Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 07/06

20060164659 - Creating high spatial frequency halfton screens with increased numbers of printable density levels: A method of controlling a printer to print of an image, the printer having a predetermined marking material printed dot size, the method comprising the steps of rasterizing the image and defining halftone super pixels within the image, calculating the average density of the marking material within the super pixels,...

20060164658 - Light tone reproduction of binary rip output at high screen frequencies using post rip image processing: A method of rendering the appearance of a printed input digital image comprised of an array of pixels and wherein each pixel is assigned a digital value representing marking information, the method comprising defining each pixel as either a stand alone pixel or diagonal line pixel; and, reassigning the digital...

20060164660 - Method and system for providing predictive paper out status in a print network environment: A method for providing a predictive out status of a printer is disclosed. The method comprises determining a media requirement of a job for the printer, determining that the proper amount of the media is within the printer, and determining if the job can be printed at the printer based...

20060164665 - Method and apparatus for to generate a character image: An apparatus to generate a character image includes a character image generating unit to generate a character image from a scalable font according to information for generating the character image from the scalable font, a generation frequency list storing unit to store the number of times that the scalable font...

20060164666 - Apparatus and method for controlling speed of printing medium supplied to image printing apparatus: Provided is a method and an apparatus for controlling the speed of a printing medium fed to an image printing apparatus. The apparatus includes a compensation waveform storage unit, a compensation delay amount determiner, and a ripple compensator. The compensation waveform storage unit stores a compensation waveform used to compensate...

20060164669 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus determines if a support function key is pressed down or not. When it is determined that the support function key is pressed down, the image forming apparatus determines if the read document is a one side document or a both-side document. Then the document is read...

20060164670 - Method of and apparatus for image formation, and computer product: Common portions of applications are extracted as common system service. A platform is formed by the common system service and a general purpose OS. A printer application, a copy application, and various applications are mounted on the platform. As a result, each software (application) corresponding to a printer, a copier,...

20060164671 - Printer and printing method: A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print data for a frame image formed...

20060164672 - Printer and printing method: A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print data for a frame image formed...

20060164673 - Printer and printing method: A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print data for a frame image formed...

20060164668 - Processing system and method of processing pattern bitmap data for printer: A processing system to process pattern bitmap data for a printer includes a memory to store pattern bitmap data, a pattern arranging unit to arrange the pattern bitmap data in a size appropriate for a data processing unit in which the pattern bitmap data can be processed at a time,...

20060164667 - Quick edit and speed print capability for a stand-alone ink jet printer: Printer (1) is provided with a mode to edit and print forms without reference to or interruption of a host computer and with immediate printing of one or more of the forms. Page data for the forms is preferably stored in flash memory (21) in a high level printer language....

20060164674 - Print control method: A print control method comprising the steps of measuring a battery remainder index correlating with a remaining capacity of a battery in a printing unit operating on the battery, specifying a number of remaining printable copies of the printing unit on the basis of the battery remainder index, and outputting...

20060164684 - Color image processing apparatus and color image processing system using the apparatus: When an output unit to produce output is specified through an instruction terminal 11 and original data is input to a color proof generation section 12, a color conversion section 13 acquires a color conversion parameter corresponding to the specified output unit from a color conversion information storage section 14...

20060164677 - Image forming apparatus and a method of controlling a job processing order: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling a job processing order in the image forming apparatus. The method includes receiving a plurality of job data from at least one host computer, assigning a first weight to each of the plurality of job data by applying a manager-defined weight...

20060164681 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an output device information that selects an output device for outputting the image information and a limited information for limiting an output of the image information and includes an output allowance determination section for comparing the output device information with the...

20060164675 - Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium: In a system with a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected communicably, customization of various kinds of information displayed on each image processing apparatus is facilitated. In order to achieve this object, an information processing method of the invention is an information processing method in a copying machine (102) communicably...

20060164683 - Method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection using multiple formats and multiple protocols with delegating protocol processor: A system, method and program product for diagnosing, controlling and collecting information from devices. Information regarding events of each one of a plurality of target applications executing in an application unit is collected and formatted into one of multiple data formats for transmission through one of multiple communication protocols at...

20060164679 - Network printer adjusting the number of copies on request for additional printout and network print system using the same: A network print system having plural terminal devices connected to one another through a network, including a first terminal device to create and send print data to the network, a second terminal device connected to the network, and a first network printer to notify the second terminal device of a...

20060164678 - Printing method and apparatus, print control method, and multimedia apparatus: A printing method and apparatus, a print control method, and a multimedia apparatus are provided. The printing method includes receiving a multimedia file or additional information of the multimedia file from a multimedia apparatus; interpreting the multimedia file or the additional information of the multimedia and obtaining at least one...

20060164680 - Printing system and method of printing data on a designated paper: A printing system which includes a printer connected with at least one user terminal by a wire or wirelessly to print printing data transmitted from the user terminal, prevents printing of data before a special printing job and a printing method for the same. In the printing system, the user...

20060164676 - Subscriber service and micro-printer for remote, mobile printing: Systems and methods for memorializing data from a portable communications device (e.g., a cellular phone or personal data assistant) are disclosed. One example is a system for providing printable files to a portable communications device. The system includes a portable communications device connected to a printing module. The portable communications...

