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The German horsepower war is over. AMG has unilaterally withdrawn. This new Mercedes E63 AMG doesn't carry on the seemingly endless game of one-upmanship that's bedevilled the biggest and fastest German saloons for years now. The proof? There's only 518bhp and 464lb ft of torque available. In the grand scheme of things, that's still a huge amount of grunt, but the Audi RS6 has 54bhp more.
That car was launched last year, and in the olden days of cock-jousting, anything less than 572bhp +1 simply wouldn't have been acceptable. AMG accepts that the limits of what's possible are being reached, that more power isn't delivering a similar increase in driveability.
Step forward the new E63 AMG then. Jump in, travel 50 yards and you can tell the new AMG direction from the chassis - this is the most surprising and best thing about it. The level of feel you get is as good as the best out there. There's great progression to it, so that if it steps out of line, either with understeer or oversteer, the E63 lets you know a long way in advance that's what it'll be doing. The signals through the seat are just right, which is a good job because there's still more than enough power to land you straight in jail.
It's easy to drive because it's so controllable and comforting. On the track this is essential, and on the road, where this car will spend the vast majority of its time in the UK, it helps because it gives you confidence and makes the car more exciting. You feel more in tune with it, which helps you feel at one with the car.
Not that it quite matches the M5. If you want hardcore, the BMW is still the better car - drive it hard and you'll be more richly rewarded. This isn't a fault with the E63's chassis, it's more that the steering in the E63 isn't quite as good as it is in the M5. It doesn't give the same levels of feedback and isn't in tune with the chassis as much. It's precise, but it's not sporty. It lacks edge.
From the limited and track-only time we had, it feels like the ride comfort will be pretty good for a pottering journey, despite the low profile tyres, optional 19-inch wheels and the fact the front air suspension has been changed for normal springs and dampers. But I can't see people using either of the variable damper settings of Sport or Sport Plus on the road. Around the circuit, Sport Plus is great, as it keeps the whole car really stable and body roll is eliminated, but it's mighty stiff. On the road the car will be virtually undriveable in this setting.
The optional carbon ceramic brakes should help though. They're hugely expensive at an as-yet unconfirmed £7,000, but they reduce the unsprung weight at each corner by an enormous 10kg. That should assist with ride quality, and if you're thinking of taking the E63 on a track, you'll need them because the normal brakes faded after only a couple of laps. The ceramics keep hauling you up lap after lap.
If you think this track focus is odd for an E-Class, it's all down to the Americans. Whereas we think of this car as a mini-limo, to the Yanks it's far more a sports saloon, hence the need for it to be more things to more people more of the time.
Just look at the engine for proof. The E63 is still stupidly fast compared to nearly every car on sale, thanks to the 6.2-litre V8. The 0-62 sprint only takes 4.5 seconds, which is 0.2 seconds up on the M5. So there's still a little bit of German one-up-manship. But it's more the delivery of that pace which sticks out - it's suited to the schizophrenic nature of the E63 so you can do lazy touring, or banzai acceleration. Because it's naturally aspirated, instant torque is available from seriously low revs and it's so easily accessible that you'll need to watch your licence in this country. Like all AMGs, it feels fast from any speed, but becomes really 'wow-that-was-easy' quick over 80mph - 80-120mph is too effortless to be good for you.
Because there's so much torque on top, the engine has to shut down up to six of the eight cylinders when you change gear. AMG has canned the normal E's torque convertor and replaced it with an automated manual - 'flappy paddles' for the less techy. AMG wanted a fast shift for this new box, but couldn't engineer it to be 100 millisecond-quick with 464lb ft of torque. The fastest way to reduce that torque is to shut off the ignition to the cylinders. Which is a techy way of explaining the gear shift is, for the most part, great - fast enough and fully manual if you so desire.
Be careful what mode you put it in though. Comfort has an annoying habit of changing up seriously early, Sport Plus does the opposite and holds onto the gears for ever. One for the road, one for the track. There goes that bi-polar disorder again. It begs the question as to when you'd use Sport, but AMG thinks it'll be useful as a halfway house. I'm not convinced - I think you'll end up using Comfort or manual most of the time.
But you never notice the cylinder shut off and it does have the added advantage of making a fantastic noise when the gear engages and the cylinders fire up again. Don't think burble, it's harsher than that and it's got more of a rasp to it.
That's another thing the E does better than the M. The M5 sounds far too rough at idle and you need to rev it to feel like you've got something special under the bonnet. The E63 is never like that because it's smoother and meatier. It means you don't have to drive it fast to get aural satisfaction from it.
