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Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2018
Applicants:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Dan Rothenbuhler, Boise, ID (US);

Hao-hua Zhu, Shanghai, CN;

Dean Richtsmeier, Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Dan Rothenbuhler, Boise, ID (US);

Hao-Hua Zhu, Shanghai, CN;

Dean Richtsmeier, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/003 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2511/12 (2013.01); B65H 2511/22 (2013.01); B65H 2553/23 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device () includes a sensor () to determine a capacitance between a first metal piece () coupled to a paper tray () of a printing device () and a second metal piece () coupled to a paper width adjuster () of the printing device (). The device () also includes a controlled () coupled to the sensor () comprising a processor () in communication with a memory resource () including executable instructions to determine a size of paper in the paper tray () based on the determined capacitance.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rothenbuhler, Dan. (2022). Capacitance sensor (U.S. Patent No. 11376868). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11376868

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