Patents Assigned to Agfa
  • Aqueous resin based inkjet inks
    Patent number: 9920211
    Abstract: An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the dispersing group is selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid or salt thereof, a sulfonic acid or salt thereof, a phosphoric acid ester or salt thereof, a phosphonic acid or salt thereof, an ammonium group, a sulfonium group, and a phosphonium group; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; and the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 ?m as determined by dynamic laser diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Decoster
  • Manufacturing of decorative workpieces by inkjet
    Patent number: 9914323
    Abstract: To compensate for inaccuracies in the finishing of a decorative workpiece such as cutting or producing tongue-and-groove profiles to the decorative workpiece, a bleed area is added to the decorative pattern carried by a decoration layer of a decorative workpiece. The bleed area is filled with image content of the decorative pattern. In the bleed area a mark such as a cut mark or a control mark may be digital printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: AGFA NV, UNILIN BVBA
    Inventors: Joris Van Garsse, Laurent Meersseman
  • Method for accurately generating a radiation image of a region of interest
    Patent number: 9913621
    Abstract: An offset of an actual positional relationship of a radiation source and an object from a reference positional relationship is determined and taken into account when positioning and/or tilting and/or collimating the radiation source so as to irradiate a region of interest of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Wim Govaerts, Yves Vanmeenen, Danny Janssens
  • Method for characterizing a printer
    Patent number: 9906690
    Abstract: A standard printer characterization target is printed with a reference printer and measured. From the measured data, a model is derived that describes for each ink the behavior of each individual ink in combination with different combinations of the other inks. In order to reduce the complexity for obtaining a printer model of a second printer, a second target is printed that includes only a subset of the color patches in the standard printer characterization target. With the model and interpolation, it is possible to reconstruct colorimetric data for missing color patches in the reduced target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Koen Vande Velde, Marc Mahy
  • A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND THE RELATED METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGES
    Publication number: 20180032677
    Abstract: A data processing system for determining an availability speed of a medical image includes a client sends a request for viewing the medical image, a server that provides the client with the medical image upon reception of the request, an availability determining unit configured to: determine a download path to be followed by the medical image within the data processing system in order to be made available to the client, retrieve configuration parameters indicative for a transfer speed along the download path, and determine the availability speed of the medical image from the download path and from the configuration parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventor: Roel ADRIAENSENS
  • Storage phosphor plate assembly, X-ray cassette and system for reading out storage phosphor plates
    Patent number: 9874643
    Abstract: A storage phosphor plate assembly includes at least one storage phosphor plate having a storage phosphor layer for storing X-ray information and a substrate layer on which the storage phosphor layer is provided. The substrate layer contains a permanent magnetic material, and a support plate contains a magnetic material, the at least one storage phosphor plate being held on the support plate due to magnetic forces. The invention further relates to an X ray cassette and a system for reading out storage phosphor plate. An easy and safe handling of storage phosphor plates of various sizes and/or forms, in particular during the read-out process in the read-out system, is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Anton Pirmann, Stephan Mair
  • Manufacturing of decorative laminates by inkjet
    Patent number: 9855767
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing decorative laminates includes the steps of a) inkjet printing a first decorative layer by a first multi-pass inkjet printer and delivering the inkjet printed first decorative layer to a laminate heating press where it is heat pressed into a decorative laminate; and b) inkjet printing a second decorative layer by a second multi-pass inkjet printer and delivering the inkjet printed second decorative layer to the same laminate heating press where it is heat pressed into a decorative laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventor: Hans Strijckers
  • Manufacturing of decorative workpieces by inkjet
    Patent number: 9840091
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing decorative workpieces includes the step of nesting a set of decorative patterns digitally printed on a decoration layer to reduce the waste of decoration layer. To perform a corresponding relief for the nested decorative patterns on a nested decorative workpiece, the relief provided by a digital relief apparatus is in a correct match with the nested decorative workpiece. If the printing zone of the digital printer has a failure zone, the nesting method prevents arranging of the decorative patterns in this failure zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: AGFA GRAPHICS NV, UNILIN BVBA
    Inventors: Tom Cloots, Laurent Meersseman, Joris Van Garsse
  • Metallic nanoparticle dispersion
    Patent number: 9839961
    Abstract: A metallic nanoparticle dispersion includes metallic nanoparticles and a compound according to Formula I, wherein X represents the necessary atoms to form a substituted or unsubstituted ring. The presence of small amounts of the compound according to Formula I increases the conductivity of metallic layers or patterns formed from the metallic nanoparticle dispersions at moderate curing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA GEVAERT
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Nicolas Vriamont, Dirk Bollen
  • INKJET PRINTING OF PEARLESCENT AND METALLIC COLOURS
    Publication number: 20170348991
    Abstract: A method of inkjet printing a colour image including a metallic or pearlescent colour includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 3.0 ?m as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with a white inkjet ink containing a white pigment having an average particle size between 250 and 400 nm as measured by differential centrifugal sedimentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventor: Roel DE MONDT
  • UV CURABLE INKJET INKS FOR PRINTING ON GLASS