Good news for your licence and fuel consumption. Along with the driveability soul-searching, AMG has reassessed what its priorities are recently. Power and handling are top, but efficiency has crept up the list. Weight has been reduced this time around, although only by 11kg so it's token stuff, and the Comfort mode on the gearbox is designed to optimise fuel economy. The combined figure is still a painful 22.5mpg, but at least AMG are heading in the right direction. That's 2.9mpg better than the M5.
So AMG is changing its philosophy. Tactility is the order of the day now. There was a limit to how much power these cars could get away with, both physically in terms of grip, and socially in terms of screwing the planet. The good news is that this is only improving them - AMGs are becoming less like blunt instruments. Just look at the stuff they've changed on this version for proof of that - everything forward of the A-pillar is completely different to the normal E.
Taken as individual changes, none of these is massively significant, other than the brakes. And they probably wouldn't help AMG shift its current image (amongst some) of simply being an engine tuner. It wants to be taken seriously as a company that can make fast cars that handle. That previous image was justified - it made an R63 AMG after all - but the latest cars (we're talking the C63 AMG) have proved AMG can do fast round corners as well as fast in a straight line. Overall, the changes on the E63 have had the same effect.
This E63 knows its place among rivals. It sits more towards the sporting M5 than the cruising XF R, but it'll be far more useable than the BMW on an everyday basis. But there's a rather large 'but'. It will likely cost about £85,000 when it goes on sale in the autumn. That's a staggeringly huge sum of money and is £20,000 more than the M5. Pity.
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PRAIRIE COUNTRY: Trading on traditionOhio Amish make high quality furniture
By: Ann Bailey, Grand Forks Herald
Quality and craftsmanship count from start to finish with Roy Miller.
From the solid wood Country View Furniture uses to manufacture its products, to the coat of cataclysmic conversion varnish applied to them, the Amish company takes pride in producing top-of-the line living room, bedroom and dining room pieces.
The company and its 42 employees are among 24,000 people who are members of the Amish community who live in Holmes County, Ohio. Roy, a former cabinet maker, founded Country View Furniture in 1993 after he saw there was a demand for quality furniture.
Country View's reputation has spread among furniture buyers and the company now has more than 400 outlets in more than 40 states.
Roy and Ivan, the Millersburg, Ohio, company's manager, were in Grand Forks recently to talk about their furniture, which is sold at Home of Economy. The Country View collection includes large pieces such as bedroom and dining room sets, and smaller ones such as benches and end tables.
Most of the furniture is made of red oak, cherry, maple, quarter-sawn white oak or hickory from Ohio forests.
"Ninety percent of the wood comes from Ohio," Roy said. The Amish furniture industry got its start when retired farmers started making pieces for themselves and word about their craftsmanship spread, he noted. Then, when the farm economy was suffering, many Ohio Amish people quit that way of life and began working in the Amish furniture industry in their home state, Roy said.
Roy's four grown sons own part of the business and work in the Country View factory while his brother-in-law Ivan is the general manager.
Country View's attention to quality includes inspecting each piece of furniture before it leaves the factory for details including the smoothness of the finish and the alignment of cabinet doors.
"Everything is checked," Roy said.
The company also is "green" and replaces the trees it uses.
"For every tree that's cut there are probably two or three planted," Roy said. Country View Furniture also produces its own energy, using diesel engines instead of electricity.
Roy knew that there was demand for well-made furniture when he started the business, but still is amazed by his business' success.
"In my wildest dreams, I never thought it would go like this," he said.
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Birgitta Strobel is a yoga entrepreneur and the founder of the brand Long 'n Lean. When she is not pending back and forth between Oslo and LA she likes to enjoy the creative buzz at a café or shake her bootie at a party.
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Dolce Vita serves real Italian gelato and coffee.
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The Forum's role is to help determine priorities and connect the relevant decision-makers needed to address a particular issue or set of challenges. Collaboration among all stakeholders is essential to capturing the insights required to shape the best solutions. Through interaction within the Forum's networks, Partners, along with the most knowledgeable experts in their respective fields, debate and analyse the most relevant ideas and proposals, creating useful insight to issues and challenges.
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Extracted from: "Mauritius" IN Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa (2002), edited by Tom Lodge, Denis Kadima and David Pottie, EISA, 167-168.
The election was contested by 22 parties and 360 candidates. The MLP had been weakened by the defection of part of its coalition partner, the PMSD, while the CAM declined to contest the election. The MMM had formed an alliance with Harish Boodhoo's Parti Socialiste Mauricien (PSM). The MMM hoped that this alliance would draw Hindu votes away from the MLP and ensure a MMM victory.
