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US 8,746,673 B1Granted
Adjustment of media pick parameter
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMichael Nickerson, Richard L. Payne
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Abstract
A system includes a media path along which physical media travels. A media pick device picks and transports the media in the media path according to one or more pick parameters. A device monitor can monitor a media pick or jam event and provide a media pick event output. The media pick event output identifies a media fault relating to at least one of the pick or the transport of the media. A controller processes the media pick event output to control the media pick device.
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A system comprising:
- a media path along which physical media travels;
- a media pick device to pick and transport the media in the media path according to a pick parameter;
- a device monitor to monitor a media pick event and provide a media pick event output, wherein the media pick event output identifies a media fault relating to at least one of the selection or the transport of the media;
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- a controller to adjust the pick parameter based on a frequency of media pick events being above a predetermined fault frequency threshold.
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A method comprising:
- guiding physical media along a media path according to a pick parameter, wherein the pick parameter includes at least one of a stack lift height, a stack pressure, a pick roller stutter pattern, a pick roller pressure, a timing parameter, a torque pattern, roller material coefficients of friction, a motor parameter or a feedback parameter;
- monitoring media pick events generated in response to guiding the media to identify a media fault condition relating to an error in the guiding of the media;
- comparing the media fault condition relative to a predetermined threshold to determine if a parameter adjustment is to be made;
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- adjusting the pick parameter to modify the guiding of the media if the monitored media events are detected above the predetermined threshold.
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A method comprising:
- guiding physical media along a media path according to a pick parameter;
- monitoring media pick events generated from the guiding of the media;
- identifying a media fault relating to the guiding of the media based on the monitoring;
- sending a message based on the identified media fault exceeding a predetermined threshold associated with at least one of a frequency, a type, or a pattern of the media pick events, the message being sent to a remote location to request a replacement component to adjust the pick parameter;
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- adjusting the pick parameter based on at least one of installing the replacement component that is provided in response to the message and the identified media fault.
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A system comprising:
- a media path along which physical media travels;
- a media pick device to pick and transport the media in the media path according to a pick parameter;
- a device monitor to monitor a media pick event and provide a media pick event output, wherein the media pick event output identifies a media fault relating to at least one of the selection or the transport of the media;
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- a controller to adjust the pick parameter based on a predetermined pattern of media pick events, wherein the predetermined pattern of media pick events comprises an arrangement of multiple types of pick events detected, based on the media pick event output, to occur at a rate above a predetermined threshold set for the predetermined pattern of media pick events.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.