A coating frame, a coating system, and methods of coating a component using one or more coating frames are disclosed. The coating frame includes a frame member and at least one bracket coupled to the frame member. The bracket includes at least one hanger attachment point extending into a hollow interior of the at least one bracket. The at least one bracket isolates the at least one hanger attachment point from a coating material when the coating frame is used in a coating process. The method includes suspending a component from the coating frame, conveying the coating frame and the component to a coating applicator, and applying a coating material to the coating frame and the component while isolating the at least one hanger attachment point from the coating material via an air pocket formed within the at least one bracket.

Electrodeposition coating (also referred to electrocoating or e-coating), powder coat painting, and spray painting are three processes conventionally used during the manufacturing of various industrial parts and other manufactured components in order to provide a finished appearance to the part as well as corrosion resistance. At a high level, these coating methods use electrical potential difference to deposit paint, powder, or other coating material on the surface of the part being manufactured. Once cured, the coating provides a corrosion resistant finish that protects the part during use.
For e-coating methods, the parts are typically secured to a conveyor line via a hanger and immersed into the paint to be applied. A positive or negative charge is applied to either the part or paint with the other of the two being grounded. For example, in a typical e-coating process the paint is positively or negatively charged while the part being painted and the frame it is suspended from is grounded such that the charged paint is attracted to, and thus adheres to, the grounded part. For powder coat painting or spray-painting applications, electrically charged powder or liquid paint is sprayed onto a grounded part.
In such systems, the contact point between the hanger and the moving rack or frame, which is either immersed in the paint bath in the case of e-coating or subject to the powder or paint stream in the case of a spray application, becomes coated with powder or paint leading to the resistance of electrical flow or improper grounding to the part being painted. Thus, in order to ensure that subsequent parts get proper paint coverage, the hangers and frame components must be regularly cleaned by burning or otherwise in order to remove the cured paint therefrom and thus maintain proper conductivity during subsequent uses. This requires large oven capacity to accommodate the sizable frame components and thus requires the purchase of numerous industrial ovens or outsourcing to accomplish.
There thus remains a need for a frame system to be used during the painting of manufactured parts and other components, such as during e-coating, powder coat painting, or spray painting, that reduces the contamination of electrical conduct points with paint or powder, and thus reduces the need to clean frame components via large ovens or similar.

Coating frame and methods of using the same

Kubota Manufacturing of Americal Corporation


A hole plug that can be used during rework or repair of a composite fiber assembly includes various features that allow placement of a vacuum force to the surface being reworked or repaired. In some implementations, the hole plug can include a plurality of nubs positioned around a shank. The nubs can secure the hole plug to the composite fiber assembly until a cure of an adhesive. The hole plug can further include a plurality of longitudinally oriented grooves extending along the shank and positioned between the plurality of nubs, and can include a notch positioned circumferentially around the shank. The grooves and notch can be used as adhesive carriers that assist with dispersal of a sufficient volume of the adhesive onto other portions of the shank and the composite fiber assembly during insertion of the hole plug into a hole in the composite fiber assembly.

Composite materials such as composite fiber reinforced polymer are commonly used in various industries for their advantages of weight, strength, rigidity, moldability into complex contoured shapes, etc., compared to some other materials. In the aerospace industry, composite fiber reinforced polymers (referred to herein collectively as "carbon composite" for simplicity) are commonly used to form various aircraft structures or portions of structures such as fuselages, wings, empennages, etc. The carbon composite can include multiple layers of carbon fiber sheets laminated together using a resin adhesive, matrix, or binder. To complete a carbon fiber assembly that includes the carbon composite, an outer shell or skin panel (i.e., skin) can be attached with fasteners to an inner frame that can include metal stringers and ribs.
While carbon composites provide a robust strength and durability, rework and/or repair of fatigued, damaged, or other regions or areas is occasionally required. A region to undergo rework may be caused, for example, by physical contact with other objects, gradual wear, material or manufacturing defects, wind damage, lightning strike, chemical damage, fatigue, or other causes. In other cases, the region may result from rework of the structure, for example, from installing additional framework that supports the composite layer. The region may include only surface damage to the skin or may extend further into the carbon composite.
In some cases, depending on surrounding structures, the composite resin can be reworked or repaired by removing the damaged area, applying a fiber patch and an epoxy resin with a curing agent, curing the resin, then sanding and finishing the fiber patch and surrounding areas to complete the repair. Generally, a vacuum force is applied to the fiber patch during the resin cure to compact the two or more fiber layers that make up the fiber patch by removing air and volatile gases from within and between the laminated layers, and to remove excess resin.
Improved structures, methods, and kits for repairing composite structures would be a welcome addition to the art.

Locking hole plug for sealing holes in composite structures


A document processing operation system includes: a rewrite unit; and an image display medium for holding display of a document image rewritably and in a substantially no-power supply state, which is attached to the rewrite unit, wherein the rewrite unit performs display image rewrite processing for the image display medium, wherein the image display medium comprises: an operation device that accepts operation input from a user; and an information providing section that transmits operation information entered on the operation device in a wirelessly readable manner, and wherein the rewrite unit comprises: a read section that wirelessly reads the operation information transmitted by the information providing section; a processing section that performs processing relating to document data preset in response to the read operation information; and a write section that writes a document image to the image display medium with the read operation information under a control of the processing section.

1. Technical Field
This invention relates to an art of using an image display medium for holding display of a document image rewritably and in a substantially no-power supply state and a document processing operation art of performing rewrite processing of a document image in response to user operation input to the image display medium.
2. Related Art
A document is created, edited, read, etc., by performing data processing using a computer.
To read such an electronic data document, generally a document image is displayed on a display screen of a computer or a document image is printed on paper of a paper medium using a printer.
In recent years, paper-like flexible thin image display medium (electronic paper) capable of holding display of a document image rewritably and in a no-power supply state has been developed as a document read medium that can replace paper.
Unlike paper, such electronic paper enables erasion or overwrite of the document image whose display is held on the display section and can be used repeatedly and therefore it is also desirable to promote the user of the electronic paper from the viewpoint of paper resource savings, etc.

