Online decorating system for edible products
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1. A system for printing images on edible media sheets, comprising:
- a central server including circuitry configured toreceive a plurality of cake decorating instructions and a plurality of images, wherein the cake decorating instructions and images are uploaded to the central server from a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices being operated by a different user, andprepare, using the plurality of cake decorating instructions and the plurality of images, a plurality of print instructions;
a plurality of local controllers, whereinat least one respective video capture device is installed for use with each local controller,each local controller comprises a handheld computer,each local controller is disposed at a bakery remotely located relative to the central server and each of the other local controllers, andeach local controller includes circuitry configured to receive print instructions from the central server, and cause printing of edible ink upon edible media sheets; and
a plurality of edible media printers, each edible media printer being uniquely assigned to and connected to one of the local controllers, wherein each edible media printer is equipped with edible ink and specially configured to print on edible media sheets, whereinthe edible media sheets include an edible substrate layer adapted to receive edible ink and a backing layer that adheres to the edible substrate layer, the backing layer being adhered to the edible substrate layer during operation of the edible media printers and being readily removable from the edible substrate layer by a bakery operator after being printed upon by edible media printers;
wherein the circuitry of each local controller is configured to;
capture, by the respective video capture device, a respective video signal comprising an image of the respective printed edible substrate layer, andprovide the respective video signal to an augmented reality module for recognition of an augmented reality marker printed upon the respective printed edible substrate.
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Abstract
A web-enabled standalone application may, in selected implementations, prevent received license-controlled image data from unauthorized re-use, editing, or distribution, and permits image processing, such as applying the International Color Consortium'"'"'s color correction process, at the local control device. The web-enabled standalone application may further generate a printer specific byte stream based on post-image processed data, providing a color managed workflow independent of local control device operating system print drivers.
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1. A system for printing images on edible media sheets, comprising:
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a central server including circuitry configured to receive a plurality of cake decorating instructions and a plurality of images, wherein the cake decorating instructions and images are uploaded to the central server from a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices being operated by a different user, and prepare, using the plurality of cake decorating instructions and the plurality of images, a plurality of print instructions; a plurality of local controllers, wherein at least one respective video capture device is installed for use with each local controller, each local controller comprises a handheld computer, each local controller is disposed at a bakery remotely located relative to the central server and each of the other local controllers, and each local controller includes circuitry configured to receive print instructions from the central server, and cause printing of edible ink upon edible media sheets; and a plurality of edible media printers, each edible media printer being uniquely assigned to and connected to one of the local controllers, wherein each edible media printer is equipped with edible ink and specially configured to print on edible media sheets, wherein the edible media sheets include an edible substrate layer adapted to receive edible ink and a backing layer that adheres to the edible substrate layer, the backing layer being adhered to the edible substrate layer during operation of the edible media printers and being readily removable from the edible substrate layer by a bakery operator after being printed upon by edible media printers; wherein the circuitry of each local controller is configured to; capture, by the respective video capture device, a respective video signal comprising an image of the respective printed edible substrate layer, and provide the respective video signal to an augmented reality module for recognition of an augmented reality marker printed upon the respective printed edible substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for printing images on edible media sheets, comprising:
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receiving, at a central server, a plurality of cake decorating instructions from a plurality of mobile devices operated by different users; transmitting sets of print instructions to a plurality of local controllers, wherein each local controller is disposed at a bakery remotely located relative to the central server and each of the other local controllers; receiving, at each local controller, a set of print instructions from the central server, each set of print instructions being uniquely associated with a given user; transmitting a print file from each local controller to a local edible media printer, wherein each local edible media printer is uniquely assigned to and connected to one of the local controllers, and each local edible media printer is equipped with edible ink and specially configured to print on edible media sheets; printing, at each local edible media printer, an edible media sheet according to the print file, wherein the edible media sheet comprises an edible substrate layer adapted to receive edible ink and a backing layer that adheres to the edible substrate layer during printing and is readily removable from the edible substrate layer by a bakery operator after printing; applying each edible substrate layer to a respective cake positioned proximate the corresponding edible media printer; capturing, at each local controller by a respective video capture device, a video signal comprising the respective printed edible substrate layer; and providing, by each local controller, the video signal to an augmented reality module for recognition of an augmented reality marker printed upon the respective printed edible substrate layer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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