Cut-out printing system
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsPhilip Ver Paloma Dabon, Neil-Paul Payoyo Bermundo
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Abstract
Methods and systems for printing and cutting are described. Methods include generating an output image by placing a plurality of input images into an output image, identifying white space in one of the plurality of input images, determining the largest one of remaining ones of the plurality of input images that will fit the white space having been identified, locating the largest one of the remaining ones of the plurality of input images having been determined in the white space, and generating the output image comprising one of the plurality of input images and the largest one of the remaining ones of the plurality of input images having been positioned in the white space.
Claims20
A method for printing and cutting, comprising:
- identifying white space in one of a plurality of input images;
- determining a largest one of remaining ones of the plurality of input images that will fit in the white space having been identified;
- locating the largest one of the remaining ones of the plurality of input images having been determined in the white space;
- and
- generating an output image comprising one of the plurality of input images and the largest one of the remaining ones of the plurality of input images having been positioned in the white space.
A system for printing and cutting, comprising:
- a printing device;
- and
- a cut-out printing service configured to:
- identify white space in one of a plurality of input images;
- determine a largest one of remaining ones of the plurality of input images that will fit in the white space having been identified;
- locate the largest one of the remaining ones of the plurality of input images having been determined in the white space;
- and
- generate an output image comprising one of the plurality of input images and the largest one of the remaining ones of the plurality of input images having been positioned in the white space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.