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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7880935 | Stored information processing device for external storages, and stored information processing method A stored information processing device for external storages, comprises a plurality of connecting portions for connecting a plurality of external storages in a detachable manner, a stored information reading portion capable of reading stored information of the exter... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7595912 | Image forming system and method At step S301, since none of conveyance sensors 114, 116 and 121 detect residual paper, a CPU 203 notifies a CPU 201 that it is in a residual paper check start instruction waiting mode. At step S302, since a conveying path se... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7511861 | Multi-page facsimile method and device A method of faxing a multi-page job via a facsimile device. Accordingly, the method includes scanning a page of the multi-page job with the facsimile device, encoding the scanned page as a fax signal, and loading the fax signal into a buffer memory. Each page of the... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7430216 | Communication apparatus There is disclosed a communication apparatus designed to assure the execution of ring type multi-address data transmission. In order to ensure that a user see a received image, transfer to a next station is not carried out until the received image is printed out. Wi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7408681 | Facsimile server that distributes received image data to a secondary destination The present invention provides a facsimile server including a facsimile receiving unit for receiving image data and a distributing unit for distributing the image data that is received by the facsimile receiving unit to an original destination. The facsimile server ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405846 | Facsimile apparatus and data entry method thereof In the transfer and entry of one-touch dial data or speed dial data from a facsimile apparatus 1 to a facsimile apparatus 10, the respective sizes of one-touch dial memory and speed dial memory in the facsimile apparatus 10 are detected. The one... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403311 | Network facsimile device A network facsimile device capable of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile image data is attached, the network facsimile device includes domain registration means for registering a domain of an add... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394577 | Method and apparatus for image processing method, and a computer product The image processing apparatus comprises an image data control section and a system controller. The image data control section is connected to any one or more of a sensor board unit, an image-memory access control section, an image processor, a video data control se... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385738 | Read module, poor connection detection apparatus and poor connection detection method of read module A read module includes: a light source that applies light to an original to read an image; a photoelectric conversion section that converts reflected light from the original into an image signal of the image; and a connector to be electrically connected to a control... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379202 | Image recording apparatus and method An image recording apparatus records image files on a recording medium. The image recording apparatus automatically selects disused files and automatically deletes them at the appropriate timing. A storage device acquires an image file from, e.g., an imaging compone... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372930 | Method to synchronize data and a transmitter and a receiver realizing said method A method to realize synchronization of data (DAT) sent from a transmitter (TX) to the receiver (RX), with a signal (SIG) available in the receiver (RX). The method includes the following steps: in the receiver (RX) generating trigger signals (T) from the signal (SIG... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369281 | Facsimile device and a facsimile device monitoring system The invention relates to a facsimile device and a facsimile device monitoring system. The result of a transmission can be promptly informed to the user. When an error occurs, the file of the memory transmission can be simply erased, or the address and the transmissi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359085 | Method and apparatus for recording sound information and playing sound information back using an all-in-one printer An all-in-one (AIO) printer is provided, in which its bulk input device (scanner) is employed as a data reader of audio information, and its bulk output device (print engine/printhead) is employed as a data burner (or writer) of audio information. The present invent... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355758 | Automated facsimile monitoring and displaying methods and related systems Automated facsimile monitoring methods, systems, and computer program products can track response data from multiple facsimiles sent to different locations and generate electronically accessible failure reports to allow for error or faults to be tracked and assessed... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355734 | Dial-up internet facsimile apparatus A dial-up internet facsimile apparatus comprises a modem that makes dial-up connection to a service provider of e-mail via telephone line, an operation section that has a stop button, and an e-mail reception section that receives e-mail data from the connected servi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7345777 | Recalling cancelled print jobs When a print job is canceled, the printer saves the print job for potential subsequent retrieval. The printer implements a user interface that allows a user to select from previously cancelled print jobs, and to recall such print jobs for subsequent printing. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333235 | Printer controller for controlling operation of a pagewidth printhead A printer controller for controlling operation of a pagewidth printhead is provided. The printer controller comprises: a bus; a data input interface connected to the bus so that the bus can receive compressed and encoded page data from a computer-based machine conne... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327483 | Document reading device A document reading device is provided with a reading unit for reading a document and generating image data corresponding to an image formed on the document. The image data is stored in an external memory that is detachably attached to a slot of the device. The opera... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321434 | Image processing apparatus and image communication apparatus for protecting image information, and method for controlling the same An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving image information, a storage unit for storing the image information received by the receiving unit, an output unit for outputting the image information received by the receiving unit, a discrimina... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317481 | Image data correction processing based on sensitivity A signal processing device includes a memory which stores correction data in advance. The signal processing device modifies the correction data stored in the memory on the basis of an image sensing signal obtained by causing an image sensing unit to perform image se... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315390 | Identity-based imaging inbound facsimile service A method and systems for saving a facsimile message to a personal image repository as a facsimile image in a format compatible with multiple computer operating systems for use with an identity-based imaging system. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310160 | Facsimile communication apparatus and method permitting reliable V.17 communication This invention is to provide a facsimile communication apparatus and method in which when a receiver which supports V.34 communication receives a call, transmits an ANSam signal, and receives a CM signal indicating V.17 communication from the transmitter, V.17 commu... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307750 | Image forming apparatus, memory control apparatus and memory control method An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium based on an image data output from a page memory having a plurality of consecutive pages each having a predetermined size. The image forming apparatus calculates a number of pages of the page memory req... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302163 | Information processing apparatus and recording control method including erroneous-erasure prevention feature An information processing apparatus for receiving a recording medium that stores image data and data setting conditions for an operation relating to the image data, and that includes an erroneous-erasure prevention mechanism, includes an image recording device for r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299260 | Apparatus and method for receiving e-mail A mail retrieval moderator instructs an image memory usage rate calculator to calculate a usage rate of an image memory, and determines whether the usage rage is greater than or equal to 98%. When the answer is “Yes”, there is a risk that the image memory will h... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296095 | Communication control method and apparatus, and communication system A printer has a queue for queuing a queued execution command, an immediate execution agent for executing a write command, and a queued execution agent for executing a read command. The immediate execution agent immediately executes the received write command, and wr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292359 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method Print data is input from a computer, and a main translator of an image processing apparatus analyzes the print data, and performs an output data process. In addition, a sub-translator analyzes the print data, performs an external reference data obtaining process thr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289684 | Moving picture processing apparatus A moving picture processing apparatus in which a buffer residual amount of a buffer module which buffers a plurality of image data which are inputted from the outside is monitored by a storing media control module and a decimation is performed at a decimation ratio ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289245 | Color facsimile device capable of transmitting color image information represented in appropriate color space through multiple communication channels A color facsimile device capable of transmitting color image information through multiple communication methods, such as G3, G4, T.37, and T.38, which can convert color image information into that represented in appropriate color space for each communication methods... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286720 | Image processing apparatus, image input/output apparatus, scaling method and memory control method The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image input/output apparatus, a scaling method and a memory control method, by which input image data is written to an external memory in tiles, the tiles written to the external memory are read, and... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280452 | Optical recording/reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing backup recorded information in case of a power failure and recorded information backup method thereof An optical recording/reproducing apparatus capable of backing up recorded information in case of an electrical power failure and a recorded information backup method thereof. Management information on recorded data is stored in a local memory such as a static random... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277207 | Recording device A recording device includes an image retrieval unit, a memory, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The image retrieval unit retrieves images of the document pages as document image data. The control unit begins retrieving document image data from the memory a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266147 | Hypothetical reference decoder A hypothetical reference decoder. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262887 | Network scanner system An image input section pre-inputs an image. A temporary storage section temporarily stores the image input by the image input section. An attribute control section controls at least attribute information of the input information temporarily stored in the temporary s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256805 | Method of adjusting strobe length in a thermal printer to reduce effects of changes in media transport speed A thermal printing apparatus and a method of controlling a thermal printing apparatus is provided wherein the duration of the strobe pulse utilized to transfer the ink from the carrier to the media is controlled and adjusted by a correction factor. The correction fa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251064 | Calibration of an image scanning system A calibration method of an image scanning system is provided. Initially, differences between adjacent sensing values of a calibration plate are respectively determined and then stored in a memory. Alternately, a difference between a base value and each of the sensin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248387 | Scanning speed control device and method A control device and a method for controlling scanning speed of a scanner. The control device includes a decision device and a driving device. The decision device further includes an image buffer, an up-down counter and a comparator. The decision device receives the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245390 | Communication apparatus for ring-type multiple address transmission/reception A facsimile apparatus which is easy to use is provided. Control is performed so that a CPU (central processing unit) registers a sub-address signal and a communication specification so as to correspond to a memory box, selects start of ring-type multiple-address tra... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245393 | Facsimile machine and communication result notifying method A facsimile apparatus transmits facsimile data converted from e-mail data to a facsimile destination via a public communication network. A receiver receives the e-mail data from a requesting node. A memory stores a password and a domain name of a requesting node. An... | 07/17/2007 |
