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A statement on the club's official website on Monday evening read: "Jack Wilshere has this morning undergone ankle surgery at a central London hospital. It is envisaged that Jack's rehabilitation will take a period of four to five months."
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tamil: Kadalai Paruppu
malayalam: Kadala Parippu
telugu: Samaga Pappu / Chanaga Pappu
kannada: Kadale Bele
hindi: Chana Dal
Bengali: Cholar Dal
Gujarati: Chana Ni Daal
Konkani: Chonya Daali / Sone
Marathi: Harbara Dal
Oriya: Buta (Chhota)
Punjabi: Channa Dhal
Kashmiri: Chola Dal
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tamil: Pachchii Milagai
malayalam: Pachamulagu
telugu: Patchimirapa / Pachchi Mirapakayalu
kannada: Hasi Menasinakai
hindi: Hara Mircha / Hari Mirch
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Konkani: Jeevisaang / Tanrni Mirsang / Tanrni Miriyasang
Marathi: Pachchai Milagai
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English: Red Chillies
tamil: Vatral Milagai / Kaindha Milagai /Sigappu Milagai
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Bengali: Pyajj / Piyaz
Gujarati: Dungri / Kanda
Konkani: Sawalo / Piyavu
Marathi: Kandaa
Oriya: Piaja
Punjabi: Pyaz
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tamil: Beans
malayalam: Beans
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malayalam: Carrot
telugu: Gajjara Gadda / Carrot
kannada: Gajjari/Gajjara Gadde
hindi: Gajar
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Gujarati: Gajar
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Marathi: Gajar
Oriya: Gajar
Punjabi: Gajar
English: Potato
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kannada: Ellenai
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kannada: Thengina Yenna
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For preparing vegetable adai - Brahmins special, soak boiled rice, channa dal, urad dal and toovar dal in water about 3 hours.
Grind soaked items with green chillies and red chillies.
Fry onion, beans, carrot and potato in coconut oil.
Add the fried vegetables to the ground dal.
Add asafoetida, salt and curry leaves.
Make a thick batter and mix well.
Pour a ladle full of batter (this can vary according the size of adai that you want to make) and spread it evenly in round shape of adai. Add oil around it and allow it to get cooked till it becomes crisp. Turn sides and cook well.
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Is there a way to view HDR's as thumbnails in Windows Explorer
Is there a way to view HDR's as thumbnails in Windows Explorer, seems you need to download the latest Directx SDK
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Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 880 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
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I don't see how DirectX is involved in displaying HDR images. Where are you getting that notion?
What are the extensions on the files you are trying to thumbnail?
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extension: .hdr or .hdri
found this:
"Just update your DirectX to the latest versions and the dll will register just use REGSVR32 TXVIEW.DLL (no need to enter the full path).
I copied my txview.dll in the \Windows\System32 folder, then opened a command prompt, changed directory to C:\Windows\System32 and typed regsvr32 txview.dll
Works like a charm!! HDRI & TGA thumbnail preview in the Windows Explorer!! Yaaay!"
what do you think that was a post on a CGI forum not a windows 7 forum...
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What program is used to create and edit these files?
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it is used for rendering and stands for
High Dynamique Resolution Image HDRI
it is an image
Thanks for your help
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|30 Dec 2010
I know what HDR is, but what program was used to create or edit these files? You're talking about 3D rendering applications to view them, which I've never had to use for HDR pictures I've produced.
Or did you just download them?
It appears that there are no freely available win 7 x64 codecs for hdr or hdri files, which is obviously the problem. So, you'd need a program installed that can edit or create these files with the codecs in tow, which is why I asked the above question.
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I found this but dont know if it is what I am looking for:
Texture Viewer (Windows Explorer Extension)
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I just want to see them in the windows explorer files... I use them for rendering and it hard to remember what they look like if I dont see them in thumbs
They can be produced with a free prog called HDR Shop
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Ok, so you use them for rendering with a certain program that you still haven't stated... If that particular program doesn't include the codecs necessary to display them as thumbnails on Win 7 x64, then your only hope is to find an x64 dll/codec/utility like you already have done (txviewer) and try installing it in compatibility mode to see if it works. Try downloading that for Vista (or XP) x64 and install in compatibility mode. I doubt it will work, but it's worth a shot.
Compatibility Mode
Codecs for different raw files on Win 7 x64 are hard to come by. For instance, there aren't any RAW codecs for x64 that allow RAW image thumbnailing in explorer, either. If nothing works, your only option may be to find a program that can convert them to jpegs so they can be thumbnailed in explorer.
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I see them fine in my 3d programs, I want to see them in explorer..
I dont know why it would be relevant to state the 3d render program to view image thumbs in explorer, any way here they are:
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Thanks for your help anyway installing and regestering dll is not my thing
Used to work just fine in xp pro..
