Patents by Inventor Markus Willard Covert

Markus Willard Covert 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).

  • Radial printing system and methods
    Publication number: 20010035886
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for receiving an image source representative of an image to be printed on an outer surface of a rotating media is described. The image source has a plurality of image points. A radial printing system is described that includes an imaging system configured to convert the plurality of image points into a polar-based representation of the image and a head assembly coupled to the imaging system for outputting the polar-based representation of the image onto the rotating media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: George Lynn Bradshaw, Markus Willard Covert, Randy Quinn Jones, Michael Keith Sorensen, Jan Eugene Unter
  • Radial printing system and methods
    Patent number: 6264295
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for receiving an image source representative of an image to be printed on an outer surface of a rotating media is described. The image source has a plurality of image points. A radial printing system is described that includes an imaging system configured to convert the plurality of image points into a polar-based representation of the image and a head assembly coupled to the imaging system for outputting the polar-based representation of the image onto the rotating media. The rotating media may represent a compact disk, wherein an inner surface of the compact disk is configured to store digital data. Printing distortion is controlled by selecting a higher proportion of the polar points corresponding to a first radius is selected than of polar the points corresponding to a second radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Elesys, Inc.
    Inventors: George Lynn Bradshaw, Markus Willard Covert, Randy Quinn Jones, Michael Keith Sorensen, Jan Eugene Unter