A graphic recorder for facilitating the preparation of records of functions of time, comprising a base on which a scale is mounted for movement along one coordinate axis relative to a markable scale on which a series of increments in a function of time to be recorded can be inscribed, a cursor is mounted on the scale for movement along a second coordinate axis relative to a preinscribed scale on which increments of time have been recorded, and a chart affixed to the base that is recorded with th...

A film dryer for the graphics arts, including a plurality of pairs of squeegee rollers feeding the film through the dryer, and removing water therefrom in the feeding operation. Air is drawn in and directed against the film to dry the film, the air passing through a series of chambers or spaces and passing over and cooling the drive motor and air circulating motor, the heat in the air, picked up from the motors, assisting in drying the film. The pairs of rollers are of successively greater diame...

A graphic display device of the type which receives instructions from an external computer and, by successively scanning the rasters of a display matrix, displays patterns such as alphanumeric characters, symbols, etc. upon a cathode ray tube. The graphic display device has a pattern generator which stores patterns in raster form and generates signals for forming such patterns upon receipt of a pattern address signal designating the particular pattern to be formed, and a repeating raster designa...

A device for producing graphic patterns such as inscriptions on a substrate covered with a light-sensitive layer, in particular on an oxidised aluminum sheet or on an oxidised aluminum foil stuck on to a plastic support film. The substrate is illuminated through a master pattern which has areas transparent to UV light. In a common housing there is provided an illuminating unit, with UV bulbs, a holding frame to press the master pattern onto the substrate, a developing, an etching, a rinsing and ...

A graphic character that has a character matrix with a number of character units that are indivisible at least in either a horizontal direction or a vertical direction is scaled by dividing the character matrix into one first and at least one second character segment, each comprising at least one of the character units. The first character segment is symmetrically scaled using a first scaling factor and the second character segment is scaled using a second scaling factor different from the first...

A device for graphic recording, using a plurality of stacked electrode blocks. The electrode tip projects from the block obliquely with respect to the transport direction of the paper. Each block has an internal opening communicating with the others, so that one channel which extends through the entire stack of blocks is produced. Compressed air can be blown through this opening to scavenge paper particles.

The analysis of graphic design material is discussed, and a system and adaptive method to automatically analyze graphic design material are disclosed. Aspects to be measured within a document containing the graphic design material are determined. Measurements of these aspects are performed. Output is prepared, wherein the output comprises an image of a page within the document and a view of measured aspects associated with the page, wherein the view is selected from among a group of views includ...

A method of digitizing graphic information includes the steps of reading monochrome graphic information by using a black-and-white scanner to input raster data; sorting the raster data into text data and vector data; storing the sorted vector data in element layers for every predetermined element; deleting only the raster data of alphabetic information that has undergone the text conversion; converting the raster data excluding the text data into the vector data; and storing the converted vector...

A Graphic Input Device comprises a pen-shaped pointing device moving about a writing surface and using ultrasonic (US) waves propagating in the air to measure displacement. Can be used in either a 2D or 3D mode. Uses displacement measuring means for two directions in space, each parallel to the writing surface, and comprising means to establish an US waves path between an US transmitter and an US receiver; means to measure changes in the phase of the received signal, and for computing the displa...

A method, device and computer system for creating a smooth, continuous height (scalar or vector) field are described. The described techniques permit arbitrary closed regions to be smoothly shaded without producing unnatural smoothness at the region's edges or boundaries.