Patents by Inventor Douglas Wiggins

Douglas Wiggins 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).

  • Temperature compensation for full-width arrays write heads
    Patent number: 8096634
    Abstract: A method and system for compensating for temperature changes is disclosed that includes a mounting bar, a plurality of imaging chips adaptively mounted on the mounting bar, each imaging chip including a plurality of imaging elements, and a temperature determiner to determine a temperature of the mounting bar. A control module enables and disables at least one imaging element based on the determined temperature of the mounting bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas Wiggins
  • TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR FULL-WIDTH ARRAYS WRITE HEADS
    Publication number: 20090073252
    Abstract: A method and system for compensating for temperature changes is disclosed that includes a mounting bar, a plurality of imaging chips adaptively mounted on the mounting bar, each imaging chip including a plurality of imaging elements, and a temperature determiner to determine a temperature of the mounting bar. A control module enables and disables at least one imaging element based on the determined temperature of the mounting bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Douglas Wiggins