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).

  • Publication number: 20170329878
    Abstract: Variable density modeling can, in an example implementation, include an error tracking tree data structure of a variable density three-dimensional (3-D) object to be additively manufactured and an open voxel tracking tree data structure of the 3-D object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, William J. Allen
  • Patent number: 9819835
    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 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170320329
    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: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 9800764
    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: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 9800765
    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: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 9796186
    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: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170302824
    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: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170280025
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen J Nichols, Jay S Gondek, Jefferson P Ward
  • Publication number: 20170225475
    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 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170161864
    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: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170157941
    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 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Jay S. Gondek, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20170151801
    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: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 9621764
    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 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Publication number: 20160112606
    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: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jay S. Gondek, Stephen J. Nichols, Jefferson P. Ward
  • Patent number: 7516040
    Abstract: A system and method for the automated detection of printing defects in an image output device are described, employing an imaging device adjacent a photoresponsive member in the output device, wherein the imaging device generates image signals in response to developed and undeveloped regions on the photoresponsive member to identify defects therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gerardo Leute, Judith Vandewinckel, Stephen J. Nichols
  • Patent number: 7082270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the remote activation of a system diagnostic for a customer. The system so activated is resident at the customer location. The activation is initiated at a location remote from the customer location. The activation of the diagnostic may also include correction and optimization of the system if it is determined that it is needed. Any such initiated system activity would most typically be performed after hours. The system then communicates locally to the customer the diagnostic results as found, as well as any other action taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen J. Nichols
  • Patent number: 6665425
    Abstract: During the operation of a document processing system machine and job data are collected from a document processing system. Optionally, machine information, both for the specific machine and population based data are acquired from a database or server. Having accumulated the job data and machine data, the diagnostic inference engine performs an analysis to determine the initial diagnosis of the document processing system. After obtaining the initial diagnosis, the system determines the test patterns to be printed and the image quality tests to be performed. The system then prints test patterns, and scans the patterns to determine image quality parameters and/or to automatically identify image defects. Optionally, image defect information may also be provided by the customer or the service engineer via a user interface. Next, a diagnostic inference engine uses the results of the image quality analysis to refine the initial diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Meera Sampath, Stephen J. Nichols, Elizabeth A. Richenderfer
  • Publication number: 20030063308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the remote activation of a system diagnostic for a customer. The system so activated is resident at the customer location. The activation is initiated at a location remote from the customer location. The activation of the diagnostic may also include correction and optimization of the system if it is determined that it is needed. Any such initiated system activity would most typically be performed after hours. The system then communicates locally to the customer the diagnostic results as found, as well as any other action taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen J. Nichols
  • Patent number: 6356557
    Abstract: A modified UTOPIA interface for inter-board applications is provided where the address timing generated by a polling master is extended to be two clock cycles long with no NULL address being driven onto the address line in between addresses. Output and input circuitry is provided in conjunction with the polling master and user ATM boards to accommodate hot insertion and to help drive the circuit. The master preferably includes an outgoing address latch and address latch control associated with the address bus, and a register associated with the enable signal. The master also includes a hot insertion buffer on the incoming cell available signal. The user device(s) include hot insertion buffers on the address bus, the data bus, and the enable signal. A remapping function is also preferably provided in associated with the user board which permits the user board to map received addresses into desired addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Ahead Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Nichols, Cuong T. Luu
  • Patent number: 5111247
    Abstract: A toner concentration sensing system is disclosed for controlling the dispensing of toner into a developer sump. A toner concentration sensor is located in the bottom of the mixing area of the developer sump adjacent one of the mixing augers. The toner concentration sensor can be positioned flush with the bottom of the mixing chamber or the sensor can project slightly from the bottom of the chamber. A magnet is positioned on the rotating mixing auger for rotating with the auger past the toner concentration sensor. As the auger rotates, the magnet with developer material adhering thereto, sweeps the top of the toner sensor to improve the accuracy of the toner concentration readings. A toner dispenser is actuated when the detected toner concentration goes below a predetermined limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen J. Nichols