Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 03/07

20070070373 - Method of interacting with the internet via a printed page: A method of interacting with the internet via a printed page is provided. The page has an interactive element and includes graphical information and coded data identifying a page identity and a plurality of locations on the page. The method includes the steps of: interacting with the interactive element on... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070372 - Sticker including a first and second region: A method of identifying a surface and a sticker on the surface, the sticker including a first region having disposed therein or thereon first coded data at least partially indicative of a sticker identity, and a second region, the surface having disposed therein or thereon second coded data at least... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070382 - Apparatus and method for displaying set driver options: Provided are an apparatus for and method of displaying set driver options. The apparatus includes a selection unit that selects driver options to be displayed; a storage unit that stores the selected driver options; a control unit that sets the stored driver options and stores the set driver options in... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070377 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: In contrast to conventional art in which settings for a printer driver of a personal computer are changed, and printing is carried out by preparing a PDL file again and transmitting the file, according to the present invention, an image output is obtained due to print settings being carried out... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070070381 - Image forming apparatus to classify printing job and method thereof: An image forming apparatus to simply and classify a plurality of printing jobs, and a method thereof. The image forming apparatus can include a controller to transform a current printing job to a printing data to have a printing direction different from that of a prior printing job when a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070383 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, control program and image forming system: An image forming apparatus which enables easy management of proofs in a printing process. An image forming apparatus 299 is provided with a reader unit 50, a transfer charger 220, color sensors 274-1 to 274-4, a printer controlling unit 21. The reader unit 50 inputs image data for forming an... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070070379 - Planning print production: A method of planning print production in a print production enterprise, having multiple print shop equipment components performing multiple discrete printing operations, includes gathering print job data and populating the variables of a simulation algorithm with the print job data. The print job production run is planned utilizing the simulation... Agent: Clifford P. Kelly Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20070070380 - Preventing artifacts that may be produced when bottling pdl files converted from raster images: The present invention eliminates undesirable image defects caused during the preparation of pages for printing and folding, known as the bottling process. This is achieved by analyzing image characteristics, sorting out the image according to its characteristics, where necessary vectoring and editing the vectored characteristic, and finally completing the file... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070070374 - Printer controlled dynamically altered n-up imaging: Systems and methods are provided for printer controller, dynamic N-UP print job imaging. An enhanced printer includes features hereof to dynamically adjust parameters of a print job at any point in a print job. In one aspect hereof, the printer configures a print job for an initial set of printing... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070070375 - Systems and methods for heuristics-based load balancing of hybrid pdl/raster printing: In an exemplary method, a raster image processing (RIP) control unit distributes raster image processing of a set of print job segments among a plurality of RIP units. The RIP control unit then monitors the availability of the plurality of RIP units. When the RIP control unit determines that one... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070070376 - Systems and methods for load balancing the creation of raster data and page description language data on a host: In an exemplary method, a print server receives a request from a host for instructions regarding how to process graphics commands corresponding to a print job. In response, the print server determines whether raster image processing of the graphics commands is more efficiently performed by a raster image processing unit... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070070378 - Ubiquitous installation and removal of rip capabilities from pdl files: A job can be used to produce a printed document by first processing it with a digital front end (DFE) which then sends printing information to a marking engine. A job has required functionality and a DFE has supplied functionality. When the supplied functionality does not include the required functionality,... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070070385 - Data processing apparatus: Image data in local memory is constantly erased to prevent leakage of old image data on the occurrence of a trouble. Input image data is stored in a used area of local memory. When processing of the image data is completed, a data erasure task is executed to erase the... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070070388 - Image forming apparatus and methods of forming images: An image forming apparatus includes an accommodating unit configured to accommodate a recording medium; an image forming unit for forming an image on the recording medium in response to a print job; a reservation unit for designating a portion of the recording medium as a reserved amount and selectively prohibiting... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070387 - Image forming apparatus, additional apparatus connectable to image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus, an additional apparatus and a control method thereof, operated in a normal mode or a power-saving mode, includes a signal receiving part, an interface part of the image forming apparatus, to which a predetermined additional apparatus is installed, an installation detecting part to detect whether the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070386 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes a printing element for successively printing jobs in a printing queue, a holding element for removing at least one printing job from the printing queue and holding the at least one printing job, and a holding release element for returning the at least one printing job... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070070384 - Ultra-power saving facsimile apparatus and method thereof: An ultra-power saving facsimile apparatus connected a general public switched telephone network (PSTN) and method thereof is provided for maintaining a standby state where less than 1 W of power is consumed using a power-saving circuit if the standby state continues for a certain period, thereby achieving a cost-saving effect.... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070401 - Device, device processing history storage system and device processing history storing method: A device processing history storage system in which a device and a terminal are connected through a network, in which the terminal includes: a request portion which transmits to the device a request for device processing or a request for storage of a history of the device processing; a history... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070410 - Device, program, method and system for data transmission: A data transmission device comprises: an entry information acquisition unit which acquires entry information from a storage device; an entry information display unit which displays the acquired entry information on a display device in a style discriminating between entry information including detailed information and entry information not including the detailed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070070399 - Fax communication system: Disclosed is a FAX communication system for improving security and reliability of FAX communication. A FAX receiver receives FAX data and transmission source information. A transmission destination designation information acquisition section obtains transmission destination designation information during indirect communication of FAX data. A transmission destination number extraction section extracts stored... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070070395 - Handheld printer alert system: A portable printing device is described that monitors a print progress as an image is printed and generates an alert when an image has finished printing. Methods of detecting an end-of-image condition are described as are a variety of alert systems that notify the user that he or she has... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070408 - Image album creating system, image album creating method and image album creating program: There is provided an image album creating system for creating an image album by receiving high image-quality images used for creating the image album after creating an image album sample by using low image-quality images, having a low image-quality image receiving section for receiving the low image-quality images of original... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070394 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus judges whether the number of pages to print exceeds the number as a reference to judge whether to print many pages based on the setting of a confidential document print job, when receiving the print job. When the number of pages to print exceeds the reference... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070393 - Image forming apparatus accepting a print job and computer transmitting a print job: An image forming apparatus judges whether an identical part is included in the key and the printing contents, based on the result of comparing a previously stored key with the printing contents of a received print job. When the apparatus judges that an identical part is included, the apparatus stores... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070405 - Image forming apparatus, image processing unit, image processing method, and recording medium having image processing control program: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image scanning unit configured to generate image data by converting light reflected from an optically scanned printed page into electrical signals; an interface configured to receive image data from an external apparatus; an expansion bus to which the image scanning unit and the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070070412 - Image forming system, image forming method, and program: In print processing performed for a print document based on a print instruction that instructs plural processes applied to the print document, a process that uses resource information embedded in the print document is identified among the plural processes instructed by the print instruction. Then, a process for embedding the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070070415 - Image processing device, image processing method and remote-scan image processing system using the same: In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070409 - Image retrieval apparatus and image retrieval program storage medium: An image retrieval apparatus includes: an image storage section that stores two or more photographic images and receives an access for the photographic images; an access detection section that detects an access for the photographic images stored in the image storage section; an access image analyzing section that analyzes a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070402 - Image sending/receiving device: An image sending/receiving device of the present invention includes: an image receiving section for receiving image data from an external image reproducing device connected to the image sending/receiving device; an image sending section for sending the image data to an external image display device connected to the image sending/receiving device;... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070070414 - Image transfer system and method therefor, image transmission apparatus, and image reception apparatus: An image transmission apparatus transfers to an external apparatus data amount information indicating an amount of target image data and information of a priority order of the target image data. The apparatus also receives from the external apparatus a response signal indicating whether the external apparatus will accept transmission of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070406 - Image-forming apparatus, image-forming method, and computer product: A receiving section receives from a host computer print job data containing print data and print information. An analyzing section analyzes the print job data to determine whether the print information includes START and END commands that specify a range of the print data to be output. A setting section... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070070400 - Information processing apparatus, information managing apparatus, information storing method and information storing program: In an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an information managing apparatus capable of managing information stored in the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus is comprised of: storage means for storing thereinto identification information which identifies predetermined information from the stored information so as to call the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070070403 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing units, an allocation unit configured to allocate data in a plurality of regions included in a print job to the plurality of processing units. The information processing apparatus further includes an output unit configured to output, to a printing apparatus, a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070070413 - Methods for creating printing data and for transferring printing data: A printer driver (31) divides printing data, which controls printing of a printer, into one or plural data to record the data, to each of which information for discriminating the data is added, as a sub-file (70), as well as creates a sub-file name data (61) for specifying the sub-file... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070421 - Mobile communications device incorporating a printing mechanism: A mobile communications device includes an elongate body defining a transverse print media path along which print media can be fed. A camera device is mounted to the body and is configured to capture an image. A printhead and ink supply module is contained within the body and includes an... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070407 - Order processing apparatus and method, and image forming apparatus and method: In a printing system, an order processing apparatus processes an order for producing a print according to image data. There is an image reception unit for inputting raw image data that has been obtained by electronic image pickup and is unprocessed in relation to image processing. An image processor forms... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070418 - Portable communicator: This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All of them are operated by an input... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070070419 - Portable communicator: This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All of them are operated by an input... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070070411 - Print process system and computer readable medium: A print process system includes a receiving section and an executing section. The receiving section receives (i) print data or reference information of the print data, (ii) an instruction of print process for the print data and (iii) process description data, which describes a series of processes performed after the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070389 - Print-ordering system and method: A print-ordering system and a print-ordering method that can select image processing preferred by a user via a network and generate an appropriate print preferred by the user. The image processing preferred by the user can be selected via the network. Image data and order information are transmitted from a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070070417 - Printer capable of refusing receipt of printed materials sent from an unintended source: A printer (100) for printing based on a print job signal sent from a data processing device (200) registers print job signal sending sources and a message corresponding to each sending source in memory (111, 112). A controller (113) detects whether the sending source of a received print job signal... