Patents Assigned to Hewlett-Packard and Development Company, L.P.
  • Inkjet ink with self-dispersed pigment
    Patent number: 9187665
    Abstract: An ink composition for inkjet printing is disclosed herein. The ink composition includes a self-dispersed carbon black pigment with alkali metal counter ions, polyurethane, and an aqueous carrier. The aqueous carrier includes water, at least one water-soluble organic solvent, and at least one surfactant. In one embodiment, the aqueous carrier further includes an additive having a polar head group and a C8-C18 hydrocarbon tail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sundar Vasudevan, Richard J Mcmanus, Palitha Wickramanayake
  • Toner supply regulation
    Patent number: 9188904
    Abstract: An electro-photographic print system or method for regulating a supply of toner based on a required toner amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Harold Luke
  • Determination of a delay value in response to a determination that a detected temperature is outside of a target temperature range
    Patent number: 9186890
    Abstract: A method of determining a delay value by an image forming system may include transporting a media along a media transport path by a media transport unit, heating the media by a heating unit, providing a plurality of print passes across the media transport path by a print head assembly, and applying ink to the media to form an image including a plurality of swaths by the print head assembly such that a respective swath is formed on the media corresponding to a respective print pass. The method may also include detecting a temperature of the media by a temperature module to determine whether the detected temperature is outside of a target temperature range, and determining a delay value by a delay determination module in response to a determination that the detected temperature is outside of the target temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Marta Coma Vives
  • Forwarding broadcast traffic to a host environment
    Patent number: 9191328
    Abstract: A network interface controller (NIC) determines link layer broadcast traffic of interest to the host environment. The NIC receives link layer broadcast traffic intended for the host environment, including traffic of interest and unwanted traffic. The NIC discards the unwanted traffic and forwards the traffic of interest to the host environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mogul, Praveen Yalagandula, Jayaram Mudigonda
  • Charge transport layer for organic photoconductors
    Patent number: 9188884
    Abstract: An organic photoconductor includes an inner charge generation layer for generating charges and an outer charge transport layer for facilitating charge transport. The charge transport layer comprises a semi-interpenetrating hole-transport polymer or oligomer network in which the polymer or oligomer is cross-linked. A process for forming a charge transport layer in an organic photoconductor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Krzysztof Nauka, Hou T. Ng
  • Color and durability of ink-jet ink sets with added latex
    Patent number: 9187667
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to ink sets and related methods for ink-jet printing on media, such as low-porous or non-porous print media. The inks and ink sets provide good chroma as well as good durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Howard Doumaux, Philip C. Cagle, Pau Soler Pla, Karen Wytmans Waggoner
  • Computer system with power measurement
    Patent number: 9189042
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for use with computers. A power supply includes metering to determine the instantaneous and cumulative energy consumption of the power supply and a computer coupled thereto. Communications enable the power supply to communicate corresponding power data to the computer. A user of the computer can then view the power data and assess the effectiveness of energy conservation efforts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Sawyers, Qijun Chen
  • Thin film stack
    Patent number: 9190598
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a thin film stack, which includes a substrate, a metal layer, and an adhesive layer comprising a blend of from 3 at % to 94 at % indium oxide, from 3 at % to 94 at % gallium oxide, and from 3 at % to 94 at % zinc oxide. The adhesive layer is adhered between the substrate and the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James Elmer Abbott, Jr., Peter Mardilovich, Christopher Shelton
  • Apparatus, and associated method, for controlling connectivity of a computer device with a computer network
    Patent number: 9191989
    Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for controlling the communication connectivity of a computer device. The computer device is selectably connectable to a wired network and to a wireless network. A user selects one of the networks into which to place the computer device into the communication connectivity. The computer device is placed into communication connectivity with the selected network by way of a network adapter. An adapter associated with the non-selected network is disabled to prevent the computer device from concurrently being placed in communication connectivity with the non-selected network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Hans F. Valine
  • Mobile web-based platform for providing a contextual alignment view of a corpus of documents
    Patent number: 9189540
    Abstract: A content platform for providing a mobile, web-based contextual alignment view of a corpus of documents is disclosed. A corpus of documents is mined to identify a set of topics. Each document in the corpus is analyzed to determine a set of opinions associated with the set of topics, the set of opinions including a corpus opinion. Each document in the corpus is classified based on alignment with the corpus opinion. The corpus of documents is presented to the user according to the document classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Joshua Hailpern, Bernardo Huberman
  • Distributing processing of array block tasks
    Patent number: 9189290
    Abstract: A technique includes distributing a plurality of tasks among a plurality of worker nodes to perform a processing operation on an array. Each task is associated with a set of a least one data block of the array, and an order of the tasks is defined by an array-based programming language. Distribution of the tasks includes, for at least one of the worker nodes, selectively reordering the order defined by the array-based programming language to regulate an amount of data transferred to the worker node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Indrajit Roy, Erik Tamas Bodzsar, Robert Schreiber
