Patents by Inventor Isabel Borrell
Isabel Borrell 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).
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Patent number: 11604954Abstract: Example implementations provide a controller for controlling printing of a printer, the controller comprising: an input interface for accessing an image to be printed; an image processor to identify at least one selected feature within the image; and circuitry: a. to control printing of said at least one selected feature using a respective print operation; and b. to control printing of said image, other said at least one selected feature, using a further respective print operation; c. said respective print operation being different to said further respective print operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Adria Gallart Del Burgo, Alex Campa Coloma, Jordi Bas Ferrer, M.Isabel Borrell Bayona, Andreu Gonzalez Oliva, Marti Rius Rossell
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Patent number: 11535029Abstract: An example of a printing system is disclosed. The example disclosed herein comprises a plurality of nozzles and a controller. The plurality of nozzles is to eject a printing agent on a substrate to print a print job. The controller is to receive the print job comprising an outline and a fill area to be printed. The controller is also to define a first subset of the plurality of nozzles as a first printing mode to print the outline. The controller is further to define a second subset of the plurality of nozzles as a second printing mode to print the fill area, wherein the second subset comprises more nozzles than the first subset. The controller is further to print the print job based on the first printing mode and the second printing mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Marc Serra Vall, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona
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Publication number: 20220321734Abstract: An image processing method is disclosed. The method includes receiving information relating to a print component to be used to print a target image; determining, based on the received information relating to the print component, half-toning parameters to be applied when generating a half-tone representation of the target image; and generating, using the determined half-toning parameters, a half-tone representation of the target image. An apparatus and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Jordi Sender Beleta, Utpal Kumar Sarkar, Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona, Andres Fonts Santana
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Patent number: 11305544Abstract: There is disclosed a method comprising determining, by a processor, if there are consecutive nozzles of a print apparatus that are occluded by a contaminant; and, when a predetermined number of consecutive nozzles are occluded, automatically triggering a cleaning operation to at least partially remove the contaminant.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Adria Gallart del Burgo, Alex Campa Coloma, Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona, Jordi Bas Ferrer
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Patent number: 11305535Abstract: In an example print system including a mask engine and print engine, the mask engine is able to cause generation of print masks with disabled sections that are non-overlapping. In an example method of printing, a number of passes over a zone of media is identified, a plurality of print masks corresponding to the zone are generated with a disabled section of pixels that are non-overlapping, and the number of passes are printed based on the plurality of masks such that the disable pixels in each print mask are in a different relative position with respect to a location of the media.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alex Campa Coloma, Jordi Bas Ferrer, Adria Gallart del Burgo, Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona
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Patent number: 11223746Abstract: An example of a system for selecting print mode configurations is disclosed. The example disclosed herein comprises an array of nozzles to eject ink, and a controller. The controller is to instruct the array of nozzles to print a plurality of color patches, each color patch being printed using different nozzle setting values. Also, the controller is to receive a sensor signal from each color patch from a color sensor. The controller is further to derive color saturation and/or density measurement information from the sensor signals; and to select a print mode configuration based on the color saturation and/or density measurement information.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Alex Campa Coloma, Jordi Bas Ferrer, Adria Gallart del Burgo
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Publication number: 20210224621Abstract: Example implementations provide a controller for controlling printing of a printer, the controller comprising: an input interface for accessing an image to be printed; an image processor to identify at least one selected feature within the image; and circuitry: a. to control printing of said at least one selected feature using a respective print operation; and b. to control printing of said image, other said at least one selected feature, using a further respective print operation; c. said respective print operation being different to said further respective print operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Adria GALLART DEL BURGO, Alex CAMPA COLOMA, Jordi BAS FERRER, M.Isabel BORRELL BAYONA, Andreu GONZALEZ OLIVA, Marti RIUS ROSSELL
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Publication number: 20210053348Abstract: There is disclosed a method comprising determining, by a processor, if there are consecutive nozzles of a print apparatus that are occluded by a contaminant; and, when a predetermined number of consecutive nozzles are occluded, automatically triggering a cleaning operation to at least partially remove the contaminant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Adria GALLART DEL BURGO, Alex CAMPA COLOMA, Maria Isabel BORRELL BAYONA, Jordi BAS FERRER
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Publication number: 20210039386Abstract: In an example print system including a mask engine and print engine, the mask engine is able to cause generation of print masks with disabled sections that are non-overlapping. In an example method of printing, a number of passes over a zone of media is identified, a plurality of print masks corresponding to the zone are generated with a disabled section of pixels that are non-overlapping, and the number of passes are printed based on the plurality of masks such that the disable pixels in each print mask are in a different relative position with respect to a location of the media.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Alex Campa Coloma, Jordi Bas Ferrer, Adria Gallart del Burgo, Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona
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Publication number: 20210008877Abstract: An example of a printing system is disclosed. The example disclosed herein comprises a plurality of nozzles and a controller. The plurality of nozzles is to eject a printing agent on a substrate to print a print job. The controller is to receive the print job comprising an outline and a fill area to be printed. The controller is also to define a first subset of the plurality of nozzles as a first printing mode to print the outline. The controller is further to define a second subset of the plurality of nozzles as a second printing mode to print the fill area, wherein the second subset comprises more nozzles than the first subset. The controller is further to print the print job based on the first printing mode and the second printing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Marc Serra Vall, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona
