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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Gelbart, Vancouver, CA;
Amos Michelson, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Creo SRL, Burnaby, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ; B41J 2/44 ; B41J 2/447 ; B41J 2/465 ; B41J 2/47 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ; B41J 2/44 ; B41J 2/447 ; B41J 2/465 ; B41J 2/47 ;
Abstract
Imaging resolution can be increased by separating image data into a plurality of overlapping subsets and imaging each subset independently on an imaging material responsive only to the instantaneous intensity of the light an not to the accumulated exposure. The method is particularly suitable for thermal recording as thermal materials respond to the instantaneous temperature. The preferred separation is when an image subset contains only image features of a single size.