Author: claimsbot

1. A printing arrangement, comprising:
a substrate transport device for continuously transporting a supply of textile substrate in a transport direction, wherein the substrate transport device comprises an attachment arrangement to prevent shifting of the textile substrate with respect to the substrate transport device during transporting;
a deposition arrangement comprising one or more carriages, each carriage comprising a plurality of print heads arranged to deposit the same substance, the deposition arrangement being arranged to traverse across the textile substrate for deposition of the substance in one or more diagonal swathes during the movement of the substrate in the transport direction, each swathe having a width corresponding to a width of a print head; and
a control arrangement for synchronising a traverse speed or position of the deposition arrangement to a transport speed or position of the substrate to ensure that swathes complement each other to provide substantially uniform coverage of the substrate by the substance.
2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the deposition arrangement comprises a plurality of carriages.
3. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein each carriage has a drive arrangement for independently traversing the substrate.
4. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the control arrangement is arranged to drive a pair of carriages to operate in counter phase in order to complement one another in depositing a uniform coverage on the substrate.
5. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the print heads on each carriage are spaced from one another by a distance in the transport direction corresponding to their width.
6. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein each carriage comprises a plurality of print heads, the print heads being aligned with one another in the traverse direction and each of such heads is arranged to deposit a different substance.
7. The arrangement according claim 1, wherein the substrate transport device has a width to receive the substrate and the deposition arrangement extends in the transport direction over a length corresponding to at least the width.
8. The arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising a reading device arranged to read the substrate and provide information to the control arrangement for guiding the deposition of the substance.
9. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the deposition arrangement comprises an inkjet head for printing a plurality of individual droplets of the substance at defined locations on the substrate.
10. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the deposition arrangement comprises a continuous supply of the substance.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experiences, comprising:
at least one data processing device accessing, from memory coupled to said at least one data processing device, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to access a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction; and
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience in accordance with information comprised by the system-readable specification, wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses, wherein said information of the system-readable specification includes a plurality of experience segments that jointly define the multimedia experience, wherein each one of said display elements specifies at least one display element thereof, wherein said at least one display element has a multimedia asset associated therewith, and wherein each one of said experience segments is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to gather audience responses.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to:
analyze said audience responses; and
output information resulting from said analysis.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to output said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes causing said at least one data processing device to display at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to output experience content.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to:
gather audience responses;
analyze said audience responses;
output information resulting from said analysis; and
output experience content dependent upon at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to output said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes causing said at least one data processing device to display at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein:
a first one of said experience segments of the system-readable specification comprises a plurality of display elements;
each one of said display elements is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia file with each one of said display element thereof via a respective display element attribute; and
a file format of a multimedia file associated with a first one of said display elements is different than a file format of a multimedia file associated with second one of said display elements.
9. A system configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experience, comprising, comprising:
at least one data processing device;
instructions processable by said at least one data processing device; and
an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
wherein said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate:
accessing a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction; and
performing the multimedia experience in accordance with information comprised by the system-readable specification, wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses, wherein said information of the system-readable specification includes a plurality of experience segments that jointly define the multimedia experience, wherein each one of said display elements specifies at least one display element thereof, wherein said at least one display element has a multimedia asset associated therewith, and wherein each one of said experience segments is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes gathering audience responses.
11. The system of claim 10 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes:
analyzing said audience responses; and
outputting information resulting from said analysis.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein outputting said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes displaying at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes outputting experience content.
14. The system of claim 9 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes:
gathering audience responses;
analyzing said audience responses;
outputting information resulting from said analysis; and
outputting experience content dependent upon at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein outputting said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes displaying at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
16. The system of claim 9 wherein:
a first one of said experience segments of the system-readable specification comprises a plurality of display elements;
each one of said display elements is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia file with each one of said display element thereof via a respective display element attribute; and
a file format of a multimedia file associated with a first one of said display elements is different than a file format of a multimedia file associated with second one of said display elements.
