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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mikel John Stanich, Frederick, CO (US);
Vincent William Ferreri, Frederick, CO (US);
John Thomas Varga, Longmont, CO (US);
Nikita Gurudath, Boulder, CO (US);
Larry M. Ernst, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00068 (2013.01); G06F 3/122 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); H04N 1/00005 (2013.01); H04N 1/405 (2013.01); H04N 1/605 (2013.01); G06F 2206/1504 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is disclosed. The system at least one physical memory device to store ink estimation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the ink estimation logic to receive a histogram for each of a plurality of color planes, receive one or more printer system settings and generate estimated ink usage data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the histograms and the one or more printer system settings.