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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010

Filed:

May. 02, 2001
Applicants:

Neil C. Singer, Armonk, NY (US);

Kenneth Pasch, North Eastham, MA (US);

Mark Tanquary, Needham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Neil C. Singer, Armonk, NY (US);

Kenneth Pasch, North Eastham, MA (US);

Mark Tanquary, Needham, MA (US);

Assignee:

Convolve, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/10 (2006.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for altering the operation of printers and scanners to reduce vibration and/or acoustics. The technology involves altering the mode of operation of the printer or scanner to be in either 'quick', 'quiet' or an intermediate mode. Additionally, structure for achieving the different modes of operation are also disclosed.


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