Automatic document feeder with automated media tray
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11827480
An automatic document feeder includes a media path to route media through the automatic document feeder, and an automated media tray to receive the media from the media path, with the automated media tray to be positioned based on input of the media to the media path.
Electronic device wakes
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11832187
In some examples, a non-transitory machine-readable medium stores machine-readable instructions. When executed by a controller of an electronic device, the machine-readable instructions cause the controller to detect a user presence, determine first and second measurements, where the first and the second measurements indicate first and second distances to the user presence, and, responsive to a determination that the second measurement is less than the first measurement and a…
Modify brightness of displays using pixel luminance
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11830444
In some examples, a display can modify brightness of displays using pixel luminance by detecting a luminance of pixels included on the display, and modifying a screen brightness of the display by modifying a brightness of a backlight of the display within a predetermined time when the detected luminance of the pixels on the display exceeds a predetermined luminance threshold.
Processing constrained print option function
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829666
An example host device includes a user interface unit, a memory to store one or more instructions, and a processor. The processor controls to display a print option setting screen on a user interface unit, the print option setting screen including a second user interface area for setting a second print option function constrained according to a setting of a first print option function, and controls to display a first user interface element and a second user interface element in the…
Image rendering based on location identifiers
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829662
Techniques for providing location identifiers of devices to render image data comprising faces are described. According to an example of the present subject matter, a face present in image data is detected. A contact identifier corresponding to the face is obtained and a location identifier of a device to render image data is sent to the contact identifier.
Media feed rate adjustments
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829661
An example system may include a processor and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processor to determine, during an imaging operation by an imaging component of a printing device, whether a print queue, supplied by the imaging component, will be depleted by a printing component of the printing device prior to a completion of the imaging operation; and adjust, based on the determination, a media feed rate of the printing component.
Detecting sequential access patterns and proactive caching in a tree-based file system
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829302
Examples described herein relate to In some examples, a least recently used (LRU) list used to evict nodes from a cache is traversed, the nodes referencing data blocks storing data in a storage device, the nodes being leaf nodes in a tree representing a file system, and for each traversed node, determining a stride length as an absolute value of a difference between a block offset value of the traversed node and a block offset value of a previously traversed node, comparing the stride…
Tuning data protection policy after failures
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829271
Examples described herein relate to a data protection policy management system (DPPMS) for tuning a data protection policy in events of failures. The DPPMS may detect a failure associated with an application that is protected via the data protection policy that includes settings corresponding to parameters comprising one or more of copy tiers, a data retention interval and a recovery point objective (RPO) for the copy tiers. The DPPMS may determine a type of the failure associated with…
Automatic backup and replacement of a storage device upon predicting failure of the storage device
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829264
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media (transitory or non-transitory) are described herein for automatic backup and replacement of a storage device. According to an example, a storage failure for given storage device may be predicted. A backup process of the give storage device to a remote system may be initiated based on predicting the storage failure for the given storage device. The backup process may create a one-to-one image backup or a user data backup based on a predicted…
Connected field effect transistors
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11827512
Examples include a fluidic die. The fluidic die comprises an array of field effect transistors including field effect transistors of a first size and field effect transistors of a second size. At least one connecting member interconnects at least some of the field effect transistors of the array of field effect transistors. The fluidic die further comprises a first fluid actuator connected to a first set of field effect transistors having at least one field effect transistor of the first…
Knockdown for compiling recording media in finisher
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11827043
A knockdown apparatus for a finisher includes a register tray, a paddle coupled to a rotatable shaft to compile a recording medium toward an end of the register tray, and a knockdown device, provided above the register tray, to rotate to apply a downward force to the recording medium while the recording medium is in the register tray to decrease a curl in the recording medium.
Selecting between black print and process black print
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11827029
An example method comprises identifying a plurality of supply levels corresponding to a set of print supplies of a print device. The example method further comprises coordinating depletion of the set of print supplies by selecting between black print and process black print for a print job of the print device based on the plurality of supply levels.
Applying mold chase structure to end portion of fluid ejection die
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11827021
A method includes applying a mold chase to a fluid ejection die to at least partially define at least one cavity. The mold chase includes a feature to contact a fluid ejection portion of the fluid ejection die, and at least one structure separate from the feature to contact a first end portion adjacent a first end of the fluid ejection die. The method includes filling the at least one cavity with a mold compound to produce a molded carrier for the fluid ejection die.
Recovery system for an inkjet type dispenser
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11820153
In one example, a single valve assembly having multiple bi-stable cam actuated valves each to open and close a corresponding one of multiple separate liquid flow channels. In one example, a liquid recovery system for an inkjet type dispenser includes a reservoir, an interconnect to connect to a removable container, a flow channel from the reservoir to a printhead unit and back to the reservoir and from the reservoir to the interconnect, a pump to pump ink from the reservoir along the…
Electrically programmable application-specific integrated circuit initialization engine
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11822930
A method of initializing an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the method including reading, by a boot microcode engine integrated with the ASIC, microcode from an electrically programmable non-volatile memory (EP-NVM) integrated on a same die as the ASIC. The method further includes writing the microcode onto internal memories of a micro-controller of the ASIC and initializing the micro-controller by the boot microcode engine. The method also includes loading, by the…
Simplified raid implementation for byte-addressable memory
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11822802
One aspect of the instant application can provide a storage system. The storage system can include a plurality of byte-addressable storage devices and a plurality of media controllers. A respective byte-addressable storage device is to store a parity block or a data block of a data stripe, and a respective media controller is coupled to a corresponding byte-addressable storage device. Each media controller can include a tracker logic block to serialize critical sections of multiple…
Authentication profiles for users
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11822628
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving, at a computing device, an attempt to authenticate a user via an authentication event and, upon validating the authentication event used, determining which authentication profile to initiate for the user to use the computing device. As an example, the computing device then initiates the determined authentication profile to launch a customized set of programs on the computing device…
Digital image file metadata characteristics
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11822596
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a system, method, and storage medium for processing digital image file metadata characteristics. The system includes a processor and memory. The processor executes machine readable instructions to receive a set of digital image files from a first client application. The processor extracts a set of metadata from the set of digital image files. The processor identifies a set of common characteristics within the…
Messages based on input/output device signals to virtual computers
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11822500
A computer-readable medium may store machine-readable instructions for execution by a processor. There may be a connection between the processor and a virtual computer. The processor may establish a first data channel between the processor and the virtual computer based on the connection between the processor and the virtual computer. The connection may comprise a second data channel to transfer input/output (I/O) data between the processor and the virtual computer. The processor may…
Dispersion and jettable composition containing cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles and a zwitterionic stabilizer
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11820906
An example of a dispersion includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, and a balance of water. An example of a jettable composition includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, a surfactant, a co-solvent, and a balance of water. A method for improving the stabilization of a jettable composition includes incorporating a zwitterionic stabilizer in the jettable composition, which includes the cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, the…
