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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Mikel Stanich, Boulder, CO (US);
Nikita Gurudath, Boulder, CO (US);
Pallavi Premkumar, Boulder, CO (US);
Ziling Zhang, Boulder, CO (US);
Mikel Stanich, Boulder, CO (US);
Nikita Gurudath, Boulder, CO (US);
Pallavi Premkumar, Boulder, CO (US);
Ziling Zhang, Boulder, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
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 uncalibrated drop fraction data for each of a plurality of drop sizes in a printing system, perform a direct drop fraction conversion of the uncalibrated drop fraction data to generate calibrated drop fraction data for each of the plurality of drop sizes by applying a first transfer function to the uncalibrated drop fraction data and generate estimated ink usage data for each of the plurality of drop sizes based on the histograms and the calibrated drop fraction data.