Patents by Inventor Geoffrey J. Woolf

Geoffrey J. Woolf 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).

  • Methods and systems for selecting a color
    Patent number: 8049926
    Abstract: Methods and systems of selecting a color for a print operation are disclosed. A color including a color formula with multiple color components may be selected based on a reference color. A print sample may be printed on a printing device based on the selected color. The print sample may include the selected color and one or more rings of color variants. Each ring may include a plurality of color variants differing from a color component of the selected color by a corresponding amount. Each color variant may be aligned axially based on the color component that differs from the selected color and a magnitude of a difference between the color component of the color variant and the selected color. The print sample may be compared to the reference color. A document may be printed on the printing device using at least the color formula for the selected color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Hayward, Robert I. Jacobs, Thomas J. Perry, Brandon S. McComber, Geoffrey J. Woolf, Mary Ann Sprague, Jennifer Perotti
  • Method and system for identifying spot colors
    Publication number: 20100085587
    Abstract: Methods and systems of selecting a color for a print operation are disclosed. A color including a color formula with multiple color components may be selected based on a reference color. A print sample may be printed on a printing device based on the selected color. The print sample may include the selected color and one or more rings of color variants. Each ring may include a plurality of color variants differing from a color component of the selected color by a corresponding amount. Each color variant may be aligned axially based on the color component that differs from the selected color and a magnitude of a difference between the color component of the color variant and the selected color. The print sample may be compared to the reference color. A document may be printed on the printing device using at least the color formula for the selected color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicants: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Hayward, Robert I. Jacobs, Thomas J. Perry, Brandon S. McComber, Geoffrey J. Woolf, Mary Ann Sprague, Jennifer Perotti