20060164682 - System and method of improving the legibility and applicability of document pictures using form based image enhancement: A system and method for imaging a document, and using a reference document to place pieces of the document in their correct relative position and resize such pieces in order to generate a single unified image, including the electronic capturing a document with one or multiple images using an imaging...

20060164686 - Information provision apparatus, print system and information provision program storage medium: There are provided an information provision apparatus capable of identifying a particular place with a high accuracy and providing information about the place, a print system for printing the acquired information on recording paper and providing it, an information provision program for causing a computer to operate as the information...

20060164685 - Printing system, method and program, display, and printer: A print system includes an input unit for inputting content; an operation unit for the user to set a print condition and enter a print execution command; a print unit for printing the input content on a medium based on the setup print condition when the user enters a print...

20060164661 - Optical-beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A scanning time is divided by the number of sides of a polygon mirror to obtain a value N. Then, it is determined whether an error has occurred. When no error has occurred, the value N is stored in an NVRAM, and a magnification correction value is calculated. Values M...

20060164662 - Color conversion using barycentric projections: A method and apparatus for interpolating values for a color space from an input color value. A unit hypercube enclosing the input value is generated based on values from a look up table. A set of boundary conditions are then imposed on the unit hypercube. To perform the actual interpolation,...

20060164664 - Color quantization and method thereof and searching method using the same: A color quantization method based on an HMMD color space and a multimedia searching method using the same in extracting color features for searching multimedia, to enable searching of multimedia data which has been quantized on different levels. A quantization method is optimized to be proper for various quantization levels...

20060164663 - Compensating for human perception of colour: A method, combination or apparatus for compensating for or predicting the shift in the human perception of colour which occurs when the colour is seen on a small surface area as compared with when it is seen extending over of large surface area. The compensation or prediction is performed by...

20060164687 - Apparatus for overdrive computation and method therefor: An apparatus for overdrive computation and method therefor. The overdrive computation apparatus is used for generating a desired overdrive gray-level value and includes first and second addition/subtraction devices, a priority encoder, and a computation device. The first addition/subtraction device outputs a difference value indicating difference between a first overdrive gray-level...

20060164690 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Image processing apparatus and image processing method for formation of high quality image by high-speed error diffusion processing by execution of more complicated threshold condition processing in a simple manner. When error diffusion processing is performed on multivalued image data having plural density components and the result of processing is...

20060164689 - Image processing device, image processing method, and computer program: An image processing device includes a memory that is adapted to store an input image; an inverted image generator that is adapted to generate an inverted image, the inverted image corresponding to a predetermined part of the input image; a target image generator that is adapted to generate a target...

20060164688 - Ising-model image rendition, and consolidated masking and/or filtering, in incremental printing: One aspect of the method/apparatus finds, for each input-image pixel, an “offset weighted average” of neighboring-pixel interactions—and uses the averages to make a final image. Another aspect assumes a value for each pixel, to use in a final rendered image form—and, at each in a series of approximations, determines whether...

20060164691 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading process apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and computer-readable storage medium: An image processing apparatus is provided with a halftone frequency determining section for determining a halftone frequency of an input image data including a plurality of color components. The halftone frequency determining section includes: a threshold value setting section for setting a threshold value for a segment block that is...

20060164692 - Image forming apparatus: In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus that digitally performs image processing and correction processing of image information, and calculates toner consumption by performing a pixel count of an input multilevel image, includes a counting portion that counts, pixel by pixel, the input signal levels of an input multilevel image;...

20060164693 - Generating a protected document image having a visible verification image: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product for generating a protected document image having a visible verification image. Using the visible verification image, the integrity of the protected document image can be visually checked without requiring machine intervention....

20060164694 - Merged camera and scanner: A narrow scanning aperture, lens, and mirror are added to a digital camera to enable image or text scanning. A motion sensor on the same face as the scanner aperture provides approximate scan speed data as the scanner aperture is pressed against and manually moved across the document being scanned....

20060164695 - Automatic document feeder, apparatus for scanning image, apparatus for processing image, method and program for feeding sheet: To provide a technique of feeding plural sheets while their sheet spacing kept suitable, with a simple configuration. There is provided an automatic document feeder that consecutively feeds plural documents to a predetermined scanning position of an apparatus for scanning an image, comprising: a speed information acquiring unit that acquires...

20060164696 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method capable of reading image data from document bundle including document with tab: An image forming apparatus includes: a document conveyance section for conveying a document of a document bundle to a document reading position; a reading section for reading the document in the document bundle to obtain image data of the document; a designation section for designating to read a first document...

20060164697 - Irregularly spacing linear portions of media sheet for optical scanning thereof: A method and apparatus for optically scanning a media sheet effectively advances the media sheet relative to a light source. The media sheet is logically divisible into linear portions. Each linear portion has a number of positions. The linear portions are irregularly spaced relative to one another. As the light...

20060164698 - Image display device, method of driving image display device, and electronic apparatus: An image display device in which one dot is displayed using M (M is an integer larger than 3) sub-pixels having different colors and being disposed adjacent to each other in a vertical direction or horizontal direction, a ratio of a length of the sub-pixel of the one dot in...

