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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184305 | PDF image-only dedicated print-flow pipeline structure and processing The present invention, as evidenced from the drawings and descriptions provided herein, can be characterized in various, different, through unifying, ways. For example, from a methodologic point of view, the invention may be seen as providing a method which (1) proc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179363 | Methods and systems for display source light management with histogram manipulation Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, converting and using histograms in an image processing system. Aspects of some embodiments also relate to generation of a one-dimensional histogram based on luminance and compound color ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175411 | Methods and systems for estimation of compression noise Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for determining the compression noise present in an image or frame in a video sequence. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175168 | Methods and systems for picture up-sampling Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for picture up-sampling using direct interpolation. Some aspects of the present invention provide an up-sampling procedure designed for the Scalable Video Coding extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175158 | Methods and systems for inter-layer image prediction parameter determination Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for predicting a prediction parameter which may be used in the prediction of high dynamic range image elements from low dynamic range image data. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174712 | Generating passive metadata from user interface selections at an imaging device A system and method for generating passive metadata from user interface selections at an imaging device includes an imaging device and at least one destination having at least one controllable setting. The imaging device preferably includes a document imaging system... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171404 | Methods and systems for disassembly and reassembly of examination documents Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for manipulating documents. According to one aspect of the present invention, the responses, from multiple examinees, to a question on an examination may be combined to form a combined document ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170101 | Methods and systems for low-complexity data compression Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for low-complexity data compression. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169431 | Methods and systems for image tonescale design Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, a modified process for compensating for a reduced source light illumination level as well as a post-compensation process. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165724 | Methods and systems for power-controlling display devices Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for controlling power consumption with a power controlling display device. Some aspects relate to a power controlling display device that receives power cost data and user preferences and generates a pow... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164785 | Method and apparatus for selecting printing devices according to resource availability Printing devices are selected from a printing pool at least partially based on what non-resident resources need to be downloaded to the printing devices for printing the print job. The printing device selection can also include other types of printer selection crite... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161474 | Diagnostic information preservation during installations of over the air update of wireless handset software A method and system for failsafe preservation of diagnostic information that identifies problems encountered during installation of over the air updates of wireless handset software includes logging code stored in an area of the handset that is not updated during ov... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161250 | Methods and systems for partially-transacted data concurrency Aspects of the present invention comprise systems and methods for protecting multi-threaded access to shared memory. Some aspects provide higher data concurrency than other methods. Some aspects relate to methods and systems that provide access to data for all threa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160365 | Methods and systems for identifying digital image characteristics Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for determining image characteristics in a digital image. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159707 | Method and system for unified batch job processing A more holistic approach to batch job processing simplifies batch job creation, improves user understanding of batch job status and prevents unwanted batch job printing outcomes. In the approach, before printing any print element (e.g. file, document) in a batch job... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156547 | Methods and systems for device-independent portable session synchronization Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for device-independent portable session synchronization between multiple devices connected to a server system. Some aspects relate to the use of a real-time-request (RTR) database construct for managing ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156424 | Methods and systems for imaging device dynamic document creation and organization Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device dynamic document creation and organization. Some aspects relate to imaging device dynamic document creation and organization, wherein a document format, a dynamic field struct... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155434 | Methods and systems for image enhancement Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for image enhancement. Some embodiments comprise color detection, color mapping and differential processing based on color characteristics. Some embodiments comprise tonescale processing. Some embodi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154737 | Method and system for estimating color ink usage for a print job element Methods and systems for estimating the amount of color ink that will be used to print a print job element classify individual color drawing objects of the print job element in a pre-raster image process (pre-RIP) format into drawing object classes and apply predeter... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154723 | Method and systems for particle characterization using optical sensor output signal fluctuation Methods and systems for particle characterization using a light fluctuation component of an optical sensor output signal. The use of the light fluctuation component enables particle characterization (e.g. provision of information on particle size, type and confidenc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153482 | Well-structure anti-punch-through microwire device A well-structure anti-punch-through microwire device and associated fabrication method are provided. The method initially forms a microwire with alternating highly and lightly doped cylindrical regions. A channel ring is formed external to the microwire outer shell ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150166 | Methods and systems for identifying text in digital images Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for detection of text in an image using an initial text classification result and a verification process. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149448 | Systems and methods for rapidly creating an image from a document A method of rapidly creating an image from a document is disclosed. Image data derived from a document is received at an imaging device. It is then determined whether the image data is in an image-ready format that can be directly processed by a marking engine. If t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145931 | Imaging device with adaptive power saving behavior and method for use thereon An imaging device with an adaptive power saving behavior conserves power by establishing reduced power mode entry and/or exit timeout values based on device usage statistics. Such an imaging device in some embodiments comprises at least one interface and a processor... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144989 | Methods and systems for identifying text orientation in a digital image Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for determining text orientation in a digital image. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144253 | Multi-frame approach for image upscaling Video upscaling may be performed by effectively combining several different image processing techniques. The video is processed using temporal based motion estimation and subsequently filtered using a spatial filter. The spatially filtered image is sharpened and noi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144006 | Methods and systems for message-alert display With a growing number of personal and shared devices that may be connected to the Internet, the number of devices on which a person may receive a message increases. Privacy in message delivery may become an issue when a message may be received on a shared device, fo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140613 | Event notification subscription Presented herein are systems, methods, devices for imaging device event notification administration and subscription. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138627 | Power management of network-connected devices in peak power periods A system and method are provided for managing network-connected devices in peak power periods. The method establishes a network of connected devices, identifying a first device in the network as an off-peak device, and a second device as a peak device. If a peak pow... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134762 | Methods and systems for characterizing regions of substantially-uniform color in a digital image Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for characterization of background regions of substantially-uniform color in a digital image. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a histogram of the first-channel values of a plurality ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134749 | Multi-bit-depth error diffusion for the reproduction of color or monochrome images An image processing system including a lookup table having multi-bit printer output levels and an imaging input level. The imaging input level may be associated with a range of input pixel densities. The system further includes a processor configured to compare the ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134573 | Encoding CMYK data for display using indexed RGB Machine-enabled methods of, and devices for, encoding color bitmap data as indexed red-green-blue (RGB) data for display. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133822 | Method of forming silicon nanocrystal embedded silicon oxide electroluminescence device with a mid-bandgap transition layer A method is provided for forming a silicon (Si) nanocrystal embedded Si oxide electroluminescence (EL) device with a mid-bandgap transition layer. The method provides a highly doped Si bottom electrode, and forms a mid-bandgap electrically insulating dielectric film... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130822 | Methods and systems for conditional transform-domain residual accumulation Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for managing and combining layers in a multi-layer bitstream. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130739 | Methods and systems for frequency and time division access Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for managing and allocating bandwidth in a communication medium. Some aspects relate to the determination of bit usage patterns for use in allocating bandwidth. Some aspects relate to the further determi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130429 | Adaptive driver for choosing hybrid raster and PDL format output An adaptive print driver receives printing instructions relating to a document and outputs print data pages to an imager. The adaptive print driver includes a printing instruction parser for parsing printing instructions, a format controller for assigning a data for... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125666 | Methods and systems for imaging device document management Aspects of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for providing document management through the use of an imaging device. Some aspects relate to transmission and receipt of imaging device user interface menu content from a remote computing devic... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122372 | Method and system for rendering web pages on a wireless handset A wireless handset and a method and system for a wireless handset that better enable a user of the wireless handset to identify, select and view objects on a web page. Objects from a web page are rendered on a wireless handset display as selectable panels in perspec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121405 | Systems and methods for skin-color-cognizant color mapping Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for adjusting image color values to accommodate a different color gamut. In some embodiments, colors within a skin-color region are preserved while colors outside the skin-color region are stretched t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121403 | Methods and systems for glyph-pixel selection Aspects of the present invention are related to methods and systems for detecting glyph pixels in a digital image. ... | 02/21/2012 |
