Patents by Inventor James Patrick Kitchen

James Patrick Kitchen 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).

  • Method for calibrating optical detector operation with marks formed on a moving image receiving surface in a printer
    Patent number: 8888225
    Abstract: A method for calibration of an optical sensor to scan printed marks in a printer includes operating inkjets to form printed marks on an image receiving surface and activating the optical sensor after the image receiving surface moves a predetermined distance to generate scanned image data of a region of the image receiving surface that is longer than the region containing the printed marks. The method includes identifying an error between the location of the printed marks in the scanned image data and a predetermined expected location for the marks, and adjustment of the distance that the image receiving surface moves prior to activation of the optical sensor to correct the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Patricia Joanne Donaldson, James Patrick Kitchen, Jeffrey Michael Gramowski
  • Method For Calibrating Optical Detector Operation With Marks Formed On A Moving Image Receiving Surface In A Printer
    Publication number: 20140313256
    Abstract: A method for calibration of an optical sensor to scan printed marks in a printer includes operating inkjets to form printed marks on an image receiving surface and activating the optical sensor after the image receiving surface moves a predetermined distance to generate scanned image data of a region of the image receiving surface that is longer than the region containing the printed marks. The method includes identifying an error between the location of the printed marks in the scanned image data and a predetermined expected location for the marks, and adjustment of the distance that the image receiving surface moves prior to activation of the optical sensor to correct the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Patricia Joanne Donaldson, James Patrick Kitchen, Jeffrey Michael Gramowski
  • METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS TO CONTROL THE DONOR ROLL TO MAG ROLL DEVELOPMENT FIELD (Vdm) ASSOCIATED WITH A PRINTING DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110318027
    Abstract: Disclosed are printing methods, apparatus and systems for developing a latent image recorded on a surface, for example, a photoreceptor with developer material. According to an exemplary embodiment, the development method applies a development field voltage between a development station donor member and a development station transport member as a function of a humidity measurement associated with the developer material, the humidity measurement providing a surrogate tribo measurement of the developer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Bradford Willard, Kimberly Anne Stoll, James Patrick Kitchen