Privacy displays
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12050373
According to an example, a display having a display surface may comprise a backlight, a collimator, and a scattering layer. The backlight may emit light towards the display surface, the light being narrowed by the collimator. The collimator may be located between the display surface and the backlight and the scattering layer may be between the display surface and the collimator. The scattering layer may be selectively operable between a diffuse state in which light traveling through the…
Stand for supporting a printing device
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12049982
A stand for supporting a printing device, the stand comprising: a first leg and a second leg, the legs having upper ends for vertically supporting a printing device to horizontally span the legs above a supporting surface; a crossbar fixed to the first leg at a first crossbar fixation point and fixed to the second leg at a second crossbar fixation point; and a linkage connected between the first and the second leg, the linkage comprising a first link, a second link and a third link…
Printing fluid circulation
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12049089
An example printing fluid circulation system includes a first circuit to circulate a printing fluid through a printhead in a first direction and a second circuit to circulate the printing fluid through the printhead in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first circuit is activated during a first mode to circulate the printing fluid from a first reservoir to a second reservoir. The second circuit is activated during a second mode different from the first mode to…
Build layer coverage analysis
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12049045
Examples include apparatuses, processes, and methods for generating three-dimensional objects. An example apparatus comprises build material distributor and a controller. Examples distribute a particular build layer in a build area of the apparatus over a previous build layer. Examples determine a build layer temperature corresponding to the particular build layer. Examples analyze build layer coverage for the particular build layer based at least in part on a build layer temperature of…
3-D printing
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12049041
This disclosure relates to a material set including a build material for 3-D printing including particles of a polymer comprising polymer chains having at least one reactive group that is protected with a protecting group. The material set further includes an inkjet composition including a de-protecting agent for removal of the protecting group, and a liquid carrier.
Stapleless binder with enhanced binding force
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12044998
A post-processing device includes a paper alignment tray on which a plurality of papers is aligned and a stapleless binder including a stapleless binding portion to compress and bind the plurality of papers and a nozzle in the stapleless binding portion that supplies water vapor to the plurality of papers.
Harmonization of video formats for video ingestion
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12047639
Example video ingestion cables, display systems, and methods for harmonizing video formats for video ingestion are provided. An example video ingestion cable includes a first video interface connector cable to receive a first video feed formatted according to a first video format, a second video interface connector cable to receive a second video feed formatted according to a second video format, a format conversion circuit to convert the first video feed or the second video feed to a…
Policy management in target environments
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12045657
Examples described herein relate to policy management in target environments. A workload attestation request including a workload specification of a workload is received. A workload profile is determined based on the workload specification. A policy stored in a policy database is identified based on the workload profile. An attestation identifier indicating the workload profile is provided in response to the workload attestation request. On receiving a policy request including the…
Email-based print job status display
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12045519
In an example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, may cause the processor to transmit an email message addressed to an email address associated with an image forming apparatus. Example email message may include content to be printed. Further, instructions may cause the processor to receive a confirmation email message from an email print server in response to the transmission of the email…
Processor thermal metric
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12045104
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device and computer readable media to receive a temperature, operating speed, maximum operating speed, and utilization rate of a processor. A processor performance metric may be calculated based on the operating speed, maximum operating speed, and utilization rate. The processor performance metric and temperature may be used to retrieve a value in a thermal mapping. The value in the thermal mapping…
Shoe orthotic
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
D1036092
Identifying random bits in control data packets
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12044673
A fluid ejection controller interface includes input logic to receive control data packets and a first clock signal, each control data packet including a set of primitive data bits and a set of random bits, wherein the input logic identifies the random bits in the received control data packets to facilitate the creation of modified control data packets. The fluid ejection controller interface includes a clock signal generator to generate a second clock signal that is different than the…
Particle classifying
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12044613
A particle classification system may include a volume to contain a fluid having a suspended particle, electrodes proximate the volume to apply an electric field to rotate the suspended particle, a focused light source, a scattered light sensor to sense light from the focused light source that has scattered upon impinging the rotating suspended particle and a controller to classify the particle based at least in part upon signals from the scattered light sensor.
Print apparatus
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12043025
An apparatus is disclosed comprising a print engine in a print zone. A platen opposes the print engine to support print media. The platen includes a plurality of openings in communication with at least one vacuum source. The platen includes a non-vacuum region, comprising a surface devoid of openings in communication with the at least one vacuum source. The non-vacuum region underlies at least a portion of the print zone.
Selective deposit of a functional agent
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12042987
Certain examples described herein control an amount of a functional agent that is deposited in a three-dimensional printing system. In certain examples, an amount of a functional agent is controlled based on a distance function, wherein the distance function is associated with a distance between a particular portion of an object to be fabricated and a surface of the object. The functional agent may be a binder, a fusing agent or a detailing agent, amongst others.
3-dimensional printed parts
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12042986
The present disclosure is drawn to 3-dimensional printed parts that can include a conductive composite portion and an insulating portion. The conductive composite portion can include a matrix of fused thermoplastic polymer particles interlocked with a matrix of sintered elemental transition metal particles. The insulating portion can include a matrix of fused thermoplastic polymer particles that are continuous with the matrix of fused thermoplastic polymer particles in the conductive…
Build material composition
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12042860
An example of a method for making a build material composition for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes freezing a dispersion of flow additive nanoparticles in a liquid to form a frozen liquid containing the flow additive nanoparticles. The frozen liquid containing the flow additive nanoparticles is lyophilized to form flow additive agglomerates having a porous, fractal structure. The flow additive agglomerates are mixed with a host metal. The flow additive nanoparticles have an…
Build material composition
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12042859
An example of a composition includes a host metal present in an amount of at least about 90 wt % based on a total weight of the composition. A flow additive is also present in an amount of less than about 10 wt % based on the total weight of the composition. The flow additive consists of an organic particle having crosslinked polymer chains, a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 90° C., and a primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less.
Three-dimensional printing
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
12042858
Described herein are kits, methods, and systems for printing metal three-dimensional objects. In an example, described is a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing comprising: a first fluid comprising a first liquid vehicle comprising metal or metal precursor particles; and a second fluid comprising a second liquid vehicle comprising latex polymer particles dispersed therein, wherein the latex polymer particles have an average particle size of from about 10 nm to about 300 nm, and…
Speakerphone
Granted: July 23, 2024
Patent Number:
D1036407
