Patents Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Patent number: 11969998Abstract: An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes an interface, a digital circuit, an analog circuit, and control logic. The digital circuit outputs a digital signal to the interface. The analog circuit outputs an analog signal to the interface. The control logic activates the digital circuit or the analog circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Scott A. Linn, James Michael Gardner
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Patent number: 11971689Abstract: Examples of methods for object manufacturing visualization by an electronic device are described herein. In some examples, a predicted thermal image of additive manufacturing is determined using a machine learning model. In some examples, a captured thermal image is obtained. In some examples, a graphical overlay of the predicted thermal image with the captured thermal image is presented.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., INSTITUTO ATLANTICOInventors: Marcelo Aita Riss, Alyne Gomes Soares Cantal, He Luan, Jun Zeng, Scott Alan White, Sebastia Cortes i Herms, Nailson Boaz Costa Leite, Brian Schmitz Tani
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Patent number: 11969999Abstract: An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes an ID line, a fire line, a discharge path, a memory element, and a latch. The memory element is electrically coupled to the fire line and the discharge path. The latch disables the discharge path in response to a first logic level on the ID line and enables the discharge path in response to a second logic level on the ID line.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Boon Bing Ng, Mohan Kumar Sudhakar
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Patent number: 11971744Abstract: An example computing device includes a hinge, a first housing, a first display device disposed in the first housing, second housing rotatably coupled to the first housing via the hinge, a second display device disposed in the second housing, and a connector coupled to the hinge and the second display device. As an example, in response to a rotation of the first housing relative to the second housing, a first end of the second display device is to slide along a surface of the second housing and a second end of the second display device is to slide along a surface of the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Dong Ryul Cha, Mark Senatori, Ilchan Lee
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Patent number: 11970011Abstract: A fluid-ejection element of a fluid-ejection device includes a chamber layer having a pair of chambers fluidically disconnected from one another within the chamber layer. The fluid-ejection element includes a tophat layer over the chamber layer and fluidically connecting the chambers to define a fluid recirculation path between the chambers. The fluid-ejection element includes a nozzle common to both the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jacob Lum, Alexander Govyadinov
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Patent number: 11971699Abstract: Examples of methods for thermal mapping by an electronic device are described herein. In some examples, a map is obtained. In some examples, a first thermal image at a first resolution is obtained. In some examples, a neural network is used to determine a second thermal image at a second resolution based on the map and the first thermal image. The second resolution is greater than the first resolution in some examples.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: He Luan, Jun Zeng
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Patent number: 11973927Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media (transitory or non-transitory) are described herein for detecting eye tracking calibration errors. In various examples, respective poses of first and second eyes of a wearer of a head-mounted display (“HMD”) may be determined. A portion of a first image rendered on a first display of the HMD may be selected based on the pose of the first eye of the wearer. The selected portion of the first image may be matched to a portion of a second image rendered on a second display of the HMD. An eye tracking calibration error may be determined based on the pose of the second eye of the wearer and a location of the portion of the second image.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Nouri, Nathan Nuber
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Patent number: 11971752Abstract: A computing device is described that includes a display assembly, a base assembly, and a main hinge to enable the display assembly to be closed against the base assembly, and to enable the display assembly to be opened apart from the base assembly. The display assembly includes a main display portion that overlaps the base assembly when the display assembly is closed against the base assembly and a peripheral display portion that extends past an edge of the base assembly. The computing device includes a display folding assembly to bend the peripheral display portion into a concealed position in response to the display assembly being closed against the base assembly, and to deploy the peripheral display portion into a viewable position in response to the display assembly being opened apart from the base assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas
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Patent number: 11973917Abstract: A print apparatus calibration method is disclosed. The method comprises printing, from each of a plurality of dies of a print head onto a printable substrate, an image in a first color according to a calibration pattern and an image in a second color according to the calibration pattern, the calibration pattern comprising a plurality of patches having a plurality of different densities. The method may comprise scanning, using a scanning unit, the images formed on the printable substrate to generate scanned image data, wherein the images in the first color are scanned by a first scanning module of the scanning unit and the images in the second color are scanned by a second scanning module of the scanning unit. The method may comprise analyzing, using processing apparatus, the scanned image data to identify any differences between printed densities of corresponding patches in different images of the same color. The method may comprise performing a calibration based on the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: David Peinado Gutierrez, Montserrat Solano Pallarol, Ferran Olivera Corpas
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Patent number: 11970010Abstract: An example printhead includes a circulation channel having an inlet for receiving a fluid and an outlet for expelling the fluid, a first nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the first nozzle being operable at a first absolute pressure, and a second nozzle fluidically coupled to the circulation channel, the second nozzle being operable at a second absolute pressure, the absolute second pressure being lower than the first absolute pressure. The absolute pressure in the circulation channel decreases as the fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet, and the first nozzle is positioned closer to the inlet of the circulation channel than the second nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jacob Lum, James A. Feinn, Mengqian Lu, Garrett E. Clark