20060164699 - Method of generating a threshold matrix for producing a color separation, method of reproducing a color image, apparatus for producing a color separation, and threshold matrix: Threshold matrixes for a C-separation and an M-separation of main colors are used to convert a continuous-tone image subjected to color separation into dot patterns for the C-separation and the M-separation. The dot patterns are binary images in which no screen ruling or screen angle is defined. Then, a color...

20060164701 - Image correcting apparatus, image correcting program storage medium, data conversion apparatus, and data conversion program storage medium: In an image correcting apparatus, an image analyzing section performs a predetermined image analysis for an image. An image correction section applies an image correction to the image of interest in accordance with a result of the image analysis by the image analyzing section. A designation section performs a designation...

20060164700 - Image forming apparatus and calibration reference chart: Based on a read value of a calibration reference chart including achromatic patches and chromatic patches having different concentrations and a reference value of the calibration reference chart, a masking coefficient according to each hue area is calculated. A gradation conversion is performed on an image signal output from an...

20060164702 - Dynamic image digest automatic editing system and dynamic image digest automatic editing method: An image processing section 10 calculates degree of similarity among a plurality of image frames of dynamic image data, determines scene-change frames based on the calculated degree of similarity, and performs automatic editing and preparation of a digest dynamic image of the dynamic image data by merging a specified duration...

20060158667 - Image output system and method for notifying information: An image output device is operable to output an image based on an image data. An image data supplying device is operable to supply the image data to the image output device. An information output device is provided in the image output device and operable to output information to the...

20060158673 - Adjusting ink-usage parameters to reduce ink usage: One or more ink-usage parameters are adjusted based on ink remaining and historical ink usage, to reduce ink usage for an image to be printed on a sheet of media with ink. The image is printed on the sheet of media with the ink, in accordance with the ink-usage parameters....

20060158675 - Method of and apparatus for image formation, and computer product: Common portions of applications are extracted as common system service. A platform is formed by the common system service and a general purpose OS. A printer application, a copy application, and various applications are mounted on the platform. As a result, each software (application) corresponding to a printer, a copier,...

20060158674 - Printer driver, information processing device including the same, print control device, and print data generating method: a printer driver including: a user interface acquisition section for acquiring from an external print control device a user interface for allowing a user to make provisional print settings; a set value transmission section for transmitting to the print control device the provisional print settings using the user interface; and...

20060158676 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium: An object of this invention is to provide an information processing apparatus which can provide a plurality of services via a network, can easily manage objects to be processed which are permitted to be processed by the service, and enhances security for respective objects to be processed. To this end,...

20060158679 - Computer/printer: This invention simplifies typical computer stations by eliminating one metal box, by eliminating the wires connecting the computer to the printer and by simplifying the communication electronics between the printer and the central processing unit. Duplicated controls currently contained on the printer control panel and in the computer are eliminated...

20060158688 - Data generating device capable of appending different watermarks to corresponding pages: A computer is provided with an application and a printer driver. A user of the computer generates image data using the applications. When the image data is for a plurality of pages, the user selects a desired watermark for each of the plurality of pages. The printer driver converts the...

20060158685 - Decorating system for edible items: A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then selects the image...

20060158678 - Document image capture and processing method and apparatus: An apparatus (200) has a document receiver (201) to receive a document and an image scanner (202) to facilitate capturing an image of that document. A data compressor (204) compresses the document image data and a transmitter (206) forwards the document image data to a predetermined processing center (302). These...

20060158681 - E-mail printing device and e-mail printing system and confirmation notifying method and storage medium storing confirmation notifying program: An e-mail print processing device that performs printing of an e-mail and a file attached to the e-mail received via a network, including: a reception history storage unit that stores a reception history of e-mails; a display unit that displays a list of the reception history of the e-mails stored...

20060158682 - Electronic device for compressing image data and producing thumbnail image, image processing apparatus, and data structure: A camera module compresses image data and produces a thumbnail image of this image data in FIFO order (First In First Out) by several lines of the image so as to enable transmission of the image data to the host module while significantly decreasing the size of the frame buffer...

20060158677 - Enhanced image data processing method and apparatus: Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a single header from a stream of image data. A first frame of image data of the stream of image data is received by a graphics controller, which generates the header. The header is then stored in buffers of a memory of...

20060158686 - Image-forming system: An image-forming system includes an image-forming device and a terminal device. The terminal device enables the image-forming device to form images based on image data. The terminal device includes: a determining portion; an acquiring portion; and a displaying portion. The determining portion determines whether bi-directional communication is possible between the...

20060158687 - Information managing apparatus: An information managing apparatus assigns identification information to print information and manages the print information based on the identification information. A receiving section receives a plurality of items of data. A first counter is defined in a non-volatile first memory. A second counter is defined in a volatile second memory....

20060158683 - Method for automatic adjustment of media settings for a printer: A method for automatically adjusting the setting of a thermal printer when a new roll of media is inserted in the printer. A maximum and a minimum energy needed to print are determined. This information is used to determine a coarse energy setting. The printer next performs a series of...

20060158680 - Printer system, recording medium and install method: A printer system comprises a superordinate apparatus in which a printer driver and firmware are installed; a printer that downloads the firmware from the superordinate apparatus to store the same in a memory, the printer being controlled based on the firmware stored in the memory, wherein the superordinate apparatus comprises...

