Patents by Inventor James D. Shoots

James D. Shoots 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: 8791972
    Abstract: A reflex-type digital offset printing system includes four single-pass, single-color digital imaging systems arranged along a print medium feed path, and an image server that utilizes a positional clock to implicitly synchronize the imaging systems with the movement of a print medium along the feed path such that single-color (e.g., black, cyan, magenta, or yellow) image portions can be successively superimposed to produce a full color image. Each single-color digital imaging system utilizes a digital micromirror device and an anamorphic imaging system to generate a high energy, one-dimensional modulated line image that selectively evaporates fountain solution from an imaging cylinder before ink material is applied. Each imaging system utilizes a sensor that sends a respective drum position signal to the image server, and the image server utilizes the drum position signals to synchronize the single-color printing operations with the position of the printing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Martin E. Hoover, Peter Paul, James D. Shoots, Jess R. Gentner
  • Patent number: 8651608
    Abstract: Disclosed are FIFO type methods, systems and apparatus for electronically registering image data relative to a rastering device or other marking device. According to an exemplary method, a FIFO type data queuing configuration is provided, where the length of data memory segments associated with the FIFO are a function of a spatial profile associated with the ink jet rastering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Miller, Jess R. Gentner, James D. Shoots, Mark Vandellon, Robert P. Loce
  • Publication number: 20130208304
    Abstract: A reflex-type digital offset printing system includes four single-pass, single-color digital imaging systems arranged along a print medium feed path, and an image server that utilizes a positional clock to implicitly synchronize the imaging systems with the movement of a print medium along the feed path such that single-color (e.g., black, cyan, magenta, or yellow) image portions can be successively superimposed to produce a full color image. Each single-color digital imaging system utilizes a digital micromirror device and an anamorphic imaging system to generate a high energy, one-dimensional modulated line image that selectively evaporates fountain solution from an imaging cylinder before ink material is applied. Each imaging system utilizes a sensor that sends a respective drum position signal to the image server, and the image server utilizes the drum position signals to synchronize the single-color printing operations with the position of the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Martin E. Hoover, Peter Paul, James D. Shoots, Jess R. Gentner
  • Publication number: 20110254889
    Abstract: Disclosed are FIFO type methods, systems and apparatus for electronically registering image data relative to a rastering device or other marking device. According to an exemplary method, a FIFO type data queuing configuration is provided, where the length of data memory segments associated with the FIFO are a function of a spatial profile associated with the ink jet rastering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Miller, Jess R. Gentner, James D. Shoots, Mark Vandellon, Robert P. Loce