Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image stitching for a multi-head printer
- Patent Title (中): 多头打印机的图像拼接
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Application No.: US13312650Application Date: 2011-12-06
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Publication No.: US08345307B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Suhail S. Saquib , William T. Vetterling
- Applicant: Suhail S. Saquib , William T. Vetterling
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Zink Imaging, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zink Imaging, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Agent Michel Morency; Daniel Rose
- Main IPC: G06K15/00
- IPC: G06K15/00 ; G06F13/00

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for stitching images printed by a multi-head printer in a manner that is relatively insensitive to misregistration of the image segments. When a pair of overlapping print heads print a pair of adjacent image segments which meet in a stitching region, printing at each location in the stitching region is accomplished by both print heads with a weighting that depends on the location being printed within the stitching region. In one embodiment, for example, the output of each print head is weighted by a linear function of horizontal pixel position. Techniques are also disclosed for selecting screening patterns for use when stitching is performed with variable-dot printers. Such screening patterns are selected to minimize variations in density that may arise as the result of cross-web and/or down-web misregistration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120076412A1 IMAGE STITCHING FOR A MULTI-HEAD PRINTER Public/Granted day:2012-03-29
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