Media-detection systems
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLeslie G. Christie, JR., Paul Clinton Coffin, Robert L. Mueller
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Abstract
A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device may comprise, according to one embodiment, a cartridge-referencing member mounted to the cartridge-receiving device. The cartridge-referencing member is resiliently displaceable by a data cartridge received in the cartridge-receiving device. A sensor is operatively associated with the cartridge-referencing member. The sensor detecting the data cartridge in the cartridge-receiving device based on the displacement of the cartridge-referencing member.
Claims20
A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device, comprising:
- a cartridge-referencing member mounted to the cartridge-receiving device, said cartridge-referencing member resiliently displaceable by a data cartridge received in the cartridge-receiving device;
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- a sensor operatively associated with said cartridge-referencing member, said sensor detecting the data cartridge in the cartridge-receiving device based on the displacement of said cartridge-referencing member.
A method for detecting mixed media in a cartridge-receiving device, comprising:
- receiving the data cartridge within the cartridge-receiving device;
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- automatically determining a size of the data cartridge received within the cartridge-receiving device.
A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device, comprising means for detecting a size of the data cartridge retained in a registration position within the cartridge-receiving device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.