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text: IC: Falene Trieste Trieste residence, Salis D'aar, Bakura Mandatory team meeting. 11:00 today at the Gardens. –A That was the message that Alana woke up to on what was otherwise a regular offseason morning. She sighed. The team had nothing planned for today. They weren't even getting ready for the trip to Naboo yet with practices. In fact, last she'd heard Valerii and Cundertol were off world doing scouting for the draft. That could mean that this meeting was coming from Alana in her role as captain. A players-only meeting was usually not a good sign. It usually meant that something was wrong and needed to be discussed. Falene was worried as she got dressed. The defense had given up 30 points to a GCLA team. The local media had torn the Miners to shreds over losing to the Mets. "What was the upside of the Miners playing the Mets?" one sportscaster asked, "If you win you prove nothing. If you lose you've embarrassed yourself in front of the whole galaxy and that definitely happened. If Kerry Trieste wants to bolster her poll numbers with Rurra Eshka'mos's young demographic she shouldn't destroy this limmie team's standing in the process." The heat was now going to be on Falene and the other defenders. T.K. and Abbey were already gone. It was no excuse that they were running at half strength with reserves in their slots. Heck, if they'd had real starters they probably could have destroyed Stewjon in that game. Falene put her head against the mirror in the fresher and sighed. This was going to come back on her in a big way, she knew. She'd had her one season as a rookie. You could suck out of the gate as a rookie, but there wasn't much tolerance for continued poor performance past that. Heck, you didn't even get that. Ruunron had proved that. Things had to change this season. How? was all Falene thought. Maybe today's meeting would be the start of the answer. Today's meeting…Falene furrowed her brow. Now that she thought about it, she had a question… Home locker room, Bakura Gardens, Salis D'aar, Bakura "Why are we here?" Falene asked Alana from her locker. "Will you let me get two words out first?" Alana asked with arms on her hips. "No, I mean why are we here?" Falene said, "In the locker room. Why aren't we at the practice facility?" Alana paused before replying at the front of the locker room where Valerii usually held forth. "It had to be here. It couldn't be anywhere else." "Yeah, but why?" Nanchecka Stormborn asked. "That's…not for me to say," Alana said. She looked down the rows of the locker room. "Anton?" The whole locker room's attention swung to the goalkeeper, who slowly stood up. "There's no real way to say this other than to say this. I'm not coming back next year." "What?" Falene couldn't help but exclaim. Things had never been easy for the keeper, but to get fired with a year left on his contract? He hadn't been that bad, had he? "I'm retiring," Jorpik continued, "At least temporarily. I spoke to the Smug Dragon and he understands." "Anton, what are you talking about? You've got a ton of years ahead of you in pro limmie," Aron Rodders said. "It's not about limmie," Jorpik said, "It's…I signed my contract yesterday." "Contract? You're still under contract with us!" Nelly Wizmark exclaimed jumping up. "Yeah…but this is a different kind of contract. It's with the Marines," Anton Jorpik said, "I'm joining up. To fight the Ssi-Ruuk." The confusion in the room suddenly chilled instantly. It hit Falene in the gut like a hard pass from Rodders in practice or a dirty punch in a game that the refs missed. Wizmark fell back into her seat. "When the war declaration came down I knew I couldn't stay. I can't abandon my planet when it needs me, when it really needs me," Jorpik said, "My Dad fought in G'rho. My uncles fought in the Civil War. My grandfather fought in the Neo Sith War. My great-grandfather was in the resistance during the Sith Occupation. There have been Jorpiks in uniform as long as there's been a uniform to be in. I can't play limmie with a war going on." The locker room was more silent than after their worst loss in all of 274, than when their playoff hopes had died. The war had been on Falene's mind before—but that had been as an abstract concept. With Aunt Fiona not being given a command, she hadn't known anyone who was going to fight…and maybe die. Now someone with whom she'd taken licks last season, someone who had been in the trenches with her was now going to real trenches. "Well frak," Niskat said sullenly. "Hey now! This is great! Anton—or should I say Private Jorpik—" Becki Morlan started. "Actually, Lieutenant Jorpik," Anton said with a sheepish smile, "They took me as an office thanks to my university degree." "Oh excuse me, Lieutenant Jorpik," Morlan corrected herself with mock gravity as she stood up and walked over to the keeper, "Well, I think you're going to do great and you're going to come back just fine." She clapped a hand on his shoulder. "After all, if you're blocking shots against the Ssi-Ruuk that's a big no-no. Given how many you stopped for us, you're coming back without a scratch!" The locker room, Falene included, laughed. It was a terrible joke to make, but somehow it was what they needed to break the ice. Emotions inside of Falene swirled. Here was a friend who was putting himself into harm's way when everyone would understand if he didn't, if he said he would "serve" Bakura another way on the pitch. And yet he wasn't taking the easy way out. Falene knew she wasn't a soldier—she'd seen what that required of a being firsthand with Aunt Fiona. But part of her felt lacking that she couldn't give herself the way that Jorpik was going to by joining the war effort. Right or wrong, Jorpik was doing something he believed in and there was nobility to that. The entire team got to their feet and each of them hugged Anton in turn. "Come back home safe. We'll get some terrible goalie so Cundertol will beg you to come back after