Document reservation processing operation system


An image processing apparatus is provided to have a spatial light modulator onto and from which an image data is written and read, a digital reading system for digitally reading an image data written on the spatial light modulator, a processing unit for processing the read image data, and a digital writing system for digitally writing the processed data on the spatial light modulator. The digital reading or writing system serves to two-dimensionally move a laser beam on the spatial light modulator for reading or writing an image data from or onto the spatial light modulator. The digital reading or writing system provides a hologram disk having hologram lenses located in a concentric or spiral manner. The hologram disk is arranged to deflect the laser beam vertically and horizontally for scanning the spatial modulating element.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus which employs a spatial light modulator and a laser beam scanning system for processing an image data.
2. Description of the Related Art
Inventors know a color copying machine for creating, editing, and copying a color image. In general, such the color copying machine employs an analog type or a digital type, each of which has the corresponding merits and demerits.
As for color correction or tone processing, an analog type color copying machine is inferior to a digital type color copying machine. This is because the analog type color copying machine is arranged to directly expose and develop an optical image for creating a color copy, on the contrary, the digital type color copying machine is arranged to convert an original image data into a digital signal with an image scanner and output the color copy from a printer depending on the converted digital signal.
As for the resulting color copy, the analog type color copying machine can provide a smoother image (resolution is about 800 DPI) but inferior color reproduction, because the analog type machine cannot easily perform color masking (for separating black from chromatic colors) of an image data. In actual, the black lines are colored into chromatic colors on the resulting copy. The digital type color copying machine, on the other hand, provides easier color masking and superior color reproduction. However, the digital type machine has some difficulty in making the resulting copy more fine. That is, as more reading pixels are prepared for creating more fine copy, more memories are necessary. For the purpose, the digital type machine requires a high-speed processor and a large capacity memory, resulting in pushing up the cost of the digital type machine far higher than the analog type machine.
As will be appreciated from the above description, the analog type color copying machine is superior in treating a large amount of copies, while the digital type color copying machine is superior in creating a graphic design copy to be color-reproduced as exactly as possible or printing a small amount of copies.
The analog type color copying machine and the digital type color copying machine have been selected on the basis of an image type, a processing purpose, and a way of use, because they have their own merits and demerits as stated above.
However, there has been provided no apparatus functioning as both the analog and the digital type color copying machines wherein the merits of both machines are realized. Hence, it has been necessary to use a very expensive digital copying machine for creating a highly fine color copy at excellent color reproduction.
Moreover, there has been provided no apparatus which allows an analog image and a digital image to be mixed on one copy.
For implementing the latter apparatus, the present applicant has proposed an image processing apparatus which is capable of outputting a high-resolution and high-color-reproduction image having an analog image and a digital image mixed thereon (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/624,729, filed on Dec. 11, 1990, U.S. Pat. No. 5,235,437).
The proposed image processing apparatus includes an analog writing system for analogously writing a reflected image data of an original onto a spatial light modulator employing a liquid-crystal when a light beam through the original from a light source is applied to the spatial light modulator, a digital reading system for digitally reading out an image data written on the spatial light modulator by two-dimensionally scanning the element with a laser beam, a processing unit for processing the read image data, a digital writing system for digitally writing the processed image data on the spatial light modulator by two-dimensionally scanning the element with a laser beam, and an analog reading system for analogously reading out the image data written on the spatial light modulator.
The scanning system for two-dimensionally moving the laser beam on the spatial light modulator for scanning the element will be described below.
The scanning system includes a laser beam source, lenses, a main-scanning galvanometer and a sub-scanning galvanometer.
The laser beam source, which can apply a laser beam to the spatial light modulator through the lenses so that the laser beam focuses on the spatial light modulator. On the optical path of the laser beam are provided the main-scanning galvanometer and the sub-scanning galvanometer, both of which serve to two-dimensionally move the focused laser beam on the spatial light modulator so that the laser beam spot is scanned on the modulator. That is, the main-scanning galvanometer serves to horizontally move the laser beam spot along one line and the sub-scanning galvanometer serves to vertically move the laser beam upper or lower to the next line. A scanning control unit is provided in the scanning system so as to supply a control signal for controlling the main-scanning and the sub-scanning galvanometers.
The scanning system further includes an F.theta. lens, a photo-detector and a lens. The F.theta. lens is used for correcting a difference between an optical length to the center of the spatial light modulator and the optical length to the peripheral portion of the element so that the laser beam is allowed to be focused at any location of the spatial light modulator.
The laser beam applied to the spatial light modulator is modulated therein and then applied to the photo-detector through the lens.
In the digital reading system, the laser beam source serves to apply the constant-intensity laser beam to the spatial light modulator through the main-scanning galvanometer and the sub-scanning galvanometer. Both galvanometers serve to two-dimensionally move the laser beam on the spatial light modulator so that the element is scanned with the laser beam. Then, the beam modulated in the spatial light modulator is received in the photo-detector.
In the digital writing system, a laser modulating circuit is provided so that the intensity of the laser beam emitted from the laser beam source is modulated. Then, the modulated laser beam is passed through the main-scanning galvanometer and the sub-scanning galvanometer so as to two-dimensionally scan the spatial light modulator.
The foregoing proposed image processing apparatus, however, requires a main-scanning mechanism and a sub-scanning mechanism for two-dimensionally moving a laser beam for scanning, that is, provides a more complicated optical system containing a scanning system. It results in lowering the productivity and reliability of the image processing apparatus and making the apparatus more bulky. In particular, in case that the digital reading and writing system are located in respective places, a pair of main-scanning and sub-scanning galvanometers are required for each system, resulting in making the apparatus more complicated.

Image process apparatus with hologram lenses arranged in a concentric form or a spiral form


The present application discloses a video scrambling method and device with adaptive mode selection, a network camera and a readable storage medium, which are used for scrambling a video code stream. The video scrambling method with adaptive mode selection comprises: firstly acquiring a video code stream and determining the frame type of a current frame; and then scrambling, according to the frame type of the current frame, the data subjected to entropy decoding by using a scrambling method corresponding to the frame type. The video scrambling device with adaptive mode selection in the present application comprises a determination module and a scrambling module. According to the method and device of the present application, I-frames and P-frames are respectively scrambled, without changing the original coding standard format, effectively scrambling the video contents, and improving the security of video content information.

