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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5745253 | Image reading apparatus and method for reading images of different sizes of originals The invention relates to an image reading apparatus for reading images of original documents by moving the original relative to a stationary image reader. A single image reader is used in a first embodiment. When reading the image of a first side, the sin... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5629780 | Image data compression having minimum perceptual error A method for performing color or grayscale image compression that eliminates redundant and invisible image components. The image compression uses a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and each DCT coefficient yielded by the transform is quantized by an entry ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5619343 | Image reading apparatus for reading both sides of a double-sided original A method and apparatus in which images on the front and back sides of a double-sided original are serially connected on one scanning line, subjected to image processing and converted into binary image data, and immediately separated into the front and bac... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5608545 | Facsimile device and communication control method thereof The facsimile device, which can be used with a portable telephone working on a built-in battery, has a voltage detecting section for detecting voltage of a battery of the portable telephone and a control section providing controls to inhibit facsimile com... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5608540 | Preferential recording system for a facsimile apparatus In a preferential recording system provided in a transmission unit and a reception unit of a facsimile apparatus, the preferential recording system includes: a priority/time setting unit provided in the transmission unit for setting priority of recording ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5608537 | Image treatment apparatus An image treatment apparatus includes a first optical device for projecting an image of a film, a second optical device for projecting an image of an original, a display for displaying the image projected by the first optical device, a reader for reading ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5606428 | Image compression systems with optimized data access An image compression system has an image memory accessible from the image bus. Compressed data are stored in a dual-ported memory accessible from both the image bus and the host bus. The compressor/expander accesses the image memory while the host accesse... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5606432 | Image reproducing system Image characteristics of a finally generated printed image that is reproduced from YMCK halftone dot percentage data from an image editor by an image output unit B are simulated highly accurately taking into account periodic noise and random noise, and th... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5604606 | Picture reading apparatus with flaring light elimination capability A picture reading apparatus with flaring light elimination capability, which includes a light source for emitting light, a contact glass with which a document to be scanned comes in contact, a lens array in which a plurality of lenses for converging the l... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5602653 | Pixel pair grid halftoning for a hyperacuity printer Image data (10) is represented by a plurality of scan lines (30). Each scan line (30) includes a line of pixels (32) along a fast scan access. Each pixel (32) represents an optical density for a specific location in the image data (10). Pairs of pixels in... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5602651 | Image recording apparatus The present invention provides an image recording apparatus including a document size detection sensor 103 for recognizing a size of an image to be recorded. An image input section 101 reads and stores therein the image to be recorded, and a paper feeder ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5602871 | Signal regenerator for binary signals A signal regenerator for binary signals includes a signal equalizer having an input filter and an integrator. An amplitude detector and a period detector are arranged to receive the output signal of the equalizer. A high pass filter is included in a feedb... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5592297 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding digital image data An encoding method for digital image data comprising consecutive blocks of data groups having as content binary values always of an equal number of pixels of an image, utilizing a code which indicates that the encoded block is partly equal to the correspo... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592310 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method and apparatus which inputs a color image signal, and generates and outputs pattern data corresponding to the color of the image signal. The color of each pixel of the input color image signal is discriminated by a color discrimi... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5585941 | Facsimile machine having image memory A facsimile machine includes: a receiving system for receiving image information; an image memory for storing the image information received by the receiving system; a recording unit for recording the image information stored in the image memory on record... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5579373 | Transmission power control method in cellular radiotelephone system A transmission power control method in a cellular radiotelephone system that includes, within at least one cell site, first and second stations, each having a transmitter and a receiver for a predetermined radio channel, and dynamically adjusts transmissi... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5576850 | Image memory editing apparatus An image editing apparatus includes a variable-sized image memory memorizing variable-sized image plane data, a variable-sized image plane administrator administering the size of the image plane data, and a variable-sized image editor editing the variable... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5576847 | Image processing system In an image processing system, there are provided a plurality of plane memories for setting edit commands, a user interface for inputting edit functions, designation of area and instruction for execution, and an edit processing unit for setting and readin... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5572334 | Variable-length coding device A variable-length coding device for compressing video data includes a variable-length code memory, which stores predefined and pre-shifted variations of variable-length codes in entries thereof. Each entry also has two counter fields, one for indicating t... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5568121 | Wireless system for sensing information at remote locations and communicating with a main monitoring center A system for sensing information at a plurality remote, typically hazardous, locations and transmitting the sensed information to a main monitoring center. Remote portable "attendants" that take the place of a human safety monitor are carried by persons a... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5568278 | Image data coding and decoding method and apparatus with a plurality of DCT's, quantizers, and VLC's An image data coding device includes a plurality of orthogonal transform circuits for subjecting a plurality of image data items divided into blocks to the orthogonal transform. A plurality of quantization circuits quantize the orthogonal transform output... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5566005 | Image reducing apparatus using image division, capable of adjusting overlap in recording There is provided an image reproducing apparatus such as a copying apparatus. Such an apparatus has a dividing circuit to divide an original image into a plurality of images, a reproducing circuit for respectively enlarging the divided images and for resp... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563918 | Method of selecting optimum frequency in skywave communication apparatus In a skywave communication setting, a number of independent measurement techniques can be employed simultaneously and their results combined to yield a metric representative of the channel quality during a particular reception. This sample can then be com... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5559609 | Facsimile transceiver A facsimile transceiver is provided which includes a housing body, a paper cassette for storing therein a stack of recording paper sheets, a printer for printing images on the recording paper sheets, a recorded image outlet formed in an upper surface of t... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5557653 | Headset for hands-free wireless telephone A wireless telephone using an RF receiver unit and an RF transmitter unit and having a removable headset, the telephone and headset particularly suitable for applications where the RF transmitter unit is switched on and off at a frequency less than twenty... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555099 | Reproduction apparatus and method with proof set page numbering An apparatus includes an electronic scanner for scanning a set of original document pages to be reproduced as a production job. The scanner produces first signals representing image information on the document pages. An operator control panel (OCP) allows... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555277 | Technique for cancelling common mode switching noise to achieve reduced error rates in a local area network Improved gain control is obtained in each receiver of a LAN interface or hub in a LAN of the type using amplitude critical signals for conveying information. An evaluation circuit compares a signal representing a calibration value to a predetermined limit... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5555101 | Forms creation and interpretation system A system and method for interactively creating forms including displaying the forms during creation, and interpreting completed forms received via a facsimile device. The system includes the following features: automated reminder, automated data export, s... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5550895 | Bimodal portable telephone A bimodal portable telephone provides cellular service and improved cordless service in a common handset. Operation of the bimodal portable telephone in a cellular telephone system provides telephone service over a wide geographical area of coverage throu... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5535017 | Parallel image processing system Print image data produced by external equipment such as a personal computer is temporarily stored in a page buffer of an IOCP. The print image data stored in the page buffer is divided into a plurality of parts so that each divisional part can be transfer... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5532841 | Facsimile apparatus comprising a plurality of image reading units A facsimile apparatus includes a plurality of image reading units, each reading an image and converting the read image into image data, and a main controlling unit for receiving image data through a communication line and transmitting the received image d... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5528384 | System and method for implementing fast high addressability error diffusion process A method and system implements a high addressability characteristic into an error diffusion process. A grey level value representing a pixel is received. The grey level value is interpolated to generate subpixel grey level values which correspond to a sec... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526065 | Apparatus for displaying television images applicable to automotive vehicle An apparatus for displaying a television image on a television monitor applicable to a vehicle passenger compartment. In the television image displaying apparatus, the television monitor is installed on a center console of a vehicle passenger compartment.... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5525976 | Temperature measuring system For temperature measurement at a number of measuring points on, for example, current-carrying bars (2) in a high-voltage switchgear, a data transmitter (1) is used which is arranged near each measuring point and at the same potential as such point. The tr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5519458 | Universal anti-glare screen apparatus A universal filter apparatus is described which provides, in a single unit, an anti-glare and/or anti-static screen and frame which is adaptable to monitors of varying sizes. The universal filter apparatus includes a filter screen mounted to a housing. Th... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5517328 | Wobble and bow correction by dual spot pixel intensity proportioning A raster scanning system is disclosed which utilizes a laser light source with a plurality of diodes, at least two of which are offset relative to each other. Either one diode or two offset diodes will be selected to scan one scan line. If two offset diod... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5513017 | Automatic document imaging mode selection system An automatic document imaging mode selection system in a system for generating electronic images of documents, in which documents may be variously fed or registered on a document imaging platen with a plural mode automatic document handling system. Variou... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5513016 | Method and apparatus for processing image signal In an improved method and apparatus for processing image signals, an input original image signal that contains a periodic pattern is smoothed to obtain a first unsharpness signal which is then processed for sharpness to obtain an output image signal havin... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509051 | Prioritization of neighboring cells Each cell has an assigned classification that determines its inclusion in a measurement list for handing off. The candidate cells, which are selected from the measurement list are given priority level assignments. The priority levels are implemented by th... | 04/16/1996 |
