Patents by Inventor Bartley Helms

Bartley Helms 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).

  • Finishing line controllers to optimize the initialization of a printing device
    Patent number: 10432816
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon to perform apparatus component initialization sequences. The apparatus component initialization sequences include a full initialization sequence and a short initialization sequence, A processor is to execute the instructions to capture apparatus component state information, determine upon reception of a signal indicative of power on of the apparatus whether a position of an apparatus component is within a threshold of an expected position, perform the short initialization sequence if the position of the apparatus component is within the threshold and using the captured apparatus component state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Scofield, Robert Yraceburu, Bruce G. Johnson, Bartley Helms