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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:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Martin Boliek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward L. Schwartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Gormish, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin Boliek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward L. Schwartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Gormish, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for using layout objects or layers are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises accessing information in a JPM file having a plurality of layout objects and generating at least one image using the plurality of layout objects, wherein a first set of at least one of the layout objects of the plurality of layout objects in the image occludes a second set of one or more layout objects in the plurality of layout objects.