17. A system configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experience, comprising, comprising:
means for accessing a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction; and
means for performing the multimedia experience in accordance with information comprised by the system-readable specification, wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses, wherein said information of the system-readable specification includes a plurality of experience segments that jointly define the multimedia experience, wherein each one of said display elements specifies at least one display element thereof, wherein said at least one display element has a multimedia asset associated therewith, and wherein each one of said experience segments is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute.
18. A method configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experience, comprising:
at least one data processing device accessing, from memory coupled to said at least one data processing device, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to access a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, wherein the system-readable specification includes an experience segment having a plurality of display elements and wherein the experience segment is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute;
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to maintain updates of experience feedback information; and
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to perform said multimedia experience dependent upon information comprised by the system-readable specification and said experience feedback information.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein said feedback information includes experience state information and audience response information and wherein said feedback information is derived exclusively from at least one query defined within the system-readable specification.
20. The method of claim 18 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to:
performing the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to access a multimedia asset associated with one of said display elements; and
access information for the multimedia asset is specified within the system-readable specification.
21. The method of claim 18 wherein said feedback information includes information resulting from analysis of a sound file of the one of said display elements.
22. The method of claim 21 wherein said analysis of the sound file includes analysis of at least one of amplitude characteristics of the sound file and length characteristics of the sound file.
23. The method of claim 22 wherein said causing said at least one data processing device to perform includes causing said at least one data processing device to synchronize a video component comprised by the multimedia experience with a corresponding audio component comprised by the multimedia experience dependent upon said information resulting from analysis of the sound file.
24. The method of claim 18 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to gather audience responses and wherein said gathering is performed exclusively in accordance with at least one query defined within the system-readable specification.
25. The method of claim 24 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes:
causing said at least one data processing device to analyze said audience responses; and
causing said at least one data processing device to output information resulting from said analyzing.
26. The method of claim 25 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to output said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes causing said at least one data processing device to display at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
27. The method of claim 25 wherein said information comprised by said system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses.
28. The method of claim 25 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to output experience content.
29. The method of claim 28 wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses.
30. The method of claim 18 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to performing the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to:
gather audience responses;
analyze said audience responses;
output information resulting from said analyzing; and
output experience content dependent upon at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses;
wherein said gathering is performed exclusively in accordance with at least one query defined within the system-readable specification.
31. The method of claim 30 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to output said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes causing said at least one data processing device to display at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
32. The method of claim 18 wherein:
each one of said display elements comprises a respective portion of the multimedia experience; and
causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes causing said at least one data processing device to perform at least a portion of said display elements.
33. The method of claim 32 wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses.
34. A system configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experience, comprising:
at least one data processing device;
instructions processable by said at least one data processing device; and
an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
wherein said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate:
accessing a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, wherein the system-readable specification includes an experience segment having a plurality of display elements and wherein the experience segment is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute;
maintaining updates of experience feedback information; and
performing said multimedia experience dependent upon information comprised by the system-readable specification and said experience feedback information.
35. The system of claim 34 wherein said feedback information includes experience state information and audience response information and wherein said feedback information is derived exclusively from at least one query defined within the system-readable specification.
36. The system of claim 34 wherein:
performing the multimedia experience includes accessing a multimedia asset associated with one of said display elements; and
access information for the multimedia asset is specified within the system-readable specification.
37. The system of claim 34 wherein said feedback information includes information resulting from analysis of a sound file of the one of said display elements.
38. The system of claim 37 wherein said analysis of the sound file includes analysis of at least one of amplitude characteristics of the sound file and length characteristics of the sound file.
39. The system of claim 38 wherein said performing includes synchronizing a video component comprised by the multimedia experience with a corresponding audio component comprised by said multimedia experience dependent upon said information resulting from analysis of the sound file.
40. The system of claim 34 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes gathering audience responses and wherein said gathering is performed exclusively in accordance with at least one query defined within the system-readable specification.
41. The system of claim 40 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes:
analyzing said audience responses; and
outputting information resulting from said analyzing.
42. The system of claim 41 wherein outputting said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes displaying at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
43. The system of claim 41 wherein said information comprised by said system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses.
