Method and system for providing a self-adaptive image
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLuis Garcia Garcia, Alex Andrea Tallada
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Abstract
Implementations disclose a method and system for providing a self-adaptive image. According to one implementation, a first non-white ink layer on is deposited on a substrate. Furthermore, a white ink layer is deposited over the first non-white ink layer and below a second non-white ink layer deposited thereon.
Claims16
A method for building a layered structure including a self-adaptive image, the method comprising:
- depositing a first non-white ink layer on a substrate;
- depositing a white ink layer over the first non-white ink layer;
- and
- depositing a second non-white ink layer over the white ink layer, wherein the first non-white ink layer and the second non-white ink layer include an image, and the white ink layer transmits a fraction of light from the first non-white ink layer to the second non-white ink layer in a backlit transmission mode such that both the first non-white ink layer and the second non-white ink layer contribute to the color of the image in the backlit transmission mode, and the white ink layer reflects most light incident to the second non-white ink layer in a front lit reflection mode such that the second non-white ink layer provides a majority of the color to the image in the front lit reflection mode and the first non-white ink layer provides a minority of the color of the image in the front lit reflection mode.
A system for building a layered structure including a self-adaptive image, the system comprising:
- a printer configured to print white and non-white ink on media and
- a processor to instruct the printer to:
- deposit a lower non-white ink layer on the media;
- deposit a white ink layer on the lower non-white ink layer;
- and
- deposit an upper non-white ink layer on the white-ink layer, wherein the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer include an image, and the white ink layer transmits a fraction of light from the lower non-white ink layer to the upper non-white ink layer in a backlit transmission mode such that both the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer contribute to the color of the image in the backlit transmission mode, and the white ink layer reflects most light incident to the upper non-white ink layer in a front lit reflection mode such that the upper non-white ink layer provides a majority of the color to the image in the front lit reflection mode and the lower non-white ink layer provides a minority of the color of the image in the front lit reflection mode.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having programmed instructions stored thereon, which when read cause a machine build a layered structure having a self-adaptive image by at least:
- printing a lower non-white ink layer on a substrate;
- printing a white ink layer over the first non-white ink layer;
- and
- printing an upper non-white ink layer over the white ink layer, wherein the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer include an image, and the white ink layer transmits a fraction of light from the lower non-white ink layer to the upper non-white ink layer in a backlit transmission mode such that both the lower non-white ink layer and the upper non-white ink layer contribute to the color of the image in the backlit transmission mode, and the white ink layer reflects most light incident to the upper non-white ink layer in a front lit reflection mode such that the upper non-white ink layer provides a majority of the color to the image in the front lit reflection mode and the lower non-white ink layer provides a minority of the color of the image in the front lit reflection mode.
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