Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 03/06

20060066880 - Apparatus, method and program for carrying out embossed printing processing: An embossed printing processing apparatus for carrying out embossed printing by converting attribute values that are extracted from non-embossed image data into height data to create embossed image data, and transmitting the non-embossed image data and the created embossed image data to an image forming apparatus, the embossed printing processing...

20060066879 - Method for calibrating printing of lenticular images to lenticular media: A method for calibrating the printing of a lenticular image with respect to the lenticules of a lenticular sheet includes the steps of printing a test pattern including a plurality of patches on a lenticular sheet with an ink jet printer. The patches are printed on a surface opposite the...

20060066883 - Printer: A printer is provided with a first storage capable of storing a print medium, and a second storage capable of storing a print medium The first and second storage arc aligned along a first direction in a plan view of the printer. The printer is provided with a first transferring...

20060066887 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: In an image forming apparatus having a discrimination mechanism that identifies an input document image as a color image or a monochrome image and an area recognition mechanism that recognizes a plurality of different areas contained in the document image, the apparatus applies the optimum color image forming mode even...

20060066886 - Image-processing system, image-processing method, and product of image-processing program: A job-receiving section receives a job with regard to a first-type image. A job-setting-receiving section receives a command for selecting, with regard to the job of the first-type image to which a second-type image is related, either a merging setting or a non-merging setting. A job-processing section processes the received...

20060066884 - Printing control apparatus and method of controlling the printing thereof: The present invention stores color setting and monochromatic setting including the number of print copies respectively in different Devmode structures, at the time of color print and monochromatic print, refers to the respective storage locations, performs printing, thereby can obtain simultaneously both color print and monochromatic print....

20060066885 - Printing system: A method of printing includes processing a print job stream to identify one or more images to be printed on a first substrate. The first substrate has a substrate attribute, such as paper weight or surface roughness, which is different from that of a second substrate. A marking engine is...

20060066888 - Printing system, printing apparatus, document replacement apparatus, and printer driver: A printing data generating unit designates a first section (page numbers, etc.) corresponding to a change target part of a before-being-changed document and a second section corresponding to printing data of a changed part. A printing unit includes a replacement processing portion. The replacement processing portion determines whether or not...

20060066890 - Data backup system, data backup program, data restoration processing system, and data restoration processing program: A data backup system includes an administration device built in an image forming apparatus for administering a state of usage of the image forming apparatus every administrative unit of a previously registered user and/or organization, and a backup device for acquiring registration data of the administrative unit and the data...

20060066896 - Device management apparatus and device management method: A device management apparatus is adapted to be connected to devices which constitute at least one device group. An application is running in the device management apparatus. Each of the device managers is associated with one of the devices and is operable to create usage information of the associated one...

20060066900 - Device monitor system, network connection apparatus, and device monitor method: A network connection apparatus of the invention has a list that includes at least device identification information used to identify a device as a monitor object device to be monitored by a monitor server. When the network connection apparatus is attached to the device, the network connection apparatus acquires the...

20060066894 - Driver program and transfer method for data: A driver program is provided for causing a host apparatus to execute a processing of generating color-converted image data and transferring it to a printing apparatus, this program making it possible to decrease the volume of image data to be stored in the host apparatus and to conduct data transfer...

20060066895 - Facsimile system: A main controlling portion controls each portion of a facsimile system, and when a communication controlling portion receives facsimile communication information from a sender indicated by predetermined sender information stored in a storing portion, causes a LAN controlling portion to notify a notify party indicated by notify party information associated...

20060066901 - Image forming apparatus: A printer controller converts image data received from the external device into image information. An engine controller causes a print engine to perform the printing in accordance with the image information, and communicates data regarding a status of the print engine with the print controller by a serial communication. The...

20060066891 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus in which a client terminal and a printer are connected to a communication network, includes an image capturing part provided in a vicinity of the printer, a recognizing part to sense a person approaching the printer and to recognize an identity of the person, based on...

20060066889 - Image forming apparatus with improved convenience of internet facsimile and program product causing computer controlling the image forming apparatus to execute print notifying function: Data type of data attached to a first e-mail received by using an account data is determined, and if the attached data is an image data of a prescribed format, the image data is printed, and a second e-mail notifying completion of printing is transmitted to the destination of the...

20060066897 - Imaging and recording system: There is provided an imaging and recording system including an imaging apparatus and a recording apparatus. The imaging apparatus receives an output bit rate instruction which is issued by the recording apparatus and instructs the imaging apparatus on the first bit rate of image data to be output from the...

20060066893 - Instruction file execution device and method, recording medium, and job flow system: An instruction file execution device includes: a receiver that receives an instruction file that has a job flow described therein defining a cooperative linkage among jobs, and that instructs execution of predetermined processing of document data, and receives fee information and the document data when required; a determination section that...

20060066898 - Multiple function image formation device and method thereof: An image formation device is disclosed that has service functions corresponding to a configuration of the image formation device. The image formation device includes a service function unit for processing a request for a service function. The service function unit includes a master service function section and plural sub service...

20060066892 - Printer and method of controlling the same: A printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client device via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, comprising: a detecting unit which detects whether or not the print processing has been completed properly; a determining unit which determines a cause...

20060066899 - Printing control apparatus and computer readable information recording medium: A registering part registers setting information concerning preview display of document data; and a printing setting part responds to a printing request for the printing data, to output, to a display part, an printing setting page for setting printing conditions for the document data, wherein: the printing setting part refers...

20060066902 - Electronic document storage apparatus, program and electronic document reference apparatus: An electronic document storage and reference system, for providing an electronic document storage apparatus for performing a document transfer processing effectively, and providing means for restoring and enabling the transferred electronic document for a reference on an apparatus other than the electronic document storage apparatus, comprises a unit for transferring...

20060066903 - Image file recording system and method of controlling same: Image files are prevented from being stored in duplicate. To achieve this, it is determined whether the date of creation, creation time, file size and shooting date and time, etc., of an image file that has been recorded in a digital still camera connected to an image file recording system...

20060066905 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: A page in which field areas are laid out is displayed on the basis of a template. A field area to be adjusted is selected from the field areas in the page. The field area is adjusted on the basis of adjustment operation to the selected field area. Adjustment page...

20060066904 - Screen design: A method for designing a screen includes receiving screen information related to a picture element divided into a number of subunits of the picture element, and determining an amount of an ink to apply to a media at a location of the picture element in response to the information. The...