you kick the lizards' butt," Alana promised. "Yeah, we'll get Galaxy Defender. That guy sucks," Morgan Alesh said as she hugged Jorpik, "You be safe." "You kidding? You get him and there won't be any room in this locker room for the rest of you with his ego. You'll have to get dressed in the hall outside," Jorpik said. "I'd do it for you," Aron Rodders said as he embraced the goalkeeper, "You find some handsome dude with brown hair in your unit. He'll bail you out if you get in trouble." "You mean like you and your insane scoring?" Anton joked. "Maybe," Rodders said with a smile. "Make us proud," Nelly Wizmark said as she hugged Anton and patted him on the back, "Bring me back a tail or something so we can mount it in here." "You're the vet on D now, Wiz," Anton said, "You better take care of these kids." Bengi Zire buzzed as he hugged Jorpik. He was without his translator droid at the moment, it seemed. "He said that we're real proud of you," Max Grap translated. He'd had to learn Talzzi to be able to communicate in game situations with his line partner. "It goes for both of us." "Thanks Grap. You keep it up this season. I hear from the front that you don't kill it out there I'm going to end the war singlehandedly so I can come back and whip you into shape," Jorpik said as he hugged Grap. "Then we're going to suck big time against Naboo so you're home soon," Falene said as she hugged Jorpik, "Be careful." "You know me, always am," Jorpik promised, "Say hi to your Mom for me. Tell her I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye in person." "She'll understand," Falene said, "If she knew, she'd be proud of you. You know when you get back, there'll be a place for you here. No questions asked." "Thanks," Jorpik said. When the goodbyes were over and the team trickled out to resume their offseason lives, Falene remained sitting in the locker room, half the lights off. She was hunched over, her elbows on her knees, looking at Jorpik's locker stall. No, what used to be Jorpik's stall. It wasn't his anymore, even if his nameplate was still on it. Falene knew first hand that beings died in wars, even ones who didn't wear uniforms. Her father had never held a blaster in his life, but that hadn't stopped him from taking a stray blaster bolt meant for his wife. Falene Trieste knew the cost of war without ever having seen a battlefield. She couldn't help but think about the one thing that she didn't want to think about, the one thing that it served no good to think about, the one thing that she could never speak aloud. She wondered if she would ever see Anton Jorpik again. 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Do High And Volatile Levels Of Public Investment Suggest Misconduct? The Role Of Institutional Quality
This paper investigates the impact of institutional quality on public investment levels over the period 1984-2008. Moreover, it studies how the volatility of public investment and the quality of infrastructure are affected by institutional quality, and explores the contribution of other critical factors. The findings suggest an inverse relationship between public investment levels and institutional quality, supporting the idea that governments use public investment as a vehicle for rent-seeking or to compensate for the fall in private investment due to the poor business environment.
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The following is a statement from State Senator Hugh T. Farley (R,C,I - Schenectady) in regards to the August 3rd groundbreaking ceremony for the Batchellerville Bridge in Edinburg, Saratoga County:
Today's events bring the replacement for the Batchellerville Bridge from dreams to reality. It has been a long and tough road in ensuring this project remains viable and the town officials, emergency response personnel and residents of Edinburg are the ones who need to be congratulated the most for their persistence and determination in getting their community's lifeline replaced.
This project has long been a top priority of mine, and it was therefore very distressing when the bids originally came in well above the amount of funds that had been secured. However, the residents of the Great Sacandaga Lake banded together and joined with me to push for prompt action to secure the additional funding needed to replace the aging Batchellerville Bridge.
The bridge plays a crucial role in the regional economy and in the lives of full-time and seasonal residents. When the bridge was shut down to one lane traffic, and the Crown Point Bridge was suddenly closed, the same constituents rallied in Albany and voiced their concerns over safety issues. We stood at the Capitol and brought attention to the fact that action was needed now, rather than having to react in the future to the traumatic impact of a closure.
Congratulations to the residents of Edinburg and your lake neighbors for making today happen. I look forward to seeing the project progress. Best regards.


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The need for recognition is deep-rooted in all of us and that has particular importance for business.
Commentators explain the apparent paradox that employment is increasing in an economy that is flatlining with the fact that pay rises are not keeping up with inflation. It seems we're willing to work just as hard for relatively less. Psychologically, however, we'll accept this trade-off only if we get more appreciation in return.
Business leaders and their lieutenants in human resources spend ages concerning themselves with pay, bringing in specialist consultancies to develop complex compensation plans. They would gain far more by redirecting their efforts from reward to recognition.
Companies run their own award schemes with varying degrees of success. The better ones borrow unashamedly, with regional or divisional rounds which resemble
TV's X Factor, a gala event such as the Baftas, public votes just like the Brits and an awesome trip as the prize, like Take Me Out.
