Patents by Inventor Jan Van Laethem

Jan Van Laethem 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).

  • Coverage-area gain compensation for high resolution printing
    Patent number: 6671070
    Abstract: A method of and system for compensating artwork for coverage gain that occurs during reproducing of the artwork on a reproduction system. The artwork includes one or more graphic elements. The method includes characterizing the reproduction system, selecting one or more graphic elements of the artwork, and automatically modifying the artwork by causing a spread or choke to the selected graphic elements of the artwork by an amount determined according to the results of the characterization step. Reproducing the modified artwork on the reproduction system reduces the coverage gain effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Dotrix N.V.
    Inventors: Luc H. M. L. Schildermans, Jan Van Laethem, Hans De Stecker