The election resulted in a landslide victory for the MMM-PSM alliance (formed in early 1981), which won 64.16% of the vote and all 60 elected seats (42 by the MMM, 18 by the PSM, and two for the allied Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) (for more detail see 1982 Legislative Assembly election results). Voter turn-out was 87.3%, with 471 196 out of an electorate of 540 000 casting their votes for the 34 parties contesting 62 seats. The LP, which had dominated Mauritian politics since 1948, won no seats and (together with the Muslim Action Committee) only 25.78% of the vote. The PMSD did even worse, receiving only 7.79% of the vote. The LP and the PMSD each did eventually receive two seats in parliament under the best-loser provisions.
According to Larry W Bowman (1991, 81), the 1982 election was "a powerful endorsement of the democratic process. In an open and free election, an aging elite that had run out of ideas was replaced by a much younger and basically untested group of individuals who promised new programs and new hope. It was a democratic transformation of remarkable proportions and suggested that Mauritius was beginning to move beyond intensely communal politics." Aneerood Jugnauth became Prime Minister, Boodhoo Deputy Prime Minister, and Bérenger Minister of Finance.
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- In America, no matter how many times you fail, no matter how many times you are thrown into the muck in disgrace, you can always try again to get rich. And Jeffrey A. Levitt is a living testimonial to that.
In the '70s, as a notorious Baltimore slumlord, he was convicted of housing violations over 500 times and sparked so much wrath that a tenant once fired a 12-gauge shotgun blast through his window and sent shards of glass into his buttocks.


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I am about to replace the 6146 tubes in my TS 530S.
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Qunu — Government says it is pleased with the manner in which South Africans have conducted themselves during the 10-day mourning period which was declared when former President Nelson Mandela passed away.
Mandela's body arrived in Qunu, his hometown, on Saturday afternoon after a procession from Mthatha Airport where full military and defence force honours were performed.
Some 4000 people have been invited to attend the official funeral of the anti-apartheid hero, including family members, African leaders and several current and former Heads of State. They include the Prince of Wales Prince Charles and Prominent US Civil Rights activist Reverend Jessie Jackson.
Malawi President Joyce banda will attend and represent the Southern African Development Community (SADC) while Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete will represent former liberation movements, said Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane, at a briefing on Saturday.
Local people from Qunu will also be accommodated, but the number will be limited due to space.
Chabane said the Mandela family and government believed that the guard of honour from Mthatha to Qunu, as well as the public viewing areas, which have been arranged for the funeral, had afforded members of the public an opportunity to pay their final respects to Madiba.
Government once again urged members of the public to make use of the public viewing areas to watch the former statesman's official funeral which will be broadcast from 7am on Sunday.
In the Eastern Cape alone, 18 public viewing areas have been set in several towns, with six of them situated in Mthatha and Mandela's Qunu village.
Officials have urged the public to conduct themselves with dignity when at these public viewing areas.
"They [the public] are requested to continue to show the dignity and respect deserving of the former President," Chabane said.
The funeral is scheduled to start at 8am and shuttle busses will ferry mourners from park-and-ride facilities from 2am on Sunday.
No vehicles will be allowed near the Mandela residence and the N2 road - which links East London to Dutywa, Butterworth and Mthata - will be closed and all traffic will be diverted.
"There will be traffic delayed during the ceremony and the public is urged to exercise patience during this period," said Chabane. - SAnews.gov.za


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Provided is a pen-shaped modular camera assembly. The assembly includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space. The assembly also includes a central processing module arranged in communication with the camera module. The central processing module includes a central processor that includes a RISC processor core and a memory for storing operating instructions to operate the camera module and image data for manipulation by the processor core. The assembly also includes an effects module having a choose actuator which enables a user to choose between a number of different types of effects to be applied to a stored image; a select actuator which enables the user to select one of the effects, and an apply actuator which enables the user to apply the effect to the stored image.
1. A pen-shaped modular camera assembly comprising:
a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space;
a central processing module removably coupled with the camera module at a first end, the central processing module having a central processor that includes a RISC processor core and a memory for storing operating instructions to operate the camera module and image data for manipulation by the processor core; and
an effects module removably coupled to a second end of the central processing module opposite to the first end, the effects module having a choice actuator for enabling a user to choose between a number of different types of effects to be applied to a stored image, a select actuator which enables the user to select one of the effects, and an apply actuator which enables the user to apply the effect to the stored image.
