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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:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Beverly Loh, Vancouver, WA (US);
Patrick W. Chewning, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Beverly Loh, Vancouver, WA (US);
Patrick W. Chewning, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 43/08 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to measuring the length of media using a first sensing system of the printing device to obtain a first length value, measuring the length of the media using a second sensing system of the printing device to obtain a second length value, and calculating a scale factor that can be applied to measurements made by the first sensing system to increase the accuracy of those measurements, wherein the scale factor is calculated relative to the first and second length values.