Systolic computational array
The present invention provides a systolic computational array including two shift registers. Some, but not all, of the stages of each shift register are adapted to provide the value contained therein ... Read More
Inventors: Haugen, Paul R.;, Assignee: Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Vertical shaft engine generator set for a recreational vehicle or the like
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 illustrates a recreational vehicle 10 which is depicted as a self-propelled motor home although it should be understood that the engine-generator set of the present... Read More
Inventors: Drewry, Hugh S.; Keszthelyi, Ewald;, Assignee: Kohler Company (Kohler, WI) |
Apparatus for detecting sheet-formed support material
Accordingly, an essential object of the present invention is to provide apparatus for detecting sheet-formed support material, which can specifically detect the passage of a transparent sheet-formed s... Read More
Inventors: Murata, Tomoji; Ito, Masazumi;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Method and apparatus for determining the location of graduated marks in measuring applications
According to the invention apparatus for determining the location of graduated marks in measuring apparatus comprises source means adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation, a plurality of electromagn... Read More
Inventors: Webster, Peter-John; Roulston, James B.;, Assignee: |
Distance measuring device
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a distance measuring device which detects the presence of the pulse signal corresponding to the reflected light beam regardless ... Read More
Inventors: Matsuda, Motonobu; Matsui, Tohru; Tanaka, Yoshihiro;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Position indicating system
I claim as my invention: 1. Apparatus for indicating the position of a light beam relative to a target, comprising a system of optical elements, a linear array of photoelectric elements adapted to pro... Read More
Inventors: Doyle, Keith Gilbert;, Assignee: Zed Instruments Limited (EN) |
Optical logic device with PNPN detection and laser diode output
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention is to provide an optical logic device, in which the number of elements is decreased in the integration thereof. It is a further object of this invention ... Read More
Inventors: Tashiro, Yoshiharu; Kasahara, Kenichi;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Birefringent inspection polarscope
What is claimed is: 1. A polariscope for inspecting relatively transparent objects for defects, the polariscope comprising: a base; a housing mounted on the base; a polarizer frame mounted on the hous... Read More
Inventors: Kowalski, Henry C.;, Assignee: GMI Engineering and Management Institute (Flint, MI) |
Address indicator control device in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide a novel and useful address indicator control device in a rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus, in which the above descr... Read More
Inventors: Sugiyama, Hiroyuki; Sakurai, Masaki; Abe, Ryozo; Yoshihara, Kenji;, Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
System for recording and/or reproducing digital data
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide apparatus to record digital data on a floppy disk, which can eliminate the above-noted defects inherent in known systems. Another objec... Read More
Inventors: Kutaragi, Ken;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Reproduction machine with duplex image shift
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved electrostatographic reproduction machine. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a reproduction m... Read More
Inventors: Traister, Robert L.; Wilczek, Stephen P.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Registration mechanism for a multimagnification reproduction apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. An imaging system for providing, at an image plane, reduced and enlarged images of a document lying in an object plane comprising: an enclosed light housing which includes a ver... Read More
Inventors: Green, Frederick A.; Seedhouse, Frederick A.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Electrophotographic copying machine with device for shifting an image
A first object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic copying machine which is automatically so controllable as to scan documents to a minimum essential extent in the usual copy... Read More
Inventors: Morikawa, Takeshi; Hashimoto, Kaoru; Ideyama, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Original scanning apparatus
A primary object of the present invention is to provide an image scanning apparatus which is capable of solving the above-mentioned problems inherent in the conventional apparatus, by making use of a ... Read More
Inventors: Morikawa, Takeshi;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Continuous tube multiple emitter
Referring to FIGS. 1 through 9, the embodiment of the continuous tube multiple emitter herein illustrated includes a flow tube 1 which may be a standard flexible plastic tube used in irrigation. For ... Read More
Inventors: Christy, Mark H.; Spencer, Lloyd;, Assignee: |
Continuous audio recording in a skip-field video recorder
Referring to FIG. 1, a skip-field video recorder includes a rotary drum 1 on which are mounted a plurality of heads 2 which record helically scanned tracks on a video tape 3 in the well-known manner.... Read More
