Patents by Inventor Ernest Israel Esplin

Ernest Israel Esplin 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).

  • User adaptable ink status conveyance system
    Patent number: 8186785
    Abstract: An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Gold, Ernest Israel Esplin, Frederck T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, Michael A. Fairchild
  • USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120120133
    Abstract: An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Gold, Ernest Israel Esplin, Frederick T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, Michael A. Fairchild
  • User adaptable ink status conveyance system
    Patent number: 8132877
    Abstract: An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Gold, Ernest Israel Esplin, Frederck T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, Michael A. Fairchild
  • USER ADAPTABLE INK STATUS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100026741
    Abstract: An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Gold, Ernest Israel Esplin, Frederick T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, Michael A. Fairchild