IP Library Granted Patent US 7,619,644
Granted Patent B2
US 7,619,644 · App. 11/479,562 · Granted Nov 17, 2009

Method and apparatus for image alignment

Assignee: Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,619,644
App. No.
11/479,562
Granted
Nov 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus, systems, and methods presented herein allow for the alignment of images. In some embodiments, a plurality of PWM modules each receive input data and corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals. In some embodiments, each PWM module generates an output phase-shifted PWM signal based on the input data and its corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal. In some embodiments, a selector selects one of the output phase-shifted PWM signal based on timing relationships between an event signal and the phase-shifted clock signals.

Claims (29)

1. A pulse width modulation (PWM) device comprising:

a plurality of PWM modules that each receive input data and corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals, wherein each PWM module generates an output phase-shifted shifted PWM signal based on the corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal and the input data; and

a selector that selects one of the output phase-shifted PWM signals based on timing relationships between a first event signal and the input phase-shifted clock signals, wherein the selector comprises a plurality of circuits, each circuit corresponding to one of the PWM modules and receiving the corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals, and wherein each circuit generates a second event signal based on its corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals and the first event signal.

2. The PWM device of claim 1 , wherein timing relationships used to select one of the output phase-shifted PWM signals are based further on time duration between the first event signal and one of the second event signals.

3. A pulse width modulation (PWM) device comprising:

a plurality of PWM modules that each receive input data and corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals, wherein each PWM module generates an output phase-shifted PWM signal based on the corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal and the input data; and

a selector that selects one of the output phase-shifted PWM signals based on timing relationships between a first event signal and the input phase-shifted clock signals;

wherein each of the PWM modules comprises:

a first circuit that receives the input phase-shifted clock signal corresponding to the PWM module, and wherein the first circuit generates a second event signal based on its corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal and the first event signal; and

a second circuit that produces a count based on its corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal, wherein the count is reset based on the second event signal.

4. The PWM device of claim 3 , wherein each PWM module generates its output phase-shifted PWM signal based on the count and the input data.

5. The PWM device of claim 4 , wherein each PWM module receives the input data in synchronization with its corresponding one of the plurality of input phase-shifted clock signal.

6. A method for image alignment comprising:

receiving input data and corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals;

generating an output phase-shifted PWM signal corresponding to each input phase-shifted clock signal and the input data; and

selecting one of the output phase-shifted PWM signals based on timing relationships between a first event signal and the input phase-shifted clock signals;

wherein generating an output phase-shifted PWM signal further comprises generating a second event signal for each input phase-shifted clock signal based on the corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal and the first event signal.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein timing relationships used to select one of the output phase-shifted PWM signals are based further on the time duration between the first event signal and one of the second event signals.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein generating an output phase-shifted PWM signal further comprises:

producing a count based on the corresponding one of the plurality of input phase-shifted clock signal; and

resetting the count based on the second event signal.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the output phase-shifted PWM signal is based on the count and the input data.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the input data is received in synchronization with its corresponding one of the plurality of input phase-shifted clock signal.

11. A system comprising:

a plurality of PWM modules that each receive input data and corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals, wherein each PWM module generates an output phase-shifted PWM signal based on its corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal and the input data; and

a selector that selects one of the output phase-shifted PWM signal based on timing relationships between an event signal and the phase-shifted clock signals;

wherein each of the PWM modules comprises:

a first circuit that receives the input phase-shifted clock signal corresponding to the PWM module, and wherein the first circuit generates a second event signal based on its corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal and the event signal; and

a second circuit that produces a count based on the corresponding input phase-shifted clock signal, wherein the count is reset based on the second event signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 4, 2011
From: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
Reel/Frame 027012/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2006
From: JOHNSTON, PETER
To: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 018218/0358 →
Continuity (1)
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