Spectrophotometer and method

C Brown, BT Pridham, JP Coates - US Patent 8,279,441, 2012 - Google Patents
Spectrally broadband instruments like densitometers and most colorimeters serve a variety
of useful applications, though their usefulness is limited to a dedicated output or small sets of …

Printer job visualization

RS Minhas - US Patent 8,223,385, 2012 - Google Patents
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Spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus, image evaluation apparatus and image forming apparatus

M Seo, N Kamijo, K Shimbo - US Patent 9,068,893, 2015 - Google Patents
A spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus including a light irradiation unit configured to
emit light onto a reading object; a spectroscopic unit configured to separate at least a part of …

Printer characterization, monitoring and diagnosis using dynamic test patterns generated by sensing and analyzing customer documents

W Wu, R Minhas, M Sampath - US Patent 8,150,106, 2012 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for automated image quality based
diagnosis of a document printing system. In particular, the present disclosure provides a …

System and method for dynamically generated uniform color objects

LK Mestha, YR Wang, Z Fan - US Patent 8,699,103, 2014 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to render spatially uniform
memory colors when images printed with CMYK primaries are not rendered uniformly due to …

Inline measurement and closed loop control method in printing machines

L De Vries, P Ehbets, P Elter, W Geissler… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
Spectral, densitometric, or color measured values are detected on sheet printing materials
during the printing process in a sheet-fed printing press. The measured values are …

Color management and calibration using a scanner or camera

EN Dalal, W Wu - US Patent 8,797,589, 2014 - Google Patents
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System and method for image based control using inline sensors

Z Fan, LK Mestha, YR Wang, S Wang - US Patent 7,800,779, 2010 - Google Patents
Disclosed are a system and method are directed to efficient image based color calibration
and improving color consistency performance, and more particularly to the use of continuous …

In-line linear variable filter based spectrophotometer

RP Herloski, J Tandon, ME Hoover - US Patent 8,203,769, 2012 - Google Patents
A system for providing color analysis of a toner image on an image bearing surface with a
spectrophotometer is provided. The system includes an illuminator positioned adjacent to …

MEMS Fabry-Perot inline color scanner for printing applications using stationary membranes

LK Mestha, PM Gulvin, P Lin, YR Wang - US Patent 7,623,278, 2009 - Google Patents
Perot array may be used as a spectral filter to light sensing array, such as a CCD or CMOS
photodetector. Applying different voltages to the electrodes of individual Fabry-Perot cells …