2. The modular camera assembly of
3. The modular camera assembly of
4. The modular camera assembly of
5. The modular camera assembly of
6. The module camera assembly of
7. The module camera assembly of
This is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/845,666 filed on Aug. 27, 2007, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,468,807 which is a Continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/636,232 filed on Aug. 8, 2003, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,274,485, which is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/575,134 filed on May 23, 2000 now issued U.S. Pat. No. 6,967,741 all of which are herein incorporated by reference.
The invention relates to an effects module useful in a digital imaging system. It is useful for applying effects to images prior to printing in a compact printer system able to print full-color, business card size documents from a device about the size of a pen.
Reference may be had to co-pending applications claiming priority from Australian Provisional Patent Application number PQ0560 dated 25 May 1999. The co-pending applications describe related modules and methods for implementing the compact printer system. The co-pending applications are as follows:
Microelectronic manufacturing techniques have led to the miniaturization of numerous devices. Mobile phones, personal digital assistant devices, and digital cameras are very common examples of the miniaturization trend.
One device that has not seen the advantage of microelectronic manufacturing techniques is the printer. Commercially available printers are large compared to many of the devices they could support. For instance, it is impractical to carry a color printer for the purpose of instantly printing photographs taken with known compact digital cameras.
A compact printhead has been described in co-pending United States patent applications filed simultaneously to the present application and hereby incorporated by cross reference:
It is known in some compact devices such as cameras to provide on-board processing to apply effects such as labels, for example the time and date. It is even known to have facility to produce custom labels, although these are normally only simple text. The problem with these known devices is that they are very limited in the range of effects provided. Furthermore, they are built in to the device and are therefore fixed. A more versatile approach to memory devices is desirable.
Further features of the invention will be evident from the following description.
In order to assist with describing preferred embodiments of the invention, reference will be made to the following figures in which:
The invention is described in terms of the application to a compact printer system. It will be understood that the invention is not limited to this particular application but rather can be employed with any digital imaging system. Nonetheless, the compact printer system provides a convenient environment in which to describe the details of the effects module invention.
Referring to
A compact printer system configuration consists of a number of compact printer modules connected together. Each compact printer module has a function that contributes to the overall functionality of the particular compact printer configuration. Each compact printer module is typically shaped like part of a pen, physically connecting with other compact printer modules to form the complete pen-shaped device. The length of the compact printer device depends on the number and type of compact printer modules connected. The functionality of a compact printer configuration depends on the compact printer modules in the given configuration.
The compact printer modules connect both physically and logically. The physical connection allows modules to be connected in any order, and the logical connection is taken care of by the compact printer Serial Bus—a bus that provides power, allows the modules to self configure and provides for the transfer of data.
In terms of physical connection, most compact printer modules consist of a central body, a male connector at one end, and a female connector at the other. Since most modules have both a male and female connector, the modules can typically be connected in any order. Certain modules only have a male or a female connector, but this is determined by the function of the module. Adaptor modules allow these single-connector modules to be connected at either end of a given compact printer configuration.
A four wire physical connection between all the compact printer modules provides the logical connection between them in the form of the compact printer Serial Bus. The compact printer Serial Bus provides power to each module, and provides the means by which data is transferred between modules. Importantly, the compact printer Serial Bus and accompanying protocol provides the means by which the compact printer system auto-configures, reducing the user-interface burden on the end-user.
Compact printer modules can be grouped into three types:
Although housekeeping modules and isolated modules are useful components in a compact printer system, they are extras in a system dedicated to image processing and photographic manipulation. Life size (1:1) illustrations of the compact printer modules are shown in
The printer module 10 comprises a body 11 housing the Memjet printhead. Power is supplied by a three volt battery housed in battery compartment 12. The printhead is activated to commence printing when a business card (or similar sized printable media) is inserted into slot 13. Male connector 14 and female connector 15 facilitate connection of other modules to the printer module 10.
The Memory Module 30 attaches to other modules via a female connector 36 or male connector 37. The male and female connectors allow the module to be connected at either end of a configuration. Power may be provided from the Printer Module 10 via the Serial Bus or from a separate power source, such as a power module.
A Communications Module 40 is shown in
A Flash Module 50 is shown in
A Laser Module 70 is shown in
The Effects Module shown in
The Adaptor Module 100, shown in
All "through" modules have a male connector at one end, and a female connector at the other end. The modules can therefore be chained together, with each module connected at either end of the chain. However some modules, such as the Laser Module 70, are terminating modules, and therefore have either a male or female connector only. Such single-connector modules can only be connected at one end of the chain. If two such modules are to be connected at the one time, an Adaptor Module 100 is required.
