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US 7,791,758 B2Granted
Vibration control technology and interface for computer printers and scanners
AssigneeConvolve, Inc.
InventorsNeil C. Singer, Kenneth Pasch, Mark Tanquary
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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.
Claims20
A computer peripheral, comprising:
- an electromechanical mechanism configured to advance paper during a print operation;
- and
- an input to an actuator of the electromechanical mechanism constructed based on acoustic frequencies of the paper, the acoustic frequencies of the paper being associated with acoustic noise generated by advancement of the paper by the electromechanical mechanism, to reduce the acoustic noise generated by the advancement of the paper.
A computer peripheral, comprising:
- an electromechanical mechanism configured to advance paper during a print operation;
- and
- an input to a controller of the electromechanical mechanism constructed based on acoustic frequencies of the paper, the acoustic frequencies of the paper being associated with acoustic noise generated by advancement of the paper by the electromechanical mechanism, to reduce the acoustic noise generated by the advancement of the paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.