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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154770 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that includes an image reading part to read an image of an original, an image recording part to record the image read by the image reading part on a sheet, a sheet discharge part to discharge the sheet recorded by the image recording part ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144370 | Image forming apparatus, printing method and printing apparatus To provide new image forming apparatus and a printing method that can obtain information on image forming by using terahertz waves. An image forming apparatus includes a stock unit for stocking a media stack made of a plurality of media with images formed on; an ele... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8045237 | Data processing apparatus and method of using the same In a data processing apparatus of the present invention, a disk unit storing a disk is mounted on the apparatus such that the surface of the disk is parallel to the direction of a shock or an impact. This protects the disk unit and therefore the disk from the influe... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035862 | Fast method for fax encoded data conversion In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a fax decoding/re-encoding system for transferring fax images between a sending fax machine and a receiving fax machine includes a decoder responsive to an encoded fax image defined by rows of scan lines. Th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7760402 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method using a memory, scan controller, transmission controller, file manager and fax controller. The software is configured for an image process in which a facsimile function is controlled to operat... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7672021 | Image forming apparatus and method The image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming section which includes an image forming device forming an image onto a recording medium; a plurality of recording medium supply sections which store recording media and supply the recording media to the image f... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7443547 | Portable electronic faxing, scanning, copying, and printing device A lightweight, battery operated, portable, personal electronic device capable of faxing, scanning, printing and copying media as a standalone device or in cooperation with other electronic devices including PCs, mobile telephones, PDAs, etc. is provided. The device ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440463 | Method and apparatus for automatic document interchange between electronic mail (e-mail) and facsimile (fax) systems An ARPA-Internet Network Access/Service Provider device includes a fax gateway having a storage device for storing an e-mail message received from a sender through a data communication network. The stored e-mail message is converted to a fax document for transmissio... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436538 | Dispersed input and output system There is disclosed a dispersed input and output system adapted to instruct the execution of a dispersed divided input operation at a document input and output device, perform control to cause a plurality of document input and output devices other than the document i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433065 | Image forming device consumable monitoring methods, consumable monitoring systems and image forming devices Image forming device consumable monitoring methods, consumable monitoring systems and image forming devices are described. According to one aspect, an image forming device consumable monitoring method includes storing information regarding a plurality of consumables... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423783 | Color image scanning and printing device with efficient conversion of scanned image data into print image data A color image scanning and printing device includes a scanning unit which scans an image of a plural number of pages, a conversion unit performing a conversion process by converting a scanned result scanned by the scanning unit into image data of each of a plurality... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420698 | Systems and methods for providing computer based printing, scanning and faxing Systems and methods for providing computer based printing, scanning and faxing. A computer device is used in a system configuration to describe a fax operation as a sequence of commands from a fax description language (FDL) forming a program unit, wherein the progra... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411695 | Image reading apparatus and original cover thereof The original cover of an image reading apparatus for covering an original stand which is provided on the image reading apparatus and on which an original is placed is provided with a cover member for covering the original placed on the original stand, and a hinge me... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400422 | Method, apparatus, and program to prevent computer recognition of data A text modification mechanism is provided for formatting data such that the information can be reasonably deciphered by a human, but cannot be easily recognized by computer recognition techniques. The text modification mechanism alters printed text so that computer ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400428 | Color facsimile apparatus and method of controlling communication thereof The present invention makes it possible to transmit an image, which has been captured as by a digital camera, in the form of a file by facsimile communication. To this end, if an X bit of a FIF (Facsimile Information Field) from a receiving machine is ON, the facsim... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391527 | Method and system of using a multifunction printer to identify pages having a text string A method is directed to using a multifunction printer to identify pages of a printed document that have a specified text string. The method comprises electronically converting, with the multifunction printer, a plurality of pages of the printed document to a plurali... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383494 | Generating a confirmation sheet listing identifiers, thumbnails, and pages associated with page thumbnails Typical confirmation sheets include a general job status and a reduced image of the first page of the job. This may be sufficient for a job comprising a single service and a single destination or recipient. The confirmation sheet would be more useful if it provided ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370800 | Information processing method Analyzing copyright information written in a predetermined position of an optically read two-dimensional code symbol (step S41). After that, performing analysis in accordance with the data type, e.g., URL non-display data (UND), text data (TXD), binary data (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369256 | Interruption of job in information processing apparatus by means of acquisition and release of resources An information processing apparatus, which attends to inputting and outputting of image data, and processes the image data by performing a job that uses a resource, includes a time-division resource allocation unit which performs the job by consecutively performing ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365886 | Method and apparatus for feeding a document to a device A document feeding apparatus includes a chassis having a plurality of side surfaces and a substantially level upper surface. A feed mechanism is mounted in the chassis. A document entrance passageway is defined by the chassis and substantially enclosed by the chassi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365871 | Apparatus for capturing, converting and transmitting a visual image signal via a digital transmission system An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357538 | Method and apparatus for providing light An apparatus and method according to which light is provided. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359070 | Multi-function peripheral with camera A multi-function peripheral device for producing output images. The device includes a scanning system for creating a scanned input image, a camera for creating a captured input image, a controller for receiving at least one of said scanned input image and said captu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352492 | Method for compensating for printer characteristics What is disclosed is a method for compensating for printer characteristics having a tone reproduction curve which is either too rough to be fitted by interpolation or which does not have a simple parametric function. The method comprising first placing a first set o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349972 | Secure initialization of communication with a network resource A method for initialization of secure communication between a network resource and a client via a network. The method includes receiving an access at the network resource from a management application of a client. In response to the access, configuration parameters ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345776 | Information processing apparatus and method In an information processing apparatus when the body pages are set to start from the back side of the cover, the cover is printed on the first side of the first sheet, the first page of the body is printed on the second side of the first sheet, and the second and su... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342694 | Image reading device An image reading device for reading a document while conveying it of the present invention includes a reading member for reading the document, a path positioned downstream of the reading member in a direction of document conveyance such that the document moving away... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336399 | Document image scanning device that provides image of proper appearance while preserving image density A device for scanning a document includes a photoelectric conversion unit which scans a document, and supplies image data of the scanned document, a background detecting unit which detects a background level of the image data, an image processing unit which applies ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337387 | Intercepting document data from a spooler and using the data to retrieve related information from a data base to modify the document An improved document generation tool which intercepts data from a print spool and utilizes that data in conjunction with the database to cause certain changes to the final printed data. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336852 | Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and recording medium for image processing program An image processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a computer-readable recording-medium for storing an image processing program are disclosed. The image processing apparatus can synthesize coded data encoded in accordance with ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336401 | Systems and methods for estimating an image marking process using event mapping of scanned image attributes Methods and systems used to automatically identify the marking process used for an image on a substrate based on spatial characteristics and/or color of the image. Image types which are classified and identified include continuous tone images and halftone images. Am... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333246 | Method and system for imposing print data A method, system and computer program provides for making an image area correction in a printing system. Print data is provided in a logical page order corresponding to at least one signature for printing. At least one parameter of a recording medium on which the pr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333231 | Method and system for generating and finishing documents For generating and finishing documents, a first data file in a first format, which describes the content of a document, is provided. The first data file is converted into a second data file (21-25; 121-125) in a second format, in which image def... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333223 | System and method for electronically delivering documents A system and method are provided for reliable and customer-friendly delivery of documents. One method of the present invention include the steps of: producing document data for printing documents; accepting requests to print selected documents; determining whether a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330285 | Image processing apparatus and print control method therefor An image processing apparatus for processing image data comprises a printer for printing processed image data on recording paper; an image data receiver for receiving image data transmitted thereto via a network; storage unit for storing the image data received by t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327496 | Imaging apparatus and method An imaging apparatus includes a first sensor for imaging a first side of an object and a second sensor for imaging a second side of an object. The imaging apparatus also includes an information handling system for generating a negative image of the second side, and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318201 | Computer-implemented image acquisition system An image acquisition system has a computer and one or more imaging devices coupled thereto. Each imaging device has a device memory and is capable of capturing and storing a digital image in its memory. An image device manager is implemented in software on the compu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315629 | System and method for authenticating objects using non-visually observable encoded indicia An authentication method comprises providing at least one object having a print region with printed material contained thereon, the print layer comprising a layer of non-visible indicia. At least a portion of the non-visible indicia is formed from an emitting substa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315394 | Calibration method for an imaging device A method includes forming a plurality of test patches in an array of orthogonal rows. The test patches are formed by using at least one printhead in an imaging machine. Each of the test patches is associated with a respective one of a plurality of initial input colo... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312884 | Image reading apparatus selectively connectable to image forming apparatuses via a network When performing remote copying between different apparatuses on a network, authentication of a user ID at the original-reading side is appropriately performed. A copying machine, serving as an image reading apparatus, selects and connects a copying machine, serving ... | 12/25/2007 |
