Patents by Inventor Beta Yuhong Ni

Beta Yuhong Ni 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: 8051016
    Abstract: A method of billing for printing service costs is presented. The method entails examining the content of a page and applying a cost function to approximate the cost of printing the page. Examining the content of the page may include detecting at least one object in the page and determining an approximate area of coverage of the detected object within the at least one object in the page. The cost function can approximate the cost of printing the page using the detected object and the determined approximate area of coverage of the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Beta Yuhong Ni, Ramesh Nagarajan
  • Publication number: 20090099980
    Abstract: A system and method of billing for printing service costs can examine content of a page and apply a cost function to approximate the cost of printing the page. Examining the content of the page may include detecting at least one object in the page and determining an approximate area of coverage of the detected object within the at least one object in the page. The cost function can approximate the cost of printing the page using the detected object and the determined approximate area of coverage of the detected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Beta Yuhong Ni, Ramesh Nagarajan