Patents Assigned to Cimpress Schweiz GmbH
  • Patent number: 12299786
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using machine learning to assess text legibility in an electronic document are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may train a machine learning model using training data that includes at least a representation of a text legibility level in the training data. Additionally, the electronic device may input the electronic document into the machine learning model, which may analyze the electronic document and output a representation of the text legibility level of a set of textual content included in the electronic document. The electronic device may display the output for review and assessment by a user, who may use the electronic device to facilitate any modifications to the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventor: Vyacheslav Nykyforov
  • Patent number: 12277634
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing graphic design using metadata relationships are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display a visual design including a set of design elements, each of which may be contained within a corresponding container. The electronic device may receive a selection to spatially adjust a design element, and may determine a modification to the design element based an element behavior of the design element and/or a container behavior of the corresponding container. The electronic device may display, in the user interface, the design element reflecting the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Shelman, Siyang Zhang, Johanna Bodnyk, Noah Portnoy
  • Patent number: 12260584
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting crop marks depicted in digital images are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device detects a set of crop marks in a reference digital image and aligns the reference digital image with an input digital image. Based on locations of the detected crop marks as aligned to the input digital image, the electronic device detects a set of partial crop marks in the input digital image. As a result, the partial crop marks in the input digital image may be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Anshul Garg, Ajay Joshi
  • Patent number: 12248979
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering a product design associated with a foldable or other type of product are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display a foldable product within a product preview area, where the electronic device may animate the foldable product going from a folded state to an unfolded state, and vice-versa. In animating the foldable product, the electronic device may adjust the product within the product preview area and adjust a viewpoint so that the product is accurately and effectively reflected within the product preview area for a user to make an informed decision on whether to purchase the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Zachary Ross Lynn, Andrew David Batbouta
  • Patent number: 12217377
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering portions of editable product designs are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may support a design application that may apply a rendering algorithm to an editable product design, resulting in the application rendering the editable product design for viewing by a user in a first and a second portion of a user interface. In particular, the rendering algorithm may determine whether or not to adjust the editable product design from a first configuration and first orientation to a second configuration and/or a second orientation based on a selection from the user of a portion of the editable product design within the first portion of the user interface. Based on that determination, the application may render the editable product design in the second portion of the user interface in at least one of the second configuration and/or the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventor: Zachary Ross Lynn
  • Patent number: 12198265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering items with a user interface of an electronic device are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may detect its orientation and render, in a user interface, a physical item using a rendering effect determined from the orientation. As a user of the electronic device reorients the electronic device, the electronic device may automatically and dynamically update the rendering with an updated rendering effect to reflect the updated orientation. In embodiments, the user may use the electronic device to complete an order for the physical item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Ramon Harrington, Jon Gaudette, Jarongorn Manny Lertpatthanakul
  • Patent number: 12154310
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically determining and displaying salient portions of images are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may support a design application that may apply a saliency detection learning model to a digital image, resulting in the application generating one or more salient portions of the digital image. The electronic device may generate a digital rendering of the salient portion of the image on digital models of items or products, and may enable a user to review the digital rendering. The user may also choose alternative salient portions of the digital image and/or aspect ratios for those salient portions for inclusion on a digital model of the item or product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Anshul Garg, Vikramaditya Khemka, Ajay Joshi
  • Patent number: 12073450
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to translate and manage product data are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Kellen Flannery, David Goldman
  • Patent number: 12051139
    Abstract: A content replacement system and method for simultaneously updating a plurality of images of visual designs on an electronic display of an electronic device using synchronized client- and server-side visual design object models by representing visual objects in visual designs using a keyed attribute and associated attribute value comprising a visual object specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Alex Uzgin, Donald J. Naylor, Jarongorn Manny Lertpatthanakul, Jeremy Pallai, Jonathan Gaudette, Rebecca Safran, Ramon Harrington
  • Patent number: 11978139
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing text legibility in an electronic document are disclosed. According to certain aspects, the electronic document may include a text layer and a background layer, and an electronic device may generate a text mask comprising a set of glyphs at certain positions. The electronic device may analyze the text mask to generate an output comprising a set of bounding boxes that indicate legibility degrees of the respective glyphs included in the text mask. The electronic device may display the output for review and assessment by a user, who may use the electronic device to facilitate any modifications to the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventor: Vyacheslav Nykyforov
  • Patent number: 11810247
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering items with a user interface of an electronic device are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may detect its orientation and render, in a user interface, a physical item using a rendering effect determined from the orientation. As a user of the electronic device reorients the electronic device, the electronic device may automatically and dynamically update the rendering with an updated rendering effect to reflect the updated orientation. In embodiments, the user may use the electronic device to complete an order for the physical item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Ramon Harrington, Jon Gaudette, Jarongorn Manny Lertpatthanakul
