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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978376 | Digital photographic display device A digital photographic display frame includes a processor, a communication module responsive to the processor, and a touch screen display. The touch screen display is responsive to the processor to display a digital photographic image and to provide a touch screen n... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7936483 | Digital photo frame with rotatable screen A digital photo frame for storing and displaying photos. The photo frame has a photo-sized display screen rotatably mounted on a support such that the display screen is configurable in landscape-viewing or portrait-viewing orientations by rotation of the screen. A m... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7924472 | Update control of image processing control data This invention relates to the updating of image processing control data that is related to image data and controls image processing of the image data. An image related data generator generates an image file that includes image data and image processing data pre-stor... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7663784 | Method of storing and displaying photos on a digital photo frame A method of storing and displaying photos on a digital photo frame is provided. The digital photo frame has a photo-sized display screen rotatably mounted on a support such that the display screen is configurable in landscape-viewing or portrait-viewing orientations... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7609416 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a register, a communication unit, a control unit and a display unit. The communication unit receives a write request from an external storage device, the write request being used to write battery capacity information and storage capacit... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7515308 | Image device combined with scanning device and video device The preset invention provides an image device, which combined scanning device with video device. Due to the scanning device and video device have image data treating elements are identical in function, thus, the two image data processing elements within the scanning... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515309 | Recording apparatus, communication apparatus, recording system, and control method therefor According to an aspect of the present invention, when a printer which is directly connected to a digital camera via a communication interface and records image data transmitted from the digital camera receives a recording request from the camera, the printer acquire... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7408660 | Method and system for managing delivery of digital image files to image processing labs A mechanism is disclosed for managing delivery of digital image files to image processing labs for printing. The mechanism involves marking a digital image file with metadata that indicates a processing lab at which an image in the file should be printed. In turn, t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7382497 | Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method An image pickup apparatus and an image pickup method perform different processing on signals from respective photoelectric conversion portions in accordance with changes of photographing conditions. The signals to be subjected to the different processing are output ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379215 | Parallel scanning and processing system Film may be scanned by routing a film from a reel through two or more scanning systems, scanning the film in parallel using the scanning systems, and creating a scanning operation dataset from the output of the scanning systems. A film scanner may include a multiple... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372537 | Print processing apparatus capable of calibration printing A photographic printing apparatus includes a transporting section for cutting photosensitive material drawn from one of a plurality of magazines each accommodating therein an elongated photosensitive material into a print size piece by a cutter unit and then feeding... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369285 | Method of processing image An attentional portion to be corrected in gradation of an image is specified, and a gradation corrective function with respect to a density of the specified attentional portion is generated. Preset gradation conversion characteristics are corrected with the gradatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365764 | Scanning optical apparatus and color image forming apparatus using the same A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source capable of being modulated, a deflecting element for deflecting and scanning a beam emitted from the light source, a scanning optical element for imaging the deflected beam into a spot shape on a scanned surface, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355753 | Color saturation adjustment A method of adjusting primary color data values including producing color saturation adjusted primary color data values that depend on a relative amount of chroma in the initial primary color data values. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349117 | Method for introduction and linking of imaging appliances An imaging appliance family is a cooperative system of two or more imaging appliances that are linked together to share images, command and control. Imaging appliances may be linked to each other by introducing the appliances to each other, establishing a communicat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334224 | Image processing apparatus and data processing apparatus The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for updating internally stored data, and a data processing apparatus for transmitting instruction information to the image processing apparatus for instructing the updating of data. According to the imag... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324143 | Method and system for reducing noise in a digital image and apparatus thereof A method for reducing noise in a digital image includes providing a digital image comprising a plurality of channels with each of the channels comprising a set of pixel data signals and applying a filter to each of the sets of pixel data signals, where the filter ap... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324242 | Photographic processing system A photographic processing system comprises: a printing unit 3 for forming photographic prints based on image data read out from a negative film; a CD-R writing device 2 for writing the image data in a CD-R; a sorter 14 having numerous trays 1... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315386 | Image communication system and method In a system in which an editing server and a plurality of client computers are capable of communicating with one another, an edited image can be generated by the plurality of client computers. When image data is transmitted from the image server to the client... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310444 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus creates a pixel value histogram of an objective image, and approximates a predetermined range of the created histogram by a bended line formed from two straight lines. Then the apparatus extracts a pixel value at a boundary between a pr... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295350 | Photographic film scanning device A photographic film scanning device includes an image scanner including a first casing having a transparent top surface and an optical scanning module movably arranged inside the first casing. A film driving assembly includes a second casing having a detachable bott... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292376 | Device for digitally generating images The invention relates to a device for digitally generating images on photosensitive material comprising a light source, a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit and imaging optics. According to the invention, the LCD unit and the imaging optics are mounted in the same le... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292314 | Exposure device with spatial light modulator and neutral density filters Exposure device for writing mixed data onto a photosensitive support comprising: a light source (10), supplying an exposure light; a first two-dimension pixel matrix modulator (50), and a neutral optical filter means (12) having at least two dif... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280132 | Method and device for imaging a printing form A method for imaging a printing form (10) using at least one controllable light source (42) is described, a number of image spots (20) being generated at a number of positions on the printing form (10) in accordance with image data in a b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277602 | Method and system for pixel bus signaling in CMOS image sensors A method and system for inter-processor communication in a pixel array in a CMOS sensor is provided. The system includes a bus for transmitting information between a first processor and a second processor, wherein such information is used for performing image proces... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274475 | Image recording and reproducing device, method and memory medium readable with computer A camera device includes an image data generation unit which generates image data corresponding to a captured image; a specific information generation unit which generates specific information relating to the image data; a recording unit which records the image data... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274478 | Image printing apparatus and image printing control method A print-direct printer for receiving and printing JPEG data from a DSC divides the area of a memory into a plurality of blocks, stores the received JPEG data in the memory on a block-by-block basis and decompresses the compressed JPEG data that has been stored in th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269300 | Sharpening a digital image in accordance with magnification values A method of processing a digital image having pixels to improve the sharpness of a print generated from the digital image including determining a magnification value representing the magnification of a pixel of the digital image on the print based on the number of i... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268904 | Print order recording system that provides notification if a requested image is absent Reduced image data of images recorded in a memory card of a digital camera is transmitted from the digital camera to a portable phone. In the portable phone, while viewing the photographs one by one, a print order instruction operation is performed on the desired im... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262873 | Photoprinter access to remote data A photoprinter accesses remote digital photographs and files. A computer readable medium has one or more files, such as digital photographs. A computer has access to the files on the computer readable medium. A communication link connects the computer to a photoprin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263240 | Method, system, and software for improving signal quality using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed for a desired number of pyramid levels. The decomposed signal from the lowest level is modified to generate a preprocessed signal. The preproc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259879 | Print ordering system and control method therefor, and server computer and communication terminal used for print ordering system and control method therefor In order to make it possible to simply order extra prints, an image viewing/ordering ID and an image viewing/ordering password and an order determining ID and an order determining password are issued (created) when input of image data is accepted. Each of members be... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251783 | Large area storage display A large area display workstation provides a liquid crystal display, configured to produce an image. The electrical components of the liquid crystal display are disposed on a substrate through a large area fabrication technique. The workstation has a first, high-reso... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248291 | Digital camera with priority information Even if the digital camera is inexpensive without the function of reproducing images, it can effectively use a memory capacity and has the function of responding to quick image-capturing, and important images can be recorded with higher priority. The digital camera ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248006 | Electronically controlled electric motor A system for controlling an electric motor comprises, in one embodiment, an encoder; a central processor in communication with said encoder; a module processor in communication with said central processor; feedback circuitry in communication with said module process... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242503 | Image reading method In the image reading method, a film having images recorded in a plurality of frames in a longitudinal direction is transported to read the images photoelectrically at an image reading position by an image reading device. This method transports the film in a first di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230737 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method for inputting a color image signal and correcting the color image signal according to an observation condition, comprising the steps of: judging whether or not the input color image signal represents achromatic color; and controlling the c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228010 | Systems, methods and devices for determining and assigning descriptive filenames to digital images Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for determining and assigning descriptive filenames to digital images based on auxiliary input such as user provided input or input from some reference database. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221476 | Picture image processing apparatus and method, and picture processing system A picture image processing apparatus is provided with a hue calculating portion for calculating a hue pixel by pixel based on RGB data, a first sampling portion for sampling pixels having a hue corresponding to a skin color from the RGB data, a first characteristic ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218776 | Plurality of picture appearance choices from a color photographic recording material intended for scanning A system and method of offering photofinishing services involves receiving an exposed photographic film from a customer; developing and scanning the film to produce a digital image; displaying examples of a plurality of looks on a color display medium to a customer;... | 05/15/2007 |
