Patents by Inventor Kelly D. Sims

Kelly D. Sims 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 adjusting operation of printheads in an ink printing device
    Patent number: 8300266
    Abstract: A method evaluates image quality in an ink printing system and generates data values for altering the operation of the ink printing system. The method includes generating an ink image on an ink image receiving member that corresponds to a digital image stored in the ink printing system, generating a scanned image signal corresponding to the ink image, generating firing signal waveform adjustments and image data adjustments with reference to the scanned image signal corresponding to the ink image, and operating a printhead in an ink imaging system with reference to the firing signal waveform adjustments and the image data adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Yeh, Bhaskar T. Ramakrishnan, Kelly D. Sims, Katie Maria Teslow, Luo Cheng, George Laurens Taylor, John Alan Durbin, Ernest I. Esplin, Howard A. Mizes, Joel Chan, Ngoc-Diep Thi Nguyen, Susan J. Zoltner, Yeqing Zhang, Lisa Schmidt, Kenneth R. Chamberlain, Matthew Hudson Dixon, Steven Van Cleve Korol, James B. Campbell, Russell J. Watt
  • System And Method For Adjusting Operation Of Printheads In An Ink Printing Device
    Publication number: 20100232652
    Abstract: A method evaluates image quality in an ink printing system and generates data values for altering the operation of the ink printing system. The method includes generating an ink image on an ink image receiving member that corresponds to a digital image stored in the ink printing system, generating a scanned image signal corresponding to the ink image, generating firing signal waveform adjustments and image data adjustments with reference to the scanned image signal corresponding to the ink image, and operating a printhead in an ink imaging system with reference to the firing signal waveform adjustments and the image data adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Yeh, Bhaskar T. Ramakrishnan, Kelly D. Sims, Katie Maria Teslow, Luo Cheng, George Laurens Taylor, John Alan Durbin, Ernest I. Esplin, Howard A. Mizes, Joel Chan, Ngoc-Diep Thi Nguyen, Susan J. Zoltner, Yeqing Zhang, Lisa Schmidt, Kenneth R. Chamberlain, Matthew Hudson Dixon, Steven Van Cleve Korol, James B. Campbell, Russell J. Watt