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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176427 | Method for configuring a device using simple pictograms A method for a user to easily securely configure a device is provided. The method includes displaying a user interface including a plurality of symbols available for user selection, accepting user inputs including an indication of any symbols selected by the user, c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164808 | Image reading device and reading-characteristic correction method for image reading device An image reading device for reading front and back sides of an original using different reading units has a simple configuration and is capable of matching the input-output characteristic of the front side and the input-output characteristic of the back side and red... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164646 | Image capturing apparatus, image capturing sensor, and image capturing processing method This invention is directed to reduce a deterioration in image quality after thinning operation when pixels are read out upon thinning. An image sensor is designed such that different gains are applied on a pixel basis. After periodical gains are applied to the respe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160310 | Image processing method and apparatus for processing an image by using a face detection result An image processing apparatus determines, when white balance correction is executed on an image signal of a face area detected by face detection unit, based on a first white balance correction value obtained by detecting white pixels, whether the corrected image sig... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154618 | Imaging apparatus and method for setting the same An imaging apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a representative value of a luminance level in a main object area and a plurality of representative values of luminance levels in peripheral areas of the main object area in an image obtained by a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8135291 | Consumable part for an image forming apparatus and a control method thereof An image forming apparatus includes a detachable consumable part having a storage unit configured to store information. The image forming apparatus includes a counting unit configured to count the number of times of access to the storage unit, a measurement unit con... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8068289 | Optical system and optical apparatus having the same An optical system includes, in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, an aperture stop is located ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064145 | Optical system and optical apparatus using the same An optical system includes a front lens group, a stop, and a rear lens group arranged successively in order from the object side toward the image side. The front lens group includes a solid material element having a refractive action. The rear lens group includes a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063927 | Optical scanning apparatus and image-forming apparatus using the same An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source and a structure for performing light-power control for the light source, the structure including a light-power-detection optical unit that establishes an optically conjugate relationship between a deflecting surf... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059269 | Particle inspection apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A particle inspection apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to apply a light beam onto front and back surfaces of an object to be inspected, first and second detection units configured to detect scattering light from the surfaces, a calculation unit conf... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056140 | Multifunction peripheral and method for controlling the same A job processing apparatus that can communicate with a security server configured to manage an access right to data, executes a job for inputting data, stores data resulting from execution of the job, determines whether an access right to the stored data is managed ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055515 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program An information processing apparatus and a method for managing dispensing information associated with a prescription for medicine, the apparatus and method including inputting acquiring information for acquiring dispensing status information associated with a prescri... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047543 | Printing system, control method, and computer-readable storage medium A method for controlling a printing system includes stacking a sheet printed by executing a job on a stacking unit provided inside a stacker, the stacker including a door that can be opened and closed, opening the door in a case where a predetermined instruction is ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046231 | Speech processing apparatus and control method thereof An speech processing apparatus comprises a setting unit that sets an association between a speech recognition target vocabulary and the shortcut data for transitioning to a state to which a transition is made, when a user makes a transition to a state among the plur... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045225 | Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium An image forming apparatus includes a data recording unit to store a misregistration amount of a scanning line from an ideal scanning line when a plurality of laser beams is scanned in a main scanning direction, a calculation unit to calculate a shape of the scannin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045037 | Image sensing apparatus and control method for relaxing red-eye effect in sensed image data This invention makes it possible to execute photography with a sufficient red-eye relaxation effect. To do this, in this invention, the amount of a red eye is detected on the basis of a signal obtained by reading an object image under light projection by a light pro... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042191 | Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus captures an image, and performs an authentication process with an external device. The image capture apparatus encrypts a captured image to generate an encrypted image if the authentication unit succeeds in performing the authentication pr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036469 | Imaging apparatus including a separable monitor, and method for controlling the imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a first part and a second part separable from each other. If the first part and the second part are in a separated state, the first part applies image processing to image data and transmits the processed image data to the second part. I... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035642 | Apparatus and method for processing information, and program for making computer execute the method In an apparatus and method for processing information, the font sizes of characters in display content are changed in different magnifications for each of the font sizes so as to display the content in a legible size when the size of the display area is changed. A p... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027098 | Focus lens apparatus Provided is a zoom lens including: a focus lens unit which moves during focusing; and a magnification-varying lens unit which moves during zooming, in which when the magnification-varying lens unit is moved in a direction in which a depth of focus deepens, a focus o... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024375 | Method and apparatus for processing messages A memory stores a file attached to a message generated by using a structure language. Data containing an element contained in the message to which information for obtaining type information and a file referred by the element are obtained from the memory is added is ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023809 | Image stabilization control apparatus and imaging apparatus An apparatus includes a vibration correction unit configured to correct an image shake occurring due to vibration, a first detection unit configured to detect an angular velocity of the vibration, a second detection unit configured to detect an acceleration of the v... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014489 | Radiographic imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same In a radiographic imaging apparatus capable of performing a first imaging in which radiographic imaging is performed with a first X-ray dose and a second imaging in which radiographic imaging is performed at a second X-ray dose that is less than the first X-ray dose... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010580 | Information browser, method of controlling same, and program A meta-information-read unit, a display-cache unit, a pre-reading-cache unit, a display-state-management unit, an operation-input unit, a meta-information-pre-reading unit, and an input-operation-determination unit are provided. The meta-information-pre-reading unit... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009797 | X-ray imaging apparatus, X-ray imaging method, and X-ray imaging program An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a phase grating, an absorption grating, a detector, and an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit executes a Fourier transform step of performing Fourier transform for an intensity distribution of a Moiré acquired by the detector, ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009225 | Imaging apparatus having automatic exposure control unit An imaging apparatus includes an automatic exposure control unit that changes an exposure value based on luminance detected by a luminance detection unit for detecting luminance of an imaging screen, and a luminance changing amount detection unit that detects a lumi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000965 | Information-processing device and method that attains speech-recognition to recognize data input via speech An information-processing device and method that attains speech-recognition to recognize data input via speech. The information-processing device and method includes analyzing speech-recognition-grammar data, generating data on a template used to input data by speec... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999973 | Image processing apparatus and a control method for forming forgery-inhibited pattern images A method of controlling an apparatus which is capable of determining a dot disposition of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is disclosed. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image has a latent image area in which a number of first dots and a number of second dot... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995213 | Measurement method, measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method A measurement method of measuring a wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured, comprising a first measurement step of measuring wavefronts of the optical system to be measured with respect to linearly polarized light beams along at least three differe... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995101 | Image processing system, image supply apparatus, image receiving apparatus, lighting apparatus and controlling method therefor There is provided an image processing system including an image supply unit arranged to transmit image data by wireless communication, an image receiving unit arranged to receive the image data supplied from the image supply unit, a first lighting unit arranged to i... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991276 | Optical image stabilizer and optical apparatus The optical image stabilizer shifts an image stabilizing element with respect to an optical axis of an optical system to reduce image shake. The stabilizer includes a lock ring which is rotatable to a lock position to limit shift of the image stabilizing element and... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991114 | Multi X-ray imaging apparatus and control method therefor An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a multi X-ray source which includes a plurality of X-ray focuses to generate X-rays by irradiating X-ray targets with electron beams, a detector which detects X-rays which have been emitted from the multi X-ray source and have rea... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990558 | Information processing apparatus and data output management system to restrict printing operations An information processing apparatus acquires print data to be printed by a printing apparatus and restriction information for restricting an output process of the print data. The information processing apparatus converts a format of the acquired print data and the r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986403 | Foreign substance inspection apparatus A foreign substance inspection apparatus includes an irradiating unit and first and second detecting units. The irradiating unit is configured to emit irradiating light to be obliquely incident on a surface to be inspected to form a linear irradiation region on the ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982967 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear group including at leas... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982895 | Image communication apparatus and method for controlling image communication apparatus An image communication apparatus is capable of communicating with external apparatuses. The image communication apparatus receives image data from a first external apparatus and stores the received image data in a storage unit. Upon receiving a request from a second... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981240 | Method for making vacuum airtight container Under a vacuum atmosphere, while keeping two members in contact with each other with a bonding material therebetween, one of the members is moved relative to the bonding surface in the horizontal direction, and the bonding material between the members is pressed. Th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978816 | Radiographic imaging control apparatus using multi radiation generating apparatus A control apparatus for controlling a multi radiation generating apparatus having a plurality of radiation generating devices which irradiate a two-dimensional sensor with radiation sets the intensity of radiation with which the plurality of radiation generating dev... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970317 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a driving force transmission unit configured to transmit drive force to the rotating member, a drive unit configured to rotationally drive the rotating member via the driving force transmission unit, a detecting... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965955 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is operable in a speed priority mode in which a temperature range that permits a fixing operation via a pressure belt is wide and an image-quality priority mode in which a temperature range that permits a fixing operation via the pressure ... | 06/21/2011 |
