Patents by Inventor Oriol Borrell Avila
Oriol Borrell Avila 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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Patent number: 10664206Abstract: A system includes an image analyzer to analyze an image to be printed by a printer and to obtain an image parameter of the image, and a database to store a plurality of print-mode configurations for the printer. Each print-mode configuration has associated therewith a measure that represents a suitability of the print-mode configuration to print an image having a certain image parameter on a certain print medium. The database receives a query, and the query indicates the image parameter and a print medium. The database selects, responsive to the query and to the measure, a print-mode configuration for the printer, and outputs the selected print-mode configuration. The system modifies the measure associated with the selected print-mode configuration in response to a feedback about the printed image.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Devleopment Company, L.P.Inventors: Frederic Barnel, Oriol Borrell Avila, Albert Crespi Serrano
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Patent number: 10437534Abstract: In examples a printing system comprises a controller and a printing device. The controller is to divide a print job into a sequence of areas, wherein an image property varies between adjacent areas. The controller is to determine a pausing point to be within a runout area at which a remaining amount of a consumable will be at or below a predetermined first amount when executing the print job when the runout area fulfills a condition. The controller is to determine the pausing point to be within a preceding area that fulfills the condition when the runout area does not fulfill the condition. The controller is to control the printing device to pause printing of the print job at the pausing point.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jose Miquel Cluet Beltran, Albert Crespi Serrano, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Publication number: 20190286386Abstract: A system includes an image analyzer to analyze an image to be printed by a printer and to obtain an image parameter of the image, and a database to store a plurality of print-mode configurations for the printer. Each print-mode configuration has associated therewith a measure that represents a suitability of the print-mode configuration to print an image having a certain image parameter on a certain print medium. The database receives a query, and the query indicates the image parameter and a print medium. The database selects, responsive to the query and to the measure, a print-mode configuration for the printer, and outputs the selected print-mode configuration. The system modifies the measure associated with the selected print-mode configuration in response to a feedback about the printed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Frederic Barnel, Oriol Borrell Avila, Albert Crespi Serrano
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Patent number: 10328724Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to printing systems and methods of operating the same. In an example of a printing system, a porosity determiner determines a porosity of a print medium and a signal generator generates a signal relating to a state of a printing fluid collector based on the porosity determined. In an example of a method of operating a printing system, a pressure measurement is obtained from a vacuum system of the printing system when a print medium is present on a media path of the printing system. This is compared to at least one predefined pressure range and, based on the comparison, an indication is provided setting out a state of a printing fluid collector.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Albert Crespi Serrano, Oriol Borrell Avila, Frederic Barnel
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Patent number: 10245849Abstract: In one example, a vapor control heater for a printer includes a housing, a heating element at least partially enclosed by the housing, and a fan to move air over the heating element and into a flow of air from the printer dryer.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Emilio Angulo Navarro, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Marina Cantero Lazaro, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Santiago Sanz Ananos, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Eva Blay Lerin
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Patent number: 10201981Abstract: An example method for determining an amount of a translucent printing fluid in accordance with the present disclosure is provided. The example method comprises printing a plurality of test patterns with different proportions of colored and translucent printing fluids. The plurality of test patterns comprise a first area and a second area contiguous with the first area, wherein a color of the second area is different from a color of the first area. Migration characteristics of the plurality of test patterns are analyzed to determine an amount of translucent printing fluid to use for a successive printing operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, David Toussaint, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Patent number: 10183497Abstract: A method is described in which a first color is detected at a user-selected arbitrary position of a first print; a second color is detected at a user-selected arbitrary position of a second print printed by a printer; a color difference between the first color and the second color is determined; and settings of the printer are changed to reduce the color difference in further prints printed by the printer.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Patent number: 10076903Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Patent number: 9969183Abstract: A method includes identifying at least one of a type of a respective media to be printed on in the print zone and respective densities of portions of the image by an identification module. The method also includes independently adjusting a respective target curing temperature of each one of a plurality of heating modules disposed across the media transport path in a first direction to form the heating zone based on the at least one of the type of the respective media and the respective densities of the portions of the image identified by the identification module by a temperature adjustment module.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: David Toussaint, Oriol Borrell Avila, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Escanuela
