Patents by Inventor Sean Michael Collison
Sean Michael Collison 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: 10885686Abstract: An image is to be shared across a plurality of pages. Versions of attribute information are computed for the image, each of the versions of the attribute information associated with a respective different page of the plurality of pages, each version of the attribute information specifying a respective arrangement of at least a portion of the image in the respective page of the plurality of pages. The plurality of pages are produced for output using the respective versions of the attribute information, the produced pages for output each including at least a portion of the image.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steven Holland, John D Wilcox, Jr., Charles M Rekiere, Sean Michael Collison
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Patent number: 10674043Abstract: In some examples, a print cartridge includes a memory device comprising quantized coefficients derived from a lossy compression, at a selected step size, of a difference color table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a difference value that is a difference of a value of a node of a color table and a value of a corresponding node of a reference table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference color table including a first set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is within an error threshold at the selected step size, and a second set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is outside an error threshold at the selected step size. The memory device further comprises corrective information to correct the second set of difference nodes of the reconstructed difference color table.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Chuohao Tang, Sean Michael Collison, Amy Ruth Reibman, Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Jay S. Gondek
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Patent number: 10630868Abstract: In some examples, a component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising a plurality of corrective data to produce a corresponding plurality of color tables each customized for a respective media type of a plurality of media types, wherein a respective corrective data of the plurality of corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to accept the plurality of media types for printing. The respective corrective data includes a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to a customized color table for use with a selected media type of the plurality of media types.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Sean Michael Collison, Terry M. Nelson, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Patent number: 10602028Abstract: A memory device includes a compressed color table and corrective information. The compressed color table includes a first set of nodes of the color table compressed with a lossy compression at a selected compression ratio. The first set of nodes include a color difference within an error threshold at the selected compression ratio. Corrective information is included for a second set of nodes of the color table. The second set of nodes have a color difference outside the error threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach, Sean Michael Collison, Mark Q. Shaw, Jay S. Gondek
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Patent number: 10574862Abstract: In some examples, a supply component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising corrective data to produce a customized color table for a first color gamut, wherein the corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to employ a plurality of color gamuts for printing. The corrective data comprises a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to the customized color table. The corrective data is accessible by the printing device to transform the reference color table to the customized color table used for printing to a media using the first color gamut.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Terry M. Nelson, Sean Michael Collison, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Publication number: 20190306375Abstract: A memory device includes a compressed color table and corrective information. The compressed color table includes a first set of nodes of the color table compressed with a lossy compression at a selected compression ratio. The first set of nodes include a color difference within an error threshold at the selected compression ratio. Corrective information is included for a second set of nodes of the color table. The second set of nodes have a color difference outside the error threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach, Sean Michael Collison, Mark Q. Shaw, Jay S. Gondek
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Publication number: 20190275807Abstract: In some examples, a component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising a plurality of corrective data to produce a corresponding plurality of color tables each customized for a respective media type of a plurality of media types, wherein a respective corrective data of the plurality of corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to accept the plurality of media types for printing. The respective corrective data includes a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to a customized color table for use with a selected media type of the plurality of media types.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Sean Michael Collison, Terry M. Nelson, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Patent number: 10356285Abstract: In some examples, a supply component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising a plurality of corrective data to produce a corresponding plurality of color tables each customized for a respective media type of a plurality of media types, wherein a respective corrective data of the plurality of corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to accept the plurality of media types for printing. The respective corrective data includes a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to a customized color table for use with a selected media type of the plurality of media types.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Sean Michael Collison, Terry M. Nelson, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Publication number: 20190182409Abstract: In some examples, a supply component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising corrective data to produce a customized color table for a first color gamut, wherein the corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to employ a plurality of color gamuts for printing. The corrective data comprises a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to the customized color table. The corrective data is accessible by the printing device to transform the reference color table to the customized color table used for printing to a media using the first color gamut.