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070070420 - Printing control apparatus and printing control method: Even when printing cannot be executed by only the common setting included in a printing designation document, in order to generate the printing setting information native in a printer in accordance with the common general designation information included in a printing designation document and to execute the processing of a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070392 - Processing requests for data sinks in a logical printer: Provided are a method, system, and program for processing requests for data sinks in a logical printer. A request is received to process a print job from one of a plurality of protocol components. A determination is made of one of a plurality of data sinks for the print job... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070070404 - Remote device access: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus for accessing a remote source device, comprising a network interface for receiving a media stream from a remote media encoding device, the remote media encoding device generating the media stream from media signals generated by the remote source... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070396 - Repositionable matte photo media: The present invention provides a matte repositionable photo media has an imageable substrate having opposing first and second surfaces. An image receptive coating is disposed on the first surface of the inkjet printable sheet. A repositionable adhesive is disposed on the second surface of the substrate, but the adhesive does... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070070391 - Reprint card on a mobile device: A method of reprinting content on a print medium using a mobile telecommunications device, comprising the steps of: determining a first print media identifier, from a first print medium provided with content, using a sensor module of the mobile telecommunications device, the first print medium having been inserted into a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070390 - Retrieving location data via a coded surface: A method of retrieving location data using a print medium, comprising the steps of: determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the location data; and, retrieving, using the mobile telecommunications device... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070397 - Scanner and control method for display of operation menu thereof: A scanner which is connected via network or locally connected to a printer for realizing a copying function by outputting a scanned image to the printer as a copy job, the scanner, comprises a menu display that displays an operation menu of the copying function on a display portion; a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070398 - Scanner and error display method for the same: A scanner which is network connected or locally connected to a printer and outputs a read-out image to the printer as a copying job for carrying out a printing request, and which includes an error display section; an error code acquisition section which acquires a printer model-specific error code set... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070416 - Storage printer: The storage printer includes an image processing unit that analyzes an original image data acquired from an image data supply source to set image processing conditions and which processes the original image data in accordance with settings of the image processing conditions so as to produce outputting image data, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070361 - Image recording apparatus and image recording method: In an image recording apparatus, shift times for shifting switching timings of light modulator elements are obtained so that rise times (U1) after input of output start signals to driving elements connected to respective light modulator elements of a spatial light modulator and fall times (D1) after input of output... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070070362 - Printhead assembly with a controller for predetermined pattern printing: A printhead assembly includes a printhead. The printhead includes a plurality of rows of pods with each pod including a plurality of ink nozzles. An ink supply is in fluid communication with the printhead and defines a plurality of ink reservoirs connected in fluid communication with respective rows. A controller... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070364 - Color characterization of high dynamic range image capture devices: Color characterization of a high dynamic range (HDR) image capture device is provided. Color checker image data of a color checker at multiple exposures is obtained. Color values for neutral patches and exposure values are extracted. A colorimetrically accurate response curve is determined based on the neutral patch color values... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070363 - Color processing color data undefined to a gamut: Methods, computer readable media, computing devices, and ASICs that include executable program instructions are provided for processing color data undefined to a first gamut. One method embodiment includes receiving color data to a source device, e.g., first device, having a defined color gamut, and preserving color data that are undefined... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070368 - Color processing method and apparatus thereof, and installer of device driver: Creation of integrated color conversion data for color processing requires a large computation volume and much time in case of a device and GMA used for the first time. Hence, first color conversion data is stored in a memory, second color conversion data different from the first color conversion data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070365 - Content-based image retrieval based on color difference and gradient information: An image processing system and method uses color information and texture information to compare a first image and a second image. The color information and texture information are derived independently, and then combined to obtain robust comparison and image retrieval results. For the color features of the images, color component... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070070366 - Fast color interpolation: A method of performing color conversion to convert a set of input color values to color values in an output color space includes representing an output color in the output color space as a geometric lattice having a plurality of lattice points, each of the plurality of lattice points having... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070370 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus comprises a plurality of data output parts for outputting printing data corresponding to a plurality of colors in synchronization with a reference clock signal. A clock control part controls the reference clock signal to be input to the data output parts, respectively. A control part outputs... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070371 - Image output device, color correction method, and computer readable medium storing program for color correction: An image output device includes: a color conversion processing unit that converts output-use image data into image data of a standard CMYK color space; and a color correction processing unit that conducts color correction of the image data of the standard CMYK color space outputted from the color conversion processing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070367 - Linearization and characterization process of an image producing device: For the linearization and characterization of an image producing device, especially a printer, a colour test chart is reproduced and measured according to colour with the device from a relatively small number of colour measurement fields with defined device colour values, whereby associated colour values are determined for each colour... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070070369 - Processing apparatus and method for enhancing image color: We describe a processing apparatus and associated method for enhancing image color that includes a color space regional parameter storage module to store parameters of a color space region. A plurality of color space regional decision and enhancement attenuation calculation modules each calculate a color enhancement amplitude of a pixel... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070070422 - Dot data processing apparatus, image output system, and methods thereof: The present invention provides a dot data processing apparatus for receiving multi-value quantization result values being results of multi-value quantization of each of pixel groups composed of a plurality of pixels, and converting the multi-value quantization result values into data of dots to be formed on a printing medium, for... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070070423 - Dot data processing apparatus, image processing system, and image data processing apparatus: The present invention provides a dot data processing apparatus for generating data of dots to be formed on a printing medium. The apparatus includes: a decoding preparation unit that prepares a decoding table for pixel groups, each of the pixel groups grouping together a plurality of pixels that constitute a... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070070424 - Image processing method and image recording apparatus: The image processing method converts an input image having multiple tones into an image having fewer tones than the input image, for image recording by a recording head including a plurality of recording elements arranged in a prescribed direction, the method comprising the steps of: quantizing pixel values of pixels... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070426 - Halftone screen generating apparatus to generate a screen considering a compression rate and a screen generating method thereof: A halftone screen generating apparatus according to a compression rate and a method thereof. The halftone screen generating apparatus includes a cost function application unit to apply a cost function to a screen where an initial pattern is set and to calculate cost values to select a candidate pixel to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070425 - Object-based sharpening for an image forming device: A method and apparatus for sharpening objects formed by an image forming unit. Page objects in print requests may be identified as being one of several different types. Boundaries of the page objects may be eroded according to the type of the page objects, thus defining an eroded boundary. Rectangular... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr.IPLaw Department, Dept. 865a/082-01

20070070427 - Systems and methods for selective dithering using pixel classification: A method of selective dithering for enhancing the printability of an image, including receiving input pixels of an original input image and identifying the pixel classification of the input pixels, where the pixel classification characterizes each of the plurality of pixels based, at least in part, on their respective gray... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070428 - Device and method for sharpening image signal: A device for sharpening an image signal for receiving an image signal input, detecting and sharpening the object edge of the image signal input by using a detection period, and outputting an image signal output is provided. The image signal sharpening device determines the switching point of a maximum value... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070070429 - Batch identifier registration and embedding in media signals: An automated batch identifier registration and embedding system for media signals, such as image, video and audio files. A batch identifier registration system enables a user to submit a request for a batch of unique identifiers to be embedded in media signals. The user submits a request for a batch... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070070430 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises a plurality of modules, a supporting means which supports a plurality of modules and a control means which is provided on the supporting means and which controls the plurality of the modules. The supporting means is constituted by joining a plurality of base units with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070431 - Support structure for image processing appartus: A support structure for an image processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has an apparatus body, a base provided at a lower portion of the apparatus body for supporting the body, and an image processing unit disposed inside the apparatus body or attached thereto. The processing unit is capable of... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070070432 - Printer: A printer in which when an optical disk is inserted into a conveyance path in a printer body, an inlet cover is moved to a position where the inlet cover opens an inlet in a cover provided on the printer body. This causes a cutter button that operates a cutter... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070070433 - Electronic device and storage medium which stores a control program: An electronic device is disclosed in which parameters or functions thereof can be executed with fewer key operations. An electronic device such as a facsimile device has a display unit that displays a plurality of keys that can be respectively used to specify and select the parameters or functions thereof,... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070070434 - Method and system for managing a digital photo database: Method and system for storing and managing digital images in a database is provided. The method includes, acquiring plural digital images based on digital image requirements for product assemblies; uploading the plural digital images to the database; making the digital images available to plural users via a user interface that... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070070435 - Method and system for increasing scanning speed: In accordance with the present invention, a method and a system for increasing scanning speed are provided. The method comprises steps of determining a transmission rate of a transit interface, scanning an original to generate an image data, and adjusting a cycle time of the image data to change a... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070070436 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus: When a document image is read out by a scanner 36, the read-out image data is temporarily stored in a RAM 22. Each time adjustment-use data is set, the image data in the RAM 22 is adjusted in accordance with the adjustment-use data. The adjusted image data is displayed on... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070439 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus which achieves a wide variety of processing functions and large-scale processing, even with a small-scale programmable data processing unit, and which enables cost reductions. This image processing apparatus comprises: a programmable data processing unit; a data input unit for inputting image data; a data output unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070070438 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer product: When image data is determined to be reused, a first image-data processing unit performs a first image processing on the image data, a memory device accumulates the image data on which the first image processing is performed, and a second image-data processing unit performs second image processing on the image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070070440 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program: Sharpness is adjusted for more appropriately representing a predetermined structure in an image. A parameter acquisition unit obtains a weighting parameter for a principal component representing a degree of sharpness in a face region detected by a face detection unit as an example of the predetermined structure in the image,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070437 - Method for incising a sheet of media: A method for incising a sheet of media includes defining an incising margin boundary for the sheet of media, the incising margin boundary defining a minimum distance from each of at least one of the plurality of edges of the sheet of media that an incising may be made; determining... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070441 - Print data generating apparatus and image recording system: A print data generating apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving first data sent from an application; a selection unit for selecting second data stored in a storage unit of a terminal device; an insertion page information generating unit for assigning a page where the second data are inserted into... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070070442 - Image reading device, image processing device, image reading method, and image processing method: An aspect of the invention provides an image reading device, comprising: an image reading unit that reads input images and digitizes the input images; a parameter designating unit; an image reducing unit; a pre-combine thumbnail image generating unit an N-up image generating unit; an N-up thumbnail image generating unit; and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070070443 - Host device having extraction function of text and extraction method thereof: A host device with a text extraction function and a method of extracting a text thereof. The host device having at least one application program with a text extraction function and to execute a certain document, the application program including a user interface part to input a selection signal to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070070444 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: There is provided an image reading apparatus optically reading a document image to produce image data of the document image. This apparatus comprises a first line sensor performing the optical reading and having a predetermined number of pixels and a second line sensor performing the optical reading and having the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070446 - Image scanner with heating radiating device: An image scanner with a heat radiating device is disclosed. The image scanner comprises a housing and a scanning module installed therein. The scanning module has a light source for generating light for scan. A first heat radiating plate is installed at a scanning module home position in the housing... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070070445 - Method and device for reducing a size of a scanning device: Scanning devices and method of use that accommodate a longer imaging distance while minimizing the size of the device. The scanning device may include an imaging unit having a sensor and optics. The scanning device may further include a target bed for placement of the targeted documents. An imaging distance... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070070447 - Scanning module of image scanner: The present invention relates to a scanning module of an image scanner. The scanning module has plural reflective mirrors. The position of one reflective mirror is adjusted by two screws to adjust a light reflective angle of the mirror.... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070070448 - Image sensor and method of manufacturing thereof: An image sensor and a method of manufacturing the image sensor, wherein the image sensor can electrically connect a light receiving portion and a printed circuit board (PCB) including circuits by forming holes and filling the holes with a conductive material, without using a wire for the electrical connection between... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070451 - Automatic original feeding device, and image reader and image forming apparatus using automatic original feeding device: An automatic original feeding device includes an original paper feed tray that loads an original to read the image, the original paper feed tray being supported on an upper face of a platen glass for an image reader that reads an image of the original passing through an original reading... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070070450 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image reading apparatus including: a document feeding unit that feeds a document along a feeding path; a read-out sensor that reads out an image from the document fed by the document feeding unit without stopping the feed; a control unit that causes the read-out sensor... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070070452 - Original transporting device and image reading apparatus: An original transporting device includes: an original placing portion; an original discharging portion; a first transport path that connects the original placing portion and the original discharging portion; a second transport path that is branched from the first transport path and is connected to a switchback transport path; a changeover... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070070449 - Single pass duplex document path for a digital scanner: A document handling system includes an imaging area; a light source located in proximity to the imaging area; a raster imaging scanning system located in proximity to the imaging area; and a looped document path, located in proximity to the imaging area, having an entrance and an exit. The exit... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070070453 - Mobile phone with printhead and ink supply module: A mobile phone includes an elongate body defining a transverse print media path along which print media can be fed. A storage device is provided in which an image to be printed can be stored. A printhead and ink supply module is contained within the body and includes an elongate... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070070458 - Calibration mechanism of a scanner: A calibration mechanism of a scanner includes a second light source, a calibration element having an opening, a first light source and a scanning module. The second light source is assembled with the calibration element, and the first light source is disposed at a position opposite to the calibration element.... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070070457 - Calibration mechanism of a scanning device: A calibration mechanism of a scanning device including an assembly of a flexible member and a calibration strip and a limiting member is disclosed. The assembly of the flexible member and the calibration strip can travels in reciprocating motion, and the limiting element limits the distance of the vertical drift... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070070454 - Estimation of ink/toner coverage when printing: In summary, the present invention provides a method, apparatus and program product for calculating an estimate of the amount of toner coverage required for printing print data defined in a compressed data stream. The estimate is obtained with reduced processing by obtaining coverage data from a partially decompressed formed of... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20070070460 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is capable of minimizing the deterioration of image quality by suspending a calibrating process in a predetermined case while improving user convenience. While in the suspended state, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the multifunction machine can force the calibrating process in the print job, and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070070456 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method of controlling the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a memory for storing first sound information associated with a normal operating sound produced when the image forming apparatus normally operates, and a sensor for detecting an operating sound produced from the image forming apparatus and generating second sound information based on the detected operating... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070070459 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: Whether or not a density of black is a predetermined value or more is judged, and when it is judged to be the predetermined value or more, a resolution characteristic is changed to an improved resolution characteristic compared to the resolution characteristic used in a case in which a judgment... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070070455 - Maximum gamut strategy for the printing systems: Samples are printed on print media with at least first and second marking engines. A first lightness value of a solid area of a first sample printed with the first marking engine and a second lightness value of a solid area of a second sample printed with the second marking... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070070461 - Method for adjusting image data: The present invention provides a determination method to obtain the optimum image output quality. The method comprising the standard white plate is scanned prior to the scanning document sheet to obtain a first image data. Then, the first image data is calculated to generate the shading curve, noise level, and... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070070462 - Optical device of scanner: The invention relates to a scanner's optical device, receive the light coming from the image of an object to be scanned, comprising: several reflective mirrors, a light-focusing module, and a charge coupled device. The reflective mirrors provide reflection and directional change for the light and, by appropriately arranging several reflective... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070070463 - Image forming apparatus: An original determination unit determines a color mode of an original based on image data input from a scanner processing unit. A CPU reads determined information on a color mode determined at the original determination unit, and sets register data into an image processing unit based on the determined information,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070464 - Table creation method, table creation appartus, storage medium, and program: A distortion of a table which causes generation of a pseudo contour is removed. For this, there is disclosed a table creation method of creating a table for performing color separation into coloring material colors in an image forming apparatus, comprising the steps of creating a color separation table of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070468 - Color adjusting apparatus, display apparatus, printing apparatus, image processing apparatus, color adjustment method, gui display method, and program: A color adjusting apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing information indicating a hue (color phase) range arbitrarily designated in a hue space, a second storage unit for storing an adjustment value for adjusting a degree of color shift in the hue range, and a color conversion unit for... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070070465 - Device color separation: Methods, computer readable media, and computing devices are provided for device color separation. One method embodiment includes defining target nodes on a target neutral axis of the hue profile by using a darkest target node and a lightest target node. The method includes defining target nodes on a target boundary... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070466 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a color print section configured to make a color printing and a changing section configured to, when color data is printed by the color printer section, allow changing to a subtractive color printing or not according to attribute information.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070467 - Method, apparatus and computer program for generating transfer functions to be used in a printing system: A method of generating transfer functions to be applied to the input data of an image to be printed by a printing apparatus using a group of colorants, each colorant being assigned to the rendering of a distinct color channel, includes determining a maximum total area coverage and measuring the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070469 - Apparatus and method for creating preview image of object: An apparatus and method for creating a preview image of an object is provided. The apparatus includes an object type detecting unit for detecting an object to be previewed for determining whether the type of the object is text, graphics, and image, a color matching unit for converting a color... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070471 - Digital camera and method of changing data processing sequence used for the same: A digital camera such that the order of processing of image data recorded on a recording medium and a method of changing the order of processing of the recorded image data. When an image is recorded, information concerning image data is recorded in an image data management file as a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070070470 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: A finished-image generating unit generates a finished image showing a result of a process performed on a target image. A transparent-finished-image generating unit generates, when the target image extends to a plurality of pages, a transparent finished image by adjusting a transparency of a non-image portion of the finished image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070472 - Image display device, image display method, and computer product: An image display device includes an analyzing section that analyzes the types of images contained in input image data, a dividing section that divides the image data into blocks based on the types of images, a display controlling section that displays the image data divided into the blocks on a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070473 - Image display device, image display method, computer program product, and image display system: The image display device includes a display control unit that cause a display unit to display an original image, a divided non-edited image, and an divided edited image. A dividing unit divides the original image data into at least one of a block, of which image data is edited by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070475 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method of forming image: An image forming apparatus includes: a first storage unit for storing a specific pattern together with an identification mark; an acknowledgment data generating unit for generating acknowledgment data per a notice of usage approval of the specific pattern; a second storage unit for storing the acknowledgment data together with the... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP Suite 202

20070070474 - Image processing device capable of high quality color output of digital data: In an image processing device, from an object image, an area reproduced by K component only and having at least a prescribed density is extracted as a gray area to be replaced, and a color of an area neighboring the gray area is extracted. When the neighboring area contains a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070064252 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a first unit configured to form an image, in a recording part, on a first surface of a recording medium being fed from a storing member for storing the recording medium, reverse the recording medium and feed it again to the recording part, form an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070064256 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes: an image reading unit configured to read an image from a document; a read mode setting receiving unit configured to receive setting of a read mode; and a read area change unit configured to change an area of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064255 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus can process a plurality of printer languages having respectively different ROP calculation rules, and inputs a drawing command written in any one of the printer languages and performs rasterization into drawing data corresponding to the drawing command. An interpreter converts a target ROP code and ROP... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070064253 - Printing system and method thereof: A printing system, including an image data generator to generate at least a part of printing data as image data; a storage to store the image data and the printing data; a display part to display the image data stored in the storage; and a controller to make desired printing... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070064254 - Printing system and printing method: A printing method and a printing system are provided where a printing property of the printing system is stored, a printing compatibility of a printing data of an object to be printed is determined by comparing a data property of the printing data with the stored printing property of the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070064257 - Image forming appartus, image forming system, and image processing apparatus: An image forming apparatus which executes an image creation on the basis of image creation data including a first document identifier has: an input unit which inputs the image creation data; a storing unit which previously stores a second document identifier for limiting an output; and a discriminating unit which... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070064269 - Authentication-based printing system and authentication-based printing method: An authentication-based printing system providing an authentication-based printing function for both a first printing device and a second printing device includes: an authentication-based print-job generation unit; and an authentication unit, wherein the authentication-based print-job generation unit includes: a job acquisition module that is configured to be able to acquire a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064270 - Device managing apparatus, device management method, computer program product: A device managing apparatus that manages at least one device by communicating with the device. The device managing apparatus includes a processing unit that detects whether a pre-set setting for the device has been changed, and notifies that the pre-set setting has been changed to a predetermined device when detecting... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070064268 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, program, and image forming system: A locale where a given image forming apparatus is installed is determined. On the basis of the determination result, a priority image forming unit is decided from a plurality of image forming units provided in the image forming apparatus. Identification information containing an identifier of the decided image forming unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070064267 - Image processing apparatus: In an image processing apparatus including an image reading unit that obtains electronic image data obtained by reading a document, an image writing unit that prints the image data on transfer paper, a memory unit that stores the image data and auxiliary data of the image data, an external I/F... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064266 - Information processing apparatus, device setup method and storage medium: An information processing apparatus includes a stop instructing unit configured to cause a first device to stop a process of transmitting device information set in the first device to a second device; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the first device, transmission destination information indicating a transmission destination of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070064260 - Printing a bill using a mobile device: A system for printing a bill on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the bill on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064262 - Printing a competition entry form using a mobile device: A system for printing a competition entry form on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the competition entry form on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064263 - Printing a map using a mobile device: A system for printing a map on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the map on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064261 - Printing a position using a mobile device: A system for printing a position on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the position on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064258 - Printing a security identification using a mobile device: A system for printing a security identification on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the security identification on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064259 - Printing a timetable using a mobile device: A system for printing a timetable on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the timetable on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064265 - Retrieving a bill via a coded surface: A method of retrieving a bill using a print medium, comprising the steps of: determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the bill; and, retrieving, using the mobile telecommunications device and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064264 - Retrieving a web page via a coded surface: A method of retrieving a web page using a print medium, comprising the steps of: determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the web page; and, retrieving, using the mobile telecommunications... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064248 - Frequency modulator: A frequency modulation device for use in an image forming apparatus. The image formation apparatus includes an image carrier and a laser device for scanning the image carrier along a plurality of scan lines. Each scan line is divided into segments having segment boundaries in which the same segment boundary... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070064250 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes: an input unit to input image data; a conversion unit to convert the image data to conversion data on a plurality of colors for forming an image on a recording medium; and an image forming unit to form an image of the conversion data... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070064251 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing method generates a color separation table, the color separation table being used in converting an image signal to a signal for a colorant for use in a printer and storing grid-point data as the colorant signal so as to associate the grid-point data with a grid point... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070064249 - Image-processing device, image-processing method, and recording medium: An image-processing device includes: a color conversion unit that converts an input image data expressed by a combination of light's primary colors into an intermediate image data in which a color of each pixel is expressed by a combination of basic printing colors; a density correction unit that corrects the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070064271 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: An image processing method and apparatus using the same. The method includes converting a continuous-tone color image into a plurality of intermediate images corresponding to a plurality of colors, dividing a first intermediate image among the plurality of intermediate images into a plurality of first screen cells of which a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064272 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: Image forming apparatus 1 capable of forming dots of types in quantity of α (integer satisfying α≧2) wherein there are provided, target pixel selection means 2 that selects a target pixel, recording rate acquisition means 3 that acquires a recording rate total value of dots in two types among dots... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070064273 - Method of effacing zipper image: A method of effacing zipper image, applicable to scan a document by a scanner with a stagger charge-coupled device. The nth (n is a positive integer) pixel obtained by scan on a scan line at which the zipper image is produced is subtracted by the (n+1)th pixel obtained by scan... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070064274 - Image file managing device, facsimile device, image file managing method, image file managing computer program, and storage medium containing the program: An image file managing device of the present invention manages image files stored in a memory section. Each image file contains image data and comment data. The device includes a check determining section, which determines whether an image in the image data has been checked by the user; and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064275 - Apparatus and method for compressing images: An image compressing apparatus, including an image component dividing unit to divide an input image into a mask component, a foreground component, and a background component, a mask encoding unit to compress the mask component and to output mask component data, a foreground encoding unit to compress the foreground component... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070064276 - Image forming apparatus and method using multi-processor: An image forming apparatus including a multi-processor and an image forming method thereof. The apparatus includes a data processing unit to divide input print data into a plurality of divided print data according to a predetermined criterion and to simultaneously process the plurality of divided print data using a multi-processor,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064277 - Method, apparatus, and program for generating synthesized images: Synthesized images having unpredictable appearances are obtained when generating the synthesized images by arranging a plurality of images in predetermined formats. A monotone image generating section generates a plurality of monotone images, by converting each of a plurality of images into monotone images of random hues. A synthesizing section arranges... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064278 - Method, apparatus, and program for laying out images: Images are laid out appropriately according to the sizes of faces of people pictured therein. A user selects a plurality of images to be laid out on a single background image. A layout determining section selects a template having the same number of image insertion regions as the number of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064279 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus includes a character-area extracting unit that extracts a character area in which characters are displayed from image data including characters, a character-color converting unit that converts the color of characters in the character area extracted by the character-area extracting unit to a predetermined prescribed character color,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070064282 - Image reading apparatus and original holder of the same: An image reading apparatus and an original holder of the same that can specify without fail a photoelectric conversion element that may cause a defective image due to the linearity defect is achieved. An image reading apparatus performs a reading operation of an image from an original and includes a... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070064280 - Image scanner: The present invention is to provide an image scanner, for scanning a reflection document or a transmission document. The image scanner comprises a shell, a document window glass, a transmission document carrier, and an optical chassis. The shell has a groove on its upper surface. The document window glass is... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070064281 - Scanner: A scanner includes a main body, a cover, a back plate and a positioning mechanism. The cover is pivoted to the main body. The back plate is disposed between the main body and the cover with one end pivoted to the main body and another end connected to the cover.... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070064283 - Image reading apparatus and copying apparatus: An image reading apparatus including: a circulating transport path for transporting an original document to circulate; pliral reading sections for reading a single image plane on a same single face of the original document at plural times at plural positions in the circulating-transport single image plane; and an image data... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070064284 - Method for determining restored scanning position: A method for position restoration. By comparing the graphic data and the restored graphic data, the graphic data closest to the restored graphic data is selected. Therefore, the graphic data scanned subsequently is correctly connected to the restored graphic data to avoid the missing line or repetition of graphic data.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070064285 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus according to this invention includes a document conveyance unit mounted movably from a position facing an upper surface of a document table to an upper position for conveying a document medium to place the document medium on the document table, a reading unit having an aperture... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070064286 - Image reading apparatus and copying apparatus: An image reading apparatus including: first reading sensor to read an image of an original document at a first position; a second reading sensor at second position downstream; a circulating transport path; a first switchback provided between the first and second positions; a second switchback provided between the second and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070064287 - Back-light module for image scanning device and method for calibrating illumination with the back-light module: A back-light module for an image scanning device includes a casing, a pair of tubular lamps, a light guide plate, and a frosted transparent plate. The image scanning device includes a document supporting plate and an optical scanning module movable in a longitudinal direction. A calibration of illumination with the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070064288 - Apparatus and method for setting printing options using preview image: An apparatus and method are provided for setting a printing option using a preview image. Setting the printing option includes an image preview unit displaying a preview image corresponding to printing data and enabling the preview image to be manipulated for setting a printing setting, a control unit controlling printing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070058187 - Printing apparatus and method: The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method, in which a very thick and rigid printing medium such as board paper can be conveyed with stable conveyance accuracy, and in which a high-quality image can be printed thereon. In order to achieve this, paper on a front... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058189 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, which can determine the optimal copy conditions at the time of preparing printed material from the read out document without depending on image analysis, are provided. When forming images on a sheet, the attribution information and the status information (the print... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070058188 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising an analyzer analyzing an attribute of an object contained in image data, a toner limiter limiting several toners supplies corresponding to several color components based on an attribute of the object analyzed by the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070058190 - Multi-function printer: The present invention intends to reduce standby power consumption in a multi-function printer which can be connected to an external device. The multi-function printer has user setting information 11b which can be changed by a user and in a power saving mode, a power supply unit 3 interrupts a power... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058197 - Image forming apparatus: In a multifunction peripheral (MFP), when an interface portion receives a print job, a control portion extracts image data of one page after another from the print job, and then stores in a RAM the extracted image data of one page after another along with corresponding page IDs (page numbers)... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070058191 - Image forming apparatus and print control method thereof: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention is capable of executing printing processes for color images and monochromatic images and comprises a printer section capable of executing processes for color printing and monochromatic printing and a printing task management section for receiving a plurality of printing jobs including... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070058195 - Image input device and printing system: An easy-to-use printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes an image input device having a serial interface unit, and an image output device having a serial interface unit. The image input device includes a network communication unit connected to a network for communicating various data, and when the image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058194 - Network device, device link system, and device link method: In a device link system for connecting a first device and a second device through a communication interface, the first device comprises a network connection unit that connects the first device to a network; a web server that delivers a web page describing first device information relating to the first... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070058196 - Network printing method and computer program product: A printing device generates print request data including print attribute data for printing based on an input print request and transmits the print request data to a print-data generating device via a network. The print-data generating device generates response data and transmits the response data to the printing device during... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058192 - Print controller using a job despool token to control the release of print jobs stored in a rasterized job spool: A print controller and associated methods are disclosed. Some print jobs received in the print controller are stored in a rasterized or ripped job spool. The release of these jobs is coordinated by a control system in the print controller. The control system processes an algorithm to determine a sequence... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070058193 - System and method for detecting and releasing selected document processing jobs: The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting at least one selected document processing job at least one document processing device on a network. Data representing at least one selected property associated with at least one document processing job is first received. A query is then... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070058198 - Printing apparatus, printing process method, printing processing program, and storage medium: A printing apparatus includes a hard disk, an image compressing device, an image decompressing device, and a printing engine. The printing apparatus divides image data into plural pieces of divided image data, classifies one or more pieces of the divided image data as compressible image data and classifies one or... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070058178 - Electronic paper system, image processing apparatus for electronic paper system storage medium storing image processing program, and image writing method using image processing apparatus: An electronic paper system includes: electronic paper having a display unit that can display and retain an image in a no-power state; image generation means for generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an image of at least part... