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US 6,719,467 B2Granted
Floor printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffery S Hess, Rob Patrick Chohan, Wiatt Kettle
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Abstract
A floor printer has a printing device and a fiducial nozzle along a bottom of a housing. The fiducial nozzle deposits a marks on a medium. The printing device forms an image on the medium.
Claims24
A floor printer comprising:
- a means for printing an image on a medium;
- a means for determining a position of the floor printer;
- and
- a nozzle on a bottom of the floor printer, wherein the nozzle deposits a layer over the printed image;
- and
- wherein the means for determining the position of the floor printer includes a magnetic sensor for detecting magnetic gridlines on the medium.
3 more elements
A floor printer comprising:
- a means for printing an image on a medium;
- a means for determining a position of the floor printer;
- and
- a nozzle on a bottom of the floor printer, wherein the nozzle deposits a layer over the printed image;
- and
- wherein the means for determining the position of the floor printer includes a fiducial nozzle on the bottom of the floor printer, and also includes a sensor having a filtered light that shines on a marking made by the fiducial nozzle, the filtered light corresponding to a color of the marking, wherein the means for determining the position of the floor printer further includes a means for producing, receiving and reading reflectance data based upon the light shone on the marking.
3 more elements
A floor printer comprising:
- a means for printing an image on a medium;
- a means for determining a position of the floor printer;
- and
- a nozzle on a bottom of the floor printer, wherein the nozzle deposits a layer over the printed image;
- and
- wherein the means for determining the position of the floor printer includes a ground tracking radar system.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.