损打印数​​据上实现高压缩比。 此外,通过为无损打印数据应用无损压缩操作,可以在无损打印数据上实现高压缩比。 合并单元在解压缩之后组合有损和无损打印数据流,以使用合并数据重建原始图像。 在图像处理操作中生成合并数据,该处理操作考虑了页面描述语言打印数据的不同透明度模式,从而保持对象的正确的前景和背景放置。 相对于合并操作,色彩空间转换操作和半色调操作的放置进一步优化打印质量,同时最小化存储器使用。 打印数据处理流水线包括直接存储器访问控制器,其具有允许打印数据被选择性地指向有损或无损压缩器/解压缩器,色空间转换器或合并单元的能力。

    Printer with procedure for pattern tiling and scaling
    6.
    发明授权
    Printer with procedure for pattern tiling and scaling 失效
    带有图案拼贴和缩放程序的打印机

    公开(公告)号:US6091418A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-18

    申请号:US878931

    申请日:1997-06-18

    CPC分类号: G06T11/40

    摘要: A method and apparatus enables derivation of a bitmap representation of an image, where the image includes a region filled with a pattern. The method includes the steps of: accessing an original pattern bitmap segment from within the image; translating a copy of the original pattern bitmap segment to the origin of the bitmap representation of the image as a reference pattern bitmap and arranging it as a reference pattern bitmap with a pattern that evidences a consistent phase regularity with the original pattern bitmap segment; filling the region to be filled with the pattern by determining a correspondence of an anchor pixel of the region to a pixel in the reference pattern bitmap; ascribing an attribute of the corresponding pixel in the reference pattern bitmap to the anchor pixel of the region; and repetitively determining correspondence of each further pixel in the region to a further pixel in the reference pattern bitmap and ascribing an attribute of each further pixel of the reference pattern bitmap to each further pixel in the region, until all pixels in the region have been processed.

    摘要翻译: 方法和装置能够导出图像的位图表示,其中图像包括填充有图案的区域。 该方法包括以下步骤:从图像内访问原始图案位图片段; 将原始图案位图片段的副本转换为图像的位图表示的原点作为参考图案位图,并将其作为参考图案位图布置,其具有与原始图案位图片段一致的相位规律性的图案; 通过确定该区域的锚定像素与参考图案位图中的像素的对应关系来填充要填充图案的区域; 将参考图案位图中的相应像素的属性归属到该区域的锚点像素; 并且重复地确定该区域中的每个另外的像素与参考图案位图中的另一像素的对应关系,并且将该参考图案位图的每个另外的像素的属性归于该区域中的每个另外的像素,直到该区域中的所有像素被处理 。

    Software-based procedure and apparatus for enhancement of a gray level
image
    7.
    发明授权
    Software-based procedure and apparatus for enhancement of a gray level image 失效
    用于增强灰度图像的基于软件的程序和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5754751A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-19

    申请号:US612377

    申请日:1996-03-07

    摘要: A software/firmware based method for determining gray level values to be assigned to a binary pixel image initially creates a linked list of templates, each template associated with a gray level value to be assigned to an image pixel value. Each template may include a central pixel value and plural neighbor pixel values or just plural neighbor values. However, each template is a listing of entries of template pixel values that are generally arranged in increasing concentric circles about the central pixel value. Each template entry includes a field for a template pixel value, a field for a template pixel address and a link field for a next template entry, in the event of a non-match determination between the associated template pixel value and an image pixel value. The method selects an image pixel window from the binary image and compares a central image pixel in the window with a logically, correspondingly located template pixel value. If a match is found, a next image pixel is compared against a next template entry to determine if a match occurs. This procedure continues, assuming matches are found, until all entries in the template have been tested and found to match, in which case, the central pixel of the image pixel window is changed in accordance with the gray level value associated with the matching template. If, at any time, a non-match occurs, the procedure moves to a linked template entry and the comparison procedure continues in another template. The invention enables a binary search to be executed which identifies a matching template (if any) after considering, on the average, between 5 to 10 entries.

    摘要翻译: 用于确定要分配给二进制像素图像的灰度值的基于软件/固件的方法最初创建模板的链接列表,每个模板与要分配给图像像素值的灰度值相关联。 每个模板可以包括中心像素值和多个相邻像素值,或者仅包括多个相邻值。 然而,每个模板是通常以关于中心像素值的增加的同心圆布置的模板像素值的条目的列表。 在相关联的模板像素值和图像像素值之间的不匹配确定的情况下,每个模板条目包括模板像素值的字段,模板像素地址的字段和下一个模板条目的链接字段。 该方法从二值图像中选择图像像素窗口,并将窗口中的中心图像像素与逻辑上相应定位的模板像素值进行比较。 如果找到匹配,则将下一个图像像素与下一个模板条目进行比较,以确定是否发生匹配。 这个过程继续,假设发现匹配,直到模板中的所有条目都被测试并被发现匹配为止,在这种情况下,图像像素窗口的中心像素根据与匹配模板相关联的灰度值而改变。 如果在任何时间发生不匹配,则过程移动到链接的模板条目,并且比较过程在另一个模板中继续。 本发明使得能够在考虑平均5到10个条目之后执行识别匹配模板(如果有的话)的二进制搜索。

