Patents by Inventor Craig Lippolis

Craig Lippolis 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).

  • Automatic paper size selection
    Patent number: 5237379
    Abstract: A method of automatically selecting a desired copy sheet size including sensing the size of a document, and sensing a parameter in nonvolatile memory representing a set of standard copy sheet sizes and a set of non standard copy sheet sizes a selected magnification ratio, determining the preferred copy sheet size in response to the sensed document size, parameters in memory and the magnification selected, and automatically selecting the appropriate copy sheet storage receptacle including the determination of acceptable image to copy sheet ratio. The determination of acceptable image to copy sheet ratio includes the step of determining the ratio of image space to non-image space on the copy sheet and the amount of potential image loss on the copy sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Sklut, John W. Daughton, Craig Lippolis