44. The system of claim 41 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes outputting experience content.
45. The system of claim 34 wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses.
46. The system of claim 34 wherein performing the multimedia experience includes:
gathering audience responses;
analyzing said audience responses;
outputting information resulting from said analyzing; and
outputting experience content dependent upon at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses;
wherein said gathering is performed exclusively in accordance with at least one query defined within the system-readable specification.
47. The system of claim 46 wherein outputting said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses includes displaying at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses.
48. The system of claim 34 wherein:
each one of said display elements comprises a respective portion of the multimedia experience; and
performing the multimedia experience includes performing at least a portion of said display elements.
49. The system of claim 48 wherein said information comprised by the system-readable specification includes information for enabling facilitation of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses.
50. A system configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experience, comprising:
means for accessing a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, wherein the system-readable specification includes an experience segment having a plurality of display elements and wherein the experience segment is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute;
means for maintaining updates of experience feedback information, wherein said experience feedback information is derived from a query specified by one of said display elements; and
means for performing said multimedia experience dependent upon information comprised by the system-readable specification and said experience feedback information.
51. A method configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experiences, comprising:
at least one data processing device accessing, from memory coupled to said at least one data processing device, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to create a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, wherein the system-readable specification includes an experience segment having a plurality of display elements and wherein the experience segment is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute;
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to designate a feedback information action for enabling corresponding experience feedback information to be updated accordingly in response to performing the multimedia experience; and
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to associate the feedback information action with the system-readable specification, whereby performing the multimedia experience is dependent upon said corresponding experience feedback information.
52. The method of claim 51 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create the system-readable specification includes specifying access information for at least one multimedia asset comprised by the multimedia experience.
53. The method of claim 51 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create the system-readable specification is performed dependent upon system-specified rules configured for enabling the specification to be interpreted and performed by said system.
54. The method of claim 51 wherein said experience feedback information includes experience state information and audience response information.
55. The method of claim 51 wherein:
causing said at least one data processing device to perform the multimedia experience includes accessing a multimedia asset associated with one of said display elements; and
access information for the multimedia asset is specified within the system-readable specification.
56. The method of claim 51 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create in the system-readable specification includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which audience responses are gathered.
57. The method of claim 56 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create the system-readable specification includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which:
said audience responses are analyzed; and
information resulting from said analyzing is outputted.
58. The method of claim 57 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to specify the manner in which said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is outputted includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is displayed.
59. The method of claim 58 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create the system-readable specification includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which experience content is outputted.
60. The method of claim 51 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create the system-readable specification includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses are performed.
61. The method of claim 51 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to create the system-readable specification includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which:
audience responses are gathered;
said audience responses are analyzed;
information resulting from said analyzing is outputted;
experience content is outputted; and
at least one of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses is performed.
62. A system configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experiences, comprising:
at least one data processing device;
instructions processable by said at least one data processing device; and
an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
wherein said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate:
creating a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, wherein the system-readable specification includes an experience segment having a plurality of display elements and wherein the experience segment is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute;
designating a feedback information action for enabling corresponding experience feedback information to be updated accordingly in response to performing the multimedia experience; and
associating the feedback information action with the system-readable specification, whereby performing the multimedia experience is dependent upon said corresponding experience feedback information.
63. The system of claim 62 wherein creating the system-readable specification includes specifying access information for at least one multimedia asset comprised by the multimedia experience.
64. The system of claim 62 wherein creating the system-readable specification is performed dependent upon system-specified rules configured for enabling the specification to be interpreted and performed by said system.
65. The system of claim 62 wherein said experience feedback information includes at least one of experience state information and audience response information.
66. The system of claim 62 wherein:
performing the multimedia experience includes accessing a multimedia asset associated with one of said display elements; and
access information for the multimedia asset is specified within the system-readable specification.
67. The system of claim 62 wherein creating the system-readable specification includes specifying a manner in which audience responses are gathered.
68. The system of claim 67 wherein creating the system-readable specification includes specifying a manner in which:
said audience responses are analyzed; and
information resulting from said analyzing is outputted.
