Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164801 | Providing updated versions of printed documents from two-dimensional barcodes associated with the updated versions Providing an updated version of a printed document comprising storing data for generating an original version of a printed document, including a two-dimensional barcode that contains: data identifying the original version of the document, as well as at least a porti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8107130 | Image processing device An image processing device includes an image input device for inputting image information; a control device for converting the image information into an electric file input through the image input device; a display device for displaying file name candidates; a selec... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8014039 | Document management system, a document management method, and a document management program A document management system, a document management method, and a document management program for managing document data generated by scanning are disclosed. The document management system includes a scanning unit for reading a document and generating image d... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004723 | Information processing apparatus and image processing apparatus executing script stored in association with storage region An image processing apparatus formed of MFP or the like includes a plurality of folders for storing files. In the image processing apparatus, a script for the processing executed on a file stored in each folder is generated. Then, the generated script is stored in a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990580 | Document scanning apparatus Scanned images are tiled in a list display area of a display of a touch panel. A model icon and other icons for editing are displayed in an edit icon display area. A scanned image is accepted as an object to be processed by a touch operation to the scanned image. By... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973979 | Methods and systems for centralizing an application process Provided are methods and systems for centralizing an application process. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969619 | Information tracking method, image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, and information tracking program A computer-executable information tracking method, an image forming apparatus, an information processing apparatus, and a program to adequately track the information flow of a paper document are disclosed. The method includes a first detecting step of, whenever an i... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933048 | Image reading apparatus, server apparatus, and image processing system A control method of an image reading apparatus for transferring image information obtained by reading an original to a server apparatus has: a reading step of reading the original; a forming step of forming electronic data corresponding to the original read in the r... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924473 | Apparatus and method for image evaluation and program thereof An image evaluation apparatus includes a printing status judgment unit for judging a printing status of a target image assigned with an evaluation value and an evaluation value changing unit for appropriately changing the evaluation value based on information repres... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920298 | Method and system for distribution policy enforcement on fax According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method for enforcing a distribution policy with respect to information transmitted from a sending fax machine to a recipient fax machine as fax traffic is presented. The method comprising defining an informatio... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7864376 | Image processing apparatus When an image processing apparatus receives an execution instruction for image processing, it performs management of information related to image processing and image data that is subjected to image processing, as historical data. When the execution instruction for ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855811 | Method of providing search results to a user A method of providing search results to a user via user interaction with a printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data enabling the user interaction, said method comprising: (a) a user performing the user interaction with the substra... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853629 | Document imaging and management system for paperless workflow A document imaging and management system, including a device for imaging at least one document having at least one computer-readable identifier, a database including a plurality of rules for managing documents and tasks, a processor, software executing on the proces... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826101 | Document management method, document management program, recording medium, and document management apparatus In a document management method and apparatus of the invention, data of a paper document to which revision data are added are acquired, and data of a document file corresponding to the paper document are acquired based on document-file identification information tha... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7688475 | Scanning apparatus and method of identifying group of papers constituting single scan job and apparatus and method of detecting dog-ears of papers A scanning apparatus to scan and process one or more papers provided on a paper feeder, the scanning apparatus including a scan job identifier to identify one or more separate scan jobs within the papers provided on the paper feeder; and an image information process... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7612921 | Print job management apparatus and print job management method The technique of the invention retrieves any print job of redundant image data having identical image identification data with the image identification data of an object job, which is specified among print jobs stored in a print server, deletes image data present on... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7599100 | Image processing apparatus An original copy sheet is pre-scanned to obtain pre-scanned image data of a bit map form with a low resolution. The pre-scanned image data is converted to JPEG thumbnail image data. An EXIF file is formed in an external media to store the JPEG thumbnail image data i... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7532368 | Automated processing of paper forms using remotely-stored form content A computer-implemented method for processing paper forms includes capturing at a computer system an image of a paper form in which information has been filled-in. A location identifier is extracted from the image. The location identifier indicates an address in a st... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7434161 | Document registration system, method thereof, program thereof and storage medium thereof A document registration system, for registering a document image transmitted from an external device by a push technique in a document management system without any labor, acquires document image data transmitted from the external device by the push technique, autom... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433098 | Document processing system with improved image quality assurance A document processing system comprising an image capture subsystem for capturing selected image metrics and at least one image rendition from a plurality of documents and for determining if at least one of the selected image metrics for any of the at least one image... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423771 | On-demand image delivery server, image resource database, client terminal, and method of displaying retrieval result On-demand image delivery server delivering designated image data based on a request from a client terminal with one or a plurality of retrieval items as a retrieval condition inputted from the client terminal, made up by a retrieval function portion, which retrieves... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420712 | Systems and methods that alter electronic data based on availability of time A multifunctional device that processes electronic data includes a processor that processes the electronic data, a memory that stores the electronic data, an alteration circuit that alters the structure of the electronic data and a controller that determines whether... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417773 | Method and system for creating and sending a facsimile using a digital pen The present application describes systems and methods for composing and sending facsimile messages using a digital pointing instrument. In further configurations, a user utilizes a pen to indicate a reference to a document that is appended to the outgoing facsimile.... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414746 | Image data communication method A data transmitting device transmits a print file showing file names of image files and print conditions to a data receiving device, and the data receiving device stores the received print file in a storage medium. Then, the data receiving device requests one of the... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412037 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system Exemplary embodiments relate to a method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system. The method includes receiving and storing a facsimile at a voicemail system. The method also includes interpreting eleme... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408668 | Image data communication system, server system, method of controlling operation of same, and recording medium storing program for control of server system Original images, large images, medium images and thumbnail images are registered with a server system. An original-image file is transmitted from a client computer to the server system. The server system converts the format of the original-image file to generate a l... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403312 | Communication terminal device A communication terminal device includes a first storage device storing a transmission reservation table which includes information of communication jobs to be transmitted, a second storage device storing image data to be transmitted, and a transmitter transmitting ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7397906 | Electronic document management system and method A system and method automating the placement of paper documents into an electronic document management system. A document is faxed to a network server. The network server automatically receives the faxed document and converts it to a pre-determined file format, such... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394579 | Data writing apparatus and image processing apparatus An image reading apparatus of the present invention converts respective pixel signals outputted from first, second and third shift registers to pixel data in an analog frontend IC and outputs pixel data as a serial data stream in a predetermined pattern. The address... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389006 | Auto software configurable register address space for low power programmable processor A configurable graphics pipeline has more than one possible process flow of pixel packets through elements of the graphics pipeline. In one embodiment, a data packet triggers an element of the graphics pipeline to discover an identifier. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376273 | Device and system for information management An interactive notebook is provided which facilitates an interaction with a computer system. The notebook comprises: (i) one or more sheets having a position-coding pattern disposed thereon; (ii) at least one input field accepting: first markings from a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372485 | Digital camera device and methodology for distributed processing and wireless transmission of digital images A digital imaging system is described that provides techniques for reducing the amount of processing power required by a given digital camera device and for reducing the bandwidth required for transmitting image information to a target platform. The system defers an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370070 | Data sharing method, request processing method, program, and apparatus A data sharing apparatus shares first data with a communication partner. The data sharing apparatus obtains second data from third data by using server-aided computation, and generates fourth data to be used by the communication partner for obtaining the first data,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370114 | Software downloading using a television broadcast channel A software distribution architecture having a television broadcast system as its infrastructure. Software from a software repository (1600) is mixed into a television broadcast system and transmitted into one or more selected channels at prescribed dates and ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367667 | Image forming apparatus with conveying part arranged to allow drying An image forming apparatus has a recording head forming an image on paper by jetting ink, a conveying part conveying the paper to a position opposite to said recording head, and a reversing ejection part provided downstream in a paper conveyance direction with respe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365888 | Image read apparatus There is disclosed an image read apparatus including an image sensor including: first and second sensors including light receiving devices arranged in one row; a first shift register for outputting the pixel signals of all the light receiving devices of the first se... | 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 |
| 7359075 | Connection management system for creating and releasing connections to a print server Print server load is reduced efficiently by deleting information about print clients from a print server based on precise conditions peculiar to a print system. ... | 04/15/2008 |
