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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169675 | Apparatus and method for creating preview image of object Apparatus and method for creating a preview image of an object is provided. The apparatus includes an object type detecting unit for detecting an object to be previewed for determining whether the type of the object is text, graphics, and image, a color matching uni... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144378 | Image processing device, image processing method, and computer program product An image processing device includes a unit for reducing original image data of an image scanned by a scanning unit to generate a preview image; a unit for saving/reading a preview image data item of the preview image data in/from a memory; a unit for transferring th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139276 | Printing control apparatus and printing control method The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document dat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130429 | Adaptive driver for choosing hybrid raster and PDL format output An adaptive print driver receives printing instructions relating to a document and outputs print data pages to an imager. The adaptive print driver includes a printing instruction parser for parsing printing instructions, a format controller for assigning a data for... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8107141 | Print presentation A method of providing a print representation of a document which, when printed, has at least one region the appearance of which is dependent on viewing conditions. The method comprises generating a representation of the document and then modifying the appearance of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7940435 | Apparatus, method and program for image display When images classified into groups of similar images are displayed, the similar images are efficiently displayed. For this purpose, a selection unit selects representative images representing the respective groups from the images classified into the groups. A displa... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7907315 | Print control apparatus and print control method In a print control apparatus of the invention, it is assumed that preprocessing with regard to a print object image specified as an object of image processing is currently being performed by an advanced processing execution module, at an input timing of an image pro... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7889405 | Image processing apparatus and computer program product for overlaying and displaying images in a stack A finished-image generating unit generates a finished image showing a result of a process performed on a target image. A transparent-finished-image generating unit generates, when the target image extends to a plurality of pages, a transparent finished image by adju... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884981 | User interface device that sets processing mode, image processing apparatus that includes such user interface device, and processing mode setting method In order to enable a user to easily and quickly set the processing mode, the user interface device sets the processing mode for job execution in an image processing apparatus. This user interface device includes specifying means that specifies the processing modes p... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7852534 | Apparatus and method for creating preview image of object Apparatus and method for creating a preview image of an object. The apparatus includes an object type detecting unit for detecting an object to be previewed for determining whether the type of the object is text, graphics, and image, a color matching unit for conver... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7821690 | Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and method, and storage medium readable by computer therefor An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an input unit inputting a command in accordance with an external operation; an image data acquiring unit acquiring print image data from an application; a preview display processing un... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7782507 | Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing A preview image is operated and an original image is opened based on the operation result of the preview image. For example, a heart is rotated from side to side on a preview screen, and the heart is displayed at a certain rotation angle and a certain magnifying sca... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7675661 | Printing based on motion picture A technology is provided by which images can be specified in a moving picture and printed easily. First, a plurality of first still images are displayed on a display unit based on a plurality of images which are to be displayed at mutually differing times in a singl... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7643187 | Image processing apparatus and preview image displaying method An image processing apparatus which previews a read image is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a preview image processing unit in which a user is allowed to set a processing condition for the read preview image by operating on the read preview image... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633659 | Printing control apparatus and printing control method The invention provides a printing control apparatus having a function for performing preview displaying prior to printing document data outputted by an application program. The apparatus comprises: a generator for generating a preview image based on the document dat... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7440136 | Color processing apparatus and method When tetrahedral interpolation is used in correction of color reproduction upon color adjustment, image disturbances such as pseudo edges and the like may occur since the surfaces of each tetrahedron satisfy the boundary condition. Hence, a pixel position of digital... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440134 | Print control apparatus and method This invention is targeted to realize preview displaying by using a system spooler. In the print system according to this invention, when an application program designates printing of a document, document data is spooled into EMF spool file 4. At the same tim... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436546 | Method and apparatus for color management The Management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (CR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433089 | Image processor The image processor performs aberration correction processing for correcting aberration due to a photographic lens on input image data obtained from an image optically photographed through the photographic lens of a camera and predetermined image processing on the i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430063 | Method and apparatus for color management The management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (CMR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430062 | Method and apparatus for color management The management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (CMR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428076 | Smart copying for variable cost, editable printouts Smart printing/copying techniques for controlling the printing/copying and editing of a document based on document-descriptive and control information embedded in the printed output. These “smart” printing/copying techniques and controls allow a document user to... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420704 | System and method for color gamut inadequacy notification The present disclosure relates to a system and method for color gamut inadequacy notification. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to accessing imaging data to be printed, identifying colors represented by the imaging data, comparing the identified col... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7394556 | Printer and printing method A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391539 | Image reader, image forming apparatus and storage medium storing control program of the image reader An image reader is provided with a display changing signal input means for inputting a signal to change the display of the display panel, wherein the control unit is provided with a function of, when a display changing signal is inputted from the display changing si... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7365879 | Determining sets of n-dimensional colorant control signals A method for determining a set of n-dimensional colorant control signals that map to a point P in an m-dimensional color space where n>m, including determining a forward device model that maps n-dimensional colorant control signals to m-dimensional color space signa... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360852 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus An imaging apparatus which outputs image data to be processed by an image processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a storage, and a communication unit. The image acquiring unit is adapted to acquire image data from an image stori... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357313 | Information processor-based service providing system and method A Smart card-based service providing system and method, in which a service application uses resources of a common application and which can easily cope with an addition of a service application into the Smart card and thereby efficiently utilize valuable resources o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349132 | Image reading apparatus An image reading unit according to the present invention includes a lamp to incorporate a change in temperature conditions to the emitting light amount, the lamp capable of illuminating an reading object with a light of a predetermined intensity, an image signal gen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345788 | Color image processing apparatus and color image processing system using the apparatus When an output unit to produce output is specified through an instruction terminal 11 and original data is input to a color proof generation section 12, a color conversion section 13 acquires a color conversion parameter corresponding to the spe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342682 | Incremental color transform creation An overall color transformation is constructed from multiple ones of individual color transformation steps, the overall color transformation used by a color management system to transform colors from one color space to another. A sequence of sequential add operation... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343320 | Online digital image-based product ordering system A system is provided that allows a photographer to take images for a customer and provide those images to order servicing equipment with which the images are placed on-line for the customer to view. The customer may place orders for the images and products and servi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333239 | Method for controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses The present invention provides a technique that ensures control of a distinction among a plurality of printers affecting a resulting print in printing with a plurality of printers. A distributed printing system, in which a distributed print server 100 and a p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327505 | Method for providing affective information in an imaging system A method for collecting and associating affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes displaying a digital image for viewing by a particular user; automatically collecting affective information for the digital image as the particular use... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327506 | Correction circuit A correction circuit for correcting pixel signals, comprising: a first memory for storing signals obtained by executing decimation process; a calculating circuit for calculating a correction value based on an output from the first memory; a seco... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327879 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting an image, a character/line drawing region extracting means for extracting a characte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327382 | System and method for processing electronically captured images to emulate film tonescale and color A method for converting a sequence of electronically captured images into a sequence of modified images for providing the appearance of images captured by a film reproduction system. The film reproduction system being includes motion picture negative film printed on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324749 | Image display method, image display apparatus and image display program An image correcting personal computer displays on its monitor a correction screen consisting of a main display area, a sub display area and a parameter adjusting area. The main display area is divided into a plural number of split image display sections displaying s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321450 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and recording medium According to an image processing method for performing color processing in accordance with a plurality of image objects, image data representing the plurality of image objects is input. The relationship between the plurality of image objects is analyzed. The plurali... | 01/22/2008 |
