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 |
| 8068261 | Image reading apparatus, image reading method, and image reading program An image reading technique is disclosed that involves acquiring document image data including more than one set of page image data, reading an image located at a predetermined page position from the acquired set of page image data, recognizing the read image of the ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7990581 | Image processing apparatus, control method for controlling the image processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium With reference to any one of a plurality of images, the other images are moved by a distance greater than or equal to one pixel width in a main scanning direction and/or a sub-scanning direction. Then, the plurality of images are combined to form a composite image. | 08/02/2011 |
| 7884973 | Image reading device, image forming apparatus, image reading method, and computer product A white-level correcting unit makes an image reading unit read a white reference board, and sets a parameter corresponding to a value read by the image reading unit. A carriage includes a light source that irradiates the document, and moves in a sub-scanning directi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7864377 | Image-forming device An image-forming device includes a casing, an accommodating section, a reading unit, a determining unit, and a printing unit. The casing defines an outer frame. The accommodating section is detachably mounted in the casing and configured to accommodate a stack of sh... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839540 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method In a print server, when page setting is made, a spot color name is extracted from a comment in an image drawing command and image data or a code of a job on a page (page layout) unit basis and a list for a spot color name of each page is generated. After that, a col... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7791768 | Image scanning device with time authentication requesting function An image scanning device with a time authentication requesting function enables documents, not subject to be converted into e-documents, to be easily converted into e-documents at a later date, and reduces costs required for assigning a timestamp. When a user instru... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7599101 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus has an image combining function in which a plurality of pages of image data is scanned, the plurality of pages of the scanned image data is combined into one page, and the combined image data is printed on a single sheet of recording pa... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7583414 | Image input system This invention provides an image input system capable of setting an arbitrary imaging inhibited area. This system displays a map showing the positions of cameras arranged in an office and the directions in which these cameras can be aimed, or displays the view angle... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7515311 | Image synthesis apparatus and image synthesis method An image synthesis apparatus stores a synthesis order in which input images are to be synthesized with each other, and first and second synthesis numbers respectively designating how many of the input images are to be synthesized to generate first and second output ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7460279 | Adjustment method, image reading device, and image forming apparatus for adjusting read sensors The adjustment method is disclosed in that a predetermined reference interval in a main scanning direction is compared with each interval in the main scanning direction obtained by reading a sheet so that each joint of image is located between two parallel lines, a ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444036 | Device, method, and recording medium for processing a document having document data and a set of related data An image processing device processes a document including a document data body and at least one set of related data, and includes a display that displays an image of the document data body and an image of the related data overlaid on the image of the document data b... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440145 | Image data creating method and apparatus An image data creating method and apparatus capable of preventing quality degradation of the image created by combining a plurality of image portions sharing a common region. The light reflected at the linear region on the original upon the irradiation of light from... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436538 | Dispersed input and output system There is disclosed a dispersed input and output system adapted to instruct the execution of a dispersed divided input operation at a document input and output device, perform control to cause a plurality of document input and output devices other than the document i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426063 | System and apparatus for image-formation, and computer-readable for recording medium recording program for the same An image-formation system includes an image display function which displays, at a display section, images of a plurality of desired original monochromatic images for output among original monochromatic images for output which are stored in an image storage means; a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423671 | Image pickup apparatus and photographing method with image angle correction for combining image data Two sets of image data are combined into one set of image data producing no unnatural feeling with a simple procedure. A direction for each set of image data is designated on a touch panel (26). The directions of the image data are compared, and a tilt of one... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7394578 | Facsimile device reading lines of image data divisively in a sub-scanning direction This facsimile device comprises inputting means for inputting image data of a subject copy having a width in a main scanning direction larger than an A3-size width, reading means for divisively reading lines of the image data in a sub-scanning direction by dividing ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394568 | Method, system, and logic for selecting pixel data from multiple objects Disclosed is a method, system, and logic for processing pixel data. Line work data and control data is received for pixels on a sheet from at least one object. The control data for one pixel indicates whether to use the line work data for the pixel or contone data f... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391530 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a generation unit for generating one page of a print image which is larger than one sheet of paper, and a printing unit for performing printing on one sheet of paper based on one page of the print image, which is larger than the paper a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391537 | User interface for differential gloss images The present disclosure relates to providing a user interface for the effective generation of differential gloss images. The user is instructed to indicate the base primary image data, and the desired gloss image data. This data may be displayed for verification and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385725 | Previewing an image rendered on multiple pages Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for previewing images to be rendered on multiple pages. A representation of the image mapped onto a two dimensional canvas is displayed. The canvas representation includes content of the image and describes... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382897 | Multi-image feature matching using multi-scale oriented patches A system and process for identifying corresponding points among multiple images of a scene is presented. This involves a multi-view matching framework based on a new class of invariant features. Features are located at Harris corners in scale-space and oriented usin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375862 | Method for multi-function scanner A method for a multi-function scanner for scanning a document with a laser/anti-counterfeit mark includes the steps of: pre-scanning the document to obtain a preview image; recording a zone of the laser/anti-counterfeit mark selected by a user on the preview image a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373016 | Image synthesizing apparatus and image synthesizing method An image synthesizing apparatus according to the present invention comprises coefficient setting means for setting a blending coefficient α(0≦α≦1) at a specified value when a value of a specific picture element component included in picture element components ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372051 | Electric charged particle beam microscopy, electric charged particle beam microscope, critical dimension measurement and critical dimension measurement system Magnification errors are reduced in the required range of magnification in electric charged particle beam application apparatuses and critical dimension measurement instruments. To achieve this, a first image, whose magnification for the specimen is actually measure... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369266 | Image-Recording Apparatus and method for dividing a complete image for recording onto a plurality of recording media An image-recording apparatus 1 includes image recording assembly 60 and a control section 40 having image-processing section 44. The image-processing section divides the image data indicative of the complete image into a plurality of imag... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366360 | Image synthesization method An image synthesization method, whereby a plurality of images, each of which has a partially overlapping image area, are synthesized to create a single synthetic image, comprises a determination step of inputting a plurality of image data sets that correspond to the... | 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 |
| 7358985 | Systems and methods for computer-assisted meeting capture A computer assisted meeting capture system in which camera selection, camera control and sensor notification of candidate activity event for camera image changes are integrated. The information is displayed on a representation of a room layout. Camera switch suggest... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359072 | Printing apparatus A facsimile apparatus detects whether or not an ink ribbon internally mounted in an ribbon cassette amounted to the facsimile apparatus is a standard ink ribbon. When the apparatus detects a non-standard ink ribbon, the apparatus notifies a user by printing a messag... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352487 | Print control system, print control method, memory medium, and program Even if print data is print-outputted from which printing apparatus upon distribution print, a print result in which there is no missing part of an image can be obtained. As a print area of a color MFP 104 and a monochromatic MFP 105 upon distribution ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349110 | Method and server for managing printer The present invention realizes resource saving and energy saving by grasping and managing a usage efficiency of an image forming apparatus. To accomplish this, a method in accordance with the present invention is an information processing method of managing usage in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343050 | Image synthesizing apparatus, image synthesizing method and a computer readable recording medium having recorded a program Disclosed is an image synthesizing apparatus which extracts plural images of different magnification ratios from a single piece of image data and combines those images to provide a moving image equivalent to a moving image zoomed up in moving image pickup. In record... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342680 | Image reading apparatus The present invention provides an image reading apparatus capable of reading images with a sufficiently wide dynamic range. An image reading apparatus of this invention has a light source, a reading section which generates image data based on light obtained from an ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339614 | Large format camera system with multiple coplanar focusing systems Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262,... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336846 | Method and apparatus for processing images using black character substitution An image correction section in an image processing section performs a resolution-enhancing process for an input R signal from a RED photodiode array 9R1, an input G signal from a GREEN photodiode array 9G1 and an input B signal from a BLU... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333677 | Image alignment method, comparative inspection method, and comparative inspection device for comparative inspections The present invention provides a high-precision alignment method, device and code for inspections that compare an inspection image with a reference image and detect defects from their differences. In one embodiment an inspection image and a reference image are divid... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7324236 | Discrepancy correction method and apparatus for correcting difference in levels of image signals obtained by an image sensor having a multiple output channels Image signals output from a linear image sensor which outputs charges accumulated in pixels in the right-side area and charges accumulated in pixels in the left-side area via different channels are subjected to discrepancy correction. First, a gray reference board i... | 01/29/2008 |