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070058177 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus comprises: a resolution converter which converts resolution of an image data transferred sequentially by increasing N times a pixel number of each predetermined unit of the image data; and a parallel output section which outputs in parallel the converted image data by the unit... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070058179 - Image processing apparatus and method for image resizing matching data supply speed: An image processing apparatus includes a data supply node to receive line data scanned in a main scan direction of an image, an image enlargement unit coupled to the data supply node to apply to the line data an enlargement process for enlarging the image by an enlargement factor equal... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070058180 - Line head, image forming apparatus incorporating the same, and method of adjusting position of the same: In a line head, a plurality of light emitters are arrayed on a substrate in a first direction. Each of the light emitters is operable to emit a light beam. In a rod lens array, a plurality of rod lenses are arrayed in the first direction, and each of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070058184 - Color conversion apparatus and method: A color conversion apparatus includes a plurality of color conversion units configured to perform color conversion using a conversion table with different algorithms, a weighting unit configured to set weightings applied to the plurality of color conversion units, and a mixing unit configured to mix a plurality of color conversion... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058181 - Color processing method and apparatus: Upon re-creating a conversion table, which is created for each device and viewing conditions, so as to absorb variations of the color reproduction characteristic of a device, data indicating the relationship between color signals on the color space of the device whose color reproduction characteristic has varied, and color signals... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058183 - Gamut compression method, program, and gamut compression device: A gamut compressing device for compressing video data in a first gamut into video data in a second gamut, includes a compression unit compressing a value of color data in the first gamut, not contained in the second gamut, into a value of color data contained in the second gamut... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070058186 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage medium: A spectral reflectance storage unit stores spectral reflectance data on each of a plurality of predetermined colors; spectral distribution data storage contains spectral distribution data on a light source; an arithmetic unit determines XYZ values of each of the colors under specified viewing conditions, based on the spectral distribution data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058185 - Information processing method and information processing apparatus: Input data in a color space dependent on input device is converted into first data in a device-independent color space based on input viewing condition. Through forward conversion based on a perception model corresponding to the input viewing condition, the first data is converted into second data in a color... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070058182 - Multiple spatial light modulators in a package: Multiple pixel arrays are enclosed in one single package. The multiple pixel arrays can be disposed in the package with any desired geometric configurations.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070058199 - Image forming apparatus: A small domain generation section generates a plurality of small domains in a multi-valued image transmitted from an intermediate tone correction section. Each domain is constituted of a plurality of pixels. Counting means counts a signal input value of each pixel. Weighting calculation means corrects each signal input value of... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070058202 - High-image-quality halftone process: This invention provides a printing method of printing on a print medium. The method includes: a dot data generating step of performing a halftone process on image data representing a input tone value of each of pixels constituting an original image, for generating dot data representing a status of dot... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070058201 - Image processing method, program and image processing apparatus: In an image processing method for carrying out a plurality of types of halftoning processing expressing in combination amplitude modulation having the number of tone levels smaller than that of an input image and area coverage modulation, selectively or in parallel, the plurality of types of halftoning processing comprises processing... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070058200 - System and method for generating multi-bit halftones using horizontal buildup: A multi-bit halftone generating system provides for halftone intergeneration in printers which can print dots of plural gray scale levels. Input image data includes information for more gray scale levels than can be handled by those associated with a printing device. Higher order bits of the pixels of the electronic... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070058204 - High-image-quality halftone process: This invention provides a printing method of printing on a printing medium. The method includes: a dot data generating step of performing a halftone process on image data representing a input tone value of each of pixels constituting an original image to determine a status of dot formation on each... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070058203 - System and method for generating low visibility multi-bit halftone: A multi-bit halftone generating system provides for halftone intergeneration in printers which can print dots of plural gray scale levels. Input image data includes information for more gray scale levels than can be handled by those associated with a printing device. Higher order bits of the pixels of the electronic... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070058205 - Image formation apparatus and image processing method therefor: An image formation apparatus which receives a job and forms an image including an object specified with printing data included in the received job, and which includes a job receiving section which receives a job, an image development section which identifies the object to be formed on the basis of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070058206 - Special effects achieved by setoverprint/setoverprintmode and manipulating object optimize rendering (oor) tags and colors: Adobe Postscript's setoverprint and setoverprintmode operations, an imager and Object Optimized Rendering (OCR) technology can be combined to achieve a watermark result by either tagging lower image areas as text or other intents, or by changing color values. Separations from stacked objects are combinable with control over OOR tags and... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070058207 - Slideshow generating apparatus, slideshow-data generating apparatus, control methods therefor and programs for controlling same: A background image wherein areas in which still images are to be rendered have been defined is prepared. Product images are obtained by multiplying mask images and positioned still images together. The background image and the product images are added to obtain a sum image that constitutes one frame of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058208 - Image communication apparatus and image communication control method: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image communication apparatus comprising a first FAX communication unit configured to make communications with a partner apparatus according to a first FAX communication function using a public telephone network, a second FAX communication unit configured to make communications... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070058210 - Image processing apparatus and computer program product: A finished-image generating unit generates a finished image showing a result of a process performed on a target image according to various function setting items. A finished-image display unit, when the target image extends to a plurality of pages, forms the finished image in a stack, and displays the stacked... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058209 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program for use therein: An image processing apparatus includes: a first image processing section to which original image data is inputted; an image storing section connected downstream of the first image processing section; a second image processing section connected downstream of the image storing section; a loop-back path through which image data output from... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070058211 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, program, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus includes an automatic document type discrimination section for estimating a type of input image data. The automatic document type discrimination section is capable of detecting whether each of plural types of halftone dot areas exists or not in the image data, and the automatic document type... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070058217 - Document retainer for vertically oriented image scanning device: A vertically oriented image scanning device includes a chassis with a vertically oriented scanning window and a flap cover pivoted to the chassis. A document support flange is formed along a lower edge of the scanning window for aligning a document with respect to the scanning window. A thin metal... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070058218 - Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus: A scanner unit 105 of an MFP 100 performs prescanning and generates white area determination data 301. Next, at the scanning operation, the scanner unit 105 refers to the white area determination data 301 to detect a white stripe. In this area, a motor is driven at high speed.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058214 - Image reading apparatus, image reading method and storage medium for storing program: An image reading apparatus including: an image reading section for reading a document to obtain a document image; and a control section for adding an additional image to a document image corresponding to one page in the document image obtained by the image reading section under a dual page mode... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070058213 - Image scanner and method for compensating image data: An image scanner and a method for compensating image data are provided. By using both the X-axis calibration gain and the Y-axis calibration gain, the processing time period for compensating image data is reduced. In addition, no initial calibration and no warm-up calibration are required.... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070058216 - Scanner: A scanner. A scanner comprises a glass plate bearing a scanned object, a light machine having a cover under the glass plate and a light source disposed in the cover and emitting light to the glass plate, at least one pad mounted on the cover and positioned between the cover... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070058215 - Scanning apparatus: A scanning apparatus including a scanner main body provided with a document sheet stand; a scan unit being movably installed in the scanner main body for scanning an image of a document sheet placed on the document sheet stand; a driving unit to drive the scan unit; a locking unit... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070058212 - Tensioned scanner rails: A rail system made of one or more flexible guide rods, each consisting of a tension rod, is used to support lightweight, mobile devices such as carriages, scanning heads or optical sensors. The rail is configured to permit movement of the mobile device, when driven by an external drive mechanism,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070058219 - Image processing apparatus, and method for controlling return speed of image reading unit therefore: Any one of a plurality of modes such as a scanner function, a copy function, a facsimile function and the like can be set, and an operation mode of an image reading unit at the time of its image reading operation is judged, and a return speed of the image... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070058220 - Image reading apparatus: A surface to be detected 23a of a moving section 23 that moves in linkage with the movement of a document guide 21 is detected using an image pickup device 11, so that the width dimension of the document is detected. This allows the image reading apparatus 1 to detect... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070058221 - Systems and methods that compensate for scan path errors in a multi-beam electrophotographic imaging apparatus: The positioning of image data written along a laser beam scan path in the scan direction, e.g., the margin and/or line length is adjusted in a manner that compensates for changes in the laser beam scan path as a result of one or more operating conditions, such as changes in... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070058224 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads an image of a surface of a document to acquire image data and a document type setting unit that receives input of setting of a document type of the document. A color-correction-constant changing unit changes a color correction constant... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070058223 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus, and program thereof: A color chart and an illumination unevenness correcting chart are shot by a digital camera 1 under the same illumination, and color data on a first image obtained by shooting the color chart and color data on a second image obtained by shooting the illumination unevenness correcting chart are input... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058222 - Intelligent trapping: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing a trapping operation on a digital image during image processing. Some embodiments of the present invention provide an intelligent trapping process to compensate for registration errors or halo effect errors by an imaging device. At various times, a set of... Agent: Min, Hsieh & Hack, LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070058225 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processing apparatus for converting inputted image data to image data in accordance with characteristics of an image forming unit, including: a first gradation correction unit which performs a gradation correction processing of the inputted image data in accordance with the characteristics of the image forming unit; a total... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070058226 - User interface apparatus, image processing apparatus, and computer program product: In a user interface apparatus, when a position of a to-be-processed image displayed on a display screen is specified through an area specifying unit, a position detecting unit detects the position specified through the area specifying unit. A menu display unit displays at least one setting item associated with a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070052980 - Image forming apparatus and copy restriction method thereof: An image forming apparatus and a copy restriction method thereof are provided, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a reader for receiving an output with a copy restriction mark including the number of possible copies, a printing part for printing the output which is input through the reader or provided... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20070052979 - Systems and methods for driverless n-up and duplexed imaging: Image data comprising multiple images is received at an imaging device. The image data does not need to be processed by a driver before it is received at the imaging device. A number of images to be included in an output group is determined. Image data for each of the... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070052991 - Methods and systems for determining banding compensation parameters in printing systems: A test target is written in a non image zone at set time intervals. The test target is sensed. At least one of frequency, amplitude and phase of banding, which is inherent in a printing device, is determined based on the sensed test target. At least one banding compensation parameter... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070052992 - Printing assist system, printing assist program, and printing assist method: A printing assist system for assisting printing based on print specification information including a specification of printed material, includes a print mode storage that stores a plurality of print modes each including the specification of the printed material and setting of a printing device, print specification information acquiring means for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070052993 - Information processing apparatus allowing plurality of users to concurrently log in, and method of controlling the same: An information processing apparatus capable of displaying a predetermined object, such as a file, is configured to allow a plurality of users to access the object. First, a plurality of users are set to a logged-in status. While the plurality of users are set to the logged-in status, one user... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070053000 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, program, and image forming system: An image forming apparatus decides, in response to an information request transmitted from an information processing apparatus, a priority image forming unit from a plurality of image forming units in accordance with the states of image forming units. The image forming apparatus transmits identification information containing an identifier of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052998 - Image output system: According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises a print data generation unit which generates the print data; a reception unit which receives print data; an image data generation unit which generates image data of each page; an image forming unit which forms an image of each page... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052999 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus, which comprises a control section operable, when a communication-possibility determination section determines that it is impossible to communicate with a server apparatus, to store and keep processed sheet number information representing the number of image-processed sheets in a sheet-number storage section in correspondence with... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070052995 - Portable device capable of printing documents and method of printing documents from portable device: A mobile device adapted to print a file and a method of printing a file from a mobile device are disclosed.... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt Pllc

