Patents by Inventor Michael Haining

Michael Haining 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: 7826095
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating color separation misregistration of a printing system. The method may include marking a substrate to form a misregistration estimation patch. The misregistration estimation patch being formed by first and second color separations. The first color separation marking the substrate with a first halftone pattern. The first halftone pattern has a first halftone-frequency vector in a first direction and a second halftone-frequency vector in a second direction. The second color separation marking the substrate with a second halftone pattern. The second halftone pattern has a first halftone-frequency vector in a first direction and a second halftone-frequency vector in a second direction. The first and second halftone patterns form a moiré pattern. A deviation in at least one the halftone frequency vectors and/or the moiré pattern can be indicative of a color separation misregistration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shen-Ge Wang, Charles Michael Hains, Jon S. McElvain
  • Patent number: 7701496
    Abstract: A device for acquiring color images using a color filter array. The color filter array includes a pattern of red array elements, green array elements, and blue array elements. The red array elements and green array elements occur in the color filter array more frequently than the blue array elements. This multiplicity of red, green, and blue color filters adheres closely to known human visual system (HVS) chrominance and luminance responses. Also, the pattern has periodicity in the diagonal directions and is relatively immune to Moire artifacts that arise due to interference between periodic sampling patterns of the CFA and periodic features in imaged scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Michael Hains, Manu Parmar
  • Patent number: 7639400
    Abstract: A method of simulating a differential gloss image includes providing a background and a gloss effect image. The gloss effect image is configured for controlling the selective application of first and second halftones to the background image for creation of a differential gloss image when the background image is printed. A mask based on the background image is formed in which regions of mid-tone gray level are accentuated. An edge effect filter may be applied to the gloss effect image to form a filtered gloss effect image. The mask is applied to the filtered gloss effect image to generate a background modified filtered gloss effect image. The background modified filtered gloss effect image is applied to the background image to generate a representation which simulates the differential gloss image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Michael Hains
  • Patent number: 7583412
    Abstract: An embodiment described below provides a system that allows a user to provide an exact implementation or a close approximation to any desired Holladay dot to a printer with super-resolution encoding (SRE)/decoding (SRD) capabilities. In particular, the embodiment converts a desired Holladay dot to an SRE dot. The SRE dot or SRE look-up table may be uploaded to a printer that supports SRE/SRD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John McElvain, Charles Michael Hains
  • Patent number: 7557955
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for producing a print that substantially corresponds to the colorimetric attributes of a corresponding proof for an electronic source file. The method and system entail creating a first raster file corresponding to the electronic source file and a second raster file corresponding to the proof. The first and second raster files are aligned to insure a spatial correlation, and a color conversion data structure is built by comparing the aligned first and second raster files. The color conversion data structure is then used to convert the first raster file to a color converted output file. The color converted output file is color transformed to an output file which is then used to produce the print. The print substantially corresponds to the colorimetric attributes of the corresponding proof for the electronic source file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Sang-Chul Kang, Robert John Rolleston, Martin Sidney Maltz, Charles Michael Hains
  • Publication number: 20090150585
    Abstract: A connector containing data pins for video signals and a coax pin for an antenna signal can permit a personal computer (PC) to use an integrated antenna in an external display device, with a single connector providing both video and radio frequency communication signals between those two devices. This connector may be used in place of the standard 15-pin VGA connector. In various embodiments, this connector may be contained in the PC, in the external display device, or in both. In some embodiments, this connector may be in an adaptor cable for use between the PC and the external display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Haines
  • Publication number: 20080193860
    Abstract: A method of simulating a differential gloss image includes providing a background and a gloss effect image. The gloss effect image is configured for controlling the selective application of first and second halftones to the background image for creation of a differential gloss image when the background image is printed. A mask based on the background image is formed in which regions of mid-tone gray level are accentuated. An edge effect filter may be applied to the gloss effect image to form a filtered gloss effect image. The mask is applied to the filtered gloss effect image to generate a background modified filtered gloss effect image. The background modified filtered gloss effect image is applied to the background image to generate a representation which simulates the differential gloss image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Charles Michael Hains
  • Publication number: 20080170280
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating color separation misregistration of a printing system. The method may include marking a substrate to form a misregistration estimation patch. The misregistration estimation patch being formed by first and second color separations. The first color separation marking the substrate with a first halftone pattern. The first halftone pattern has a first halftone-frequency vector in a first direction and a second halftone-frequency vector in a second direction. The second color separation marking the substrate with a second halftone pattern. The second halftone pattern has a first halftone-frequency vector in a first direction and a second halftone-frequency vector in a second direction. The first and second halftone patterns form a moiré pattern. A deviation in at least one the halftone frequency vectors and/or the moiré pattern can be indicative of a color separation misregistration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Shen-Ge Wang, Charles Michael Hains, Jon S. McElvain
  • Publication number: 20080151083
    Abstract: A device for acquiring color images using a color filter array. The color filter array includes a pattern of red array elements, green array elements, and blue array elements. The red array elements and green array elements occur in the color filter array more frequently than the blue array elements. This multiplicity of red, green, and blue color filters adheres closely to known human visual system (HVS) chrominance and luminance responses. Also, the pattern has periodicity in the diagonal directions and is relatively immune to Moire artifacts that arise due to interference between periodic sampling patterns of the CFA and periodic features in imaged scenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Charles Michael Hains, Manu Parmar
