Robert M Springer

US Patent:

48782424, Oct 31, 1989

Filed:

Jul 22, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/076380

Inventors:

Robert M. Springer - Wyckoff NJ
Richard L. Schmal - Los Gatos CA
Eugene H. Gavenman - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Ricoh Corporation - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04M 356
H04M 1100
H04N 100

US Classification:

379204

Abstract:

The teleconferencing system includes three or more audiographic teleconferencing terminals where any one of the terminals can act as a sending terminal and/or a receiving terminal during a teleconferencing session. Each terminal includes means for establishing a broadcast and listen protocol that permits a sending terminal to transmit a facsimile image to multiple receiver terminals simultaneously.

US Patent:

52889769, Feb 22, 1994

Filed:

Jul 15, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/729648

Inventors:

Howard Citron - Katonah NY
Robert Springer - Wyckoff NJ

Assignee:

Nynex Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 1520
G06K 1906

US Classification:

235375

Abstract:

A system which utilizes a bar code having an instruction field whose data specifies an action to be performed and also having a reference field whose data relates to the data in the instruction field. The system reads the instruction and reference fields of the bar code and processess the read data. This processing may determine from the instruction field data that the action or actions to be taken are to be taken on data other than that in the reference field of the bar code. It also may determine from the data in the instruction field that an action to be taken on the data in the reference field is other than an action identified in the instruction field of the bar code. Based on these determinations, the system continues the processing using the appropriate action and data. A unique bar is also used in the system. This bar code, between its start and stop fields, has a separator field whose width is greater than that of any of the individual bar code characters.

US Patent:

49262670, May 15, 1990

Filed:

May 26, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/358061

Inventors:

Joseph S. Shu - White Plains NY
Robert Springer - Wyckoff NJ
Chia L. Yeh - Saratoga CA

Assignee:

Nynex Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

H04N 140

US Classification:

358454

Abstract:

A method and system for reproducing halftone originals utilizing threshold gray level values of the scanned pixels of the halftone original to determine adjacent pairs of pixels bordering the edges of the halftone dots. Edge errors for the adjacent pairs of pixels are determined using the scanned gray level values and a threshold value. A processing window defines sub-arrays of pixels whose thresholded gray level values are processed based on the edge errors. For each sub-array, the edge errors of the adjacent pairs of pixels are summed. The thresholded values of the adjacent pairs of pixels are then selectively changed in the order of pixel pairs of descending edge error until the number of values changed equals the closest integer to the summed edge error.