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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jose M Rio Doval, Barcelona, ES;
Carles Flotats, Barcelona, ES;
David Claramunt, Barcelona, ES;
Marc Jansa, Barcelona, ES;
Francesc Subirada, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/9393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/9393 ;
Abstract
A method of an embodiment of the invention is disclosed in which a linear imaging array captures a first one pixel-wide image of media, and the media is effectively advanced relative to the linear imaging array. The linear imaging array captures a second one pixel-wide image of the media, and the first and the second one pixel-wide images are compared to determine relative advancement of the media.