IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,578
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,578 · App. 18/382,498 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Gloss effect

Inventor: Edward N. Chapman (Rochester, NY)
Assignee: Xerox Corporation
B41M3/008B41J29/393H04N1/32309H04N1/32347H04N1/32352B41M3/10B41M2205/16B41M2205/42
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Patent No.
US 12,420,578
App. No.
18/382,498
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for creating a gloss effect, can involve adjusting a color selected with a first RGB color value for a first pattern ink among a group of pattern inks to appear lighter and selecting a common geometric pattern for the group of pattern inks including the first pattern ink and a second pattern ink. A feature can be written with an object with a second RGB color value and a geometric pattern can be written opaquely on top of the selected common geometric pattern. The feature can be erased within the object with a third RGB color value. The feature can be then written with a fourth RGB color value. The geometric pattern can be then written opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink to create a gloss effect with the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink which displays the feature.

Claims (46)

1. A method for creating a gloss effect, comprising:

adjusting a color selected with a first RGB color value for a first pattern ink among a plurality of pattern inks to appear lighter;

selecting a common geometric pattern for the plurality of pattern inks including the first pattern ink and a second pattern ink among the plurality of pattern inks;

writing a feature within an object with a second RGB color value;

writing a geometric pattern opaquely on top of the selected common geometric pattern;

erasing the feature within the object with a third RGB color value;

writing the feature with a fourth RGB color value; and

writing the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink to create a gloss effect with the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink which displays the feature.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the gloss effect to a printing system for printing of a watermark on a recording medium with the gloss effect.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising rendering the gloss effect on a recording medium.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the recording medium comprises glossy media.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the recording medium comprises non-glossy media.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the feature comprises text and the object comprises a textbox.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the second RGB color value is a lighter version of the first RGB color value, the third RGB color value is near white, and the fourth RGB color value is near yellow.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the lighter version of the first RGB color value is closer to white.

9. A method for creating a gloss effect, comprising:

adjusting a color selected for a first pattern ink among a plurality of pattern inks to appear lighter;

selecting a common geometric pattern for the plurality of pattern inks including the first pattern ink and a second pattern ink among the plurality of pattern inks;

writing a feature within an object;

writing a geometric pattern opaquely on top of the selected common geometric pattern; and

writing the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink to create a gloss effect with the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink which displays the feature.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising erasing the feature within the object after writing the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the selected common geometric pattern.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein:

adjusting a color selected for a first pattern ink among a plurality of pattern inks to appear lighter, further comprises: adjusting the color selected with a first RGB for the first pattern ink among the plurality of pattern inks to appear lighter; and

writing a feature within an object, further comprises: writing the feature within the object with a second RGB color value.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

erasing the feature within the object with a third RGB color value;

writing the feature with a fourth RGB color value.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising rendering the gloss effect on a recording medium.

14. A system for rendering a gloss effect, comprising:

a memory;

a storage medium for storing data; and

a processor in communication with the storage medium and the memory, the processor executing machine readable instructions for:

adjusting a color selected with a first RGB color value for a first pattern ink among a plurality of pattern inks to appear lighter;

selecting a common geometric pattern for the plurality of pattern inks including the first pattern ink and a second pattern ink among the plurality of pattern inks;

writing a feature within an object with a second RGB color value;

writing a geometric pattern opaquely on top of the selected common geometric pattern;

erasing the feature within the object with a third RGB color value;

writing the feature with a fourth RGB color value; and

writing the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink to create a gloss effect with the geometric pattern opaquely on top of the feature in the color adjusted selected for the first pattern ink which displays the feature.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the processor further executes machine readable instructions for transmitting the gloss effect to a printing system for printing of a watermark on the recording medium with the gloss effect.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the second RGB color value is a lighter version of the first RGB color value, the third RGB color value is near white, and the fourth RGB color value is near yellow.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the processor further executes machine readable instructions for rendering the gloss effect on the recording medium.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the recording medium comprises glossy media.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the recording medium comprises non-glossy media.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein the feature comprises text and the object comprises a textbox.

Assignments (5)
SECOND LIEN NOTES PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071785/0550 →
FIRST LIEN NOTES PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 11, 2025
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070824/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066741/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: XEROX CORPORATION
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065628/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2023
From: CHAPMAN, EDWARD N.
To: XEROX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065301/0465 →
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