  • Patent number: 11652930
    Abstract: Systems and methods of co-editing a design for a printed product is disclosed. According to certain aspects, a server may store tool state variable(s) corresponding to editing tool(s) included in a printed product editor in a database; receive, from a first electronic device executing a first instantiation of the printed product editor, a request for a collaborative communication session with a second electronic device executing a second instantiation of the printed product editor; generate the collaborative communication session between the two devices in response to the request, the collaborative communication session including a state of editing tool(s) of the first instantiation of the printed product editor; update the tool state variable(s) corresponding to the state of editing tool(s) of the first instantiation in the database; and synchronize a state of editing tool(s) of the second instantiation in response to the updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Edward James Hammond, Christina Kayastha, Gal Rakhsha-Shenar
  • Patent number: 11640685
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing graphic design using metadata relationships are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display a visual design including a set of design elements, each of which may be contained within a corresponding container. The electronic device may receive a selection to spatially adjust a design element, and may determine a modification to the design element based an element behavior of the design element and/or a container behavior of the corresponding container. The electronic device may display, in the user interface, the design element reflecting the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Shelman, Siyang Zhang, Johanna Bodnyk, Noah Portnoy
  • Patent number: 11615238
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating digital designs according to search queries. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may present a first template associated with a first online service, and a second template associated with a second online service. The electronic device may facilitate a search using inputted keywords, and identify a set of images and/or design elements according to the search. The electronic device may modify the first template and/or the second template by incorporating various of the images and/or design elements. A user may select different functionalities associated with the modified templates, including selecting digital design for an online service, such as a social media site and/or an online video conferencing site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Christina Kayastha, Brian Hanechak
  • Patent number: 11475204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing formats for a digital design are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may support a design application that may enable a user to create and edit a digital design across multiple formats associated with multiple online services. The design applications enables the effective and efficient editing of the formats such that the digital design maintains a similar look and feel for each format. In embodiments, the design application may interface with the multiple online services to access formatting parameters and upload the respective formats for the digital design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Christina Kayastha, Lorenzo Gomez Garchitorena, Mikael Edwards, Alyssa Joy Parelli, Jayabascar Rajagopal, John E. Gillespie, IV
  • Patent number: 11423606
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rendering items with a user interface of an electronic device are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may detect its orientation and render, in a user interface, a physical item using a rendering effect determined from the orientation. As a user of the electronic device reorients the electronic device, the electronic device may automatically and dynamically update the rendering with an updated rendering effect to reflect the updated orientation. In embodiments, the user may use the electronic device to complete an order for the physical item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Ramon Harrington, Jon Gaudette, Jarongorn Manny Lertpatthanakul
  • Patent number: 11392762
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating product designs according to search queries. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may present a set of default templates associated with one or more products. The electronic device may facilitate a search using inputted keywords, and identify a set of images and/or design elements according to the search. The electronic device may modify the set of default templates by incorporating various of the images and/or design elements. A user may select different functionalities associated with the modified templates, including selecting to place a product order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Nicholas Richard Swider, Edward James Hammond, Christina Kayastha, Christopher Wai-Lung Kwan, Brian Robert Chitester
  • Patent number: 11380031
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating product design by an electronic device are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may present a design having a set of design elements, and may detect a modification to one or more of the set of design elements. The electronic device may determine, based on a set of characteristics, how remaining design elements can be modified based on the detected modification. The electronic device may determine and present a modified design according to the modified design elements, for review by a user of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Shelman, Siyang Zhang, Johanna Bodnyk, Noah Portnoy
  • Patent number: 11335053
    Abstract: Systems and methods for digital rendering items with designs incorporate therein are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may support a design application that may modify a digital image using an identity texture and a texture map, resulting in the modified digital image taking the shape or form of a portion of a digital model of an item. The electronic device may generate a digital rendering of the item using the modified digital image and the digital model of the item, and may enable a user to review the digital rendering and/or place an order for a physical version of the item according to the digital rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventor: Jorel Fermin
  • Patent number: 11244371
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to translate and manage product data are disclosed. A disclosed example system for translating and managing product data pertaining to a plurality of tenants includes a rules executor to verify, based on product attribute rules, that requested product attributes pertaining to a product request from a buyer are valid, an attribute translator to generate platform standard attributes of products corresponding to the tenants, where the attribute translator is to translate tenant-specific product attributes to the platform standard attributes based on the tenant-specific product attributes and the product attribute rules, and an equivalency evaluator to evaluate an equivalency of the products based on the requested product attributes and output the equivalency. The equivalency evaluator is to store the equivalency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Kellen Flannery, David Goldman