20060066881 - Image input and output device: An image input and output device is provided. The image input and output device includes a line-printing type inkjet head having a nozzle unit to eject ink onto paper to print images at a fixed position. The nozzle unit has a length corresponding to a width of the paper. An...

20060066882 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium storing program: An image forming apparatus includes a patch data generator that generates image data of a color patch using a color value substantially equivalent to the color patch as a color sample, and an image forming unit that forms a color patch on a recording medium based on the image data...

20060066906 - Electro-optical device, method of driving the same, data line driving circuit, signal processing circuit, and electronic apparatus: A signal processing unit that generates data signals for controlling gray-scale levels of electro-optical elements includes a first D/A conversion unit that generates gray-scale signals from gray-scale data for designating the gray-scale levels of the electro-optical elements; a storage unit that stores correction data indicating correction values with respect to...

20060066907 - Print control program, print control method, and information processing apparatus: When the trial period for the printer driver of the trial version has elapsed while the license for the printer driver has not been purchased, the normal printing process continues to be enabled, and the density for tint block printing is set to a density at which a latent-image portion...

20060066910 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and recording medium: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. A color moire score calculator selects a combination (a dither set) of four dither matrices from plural types of dither matrices stored in a dither matrix storage, and calculates color moire scores of secondary colors and tertiary colors. Dither processing is performed in a...

20060066909 - Print system and printer: A print system includes a computer and a printer. Image data having pseudo gradation with a dither pattern are printed by the printer. The computer divides the image data into predetermined areas, determines whether or not a dot arrangement pattern of image data in each of the areas matches a...

20060066908 - Clustered dot-screen design method, a device to perform the clustered dot-screen design method based on human vision and printer model characteristics, and an image-forming apparatus to output binary images on a designed screen: A clustered-dot screen design method, a device to perform the clustered-dot screen design method based on human vision characteristics and printer model characteristics, and an image-forming apparatus to output binary images using designed screens. The clustered-dot screen design method based on the human vision characteristics and the printer model characteristics...

20060066911 - Edge detection and correcting system and method: An imaging system for correcting a bias in the location edges in an image is provided. The imaging system comprises an image processor configured to detect edges in an image of a given substructure, characterize a blurring factor in the image and correct a bias in the detected edges in...

20060066912 - Image processing apparatus, method and program: A skin-tone image portion contained in an image is detected based upon the shape of the image of a human face. An average value of each of RGB values of pixels that constitute the skin-tone image portion detected is calculated. If the distance between a skin-tone-blackbody locus and a value...

20060066914 - Image formation controlling device, method and program: An image formation control system including an input system that is adapted to input instruction signals concerning a vividness enhancement target color of image signals from a user, and a vividness enhancement processing system that is adapted to apply a vividness enhancement process by converting at least one first area...

20060066913 - Printing method and printing system: According to the present invention, first, images of a particular object to be printed are obtained, and a particular object to be printed is extracted from the obtained images. Then, an image of the extracted object is searched from the images stored in the storage, and the searched image is...

20060066915 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes, with the purpose of accurately correcting noise in an image due to dust on a platen, three line sensors spaced from each other in a sub scanning direction to scan an original in the sub scanning direction, a platen between the original and the three...

20060066916 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors mutually spaced in a sub scanning direction; a platen arranged between the original and the three line sensors; a mover moving the platen at a rate relative to the three line sensors, the rate being different from that of the original relative...

20060066917 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors mutually spaced in a sub scanning direction; a platen arranged between the original and the three line sensors; a mover moving the platen at a rate relative to the three line sensors, the rate being different from that of the original relative...

20060066918 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors mutually spaced in a sub scanning direction; a platen arranged between the original and the three line sensors; a mover moving the platen relative to the three line sensors at a rate relative to the three line sensors, the rate being different...

20060066919 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors having filters, respectively, different in spectral sensitivity, and arranged in a subscanning direction with a distance therebetween to scan an original in the subscanning direction; a platen arranged between the original and the three line sensors; a mover moving the platen at...

20060066920 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes, with the purpose of accurately correcting noise in an image due to dust on a platen, three line sensors spaced from each other in a sub scanning direction to scan an original in the sub scanning direction, a platen between the original and the three...

20060066921 - Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same: An image reading apparatus includes, with the purpose of detecting noise in an image due to dust on a platen, three line sensors, a platen between an original and the line sensors, a moving mechanism for moving the platen, a noise detection processor detecting noise pixels from multiple data output...

20060066922 - Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method thereof and camera: The solid-state imaging device of the present invention includes: light-receiving units formed on a semiconductor substrate; color filters respectively formed on corresponding light-receiving units; and in-layer lenses formed above the light-receiving units and below the color filters, in which the in-layer lenses have different curvature shapes depending on colors of...

20060066923 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same: An image reading apparatus has an original placing portion on which an original is placed, a feed portion for feeding the original placed on the original placing portion to convey the original from one end side of an original plate onto the original plate, a conveying rotary member for conveying...

20060066924 - Device for generating a multicolor digital picture: The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for generating on a photo-sensitive material (2) a multicolor picture composed of data of a digital image (3), with a transport system (4) for moving the material (2) in a feeding direction (5), and with an exposure head (8) adapted...

20060066926 - Color transforming device using brightness information of image and display device and the method thereof: A color transforming device using brightness information of an image and a display device having the same are disclosed. The color transforming device includes a color transformation memory for storing coefficient information in order to process a color transformation of an input image based on brightness of the input image;...

20060066925 - Image forming apparatus, image processor, image processing method, and storage medium storing program: An image forming apparatus includes an input unit that receives input of area designation information designating an image area to be subjected to color adjustment and adjustment amount information designating an adjustment amount of color adjustment, a color adjustment unit that performs color adjustment on rasterized image data in correspondence...

20060066928 - Image processing apparatus and program: An image processing apparatus that performs image processing of an optically photographed image, comprises an image processing unit, a display and an adjustment input unit. The image processing unit performs color adjustment including white balance correction on the photographed image. The image processed by the image processing unit as a...

20060066927 - Print control apparatus, method, program, and recording medium: A variation in a discharge characteristic among respective nozzles of an inkjet printer is corrected. A color correction table generating section 48, (1) based upon error information (nozzle classes) representing errors of color values of outputs due to errors in ink weights for three types of dots (large, middle, and...

20060066929 - Printing device, output device, and script generation method: The technique of the invention sets a first image plane 70 having an information volume per pixel set to 4 bytes and a second image plane 72 having the information volume per pixel set to 1 byte. The area of each image plane is set to a printing area. Full...