    Publication number: 20170342282
    Abstract: A UV curable inkjet ink contains at least one free radical photoinitiator and at least 30 wt % of a mixture including 0 to 45 wt % of a polymerizable oligomer, at least 5 wt % of a polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate and at least 20 wt % of a monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate according to Formula (I): with n representing an integer of 1 to 4 and R representing an alkyl group; the weight ratio of the polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate over the monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate is less than 1.60; and all the weight percentages wt % are based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Rita TORFS, Johan LOCCUFIER
  • LAMINATED GLASS ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170341345
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing laminated glass articles includes the steps of inkjet printing an image with one or more inkjet inks on a first glass sheet; jetting and at least partially curing a curable sealing agent on three edges of the first glass sheet on the side for the inkjet printed image; aligning a second glass sheet with the first glass sheet on the side of the first glass sheet carrying the at least partially cured sealing agent and the inkjet printed image; applying a liquid curable adhesive resin composition into an interspace between the first and second glass sheets; and curing the liquid curable adhesive resin composition until a solid adhesive layer is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Johan LOCCUFIER, Rita TORFS
  • MOTION CORRECTION METHOD IN DUAL ENERGY RADIOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20170340305
    Abstract: A motion correction method includes two steps. The first step includes a global motion correction using the bilinear warping technique and a rough delineation of the lung fields. One of the native images (low energy image, high energy image) is deformed to match the other image. In a second step, local motion corrections are applied to the globally motion corrected image by computing a proximity value in small overlapping tiles. Only tiles with a sufficient high proximity value are taken into account. The maximum shift applied in this second step is limited to a few pixels to avoid strong deformations of the native images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventor: Tom BERTENS
  • DATA REPOSITORY QUERYING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170344712
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method of querying a data repository wherein a software image is generated of at least one of a pre-compiled semantic reasoning engine, a set of pre-compiled fact data, and pre-compiled reasoning rules. At runtime additional run time data and/or run time reasoning rules are loaded. A query is specified and solved by means of the software image and the additional run time data and/or runtime rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Kristof DEPRAETERE, Hong SUN, Jos DE ROO, Dirk COLAERT
  • Decoder and encoder for a digital fingerprint code
    Patent number: 9830500
    Abstract: A method to encode and decode a digital fingerprint code by an identification encoder and an identification decoder wherein the digital fingerprint code includes a plurality of N-bit data embedded on a set of curves by changed thicknesses in the curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventor: Rudolf Bartels
  • Radiographic flat panel detector having a ferromagnetic layer and the method of production thereof
    Patent number: 9831007
    Abstract: A radiographic flat panel detector includes a layer configuration in the order given: a) a radiation transparent substrate; and b) a scintillator layer applied by vapor deposition on the radiation transparent substrate; and c) an imaging array between the scintillator layer and a second substrate, characterized in that the radiation transparent substrate has on a side a layer including magnetisable particles and a method for producing the radiographic flat panel detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Paul Leblans, Luc Struye, Ilse Mans, Sabina Elen
  • Colour laser marking
    Patent number: 9829784
    Abstract: A set of laminates includes an outer laminate and an inner laminate, wherein the outer laminate includes a transparent polymeric support including on a first side of the support a color laser markable layer containing an infrared dye having an absorption maximum ?max(IR-1) in the infrared region; wherein the inner laminate includes a transparent polymeric support including on, a first side of the transparent polymeric support, a color laser markable layer containing an infrared dye having an absorption maximum ?max(IR-2) in the infrared region and, on a second side of the transparent polymeric support, a color laser markable layer containing an infrared dye having an absorption maximum ?max(IR-3) in the infrared region; and the conditions a) and b) are satisfied: ?max(IR-1)>?max(IR-2)>?max(IR-3); and??a) ?max(IR-1)>1100 nm and ?max(IR-3)<1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventors: Bart Waumans, Paul Callant, Ingrid Geuens, Bart Aerts
  • IR dyes and laser markable articles comprising such IR dyes
    Patent number: 9821586
    Abstract: Infrared dyes having an infrared absorption maximum above 1130 nm with minor colouration in the visual spectrum. The infrared dyes are especially useful for producing multicolour laser marked security documents having reduced background coloration and enhanced colour gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventor: Marin Steenackers
  • A LARGE INKJET FLATBED TABLE
    Publication number: 20170305172
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing of an inkjet flatbed table including a large support layer with an area of at least 1.5 m2 to support an ink receiver in an inkjet printing system, the method including the steps of fixing a plate on top of a base unit by forming a part of or whole the support layer; and abrading the fixed plate to have a flatness on the top of the support layer less than 300 ?m and wherein the plate is characterized by including a thermoplastic polymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventor: Luc DE ROECK
  • Curable liquids and inks for toys and food packaging applications
    Patent number: 9796865
    Abstract: A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials includes no initiator or otherwise one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric initiators, polymeric initiators, and polymerizable initiators; wherein the polymerizable composition of the liquid consists of: a) 25-100 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 different from the group G1; b) 0-55 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0-55 wt % of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Roland Claes, Johan Loccufier