Patents Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Patent number: 11663866Abstract: Examples associated with service kiosk access are described. One example includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed, control a processor to detect a specified condition resolvable by in-person service at a service kiosk that includes a set of compartments. Each compartment is adapted to store an electronic device in a manner that provides a data connection to the electronic device while restricting communications involving the electronic device to the data connection. The instructions further control the processor to generate a request for technician support responsive to detecting the specified condition. The instructions further control the processor to authenticate that a technician is physically present at the service kiosk. The instructions further control the processor to grant physical access to compartments associated with the specified condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Matthew Frederickson, Gerold Keith Shelton, Kyle J. Nottingham
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Patent number: 11665304Abstract: A system encodes a plurality of colorant vectors of a printer in a Neugebauer Primary area coverage (NPac) vector for use in selecting colorants to output an image by the printer. The encoding includes using a function that relates the plurality of colorant vectors to an NP matrix including a plurality of sets of NPs that correspond to different colorant vectors of the plurality of colorant vectors, and determining the NPac vector based on achieving an objective for the function.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Sergio Etchebehere Juan, Peter Morovic, Javier Maestro Garcia, Pere Gasparin Talarn, Jan Morovic
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Patent number: 11660808Abstract: In example implementations, a powder level sensor is provided. The powder level sensor includes a capacitive sensor, a processor, and a cleaning mechanism. The processor is communicatively coupled to the capacitive sensor. The processor interprets a measurement of the capacitive sensor to detect a layer of residual build material on a surface of the powder level sensor. The cleaning mechanism may be communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor activates the cleaning mechanism to remove the layer of residual build material on the surface of the powder level sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: David Soriano, Douglas Pederson, Nicola Baldo, Steve Ringwald, Samrin Sing, Matthew Baker
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Patent number: 11660823Abstract: According to examples, a three-dimensional (3D) fabrication system may include a controller that may control an agent delivery system to deposit a fusing agent onto a fusing area of a layer of particles of build material. The controller may also control the agent delivery system to deposit an energy absorbing agent onto an unfused thermal support area of the layer of particles, the unfused thermal support area being located adjacent to the fusing area. The controller may further control an energy supply system to supply energy, in which supply of the energy is to cause the particles on which the fusing agent has been deposited to melt and a temperature of the particles in the unfused thermal support area to be raised to a level that is below a melting point temperature of the particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Wei Huang, Gary J. Dispoto
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Patent number: 11662684Abstract: A cartridge couplable to a printing apparatus may include a driver coupler movable in a first direction toward an engaging position to engage with a power driver of the printing apparatus to drive the cartridge and a power transfer member including a power transfer part to transfer power moving the driver coupler in the first direction toward the engaging position, as the power transfer part moves in a second direction different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Justin Pettingill, Jeffrey H. Luke
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Patent number: 11660858Abstract: In an example, there is provided a method and apparatus for controlling spit on page operation, the method comprising receiving at least one image to be printed, for each row of a plurality of rows of the image: identifying two or more pixels of the row of the image to be printed by a nozzle of a printhead, determining if a spacing between two consecutive pixels of the two or more pixels is greater than a threshold distance, and in response to a determination that the spacing between the two consecutive pixels is greater than the threshold distance, providing an indication that spit on page dots should be provided when printing the image.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Li Qian, Secundino Vicente Vicente, Marc Bautista Palacios
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Patent number: 11663693Abstract: In an example, an apparatus comprises processing circuitry, the processing circuitry comprising: memory, to store a two-dimensional pixel representation of a layer of an object to be made in an additive manufacturing process and pixel information, the pixel information specifying pixels representing a surface of the object and colour for the pixels representing the surface; and an image processor, to generate a downscaled representation of the layer and to process the downscaled representation to propagate colour from pixels representing the surface of the object in the downscaled representation to neighbouring pixels representing an interior of the object in the downscaled representation.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alex Carruesco Llorens, Sergio Gonzalez Martin
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Patent number: 11663750Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a device, comprising: a processor resource; and a non-transitory memory resource storing machine-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor resource to: intercept image data captured at a computing device, determine information associated with the computing device, generate a data bar that includes the determined information, and overlay the data bar on the image data.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Rafael Dal Zotto
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Publication number: 20230159776Abstract: A three-dimensional printing kit can include a polymeric build material including thermoplastic elastomeric particles having a D50 particle size from about 2 ?m to about 150 ?m, and a fusing agent. The fusing agent can include water, from about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % lower alkyldiol organic co-solvent, and a radiation absorber to generate heat from absorbed electromagnetic radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Emre Hiro Discekici, Qin Liu, Tienteh Chen, Shannon Reuben Woodruff
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Publication number: 20230158813Abstract: Examples relate to adjusting systems to adjust a distance between a print medium support and a printhead. The adjusting system comprises a support structure and a print medium input beam and a print medium output movably coupled to the support structure to support the print medium support. The adjusting system further comprises an input and an output beam driving assembly to respectively move the print medium input and output relative to the support structure between an upper and a lower end including a home position. In addition, the adjusting system comprises an input beam sensor assembly and an output beam sensor assembly comprising a reference sensor and a relative sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Isidoro MAYA AGUDO, Ricardo SANCHIS ESTRUCH, Jordi ALBERT GINE
