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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185958 | Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and methods thereof Upon applying a DRM protection process to an image which is generated by an image processing apparatus, which doesn't have any communication means that allows direct communications with a PC, without any alteration, encryption of the image in the apparatus and that ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185595 | Information processing apparatus and control method thereof This invention is directed to reduce errors which may occur upon moving link data referring to another electronic data. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus includes a designating unit which designates electronic data to be moved or copied, a data... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185423 | Just-in time workflow Disclosed are arrangements, referred to as just-in-time workflow (JITW) arrangements, which provide a decentralised process (900) for performing a sequence of tasks, in which individual network services successively identify (961), assemble (960... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185039 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes a stack tray, a stapler, a stapler moving device, and an aligning member. When a stapling process is performed at least two staple positions of the sheet bundle stacked on the stack tray using the stapler, the stapler is moved t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185023 | Developer container, developing apparatus and process cartridge A developer container for an image forming apparatus includes a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer to be supplied to the opening; a feeding member, provided in the developer accommodating chamber and having an el... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185013 | Electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a regulating member for limiting cartridge movement An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a transfer member for transferring a developed image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, and a mounting portion for demountably mounting a cartridge, the image ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185003 | Image forming apparatus and control method thereof featuring image member surface data detection There is provided an image forming apparatus including a rotation member used for image forming and a detector for detecting light from the rotation member. First waveform data of an image-formed surface used to form an image on the rotation member is acquired by th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184662 | Communication system, communication apparatus, and control method thereof Data is transmitted by using continuous frames each of which includes a variable-length part having a length that varies depending on an input period and a fixed-length part containing data of one input period. The transmitted continuous frames are received, a frame... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184349 | Color management system The present invention provides a color conversion device that can be applied to a color management system. The color conversion device provides a color conversion device capable of generating a color conversion table used for color reproduction with high precision. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184348 | Color separation method and image processing apparatus In a case wherein a color separation table is prepared, color separation is provided, so that the density characteristic to be output is maintained, and the total colorant amount is not beyond the limit value of the total colorant amount. Further, the optimal color ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184344 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method, computer program and storage medium The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, computer-program, and storage medium capable of acquiring a paper fingerprint efficiently and improving convenience for users. An image processing apparatus according to the pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184339 | Data generation and printing with binarization pattern selected as function of pixel number corresponding to conveying amount of print medium When a feeding amount for multi-pass printing is changed, the purpose related to an image quality using a binary data generation pattern can still be attained by, for example, a density pattern method. Specifically, a multi-pass printing mode is identified, and a de... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184337 | Image processing apparatus and method to output a print image embedded with information indicating a region obtained by merging a region on an input image corresponding to a specified image region, and a surrounding region of that region on the input image An output image forming unit generates a print image based on an input image. A partial region image forming unit specifies an image region, which is not to be printed when the print image is printed on a print sheet, and generates region information indicating a re... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184328 | Printing apparatus and control method for authenticating a user for operating the apparatus In a case that it is detected that an external memory is attached to a printing apparatus and that neither the access to the external memory nor a user operation occurs within a predetermined time period, an alert is issued to the effect that the external memory is ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184327 | Image data processing apparatus, image data processing method, and program The image rotation apparatus includes a first storage unit adapted to store compressed image data, and a decompression unit adapted to decompress the image data read out from the first storage unit, and segments the image data obtained from the decompression unit in... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184311 | Image processing system An image processing system including an image processing device and a control device which controls data transfer to said image processing device is provided. When the control device is connected to the image processing device via the network, the control device enc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184261 | Exposure apparatus An exposure apparatus includes an alignment station where an alignment measurement process is executed, an exposure station where an exposure process is executed, and two stages which can be swapped between the alignment station and the exposure station. A first blo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184193 | Display control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, display control method, and storage medium A display control apparatus that enables to reliably and quickly search for a desired image. When a wheel is operated by a user by an amount less than a predetermined operation amount, image feeding is made in a first display mode where a plurality of images are dis... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184189 | Image sensing device and image sensing system The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light shielding layer that is arranged above the semiconductor substrate and shields an optical black region and a peripheral region from light; a first capacitance element that is arranged between the l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184134 | Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display portion and a control portion, and effects color display depending on image signals for three colors. The control portion includes means 10, into which the image signals for three colors are inputted, for generating a fi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183767 | Display apparatus and imaging system using the same Provided is a display apparatus including multiple light emitting devices, in which each of the light emitting devices includes a reflective layer and a light emitting layer which are stacked, using interference between light directed from the light emitting layer t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183604 | Solid state image pickup device inducing an amplifying MOS transistor having particular conductivity type semiconductor layers, and camera using the same device To provide an amplification type solid state image pickup device enabling lower noise, higher gain, and higher sensitivity than any conventional amplification type solid state image pickup device. A solid state image pickup device according to the present invention ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183564 | Multicolor display apparatus In a multicolor display apparatus in which each of light emitting devices of three colors R, G and B has the same thickness from a reflection position of a reflection electrode to an organic emission layer, an organic emission layer of the R device and an organic em... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183415 | Methods of synthesizing cinacalcet and salts thereof Methods of preparing cinacalcet, cinacalcet derivatives, and salts thereof is disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are polymorphs of cinacalcet, compositions of cinacalcet, and methods of treating a subject by administering cinacalcet, wherein cinacalcet is prepa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183284 | Compositions for reducing the incidence of drug induced arrhythmia In accordance with the present invention, novel methods and formulations are provided for treating and preventing the incidence of drug-induced pro-arrhythmia, including torsades de pointes. The methods and formulations comprise a combination of a drug that induces ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183084 | Methods of manufacturing solid state image pickup devices A method of manufacturing a solid state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion region for converting light into a signal charge, and a plurality of wiring layers including first and second wiring layers. The method... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183058 | Target substance detection element, target substance detection method, and method for producing target substance detection element It is intended to provide a target substance detection element wherein a target substance capturing body for capturing target substances is immobilized with good orientation in a desired region on the surface of the target substance detection element, a method for p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182660 | Power supply apparatus and deposition method using the power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus includes a power supply mechanism which supplies, from an external power supply, electric power to be supplied to an electrostatic chuck. The power supply mechanism includes a first conductive annular member fixed to the end portion of a str... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182405 | Developing roller, developing roller production method, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus A developing roller is provided which supplies a toner to a photosensitive member to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member. The developing roller has a surface layer which includes carbon black and a polyurethane resin. The polyur... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182101 | Illumination optical system having the longest air interspace distance between a first and a second optical unit where a specific condition is satisfied for the optical system The illumination optical system includes an integrator configured to divide light from a light source into plural light fluxes, and a collection optical system configured to collect the plural light fluxes from the integrator toward an illumination surface. A rear p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181850 | Anti-tamper using barcode degradation A method of authenticating a first document (270) including content (271) and a barcode (272). The barcode (272) comprising barcode elements each having a predetermined form. A plurality of the barcode elements of the barcode are detected... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659951 | Elastic waistband | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181256 | Data transmission apparatus, control method therefor, and image input/output apparatus According to the present invention, a data transmission apparatus capable of transmitting data by using a plurality of transmission media, comprises an authority storage unit, adapted to store authority information representing use authority to use each transmission... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181228 | Network constructing method and communication apparatus In a wireless network communication device, multiple items of network identification information, which are for identifying wireless network systems, are read out of a memory and displayed on a display unit. Network identification information of a wireless network s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181108 | Device for editing metadata of divided object In a system that performs object division of a manuscript and adds metadata, a method is provided which can edit the metadata by an intuitive operation when no appropriate metadata is added or when it is desired that the metadata be increased by adding. An image pro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181077 | Methods and devices for the dynamic management of transmission errors by network points of interconnections The disclosure describes transferring at least one data packet in a network from at least one server to a client through a point of interconnection. The point of interconnection executes a process of: receiving from the client at least one configuration map specifyi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181026 | Method and apparatus for input of coded image data An image input device which includes a means for inputting image data, a memory for storing a secret information and an operator for carrying out an operation by using the image data and the secret information. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180993 | Information processing apparatus and control method thereof An information processing apparatus includes a CPU-A which starts a first OS stored in a DRAM-A, a CPU-B which starts a second OS stored in a non-volatile memory, and an HDD which stores a first program executed on the first OS and a second program executed on the s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180265 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a belt member, a toner image forming device, a stretching member for stretching the belt member, and a transfer member for transferring a toner image onto a recording material. The image forming apparatus also includes a fur brush... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180262 | Process cartridge, developer supply cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum with developer. The cartridge further comprises a receiving side devel... | 05/15/2012 |
