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Variable differential gloss font image data

US7589865B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2005
Grant dateSep 15, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00883
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to the expedient supply of differential gloss text into a document image, particularly as when desired in the employ of rendering variable data. A font character is selected and sub-sampled. The sub-sampled result is then scaled up into a full size result. A first halftone cell having a first anisotropic structure orientation is selected and applied to the full size scaled font result while a second halftone cell having a second anisotropic structure orientation is applied to the surrounding background around the full size scaled font result to create a gloss font character. This full gloss font character is then stored as a font representation as callable by the digital front end of a printing apparatus.

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