Abstract: Interactive detection of system anomalies is disclosed. One example is a system including a data processor, an anomaly processor, and an interaction processor. Input data related to a series of events and telemetry measurements is received by the data processor. The anomaly processor detects presence of a system anomaly in the input data, the system anomaly indicative of a rare situation that is distant from a norm of a distribution based on the series of events and telemetry measurements. The interaction processor is communicatively linked to the anomaly processor and to an interactive graphical user interface. The interaction processor displays, via the interactive graphical user interface, an output data stream based on the presence of the system anomaly, receives, from the interactive graphical user interface, feedback data associated with the output data stream, and provides the feedback data to the anomaly processor for operations analytics based on the feedback data.

Abstract: A print product designer provides for selection of spatial-structural components and includes a display module to display a visual representation of a print product incorporating selected spatial-structural components.

Abstract: Interactive detection of system anomalies is disclosed. One example is a system including a data processor, an anomaly processor, and an interaction processor. Input data related to a series of events and telemetry measurements is received by the data processor. The anomaly processor detects presence of a system anomaly in the input data, the system anomaly indicative of a rare situation that is distant from a norm of a distribution based on the series of events and telemetry measurements. The interaction processor is communicatively linked to the anomaly processor and to an interactive graphical user interface. The interaction processor displays, via the interactive graphical user interface, an output data stream based on the presence of the system anomaly, receives, from the interactive graphical user interface, feedback data associated with the output data stream, and provides the feedback data to the anomaly processor for operations analytics based on the feedback data.

Abstract: Determining term scores based on a modified inverse domain frequency is disclosed. One example is a system including a data processing engine, an evaluator, and a data analytics module. The data processing engine identifies a key term associated with a system, and a sub-plurality of a plurality of documents, the sub-plurality of documents associated with the event. The evaluator determines, based on the presence or absence of the key term, a first distribution related to the sub-plurality of documents, and a second distribution related to the plurality of documents, and evaluates, for the key term, a term score based on the first distribution and the second distribution, the term score indicative of a modified inverse domain frequency based on the sub-plurality of documents. The data analytics module includes the key term in a word cloud when the term score for the key term satisfies a threshold.

Abstract: A system (100) can include a broker (110) to process a plurality of job requests (120) and automatically query for response parameters from a plurality of service providers (140) based on the plurality of job requests (120). An assignment function (150) can assign a job (130) associated with the plurality of job requests (120) to a service provider of the plurality of service providers (140) based on the received response parameters from the plurality of service providers (140) and based on balancing competing production interests across the plurality of service providers (140).

Abstract: A print product designer provides for selection of spatial-structural components and includes a display module to display a visual representation of a print product incorporating selected spatial-structural components.

Abstract: Automated inspection method for detecting a defect in a printed image, comprising processing a raster image, sending the raster image to a print process, printing a printed image corresponding to the raster image onto a medium, capturing a target image from at least a part of the printed image at a lower resolution than the printed image, at least in a medium moving direction, converting at least a part of the raster image to a reference image, and comparing the reference image to the target image.

Abstract: A system for proofing a product over a network comprising a first computing device (110) that receives a product from a user, an operation module (191) that analyzes the product for print intent parameters, and a second computing device (185) that allows a user to finalize the product through a three-dimensional visualization, in which finalization by the user of the product causes a contract to be established between the user and a selected print shop provider (115).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to application-service provision by application-service-provider centers to remote application-service consumers, including small businesses, medium-sized businesses, and other similarly-sized institutions and organizations, as well as to users of individual computers, such as home computers. Rather than executing applications at an application-service-provider center, the applications are instead distributed to remote client sites for execution by virtual machines controlled and managed by an application-service-provider center. Execution of the applications by virtual machines at remote client sites alleviates constraints and bottlenecks associated with communications between client computers and remotely executing applications, while providing management capabilities and security that allow the application-service center to manage application execution as if the remotely executing applications were executing within the application-service center.

Abstract: A method for enhancing an input image to produce an enhanced output image is provided. The method includes constructing a photographic-mask intermediate image without low-contrast details and a temporary-image intermediate image with enhanced mid-contrast details, retained high-contrast details, and reduced low-contrast details, and employing values for the photographic-mask intermediate image and temporary-image intermediate image to produce the enhanced output image that is globally and locally contrast-enhanced, sharpened, and denoised.

