Patents by Inventor Shawn M. Mears

Shawn M. Mears 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).

  • Creating Images for Displaying or Printing on Low-Contrast Background
    Publication number: 20140351076
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically adding special effects to an image to be overlaid on a low-contrast background are presented. A stroke or an intervening layer of a color contrasting with the background color is automatically added to provide a contrasting color around the edges of visible image content in an image container of an electronic document. The technique may be applied to entire libraries of images to generate variant images that are visually perceptible when displayed or printed on low-contrast background colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: VISTAPRINT SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Jay T. Moody, Shawn M. Mears, Terence M. Tirella, Mark P. LaRosa
  • Creating images for displaying or printing on low-contrast background
    Patent number: 8810603
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically adding special effects to an image to be overlaid on a low-contrast background are presented. A stroke or an intervening layer of a color contrasting with the background color is automatically added to provide a contrasting color around the edges of visible image content in an image container of an electronic document. The technique may be applied to entire libraries of images to generate variant images that are visually perceptible when displayed or printed on low-contrast background colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Jay T. Moody, Shawn M. Mears, Terence M. Tirella, Mark P. LaRosa
  • CREATING IMAGES FOR DISPLALYING OR PRINTING ON LOW-CONTRAST BACKGROUND
    Publication number: 20090189913
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically adding special effects to an image to be overlaid on a low-contrast background are presented. A stroke or an intervening layer of a color contrasting with the background color is automatically added to provide a contrasting color around the edges of visible image content in an image container of an electronic document. The technique may be applied to entire libraries of images to generate variant images that are visually perceptible when displayed or printed on low-contrast background colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jay T. Moody, Shawn M. Mears, Terence M. Tirella, Mark P. LaRosa