69. The system of claim 68 wherein specifying the manner in which said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is outputted includes specifying a manner in which at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is displayed.
70. The system of claim 69 wherein creating the system-readable specification includes specifying a manner in which experience content is outputted.
71. The system of claim 62 wherein creating the system-readable specification includes specifying a manner in which audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses are performed.
72. The system of claim 62 wherein creating the system-readable specification includes specifying a manner in which:
audience responses are gathered;
said audience responses are analyzed;
information resulting from said analyzing is outputted;
experience content is outputted; and
at least one of audience response tracking, experience navigation and feedback of audience responses is performed.
73. A system configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experiences, comprising:
means for creating a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, wherein the system-readable specification includes an experience segment having a plurality of display elements and wherein the experience segment is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute;
means for designating a feedback information action for enabling corresponding experience feedback information to be updated accordingly in response to performing the multimedia experience; and
means for associating the feedback information action with the system-readable specification, whereby performing the multimedia experience is dependent upon said corresponding experience feedback information.
74. A method configured for creating a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, comprising;
at least one data processing device accessing, from memory coupled to said at least one data processing device, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which audience response tracking is performed;
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which experience navigation is performed;
and
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which feedback of audience responses is performed;
wherein causing said at least one data processing device to specify the manner in which said response tracking, said experience navigation and said feedback of audience response is performed includes causing said at least one data processing device to create a plurality of experience segments each having at least one display element;
and wherein each one of said experience segments is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute.
75. The method of claim 74, further comprising:
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which said audience responses are analyzed; and
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which information resulting from said analyzing is outputted.
76. The method of claim 75 wherein causing said at least one data processing device to specify the manner in which said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is outputted includes causing said at least one data processing device to specify a manner in which at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is displayed.
77. The method of claim 74, further comprising:
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to specify access information for at least one multimedia asset comprised by the multimedia experience.
78. A system configured for creating a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, comprising;
at least one data processing device;
instructions processable by said at least one data processing device; and
an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
wherein said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate:
specifying a manner in which audience response tracking is performed;
specifying a manner in which experience navigation is performed; and
specifying a manner in which feedback of audience responses is perform; and
wherein specifying the manner in which said response tracking, said experience navigation and said feedback of audience response is performed includes creating a plurality of experience segments each having at least one display element and wherein each one of said experience segments is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute.
79. The system of claim 78 wherein each one of said specifying are performed dependent upon system-specified rules configured for enabling a system-readable specification to be interpreted and performed by said system.
80. The system of claim 78 further comprising:
means for specifying a manner in which said audience responses are analyzed; and
means for specifying a manner in which information resulting from said analyzing is outputted.
81. The system of claim 80 wherein specifying the manner in which said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is outputted includes specifying a manner in which at least a portion of said information resulting from analyzing said audience responses is displayed.
82. The system of claim 78, further comprising:
specifying access information for at least one multimedia asset comprised by the multimedia experience.
83. A system configured for creating a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction, comprising;
means for specifying a manner in which audience response tracking is performed;
means for specifying a manner in which experience navigation is performed; and
means for specifying a manner in which feedback of audience responses is performed;
wherein specifying the manner in which said response tracking, said experience navigation and said feedback of audience response is performed includes creating a plurality of experience segments each having at least one display element and wherein each one of said experience segments is configured in accordance with a specification format associating a multimedia asset with each display element thereof via a respective display element attribute.

1. A system mounting a semiconductor die within a package comprising:
a mounting surface;
an X-lead frame coupled to said mounting surface; and
said semiconductor die, wherein said semiconductor die is disposed between and held in place by said mounting surface and said X-lead frame without bonding to said mounting surface and without bonding to said X-lead frame.
2. A package as described in claim 1 wherein said semiconductor die is a power enhancement mode JFET having a surface region defining a source, a surface region defining a drain and a surface region defining a gate.
3. The power semiconductor package of claim 2 wherein electrical coupling between said drain and said X-lead frame is realized by angular projections of said X-lead frame contacting said drain.
