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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038064 | Color barcode producing method and apparatus, color barcode reading method and apparatus and color barcode reproducing method and apparatus A color barcode can record much more amount of information than black white barcode. However, the problem of the color barcode is that it is easy to lose integrity or authenticity in printing and copy generation. This invention provides an apparatus and a method to ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7957025 | Systems and methods for processing pixel data for a printer An apparatus and method for processing pixel data is presented that includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming module coupled to a data control module that comprises a plurality of memory units, wherein each of the memory units stores a corre... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7930627 | Office document matching method and apparatus The present application relates to an image processing apparatus and a method for matching and combining two documents with at least some overlap area. Layout features are extracted from the two documents and used to determine common layout areas of the first and se... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7907303 | Systems and methods for processing pixel data for a printer An apparatus and method for processing pixel data is presented that includes a plurality of image forming modules coupled to a data control module. The data control module includes a plurality of memory units. Each memory unit can store a portion of an image. The da... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7823797 | Color barcode producing, reading and/or reproducing method and apparatus A color barcode can record much more amount of information than black white barcode. However, the problem of the color barcode is that it is easy to lose integrity or authenticity in printing and copy generation. This invention provides an apparatus and a method to ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822994 | Data bus line and bus having an encryption/decryption device The present application relates to a data bus line to secure secrecy of digital data without a complicated exchange of hardware and decreasing processing speed. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822880 | User interfaces for peripheral configuration Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide a method for the configuration of peripheral devices. In some methods for configuring peripheral devices, configuration options available for a peripheral device are enumerated and list... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822115 | Systems for generating a pulse width modulated signal Systems in accordance with the presently claimed invention use input data to create an output pulse that is a fraction of the width of an input pulse. In some embodiments, the invention accepts input data and an input signal that has pulses of a specific frequency. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7775435 | Systems and methods for preserving and maintaining document integrity Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for preserving and maintaining document integrity. In some methods for preserving and maintaining document integrity, the contents of a document, or contents of a document ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7760395 | Background color conversion for toner-saving printing A toner saving printing method and related computer program product is described. The program analyzes an input file to extract data that represents background, and if the background is a solid dark color, changes the background to a colorless or a lighter color bac... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7724389 | Method for printing mixed color and black and white documents and for recovering from interruptions A method for recovering from an interruption while executing color split printing is described. The document is split into two sub-documents. N sets of the first sub-document are printed on a first printer, and N sets of the second sub-document are printed on a seco... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712671 | Document printing and scanning method using low resolution barcode to encode resolution data A document is printed on a recoding medium together with a high resolution 2d barcode that encodes desired information about the document, and a low resolution 2d barcode that encode resolution data that specifies the spatial resolution of the high resolution barcod... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7701616 | Systems, methods, and user-interfaces for secure document scanning Systems, methods, and user-interfaces consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for secure document scanning in a non-private environment. In some methods for secure document scanning in a non-private environment, the presence of an a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669769 | Systems and methods for preserving and maintaining document integrity Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for preserving and maintaining document integrity. In some methods for preserving and maintaining document integrity, the contents of a document, or contents of a document ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7619644 | Method and apparatus for image alignment Apparatus, systems, and methods presented herein allow for the alignment of images. In some embodiments, a plurality of PWM modules each receive input data and corresponding input phase-shifted clock signals. In some embodiments, each PWM module generates an output ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7567729 | Photo image matching method and apparatus A method and apparatus for matching two images having areas of overlapping text, first image data, and second image data is provided. The method includes dividing the first image data into a plurality of scene segments and dividing the second image data into a plura... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7551802 | Map image matching method and apparatus The present application relates to an image processing apparatus and a method for matching and combining two map images with at least some overlap area. In some embodiments, color features of a first map image data and a second map image data are extracted and areas... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7533817 | Color barcode producing method and apparatus, color barcode reading method and apparatus and color barcode reproducing method and apparatus A color barcode can record much more amount of information than black white barcode. However, the problem of the color barcode is that it is easy to lose integrity or authenticity in printing and copy generation. This invention provides an apparatus and a method to ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7523855 | Systems and methods for preserving and maintaining document integrity Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for preserving and maintaining document integrity. In some methods for preserving and maintaining document integrity, the contents of a document, or contents of a document ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515307 | Enhanced image printing system The present application relates to a printing system in which a printing apparatus can produce print data utilizing image enhanced data stored in the printing apparatus without complicated calculation on the side of the printing apparatus. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7478746 | Two-dimensional color barcode and method of generating and decoding the same A two-dimensional color barcode using gradations of color is disclosed. The barcode includes a black and white configuration block that encodes configuration information about the barcode and a plurality of color data blocks that encodes data. Each tile in the data ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7434062 | Password encrypting apparatus and method for encrypting password The present application relates to a method and an apparatus of encrypting and/or decrypting password to secure secrecy of the password. ... | 10/07/2008 |