To assist with accurately feeding a business card sized print media into slot 13 of the printer module 10, a dispenser module 120 is provided as shown in
In the sense that a minimum configuration compact printer system must be able to print out photos, a minimum compact printer configuration contains at least a Printer Module 10. The Printer Module holds a single photographic image that can be printed out via its Memjet printer. It also contains the 3V battery required to power the compact printer system.
In this minimum configuration, the user is only able to print out photos. Each time a user inserts a business card 130 into the slot in the Printer Module, the image in the Printer Module is printed onto the card. The same image is printed each time a business card is inserted into the printer. In this minimum configuration there is no way for a user to change the image that is printed. The dispenser module 120 can be used to feed cards 130 into the Printer Module with a minimum of fuss, as shown in
By connecting a Camera Module 20 to the minimum configuration compact printer system the user now has an instant printing digital camera in a pen, as shown in
When the user presses the "Take" button 27 on the Camera Module 20, the image is captured by the camera 24 and transferred to the Printer Module 10. Each time a business card is inserted into the printer the captured image is printed out. If the user presses "Take" on the Camera Module again, the old image in the Printer Module is replaced by the new image.
If the Camera Module is subsequently detached from the compact printer system, the captured image remains in the Printer Module, and can be printed out as many times as desired. The Camera Module is simply there to capture images to be placed in the Printer Module.
Multiple Memory Modules can be included in a given system, extending the number of images that can be stored. A given Memory Module can be disconnected from one compact printer system and connected to another for subsequent image printing.
With the Camera Module 20 attached to a Memory Module/Printer Module compact printer system, as shown in
By connecting a Communications Module 40 to the minimum configuration compact printer system, the user gains the ability to transfer images between a PC and the compact printer system.
Each module is visible on the Serial Bus. Each module is self identifying and self-configuring using standard USB protocols. Apart from the standard protocol functions (including identification), there are a number of functions to which each module is also capable of responding. These are outlined in Table 1. Each module also has a number of module-specific functions. These commends allow the modules to be controlled by an external device, such as a personal computer, and by other modules.
The 8-bit mode returned by GetImageAccessMethods is interpreted as follows:
The 8-bit mode used for image read and write access via GetImage, StoreImage and TransferImage is interpreted as follows:
In some situations, certain modules may be configured without the printer module. For example, it may be convenient to configure a camera module 20 and a memory module 30 for capturing and storing images for later printing by the printer module 10. The timer module 60 and the flash module 50 may be added to the camera module 20 and memory module 30 to produce a digital camera having many of the features of a conventional camera. Additional memory modules can easily be added to provide virtually unlimited memory storage. An Effects Module may be added to apply effects to stored images for later printing.
The above commands allow images to be transferred to and from the modules without going through the printer module. For example, the Memory Module 30 can act under control of the Timer Module 60 to transfer a captured image from the Camera Module 20 to the Memory Module 30 using the TransferImage command. The Camera Module 20 will have a module specific 'capture' command for capturing an image. The Effects Module will have module specific commands for applying selected effects to an image.
In the general case, the Printer Module holds the "current" image, and the other modules function with respect to this central repository of the current image. The Printer Module is therefore the central location for image interchange in the compact printer system, and the Printer Module provides a service to other modules as specified by user interaction.
A given module may act as an image source. It therefore has the ability to transfer an image to the Printer Module. A different module may act as an image store. It therefore has the ability to read the image from the Printer Module. Some modules act as both image store and image source. These modules can both read images from and write images to the Printer Module's current image.
The standard image type has a single conceptual definition. The image definition is derived from the physical attributes of the printhead used in the Printer Module. The printhead is 2 inches wide and prints at 1600 dpi in cyan, magenta and yellow bi-level dots. Consequently a printed image from the compact printer system is 3200 bi-level dots wide.
The compact printer system prints on business card sized pages (85 mm�55 mm). Since the printhead is 2 inches wide, the business cards are printed such that 1 line of dots is 2 inches. 2 inches is 50.8 mm, leaving a 2 mm edge on a standard business-card sized page. The length of the image is derived from the same card size with a 2 mm edge. Consequently the printed image length is 81 mm, which equals 5100 1600 dpi dots. The printed area of a page is therefore 81 mm�51 mm, or 5100�3200 dots.
To obtain an integral contone to bi-level ratio a contone resolution of 267 ppi (pixels per inch) is chosen. This yields a contone CMY page size of 850�534, and a contone to bi-level ratio of 1:6 in each dimension. This ratio of 1:6 provides no perceived loss of quality since the output image is bi-level.
