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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154772 | Facsimile apparatus A facsimile apparatus includes a document size detecting unit, a first image data generating unit, a size acquiring unit, a size comparing unit, a second image data generating unit, an image data transmitting unit, and a first transmission result outputting unit. Th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154771 | Training a user on an accessiblity device A user of an accessibility device is taught to properly use the device with a test image such that the accessibility device captures the entirety of or a large portion of a test image. In training the user, the device processes test image's information located withi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8040573 | Method, program product and apparatus for translating geometrical design rules into boundary conditions in the imaging space so as to define test patterns for use in optical model calibration A method of determining calibration test patterns to be utilized to calibrate a model for simulating the imaging performance of an optical imaging system. The method includes the steps of defining design rules associated with a given imaging process; defining a mode... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035863 | Multipass image scans for increased measurement resolution during calibration routines Systems and methods are described that facilitate calibrating a print engine using calibration data sets generated at at least two different L* levels to provide additional calibration measurement resolution toward the darker end of the grayscale spectrum. For insta... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8018627 | Shared image scanning method and picture scanner thereof The present invention discloses a shared image scanning method and picture scanner thereof. The method includes the steps of: sharing a desired scanning document into image areas; constructing images captured from each image area into a whole document sensing image ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009332 | Apparatus and methods for two point tone reproduction curve calibration Systems and methods provide increased accuracy in recalibrating the tone reproduction curve (TRC) for a photoelectric image sensor that senses density values. The sensor outputs sensed density values for tone patches. A recalibrated TRC is calculated from the origin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7969620 | Image reader and method of calibrating thereof An image reader includes an image sensor including a plurality of light receiving elements. The plurality of light receiving elements receive a reflection light from a document and perform photoelectric conversion. The image reader further includes an MTF calculatio... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7940430 | Method of calibrating a test chart and a scanning device A method of calibrating a test chart is provided. First, a reference scanning device scans a reference test chart to obtain a plurality of reference optical density (OD) values. The reference test chart includes a plurality of reference blocks. Then, the reference s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7911654 | Estimating light output of a lamp in a scanner A method of estimating light output of a lamp in a scanner prior to the lamp being fully warmed-up. The method includes measuring a spectral characteristic of light emitted by a lamp in a scanner at a time t0 prior to the lamp being fully warmed-up and es... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7869099 | Method and apparatus for image quality diagnosis For an automatic image diagnosis, toned images or residual toner existing on the photoconductive surface of a photoreceptor may be scanned with light energy provided by the raster scanning system. The light energy, which may be reflected from the photoreceptor surfa... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7701617 | Printing methods and apparatus for providing printed forms A representative embodiment provides for a document printing apparatus having a print engine a print engine configured to print sheet media, and an output tray configured to receive printed sheet media from the print engine. The printing apparatus further includes a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7692820 | Device and method for comprehensive temperature sensing and calibration of a full width array image sensor A method and or a device for comprehensive temperature calibration of a full width array (FWA) image sensor may minimize loss of productivity and/or image quality. Multiple temperature sensors disposed along a width of the FWA image sensor may provide temperature po... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7619783 | Scanner analog-front-end calibration using percent of freedom A method and a system of calibrating a scanner that has a scanning element. The method includes scanning data with the scanning element, and determining an intermediate value of the scanned data. The method also includes determining a variation value of the scanning... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7557964 | Methods, systems, and media to calibrate a reprographic system Methods, systems, and media to calibrate a reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, em... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7492488 | Image scanning system and method for scanner An image scanning system and method for a scanner that stores calibration parameters of the scanner in the memory of a control module or a selected system file. The image capturing element directly performs image capturing on the scanning object and through the cali... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7443537 | Methods and apparatuses for printer recalibration A test pattern printed by a printer is assessed—without colorimetric equipment—to provide data used in recalibrating the printer. The assessment may be made by an unskilled operator, and can include discerning whether a particular pattern is visible in the print... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443546 | Method for generating a calibration curve A method for generating a calibration curve is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. Calibration data of one line image of a previous scan are first provided. Reference pixels are selected from the image line. Then a calibration board is scanned and c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440706 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus comprises: an automatic adjustment unit for automatic adjustment of the apparatus; a job queuing unit for queuing image formation jobs; a counting unit for counting the number of pages from the previous automatic adjustment, for each aut... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440144 | Image input/output apparatus An image input/output apparatus having a scanner unit disposed at an upper stage of an apparatus body and a liquid jet recording unit installed at a lower stage of the apparatus body includes a window which light passes through between the scanner unit and the liqui... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436542 | Management system of image forming device An management system of an image forming device, which is structured by the image forming device and a management device for managing the image forming device through a communication network; the management device comprising a communication unit for sending a data o... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436552 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and control program An information processing method for managing the usage of an image processing apparatus. The image processing method includes a managing step for managing log information that indicates the usage of the image processing apparatus; a registering step for registering... | 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 |
