# US 2019/0318672 A1 · Printed Frame and Artwork with Depth Indicia > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0318672 A1 - Document ID: US20190318672A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/453,526 - Filed: 2019-06-26 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-15 - Inventors: Kamran Deljou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318672A1 ## CPC - B44F 11/02: Imitation of pictures, e.g. oil paintings - G09F 15/0012: {frames therefor} - A47G 1/06: Picture frames (making from paper B31D) - B41M 5/0041: {Digital printing on surfaces other than ordinary paper (B41M5/0082 takes precedence; printing on textiles D06P5/00)} - G06F 3/1208: {resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview} - G06F 3/1242: {Image or content composition onto a page} - G09F 15/02: Bills, posters, or the like therefor - A47G 1/0627: {with decorative strips or layers on the frame members} - B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display for mounting in a location subject to subject-sensitive ambient lighting includes a substrate. An artwork image, a molding image and a shadow image are printed on the substrate. A gap area is defined between an inside edge of the molding image and an outside edge of the artwork image so as to appear as a floater frame. The shadow image appears as an actual shadow in a real floater frame that has been subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting. The substrate is mounted on a stretcher bar frame. In a method of generating a display, a digital image of a molding assembled into a floater frame, an artwork, and a shadow that would appear in a real floater frame that has been subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting is generated. The digital image is printed onto a substrate. The substrate is mounted onto a stretcher bar frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display for mounting in a location subject to subject-sensitive ambient lighting, comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) an artwork image printed on the substrate; (c) a molding image printed on the substrate about the artwork image, a gap area defined between an inside edge of the molding image and an outside edge of the artwork image so as to appear as a floater frame; (d) a shadow image printed on the substrate in the gap area, the shadow image having an appearance of an actual shadow in a real floater frame that has been subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting; and (e) a stretcher bar frame onto which the substrate is mounted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display of claim 1, further comprising an image of at least one molding joint printed on a corner of the substrate that includes an image of a shadow associated with a corresponding molding joint in the real floater frame. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display of claim 1, further comprising an image of a lighting element printed on the substrate so as to appear as a real lighting element that has been mounted on a real floater frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display of claim 3, further comprising an area printed on the substrate that has an appearance of light from the real lighting element reflecting from the artwork image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display of claim 1, further comprising a reflection image printed on a portion of the substrate in the gap area, the reflection image having an appearance of an expected reflection from a real artwork corresponding to the artwork image onto the a real floater frame that has been subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display of claim 5, wherein the reflection image includes colors that appear in a portion of the artwork image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display of claim 1, further comprising at least one molding edge image having an appearance of a side edge of a real molding printed on at least one edge of the substrate so that when the substrate is mounted on the stretcher bar frame, a side of the display appears to have a side edge of the real molding. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display of claim 1, further comprising: (a) a texture printed on at least a portion of the molding image; and (b) a glossy coating printed on at least a portion of the texture. ### Claim 9 A method of generating a display for mounting in a location subject to subject-sensitive ambient lighting, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital image of a molding assembled into a digital image of a floater frame; (b) generating a digital image of an artwork; (c) generating of a digital image of a shadow that would appear in an actual floater frame that has been subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting; (d) printing the digital image of the floater frame, the digital image of the artwork and the digital image of the shadow onto a substrate; and (e) mounting the substrate onto a stretcher bar frame. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the step of generating of a digital image of a shadow comprises digitally photographing an actual artwork mounted in a floater frame and subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the step of generating of a digital image of a shadow comprises employing a graphics program with ray tracing capability to simulate an actual artwork mounted in a floater frame and subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital image of at least one molding joint having a shadow associated with a corresponding molding joint in the real floater frame; and (b) printing the image of the at least one molding joint adjacent to a corner of the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital image of a lighting element corresponding to a real lighting element mounted on a real floater frame; and (b) printing the image of the lighting element onto the substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital image of a reflectance area that corresponds to light from the real lighting element reflecting from the artwork image; and (b) printing the reflectance area onto the substrate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital metallic image on at least a portion of the image of the lighting element so that the metallic image appears in areas of expected metallic reflectance from the lighting element; and (b) printing a glossy coating on at least a portion of the metallic image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital reflection image that has an appearance of an expected reflection from a real artwork corresponding on a real floater frame that has been subject to the subject-sensitive ambient lighting; and (b) printing the digital reflection image onto the substrate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the step of generating a digital reflection image includes generating colors that appear in a portion of the artwork image. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital image of at least one molding edge; and (b) printing the image of at least one molding edge onto the substrate so that a side of the display includes a portion having an appearance of a side edge of a real molding when the substrate is mounted on the stretcher bar frame. ### Claim 19 A method of generating a display, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a digital image of a complex frame; (b) combining the digital image of the complex frame with a digital image of an artwork so as to generate a display image; (c) printing the display image on a substrate; and (d) mounting the substrate on a stretcher bar frame. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising the step of: (a) printing a texture on at least a portion of the complex frame; and (b) printing a glossy coating on at least a portion of the texture.