The printhead prints dots in cyan, magenta, and yellow ink. The final output to the printed page must therefore be in the gamut of the printhead and take the attributes of the inks into account. It would at first seem reasonable to use the CMY color space to represent images. However, the printer's CMY color space does not have a linear response. This is definitely true of pigmented inks, and partially true for dye-based inks. The individual color profile of a particular device (input and output) can vary considerably. Image capture devices (such as digital cameras) typically work in RGB (red green blue) color space, and each sensor will have its own color response characteristics.
Consequently, to allow for accurate conversion, as well as to allow for future image sensors, inks, and printers, the CIE L*a*b* color model [CIE, 1986, CIE 15.2 Colorimetry: Technical Report (2nd Edition), Commission Internationale De l'Eclairage] is used for the compact printer system. L*a*b* is well defined, perceptually linear, and is a superset of other traditional color spaces (such as CMY, RGB, and HSV).
The Printer Module must therefore be capable of converting L*a*b* images to the particular peculiarities of its CMY color space. However, since the compact printer system allows for connectivity to PCs, it is quite reasonable to also allow highly accurate color matching between screen and printer to be performed on the PC. However the printer driver or PC program must output L*a*b*.
Each pixel of a compact printer image is therefore represented by 24 bits: 8 bits each of L*, a*, and b*. The total image size is therefore 1,361,700 bytes (850�534�3).
Each image processing module is able to access the image stored in the Printer Module. The access is either to read the image from the Printer Module, or to write a new image to the Printer Module.
The communications protocol for image access to the Printer Module provides a choice of internal image organization. Images can be accessed either as 850�534 or as 534�850. They can also be accessed in interleaved or planar format. When accessed as interleaved, each pixel in the image is read or written as 24 bits: 8 bits each of L*, a*, b*. When accessed as planar, each of the color planes can be read or written independently. The entire image of L* pixels, a* pixels or b* pixels can be read or written at a time.
The Effects Module 80 is an image processing module. It allows a user to select a number of effects and applies them to the current image in the Printer Module 10. The effects include borders, clip-art, captions, warps, color changes, and painting styles.
The SELECT button 84 is a double button and operates in the manner of a known rocker switch to increment or decrement the effect number. Selections made using the SELECT button 84 are communicated to the PCB 300 via contact 301.
The flexible PCB 300 is mounted on a support 303 of chassis molding 302. In the preferred embodiment the PCB 300 is mounted such that the LCD 82 lies substantially parallel with a front face 304 of the support 303. The flexible PCB 300 passes over the support such that the EMCP 350 lies substantially parallel with a back face 305 of the support 303. The flexible PCB 300 passes under the EMCP and extends away from the base 306 of the chassis molding 302.
The contact 301 conforms to a curved edge of the support 303 allowing the base of SELECT button 84 to lie substantially parallel with a side face 310 of the support.
The male bayonet connector 86 comprises a cap molding 307, a latch strip 308 and a plurality of contact strips 309. The upper end of the cap molding is essentially dome-shaped and comprises two holes 311 positioned diametrically opposite each other. The holes 311 are positioned and shaped to receive the folded ends 312 of latch strip 308.
The lower end of the cap molding 307 comprises an elongated section 313 that is shaped to carry contact strips 309. The contact strips extend from the upper end of the cap molding, where they form part of the male connector 86, to the bottom of the elongated section 313. The bottom of the elongated section fits into a recess 314 in the base 306 of the chassis molding such that the contact strips 309 form part of the female bayonet connector 87.
Raised portions 315 of the contact strips 309 fit into an aperture 316 in the elongated section 313 of the cap molding. Contacts on the flexible PCB 300 mate with the raised portions 315 to make contact with the Serial Bus.
The CHOOSE button 83 and the APPLY button 85 are incorporated in a molding 317. A contact in the base of the molding for each button connects with the PCB 300 when one or other of the buttons is pressed.
The internal components of the Effects Module 80 are contained within a metal extrusion 318 that comprises a plurality of apertures. It is clear from
A fascia molding 319 clips into the aperture 320 and provides a protective cover for the LCD 82.
The Effects Module 80 connects to a compact printer configuration via the male connector 86 or the female connector 87. Either the male or the female bayonet connector joins the Effects Module to the Serial Bus via contact strips 309. Power may be provided to the Effects Module from the Printer Module 10 via the Serial Bus.
Alternatively, the Effects Module may be connected to a compact printer configuration via both the male and female bayonet connectors. An example of this principle is shown in
The Effects Module may be used to select an effect and then to apply that effect to the current image in the Printer Module 10 or in the Memory Module 30.
The LCD 82 provides feedback in the form of an effect type 321 and number 322, and an animated thermometer 323 that is shown while the effect is being applied to the image.
