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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Static Control Components, Inc., Sanford, NC (US);
William Eli Thacker, III, Sanford, NC (US);
Static Control Components, Inc., Sanford, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device includes: causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition; monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition; and operating, based on the timing or sequence of the communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition, in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device.