Patents by Inventor Tsai-Yi Lin

Tsai-Yi Lin 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).

  • Print media registration system and method
    Patent number: 7896340
    Abstract: A system for registering print media includes a media tray configured to hold a plurality of sheets of print media, a pick assembly configured to pick a sheet of the print media from the media tray and route the sheet to a media path, and a registration assembly positioned in the media path after the pick assembly. The registration assembly is configured to sense the sheet in the media path and operate for a predetermined time based on an amount of the print media in the media tray to register the sheet in the media path such that the predetermined time increases as the amount of the print media in the media tray decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Murray Learmonth, David R. Meyer, Dentarg Huang, Kirby Wang, Robert J. Lockwood, Tsai-Yi Lin
  • Sheet feed method and apparatus including pivotally mounted pick arm
    Patent number: 7828283
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a sheet feed apparatus for an electronic device are disclosed. The sheet feed apparatus includes a mount pick arm that pivotally moves closer to a stack of media as the media is picked from the stack of media. A pick arm is pivotally connected to the mount pick arm and picks media from the stack of media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Murray Learmonth, William H. Schwiebert, Tsai-Yi Lin, Dentarg Huang
  • Print media registration system and method
    Publication number: 20090051099
    Abstract: A system for registering print media includes a media tray configured to hold a plurality of sheets of print media, a pick assembly configured to pick a sheet of the print media from the media tray and route the sheet to a media path, and a registration assembly positioned in the media path after the pick assembly. The registration assembly is configured to sense the sheet in the media path and operate for a predetermined time based on an amount of the print media in the media tray to register the sheet in the media path such that the predetermined time increases as the amount of the print media in the media tray decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Murray Learmonth, David R. Meyer, Dentarg Huang, Kirby Wang, Robert J. Lockwood, Tsai-Yi Lin
  • Sheet Feed Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090020940
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a sheet feed apparatus are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Murray Learmonth, William H. Schwiebert, Tsai-Yi Lin, Dentarg Huang