20060158689 - Printing system: In this printing system, in case of carrying out printing from a personal computer, PDA (personal digital assistants), and portable telephone, the printing data are transmitted through internet to a server by using the printing data as a mail, temporarily stored in a server, and then transferred to a digital...

20060158684 - Printing system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for printing. In a system embodiment, a printer server interconnects a plurality of clients and printers. The server maintains a printer access policy that defines which of said printers a user can access. When a user logs into one of the clients,...

20060158690 - Code and thread differential addressing via multiplex page maps: Described is a system and method whereby processes may have multiple memory maps associated therewith to provide curtained memory and overcome other memory-related problems. Multiple maps are used to restrict memory access of existing code such as drivers, without changing that code, and without changing existing microprocessors. A thread of...

20060158669 - Color transformation with black preservation: The present invention transforms a source device colorant value to a destination device colorant value, by determining whether all non-black colorant values of the source device colorant value are zero, transforming the source device colorant value to a colorimetric value using a source device model, transforming the colorimetric value to...

20060158668 - Method and apparatus for increasing color gamut of a three color primary additive display device: A method is provided for increasing color gamut of a three color primary additive display device, including the steps of providing an optical wavelength selector in the three color primary additive display device; and decreasing size of a projected image on a viewing screen while maintaining luminance levels having a...

20060158671 - Method of creating color-mapping lookup table and color-mapping method using the same: Disclosed is a method of creating a color-mapping lookup table and a color-mapping method using the same. The method of creating a color-mapping lookup table includes; obtaining color-space data for respective solid colors specified as lattice points of the color-mapping lookup table, obtaining color-space data for respective achromatic colors specified...

20060158672 - Patch color comparison apparatus, patch color, comparison program storage medium, and patch color comparison system: In a patch color comparison apparatus, a frequency analyzer computes occurrence frequency of colors in portions of an image represented by a device-dependent color space, the color appearing in every one of plural areas of the device-dependent color space. A color patch train creator creates a color patch train where...

20060158670 - Portable terminal supporting direct printing function: A portable terminal is provided for supporting a direct printing function. The portable terminal can display a print preview image on its display unit, thereby making it possible to prevent an undesirable image from being printed due to a difference between color display methods of the mobile terminal and a...

20060158691 - Image processing system, image processing device, image output device, and method and program product therefor: A representative gradation value is set collectively for each pixel group of several pixels each, and then the representative gradation value undergoes multilevel halftoning. From the multilevel halftoning result value obtained in this way, the presence or absence of dot formation for each pixel is set and the image is...

20060158693 - Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing method, printing apparatus, printing apparatus control program, and printing apparatus control method, print data generating apparatus, print data generating program, and print dat: An image processing apparatus includes: an image data acquiring unit that acquires image data formed of plural pixel data having an M-ary (M≧3) gradation value; a grouping unit that divides the image data acquired into J (J≧2) image data areas and sections the J image data areas into K (2≦K≦J)...

20060158692 - System and method for dynamically shifting error diffusion data: Error diffusion is performed using a Floyd-Steinberg-like approach. A integer-representation of a running error is compressed by storing only its most significant bits and returning any remainder to the error diffusion processor. The running error is shifted to the right until only the desired number of significant bits remain, and...

20060158694 - Halftone processing apparatus and method thereof: A halftone processing apparatus and a method thereof is provided to store halftone tables of different sizes and perform different halftone processes using the halftone tables of different sizes according to the type input image....

20060158699 - Image forming apparatus and a method of copying a document having irregular page: An image forming apparatus and a controlling method thereof. The controlling method includes reading at least one irregular document on a flat board unit, reading a regular document supplied by an automatic document feeder (ADF), storing image data read from the at least one irregular document and the regular document,...

20060158697 - Image reading device activated by light interference: A image reading device is activated by the light interference of a light path. The image reading device comprises at least a image sensing element, a picture and a image changing mechanism such as a picture conveying module, picture rotating module, a hole or a soft button with picture in...

20060158696 - Image reading unit and image reader: An image reader includes two rows of image reading element arrays, that is, a first image reading element array and a second image reading element array, and a first rod lens array and a second rod lens array, disposed in correspondence with the first and second image reading element arrays...

20060158698 - Image scanning device: An image scanning device is provided including a sensor unit which carries an image sensor. The sensor unit is installed within a scanner body and is capable of reciprocating underneath a flat glass plate. The sensor unit has an image sensor and a cleaning unit arranged on a moving route...

20060158695 - Scanner optical module: A scanner optical module has a single transmission axle used to support a scanning module (containing a traditional optical device or CIS). The scanning module has a plurality of protrusions (or rollers) slidably (or rotatably) contacting the transparent document platform (view). The scanner optical module has fewer assembled components, a...

20060158700 - Scanning apparatus, scanning system having the same, and scanning method using the same: A scanning apparatus includes a scanning unit for scanning documents, an operating panel having a mode input unit for entering an image separation mode that allows plural documents to be scanned together, a position information detection unit for detecting position information of each of the plural documents, and a controller...