  • Direct modulated laser
    Patent number: 9190805
    Abstract: One example includes a laser system. The system can include a first electrode to transmit first electrical carriers into an active region via a first waveguide region in response to a current signal. The system also includes a second electrode to transmit second electrical carriers into the active region via a second waveguide region in response to the current signal. The first and second electrical carriers can be combined in the active region to emit photons to generate an optical signal. The system further includes a third electrode responsive to a signal to affect a concentration of third electrical carriers in a device layer located proximal to the second waveguide region to modulate an optical characteristic of the optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Di Liang
  • External cache operation based on clean castout messages
    Patent number: 9189424
    Abstract: A processor transmits clean castout messages indicating that a cache line is not dirty and is no longer being stored by a lowest level cache of the processor. An external cache receives the clean castout messages and manages cache lines based in part on the clean castout messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Blaine D Gaither, David A Plettner
  • Updating a computer system
    Patent number: 9189222
    Abstract: Updating a computer system. An update root environment is created on the computer system by copying an operational root environment of the computer system. The resources of the computer system used by the update root environment and said operational environment are managed, wherein a first portion of the resources are dedicated to at least the operational root environment. At least one update is performed on the update root environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Dan Herington
  • PRINTER CONTROL SECTION, METHOD AND PRINTER
    Publication number: 20150321490
    Abstract: A printer control section arranged to control a printhead, is operable to cause the printhead to: perform a plurality of passes over a swath of a print medium, the plurality of passes including first and second treatment passes; apply treatment to the print medium in each of the treatment passes, the treatment in each treatment pass being applied according to a respective treatment mask, wherein each treatment mask indicates a corresponding set of pixels to which the treatment may be applied in a pass to which the treatment mask is applied, the treatment mask having a weight indicative of the proportion of pixels in the corresponding set of pixels, and the treatment masks of the first and second passes are such that a weight of the first treatment mask is different from a weight of the second treatment mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Joan Albert Jorba Closa, Marina Cantero Lazaro
  • SINGLE-FACET SPINDLE IMPLEMENTATION FOR A LASER SCANNER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150326746
    Abstract: A system includes a laser scanner system. The system includes a scanner laser to generate an optical scanning beam. The system also includes a spindle assembly comprising a spindle that extends along an axis and reflects the optical scanning beam. The system also includes a beam detector to receive the reflected optical scanning beam from the single facet and to indicate when to generate a latent image corresponding to an image based on the optical scanning beam for a given scan operation. The system further includes a scan controller to control the scanner laser such that the optical scanning beam is reflected from only a single facet of the spindle during the given scan operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas IVES, Terry M. NELSON, Bartley Mark Hirst
  • Compensating for Changes in Printhead-to-Printhead Spacing
    Publication number: 20150321473
    Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a system for compensating for changes in printhead-to-printhead spacing in a printing system having multiple printheads mountable on a printhead support. The system comprises a measurement system to determine a change in printhead-to-printhead spacing between different ones of mounted printheads, and a processor to determine compensation to be applied to the printing system to compensate for the determined change in printhead-to-printhead spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jordi Hernandez Creus, Yngvar Rossow Sethne, Ignacio Picatoste Olloqui, Jesús García Maza, Francisco Guerrero Carvajal
  • CONTROL OF PRINTING SYSTEMS TO APPLY TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20150321487
    Abstract: In some examples herein, control data is for application of treatment fluid on a treatment substrate location surrounding a substrate dot corresponding to a first pixel of the digital image. Treatment fluid is ejected on the treatment substrate location if a metric value computed from pixel values of a set of pixels in the neighborhood of the first pixel is above a threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jorge MARTINEZ DE SALINAS VASQUEZ, Lluis ABELLO, Ronald BURNS
  • PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150321485
    Abstract: Printing apparatus (10) including a controller (12) to control supply of at least a first predetermined amount of power to a first heater (18) while the first heater is moving through a print zone (40), and to control supply of at least a second predetermined amount of power to the first heater (18) while the first heater is outside of the print zone (38), the second predetermined amount of power being less than the first predetermined amount of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Emilio José Góngora Cañada, Elena Laso Plaza, Antonio Monclus Velasco, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Escañuela, Xavier Soler Pedemonte
  • Method and system for generating ranges of internet protocol addresses
    Patent number: 9185074
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to generating Internet Protocol (IP) addresses using a mask that is applied to a plurality IP addresses to generate plural groups of IP addresses. A range of IP addresses is generated for each of the groups when the plurality of groups is less than or equal to a predetermined number of groups. When a range of IP addresses is selected from the plurality of ranges IP addresses, the network nodes associated with the selected range are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Conrad