International Business Machines Corporation

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Paul A Hakenewerth

Philip E Grady

Gene D Rohrer

Kevin Laverne Schultz

Nils G Stalberg

Kursad Urungu Oney

Ravinder Prakash

James M White

Michael F Gifford

Michael R Barry

Raymond J McKinnon, Jr

Duane Scott Miller

Michelle J Pillers

David E Burgess

Michael A Duncan

Gregory A Greenly

James R Walker

Aspi B Wadia

Michael G Horeth

Thomas H Yonenaka

James C Yarrington

In various embodiments, changing the function involves disabling an input device, disabling an output device, changing a display mode of the output device from portrait to landscape, or increasing volume of the output device. In an embodiment, the change of the function is delayed by a time period, and the delay for changing the output device is longer than the delay for changing the input device. If the electronic device is upright, the input device and the output device are enabled. The tilt is sensed by a sensing device, signals from the sensing device are filtered, and a delay is introduced. In this way, premature disabling or enabling of the electronic device is avoided.

Changing a function of a device based on tilt of the device for longer than a time period

A workstation having low resolution and high resolution image capture apparatus such as is useful for tele-conferencing. Optical wedge apparatus is placed between an object and a focusing lens according to the invention to create multiple overlapping low resolution images of a whole object. Programmed or hardwired logic is then used to construction a high resolution image of the object by interleaving the picture elements of the low resolution images.

Increased resolution digital capture device

A one-piece housing holds an image sensing module having a transparent image sensing surface and a document drive roller in close alignment. A cover closely fits around the housing and is positioned in close alignment with respect to the housing. The cover and housing cooperate to define a document entry path in which a plurality of sensors are located: a set of document-skew-detecting sensors and a set of document-insertion-detecting sensors, the sets of sensors acting independently of each other. The number and spacing of the sensors is the set of document-insertion-detecting sensors is such that the narrowest expected document encounters at least one such sensor. The cover and housing also cooperated to define a document scanning path and one or more document exit paths. The cover includes a movable member adjustable by a user to either one of two positions, the member cooperating with the cover and housing to define a first document exit path directing documents toward the user and a second document exit path directing documents away from the user. The cover includes a plurality of cover portions, the cover portions interlocking to accurately position the cover portions with respect to each other and the housing.

Document scanner having one-piece housing for holding an image sensor,

Transfer of articles of different types between article handling devices within the apparatus and the user outside of it is effected through a limited number of access ports by an article gripping and transporting robot that undergoes multi-directional translational movement and that is capable of gripping articles of different kinds, sizes and shapes. The robot may be and preferably is also used to perform maintenance services upon article handling devices of the apparatus.

Self-service transaction apparatus and method using a robot for article

A document processor having closed loop control of the average feeding rate of the documents and closed loop control of the gaps between documents and dynamic control of the removal of documents from the input station. By controlling the rate at which documents are introduced into the system, and the gaps between documents, more documents can be effectively read and processed in a unit of time without exceeding system limitations imposed by hardware (such as closeness of adjacent documents) even as the mechanism changes due to wear or environment.

Document processor having improved throughput capabilities

Self-service transaction apparatus and method

A scanner for scanning an increased area of a finger held or pressed on a concave elliptically cylindrical surface having two focal axes includes a linear light source positioned at one focal axis of a first reflective cylindrical elliptical surface, the other focal axis coinciding with one focal axis of the concave elliptical surface in contact with the finger. A second reflective, cylindrical elliptical surface has two focal axes where one of the axes coincides with the position of a linear array combination of photosensitive elements and charged coupled devices and the other coincides with the other focal axis of the concave elliptical surface in contact with the finger. The linear light source resides within a scanning drum having a longitudinal opening or slit and suitable rotated whereby a line of light is projected along the cylindrical elliptical surface of the first reflective surface whereby light rays are reflected to the finger contact surface to scan a finger held thereon and then totally internally reflected to the second reflective surface and then reflected therefrom as an image on the linear array.

Elliptical finger press scanner with rotating light source

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Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Paul A Hakenewerth