With the development of Internet technologies, it becomes easy to acquire information. Therefore, the importance of information security has become increasingly prominent. In video surveillance, it is particularly important to encrypt and scramble image information in order to prevent an unauthorized user from acquiring video image content transmitted and stored in a video surveillance system. In particular, video scrambling is a major problem to be solved urgently under the premise that it is guaranteed to be compatible with a coding format of a front-end equipment, an Internet protocol (IP) camera (IPC) (that is, a code stream is still compatible with MPEG-4/H.264/H.265 standards and can still be decoded by a decoder which is compatible with the MPEG-4/H.264/H.265 standards).
All the current IPC encoding chips do not support a video scrambling function, so the video scrambling needs to be performed by quickly transcoding the code stream outputted by the encoding chip in the form of software in the IPC, that is, the real-time performance is satisfied while transcoding and scrambling are performed. In the existing art, the most direct method for scrambling a video image is to scramble the video as common text data by using an algorithm similar to a data encryption standard (DES). However, this traditional encryption algorithm involves complicated calculations, and the huge volume of video data results in a slow calculation speed, which is not suitable for use in the front-end equipment in the surveillance field.
Therefore, extensive researches are performed on the scrambling of encoded semantic information in a transform domain. However, in the existing art, when the encoded semantic information is scrambled, enough attention is not paid to video content, and the balance between a scrambling effect and a code rate change cannot be achieved. For example, in the existing art, a bit string is constructed by positive and negative signs and position information of quantized transform coefficients in a transform block such that a plaintext data block to be encrypted is generated, the generated plaintext data block is encrypted such that the ciphertext after encryption is generated, a bit corresponding to a non-zero quantized transform coefficient in the ciphertext after encryption is converted into a new positive or negative sign, and entropy coding is performed. However, the video content is not understood in this method. The same scrambling manner is used, so that it is easy for the video content to be cracked. In addition, only residual signs are scrambled, and the scrambling effect is uncontrollable. In addition, the characteristics of a prediction (P) frame of the code stream are not fully analyzed, and scrambling modes for an intra (I) frame and the P frame are not distinguished.

Video scrambling method and device with adaptive mode selection, network camera and readable storage medium


The present invention relates to a compensation method for compensating digital image data generated from a scanning module of a scanner when the luminance of a lamp tube is unstable. Several compensating gains are computed according to the luminance values of a reference white plate so as to compensate the digital image data. The method of the present invention is implemented by software in a computer.

As known, a scanner can be used to perform a scanning operation after the scanner has been turned on for a warm-up time period.
The warm-up time period is attributed to a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) used in the common scanner.
Referring to FIG. 1, a plot of the luminance variation of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is illustrated. As shown in FIG. 1, in the initial stage from start of the scanner, the luminance of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is slowly increased. Later, after the scanner has been turned on for a certain time period, e.g. T1 seconds, the luminance of the lamp approaches stable.
As known, the luminance value of the image data obtained when the scanner is operated in the unstable state is very different from that obtained when the scanner is operated in the stable state. For example, if the luminance value of the image data obtained in the stable state is assumed as 100, the luminance value obtained in the unstable state when the warm-up cycle of the lamp tube is not completed may be lower than 100, e.g. 70. Accordingly, for most scanners, a sufficient warm-up time period is necessary in order to achieve accurate image data.
Such a method of operating the scanner is not satisfactory because the scanning operation begins to be performed after the warm-up time period is due. Therefore, it is important to develop a method for performing the scanning operation without waiting for the warm-up time period.
Some scanning methods with no warm-up time period were disclosed. These scanning methods, however, employ specially designed circuits to control the luminance value of the image data by adjusting the reference voltage levels of the analog/digital conversion circuits built in the scanners.
Since the specially designed circuit is required for adjusting the reference voltage levels of the analog/digital conversion circuit built in the scanner so as to compensate the image data, the cost and the circuitry complexity of the scanner are increased.

