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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176846 | Printing plate positioning A method for positioning a printing plate includes supporting the printing plate on a support surface. A first force is applied to the printing plate to move the printing plate over the support surface along a path. A second force is applied to the printing plate to... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174552 | Merging of image pixel arrangements A method for reducing visible artifacts includes operating recording channels to form image pixel arrangements comprising a plurality of image pixel columns. Each column extends along a first direction and each image pixel has a size L in a second direction. The rec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8154808 | Autofocus imaging apparatus An autofocus imaging apparatus (200) for three-dimensional imaging on a surface of a flexible media mounted on a cylindrical drum (104) includes a carriage (210) which moves parallel to a surface of the drum and an imaging stage (208) mou... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154720 | Calibration of a spatial light modulator A method for calibrating a spatial light modulator comprising an array of channels includes selecting a plurality of channel sets; operating each of the channel sets to provide corresponding output radiation; providing a detector for measuring the output radiation; ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154572 | Adjusting the calibration of an imaging system The calibration of an imaging system is adjusted for geometric distortion of an image formed by a group of imaging channels on a media supported on a media support. The media support includes a plurality of individually spaced reference features disposed on a surfac... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148704 | Printing plate registration using a camera A method and apparatus for determining the alignment of printing plate (14) mounted on an imaging drum (12), and applying an image to a printing plate while maintaining registration and alignment between the image and a reference edge (15) of th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146498 | Printing plate registration A method for determining a position of a mechanical edge of a reference edge of a sheet of recording media relative to a first edge of a drum slot in a cylindrical surface of an imaging drum, the method includes: mounting the sheet of recording media on the imaging ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8111444 | Total internal reflection light valve An imaging method includes emitting radiation from an illumination source towards a total internal reflection (TIR) modulator. At least one of the pixel regions is controlled to form at least one image pixel on a surface. A first electric potential is imposed on a f... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8064084 | Distributed processing of print jobs A method and apparatus for distribution of a print job for digital printing by distributing elements of the print job between a plurality of processing means. The method and apparatus includes receiving a common job file (CJF) (41). Splitting the common job f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063352 | Color separation filter for solid state sensor A color separation filter (100), for a solid state image sensor includes a micro lens array (108) adapted to collect a full color spectrum light source (104), a mask layer (120) is attached to the micro lens array (108), the mask l... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056895 | Method and apparatus for separating media combinations from a media stack The present invention provides a method and apparatus separating a media combination from a stack of interleaved slip-sheets and printing plates and relates to image recording systems such as, for example, computer-to-plate (CTP) systems. Image recording systems inc... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8032824 | Systems and methods for comparing documents containing graphic elements A system and methods for comparing two documents comprising graphic elements is described. Attributes of graphic elements amongst the two documents are examined to identify sufficiently similar graphic elements. A merged document can be automatically produced based ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8009330 | Method for imaging flexographic plates A method for reducing waste in imaging of flexographic plates comprises the steps of: receiving an electronic art file (10); displaying the file on a computer display; selecting a set of polygonal areas (11, 12) from the displayed file in response to c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7978356 | Printing management system A remote proofing system (10) on an information network (400) includes a networked controller (20) configured to be a master proofing controller and at least one remote proof printer (30, 90, 300, 310, 320, 330). The master proofing contr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971961 | Forming images with stitched swaths A method for forming an image on recording media includes providing a support adapted to receive the recording media; providing a controller programmed for controlling a print head comprising a plurality of individually controllable marking elements to form the imag... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963708 | Minimize carbonization of developer liquid An apparatus designed to minimize carbonization of developer liquid within a printing plate developer device (100). The apparatus includes, at least one open tank (204, 220) containing developer waste (148) positioned in proximity to plate devel... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963037 | Flexible roller assembly A compliant roller assembly comprising an elastomeric tube for rolling along a surface, which tube is inherently compliant to irregularities in the surface. Within the tube but smaller than the inner diameter thereof is a core apparatus comprising a non-rotating mou... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7925969 | Systems and methods for comparing documents containing graphic elements A system and methods for comparing a plurality of documents comprising graphic elements is described. Attributes of graphic elements amongst the documents are examined to identify sufficiently similar graphic elements. A merged document can be automatically produced... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7893416 | Detecting printing plate edge alignment A system for detecting the alignment of a top plate placed on a plate pallet. The alignment is detected relative to predetermined coordinates of the system. The system will generally include the following components: An illumination source configured to illuminate l... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892381 | Method for forming an optical converter A fiber optic faceplate fabricated using a series of stacked ribbon structures. Each ribbon structure comprises optical fiber segments that run from an input edge to an output edge with fixed input and output fiber-to-fiber spacing. Input and output edge spacers may... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7854199 | Printing plate registration using a camera A method and apparatus for determining the alignment of printing plate (14) mounted on an imaging drum (12), and applying an image to a printing plate while maintaining registration and alignment between the image and a reference edge (15) of th... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7813044 | Micro-lens enhanced element A micro-lens enhanced element comprises a substrate bearing sequences of printed image elements, each sequence containing image elements from more than one image. A transparent spacer layer is coated over the interlaced image strips. Lenticular lenses are fashioned ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7782534 | Micro-lens enhanced element A micro-lens enhanced element comprises a substrate bearing sequences of printed image elements, each sequence containing image elements from more than one image. A transparent spacer layer is coated over the interlaced image strips. Lenticular lenses are fashioned ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7733353 | System and method for profiling digital-image input devices In a system and a method for profiling a digital-image input device, profiling of the digital-image input device is performed based at least on an image of a color chart and an estimated illumination of the color chart generated by comparing illumination of device-d... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7705857 | Method and apparatus for characterizing and correcting for hue shifts in saturated colors A method for correcting for hue shifts includes parameterizing the conversion of long-medium-short (LMS) spectral sensitivities of the human eye to a human observer function, and applying a non-linear transformation between the LMS and human observer function in ord... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7687271 | Covert authentication method and apparatus An authentication system uses the unique distribution of an invisible taggant as a “signature” to identify an item. The verification is error tolerant. The taggant is made visible to a camera by special illumination. Inert taggants, with no optical activity, can... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7667891 | Desktop display with continuous curved surface A curved display device comprising a continuous, curved, concave viewing surface having a surface width W greater than or equal to 48 cm and less than or equal to 200 cm, and wherein a distance D from the center of a straight line segment which connects the centers ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7656571 | Balanced light valve Radiation from an illumination source (102) is directed to a total internal reflector (TIR) modulator (10). The modulator includes a an electro-optic member (213) with a plurality of individually addressable pixel regions (210) comprised ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655289 | Optical film composite having spatially controlled adhesive strength The present invention generally relates to optical films useful in the manufacture of polarizer plates, an improved method for producing polarizing plates, and a Liquid Crystal Display employing the same. More particularly, the invention relates to an optical film c... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648741 | Forming a patterned metal layer using laser induced thermal transfer method A method of forming a pattern of electrical conductors on a receiving substrate (110) comprises forming metal nanoparticles of a conductive material. A donor substrate (45) is formed. A layer of release material (75) is deposited on a first side... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7629983 | Correction techniques for soft proofing In one embodiment a method includes obtaining a white point correction for a display device and obtaining a chromatic correction for the display device. The method may also include generating corrected color coordinates based on the white point and chromatic correct... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621641 | High luminance display apparatus using LCD panel A projection apparatus (10) has an LC modulator panel (60) with photoresponsive layer, segmented into at least first, second, and third portions, each spatially separated. An image writing section (120) forms a first, second, or third image with... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7599098 | System and methods for color matching overprinted documents A system and methods for color matching overprinted graphic documents is described. Graphic elements in a document are examined to determine overlapping regions. The overlapping graphic elements in each region are examined to determine which graphic elements contrib... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7555712 | Systems and methods for comparing documents containing graphic elements A system and methods for comparing two documents comprising graphic elements is described. Attributes of graphic elements amongst the two documents are examined to identify sufficiently similar graphic elements. A merged document can be automatically produced based ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7554705 | Color gamut mapping with black point compensation The disclosure is directed to techniques for gamut mapping with modified black point compensation (BPC). The gamut mapping techniques promote well-distributed tone compression so that substantial loss of detail in highlight and shadow regions can be avoided. The gam... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7525670 | Distance and orientation measurement of an object A method for measuring a distance between an object (256) and a light source (230) and sensing an object orientation includes applying light from a plurality of sources (230, 240 or 810) on the object; detecting a reflected energy (270... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7486420 | Flexographic printing A method of screening a continuous tone image into a halftone representation for a flexographic printing operation can compensate for characteristic printing problems in highlight areas by selectively placing non-printing dots or pixels proximate highlight dots. The... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7450263 | System and method for image rotation A prepress system includes a raster image processor (RIP) which produces RIP data. The system includes a rotation system which modifies the RIP data to rotate images defined by the RIP data. The rotation may be used to assist in the reduction of ghosting in printed ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7380911 | Jet printer with enhanced print drop delivery Disclosed is a jet printing method, which includes firing printing fluid drops and deflecting them. The drops are then deflected again in a second direction, which can allow them to be deposited in a collimated swath. Also disclosed is dynamically adjusting the defl... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7340482 | Preview function in a digital data preservation system A digital preservation system (10) for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen (80), for writing the data record in human-readable form onto a preservation-quality medium (210 | 03/04/2008 |
