Patents by Inventor Nigel M. Cheung

Nigel M. Cheung 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).

  • Scan flow alignment
    Publication number: 20080291508
    Abstract: Among various embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for scan flow alignment are shown. A scan carriage can be aligned and used in a scan flow by selecting a scan starting location, determining a reference mark location, using the reference mark location as a coordinate system origin, moving the scan carriage from the coordinate system origin to the scan starting location, and performing a scan from the scan starting location to capture an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Chingchu K. Huang, Stephen Pollard, Andrew Hunter, Nigel M. Cheung, Edward G. Trick
  • Apparatus and method that provides an input reference location
    Patent number: 6832068
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is an imaging device comprising an illuminated reference locator that comprises an illuminated surface that identifies an input location that receives an object to be imaged by the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd J. Anderson, Nigel M. Cheung
  • Apparatus and method that provides an input reference location
    Publication number: 20040161273
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is an imaging device comprising an illuminated reference locator that comprises an illuminated surface that identifies an input location that receives an object to be imaged by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Todd J. Anderson, Nigel M. Cheung
  • Sheet feeding apparatus employing air streams as handling media
    Patent number: 6345921
    Abstract: Sheets of paper, photos, transparencies and the like can be fed to a work station (scanner, printer, photocopies, etc.) from a staircased stack of said sheets by use of an air knife and wind tunnel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Nigel M. Cheung