Far better, and cheaper, than hiring James Corden is to have the big boss present the prizes and talk animatedly about what Nita from digital marketing actually did to secure her place on the podium.
The more telling the winners' stories, the more likely others are to follow their example. This is also perfect to record and post on the intranet so their legacy lives on.
At its most potent, though, recognition isn't an annual affair but an everyday event.
A senior vice-president of a Swiss bank once told me that she never gives praise "as they'll think they're doing well enough and start to slacken off".
She couldn't be more wrong. If you want to get someone to do something, the nearest thing you'll find to a racing certainty is praise. Tell them specifically what they did well, what impact it had and what it tells you about them, and the odds are heavily in your favour that they'll do the same thing, or something very similar, again and again.
Managers tend to look for what's wrong and needs fixing. They'd do better by keeping an eager eye out for what's working and saying so when they see it.
The optimal ratio of praise to sensitive counsel (aka criticism) is 3:1, but the positive effect continues until you reach 13:1. Formal reviews that focus on strengths increase performance by 37pc. Those that emphasise weaknesses lead to a decrease in performance of 27pc. It pays to be positive.
There's no reason to be put off by people apparently brimming with self-confidence, as it's likely to be a cover. Everyone wants to be told they're doing a job well by someone whose views count.
I've spent a decade finding reasons not to enter for awards – we exist to challenge the industry, not succumb to it – this would be selling out. What matters is what our clients think, not the views of some self-important judges, and so on. And yet last week I found myself in a swanky hotel at the nearest we have to an industry awards dinner.
As Susanna Reid, who'd been lured from BBC Breakfast to host the evening, came up to present "Learning Company of the Year" (our equivalent to "Best Picture"), my friend Nick asked me how I felt. "It's my least happy place," I replied.
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"Bronze", not us. "Silver", not us. "Golde_SLps" I looked to Susanna for a clue. Her lips pursed and then with the force of a choir of a thousand angels, she uttered my company's name. For a brief moment, I felt like Emeli Sandé.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Mar 27, 1990
|Filing date
|Mar 2, 1988
|Priority date
|Dec 2, 1986
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|Richard Haddock
|Original Assignee
|Drexler Technology Corporation
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|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (7), Classifications (33), Legal Events (8)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 937,648, filed December 2, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,820,913.
The present invention relates to optical data storage and in particular to systems for recording optical data on cards.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,360,728, Drexler discloses a data card writing and reading system in which a laser light source emits a beam directed to a card. A first servo controlled mirror is mounted for rotation in order to find the lateral edges of laser recording material on the card in a coarse mode of operation and then in a fine mode of operation identify data paths which exist predetermined distances from the edges. A second servo controlled mirror is mounted for rotation in order to scan the beam in a fine mode of operation along the length of the card. Coarse control of the lengthwise position of the card is achieved by motion of a movable holder supporting the card. When recording, the beam produces light scattering or absorbing pits representing data bits in the laser recording material. The data are read by a photodetector detecting differences in reflectivity between a pit and surrounding material using a reduced power laser beam.
In U.S. Pat. No. 3,654,624, Becker et al. disclose a laser recording system in which a flat elongated record strip is wound around the surface of a drum. The drum is rotated with respect to the laser beam during recording and reproducing operations. By means of a servo-controlled linear positioning mechanism, the laser beam is moved transversely to the direction of drum rotation to permit selection of any one of a large number of spaced parallel scan lines on the record strip.
In an application of card duplicating, such as for on-demand publishing, there is a need to record from about ten to a few thousand data cards, all containing the same or similar information. A typical card writer/reader has a recording speed of about 10,000 data spots per second. Thus, it would require about 30 minutes to fill a single card with 2 megabytes of data. Although lasers are capable of generating pulses at a rate exceeding 200,000 per second, the overall recording speed is reduced by the continuous accelerations and decelerations involved in card motion relative to a fixed laser, or vie versa. The need to synchronize the laser beam pulses with the speed and position of the card also reduces the recording speed.
In prior application Ser. No. 937,648 a data card recording system was disclosed which records identical data on each of a plurality of data cards supported around the circumferential surface of a drum. The drum is mounted for rotation and may have flanges set in the circumference for gripping the longitudinal ends of the cards. Alternatively, the drum may comprise a pair of concentric cylinders in which the cards ar mounted between the cylinders. A light source emits a light beam which is directed along an optical path to the cards. The drum may be transmissive to the light beam or have openings or transmissive windows where the card is mounted on the inside rather than on the outside of the drum. The system also includes a data control circuit in communication with a data source and having at least one memory location for storing a data segment to be recorded onto the data cards. A modulator, such as an acoustic-optical modulator, may be electrically connected to the data control circuit and positioned in the optical path to modulate the light beam in response to the data segment. Alternatively, a semiconductor laser may be directly modulated by current control methods. Each of the cards has a strip of laser recordable optical data storage material disposed thereon, so that as the drum rotates, the modulated beam produces data spots corresponding to the stored data segment in one of a plurality of parallel tracks on each of the data cards on the drum.
