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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
James D. Bledsoe, Corvallis, OR (US);
Asher Simmons, Corvallis, OR (US);
James Mealy, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvalis, OR (US);
Todd A. Mcclelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
James D. Bledsoe, Corvallis, OR (US);
Asher Simmons, Corvallis, OR (US);
James Mealy, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvalis, OR (US);
Todd A. McClelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for a handheld printing device that allow the handheld printing device to print images onto a planar or non-planar print surface are described herein. The handheld printing device includes a print head, a position module, and a print module. The print head is designed to deposit one or more printing substances onto a print surface. The position module is designed to generate mapping information of the print surface including three dimensional location of a print spot of the print surface, and to generate positioning information indicating three dimensional location of the handheld printing device relative to the print medium. The print module is designed to control the print head, to cause the print head to deposit or not to deposit one or more of the printing substances onto the print spot based, at least in part, by comparing the positioning information to the mapping information.