133 results about "Flagging" patented technology

Flags are used to mark portions of content in a digital work to permit marking or demarcation of portions of the document. The demarcated portions can be handled in various ways. For example, different usage rights can be applied to demarcated portions, the demarcated portionis can be culled for use as a summary, or the like. The flags can be used to demarcate portions of content that has been downloaded to keep track of payment and download status and thus add flexibility to electronic distribution of content. A flag usage rights element can be attached to limit and control access to flags in a desired manner.

A device for attachment to a retractable tape measure is provided which functions as a finger guard and a measurement index either fixed or moveably attached to the tape storage case or measurement tape. A measurement index or scoring feature is provided to insure accurate and repeatable measurements directed perpendicularly to the direction of tape extension.

An improved device for attachment to a retractable tape measure is provided which functions as a finger guard and a measurement index or indices either temporarily fixed or moveably attached to the tape storage case or measurement tape. At least one measurement index and at least one scoring or marking feature are provided to insure accurate and repeatable measurements directed perpendicularly to the direction of tape extension. An undercut is provided upon an edge of the device to facilitate the slide of the device along the workpiece edge.

A method for film mode detection is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) detecting if a plurality of fields in a video signal are in a 3:2 pull-down pattern to control a plurality of first flags based on a plurality of statistics gathered from the fields, (B) detecting if the fields contain moving interlaced text to control a second flag based on both (i) the statistics and (ii) a repeat-field flag of the first flags that indicates repeating consecutive same polarity fields and (C) deciding among a plurality of inverse telecine processes to de-interlace the fields based on all of (i) a 3:2 mode flag of the first flags, (ii) a 3:2 direction flag of the first flags and (iii) the second flag.

Flat, or folded, colored and colorless, erasable highlighting sheet film, with options for pre-scored, pre-cut, perforated strip-lined, flat, folded, pocketed, adhesive and no tack versions, the method and apparatus of which are used for short and / or long term affixation of the highlighting sheet film to a substrate, and removal thereof at any time. During use, the sheet film protects the associated substrate and after removal preserves the privacy of personal notes, while optionally saving them for sharing with others in association with the same or duplicate substrate. In addition, the sheet film may be saved, indefinitely stored, cleaned, and / or reapplied without visible damage to any substrate. Optional apparatus used to provide a second layer / level / echelon of highlighting to the sheet film, or otherwise prepare it for use or reuse, include colored or colorless marking tools, cloth, adhesive means, templates, and / or cutting tools in varying combinations, but not limited to these combinations.

This disclosure discloses a label producing apparatus comprising: an apparatus housing; a roll holder arranged on said apparatus housing that detachably mounts thereon a tape roll winding a label producing tape; an optical detecting device that optically detects a plurality of detection mark formed at a predetermined interval along a peripheral direction of a detected body provided so as to rotate at an angular velocity in coordination with an angular velocity of said tape roll on a side of said tape roll mounted to said roll holder or on a side of said apparatus housing; a residual amount identifying portion that identifies a residual tape amount of said tape roll based on a detection result of said optical detecting device; and a residual amount related information output portion that outputs residual amount related information related to said residual tape amount identified to a display device.

Disclosed is an orientation device that may be deployed in a mechanical assembly such as a surveillance camera or enclosure to positively determine the physical orientation and / or attitude (tilt), or any change in such physical orientation and / or attitude, of either the camera or the enclosure, and report that information electronically. The invention includes a sensor that is triggered by the movement of a weighted flag along a shaft caused by gravity or gravity in conjunction with the operation of a spring. As the invention is rotated through 360°, the force of gravity and force of the spring are exerted on the weighted flag, causing it to move along the shaft as the assembly is rotated. Each movement by the flag is detected by the sensor which sends an electronic signal indicating that a predetermined point has been reached. Multiple assemblies may be used, offset from each other, to provide additional and more precise position information.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device having a disk, includes: a flag updating module configured to register a flag used when data is written onto the disk, the data is read from the disk and whether to verify the data or not is determined, so as to be associated with each of a plurality of predetermined temperature sections; a temperature detector configured to detect an environmental temperature of the magnetic disk device; a verifying module configured to determine whether to execute the verification or not according to a flag where the detected environmental temperature corresponds to one temperature section of the plurality of temperature sections and that is registered by the flag updating module so as to be associated with the one temperature section; and a measuring module configured to measure an error rate at a same point in time as the verification.

A shipping label is operable to be applied to a package and includes a single label ply. The single label ply presents longitudinally spaced ends, opposite top and bottom faces extending between the ends, and a generally transverse fold line of weakness spaced between the ends. The label ply is foldable about the fold line to define upper and lower label sections, with the upper label section overlying the lower label section when the label ply is folded, and the top face of the upper label section being operable to receive package address indicia thereon. The upper label section includes a separation line of weakness defining a border portion and a separable central portion. The upper label section includes adhesive applied to the bottom face along at least part of the border portion. The lower label section includes a dividing line of weakness defining a connecting portion and an end portion, with the connecting portion extending between the fold line and dividing line. The end portion is at least in part positioned underneath the central portion of the upper label section when the label ply is folded, with separation of the central portion from the border portion providing access to the end portion thereunder.

