Handheld printer
US7944580B2 · kind B2 · utility
3Cited by
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20Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/04737
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer.
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