Hewlett-Packard Patent Applications

COMBINING A GRAPHIC CODE WITH AN IMAGE

Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240296609
In an example, a method includes receiving a Quick Response (QR) code including a plurality of dark blocks and a plurality of light blocks. For each of a first set of blocks, a central pixel or a plurality of central pixels, and a plurality of outer pixels may be defined. The QR code may be combined with an image, the image having an area to be co-located with the QR code with pixel dimensions corresponding to pixel dimensions of the QR code, to form a combined image, wherein combining…

DECAP TIME AND PRINTING DATA

Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240296301
Examples include a method for mitigating decap in a printing system that comprises nozzles, in which printing data associated to a graphical representation and that comprise pixel data points are received. Some data points are associated with a corresponding nozzle and a corresponding direction of movement and at least one specific data point is associated with a specific direction of movement and a specific nozzle which has a decap time below a first predetermined threshold. The…

PRINT CARTRIDGE REGISTRATION SYSTEMS

Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240294014
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a moveable stage, a print cartridge, a camera, and a processor. The moveable stage is to hold a well plate. The print cartridge holder is to hold a print cartridge that includes a print die over the moveable stage. The camera is located above the movable stage and the print cartridge holder. The camera is positioned such that the movable stage and the print die are within a field of view of the camera. The…

IMPOSING PRINT JOBS ACROSS A PRINT MEDIUM FOR FRAME-BY-FRAME PRINTING

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240289074
Examples are described herein for imposing print jobs across lane(s) of a print medium web for frame-by-frame printing. A frame rewind distance (FRD) may be set to a length of a longest pattern of the print jobs and a frame repeat length (FRL) may be set to a difference between a frame length and the FRD. For each lane of a first frame of the frame-by-frame printing: patterns of one of the print jobs may be imposed along a length of the lane, and a distance that a tail end of the one of…

AUTHENTICATION

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240291656
Examples provide machine readable storage storing instructions arranged, when processed, to facilitate authentication using an authenticator, the instructions comprising instructions to generate, by an initial authenticator, authentication data associated with a further authenticator; the authentication data comprising private data and a public credential; the public credential and private data being for use in producing authentication information to authenticate the further…

ANTENNA SWITCHING

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240291170
Antenna switching can improve wireless connectivity of a computing device by selectively enabling one or more antenna modules. The antenna modules can be positioned along edges of the computing device to reduce the likelihood that multiple antenna modules are obstructed at once. Each antenna module can include an ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor and communication antenna (e.g., a Wi-Fi antenna) for wireless connectivity. A radio frequency (RF) controller of the computing device causes the UWB…

KILL CHAIN IDENTIFICATIONS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240289452
An example storage medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of a computing device to receive an indication associated with a first virtual machine, the first virtual machine containing a first application, the indication indicating that a first operation in the first virtual machine is to use a second application; receive information associated with a second virtual machine, the second virtual machine created in response to the first operation and containing the…

MEASUREMENTS OF VIRTUAL MACHINES

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240289155
A security verification system may acquire first authorization information, wherein the first authorization information defines an access right to store data in a trusted platform module (TPM) of the computing device. A system may generate an index of an allocated memory location of the TPM and second authorization information using the first authorization information, wherein the second authorization information defines an access right associated with the index. A system may receive a…

DYNAMIC SCRIPT GENERATION AND EXECUTION

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240289153
Techniques are provided for dynamically generating and executing scripts and loading documents based on container engine events in a Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform. A request to generate an item, which can be either a script or a document, in an application running in a container of a cloud environment is received. Based on the request, at least one container engine event associated with the application is monitored. The at least one container engine event is detected. The item…

BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM SETTING INFORMATION PRESENTATIONS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240289135
In an example, in response to detecting a connection with a host computing made with a data and/or power delivery cable, a display device can present BIOS settings obtained from the host computing device via an on-screen display (OSD) of the display device and transmit inputs to the BIOS settings made via the OSD to the host computing device via the connection. Once received, the host computing device can store the inputs to the BIOS settings in a memory shared with an embedded…

