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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Curt A. Wiens, Oakdale, MN (US);
Inventor:
Curt A. Wiens, Oakdale, MN (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/325 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging device () comprising an array of individually controllable thermal recording elements () and a controller (). Controller () is configured to receive an input signal () and, based on input signal (), is configured to select, activate, and drive a plurality of thermal elements () from the array of thermal elements () which correspond to areas () of an imaging media () which are outside an imaging area () of imaging media ().