Patents by Inventor Neil R. Sembower

Neil R. Sembower 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).

  • Patent number: 8984402
    Abstract: Methods and a system for an electronic device to allow for indicating a size or scale of a rendering in a three dimensional view. A virtual scene is displayed on a display with a work product that is rendered, such as a document or packaging request having a job ticket. The rendering is provided with a common object that is a three dimensional virtual object that relates size to the document or packaging for approval in the proofing process. A quick visual cue is therefore provided to visually convey a realistic scale in proportion to the product rendered three dimensionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert John Rolleston, Alan Thomas Cote, Neil R. Sembower, Jeffrey David Kingsley
  • Patent number: 8902220
    Abstract: A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the binding elements may further include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Rolleston, Alan T. Coté, Neil R. Sembower, Steven J. Harrington, Pascal Valobra
  • Publication number: 20130076730
    Abstract: A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaptation layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Rolleston, Alan T. Coté, Neil R. Sembower, Steven J. Harrington, Pascal Valobra, Aanand Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20130077113
    Abstract: A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaption layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Rolleston, Alan T. Coté, Neil R. Sembower, Steven J. Harrington, Pascal Valobra, Aanand Natarajan, Mahesh Neginhal
  • Publication number: 20130076727
    Abstract: A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The binding elements may further include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaptation layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Rolleston, Alan T. Coté, Neil R. Sembower, Steven J. Harrington, Pascal Valobra, Aanand Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20120162202
    Abstract: A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the binding elements may further include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Rolleston, Alan T. Coté, Neil R. Sembower, Steven J. Harrington, Pascal Valobra
  • Publication number: 20120159321
    Abstract: Methods and a system for an electronic device to allow for indicating a size or scale of a rendering in a three dimensional view. A virtual scene is displayed on a display with a work product that is rendered, such as a document or packaging request having a job ticket. The rendering is provided with a common object that is a three dimensional virtual object that relates size to the document or packaging for approval in the proofing process. A quick visual cue is therefore provided to visually convey a realistic scale in proportion to the product rendered three dimensionally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert John Rolleston, Alan Thomas Cote, Neil R. Sembower, Jeffrey David Kingsley
  • Publication number: 20080192105
    Abstract: A system for printing comprises a rotatable charge-retentive member; imaging means for creating an electrostatic latent image on the imaging surface; and development means for applying a development material to the electrostatic latent image on the imaging surface. The developed image has a raised portion, suitable for transferring a liquid-ink image related to the developed image to a receiving surface. The system can be fitted into a flexographic printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Neil R. Sembower, Dennis C. DeYoung, Jorge A. Alvarez, James M. Chappell