20060055950 - Image data registration method, image data registration program, and printing apparatus: Storing image data that is printed at the end of a receipt in a printer is made easier by a printing control apparatus that acquires a distance equal to the length of the transportation path of roll paper between the printing position and paper cutting position of a connected printer,...

20060055952 - Continuous raster image processing control across print jobs: A job joining capability is used in a Multifunction Peripheral Device (MFP) to conduct continuous Raster Image Processing (RIP) across multiple job boundaries. Print jobs which do not have inter-RIP conflicts are printed back-to-back as a continuous single RIP. This is particularly advantageous for single copy, single page, and other...

20060055951 - Efficient method and system for reducing the time to apply update package: The present invention reduces the time required to apply an update package for generating a new image from an original image within a non-volatile memory device by effectively reducing the number of flash blocks requiring modification by use of whatever free space is available at the end of the image...

20060055954 - Image forming system, job processing method, and program: This invention prevents data in a storage unit from being held without being erased against user's will after image formation. To this end, information that pertains to an image forming apparatus of an image forming system which includes the image forming apparatus which can execute print processing of data stored...

20060055956 - Image processing device, image processing system, job processing method, storage medium, and program: It enables to construct a flexible device environment in consideration of POD, office and various use environments. To do so, a job processing method is applied to a system including an image processing device capable of executing printing of data of a job of a storage unit capable of storing...

20060055953 - Image supply device and control method of the same and printing system: An image supply device and control method for supplying image data to a printing device by directly communicating with the printing device. The device and method include obtaining functional information of the printing device, obtaining printable range information indicating a printable range by the printing device, converting image data of...

20060055955 - Method of processing autoprint format of image taken by digital still camera and printer for printing the image: To provide a method of processing an autoprint format capable of improving the analysis of an autoprint format, which was necessary by the number of job sections, to reduce wasted time in the analysis, components of an autoprint format in which print-setting information of an image taken by a digital...

20060055959 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus 1 includes: a multiple number of process printing units 20, each having an photoreceptor drum 21 for bearing a developer image formed with a toner corresponding to a different color of color-separated image information; a transfer belt 31 to which a multiple number of developer...

20060055957 - Image forming apparatus: When an image forming apparatus receives print data to which page quantity information has been added from an external apparatus, it decides by which emulation among a plurality of types of emulations to interpret the print data, and outputs the print data emulation-processed depending on the decision to an engine...

20060055958 - Method and system for power saving in asynchronous communication system: A method for transmitting data from a second device to a first device in a communication system including at least two devices that enter a sleep mode and a wake-up mode in an alternative manner. The first device of which state is changed from the sleep mode to the wake-up...

20060055963 - Communication setup method and program, startup method and program, and application startup method and system: A communication setup program eliminates the need for setting communication data common to multiple applications individually for each application. The communication setup program configures communication data that is reflected by the applications when each application is loaded, and provides a device selection module for selecting a target communication device from...

20060055960 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus which is connected to an external instrument via a network stores setting information of the image processing apparatus into a memory and transmits an electronic mail containing the setting information stored in the memory to an electronic mail address destination specified by the user when transmission...

20060055965 - Image processing apparatus, program and recording medium: XML descriptive commands corresponding to an application of another device utilized on network can be easily generated. A digital multifunctional device is an embodiment of an image processing apparatus and is connected to network devices, such as a FAX server and a document server, via the network. The digital multifunctional...

20060055968 - Job processing method, data processing system, data processing apparatus, computer program, and storage medium: An object of this invention is to improve user friendliness of the box function. In a system having a storage means capable of storing data in a plurality of data storage boxes including first and second boxes, when the first job data transmitted without performing any predetermined operation by the...

20060055966 - Print system: The present invention provides a print system, comprising: an image data read device which reads image data from a recording medium of a user; an order acceptance device which accepts an order for print of image data read by the image data read device; a print device which prints the...

20060055969 - Print system and information processing apparatus: It is desirable for a user to perform optimum printing business in an environment of a print system used by the user, without being conscious of a function of forming document printing data by a server and a function of forming the document printing data by a client. If software...

20060055967 - Printer, print system, and print condition setting program: The present invention provides a printer comprising an image data reception device which receives print image data and print condition image data including an image of a print condition code corresponding to a print condition when the print image data is printed, a print condition setting device which sets the...

20060055964 - Relaying apparatus: A relaying apparatus of the present invention is interposed between a device and a printer and controls the operation of the device by checking the status of the printer. The relaying apparatus has a microcomputer that causes an IrDA unit to negotiate with a printer. The printer has a microcomputer...

20060055961 - Technology for combining images in a form: When a plurality of image data are received, a form data from among at least one form data and a format data from among at least one format data are selected based on number of the image data. The image data, selected form data and format data are combined to...

20060055962 - Text/image storage device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus: A storage device is disclosed. The storage device includes a text/image information memory unit, a unit that converts the data format of text/image information, a unit that communicates with a user terminal having a display, and a delivery unit configured to, in response to a request for the property of...

20060055975 - Data output apparatus, data output method, program, and storage medium: There is provided a data output apparatus, data output method, program, and storage medium which preferably execute a printing process using print data input to the printing apparatus via an external storage device without decreasing the speed of the printing process while ensuring a security of classified information contained in...

20060055971 - Image processing apparatus: The state of an HDD provided in an image processing apparatus is divided into a plurality of levels and information is given to call user's attention when the state of the HDD is set at a level which indicates that attention should be paid to the state of the HDD....

20060055970 - Page buffer management in a printing system: A method of printing a plurality of digital images in a print job comprising the steps of: rasterizing at least one of the plurality of images; measuring a rasterization cost factor parameter in the rasterized image(s); and, predicting the time required to rasterize the other images in the print job...

20060055972 - Printer and printer control method: Described are a printer and a method of controlling it, in which discarding received data and clearing data from a receive buffer is started when an off-line error occurs and the printer goes off-line. When the printer returns on-line, a control unit causes a data receiving unit to stop discarding...

20060055973 - Printer and printer control method: Described are a printer and a method of controlling it, wherein when an out-of-paper error occurs and printing stops, a control unit clears any data in a receive buffer, and reports the out-of-paper error and print stoppage to a host computer. When a clear buffer command is then received from...

20060055976 - Printer, image output apparatus, and method for guide to slot of recording medium: The present invention provides a printer comprising: an image read unit which has a slot corresponding to a type of recording medium, and reads an image from a recording medium inserted into the slot; an image obtaining unit which obtains an image showing a shape of the recording medium; an...

