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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184335 | Method for ad-hoc parallel processing in a distributed environment An overall processing time to rasterize, at the first device, the electronic document to be rendered is computed. Also, a rendering time to render, at the first device, the electronic document to be rendered is computed. When the overall processing time to rasterize... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180169 | System and method for multi-scale sigma filtering using quadrature mirror filters A first sigma filtering circuit sigma filters an image to produce a filtered image. An analysis circuit processes the sigma filtered image to produce an approximation part and a detail part. A second sigma filter circuit filters the approximation part to produce a s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8103096 | System and method for color space conversion with reduced artifacts A method and system convert an original digital image being represented by a first color space to a digital image being represented by a second color space by transforming the original image data represented by a first color space to second image data being represen... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090215 | Method and system for noise level detection in image data A system determines the noise level of image data by high pass filtering image data. Absolutes values of the high pass filtered image data are determined. Thereafter, multiple mean values for absolute values less than a predetermined number of threshold values are d... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8055093 | Method and system for noise level detection in image data A system determines the noise level of image data by high pass filtering image data. Absolutes values of the high pass filtered image data are determined. Thereafter, multiple mean values for absolute values less than a predetermined number of threshold values are d... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8023150 | Method and system for improved copy quality by generating contone value based on pixel pattern and image context type around pixel of interest A method and system reconstructs a contone image from a binary image by first tagging pixels to identify one of a multiplicity of image content types. The tag information and the pattern of bits surrounding the pixel to be converted to a contone value are used to re... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7965413 | Method and system for detection of binary halftone frequencies A method and system detects a halftone frequency. A digitized image is received. An autocorrelation function is performed upon the digitized image to generate an autocorrelation function value for each halftone frequency of a predetermined set of possible halftone f... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7925043 | Tactile security feature for document and signature authentication A system and method create an authentication mark on a recording medium by depositing marking material on a medium in an image area to create a marking material image and to create a marking material authentication image. A predetermined amount of additional marking... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917845 | System and method for managing dynamic document references Document fragments are managed by the use of fragment objects. Fragment objects contain a reference to a portion of a source document. Referencing documents contain a reference to a fragment object which delivers the content of the fragment of the source document to... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7845787 | System and method for responding to recording medium change A print system senses the type of a recording medium. The print system modifies the amount of marking material on an imaging drum when the sensed the recording medium type requires a modification to the amount of marking material on the imaging drum. Moreover, the p... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7869095 | System and method to perturb error diffusion patterns A method for halftoning an image using an error diffusion process generates an upper threshold level and a lower threshold level and selects a region number parameter. A pixel from the input image is selected and compared to the upper and lower threshold levels. A f... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869093 | Method and system for improved copy quality in a multifunction reprographic system A method and system reconstructs a contone image from a binary image by first tagging pixels to identify one of a multiplicity of image content types. The tag information and the pattern of bits surrounding the pixel to be converted to a contone value are used to re... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860312 | System and method for identifying and labeling fields of text associated with scanned business documents A system for electronically distilling information from a business document uses a network scanner to electronically scan a platen area, having a business document thereon, to create a bitmap. A network server carries out a segmentation process to segment the scan g... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7817290 | System and method for transmitting analyzed image content information for print engine control An image rendering system includes a digital front end to electronically analyze image data to generate geometry dependent image content information. A print engine, operatively connected to the digital front end, renders the image data. A print engine controller, o... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7787703 | Method and system for extending binary image data to contone image data A method and system converts a binary image into an analog image by first tagging pixels that are part of edges in the digital image and using this tagging information to eliminate such tagged pixels from the digital filtering process. The elimination of such tagged... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7773254 | Method and system for improved copy quality in a multifunction reprographic system A method and system reconstructs a contone image from a binary image by first tagging pixels to identify one of a multiplicity of image content types. The tag information and the pattern of bits surrounding the pixel to be converted to a contone value are used to re... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769724 | System and method for providing S/MIME-based document distribution via electronic mail mechanisms A content or document management system includes a content or document repository; a dedicated e-mail account; and a mail agent associated with the dedicated e-mail account. The mail agent processes a received e-mail message to determine a sender's identity; authent... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7689037 | System and method for identifying and labeling fields of text associated with scanned business documents A system for electronically distilling information from a business document uses a network scanner to electronically scan a platen area, having a business document thereon, to create a bitmap. A network server carries out a segmentation process to segment the scan g... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7639389 | Memory for diagnosing imaging component failure Test image data is introduced into the image processing path of a marking device, at various points prior to the marking engine. Comparison of output of the marking engine from various sources of image data is made to diagnose imaging path component failure. Imaging... