Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6370280 | Secure production of composite images A system for producing composite images, includes: a digital image file containing a personal image and image control data related to the personal image; a digital image file containing an image template and image template control data related to the imag... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6369915 | Image processing apparatus for rotating an input image A facsimile system includes a transmitting facsimile apparatus including a reading unit for reading an original image, a determination unit for determining the direction of a character in the image read by the reading unit, a rotating unit for rotating th... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6356669 | Example-based image synthesis suitable for articulated figures Image-based synthesis for non-rigid bodies whose appearances do not form a linear manifold is carried out by representing mappings from control parameters to appearances as subsets of piecewise smooth functions. Each subset contains example images which a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354212 | Method of preparing customized wallpaper panels Methods for customizing wallpaper designs that do not include repeating patterns, typical of prior art wallpaper. The method includes making a digital image of a basic design, and displaying visual versions of the designs for customer selection and custom... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6356339 | Digital photo system which replaces a portion of subject matter common to two digital images A digital photo system digitally exposes a light-sensitive material on the basis of digitized first image data, and outputs a print reproducing the first image data. The system includes an information input section, an image database, a data selecting sec... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6351321 | Data scanning and conversion system for photographic image reproduction A system for scanning film image frames containing both an image and recorded information optically imprinted on the image by a camera and reproducing the image with enhanced text reproduction. In print or Photo CD image reproductions, the text appears ou... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349153 | Method and system for composition images A method for composition of two digital images which overlap in an overlapping pixel region, including adjusting the pixel color values of at least one of the digital images so as to produce resulting digital images including at least one modified digital... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6337930 | Image processing apparatus and method for extracting predetermined additional information from digital image data representing an original The subject matter of the invention is to add information to image data of multicolor image and monochromatic image. An image processing apparatus capable of adding information on raw data performs a dispersion conversion on the spectrum of the additional... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6333792 | Resolution conversion module, printer driver with resolution conversion module, and image resolution conversion method An image resolution conversion method which can cope with arbitrary magnifications including non-integer magnifications with simple operation and sequence, has an identical interface, and can be efficiently installed in a printer driver, and a resolution ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6330001 | Device and computer-readable record medium for image position adjustment An image position adjustment device which can let the user adjust alignment between two or more images easily and efficiently includes a feature extraction section, a display image generation section, and a displaying order setting section. The feature ex... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6320675 | Image processing apparatus and method and storage medium It is an object to provide an adding technique for enabling additional information to be certainly decoded from an image to which two or more kinds of additional information was added to an input image so that it is difficult to discriminate by the human ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6320669 | Method and apparatus for obtaining consumer video segments for the purpose of creating motion sequence cards A method for obtaining a consumer video segment for the creation of motion sequence cards having a first step of selecting from a consumer's recording media the motion segment that is to be recorded on a motion-sequence card, a second step of recording th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6301018 | Communication apparatus that combines plural images into one page for transmission A communication apparatus capable of transmitting image data in a form capable of reducing a running cost is provided. When a plurality of pages of image data to be transmitted can be recorded on one record sheet at a receiving station, a plurality of pag... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6285468 | Method of combining two digital images A method of combining at least one captured generated digital image with at least one prestored digital image. The method includes analyzing a customer generated digital image so as to obtain a design attribute and/or style, then selecting a prestored dig... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6275308 | Facsimile apparatus An image communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus comprises a reading circuit to read images of both of the front and back sides of an original to be transmitted, a discriminating circuit to discriminate the presence or absence of the image o... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6268926 | Mail transmission/reception system In a mail reception side, it is judged in S994 whether or not the number of sheets required to print the received print mail becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed number. This judgment is performed based on the mail header added to the print mail. ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268937 | Facsimile system capable of document transmission with shortened transmission time A facsimile system includes a first plurality of document detection sensors for detecting standard sized documents, a second plurality of document detection sensors respectively interposed between the first plurality of document detection sensors for dete... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268611 | Feature-free registration of dissimilar images using a robust similarity metric An image registration (alignment) system which achieves alignment by determining an optimal focus for a composite image produced from the combination of misregistered images. The system also uses optimal or nearly optimal linear filters for filtering the ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6263118 | Image processing apparatus Black pixels of image signals are expanded, a plurality of black pixel regions obtained by expanding the black pixels are connected to each other, and the circumscribing rectangles of the connected regions are extracted. In accordance with characteristics... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259828 | Sprite-based video coding system with automatic segmentation integrated into coding and sprite building processes A sprite-based coding system includes an encoder and decoder where sprite-building is automatic and segmentation of the sprite object is automatic and integrated into the sprite building as well as the coding process. The sprite object is distinguished fr... