Marcus Anthony Smith

US Patent:

6785015, Aug 31, 2004

Filed:

Nov 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/439315

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID
David S. Ezekiel - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

358 115, 358405, 709220, 707 10

Abstract:

A computer system includes workstations and a peripheral having a processor. The workstations and the peripheral communicate via email over a network. Email messages include commands and requests that control access to status and reconfiguration of the peripheral, establish subscriptions to status of the peripheral, and invoke reconfiguration of the peripheral. Email messages also include publications of the status of the peripheral according to reporting criteria. Reporting criteria identify a report of process or state variables, define publication criteria for directing the monitoring of state variables, and define delivery criteria to avoid network undesirable network traffic and irritating addressees of subscriptions.

US Patent:

20020194266, Dec 19, 2002

Filed:

Jun 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/881211

Inventors:

Gavin Brebner - St. Martin D'Uriage, FR
Marcus Smith - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/203000, 709/246000, 358/001150

Abstract:

A network-connected printer () or other hard-copy device is arranged to receive location data, for example via an infrared interface (), and store it in memory (). The printer () is provided with a location server () enabling other devices on the network () to query the printer for its location; preferably, the location server is an HTTP server. The printer can contact a conversion service () in order to change the form of its location data, for example, from latitude and longitude values to a building-semantics form.

US Patent:

57547513, May 19, 1998

Filed:

Mar 7, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/612377

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID
Jeffrey L. Trask - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06K 956
G06K 964
G06F 1500
B41B 1500

US Classification:

395109

Abstract:

A software/firmware based method for determining gray level values to be assigned to a binary pixel image initially creates a linked list of templates, each template associated with a gray level value to be assigned to an image pixel value. Each template may include a central pixel value and plural neighbor pixel values or just plural neighbor values. However, each template is a listing of entries of template pixel values that are generally arranged in increasing concentric circles about the central pixel value. Each template entry includes a field for a template pixel value, a field for a template pixel address and a link field for a next template entry, in the event of a non-match determination between the associated template pixel value and an image pixel value. The method selects an image pixel window from the binary image and compares a central image pixel in the window with a logically, correspondingly located template pixel value. If a match is found, a next image pixel is compared against a next template entry to determine if a match occurs.

US Patent:

60316233, Feb 29, 2000

Filed:

Dec 11, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/989258

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID
DeVerl N. Stokes - Eagle ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 114

Abstract:

A computer system includes a computer and a peripheral the peripheral having an object oriented run-time environment (e. g. , JAVA) and object resource brokering facilities (e. g. , CORBA). Public methods of the peripheral are exposed to objects of the computer system and vice versa for more efficient peripheral operation and shared program code.

US Patent:

60914181, Jul 18, 2000

Filed:

Jun 18, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/878931

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID
Christopher T. Creel - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06T 100
G06T 1180

US Classification:

345418

Abstract:

A method and apparatus enables derivation of a bitmap representation of an image, where the image includes a region filled with a pattern. The method includes the steps of: accessing an original pattern bitmap segment from within the image; translating a copy of the original pattern bitmap segment to the origin of the bitmap representation of the image as a reference pattern bitmap and arranging it as a reference pattern bitmap with a pattern that evidences a consistent phase regularity with the original pattern bitmap segment; filling the region to be filled with the pattern by determining a correspondence of an anchor pixel of the region to a pixel in the reference pattern bitmap; ascribing an attribute of the corresponding pixel in the reference pattern bitmap to the anchor pixel of the region; and repetitively determining correspondence of each further pixel in the region to a further pixel in the reference pattern bitmap and ascribing an attribute of each further pixel of the reference pattern bitmap to each further pixel in the region, until all pixels in the region have been processed.

US Patent:

55458912, Aug 13, 1996

Filed:

May 1, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/431454

Inventors:

Marcus R. Smith - Pacifica CA

International Classification:

H04B 1000
H01J 4014

US Classification:

250214AL

Abstract:

A system for operating electronic audio equipment and other components located inside a closed cabinet receives an infrared signal from a hand held remote control device anywhere in the room, and transmits the signal directly to the signal receiver of each component inside the cabinet. An infrared receiver eye of the system is positioned where it is optically exposed to the infrared signals within the room, such as in an exposed bore of the cabinet adjacent to the gap between doors of the cabinet. The signal received at the receiver eye is repeated by a main transceiver and delivered to individual emitters at the electronic components such as VCR or stereo audio components. In a preferred embodiment the transceiver has a repeater which receives the infrared signal and repeats it in an electrical signal sent through wires to infrared emitters dedicated to each component, where the same infrared signal received by the transceiver is repeated at the components. A circuit is disclosed for enhancing the sensitivity of the receiving photodiode at the cabinet.

US Patent:

59829915, Nov 9, 1999

Filed:

Jul 8, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/890250

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06T 1500
G05B 1100

US Classification:

395109

Abstract:

The method of the invention performs logical operation on a pixel image, wherein pixels of the image comprise multi-bit color pixel values. The method performs the steps of: identifying a received image as an image type other than a raster image; and if such identified image type consists of fully saturated multi-bit color pixel values, performing logical combination operations on the multi-bit color pixel values through use of binary logical operators. If the received image is identified as including other than fully saturated multi-bit color pixel values, performing logical combination operations on the multi-bit color pixel values using arithmetic logical operators.

US Patent:

60942789, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Sep 24, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/936568

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID
John F. Mauzey - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 116

Abstract:

A system for reducing memory resources required to process a print job having common page print data. Reduction of memory resources is accomplished by first analyzing pages from an application for common page aspects and unique page aspects. The common page aspects are then converted to common page print data and the unique page aspects are converted to unique page print data. The common page print data is identified in a manner allowing for an optimized form of the common page print data to be created. An optimized form of the common page print data is then created and stored. The common page print data is merged with the unique page print data in an appropriate manner. Each page is then printed. The invention has particular benefits for presentation applications using the same background for each page in a set. Other applications can also benefit.