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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127530 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF DATA WRITING An image processing apparatus for executing an image processing of print data and instructing a printing to a printing apparatus having a consumable supply, comprising:
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| 20120105911 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING AN INTERMEDIATE FILL WITH A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS A method of associating a shared fill with a plurality of objects, is disclosed. Each of the objects is associated with a fill. A bounding region of the shared fill is determined based on a fill of a first of the plurality of objects. The first object is associated with... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105913 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME An image processing device is provided, which includes a first processor, a second processor configured to perform communication with the first processor, and a memory connector that is connected with the second processor, configured such that an external memory is deta... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105914 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS In one embodiment, a circuit includes an input buffer, an output buffer, a counter, an issuing unit, a first controller, a register, and a second controller. The input buffer and the output buffer have a variable storage capacity. The counter cyclically counts from a fi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus is provided, including an image forming mechanism which executes a printing process; an object data memory which stores image data as an object of the printing process when a printing instruction is received; a re-formation condition memory wh... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081724 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: an internal storage device; an attachment portion to which an external storage device can be attached; an image reading unit that reads contents of an original as an image and converts the image into an electronic signal; a first ima... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069402 | PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING DEVICE A printing device includes a plurality of storage units into which image data is written, a control unit which has storage space information indicating a same storage space as a storage space of each of the plurality of storage units and manages address information to p... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050812 | DATA STORAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS IN PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DATA STORAGE PROCESSING METHOD A writing-back task unit alternately performs writing-back of data of a second storage unit in two storage areas of a non-volatile memory according to a flag value of an updating flag. At this time, a counting process of a counter for obtaining a count value according t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050811 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING FOR PLURAL IMAGES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A writing unit writes first and second divided images on a frame memory. A reading unit adds an end portion included in the second divided image to the first divided image and reads the result as a first read image from the frame memory. Also, the read unit reads the se... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050810 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DIGITAL DATA WITH MEMORY MEDIUM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM An information processing apparatus enabling a user to easily select a desired memory medium from among a plurality of memory media connected thereto. Appearance image information indicating an appearance image of the information processing... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044539 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF In an image processing apparatus, an HDD stores registration data, an operation unit receives an instruction requesting erasure of the registration data, and a control unit erases the registration data and restricts operations of the image processing apparatus in respon... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038952 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSLATING VIRTUAL MEMORY ADDRESS INTO PHYSICAL MEMORY ADDRESS An image forming apparatus includes a function unit to perform functions of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit to control the function unit to perform the functions of the image forming apparatus. The control unit includes a processor core to operate in a v... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033236 | CONTROLLING DEVICE A controlling device may be configured to generate a first type of intermediate data using the original data after accepting a print instruction for printing the original image and before accepting a setting instruction for setting a print condition from a user. The con... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026515 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING N-UP PRINTING PROGRAM An image forming device includes: a storing unit that stores image data of plural pages, an operating unit and a setting unit that sets the number of sheets used for N-up printing of the plural pages. A determining unit determines the number of pages aggregated on a sin... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019868 | SCANNER DEVICE A scanner device may create original data in an internal storage unit. The original data may include header information and actual image data representing a scan target object. The header information may include a first value as size information. The size information ma... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013949 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A data processing apparatus determines a color range based on a dot counting value of a number of colors smaller than a number of colors subjected to thinning processing. Thus, even if the number of ink colors subjected to the thinning processing is great, a processing ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013927 | Data-Processing Apparatus and Data-Processing Method A data-processing method for being executed by a data-processing apparatus having a storage unit, includes: specifying a type of data or a function that corresponds to a process desired to be executed; reading, from the storage unit, device identification information th... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110317220 | SERVER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING DATA According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a storage unit, a transfer unit, and a management unit. The storage unit stores user identification information and an extension condition with information indicating a print job. If the transfer unit receives an ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110304860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING E-BOOK CONTENTS An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a function unit which performs a function of the image forming apparatus, a user interface which receives a selection of job data processed by the function unit and a selection of a layout for ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110292448 | PROGRAM EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD A program execution control method for a printer provided with a controller including a CPU, a RAM and a ROM, wherein a first program to be operated in a printing state, a second program to be operated in a sleep state and a third program to be operated in a standby sta... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110279871 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM It is determined whether or not there is an available area to store composite image data, in addition to inputted image data, in a storage device for storage of image data. When it is determined that there is an available area, the composite image data obtained by combi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273738 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM An image forming apparatus that carries out printing an image based on printing data includes a data storing part configured to receive and store the printing data; a change receiving part configured to receive an input of change information that is used to change print... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267645 | PRINT-DOCUMENT CONVERSION APPARATUS, PRINT-DOCUMENT CONVERSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM A print-document conversion apparatus includes a conversion-module activation section that activates, as a process, a conversion module for performing conversion processing for converting print-document data which is described in a page description language and which in... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110254889 | FIFO METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY REGISTERING IMAGE DATA Disclosed are FIFO type methods, systems and apparatus for electronically registering image data relative to a rastering device or other marking device. According to an exemplary method, a FIFO type data queuing configuration is provided, where the length of data memory... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255102 | FIFO METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY REGISTERING IMAGE DATA Disclosed are FIFO type methods, systems and apparatus for electronically registering image data relative to a raster or other marking device. According to an exemplary method, a FIFO type data queuing configuration is provided, where the length of data memory segments ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255133 | EXTERNAL STORAGE FOR IMAGING DEVICES Imaging devices and external storage media facilitate secured storage of user-specific data. An imaging device includes a processor configured to detect coupling of an external storage medium to the imaging device, to perform an authentication process upon detecting the... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249297 | Printing Apparatus, Data Storage Medium, Interface Device, Printer Control Method, and Interface Control Method An interface device backs up printer settings and operating history data of printer so that the settings and history data can be easily restored. A nonvolatile memory 109 in the printer 101 stores printer settings data. Commands from a host 161 are ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242608 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD An image forming apparatus has a function for formation of an image and includes a first storage unit in which data is stored; an operation input receiving unit that receives an operation input from a user; a storage control unit that stores data in the first storage un... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242590 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an erase designating unit configured to designate an intensity value of overwrite erase for each data or each job unit as a method of erasing unnecessary data that is written in a storage device, and an ov... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235122 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC LANGUAGE CUSTOMIZATION Methods disclosed facilitate the dynamic addition of language support for peripherals. In some embodiments, peripherals may read in language strings in a previously unsupported language from a data file and populate memory locations with the strings. The memory location... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235124 | Image Forming Apparatus, Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Job History Management Program Code, and Job History Management Method in the Image Forming Apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a history storage unit, a history writing unit, and a history reading unit. The history storage unit is configured to store a job history that shows a history of a job. The history writing unit is configured to divide that job history... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235123 | PRINTER A printer includes a connection port that connects an external storage device to the printer, a command input unit that inputs coded information or text-form information, and a processor that executes a command corresponding to coded information or text-form information... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110222093 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM An information recording method includes: acquiring plural pieces of file information; acquiring plural pieces of additional information accompanying the acquired pieces of file information; storing the acquired pieces of file information in first or second storage area... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222121 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores first image data including a plurality of pixel data; a control unit which is connected to the storage unit and which performs a calculation process on the first image data and controls performing... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216370 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE RECORDING APPARATUS A recording apparatus configured to record on a recording medium by using a recording head, includes a first storage unit that stores input data including a command and a first image data, a reading unit that reads out the command and the first image data stored in the ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM An apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a setting history indicating a setting content relating to an executed processing, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a definition file, and a processing unit configured to execute the processing according ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216350 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO IMAGES FROM HARDCOPY PUBLICATIONS A method, device, and system maintain a database of printed publications within a first computerized device. The printed publications each have one or more printable images. The first computerized device receives from a second computerized device (that is operatively co... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216369 | METHOD OF STORING DATA ON A PHOTOGRAPH A method of storing data on a photograph includes delimiting a plurality of data block regions on the photograph, the plurality of data block regions superposing a region of the photograph delimited for the printing of a photographic image; compressing data representing... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211228 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RESTORE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An image forming apparatus is described where restoration of unnecessary data is prevented, and a storage area of the image forming apparatus is effectively utilized. When an option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is selected, data backed... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211204 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS The first processor element (PE) interprets a display list, generates pieces of edge information of objects contained in one line, sorts the pieces of edge information for each line, and transfers the level data containing link information linking to width information o... | 09/01/2011 |