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Publication number: 20180095397Abstract: In examples a printing system comprises a controller and a printing device. The controller is to divide a print job into a sequence of areas, wherein an image property varies between adjacent areas. The controller is to determine a pausing point to be within a runout area at which a redivide amount of a consumable will be at or below a predetermined first amount when executing the print job when the runout area fulfills a condition. The controller is to determine the pausing point to be within a preceding area that fulfills the condition when the runout area does not fulfill the condition. The controller is to control the printing device to pause printing of the print job at the pausing point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jose Miquel Cluet Beltran, Albert Crespi Serrano, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Publication number: 20180009238Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to printing systems and methods of operating the same. In an example of a printing system, a porosity determiner determines a porosity of a print medium and a signal generator generates a signal relating to a state of a printing fluid collector based on the porosity determined. In an example of a method of operating a printing system, a pressure measurement is obtained from a vacuum system of the printing system when a print medium is present on a media path of the printing system. This is compared to at least one predefined pressure range and, based on the comparison, an indication is provided setting out a state of a printing fluid collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Albert Crespi Serrano, Oriol Borrell Avila, Frederic Barnel
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Publication number: 20180001658Abstract: A method is described in which a first color is detected at a user-selected arbitrary position of a first print; a second color is detected at a user-selected arbitrary position of a second print printed by a printer; a color difference between the first color and the second color is determined; and settings of the printer are changed to reduce the color difference in further prints printed by the printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Patent number: 9844935Abstract: A drive signal may be determined to drive a printhead to a series of target temperatures during respective portions of a print pass by the printhead. Each of the target temperatures may be the greater of a temperature of the printhead caused by printing a quantity of printing fluid to be printed during the respective portion and a predetermined threshold temperature. A drive signal may be provided to warm the printhead to the series of target temperatures during the respective portions of the print pass.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: David Toussaint, Oriol Borrell Avila, Antonio Gracia Verdugo
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Publication number: 20170320323Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Patent number: 9809022Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. An example apparatus includes fans; a temperature sensor; a print engine to access instructions to cause a printer to perform a printing operation on media; and a processor responsive to an output of the temperature sensor to control the fans to force air onto the media to cause a substantially uniform temperature to be maintained across a width of the media during the printing operation and to cause a sum of air flow output by the fans to be maintained at a substantially constant value.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Patent number: 9757941Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of maintaining nozzles in a print-ready condition includes determining image content to be printed in an upcoming print swath, and for each ink color present within the image content, constructing an inked portion of an associated spit bar adjacent to the upcoming print swath to include the present ink color. For each ink color not present within the image content, an empty portion of an associated spit bar is constructed adjacent to the upcoming print swath.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Oriol Borrell Avila, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida
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Publication number: 20170203562Abstract: A drive signal may be determined to drive a printhead to a series of target temperatures during respective portions of a print pass by the printhead. Each of the target temperatures may be the greater of a temperature of the printhead caused by printing a quantity of printing fluid to be printed during the respective portion and a predetermined threshold temperature. A drive signal may be provided to warm the printhead to the series of target temperatures during the respective portions of the print pass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: David Toussaint, Oriol Borrell Avila, Antonio Gracia Verdugo
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Patent number: 9662909Abstract: A detector device is disclosed for detecting an edge of a medium in a media processing system, the detector device comprising a spectrophotometer and a processing unit, the spectrophotometer scanning a medium in a media processing area and generating an output tuple, the processing unit comparing the output tuple to at least one reference tuple for detecting an edge of a medium. A printing system and method of detecting an edge of a medium in a media processing system are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Publication number: 20170111540Abstract: A method to select a print mode in which a first image comprising a plurality of pixels is received. Color depth for at least a subset of the plurality of pixels of the first image is determined. A print mode is selected from a plurality of print modes using at least the determined color depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Patent number: 9597898Abstract: A printing device (200) and method for controlling the curing of ink are described. An example printing apparatus has a printing module (230) with at least one printhead for printing a swath of a printed image and a print controller (220) arranged to generate image and print control data for a plurality of swaths. A curing module (270) is arranged to receive, for each of the plurality of one or more swaths, image and print control data and to control, before a printed region of the print medium (250) corresponding to a particular one or more swaths arrives, one or more operating parameters of the curing module (270) based on data values within said image data and printing parameters within said print control data.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Oriol Borrell Avila, Ana Maria Cardells Tormo