Patents by Inventor Marina Ferran Farres
Marina Ferran Farres 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).
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Publication number: 20230376703Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a network interface and a controller. The controller receives, via the network interface, an identifier of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and generates a notification in response to the identifier being different from a set of identifiers stored to a storage device. The set of identifiers includes multiple identifiers associated with the RFID tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Jefferson P. WARD, Stephen D. PANSHIN, Marina FERRAN FARRES
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Patent number: 11407177Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus includes an interface. The interface is to detect a connection to a 3D printer and a connection to a powder supply/post-processing component. The interface may be in communication with a processor. The processor may also be in communication with a timer. The timer is to begin tracking a cooling time when the interface is disconnected from the 3D printer and the processor is to transmit the cooling time to the powder supply/post-processing component when the interface detects the connection to the powder supply/post-processing component.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anna Torrent, Sergio de Santiago Dominguez, Marina Ferran Farres
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Publication number: 20210323030Abstract: Example implementations provide a control system to control a system for actuating a sieve, the system comprising an actuator mechanism to actuate the sieve to produce a sieving action to sieve a particulate within the sieve, and a sensor to determine an electrical characteristic associated with the actuator mechanism; the controller comprising circuitry to determine the amount of the particulate within the sieve in response to the determined electrical characteristic associated with the actuator mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Mayid SHAWI SANCHEZ, Peter James BOUCHER JR., Marina FERRAN FARRES
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Publication number: 20210283848Abstract: A printer is disclosed. The printer comprises a resistive load and a control system. The control system is to control the resistive load. The control system is to determine a resistance value of the resistive load. The control system is to determine a voltage transition mode for transitioning the voltage applied across the resistive load to a target voltage value depending on the resistance value. The control system is to transition the voltage applied across the resistive load to the target voltage value according to the determined voltage transition mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Marina FERRAN FARRES, Esteve COMAS, Juan Manuel ZAMORANO
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Publication number: 20210252785Abstract: An example device includes a camera to aim towards a build platform to receive material to be fused to form an article. The camera is to capture thermal images including a correction image captured during formation of the article at the build platform. The correction image is to be referenced to adjust a parameter of the formation of the article at the build platform. The example device further includes a controller connected to the camera. The controller is to control the camera to capture a calibration image with a heater associated with the build platform turned on. The controller is further to use the calibration image to compute a calibration to apply to the correction image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2018Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Luis GARCIA GARCIA, Marina FERRAN FARRES, Alejandro Manuel DE PENA HEMPEL
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Publication number: 20210187857Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus includes an interface. The interface is to detect a connection to a 3D printer and a connection to a powder supply/post-processing component. The interface may be in communication with a processor. The processor may also be in communication with a timer. The timer is to begin tracking a cooling time when the interface is disconnected from the 3D printer and the processor is to transmit the cooling time to the powder supply/post-processing component when the interface detects the connection to the powder supply/post-processing component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Anna Torrent, Sergio de Santiago Dominguez, Marina Ferran Farres
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Patent number: 11009408Abstract: Examples of temperature measurement calibration in an additive manufacturing system are described. In one case, a method of calibrating a non-contact temperature measurement device involves applying energy from a radiation source of the additive manufacturing system to heat a reference element. The reference element is thermally coupled to a temperature sensor. A temperature reading from the temperature sensor is compared with data from the non-contact temperature measurement device to calibrate the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Esteve Comas, Sergio De Santiago Dominguez, Marina Ferran Farres
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Patent number: 10922036Abstract: According to one aspect, there is provided a management system to control a 3D printing system that includes at least one 3D printer, at least one build unit in which 3D objects can be generated by the 3D printer, and at least one material processing unit in which processing operations can be performed on the build unit. The management system comprises a processor to obtain status data from at least some of the elements of the 3D printing system, to obtain data relating to a print job to be printed, to determine, from the obtained data, a schedule of operations to be performed by elements of the 3D printing system and to generate control data to allow enforcement of the determined schedule.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anna Torrent, Marina Ferran Farres, Juan Manuel Zamorano
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Publication number: 20200218477Abstract: According to one aspect, there is provided a management system to control a 3D printing system that includes at least one 3D printer, at least one build unit in which 3D objects can be generated by the 3D printer, and at least one material processing unit in which processing operations can be performed on the build unit. The management system comprises a processor to obtain status data from at least some of the elements of the 3D printing system, to obtain data relating to a print job to be printed, to determine, from the obtained data, a schedule of operations to be performed by elements of the 3D printing system and to generate control data to allow enforcement of the determined schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Anna Torrent, Marina Ferran Farres, Juan Manuel Zamorano
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Publication number: 20200079010Abstract: In an example, a method comprises providing a layer of build material on a support, and applying energy to the layer of build material using an energy source. The method may further comprise reducing a spacing between the energy source and the support and following the reduction of the spacing, applying energy to the layer of build material using the energy source to cause fusion in at least part of the layer of build material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Hewlwtt-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Juan Manuel ZAMORANO, Sergio DE SANTIAGE DOMINGUEZ, Marina FERRAN FARRES