Compensation method of digital image data


A transversely resilient retaining clip for securing a trim strip over an automobile rocker panel weld flange without requiring screws or adhesive. The trim strip is retained by the resilient clip and a weatherstrip carrier member having a recess disposed longitudinally over the flange. The resilient clip and weatherstrip member cooperate to securely retain the trim strip in a predefined spaced relationship with the weld flange such that it covers the flange and weatherstrip carrier as well as overlies the vehicle carpet.

This invention relates generally to automobile trim components and, more particularly, to a clip for retaining a trim strip which provides a finished edge over the rocker panel pinch weld flange and the flange-mounted body seal as well as retains automobile floor covering along the lower edge of a door opening.
The joint between automobile rocker and floor panels running along the lower edge of a door opening is typically pinch welded, leaving a sharp and upwardly projecting unfinished edge. This edge must be covered by a trim strip in order to provide a finished appearance as well as to protect passengers as they enter or exit the vehicle. Conventionally, this is done using an ornamental sheet metal or plastic strip, known as a scuff plate or lower garnish molding, fastened over the upstanding joint to the rocker panel with threaded fasteners such as screws. In addition to covering the weld flange, this trim strip also secures and provides a finished trim edge for vehicle floor covering, usually carpet, along the lower edge of the door opening.
The use of screws to secure this trim strip, however, is undesirable for a number of reasons. First of all, screws make the assembly process ergonomically more complex and unforgiving. Tolerances between aligned holes must be kept tight and the assembler generally must align the holes, place a screw in each hole and then tighten each screw. Secondly, over time the screws may become loose or lost. They are also cosmetically undesirable and apt to scratch or snag items inadvertently brushed across them. Finally, it is desirable to minimize any holes drilled in the automobile rocker and floor panels since such holes negatively affect the water tightness of the vehicle. Moisture entering through the holes can eventually cause corrosion and carpet mildew.
Although some attempts have been made to reduce or eliminate threaded fasteners in this application by providing a series of individual trim strip retaining clips which are secured to the rocker panel with an adhesive, this arrangement also has drawbacks. Glued on clips may be difficult to properly align and the presence of glue at the assembly line requires specialized dispensing equipment, can be messy and may raise chemical safety issues.
There is therefore a need for a rocker trim molding which is more easily fastenable to the pinch welded flange without the necessity of holes or glue and which results in an easier assembly process. It is also desirable that such molding effectively retain and provide a trim edge for the vehicle carpet in the rocker area.

Automobile trim strip and carpet retaining clip


An editing application can support publishing channels that are embedded in a document being edited. A publishing channel can include one or more publishing parameters usable to control how some or all of the content is exported by the editing application. A method can comprise loading a document in an editing environment provided by an editing application, receiving data identifying at least a portion of the document, receiving data defining a publishing channel to use in exporting the identified portion of the document, and storing data defining the instance of the publishing channel in the document alongside data defining the document. The document may comprise a plurality of objects and storing data can comprise storing data defining the instance of the publishing channel with respect to one or more of the objects included in the document.

Editing applications can be used to generate visual, audio, textual, and other content data for various purposes. As an example, a graphic editing application such as Adobe® Photoshop® or Illustrator® can be used to edit a document comprising raster or vector graphic objects. A video editing application such as Adobe® Premiere Pro® may be used to edit a document comprising video and/or audio objects. As a further example, a web page or an application may include visual, video, audio, and textual content and can be developed using an editing application such as Adobe® Flash Builder™, Dreamweaver®, or Adobe® Fireworks. All of the editing applications noted above are available from Adobe Systems Incorporated of San Jose, Calif.; numerous other editing applications are available from other vendors.
When editing is complete, one option is to export content from a format native to the editing application to another format or medium. For example, vector or raster graphics may be converted into a bitmap, JPEG, or other image file for file export or may be converted into a data structure for use by a printer to print the graphics. As another example, a web page may be arranged in an editing application and its contents exported as an HTML file referencing graphics files that are also exported.
Although useful, aspects of editing applications can be tedious. For example, a developer may wish to export content from an editing application for a number of different purposes and may be slowed by adjusting export settings and making other selections. Although some editing applications retain the last-used export path (e.g., the last-used page settings for printing a word processor document), such a feature may be of minimal help to a developer using the same content for multiple different export scenarios.

