Patents by Inventor Michael Earl Lhamon

Michael Earl Lhamon 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).

  • Access to networked peripheral device for impaired users
    Patent number: 8743388
    Abstract: A method for controlling a peripheral device includes receiving input from a user at a workstation adapted to the user, determining whether the received input can be valid, generating a job ticket from the valid input, sending the job ticket to the peripheral device and receiving an identifier representing the job ticket from the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Amanda Kay Bridges, Stuart Willard Daniel, William James Gardner Flowers, Charles Edward Grieshaber, Dennis Herbert Hasselbring, Michael Earl Lhamon, Chad Eugene McQuillen, Michael Ray Timperman
  • Peripheral device
    Patent number: 8185957
    Abstract: A method for an impaired user to control a peripheral device including receiving key-value pair input from the user, determining whether the received input is valid and executing a job generated from the valid received key-value pair input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Amanda Kay Bridges, Stuart Willard Daniel, William James Gardner Flowers, Charles Edward Grieshaber, Dennis Herbert Hasselbring, Michael Earl Lhamon, Chad Eugene McQuillen, Michael Ray Timperman
  • Method for copying objects
    Patent number: 7483589
    Abstract: A method for copying objects smaller than a background defined by a scanner of an apparatus includes scanning a plurality of objects to acquire image data associated with the plurality of objects and the background; cropping the image data to remove object data for each object of the plurality of objects from the background; determining a size associated with each object of the plurality of objects, based on the object data; and formatting a page to produce a compact arrangement of multiple objects of the plurality of objects on the page, the page receiving the multiple objects in accordance with the size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Brian Edward Cooper, Michael Earl Lhamon
  • ACCESS TO NETWORKED PERIPHERAL DEVICE FOR IMPAIRED USERS
    Publication number: 20080144077
    Abstract: A method for controlling a peripheral device includes receiving input from a user at a workstation adapted to the user, determining whether the received input can be valid, generating a job ticket from the valid input, sending the job ticket to the peripheral device and receiving an identifier representing the job ticket from the peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Amanda Kay Bridges, Stuart Willard Daniel, William James Gardner Flowers, Charles Edward Grieshaber, Dennis Herbert Hasselbring, Michael Earl Lhamon, Chad Eugene McQuillen, Michael Ray Timperman
  • SUPPLEMENTAL SENSORY INPUT/OUTPUT FOR ACCESSIBILITY
    Publication number: 20080144134
    Abstract: A method for a user to control a peripheral device includes soliciting input from a user through assistive technology, receiving input from the user in response to soliciting, and executing a job generated from the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Amanda Kay Bridges, Stuart Willard Daniel, William James Gardner Flowers, Charles Edward Grieshaber, Dennis Herbert Hasselbring, Michael Earl Lhamon, Chad Eugene McQuillen, Michael Ray Timperman
  • PERIPHERAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080115222
    Abstract: A method for an impaired user to control a peripheral device including receiving key-value pair input from the user, determining whether the received input is valid and executing a job generated from the valid received key-value pair input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Amanda Kay Bridges, Stuart Willard Daniel, William James Gardner Flowers, Charles Edward Grieshaber, Dennis Herbert Hasselbring, Michael Earl Lhamon, Chad Eugene McQuillen, Michael Ray Timperman