4. The power semiconductor package of claim 2 wherein said X-lead frame is bonded to a first terminal disposed on said mounting surface.
5. The power semiconductor package of claim 2 wherein a second terminal disposed on said mounting surface is electrically connected to said source.
6. The power semiconductor package of claim 2 wherein a third terminal disposed on said mounting surface is electrically connected to said gate.
7. The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein said package is sized and shaped to conform to an S08 configuration.
8. The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein said first terminal is a solid terminal spanning the full width of four leads and the spaces between four leads on one side of said S08 package.
9. The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein said second terminal is a solid terminal spanning a width of three leads and the spaces between three leads on a side of said S08 package opposite to said first terminal.
10. The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein said third terminal is a solid terminal spanning a width of a single lead on a side of said S08 package opposite to said first terminal.
11. The semiconductor package of claim 1 wherein said X-lead frame comprises at least one angular extension configured to make physical and electrical contact with said semiconductor die.
12. The semiconductor package of claim 11 wherein said mounting surface comprises at least one source pad configured to make mechanical and electrical contact with said semiconductor die.
13. The semiconductor package of claim 1 wherein said mounting surface comprises at least one source pad configured to make mechanical and electrical contact with said semiconductor die.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An image printing method comprising:
receiving image data;
receiving informative data associated with said image;
generating data representative of at least one printable alignment indicator for said informative data; and
during a single pass of a single print medium through a printing zone, printing thereon said image data and said informative data with said alignment indicator proximate thereto,
wherein each said alignment indicator is configured on said medium such that subsequent reading of said indicator provides a factor for calculating skew of a proximate track of said informative data with respect to a predetermined path of a reading sensor.
2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said alignment indicator comprises a plurality of markers printed at predetermined positions within said track, interspersed with data fields thereof, such that each said factor is used for feedback to activate track servoing.
3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said alignment indicator provides a reference for calculating dither required to keep a data sensor approximately centered on a track of said informative data during a reading of said informative data.
4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said alignment indicator is aligned with a lateral edge of a track of said informative data.
5. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said alignment indicator includes a plurality of lines printed adjacently to a track of said informative data at a predetermined position with respect to a reference associated with a path of the print media through the printing zone.
6. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said alignment indicator is at least one character having a predetermined relative horizontal design, printed such that a centerline of a track of said informative data is also through a horizontal centerline of the design, said design further comprising a feature which when read across various horizontal planes thereof provides a tool for measurement representative of a current offset from the centerline in a respective relative vertical.
7. A scanning ink-jet print and read apparatus, having a printing zone, the apparatus comprising:
controlling means for operating a plurality of functions of said apparatus; and
connected to said controlling means,
transport means for moving a printing medium through said printing zone,
adjacent to said printing zone, carriage means for scanning in a first axis across said medium when said medium is transported in a second axis substantially perpendicular to said first axis through the printing zone,
connected to said carriage means, encoding means for tracking position and velocity of said carriage means during said scanning,
fixedly mounted to said carriage means, printhead means for printing images and alphanumeric characters on said medium,
fixedly mounted to said carriage means, sensing means for reading pixels on said medium, and
playback means for rendering digital audio data printed in predetermined ones of said pixels.
8. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein said sensing means has a field-of-view less than a largest cross-sectional dimension of a pixel rendered by said printhead means.
9. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein the apparatus includes a printing mode including the printing of the digital audio data representative of information associated with an image printed on a same sheet of print medium.
10. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein the apparatus includes a playback mode including the rendering of audible signals obtained via said sensing means from said digital audio data representative of information associated with the image.
11. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7 further comprising:
playback marking means for printing alignment indicators on said medium proximate to the digital audio data.
12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11 further comprising:
dithering means for dithering said transport means for aligning said sensing means to said digital audio data using said alignment indicators.
13. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11 wherein said sensing means is a point detector.
14. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11 wherein said digital audio data is a linear track and said sensing means is a linear array detector having a predetermined height associated with a height dimension of said linear track.
15. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11 wherein said digital audio data is a linear track and said sensing means is substantially a slit detector having a predetermined height associated with a height dimension of said linear track.
