Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130420 | System for programming a plurality of chips, such as photosensor chips or ink-jet chips, with operating parameters An imaging system, such as having pixel-sized photosensors for recording images, or light emitters or ink-jet ejectors for creating images, comprises a plurality of chips. Each chip includes a shift register with a shift-register-in line; a set of imaging elements a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8089662 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an interface unit which receives print data and file data; a printing unit which prints an image on a recording medium; a writing unit which stores tag data in a non-contact type tag when the recording medium provides the non-cont... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7436553 | Image reading device, image reading method and image forming apparatus An image reading device includes: a solid-state image sensor for converting image information into an electric signal; an analog processing section for generating an analog processing signal by sampling and amplifying the electric signal at a sampling position; an A... | 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 |
| 7433099 | Image sensing apparatus, image sensing method, program, and storage medium An object of this invention is to quickly complete white balance calculation in photographing. To achieve this object, an image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing element in which a line on which first and second color filters are arranged and a line on whi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428077 | Electronic device controller, and method for controlling electronic device An electronic device controller includes an image sensor controller that controls an image sensor having an effective pixel region and a dummy pixel region, and a servo controller that performs servo control on a drive device that drives a carriage on which the imag... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7405848 | Scanning device and method using paired differential analog signals A scanning device having a cable for connecting various parts is provided. A method is provided using a differential pair of clock generated signals to cancel each other, thereby reducing electromagnetic emissions. The differential pair is characterized by each bein... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7388683 | Fax check/money order automatically from ATM An automatic teller machine capable of sending a facsimile of a check, money order, or other payment instrument to a payee designated by a user. The user inserts cash or allows an account to be debited to pay for the payment instrument, and the automatic teller mach... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382503 | Scanning apparatus The scanning apparatus includes a movable chassis and a main board fixed on the body. A charge-coupled device module and a front end processing device are disposed on the chassis. An application-specific integrated circuit is positioned on the main board. After the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7362479 | Image reading apparatus The scanner comprises first and second sensors 21, 22 wherein light receiving elements with 600 dpi resolution are arranged, a first shift register 25 which outputs all the pixel signals received from light receiving elements in the first sensor 21,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359070 | Multi-function peripheral with camera A multi-function peripheral device for producing output images. The device includes a scanning system for creating a scanned input image, a camera for creating a captured input image, a controller for receiving at least one of said scanned input image and said captu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352497 | Image reading apparatus In an image reading apparatus, with respect to the first to third transfer clock signals for controlling shift registers in an image sensor, the second and third transfer clock signals have a cycle which is double the cycle of the first transfer clock signal, and th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352494 | Pixel block data generating device and pixel block data generating method In order to reduce the capacity of a line memory when converting image data that are input in a raster scan order into pixel block data such as 8×8 pixels for JPEG compression and the like, data on the first 0th to 7th lines is written in an 8H line memory in a ras... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352495 | Image reading apparatus When an optical image obtained by an optical scanning unit of optically scanning an original sheet automatically fed by an original sheet feeder is read, it is discriminated in units of pixel whether or not dirt or scratch attached to a running reading glass plate i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349134 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus for reading an image using a monochrome image sensor and a color image sensor having three shift registers which requires a reduced manufacturing cost and is less affected by the influence of external noises. The image reading apparatus co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349128 | Image scanner and peak detecting processing method of image scanner A sheet image scanner of the present invention has plural image sensors to output electric signals by detecting optical image data that are obtained by applying a light from a light source to documents, amplifiers to amplify outputs from the plural image sensors, an... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336402 | Image reading apparatus Since a power supply circuit for a controller (31) and a power supply circuit for a buffer storage unit (32) are independently provided, the power voltage for the buffer storage unit (32) need only be reduced to obtain a corresponding reduction ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333250 | Image scanner with a single motor providing two-dimensional movement of photosensors An image scanner has a movable photosensor array that can be moved in two dimensions in a plane. Two dimensional movement is provided using a single motor. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333242 | Test print producing method and photograph image printing method using the same The test print procuding method produces a test print by applying image processing to a digital image data representing a photograph image based on a plurality of image processing conditions including one or more image processing parameters and their ranges, and the... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327490 | Image processing system via network The technique of the present invention ensures output of an image subjected to image processing, which does not depend upon the output environment but reflects the color reproduction characteristics of a shooting device and the intention of a photographer in shootin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317480 | Imaging apparatus providing black level compensation of a successive approximation A/D converter Image sensor with a successive approximation A/D converter that automatically compensates for black level and provides a signal indicative of the difference between the reset level and the signal level. Black level for each of a plurality of color pixels may be obta... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315685 | Method and apparatus for continuous feed of disks for recording digital video signals and authenticating the digitally recorded disks A digital signal recording apparatus a method of operating the same, used in conjunction with TV and video cameras, for example for security applications, includes a disk feeder system having a disk recorder and an upper compartment for holding fresh unrecorded disk... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7301678 | Image reading device and gain setting method in image reading device An image reading device includes a CCD which photoelectrically converts optical information and outputs an image signal in an analog form, a PGA which receives an output from the CCD, amplifies the output with a programmable gain, and outputs the output, an ADC whic... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295751 | Method and apparatus for continuous feed of disks for recording digital video signals and authenticating the digitally recorded disks A digital signal recording apparatus and a method of operating the same, used in conjunction with TV and video cameras, for example for security applications, includes a disk feeder system having a disk recorder and an upper compartment for holding fresh unrecorded ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295238 | Image signal processing device of image sensor An image-signal processing apparatus (1) designed to process the signals output from a CCD image sensor (10) that reads pixel data for one screen, line by line, divides the pixel data into a plurality of channels and outputs the pixel data thus divided... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286260 | Handheld mobile communications device with integral internal printer incorporating media slot A handheld mobile communications device comprising: a support structure; an antenna mounted on the support structure for transmitting and receiving radio signals; radio signal processing circuitry ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7274489 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus One processing section 131 executes a process of generating image data K representing a black image on the basis of the image data Y, M, and C, and sequentially executes a process of removing elements of the black image contained in the image data Y, from the... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7248733 | Color-image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium Conventionally, a color-image processing apparatus, such as a computer, or the like, cannot determine whether or not color-image data stored in an image storage device, such as a hard disk, or the like, is an image corresponding to a specific original. According to ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239431 | System and method for recovering primary channel operation in a facsimile receiver and facsimile machine incorporating the same A system for, and method of recovering primary channel operation in a facsimile (fax) receiver and a fax machine that incorporates the system, the method or both. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a signal receiver that receives a signal containing first a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236270 | Method of setting reference data of shading corrections, and image reading apparatus A white reference image is inputted to an image sensor with a light source lit up, and white reference data is set every effective photosensor element by inspecting the output signals of the image sensor as to the white reference image (steps S305 and S310... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224485 | Apparatus and method mapping a look-up table in an imaging system The present invention provides a mapping method and apparatus of look-up table in an imaging system. The mapping method implemented by the apparatus comprises receiving a digital signal having a high-bit portion and a low-bit portion. The high-bit portion of the dig... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215819 | Method and device for processing an encoded digital signal A method of processing an encoded digital signal comprising a set of data obtained by encoding a set of original data representing physical quantities, and a set of information representing the original data and parameters used during the encoding. The method includ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212312 | Automatic scanner calibration An automatic scanner calibration method and apparatus is disclosed in which a calibrated target, such as a Kodak® gray strip, is attached to a scanning surface of a scanner. The target is thin and has a width or length of platen of a scanner. During a normal scan, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199909 | Scanner projection system A stand alone flat bed scanner including a CPU, a removable storage medium, a control system displaying digital image and controls for controlling the mode of operation, degree of resolution, related parameters associated with generating, storing and displaying digi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187385 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus operates with a high-speed print engine. An ASIC is provided between a graphics port and a peripheral device interconnection port. The print engine is connected to the peripheral device interconnection port. A memory is provided on a si... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173725 | Electronic apparatus for facsimile communication, control method and control program therefor Collective transmission of image data for a same destination, containing one-side and two-side originals in mixed manner is enabled without deteriorating the interchangeability of a facsimile communication. A one-touch dial memory is rendered capable of stori... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173743 | Image reading apparatus and method An image reading apparatus and method are provided which precisely correct shading due to dispersion of the spectral sensitivity characteristic of a reading area of a reading device. Second correction values for correcting, for each of R, G and B, shading due to par... | 02/06/2007 |
