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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184262 | Pulse to pulse energy equalization of light beam intensity A system for equalizing pulse to pulse energy of a light beam includes a group of optical devices including an optical device configured to exhibit third order nonlinear properties. Transmission properties of an unequalized light beam passing through the group of op... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7580110 | Exposure apparatus and exposure method An exposure apparatus and exposure method that produces plasma from a target material, generates pulsed light, and carries out exposure with the pulsed light. In particular, a light emitting source generates pulsed light by producing plasma from an intermitte... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7432492 | Image reading apparatus capable of reading infrared and visible images An image reading apparatus includes a light source with a first luminescent portion that outputs light with a first wavelength range and a second luminescent portion that outputs light with a second wavelength range, the wavelength ranges being different from each o... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7362336 | Four color digital cinema system with extended color gamut and copy protection A color display system including a display device for four or more visible color primaries and a processor for controlling the four or more color primaries to selectively render portions of an image or image sequence such that visually equivalent colors displayed in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7333153 | Expanded information capacity for existing communication transmission systems A system for transmitting digital programming includes a program source providing digital information, circuitry for modulating the digital information onto a visual carrier modulated with analog television programming, and a visual transmitter coupled to the modula... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310159 | Image outputting system An image outputting system that can keep the printed image quality always in good condition by correcting printing color tone based on printing color correcting information received via a network. The image outputting system comprises: an image outputting apparatus ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295362 | Continuous direct-write optical lithography An optical lithography system comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator, imaging optics and means for continuously moving a photosensitive substrate relative to the spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator comprises at least one array of indivi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277598 | Image processing apparatus, certification photograph taking apparatus, and certification photograph creation system A certification photograph creation system includes a certification photograph taking apparatus, an image input apparatus to input a photographed image, an image processing apparatus and a printer to output an image that has been subjected to the image processing as... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268797 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same One scanning interval of a laser beam is divided into a plurality of blocks, correction data, which corresponds to optical characteristics of an optical unit placed between a laser element and a photosensitive drum, is stored in memory in association with each block... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256408 | Gas supply unit, gas supply method and exposure system A gas supply unit supplies gas to a certain space via a channel, and includes a first switch mechanism located in the channel for selectively changing the channel of the gas. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242521 | Dual-axis confocal microscope having improved performance for thick samples An optical head for confocal microscopy that is especially advantageous for measurements on thick samples is provided. An interface between the optical head and the sample is index matched, to avoid beam aberration at this interface. The optical head includes a wind... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243165 | Parallel pattern detection engine A parallel pattern detection engine (PPDE) comprise multiple processing units (PUs) customized to do various modes of pattern recognition. The PUs are loaded with different patterns and the input data to be matched is provided to the PUs in parallel. Each pattern ha... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231059 | Image processing apparatus, method and storage medium therefor When image information for the purpose of being printed out has been entered, whether or not the image information contains a mark image such as a watermark is determined to such an extent that will not lower the throughput of a printer. To accomplish this, the imag... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228004 | Method for sharpening a digital image A method of sharpening a digital image having image pixels values includes the steps of: determining a Dmin value, representing a value corresponding to a minimum possible exposure for a system that produced the digital image; for each pixel value in the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218378 | Digital image processing system Photographic prints are produced from a virtual negative image on photographic paper. An image formation device coupled with a source of virtual negative images and a displacement actuator coupled with the image formation device are provided. The image formation dev... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218422 | Image output control apparatus An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation u... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215822 | Image processing device and image outputting device The invention naturally enhances the sharpness of an image by performing appropriate sharpness processing. An image processing device receives input original image data, performs sharpness processing, and outputs correction image data. Specifically, the degree of th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212657 | Method and system for enhancing portrait image that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209159 | Image forming apparatus and image forming control method An image forming apparatus that is capable of carrying out image formation on a recording medium such as plain paper without increasing the FCOT (First Copy Out Time) and is also capable of carrying out optimal image formation on a recording medium, such as thick pa... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202982 | System and method for selecting photographic images using index prints A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199810 | Beam scanning apparatus having polarization direction adjuster A beam scanning apparatus projects a beam onto a photoconductive drum according to corresponding image data, and includes a micro polarized array which is formed to receive a beam emitted from a light source and has a plurality of polarized cells arrayed in a predet... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199860 | Method of processing a roll of exposed photographic film containing photographic images into corresponding digital images and then distributing visual prints produced from the digital images This invention is directed to a method of processing at least one digital image of at least one photographic image and distributing at least one visual print produced from the at least one digital image. The method includes the steps of storing at least one digital ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187788 | Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one o... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184578 | Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being processed through a batch process, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a script file that identifies one o... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173731 | Apparatus and method for image-processing and computer program product for image-processing The image processing apparatus of this invention has a vector conversion unit that converts raster data obtained by scanning graphics into vector data, an enclosed area extraction unit that extracts enclosed areas when the enclosed areas consist of line graphics, an... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170536 | Light beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus A beam detection sensor detects power of a laser beam from one of a plurality of light sources for each scanning of a scanning section to provide a light power signal. A laser control circuit compares a value of the light power signal with a predetermined value, adj... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167266 | Image memory apparatus An image memory apparatus includes a unit for storing input image information, a unit for designating a storing capacity of the storing unit for the input image information, and a control unit for performing storing control of the storing unit for the input image in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165847 | Method and system for light processing using a gold segment A method for generating images includes shining a beam of light through a filter wheel to produce filtered light. The filter wheel includes red, green, and blue color segments and a fourth color segment that is not blue, green, red, or clear. The method also include... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164397 | Discrete light color processor Methods and apparatus for use with a discrete bit display system such as a DLP® display system for increasing brightness by using secondary light bits (such as spoke bits that are otherwise wasted). The light available from the secondary bits is distributed over th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164486 | Image forming apparatus, expansion box for image forming apparatus and image editing system An image editing system having an image forming apparatus and an expansion box. The image forming apparatus includes an image inputting part which inputs the original image as an image, an image processing part which converts image information of an input color coor... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164520 | Packaging for an interferometric modulator A package is made of a transparent substrate having an interferometric modulator and a back plate. A non-hermetic seal joins the back plate to the substrate to form a package, and a desiccant resides inside the package. A method of packaging an interferometric modul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161704 | Image formation apparatus The image formation apparatus satisfies a user's demand to effectively use a sheet by writing an image to the marginal sheet edge, and prevents that toner is not transferred to the sheet but adhered to a transfer roller when the sheet is slightly misregistered from ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149004 | System and method of processing scanned negative image A method of processing a scanned negative image produced by scanning a negative film includes creating a baseline positive image from the scanned negative image, analyzing at least one image characteristic of the baseline positive image, determining a film type of t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136672 | Mobile telephone with built-in camera and flash A mobile telephone quipped with a camera may employ, as a camera flash, one or more RGB tri-color LEDs arranged on a face of the mobile telephone which is aligned with the direction in which a photograph may be taken by the camera. The viewing angle of the RGB tri-c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136528 | System and method for editing digital images A system and method for editing digital images are described. The system for editing digital images forms an image template containing a selected record of one or more image editing operations performed on a first image to obtain a first edited image. The image temp... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124359 | Image edit device adapted to rapidly lay-out photographs into templates with means for preview and correction by user An image edit device comprises a layout unit for selecting a specific layout example from a plurality of layout examples in accordance with a predetermined criterion, and laying out a plurality of image data using said specific layout example, a manual input unit, a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120279 | Method for face orientation determination in digital color images A digital image processing method for determining an orientation of a face in a digital color image generates a mean grid pattern element image from a plurality of sample face images and an integral image from the digital color image. A face is located in the color ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118226 | Sequential color recapture for image display systems A method for transmitting light in an image display system includes generating a beam of light from a light source. The beam of light is directed at a first segment of an electronically-switchable filter. A first portion of the beam of light is accepted by the first... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116378 | Color-balanced brightness enhancement for display systems A technique for providing a desired level of color balance in field sequential color systems with brightness enhancement. In color wheels having a spectrally-broad transmissive segment, the spectrally-broad segment has a transmittance that is selected to provide a d... | 10/03/2006 |
