Patents by Inventor Lee James O'Brien

Lee James O'Brien 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 and apparatus for confirming attributes of media loaded in a media tray in an image production device
    Patent number: 8339618
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for confirming attributes of media loaded in a media tray in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include determining which media tray of one or more media trays is being loaded with media using one or more media tray sensors, displaying a graphical representation of the media tray being loaded to a user on a user interface, prompting the user to enter and confirm attributes of the media being loaded into the media tray through the user interface, determining if confirmation has been received from the user interface, wherein if it is determined that the confirmation has been received from the user interface, storing the confirmed attributes for the determined media tray in a memory, and processing print jobs using the stored media tray attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David Shawn Stewart, Gemma Rosalind Lee, Lee James O'Brien
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIRMING ATTRIBUTES OF MEDIA LOADED IN A MEDIA TRAY IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100253952
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for confirming attributes of media loaded in a media tray in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include determining which media tray of one or more media trays is being loaded with media using one or more media tray sensors, displaying a graphical representation of the media tray being loaded to a user on a user interface, prompting the user to enter and confirm attributes of the media being loaded into the media tray through the user interface, determining if confirmation has been received from the user interface, wherein if it is determined that the confirmation has been received from the user interface, storing the confirmed attributes for the determined media tray in a memory, and processing print jobs using the stored media tray attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Shawn STEWART, Gemma Rosalind LEE, Lee James O'BRIEN