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Printing utilizing a virtual mask

  • US 10,357,962 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2016
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of selectively omitting a portion of a print design based on detecting a feature of an article to print the print design except the selectively omitted portion on the article, the method comprising:

  • disposing the article on a portion of a print system;

    forming a digitized image of the article based on data obtained from a sensor system while the article is on the portion of the print system, wherein the digitized image comprises at least a first region representing at least a portion of the article;

    using a computing system, classifying first portions of the first region as belonging to a first category and classifying second portions of the first region as belonging to a second category corresponding to a detected feature of the article, the first and second portions being classified based on the digitized image;

    discharging a print material on the article based on the print design, using the printing system, on the at least a portion of the article represented by the first region if the first region is classified in the first category; and

    preventing the discharge of print material on the at least a portion of the article represented by the first region if the first region is classified in the second category;

    wherein the discharged print material on the article constitutes an incomplete form of the print design lacking print material at the selectively omitted portion of the print design corresponding to the detected visible feature of the article.

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