20060055974 - Printing system and job control method therefor: In a printing system, while printing preceding job A (PR11), RIP processing on print data for succeeding job B is completed, so that data used for printing the succeeding job B is made ready for printing (T202), and thereafter it is determined whether or not the paper size for the...

20060055977 - Electronic album display system, an electronic album display method, and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for displaying an electronic album: It is an object of an electronic album display system to select an image which a viewer wants to appreciate automatically and correctly and display the image. An electronic album display system for displaying a plurality of images included in an electronic album includes: an image storing unit for classifying...

20060055944 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program: An image processing apparatus for collectively performing image processes on at least one image with respect to a plurality of processing items. The image processing apparatus includes a specifying part for specifying several pieces of setting data for use in deciding image processing details related to at least one image,...

20060055949 - Color management method: A method of producing from a first device-dependent image data set, a second image data set matched to a real process, includes, by using inverse gamut mapping, transforming color values from the first image data set into color values of a device-independent color space and, by using gamut mapping, transforming...

20060055945 - Color-mapped data display: Disclosed is a method of data presentation that uses color to facilitate the analysis of displayed data. The invention is particularly useful when applied to data analysis for process control, but it may also be applied to any data collection application where sampled data values should lie within a range...

20060055946 - Determining inverse transfer functions of output devices having limited bit depth: An inverse transfer function of a limited bit depth output device having N primary colorants (e.g., a six-color printer) is determined. An N-dimensional hypercube that has been tessellated into a set of simplices is accessed, and the set of simplices is navigated through to select a subset that defines a...

20060055947 - Image determining apparatus capable of properly determining image and image forming apparatus utilizing the same: A copying machine performs a panel operation necessary for copying at a step S601 and performs ACS determination for determining whether an original image is a color image, a monochrome image or an indefinite image at a step S603. Then, the copying machine performs copying at a step S605 according...

20060055948 - Picture color tone controlling method and apparatus: A picture color tone controlling method and apparatus for a printing press is disclosed by which a noticed pixel for control can be set appropriately and the accuracy in color tone control can be enhanced. For each of ink supplying unit widths, a region which has a high autocorrelation for...

20060055978 - Digital image processing system and digital mammography system: A digital image processing system includes: a memory for storing a gradation conversion table which correlates inputted image signals to output gradation values in the output device; and a gradation conversion unit for converting an inputted image signals that indicate the digital image, in accordance with the gradation conversion table,...

20060055979 - Error diffusion control device and method for video apparatus: An error diffusion control device and method for a video apparatus is provided for reducing contour noise in a displayed picture. In the method, video data is stored in a memory, and the ratio of black data to the stored video data is determined, where the black data represents black...

20060055980 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium: An image processing method of quantizing multi-tone image data by an error diffusion method, includes the steps of a) detecting change of the image data; and b) oscillating cyclically in image space a threshold for the quantization in an oscillation range controlled according to the detection result of the step...

20060055981 - Dither pattern generating apparatus for generating dither pattern corrected for density change accompanying deterioration with time: In a printer which corrects a density change by measuring densities of a plurality of output dither patterns (test patterns) by a sensor and obtaining a γ characteristic curve, the following processes are performed. Data of the present number of print sheets is obtained from a print sheet counter in...

20060055982 - Watermarking film prints: The present invention relates to adding watermark information to film prints. This performed when duplicating an original film print (405) to an undeveloped copy film (407), where a surface of the original film print is positioned close to a surface of the undeveloped film. The surface of the undeveloped film...

20060055983 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and program thereof: An image forming method of making the process from the start to the end of a recording a line for one pixel in recording means as one drive by staggering the drive start timing of each drive section by a predetermined period of time, wherein the recording means comprises an...

20060055984 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program: An image processing apparatus comprises a selecting part for selecting an objective image of image processing, a specifying part for specifying possible image processing details to be provided to the objective image, and a setting part for setting image processing details to be provided to the objective image based on...

20060055985 - Color-noise reduction circuit and image-sensing apparatus therewith: In a color-noise reduction circuit in which a color-difference signal of a target pixel is substituted in a random substitution circuit 104 by a color-difference signal of another pixel within an area including the target pixel, a pixel-substitution color-difference signal that is the substituted signal whose high-frequency components are removed...

20060055986 - Duplicate apparatus: A duplicate apparatus is disclosed that is able to reliably switch plural document feeding units without additional cost and has high accessibility. In the duplicate apparatus, an operations unit and a document reading unit are included in an operations-reading unit as one unit, and plural operations-reading units can be connected...

20060055987 - Image optical system and image reading apparatus equipped with same: An object is to provide an imaging optical system having a very simple structure that can read image while maintaining excellent image quality without suffering from significant asymmetrical aberrations. An imaging optical system for image reading is adapted to form an image of image information on a surface of an...

20060055988 - Display apparatus: A displaying apparatus includes a signal input unit through which an analog image signal is input, an A/D converter to convert the analog image signal input through the signal input unit into a digital image signal according to a preset offset value thereof, a monitoring unit to sense a generation...

20060055990 - Method and apparatus for recording data in the recording medium: A method and apparatus for recording data in a recording medium are disclosed. The method for recording data in a recording medium including a wobble-shaped test area includes the steps of a) determining a pre-used test area, b) searching for a current OPC start position of the test area by...

20060055989 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus for recording data in the recording medium: A physical structure suitable for a recording medium such as a BD, and a method and apparatus for recording data in the recording medium using the physical structure are disclosed. The recording medium includes an inner area, a data area, and an outer area. The recording medium includes a test...

20060055991 - Image capture apparatus and image capture method: A digital camera (10a) is placed in any of three photographing modes labeled a “narrow mode”, a “normal mode”, and a “wide mode”. An operating point setter (903) variably sets an operating point of a CCD (26) defining a brightness range of a subject which falls within a dynamic range...

20060055992 - Display device having electronic album function and method for controlling the same: Disclosed is a display device having an electronic album function and a method for controlling the same in which video and audio data are displayed per anniversary at a user's desired schedule. The electronic album includes a memory to prestore event information associated with at least one event, and a...

20060050286 - Print media roll and ink supply cartridge: A print media and ink supply cartridge includes an outer housing in which there is located a roll of print media located about a cylindrical former. The former includes a number of internal longitudinal ink storage volumes that are filled with hydrophobic sponges. One end of the former has winding...

20060050292 - Data management device and method, image output device, and computer program product: A data management device such as an image forming device is provided in which usability for handling data stored in boxes is improved. The image forming device includes a hard disk for storing files including image data, an active job database for storing job information about a job of an...

