Pixel canvas art

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10406825-B2
Application number	US-201815951993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2018
Priority date	Apr 19, 2017
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards an apparatus, a system and a method for creating a pixel canvas artwork. A pixel canvas art apparatus may contain a receiving layer that includes multiple segmented components, each of which may be enclosed by a fluid-resistant boundary. One or more water-based markings may be absorbed by the receiving layer at multiple segmented components and may be prevented from transferring throughout the receiving layer by the fluid-resistance boundaries. The one or more water-based markings may be absorbed at multiple segmented components in a manner that creates a pixel canvas artwork. Both a system for producing a pixel canvas artwork and a method for creating a pixel canvas artwork may include components similar to the pixel canvas art apparatus that may be used to create a pixel canvas artwork.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pixel canvas art apparatus comprising:
a receiving layer comprising a first surface, a second surface, and an interior receiving body between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface are mutually opposed;
a substrate layer comprising a third surface, a fourth surface, and an interior substrate body, wherein the third surface and the fourth surface are mutually opposed, said second surface of the receiving layer adjacent said third surface of the substrate layer;
a plurality of interconnected partitions positioned throughout the receiving layer, each interconnected partition of the plurality of interconnected partitions traverses the interior receiving body from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the plurality of interconnected partitions form at least one liquid barrier in the receiving layer, and wherein the plurality of interconnected partitions comprise a fluid-resistant material, and further wherein the fluid-resistant material comprises a blocking ink that is printed on the receiving layer; and
a plurality of segmented components adjacently arranged within the receiving layer, each segmented component of the plurality of segmented components surrounded by the plurality of interconnected partitions.

2. The pixel canvas art apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receiving layer comprises a fabric configured to wick a water-based marking via the first surface.

3. The pixel canvas art apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receiving layer and the substrate layer are joined together to form a pixel canvas artwork defined by the plurality of interconnected partitions, and wherein the border of each segmented component of the plurality of segmented components forms a portion of the pixel canvas artwork.

4. The pixel canvas art apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the water-based marking is absorbed by the receiving layer and wherein the plurality of interconnected partitions are configured to enclose each water-based marking within the border of each of the segmented components of the plurality of segmented components.

5. The pixel canvas art apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the blocking ink further comprises resins configured to crosslink upon curing with ultraviolet light.

6. The pixel canvas art apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a border of each of the segmented components is formed by two or more interconnected partitions that are linearly positioned throughout the receiving layer, and wherein the border of each of the segmented components defines a shape with two or more linear sides.

7. The pixel canvas art apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of segmented components comprises a uniform arrangement within the receiving layer, said uniform arrangement comprising one or more of:
multiple rows of segmented components positioned at a consistent spacing along a first axis of the receiving layer; and
multiple columns of segmented components positioned at a consistent spacing along a second axis of the receiving layer.

8. A system for producing a pixel canvas artwork, the system comprising:
a pixel canvas comprising:
(1) a receiving layer comprising a first planar surface parallel to a second planar surface, the receiving layer configured to absorb at least one water-based marking;
(2) a plurality of interconnected fluid-resistant partitions positioned throughout the receiving layer and configured to retain the at least one water-based marking absorbed by the receiving layer; and
(3) a plurality of segmented components adjacently arranged within the receiving layer and defined by at least two or more interconnected fluid-resistant partitions of the plurality of interconnected fluid-resistant partitions,
wherein the plurality of segmented components are configured such that the at least one water-based marking absorbed by the receiving layer is retained proximate a segmented component of the plurality of segmented components based on a surrounding portion of the plurality of interconnected fluid-resistant partitions and a point of contact of the at least one water-based marking with the first planar surface, and
one or more marking devices configured to transfer the at least one water-based marking to the pixel canvas upon contact with the first planar surface of the receiving layer.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a substrate layer coupled to the pixel canvas, said substrate layer positioned adjacent the second planar surface of the receiving layer.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of interconnected fluid-resistant partitions comprises a hardened ink cured with ultraviolet light.

11. A method for creating a pixel canvas artwork, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first surface of a universal pixel canvas, a first water-based marking, wherein the universal pixel canvas comprises a plurality of adjacently arranged pixel components, each pixel component having a position value based on a location of the pixel component within the plurality of adjacently arranged pixel components,
said first water-based marking received in response to a first application tip of a first marking device positioned on the first surface of the universal pixel canvas at a first pixel component associated with a first position value;
receiving, by the first surface of the universal pixel canvas, a second water-based marking, said second water-based marking received in response to a second marking device positioned on the first surface of the universal pixel canvas at a second pixel component associated with a second position value,
wherein the universal pixel canvas comprises a fluid-resistant boundary between two or more pixel components adjacently positioned within the plurality of the adjacently arranged pixel components, said fluid-resistant boundary configured to retain the first water-based marking within the first pixel component and retain the second water-based marking within the second pixel component.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the fluid-resistant boundary comprises an ink hardened upon curing with ultraviolet light.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first water-based marking comprises a first color and the second water-based marking comprises a second color different than the first color.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein retaining the first water-based marking within the first pixel and retaining the second water-based marking within the second pixel comprises transferring the received first water-based marking from the first surface of the universal pixel canvas towards a second surface of the universal pixel canvas.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising associating a first instruction with the universal pixel canvas, said first instruction comprising a plurality of pixel color indicators associated with each of the plurality of adjacently arranged pixel components, wherein the first instruction is configured to direct receipt of the first water-based marking to a first set of one or more position values on the first surface of the universal pixel canvas,
and wherein the first instruction is further configured to direct receipt of the second water-based marking to a second set of one or more position values on the first surface of the universal pixel canvas to create a first pixel canvas artwork according to a pattern of the first instruction.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising a second instruction comprising a plurality of pixel color indicators associated with each of the plurality of adjacently arranged pixel components, wherein the second instruction

Assignees

• Crayola Llc

Inventors

• Skinner Craig
• Pineiro Luis Rodrigo

Classifications

• B41F15/34

  Screens, Frames; Holders therefor · CPC title

• B41M1/12

  Stencil printing; Silk-screen printing · CPC title

• B41M1/14

  Multicolour printing · CPC title

• B44D3/18 Primary

  Boards or sheets with surfaces prepared for painting or drawing pictures; Stretching frames for canvases · CPC title

• B41L13/00

  Stencilling apparatus for office or other commercial use (screen printing B41F15/00; stencils, stencil materials, carriers therefor B41N1/24) · CPC title