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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Chuo-ku, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Hui Wang, Temple City, CA (US);

Neil-Paul Payoyo Bermundo, Glendora, CA (US);

Philip Ver Paloma Dabon, Torrance, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/08 (2013.01); G06K 15/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/0032 (2013.01); H04N 1/00334 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a printer and a method of loading one or more papers into printer tray. In an aspect, the proposed printer can include a printer tray configured to hold a plurality of papers to be used for printing; and a paper sensor configured to sense when number of papers in the printer tray is below a defined threshold, such that when the number of papers in the printer tray is below the defined threshold, the paper sensor issues a notification message to a drone that in turn is configured to, based on the received notification message, pick up and carry one or more papers from a paper storage shelf and load the picked up one or more papers into the printer tray.


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