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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184346 | Status sending facsimile transmission system, status sending facsimile receiving device, and status sending facsimile receiving method Facsimile systems, devices, and methods are provided related to transmitting an image from a sending device to a receiving device via a network. One embodiment includes a status information reply unit which replies to a notification request of status information fro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179749 | Medium transporting mechanism and medium processing apparatus having the same A medium transporting mechanism for transporting one of stacked media each of which has a hole is provided. A holder is provided on a movable transporting arm and holds the one of the media. A guide is provided in the transporting arm, the guide has a tapered surfac... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179398 | Screen display control device A screen display control device includes: a compression unit which compresses input image data in a line unit; a rewritable image memory to which the compressed data compressed in the line unit by the compression unit is written in non-synchronization with a reading... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179397 | Screen display control device A screen display control device includes: a compression unit which compresses input image data in a line unit; a rewritable image memory to which the compressed data compressed in the line unit by the compression unit is written in non-synchronization with a reading... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174741 | Image processing method, program for image processing, and image processing apparatus An image processing method for generating a gradation image, including the steps of: (a) acquiring a coordinate of a start point, a color value of the start point, a coordinate of an end point, and a color value of the end point; (b) setting either the number of pix... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174730 | Printing control device, printing system and printing control program In Step S230, an ICM P3a1 calculates an ink amount set φ capable of reproduction of the same spectral reflectivity R (λ) as a target spectral reflectivity Rt (λ) indicated by a spectral reflectivity data RD. An ECM P3... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172349 | Fluid discharge device, control method for a fluid discharge device, and a fluid tank A fluid discharge device, a control method for a fluid discharge device, and an ink tank enable easy and accurate confirmation of the fluid usage history, such as how much fluid is left in the tank, on the user or device side without increasing the price. An inkjet ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170299 | Image output method, image output device, and image output program Provided is an image output method of outputting predetermined image data from plural pieces of image data, the method including: acquiring a group including plural pieces of image data which are similar to each other; detecting a face turning angle with respect to ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167109 | Medium processing apparatus The medium conveying mechanism includes a motor, a driving pulley adapted to be rotated by the motor, an endless belt wound around the driving pulley and adapted to be moved by the driving pulley in a belt moving direction, a first driven pulley around which the end... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166493 | Media processing device including host computer capable of measuring the height of blank media The media storage status of a target medium stacker is reported to the user through a host computer. In response to a height measurement command for measuring the height of blank media stacked in a blank media stacker and processed media stacked in a processed media... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158214 | Photocurable ink composition set, ink jet recording method, and recorded matter A photocurable ink composition set includes ink composition A and ink composition B. Ink composition A contains a dendritic polymer and an monomer expressed by general formula (1): CH2═CR1—COO—R2—O—CH═CH—R3. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157461 | Printer A printer having one roller of a transportation roller pair attached to cover renders the mechanism pressing the transportation roller pair together and the damping mechanism used when opening the cover using few parts, compactly, and at low cost. A damper spring | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157460 | Roll paper printer having an automatic paper cutter, and related printer control method and control program A printer that uses roll paper as the printing medium and has a manual feed button and an automatic paper cutter detects if the manual feed button was operated. If the manual feed button was operated, the paper is advanced a prescribed length, and the paper is cut b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152263 | Printer When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for whic... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149465 | Coloring image generating apparatus and coloring image generating method for generating a coloring image from an image using an edge intensity frequency distribution of the image A coloring image generating apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires an image; an edge intensity calculating unit that calculates an edge intensity frequency distribution of the image; a threshold value setting unit that sets a threshold value for dividin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149163 | GPS compound navigation device To provide a GPS compound device having a configuration including a GPS receiver, that accurately determines abnormality in an output from the GPS receiver based on a difference between a GPS pseudorange measurement and a Doppler frequency measurement, when detectin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147023 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus including: a first motor configured to provide a drive force for rotating a roll member that is a wound medium; a second motor configured to provide a drive force for driving a transporting drive roller provided on a downstream side of the roll ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147021 | Printer When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for whic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146547 | Variable valve actuator with a pneumatic booster Actuators, and corresponding methods and systems for controlling such actuators, provide independent valve control with a large initial or opening force. In an exemplary embodiment, an actuator includes a driver further including a housing defining a longitudinal ax... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142560 | Ink set, and ink jet recording method using the ink set An ink set including two or more kinds of ink compositions including at least a black ink composition and a color ink composition, in which the black ink composition includes a self-dispersion type pigment having a hydrophilic group on the surface thereof, the color... