Patents by Inventor Daniel K. Chapman

Daniel K. Chapman 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).

  • Imaging system with reduced function mode, and methods therefor
    Patent number: 9141319
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an imaging device is shown. The method includes detecting the malfunction when the imaging device is in a normal mode of operation; causing the imaging device to enter a reduced function mode following the detecting; enabling only one or more functions of the imaging device when in the reduced function mode, the one or more functions being less than all of the functions available when the imaging device is in the normal mode of operation. The one or more functions have operating points when the imaging device is in the reduced function mode that are different than the operating points of the one or more functions when the imaging device is in the normal mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel K. Chapman, Kevin Dean Schoedinger
  • Imaging System with Reduced Function Mode, and Methods Therefor
    Publication number: 20150098106
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an imaging device is shown. The method includes detecting the malfunction when the imaging device is in a normal mode of operation; causing the imaging device to enter a reduced function mode following the detecting; enabling only one or more functions of the imaging device when in the reduced function mode, the one or more functions being less than all of the functions available when the imaging device is in the normal mode of operation. The one or more functions have operating points when the imaging device is in the reduced function mode that are different than the operating points of the one or more functions when the imaging device is in the normal mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel K. Chapman, Kevin Dean Schoedinger