Tracks of data are aligned in the direction of drum rotation. The relative transverse position between the beam and the cards is movable, as by moving an element in the beam path, so that additional data segments may be recorded in multiple parallel tracks on each of the cards. The data control circuit in communication with a drive control synchronizes the light beam modulation rate to the drum speed. Recording is complete when the data cards are each filled with identical information or when all data segments have been recorded. A photodetector may be positioned for reading a track on a card, measuring changes in optical contrast defined by data spots formed on the track and thereby verify that data recording is accurate. The same or another photodetector may provide autofocus control of the light beam. The same or still another photodetector may provide servo tracking of the light beam.
While the above system duplicated cards very rapidly, the cards produced were not suited to all applications, particularly high speed reading. An object of the invention was to devise a high speed data card recording system optimized for producing cards suited for high speed reading.
The above object has been met with a data card recording system which records identical data on each of a plurality of data cards supported around a circumference of a drum, thereby producing duplicate cards. Alternatively, the data on each card may be different or a combination of some being the same and some being different. The drum is mounted for rotation about an axis and the data cards have an elongated strip of optical recording material with the length of the elongate strip parallel to the axis of the drum.
In contrast to prior drum recording systems, wherein the recording medium had its lengthwise direction parallel to the direction of drum rotation, the present invention has its widthwise direction parallel to the direction of drum rotation. As the drum rotates, each card passing a laser writer, or the like, has the same or different data segment written until the drum makes one complete revolution, then the laser writer is translated with respect to the card and the next segment of data is written with identical or different data segments for each card. After completion of the next drum rotation, the process is repeated and so on, until all of the cards are completely written.
The advantage of recording the data in a widthwise, rather than a lengthwise, direction is that high-speed card readers are available which use CCD arrays to read across the width of a card as a card is advanced through a card handling machine which allows the card to pass beneath a CCD array disposed over the data strip. By disposing the optical recording strip parallel to the drum axis, existing, commercially-available data card readers may be used.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a data card recording system for reflective cards.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a data card recording system for transmissive cards.
FIG. 2a is a diagrammatic view of data for recording on the cards of FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 3 is a side plan of a first embodiment of a drum for the systems in FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 4 is an end view taken along the lines 4--4 in FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a drum for the systems in FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the drum of FIG. 5 taken along the lines 6--6 in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of third embodiment of a drum for the systems in FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of the drum of FIG. 7 taken along the lines 8--8 in FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a high speed optical card reader for use with cards made using the systems shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 10 is a detail of detector cells in the card reader of FIG. 9 aligned for reading data spots.
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a data card recording system includes a rotatable drum 11 supporting a plurality of data cards 13 bent around the drum circumferential surface. Each data card comprises a card base 14 and a strip 15 of laser recordable optical storage material disposed on base 14. Data cards are typically wallet sized with a width dimension of approximately 54 mm and length dimension of approximately 85 mm. These dimensions are not critical, but preferred because such a size easily fits into a wallet and has been adopted as a conventional size for automatic teller machines and the like. For cards of these dimensions, an 11 inch (27.9 cm) diameter drum is capable of supporting 16 cards, as shown in FIG. 1. Smaller drums, such as the drums in FIGS. 3-8 with a diameter of approximately 5 inches (12.7 cm), support as few as seven cards.
Card base 14 is a dielectric, usually a plastic material, such as polycarbonate, polyvinylchloride or similar material. Alternatively, card base 14 may be a metal film. Card base 14 may be either opaque or transparent. Card base 14 must be transparent when used with strips 15 which are transmissively read. Strip 15 is typically about 10 mm to 54 mm wide and extends the length of the card. The strip may be applied by any convenient method which achieves flatness and adherence to the card base. A transparent protective laminating sheet made of polycarbonate plastic or other material may cover strip 15 to protect it from dust and scratches.
The laser recordable optical data storage material which forms strip 15 may be one of the reflective recording materials which have been developed having direct-read-after-write capability. Typical recording media are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,314,260, 4,278,758, 4,278,756, 4,298,684, 4,269,917 and 4,284,716, all assigned to the assignee of the present invention. These media contain suspensions of reflective metal particles in organic colloids and form highly reflective low melting temperature laser recordable media. Data are recorded by forming reduced reflectivity spots which contrast with the surrounding field of the reflective layer itself. Reflectivity of the strip field of about 50% with a reflectivity of a spot in the field of about 10% is preferred, thus creating a contrast ratio of approximately five to one, although a contrast ratio of two to one or even lower is sufficient for reading the data. Alternatively, media which have reflective spots in a low reflectivity field may be used. Media which are read by light transmission through the card may also be used. Erasable materials, such as magneto-optic and amorphous-to-crystalline recording materials, may also be used. Pre-recorded data may exist prior to recording as described below.
