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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6931163 | Method for converting the coordinates of image data by way of random offset of the picture elements In a method for converting the coordinates of image data, the positions of new picture elements in a new coordinate system are calculated by means of coordinate transformation equations from the positions of initial picture elements in an initial coordinate system. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6931419 | Data management system for automatically accessing, maintaining, propagating user data among plurality of communities, each of which contains plurality of members The present community membership data management system identifies each user and their associated communities of interest. Each community has a user defined permission to access a subset of the user's data, which data is shared among some or all of the members of th... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924907 | Compact color printer module A printer module for a compact printer system comprises a stationary printhead, an ink reservoir, a motive means and an image storing means, all housed within an elongate body. The motive means carries a printable media past the printhead which prints a full width i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6925538 | Extending the functionality of a multi-functional apparatus A multi-functional apparatus of all-in-one type has a plurality of functions and comprises a plurality of devices having respective functions, a designation device for designating one of the functions, where each function utilizes at least one of the plurality of de... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922200 | Delivering a graphical object to a browser Techniques are provided for delivering a graphical object to a browser including the steps of receiving a request that requires delivery of the graphical object to the browser, wherein the graphical object is not a table; and in response to the request, generating a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922258 | Method and apparatus for printing remote images using a mobile device and printer Techniques are disclosed for coupling a printer to a mobile communications device (such as a cellular telephone), downloading printing information (such as a digital image) to the printer over a wireless network through the mobile communications device, and using th... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919916 | Method and device for creating a facsimile of an image A technique of using an electronic device to change light into the facsimile of an image. Signals are generated, indicative of the image shape. An array of electro optical devices are transformed based on the image signals, and those devices are used to transform th... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919923 | Digital still camera capable of communicating audio and image data to/from a remote site A digital still camera includes means for converting an optical image into a digital electromagnetic image signal, means for transmitting an electromagnetic to designate a remote device accessible in accordance with a wireless telephone system, means for receiving a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917962 | Web-based groupware system The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a communication network. The system comprises a network-connected server having input and access capabilities, a site builder, a transmitter, a communicator, and memory. The site-builder receives ins... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912061 | Method and apparatus for processing image output A print server connected to medical diagnostic imaging equipment via a network or dedicated channels, wherein the print server executes a process to identify the device that is the source of image data received via the network or dedicated channels and outputs the i... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908244 | Split paper support A printer paper support system includes a housing, a first paper support pivotally attached to the housing and a second paper support pivotally attached to the housing, the second paper support extending the first paper support. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909525 | Facsimile machine and image margin adjustment method A facsimile machine detects transition points in image data, and adjusts the image data accordingly. Preferably, the image data are run-length data, from which image margins are detected, and the image data are adjusted to avoid overflow of printing margins. The adj... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909909 | Communication apparatus capable of communicating via different types of communication lines and control method thereof To provide an communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus that allows radio communication in different modes to be used so that efficient communication can be implemented. For instance, even in a state where the image reading section (hand scanner) is remo... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6910125 | Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including a decoder with token generator and methods relating thereto A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit strea... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907381 | System for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power-generation installation In order to provide an operation and maintenance planning aiding system for a power generation installation which prepares an operation plan for a plurality of power generation units by making use of actual plant data and based on a total judgment including a variet... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906822 | Page printer and page printer control method The present invention relates to a page printer control method, a page printer therefor, for compressing print data for one page and for storing the compressed data in a memory, so that even when a printing resolution is changed in due to a memory shortage, the reso... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903835 | Communication apparatus A low power dissipation facsimile apparatus is capable of accommodating a plurality of lines. This apparatus is arranged to reduce the power consumption still more. The apparatus comprises a first control unit having a low power dissipation mode, which controls a fi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903845 | Facsimile machine for use in combination with PC In view of the fact that a limited storage area of a facsimile memory cannot store a large amount of data necessary to operate and manage the facsimile machine, a hard disk of a personal computer connected to the facsimile machine is used for storing such a large am... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6904182 | Whiteboard imaging system An image capturing system is installable in a room opposite a writing surface. The image capturing system is adapted to take visual images of the writing surface and identify information written thereon. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6904261 | Insert sheet transporting apparatus an insert sheet transporting method and an image forming apparatus The proposed apparatus is designed for being capable of recovering even when the overlapped transport of insert sheets has occurred without stopping the apparatus, thereby providing an improved utility to the users. The apparatus includes a first sheet feeder for se... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897971 | Facsimile distribution manager A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for electronically distributing facsimile messages directly to users according to recipient preferences. The method comprises the steps of receiving a message from a transmitting facsimile via a tel... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6894799 | Facsimile apparatus A facsimile machine (F) that is capable of performing a confidential transmission, broadcast transmission, etc. by batch transmission. If a user of the facsimile machine wants to send a plurality of image data to a recipient, for instance, confidentially and simulta... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894798 | Internet facsimile system In a facsimile system adapted to receive data via a LAN (Internet facsimile system), when the facsimile machine is unable to print or otherwise process the received data, and has no mass storage device, the received data is rerouted to the other terminal connected t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6876469 | Transmitting/receiving system fitted with backup function An object of the invention is to reliably back up data stored in a memory provided in a transmitting/receiving apparatus by using a volatile memory even when a power source is shut down for a long period of time. The transmitting/receiving apparatus includes an imag... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6856431 | Method and apparatus for facsimile transmission capable of effectively decreasing communication costs A gateway apparatus includes facsimile and Internet communications mechanisms, a memory, and a communications controller. The facsimile communications mechanism receives facsimile communications protocols and facsimile information from a calling facsimile apparatus ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6853462 | Facsimile apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable storage medium In facsimile-communicating an original when the Internet selection state in an operation unit is set to “automatic selection”, the original is communicated by selecting the e-mail-based Internet for an A4 original size, and the session-based Internet for a B4 or... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6844939 | Device for transmission/reception of facsimile data in wireless local loop (WLL) system A device for transmission/reception of a facsimile data in a separate type WLL system is provided, in which an analog G3 facsimile signal is converted into a CDMA signal format for transmission/reception of the signal. The device includes an interface unit for trans... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6833934 | Transmission result output method for use in data transmission apparatus As described above, a user selects desired ones of the transmission results and then depresses the start key. Then, only the selected transmission results are extracted from the transmission results recorded in a transmission management section 18a and... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6831757 | Control method of network facsimile apparatus A network facsimile apparatus is connected to a local area network, has a function of performing data transmission using electronic mail, and has a function of transmitting facsimile data to and receiving facsimile data from a facsimile apparatus using a predetermin... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6826625 | NETWORK THAT CONVERTS DATA FROM A FIRST FORMAT INTO A SECOND FORMAT FOR COMMUNICATION, DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION OF DATA IN A FIRST FORMAT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCORPORATING ALL THE ABOVE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ALL THE ABOVE In a communication system having a network capable of converting data in a first format into data in a second format to perform communication, and a data communication apparatus capable of performing communication of the data in the first format, the data communicat... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6825954 | Information communication apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an information communication apparatus that allows communication management information to be readily printed out at desired time while also achieving reductions in standby power consumption. A transmitting/receiving apparatu... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6813045 | System and method for transmitting image information to a plurality of predetermined destinations A system and method for automatically starting a dialing group upon detection of a document containing image information and transmitting said image information to a plurality of predetermined destinations comprising a first step of pre-programming and storing a dia... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810408 | Method and apparatus for controlling cascading e-mail distribution A method, apparatus and an article of manufacture for providing cascade distribution of electronic mail comprising creating an electronic mail message having a flag to identify the electronic mail message as a cascade-type electronic mail message or a cascade forwar... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6801340 | Data communication apparatus and method A document transmission apparatus reduces troublesome labor of an operator when transmitting document data, inputted from a scanner or the like, by various transmission methods such as electronic mail, facsimile, remote printing and file transfer. An address book co... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6791719 | Image recording apparatus and image reading apparatus connectable to the image recording apparatus Upon depression of a copy execution button 8, an image recording apparatus 1 executes a copy processing by causing an ink jet printer 37 to record the image data read by an image reading part 21 on recording paper. Alternatively, upon dep... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6775249 | Connection handling in communications networks An apparatus transmits information, by a communications network, to any one of a plurality of communication terminals connected to the network in response to a failed communications attempt by any one of the terminals. The apparatus comprises: an identification faci... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6760120 | Printing device control apparatus and method The object of the invention is to automatically select an optimum printing device according to the characteristics of a page in units of pages to print the page, thereby reducing the load on the operator in print processing. For this purpose, it is determined in uni... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6753980 | Line-switching facsimile modem apparatus and a facsimile modem connection method The facsimile modem of the present invention comprises a computer interface, a switching unit, and a memory unit. The objective of the present invention is this line-switching facsimile modem that can transmit a data demanding the security, high-speed, and low-cost ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6741370 | Facsimile transfer system A facsimile data transmitted from a facsimile terminal 2 through a pay station telephone network (PSTN) 1 and received by a private branch exchange 3 is automatically transferred between a voice mail device 5, a facsimile mail device 4... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6721071 | Facsimile allowing correct registration of telephone number The facsimile forms an image based on an image data received through a communication and allows registration of a telephone number specifying a calling device. In the facsimile, the telephone number of the calling device is detected at the time of calling and is ref... | 04/13/2004 |