Tape, such as masking tape, that is used during the painting of automobiles to mark the boundaries of various areas on the vehicle, is fed from a device that automatically folds the edges of the tape over onto the remaining portion of the tape. The tape thus has areas adjacent to the edges that do not adhere to the substrate and thus permits paint to move under the tape at such defined areas wherein no tape line will be produced during the painting process.

In the present invention, a form includes a plurality of popular sized labels for printing indicia thereon. Each label includes a perforation for separating the label to create smaller sized labels. The labels include a pressure sensitive adhesive for attaching them to files, shipping packages, business operations and the like. Each label may comprise environmentally friendly material that may be recycled. The adhesive also breaks down during the pulping process for creating recycled paper.

The invention provides a label induction shearing device. The label induction shearing device comprises a feeding plate for placing a label tape to be sheared, wherein segment marks are arranged between adjacent labels on the label tape; a scrolling device for driving the label tape to move is arranged at one end of the feeding plate; a color difference sensor is arranged above the label tape to be sheared and is connected to a controller; the controller is used for controlling the scrolling device to operate; a cutting device is arranged at the outer side of the scrolling device; and when the segment marks are sensed by the color difference sensor, the controller controls the scrolling device to count conveying distance, and the cutting device cuts off the label tape after the scrolling device drives the label tape to move by set distance. The label induction shearing device has the beneficial effects that the labels are identified by setting the color difference sensor; the shearing device can accurately locate a reel of labels and cut the reel of labels to single label, ensures that the length of each trademark is identical, and meanwhile has self-adaptive ability.

A label assembly including one or more dissolvable thermal direct adhesive labels mounted on a release liner. According to one embodiment, each label includes a base layer, a thermal direct layer, an adhesive layer, and a barrier layer. The base layer, which has an upper surface and a lower surface, is water-dissolvable and may be made of a water-dissolvable paper. The thermal direct layer is positioned directly over the upper surface of the base layer and functions in the conventional manner to produce markings therein in response to heat. The adhesive layer is water-dissolvable and is positioned below the lower surface of the base layer. The barrier layer, which is positioned directly below the lower surface of the base layer and directly over the adhesive layer, serves to prevent migration of the adhesive layer through the base layer and into contact with the thermal direct layer.

A user places a vinyl stencil on the lawn, securing it with a set of U-shaped pins, nails or stones, bricks, weights or the like. The stencil has a plurality of holes and the user places white paint over the hole. The user then removes the stencil, which leaves their lawn with a white dotted pattern on their lawn. The user then paints the laws according to the pattern left by the stencil. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

A golf ball retrieval device securable to a flag pole shaft used to mark a golf cup hole. The retrieval device is a conical shaped disc having an inner edge securable to the shaft of the flag pole and an outer edge having a diameter less than an inner diameter of the golf cup. The disc includes a mounting slip extending between the inner edge and the outer edge to allow the disc to be placed along a base of the flag pole shaft. The disc is constructed and arranged to hold a golf ball, allowing ease of golf ball retrieval when the flag pole is removed from the golf cup. Advertising may be placed on an upper surface of the disc.

Devices, systems and methods for hanging one or more objects, such as frames, on a surface. A marking device for marking a surface for hanging one or more objects. The marking device can have a main body portion having first and second arms pivotably attached thereto. The first and second arms, as well as the main body, can each have a marker to mark a target surface. The marking device can optionally have a level indicator and the first and second arms can have markers which can slide along a ruled measure for convenient positioning of marks on the target surface. Optionally, the markers can have biased, retractable, or sheathed marker pins.

<heading lvl="0">Abstract of Disclosure< / heading> A point of purchase label construction for being associated with a displayed item for purchase. The label construction includes a label face stock, an opaque liner ply , the first face of the liner ply having an adhesive release coating portion and a release coating free portion. A line of weakness is disposed in the liner ply separating it into a first portion having the release coating for being readily removed to expose adhesive on a portion of the face stock, and a second release coating free portion. That exposed adhesive is pressed into contact with a surface of a point of purchase display so that the point of purchase indicia is readily visible. The second portion of the liner ply may have point of purchase indicia so that it can be bent to define a point of purchase flag.

An apparatus for forming objects, in particular containers, and for applying respective labels thereto, includes a forming arrangement provided with a punch cooperating with a cavity of a die to make the objects by forming a sheet of thermoformable material. The cavity includes a first wall element and second walls. The first wall element is movable between a first operating position in which it receives a label and a second operating position in which it bounds the cavity in cooperation with the second walls, and supports the label in such a manner that during a subsequent forming operation the label is fixed to, in particular substantially incorporated in, the object.

Provided herewith are methods of preparing a labeled article comprising curing an LED-curable adhesive on a film label such as a shrink film label, wherein at least portions of the LED-curable adhesive are disposed in the overlap formed between a leading edge and trailing edge of the film label. The curing can be conducted at a temperature below 70° C. and is suitable for labeling 500-720 articles per minute in a sequential manner. Also provided herewith are apparatus for labeling articles with film labels, such as shrink film labels comprising an LED station. Further, a method of retrofitting an existing hot-melt labeling system for use in labeling articles with film labels such as shrink film labels is also provided.

