Print material level sensing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEvan Clay Dagg, Daryl E Anderson, James Michael Gardner
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEvan Clay Dagg, Daryl E Anderson, James Michael Gardner
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A print material level sensor comprises a series of print material level sensing devices disposed at intervals to detect presence of a print material at successive depth zones in a container, wherein each print material level sensing device includes a heater to emit heat at its depth zone and a sensor to sense heat at the depth zone and to output a signal based on the heat sensed. The sensor has control circuitry to, for each print material level sensing device to be calibrated, turn on the heater for an initial time duration set by an initial heat count and iteratively adjust the time duration for which the heater is turned on in accordance with an adjusted heat count, until the signal output from the sensor indicates that a target value has been reached in that depth zone.
A print material level sensor comprising:
A print material container comprising:
A method, comprising calibrating print material level sensing devices disposed at successive depth zones in a container holding a volume of print material, wherein the calibration includes, for each print material level sensing device to be calibrated:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.