20070052994 - Printing in a framework: In one exemplary method of printing within a framework, a message identifying a printer and indicating data to be printed is sent from a user equipment to a system proxy. A message identifying the user equipment and the printer and indicating data to be printed is sent from the system... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070052996 - Printing system: The present application relates to a printing system in which a printing apparatus comprising a low-cost chip can be utilized and a high quality print can be obtained.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070052997 - System and methods for portable device for mixed media system: A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070053001 - Simulation and web based print stream optimization: An optimization service is provided for optimizing the run-time performance of a document processing system. The method of optimization includes analyzing an electronic file representing soft copy documents for a plurality of documents to be printed and processed through a document processing system to estimate an expected result of an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070053002 - Template and process to assist in the design of artwork for image transfers and their application onto tapered tubular parts: Methods are provided herein for the design of image transfers, such as decals, including artwork to parts, such as tubular parts. In one implementation, a method of generating artwork for application to a part is provided including the steps of: generating a template based at least in part on a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070052981 - Image recording device: There is provided an image recording device that comprises an output buffer configured to temporarily store image data for one page of a recording medium, an image generating unit configured to generate output image data based on input image data, and an image recording unit configured to record an image... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070052982 - Color image forming apparatus and image forming method: If a CPU is informed that “1200×1200 dpi” is selected from an input unit, the CPU switches a normal 8-bit RIP process with 600×600 dpi to a 1-bit RIP process with 1200×1200 dpi. Image data, which has become 1-bit data with 1200 dpi, is stored in a page memory. A... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070052983 - Light emitting device, driving method thereof, and image forming apparatus: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to have luminosity depending on the magnitude of a driving signal; a plurality of holding units that are respectively disposed in the plurality of light emitting elements, and respectively hold the driving signal to maintain a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052984 - Apparatus and method of converting image signal for four color display device: An apparatus of converting three color image signals into four color image signals having a white signal is provided, which includes: a lookup table storing a plurality of white scaling factors and a signal converter selecting a corresponding white scaling factor of the white scaling factors stored in the lookup... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, Plc

20070052986 - Color transforms for concave device gamuts: Method for building color transforms for color imaging devices having concave color gamut regions, including forming a device model that relates device control signals for a color imaging device to corresponding device-independent color values in a device-independent color space; forming a device color gamut representing the set of colors in... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070052985 - Extensible system for color management: A color engine supports extensibility by allowing plug-ins. The color engine transforms an image file associated with a source device for consumption by a destination device. Within the color engine, a device model operates over a device model profile to generate a gamut boundary shell, which describes the range of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070052988 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, control program, and computer-readable recording medium: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a signal correction means which corrects, in an RGB color space, RGB tone data which is RGB image data; and a comparison section which compares (i) a tonal value of a white point which is neither an origin nor maximum tonal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052987 - Image processing method and apparatus to print displayed image: An image processing method of reproducing an image displayed on a screen of a display unit on a printing medium used by an image forming device includes displaying a preview window on the screen of the display unit, displaying the image in the preview window, and printing the image having... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070052990 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording material: An image processing apparatus which forms an image on a recording medium by alternately driving a plurality of heaters linearly arranged in a main scanning direction alternately replaces even-numbered pixels and odd-numbered pixels of first image data in the main scanning direction by pixels of data which is not recorded... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070052989 - Image's chromatism correction apparatus: A reference pixel PB is specified for a specified pixel P0 whose (luminance) value is below a threshold, for example, in the RGB data obtained in image pickup. The reference pixel PB should be on a straight line passing through the specified pixel P0 and the center O of the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070053003 - Color management of halftoned images: Aspects of color of a halftoned image are controlled or adjusted. A method for adjustment can include determining a color description of a color of an area or window associated with a target halftoned pixel, determining a desired adjustment to the color associated with the target pixel, determining a color... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070053005 - Copying: A system for controlling reproduction of a document. The system can comprise a signature determination unit operable to determine a signature from a document based upon an intrinsic characteristic of the document, and a comparison unit operable to compare the determined signature to a stored signature. The system can also... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070053004 - Method and system for processing digital images with annotations: An annotated digital photograph processing system that forms a plurality of composite image files from a plurality of corresponding digital images, annotation information and process control information, and prints them as a plurality of composite images on a roll of photographic medium. Each composite image file may be generated by... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070053006 - Electronic host (e-host): Electronic Host. The E-host combines a programmed chip, circuit, power source and Light Emitting Diodes to sequence lighting in different colors for periods specified in the chip programming. The E-host exists to easily assist diners or any other seated individuals who may need assistance without lengthy waits or searches. The... Agent: Lincoln Muringayl

20070053008 - Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus: When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053007 - Image signal processing device and image signal processing method: An image signal processing device is disclosed, which includes: an image data generating unit which generates first reproduction image data displayed at the time of normal reproduction and second reproduction image data displayed in a display form different from that used at the time of the normal reproduction by performing... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Llc

20070053009 - Image processing method, image processor, and image forming apparatus: An image processing method that stores image data in a storage unit is disclosed. The image data and data related to processing performed on the image data are stored in correlation with each other in the storage unit.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070053013 - Image signal processing apparatus and interlace-to-progressive conversion method: An image signal processing apparatus and method capable of accurately determining a still image and a moving image irrespective of an image pattern represented by input image signals and performing an interlace-to-progressive conversion process suitable for the image type are provided. First progressive-scheme image signals for one frame are generated... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070053011 - Optical scanning apparatus: Data concerning misalignment of beams is measured and held in an optical scanning apparatus before the optical scanning apparatus is incorporated in an image forming apparatus. The optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for emitting multiple beams, an optical lens for converting the multiple beams to parallel lights and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070053012 - Repeated sampling method for image scanning: The present disclosure provides a repeated sampling method for image scanning. In one or more embodiments, the sampling method may comprise a sample treatment procedure for the data of an image scanning device during the scanning of an image. The method may comprise sampling, sorting, eliminating one or more group-departing... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070053010 - Scanner: A scanner is illustrated and described.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070053014 - Transmission device for name card scanner: A transmission device for driving a name card to pass over a contact image sensor (CIS) comprises: a loading deck provided with a central recess and a correction slip attached to a bottom face at the front end thereof; a first gear set for driving the loading deck; a second... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070053015 - Still image printing method and apparatus corresponding to printing request timing: There is provided a method for printing a still image out of moving images in accordance with a printing request, comprising the steps of generating printing request timing in accordance with an operation by a user; computing the inter-frame difference value between a frame image corresponding to the printing request... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053016 - Optical scanner: An optical scanner suitable for scanning a vertical object. The optical scanner has a scanning body, a focusing device and a scanning module. The scanning body has a transparent window, the focusing device has an arm, a reflective mirror and a lens. One end of the arm is coupled to... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070053017 - Image reading apparatus and copying apparatus: An image reading apparatus including: a circulating transport path to transport original documents; a first reading section to read images at a first reading position on the original documents; and a second reading section to read images on the original documents at a second reading position, opposing to the first... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20070053018 - Method for scanning selected target image area of document: A method for scanning a selected target image area of a document includes steps of establishing in a scanner a first optical path by a first focusing lens; using the first focusing lens to preview the document and select from the whole document image a selected image area; moving the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070053019 - Scanning apparatus: A scanning apparatus includes a housing with a scan flatbed. A loading glass is installed at the scan flatbed of the housing for loading a to-be-scanned document. A photoelectric sensing device senses the light corresponding to the to-be-scanned document to generate electric signals. The electric signals are transmitted through a... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070053021 - Image forming apparatus: A plurality of subsystems having diverse individual functions can be connected to an image forming apparatus. Each of the subsystems is made up of, for example, plural kinds of units which are different in performance from each other. Each of the units has inherent information related to the performance, and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070053020 - Sheet processing apparatus for image forming and binding: A sheet processing apparatus includes: a loading portion which loads sheets where images of image data are formed, the sheets in a standard size larger than a designated finish size on the image data; a binding portion which binds a stacked sheet stack; a cutting portion which cuts the bound... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053023 - Color processing apparatus and its method: When a whole input gamut is mapped into an output gamut, even a gamut range which is not used in practice is mapped into the output gamut. This causes a saturation drop or tone loss. In order to solve this problem, image data obtained by the first device is input... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070053024 - Color shift correcting apparatus and method, image forming apparatus, color shift correcting program and recording medium: A color shift detection pattern forming part forms a color shift detection pattern. A sensor detects color shift in the color shift detection pattern. A color shift amount computing part calculates an amount of color shift. A color shift correcting part corrects the calculated amount of color shift. A correction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070053022 - Image scanning apparatus, image processing apparatus, image producing apparatus, and image processing method: An image scanning apparatus includes three color line sensors for outputting red, green, and blue color signals, a monochrome line sensor for outputting a monochrome signal having a higher resolution than the color signals, and a resolution-enhancement processor. The resolution-enhancement processor enhances a resolution of a pixel signal of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070053025 - Interpolation method for enlarging an image: The present invention relates to an interpolation method for enlarging an image, wherein the image is composed of plural scanning lines. Firstly, it selects four adjacent continuous pixels xk−1, xk, xk+1, and xk+2 which have the pixel values f(xk−1), f(xk), f(xk+1), and f(xk+2) respectively on each of the scanning lines;... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20070053026 - Image filing apparatus, image filing method and storage medium: An information filing method of an information filing apparatus equipped with a display, the method includes storing information and attribute information associated with the information, classifying a plurality of pieces of the information into a plurality of classification units on the basis of the attribute information, displaying a list of... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070053027 - Print data generating apparatus: A print data generating apparatus generates print data to be sent to a printing apparatus for printing image data. The print data generating apparatus includes an information storage unit for storing print guarantee area information of the printing apparatus, and an editing unit for editing the image data according to... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP Suite 202