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Publication number: 20190113398Abstract: Examples of temperature measurement calibration in an additive manufacturing system are described. In one case, a method of calibrating a non-contact temperature measurement device involves applying energy from a radiation source of the additive manufacturing system to heat a reference element. The reference element is thermally coupled to a temperature sensor. A temperature reading from the temperature sensor is compared with data from the non-contact temperature measurement device to calibrate the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Esteve Comas, Sergio De Santiago Dominguez, Marina Ferran Farres
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Publication number: 20190036334Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for controlling harmonics. For each device in an array of devices, a level of harmonic control is acquired to apply to an alternating current voltage powering the device. The level of harmonic control defines a period in a cycle of the alternating current voltage in which to drop the alternating current voltage. For each device in an array of devices, the alternating current voltage powering the device is controlled by dropping the alternating current voltage in the period defined by the acquired level of harmonic control.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Marc Soler Jauma, David Soriano Fosas, Marina Ferran Farres
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Publication number: 20180364104Abstract: Examples of determining the temperature of a print zone in an additive manufacturing system are described. In one case, the additive manufacturing system comprises a print zone, a radiation source, an infra-red sensor and an ambient light sensor. The infra-red sensor is configured to measure the temperature of the print zone, and the ambient light sensor is configured to measure visible electromagnetic radiation. The additive manufacturing system comprises a temperature controller to compensate data from the infra-red sensor for infra-red radiation from the radiation source using data from the ambient light sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Xavier Vilajosana, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Marina Ferran Farres
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Publication number: 20180194063Abstract: A build material container (100) may comprise a container body (102) enclosing a volume to contain a build material (104) for three-dimensional printing. In an example, the container body comprises a sidewall. A compressible wall element (108) may be disposed in the sidewall, wherein compression of the compressible portion wall element reduces the volume of the container. An opening (112) to introduce the build material into the container body may be disposed in an upper region of the sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Juan Manuel Zamorano, Marina Ferran Farres, Sergio De Santiago Dominguez
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Patent number: 9895897Abstract: A printing apparatus, a printing system and a method are disclosed. The method of moving printing fluid within a printing apparatus includes selectively providing a first pressure difference between a first reservoir and a second reservoir by a differential pressure system to cause the printing fluid to move from the first reservoir through a printing fluid applicator to the second reservoir. The method also includes selectively providing a second pressure difference between the first reservoir and the second reservoir by the different pressure system to cause the printing fluid to move from the second reservoir through the printing fluid applicator to the first reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Joan-Albert Miravet Jimenez, Marina Ferran Farres, Francesc Ros Cerro
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Publication number: 20160207317Abstract: A printing apparatus, a printing system and a method are disclosed. The method of moving printing fluid within a printing apparatus includes selectively providing a first pressure difference between a first reservoir and a second reservoir by a differential pressure system to cause the printing fluid to move from the first reservoir through a printing fluid applicator to the second reservoir. The method also includes selectively providing a second pressure difference between the first reservoir and the second reservoir by the different pressure system to cause the printing fluid to move from the second reservoir through the printing fluid applicator to the first reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Joan-Albert Miravet Jimenez, Marina Ferran Farres, Francesc Ros Cerro
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Patent number: 9081052Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a monitoring module for determining the status of electrical components in an array of N electrical components. The monitoring module comprises a resistance measurer to measure the resistance across a pair of diagnostic terminals, a comparator to compare the measured resistance with a set of reference resistances, and a status module to determine the status of at least one electrical component in the array based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Juan Luis López Rodriguez, Marc Bautista Palacios, Marina Ferran Farrés
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Patent number: 8651610Abstract: An image forming system includes a print unit to print a plurality of swaths to form an image on a media, a media transport unit to transport the media to the print unit and an advancement error determination unit to determine an amount of advancement error corresponding to the transportation of the media. The image forming system also includes a swath adjustment module to dynamically adjust a swath size of a respective swath.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Yngvar Rossow Sethne, Utpal Kumar Sarkar, Marcos Casaldaliga Albisu, Jesús Garcia Maza, Marina Ferran Farrés
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Patent number: 8487647Abstract: System and method for deglitching an input signal. An output signal may be delayed to generate a delayed signal, the delayed signal determining a guard time interval following a desired transition in the input signal, and a logic circuit is used to keep the output signal unchanged during the guard time interval, and to allow the output signal to equal the input signal outside the guard time interval, based on a value of the delayed signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Juan Luis Lopez Rodriguez, Marina Ferran Farres, Pere Esterri Pedra
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Patent number: 8485655Abstract: An ink patch is printed on a swath of media, by an inkjet-printing mechanism of an inkjet-printing device. Printing the ink patch takes a first length of time. The ink patch printed on the swath is heated at a first temperature less than a second temperature specified for the first length of time the inkjet-printing mechanism takes to print the ink patch. A second length of time is waited. A total length of time the swath is heated is at least substantially equal to the first length of time plus the second length of time.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ana Maria Cardells Tormo, Marina Ferran Farres, Juan Uroz Soria