Filling an area of an image marked on a material with a laser

Details Filling an area of an image marked on a material with a laser Filling an area of an image marked on a material with a laser

2005-10-25

2005-10-25

Tran, Huan (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Light or beam marking apparatus or processes

Scan of light

C219S121800, C358S001100

Reexamination Certificate

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06958762

ABSTRACT:
A system converts graphic images, such as those created by graphics applications, to a format that can be efficiently printed on a material by a laser printing system. An image can be converted to a set of locations by defining progressively smaller contours of the image, and a material can be marked by directing a laser beam according to the locations. Converting the image can involve identifying a set of points that trace boundary pixels of a marking area of the image such that the set of points form a contour of the marking area, removing the boundary pixels from further consideration with respect to defining the contours for the marking area, repeating the identifying and the removing until all pixels of interest in the marking area have been considered, and determining the locations from the identified points.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6424430 (2002-07-01), Bilodeau et al.
patent: 6791592 (2004-09-01), Assa et al.

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