Resource conditioning
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAleix Fort Filgueira, Alejandro Mielgo, Michel Georges Encrenaz
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Abstract
There is provided a method and apparatus for monitoring conditioning of a rendering material in a storage structure, where the storage structure comprises a passive transceiver. The passive transceiver may generate a varying response signal where a strength of the varying signal can be monitored and used to determine a pre-conditioning parameter indicative of a condition of the storage structure.
Claims14
A method for monitoring conditioning of a rendering material in a storage structure, the storage structure including a passive transceiver, the method comprising:
- energizing the passive transceiver to generate a response signal;
- monitoring variation in a strength of the response signal;
- and
- determining, using the strength of the response signal, a pre-conditioning parameter indicative of a condition of the storage structure.
A rendering apparatus comprising:
- an active transceiver configured to energize a passive transceiver to generate a response signal;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- monitor variation in a strength of the response signal;
- and
- determine, using the strength of the response signal, a pre-conditioning parameter indicative of a condition of the storage structure.
A print cartridge for a rendering apparatus, the print cartridge comprising a passive transceiver configured to generate a response signal when energized, wherein the passive transceiver is an RFID tag with an embedded antenna and identification number, and wherein the response signal generated has a strength on which basis a pre-condition parameter indicative of a condition of the rendering apparatus is determinable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.