20060050291 - Data management device, image output device, data management method and computer program product: An image forming device includes a plurality of boxes, an active job database for storing job information about jobs, a job list generation portion for generating and displaying a job list screen for a user to select one of jobs, a relation box decision portion for deciding a box that...

20060050290 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming system and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing a useless printing from causing are provided. In the image forming system and an image forming apparatus, a printing condition registering section registers printing conditions each containing plural condition elements corresponding to action states concerning with printing; a...

20060050293 - Image processing apparatus: A storing unit stores document information received from an OS through an AP processing unit. A character size information extracting unit extracts character size information. A resolution information extracting unit extracts resolution information. A page number deciding unit decides an arranged page number serving as the number of logical pages...

20060050303 - Apparatus for transmitting image, method of transmitting image, computer-readable program and computer-readable storage medium: An image transmitting apparatus which transmits an image to a predetermined transmission destination. The apparatus includes an input unit which inputs an image to be transmitted, an authentication unit which authenticates a user by user authentication, a user information acquisition unit which obtains transmission destination information associated with the user...

20060050301 - Data-edit apparatus for editing data by using data transmitted from server and transmitting edited data via network, program used therefor, and data-edit method: A data edit method and apparatus for editing electronic album data requesting printing of the album. The method and apparatus comprise receiving data in a first format from a first apparatus, generating edited data by using the first-format data, converting the first-format edited data into a second format, and transmitting...

20060050304 - Device management system: A management server has printer monitoring information that associates the time at which a network board begins printer monitoring and the printer being monitored. The management server receives from the network board the printer's serial number, the network board's MAC address and the time at which the network board was...

20060050306 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises a communicator for performing communications with a plurality of host apparatuses, a memory for memorizing a plurality of communication conditions, a selector for selecting a single communication condition among the plurality of communication conditions stored in the memory, wherein the communicator performs communications based on...

20060050307 - Image forming apparatus, job processing method, computer program, storage medium, and image forming system: This invention provides an image forming apparatus, job processing method, and the like, which consider the needs, operability, and use environments of the operator in the print system. To this end, an image forming apparatus, which can print job data in storage unit that can store a plurality of independent...

20060050298 - Image forming system and method using removable storage medium: An image forming system in which a plurality of print job files are stored in a removable storage medium, and a print job selected by a user from the stored print jobs is performed according to print settings of the print job files, and an image forming method thereof. The...

20060050312 - Image management method: An image server includes a totaling section for totaling user attributes for user of the image and outputting the totaled result, a recording section for recording image file for each image, the user attributes of each user of the image, and the totaled result, a judgment section for judging whether...

20060050302 - Image processing device: An image processing device includes an image input device for inputting image information; a control device for converting the image information into an electric file input through the image input device; a display device for displaying file name candidates; a selection device for selecting and specifying a file name candidate...

20060050309 - Image processing system, image processing apparatus, and control method and program therefor: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for reducing burden of managing documents on a user, the burden being caused when image data is retransmitted and when both a previously transmitted document and the retransmitted document are stored. To accomplish this, a user selects...

20060050310 - Image processing system, image processing apparatus, control method, program and storage medium: An image processing apparatus and image processing system make it possible to easily and fast perform electronization processing of reading a large quantity of manuscripts with a plurality of image processing apparatus to generate the images read from the large quantity of manuscripts as a piece of electronic data. To...

20060050305 - Image signal processing circuit: An image signal processing circuit according to the present invention comprises an image signal processing unit, a line memory, a logic unit, an output pad and a data replacing unit. The image signal processing unit generates image data from an inputted image signal. The line memory temporarily memorizes the image...

20060050311 - Image-forming apparatus and a controlling method for the same: A DSC 1 (3012) and a DSC 2 (2012) are connected with each other via an interface different from that of a photo-direct printer 1000. When the job controller 1023 receives a job from the DSC 1 or DSC 2, it stores printing information, which is information on the job,...

20060050300 - Information processing apparatus and method for managing order data of on-line orders, program for the same: When there is an inquiry about a deficiency point from a user who received a print product, a service provider side can properly deal with the inquiry. A server receives warning information on an edit process generated when the edit process not satisfying a preset condition is performed and edit...

20060050308 - Information processing device capable of outputting print data to print device, and control method thereof: In case of searching and outputting output information stored in a memory, it enables a user of the host computer to select the device of storing the output information, whereby the load in searching and outputting the information is reduced. To do so, when the host computer causes the printer...

20060050299 - Internet facsimile communication system, internet facsimile communication method and storage medium storing internet facsimile communication program: An Internet facsimile communication system for sending a document from a sending device to a receiving device via an Internet mail, in which the sending device includes a sending unit that sends the document with urgent designation information added thereto to the receiving device; and the receiving device includes: an...

20060050294 - Method and system for managing the distribution of print job files among shared printers on a computer network: A system and method support load balancing for print jobs on a peer-to-peer network. The system incorporates a job forwarding query manager and a printer controller selector in a printer controller. The query manager detects a condition for forwarding a print job and generates queries to alternative printer controllers for...

20060050313 - Print system capable of reprint print data stored in memory of print control device: When a network printer receives print data appended with related data from a client device via a network (S11), the related data is separated from the print data (S12) and stored in a predetermined region of a hard disk (S13). The print data is stored in the hard disk (S14)...

20060050296 - Printing system including host apparatus and printer: A printing system includes a host apparatus and a printer. The host apparatus includes the following sections. A user inputs through an inputting section first identification information and a command having either a first function or a second function. An authentication section performs authentication based on the first identification information...

20060050297 - Printing system including host apparatus and printer: An image forming device includes a data memory portion for storing files, a printer device for printing images and a communication interface for sending image data. The image forming device further includes a user discrimination portion for discriminating a user who operates the image forming device, a related file extraction...

20060050295 - Switchable printer or output servo device: A printer servo device includes a main servo device, two communicating devices coupled to the main servo device, and an output device coupled to the main servo device. The main servo device includes a judging device to determine whether either of the communicating devices is coupled to the output device...

20060050314 - Memory system which copies successive pages, and data copy method therefor: A memory system includes a memory cell array, a bit line switch, first and second page buffers, a column switch, an error correction circuit, and control circuits. The second page buffer can swap data with the first page buffer. The control circuits controls the bit line switch and the first...

20060050315 - Method and apparatus for inputting and outputting image data, computer program for executing the method, and recording medium for the computer program: An image input and output apparatus includes an image input unit, a memory, an image output unit, a first internal memory unit to internally store the image data input from an outside of the image output unit, a first deletion unit to delete the image data from the first internal...

