公开(公告)号：US08559081B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-15

申请号：US12790388

申请日：2010-05-28

申请人： Peter A. Crean

发明人： Peter A. Crean

IPC分类号： G03F3/08

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033 ,  H04N1/00015 ,  H04N1/00023 ,  H04N1/00034 ,  H04N1/00087

摘要： Disclosed is a method for processing raster image data and determining via a reference device (e.g., LUT), an amount of marking medium (toner, ink) to be used for printing a document. Then billing costs based on the amount of medium is determined. In particular, a calibration method may be performed on an apparatus to determine the amounts of medium used for that particular apparatus. The calibration method includes printing pages with test patches for a plurality of colors at a particular dot value (or density), and weighing similar printed test pages so that the amount of medium used to print colors at particular dot values is determined by subtracting a weight of the pages before printing from the weight of the printed test pages. The change in weight (or mass) of the medium is used to populate the reference device for that apparatus.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于处理光栅图像数据并经由参考装置（例如，LUT），用于打印文档的标记介质（调色剂，墨）的量的处理的方法。 然后确定基于介质量的计费费用。 特别地，可以在装置上执行校准方法以确定用于该特定装置的介质的量。 校准方法包括以特定的点值（或密度）打印具有用于多种颜色的测试片的页面，并称重类似的印刷测试页，使得用于在特定点值处打印颜色的介质的量通过减去重量来确定 从印刷测试页的重量打印之前的页面。 介质的重量（或质量）的变化用于填充该装置的参考装置。

公开(公告)号：US08203760B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-19

申请号：US12396668

申请日：2009-03-03

申请人： Peter A. Crean ,  Robert P. Loce ,  Edgar Bernal

发明人： Peter A. Crean ,  Robert P. Loce ,  Edgar Bernal

IPC分类号： H04N1/405 ,  H04N1/46

CPC分类号： H04N1/52

摘要： This disclosure provides methods, apparatus and systems to generate vector halftone data for rendering an image on an image output device. According to one aspect, a method generates vector halftone data as a function of contone pixel data for a given colorant at its nominal resolution and contone pixel data for the other colorants at a relatively lower resolution.

摘要翻译： 本公开提供了生成用于在图像输出设备上呈现图像的矢量半色调数据的方法，装置和系统。 根据一个方面，一种方法根据其标称分辨率产生作为给定着色剂的连续色像素数据的函数的矢量半色调数据，并以相对较低的分辨率对其它着色剂进行连续色调像素数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120106835A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-03

申请号：US12915271

申请日：2010-10-29

申请人： Edgar A. Bernal ,  Robert P. Loce ,  Peter A. Crean

发明人： Edgar A. Bernal ,  Robert P. Loce ,  Peter A. Crean

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/4052 ,  H04N1/52

摘要： Vector halftoning and error diffusion are combined to provide a quantization method that yields high quality rendered images while demanding fewer system resources. For instance, the method is tolerant of resolution reductions in secondary or auxiliary channels to the vector halftoning process. Accordingly, these secondary pixel data channels can be sub-sampled and/or bit-depth reduced for transmission bandwidth conservation and/or reduction in data storage requirements. Restoring the resolution of the low resolution channels provides estimated image data to arrange or align with high resolution target channel data for the vector halftoning process. Error from marking decisions generated by the vector halftoning process is diffused to neighboring unprocessed pixels. The method also allows for the use of a small vector halftone threshold array while providing quantized images with fine texture and wide color gamuts. In some embodiments error diffusion is distributed according to vector error diffusion.

摘要翻译： 组合向量半色调和误差扩散以提供量化方法，其产生高质量渲染图像，同时要求较少的系统资源。 例如，该方法容忍向量半色调处理的次要或辅助通道中的分辨率降低。 因此，可以对这些次级像素数据信道进行子采样和/或位深度降低，以便传输带宽保持和/或减少数据存储要求。 恢复低分辨率通道的分辨率提供了估计的图像数据以排列或对齐用于矢量半色调处理的高分辨率目标通道数据。 通过矢量半色调处理生成的标记判定出错，扩散到相邻的未处理像素。 该方法还允许使用小矢量半色调阈值阵列，同时提供具有精细纹理和宽色域的量化图像。 在一些实施例中，根据向量误差扩散分布误差扩散。

公开(公告)号：US06956676B2

公开(公告)日：2005-10-18

申请号：US09683418

申请日：2001-12-26

申请人： Norman W. Zeck ,  Peter A. Crean

发明人： Norman W. Zeck ,  Peter A. Crean

IPC分类号： H04N1/405 ,  G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/40

CPC分类号： H04N1/405 ,  H04N1/4058

摘要： Halftone generating methods and systems convert continuous tone anti-aliased image data to halftone image data using halftoning techniques that efficiently use memory resources. One of a plurality of Holladay counters is selected and the address bits from the selected Holladay counter are output to a look-up table that efficiently stores various halftone screens. Halftone image data is then output. If necessary, the halftone image data is unpacked and replicated as required depending on the resolution requirements of the halftone screen.