CLUTCH ACTUATION BETWEEN POSITIONS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240288818
An apparatus includes a developer and an actuator moveable in response to an input stimulus during an image forming operation of an image forming device. The apparatus includes a clutch that is actuatable, during the image forming operation, by the actuator between an engaged position in which the clutch is engaged with a photoreceptor and a disengaged position in which the clutch is disengaged from the photoreceptor. The clutch when in the engaged position transfers a force of a…

HOUSING POSITIONS FOR TONER TRANSFER

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240288798
An apparatus includes a developer and a photoreceptor, where the developer is to transfer a toner to the photoreceptor. The apparatus includes a housing that is moveable in an image forming device, and an actuator assembly engaged with the housing. The actuator assembly is actuatable between different states in response to control by the image forming device during an image forming operation of the image forming device, where a first state of the different states corresponds to the…

TONER TRANSFER MODULATORS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240288794
An apparatus includes a developer and a moveable support that is moveable in response to actuation by an image forming device. The apparatus further includes a toner transfer modulator on the moveable support, the toner transfer modulator moveable with the moveable support between different positions to differently affect transfer of a toner to a photoreceptor or a transfer member, where the moveable support is to move the toner transfer modulator to a first position to disrupt the…

FLUORESCENCE DETECTION VIA LIGHT GUIDE

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240288368
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluorescence detection system is described. The fluorescence detection system includes a microfluidic chamber to receive a sample containing a compound to be detected. The system also includes a light guide, a portion of which is adjacent the microfluidic chamber. The light guide refracts excitation light into the microfluidic chamber to excite fluorophores in the microfluidic chamber. The light guide has total internal…

PRINTING TO SUBSTRATES

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240286859
According to an example, a method comprises unwinding a print media from an input roller toward a printing station. The printed print media is wound onto an output roller. The printed print media is unwound from the output roller toward the printing station.

PRINTING SYSTEMS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240286422
A self-propelled printer is provided having communication circuitry to receive print data for an image to be formed. A drive mechanism of the printer to provides locomotion of the entire self-propelled printer and a print head is arranged to transfer a print material on to a print medium. Processing circuitry to generates an image formation path to be traversed by the print head via locomotion of the self-propelled printer. The image formation path is based at least in part on the…

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING HIGH-VOLTAGE HIGH-POWER AND HIGH-VOLTAGE LOW-POWER SUPPLY NODES

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240286402
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of fluid actuation devices, a plurality of memory cells, a high-voltage high-power supply node, and a high-voltage low-power supply node. The high-voltage high-power supply node is to supply a first voltage and a first maximum current to the plurality of fluid actuation devices. The high-voltage low-power supply node is to supply a second voltage and a second maximum current to the plurality of memory cells.

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND POWER SUPPLY NODES FOR WRITING AND READING MEMORY CELLS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240286401
A print cartridge circuitry component comprising an integrated circuit for association with a plurality of fluid actuation devices and comprising input signal contacts to receive input signals from a host printer. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of memory cells, a first power supply node, and a second power supply node. The first power supply node is to supply power to the plurality of memory cells to write data to the plurality of memory cells. The second power supply node…

THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING

Granted: August 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240278487
A three-dimensional (3D) printing build material composition includes polyamide particles and a filler material consisting of aramid fibers having an aspect ratio ranging from about 0.1 mm/20 ?m to about 1.2 mm/16 ?m. The polyamide particles are present in an amount of at least 82 wt % based on a total weight of the build material composition, and the aramid fibers are present in an amount ranging from about 2 wt % to about 18 wt % based on the total weight of the build material…

GESTURES FOR SWITCHING AUDIO ENDPOINTS

Granted: August 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240281194
An example system includes an image sensor, a plurality of audio endpoints, and an electronic device comprising a controller. The controller is to receive images of a user's face from the image sensor. In addition, the controller is to detect, in the images, a gesture of the user to point to a feature on the user's face. Further, the controller is to transition between use of the plurality of audio endpoints in response to detecting the gesture.