Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Attribute control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-30
2006-05-30
Lee, Thomas D. (Department: 2625)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Attribute control
C358S003160
Reexamination Certificate
active
07054038
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for the reproduction of color images by multi-color dithering. Multi-color dithering is an extension of bi-level dithering for halftoning an input image using as primary colors an arbitrary number of inks. The inks may comprise standard inks or non-standard inks such as non-process color inks, opaque inks, metallic inks, variable color inks and fluorescent inks. Multi-color dithering provides a solution for creating artistic multi-color dithered images, whose screen elements are made of artistic color screen shapes such as micro-letters, symbols and ornaments. When printed at high resolution and at high registration accuracy, multi-color dithering using large dither arrays incorporating artistic dither shapes provides an effective solution for preventing counterfeiting. The use of non-standard inks offers additional protection. Multi-color dithering also offers a solution for printers requiring that all inks are printed side by side, without overlaps.
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Hersch Roger D.
Ostromoukhov Victor
Brinich Stephen
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Lee Thomas D.
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