US 12,008,421 B1
Print data conversion mechanism
Marquis Waller, Boulder, CO (US); Michael Lotz, Boulder, CO (US); Jeffrey Sikkink, Boulder, CO (US); and Ryszard Ligas, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Marquis Waller, Boulder, CO (US); Michael Lotz, Boulder, CO (US); Jeffrey Sikkink, Boulder, CO (US); and Ryszard Ligas, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,892.
Int. Cl. G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/1815 (2013.01) [G06K 15/1819 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive first data from a first of a plurality of printing entities, wherein the first data comprises a first data format;
receive second data from a second of the plurality of printing entities, wherein the second data comprises a second data format;
process the first data at a first micro-service to generate first metadata;
process the second data at a second micro-service to generate second metadata; and
combine extracted first and second metadata into a functional data format.