公开(公告)号：US20110235093A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-29

申请号：US12749111

申请日：2010-03-29

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1285 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1257 ,  G06F3/1262

Abstract: A method implemented in a print shop management system which allows operators to conveniently transport groups of print jobs between different devices and programs of the print shop, such as a MIS system, prepress devices, printers, finishing devices, etc. When exporting print jobs from a print job management program (the exporting program), the operator defines one or more job groups by specifying the criteria for each job group, and the exporting program exports all print jobs in the job groups to a storage location such as a USB flash drive. As a part of the exporting step, the exporting program filters the print jobs in the program's jobs database to find all jobs satisfying the criteria of each job group. The groups of jobs may be imported into another print job management program by accessing the storage location (e.g. by inserting the USB drive into the importing device).

Abstract translation: 一种在印刷车间管理系统中实施的方法，其允许操作者在诸如MIS系统，印前装置，打印机，精加工装置等的印刷车间的不同装置和程序之间方便地传送打印作业组。当将打印作业从 打印作业管理程序（导出程序），操作员通过指定每个作业组的标准来定义一个或多个作业组，并且导出程序将作业组中的所有打印作业导出到存储位置，例如USB闪存驱动器 。 作为导出步骤的一部分，导出程序将过滤程序作业数据库中的打印作业，以查找满足每个作业组标准的所有作业。 可以通过访问存储位置（例如通过将USB驱动器插入导入装置）将作业组导入另一打印作业管理程序。

公开(公告)号：US20110235091A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-29

申请号：US12748994

申请日：2010-03-29

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/122 ,  G06F3/1237 ,  G06F3/1262 ,  G06F3/1268 ,  G06F3/127 ,  G06F3/128 ,  G06F3/1282

Abstract: A method for pre-configuring a portable storage device for use in transporting print jobs in a print shop, and a method for using the pre-configured portable storage device to export and import print jobs between different devices in the print shop. The portable storage device is pre-configured to contain multiple root directories uniquely corresponding to multiple print job management programs. A configuration file containing exporting and importing instructions and administrative information is stored in each root directory. When exporting print jobs, the exporting program automatically locates its own unique root directory and exports jobs into that root directory. When importing print jobs, once the operator indicates an exporting program, the importing program searches the root directory for the exporting program for all stored jobs and displays them to the operator for selection. The exporting and importing programs also automatically checks the configuration file in the appropriate root directory for instructions.

Abstract translation: 一种用于预先配置用于在印刷车间中传送打印作业的便携式存储装置的方法，以及使用预先配置的便携式存储装置在印刷车间的不同装置之间导出和导入打印作业的方法。 便携式存储设备被预配置为包含与多个打印作业管理程序唯一对应的多个根目录。 包含导出和导入说明和管理信息的配置文件存储在每个根目录中。 在导出打印作业时，导出程序会自动定位其自己的唯一根目录，并将作业导出到该根目录中。 导入打印作业时，一旦操作员指示导出程序，导入程序将搜索根目录中的所有存储作业的导出程序，并将其显示给操作员进行选择。 导出和导入程序还会自动检查相应根目录中的配置文件以获取说明。

公开(公告)号：US20100328703A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-30

申请号：US12494047

申请日：2009-06-29

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F15/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/1241 ,  G06F3/1288

Abstract: In a print shop system including a plurality of printers and a print shop management server which manages print jobs, an improved method is described for controlling a document color detection method for purposes of assigning documents to appropriate printers for printing. A user interface is provided for the user to specify a set of criteria for selectively forwarding the color detection task to another server or for rejecting the print job. In a first embodiment, if one or more specified criteria are met, the print shop management server forwards the print job to another server to perform color detection. In a second embodiment, if one or more specified criteria are met, the print shop management server rejects the print job and notifies the user.

Abstract translation: 在包括多个打印机的打印店系统和管理打印作业的打印店管理服务器中，描述了一种用于控制文档颜色检测方法的改进方法，用于将文档分配给用于打印的适当的打印机。 为用户提供用户界面以指定用于选择性地将颜色检测任务转发到另一个服务器或拒绝打印作业的一组标准。 在第一实施例中，如果满足一个或多个指定标准，则打印店管理服务器将打印作业转发到另一服务器以执行颜色检测。 在第二实施例中，如果满足一个或多个指定标准，则打印店管理服务器拒绝打印作业并通知用户。

公开(公告)号：US08649043B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-11

申请号：US12569321

申请日：2009-09-29

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F15/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1268

Abstract: A method implemented in a print shop management system for exporting print jobs from the print shop management program. The exporting method allows selection of an export job ticket format at the time of export. The export job ticket format may be a press device format suitable for consumption by a digital printing device, or an original input format that preserves the format of the original job ticket imported from an external program. For the press device format, an output job ticket in the requested format is generated from scratch based on job parameters stored in a job ticket database. For the original input format, a copy of the original job ticket is read from an input job ticket and exported; optionally, job parameters generated by the print shop management program may be incorporated into the copy of the input job ticket before exporting.

