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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2009
Zhigang Fan, Webster, NY (US);
Michael D. Borton, Ontario, NY (US);
Zhigang Fan, Webster, NY (US);
Michael D. Borton, Ontario, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining media thickness in a feeder section of an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving one or more multi-dimensional images of a media stack from an imaging device, the media stack including one or more media clips that each contain a plurality of media sheets, deriving a multi-dimensional feature signal from the received one or more multi-dimensional images, converting the derived multi-dimensional feature signal to a one-dimensional feature signal, estimating media clip thickness using the one-dimensional signal, estimating media sheet thickness using the estimated media clip thickness, and adjusting at least one image production device parameter based on the estimated media sheet thickness.