Patents by Inventor Robert William Hurtz

Robert William Hurtz 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: 7046863
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing the advantages of multi-level rendering of text and/or graphics at an output device by providing an alternate manner to perform multi-level rendering. A computer device, employed to render an image or graphical entity, is connected to an output device, and a request is received at the computer device to render a graphical entity at the output device. The resolution of the output device is identified and the data corresponding to graphical entity is translated to a resolution that is higher than the resolution of the output device. A conversion or translation is then performed to scale the image data from the higher resolution to the resolution of the output device. Optionally, a halftone matrix is employed to eliminate aliasing. The graphical entity is then more accurately rendered at the output device than by utilizing traditional techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Wei Chang, Robert William Hurtz
  • Publication number: 20030179954
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing the advantages of multi-level rendering of text and/or graphics at an output device by providing an alternate manner to perform multi-level rendering. A computer device, employed to render an image or graphical entity, is connected to an output device, and a request is received at the computer device to render a graphical entity at the output device. The resolution of the output device is identified and the data corresponding to graphical entity is translated to a resolution that is higher than the resolution of the output device. A conversion or translation is then performed to scale the image data from the higher resolution to the resolution of the output device. Optionally, a halftone matrix is employed to eliminate aliasing. The graphical entity is then more accurately rendered at the output device than by utilizing traditional techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Ching-Wei Chang, Robert William Hurtz