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7098668 Digital measuring head  
A digital measuring head in a measuring apparatus measures a work by making a contact element abut to the work. The digital measuring head includes an arm supported rotatably around a support point...
6963818 Mobile speedometer system and associated methods  
The invention detects loft time and/or speed of a vehicle and/or person during activities of moving and jumping. A loft sensor detects leaving the ground and returning to the ground. A...
6343656 System and method for optimizing production from a rod-pumping system  
A method for optimizing production from a rod-pumping system includes the steps of providing a well having a rod-pumping system for pumping a fluid from a downhole location of the well to a surface...
5963223 Recording apparatus capable of automatically re-writing recording data  
A recording apparatus capable of automatically re-writing recording data includes a recording head for recording images on a recording medium in accordance with recording data; a memory for storing...
5842397 Punching apparatus and punching method for cylindrical inner surface scanner  
A punching transport apparatus attached to an end surface a cylindrical inner surface drum includes two transport units which are connected with a pulse motor, two belts, and two pulleys so as to...
5709139 Punching apparatus for moving a punching unit in a circumferential direction of a cylindrical inner surface scanner  
A photosensitive material is mounted onto an inner surface of a cylindrical inner surface drum. An input signal which provides the size of the photosensitive material is supplied to a controller....
5262872 Image forming apparatus with means for error detection  
An image recording system includes a host computer and a recording apparatus. The host computer generates image data to be recorded as an image. The recording apparatus includes a recording head,...
5257035 Perfecting printer and method for controlling double-face printing operation thereof  
A perfecting printer for performing a double-face printing operation of printing images on obverse and reverse faces of at least one sheet on the basis of a series of print data input from an...
5155693 Self documenting record of instrument activity and error messages stamped with date and time of occurrence  
A method of creating a self-documenting logfile which records the status and operation of a substantially computer-controlled device. The method comprises the steps of accepting input commands from...
5155499 Image-edge-printing controller  
A print head, formed with spaced linear subheads of jet nozzles, prints all of the lines or image element rows on a print medium such as a sheet of paper by scanning along the face of the sheet....
5122814 Bubble jet recording apparatus actuated by interface means  
Liquid droplets are formed by instantaneous state change by thermal energy of a liquid filled in a thermal chamber, said droplets being deposited onto a recording member to achieve recording.
5119109 Method and apparatus for marking the inside surface of pipe  
Method, apparatus, and system are described wherein dot matrix characters are formed by an array of ink spray nozzles within a marker head assembly upon the inside surface of a pipe or other curved...
5079715 Electronic data recorder for electric energy metering  
An electronic remote data recorder records pulses representing usage of a commodity such as, for example, water, gas or electricity from a plurality of consumers. The data from each consumer is...
5058044 Automated maintenance checking system  
A system for automatically identifying vehicles, assimilating data from an identified vehicle, correlating the data with predetermined data and providing a statement of account indicative of a...
5046007 Motor vehicle data collection device  
The invention includes a device for collecting travel-related data for a motor vehicle. The usage data includes such data as a start time and date of a trip, a beginning odometer reading, a...
5038299 Serial/parallel transfer apparatus  
An electronic apparatus includes a program memory having a parallel transfer program and a serial transfer program, a connector on the electronic apparatus to which a parallel transfer interface or...
5016026 Load recording rope thimble  
A thimble (10) for the eye (4) of a rope (2) is provided with a sleeve (40) which receives the pin (32) of a shackle (30) and a bar (42) which attaches this sleeve to the inside wall of the...
5006864 Information read-out and recording apparatus  
An information read-out and recording apparatus includes an optical information read-out device for converting optical information into electrical information signals. A...
4996649 Image processor capable of storing character images and graphic images in a memory and including a timer for ensuring image processing operations are carried out in a predetermined time period  
An image processor including a memory for storing bit images of a graphic pattern or a character, a receiver for receiving information regarding an image to be outputted from an external apparatus,...
4989163 Photo printer having a host computer assist function and method of controlling the same  
A photo printer system comprises a magnetic storage for storing a print data sent from a host computer, a bit map memory for storing a print dot data, and a printer engine for printing the contents...
4978971 Method and apparatus for reformatting print data  
Print heads are formed with spaced subheads having nozzles such that all of the lines or pixel rows on a print medium such as a sheet of paper are printed by scanning of the print head along the...
4975859 Method of controlling photo printer and apparatus therefor  
A photo printer such as a laser printer incorporates a bit map memory having a large memory capacity. When the printer is connected to a host computer, a dot pattern corresponding to a bit pattern...
4975858 Controller for a printer for printing data received from an external data processor  
A controller for a printer for printing data received from an external data processor. The controller comprises a first memory for storing the received data, an analyzer for analyzing the data...
4891769 Printer having prioritized on-line and off-line modes  
A printer which receives data and commands which are transferred from a data processing apparatus serving as an external apparatus such as a host computer and prints the data. This printer includes...
