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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Samuel Chen, Penfield, NY (US);
Mark C. Rzadca, Fairport, NY (US);
Eric K. Zeise, Pittsford, NY (US);
John T. Keech, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Samuel Chen, Penfield, NY (US);
Mark C. Rzadca, Fairport, NY (US);
Eric K. Zeise, Pittsford, NY (US);
John T. Keech, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A printing system includes a linehead that jets ink onto a moving print media to print a test block and an integrated imaging system positioned downstream of the linehead with respect to a media transport direction. The integrated imaging system includes an opening in a housing for receiving light reflected from a moving print media. A folded optical assembly in the housing receives the reflected light and transmits the light a distance. One or more image sensors, having known color filter arrays, within the housing each receive the light and capture one or more images of the printed test block. An image processing device is connected to the integrated imaging system for receiving pixel data from the one or more image sensors and configured to determine a color of the ink and a density of the printed test block using the pixel data.