Patents by Inventor Alan Pincus

Alan Pincus 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).

  • Method and apparatus for modifying raster data
    Patent number: 6594034
    Abstract: A print drive that is placed in a prepress workflow between a raster image processor and an output device receives first and second raster data corresponding to first and second image data, and processed by the raster image processor. The print drive uses the second raster data to modify the first raster data. In one embodiment, the first raster data is digitally combined with the second raster data using a digital doubleburner. In another embodiment, a digital masker uses the second raster data as a mask to selectively delete a portion of the first raster data. When used in succession, the digital masker and the digital doubleburner permit the editing of raster data which is rendered through the output device as a modified printed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Agfa Corporation
    Inventors: Donna R. Bloomquist, Alan Pincus, Jeremy C. Catt
  • Method and apparatus for modifying raster data
    Publication number: 20020054398
    Abstract: A print drive that is placed in a prepress workflow between a raster image processor and an output device receives first and second raster data corresponding to first and second image data, and processed by the raster image processor. The print drive uses the second raster data to modify the first raster data. In one embodiment, the first raster data is digitally combined with the second raster data using a digital doublebumer. In another embodiment, a digital masker uses the second raster data as a mask to selectively delete a portion of the first raster data. When used in succession, the digital masker and the digital doubleburner permit the editing of raster data which is rendered through the output device as a modified printed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Donna R. Bloomquist, Alan Pincus, Jeremy C. Catt
  • Method and apparatus for modifying raster data
    Patent number: 6295133
    Abstract: A print drive that is placed in a prepress workflow between a raster image processor and an output device receives first and second raster data corresponding to first and second image data, and processed by the raster image processor. The print drive uses the second raster data to modify the first raster data. In one embodiment, the first raster data is digitally combined with the second raster data using a digital doubleburner. In another embodiment, a digital masker uses the second raster data as a mask to selectively delete a portion of the first raster data. When used in succession, the digital masker and the digital doubleburner permit the editing of raster data which is rendered through the output device as a modified printed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Agfa Corporation
    Inventors: Donna R. Bloomquist, Alan Pincus, Jeremy C. Catt