Pressing the CHOOSE button 83 cycles through the effect types. Each effect type has its own LCD icon and a current effect number. The effect types are borders, clip-art, captions, warps, color changes, and painting styles. These effects can be combined in any way and in any order.
Pressing the SELECT button 84 increments or decrements the effect number. The effect number is visible on the LCD screen. Ideally each effect type has 100 effects (although this is not strictly required). The Effects Module stores the current effect number for each effect type so that the next time the effect type is chosen, the previously used effect number is selected.
Once the desired effect type and effect number have been chosen, the effect can be applied to the image currently in the Printer Module 10 or Memory Module 30. This is done by pressing the APPLY button 85 below the LCD. As the image is being read, the effect applied, and resultant image written back, a series of animated segments appears on the left side of the LCD to form a thermometer-style status bar 323. The proportion of segments displayed is the proportion of the work that has been completed so far. The user knows that the effect has been applied once all the segments have been displayed.
Effects can also be applied to images external to the compact printer system. The Communications Module 40 allows the Effects Module 80 to be connected directly to a personal computer. The personal computer may then use the commands described above to command the Effects Module to apply a specific effect, or number of effects, to an image supplied from memory in the personal computer.
The user must consult a manual to determine the correspondence between effect and effect number.
To apply multiple effects to an image a user simply applies each effect one at a time. The order may be important if a specific end image is desired. For example, adding a border and then warping the image will produce a different result to warping the image followed by adding a border.
Image borders can range from simple white to elaborate and complex designs. Some borders incorporate the image, but the majority of borders and frames are straightforward, consisting of one image being overlaid over another.
Clip-art consist of photographic and stylized cartoon characters and images inserted into the image at a specific location. The characters and clip-art included in a general Effects Module would require little or no licensing. Examples include clowns, action figures, smiley faces, ugly faces, animals and specific objects.
Captions consist of speech bubbles, lines of text or other textual effects applied to an image. Examples include "Happy Birthday!", "How old are you?", "It was this big!", "Wow!", "Help!".
No effort is made to interpret the image before the caption is added. For a given effect number a specific caption is added at a specific fixed place in the image.
Captions are overlaid as graphics. Therefore they can include anything and be in any language, any color combination, and be in multiple fonts. The user is unable to change any part of the caption or style—the caption is simply added to the image. A choice between 100 captions is envisaged.
Images can be warped using the Warp effect type. Each warp effect number affects a fixed area of the image, which can be the entire image, or a limited part of the image. As with other effect modes, no effort is made to interpret the image before the warp is applied. For a given effect number, the specific warp is added at a specific fixed place in the image.
Some warps are specifically designed to affect a face image, although there is no specific face detection mechanism. Instead, the warp is applied to the part of the image where the face should be. For these warps, the effect is applied to the relevant part of the image irrespective of whether a face is present in that part of the image.
It is often desirable to transform an image in terms of color. Simple color effects include removal of color to produce a grey-scale image or a sepia tone image. More complex effects include exaggeration of certain colors, substitution of one color for another and the like.
The painting styles effect mode lets the user apply a painting style to an image. For example, an image can be changed into an impressionist drawing of the original, or drawn with a variety of brush strokes from a limited color palette. Painting styles also includes limited tiling effects.
These painting styles do not utilize lighting calculations. Certain types of metallic or bump-map based painting effects are therefore not possible.
As mentioned above, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) may be configured as the Effects Module Central Processor (EMCP) 350. The elements of the EMCP 350 are shown in
The EMCP 350 is a single chip containing a standard RISC processor core 351 with DSP 352 for fast integer multiplication and a small memory. The EMCP 350 includes a ROM 353 for software and data storage and RAM 354 for variable storage. Bus interface 355 communicates with the Serial Bus for transfer of an image to and from the Effects Module 80.
Also included in the EMCP is a memory decoder 356 and parallel interface 357 (that communicates with the LCD and various buttons).
The EMCP need not contain memory for storing an image since the image is retrieved from an image source, has the effect applied and is returned to the image source. Nonetheless, local memory may be provided for image storage if desired.
The software running on the EMCP is a limited subset of the VARK language and a lookup table of VARK scripts as described in co-pending United States Patent Applications whose USSNs are as follows:
The combination of the Effects Module 80 with the Printer Module 10 constitutes a minimum compact printer system that allows one or more effects to be applied to an image stored in the Printer Module and printed directly. The combination of the Memory Module 30 with a Camera Module 20 constitutes a digital imaging system. This combination allows an image captured by the Camera Module to be stored in the Memory Module.
