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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
William Paul Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Allen Blair, Richmond, KY (US);
Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
William Paul Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed to methods and devices for determining the presence of a module and presence of a media sheet in a media path using output signals from a single sensor in an image forming device. One embodiment includes a sensor which may be oriented in a variety of positions through interaction with the module and the media sheet. An algorithm may be used to determine the presence of the module in a module insertion path and presence of the media sheet in the media path based on the position of the sensor.