摘要翻译： 半色调产生方法和系统使用半色调技术将连续色调抗锯齿图像数据转换成半色调图像数据，该技术有效地使用存储器资源。 选择多个Holladay计数器中的一个，并且将来自所选Holladay计数器的地址位输出到有效存储各种半色调屏幕的查找表。 然后输出半色调图像数据。 如果需要，根据半色调屏幕的分辨率要求，将半色调图像数据解压缩并根据需要进行复制。

公开(公告)号：US5745249A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-28

申请号：US770922

申请日：1996-12-20

申请人： Peter A. Crean ,  Norman W. Zeck

发明人： Peter A. Crean ,  Norman W. Zeck

IPC分类号： G06T1/20 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N1/405 ,  H04N1/40 ,  G06K9/54

CPC分类号： H04N1/4055

摘要： The present invention is a super-scalar method and apparatus for the generation of halftone dot patterns in an image processing system. The super-scalar design employs at least one block of memory for the storage of at least one predetermined halftone dot pattern across a plurality of unique locations therein, and a sequencer for producing an index into said memory as a function of the position of the pixel along a scan line and the halftone dot characteristics. Also included is addressing circuitry for memory access control, to combine the index produced by said sequencer and a pixel value for the pixel to produce a memory address, the memory address being thereby employed to access one of said locations in memory and to cause said memory to output a signal representative of a portion of the halftone dot pattern stored at the unique addressed location.

摘要翻译： 本发明是用于在图像处理系统中产生半色调点图案的超标量方法和装置。 超标量设计采用至少一个存储器块来存储跨越其中的多个独特位置的至少一个预定的半色调点图案，以及定序器，用于根据像素的位置产生索引到所述存储器中 沿扫描线和半色调点特征。 还包括用于存储器访问控制的寻址电路，组合由所述定序器产生的索引和像素的像素值以产生存储器地址，由此存储器地址用于访问存储器中的一个位置并使所述存储器 以输出表示存储在唯一寻址位置处的半色调点图案的一部分的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20110292412A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-01

申请号：US12788417

申请日：2010-05-27

申请人： R. Victor Klassen ,  Peter A. Crean

发明人： R. Victor Klassen ,  Peter A. Crean

IPC分类号： G06K1/00

CPC分类号： G06K15/1857 ,  G06F3/1212 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G06F3/1247 ,  G06F3/1282

摘要： According to an aspect of the disclosure, a printing system is provided comprising a plurality of resources including idle and non-idle resources having a at least one image marking engine. The plurality of resources includes a page parallel RIP system wherein the RIP system supports configurable sized print chunks. The RIP system adaptively adjusts the size of the chunks according to the busyness of receiving RIP nodes.

摘要翻译： 根据本公开的一个方面，提供一种打印系统，其包括多个资源，包括具有至少一个图像标记引擎的空闲和非空闲资源。 多个资源包括页面并行RIP系统，其中RIP系统支持可配置大小的打印块。 RIP系统根据接收RIP节点的繁忙情况自适应调整组块大小。

公开(公告)号：US20090161163A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-25

申请号：US11961102

申请日：2007-12-20

申请人： R. Victor Klassen ,  Peter A. Crean ,  Michael Campanella

发明人： R. Victor Klassen ,  Peter A. Crean ,  Michael Campanella

IPC分类号： G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/124 ,  G06F3/1213

摘要： A method and system is provided for splitting a print job into its preamble and at least one chunk. The splitter maintains a collection of RIP node addresses to which chunks of the job currently being split have already been sent. When a new chunk is about to be sent, the splitter checks whether each RIP node address has already received a chunk. If the RIP node has not already received a chunk, the splitter sends the preamble as well as the chunk to an available RIP associated with the RIP node. If, however, the RIP node address has already received a chunk, only the portion of the chunk after the preamble is sent to an available RIP associated with the RIP node and communicate the location of the preamble to the available RIP node. The preamble may contain common content for each job.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于将打印作业分解成其前导码和至少一个块的方法和系统。 分配器维护目前正在拆分的作业块已经发送到的RIP节点地址的集合。 当新的组块即将发送时，分片器会检查每个RIP节点地址是否已经收到一个块。 如果RIP节点尚未收到块，则分离器将前导码以及该块发送到与RIP节点相关联的可用RIP。 然而，如果RIP节点地址已经接收到一个块，则只有前导码之后的块的部分才被发送到与RIP节点相关联的可用RIP，并且将该前导码的位置传送到可用的RIP节点。 前导码可能包含每个作业的常见内容。

公开(公告)号：US07542164B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-02

申请号：US10890125

申请日：2004-07-14

申请人： Fritz F. Ebner ,  Donald J. Curry ,  Francis K. Tse ,  Peter A. Crean ,  David Birnbaum ,  Doron Kletter ,  Robert R. Buckley