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Publication number: 20200366811Abstract: An example of a system for selecting print mode configurations is disclosed. The example disclosed herein comprises an array of nozzles to eject ink, and a controller. The controller is to instruct the array of nozzles to print a plurality of color patches, each color patch being printed using different nozzle setting values. Also, the controller is to receive a sensor signal from each color patch from a color sensor. The controller is further to derive color saturation and/or density measurement information from the sensor signals; and to select a print mode configuration based on the color saturation and/or density measurement information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Alex Campa Coloma, Jordi Bas Ferrer, Adria Gallart del Burgo
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Patent number: 10603924Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to evaluating print quality. In these examples, a check image is printed at a first print quality in accordance with test image data for at least one test image, and a reference image is printed at a second print quality with reference image data corresponding to the one or more test images modified to simulate one or more print defects. A comparison of the printed reference image and the printed check image allows evaluation of a quality level for the printed check image.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Jordi Sender Beleta, Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona
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Patent number: 10391786Abstract: Examples describe a method in which first and second test patterns are printed onto a print medium. The first and second test patterns each vary in print density in opposing directions. A location is determined along the first and second test patterns having at least substantially equal visual density.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Marcos Casaldaliga, M. Isabel Borrell, Marti Rius, Jordi Sender
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Patent number: 10391762Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a page wide array (PWA) printer (20) particularly but not exclusively for performing print jobs while maximizing print bar performance uniformity within the printer. The PWA printer includes a print bar which can be moved laterally and a controller which causes the print bar to laterally move from a first to a second position and causes the nozzles within the print bar to print an image while the print bar is in the second position without modifying the lateral alignment of the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jordi Sender Beleta, Joshua A. Mann, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona
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Patent number: 10380466Abstract: As one example, a printer includes a density calculator to determine a content density of data on page to be printed and a controller. In that example, the controller may perform operations to determine a dry time for a swath of the page to be printed based on the content density and an environmental variable and adjust a parameter for the page to be printed to mitigate a drying time of the page to be printed based on the dry time determined for the swath.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona, Luis Garcia Garcia, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Angel Martinez Barambio
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Patent number: 10350880Abstract: A method and system of controlling at least one printbar in a printing system are described. The printing system has one or more of printbars distributed along a media transport. A first image including a reference pattern is generated on a print medium with a first printbar. A pattern is then detected on the print medium. The reference pattern and the detected pattern are used to determine a position of the first image relative to a second printbar. This position is used to configure nozzle data for a second image to be generated on the print medium by the second printbar.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Marti Rius Rossell, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Jordi Sender Beleta
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Patent number: 10343417Abstract: A method of generating a diagnostic plot for a printing system includes printing a first half of a diagnostic pattern representative of a first state of the printing system, and printing a second half of the diagnostic pattern representative of a second state of the printing system. Variation of the diagnostic pattern from an adjacent diagnostic pattern indicates the printing system is out of specification.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jordi Sender Beleta, M.Isabel Borrell Bayona, Marcos Casaldaliga Albisu, Marti Rius Rossell
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Patent number: 10341506Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a printing system. The printing system comprises a support having a plurality of spaced apertures and a colour sensor moveable to measure light from each aperture. The printing system further comprises a controller to control the colour sensor to measure characteristics of light emitted through each aperture, and to determine, for each aperture, light calibration data.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Luis Garcia Garcia, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Angel Martinez Barambio
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Patent number: 10226924Abstract: A printer for printing on a print medium as said print medium advances through a print zone, the printer including a number of print heads extending over the print zone, each print head including at least one nozzle array wherein at least two adjacent nozzle arrays overlap forming at least one stitching zone in the overlap region; and a printer controller for generating a sequence of nozzle firing commands for each nozzle array to selectively deposit droplets of print fluid on said print medium from said nozzle arrays in accordance with an image to be printed, wherein the printer controller further applies masks having decorrelated patterns to said sequence of firing commands for at least those overlapping nozzles of the nozzle arrays coinciding with the at least one stitching zone to obtain a predetermined optical parameter of the printed image in the stitching zone, irrespective of an offset between two adjacent nozzle arrays.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Leticia Rubio, Utpal Sarkar, M. Isabel Borrell, Xavier Farina
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Publication number: 20180234558Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a printing system. The printing system comprises a support having a plurality of spaced apertures and a colour sensor moveable to measure light from each aperture. The printing system further comprises a controller to control the colour sensor to measure characteristics of light emitted through each aperture, and to determine, for each aperture, light calibration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Luis Garcia Garcia, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Angel Martinez Barambio