Remote ink fountain selection method and apparatus
AssigneeHeidelberg Harris, Inc. & Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
InventorJohn Sheridan Richards
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Abstract
An apparatus for remote ink control fountain selection comprising a video camera for reading a signature image, an image digitizer, an image comparator for comparing the signature image to a sample image set and a memory device for storing the sample image set in digitized form, as well as a method for remote ink fountain selection comprising the steps of digitizing sample images and providing each said sample image with an identification; digitizing a printed signature image from a printing press which corresponds to at least one of the sample images; comparing the digitized printed signature image to the digitized sample images; and outputting the identification of the digitized sample image upon a match with the digitized signature image.
Claims6
A method for aiding remote ink fountain selection comprising the steps of:
- digitizing sample images and providing each said sample image with an identification:
- digitizing a printed signature image from a printing press which corresponds to at least one of the sample images:
- comparing, the digitized printed signature image to the digitized sample images;
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- outputting the identification of the digitized sample image upon a match with the digitized signature image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.