Systems and methods for universal imaging components
AssigneeStatic Control Components, Inc.
InventorWilliam Eli Thacker, III
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Abstract
A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device includes: causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition; monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition; and operating, based on the timing or sequence of the communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition, in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device.
Claims6
A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device comprising:
- causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition;
- monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition;
- and
- operating in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device, the first mode of operation differing from the second mode of operation,
- wherein causing the imaging device to enter an error condition comprises:
- failing to respond to a signal transmitted by the imaging device.
A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device comprising:
- causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition;
- monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition;
- and
- operating in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device, the first mode of operation differing from the second mode of operation,
- wherein causing the imaging device to enter the error condition comprises:
- responding incorrectly to a signal transmitted by the imaging device.
A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device comprising:
- causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition;
- monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition;
- and
- operating in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device, the first mode of operation differing from the second mode of operation,
- wherein monitoring the timing of communication signals comprises:
- counting a number of clock signals between two events.
A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device comprising:
- causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition;
- monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition;
- and
- operating in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device, the first mode of operation differing from the second mode of operation,
- wherein the first mode of operation is compatible with the first type of imaging device not having a list of banned serial numbers and the second mode of operation is compatible with second type of device having a list of banned serial numbers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.