Agfa Corporation

Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation

Flir Systems, Incorporated

Miles Inc.

Other

Bayer Corporation -- Agfa Division

Agfa Divison, Bayer Corporation

Philip A Rombult

David B Larsen

Libor N Krupica

Laurence S Blake

Robert S Ring

James C Folsom

Ross A Freeman

Roger A Jacques

Gerald L Smith

Lawrence S Blake

Mark E Tellam

Akim Lennhoff

James J Hebert

Stephen V McKaughan

Robert J Campbell, Jr

Norman F Rolfe

Dennis W Dodge

Jeffrey S Knox

Arthur J Bellemore

Thomas E Robinson

Donald J Garand

Pedro Beildeck

Ralph S Hanseler

Bryan Comeau

G Bradley Mills

John D Kennedy

Thomas K Hebert

Steven W Nickson

David L Cooper

Aron M Mirmelshteyn

Joseph A Wheeler

Peter Austin

Nicholas K Stefanidakis

Ronald W Krohn

Stephen R Manning

Jeffrey M Janway

Gregg R King

John Jakul

Leah Ziph-Schatzberg

John A Morrell

Edward C Comeau

A compact optical payload for an unmanned aircraft includes two infrared cameras for wide and narrow field viewing, a daylight color camera, a laser pointer and a laser range finder.

Optical payload with folded telescope and cryocooler

Optical payload electrical system

Optical payload with integrated laser rangefinder and target designator

An alignment detection system is disclosed for determining whether a modulated illumination field in an imaging system employing an illumination modulator is mis-aligned. The alignment detection system includes a modulator adjustment unit for providing a test pattern on the illumination modulator, a detector for receiving a modulated illumination field from the illumination modulator, a sampling unit for determining at least two sample values (A and C) for each of two areas of the modulated illumination field respectively, and an evaluation unit for determining whether the value |A&#x2212;C| is greater than a threshold value.

System and method for determining the alignment quality in an illumination system that includes an illumination modulator

An apparatus is provided for positioning a plurality of cassettes within an automated printing plate handler. In a plate handler, a plurality of cassettes each contain a supply of printing plates for delivery to an automatic plate-recording device. The apparatus includes a separate support table for supporting each of the plurality of cassettes within the plate handler and an elevator device for moving each of the support tables along a vertical axis of the automated plate handler. The automated plate handler is configured to automatically position a selected cassette in a first position to facilitate removal of the cassette from the handler. The plate handler further includes a platform, which substantially forms an extension of the support table supporting the selected cassette in the first position. The platform provides a second position, at which the selected cassette is to be one of, loaded or unloaded. The selected cassette may be filled with a new supply of plates on the platform or the selected cassette may be removed from the platform and replaced by a another cassette.

Apparatus for loading and unloading a supply of plates in an automated plate handler

A modulation quality detection system is disclosed for determining the modulation quality of an illumination modulator in an imaging system. The modulation quality detection system includes a modulator adjustment unit for providing a test pattern on the illumination modulator, a detector for receiving a modulated illumination field from the illumination modulator, a sampling unit for determining at least three sample values (A, B and C) for each of three areas of the modulated illumination field respectively, and an evaluation unit for determining whether the valueis greater than a threshold value.

System and method for determining the modulation quality of an illumination modulator in an imaging system

The present invention provides an input roller system for displacing a printing plate toward and against a plurality of registration pins located on an external drum of an imaging system. The input roller system deskews the printing plate relative to the registration pins.

Input nip roller system for external drum imaging system

A method and apparatus for holding recording media against a media support surface of an imaging system using an arrangement of variable cross-section vacuum grooves. Each vacuum groove has a continuously decreasing cross-section along its length. Each vacuum groove has a maximum cross-section adjacent a vacuum port and a minimum cross-section at a distal end of the vacuum groove.

Variable cross-section vacuum grooves in an external drum imaging system

The invention involves an internal drum thermal imaging apparatus comprising a support for supporting a receiver material and a donor material in a superimposed relationship. The support includes a cylindrical drum having an inner circumference on which the receiver material is supported against in a bottom layer of the superimposed relationship and the donor material in a top layer of the superimposed relationship. An imaging unit thermally transfers an image from the donor material to the receiver material. An applicator automatically loads and unloads the receiver material and the donor material onto the cylindrical drum comprising an applicator carriage, an attachment device for attaching the receiver material to the applicator and an applicator transport device for transporting the applicator carriage along the inner circumference of the cylindrical drum.

Material applicator for thermal imaging apparatus

Variable cross-section vacuum grooves in an imaging system

An imaging system is provided for imaging media of while supported at an imaging position on a support surfaces. The system includes a loading device configured to move the medium to be imaged along the support surface to the imaging position. During loading, the leading edge of the medium, which extends across the medium width and substantially perpendicular to a direction of movement of the medium, moves in a direction towards a registration device. A registration device is contacted by the leading edge of the medium during loading so as to position the medium in the imaging position on the support surface. A medium securing device secures the medium to the support surface and a perforation mechanism subsequently punches or notches the medium prior to imaging. A drive mechanism is provided to move the perforation mechanism and the registration device, typically prior to loading of the medium, to a position which corresponds to the particular width of the medium to be imaged.

Imaging system with integral punch mechanism

The invention involves a thermal imaging apparatus comprising a support for supporting a receiver material and a donor material in a superimposed relationship. The support includes a cylindrical drum having an inner circumference on which the receiver material is supported against in a bottom layer of the superimposed relationship and the donor material in a top layer of the superimposed relationship. An imaging unit thermally transfers an image from the donor material to the receiver material. The imaging unit is configured to thermally transfer an image by scanning energy beams across the donor material.

Thermal imaging apparatus and method for material dispensing and applicating

A system for holding recording media onto a media support surface, comprises, a media support element including a media support surface and a second side, substantially opposing the media support surface. A plurality of vacuum ports pass from the media support surface to the second side and communicate with a device for drawing air through each of the plurality of vacuum ports to hold the recording media against said media support surface. A sequencing manifold connected between the device for drawing air and the plurality of vacuum ports selectively draws air through a portion of the plurality of vacuum ports over a region substantially matching the size of the recording media.

Method and apparatus for holding recording media onto a media support

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Bradford, MA, United States of America

Philip A Rombult