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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115955 | Communication device A communication device has a reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, and a transmitting unit. The reading unit reads image data from an original document. The original document has a first wireless tag including wireless tag data. The wireless tag data has data s... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115956 | Enhancements to VI record job ticketing and processing Job tickets containing scoped instructions can control the processing of a PDL file to produce a data stream that is efficiently processed by a rendering device such as a raster image processor or printer. Job tickets contain instructions for processing a PDL file. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115944 | Methods and systems for local configuration-based imaging device accounting Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for receiving job configuration data, deriving detailed job parameters and calculating job costs in relation to an imaging device job. Some aspects relate to the receiving display content for us... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115943 | Image forming apparatus and print process method An image forming apparatus is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: an information providing part for providing, to a client terminal, screen data for selecting one or more image forming apparatuses among from a plurality of image forming apparatu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115951 | Approach for implementing locked printing with unlock via a user input device An approach is provided for implementing locked printing on a printing device with unlock via a keypad attached to the printing device via an interface. A user may specify for printing print jobs stored at a printing device using a keypad device to enter a job ID as... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115949 | Image forming system, printing apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program An image processing apparatus inputs print data from an external device, and analyzes the input print data. The image processing apparatus rasterizes the print data into first image data on the basis of the analysis result. The image processing apparatus receives st... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115945 | Methods and systems for imaging device job configuration management Some aspects of the present invention relate to a method whereby an image device may communicate its job configuration properties to a remote computing device, which may then communicate with the imaging device to modify those configuration properties for a particul... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115953 | Image forming apparatus and information processing method An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus comprises an input unit through which a condition for reading image data of a document is input, a reading unit to read the image data under the reading condition, a first storage unit to store the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115946 | Methods and sytems for imaging device job definition Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device job definition. Some aspects relate to methods and systems whereby device capabilities are communicated and stored with simple and complex compositors. Some aspects relate to ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115947 | Methods and systems for providing remote, descriptor-related data to an imaging device Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for providing access to remote, descriptor-related data at an imaging device user interface. Some aspects relate to accessing a service or product provider resource based on a descriptor that is... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115957 | Data transmitting apparatus and data transmitting program In a data transmission apparatus, each dot data element is one of a predetermined number of kinds. The data transmitting apparatus includes a template-data generating portion generating template data from the image data by initially determining one of the kinds of d... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115954 | Pull print supporting image forming system, image forming method and information processing apparatus directed thereto When a specific image forming apparatus is selected as an output destination, a CPU reads a printer driver corresponding to the selected image forming apparatus from a printer driver group, and loads the driver in a memory unit or the like. On the contrary, if no sp... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115958 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus to which a user can login, a management unit that manages login information of a user, a storage unit that stores print data of a print job received from an external device, and a control unit are provided. When a print job is introduce... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115952 | Document managing system, image forming device, discarding device, discard certificate issuing device, document attribute managing device, and computer readable medium A document managing system includes: an image forming device that includes an image forming part, and forms a document on a prescribed output medium; a discarding device that includes a document discarding part that discards the document formed on the output medium ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115950 | Image reading system, information processing apparatus, and scanner, with specification of number of pages to be scanned and created into a file An image reading system includes an information processing apparatus and a scanner connected to the information processing apparatus via a network. Upon receiving input of information that specifies the number of pages to be included in a file through an input unit ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115948 | Interactive paper system A printer, scanner device and methods for using same are described herein. A printer device may include a dedicated input that, when actuated, generates and sends a request to a computer for known data or a predetermined print job, e.g., schedule information from a ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111417 | Method and apparatus for modeling print jobs A system and method for modeling print jobs provides a central server that is accessible to remotely located print shops. The remote print shops are able to communicate with the central server to forward print job parameters and to receive the output from a modeling... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111418 | Image processing system, operation method thereof, image processing apparatus and image processing program thereof An image processing system in which a portable terminal and an image processing apparatus are capable of communicating with each other contactlessly, includes: the portable terminal apparatus including: a display; and a transmitter that transmits display information... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111416 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program for processing a predetermined code image In printing an electronic document on a paper, an MFP prints a code image created by encoding a paper ID including a local ID issued to the paper and stores paper information with the paper ID. The MFP determines a type of data format, creates a paper ID in the data... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111414 | Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program When information on addition and change of data which is stored in an apparatus and dynamically changes is set as a monitoring target, the information is accumulated in a syndication by an application management interface. Periodically or in response to a request, a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111415 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same to correct image forming position in an amount smaller than one pixel An image forming apparatus of this invention includes an image forming position correction unit which corrects an inclination or curve of an image in the main scanning direction by converting coordinates designating pixel positions of a bitmap image in the sub-scann... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107109 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method and computer readable medium An image processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, a selecting unit, a first forming instruction generating unit and a second forming instruction generating unit. The accepting unit accepts a forming instruction for forming an image. The selecting unit select... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107110 | Computer system for printing a page and generating interactive elements A computer system for printing a page at a printer. The computer system is configured to: (i) receive a visual description for the page, the visual description describing a graphic impression for printing; (ii) identify a URI text string in the visual description; (... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107108 | Providing user feedback in handheld device Apparatuses and methods for providing user feedback for image translation operations in a handheld device are described herein. Progress of the image translation may be displayed to the user of the device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107112 | Image forming apparatus and scanned data process method An image forming apparatus including a scanner engine and an operation panel is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a display part for displaying a selection screen for selecting a transfer destination of scanned data from among a plurality of t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107106 | System and method for improving print shop operation There is provided a system for a print production facility, with print job processing departments, in which a wait time interval is determined for each recorded instance in which an output, from a set of multiple outputs, is delivered from a first one of the print j... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107113 | Printer and image processing apparatus An input unit inputs RAW data. An image generating unit generates an image from the RAW data using a demosaicing processing. A print unit that prints the image. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107114 | Facsimile delivery through interaction with printed document A method of delivering an electronically transmitted document is provided. The method starts by printing, by a printer, a document on a substrate. The document has printed thereon visible user information and invisible coded tags. The user information includes infor... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107111 | Print processing system, information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program It is determined whether device information having an ID coincident with that of device information included in the print settings of received print data exists. If it is determined that the device information having the ID coincident with that of the device informa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107107 | Facsimile apparatus, facsimile communication method, and facsimile communication system for preventing erroneous transmission A facsimile apparatus is provided, which can access a latest database associating facsimile numbers and destination names. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a destination table in which button information such as one-touch dial buttons, facsimile num... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102550 | Image-forming apparatus utilizing reduced signal lines The image-forming apparatus has a plurality of detectors for outputting detection data comprising detection results of the operating statuses of a plurality of component members constituting the image-forming apparatus, and detection results of various types of dete... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102551 | Image processing apparatus, method of displaying raw file information, and computer program product An image processing apparatus for performing a developing process on RAW image data included in a specific RAW file. The image processing apparatus includes a decision module and a display. The decision module decides whether a RAW file is developable or not in the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102552 | Performance monitoring and control of a multifunction printer A method and system for monitoring performance of a multifunction printer (MFP) throughout the lifetime of the MFP. The MFP may include a task run-time controller to collect performance information from the MFP and to transmit the performance information to a receiv... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102553 | Data communication system, image processing apparatus, program and data communication method A data communication system, an image processing apparatus, a program and a data communication method which permit a user to command a reply multicast transmission in reply to a multicast transmission with easy operations. In executing a multicast transmission of fi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102555 | Image forming system and method of controlling image forming system A configuration of an image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and at least one of a paper feed apparatus and a post-process apparatus is defined based on system configuration information including a combination of identification information for... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102556 | Controlling a configuration of an image forming apparatus using a Java application A method and system for printing documents based on Java commands. A Java printer receives page layout requests and converts the requests into a rasterized image which is transferred to a recording medium. Page layout can be interactively modified. The Java printer ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102548 | Video-based control and diagnostics system A video-based control and diagnostics system for use in an imaging machines, is presented. The system may be used in a number of ways with video imaging, including diagnostic testing, monitoring paper type, motors and solenoids, providing machine access by controlli... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102549 | System and method for improved print job scheduling There is provided a system for scheduling two or more print job suites for shipment to two or more different physical destinations. The system includes a print job processing estimator for estimating a time required to process a first one of the two or more print jo... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102554 | Optical imaging pen having a force sensor Provided is an optical imaging pen configured to detect information encoded with infrared ink on a page. The pen includes a housing with an ink pen cartridge and a stylus. The ink cartridge and stylus are configured to be individually brought forward through an open... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098388 | Content transmission device, content transmission method, and computer program used therewith A content transmission device for transmitting content, whose copying is controlled, includes an authentication section for performing an authentication procedure between the content transmission device and a content receiving device, a first copy-control-informatio... | 01/17/2012 |
