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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Publication number: 20170043575Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Oriol Borrell Avila, Francisco Javier Perez Gellida
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Publication number: 20170008299Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, David Toussaint, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Publication number: 20160355027Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: 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, Santiaho Sanz Ananos, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Eva Blay Lerin
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Publication number: 20160263915Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Patent number: 9427955Abstract: A method to control a printer carriage in which the printer carriage is controlled to move along a first axis at a first predetermined speed when a printhead, installed on the printer carriage, is ejecting printing fluid in a print zone. The printer carriage is moveable bidirectionally along the first axis in swaths to enable the printhead to print in the print zone. The printer carriage is also controlled to move along the first axis at a second predetermined speed, higher than the first predetermined speed, when the printhead is not ejecting printing fluid in the print zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Publication number: 20160159090Abstract: 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: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Publication number: 20160107438Abstract: Operation of a printer for printing an image is described herein. It is determined whether ejection of imaging droplets of a print fluid via a set of nozzles for printing an outstanding image portion is sufficient for preventing clogging of the set of nozzles. Upon determining that ejection of imaging droplets for printing the outstanding image portion is sufficient for preventing clogging of the set of nozzles, printing is performed by ejecting only imaging droplets of the print fluid via the set of nozzles. Upon determining that ejection of imaging droplets for printing the outstanding image portion is not sufficient for preventing clogging of the set of nozzles, a servicing procedure is to be executed of to eject purging droplets of the print fluid via the set of nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Oriol Borrell Avila, Ana Cristina Garcia Alvarez
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Patent number: 9290030Abstract: A measured distance is received from a distance sensor, where the measured distance is indicative of a distance between a color sensor and a substrate. Using the measured distance, a location of a given projection of projections of a substrate support is determined. A color of a color patch on the substrate at the determined location of the given projection is determined.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jordi Arnabat Benedicto, Francisco Javier Pérez Gellida, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila, Emilio Angulo Navarro
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Patent number: 9283772Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. The drying assembly has at least 2 fan units where each fan unit has a fan. The fan speed of each fan is adjusted independently to control the air temperature from the fan. The airflow through all of the fans is maintained at a constant value.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: 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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Publication number: 20160039198Abstract: A method to control a printer carriage in which the printer carriage is controlled to move along a first axis at a first predetermined speed when a printhead, installed on the printer carriage, is ejecting printing fluid in a print zone. The printer carriage is moveable bidirectionally along the first axis in swaths to enable the printhead to print in the print zone. The printer carriage is also controlled to move along the first axis at a second predetermined speed, higher than the first predetermined speed, when the printhead is not ejecting printing fluid in the print zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Antonio GRACIA VERDUGO, Gonzalo Gaston LLADO, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Publication number: 20160001582Abstract: A measured distance is received from a distance sensor, where the measured distance is indicative of a distance between a color sensor and a substrate. Using the measured distance, a location of a given projection of projections of a substrate support is determined. A color of a color patch on the substrate at the determined location of the given projection is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Jordi Arnabat Benedicto, Francisco Javier Pérez Gellida, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila, Emilio Angulo Navarro
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Publication number: 20150367652Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Oriol Borrell Avila, Ana Maria Cardells Tormo
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Patent number: 9186921Abstract: A method to control a printer carriage in which the printer carriage is controlled to move along a first axis at a first predetermined speed when a printhead, installed on the printer carriage, is ejecting printing fluid in a print zone. The printer carriage is moveable bidirectionally along the first axis in swaths to enable the printhead to print in the print zone. The printer carriage is also controlled to move along the first axis at a second predetermined speed, higher than the first predetermined speed, when the printhead is not ejecting printing fluid in the print zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Oriol Borrell Avila
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Patent number: 9132681Abstract: Techniques related to printing are described herein. According to an example, color patches are to be printed on a substrate. The substrate can be positioned on a substrate support for operation of a color sensor in a color measurement zone. Dimension and location in the substrate of the color patches are selected such that, for each color patch, at least a portion of the color patch can be positioned on a support projection in the color measurement zone. In some examples, color analysis techniques are described.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jordi Arnabat Benedicto, Francisco Javier Pérez Gellida, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila, Emilio Angulo Navarro
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Publication number: 20150202896Abstract: A drying assembly is disclosed. The drying assembly has at least 2 fan units where each fan unit has a fan. The fan speed of each fan is adjusted independently to control the air temperature from the fan. The airflow through all of the fans is maintained at a constant value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila, Juan Manuel Valero Navazo, Roger Bastardas Puigoriol
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Publication number: 20150049139Abstract: Techniques related to printing are described herein. According to an example, color patches are to be printed on a substrate. The substrate can be positioned on a substrate support for operation of a color sensor in a color measurement zone. Dimension and location in the substrate of the color patches are selected such that, for each color patch, at least a portion of the color patch can be positioned on a support projection in the color measurement zone. In some examples, color analysis techniques are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Jordi Arnabat Benedicto, Francisco Javier Pérez Gellida, Juan Uroz Soria, Oriol Borrell Avila, Emilio Angulo Navarro
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Publication number: 20140320560Abstract: A method to control a printer carriage in which the printer carriage is controlled to move along a first axis at a first predetermined speed when a printhead, installed on the printer carriage, is ejecting printing fluid in a print zone. The printer carriage is moveable bidirectionally along the first axis in swaths to enable the printhead to print in the print zone. The printer carriage is also controlled to move along the first axis at a second predetermined speed, higher than the first predetermined speed, when the printhead is not ejecting printing fluid in the print zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Gonzalo Gaston LLADO, Oriol Borrell AVILA
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Patent number: 8870330Abstract: According to one example there is provide a printing system that comprises a carriage moveable bi-directionally across a platen. The system additionally comprises a substrate edge detector to detect the position of a lateral edge of a substrate when positioned on a platen, a parking zone in which a substrate edge holder may be parked, and a substrate edge holder pick-up system on the carriage to pick up a substrate edge holder parked in the parking zone and to position the substrate edge holder on a detected lateral edge of a substrate positioned on the platen.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Oriol Borrell Avila, Laura Sánchez Domingo, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Fco Javier Pérez Gellida
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Publication number: 20140307018Abstract: According to one example there is provide a printing system that comprises a carriage moveable bi-directionally across a platen. The system additionally comprises a substrate edge detector to detect the position of a lateral edge of a substrate when positioned on a platen, a parking zone in which a substrate edge holder may be parked, and a substrate edge holder pick-up system on the carriage to pick up a substrate edge holder parked in the parking zone and to position the substrate edge holder on a detected lateral edge of a substrate positioned on the platen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Oriol Borrell Avila, Laura Sánchez Domingo, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Fco Javier Pérez Gellida
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Publication number: 20140021266Abstract: Controlling a temperature with a servomechanism. A temperature is monitored at the servomechanism for a period of time. A difference is determined between the temperature and a target temperature at the servomechanism. A target power gain is determined at the servomechanism to produce the target temperature such that the target power gain is determined based on a non-linear determination. A power gain is adjusted at the servomechanism to the target power gain based on a result of the determination such that the temperature is the target temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Fco Javier Pérez Gellida, Mikel Zuza Irurueta, Oriol Borrell Avila