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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7933050 | Method of generating an image of a single document A method of generating an image of a single document includes the steps of: transporting a plurality of documents across a scan position one by one; starting reading the documents at the scan position before a first document of the documents reaches the scan positio... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7773268 | Print designating method and apparatus, and printing method and apparatus In a digital camera that can perform print designation, a print designation file for writing jobs for printing is prepared in a memory card in which image data is recorded, and information for specifying a file to be printed (FILE_ID), file identifying information f... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7433098 | Document processing system with improved image quality assurance A document processing system comprising an image capture subsystem for capturing selected image metrics and at least one image rendition from a plurality of documents and for determining if at least one of the selected image metrics for any of the at least one image... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428067 | Image forming device, image forming method, image forming program, computer readable recording medium on which the program is recorded MFP transports the document one sheet at a time by means of ADF to a specified reading position, and judges whether copy-prohibiting information exists in the attribute information recorded on an IC tag or not by an IC tag reader. If no copy-prohibiting information ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414742 | Digital image forming apparatus In a digital image forming apparatus, desired ones of different data stored in a hard disk are selected and given serial numbers in the order of selection. The data selected are linked and then output in any desired order without regard to the order in which they we... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7397587 | Fast, auto-cropping, bi-directional multi-resolution scanner apparatus, system and software therefor Bi-directional multi-resolution scanner having software/firmware for 1- to 2-pass high resolution scanning, enabling the scanner to capture and render image data both the standard direction, top to bottom pass, as well as the return direction, that is, bi-directiona... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389003 | Image processing system and image processing method An image processing system of the present invention includes a partial enlarge unit for enlarging a part of an image so as to create an enlarged partial image, a display unit for displaying the image and the enlarged partial image created by the partial enlarge unit... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382481 | Image communication device, method of communicating image, program and recording medium An image communication device transmitting image information selectively generates a transmission-result report, where the contents of the transmission-result report vary depending on selected transmission conditions. Under a first condition, the transmission-result... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379595 | Manual windowing with auto-segmentation assistance in a scanning system A manual windowing with auto-segmentation assistance method and system are disclosed that include defining manual tags to be assigned to one or more windows via a tag selection module, assigning the defined manual tags to the one or more windows via a manual tag ass... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7362336 | Four color digital cinema system with extended color gamut and copy protection A color display system including a display device for four or more visible color primaries and a processor for controlling the four or more color primaries to selectively render portions of an image or image sequence such that visually equivalent colors displayed in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356254 | Image processing method, apparatus, and program An image of a region in which a blur tends to clearly appear is extracted from a digital photograph image as a blur checking regional image. Then, the extracted blur checking regional image is displayed in a size appropriate for the resolution of a display device. | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355758 | Automated facsimile monitoring and displaying methods and related systems Automated facsimile monitoring methods, systems, and computer program products can track response data from multiple facsimiles sent to different locations and generate electronically accessible failure reports to allow for error or faults to be tracked and assessed... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356167 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method for correcting image data One target pixel is selected from a plurality of defective pixels. By adjusting a searching interval based on the number of pixels included in image data to be processed, one or more normal pixels are searched and detected on each of opposed sides across the target ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352490 | Method and system for generating contone encoded binary print data streams A method and system to convert an electronic image file described in a page description language containing both contone and non-contone image objects to an intermediate binary format image. The intermediate format image separately encodes the contone and non-conton... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346215 | Apparatus and method for capturing a document An apparatus for capturing a document with a plurality of compression models comprises an image-processing system and an image-capturing system. The image-processing system is for accepting a request of setting the compression models for the document and processing ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7330195 | Graphic pieces for a border image A graphic piece can be used to add a border to an image. The graphic piece is created by creating a graphic image foreground image and a graphic image background image. The foreground and background images are merged into a graphic image file, the contents of which ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327900 | Image reading apparatus and recording medium An image read controller for extracting an original portion from an image read by an image reader. The image read controller includes means for extracting a rectangular area containing the area in which the original exists from the read image, inclination detection ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7324246 | Apparatus and method for image processing There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing unit for executing image processing based on image data of an image; a region extracting unit for extracting a main subject region corresponding to a main subject in said image for the ima... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317552 | Print data forming apparatus, print data forming method, and computer-readable program A center position designated for an image is inputted and print data which is printed is formed so that the image is printed lest a blank occurs on a sheet and the center position designated for the inputted image is located at the center of the sheet, so that a bor... