US 11,812,003 B1
Systems and methods for separating an image into a white layer and a color layer for printing with a white toner enabled printer in two passes
Joseph Dovi, Lake Grove, NY (US); and Alfredo Padilla, Palm Bay, FL (US)
Assigned to UI Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by UI Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/304,683.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/336,122, filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/60 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/6008 (2013.01) [G06T 3/60 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 1/40012 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of splitting an image into a white layer and a color layer, comprising:
providing an electronic application;
receiving, by said electronic application, an image file;
wherein said image file comprises a cyan (C) color plane, a magenta (M) color plane, a yellow (Y) color plane, a black (K) color plane, and a white (W) color plane;
splitting, by said electronic application, said image file to create a white layer and a color layer;
wherein said splitting of said image file comprises:
loading said C color plane, said M color plane, said Y color plane, said K color plane, and said W color plane into said electronic application;
erasing said K color plane;
generating a CMY color plane; and
outputting said CMY color plane to a first storage location, such that said color layer is generated;
copying, in said electronic application, said W color plane into said K color plane;
erasing said C color plane, said M color plane, and said Y color plane, such that a W to K color plane is generated; and
outputting said W to K color plane to a second storage location, such that said white layer is generated.