| 7428078 | Movable calibration device for a sheet-fed scanner A movable calibration device for a sheet-fed scanner includes a calibration sheet and a cam. A scanning module scans an image on the calibration sheet for calibrating the sheet-fed scanner. The cam, driven by a motor, moves the calibration sheet into and out of a sc... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426062 | Signal output apparatus, image forming apparatus and information output apparatus A signal output apparatus comprises an impact applying unit applying an impact to a sheet from the outside thereof, and a detection unit outputting a signal by the impact. An apparatus for determining the type of sheet comprises an impact applying unit applying an i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426352 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes an automatic adjustment unit for automatic adjustment of the apparatus, a job queuing unit for queuing image formation jobs, a counting unit for counting the number of pages from the previous automatic adjustment for each automa... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423789 | Contaminant particle identification and compensation with multichannel information during scanner calibration Methods of identifying the location and dimensions of a contaminant particle on a calibration strip comprise imaging a calibration strip comprising a plurality of channels and a plurality of pixel columns. The method also includes generating a normalized local avera... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420719 | Skew correction Method embodiments herein print a test document using a multi-function printing device to produce a printed document. This printed document is examined in a first direction to determine a first skew of the printing device. The first skew comprises a combination of r... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421145 | Image correction method, apparatus, article and image An image correction method able to avoid error image. According to opposite properties of black and white, only the last few bits of the scanned digital signal are extracted for black correction, while only the first few bits of the scanned digital signal are extrac... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417755 | Image processing system, server, image processing apparatus, management method, computer program, and storage medium In an image processing system in which a server, a plurality of image processing apparatuses that execute image quality stabilization processing, and a terminal apparatus are connected to each other via a network, the server calculates, with respect to each image pr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407108 | Web content power consumption notification for wireless devices A network node in a communication path between a client station and a web content server determines or estimates a power consumption level associated with particular web content requested by the client station. The client station is preferably a wireless communicati... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403303 | Printing system and printing method The present invention provides a printing system and a printing method that avoids interrupting a printing process in order to execute a calibration process, while stably reproducing colors. A second printer includes a printing engine having a temperature sensor, a ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391525 | Methods and systems to calibrate media indexing errors in a printing device Methods and systems for calibrating media indexing errors in a printing device are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises feeding a calibration media through a printing device, sensing the position of the media as it moves through the printing device, sen... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388681 | Method for scanning maintenance prediction A method for predicting when maintenance is required for a scanner comprises tracking a quality parameter history in a scanner, predicting when maintenance is required based on the quality parameter history, and notifying a user when maintenance is predicted to be r... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388690 | Method for calibrating an imaging apparatus configured for scanning a document A method for calibrating an imaging apparatus configured for scanning a document, the imaging apparatus including a scanner head having an illuminant and a sensor, and a phosphorescent material forming a phosphorescent area located opposite the scanner head, the met... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7382844 | Methods to self-synchronize clocks on multiple chips in a system A method of self-synchronizing clocks in a multiple chip system, by assigning one chip as the master chip and the other chips as slave chips. A training signal is sent from master chip to the slave chips to determine the latency from the master chip to a slave chip,... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379196 | Printing system, printing apparatus, print data transmitting device, and program In a printing system, before transmitting print data to a printer, a personal computer transmits a virtual printing start command to the printer. When the data received by the printer is a virtual printing start command, the printer performs a virtual printing opera... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379216 | Sheet-fed scanning device using a sheet-feeding power source for calibration A sheet-fed scanning device includes a scanning module, a sheet-feeding module, a driving module, a calibration sheet moving module, and a calibration sheet. The sheet-feeding module transports a document across a scan region, in which the scanning module scans the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7365890 | Color processing apparatus and method and image processing apparatus As a method of calibrating colors other than primary colors such as secondary colors, the contents of an ink color-separation table are reconstructed. However, it is difficult to reconstruct the ink color-separation table within the limitation of total ink amount pe... | 04/29/2008 |