Abstract translation: 在印刷店管理系统中实施的用于从印刷店管理程序输出印刷作业的方法。 导出方法允许在导出时选择导出作业单格式。 导出作业单格式可以是适合于数字打印装置的消费的按压装置格式，也可以是保留从外部程序导入的原始作业单的格式的原始输入格式。 对于印刷机设备格式，根据存储在作业单数据库中的作业参数，从头开始生成所请求格式的输出作业单。 对于原始输入格式，从输入作业单读取原始作业单的副本并导出; 可选地，由印刷店管理程序产生的作业参数可以在输出之前被合并到输入作业单的副本中。

公开(公告)号：US20100073712A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-25

申请号：US12478144

申请日：2009-06-04

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1226 ,  G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1286 ,  G06F3/1288

Abstract: An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, job ticket history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference.

Abstract translation: 一种在打印作业管理装置中实施的用于处理所描述的多打印机印刷车间环境中的打印作业的自动作业分配方法。 通过将作业的打印要求与打印机的功能进行比较来查找可满足所有工作要求的一个或多个候选打印机来处理每个打印作业。 然后，从所有这样的候选打印机中，通过评估打印机的实时状况来选择一个打印机，诸如等待时间，设备状态，定期维护（PM）计数，操作历史，作业单历史等，以及打印机 作业将提交给所选打印机。 实时条件及其评估顺序由操作人员设定。 该过程还可以以替代模式运行，其中基于预定义的固定优先级偏好选择候选打印机之一。

公开(公告)号：US20100073705A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-25

申请号：US12234571

申请日：2008-09-19

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06F15/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1226 ,  G06F3/1263 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  H04N1/00222 ,  H04N1/0092 ,  H04N1/32523 ,  H04N1/32539 ,  H04N1/32545 ,  H04N2201/0072 ,  H04N2201/0094 ,  H04N2201/3242

Abstract: An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference.

Abstract translation: 一种在打印作业管理装置中实施的用于处理所描述的多打印机印刷车间环境中的打印作业的自动作业分配方法。 通过将作业的打印要求与打印机的功能进行比较来查找可满足所有工作要求的一个或多个候选打印机来处理每个打印作业。 然后，从所有这样的候选打印机中，通过评估打印机的实时状况（例如等待时间，设备状态，定期维护（PM）计数，操作历史等）来选择一个打印机，并且打印作业被提交到 所选打印机。 实时条件及其评估顺序由操作人员设定。 该过程还可以以替代模式运行，其中基于预定义的固定优先级偏好选择候选打印机之一。

公开(公告)号：US08390869B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-05

申请号：US12748994

申请日：2010-03-29

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06K15/00 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/122 ,  G06F3/1237 ,  G06F3/1262 ,  G06F3/1268 ,  G06F3/127 ,  G06F3/128 ,  G06F3/1282

Abstract: A method for pre-configuring a portable storage device for use in transporting print jobs in a print shop, and a method for using the pre-configured portable storage device to export and import print jobs between different devices in the print shop. The portable storage device is pre-configured to contain multiple root directories uniquely corresponding to multiple print job management programs. A configuration file containing exporting and importing instructions and administrative information is stored in each root directory. When exporting print jobs, the exporting program automatically locates its own unique root directory and exports jobs into that root directory. When importing print jobs, once the operator indicates an exporting program, the importing program searches the root directory for the exporting program for all stored jobs and displays them to the operator for selection. The exporting and importing programs also automatically checks the configuration file in the appropriate root directory for instructions.