Drum 11 is rotatable about a drive shaft 17 on the drum cylindrical axis, as indicated by arrow A. A motor 19 to which drive shaft 17 is connected provides rotary power for turning drum 11. Typically, drum 11 rotates at a speed from about 100 to 1000 rpm. A position encoder 18 measures the speed of rotation and also indicates the completion of each drum rotation. A laser 21 emits a laser light beam 23 directed along an optical path to a card 20 mounted on drum 11. A modulator 25 positioned in the optical path modulates the light beam 23 in response to data. The resulting modulated beam 27 is focused onto an optical data storage strip 15 of a card on the drum 11 by means of focusing optics 29. Data are written where no previously recorded information has been written. For a semiconductor laser, current modulation may be used.
As the data cards 13 carried on surface of the rotating drum 11 move past the focused beam, data spots are recorded by the beam in one of a plurality of parallel tracks on the recording medium extending widthwise across each of the cards. The tracks are aligned in the direction of drum rotation along the width of the card. Additional tracks are recorded by moving the relative lateral position between the beam and the cards on the drum. This may be accomplished by moving the focusing optics 29 so as to move its optical axis laterally or change the orientation of its optic axis, thereby redirecting in either case the light beam's optical path slightly. Alternatively, a servo-controlled mirror, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,360,728, assigned to the assignee of the present invention, may be used. Also, the lateral position of drum 11 may be changed by altering the length of shaft 17 between drum 11 and motor 19 with a solenoid. Alternatively, a stepper motor may be used. The focusing beam should deliver sufficient laser pulse energy to the surface of the recording material to create spots. Typically, 10-40 milliwatts is required, depending on the recording material. A 40 milliwatt semiconductor laser, focused to a five micron beam size, records at temperatures of about 200� C. and is capable of creating spots in less than 5 microseconds. The wavelength of the laser 21 should be compatible with the recording material.
A data source 31 is connected to a data control circuit 33 via a data bus 35. Data source 31 may be semiconductor memory internal to the card writing system or may be an external peripheral device such as an optical card reader, disk drive or keyboard. When data source 31 is an optical card reader the entire system could be called a card duplicator. Data control circuit 33 is typically a microprocessor and includes at least one data register 37 for storing a data segment read from data source 31. Data control circuit 33 produces as output an electrical signal corresponding to the data segment stored in register 37 which is transmitted along a line 39 to modulator 25 so as to modulate laser light beam 23 in response to the data segment. The electrical signal output is produced as many times as there are data cards 13 on drum 11 for the same data segment so that each card records identical information. After a track of data has been recorded on each data card 13 on drum 11, data control circuit 33 produces an electrical signal output corresponding to another data segment for recording on an adjacent segment of data on each card. Preferably, data control circuit 33 has a second data register, similar to register 37, to read and store the next data segment while the signals for the current data segment are being output. Data control 33 receives via bus 42 a synchronizing signal from position encoder 18 after each drum revolution. Data control 33 may then send a signal via bus 49 to reposition the recording beam to the next track. Recording continues until all data in data source 31 are recorded or until data cards 13 are filled.
FIG. 2a illustrates four parallel bands 201, 203, 205 and 207 of data for duplication onto a number of cards. Each band may be computer output data or any type of optically recorded digital data. In some duplicating systems, data is recorded and read in the same manner that alphanumeric data is typically read from a book. That is, the data in a band is read from left to right starting at the top of the band and progressing downwardly. In the present invention, however, the data is recorded in band 201 in a widthwise rather than a lengthwise direction. The data in band 201 is recorded in columns, with the first column, or "track" 209, having a first bit 211 at the upper left corner and a fifty-second bit 213 recorded in a lower left corner, as viewed in FIG. 2a. The following bits in the sequence of data bits comprising band 201 are arranged in the track adjacent track 209, the fifty-third bit being at the top of the track and the one-hundred-and-fourth bit being found at the bottom, adjacent bit 213. A wallet size card may have 3,500 tracks. In the duplication process described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the tracks are recorded one at a time and the bits are recorded sequentially.
A problem arises in widthwise recordations when more than one band must be duplicated. Many times a data card will carry multiple parallel bands. A single band, such as band 201, having 3,500 tracks of fifty-two bits may be recorded in a manner that permits recordation of all 182,000 bits in sequence. The multiple band arrangement shown in FIG. 2a, however, cannot be duplicated in a bit-sequential order if duplication speed is to be maximized. The second band 203 contains 182,000 bits which follow the bits of the first band 201. Likewise, the third and fourth bands 205 and 207 are each comprised of data bits which sequentially follow the data bits contained in the preceding band.
Rather than duplicating the bands 201-207 in a singular fashion, the data source 31 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 reads all bands from the entire card into memory 32 via bus 34 and rearranges the data into a bit-mapped image file. A data segment which is then read by the data register 37 of the data control circuit 33 via bus 36 will include corresponding tracks from each of the bands 201-207. For example, a first data segment contains bits 1-52 from band 201, bits 182,001-182,052 from band 203, bits 364,001-364,052 from band 205, and bits 546,001-546,052 from band 207. After the first data segment has been recorded in a single pass on each card, a second data segment is read from the bit-map by the data control circuit. The second data segment consists of each second track of each band 201-207 and is written on the next pass or drum revolution. Each data segment is successively read from the bit-map in the data source and is successively recorded onto a plurality of cards until each card carries a duplication of the master shown in FIG. 2a.
