Patents by Inventor Bernhard Bette

Bernhard Bette 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).

  • Image forming devices, methods of operating an image forming device, a method of providing consumable information, and a method of operating a printer
    Patent number: 7145671
    Abstract: Image forming devices, consumables and methods of operating an image forming device are described. According to one aspect, an image forming device includes an image engine configured to use a consumable to form a hard image; and processing circuitry coupled with the image engine configured to: perform prediction operations with respect to the consumable to predict a likelihood that an image job will be imaged; receive a change of use indication with respect to the consumable; and modify the prediction operations responsive to the change of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Quintin T. Phillips, Bernhard Bette
  • Image forming devices, methods of operating an image forming device, a method of providing consumable information, and a method of operating a printer
    Publication number: 20030035128
    Abstract: Image forming devices, consumables and methods of operating an image forming device are described. According to one aspect, an image forming device includes an image engine configured to use a consumable to form a hard image; and processing circuitry coupled with the image engine configured to: perform prediction operations with respect to the consumable to predict a likelihood that an image job will be imaged; receive a change of use indication with respect to the consumable; and modify the prediction operations responsive to the change of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Quintin T. Phillips, Bernhard Bette