20060158701 - Image reader for use in an image forming apparatus, and contamination check method of guide film for the same: An image reading apparatus for use in an image forming apparatus includes a document glass installed on an upper side of the image reading body on which a document is placed; an image reading sensor installed under the document glass for stopping after being transferred to a predetermined position or...

20060158702 - Original cover closer and office equipment: To provide an original cover closer and an office equipment in which a position adjustment and positioning of an original cover can be performed easily, and a downsizing can be realized, the original cover closer which supports the original cover relative to an equipment main body of the office equipment...

20060158703 - Print defect detection: Systems, methods, and software to automatically detect print defects in printed matter. Some embodiments include receiving a reference image and a scanned image, wherein the reference image and the scanned image are of the same subject matter and generating a plurality of detail maps of the reference image and the...

20060158704 - Image correction apparatus, method and program: On the basis of image data representing the area of a face image contained in an image represented by applied image data, a color correction value calculating circuit calculates a color correction value and a color image probability calculating circuit calculates the probability that the area of the face image...

20060158705 - Method of processing image: An attentional portion to be corrected in gradation of an image is specified, and a gradation corrective function with respect to a density of the specified attentional portion is generated. Preset gradation conversion characteristics are corrected with the gradation corrective function, and the gradation of the image is converted according...

20060158706 - Print control method and apparatus: In printing a plurality of pages of print data on one paper sheet upon combining the pages, a print control apparatus inputs layout data for determining a layout of the respective pages, extracts a page data portion to be printed as a single page from the print data in accordance...

20060152742 - Screen saver control apparatus, screen saver control method and screen saver control program: A screen saver control apparatus of an aspect of the present invention comprises a display section that displays a screen saver for sequentially switching introduction screens about a plurality of operation modes, an operation section that accepts an operation input, and a control section that performs an operation mode corresponding...

20060152750 - Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium: Upon synthesizing objects, information bits indicating the types of objects are lost. To solve this problem, this invention provides an image processing apparatus having discrimination means for discriminating a type of object to be rendered, determination means for determining the presence/absence of synthesis of the discriminated object, synthesis means for...

20060152748 - Method for automated document selection: Provided is a method for the automated selection of sample documents or pages from a large collection, and more particularly an application of the method in a proof presentment environment—where the method is employed for selection and review of representative or extreme pages from a large document, such as one...

20060152749 - Terminal device for printing a message displayed on messenger window and a method therefor: A terminal device displays a messenger window by executing a messenger program. The terminal device includes a messenger window generation unit for generating and displaying a messenger window on a screen by executing a predetermined messenger program, a printing option setting unit for displaying a printing option setting menu for...

20060152751 - Image processing apparatus, image processing program and image processing method: There is disclosed an image processing apparatus adapted to selectively set a feature of securing the confidentiality of the real data indicated by allocation data by attaching an enabler to the apparatus when the video data left in a storage device are unnecessary. The image processing apparatus 100 stores in...

20060152757 - Apparatus and method for providing printer separator pages: An arrangement is provided wherein a printer used with a host device is operated to generate print batch separator pages using the same blank sheets as are used to print respective pages of successive print jobs. The printer is directed to print a visually distinctive graphic indicator, such as a...

20060152756 - Automating responses by grid providers to bid requests indicating criteria for a grid job: A method, system, and program for automating responses by grid providers to bid request indicating criteria for a grid job are provided. A bid controller grid service of a grid provider receives a job request from a client for processing a job within a grid environment of the grid provider,...

20060152753 - Image processing method, image processing system, and image forming apparatus: An image processing system according to the invention comprises a valuable information processing apparatus which manages valuable information equivalent to money, and an image forming apparatus which is connected to the valuable information processing apparatus and forms an image according to the valuable information. The image forming apparatus stores read...

20060152752 - Log-in method for a client server system, a computer program, and a recording medium: The present invention relates to a log-in method for a client server system which enables a client computer to log in to a server accessible via either the Internet or a LAN with high security and operability. When a server 101 receives a connection request from a client computer 102,...

20060152759 - Method and system for real-time end-user status and quality monitoring of printing operations: A user connected to a remote printer can choose to activate a print-monitoring feature of the printer as part of the submitted print job. As the job begins to print, the output of the printer is monitored for print quality. If an event occurs during the print job that affects...

20060152755 - Method, system and program product for managing document summary information: Summary information for documents are stored as entries in a table in a relational database. Each entry includes a unique identifier, value(s) for a set of attributes and rendering information for the corresponding document. A collation order is obtained that defines a sort order for the documents based on the...

20060152760 - Printing control apparatus to install printer driver file and method of controlling the same: A printing control apparatus and a method of controlling the same include an operating system part, a memory part, a communication interface part to receive a printer driver file from an external device, and a null driver part having an interface to receive and transmit a command and data from...

20060152758 - Systems and methods for changing settings for selected objects within a print job: Systems and methods for changing settings for selected objects within a print job are disclosed. An exemplary method involves receiving a document for printing on a printing device. The document includes at least one page. The method also involves obtaining settings for printing the document. At least one preview image...

20060152754 - Trace and debug tool for high speed printer systems: A printer system stores a trace of a printer job in storage that is either local or accessible to the printer system. A remotely implemented tool accesses the stored printer job trace. The tool includes a graphical interface that displays the printer commands in the printer job trace in a...

