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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
David Claramunt, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, ES;
Carles Flotats, Barcelona, ES;
Jose M Rio Doval, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Rodrigo Ruiz, Terrassa, ES;
Marc Jansa, Barcelona, ES;
David Claramunt, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, ES;
Carles Flotats, Barcelona, ES;
Jose M Rio Doval, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Rodrigo Ruiz, Terrassa, ES;
Marc Jansa, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A sensor system for detecting skew in print media along the feed path of a hardcopy device is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the system is arranged to generate a first image of a area of print media at a first position along the feed path and to generate a second image of the area of print media at a second position along the feed path, the system is arranged to compare the first and second images and thereby detect a change in the angle of skew of the media between the first and second positions.