Patents by Inventor Cori Schaefer

Cori Schaefer 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).

  • System and method for detecting presence of a shipping insert of a printing device
    Patent number: 6647215
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting the presence of a shipping insert in a printing device. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to determining if a print medium is detected at a fusing system exit of the printing device, and if a print medium is detected at the fusing system exit of the printing device, determining if a page count of the printing device is equal to zero, wherein if the page count is equal to zero it is confirmed that a shipping insert is present in the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.
    Inventors: Angela Kay Ogle, Cori Schaefer
  • Value based image quality
    Patent number: 6574443
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to facilitate allowing a user to vary the quality of an output image in exchange for a variable cost. Each quality has an associated cost. By allowing the user to select a value relationship of a quality and its associated cost, the user is provided with an opportunity to receive an output image that provides the most value to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chet Butikofer, Cori Schaefer
  • Value based image quality
    Publication number: 20030095809
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to facilitate allowing a user to vary the quality of an output image in exchange for a variable cost. Each quality has an associated cost. By allowing the user to select a value relationship of a quality and its associated cost, the user is provided with an opportunity to receive an output image that provides the most value to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Chet Butikofer, Cori Schaefer