  • Publication number: 20080030788
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration associated with marking a substrate. The method includes providing an input image having a plurality of patches, each patch having a pattern using a first and second color; marking a substrate with a copy of the input image using a first and second color separation to correspond to the first and second colors, respectively; and measuring a color characteristic of markings of respective copied patches of the copied plurality of patches and generating corresponding colorimetric values. Misregistration of the first color separation markings relative to the second color separation markings is characterized based on the measured calorimetric values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jon McElvain, Charles Michael Hains
  • Publication number: 20080030789
    Abstract: A method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration of a printer device, the method including receiving from the printer device an output image having marked calibration patches having a variety of color separation configurations, each using a first and second color separation, and a marked measurement patch having a predetermined color separation configuration. Measured colorimetric values are received corresponding to the calibration patches and the marked measurement patch, and a characteristic of a curve associated with the measured colorimetric values corresponding to the calibration patches is determined. A calibration function is generated based on the determined characteristic of the curve, providing expected colorimetric values for the predetermined color separation configuration as related to a misregistration characteristic value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jon McElvain, Charles Michael Hains
  • Publication number: 20070279652
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment reproduces an image by receiving an input contone array of M contone data values. The contone data values may lie within a range from 1 to N. The embodiment includes comparing each contone data value to an array of M sets of pattern look-up tables to generate an array of M pattern values. M may be a number of one or more. Each pattern value in the array of M pattern values may be decoded to a corresponding K by L multi-pixel pattern of binary data. The binary data is rendered by a reprographic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jon McElvain, Charles Michael Hains
  • Publication number: 20070279693
    Abstract: An embodiment described below provides a system that allows a user to provide an exact implementation or a close approximation to any desired Holladay dot to a printer with super-resolution encoding (SRE)/decoding (SRD) capabilities. In particular, the embodiment converts a desired Holladay dot to an SRE dot. The SRE dot or SRE look-up table may be uploaded to a printer that supports SRE/SRD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jon McElvain, Charles Michael Hains
  • Publication number: 20060180901
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the immunity of new generation microprocessors from electrostatic discharge events involve shielding the microprocessors at the die level. A gasket of a lossy material is provided on the substrate upon which the microprocessor is mounted. The gasket surrounds the microprocessor to protect it from electrostatic discharge pulses. A heat spreader is arranged in heat conducting relation with the microprocessor and atop at least a portion of the gasket adjacent the die. The material is a static dissipative material having a volume resistivity of greater than 102 ohm cm and a shielding effectiveness to protect the microprocessor from at least 4 kV of electrostatic discharge pulse at the computer system level in which the microprocessor is to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Haines
  • Publication number: 20050119619
    Abstract: to protect against accidental needle prick a catheter and insertion device are provided wherein the needle is retractable within the device after insertion of the catheter. The device comprises a hollow barrel or tube of semi-rigid plastic material into which the needle can be retracted after use. The barrel includes a resealable closure at the insertion that opens to allow passage of the needle and catheter and closes to reseal the barrel when the needle is retracted. A cap is provided that covers the barrel to further seal the device after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Michael Haining
  • Patent number: 6340131
    Abstract: A method for performing a batch change in an automatic cheese winder, which has many identical winding stations disposed in sections and a transportation system for supplying yarn-wound spinning cops to and removing empty unwound spinning cops from the winding stations. Transport trays for transporting spinning cops or empty tubes revolve within the transportation system, which has many different transport paths, among others transverse transport paths leading to the winding stations. The clearing away of an old batch of yarn is done section by section. Thus, from the transverse transport paths of one winding station section, spinning cop-carrying transport trays are discharged until such time as that section has been cleared out. The temporary storage of empty transport trays in the transverse transport paths of a cleared winding station section is already begun while adjacent winding station sections are still being cleared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: W. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
    Inventors: Manfred Mund, Michael Haines, Michael Iding, Torsten Forche, Stefan Terorde, Bernd-Rudiger Theele, John-Adrian Holt, Heinz-Peter Lindemann
  • Patent number: 6058886
    Abstract: A pet cage dryer comprising a cage and a fan assembly mounted thereon for drying the wet coat of a pet animal housed inside the cage. In use, the fan assembly directs a high volume of ambient temperature air across substantially the entire interior region of the cage such that the air dries substantially every surface of the pet's coat at the same time. As a result, the pet cage dryer is able to dry the pet's coat in a relatively short period of time without the use of heated air and without any manual intervention on the part of a groomer during the drying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Schroer Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Michael Haines
  • Patent number: 5996192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a buckle assembly which includes a first tongue, a second tongue, and a socket having a cavity for receiving at least a portion of the first tongue and second tongue. Each tongue includes a tongue coupling member which operates to register the first tongue and second tongue to be inserted into the socket simultaneously. Alternatively, the first tongue and second tongue may be inserted separately wherein the tongue coupling member allows the tongues to be slid relative to one another thereby facilitating individual insertion of the first tongue and the second tongue. In addition, the buckle assembly includes a securement member having a button on each tongue. Both the button on the first tongue and the button on the second tongue must be simultaneously actuated to eject the tongues from the socket. Further, the buckle assembly provides a first slot, a second slot, and a third slot configured to receive a corresponding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Graco Children Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Haines, Adam Martyn Lloyd, Arthur L. Gehr, Jr.