Patents by Inventor Manuel Garcia

Manuel Garcia 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).

  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL THRESHOLD MATRIX FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL HALFTONING
    Publication number: 20170365095
    Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to a three-dimensional threshold matrix. The three-dimensional threshold matrix may be used for three-dimensional halftoning. In one example, values for a predefined two-dimensional threshold matrix are shifted with respect to a third dimension to provide the three-dimensional threshold matrix. In one example, the three-dimensional threshold matrix may then be processed in association with a digital representation of a three-dimensional object to output discrete material arrangement instructions for at least one production material. The instructions may be used to control an additive manufacturing system to produce the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter MOROVIC, Jan MOROVIC, Jay S. GONDEK, Juan Manuel GARCIA REYERO VINAS
  • INDEXING CELLS OF N-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20170361536
    Abstract: Cells of an n-dimensional object are indexed. A plurality of indexing digits are grouped for each axis of the n dimensions of the n-dimensional object. A first indexing digit of a given group is allocated to each of at least two cells resulting from at least one subdivision of the dimension of the object along the axis of the given group; and an mth subsequent indexing digit of the given group is allocated to any subsequent at least two cells resulting from any subsequent at least one subdivision of at least one cell of the at least two cells resulting from the m?1th subdivision of the dimension of the object along the axis of the given group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas, Utpal Kumar Sarkar, Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic
  • Automated medication adherence system
    Patent number: 9836583
    Abstract: An automated medication adherence system. The automated medication adherence system may comprise: a housing, an electronic interface, a plurality of reservoirs, one or more sensors, and at least one pill delivery and lock-out module. The electronic interface is programmable to accept data relating to a medication, including at least one of a pill identify, a user identity, a dosage schedule, and a side effect. The electronic interface actuates rotation of a reservoir, which is configured to receive, store, and dispense pills, tablets, and capsules of various sizes accurately and precisely. The sensors monitor medication input and output, and alerts a user when medication has been dispensed and needs to be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SILVERGENS INC.
    Inventors: César Manuel García, Bart Jan Wanders, Philip Eugene Alei, Conrado Orlando Diaz
  • METHOD OF PRINTING IN A MULTIPASS MODE AND A PRINTING APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD
    Publication number: 20170341380
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates particularly but not exclusive to a method for printing in a multipass print mode using a first printhead (PT1) and a second printhead (PT2), the method including printing in a first pass a first image in a first area of a print medium using a first set (ST21) of nozzles (N5-N24) from the first printhead (PT1), printing in a second pass a coating layer over the first image using a second set (ST22) of nozzles (P4-P22) from the second printhead (PT2), and printing in a third pass a second image over the coating layer using a third set (ST23) of nozzles (N1-20) from the first printhead (PT1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald Albert Askeland, Alex Andrea Tallada, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas
  • Processing biomass using thermochemical processing and anaerobic digestion in combination
    Patent number: 9790115
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating thermochemical processing of biomass and anaerobic digestion are provided. Light oxygenated organic compounds are produced as byproducts of thermochemical biomass processing e.g. by torrefaction and/or pyrolysis, and are converted to methane by anaerobic digestion. Thermochemical processing units may or may not be co-located with the anaerobic digestion units, with co-location providing benefits for e.g. rural agricultural enterprises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Manuel Garcia-Perez, Craig Frear
  • Automated Medication Adherence System
    Publication number: 20170270274
    Abstract: An automated medication adherence system. The automated medication adherence system may comprise: a housing, an electronic interface, a plurality of reservoirs, one or more sensors, and at least one pill delivery and lock-out module. The electronic interface is programmable to accept data relating to a medication, including at least one of a pill identify, a user identity, a dosage schedule, and a side effect. The electronic interface actuates rotation of a reservoir, which is configured to receive, store, and dispense pills, tablets, and capsules of various sizes accurately and precisely. The sensors monitor medication input and output, and alerts a user when medication has been dispensed and needs to be taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: César Manuel García, Bart Jan Wanders, Philip Eugene Alei, Conrado Orlando Diaz
  • RGB to NPAC-related space translation
    Patent number: 9756221
    Abstract: A method of defining color separation for printing an image via NPacs, the method comprising: selecting a plurality of NPacs corresponding to a plurality of points within an RGB cube to provide a tessellation in RGB space translated to a valid tessellation in an NPac-related space; and defining color separation from the selected NPacs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Martí Rius Rossell, Jan Morovic, Juan Manuel García Reyero Viñas
  • Calibration target
    Patent number: 9754194
    Abstract: A calibration target is disclosed. The calibration target is created such that a color patch is sensitive to drop weight changes based on drop weight variations that show greater changes in color for a given change in drop weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Montserrat Solano Pallarol, Marti Rius Rossell, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas
  • HEAT TREATED POLYMER POWDERS
    Publication number: 20170198134
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat treatment of polymorphic semicrystalline or crystallizable polymers to increase the content of the highest melting crystalline form. Such heat treatment results in a polymer powder that has a consistent, uniform melting range, improved flow and improved durability of the powder particle size for applications that require powder flow at elevated temperatures. In addition to improved powder properties, the articles produced from the powders also exhibit better physical properties in both appearance and in mechanical properties. Thus the invention also includes polymer powders and articles produced by the described processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher A. Bertelo, Manuel A. Garcia-Leiner, Anthony Decarmine, Scott F. Defelice
  • Color separation and printing
    Patent number: 9686444
