Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for creating a dimensional layer for an image file

US9786094B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
4References
29Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 2013
Grant dateOct 10, 2017
Priority date—
Expiry dateJan 10, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/506
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Limitations of conventional dimensional printing techniques are addressed to provide features and flexibility not presently available, including extracting images selectively from a Postscript® or PDF file and thus enable texturing of individual images within a page; constructing the texture automatically directly from the image using image processing techniques; visualizing the texture to be applied to an image via construction of a bump map or normal map in openGL and DirectX®; adjusting texturing parameters via visual feedback in openGL and DirectX®; and inserting a clear texture back into a PDF file for printing automatically.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.