System and method for generating a preview display in a print capturing system using a non-planar prism
First Claim
1. A method for generating a preview of a print pattern on a substantially conical platen surface, an image of the print pattern being captured in a scan made up of a series of radial scan line images along an arcuate path, comprising:
- for each group of radial scan line images, the steps of;
determining a representative sensor pixel value for pixels in a group of captured radial scan line images;
converting a polar coordinate position of the respective group of captured radial scan line images to a position in rectangular display window coordinates;
plotting the representative sensor pixel values determined in said determining step at corresponding rectangular display window coordinates; and
displaying the plot of the representative sensor pixel values in a display window as a preview of the print pattern image captured on the substantially conical platen surface.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for generating a preview display of a captured print image from a non-planar platen and for generating a high resolution display of a user-selected area of the preview display. The display processing system comprises a preview generation module and optionally a high resolution display processing module. After a group of captured radial scan line images is received, the preview generation module determines the representative pixel values for pixels in the group. The polar coordinate system position of the respective group is then converted to a position in the display window coordinates. The representative pixel values are plotted at the corresponding display window coordinates. The operator can request a high resolution display of an area of the preview display. When a request is received, the captured image data within that area is converted to rectangular system coordinates and displayed.
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1. A method for generating a preview of a print pattern on a substantially conical platen surface, an image of the print pattern being captured in a scan made up of a series of radial scan line images along an arcuate path, comprising:
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for each group of radial scan line images, the steps of; determining a representative sensor pixel value for pixels in a group of captured radial scan line images; converting a polar coordinate position of the respective group of captured radial scan line images to a position in rectangular display window coordinates; plotting the representative sensor pixel values determined in said determining step at corresponding rectangular display window coordinates; and displaying the plot of the representative sensor pixel values in a display window as a preview of the print pattern image captured on the substantially conical platen surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for generating a display of a print pattern on a substantially conical platen surface, an image of the print pattern being captured in a scan made up of a series of radial scan line images along an arcuate path, comprising:
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a non planar prism; a scanning imaging system optically coupled to the non planar prism for capturing the image data in a polar coordinate system; an image conversion system wherein the image conversion system comprises a coordinate conversion module for converting the polar coordinate positions of the captured radial scan line images to positions in rectangular display window coordinates; and a display processing system coupled to the scanning imaging system wherein the display processing system comprises a preview generation module for generating a preview display on the substantially conical platen surface of the captured print image preview display selected by a system user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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