    Hazardous ameprage recognition and relaying techniques
    8.
    发明授权
    Hazardous ameprage recognition and relaying techniques 失效
    危险行为识别和中继技术

    公开(公告)号:US5548466A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-20

    申请号:US336115

    申请日:1994-11-04

    申请人: Marcus A. Smith

    发明人: Marcus A. Smith

    CPC分类号: H02H3/05 H02H3/17 H02H5/105

    摘要: The present invention is directed to a system for sensing fault current flowing through a person who touches an exposed conductor in a cable connecting a machine to a power distribution center wherein the power distribution center has a number of power cables for connecting a number of machines thereto. Each power cable has a different frequency impressed thereon by an oscillator which frequency is transmitted through an electrical path including the power center if the operator touches the fault. A sensing circuit for each cable is connected in the electrical path and tuned to only the frequency applied to that cable. When the sensing circuit detects that frequency, the sensing circuit interrupts power to the cable. If, for some reason, the sensing circuit fails to interrupt power to the cable, within a selected time interval of less than one-half second, a backup system interrupts power to the entire power center. In order to detect ground faults, the ground conductor in each cable is grounded to the power center's frame through a zener diode bank which is in parallel with a high pass capacitor connected thereto by a preventive resistor. The zener diode bank also suppresses intermachine arcing should two machines touch or come into close proximity. In addition to ground faults, broken ground wires are detected by connecting each ground wire through a preventive resistor to a signal monitor. If a ground wire breaks, the signal monitor for that cable alerts the sensing circuit for that cable, and the sensing circuit interrupts power to the cable.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于感测流过穿过连接机器到配电中心的电缆中的裸露导体的人的故障电流的系统,其中配电中心具有用于连接多个机器的多个电力电缆 。 每个电力电缆具有通过振荡器在其上施加的不同频率,如果操作者接触故障,该频率通过包括功率中心的电气路径传输。 每个电缆的感测电路连接在电气路径中,并仅调谐到施加到该电缆的频率。 当感测电路检测到该频率时,感测电路中断电缆的电源。 如果由于某种原因感测电路不能中断电缆的电源,则在小于1/2秒的选定时间间隔内,备用系统会中断整个电源中心的电源。 为了检测接地故障,每条电缆中的接地线通过齐纳二极管组接地到电力中心的框架,该二极管组与通过预防电阻连接的高通电容并联。 如果两台机器接触或接近,则齐纳二极管组还抑制机间电弧。 除了接地故障之外,通过将每个接地线通过预防电阻连接到信号监视器来检测到接地线是否断裂。 如果接地线断线,该电缆的信号监控器会向该电缆的感测电路报警,并且感测电路中断电缆的电源。

    Computer system with evolving printer
    9.
    发明授权
    Computer system with evolving printer 失效
    具有不断发展的打印机的计算机系统

    公开(公告)号:US6031623A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-29

    申请号:US989258

    申请日:1997-12-11

    CPC分类号: G06F9/4428 G06F8/65

    摘要: A computer system includes a computer and a peripheral the peripheral having an object oriented run-time environment (e.g., JAVA) and object resource brokering facilities (e.g., CORBA). Public methods of the peripheral are exposed to objects of the computer system and vice versa for more efficient peripheral operation and shared program code.

    摘要翻译: 计算机系统包括具有面向对象的运行时环境(例如,JAVA)和对象资源代理设施(例如CORBA)的计算机和外围设备。 外围设备的公共方法暴露于计算机系统的对象,反之亦然,以实现更高效的外设操作和共享程序代码。

    Method and apparatus for switching between binary and arithmetic
operators during raster operations
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for switching between binary and arithmetic operators during raster operations 失效
    在光栅操作期间在二进制和算术运算符之间切换的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5982991A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-09

    申请号:US890250

    申请日:1997-07-08

    申请人: Marcus A. Smith

    发明人: Marcus A. Smith

    IPC分类号: G06T15/00 G05B11/00

    CPC分类号: G06T15/00

    摘要: The method of the invention performs logical operation on a pixel image, wherein pixels of the image comprise multi-bit color pixel values. The method performs the steps of: identifying a received image as an image type other than a raster image; and if such identified image type consists of fully saturated multi-bit color pixel values, performing logical combination operations on the multi-bit color pixel values through use of binary logical operators. If the received image is identified as including other than fully saturated multi-bit color pixel values, performing logical combination operations on the multi-bit color pixel values using arithmetic logical operators.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的方法对像素图像执行逻辑运算,其中图像的像素包括多位彩色像素值。 该方法执行以下步骤:将接收到的图像识别为除了光栅图像之外的图像类型; 并且如果这种识别的图像类型由完全饱和的多位彩色像素值组成,则通过使用二进制逻辑运算符对多位彩色像素值执行逻辑组合操作。 如果接收到的图像被识别为包括除了完全饱和的多位彩色像素值之外,则使用算术逻辑运算符对多位彩色像素值执行逻辑组合操作。