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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:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Yee Seung NG, Fairport, NY (US);
Chung-hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);
Dmitri Anatolyevich Gusev, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yee Seung Ng, Fairport, NY (US);
Chung-Hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);
Dmitri Anatolyevich Gusev, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of printing comprising the steps of detecting a contour in a first color space image, locating the contour, mapping the image into the second image space, and changing the mapping curve shape, changing the printer profile (e.g. changing the printer mapping function), editing the image, or other method to reduce or eliminate perceived contouring.