20070046955 - Printer cpu with vliw processor: A processor for controlling a printer, the processor comprising: an input interface for receiving input image data; and, a very long instruction word (VLIW) processor connected to the input interface for processing the input image data to generate output image data.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070046966 - Distributed image processing for medical images: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method of medical image processing on a distributed network including: communicating on a distributed network comprising a server, a client, and a communications pathway having a bandwidth, wherein the distributed network comprises system resources related to the server, the client, and the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070046969 - Image data control apparatus, image data control method, and recording medium for storing program: An image data control apparatus includes: a job analysis section for detecting property data which is included in a file for storing supplied document image data and which shows a property of the document image data; and an interpreter section for generating data for photographic printing based on the property... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070046971 - Image forming apparatus, control method and program: An image forming apparatus comprises a storage section which stores a file including an image data and a predetermined post-processing condition; a reading section which read out a plurality of files to be combined from the storage section; a combination section which combines the plurality of files to produce a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070046970 - Image forming system, image forming apparatus and program thereof: There is described an image forming system constituted by an image forming apparatus and an external apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a storing section to store image data, an image forming section and a controlling section to control the image forming operations. While, the external apparatus includes a data... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070046973 - Image forming system, printing apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: An image processing apparatus inputs print data from an external device, and analyzes the input print data. The image processing apparatus rasterizes the print data into first image data on the basis of the analysis result. The image processing apparatus receives status information representing the status of a printing apparatus,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046972 - Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus and control method: An image processing apparatus is capable of executing a plurality of image processing functions and storing plural pieces of identifier information. Each respective piece of identifier information corresponds to each respective one of the plurality of image processing functions. The image processing apparatus sets one or more of the plural... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070046967 - Printer clients management system: The present application relates to a printing system in which a print client for a specified printer in the printing system can be easily identified.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070046968 - Systems and methods for rapidly creating an image from a document: A method of rapidly creating an image from a document is disclosed. Image data derived from a document is received at an imaging device. It is then determined whether the image data is in an image-ready format that can be directly processed by a marking engine. If the image data... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070046974 - Cooperative processing method, cooperative processing apparatus, and storage medium storing program for cooperating processing: A cooperative processing method for a cooperative processing system which has a plurality of processing apparatuses includes: detecting an error of a process of a cooperative process in an apparatus of the cooperative processing system; and deleting data which relate to the cooperative process from the apparatus or other apparatus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070046976 - Document input and output device having security protection function and document input and output method of the device: A document input and output device with a security protection function, the document input and output device being connected to a network and using a plurality of communication protocols, the document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms with plural information devices, includes a protection part configured... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070046975 - Electronic document management system, discard processing device, and discard processing method: An electronic document management system includes: a reading unit that reads a code image from a document in which the code image is formed; an analysis unit that analyzes code information from the code image read by the reading unit; and a discard processing unit that executes discard processing of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070046977 - External device document input and output device and external device document input and output method: An external device document input and output device that is connected to a network and uses a plurality of communication protocols, the external device document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms to and from a plurality of information devices, the external device input and output device... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070046978 - Printing apparatus and contents providing system: A printing apparatus includes a print unit, an acquisition unit and a print control unit. The print unit prints an image. The acquisition unit acquires image data indicating a print image including an advertising image. The print control unit controls the print unit to print only a residual image obtained... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070046981 - Communication system and communication apparatus building the system: Facsimile image data received from a normal facsimile apparatus connected to a general telephone network can be transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address of a computer network such as a LAN or the like designated by the source facsimile apparatus. An apparatus has a LAN I/F (6-14) for... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070046991 - Contents providing system, printing apparatus, and program therefor: A contents providing system, comprising an application server, a printing apparatus, and an accounting server which are interconnected through a network, is provided. The application server comprises an application server-side transmitting system, which transmits print data including contents information and contents supplier identifying information identifying a supplier of the contents... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070046987 - Control for execution of distributed printing: The printing controller is connectable to multiple printing apparatuses and distributes a print job to multiple destination printing apparatuses among the connected multiple printing apparatuses. The printing controller comprises a receiving module that receives the print job, an evaluation module, a selection module, and a distribution module. The evaluation module... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046984 - Data processing apparatus, data input control method thereof, information processing device, and program for implementing the method: A data processing apparatus capable of transmitting externally received data to a corresponding information processing device even in a case where a plurality of information processing devices are mountable to the data processing apparatus. First device identification information for identifying an information processing device connected to the data processing apparatus... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070046985 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage medium: The object of this invention is to reduce the effort of deleting and information symbol from a read image. To accomplish this, an image of a document with an information symbol is read (S100), and the information symbol is identified in the read image (S130). The identified information symbol is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046979 - Image reading apparatus and image processing method therefor, image formation apparatus, image processing system and printing time shortening method therefor: An image reading apparatus connected, through a communication interface, with an image formation apparatus that carries out image formation of a document file in a form of a prescribed format, which includes: a reading section that reads originals, and generates image data for each original; a document file generation section... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070046983 - Integration and use of mixed media documents: A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). In one embodiment,... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070046990 - Network server for providing scanning functionality to a computer: A server enables a user at a station to scan a document. The station has a computer connected to the network, a browser installed on the computer to enable the user to browse the network, and a scanner in communication with the computer. The server has a database of scanner... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070046986 - Network system, network setup method, and program and storage medium therefor: A network system and network system setting method including a control apparatus connected to a network and an image processing apparatus connected to the control apparatus so as to access the network, where when setup information for the image processing apparatus is transmitted to another image processing apparatus, setup information... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070046989 - Print job distribution processing: To provide a technology for, if a first distribution destination printing device cannot continue printing according to a print job, causing a second distribution destination printing device to execute an unexecuted print job without using a server. The first distribution destination printing device, used for a printing system, includes a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046993 - Printing apparatus using network: A printing apparatus using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network spools printing jobs received from the computer devices, displays information of the printing jobs and information of the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070046992 - Printing device, contents-providing system, and computer program: A printing device includes a receiving system configured to receive printing data including first information, second information and provider-specifying information that specifies a provider of the second information, from an external apparatus; a printing system configured to perform printing based on the printing data received by the receiving system; an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070046988 - Received document input and output device and input and output method of received document: A received document input and output device connected to a network and using a plurality of communication protocols, the document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms with a plurality of information devices, includes a storing part configured to store the documents received via a communication part;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070046980 - Remote protocol support for communication of large objects in arbitrary format: A server computer provides objects such as bitmaps representing graphics image for processing by a client computer or device. The object may be of any arbitrary size or format, and is converted to a data structure that can be received by the client computer. Synchronized metadata may be included in... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070046982 - Triggering actions with captured input in a mixed media environment: A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques provide mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). The MMR system includes an action processor and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070046994 - Method and system for queue synchronization: This invention relates to a methods and a printing system in which queues acrossone or more printing devices, such as printers, copiers, and the like, are automatically kept synchronized. The queues are placed into one or more pools. In some embodiments, one queue in a pool is designated as a... Agent: Min, Hsieh & Hack LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070046995 - Printing apparatus, control method therefor, job processing method, printing system, and program: Print data is input from an external device, and the input print data is analyzed. The print data is temporarily saved in a holding unit on the basis of the analysis result to interrupt a printing process for the print data and start the printing process for another print data.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046996 - Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, image forming system, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus which communicates with an information processing apparatus includes a display unit which is used to input an instruction to cause the information processing apparatus to execute a dynamic layout function of dynamically determining a layout on the basis of template data so as to form an... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070046997 - Image ordering system: An image ordering system includes an order management apparatus and an image providing apparatus. The order management apparatus includes a first image storage section, an order receiving section which receives an order for printout of images, and an order information transmitting section which transmits order information to a contact address... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046956 - Systems and methods for imaging streaming image data comprising multiple images on an image-by-image basis: Streaming image data comprising multiple images is received at an imaging device. Image boundaries are identified within the streaming image data. The streaming image data is transformed to an image-ready format that may be directly processed by a marking engine. Imaging (such as printing) of transformed image data for received... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070046963 - Color image forming method: An object of the present invention is to provide a color image forming method capable of forming full color images desired for a precise reproduction to the color tone of high resolution and a halftone in high-end apparatuses. Disclosed is a color image forming method employing 6 kinds of chromatic... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070046960 - Color processing method and apparatus: In a high lightness region of a color hue corresponding to a basic color material, the high lightness region ranging from a lightness level corresponding to the maximum color saturation level that is reproducible by the basic color material to the highest lightness level, color separation data corresponding to the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070046961 - Image processing apparatus and method therefor: A combination to minimize moiré can be determined theoretically or empirically in four-color printing, but it is very difficult to find a combination to minimize moiré in printing using five or more colors. To solve this problem, image data is color-separated into image data corresponding to plural colorant. Multilevel dither... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046965 - Image processing system: In one embodiment, when an external view of an entire system configured from an external view of a color image processing apparatus and an external view of a monochrome image processing apparatus is displayed in a copy operation screen of a touch panel, even in the case where there is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046962 - Image-forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image density in a predetermined section of an image represented by an image signal is calculated on the basis of the image signal, and the calculated image density is compared with the result of detection of a density in the predetermined section of a toner image formed on the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070046964 - Method for mapping of color values of one color image to the color values of a highlight color image with at least two highlight color colors, as well as corresponding printing system: In a method and printing system for mapping of color values of a color image to color values of a highlight color image with two highlight color colors, a mapping rule is developed such that a range in which a color value of the color image can be mapped to... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070046958 - Multimedia color management system: A color management system is described herein. Various embodiments of a method described herein can include receiving source color content that is associated with a source device, and transforming the source color content into destination color content for rendering on one or more destination devices. Various embodiments of an apparatus... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070046959 - Printable pixel structure with carbon fiber emitters: A sub-pixel for use in a color pixel structure, includes a microwire preferably printed on a substrate, the microwire having a gap in it; a carbon filament spanning the gap and having opposite ends of the filament in electrical communication with the wire; an electro-optic gel having a tint of... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman

