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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7453606 | Image communication apparatus and method An image communication apparatus having an Internet facsimile communication device and a G3 facsimile communication device includes a detector for detecting a facsimile function of a communication partner's apparatus during communication by the G3 facsimile communic... | 11/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7391526 | Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system and medium used in transmitting/receiving an E-mail with a file attached thereto In transmitting/receiving an E-mail with a file attached to it, the contents of the attached file is to be displayed in a reception terminal irrespective of the file format of a file attached to the E-mail, the image size or the maximum number of colors in displayin... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7369257 | System including proxy server for processing data in place of client terminal A client terminal scans original images from an original document and transmits a request data and the scanned data to a server via the WWW. The request data requesting the server to perform a 2-in-1 copy operation. The server processes the received scanned data so ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355735 | Real time fax over packet based network A method of establishing a fax connection on a link which is a portion of a composite connection. The method includes transmitting at least some signals of a negotiation procedure on the link and initiating a retrain on the connection, without identifying a problem ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355759 | Print order/delivery system and method, digital camera, client information registration device, ordering terminal, and printing system A print order/delivery system and method, and a printing system, wherein a previously assigned unique identification data is stored on a user side of the system, and the user is registered such that the user is associated with the identification data. Pictorial data... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333245 | System and method for printing retained print jobs A computing system including a computer and a printer. The computer is operable to transmit a print job to the printer that cases the printer to retain the job. The computer is further operable to record a record of the job. The record includes an identifier of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333227 | Image data management server, image printing server and image service system Disclosed herein is an image service system that is capable of dividing the service into an images managing service and a printing service while maintaining the convenience to the user. When a printing processing portion of a first managing server or a second managi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7310156 | Printing system, printing method, digital camera, storage medium and program for printing method, and printing control apparatus Conventionally, when due to running out of a battery or paper the printing designated in advance is not completed and when the interrupted printing is to be resumed, the images from the beginning must be printed, or images to be printed must be selected again using ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286684 | Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information A two dimensional pattern design for secure documents serves as both a machine readable code and an aesthetic part of the documents' design. A method for generating the design generates a variable auxiliary message comprising message values and maps the message valu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280239 | Communication system and communication apparatus building the system Facsimile image data received from a normal facsimile apparatus connected to a general telephone network can be transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address of a computer network such as a LAN or the like designated by the source facsimile apparatus. An apparatus ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280672 | Image data processing A digital image is processed to hide information, by generally inconspicuous adjustments thereof. These adjustments can define a pattern that extends across some or all of the image. Desirably, the pattern is adapted to the particular image being encoded, so as to b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280255 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus forms an image on an image forming medium and can form a specific hidden pattern for specifying a body of an apparatus at a predetermined position of the medium. A hidden pattern addition mechanism uses both a software control signal which... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272260 | Image recognition-processing device and method using pattern elements A image recognition device using pattern elements is disclosed. The device comprises an image recognition device, a recording medium, and an image processing device which is be capable of executing recognition processing accurately and evaluating an input image even... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266215 | Image forming apparatus and copy management system An additional data useful for the management of copies of a document for an image forming apparatus is embedded in a hard copy of the document. The additional data is embedded in an inherent image of a document as discrete dots arranged in a prescribed format. Prefe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246147 | Upload and retrieval by an image device of a scanned image to and from a web file server An HTTP server for an image input device is provided in which when an image is input and a file for the image is created for access by the server, an HTML link to the file is automatically generated by which a web browser can retrieve the file over a TCP/IP network.