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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149468 | Image reading device An image reading device includes a reading unit and a controller connected to the reading unit through a transmission path. The controller includes: a first clock generator which generates a first reference clock; a second clock generator which generates a second re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7443549 | Image reading apparatus To provide a technology which facilitates positioning of a document to a document table even in a condition of a vertically placed image reading apparatus and by which operability was improved. It is configured in such a manner that, in case that a document cover | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436906 | Synchronous detector with high accuracy in detecting synchronization and a method therefor In a symbol timing detector, a correlator calculates a correlation value for a received radio packet signal. A peak detector compares the correlation value with a threshold value to be used, and sends, upon a correlation value detected larger than the threshold valu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432918 | Video signal processing circuit The video signal processing circuit has a clamp circuit for clamping a composite video signal including a copy guard signal with amplitude of from white to black as well as a pseudo horizontal synchronization signal, a brilliant signal, and a synchronization signal.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433069 | Image transmission method and its apparatus An image transmission apparatus and method for use with at least two transmission paths having different transmission rates from one another. The image transmission apparatus comprises an image input for receiving an image signal, a coding processing unit for encodi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421048 | System and method for multimedia delivery in a wireless environment A multimedia processing system and method thereof are provided. The system and method provide for synchronizing a first clock of a multimedia decoder of a first multimedia processing device to a second clock of a multimedia encoder of a second multimedia processing ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7376289 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus Image data having a total number of pixels being H×V is written in SDRAM having an enough number of recording domains capable of storing all the pixel data of the image data and the number of Column addresses set therein at 2n (4≦n) in the order of lin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359074 | Image forming apparatus associating with other apparatuses through network In an image forming apparatus, screen information for displaying a plurality of function options available for a predetermined process is generated. A screen generating program and option information showing the plurality of function options is transmitted in respon... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7271837 | Method and apparatus for acquiring line signals When signal charges are read from light receiving pixels of each of CCD sensors, which are arrayed linearly such that end regions of CCD sensors adjacent to each other overlap with respect to a direction intersecting with the linear array direction of the CCD sensor... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268915 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, control program, and recording medium An object of this invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of preventing any color misregistration in printing even when the image processing apparatus is divided into a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits. An image processing apparat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254283 | Image processor processing image data in parallel with a plurality of processors In order to efficiently process image data in a circuit dividing single image data into a plurality of data and processing the data with a plurality of MPUs in parallel with each other, the MPUs process image data input through an input image data in parallel with e... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249307 | Flexible rate and punctured zigzag codes A generalized zigzag code is described where the code segments (each including one parity bit and information bits) of a block are not necessarily of uniform length. For coding rates in which the average code segment length is not an integer, all code segment length... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239433 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus which includes a timing adjusting circuit for adjusting a generation timing of a drive signal for driving at least an image pickup element which reads an object image and outputs an image signal of the object image, a memory circuit for st... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233410 | Printer control apparatus and method of controlling the same, printer and method of controlling the same, reader and method of controlling the same, and image forming system There is provided a printer control apparatus which can be applied to an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of types of readers and a plurality of types of printers can be connected to a single controller, and which enable efficient transfer of image data ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7202981 | Method and system for increasing scanning speed A method and a system for increasing scanning speed are provided. The method may include determining a transmission rate of a transit interface, scanning an original to generate an image data, and adjusting a cycle time of the image data to change a data generating ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193688 | Image forming device capable of reproducing sound, and content reproducing method An image forming device includes a printer engine, a display unit, and a sound reproducing unit. The image forming device receives a list of contents from a content distributing device, and has the display unit display the content list. From the content list display... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180628 | Image formation apparatus and image formation system In an image formation system, at least two copying machines are connected to each other. One of these machines functions as a master machine and the other functions as a slave machine. When the link copy mode is set in the master machine and when the user tries to s... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7154640 | Multi-beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same This invention is to obtain a multi-beam scanning apparatus which always executes synchronization detection at the same timing to prevent any jitter, and an image forming apparatus using the apparatus. In a multi-beam scanning apparatus which guides a plurality of l... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7123374 | Facsimile gateway device The present invention relates to a facsimile gateway device capable of easily avoiding interruption of facsimile communication due to a delay in data transmission via the Internet, without changing a communication procedure. A main control unit of the gateway device... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124212 | Data processing apparatus connected to a network connectable a plurality of devices In a network connecting a plurality of devices, the image processing function of each device, information for specifying each device, and the like are collected and controlled, and functions realizable by combining two or more devices are determined. Profiles indica... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7099036 | Image forming system and image forming method Print control program, by its constituent portions in cooperation with a scanner apparatus, spools image data sent from the scanner apparatus and controls the print engine etc. of the printer apparatus to print out the spooled image data. The print control program p... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7081973 | Facsimile machine and facsimile communications method A facsimile machine is provided that can shorten a time period required for a pre-transmission procedure through simple manipulation, thus improving the transmission efficiency. Moreover, a facsimile communications method using the facsimile machine is provided. Whe... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079689 | Image processing apparatus and its method, and program An initial similarity candidate calculator calculates a similarity between first and second images, which are expressed by quantized DCT coefficients, on the basis of at least first and second image feature amounts of the first and second images. A coefficient conve... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075674 | Image recording apparatus When correction data is set, a CPU 3 reads out the correction data from an EEPROM 8 through strobe signal lines STB1-N to STB4-N and supplies it as print data signals DATA3 to DATA0 to an LED driver IC 6. When the dri... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069460 | Method and apparatus for image processing with an effective line noise correction An image processing apparatus including an image processing circuit, a frequency dispersion circuit, and a timing signal generator. The image processing circuit processes an image signal, and the frequency dispersion circuit performs frequency dispersion relative to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068397 | Image forming apparatus and image reading device for use in the apparatus An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a recording material, which has: a writing section to write according to the image data; an oscillator to generate a synchronized synchronizing clock signal; a spreading clock generator to spread the band of a synch... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7039241 | Method and apparatus for compression and decompression of color data The present invention provides a scheme for compressing the color components of image data. The pixel data is grouped into a plurality of tiles for storage. A test is performed to determine if a tile can be compressed so that its size after compression is less than ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7012620 | Full-color desktop publishing system A full-color desk top publishing (DTP) system is disclosed that includes a general purpose computer system, a full-color high resolution graphics system and peripheral devices such as a color laser copier including a scanner and a printer, a workscreen display and u... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6992799 | Scanner with an output port connected to a printer or a storage device A scanner with an output port connected to a printer or a storage device. The scanner includes a casing, a scanning module installed inside the casing for scanning a document and generating corresponding image data, a control unit installed in the casing for control... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6985266 | Printer of a new type A printer comprises, from upstream to downstream, a loader for articles to be printed, a printing device and transfer elements to direct sequentially the articles from the outlet of the loader to the printing device and from the printing device toward collection ele... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6972876 | Image reading apparatus The invention provides an image reading apparatus that produces a precise image of an original document to prevent the read image from having distortion or irregular density, by driving a DC motor, which drives an image reading unit in a scanning direction, at a con... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6965453 | Image processor for printing To enable processing both the image data of RGB and the image data of CMYK and enhance printing speed, the following measures are taken. An image processor for printing according to the present invention is provided with an expander for expanding both the image data... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963634 | Electronic-mail apparatus A method for receiving data, utilizing an electronic-mail communication apparatus. The method includes receiving image data in a facsimile format via a telephone network and receiving electronic mail data, including one of image data and character code data, via a c... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954496 | Method for transmitting data from an interrogating device to portable objects A method of information transmission from an interrogator system to portable objects. The information is transmitted through ternary amplitude modulation and positional pulse coding. A frame is made up of a Start Of Frame (SOF) marker made up of two like-polarity pu... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6921222 | Overall system design and layout of an on-demand label/tag printer using inkjet technology A high-speed printer is provided. The printer includes a media assembly for supporting a media roll that supplies the sheet of media and also for controlling a flow rate of the sheet of media through the printer. The sheet of media is received by the feedback contro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917449 | Image processing apparatus and method of the same, and storage medium A clock signal is frequency-modulated and an image processing operation is executed synchronously with the frequency-modulated clock signal to generate image data which is stored in a memory. Image data written in the memory is read synchronously with a clock signal... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914701 | Digitizer with improved dynamic range and photometric resolution A digitizer having a dual exposure technique is combined with an associated LUT for each exposure. Each LUT may have a transfer function including a logarithmic operator resulting in a digitized image with improved photometric resolution and increased dynamic range.... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912315 | Pre-processed information embedding system Auxiliary information (150) representing binary or multi-level (M≧2) logical values is embedded into successive segments (110) of an audio, video or other data signal in response to a user request to download the data signal via an on-line distributo... | 06/28/2005 |
