Kenneth W Corl

US Patent:

51132222, May 12, 1992

Filed:

Jan 22, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/643878

Inventors:

James Wilson - Rochester NY
LinMarie Stephenson - Brockport NY
Kenneth G. Corl - Brighton NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03G 2100

US Classification:

355209

Abstract:

In an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus there is provided an operator control panel having a display screen indicating certain standard selectable features for a copying operation including copy format (simplex to duplex, etc. ), paper supply source, copy quality, magnification and exit location with plural displayed options for each feature. Keys and buttons are provided for altering the display to indicate a displayed selected option for each. For more complex operations the display may be changed to display various operator selectable special job level features for a copying operation available on a job level basis. The displaying is further alterable to display various operator selectable special page level features for a copying operation specific to reproducing a selected page of a multisheet document job. Thus a layered approach is provided in the series of displays from a standard features presentation which a casual user would be comfortable using, to a job level features presentation for a more complex reproduction at the job level, to a page level features presentation for designation of specific page level features for selection. User friendliness is enhanced with consistent use of indicia identifying a feature under consideration, selection of such feature and whether or not additional screens must be called up to further define that feature and further identifying other features which may not be chosen when a certain feature is chosen.

US Patent:

53924479, Feb 21, 1995

Filed:

Jan 10, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/819390

Inventors:

Carl W. Schlack - Rochester NY
J. Terrence Flynn - Fairport NY
Jay B. Soper - Rochester NY
Kenneth G. Corl - Rochester NY
Roger S. Gaborski - Pittsford NY
Robert H. Philbrick - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Compay - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G06F 1562

US Classification:

395800

Abstract:

An electronic organizer is provided that incorporates an internal electronic scanner and a touch sensitive display screen to enter text and image data. The internal electronic scanner permits both machine generated text and image data to be scanned and directly entered into the electronic organizer. Hand-printed text data is also entered directly via the touch sensitive display screen using a stylus or pen. The scanned machine generated text, the scanned image data and the hand-printed text can either be preserved as an image-oriented bit map, or optical character recognition routines can be applied to the data to identify characters and convert the identified characters to computer coded text data. Data entered into the electronic organizer is arranged in a relational database format, which permits the operator to quickly and easily enter and retrieve related information between a number of different databases with a minimal amount of effort. A small document transport mechanism is provided to aid in the scanning of small size documents.