20060050287 - Layout processing method, information processing apparatus, and computer program: In a layout processing method of dynamically changing the layout of a template having a plurality of containers in accordance with contents data to be inserted in each of the plurality of containers, it is determined whether to change a size of the data area from a standard size in...

20060050289 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method: An information processing apparatus that is connectable to an external device via a communication network and that supplies information concerning the external device, the information being displayable in accordance with a plurality of expressions. The information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning a display program,...

20060050288 - Method and apparatus for efficient processing of color conversion: The management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (herein also CMR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all of...

20060050317 - Method and system for controlling printer text/line art and halftone independently: A method of altering the appearance of an input digital image when printed, the digital image comprised of an array of pixels and wherein each pixel is assigned a digital value representing marking information, and wherein the pixels comprise Text/Line pixels and halftone pixels, the method comprising the steps of...

20060050318 - Image processing device, image output apparatus, and storage medium storing image processing program: An image processing device converts multi-gradation image data to low-gradation image data for outputting an image of a dot pattern that is formed by a high-density first part formed in a band shape by dots connected in a predetermined direction and a low-density second part formed by randomly arranged dots....

20060050319 - Image forming apparatus and method: An image forming apparatus for rendering graphics objects in a frame memory, which includes a line memory for storing dot image data for each scan line of the graphics objects, a deciding unit that decides a position of a difference pixel having different values of corresponding pixels between the scan...

20060050320 - Picture color tone controlling method and apparatus: A picture color tone controlling method and apparatus for a printing press is disclosed which can readily and rapidly eliminate a positional displacement between a plate making image and an actual machine image and can appropriately perform color tone control in which an IRGB densitometer is used. A plate making...

20060050316 - Print system printing data while storing under compressed state, and printer for use therein: In a printing process with a print head having multiple dot formation elements for creating dots, an overlap printing technique that uses at least two dot formation elements for formation of each raster line requires a large memory capacity for storage of dot data. In a printing system of the...

20060050321 - Record/replay apparatus and method: This invention includes a file management unit having a moving image directory and a still image directory, a print file producing unit which produces a still image file under the still image directory as a print list, and a still image extraction unit which extracts a still image of a...

20060050322 - Photographic printing system: A photographic printing system includes a film reader for reading photographic image of a photographic film, a printer for printing the photographic image on an image recording medium based on photographic image data obtained through the film reader, a writer for writing at least the photographic image data in a...

20060050323 - Picture order receiving apparatus and a picture processing system: A picture order receiving apparatus is provided with a monitor constructed by a touch panel unit for displaying order screens including operation descriptive texts describing methods for inputting a print order or the like and displaying operation keys used to input various operation commands by touching corresponding parts of the...

20060050325 - Destination retrieval apparatus, communication apparatus and method for retrieving destination: When an initial character is specified by striking a character input key, the first destination candidate, according to the alphabetical order, is displayed. After this, in response to each striking of the same character input key, the display screen is switched to displaying the next destination candidate. In particular, when...

20060050324 - Facsimile apparatus and facsimile transmission method: A configuration is provided that has a binding position designation unit that designates the binding position of a document, a reading unit that reads images on the front side and back side of the document and creates image data of each one, a judgment unit that judges whether the scanning...

20060050326 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program: An image processing apparatus is provided which is capable of efficiently performing image processing by separating a scan operation and subsequent processing operations in the image processing apparatus from each other. In the image processing apparatus 100 of the present invention, when an instruction to scan a multitude of sheets...

20060050331 - Display method during sensed image recording in image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus senses light from an object and outputs electrical image data. The apparatus stores a predetermined volume of the image data and records the recorded image data on a recording medium. During the recording, the apparatus simultaneously displays an image of image data currently being sensed in...

20060050330 - Image forming apparatus: When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image...

20060050329 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes an original resting glass sheet for resting allowing an original thereon, a support device for supporting an end portion of the original resting glass sheet, and a movable image reading unit for reading image information of the original, wherein the support device is provided with...

20060050327 - Scanner and an image forming apparatus having the same: A scan unit includes a scan frame having a document tray to position a document thereon, a reading sensor movably disposed under the document tray to read the document, a bracket to support the reading sensor, a guide shaft to guide the movement of the reading sensor, and a ground...

20060050328 - Scanner capable of quickly finding a leading edge of a document and a method therefor: A scanner capable of quickly finding a leading edge includes a scanning module for scanning a document, a moving mechanism for moving the scanning module, a non-volatile memory for storing leading edge position data, and a control processor. The control processor enables the scanning module to start to scan the...

20060050332 - Document reader and image and image forming apparatus capable of reducing line-shaped noise: A document reading unit constituting an MFP reciprocates a reading glass holder in a direction of a vertical scanning at a low frequency (18 times per second) with use of a crank mechanism including a motor and gears. A stroke length of the reciprocating motion of a reading glass is...

20060050334 - Diagnostic tool with data modem test: A diagnostic tool includes a telephone connector, a phone line emulator and a processor. The phone line emulator emulates a telephone connection to a device under test connected to the telephone connector. The processor allows a user to select tests to be performed on the device under test. The tests...

20060050333 - Sheet-fed scanning device using a sheet-feeding power source for calibration: A sheet-fed scanning device includes a scanning module, a sheet-feeding module, a driving module, a calibration sheet moving module, and a calibration sheet. The sheet-feeding module transports a document across a scan region, in which the scanning module scans the document. The driving module drives the sheet-feeding module and the...

20060050335 - White balance adjustment: A method (100) of generating a digital image of a scene is disclosed. The method (100) is particularly advantageous in situations where a light source illuminating the scene is unknown. The method (100) allows post-capture control over flash illuminant and ambient illuminant used in generating the image. The method (100)...

20060050336 - Tma with film view fuction: A TMA includes a housing, a light module and a light guide. The light module and the light guide are received in the housing. The top of the housing is provided with a preview window whose location is set corresponding to a rest position of the light module. The light...

20060050337 - Digital document editing method, digital document editing program and digital document editing apparatus: The invention relates to an editing of a digital document containing an image, a text, a pattern and the like on pages constituting the digital document. In response to an operation for deleting an image positioned in a page, such image is not added to another page but is moved...

20060044572 - Print processing apparatus, print processing method, and computer-readable medium storing print processing program: A print processing apparatus is disclosed that performs print data processing based on a print command from an application. The apparatus includes a print data generating part that generates print data in a first format recognizable by a printing apparatus that executes a printing process, the print data being generated...