Returning to FIGS. 1 and 2, data control circuit 33 also communicates with a drive control or servo 41 via a bus 43. Drive control 41 sends electrical signals along a line 45 to motor 19 to cause motor 19 to start, stop, speed up or slow down. Together data control circuit 33 and drive control 41 synchronize the light beam modulation with the rotary speed of the drum. Alternatively, the rotation speed is sensed using position encoder 18. This signal is used by data control 33 to synchronize the modulation rate of modulator 25 with the rotation speed of drum 11.
A detector unit 47 may be disposed in reading relation relative to a track for providing feedback to data control circuit 33 and drive control 41. Detector unit 47 communicates with these control elements 33 and 41 via an electric signal line 49. In FIG. 1, data cards 13 are read by reflection, so that detector unit 47 is positioned in a light reflective relation relative to cards 13 on drum 11. A beamsplitter 51 may be used to direct modulated beam 27 to cards 13 and to direct reflected light from cards 13 to one or more detectors 59 and 63. In FIG. 2, data cards 13 are read by light transmission, so that detector unit 47 is positioned in a light transmissive relation relative to cards 13. A mirror 53 inside drum 11 may be used to direct transmitted light from cards 13 to one or more detectors 59 and 63.
In the two-detector unit 77 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a second beamsplitter 55 directs a portion of the light from cards 13 through a focusing lens 57 onto a reading detector 59, and a second portion through a lens doublet 61 onto an autofocus detector 63. Typically 50% of the light is directed to reading detector 59 and 50% of the light is directed to autofocus detector 63. Other detector arrangements may also be used. For example, a single detector, such as detector 59 may be used. In the detector arrangement shown, autofocus detector 63 communicates with focusing optics 29 via bus 65 to effect a change in either the focal length of focusing optics 29 or the distance between focusing optics 29 and a card 13 on drum 11, thereby bringing the modulated beam 27 into a sharp focus onto card 13. Reading detector 59 reads data as or just after data are written by sensing changes in optical contrast defined by data spots formed on a track of the card so as to verify proper data recording. Detector 59 may also be used to read prerecorded clocking marks, beginning and end of track marks and other track codes to aid in the synchronization of data writing. Prerecorded marks may not be necessary in precision high speed recorders.
In the case of a precision high speed recorder it is desirable that the recording beam move smoothly in the absence of track guides rather than in steps. In this case the beam can be moved in a uniform manner in a helical scan by means of a precision screw. So that the laser recorded data are parallel to the card edge, it is preferable that the card be mounted in a skew fashion and each card be offset from the next. The degree of skew and offset would be determined by the data track pitch.
With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, a drum 67 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 69 and driven by a motor 71. The drum may be mounted or rotation about either a horizontal or vertical axis. A base 73 supports a frame 75 which has an upright arm 77 to which motor 71 is mounted. The drum depicted has a circumferential surface 79 sufficiently large to accommodate a number of wallet size data cards 81. As noted above, larger drums which can accommodate a greater number of data cards may also be used and are similarly constructed. Focusing optics 29 having at least one lens 30 are located outside of drum 79 for focusing a modulated light beam for writing data spots 85 onto cards 81. Focusing optics 99 may also direct reflected light from cards 81 to a detector unit 47, shown in FIG. 1. Servo track guides may be provided on cards 81 for feedback and motor control in reading and writing the spots 85 in tracks between the track guides. Track guides may be aligned in the direction of travel of the rotating drum. Servo track guides may not be necessary in precision high speed recorders. Alternatively, track guides and other indicia may be written with the laser as the data are being written on cards which have no prerecorded indicia.
Drum 67 comprises a circumferential surface or cylinder 79 and a circular side wall 87 connected to one edge of cylinder 79. A plurality of transverse flanges 89 are spaced around the circumference of the drum for support and retention of the data cards. Motor shaft 69 may be directly mounted to side wall 87, as shown in FIG. 3, or alternatively may be offset and the drum driven by means of a connecting pulley and drive shaft mounted to either side wall 87 or a disk in rim 91 opposite from side wall 87. Data cards are fastened to the outer circumferential surface 79 of the drum by means of grooves 93 and 94 in the sides of transverse flanges 89. The data cards 81 are somewhat flexible and may be bent, as shown in FIG. 4, so as to slide into grooves 93 and 94 of flanges 89.