20060152761 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a first storage medium to store a storage target file, without storing storage management information of the storage target filed. The image forming apparatus may also have a controller to control storing the storage management information of the storage target file separately from the storage...

20060152762 - Image forming apparatus and method for erasing data thereof: In one embodiment of an image forming apparatus according to the invention, an overwrite data determination device for determining overwrite data so that a hard disk containing information on image forming jobs is overwritten with the overwrite data. An overwrite block size determination device for determining size of an equal-size...

20060152743 - Image recorder: A sheet is wound up on a frictional carrier drum having a circumferential length longer than a sheet length so that the length of the wound-up sheet is a quarter or more of the circumferential length, and contact elements for pressing the sheet against the frictional carrier drum are provided...

20060152747 - Color image processing apparatus and color image processing system using the apparatus: When an output unit to produce output is specified through an instruction terminal 11 and original data is input to a color proof generation section 12, a color conversion section 13 acquires a color conversion parameter corresponding to the specified output unit from a color conversion information storage section 14...

20060152746 - Image processing apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a scanner which reads documents and produces image data in a first color space; a color converter which converts image data in the first color space into image data in a second color space; a printer unit which prints out the converted image data in...

20060152744 - Method of converting a color recipe: A first recipe (10) is converted using a first colorant set to a second recipe (50) using a second colorant set. The first recipe (10) is converted into a CIE_Lab estimate (30) using a first model and a first database (20). The CIE_Lab estimate (30) is converted into the second...

20060152745 - Method of selecting colorant levels: A method for selecting a best three color solution for a CIE_Lab request comprises generating a three color database (10) of CIE_Lab values at specified colorant input levels. A closest point in the database with colorant input levels is found, which will produce a CIE_Lab value that is closest to...

20060152763 - Method for enhancing print quality of halftone images: A method for enhancing the print quality of halftone images makes use of error diffusion to perform halftone image processing to a document. After an RGB image is obtained by scanning the document, a high-pass filter is used to detect the edge characteristics and edge directions of the RGB image....

20060152765 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading process apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and computer-readable storage medium: The halftone frequency determining section is provided with a flat halftone discriminating section for extracting information of density distribution per segment block, and discriminating, based on the information of density distribution, whether the segment block is a flat halftone region in which density transition is low or of a non-flat...

20060152764 - Systems and methods for controlling a tone reproduction curve using error diffusion: A method of adjusting a TRC of an image is provided. The method involves receiving an image at an input resolution, resampling the image to a processing resolution if the imput resolution and the processing resolution are not same, processing the image using rank-ordered error diffusion, and resampling the processed...

20060152766 - Selective dithering: Techniques are disclosed for selectively dithering only a subset of a digital image. One or more ranges of digits are selected for dithering. Only those pixels having digits within the selected range(s) in the digital image are dithered. The image is printed after being selectively dithered. Digits may be selected...

20060152767 - Threshold matrix generation method, threshold matrix generation apparatus, and recording medium: In a threshold matrix generation part 3 implemented by a computer, a tint image in a specified gray level is generated from temporary lighting order set in a matrix area, and a smoothing operation is performed on the tint image, to generate a grayscale evaluation image. The lighting order is...

20060152769 - Method and apparatus using pixel spot size control for reducing intercolor bleed: A method and apparatus for reducing intercolor bleed using pixel spot size control to improve print quality is provided. The method includes printing pixels having a first spot size in an image region having a boundary between a first color portion and a second color portion of the image by...

20060152768 - Pre-press production image alert system and method: Disclosed is a method and system for checking and identifying images and other document components that may not be suitably rendered by an output device or process. The method employs a dual-mode analysis of visual image attributes to determine an aggregate confidence while also checking individual image attributes, to determine...

20060152770 - Gravure printing: The invention relates to a method of engraving a plurality of gravure cells in a surface, the method comprising the steps of; (a) mounting an engraving stylus comprising a stylus body inwardly tapering to the stylus tip, in an engraving head; (b) effecting penetration of the engraving stylus into the...

20060152771 - System and method for generating dynamically modifiable timing control signals: A system and method for generating dynamically modifiable timing control signals. Timing waveforms can be changed, for each phase of control, by changing the contents of memory locations and start/stop indices. Parallel signals are generated from the output of the memory locations. The memory locations are accessed in a user-selected...

20060152773 - Book scanner with portable stoarage device: The invention provides a book scanner, connecting to a portable storage device, comprising a housing, two scan windows, at least an optical apparatus and at least a data output device. The two scan windows are assembled together in an inclined manner to form an upraised ridge, so that the pages...

20060152774 - Cover structure for scan device: A cover structure for a scan device comprises a cover mounted on a housing of the scan device and an angle-positioning mechanism disposed between the housing and the cover. The cover includes a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The angle-positioning mechanism includes at least a first locating...

20060152772 - Image scanner, and image sensor head built therein: A flatbed type image sensor (A) includes a case (20) that is elongated in the primary scanning direction (N1) and mounted on a bracket (6) movable in the secondary scanning direction (N2). The case (20) accommodates a light source and a plurality of light receiving elements. The light receiving elements...