Throughout the specification the aim has been to describe the preferred embodiments of the invention without limiting the invention to any one embodiment or specific collection of features. Persons skilled in the relevant art may realize variations from the specific embodiments that will nonetheless fall within the scope of the invention.
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The lovely Claire and Letty wave me goodbye and I set off.
In order to get onto the motorway I have to double back through an industrial estate. Without warning the bike slows it has started firing on only one cylinder. I keep the engine running and turn into a roadway in the industrial area. I find I can keep the engine running on one cylinder, so long as I keep the revs above 2500. I set the throttle lock to this setting and put the bike on its side stand...
I feel each of the headers in turn with my (gloved) hands and the right header is considerably cooler indicating that this is where the trouble is. I take off my gloves, pull my tool kit out and undo the two bolts holding on the right hand side-panel. I turn away to pick up my camera, turn back, noticing a sudden smell of petrol and, with a dull
, a large fire develops in front of me. I later found that I took a picture probably a reflex action.
I quickly turn off the kill switch to stop fuel supply, but its obvious this fire is going to be catastrophic.
So, the bike started firing on one cylinder (the left). I stopped, keeping the engine running at about 2500 rpm (from memory) using the throttle lock at nearly full throttle to do this.
Being a geek I just took this as another part of the ride, so took time to take two pictures of the bike (the first one is above heres the other)
With the engine still running, I took my toolkit out and removed the two bolts holding the right hand side-panel on. I turned to put the panel on the pavement, picked up my camera and was just turning back to face the bike when I noticed a very strong smell of petrol. Almost at the same time a significant fire developed with a whoosh clearly audible above the engine. As I mentioned at the time, I must have taken the picture by reflex, because I got busy rescuing kit etc straight away and only saw the pic later.
Now its very tempting to tie the fire and the misfire together, as one happened so soon after the other. One things for sure were never going to know for certain what happened, because the components involved are plastic, rubber and alloy, so any evidence is long gone.
From a maintenance point of view, all the fuel pipes had been replaced during the winter refit (2011/12) and chromed brass QD connectors fitted with BMW crimped hose clamps. These had performed perfectly all the year. The last time the QDs were apart was in October to chase down an electrical fault (nowhere near the fire and not related), and the bike had run several thousand miles without a snag since then.
The fuel injectors had been serviced in the Spring of this year and had performed faultlessly throughout the Dolomites trip in July and this trip.
But lets have a closer look at the fire picture
I can clearly see the red fuel line disconnected and the electrical connection for the injector seems to have come off.
It certainly looks like something fairly dramatic happened when my back was turned. I know for sure that the QDs were correctly joined when I took the side panel off because I was looking for a fault in that area. I am familiar with what this part of the bike is meant to look like and am convinced I would have seen the injector connector disconnected
To produce a fire you need fuel and a source of ignition.
Could my injector have come apart somehow (fatigue crack whatever)? There would certainly be a source of ignition (ie the spark plug and any unburned fuel) in the cylinder and throttle body, if it were all suddenly exposed to air.
I cant discount somebody tampering with the bike it was under a carport in front of the hotel and there were a load of drunken footballers (youngsters) staying the night before. But it started and ran fine for half a klick or so, before the misfire started.
All speculation - well never find out. But something fairly dramatic happened to the right side of my bike in a very shot space of time
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The Starkville Board of Aldermen will consider authorizing the Golden Triangle Planning and Development District to prepare and submit a HOME Investment Partnerships Program grant application during its 5:30 p.m. meeting tonight at City Hall.
HOME is a federal block grant provided to state and local governments designated to establish and rehabilitate affordable residences or low-income households. The program is authorized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grant requires that participating jurisdictions match 25 cents of every dollar in program funds.
The board approved the application process last year for the same grant. The city has yet to be accepted for any HOME grant funding.
Mayor Parker Wiseman said he hopes this will be the year the city gets approved.
"It's a grant program through the Mississippi Development Authority. We have applied for the past two years and have not been selected, although I feel like were very close last year. I hope the third time will be the charm and we'll be selected this year. The grant program provides for reconstruction of up to five homes that are in dilapidated condition, which helps to ease conditions of blight throughout the city and also helps provide an opportunity for home owners to have a new home that is no longer in dilapidated condition," Wiseman said. "We will accept applications from city residents who feel their home might qualify for the program. After we receive such applications we will work with (GTPDD) to put forward the most competitive applications possible. The staff at (GTPDD) works with cities and counties throughout the districts each year to prepare applications for the program, so they are very knowledgable as to which home projects best meet the criteria of the program and will make our application most competitive."
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The eventual appointee will replace former city clerk Markeeta Outlaw, who retired June 1.
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