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for color separation for a printer, systems, and methods for printing using a printer. In some examples, the method for color separation for a printer comprises forming a color gamut for the printer in the form of a hull in a color space, the hull having vertices corresponding to Neugebauer Primaries, predicting the colorimetry in the color space of at least one Neugebauer Primary lying outside of an ink limit for the printer, determining the Neugebauer Primary area coverages that can produce a desired color in the color space using at least one Neugebauer Primary lying outside of the ink limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jan Morovic, Peter Morovic, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Viñas, Alejandro Manuel de Peña Hempel, Utpal Kumar Sarkar
  • COLOR HALFTONE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20170126931
    Abstract: A method of color halftone processing is disclosed. A plurality of color mappings each provide a mapping from a color value in a color space to a set of Neugebauer Primary area coverage (NPac) values in an NPac space. An imaging metric is obtained for each NPac value in the set. An NPac value in the set is selected based on the imaging metric. The selected NPac value is used as an output NPac value in a combined color mapping for the color value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas, Marti Rius Rossell
  • INTEGRATED BICYCLE CARRIER FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170113624
    Abstract: A roof-mounted bicycle rack assembly for a motor vehicle includes a deployable bicycle carrier slidably attached to an underside of a roof panel of the motor vehicle. The bicycle carrier includes at least one bicycle support configured to deploy from and retract into a cooperating holder disposed on the roof panel underside. The bicycle support may include at least one tube or rail and the cooperating holder may include at least one sleeve or track configured to receive at least a portion of the at least one tube or rail therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jonatan Leff Yaffe, Carlos Emilio Merino, Jorge Manuel Rodriguez Vazquez, Luis Manuel Garcia
  • PROCESS IMAGE DATA
    Publication number: 20170111546
    Abstract: A printing system and method to process image data is disclosed. The printing system includes an identification module and image pipeline module include a linear threshold array algorithm and a halftoning algorithm to process the image data. An image pipeline module applies a linear threshold array algorithm to line regions and a halftoning algorithm to the non-line regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas, Jan Morovic, Peter Morovic, Lluis Abello Rosello
  • To generate a print specification color separation look-up table
    Patent number: 9609177
    Abstract: In a method to generate a print specification color separation look-up table, a device color space is sampled to provide at least one sampled value. The sampled value is transformed to a device independent color space. The transformed sampled value is gamut mapped using a source color gamut and a color separation color gamut to provide a color separation value. The gamut mapping is performed in an expansion mode and a compression mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jan Morovic, Peter Morovic, Juan Manuel García Reyero Viñas, Martí Rius Rossell
  • PYROTECHNIC CARRIER STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20170067722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pyrotechnic carrier structure made from profiles (1) that can be interconnected on the edges thereof and with relative rotational freedom in order to form a firing base (20), to be horizontally arranged on the ground or warped for the arched arrangement thereof on support elements (12) formed by pairs of housings (13 and 14, 15 and 16, 17 and 18). Furthermore, the longitudinal movement of the profiles is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Fernando Garcia Gamon, Manuel Garcia Gamon
  • Heat treated polymer powders
    Patent number: 9587107
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat treatment of polymorphic semicrystalline or crystallizable polymers to increase the content of the highest melting crystalline form. Such heat treatment results in a polymer powder that has a consistent, uniform melting range, improved flow and improved durability of the powder particle size for applications that require powder flow at elevated temperatures. In addition to improved powder properties, the articles produced from the powders also exhibit better physical properties in both appearance and in mechanical properties. Thus the invention also includes polymer powders and articles produced by the described processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Bertelo, Manuel A. Garcia-Leiner, Anthony Decarmine, Scott F. Defelice
  • Device for taking samples from containers
    Patent number: 9572749
    Abstract: A device for taking samples from containers includes: a receiving body for at least one container; a container bar code reader positioned in the receiving body for containers; a support for a test tube with the ability to move; a bar code reader positioned in the support; and a fluid communication component between the container and the test tube. The support for test tubes includes at least a test tube loading position and a sample-taking position. The device also includes a controller configured to control position of the support for test tube. The controller can also include at least one sensor of the position of the support for test tube and a blocking component configured to block a position of said support for test tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Carlos Roura Fernandez, Manuel Garcia Sanchez, Daniel Fleta Coit
  • COLOR MAPPING
    Publication number: 20170048420
    Abstract: A method for color mapping is disclosed based on obtaining a measurement of one or more characteristics of an imaging system. A set of color mappings are provided and the color mapping is selected based on the measurement. Each of the color mappings enables a mapping from a first color space to Neugebauer Primary area coverage vector space. A method for generating a color mapping is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas, David Gaston Liado
  • TO PROCESS INFORMATION TO USE AT LEAST ONE OPAQUA INK AS A PROCESS COLORANT
    Publication number: 20170048417
    Abstract: A processing apparatus is provided. The processing apparatus includes a controller to process information as part of a Halftone Area Neugebauer Separation printing process to use at least one opaque ink as a process colorant in combination with at least one further process colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT- PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jan Morovic, Peter Morovic, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyero Vinas, Ronld Albert Askeland, Andreas Muller, Michel Georges Encrenaz
  • CALIBRATION TARGET
    Publication number: 20170032225
    Abstract: A calibration target is disclosed. The calibration target is created such that a color patch is sensitive to drop weight changes based on drop weight variations that show greater changes in color for a given change in drop weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Peter MOROVIC, Jan MOROVIC, Montserrat SOLANO PALLAROL, Marti RIUS ROSSELL, Juan MANUEL GARCIA REYERO VINAS