20060152775 - Image forming method and image forming device: A reference developing image is formed on a photoreceptor drum under an image forming condition measured in advance, and the density of this reference developing image is detected. A development bias voltage is corrected based on the detection result, and when a correction value of the development bias voltage exceeds...

20060152776 - Methods and systems for generating and using a control strip on proof prints: A system for generating a proof print of an image for printing on media includes a processor that is arranged to generate a control strip for the print proof. The size and placement of the control strip are dynamically selectable and adjustable by the processor based, at least in part,...

20060152777 - Image processing method and apparatus capable of effectively reading an image using a light diffuser: An image processing method and apparatus includes an image reading mechanism having a light source, a light guiding device, a light diffusing member. The light guiding device has a light emitting surface and guides light generated by the light source and allows the light to come out through the light...

20060152778 - Method of controlling digital image processing apparatus for accurate printing and digital image processing apparatus adopting the method: Provided is a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus that controls an operation of a printer while communicating with the printer. In the method, a date insertion mode set by the printer is cancelled if the date insertion mode is set by the printer and a date image...

20060146354 - Intelligent print system and method: An intelligent print system includes at least one document generating side, a priority generating unit and a machine side. The document generating side has been installed therein a printer driver for outputting a ready-for-print document. The priority generating unit is used for selectively providing a priority value to the document....

20060146356 - Method of starting to produce print data simultaneously with starting to spool a meta file: A method of producing a print data including generating a meta file for a printing-requested image and spooling the generated meta file, starting to produce print data for the spooled meta file within a predetermined time from a starting time of spooling the meta file, and spooling the generated print...

20060146357 - Methods and apparatus for colorant reduction: Methods and apparatus for performing colorant limitation are provided that receive input data, desired output response data and measured (or specified) output response data for a print output device, and determine converted input data that accounts for differences between the measured (or specified) output response data and the desired output...

20060146353 - Strategies for rendering job information using a multi-personality driver device: Strategies are described for processing job information using a multi-personality driver device. The driver device includes multiple selectable rendering modules for processing job information in the context of multiple selectable rendering paths. The driver device further contains a configuration module for selecting one of the rendering paths for a particular...

20060146355 - System and method for controlling operation of a printer by using an external memory: Provided is printer operation control system and method for a printer having diverse print functions by using an external memory. The external memory is used to store information on the availability of each print function. A reader is provided for reading the information on the availability of each print function...

20060146358 - Remote printing method and system: A remote printing system and method is provided. A server on a first private network may receive a request from a user that has performed a login procedure of the first private network, the request requesting the printing of a document to a specified printer. The first private network may...

20060146366 - Apparatus and method for enhancing image quality of a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method are provided for enhancing image quality of a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal includes an image sensor that converts image data captured by a camera lens into first image data. The image sensor outputs the converted first image data. The mobile communication terminal also...

20060146362 - Digital image processing with inherent compression: A raster image processing system and method accepts a digital page description as a series of page elements (text, graphics, images, etc.) and creates output video-ready (“flattened”) raster without allocating large amounts of raster memory (arrays of pixels) and without creating a display list of all page elements. This technique...

20060146360 - Distributed client side printing methods and systems: Various distributed client side printing methods and systems are described. In at least some embodiments, printer control and the job handling functions are bifurcated or separated by allowing jobs, drivers, settings and the like to be controlled by the print server or some other entity, while allowing clients to communicate...

20060146365 - Image forming system for calculating a toner consumption: RGB graphic data generated using application software 201 in a host computer 200 is subjected to color conversion by means of a printer driver 210 so as to be converted into data indicative of CMYK color images. The resultant data is further subjected to a compression process for generating image...

20060146364 - Image forming system, method of displaying various kinds of information of image forming apparatus, and program for displaying various kinds of information of image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming system in which each user can arbitrarily change an information display page for referring to various kinds of information of an image forming apparatus by a user's terminal unit connected to a network. An image forming apparatus 10, in which various kinds of information...

20060146367 - Image input/output apparatus, method of controlling image input/output apparatus, image input/output system, and storage media: To obtain image outputs which are equivalent to those obtained with local outputs even with regard to images received from an external device, there is provided an image input/output apparatus having an input section for inputting image data of original images, and an output section for outputting image data, and...

20060146363 - Method and apparatus for displaying printing progress status: A method and apparatus for displaying printing progress status information of an image printing apparatus is provided. An image pick-up apparatus includes: a display unit displaying the image printed; and a control unit receiving printing progress status information from the image printing apparatus. An image printing apparatus includes: a communication...

20060146361 - Network scanning from a scanning device: A method of operating an image scanning system including an image scanner, a network adapter and a memory associated with the image scanner and/or the network adapter. The method including the steps of storing a list of one or more computers that are registered to interact with the image scanner...

20060146368 - Print control system, information processing apparatus, function providing apparatus, print function display method, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium: The user can be properly notified in what kinds of statuses functions that are realized upon printing are. When statuses of functions which are realized by a print control system are displayed on a display unit, by changing the display in the display unit regarding the statuses of the functions...

20060146359 - Scan-assisted mobile telephone: The invention relates to a method for scanning, in particular documents with the aid of a camera (K). The inventive method consists in combining an image sequence or a sequence of partial images in order to obtain a final image, projecting a reference model (F) onto the camera vision field...