The invention relates to a label (1) for the temporary marking of an item of the type comprising detectable means that can be detected by a detection device so that the theft of said item can be detected. The inventive label (1) also comprises locking means (2) for a nail-type locking element and magnetic means (3) for unlocking said locking element (20). Said invention is characterised in that the unlocking means (3) are positioned at the bottom of at least one cavity (4). The invention also relates to the remover (10) for using the label (1) unlocking means (3) according to the invention.

A self-masking label and method of use for wrapping about elongate articles. The label includes a series of label sections positioned end-to-end along the length of the label and supported on a carrier strip during printing. A first label section is configured to be marked or printed with indicia; a second label section may be transparent; a third label section is arranged to overlap the first and second sections and to cover and protect the indicia, during for example, an over-coating procedure; and a fourth label section includes a non-sticky tab section.

The invention provides a traceable adhesive tape. The traceable adhesive tape comprises a light-transmitting base material and an adhesive layer which are compounded with each other, the light-permeable base material comprises a first surface and a second surface which are arranged back to back; the first surface is a corona surface, and a digital printing marker is arranged on the corona surface; the first surface of the light-permeable base material is compounded with the adhesive layer. The traceable adhesive tape has the advantages of being high in recognition rate, simple in structure, high in adhesive layer adaptability and high in chemical resistance, and can be applied to industrial production and products, and tracing of production information of the products can be achieved.

The invention discloses an auxiliary marking and positioning sticker for CT. The auxiliary marking and positioning sticker comprises an outer paper layer, a middle aluminum wire grid and an inner adhesive layer which are sequentially bonded and connected, wherein the middle aluminum wire grid comprises four transverse aluminum wires and five longitudinal aluminum wires which are vertically fixed;grid lines corresponding to the middle aluminum wire grid is arranged on the outer paper layer; grid-shaped cotton yarns corresponding to the middle aluminum wire grid are arranged on the face, away from the middle aluminum wire grid, of the inner adhesive layer; and blue mercury marking liquid is attached to the grid-shaped cotton yarns. According to the invention, the sticker with a size of 4*3cm is designed, fits with the surface curvature of a human body, can easily and tightly attach to the body surface, and hardly generates wrinkles; an aluminum wire design is adopted, development is clear under CT, and artifacts are not generated; when a grid-like mark is attached to the skin, the grid-like mark is printed on the skin, and a marking pen does not need to be found for marking; splicing of the sticker can be carried out as required; and the sticker is particularly suitable for defining the pre-operation range of craniotomy, positioning craniocerebral puncture points, searching body surface foreign matters, positioning body surface puncture points and the like.

Tapes for marking valuable components and their housings and supporting posts are described along with a process for utilizing the tapes including the steps of sequentially marking the copper and the equipment with a MR marking (e.g. barcodes, Q-R codes and / or EF transmitters). EF or related broadcasting transmitters or their equivalent would be thin enough and responsive to a signal; machine reading a MR sequence on copper that is brought; marking the copper sold before, after or at the point of sale; identifying the location and coding the copper as stolen at the point of theft, utilizing a nationwide system of copper marking tied to the buyer's information; visually marking the copper in a non-sequential way, potentially by region or state in order to minimize the amount of overlap and would also include the concepts of mandatory scanning of copper products at installation or recycling.

A facestock releasably adhered to a liner sheet is die cut to form one or two compact disc labels, and two diametrically opposed tabs on each compact disc label and located so that one edge of the tab is in contact with one of the compact disc labels and is perforated. The liner side of the tab also has a die cut patterned so that it generally follows the outline of the tab, but which forms a shape which is inside of and slightly smaller than the face cut tab pattern. After the label sheet has passed through a printer or copier and the desired indicia has been printed on the labels, at least one of the tabs is pushed through from the reverse side of the sheet, or pulled through via a sheet opening partially separating the tab from the rest of the sheet. The tab, which is mostly free of exposed adhesive in that it is still laminated to the die cut section of release liner, is then grasped from the face side, and lifted upward, pulling the compact disc label away from the label sheet. If there is a second tab on the label, this is also removed as the label is removed, and can be grasped by the user's other hand in order to control the position of the label. The user is now able to position the label either directly onto the compact disc or into an alignment apparatus, without any significant contact to an adhesive coated surface.

A package including a container and closure, and a method of authenticating same. In the package or a portion thereof, a marker material is dispersed into a base material and can be detected in the aftermarket by absorption spectroscopy to establish the authenticity of a product contained in the package.

A method for manufacturing a film that is provided with markings and is based on a thermoplastic plastic. The thermoplastic plastic is melted in an extruder and emerges from an extrusion die in the form of a melt web. The melt web is conveyed away over a surface of at least one cooling roller and cooled to produce the film. In subregions of the surface of the at least one cooling roller corresponding to the markings, the melt web and / or the film being produced from it is acted on with a different cooling action than in a remainder of the surface.