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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Kristiaan K. A. Van Bael, Sint-Laureins, BE;
Frank Adegeest, VC Hulst, NL;
Kristiaan K. A. Van Bael, Sint-Laureins, BE;
Frank Adegeest, VC Hulst, NL;
Esko IP NV, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
A method to aid designing flexible packaging for wrapping around a solid object and finalizing the packaging. The method includes accepting a description of the surface of a sheet of packaging material after wrapping around the solid object and finalizing, using a mapping of points in the 2D plane of the sheet of the packaging material to the corresponding points in the 3D surface of the wrapped and finalized packaging. The method further includes displaying the surface of the wrapped and finalized packaging or displaying graphic elements on the surface of wrapped and finalized packaging. A version includes pre-distorting graphics to correct for any distortions to graphics that occur during the wrapping and finalizing process, and generating press-ready graphics from the pre-distorted graphics for printing onto the surface of the sheet of packaging material.