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6259826 | Image processing method and device A method of reconstructing an image captured as a stream of image data, for example as input received from a linear sensor in unconstrained scanning, comprises reconstructing the image in the form of a plurality of tiles. Each tile comprises a pixel grid ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6226105 | System for processing images by selecting appropriate document size A photomontage system which can select an appropriate document size of a picture to be sensed without requiring user's knowledge about the document sizes, and carry out effective image processing in accordance with the size. An image reader scans in a max... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6222637 | Apparatus and method for synthesizing a subject image and template image using a mask to define the synthesis position and size An image synthesizer where desired template image is selected, and a subject image is synthesized at a predetermined position on the selected template image. Template image data, mask image data corresponding to the template image data, and image informat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6215914 | Picture processing apparatus A picture processing apparatus which can reduce matching errors and shorten a processing time for matching. In the picture processing apparatus, a binarization circuit individually binarizes a pair of object picture signals to generate line picture signal... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205260 | Sprite-based video coding system with automatic segmentation integrated into coding and sprite building processes A sprite-based coding system includes an encoder and decoder where sprite-building is automatic and segmentation of the sprite object is automatic and integrated into the sprite building as well as the coding process. The sprite object is distinguished fr... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201616 | Method and apparatus for determining a predetermined pattern on an original based on visible and invisible information on the original An image processor includes a first reader which obtains a first signal corresponding to visible information read on an original, and a second reader which obtains a second signal corresponding to invisible information on the original. A comparator compar... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198544 | Method and system for capturing images from a video tape for the purpose of creating a motion card A system for forming a motion card from frames of video selected by a user from a sequence of video frames that have been previously recorded on a video tape incorporates a kiosk that contains a video tape player, a processor receives a sequence of video ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195471 | Method and apparatus for combining a plurality of images at random stitch points without incurring a visible seam The present invention eliminates artifacts in an image formed using a plurality of imaging sources. Visible seams in the image are eliminated by randomizing the stitch point between the scan lines produced by each imaging source. The randomization may be ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6188766 | Apparatus and method for confirming, timestamping, and archiving printer and telecopier transmissions The present invention provides an apparatus and method for confirming, timestamping, and archiving documents using telecopiers (e.g., facsimile machines). A user sends a document to a timestamping service via facsimile, which archives the transmission wit... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6181435 | Image forming method and apparatus A printer converts print data in page description language into coded band data as a set of objects such as run-length data, trapezoid data and the like, in band units. Processing time to generate raster data from the coded band data is predicted, and the... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6151421 | Image composing apparatus and method having enhanced design flexibility In an image composing apparatus, a desired image, which is selected from first digital images having been stored previously, and a desired image, which is selected from second digital images having been newly acquired, are combined with each other, and a ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148118 | Image processing apparatus capable of reproducing large-sized document In a method of joining image data divided into a plurality of parts each having an overlap region with the other at a border line portion into a single image for output, an image processing apparatus joins the plurality of partial images having overlap re... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6147768 | Method and apparatus for assembling a photographic album A method and apparatus for arranging photographic images in a photographic album, including means for establishing a signal indicative of a photographic image, storage means for storing said signals indicative of a photographic image and establishing a da... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144777 | Image forming apparatus having editing function Originals are fed onto a platen glass one by one by an automatic original feeder to be read out by a reading system. The originals are converted into digital image data. The image data is transferred to a memory unit. The memory unit is controlled by a CP... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6130965 | Image data outputting apparatus and facsimile apparatus in which image data on a plurality of record sheets are combined into one page of image data for transmission A facsimile avoids waste of record sheets due to recording of image data only at the top of a record sheet with the bottom of the sheet being left blank. This is achieved by summing the number of lines on a plurality of document sheets, with the sum being... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128416 | Image composing technique for optimally composing a single image from a plurality of digital images The present invention discloses an image composing apparatus comprising a reference block setting circuit for setting a search area having a stored arbitrary size in an overlap region of composed image data which has been picked up, for setting a first re... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6122362 | Systems and method for providing network element management functionality for managing and provisioning network elements associated with number portability The invention provides exemplary systems and methods for provisioning network elements when providing local number portability services. In one exemplary method, local number portability subscription information which includes both ported global title tra... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6122684 | Network scanner system providing read instruction to plurality of scanners to read divided originals and providing re-arranging order input for re-arranging information of the originals A network scanner system and original reading method, which can efficiently use time and hardware resources, and can efficiently input originals consisting of a plurality of pages. When a personal computer (100) reads originals using N scanners (200) to w... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6088131 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus can transmit image data stored in a memory in a manner capable of reducing the running cost. The number of input lines for each page is recognized for image data of a plurality of pages input and stored in the memory. When transm... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6088138 | Image forming apparatus containing a display showing an adjustable image An image forming apparatus arranged to receive image information from a memory device for storing color image information and then to form an image on an image-forming medium. This apparatus allows an operator to specify the size and the layout of a color... | 07/11/2000 |
