Patents by Inventor Heidi P. Noce

Heidi P. Noce 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 weak and missing ink jets in an ink jet printer
    Patent number: 8162431
    Abstract: A method detects weak or missing ink jets in an ink jet image generating system. The method includes generating a digital image of a test pattern of line segments in a process direction on an image receiving member with each line segment corresponding to one ink jet in a printhead, generating a response profile for a portion of the image receiving member on which the test pattern was generated, measuring the response profile, comparing the measurement of the response profile to a predetermined threshold, identifying missing and weak ink jets in response to the measurement of the response profile being less than the predetermined threshold, and moving the support member transversely across the process direction to a second position that enables each light sensor to image another portion of the image receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Eric Sjolander, Keith W. Ragsdale, Kathleen M. Faraci, Heidi P. Noce
  • System And Method For Detecting Weak And Missing Ink Jets In An Ink Jet Printer
    Publication number: 20100253732
    Abstract: A method detects weak or missing ink jets in an ink jet image generating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Eric Sjolander, Keith W. Ragsdale, Kathleen Faraci, Heidi P. Noce