16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein said controller functionally determines and compensates offset, scanning path skew, or both, of said sensing means with respect to a centerline of said digital audio data during reading thereof.
17. A method of aligning a data set to a data reader, the method comprising:
printing a photographic image on a sheet of paper;
concurrently to said printing a photographic image, printing on said sheet of paper as said data set, audio data recorded substantially concurrently with making said photographic image;
concurrently to said printing audio data, printing alignment indicia proximate the data set wherein said indicia is at least one predetermined character having a geometric association to said data set such that a positional relationship of said data set to a predetermined path of said data reader is defined thereby;
when subsequently reading said audio data, from said indicia, calculating offset, skew, or both, characteristics of said data set to said predetermined path; and
compensating for said offset, said skew, or both.
18. The method as set forth in claim 17 wherein said alignment indicia is a plurality of said at least one predetermined character, said plurality aligned with a centerline of said data set and separating individual data fields of said set such that closed loop feedback indicative of skew of said data set to said predetermined path is made in real-time as each of said fields is scanned during said reading.
19. The method as set forth in claim 17 said further comprising:
dithering said sheet of paper during reading of said audio data for maintaining a low signal-to-noise ratio during said reading.
20. The method as set forth in claim 17 implemented in an ink-jet printer.
21. The method as set forth in claim 20 wherein said data reader is mounted on a scanning carriage of said printer.
22. The method as set forth in claim 17 wherein said data reader is a digital camera.
23. The method as set forth in claim 22 wherein said data set is formatted as a two-dimensional array.
24. A method for aligning a linear audio data track for a subsequent track scanning read head adapted for reading the track wherein the track is printed proximate a substantially contemporaneously recorded and printed graphical image, the method comprising:
aligning an approximate mid-height point of the read head wherein the read head has span greater than a height dimension of said track with an approximate centerline of said track;
dithering said read head while traversing a predetermined length of said data track and recording any change in vertical location of top-of-track, bottom-of-track, or both;
calculating track skew from said change; and
adjusting path-of-scan said read head for said skew for said subsequent track scanning read head during a subsequent reading of said track.
25. A method for aligning a linear audio data track for a subsequent track scanning, linear array detector adapted for reading the track wherein the track is printed proximate a substantially contemporaneously recorded and printed graphical image, the method comprising:
when the detector has a span less than a height dimension of said track, aligning an approximate mid-height point of said detector to a linear edge of said track, or,
when the detector has a span greater than a height dimension of said track, aligning an approximate mid-height point of said detector to a centerline of said track;
detecting changes of output characteristics of said detector while scanning said track related to one or both linear edges thereof, and
calculating track skew from said changes of output characteristics.
26. A photographic imaging system comprising:
a digital camera having an audio recording and playback subsystem; and
a printer for printing image data and audio data associated with the images recorded using said camera on a sheet medium,
wherein said digital audio data is printed on said medium without interfering with visibility of said image data and with alignment indicia data proximate said audio data for maintaining reading alignment thereof and such that said alignment indicia is readable by said digital camera.
27. The system as set forth in claim 26 said camera further comprising:
an illumination source for illuminating alignment indicia data andor audio data in print that is outside the visible spectrum.
28. The system as set forth in claim 26 wherein said audio data is segmented and printed in a plurality of regions on said sheet medium, said alignment indicia data further comprises:
a plurality of camera-readable section delineation markers such that said alignment indicia data and associated segments of said audio data can be sequentially retrieved from said plurality of regions.
29. The system as set forth in claim 28 wherein said markers are embedded with camera-readable encoded digital information.
30. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein said camera-readable encoded digital information includes array partitioning information related to location of segregated segments of said audio data.
31. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein said camera-readable encoded digital information includes sequencing information for playback of said audio data.
32. The system as set forth in claim 29 wherein said camera-readable encoded digital information includes print matrix designating information including information for tracking and identifying audio data recapture order for playback of said audio data by said camera.
33. The system as set forth in claim 32 wherein said matrix designating information provides automatic sequencing of said audio data regardless of capture order.