20060146369 - Printing apparatus and printing method: The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a method for a user to easily obtain an image print without accompanying information if the user needs no accompanying information even if the image is already embedded with various types of accompanying information such as date of taking the picture and...

20060146349 - Digital image processing without rasterization: A raster image processing system and method accepts a digital page description as a series of page elements (text, graphics, images, etc.) and creates output video-ready (“flattened”) raster without allocating large amounts of raster memory (arrays of pixels) and without creating a display list of all page elements. This technique...

20060146352 - Image processing unit and method thereof: An image processing unit and the method thereof are provided. The image processing unit includes a multiplexer, a first filter and a second filter. The multiplexer receives an image, calculates a pixel data variance between each pixel and its surrounding pixels and classifies the pixels into a first kind and...

20060146351 - Image-processing device and method for enhancing the luminance and the image quality of display panels: An image-processing device and method for enhancing the luminance and the image quality of display panels, the device and method includes a color distribution calculating unit which classifies the original image-color data, and then calculates the ratio of the color data in block B2 to all input image-color data. A...

20060146350 - System and method of color image transformation: A method comprises receiving a set of color transfer curves, receiving a digital image file having a plurality of pixel stacks, for each pixel stack in the digital image file: identify initial percent dot values for the pixel stack, determining a degree of affiliation of the pixel stack to each...

20060146348 - System and method to eliminate clipping during color conversion: A color enhancement system with variable color saturation addresses issues of clipping of an output image by analysis and application of color correction to individual pixels. Encoded image data is received, and the elements are converted from a color space representation, such as RGB, into another color space where the...

20060146370 - Use of an input black and white bitmap to generate emboldened anti-aliasing bitmap: A computer-implemented simulated emboldening mechanism for emboldening an input Black and White bitmap to generate an emboldened Anti-Aliasing bitmap. The simulated emboldening adjusts the intensity of the pixel in the direction of emboldening taking into account contextual information regarding surrounding pixels. Since the emboldening is not limited to a Black...

20060146371 - Image forming apparatus and image bearing unit therefor: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, wherein a toner image is formed on the image bearing member and is transferred onto a recording material, thus forming an image on the recording material; a shaft for rotating the image bearing member, wherein the shaft is provided with a...

20060146372 - System for distributing non-uniform rules for distributed capture operations: The present invention relates to an improved distributed captures system capable of distributing to a plurality of remote sites non-uniform rules, such as rules governing the indexing or transfer of documents scanned at such remote sites. Documents are captured at remote locations by scanning and indexing such documents using a...

20060146374 - Apparatus and method for printing validated image data in a noisy environment: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data and control characters across an interface that is subject to noise for output to a printer. The image data and the control characters are transmitted across the interface to a receiver device. A determination is made as to whether or...

20060146375 - Scan unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A scan unit improved in stability and reliability, and an image forming apparatus having the same. The scan unit includes a scan frame having a document tray for putting a document thereon; a reading sensor moving under the document tray and thereby reading the document; a cover selectively opening and...

20060146373 - Scanning a document to a local portable storage device: In some embodiments a document is scanned and an electronic version of the scanned document is sent to a local portable storage device. Other embodiments are described and claimed....

20060146376 - Image sensor and method for fabricating the same: An image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes color filter layers having a photonic crystal for color separation. Since transmittance of the color filter layers is higher than that of a pigment or dye of an organic material and can easily be...

20060146377 - Scanning apparatus and method: Apparatus for scanning a moving object includes a visible waveband sensor 12 oriented to collect a series of images of the object as it passes through a field of view 16. An image processor 14 uses the series of images to form a composite image. The image processor 14 stores...

20060146378 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming method performed in an image forming apparatus which includes: a first memory, storing first information indicative of a first factor causing color shift; and a detachable process cartridge, provided with an image carrier and a second memory storing second information indicative of a second factor causing the color...

20060146379 - Apparatus and method for producing color filters by discharging material: The present invention provides a system which shortens the scanning time with an ink jet head for forming a pattern of filter elements of a color filter, picture element pixels of an electroluminescence (EL) device, or the like. An apparatus for producing a color filter can include a plurality of...

20060146380 - Illuminated media position indicator and method of use: An illuminated media position indicator for an imaging device comprises a scanner having a scanner top cover including an inner edge portion which defines an opening for a scanning platen disposed adjacent the opening. The inner edge portion defines at least one corner corresponding to a scan origin. An illuminated...

20060146381 - Image sensor having color wheel: An image sensor having a color wheel includes a plurality of pixels, an image sensing portion for sensing an optical signal for each pixel, a controller for processing the sensed optical signal for each pixel, an image sensor package for receiving the image sensing portion and the controller, wherein the...

20060146382 - Color image forming apparatus and image storing device: In an image storing device for use in a color image forming apparatus for storing dispersively image data of each color constituting a color image in the plurality of image storing devices each taking charge of at least one color, reading image data of a charging color from each image...

20060146383 - Method for displaying image data processing progress and image forming apparatus thereof: An apparatus and method is provided for displaying image data processing progress. The method for displaying image data processing progress comprises scanning an image to generate corresponding image data, restoring the image corresponding to the generated image data, and displaying the restored image. Image data processing progress, such as image...