4882686 Printing apparatus with improved data formatting circuitry  
An image recording apparatus with circuitry for formatting image signals to a print head. The circuitry includes an integrated circuit memory chip having sufficient buffer memory sites for storing...
4875167 Odometer data computing apparatus  
An odometer data computing apparatus includes an odometer data computer device and a printer. The computer device includes a keypad, liquid crystal display, microcomputer electronics and continuous...
4866616 Information recording apparatus for vehicles  
Vehicle information such as vehicle speed, engine rotational speed when a vehicle runs are collected and converted into numerical data every constant period of time and these numerical data are...
4847785 Interactive display for trend or bar graph  
A system for the interactive control of a display such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) or the like, produces a visual representation of at least one variable in the form of a trend or bar graph. The...
4837709 Recording apparatus with a function of determining recording direction of explanatory characters for graph  
A recording apparatus capable of recording a graphical representation such as a bar graph, broken-line graph and a pie charat, and a succession of explanatory characters accompanying the graphical...
4835544 Printing and packaging system and identifying an item of printed matter  
In a high volume printing and packaging operation, stationery is fed by document feeder 10 to a laser printer 14. The printer prints both text and discrete identification code on the page both text...
4799172 Apparatus and method for automatic layout of sign text  
An apparatus and method for laying out a sign containing a plurality of lines of text performs and comprises the steps of entering into a computer information defining the sign text and the heights...
4794403 Writing system  
A calligraphic writing system of the type including an x-y plotter, a writing pen and a digital computer that controls the movement of the pen relative to the writing bed of the plotter. The system...
4769648 Dot-printing device with independently operated data-processing units  
A dot printer comprises a printing head, a memory, a first MPU for storing the dot-image data, corresponding to the input printing data, in the memory, and a second MPU for reading out the...
4764880 Compound plotting apparatus and related method of operation  
A compound plotting apparatus for rapidly producing an annotated design comprises a symbol printing device such as a matrix printer for printing an annotation directly on a worksheet or on a label...
4761658 Method and apparatus for measuring experimental quantities using an ink jet impactless timing device  
A method and apparatus for measuring experimental quantities utilizes a self-contained ink jet impactless timing device including an ink jet head employing a timing circuit to provide a precisely...
4760406 Laser printer interface circuit  
A printer interface circuit is provided in a host system so as to allow a printer having its own clock signal for its printing operation to be directly connected to the host system. In the present...
4757454 Operation data-recording system for a machine  
This invention provides a system for recording operation data of a machine, wherein a program for converting signals stored through a sensor or measuring means into operation data in conformity...
4755832 Device for recording distances traveled on personal and business use  
A device for installation in a motor vehicle for recording distances traveled on business or non-business journeys comprises an input from the vehicle indicative of the distance traveled by the...
4745564 Impact detection apparatus  
An apparatus for measuring and recording accelerations or other physical quantities experienced by easily damaged items of commerce such as fruit and electronic computers. A triaxial accelerometer...
4736208 Device for measuring the contour of a surface along a scanning line  
A device for measuring the contour of a surface along a scanning line. The device includes an electro-mechanical transducer with a scanner arm on whose free end there is a sensing tip. The other...
4734707 Recorder with display indicating a symbol for text and graphical data  
A recording apparatus capable of recording characters and graphical representations, having a display which is adapted to display a special symbol together with the characters, so that the special...
4733248 Apparatus for recording graphical representations with checking of the recording area  
A recording apparatus capable of recording a graph according to graphic pattern data representative of a pattern of the graph, and graph data representative of values to be presented in the graph....
4728964 Recording apparatus with an indicator for indicating current recording conditions  
A recording apparatus having character keys, and selector keys for selecting one of a plurality of recording modes for each of at least two recording conditions selected from a plurality of...
4720799 Hydrologic data acquisition system  
An apparatus records fluid level movement using a potentiometer that is rotated by a tape attached to a float and a counterweight. The output from the potentiometer is recorded by a microprocessor...
4701757 Control system for printing machines  
A control system for controlling a plurality of subprocess means, for example adjustment drives for ink zone adjusting screws in a plurality of modes of operation. The control system includes an...
4694354 Method and apparatus for printing trimming instructions for developer of photographs  
An apparatus for printing trimming instructions, includes a first means deriving a video signal representative of a photograph image on negative or positive film, a display unit which reproduces a...
4688038 Remote meter-reader device for gas meters, and the like  
A device for allowing the remote-reading of a utility meter having circular dials. The device includes an array of phototransistors for each circular dial of the utility meter. The face of the dial...
4686540 Compact plotter for generation of accurate plotted images of long length  
A compact plotter is disclosed, having a small area in which a plurality of print heads (10) are laterally scanned to print impressions on the paper (14), and the paper (14) is incrementally...
4682182 Marking device for pipe  
A marking device comprises a movable arm having a working end carrying a marking tool, such as a marking head. A controller is associated with the movable arm and so programmed as to axially move...
4668963 Pen recorder  
A pen recorder for writing characters and graphic patterns with recording pens on a sheet of recording paper by moving the recording pens in an X-axis direction and moving the sheet of recording...