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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7433091 | Image forming and reading apparatus An image forming and reading apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a fed recording sheet and an image reading portion for reading the image of a fed document. At least a portion of the feeding path of the recording sheet is common to at... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426055 | Optical disc supply and interface for digital copier machine Disclosed are improvements in digital copier machines and methods for controlling an output job to issue onto a removable digital storage media. A drive unit is provided and configured to removably receive a removable digital storage medium such as an optical disc. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426054 | Image processing apparatus, image reproduction apparatus, system, method and storage medium for image processing and image reproduction The present invention enables reduction in the amount of data of a document image while maintaining a layout of the document image, and enables suppression of image quality deterioration when reproducing the document image. An original document image is inputted as ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426059 | Data presentation methods and apparatus to facilitate printing and reviewing A method of creating a printable representation of data elements as displayed in a browser, including a set of frames. The method includes determining an optimal height distance X of each frame of the set of frames, wherein the frame can be printed without a page br... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426045 | Information processing apparatus for managing print job, and method thereof Disclosed are, as an embodiment, an information processing apparatus connectable to an image processing apparatus, including a first setting unit for setting the first limitation condition for limiting the use of the image processing apparatus, a second setting unit... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423785 | Job recovery for scan to email A document is scanned in a scanning device to obtain electronic data. The electronic data represents information on the document. The electronic data is stored to a storage device. An error then occurs either before or after beginning transmission of the data to an ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420716 | Image reading apparatus An object of this invention is to provide an image reading apparatus capable of reading an original image at high speed. And other object is to provide an image reading apparatus in which even when heat is generated at an inverter, reading operation is not influence... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420710 | Optical proximity correction in raster scan printing based on grayscale manipulation of the bitmap Methods and apparatus for correcting defects, such as rounded corners and line end shortening, in patterns formed via photolithography are provided. Such defects are compensated for “post-rasterization” by manipulating the grayscale values of pixel maps. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417774 | Method and apparatus for selective processing of captured images Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying intended response marks in an optically scanned image of a response sheet having key marks and response targets printed in the same color. Pixel darkness values assigned by a digital imaging scanner are used to loc... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417771 | Error diffusion halftoning system Artifacts of error diffusion halftoning are reduced by selecting a halftone threshold for a current pixel on the basis of an accumulated halftone error for the pixel and its neighbors. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414760 | Image reader, image reading apparatus, and reading resolution setting method An image reader including photoelectric transducers each of which converts a light signal into an electric signal, and outputs the signal to a signal line, channel selecting switches each of which selectively connects, and disconnects, a corresponding one of the tra... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414746 | Image data communication method A data transmitting device transmits a print file showing file names of image files and print conditions to a data receiving device, and the data receiving device stores the received print file in a storage medium. Then, the data receiving device requests one of the... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414758 | Four-way calibration of a digital camera using patch information acquired from a scene A method of improving a digital image captured by a digital camera comprising: providing a digital camera having a memory for storing known values of a color chart having a plurality of color patches of different colors and a digital image processor, using the digit... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400422 | Method, apparatus, and program to prevent computer recognition of data A text modification mechanism is provided for formatting data such that the information can be reasonably deciphered by a human, but cannot be easily recognized by computer recognition techniques. The text modification mechanism alters printed text so that computer ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394573 | System for authenticating hardcopy documents A system authenticates an original hardcopy document using a digital signature generation system and a digital signature verification system. Initially, the original hardcopy document is scanned to provide a bitmap image to the signature generation system. The bitma... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7064870 | System for accommodating third party imaging processing solutions in a scanner A system for permitting insertion or replacement of electronic cards, the system includes a scanner for scanning hardcopy elements, the scanner including an electronic component for performing at least one processing function on an electronic representation of the h... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6427064 | Method and apparatus for maintaining a database in a portable communication device A method and apparatus is described for the communication of data which is maintained in a database within a memory of a paging receiver. The data maintained in these fields may be utilized during page requests to provide possibly useful information to th... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6301025 | Method for performing a color space transformation A method for transforming a first image defined by a first multi-dimensional color space (RGB) into second image defined by a second multi-dimensional color space (CMYK). The method computes the transformation using information derived from a previous tra... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6278862 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the efficient communication of information in an alphanumeric paging network A method and apparatus is described for enhancing the communication of data in an alphanumeric paging network. In accordance with the present invention, caller-identification information is automatically transmitted through a telephone network to a centra... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6198545 | Method and apparatus for generating halftone images by evolutionary screen dot contours The present invention is related to the synthesis, display and printing of halftone images. The invention comprises a method capable of generating screen elements with sophisticated screen dot shapes such as artistic shapes, microletters and ideograms. Th... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6122078 | Self calibrating scanner with single or multiple detector arrays and single or multiple optical systems A system for scanning and digitizing large images using a reseau for accuracy without obscuring the image to be scanned. The system uses two separate CCD photoreceptor arrays which are fixed in a rigid position with respect to each other and any accompany... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6023348 | Rotary image scanner capable of mounting drums of various diameters A dual drum rotary image scanner has a headstock and a tailstock between which may be mounted drums of different diameter. The tailstock has substantially annular surfaces which contact corresponding surfaces on the different diameter drums. The different... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6005675 | Facsimile apparatus for transmitting and receiving data and commands relating to the apparatus A control command indicating the end of a command is set in a remote command in file data to be transmitted, and the remote command is transmitted as packet data having a data length based on the control code to a receiving apparatus. When the receiving a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6005641 | Built-in monitor apparatus A built-in monitor apparatus such as an electronic game machine which is adapted to allow a built-in monitor unit having a rectangular picture screen to rotate in a 90-degree arc and includes a monitor unit comprising a cathode-ray tube; a base unit compr... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5914788 | Facsimile/printer device having a recording priority setting option In a device having both a facsimile function and a printing function, a priority can be given, for example, to a printer section to perform printing of print data in a common recording section precedent to fax data. In this case, recording of fax data app... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5896203 | Image information communication apparatus for concurrently storing and transmitting image information In a facsimile apparatus, transmission image data is stored in an image memory after being produced by encoding and compressing raw image data. A storing operation of the transmission image data and a transmitting operation for transmitting the transmissi... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5880856 | Progressive image transmission using discrete wavelet transforms Disclosed herein is a method of storing and of progressively transferring a still image so that it can be conveniently previewed during the transfer and so that a user can terminate the transfer at an early stage if the image turns out to be undesirable. ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5872643 | Film image reproducing apparatus using a domestic light condition or an undomestic light condition for generation of a designated area A film image reproducing apparatus includes an image pick-up device which picks up a film frame image recorded on a film to generate image data; an information reader which reads information about photographing conditions of the film frame image; a reprod... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5861960 | Image signal encoding apparatus An image signal encoding apparatus reads an image from an original and converts the image into color data values including lightness and chromaticity components. The data values are stored and divided into pixel blocks with data values of lightness compon... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5855433 | Method of color halftoning using space filling curves A method of color halftoning using stochastic screening includes clustering, performing error diffusion and applying an adaptive criteria to change the cluster size according to the variation of the image color values. The method incorporates features fro... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5844693 | Information processing apparatus and method for displaying information processing parameters and guidance information An image transmission system includes an image transmitting unit having a display to display a status of a receiving unit and a detector for detecting a size of an original and a record mode permitted for transmission.... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5844635 | Cathode ray tube mounting structure A cathode ray tube mounting structure comprising a supporter secured to the cathode ray tube and an elevated seat formed at each side of the front portion of a printed circuit board mounting bracket for mounting the supporter. The printed circuit board mo... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5838886 | Printing method and apparatus therefor A printing method and apparatus according to the present invention is capable of instructing whether or not a printing portion is used in a case where data is received from a host so as to be printed, and the initializing control required to perform print... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5838458 | Method and apparatus for linking designated portions of a received document image with an electronic address A method and apparatus for receiving document images including portions linked to one or more electronic addresses. The linked portion of the document is identified using a predetermined visual attribute, such as bold-face text, or delimiters to mark the ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5838462 | Hybrid imaging system A hybrid system for digitally screening black and white and/or color images using a number of imaging techniques is disclosed. Cyan, yellow, magenta and black color separation may be processed according to the same or different methods according to gray l... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5835688 | Generic method for automatically generating finite-state machines for schedudling from print engine capabilities A system is provided for automatically analyzing timing constraints of capabilities, and establishing parameters for automatic generation of finite-state machines which schedule from print engine capabilities. The system generates a finite-state machine w... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5828468 | Point of presence (POP) for digital facsimile network with spoofing capability to maintain fax session A fax network for communicating fax transmissions over either a conventional public switched telephone network or a digital (frame relay) network based on a telephone number of a destination fax machine. If the destination fax machine can be serviced by t... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5828466 | Image recording apparatus An apparatus stores image data sent as a facsimile signal through a line in an image memory (103) and records the image data on a recording medium upon reducing the data. The apparatus further includes an interface for connection with an external informat... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5825507 | On-line microfilm storage and retrieval system The microfilm storage and retrieval (MegaSAR-420) system of the present invention puts microfilm images on line in a document imaging system. A MegaSAR-420 could be connected to a PC LAN base document imaging system with specialized software. A remote use... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5825928 | Decoding apparatus for error concealment considering motion directions of moving images A motion image decoding apparatus receives encoded image data which has first, second and third data regions, such as MPEG macroblocks which have predetermined sizes, and a motion vector for each of the data regions. The motion image decoding apparatus co... | 10/20/1998 |