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7628003 | Mower deck cleaning and lubricating device A device for applying a fluid to the underside of a mowing deck includes a hollow body, a plurality of outlet apertures, and a magnetic mounting assembly. The device may include at least one brush attached to a cutting blade. The device may also include a detachable... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7580569 | Method and system for generating contone encoded binary print data streams A method and system to convert an image described in a page description language to a contone image. The contone image is halftoned and encoded to generate image data including edge tag data and image data. A tagged state value of each pixel of image data within a p... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7567364 | Pull model network image scanning system A system generates an electronic image of a document for later retrieval through a network connection. The system uses a network accessible scanning device to enable scanning of a document to generate an electronic image thereof and an electronic repository to elect... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561722 | System and method for interactive document layout A document layout is adjusted to alter the quality of the document by generating an initial document with a plurality of blocks. A user can manually adjust the parameters of the document. Thereafter, a base quantized quality score is generated for the document based... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7542171 | System and method for compensating for streaks in images using intensity variation of raster output scanner A method and system compensates for streak defects in an image formed using a raster output scanning device. A reflectance profile is generated from an image generated by the raster output scanning device. Thereafter, a difference profile is determined. The differen... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7529755 | Method for document viewing A client-side handheld device requests a server to convert server-side documents into a compression format prior to transmission of said documents to the client. The server retrieves and converts the requested documents to a raster image that is then compressed acco... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7490586 | Automatic engine oil changer/recycler system A vehicle mounted oil recovery system uses a conduit to transport oil from an engine lubricating system of the vehicle to a retort system, mounted upon the vehicle. The retort system distills the transported oil, through vaporization, into individual components. The... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7475249 | System and method for providing S/MIME-based document distribution via electronic mail mechanisms A content or document management system includes a content or document repository; a dedicated e-mail account; and a mail agent associated with the dedicated e-mail account. The mail agent processes a received e-mail message to determine a sender's identity; authent... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7450277 | Single pass duplex document path for a digital scanner A document handling system includes an imaging area; a light source located in proximity to the imaging area; a raster imaging scanning system located in proximity to the imaging area; and a looped document path, located in proximity to the imaging area, having an e... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451140 | System and method for proofing individual documents of variable information document runs using document quality measurements Text, images, and/or graphics of variable content documents should be organized and laid out by a template to provide effective and quality documents. The best such template depends upon the variable content interaction with the template for each individual document... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7425972 | Method and system for improved control of xerographic parameters in a high quality document system A system changes the setpoint of a digital reprographic system in response to the local image content by utilizing tag data that contains information identifying the image content type of a corresponding image data pixel. The system modifies the reproduction charact... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7414762 | Single pass duplex document path for a digital scanner A document handling system includes an imaging area; a light source located in proximity to the imaging area; a raster imaging scanning system located in proximity to the imaging area; and a looped document path, located in proximity to the imaging area, having an e... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7352490 | Method and system for generating contone encoded binary print data streams A method and system to convert an electronic image file described in a page description language containing both contone and non-contone image objects to an intermediate binary format image. The intermediate format image separately encodes the contone and non-conton... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344559 | Electromagnetic radiation transparent device and method of making thereof A medical device includes a pattern of electrically conductive material. The pattern of electrically conductive material has an anti-antenna geometrical shape such that the anti-antenna geometrical shape substantially prevents the medical device from creating an ima... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7310640 | System and method for proofing individual documents of variable information document runs using document quality measurements Text, images, and/or graphics of variable content documents should be organized and laid out by a template to provide effective and quality documents. The best such template depends upon the variable content interaction with the template for each individual document... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7248058 | Testing and calibration device with diagnostics A testing device for determines values of various electrical variables associated with a device within a process system. The testing device provides bi-directional electrical communication with a device to be monitored and automatically provides a connection configu... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218876 | Method and system for improving the throughput of a high capacity document printer Programming of the input and output paper handling setup of a high speed reprographic system can adversely affect the throughput of the system. A method or system includes a control system that examines the proposed setup and then determine if any of these options r... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7123013 | Magnetic resonance imaging interference immune device A voltage compensation unit reduces the effects of induced voltages upon a device having a single wire line. The single wire line has balanced characteristic impedance. The voltage compensation unit includes a tunable compensation circuit connected to the wire line.... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7095877 | System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's intere... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092551 | System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's intere... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092552 | System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's intere... | 08/15/2006 |