Methods and systems for document-based publishing channels


A European mount for display of an animal skull and any attached features comprising a skull mounting bracket utilizing a single support prong with incorporated stabilizing wings sized to fit within the foramen magnum to hold the skull in a natural, upright position while allowing for easy placement and removal of the skull, fastened to a customizable base support plate modeled after the natural features of the animal. The skull mounting bracket has a planar end opposing the support prong for mounting to the support plate. When an animal skull is mounted and the present embodiment of the invention is affixed to a vertical surface, the support plate will line up with the features on the animal skull such that said support plate will appear as a shadow cast by the mounted animal on the vertical surface.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention described herein relates to taxidermy wall mounts. More specifically, it relates to a mounting apparatus for an animal skull utilizing an improved mounting bracket and customizable support plate modeled after the natural features of the animal.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of the game of hunting is selecting the style in which to display a prized animal. From wall mounts of varying size and style, to floor and desk/table mounts of the same, there exist numerous options to choose from.
When it comes to wall mounts, one such option is to use the "European" skull mounting system. European mounts exist where an animal skull, or replication thereof, is put on display free of all organic material. The skull can be displayed in this manner with or without the animals natural features attached. For those mounts utilizing the true skull of the animal, the head is first prepped by stripping it of its soft tissue layer, either by using flesh-eating insects or through boiling, followed by bleaching. For those desiring to display their prized animal's natural features in this style without dealing with the preparation of a real skull, a fake animal skull can be substituted. The natural features the hunter wishes to display, e.g., the antlers, are simply removed from the real skull and affixed to a replicated skull, and the setup appears similar to a true European mount.
Regardless of the display method chosen, the time will come when the mount is ready to be affixed to a vertical surface. This is accomplished through the use of a skull mounting bracket, which holds and secures the skull, connected to wall support plate which secures the entire mount to the vertical surface. There exist several shortcomings in both the skull mounting bracket and the support plate of the mounts available today that the present embodiment of the invention improves upon.
Firstly, given that that European mounting style is relatively recent to American taxidermy, there are few mounting methods available with a support system that does not involve drilling and screwing, gluing, or some other physical affixation of the skull to the mounting bracket. Sportsmen tend to shy away from this process as it essentially damages the skull. Moreover, when glue or fasteners are used, the skull becomes permanently attached to the mounting bracket making removal impossible. Sportsmen who wish to display the mount in its natural state (by something other than merely laying the trophy on a flat surface or stand) have very few options, as supporting an animal skull without altering it is complicated. Logically, support for an unaltered animal skull can be achieved through mimicking the way the base of the skull is supported naturally on the vertebrae.
The lower rear area of the skull, the occipital region, contains many natural formations designed to hold and articulate head at the atlanto-occipital joint, or the joint between the atlas, the topmost vertebra, and the occipital bone. These formations occur around a large oval passageway called the foramen magnum through which an extension of the spinal cord passes. Since these naturally occurring structures make up a region designed to support an animal's skull when it is alive, this seems an appropriate area to support the skull for display. The skull is naturally fastened in this area using muscles and tendons, but replicating this method would be akin to gluing the skull to the mount, which is undesirable as discussed previously. Therefore, employing the large and sturdy bone structure surrounding the foramen magnum as the primary support point offers the best option for mounting the skull in an unaltered manner.
Secondly, through a simple online search of taxidermy mounts one finds most mounting bases include a support plate of rather simple design: they are usually large, and a majority of them are made of wood and come in the shape of a shield. Alternatives to the generic plate designs are few, and most all of them add to the size, e.g. profile of the mount which can have the adverse effect of taking the viewers focus away from the animal. There are few choices available to sportsman who would like a skull mount with something other than a large, bulky support plates, or the small but all too common shield design.
There remains an absence in the above referenced materials, and in the art itself of a European skull mount utilizing a relatively simple, set-and-remove skull mounting system with the occipital region at the base of the skull as the support means, as well as a customizable support base that accentuates the mounted animal by using shapes more fitting to the art of taxidermy, such as the animal's natural features. These features include but are not limited to the skull's outer layers, including fur, skin, hair, wool, feathers, etc.; the antlers, horns, tusks, ears, and so on.