Patents by Inventor Michael Kelley Webb

Michael Kelley Webb 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).

  • Architecture and memory card for hand-held printer
    Patent number: 7652787
    Abstract: A printer architecture and memory card is described. The architecture can include an integrated circuit and a memory card. The memory card can include print swaths and bit-maps of thumbnail images associated with the print swaths. The thumbnail images can be displayed on the hand-held printer. A print swath associated with the selected thumbnail image can be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Jude Ahne, Thomas Jon Eade, Michael Kelley Webb
  • Method for maintaining printhead performance
    Patent number: 7604315
    Abstract: A method of operating an ink jet apparatus to print a print job on print media with a printhead having a supply of ink and an initial printhead operating frequency is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the print job for printing on the media, determining the volume of the supply of ink, comparing the volume of the supply of ink to a predetermined level, calculating a revised printhead operating frequency in response to the comparison, and operating the printhead at the revised printhead operating frequency to print the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Tommy Otis Lowe, Randall David Mayo, Michael Kelley Webb
  • Hand-operated printer having a user interface
    Patent number: 7524051
    Abstract: A hand-operated printer includes a body, a printhead mounted to the body, a target sight mounted to the body, and a display device mounted to the body. The display device is configured to display an image and a representation of the target sight in relation to the image, and wherein the relation between the representation of the target sight and the image that are displayed on the display device corresponds to a relationship between the target sight and a print position for the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Jude Ahne, Miles Edward Anderson, Edmund Hulin James, III, Michael Kelley Webb, Randal Scott Williamson
  • Method for Maintaining Printhead Performance
    Publication number: 20080088660
    Abstract: A method of operating an ink jet apparatus to print a print job on print media with a printhead having a supply of ink and an initial printhead operating frequency is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the print job for printing on the media, determining the volume of the supply of ink, comparing the volume of the supply of ink to a predetermined level, calculating a revised printhead operating frequency in response to the comparison, and operating the printhead at the revised printhead operating frequency to print the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tommy Otis Lowe, Randall David Mayo, Michael Kelley Webb