发明人： Fritz F. Ebner ,  Donald J. Curry ,  Francis K. Tse ,  Peter A. Crean ,  David Birnbaum ,  Doron Kletter ,  Robert R. Buckley

IPC分类号： G06F15/00 ,  H04J3/02

CPC分类号： H04N1/00127 ,  H04N2201/0067 ,  H04N2201/0068

摘要： An image processing system as disclosed, including at least one input processing device functionally coupled to at least one output processing device, document information configured in a format such as scanning format or a document creating format converted to a common exchange format, and a common exchange format being converted to a format such as a document viewing format or document printing format. An image processing method also disclosed, including inputting document information, converting inputted document information configured in a document format such as a scanning format or a document creating format to a common exchange format, and converting the common exchange format to a document format such as a document viewing format or a document marking format.

摘要翻译： 所公开的图像处理系统，包括至少一个输入处理设备，功能上耦合到至少一个输出处理设备，以诸如扫描格式或转换为公共交换格式的文档创建格式的格式配置的文档信息，以及公共交换 格式被转换成诸如文档查看格式或文档打印格式的格式。 还公开了一种图像处理方法，包括输入文档信息，将以诸如扫描格式或文档创建格式的文档格式配置的输入文档信息转换为公共交换格式，并将公共交换格式转换为诸如 文件查看格式或文件标记格式。

公开(公告)号：US07414757B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-19

申请号：US10674837

申请日：2003-09-30

申请人： George L. Eldridge ,  Peter A. Crean ,  Jon S. McElvain ,  William E. Nelson

发明人： George L. Eldridge ,  Peter A. Crean ,  Jon S. McElvain ,  William E. Nelson

IPC分类号： H04N1/41 ,  H04N1/413 ,  H04N1/403 ,  H04N1/407 ,  H04N1/409 ,  H04N1/405 ,  G05B13/00 ,  G06T1/60 ,  G06K15/02

CPC分类号： H04N1/40

摘要： There is disclosed in embodiments methods relating to the compression of printing hints. The method in embodiments generates a first set of image pixels having corresponding printing hints. The printing hints are then adjusted to produce a second set of image pixels processed in such a way that an end printed result is visually equivalent to a printed result using the first set of image pixels thereby reducing the entropy in the printing hints. The method improves the compression ratio of an image using printing hints by adjusting the printing hints of pixels that are zero or fully saturated. The printing hints are adjusted in such a way to reduce the complexity of the printing hints.

摘要翻译： 在实施例中公开了与打印提示的压缩有关的方法。 实施例中的方法生成具有相应打印提示的第一组图像像素。 然后调整打印提示以产生第二组图像像素，其以这样的方式处理，使得结束打印结果在视觉上等同于使用第一组图像像素的打印结果，从而减少打印提示中的熵。 该方法通过调整零或完全饱和的像素的打印提示来提高使用打印提示的图像的压缩比。 打印提示以这种方式进行调整，以减少打印提示的复杂性。

公开(公告)号：US20080043263A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-21

申请号：US11507405

申请日：2006-08-21

申请人： Joseph D. Hancock ,  Peter S. Fisher ,  Lalit K. Mestha ,  Kenneth J. Mihalyov ,  Tonya L. Love ,  Peter A. Crean ,  Matthew F. Hoffmann

发明人： Joseph D. Hancock ,  Peter S. Fisher ,  Lalit K. Mestha ,  Kenneth J. Mihalyov ,  Tonya L. Love ,  Peter A. Crean ,  Matthew F. Hoffmann

IPC分类号： G03F3/08

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033

摘要： Provided is a method for enabling accurate and consistent imaging of selected colors within a document for various printing device configurations utilizing an automated spot color editor. The method includes determining appropriate target values for a selected color within a print job. The automated spot color editor modifies or adjusts the selected color by selecting a quality level, in the form of a color difference metric, and a maximum number of iterations, which is the maximum number of times the automated spot color editor is operated to calculate a CMYK color formula. Sample patch(es) are printed and analyzed for the selected target value and a CMYK color formula based on the color composition of the sample patch is calculated. The CMYK color formula is inserted into a spot color editing table. Through a graphical user interface, an operator may review the color formula for acceptance.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于使用自动专色编辑器对用于各种打印设备配置的文档内的所选颜色进行精确和一致的成像的方法。 该方法包括确定打印作业内所选颜色的适当目标值。 自动专色编辑器通过以色差度量和最大迭代次数的形式选择质量水平来修改或调整所选颜色，这是自动专色编辑器运行以计算一次的最大次数 CMYK颜色公式。 打印并分析样品贴片用于所选择的目标值，并计算基于样品贴片的颜色组成的CMYK颜色公式。 将CMYK颜色公式插入专色编辑表。 通过图形用户界面，操作员可以检查颜色公式以进行验收。