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Publication number: 20230158746Abstract: A build material conveyor is disclosed. Such conveyor comprising an auger to transport build material in a substantially vertical direction wherein the conveyor further comprises a set of wall elements selectively positioned to, in a first position occupy part of the volume of the auger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Stan MARKWELL, Andre GARCIA, Bernardo A. GUTIERREZ, Joan MACH BENEYTO
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Publication number: 20230158816Abstract: In example implementations, a printing device is provided. The printing device includes a printer module, a first driver roller, and a second drive roller. The printer module includes a single set of print bars. A first side of the single set of print bars is to print on a first side of a continuous web of print media and a second side of the single set of print bars is to print on a second side of the continuous web of print media. The continuous web of print media travels over a common set of idler rollers. The first driver roller is to control an amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on a first side. The second drive roller is to control an amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on a second side. The amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on the second side is greater than the amount of tension of the continuous web of print media on the first side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Ronald R. Anderson
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Publication number: 20230159294Abstract: A convertible printed product collecting assembly includes a rotatable first rod connected to a printer, a second rod, a collecting fabric having flexibility, the collecting fabric fixed between the rotatable first rod and the second rod, wherein the collecting fabric is to receive a printed product from the printer, and two supporting legs to tiltably connect between the printer and the second rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Bladimir de la Hoz Matveeva
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Patent number: 11654488Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a build material volume transportation device is described. The build material volume transportation device includes a shuttle to transport a build material volume. The shuttle includes an opening therethrough to receive the build material volume. The build material volume transportation device also includes a build tray to raise the build volume into the opening in the shuttle. The build material volume transportation device further includes a latch assembly to releasably secure the build tray to the shuttle. A tip of the latch assembly extends to interface with the aperture to secure the build tray to the shuttle. The tip rotates independently of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Jorge Diosdado Borrego, David Chanclon Fernandez, Pablo Antonio Murciego Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11654490Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a build platform and a chamber. The chamber may support a layer forming station including a spreading component to spread a layer of build material particles onto the build platform and an agent delivery component to apply fusing agent onto selected locations on the spread layer of build material particles and a heating station including a heating component to apply energy onto the spread layer of build material particles and the applied fusing agent, in which the heating station is separated from the layer forming station. The apparatus may also include an actuator to move the chamber with respect to the build platform or vice versa while maintaining the separation between the layer forming station and the heating station.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Christopher Paul Schodin, Krzysztof Nauka
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Patent number: 11654629Abstract: In example implementations, a minor assembly for a three dimensional printer is provided. The minor assembly includes a first side and a second side. The first side is symmetrical to the second side and enclose a cylindrical light source. The first side and the second side each include a first curved reflective surface and a second curved reflective surface. An end of the first curved reflective surface and a beginning of the second curved reflective surface form an edge along a surface formed by the first curved reflective surface and the second curved reflective surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Camilo Andres Moreno Cleves, Krzysztof Nauka
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Patent number: 11654626Abstract: In one example, a fusing system for an additive manufacturing machine includes a first carriage carrying a layering device and a fusing lamp, and a second carriage carrying a fusing agent dispenser. The first carriage and the second carriage are movable back and forth over the work area along the same line of motion so that the first carriage follows the second carriage in one direction and the second carriage follows the first carriage in the other direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Arthur H. Barnes, Wesley R. Schalk, Matthew A. Shepherd
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Patent number: 11657138Abstract: An example computing device includes a memory accessible at startup of the computing device, a buffer, and a set of instructions. The memory stores a configuration setting that is configurable by the application of a change request. The memory also stores a first public key and a second public key. The buffer stores change requests submitted by a remote entity, including a first change request to make a first setting change and a second change request to make a second setting change. The first change request is signed by a first private key corresponding to the first public key, and the second change request is signed by a second private key corresponding to the second public key. The set of instructions retrieves a change request from the buffer, determines whether the change request is authenticated by a public key, and if authenticated, applies the change request.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Richard Alden Bramley, Jr., Dallas M. Barlow, Patrick Lee Gibbons, Adrian John Baldwin, Tevin Jaupaul Richards, Robert Stephen Craig, Valiuddin Ali, Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne
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Patent number: 11656261Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a printed circuit board. In some examples, the printed circuit board includes a conductive base layer. In some examples, the conductive base layer is an electrode to produce a signal indicative of a change in an omnidirectional electrostatic field corresponding to a moving object. In some examples, the printed circuit board includes a via coupled to the conductive base layer. In some examples, the via is disposed through an intermediate layer of the printed circuit board. In some examples, the printed circuit board includes an integrated circuit coupled to the via. In some examples, the integrated circuit is to detect, using a machine learning model, a direction of the moving object in the omnidirectional electrostatic field based on a feature of the signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Nick Thamma, Pei Hsuan Li, Sze Hau Loh
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Patent number: D986963Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Javier Alfonso Cesar, Ferran Rafat Esquius