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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8004730 | Scanning apparatus for transparent documents A scanning apparatus for transparent documents includes a scanner which includes a host and a lid pivotally coupled with the host, and a transparent document holding module which is located between the host and the lid, and includes a main body and a light guide ele... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7847988 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a visible light source; an infrared light source; at least three one-dimensional photoelectric conversion elements extending in a main scanning direction and having respective different spectral sensitivity characteristics; an ima... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7817316 | Scanning apparatus for transparent documents A scanning apparatus for transparent documents includes a scanner which includes a host and a lid pivotally coupled with the host, and a transparent document holding module which is located between the host and the lid, and includes a main body and a light guide ele... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7626739 | Imaging using media carriage coupled to a lid An imaging system comprises a lid having a light source disposed therein and a media carriage coupled to the lid. The media carriage is adapted to support at least two media objects and is movable relative to the light source to alternately expose the two media obje... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7468819 | Image reading apparatus and transmitting original illuminating apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a transparent original table for placing a transmitting original thereon, an image reading unit for reading an image of the transmitting original through the transparent original table, and a transmitting original holder having a ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7436557 | Image reading system, image reading method and program for implementing the method An image reading system which, even if a user sets a transparent original of a wrong type in order to obtain a preview image, is capable of displaying the preview image which is suited to the type of the transparent original without executing pre-scanning again. Whe... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412199 | Image scanner having pivotal illuminantor plate An image scanner has a pivotal illuminator plate. The illuminator plate is pivotally coupled to the main housing of the image scanner and storable within the automatic paper feeder when the illuminator plate is not used. For scanning a transparent object, the illumi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391543 | Image reading apparatus A document platen. A support member supports an end portion of the document platen from below in a sub scanning direction. A sensor module has a first protruding portion protruding in the sub scanning direction. The sensor module includes a first sensor, and a secon... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7365889 | System and method for transparency optimization One embodiment pertains to analyzing a document that is to be printed on a transparency, determining whether the document formatting is optimized for transparency printing, and alerting a user if the document formatting is not optimized for transparency printing. An... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362478 | Display and scanning assembly for transparencies A display and scanning assembly is disclosed wherein light reflected from or transmitted through an image being scanned is transmitted to an optical sensor through an optical shutter assembly via a light guide assembly. The optical shutter assembly is made substanti... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362455 | Processing scanned pages Systems and methods of processing scanned pages are described. In one aspect, the invention features a method of processing a sequence of scanned pages of a document in accordance with which, page number indicators are extracted from scanned pages of the document. A... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359095 | Apparatus used with scanner for holding transparent objective film A film holding apparatus for use with a scanner is provided. The film holding apparatus selectively holds a positive film and a negative film that are to be scanned. The positive film is thicker than the negative film. The film holding apparatus includes a base, a p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359096 | Floating window A floating window, suitable for use in a flatbed scanner. The flatbed scanner has at least a top lid and a chassis. The floating window includes a transparent flat panel disposed under an opening of a top lid. A supporting structure and a limiting structure are furt... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352894 | Systems and methods for illuminant estimation Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for estimation of an image illuminant. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349131 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus receives image data from a plurality of external input means and forms an image on a sheet of paper based on the image data. In the image forming apparatus, an operation part for a user to perform an input/output operation is provided in t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349133 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus that detects failure in the white LEDs constituting a white LED array. Failure in the white LEDs is detected by comparison between a prescribed current threshold and the current running in the LED array detected by an image reading apparat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333670 | Image sequence enhancement system and method Motion picture scenes to be colorized are broken into separate elements, backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined separately into single frame representations of multiple frames which becomes a visual reference database... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327498 | Image reader for use in image forming apparatus An image reader according to the present invention can change the wavelength of the light radiated from an illumination unit, by switching illumination lamps to radiate a light, so that the light has the wavelength suitable for a color image CCD sensor, when a readi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310165 | Dynamic color rendering dictionaries Dynamic Color Render Dictionaries are provided to automatically switch color rendering behavior between object types. The implementation resides entirely within the Color Render Dictionary (CRD) and require no changes to the state of the Postscript interpreter (Ther... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307765 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus can read images on film and is capable of alternating between 35 mm film and a roll of film. The apparatus includes a light source, a photoelectric converter, a film transport that transports film past a reading position to which the light... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7298529 | Method and system for imaging a transparent media object A scanner system for imaging a transparent media object comprising an illumination source for concurrently illuminating a first and second scan line of a media object, and a carriage comprising a photosensitive device located within the carriage and a light pipe aff... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295350 | Photographic film scanning device A photographic film scanning device includes an image scanner including a first casing having a transparent top surface and an optical scanning module movably arranged inside the first casing. A film driving assembly includes a second casing having a detachable bott... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292261 | Virtual reality camera A camera including a camera lens, acquisition circuitry receiving images via the camera lens, for acquiring a first field of view when the camera lens is in a first orientation and for acquiring a second field of view when the camera lens is in a second orientation,... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7277196 | Iterative printer control and color balancing system and method using a high quantization resolution halftone array to achieve improved image quality with reduced processing overhead A system and method for printer control and color balance calibration. The system and method address the image quality problems of print engine instability, low quality of color balance and contouring from the calibration. The method includes defining combinations o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270420 | Optical scanner An optical scanner suitable for scanning a vertical object. The optical scanner has a scanning body, a focusing device and a scanning module. The scanning body has a transparent window, the focusing device has an arm, a reflective mirror and a lens. One end of the a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259896 | Office automation apparatus with calibration and positioning device for automatic document feeder An office automation apparatus with calibration and positioning device includes a body with an optical module, an automatic document feeder (ADF) arranged at the body and a home pattern having both positioning and calibrating functions and placed below the automatic... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7242503 | Image reading method In the image reading method, a film having images recorded in a plurality of frames in a longitudinal direction is transported to read the images photoelectrically at an image reading position by an image reading device. This method transports the film in a first di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7221464 | Image recording apparatus and test pattern for evaluating recorded image The invention concerns an image recording apparatus suitable for forming a medical image that is used for a medical diagnosis, and a test pattern for evaluating a quality of the medical image. The image recording apparatus includes a printing section to either the m... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209618 | Scanner transparent media adapter using fiber optic face plate A transparent media adapter for scanning transmissive media on a flatbed scanner comprises a fiber optic face plate. The fiber optic face plate translates the image from the media to the scanner focal plane. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206011 | Apparatus for and method of recording optically scanned image An image signal with an overshoot is generated on a positive-going edge of an input image signal with an overshoot producing unit. Then, a light signal with an overshoot is outputted from a recording light source in response to the image signal with the overshoot su... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202982 | System and method for selecting photographic images using index prints A method for remotely selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: sending a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher; developing the photographic film to produce visible images and scanning the visible images t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199952 | Color wheel, and color wheel assembly incorporating same There is provided a color wheel including a plurality of color filters arranged so as to form a disk, and a retainer member disposed at a center of the disk and formed into a C-ring defining an open mouth portion through which an area of one color filter is exposed.... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199909 | Scanner projection system A stand alone flat bed scanner including a CPU, a removable storage medium, a control system displaying digital image and controls for controlling the mode of operation, degree of resolution, related parameters associated with generating, storing and displaying digi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200280 | Image processing apparatus The image processing apparatus includes a detection device which detects an improper image portion of image information, a correction device which corrects the improper image portion, a display device which displays an image whose improper image portion has been cor... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190352 | Method and apparatus of electrotactile panel with pointing system An electro-tactile panel (ETP) apparatus for a display panel is disclosed. The ETP apparatus is composed of three major parts: a controller, a panel, and a holder. The panel consists of four layer made of transparent material. The first layer is an insulating substr... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190493 | Image reading apparatus and image reading method A white reference image is inputted to an image sensor so as to output groups of analog data. The groups of analog data are converted by a processing unit into those groups of digital data the number of which is smaller than that of photosensor elements of the image... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176909 | Color correction circuit and image display apparatus including the same A 2.2th-power to 1st-power conversion circuit 102 uses a 2.2th-power curve to convert an input R signal ‘a’ into an R signal ‘b’ expressed in a 1st-power signal space. Offsets, which are to be added to a G signal and a B signal, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170651 | Image reader In an image reader, delay circuits are disposed on connection lines connecting an A/D converter with an image data generation circuit, whereby the output timings of the digital electric signals output from the A/D converter differ. Thus, the digital electric signals... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171115 | CD index print label An index print of photographic images is created on a CD containing digital data representing those images. Photographic images are digitized to produce digital image data which is stored on the CD. This digital image data is also used to create an index print conta... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167285 | Image scanning apparatus and method, and storage medium A scheme for obtaining an original image free from any dust or scratches on a film by scanning a film original or the like with visible light and infrared light has been proposed. This scheme suffers problems, i.e., a large memory size and long processing time since... | 01/23/2007 |
