# US 10,321,002 B1 · Variable data vector graphic pattern ink pantograph > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,321,002 B1 - Document ID: US10321002B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/896,667 - Filed: 2018-02-14 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-14 - Assignees: Xerox Corporation - Applicants: Xerox Corporation - Inventors: Edward N. Chapman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10321002B1 ## CPC - H04N 1/0087: {with hidden additional data, e.g. data invisible to the human eye} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Methods and systems for forming a pattern ink pantograph. In an example embodiment, two or more pattern inks can be configured, such that a frequency of one pattern ink among the two (or more) pattern inks comprises a frequency below an MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) and a frequency of another pattern ink among the two or more pattern inks comprises a frequency above said MTF. The two or more pattern inks can be used as a special color space to paint a font or a geometric object, and such pattern inks are also independent of what is being written. Each pattern ink comprises vector graphic data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of forming a pattern ink pantograph, said method comprising: configuring at least two pattern inks, wherein a frequency of one pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprises a frequency below an MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) and a frequency of another pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprises a frequency above said MTF; and wherein said at least two pattern inks are usable as a special color space to paint a font or a geometric object, and wherein said at least two pattern inks are independent of what is being written, thereby producing a variable data pantograph based on said at least two pattern inks. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein each pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprise vector graphic data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein a first cell represents said one pattern ink having a higher frequency above said MTF, and wherein a second cell represents said another pattern ink having a lower frequency below said MTF. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 wherein said first cell is defined by a rectangular cell width Cw and a height Ch with a rectangular mark width Mw and a height Mh. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 wherein said second cell comprises a scaled pattern cell. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 wherein said first and second cells are defined with vector graphics to create said variable data pantograph. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said MTF low pass frequency is associated with a scanner. ### Claim 8 A system for providing a pattern ink pantograph, said system comprising: at least one processor; and a non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium capable of communicating with said at least one processor, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said at least one processor and configured for: configuring at least two pattern inks, wherein a frequency of one pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprises a frequency below an MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) and a frequency of another pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprises a frequency above said MTF; and wherein said at least two pattern inks are usable as a special color space to paint a font or a geometric object, and wherein said at least two pattern inks are independent of what is being written, thereby producing a variable data pantograph based on said at least two pattern inks. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein each pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprise vector graphic data and wherein a first cell represents said one pattern ink having a higher frequency above said MTF, and wherein a second cell represents said another pattern ink having a lower frequency below said MTF. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 wherein said first cell is defined by a rectangular cell width Cw and a height Ch with a rectangular mark width Mw and a height Mh. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein said second cell comprises a scaled pattern cell. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 wherein said first and second cells are defined with vector graphics to create said variable data pantograph. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein said MTF low pass frequency is associated with a scanner. ### Claim 14 A pattern ink pantograph, said comprising: at least two pattern inks, wherein a frequency of one pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprises a frequency below an MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) and a frequency of another pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprises a frequency above said MTF; and wherein said at least two pattern inks are usable as a special color space to paint a font or a geometric object, and wherein said at least two pattern inks are independent of what is being written, thereby producing a variable data pantograph based on said at least two pattern inks. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The pattern ink pantograph of claim 14 wherein each pattern ink among said at least two pattern inks comprise vector graphic data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The pattern ink pantograph of claim 14 wherein a first cell represents said one pattern ink having a higher frequency above said MTF, and wherein a second cell represents said another pattern ink having a lower frequency below said MTF. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The pattern ink pantograph of claim 16 wherein said first cell is defined by a rectangular cell width Cw and a height Ch with a rectangular mark width Mw and a height Mh. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The pattern ink pantograph of claim 16 wherein said second cell comprises a scaled pattern cell. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The pattern ink pantograph of claim 16 wherein said first and second cells are defined with vector graphics to create said variable data pantograph. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The pattern ink pantograph of claim 14 wherein said MTF low pass frequency is associated with a scanner.