Transparent pantograph pattern
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsEdward N. Chapman, Jonathan Ross Ireland
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Abstract
Methods and systems for rendering a transparent pantograph pattern. A background path and a foreground path for a pantograph pattern can be determined. An intersection internal to the background path and external to foreground path that is to be marked can be defined. Areas to be masked can be defined with respect to the pantograph pattern. The pantograph pattern can be then rendered as a transparent vector pattern pantograph by writing a background based on the background path and a foreground based on the foreground path and the areas defined as masked.
Claims20
A method of rendering a transparent pantograph pattern, comprising:
- determining a background path and a foreground path for a pantograph pattern;
- setting an intersection internal to the background path and external to foreground path that is to be marked;
- defining areas to be masked with respect to the pantograph pattern;
- and
- rendering the pantograph pattern as a transparent vector pattern pantograph after writing a background based on the background path and a foreground based on the foreground path and the areas defined as masked.
A system of rendering a transparent pantograph pattern, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium operable to communicate with the at least one processor, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor and operable to:
- determine a background path and a foreground path for a pantograph pattern;
- set an intersection internal to the background path and external to foreground path that is to be marked;
- define areas to be masked with respect to the pantograph pattern;
- and
- render the pantograph pattern as a transparent vector pattern pantograph after writing a background based on the background path and a foreground based on the foreground path and the areas defined as masked.
A transparent pantograph pattern, comprising:
- printable media comprising a pantograph pattern;
- a background path and a foreground path for the pantograph pattern;
- an intersection set as internal to the background path and external to foreground path that is to be marked;
- areas defined to be masked with respect to the pantograph pattern, wherein the pantograph pattern is renderable on the printable media as a transparent vector pattern pantograph after writing a background based on the background path and a foreground based on the foreground path and the areas defined as masked.
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