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US 10,538,110 B2Granted
Method and system for printing containers
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorsStefan Magerstedt, Katrin Preckel
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AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorsStefan Magerstedt, Katrin Preckel
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A printing method includes providing metadata, image information, and coding data. The method also includes, based at least in part on the metadata, selecting a local region at which the coding data is to be arranged in the image when the image is printed, generating coded printed-image information, and directly printing a printed image on the container based on the coded printed-image information. Generating the coded printed-image information includes modifying the printed-image information based on the coding data. A location of the printed-image information is selectively modified based at least in part on the selected local region. Metadata includes information representative of the container's geometry. The printed-image information includes data representing a printed image to be applied to the container. The coding data includes information to be applied to the container in steganographically-coded form.
A method comprising printing an image on a container's surface, wherein printing said image comprises providing printing metadata, providing first printed image information, providing coding data, based at least in part on said printing metadata, selecting a local region at which said coding data is to be arranged in said image when said image is printed upon said container, generating coded printed image information, and using at least one print head, directly printing a printed image on said container based on said coded printed image information, wherein generating said coded printed image information comprises modifying said first printed image information based on said coding data, wherein a location of said first printed image information is selectively modified based at least in part on said selected local region, wherein said printing metadata includes information representative of the geometry of said container to be printed upon, wherein said first printed image information includes data representative of a printed image to be applied to said container, and wherein said coding data includes information to be applied to said container in steganographically coded form at at least one code region.
An apparatus for directly printing upon a surface of a container, said apparatus comprising a first interface, a second interface, a third interface, a data-processing unit, a controller, and at least one printing station having at least one print head, wherein said first interface is configured to receive printing metadata that includes information about the geometry of a container that is to be printed upon, wherein said second interface is configured to receive first printed image information that includes data representative of a printed image to be applied to said container, wherein said third interface is configured to receive coding data that is to be applied to said container in steganographically coded form, wherein said data-processing unit is configured to use said printing metadata for selecting a local region on which said coding data is to be arranged in a printed image on said container and for generating coded printed image information by modifying said first printed image information based at least in part on said coding data and on said selected local region, and wherein said controller is configured to actuate said print head based at least in part on said coded printed image information and to print, upon said container, a printed image that contains said coding data.
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