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7230732 | Facsimile apparatus, control method of facsimile apparatus, and computer-readable memory medium storing therein control program for facsimile apparatus A one-side or both-side transmission mode is properly automatically selected in accordance with an original, thereby enabling desired image communication of the user to be properly executed. A CPU discriminates whether effective image data is included on both sides ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218750 | Image processing device and image input device equipped with a data synthesizing unit The object of this invention is to provide an image processing device and image input device which creates strong features, or enhanced pattern which could be recognized when the image was read and which would prove difficult to eliminate through subsequent image pr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218424 | Facsimile transmission over packet networks with delivery notification A method for facsimile transmission over a packet network includes establishing a facsimile call between first and second facsimile terminals in accordance with a facsimile protocol, using a facsimile gateway to convey communications between the terminals over the p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206092 | Image-forming system, control method therefor, image-forming apparatus, data processing method, and storage medium In an image-forming apparatus such as a digital copying apparatus, even when a digital copying apparatus having print data desired by a user is used by someone else or is in trouble, the apparatus outputs the print data desired by the user without any delay at any t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206085 | Network facsimile device and communication method therefor A network facsimile machine (1) is connected to PSTN (3) such that it can receive fax data from a remote facsimile machine (2) over the PSTN (3). The network facsimile machine (1) is also connected to LAN (6) such that it ca... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203739 | Terminal device for controlling transmission size of documents with capability of receiving device Terminal devices and a method of transferring sets of transmission document information in a network system between terminal devices such as portable devices which can be grouped together into a plurality of different groups is provided. A terminal device can store ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7181022 | Audio watermarking to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same Methods of processing audio to convey auxiliary information therein without audible evidence of data alteration. Various arrangements are disclosed. One receives plural bit auxiliary data in which the auxiliary information is included, and modulates a carrier signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170647 | Document processing apparatus and method A document processing apparatus for segmenting a color document image into regions obtains a binary image by binarizing a color image, and extracts regions having different background colors from the color image to generate region information indicating the position... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151616 | Facsimile apparatus, control method of facsimile apparatus, and computer-readable memory medium storing control program for facsimile apparatus Original sheets in which both-side image information and one-side image information exist mixedly can be efficiently and certainly transmitted without an erroneous operation. A CPU discriminates the presence or absence of effective image information in images on bot... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146411 | System, device, and method for inputting image, and storage medium therefor An image input system prevents excessive load from being placed on a network when using an image input device via the network. When an application, such as an optical character recognition (OCR) application, running on a client computer is to utilize an image scanne... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144166 | System for secure printing The present disclosure relates to a method for printing a secure image on media using an inkjet printing device. The method includes printing an underlayer using an inkjet printing device that penetrates into a front surface of media. The underlayer is configured to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136919 | Method and system for broadcasting alarm messages to selected users of an IP network A system broadcast alarm messages from a server to a list of users among a plurality of multi-platform users sharing the server in a data transmission network which operates under Internet Protocol (IP) and uses the Java language. The system comprises a profile tabl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130069 | Image-forming system, control method therefor, image-forming apparatus, data processing method, and storage medium In an image-forming apparatus such as a digital copying apparatus, even when a digital copying apparatus having print data desired by a user is used by someone else or is in trouble, the apparatus outputs the print data desired by the user without any delay at any t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130066 | Apparatus for performing a service in cooperation with another apparatus on a network A communication system that efficiently and accurately manages various devices on a network includes a local device, which performs a user authentication process by using user information (a user ID and a password) that is inputted by a user at an operation unit and... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119918 | Communication apparatus An electronic-mail apparatus comprises an acceptor that accepts an electronic-mail, an electronic-mail transmitter that transmits the accepted electronic-mail to a designated electronic mail destination address, and an operational panel that includes a start member ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116433 | Image communication apparatus and image communication method IFAX is installed in securities firm A. PC is installed in a customer B and the other IFAX is installed in a branch C. IFAX transmits and receives image data between PC and IFAX via LAN and the Internet by use of e-mail. While, IFAX is connected to PSTN. IFAX transm... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113311 | Facsimile communication method A facsimile transmission control procedure for a relay use to relay facsimile communication via a public telephone network between mobile communication control units placed at different places from one another in which such facsimile communication is implemented by ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106473 | Communication system and communication apparatus building the system Facsimile image data received from a normal facsimile apparatus connected to a general telephone network can be transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address of a computer network such as a LAN or the like designated by the source facsimile apparatus. An apparatus ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
