Patents by Inventor Eddy H. Debaere

Eddy H. Debaere has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compressed merging of raster images for high speed digital printing
    Patent number: 6049390
    Abstract: This invention relates to high speed digital printing of pages each obtained by merging one or more page elements. A method is disclosed for merging page elements which are stored in a compressed format, the merging substantially in compressed domain to enable the an implementation of the method to perform the merge rapidly, keeping up with a fast printing device. The merging occurs according to a page layout script which specifies the positions and printing order of selected page elements on each page. An apparatus for merging also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Barco Graphics NV
    Inventors: Paul H. Notredame, Eddy H. Debaere, Lieven W. Depuydt, Jan J. Vlietinck