ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,408, issued on June 2, was assigned to XEROX Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"System and method for improved print rendering using metallic object detection techniques on input images" was invented by David C. Craig (Pittsford, N.Y.), Eliud Robles Flores (Webster, N.Y.), Lee C. Moore (Penfield, N.Y.) and Paul Roberts Conlon (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided wherein, in at least one form, artificial intelligence is used to identify objects in a document to be considered for metallic rendering or printing on a substrate. Then, the options for printing, including the considerations for rendering in metalli...