Patents by Inventor ANDREW STEPHEN NOREN

ANDREW STEPHEN NOREN 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).

  • Determining high toner usage
    Patent number: 9223271
    Abstract: According to a method herein, a number of pixels marked and times of printing are automatically determined for a plurality of images. A time-based moving window of pixel counts for a subset of the plurality of images being contiguously processed in a current time window is automatically calculated, based on the number of pixels marked and the times of printing of the subset of the plurality of images processed in the current time window. Marking material usage to print the plurality of images for the current time window is automatically determined, based on the time-based moving window of pixel counts of the current time window. The method automatically determines if the marking material usage for the current time window exceeds a threshold. A notification is automatically output if the marking material usage for the current time window exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Stephen Noren, David Gray, Simon Gray, Keith Morgan
  • Determining media size by monitoring usage
    Patent number: 9176446
    Abstract: Devices and methods to determine media size in a printing device. Media being added to a media sheet tray of a printing device is detected. A size of the media in the tray is estimated based only on at least one of: a size of the media in the tray prior to the media being added, a size of the media recently used prior to the media being added, and a size of the media most frequently used. A selection of previously used sizes of media is displayed on a user interface. The selection comprises: the size of the media in the tray prior to the media being added, the size of the media recently used prior to the media being added, and the size of the media most frequently used. Confirmation of the size of the media added to the tray is received, on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Stephen Noren, David Gray, Simon Gray
  • DETERMINING HIGH TONER USAGE
    Publication number: 20150177660
    Abstract: According to a method herein, a number of pixels marked and times of printing are automatically determined for a plurality of images. A time-based moving window of pixel counts for a subset of the plurality of images being contiguously processed in a current time window is automatically calculated, based on the number of pixels marked and the times of printing of the subset of the plurality of images processed in the current time window. Marking material usage to print the plurality of images for the current time window is automatically determined, based on the time-based moving window of pixel counts of the current time window. The method automatically determines if the marking material usage for the current time window exceeds a threshold. A notification is automatically output if the marking material usage for the current time window exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANDREW STEPHEN NOREN, DAVID GRAY, SIMON GRAY, KEITH MORGAN
  • DETERMINING MEDIA SIZE BY MONITORING USAGE
    Publication number: 20150147072
    Abstract: Devices and methods to determine media size in a printing device. Media being added to a media sheet tray of a printing device is detected. A size of the media in the tray is estimated based only on at least one of: a size of the media in the tray prior to the media being added, a size of the media recently used prior to the media being added, and a size of the media most frequently used. A selection of previously used sizes of media is displayed on a user interface. The selection comprises: the size of the media in the tray prior to the media being added, the size of the media recently used prior to the media being added, and the size of the media most frequently used. Confirmation of the size of the media added to the tray is received, on the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: XEROR CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANDREW STEPHEN NOREN, DAVID GRAY, SIMON GRAY