Inventors: Eckenbrecht, Robert R.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Image density control apparatus for copying machines
Accordingly, an essential object of the present invention is to provide an image density control apparatus of the above described type free from an influence of variable magnification. A further objec... Read More
Inventors: Ito, Masazumi; Irie, Yutaka; Ikenoue, Yoshikazu; Nakamura, Minoru;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Electronic graphic arts proportional calculator
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an electronic hand-held calculator to calculate percentage reductions and enlargements of graphic arts material for reproduction. It is ... Read More
Inventors: Earle, John R.;, Assignee: |
Mark array sense reader with sequential output signals
What we claim is: 1. In an optical reading system for determining the presence or absence of mark information at a plurality of discrete mark information locations on a document, the combination of, a... Read More
Inventors: Heal, David;, Assignee: National Computer Systems, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) |
Solid-state optical position determining apparatus
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide an improved optical position determining apparatus which is relatively simple and economical to manufacture and assemble, but ye... Read More
Inventors: Griffin, James L.;, Assignee: Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation (Chicago, IL) |
Touch input device having digital ambient light sampling
We claim: 1. A touch input device, comprising: a four-sided frame; optical emitters disposed in two adjacent sides of said frame and connected to means for intermittently energizing said optical emitt... Read More
Inventors: Masters, Timothy E.; Lucas, Paul B.; Garrett, James E.; Carstedt, John K.;, Assignee: Carroll Touch Inc. (Round Rock, TX) |
Film optical code reader having clock and data sensors
The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art, by providing an optical reader that is able to read optical bar codes more accurately and more rapidly than prior art optical reader... Read More
Inventors: Evans, Stuart G.; Morse, John E.; Jessop, Thomas C.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rockester, NY) |
Self-contained audible alarm assembly
OF THE INVENTION In all of the FIGS., like parts have been given like index numerals. Reference is first made to FIGS. 1 and 2 wherein the self-contained audible alarm assembly of the present inventi... Read More
Inventors: McCarthy, Robert F.;, Assignee: |
Binary coded decimal correction apparatus for use in an arithmetic unit of a data processing unit
The above stated object and other objects are achieved according to the present invention by providing apparatus for performing binary coded decimal arithmetic by use of an arithmetic logic unit desig... Read More
Inventors: Negi, Virendra S.; Peters, Arthur;, Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems Inc. (Waltham, MA) |
Methods and apparatus for optically determining the acceptability of products
These and other objects of the invention are accomplished in accordance with the principles of the invention by providing optical inspection systems which form an initial discriminant function or "fil... Read More
Inventors: Cox, Kenneth A.; Dante, Henry M.; Maher, Robert J.;, Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated (New York, NY) |
Methods and apparatus for inspecting the appearance of substantially circular objects
These and other objects of the invention are accomplished in accordance with the principles of the invention by forming a video image of each substantially circular object to be inspected. Preferably ... Read More
Inventors: Longest, Jr., H. Cary; Smith, Barry S.;, Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated (New York, NY) |
Plastic sack holder
The present invention provides a device to hold open for loading a limp plastic sack having a pair of integral handles and a body portion terminating in a base, which device permits the easy disengage... Read More
Inventors: Hambleton, Thomas P.;, Assignee: International Paper Company (New York, NY) |
Computer architecture for reducing delays due to branch instructions
In a data processing system according to the present invention, the instruction processor sequentially executes the instructions of a program until it executes a branch instruction indicating that the... Read More
Inventors: Amerson, Frederic C.; Gupta, Rajiv; Kumar, Balasubramanian; Schlansker, Michael S.; Worley, William S.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Apparatus outputting quantized image data, selecting from filters with different error spreading effects
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide an improved image processing apparatus in which the above described problems are eliminated. Another, more specific object of th... Read More
Inventors: Sasaki, Tomio; Obata, Masahito;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Distributor for cigarette rod making machines or the like
What is claimed is: 1. In an apparatus for producing and processing a homogenized layer of fibrous particles, particularly in a distributor for shredded tobacco, a combination comprising a source of f... Read More
Inventors: Wahle, Gunter; Gomann, Jurgen;, Assignee: Hauni-Werke Korber & Co., KG (Hamburg, DT) |
Control Computers 