20060044581 - Method for providing image reproduction of digital pictures: A method for providing image reproduction of digital pictures in an imaging apparatus having a print engine, a scanner and an input device, includes printing a proof index sheet containing a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of digital pictures and having a unique identifying indicia; printing an...

20060044587 - Control method for apparatus capable of using macros describing operation sequence: A multi function peripheral (MFP) is provided with a scanner and a printer for operating a copy function, and a macro control unit and macro function unit for operating a macro function in order to reliably operating the macro function even for an event generated asynchronously with a user operation....

20060044588 - Image forming apparatus and printing system: An image information processing apparatus includes a language selecting section and a print job creating section. The language selecting section selects a first page-description language and a second page-description language from among a plurality of page-description languages. The first page-description language describes a first part of an image and the...

20060044586 - Information processing apparatus and method of controlling same, print control appratus, method and program, and storage medium: An information processing apparatus for transmitting an installation set of a printer driver to another information processing apparatus, comprises decision unit adapted to decide whether an installation set that activates a function expansion module is to be transmitted to the other information processing apparatus; and transmitting unit adapted to transmit...

20060044582 - Interface device for coupling image-processing modules: An image-processing system having a processor and image-processing modules configured to process at least one image file, wherein the image-processing modules are independent from one another. Further, an interface device is operatively coupled to the processor and configured to create a process flow to automate at least one sequence of...

20060044585 - Management system, management apparatus, and its control method: A management PC (107) determines a combination of a printer, which has an idle time band included in that of an operator, of the printers which have idle time periods longer than a time period required to print, in desired quantities, a document received from an apparatus at a client...

20060044584 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing image data stored on a memory for rendering an image on a device: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing image data stored on a memory for rendering an image on a device. The method comprises dividing the image data into a number of portions of image data, each portion consisting of a number of untruncated data lines; applying...

20060044583 - Printing data processor, printing system, printing data correction method, inspection processing method and program: Correction instruction data is acquired by scanning a proof with an image scanner. Differential processing is performed between the correction instruction data and rasterized data for extracting differential data. The differential data is layered with unproofread printing data. A plurality of blocks are generated by virtually dividing a correction object...

20060044592 - Image processing apparatus and control method therefor: Leakage of information from a high-quality copy created by reading out data from a storage device is inhibited. A printing apparatus (110) and a multi-function peripheral (120) which is connected to a network (130) store images each corresponding to an identification information. These apparatuses extract an identification information from a...

20060044594 - Information processing apparatus and its control method, and program: The print schedules of a plurality of printers are managed. Status data of the plurality of printers are monitored. When any failure has occurred in a printer that serves as an output destination of print data as a result of monitoring, an alternative printer that executes alternative print processing of...

20060044589 - Printing device and method for printing: A printing device for printing print information sent from a computer via a communication line includes: a print information receiving unit for receiving via the communication line encrypted print information which has been generated by encrypting the print information in the computer using a password; a password receiving unit for...

20060044593 - Printing method, print system, print control apparatus, and program: A printing method in a system which receives a designated document from a print service server and prints the received document by a printer in order to print it from the state upon interruption by a simple operating instruction at the same or different base without re-inputting printed matter information,...

20060044590 - System and method for network scan debt authorization: A system and method are provided for network scan debt authorization. The method comprises: accepting a hardcopy document at an imaging device; predetermining the cost for scanning the document; debiting an account; authorizing a network scan; and, sending scanned image data to a destination. The process of predetermining the cost...

20060044591 - Warning system and warning method: When there is a possibility where an undesirable printing result may be caused, a preview image useful for the check of the printing result is displayed, prior to an actual printing, to a user. Prior to the printing an image based on data after an image processing of an image...

20060044609 - Data communication apparatus, data communication method, data communication program, and storage medium storing the program: A data communication apparatus which is capable of preventing reception of undesired data by a destination without increasing the load on a network, etc. Data and a destination thereof are input. A sender ID related to a sender who sends the input data is input. The input data is sent...

20060044601 - Data processing method for information processing system, information processing system, storage medium, and program: In a system in which a host computer and MFP are connected via a communication medium such as a network or the like, upon transmitting image data stored in a box of the MFP to the host computer, the transmission data size (file size) is displayed before transmission. The user...

20060044607 - Document providing system and document management server: A document management server of this invention includes a storage unit which stores output device management information and document management information, the output device management information associating, for each output device, a group to which the output device belongs and a device-corresponding-group as a group made to correspond to the...

20060044602 - Image print apparatus, direct print system and print setting method: An image print apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a plurality of set values for printing an image on a paper; a deciding unit that decides whether or not the image print apparatus can print the image on the paper according to a combination of the received plurality of set...

20060044595 - Imaging job monitoring and pipelining: A method for pipelining and monitoring N plural, parallel, different imaging jobs between a client device and a selected imaging device, where each such job, in relation to its execution, is characterizable by N sequential processing states, including at least the states of Transferring, Rasterizing, and Outputting, and the imaging...

20060044612 - Information processing apparatus and its control method: An information processing apparatus which manages operation schedules of printing devices. The operation schedules of the printing devices are stored, and unoccupied times of the printing devices are detected as candidate times based on the operation schedules. Then, processible data amounts in the respective candidate times are estimated, and candidate...

20060044608 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and system: When a printing apparatus serving as a print data destination does not have the iprint function (S302), print data is transmitted to a printing apparatus having the iPrint function (S311)....

20060044611 - Information storage device and information storage method: An information storage device, by which only information outputted in a state desired by a user can be stored and disclosed with minimum time and trouble of the user, is provided. After FAX transmission, the FAX image is displayed and an inquiry concerning whether to store the FAX image or...

20060044603 - Method and apparatus for reading and writing pixel-aligned subframes in a frame buffer: System and method for reading and writing pixel aligned subframes from a frame buffer in a parallel processing system are disclosed. Optimal bandwidth access of the frame buffer requires that data be moved in bursts having multiple data words. Subframes are specified at X and Y locations within the image...

20060044596 - Method for printing: The present application relates to a printing system to allow a user to print a lot of documents in a short time....

20060044606 - Output processing apparatus, output processing method and program therefor: In order to permit a user to easily understand an available post-process, even in a driverless environment wherein a driver program has not been prepared for a computer terminal operated by the user, upon receiving an email including a specific case name and an attached file (print data), an image...

20060044597 - Print job workflow system: There are disclosed print job workflow methods and systems. A method may comprise providing a user interface to allow a user to select one or more workflow elements and to create a current workflow. A user selection of one or more workflow elements may be received as selected workflow elements....