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Terry M. Nelson, Sean Michael Collison, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Patent number: 10306111Abstract: In some examples, a print cartridge includes a memory device comprising quantized coefficients derived from a lossy compression, at a selected step size, of a difference color table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a difference value that is a difference of a value of a node of a color table and a value of a corresponding node of a reference table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference color table including a first set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is within an error threshold at the selected step size, and a second set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is outside an error threshold at the selected step size. The memory device further comprises corrective information to correct the second set of difference nodes of the reconstructed difference color table.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Sean Michael Collison, Amy Ruth Reibman, Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Jay S. Gondek
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Publication number: 20180270398Abstract: In some examples, a print cartridge includes a memory device comprising quantized coefficients derived from a lossy compression, at a selected step size, of a difference color table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a difference value that is a difference of a value of a node of a color table and a value of a corresponding node of a reference table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference color table including a first set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is within an error threshold at the selected step size, and a second set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is outside an error threshold at the selected step size. The memory device further comprises corrective information to correct the second set of difference nodes of the reconstructed difference color table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Sean Michael Collison, Amy Ruth Reibman, Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Jay S. Gondek
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Publication number: 20180013928Abstract: In some examples, a supply component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising a plurality of corrective data to produce a corresponding plurality of color tables each customized for a respective media type of a plurality of media types, wherein a respective corrective data of the plurality of corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to accept the plurality of media types for printing. The respective corrective data includes a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to a customized color table for use with a selected media type of the plurality of media types.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Mark Q. Shaw, Paul Jeran, Sean Michael Collison, Terry M. Nelson, Chuohao Tang, Amy Ruth Reibman, Jan P. Allebach
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Publication number: 20180013929Abstract: In some examples, a print cartridge includes a memory device comprising quantized coefficients derived from a lossy compression, at a selected step size, of a difference color table including a plurality of difference nodes in which each difference node represents a difference value that is a difference of a value of a node of a color table and a value of a corresponding node of a reference table, the quantized coefficients useable to produce a reconstructed difference color table including a first set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is within an error threshold at the selected step size, and a second set of difference nodes each representing a difference value that is outside an error threshold at the selected step size. The memory device further comprises corrective information to correct the second set of difference nodes of the reconstructed difference color table.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Chuohao Tang, Sean Michael Collison, Amy Ruth Reibman, Mark Q. Shaw, Jan P. Allebach, Jay S. Gondek
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Publication number: 20170206687Abstract: An image is to be shared across a plurality of pages. Versions of attribute information are computed for the image, each of the versions of the attribute information associated with a respective different page of the plurality of pages, each version of the attribute information specifying a respective arrangement of at least a portion of the image in the respective page of the plurality of pages. The plurality of pages are produced for output using the respective versions of the attribute information, the produced pages for output each including at least a portion of the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steven Holland, John D Wilcox, Charles M Rekiere, Sean Michael Collison
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Patent number: 8699905Abstract: A toner coverage determination system and method are described. The toner coverage determination system may include a memory storing a module comprising machine readable instructions to receive an input image, and generate a grid including a plurality of points corresponding to pixels to be sampled on the input image. The machine readable instructions may further sample the pixels corresponding to the plurality of points, evaluate pixel intensity values for the sampled pixels, and determine a toner coverage value based on the evaluated pixel intensity values.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.Inventors: Sean Michael Collison, Brandi Michelle Pitta, Michael Joseph Martin, George Henry Kerby
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Publication number: 20130330097Abstract: A toner coverage determination system and method are described. The toner coverage determination system may include a memory storing a module comprising machine readable instructions to receive an input image, and generate a grid including a plurality of points corresponding to pixels to be sampled on the input image. The machine readable instructions may further sample the pixels corresponding to the plurality of points, evaluate pixel intensity values for the sampled pixels, and determine a toner coverage value based on the evaluated pixel intensity values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Sean Michael Collison, Brandi Michelle Pitta, Michael Joseph Martin, George Henry Kerby