Patents Examined by Twyler Lams
  • Image formation processing method and image formation processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7265871
    Abstract: An image formation processing method for forming an image to be raised with color toners on a raised portion of an expandable toner which is formed on a recording sheet according to an original image, comprising extracting a contour section of the image to be raised from the original image, and changing a color of the extracted contour section to enhance the image to be raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ishii, Kunio Yamada, Makoto Hirota, Yasuki Yamauchi, Toru Misaizu
  • Interface surface printer
    Patent number: 6982798
    Abstract: A printer for receiving document data from a computer system and printing an interface onto a surface. The interface is based on the document data, which includes identity data indicative of at least one identity. The identity is, in turn, associated with a region of the interface. The interface also includes coded data. The printer includes a coded data generator configured to generate the coded data based at least partially on the identity data. A printing mechanism in the printer prints the interface onto the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research PTY LTD
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun