Patents by Inventor Tanner D. Christensen

Tanner D. Christensen 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: 11325375
    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to access a property value respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of firing actuators in a printing system and determine a count of the firing actuators having property values that are outside of a predefined threshold value range. Based on the count exceeding a predefined maximum threshold value, the instructions may cause the processor to determine locations of the plurality of the firing actuators having property values that are outside of the predefined threshold value range, determine a standard deviation of the determined locations, and based on the determined standard deviation being below a predetermined threshold, output an indication concerning a potential printhead strike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tanner D. Christensen, Matthew James West
  • Publication number: 20210039384
    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to access a property value respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of firing actuators in a printing system and determine a count of the firing actuators having property values that are outside of a predefined threshold value range. Based on the count exceeding a predefined maximum threshold value, the instructions may cause the processor to determine locations of the plurality of the firing actuators having property values that are outside of the predefined threshold value range, determine a standard deviation of the determined locations, and based on the determined standard deviation being below a predetermined threshold, output an indication concerning a potential printhead strike.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tanner D. Christensen, Matthew James West