20070046957 - User configured page chromaticity determination and splitting method: A method and system for determining chromatic content of a page of an electronic document. Object level color analysis is performed on a page of the electronic document to determine whether the page is chromatic, achromatic or has highlight color, based on the object level color analysis. The page is... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070046999 - Halftoning device and halftoning method: A halftoning device that converts an input pixel signal of 8 bits per pixel into an output pixel signal of r bits per pixel(r<8), the halftoning device includes: a gradation correction unit that expands the input pixel signal into an expanded pixel signal of n bits per pixel(n>8); a threshold... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070047000 - Image processing device, image processing method, and program: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing device and image processing method which produce stable dots without any deterioration in image quality by preventing the generation of isolated dots, and which have a rapid processing speed of halftone processing. An image processing device, which... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070046998 - Image processing system, control method therefor, storage medium, image processing apparatus, and external apparatus: There is provided an image processing system which includes an image output apparatus which outputs an image-processed image signal and an external apparatus which can display an image output from the image output apparatus such that they can communication with each other. The image output apparatus includes an image processing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070047001 - Reduction of image artifacts in digital printing: An apparatus and method of reducing image artifacts on ink coverage areas of a lithographic printing plate are provided. The method includes providing digital image data including ink coverage pixel values; reducing the ink coverage pixel values by a predetermined amount by applying a transformation to the digital image data;... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070047002 - Embedding hot spots in electronic documents: A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). In one particular... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070047003 - Image display apparatus and image display method: In an image display apparatus and image display method suppress the degradation of display function and the shortening of service life due to long-term use, measurement of a current value is carried out and the measured current value each time a certain time elapses is stored. The integrated value of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047005 - Image forming system and method: Provided are an image forming system and an image forming method. In the system, a film scanner is separable or separate from and is connectable or communicably coupled to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus controls the film scanner to receive image data generated by the film scanner.... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070047004 - Light emitting device, manufacturing apparatus and method thereof, and image printing apparatus: Provided is a light emitting device, in which an image carrier is charged, a latent image is formed on a charged surface of the image carrier, an image is formed by attaching toner onto the latent image, and which is used in an image printing apparatus transferring the image onto... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047006 - Document management server, document managing method, and program: An access control list, indicating contents of user operatable authorization, is set in an electronic file or folder stored in a document management server. The server receives from MFP a registering electronic file, location information of the electronic file and destination information including a notification destination user to which registration... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070047007 - Facsimile apparatus: A facsimile apparatus comprises: an erasing portion for entirely erasing secret information such as name of a destination or a facsimile number at the time of relocation, disposal or renewal of the facsimile apparatus; and a controller which makes the printing section print out the entire contents stored in the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070047010 - Multifunction apparatus: A multifunction apparatus includes an image recording unit that records an image on a recording medium; and an image reading unit that can read an image from an original placed on an original placement surface. The image reading unit is configured to move into a plurality of positions in relation... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20070047009 - Open/closed state detecting system: A detecting system capable of detecting an open/closed state of a cover equipped to a body of a device is provided. The detecting system comprises a body, a cover that moves in a range between an open position and a fully-closed position, a detecting unit that detects open state and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070047008 - System and methods for use of voice mail and email in a mixed media environment: A mixed media reality (MMR) system includes an MMR user, a MMR computer, a user printer that produces a printed document, a networked media server, an office portal, a service provider server, an electronic display that is electrically connected to a set-top box, a document scanner, a network, a capture... Agent: Edward B. Weller Fenwick & West LLP

20070047011 - Apparatus for sending image data by electronic mail: A communication apparatus prepares a message including an image data address. A decision section in the communication apparatus compares the image data address with the destination address of the message and decides whether the recipient will be able to access image data stored at the image data address. If the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070047013 - Document management device and document management method: The document management device manages documents circulated to a reader according to a circulation tree and additional information added to the documents by the readers. The circulation tree indicates the circulation order of a plurality of readers, and includes at least a first group and a second group. The document... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070047014 - Document management device and document management method: The document management device is for managing a document circulated to a reader in accordance with a circulation tree and additional information added to the document by the reader. The circulation tree indicates the circulation order of plural readers. The device includes: document circulation unit for enabling the nth (n... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070047012 - System and method for forming a border print: An imaging method and system enables the use of available images to form a pictorial type border around a specific image that a user has selected to be printed. With the method and system of the invention, images from an order or from an electronic storage mechanism can be analyzed... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070047015 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention includes an image forming apparatus having an image forming portion that forms an image on a based on supplied image data, that can selectively execute a plurality of functions, and further comprises a storage device having a shared area for commonly storing information when executing any function... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070047016 - Contaminant particle identification and compensation with multichannel information during scanner calibration: Methods of identifying the location and dimensions of a contaminant particle on a calibration strip may be used to compensate for contaminant particles on a calibration strip. A method of locating a contaminant particle on a calibration strip comprises imaging a calibration strip comprising a plurality of channels arranged in... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070047019 - Device and method for processing images: An image processing device includes a reduced image generating section which generates reduced image data of input image data. A gradation conversion characteristics deriving section derives gradation conversion characteristics when the input image data is subjected to gradation conversion processing based on the generated reduced image data. A white balance... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070047017 - Image forming apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium: An image forming apparatus executing a program configured by connecting multiple modules operating exclusively with respect to each other is disclosed that includes an input part configured to receive an input of updating information of the program; a determination part configured to determine whether an operating state of the program... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047018 - Image transmission method and mobile communication terminal for implementing the same: An image transmission method and a mobile communication terminal for implementing the same are disclosed. The image transmission method for the mobile communication terminal includes preparing a picture image; preparing a character image composed of a character part and a background part; synthesizing, by the mobile terminal, the character image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047020 - System and method for printing plural documents on one page: A printing system for printing corresponding pages of plural documents on one page or a series of one pages for easy comparison, which includes: a user interface in which a plural print option for printing each corresponding page of plural documents on one page or series of one pages is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070047021 - Image denoising apparatus and method: According to an image de-noising method, an original image is corrected into an intermediate correction image. A differential image is determined between the original image and the intermediate correction image. Each pixel in the differential image has a differential pixel value equal to a difference between the pixel value of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070047024 - Image forming apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, an image forming apparatus comprises: a manuscript reading device reading a manuscript and converting the manuscript into an image signal; a recording device printing on paper; at least one rotating support member connecting the manuscript reading device and the recording device, and a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070047023 - Image reading device: A scanner unit includes a housing having an opening on its upper surface, a platen glass provided so as to be exposed from the opening on the upper surface of the housing, a carriage provided in the housing so as to be movable parallel with the platen glass, a linear... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070047025 - Image reading device and image forming apparatus: A driving-force transferring unit is extended in a predetermined direction, with a predetermined portion attached to a running unit. A driving unit changes a direction of movement of the driving-force transferring unit by rotating based on a driving force from a driving source. At least one pulley unit is rotatably... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070047022 - Optical writing device, image forming device, and optical writing method: An optical writing device includes a scanning unit that scans an optical beam in a main scanning direction while shifting a scanning position in a sub-scanning direction by a predetermined pitch, a clock frequency changing unit that changes a frequency of a write clock at a position in the main... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070047026 - Image reading apparatus and copying apparatus: An image reading apparatus for reading images on original documents, including: a first reading section to read the images on the original documents; a second reading section to read the images on the original documents at a position downstream of a reading position of the first reading section, in a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070047027 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus is provided with an image reading unit configured to read an image on an original, the original being discharged from a discharging side of the image reading unit, an image forming unit configured to form an image on an recording medium, and a discharge guide configured... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070047028 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; an image reading unit provided above the image forming unit so as to open and close with respect to the image forming unit; an automatic document feeder provided above the image reading unit... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070047030 - Method for controlling a printing presses: The method for controlling a printing process in a printing press by means of cut register control, ink register control or ink density control includes the steps of measuring a printed image with a sensor to determine an actual characteristic value of the printed image, determining a prepress-based desired characteristic... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070047031 - Method for inspecting prints: The present invention relates to an automatic print inspection method in which photographic prints are scanned to obtain digitized images. The scanned digitized image of the photographic print is compared to digital image data which represents the original captured image. The resulting digital correction data indicates whether or not there... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070047029 - Scanning device and calibration mechanism thereof: A scanning device includes a first chassis, a second chassis and a calibration mechanism. The first chassis is for scanning one side of a document. The second chassis is for scanning the other side of the document. The second chassis is movably disposed opposite the first chassis. The calibration mechanism... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070047032 - Image processing device that processes color image data: A printing unit prints an image based on print data. The printing unit has characteristics. An input-color-data storing portion stores input color data indicative of colors of inputted image data. The input color data have color component values of a first color group. A print-data generating portion converts the color... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070047033 - Gamma curve adjustment device and method of establishing adjustment points: There is provided a gamma curve adjustment device for use in a gamma correction circuit that performs gamma correction of an image signal, wherein the device is used to adjust the gamma curve indicating the relationship of input tone values to output tone values. The gamma curve adjustment device comprises... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070047034 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: The invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. An area to which image data belongs is discriminated, and a correction coefficient to be used for correction of a pixel value of the image data is produced based on a result of the discrimination. Then, the pixel... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070047035 - Normalization method, and multi-dimensional interpolation method and apparatus: In processing for normalizing a P-bit input digital signal, which is expressed by binary notation, to 2M−1 (0<M≦P) tones, upper M bits of the input digital signal are repetitively concatenated until P bits are reached, a concatenated signal obtained as a result of concatenation is compared with the input digital... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070047036 - Image displaying medium, method of generating composite image displaying data and image generating system: An image displaying medium, a method of generating composite image displaying data, and an image generating system are disclosed. A color image on the image displaying medium is composed of plural mesh points whose shape is an ellipse having linearity. The mesh point has, for example, a color of cyan,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.