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Patent number: 11971671Abstract: A fusing apparatus includes: a pressing roller to be axially rotated; a fusing belt to rotate by receiving a rotational force from the pressing roller; a pressing member to press toward the pressing roller from the inside of the fusing belt to form a nip in which the printing paper is nipped between the fusing belt and the pressing roller; on the fusing belt or the pressing member, a sliding layer to reduce friction between the fusing belt and the pressing member; and an adhesive layer to adhere the sliding layer to the fusing belt or the pressing member.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sun Hyung Lee, Sea Chul Bae, Jae Hyeok Jang, Jin Gyu Ko
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Patent number: 11970005Abstract: An example of a device (100) may include a valve body (108). The device may include a printing substance transfer window (122) through the valve body (108). The device (100) may include a printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) rotatable within the valve body (108) between a first orientation with an orifice of the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) facing an internal face of the valve body (108) and a second orientation with the orifice (126) of the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) facing the printing substance transfer window (122). The device (100) may include a dispensing-side gasket material (132) slideable against the internal face of the valve body (108) when rotating the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) between the first orientation and the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Luke, Mathew Lavigne, Dean Richtsmeier, Kenneth Smith, Sean Daniel FitzGerald, Wesley R. Schalk
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Patent number: 11972064Abstract: According to an example, a method for determining an ergonomic layout for a plurality of secondary devices comprises detecting the plurality of secondary devices, determining characterizing data for each of the detected secondary devices, the characterizing data comprising a type of secondary device and a location of a secondary device with respect to a primary device, determining a workspace layout based on the determined location, determining an ergonomic layout in which the primary device and the plurality of secondary devices are distributed in accordance with the type of secondary device, comparing the ergonomic layout to the workspace layout, and determining a set of changes for the plurality of secondary devices based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Felipe Kuhne, Werner Marcel Hansen
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Patent number: 11969945Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is described. The system includes a reader to 1) read an identifier from a three-dimensional (3D) System printed object that includes a storage element and 2) read a location of the 3D printed object within a build material bed. An extractor of the system extracts, based on the identifier, a post processing operation to execute on the 3D printed object. A controller of the system controls a post processing operation based on extracted post processing operation information and the location.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Jarrid Wittkopf, Rafael Ballagas, David Wayne George, Lihua Zhao, William J. Allen
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Patent number: 11969991Abstract: An example device comprises a media path, a drying system, and a controller. The media path is divided into a plurality of distinct drying zones. The drying system includes a plurality of directionalities with relation to the plurality of distinct drying zones. And the controller is to select a directionality of the plurality of directionalities based on parameters of a print job.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Kevin Lo
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Publication number: 20240135653Abstract: In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, an extended reality system is described. The extended reality system includes an imaging system to present virtual objects to a user. The extended reality system also includes a machine vision tracking system. The machine vision tracking system includes a camera to capture images of a user's hand a tool grasped in the user's hand. The machine vision tracking system also includes a processor. The processor 1) tracks a position and orientation of the user's hand in physical space, 2) identifies the tool grasped in the user's hand, and 3) tracks a position and orientation of the tool in physical space. The extended reality system also includes an XR controller to manipulate the XR environment based on the position and orientation of the tool and the position and orientation of the hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L .P.Inventors: Jon Danielson, Adolfo Adolfo Gomez, Mark Lessman
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Publication number: 20240134193Abstract: The present specification describes examples of position-based switching of display devices. An example augmented reality (AR) device includes an AR display device to render display data. The example AR device also includes a wireless communication device to transmit and receive wireless signals. The example AR device further includes a processor to: 1) determine a position of the AR device relative to a computing device based on wireless signals communicated with the computing device; and 2) switch an activity state of the AR display device based on the determined position of the AR device relative to the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Chung-Chun CHEN, Ming-Shien TSAI, Chih-Ming HUANG
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Patent number: 11966188Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine to perform an image forming job, a motor to drive the print engine, a driving circuit, to supply a power to the motor, and including a sensor to sense an amount of current of the power supplied to the motor, and a processor to analyze a frequency component of the current supplied to the motor by using the amount of current sensed by the sensor for a predetermined time, and to determine an occurrence of a jam based on the analyzed frequency component.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Yong-Ho You, Hyoungil Kim, Kiho Park, Minkeun Song
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Patent number: 11964837Abstract: A method of operating a device to receive a print medium is disclosed. Rotation of a receiving device to receive a print medium is detected, whereby the rotation is caused by an external force. An assisting force is applied to further rotate the receiving device in response to the detected rotation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Lluis Valles Casanova, Joan Marti Velasco Figueras
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Patent number: 11964498Abstract: Example implementations relate to a printer comprising at least one printhead, carried by a carriage, to print onto a substrate, a surface to support the substrate; the surface comprising a plurality of platens associated with an elongate member; each platen having an upper planar surface forming part of the surface for supporting the medium and being adjustable to vary a characteristic of the upper planar surface to influence a distance between the upper planar surface and the at least one printhead.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Luis Sole Enrech, Ricardo Oltra Ramirez, Jose Angel Villasante Bembibre, Alex Rius Laorden