Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Nichols

Stephen J. Nichols 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).

  • Patent number: 11912018
    Abstract: A print job having a number of pages is printed in a continuous mode, on media advanced at a constant speed. The print job can thus be effectively treated as having a single page. The media that are advanced for printing the print job can similarly be effectively treated as being a single medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Murthy Srikantom, Weiyun Sun, Stephen J. Nichols
  • Publication number: 20230394265
    Abstract: A memory structure stores a plurality of color maps, the entity, when decompressed by a printer controller, comprising a plurality of first level wrappers, each first level wrapper including at least one characteristic to identify a corresponding color map, and a recipe to define and locate packets for constructing the color map, the recipe having at least one locator for each second level wrapper; and a plurality of second level wrappers of different types, each second level wrapper wrapping a corresponding packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, George Henry Kerby
  • Patent number: 11697287
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Develooment Company L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20220169031
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 11279139
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20210323320
    Abstract: A print job having a number of pages is printed in a continuous mode, on media advanced at a constant speed. The print job can thus be effectively treated as having a single page. The media that are advanced for printing the print job can similarly be effectively treated as being a single medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Murthy Srikantom, Weiyun Sun, Stephen J. Nichols
  • Patent number: 10850527
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20200361215
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20200361214
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 10766267
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 10432825
    Abstract: Color data may be collected from a plurality of sources. A plurality of color map selection fields may be indexed at a table to a plurality of color maps. The plurality of color maps may be based on the collected color data. Each entry of the table may include an identifier to match one of the plurality of color maps to at least one permutation of the color map selection fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J Nichols, Jay S Gondek, Jefferson P Ward
  • Patent number: 10412269
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printer cartridge and memory device containing a representation of a compressed multi-dimensional color table is described. The color table includes at least one low dimensional portion of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a first resolution and a number of remaining portions of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a second resolution. In the color table, the first resolution is greater than the second resolution and the at least one compressed multi-dimensional color table is to generate a high resolution uncompressed multi-dimensional color table the high resolution being at least as great as the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20190143703
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 10237451
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printer cartridge and memory device containing a representation of a compressed multi-dimensional color table is described. The color table includes at least one low dimensional portion of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a first resolution and a number of remaining portions of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a second resolution. In the color table, the first resolution is greater than the second resolution and the at least one compressed multi-dimensional color table is to generate a high resolution uncompressed multi-dimensional color table the high resolution being at least as great as the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 10220631
    Abstract: A transform wrapper is stored on a memory device and the memory device may be included in a printer cartridge. The transform wrapper may dynamically build a transform map for a printer based on metadata stored at the memory device. The metadata may indicate at least one of a type of depositing material, transform map, print media and printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20180295257
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printer cartridge and memory device containing a representation of a compressed multi-dimensional color table is described. The color table includes at least one low dimensional portion of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a first resolution and a number of remaining portions of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a second resolution. In the color table, the first resolution is greater than the second resolution and the at least one compressed multi-dimensional color table is to generate a high resolution uncompressed multi-dimensional color table the high resolution being at least as great as the first resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 10027853
    Abstract: A printer cartridge includes a memory device and at least one compressed color table stored on the memory device. A compressed color table includes a losslessly compressed neutral axis, a number of nodes that correspond to seed color table nodes and a number of delta nodes that correspond to a number of delta tables. The number of delta tables indicate differences between interpolated color table nodes and corresponding actual color table nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20180109700
    Abstract: A printer cartridge includes a memory device and at least one compressed color table stored on the memory device. A compressed color table includes a losslessly compressed neutral axis, a number of nodes that correspond to seed color table nodes and a number of delta nodes that correspond to a number of delta tables. The number of delta tables indicate differences between interpolated color table nodes and corresponding actual color table nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 9900473
    Abstract: A printer cartridge includes a memory device and at least one compressed color table stored on the memory device. A compressed color table includes a losslessly compressed neutral axis, a number of nodes that correspond to seed color table nodes and a number of delta nodes that correspond to a number of delta tables. The number of delta tables indicate differences between interpolated color table nodes and corresponding actual color table nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170374235
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a printer cartridge and memory device containing a representation of a compressed multi-dimensional color table is described. The color table includes at least one low dimensional portion of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a first resolution and a number of remaining portions of the multi-dimensional color table storing color transformation information at a second resolution. In the color table, the first resolution is greater than the second resolution and the at least one compressed multi-dimensional color table is to generate a high resolution uncompressed multi-dimensional color table the high resolution being at least as great as the first resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward