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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bruce A. Link, Rochester, NY (US);
Anthony A. Syracuse, Fairport, NY (US);
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 99/00 (2011.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 99/005 (2013.01); B65H 5/06 (2013.01); B65H 7/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); B65H 2511/528 (2013.01); B65H 2515/82 (2013.01); B65H 2553/30 (2013.01); B65H 2557/63 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00637 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of indicating a medium misfeed along a medium transport path comprising one or more rollers for conveying the medium along the medium transport path; a microphone for detecting the sound of the conveyed medium and producing a signal representing the sound; a processor for producing sound values from the signal; providing a sensitivity setting responsive to the sound values; and indicating the medium misfeed responsive to the sound values and the sensitivity setting.