Abstract: A method and system to generate a moiré-free to all-orders N-color screen-set by a lattice-based screen design the method including choosing a lattice in frequency space with basis vectors u1 and u2 such that (?{right arrow over (u)}1?,?{right arrow over (u)}2?,?{right arrow over (u)}1±{right arrow over (u)}2?)>f min, where f min is the minimum moiré invisible to the human eye, and choosing a set of N pairs of fundamental frequency vectors on the vertices of this lattice to be the screen vectors.

Abstract: A method and system to generate a moiré-free to all-orders N-color screen-set by a lattice-based screen design the method including choosing a lattice in frequency space with basis vectors u1 and u2 such that (?{right arrow over (u)}1?,?{right arrow over (u)}2?,?{right arrow over (u)}1±{right arrow over (u)}2?)>f min, where f min is the minimum moiré invisible to the human eye, and choosing a set of N pairs of fundamental frequency vectors on the vertices of this lattice to be the screen vectors.

Abstract: A project management system (10) and method (250) are included. The project management system (10) includes a production database (14) in memory (15) to store project data (20). The project data (20) can include workflow resource data (16) describing workflow resources (54, 56) and feedback data (17) obtained for each workflow step (52) of a plurality of projects (18) of a project type (152). The project management system (10) also includes a processor (27) to access the memory (15) and to execute computer readable instructions including a production learning module (26) to analyze the workflow resource data (16) and the feedback data (17) to generate predictive project data (12). The predictive project data (12) can describe a predicted workflow (154) for a given project (18) of the project type (152) based on the workflow resources (54, 56).

Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first and second images for comparison, globally registering the first and second images, calculating for pairs of a first patch of the first image and second patch of the second image a similarity measure which is a product of luminance and contrast components and a normalized structure component, each component taking a value between 0 and 1 and determining similarity of the images based on the calculated similarity measure. Relating computer program product and data processing system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for designing a screen includes receiving screen information related to a picture element divided into a number of subunits of the picture element, and determining an amount of an ink to apply to a media at a location of the picture element in response to the information. The subunits of the picture element have a higher resolution than the resolution of a printing apparatus at which the printing element will be reproduced.

Abstract: In a method for designing a halftone screen configured to reduce artifacts in a printed image, artifacts due to a process variation resulting from printing of the image through use of a halftone screen design are modeled and the halftone screen is designed to have threshold values that substantially reduce the artifacts due to the process variation.

Abstract: An image processing method (300) for converting an original image (601) into a final, pixelated image (610) suitable for printing on a printer arranged to print two-tone images and capable of printing partial area exposed pixels, comprises antialiasing (301) the original image (601) into an intermediate pixelated image (605) comprising greyscale pixels having assigned greyscale values. The method comprises the further-step, of translating (302) the intermediate image (605) into the final, pixelated image (610) by translating the assigned greyscale values into partial exposure values indicative of the amount of desired pixel area for a corresponding pixel or pixels in the final image.

Abstract: Methods, machines, and computer-readable media for processing an input image with a bi-selective filter in a transform domain are described. In one aspect, a forward transform of an input image is computed. A bi-selective filter smoothes image regions with low magnitude coefficients and sharpens image regions with high magnitude coefficients. An output image is generated from the filtered forward transform.

Abstract: A method for generating a clustered halftone representation of a continuous-tone image for printing includes applying a search technique. In the search technique, evaluation of a similarity between an initial halftone and the continuous-tone image includes application of an initialization filter to an initial error image that represents a difference between the initial halftone and the continuous-tone image. Evaluation of a similarity between each updated halftone, formed by modifying a previously-evaluated halftone, and the continuous-tone image includes application of an update filter that is different from the initialization filter to an updated error image that represents a difference between the updated halftone and the continuous-tone image. Relating computer program product and data processing system are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with graphical user interface input element identification are described. One example system identifies a graphical user interface (GUI) element through which an input to an application was received based on comparing images generated from data provided by the application. Data that describes the GUI element may then be provided.