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142087 | Printing device with paper width detector mounted to carriage and method of controlling the printing device An image printing device and a method of controlling the image printing device are provided. One embodiment of an image printing device includes a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media, a printing unit that performs a printing process for the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141976 | Printing control method for a serial inkjet printer, and a serial inkjet printer A printing control method for a serial inkjet printer prevents paper dust that is dispersed by the air current produced by a vacuum platen from adhering to the ink nozzle area. An inkjet head that prints while moving along the width of the vacuum platen is moved to ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141867 | Medium delivery device and medium processing apparatus with a pressing unit A medium delivery device comprising a medium insertion section into which a sheet-shaped medium to be delivered is inserted in a stacked state, first and second medium guide surfaces that are opposed to each other to guide the sheet-shaped medium to the medium deliv... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137448 | Ink composition for ink jet recording There is provided an ink composition that can realize high-quality images free from white streaks or roughness even in low resolution when printing paper for running-on such as art paper is used. The ink composition comprises at least a colorant, water, an alcohol s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134746 | Printing device, printing method, and print program for coloring a white area of a print image There is provided a printing device that generates print data used for a printing process based on a print source. The printing device includes a duplication unit that duplicates a spool file that is generated from a single print source in a case where a direction f... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132506 | Media processing device and control method for a media processing device A control method for a publisher that has a media drive for writing data to one side of a target disc, a label printer for printing on the other side of the target disc, media stacker for storing the target discs, and a media transportation mechanism for transportin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130388 | Method for adjusting a printing position for a printing apparatus There is disclosed a method executed in a printing apparatus operable to read out data from a recording medium and to execute printing based on the read-out data with respect to a printing medium. A first mode for selecting a type of the printing is effected. A pres... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128189 | Position detecting device, liquid ejecting apparatus and method of detecting smear of scale A position detecting device for detecting a position of an object, includes a light emitting portion that emits light, a light receiving portion that receives the light from the light emitting portion, and a scale that is arranged between the light emitting portion ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127913 | Transportation state evaluation method for a recording media processing device Transportation state evaluation methods, transportation state evaluation programs, and recording media processing devices are provided. In one embodiment, a check processing device has an insertion direction evaluation means that determines if an orientation of a ch... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125682 | Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same An image processing apparatus including: an image source acquiring unit that acquires an image source; a determining unit that determines whether the image source acquired is a moving image source; a setting unit that sets a matrix size used in a noise elimination o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124250 | Organic electronic device An organic electronic device includes: a pair of electrodes, an organic film layer containing an organic substance having a benzothiadiazole skeleton, a metal oxide layer provided on the organic film layer by vacuum vapor deposition, and an interface formed between ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113610 | Fluid ejection device and mounting position determination method An output voltage of a paper-width detector is input while a carriage is moved leftward in a main scan direction. Whether a mounting position of a test element member in the main scan direction falls within a generally horizontal design basis range is determined bas... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110034 | Ink set, and ink jet recording method using the ink set An ink set for ink jet recording that realizes a satisfactory image in addition to high color-developing ability, high ejection stability, and high recover ability from clogging is provided. An ink set contains two or more ink compositions at least including ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109627 | Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided. A transport mechanism is that transports a sheet in a first direction. A liquid ejecting head is configured to eject liquid onto the sheet. The transport mechanism includes: a plurality of transport belts that transports the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107113 | Printer and image processing apparatus An input unit inputs RAW data. An image generating unit generates an image from the RAW data using a demosaicing processing. A print unit that prints the image. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107009 | Television connection state detecting device and image display device The invention provides a television-connection-state detecting device that includes: a resistor element that outputs an analog video signal that is to be displayed on a television receiver; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates reference voltages for... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104857 | Method of calculating correction value, correction value calculating program, and liquid ejecting apparatus A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a test pattern in which a dot row formed A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a test pattern in which a dot row formed by aligning dots in a direction intersecting a predetermined dir... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102551 | Image processing apparatus, method of displaying raw file information, and computer program product An image processing apparatus for performing a developing process on RAW image data included in a specific RAW file. The image processing apparatus includes a decision module and a display. The decision module decides whether a RAW file is developable or not in the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098393 | Print system for resuming printing operation following an off-line error Described are a printer and a method of controlling it, in which discarding received data and clearing data from a receive buffer is started when an off-line error occurs and the printer goes off-line. When the printer returns on-line, a control unit causes a data r... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094990 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a timing specifying unit that allows a user to specify a timing to execute video printing of a video file at least including first image data based on which a video frame is generated and second image data based on which ... | 01/10/2012 |