Abstract translation: 一种用于预先配置用于在印刷车间中传送打印作业的便携式存储装置的方法，以及使用预先配置的便携式存储装置在印刷车间的不同装置之间导出和导入打印作业的方法。 便携式存储设备被预配置为包含与多个打印作业管理程序唯一对应的多个根目录。 包含导出和导入指令和管理信息的配置文件存储在每个根目录中。 在导出打印作业时，导出程序会自动定位其自己的唯一根目录，并将作业导出到该根目录中。 导入打印作业时，一旦操作员指示导出程序，导入程序将搜索根目录中的所有存储作业的导出程序，并将其显示给操作员进行选择。 导出和导入程序还会自动检查相应根目录中的配置文件以获取说明。

公开(公告)号：US08279487B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-02

申请号：US12490820

申请日：2009-06-24

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  H04N1/40

CPC classification number: G06F3/1241 ,  G06F3/1212 ,  G06F3/1291

Abstract: In a print shop system including a plurality of printers and a print shop management server which manages print jobs, an improved method is described for detecting color components in a document page for purposes of assigning the document to appropriate printers for printing. First, each page element is analyzed without rasterizing the page. If a raster image is colored, its location and size are added to an image information list. If a non-raster graphical element overlaps a raster image previously stored in the image information list, the overlapped raster image is removed from the list. After analyzing all page elements of the page, if any raster image remains in the image information list, the page is marked as colored. Otherwise, the page is rasterized to detect colored using a conventional method. The resolution used for page rasterization may be controlled by a user.

Abstract translation: 在包括多个打印机的打印店系统和管理打印作业的打印店管理服务器中，描述了用于检测文档页面中的颜色分量的改进方法，以将文档分配给用于打印的适当的打印机。 首先，分析每个页面元素，而不对该页面进行光栅化。 如果光栅图像被着色，其位置和大小将被添加到图像信息列表中。 如果非光栅图形元素与先前存储在图像信息列表中的光栅图像重叠，则从列表中移除重叠的光栅图像。 分析页面的所有页面元素后，如果图像信息列表中保留了任何光栅图像，页面将被标记为彩色。 否则，页面被光栅化以使用常规方法检测着色。 用于页面光栅化的分辨率可能由用户控制。

公开(公告)号：US20110075195A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-31

申请号：US12569321

申请日：2009-09-29

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06F15/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1268

Abstract: A method implemented in a print shop management system for exporting print jobs from the print shop management program. The exporting method allows selection of an export job ticket format at the time of export. The export job ticket format may be a press device format suitable for consumption by a digital printing device, or an original input format that preserves the format of the original job ticket imported from an external program. For the press device format, an output job ticket in the requested format is generated from scratch based on job parameters stored in a job ticket database. For the original input format, a copy of the original job ticket is read from an input job ticket and exported; optionally, job parameters generated by the print shop management program may be incorporated into the copy of the input job ticket before exporting.

Abstract translation: 在印刷店管理系统中实施的用于从印刷店管理程序输出印刷作业的方法。 导出方法允许在导出时选择导出作业单格式。 导出作业单格式可以是适合于数字打印装置的消费的按压装置格式，也可以是保留从外部程序导入的原始作业单的格式的原始输入格式。 对于印刷机设备格式，根据存储在作业单数据库中的作业参数，从头开始生成所请求格式的输出作业单。 对于原始输入格式，从输入作业单读取原始作业单的副本并导出; 可选地，由印刷店管理程序生成的作业参数可以在输出之前被合并到输入作业单的副本中。

公开(公告)号：US20120243031A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-27

申请号：US13072649

申请日：2011-03-25

Applicant: Shane Matthew Cain

Inventor： Shane Matthew Cain

IPC: G06K15/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/1438 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G09G5/363 ,  G09G2360/08 ,  G09G2370/022 ,  G09G2370/027

Abstract: A graphic processing unit (GPU) accelerated image analysis and control system and method for implementing a process of managing parallel processing algorithms on one or more GPU devices. An exemplary embodiment of the process includes the steps of configuring the multiple GPU devices to enable multiple applications to be executed by the GPU devices, the multiple applications being used for GPU accelerated image analysis, assigning the multiple applications to the multiple GPU devices in accordance with the configurations of the multiple GPU devices, and having the multiple GPU devices execute the assigned applications in parallel, thereby performing the GPU accelerated image analysis. When a multi-GPU model is enabled on two or more GPU devices assigned to a printing application, a GPU distribution algorithm is invoked for performing the GPU accelerated image analysis simultaneously on the two or more GPU devices.

Abstract translation: 图形处理单元（GPU）加速图像分析和控制系统和方法，用于实现在一个或多个GPU设备上管理并行处理算法的过程。 该过程的示例性实施例包括以下步骤：配置多个GPU设备以使得GPU设备能够执行多个应用程序，该多个应用程序用于GPU加速图像分析，并将多个应用程序分配给多个GPU设备， 多个GPU设备的配置，并且使多个GPU设备并行地执行所分配的应用，从而执行GPU加速图像分析。 当分配给打印应用程序的两个或多个GPU设备上启用多GPU模型时，将调用GPU分配算法，以在两个或更多GPU设备上同时执行G​​PU加速图像分析。