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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Matt G. Driggers, Vancouver, WA (US);
Vern Elliot Myers, Vancouver, WA (US);
Raymond C. Sherman, Vancouver, WA (US);
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A sensor positioning system including a moveable sensor holder having a following surface, the sensor holder configured to hold an optical sensor at a selected distance from the following surface, a biasing system configured to bias the following surface against a surface of a sheet of print medium, and a drive system configured to move the sensor holder across the sheet of print medium with the following surface biased against and sliding on the surface of the sheet of print medium to maintain the optical sensor at substantially the selected distance from the surface of the sheet of print medium.