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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7692834 | Image processing system, image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and program for implementing the control method An image processing system that can remove unnecessary blank parts in print data, thereby achieving sheet saving and efficient print output at the time of printing and copying. Data is inputted to an information processing apparatus of the system, and at least one o... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7417761 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method for processing document data having a plurality of objects different in attribution Document data is constituted of a plurality of objects different in attribution, and layout information of the objects. Each object is associated with size information indicating a relation between an output area size and an object size when the document data is out... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7375853 | Image processing apparatus and method A separating unit determines, for an image data, whether there exists black data, and generates density data from the black data when the black data exists, and generates color data from data other than the black data. A multinarizing unit converts the color data in... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7342696 | Computational moiré compensation The amount of moiré in halftone printed images is reduced using unique moiré intensity functions and moiré vectors in a halftoner. In various embodiments, moiré phase angle zones are determined over the full field of an image and high addressability units in the... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333238 | Rendering a printing device pixel map A device and method to render a page in a printing device are described. In an implementation, an object to be rendered onto the pixel map is converted from a description in pixel coordinates to a representation in lower resolution surface units. The lower resolutio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7315395 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium There is provided an image processing apparatus which enables high-speed processing with simplified multiplications and divisions even in the case of error diffusion comprised of a combination of processes of two or more colors. The image processing apparatus perfor... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312901 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program In an image processing apparatus which performs an error diffusion process to multivalued image data consisting of plural density components and outputs a result of the error diffusion process, the process result from a first error diffusion unit performing the erro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301573 | Apparatus for and method of edge enhancement in image processing An apparatus for and a method of simultaneously performing edge detection and enhancement without any additional memory storage include an image sensor sensing an image to output image data, a line buffer receiving the image data to output the image data, a register... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298927 | 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... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7259888 | Image file bit depth expansion and subsequent manipulation The present invention addresses the reformatting of a digital “ready to print” data file into a continuous tone (32 or 24 bit) file whereby discrete values in the tone range are uniquely assigned to specific binary combinations. The purpose for this transform is... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7239433 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus which includes a timing adjusting circuit for adjusting a generation timing of a drive signal for driving at least an image pickup element which reads an object image and outputs an image signal of the object image, a memory circuit for st... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221475 | Color image processing apparatus The invention relates to a color image processing apparatus and, more particularly, to adjusting means of a color tone and a sharpness. According to the invention, there is provided a color image processing apparatus characterized by having processing means for perf... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7202975 | Printer having image correcting capability A printer in which difference in color tone or contrast between a picture displayed on a display and a picture printed by the printer device is suppressed to a minimum. The display is preferably integrated with the printer. The printer includes an image data inputti... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7173732 | Image processing method An image processing method of subjecting image data having been supplied to image processing so as to arrange the image data as output image data has the steps of: performing a verification for adjusting image processing conditions when necessary referring to a fini... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7113305 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method for processing document data having a plurality of objects different in attribution Document data is constituted of a plurality of objects different in attribution, and layout information of the objects. Each object is associated with size information indicating a relation between an output area size and an object size when the document data is out... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7053949 | Charge couple device control system for scanner A control system and method for the CCD scanner, wherein the CCD can process multiple primary colors and includes a shift register and a transfer gate. The control system at least includes a transfer controller. The characteristic includes providing a transfer signa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044665 | Computerized apparatus and method for applying graphics to surfaces The invention is directed to an apparatus for applying at least one graphic to at least one surface, comprising a portable scaffolding system that may be telescoped to accommodate a length and a width of the surface; a host device for receiving at least one head att... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6993208 | Image processing apparatus and its processing method Upon scaling input image data and outputting the scaled image data, an address arithmetic processor determines phase information, which indicates the distances between the position of the pixel of interest after scaling and neighboring pixels of an original image, i... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6972879 | Image scanning apparatus With the present invention, by changing the scanning timing of a CCD line sensor in accordance with the amount of scanning misregistration corresponding to a magnification, misregistration of less than one line can be accurately corrected, thereby eliminating degrad... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6915026 | Image processing method and apparatus In an image processing method, a square submatrix formed from adjacent original pixels is equally divided into small square regions along the X- and Y-coordinate axes. Approximate points are set at the vertexes of the regions. Interpolation coefficients are derived ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906822 | Page printer and page printer control method The present invention relates to a page printer control method, a page printer therefor, for compressing print data for one page and for storing the compressed data in a memory, so that even when a printing resolution is changed in due to a memory shortage, the reso... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6879372 | Image processing apparatus and method thereof An object of the present invention is to form an image effectively by reading the image from the same film on which the image and information concerning the image have been recorded in different methods. To attain the object, there is provided an image processing ap... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6839154 | Image forming apparatus A system CPU checks whether a copying mode is selected. If the copying mode is selected, the system CPU calculates “read area=periphery of original 2−mm×100÷magnification.” If the copying mode is not selected, the system CPU checks whether a resolution conve... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6810155 | Method and apparatus for scaling an image with locally selected interpolation functions An apparatus for scaling an image composed of pixels by a scale factor is described. The apparatus includes a local image analyzer for identifying from among said pixels a target pixel and a set of pixels proximate to said target pixel and determining a type for the... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6801671 | Controlled image deterioration correction device with reduction/enlargement An image processing device for processing input image data includes a correction unit that corrects for image deterioration caused by changes in image magnification; a reduction/enlargement unit that, based on the magnification, thins out the pixel data when reducti... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6731414 | Image processing apparatus For preventing the occurrence of disjunction among a plurality of images in the magnification index in the main scanning direction, image data delivered from an external device through an input image data connector are converted by a P/S converter into serial data f... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718072 | Image conversion method, image processing apparatus, and image display apparatus According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes an original image data input unit 11 for receiving the original low resolution image data; a connection detector 13 for detecting a connection of a target pixel in the original ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6614553 | Apparatus and method for image data interpolation and medium on which image data interpolation program is recorded An image data interpolation apparatus includes an image data obtaining unit for obtaining image data representing an image as dot-matrix picture elements, a picture element interpolating unit capable of selectively executing one of a plurality of interpol... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6611619 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium on which an image processing program is recorded An image processing method includes the steps of contracting an original image consisting of plural pixel data to produce a contracted image; comparing a pixel data of the original image with a corresponding pixel data of the contracted image; registering... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6563962 | Image reading apparatus and image formation system A verification screen is displayed using information obtained by a prescan, fine scan conditions are computed on the basis of the print magnification and whether or not the density of an image obtained by the prescan is higher than a predetermined value i... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6529642 | Method for enlarging/reducing digital images This invention relates to a method for enlarging/reducing digital images, which carries out the image scale conversion processing uniformly and smoothly according to the regional mapping method to create the mutual positional relation within the reference... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6507666 | Method and apparatus for compensating for dot gain in stochastic printing A method of compensating for dot gain in printing with stochastic screens comprises obtaining continuous tone CMYK files and screening the files at a resolution that is lower than the resolution of an output device that will be used to print the files. Th... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6507610 | Cordless modem system having multiple base and remote stations which are interusable and secure A cordless modem system where a mobile station unit (MSU) is located in the computer and a base station unit (BSU) is connected to the telephone line. A radio frequency (RF) link is developed between the two units to allow a cordless connection. A series ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6501484 | System and method for high definition video rescaling A system and method for high definition video rescaling comprises receiving a source image including source pixels each having an associated amplitude, creating destination pixel locations for a rescaled image in accordance with a resealing factor, provid... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6331902 | System and method for digital color image processing A pipeline processor for scaling and converting RGB color input images to CMYK at a magnification specifiable in 1 percent increments up to 400% includes a scaler having predefined main scale factors including one at maximum scale. An interim scale factor... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6205245 | Method and apparatus for rapid down-scaling of color images directly from sensor color filter array space A method for downscaling an image from a sensor color filter array space having the step of determining an initial image size. The method also has steps of determining a set of stride lengths, locating a single color pixel of interest, and generating a fu... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201615 | Method for detecting document size Disclosed is a method for detecting a document size when the width of a document to be scanned is smaller than an effective scan width of a scanner module. One block of a document support plate is scanned before a document to be scanned is fed and a data ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6169607 | Printing black and white reproducible colored test documents A document containing colored text is reproduced in a way to preserve the color intent if the reproduced document is copied on a black-and-white device. For small text, the fact that it is colored, is conveyed by reproducing it bold, and for medium size t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6088137 | Specified image-area extracting method and device A face (skin color) area of a person is extracted with minimized error irrespective of different skin colors of the human races. A hue value calculating portion determines a hue value from an input image (RGB signal). A primary discriminating portion extr... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6069717 | Color image reading apparatus and a method of reading a color image A color image reading apparatus comprises: first to Nth (color line image) sensors for receiving respective color images from the projected image and respectively generating first to Nth (color) signals, the first to Nth s... | 05/30/2000 |
