William A Jacobs

Address:

8326 Ash Gdn Ct, Houston, TX 77083

VIN:

1N6AD06U77C417043

Make:

NISSAN

Model:

FRONTIER

Year:

2007

US Patent:

6584903, Jul 1, 2003

Filed:

Dec 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/737217

Inventors:

William S. Jacobs - Los Angeles CA

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

B41J 1144

US Classification:

101484, 400 61, 400 70, 400 76

Abstract:

A print controller which produces a device specific raster for its printer and also produces a rasterized output in portable and more editable form for export and re-use as an input by other printers which may have different parameters. If the input is in a device independent color space, the rasterized export also will be in a version in a device independent color space, typically CIELAB. If the input is in a printable device dependent color space such as CYMK, the output will be an more editable rasterized version in the same color space, with any printing hints that were in the original will be included in the output. In any case, an override can be provided to change the default selection to any other user-identified version. An example of a device independent color space is CIELAB, of a device dependent version applicable for a number of printers with similar parameters is SWOP CMYK, and of a device dependent version is a printer specific CMYK.

US Patent:

6704811, Mar 9, 2004

Filed:

Jul 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/912619

Inventors:

William E. Jacobs - The Woodlands TX
Daniel V. Forlenza - Cypress TX
James L. Mondshine - Cypress TX
Tim L. Zhang - Spring TX
Gregory B. Memo - Spring TX
Kevin R. Frost - Spring TX
Lonnie J. Pope - Houston TX

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

G06F 1312

US Classification:

710 14, 710 48, 710316, 713310

Abstract:

Briefly, a computer system plays audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive during an audio CD play mode in which the computer system is not fully powered. An audio CD play controller of the computer system includes a means for detecting a plurality of audio CD play buttons for playing an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive and a means for communicating a plurality of audio CD play commands corresponding to the plurality of audio CD play buttons to the CD-ROM drive. The computer system enters the audio CD play mode without a full boot-up procedure and without loading an operating system.

US Patent:

6819961, Nov 16, 2004

Filed:

Dec 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/317884

Inventors:

William E. Jacobs - The Woodlands TX
Daniel V. Forlenza - Cypress TX
James L. Mondshine - Cypress TX
Gregory B. Memo - Spring TX
Kevin R. Frost - Spring TX

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

G05B 1500

US Classification:

700 17, 700 83, 345716, 710 14

Abstract:

A portable computer case whether in a closed state or open state permits a user to exercise control and monitor certain operating features. The user may toggle a control switch to place the computer system in a secondary operational mode, determine when a computer system is in a secondary operational mode, and adjust a digital master volume control during the secondary operational mode. The portable computer system includes a status indicator for indicating when a computer is in a secondary operational mode, digital master volume control buttons operable in a secondary operational mode, and a control switch for placing the computer system in a secondary operational mode. The status indicator, volume control buttons, and control switch are preferably provided on a top surface of the bottom shell of the portable computer for convenient access by a user. As such, a user is capable of placing the computer system in a secondary operational mode and determining when the computer system is in a secondary operational mode without opening the portable computer case. A user is also capable of adjusting volume control during a secondary operation mode without the need to access a plurality of volume controls, sort through software to adjust the volumes of the audio sources, or open the portable computer case to visualize volume controls for the audio sources on the main display screen.

US Patent:

7307760, Dec 11, 2007

Filed:

Jun 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/607761

Inventors:

William S. Jacobs - Los Angeles CA, US
Martin E. Banton - Fairport NY, US
David C. Robinson - Penfield NY, US
John A. Moore - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H04N 1/40
G06K 9/34

US Classification:

358 21, 358 19, 358 321, 382173, 382177, 382178, 382179

Abstract:

A raster image path architecture having the capacity for supporting the rendering and output of a device-independent grayscale raster image, while also offering the capacity for supporting the rendering and output of a device-dependent binary raster image, thus offering the advantages of outputting a device-independent grayscale raster image while preserving the performance and image quality advantages of a conventional binary raster image path architecture.

US Patent:

7636861, Dec 22, 2009

Filed:

Jan 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/045829

Inventors:

Phillip A. Leech - Houston TX, US
Dennis Baker - Houston TX, US
William R. Jacobs - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

G06F 1/00
G06F 1/26
G06F 1/32
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

713310, 713300, 713323, 709208

Abstract:

A blade enclosure includes a plurality of blades, an enclosure manager processing device and a bus coupling the enclosure manager processing device to each of the blades. Each blade has at least one power mode bit configured to be controlled by the enclosure manager processing device via the bus, and each blade is configured to cause itself to enter a working state or a sleeping state responsive to its at least one power mode bit.

US Patent:

7804629, Sep 28, 2010

Filed:

Mar 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/374868

Inventors:

William Samuel Jacobs - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael E. Farrell - Ontario NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H04N 1/46
H04N 1/21
H04N 1/23
G06K 5/12

US Classification:

358504, 358406, 358 17, 358296

Abstract:

A method for determining a toner usage estimate for a print job to be performed by a printing system having at least one print engine and at least one controller includes determining a set of print conditions for the print job and selecting a set of parameters associated with the print conditions. The method further includes estimating a total amount of toner usage for each of the print job's pages. The set of parameters may include image rendering, job dependent and engine dependent parameters.

US Patent:

8082439, Dec 20, 2011

Filed:

Dec 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/999624

Inventors:

B. Dalvis Desselle - Spring TX, US
William R. Jacobs - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

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

International Classification:

G06F 9/00
G06F 9/24
G06F 15/177
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

713100, 713 1, 713 2, 717168

Abstract:

A method of modifying a computer system firmware includes initiating a firmware modification. At least one prohibited pre-determined operational state is inhibited to prevent the computer system from entering the at least one pre-determined operational state until a subsequent boot. The firmware is modified.

US Patent:

8098402, Jan 17, 2012

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/094440

Inventors:

William S. Jacobs - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael E. Farrell - Williamson NY, US
David E. Rumph - Pasadena CA, US
Stephen M. Strasen - San Pedro CA, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

H04N 1/40

US Classification:

358 21, 358 116

Abstract:

A raster image target tracking method, the raster image being a binary raster image or a targeted contone raster image, may include determining target information that corresponds to a target device for the raster image, saving the target information in a memory, comprising the raster image target device to a processing device by which the document is to be processed, and providing a warning message when the document target device does not correspond to the processing device. Also, a compound document analysis and target tracking method may include providing a compound document, analyzing each object of the compound document to determine target information, saving the target information in a memory, comparing the target devices of the respective objects to each other, and providing a warning message to a user when the target devices of the respective objects do not correspond to each other.