Patents by Inventor Jorge Antonio Alvarez

Jorge Antonio Alvarez 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).

  • Using images to diagnose defects in an image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8725008
    Abstract: Methods and systems receive printing symptoms from a user into a graphic user interface and receive system information from a printing device exhibiting the printing symptoms. The method analyzes the printing symptoms using a diagnostic inference system operating on a computerized device operatively connected to the graphic user interface to produce candidate component defects. The method outputs diagnostic recommendations containing the candidate component defects to the user. The diagnostic recommendations include at least one representative image of a printing defect corresponding to each candidate component defect, and probabilities of correctness of the candidate component defects displayed alongside the representative image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Kott, Jorge Antonio Alvarez
  • PRINTER DIAGNOSES USING DISPLAYED CANDIDATE DEFECT IMAGES
    Publication number: 20110228307
    Abstract: Methods and systems receive printing symptoms from a user into a graphic user interface and receive system information from a printing device exhibiting the printing symptoms. The method analyzes the printing symptoms using a diagnostic inference system operating on a computerized device operatively connected to the graphic user interface to produce candidate component defects. The method outputs diagnostic recommendations containing the candidate component defects to the user. The diagnostic recommendations include at least one representative image of a printing defect corresponding to each candidate component defect, and probabilities of correctness of the candidate component defects displayed alongside the representative image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory J. Kott, Jorge Antonio Alvarez