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317829 | Background color estimation for scanned images A background color estimation system and method for estimating a background color of a scanned image. The background color estimation method includes generating a list of candidate background colors present in the image, determining the most common candidate color f... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315648 | Digital signal coding with division into tiles A method of dividing a digital signal representing physical quantities, including the step of determining an initial partitioning of the signal, displaying representation of the signal and the previously determined signal partitioning, acquiring at least one partiti... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307749 | Information processor, method for processing information and memory medium for storing program readable by computer In order to compose a plurality of print jobs together to prepare one composed job and provide a desired printed result with no inconvenience to a user, an information processor of the present invention includes a generator for generating print setting information f... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302118 | Transformation of images This present invention provides a system and method for transforming a main image of a digital image, such as one stored in the Exchangeable Image File (“EXIF”) format, updating the metadata, including the thumbnail image, to correspond to the transformed main i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302163 | Information processing apparatus and recording control method including erroneous-erasure prevention feature An information processing apparatus for receiving a recording medium that stores image data and data setting conditions for an operation relating to the image data, and that includes an erroneous-erasure prevention mechanism, includes an image recording device for r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295705 | Image processing apparatus and method When one viewing condition parameter is applied to all pixels, a visual effect between a single color and a background expressed on a rasterized image cannot be reflected on a color matching result. To prevent this, when color matching using a human color appearance... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295839 | System and method for controlling a telephone via a computer system and printed control interface The invention concerns methods and systems for enabling telephones to be controlled through computer systems. Employing the invention involves the use of one or more control interfaces which are capable of being used to interact with a computer system or network, ea... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295344 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus, program and recording medium, and image forming apparatus A parameter representing whether an effective density pixel exists in an objective image is calculated. As to each interest pixel in the objective image having one pixel neighboring a downstream side in a first direction, the interest pixel is defined as an effectiv... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283284 | Image reading apparatus A reader has a one-pass both-side reading function and comprises a selector which synthesizes in a dot sequential manner image signals from a CCD for reading a front face image and from a contact sensor for reading a rear face image, and transmits both-side image da... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283277 | Image borders A border can be added to an image using pixels of a graphic piece that can be copied into or around an image. The graphic piece can be repeatedly copied around an image to form a border. A mask file identifies pixels of a graphic piece to merge with pixels of the im... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280250 | Method and apparatus for rendering large patterns in a small memory printer A method of performing a pattern fill operation of a pattern into a clipping region divides dividing the pattern into a plurality of bands. For each band the method renders the band as a bit map into a band cache. For each tiling of the pattern into the clipping reg... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277191 | Fast efficient window region coalescing in a two-pass auto-windowing environment A method and apparatus are provided for the processing of an image, such as a document. The invention determines the location of differing content types within the document allowing specialized processing of various content types. The invention performs the identifi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277595 | Method and apparatus for digital image manipulation to remove image blemishes To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an intuitive system for digital manipulation. The system of the present invention allows a user to simply fix small blemishes in digital images. In one embodiment,... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269290 | Moving image data management apparatus and method A moving image data management apparatus which manages one or plural representative images in correspondence with a moving image recorded on a storage medium. The apparatus generates a thumbnail based on a frame image selected in a desired selection base in an arbit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265851 | Printing method and system for making print from photo picture frame and graphic image written by user An image of a picture frame photographed on a photo film is displayed on a screen of an image input device, or is printed out as a hard copy. A graphic image is written by a user in the image of the picture frame, and graphic data of the graphic image is detected fr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262884 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method A white background determination section performs a white background determination on the basis of a white threshold calculated by a white threshold calculation section and an area size selected by an area size determination section. A character discrimination secti... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259766 | Aperiodic tiling of textured images A method and system for performing textured mapping of a target area is provided. According to the method, input is received that defines a textured image. Tiles are generated from the textured image used to cover the target area in an aperiodic tiling pattern. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257268 | Systems and methods for image pattern recognition Systems and methods for image pattern recognition comprise digital image capture and encoding using vector quantization (“VQ”) of the image. A vocabulary of vectors is built by segmenting images into kernels and creating vectors corresponding to each kernel. Ima... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253946 | Microscope with extended field of vision An optical system is provided for creating a mosaic image of a large field of view through a microscope at fast refresh rates of about 25 Hz with a high resolution that is free of blurring or aberrations. The optical system includes an objective lens assembly (20... | 08/07/2007 |
