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Image-adaptive inkjet printhead stitching process

US11945240B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

Manfred L. Holl · Crailsheim, DE
Rainer Kuessel · Hürtgen, DE
Andreas Weiser · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 2023
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30108
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of printing on an inkjet printer including a plurality of overlapping jetting modules includes analyzing image data within a stitch area to designate white pixels and non-white pixels. For rows where the stitch area includes white pixels, a hard stitch boundary is defined within the stitch area where image pixels to the left of the hard stitch boundary are to be printed using a left jetting module and image pixels to the right of the hard stitch boundary are to be printed using a right jetting module. For image regions where the rows of image pixels within the stitch area include only non-white pixels, a soft-stitching path is defined through the image region, and a fading function is used to gradually transition from printing image pixels with the left jetting module to printing image pixels with the right jetting module in a transition zone around the soft-stitching path.

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