Elden Glenn Wood

US Patent:

6373583, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Nov 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/193321

Inventors:

Elden Wood - Vancouver WA
Steven O Miller - Vancouver WA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H04N 726

US Classification:

358 114, 3582611

Abstract:

A fast, raster-based, enhanced, data compression technique for the printing of compound documents, including pre-processing images in an original page description form of the data before the page data is rasterized, greatly improving compressibility. Unscaled image data is filtered before it is rasterized to the final printing resolution. The filtering specifically enables a separate, near loss-less, compression algorithm to operate on a rasterized page description with high compression ratios. A data compression technique enables a system to compress compound document using a relatively fast and simple algorithm with near loss-less print quality.

US Patent:

6628411, Sep 30, 2003

Filed:

Sep 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/946872

Inventors:

Steven O Miller - Vancouver WA
Elden Wood - Vancouver WA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H04N 726

US Classification:

358 11, 382166

Abstract:

A fast, raster-based, enhanced, data compression technique for the printing of compound documents, including pre-processing images in an original page description form of the data before the page data is rasterized, greatly improving compressibility. Unscaled image data is filtered before it is rasterized to the final printing resolution. The filtering specifically enables a separate, near loss-less, compression algorithm to operate on a rasterized page description with high compression ratios. A data compression technique enables a system to compress compound document using a relatively fast and simple algorithm with near loss-less print quality.

US Patent:

6977738, Dec 20, 2005

Filed:

Feb 21, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/080327

Inventors:

Elden Wood - Vancouver WA, US
Steven O Miller - Vancouver WA, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H04N001/40

US Classification:

358 114, 382232

Abstract:

A fast, raster-based, enhanced, data compression technique for the printing of compound documents, including pre-processing images in an original page description form of the data before the page data is rasterized, greatly improving compressibility. Unscaled image data is filtered before it is rasterized to the final printing resolution. The filtering specifically enables a separate, near loss-less, compression algorithm to operate on a rasterized page description with high compression ratios. A data compression technique enables a system to compress compound document using a relatively fast and simple algorithm with near loss-less print quality.

US Patent:

7958448, Jun 7, 2011

Filed:

Oct 25, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/552956

Inventors:

Elden Wood - Vancouver WA, US

Assignee:

Celartem, Inc. - Portland OR

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715269

Abstract:

Systems and methods for activating and/or managing fonts allow users to selectively activate individual fonts from inside a multi-font suitcase by separating the individual fonts from a multi-font suitcase file. The separated font may then be saved in a font management “vault” or file that activates only the fonts desired and selected by the user. In this manner, individual fonts can be activated from a font suitcase file without requiring that the entire suitcase's set of fonts be activated and/or added to the font management vault. Users may designate and select different fonts, including different fonts from different foundries (and included in different multi-font suitcases) for a single electronic document (e. g. , different fonts for different typeface types, etc. ) or use in an application program.

US Patent:

20030086118, May 8, 2003

Filed:

Dec 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/317913

Inventors:

Steven Miller - Vancouver WA, US
Elden Wood - Vancouver WA, US

International Classification:

G06T005/00
G06F003/12

US Classification:

358/001150, 382/260000

Abstract:

A fast, raster-based, enhanced, data compression technique for the printing of compound documents, including pre-processing images in an original page description form of the data before the page data is rasterized, greatly improving compressibility. Unscaled image data is filtered before it is rasterized to the final printing resolution. The filtering specifically enables a separate, near loss-less, compression algorithm to operate on a rasterized page description with high compression ratios. A data compression technique enables a system to compress compound document using a relatively fast and simple algorithm with near loss-less print quality.

US Patent:

20080024806, Jan 31, 2008

Filed:

Jul 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/829152

Inventors:

Mike Bacus - Tigard OR, US
Elden Wood - Vancouver WA, US
Clint Daeuble - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

EXTENSIS INC. - Portland OR

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 111

Abstract:

Methods, systems and techniques for in-process font activation are described herein. According to various illustrative aspects, fonts for a job in process may be activated by a plug-in or other adaptive or extensible font module. The font module may be configured to conform to an application programming interface (API) of the document creation system in question (e.g., Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, InCopy; Quark XPress, CopyDesk, etc.). A job jacket is maintained that identifies a document for output along with all fonts necessary to create the desired output. During the print process, all identified fonts are activated in-process (i.e., during the print process). When a font is activated, either globally or in the local process space, the font module overwrites the previously activated font in memory in the local process space.

US Patent:

63043394, Oct 16, 2001

Filed:

Nov 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/192912

Inventors:

Steven O Miller - Vancouver WA
Elden Wood - Vancouver WA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H04N 726

US Classification:

358 19

Abstract:

A fast, raster-based, enhanced, data compression technique for the printing of compound documents, including pre-processing images in an original page description form of the data before the page data is rasterized, greatly improving compressibility. Unscaled image data is filtered before it is rasterized to the final printing resolution. The filtering specifically enables a separate, near loss-less, compression algorithm to operate on a rasterized page description with high compression ratios. A data compression technique enables a system to compress compound document using a relatively fast and simple algorithm with near loss-less print quality.