In FIGS. 5 and 6, an alternate embodiment of a drum 95 comprises two concentric cylinders 97 and 99 having a card retention slot 101 between the two cylinders 97 and 99. A plurality of data cards may be mounted in slots 101. The outer cylinder 99 is transmissive to the modulated laser light beam used for recording on the cards and may either be formed of transmissive plastic or comprise a metal frame structure 103 with light transmissive windows 105. The windows 105 may either consist of open areas in the frame 103 or be formed of transmissive plastic, glass or other material set in the frame. Likewise, the inner cylinder 97 may be formed of transmissive material or comprise a frame with transmissive windows. The inner cylinder need not be transmissive to the recording light beam when using reflectively read data cards, and may be formed from a solid opaque material, such as metal. When used to support transmissively read cards in the configuration shown in FIG. 2, both the outer and inner cylinders must be transmissive.
Frame 103 of outer cylinder 99 has a pair of rings 107 and 109 joined by means of struts 111. Struts 111 may extend inward to inner cylinder 97 thereby providing transverse barriers in slot 101 to keep cards from slipping. A solid base 112 is attached to ring 107 and inner cylinder 97 providing means for mounting motor shaft 113. Slot 101 is open at one edge, opposite from base 112, allowing access into slot 101 for the data cards.
In a third embodiment, shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a drum 115 comprises a frame 117 having windows 119. Windows 119 may be open areas, as shown, or alternatively, be formed of transmissive material, such as glass or plastic. Frame 117 has a pair of rings 121 and 123 joined by struts 125. Each strut has flanges 127 attached on the inside surface thereto, with grooves 129 in the flanges 127 for retaining data cards. A solid base 131 is attached to one of the rings for mounting a motor shaft 133 to the drum.
In FIG. 9, an optical card reader is shown of a type described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,634,850 and commercially available from Nippon Coinco Co. of Japan. This reader may form the data source 31 in the systems of FIGS. 1 and 2, add has a master data card 115 disposed in reading relation thereto. The card 115 is usually received in a card transport 111 which includes a rail 113 which supports the card. The transport 111 includes a read-out head 117 mounted for scanning data strip 119 carried by card 115.
The read-out head 117 holds a linear CCD array 121. The linear array has a line of detectors which laterally spans at least one row of data on strip 119 at a time. As the card is moved in the direction shown by the arrow A, by an automatic cad advancing mechanism, strip 119 moves past the read-out head 117 so that the strip 119 passes beneath the linear detector array 121. This allows microscopic data spots on the strip to pass beneath the read-out head 117.
FIG. 10 shows a linear detector array 121 passing over a portion of a grid having the data spot 141 within data cell 143. Data cells 145 and 147 are in same row, but empty, as well as are the other data cells which are pictured.
The linear detector array 121 has a plurality of detectors 151, 153, 155 disposed for sensing light reflected from each cell. In this case, three detectors observe cell 143 and in the process detect spot 141. Since the detectors are CCD devices, the detector output is sensed by shifting charge levels from one end of the linear array to the other. The charge levels are measured in terms of voltage, with a high amount of reflectivity defined as the highest or lowest voltage condition and the lowest amount of reflectivity defined as the opposite voltage condition. A threshold level is defined between the maxima and the output from the number of detectors observing one cell can be polled to determine whether or not a spot existed within a cell. For example, if two of three detectors have voltage levels indicative of a spot, then presence of the spot is assigned to that particular cell. However, if only one detector cell indicates a spot, the cell is determined to be empty and the single detector reporting a spot is believed to have detected foreign material within the cell. The detector array 121 produces electrical signals which, upon interpretation, correspond to spots. These signals may be sent along bus 35 to data control 33 in FIGS. 1 and 2 for storage of a data segment corresponding to a track of data. Track after track is written until the entire card is written. If the card has more than one band of data, however, the entire card is read into memory 32 and converted to an arrayed bit-map prior to the reading of data segments across the width of the card.
Using any of the drums described in FIGS. 3-8 with systems in FIGS. 1 and 2, one can obtain a high speed data card recording system useful for card duplication, such as in on-demand publishing. The system is capable of recording several data cards at once with the same or different data, at an average speed of two minutes per card. Instead of taking three weeks to record one thousand cards, the job an be completed in less than a day and a half. The use of rotating drum not only enable multicard recording, but also simplifies synchronization of card position with data compared to prior reciprocating systems, resulting in fewer recording errors.
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To Kill A Mockingbird. A picture of a typical Southern mockingbird
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"Mockingbirds are the song champions of the bird world. Their happy singing can lift your spirits, or sometimes drive you crazy after you have had enough. If you hear a bird singing at night, it is most likely a mockingbird. Mockingbirds normally will not visit your feeders. They will stay in proximity to humans, building their nest in low trees or shrubs. Unlike most other bird species, the male and female mockingbird are difficult to tell apart."
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B. Maycomb, AL
C. Birmingham, AL
D. Odessa, TX
A. Emily Dickinson
B. J.K. Rowling
C. Harper Lee
D. John Grisham
A. doctor
B. Businessman
C. Teacher
D. Attorney
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A. her mother's maiden name.
B. her middle name
C. her sister's first name
D. her favorite bird to look at.
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