20060044600 - Printing apparatus, network device, printing control method, and printing control program: Disclosed is a printing apparatus capable of quickly performing the first printing while managing print requests. More specifically, a print request is received from an external device (S1301), and the received print request is registered in a register (S1304, S1308). Upon reception of the print request, the presence/absence of a...

20060044610 - Server printing apparatus and its control method, and computer program: A server printing apparatus which can communicate with a plurality of processors for respectively executing any of not less than one processes included in a print-related process according to a print order, includes a storage unit for storing execution content information indicating execution contents using at least one processor in...

20060044599 - System for stock images peer-to-peer services over the world wide web: A method and system for distributed digital, particularly graphic arts images, content trading over the Internet and other communication means The system comprises image publishers, each equipped with a web server, an image repository and a publishing module; image buyers, each equipped with a web server, an image enhancement unit...

20060044604 - Systems and methods for remotely viewing page layouts: A system and methods for remotely viewing a dynamically generated page layout is described. The page layout can represent a reader ordering of pages defined as part of a print production job. Alternatively, the page layout can represent an arrangement of pages based on information defined as part of a...

20060044605 - Systems, methods and computer program products for labeled forms processing: A system, method, and computer product for processing paper documents for electronic storage and retrieval where a label containing a document identification code is generated and is affixed to a paper document. The paper document is then converted to a digital format and transmitted to a central processing center. The...

20060044598 - Wireless-based location-aware remote printing: This invention describes a method for remote printing a file sent to a mobile device (e.g., a wireless electronic device, a mobile communication device or a mobile phone) using a wireless mechanism. The invention describes identifying a remote printer closest to a location of the mobile device with the required...

20060044613 - Image data management apparatus, and method, program and storage medium therefor: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that can restore a defective area on a storage medium, and can appropriately and immediately notify the user of image data which image data written in the defective area have been destroyed. To accomplish this, when the detection of a defective sector has been...

20060044614 - Apparatus and method for processing variable print documents: Processing of a variable print document corresponding to a plurality of elements, each element having a type, a coverage area and a z-axis value, may be improved by creating a composite elements to replace groups of elements when element types are compatible and when creating composite elements is desirable based...

20060044615 - Layout adjustment method, apparatus and program for the same: The present invention provides a layout adjustment method and an apparatus and a program for the same for allowing a size and a layout of a sub-template to be preferably set and an intention of a user who performs the layout to be better reflected according to the size of...

20060044573 - Resolution scaler: A resolution scaler of the present invention uses a shift adder instead of a multiplier for scaling an input resolution. The resolution scaler is provided with a counter controller and a pixel scaler. The counter controller outputs a weight to the pixel scaler. The pixel scaler includes a first shift...

20060044574 - Recording apparatus and method: A recording apparatus is configured to record an image on a recording medium by repeating a recording operation and a conveying operation. The recording operation is operative to apply a recording agent to the recording medium using a recording head while moving the recording head for scanning in a direction...

20060044576 - Apparatus for image processing: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention has a first compressing section which compresses each block of an image into first compressed data, a first code converting section which converts the first compressed data into second compressed data, a second code converting section which converts...

20060044579 - Discriminating apparatus: In a discriminating apparatus, a substrate portion of printed matter is irradiated with a light beam emitted from a light source, and the intensity of the light beam reflected from the substrate is detected by a photodetector. The discrimination as to whether the printed matter is the original or a...

20060044580 - Image forming apparatus with key macro function, control method for the same, control program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: An image forming apparatus which is capable of improving the usability of a key macro function provided therein. A plurality of operating keys of the operating section 200 respectively inputs a plurality of pieces of operation information. The inputted plurality of pieces of operation information are registered as a key...

20060044575 - Image reading device: An image reading apparatus has a data calculation unit (31,32) to calculate moving average data and second derivative data for a plurality of samples made of multivalued data, a position detection unit (41, 42) to detect first and second positions at which the moving average data and second derivative data...

20060044578 - Recovering a non-linear warping function from images: A method determines a warping function between a first image and a second image. For each pixel in each scan-line of the first image, a distance matrix is constructed which represents distances between the pixel and a plurality of corresponding pixels of a second image. The distance matrices are ordered...

20060044577 - Systems and methods for transmissive optical sensing of media information encoding and print media and methods of making same: Systems and methods for transmissive optical sensing of media information encoding are disclosed. In addition, print media and methods of making print media are disclosed. One embodiment of an exemplary method, among others, includes, advancing a portion of a print medium through a transmissive sensor assembly, the portion of the...

20060044616 - Gradation reproducing method, image forming apparatus, and printer driver: A gradation reproducing method includes the step of converting multi-level image data into plural-level image data having an amount of information smaller than an amount of information of the multi-level image data, by using a part having a characteristic of a dot conversion curve, so that a gradation of the...

20060044617 - Reduction of differential gloss with halftoned clear toner: A method for reduction of differential gloss as found in halftone image hardcopy prints. The method comprises selecting either a single halftone or employing two halftones: a first halftone having a high apparent gloss characteristic; and a second halftone having a low apparent gloss characteristic. A determination is then made...

20060044618 - Data conversion circuit having look-up table and interpolation circuit and method of data conversion: Data conversion circuits and methods of data conversion that enable to keep the continuity in the converted data while reducing a required memory capacity are disclosed. An exemplary conversion circuit includes a LUT that stores representative correction values and an interpolation circuit that generates conversion data by interpolating from representative...

20060044619 - Document processing apparatus and method: The object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus capable of extracting written-in notes on a paper document and printing a document only of written-in notes or a document with a part of written-in notes by a writer left behind, and setting a limit on printing...

20060044620 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device includes a CCD line sensor, a CIS scanning unit and an image processor. The CCD line sensor scans image data of a front side of an original document. The CIS scanning unit scans image data of a reverse side. The image processor carries out an image...

20060044621 - Data transmission apparatus: In data transmission apparatus, a transmission device transmits data to a destination when a user instructs data transmission. A storage device stores user information to relate destinations to users. The apparatus can communicate with a server having destination information. When the user logs in, automatic retrieval is requested to the...

20060044623 - Apparatus, method, system, and computer program for managing image processing: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of inputting an input image; obtaining an image object indicating image processing to be applied to the input image; and managing a state of the image object and transition of the state....

20060044622 - Image data management apparatus: When a CPU obtains a directive about an attribute of an image data file stored on a memory card, it is determined whether or not the image data file has an attribute related to the directive. Then, an album list file containing album lists including fi