Patents by Inventor Daniel M Esquibel

Daniel M Esquibel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adaptive and learning setting selection process with selectable learning modes for imaging device
    Patent number: 6963360
    Abstract: A method of configuring settings in an imaging device includes configuring the settings with default values. If at least one value for the settings is externally adjusted, the settings in the imaging device are configured with the at least one value. If the user indicates that the new settings are acceptable, the imaging device determines whether to store the new settings for use in calculating new default values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel M Esquibel, Mark D Seaman, Paul M Hubel
  • Adaptive and learning setting selection process for imaging device
    Patent number: 6914624
    Abstract: A method of configuring settings in an imaging device includes retrieving the previous state of a plurality of settings in the imaging device. The new state of the settings in the imaging device are determined. The new state is combined with the previous state to form an optimal state of the settings. The imaging device is then configured with the settings according to the optimal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel M Esquibel, Mark D Seaman, Paul M Hubel
  • System and method for a data propagation file format
    Patent number: 6662186
    Abstract: A system and method for propagating data from one file format to another file format analyzes the file format of saved data to determine whether the file can be opened by the requesting application program. If the file is of a format or version different than that of the requesting application program, the data propagation logic analyzes the file to determine the available file formats attached thereto and launches an executable module, either attached to the file or remotely accessible via a resource indicator, to convert the file to a new file of a format and/or version readable by the requesting application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel M Esquibel, Steven J Simske
  • Rotatable sheet feed scanner and method for using the same
    Patent number: 6490059
    Abstract: A scanner is presented that may include a prism shaped, symmetric scanner that can be rotated to enable paper to be fed from the top or the bottom of the scanner. The scanner of the present invention may also include a button to control the direction of the motor so that the user can select to feed paper from either the top for automatic document feed operations or the bottom for single sheet feed operations. These and other advantages are accomplished in a desktop scanner that leverages the desktop real estate, while at the same time provides the scanner flexibility of an automatic document feed scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Daniel M. Esquibel, Roydan Tomlinson